Observer_1983-06-16; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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A large crowd was on hand Sunday night at St. Raymond's Starlight Room to wish David Henshaw of
Lynbrook, Nassau County President of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, well in his election bid to be-come
New York State Treasurer of the A.O.H. Among those on hand were (1-r) State Senator Carol
Berman (in an appropriate b r i ^ t green dress), Congressmen Norman Lent and Ray McGrath, (Dave
Henshaw) Hempstead Presiding Supervisor Thomas Gulotta, Hempstead Town Clerk Dan Fisher, and
East Rockaway Village Trustee Anthony Santino,
High Tax Aid Bill Helps E.R.
Senator Norman J. Levy and
Senator Michael Tully and
Assemblymen Greg Becker,
George Madison and Fred Parola
are urging representatives of
Long Island's 30 "high tax-low
wealth" school districts to join
forces in an effort to secure
Assembly passage of their
Regional High Tax Aid Bill
which was approved by the
State Senate on June 7th.
If enacted, the High Tax Aid
proposal would provide the East
Rockaway School District with
an additional $96,421 and Mal-verne
with $63,567 for fiscal
year 1983-84, re-establishing
some equity through a formula
.based on regional costs and
property values.
Sen. Levy said that the State
Aid to Education portion of the
State Budget, adopted last
March, "utterly failed to equi-tably
deal with high-taxed-low
wealth districts, especially those
in Nassau County and the Lower
Hudson Region.
Local residents wishing to
lend their support towards pass-age
of the High Tax Aid Bill
(A.6500) in the Assembly
should write: Assembly Speaker
Stanley Fink, State Capitol,
Albany, NY 12248; or Assem-blyman
Arthur J. Kremer, LOB,
Albany, NY 12248.
GIFTED AID FOR E.R.
The East Rockaway School
District will receive $75,000 for
its gifted children's program
under a special grant obtained
by Assemblyman Arthur J.
Kremer.
"This successful program has
brought great dividends and I am
pleased to have played an active
role in obtaining this money. I
know that the district was look-ing
forward to the continuation
of this program," said Kremer.
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The Lynbrook-East Rockaway Mayor's Trophy Game was contested last week, with a large crowd in
attendance. It looks as if Lynbrook Trustee Maurice Ornstein bested East Rockaway Trustee Pauline
Wipfler on the bat, but the East Rockaway boys took the measure of their Lynbrook counterparts, win-ning
a well-played game by 5 runs. Pictured above are: 9l-r) East Rockaway Trustees Anthony Santino,
Irving Shaw and Pauline Wipfler and Lynbrook Trustees Maurice Ornstein, Eugene Scarpato and Peter
Ledwith. (Photo by John Cribbin)
SYMS IN, LIMBO
The long-awaited public hearing on Sy Syms coming to Lynbrook
at 619 Sunrise Highway was commenced on Monday, Jione 13th.
The hearing actually is a request for a special exception by the
owner of the property, Rupp Chevrolet, to permit a building to be
erected for which there will not be enough parking spaces to meet
the requirements of the ordinance. This building would then be
occupied by Sy Syms Clothing.
Mr. Jerome McDougal, President of Rupp, and Mr. J. Peluso, a
constractor, presented the case for the petitioner. McDougal said
that it was a $6,000,000 proposal from Syms, which was the most
substantial offer for the property, although there have been other
proposals. Mr. Peluso presented a rendering of the proposed building
which would call for having 300 parking spaces on premises. Only
160 are possible if the building is to be erected according to Syms
specifications. Most comments by residents were unfavorable, citing
increased traffic on Sunrise, parking on side streets, trucks on resi-dential
streets, etc. Surprisin^y enough, however, there were favor-able
comments from residents, also.
Mr. McDougal advised that they would have an expert witness
testify regarding traffic, trucking, etc. at a later date, and Mayor
William Geier, following lengthy discussion by the Board and those
in attendance, said that the most important questions were still to
be answered. He said that he felt that the most important asi^ect of
the discussions was the uncompromising attitude of Syms. The
owner of the Service Station on the corner of Broadway and Sunrise
noted that he might be willing to sell his property to Rupp, which
would make more parking available, and Mr. McDougla said that he
would certainly be willing to discuss this proposition.
Since nothing further could be accomplished, and all residents
had voiced their opinions, the hering was adjourned to July 18th,
when expert testimony on both sides of the issue will be presented,
additional questions posed by the Board, so that a final determina-tion
can be made.
A short regular agenda preceded the hearing: Mrs. Mary Ann
Hughes was appointed Secretary to the Mayor and Mrs. Dorothy
Hornung to the Architectural Board of Review; Professional Plumb-ing,
Heating and Cooling Week was proclaimed by the Mayor; Fees
were waived for vendors during Lynbrook Week; Contracts were
awarded on DPW equipment and bids opened on otehr equipment;
and a Heating, Ventialting and Air-Conditioning Maintenance Con-tract
for the Library and the Old Village Hall was awarded to E. W.
Hoffman, Inc.
Under Good and Welfare there was a lengthy discussion on two
on-going problems, commuter parking and the Pub on the corner
of Broadway and New St.
Next meeting June 20th.
MORE DUNKEES
This Saturday, June 18th, at
the East Rockaway Annual
Huckleberry Frolic in Memorial
Park, in addition to the East
Rockaway and Lynbrook
Mayors, Reinhard and Geier, ad-ditional
dignitaries have been
added to be dunked, Namely,
East Rockaway School Superin-tendent
Michael Maiden, Fire
Chiefs Guy Donza and Tom
Cittadino and Recreation Direc-tor
Jerry Chapel. A cordial in-vitation
has been extended to
their Lynbrook counterparts to
be dunked in like manner.
The Fire Chiefs are slated*
for 1:30 and Mr. Maiden
around 3 p.m. Jerry will be
dunked as soon as he shows up.
ROCKETTES IN EAST ROCKAWAY
On Friday, June 24th, at 2 p.m. there will be a meeting in the
ERHS Gym for a pom-pom squad to be starting in September.
If you are interested, sign up in the main office. The ROCKETTES
will be performing at the home football games in the fall.
HUCKLEBERRY F R O L IC
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LYNBROOK WEEK
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