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4. YOUNG ISRAEL OF BEDFORD BAY SENIOR CENTER 2114 Brown Street Myrna Newman, director. Lunch, lectures, trips, parties. Health and social services provided. 5. JASA MAHATTAN BEACH 60 West End Avenue 718- 646- 1118 standard activities and meals, social services, and health screenings 6. SHOREFRONT Y 3300 Coney Island Avenue The center offers many programs for the Russian immigrant community of Brighton Beach, along with the standard activities and meals. 7. YOUNG ISRAEL OF MIDWOOD 1694 Ocean Avenue 718- 253- 7800 Sarah Klein, director In addition to the standard activities, the center offers painting, Oneg Shabbat, chair aerobics, Rabbi’s torah portion of the week. The center is known for its red and white van transportation service. 8. SENIOR LEAGUE OF FLATBUSH MIDWOOD BRANCH 1625 Ocean Avenue 718- 253- 0508 Lenore Friedman, executive director; Robin Di Lullo, site director Best known for ballroom dancing, blood pressure screenings, arts and crafts, parities with large attendance, book reviews, current events, and hotel trips along with standard activities. 9. SENIOR LEAGUE OF FLATBUSH 550 Ocean Parkway The center is known for it hearing-impaired group and English as a Second language programs for the Russian community. I hope this list will help you find the center that’s just right for you. Bring a friend!
Bedbugs strike again at special-ed school By David J. Glenn Bay Currents Publisher Teachers at the special-education complex at 2525 Haring Street in Marine Park may have to greet their students with, “Good morning, don’t let the bedbugs bite.” In late October, bedbugs were found on a student and on his wheelchair, the school’s PTA president, Gloria Smith, told Bay Currents. The school sent a letter to parents notifying them of the problem, she said. “The bedbugs reproduce incredibly quickly,” Smith said. “It really can be a problem.” “It’s something that spreads,” a mother of a 16-year-old
autistic boy at the school told Bay Currents. “I’m worried that nothing is being done.” “We don’t have a bedbug situation,” the school’s new principal, Annette Rose, told Bay Currents on Oct. 31. Asked about the letter home, Rose declined any further comment and referred Bay Currents to the Department of Education’s press office. Calls there were not returned by press time. Smith said there was a similar problem last year, and that the DOE sent in a physician. “He said the bugs were coming in from the outside,” Smith said. “He told us there was nothing we could do about it.”
Profile of a bedbug Bedbugs Cimex lectularius (Cimicidae) are not confined to beds. They’ve become an increasing problem of late in New York City, and can be in houses, apartments, hotels, cruise ships, dormitories, shelters, and, as we’ve seen, in schools. Bedbugs are small, wingless insects that feed solely upon the blood of humans and other warm-blooded hosts. Certain kinds even inhabit bird nests and bat roosts and await the return of their hosts; others have adapted well to living in human residences. The hatchlings are about the size of a poppy seed, and adults are about a quarter-inch in length. They are oval in shape and flattened from top to bottom. Because they never develop wings, bedbugs cannot fly. When disturbed, bed bugs actively seek shelter in dark cracks and crevices.
Bedbugs seek out people and animals, generally at night while these hosts are asleep, and painlessly sip a few drops of blood. While feeding, they inject a tiny amount of their saliva into the skin. Repeated exposures to bedbug bites during a period of several weeks or more causes people to become sensitized to the saliva of these bugs; additional bites may then result in mild to intense allergic responses. The affected person should resist the urge to scratch the bites, since this may intensify the irritation and itching, and may lead to secondary infection. Patients usually are treated with antihistamines and corticosteroids to reduce allergic reactions and inflammation. Bedbugs are not known to transmit any infectious agents.
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