Memories of Playland & Summers In Rockaway NY- Martha Reeves, Bobby Darin, Sam Cooke, Percy Faith

Music:
"Dancing in the Sreets" by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
"Twistin the Night Away" by Sam Cooke
"Beyond the Sea" by Bobby Darin
"Theme to A Summer Place" by The Percy Faith Orchestra

Photo Credits:
Andrew Nicholas
Andrew Reach
Andy Lynch
Arthur Ganzer
Artie Schecter
Ben Budnick
Bridge & Tunnel Club
Bruce Baumwoll
Carlos Alejandro
Cityroom Blog -- New York Times
Daily News
Daniel Avila
Emil Luceu "The Wave"
Eric Reichbaum
FarRockaway.com
Jessica Ebelhar
Jessica G.
Joe Fenstermaker
Julie Wilson
Larry Lustig
Les Block
Mack Sennett "Girls"
Margaret Bourke-White
Mark Horowitz
Mika K.
Mikko Stamm
Monique P.
Murray Cooper
New York Daily News
New York Edge
Numb Photo
Rick Gold
Robert Kennedy -- New York Times
Robert Lefkof
Rockaway Bungalow Association
Sonnid
Spencer Platt
Stephen Falk
T. Davidson
TimeOutNewYorkKids.com
Vivian Carter

Postcard Credits:
Carol Marston Collection
Leiman Library Collection
Bruce Baumwoll Collection

Special Thanks to Carol Marston & Skip Weinstock.
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Bobby Petrino fired as Arkansas Razorbacks football coach

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Arkansas has fired football coach Bobby Petrino for playing away from home.

Petrino, who had revived Razorbacks football program over the past four years, was involved in a motorcycle accident with a female university employee with whom he was having an affair.

Petrino wiped out on his Harley on April 1. The subsequent police report revealed that Petrino, who is 51, married and has four children, was riding with Jessica Dorrell, a former Arkansas volleyball player who is 21 and engaged.

Petrino had told university officials and the media that he was driving alone and made vague reference to Dorrell as a "a lady" who helped flag down a passing motorist.

In fact, Petrino had been in a long relationship with Dorrell, had once given her $20,000 in cash, and had just hired her for a job. Dorrell was engaged to the athletic department's director of swimming and diving operations. Their wedding was less than two months away.

Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long told reporters Petrino was fired for not being candid about his "personal and professional relationship."
"Coach Petrino knowingly misled the athletics department and the university about the circumstances related to his accident," Long said during a press conference on Tuesday.

Petrino boasted a 34-17 record in four seasons as the Razorbacks head coach. Last season the Razorbacks finished with a 11-2 record and ended the season with a Cotton Bowl victory and a top five ranking.

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Justice for Trayvon! Congressman Bobby Rush dons hoody in protest for justice

WASHINGTON — (C-SAPN.org) Congressman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) delivered the following statement on the House floor today to emphasize the issue of racial profiling and its consequences:

Mr. Speaker, the death of Trayvon Martin is an American tragedy.

Too often this violent act is repeated in the streets of our nation.

Racial profiling has to stop. Just because someone wears a hoodie, does not make them a hoodlum. Just because someone is young and wears a hoodie does not make them a hoodlum. Just because someone is a young black male and wears a hoodie does not make them a hoodlum.

A hood on the head does not mean a hood in the head.

I applaud the young people across this nation who are making a statement about hoodies and the real hoodlums particularly those who tread on our laws wearing official or quasi-official cloaks.

The Bible teaches us in Micah 6:6-8, these words, "He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?"

And in the New Testament, Luke 4:18-20 teaches us these words: "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free."

I urge all who hear these words to heed this lesson. May God bless Trayvon Martin's soul, his parents and family, and may God bless us all.

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