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43 - THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 2017
Inside: Mazzone Hardware Opening

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Mazzone Hardware to Open Next Week

By Katie McFadden events, and were certainly
looking to get involved in some
Need some house paint, gar- of the events that are out here
den tools to spruce up the yard, in Rockaway. We plan to be a
or a spare key made? Rockaway part of these events, one way
is finally getting its hardware or another and do what we can
store back. After longtime es- to supports these things and
tablishment, Browns Hard- be a part of the community,
ware was sold and closed last Mazzone said.
August, Mazzone Ace Hard- Mazzone says the store is a
ware is set to open in its place much-needed addition and
next week. community support has al-
At the end of last summer, ready been strong. I didnt
Browns Hardware owner Eliz- realize how bad the communi-
abeth Hanna announced that ty needed this until I was out
the store had been sold, but it here working on the store and I
was going to be in good hands. forgot some supplies and there
Mazzone Hardware, a long- was nowhere to really go to get
time family business based in them. Places like Breezy Point
Brooklyn, is ready to open their Hardware are nice, but this
new Rockaway location (245 will bring even more options
Beach 116th Street) on Mon- home for me, Mazzone said. key machine with wider capa- to the peninsula, he said. Res-
day or Tuesday of next week, The loss of her business part- bilities than what Browns had idents are already looking for-
according to new owner, Matt ner also deeply affected Han- offered. ward to the opening. I cant
Mazzone. Were really look- na. Liz contacted us about While much will be differ- stand outside for more than
ing forward to opening and be- looking to sell and she wanted ent, there will be some famil- five minutes without someone
ing a part of this community, to make sure the store went to a iar faces behind the counters coming up and wishing us well
Mazzone said. community-oriented business and in the aisles. Hanna her- and asking when were going
that would do a good job. Being self will still be working at the to be open.
able to take over the store was store, along with much of the Mazzone is looking forward
really an honor for us because former staff. The previous to it as well. Were excited to
of the relationship I had with owner was really concerned be here and offer some great
Noni and Liz over the years. We about the staff losing employ- items and brands. I want to
wanted to make them proud ment when the store closed, so thank everyone because peo-
and have a nice store to repre- we kept most of the staff and ple have been so gracious and
sent them well. hired a few additional people. helpful and were really look-
Over the past few months, Just about everyone is local, ing forward to being a part of
Mazzone has done a complete with the exception of the man- the community, he said.
Mazzone Hardwares long- overhaul of Browns, giving the ager, Mazzone said. As they work on the finish-
running history shows they store a completely new, mod- As Browns was a big sup- ing touches this weekend,
must be doing something right. ern look, making it unrecog- porter of the community, Maz- Mazzone Ace Hardware is ex-
The business started back in nizable. Some of the stock will zone plans to do the same. The pected to be open on Monday
1950 when Salvatore Mazzone also be new to the communi- business has long been active or Tuesday. The hours will be
opened his first store on Court ty. The store is coming along in their local Brooklyn commu- Monday through Saturday,
Street in the Carroll Gardens really well. Theyre going to nities. Two things were heav- 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday
section of Brooklyn. By the be some great things out here ily involved in is this charity from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The old
1960s, he purchased an even that people have never seen called the Childrens Miracle Browns phone number will re-
larger location at 470 Court before, some great brands they Network, which is supported main the same: 718-945-5669.
Street, where the original Maz- havent been exposed to, Maz- by Ace Corporate. Through the Check out mazzonehardware.
zone Hardware still operates. zone said, adding that having charity, money is raised to go com for more info.
Just five years ago, they opened brands like Ace Hardware and to local chil-
their second location in Cobble Benjamin Moore Paint as part- drens hospi-
Hill. Now theyre expanding to ners allows them to do more. tals around
Rockaway, taking over the old Theres going to be a lot more the communi-
Browns Hardware on Beach name brand products and a lot ty. The second
116th. more variety of products in a is community
Even though Mazzone is clean, organized location. The events. We do
new to Rockaway, the family store will be fully stocked with a whole host
had a longtime connection to a variety of hardware items, of community
the former owners of Browns. but Mazzone expects some of events in Car-
Mazzone said he knew the later the big sellers in the store to be roll Gardens
Noni Signoretti, who co-owned things like paint, which theyll like a pump-
the store with her cousin, have a huge selection of, plus kin fest, a tree
Hanna, quite well. Signoretti outdoor items like Big Green lighting and
passed away in October 2015. Egg grills and lawn and garden Veterans and
When she passed, it really hit products. There will also be a Memorial Day

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The Mush
fortune wasnt contained to winner of ONE game a day. When youre bad luck you
himself. Anyone in his vicin- One. The trick is you cant pick change the channel. Because,
ity, anyone making the same the same team again through- you know, logic tells you
bet as him, was done. In the out the tournament. But I pick that if youre not watching,
You know what I got? I got movie, tellers at the racetrack with a kiss. The Kiss of Death. the team will do better. I will
ungatz. Im a mush. betting booth handed him his The SMU basketball team is swear that this is true. There
I bought a bunch of raffle tickets already ripped up sav- out looking for me because I have been times when things
tickets at the Greybeards Din- ing him the trouble. picked them. were going bad, I have left the
ner Dance in January and all Mr. Mush was the personifi- I also had a box for the Cham- room and then a few minutes
my purchases became pure cation of bad luck and spread pionship game. You win based later, from three rooms away,
donations. I rolled that lack his misfortune inadvertently. on the numbers of the final I hear the TV. Good things are
of good fortune into three dif- Evil Eye Fagin, on the other score. The guys who ran the box happening again. The under-
ferent Super Bowl boxes and hand, spread bad luck on pur- treated me like the racetrack dog has a shot. I cant stay
didnt come close. And then pose. He was a character from tellers treated Mush. They gave away. I go in to see what all
Well, first let me explain the Bowery Boys whod cast me letters instead of numbers. the excitements about. And I
mush. Im pretty sure mush is a bad luck spell on you if you My mushiness extended to mush them.
familiar to anyone whos taken made eye contact with him merely rooting for a team. I Ive even tried rooting for the
a bus to Atlantic City with a roll and his bugged-out eyeballs. didnt have to have money in- other team hoping some sort
of quarters or whove lost their My luck has been so bad vested in the outcome. Id tune of reverse mush would work.
rent gambling. But for those lately, Im starting to wonder if into a game just to watch. Id Doesnt work.
whove been wise and/or stin- one of you gave me the evil eye have no particular preference The scary thing is when
gy enough to avoid the pitfalls and I was too obtuse to notice. for either team but Id usual- youre on a mush roll you think
of gambling, you might not be Yea, some of my readers can be ly pull for the underdog. In- everything can be affected by
familiar with the patron saint pretty treacherous. And those variably, the games I watched your bad luck. I had my car
of losers: Edward Mush. are my friends. had the underdog surge out in washed the other day and then
Mr. Mush was made famous I capped off my season of front. Id get caught up in the it rained. Sorry, I mushed the
in the movie, A Bronx Tale. His mush with the NCAA Bas- hysteria and as soon as I com- day for the rest of you.
losing ways were legendary as ketball Tournament. I was in mitted my rooting interest, Anyway, Im betting things
he could turn any sure thing an NCAA survivor pool. The the mush gods would awaken. get better. Ah, sh*t, shouldnt
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Injured Seal Found

on Beach 106th
Story and Photo
By Katie McFadden
Last week, we had a whale, and

this week yet another sea crea-
ture was found on our beaches.
On Tuesday, April 11, a young
gray seal decided to pay Rocka-
way a visit, or perhaps to recover.
Unfortunately, the animal ap-
peared to have been attacked by mal's condition, The Riverhead
something, leaving large wounds Foundation posted to its Face-
on the lower half of its body. book page.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Some residents were con-
young creature came out of the cerned that something must be
water to take a break on Beach done to help the seal, with some
106th Street. A seal visiting our suggesting pouring water on
beaches had become a yearly oc- it, feeding it, or even picking it
currence in the spring. Seals will up and bringing it to Riverhead
often relax on rocks or a beach themselves. All of these sugges-
to enjoy some time in the sun. tions are incorrect and should
However, the animal on Tuesday not be followed. According to
had some deep wounds, which the Riverhead Foundation, the
caused alarm among those who best thing to do if you come
came across it. Some believed across a seal on the beach, is to
the wounds were caused by a keep your distance. They advise
predator, like a shark, or a boat. to stay at least 50 yards away.
Witnesses immediately called Seals can be aggressive and can
the Riverhead Foundation for bite or use their sharp claws
Marine Research and Preserva- to scratch. There is also a risk
tion out in Long Island, the go- that theyre carrying a disease.
to rescue organization for local Riverhead also said it is a com-
injured sea mammals. Officers mon behavior for a seal to be on
from the 100 Precinct also re- the beach, and it is referred to as
sponded to keep crowds away hauling out. It is done for sev-
from the animal, as to not cause eral reasons, including to rest,
further stress. Several further to warm themselves, or to avoid
calls were made to Riverheard predators. If water is poured on
from community members, who an animal or forced to return to
were concerned that nothing the water, it may become hypo-
was being done quick enough to thermic. They may also haul out
help the animal. Riverhead said due to injury, and Riverhead ad-
they were overwhelmed with vises people to stay away so the
calls on Tuesday, as they had animal does not return to the
other reported strandings along water before a Rescue Team re-
Long Island. The volunteer or- sponds. If you see an animal on
ganization reassured callers that the beach, besides staying clear,
they were aware of Rockaways the best thing to do is to call the
seal and would respond if nec- NY State Stranding Hotline at
essary, by Wednesday morning. 631-369-9829.
Thank you to those who On Wednesday afternoon,
have reported the seal locat- Riverhead said, "Our Rescue
ed in Rockaway! Based on the Team responded to a gray seal
reports, videos, and the many located in Rockaway this morn-
photos we have received, our ing. The seal was brought back
team has decided to monitor to our hospital facility where a
this animal for 24 hours. While full physical was conducted and
it does have a couple of small it is currently resting in one of our
wounds, the seal is alert and rehabilitation tanks."
exhibiting normal behaviors. Visit www.riverheadfounda-
If the seal is still in the area in tion.org to donate and help the
the morning our Rescue Team Riverhead Foundation's future
will respond to reassess the ani- rescue efforts.

that. Avoid homework? Why didnt ***** novel about the crash of Flight 587.
we have that kind of doctor growing And a big shout out to Robert and Its an alternative take on the offi-
up? We neglected to see the first Metta Kaskel of Thai Rock. The dy- cial findings with a cops vs terrorist
sentence about concussions and namic duo are being honored by angle. The book, Flight 587 Down,
the conventional treatment that the Rockaway Development and is available on E-publishing plat-
follows. Revitalization Corp (RDRC) at their forms such as Amazon and IBooks.
***** ***** annual Tribute and Gala Dinner *****
The ferry is starting May 1, a good Speaking of being careful, the Dance on May 10 at Russos on the Our friend Bob Hardt caught this
six weeks earlier than expected. new hardware store coming to Bay. Contact Valerie West for tick- wide discrepancy and tweeted it
Although many advocates deserve Beach 116th Street, Mazzone Ace ets and more info, 718-327-5300. on Tuesday: New York City weath-
some measure of credit for getting Hardware, is pronounced with a ***** er fun facts. Current temperature
the service, no one, was more of a hard E. As in Mah-zone-eee, in Deadline #1. The Photo Contest in Chelsea: 78 degrees. Rockaway
driving force than Joe Hartigan, aka case you want to get it right. But is closing Friday, April 14. Entries Beach: 58 degrees. (A 20 degree
The Ferry Guy. He was pushing for we're sure some will still call in must be sent to PhotoExpo@Rock- difference is about as wide as weve
ferry service years before the City Browns. awayTimes.com. heard).
implemented the ferry after Sandy. ***** ***** *****
Bravo to Joe! For the third year in a row, The Deadline #2. Advertising in the Melinda Katz appointed new
***** Rockaway Times has been hon- annual Summer Guide. Space Community Board members
Jill Eisenstadts critically ac- ored at the New York Press Asso- must be reserved by Saturday, April across the borough. CB 14s new
claimed From Rockaway is back in ciations Better Newspaper con- 15. Contact Pat at 718-634-3030 or appointees: Shalom Becker,
print and her next novel, Swell, also vention. This year, we took Second at Pat@RockawayTimes.com Courtney Brown, Glenn Collins,
based in Rockaway, will be pub- Place in Overall Best Use of Social ***** Stephen Cooper, John Cori, Ger-
lished soon - probably in the next Media. And that was before our A house on the corner of Beach ald David, Temima Feldman, Pa-
few weeks. Well be talking to Jill Facebook whale video drew more 92nd Street and Holland Avenue tricia Gillespie, Martin Ingram,
soon thereafter. than a half million views last week. was long vacant and many peo- Joel Kaplan, Denise Lopresti
***** Big shout out to Facebook Queen ple had envisioned it as a bed and Neibel, John McCambridge, Al-
Careful how you read. In last Katie McFadden who really earned breakfast. We dont what the plans dean Moore, Daniel Mundy, Isaac
weeks Ask The Doc column re- us the honor. Which reminds us, are for it but it was recently bought Parsee, Eugene Pasternak, Har-
garding concussions, the second please like us on Facebook and by an outfit going by the name vey Rudnick, Sender Schwartz,
sentence read: Physicians have follow us on Instagram and sign Some Indian Guy LLC. Eli Shapiro, Manuel Silva, Karen
been advising both rest at home and up for our email. Maybe well up ***** Sloan Payne, Thomas Tobin, Mi-
avoidance of classwork for many our game and start caring about Longtime newspaper editor chael Tubridy, Rachel Williams
years. Our eyes jumped right to Twitter. Howard Schwach has written a and Edwin Williams.
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This Week in History Far Rock Enchantress

APRIL 14
Peter Galvin was born.
APRIL 18
Lisa Redmond was born.
Empowers Mothers
1828 - Noah Webster copyright-
ed the first edition of his dic-
Alison Kase was born.
1775 - Paul Revere warned Massa-

of Special-Needs Children
tionary. chusetts colonists of the arrival of
1865 - Abraham Lincoln was assas- British troops during the American By Kami-Leigh Agard feelings havent all dissipated,
sinated by John Wilkes Booth. Revolution. but they are less meaningful.
1906 - The Great San Francisco From being an exotic danc- So I believe that working as an
APRIL 15 Earthquake destroyed over 4 sq mi.
er, special education teacher, exotic dancer for all those years
Phil Goldfeder was born. and killed over 500 people.
Kelly Kalisak was born. improvisational actor, parent was really symbolic because I
Catherine Murphy was born. APRIL 19 coach, and self-described en- learned many things about my-
Jay Ferriola was born. chantress, Far Rockaway resi- self and others. I am a listener.
1912 - Titanic sank off the coast of Chris Gallagher was born. dent, Shane Kulman defiantly, I focus on and absorb people. I
Newfoundland on its maiden voy- Theresa Hyland was born. and regally embodies every- never used to disclose my past
age after it struck an iceberg. Christina OShea McGovern was born.
1947 - Jackie Robinson made his Kathleen Straub was born. woman. as an exotic dancer, but I have
Brooklyn Dodger debut and scored Kulman, a Brooklyn native, come to the realization that I
the game-winning run. On April 1897 - The first Boston Marathon seeking the ocean, moved to a learned a lot about people just
15, 1997, his number, 42, was re- was run. bungalow in Far Rockaway in from doing it. It was a invalua-
tired. 1995 - The Alfred P. Murrah Federal 2015. After living in Brooklyn ble time of inflection and reflec-
Building in Oklahoma City, Okla.,
APRIL 16 was destroyed by a car bomb. 168 all my life, I started dreaming tion, she said.
1972 - China sent President Nixon people, including 19 children were of living in my own witchs cot- Kulman decided to continue
two giant pandas as a gift. killed in the worst terrorist attack in tage near the ocean. A friend working with others, but this
1999 - Hockey great Wayne Gretzky U.S. history up to that time. told me to check out Rockaway. time with children. She began
announced his retirement. After reading an article about teaching, but hated the con-
APRIL 20
APRIL 17 Erika Farrell was born. local artist and former presi- formist structure of the public
Robert Zimmer was born. Raymond Scott was born. dent of the Beachside Bungalow educational system.
Preservation Association of Far When I was a pre-school
1969 - Sirhan Sirhan was convicted 1912 - The Boston Red Sox played Rockaway, Richard George, I teacher, I knew that working in
for the murder of Robert F. Kennedy. their first game at Fenway Park. was immediately wooed, Kul- groups was not my passion. I
1970 - The Apollo 13 astronauts They beat the N.Y. Highlanders
safely landed after their near-disas- (who in 1913 would become known man said. knew how more helpful I could
trous flight. as the Yankees) 7-6. Kulman corresponded with be if I worked with one child
George, and was won over by at a time. So I left and started
his love for the community and working with the agency, Va-
preserving the bungalows, not riety Child Learning Center in
to mention the thriving artists their Special Education Itiner-
enclave living there. Months ant Teacher (SEIT) program,
later, she moved in. I am now which specializes in teachers
living in a redone bungalow, my who work-on-one with spe-
little dream home in a commu- cial-needs children. I worked
nity that has become my family, with kids ages three to five, ei-
Kulman said. ther in their homes or in their
So how did Kulman go from schools, she said.
exotic dancing to working as Kulman learned a lot from
a teacher with children on the working with children on the
autism spectrum to improv autism spectrum. I was at first
acting to coaching parents taken aback by how some of
with special-needs children? them did not automatically like
Specializing in all residential remodeling full builds, Kulman, who has a bachelors me, when throughout my career
kitchen, baths, exterior, trim, etc. degree in Early Childhood Edu- most children did. For exam-
cation and a masters in Special ple, one child just preferred to
and Early Childhood Education, line up his video boxes, rather
explained, Believe it or not, ex- than pay attention to me. After
otic dancing was the stepping a while I learned to relax and be
stone that inspired me. For 11 present with them, not to push
years I was an exotic dancer. any agenda or specific goals, but
During this time I learned that to meet them where theyre at.
men and children give them- Then these children started
selves permission to play, when to trust me. I learned that speech
women dont. We often feel that is not the only way to communi-
we are not enough or too much. cate. There is so much commu-
I got to really enjoy being seen. nication in behavior. So when
Being a stripper for me was a I was working with nonverbal
- Long time Rockaway resident celebration of my body, my face, children, I was able to join their
- Free estimates my personality.
I could have been suicidal. I
world, and appreciate their little
- Fully insured and licensed grew up loathing myself. These Continued on page 11

FAR ROCK that the crucial work was work- know how to handle their spe-
ENCHANTRESS ing with moms. If a parent is not cial-needs child. I felt like par-
Continued from Page 10 working on developing their ents expected me to fix their
own inner strength, they pass kid. So I really got to be in the
quirks, and together we had the on their own issues in a noncon- minds of mothers. I observed
best time. scious way. Parents who realize that they were not feeling em-
I worked with this Egyptian the power of support will learn powered to work with their
family who came to the U.S. how to introduce behaviors that children. They were trusting
for the sole purpose of getting set a child up for success. everyone else to do it for them.
help for their nonverbal three- Simultaneously while work- I want moms to see their great-
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The ferry is coming, even Army Terminal and then on to is still being finalized, the city modate those with disabilities.
sooner than expected. Last Pier 11 in Wall Street. The whole also recently announced that Passengers will also be able to
week, the city announced that ride will take about an hour and the Rockaway ferry will have an bring a bike on board for a $1 fee.
the Rockaway ferry, the first will cost riders the same as a Met- early start. At the request of lo- Local elected officials were elat-
route of the new citywide ser- roCard, which is currently $2.75. cal residents, many of which are ed to hear that the city is listening
vice, will begin on May 1, a There will be discounts for seniors, construction workers with early to their constituents demands.
whole month ahead of sched- children and those with disabilities starts, the first ferry will leave Residents of the Rockaways are
ule. But you may want to use Riders will be able to trans- Rockaway at 5:30 a.m. Service in desperate need of additional
the free shuttle to get to it. It's fer to other ferry routes for free, ends at 10 p.m. The ferry will op- transportation opportunities, so
going to cost $8 a day to use the but not to the subway or buses. erate seven days a week. bringing NYC Ferry to the pen-
Beach 108th Parking Lot. Rockaway riders will have ac- The start of the Rockaway insula a month early will help
On Thursday, April 6, Mayor cess to a free shuttle bus service route will be followed by the get residents to Manhattan more
Bill de Blasio announced the ear- to and from the ferry landing at South Brooklyn Route on June 1 easily and alleviate the crowded
ly ferry run. Rockaway residents Beach 108th Street. The shut- and the Astoria route in August. A train and local buses, Council
have some of the longest com- tle bus route will go from Beach The Lower East Side and Sound- Member Donovan Richards said.
mute times in the city. We prom- 35th Street to Beach 169th Street. view Routes will be launching in We're very excited that plans
ised wed bring them our new In addition to the shuttle ser- 2018. The East River route will have come together to start ferry
NYC Ferry service first, and today vice, the new 120-space parking also be part of the citywide ser- service earlier than expected,
were delivering on that promise. lot will be open 7-days a week vice starting in May. The city- Council Member Eric Ulrich
Best of all, our first NYC Ferry will from 5am to 11pm. NYCEDC wide service will be operated by said. We're especially thankful
set sail May 1, a full month ahead selected an operator, Propark Hornblower. Several of the ferry to hear the news that the EDC
of schedule, he said. America, to make parking spac- landings, including Rockaway, has been receptive to the con-
The new citywide ferry service, es available for $8/day, with are already complete. The first of cerns of my constituents with
now being branded NYC Ferry, will monthly passes available for the new vessels arrived in New regard to scheduling an addi-
carry an estimated 4.6 million pas- $100. This pricing is consistent York Harbor last week, with more tional early trip which will allow
sengers a year across its six routes, with other City-owned parking boats scheduled to depart ship- so many hard working people in
20 vessels and 22 landings. The first lots in the vicinity. This parking yards in Louisiana and Alabama the construction trades the op-
to launch will be Rockaway. The lot will be open to all, not just in the coming weeks. portunity to use this service.
ride, which will go between Beach ferry riders, meaning summer The boats, which will carry up For updates and new infor-
108th Street and Beach Channel visitors can also park there. to 150 passenger, will have WiFi. mation on the ferry, check out
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throwing out their furni- The proposal is for the tension, IBS, and even
Dear Idea Guys: ture, bikes, etc., and who- creation of a permanent suicidal thoughts in mid-
I wish that some entre- ever is interested can pick labyrinth adjacent to the dle-schoolers. Labyrinths
preneurial spirit in Rock- them up before sanitation Boardwalk on Shore Front are currently being used
away or Broad Channel comes. My saddest day was Parkway. We already have world-wide as a way to
would start a kind of when I couldn't connect a temporary labyrinth on quiet the mind, recov-
"Freecycle" website for anyone with a slightly used B. 79th St. er a balance in life and
our neighborhood, where upright piano that was slat- The labyrinth is an an- encourage meditation,
people can post descrip- ed for the dumpster, and it cient pattern found in insight, self-reflection
Poop in Your tions of things that they was left so long out in the many cultures around the and stress reduction. The
Own Can would love to give away, cold and rain, that it tru- world. In Native American labyrinth is open to all
Dear Editor: rather than throw out and ly turned into garbage--a tradition, the labyrinth is people as a non-denom-
Dearest responsible dog then, through this web- sad fate for a Wurlitzer pi- identical to the Medicine inational, cross-cultural
owners: Thank you from site, connect with people ano that could have made Wheel, in Celtic tradition blueprint for well-being
the bottom of my heart for who would like to pick up a family very happy. So, all it is the Never Ending Cir- and is accessible to acces-
your concern about dog said items and save them- you young computer sav- cle and in mystical Juda- sible to all. It will be con-
poop. It is wonderful to selves some money. vy people, can you start a ism it is the Kabala. One structed of the same ma-
see you walking your pets, Over the years, I've tried Rockaway/Broad Channel feature labyrinths have in terials as the boardwalk,
leash in one hand and a to search and connect website to connect discard- common is that they have suitable for wheelchairs,
baggie in the other. We are people with items that they ers and picker-uppers? one path, customarily an strollers, walkers.
heading in the right di- need that were originally Ruth Graves Eleven Circuit path made The labyrinth is NOT a
rection! However, I would slated for the garbage. I've according to Sacred Ge- yoga park. There is pro-
appreciate it if you would reconnected people with Not a Yoga Park ometry, that winds in a cir- posed adjacent space
take the bagged poop chairs, dressers, table- Dear Editor: cuitous way to the center. where yoga can be done
home with you for dispos- cloths, bags of same-size Regarding the 4/6 ar- I created the labyrinth but the project that was
al INSTEAD of depositing bottles, coffee tables, but ticle District 32 PB Votes in Rockaway as a tool funded is for the con-
in my garbage can! DSNY I'm tired of doing this and are Are In) I would like to for healing from PTSD struction of a labyrinth.
although the strongest, would love to see a web- clear up a pervasive mis- and associated mental For more information or
will not remove your bag- site that does it for me. conception about the lab- and physical disorders to arrange a visit to the
gie and I certainly don't There, people could either yrinth that was funded. that arose from Hurri- current labyrinth, please
blame them. advertise their address Ms. Agard concludes cane Sandy. It is proven e-mail me @ nancygahl-
Walt Rutherford for a pick up, or just state her saying: Stay tuned for to decrease anxiety, de- es@gmail.com
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NYPD OFFICERS SOON TO DON BODY CAMERAS
By Kami-Leigh Agard mentally unstable person who roll out? The NYPD is hush, plaints, up from being ranked
may be violent, or when using hush about what precincts will 17th in the same month last
This is no movie set, but real force. They will record property be next. The Rockaway Times year, February 2016. In the
life drama on our local streets searches, but they wont record contacted the NYPD press of- same month of February 2017,
soon to be filmed by our NYPD demonstrations unless there is fice, which simply stated, No 100 Precinct ranked 69th and in
patrol officers in their encoun- a crime or other enforcement. time frame for the 100 and 101 February 2016 ranked 45th.
ters with civilians. The tapes will be kept for a precincts roll out. The Board added, CCRB
In response to massive civ- year and the footage will be re- However, CBS2 Political Re- commends the city and the Pa-
il complaints against New leased publicly only in certain porter Marcia Kramer report- trolmens Benevolent Associa-
York City Police Department cases. The body-worn cameras ed last Friday, April 7 that just tion (PBA) for reaching a con-
(NYPD) officers, the city is set must be shut off when dealing in the month of February, 101 tract agreement that mandates
to deploy the first body cam- with sex crime victims, confi- Precinct received 17 civil com- the use of body-worn cameras
eras at the end of the month to dential informants, as well as at plaints filed with the Civil- to the entire police workforce
patrol officers after resolving internal meetings. ian Complaint Review Board by 2019. Video footage of po-
some controversial and touchy About 1,200 officers in 20 pre- (CCRB), an independent mu- lice-civilian encounters pro-
issues on when to switch on the cincts who work the evening nicipal agency that investigates vides a more definitive account
camera, how long to keep the shifts around the city will get complaints of NYPD miscon- of events and has assisted
tape and when to tell the public the cameras starting at the end duct. Compare this number CCRB in conducting faster and
theyre being recorded. of the month. The first to get to Manhattans 34th Precinct, thorough investigations. The
According to the propos- them will be officers in Man- which is the first precinct on the implementation of body cam-
al, which must be approved hattans 34th precinct in Wash- body cameras rollout, which eras will undoubtedly bring
by Peter Zimroth, the NYPD ington Heights. only received four complaints. greater transparency, improve
federal monitor, officers will All precincts are expected According to the CCRB, just police accountability and in-
turn on their cameras for ar- to implement the use of body for the month of February 2017, crease public trust.
rests, summonses, vehicle cameras by 2019. Are Rocka- 101 Precinct, ranked first out of However, the unions repre-
stops, interactions with crime ways local 100 and 101 pre- all 75 precincts across the five senting detectives, lieutenants
suspects, interactions with a cincts next on the bill for the boroughs with the most com- Continued on page 16

LIGHTSCAMERA... all enforcement and investi- or death of a person, or an of- videos can be deleted.
Continued from Page 15
gative encounters. Mandatory ficer firearms discharge, the Rockaway locals are ambigu-
and captains, and deputy in- deactivation during interac- officer concerned may view ous about this roll out.
spectors say their input was tions with confidential inform- his or her own BWC record- Mike R. from Rockaway
never sought by police brass. ants or sex crime victims, as ings at a time deemed ap- Beach said, I am pro-blue.
Yet they are expected to super- well as internal meetings and propriate by the supervisor The cameras are there to make
vise the officers wearing the training. in charge of the investigation our officers jobs easier and
cameras and help implement Viewing of footage: An before being required a com- safer, and Im all for anything
and run the program. officer may view his or her pelled statement. that makes it safer them to
Thus, after months of delays, own, and other officers Retention of footage: do their job. While, Marcus
the NYPD issued its proposal body-worn camera (BWC) Body camera footage will be J., also from Rockaway Beach
to outfit its entire force with footage in the furtherance retained for one year (and can said, I think it's a great idea,
body cameras with a few ca- of official duties (arrest pro- be retained longer on a case by because the police also need
veats. cessing, etc.). During an of- case basis) to be policed.
Activation of cameras: ficial department investiga- Release of footage: The Arverne resident Florence
Mandatory activation during tion, including serious injury procedure will also cover how Ferguson said, Like good
and when footage is released training, it is another moni-
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which it is used.
Barring any disastrous out-
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JUST DROP US A LINE: Officers will receive a day- pand to more than 1,000 of-
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MAIL@ROCKAWAYTIMES.COM to operate the devices, and
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fall. The department hopes to
complete the second phase of
own footage and that of their the program, which involves
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damage the endothelium of- telomeres, which may be one
Ask the ten leading to blood clots and

atherosclerosis (narrowing
of blood vessels). Cigarettes
of the reasons cigarettes are
linked to so many cancers.
Now back to our study. The
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also cause oxidative stress control group had elevated
and create free radicals (no, levels of microparticles and
not Joanne Chesimard). Oxi- shortened telomeres, whereas
dative stress and free radicals the study group did not, thanks
By Peter Galvin, MD can also damage telomeres. to the antioxidants in red wine.
Telomeres, like so many words Other sources of antioxidants
in science, is from the Greek are beta carotene and Vitamins
Wine About It
words telos, meaning end, and C and E. Oxidative stress and
meros, meaning part, and are free radicals are also caused by
found at both ends of chromo- stress, physical inactivity, and
somes. When a cell divides, the a high sugar diet. This study
There is a phenomenon was to explore the effects of DNA or chromosomes must be was done on non-smoking
known as the French para- occasional lifestyle smok- replicated, or copied. Chro- volunteers and its results can-
dox. The French have a low ing, aka social smoking. The mosomal replication starts in not be extrapolated to chronic
risk of developing heart dis- control group drank no wine the middle and proceeds out smokers. If you do smoke, do
ease despite eating a rich diet. and the study group drank red to both ends, except that it not start drinking a lot of red
This discrepancy has been wine (Chateau Haut-Ponet, does not go to the very end of wine to counteract the bad
attributed to their high rate Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2005, the chromosome, it goes al- effects of smoking. You know
of consumption of red wine. in case you were interested) most to the end. The telomeres what you need to do. At any
Red wine contains phenolic one hour before smoking. The do not contain genetic mate- rate, if it had been my study,
compounds, which have an- end point of drinking the wine rial, they are sacrificial. They I would have created a third
tioxidant properties. A recent was a blood alcohol content of ensure that the entire chromo- group those who just drank
study explored this phenom- 0.075 percent (0.08 is the legal some is copied. The new chro- the wine and didnt smoke
enon. The study, done (nat- limit in NY). mosome then makes its own anything. I would have volun-
urally) in France, examined Cigarette smoking causes the new telomeres. But telomeres teered for that group!
the blood and urine chemis- release of microparticles from shorten as we age, increasing
try differences in two groups blood cells and the endotheli- the chance of a genetic cop- Please direct questions and
of non-smokers who smoked um (the inner lining of blood ying error. Oxidative stress comments to editor@rocka-
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space were all too young to
Al McCarthy!city was ever undertaken to for the rapidly deteriorating
know that none of this would address this problem. One street conditions and ac-
have been possible without of the most outspoken advo- companying property dam-
the tireless efforts of Mr. Al cates on this long standing age and unsafe conditions
McCarthy, a one-time resi- Broad Channel issue was Al on West 12th Road caused
dent of the street. McCarthy of West 12th Road. by routine and serious tidal
The town of Broad Chan- During March of 2010, Al flooding, was signed by all
nel, and especially the resi- was the driving force behind West 12th Road residents and
dents of West 12th Road, have the residents of West 12th delivered to our elected offi-
long suffered from deterio- Road, finally deciding that cials. Shortly thereafter, the
rating street infrastructure, after years of the city and office of the Queens Borough
unsafe conditions and prop- our elected officials paying President contacted us and
erty damage caused by rou- only lip service to our com- advised us that a meeting
tine and serious street tidal plaints of serious tidal street would be held at Queens Bor-
flooding. Numerous requests flooding, to take matters into ough Hall to yet again discuss
for assistance from city agen- their own hands. During the this issue in April 2010.
cies on this issue were made March 2010 noreaster, and I first met Al McCarthy
Just recently I heard the by individual residents, the the accompanying severe when our family moved into
sounds of children playing on Broad Channel Civic Asso- tidal flooding sustained on our house on West 12th Road
the newly-raised, paved and ciation and elected officials, W12th Road, Al reached out back in the 90's after making
tidal free, shared space street all of which resulted solely in to New York One (NY1) and the long trip from the east side
on West 12th Road, as they vague assurances from city arranged for media coverage of our island (Walton Road)
enjoyed the view of Jamaica agencies that they were aware of the tidal flooding condi- to the west. A day or two af-
Bay from the new bulkhead of this issue and were work- tions on our block. Immedi- ter we moved in, Al grabbed
installation at the end of the ing on plans to mitigate the ately thereafter, a petition de- me on the street, introduced
block. The children who were problem, but unfortunately, manding that the city finally
enjoying their new shared no action on the part of the assume its responsibility Continued on page 19

BETWEEN (especially during an elec- Truth be told, there were which would commence with
THE BRIDGES tion year) obviously took the some naysayers on the block West 12th Road! It took sev-
Continued from Page 18 city by surprise. It was also who told us that we were en more years, but in April of
sadly apparent that the there "spinning our wheels and this year, the street has been
himself and welcomed me to still were city representatives wasting our time" because transformed.
West 12th Road by shoving a who were not fully aware of the "City was not going to do Sadly, one year after Sandy
tide calendar into my hands the history and total scope of anything to help us." When ravaged our community, Al
and stating "Here kid, you're this problem as it pertained I would ask Al about this de- passed away in October of
gonna need this...West 12th is to the issue of tidal street featist attitude among some 2013 and did not live to see
the lowest street in the Chan- flooding in Broad Channel of our other neighbors, he the fruits of his decades-long
nel and we get flooded by the and especially W12th Road. told me, "If all you're gonna efforts finally realized, but all
tides all the time." Al also The city was also taken aback do is write some letters and of us should remember that
mentioned that my inten- by the fact that the residents hope for the best, then you it was his continual sense of
tional relocation to West 12th of West 12th Road had invited are wasting your time. You optimistic purpose and acer-
Road could be an indication NY1 media representatives to have to continually bother bic wit that finally got the ball
that I needed the assistance this meeting. (Note: the city them with telephone calls, go moving with the Flood Miti-
of a psychiatrist to explain would not allow NY1 to at- meet with them, face-to-face, gation Project (new bulkhead
why I would want to move tend the meeting in the con- and become a royal pain in and street raising) that was
into a house at the bay end of ference room, but they wait- their ass! Sooner or later, they completed earlier this month
that street he affectionately ed outside in Borough Hall in will get tired of hearing from on both West 11th and 12th
referred to as the "swamp." I order to conduct interviews you and give you what you roads in Broad Channel.
asked Al, if my move to West with all attendees afterward.) want to shut you up!" Thank you Al!
12th Road meant I had issues, It goes without saying that Less than one month af- Broad Channel, why would
how did he explain his long- there is strength in num- ter our April 2010 meeting, anyone want to live anywhere
term residence on the block? bers and faced with the pros- Borough President Marshall else?
Al smiled and responded, pect of a large group of peo- personally came to West
"Kid, I don't need a shrink to
tell me I'm crazy but you ob-
ple speaking with one voice,
with a media presence right
12th Road during May and
held a press conference to Want To Get
viously do!"
The April 2010 meeting was
outside the door, sudden-
ly the issue of tidal flooding
announce that $24 million
in funds had been allocated In Touch?
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mean what we say. Hope is a I hope whoever is reading

powerful word that could help this finds peace in their heart
us all in these dire times. Dont and knows that there is always
be afraid to hope for a peace- hope. Always!
ful world and for a cure for all Never let anyone tell you
illnesses out there. otherwise. Be strong and re-
When someone is going silient. Never let the ghost of
through a tough time in their darkness get into you. Have
life I believe hope can be help- hope; it will lead you to faith.
ful. To hope that the pain will I hope you are happy,
ease in time. The ability to have healthy, peaceful, safe and at
hope is a gift. Going through a ease. Breathing in, I am here,
loss of a spouse, parent, child, breathing out, I am aware.
friend or neighbor can be very
To Have Hope in difficult, but if you have faith,

you will feel hopeful that life
will get better. You will move
Hope is the thing with
feathers -
That perches in the soul -
on and learn to live life to its And sings the tune without
Your Life fullest potential.

I believe we are on the great-
est journey in life and now is
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And never stops - at all -
And sweetest - in the Gale -
Whenever I hear the word is similar to saying a prayer or the time to be present with is heard -
hope spoken, I think of the setting an intention. We hope what is. We never know when And sore must be the storm -
word faith. One who has hope for the best and prepare for the this part of the journey is over That could abash the little
has the power to believe. The worst. and I am not sure what comes Bird
definition of hope is a feeling I try to stay hopeful every next but I am hopeful that That kept so many warm -
of expectation and desire for a day of my life and give hope there is life after death. Ive heard it in the chillest
certain thing to happen. Hope to others. I stay on the path because land -
is a positive way of think- Do you ever find yourself I am full of hope and believe And on the strangest Sea -
ing. The opposite is hopeless. saying, I hope he gets the job, in a source much higher than Yet - never - in Extremity,
Choose to have hope and it will or lets hope this works out, myself. I cannot imagine not It asked a crumb - of me.
make all the difference. Hop- or I hope you feel better. We having hope. Hope gives us
ing for something to happen are really hopeful people and peace and serenity. Emily Dickenson
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Sq. ft warehouse withwith private summer
27' ceilings. parking (NC)
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98th: Large
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master suite building
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room office apt 1BR, 1BA,
suite with sectioned new for
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of PS/MS 114
HEAVENLY BODIES- PART 2
EARS
Dont publish these essays, my glove as I strike out the They clutch the handle of a
nobody would believe this is last batter. They will open the baseball bat, hoping to hit a By Sophie Zajdel
the work of fifth-graders, a gates of the Bronx Bombers homerun on the Rockaway
colleague commented. But, I stadium, and I will remember Little League Field. They hold My music teacher has always
have faith in our readers, and all of the things that led me a pencil in an attempt to write told me, that I have the ears
I know that this is what theyve to this moment Someday like Roald Dahl. My hands of an owl. That is most likely
come to expect from the Writ- my hands will grip younger stroke the clear, sky-blue wa- because I can hear any mis-
ers Club of PS/MS 114. (Fol- hands as I teach my children ter as I lift my head to breathe take coming from any instru-
lowing are excerpts from es- the wisdom that I learned at when I swim. They reach out ment in the music room. Those
says that can be read in their their age. I will throw back to give my family and friends teachers who have caught me
entirety in our annual literary whatever I learned, and teach affectionate hugs. My hands daydreaming say that I need to
magazine published in June. it to younger minds. hold up my twinkling, golden use my ears more. Although
Joan Diehl trumpet as I perform in the I tend to daydream and drift
EARS P.S./M.S.114Q band. Some- away like a boat not tied to the
HANDS By Devon Conrath day, my hands will hold my dock, these ears of mine listen
By Luke Wasserman high school diploma as I to every crucial word taught in
If we have listening ears, speak out to the entire sen- class. Under it all, I primarily
My father always says, I God speaks to us in our own ior class as the valedictorian. use these ears to cherish the
have the hands of a grown language, whatever that lan- Someday, I hope my hands beautiful sounds of music. As
man, probably because these guage may be. Ears open the will hold the acceptance let- Voltaire once said The ear is
hands of mine are bigger than gates to the heart. Maybe, ter to New York University in the avenue to the heart, and
most adult hands. People who thats why if you put two ears their prestigious architectural my ears cherish each sensa-
dont know much about me, together theyll form a heart. program, where I will design tional sound...
call them goalie hands. I did If you know how to listen, you one of New York Citys most
play soccer for a few years but know how to love. Gossip dies inspirational buildings - my LEGS
that was not my interestI am when it hits a smart persons dreams are tied to my heart By Lauren Valdemira
a baseball player. And, in the ears. As Epictetus said, We and hands.
words of Maya Angelou, Ive have two ears and one mouth According to my father, back
learned that you shouldnt go so we can listen twice as much LEGS in the 1980s there was a song
through life with a catchers as we speak. If you do so, you By Christina Cretella that went, Shes got legs, and
mitt on both hands; you need will understand what the per- she knows how to use them!
to be able to throw something son you are talking to, is really My legs are very impor- That song applies to me because
back. When Im free, I look thinking. The biggest commu- tant to me. Like Albert Ein- I use my legs to do so many
at these hands and reflect nication problem is that we stein wrote, "The legs are the wonderful things. When I am
on all of the things that they do not listen to understand wheels to creativity." I think using my legs to skateboard, I
have done. When I was a lit- we listen to reply. God gave Einstein meant that our legs feel like a bird soaring through
tle boy, they gripped a pen- us mouths that close and ears could bring us to creative the clouds. When rollerblading,
cil, scribbled my first letters, that dont, and that was done places with extraordinary and my legs move like a train en-
and stacked blocks to make a for a purpose. brilliant ideas. I agree with gine chugging down the tracks.
castle. They did, and still do, Einstein because my legs have These same legs become frog-
attach pieces to make Lego brought me to places that have like when Im swimming at a
sets of landmark buildings HANDS filled me with joy! Often, I look swim meet. On my soccer team,
such as The White House and By Sophia Pesso at my legs and remember the my legs help me shoot the ball
Big Ben. They shoot baskets great things they've enabled like a cannonball! RunningI
and catch baseballs. They My father once told me I have me to do: When I was a tod- feel like my legs make me fast-
throw and catch a football. the hands of an artist, prob- dler, my legs helped me take er than a horse at the Kentucky
They hold my brothers hand ably because I am constantly my first steps. They brought Derby. In a few months, Ill use
as I help him cross the street. drawing, and painting. I agree me to my first day of kinder- my legs to walk into a brand
They pet my dog as she curls with him, although I also think garten. Later, they brought me new middle school. Someday,
up into a ball on my lap... I have writing hands. I al- to my elementary school a Ill use my legs to drive myself to
One day, my hands will drive ways find my hands curling creative place where I looked high school or even to college!
my car as I head to the base- around a pencil, writing sto- to succeed. They helped me One day, these legs will also
ball draft. They will put on an ries and poems. Sometimes, I pedal my bicycle when I was walk me down the aisle when
MLB Jersey before I head to look down at my hands and my four. When I ran a race, I knew I get married and push my fu-
the game that will make histo- mind is caught up with all the my legs would run as fast as a ture children in their stroller. As
ry. Then, these hands of mine things theyve done. My hands cheetah. They brought me to you can see, Ive got legs and
will throw the first pitch of grasp paintbrushes, ready to my first basketball and volley- I know how to use them, and
an MLB gamethey will grip create a beautiful work of art. ball game. Ill be using them all my life.

CHICKEN Facts You Probably

MARSALA Dont Need
By Sharon Fein-Feldman garlic, butter and parsley. Cook
until sauce has slightly thick- "Sphenopalatine gan- Your body contains 10x
Serves: 2 ened. glioneuralgia" is the more bacterial cells
Serve on top of pasta or rice. scientific term for a than it does body cells.
Ingredients: Spoon sauce over. brain freeze.
1 chicken breast, butterflied,
pounded and divided into 2 A summer in Uranus
pieces Science has found lasts 42 years.
Flour a way to charge cell
Salt and pepper phones with urine. The average squirt
1-1/2 cup sliced mushrooms speed out a Heinz
2 cups Marsala wine
2 tablespoons lemon juice
Eating salmon helps Ketchup bottle is 0.28
2 cloves of minced garlic your hair grow at a fast- MPH.
1 tablespoon unsalted butter er rate.
1 tablespoon parsley The words "science"
Tomatoes have more and "shit" both derive
Directions: genes than humans. from the ancient word
Butterfly, pound and divide one
chicken breast into 2 pieces. "skheid" which means
Combine flour, salt and pepper Light would need to "divide" or "sepa-
and dredge chicken breasts in 100,000 years to travel rate."
the seasoned flour. Shake off ex- across the Milky Way.
cess. Fry the chicken in a little Facts from Sean
bit of oil in a hot skillet/pan. Fry
3-4 minutes per side. In same
Every day there are 41 McVeigh
pan, add the sliced mushrooms. new species discovered
Cook until soft. Add the mar- by scientists.
sala wine, lemon juice, minced
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By Artie Wallace into your pattern too. It will add
a little depth to its appearance.
Id like to start off thanking 3- Once you have the pattern
Katie McFadden for the won- set, move the driftwood off the
derful article last week. plywood and lay it on the side
Now for the driftwood art (in the same pattern as your de-
Living near the beach, a lot of sign).
people would like a touch of the 4- Coat your plywood with
beach in their home. This is an Liquid Nail using a brush and a
easy and creative way to get that quart can (not the tubes).
look and feel. 5- Apply a little Liquid Nail to
1- Start off with a piece of the back of each piece of drift-
inch plywood. Cut it to the wood (or shells/rocks) as you
shape you like for your project place them on the plywood. Al-
and drill a small hole in the top low to dry for a few hours before
center (for hanging your art- moving it.
work). 6- Once your project is com-
2- Lay out your driftwood pleted, apply a spray-on clear
on the plywood (you can use coat. Be sure to do this in a
stones or shells to fill spaces) to well-ventilated area and not
the pattern you like. Once you near anything that can be dam-
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whom process against it may be served. against the LLC may be served. SSNY
Professional Painter SSNY shall mail process to Pixelated World
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2543. DE addr. of LLC: 1000 N. West St., Ste. of LLC upon whom process against it may be
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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
to satisfy the lien of the Lessor for rental and other charges due. The said property has been stored and is located at the
CLASSES respective address below. Units up for auction will be listed for public bidding on-line at www.Storagestuff.bid beginning
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Last Shot at the Photo Contest!

By Katie McFadden when the photos will be on round. All of these semi-final- Street, 12 p.m. at Beach 59th
display in 4 x 6 prints at the ists will be printed on large Street and 2 p.m. at Beach
Last call! The deadline for Bungalow Bar on Beach 92nd 2 x 3-foot posters, which will be 98th Street. John Cori, who
the Rockaway Times Photo Street. The general public is displayed along the boardwalk has been instrumental in
Contest is Friday, April 14. also welcome to check out at Beach 17th, Beach 59th, making this contest possible,
Weve already received more the competition. Beach 67th, Beach 98th and will be on hand to help people
than 400 entries, but if you This year, we narrowed the Beach 116th Street, thanks to through the voting process.
havent submitted already, categories down from 10 to the Department of Parks and We have some crazy awe-
this is your last shot! All of the five, to make things a little Recreation. The photos will be some pictures, Cori said.
entries will soon be put on easier. These include 1) Sun- up in time for the beach open- People really stepped up their
display for the first round of sets/sunrises 2) Beach shots ing ceremony, starting on May game this year. Its going to be
judging as we get closer to de- (surfers, lifeguards, jetties, 25, and will remain until July 9. really tough for the judges, but
ciding who gets the $500 top beach fun) 3) Bayside shots There is also a chance that this this is going to be a lot of fun.
prize. (the skyline, Jamaica Bay, display will spread into Riis After the public judging in
The Rockaway Times first boats, etc.) 4) Animals/Pets Park, where the photos will be June, the top 30 will be nar-
photo contest was such a (dogs, whales, birds) and 5) close to the area that is home rowed down to a top 10. The
hit, that we decided to do it Miscellaneous (things that are to the Rockaway Artists Alli- final judging will take place
again. Our readers have been relevant to the area, but dont ance, which is helping to make at Caracas at the Beach 106th
submitting photos since we fit any of the other categories). banners and artwork for the Concession on July 2 at 10
opened it at the end of Feb- We asked that everyone sub- contest. a.m. There, the winner will be
ruary. From stellar sunsets mit no more than two entries The top 30 photos will un- announced. The top photo
to skilled surfer shots, the per category, meaning up to dergo a second round of judg- winner will take home a $500
judges will have a tough time 10 photos total. If you havent ing, and this time it will be by grand prize from The Rocka-
picking their favorites. Six entered yet, please send your the public. On June 11, people way Times and will get front-
judges will have to narrow photos with your name and can head to Beach 17th Street page recognition. There will
down more than 400 photos category to PhotoExpo@rock- at 11 a.m. or Beach 116th also be runner-up prizes like
to decide which top 30 will awaytimes.com by Friday. Street at 2 p.m. to cast their a month-long ferry pass from
move on to the next round. After the photos are nar- votes for their favorites. This Hornblower, the operator of
They'll be doing so on Sat- rowed down on April 22, the will also take place on June the new Rockaway ferry, and
urday, April 22 at 6 p.m., top 30 will go on to the next 17 at 10 a.m. on Beach 67th more.
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In our feature, reporter, Kami-Leigh Agard scours the streets
to get your opinion on current issues facing the peninsula.
Your VoiceYour CommunityYour Platform
This Weeks Topic: With locals gleefully shedding their
wintertime gear in carefree abandonment, enjoying the balmy
spring days outside in full swing summer is less than 70 days
away but what are clear signs that Rockaway and Broad Channel
dwellers intuitively know that summer is on the horizon?
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BEFORE THE Way to Go NCOs

JUKEBOX, THERE Two neighborhood co-
WERE THE ordination officers (NCO)
stopped a robbery in progress
MECHANICAL BAND and arrested a suspect want-
ORGANS ed for a series of robberies in
Far Rockaway, according to
Written by Emil R. Lucev, Sr. & his NYPD News. Police Officer
daughter Katie Claudio Diaz and his partner
Lucev Police Officer Felix Deleon of
the 100 Precinct make it their
Many dance business to be aware of local
emporiums in concerns and to know those
the Ol Rocka- they serve.
ways had Or- Investigators in the pre-
chestras or cincts detective squad knew
small bands to of the two neighborhood co-
supply music ordination officers commu-
for terpsicho- nity outreach and enlisted with more community mem-
rean delights. their aid to catch a robbery bers. As the duo approached
When the suspect wanted for five rob- Beach 94th Street they ob-
musicians went beries that occurred over a served a robbery in progress.
on a break, mu- five day period from March 18 They saw the 15-year-old sus-
sic was supplied to March 22. Police Officers pect fumbling with his waist-
by a Mechanical Deleon and Diaz watched band and noticed the han-
Band Organ. video surveillance from the dle of a firearm. The officers
Arrangements were played the beautiful enclosure. area and spoke to local resi- placed him under arrest and
from a music roll of paper or a The machines were imported dents to find information. recovered an imitation pistol.
music book of wooden pages, from Germany and some were On Saturday, March 25, The suspect was charged with
similar to a player piano. The domestic. The organs were also the NCOs were on patrol on the robbery, the prior robber-
sounds were pleasing to the ear. used on carousels and still are Rockaway Beach Boulevard ies, and criminal possession
Real instruments were within today!!! where they planned to speak of a weapon.

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NYS TO MAKE STATE COLLEGE Pheffer Amato Calls For Tolls
TUITION FREE FOR MIDDLE CLASS To Be Abolished On Local
FAMILIES Bridges
New York will be the only cluded in the state's Free Appli- After a long, arduous period ble and outmoded tolls keeps
state in the country to offer free cation for Federal Student Aid in Albany trying to agree on the tourists from easy access to
universal public college tui- (FAFSA), and students will see state budget, Assemblywoman New York Citys only real ex-
tion coverage for working- and that they are eligible when they Stacey Pheffer Amato thanked tended beachfront, costing us
middle-class residents under a fill out the forms this spring. Assembly Speaker Carl Heast- millions every year in tourism.
state budget approved by law- The plan crafted by Demo- ie, Governor Andrew Cuomo This toll is outmoded, has out-
makers Sunday, April 9. cratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo will and both houses for their lived its original stated pur-
The state's Excelsior Schol- apply to any New York student leadership in continuing, for pose of paying for the bridge,
arship program will be rolled whose family has an annual another year, the Rockaway and hinders the economy.
out in tiers over the next three income of $125,000 or less. To Rebate, which reimburs- Thats why I am calling
years, starting with full cover- qualify the student would have es the Rockaway peninsula for this toll to be completely
age of four-year college tuition to meet certain class load and and Broad Channel residents abolished in next years state
this fall for students whose fam- grade point average restric- for trips across the Cross Bay budget. I submitted a budget
ilies make less than $100,000. tions, and room and board Bridge to and from mainland request this year for the Rock-
The income cap will increase to would not be covered. Queens. away Rebate to at least apply
$110,000 in 2018 and $125,000 There is no age limit for the However, Pheffer Amato was to all Queens residents, but
in 2019. The initiative also in- program; once students re- firm on her call to abolish the the toll doesnt make sense
cludes $19 million for a new ceive the Excelsior Scholarship toll on both the Marine Park- and our goal is to do away with
tuition award program for stu- they must be enrolled full-time way and Cross Bay Bridges in it for good.
dents at private colleges. with an average of at least 30 next years state budget. This rebate program is
Importantly, Excelsior will be credits per year and continue Residents of Southern crucial for our residents, a
whats known as a last dollar to meet the minimum GPA re- Queens often need to pay a no-brainer for our econo-
program. That means a student quirement for their program. two-way toll to work, go shop- my, and the very least New
must first apply for TAP and Cuomo's office says some ping or meet friends or fam- York State can do to deal with
Pell help before applying for 940,000 families will qualify ily mere minutes from their the unfairness of the only
whatever amount remains to and estimates that the program house, Pheffer Amato said. same-borough toll in NYC,
be covered. Also it will be in- will cost the state $163 million. Not to mention, the inequita- Pheffer Amato said.

Miracle on Beach 88th Street

By the KofC bers decided to start the process
to replace it. In the meantime,
In February of 1996, the mem- the question remained: who and
bers of Msgr. Burke Rockaway how did the 350 lb. stone monu-
Council Knights of Columbus ment disappear? It was clearly not
located on Beach 90th street a random act of vandalism. Were
in Rockaway Beach, had dedi- we targeted because of our Catho-
cated a pro-life Monument in lic faith and pro-life stance?
Memory of the Unborn. A Mass Then one dreary January
was held and the monument morning, a local resident was
was placed alongside the stat- taking a leisurely stroll along the
ue of the Sacred Heart on the Jamaica Bay shoreline. The tide would not be visible until later exact area where the swans were
Council grounds. It remained was ebbing and was abnormally in the day, due to the incoming swimming!
there for the next 21 years. low due to the full moon. While tide. After several minutes of dig-
In October of 2016, the 350 lb. gazing out over the bay, he spot- At the time of the afternoon low ging through the mud and
monument was stolen. The mon- ted a small, shiny object that was tide, six members of the Knights muck, the monument was re-
ument had remained missing for barely visible several yards from met with the neighbor and trieved. It took four men to car-
several months and the mem- shore. Intrigued by what he saw trudged to the bay. They brought ry the monument more than 50
and curious to identify the ob- along shovels and rakes, hoping yards to the street where it was
ject, he stopped and took a pic- that the barely visible object in carefully placed in a car. It was
ture. He posted it on Facebook, the picture was the missing mon- brought back to the Knights,
asking if anyone had any idea of ument. As they arrived at the site, where it was cleaned and re-
what was in the picture? they spotted several swans swim- stored to its original condition.
Several members of the ming in circles several feet off To commemorate the recovery
Knights thought that they shore. To the joy of all, the shiny of the monument, the Knights will
might have recognized the object that was dumped in the rededicate the monument with a
object in the Facebook photo. bay and had remained hidden for Mass at the Council on Saturday,
They immediately contacted the past four months was the sto- May 20 at 9:00 am at the Council
the neighbor in order to iden- len monument! It was under the Hall. All are invited to attend!
tify where the photo had been
taken and where this strange
object was. The neighbor ad-
vised that it was located in Ja-
maica Bay about five feet off
shore on Beach 88th and that it
St. Rose Celebrates

Holy Week
On Tuesday, April 11, some St. Rose of Lima eighth graders,

under the direction of their teacher, Ms. Antoinette Camarda
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