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Rockaway Celebrates Earth Day
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EARTH DAY 2022 Happy Earth Day! Friday, April 22 marks the day in which more than a billion people globally take a day to demonstrate support for environmental protection. Locally, there will be several ways to mark the occasion. Earth Day Community Planting Friday, April 22 11 am. to 1 p.m. Join RISE for a spring planting to help make your community a better place! Help transplant and plant native shoreline shrubs. This event is rain or shine, so please dress accordingly and expect to get your hands dirty. Adults and kids alike are welcome to participate in this event. Masks are required. Students can obtain community service hours. Beach 42nd Street and the Boardwalk Tree Planting Ceremony Friday, April 22 11:30 a.m. Join Senator James Sanders Jr. for an Earth Day Tree Planting Ceremony! He will be planting a Hackberry tree. Meet local and State Legislators. Take part in a discussion about human change, not climate change, as we take small steps to help the environment. Hear about solutions that will improve the Earth. Learn about new legislation being introduced to protect our planet. Must pre-register. Contact. (718) 327-7017 or aoneill@nysenate.gov Goldie Maple Academy Playground, 365 Beach 56th Street. Earth Day with NYC Parks Friday, April 22 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Celebrate with NYC Parks and Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers with activities for the whole family! Meet Parks’ Urban Park Rangers and Mounted Unit. Create fun, ecological arts and crafts. Learn about cool plants and animals. Get active. Help to beautify the park. Rockaway Community Park, Beach 54th and Almeda Ave. Earth Day Spring Bird Walk Saturday, April 23 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Join naturalist and Jamaica Bay Guardian, Don Riepe and the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy for a guided walk to the Jamaica
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Bay Wildlife Refuge’s East and West Ponds, hotspots for migratory birds. wear comfortable closed toed shoes and dress in layers. 1.5 miles. Binoculars recommended! For questions, email info@jbrpc.org. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Broad Channel Plover Volunteer Training Saturday, April 23 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Want to help protect piping plovers? Join the NYC Plover Project and become a volunteer. Dedicate time out on the beaches connecting with beachgoers and monitoring visiting Piping Plovers. Training starts this Saturday at Fort Tilden. Coffee and lunch provided. They request a season-long commitment. To register, head to: nycploverproject.org/volunteer Beach 91 Earth Day Celebration Saturday, April 23 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Head to the Beach 91st Street Community Garden for an Earth Day celebration. Educational guest speakers include: Don Riepe (The Jamaica Bay Guardian), Jill Lauri (Healing with Animals) and Carolin Wood (NYC Parks). Artwork and other items for sale by local artists. Live Jazz begins at 3:30 p.m. performed by Tim Otto & The Free Ride Trio (Simon Chardiet and John Bollinger). Donations and purchases will be donated to the American Littoral Society (Northeast Chapter). Free! Beach 91st Street Beach Block Earth Day Cleanup at Dubos Point Saturday, April 23 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Join JBRPC, Rockaway Film Festival, and Rockaway Bay Coastal Association for an Earth Day cleanup at Dubos Point Wildlife Sanctuary and a free film screening at Arverne Cinema on Beach 72nd Street. Gloves and bags provided to help remove debris from the marshland. After the cleanup, head over to Arverne Cinema, next to Rockaway Brewing Co., for a free screening of The Hottest August (2019, 90 min) by Brett Story, preceded by Greywater (2022, 15 min) by Daniel Lombroso from 8 – 10 p.m. Discuss the films after. 65-01 Bayfield Ave & 72-02 Gouverneur Ave
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Stations on the Boardwalk On Good Friday, April 15, a large crowd gathered on a sunny boardwalk on Beach 126th Street to join St. Francis de Sales Church for the Stations of the Cross. Father Jim Cunningham and Father Bill Sweeney led the service, walking a few feet along the boardwalk and stopping to remember each of the 14 steps commemorating Jesus Christ’s last day on earth as a man and remembering
His sacrifice ahead of Easter. SFDS Music Director Michael Fontana led hymns along the way, as parishioners followed along. At the end of the service, Father Jim also acknowledged Rockaway’s Jewish neighbors celebrating Passover that weekend and let the crowd know that the bullhorn he used for the service, belonged to the late Lew Simon. Photos by Katie McFadden.
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Still Getting Burned By Katie McFadden
It’s been nearly four months since a fire tore through an eighthfloor apartment at 102-00 Shore Front Parkway on January 3. While the flames were quickly put out, the ashes remain and tenants in surrounding apartments, above, below and next-door to fire-torn apartment 8O, are still living a nightmare while out of their homes due to smoke, heat and water damage to their apartments. The neighboring tenants have tried to remain patient, understanding the initial investigation of the fire, different insurance issues and coordinating with contractors take time, but more than three months later, many are starting to get fed up. Growing frustrated with the alleged slow-moving actions of the Dayton Towers management, several tenants have reached out to The Rockaway Times to explain some of their frustrations, from alleged lack of transparency and communication to things alleged-
ly being done in an unsafe manner, and things remaining undone without having to reach out to local elected officials and city agencies to put pressure on management. For example, tenants claim they were allegedly not receiving any written letters about actions that would be taking place on their floor, up until March 11, after a complaint was made after burned debris was removed from fire-torn apartment 8O through the hallway without notice to neighbors. Up until March 18, two and a half months after the fire, burned, inoperable smoke detectors remained in the eighth-floor hallway until tenants reached out to Senator Joe Addabbo for help the day before. After a phone call from his office to management, by the next morning, the smoke detectors were being replaced. But tenants are increasingly growing frustrated over having to make complaints to third parties, for progress to be made. Many are still awaiting asbestos abatement, floor and fur-
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niture replacement and other steps before they can move back in, while others are concerned about health risks while living on the floor near the firetorn apartment. Perhaps nothing speaks louder about the slow-moving recovery than photos, taken from a neighboring tenant’s balcony last week, showing burnt debris still sitting on the damaged balcony of 8O, raising concerns for a potential hazard among high winds, on a building that has strict rules for tenants against having items on their balconies that could potentially become a projectile from elevated floors. At a meeting on Tuesday, April 19, tenants were allegedly told by management that action hasn’t taken place on the balcony as the insurance company for the tenants of 8O have deemed the balcony unsafe. After the latest meeting, which involved representatives from local elected officials' offices, the
affected tenants are hoping more work will be done quickly going forward so they can get back into their homes ahead of the summer. “Things are moving forward now but we shouldn’t have had to go through this,” one tenant said. “We just want them to do better.”
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***** Happy anniversary to us. It’s our 408th week of publishing. It doesn’t mean anything, but we just felt like celebrating. ***** Every year, without fail, The Rockaway Times Summer & Community Guide comes out and a couple of advertisers have instant remorse and envy because they missed the boat. They know they should have been in it. Don’t let that happen. The Rockaway Times Summer Guide is something people keep and look through all year. You want to reach people from one end of the peninsula to the other; you want people coming off the ferry to know about you. You want in The Rockaway Times Summer
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around Beach 73rd Street at 10 a.m. The Senator’s Earth Day activities will continue as he hosts a tree planting ceremony at the Goldie Maple Academy on Beach 56th Street at 11:30 a.m. ***** Earth Day can be celebrated on Saturday, April 23, as well, at the Beach 91st Street Community Garden. The beach block event from 1-5 p.m. will include educational guest speakers, artwork on display and for sale, and live jazz starting at 3:30 p.m. Donations and purchases from artwork will be donated to the American Littoral Society (Northeast Chapter). This event is free, and all are welcome! ***** Thanks to all (hundreds and hundreds!) of you who submitted photos for the annual Rockaway Times Photo Contest. Eleven judges are in the process of selecting their favorites and with the quality of photos submitted, it won’t be easy. We’re hard at work and hope to have a Top 30 named
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This Week in History APRIL 21 Sharon Fein Feldman was born. JP Stathis was born.
Amy Mahon was born.
1980 - Rosie Ruiz was the first woman to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon. She was later disqualified for cheating. 1997 - The ashes of Timothy Leary, Gene Roddenberry, and 22 others blasted into space for the first space funerals.
APRIL 25 Eugene Brennan was born. Ashlee Ferriola was born.
APRIL 22 Michael Donohue was born. Sean McLernon was born. Richard Tirado was born.
1898 - Spain declared war on the U.S..
1928 - The first seeing eye dog was presented to Morris S. Frank. 1945 - Delegates met in San Francisco to organize the United Nations.
APRIL 26 1865 - John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln’s as1864 - Congress authorized the inscrip- sassin, was surrounded by federal troops tion "In God We Trust" on coins minted in a barn in Virginia. He was shot and killed, either by the soldiers or by his own as U.S. currency. 1970 - The first Earth Day was observed. hand. 1986 - The worst nuclear power plant accident in history occurred at Chernobyl, APRIL 23 near Kiev, U.S.S.R. EJ Dionne was born. Mairead Fitzgerald was born. Victoria Mahon was born. APRIL 27 Mike O’Neil was born. Michelle Comins was born. Nancy Gahles was born. 1954 - Hank Aaron hit the first of his 755 home runs. 1985 - Coca-Cola announced that it was 1956 - Rocky Marciano retired as the changing its formula and introduced undefeated world heavyweight boxing champion. New Coke. 1983 - Pitcher Nolan Ryan sur-passed Walter Johnson’s strikeout record — one APRIL 24 Dee Roberts was born. Johnson had held since 1927.
Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance in Rockaway
Yom Hashoah is a day set aside for people to remember the Holocaust. It falls on the 27th of the Hebrew month of Nissan, a date chosen because it is the anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Yom Hashoah is the time to commemorate the six million Jews murdered in the holocaust. It is also a time to honor the survivors and the rescuers. With the recent events in the world and the ever-increasing antisemitism, Yom Hashoah becomes more important each day.
This year, the theme of the community-wide Yom Hashoah - Holocaust Remembrance program is "Passing on the Legacy to Future Generations." The Jewish community of Rockaway, Temple Beth-El of Rockaway Park, West End Temple and the Jewish War Veterans are together sponsoring Yom Hashoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday, May 1 at 7 p.m. with a special program that will take place in the main sanctuary of Temple Beth-El. This commemorative program will feature candle lighting by family members or Holocaust survivors, beautiful musical selections, as well as three young adult speakers who have accepted the responsibility of carrying on the legacy to remember the Holocaust.
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Easter On The Boardwalk By Theresa M Racine
Some call it Easter, some call it Resurrection Day. But one thing I know is that many who celebrate, celebrate it as a time of renewal. A time of reflection and a time to spring forward. A time where Christians celebrate Christ who was risen from the dead. A time when, especially now, many need someone to remind them there is hope, and to have faith in the one that is in control of all things. That
is what was felt on Sunday’s Easter on the Boardwalk service. Despite the cold and wind on Sunday, April 17, many came out to the boardwalk on Beach 97th Street to join House on the Rock Church, a church serving the peninsula for 26 years, for Easter service. House on the Rock was started by Reverend Garry S. Patrylo Sr. After his father died in 2012, Pastor Garry Patrylo Jr. has carried it on and now shares the testimony of how God changed his father’s life and how it trickled down to who he became. It's a life changing message from alcoholism and abuse they endured as children to God’s grace and mercy. Today, because of Pastor Garry's father’s choice to serve the Lord, Pastor Garry's own children never have to be afraid. Sunday was House on the Rock’s seventh annual Easter on the boardwalk celebration. The service included songs sung by an angelic choir directed by Pastor's
wife, Kathy, who is a teacher of music. There was also a beautiful praise dance along with a testimony from the Executive Director of Teen Challenge, Pastor Paul. The Easter event, attended by more than 300 people, was a day filled with live music, powerful testimonies, and giveaways. For more information on House on the Rock, feel free to go to 112-08 Rockaway Beach Blvd. or check out: www.houseontherockchurch.com
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Names and Flags Dear Editor: It is with interest that I read the article on the "Washington Avenue Memorial Circle." However, there are some comments I'd like to express on it. My historians advise me that Rockaway Beach Boulevard used to be called Washington Boulevard, for which the traffic circle on Beach 120th Street was named, as was the now-gone Washington Hotel and Catering Hall. Heck, the street I live on was originally known as Park Avenue, in addition
to the Beach numbered street. The Memorial Circle, in recent years, has, for reasons that escape me, been renamed Veterans Memorial Circle. My explanation for changing the name back is as follows... "Armed Forces Day" honors those still serving in the United States Military, in the uniform of their branch of our Armed Forces. "Veterans Day" honors those who served in the United States Military, who were able to return home, and remove the uniform of the branch of the Armed Forces in which they served. Here's the point of my missive: "Memorial Day," known by some of the oldest of the old timers, as "Decoration Day," is the day we honor those who were denied the distinction of becoming Veterans, as they were killed while serving in the Armed Forces, defending our Country against foreign countries. I implore all your readers, and the NYC Parks Department, to refer to the circle correctly. After all, the plaques by the trees show the names of those of some who died
defending our country. On a slightly different subject, I note several locations around the neighborhood where residents are displaying flagpoles with the flag of the United States on it. All fine and good, a nice depiction of patriotism. My issue here, is per the Flag Code (yes, there actually is such a thing), some folks are unwittingly violating this code. Specifically, these well-meaning people, on a single flagpole, are flying the flag of Ireland underneath the Flag of the United States. Per the code, the US Flag is only supposed to be displayed over the flag of another country, when we've defeated them in a war. Did we have a war with Ireland, or now Ukraine, that nobody bothered to tell me about? The aforementioned code specifies that you can fly both flags, as long as they're displayed from two separate flagpoles of equal height, at equal height. I've no issue with people displaying the flag of the nation their family came from, or in support of another country, or even of a service they're connect-
ed with. I'm known for displaying a generic flag of the Emergency Medical Services on a second flagpole. You'll notice McDonald's flies their corporate flag under the U.S. flag, on a single pole, as, per the code, such is allowed. My issue is displaying two national flags on the same pole. That is disrespectful to both countries. I'll climb down from my soapbox now. Richard C Berger
Stay Tuned Dear Editor: I am thoroughly enjoying the series "Big Dan" here in the Rockaway Times. The compelling writing of Katie McFadden makes it feel like I'm reading the script for an upcoming Netflix series, but unlike Netflix there is no "Binge Reading." You have to wait for the following Thursday to catch the next segment in this engaging series. Like many others, I'm a transContinued on page 14
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Local Volleyball Players See First Regional Tournament Success By Katie McFadden
Serve, set, spike! A girls volleyball movement has upgraded from local courts to regional competitions, triumphantly. A group of young ladies from Rockaway and Breezy Point that make up travel teams for Metro Volleyball Academy, is coming off a weekend of success at their first-ever regional tournament. Back in 2016, Xaverian’s Girls Volleyball Coach Marie McGoldrick-Raico, launched a volleyball training program for young girls at West End Temple. The years spent there were good, but when Covid hit, it threw the program for a loop. When the Temple closed, the program was left to practice on the beach. After the Temple started implementing vaccine requirements, the young players had to find an alternative and tried to pick up at Brooklyn League Volleyball, but at a high cost of upwards of $6,000 a year for the club, for many families, the league wasn’t feasible. McGoldrick-Raico came up with another plan. She reached out to Gary Preston and Harris Boyes at Metro Volleyball Academy. “I asked them, if I come up with a plan that will keep this cost effective for parents, would you sponsor us, and we’ll teach fifth and sixth graders from scratch?” Metro Volleyball agreed. And for a fraction of the cost of other programs, McGoldrick-Raico took the program to practice under MVA at Aviator Sports Center, with 63 eager young female players. Coach Marie McGoldrick-Raico, associate head coach Lauren Ganun
and player assistant Caitlin Moran worked together to teach the girls all they know. And then the girls got to work. After training two to three days a week, McGoldrick-Raico knew her girls were ready for their first tournament. In January, 27 players committed to playing the Boardwalk Block Party regional tournament at the Atlantic City Convention Center on April 9 and 10. McGoldrick-Raico split the 27 into two, evenly matched teams—Metro Volleyball Academy Red and Metro Volleyball Academy Blue. As their first regional tournament, the task ahead of the mostly 11-year-old girls in this division among 12-year-olds seemed daunting. “There were over 1,000 athletes. It was the first time our girls played competitive volleyball this way,” she said, but McGoldrick-Raico had seen what they could do. And the girls proved it on the court. Both MVA teams made it to the Gold Medal bracket, a faceoff between the top four teams in the tournament, which was a huge ac-
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complishment in itself. The MVA Red Team, comprised of Caroline Mullin, Callie Casares, Ashley Ferriola, Kiera Henry, Cate Uricoli, Ellie Brown, Mareaid Fitzgerald, Brielle Heeran, Mia Ledesma, Kelsey McMahon, Emma Walter, Addison Heeran and Gabby Casares, won three matches and lost three, putting them fourth overall in the Gold Medal bracket. The MVA Blue Team, comprised of Kelsey Turchiano, Maeve Bartholomeo, Dylan Courtney, Katherine Holly, Vanessa Henry, Rose Tubridy, Avery Matone, Charlotte Moriarty, Ali Valdermira, Isabella Sacco, Lily Mollighnan, Madison Concannon and Layla LaConti, only lost one match out of five, making them third overall. Although they didn’t get a medal, McGoldrick-Raico could not be more proud of her teams for how far they did make it. “They were playing in the 12-age group, and most are 11 years old. They were up against the number one and two ranked teams on the east coast, who already had five tournaments under their belt.
It was really amazing. Most of these girls play CYO for St. Francis and Blessed Trinity, but there was no you and me, they all worked together,” she said. “The girls should be so proud of themselves. This was their first tournament up against all of these other programs and they weren’t used to playing this much volleyball. Yet this was a huge competitive success for them.” McGoldrick-Raico is ready to take the program even further from here. After this success, she’ll be taking the girls back to the beach from April through June to train for some fun, local beach tournaments like the Sugar Bowl Tournament in June. Later this year, she’ll run a program for the same fifth and sixth grade age group and those in the 13 and 12 age group, with prep starting in November for tournaments in January through March. But after that, since McGoldrick-Raico encourages her athletes to play in multiple sports, she’ll give them a break to start their other sport seasons. For now, the girls will enjoy the recent success and the future possibilities. “This was a really great experience for the girls, and it makes me happy to know the girls’ potential is there,” McGoldrick-Raico said. “The sky is the limit. There’s no bar you can’t set too high for them.” If anyone is interested in learning more about McGoldrick-Raico’s volleyball training programs for girls from third grade through high school, she can be reached by email at: mcgoldrickathleticconsulting@aol.com
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Continued from page 11 planted Brooklynite here in Rockaway, but unlike most I grew up in Red Hook, Brooklyn during the '60s. If you saw someone you didn't know, they were either visiting someone or they were "lost." Believe me, Red Hook was not a "destination" back then. I remember the adults organizing to fight against the (two) fare zone we live in even though we were only two to three miles from Downtown Manhattan. Naturally, our pleas fell on the deaf ears of the politicians and bureaucrats. While the cause was well intentioned, Red Hook remained a (two) fare zone. As I have read in this series that Rockaway/Broad Channel had a community leader that approached the bureaucrats with the attitude of "I know you're not listening, but we are going to make
were often sold at local makers markets. While in Puerto Rico, Lyons was continuing his service to others as a home health aide for the elderly. Besides what he did, Lyons was remembered for who he was. Many described him as a vibrant soul, a skater, a surfer, a mentor, an artist, an activist, someone with a fly fashion sense and someone who “had the best dance moves in Rockaway” and was “the life of the party.” He will truly be missed. you listen." Treasure that leader and rally around them because together you will truly make positive changes for the community. Can't wait for this Thursday to pick up a copy of the next segment of Big Dan! Sincerely, Kevin Dowler
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UNMASKED AT LAST: THE STUDENTS OF PS/MS 114 SHARE THEIR FEELINGS (Part 2)
When students at PS/MS 114 learned that they would no longer be required to wear masks beginning March 7, 2022, thunderous applause and cheers echoed in the classrooms and hallways. Masks were thrown in the air like mortar boards. It was a graduation of sorts—an end and a beginning. The mask mandate ended, and they could begin school again unmasked. And the smiles! Suddenly, there were so many of them. Smiles that had been hidden behind masks for too long. Finally, their beautiful faces were complete. Nobody had ever asked these kids how they felt about wearing masks, and then I did. Following are excerpts from their essays entitled, “Unmasked, At Last.” – Joan Diehl, Creative Writing Teacher OCEAN WENTLAND-MCKINLEY On the first day we had to wear a mask, I felt like I was a doctor because I always used to see commercials showing doctors wearing masks. So, I thought it was cool to be wearing a mask. After a few weeks, it started irritating me. That was when the “cobra” was born. It would cover my mouth, so I could barely breathe. It would also pull my ears and make it feel like I didn’t have ears at all. When they announced that we didn’t have to wear masks anymore, my body filled up with joy. I felt the cobra finally surrender. I had won the war. GAVIN HOGAN The mask was like a vaccination shot; it made me feel safer, but it hurt. It felt uncomfortable like wearing a rug on your face. Breathing was hard, like I was in a box drowning or suffocating. Getting to know people was hard because you couldn’t really see them behind the big walls covering their faces. For nearly two years, a mask was nailed to my face, magically bound and impossible to remove. I was locked in, with a combination that could never be found. It
was hot like the earth’s core, making sweat slither down my body like a snake… KATHERINE WODZANOWSKI September 16, 2020: I walked into Class 402 with hopes as large as skyscrapers that graze the sky. But my hopes quickly tumbled as I saw a masquerade of masks inside. Blue, white, grey- all colors masking childrens’ faces, blocking their true feelings. I took a seat in the back next to seven empty desks; desks that used to be filled with books and pens and friends. Now, they were filled with masks, wipes and tissues. My teacher was talking but her voice was muffled like music underwater. I could make out only a few words like, “Six feet” and “Social Distance”. I was trying to listen, but it felt like I was alone, like there was a glass box around me. September 16th, 2021: I was still trapped in a box, alone. Social distance stickers still lay in the hallway like dead seagulls lay on the beach hours after their passing. Paper masks still sat in the office like mosquitos waiting for their next victim. March 2022: Even though the mask ordinance has been lifted, there’s still an annoying friend constantly reminding me, “Covid’s still out there.” LUKE MASON Have you ever felt isolated like you were trapped in a box? As if a giant piece of “masking” tape (pun intended) sealed your mouth shut? Well, that’s what wearing a mask everywhere felt like during the pandemic. Once I was walking up the stairs with my mask on and, Oh Boy, was I sweating. I was so hot and tired I wished I could pour a bottle of water on my head. It was dreadful, as if my mask was suffocating me. I could barely breathe; it was like walking through the Sahara Desert. I could take off my mask only during snack time. I’d pull it down and feel a blast of relief. I was in paradise. I was starving like a lion after a lengthy nap.
I was able to smell and taste the sweet, sliced oranges my mom had packed for me. But, when snack time was over, the teacher told me to put the devil of a mask back on my face. Once again, that evil cloth clung to my face until dismissal. FRANCIS ARASIN “Frankie, time to get up,” my Mom screamed. I was moving as slow as a turtle. When I was finally dressed, I got to into the car and there was the beast of torture on my seat— the mask! It was coming straight for me. It climbed up my body and onto my chin. I got to school and masks were everywhere. They were on faces and tables. There were even signs telling us to wear masks. I felt trapped in a nightmare like when zombies are chasing you…but it was masks. I went to my class where even there the breath-taking beasts were torturing people. The last period on Friday is Creative Writing, the period the beasts can’t get us…. SOPHIA CONRATH Unmasked, finally! Imagine having to spend two years of your life wearing a mask. The mask was a cage never letting your face feel free. When it was hot outside the inside of my mask and face got sweaty and gross. But I couldn’t just wipe it off. My face felt hot like a desert, itchy like sandpaper. It was torture like being thrown
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into a pit of blood thirsty lions. The Covid vaccine was the key to unlock this cage. Now, I can go back to sports and hangout with my friends and family without a mask. I’m free. Finally Free. And I have learned that when challenges arise, I must persevere. MICHAEL TUBRIDY I couldn’t wait to take this mask off. Every day was torture breathing with this paper monster on my face. It was just hot, stale air for seven hours a day. Whatever you ate for lunch stayed in that mask all day. It was disgusting! It was always so hard to hear people talk. It was like everyone was mumbling under that thing. I always had to say “What?” or “Excuse me, I don’t understand you.” The mask across everyone’s face made it harder to recognize people. I was always questioning who that person was. Another issue I had with the masks is that they hurt my ears. They would pull on them and the strings would rub against my ears all day. Finally, the day came and we didn’t have to wear these masks anymore. It was a big relief. I could finally understand people. I could see their mouths moving and actually understand again. I didn’t realize how much I missed people’s reactions to jokes or stories. It’s nice to see people smile again in school. The smell of fresh air makes me happy again, and my ears haven’t felt better.
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Big Dan: The Patriarch By Katie McFadden
At 73 years old, looking back on all that he’s done—spending several decades as a successful business owner, giving a run at politics, losing yet continuing to fight for his community and issues abroad, playing a large role in the sale of the land in Broad Channel and the Cross Bay Bridge toll being rebated for residents—it takes Big Dan Tubridy no time to answer, what has been the most fulfilling? “I’m going to say this is fairly easy,” he says. “Marrying Pat and raising five children.” Big Dan’s first priority has always been his family. “When people asked me to do things and I said no, people would say, ‘But Dan, you’re the only one that can do it.’ Well, that’s too bad. In order to maintain one’s happiness, to raise five boys with Patricia Murphy and putting her first, you needed to have family time. You needed to be able to devote that time to those five munchkins,” he said. And through the years, his children have taken away many lessons taught through Big Dan’s own examples, and a bit of tough love. Each of his five sons—Patrick (Paddy), Daniel (Dee), Martin (Marty), Terence and Sean, have put those lessons into action in their own ways. “What I refer to as giving them their life lessons, I now see it coming home,” Dan Tubridy said. “And it’s wonderful to see.” Big Dan says his own lessons were instilled in him by his own patriarchs. “My grandfather was a cop as my father was a cop,” he said. Although Tubridy inevitably wound up not becoming a cop, he took away a major lesson from them. “They help people,” he said. “That’s what we’re here for—and to have fun.” A big part of the Tubridy boys’ upbringing was education. “Education is important. And school is a big tool in an arsenal,” Tubridy says, though admittedly, he hated it himself. “I hated school with a passion. But I knew I had to graduate from college otherwise I’d feel the guilt of my three brothers and sisters not graduating because
I didn’t graduate,” he said. “So when I graduated, that was the end of school for me. It wasn’t the end of my education, but I hated the formality of it.” For that reason, Dan and his wife, Pat, differed on their approach to their sons’ education. “I’m a big school person, but I’m not a big marks person. My attitude is ‘go to school and do the best you can.’ Pat wants good marks,” he said. But he encouraged his sons in their strengths. “I found in educating, you need to find what was important to them in order to achieve what had to be accomplished. Not every one of these five boys were great students, so there were times we had to use whatever the levers were. Four of them were into sports. Patrick was into sociability,” he said. Homing in on his kids’ talents, whether being sociable or hitting the courts, was another tool in Tubridy’s education arsenal, among others. “I classify the whole person. I look at my and Pat's responsibility as educating them through travel, which they all did at a fairly young age, educating through understanding money, economics, and the academic part—I left that to the academicians,” he said. One of Tubridy’s biggest lessons was responsibility. “You have to make a living, so one of the things we as parents have to do for our
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children is to make sure they’re responsible,” he said. We’re always gonna help them, but that doesn’t mean they don’t pay rent. “Martin comes home one day, he’s about 12 years old. Pat starts saying something about school and he tells her he’s gonna quit. She goes crazy. I get a phone call… ‘Martin is gonna quit school, you better get home.’ I get in the car, pay the toll, come into the house and said, ‘Martin, Mom tells me you’re quitting school.’ ‘Yeah, Dad, I had enough of school.’ I said, ‘Ok. When do you want to do this?’ He said, ‘I want to do this as soon as I can.’ I said, ‘Ok, well, we can put you to work, because when you quit school, you have to get a job and you have to pay rent. I can give you two weeks to get a job. But you’re my son. If you don’t get a job, we can probably set up a tent in the yard for you.’ He wasn’t laughing. I then said, ‘Martin, what happened? He said, ‘Dad, Mom was really getting on my case, and I thought if I said I was quitting school, she’d stop.’ I said, ‘Well, Martin, you can drop out anytime you want, you just gotta go to work. So, if you want to drop out, get a job, if not, go talk to your mother.’” Martin never dropped out of school. All of Tubridy’s sons are college graduates. While they all completed their schooling, from a young age, the Tubridy boys were also learning
the value of hard work at dad’s business. “Pat would send these boys to Pier 92 at the age of 5, 6, 7, and I said, ‘Ok guys, you’re here to work. I need you to go out into the yard,’ and I’d point and say, ‘Take every rock you find and throw it into the bay.’ Out they would go and dig up whatever pebble they could find, and they would throw them into the bay and tell me. I would hand each of them a quarter. If you’re working, you get paid. I wanted them to understand the equation of you work, you get paid. That money is yours,” he said. As the kids got a little older, they would take on more responsibility. “By the age of 7, they would be given short jobs—they would fold napkins and place silverware, make a salad, fold laundry, etc. And in their early teens, they would be dishwashers and busboys,” he said. Along with other neighborhood kids. “One of the great joys is when people come up to me and say, ‘You started me out. I was dishwasher, a waiter,’… some people say I was a son of a bitch… ‘But you taught me. I didn’t like you then, but you were always fair—firm—but fair,” he recalled former employees saying. Tubridy’s own boys would go on to be waiters as well, and bartenders, especially Martin, Terence and Sean, who also bartended at Connolly’s. “Each of them worked here for a good period of time,” Tubridy said. But according to him, none of them saw it as their future. “None of them wanted to go into this business,” he said. Most of the boys explored their own path, but Tubridy knew they had to find their own way. “I don’t want to say it was easy,” he said. “Part of it has to do with what they enjoy and each one of them enjoy what they’re doing.” But letting them find their own way, led to all of the Tubridy boys finding success, whether in or outside of hospitality. And Big Dan could not be more proud. “They’re magnificent,” he said. “Each one is different. Each one has their niche. Each has their own strength, and I am very proud of them. Continued on page 18
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Continued from Page 16 “Patrick is our free spirit. He loves this business, loves the sociability, he still does. And everybody loves Patrick,” Tubridy said. From comedy to acting, DJing and emceeing, and even dabbling in real estate, “Paddy Tubz” has made a name for himself from Rockaway to Florida. Some of the Tubridy boys followed in their grandfather’s footsteps and went into civil service. Martin always wanted to be a firefighter but took a detour. “He was a journeyman, a Local 3 electrician. But he went through almost seven years of borderline slavery,” Tubridy said. However, Marty eventually got to where he wanted to be. “He’s a firefighter now. He’s one of the oldest probies in the history of the Fire Department. And he’s very happy,” Tubridy said. “Sean, the youngest, always looked up to his older brothers, but he’s in sanitation. Now he’s a foreman.” And the others have continued in their father’s footsteps as business owners, even if they found different paths there. Tubridy says Dee was one of the first to leave the restaurant business, but eventually found his way back. “Dee didn’t last here long. He went and graduated Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and started to work in the real world—and he hated it,” he said. “Terence stayed in this business from the very beginning to right now. He was a DJ for a while, but he was always in this business,” he said. While Terence was still in college, he and Dee opened their first bar business—Metro 53 in Manhattan. And it was a learning process. “They made some mistakes. They didn’t necessarily talk to me initially, but then they started doing it,” Tubridy said. Now Dee and Terence get business advice from the big man, whether they want it or not. “They do ask me for advice and sometimes, it’s unsolicited. But I’m nowhere near as bad as I once was,” Tubridy said. Whether they took his advice or not, Dee and Terence found their
way in hospitality. So much so that they became pros. Under the umbrella of In Good Hospitality, Dee and Terence have opened more than 10 other venues across New York City, including Bungalow Bar, and their biggest project yet—The Rockaway Hotel. As Tubridy watches his legacy of hospitality continue through his sons, he could not be more impressed by what they’ve accomplished. “The Hotel—I look at that as a dream. There were a number of other authors of it that helped bring it to fruition, but it started with them,” he said “And when you are able, without necessarily having the knowledge of all the things you need to accomplish, to buy a property, find the right combination of people, have the reputation to bring in investors securely and to bring it into fruition in the middle of Covid…I’m not sure how much better you get.” Beyond their success in their careers, it is the other lessons that Tubridy instilled in his sons that he takes pride in. There’s no doubt Big Dan’s willingness to fight for his community rubbed off on his boys. They too, have found creative ways to send a message during protests. In May 2018, after the City announced just before Memorial Day weekend, that a large stretch of Rockaway Beach would be closed due to severe erosion, after locals had spent months trying to bring attention to it, the announcement wasn’t taken lightly. During the NYC Parks Department’s beach opening
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ceremony, a few of the Tubridy boys took part in a mock funeral, carrying a fake casket through the ceremony, representing the death of the beach, with a bagpiper leading the way. That casket would come in handy again in September 2020, when the Tubridys took part in a rally against former Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Covid restrictions that shut down many of their restaurants. The casket represented the death of NYC hospitality. Big Dan proudly marched along with his sons for that protest in Manhattan. “It gave me a point of pride,” he said. It was among the many examples of his boys taking away from his lessons of “Don’t be afraid, do something dramatic… you want to be remembered.” Not being afraid is among several other things Tubridy says he and his wife strived to instill in their kids. “I believe we raised them to be independent. We raised them to be generous, to share. I’m very proud of them. I see this all the time of how good they are. They’re asked to help somebody, there’s no hesitation. We taught them to tell the truth. Take the high road. Save—some of the boys’ friends remind me that Big Dan always says, ‘a penny earned is a penny saved.’ Part of what I tell them is that with responsibility comes privileges. I told them at a very young age, ‘Mom and I are responsible for clothing you, feeding you and educating you. Everything else is a privilege.” Despite their success, Tubridy’s
The Rockaway Times boys remember those humbling lessons. Not long ago, Terence reminded Big Dan of one of those examples where he taught them responsibility. “About two months ago, we were talking about a trip we took to California with my parents in 1992. Terence was 11,” he said. “He recently recalled this and said, ‘Remember Dad, we paid for the airplane.’ And I said, yes, Terence, I remember that very well because you objected and I said, ‘I’m responsible for feeding you. I’m not responsible for transporting you.’ I took the money for the plane out of his pay. Terence still reminds me about having to pay that airfare. Nothing is a gift.” Since then, the Tubridys have taken many trips together. As we go to press, the Tubridy Clan is on a big family trip to the motherland of Ireland until April 24. It is one of many trips the retired Dan Tubridy has been on lately. While Tubridy will happily smoke a cigar on the balcony of his Rockaway Beach condo when the weather is good, the Florida resident since 2015, heads to Boynton Beach when it isn’t. “I love being 12 months in a pair of shorts,” he said. When he's not in Rockaway or Florida it's often somewhere else warm, like Puerto Rico, where he went in February for a couple of weeks. The latest trip was also about warmth, the kind of warmth that comes with bringing the big clan together for a magical trip to Ireland. Big Dan hopes to instill an appreciation for travel in his eight grandchildren—Rosemary, Michael, Ryan, Shane, Quinn, Declan, Brayden and Teaghan. “Even though they’re young, we want them to have a sense of where they come from and what their ancestors left,” he said. Then it’s back to Rockaway, but not for long. At the end of June, Big Dan’s headed on an Amtrak trip with his wife, Pat, to Glacier National Park, a trip to California in October and then plans for a cruise are already in the works. “This is a fantastic life,” he said. “I don’t want to sound prideful, but who’s got it better than us? It’s wonderful.”
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OVERSIZED LEGAL THREE ON BEACH BLOCK NEPONSIT BEACH BLOCK Move right in! Great room w/wbfp, EIK, plus den, 4 BRs, 4-1/2 baths, finished basement, inground & heated pool & spa, long pvt. driveway,1 car garage. $2.6M
Legal 3 on 80x100 beach block 3 bedrooms 1 1/2 bath ground floor 2 bedrooms 1 bath Plus 1 bedroom third floor Tons of parking! Private by Lots of potential - needs tlc $1.399M
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Owner enjoys 3 bedroom 3 baths, open layout custom kitchen - living room with gas burning fireplace, dining room with large basement. Upstairs are 2 bedrooms, 1and 1/2 baths, custom kitchen with skylites, open living room with gas burning fireplace, dining room and sunroom, 2 car garage, additional Pvt pkg and private backyard with shower cabana! $1,299M
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One block to the beach, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, living room, dining room, eat in kitchen and finished basement. $4800 B 100TH St. - Mint 3 bed 2 bath................................................................................... $2700 B 126th St. - large one bedroom ( 3 fl) heat, summer pkg Inc .....................................$1800 B 137th St. – 2 bed, 1 bath, large rooms, EIK, deck, 2 parking sp ...............................$2200 B 137th St. - 1 bedroom, second floor, heat Inc.......................................................... $1500
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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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SUMMER EFFECTS CO-OPS AND CONDOS By Robin Shapiro
summer season has mixed effects on the Rockaway real A co-op isThaeform of ownership in bilities (mortgages, etc.). estate market. On the one hand, we are a beachfront community which stockholders in a corporaA condominium is a form of real and the draw of the summer activities does bring people here tion occupy property owned by the estate consisting of individual for: beaches, swimming, cycling, running, surfing, organized corporation under a and lease. Techownership of a may unitcrimp and co-ownteams for kids adults (although the pandemic of these this year; propthankfullyership the “end” in sight). On the available nically a some co-op is personal of is common areas other hand, some sellers are reluctant to sell during the sumerty – it is not real estate, although to all owners. Mortgages are availmer because they enjoy the aforementioned activities and don’t the IRS does recognize mortgage able to condo buyers as in any real want to give them up so fast! interest and property deducestate transaction. charge It can be hardertax to sell real estate during the summer Condos due to vacations by buyers and sellers Summer activities also tions. Consequently, interest ratesalike. special fees calledcan assessments for people instead of allowing them to focus on on share occupy loans for co-op purchasmaintenance of the thehome common elesale process. es tend to be slightly higher than ments (like garbage pickup, etc.). The spring season has been generally good for our real estate maron ordinary mortgages. Co-op co-ops condos must ket. There has been action across theBoth board in all priceand categories with an the range millionwith (approx). shareholders doemphasis not payonrent, but below file $1 plans the Prices NYS Attorney havemaintenance firmed up within the frameworkGeneral. of recent comparable sales and they do pay towards This filing becomes a in some cases are creeping higher. Inventory levels remain very low. the upkeepCall of me, common areas and prospectus upon the Attorney Love, Robin. 718-490-9463 property taxes. In considering a General’s approval. Co-op boards co-op purchase the buyer should can reject any applicant without look at the financial strength of the explanation. Condo boards can be EarlyVoting Primary Election co-op because the new sharehold“choosy” as well.Day Call me. Love, er takes on part of the co-op’s liaRobin. June 12–20 June 22
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Built in 2016. This two bedroom. 1.5 bath corner plot home in the Wedge Area boasts central air and heat, oak floors, gas fireplace, plenty of storage. Sprinkler system, pre-approved for second story. Great for entertaining and so much more! SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY CONTACT BRIAN (516) 434-8579
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Surf’s Always Up at Rockaway’s Surf Shops! BREEZY POINT SURF SHOP By Kami-Leigh Agard
For over a century, surf culture has been universal on the Rockaway peninsula, establishing our local surf shops as a second home for pro surfers to baby “groms” alike. In this five-piece series, The Rockaway Times spotlights the surf businesses catering to local and DFD (down for the day) wave dancers’ every need from the water’s edge. Next, we paddle out to the western tip of Rockaway—to Breezy Point Surf Shop! Walk into Breezy Point Surf Shop (BPSS) and be transported to a time when surf shops just offered a laid-back, beach-loving vibe, and expect to see “Fast Times at Ridgemont High’s” Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn) greet you with, “Totally gnarly dude!” It isn’t easy to make it these days as a small business owner with a brick-and-mortar shop, just ask BPSS owner, Donald Ritter. However, since June 6, 1991, the shop has triumphed over many threatening wipeouts, including Hurricane Sandy and Covid—and today with hard work, dedication and grit through the years—the shop remains the go-to spot in Breezy Point, where the beach vibes are always strong. According to Ritter, who has lived in Breezy Point since he was eight years old, the ground on which the store stands was a supermarket, of which he was co-owner. “Where the shop is located was basically one of the aisles in the supermarket. It was the produce section, and it was huge. After thinking about the vastness of the space, I had an idea. Why not section off a space to open a surf shop? I was in my early 20s, and always loved the skate/surf lifestyle. When I was a kid, I literally lived on a surfboard. So, opening a surf shop was a no-brainer, especially in a community like Breezy,” he said. Ritter first opened the shop initially just selling tee shirts. He shared that the first major wave
he faced was convincing bigname brands like Oakley and Rip Curl to take a chance on him. “In the beginning, the more popular brands wouldn’t sell to me because they had bigger markets on the peninsula. So, I started going to trade shows in Orlando, Florida, where I gave out my business card to every surf/beach apparel brand representative. Like that old saying, ‘Perseverance is the secret to success,’ I persevered, and did not give up until finally I got these brands to
sell me to me.” Ritter stayed the course, and today his shop not only carries tee shirts, but also surfboards to sunglasses, an arsenal of surfing, skate and beach gear from a variety of brands like O’Neil, Hurley, Oakley, Costa, Ray-Ban, Rainbow Sandals
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and Reef. He’s especially proud of the shop’s flip flop inventory, which he describes as “one of the largest in the city.” Also, Breezy Point Surf Shop also has its own self-named clothing line. From board shorts, tee shirts, sweatshirts, hats and more, customers clamor for the store’s exclusive personal line. According to Ritter, after the first five years of operating in the red, just being able to stay afloat, paying for merchandise, rent, utilities and employee salaries, the shop started to do well and finally establish itself as a mecca for everything beach in Breezy. However, a tsunami-like wave hit—Hurricane Sandy. “Just imagine, the water came in and washed $100,000 worth of merchandise away. I had no choice but to throw it all in a dumpster. The only items I was able to salvage were the surf boards hanging from the ceiling. Also, I had just put new floors and cabinets in, and the water took with it $6,000 in renovations. Not only did I lose everything, but now I had no income as the shop was my sole source. However, I refused to accept what I lost as a wipeout. “To walk away after 20 years with nothing to show for it was not an option. Maybe it would've been easier to walk away and get a city job, but I loved my store. I created it. I like when folks come in and leave with a smile on their face because they feel good about
shopping here. For me, true customer service is not a gimmick. People don’t have to come here, they can just stay home and click on a website and get something delivered right to their house. However, what do you get from physically coming into a store that you can’t get online? Personalized customer service, the pleasure in physically feeling the product and trying it on,” Ritter said. “That’s the advantage of coming to a store like ours, where we are here to serve the community.” Even when the shop is closed, Ritter goes out of his way to accommodate customers. Ritter said, “Until Memorial Day weekend, we are only open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the weekends, but I always open upon request. On the shop’s voicemail is my cell phone number. So, even if we’re closed, and someone calls with an urgent request like they’re going on vacation or need a birthday gift, I’ll come in and open the shop just to serve them. Again, it’s all about treating our customers like family. If you’re not a people person, you’re not in the right business. As a business owner, I strive to be honest, reliable and friendly. As someone recently said, ‘You’re like a little hidden gem.’” Until Memorial Day weekend, Breezy Point Surf Shop, located at 61 Point Breeze Ave, Breezy Point, is only open on the weekends from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. From Memorial Day to Labor Day weekend, the shop is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more info, call (718) 318-2381 or check them out on Facebook or Instagram.
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Fall Leads To Insight
The best laid plans often go astray and along the way we are forced to adjust accordingly. I know many of you have had to change plans in the last few years. As I write this column, I am recovering from a bad fall due to a basement flood where my husband and I were cleaning up a flowing river. I slipped on the tile floor and broke my left wrist in a few places. Thankfully, I didn’t hit my head. All I could think of were the victims of the Ukraine War. How do they survive without the necessary medical supplies? A broken wrist is so minor compared to what so many others are enduring. My prayers and thoughts are with those who are without support.
Healing begins with pausing. Accepting where you are and surrendering into the process. Letting go of the big EGO. Asking for help when you need it and moving forward with grace. Perhaps you know of someone who is in need of help but is too proud to accept assistance. What could you do to make their life easier? Maybe it’s a prayer, card, or a simple gesture of kindness. I have found to be in service is well received and welcomed when one is broken. My intention is be in service to those less mobile than myself. This injury is already serving me well. My first reaction when I fell was two things—I will not be able to do my yoga practice and I will miss Orangetheory! Two practices in my life that make we feel flexible and strong. Then the pain overtook my simple thoughts and I began to breathe, sit and acknowledge
this too shall past. Injuries help you to understand others who are compromised in body and spirit. There is a lesson in every obstacle. Being a super mobile person, this is teaching me empathy and compassion for those who are limited. Many of our students come to yoga with injuries and we always offer modifications. The truth is when you have an injury, you must rest, change how you do things and but never give up. Time heals all but the wound always leaves an imprint. When we lose a loved one, time will help but the truth is healing comes when you care for yourself. No one or anything can heal you but rather it must come from the individual doing the work from the inside, out. We have extraordinary tools to promote restoration. Patience and faith are two powerful healing words that inspire us to go slow and pray. Pray for those less fortunate than
yourselves and you will begin to heal. Have patience with the process and make changes when necssary. Say yes to the people who want to help you. Don’t look back and say, what if I did this different? blessings, blessings - -rosemerry wahtola trommer “Believing it matters, today I bless all that seems unable to grow. I bless the stems of larkspur broken in yesterday’s storm. I bless the broken. Bless those in pain. Bless all who feel as if they are drowningin the ache of aloneness and betrayal. I have felt the wide blessing of sky, cold blessing of rain, green blessing of field, I have felt the dark, sharp blessing of loss. How it’s changed me. For all I cannot fix, I bless it. For all I cannot hold, cannot heal, cannot mend, blessings, blessings, impossible blessings, tender blessings, blessings mighty as wildfire, blessings as gentle as tears.”
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Earth Day Community Planting On Friday, April 22, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., head to the RISE Center (5803 Rockway Beach Blvd.) for a spring planting to help make your community a better place! Transplant and plant native shoreline shrubs. This event is rain or shine, so please dress accordingly and expect to get your hands dirty. All ages. Kids can receive community service hours.
Beach 91 Earth Day Celebration On Saturday, April 23, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., head to the Beach 91st Street Community Garden for an Earth Day celebration. Educational guest speakers include: Don Riepe (The Jamaica Bay Guardian), Jill Lauri (Healing with Animals) and Carolin Wood (NYC Parks Department). There will be artwork and other items for sale by local artists. Live Jazz begins at 3:30 p.m. performed by Tim Otto & The Free Ride Trio (Simon Chardiet and John Bollinger). Donations and purchases from artwork will be donated to the American Littoral Society (Northeast Chapter). Free!
Earth Day Spring Bird Walk On Saturday, April 23, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., head to the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge to join naturalist and Jamaica Bay Guardian, Don Riepe and the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy for a guided walk to the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge’s East and West Ponds, hotspots for migra- Earth Day Cleanup at Dubos Point tory birds. wear comfortable closedtoed shoes and dress in layers. You On Saturday, April 23, from 5 p.m. will be walking approximately 1.5 to 7 p.m., head to Dubos Point Wildmiles. Binoculars recommended! For life Sanctuary (65-01 Bayfield Ave) to questions, email info@jbrpc.org. join JBRPC, Rockaway Film Festival,
and Rockaway Bay Coastal Association for an Earth Day cleanup at Dubos Point Wildlife Sanctuary and a free film screening at Arverne Cinema on Beach 72nd Street. Gloves and bags provided to help remove debris from the marshland. After the cleanup, head over to Arverne Cinema, next to Rockaway Brewing Co., for a free screening of The Hottest August (2019, 90 min) by Brett Story, preceded by Greywater (2022, 15 min) by Daniel Lombroso from 8 – 10 p.m.
100 Precinct Community Council On Wednesday, April 27, at 7 p.m. on Zoom, the 100th Precinct community Council will hold its monthly meeting. Hear updates and address questions and concerns with the NYPD. For Zoom access info, email Ozzie Edwards at ozziecares@aol. com
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To me, there is no question that the COVID-19 pandemic has been the most politicized infectious disease the world has ever seen. Peoples’ responses to the pandemic and their actions against it have become widely divergent and appear to be linked to their political views. Many believe that mask and vaccine mandates are necessary while many others have the opposite view. Red states and blue states reacted quite differently to the infection – blue states shut down everything and mandated masks, thereby tanking their own economies, while red states did the opposite and suffered less economic damage. Through it all, the role of immunity based on previous infection has been largely ignored, perhaps because of the difficulty in evaluating the strength of disease-based immunity. Here in New York, those
who refused vaccination lost their jobs without the opportunity to prove that they already had immunity due to prior COVID infection. As I write this, Mayor Adams has just removed the vaccine mandate for professional athletes, but not for ordinary citizens. About one quarter of the population remains unvaccinated. Part of the problem with immunity based on previous infection was the assumption, based on one medical study, that up to one third of people were thought to be serologic nonresponders, meaning they failed to develop immunity from an infection. Plus, among those who did develop antibodies from infection, the duration of that immunity beyond six months was unknown. Finally, on March 15 of this year, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published the results of a study done at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The authors of the study recruited healthy unvaccinated adult volunteers via
Twitter and Facebook. They divided the volunteers into three equalsized groups – those who reported a test-confirmed COVID-19 infection (“COVID-confirmed”), those who believed they had a COVID-19 infection but were never tested (“COVID-unconfirmed”), and those who did not believe they ever had COVID-19 and never tested positive (“no-COVID”). All three groups underwent antibody testing at LabCorp facilities nationwide. Qualitative detection of antibodies included the SARS-CoV-2 antinucleocapsid (N) protein and semiquantitative detection of antibodies to the SARSCoV-spike protein receptor-binding domain (RBD). Participants had a mean age of 48 years, 52% were women, and 14% reported routine mask use in public. Among the COVID-confirmed group, 99% tested positive for anti-RBD antibodies. A median of almost nine months had passed since their reported COVID-19 diagnosis. 55% of the COVID-unconfirmed group
tested positive, and 11% of the no-COVID group were positive. Antibody levels in the COVID-confirmed group were the highest and were similar to levels attained by vaccination. While antibody levels in the COVID-unconfirmed and no-COVID groups were lower, the no-COVID group’s levels were about 40% of the levels seen in the COVID-confirmed group. Plus, anti-RBD levels were observed after a positive COVID-19 test result for up to 20 months, extending the previous six-month durability data. Evidence of natural immunity in unvaccinated healthy U.S. adults up to 20 months after COVID-19 infection is certainly encouraging and should be used to temper the fervor for accepting that immunity can only come from vaccination, especially in the face of job loss and career disruption for the unvaccinated. Questions and comments may be sent to editor@rockawaytimes. com.
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“Artistic” Child By Kami-Leigh Agard
Transparent About Autism Awareness April traditionally has been observed worldwide as Autism Awareness Month, now there is a shift rebranding the observance to Autism Awareness, Acceptance and Advocacy Month, or 4A for short. I’m all in for that, however, this year my usual momentum to celebrate the month has been stunted. Why? I’m just plain confused. At the beginning of the month, I lit up my window in blue and yellow lights to spotlight autism awareness in Ukraine, and even bought lights to share with others. Now, I recently learned that lighting it up blue is considered, “outdated.” Also, the puzzle piece, which Rockaway Beach Autism Families and a slew of other organizations, has embedded in their messaging, now connotes, “incompleteness.” In addition, spreading autism awareness is interpreted as building awareness about a fatal condition and the need for a cure. Again, I’m dumfounded. Let’s start with lighting it up blue and the puzzle piece. In a recent article in Harvard Business Review (hbr.org/2022/04/your-autismawareness-day-might-be-excluding-autistic-people), the author asserts: “When well-meaning company leaders make plans to mark Autism Awareness Day, that sometimes takes the form of messaging based on potentially harmful stereotypes or outdated messaging, such as “light up the blue” (blue is associated with fundraising for the cure and perpetuates
the stereotype that autism is more common in boys than in girls), and puzzle pieces (which to many connote incompleteness)…While likely unintended, that cure and deficit messaging can make many autistic employees feel othered. Invisible. And like they can never belong.” Here’s my take. I am a parent of an autistic nonverbal 13-yearold girl. Autism is a spectrum, not unlike a snowflake, where no two individuals are alike. As the popular saying goes, “When you meet one person with autism, you've met one person with autism.” I always thought that building awareness is about spotlighting the diversity of the spectrum, and the idiosyncrasies that comes with it. You may see my daughter racing, screeching gleefully down the aisle in Stop and Shop, and through mine and countless others’ advocacy, you may recognize that she is on the spectrum, and even smile. Never, did I think spreading autism awareness with blue lights was bemoaning my daughter’s and others’ diagnosis, and seeking help for a cure. As for the puzzle piece, I interpreted it as a symbol of the mystery behind God’s wondrous creations. From the Earth, man, animals, even a rose bush—all are testimony of the tender loving care and time He dedicated to create each and every one of us uniquely. Thus, the puzzle piece symbolized how special our autis-
tic loved ones are, and with time and patience, we will discover and appreciate their majesty and purpose as God’s creation. However, I do respect autistic individuals’ unease with lighting it up blue and the puzzle piece. Ten years from now, who knows what will replace these symbols, however, the emphasis should be focused on the intention, not the misunderstanding. The definition of the word, “awareness,” is “to raise/heighten/increase public understanding of something.” Our intention to spread autism awareness was never to combat or cure it, but to educate the public, including our police, fire departments, and medical community, about recognizing the behaviors of autistic individuals to avoid uncomfortable and potentially combative situations. Also, awareness should not be coupled with building prejudice nor pity. Autism sometimes could be challenging for both the individual and the family, but in no uncertain terms is it a fatality
or crippling disease. One last thought. Many days, I’ve been bewildered, depressed and even cried. Recently, I’ve even witnessed my daughter crying, not in pain, but in her own frustration. Imagine not being able to express your feelings? Yet, nobody should be defined by their hardships. Autistic individuals should not feel pressured to be an inspiration to society-at-large, nor do caregivers need to be leveraged as heroes. We just want to encourage everyone to be kind, and fellow caregivers to be strong, even on the most challenging days. April is devoted to autism, but awareness, acceptance, and inclusivity should be embraced every day of the year, furthering conversations about equitable opportunities and education. I talk about autism to open doors into the reality of our lives as caregivers, build understanding, acceptance and growth of our loved ones. Share your thoughts. Email: kami@rockawaybeachautismfamilies.org or visit: rockawaybeachautismfamilies.org
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With 62 days left until summer (but Friday, April 22 who's counting?), Rockaway’s enter9 p.m. tainment, dining, and arts venues are Gear up for a special night of true sizzling! So, plan your Rockaway crawl Americana rock at its finest with Kerry with the #1 guide of things to do in Rockaway—The Rockaway Times’ Good Kearney at Rogers! 203 Beach 116th Street Times page! See the roundup below! LIVE MUSIC Saturday, April 23 Friday, April 22 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Head to Kennedy’s, kick back, dine 5 p.m. Fri-yay! Kick off your weekend on and bask in picturesque Manhattan “the little street where old friends skyline bay views as LL Duo serves up meet,” with the Rock-A-Wades at music to soothe your senses. 500 Bayside Drive, Breezy Point Healy’s! 108-07 Rockaway Beach Drive Saturday, April 23 Friday, April 22 9 p.m. to 1 p.m. Hey y’all! Blackstone is back at RBQ 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. When you mix Irish pride, good jammin’ their arse-kickin’ southern company, good food and good music, rock and blues. 97-20 Rockaway Beach Blvd you can’t go wrong tonight with Jim “Wolfie" McGrath at Harbor Light! 129-18 Newport Ave Saturday, April 23 9 p.m. Rogers is going to be a hot ticket toFriday, April 22 night as Wine With Sue rolls in with 7 p.m. Sultry songstress Patti Blue and rounds for everyone—of beer-rific rock her band, The Boys, make their classics. 203 Beach 116th Street much-awaited debut at RBQ jammin’ all your favorite rock classics. Not one to miss! Sunday, April 24 97-20 Rockaway Beach Blvd 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Listen to RT columnist Lou Pastina aka The Lazer of GrayTrippers fame! Go Friday, April 22 with the “floe” and stop by Pico for mu7:30 p.m. Breezy’s all-female powerhouse, sic tequila to go with that ice! 419 Beach 129th Street The Pointers, are back at Bar Marseille with an encore of their red-hot lineup of rock classics. Sunday, April 24 190 Beach 69th Street 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Get ready for a Fun-Day! Sun-Day! at Harbor Light with Chris Solo’s acoustic Friday, April 22 tunes. 8 p.m. 129-18 Newport Ave Can you alphabetically list rock classics from the ‘50s to today? Well, two-man acoustic cover band, Lords Sunday, April 24 of the Fjords will be playing the hits 4 p.m. and some obscurities in that order at It’s a memorable afternoon of the Belle Harbor Yacht Club—see if you bawdiest of Irish drinking songs, down can keep up! to the quietest of laments and love songs 533 Beach 126th Street with Celtic singer-songwriter Kevin McCormack at Rogers. 203 Beach 116th Street Friday, April 22 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. ONGOING LIVE MUSIC Tonight, your cup will overflow with folk, funk, rock, and blues from mulThirsty Thursdays ti-instrumentalist and singer/song7:30 p.m. writer, Gregory Morgan, at Sayra’s Be seduced by grandmaster magician, Wine Bar. Adam Cardone’s mind-bending table To advertise in The Rockaway Times call 718-634-3030 · ads@RockawayTimes.com
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LEGAL NOTICE LIMITED ADMINISTRATION CITATION File No. 2020-3513 SURROGATE’S COURT QUEENS COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent, TO: To the heirs at law, next of kin, and distributes of MILLICENT SHIELD deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to the heirs at law, next of kin, distributes, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF QUEENS COUNTY A petition having been duly filed by Sherri W. McManus, Vice President Loan Documentation of WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, who is domiciled at 3476 Stateview Boulevard, Fort Mill, SC 29715; YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd. , Jamaica, NY 11435 on May 19, 2022 at 9:30 o’clock in the fore noon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of MILLICENT SHIELD lately domiciled at 1026 Bay 32nd Street, Far Rockaway, New York 11691, in the County of Queens, State of New York, granting Letters of Limited Administration upon the estate of the decedent to any eligible distributee or, upon their failure to qualify, to the Public Administrator of Queens County, and, if permitted to renounce, then to the Petitioner's nominee, Oscar A. Prieto, Esq., upon duly qualifying, that the authority of the representative under the foregoing letters be limited to represent the estate of the Decedent in a foreclosure action on a first mortgage dated November 10, 1999 and recorded at Book 5439, Page 0548 in the original principal balance of $224,950.00 on the Decedent’s real property located at 1026 Bay 32nd Street, Far Rockaway, NY 11691. NOTICE: THIS CITATION IS SERVED UPON YOU AS REQUIRED BY LAW. AS A RESULT OF THE MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE COURT TO COMBAT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19, PHYSICAL PRESENCE AT THE COURTHOUSE ON THE RETURN DATE IS NOT POSSIBLE. THEREFORE, IF YOU WISH TO CONTEST THE RELIEF REQUESTED, YOU, OR AN ATTORNEY ON YOUR BEHALF, MUST CONTACT THE COURT PRIOR TO THIS DATE IN THE MANNER SET FORTH IN THE ATTACHED NOTICE. IF YOU DO NOT CONTACT THE COURT AS SET FORTH IN THE NOTICE IT WILL BE FOUND YOU CONSENT TO THE RELIEF REQUESTED. HON. PETER KELLY, SURROGATE Janet Tucker, Deputy Chief Clerk Dated, Attested and Sealed, April 4, 2022 (Seal) Name of Attorney for Petitioner: Gross Polowy, LLC Tel. No. (716) 204-1700 Address of Attorney: 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 201, Westbury, NY 11590 Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you. 71727 To advertise in THE ROCKAWAY TIMES call 718-634-3030
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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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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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Food and Beverage Insider THE ROSÉ GUIDE By Natalie Crooks
The beginning of Spring in New York is one of the most invigorating times of year. Everyone emerges from their homes after the long winter and rushes to enjoy the sand, surf and, most importantly, the rosé! Rosé is synonymous with spring and summer and there’s not a much more refreshing wine out there to sip on while soaking up the sun. These days you can even drink rosé out of a can, and many rosés come straight from grapes grown on Long Island. Rosé didn’t really become popular in the United States until the 1970s and most of those were of a sweet and concentrated style; now many people favor the Provence-style rosés that are very dry and crisp. So, what exactly is pink wine? You can think of rosé kind of like an extremely light red wine. When grapes are juiced, no matter their color, the juice is white. The skin
contact of the grape to the wine is what gives red wine its color, so rosé just sees a bit less of that skin contact in order to achieve a lighter hue and lighter wine. There is a common misconception that darker rosés are always sweeter, but really, they just come from more thick-skinned grapes, like Cabernet Sauvignon for one example, or the grape skins were left in contact with the wine for a longer period. Many winemakers now actually try to make their rosés lighter in color because so many consumers buy the lightest rosé they can find. Pale pink Provence rosés have become extremely popular in recent years in the United States. Provence is a region in southern France along the Mediterranean coast; their light, dry wines are perfect for seafood, vegetables and sipping by the sea. Many American wine producers have been mimicking this style
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and Long Island in particular has stepped up to the plate showcasing many different styles of dry rosé. Rosé has become a symbol of summer in the Hamptons and Bon Jovi even got in on the trend, partnering with Gerard Bertrand to make his now very well known “Hampton Water” which is produced in France but sold all over the United States. If you like your rosés fruit forward and lean in style then Provence wines are the way to go, but there are many other styles. Zinfandel rosé, which is what first became popular in the United States, is a sweeter style with lots of red-fruited flavor, these wines are great to enjoy with spicy food. Pinot noir rosés are often light and delicate, displaying subtle notes of fruit and minerality with bright acidity. If you prefer a richer style then look to Provence’s neighbor, the Rhône region, where savory and rich rosés come from the
sub-region of Tavel. These rosés have great body and structure and age very well. If you think you’re not a fan of rosé, you might just need to branch out and try some different styles, one might surprise you. Regardless, as Spring passes and summer approaches there is no doubt that rosé isn’t going anywhere. The frozen style, “frosé,” has also gained massive popularity for its refreshing qualities, rosé spritzers with fresh lemon are also a favorite of mine while trying to beat the heat. If you’re unsure of where to begin, consider your taste and pick a region or grape that suits it best, ask some questions at your local wine store and when in doubt, just make it a slushie!
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Spring in Their Step The Rockaway Track Club’s Spring Half Marathon and 5K had a big turnout on Saturday, April 16, with fast finishers in both races. In the Half Marathon, in first place was Ryun Scrudato with a 1:13:25. In first place in the 5K was Sanjay Rawal with a 16:08. Rockaway Track Club’s Jim McVeigh wants to give a special thank you to Jim McKeown (local war hero and Bronze Star recipient) who led the race on bike. Ad-
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WRESTLING NEWS By Eric Jayden
Let's start this week with an update on former WWE Superstar Bray Wyatt as reported by his father, WWE Legend Mike Rotunda. Bray and his real-life brother, former WWE Superstar Bo Dallas (Taylor Rotunda) are currently busy with their projects outside of wrestling, but Rotunda doesn't think they’re completely done with pro wrestling. According to Rotunda, both are weighing their options in other things but there's always a chance for them to return to wrestling. Mike Rotunda also stated that he felt that the WWE never really gave Bo Dallas (Taylor Rotunda) a chance to become a star in the company. We will continue to keep an eye out on both Rotunda Brothers to see if they eventually end up returning back to wrestling.
There are apparent rumblings coming out of the WWE Locker Room, where stars are upset about the name changes that have been happening to many of WWE Superstars. As per the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Vince McMahon is said to be not happy with talent using their real names or names used prior to that talent signing to the WWE. Now, this change in policy currently doesn't apply to Top WWE Talent like Brock Lesnar or Randy Orton, but the lower tier stars are starting to wonder if they will be the next ones to have their name changed. AEW Rampage viewership numbers are currently down from last week when All Elite Wrestling decided to change to an earlier start time. The April 15, 2022 show only drew 428,000 viewers which is down from the April 8, 2022 show which drew 600,000 views. Now the show's
start time was moved from 8 p.m. to 7 p.m. and currently AEW has not stated if they will switch it back. The Question of the Week comes from Barry M, in Five Towns, LI and he said, "I'm tired of seeing Roman Regin as champion. They need to take the belt off him and regulate him to doing
jobs!" Well, Barry sounds like this is more of an opinion than a question. What I can say about this is, I feel that Cody Rhodes may be the one who takes it from him. Think about that. Keep sending those questions in to eavil183@yahoo.com and have a great weekend!
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