Observer_1983-04-28; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. XVI, NO. 25 EAST ROCKAWAY, NEW YORK 11518, THURSDAY, ARRIL 28, 1983 15^ PER COPY
Nerve-racking Morning In Lynbrook
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A little after 3 a.nio oh Tuesday, April 26th, a car heading east on Sunrise Highway, driven by Michael
Cubing of Lynbrook, hit a truck carrying thousands of gallons of gasoline, which was headed south on
Peninsula Blvdc Although not a serious accident, the impact caused a weld on a hookup valve to crack
and gasoline begin to spill. The driver of the car was charged with driving whUe intoxicated and arraigned
in First District Court in Mineola.
While the Lynbrook Fire Dept., the Lynbroo k Police Dept., Fire Marshall's and personnel
from the State Dept. of Transportation worked to contain the spill and prevent pollution of Doxsey
Creek and possibly Jamaica Bay, residents on the east side of Peninsula Blvd. south of Sunrise were
evacuated for a couple of hours and took refuge in the Village Hall.
Top photo shows tanker leaking gas with car wedged under tank and in bottom photo, Mayor William
Pe Geier and Police Chief Frank Kehr check form-covered Doxsey Brook. (Photos by John Cribbin)
(Complete story on mop-up operations next week,)
You see it FIRST
And most times ONL Y
In the OBSERVER
St, Raymond's Holy Name Society President Edward Venable (1)
presents plaque to Holy Name Man of the Year Anthony Boiler,
at recent annual Communion Breakfast. Toastmaster, the Hong
Francis Xc Becker, looks on at righto (Photo by Ce Warner)
TOP LONGG
ISLAN SPELER
Lourdes Talvy, an 8th grade
student at Lynbrook South, is
on her way to Washington to
compete with 122 other finalists
in the 56th annual National
Spelling Bee.
Lourdes, competing in the
Long Island finals at C,W; Post,
correctly spelled OB ROC ATE,
the word missed by her last op=
ponent, and then won on
EQUESTRIENNE,
This was the first year that
the Nassau-Suffolk winner quali-fied
for the national competi-tion.
In past years, Long Island-ers
competed with students from
New York City for a spot.
The overall contest was
entered by students
from 286 public, private and
parochial schools on Long Island
and the final contest was down
to 20 competitors.
Lourdes will be sponsored by
NEWSDAY when she competes
in Washington in June,
^nbrook Sekool Vote
t Next Wednesday
L j ^ r o ^ residents will go to the polls on Wednesday, May 4th,
to vom on:;a $17,064,842 school budget that stresses further ad-vance^
nt expanded computer literacy and the continuance of
quality-edu;C^tional programs. The budget, supported by the Board
of E d ^ ^ i c ) ^ and the Administration, contains 90% government
mandare^o^-^ntractually controlled expenses.
The l l ^ i i ^ e d tax increase for residents owning one, two or
three f^siay'^pmes will be between $1.50 and $1.60 per $100 of
assessedWluMJ^bn, This is based on final assessed valuation establish-ed
in AH under a new formula adopted by the Nassau
County q ^ r d ^ f Supervisors,
The largest expense area of the budget is Teaching, encompassing
salaries, cost of tuition and tutoring of handicapped and vocational
students, textbooks, equipment, suppUes, repairs of instructional
equipment and est of programs for talented students. Pupil Person-nel
Services including test-scoring, health and psychological services,
student activities and the interscholastic athletic program will
also rise.
Decreases are seen in insurance costs, central administration ex-penses,
transportation and the school lunch program.
According to Robert Delmond, President of the Board ot Edu-cation,
the budget demonstrates fiscal restraint, while maintaining
a program of educational excellence. Lynbrook had three Merit
Scholars this year and 54 other seniors winning Merit Commen-dations
or Regents Scholarships.
Lynbrook's Philosophy for Children program, acclaimed through-out
the state, is funded by special grants from the state. The high
school instituted a Homework Helper program this year, the only
one of its kind on Long Island, Under the direction of Rhoda
Dreifuss, president of the LTA, teachers volunteer their time each
week to assist students with their homework by way of Adams-
Russell cablevision.
Ongoing efforts to incorporate the educational movement to-wards
microcomputers in the curriculum include awareness activities
for the professional staff, in-service sessions, conferences and
seminars. The district is also developing a generic plan for the acqui-sition
and application of microcomputers to the K-12 school curricu-lum
via the development of an educational master plan. At this
time, approximately 29% of staff members have received formal
computer training.
Ballots will also be cast for two Board members. Incumbents
Charles Spector and Joanne McSherry are running unopposed.
Registration for the election will take place on Thursday, April
28th, from noon to 9 p.m, in the Central Administration Office of
Atlantic Avenue School. Further information on registration and
eligibility may be obtained by calling 887-9028 between 8 a.m, arid
4 p.m.
Residents north of Sunrise Highway will vote on May 4th in
North Middle School; residents south of Sunrise Highway and north
of Scranton Avenue, Atlantic Avenue School; residents south of
Scranton Avenue, South Middle School, Polls will be open from
7 a.m, to 10 p.m, '
On Saturday, April 23rd, the East Rockaway Kiwanis Club distrib-uted
USD A surplus cheese to senior citizens of the area. The surplus
cheese was made available through the Town of Hempstead Dept.
of Services for the Aging. Manning the distribution site (Main St.
Firehouse) are Kiwanians (1-r) Mike Breglia, Gene Torborg, and
Mike Pizzino. (Photo by C, Warner)