VOL. 3, NO.

42 - THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2017

A Loss
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Many Mourned The

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Ashore on Tuesday.
What Happened?
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CB14 Votes Yes for Far Rockaway Re-Zoning
With Conditions
By Kami-Leigh Agard
Though many Communi-
ty Board 14 (CB14) members
were up in arms with the Eco-
nomic Development Corpora-
tions (EDC) plan for the citys
proposed rezoning of down-
town Far Rockaway, in a sur-
prising twist, by a vote of 26 to
2, the board voted yes with
conditions, at a special meet-
ing last Wednesday, March 29.
The EDC representatives
presented their glitzy plan of
a new idyllic downtown Far
Rockaway, stating that their
plan will bring Far Rocka-
way back to its former glory
days when it was referred to
as The Village. The $91M allo-
cated by the mayor will bring
more commercial vibrancy to
the downtown Far Rockaway
commercial district, which
currently is underperforming,
and not serving its residents
and the entire peninsula.
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With this redevelopment,
after decades of de-invest-
ment, more retail stores and
businesses will come, bring-
ing back much-need jobs and
commercial vibrancy, unlock-
ing the lucrative potential of
downtown Far Rockaway. Just
with the refurbishment of the
18 storefronts facades already
completed, the exciting mo-
mentum has already begun.
The redevelopment of vacant
lots, the old Thriftway Shopping
Center, improved public trans-
portation, workforce training,
a new state-of-the-art library,
all will make the area come
alive. Our 15-year rollout also
includes underground parking
for the mixed affordable resi-
dential buildings coming and
additional street parking for
both residents and visitors, the
EDC representative said.
Next up was District 31 Coun-
cilman Donovan Richards
Chief of Staff Mercedes Bu-
chanan, who made a brief, but
thunderous statement rallying
why CB 14 should vote yes for
the rezoning.
Downtown Far Rockaway
has been the same way for the
last 40 years, Buchanan said.
It needs change and we sup-
port change. Note that our of-
fice is not 100 percent on board
with all the details of EDCs
plan. Changes are needed. We
understand the need for im-
proved transportation, addi-
tional schools, greenspace, re-
siliency measures. Downtown
Far Rockaway is the only area
on the peninsula that is not on
the flood zone. The storefront
facade project was great, but
we need to do more. We will not
continue to have an eyesore in
the community with vacant lots
and abandoned buildings.
After all the cheerleading,
CB14 Chairwoman Dolores
Orr directed her concerns to
the EDC. We need to know
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the Citys position on opening
more schools. Both present
and incoming residents need
their own zoned elementa-
ry school for their children.
Presently, most of the children
have to commute to other ar-
eas in the peninsula for their
education.
EDC responded, With our
analysis, we are not showing
the need for a school with the
new development. We un-
derstand this is a concern,
so we are willing to continue
the conversation and taking a
good, hard look at it.
Orr continued, Retail, park-
ing, the proposed residen-
tial buildings' height are all
concerns. Currently the plan
shows two 15-story buildings.
That density is not in context
with the surrounding commu-
nity. We are looking for lower
density and height in these
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CB14 VOTES
Continued from Page 2
proposed residential build-
ings. However, for retailers
looking to set up in the area,
they are looking to see how
many people live in the area
that could support the financial
viability of their business. How-
ever, two 15-story buildings are
not going to work for me. Also
the area needs a national chain
supermarket, and mid-box re-
tailers like TJ Maxx, Marshalls
- somewhere you can go shop-
ping for reasonable prices.
Then board member, Danny
Ruscillo, spoke up, How are
you going to guarantee more
parking for residents of the com-
munity and store owners?
EDC responded, There will
be underground parking for
residents of the new buildings,
plus accessory parking for
shoppers. We are guarantee-
ing that we are creating an ad-
ditional 1,200 parking spaces.
Another board member
questioned, The major com-
ponent of your presentation
has been about shopping,
but what about housing? Of
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course people need shopping,
but adding 1,500 to 3,000 peo-
ple living in your proposed
affordable housing projects
would have a major impact on
the community. These high-
rise apartment developments
are out of style. Robert Mo-
ses did that. We need small-
er-sized buildings, not more
high rise projects.
After a ping pong match
with board members express-
ing their additional concerns
about the plans deficit in pro-
visions for a new hospital and
homeownership incentives
and EDC amicably striking
back saying that they would
consider these concerns, one
board member had enough
and exclaimed, We need to
vote yes, because at least we
will have EDC coming back to
us. If we vote no, we get noth-
ing. Please vote yes, so we are
at the table with the Mayor, get
that money and run with it!
After the board members
had their say, the public got to
testify their position on EDCs
plan. Bruce Jacobs said, This
plan is not about affordable
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housing, but about greedy
developers. Elaine Short,
president of Far Rockaways
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo-
ple (NAACP) branch said, We
are tired of this eyesore. Down-
town Far Rockaway looks like a
third world country. We des-
perately need this rezoning
because being at the table, and
not able to eat, is worse than
having a famine.
CB 14s yes with condi-
tions vote sought to address
concerns shared by the board.
In the core of the redevelop-
ment area, where the city has
proposed allowing buildings
with a maximum height of 12
stories as well as two buildings
with a maximum of 15 stories,
the board asked for a more
modest upzoning that would
limit height to ten stories. Out-
side of that core area, where
the city has proposed build-
ings with a maximum height of
nine to ten stories, the board
asked that the maximum
height be four stories.
On the infrastructure front,
CB14 asked for investment in
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sewer and water upgrades,
widen the intersection of Mott
Avenue and 21st Street, cre-
ate a new school, a municipal
parking lot, and reserve space
in the rezoning area for health-
care facilities.
Affordable housing was also
a concern. CB 14s conditions
specified that it wants 60 per-
cent of the apartments to be
rent-restricted, and of those,
20 percent to be affordable to
families of three making be-
low $24,480, and 80 percent
affordable for families making
$48,960 or more. They asked
that 40 percent of the total
apartments be homeowner-
ship opportunities.
Over the coming months,
the rezoning proposal will be
considered by Queens Bor-
ough President Melinda Katz,
followed by the City Planning
Commission, and finally, the
City Council. If the Coun-
cil modifies the proposal, it
would go back to the Planning
Commission. And if the Coun-
cil votes contrary to the may-
ors wishes, he could veto and
force an override vote.
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The Checklist
For all the behavioral sci-
entists and neuroscientists
among my readers (yea, they
number in the thousands, be-
lieve me) youre free to start
tracking my brains deterio-
ration. I have no clue what I
wrote last week or the week
before or the year before.
For the rest of you, dont
worry if my stuff sounds
vaguely familiar nobodys
ever accused me of original
thought. Anyway, I had an
unoriginal idea for a column
this week and then couldnt
decide if Id done it before.
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Which got me to thinking
about lists.
Making a list to accom-
plish things is a good way to
. accomplish things. You
make a list and check them
off. Clean the garage. Wash
the car. Buy detergent. Once
you actually write a list, that
stuff is getting done. You
check things off or cross them
out with vigor. Check, done.
Hooray. Maybe after all is
said and done, you crumple
up the list and toss it into the
garbage can like Larry Bird.
But the checklist has its
limitations. The checklist is
for things youre going to do,
not for things youve done.
Yes, I cleaned the garage be-
cause I had a checklist, but
after a few days I start think-
ing, did I clean the garage?
The checklist is gone. And I
cant remember diddly.
I make a new checklist and
I write: clean the garage. I
go out to the garage to find
someone has cleaned it. It
could have been me but Im
not sure. I look at my check-
list really not sure if clean
the garage deserves a check-
mark. Sure, I can check it off
because its been done but
theres hardly any satisfaction
in pressing the pen on the pa-
per. Checkmarks feel better
when theyve been earned.
I cant remember what
was on last weeks checklist,
much like I cant remember
if I wrote something for this
column. A while back we did
some website overhaul and
all our archives were stolen
by the Russians or Wikileaks,
so I cant do a quick search to
see if I ever wrote about con-
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taminated bagels or about
men in their 80s who wear
toupees.
Youre with me on con-
taminated bagels, right? You
order a plain bagel and as
youre about to bite into it,
your nose picks up the scent
of an onion bagel or, even
worse, an everything bagel.
This makes you homicidal.
If you wanted an onion bagel
you would have ordered one.
Almost as annoying as the
contaminated bagels is when
you tell someone about the
offending bagel and they
say, oh, I like onion bagels.
Thats not the point, I want
to scream. They poo-poo me
and say Im exaggerating.
That drives me further in-
sane.
Theres the expression, one
bad apple spoils the whole
bunch. Apples got nothing
on bagels. Somebody puts an
onion or everything bagel, in
the same bag as plain bagels,
and I want to start a fistfight.
I just dont take poisoning
lightly. And I dont need a
checklist to remind me.
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*****
In our May 28, 2015 issue we
took note of the cracks in the
new boardwalk steps at Beach
94th a result of rushing the
job so it would be finished by
Memorial Day of that year. They
had to rush because they took
their damn time in 2014! Now
those cracks are being repaired.
Were happy to report that the
fix is covered by the warranty
and Skanska, the contractor, has
to repair at no costs to Parks (or
to us taxpayers).
*****
Spring is in the air (we keep
saying and hoping). Taste of
Rockaway Beach, the cant-miss
afternoon festival of food sam-
pling will take place on May 6th.
Details about where to buy tick-
ets, etc. to follow.
*****
So The Masters Golf weekend
is coming up (hey, we even have
a golf column by Kelley Brooke
starting this week), but were
sad to report Pitch and Putt at
Riis Park wont be open. The
National Park Service put out an
RFP for Pitch and Putt and the
Flatbush Avenue Golf Range,
but so far has not picked a win-
ner. As of now, the best Gateway
will say is, they hope it will be
open for the season.
*****
Our Summer Guide is getting
put together. If you have a busi-
ness, this is the publication you
want to be in. (Its a keeper and
well have a news rack at the
ferry). Better reserve space by
April 15. Call Pat 718-634-3030
or send an email to Pat@Rocka-
wayTimes.com
*****
Whoa! Katie McFadden hus-
tled down to the beach when
she got word that a whale had
washed up on Beach 118th Street.
She snapped some great photos
and video. We put one video on-
line on our Facebook page and
it reached more than 500,000
people! More than 2,950 people
shared the clip, which seemed
to touch many. Hundreds and
hundreds of people weighed in
with comments lamenting the
creatures demise.
*****
Some people, not many, took
exception to people taking pho-
tographs of themselves or chil-
dren near the dead whale. We
did not find this objectionable.
A whale is an enormous crea-
ture and its appearance on our
beaches give humans a close-
up look at something extraor-
dinary. Pictures with people
next to the whale actually pro-
vide scale and allows for appre-
ciation of its magnificent size.
Things live and die in nature,
and a simple photograph does
not show disrespect.
*****
Last call for The Rockaway
Times Photo contest. Entries
are due by April 14. Please sub-
mit through the correct email
address: PhotoExpo@Rockway-
Times.com
*****
The Rockaway Civic Associ-
ation is spearheading an effort
to restore beach block gardens
from Beach 109th to Beach 129th
Street. You can donate, join the
organization, and/or volunteer
for this worthy effort that makes
every block a bit more beautiful.
It really requires community ef-
fort so please help out. For more
information go to RockawayCiv-
ic.com or send an email to vol-
unteer@RockawayCivic.com
*****
The next meeting of Commu-
nity Board 14 is Tuesday, April
11 at the Knights of Columbus
on Beach 90th Street.
*****
They really are repaving Shore
Front Parkway. If there were any
doubts, just ask the car owners
who had their cars towed on
Tuesday.
*****
Its been a long running joke
about how many nail salons are
in Rockaway. Well, look out,
but yoga studios are popping
up everywhere. How about get-
ting your nails done while in the
downward dog in an aisle of a
dollar store? Thats called The
Rockaway trifecta.
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This Week in History

APRIL 6
Glenn DiResto was born
Eileen Lennon was born.
Kevin Dolan was born.
1830 - Joseph Smith and five others or-
ganized the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints in Fayette, New York.
1917 - U.S. declared war on Germany
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Sandra Schunck was born.
Patrick OToole was born.
1912 - Titanic set sail on its fateful voy-
age.
1970 - Paul McCartney announced the
official split of the Beatles.
APRIL 11
Ann Lighthall was born.
Joe Kenel was born.
Kelly Werner was born.

1913 - 5,000 suffragists march to the 1814 - Napoleon was exiled to the island
Capitol in Washington, D.C., seeking of Elba.
the vote for women. 1968 - President Lyndon B. Johnson
signed the 1968 Civil Rights Act.
APRIL 8
Jimmy Morgan was born. APRIL 12
Edwin Williams was born.
1974 - Henry "Hank" Aaron hit the 715th Charles Knopper was born.
home run of his career, breaking Babe Miriam Rosenberg was born.
Ruth's record.
1992 - Tennis ace Arthur Ashe an- 1945 - President Franklin Roosevelt
nounced that he had AIDS. died.
1955 - The polio vaccine of Dr. Jonas Salk
APRIL 9 was called "safe, effective, and potent."
Joan Fitzgerald Thompson was born.
Donovan Richards was born.
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after U.S. commanders declared his rule tank burst on the way to the Moon.
ended. 1997 - Tiger Woods became the young-
2005 - Britain's Prince Charles est person to win the Masters Tourna-
marries Camilla Parker Bowles. ment and the first of African descent to
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District 32 PB Votes Are In
By Kami-Leigh Agard
So wow! Ya ever sit on a cold
toilet seat in 20 degrees? Dont
worry, yoga will make ya tush
better.
Judging from that comment
on a Rockaway Facebook page,
some locals are not too enthused
with the results from District 32s
NYC Participatory Budgeting Cy-
cle 6 ballot.
Another commented, What
happened to the days when
elected officials made the
tough budgetary choices?
Fewer than 1,300 people voted
and the process really allows
a small group of highly-moti-
vated people to get their pro-
ject funded over a much larger
group of people who are large-
ly unaware of the election or
too busy to vote.
Through PB, some city coun-
cilmembers give at least $1M
from their districts capital dis-
cretionary budget for residents
to decide where money should
go. In this years ballot, Dis-
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Channel residents casted their
vote for projects like a dog park
or winterizing the public bath-
rooms on Beach 105th Street.
The projects that were voted in
are:
Receiving 288 votes Up-
grades to our schools ($220K);
206 votes Amenities for new
playgrounds for P.S. 256 across
from P.S. 114 on Beach 135 Street
($250K); 188 votes Adult Exer-
cise Equipment adjacent to the
boardwalk along Shore Front
Parkway ($175K); and with 176
votes Creation of a labyrinth/
yoga/ meditation area along
Shore Front Parkway with a price
tag of $250K. Total cost: $895,500.
The projects that were not
funded are:
Receiving 154 votes Winter-
ization of Beach 105th Streets
public bathrooms; 134 votes
Installation of security camer-
as at Seaside Library; 128 votes
Creation of a dog park near
Beach 92nd Street.
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twisting?
But lets not stand on prin-
ciple, the big issue is that
this well-used, beach front
thoroughfare needs more
than new asphalt. This im-
minent resurfacing project
is a unique opportunity,
perhaps our last, to restore
its full functionality.
Several years ago the DOT
decimated SFP, as they had
every other major east-west
road in Rockaway, by remov-
ing a full lane in each direc-
tion. Their maze of painted
white lines had the immedi-
ate and purposeful effect of
halving the capacity of this
once-proud road, all done
by City Hall edict without
local public approval.
A restored Shore Front
Parkway should consist of
two lanes in each direction,
with parking on the build-
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west road for safe and ef-
ficient transportation,
especially in emergency
situations. SFP is the per-
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thousands of residents to
the centrally located Beach
94 Street that provides di-
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Bridge.
The time is now for Com-
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representatives and individ-
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that we dont just need a
good-looking road, but also
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Dear Editor:
To the attention of all dog
owners in Rockaway Park :
we have been blessed with a
beautiful, brand new board-
walk and a clean beach, but
some of you with your dogs
poop have made it impossi-
ble for us to walk. We want
you to hire a weekly truck
with pressurized water to
clean the boardwalk and a
truck with a rake to clean
our beach. Why aren't there
strict rules and high fees
for dog owners who walk
their dogs' on our beaches
and our gorgeous board-
walk? They allow their pets
to poop and do not clean
up after them. This needs
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A Whale of a Loss
By Katie McFadden it washed up on shore, as the
United States Coast Guard had
Rockaway was whaling over reported the whale as floating
the loss of a beautiful creature nine miles offshore on Monday
this week. Over the past few evening.
years, the presence of hump- Shortly after the whale was
back whales in local waters found, members of the 100th
has increased significantly. Precinct and the Department
However, unfortunately one of Parks and Recreation were
was found dead on the beach on hand to keep onlookers at
around Beach 117th/118th a safe distance from the crea-
Street on Tuesday, April 4. The ture, out of concerns that it Matthew Witkowski, 3, was one of the many who came out to mourn the
sad sight drew in many specta- may carry or spread disease. whale on Tuesday. Photo by Katie McFadden
tors as curious residents want- That afternoon, AMCS Necrop-
ed to get a glimpse of the mam- sy Program Coordinator Kim- agement, and the Ladder 137 whale's stomach was filled with
mal up close. berly Durham arrived on site to Firehouse, to move the whale recently ingested menhaden,"
The deceased whale, which do an initial assessment of the further up the beach, away Bosworth said. The remains
was identified as a male hump- situation and make follow-up from the rising tide, using rope were buried on the beach.
back whale, measuring at 30 plans, along with New York and heavy machinery. A nec- In the event of another ani-
feet and weighing approxi- City Sanitation and the Office ropsy began on Wednesday mal stranding, whether dead
mately 20 tons, was found at of Emergency Management. A morning in a process that took or alive, the public is advised
around 7 a.m. on Tuesday. rising tide and poor weather four hours. AMCS found that to call the New York Stranding
Some were hoping that the on Tuesday made an on-site the whale was likely hit by a Hotline at 631.369.9829. Photo
whale died of old age, but ac- necropsy, or animal autopsy, a boat. "There was tissue dam- and videos are also useful and
cording to Rachel Bosworth of challenge, so officials decided age consistent with blunt force can be sent to info@amseas.
the Atlantic Marine Conser- to postpone it until Wednesday trauma, the bruising covered org. By law, people must main-
vation Society (AMCS), its size morning. about 2/3 of the whale's body. tain a distance of 150 feet from
indicated that the whale was A team effort was made on This is consistent with a ves- a live marine mammal, and this
likely around two years old. Tuesday afternoon by NYC sel strike. There were also ex- distance is also recommended
It is believed that the whale Parks, NYC Sanitation, the tensive kidney parasites with for deceased animals due to
was already deceased when Office of Emergency Man- associated renal damage. The disease and safety concerns.

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St. Francis de Sales Parish Rumors of a Jail Coming to
Belle Harbor RockawayMuch Ado About
Nothing?
By Kami-Leigh Agard
After Mayor Bill de Blasio did
a politically acquiescent about-
face vowing last Friday, March
31, to close the notorious jail
SCHEDULE 2017 complex on Rikers Island, and
disperse inmates in newly-built
PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORDS PASSION jails in all of the five boroughs,
a rumor spread like wildfire on
April 9 Facebook group page, Friends of
MASSES: Saturday evening 5:30 PM Rockaway Beach. Could the old
Sunday: 7:30AM, 9:00AM, 10:30AM, Neponsit home be up for grabs?
Matthew Murdoch, who did
12:00 Noon and 5:30 PM not respond to The Rockaway
Times by press time, ignited the
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY fire by posting last Sunday, April
2, a photo of the decades-de-
OF HOLY WEEK funct Neponsit Health Care
Lenten Mass schedule: 6:30 AM, 9:00 AM Center, located at 149-25 Rock-
away Beach Boulevard, with the
Reconciliation Monday, April 10 caption: Coming soon to Rock-
away. Mayor de Blasios new jail
Confessions after the 9:00 AM Mass after the closing of Rikers Island.
and from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM I was told by a City Hall source.
I work right off Broadway, if you
Healing Mass and Service Tuesday, April 11th dont believe me.
The post fired up residents, al-
Frank Kelly at 7:00 PM though some doubted its validi-
ty, especially around April Fools
Lenten Mass Wednesday, April 12th Day. However, with Rockaway
celebrant and homilist consistently being used as a city
dumping ground, The Rockaway
Bishop James Massa at 7:30 PM Times did some investigating to
find if the rumor could become
HOLY THURSDAY, April 13 reality.
According to Robby Schwach,
9:00 AM Morning Prayer Deputy Chief of Staff for Coun-
7:30 PM: Mass of the Lords Supper; cilman, Eric Ulrich, the Nepon-
Washing of the feet; Adoration until 11:00 PM sit Home, or anywhere on the
peninsula, is an unlikely pos-
sibility for a jail. Currently by
GOOD FRIDAY, April 14 law, the property has to remain
9:00 AM Morning Prayer a health-related facility, or it au-
tomatically reverts to park land,
12 Noon Stations of the Cross unless the state legislature from
(126th St and Boardwalk) both houses votes to change it.
3:00 PM Solemn Liturgy of the Passion of the Lord Our local elected officials would
7:00 PM: Stations of the Cross - Prayer Garden never allow that to happen. Ad-
ditionally, the new jail would
have to be sited somewhere
HOLY SATURDAY, April 15 in central Queens because the
9:00 AM Morning Prayer prisoners have to come and
go everyday to court. We dont
8:00 PM: Easter Vigil have any courts in Rockaway. It
would cost the City a fortune to
EASTER SUNDAY, April 16 house the prisoners here, and
bus them to the three courts in
6:00 AM Sunrise Mass on Beach 129th Street the borough - on Queens Blvd.,
Masses: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 and 12:00 Noon in Jamaica or in Long Island City.
We may very well see something
(NO EVENING MASS ON EASTER SUNDAY) we don't want on the site eventu-
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ally, since the community can't
decide what they do want, but it
won't be a city jail. Additionally,
the buildings are not habitable,
so they would have to be demol-
ished and the site repaired; then
they would have to build some-
thing new, making it incredibly
expensive. So we dont foresee
nor have any knowledge of any
plans to use that site to incarcer-
ate criminals.
Assemblywoman Stacey Phef-
fer Amato said, "The Mayor's
proposal to close Riker's Island
is still just a proposal. Where we
put the replacement prisons is
even further off. However, there
remains an issue with the City
seeing the Rockaway peninsula
as a place to dump all its other-
wise-problematic facilities. I will
never stop my fight against that.
But the building in question is
zoned for healthcare only, so
there's nothing to react to yet.
NYS Senator Joseph P. Addab-
bo, Jr., said, The Mayor should
concentrate more on ways to im-
prove the situation at Rikers, in-
stead of creating new problems
with siting facilities across the
boroughs, generating multiple
security and public safety issues
throughout the city. Once again,
this administration is looking
to merely discard an entire pro-
gram, much like it has done with
cluster sites for homeless indi-
viduals, instead of looking for
ways to fix it."
The Neponsit Home has long
been used for medical purposes.
Photojournalist and social re-
former, Jacob Riis, and his group,
the New York Association for
Improving the Conditions of the
Poor, opened it as the Neponsit
Beach Hospital for Children to
treat tubercular children in 1917.
It had 120 beds and large open-
air balconies.
By the late 1930s, the site be-
came an old age home. Then
during World War II, the U.S.
Public Health Service operat-
ed the facility as a tuberculosis
hospital for merchant marines.
Following the War, the facility
became known as the Nepon-
sit Beach Hospital for Crippled
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RUMORS
Continued from Page 14
and Tubercular Children, until
it closed in 1955. After a dispute
with the department of hospi-
tals, the facility was not used un-
til 1964, when it reopened as the
Neponsit Home for the Aged.
In 1985, the New York City
Health and Hospitals Corpora-
tion (HHC) assumed operations
of the site. Then in 1998, under
Mayor Rudy Giuliani, NYC de-
clared an emergency evacuation
of the facility. Without any pri-
or notice, close to 300 residents
were removed in the middle of
night and bused off to other lo-
cations operated by the HHC.
At that time, HHC officials said
that the building was "structur-
ally unsafe." The move was trau-
matizing to some. Two residents
died while being relocated and
another resident couldnt be
found for several weeks.
With the sudden closing, there
were rumors that Giuliani want-
ed to sell the land to a political
ally and friend, to turn it into an
oceanfront hotel/casino. How-
ever, this plan never came to
fruition because the deed to the
THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2017
land required it to be used ex-
clusively as a healthcare facility
or a park. With the hotel plans
thwarted, the City planned to
clear the property and turn it into
parkland. A Legal Aid attorney,
however, got a court-ordered in-
junction in October 1999, which
prevented the city from tearing
down the buildings.
The beachfront property sits
unused and decaying, but still
costing the city plenty. It was
reported in 2014 that HHC paid
$266,000 annually to maintain
the property.
According to Peter Corless,
Neponsit native and administra-
tor of the Facebook page, Nep-
onsit Home Redevelopment,
There are political and legal
reasons why the site can not be
used as a criminal detention
center.
A couple of years ago, long-
time Rockaway activist, John Pat-
rick Larkin, wanted to mobilize
the community to get involved
in the Neponsit Homes rede-
velopment. Sadly, John passed
away a few years ago. One of the
last things we worked together
on was creating the Facebook
public group, Neponsit Home
Redevelopment (facebook.com/
groups/NeponsitHomeRedevel-
opment/
Back in 2014, we started
amassing a number of files relat-
ing to the legal status and deed
information of the site. The last
indenture of the property was
made in October 1997 between
NYC and NYS. The original deed
specified that it could only be
used as a medical facility. People
in the 1970s were concerned that
somebody was going to try to use
the property as a heliport, and
they made amendments to the
deed to curtail that. It was last
amended in October 1977.
Then in 1999 after Giuliani
shut down the home, and rum-
ors circulated that he wanted to
open a hotel, there was a Queens
County Supreme Court case be-
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tween the City Council of NY and
Mayor that ruled that the site
could not be used for anything
else but a healthcare facility, ex-
cept under the condition that it
gets a vote by both houses of the
State Assembly, and then signed
by the Governor. So theres no
way, it could be used as a crim-
inal detention center unless the
covenant of the land is changed
by the State.
The property has been the
subject of ongoing discussion.
In 2014, we started this Facebook
group. We started generating
ideas on how the old Nepon-
sit home could be used for the
communitys benefit. There were
many proposals such as an edu-
cational and health center, and
veterans rehabilitation center.
Assemblyman Lew Simon was
really involved in this, Corless
said. Although the jail idea is
nothing but a rumor, Corless is
hopeful it will spark new inter-
est. Maybe this new conversa-
tion will reignite locals passion
to move the needle on how the
community could use this site
for something beneficial, Cor-
less said.
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Sizing Things Up
By Lou Pastina
Have you tried buying
a piece of clothing lately? I
thought I had lost my mind
or fallen into the far end of
the size spectrum. When I
was younger and on sports
teams, no matter the sport,
I was always one of the
smallest guys on the team.
Whether it was basketball,
baseball, football or even
track, team photos always
had me in the front and
never in the back, where
the tall guys were.
I have been lucky
enough to visit Europe
a few times and under-
stand that European
sizes are different. The
guys tend to be long and
skinny, almost as if they
never have run into a
quarter-pounder before.
The sizes for clothes re-
flect that fact, as much
of the Euro-styled
clothes resemble some-
thing out of a bad disco
movie from the 70s. But
here in the USA we are
used to some big boys,
in fact the government
and health officials have
been telling us that we
are all obese and we bet-
ter stop drinking those
Cokes! Much of that is
fake news, especially the
Coke stuff, regardless
of what my mermaid
keeps telling me. But
something is happening
in Americas clothing
stores, and its starting
to get to me. Sizes are
shrinking!
I find myself at the GAP
or Banana Republic these
days from time to time,
and have noticed that
there are no sizes over 38
and sometimes there are
no size 36s. How can that
be? Where do all the guys
in the back row of the
photos go to shop? When
I inquired about this, I
was told that more sizes
are online. In the words
of Steve Martin, well
excuseee me! If you are
larger than the small guys
in the front row, you have
to go online to get your
clothes? I am not sure
what type of discrimina-
tion that is, but it definite-
ly isnt fair.
And by the way, have
you noticed that the
lengths seem to vary too?
A size 30 length at the
GAP is not the same as a
size 30 length at Banana
Republic. Arent they the
same company? Dont
they have the same uni-
versal tape measure? Can
they be measuring from
somewhere higher up the
leg? That seems intrusive!
I know, I know, you say
that there are different
styles and cuts, and that
accounts for the differ-
ence. Well maybe there
is a different reason. Per-
haps the politically cor-
rect are trying to make
us all skinny and healthy
and, even European like!
My God, help us.
In America you should
have the right to eat a
quarter pounder at 11
p.m. to quench that
grumbling feeling without
worrying that the GAP will
pre-judge our hip size or
the length of our pant leg.
I mean why did we vote
for Trump if not for these
basic American rights and
values. The President is
looking to put tariffs on
all goods made outside
the US. Maybe if that hap-
pens, I can rely on the size
chart to reflect American
sizes and be the same
everywhere I shop.
The alternative is
somewhat sobering how-
ever. Could it be that the
mermaid, in concert
with health officials, is
actually right and that
the fourth Coke of the
day is a bit too much?
Maybe the guy in the pic-
ture from 40 years ago
takes up two spaces in
the front row today, and I
hadnt noticed? Perhaps
GAP has it right and they
are gently nudging us all
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ple in their advertising
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Naw, none of that can
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Whether you worry or
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same. Whether you worry
about the traffic you are in,
the effect of a storm on the
horizon, a medical test re-
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eling, a person in dire need,
the situation is the same.
When in the state of worry,
you are no good to yourself
or to anyone else. You are
no good to yourself because
the worry is manifesting
negativity inside of you and
your cells, your entire being
is in a state of uneasiness.
You are no good to anyone
else because you cannot of-
fer genuine comfort, ease
and a peaceful approach
to something in life that
happens with no apparent
rhyme or reason.
Worry: anxiety arising
from cares and troubles. We
all have cares and troubles
if not all of the time, from
time to time all throughout
our lives. There is a fragile
side to life in all of its forms
resulting in some less than
perfect times. Thats the
way it is. Worry causes us to
be stuck ; moving through
the less than perfect times
is longer with worry.
What does worry feel like
anyway? I imagine it is
something like a thought
obsession some non-ben-
eficial thought that keeps
on coming back and clutch-
es on for a period of time
that has no answer, no log-
ical conclusion, nothing.
Just thought that is void of
any meaning and keeps us
from thinking, feeling, say-
ing, doing positive things.
And emotionally wreaks
THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2017
havoc on peace, ease, sta-
bility. There is no clarity
things are out of focus, so
were on the fence: what to
do? how to act?
What can you do when
worry inches its way into
your consciousness? Stop
it. Repeat the contra-
ry-worry thought, what-
ever it is for the particular
worry, over and over again
until the seat of your emo-
tions begins to be at ease.
Let that worry thought go
bye. And settle into what
it feels like with no worry.
Acceptance that life offers
an abundance of cares and
troubles, and also offers an
abundance of joys and de-
lights.
There are perfect times
in moments. Driving in
the worst traffic jam when
youre already late has a
moment of perfection when
a song comes on the radio
that has a special meaning.
Connecting with a health
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going through a test and
sharing a smile is a moment
of perfection. Squeezing the
arm of a person who just lost
a loved one, engaging their
eyes Im here for you is a
moment of perfection.
Dwell on the perfect.
Dwell on the perfect mo-
ments. Dwell means live
in. So live in the perfect
moments. Be here now. A
journey, one step at a time.
A life, one moment at a time.
May you be happy. May
you be free. May you be
grateful. May you let go
of things that do not serve
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DOC
By Peter Galvin, MD
Concussions Considered
Rest has long been the corner-
stone of the management and
treatment of concussion, espe-
cially in children and adolescents.
This advice includes both physical
and cognitive rest. Physicians have
been advising both rest at home
and avoidance of classwork for
many years. A recent study out of
Ottawa, Canada, published in the
Journal of the American Medical
Association, casts more doubt on
the current recommendations for
concussion management. There
is limited evidence in the medical
literature that the current recom-
mendations result in a positive
effect on prognosis, especially in
adolescents. Although strenuous
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exercise in the post-concussion
period may be harmful and may
increase re-injury risk, evidence is
mounting that prolonged rest af-
ter a concussion may increase the
likelihood of the patient develop-
ing persistent postconcussive syn-
drome (PPCS), which is character-
ized by fatigue, anxiety, depression,
and physical deconditioning.
Evidence about the importance
of physical activity for maintain-
ing physical and cognitive health
is unequivocal. Physical activity is
considered an effective method
for improving cognitive and brain
health, especially in children.
There is overwhelming evidence
that physical activity in youth pro-
motes better body composition,
skeletal health, and cardiores-
piratory fitness. It also improves
depression, anxiety, self-concept,
cognitive performance, and aca-
demic achievement. It was with
these concepts in mind that the
Ottawa study was designed. The
study enrolled more than 3,000
participants aged five to 18 who
presented to the ED with acute
head injury. They excluded those
who were found to have an abnor-
mal brain scan, acute intoxication,
neurological abnormalities, or a
lack of head trauma. Then they
compared the rates of develop-
ment of PPCS among those who
were kept at rest against those who
resumed light aerobic exercise
(walking, swimming, and station-
ary-bicycle riding) within three to
seven days after the head injury.
The study found that the propor-
tion of participants with postcon-
cussive symptoms at 28 days after
the injury was 28 percent in those
who had resumed light exercise
vs. 40 percent in those who had
remained at rest, a significant dif-
ference. This matches a number
of other studies that have shown
similar results. The theory is that
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light aerobic exercise increases
cerebral blood flow and increases
the output of certain neurochem-
icals, both of which lead to faster
brain healing. Early physical ac-
tivity can lessen the negative ef-
fects that prolonged inactivity has
on body and brain conditioning.
Regardless of potential benefit,
however caution in the immediate
postconcussion period is prudent.
Participation in activities where
there is a risk of collision (con-
tact sports) or falls (skiing, bicycle
riding, skating) should remain
prohibited until clearance from a
health professional is obtained.
While more research is needed,
it would seem that in many con-
cussion cases the recommenda-
tion to resume light exercise early
on will replace the recommenda-
tion of complete rest. Of course the
recommendations would be from
a health professional and on a
case-by-case basis, but it is hoped
that the number of those suffering
from prolonged post-concussive
syndrome, or PPCS, will be de-
creasing over time.
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Rockaways Handyman is Keeping Busy
By Katie McFadden
From a cable television
debut to a book to teach-
ing classes, Rockaways
Handyman and The
Rockaway Times DIYers
tool belt is full.
On Saturday, April 8
at 10 p.m., Artie Wallace
and his handyman work
is expected to appear
on the pilot episodes of
TLCs Hidden Money
Makeover. This brand
new show features de-
signer Jill Martin and
handyman Gage Cass
who go around the coun-
try to help people turn
their clutter into cash
and use it to makeover a
part of their home. Local
handyman Artie Wallace
and his crew were se-
lected to help do some of
the background work on
these construction pro-
jects. Filming occurred al-
most a year ago, with Wal-
lace working on a project
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in Arverne and another in
New Jersey for the show,
and now TLC is ready to
put it to the test to viewers.
On Saturday, hell get to
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Page 19
and I should be in both, on Beach 94th Street.
Wallace said. These will be regu-
Wallace, who claims lar DIYer classes where
to be camera shy, isnt people can learn to do
quite planning a screen- things hands on. Well be
ing celebration. Im recording them and put-
looking forward to it, ting them on YouTube,
but at the same time, Im Wallace said. The class-
feeling weird about it. Its es will take place every
my first time on nation- other Saturday at noon.
al TV. Hopefully I dont Were going to start
look like an idiot, Wal- with basic things like
lace joked. how to do woof builds
Whether the show is a and prep work and once
hit or not, it wont be his people have the basics
only go at screen time. down, well start getting
Wallace is filming some into projects that people
Do-It-Yourself projects want to do. Ill teach peo-
of his own and plans to ple how to do things like
film classes where hell crafts and even home
be teaching others DIY repairs. Depending on
projects, for free. This what direction people
will be an extension of want to go in, Ill go from
what I do for the paper, there, Wallace said.
Wallace, who has written The church is donating
the RTs DIYer column the space for the class,
see the fruits of his labor for two years, said. Start- and Wallaces company
and may get some screen ing Saturday, April 29, will pay for the materials
time. I havent seen the Wallace will be teach- so that the classes can be
final edit, but my work will ing free classes at First
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Facts You Probably Dont Need
You should never flush the
toilet while sitting on it on an
airplane. The reason is quite
simple actually - an aircraft
toilet has enough force to
suck much more than you'd
expect. It's been suggest-
ed that it's enough force to
crush your bones. That's
why there are warning signs.
The good thing is, howev-
er, that the flush button is
usually located behind your
back, so it's difficult to reach
it without standing up.
Airplanes have horns. Pilots
use them to notify a ground
crew in noisy environments.
KLM Royal Dutch Airline is
the oldest airline still oper-
ating under the same name.
The world's longest flight is
between Sydney and Dallas.
Flight recorders only record
the last 30 minutes of cock-
pit voice data. So all person-
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HANDYMAN
Continued from Page 19
open to the public at no cost to
al talk stops half an hour be- them, unless someone wants
fore landing, just in case. to make a donation toward the
church. Why? Its a way to help
Commercial pilots are paid out and give back to the com-
for the number of hours they munity that has supported my
fly and not on the monthly business for all of these years,
basis. Time on the ground Wallace said. Filming the cours-
(including delays) are not es can also open up other tele-
paid. vision opportunities for Wal-
lace as well. A few people have
Airport control tower win- already registered, but Wallace
dows are tilted out at exactly encourages others who are in-
fifteen degrees from the ver- terested to sign up at www.
tical to minimize reflections TheDiyerByArtieWallace.com
from both inside and out- In between construction gigs,
side the control tower. writing a weekly column, TV
filming and planning classes,
Flying dehydrates the body. Wallace has found time to re-
On a three-hour flight, the lease a book. In February, Wal-
human body can lose up to lace published his first book,
1.5 quarts of water. appropriately called The DI-
Yer. The book features modifi-
Consider yourself lucky if cations of DIYer columns that
you can afford to fly. Only Wallace had published in The
five percent of the world's Rockaway Times. The book is
population has ever traveled available for purchase on Am-
by plane. azon and Lulu.com. Plus, hes
already on his way to writing his
Facts from Sean McVeigh second book, which he says will
feature projects that havent ap-
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peared in print before.
Why is Wallace dedicated to
helping others learn how to do
construction projects them-
selves? After 30 years of doing
it himself in the construction
business, hes ready to pass
along his skills and let oth-
ers take matters into their own
hands. Within the next couple
of years, Im leaning toward re-
tiring and laying back from the
heavy work and cutting myself
down to service calls and light
duty. I want to put most of my fo-
cus on these classes and writing.
I also want to show others how
to make their own repairs or
build something from scratch.
Im basically taking away work
from myself because Ive been
working for so many years and
its time to let others do it and
eventually help people become
their own teachers.
For more info on Wallace
and The DIYer, head to www.
TheDiyerByArtieWallace.com,
or Facebook page The DIYer by
Artie Wallace and dont forget to
tune into TLC to catch Wallace
on Hidden Money Makeover
this Saturday.
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T E 3BRsopen
Fully renovated
used as a one family P the master
including property on one of the 25x100 lot with a layout Pwith one
with a bonus in law C C E 2 baths, front
suite, hottest blocks in town. huge front yard, C C E the master suite,
being
suite! Spacious open A porch and a 2 BR Spacious 2 BRs over a great for kids, A 2.5 baths, HW floors,
floor plan, granite F E R rental. Partially 2 BRs, private parking, entertaining or F E R all new mechanicals
kitchen. Long private OF unfinished basement. garage and nice extra parking. OF and a long private
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139th: Summer rental, 1BR, 1BA furnished walk in apt with parking (NC) . . . . . . . $16,000

88th: 3BR, 1BA apt with wood floors in private home (JD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,000
Ocean Grande
117th:Summer
80th: 3BR, 2BA
rental, 3BR, 2BA condo
condo withloaded
W&D, with 5 star parking
private amenities (BF/NC)
(BF) . . . . .. .. .. .. .. $599,000
.$10,000 72nd:Newly
79th: Three lots featuring
renovated two
2BR, factories
1BA, CAC, W&D andR(NC)
one
EN T EDwarehouse
. . . . . . . (AD). . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .$3,200,000
. . $1,950
102nd: Oceanterm/Summer
140th: Short Colony 3BR, 2BA condo,
rental, 3BR,CAC, W&D, 3 terraces
2BA furnished and (CB)
with deck parking
. . .(MC) . . . $595,000
. . $3,100/$9,000 62nd:Unique
98th: store 2BR,
Beach block front1BA
withfully
3 attached
furnished renovated
apt withbungalows
dishwasher(MC) and .W&D . . . (JD)
. . . . .$1,200,000
. . $1,950
Mint 2BA
101st: 3BR,
141st: condition
home 2BR,
with2BA condo
second with
floor balcony
deck, private and storage
yard unit (CB)BF). . . . . . $439,000
and parking( . $4,000 Renovated
92nd: Extra
138th: 2BR, 2BA
large space withapt with
high private
ceilings and summer
outdoor parking
space (NC)
(AD) . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,950 $7,800
120th:Renovated
91st: 4BR,turn
Spacious and 2 fullkey
baths
2BR,apt
2BA with master
condo, suite,for
parking laundry
3 carsand
(CB)HW . . floors
. . . . (NC) . $2,600
. . . $429,000 89th: Spacious
71st: 2500 Sq. ft2BR, 1BA aptwith
warehouse on first
27'floor, CACCan
ceilings. andbe backyard
subdivided (CB)(MC). . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,950 $4,000
101st: 2BR,
101st: Belle2.5BA
Shorescondo,
Short HW
Salefloors,
Condo, finished basement,
2BR, 2.5BA, finishedpatio (MC) . .(MC)
basement . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. $409,000
. $2,500 ABTS:
129th:2BR,
Prime2BA unit with
Location! CAC,
Year yardgated
round and W&D
parking. . . available
. . . . . . (RP). . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. $1,900
$3,500
ABTS: 3BR, 2.5BA unit with patio, CAC, W&D, 1
EN car
T EDgarage and 1 car driveway (MC) . . $2,400
121st: 2BR, 1BA oceanfront co-op with HW floors, terrace (CB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $349,000
R 120th:Beach
62nd: Newlyblock 2BR, 1BA
renovated 2,500walk
sq in aptreceptionist
ft w/ with yard and laundry
counter and(NC) . . . (MC)
3 offices . . . . .. .. .. .. $1,900
$3,000
ABTS: 3BR, 2BA owners end unit with yard, W&D, CAC and dishwasher (MC) . . . . . . $2,400
ED
R EN Tand 128th: Beach block 2BR, 1BA with balcony, W&D, parking and storage (JD) . . . . . . . $1,850
121st: Spacious 1BR, 1BA co-op with HW floors skyline views (BF) . . . . . . . . . $270,000 116th: Prime location, 1,100 sq ft, reception area plus 4 rooms (BF) . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,800
98th: Beach block 3BR, 2BA with master suite and ocean views (NC) . . . . . . . . . . . $2,350 111th: 2BR, 1BA apt with small front porch and shared courtyard (MC). . . . . . . . . . $1,800
79th: Large 2BR, 1BA condo in doorman, pet friendly building (NC) . . . . . . . . . . . $249,000 129th: One room office suite with sectioned off area for secretary (NC) . . . . . . . . . $1,875
122nd: Beach block 2BR, 1BA walk in apt with summer parking (BF) . . . . . . . . . . . $2,100 118th: Renovated legal basement apt 1BR, 1BA, new SS appliances (MC) . . . . . . . . $1,800
122nd: 1BR, 1BA condo with low maintenance and parking (CB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . $230,000
84th: 3BR, 1BA apt in private home, pets okay (NC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,050 111th: 2BR, 1BA apt with small front porch and shared courtyard (MC). . . . . . . . . . $1,800
123rd: Spacious 1BR top floor co-op with HW floors, well cared for (JD/NC) . . . . . . $215,000
ABTS: 2BR, 1BA with bonus room. CAC, W&D and
R EN T EDparking included (MC) . . . . . . . . $2,000 24th: 3BR, 1BA newly renovated beach bungalow with porch and yard (JD) . . . . . . $1,600
118th: Studio co-op in oceanfront building, HW
97th: 3BR, 1BA third floor walk up apt with HW floors and floors andspacious
ocean views
rooms (MC) (MC). .. .. .. $195,000
. $2,000 Arverne:
123rd: 1BR,6,000
1BASquare
co-op feet
unit of commercial
with land (NC)
plenty of closets, . . . . available
parking . . . . . . (CB)
. . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. $325,000
. $1,525
117th: Second floor 3BR, 2.5 BA apt with HW floors and terrace (BF) . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. $189,000
117th: 1BR, 1BA co-op, HW floors, fresh paint, low maintenance (BF) . . . . . $2,000 Arverne: Bayfront land 75x100 zoned r4-1
80th: Large and private 1BR, 1BA condo unitR EN (NC) . . . . . . . .
in Tdoorman building (NC)
ED . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. $199,000
. $1,500
121st: L2BR,
128th: shaped
1BA studio co-op withapt
newly renovated 2 large
withclosets,
fresh paint low and
maintenance (JD/NC)
private parking . . .(BF)
spot . . $115,000
. $2,000 Arverne: 2,000 Square
124th: Spacious feetunit
1BR, 1BA zoned C3, Marina/Yacht
in co-op building. Board (NC)approval
. . . . . . required
. . . . . . (MC) . . . . . . $120,000
. $1,300

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Georg Zanetis
The JCCRP Welcomes its New
Lic. Broker / Owner
Email: zanetisprops@gmail.com
Website: www.ZanetisProps.com
Executive Director
Cell: 516-582-2192
Office: 718-318-0803 The Jewish Com- the reins and helped
10004 Shore Front Parkway,
Rockaway Park
munity Council lead our community
of the Rockaway on the path of recov-
Peninsula (JCCRP) ery. His devotion,
OPEN HOUSE 4/8 12-4pm announced that love for our commu-
167 Beach 100th St & 164 Beach 101st Street Rockaway Park N.Y. 11694 Moshe Brandsdorf- nity and affinity to-
er has accepted the wards our clients is
position of Execu- unrivaled. Under his
Belle Shores tive Director. leadership, the JC-
Penthouse B r a n d s d o r f e r Moshe Brandsdorfer CRP has experienced
Luxury Condo brings over a dec- tremendous growth.
3BR/2.5Bath ade of experience in nonprofit Nathan transformed the JC-
management and fundraising, CRP from a small organization
For Sale and previously served as Direc- offering a scattered array of
Asking $668,900 tor of Development at Mesiv- services to a single-stop desti-
ta Ateres Yaakov in Lawrence. nation offering the full scope of
Moshe joins the JCCRP with a services for community mem-
myriad of experience in com- bers in crisis.
munal affairs, social services, Brandsdorfer said, My pas-
Belle Shores program management and de- sion has always been to help
Luxury Condo velopment. elevate the quality of servic-
2BR/2Bath Brandsdorfer will be replac- es to better meet the needs of
w/Parking ing the JCCRPs current Exec- our clients. Through my work
utive Director, Nathan Kras- with the JCCRP and our mem-
For Sale novsky, who joined the JCCRP ber agencies, I look forward to
Asking $478,900 during a tumultuous time fol- continuing Nathans mission
lowing the devastation of Hur- of improving peoples lives by
ricane Sandy. According to the mobilizing the caring power of
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Painting the entrance door
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Preparation:
Wood doors:
1- Scrape away all loose/flak-
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2- Sand any rough spots/are-
as.
3- Fill any cracks with painta-
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4- Sand wood filler until
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Vinyl doors:
1- Thoroughly clean with a
degreasing cleaner.
2- If the door has dents, fill
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Painting:
1- Tape off all hardware
(hinges, knobs, locks, etc) using
painters tape.
2- Tape off windows with
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3- Prime the door using a neu-
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the door needed a lot of sanding
or had a lot of marks on it, apply
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5- Apply two more coats of
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1 teaspoon dried parsley
1 teaspoon salt
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cup milk
2 tablespoons Worcestershire
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8 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 cup ketchup
cup brown sugar, tightly packed
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1/8 teaspoon salt
Pinch of cayenne pepper
8 oz fresh mozzarella, sliced
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ketchup, brown sugar, a table-
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red wine vinegar, garlic, salt and
cayenne pepper. Pour half the
sauce over the meatloaf, reserving
the remaining half for later.
Bake for 45 minutes, and pour the
remaining sauce over the meat-
loaf. Increase temperature to 400
degrees and bake an additional 15
minutes.
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Let Your Pen Run Wild

at the Rockaway Writers Workshop
By Katie McFadden
Ever wanted to learn how to
write? Or perhaps youre al-
ready experienced and youre
looking for an outlet to hone
in on your craft. The Rocka-
way Writers Workshop may be
what you need.
Claire Van Winkle has long
been teaching different writ-
ing styles to a wide variety of
audiences. Van Winkle, a poet,
essayist and literary translator,
studied writing in school and
has gone on to professionally
teach creative writing, compo-
sition, literature, and grammar
to undergraduates at CUNY and
SUNY schools. She also works
as a Recreational Therapist (RT)
at the New York State Psychiat-
ric Institute where she utilizes
writing therapy to help patients.
Early last summer, she decided
to share her love of writing in the
town she loves and resides in.
Some may know Van Win-
kle as one of the instructors
at Hot Yoga Rockaway Beach.
Through her teaching expe-
rience at NYSPI Van Win-
kle found that she enjoys the
community aspect of a writing
group in general, but says she
was encouraged by her yoga
students to start one in her
hometown. People kept ask-
ing me if I ran one and I said
no, but I could. So she did.
The Rockaway Writers group
came to life last July.
Van Winkle generally teach-
es through six-week work-
shops, which is open to writers
of all genres and experience
levels. However writers are not
required to sit in on all six con-
secutive classes. Van Winkle
has held courses at public loca-
tions like Community House,
Cuisine by Claudette and Lola
Star, as a way to support local
businesses by bringing people
together there. Most recent-
ly, Van Winkle has resorted
to teaching workshops in her
own apartment. She is open to
working with other local busi-
nesses that may have the space
and certain hours of down
time, where the class wont in-
terfere with business itself.
Van Winkle says her writing
classes are a bit unique. My
workshops are different from
others because it invites all
kinds of writers. Im used to
working with a really diverse
community. Once you work in
a psychiatric hospital or with
undergraduates, everything
else seems easy. Most writing
classes divide people by lev-
els or experience or projects,
but my workshops creates a
space where the wild diver-
sity of different ideas and ex-
periences come together and
people motivate each other,
she explained. Im really big
of debunking the notion that
writing is for academia or that
certain people cant write and
that its only for a certain au-
dience. I feel its important for
someone who works in an of-
fice and never thought about
writing, to sit down next to
someone who has published
three books, and still feel good
about their writing. I have peo-
ple who say their grammar or
spelling is bad, and I say, who
cares? which is hard to do for
a teacher. But you can still be
a writer.
Instead of dividing her class
up by level, Van Winkle pro-
vides a certain theme, or writ-
ing prompt that anyone of
any level can work with. The
themes allow me to present
prompts that stimulate the
imagination while connecting
the imagination to an everyday
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The Knights of Columbus was transformed into a Ship of Fools

on Saturday, April 1 as mermaids, pirates, jellyfish and other
costumed creatures attended the 2nd Annual Poseidons Prom.
Drinks were pouring while DJ Paddy Tubz spun some tunes,
as guests danced the night away during this fundraiser for the
upcoming Poseidons Parade in September. Dozens of local
businesses donated prizes, which were raffled off while artists
auctioned off their work in a silent auction. Artist Geoff Rawl-
ing himself did a live painting of the event as it took place and
there was a special performance by members of Indaculture. The
event was organized by members of the Rockaway Mermaid Bri-
gade, including Casey Brouder, who also helped start the new
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From The WRITERS CLUB
OF PS/MS 11
(Part I)
HEAVENLY
BODIES
Eyes, ears, nose, throatif
we think of these body parts at
all, its rarely without the inter-
vention of a physician or a pre-
scription pad. My fifth-grade
essayists at PS/MS 114 have
written from quite a different
and more healthy perspec-
tive. Thinking outside the box,
their essays focus on a body
part that represents them best
and ultimately tell their life sto-
rya story which reflects an
awareness of each childs abil-
ities and special talents, and
a sense of gratitude for things
that are otherwise taken for
granted. Joan Diehl, Writing
Teacher, PS/MS 114. (This is
Part I. More submissions will
appear in the April 13 issue.)
MY BRAIN
By Lauren Schwach
The brain is the most im-
portant and crucial part of the
body. As John Lydon once said,
There are no limits to where
our brains can take us. We are
Gods gracious creation. I agree
with Lydon because I have been
told that I have done so many
amazing things with my brain.
Without your brain, you have
no thoughts, no memories, and
absolutely nothing to make you
who you are. The brain can take
you to wondrous places.
My brain has helped me write
beautiful poems on paper, un-
believable to my friends, fami-
ly, and teachers who read them.
On that note, it has helped me
come up with clever and imag-
inative stories that paint beau-
tiful pictures in the readers
mind. It has also helped me
memorize lines, lyrics, harmo-
nies, and cues when I perform
at the Rockaway Theatre Com-
pany. It lets me remember all
of the beautiful and intricate
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designs that I color and stitch
when I draw and sew. My brain
stores all of my happy memo-
ries Ive had in my childhood,
such as lovely times I spent with
family and friends and when I
met my idol, Anderson Cooper,
who in my opinion is one of the
most amazing journalists of all
time. Though, with a rainbow,
there is always rain. My brain
has also helped me remember
the worst time I have ever expe-
rienced in my eleven-year life.
When I was six years old, Hur-
ricane Sandy hit my neighbor-
hood, Rockaway Beach. I was
staying at my aunts house and I
couldnt fall asleep. I was scared
that in the middle of the night,
the water would rise up from
the basement to the first floor of
the apartment, where my family
and I were sleeping. I was scared
that it would be my last night on
earth. Though it was only six
years long at that point, my en-
tire life flashed before my eyes.
I fell asleep. The next morning, I
woke up. I was alive.
So, my brain has its ups and
its downs. It has helped me
on several occasions, though
its contents have haunted me
in my dreams like a virus that
wont go away, such as devas-
tating hurricanes.
When I grow older and wis-
er, I hope to use my brain to
write stories. Not like the ones I
write now that no one will ever
read except friends, family, and
teachers. But I will write ones
that are more advanced and ex-
ceptional. They will be sold in
bookstores all over the world.
My stories will be about love
and hope, and they will inspire
thousands. Hopefully, they will
be good enough to earn me
a spot as a CNN newscaster. I
will interview presidents, and
congress and senate mem-
bers. I will be the next Ander-
son Cooper! Oh, and of course,
through it all, through thick
and thin, my brain will be with
me all the way.
MY EARS:
Listening is the
Key
By Ava Guglielmo
My mother asks how I remem-
ber the littlest details. I explain
that I am a very good listener. My
ears are quite small but they lis-
ten like an owl. According to my
music teacher, I make self-cor-
rections because as a musician I
am able to hear mistakes, played
on my saxophone. I believe lis-
tening is an important aspect if
you want to climb up the lad-
der and be successful in life.
In the words of the poet Epicte-
tus, We have two ears and one
mouth so that we can listen
twice as much as we speak.
Often, I wonder what I would
do if I couldnt hear, knowing
what my ears have done for me
ever since I was born. When I
was in Pre-K, I listened to my
teachers sing the ABCs. I lis-
tened to my family tell me how
much they love me. My mother
has always said that I am her
little sunshine. Later I listened
to the music of Mr. Softy play-
ing every time he came down
my block, and in the winter my
ears heard the sound of rain
and hail falling on my window.
In the spring I have listened
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to birds chirp as beautiful as a
symphony. Ive always found
myself looking bemusedly at
the birds, wondering what they
were saying. With jubilance,
my ears once heard the voice of
Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift and
Rihanna sing live at a concert.
Ive listened to popular, jazz,
and classical music by famous
artists. During a championship
swim meet, I heard my team-
mates chanting my name. The
score from both teams were
tied, 78 to 78 and my race was
the last event of the meet. Go
Ava!! My coaches chanted.
When my race was over I had
broken the tie. My team had
won and my ears heard my
team congratulate me for the
victory.
Someday, soon my ears will
listen to college professors
teach, and at the end I will
listen to my name being an-
nounced to come up for my
college diploma, maybe even
for valedictorian. I will con-
tinue to play my saxophone
and I might be as famous as
Mozart. Someday, I might
even make it to the Olympics
for swimming and I will hear
the referees blow their whis-
tles, gesturing us to step up to
the diving board. I might even
win a gold medal and proudly
listen to the clapping support
of my fans and family.
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WRITERS WORKSHOP
Continued from Page 29
experience. This helps peo-
ple who are journaling to ap-
proach journals with a differ-
ent perspective and for those
who are working on longer
novels to focus on different el-
ements of writing, Van Winkle
said. For instance, the theme
for one of her first workshops
was using words to build
worlds. We talked about us-
ing sensory experiences. For
journaling, that meant work-
ing with elements of a senso-
ry experience and memory.
We talked about how lan-
guage can create a concrete
experience that really trans-
lates well for different types
of writers and genres, she
said. Another was wisdom
from wonderland, where we
discussed how we can get
away from realism while still
talking about the real world
with magic and fairytale ele-
ments. It was a different way
THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2017
of thinking about narrative or donation-based courses.
structure or imagining and Im starting a community
daydreaming to give you per- outreach program called Ex-
mission to journal even if you quisite Corpus, which will
dont remember all the facts. meet once or twice a month
Starting Saturday, April 8 and Ill be incorporating
and every Saturday through what I do at the hospital into
May 13, Van Winkle will a community group so peo-
teach a workshop under the ple can work through issues,
theme Telling Time. Van like a self-help group. It will
Winkle explains that writers be donation-based, with no
will be using time in terms minimum. Well be doing
of people working on longer something called Creative
projects and how to use page Righting, which will allow
space, or learning how to people to write for personal
pace something and knowing growth, she said. Van Winkle
how long to make a scene go also offers Wednesday classes
on, how talking about some- to dedicated writers who are
thing that happened a long working on longer projects
time ago, but bringing it back and want help and feedback.
to the moment. Weve also been partnering
The workshops come at a with Lola Star to have month-
price of $125 for six weeks of ly events that use writing in
courses, which Van Winkle different ways, such as our
says is low-cost compared Alterative Valentines Day
to similar groups around event where we wrote love
the city, like Poets House, poems to Rockaway and a
which charge $325. Howev- St. Patricks Day event where
er, the cost also allows her people wrote limericks. Its
to do other projects, like free BYOB and Lola has music,
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arts and crafts and a sale and
its kind of like a party. Its
another way to bring writing
to the community and show
that it can be something big-
ger, Van Winkle said.
For Van Winkle, writing is a
way to express herself. Writing
has been a way for me to paint
on a page to create something
that can give readers their own
experience. To share my own
real and creative experiences
and things that I imagine, and
have a total stranger have their
own experience from it, is very
exciting. The process of writing
also teaches us about who we
are and if you learn to write,
even if you write badly, I feel
that you have a better change
of living well.
For more information about
the Rockaway Writers Work-
shop, or to register for the
upcoming workshop, head to
www.RockawayWritersWork-
shop.org. Rockaway Writers
Workshop is also on Facebook,
Twitter and Instagram.

Hope & A Prayer Center to Host

Saturday Extravaganza
By Katie McFadden
Get ready for a day of music,
fashion, dancing and fun. Far
Rockaways Hope and a Prayer
Center is bringing a fun event
to the community on Saturday,
April 8.
For those not familiar, Hope
and a Prayer Center, located
at 25-17 Seagirt Avenue in Far
Rockaway is a safe place for
the local community to get the
help that they need, according
to Judea Hartley. The center
was opened shortly after Hur-
ricane Sandy by director Cath-
erine Molyneux, as a way to
provide resources to residents
in need. It was placed in Far
Rockaway to serve as a socio-
political, economic support
system for the community. If
a family is looking for a place
to live, or they need things like
food or toiletries, Molyneux
has been there to provide re-
sources and information to
them. She also holds empow-
erment workshops, such as for
women who may have been
abused, plus she helps con-
nect youth looking for jobs
with places like WorkForce1,
the library and RDRC. Its a
one-stop source where people
go for affordable housing or if
they need advice on getting a
job or preparing for an inter-
view or if someone needs to
look something up on the In-
ternet because they dont have
it at home. Its a place people
go to for help and a sense of
direction, and where dignity
prevails, Hartley said.
Hartley, along with Lysa
Carre, are graduate students
at Hofstra University, who are
working towards their Masters
in Public Relations, and decid-
ed to bring a hope and a prayer
to the community center,
which has needed a boost.
Together, they have made it
their mission to rebrand the
Hope and a Prayer Center, and
bring attention to this useful
community resource. To do so,
theyre throwing a celebration
for local residents.
On Saturday, from noon to 5
p.m, Hope and a Prayer Center
will be hosting its first bene-
fit concert, fashion show and
dance-off extravaganza. It will
all take place at Haven Min-
istries, located at 188 Beach
84th Street. This fun event is
free and open to the public.
Basically during the concert,
theres going to be a variety of
talent from choir singing to
individual singers to a pianist
and ballet dancers. Theres
also going to be a spring fash-
ion show where people come
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or Sunday outfits. Theres
also going to be plenty of
food and dancing and it will
be an opportunity for people
to network. We want locals
to come together on a Sat-
urday, have some food, talk,
laugh and get to know each
other, while building visi-
bility and exposure for this
great community resource,
Carre said. Guests will also
get the opportunity to learn
about other events hosted by
the Hope and a Prayer Center
like arts and crafts nights,
game nights, basketball tour-
naments, fundraising bake
sales and more.
For more information about
the Hope and a Prayer Center,
contact Director Catherine
Molyneux at 917-705-1803 or
call the center directly at 718-
327-8888. You can also find
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Life With Our
Artistic Child
Why You Need to Establish a Special-
Needs Trust for Your Child NOW!
Raising a child with special
needs costs buku cash! Between
paying out of pocket for various
therapies, several trips to doc-
tors, enrolling them in a pletho-
ra of recreational activities and
therapeutic programs, it defi-
nitely puts a strain on your pay-
check. My daughters dad and I
decided to think ahead in terms
of finances for our artistic
daughter. What happens, when
she turns 18, and one or both of
us are deceased, how will she fi-
nancially survive?
We contacted Andrew Cohen,
a well-reputed attorney, who
specializes in legal planning for
families with special-needs chil-
dren. Cohens services often in-
cludes preparation of planning
documents such as a will and
supplemental needs trust, pro-
viding guidance and counseling
on available government entitle-
ments and handling guardian-
ship proceedings.
Cohen graciously sat down
with me to provide vital infor-
mation.
Me: What is the first step a
parent or caregiver should take,
when trying to establish the spe-
cial-needs trust for their child un-
der the age of 18?
Cohen: They first have to start
doing their research on what
they need to know, which in-
cludes what benefits, programs
and services are going to be
available for the future, and if it
is pretty clear that their child is
not going to be independent or
self sufficient once they turn 18,
then it is extremely important for
parent and caregivers to do an
estate plan. In NYS, if someone
dies with assets in their name
and does not have a will, trust
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or formalized plan in place, ul-
timately the State makes the de-
cision about the heirs of their as-
sets. Their family members will
inherit their assets. So if you have
a disabled individual who needs
their government benefits, re-
ceiving a direct inheritance will
affect their benefits. So by setting
up a will, trust and estate plan
ahead of time, you are protecting
your child for the future, by mak-
ing sure that everything you in-
tend for your child is protected.
Me: When the child turns 18,
are they still eligible for SSI, and
can they continue to receive ser-
vices from the state once they
have a special-needs trust estab-
lished?
Cohen: Typically most kids do
not get SSI, until their 18th birth-
day, because prior to turning
age 18, the Social Security Ad-
ministration (SSA) looks at the
entire households income and
resources. But after they turn 18,
the SSA no longer looks at the
households income, they only
look at the disabled individual.
So at 18, if they have a disability
which rises to a level in which
they are unable to maintain
gainful employment, and they
have just under $2,000 of assets
in their name, they are entitled
to SSI, a monthly stipend which
goes up to about $800 a month,
and much more importantly,
it comes with Medicaid, which
remains the gold standard of
government benefits to provide
services for an individual with a
disability covering everything
from prescriptions drugs, hospi-
tal, medical, residential and all
kinds of programs and services,
once the individual has gradu-
ated from their educational sys-
tem.
Me: What if the disabled indi-
vidual over the age of 18 is still
living at home with their family,
how are their SSI benefits affect-
ed?
Cohen: Typically the parents
of the disabled individual will
charge the now young adult
rent, so that the SSI money does
not accumulate in the disabled
individuals name. For exam-
ple, if the individual gets $800 a
month, and it sits there for three
months, suddenly they are over
the $2,000 income threshold. So
by charging rent, which is per-
fectly appropriate, they are able
to continue to live at home and
receive SSI benefits.
Me: What is the purpose of es-
tablishing a supplemental needs
trust?
Cohen: The purpose behind
a supplemental needs trust is
to allow the individual with
the disability, as the benefi-
ciary of the trust, to receive all
the money, assets and wealth
that the parents or other fami-
ly members have provided for
the individuals future without
affecting their right to their gov-
ernment benefits. The govern-
ment, through their programs
like Medicaid, provide for food,
shelter and basic medical. The
purpose of the trust is to supple-
ment that meaning pay for
things that the government does
not cover, such as clothing, fur-
niture, electronics or vacations.
Basically anything that would
enhance the quality of the disa-
bled individuals life, but not in
anyway jeopardize their right to
millions of dollars of Medicaid
benefits in the future.
Me: So, for example, my mum
opened an insurance policy for
my daughter. Does this mean that
the policy is technically not under
her name, but under the appoint-
ed trustee or guardian of her spe-
cial-needs trust estate?
Cohen: Yes, it would be under
the trustee of her trust, the bene-
ficiary designation, for her insur-
ance.
Me: Whether you decide to cre-
ate a will, establish a guardian, a
power of attorney or a healthcare
proxy what is the timeline to
establish the special-needs trust?
Cohen: The estate planning,
doing the will and the trust, and
setting up the plan for the fi-
nancial future could typical-
The Rockaway Times
ly be done in a matter of weeks.
Its done in an attorneys office
without any court intervention.
However, the process of estab-
lishing guardianship is different
because parents are only the
legal guardians until the child
turns 18. At 18, the law presumes
that the child is capable of mak-
ing their own decisions. Now
if there is a child with an intel-
lectual or development disabil-
ity, once they turn 18, there is a
process where families can go
to court, and become the legal
guardians, to be able to continue
to make the right legal, financial
and medical decisions for that
disabled individual from age 18
and up.
Me: One of the parents in the
Rockaway Artistic Families
support group who never estab-
lished legal guardianship of her
now 19-year-old adult child, ex-
pressed that he now refuses ser-
vices such as therapy and medi-
cation. What can she do?
Cohen: Its a difficult situation
because now the individual is
over 18, she has no authority or
decision-making powers, unless
she has a court order. So many
families with a 17 or 17 and-a-
half year old, start the guard-
ianship process in the courts
to be able to continue to make
life-long decisions for their adult
family member, just like they
did when the individual was a
minor child. The parent you de-
scribed has no authority of her
now adult child right now. Un-
til, she obtains a guardianship
court order, she has no authority
over him. She cannot access his
medical records because there
are Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability (HIPAA) pri-
vacy laws that prevent her from
accessing them. Until she gets
guardianship, she has no au-
thority.
Me: So whats the process for
her to circumvent this? Can she
do anything?
Cohen: She has to petition the
court, ultimately proving that he
cant make decisions for himself,
and thats typically proven by
medical affidavits showing that
the functional IQ is such that the
individual can not understand
the nature and consequences of
his/her decision-making.
For more information on Andy
Cohens law office, visit amco-
henlaw.com.
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to get your opinion on current issues facing the peninsula.
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Pheffer Amato Pushes Army

Corps to Move Bungalow Beam
On Tuesday, March 28, at the
urging of Assemblywoman Sta-
cey Pheffer Amato, the US Army
Corps of Engineers towed an
80-foot beam that had become
lodged in the shoreline back
out to sea. The beam had gotten
snagged and had been partial-
ly attached to a landing near the
Bungalow Bar, for well over a
month.
Bungalow Bar owner, Daniel
Dee Tubridy, was afraid that
errant winds or currents might
cause the beam to smash the res-
taurants rear dock. The Army
Corps did us a solid here, and
we really want to thank them,
Tubridy said. Wed been try-
ing to get this taken care of, and
didnt quite know how. Weve
been through a lot as a restau-
rant, but this was a new thing,
and the departments seemed a
little confused about what to do.
Staceys office was great. They
made the connection to the right
people, we got it done, and thats
a big load off our minds.
By Wednesday morning,
March 29th, the beam had been
towed out to sea, and no longer
posed a threat. Im so grateful to
the Army Corps, who did an in-
credible job, Pheffer Amato said.
Im a huge fan of the Bungalow
Bar, and their dock is one of their
best features.
Bungalow Bar is a fixture
of our community, and it was
a pleasure to help them over-
come an unexpected obstacle.
ur neighbors faced a lot of after-
shocks from the events of Super-
storm Sandy and climate change.
Were here to help. I hope other
community members come to
us to help solve their problems,
whether theyre small problems
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Rockaway Paints it Forward

Stella Maris High School was During lunch, the volunteers

an all-girls, private, Roman joined the sisters-in-residence
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Catholic high school, run by for a joyful break, a meal and
Pursuant to the lien granted by N.Y. Lien Law 182, Metro Storage, LLC, as managing agent for Lessor, will sell by public
auction (or otherwise dispose) personal property (in its entirety) belonging to the tenants listed below to the highest bidder the Sisters of St. Joseph. The time to get to know one an-
to satisfy the lien of the Lessor for rental and other charges due. The said property has been stored and is located at the
respective address below. Units up for auction will be listed for public bidding on-line at www.Storagestuff.bid beginning
school portion is now a charter other. One of the volunteers
five days prior to the scheduled auction date and time. The terms of the sale will be cash only. A 10% buyers premium school and the convent por- had been taught by Sr. Thomas
will be charged per unit. All sales are final. Metro Self Storage, LLC reserves the right to withdraw any or all units, partial
or entire, from the sale at any time before the sale or to refuse any bids. The property to be sold is described as general
tion (next to the beach) is now when she was in school.
household items unless otherwise noted. All contents must be removed completely from the property within 48 hours or an assisted living for 20 Sisters The day was a terrific suc-
sooner or are deemed abandoned by bidder/buyer. Sale rules and regulations are available at the time of sale. of St Joseph. The whole place cess. Almost all of the volun-
Metro Self Storage Occupant Name Unit # Property Description
needed a bright coat of paint! teers had been the benefit of
2727 Knapp Street 1. Max Dallorso Jr. 1013 furniture and clothing
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Bidding will close 5. Joseph Gencarelli Sr. 2121 household items, collectibles
Rugby team from Molloy Col- their lives. The volunteers got
on the website 6. Armen Genorgyan 2232 household and commercial items
www.Storagestuff.bid
7. Patrick Thompson
8. Frank Soldo
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2000
furniture, commercial items
commercial and household items
lege and some local friends or- to give back a little. The sis-
on 4/26/2017 at 1:00pm. 9. Pierre Colas 4406 household goods, clothing ganized volunteers to go down ters had delightful visits and
10. Charles Shibetti 4160 furniture, clothing, household goods
11. Ezequiela Nieves 3154 clothing, furniture, household goods there Saturday, April 1 to get the two stairwells got a coat of
12. Mila Schwartz
13. Frederic Brauner
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clothing
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AMERICAN LEGION REDS NIP NEPONSIT REALITY GIANTS ON OPENING DAY
The sun broke through in force
just in time for Rockaway Little
Leagues first games of the 2017
season last Sunday. The warm
weather did not help the bats in
some of the best played games;
there were several stellar pitch-
ing performances.
In the Game of the Week, the
Neponsit Realty Giants and the
American Legion Reds played a
hand of Dueling Aces with the
Reds coming out on top 1-0. Joe
Jenkusky started for the Reds and
threw three scoreless innings.
Teammate Brendan Armour
matched that performance,
blanking the Giants over the fi-
nal three frames. Armour also
knocked in the only run of the
game with an RBI double to left
field that plated Pat Torpey. The
Giants hurlers were equally im-
pressive. Randy Koenig tossed 3
1/3 stellar frames with Brendan
Byrne collecting the final five
outs in relief. With pitching like
this, we can expect the Giants
and the Reds to be in the pen-
nant race all season long.
The Pee Wee Senior division
also featured a one-run pitch-
ers duel. Led by three first-time
pitching performances from 2nd
graders Nick Castro, Bradley Spa-
eth and Matthew LaFroscia, the
Denis OConnor Giants edged
the Supreme Memorials Royals
5-4. Castro and Spaeth tossed
two shutout innings each. After
the Royals delivered a valiant ral-
ly, Matthew LaFroscia closed out
the game with a scoreless 6th in-
THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2017 Page 41
Little League Recap
ning to earn the save in the close-
ly contested battle.
Minor Girls also had a 5-4 game
with the Bartoli Chiropractic Red
Storm beating the McManus
Mechanical Huskies in a nail bit-
er. The Bartoli brigade got great
pitching from Carly Intrabar-
tolo and Mary Doyle and some
great hits by up-and-coming 2nd
grader Naimh Tubridy and 4th
grader Mary Doyle, whose hits to
the outfield knocked in runs. The
Red Storms lead was protected
by great defense at first base by
Delaney Sommerville and Emily
OConnor at second base. Looks
like its going to be an exciting
season in Minor Girls!
Opening day fun was in full
force when the Shannon Flo- and triple, and by Isaiah Tawil low Board member Kamin Green
rist Rockies had a well-played who went 3-for-3 with a home used time slots usually allotted
game with the Mahoney Real run. Jack Butler and Justin Wil- to games for training in baseball
Estate Royals in Minor Boys. liams added two hits each to help fundamentals. The boys worked
Both teams played a tight game the team to victory. on swinging, fielding grounders
up until the end. The Rockies At the instructional level, RLL and throwing.
held on to win with smart plays. held its first clinic for the Pee Wee DIAMOND DUST: This years
Tommy Connors and Joseph Junior (PWJ) division. Learning Opening Day celebration will
Giambra pitching and Sean from the success of the Pee Wee be on Saturday, April 29. The pa-
O'Malley catching, saved two Girls clinic organized by Moira rade will begin at 9:00 a.m. with
runs by snatching great stops on Mullen in recent years, PWJ com- festivities, food and rides to fol-
the mound and quickly sending missioner Marty Hoban and fel- low. Tickets will go on sale soon.
them home. Connor McElhin-
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for the Royals with three singles
and a double.
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Tilt for More Power
By Kelley Brooke
Today is the start of one of
the most exciting golf tourna-
ments of the year on the PGA
Tour The Masters.
I dont know what it is
about, this magical tourna-
ment. Perhaps its that on
Sunday it is anyones game.
Thanks to the last eight holes,
a large lead can disappear
very quickly. The 11th hole is
considered the hardest hole
on the course, perhaps due
to its 509-yard length and its
narrow tree-lined fairway. I
believe it is the most difficult
because it takes a 318-yard
bomb off of the tee to reach
the dogleg. Then the player
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has close to a 200-yard sec-
ond shot. The drive must be
perfect; a long, straight shot
down the left side.
To start this years lesson
series, lets learn how the pros
get the most out of their driv-
ers.
The most important ele-
ment of a good drive is a good
set up. Think of the golf swing
as a chain reaction. The first
link in the swing is the grip.
The second link in the swing
is the set up. The set up has
to allow you to make a good
turn, load on your rear foot,
fire those hips, come in shal-
low and launch that ball at the
perfect angle.
To begin, lets spread your
feet so the inside of your feet
Place the ball on the inside of
your front heel. At this point
tilt forward from the pelvis to
40 degrees. It is important not
to bend at the stomach, but
to tilt from the hip joint, as if
you are doing a yoga fold. Flex
your knees a bit.
Now this is a really important
tip. At this point, you want to
lift your front hip up about an
inch so that your spine tilts
away from the target. This
position allows an easy turn
and allows you to load onto
your rear foot. If your spine is
perpendicular to the ground
at address, rather than tilted,
your angle of attack will be
too steep on the downswing.
We want the downswing to be
on the ball at impact.
After turning back and
when loaded on your rear
foot properly, you will natu-
rally uncoil your hips, creat-
ing a shallow approach to the
ball. You will swing from the
inside to out swing path and
ultimately hit up on the ball
and launch at the perfect an-
gle.
Enjoy the Masters this week-
end and remember to PRAC-
TICE WITH A PURPOSE!
Kelley Brooke, LPGA Mem-
ber and the owner of The Golf
Channel Academy with Kelley
Brooke.
For lessons www.GolfChan-
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