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rent owner, but that’s been and break out some drinks, started at Harvard by then-col-
gone since 2007. have some music, allow mem- lege student Mark Zuckerberg.
***** bers to socialize and the public *****
Speaking of Beach 116th to meet members in an envi- Our condolences go out to
Street. On the beach block, Pa- ronment that’s a little more…. the friends and family of Msgr.
per Panda has closed. Blue Bun- well, social. Vincent Keane, who passed
galow has closed its store and ***** away on February 5. He was
PSEG tells us that they’ll be moved online. And now Cap- Whew, there’s a lot going on ordained in 1958 and served
out inspecting wooden poles ital One. Plus Dunkin Donuts this Saturday night. Bugalou as the pastor of St. Francis de
for the next few weeks. Maybe and Paninico on the next block. Music will showcase Blac Rab- Sales from 1980-1988.
it’s the Rockaway wind, but we The condo is rising fast on that bit and Gerald Bair; the pop- *****
know there are plenty of lean- street, but the future suddenly ular Poseidon Prom is at the The Photo Contest categories
ing towers throughout the pen- seems murky for retail. Knights and a comedy show are: Local Parades (Poseidon
insula. And here’s some utility ***** is at the Rockaway Beach Golf and Rockaway St. Pat’s); Humor/
pole trivia: PSEG maintains Just around the corner, the Club. And not to mention, our Fun; Rainbows/Lightning; Pets/
350,000 such poles. new apartments and four com- local establishments offering Animals; and Beach Life (or
***** mercial units, on Rockaway great winter specials. Who says that great Rockaway photo that
Capital One Bank on Beach Beach Boulevard, (where all Rockaway is dead in the winter. you're not sure what category it
116th Street is closing, as is the buildings burned down Not this weekend! fits, but it should be on display
the one on Mott Avenue in Far during Sandy), has started ***** or in the running for top prize).
Rockaway. Capital One has renting apartments. Owner The Super Bowl was played Please, pretty please, follow the
been turning some of their Dino Tomassetti Jr. says some last Sunday. Plenty of beer, piz- rules. (Limit number of photos,
banks into banks with cafes finishing touches such as land- za, and chips were bought, but send to correct email, etc). See
in an effort to win over mil- scaping still need to get done Mazzone’s Hardware reports page 5 and 6 for the details.
lennials. No such attempt will and he expects the 27-unit pro- that the big seller on the day of
be made in Rockaway (maybe ject to be fully leased by the the big game was toilet seats.
there are enough good coffee
options here?). The property
end of the summer.
*****
We’ll let you make your own
joke here.
Want To Get
on Beach 116th Street has been
a bank for decades (Green-
Maybe attendance would
soar. We don’t think it could
*****
Facebook is now 15 years old.
In Touch?
point, Home Savings, and the hurt. Why not make one Com- Way back then, you had to have Send Email to
list goes on). City records show munity Board meeting a party? a college email address to join.
Mail@RockawayTimes.com
Greenpoint Savings as the cur- Cut the regular business short Most of you know that it was
OPEN
a technique to mass fish men-
haden, or bunker, a popular
bait fish and source of fish oil,
and also a favorite meal of local
ocean wildlife like humpback
whales that have frequented our
waters in recent years.
YEAR
The Menhaden population has
increased in New York waters in
recent years, which is evident
The law would prevent purse seine
by the number of whales that
fishing in the pink area
now frequent the area to feast
on them. However, the increase which would verify that the com-
has also drawn the attention of pany’s mass harvesting of men-
fishing companies. As Omega haden of the Atlantic menhaden
ROUND
Protein, the largest menhaden fishery was a sustainable prac-
fishing corporation in the coun- tice. As environmentalists mon-
itored Omega’s fishing practices
of using a purse seine net to ob-
tain massive quantities of men-
haden, pushback began. Groups
like Gotham Whale, which stud-
ies the local New York whale
population, and a new group,
HAPPENING AT BUNGALOW Menhaden Defenders, banded
together with others to protest
THU. FEB 7 TRIVIA NIGHT 7:30 PM the practice due to the potential
HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! impact it could have on the local
IT’S THE YEAR OF THE PIG! WE’LL LOOK AT MANY population of whales and other
OF THE THINGS THE CHINESE CULTURE HAS GIVEN wildlife and the ecosystem of lo-
OUR WORLD & MAYBE EVEN SOME FAMOUS PIGS TOO! cal waters.
That pushback has seemingly
FRI. FEB 8 FRIDAY ACOUSTIC 6 PM led to progress. Other bills put-
WITH TAYLOR SEARING Photo by Ron McGrisken
ting limits on menhaden fishing
SUN. FEB 10 RYAN’S IRISH NIGHT 3 PM try, lowered their purse seine have failed to pass in the past,
WITH THE NEW YORK BROGUES nets into the waters off of New but this week, both the NY Sen-
York and New Jersey last sum- ate and Assembly unanimously
THU. FEB 14 VALENTINES DINNER mer, pulling in as much as two agreed that the time has come to
BY THE FIRE million pounds of menhaden curb menhaden fishing in local
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to attract larger prey, and with a district with a purse seine, un-
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CAPITAL ONE BANKS pect. We’re working hard to Park branch would be anoth-
TO CLOSE PERMA- make this transition as smooth er hit for Beach 116th, which
NENTLY as possible,” Landers said. If
customers want to continue
has already seen a number of
businesses close over the past
Continued from Page 10 utilizing Capital One branches, year including Paper Panda,
more familiar with the online there are some options includ- Paninico, Blue Bungalow and
and mobile banking tools. “We ing branches in Cedarhurst, Dunkin Donuts. The bank clo-
encourage our customers to Howard Beach and inside sure could also be the end
give us a call or stop by their Kings Plaza in Brooklyn. There of history for the Rockaway
branch to ask us any questions are also local ATMs that allow Park branch. The building has
before it closes, so that we Capital One customers to take been a bank since it was built
could show them the availa- out cash without being hit with in the 1970s. The building has
ble options to bank at any time fees. Visit CapitalOne.com and undergone some name brand
with Capital One with tools enter your zip code to find your changes over the years, but
such as online/mobile banking nearest ATM. has always been a bank, from
and bill pay,” she said. As for what will come of the Century Federal Savings in the
What other options may cus- local branches after they close? ‘70s to Home Savings of Amer-
tomers have? Travel. Some cus- That’s still up in the air. As of ica in the 80s and early 90s, to
tomers have already said they’ll press time, Landers did not Green Point Bank and North
be looking for other area banks provide an answer and tellers Fork Bank in the 2000s, to the
to do their business with. How- at the Rockaway Park location Capital One that it is now since
ever, Capital One maintains said they did not know what about 2008. The bank became
that accounts won’t be impact- would happen with the build- a big draw for people as one of the only local banks that of-
ed by the closures and custom- ing. Some Capital One loca- fered drive-through service.
ers can continue to visit other tions that have closed have However, with these closures,
branches. “There will be no been turned into banking ca- it seems that customers will
changes to our customers’ ac- fes, where customers can still soon be driving elsewhere.
counts or their account num- do limited banking while en- For more information on the
bers. As always, customers can joying coffee and other treats, closures and possible options,
visit any Capital One branch however there was no word on head to your nearest Capital
and receive the same level of if this will take place at either of One branch before May, or visit
account access and high-qual- the Rockaway branches. CapitalOne.com or call 1-800-
ity service they’ve come to ex- The closure of the Rockaway 655-2265.
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stop. A recent study looked at
if the patient is taking opioids nearly 1,000 opioid-naïve pa-
solely under medical supervi- tients who received an opioid
sion. To be diagnosed with opi- prescription. Of those given at
DOC
oid use disorder, patients need least a one-day supply, six per-
to do only two of the following cent were still taking them one
within 12 months: take more year later and 2.9 percent were
of the drug than intended, still taking them three years
By Peter Galvin, MD want to try to cut down with- later. The study concluded that
out success, spend a lot of time the total amount of opioids
in getting, using, or recovering prescribed for acute pain was
The Opioid Crisis from the drug, crave the drug,
fail to meet commitments due
the best predictor of chronic
opioid use and that chronici-
The opioid crisis is a real and addiction. Patients who take to the drug, continue to use ty begins earlier than thought.
growing concern in the U.S. As opioids daily for pain relief do the drug even though it has In other words, if opioids must
the only legal and regulated not necessarily have opioid caused social or relationship be prescribed for pain (for ex-
source of opioid prescriptions, use disorder, even if they have problems, give up or reduce ample after surgery), the low-
physicians are increasingly un- a physiologic dependence on other activities because of the er the dosage and number of
der the regulatory agencies’ them (i.e. withdrawal from and drug, use the drug even when pills prescribed, the better.
microscope and many physi- tolerance of opioids). Physi- it’s not safe, continue use even More importantly, it must be
cians, including me, are reluc- ologic opioid dependence is when it causes physical or psy- remembered that there are
tant to prescribe them at all. often confused with opioid chological problems, develop many people with chronic pain
The problem is, however, that use disorder, however it is the tolerance (but not if taken as conditions like advanced oste-
there are many people with expected result of regularly directed under a doctor’s su- oarthritis, spinal stenosis, and
chronic pain disorders who taking these drugs. Opioid use pervision), or experience with- fibromyalgia, just to name a
rely on these drugs for pain re- disorder is a chronic disease of drawal (again not if under su- few, who rely on opioids for le-
lief. Today I would like to delve the brain characterized by loss pervision). gitimate pain relief. We need to
into the use of opioids for pain of control over opioid use, re- In a country where nearly make sure that these people do
relief. sulting in harm. The Diagnos- 40 percent of adults are pre- not get unfairly stigmatized as
There is a distinction be- tic and Statistical Manual, fifth scribed an opioid annually, having opioid use disorder.
tween chronic use of opioids edition, excludes physiologic the question is not why peo- Questions and comments
for pain relief and opioid use dependence on opioids (toler- ple start taking opioids, but may be sent to editor@rocka-
disorder, commonly known as ance and withdrawal) from its rather why some struggle to waytimes.com.
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SLICE OF LIFE
to cry, some people actually say that even though their child’s
I am missing a sensitivity “chip.” life was in danger, they hosted
Well, after Annie’s speech, I this event that raised so much
was shedding a few tears. But money for research. Now each
that was not the only moving year, they donate money to var-
speech. While Annie had her ious organizations and this year
By Beth Hanning
double lung transplant, she met the money was raised for an
a group of other young women organization called Help Hope
who have battled cystic fibrosis Live, which is a non-profit or-
for most of their lives. Annie has ganization that helps families
labeled them her “cysters.” To with the costs that insurance
Doctors
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Autism — Part 1
the shower, but when she was (RBAF) support group meet-
sitting or lying on the bed or ing, happening on Thursday,
floor. I believed it was not sex- February 21, 7 p.m. at Knight
ual at all, just another sensory of Columbus, 2nd floor. In
This is a very touchy subject, Soa) school. I knew the top- behavior. She had outgrown so the interim, feel free to email
and for months, I’ve been re- ic was going to be about my many of her stimming behav- your sentiments and experi-
luctant to face it, mostly be- 10-year-old little girl touching iors over the years, so I naively ences at ourartisticchild@out-
cause I was trying to stay in herself, and I was extremely thought that this was just an- look.com, and join Rockaway
blissful ignorance, but now, rattled. The school had sent other one that she would out- Beach Autism Families group
it has become a BIG problem. several notes at home men- grow. Well, apparently not. on Facebook. Also, note that
What do you do when your tioning that she was touching At the meeting, here I was if you are an educator, thera-
child with autism starts touch- herself publicly and rubbing surrounded by her teacher, as- pist, healthcare professional
ing their private parts? against a chair or a ball. Ini- sistant principal, school coor- or social worker, your input
A few days ago, I was called tially, I got several letters from dinator, the nurse, and school is welcomed, and feel free to
for an urgent meeting at my the school nurse, requesting psychologist. After describ- join the Facebook group and
daughter, Soanirina’s (aka that I take my daughter to the ing her behaviors, the teacher attend any group meetings.
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