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Columnists May 9th, 2008
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Beachcomber
      When Robert Hordt was recently named Managing Editor of Crain's New York Business, his biography in the paper said that he had started his career at The Wave in Rockaway.
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Broad Channel Bits
Spring A Good Time To Try New Things
Commentary By Liz Guarino
      It's really getting to look and feel like spring and it's great to be outdoors without coat or jacket. Nice warm sunshine and blue skies, with a few clouds here and there have been the order of the day lately. Trees can wave their leafy arms around again as the breezes wander past their limbs.
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From The Artists Studio Rockaway Artists Alliance
'Annie' A Must-See; Poets At RoCA
Commentary By Susan Hartenstein
      Deadline for RAA's next exhibit is May 16. "Good & Plenty" will be the best work by RAA artists, revisited; and a member auction. On a perfect sunlit day, as the ocean breezes wafted over audience and performers, poet/artist Shirl Holt hosted a special spoken word event at sTudio 7 Gallery.
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From the Editor's Desk
Nobody Asked Me, But (School Edition)
Commentary By Howard Schwach
      Nobody Asked Me, But … For the last several years, there has been a large group of excessed teachers, called the Daily Teacher Reserve (DTR), in our schools.
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Health & Harmony
An Anthology On Motherhood
By Dr. Nancy Gahles
      Motherhood has endowed me with qualities and yes, virtues, that I never asked for nor did I ever dream that I would experience. Had I known what lay ahead I might not have chosen this path. I went into this blessed vocation blissfully ignorant and deliriously happy. I emerge, as my children take f...
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Historical Views of the Rockaways
Looking West On The 1901 Arverne Boardwalk From Beach 59 Street
From The Rockaway Museum Commentary by Emil Lucev,Curator Dedicated To The Memory Of Leon S. Locke
      This rare view of the first Arverne elevated boardwalk was taken from the eastern end of the promenade at Beach 59 Street. The western terminus was at Beach 74 Street. On the left in the distance is the Arverne Pier Theatre, which opened at Beach 67 Street on the walk in 1904, and was carried out...
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Looking Backward
      What The Wave Said 20 Years Ago... Charged with the first-degree sexual abuse for allegedly restraining a girl in a Rockaway High School while fondling her, 11 counts of third-degree sexual abuse, endangering the welfare of a child and unauthorized practice of education law, Gershon Allweiss...
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Notes On Consumer Affairs
Could You Live Without Your Electronics Gadgets? How To Reduce Energy Consumption
Commentary By Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer
      Could you live without your cell phone? How about your computer? The use of electronic equipment has increased productivity and made our lives easier.
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Social Security And You
Help Your Mom Save $3,600
Commentary By James Glasser, Manager, Far Rockaway Social Security Office
      People all over the country are helping their moms save as much as $3,600 per year on the cost of prescription drugs. You can, too! We all know the high cost of medicine can be a burden on mothers who have limited income and resources.
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The Rockaway Irregular
Coming Soon . . .
Commentary by Stuart W. Mirsky
      Banging away at my computer keyboard the other day, as I am wont to do most days, the phone rang and I grabbed it. The voice on the other end said "Hey, Stu, just checking in, how're things going?" It was my old pal Tom Lynch, Rockaway sailing enthusiast and president of the Rockaway Republicans.
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