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Rhoads takes oath of office in Albany He was reelected after defeating his democratic opponent Lisa Lin in the November election last year. State Sen. Steve Rhoads, of Rhoads said he wants to conBellmore, took his oath of office at the New York State tinue to address the needs of Capitol in Albany on Jan. 8, district residents, ensuring when he was sworn in to repre- their concerns are heard all the sent the 5th Senate District for way up to Albany. Two days a second term. after taking his R h o a d s, re p re oath, his of fice senting the commuannounced the nities of Wantagh, return of the mobile Seaford, Levittown, of fice hours proMerrick, Bellmore gram, where Rhoads and East Meadow, engages in one-onexpressed a dedicaone conversations tion to making New with residents at York an affordable libraries throughout and safe state to live the district. During in. the past two years, “ R i g h t n o w, Rhoads hosted more wh e t h e r i t ’s o u r than a dozen mobile seniors, young peooffice hour sessions, p l e — e v e r yo n e speaking with resiseems to have their StEVE RHoADS dents about issues New York exit plan,” New York State that matter most to Rhoads, a Republi- Senator them. can, told the Herald “From tackling in a roundtable issues from affordinterview in October. “As a ability to public safety and state government, as long as we everything in between, I believe continue to make New York in transparency and open comstate unaffordable and uncom- munication,” Rhoads said in a petitive for businesses and for news release, “and it’s this conresidents, we’re going to contin- nection to the community that ue to suffer — and that has to truly drives my fight for comchange.”
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Rose Girone, who resides in the Belair Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in North Bellmore, turned 113 on Jan. 13. A Holocaust survivor, she’s the oldest living person in New York.
Bellmore’s Rose Girone turns 113 She’s the oldest living Holocaust survivor, New York resident By JoRDAN VAlloNE jvallone@liherald.com
According to Rose Girone — a 113-yearold Bellmore resident — the secret to a long, healthy life is simple: Live every day with a purpose, have amazing children, and eat lots of dark chocolate. Girone, who has resided in the Belair Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in North Bellmore since she was 109, rung in her milestone 113th birthday on Jan. 13 or, coincidentally, 1/13. She’s the oldest person living in New York, the fifth oldest in the U.S., the 28th oldest in the world — and perhaps most impressively — the oldest living Holocaust survivor. Girone was bor n on Jan. 13, 1912 in
Poland. Her family moved around a few times during her early life, and one of the places she lived was Vienna, Austria. In 1938, she married her first husband, Julius Mannheim, and they moved to Breslau, Germany, which is now Wroclaw, Poland — around the same time Nazi aggression towards Jews became prevalent. By 1939, the family knew they had to leave Germany, and fled to the only country that still had openings for immigrants — China. Girone and her family, including her young daughter, Reha, arrived in Shanghai’s international settlement after a month-long boat trek, and for a short while, there was peace in the city. As World War II raged on and the JapaCoNtiNued oN pAGe 10
t’s time to liberate New York and build a better, safer, healthier, and more affordable tomorrow for all New Yorkers.
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