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Beachcomber
     The Wave would like to honor those men and women from the local area who are fighting within the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan. Any Wave readers who would like to submit a story and a picture of somebody in our armed forces may do so by email at editor@rockawave.com, by mail to Box 97, Rockaway ...
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Broad Channel Bits
By Liz Guarino
     Winter really had its own style this year. March decided to come in like a
lion and leave the same way; and there is no saying for that! On the 31, it was so cold, windy and rainy; it felt like winter instead of spring.
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Chatting with Chapey
Chapey Re-elected to Regents
by Dr. Geraldine M. Chapey, Democratic District Leader
     Dr. Geraldine D. Chapey was re-elected by a joint session of the New York State Assembly and Senate to a second five year term on the New York State Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York.
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Dorothy Dunne
Gone To Johannesburg
     Though it was a fourteen hour non-stop flight from New York to Johannesburg, it was as pleasant as it could be on South African Airways in roomy Business Class seats good food served around the clock.
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From The Artists Studio
By Susan Hartenstein
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From the Editor's Desk
By Howard Schwach
     Francine Newman, who taught at Far Rockaway High School for many years, is angry. She is so angry that she has written a book called "The Cannibals At 110 Livingston Street.
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Health & Harmony
Coral Calcium
By Dr. Nancy Gahles
     The main claim to fame for coral calcium lies in its extraordinary absorbability. Coral calcium, from the ancient reefs of Okinawa, Japan, has a unique combination of minerals in a naturally occurring form, which, makes it more easily assimilated.
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Historical Views
of the Rockaways

by Emil Lucev, Curator
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Passover Kashruth Alert For Pet Owners
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Looking Backward
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Notes On Consumer Affairs
By Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer
     Remember the excitement you felt as a child when you opened the mailbox and found an envelope addressed to you? Fast-forward to the present … you loathe the thought of removing the stack of "junk mail" all addressed to you.
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Veterans Offer Help
     The Vietnam Veterans of America, Queens Chapter #32, announced that their members are in full support of our troops.
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On The Beach
With Beverly Baxter
I Know It’s Bad, Butt…
     With Cinderella-like precision, at the clock stroke midnight, the law was im-plemented as ashtrays were promptly removed, and smokers everywhere were told to butt-out!
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Simon Says...
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Sprayview Sticks Stones
by Environmental Reporter Bernard Blum
     My previous column in last week’s Wave is opposite the obits on page 43 and not indexed. So read it for suit ability given a history of ecological mismanagement of Jamaica Bay ‘due to excess fertilization’!
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The Rockaway Irregular
By Stewart Mirsky
     By the time you read this, the "fog of war" should have largely cleared. (I write these columns well in advance of publication so it’s always a bit of a challenge to "prognosticate" correctly, especially when you’re not embedded with the troops!
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