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There is a great need for blood donations to alleviate a growing shortage of blood for medical transfusions. More ... Most of the summer is perfect for outdoor activities- but there is fun indoors, too. A lot of activity is taking place all over the community- some indoor, some outdoor. Here are events taking place locally: Christ Presbyterian Church will have Bingo in the church hall on Church Road on the following Wednesdays in July- the 23rd and the 30th. Doors open at 6 p.m. More ... Stay in touch with RAA: The RAA website home page now includes a convenient calendar of all events. Here RAA will list classes, general meetings, the Summer Moons schedule and much more. Check out: www.rockawayartistsal liance. More ... I missed the first baseball All Star Game at Yankee Stadium by several months. The game was played in July of 1939, and I came into the world in November. I certainly missed the first All-Star Game, which was held in 1933 at Comisky Park, Chicago. More ... For most of our childhood, and I dare say, adulthood for many of us, the recommended mosquito repellents contained the chemical DEET or permethrin. I don't recall my Mom ever reading the label and cautioning me against its use. I think we just used the products that were advertised, such as "OFF. More ... From time to time, yours truly comes across a great historical postcard that has a view of importance, but it has been touched up or items added, by a well meaning touch-up artist of yore. More ... In June of 2006, the Food and Drug Administration approved a vaccine considered highly effective in preventing infections that are a cause of cervical cancer in women. This is a very important medical breakthrough, because it is the first vaccine ever against cervical cancer. More ... On June 28, the 9th annual Rockaway Relay for Life was held at Riis Park. This was the first time the event was at Riis Park. The previous eight years the Relay was held at Beach Channel High School. Rain threatened twice to end this year's Relay. First in the afternoon it poured causing all the luminarias that had been set up to be, unfortunately, ruined. More ... In 2004 local Republicans gleefully labeled former Democratic presidential aspirant and Massachusetts Senator John Kerry a "flip-flopper" for his numerous nuanced reversals. More ... What The Wave Said 20 Years Ago... 20 There is $10,000 for the Arverne- Hammel-Holland-Seaside Housing and Neighborhood Preservation Coalition, and $35,000 for the Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty- Project Taco in Far Rockaway, in the city's new budgets, just adopted by the Board of Estimate and City Council. More ... Perhaps the highlight of the weekend in Rockaway was the water sports activities that took place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Breezy Point. More ... |
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