Volume CC, Number 3 January 31, 2008 Kombucha...marketing the drink and its use was mainly limited...

Volume CC, Number 3 January 31, 2008

O F F I C I A L N E W S L E T T E R O F T H E P A R K S L O P E F O O D C O O P

Established1973

What’s Going On at theEntrance Desk?

Now that the Coop acceptsdebit cards, some functionsof the entrance desk havechanged, and some membersmight still be confused aboutthis. Due to space and securi-ty issues, members must nowgo to the second floor to han-dle bottle returns, refunds,parking validation stickers,visitor sign-in and cash regis-ter receipt errors. This waymembers staffing theentrance desk can focus oncheck-in and security.

A bit of technical insightexplained why one cannotcorrect checkout discrepan-

cies after paying by debit cardat a check-out aisle: “The waythe old system worked wasthat a transaction was startedat the checkout and thencompleted at the cashier,which meant that there wasthe ability in between tomake corrections (errors wereusually caught while waitingon the cashier line),” explainsKaren Mancuso, an OfficeCoordinator. “The way thenew system works is that if amember wants to pay with adebit card at the checkout,the transaction is completedat the checkout. Once it’scompleted you can no longermake any changes, which is

why members have to go tothe second floor service deskat that point.”

To head off trips upstairsdue to checkout discrepan-cies, Mancuso advises mem-bers paying with debit cardswho want to review theirreceipt before paying to tellthe checkout worker theyplan to pay at the cashier.“The checkout worker willsuspend their transaction,give them a receipt and thenthe member can step to theside to review the receipt. Ifthere is an error at that point,they can take the receipt tothe cashier, or even back toany checkout station, wherethe receipt will be resumedand corrections made. Thecustomer then goes to thecashier to pay. “You can stillpay with your debit card thisway; you’re just adding backthat extra step of going to thecashier,” says Mancuso.

“One more thing that peo-ple might not know,” saysMancuso, “If a member finds

Next General Meeting on February 26The General Meeting of the Park Slope Food Coop is held on thelast Tuesday of each month. The next General Meeting will beTuesday, February 26, 7:00 p.m. at the Congregation Beth Elo-him Temple House (Garfield Temple), 274 Garfield Pl.

The agenda will be available as a flyer in the entryway of theCoop on Wednesday, February 6. For more information about theGM and about Coop governance, please see the center of this issue.

Kombucha is the Westernname for a type of tea fer-mented by a culture ofmicroorganisms. Used inAsia for thousands of years,the Chinese called it the“immortal health elixir,”because it was believed to aidin digestion and healing. Italso became popular in Rus-sia and Eastern Europe.

Although kombucha sur-faced in the U.S. decades ago,there were few companiesmarketing the drink and itsuse was mainly limited topeople who brewed theirown.

But all that changed withthe advent of commercialproducers, like GT’s, one of

the two brands sold at theCoop. GT’s Kombucha startedin 1995 when GT Dave’smother started drinking itwhile undergoing treatmentfor breast cancer. GT startedbrewing kombucha in hiskitchen. Soon he had cus-tomers throughout his Cali-fornia neighborhood. Thesedays, GT’s Kombucha is amulti-million dollar busi-ness, sold in virtually everystate in the country.

How It’s MadeSome people believe, mis-

takenly, that kombucha ismade from a mushroom. Infact, kombucha is a symbiotic

KombuchaLatest Craze in Health DrinksBy Ann Pappert

Your Coop Questions Answered HereBy Hayley Gorenberg

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IN THIS ISSUEValet Bike Parking at the Coop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A Guide to Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5In Defense of an Apple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Meet the Artists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6A New Twist on the Twinkie Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Coop Hours, Coffeehouse, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Workslot Needs, Coop Calendar, Mission Statement

Governance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Community Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Puzzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Letters to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Energy Medicine: Any Proof? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Classified Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

CoopEventHighlights

SUN, FEB 3 The Coop will be closing early at 5:00 p.m.due to our annual Coop-wide inventory

Thur, Feb 7 •Food Class: Mama’s in the Kitchen 7:30 p.m.Fri, Feb 15 •The Good Coffeehouse Cello Everybody! 8:00 p.m.Sat, Mar 8 •Kids Variety Show: 7:00 p.m.

Sun, Mar 30 •Pub Night: 7:00 p.m.

Look for additional information about these and other events in this and future

issues of the Gazette.

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Not too long ago wheatgrass was the go-tojuice, quickly followed by pomegranate.But in the last year kombucha has

become the new craze in health drinks.

The Park Slope Food Coop’s membershipis filled with inquiring minds. What dowe most often want to know? Conversa-

tions with Coop members and staff providedanswers to a clutch of our most frequentlyasked questions:

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a mistake on their receipt afterthey’ve paid, they have 30days to bring their PAID INFULL receipt to the secondfloor service desk to get acredit (which is good foranother 30 days).”

Expressing Yourself inthe Gazette

How many letters from thesame member will the Gazetteprint? Noticing the frequencywith which some writers gettheir names in print led to aninquiry about the policy onletters to the editor.

“Gazette policy, set by theeditorial committee, is toprint all letters we receive, nomatter what the topic, aslong as they meet the lettersguidelines,” writes GazetteCoordinating Editor Steph-anie Golden in an email. “Wefeel this openness is impor-tant, since it’s the newslet-ter’s role to be the ‘voice ofthe people’ and not excludeanyone’s voice. It’s true thatthe result is that some lettersdo stray pretty far from the

Coop, but since there are notmany letters and we have thespace, we can handle it.”

Some logistical quirkshaving to do with rotatingfour teams of editors throughGazette workslots also con-tribute to a differentapproach to letters, Goldencontinues. “The Gazette can’treally be compared to othernewspapers, since we as edi-torial coordinators don’thave the same kind of editori-al control that editors ofother publications have. Dueto the workslot system theeight editors are not workingin a single office with a hier-archical structure.

”There is also the questionof coming up with a criterionthat would enable eight edi-tors working separately tomake reasonably consistentjudgments about decidingwhich letters not to print, orhow many letters from oneperson is too many,” saysGolden.

In the end, it seems thatthe minimal filter applied,given the few that do comein, may keep a lid on Pando-ra’s box. “Who would like todevelop a clear, fair-minded,easy-to-interpret judgmentabout what content can beexcluded from the Gazette?”Golden challenges. “Stepright up. “

Her fellow coordinatingeditor, Erik Lewis, concurs. “If

many people were to write aletter each week to thedegree that it taxed ourresources, cost the Coopmoney by forcing us toexpand the paper to manymore pages or something likethat, we’d most likely have toconfront the issue of a morerestrictive letters policy, butthe way it stands we can be asopen as we are, so we are.”

More Plastics Recycling?The most frequently asked

question for this story was,“Why doesn’t the Coop recy-cle plastic more often?”

The answer is, we are. Cur-rently, the Coop accepts plas-tics for recycling on the thirdThursday, second Saturdayand last Sunday of eachmonth. The good news: Theweekend recycling shifts havebeen expanded by two hours.(For exact times, look for thelisting published in eachissue of the Gazette.)

The Coop’s recycling effortextends to plastics that theCity does not collect; anyplastics designated for pick-

up by the City’s recyclingefforts should first be divert-ed there.

Referring to the codesstamped on most plasticcontainers, the Coop acceptsnon-bottle shaped #1, #2and #4 plastic and plasticfilm (plastic bags, dry clean-er bags, etc., but not cello-phane), all of which are sentto a Brooklyn recycling cen-ter. The Coop also accepts #5plastic (yogurt containers,etc.), which is some of themost versatile plastic forrecycling. That plastic is sentto a recycling center in Mass-achusetts that is extremelystrict about what it willaccept. Only clean and drycontainers, no residue,labels, plastic or foil can beleft on these containers. Forall recycling, members areasked to stay with their plas-tic while a squad memberhelps them sort. Never justdrop off your recycling.

Squad leaders would loveto offer even more recyclingtimes, but they explain thatabsorbing the recent increasein hours, a dearth of driverswith large vehicles who cantransport recyclables to theirdestination, plus a lack ofspace to store collected plas-tics on-site at the Coop limithow much plastic recyclingthe Coop can handle.

Coop members interestedin getting involved with the

recycling squads should con-tact the Membership Officeto find out about availableworkslots. For more informa-tion on the Coop’s recyclingprogram, write to [email protected].

It’s Childcare, NotDaycare

The most frequently askedquestions about childcare onthe second floor can beaddressed through a basicunderstanding that childcareat the Park Slope Food Coopis a member-run service pro-viding free childcare—up tofour hours at a time—forCoop members who are work-ing or shopping in the Coopbuilding. Childcare workersare not licensed. The serviceis designed for memberswhose children can handle alow-key stint companionablywith other children and theadults overseeing the room.

“The most important gen-erality to remember is thatfamilies who use the child-care room must work aroundthe rules of the room—the

childcare room does not workaround the rules of individualfamilies,” according to themanual forwarded by mem-ber Jessica Greenbaum, whocoordinates trainings forchildcare workers. “Familieswho argue with childcareworkers about enforcementof the rules risk losing theprivilege of using the child-care room.”

Rules dictate a maximumof five children for any child-care worker to watch at atime, with a room maximumof twelve children for threeworkers. The maximum maybe dropped to a lower num-ber if the workers feel thatrestricting the number of chil-dren is necessary to maintain“safety and serenity,” accord-ing to the guidelines. Work-ers’ children have priorityover shoppers’ children. Par-ents must stay in the buildingwhile their child is in child-care, and parents may onlydrop off two of their childrenat one time.

Parents of children whocan’t confine themselves toquiet play may be called toremove their children. (Nojumping on furniture orclimbing poles allowed!) Andno adults other than thechildcare workers—with theexception of nursing mothersor those feeding infants—may stay in the room for anyextended period. ■

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The Diversity & Equality Committee (DEC) is dedicatedto improving human relations and communicationsthrough impeccable interpersonal interactions, poli-cies and procedures in the Coop.

The goal is to work toward preventing and eliminating discrimination inthe Coop and to promote the ideal of equal and respectful treatmentbetween all Coop members and paid staff regardless of each individual’sdifferent identity. The DEC also aims to provide advocacy for individualswho feel they have experienced discriminatory practices in the Coop.

Voicemail (888) 204-0098

E-mail [email protected]

Contact Form DEC Contact forms are available in the literature rackor Letter: in the ground floor elevator lobby. Place a completed

form or other letter/note (anonymously if desired) in asealed envelope labeled “Attn: Diversity and EqualityCommittee” and use one of the three methods listedbelow to get it to the committee.

Mail Park Slope Food CoopAttention: Diversity & Equality Committee782 Union StreetBrooklyn, New York 11215

Mail Which is located in the entryway vestibule Drop Box on the ground floor under the flier caddy.

Membership The DEC has a mailbox in the Membership Office Mailbox Office on the second floor of the Coop.

C O N T I N U E D F R O M P A G E 1

The General Meeting &the Board of DirectorsFrom our inception in 1973to the present, the monthlyGeneral Meeting has beenthe decision-making bodyof the Coop. Since theCoop incorporated in 1977,we have been legallyrequired to have a Board ofDirectors.

The Bylaws of the ParkSlope Food Coop state:“The portion of the Boardof Directors meeting that isdevoted to receiving theadvice of the membersshall be known as the Gen-eral Meeting…The mem-bers who gather to giveadvice to the directors maychoose to vote in order toexpress their support oropposition for any of theissues that have comebefore the meeting.”

Duties of the DirectorsThe Board ofDirectors is com-prised of five elect-ed Coop membersand the senior Gen-eral Coordinatorpresent. Mem-bers serve three-year terms. Membersof the Board are expect-ed to attend GMs monthly.They receive Coop workcredit for their attendance.

The Board of Directors con-ducts a vote at the end ofevery GM whether toaccept the advice of themembers that night. Mem-bers of the Board arerequired to act legally andresponsibly.

OpeningsWe have one full three-yearterm open this year.

Candidate DeadlineIf you wish to place yourname into nomination, youmust declare your candida-cy by Saturday, March 1.Please submit a statementof up to 750 words [email protected]. Please include a smallphoto for publication in theLinewaiters’ Gazette and themember proxy mailing.

Decidingand Voting

Candidates willhave the opportunity

to present their plat-form at the March 25

General Meeting.

Every member willreceive a proxy pack-age in the mail in lateMay. Members may

vote by returning theirballot by mail or by bring-ing it to the Coop. Membersmay also vote at the AnnualMeeting on June 24.

Board of DirectorsElection

Your Coop Questions Answered Here

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colony of bacteria and yeast (known as SCOBY) that growsin sweetened tea. Sugar (orhoney) is added to black orgreen tea and combined with akombucha culture. The culturereminds many people of apancake, albeit a somewhatslimy one, which might be howpeople got the idea that kom-bucha contained mushrooms.

When the ingredients aremixed together and allowed tosit in a warm environment, themixture begins to ferment,converting the sugar intoorganic acids. Fermentationalso produces a variety of otherbeneficial nutrients, includingB vitamins and probiotics.

Not Your Average Drink Kombucha is unlike any

other drink you may havetried. It might be carbonated,like so many other drinks, buthow many bottled drinkshave a vinegary odor or slimyglobs floating in the bottle?

Because of its naturallysour taste, it’s not for every-one. Some commercial pro-ducers add fruit juices orginger to mask the taste.

Coop member TeresaTheophano first tried kom-bucha a year ago. For her, thetaste wasn’t a drawback. Infact, it added to the appeal.

“I really like the slightlysour taste. But I know thatother people may not agree,”she says. When she gavesome to a friend to try, shetook one sip and spit it outand asked her how she coulddrink it.

Cleary, the Coop has a lotof members who agree withTeresa. When Edible BrooklynMagazine ran a story on kom-bucha last spring, the Coopwas selling 1,200 bottles aweek. (And according to themagazine, when the Coop ranout, a Coop coordinator post-ed a sign that read “There isno kombucha. We are unableto get it from our supplier. Weare trying every day. Pleasedon’t riot.”)

Since then, sales of kom-bucha have hit over 1,500 bot-tles a week, priced between$2.42 and $2.62 each—over$3,400 worth. In addition toGT’s Kombucha, the Coopnow also sells kombucha fromKatalyst, a Massachusetts-based company.

Health BenefitsOne reason for the growing

popularity of kombucha is thelong list of health claims thathave been made for the drink.The most fervent fans believekombucha can cure a host ofmedical ills, from cancer toproblems with metabolism.

Based on earlier observa-tions, advocates believed thatkombucha helped to detoxifythe liver. But none of the healthbenefits of kombucha havebeen scientifically proven.

Although a study of kom-bucha done at Cornell Uni-versity failed to support thathypothesis, the study did

suggest that it was helpfulagainst a range of disease-causing bacteria.

Teresa, who drinks between8 and 16 ounces of kombuchaa day, says that it boosts herenergy. And it seems to helpher immune system. “If I’mcoming down with a cold itseems to shorten the cold’sduration.”

Making Your OwnBecause ready-made kom-

bucha is expensive to buy,people who develop a tastefor it frequently becomehome brewers. Making yourown is relatively easy.

Each new batch of kom-bucha produces an addition-al culture, which can be usedto make another batch. Manyhome-brewers give away cul-tures, and kombucha cul-tures are also commerciallyavailable.

When Teresarealized how muchmoney she wasspending at theCoop on bottledkombucha, shestarted making herown. For her kom-bucha she brews 3quarts of tea in asoup pot, adds acup of sugar andsix tea bags, andthen lets it cool toroom temperature.From there it goesinto a large glassjar with the cultureand is coveredwith a tea toweland left in a warm place. Tere-sa says her apartment is warmenough to leave it on thekitchen counter, for about aweek.

At the end the drinkbecomes naturally carbonat-

ed and slightly sour. “I scoopout what I want but leavesome from the original potthat becomes the starter forthe next batch.”

Although home brewingkombucha is simple, care

must be taken to preventcontamination. The keyelements when brewingyour own are the cleanestpossible environment,proper temperature andlow pH.

Your hands and any-thing that will come intocontact with the culturemust be spotlessly clean.Experts recommendusing only food-gradeglass containers for brew-ing. Metal, plastic orceramic containers canleach dangerous by-prod-ucts and contaminate thebatch. The right pHensures favorable condi-

tions for the culture to grownand inhibits the growth ofmold and bacteria.

Additional recipes forkombucha can be found atthe Coop and on many internet sites. ■

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How to Contact the Disciplinary Committee

eThe Disciplinary Committee is responsible for the review,investigation, and disposition of all submitted complaints ofmember misconduct.

If you would like to submit a complaint, please contact us.

oEmail: [email protected]

CLetter Drop Off: Written reports may be left in the DC mailboxlocated to the left as you enter the Membership Office.

NBy US Post: Park Slope Food CoopAttn: The Disciplinary Committee782 Union St Brooklyn NY 11215

RVoicemail: 888.922.2667, ext 86

Thank you

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David Gratz(7) will play Bourree I and II, by Bach, on the violin, accompanied by his mom. • Laila Iarussi (7) will sing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” accompanied by Cindy Radke on piano. • Oliver Sand (7) will play “Hey Jude” on the piano. • Maria Pondikos (7) will do a tap dance demonstration. • Natasha Radtke (8) will recite her original poetry. • Maeve Farrell (8) and other violin students of Hagai Kamil will play. • Reuben Gelley-Newman will play “Simple Gifts” solo and “Apples” by Sheila Nelson with his cello

teacher, Martha Siegel. • PS 321 PAC (Performing Arts Company) directed by Karen Curlee. • Iolanthe Brookes and many others!

Intermission Solana Schlau Appenzeller (10) and Milan Puntes (10) will sing an

original song called “I Thought I Was”. • Isabelle Siegel (10) and Alexus Williams(10) will sing. • Sarah Gratz (10) will play

“Largo” from the New World Symphony by Antonin Dvorak, on flute, accompanied by her mom. • Zoe Gorenberg Screwvala and

Sarah Gratz will sing “There’s a Hole in the Bucket, Dear Liza”. • Marina Zero Espinet (11) will sing “Beautiful” by Linda Perry. • Maya Carino (11), Julianne Carino (9), Justine Farhi (10) and Eli

Rose (10) will do an original dance to the Beatles song “I Saw Her Standing There”. • Eliza Jane Schmidt (10) will sing “Sitting On The Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding. • Benjamin Schmidt (12) will do tricks with diabolo sticks. • Riley Stanzione (12) and Ruby Bilger(11) will do a comedy skit called “The Credit Card”. • Raye Holab (13) will perform a dance that she created as a requirement for a school project. The music is: “Not Ready To Make Nice” by the Dixie Chicks. • Zach Hicks (13) will play klezmer clarinet, “Hava Nagila” and “Rhapsody in Blue” by Gershwin, and possibly flute accompanied by his dad, Gene Hicks. • Aidan Farhi 14), Jory Dawidowicz (16), and Ellen Farhi will play “Sonata for 2 Cellos” and “Continuo” by Handel. • Conaugh Cutler (14) will sing. • Fun’Raising Committee member Len Heisler will lead the parents in the song “You are the Champions” by Queen. Participation requested!

Thursday,Feb. 7

7:30 p.m.at the Coop

MENU

• Oatmeal Muffins with Dried Cherries and

Almonds (vegetarian)

• Cold Sesame Noodles with Tofu and

Red Pepper (vegan)

• Carrot Ginger Soup with Parsley Garnish

(vegetarian)

Mama’s in the KitchenSimple and Healthy Meals to Preparefor Yourself After You Have a Baby

$4 materials feeViews expressed by the presenter do not

necessarily represent the Park Slope Food Coop.

Guest Chef Linda

Monastra is a graduate

of the Natural Gourmet

Institute for Health and

Culinary Arts and now

works as a freelance

chef specializing in

vegetarian cuisine. Linda

gave birth to her first

child in August and has

spent several months

perfecting the art of

cooking with one hand

while holding a baby in

the other.

MEMBERS &NON-MEMBERSWELCOME.

Come earlyto ensure a seat.


Kombucha

Kombucha enthusiast Teresa Theophanoshows off her home brew.

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More than 100,000New Yorkers usebicycles as trans-

portation daily, according tothe Transportation Alterna-tives (TA) website. TA furtherreports that lack of securebike parking is the primaryobstacle for people who wantto commute by bike in NewYork City. A cadre of ParkSlope Food Coop membersagrees. At any given time, youcan see bikes chained to justabout anything outside theCoop. Finding convenientand safe space for parkinghas long been a problem formany members who use bicy-cles as transportation.

“The unattended bikeparking that we have now justisn’t safe,” said MarinaBekkerman, adding thatwhen she biked to the Coopyears ago, bikes were oftenstolen and vandalized.

The topic was brought tomembers’ attention by asmall group of members atthe November General Meet-ing. After some discussion,mostly intended to gaugemember interest in this idea,the presenting committeehas set about doing researchand discussing the possi-bility of introducing a systemof valet bike parking beforereturning to the GM with aformal proposal.

In cities that boast dedicated

Bike Stations for biking commuters,

valet bike parking is not at all unusual.

Valet bike parking wouldwork similarly to a coatcheck. Riders surrender theirbikes in exchange for a ticketthat matches one attached totheir bicycle, which will besecured in a protected space.This type of setup will allowfor the storage of several

times more bikes than can beachieved with individuallock-it-yourself racks.

In cities that boast dedi-cated Bike Stations for bikingcommuters, valet bike park-ing is not at all unusual. Anarticle in Time magazinereported that west coastcities have been using thissystem to address high biketraffic and security for sometime. According to the article,Santa Monica provides freevalet bike parking outside thelocal farmers’ market eachSunday.

The committee, which atthis point is informal and notan official workslot commit-tee, includes Bekkerman,Josh Gosciak, Robert Matsonand Transportation Alterna-tives Volunteer and Member-ship Outreach Coordinator,Oksana Mironova. The groupis currently considering theidea of petitioning the CityDepartment of Transporta-tion (City DOT) for a permitto use one or two parkingspaces near the Coop to beused as a dedicated valetbike parking space.

Steve Faust, a Coop mem-ber who has been involved inbicycle planning and opera-tions for 40 years, said this issomething City DOT hasalready started to do in

Brooklyn. While Faust agreesthat using parking spaces issomething that could bedone, he feels that it is notsomething that should bedone directly in front of theCoop as that space is current-ly required for food deliveriesand trash removal. He addedthat one of the easiest thingsto get City DOT permission todo would be the installationof some sort of removablerack that can be rolled orpulled out during Coop shop-ping hours and removedwhen the Coop closes.

The way Faust sees it, theCoop has two problems. “Wehave a number of bikes, andwe have theft,” he explained.“I can’t think of a better way[to deal with both problems]than supervised space.” Infact, Faust said, parked bicy-cles already outnumberparked cars on Union Streetbetween Sixth Avenue andSeventh Avenue. It has notyet been determined howvalet bike parking would behandled in the winter monthswhen weather conditions areunfavorable.

The valet bike parking com-mittee is looking for more vol-unteers. Anyone interestedshould contact MarinaBekkerman at [email protected]. ■


PLASTICS

RECYLING

Monthly on the. . .Second Saturday

Feb 9 • 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.Third Thursday

Feb 21 • 7:00–9:00 p.m.Last Sunday

Feb 24 • 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.On the sidewalk in front of the

receiving area at the Park Slope Food Coop.

What plastics do we accept?• #1 and #2 non-bottle shaped containers and

#1 and #2 labeled lids. Mouths of containersmust be equal width or wider than the bodyof the container.

• All #4 plastic and #4 labeled lids.• #5 plastic tubs, cups & specifically marked

lids and caps (discard any with paper labels).• Plastic film, such as shopping and dry

cleaning bags, etc. Okay if not labeled.

ALL PLASTIC MUST BE COMPLETELY CLEAN AND DRY

We close up promptly. Last drop offs will be accepted 10 minutesprior to our end time to allow for sorting.

East New York Food CoopHelp a new coop in Brooklyn

FTOP credit available In accordance with the sixth Principle of Cooperation, we frequentlyoffer support and consultation to other coops. For the East New

York Food Coop, we have also offered help in the form of ParkSlope Food Coop member workslots.

�The East New York Food Coop welcomes PSFC members

to assist in its first year’s operations.

PSFC members may receive FTOP credit in exchange for their help.To receive credit, you should be a member for at least one year

and have an excellent attendance record.To make work arrangements, please email

ellen_weinstat @psfc.coop or call 718-622-0560.

�East New York Food Coop

419 New Lots Avenuebetween New Jersey Avenue and Vermont Street

accessible by the A, J and 3 trains718-676-2721

Have a story ideafor the Gazette?

Or know of an interesting Coop memberyou think others

would like to read about?

Email your suggestions [email protected]

(please write Gazette story ideas in the subject line).

Should the Coop Start Valet Bike Parking?By Ramona Tirado

Valet bike parking in Santa Monica, California.

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Fortunately, as times havechanged so has the sophisti-cation and availability of sup-ports for social action. Now anew book, written by Coopmember (and Linewaiters’Gazette editor) Joan Minieri(along with co-author PaulGetsos), offers the wisdomand practical advice that canonly come through hard-wonexperience.

Their book, Tools for RadicalDemocracy: How to Organize forPower In Your Community (pub-lished by Jossey-Bass, a divi-sion of John Wiley in 2007), isa step-by-step user-friendlyguide built upon the tech-niques that Minieri and Get-sos have used as theco-founders of CommunityVoices Heard (CVH), a NewYork area group that began asan effort to organize welfarerecipients and now focuseson a range of economic jus-tice issues. Minieri, a motherof three, has a Masters insocial work from ColumbiaUniversity School of SocialWork and has taught socialwelfare at both Borough ofManhattan Community Col-lege and LaGuardia Commu-nity College.

Origins of the BookMinieri and Getsos met in

1992 as organizers during theDemocratic Presidential Con-vention. Along with a thirdorganizer, they co-foundedCVH in the mid-1990’s. Withwelfare reform a campaignpromise of both parties, “Ourgoal was to get low incomepeople to participate in thedemocratic process,” Minierisays. Since then, under theirleadership, it has grown intoa successful organizationserving 15,000 families, withmany alliances nationallyand internationally. The origi-nal purpose of the book wasto capture their learning fromtheir years in the trenchesand make it available to thenext generation of CVH lead-ership as they prepared tomove on.

“We wanted to name whatwe do in the book,” saysMinieri. “Since we had collab-orated for so long, it madesense to write the booktogether.” As their collabora-tion now took a new form, “itwas good to take a step backand see what we’d done thatwas unique and what wasuniversal and could be usedby others.”

Radical DemocracyIn the book, the authors

define what they mean by“radical democracy.” “Radicalmeans going to the source orthe root; democracy is rule bythe people.”

“If you want to make a dif-ference, you’re not alone—and you can’t do it alone”they advise readers. “Individ-uals make a big differencewhen they act togetherstrategically,p e a c e f u l l y,and in largen u m b e r s . ”

T h ebook’s goalis to showr e a d e r show to

a c h i e v esocial change through collec-tive power-building. To dothat, some basic principlesmust be understood andapplied.

Radical democrats analyze power, and

make a realistic assessment of who is with you,

and who is against you.

The two authors encour-age activists to get other peo-ple involved, through goingout and making contact, talk-ing, asking questions, and lis-tening. They emphasize theneed to build a membershipbase since more peoplemeans more clout. When itcomes to moving powerhold-ers, ie., those who controlthrough money, authorityand/or law, numbers count.Part of the organizer’s task isencouraging members tomake decisions and to helpthem see and understand theroots of the problems theyexperience or are concernedabout. As Minieri and Getsos

define it, “Problems arebased on policies, programsor practices. Convene withthose with the same prob-lems.”

Once the organization’smembers form around a com-mon problem, over time theycan plan collective activitiesthat confront, challenge andnegotiate with those who cangive the community what itwants.

Winnable CampaignsDoing that takes sophisti-

cation, keen analysis andplanning, the authors empha-

size. It’s important toi m p l e m e n t

w i n n a b l ecampaigns,which thea u t h o r scharacter-ize as aseries of

strategicactions designed to achieveclear goals and objectives.They advise that radicals ana-lyze power, and make a realis-tic assessment of who is withyou, and who is against youbecause “an inaccurate poweranalysis (or none) will makethe campaign likely to fail.”

Those in power have aclear vision of the world theywant to create, the authorspoint out. Therefore toengage others in any form ofsocial justice movement, itmust be understood that neu-trality is not an option. Orga-nizers need to put forth theirown view, they counsel, help-ing people who are “strug-gling to articulate what theybelieve or who agree with thevision of your organizationbut who have been convincedby misinformation or lack ofaccess to information.”

The OrganizerMinieri and Getsos view

the organizer as the convener,agitator, teacher, motivatorand coach for a group built toaddress a problem throughcollective action. This takesdiverse skills, including:

• Listening and learningfrom fellow organizers, mem-bers and powerholders

• Critical thinking—sinceit’s vital to look at all theangles of a problem to seewhere they lead

• Ability to use anger tomotivate since organizationsoppose injustice

Further, an organizer must

be able to use agitation, thespecific skill of engaging peo-ple in a dialogue that movesthem to action. This mayinvolve asking questions orsuggesting ideas that makepeople uncomfortable.

Power BuildingFlexibility, a sense of

humor, fearlessness, the abili-ty to hear and even an aware-ness of one’s own self-interestare all vital to the task, as is awillingness to share power.

They view building thepower of the given communi-ty as both a necessity toachieve the targeted goal andalso as an end in itself. Inother words, winning onissues is important, but theauthors point out that what iswon can easily be lost. It’s notenough to react to situationsdemanding change. It’simportant to proactively cre-ate the world you want. Theprocess of change can belengthy, and lapses in imple-mentation are always a possi-bility. Much of what we havealways taken for granted inthe United States, includingorganic foods, labor laws,public education and envi-ronmental regulations arenot givens but have been wonby an ongoing process oforganizing and implementingthese positive rights and pro-tections. At the same time,these can be eroded orundermined if not sustainedby public support, and theworld in which we live can’tchange unless people orga-nize and come together inconcerted, strategic collec-tive action.

The Right IssueOne key place to start is

identifying the right issue.This can be explored throughresearch, surveys and individ-ual and group meetings tobuild consensus on the mostwinnable entry point forchange. An issue differs froma campaign demand in thatthe demand is the specificprogram, procedure, or policy

that you want to change. Inother words, an issue mightbe food safety, but thedemand might be to removethe use of industrial waste asa fertilizer for lettuce.

Minieri and Getsos furtherpoint out that the demandmust have a target. Who isthe key individual or entitythat needs to make thechange and toward whom isthe demand directed?

“Problems are based onpolicies, programs

or practices. Convenewith those with the same problems.”

Once that individual,group or stakeholders havebeen identified, organizersmust determine the correctstrategies for bringing aboutthe demand. They advise thatpeople consider both the tar-get’s position and what thetarget might respond to. Doesthe target support or opposethe organization’s demands?What tactics are likely tomove the target? How canpressure best be applied?

How can members bemobilized to get a responsefrom the target? Are thereother groups that can joinwith the group to amplify theeffectiveness of the strategy?Who might oppose thedemands and how can thegroup address this opposi-tion? Further, Minieri andGetsos propose a realisticassessment of the organiza-tion’s power to move the tar-get and to deal with thosewho oppose the demand.

All in all, their primer takesreaders through the entireprocess of mobilizing andorganizing for change withchecklists, suggested activi-ties and a wide range of dif-ferent options at every step,making Tools for Radical Democ-racy a must-read for Coopmembers who want to helpshape a better world. ■


A Guide to ActionBy Alison Levy

Today, after the years that have passed since the founding of the

Coop, those interested in constructive social change have their workcut out for them like never before. Still, successes like the move-

ments toward promoting a living wage and corporate accountability, themovement for divestment of investments from South Africa, the internetorganizing of MoveOn.org, and the popular pressure on legislators topass health care freedom legislation in favor of access to nutritional sup-plements, should encourage activists that change can happen.

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On February 15, 2008,the Good Coffee-house presents

multi-instrumentalist BarryKornhauser and cellist extra-ordinaire Rufus Cappadocia.

I was introduced to Barryin the early 90’s when I waswith the group MusiciansAgainst Violence. He accom-panied us on bass and guitarand upon first listening tohim I knew that I was in thepresence of a musician whowas sensitive, aware and whounderstood the purpose ofhis being there. Now, thesecomments can only comefrom someone who has beensupported by one such asBarry because he makes hisliving, yes folks a workingmusician, supporting manymusicians in these herewoods.

If I were in an ensembleand did not have hiringpower, at the rehearsals, Iwould find that Barry wasalready a part of the plan.Rightfully so, it is very impor-tant to have someone whoknows what they’re doing tosupport a ‘front person’ andto be sensitive enough toknow how to blend in. Barry’sthe man!

A longtime member of the

Coop, his membership num-ber is only 3-digits, give ortake a few “leaves ofabsence.” Barry can be foundworking his musical magicwith many talented perform-ers either through the GoodCoffeehouse, through wordof mouth or in his own per-formances here, there andanywhere.

Raised in the Bronx, Barrygrew up listening to the Top40 of the day and probably,like for many of us, CaseyKasem’s famous countdown.

Barry said, “We grew upwith a piano in the sameroom as the TV. It was therebut not really available foruse too often.” From thoseearly days, Barry played thepiano, picking out melodiesand working on chords. As ateen, briefly, he owned asnare drum and thought ofbeing a drummer. But thatdidn’t go over too well as hisfamily lived in a small apart-ment. An early, brief attemptat playing the guitar waswhen he borrowed his sister’sfriend’s instrument, broke astring and gave it back. But afriend’s brother had a betterguitar and that was when helearned about the “action”(playability) on a guitar.

With Barry’s interestpeaked, the guitar purchasedfrom a record store was hisfirst main instrument. Hestudied chord books andstarted accomplishing whathe set out to do, with thehelp of Ted Dunbar from theJazz Mobile, who Barrydescribes as an “incredibleteacher.” Ted helped him tounravel the mystery of theguitar, teaching him what aninstrument could do andshared a path of foreversearching and deepening,which inspired how Barryapproaches all that he wantsto learn. Barry has a line up ofinstruments that he uses inperformance: mandolin, gui-tar, bass and a more recentaddition, the cello.

Barry said that as anaccompanying instrument,the cello brought a freshsound to his ears. Thishelped him greatly. It’s likehe’s been playing the celloforever, the harmonics, stac-cato, the bowing…check himout for yourself!

He has recently recordedwith Emma Graves on celloand performs with JanaHerzen, children’s musicartist Meredith Wright, andTomas Rodriquez.

Barry quoted Ted’s inspir-ing words, “For every pageyou read, write twelve moreof your own and take it towhere you need it to be.”

I can’t tell you that I knowRufus Cappadocia, but I’dlike to. He’s a very busy per-former having just done a gigin Virginia this past Saturdayand on his way to Florida foranother performance laterthis week.

Many articles have beenwritten about him; he has awebsite and even a team con-sisting of a record label, man-agement and a bookingagent. But all of that wouldstill not tell you who Rufus is,unless you have an innatesense of where a personcomes from with such deeprooted ability to expressthemselves through music.

I may have referencedRufus as a cellist extraordi-naire but that doesn’t do himjustice. After visiting his siteand listening briefly to histunes, I know that this musi-cian is multi-layered, compli-cated and that his sense ofself comes from this deeplove to explore, to feel; youcan just hear it in his music.He’s introspective, moved,perhaps troubled. What greatworks don’t come from thatplace so deep?

Rufus is a multi-lingualmusician, performer, com-poser and a recording artistwho works his music magicthrough the styles of MiddleEastern, West African andpan-European folk forms to

blues, rock and jazz, Ameri-can roots, Mediterranean tex-tures and Caribbeanpercussion.

Born in Hamilton, Ontario,he first picked up the cello atthe age of three to develop along, perhaps challengingrelationship with this tool ofexpression, still a powerfulone at that. Feeling confinedby the limitations of classicalmusic, once he tuned intoB.B. King’s “The Thrill IsGone,” he wept. The journeybegan.

While attending McGillUniversity in Montreal, Rufusdelved into the school’sethno-musicology depart-ment to hear everything fromPygmy chants to Balkan folkrecordings. He was learningthe riffs of Hendrix andColtrane, note for note.

Rufus’s travels to Europeand the Americas haveearned him an incrediblechapter in the world of music.Some of the artists he’sworked with are ArethaFranklin, Odetta, Cheick Tidi-ane Seck and Vernon Reid,former guitarist of LivingColor.

Come out to hear Rufus;check out the solid-body five-stringed cello he developedand built. It’s awesome.Check out his site:www.rufusmusic.com

Here’s to Barry and Rufus!See you Friday, February 15,2008, at the Good Coffee-house, doors open at 7:45p.m. and the fun starts at 8p.m. ■


C O N C E R T C O M M I T T E E R E P O R T

In the December 20, 2007issue of the Linewaiters’Gazette, Park Slope Food

Coop member Sylvia Lowen-thal wrote requesting that theCoop buy organic applesfrom certified organic farmsinstead of local, minimallytreated apples from Hep-worth Farms. Her letter raisesquestions that a lot of us areasking: How “organic” areorganic foods from far awaylands, and how safe are localfoods? I know this search for“organic” comes out of a gen-uine desire to support thehealthiest and most earth-honoring food, so I’ve pre-pared a two-part article onthe issue.

It’s true: the fruit from Hep-worth Farms carries a slightlyvague title: Minimally Treat-ed. It was not until my recentwork as manager of a localfarmers’ market that I learnedof the newly strict branding ofthe term “organic” in 2000.Many growers farm organical-ly but cannot label their pro-duce as such withoutcertification. In light of thisrestriction, Coop GeneralManager Joe Holtz and AmyHepworth struggled to find a

term that would adequatelyrepresent her ecologicallysustainable growing practicein the Hudson Valley settlingon ”minimally treated.”

According to Hepworth,who spoke at the Coop’s MeetYour Farmer event this fall, itis the nature of the farmerthat determines his or hergrowing practices, or “wherethey draw the line in thesand.” The organic label isnot enough, nor is the lack ofa label, to know the actualhappenings on the farm.Recently, there have beenmore strains on the label,such as big corporationstrying to chip away ate n v i r o n m e n t a lstandards so thatthe organic label,and thus muchhigher prices, couldbe applied to moreof their products.Growing organic is asmuch an economicdecision as it is an envi-ronmental one as thecost of food skyrockets andorganic becomes synony-mous with purity and elitism.

In his book The Omnivore’sDilemma, Michael Pollan uses

the example of the ubiquitousorganic mesclun greens toillustrate the externalities ofbig organic: the diesel-fueled,mechanized harvesters andweed-whacking flame throw-ers that take the place of her-bicides. Factor in the practicesof huge, corporate farms likeEarthbound Organic and Cas-cadian Farms, as well as thesalad’s refrigerated, cross-country trip to our table, andthe environmental impact ofbig organic remains, well, big.I like the image painted by fel-low member Lewis Friedmanabout the “purity” of bottled

water: It takes onequarter of a bottle

of oil to pro-duce a plas-tic bottle. If

we calculatedhow much oil it

took to cultivateand deliver our

west coast organ-ic apples, how

many bites of theapple would be slick

with oil?“There are major ecologi-

cal reasons to stop buyingorganic apples from the westcoast,” Hepworth asserts.

Many organic apple farmsare situated in deserts ofWashington State, Chile andNew Zealand, to avoid the 27pests that would like to eatthe apples before we do.Even with the best growingpractices, that creates a con-siderable strain on waterresources. Most growers alsopull out the certified organicheavy hitters, l ikesulfur and copper,which are residualand build up in thesoil over time. Manyuncertified growersrefuse to use them,choosing insteadnewer, less dangerous tech-nologies that have not yetbeen accepted into theorganic fold. “There is noquestion,” Hepworth says,“that there is more residueon an organic apple thanours.”

Why grow anything in adesert? Fewer bugs mean aprettier apple. That brings upanother piece of the agricul-tural business-plan pie: theexpectations of us eatersand buyers. The night of theCoop forum, Hepworthbrought with her a few bagsof wild apples: apples grownon uncultivated fruit trees,free of any human interven-tion.

They were a sort of adoles-cent apple, with a complex-

ion hosting little mealyworms and insect tunnels.“Are they safe to eat?” some-one in the audience asked.“Safe to eat?!” Hepworthexclaimed, immediatelychomping into the side. Sheexplained that she believesthe entire human digestivesystem is dependant on eat-ing the insects tucked inside

apples and broccoli. Shepointed out that these are themost organic apples, “but it’sawfully hard to get you peo-ple to buy them!”

Finally, Ms. Lowenthal’sletter questioned the tiny sizeand limited variety of organicapples. I’m sure Allen Zim-merman’s buying for theCoop takes into accountanother issue: taste. Localapples are fresher, picked aday or two before being in ourcarts, and just plain taste bet-ter. An apple all the way fromthe west coast? Hepworth’scousin says, “You might aswell eat the box.”

Coming in Part Two: The Growing Practices and Peo-

ple of Hepworth Farms and FoodSafety in New York State. ■

Member Contribution

In Defense of An AppleBy Melanie Chopko

Meet the ArtistsBarry Kornhauser and Rufus CappadociaBy Zenobia Conkerite

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In an on-going effort toilluminate how the Disci-plinary Committee (DC)

functions, we continue topublish occasional articles inThe Linewaiters’ Gazette. Wehope these articles informCoop members about thenature of the cases broughtto the DC, the committee’sthought processes and theoutcome of the cases.

Below is a composite of several cases. All charac-ters are fictitious.

Into the cast of rotatingcharacters dwelling in theillegal sublet arrived Alex M.True, as an attorney he couldafford to live on his own, buthe didn’t mind taking overthe last person’s bedroomand living space. Yeah, therewas that social worker whoneeded a place to stay but hetook care of that by offeringto pay for all the groceries fora month for all the room-mates, so he got the room.Besides, he had to savemoney to buy his Hummerand she was just trying tosave money because, well,she didn’t make any money.Too bad for her. He did haveto clean out a load of papersfrom this person’s room andthat’s when he came acrossthis membership card for aplace called the Food Coop.Alex decided to check it out.

He memorized the mem-ber number and walked backin the next day behind agroup of moms with snotty-nose kids. As he was about topresent his number, one ofthe women turned and said,oh no, I feel some morningsickness coming on. Ewww,he though, she’s going topuke. Get me out of here.While the entrance workerand other members tried tohelp the ill shopper, he man-aged to avoid her and slippedinto the Coop. He grabbed acart and wondered what thebig deal was about this place.

Then he noticed the beercollection next to the shop-ping carts. What? No Coors?Where was the Bud? Howabout that St. Pauli Girl beer?He used to have that posterin college. Well, at least therewas some Brooklyn lager. Heput some in the cart to buyfor the guys back at the sub-let. He continued to walkaround thinking what astrange place that didn’t carryCoke, Pepsi, Kraft, Nestle or

what he considered normalproducts. Where the heckwere the Twinkies? Maybethere were some cigars in thefreezer section? Nope. But hebought more supplies for theguys back at the place.

He checked out the check-out worker. She scannedeverything and placed it inthe area next to the plasticbags. They stared at each

other over the pile of goods.He waited for her to pack uphis groceries. “Did you bringyour own bags,” she asked?He laughed, “Bags of what?”

“For your groceries,” shereplied evenly. “You packthem yourself.” He told herthat it was her job to pack,not his. She explained againthat it was the member’s joband asked if there was anyreason he could not pack hisown groceries. “Maybe I wantto see your muscles,” hegrinned. “How about youpack up the stuff and we grabsomething to eat?”

“No thanks,” she said. “Oh come on,” he urged

and leaned closer. “Here’s mycard.” I’m a legit guy—I’m alawyer. Surely you want to getthe hell out of this place for awhile. They got rotting veg-etables back there, did youknow that?”

“They’re for the compost atthe local garden,” the check-out worker said.

“Well, I got some freshones right here,” Alex said,and “I’d be glad to let yousqueeze my tomatoes if youjust give me your number.”

“Your comments are offen-sive,” she said, “please leave.”He glared at her. Him offen-sive? That was a joke. Hegrabbed some plastic bagsand started to double andtriple bag them while shovingthe groceries in. He waved hiscash at the next person andthen was abruptly stopped byyet another worker. Howmany bags this worker want-

ed to know? “A lot,” he said,and smirked while he count-ed. Then, Alex left.

The checkout workerapproached the Squad Leaderand reported the incident. Heencouraged her to file a com-plaint with the DisciplinaryCommittee (DC). She spokewith an office worker, whoguided her. She emailed thecommittee and the report was

passed along to acommittee mem-ber.

Cases are dis-tributed amongthe DC mem-bers. Committeemembers oftenbegin a case bycalling the per-son who lodgesthe complaint,so the DC mem-ber called thecheckout worker.

He took notes, and then con-tacted the entrance worker,the Coop staffer who took thecomplaint and the SquadLeader and did the same. Heasked each person to sharethe details of what he/shewitnessed. Then he contactedthe Coop office to obtain thecontact information for Alex,the shopper.

It turned out that themember number had notbeen used in nearly a yearand showed many missedshifts and makeups owed.Nor did the description ofAlex match the photo storedin the Coop’s computer.Clearly the shopper usedanother person’s member-ship to shop. Since the check-out worker still had Alex’sbusiness card, the committeemember did have a means bywhich to contact him.

Throughout the conversa-tion, Alex was belligerent andrude. First, he denied usingthe old member number andavoiding the entrance worker.The DC member also knewthat the Coop’s videotape ofthe entrance desk alsoshowed Alex sneaking intothe Coop. Confronted withthis, Alex admitted using theroommate’s member ID butclaimed he just wanted to seewhat the Coop offered.

Next the DC member relat-ed the checkout worker’s com-plaint of harassment. Again,Alex denied saying anythingoffensive. Since the DC mem-ber had spoken to witnesses(the Squad Leader) he was

able to use this evidence tosupport the checkout worker’sclaim. “Hey, I was just tryingto be friendly,” Alex said.

This gave the committeemember a chance to speakabout the Coop’s principlesof cooperation and respectfor all. Alex’s actions violatedthose precepts. His decep-tion about his membershipviolated basic rules of Coopmembership—anyone canbecome a member but onlymembers may shop at theCoop. Additionally, if Alexhad been a member, hewould not have been able toshop for his roommates,unless, of course, they wereall Coop members. Doing soconstitutes theft of service,another violation of Cooprules. Lastly, his harassmentof the checkout worker wasanother serious offense anddemonstrated a basic lack ofrespect and disregard for thecooperative behavior thatallows the Coop to function.

The DC member reportedthe results of this investiga-tion to the committee. If Alexhad been a Coop member,

several outcomes may haveoccurred. The committeemember could have askedAlex to write an apology tothe checkout worker or couldhave facilitated a face-to-faceapology if the checkout work-er had been amenable. If Alexrefused, the committeewould have discussed thestatus of his membershipwith him, which may lead to aresignation or a hearing infront of Coop peers. Since hewasn’t a member at the timeof the incident, the commit-tee decided that if he wantedto join the Coop he wouldhave to undertake one of theabove actions before beingconsidered to join. The com-mittee member created a filewith a summary of the events,conversations and outcomeof the case. The file, as are allthe files in DC cases, is keptunder lock and key at theCoop in case similar situa-tions come up again involv-ing the same member.

But Alex told the DC work-er the Coop wasn’t for him.After all, it didn’t sellTwinkies. ■


D I S C I P L I N A R Y C O M M I T T E E R E P O R T

In jurisprudence, "Twinkie defense" is a derisive label for a criminal defendant's claims thatsome unusual biological factor entered into the causes or motives of the alleged crime, andthat due to this biological factor, either they should not be held criminally liable for actionswhich broke the law or the criminal liability should be mitigated to a lesser offense. Whilebiological factors may certainly influence behavior, the label of "Twinkie defense" impliesthat the specific biological factor is one that most people would view as not being sufficientto account for criminal activity, such as the effects of allergies, minor stimulants such ascoffee and nicotine, sugar, and/or vitamins. —Courtesy of Wikipedia.com

The term "Twinkie defense" comes fromTwinkies, a snack food.

Support a New Coop!Do you live or work in the Bronx?

Would you prefer to do your workslot onSaturdays?

Then inquire about supporting the SouthBronx Food Cooperative!

In accordance with the 6th Principle ofCooperation, the Park Slope Food Coop is

offering the SBFC support and consultation byallowing PSFC members to

complete their workslot at the Bronx location.

PSFC members will receive FTOP credit inexchange for their help.

To receive credit, you should be a PSFC member for at least one year and have an

excellent attendance record.

To receive PSFC credit, please [email protected] or call the Coop at

718-622-0560

South Bronx Food Coop646-226-0758 • [email protected]

The South Bronx Food Coop is seeking anexperiencedgraphic/web designer

to update their website ASAP for workslot credit!

Must know how to:• set up online purchasing system

• create edit-able calendar • incorporate audio & video links

• link websites

Preference for designers who can linkdatabase/inventory systems to web sales. Most

important—must have cool sense of design!

To receive PSFC credit, please email [email protected] or call the Coop at

718-622-0560

South Bronx Food Coop646-226-0758 • [email protected]

A New Twist on the Twinkie DefenseBy Cara M. Tuzzolino Werben, for the Disciplinary Committee

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Opinions expressed here may be solely the viewsof the writer. The Gazette will not knowingly publisharticles that are racist, sexist, or otherwisediscriminatory.

The Gazette welcomes Coop-related articles, andletters from members.

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All submissions MUST include author’s name andphone number and conform to the followingguidelines. Editors will reject letters and articlesthat are illegible or too long. Submission deadlinesappear in the Coop Calendar opposite.

Letters: Maximum 500 words. All letters will beprinted if they conform to the guidelines above.The Anonymity and Fairness policies appear onthe letters page in most issues.

Voluntary Articles: Maximum 750 words.

Submissions on Paper: Typed or very legiblyhandwritten and placed in the wallpocket labeled"Editor" on the second floor at the base of the ramp.

Submissions on Disk & by Email: We welcomedigital submissions. Drop disks in the wallpocketdescribed above. The email address forsubmissions is [email protected] of your submissions will be acknowledgedon the deadline day.

Classified & Display Ads: Ads may only be placedby and on behalf of Coop members. Classified adsare prepaid at $15 per insertion, business card ads at$30. (Ads in the “Merchandise–Non-commercial”category are free.) All ads must be written on asubmission form (available in a wallpocket on thefirst floor near the elevator). Classified ads may beup to 315 characters and spaces. Display ads mustbe camera-ready and business card size (2"x3.5").

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COOP HOURS

Office Hours:Monday through Thursday

8:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.Friday & Saturday

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Shopping Hours:Monday–Friday

8:00 a.m. to 10:00* p.m.Saturday

6:00 a.m. to 10:00* p.m.Sunday

6:00 a.m. to 7:30* p.m.

*Shoppers must be on a checkout line 15 minutes after closing time.

Childcare Hours:Monday through Sunday

8:00 a.m. to 8:45 p.m.

Telephone:718-622-0560

Web address:www.foodcoop.com


FridayFeb. 158:00 p.m.

A monthly musical fundraising partnership of

the Park Slope Food Coop and

the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture

53 Prospect Park West [at 2nd Street] • $10 • 8:00 p.m. [doors open at 7:45]Performers are Park Slope Food Coop members and receive Coop workslot credit.

Booking: Bev Grant, 718-788-3741Childcare is available from Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture for a nominal fee.

Rufus Cappadocia (5 string electric cello) is one of the leading voices on the cello today. He has toured throughout the Americas

and Europe with numerous groups and is known for his collaborations with artists from all over the world, from the Balkans

to the Caribbean, from West Africa to North America. He hastoured extensively with Urban Tap and The Paradox Trio.

In approaching the cello, Barry Kornhauser draws on a parallel musical incarnation as a bass player & guitarist—thinking rhythm section first, plucking and strumming, laying down a funky skeletal harmonic foundation. Perform-ing original jazz-informed compositions, improvisationsand songs in collaboration with drummer Rob Garcia.Saxophonist TBA.

Cello Everybody!

Photograph: © Robert Berkowitz / [email protected]

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something new?Check out the Coop’s

products blog.

The place to go for the latest information on our current

product inventory.

You can connect to the blog via the Coop’s websitewww.foodcoop.com

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New Member Orientations

Monday & Wednesday evenings: . . . 7:30 p.m.Wednesday mornings: . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m.Sunday afternoons: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:00 p.m.

Be sure to be here promptly—or early—as webegin on time! The orientation takes about twohours. Please don't bring small children.

Gazette Deadlines

LETTERS & VOLUNTARY ARTICLES:Feb 14 issue: 7:00 p.m., Mon, Feb 4Feb 28 issue: 7:00 p.m., Mon, Feb 18

CLASSIFIED ADS DEADLINE:Feb 14 issue: 7:00 p.m., Wed, Feb 6Feb 28 issue: 7:00 p.m., Wed, Feb 20

General Meeting

TUE, FEB 5

AGENDA SUBMISSIONS: 8:00 p.m.

Submissions will be considered for the Feb 26General Meeting.

TUE, FEB 26

GENERAL MEETING: 7:00 p.m.

The agenda appears in this issue and is availableas a flyer in the entryway.

The Coop on Cable TV

Inside the Park Slope Food Coop

C O O P CA L E N D A R

Attend a GMand Receive Work Credit

Since the Coop’s inception in 1973, the GeneralMeeting has been our decision-making body. At theGeneral Meeting (GM) members gather to makedecisions and set Coop policy. The General-Meeting-for-workslot-credit program was created to increaseparticipation in the Coop’s decision-making process.

Following is an outline of the program. For full details, seethe instruction sheets by the sign-up board.

• Advance Sign-up Required:To be eligible for workslot credit, you must add your

name to the sign-up sheet in the elevator lobby. Some restrictions to this program do apply. Please see

below for details.

• Two GM attendance credits per year:Each member may take advantage of the GM-for-

workslot-credit program two times per calendar year.

• Certain Squads not eligible:Eligible: Shopping, Receiving/ Stocking, Food

Processing, Office, Maintenance, Inventory, Construction,and FTOP committees. (Some Committees are omittedbecause covering absent members is too difficult.)

• Attend the entire GM:In order to earn workslot credit you must be present

for the entire meeting.

• Childcare can be provided at GMs:Please notify an Office Coordinator in the Membership

Office at least one week prior to the meeting date.

• Signing in at the Meeting: 1. After the meeting the Chair will provide the

Workslot Credit Attendance Sheet.2.Please also sign in the attendance book that is

passed around during the meeting.

• Being Absent from the GM:It is possible to cancel without penalty. We do ask that

you remove your name if you know cannot attend. Pleasedo not call the Membership Office with GM cancellations.

• Is it FTOP or a Make-up?It depends on your work status at the time of the

meeting.

• Consider making a report…...to your Squad after you attend the meeting.

Park Slope Food CoopMission Statement

The Park Slope Food Coop is a mem-ber-owned and operated food store—analternative to commercial profit-orientedbusiness. As members, we contribute ourlabor: working together builds trustthrough cooperation and teamwork andenables us to keep prices as low as possi-ble within the context of our values andprinciples. Only members may shop, andwe share responsibilities and benefitsequally. We strive to be a responsible andethical employer and neighbor. We are abuying agent for our members and not aselling agent for any industry. We are a partof and support the cooperative movement.We offer a diversity of products with anemphasis on organic, minimally pro-cessed and healthful foods. We seek toavoid products that depend on theexploitation of others. We support non-toxic, sustainable agriculture. We respectthe environment. We strive to reduce theimpact of our lifestyles on the world weshare with other species and future genera-tions. We prefer to buy from local, earth-friendly producers. We recycle. We try tolead by example, educating ourselves andothers about health and nutrition, coopera-tion and the environment. We are com-mitted to diversity and equality. Weoppose discrimination in any form. Westrive to make the Coop welcoming andaccessible to all and to respect the opin-ions, needs and concerns of every member.We seek to maximize participation at everylevel, from policy making to running thestore. We welcome all who respect thesevalues.

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Early Morning Receiving/Stocking CommitteesMonday–Friday, 5:30, 6:00, and 7:00 a.m.

Early morning Receiving/Stocking squads workwith Receiving Coordinators to receive deliver-ies and stock the store. These squads help tounload delivery trucks, organize products in thebasement, load carts, and stock shelves, bulkbins, coolers and produce on the shoppingfloor. You may be asked to stock perishables inthe reach-in freezer or walk-in cooler. Boxesgenerally weigh between 2 – 20 lbs., a few mayweigh up to 50 lbs. Other duties include break-ing down cardboard for recycling, preparingproduce for display, and general cleaning. Youwill have the opportunity to work closely with

our produce buyers and learn a lot about theproduce the Coop sells.

Attendance Recorders orMake-up RecordersMonday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday orSunday

The Coop needs detail-oriented members tohelp maintain attendance recorders for Coopworkers. You will need to work independently,be self-motivated and reliable. Members will betrained for this position, and staff members areavailable for further assistance. Please speak toany Office Coordinator in the MembershipOffice if you would like more information.Workslot requires a six-month commitment.

Cash Disbursed BookkeepingMonday, 6:00 to 8:45 p.m.Do you have neat, legible handwriting and liketo work with numbers and calculators? You willbe transferring information about checks writ-ten from individual papers into our checkbook(cash disbursed journal) and adding it up.Attention to details (especially working withnumbers) is a must. Work slot is open to mem-bers who have been members for at least 6months and have a good attendance record. Asix month commitment is required for thisworkslot. If you are interested, please speak toAndie Taras through the Membership Office.

C O N T I N U E D O N P A G E 1 0

Our Governing Structure From our inception in 1973 to the present, the openmonthly General Meetings have been at the center of theCoop’s decision-making process. Since the Coop incor-porated in 1977, we have been legally required to have aBoard of Directors. The Coop continued the tradition ofGeneral Meetings by requiring the Board to have openmeetings and to receive the advice of the members atGeneral Meetings. The Board of Directors, which isrequired to act legally and responsibly, has approvedalmost every General Meeting decision at the end ofevery General Meeting. Board members are elected atthe Annual Meeting in June. Copies of the Coop’s bylawsare available at the Coop Community Corner and atevery General Meeting.

Next Meeting: Tuesday, February 26, 7:00 p.m.The General Meeting is held on the last Tuesday of eachmonth.

Location The temple house of Congregation Beth Elohim (GarfieldTemple), 274 Garfield Place.

How to Place an Item on the AgendaIf you have something you’d like discussed at a GeneralMeeting, please complete a submission form for theAgenda Committee. Forms are available in the rack nearthe Coop Community Corner bulletin board and atGeneral Meetings. Instructions and helpful informationon how to submit an item appear on the submissionform. The Agenda Committee meets on the first Tuesdayof each month to plan the agenda for the GM held on thelast Tuesday of the month. If you have a question, pleasecall Ellen Weinstat in the office.

Meeting FormatWarm Up (7:00 p.m.)• Meet the Coordinators• Enjoy some Coop snacks• Submit Open Forum items• Explore meeting literature

Open Forum (7:15 p.m.)Open Forum is a time for members to bring brief itemsto the General Meeting. If an item is more than brief, itcan be submitted to the Agenda Committee as an itemfor a future GM.

Reports (7:30 p.m.)• Financial Report• Coordinators’ Report• Committee Reports

Agenda (8:00 p.m.)• The agenda is posted at the Coop Community Corner

and may also appear elsewhere in this issue.

Wrap Up (9:30-9:45) (unless there is a vote to extend the meeting)• Meeting evaluation• Board of Directors vote• Announcements, etc.

A l l A b o u t t h eG e n e r a l M e e t i n g

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SAT. FEB 2

CLOTHING & TEXTILE RECY-CLING: Donate used clothing,shoes, boots, hats, jackets, towels,bedding & linens for reuse or recy-cling. Grand Army Plaza Green-market, every Saturday throughMarch, 8:00 a.m.– 4:00 p.m. Formore info, visit www.cenyc.org.

PEOPLE’S VOICE CAFE: InProcess.../Donal Leace at the Work-men’s Circle, 45 E 33rd St (btwnMadison & Park), 8:00–10:30 p.m.Wheelchair-accessible. For info, call212-787-3903 or visit www.peo-plesvoicecafe.org. Suggested dona-tion: $12 general/$9 members/moreif you choose, less if you can’t. Noone turned away.

SAT. FEB 4

A SONG OF ASCENTS: A SpiritualJourney Back to Judaism. JoinRachel Ravitz*, singer & storyteller,as she shares her fascinating jour-ney through the world’s major reli-gious traditions back to her Jewishroots. This is an evening for women.Ravitz shares her songs and storiesin communities throughout theNortheastern U.S. $12, Chabad Loft@ 182 5th Ave., 2nd Floor (justSouth of 23rd St. in Manhattan), 7p.m. Information: 347-245-0606 [email protected].

SAT. FEB 9

PEOPLE’S VOICE CAFE: BevGrant*/Judy Gorman/Alix Dobkin atthe Workmen’s Circle, 45 E 33rd St.(btwn Madison & Park), 8:00–10:30

p.m. Wheelchair-accessible. Forinfo, call 212-787-3903 or visitwww.peoplesvoicecafe.org. Sug-gested donation: $12 general/$9members/more if you choose, lessif you can’t. No one turned away.


SAT. FEB 16

PEOPLE’S VOICE CAFE: Rod Mac-Donald at the Workmen’s Circle, 45E 33rd St (btwn Madison & Park),8:00–10:30 p.m. Wheelchair-acces-sible. For info, call 212-787-3903 orvisit www.peoples voicecafe.org.

Suggested donation: $12 general/$9 members/ more if you choose,less if you can’t. No one turnedaway.


SUN. FEB 17

FREE CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES:Adela Peña, violin; Ah Ling Neu,viola; Alberto Parrini, cello; per-forming string trios of Dohnanyi,Beethoven, and Schubert. At theDr. S. Stevan Dweck Center forContemporary Culture under thefront steps of the Central Branch(Grand Army Plaza) of the Brook-lyn Public Library. 4:00 p.m. Free!

SAT. FEB 23

BOOK SALE: Thousands of new &used books plus DVDs, CDs,

records & tapes. Incredible bar-gains! Terrific Children’s Corner!Park Slope United MethodistChurch (6th Ave. at 8th St.). 8:30a.m.– 4:00 p.m. Donations (excel-lent condition only) gratefullyaccepted starting Feb 18. Fordetails & more info, visit our web-site at www.parkslopeumc.org.

PEOPLE’S VOICE CAFE: ThePrince Myshkins/Dave Lippman atthe Workmen’s Circle, 45 E 33rd St(btwn Madison & Park), 8:00–10:30p.m. Wheelchair-accessible. Forinfo, call 212-787-3903 or visitwww.peoplesvoicecafe.org. Sug-gested donation: $12 general/$9members/more if you choose, lessif you can’t. No one turned away.

SUN. FEB 24

BOOK SALE (afternoon only!):Thousands of new & used booksplus DVDs, CDs, records & tapes.Incredible bargains! Terrific Chil-dren’s Corner! Park Slope UnitedMethodist Church (6th Ave. at 8thSt.). 1:00 p.m.– 4:00 p.m. For moreinfo, visit our website at www.park-slopeumc.org.

COMMUNITY CALENDARCommunity calendar listings are free. Please submit your listings in 50 words or less by mail, themailslot in the entry vestibule, or [email protected]. Submission deadlines are thesame as for classified ads. Please refer to the Coop Calendar in the center of this issue.*Denotes a Coop member.

Puzzle CornerFill in the answers for the clues below. The letters in these answers can be used to fill in the letters in the quotation with the corresponding number. By Janet Farrell

Answers on page 16

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ___1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ___, ____ ____ ___25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ___. ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ___68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89

Quotation

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____Big lie 26 40 71 50 61 84

_____ ____ ____ ____ ____Leave behind in a rude manner 31 73 66 22 8

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____Change of course 24 20 48 32 6 88

____ ____ ____ ____Religious painting 55 76 47 74

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____Venerate 72 80 10 14 52 27

____ ____ ____ ____Avant garde chefs turn food into this 33 5 56 65

____ ____ ____ ____ ____Elbow room 70 16 44 28 42

____ ____ ____ ____Penny Lane, for instance 81 29 36 75

_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ ____Not calm 67 38 54 25 35 43

_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ ____Nathan Hale was one 83 9 3 18 78 68 37

_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ ____Sift 34 2 79 12 85 62

_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ ____Uncultured 77 58 49 59 60 17 45

_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ ____Not a layperson 82 15 51 87 64 7

_____ _____ _____ _____ ____Fan magazine for mixed martial arts 69 11 13 4 57

_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ ____Type of flag or sign 89 63 21 46 23 39

____ ____ ____ ____ ____Good band does this to a room, with up 30 19 86 53 41

The Food Coop’s Fun’raising

Committee is seeking a

Coop-member band to play

for workslot credit at the

Coop’s 35th birthday party

on the evening of Saturday,

May 3. We’re specifically

looking for a band to play

Latin, R&B, and Motown

music.

BandNeeded

If interested, please call Lenny at 718-614-2289.

The Fun’raising Committee is seeking Coop members with

professional cooking and/or waiting experience to work the Coop’s

35th birthday party on May 3 for FTOP credit. We’re specifically

looking for members who are chefs, caterers, waiters and

those who have front-of-house experience in cater-

ing. Kitchen prep is needed the week prior to the

event and most of the day on May 3rd, as well as the

evening of the event. Front-of-house staff needed for

set-up, event time and breakdown. In your email please

give a brief description of your experience

and availability.

Call Esther at 917-513-0860 or email

[email protected]

Chefs and WaitstaffWanted


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MORE ON BOTTLED WATER

TO THE EDITOR:A letter in the 1/17/08 Gazette takes

issue with our initiative to discontinueselling bottled water at the Coop.Daniel Marshall, the letter writer, hassummarized our case into three argu-ments: pollution from plastic bottles,the virtual equivalency of bottled andtap water, and the (pernicious effects of)commercialization of the water supply.

He observes that many Coop prod-ucts come in plastic containers, and thatwater, being relatively pure and basic, isless objectionable than most of thoseothers. He questions the premise thatbottled and tap water are equivalent, cit-ing tap water’s added chorine and fluo-ride, and contamination from plumbing.And finally, while agreeing that commer-cializing water, together with the otherproblems, constitutes a grave environ-mental crisis, he refers to discontinuingthe sale of bottled water as an oversim-plified and insufficient salve to the con-science, and that only “changing our wayof life” will resolve the crisis.

So why pick on bottled water?While many products are packaged in

plastic, few are as heavy as water, mak-ing its transport much more pollutingper unit of volume than other products.But that’s the least of it. These otherproducts don’t have realistic or conve-nient alternatives, but bottled waterdoes—water from the tap. Although it istrue that chlorine is added to keep thewater disinfected, the levels are wellwithin what is considered safe, and thegas dissipates easily with some simpleprocedures. Contamination from pipesis also controlled by law and monitored,much more so than bottled water. Inaddition to the issue of plastic leeching,bottled water has had other contamina-

tion episodes—in fact probably more ofthem than tap water. (A Google searchwill verify that.) And one can eliminatethese issues altogether with a water fil-ter, a more cost-effective, convenient,and eco-friendly way of dealing withthem. The supposedly superior purity ofbottled water is in fact a marketing myth,a creation of advertising.

About fluoride, the mainstream sci-entific and government opinion is thatit is a public benefit—but we readilyacknowledge substantial dissent. Forthose of us who share it, fluoride can betaken out of tap water with special fil-ters like the Doulton, which the Coopsells.

Daniel Marshall’s statement that“changing our way of life” is the solutionis itself an oversimplified and insufficientsalve to conscience, so broad that itbecomes meaningless. Let us recognizethat we are stuck in this consumer cul-ture, which won’t change by our moraliz-ing. Not feeding a destructive industrywith our patronage when there is a con-venient and sensible alternative is some-thing real that we can do, not ill-definedand unrealistic.

A final note: our intention is not toeliminate specialty waters, includingmineral waters, seltzer, and distilledwater that people use for irons and otheruses. However, those who drink distilledwater would be well-advised to buy adistiller for home use, a more cost-effec-tive and practical solution than luggingheavy plastic gallons home.

David Barouh

CHILDCARE PROBLEM

TO THE GAZETTE:I’m writing you because of an inci-

dent that happened when my childwas in childcare in early January. Mychild told me about a sexually explicitconversation she overheard one ofthe childcare workers telling a friend

on the cell phone. These kinds of con-versations should not take place infront of children. This worker needs tobe told to keep all sexual referencesout of her conversation while sheworks with the children.

Thank you,Cynthia Robinson

Editor’s note: The Coop’s childcare serviceis investigating this incident, according toIntercommittee Childcare Coordinators JessicaGreenbaum and Lydia Robertson. All fami-lies using childcare, shift coordinators andchildcare workers should be aware that cellphone or personal phone use is never permittedin childcare.

EMPTY CHECKOUTSTATIONS

TO THE EDITOR:In the January 3 edition of the

Gazette, Zvi Aranoff discussed a varietyof ways that checkout lines could bespeeded up, but leaves out the singlemost important measure: fullystaffing all checkout lines! Mr. Aranofffocuses on equipment defects andtechnology upgrades, but a misalloca-tion of member labor surely con-tributes much more to the problem ofslow lines. I cannot count the numberof times I have been waiting in longlines to check out and have observedone or more checkout stationsunstaffed. The problem is not limitedto day-time hours; I have often seenempty checkout positions during themuch-coveted 6-8:45 p.m. weekdayworkslots. When I have complained tosquad leaders about empty checkoutslots, I have been told, variously, thatthere were many absences that week,or that there’s no one else trained todo that job on the squad. Is it really sodifficult to train people to work check-out? Do we really have such a severeabsenteeism problem? Why it is sodifficult to keep these crucial posi-tions filled, especially when there isso much complaint about the dearthof FTOP slots?

Lauren Young

CHECKOUT LOGJAM

TO THE EDITOR:As I write this letter, I am in the

express line, which for my thirdstraight shopping visit, has wound allthe way back to aisle 5. Since the intro-duction of debit cards, based on myobservations both shopping and work-ing as a cashier and checkout worker,the lines at the Coop have been much,much worse.

It used to be that the bottleneck tosmooth checkout flow was the cashier,but now that burden is on the check-out workers. I know a revamped Coopentrance, with more checkout lanes, isthe ultimate solution, but in the inter-im, I’d like to offer the following sug-gestions:

• Would it be possible to have theappropriate squad enter more pro-duce PLUs into the computers? Cer-tain items, such as bananas,avocados, and some twist-tied greenswith barcodes are already in the sys-tem, saving checkout workers from yetanother search through the producemenu system. For the many items thatarrive pre-stickered, this could shavetens of seconds off each transaction. Asimple paper list of PLU codes for

common items such as garlic andonions would help for unstickereditems. For more seasonal or rareitems, the menus would still be used.

• I know this idea has been floatedbefore, but for busy shifts, a squad tohelp shoppers bag their items wouldincrease throughput dramatically.Shoppers would be free to decline thehelp, and those mystery “extra” work-ers with little to do would come inhandy here.

Joshua Freedman-Wand

RETIREMENT VOTE

TO THE EDITOR:This is to support David Meltzer’s

recent letter calling for a member-ship vote on the issue of memberretirement.

The paternalistic, even manipula-tive techniques of our managementconstitute a perpetual roadblock toany defined retirement plan. We aretold to plead individually and then bejudged for retirement by our betters.This would have been consideredreactionary 100 years ago.

Let’s get this going now. We need areferendum with a few basic choices(perhaps a combination of age and co-op membership years adding up to 75)and then a vote. Members preferencescan then be turned into decisions.

Hopefully,Jules Trachten

HARK, HARK, OK TO PARKSeeing spots before your eyes?If you own a car, they’re a prize,Each a space where you can dockSans the need to check the clock.This year rest, enjoy your slumberParking yeses have risen in number. Now they’re up to forty-five,Luscious days, no need to driveRound the block, the nabe,

the boroughSearching madly, crazy-thorough,Bye to early rising—kick it!—Windshield wiper sports no ticket. Of the parking holidaysTwenty-eight (the Lord to praise)Are religious, across the board,Good behavior brings reward,Touching every major groupMaking up New York’s rich soup;All Saints’ Day and Yom Kippur,Good Friday and Eid ul-Fitr, Holy Thursday, Simchas Torah,Passover and Eid ul-Adha.Best of all, what could be sweeter,On six Legals forget the meter.For the parker, a year of thriving;Only headache: city driving.

Leon Freilich

WBAI UPDATE

TO THE EDITOR:A person named Anthony Riddle is

the new Station Manager of WBAI.Despite his undemocratic selection(see below), some of us have highhopes for Mr. Riddle as someone whowill rally to our cause. The ExecutiveDirector Elect, Nicole Sawaya, contin-ues in negotiations as to whether totake office or not. In her absence, Jus-tice and Unity plant Dan Siegel con-tinues as Interim Executive Directorand also as General Counsel (whether


We welcome letters from members.Submission deadlines appear in theCoop Calendar. All letters will beprinted if they conform to the pub-lished guidelines. We will not know-ingly publish articles which are racist,sexist or otherwise discriminatory

The maximum length for letters is500 words. Letters must include yourname and phone number and betyped or very legibly handwritten. Edi-tors will reject letters that are illegibleor too long.

You may submit on paper, typed orvery legibly handwritten, or via emailto [email protected] oron disk.

AnonymityUnattributed letters will not be

published unless the Gazette knowsthe identity of the writer, and there-fore must be signed when submitted(giving phone number). Such letterswill be published only where a reasonis given to the editor as to why publicidentification of the writer wouldimpose an unfair burden of embar-rassment or difficulty. Such lettersmust relate to Coop issues and avoidany non-constructive, non-coopera-tive language.

FairnessIn order to provide fair, comprehen-

sive, factual coverage:1. The Gazette will not publish

hearsay—that is, allegations notbased on the author's first-handobservation.

2. Nor will we publish accusationsthat are not specific or are not sub-stantiated by factual assertions.

3. Copies of submissions that makesubstantive accusations against spe-cific individuals will be given to thosepersons to enable them to write aresponse, and both submissions andresponse will be published simultane-ously. This means that the originalsubmission may not appear until theissue after the one for which it wassubmitted.

The above applies to both articlesand letters. The only exceptions willbe articles by Gazette reporters whichwill be required to include theresponse within the article itself.

RespectLetters must not be personally

derogatory or insulting, even whenstrongly criticizing an individualmember's actions. Letter writers mustrefer to other people with respect,refrain from calling someone by anickname that the person never useshimself or herself, and refrain fromcomparing other people to odious fig-ures like Hitler or Idi Amin.

LETTERS POLICY

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Friday, February 87:30 p.m. at the Coop

FREENon-members welcome

Views expressed by the presenter do not necessarily represent the Park Slope Food Coop

The fundamental nature of mind is stable, strong and clear—yet these qualities become

obscured by the stress and speed of our lives.

Meditation opens and calms the mind.

This is a basic meditation class for beginners, and for anyone who would like a renewed

understanding of the technique.

Allan Novick, has practiced meditation in the Shambhala Buddhisttradition since 1975 and is a certified meditation instructor in thattradition. He lives in Park Slope, has been a Coop member for 14yars, and works as a psychologist for the NYC Dep. of Education

Meet YourMind

WITH ALLAN NOVICK

Sunday, February 1012:00 at the Coop



A spirited, interactive workshop on thebenefits of mediation where you will:

• Learn how to change the quality of conflict interactions from negativeand destructive, to positiveand constructive.

• Learn how to go frombeing fearful and defensive, to confidentand considerate.

• Learn how to act from strength, while stayingcompassionate.

Andrew Gary Feldman joined the Coop in 1979 and has been mediating since 1998.

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTIONFAMILY - COMMUNITY - DIVORCE

MEDIATIONW I T H A N D R E W G A R Y F E L D M A N

Saturday, February 162:00 – 4:00 at the Coop



W I T H M O R A I M A S U A R E Z

Is there someone you need to forgive?

Holding on to feelings of hurt, guilt, resentment, blame, anger and the need to punish binds up a lot

of your own energy and keeps you locked in the past, instead of being fully present.

The Forgiveness Process allows you to release these negative feelings and completes your own healing.

LEARN TO:

• Forgive yourself and others

• Focus and use the power of unconditional love

• Align your head and your heart

• Use the power and energy of love to relieve stress

• Participate in a group unconditional love meditation

Moraima Suarez is a Coop member, certified Holoenergetic® HealingPractitioner, certified Bowen Therapist, and Reiki practitioner. She has studiedand practiced the healing arts for over 20 years and her healing practice inthe Park Slope vicinity.

Friday, February 227:30 p.m. at the Coop



Past Life RegressionThrough Hypnosis

DO YOU HAVE THE FEELING THAT YOUHAVE LIVED BEFORE?

Have you ever just met someone and feltlike you have previously known them?

Are there other countries or cultures thatseem familiar to you?

Well there might be an explanation forthis.

Through hypnosis we can tap into thesubconscious mind, as well as enter into a peaceful trance-like state to retrievememories of our past lives.

Relax and take a journey within.

Gain: • Realizations • A deeper understanding of who you are• Retrieve memories • Pass beyond death and back again

Bring: A blanket to lie down on or a comfortable lawn chair to relax into A note book to write down anything that comes up

Jeffrey T. Carl, CHt, a Coop member, is a certified clinical hypnotherapist,and a member of I.A.C.T. Jeffrey is also certified in past regression thoughthe Wiess Institute.

W I T H J E F F R E Y T . C A R L , C H T .


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WHAT IS THAT? HOW DO I USE IT?

Food Tours in the CoopWe did it again ˜we heaved in the new yearand here it is scattered all around usready to be put away

Wait before you knuckle downbefore you carry onlook out at the night skyfind Orion, the odd planetthe coming moon

Let the stars inspire the work you have to dothe turning inwardtake their energy to heartDo better: be great

Come to the Coop with your shine onwe’ll be here stacking, stocking,standing in line waiting for you

The Park Slope CoopFood Fun Family

by Myra Klockenbrink

Mondays February 4 (A Week)February 11 (B Week)Noon to 1 p.m.

and 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday February 12 (B Week)11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Sunday February 17 (B Week)Noon to 2 p.m.

Or you can join in any time during a tour.

that is legal or not!) to desta-bilize the Foundation finan-cially and bias the election infavor of Justice Unity. Themain line of defense is ourlawsuit led by attorney TomHillgardner, Mitchel Cohenand the other plaintiffs,which will be heard on Janu-ary 24th at the New YorkState Supreme Court.

The selection of the Sta-tion Manager has been entire-ly removed from the hands ofthe voting membership by theruling majority by electing acommittee that has a minori-ty of Local Station Boardmembers, effectively disen-franchising the membership.Disenfranchising the mem-bership would seem the leastof the evils in this new worldof electronic voting machines,massive fraud against blacksin Florida voting lists, anddimpled chads, but in this casehiring or dismissing the StationManager is one of the two primarypowers the Bylaws place in thehands of the membership! Theother power is to elect mem-bers of the Board of Directors.

The Co-Op Managementhas it easier. Rather than dis-enfranchising the member-ship they never enfranchisedthem in the first place.Recently they have toutedtheir reverence for the SixthPrinciple of the 1995 State-ment of Cooperative Identi-ty: Cooperation amongcooperatives. Indeed, weseem to have many initia-

tives going to help othercooperatives.

The Second Principle,“Democratic Member Con-trol” requires “elected repre-sentatives” who are“accountable to the mem-bership.” The praises of thisprinciple are rarely if eversung by the Rulers of ourcooperative, because thefact remains that the man-agement does not crowabout this issue very often ifat all, because of objectionslike the one above.

When you read this, theJanuary 24th Court hearingand all-weekend Board ofDirectors’ meeting in Newarkwill have passed, and praywith us that the Court andBoard will bring some resolu-tion to the many issues thathave come up. Not the leastof them is our (the Indepen-dents’) claim that only theUnexpired members of theWBAI Local Station Board arecompetent to conduct busi-ness or elect directors. Theupshot is two boards runningaround, one with 24 membersand one with 12, making dif-ferent directives and electingdifferent directors. Fiat volun-tas tua, as the Romans say!

Yours in Peace and Cooperation, Albert Baron Solomon

More than 30 Meetings Recordedat PACVID1.com Homœopathic

Advisor to the World EnfantTerrible of the Park Slope Food Co-Op Disqualified Candidate for the2008 WBAI Local Station Board

L E T T E R S T O T H E E D I T O R

C O N T I N U E D F R O M P A G E 1 1

There are “healers” whoclaim that they canheal by projecting

energy (chi) into people.They further claim that pro-jecting energy into a personwill “balance” and “heal”them. Is this possible, isthis for real or are thesepeople fakes?

Several questions mustbe answered in order tomakes this determination.1. Is there such a thing asenergy (chi, prana or bio-electric/life force energy)? 2.If it does exist, can it be pro-jected out of one personand into another person? 3.If it is real, and can be pro-jected into another person,will it help the other personheal? This article seeks toanswer these questions byproviding summaries ofstudies that prove theclaims of some healers.

In 1978 in the Journal ofNature, in a paper titled“The Preliminary Experimen-tal Results of the MaterialBasis of Qigung Therapy,”researchers reported on theresults of experimentsaimed at validating or invali-dating the claims of 3 ChiGung masters that theycould “emit chi” (projectenergy) out of their hands.The researcher used an AGA680L W Thermography andmeasured inferred radiationcoming out of the hands ofthe Chi Gung masters at adistance of 1 to 2 meters.They also recorded, with aninfrasonic detector, infra-sound (inaudible sound ofless then 20 Hz) coming outof their hands.

Dr. George Shen Director,of the Shanghai ResearchInstitute, which is affiliatedwith Shanghai College ofTraditional Chinese Medi-cine, conducted similarexperiments with Chi Gungmasters and obtained simi-lar results. He measuredinfrasound between 1 and 12

Hz., inferred radiation andalso raman spectra, ultravio-let spectra, microwave emis-sions, magnetic fieldgeneration and electrostaticfiled generation coming outof the Chi Gung master’shands. The energy emissionswere measured to be about100 times the magnitude of anon-master.

These experiments, for thefirst time in history, provedthe existence of chi and alsovalidated the claims that itcould be emitted from a per-son’s hands.

In 1998, Dr. Jean-Claude Darras andDr. Pierre de Verne-joul at Necker Hos-pital in Paris carriedout experimentsdesigned to validateor invalidate theexistence of the classicalChinese acupuncturemeridians (channels thatcarry chi). They injectedradioactive isotopes intoacupuncture points andphotographed the isotopeswith a gamma-imaging cam-era as the isotopes followedthe course of the meridians.This, for the first time in his-tory, proved the existence ofthe meridians.

The existence of theacupuncture meridians andchi has been proved. It hasbeen proved that we can pro-ject this energy, chi, from ourhands. The only question leftis, can it help us heal?

Abstracts of SelectedPapers Presented at theFirst Medical Conference ofthe Exchange of MedicalQigung China, 1988. “Stom-ach cancer cells in tissueculture were treated withemitted Chi for one hour.The experiment was repeat-ed 41 times and an averageof 25% of the treated cellsdied or were inactivated.”Other studies performed oncancer cells of the cervix,treated with 20 minutes ofemitted chi, repeated 20times, showed a kill and

inactivation rate of between13 and 36%.

Spiritual Healing andRelated Evidence: Implica-tions Beyond IndividualTreatment. Daniel J. Benor,M.D. 8/27/2001. “…Theauthor has found 191 pub-lished studies of healing(Benor 2001a, b). Close totwo thirds of these demon-strate significant effects.”

Larry Dossey M.D. in hisbook Healing Words reportson experiments done withMathew Manning. Mr. Man-ning was able to change the

growth rate of cancer cellsin a beaker by between 200and 1,200% simply by plac-ing his hands near thebeaker and sending his“healing” energy into thebeaker. He was also able toproduce similar resultswhen the beaker was placedin a distant room that wasshielded from electricalinfluences.

Many other experimentsproving the existence of Chiand its ability to help peopleheal have been carried out.The goal here is not to give acomplete report of all avail-able research. My goal in thisarticle is simply to provideyou with enough informa-tion to show you the validityof “Energy Medicine.”

Richard is a Coop mem-ber and practices Acu-Ener-getics, Acu-pressure,Polarity, Shiatsu, Reiki,Therapeutic Touch, Reflex-ology, EFT (Emotional Free-dom Technique), TAT (TApasAcupressure Technique),Hypnosis, Medical Mes-sage, Trigger Points, Canio-sacral, Unwinding, TibetanEnergy Work and is ateacher of Chi Gung, Tai Chiand Yoga. ■

Member Contribution

CHIPS Soup KitchenMonday, Tuesday or Saturday, 9:00 a.m.to 11:45 a.m. or 11:15 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.CHIPS serves a daily meal to the homeless,needy and hungry at their storefront soupkitchen located at 4th Avenue and SackettStreet. Workslots preparing food, helpingserve meals and cleaning-up are availableto Coop members who have been a mem-ber for at least six months. Coop memberswill work alongside other volunteers atCHIPS. Reliability, cooperation and abilityto take directions are vital. Experience withfood prep is a plus for working in thekitchen. Please contact Camille Scuria inthe Membership Office if interested.

Office SetupWeekday mornings, 6:00 to 8:30 a.m.Need an early riser with lots of energy to do

a variety of physical tasks including: settingup tables and chairs, buying food and sup-plies, labeling and putting away food andsupplies, recycling, washing dishes andmaking coffee. Sound like your dream cometrue? This job might be for you. Pleasespeak to Adrianna in the MembershipOffice, Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m.to 2:00 pm.

Plastics RecyclingSaturday or Sunday, 9:45 a.m. to 12:15p.m. or 11:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.Join in the Coop's effort to be a better envi-ronmental citizen. Work outside in front ofthe Coop with other members of theRecycling Squad accepting returned plasticcontainers, making sure they are clean andmeet the Recycling Squad criteria. Stackand pack plastic for recycling. Must be reli-able and willing to work outdoors in allkinds of weather.

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Energy Medicine...Any Proof?By Richard Eisenberg

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COOP Closing at 5pm Sunday Feb 3rd.

ShowYourMovie!

and earn workslot credit. Exposure, Conversation, Reactions…

The film series at the Coop is only as good asthe willingness of Coop members to participatein it. Submit movies you’ve made, you’ve gaffedon, acted in, PA’d, wrote, produced…and getworkslot credit if we show it for our Coop FilmNight screening series.

We want to see how creative our Coop membersare, and we want to share the work with otherCoop members and their friends.

Please send us your stuff or email us to talkabout it. We need to be in touch with all of you tokeep this series hot...which it is!

For more information, contact

Alexandra Berger at [email protected]

Plastic RecyclingDrivers Needed

The Plastics Recycling Squads are looking for driversto transport plastic recycling collected at the Coopto the recycling plant in Brooklyn. Drivers are need-

ed for shifts on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday. Drivers must have a large capacity vehicle(van or truck) for the volume of recycling collected. You need to be able to lift and work inde-pendently. Reliability a must as you are the only person coming to do this job on your day.Member should be prepared to store recycling collected on Saturday or Sunday in their vehi-cle or home until recycling center opens on Monday. Wednesday drivers must be available todrop off the recycling at the center between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. when the recycling facili-ty is open. Member will be reimbursed for mileage according to IRS reimbursement rates. Ifinterested please contact Office Coordinator Cynthia Pennycooke at [email protected] or drop by the Membership Office to speak to her.

Coop Job Opening:

General CoordinatorWe are looking for someone to join our Coop management team of General Coordinators. The idealcandidate would have significant experience in systems project management, preferably utilizingproject management and collaboration software to achieve results. Responsibilities would includemanagement of a team of three staff engineers, organization and planning of current and futurehardware/software projects and needs, implementation and launch planning of projects, training,documentation of all current systems and programs. An additional objective is the development ofan environment that facilitates and coordinates member labor to improve and expand the softwaretools available to Coop staff and members. Familiarity with a Mac environment, networking, security,and backup applications is a plus.

Equally important, the ideal candidate should be able to contribute to the General Coordinator man-agement team by possessing many of the following qualities:

• Consistently brings to bear excellent judgment in management decision-making.• Takes initiative and provides leadership in strategic planning and implementation.• Understands short and long-term financial planning.• Displays both excellent oral and written communication skills.• Possesses the interpersonal skills to work well with a broad, diverse range of co-workers and

members.

Work ScheduleAverage work week of 45-50 hours, some evening meetings required.

SalaryThe General Coordinator salary is $71,645.00 plus a COLA increase in February 2008.

Benefits• Four paid holidays: July 4, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Years Day• Five weeks vacation• Health & Personal paid time• Health insurance and long-term disability insurance, fully paid by the Coop• Defined benefit pension plan, fully paid by the Coop

How to ApplyPlease provide a cover letter with your resume stating why you would like to be hired for this positionand how your qualifications, skills, and experience will benefit the Coop.

Submit materials by February 15, 2008. Applicants must be current members with at least one year ofmembership in this Coop. Please address to: Personnel Committee, Park Slope Food Coop, 782Union Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215.

We are seeking an applicant pool that reflects the diversity of the Coop’s membership.FYI: Our production and development environments include:Operating Systems: Mac OS (9 and X), RedHat Linux (Fedora, CentOS), Solaris, and Windows XPDevelopment software tools: Omnis7/Studio with DML and/or SQL implementations, Java, SQL, PHP, and PerlPoint of Sale equipment: i386 based Linux registers and servers, Ingenico pinpads, Epson receipt printers, Magellan & Symbolscanner/scales, and Hobart food processing scalesNetwork Infrastructure: Ethernet, TCP/IPNetwork Services: pfSense Firewall, AFP/SMB via OS X and Linux, HTTP via Apache/Linux, MySQL via Linux and OS X, DNS via OS X andSolaris, SMTP via OS X

CelebrateGroundhog’sDay with tastytreats from theCoop!

Springis on the way!

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To Submit Classified or Display Ads:Ads may be placed on behalf of Coop members only. Classified ads are prepaid at $15 per

insertion, business card ads at $30. (Ads in the “Merchandise–Non-commercial” category are free.)All ads must be written on a submission form. Classified ads may be up to 315 characters andspaces. Display ads must be camera-ready and business card size (2" x 3.5" horizontal).

Submission forms are available in a wallpocket near the elevator.

BED & BREAKFAST

THE HOUSE ON 3rd ST. B&B - Beautiful parlor floor thru on3rd below 6th Ave. Charming, comfortable apt. privatebath, double living room, kitchen, deck, sleeps 4-5 call 718-788-7171 or visit us on the web at www.houseon3st.com.

CLASSES/GROUPS

YOGA WITH MINA. Feel great, be strong, find peace andserenity. 17 years experience, Kripalu-certified. Conve-nient Park Slope locations. 212-427-2324.

GOAL GROUP. Having difficulty being, doing or havingwhat you want? People act with more daring & diligencewhen they have support. Clarify what’s possible & over-come the obstacles. Short term groups start in Feb. Mon.eves 7:15-9, 6 sessions, $20 each. PS/WT loc. Info-MargaretRose de Cruz DC, LMHC 718-499-7258.

MERCHANDISENON-COMMERCIAL

RECORDS, OVER 100 ALBUMS, Classical, Jazz, Big Band,Folk & 30 album sets. All or nothing, best offer. Stereo Amp& turntable, speakers 18” X 11” X 22” 2 drawer letter size filecabinet, picture frames-all sizes, 2 hanging lamps, smallmicrowave. All best offers, call Donnie @ 718-768-1797.

PEOPLE MEETING

I'M LOOKING FOR A WOMAN who is mature (50+ non-smoker), playful, empathetic, affectionate, supportive,happy with herself and is looking to laugh & receive hugs. Iam a longtime Coop member who is all of the above andmore. Call or email me, Marty 917-273-3213 or [email protected]

PETS

WARM UP YOUR HOME with a sweet kitty. Emily was res-cued from a parking lot. She’s an adult black-and-white,friendly, loving, but a little shy at first. Healthy, spayed,fully vetted and ready to bring you plenty of love! To meether, please call Laura at 917-733-0283.

SERVICES

TOP HAT MOVERS, INC., 145 Park Place, Bklyn. Licensedand Insured Moving Co. moves you stress-free. Full line ofboxes & packing materials avail. Free estimates718-965-0214. D.O.T. #T-12302. Reliable, courteous, excel-lent references & always on time. Credit cards accepted.Member Better Business Bureau.

PAINTING-PLASTERING+PAPERHANGING-Over 25years experience doing the finest prep + finish work inBrownstone Brooklyn. An entire house or one room.Reliable, clean and reasonably priced. Fred Becker -718-853-0750.

COMPUTER HELP-CALL NY GEEK GIRLS. Setup & filetransfer; hardware & software issues; data recovery;viruses & pop-ups; networking; printer/file sharing;training; backups. Home or business. Mac and PC.Onsite or pickup/drop off. References, reasonablerates. Longtime Coop member. 347-351-3031 [email protected].

EXPRESS MOVES. One flat price for the entiremove! No deceptive hourly estimates! Careful,experienced mover. Everything quilt padded. Noextra charge for wardrobes and packing tape. Spe-cialist in walkups. Thousands of satisfied cus-tomers. Great Coop references. 718-670-7071.

MAKE THIS THE YEAR you get all those memoriesout of those boxes and back into your life or let usdo it with you or for you! A box isn’t any place tokeep a life. Memories Out Of The Box, 633 Vander-bilt Ave. Brooklyn. 718-398-1519. www.memoriesout of the box.biz.

ATTORNEY—Experienced personal injury triallawyer representing injured bicyclists and otheraccident victims. Limited caseload to ensure maxi-mum compensation. Member of NYSTLA and ATLA.No recovery, no fee. Free consult. Manhattan office.Park Slope resident. Long time PSFC member. AdamD. White. 212-577-9710.

NEED AN ELECTRICIAN, call Art Cabrera at 718-965-0327.Celebrating 35 yrs. in the electrical industry, skilled in allaspects of field from single outlets to whole buildings.Trouble shooting specialist. No job turned away. OriginalCoop member, born in Brooklyn. Brownstone specialist,low voltage & 220 wiring.

FIDDLE LESSONS, adults and children, by ear and withwritten music. Tunes from the southern mountains, Shet-land, Ireland, England, Sweden, Quebec. Bowing, style,ornaments, repertoire. Paul 917-592-7148.

SERVICES-HEALTH

HOLISTIC DENTISTRY in Brooklyn (Midwood) & Manhat-tan (Soho). Dr. Stephen R. Goldberg provides family den-tal care utilizing non-mercury fillings, acupuncture,homeopathy, temporo-mandibular (TM) joint therapy &much more. For a no-obligation free initial oral examina-tion, call 212-505-5055. Please bring X-rays.

HOLISTIC OPTOMETRY: Most eye doctors treat patientssymptomatically by prescribing ever-increasing prescrip-tions. We try to find the source of your vision problem.Some of the symptoms that can be treated includeheadaches, eye fatigue, computer discomfort, learningdisabilities. Convenient Park Slope location. Dr. Jerry Win-trob, 718-789-2020. holisticeyecare.com.

HOLISTIC DOCTOR in Naturopathy stimulates body’s nat-ural ability to heal chronic conditions, allergy, skin, mus-cle, cancer support with homeopathy, physical & chelationtherapies, bioenergetic acupuncture, lab tests, hair analy-sis & more. Research Director. 20 years exp. As Featured inAllure Magazine. Dr. Gilman 212-505-1010.

WHAT IF there was one molecule that represented the great-est breakthrough in Med Sci ever. What if this molecule signif-icantly reduced one’s risk of cancer, diabetes or heart disease?Over 60 published scientific studies. Welcome to BIONOVIX.917-515-8821. mybiocareny.com.

YOGA WITH MINA. Think you’re too stiff, too old, toolarge, too out-of-shape to do Yoga? Gentle, nurturingclasses, both individual and group. Convenient Park Slopelocations. 212-427-2324.

LIFE COACHING WITH MINA. Are you in transition? Wantto explore new possibilities in your career? More fullyexpress your creative potential? Life Coaching is a power-ful tool for change and growth. Sessions either by phoneor in convenient Park Slope location. First session free.Call 212-427-2324.

WHAT’S FOR FREE

FREE INITIAL ORAL EXAM in holistic dental office for allCoop members. X-rays are strictly minimized so bring yourown. Dr. Goldberg’s non-mercury offices in Soho or in Mid-wood section of Brooklyn. For info please call718-339-5066 or 212-505-5055.

FREE INITIAL LIFE COACHING SESSION. 30-minute com-plimentary session. Coaching will help you clarify your lifegoals, increase options, advance your career. Call Mina212-427-2324.

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THANK YOU!

Thank you to the following members for referring friends who joined the Coop in the last two weeks.

Ann AgeeIrobia AllenYasmine AlwanTaras AndieAlexander AurittChris AveryMaya BajakJudy BartlettRebecca BauerVivian BendayanJenny BenderPaula BirnbergAbby BlockJohn BoyleGloria BrandmanAdrian BrownJuanita BrunkVilasinee BunnagJennifer BurchCamiCarolineConnie ChanAlice ChengRobert Childs

Cricket CooleyJennie CorreiaMargaret CrockerMargaret de Cruz Lindsay D’AddatoMolly DanielssonSherie DavisJeff Dawson Jayne DeanAnngel DelaneyAurora DeussMegan DietzStella DomenechJohn Henry Dreyfuss Corey EastwoodDana FacontiMadeline FoxAnselm FuscoEloisa GalanAlexandra GaritaAlison GillesBernice GordonAlex Gordon-Brander Karesse Grenier

Michelle HayworthDesiree HerreraMichael HodgeJolie HollandAnn IsaacsJohn JenkinsonJennyJonathan & LupeLars JohnsonAko JonesDavid JonesSat-Kiran KhalsaEleana KoncurKaty KrantzNatalie KuhlDavid LeeJohn LeeperToy LeiCatherine LomaxKathleen Lopez-KimDeirdre LovellLeah MadoffDiana MartinezSharon Mashihi

Ameet MaturuWini McBrideColumbia McCalebJulia McComiskeyMike McComiskeyBrian McCorkleMalcolm McFarlandBryna McLaneNatasha McLeodMollie McQuarrieJohanna MeyerMargaret MurphyRobin MessingCarey MeyersAloisia MoserSophie NimmannitYelena NochnyukMichael O’ReganKristen Nora OssmanRachel Ostrow NoraDamian QuinonesAlicia Jo RabinsWiliam Rahilly

Ziv RavitzMatthew ReidEugene ResnickHannah RothLindsay RothenbergAnya RousSteve SavitzChristopher SbrolliniGreta SchwernerElizabeth Seidlin-

BernsteinEric SerrilliMary SerrilliSafiyyah Sharif Liz SharpKatherine ShanleyTamara ShapiroApril SilverEdith SilverTessa SilverMatthew StandevenRamsey StevensRachel StolzmanRuthie Streiter

Abby SubakKrisan SwaminathanTaraArthur TebbelAllen Thayer Jennie TontiPolly TriggerSimone TurnerRussell UngerJessica Van CampenKim Van DuzerSara ValentineMary VonckxMatt W.Diane WaltonAdam WeinstockSasha WeissJenny WerbellSarrah WestonMera WhiteJuliet YoungLaura ZeidensteinKatherine Zeray


WELCOME!

A warm welcome to these new Coop members who have joined us in the last two weeks. We’re glad you’ve decided to be a part of our community.

Tolani AdeboyeBailey AndersonWilliam AndersonJenni AndreaLois AnshusAdrienne AtilesArjuna BalaranjanNina BannettAlejandro BarraganBrian BaumMaurice BavliPaul BenneyKati BicknellMary BishopElizabeth BlandDara BlumenthalCatherine BordeauKarim BouabdelliJulie BrennerDennis BroeJamie BrownRachel BrownKelly Anne BurnsJulia BurrerJohn BurrowsRussell BuschMaisy CardColin CarewRicardo CarranzaEtan ChatlynneAlice (Soman) ChengWenjei ChengShakira ChinKiritin Clausen

Stephanie CleaverSean ConnellyMaia ContyGabrielle CoppolaMathew CrosbyIris CushingAshonda DavenportYvette DemmisEmanuela DenekuSimon DoolittleMatt EpsteinDaniela ErleScott FairleeDanielle FallonErica FederRenee FidzHenry FinkelsteinJosh FlugBrad FoxMichele FoxTony FraterDave GallagherNoriko GallagherSheri GarzelliLaura GavendaMarisela GenaoJonathan GessLeah GilliamPaul GirolamoJon GlaserScott GordonKyle GraffanLael GreensteinSarah Gregory

Olivia GriffithJason HaasAta HaddadIntissar HaddadRayanne HaddadDamian HarrisAaron HartmanMichelle HechtChristina HenryRichele HenryTom HohmannVerna HolmesAnneiga Zion HyattInna JacksonReuben JacksonYosef JacobsonAyala JonasHelen Chaya KatzBenjamin KilinskiSelena KimballLeslie KingTricia KissingerChristina KolbeNatalie KomfortiChristopher KoncurRebecca LaksZoe LangerMarilyn LeeAnaii Lee-EnderJulie LeiJohn LeoSophia LeuAlanna MacCordJoshua Machat

Joseph MaciasKelly MahoneySean McAlindinAfi McClendonBrian McCorkleDavid McDonaldMichelle McInnisRebecca McMackinMalika McMillanKatie MerzAnder MikalsonSarah MillerAtiya MuhammadDr. MuhammadHasina MuhammadRobert MunroeDaniel MurphyTimothy MurphyNir NaamanMatthew NemethMarianne NiemanGelareh NikpourGolnar NikpourDavid NugentBrendan O’BrienKarla Osorio-PerezLily OvadyaYacob OvadyaEric OwensDiana PaquinManuel ParedesSamantha PartonDarren PatrickLaToya Pearce

Lubomir PenevNicole PeyrafitteRodrigo Pintos-LopezAndie PoehlkerMara PoehlkerJanine PtaszekChristina PumariegaHana Quinn-Feit Hilary RedmanAnna RobertsFrancesca RomoLuci Rosalia John RosenthalAntoinette RowieAnthony RoyKelley RoyCynthia SalvodonBenjy SarlinBarbara SchauweckerChet SchwartzAlexander SedgwickAmanda SegiliaLaura SheinkopfSusannah ShepherdPamela SilverMinh SingerLetitia SpanglerMichael SperlingBrian SquibbDavid StadlerDamon StallingsJennifer Stark-HernandezScott StevensPeter Strachnyi

Taras StrachnyiTheo StuartWen SunRia TabaccoLucia TanakaStephanie TathamBen TearChristopher ToiaAlexander TolchinskyJames TorresJennifer TorresKatie TracyPaige TravisSimone TurnerOlivia ValentineRoselvia VargasElizabeth VenturosoMichael VieraVanessa WeaverDanny WenHeather WhiteDean WilkieAnastasia WilliamsSam WilsonJessica WisloskiMiriam YeungAriela ZamcheckMike ZatorskiChris ZeliskoMykhaylo ZhytomirZoe Ziff

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PUZZLE ANSWER

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Puzzle AnswersEarly ClosingThe Coop will be closing early for shopping at 5 pm on

Sunday, February 3 so that we can conduct our annual

Coop-wide inventory. Some shifts will be affected, others

will not.

Please help inform the membership about this early clos-

ing by telling your Coop housemates and friends.

Members whose shifts are affected by the closing will be

contacted by the Membership Office.

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