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Aviator Sports Bits
Seniors in Shape, Mind and Body
Fitness for Those 55+. Now through
12/8, Monday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m. Saturday mornings, 8:30
a.m. to noon.Teen Nights, every Friday
night, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Ice skating, rock
wall climbing, gymnastics. Public Ice
Skating Sessions, Mon. thru Thurs.,
11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fri., 1:30 p.m.
to 3:50 p.m. and 7 to 11 p.m. Sat.,
noon to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to midnight.
Sun., noon to 5 p.m. Battle of The
Badges, NYPD vs. FDNY Boxing
Tournament, 11/16, 7:30 p.m.
Community Happenings
Veterans Day Ceremonies,
Doughboy Monument
(Beach 95 St./RBB), 11/11, 11 a.m.
Rockaway Park Chapter of
Hadassah, Dessert Meeting, Book
Review/Discussion, "Not me."
Congregation Ohab Zedak, (B. 135
St.'RBB), 11/13, 1 p.m.
Broad Channel American Legion
Auxilary Brunch and Sweepstake,
Legion Hall (CBB), 11/11,
10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
St. Patrick's Day Kickoff Fundraiser,
K of C Hall (333 B. 90 St.),
11/10, 7 to 11 p.m. Info at
kroppyboy@aol.com.
FEGS Far Rockaway Health Fair,
PS/MS 43 (160 B. 29 St.), 11/17,
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sponsored by
Beacon Program.
Housing Workshop sponsored by
Center For Independence of the
Disabled, NY, topics include NYCHA,
Section 8, 80/20 Buildings, HUD Lists,
PHC Meditation Rm. (5115 BCD),
11/13, 11 a.m.
"The Bungalows Of Rockaway,"
Film screening and discussion.
The Museum of the City of New York
(1220 Fifth Ave. at 104 Street),
11/13, 6:30 p.m.
Bridge Closings:
Cross Bay Bridge Lane And Ramp
One northbound lane closed beginning
10/8. Northbound ramp B. 94
St./Freeway closed and southbound
ramp toward BCD west closed until
Memorial Day, 2008. Marine Parkway
Bridge, Monday thru Friday, 11 p.m.
to 5 a.m. Now to 11/16
(extended date) to facilitate
steel work on bridge.
Bishop Kearney Woman's
Conference, "Feminine Leadership
in the 21st Century," 22-02 60 St.,
Brooklyn). 11/10, 1 to 4 p.m.
Public Hearing: Federal Funding
for Community Services, Goldie
Maple Academy (365 B. 57 St.),
11/14, 7 to 9 p.m.

Gateway Happenings
Note: Most events at Gateway
National Park require reservations.
Please check in advance
of your attendance.
Wildlife Refuge: (718-318-4340):
Where Have All The Insects Gone?
11/11, 1 to 3 p.m. NYC Audubon
Waterfowl Workshop,
11/18, 10 a.m. to noon.
Floyd Bennett Field
(718-338-3799): No event scheduled
Fort Tilden (718-318-4300):
Jamaica Bay During WW II,
11/10, 1 to 3 p.m.
Health Happenings
Peninsula Hospital Center,
(54-14 BCD) (Diabetes Support
Group, 2nd Mon., 10 a.m. Meditation
Rm. Extended Care. Cancer
Support Group, PHC, American
Cancer Society and Arverne Cancer
Support Group invites patients,
caregivers and survivors are invited
to the Rockaway Cancer Support
Group, which meets every 2nd
Thursday of the month at the
Meditation Room at 6 p.m.
Stroke Support Group, last Wed.,
Traumatic Brain Injury, 2nd Fl.,
5:30 p.m. Auxiliary, 1st Tues.,
Meditation Rm. Noon.
St. John's Episcopal Hospital
(327 B. 19 St.), Free Pregnancy
Screening, Mon. - Wed., 1:30 - 3:30
p.m.; Thurs. & Fri., 10 a.m.- noon.
Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health
Center (6200 BCD) Very low or no cost
quality services, free pregnancy, HIV
and dental screenings, asthma and diabetes
workshops. Hours: Mon. to Fri. 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Call for appointment,
718-945-7150. Far Rockaway Site,
1288 Central Ave. Hours: Mon., 9 a.m.
to 9 p.m.; Tues. to Sat., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sun., noon to 5 p.m. all for appointment,
718-868-8230. After-hours
emergencies, 212-517-1878.
Library Happenings
Arverne Branch (312 B. 54 St.):
Story time, ages 1 ½ to 4,
Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. Resumes,
Cover Letters and Job Hunting
Classes, Wednesday and Thursday
mornings, 10 a.m. to noon. Assistance
for Spanish-speakers, Computer
Skills, Job Search, resumes, Wed.
and Thurs., 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Salsa, Merenque & Son, Featuring
The Calientes, 11/19, 6:30 p.m.
Peninsula Branch (92-25 RBB):
Preschool Story Time, ages 2-5,
Wed., 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Picture
Book Time, ages 3 ½ to 5, Wed.,
10:30 a.m. Adult Learning Center,
Classes for Pre-GED, English (Novice),
English (Beginner), English (Low
Intermediate), English (Pre-Literate),

Computer Self-Study
and ABE Reading and Writing. Info,
registration at 718-945-7058. Book
Discussion, "Like Water For
Chocolate," 11/26, 6:30 p.m.
Meetings
Rockaway Republican Club, BHYC
BCD/B. 126 St.), 11/27, 8 p.m.
Broad Channel Civic Association,
Fourth Thursday of Month, VFW Hall
Shad Creek Rd.), 8 p.m.
Ronald Reagan Republican Club , first
meeting, Carosello's (CBB in Howard
Beach), 12/3, 7:30 p.m.
100 Precinct Community Council,
4th Wednesday of Month, 7:30 p.m.,
Knights of Columbus Hall (333 B. 90
St.). Next meetings rescheduled due
to holidays, 11/14 and 12/19.
Arverne Civic Association,
Addabbo Family Health Center
6200 BCD). 2nd Mon.
of month, 7:30 p.m.
Community Board 14, 2nd Tues.
of month, 7:45 p.m., K of C Hall,
B. 90 Street.
Far Rockaway Committee of the
Queens HIV Care Network, 1600 Central
Ave., Fifth Floor, 3rd Tuesday
of month, 10 a.m.

101 Precinct Community Council,
3rd Wed., 6 p.m., 1612 Mott Ave.
American Legion Post 272,
(K of C, 333 B. 90 St.)
1st & 3rd Fri. of month,7:30 p.m.
Edgemere Neighborhood Action
Community Team, Blanch Daycare
(44-02 BCD), 4th Tues., 7 p.m.
Coalition For Far Rockaway
(CFR), Regular meetings,
4th Wed of month,
Arverne Library, 312 B. 54 St.
Knights of Columbus Rockaway
Council 2672 (333 B. 90 St.),
1st and 3rd Tues. of month,
8:15 p.m., 330 B. 90 St.
Columbiettes, 2nd Wednesday
of month, 7:30.
Deerfield Area Civic,
last Monday of month, 7:30 p.m.,
327 B. 19 St. St. Gertrude Church
(B. 38 St./BCD), 3rd Thursday,
8 to 9:30 p.m.
Sand Castle Tenants Association
(formerly Roy Reuther), 2nd Thurs.
711 Seagirt (D), 2 p.m.
Far Rockaway Chapter
of the NAACP, 3rd Thurs.
of month, 7 p.m., St. John
Baptist Church, 74-05 RBB.

Lt. Bernard H. Weiner, Post 258 JWV,
3rd Sun., Temple Beth El Little
Synagogue, RBB & B. 122 St.
Weed & Seed Steering Committee,
Church of God Christian Academy
(1332 Central ), 3rd Wed., 1:30 p.m.
Music & The Arts
RTC: "Inspecting Carol,"
11/9, 11/10, 11/16,
11/17 at 8 p.m. 11/4, 11/11 at 2 p.m.
Post Theatre, Fort Tilden.
"The Diary of Anne Frank,"
Bayswater Players, BJC (Healy Ave.
and Dickens St.), 11/10, 11/15, 11/17,
11/24, 12/1, 8 p.m. 11/11, 11/18,
11/25, 11/29, 12/2, 8 p.m.
Rock 'N Roll At Its Best, featuring
the Upcats, Dance to the classics
from the 50's and 60's, First Congregational
Church (320 B. 94 St.),
11/10, 7 to 11 p.m.
RAA: General Meeting:
2nd Monday of the month,
Bldg. T149, Fort Tilden, 7:30 p.m.
Bring artwork. Open Mike Music
Nights, Thursdays, 7 p.m.
No Shame Improv
Theater, Fridays, 7 p.m.
Religious Happenings
Apostolic Christian Fellowship
Temple, (411 B. 30 St.),
Fellowship Café, Soul Food
Restaurant every
Sat., 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.,
Gospel Club Café, food, song,
praise and fellowship,
first and fourth Sat.
of month, 7 p.m.
Arverne Church Of God
(13-18 Central Ave.), Marriage
Class, Sundays, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.,
Morning Worship, 10:30 a.m.,
Evening Worship, 6 p.m. Mon.
thru Wed. services, 7:30 p.m.
Bayswater Jewish Center
(Healy Ave./ Dickens St.),
Weekday and Sabbath services,
Men's Club, Sisterhood,
bar and bat mitzvah lessons.
Bethel AME Church,
(215 Beach 77 St.), Arverne,
Sun. Church School
10 a.m.; Sun. Worship 11 a.m.;
Wed. Bible Study 7 p.m.;
Thurs. Food Pantry 11 a.m.-
1 p.m.; Prayer Circle 7 a.m.,
Mondays; Youth Ministry
2nd and 4th Friday 7 p.m.
Beth-El Temple Church of God,
(1874 Mott Ave.), Sun. School,
10 a.m.; Morn. Worship, 11:45 a.m.;
Children Church, 12:45 a.m.
Congregation Derech Emunoh
(B. 66 and RBB), Shabbos Services,
9 a.m., Kiddush to follow.

Christ Community Church
(60 W. Market St., Breezy Point),
Interdenominational Protestant
Church, Sunday Service, 10 a.m.
Church of Jesus Christ
of the Latter Day Saints
(Mormon), 1600 Central Ave., Sun.,
noon, Sunday School, 11 a.m.;
Primary School, 10 a.m.
to noon. Evangelical Holiness Church
(1143 BCD), Sun.: Christian
Education (10 a.m., Celebration
Service (11 a.m.), Tues.
Bible Study (7:30 p.m.), Wed.,
Prayer (7:30), Fri.,
Youth (7:30 p.m.)
Community Church of the
Nazarene (14-14 Central Ave.),
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service, 11 a.m.
Far Rockaway Church
Of Christ, 21-25 Nameoke St,)
Sunday Bible Class, 10 a.m.,
Sunday Worship, 11 a.m., 6 p.m.,
Bible Class, Wed., 7 p.m.
Far Rockaway Community Church
of the Nazarene (1414 Central Ave.),
Youth Mtg., Fri., 6 p.m.
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.
Worship, Sun., 11 a.m.
First Congregational Church
(UCC), (320 B. 94 St.),
Sunday Worship, 11 a.m.,
Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.
Harvest Festival,
10/14, 1 p.m.
First Church of God, (14-25 BCD),
Sun. Services, 7:30, 11 a.m.;
Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.
Gyan Mandili, 1293 Brunswick Ave.,
FR, Sun. Services, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
House On The Rock Church,
(114-15 RBB), Non-denominational,
Bible Classes, Sun., 10 a.m.;
Worship Service, Sun., 11 a.m.;
Prayer Service, Mon., 7 p.m.;
Praise and Worship Service,
Wed., 7:30 p.m.
New Beginnings Deliverance
Church of Jesus Christ
(38-20 RBB), Sunday School,
9:30 a.m.; Morning Worship, Mon.,
Wednesday 11 a.m.; Evening Fellowship,
Tuesday, Friday, 4:45; Prayer/
Bible Reading, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.;
Youth Get-Together, Friday, 8 p.m.
New Hope Missionary Baptist
Church (221 B. 86 St.), Sunday
School, 9:30 a.m., Morning Worship,
11 a.m., Wed. Night Bible Class, 6:30
p.m., Wednesday Night Prayer
Meeting, 8 p.m.
Seaside Jewish Center
(103-00 SFP), midweek minyans,
Fri. & Sat. evening services.

Solid Rock Church of Seventh
Day Adventists, (52-05 RBB),
Sabbath School, Sat. 9:30 a.m.;
Divine Worship, Sat., 11:15; Midweek
Prayer, Wed. 7:30 p.m.
St. Francis de Sales Church
(B. 129 at RBB), Support group for
those who have recently lost
a loved one. Memorial Prayer
Service, 11/17, 11 a.m.
St. John Baptist Church (74-05 RBB),
Sunday School, 8:30 a.m. Sunday
Children's Church, 9:30 a.m. Sunday
Worship, 10 a.m. Bible Study, Wed.,
noon. Bible Study, Wed., noon;
Thurs., 7:30 p.m.
St. Rose of Lima (B. 84 St.),
Mass, Mon. to Fri., 8:30 a.m.,
noon. Sat. at 8:30 a.m.
St. Vincent de Paul Pickup,
usable clothing, small household
articles, 11/3, 9 a.m. and noon.
Temple Beth-El (B. 121 St./RBB),
Shabbat Children's Services,
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Upper Room International Ministries
(708 B. 19 St.), Clothing Distribution,
blankets, Sundays, 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. 718-471-5741.
West End Temple, (147-02 Newport
Ave.) Shabbat Service, Fri, 8:15 p.m.,
Oneg Shabbot, Sun. 9 a.m.,
Hebrew School (5- 16 yrs. Old),
Wednesday 3:15 p.m. Bazarrette,
1/17, 7 to 10 p.m., 1/18, 10 am. to 3
p.m.
Word Of Life Church,
Far Rockaway (1919 Cornaga Ave.),
Sunday Worship, 11 a.m.
Wednesday Worship, 7 p.m.
School Happenings
FRHS Class of 1959, "Why
Wait For the 50th" reunion,
7/26 and 7/27, 2008,
Marriot Hotel, Uniondale, LI.
Carole WaxmanCohen, at
Carole414@verizon.net
or go to www.farrockaway.com.
Senior Happenings
BCHS Thanksgiving Dinner for
Seniors, 100-00 Beach Channel Drive,
free, 11/22, 11 a.m. full turkey dinner,
music, dancing, live entertainment.
Dinner served by BCHS students.
Young Israel of Wavecrest &
Bayswater Senior League
(60 and older), 2716 Healy Ave.
Glatt Kosher meals,
activities, opens 9 a.m.
Seniors in Shape, Mind and Body
Fitness forThose 55+. Aviator
Sports, Flatbush Ave., Bklyn.
9/10 through 12/8, Monday and
Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Saturday mornings, 8:30 a.m. to noon.

New Horizon Counseling
Center, for seniors, 718 B. 20 St.,
7 days a week, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
free meals, therapeutic activities,
social work services, computer
groups, Beth Abraham Adult
Day Health Care Program
(1821 Cornaga Ave.),
Mon. to Fri., 8:30 a.m.
to 2:30 p.m., serving medically
and physically frail adults
18 years of age and older,
medical monitoring,
social work services, PT/ OT,
breakfast, snacks, lunch,
Spanish, Russian and
French Creole spoken.
DSSM/Neponsit Adult Day
Health Care (230 B. 102 St.),
Mon. to Fri., 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Medically supervised
program for frail, elderly,
disabled adults
and dementia. Therapeutic
recreation, hot lunch, Spanish
and Russian speaking staff.
Seaside Adult Community Center
(90-01 RBB), daily breakfast
and lunch (60 and older),
crochet, aerobics, art.
Alzheimer's Support Group,
Wednesdays at 3 p.m.
Flea Market, Fridays,
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Reopened
on 11/7. Open for all activities,
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
JASA Rockaway Park
Senior Center, 121-16 RBB,
dancing, exercise, Tai Chi, trips,
hot lunch. 718-634-3044.
Art Talks Series, Louis Comfort
Tiffany and Art Nouveau,
11/21, 1 p.m. Trip to
The Queens Museum of Art,
($5 fee), 11/28, 1 p.m.
Roy Reuther Senior Center
(over age 60), 711C Seagirt Ave.,
Hot kosher lunch daily at noon,
sign-up begins 9 a.m.
Bingo on Mon., 10 a.m. and Wed.,
2 p.m. Yoga, Mon. Wed. Thurs.,
9:30 to 10:30 a.m.,
Arts and Crafts,
Thurs., 10:30 a.m.
Let's Stroll Walking Group,
Tues. and Thurs., 10 a.m.
St. Gertrude Senior Center,
338 B. 36 St.), Open Mon.,
Wed., Fri., for senior activites
after 9 a.m. mass, 9:30 a,m.
to 2 p.m. Flea Market,
Mon., Wed., Fri., 11 a.m.
to 2 p.m.. Sat.,
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
JASA Brookdale Village
(121 B. 10 St.), Soprano Ludmila
Fesenko, star of Kiev Operetta,
11/13, 7 p.m. small charge
for admission.

Communi ty Happenings









Veterans Day Ceremonies
Doughboy Monument (Beach 95 St./RBB), 11/11, 11 a.m.

Marine Parkway Bridge Closing
Monday thru Friday, 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. Now to 11/16 to facilitate steel work.
Cross Bay Bridge Lane And Ramp Closings
One northbound lane
closed beginning 10/8. Northbound ramp B. 94 St./Freeway closed and
southbound ramp toward BCD west closed until Memorial Day, 2008.




"The Bungalows Of Rockaway
Film screening and discussion. The Museum of the City of New York (1220 Fifth
Ave. at 104 Street), 11/13, 6:30 p.m.

Public Hearing: Federal Funding for Community Services,
Goldie Maple Academy (365 B. 57 St.), 11/14, 7 to 9 p.m.

RTC: "Inspecting Carol,"
11/9, 11/10, 11/16, 11/17 at 8 p.m. 11/4, 11/11 at 2 p.m. Post Theatre, Fort
Tilden.






"The Diary of Anne Frank,"
Bayswater Players, BJC (Healy Ave. and Dickens St.), 11/10, 11/15, 11/17,
11/24, 12/1, 8 p.m. 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 11/29, 12/2, 8 p.m.
Housing Workshop sponsored by Center For Independence of the
Disabled, NY
include NYCHA, Section 8, 80/20 Buildings, HUD Lists, PHC Meditation
Rm. (5115 BCD), 11/13, 11 a.m.


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