62 The QUEE NS Courier • buzz • JUNE 9, 2016 FOr breaking news visit www.qns.com Visiting the LIC Flea After taking my grandchildren to see the amazing Gazillion Bubble Show we visited the LIC Flea and Food for lunch. To my delight the “Flea Market Flip” starring Lara Spencer shown on HGTV was again filming at the market. The contestants buy items, restore them and repurpose them. I ended up negotiating and winning a bench, rolling cart and a chandelier. My partners in the negotiations were Addy and Jonah. What a perfect day, great company, delicious food and superb shopping! Victoria’s Secrets Dynamic $1500 off Lumineers $500 off Invisalign DENTAL WORK CALL FOR FREE CONSULTATION THE INVISIBLE WAY TO SOME EXCLUSIONS APPLY STRAIGHTEN TEETH Third Generation Dentist 175-15 Jamaica avenue, Jamaica 718-297-4100 • 718-297-4106 It was a bedazzling week, running the spectrum from great joy to great sadness. It was sorrowful to hear of the passing of “The Greatest,” Muhammad Ali. Then, within hours, we joyously celebrated my granddaughter’s first birthday and naming ceremony. Every cover of every New York newspaper, and I bet every newspaper worldwide, paid tribute to the man who bedazzled the world and for me stood for what courage is all about. I grew up with Cassius Clay, then his transformation as Muhammad Ali. It was remarkable to me that he had had the courage to withstand the fury of the powersthat be over his decision not to be drafted. He fought for his right up to the Supreme Court which, in an 8-0 vote, supported Ali’s right to abstain from military service, even though he probably would never have seen active duty. He held to the courage of his convictions. After an amazing career of 56 wins and 37 knockouts and just five losses, he sadly fought for years the disabling Parkinson’s disease. But he carried on as if he was not afflicted. He just lived his life, traveling around the world carrying, with courage, the message of peace and love that became his mission in life. I believe he was loved, respected and adored as a world hero because of his courage. “The Greatest” fit him for another reason. As one reporter, Linda Stasi, wrote in The Daily News Sunday, “Ali was truly the greatest because for one glorious moment he made America colorblind. And for that one tiny moment, it felt like well The Greatest!” My son Josh, when he was 12, met and had Ali autograph boxer shorts and gloves. Steve Hisler, a Bayside promoter, had Ali at the Hofstra Gymnasium Sports Memorabilia Expo and he signed the glove and a photo that is framed in Josh’s office. Ali was “the Greatest” and showed courage even then with Parkinson’s riddling his body, as he kidded with Josh while he signed the glove. Rest in Peace to a man who captured my heart and was a role model for the world. Victoria SCHNEPS-YUNIS [email protected] tweet me @vschneps Bedazzling Sloane Londyn turns one In the Jewish faith, a baby is given an English name and a Hebrew name in memory of a deceased member of the family. Sloane is my son Josh’s second child and my heart swelled with bittersweet joy as he and his wife Tracey told me they were naming her in memory of my late husband Stu and my daughter, Josh’s sister Lara. What I didn’t expect was their touching words explaining their choice. Tracey, her voice strong, told the family that she wanted Sloane to carry Stu’s Hebrew name because they hoped she would carry on the tradition that was Stu’s life: loving family, beyond all else, getting a superb education from Dartmouth College and then Syracuse Medical School, and giving back to the world as a doctor – board certified as a nephrologist, and creating a medical practice of eight doctors! It brought tears to my eyes. Then she went on to describe Lara so well. She said she was hoping her little darling daughter would be like Lara who was always a loving, smiling and warm person. Yes, may Sloane Londyn carry those characteristics her whole life. Then, Josh spoke emotionally and with love about his paternal grandfather Sam. Sloane will also have his Hebrew name to carry through her life. Sam Schneps, alone in the world, had come to America from Poland penniless, and built a business and a family and success by his wits and drive. It’s a giant legacy to carry on but with parents like Josh and Tracey, and family support around her, and the courage of her ancestors, I believe she will carry her names handsomely. She bedazzles me with her smile. May it shine brightly forever! Josh, at age 12, meeting “The Greatest,” Muhammad Ali Bedazzled The Muhammad Ali signed glove Josh with Sloane Londyn on her first birthday
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