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Columnists May 19th, 2006
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It's My Turn
Beverly Baxter, Lew Simon And The RPHRA, Part I
By Linda Ruscillo
     Beverly Baxter, a columnist for the Wave, to quote Beverly from her Dear Editor Letter of April 28, is a member and director of the Rockaway Park Homeowners and Residents Association.
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Souvenir Photo Postcards Taken In A Seaside Bowery Photo Studio-1910
From The Rockaway Museum by Emil Lucev, Curator Dedicated To The Memory Of Leon S. Locke
     This handsome couple doesn't look very happy with each other while they are posing for a souvenir photo- to make peace after an argument maybe? The look in her eyes and the set of her chin and that cold stare says something! Also, the way she is holding her arm down (maybe to hide a clenched fist) c
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Simon says...
From the Desk of Lew M. Simon, Democratic District Leader, 23rd A.D. Part B
     Since my last column, I thought I was having hot flashes, but actually I was getting sick.
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     At a recent meeting to discuss the impending soup kitchen, from left, Lew M. Simon, Adam Funtleyder, Reverend Gary Patrylo and Dr. Morton Nussbaum.
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Dorothy Dunne
Domestic Violence, Child Abuse
News Events/Travel Editor/Host + WNYX - TV Morning News + 12:00 noon on UHF Chs. 35 & 26 Monday - Friday
     There is a wonderful organization called Safe Horizon and at their 11th annual Champion Award fund raiser/ luncheon at the 69th Armory, Morgan Ramses, a survivor of Domestic Violence, received her Liz Claiborne Award. It was so moving and heartwarming to listen to the victims speak about their tragi
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Beachcomber
     Rumor has it that a local church has purchased the now-dormant hardware store on the corner of Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 115 Street to use as a food pantry for Rockaway people in need. The move is sure to start a controversy between those who want to feed the hungry and those who don't want
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Broad Channel Bits
By Liz Guarino
     A couple of our neighbors said that the closing of St. Virgilius School was announced from the pulpit of St. Virgilius Church on Sunday morning. One of them opined: "It's a sad day for Broad Channel-a very sad day."
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The Inner Voice
by Marilyn Gelfand
     When we are in tough moments, it can be difficult to separate ourselves from the emotions we are feeling. Expressions like "This too shall pass" or "A year from now, I probably won't even remember how I am feeling," etc. remind us that everything does change. It is important to remember that time w
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On The Beach
Ahhhhh, Spring!
With Beverly Baxter
     Is it any wonder that the season's know exactly when to change? As if on a particular cue, all is born and new and we feel, in some specific way,connected to that. Out from under a long slumber, as if something screams inside that you're alive! In a sense, each moment is a birthday. Each moment anew
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School Scope
The Galleries Lafayette
By Norman Scott
     Opposition groups to Weingarten will work together
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The Progressive
Observations
By John Paul Culotta
     My wife and I frequently use the 311-call center set up by Mayor Bloomberg. We find the service efficient, courteous, and the staff gives correct information. This initiative should be studied as an example of governmental success.
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