Rockaway Times 3-31-22

VOL. 8, NO. 41

THURSDAY, March 31, 2022

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THURSDAY, MARcH 31, 2022

100th Pct Gets Gun Off the Street

Thanks to the 100th Precinct, a homemade gun is off the streets, and an arrest has been made.

According to a police report, on Wednesday, March 23, at 2:58 p.m. opposite of 78-00 Shore Front Parkway, a 24-yearold male was arrested after he was observed discharging mul-

tiple rounds from a homemade gun. He was observed on the boardwalk firing toward the direction of the beach. He was apprehended and the gun was recovered in the vicinity of Shore Front Parkway and Beach 78 Street.

The suspect has been named as 24-year-old Judah Perryman of Beach 59th Street. He was charged with: Criminal Possession of a Weapon, Reckless Endangerment, Manufacture/Destroy Weapon, Criminal Possession of a Weapon 3rd degree and Criminal Possession of a Weapon 4th degree.

Following the arrest, the 100th Precinct shared a photo of the homemade weapon to social media

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Wah Wah Wah In honor of recent conversations I’ve had, I’m here to miscommunicate. Man, English is so overrated.

I haven’t been tested, but I’m pretty sure I’m a Charlie Brown adult. When some people talk to me, I just hear wah-wah-wahwah.

Starting with plumbers. Or electricians. And definitely doctors.

Once they drop a little jargon or specialized language on me, it’s all wah-wah-wah for me.

I was chatting with a plumber the other day and I’m someone who can’t tell a house trap from a speed trap, a grease trap from a mouse trap. I can wrench my back,

but I can’t actually use a wrench.

The plumber tried to educate me.

He patiently explained things to me like I was a second grader, but he overshot. If only he had gone two grades lower.

Until I went dark and slipped into wah-wah-wah, I learned methane gas from the sewer can get into your house and stink up the joint unless you have a trap that has water in it. But then he said P trap which has nothing to do with pee, but I was stuck on pee and didn’t catch the rest of his lesson. As he’s talking, I’m stuck wondering why they would confuse things and call something a P

trap which has nothing to do with pee or poop.

He spent a good long while telling me about pipes could be going this way or that and sometimes this happens or that happens and he remembers one time his brother-in-law’s cousin’s neighbor had a pipe and….wah-wah-wah.

Finally, I just asked what I always ask: can you fix it?

I don’t want to learn; I just want to be happy.

But here’s the thing that occurred to me the other day. It’s not just specialists who lose me.

There’s a lot of people who make my brain shut down.

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But you’re soon checking out. You might first glance around to see if others are still listening, if the others seem to be understanding. You might think you’re listening to an Einstein and it’s because of your own limitations you can’t make sense of what’s being said.

But it’s them, not you! Some people speak in puzzles, and you just can’t crack ‘em. I can sometimes remember how they said something but not what they said.

Some guy will say: I operated my Chevy Traverse on the northernmost east-west thoroughfare heading west on the Rockaway peninsula on the day before yesterday.

The guy could’ve said, I drove on Beach Channel Drive on Tuesday.

It’s not all terrible getting lost in a word salad. When I stop listening, I get to play a favorite movie clip in my head from Cool Hand Luke: What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.

If I lost you ten paragraphs ago, I hope you had a pleasant wah-wahwah.

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***** Paul King is running for congress, as a republican, and friends are throwing a fundraiser open to the public at Jamesons Pub on Beach 129th Street next Friday, April 8 from 7-9 p.m.So go, meet Paul, and have some fun in Jamos while you’re at it. Paul is on the Community Board and is President of the Belle Harbor Property Owner’s Association and helped run the Rockaway Little League for a few years. In other words, he’s all Rockaway. He’s still collecting signatures, so if you’re a registered republican there’s another reason to show. ***** It’s never too early to plan for a parade, is it? We just got word that the fall extravaganza, the Poseidon Parade, is set for Saturday, September 17. Start building those floats and sewing those pirate costumes. ***** A little birdie told us. A Starbucks just might be coming to Rockaway.

Construction of a new one-story building with a big parking lot is

going up on Beach 73rd Street and Beach Channel Drive. The company doing the work, Gemstar Construction, does a lot of commercial building. If you’re wondering why 73rd and Beach Channel, we’ll just add that Starbuck’s is known to do a lot of research on locations (traffic, demographics, crime, parking, etc.) before going ahead with a new build. ***** If you’ve been down Beach 108th, from the ferry dock to Shore Front Parkway, anytime recently, you’ve experienced the construction nightmare. The Department of Design and Construction says the work is ahead of schedule and will be finished by June. ***** Beach 116th Street news. The properties at 223-25 Beach 116th sold for $970,000. And the long-vacant Baxter’s Hotel, 160 Beach 116th, is on the market for $2.9 mil.

That property needs a full gut job or more likely is a tear-down. David and Robin Shapiro have it listed. ***** A long, long time ago Chuck

The Rockaway Times Schumer promised a pool at Riis Park. A less long time ago Anthony Weiner said he’d try as well. Neither happened. Then there was the attempt to have the Arverne YMCA build an Olympic-sized pool. A nice pool was delivered but hardly big enough to have swim meets and the like. Is there still time to ask the Arverne East developers to include a pool? Assemblywoman Stacey Amato and others have pushed for water safety education in schools; and a pool would also be a great place for lifeguard training. Finally, a pool could help low-income and black and brown communities, who are disproportionately vulnerable to drownings and tragedies. ***** The deadline is at noon on Friday, April 15 to enter The Rockaway Times Photo Contest. Entries, four maximum, should be emailed to Contest@Rockawaytimes.com. Hi-res photos, please.

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APRIL 4 1889 - The Eiffel Tower in Paris officially Rick Anthony was born. opened.

1918 - Daylight Saving Time went into ef1973 - The ribbon was cut to open the fect in the United States.

World Trade Center in New York City.

1983 -Sally Ride became the first U.S. APRIL 1 woman in space aboard the space shutMatthew Harris was born. tle Challenger.

1945 - American forces landed on Okinawa during World War II. APRIL 5 1976 - Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs Mary Lacey Morgan was born. founded Apple Computer.

1887- Anne Sullivan makes the breakthrough to Helen Keller by spelling "water" in the manual alphabet.

1971 -Canadian Fran Phipps became the 1932 - Charles Lindbergh paid a $50,000 first woman to reach the North Pole. ransom for the return of his kidnapped son.

APRIL 6 2005 - Pope John Paul II died.

Glenn DiResto was born Eileen Lennon was born.

APRIL 3 Kevin Dolan was born.

Gail McGuire Allen was born.

Colleen Miley-Burke was born.

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Buses Bum Out Residents

By Dan Guarino

Being close to transportation, just a block from Beach 116th Street, is usually a good thing.

But according to residents Brian O’Connell, Jeannie Supple and others, that good thing has turned into a 24/7 nightmare.

Along with the A train’s last stop and Q35 terminus on Beach 117th Street, the crowded commercial strip is the start and end point for the Q52, Q53 and Q22. The area around it is also where those three bus lines have their layovers and drivers take their breaks.

That’s where the problem comes in, says O’Connell who has lived on Newport Avenue and Beach 117th for decades. The former principal at Scholars’ Academy, O’Connell is now headmaster at Lawrence Woodmere Academy.

At any given time, day or night, he and his wife, Jean, report seeing buses spilling all up and down the residential streets around

them.

Motioning to his window on a weekday afternoon, he observes, “Right now there are three SBS (Select Bus Service) double buses right out there. Sometimes we’ve counted six, seven, eight or nine buses within 200 yards of each other all around here,” O’Connell said, backing this up with over thirty recent photos documenting the situation.

He says buses are often left idling for lengthy periods of time, sometimes for drivers to run their air conditioners in summer or heat in winter.

“And you can feel it, whatever time of day, when those engines start up. You can feel the vibration through the house, never mind the noise and pollution.”

Indeed, even with the windows closed, one can definitely feel the steady tremor of idling engines through the floors of the solidly built house.

He adds, “You can’t even sit on your front porch. It’s a quali-

ty-of-life issue.” The O’Connells said that with the noise and exhaust, it is a challenge to even have their windows open in the warmer weather.

“In the summer, things get even more interesting. They increase the buses because there are more people coming to Rockaway,” O’Connell said. More buses and

more traffic only multiply the problems.

Resident Jeannie Supple, who works on Beach 116th and lives on Beach 117th Street between Newport and Rockaway Beach Boulevard, knows these transit problems well. “I’ve lived there Continued on page 11

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BUSES BUM OUT RESIDENTS Continued from Page 10 for over 50 years,” she said.

On her residential street she says, “They come rolling down the block all night long. In summertime, when there’s no street parking allowed, they park all over the place.”

Supple is also concerned about safety. “Come summertime, these poor kids are coming out to play, just learning to ride their bikes. With large, parked buses obstructing the view,” she notes, “Drivers can’t see them.

Then it will be too late.”

Further, she notes the weight of these vehicles, along with trucks carrying large boulders for the beach groin construction, has taken its toll on the road. “Then there’s the potholes. They’re more like sinkholes. About two years ago they came around and fixed all the holes. Now they’re back again with all these buses,” she said.

Because of this ‘heavy’ traffic,

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Brian O’Connell is concerned about potential damage to the streets, aging water mains, sewer lines and the like.

Both Supple and the O’Connell’s agree it affects the overall well-being of the community.

“Beach 116th Street is the heart of the community,” O’Connell explains. “If you don’t take care of it, the whole area suffers. People who are homeowners, car drivers, business owners, they’re all affected.”

He has proposed moving the layover location to the non-residential B108th Street section

between Beach Channel Drive and Rockaway Freeway, and using National Grid’s adjacent empty lot, but to no avail.

Not ready to give up or give in, O’Connell invited more than a dozen people to a meeting on his front porch on October 6, 2021, to see the situation first-hand. This included State Senator Joseph Addabbo, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato and several MTA representatives. O’Connell says he hasn’t seen much change since then.

For their part, as a result of that

meeting, the MTA notes in the short run they are moving buses with a layover above 30 minutes to another location to combat the congestion issues. Thirty minutes is the standard rest and meal break for drivers, ideally taken near the facilities and food vendors on Beach 116th Street.

As per MTA though, bigger plans, which include Rockaway, are afoot. A spokesperson explained, “The upcoming Queens Bus Network Redesign will reimagine the borough’s bus network… driven by customer feedback. The redesign presents a unique opportunity to address issues raised in Rockaway Park.” The initiative is already scheduled to be discussed at official MTA board meetings.

Having worked so long for bus relief, though, O’Connell is still waiting for results. “For years we have been tolerating a substandard quality of life. This is a beautiful place, and yet there is no vision to develop it,” he said. “Someone needs to look at a map and figure this out.”

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K’Boro Offers Foster Care Youth Opportunities

Mayor Eric Adams announced a new vocational training and apprenticeship program that will provide professional opportunities to youth, ages 16 to 24, in foster care. The New York City Administration for Children’s Services’ (ACS) new V-CRED program will support youth in their education, career, and personal development, and is being created in partnership with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, The City University of New York (CUNY), and

private sector employers. As part of the program, youth will participate in training for professional certification through courses offered by Kingsborough Community College, participate in paid internships/ apprenticeships, and have opportunities for employment with the employer hosting the internship. V-CRED will focus on five career pathways: 1) Information Technology, 2) Electrician’s Helper, 3) Allied Health (e.g. Certified Nursing Assistants, EKG Technician), 4) Pharmacy Technicians, and 5) Building Trades.

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cational training and apprenticeship program is going to help our young people prepare for good jobs and a bright future. But it’s about more than learning. It’s about guidance and mentorship because when it comes to helping young people plan their future: We are not going to just let them wing it, we are going to take them under our wing.”

V-CRED is one of multiple strategies that ACS is currently implementing to improve educational and employment outcomes for youth in foster care. Research has shown that the most effective programs for older youth in foster care are comprehensive services models that include education, employment, housing, and supportive services.

Dr. Simone Rodriguez, vice president of workforce development and continuing education and strategic partnerships at Kingsborough Community College said, “Increasing the accessibility of these training

programs is pivotal in this time where there is a growing demand for talent. It is important for us to work towards closing the opportunity gap in New York City, which we know requires us to truly prepare students for careers that can help them to become more self-sufficient,”. “We are delighted to partner with ACS to deliver specialized training to meet that demand.”

V-CRED will begin as a twoyear pilot program, serving 90 young people in foster care, 45 youth per year. The program has three core components, which include training for professional certification, paid internships, and job placement. The program is aligned with a career pathways model and provides developmentally appropriate career readiness planning designed to provide each person with a career and education plan, a resume, cover letter, and a professional network that they work to develop.

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A Century of Tubridys

By Katie McFadden

If there’s one name that everyone knows in Rockaway—it’s Tubridy.

Just about everyone in Rockaway or Broad Channel knows or has heard of a Tubridy. After all, the family’s influence from the peninsula to the island knows no bounds. The area has been the stronghold of now five generations of Tubridys. And while there have been many of them with great influence, there’s one Tubridy whose impact transcends local history—Big Dan. It’s been 100 years since the Tubridys landed in Broad Channel.

In 1922, Jim Tubridy, a mounted unit police officer who worked in the Bronx and then Far Rockaway, built a house in Broad Channel right next to Pierre Noel, a notable developer in the area from 1915 to 1939. “My grandfather was a policeman in Far Rockaway at the time and he had a brownstone in Highbridge, and he wanted to move from ‘the city,’ to out here,” Dan Tubridy said.

It was a time when Broad Channel was still in its beginnings. “It was a fishing community, a summer community and it was undeveloped before Noel got there in 1915 and he started putting the canals in and

dredging, when it was all beaches and marsh, before Cross Bay Blvd., before any of the bridges were there,” he said. But it was a place Jim Tubridy made his home, a home that Big Dan’s sister, Jane Mary still lives in, and a home from which the massive Tubridy family grew after Jim Tubridy married Dan’s grandmother, Kitty.

In 1929, Tubridy’s mother, Jane’s parents, Jenny and Ed Mills moved to the Channel. Jim’s son Jack married Jane and the roots of a massive family tree began to form. “I’m the oldest of seven,” Dan Tubridy said, speaking of his three brothers and three sisters. And mostly, they’ve stuck around. Between the seven of them, Jack and Jane’s kids gave them 48 great grandchildren. Thirty-nine of them still live within a mile and a half radius between Rockaway and Broad Channel. And many of those grandkids now have kids of their own.

In 1973, Dan Tubridy married the love of his love, Patricia “Pasty” Murphy. They went on to have five children of their own—all boys—Pat-

rick (Paddy), Daniel (Dee), Martin, Terence and Sean. And from there came eight grandkids—Rosemary, Michael, Ryan, Shane, Quinn, Declan, Brayden and Tegan. Each of Dan Tubridy’s boys have made their own significant impacts on the community over the past few decades but without their mom, Patsy and their father, Dan, none of it would be possible.

And many know Dan. It’s hard to ignore the big guy with the big red (now white) beard, who often dons suspenders and a round-brimmed hat. But it is what he’s done for the Broad Channel and Rockaway communities throughout his life that he is most recognized for. Though now retired, the impact of the now parttime Rockaway, part-time Florida resident, Dan Tubridy, is undeniable. Over the next few weeks, The Rockaway Times will be diving into the influence of Big Dan on several aspects of the area, from his business sense to his political involvement, and most importantly, on his own family.

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BIG DAN: THE BUSINESSMAN

By Katie McFadden

One of the big things the Tubridy family has come to be known for are their businesses.

But before Bungalow Bar and The Rockaway Hotel—there was Dingy Dans.

Big Dan Tubridy didn’t always see himself in the bar business.

He had planned to follow in his father and grandfather’s footsteps. Tubridy was going to the College of Police Science, which became John Jay College of Criminal Justice, while bartending on the side. “I was gonna be a cop or a fed,” Dan Tubridy said. However, after graduating in 1966, he found jobs were hard to come by.

“I loved being a bartender. I loved the hospitality business. I started at the Blarney Castle on 90th Street, at Connolly’s, at TT Cellars in Manhattan, and I went to Europe for the first time 50 years ago and when I came back, there were no police jobs, no fed jobs, so I continued working at the Blarney Castle. But I made a promise to myself that I either had to get into this business as an owner, or I had to get a real job.”

So Tubridy became an owner. At 24 years old, in 1973, Dan Tubridy went into business with Bernie Heeran and Rick Lynster, buying a bar on Beach 102nd Street.

“Dingy Dans was a cavernous old Irish town saloon with high ceilings, different rooms and a floor that had the waves of the ocean.

You could clean it with Brillo and Clorox and it still looked dirty,” Tubridy said. Based on its appearance, a friend, John Divilly is the one that deemed it “dingy Dans,” and a bar name was born. Tubridy helped run the successful summer-only bar for five years before deciding to move on, as bigger opportunities arose.

In 1975, Tubridy learned Sally McNulty was getting ready to sell McNulty’s on Beach 109th Street, and influenced by his Irish grandfather, Tubridy knew the value of property. “Dan, always buy the property,” Dan recalled his grandfather, Jim, saying. So he consulted with his father and broth-

ers, put 25% down, took out a mortgage and McNulty’s became Tubridy’s Bar. They initially continued running it as a bar, but Dan Tubridy wanted to offer food. “I liked to eat. I knew that if you wanted to be successful in the bar business, you had to serve food,” he said.

In the winter of 1977, he turned the back of Tubridy’s into the Old Boulevard Café, serving up a limited menu. Tubridy wanted to expand the restaurant, but his family disagreed, so he decided to move on.

But it was a time when another opportunity had opened up.

Around 1976, a large property on Beach 92nd Street and the bay went up for auction. The Ancient Order of Hibernians bought the property that was home to a couple bungalows. The AOH tried to utilize the property for their clubhouse, but after about two years, they realized it was too much to handle and put the property back up for auction.

Some of their members had their eyes on it. “Joe Trainor and I bought it and split it,” Tubridy said. While a bayside bungalow was tempting to rent out, Tubridy had bigger plans. “The day I closed, I came in December 1977 and took a sledgehammer to all the sheetrock. I wanted to make it into a restaurant on the water,” he said.

For about six months, Tubridy, his Uncle Billy and his friend Ricky Mertz gutted the properties, connected the two bungalows, added a kitchen and a din-

ing room and built a deck out on the water.

In June 1978, Pier 92 opened its doors…only to close later that day. “There was a fire in the kitchen. It was horrible,” Tubridy said. But he wasn’t giving up.

Tubridy rallied his brothers, a licensed electrician and about a hundred other people showed up to get to work.

“The fire was Saturday. We could’ve opened up that Sunday night. But we fundamentally redid the place. We waited until the following Thursday to open,” he said. And once the Pier 92 sign went up, the crowds came and Tubridy’s latest venture became an instant hit. “By that Sunday night, we ran out of everything.

It was instantaneous success.

Don’t ask me how or why, because we really had no idea what we were doing, but it was a great place. There weren’t many places on the water,” he said.

From seafood to comfort foods, Pier 92 offered a little something for everyone. “When I asked my friend, Ed O’Malley what the food was like, he said, ‘If you like what Dan Tubridy likes, you’re gonna love the food.’” Some of the highlights included roast chicken, Alaskan king crab, chicken cordon bleu, shrimp scampi, turkey club sandwiches, baked clams, stuffed mushrooms, lobster, shell steak, filet mignon and pork chops, just to name a few of Dan’s favorites.

But it wasn’t just the food and bayside views that people came for. Pier 92 was a central spot on

the peninsula for people to gather. “When you operate a restaurant, it becomes a social center.

It becomes a place where people come with both their problems and solutions. It’s where you put people together,” Tubridy said.

“We had the best of times and the worst of times.”

Being across from O’Connor Funeral Home, Pier 92 became a place for families to gather between wakes. But it also became a place for weddings, and everything in between. A place where organizations met and formed, including the Rockaway Artists Alliance. A place where many stories were told and songs were sung—often by Big Dan himself, from atop the bar of course. It was a place that employed many Rockaway locals, and it’s a place where his own kids learned what work was at a young age.

But Tubridy fell out of love. After 20 years as an owner, when someone casually mentioned buying it, Tubridy said “okay.”

In 1999, he sold Pier 92. But the business wasn’t done with him quite yet. After things weren’t working out for the new owner, Tubridy took it back about a year and a half later. But his heart wasn’t fully in it. “I came back in October, but I didn’t reopen until May 2001. When I came back, I wasn’t in it. And the business reflects,” Tubridy said. Luckily, he found people whose fresh minds and hearts were ready to take over a few years later.

“In 2009, my boys finally said ‘yes, we’ll do it,’” Tubridy said.

In 2009, Dee, Terence and their friend, Ryan Whalen bought Pier 92. “I told the boys, the only thing this place needs is love. You give it love, it’ll produce,” Tubridy said.

Since 2009, the boys have put their hearts fully into the business, transforming it into Bungalow Bar, a place for which that love has been fully returned by the community. And with the latest addition of The Rockaway Hotel, it’s evident that the roots planted by Big Dan’s entrepreneurial spirit, are only spreading further.

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Fiona Mullen Named Two-Time All League Female Athlete

By Katie McFadden

As we round out Women’s History Month, a young Rockaway woman made some personal history this month. Belle Harbor resident Fiona Mullen is finishing her senior year at The Mary Louis Academy (TMLA) with top athletic achievements in not one, but two varsity sports. After winning the same award in volleyball in November, this month, Mullen was awarded the Girls Catholic High School Athletic Association (GCHSAA) Varsity Basketball Tier 1 All League Award.

From a young age, Mullen has been a well-rounded student and athlete. While attending St. Francis de Sales Catholic Academy, she joined CYO basketball in third grade and volleyball in fourth.

She also played travel basketball and volleyball and has dabbled in Rockaway athletic traditions like the Summer Classic and beach volleyball. Joining her varsity high school teams in each sport was the next gradual step and as a Hilltopper, she’s succeeded every step of the way.

Starting in her freshman year, while on the junior varsity basketball team, Mullen was awarded the John Moran Sportsmanship Award for the Brooklyn /Queens Girls Catholic High School Association. Since then, in volleyball she’s won Offensive Player of the Year, she was named an MVP in basketball, she’s received Scholar Athlete Awards each year at TMLA and the Rose Classic Sportsmanship Award.

And in her senior year, Mullen has reached some of her biggest athletic achievements yet. In November, Mullen was shocked to learn she won the GCHSAA All League Award for volleyball. To earn such an honor, Mullen says “all of the coaches in the division get together and vote on players they’ve seen contribute to their team in more than one way. It’s not just the best on the team, it’s not just about scores and points, it’s someone who does that and shows leadership and teamwork and skills that go above and beyond.”

To earn the award in one sport was a big achievement in itself. But then she did it again. On March 6, Mullen was honored with the All League Award for basketball.

“It’s extremely gratifying,” Mullen said of the honor. “I never expected to win one, never mind both. When my volleyball coach told me about that one, it almost brought me to tears. When my basketball coach said I won it, my jaw dropped. I think after working so hard for the past four years, receiving these awards and bringing them home for Mary Louis was one of the greatest experiences for me.”

To Mullen’s knowledge, to win such an honor in more than one sport is not common. “In the past, Mary Louis had a lot of people win, but I never heard of anyone winning it in two sports,” she said. And it was a win that made her whole team proud. Though TMLA Basketball didn’t make it to the cham-

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pionship this year, Mullen’s whole team came out to the championship game at Christ the King for the sole reason of cheering their co-captain on as she was given the award after the game.

Mullen’s basketball coach Joann Pinnock, who nominated her for the honor, said she was more than deserving. The co-captain not only showed up on the court with an average of 16.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists as a guard, but her sportsmanship goes beyond stats, which is why she was selected for the All League Award out of all the players on 10 teams within the AA Division of the Brooklyn-Queens Diocese. “Besides her athletic ability on the court, she showed good sportsmanship and she really excelled this year, leading her team and being the most consistent player. She does a great job regardless of the sport,” Coach Jo said. “I’m very proud of her. Fiona has been a real rock for our entire program, so to have a kid like that, you just hope there’s another young girl that’s right behind her to step into those shoes and lead the program.”

Mullen’s achievements have already been a source of inspiration to future generations at TMLA. As an all-girls school, the academy makes it a point to highlight the achievements of their young women past and present during Women’s History Month and beyond. Even prior to her basketball award, on National Women in Sports Day in February, TMLA’s athletic director reached out to her, asking what it means to be a female athlete. Mullen respond-

ed, “Being a female athlete has shaped me into the person I am today. I have learned the importance of leadership, dedication, communication and determination to work with my team to figure out our different strengths and apply them towards a common goal.”

As TMLA is the city’s first school to be selected by BNS Sports and Under Armour’s “Women of Will” program, which aims to empower female athletes, TMLA turned Mullen’s words and photo into a graphic and shared it to social media as a source of inspiration to their other young ladies. As a surprise, Mullen’s coach turned it into a poster and recently presented it to her on senior night.

Speaking further on the accolades she’s earned as a female athlete, Mullen said “I think it’s trailblazing. In this industry, women don’t necessarily get the same recognition as men, but receiving these awards, it makes you feel powerful. It shows you can do anything that you put your mind to.” As for advice for other young girls, Mullen says, “Find your passion and dedicate yourself to that passion.”

What’s next for the all-star athlete and top-of-her-class student?

As she moves on to college, Mullen will be entering into an accelerated medical physical therapy program. But as she weighs her options, she hasn’t made a decision on where yet. “I’m waiting to hear from the graduate portion of the program,” she explained. Since she expects the accelerated degree program to occupy much of her time, Mullen says sports will come secondary, but she hopes to play Division 3 volleyball and maybe club basketball.

Mullen is thankful for all the opportunities she’s had at TMLA and the support she’s received from her coaches, and her biggest cheerleaders—her siblings and her parents. “We couldn’t be more proud of Fiona,” her father, Pete Mullen said. “She has a level of commitment and work ethic that is second to none. She has had that her whole life.”

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Alcohol, as soon as I made its acquaintance, was a welcomed relationship. For me, it brought the best of times, endless laughs, and spirited camaraderie amongst my peers. I lost count at a 1,000, the number of times I said “I Love You Bro.” The fun started to end in my mid 20s. I knew I had “a problem.”

Cunning, Baffling, and Powerful, my old friend Alcohol started to turn on me. It wasn't until I was placed under arrest facing a felony charge, that I was confusingly looking for a lifeline. God was getting tired of my bullshit, my foxhole prayers were indeed piling up. Lovingly, He answered my last one, in the form of my family doing for me what I couldn’t do for myself. I was introduced to a Blueprint for Recovery. Went to my first meeting with a guy I can call my brother, who has had more influence over my writing than anyone and whose Daily Swag I wanted a part of. What I wanted most of what he possessed, was serenity and peace. I got it, maybe not so much his swag (he cannot be duplicated) but for sure serenity and peace.

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permanent solution to a temporary problem, I’m angry. I’m mad that his son and daughter will never see him again. I’m mad that I couldn’t do more. And I’m mad as hell that alcohol, though sexy and attractive in the good times, is kept quiet, pushed to the side and masked, in the bad times.

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Surf’s Always Up at Rockaway’s Surf Shops BREAKWATER SURF CO.

By Kami-Leigh Agard

For over a century, surf culture has been universal in Rockaway, establishing today’s local surf shops as a second home for pro surfers to baby “groms” alike. In this month-long series, The Rockaway Times spotlights from east to west, the surf businesses that cater to local and DFD (down for the day) wave dancers’ every need from the water’s edge. This week’s installation is Arverne’s Breakwater Surf. Co. Imagine it’s the summer of 2012, and you’ve finally realized your dream of opening a surf shop in Rockaway, not knowing that two months later your life’s work would be washed away by a history-making superstorm. This was the grim reality Breakwater Surf Co.’s co-owners, Rudel Felicien and Gerald Yuska, faced that fateful year when Hurricane Sandy, dubbed “Frankenstorm” by the news media, hit during the week of Halloween, leaving behind a path of destruction and heartbreak.

However, it’s nearly ten years later, and after a comeback, Breakwater Surf is going about business as usual, catering to its loyal community of surfers in Arverne. When asked what made them stay despite the devastating

blow they suffered with Sandy, Felicien warmly replied, “Our loyal customers, who became not just our friends, but family. When Sandy destroyed our shop, people in the neighborhood, not just surfers, but everyone came and helped us clean up. It took at least 18 months for us to fully get back on our feet, and the community supported us every step of the way. To keep our doors open, for three years we worked without even paying ourselves at all just to make sure we were here to serve our family of surfers.”

Felicien, who is originally from the Caribbean Island of Barbados, said he fell in love with Rockaway from the day he first came to surf here over 25 years ago, and was determined to one day realize his dream of both living in the area and opening a surf shop.

“I knew of Nigel, owner of surf shop, Station RBNY, when I was a kid in Barbados. We weren’t friends, but I knew him from the neighborhood as we used to surf the same break, Drill Hall, in Barbados. One day while surfing on Beach 90th Street, I spotted Nigel, and recognized him from my childhood days. What are the chances? This was before Rockaway was as developed as it is now.

We would always talk about our common dream to open up a surf shop in Rockaway. We then became friends with Gerald. Then soon enough, Nigel, Gerald and I got together and opened Breakwater Surf-Rockaway. Gerald already had opened a Breakwater surf shop in Newport, RI, so we decided to keep the same name, and just establish a Rockaway location. Then Nigel decided to branch off, and open his open surf shop, Station RBNY, on Beach 92nd,” Felicien said.

Felicien relayed that being able to make his passion for surfing into a means that he can support his family has been a blessing, considering his mother initially banned him from the sport.

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at the age of nine. My mom forbade me from going to the beach, always repeating the saying, ‘The sea has no branches.’ However, something about the ocean just drew me, and I kept going back, though my mom would spank me each time I disobeyed her. I always wondered how my mom knew, even though I tried my best to hide my goings from her. When I got older, it hit me. My eyes were always red from the salt seawater, but I just kept going, until she eventually stopped getting mad at me, and now decades later—surfing is my life. Something I did as a kid is what supports me and my family today,” he shared.

For Felicien, Breakwater is not just a surf shop, but also a communal space for everyone who wants to learn to surf, plus a platform to boost the sport’s allure, and the critical importance of water safety in communities of color.

“For months after Sandy, I drove around Rockaway, and would painfully consume the damage done to people’s homes and businesses. Also, to learn about those who lost their lives by drowning because they did not know how to swim, deeply grieved me. That’s why I got involved with the Rockaway-based urban surf nonprofit, Laru Beya. As a minority, you don’t see a lot of ‘color’ in the water. Even in Barbados, there weren’t many surfers of color. People would actually make fun of me for surfing, but the sport and lifestyle became second nature to me, and I refused to give it up, even with the teasing.

“When I came to Rockaway and saw Nigel in the water, I told him, ‘Dude, you don’t know how happy I am to see you in the water because I’ve been coming to surf here for about a year now, and I am usually the only ‘color’ in the water.’ So, when Laru Beya start-

ed, I felt a sense of urgency that I needed to help the organization.

Many minority kids live on this peninsula, and don’t appreciate the ocean. Instead, they are afraid of it, and most of them don’t know how to swim. I believe if you live here, you should be able to enjoy what’s around you. So, we donated wet suits, surf boards, anything we could to get these kids started. The Rockaway community has shown love to us, and we will support them anyway we can,” he said.

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COMMERCIAL SPACE

Beach 116th office space 550sqft.

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BH - three large rooms, private house.

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Cara Michaels, Salesperson

Two adjacent houses.

BH beach block, on 120x100 $3.9M Call for details

NEPONSIT BEACH BLOCK Move right in!

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BH - LEGAL 2 CORNER WITH MINT ONE BEDROOM GROUND FLOOR APT. OWNER HAS 6 BEDROOMS 4 SHY O BATHS ON 2 FULL FLOORS, T PHO ONE CAR GARAGE, BACKYARD AND PVT PARKING NEEDS WORK, HUGE POTENTIAL $1.3M

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

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OPEN HOUSE

Sunday, April 3rd • 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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FOR SALE by OWNER Apartments for Rent

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Oceanfront fully gut renovated 2 bedroom/1 bathroom coop apartment with balcony in PS 114 school district.

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Additional Apt. 120-04 Newport Ave #2 2 Bedroom | 1 Bath with large private terrace $2,500/month

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Food and Beverage Insider THE CHEESE GUIDE

By Natalie Crooks

Cheese is, by popular opinion, one of the best foods ever. A lot of people agree with that sentiment, cheese seems to be almost universally loved, even by those whose bodies can’t tolerate it. If you grew up in the United States, there is a good chance your first exposure to cheese was American cheese or something similar that came out of a Ziploc bag. Let me state, there is nothing wrong with liking American cheese, its many people’s choice for burgers and grilled cheeses, but the world of cheese is vast and complex and branching out to try new things is totally

worth a stomachache.

Cheese comes in many different textures from soft and runny like burrata to hard like parmesan.

Soft cheeses usually have less aging time, which gives them milder flavor and harder cheeses have less moisture which is why they’re often crumbled or grated. One common mistake people make with cheese is eating it right out of the fridge, cheese should be enjoyed at room temperature, and some are even better warm. Baked brie is a popular dish, and it is super easy to make, just pop it in the oven for about 20 minutes and top it with jam, nuts, honey, anything you want! When cheese is too cold, you don’t get as much flavor out of it, if you’re serving up a cheese board for friends I recommend taking the cheese out of the fridge at least an hour before you plan to serve it.

Cheese can be made from cow’s milk, sheep’s milk, goat’s milk,

or any combination of the three.

Cow’s milk cheese tends to be grassier and nuttier and often more mild than other cheeses.

Some popular cow’s milk cheeses include cheddar, parmesan, and brie. Sheep’s milk cheese can be gamey and range from sweet to tangy. Sheep’s milk cheeses have higher butterfat content and will sweat when left out of the fridge for a while, common examples are pecorino, Manchego, and Roquefort. Goat’s milk cheese is often tart and earthy and can have very strong aroma, but some examples are milder. Chevre, Humboldt Fog, and Valençay are common examples of goat cheese.

Blue cheese is one of the most polarizing cheeses out there. It can be made from cow, goat, or sheep and gets its intense flavor from the addition of cultures of the mold Penicillium. It is completely safe to consume and tends

to be sharp and salty. It’s popularly used in salads and stuffed into olives for martinis, but many blue cheeses are fabulous on their own. It may not be the best cheese for beginners but for many people becomes an acquired taste over time. Popular examples are gorgonzola, stilton, and Cabrales.

Whether a beginner or a self-proclaimed connoisseur, there are so many different types of cheeses out there that everyone is bound to find one they enjoy.

It can elevate almost any dish to create a richer and more complex flavor profile. Those with a sweet tooth can go for brie with jam or honey. Salt-lovers can add pecorino to their favorite pastas for added flavor or ricotta salata to salads. Talk to your local cheese monger and try your hand at a cheeseboard next time you have friends over, you might find something you love.

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The Passage of Time Did you ever watch sand moving from the upper to lower chamber of an hourglass? It happens so fast, just like life passing by, and before you know it, we reach a milestone, and then another and another.

We each have a unique hourglass, and we live as if the sand will be a never-ending flow.

But that is not the reality and once we realize that, we understand that it is what we make

of life—what we feel connected to, happy with, grateful for—that makes all the difference. What we make of life or how we do it—live, that is—can bring peace and joy or struggle and sadness. Many times, it is a choice we can make whether it be for little things or a big thing. Sometimes, it is hard to make the choice to go in the happy lane: trying to replace not so good habits with great

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ones, turning the corners of the mouth up whenever we think of it (I have noticed that if I just smile randomly, especially during the course of a rough patch, I actually feel better), changing something in our lives that doesn’t serve us, does us harm or just plain doesn’t feel good.

Breaking habits and moving forward is a process and doesn’t happen just like that. Once we bring the intention deep inside, the process begins, and it is a matter of time. It is different for each of us and each situation has a different process. I think that having faith and believing that the intention will manifest the result we want is key to trying every day and moving forward. It may not happen in the timeframe that we want, but it will. We have to believe and affirm it every day.

Intentions are great tools to bring into the every day. They are positive. They can help to overcome negative thoughts.

They can help to alleviate stress.

And, when repeated often with full emotion, can help to bring

The Rockaway Times wonderful, amazing results. Saying intentions to yourself several times a day with a smile on your face is a sure way to bring about some happiness and peace.

Integrating things that bring inner joyful feelings into our lives makes the passage of time—the passage of life— fuller. Imagine yourself as the sun and all of the rays are different aspects in your life and different roles you play—all emanating from your center. Your work, your parenting, your caretaking, what you do for pure enjoyment like listening or playing music, or doing a physical activity, or sitting in meditation, or cooking/baking, or planting—all make up you moving through the passage of time, the passage of your life.

Time seems to pass so fast.

Let’s make it happy, full of what we like, with the people we love.

May you be happy. May you be free. May you be grateful. May you be compassionate. May you let go of things that do not serve you.

May you have inner peace.

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A 1940s Trip to the Circus HAPPINESS IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD

By Jean Caligiuri McKenna

Up until I was 10 or so, I had never really seen the world outside of Rockaway. With the exception of a daytrip in my uncle’s car to see the 1939-40 World’s Fair in Flushing, life to me was pleasantly confined to a serene 10-block haven of Dutch style houses, wooden porches, and tree-lined streets cradled between boulevard newsstand candy stores and the Atlantic Ocean beachfront.

Dotted with landmarks like Playland, Gothic PS 44 (my school) on Beach 94th St., to Temple of Israel and St. Rose of Lima church across the street from my house on 84th St., it formed a comforting cocoon of familiar staples in my life, filled with friendly neighbors and grocers, smiling beat cops, Sabbath sun-down and Sunday after-Mass gatherings just outside my bedroom window.

Around the early spring of 1944, my Aunt Frances, who was also my godmother, surprised me when she told me she was taking me to the Ringling Brothers Circus in Manhattan. I was so excited. In fact, this was a big thing. Nobody left Rockaway! I thought going to New York (as the city was called) was something that only secretaries and sophisticated people did, although I had always wondered what it would be like to see.

On a sunny Saturday morning, Aunt Frances, her son Junior (my cousin), and I took the Long Island Railroad from Beach 88th street’s Holland Station to New York’s Pennsylvania Station. My first train ride! I was so filled with excitement that I forgot any hesitation over leaving the safety of Rockaway behind, even if only for a few hours.

Once in the city, the mesmerizing haze of sidewalk crowds, bustling traffic, and looming towers was just like in the movies, with gigantic billboards and marquees reading names like Ginger Rogers, Bob Hope, and Dinah Shore.

We arrived at Madison Square

Garden on 8th Ave and 50th St. (which looked more like an office building than a theater or hippodrome) and went downstairs first to view the “side-show” attractions,” There, smiling and interacting with the excited and gawking patrons, were charismatic “little people” jovially speaking in high pitched voices, as well as a chatty lady with ruse cheeks and make-up, propped in a basket appearing to have only a torso, which startled me. All the while present was the overwhelming odor of elephant “poop” that I can still smell to this day!

This was all quite an experience for a young girl who was never exposed to that! Curiously wondering how this would all play out in the big show, we excitedly went up into the arena, where I discovered that our seats were up in the balcony near the last row. We were very high up and I was disappointed, as well as frightened of the height, but I would never show my disappointment. After all, my aunt was nice enough to treat me and I had to be respectful and appreciative.

That afternoon’s performance is a blur in my memory, a dizzying mixture of sparkling colors, flashing lights, and exciting confusion.

Carousel music seemed to play non-stop to a sold-out matinee audience of parents with jumpy kids, laughing, cheering, and shrieking amid a spectacle of whirling sirens, manic clowns, drum rolls, loud

pops, bells, horns, and whistles. So much was going on-it was hard to focus on one act at a time! On one end, trapeze artists hurled through the air, while jumbo elephants carrying glamorously costumed pretty ladies paraded about below.

The whirl of the mayhem rose into a noisy din in the upper reaches of the last rows where it appeared to me more like frenzied chaos.

“Maybe if we had closer seats,” I thought, “then I could make sense of it all.” Crackerjack and cotton candy probably eased some of the nervous pandemonium that in the end was all too much for me to retain. In fact, the most vivid impression from the entire visit was of the side-show “lady in the basket,” whom I remember feeling both drawn to and sorry for. I reasoned afterwards that despite her misfortune, she was happy, as she seemed to enjoy all the attention given to her.

I returned home that day joyously feeling like a heroic explorer who had just expanded their horizons.

Journeying out of Rockaway to see the Ringling “Big Show” in the Big Town indeed felt like a venturesome feather tucked in my cap.

Yet while my adventurous curiosity was satiated, the vast enormity of it all at times gave me a sense of insignificance, like an anonymous outsider amongst mammoth crowds in a foreign land. And it certainly took a lot of hassle and hullabaloo all for a few hours of amusement. In Rockaway, fun could simply be had in a festive street game of Ringalevio with my cousins beneath the rumbling of the 87th St. railroad El, or in a merry game of tag climbing billboards and running through hanging backyard laundry sheets and bushes. And I certainly never felt anonymous or lost in the rollick of Playland, even amongst summer strangers, knowing that home was always nearby via the trusty boardwalk.

Along the city’s 7th Ave drugstore corners, stern looking police-

men steering traffic and faceless luncheon counter clerks had all seemed too busy for pleasantries, and it felt like my aunt and cousin were the only people in the world who knew my name. On Rockaway Beach Boulevard however, I could spend blissful days strolling past familiar and welcoming faces in the storefront windows of Piazza’s bakery and Whelan’s drugstore, then drop into Papa’s barbershop seeking a quarter for a playful Saturday afternoon of renting roller skates with my chums.

That night, with the harrowing exhilaration of the circus and city behind me, I followed my usual quiet early Saturday evening ritual walking up the street to Greenberg’s candy store on the boulevard to buy two pretzel sticks for a penny and the Daily News funny pages to check in on Dick Tracy and Terry and the Pirates. I was greeted by the friendly watchful presence of our neighborhood beat cop Officer Buckley, who reassuringly asked me in his signature Irish brogue, “Hello, little Jeannie Caligiuri, does your mother know you’re out tonight?”

“Yes, Officer Buckley, thank you,” I respectfully replied. I tucked the paper safely under my arm and ambled home contentedly to Mama and Papa, enlightened that the world’s marvels beckon the heart’s desires, but true happiness begins in your own backyard.

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Spring Dune Planting On Saturday, April 2, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., join RISE at Beach 42nd Street and the boardwalk for a dune planting event with grasses and shrubs. All ages welcome.

Students looking to do community service hours are encouraged to bring paperwork from their schools. Registration is not required but is suggested. Register at: www.riserockaway.org/rise/ events/ Community Cleanup On Sunday, April 3 at 10 a.m., join Rock Lean n Clean under the bridge by Beach Channel High School for a cleanup. Gloves and bags provided. Community service hours available. For more info, follow @Rockleannclean on Instagram.

Rockaway Makers Market On Sunday, April 10 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., head to the Rockaway Brewing Co. (415 Beach 72nd

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Peninsula Adult Leaning Center, Queens Library, 92-25 Rockaway Community Board 14 Wildflower Wednesdays Beach Blvd. 718-945-7058 The next monthly meeting will Every Wednesday through April be Tuesday, April 12 at 7 p.m. 20 at 3 p.m., head to the Jamaica Aging Mastery Program Meeting details to follow.

Bay Wildlife Refuge to embark on a Are you 50+ and want to learn quest to spot and welcome all the something new? Free to District 32 Spring Half Marathon or 5K blooms that Jamaica Bay has to of- Rockaway residents, on Tuesdays Save the date. On Saturday, April fer. All ages are welcome. This is an and Thursdays from May 10 to June 16, Rockaway Track Club is host- all-weather walk, so dress for the 9 from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. virtually ing a spring half marathon and 5K. conditions. Masks required. Space on Zoom, Kingsborough is hosting Check in at Cuisine by Claudette will be limited, so register by call- a 10-session program based on the (143 Beach 116th Street) starting at ing 718-318-4320.

National Aging Mastery Program 8 a.m. The runs begin at 9:30 a.m. designed to offer participants the on the boardwalk. Medals, t-shirts Thursday Chair Yoga skills and tools needed to achieve and smoothies for all participants.

On Thursdays at 10:30 a.m., cer- measurable improvements in manPre-register at: www.rockawaytc. tified yoga instructor Ruth Graves aging health, remaining economorg/ is offering a free chair yoga class at ically secure, and contributing RISE (58-03 Rockaway Beach Blvd. actively in society. Topics: NavigatFree Kids Surf Lessons All are welcome! From beginners to ing Longer Lives, Exercise & You, On Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 12 seasoned practitioners.

Sleep, Healthy Eating and Hydrap.m., join Lou Harris on Beach tion, Financial Fitness, Medication 109th for free surfing lessons for Free Classes Management, Advance Planning, kids and teens ages 4 to 16. RegisThe Spring Semester at the Pen- Healthy Relationships, Fall Preventer online at: https://bsarockaway. insula Adult Learning Center is be- tion and Community Engagement. org/ ginning soon. GED (High School To register Call 718 368 5079 or Equivalency), ESOL(English for Email: susan.lavin@kbcc.cuny.edu Fitness Class at Rise Speakers of Other Languages), On Mondays at 11 a.m., join Adult Basic Education. Schedule an Got events? Send an email to kaAnn Fosteris for a free fitness class appointment now to register. Class- tie@rockawaytimes.com with deat RISE (58-03 Rockaway Beach es begin April 18. Email: Peninsu- tails for consideration to be listed.

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With Age Comes Wisdom (and More)

Ask the DOC

By Peter Galvin, MD

There is an old saying that “old age is no place for sissies.” Likewise, Navy SEAL training is no place for sissies, just as running a marathon, climbing a mountain, and playing rugby is not for namby-pambies. But there is one difference – no one chooses to get old. If you live long enough, you will get old. It is inevitable.

You can whine about it, curse it, deplore it, or embrace it but there it is – you get old, no matter if you are a milquetoast or a braveheart. There is no line in the sand – “once you’re 65, you’re old” doesn’t exist. Some people still run marathons in their 80s while others are bent and infirm in their 60s. What really constitutes old age?

The average life expectancy in the U.S. is 77 years for men and 82 for women. Sixty-five is the

traditional age for retirement, so does that qualify for the moniker “old”? How about the biblical “three score and ten”? I wish I had a nickel for every time an older patient told me, “The golden years aren’t so golden.” Of course, most patients used more colorful language but, after all, this is a family newspaper.

If you have reached 65 to 70 and are in generally good health, meaning you’re not bedridden nor running marathons, then you are familiar with the aches and pains of aging. When you wake up in the morning and your shoulder is stiff and sore, you ask yourself why. Naturally, there is no answer – it's aging. When we were younger, we enjoyed skiing and winter weather. Today, if the temperature is 30, we can’t seem to get warm. Maybe that’s why

Florida is so popular.

Most of us adapt to these physical changes, and while we may win a few battles, we will lose the war. Aging involves more than physical symptoms, however. Sorrow and loneliness are often companions of aging. Sorrow from losing friends and family, and perhaps remorse from wrongs and missteps we committed over the years. The National Institute on Aging reports that loneliness among the aging can be just as damaging to their health as high blood pressure and dementia. Loneliness has only been exacerbated by this COVID epidemic, especially to the elderly in nursing homes who were cut off from contact with their families.

Aging can also bring many pleasures. For some, it’s playing

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For others, it’s knowing that tomorrow you are free to do as you wish – you are not on a set schedule anymore. What is imperative is that younger family members understand that contact with older family members can be an enriching experience both for them and for their elders. Older people are a font of knowledge. They are truly the prototype of “Been there, done that.” As Cicero once said, “Old age by nature is rather talkative.” So let’s be sure that the older generation can pass on what they know to the following generations. Our words may enrich their lives and allow us to live beyond the grave.

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The Rockaway Times TURKEY CUTLETS WITH BLACK BEAN SAUCE AND TOMATO SAUCE

By Sharon Feldman

drained 1 cup chopped canned plum tomatoes, with their juice ¼ cup chopped coriander (cilantro) (optional) In a skillet, heat the oil and then lightly brown the turkey slices on both sides; remove turkey to a warm plate and season with salt and pepper. Stir in the onion and garlic, and slowly for 3-4 minutes; add the bell pepper and chili powder, and cook one minute. Stir in the Worcestershire sauce, black beans and tomatoes. Bring to a simmer, cover and simmer 5 minutes.

Return the turkey slices to the skillet, cover and simmer until the turkey is cooked through and the flavor blended, about -7 minutes.

Transfer the turkey cutlets to a platter and spoon over the sauce.

Top with sprinklings of the coriander, if you wish, and serve piping hot. **You can substitute chicken cutlets

Courtesy of my friend Gradita Teahan who got this recipe from her friend when they worked in the US Embassy in Mexico City.

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By Kami-Leigh Agard 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.

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Jr. and Jeff Norris. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Tickets must be purchased in advance: $25 for BHYC members/ $30 for guest of BHYC members. For tickets, email: suzysmart@verizon.net or phone: (347) 260-3891.

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AVOID THE DAY BOOKSTORE & CAFE Every Thursday is Noche Mexicano BOARD GAME NIGHTS at Jameson’s! From tacos, tequila and 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month more tasty tidbits, be ready to not just 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. feast, but vibe to live música MexicaGrab your friends or the entire family, na! and head to Avoid The Day Bookstore & 421 Beach 129th Street Cafe for Board Game Nights! The bookstore has games available or you are 7 p.m. welcome to bring your own. For more Be seduced by grandmaster magi- info, visit: www.avoidtheday.org cian, Adam Cardone’s mind-bending 99-04A Rockaway Beach Blvd table magic at Whit’s End. Plus, DJ SPECIAL MENTIONS Combat spins the beats of the street.

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Thursday, March 31 Get ready to jam with Rockaway’s 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. favorite surf cowboy/musician, Patsy, TONIGHT! Join Ryan Dorogoff, at FamJam with fellow surf musicians, along with the rest of the team from Jesse Katz and Patrick Starr, at Rocka- Madison Estates Sothebys Internaway Brewing Co. tional Realty as they sponsor a wine 415 Beach 72nd Street tasting hosted by Cordelia Schrieber, owner of Ze Wine bar in Windham Slammin’ Saturdays Mountain. Schrieber is a sommelier 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. through the court of master somLet Bar Marseille’s dee jay de la soirée meliers and has won many awards, move you to unwind, eat, drink and including "Top 25 Wine Bars in the dance at French-Mediterranean sea- Country" according to “Travel and side spot, Bar Marseille.

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West Pond Shoreline Wins skillful and thoughtful design to be successful, weighing engineering needs with that of community and nature. We are thrilled that Dirtworks, our lead landscape architect for this critical project at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, won an honor award from the ASLA New York chapter. This award recognizes their dedication

Partners from the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy, National Park Service and Dirtworks Landscape Architecture PC celebrated the selection of the West Pond Living Shoreline Project as an ASLA New York (American Society of Landscape Architects, New York) award winning project. The Design Awards help bolster local visibility and recognize excellence in the practice of landscape architecture.

In selecting the West Pond project, the ASLA noted: “In response to damage during Superstorm Sandy, the West Pond Living Shoreline project addressed the complex interplay of a shifting estuarine ecosystem and the National Park Service’s programmatic and accessibility goals. It leverages Jamaica Bay’s dynamic natural systems to reestablish, protect and sustain West Pond’s critical marsh habitat.”

"I couldn't be more thrilled for West Pond's Living Shoreline Pro-

ject to receive an ASLA-NY Honor Award. It is a great achievement for our firm and the design team.

West Pond shares in the challenges of Jamaica Bay – sediment starvation, marsh accretion outpaced by sea level rise, vegetation compromised by nutrient loading, and increasing storm severity.

In response, the West Pond Living Shoreline project considered the complex interplay of a shifting estuarine ecosystem and the National Park Service’s programmatic and accessibility goals. It leveraged Jamaica Bay’s dynamic natural systems to re-establish, protect and sustain West Pond’s critical marsh habitat. We appreciate ASLA NY's recognition of this amazing project," Britt Zuckerman, RLA, Dirtworks Landscape Architecture PC, said.

Alex Zablocki, Executive Director, Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy said, "A complex resiliency project like the living shoreline at West Pond requires

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to resilient and innovative design approaches, and we congratulate them on a well-deserved honor."

Jen Nersesian, Gateway superintendent, "This project is a model of how through partnerships good work gets done faster and more efficiently than we could ever do on our own. This is resilience, how we thrive together."

THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 2021

EFFECTS STEPS SUMMER IN HOME BUYING

By Robin Shapiro

There are plenty of steps necessary; The summer season in has the mixed tingency, effects on theifRockaway real 6) Usually, home buyingestate process in- wewithin two weeks (hopefully shorter, market.and On thethey one hand, are a beachfront community and the draw the summer does bring people here clude: 1) Shopping for aof house, de-activities sometimes longer) of the exchange for: beaches, swimming, cycling, running, surfing, organized ciding of value/location/budget; 2) of the information sheets the lawteams for kids and adults (although the pandemic may crimp some of these year; thankfullyyers the “end” is inasight).

On thefor the parties.

Choosing a house andthis negotiating create contract other hand, some sellers are reluctant to sell during the suma fair price mer withbecause the they seller; Sometimes they enjoy3) theInaforementioned activities anddebate don’t some “fine to give so fast! specting the want house by them youruplicensed points” and smooth out some rough It can be harder to sell real estate during the summer due to inspector – vacations costs about $400 and spots. This can take a few extra days; by buyers and sellers alike. Summer activities can also up; 4) Sometimes an adjustment is 7)them With a signed the buyer occupy people instead of allowing to focus on thecontract home process. price based now firms up his mortgage; 8) The made in thesale purchase The spring season has been generally good for our real estate marupon defectsket.found inbeen theaction inspecclosing: take place at the mortThere has across the board in can all price categories with an emphasis on theisrange $1 bank million (approx).

Prices office; usution; 5) An information sheet ex- below gage or a lawyer’s have firmed up within the framework of recent comparable sales and changed between andhigher. the Inventory ally lasts 2 hours.

Attending in somethe casesbuyer are creeping levelsabout remain very low.

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LOCAL COLOR:

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READERS SEND IN THEIR PIX We might be a little biased, but we think some of the best photographers in the world live in Rockaway. Here are some shots that readers shared with us this week. Send your photos (limit to 2 per week) to mail@rockawaytimes.com and we’ll do our best to print them (space permitting). We do receive more than we can print.

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Victory! M.S. 183 Named Queens Basketball Champs

By Katie McFadden

The M.S. 183 Huskies Basketball team has much to be proud of this season. And their school community could not be more proud of them. After winning the NYC Middle School Basketball League’s Queens Varsity Championship on March 19, the entire school gave the team a celebration to remember with their very own tickertape parade.

After 13 consecutive wins this season, on Saturday, March 19, the co-ed M.S. 183 basketball team faced off with I.S. 73 at the Frank Sansivieri Intermediate School in Maspeth for the Queens championship. According to head coach Alex Guerra, M.S. 183 led most of the game but it was still a nail-biter. “It was a close game. At first, we were all on our feet because it was tied and the other team played very well, but at the end, we were the champions,” Victoria Jno-Baptist, Senior Site Director of the after-school program at M.S. 183 said. M.S. 183 came out victorious with a 51 to 45 win over I.S. 73, making them Queens champs.

For M.S. 183, the Queens championship win was nothing short of amazing. Their basketball team was made possible after the City selected Harriman Programs to run Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Schools Out NYC (SONYC) after-school program at the 3-K through 8th grade school on Beach 79th Street in 2014. Among the many offerings, basketball became one of the programs offered to M.S. 183’s 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. To give them a greater sense of competition, the basketball program joined the NYC Middle School Basketball League.

This year, under the guidance of head coach Alex Guerra and coach Ezra Cummings, the co-ed team had an overwhelmingly successful season and made it to the Queens Championship for the first time—and won. It couldn’t have happened without the players.

This year’s team consisted of Alain Toussaint, Cecil Lucky, David Owolabi Anu, Derek Mejia, Hannah Carroo, Javon Jones, Jayden Rivers,

Jaylen Lesiie-Hill, Markus Gulley, Marquise Lloyd, Matthew Perez, Naiyah Cotte, Nasir Robinson, Nathaniel Jimenez, Oesoemana Sacko, Romello Singleton, Tafarie D Mazyck, Tyaire Rollison, Zyeskis Blyden and Majesty Hawkins.

For Jno-Baptist, who runs the SONYC program at M.S. 183, this big win meant a lot. “I am so excited they were able to go to the championship and win it for Queens.

They’ve come a long way. They started with tryouts and learning the basics and we were not even thinking they would make it to the championship. We’re all amazed and still in shock,” she said.

After hearing of the win, the teachers of P.S./M.S. 183 wanted

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to do something special to celebrate this tremendous accomplishment. So, like Olympians and National teams, they decided to honor them with a tickertape parade, with the entire school’s participation. On Thursday afternoon, March 24, all students were asked to line the halls of the second floor of the school and were handed bags of confetti. As “We Will Rock You” boomed over the loudspeakers, the members of the M.S. 183 basketball team were led by 3-K toddlers on tricycles, as they paraded around the floor while their fellow classmates threw confetti at them and cheered.

As the team gathered in the gym afterwards, Principal Maureen Campbell was all smiles. For her, the team’s win and the schoolwide celebration go beyond basketball. “It is an outcome of their effort to excel. It is an outcome of us providing equitable access to our children to have opportunities in life. Our children who

are on the basketball team are avid readers, they’ve exhibited appropriate behaviors and have demonstrated that through focus and effort, that they can be skillful and constructive in life, so this celebration goes beyond sports. Sports are important but it also is a positive beginning of their journey beyond the school, and it is so heartwarming to be a part of guiding children to be advocates for living a constructive life and modeling for others that it can be done,” she said. “The tickertape parade was for all of us. It was an opportunity for all 11 grades to celebrate the team’s triumph, and to let them know we believe in you, brothers and sisters. Whatever they choose to be, they now know it takes a step forward to reach that, and from the depth of our hearts that’s what we want for our children.”

The team’s coaches are also beaming with pride. “I’m super proud of everybody that participated and was on our team this year,” Coach Cummings said.

“We really worked hard. We gave 110% effort, and we won the final game against I.S. 73 with a score of 51 to 45. We couldn’t have done it without the players. I appreciate you guys. We got the trophy. Let’s do it again next year.”

But the Huskies aren’t done yet. As they enter the playoffs, the Huskies still have dreams of winning the citywide championship.

“I want to say how incredibly proud I am of all the boys and girls on the team that have shown great promise, great potential through our training through our 13 consecutive wins, as we are now Queens champions and we have now booked our ticket for the playoffs for the city championships,” Coach Alex Guerra said. “We are definitely going for it, and we want to win it all. We’ll give it our all for the city championships. Go Huskies!”

Jno-Baptist is confident the team will be celebrating another championship win soon. “We all pray that the team will win the citywide championship,” she said. “I believe they can do it.”

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RIP ROCKY KING

By Eric Jayden

It's with a heavy heart that I must write that the wrestling world has lost another legend and I have lost a friend. Wrestling Superstar Rocky King (William Boulware Jr.) passed away on March 27, 2022 at the age of 61. Rocky King started his wrestling career when he was hired by Legendary Promoter Jim Crockett Jr in 1985 for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). He first started working his way up as an Enhancement Talent and eventually ended up working top names like the members of the Famous 4 Horsemen. He often faced the Horseman in feuds and was loved and cheered by many fans.

During his career, he changed his gimmick name to Little Richard Marley and was managed by Wrestling Legends Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin of the Fabulous Freebirds. Rocky continued his

career until he retired in 1998.

In July of 1999, Rocky would go on to start his own wrestling promotion called BWA Professional Wrestling, in the Independent Wrestling Scene. Rocky ran shows in the Atlanta, Georgia area and often partnered with many notfor-profit organizations, such as Kids Nite Out, which was a program to help keep youths off the streets. For me, Rocky was not only a friend, but he was someone who gave me opportunity to work with NWA Legends all throughout Georgia. I am proud to have known him and I will most definitely miss him. Rest In Peace Rocky, we will see each other again in that Big Ring in the sky.

This past week saw an important announcement of a WWE Legend.

Triple HHH Hunter Hearst Helmsely, real name Paul Levesque, will be retiring after 30 years in the wrestling business. During his ca-

reer, Triple HHH won 14 World Championships and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2019. Triple HHH was serving as an Executive Vice President with the WWE, suffered a heart failure late last year and has been fitted with a defibrillator and was advised against continuing his wrestling career. We here at Wrestle Talk thank Triple HHH for the many years of entertainment and wish him the best on his retirement.

The Question of the Week comes from David Y. in Far Rockaway and he asked, "What is your favorite match of all time?" Well, David, that's an easy one—Randy Savage vs Ricky Steamboat at Wrestlemania III on March 29,

1987 at the Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan, in front of a record crowd of 93,173 fans. Randy Savage and Ricky Steamboat put on a 14 minute and 35 second classic match which had a total of 22 attempted pins and one of the best storytelling matches that has ever been seen. I encourage everyone to watch it!

Thank you for all the questions and keep sending them in to eavil183@yahoo.com and have a great weekend!

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