VOL. 5, NO.

11 - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Endless Summer
Still Lots to Do
This September!

Also Inside:
Remembering 9/11
Primary Day On 9/13
Army Corps Releases Report Photo by Ryan Struck
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By Katie McFadden
Labor Day has come and gone,
which means it’s time for locals
to reclaim their beach. Luckily,
there’s still plenty going on for all
to enjoy.
Although it’s September, sum-
mer doesn’t officially end un-
til the 21st, so there’s still great
weather and lots to do in the next
few weeks. As done in previous
years, the beach season has been
extended. Although lifeguards
will be limited, some beach-
es will be guarded and open
to swimmers through Sunday,
September 9. There’s still time
17 Years Later: Remembering 9/11
By Katie McFadden
It might be easy to forget some-
thing that happened 17 years ago,
but 9/11 is and never will be one
of those things, especially as a
tragedy that deeply affected those
in Rockaway and Breezy Point.
This weekend and on Tuesday,
September 11, the Rockaway
and Breezy Point communities
will pay tribute to those that were
killed that tragic day in 2001.
Remembrance ceremonies be-
gin Saturday, September 8 with
the Richie Allen Memorial Surf
Classic in honor of Allen, a fire-
fighter and surfer who died in the
World Trade Center. The day kicks
off at 8 a.m. with registration for
the kids surf contest, which starts
at 9 a.m. on Beach 90th Street.
The age categories include Boys
10 and Under, 11-13 and 14-16,
and Girls 12 and under and 13-16.
The day will also include boogie
boarding and paddle boarding,
a DJ, food, drinks, t-shirts, prizes
and giveaways, plus a memorial
paddleout for a friend, brother,
son, uncle and a hero—Richie
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to grab a frozen after your beach
day, too. Summer bar, Connol-
ly’s Pub, will be open until dusk
on weekends through Septem-
ber 23.
The concessions are also open
all month. The Beach 86th, 97th
and 106th concessions are still
open, depending on the weath-
er, and each will continue to of-
fer entertainment on the week-
ends starting around 6 p.m. This
weekend, on Friday, September
7, Big Squid performs at Caracas
on Beach 106th and the other
concessions will also have live
music. On Saturday, Septem-
ber 8, Ska Boom plays at Beach
Allen.
Also on September 8, at 11:15
a.m., the Charles F. Heeran Foun-
dation will be holding a 9/11 me-
morial Mass at St. Francis de Sales
Church on Beach 129th Street.
The foundation was named after
Charlie Heeran, who worked in
Cantor Fitzgerald in the World
Trade Center. He was 23 when he
died on 9/11. However, the Mass
will be held in memory of all of
those lost that day.
Breezy Point will also begin its
remembrance ceremonies on
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Soak up September Summer
106th, Supertones play at Beach
86th and Tall Juan performs at
Beach 97th. On Sunday, Sep-
tember 9, at Beach 106th you’ll
find Fools Night Out, Bethlehem
Steel plays at Beach 86th Street
and the Beach 97th concession
will feature a swing dance par-
ty. The following weekend, on
September 14, the Grayriders
play at Beach 106th, the Craig
Brown Band plays at Beach 86th,
while DJ Rock Onez entertains
at Beach 97th. On September
15, the Supertones are back at
Beach 97th and DJ Center Party
plays the hits at Beach 106th. On
September 16th, Squid Acous-
tic performs at Beach 106th and
Real Young & Lazy Horse will be
at Beach 97th.
In addition to music and food,
there are fun events taking place
this month. This Saturday, Sep-
tember 8, head to Beach 90th for
the 3rd Annual Body Surf Com-
petition, starting around 9 a.m.
On September 9, sign up starting
at 8 a.m. on Beach 90th Street for
the kids’ surf contest as part of
the Richie Allen Memorial Surf
Saturday, September 8, starting
with the 3rd Annual 9/11 Re-
membrance Race. This 5K run/
walk goes from the Roxbury 9/11
Memorial to the Breezy Point
Memorial and culminates in an
after-party at the Breezy Point ball
field featuring the Hell or High
Water band, rides, food, drinks,
an award ceremony and more.
The race starts at 10 a.m. and the
party starts at noon. This event
helps to raise money for the up-
keep of the Roxbury and Breezy
Point 9/11 Memorials. With this
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Classic. On Saturday, September
15, the Beach 106th Concession
will be buzzing. It’s NYC Honey
Fest! Enjoy a day celebrating the
bees and their honey by pur-
chasing honey from various ven-
dors, watching demonstrations,
participating in a honey-eating
contest and much more, starting
at 11 a.m. On Saturday, Septem-
ber 22, end the summer right
with a new and now highly-an-
ticipated event, Poseidon’s Pa-
rade. Watch or participate in this
family-friendly nautical parade
that takes place on the board-
walk from Beach 106th to Beach
95th Street. The parade kicks off
at noon. Head to PoseidonsPa-
rade.com to register. Last, but
not least, finish off September by
chucking and sucking at the 4th
Annual Rockaway Oyster Fest.
This year it’s Saturday, Septem-
ber 29 at Rustwoods. Enjoy three
hours of oysters, beer, and music
by Indaculture starting at 3 p.m.
Tickets are $40 and can be found
on Eventbrite.com.
Have a happy, endless Rocka-
way summer!
comes registration fees of $35 for
adults, $15 for those under 21,
plus fees if you just want to partic-
ipate in the after-party. To register
for the race, head to www.bpre-
members911.com.
On Tuesday, September 11,
Breezy Point will have its own
memorial ceremony. There will
be a memorial Mass at the Rox-
bury 9/11 Memorial at 6 p.m. In
the event of rain, the Mass will be
held at St. Genevieve’s Church.
Rockaway’s remembrance cer-
emony will be held on the morn-
ing of Tuesday, September 11.
Head to Tribute Park on Beach
116th Street at 8:30 a.m. for the
ceremony that will include a
reading of the names of Rockaway
residents killed on 9/11 and the
placing of roses. There will also
be live music by Aerial Acoustics,
including Dorothy Wagner and
Dennis Smith, with the vocals
of Chazmond Peacock and Ste-
ven Wagner. This event is made
possible by 1-800-FLOWERS, the
DeMatteis family and Friends of
Tribute Park.
Rockaway will never forget.
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Many who took the Q22 bus
this week were surprised to
find that their bus stop no
longer existed. Starting Sun-
day, September 2, the MTA
began a new Q22 bus route
with new stops all along the
route.
The recent changes seem-
ingly appeared without much
warning, as signs notifying
bus riders of the changes,
only went up a few days be-
fore they went into effect.
However the plan to change
the stops goes back a long
time. The MTA introduced
their plan to change the Q22
bus stops back at the October
2017 Community Board 14
meeting. The plan was met
with extreme resistance and
the general consensus was
to reject the plan. However
despite feedback from the
community, the MTA moved
forward with its plan and
held an information session
on the changes at the end of
May. Now as of Sunday, the
plan has gone into effect.
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Confusion on the Q22
To see exactly which bus
stops were relocated, refer to
the accompanying chart.
The MTA says the changes
were made to focus service
on where ridership is the
highest. One change in par-
ticular that caught the atten-
tion of some is that the last
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such plans have yet been an-
nounced.
These new bus changes
come as the MTA restores
the A and Shuttle train ser-
vice to its regular schedule
after a change-up that took
place over the summer for
flood protection work. The
Rockaway Park shuttle ser-
vice once again leaves from
Beach 116th Street and goes
to Broad Channel, where pas-
sengers can transfer for the
A train, rather than directly
board the A train at Beach
116th Street.
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free ferry shuttle service may
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Finally—Army Corps Releases Updated Study

It’s here. After a long wait, the
revised draft of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers’ (USACE)
plan for Rockaway is here. US-
ACE released the “Revised Draft
Integrated Hurricane Sandy
General Re-evaluation Report/
Environmental Impact State-
ment, and revised General
Conformity Determination”
for Rockaway, East Rockaway,
and Jamaica Bay on Tuesday,
September 4 and the public has
until October 22 to respond.
With the release of the re-
vised report comes a 45-day
period for public comments to
be submitted. And you’re go-
ing to need to take your time
with it. The full report comes in
at 316 pages. The focus of this
coastal storm risk management
study is the tidally affected area
within Rockaway Inlet, Rock-
away Beach, and Jamaica Bay.
It is an updated version of US-
ACE’s last draft on the report,
issued in July 2016, and now in-
cludes changes made accord-
ing to comments received on
the last version of the report. It
includes the full details on the
potential plan to protect Rock-
away against future storms
and flooding, including meas-
ures to create 13 new groins
and extend five already-es-
tablished groins, plus adding
more sand, and other protec-
tive measures. It also includes
the potential impacts of each
measure. The full report can be
found on the Army Corps' New
York District’s web site: http://
www.nan.usace.army.mil/
Missions/Civil-Works/Pro-
jects-in-New-York/East-Rock-
away-Inlet-to-Rockaway-in-
let-Rockaway-Beach/
“This report represents the
next step in ensuring stake-
holder alignment as we work
to increase resiliency for the
Rockaway and Jamaica Bay
communities," Col. Thomas As-
bery, the Army Corps' New York
District Commander, said. "We
will continue to work with our
stakeholders at the federal and
non-federal levels to finalize
this study towards construction
to provide residents of Rocka-
way and surrounding commu-
nities with additional flood risk
reduction measures increasing
the safety of residents within the
project area.”
"The City applauds the Corps'
diligent work to meet this
milestone within the timeline
agreed upon by Mayor Bill de
Blasio and General Semonite,
Army Corps' commanding gen-
eral, last winter,” Jainey Bav-
ishi, director of the New York
City Mayor’s Office of Recovery
and Resiliency, said. “As the
City has long said, the Atlantic
Shorefront project is crucial to
stemming erosion on Rocka-
way Beach. The City also looks
forward to seeing the Corps
work with bayside communities
to refine the bayside measures
proposed in this report. More-
over, we urge the Corps to work
with partners at the City, State,
and Federal level to continue to
work toward solutions that ad-
dress the resilience of Jamaica
Bay in a comprehensive man-
ner."
Don’t miss your chance to
have your say. Written com-
ments may be submitted via
mail or e-mail. Comments sub-
mitted will assist in evaluating
the project and will be reflected
in the project record.
To send comment by mail, ad-
dress them to Ms. Daria Mazey,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
New York District Planning Di-
vision, Environmental Branch,
26 Federal Plaza, New York,
New York 10278-0090. Com-
ments by email, can be sent to
Daria Mazey at Daria.S.Mazey@
usace.army.mil or Daniel Falt,
project manager, at Daniel.T.
Falt@usace.army.mil
After public comments are re-
ceived, USACE hopes to release
a final report by the end of the
year. They aim to start putting
elements of the plan in place
starting at the end of 2019.

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*****
Voting reminder: The state pri-
mary election date is Thursday,
September 13, 2018. For Demo-
crats, Governor Cuomo is being
challenged by Cynthia Nixon. On
the State Senate side, Republi-
cans, Slawek Platta and Thomas
Sullivan, vie for the right to chal-
lenge Joe Addabbo in the No-
vember general election.
*****
Seasonal reminder: Hurricane
season has started and ends No-
vember 30. Rockaway and Broad
Channel are in Evacuation Zone
1.
*****
Councilman Eric Ulrich
chaired the Veteran’s Commit-
tee and clearly has a soft spot
for those who’ve served, but we
can’t support his idea to rename
PS 114 after John McCain, a na-
tional figure. Rockaway has been
home to many local heroes and
therefore many more suitable
names might be considered.
*****
We don’t have the numbers
but anecdotally people are say-
ing Lime and Pace bikes have cut
down the number of stolen bikes.
Seems to make sense.
*****
We said April is the new March
because winter wouldn’t end,
so we’re hoping everything is
pushed back now as well. Tem-
peratures in the City will be over
80 every day in the 10-day fore-
cast (and three days over 90 oc-
curred the first week of Septem-
ber). Rockaway is a bit cooler, of
course.
*****
The 2019 Photo Contest will
have the Poseidon Parade as a
category, so get up to the board-
walk on Saturday, September 22.
We might also have a “fun/fun-
ny” category which means you
might want to submit those Mar-
di Gras photos!
*****
Rock the Bald is September 16
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. Fran-
cis de Sales. Rock the Bald, as if
you didn’t know, is a “shave and
fundraise” event supporting The
St. Baldrick's Foundation. St. Bal-
drick’s is a volunteer-powered
charity that funds childhood
cancer research grants. Go to St-
baldricks.org/events/Baldofthe-
Beach2018
*****
The next Community Board
meeting is Monday, September
24 at the Knights of Columbus on
Beach 90th Street. The month-
ly meetings are usually held on
Tuesdays, but 9/11 is a Tuesday
as is the beginning of Yom Kip-
pur, 9/18.
*****
Kelley Brooke, owner of Com-
munity House, is also a golf
teaching pro. After sitting out
tournament play for years, she
entered and was in contention in
the recently held LPGA Teaching
and Club Pro National Champi-
onship. She finished an impres-
sive eighth in the Senior Division.
*****
Arverne By The Sea has apart-
ments for rent at its newest de-
velopment, The Tides. But it’s
not just apartments. Cuisine
By Claudette is opening a store
there and Locals Surf School will
have a storefront. And Vino By
The Sea, a wine and liquor shop,
looks ready to open.
*****
The U.S. Army Corps of Engi-
neers released a Coastal Storm
Risk Report and announced a
45-day public comment peri-
od (ending October 22). Written
comments may be submitted
via mail or e-mail. Go to http://
www.nan.usace.army.mil/ for
more.
*****
Congrats to Commanding Of-
ficer of the 101st Precinct on his
promotion. Vincent Tavalaro
now goes by Deputy Inspector.
*****
Bishop Kearney High School is
holding a special event to pay a
special tribute to the memory of
an NYPD detective killed in the
line of duty. And it sounds like
a lot of fun. It’s a “throwback”
event capturing those 70s and
80s dances when Kearney danc-
es drew boys from Nazareth, Xa-
verian, and Bishop Ford High
Schools. The date is Saturday,
September 29 (7-10 p.m.). Go to
www.BishopKearneyHS.org for
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This Week in History

SEPTEMBER 6 SEPTEMBER 10
Calling All Artists
John Moroney III was born. Helen Brady was born.
Michelle Cashen was born.
DEADLINE EXTENDED
1995 - Baseball player Cal Ripken Jr. Pamela Neafsey was born.
broke Lou Gehrig's iron man record by Greg Bender was born. On behalf of Phipps Houses, The $100,000 is a public art
playing in his 2,131st straight game. Queens Council on the Arts commission and will cover the
1997 - More than 2 billion people 1939 - Canada declared war on Germa- seeks artist proposals to cre- artist fee, fabrication services,
watched Princess Diana's funeral on TV. ny, entering WWII. ate a work of public art for a and delivery and installment
2002 - Switzerland became the 190th public plaza to be built as part coordination. The artwork
September 7 member of the United Nations.
Brigid Bergin was born.
of a large affordable housing chosen will be durable and
community in Downtown Far suitable for an outdoor space.
SEPTEMBER 11
1979 - The Entertainment and Sports 2001 - Never forget. Two hijacked com- Rockaway. The selected ap- An advisory panel com-
Programming Network (ESPN) made its mercial jets were crashed by terrorists plicant will receive a $100,000 prised of representatives of the
debut on cable TV into the north and south towers of the public art commission. community, Phipps Houses,
SEPTEMBER 8
World Trade Center in New York City, The deadline has been ex- Marvel Architects, and per-
causing the collapse of both towers. tended to Saturday, September sons knowledgeable in the arts
Billy Gardner was born.
A short while later, another plane was 30, 11:59 p.m. will select the winner.
Matthew Long was born.
crashed into the Pentagon, and the
Christian Le Gars was born.
fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pa. The project site will be de- The details for the submis-
veloped with 1,700 units of sion requirements can be
1900 - A hurricane struck Galveston,
Texas, killing about 8,000 people. SEPTEMBER 12 affordable housing. Rockaway found at queenscouncilarts.
1966 - Star Trek premiered on television. 1953 - Future President John F. Kennedy Village is expected to trans- org and email inquiries can
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SEPTEMBER 9 1960 – Hurricane Donna slammed Rock- mixed-used development with cilarts.org
Mark Boyle was born. away, and the ocean met the bay. (We
hope reader Richard Berger appreciates
rental apartments, commer-
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Dear Editor:
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law enforcement” and how
the horses are helpful and be-
come part of the community.
The photo of the mounted po-
lice on the horses riding along
the boardwalk looked great
but the article did not state
whether these animals wear
diapers. They should!
Unfortunately, the board-
walk has its share of dog crap.
The last thing we need is piles
of horse poop.
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Bald on the Beach
Dear Editor:
The month of September
is Childhood Cancer Aware-
ness Month and we hope you
will consider joining us for
the 3rdAnnual St. Baldrick’s
Event, “Bald on the Beach”
which will be held on Sunday,
September 16 from 10 a.m to 1
p.m. at the St. Francis De Sales
gym (219 Beach 129th Street).
To help support pediatric
cancer initiatives, we have
partnered with the St. Bal-
drick's Foundation, a vol-
unteer-powered charity that
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cer research grants than any
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Our event’s success could
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we can all get behind- fight- in Rockaway, it's so true. The
ing childhood cancer. Kids day and the people who were
with cancer are our reason for killed are never forgotten.
it all and they are the inspira- Thank you!
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event. The sad truth is that
childhood cancer research is
underfunded and drug devel-
opment from pharmaceutical
companies is more geared Editor@RockawayTimes.com
to adults. Events like ours
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BP Resident Tom Sullivan Weighs In On His State Senate Run

By Kami-Leigh Agard
Four-generation Breezy Point
resident, GOP NYS Senate hope-
ful, Colonel Thomas Sullivan, is
no greenhorn when it comes to
serving his country and com-
munity, and with the Queens
County GOP’s official backing,
Sullivan believes that his record
of service and business acumen
guarantees him a good shot in
unseating incumbent Democrat
Senator Joseph Addabbo for the
NYS Senate 15th District. How-
ever, the Colonel first has to face
off with fellow GOP candidate,
Slawek Platta, in the primaries
on Thursday, September 13.
The Rockaway Times sat down
with Sullivan at his Broad Chan-
nel campaign headquarters to
discuss his Breezy Point roots;
his record of service in the mili-
tary; lessons learned both in the
corporate sector and as a small
business owner and commu-
nity leader; his position on hot
button topics such as beach ero-
sion; the Cross Bay Bridge toll;
the Williams Pipeline, increased
housing development; and ulti-
mately — why he thinks voters
should cast their vote for him not
just in next week’s primaries, but
in November.
Sullivan, a father of three, said
his family has been in Breezy
for close to 93 years. “My fami-
ly initially vacationed in Breezy
during the summers, but estab-
lished permanent roots there
in 1980. Today, most of us still
live on the peninsula including
my siblings, parents, nieces and
nephews, and my wife and three
children. My sons just finished
their first season of lifeguarding
here. I think this is the first year
they really saw the value of living
and working near the beach,” he
said.
Sullivan said that one of his
personal philosophies about
being a political representa-
tive is that before you represent
the people in your community,
you should have walked in their
shoes, and he has worn many
shoes. “For 25 years I served in
the military as a reserve with
deployments in Afghanistan,
Iraq and Kuwait. For 23 years, I
worked in the corporate finan-
cial sector, seeing the ups and
downs of the capital markets;
and for 10 years, I was a small
business owner of a restaurant,”
he said.
While working in the corpo-
rate financial sector, he was on
the 96th floor of the World Trade
Center on September 11, 2001.
Sullivan helped people out of
the buildings, and because of his
heroic efforts was later award-
ed with the Soldier’s Medal, the
highest award for non-combat
operations.
He said that though Rockaway
has rebounded since Sandy, it
saddens him to see that many
beloved local businesses have
not been able to reopen their
doors, and that’s part of the rea-
son why he felt the time was right
for him to run for state senate.
“I’m fully in touch with what
it’s like to be a small business
owner with all the taxes, rents
being as high as they can get,
and the regulations on top of
it. For example, look at the still
closed Harbor Light restaurant
in Belle Harbor. Other than the
city telling them to cut off 600
square feet of the building, their
impending reopening is still at a
standstill because of bureaucrat-
ic red tape, though it has been
rebuilt and ready for opening for
months now, but now they again
lost the entire summer season.
We all benefit when these busi-
ness are open, not just for their
Continued on page 22

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Platta Talks State
Senate Run
By Katie McFadden
“Platta for Senate,” read
some signs around town. Who
is Slawek Platta? The Rocka-
way Times recently spoke with
the state senate hopeful that
will appear on the Republican
primary ballot when you cast
your votes on Thursday, Sep-
tember 13, and could take on
State Senator Joseph Addabbo
in November’s election.
Although Platta has the
tough job of taking on an op-
ponent that hails from Breezy
Point, Thomas Sullivan, some
“Platta for Senate” signs have
been spotted around the pen-
insula, especially at local Pol-
ish businesses like Polo Euro
Market and Kopernik. After
all, Platta originally hails from
Poland. Platta explained that
he has been in the U.S. since
1999, when he went to study
law at the University of Flori-
da, but now residing in Middle
Village, he proudly calls him-
self a Queens resident. Platta
hopes to serve his neighbors
by taking over the state senate
seat for District 15, which cov-
ers not only parts of Rockaway
and Breezy Point, but Howard
Beach, Ozone Park, Woodhav-
en, Glendale, Middle Village,
Maspeth and parts of South
Ozone Park, Ridgewood, Rego
Park and Sunnyside. To do so,
he’s heavily focused on an is-
sue that affects all Queens res-
idents—fighting against large
homeless shelters.
Platta doesn’t have any pre-
vious political experience, but
he knows what it means to
stand up for people. For the
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 Page 17
ST. FRANCIS PREPARATORY SCHOOL
last 12 years, Platta has owned
his own law practice, The Plat-
ta Law Firm, based in Man-
hattan. When he first started
his career, Platta was working
for different law firms in the
city, practicing immigration
law. When he first opened his
own practice, it was a one-man
show, with Platta working up to
18-hour days. “I worked hard
to be successful. Then even-
tually I was able to hire more
people and now we have a few
attorneys and paralegals and
the law firm is doing very well,”
he said. After establishing a
successful business, Platta
was inspired by another busi-
nessman-turned-politician to
throw his own hat into the po-
litical race for state senate. Class of 2018 earned over
“I was inspired by the 2016 $166 million in merit scholarships.
election of our current presi-
dent. It showed me that this is Imagine what you can do as
a time where people who are part of the Class of 2022.
successful in business can do
more for other people, not just
through business, but in public
service,” Platta said. And while
it’s Platta’s first run for office,
this isn’t his first campaign.
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with public service in the Pol-
ish American community and
that experience drove me to
enter public service on a larg-
er scale,” Platta said. “I realized
that I can be helpful, not just in
my law practice for the small-
est of cases, but for a much
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area of Ozone Park that is near
an elementary school, and an-
other 200-person shelter has
been proposed for an area
with limited transportation
options in Glendale. It is an is-
sue that Queens residents feel
so strongly about, that Platta
formed a No Homeless Shel-
ter Party that he plans to run
on, and it was supported with
4,000 signatures from Queens
residents that are against large
shelters.
Platta stressed that he is
not against homeless people
but rather the way the city
is dealing with them. “I’ve
helped homeless people in my
past and continue to, but I’m
against the politics of putting
hundreds of homeless people
in a residential area, without
any program for these people
to eventually return to a nor-
mal life. The City of New York
doesn’t look at the cause of the
homeless problem. It is easy
to become homeless with free
healthcare, housing and food
stamps and the city isn’t con-
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
cerned with how to prevent
this, they’re just dealing with
the consequences. It shouldn’t
be like this because at the end
of the day, taxpayers are pay-
ing for the city’s mistakes. I
believe in creating programs
for the homeless, but I don’t
trust when the Department of
Homeless Services says they’re
going to place 200 homeless
people in one area and it’s go-
ing to be okay. I don’t think
people in District 15 deserve
to be treated with this experi-
ment. It’s a scary proposition,”
Platta said.
Platta also feels this is an
issue his opponent, Sullivan,
has ignored. “I will always ad-
mire Mr. Sullivan’s service to
this country, but I don’t think
he meets with people when it
comes to the homeless shelter
issue. I don’t think he under-
stands the pain this issue caus-
es. I haven’t seen him at the
protests or conferences about
this issue. I want to make sure
that every person in our com-
munity has a voice and can
call me. I’ve gone around and
knocked on doors and have
met with people and this has
allowed me to deeply connect
with them and understand
their problems,” he said.
Platta says he has also vis-
ited Rockaway. Speaking on
Rockaway’s issues, Platta
said, “of course the biggest
issue has been Sandy recov-
ery and this is something on
the state and federal level
that needs to be improved go-
ing forward as it is a problem
that people are still facing.
Also, when it comes to the
beach closures, the city can’t
just do what they did without
regard to the businesses that
are located in that area. By
closing the beach, you limit
income for businesses. There
was no regard to the people
that make their living in that
area when they made that de-
cision,” Platta said. “Anoth-
er huge issue is parking. It’s
a nightmare, with residents
having to drive for 45 minutes
to find a parking space. There
should be access to parking
that will allow residents to
park without issue. There are
officials that don’t understand
The Rockaway Times
Rockaway that could easily
make changes, but it hasn’t
been addressed.”
For those unfamiliar with
Platta, a quick Google search
will highlight his campaign
efforts and background, but
a legal case in which Platta
faced harassment charges also
pops up. When questioned,
Platta addressed this, saying,
“The case was falsely filed.
The charges were dismissed
because the allegations were
false.”
Platta did not speak direct-
ly about current state Senator
Joseph Addabbo, who has held
the position since 2009, but he
did address the need to bring
in new people to the political
world. “I don’t believe in ca-
reer politicians. I believe in
office term limits and want to
make sure we’re bringing in
new people to politics, so we
can see fresh ideas and new
ways of solving problems.
That’s another reason why I’m
running.”
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WORKING HARDEST WHEN IT’S HOTTEST
By Heather Kramer
By 6:05 a.m. we’re out the
door, before the sun has even
thought about coming up. The
crew of 13 seem unphased by
the early hour and head to
their vehicles; they are not
expecting much of a mess at
the Riis Beach Picnic Area
this morning, they did a lot
of the work the night before;
commonly working overtime
to stay ahead of the holiday
crowds, and everything these
crowds leave behind.
“There are some days that
your feet can’t even touch the
grass because of all the gar-
bage,” Stu Elefant says as he
efficiently picks up multiple
pieces of garbage with his
picker, and drops it into the
black plastic contractor bag;
this summer is his 10th sea-
son with the Riis Team. “It
can be discouraging; it’s hard
work to make this place look
like a national park.”
The others clean around us,
emptying cans, picking up lit-
ter and shooing away seagulls
who are helping themselves
to the open trays of food left
by the Labor Day weekenders
from the day before. Also at
this early hour, several picnic
tables are already occupied
by families with coolers, ta-
blecloths, and all the fixings
to celebrate the last unofficial
day of summer. Riis Park is in
fact, a destination.
Part of the National Register
of Historic Places, and previ-
ously a Naval Air Station dur-
ing World War I, Riis Beach
came to fruition as a park in
1937, and became a part of the
Jamaica Bay Unit of Gateway
National Recreation Area in
1974. Since then it has been
forgotten and remembered
again. After the opening of the
Riis Beach Bazaar, attendance
has easily tripled. With more
than 9,000 parking spots, a Riis
Park Beach bus from Brooklyn,
the NYC Ferry, and MTA bus-
es; every mode of transporta-
tion is utilized to get here.
“Sometimes there are so
many bikes on the board-
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 Page 19
From the NPS
means more garbage.
“A lot of people from the
beach will take their gar-
bage. About 90 percent will
clean up after themselves,”
Taunton explained.
But what about the ones who
don’t?
“When you come back
and it’s all cleaned up, you
don’t think twice of it,” Will
Baranksy, another young
worker says.
It’s a tough job. Especially
because when you do it well, it
can easily go unnoticed. I was
considering this while picking
up plastic bags, bottles and
The crew from left to right: Jimmy Taunton, Paul Rayder, Charlie Fischer, fishing line while walking the
Robert Torsney, Danny Ospina, Fred Cruz, Will Baransky, Kenny Joseph, bay-wall along Beach Channel
Kevin Rapp, Ben Davis, Tim Davis, Richie Sellers and Stu Elefant. Drive, appreciating the team’s
walk, you can’t see the rail- the changes. Concessions have ability to repeat this clean-up
ing,” Kevin Rapp, who is two opened, more traffic, more routine every stretch of sun-
years into his job with NPS, beaches becoming available ny days. But maybe that’s true
said. But they seem to be han- to the public. Back when he about life as well, when you
dling the crowds in stride, started, he’d be lucky to see look back at the path you just
despite needing more help. a couple hundred people us- picked, you only notice the
With a fleet of three dump ing the beach. More people, parts you missed.
trucks, one crew cab, one gar-
bage truck, one front loader
tractor and one beachcomber,
they effectively clean the pic-
nic areas, beaches and board-
walk. Their responsibilities are
also the giant parking lot, the
wall that lines the bay along
Beach Channel Drive, and the
buildings and ball fields of Ft.
Tilden. And when they are not
picking up garbage and emp-
tying cans, they are cutting the
grass and weed whacking; all
the while making it look easy.
Not to mention the 17 other
employees that work tirelessly
to clean the bathrooms.
“I’ve got a good crew. If
it wasn’t for these guys, it
wouldn’t look this good,” their
mechanically-minded super-
visor, Jimmy Taunton, who has
been in charge for 24 years,
said. His crew could easily say
the same of Taunton. Walking
the beat many yards ahead of
us, picker and garbage bag in
hand, with a noticeable pep in
his step, not breaking stride to
add, “I have two kids at home
and I still have to take out the
trash.”
His time at Riis Beach has
given him perspective on all
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Local Artist, Nigel Scott Hosts
Conversations With Blue at Rustwoods
By Kami-Leigh Agard
Rockaway Beach resident
and multi-faceted interna-
tionally-renowned artist and
photographer, Nigel Scott,
has local art and event space,
Rustwoods, awash in a kaleido-
scope of blue. With his striking,
but seemingly tranquil pieces,
you’ll be beckoned to step into
the blue and see the world in a
new light.
On Thursday, August 30,
Scott celebrated the opening of
his exhibit, Conversations with
Blue, at Rustwoods. According
to Scott, this exhibit is some-
thing he has shown in major
galleries in years past, but he
painstaking went back and
re-fashioned each piece, so like
for a bride, each piece seems
almost new, maybe some-
thing borrowed, but definite-
ly blue. Scott’s range of pieces
are so amazingly divergent, yet
they all seem to unfold a story
through a variety of mediums
and subjects.
There’s one assortment from
a collection of photos that Scott
painted over using gouache, a
type of water media that is more
difficult to use than watercolor
because of its opaque and
flat textural properties, while
painstakingly keeping the tex-
ture and movement. Scott said,
“I liked using gouache because
it’s a natural paint that is com-
patible with painting photos,
and its ability to capture light in
the subtlest of shades is what it
makes it so attractive, yet chal-
lenging.” There’s one painting
of a man facing the ocean with
a fish surfboard positioned
horizontally on his shoulders.
If you look carefully, you’ll see
the logo, Paul Surf, on the back
of his t-shirt. The surfboard
shaping company, Paul Surf,
was founded by local resident,
Paul, who has been has been
shaping surfboards for the
past 10 years, and his artist-
ry of the board with the ocean
and shorefront was captured
majestically in this particular
piece by Scott.
Besides the gouache paint-
ed photos, there are cyanotype
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silk fabric detailed images of
flowers that Scott hand-sewed
to silk fabric using silk thread.
In the introduction to his photo
book, Conversations With Blue,
(if you’re lucky, you can find it
on various websites, though,
we checked, and it’s all sold
out!), Scott said, “I grew up in
Jamaica with my mother’s love
of flowers, and my father’s love
of the ocean. Around 1994, I
started creating blue prints or
cyanotypes after finding about
the process in a children’s
store. Initially printing with
negatives, I was taken back by
the blueness of the space and
the space of the blueness it im-
bued on the images.” Cyano-
type is a photographic printing
process discovered in 1842 by
scientist, Sir John Herschel, as a
means to reproduce diagrams.
It creates a cyan blue silhouette
when an object is placed on a
reactive surface and develops
in UV light – a blueprint. And
ironically, Herschel inspired
his friend, Anna Atkins, a bot-
anist, who made cyanotype im-
ages of the flora she collected,
earning her place as a found-
ing mother of photography.
Sounds fittingly like Scott’s dis-
covery of the art.
Born in Jamaica, Scott spent
a few years working in the fash-
ion industry in Toronto before
moving to Paris in 1987, where
he lived for 10 years. His fashion
photography has been featured
in Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire,
Glamour, Max, Cosmopolitan,
Life Magazine and more. He
said that he just fell into pho-
·
tography, when he went to To-
ronto. “I initially went there to
work in sales, but then I start-
ed taking night courses at the
Ontario College of Art. I fell in
love with the art, started meet-
ing people, and found a job as a
photographer’s assistant,” Scott
said.
Soon after his arrival in To-
ronto, Scott began photograph-
ing Bob Marley on his first
North American tour. In 1987,
he had eight solo shows with
the Canada-based Jane Corkin
Gallery. While in France, Scott
won multiple awards from the
Festival de la Photo de la Mode.
Despite his claim of falling
into art, Scott seemingly al-
ways had a photographer’s
eye. He divulged that as a
young boy in Jamaica, he won
a Youth National Arts Pho-
tography award. Scott said his
mother was always supportive
of his love for art, but his father
was a bit more guarded, as he
was concerned about whether
his son could actually make liv-
ing out of it. “My dad, was just
being an old school, tough Ja-
maican parent, but I’m proud
that he lived to see some of my
accomplishments, though un-
fortunately, my mom did not,”
he shared.
For the last four years, Scott
has lived and continued his love
for art and the ocean in Rocka-
way. “I used to come out here
to surf for years before Sandy. I
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fell into surfing while shooting
a friend’s wedding in Hawaii,
and ever since, the ocean has
been wooing me, and here I am
feeling blessed in Rockaway,”
he said.
When asked about why he’s
doing this particular exhibit
at Rustwoods, Scott noncha-
lantly said, “Mikal, the owner
of Rustwoods asked me, and
of course, I was elated to say,
yes! I love how he’s developing
the art community here, not to
mention this is a great venue
and beautiful space. Rockaway
is a really thriving and beau-
tiful community, and I get the
chance to show my work in
front of a new audience.”
Later this month, on Septem-
ber 23, Scott will be debuting
his early works from the late 80s
to 2000, which were curated by
Clear Gallery Tokyo, at WopArt
Fair in Lugano, Switzerland.
Though he is eager to go,
Scott is excited about his exhib-
it, Conversations With Blue, at
Rustwoods. “I just want people
to come, check it out and feel
inspired by the inspiring surf,
ocean and people of Rocka-
way,” he said.
Scott’s exhibit will be on dis-
play at Rustwoods through next
Wednesday, September 12.
Rustwoods is located at 97-02
Garden, Rockaway Beach Blvd.
(behind Whit’s End). For more
information, visit Rustwoods
and Nigel Scott on Instagram.
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services, but for the sales tax rev-
enue they bring in. I don’t see
why government officials, who
purport to help small businesses,
couldn’t cut through the red tape
and get this place finally open,”
Sullivan said.
He said the same goes for NYC
Parks’ closing of beaches in front
of Rockaway’s Beach 97th con-
cession, due to the ongoing di-
lemma with beach erosion and
the political blame game. “What
causes the tensions, which is a
black eye to the mayor’s office,
from what I observed and heard,
our local politicians were not
aware of the beach closings on
such short notice, and that cre-
ated a lot of animosity. When
you can set out an agenda, and
explain to the people why it’s
being done, you tell them, we
got caught off guard, it was poor
Architectural planning; but instead our elect-
ed representatives are running
around playing the blame game.
style made easy. “And what happens is that the
people who have the conces-
sions and the folks who come to
enjoy the beach — pay for it, and
everyone wonders why they’re
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whether to rely on wind farms
for energy or going with natural
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to the city, then the city needs to
reach out to the local pols and
the people. Instead, they figure it
out up there in isolation, and the
end result is typically the wrong
decision, leaving the community
angry,” he said.
Regarding the Army Corps of
Engineers (ACOE) fumbling on
the concrete solution of building
the community’s favored rock jet-
ties, Sullivan emphatically stated,
“The short-term fix is what hap-
pens too often — dumping $15M
worth of sand, and then Mother
Nature takes it away. A jetty costs
approximately $1M, so with the
same money wasted on sand, we
can have 15 jetties built. These
studies have been done over and
over again, and are a waste of
time and resources.”
Sullivan said both leadership
from the top down and the com-
munity have to be practical. “It’s
really all about economics, and
what serves the community best
at-large. However, I will make it
my business to investigate, get
answers and be transparent with
the community about the reali-
ty,” he said.
When asked why should vot-
ers go to the polls and vote for
him as opposed to his opponent,
Platta, in next week’s primary,
Sullivan flatly said, “I grew up in
this district for 46 years. I went to
school here, as do my children. I
served my community board for
five years, I’ve built playgrounds,
funded community activities,
helped rebuild after Superstorm
Sandy, so I ask you, who has the
their finger on the pulse of this
community? Me or someone
who rents a basement apartment
in Maspeth for 13 months? What
are his ties to this district? Plus,
he and I have very different per-
sonal characteristics. I’ve abided
by all the laws, and I suggest that
he hasn’t.”
And as for his hopes for No-
vember, Sullivan said, “I believe
Senator Addabbo served well,
but we need term limits. This
district needs someone with the
ability and passion to breathe a
new life into the communities
they serve, and I believe, I’m the
one to do it.”
For more information on Sul-
livan and his platforms, check
out his website: Sullivanfor-
StateSenate.com, Twitter feed:
sullivan6thomas and Facebook
page: Sullivan for State Senate.
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kemia (CLL) is the most com-
mon adult leukemia in the
Western world. It accounts for
almost 25 percent of all leu-
kemias and 1.3 percent of all
cancers in adults. It primar-
ily affects older individuals
with more than 70 percent of
patients being over 65 years
of age. It affects males and
whites more than females
and those of other races. It is
less common in Asian people
and more common in Ashke-
nazi Jews. There is a genetic
component, plus it is more
common among patients with
Hepatitis C. Those living on
farms and those with a history
of exposure to Agent Orange
are at higher risk, while those
with a history of sun exposure
are at lower risk.
Leukemias are diseases of
the bone marrow, where the
marrow produces an over-
abundance of various types
of white blood cells. CLL is
most commonly found by ac-
cident during routine blood
testing as it is usually asymp-
tomatic. Bone marrow biop-
sy is rarely needed to make
the diagnosis and is usually
performed when anemia or a
CLL is usually asymptomatic,
treatment usually consists of
monitoring the patient with
watchful waiting. Indications
for treatment include pro-
gressive constitutional symp-
toms (fever, weakness, weight
loss, and night sweats), pro-
gressive bone marrow fail-
ure (anemia or low platelet
count), progressive lymphad-
enopathy (enlarged lymph
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time < 6 months).
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be avoided. An ominous de-
velopment for patients with
CLL is the diagnosis of Rich-
ter syndrome (RS). RS is the
development of an aggressive
lymphoma, usually a B cell
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can be predicted by the de-
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By Lou Pastina
Last Tuesday was the last
Open Mic at Connolly’s for
the summer of 2018. The re-
sults have been catalogued
by Professor Squid and made
available on SoundCloud. The
kindly Professor runs, in my
opinion, the best Open Mic
in Rockaway, attracting both
first-timers and truly talented
individuals. There are a group
of regulars that come every
week, sometimes playing the
same songs, sometimes ven-
turing into parts unknown,
and then there are the drop-
ins, who come for a night or
two and light up the place. I,
for one, will be listening to
the results all winter long, be-
cause there were some abso-
lute gems by people who start-
ed out timid in the beginning
of the summer and by the end
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Closing Mic And More
were dominating the stage.
SoundCloud, give it a whirl!
Open Mic closing, however,
is a metaphor for the whole
summer, which started off
cold and damp, got really hot
and humid, and finished with
a flourish of more cold and
damp. One local priest esti-
mated that at least 13 week-
ends had rain, and I take the
word of a priest over a weather-
man these days. I know that my
own troop of merry musicians,
the Grayriders, were rained out
twice. But in between, there
were some awesome perfor-
mances by our local bands,
who seem to be getting better
and better. We are truly blessed
with great creative musicians
and bar owners, who act as pa-
trons promoting music at the
beach.
And as the summer drifts
into fall, a reminder that this
year’s Poseidon Parade, the
bookend to the Coney Island
Mermaid Parade, will take
place on the Rockaway Board-
walk on September 22. Among
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this year’s judges will be Marie
Rudolph and none other than
the Lazer himself. I, for one,
am letting everyone know up-
front that bribes are not only
permissible, they are actually
encouraged. I mean seriously,
shouldn’t Trump, Cuomo and
de Blasio be honest and say the
same? I do believe that Mrs.
Rudolph is above petty bribery,
so any bribes meant for her can
be siphoned off to me directly.
It should be a great time and a
lot of fun, and unlike the Co-
ney Island counterpart, is ac-
tually family-friendly, so bring
the kiddos. And as a side-note,
I do believe that the Rockaway
contingent won best float in
the Mermaid Parade, so expect
great things for Poseidon.
And speaking of great sur-
prises, how awesome was it
that the four corners of Rock-
away Beach Blvd. at Beach
97th and 98th Streets became
its own little music and food
center this summer? With
Whit's back and expanded to
the space around the corner
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known as Rustwoods, and
La Barracuda on the corner
of 97th, and RBQ on the 98th
Street corner, this area became
the go-to place this summer. I
am hoping for a gentle fall so
we can enjoy all these places
for the next few months, and
RBQ and Whit's all winter.
It’s really hard to start a busi-
ness. It takes vision, capital and
elbow grease to make it work.
I truly salute all the Rockaway
entrepreneurs who have made
our little slice of life a great
place to live. As fall and winter
start to creep into our lives, I
encourage everyone to contin-
ue to patronize our local estab-
lishments, so they can survive
through the lean months.
And lastly, I salute all the
musicians who toil at their
craft, trying to get better, trying
to make art, opening us up to
the beauty in our lives even as
darkness sometimes descends.
As my friend Dylan Thomas
says, “Do not go gently into that
good night.” Drop mic, walk off
the stage, turn off the light.
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Yoga For All
Labor Day has come and gone
and I hope you managed some
beach time for yourself. If not,
typically September is a beau-
tiful month here in the Rock-
aways. For myself, there are
always so many changes in Sep-
tember and I welcome them all.
Our schedule changes with the
new school year. We begin to see
new students come back to yoga
after a summer outdoors. It’s re-
ally special to see all the changes
that will happen with each year.
Some good, some not so good.
Beach yoga was one of the big
highlights of my summer, mostly
because I met so many new peo-
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ple from all walks of life. Taking
time to simply listen, be present
and get to know someone is a
gift.
Everyone has a story and some
people deal with much suffer-
ing in their lives. When they
come to yoga, they are looking
for healing. I am very aware of
their journeys and do my best
to offer a balanced practice en-
couraging peace and calm. It is
an honor and pleasure to have
this opportunity from the Parks
Department to offer free yoga on
the beach.
When I first started teaching
on the beach eight years ago, I
did not have a lot of experience,
but soon, the students who at-
tended the classes would teach
me how to teach a basic hatha
yoga class to all levels. Mostly, I
would teach to the new student
who I would want to like yoga
and feel good about herself/
himself. Very difficult to teach
100 students and know their
pains or resistance, and also to
teach the advanced student who
has a daily practice and comes
to beach yoga for the great en-
ergy and beauty. It is quite an
uplifting experience for me as
a teacher. I always walk away in
awe of the gracious students who
are always so grateful. For every-
one out there who ventured out
to beach yoga, thank you.
Teaching back at the studio is
always a gift. If you have never
been to Ocean Bliss Yoga Stu-
dio, you must try a class. We
have a very special place in the
Belle Harbor Yacht Club on the
3rd floor. It’s heaven on earth
for all who enter. We are bless-
ed to share this space and we
welcome all levels. Our classes
are diverse, and for me the ad-
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gentle student who moves slow-
ly with a keen awareness.
I believe to have a balanced
body and mind, you need to
modify your workout/yoga
classes. Our bodies have so many
complexities and with every
contraction, we need lengthen-
ing of our muscles. The more I
practice yoga, the more I want to
learn about every aspect of the
practice. Breath work takes pri-
ority in most classes. Moving the
body in an organic motion is of
utmost importance. Keep mov-
ing even if it’s only your fingers
or toes. Let your breath initiate
any movement. Let the conver-
sation between your body and
mind begin with your breath. I
can guarantee you that positive
changes will happen for you and
everyone around you. Whatever
you are feeling inside is project-
ed outwards.
Positive energy is contagious.
Share your happiness with
someone who needs it. We are
in service to our community.
May you be happy, may you be
healthy, may you be free of suf-
fering and may you live with
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Although Labor Day has
come and gone, as it does
every year, I am always
amazed at how so many of
my neighbors actually think
that, with the passing of La-
bor Day, forecasted cooler
temperatures should be de
rigueur on the part of those
weather mavens out there in
charge of our climate.
Hate to be the bearer of bad
Little Seasoning
news but Labor Day does not
constitute an official change
of seasons. Yeah, it means
that the kids will soon be go-
ing back to school, parking
spaces will slowly start to re-
appear as beach traffic eas-
es up, the Q53 bus will pass
through Broad Channel on
its way to Rockaway and will
not be mistaken for a circus
clown car, and the lifeguards
will disappear from their
Starship Enterprise Shut-
tle Craft stations along the
boardwalk. Does that mean
summer is over? Most cer-
tainly not, or at least not just
yet.
We are, however, fast ap-
proaching September 22 and
the Autumnal Equinox, which
will officially mark the pass-
ing of summer and the start
of our fall season. It is one
of only two days throughout
the year when the earth's axis
is tilted neither toward nor
away from the sun, resulting
in a "nearly" equal amount of
daylight and darkness at all
latitudes. The "nearly" equal
hours of day and night is due
to refraction of sunlight or
a bending of the light's rays
that causes the sun to appear
above the horizon when the
actual position of the sun is
below the horizon.
And then my good friends,
the hours of daylight will
dwindle while the hours of
darkness expands its reach.
The leaves on the trees will
blaze with color and then
die, dropping from their
branches to the ground be-
low as brown mulch. Now I
fully realize that there are
many of you out there who
claim to "love" the fall sea-
son. You know, the crispness
of the air, the sound of crick-
ets chirping in the daytime,
the smell of burning fire-
places, and all that. As far as
I am concerned, autumn is
a spectacle of decline, dete-
rioration, and bereavement
in the knowledge with the
falling temperatures, home
heating oil prices will start to
rise. It is also a not so gentle
reminder that the low skies
of November and winter
nor'easters are not far be-
hind.
That being said, as much as
I dislike the fall (and winter),
it is continual rain that really
serves to throw me into a tiz-
zy. The almost non-stop rain
we experienced a few weeks
ago had my beloved Grace
("She who must be obeyed")
so depressed that she spent
days sorrowfully looking
through the window. Thank-
fully the rain stopped after
three days and I finally let
her in. Happy Fall y'all!
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY LEGAL NOTICES

NEUROLOGY
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PODIATRIST 101-06 37 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with
the SSNY on 06/01/18. Office: Queens vices LLC Articles of Org. filed with
Rafael Yakutilov, M.D. County. SSNY designated as agent of NY Sec. of State (SSNY) on 06/22/18.
Board Certified - American the LLC upon whom process against it Office in Queens Co. SSNY designat-
Dr. Sheldon Miller Board of Neurology may be served. SSNY shall mail copy ed agent of LLC upon whom process
Board Certified of process to the LLC, c/o Li Feng Lu, may be served. SSNY shall mail copy
1 Beach 105th St. 3467 Levitt Street, 2nd Floor, Flushing, of process to 107-17 172nd Street Ja-
Podiatrist/Foot Doctor Rockaway Park, NY 11694
NY 11354. Purpose: Any lawful pur- maica, NY 11433. Purpose: Any lawful
1Beach 105 Street
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Over 25 years experience OfficeHours
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ByAppointment
Appointment Notice of Formation of 34-35 70th Notice of Formation of SRR Family LLC
Street Joint Venture LLC. Arts. of Org. II. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State
filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) of NY (SSNY) on 6/20/18. Office loca-
on 8/15/18. Office location: Queens tion: Queens County. SSNY designated
County. SSNY designated as agent as agent of LLC upon whom process
B&D Painting, Inc. of LLC upon whom process against against it may be served. SSNY shall
• Skim Coating Application it may be served. SSNY shall mail mail process to: c/o Olshan Frome Wolo-
• Interior Painting process to: Dunnington, Bartholow & sky LLP, 1325 Avenue of the Americas,
• Plastering of Walls Miller LLP, Attn: L. Teitel, Esq., 250 15th Fl., NY, NY 10019, Attn: Stephen L.
• Repair & Restoration of Park Ave., Ste. 1103, NY, NY 10177. Ferszt, Esq. Purpose: any lawful activity.
Damaged Walls Purpose: any lawful activity.
• Removal of Wall Paper
• Water Damage Notice of Formation of 137-07 56TH AV-
34-50 110TH STREET LLC Art. ENUE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
Laszlo Davida Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/08/18.
347-306-6961 4/17/2018 Off. Loc.: Queens Co. Office location: Queens County. SSNY
SSNY designated as agent upon designated as agent of LLC upon whom

Classifieds whom process against it may be

served. SSNY to mail copy of process
to c/o Claudette Kebe, 34-50 110 th
process against it may be served. SSNY
shall mail process to the LLC, 137-11
56th Ave., Flushing, NY 11355. Pur-
STUDIO SPACE AVAILABLE Street, Corona, NY 11368. Purpose: pose: Any lawful activity.
Any lawful act or activity.
Great space available with hourly rates. Ideal for Dance, Martial Notice of Formation of Trinity Fe LLC,
Arts, Yoga, Personal Trainers, Chiropractors, Physical Therapists, Notice of Formation of 4MB 160-10 Articles of Organization Filed with the
45TH AVE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secretary of State of New York (SSNY)on
Meetings, Seminars, Business Start Ups and Gatherings. Call for
with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) 07/23/2018. Office location: Queens, NY.
rates and availability. on 4/12/18. Office location: Queens SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon
917 287 7280 County. SSNY designated as agent whom process against it may be served.
of LLC upon whom process against SSNY shall mail process to Trinity Fe LLC,
it may be served. SSNY shall mail 7868 84th Street #2, Glendale, NY 11385-
NEW FAR ROCKAWAY COMMUNITY process to: The LLC, 77-25 164th St., 7611. Any lawful purpose.
Ste. 1, Fresh Meadows, NY 11366.
Spacious ground fl 1 bedroom/1 bath
Purpose: any lawful activity.
w/big backyard in 3 family house. Rynicin LLC Articles of Org. filed with NY
Wood floors, dishwasher, quiet block, short walk to beach, Sec. of State (SSNY) on 8/16/2018. Office
MyDibbs LLC Articles of Org. filed in Queens Co. SSNY designated agent of
A train, shopping. with NY Sec. of State (SSNY) on LLC upon whom process may be served.
Credit check, references. Tenant pays gas, elec, HW. No pets. 7/24/2018. Office in Queens Co. SSNY SSNY shall mail copy of process to 160-71
1st & last, $1000 security. $1575 designated agent of LLC upon whom Willets Point Blvd Apt F2, Whitestone, NY
process may be served. SSNY shall 11357. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
No broker fee.
mail copy of process to 229-19 Mer-
Call owner: 917 363-2750 V/M: 718 474 8819 rick Blvd #424, Laurelton, New York NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIA-
11413. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. BILITY COMPANY. NAME: 100 BRENDON
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY HILL ROAD, LLC. Articles of Organization
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 Guishard Films LLC Articles of Org. were filed with the Secretary of State of New
to satisfy the lien of the Lessor for rental and other charges due. The said property has been stored and is located at the filed with NY Sec. of State (SSNY) on York (SSNY) on 03/27/18 office location
respective address below. Units up for auction will be listed for public bidding on-line at www.Storagestuff.bid beginning
five days prior to the scheduled auction date and time. The terms of the sale will be cash only. A 10% buyer’s premium 7/16/18. Office in Queens Co. SSNY Queens County. SSNY has been designat-
will be charged per unit. All sales are final. Metro Self Storage, LLC reserves the right to withdraw any or all units, partial designated agent of LLC upon whom ed as agent of the LLC upon whom process
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
household items” unless otherwise noted. All contents must be removed completely from the property within 48 hours or process may be served. SSNY shall against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a
sooner or are deemed abandoned by bidder/buyer. Sale rules and regulations are available at the time of sale. mail copy of process to the LLC, 139- copy of the process to the LLC, 23-47 31st
Metro Self Storage Occupant Name Unit # Property Description 19 229th Street; Laurelton, NY 11413. Avenue, Astoria, New York 11106. Purpose:
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GET Brian O’Connor was, is and always
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Breezy & Roxbury End Summer Mardi Gras Style

Every year, the communities of Breezy with costumes, parades and plenty of fun. September 1 and Roxbury’s party on Sun-
Point and Roxbury hold Mardi Gras festiv- Here are some highlights from Breezy day, September 2.
ities over Labor Day weekend, complete Point’s Mardi Gras parade on Saturday, Photos By Kathy Nicolosi

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Page 40
The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes
Marilyn Macron
By Marilyn Macron, Esq.,
a.k.a., Maria Cowhey
"Young man, your case,
it is proven clear
We'll give you seven years
penal servitude
To be spent far away . . .
And the very first thing
that you'll know is
You've landed in Van
Diemen's Land”
- The Black Velvet Band
In 1787, Great Britain
couldn’t keep up with
its burgeoning criminal
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
THE LITERARY CHICK
population and began ex-
pelling its convicts to jail
compounds on a sparse-
ly inhabited continent
on the other side of the
globe. England exiled over
160,000 men, women, and
children to this inhospita-
ble land of poor soil and
unwelcoming habitat. In
Robert Hughes’ “The Fatal
Shore,” we meet some of
the most enterprising and
notorious of the exiles.
Some of the first folk
heroes of the island con-
tinent that would later be
named Australia, came
from this criminal class.
Food was scarce, and
soon everyone was starv-
ing. Prison overseers gave
guns to certain able-bod-
ied men to hunt down
sustenance in any form.
The Bushrangers slaugh-
tered kangaroos en masse.
Depletion of the nearby
roo population drove the
The Rockaway Times
men, dogs, and guns fur-
ther into the bush, where
they ended up competing
with the Aborigines for
meat. Literally unshack-
led, many of these insur-
gents stole the guns and
the dogs and stayed in the
bush.
There wasn’t much for
them to go back to. Treat-
ment of the criminal class
steadily became harsher,
approached the level of
sadism under Major Jo-
seph Foveaux. Flogging
with a cat o’ nine tails was
the most frequent pun-
ishment inflicted, leaving
lasting physical and psy-
chological scars. The only
act of defiance left was
to try to avoid showing
pain. “The scarred back
became an emblem of
rank. So did silence. Con-
victs called a man who
blubbered and screamed
at the triangles... a sand- Continued on page 37

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THE LITERARY CHICK
Continued from Page 40
stone, (Sandstone is a common
rock found around Sydney; it
is soft and crumbles easily). By
contrast, the convict who stood
up to it in silence was admired
as a pebble or an iron man. He
would show his stripes (strip
for punishment) with disdain,
and after the domino (last
lash), he would spit at the feet
of the man who gave him his
red shirt.”
The hated prison, Macquarie
Harbor, was on the isolated
west coast of Van Diemen’s
Land, later renamed Tasmania.
The only person to break out
and live was Irishman Alexan-
der Pearce, who accomplished
the feat twice. The first time
he escaped with seven other
convicts in a sea craft. Upon
landfall, they slogged their
way through a land lacking in
forage, growing ever hungri-
er. One of the men, Kenne-
ly, joked, “I’m so weak, that
I could eat a piece of a man.”
But then six of the escapees
ganged up on the seventh and
made short work and short ribs
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
of him. Eventually only Pearce
and Greenhill were left. Then
Greenhill made the mistake of
falling sleep.
When Pearce was recap-
tured, he told his story, but
other convicts assumed he was
lying to cover for comrades still
at large. Young Thomas Cox ap-
proached him, assured Pearce
of his fitness, and begged him
to escape again. They had trav-
eled only a few days when they
came across King’s River. Cox
confessed he could not swim,
and more likely out of rage than
gluttony, Pearce killed him.
Pearce was recaptured, and
again gave a truthful account of
his escape. This time everyone
believed him. He was hanged,
autopsied, and his skull sent
to The Academy of Natu-
ral Sciences in Philadelphia,
where it may still be.
A non-fiction book that reads
like fiction, this richly detailed
history reads with a narrative
flow that leaves the reader with
a deep understanding of Aus-
tralia’s Hobbesian birth.
For more from Marilyn, see
www.theliterarychick.com
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Facts You Probably
Don’t Need
Wendy's founder Dave
Thomas dropped out of
high school but picked up
his GED in 1993. His GED
class voted him Most Like-
ly to Succeed.
Giraffes have the high-
est blood pressure of any
mammal, although their
resting heart rate is about
the same as humans.
Ben and Jerry original-
ly wanted to start a bagel
company. The partners
ended up in the ice cream
business because they
couldn't afford a bagel
machine.
Before he sang lead vocals
for Black Sabbath, Ozzy
Osbourne worked in a
slaughterhouse.
In 1917, the Seattle Met-
ropolitans hockey team
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became the first American
team to win the Stanley
Cup.
Green Eggs and Ham was
banned in China from
1965 to 1991 for its "por-
trayal of early Marxism."
According to a 2010 study,
people fluent in multi-
ple languages almost al-
ways swear in their native
tongue.
Lobsters' bladders are in
their heads.
When feeding, a hum-
mingbird can lick 10-15
times per second.
The average American
typically eats between
3,000 and 5,000 calories at
Thanksgiving dinner.
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ROCKAWAY GOOD TIMES

By Kami-Leigh Agard Smiths to The Cure — this band to ROCK!AWAY! Not to mention Tide Bar. Session starts with free
will keep you rocking with all as an added bonus — BBQ and beginner’s swing dance lesson.
Who cares if Labor Day is long your favorite alternative/classic Booze! Doors open at 6 p.m. Low Tide Bar, Beach 97th
gone? The heat is still on and so rock hits. 111-22 Rockaway Beach Blvd Concession
is the Rockaway Groan. There’s 533 Beach 126th Street
still so much to enjoy as local Saturday, September 8 Thursdays
hot spots are still hopping with Saturday, September 8 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
fabulous live music, theater and 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. La Barracuda is going to be It’s karaoke night at Riis! Well,
arts. So stick around, there’s still This afternoon at Kennedy’s, a picante ticket tonight as The just be warned…this is Not Your
a lot to do on the Rock! sultry songstress Pamela Nardi BEasy Band makes their first Mother's Karaoke. #LetsGet-
with her bandmate, Nick Farr debut. Get ready to be tickled Weird at Riis.
LIVE MUSIC: on acoustic guitar, will capti- with their BEasy jazz rhythms Riis Beach Park Bazaar (16702
Friday, September 7 vatingly bathe you with their and melodies that will send Rockaway Beach Blvd)
5 p.m. one-of-a-kind jazz, standards, you home enveloped in a thick
Start your weekend right at Broadway, Motown, pop, and fog of pleasure. Count on sol- Saturdays
The Wharf by watching the sun- rock renditions. id rhythms, floating leads, and 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
set to the sounds of Vic Thrill, 406 Bayside Walk, Breezy melodies that you will never Bring in de ole’ time days
of Bogmen fame, also known as Point forget. back a yard with live sweet reg-
the electro-Don Ho. Beach 97th Street & Rockaway gae music right on de beach.
416 Beach 116th Street Saturday, September 8 Beach Blvd. Come share the vibes every Sat-
6 p.m. to 9 p.m. urday for sweet summer reggae
Friday, September 7 Jazz-flavoured reggae and Saturday, September 8 nights.
6 p.m. to 9 p.m. soul will be on the menu at Ca- 8 p.m. DredSurfer Grill, Beach 17th
Picture yourself in a lush trop- racas with revolutionary band, Folks, Rockaway is in denial. Street & Boardwalk
ical beach with a frozen sangria Ska-Boom! With Kevin Batch- Summer is not over!!!! And with
in hand, and get transported elor on trumpet, Rocksteady Friends in Sound at the Bay- Sundays
to the tropics as live band, Los Freddie - saxophone, Earl Ap- House, this will be one awesome 12 noon to 3 p.m.
Lautaros, serenades you with pleton - keys, Rick Sabo - gui- balmy night of classic rock and What goes better with Rock-
their rhythmic beats, melod- tar, Gregory Jackson - bass and blues while enjoying the big bar away Beach Bakery’s yummy
ic guitars and upbeat groovin' Mike Severino on drums, this overlooking the water! ham and cheese everything
tunes with the acoustic latin will be a memorable evening of 500 Bayside croissant than a large, steamy
vibes of cumbia, son cubano, positive vibrations! cup of jazz? Well with Rocka-
and bossa nova. Caracas, Beach 106th Conces- Saturday, September 8 way’s music impresarios on the
Caracas, Beach 106th Conces- sion 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. brunch menu — Simon Char-
sion The Rockaway Beach Brew- diet on guitar, Billy Johnson
Saturday, September 8 ery Co. gets extraterrestrial with on bass and Mike Severino on
Friday, September 7 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Boogie Space Tunes & Beer! drums — get ready for a jazzi-
6 p.m Tall Juan’s music is difficult This will be an eclectic night fied feast!
The Wades are back at Bun- to package under a single label, of music basking in the end of 87-10 Rockaway Beach Blvd.
galow Bar! So start fine-tuning but one thing’s for sure — this Mercury's retrograde! Come be
your vocal cords because you’ll Argentenian-born, Rockaway ecstatic & lose yourself in the OTHER ART NEWS
be singing your heart out all transplant knows how to tell a night. Featured bands: Story Thursday, September 6
night long to their infectious story through his fast-paced, Charlemange, Blame Mercury, through
lineup of 50s, 60s and 70s rock riveting punk, garage and rock Ecstatic Madmen and Nimbus Wednesday, September 12
n’ roll hits! songs. Definitely not one want Knight. 7 p.m. to Midnight
377 Beach 92nd Street to miss! 415 Beach 72nd Street Be prepared to be mesmer-
Low Tide Bar, Beach 97th ized at multi-faceted interna-
Friday, September 7 Street Concession Sunday, September 9 tionally-renowned local artist
6 p.m. to 10 p.m. 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and photographer, Nigel Scott’s
Labor Day may be long gone, Saturday, September 8 Don’t be a fool. End your art exhibit, Conversations With
but no need to fear because the 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. beautiful summer weekend at Blue, at Rustwoods. Scott’s work
summer heat is still on, and Rock right into Rippers as Caracas with Fools Night Out. will baptize you in a kaleido-
what better place to dance into the Supertones drop in on your This bluesy band will have you scope of blue with his striking,
a sweat as big band Big Squid senses with their surf rock ex- groovin’ and movin’ to your but seemingly tranquil pieces
heats up Caracas with their ploding tubular beats and gui- favorite classic rock, country, that seem to beckon you to step
squidaliciously sizzling electric tar riffs that will keep you musi- R&B, and more! into the blue and see the world
funk, blues, rock and jazz-NO- cally wave-riding all night! Caracas, Beach 106th Conces- in a new light.
LA infused music. Rippers, Beach 86th Street sion 97-02 Garden, Rockaway
Caracas, Beach 106th Conces- Concession Beach Blvd (behind Whit’s End)
sion Sunday, September 9
Saturday, September 8 6 p.m. Got info on live music and art
Friday, September 7 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. The boardwalk will be teem- exhibitions coming up in Rock-
8 p.m. - 12 a.m. Summer can’t really be over ing with folks learning and hav- away and Broad Channel? Send
The weekend party ignites because A/B Studios is going to ing fun swing dancing. So get it to kami@rockawaytimes.com
with The Knobs at the Belle be red hot as bands, SickWalt your partner and dancing shoes with the subject line: “Rockaway
Harbor Yacht Club. From The and Bosco Mujo Palace come fired up, and head to the Low Good Times.”
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Boarders Surf Shop & the friends and family of

Firefighter Richie Allen
Invite you to a day at the beach

The 14th Annual

Richie Allen Memorial Surf Classic

th 2018

Events include
Surf Contest for Younger Surfers
Boys Girls: 12 and under, 13-16

Boogie Boarding & SUPs

DJ, Food & Drinks, T-Shirts, Prizes & Give Aways
A Traditional Paddle Out in Memory of
A Truly Great Friend, Brother, Son, Uncle and Hero

For any questions, please call:

Luke: 917.689.2034 or Boarders Surf Shop 718.318.7997

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Mardi Gras Down Cross Bay

Broad Channel also celebrates Labor Day weekend in style with its own Mardi Gras parade that’s fun for the whole family. Here are
some of the highlights caught by Lauren Hawk.

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