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CB14 Votes Yes for Far Rockaway Re-Zoning ‘With Conditions’

By Kami-Leigh Agard

Though many Community Board 14 (CB14) members were up in arms with the Economic Development Corporation’s (EDC) plan for the city’s proposed rezoning of downtown Far Rockaway, in a surprising twist, by a vote of 26 to 2, the board voted “yes with conditions,” at a special meeting last Wednesday, March 29.

The EDC representatives presented their glitzy plan of a new idyllic downtown Far Rockaway, stating that their plan will bring “Far Rockaway back to its former glory days when it was referred to as ‘The Village.’ The $91M allocated by the mayor will bring more commercial vibrancy to the downtown Far Rockaway commercial district, which currently is underperforming, and not serving its residents and the entire peninsula.

“With this redevelopment, after decades of de-investment, more retail stores and businesses will come, bringing back much-need jobs and commercial vibrancy, unlocking the lucrative potential of downtown Far Rockaway. Just with the refurbishment of the 18 storefronts’ facades already completed, the exciting momentum has already begun.

The redevelopment of vacant lots, the old Thriftway Shopping Center, improved public transportation, workforce training, a new state-of-the-art library, — all will make the area come alive. Our 15-year rollout also includes underground parking for the mixed affordable residential buildings coming and additional street parking for both residents and visitors,” the EDC representative said.

Next up was District 31 Councilman Donovan Richard’s Chief of Staff Mercedes Bu-

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chanan, who made a brief, but thunderous statement rallying why CB 14 should vote yes for the rezoning.

“Downtown Far Rockaway has been the same way for the last 40 years,” Buchanan said.

“It needs change and we support change. Note that our office is not 100 percent on board with all the details of EDC’s plan. Changes are needed. We understand the need for improved transportation, additional schools, greenspace, resiliency measures. Downtown Far Rockaway is the only area on the peninsula that is not on the flood zone. The storefront facade project was great, but we need to do more. We will not continue to have an eyesore in the community with vacant lots and abandoned buildings.”

After all the cheerleading, CB14 Chairwoman Dolores Orr directed her concerns to the EDC. “We need to know

the City’s position on opening more schools. Both present and incoming residents need their own zoned elementary school for their children.

Presently, most of the children have to commute to other areas in the peninsula for their education.”

EDC responded, “With our analysis, we are not showing the need for a school with the new development. We understand this is a concern, so we are willing to continue the conversation and taking a good, hard look at it.”

Orr continued, “Retail, parking, the proposed residential buildings' height are all concerns. Currently the plan shows two 15-story buildings.

That density is not in context with the surrounding community. We are looking for lower density and height in these Continued on page 3

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Continued from Page 2 proposed residential buildings. However, for retailers looking to set up in the area, they are looking to see how many people live in the area that could support the financial viability of their business. However, two 15-story buildings are not going to work for me. Also the area needs a national chain supermarket, and mid-box retailers like TJ Maxx, Marshalls - somewhere you can go shopping for reasonable prices.”

Then board member, Danny Ruscillo, spoke up, “How are you going to guarantee more parking for residents of the community and store owners?”

EDC responded, “There will be underground parking for residents of the new buildings, plus accessory parking for shoppers. We are guaranteeing that we are creating an additional 1,200 parking spaces.”

Another board member questioned, “The major component of your presentation has been about shopping, but what about housing? Of

course people need shopping, but adding 1,500 to 3,000 people living in your proposed affordable housing ‘projects’ would have a major impact on the community. These highrise apartment developments are out of style. Robert Moses did that. We need smaller-sized buildings, not more high rise projects.”

After a ping pong match with board members expressing their additional concerns about the plan’s deficit in provisions for a new hospital and homeownership incentives — and EDC amicably striking back saying that they would consider these concerns, one board member had enough and exclaimed, “We need to vote yes, because at least we will have EDC coming back to us. If we vote no, we get nothing. Please vote yes, so we are at the table with the Mayor, get that money and run with it!”

After the board members had their say, the public got to testify their position on EDC’s plan. Bruce Jacobs said, “This plan is not about affordable

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CB 14’s “yes with conditions” vote sought to address concerns shared by the board.

In the core of the redevelopment area, where the city has proposed allowing buildings with a maximum height of 12 stories as well as two buildings with a maximum of 15 stories, the board asked for a more modest upzoning that would limit height to ten stories. Outside of that core area, where the city has proposed buildings with a maximum height of nine to ten stories, the board asked that the maximum height be four stories.

On the infrastructure front, CB14 asked for investment in

Page 3 sewer and water upgrades, widen the intersection of Mott Avenue and 21st Street, create a new school, a municipal parking lot, and reserve space in the rezoning area for healthcare facilities.

Affordable housing was also a concern. CB 14’s conditions specified that it wants 60 percent of the apartments to be rent-restricted, and of those, 20 percent to be affordable to families of three making below $24,480, and 80 percent affordable for families making $48,960 or more. They asked that 40 percent of the total apartments be homeownership opportunities.

Over the coming months, the rezoning proposal will be considered by Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, followed by the City Planning Commission, and finally, the City Council. If the Council modifies the proposal, it would go back to the Planning Commission. And if the Council votes contrary to the mayor’s wishes, he could veto and force an override vote.

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The Checklist For all the behavioral scientists and neuroscientists among my readers (yea, they number in the thousands, believe me) you’re free to start tracking my brain’s deterioration. I have no clue what I wrote last week or the week before or the year before.

For the rest of you, don’t worry if my stuff sounds vaguely familiar – nobody’s ever accused me of original thought. Anyway, I had an unoriginal idea for a column this week and then couldn’t decide if I’d done it before.

Which got me to thinking about lists.

Making a list to accomplish things is a good way to …. accomplish things. You make a list and check them off. Clean the garage. Wash the car. Buy detergent. Once you actually write a list, that stuff is getting done. You check things off or cross them out with vigor. Check, done.

Hooray. Maybe after all is said and done, you crumple up the list and toss it into the garbage can like Larry Bird.

But the checklist has its

limitations. The checklist is for things you’re going to do, not for things you’ve done.

Yes, I cleaned the garage because I had a checklist, but after a few days I start thinking, did I clean the garage?

The checklist is gone. And I can’t remember diddly.

I make a new checklist and I write: clean the garage. I go out to the garage to find someone has cleaned it. It could have been me but I’m not sure. I look at my checklist really not sure if clean the garage deserves a checkmark. Sure, I can check it off because it’s been done but there’s hardly any satisfaction in pressing the pen on the paper. Checkmarks feel better when they’ve been earned.

I can’t remember what was on last week’s checklist, much like I can’t remember if I wrote something for this column. A while back we did some website overhaul and all our archives were stolen by the Russians or Wikileaks, so I can’t do a quick search to see if I ever wrote about con-

Page 5 taminated bagels or about men in their 80’s who wear toupees.

You’re with me on contaminated bagels, right? You order a plain bagel and as you’re about to bite into it, your nose picks up the scent of an onion bagel or, even worse, an everything bagel.

This makes you homicidal.

If you wanted an onion bagel you would have ordered one.

Almost as annoying as the contaminated bagels is when you tell someone about the offending bagel and they say, oh, I like onion bagels.

That’s not the point, I want to scream. They poo-poo me and say I’m exaggerating.

That drives me further insane.

There’s the expression, one bad apple spoils the whole bunch. Apples got nothing on bagels. Somebody puts an onion or everything bagel, in the same bag as plain bagels, and I want to start a fistfight.

I just don’t take poisoning lightly. And I don’t need a checklist to remind me.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2017 starting this week), but we’re sad to report Pitch and Putt at Riis Park won’t be open. The National Park Service put out an RFP for Pitch and Putt and the Flatbush Avenue Golf Range, but so far has not picked a winner. As of now, the best Gateway will say is, they “hope” it will be open for the season. ***** Our Summer Guide is getting put together. If you have a business, this is the publication you want to be in. (It’s a keeper and we’ll have a news rack at the ferry). Better reserve space by April 15. Call Pat 718-634-3030 or send an email to Pat@RockawayTimes.com ***** Whoa! Katie McFadden hustled down to the beach when she got word that a whale had washed up on Beach 118th Street.

She snapped some great photos and video. We put one video online on our Facebook page and it reached more than 500,000 people! More than 2,950 people shared the clip, which seemed to touch many. Hundreds and hundreds of people weighed in

with comments lamenting the creature’s demise. ***** Some people, not many, took exception to people taking photographs of themselves or children near the dead whale. We did not find this objectionable.

A whale is an enormous creature and its appearance on our beaches give humans a closeup look at something extraordinary. Pictures with people next to the whale actually provide scale and allows for appreciation of its magnificent size.

Things live and die in nature, and a simple photograph does not show disrespect. ***** Last call for The Rockaway Times Photo contest. Entries are due by April 14. Please submit through the correct email address: PhotoExpo@RockwayTimes.com ***** The Rockaway Civic Association is spearheading an effort to restore beach block gardens from Beach 109th to Beach 129th Street. You can donate, join the organization, and/or volunteer

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District 32 PB Votes Are In

By Kami-Leigh Agard

“So wow! Ya ever sit on a cold toilet seat in 20 degrees? Don’t worry, yoga will make ya tush better.”

Judging from that comment on a Rockaway Facebook page, some locals are not too enthused with the results from District 32’s NYC Participatory Budgeting Cycle 6 ballot.

Another commented, “What happened to the days when elected officials made the tough budgetary choices?

Fewer than 1,300 people voted and the process really allows a small group of highly-motivated people to get their project funded over a much larger group of people who are largely unaware of the election or too busy to vote.”

Through PB, some city councilmembers give at least $1M from their district’s capital discretionary budget for residents to decide where money should go. In this year’s ballot, District 32’s Rockaway and Broad

Channel residents casted their vote for projects like a dog park or winterizing the public bathrooms on Beach 105th Street.

The projects that were voted in are: Receiving 288 votes — Upgrades to our schools ($220K); 206 votes — Amenities for new playgrounds for P.S. 256 across from P.S. 114 on Beach 135 Street ($250K); 188 votes — Adult Exercise Equipment adjacent to the boardwalk along Shore Front Parkway ($175K); and with 176 votes — Creation of a labyrinth/ yoga/ meditation area along Shore Front Parkway with a price tag of $250K. Total cost: $895,500.

The projects that were not funded are: Receiving 154 votes — Winterization of Beach 105th Street’s public bathrooms; 134 votes — Installation of security cameras at Seaside Library; 128 votes — Creation of a dog park near Beach 92nd Street.

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Don’t Repave SFP – Restore it!

Dear Editor: I was happy to read in last week’s Times that Shore Front Parkway would be resurfaced as early as this week! Wouldn’t’ it be nice if DOT just maintained our roads proactively without the need for political arm

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But let’s not stand on principle, the big issue is that this well-used, beach front thoroughfare needs more than new asphalt. This imminent resurfacing project is a unique opportunity, perhaps our last, to restore its full functionality.

Several years ago the DOT decimated SFP, as they had every other major east-west road in Rockaway, by removing a full lane in each direction. Their maze of painted white lines had the immediate and purposeful effect of halving the capacity of this once-proud road, all done

by City Hall edict without local public approval.

A restored Shore Front Parkway should consist of two lanes in each direction, with parking on the building side and a shared passenger drop-off / boardwalk concession bicyclist bypass lane on the beach side. Additional parking can and should be incorporated on the center median.

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Rockaway needs at least one good two-lane, eastwest road for safe and efficient transportation, especially in emergency situations. SFP is the perfect egress road for getting thousands of residents to the centrally located Beach 94 Street that provides direct access to the Cross Bay Bridge.

The time is now for Community Board 14, elected representatives and individual citizens to let DOT know that we don’t just need a good-looking road, but also a safe and efficient one. You don’t have to be a transportation expert to understand that Rockaway needs additional traffic and parking lanes, more than white lines designating empty, unusable and wasted space.

Take a moment to call Eric Ulrich’s office at 718-3186411 and let him know how you feel.

Enough With the Poop

Dear Editor: To the attention of all dog owners in Rockaway Park : we have been blessed with a beautiful, brand new boardwalk and a clean beach, but some of you with your dogs poop have made it impossible for us to walk. We want you to hire a weekly truck with pressurized water to clean the boardwalk and a truck with a rake to clean our beach. Why aren't there strict rules and high fees for dog owners who walk their dogs' on our beaches and our gorgeous boardwalk? They allow their pets to poop and do not clean up after them. This needs to stop!

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A Whale of a Loss Rockaway was whaling over the loss of a beautiful creature this week. Over the past few years, the presence of humpback whales in local waters has increased significantly.

However, unfortunately one was found dead on the beach around Beach 117th/118th Street on Tuesday, April 4. The sad sight drew in many spectators as curious residents wanted to get a glimpse of the mammal up close.

The deceased whale, which was identified as a male humpback whale, measuring at 30 feet and weighing approximately 20 tons, was found at around 7 a.m. on Tuesday.

Some were hoping that the whale died of old age, but according to Rachel Bosworth of the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society (AMCS), its size indicated that the whale was likely around two years old.

It is believed that the whale was already deceased when

it washed up on shore, as the United States Coast Guard had reported the whale as floating nine miles offshore on Monday evening.

Shortly after the whale was found, members of the 100th Precinct and the Department of Parks and Recreation were on hand to keep onlookers at a safe distance from the creature, out of concerns that it may carry or spread disease.

That afternoon, AMCS Necropsy Program Coordinator Kimberly Durham arrived on site to do an initial assessment of the situation and make follow-up plans, along with New York City Sanitation and the Office of Emergency Management. A rising tide and poor weather on Tuesday made an on-site necropsy, or animal autopsy, a challenge, so officials decided to postpone it until Wednesday morning.

A team effort was made on Tuesday afternoon by NYC Parks, NYC Sanitation, the Office of Emergency Man-

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agement, and the Ladder 137 Firehouse, to move the whale further up the beach, away from the rising tide, using rope and heavy machinery. A necropsy began on Wednesday morning in a process that took four hours. AMCS found that the whale was likely hit by a boat. "There was tissue damage consistent with blunt force trauma, the bruising covered about 2/3 of the whale's body.

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After Mayor Bill de Blasio did a politically acquiescent aboutface — vowing last Friday, March 31, to close the notorious jail complex on Rikers Island, and disperse inmates in newly-built jails in all of the five boroughs, a rumor spread like wildfire on Facebook group page, Friends of Rockaway Beach. Could the old Neponsit home be up for grabs?

Matthew Murdoch, who did not respond to The Rockaway Times by press time, ignited the fire by posting last Sunday, April 2, a photo of the decades-defunct Neponsit Health Care Center, located at 149-25 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, with the caption: “Coming soon to Rockaway. Mayor de Blasio’s new jail after the closing of Rikers Island.

I was told by a City Hall source.

I work right off Broadway, if you don’t believe me.”

The post fired up residents, although some doubted its validity, especially around April Fool’s Day. However, with Rockaway consistently being used as a city dumping ground, The Rockaway Times did some investigating to find if the rumor could become reality.

According to Robby Schwach, Deputy Chief of Staff for Councilman, Eric Ulrich, the Neponsit Home, or anywhere on the peninsula, is an unlikely possibility for a jail. “Currently by law, the property has to remain a health-related facility, or it automatically reverts to park land, unless the state legislature from both houses votes to change it.

Our local elected officials would never allow that to happen. Additionally, the new jail would have to be sited somewhere in central Queens because the prisoners have to come and go everyday to court. We don’t have any courts in Rockaway. It would cost the City a fortune to house the prisoners here, and bus them to the three courts in the borough - on Queens Blvd., in Jamaica or in Long Island City.

We may very well see something we don't want on the site eventu-

ally, since the community can't decide what they do want, but it won't be a city jail. Additionally, the buildings are not habitable, so they would have to be demolished and the site repaired; then they would have to build something new, making it incredibly expensive. So we don’t foresee nor have any knowledge of any plans to use that site to incarcerate criminals.”

Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato said, "The Mayor's proposal to close Riker's Island is still just a proposal. Where we put the replacement prisons is even further off. However, there remains an issue with the City seeing the Rockaway peninsula as a place to dump all its otherwise-problematic facilities. I will never stop my fight against that.

But the building in question is zoned for healthcare only, so there's nothing to react to yet.”

NYS Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr., said, “The Mayor should concentrate more on ways to improve the situation at Rikers, instead of creating new problems with siting facilities across the boroughs, generating multiple security and public safety issues throughout the city. Once again, this administration is looking to merely discard an entire program, much like it has done with cluster sites for homeless individuals, instead of looking for ways to fix it."

The Neponsit Home has long been used for medical purposes.

Photojournalist and social reformer, Jacob Riis, and his group, the New York Association for Improving the Conditions of the Poor, opened it as the Neponsit Beach Hospital for Children to treat tubercular children in 1917.

It had 120 beds and large openair balconies.

By the late 1930s, the site became an old age home. Then during World War II, the U.S. Public Health Service operated the facility as a tuberculosis hospital for merchant marines.

Following the War, the facility became known as the Neponsit Beach Hospital for Crippled

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Continued from Page 14 and Tubercular Children, until it closed in 1955. After a dispute with the department of hospitals, the facility was not used until 1964, when it reopened as the Neponsit Home for the Aged.

In 1985, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) assumed operations of the site. Then in 1998, under Mayor Rudy Giuliani, NYC declared an emergency evacuation of the facility. Without any prior notice, close to 300 residents were removed in the middle of night and bused off to other locations operated by the HHC. At that time, HHC officials said that the building was "structurally unsafe." The move was traumatizing to some. Two residents died while being relocated and another resident couldn’t be found for several weeks.

With the sudden closing, there were rumors that Giuliani wanted to sell the land to a political ally and friend, to turn it into an oceanfront hotel/casino. However, this plan never came to fruition because the deed to the

land required it to be used exclusively as a healthcare facility or a park. With the hotel plans thwarted, the City planned to clear the property and turn it into parkland. A Legal Aid attorney, however, got a court-ordered injunction in October 1999, which prevented the city from tearing down the buildings.

The beachfront property sits unused and decaying, but still costing the city plenty. It was reported in 2014 that HHC paid $266,000 annually to maintain the property.

According to Peter Corless, Neponsit native and administrator of the Facebook page, Neponsit Home Redevelopment, “There are political and legal reasons why the site can not be used as a criminal detention center.

“A couple of years ago, longtime Rockaway activist, John Patrick Larkin, wanted to mobilize the community to get involved in the Neponsit Home’s redevelopment. Sadly, John passed away a few years ago. One of the last things we worked together on was creating the Facebook public group, Neponsit Home Redevelopment (facebook.com/ groups/NeponsitHomeRedevelopment/ “Back in 2014, we started amassing a number of files relating to the legal status and deed information of the site. The last indenture of the property was made in October 1997 between NYC and NYS. The original deed specified that it could only be used as a medical facility. People in the 1970s were concerned that somebody was going to try to use the property as a heliport, and they made amendments to the deed to curtail that. It was last amended in October 1977.

“Then in 1999 after Giuliani shut down the home, and rumors circulated that he wanted to open a hotel, there was a Queens County Supreme Court case be-

Page 15 tween the City Council of NY and Mayor that ruled that the site could not be used for anything else but a healthcare facility, except under the condition that it gets a vote by both houses of the State Assembly, and then signed by the Governor. So there’s no way, it could be used as a criminal detention center unless the covenant of the land is changed by the State.

“The property has been the subject of ongoing discussion.

In 2014, we started this Facebook group. We started generating ideas on how the old Neponsit home could be used for the community’s benefit. There were many proposals such as an educational and health center, and veterans’ rehabilitation center.

Assemblyman Lew Simon was really involved in this,” Corless said. Although the jail idea is nothing but a rumor, Corless is hopeful it will spark new interest. “Maybe this new conversation will reignite locals’ passion to move the needle on how the community could use this site for something beneficial,” Corless said.

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Sizing Things Up

By Lou Pastina

Have you tried buying a piece of clothing lately? I thought I had lost my mind or fallen into the far end of the size spectrum. When I was younger and on sports teams, no matter the sport, I was always one of the smallest guys on the team.

Whether it was basketball, baseball, football or even track, team photos always had me in the front and never in the back, where the tall guys were.

I have been lucky enough to visit Europe

a few times and understand that European sizes are different. The guys tend to be long and skinny, almost as if they never have run into a quarter-pounder before.

The sizes for clothes reflect that fact, as much of the Euro-styled clothes resemble something out of a bad disco movie from the 70’s. But here in the USA we are used to some big boys, in fact the government and health officials have been telling us that we are all obese and we bet-

ter stop drinking those Cokes! Much of that is fake news, especially the Coke stuff, regardless of what my mermaid keeps telling me. But something is happening in America’s clothing stores, and it’s starting to get to me. Sizes are shrinking!

I find myself at the GAP or Banana Republic these days from time to time, and have noticed that there are no sizes over 38 and sometimes there are no size 36’s. How can that be? Where do all the guys in the back row of the photos go to shop? When I inquired about this, I was told that more sizes are online. In the words of Steve Martin, “well excuseee me!” If you are larger than the small guys in the front row, you have to go online to get your clothes? I am not sure what type of discrimination that is, but it definitely isn’t fair.

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And by the way, have you noticed that the lengths seem to vary too?

A size 30 length at the GAP is not the same as a size 30 length at Banana Republic. Aren’t they the same company? Don’t they have the same universal tape measure? Can they be measuring from somewhere higher up the leg? That seems intrusive!

I know, I know, you say that there are different styles and cuts, and that accounts for the difference. Well maybe there is a different reason. Perhaps the politically correct are trying to make us all skinny and healthy and, even European like!

My God, help us.

In America you should have the right to eat a quarter pounder at 11 p.m. to quench that grumbling feeling without worrying that the GAP will pre-judge our hip size or the length of our pant leg.

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for Trump if not for these basic American rights and values. The President is looking to put tariffs on all goods made outside the US. Maybe if that happens, I can rely on the size chart to reflect American sizes and be the same everywhere I shop.

The alternative is somewhat sobering however. Could it be that the mermaid, in concert with health officials, is actually right and that the fourth Coke of the day is a bit too much?

Maybe the guy in the picture from 40 years ago takes up two spaces in the front row today, and I hadn’t noticed? Perhaps GAP has it right and they are gently nudging us all toward the way the people in their advertising pictures look – young, happy and damn thin.

Naw, none of that can be true, pass that Coke over here, I need to wash down these Oreos!!

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When in the state of worry, you are no good to yourself or to anyone else. You are no good to yourself because the worry is manifesting negativity inside of you and your cells, your entire being is in a state of uneasiness.

You are no good to anyone else because you cannot offer genuine comfort, ease and a peaceful approach to something in life that happens with no apparent rhyme or reason.

Worry: anxiety arising from cares and troubles. We all have cares and troubles – if not all of the time, from time to time all throughout our lives. There is a fragile side to life in all of its forms resulting in some less than perfect times. That’s the way it is. Worry causes us to be stuck ; moving through the less than perfect times is longer with worry.

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Ask the DOC

By Peter Galvin, MD

Concussions Considered Rest has long been the cornerstone of the management and treatment of concussion, especially in children and adolescents.

This advice includes both physical and cognitive rest. Physicians have been advising both rest at home and avoidance of classwork for many years. A recent study out of Ottawa, Canada, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, casts more doubt on the current recommendations for concussion management. There is limited evidence in the medical literature that the current recommendations result in a positive effect on prognosis, especially in adolescents. Although strenuous

exercise in the post-concussion period may be harmful and may increase re-injury risk, evidence is mounting that prolonged rest after a concussion may increase the likelihood of the patient developing persistent postconcussive syndrome (PPCS), which is characterized by fatigue, anxiety, depression, and physical deconditioning.

Evidence about the importance of physical activity for maintaining physical and cognitive health is unequivocal. Physical activity is considered an effective method for improving cognitive and brain health, especially in children.

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motes better body composition, skeletal health, and cardiorespiratory fitness. It also improves depression, anxiety, self-concept, cognitive performance, and academic achievement. It was with these concepts in mind that the Ottawa study was designed. The study enrolled more than 3,000 participants aged five to 18 who presented to the ED with acute head injury. They excluded those who were found to have an abnormal brain scan, acute intoxication, neurological abnormalities, or a lack of head trauma. Then they compared the rates of development of PPCS among those who were kept at rest against those who resumed light aerobic exercise (walking, swimming, and stationary-bicycle riding) within three to seven days after the head injury.

The study found that the proportion of participants with postconcussive symptoms at 28 days after the injury was 28 percent in those who had resumed light exercise vs. 40 percent in those who had remained at rest, a significant difference. This matches a number of other studies that have shown similar results. The theory is that

light aerobic exercise increases cerebral blood flow and increases the output of certain neurochemicals, both of which lead to faster brain healing. Early physical activity can lessen the negative effects that prolonged inactivity has on body and brain conditioning.

Regardless of potential benefit, however caution in the immediate postconcussion period is prudent.

Participation in activities where there is a risk of collision (contact sports) or falls (skiing, bicycle riding, skating) should remain prohibited until clearance from a health professional is obtained.

While more research is needed, it would seem that in many concussion cases the recommendation to resume light exercise early on will replace the recommendation of complete rest. Of course the recommendations would be from a health professional and on a case-by-case basis, but it is hoped that the number of those suffering from prolonged post-concussive syndrome, or PPCS, will be decreasing over time.

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Rockaway’s Handyman is Keeping Busy

By Katie McFadden

From a cable television debut to a book to teaching classes, Rockaway’s Handyman and The Rockaway Times DIYer’s tool belt is full.

On Saturday, April 8 at 10 p.m., Artie Wallace and his handyman work is expected to appear on the pilot episodes of TLC’s “Hidden Money Makeover.” This brand new show features designer Jill Martin and handyman Gage Cass who go around the country to help people turn their clutter into cash and use it to makeover a part of their home. Local handyman Artie Wallace and his crew were selected to help do some of the background work on these construction projects. Filming occurred almost a year ago, with Wallace working on a project

in Arverne and another in New Jersey for the show, and now TLC is ready to put it to the test to viewers.

On Saturday, he’ll get to

see the fruits of his labor and may get some screen time. “I haven’t seen the final edit, but my work will be in both pilot episodes

and I should be in both,” Wallace said.

Wallace, who claims to be camera shy, isn’t quite planning a screening celebration. “I’m looking forward to it, but at the same time, I’m feeling weird about it. It’s my first time on national TV. Hopefully I don’t look like an idiot,” Wallace joked.

Whether the show is a hit or not, it won’t be his only go at screen time.

Wallace is filming some Do-It-Yourself projects of his own and plans to film classes where he’ll be teaching others DIY projects, for free. “This will be an extension of what I do for the paper,” Wallace, who has written the RT’s DIYer column for two years, said. Starting Saturday, April 29, Wallace will be teaching free classes at First Congregational Church

on Beach 94th Street.

“These will be regular DIYer classes where people can learn to do things hands on. We’ll be recording them and putting them on YouTube,” Wallace said. The classes will take place every other Saturday at noon.

“We’re going to start with basic things like how to do woof builds and prep work and once people have the basics down, we’ll start getting into projects that people want to do. I’ll teach people how to do things like crafts and even home repairs. Depending on what direction people want to go in, I’ll go from there,” Wallace said.

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Continued from Page 19 open to the public at no cost to them, unless someone wants to make a donation toward the church. Why? “It’s a way to help out and give back to the community that has supported my business for all of these years,” Wallace said. Filming the courses can also open up other television opportunities for Wallace as well. A few people have already registered, but Wallace encourages others who are interested to sign up at www.

TheDiyerByArtieWallace.com In between construction gigs, writing a weekly column, TV filming and planning classes, Wallace has found time to release a book. In February, Wallace published his first book, appropriately called “The DIYer.” The book features modifications of DIYer columns that Wallace had published in The Rockaway Times. The book is available for purchase on Amazon and Lulu.com. Plus, he’s already on his way to writing his second book, which he says will feature projects that haven’t ap-

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Why is Wallace dedicated to helping others learn how to do construction projects themselves? After 30 years of “doing it himself” in the construction business, he’s ready to pass along his skills and let others take matters into their own hands. “Within the next couple of years, I’m leaning toward retiring and laying back from the heavy work and cutting myself down to service calls and light duty. I want to put most of my focus on these classes and writing.

I also want to show others how to make their own repairs or build something from scratch.

I’m basically taking away work from myself because I’ve been working for so many years and it’s time to let others do it and eventually help people become their own teachers.”

For more info on Wallace and The DIYer, head to www.

TheDiyerByArtieWallace.com, or Facebook page The DIYer by Artie Wallace and don’t forget to tune into TLC to catch Wallace on “Hidden Money Makeover” this Saturday.

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72nd: Three lots featuring two factories and one warehouse (AD) . . . . . . . . . . $3,200,000

102nd: Ocean Colony 3BR, 2BA condo, CAC, W&D, 3 terraces and parking (MC) . . . $595,000

98th: Unique store front with 3 attached renovated bungalows (MC) . . . . . . . . $1,200,000

101st: Mint condition 2BR, 2BA condo with balcony and storage unit (CB) . . . . . . $439,000

92nd: Extra large space with high ceilings and outdoor space (AD) . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,800

120th: Spacious and turn key 2BR, 2BA condo, parking for 3 cars (CB) . . . . . . . . . $429,000

71st: 2500 Sq. ft warehouse with 27' ceilings. Can be subdivided (MC) . . . . . . . . . . $4,000

101st: Belle Shores Short Sale Condo, 2BR, 2.5BA, finished basement (MC) . . . . . . $409,000

129th: Prime Location! Year round gated parking available (RP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,500

121st: 2BR, 1BA oceanfront co-op with HW floors, terrace (CB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $349,000

120th: Newly renovated 2,500 sq ft w/ receptionist counter and 3 offices (MC) . . . . $3,000

121st: Spacious 1BR, 1BA co-op with HW floors and skyline views (BF) . . . . . . . . . $270,000

116th: Prime location, 1,100 sq ft, reception area plus 4 rooms (BF) . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,800

79th: Large 2BR, 1BA condo in doorman, pet friendly building (NC) . . . . . . . . . . . $249,000

129th: One room office suite with sectioned off area for secretary (NC) . . . . . . . . . $1,875

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117th: 1BR, 1BA co-op, HW floors, fresh paint, low maintenance (BF) . . . . . . . . . . $189,000

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. . . . . . $16,000 117th:Summer Ocean Grande 3BR, 2BA 2BA condo condo with loaded with 5 star parking amenities (BF/NC) 80th: rental, 3BR, W&D, private (BF) . . . . .. .. .. .. .. $599,000 .$10,000 102nd: Oceanterm/Summer Colony 3BR, 2BA condo, W&D, 3 terraces and (CB) parking . . . $595,000 140th: Short rental, 3BR,CAC, 2BA furnished with deck . . .(MC) . . $3,100/$9,000 101st: 3BR, Mint 2BA condition condo with balcony and storage unit (CB)BF). . . . . . $439,000 141st: home 2BR, with2BA second floor deck, private yard and parking( . $4,000 91st: 4BR,turn 2 fullkey baths with master suite,for laundry . $2,600 120th:Renovated Spacious and 2BR,apt 2BA condo, parking 3 carsand (CB)HW . . floors . . . . (NC) . . . $429,000 101st: finished basement, patio (MC) . .(MC) . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. $409,000 . $2,500 101st: 2BR, Belle2.5BA Shorescondo, Short HW Salefloors, Condo, 2BR, 2.5BA, finished basement T EDgarage and 1 car driveway (MC) . . $2,400 ABTS: 3BR, 2.5BA unit with patio, CAC, W&D, 1 car EN R 121st: 2BR, 1BA oceanfront co-op with HW floors, terrace (CB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $349,000 ED ABTS: 3BR, 2BA owners end unit with yard, W&D, CAC and dishwasher (MC) . . . . . . $2,400 R EN Tand 121st: Spacious 1BR, 1BA co-op with HW floors skyline views (BF) . . . . . . . . . $270,000 98th: Beach block 3BR, 2BA with master suite and ocean views (NC) . . . . . . . . . . . $2,350 79th: Large 2BR, 1BA condo in doorman, pet friendly building (NC) . . . . . . . . . . . $249,000 122nd: Beach block 2BR, 1BA walk in apt with summer parking (BF) . . . . . . . . . . . $2,100 122nd: 1BR, 1BA condo with low maintenance and parking (CB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . $230,000 84th: 3BR, 1BA apt in private home, pets okay (NC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,050 123rd: Spacious 1BR top floor co-op with HW floors, well cared for (JD/NC) . . . . . . $215,000 T ED ABTS: 2BR, 1BA with bonus room. CAC, W&D and parking included (MC) . . . . . . . . $2,000 R EN 118th: Studio co-op in oceanfront building, HW floors andspacious ocean views (MC) 97th: 3BR, 1BA third floor walk up apt with HW floors and rooms (MC). .. .. .. $195,000 . $2,000 117th: 1BR, 1BA co-op, HW floors, fresh paint, low maintenance (BF) . . . .

117th: Second floor 3BR, 2.5 BA apt with HW floors and terrace (BF) . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. $189,000 . $2,000 121st: L2BR, shaped co-op withapt 2 large low and maintenance (JD/NC) . . .(BF) . . $115,000 128th: 1BA studio newly renovated withclosets, fresh paint private parking spot . $2,000

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Beach Block - Legal 2 Just steps to the beach with stunning ocean views, fully renovated, 2 car garage, parking for 5 a full finished basement and a 1 BR rental. $1,300,000

Classic Rockaway Gem - 68’x100’ Lot Bright 4BR, 1.5 bath home sits on a double lot located in the hottest spot in town.

High ceilings, HW floors and a beautiful slate roof. $789,000

Rockaway Beach Bungalow Two story on a 25x100 lot with a huge front yard, great for kids, entertaining or extra parking. $435,000

Beach Block Wonderful sunfilled Tudor home with 2 wood burning fireplaces and loads of Charm!

Great in law suite, private parking and 2 car garage $1,300,000

Belle Harbor Quaint brick high ranch, sip lemonade on the front porch while watching the sun set over the NYC skyline. Parking, yard with pool! $750,000

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Year round parking $3,500 62nd: 2BR, 1BA walk aptreceptionist with yard and laundry . . . (MC) . . . . .. .. .. .. $1,900 120th:Beach Newlyblock renovated 2,500 sq in ft w/ counter and(NC) 3 offices $3,000 128th: Beach block 2BR, 1BA with balcony, W&D, parking and storage (JD) . . . . . . . $1,850 116th: Prime location, 1,100 sq ft, reception area plus 4 rooms (BF) . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,800 111th: 2BR, 1BA apt with small front porch and shared courtyard (MC). . . . . . . . . . $1,800 129th: One room office suite with sectioned off area for secretary (NC) . . . . . . . . . $1,875 118th: Renovated legal basement apt 1BR, 1BA, new SS appliances (MC) . . . . . . . . $1,800 111th: 2BR, 1BA apt with small front porch and shared courtyard (MC). . . . . . . . . . $1,800 ï™ï™¬ï™¬ï™¬ï™¬ï™24th: 3BR, 1BA newly renovated beach bungalow with porch and yard (JD) . . . . . . $1,600 Arverne: 6,000 commercial land (NC) . . . . available . . . . . . (CB) . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. $325,000 123rd: 1BR, 1BASquare co-op feet unit of with plenty of closets, parking . $1,525 Arverne: Bayfront land 75x100 zoned r4-1 (NC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. $199,000 ED 80th: Large and private 1BR, 1BA condo unitR EN in Tdoorman building (NC) . $1,500 Arverne: 2,000 Square feetunit zoned C3, Marina/Yacht (NC)approval . . . . . . required . . . . . . (MC) . . . . . . $120,000 124th: Spacious 1BR, 1BA in co-op building. Board . $1,300

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B r a n d s d o r f e r Moshe Brandsdorfer CRP has experienced tremendous growth. brings over a decade of experience in nonprofit Nathan transformed the JCmanagement and fundraising, CRP from a small organization and previously served as Direc- offering a scattered array of tor of Development at Mesiv- services to a single-stop destita Ateres Yaakov in Lawrence. nation offering the full scope of Moshe joins the JCCRP with a services for community memmyriad of experience in com- bers in crisis.”

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Brandsdorfer will be replac- es to better meet the needs of ing the JCCRP’s current Exec- our clients. Through my work utive Director, Nathan Kras- with the JCCRP and our memnovsky, who joined the JCCRP ber agencies, I look forward to during a tumultuous time fol- continuing Nathan’s mission lowing the devastation of Hur- of improving people’s lives by ricane Sandy. According to the mobilizing the caring power of JCCRP, “He immediately took the community.”

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Painting an Entrance Door

By Artie Wallace

Painting the entrance door to your home can change the whole look of the front of your home.

Preparation: Wood doors: 1- Scrape away all loose/flaking paint.

2- Sand any rough spots/areas.

3- Fill any cracks with paintable/sandable wood filler.

4- Sand wood filler until smooth to the touch.

Vinyl doors: 1- Thoroughly clean with a degreasing cleaner.

2- If the door has dents, fill dents (see Steel Doors below).

Steel Doors: 1- Sand any rust spots and thoroughly clean with a degreasing cleaner.

2- Fill any dents with a sandable auto body filler.

3- Sand until smooth to the touch.

Painting: 1- Tape off all hardware (hinges, knobs, locks, etc) using painter’s tape.

2- Tape off windows with painter’s tape.

3- Prime the door using a neutralizing primer (Kilz or Bin). If the door needed a lot of sanding or had a lot of marks on it, apply a second coat of the primer.

4- Paint the door with a door paint.

5- Apply two more coats of paint to the surfaces (not the side edges).

A- When painting, first do all brush work. Be sure to not apply it too heavy to avoid runs and brush marks. On wood doors after applying the paint, lightly pass the brush over the paint in line with the wood grain.

B- Paint the main area of the door using a roller.

C- Do not try to apply heavy coats of paint, this will cause runs. Whenever painting it is good practice to apply more thin coats than less heavy coats.

Recommended paint: Most any good quality exterior semi-gloss paint will work, but for the best results, use a

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Let Your Pen Run Wild at the Rockaway Writers’ Workshop

By Katie McFadden

Ever wanted to learn how to write? Or perhaps you’re already experienced and you’re looking for an outlet to hone in on your craft. The Rockaway Writers’ Workshop may be what you need.

Claire Van Winkle has long been teaching different writing styles to a wide variety of audiences. Van Winkle, a poet, essayist and literary translator, studied writing in school and has gone on to professionally teach creative writing, composition, literature, and grammar to undergraduates at CUNY and SUNY schools. She also works as a Recreational Therapist (RT) at the New York State Psychiatric Institute where she utilizes writing therapy to help patients.

Early last summer, she decided to share her love of writing in the town she loves and resides in.

Some may know Van Winkle as one of the instructors at Hot Yoga Rockaway Beach.

Through her teaching experience at NYSPI Van Winkle found that she enjoys the community aspect of a writing group in general, but says she was encouraged by her yoga students to start one in her hometown. “People kept asking me if I ran one and I said no, but I could.” So she did.

The Rockaway Writers’ group came to life last July.

Van Winkle generally teaches through six-week workshops, which is open to writers of all genres and experience levels. However writers are not required to sit in on all six consecutive classes. Van Winkle has held courses at public locations like Community House, Cuisine by Claudette and Lola Star, as a way to support local businesses by bringing people

together there. Most recently, Van Winkle has resorted to teaching workshops in her own apartment. She is open to working with other local businesses that may have the space and certain hours of down time, where the class won’t interfere with business itself.

Van Winkle says her writing classes are a bit unique. “My workshops are different from others because it invites all kinds of writers. I’m used to working with a really diverse community. Once you work in a psychiatric hospital or with undergraduates, everything else seems easy. Most writing classes divide people by levels or experience or projects, but my workshops creates a space where the wild diversity of different ideas and experiences come together and people motivate each other,” she explained. “I’m really big

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Instead of dividing her class up by level, Van Winkle provides a certain theme, or writing prompt that anyone of any level can work with. “The themes allow me to present prompts that stimulate the imagination while connecting the imagination to an everyday

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Thursday, April 6, 7:30 p.m.

ROCKAWAY BEACH CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETING Bungalow Bar 372 Beach 92nd Street General monthly meeting.

April 7, 8, 8 p.m.

April 8, 2 p.m.

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Saturday, April 8, 10 a.m.

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Saturday, April 8, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.

CONCERT/FASHION SHOW/ DANCE OFF Haven Ministries 188 Beach 84th Street Hope and a Prayer Center is hosting a concert, fashion show, dance off and more. Food, music, and fun. All welcome.

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TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING Knights of Columbus 333 Beach 90th Street Discuss plan to improve Shore Front Parkway.

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LEGAL NOTICES Piffle & Bunkum, LLC Articles of Org. filed with NY Sec. of State (SSNY) on 01/27/2017. Office in Queens Co. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 35-56 29th Street, Astoria, NY 11106. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

TRAFFIC THREE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/16/17. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 60-54 69th Place, Maspeth, NY 11378. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of FAMILIA POOLS LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 03/31/2017. Office located in Queens.

SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 1814 123rd St. College Point, NY 11356. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

Notice of qualification of METAWAY PARTNERS, LLC. Application for Authority filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/17/17. Office location: Queens County.

LLC organized in DE on3/13/17. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: Lau & Associates PC, 133-47 Sanford Ave., Unit C1E, Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Qualification of TLE AT QUEENS-LONG ISLAND CITY, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/13/17. Office location: Queens County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/25/15. Princ. office of LLC: 27-28 Thomson Ave., Long Island City, NY 11101. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 1000 N. West St., Ste. 1501, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Childcare.

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HISUVILLE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/06/2017. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Pierre Andre Diedhiou, 3443 Crescent St., Apt 5G, Long Island City, NY 11106. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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The Knights of Columbus was transformed into a Ship of Fools on Saturday, April 1 as mermaids, pirates, jellyfish and other costumed creatures attended the 2nd Annual Poseidon’s Prom.

Drinks were pouring while DJ Paddy Tubz spun some tunes, as guests danced the night away during this fundraiser for the upcoming Poseidon’s Parade in September. Dozens of local businesses donated prizes, which were raffled off while artists auctioned off their work in a silent auction. Artist Geoff Rawling himself did a live painting of the event as it took place and there was a special performance by members of Indaculture. The event was organized by members of the Rockaway Mermaid Brigade, including Casey Brouder, who also helped start the new nautical tradition of Poseidon’s Parade in 2015.

Photos provided by Annie White, Siobhan Lyons, Katie Pastina, Katie McFadden, and Jerry Rea.

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From The WRITERS’ CLUB OF PS/MS 11 (Part I)

HEAVENLY BODIES

Eyes, ears, nose, throat—if we think of these body parts at all, it’s rarely without the intervention of a physician or a prescription pad. My fifth-grade essayists at PS/MS 114 have written from quite a different and more “healthy” perspective. Thinking outside the box, their essays focus on a body part that represents them best and ultimately tell their life story—a story which reflects an awareness of each child’s abilities and special talents, and a sense of gratitude for things that are otherwise taken for granted. – Joan Diehl, Writing Teacher, PS/MS 114. (This is Part I. More submissions will appear in the April 13 issue.)

MY BRAIN

By Lauren Schwach

The brain is the most important and crucial part of the body. As John Lydon once said, “There are no limits to where our brains can take us. We are God’s gracious creation.” I agree with Lydon because I have been told that I have done so many amazing things with my brain.

Without your brain, you have no thoughts, no memories, and absolutely nothing to make you who you are. The brain can take you to wondrous places.

My brain has helped me write beautiful poems on paper, unbelievable to my friends, family, and teachers who read them.

On that note, it has helped me come up with clever and imaginative stories that paint beautiful pictures in the reader’s mind. It has also helped me memorize lines, lyrics, harmonies, and cues when I perform at the Rockaway Theatre Company. It lets me remember all of the beautiful and intricate

designs that I color and stitch when I draw and sew. My brain stores all of my happy memories I’ve had in my childhood, such as lovely times I spent with family and friends and when I met my idol, Anderson Cooper, who in my opinion is one of the most amazing journalists of all time. Though, with a rainbow, there is always rain. My brain has also helped me remember the worst time I have ever experienced in my eleven-year life.

When I was six years old, Hurricane Sandy hit my neighborhood, Rockaway Beach. I was staying at my aunt’s house and I couldn’t fall asleep. I was scared that in the middle of the night, the water would rise up from the basement to the first floor of the apartment, where my family and I were sleeping. I was scared that it would be my last night on earth. Though it was only six years long at that point, my entire life flashed before my eyes.

I fell asleep. The next morning, I woke up. I was alive.

So, my brain has its ups and its downs. It has helped me on several occasions, though its contents have haunted me in my dreams like a virus that won’t go away, such as devastating hurricanes.

When I grow older and wiser, I hope to use my brain to write stories. Not like the ones I write now that no one will ever read except friends, family, and teachers. But I will write ones that are more advanced and exceptional. They will be sold in bookstores all over the world.

My stories will be about love and hope, and they will inspire thousands. Hopefully, they will be good enough to earn me a spot as a CNN newscaster. I will interview presidents, and congress and senate members. I will be the next Anderson Cooper! Oh, and of course, through it all, through thick and thin, my brain will be with

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me all the way.

MY EARS: Listening is the Key

By Ava Guglielmo

My mother asks how I remember the littlest details. I explain that I am a very good listener. My ears are quite small but they listen like an owl. According to my music teacher, I make self-corrections because as a musician I am able to hear mistakes, played on my saxophone. I believe listening is an important aspect if you want to climb up the “ladder” and be successful in life.

In the words of the poet Epictetus, “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”

Often, I wonder what I would do if I couldn’t hear, knowing what my ears have done for me ever since I was born. When I was in Pre-K, I listened to my teachers sing the ABCs. I listened to my family tell me how much they love me. My mother has always said that I am her little sunshine. Later I listened to the music of Mr. Softy playing every time he came down my block, and in the winter my ears heard the sound of rain and hail falling on my window.

In the spring I have listened

to birds chirp as beautiful as a symphony. I’ve always found myself looking bemusedly at the birds, wondering what they were saying. With jubilance, my ears once heard the voice of Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift and Rihanna sing live at a concert.

I’ve listened to popular, jazz, and classical music by famous artists. During a championship swim meet, I heard my teammates chanting my name. The score from both teams were tied, 78 to 78 and my race was the last event of the meet. Go Ava!! My coaches chanted.

When my race was over I had broken the tie. My team had won and my ears heard my team congratulate me for the victory.

Someday, soon my ears will listen to college professors teach, and at the end I will listen to my name being announced to come up for my college diploma, maybe even for valedictorian. I will continue to play my saxophone and I might be as famous as Mozart. Someday, I might even make it to the Olympics for swimming and I will hear the referees blow their whistles, gesturing us to step up to the diving board. I might even win a gold medal and proudly listen to the clapping support of my fans and family.

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experience. This helps people who are journaling to approach journals with a different perspective and for those who are working on longer novels to focus on different elements of writing,” Van Winkle said. For instance, the theme for one of her first workshops was “using words to build worlds.” “We talked about using sensory experiences. For journaling, that meant working with elements of a sensory experience and memory.

We talked about how language can create a concrete experience that really translates well for different types of writers and genres,” she said. “Another was ‘wisdom from wonderland,’ where we discussed how we can get away from realism while still talking about the real world with magic and fairytale elements. It was a different way

THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2017 of thinking about narrative structure or imagining and daydreaming to give you permission to journal even if you don’t remember all the facts.”

Starting Saturday, April 8 and every Saturday through May 13, Van Winkle will teach a workshop under the theme “Telling Time.” Van Winkle explains that writers will be “using time in terms of people working on longer projects and how to use page space, or learning how to pace something and knowing how long to make a scene go on, how talking about something that happened a long time ago, but bringing it back to the moment.”

The workshops come at a price of $125 for six weeks of courses, which Van Winkle says is low-cost compared to similar groups around the city, like Poet’s House, which charge $325. However, the cost also allows her to do other projects, like free

or donation-based courses.

“I’m starting a community outreach program called Exquisite Corpus, which will meet once or twice a month and I’ll be incorporating what I do at the hospital into a community group so people can work through issues, like a self-help group. It will be donation-based, with no minimum. We’ll be doing something called Creative Righting, which will allow people to write for personal growth,” she said. Van Winkle also offers Wednesday classes to dedicated writers who are working on longer projects and want help and feedback.

“We’ve also been partnering with Lola Star to have monthly events that use writing in different ways, such as our Alterative Valentine’s Day event where we wrote love poems to Rockaway and a St. Patrick’s Day event where people wrote limericks. It’s BYOB and Lola has music,

Page 35 arts and crafts and a sale and it’s kind of like a party. It’s another way to bring writing to the community and show that it can be something bigger,” Van Winkle said.

For Van Winkle, writing is a way to express herself. “Writing has been a way for me to paint on a page to create something that can give readers their own experience. To share my own real and creative experiences and things that I imagine, and have a total stranger have their own experience from it, is very exciting. The process of writing also teaches us about who we are and if you learn to write, even if you write badly, I feel that you have a better change of living well.

For more information about the Rockaway Writers’ Workshop, or to register for the upcoming workshop, head to www.RockawayWritersWorkshop.org. Rockaway Writers’ Workshop is also on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Hope & A Prayer Center to Host Saturday Extravaganza

By Katie McFadden

Get ready for a day of music, fashion, dancing and fun. Far Rockaway’s Hope and a Prayer Center is bringing a fun event to the community on Saturday, April 8.

For those not familiar, Hope and a Prayer Center, located at 25-17 Seagirt Avenue in Far Rockaway is a “safe place for the local community to get the help that they need,” according to Judea Hartley. The center was opened shortly after Hurricane Sandy by director Catherine Molyneux, as a way to provide resources to residents in need. “It was placed in Far Rockaway to serve as a sociopolitical, economic support system for the community. If a family is looking for a place to live, or they need things like food or toiletries, Molyneux has been there to provide resources and information to them. She also holds empow-

erment workshops, such as for women who may have been abused, plus she helps connect youth looking for jobs with places like WorkForce1, the library and RDRC. It’s a one-stop source where people go for affordable housing or if they need advice on getting a job or preparing for an interview or if someone needs to look something up on the Internet because they don’t have it at home. It’s a place people go to for help and a sense of direction, and where dignity prevails,” Hartley said.

Hartley, along with Lysa Carre, are graduate students

at Hofstra University, who are working towards their Masters in Public Relations, and decided to bring a hope and a prayer to the community center, which has needed a boost.

Together, they have made it their mission to rebrand the Hope and a Prayer Center, and bring attention to this useful community resource. To do so, they’re throwing a celebration for local residents.

On Saturday, from noon to 5 p.m, Hope and a Prayer Center will be hosting its first benefit concert, fashion show and dance-off extravaganza. It will all take place at Haven Ministries, located at 188 Beach 84th Street. This fun event is free and open to the public.

“Basically during the concert, there’s going to be a variety of talent from choir singing to individual singers to a pianist and ballet dancers. There’s also going to be a spring fashion show where people come

in with their best spring looks or Sunday outfits. There’s also going to be plenty of food and dancing and it will be an opportunity for people to network. We want locals to come together on a Saturday, have some food, talk, laugh and get to know each other, while building visibility and exposure for this great community resource,” Carre said. Guests will also get the opportunity to learn about other events hosted by the Hope and a Prayer Center like arts and crafts nights, game nights, basketball tournaments, fundraising bake sales and more.

For more information about the Hope and a Prayer Center, contact Director Catherine Molyneux at 917-705-1803 or call the center directly at 718327-8888. You can also find them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter with the handle @ hopeandaprayer1.

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Life With Our “Artistic” Child

By Kami-Leigh Agard

Why You Need to Establish a SpecialNeeds Trust for Your Child NOW! Raising a child with special needs costs buku cash! Between paying out of pocket for various therapies, several trips to doctors, enrolling them in a plethora of recreational activities and therapeutic programs, it definitely puts a strain on your paycheck. My daughter’s dad and I decided to think ahead in terms of finances for our “artistic” daughter. What happens, when she turns 18, and one or both of us are deceased, how will she financially survive?

We contacted Andrew Cohen, a well-reputed attorney, who specializes in legal planning for families with special-needs children. Cohen’s services often includes preparation of planning documents such as a will and supplemental needs trust, providing guidance and counseling on available government entitlements and handling guardianship proceedings.

Cohen graciously sat down with me to provide vital information.

Me: What is the first step a parent or caregiver should take, when trying to establish the special-needs trust for their child under the age of 18?

Cohen: They first have to start doing their research on what they need to know, which includes what benefits, programs and services are going to be available for the future, and if it is pretty clear that their child is not going to be independent or self sufficient once they turn 18, then it is extremely important for parent and caregivers to do an estate plan. In NYS, if someone dies with assets in their name and does not have a will, trust

or formalized plan in place, ultimately the State makes the decision about the heirs of their assets. Their family members will inherit their assets. So if you have a disabled individual who needs their government benefits, receiving a direct inheritance will affect their benefits. So by setting up a will, trust and estate plan ahead of time, you are protecting your child for the future, by making sure that everything you intend for your child is protected.

Me: When the child turns 18, are they still eligible for SSI, and can they continue to receive services from the state once they have a special-needs trust established?

Cohen: Typically most kids do not get SSI, until their 18th birthday, because prior to turning age 18, the Social Security Administration (SSA) looks at the entire household’s income and resources. But after they turn 18, the SSA no longer looks at the household’s income, they only look at the disabled individual.

So at 18, if they have a disability which rises to a level in which they are unable to maintain gainful employment, and they have just under $2,000 of assets in their name, they are entitled to SSI, a monthly stipend which goes up to about $800 a month, and much more importantly, it comes with Medicaid, which remains the gold standard of government benefits to provide services for an individual with a disability — covering everything from prescriptions drugs, hospital, medical, residential and all kinds of programs and services, once the individual has graduated from their educational sys-

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tem.

Me: What if the disabled individual over the age of 18 is still living at home with their family, how are their SSI benefits affected?

Cohen: Typically the parents of the disabled individual will charge the now young adult rent, so that the SSI money does not accumulate in the disabled individual’s name. For example, if the individual gets $800 a month, and it sits there for three months, suddenly they are over the $2,000 income threshold. So by charging rent, which is perfectly appropriate, they are able to continue to live at home and receive SSI benefits.

Me: What is the purpose of establishing a supplemental needs trust?

Cohen: The purpose behind a supplemental needs trust is to allow the individual with the disability, as the beneficiary of the trust, to receive all the money, assets and wealth that the parents or other family members have provided for the individual’s future without affecting their right to their government benefits. The government, through their programs like Medicaid, provide for food, shelter and basic medical. The purpose of the trust is to supplement that — meaning pay for things that the government does not cover, such as clothing, furniture, electronics or vacations.

Basically anything that would enhance the quality of the disabled individual’s life, but not in anyway jeopardize their right to millions of dollars of Medicaid benefits in the future.

Me: So, for example, my mum opened an insurance policy for my daughter. Does this mean that the policy is technically not under her name, but under the appointed trustee or guardian of her special-needs trust estate?

Cohen: Yes, it would be under the trustee of her trust, the beneficiary designation, for her insurance.

Me: Whether you decide to create a will, establish a guardian, a power of attorney or a healthcare proxy — what is the timeline to establish the special-needs trust?

Cohen: The estate planning, doing the will and the trust, and setting up the plan for the financial future — could typical-

The Rockaway Times ly be done in a matter of weeks.

It’s done in an attorney’s office without any court intervention.

However, the process of establishing guardianship is different because parents are only the legal guardians until the child turns 18. At 18, the law presumes that the child is capable of making their own decisions. Now if there is a child with an intellectual or development disability, once they turn 18, there is a process where families can go to court, and become the legal guardians, to be able to continue to make the right legal, financial and medical decisions for that disabled individual from age 18 and up.

Me: One of the parents in the Rockaway “Artistic” Families support group who never established legal guardianship of her now 19-year-old adult child, expressed that he now refuses services such as therapy and medication. What can she do?

Cohen: It’s a difficult situation because now the individual is over 18, she has no authority or decision-making powers, unless she has a court order. So many families with a 17 or 17 and-ahalf year old, start the guardianship process in the courts to be able to continue to make life-long decisions for their adult family member, just like they did when the individual was a minor child. The parent you described has no authority of her now adult child right now. Until, she obtains a guardianship court order, she has no authority over him. She cannot access his medical records because there are Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) privacy laws that prevent her from accessing them. Until she gets guardianship, she has no authority.

Me: So what’s the process for her to circumvent this? Can she do anything?

Cohen: She has to petition the court, ultimately proving that he can’t make decisions for himself, and that’s typically proven by medical affidavits showing that the functional IQ is such that the individual can not understand the nature and consequences of his/her decision-making.

For more information on Andy Cohen’s law office, visit amcohenlaw.com.

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Rockaway Locals…You Tell Us! Get Your Voice Heard!

In our feature, reporter, Kami-Leigh Agard scours the streets to get your opinion on current issues facing the peninsula.

Your Voice…Your Community…Your Platform This Week’s Topic: From studying hard to pass the mandated and rigorous NYS Common Core exams — to looking forward to some R&R in their spring break coming up next week — Our little locals weigh in:

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LOCAL COLOR:

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.

By Maria Olszewski

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Pheffer Amato Pushes Army Corps to Move Bungalow Beam On Tuesday, March 28, at the urging of Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato, the US Army Corps of Engineers towed an 80-foot beam that had become lodged in the shoreline back out to sea. The beam had gotten snagged and had been partially attached to a landing near the Bungalow Bar, for well over a month.

Bungalow Bar owner, Daniel “Dee” Tubridy, was afraid that errant winds or currents might cause the beam to smash the restaurant’s rear dock. “The Army Corps did us a solid here, and we really want to thank them,” Tubridy said. “We’d been trying to get this taken care of, and didn’t quite know how. We’ve been through a lot as a restaurant, but this was a new thing, and the departments seemed a little confused about what to do.

Stacey’s office was great. They made the connection to the right people, we got it done, and that’s a big load off our minds.”

By Wednesday morning, March 29th, the beam had been towed out to sea, and no longer posed a threat. “I’m so grateful to the Army Corps, who did an incredible job,” Pheffer Amato said.

“I’m a huge fan of the Bungalow Bar, and their dock is one of their best features.

“Bungalow Bar is a fixture of our community, and it was a pleasure to help them overcome an unexpected obstacle. ur neighbors faced a lot of aftershocks from the events of Superstorm Sandy and climate change.

We’re here to help. I hope other community members come to us to help solve their problems, whether they’re small problems or 80 feet long.”

Rockaway Paints it Forward

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Stella Maris High School was an all-girls, private, Roman Catholic high school, run by the Sisters of St. Joseph. The school portion is now a charter school and the convent portion (next to the beach) is now an assisted living for 20 Sisters of St Joseph. The whole place needed a bright coat of paint!

So a group of St. Joseph’s College Alumni, the women's Rugby team from Molloy College and some local friends organized volunteers to go down there Saturday, April 1 to get it started! The team of 20 did a great job with bright yellow!

During lunch, the volunteers joined the sisters-in-residence for a joyful break, a meal and time to get to know one another. One of the volunteers had been taught by Sr. Thomas when she was in school.

The day was a terrific success. Almost all of the volunteers had been the benefit of dedicated, religious women who taught, at some time in their lives. The volunteers got to give back a little. The sisters had delightful visits and the two stairwells got a coat of bright, new paint from the first to the third floors!

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Little League Recap AMERICAN LEGION REDS NIP NEPONSIT REALITY GIANTS ON OPENING DAY The sun broke through in force just in time for Rockaway Little League’s first games of the 2017 season last Sunday. The warm weather did not help the bats in some of the best played games; there were several stellar pitching performances.

In the Game of the Week, the Neponsit Realty Giants and the American Legion Reds played a hand of Dueling Aces with the Reds coming out on top 1-0. Joe Jenkusky started for the Reds and threw three scoreless innings.

Teammate Brendan Armour matched that performance, blanking the Giants over the final three frames. Armour also knocked in the only run of the game with an RBI double to left field that plated Pat Torpey. The Giants’ hurlers were equally impressive. Randy Koenig tossed 3 1/3 stellar frames with Brendan Byrne collecting the final five outs in relief. With pitching like this, we can expect the Giants and the Reds to be in the pennant race all season long.

The Pee Wee Senior division also featured a one-run pitcher’s duel. Led by three first-time pitching performances from 2nd graders Nick Castro, Bradley Spaeth and Matthew LaFroscia, the Denis O’Connor Giants edged the Supreme Memorials Royals 5-4. Castro and Spaeth tossed two shutout innings each. After the Royals delivered a valiant rally, Matthew LaFroscia closed out the game with a scoreless 6th in-

ning to earn the save in the closely contested battle.

Minor Girls also had a 5-4 game with the Bartoli Chiropractic Red Storm beating the McManus Mechanical Huskies in a nail biter. The Bartoli brigade got great pitching from Carly Intrabartolo and Mary Doyle and some great hits by up-and-coming 2nd grader Naimh Tubridy and 4th grader Mary Doyle, whose hits to the outfield knocked in runs. The Red Storm’s lead was protected by great defense at first base by Delaney Sommerville and Emily O’Connor at second base. Looks like it’s going to be an exciting season in Minor Girls!

Opening day fun was in full force when the Shannon Florist Rockies had a well-played game with the Mahoney Real Estate Royals in Minor Boys.

Both teams played a tight game up until the end. The Rockies held on to win with smart plays.

Tommy Connors and Joseph Giambra pitching and Sean O'Malley catching, saved two runs by snatching great stops on the mound and quickly sending them home. Connor McElhinney had a perfect day at the plate for the Royals with three singles and a double.

Back in Pee Wee Seniors, the Pico Mariners swung the League’s best lumber on opening day, defeating the Currans Meats Orioles 13-7. The Mariners were led by Matt McKnight, who went 3-for-3 with a double

and triple, and by Isaiah Tawil who went 3-for-3 with a home run. Jack Butler and Justin Williams added two hits each to help the team to victory.

At the instructional level, RLL held its first clinic for the Pee Wee Junior (PWJ) division. Learning from the success of the Pee Wee Girls’ clinic organized by Moira Mullen in recent years, PWJ commissioner Marty Hoban and fel-

low Board member Kamin Green used time slots usually allotted to games for training in baseball fundamentals. The boys worked on swinging, fielding grounders and throwing.

DIAMOND DUST: This year’s “Opening Day” celebration will be on Saturday, April 29. The parade will begin at 9:00 a.m. with festivities, food and rides to follow. Tickets will go on sale soon.

KRISTAL AUTO MALL Goes To Bat

FOR JOE TORRE LITTLE LEAGUE In the spirit of community collaboration and teamwork taught through youth sports, KRISTAL AUTO MALL is supporting Joe Torre East Highway Little League through the Chevy Youth Baseball Program. This sponsorship will include both monetary and equipment donations during the 2017 youth baseball season.

Chevy Youth Baseball is a grassroots initiative that establishes a positive relationship between local dealers and the communities they serve. KRISTAL AUTO MALL is sponsoring Joe Torre East Highway Little League as a part of Chevrolet’s nation-wide commitment to support youth sports, one community at a time. Over the course of the season, KRISTAL

AUTO MALL will also donate Chevrolet-branded equipment to the league.

“We are looking forward to a great season with Joe Torre East Highway Little League that will be filled with exciting games and an enhanced experience for the teams through the equipment and cash donations,” Phil Spoto, of KRISTAL AUTO MALL said.

“Chevy Youth Baseball is just one example of how committed our dealership is to supporting the youth and families in our community.”

The 2017 program will provide assistance to approximately 300 organizations in the Northeastern region and Chevrolet dealers will contribute over $450,000 in monetary and equipment donations.

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Tilt for More Power

By Kelley Brooke

Today is the start of one of the most exciting golf tournaments of the year on the PGA Tour– The Masters.

I don’t know what it is about, this magical tournament. Perhaps it’s that on Sunday it is anyone’s game.

Thanks to the last eight holes, a large lead can disappear very quickly. The 11th hole is considered the hardest hole on the course, perhaps due to its 509-yard length and its narrow tree-lined fairway. I believe it is the most difficult because it takes a 318-yard bomb off of the tee to reach the dogleg. Then the player

has close to a 200-yard second shot. The drive must be perfect; a long, straight shot down the left side.

To start this year’s lesson series, let’s learn how the pros get the most out of their drivers.

The most important element of a good drive is a good set up. Think of the golf swing as a chain reaction. The first link in the swing is the grip.

The second link in the swing is the set up. The set up has to allow you to make a good turn, load on your rear foot, fire those hips, come in shallow and launch that ball at the perfect angle.

To begin, let’s spread your feet so the inside of your feet

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are shoulder width apart.

Place the ball on the inside of your front heel. At this point tilt forward from the pelvis to 40 degrees. It is important not to bend at the stomach, but to tilt from the hip joint, as if you are doing a yoga fold. Flex your knees a bit.

Now this is a really important tip. At this point, you want to lift your front hip up about an inch so that your spine tilts away from the target. This position allows an easy turn and allows you to load onto your rear foot. If your spine is perpendicular to the ground at address, rather than tilted, your angle of attack will be too steep on the downswing.

We want the downswing to be

shallow, ultimately hitting up on the ball at impact.

After turning back and when loaded on your rear foot properly, you will naturally uncoil your hips, creating a shallow approach to the ball. You will swing from the inside to out swing path and ultimately hit up on the ball and launch at the perfect angle.

Enjoy the Masters this weekend and remember to PRACTICE WITH A PURPOSE! Kelley Brooke, LPGA Member and the owner of The Golf Channel Academy with Kelley Brooke.

For lessons www.GolfChannelAcademyKelleyBrooke.com

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