Observer_1983-08-31; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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Lynbrook
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VOL. 31 WO. 42 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31,1983 25c PER COPY
Fire Destroys
Home; Girl
Hospitalized
A recent house fire in East
Rockaway has left a family
homeless and a seven year
old girl in guarded but stable
condition at South Nassau
Communities Hospital.
On August 23 at approx-imately
12 am, a fire was dis-covered
in the home of Alex
and Maria Limoncelli, at
725 S c r a n t o n Avenue.
According to Police and
Fire officials, Mr. Limon-celli
discovered the fire after
hearing crackling and pop-ping
noises. Neighbors
Marie Urbeno and Anthony
Vitta were outside at the
time and assisted in the res-cue
attempt. Six month old
Melissa was passed from the
roof to the neighbors below.
Before further evacuation
could take place, the railing
surrounding the roof gave
way. Mr. Limoncelli suf-fered
lacerations and his
wife, Maria, suffered a
broken leg. She is listed in
satisfactory condition by
South Nassau Hospital.
Seven year old Tanya suf-fered
multiple skull frac-tures
and is currently in
guarded but stable condi-tion;;
at the hospital. Neigh-bors
Urbeno and Vitta suf-fered
from minor cuts and
smoke inhalation.
The blaze was brought
under control by the East
Rockaway Fire Depart-ment,
with the assistance of
the Lynbrook and Ocean-side
squads. East Rockaway
firemen Peter Dixon and
Christopher Tamas were
injured at the scene and later
taken to South Nassau, As
of August 24, the Arson
Squad was "suspicious" of
the fire's origin.
CLASP Group
The Center for Living as a
Single Person (CLASP) is
offering a professionally-led
eight-session support and
discussion group for women
who are separated or
d i v o r c e d . The s u p p o rt
group will begin on Tuesday
evening, September 13,
from 7:45 p.m, to 9:15 p.m.
and will meet at Peninsula
Counseling Center, 124
Franklin Place, Woodmere.
For further information
about CLASP or to register
for the group, please call
Cathy Napolitane, C.S.W.,
or Jane Kurcsinka, C.S.W.
at 569-6600.
CLP STAR -STRUTTERS HONORED. At the August 22,
Lynbrook Village Board meeting the Our Lady of Peace
Star-Strutters Twirlers received a Proclamation honoring
their recent winnings at the Grand National Twirling
Championship in Denver, Colorado. The Junior team won 2
first place awards in the Junior Large Dance and Twirler
team competition. The Senior team placed in the top ten.
Lynbrook Mayor William P. Geier is shown here presenting
the Proclamation to the Star-Strutters Coach Denise
MacDevette, as Sister Mary Dqwden, the Team Director,
second from left, looks on. Also present are members of the
Junior Team, from left to right, Maria York, JeniUfer
Ledwith, Patricia Hughes, Coleen Fitzsimons, ICristen
Rupprecht, and on the right, Suzanne Largo, Maura
OTonnor and Debbie Duffy. Missing from the photo is
Donna Phillips, Cathy McCoy and Aileen O'Connor.
(Photo by John Cribbin).
Physicians Present Nntrhion Program
Franklin General Hospi-tal's
annual Dr, Harry Gibel
Memorial Lecture is set for
Monday, September 19th at
8:45 P,M. in the 305 bed
h o s p i t a l ' s S h a n k m an
Auditorium.
The topic is "Food For
Thought" - An Overview of
Nutrition and is open to the
public.
P a r t i c i p a t i n g speakers
include:
D r . R o n a l d Ruden,
Director of the Nutrition
Service at Sloan-Kettering
Memorial Hospital, whose
topic will be "Nutrition and
Disease".
Dr. Roy H o r o w i t z,
Chairman of the Academy
of Pediatrics Sub-Committee
on Child Abuse, will speak
on "Nutrition and Activity:
How They Affect Our
Lives."
Dr. P.i, Collipp, Chair-man
of the Nassau County
Medical Center's Depart-ment
of Pediatrics, will
present "The Controversy
Over Vitamins".
Others participatmg in
this special annual Lecture
and following round table
discussion include News-day's
syndicated nutrition
columnist, Bea Lewis and
Franklin General's Dietetics
Director, Lovelina Nad-karni,
who is an Adjunct
Professor of Nutrition at
Queens College.
HONORED. Congressman Ray McGrath presents a certifi-cate
of merit to Police Officer James Mason who disarmed
an apprehended a man who had terrorized two women in the
Green Acres Shopping Center in the south parking lot.
Presentation of the award took place in the congressman's
district office on Rockaway Avenue in Valley Stream - not
far from the scene where Mason nabbed the armed robber.
Scholarship Fund Established
A scholarship fund to
send a needy child to college
has been initiated at Brant
. Lake Camp in memory of 18
year old Andrew W. Dreyer
of Lynbrook, who lost his
lif€ there recently, while
attempting to extinguish a
fire on a power line that had
dropped during the. rain
storm. According to a fellow
counselor, the youth was
electrocuted when a live wire
jumped up and hit him.
Dreyer, who resided at
102 Union Place, was an
honor graduate of Lyn-brook
High School in June
and a Regents Scholarship
recipient. He was to have left
shortly to begin his fresh-man
year as a pre-law stu-dent
at Emory University in
Atlanta, Georgia.
"Andrew was a fine fellow
and very well liHed," noted
Df. John Beyrer, high
school principal and former
chairman of the Guidance
Department. "He pl^ed
varsity b a s k e t b a l OV and
varsity baseball and JV
football. He was also very
active in the Class Nite
Sports program and on the
school newspaper. Last
spnng, he received the jour-nalism
award from News-day."
The youngster, like his
father, Norman, had spent
every summer at the camp,
either as a camper or a coun-selor.
His dad is now camp
attorney and his mother,
Jacqueline, the camp book-keeper.
"In fact," a relative
pointed out, "Brant Lake
was a 47 year old tradition
with the family."
B e s i d e s his p a r e n t s,
Dreyer is survived by two
sisters, Dianne of Lynbrook
and Janine Nichols, who
was in Paris at the time of
the accident. Funeral servi-ces
were held on the camp
ball field with all the
campers and personnel in
attendance and on August'
11 at the Boulevard Park
West in Hewlett. Rabbi
Daniel Wolk of Armohk,
New York, a longtime fam-ily
friend, conducted both
services. The Dreyers are
members of Temple Emanu-
E1 of Lynbrook.
"All the kids paid hom-age,"
said another close
friend of the family, Evelyn
Sippel of Hewlett. "After the
Andrww W. Orcysr
funeral, which ^as very
moving, a line of yburrgTtieh
dressed in shirts and ties,
said their last goodbyes to
their comrade. He was a
r e s p o n s i b l e p e r s o n , " she
added, "and very con<!erned
about other kids. He even
found time to coach for little
league. Everyone loved
Andy, He was truly a boy for
all ages."
AU Day Kindergarten An issue
East Rockaway School Board Reports
The members of the East
Rockaway School Bpard
met at the High School Aud-itorium
on August 29 at 8
pm. An unusually large
crowd of approximately 70
people were in attendance.
After the approval of the
minutes of the July 25 meet-i
n g . Board P r e s i d e nt
Roseniarie Brande reported
on several items of corres-pondence
that the Board
had received, including a list
df r e c o m m e n d a t i o ns
received from the State con-cerning
a lengthened school
year, increasing require-ments
for graduation, and
introducing computer skills
at the elementary level. f
The Board proceeded to
approve of the following
personnel matters: the hir-mg
of Nina Fonzo as a pain-ter
for the school district; the
hiring of Florence Feinstein
as a High School Math
teacher; the hiring of Tom
Connor as a cleaner; the hir-
Congregation Eti Chaim
Cantor Emanuel Perlman
and the Temple Choir of the
Hewlett-East Rockaway
J e w i s h C e n t r e - C o n -
gregation Etz Chaim, "295
Main Street, East Rocka-way,
New York, will present
a musical program prior to
the Selihot Service on Sat-urday
evening, September 3
it was announced by Larry
Kaminsky, President of the
Congregation.
The evening's program
will begin with a reception at
10:30 P.M. The musical
program, introducing new
congregational melodies.
will start at 11:00 P.M. in the
Sanctuary, and will be fol-lowed
by the Selihot Service
at 11:30 P.M.
Rabbi Stanley Platek,
spiritual leader of the Con-gregation,
will conduct the
Service, and Cantor Ema-nuel
Perlman will chant the
liturgy, accompanied by the
Temple Choir.
Mr. Harry Laufer is in
charge of the evening's
arrangements.. Mr. Sidney
Schemfeld and Mr. Sam
Miller are Chairmen of the
Ritual Committee.
ing of Jorge Salazar as
maintenance mechanic; the
hiring of Moira Gleason as
H i g h School Science
teacher, the hiring of
Annamaria Martin as a
Spanish Teacher/Perman-ent
Substitute. The Board
also accepted with regrets'
the resignations of Special
E d u c a t i o n Teacher Linda ^
M u r a w s k i ; C u s t o d i an
Frank Wegman, and Custo-dian
Philip Ragusa.
The Board announced
that the tax rate for the
1983-84 term will be $25.97
per hundred of assessed
valuation, as opposed to the
previously announced rate
of $26.24 per hundred. This
means that the increase of
tax rate over last year will be
$1.61 per hundred.
Many concerned citizens
were present at the meeting
concerning the Board's deci-sion
to begin all-day kinder-garten
classes next term.
This policy was defended by
the members of the Board as
making it easier for children
to adjust to school.
The next meeting of the
East Rockaway School
Board is scheduled for Sep-tember
19.