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Columnists February 29, 2008
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Broad Channel Bits
Locals Longing For Spring
Commentary By Liz Guarino
      Recently, a doctor said that in Canada where it really snows, two trucks go and clear the white stuff from the streets and fill each other with it. Then they go and dump both truckloads into the river there. The river probably doesn't overflow or they wouldn't do that! Anyway, a lot of coughing an...
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Dorothy Dunne
Galloping Around
News Events/Travel Editor/Host • WNYX - TV Morning News • 12:00 noon on UHF Chs. 35 & 26 Monday - Friday
      It was Australia week in NYC and we learned about the economy, investments, fashion and travel at a Waldorf luncheon. Dr Terry Cutter, expert on innovation and industry, mentioned that some leading U.S. firms including Dow Chemical, Chevron, Johnson and Johnson, and Bowing have already tapped into...
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From The Artists Studio Rockaway Artists Alliance
The Opening Of 'Structure'
Commentary by Susan Hartenstein
      RAA CONTACT INFO: Phone: 718 474-0861; Fax: 718 474-4373; e-mail: rockart116@aol.com; website: www.rockawayartistsalli ance.org Stone fortresses standing in ancient vigil. Sleek candles of glass and steel, giant striving testaments of modernity. Hollow, peeling hulks through which echo the g...
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From the Editor's Desk
Nobody Asked Me, But … (School Edition)
Commentary By Howard Schwach
      Nobody asked me, but … you've all seen the controversial public school report cards. Each year, the English Language Arts and Mathematics scores on those two highstakes standardized tests are publicized in all the papers,
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Historical Views of the Rockaways
The Edgemere Club Hotel, Beach 35 Street, Edgemere
From The Rockaway Museum Commentary by Emil Lucev,Curator Dedicated To The Memory Of Leon S. Locke
      The huge Edgemere Club Hotel opened in 1895 near the ocean on Grand Avenue (Beach 35 Street) south of Sprayview Avenue.
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The Rockaway Irregular
End Game
Commentary by Stuart W. Mirsky
      Most people probably agree, these days, that the military invasion of Iraq was a mistake. Whatever you thought at the time (and I was among those who believed it was worth the effort in light of Saddam's actions and the realization of our vulnerability after 9/11), the evidence since has been pret...
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It's My Turn
Setting The PS 106 Record Straight
By M. Baum Reading Specialist PS 106
      Baum is a long-time staffer at PS 106 on Beach 35 Street in Edgemere. Presently a reading specialist at the school, this is her response to a number of recent news articles and columns about her school.
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Looking Backward
      What The Wave Said 20 Years Ago... 20 Andre Binaird, 21, of Brooklyn, has been indicted for the fatal stabbing of Gregory Foster, 35, in the Hammel Houses in Rockaway Beach on December 19.
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Notes from the High C's
Rockaway Music and Arts Council
By: Sharon Gabriel
      The weather is dreary and overcast, but just think, only one more month until spring when everything starts to happen. Especially with the RMAC and our first event of the new season. On the drawing board is a Museum Trip back to yesteryear on Saturday, May 17.
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Social Security And You
Social Security Q 's and A's
By James Glasser, Manager, Far Rockaway Social Security Office
      Question: My husband died recently and my neighbor said I might be eligible for survivors' benefits. Am I? Answer: In order to be eligible for survivors benefits, your spouse must have earned the required number of Social Security credits.
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