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Broad Channel Bits
Commentary By Liz Guarino
      Unofficially, summer is just a memory now. But, the Labor Day weekend is such a great end to it- especially the Grand Parade! It's- well- grand! Congratulations to the Bayview for being the winning bar.
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Eye On Physical Therapy
Commentary By Dr. Tim Rohrs, DPT
      It seems that during the course of physical therapy, the therapist and patient walk a fine line between the need for pain relief and the need for increasing function. When a patient first starts coming for physical therapy, their primary goal is to eliminate the pain that originally brought them t...
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From The Artists Studio
Blockbuster Weekend in Gateway
Rockaway Artists Alliance
      Commentary by Susan Hartenstein RAA Contact Info: Phone: 718-474-0861; Fax: 718-474-4373; e-mail: rockart116@aol. com; website: ww.rockawayartistsalliance.org. Two Exhibitions Concurrently On View @RAA: Saturday, September 8-October 7, 2007.
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The Inner Voice
Commentary by Marilyn Gelfand
      Life is made up of a little of this and a little of that. We have an intellectual and an emotional side. We can bring in our intellect when we have to fix a broken device, but it is not central to think about it when we are choosing a color to wear. Our own emotions fill us with information about ...
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From the Editor's Desk
By Howard Schwach
      A new school year began on Tuesday with lots of new games and lots of old problems. Have a problem? Where do you go? As they once said in the Navy, see the chaplain and get a tough s Chit. There are no more regions. We are back to districts. It seems to me I heard this song before!
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Historical Views of the Rockaways
The Neponsit Club Pier And Rear Garden On The Bayfront- 1920
From The Rockaway Museum Commentary by Emil Lucev,Curator Dedicated To The Memory Of Leon S.Locke
      As an Iron Steamboat Company Rockaway Excursion Steamer passes abeam of the Beach 145 Street bayfront bulkhead in Neponsit, the Neponsit Club pier is visible jutting out into Jamaica Bay waters, at left center, behind the club building, at top right.
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It's My Turn
It's Not My Turn, It's Our Turn
By Jane Deacy Candidate For Republican State Committee, Republican District Leader
      My name is Jane Deacy and I am running in this September 18 Republican Primary, along with Eric Ulrich, for the positions of Republican State Committee Members - better known as "Republican District Leaders" for the 23rd Assembly District. The geographic area is comprised of Ozone Park, Howard Bea...
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Looking Backward
      What The Wave Said 20 Years Ago... 20 Two locals died in an automobile accident this week and bystanders say that their deaths were caused by delays on the part of city ambulances responding to the accident scene. Those witnesses say that the two elderly Oceancrest Boulevard residents bled ...
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Notes On Consumer Affairs
By Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer
      Shopping online is a great convenience for many consumers. With a click of a computer mouse, you can browse the inventory of thousands of stores, in thousands of locations across the globe. Shopping with your fingers, however, can leave consumers vulnerable to unique hazards and pitfalls.
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On The Beach
Ulrich And Deacy: Right Choice On Primary Day
Commentary By Beverly Baxter
      Robert Frost wrote, "When has it been anything but treason to the heart of man than to go along with the drift of things?
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School Scope
Welcome Baaaack!
By Norman Scott
      Even though I wrote a column for The Wave's special back-to-school edition two weeks ago, this feels like the first column of the new school year - the year of Power to the Principal - with the BloomKlein theme of "If it goes wrong, we know who to blame." One would think education issues would b...
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Simon says...
Commentary From the Desk of Lew M. Simon, Democratic District Leader, 23rd A.D. Part B
      As I sit here on Labor Day I say, "Oh my God. What happened to the summer? Where did it go?" It seemed like the fastest summer on record. As we come to the sixth anniversary of 9/11, I extend my deepest sympathy to all of those who lost a loved one on that horrific day that will go down in history...
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The Diary Of A Green Thumb
Moving? Get Your Plants Home Safe!
Commentary By Danielle McShane Danielle's Rockaway Florist
      As the summer winds down, and the lifeguards disappear from the beach, many part-time residents begin to pack up their belongings to wave farewell to another fabulous summer in Rockaway. We have to help make the move a smooth one for the green members of our household. Moving them from one home to...
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The Progressive
Life Is A Day At The Beach
Commentary By John Paul Culotta
      I love the beach. My family detests the beach. Ajellyfish once stung Andrea, my daughter. Louisa, who is also known as "she who must be obeyed," or my wife, hates the beach. She is fearful of the rays of the sun.
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