Observer_1983-05-12; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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INCORPORATED VILLAGE
East R o c k a w a y
SCHOOL DISTRICT
INCORPORATED VILLAGE
Lynbrook
SCHOOL DISTRICT
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VOL. X V I , NO. 27 EAST ROCKAWAY, NEW YORK 11518, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1983 m PER COPY
BUDDY POPPY MONTH - May is Buddy Poppy Month in the Village of Lynbrook and the members of
the Howard Lathrop Post No. 2307, Veterans of Foreign Wars will be raising money for the Veterans
Welfare Fund and needy residents. Above, Lynbrook Mayor William Geier receives the first poppy from
Mrs. Violet DeVries on the steps of Village Hall. Looking on (1-r) are Paul Fish, Oppy Chairman; Michael
Berkery, Post Commander, and Thomas DeVries. (Photo by Steve Grogan)
Village Board Reports
East Rockaway
The East Rockaway Village
Board held its regular monthly
meeting on May 9th.
Prior to the regular meeting
two special public hearings were
held, one on the fire contract
with the ERFD, and theother on
a new sidewalk ordinance, both
of which were adopted during
the regular meeting.
A lengthy discussion brought
up by residents of Rhame Ave.
concerning the parking situation
around Foodtown and the
trucks servicing the supermarket
again took up a large portion of
the evening. Mayor Theodore
Reinhard and Trustee Irving
Shaw noted that the Board had
been working on this problem
for many months and substantial
progess had been made with the
cooperation of Foodtown owner
Mel Weiss and other store per-sonnel.
The residents, however,
want additional commitments
from both the Village and Food-town.
Mayor Reinhard noted
that similar problems exist
wherever business and residential
property abut each other, and
short of closing Foodtown
(which the Village was not about
to do) there would never be a
complete solution to the prob-lems
of parking and traffic.
A resident of Woods Ave.
requested that the lights in the
parking area behind the Village
Hall be turned off at night so
that basketball could not be
played until midnight on the
courts in the area. DPW Chief
Torborg will look into moving
the lights.
Continued on Page 8
Lynbrook
The Lynbrook Village Board
meeting of May 2nd was high-lighted
by the Annual Law Day
Program, the only one of its
kind in the U.S.
As usual, the program was
put together and moderated by
the Hon. Lester Forest and this
year was a debate between stu-dents
from Lynbrook High
School and Hewlett High School
on the Proposition: Should the
Drinking Age be Raised from 19
to 21? The Hewlett students,
taking the affirmative were:
Amy Lydell, Adam Moskowitz
and Jodie Misher, and the Lyn-brook
students arguing the nega-tive
side were Richard Lerner,
Veronica Sympson and Yvette
Schneider.
The regular agenda of the
BAY PARK
FIRE CONTRACT
Any resident of the Bay Park
Fire District wishing to inspect
the proposed coritract between
Bay Park and the Village of East
Rockaway may do so at the
home of Fire Commissioner
James E. Fitzpatrick, 156
Lawson Avenue.
meeting commenced with Mayor
Wililiam Geier making additional
appointments: Bruno Arena,
Supt. of Building Dept.; Peter
McSherry as Insurance Broker,
and the Fire Dept. Advisory
Comittee of Pat Cestone,
Dominick Maffucci, Dominick
DeCarlo, Walter Brooks, Ralph
Bien and William Cosenza.
1st Assistant Chief Robert
CitKovic gave a lengthy report
on the gas spill incident of
April 26th, and was lauded by
the Mayor and members of the
Continued on Page 8
The week of May 15-21 has been proclaimed POLICE WEEK by
Lynbrook Mayor William P. Geier. Mayor Geier, honoring the valor,
service and dedication of its own Village Police Officers, is shown
presenting a proclamation marking the occasion to Lynbrook Police
Chief Frank Kehr. (Photo by John Cribbin)
E. R. Schools
Voting
BUDGET PASSES
720 - 470
MEAGHER & BRANDE
ELECTED
BRE2ENOFF
BRANDE
RACANELLI
THE VOTING
485 CAMPBELL
667 MEAGHER
156 STOCK
247
677
229
We congratulate Mrs. Rose Marie Brande and Mr. Richard
Meagher on their successful bid to the School Board. As the
District settles down to get on with the business at hand, let us
hope everyone who took an interest in this election continues to
take an interest in education for all students - the underachiever
as well as the exceptional student, and to the needs of the
school community as a whole.
We also hope that Mrs. Brezenoff, Mrs, Campbell, Mr. Stock
and Mr. Racanelli will continue to express thoughts and be
active participants , where possible, in the school community.
OLIVER! Comes To E.R.
After months of preparation and rehearsals, the long-awaited
East Rockaway School District production of OLIVER! is finally
set to open tomorrow evening. This production will be different
from others that have been presented at the high school in that
appearing in the musical will be not only high school students, but
students from Rhame and Centre Avenue Schools as well as students
from St. Raymond's. For the first time as well, faculty will be
appearing with students in several key rolses.
Appearing in the title role is sixth-grader Christopher Caccavo,
with sixth-grader Richard Meagher playing the Artful Dodger. High
school students Matthew Brumly, Vera Friscia, and Robert
Accomando appear as Fagin, Nancy and Bill Sikes, respectively.
Other high school students appearing in the production will be
Ricky Connell, Aileen Healy, Chris DelGiorno and Michael Vonnoh,
among others.
Among faculty appearing in OLIVER! will be Martin Severino in
the role of Mr. Bumble. After having directed seventeen successful
plays and musicals at the high school over the years, Mr. Bumble
marks his local debut on the other side of the footlights. Playing
opposite him is Suzanne Mills, known for her drama work at Rhame
Avenue. Superintendent of Schools Michael Maiden plays Mr.
Brownlow, with Mary Orzano as Mrs. Bedwin. Mildred Brock and
Phyllis Campbell are other teachers in the cast, and music teacher
David Meoli will be in the orchestra.
With musical direction by Karen DeBaun, Choreography by Neil
Monaco, and overall direction by Kevin Harrington, this production
of OLIVER! is the biggest to be seen in the school district for many
years as approxiamtely a hundred people are involved, either on
stage or behind the scenes.
All seats are reserved and all tickets are $5 each. Performances are
at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 13th and I4th, and Thursday
and Friday, May 19th and 20th. You may purchase tickets at the
door the evening of the performance or you may order tickets
through the main office of the high school. The musical will be pre-sented
in the Harry Bunting Auditorium of East Rockaway High
School.