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Welcome to Rockaway!

The effects of the war in Ukraine have come closer to home. On March 17, Father Jim Cunningham of St. Francis de Sales announced that a family from Ukraine has made their way to Rockaway, and he put out a call to give our new neighbors a big Rockaway welcome.

Father Jim explained that the family, a mother, Katarina, and her two children, Eugene, age 7 and Elizabeth, age 3, have just arrived from Ukraine via Poland and they will be staying with their grandmother in Rockaway. As the family arrived with little more than the clothes on their back, Father Jim put a request out to the

community for people to donate clothing and monetary donations to help our new neighbors get on their feet.

Within two days, Father Jim posted a photo of the family to social media and thanked the community, saying the family had received a surplus of clothing. However, the family still has other needs. If anyone would like to drop off things like gift cards, financial donations and toys for the kids, they can be brought to the SFDS rectory on Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 130th Street, next to the church. For more information on items needed, call the rectory at 718-634-6464

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Clamp Down on Clammers

Jamaica Bay, on the southern shore of Kings and Queens counties in New York City, was once a thriving shellfish ground during the 1800s but was closed

to the recreational and commercial shellfish harvesting in 1921 because of municipal and industrial pollution. Since then, the waters of New York City, including Jamaica Bay, are considered uncertified waters and are closed to the recreational "clamming" that typically takes place in the summer months in areas that are not closed to shellfish harvest. Between Feb. 21 and March 1, NYSDEC Environmental Conservation Police Officers Milliron, Dodge, and Veloski issued 13 tickets to 11 individuals who confronted the wintry chill on Jamaica Bay to illegally harvest clams. The Officers seized 700 razor clams and returned them to the water.

Arraignment dates for the subjects are set for later this month in Queens and Kings County criminal courts.

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On Saturday, March 19, the Hindu festival of Holi came to Rockaway in its colorful glory at Beach Dunes Cafe & Eatery. The event held as a Henna Party, hosted by The Campaign Against Hunger (TCAH) Board Member and Far Rockaway resident, Annie Mohan, served as not just a fundraiser for TCAH, but a celebration of renewal, reconnection and unity on the peninsula. Also, for Mo-

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han, an East Indian Guyanese, the event was an opportunity for her to share her Hindu culture with the over 60 people in attendance.

Holi is a Hindu spring festival, which originated in the subcontinent of India and is celebrated across the world. Often called the “Festival of Colors,” there are several legends about the origin of why Holi is celebrated. However, the messages of love, goodness, and renewal are the same. The timing of Holi, like other Hindu festivals, is synchronized with the moon, which means that the actual dates vary from year to year.

Holi typically falls on the full moon day (Purnima) between the end of February and the middle of March (month of Phalgun), according to the Hindu lunar calendar.

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“For the last few months, I was hosting these Community Meet Up Breakfasts every first Friday of the month at TCAH’s Beach Dunes Cafe & Eatery. I started to brainstorm how to make people more aware about this beautiful com-

munity space. In thinking how to bring to an inclusive event that is representative of who we are as a diverse people on the peninsula, Holi was quite timely. This festiContinued on page 7

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HOLI FESTIVAL Continued from Page 6 val, celebrated all over the world, transcends gender, class and race.

And with everything else going on in the world, I just wanted to bring people together of all religions, cultures and backgrounds to teach them about each other.

"Plus, with the lockdowns of the pandemic, hosting a Holi event is a fun way for people to start to get back out there and reconnect with each other, and learn about something new they may have not been exposed to before. And that’s how we build tolerance, when we learn about things outside of our world,” Mohan said.

The event, held indoors in the cafe, was sans the usual dousing of colored powder for which Holi is known. However, attendees, performers and vendors, who were all encouraged to don traditional East Indian attire, had Beach Dunes Cafe awash in color, and an energy that was evident with the beaming smiles across the space.

Local resident, Florence Ferguson, Friends of Beach 59th Street Playground Association Board President, was absolutely floored with the experience. “The event topped all of my expectations. The excitement in involving oneself fully in the experience in getting the whole outfit, which was a salwar (also spelt shalwar, the traditional dress of East Indian women), I loved it. I went to Liberty Avenue in Queens with friends, and we all got outfits to immerse ourselves in the whole experience, and it was great!

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ty, love and renewal that was so clearly defined by one of the guest speakers. It truly was moving, and it depicted exactly what we are trying to do in Rockaway. I’m not Hindu, and typically I might have felt that I don’t want to infringe on a different culture, but the spirit of the event was an encouragement to come and be part of it. Rockaway needs that type of welcoming on so many different levels, where everyone can come, partake and enjoy,” Ferguson said.

Attendees were treated to cultural performances curated by Zamandari NYC, and included artists, Raj Persaud, Dizz Young and International Dancer Zaman Amin. Henna artist, Ambika Persaud, also honored attendees with a classical dance performance. And, according to Mohan, Beach Dunes chefs prepared an absolutely authentic East Indian vegetarian lunch.

"I was a bit nervous about the food, as the kitchen never prepared traditional Indian food before, but all I kept hearing from the Guyanese and Trinidadians in the room was that the food was

definitely on point,” Mohan said.

Next on the event calendar at Beach Dunes Cafe is Soca Saturday, celebrating the peninsula's vibrant Caribbean culture with food, music and performances, on Saturday, April 9. The next monthly Breakfast Community Meet Up is on Friday, April 1, 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. All are welcome to attend, whether to just listen, speak or share information.

“We really want people to recognize that the Cafe’s space is for the community to use, you do not need to go off the peninsula. By supporting the Dunes, you’re also supporting the important work TCAH is doing for the community. As of now, to use the space, the only cost is the food, there is no booking fee,” Mohan said.

Beach Dunes Cafe & Eatery is located on 45-19 Rockaway Beach Blvd. For more info, visit: www.beacheats.org. For more info about the Cafe’s monthly Breakfast Community Meet Up and other events, email Annie Mohan at anniemohan1108@ gmail.com ROCKAWAY INITIATIVE FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITY

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***** Rewriting or re-righting history. We appreciate all you careful readers who told us we were a tad weak and were a week off with our This Week in History feature.

We also made a typo saying the Chai Home proposal would be 90 stories. We meant 90 feet! This week we’re running Last Week in History and This Week in History.

Whew, what a week it was. ***** The Rockaway Times Photo Contest, now in season seven, is one of the great Rockaway traditions and one that boasts community pride and talent and beautifies Rockaway in the process. The submissions we’ve received so far are great. We are thrilled that so many of you participate. Important note: To be eligible for the

contest, photos (no more than 4!) must be delivered by email to Contest@Rockawaytimes.com.

We’ll still run our popular Local Feature each week, but those photos should be sent to Mail@Rockawaytimes.com ***** Ruth Wachner Pagirsky, a member of the Temple Beth- El congregation, died March 15, 2022. Hers was not an ordinary life. To honor her memory, we are reprinting a story from May 2017. It’s an incredible piece by Katie McFadden.

Please see Pages 42 and 43. ***** How aggravating! How disturbing! For not the first time, car windows were smashed near the ferry dock at Beach 108th Street and Beach Channel Drive. The 100th Precinct tells us they will be doing early morning patrols to stop or nab the people doing this. ***** Sporting news: Last week we mentioned that Doug Edert, son of Bill Edert from Beach 149th Street, starred in the championship game of the MAAC confer-

ence, helping St. Peter’s advance to The Dance, the NCAA Basketball tourney. Since then, Doug has been huge in the clutch in games against Kentucky and Murray State and we’re pulling like mad for the magic to continue on Friday night when St. Peter’s takes on highly ranked Purdue in the Sweet 16. ***** Seals enjoy beaches, too. If you see a seal, please stay 50 yards away and observe. If it looks injured, sick or in distress, please call the NY Marine Rescue Center’s stranding hotline at 631-369-9829.

We love seal photos but not at their expense. ***** Tess Howley’s not the only one making a big splash on the swimming scene. Sean Green, who lives in Belle Harbor and attends Archbishop Molloy High School, is also setting records. Competing in the 2022 Junior National Championships in Orlando, Sean set a record in the 13-14 age group in the 1650 free with a time of 15:05.

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touched in 14 years. Bravo! ***** Advertiser alert. Start thinking about your ad for The Rockaway Times Summer & Community Guide, the one can’t miss publication of the year. The summer magazine comes out the Thursday before Memorial Day. Ad deadlines will be in early May. Thanks for your support and participation! ***** Our Broad Channel insider, Dan Guarino, tells us this Saturday, March 26, is the 30th anniversary of line of duty death of 100th Precinct Police Officer Joseph T. Alcamo. He was killed while responding to a call when his partner lost control of the squad car which then hit a utility pole. There is a plaque commemorating him across from the precinct. There will be a memorial Mass for him at 11 a.m. on Saturday, at St. Camillus. And Dan also reminds readers that there is a mailbox, donated by the late Lew Simon, to drop retired flags at the American Legion in Broad Channel.

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Last Week In History MARCH 17 Michael Becker was born.

This Week in History

stop around the world.

2003 - Ground troops entered Iraq and a second round of air strikes against Baghdad was launched.

1762 - The first St. Patrick's Day parade was held in New York City.

2003 - President Bush delivered an ultima- MARCH 21 tum to Saddam Hussein: leave Iraq within Gee Linares was born.

Eddie Carroll was born.

48 hours or face an attack.

MARCH 18 Lou Pastina was born.

Patty Magoolaghan was born.

Kristine Halligan Greene was born 1965 - Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov made the first spacewalk.

2004 - A small asteroid made the closest approach to Earth ever recorded, only about 26,500 miles away.

MARCH 19 Stacey Pheffer Amato was born.

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1963 - Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco Bay, a harsh maximum security jail which once housed gangster Al Capone, closed.

1965 - Martin Luther King, Jr., led the start of a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.

MARCH 22 Ray Corrigan was born.

Siobhan Fitzgerald was born.

Shannon McFadden was born.

Mary Ellen Connolly.

Virginia Connolly was born.

1931 - Nevada state legislature legalized 1765 - The Stamp Act was enacted on the gambling.

American colonies by Britain.

1953 - The Academy Awards were first teleMARCH 23 vised.

Theresa Lanzon was born.

MARCH 20 Robin Shapiro was born.

Casey Brouder was born.

Robert Intelisano was born.

1775 - Patrick Henry declared "Give me liberty, or give me death."

1999 - Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones be- 1806 - Lewis and Clark began their return came the first to fly a hot-air balloon non- journey east.

MARCH 24 Tara Stackpole was born.

Jeffrey Williams-Maisonet was born.

was invalid, a ruling that later would be reversed in an appeal.

1884 - The first long-distance telephone call was made, between Boston and New York.

1958- Rock 'n' roll star Elvis Presley joined the U.S. army for two years.

MARCH 28 1989 - In one of worst oil spills in recent his- Yarden Flatow was born. tory, the tanker, Exxon Valdez, ran aground 1939 - The Spanish Civil War ended. and released 240,000 barrels of oil into Prince William Sound.

MARCH 29 Grace Leahy was born.

MARCH 25 Davina Grincevicius was born.

1634 - Maryland was founded by settlers Chris Howard was born. sent by the late Lord Baltimore.

1973 - The last U.S. troops left South VietMARCH 26 nam.

Chris Owens was born.

1999- The Dow Jones industrial average Kelly Byrnes was born. closed above 10,000 for the first time, at Michael Valentino was born.

10,006.78.

1827 - Composer Ludwig van Beethoven died at age 56 in Vienna, Austria.

1945 - The battle of Iwo Jima ended; about 22,000 Japanese troops were killed or captured in the fighting and more than 4,500 U.S. troops were killed.

2000 - Vladimir Putin was elected president of Russia.

MARCH 30 Patrick Brady was born. The earth stood still.

Adriana Greco was born.

Andy Lauro was born.

1842-Anesthesia was used for the first time in an operation.

1964-The game show Jeopardy debuted on MARCH 27 television.

Jim Rogers was born.

1981- President Ronald Reagan was shot 2001- A federal judge ruled that the Univer- in the chest by John Hinckley as he left a sity of Michigan’s affirmative action policy Washington hotel.

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THE KNIGHTS TO CELEBRATE ITS 94TH ANNUAL MASS AND COMMUNION BREAKFAST After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the tradition continues as Msgr. William F. BurkeRockaway Council Knights of Columbus #2672 and Sister Columbiettes will hold their 94th Annual Communion Breakfast and Mass on Sunday, April 3.

Msgr. Richard J. Ahlemeyer, pastor of St. Camillus/St. Virgilius Parish, who also serves as the Columbiettes chaplain and associate Chaplain of the Knights will celebrate Mass at 10 a.m. at St. Virgilius Church (15 Noel Road) in Broad Channel. Immediately following Mass, a buffet breakfast will be served at 11 a.m. at the council which is located at 333 Beach 90th Street.

The Council’s Chaplain, Fr. James Devine along with Grand Knight Russ Hauk and Columbiette President Doreen Raftery extends an invitation for all to attend this year’s celebration and help us keep the tradition going! Nominally priced tickets are available at the council

or reservations can be made by contacting the Knights at 718634-3699.

The guest speaker will be our newly elected city council member Joann Ariola. Joann has already proven to be a strong advocate for both the Rockaway and Broad Channel Communities.

Each year the Knights recognizes a local Organization for their contributions to our community. Breakfast chairman DGK Mike Keller is pleased to announce that this year two organizations will receive the Community Service Award due to the covid pause.

Jack Allen, President of the Broad Channel Athletic Club will be on hand to accept the community service award. The BCAC has been serving the youth of Broad Channel and the Rockway Peninsula for over 60 years and is currently the largest youth sports program in Queens. Many locals have fond memories of

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their days playing for the BCAC. Mark Edwards, President of the Ancient Order of Hibernians division 21, will also be in attendance to accept a service award.

Founded in 1836, the AOH is America’s oldest Irish Catholic Fraternal Organization. Division 21 has been an integral part of our community for many years.

Through their efforts along with their sponsorship of the annual Irish Fair, Division 21 has raised and distributed tens of thousands of dollars to local churches-sports programs-and the St. Camillus Special Olympics to name a few.

Keeping with tradition, The Knights and Columbiettes will also present awards to the following members for their loyal and dedicated service to the Church and Council.

Mary Kelly, Columbiette of the Year 2020; Donna Moran, Columbiette of the Year 2021; George Brennan, Knight of the Year 2020; Owen Loof, Knight

of the Year 2021; Sean Golliver, 2672 Club, Man of the Year 2020; 2672 Club Volunteers; 2672 Men of the Year 2021 The Rockaway Council Knights of Columbus was founded in 1928 and has been serving the Rockaway Community since its inception. With 772 members, the council is one of the largest and most active councils in the New York area. The Rockaway Knights welcomes all community groups and civic organizations to continue to use its venue to meet in a safe and hospitable place. The Council looks forward to serving our community for many more years to come.

The Knights of Columbus is the largest Catholic fraternal service organization in the world. It was founded by Father Michael J. McGivney in New Haven Connecticut in 1882 to assist widows and children of the immigrant Catholic community. There are over 1.8 million members worldwide.

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the people of Ukraine. The blue May its symbolism become a realand yellow ribbons also feature ity today for Ukraine, and for the For one month, we have a sunflower, Ukraine's nation- world. Slava Ukraini! watched the devastation of the al flower and a symbol of peace.

Photos by Kathy Lord Nicolosi war in Ukraine. Inspired by Mary Windels's piece in the March 10, 2022 issue of The Rockaway Times and in the spirit of wanting to do more, neighbors on the 300 block of Beach 146th Street gathered together on Sunday, March 20, 2022 to hang ribbons in front of their homes to show their support of

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O’Connor Funeral Home—Under New Ownership— But in Familiar Hands

Vincenzo Davi and Robert Potter in front of portraits of Denis and Harry O'Connor.

By Katie McFadden

For more than a century, Denis S. O’Connor Funeral Home has been the central source on the peninsula for families to turn to during one of the most trying times of their lives—the death of a loved one. The local funeral home that provides dignified postmortem services has prided itself on being family owned and operated since its beginnings. After 103 years, upon the retirement of longtime owner Vincent O’Connor, Denis S. O’Connor Funeral Home has changed ownership, but it is still in good hands. As of December, longtime funeral directors Vincenzo Davi and Robert W. Potter Jr. have taken over the business.

Denis S. O’Connor Funeral Home was started by its namesake in 1918. Denis O’Connor was originally a sexton for St. Rose of Lima Church when he got into the funeral business. O’Connor originally conducted business on Beach 84th Street near the church. After his own passing in 1943, the family business continued under his sons, Harry and Sylvester. In the 1960s, Harry and Sylvester moved the business to its current location on Beach 91st Street, where thou-

sands upon thousands of people have since passed through its doors to pay respects to lost loved ones. After returning from Vietnam in the late ‘60s, Harry’s son, Vincent, started to become more involved in the business. When his father died in 1994, Vincent started running the business with his Uncle Sylvester until Sylvester died in 2008, and Vincent became full owner. However, he never did it alone.

In 1998, Vincent hired funeral director Vincenzo Davi. Davi, of Franklin Square, became interested in mortuary science in high school after knowing someone in the field. That person got him a job answering phones at a funeral home, the owner of which told him he’d make a good funeral director.

From there, Davi went to mortuary school, completed his residency and it flourished into a full career at O’Connor Funeral Home.

In 2003, Robert W. Potter Jr., now a resident of Long Beach, was fresh out of graduating from Beach Channel High School, when a friend asked if he could cover a shift working the parking lot at the funeral home. Studying oceanography in college, mortuary science was not on Potter’s radar but from working the parking lot, Potter began dabbling in other roles at the funeral home from pallbearer to office work and maintenance.

“People watched me grow up here,” Potter said. Potter decided to stick with it, going on to mortuary school and doing his residency under O’Connor in 2007, earning his license in 2008.

Under Vincent O’Connor’s guidance, Davi and Potter gained all the firsthand experience they needed.

As funeral directors, they are involved in every step of the process, from retrieving people’s deceased loved ones from homes and hospitals to embalming and reconstruction, meeting with families, making funeral arrangements, office work, planning and conducting wakes and memorial services, taking families from the funeral home

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The original O'Connor Funeral Home on Beach 84th Street.

to churches, from churches to cemeteries and following through with the family during every step of the heartbreaking process, while showing compassion the entire way.

In addition to their secretary, Clare Ryan, their assistant, Josh Rivera, and casual local staff that help during wakes and funerals, Davi and Potter handle most matters themselves. With Davi’s more than 23 years of experience with O’Connor and Potter’s 19 years, they’ve become familiar faces to those they’ve helped get through some of the worst times in their lives. Davi alone estimates he’s provided services for more than 4,500 people in his time there.

After seeing the work of Davi and Potter under his guidance, Vincent O’Connor knew he could entrust them. They had become part of the family. “This place has always been family-run by the O’Connor family, but that’s also how they treated their employees—like family,” Davi said. “We learned from them and all those years, they were good to us.”

As he was getting older, Vincent

O’Connor began coming up with a succession plan for O’Connor Funeral Home’s future. In 2011, O’Connor approached Davi and Potter and asked if they would be interested in buying into the business. They agreed. “We were buying small percentages over the last 10 years so it would lighten the burden,” Davi explained. “It was a well thought out plan.” When 80-year-old Vincent was ready to retire in 2021, after a more than 50year career, he sold the business to Davi and Potter. “He wouldn’t have just chosen anyone. Since we’ve been here, he’s been analyzing us to make sure we’d be able to continue his family’s name and work,” Potter said. “It was very important that it stay family operated. But even though we’re not in his family, people know us in Rockaway and Rockaway is tightknit,” Davi said.

Since the change of ownership in December, those who’ve utilized O’Connor’s in recent months may have noticed nothing has changed.

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it that way. “Nothing is changing.

We plan on keeping everything exactly the same, so there’s no feel of any change,” Potter said.

“Everything we learned, we learned from Mr. O’Connor,” Davi added.

That’s why they say the O’Connor name is here to stay. “We’ll never change the name,” Davi said.

Exemplary of their experience are times when Rockaway faced drastic, sudden change, in which Davi and Potter had to step out of the bounds of what’s normal within the funeral business. Davi and Potter have been there through some of O’Connor’s most challenging times. Davi was there at a time when Rockaway lost more than 70 neighbors on 9/11. “For years we were servicing 9/11 families—until 2005 at least because of the nature of the recovery. We probably did fifty 9/11 services,” Davi said.

Two months later, Davi was there when O’Connor’s provided services for those who were killed on the

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In 2012 and 2013, Davi and Potter were faced with the unique challenge of providing funeral services, without a usable funeral home.

When Hurricane Sandy hit in 2012, O’Connor’s was not spared. Facing three feet of water damage on the first floor, the funeral home required major repairs. And despite not having the space to provide their usual wakes and memorial services, Rockaway still turned to them. At the time, Davi and Potter helped families hold services in chapels, funeral homes and even people’s homes in places like Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island and even as far as New Jersey.

“Me and Rob pretty much handled all of them at that time as Mr. O’Connor was very involved in trying to get this place back,” Davi said. Simultaneously, Potter, who was still living in Rockaway at the time, was also dealing with water damage in his home. They operated under these unique, challenging circumstances for six months until O’Connor’s reopened in May

2013, but they never stopped being there for the families of Rockaway.

Most recently, Davi and Potter were faced with unimaginable circumstances with the Covid pandemic. Even while funeral homes were limited in how many people they could allow, O’Connor’s never closed. After all, it was a time when their services were needed more than ever. Davi and Potter did what work they could from home, but they were always just a phone call away when families needed them to show up. “When people’s loved ones passed away, we still had to prepare them to be buried or to be brought to crematories which were backed up for two months and some cemeteries were backed up for a month and a half. It was a really depressing time,” Potter said. But mostly, they felt for the families that had loved ones pass during that time. “It was tough on families,” Davi said. “Especially in Rockaway. Rockaway is very traditional, and you take away the wake factor, hospital visits, the ability to use churches, they weren’t having wakes and some cem-

eteries weren’t allowing families to go to the burials, it made it very difficult,” Potter said. “There is this huge human element involved and at that point we didn’t realize the severity of it. We just knew we had to continue to serve the families who needed us at that time.”

Thankfully, with the worst of the pandemic behind us, things are mostly back to normal. And as the new owners, Davi and Potter hope families find comfort in knowing that they intend to keep things as normal as possible and meet the same expectations that O’Connor Funeral Home has provided for more than 100 years.

“We just want people to know that we appreciate them entrusting their loved ones with us and we’ll continue to do so and perform those serves that honor their loved ones,” Potter said.

Denis S. O’Connor Funeral Home is located at 91-05 Beach Channel Drive. For more information about Denis S. O’Connor Funeral Home and their services, call 718-634-4011 or visit www.denissoconnor.com

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Ferry Riders Become Victims of Window Smashings—Again

By Katie McFadden

At the end of January, we reported on an incident about vehicle windows being smashed around the ferry landing. Two months later, it’s still happening. In the latest incident on the morning of Monday, March 21, nearly 10 cars had their windows smashed sometime before the 6:15 a.m. ferry arrived.

Early Monday morning, a reader named Billy Murphy, whose windows were smashed in January, alerted us to the most recent incident. “I was so disappointed when I arrived to take the 6:15 a.m. ferry to work today. The exact same incident and it had just happened before I arrived because a lady said she saw a man with a yellow hoodie running off towards the hotel direction after seeing him break a car window. I walked up and down the street, only to see at least 10 car windows smashed,” he said in an email.

The Rockaway Times reported to the ferry landing and witnessed at least six cars on the north side (the

ferry side) of Beach Channel Drive, with one passenger-side window each completely smashed, and at least one vehicle on the south side, plus broken glass in front of empty parking spots. We posted the photos to social media. Unfortunately, a few of the owners knew this issue all too well. At least one had just replaced their windows after the incident in January to the tune of $500.

This time, Murphy wasn’t one of the ones whose car was hit, but after moving his car three times on Monday morning, away from the cars with broken windows, he spent his workday feeling uneasy. “I was nervous all day at work hoping my vehicle would not be damaged for a second time,” he said.

The general response on social media to seeing a repeat of this incident was understandably angry.

Some suggested cameras be put up in the area or the NYPD post regular patrols there to serve as a deterrent.

One local said he was allegedly told by police to just leave his windows open when parking near the ferry, so they couldn’t be broken. Others said if they came across the suspect, they would take matters into their own hands.

This incident is something police have been monitoring in the past few months as these incidents keep happening around the ferry and along Rockaway Beach Boulevard near the Rockaway Hotel. At the last Community Board 14 meeting in early March, Deputy Inspector Carlos Fabara told attendees that an arrest had been made in connection to this incident. The activ-

ity seemingly slowed down after that until the nearly 10 cars were hit on Monday.

After bringing awareness to this incident, Officer Victor Boamah, a Community Affairs officer for the 100th Precinct, contacted The Rockaway Times for more detail, including the approximate time when these incidents were occurring. At the time, Officer Boamah said the precinct had not received any reports about the incidents, likely because the vehicle owners were at work and had not yet seen the damage. He reminded people to call 911 and file a report upon returning to their cars, so the precinct has an official record of such incidents. He spoke of the recent arrest in this incident and said the 100th Precinct believes there is more than one suspect carrying out these activities. In the meantime, Officer Boamah said they would watch closely and would have patrols in the area starting at 5 a.m. “We will stay on top of this,” he said.

On Tuesday, an NYPD patrol ve-

hicle was spotted in the vicinity of Beach 108th, patrolling from Rockaway Beach Boulevard to Beach Channel Drive with lights flashing.

The 100th Precinct also posted a vehicle right by the ferry landing and shared a photo to their social media accounts with the message, “We are aware of and are actively investigating the window-smashing incidents in the area of the Rockaway Ferry terminal. Expect to see an increased police presence in the area.

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Heaven's a little closer in a house by the Sea

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OPEN HOUSE Sunday, March 27th • 1:30pm-3:00pm • 327 Beach 149th Street, Neponsit

Neponsit Beautifully renovated all brick ranch style home on 45x100 property lot. This home is truly Turn Key!! With 17 foot vaulted ceilings huge ledge stone gas fireplace large livingroom formal dining room EIK/w all stainless steel appliances one large white carrera marble bathroom. Trek decking around entire house one car garage/studio apt pvt driveway secluded backyard Great Home. Must see!!!! $999,999K

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Tenants apt is a three bedroom with two full baths, dining room, EIK, terrace.

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BELLE HARBOR APT

Immediate Occupancy, Three bedroom apt, two full bathrooms, Dining room, living room, EIK, terrace, parking available. $2,900 per/mo.

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Arverne Steps from the Beach!

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Arverne Legal 2 Family!

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Rockaway Beach Duplex 3 BR, 2 Bath, $625,000

Rockaway Beach Condo 1 BR, Terrace & Parking, $309,000

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THE CASHEFFECTS BUYER SUMMER ByCash Robin buyers Shapiro are scarce and of time, effort, and perhaps some should be CHERISHED. Compa- legal costs. rable (“comps”) Occasionally, some buyers are The sales summer seasondon’t has affect mixed eff ects on the Rockaway real their deal because there isn’t any “almost” cash buyers. They have estate market. On the one hand, we are a beachfront community bank appraisal – no mortgage is well above the usual 20% down and the draw of thebuyer summer activities does In bring people here needed!

The cash avoids payment. such instances for: beaches, swimming, cycling, running, surfi ng, organized the roadblocks which afflict many when the house doesn’t comp teams for kidswhen and adults (although pandemic transactions the house out, the it may not be may a big crimp issue – some of these this year; thankfully the “end” is in sight).

On theto doesn’t “comp out.” In such cas- although it has been known other sellers aare reluctant to sell Most during the sumes, thehand, buyersome can’t obtain large be a factor. people know mer because they enjoy the aforementioned activities and don’t enough mortgage to complete the that the banks are very conservwant to give This themmay up so fast! transaction. necessitate ative in their mortgage lending. a It renegotiation of the contract When a house out can be harder to sell real to estate during the doesn’t summercomp due to a lower price.

Alternatively, thealike. the Summer buyers can “take can it with vacations by buyers and sellers activities also a buyer has to findinstead additional fund- grain of to salt.”

However, betoccupy people of allowing them focus on the it’s home ing. process.

Sometimes the deal blows up ter to do a deal with a CASH sale with penalty to either the buyBUYER if our at all Call Theno spring season has been generally good–for realpossible. estate marer or the seller – except for the loss me.

Love, Robin. ket. There has been action across the board in all price categories

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Forgiveness

Once upon a time there was a woman named, Ruth Wachner Pagirsky. She died on March 15, 2022 and was the most courageous and compassionate woman I have ever met. Truly, I feel honored to have met such a radiant being. Ruth was a Holocaust survivor who lost her entire family in the Holocaust.

She leaves behind the most loving, dedicated family who cared for her daily and prayed with her as she left this earth to reunite with her mom, dad and brother. Ruth wrote a memoir on her life, telling the

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story of the horrors she witnessed and somehow was able to have forgiveness in her heart. She is a hero and role model to us all.

“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference, living one day at time; enjoying one moment at a time; taking this world as it is and not as I would have it; trusting that You will make things right if I surrender to Your grace.”

What a powerful and helpful

prayer during these very difficult moments. When times get tough, it is through the intention of prayer that lifts our hearts and perhaps gives us hope and inspiration to find our ground. We cannot control things that are happening and are desperately grasping for the wisdom to know what can we do to change world?

What is the right thing to do? This is my question each day when I wake up in a warm, safe home and know there are so many people in a completely different place.

Personally, I believe we are being called on to help the underdog, support and do whatever is in our power to bring forth peace and light. My heart tells me only love will cure our broken world.

Fortitude and strength within our minds and bodies are necessary to help recover. We need one another as the world begins to rebuild and support those who have been left with nothing. I think of Ruth who went through the horrors of World War II and was able to create a life worth living in America. So much trauma

and grief yet by the Grace of God she survived to tell her story and raise three beautiful successful children who showered her with grandchildren and great grandchildren. She would say to her children, what a wonderful life I have here. She never forgot her past but would choose to live with gratitude and a positive attitude.

Her Dad’s last words to her, “You my child, you shall live, you shall live to tell it all. “ Trust in the power of prayer and wisdom. Do not let anyone take your joy away. Your spirit can never be taken away. Remember to pause, remember to pray, remember to never forget but find forgiveness. I believe in the power of prayer. Let us not give in to our fears and doubts but rather stand strong and continue to the fight.

“Today I bear witness to the agony of the world, praying to be used as a healing force. Let me not forget today the needless suffering of so many. I do not dwell on the suffering, but I bear witness with a compassionate heart.” - Marianne Williamson

Pet Parade to Take Place on May 14 Get your pups ready to strut their stuff at the first ever Rockaway Pet Parade. Hosted by The Pet Lady, Dana Humphrey, an afternoon of fun and fur awaits you at the beach! The parade starts at noon on Saturday, May 14that Beach 108th Street and the boardwalk (near the grass by the hockey rink). Dogs are recommended to arrive by 11 a.m. to get checked in and get their parade number. The parade route ends at Beach 92nd Street and the boardwalk for the After Paw-ty!

At the After Paw-ty, prizes will be presented to the winning dogs in the categories of Overall Best Dressed, Most Energetic Dog, Best Trick/ Most Obedient Dog, Funniest Dog, and Best Matching. Judges for the categories will be En-

chantress Shane and her dog Cooper, Claire Van Winkle and her Cat PHU, and in honor of his beloved Demi and Patches, Jerry Rea will be judging in spirit of his doggies that have passed on.

This family friendly event welcomes everyone! If you love dogs but don't have one, you are invited to come and watch the parade and cheer on your favorite pups for free! All pups must make sure their humans are leashed. The $5 entry fee will go to benefit the charity partner Yorkie911 Rescue, Inc https ://www.yorkie911rescue. com.

For more information on Pups on Parade and to purchase tickets, please go to https:// www.eventable.nyc/products/ pups-on-parade.

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By Lou Pastina

A Life

It’s funny how we meet people in our lives. Most of our close friends we meet in grammar school or on our block as neighbors. The randomness of the alphabet seats us near someone and we strike up a conversation that first day and then 50 years later we look back

and we are still friends. Some folks come along later in life though, either through a job, or maybe because of a common hobby, or sometimes through our kids, as we shepherd them through life, we meet the parents of their friends. I have been blessed to have enjoyed each type of friendship, and in some cases, the friends I have

Facts You Probably Don’t Need  Bank robber John Dillinger played professional base-  Baby porcupines are known as porcupettes. ball.  Frosted Pop Tarts have few-  In 2009, a new black spot about the size of the Pacific er calories than unfrosted Ocean appeared in Jupiones. ter's southern hemisphere.  The aurora australis is the southern version of the  The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds. aurora borealis. Tasmania, New Zealand, and Antarctica are a few of the best  The word 'set' has more definitions than any other places to scope out the word in the English lanSouthern Lights from land. guage.  According to an old English Facts from Sean McVeigh, time unit, one moment was factologist.

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made later in life have been some of my dearest and most appreciated.

Most times the friends are around the same age and have the same shared experiences.

But there comes a time when you meet someone who may not be the same age, might be much older, from a different place altogether, and someone who you know if the age difference wasn’t there, you would have been very good friends.

A few years back, when my oldest daughter was into basketball and played the summer classics in the schoolyard, I had the opportunity to coach her, and in doing so got to meet some of the other fathers in the neighborhood.

We became friends as the girls advanced into AAU and High School ball. But one of the fathers, was a grandfather. I didn’t know him, but his name was familiar and then I realized I knew his son. We had gone to the same high school and overlapped slightly in years. What I didn’t know was that his father also went to the same high school, and in fact was the first all-city football player from St. Francis Prep, decades before I stepped into the school on North 6th Street.

I always enjoyed coaching against him because he had a sense of fairness about him, he never berated the kids, was a good coach, and was always affable. We would chat before and after the games and I learned a little about him, stuff that really made an impression on me.

The biggest thing being that he had grown up in an orphanage.

I never met anyone who had and was so taken that this man who didn’t have a family growing up, was surrounded by his son and granddaughter, and family.

When I started writing for this paper many years ago, his son told me his dad enjoyed reading the articles. I got a kick out of that because I didn’t know anyone besides my dad who did, and my dad really liked telling me that some of my work

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Richard Raaf was a “little weak.” So, the fact that I had two senior citizens as fans made it worthwhile. Except that sometimes I would get writer’s block and miss weeks, sometimes months at a time. And inevitably I would hear from the son that his dad wanted to know whether I was on vacation again. One thing about Prepsters, they have a good sense of humor.

I recently got an alumni email informing of the passing of Mr. Richard Raaf. I was heartbroken to hear that news, as my dad had passed last year, and now my two most loyal readers were gone. In extending condolences to his son, also Richard, I learned even more that I hadn’t known. That his dad was a Marine, which made sense.

That through his football playing at St. Vincent’s, he was able to attend St. Francis Prep and play football. That he had been stationed in Hawaii during the Korean War and had been married there to his sweetheart from Rockaway, Mary. That he had raised a family, had a successful life, touched many lives through coaching, all coming from such a humble background. I realized why I was taken by this man many years ago as a coach. It was because he was special, and that type of human being only comes along so often. I was lucky to have known him, and I will miss his good humor. Godspeed Mr. Raaf.

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Spotted: Number One Customer

Long time Rockawayans will recall Martin’s Corner on Beach 98th Street across from Rockaway Playland. Maybe Martin’s is no longer there because Bob Martin is too busy enjoying himself in Costa Rica. We don’t know what was on the menu at Martin’s Corner but Bob, pictured here with Sonia, tells us he’s found the best mahi-mahi tacos in Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica. Our Spanish is a little rusty but we can clearly read The Rockaway Times on his tee shirt.

If we have an absolute Number One customer for our Rockaway apparel it’s Arthur Conner who is spotted rocking a rare, no longer in production, Rockaway Times cap. Arthur has dressed at least 18 grandchildren with various Rockaway Times tee-shirts (we think several times!) and we can’t wait ‘til the group photo is taken. Keep on rockin’ Arthur!

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16, Rockaway Track Club is hosting a spring half marathon and 5K. Check in at Cuisine by Claudette (143 Beach 116th Street) starting at 8 a.m. The runs begin at 9:30 a.m. on the boardwalk. Medals, t-shirts and smoothies for all participants. Pre-regFree Kids Surf Lessons On Saturdays starting April 2, ister at: www.rockawaytc.org/ from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., join Lou Fitness Class at Rise Harris on Beach 109th for free surfOn Mondays at 11 a.m., join Ann ing lessons for kids and teens ages 4 to 16. Register online at: https:// Fosteris for a free fitness class at RISE (58-03 Rockaway Beach Blvd). bsarockaway.org/ All levels welcome. Masks required.

Community Cleanup Thursday Chair Yoga On Sunday, April 3 at 10 a.m., On Thursdays at 10:30 a.m., cerjoin Rock Lean n Clean under the bridge by Beach Channel High tified yoga instructor Ruth Graves School for a cleanup. Gloves and is offering a free chair yoga class at bags provided. Community ser- RISE (58-03 Rockaway Beach Blvd. vice hours available. For more info, All are welcome! From beginners to follow @Rockleannclean on Insta- seasoned practitioners. gram.

Got events? Send an email to kaSpring Half Marathon or 5K tie@rockawaytimes.com with deSave the date. On Saturday, April tails for consideration to be listed. munity Council will holds its next meeting on Zoom. Hear updates from the precinct and address concerns. For Zoom acces info, email vp100pctcc@gmail.com

Commu nity Cleanup On Saturday, March 26 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., join the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy and Surfrider Foundation - NYC Chapter for a cleanup at Rockaway Community Park (Almeda Ave. and Beach 58th St) and help remove debris from this important shoreline! Gloves, bags, tools will be provided. Questions? Email info@jbrpc.org.

about what to do if you see a sick, injured or deceased seal, sea turtle, dolphin or whale on a beach in your neighborhood. Masks required. To register, visit www.riserockaway.org/rise/events/

National Park Service History What do our national parks mean to us? On Saturday, March 26 at 1 p.m., head to the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and join a ranger to explore the history and Marine Wildlife First mission of the National Park SerResponder Training On Saturday, March 26 from 11 vice. a.m. to 1 p.m., head to the RISE Center (58-03 Rockaway Beach 100th Precinct Community Council Blvd) to join the Atlantic Marine On Wednesday, March 30 at 7 Conservation Society for hands-on First Responder Training! Learn p.m., the 100th Precicnt ComHOT & FRESH MAKES US BEST! CALL AHEAD FOR FAST TAKE OUT HO

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LEGAL NOTICES Valletech, LLC Articles of Org. filed with NY Sec. of State (SSNY) on 1/25/22.

Office in Queens Co. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 3421 78TH ST APT 2H, JACKSON HTS, NY 11372. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of MAX FINKELSTEIN, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/03/22. Office location: Queens County. LLC formed in Delaware on 06/06/20. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. Delaware addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 3, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

POD.DRALAND LLC Articles of Org. filed with NY Sec. of State (SSNY) on 11/4/2021. Office in Queens Co. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 6060 Myrtle Avenue, Ste 863589, Ridgewood, New York 11386. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of 2 Amazing Traders LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 10/11/21. Office located in Queens. SSNY has been designated for service of process.

SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to 1815 215 Street, 10E Bayside, NY 11360. Purpose: any lawful purpose CANNABIS GARDEN CLUB, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/21/22. Office: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 108-59 39th Avenue, Corona, NY 11368. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

147 JJR REALTY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/15/22. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 132-19 34th Ave, Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Capital Advisors NY LLC Articles of Org. filed with NY Sec. of State (SSNY) on 01/04/2022. Office in Queens Co. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC, 121-01 153rd Street, Jamaica, NY 11434. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

522 STATE STREET MH LLC. Filed 2/10/2022. Office: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 116-55 QUEENS BLVD, FOREST HILLS, NY 11375 . Purpose: General.

3410 REALTY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/28/22. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 80-19 263rd Street, Floral Park, NY 11004. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Two Quarters LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/25/2022. Office location: Queens, NY. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Two Quarters LLC, 114-04 Beach Channel Drive, Rockaway Park, NY 11694. Any lawful purpose.

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St. John’s Episcopal Hospital has appointed Hermelina (Lin) Zabala, MSN, RN, FNP, to the role of Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer.

In her new role, Ms. Zabala will ensure the high quality of nursing services, use strategic planning to balance efficient and optimal patient care, create and maintain standards of care, and monitor the progress of quality initiatives.

Prior to her most recent role of Assistant Vice President of Quality Assurance and Nursing Operations, Ms. Zabala has held various roles since joining St. John’s in 1988 including Staff Nurse, Nurse Educator, Nurse Manager, and Associate Director of Nursing.

Dr. Christopher J. Parker RN, NEA-BC, CHCQM, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer said, “Lin is an extremely competent leader, and I am sure that she will significantly contribute to the success of St. John’s and the health of our patients. She is a natural leader who inspires others through positive interaction and the tireless example she sets with her own work ethic.”

After receiving a St. John’s recruitment brochure in her native country of the Philippines, Ms. Zabala began her career at St. John’s in 1988. She left her family and friends to take a chance at establishing a life in the United States. Upon her arrival, the hospital arranged for Ms. Zabala to live with a family in the Rockaways for six months while she adjusted to her new life and role at St. John’s.

“Throughout the 30 years that I’ve spent at St. John’s, I had the good fortune of having excellent mentors including former Chief Nursing Officer, Gwen Pinckney, and our Chief Operating Officer/ Former Chief Nursing Officer, Dr. Christopher Parker,” Ms. Zabala said. “I will never forget how nicely I was embraced by the Rockaway community when I came to the US without my family and friends. I feel as though I owe this community a great deal, and this is what continues to motivate me to help those in need.

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Multiple Myeloma - MM

Ask the DOC

By Peter Galvin, MD

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a cancer of plasma cells, which are white blood cells that are found in the bone marrow. Typically, MM begins as a monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS).

This is a precancerous condition in which asymptomatic people have an antibody or pieces of an antibody called a monoclonal protein (M protein) in their blood. In the U.S., MGUS is estimated to affect 3% to 5% of people aged 65 years and older, and it progresses to MM at a rate of 1% to 2% per year. In MM, the proliferation and growth of plasma cells interferes with the production of other cells in the marrow, which can cause anemia. Anemia can cause fatigue, which is one of the most common early symptoms of

MM. The growth of abnormal plasma cells in the marrow can also damage the surrounding bone, causing painful lytic lesions which can be seen on X ray. These lytic lesions weaken the bones, causing bone fractures, usually termed pathological fractures. The breakdown of bones can raise blood calcium levels (hypercalcemia), and the accumulation of M proteins in the blood can cause kidney damage.

MM is diagnosed in about 35,000 people per year in the U.S., or 588,000 people worldwide. MM commonly affects older adults (median age at diagnosis is 69 years) and is twice as common in Black versus White people. The cause is unknown, but some risk factors include male sex, obesity, and dioxin/Agent Orange exposure. Blood tests can detect the presence of M proteins,

and urine tests can also detect it (Bence Jones proteins).

A bone marrow biopsy, usually from the hip, is recommended for all patients in whom MM is suspected. Additional genetic and molecular testing can help predict response to treatment and estimate survival time. Imaging studies such as MRI, CT, and PET scans are often used to evaluate bone damage caused

by MM and look for plasma cell tumors (plasmacytomas) outside of the bone marrow.

Treatment of MM has been greatly improved over what was available even five to 10 years ago. First line therapy in the US for newly diagnosed MM includes a combination of an immunomodulatory drug (lenalidomide), proteasome inhibitor (like bortezomib), corticosteroids (like dexamethasone), and/or a monoclonal antibody (daratumumab). Au-

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tologous stem cell transplantation, which involves removing stem cells from a patient, giving chemotherapy, then returning the stem cells to the patient, is an option for some patients.

After intensive therapy, most patients with MM take low-dose chemotherapy to keep the disease controlled (in remission) and to prolong survival. While MM is not currently curable, treatment may extend survival for many years. Recently, an analysis of 1,000 patients with MM treated with one recommended combination of lenalidomide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone showed a median overall survival of about 10.5 years.

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Life With Our

“Artistic” Child

By Kami-Leigh Agard

WHY EMPOWERMENT TO INDEPENDENCE IS NEEDED When individuals on the autism spectrum turn 21, the age at which people with disabilities are no longer entitled to a free public education under federal law— they face a juncture often called the “services cliff.” However, one young Belle Harbor woman is determined to change that around by transforming that cliff into a spring board for adult autistics towards empowering opportunities for independence.

Vanessa Ramos is a certified autism specialist, life coach, and neurolinguistic programming practitioner, who works primarily with young adults on the autism spectrum. Her own juncture into investing her life’s vocation into the field was inspired by her younger cousin (by two years), who has nonverbal autism. Also, while in university she befriended a student who had intellectual delays, and his mother was so impressed with Ramos’ influence on her son that she hired her to be his caregiver.

Ramos said that she was both saddened an alarmed by the lack of opportunities available for her adult autistic peers.

“I was baffled by the drop off of support services and opportunities for growth for ASD adults. My aunt runs a nonprofit farm in New Jersey that offers fruitful employment and residence for adults on the spectrum, very different from

can’t it be the same for adults on the autism spectrum? Ramos acknowledges that of course, due to varying functioning levels, it’s going to vary from individual to individual in each area, but the goal should be to capitalize on each individual’s strengths and setting reasonable goals.

“For example, I have a 25-yearold client who I was able to get employed at Trader Joe’s. Within six months of working with her, she went from working one day a week to three days a week, and even got a raise! She initially wanted to work in a preschool setting, but after meeting her, we started working on setting reasonable goals. Not telling that her ultimate goal could not be achieved, but first, she had to get job experience. When I first met her, she was in a low mental space, but one by one, we started to pick apart what was setting her back. From personal relationships, anxiety, low self-esteem about her autism, etc. Her mother recently told me that she doesn’t recognize her daughter today.

She wakes up every morning with

a purpose, a goal and that’s what I do with my clients.”

Ramos predominantly works with clients and businesses in the Long Island area, but she wants to bring her life’s work home. “I am from Rockaway, live in Rockaway, and I wanted to help the adult autistic community here.

That’s my goal—to have a positive impact on their lives in the community they live.”

Join Rockaway Beach Autism Families at our next support group meeting, TODAY—Thursday, March 24, 7p.m. at Knights of Columbus (333 Beach 90th Street). At this month's meeting, ASD Life Coach and Unemployment Specialist Vanessa Ramos lays out the blueprint on how setting up realistic goals can lead to pathways to employment and more independence! All welcome! For more info, visit Rockaway Beach Autism Families on Facebook/Instagram, or email: kami@rockawaybeachautismfamilies.org Also, for more info about Vanessa Ramos and her work, visit: vanessaramos393. wixsite.com.

the typical group home setting.

Inspired by her work, I wanted to have a positive impact on these individuals, who are my friends, lives,” Ramos said.

Here are the startling statistics: About one in every 59 children is diagnosed with autism, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, up from one in every 150 in 2000. About half a million people on the autism spectrum will legally become adults over the next decade.

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ROCKAWAY GOOD TIMES

By Kami-Leigh Agard

500 Bayside Drive, Breezy Point

Spring has officially sprung! Meaning…summer is around the corner, and Rockaway’s entertainment, dining, and arts venues are already heating up, beckoning folks near and far to our shores. So, plan your Rockaway crawl with the #1 guide of things to do in Rockaway—The Rockaway Times’ Good Times page!

See this week’s roundup below!

Saturday, March 26 8 p.m.

Yee-haw! Grab your cowboy boots and hat—‘cause RBQ is hosting a high-octane Country/Honky Tonk Night with Sean Kershaw and the New Jack Ramblers!

97-20 Rockaway Beach Blvd

Friday, March 25 8 p.m.

All aboard! The Belle Harbor Yacht Club’s upstairs lounge beckons merry-making lovers for an unforgettable night of classics with the Rock-A-Wades!

533 Beach 126th Street

Sunday, March 27 2 p.m.

Get off your couch and head to Harbor Light for A Sunday Jamboree Open Mic hosted by local rock stars, the Rock-A-Wades! Whether it’s your instrument or your voice—come strut what you got or support local talent! All welcome! Musicians advised to bring their own instrument.

129-18 Newport Ave

Saturday, March 26 8 p.m.

LIVE MUSIC Don’t miss Sayra’s Wine Bar First Thursday, March 24 Sour Grape’s Stand-Up Comedy 7 p.m.

Show hosted by the hilarious Sekou After a brief hiatus, Ireland’s Cork- Ali and the Joke Dealers. Free! Two born, internationally acclaimed drink minimum. Doors open at 8 p.m. indie folk artist, Niall Connolly’s is 91-11 Rockaway Beach Blvd back at his popular Thursday night concert series at Sayra’s Wine Bar. Saturday, March 26 91-11 Rockaway Beach Blvd 9 p.m.

The Brooklyn Bards never disapThursday, March 24 point! And tonight at Rogers, get 7 p.m. ready to celebrate Celtic pride with Breezy’s all-female powerhouse, the band’s always moving classic The Pointers, ushers in a rockin’, red- and contemporary Irish folk songs. hot lineup at The BayHouse.

Leanúint do chroí to Rogers!

500 Bayside Drive, Breezy Point 203 Beach 116th Street

Friday, March 25 9 p.m.

Oh boy! Guess who’s taking RBQ by storm tonight! None other than Rockaway’s #1 party band, Wine With Sue! 97-20 Rockaway Beach Blvd

Sunday, March 27 4 p.m.

Locals Rule definitely rules the bay in Breezy, and they’re back jamFriday, March 25 min’ in an epic afternoon of your 9 p.m. favorite rock classics. Reservations Head to Rogers for rousing rounds recommended. Call: (347) 926-4926. of the Kerry Kearney Band’s Ameri500 Bayside Drive, Breezy Point can roots and blues lineup! One request! Ask ‘em to perform the “MisSunday, March 27 sissippi River Stomp!”

5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

203 Beach 116th Street Alas, it’s Sunday! But no need to mourn, head to Rogers for a final salute Saturday, March 26 to the weekend with beer and Bair, as 7 p.m. in uplifting music man, Gerald Bair!

Hey y’all! Southern rock and blues 203 Beach 116th Street band, Blackstone, was so good, the folks up in Breezy requested an enSunday, March 27 core! So, grab the chance to experi6:30 p.m. ence the band’s arse-kickin’ lineup!

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Thai Rock with picturesque bay ID pause. For more info, visit: www. views, flavorsome food and soulful avoidtheday.org 99-04A Rockaway Beach Blvd music with Jerry’s Jazz Band.

375 Beach 92nd Street GAMES ONGOING LIVE MUSIC 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month Thirsty Thursdays 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Grab your friends or the entire 5 p.m.

Every Thursday is Noche Mexica- family, and head to Avoid The Day no at Jameson’s! From tacos, tequila Bookstore & Cafe for Board Game and more tasty tidbits, be ready to Nights! The bookstore has games not just feast, but vibe to live música available or you are welcome to bring your own. For more info, visit: Mexicana! www.avoidtheday.org 421 Beach 129th Street 99-04A Rockaway Beach Blvd 7 p.m.

Be seduced by grandmaster magiSPECIAL MENTIONS cian, Adam Cardone’s mind-bending THE ROCKAWAY HOTEL table magic at Whit’s End. Plus, DJ PRESENTS LADIES WHO LUNCH! Combat spins the beats of the street.

Sunday, March 27 97-02 Rockaway Beach Blvd 1 p.m.

Bring your gal pals, (fellas wel7 p.m. to 11 p.m. come too!) for a feast on the vocal Get ready to jam with Rockaway’s stylings of four powerful singers— favorite surf cowboy/musician, Pat- Renee Titus, Catherine Leib, Melody sy, at FamJam with fellow surf musi- Portnoy and Nicole Mangano Benecians, Jesse Katz and Patrick Starr, at detto—as they perform hits from Rockaway Brewing Co. iconic women in music history.

415 Beach 72nd Street Drink specials and full brunch menu available all afternoon. Reservations Slammin’ Saturdays recommended. For reservations, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. visit: www.therockawayhotel.com/ Let Bar Marseille’s dee jay de la happenings/ladies-who-lunch soirée move you to unwind, eat, 108-10 Rockaway Beach Drive drink and dance at French-Mediterranean seaside spot, Bar Marseille.

THE ROCKAWAY HOTEL WINE Indulge in French wines and $1 oys- TASTING & MUSIC AT THE ROOF ters at the bar.

Thursday, March 31 190 Beach 69th Street 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Join Ryan Dorogoff, along with Sensational Sundays the rest of the team from Madison 7 p.m.

Estates Sothebys International Realty Transcend your Monday woes by as they sponsor a wine tasting hostlevitating in pianist/vocalist Phil ed by Cordelia Schrieber, owner of Kadet’s sparkling cabaret at Whit’s Ze Wine bar in Windham Mountain.

End. Schrieber is a sommelier through the 97-02 Rockaway Beach Blvd court of master sommeliers and has won many awards, including "Top 25 ARTS Wine Bars in the Country" according Thursday, March 24 through to “Travel and Leisure” magazine.

Saturday, March 26 Savor the opportunity to taste over Thursday & Friday — 2 p.m. to 8 a dozen wines, participate in high p.m. end giveaways, plus live music from Saturday —1 p.m. to 8 p.m. the talented Evan Kuriga. Admission: Last chance to see the group art $30. For tickets, and more info, visit: show, “ALWAYS ON SUNDAY: Sea www.therockawayhotel.com/hapChanges In and Beyond the Rock- penings/trh-wine-tasting-event aways” at Avoid The Day Bookstore 108-10 Rockaway Beach Drive and Cafe. This work tells the story about a symbiotic Rockaway winGot info on local live music, arts ter swim initiative that connected and more? Email: editor@rockawaylocals with fellow winter swimmers times.com around the world during the COV-

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Holocaust Survivor, Ruth Pagirsky, Tells Her Story

By Katie McFadden

Ruth Wachner Pagirsky, a member of the Temple Beth- El congregation, died March 15, 2022, two months short of her 96th birthday.

In her memory, The Rockaway Times is reprinting an article from May 2017.

In 1933, 8-year-old Ruth Wachner, who was living in Berlin, Germany, experienced anti-Semitism for the first time. “I had a lot of friends from the playground that I went ice skating with and Clara and I were very close. Her mother was very ill and whenever my family was going on an outing, like to the zoo, Clara would come with us. She was Christian, but that didn’t seem to matter. That was until one day, I ran to her house to play and her mother wouldn’t let me in the house. I couldn’t understand why. She said that Clara is now a member of the Hitler youth and she cannot play with Jewish children. That was the first experience I had where someone didn’t like me because I was of a certain religion,” Ruth Wachner Pagirsky, now 91-years-old, recalled as she sat at a table in her Belle Harbor home.

That memory was just the beginning of a harrowing story of how Pagirsky, a Jewish youth, endured World War II, and came out as a survivor of the Holocaust. She was the only one to live out of her close family members. After the war was over and Pagirsky stepped foot in America on June 19, 1946, no one was interested in hearing her story. But it was the last words her father ever said to her that had carried her through horrendous hardships and later led her to sharing her story over and over again.

“You my child shall live, you shall live to tell it all,” Jehoshua Wachner told her, as he kissed her goodbye, before being taken away by German guards in April 1942.

After gaining the courage to tell it, Pagirsky has made it her mission to share her story.

She volunteers at the Museum

of Jewish Heritage, where she shares her story with visitors, makes school visits as a guest speaker, and in 2013, she published “Memoirs,” a written account of her story so that her family would have something to hold onto and a way to let her story live on.

“Memoirs” isn’t an easy read.

It’s even harder hearing Pagirsky share her story in person, as she recalls the horrific details of her past. On May 9, a day after Pagirsky’s 91st birthday and the 72nd anniversary of the end of the Holocaust, she shared her story with The Rockaway Times.

Ruth Wachner was born in Berlin in 1926. Before the war, she had a happy, comfortable childhood with her brother, Benjamin, her mother, or Mutti Regina, and her father, Jehoshua. In the 1930s, as Adolf Hitler became more powerful, the anti-Semitism became more apparent. Being told she couldn’t play with her Christian friend, Clara, was just the beginning.

Her father owned a company that was a large importer of rugs and he would often travel to places like Persia and Turkey for business purposes. It was common for him to send gifts from his travels back to his children.

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Pagirsky specifically remembers the dolls she received from different countries. In 1936, while her father was supposed to be on a business trip, she received a package. “I was so excited, thinking it was a new doll. I opened the box and find my father’s clothing, everything down to his underwear, completely soaked in blood,” she said. The clothes were accompanied with a note that read “Juden Raus”“Jews Get Out.” A few weeks earlier, her father was approached by an employee who demanded that he hand over the rug business to him, simply because he was Jewish. Her father fired the man. Two weeks later, her father was on the way to the train station to go on the business trip, when he was arrested and taken to Camp Dachau, where he was beaten mercilessly. The box of bloody clothing was the first sign that something was wrong.

Shortly after, an SS Man, under Hitler’s rule, came to the family house and told them they had 48 hours to leave Germany. On May 2, 1936, Pagirsky, along with her brother and mother, were put on a train to Poland, where her parent’s family lived, and where the anti-Semitism was even stronger.

Despite the hatred, Pagirsky and her family were able to live a relatively normal life. Her father was released from Dachau and located his family. They lived together in an apartment in Katowice.

Aside from the hardships of war, Pagirsky faced personal struggles as a child who suffered from several illnesses. In August 1939, she became extremely ill with a fever, and became incapacitated. Doctors presumed it was polio or rheumatic fever and gave her two weeks to live.

In September, as bombs rained down around them, living in Katowice became too dangerous. Her father was forced to assist the military because of his ability to drive. Pagirsky and the rest of her family had no choice but to relocate by horse and buggy. They made their way towards Krakow as Pagirsky’s condition worsened. As they came across a Catholic hospital along the way, Pagirsky’s mother pled that they help her ill daughter. A nurse told her, “There is no room for Jewish children.” A Jewish man came cross Pagirsky’s crying mother and offered to let the family stay with him and his wife as Pagirsky recovered. After coming back from Temple one day, the man approached Pagirsky and called her a blessed child. The Catholic hospital near Krakow had been hit by a bomb, leaving several casualties.

After hearing Pagirsky’s story of survival, it seems that the man’s claim of Ruth being blessed, had some truth to it. “That’s what happened throughout my life in the war. There was always somebody who was sent to help me,” Pagirsky said. But it’s hard to believe she came out alive.

Pagirsky and her family eventually made their way to Brzostek, where her grandparents lived. Her grandmother, who was a healer, used natural remedies to nurse Pagirsky back to health, and she overcame her illness, despite being told she Continued on page 43

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wouldn’t make it. The Germans invaded Poland in 1942 and the cavalry took over the town of Brzostek, forcing most Jewish families into a confined part of town, with several families living together in a few homes.

Around Purim 1942, Pagirsky awoke to the sound of bullhorns. Everyone was forced out of bed and told to gather in the town square and get in groups of men and boys, women and young children, and the elderly. The men and boys were told they were needed to work and would return home shortly. Pagirsky watched as her brother, Benjamin, was herded onto a truck. Noticing that he didn’t have a jacket, she ran back to her house to grab it, wrapped it around a loaf of bread, and ran back to the truck to throw it to her brother. He blew her a kiss. In response to her action, an SS Man smashed Pagirsky in the face with the butt of his rifle, causing her to fall and crack her head on a cornerstone, and black out. That was the last time she saw Benno, as she called her brother.

A short time after, as the children were playing, the bullhorn boomed again and the children were told they would be taken to a place to be cared for as their parents would be taken to work in Germany. They started to be loaded onto trucks. Pagirsky watched as her little cousin Jeshiale, held onto his mother, with his arms around her neck, as a German guard pulled him off of her, and smashed his head into her grandfather’s house, killing him instantly.

She watched as Jewish men with beards were rounded up in the town square and forced to have their beard cut off. Her grandfather Bezalel was among them. A guard handed her grandmother a pair of scissors and told her to cut her husband’s beard.

She refused, saying, “enough, no more” and spat in the face of

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THURSDAY, March 24, 2022 the soldier. As Pagirsky’s mother held her tightly, she could hear two gunshots. Both her grandparents were killed right then and there. As bullets rang around them, Pagirsky’s mother told her to run. She ran as far as she could before tripping and falling into a ditch. She passed out due to fear. Pagirsky awoke to a heavy weight above her and clawed her way through the dirt to escape the ditch. The weight on top of her was from corpses.

Pagirsky had recalled her parents telling her to go to a Polish farm outside of town, had they ever been separated. There, she was reunited with her mother.

The Germans came looking for her father, who had also managed to make his way to the farm, but they knew they couldn’t hide him forever. He was valuable since he had a drivers’ license.

When the Germans took 10 hostages in exchange for Pagirsky’s father, he surrendered. Her father had an opportunity to say goodbye, and it was then that he kissed Ruth and whispered the words that carried her through.

She never saw her father again.

Pagirsky, her mother and her cousin, Renie, were forced to leave the farm. After spending some time wandering around a nearby forest, they came across a fenced in area with barracks, where they saw people being dropped off. Thinking they might find some of their family members, they walked to the fenced in area and joined the others.

They had just entered Camp Pustkow. As the occupants were asked to line up outside the barracks, Pagirsky, her mother and Renie joined, until someone realized they weren’t supposed to be there. A woman grabbed them and told them to go into the barracks and hide under the bed.

It was Regina’s cousin, Mania Tugenthaft. For several weeks, Mania hid her family in the roof of the barrack. “It was a tin roof and it would get so hot during the day, that it was like being in an oven. You would get burned if you touched it,” Pagirsky recalled. Pagirsky became sick with dysentery and continuing to hide in the barrack became too

great of a risk. Her Uncle Josef, who happened to be in another section of the camp, found out about the situation and decided to help her and her friend, Tuska, escape by creating fake birth certificates for them and urging them to go to Germany to live as Polish slave laborers. Ruth and Tuska were able to escape successfully, but her mother and Renie stayed behind. One of the last things Regina told Ruth was not to speak, because her German accent would reveal that she wasn’t from Poland.

Pagirsky held her tongue for three years as she worked on a farm in Kummelbacher Hof in Neckargemund, Germany. The farm was owned by I.G. Farben, the company that produced cyclone gas used in concentration camps, and it was operated by Catholic nuns. Pagirsky lived as a Christian and remained mute as she performed various duties as a slave laborer. The farm presented its own challenges, but the worst was when Pagirsky was sent into a nearby town to retrieve a clock in the spring of 1944. On her way back, she was gang raped by three German soldiers who had been drinking. “I lost faith in God after that. They left me on the road in my own blood. I started digging a hole, put my face in it, howled like an animal and said, ‘God, this is where I bury you. I couldn’t forgive him for what was done to me,” Pagirsky said.

Pagirsky wasn’t liberated until April 1945. A United States soldier had stepped out of a jeep and approached Pagirsky and her friend Tuska. Pagirsky noticed a Jewish star on the man’s cap. “The driver stepped out of the jeep and translated for the lieutenant who said the war was ending soon and we could stay or we were free if we wanted to go,” Pagirsky recalled. “That word ‘freedom’ was intoxicating.”

After the war had ended, Pagirsky found what had happened to her family. A man who claimed he had been at Auschwitz with her father and brother, tracked Pagirsky down. “He said, ‘your father, every morning, led prayers and made sure that food was divided so that no one was

without it. He was active in trying to create an escape route and somebody found out about it and reported it.’ On Yom Kippur, the holy holiday, my father was hanged as an example. My brother had to cut him down and dig a ditch. My father was thrown into the ground and my brother was shot and thrown into the same grave,” Pagirsky said. Many years later, she learned about what happened at Pustkow, where her mother and Renie were. Around Chanukkah in 1942, Pustkow was liquidated.

Able-bodied workers were taken to another camp while the women and children were shot and thrown into a mass grave. “This is most likely what happened to my Mutti and Renie,” Pagirsky said.

After learning the fate of her family, Pagirsky vowed not to bring children into the world.

One of the soldiers who liberated her, David Tanzman, convinced her otherwise. “He asked me, ‘And who will make this a better world?’ He told me the legend of Tikun Olam, which said there will always be 36 righteous people in the world whose purpose is to rebuild and repair it. ‘Who knows why you survived and what your offspring will do to better this world.’”

Despite enduring what she did, she remembers most, the people that showed kindness and helped her survive. “People can be good, there are good people always in the world,” she said. Pagirsky went on to rebuild her life in America.

She married her husband, Irving, found a home within Rockaway and went on to have three children, 12 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Through her storytelling and book, “Memoirs,” they, and future generations will know what happened to Ruth Wachner Pagirsky during World War II. “Before I tell my story, I always say, ‘pappi, do you hear me?’ He gave me something to fight for by telling me to tell it all. He gave me a mission. Each time before I speak, I tell him, pappi, I’m doing it.”

“Memoirs” by Ruth Wachner Pagirsky, can be purchased on Amazon.

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Scholars' Seawolves Crowned Basketball Champs Sea—What? Seawolves! The boys of the Scholars’ Academy basketball team are celebrating a huge win this week. On Saturday, March 20, they were crowned 2022 Division B PSAL Champions!

The Scholars’ Academy basketball team had a hugely successful season and won every matchup in the playoffs, bringing them to the champi-

onship game at City College against Community Health Academy of the Heights. The game came down to overtime and Scholars dominated with a final score of 56-50 on Saturday, making them the NYC Public School Athletic League Division B Champions.

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The 4th Graders of St. Francis de Sales are the champions! The team finished their 2021-2022 undefeated season with a Diocesan Championship against St Bernard’s. Kudos to the team and Coach Grace and Coach Mike for all their hard work this season. GO SFDS!

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guidance of head coach Brett Tawil, and the hard-working team including Temitade Adeyami, Anjolaife Ahmed, Michael Bowman, Kayin Boyette, Daniel Brady, Ashton George, Henry Justin Hidalgo, Zev Isakov, Daniel Kaplan, John Kelly, Ryan Kieblesz, Jonathan O’Leary, Christopher Polisano, Andrew Siragusa, Raphael Tawil, Nelson Tung

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The team celebrated with an after party at Bungalow Bar and were greeted by fellow classmates with a pep rally at Scholars’ Academy on Monday.

Congratulations on a successful season and the championship win, Seawolves! Way to make Rockaway proud!

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Are you the kind of surfer that takes on all water temperatures? There’s a big local surf contest coming up made just for you.

Skudin Surf has teamed up with The Rockaway Hotel for a Cold Water Surf Classic with a $10K purse on the line. However, you’ll have to pay attention to find out when this contest is as it can happen anytime between now and April 30. The con-

test will take place on the best day for waves sometime between those dates. However, surfers will get 72 hours’ notice before the event takes place. There will be a Male and Female division for all ages with first, second and third place cash prizes available in each division. This surf contest is sponsored by Kona Brewing, Trellus, YETI, Hurley and St. James Clothing.

For those who don’t want to brave the cold to watch, the contest will be steamed live at The Rockaway Hotel on Beach 108th Street, which will also hold the opening party. “We are looking forward to hosting a surf village here at the Hotel at the opening party inviting all and not limited to anyone or any company that embodies the spirit of cold water surfing and the deep surf heritage here in New York,” Rockaway Hotel co-owner Terence Tubridy said.

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By Eric Jayden

We have news coming from the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), as they have announced that WWE Superstar The Undertaker will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame at this year's Hall of Fame Ceremony at WrestleMania 38, on April 1. The Undertaker, speaking with the “True Geordie Podcast,” said, "It's really humbling actually. When you think of the list of people that are in the Hall of Fame, the Andre the Giants, the Ultimate Warriors, the Hulk Hogans, the Ric Flairs, you know the greats of our country all take residence there at the Hall of Fame." We here at Wrestle Talk are excited for The Undertaker and look forward to his induction.

IMPACT Wrestling Superstar Matt Cardona (aka Zack Ryder)

has recently revealed that he may entertain the idea of maybe returning back to the WWE. Recently, Matt Cardona did a podcast called “Straight To Hell” where he admitted that if the WWE called him that he would pick up and talk with them. Matt stated he would definitely speak with them because he is still interested in working WrestleMania again. Matt has reinvented himself this past year and has worked and won titles for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), IMPACT Wrestling and Game Changer Wrestling (GCW).

In last week's column, we announced the passing of Scott Hall aka Razor Ramon and some of you were asking me where could you buy T-shirts of him.

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The Question of the Week comes from Michael H. in Five Towns, LI and he said, "I have been watching AEW since they started and now that Cody has returned back to the WWE, I was thinking who else would leave and go to the WWE?” First, Michael, I don't see CM Punk leaving anytime soon to the WWE, but I could see a guy like "Luchasaurus" possibly going back

to the WWE, where he worked as Judas Devlin for about two years. I would also say "Brian Cage" who is physically impressive both in and out of the ring.

He would be a big catch for the WWE. There are many more, but I'll email you my list. Thanks for the question!

Thank you all again for sending in your questions or comments please keep sending them to eavil183@yahoo.com and have a great weekend!

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