Observer_1983-09-28; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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EPTEMBER 28, 1983 25c PER COPY
Renovation Advisory
Committee Selected
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS. The East Rock-away
Fire Department Annual Fund Drive is now underway
and accepting an appeal brochure fronr Lt. Ed Weis is Mrs.
Sheila Bergman of Murdock Road.
(Photo by Andrew Ferretti)
Berg Awarded National
Engineering Award
Winfred M. Berg of East
Rockaway was recently
awarded the Fellow Award
for 1983 by the world wide
S t a n d a r d s E n g i n e e r i ng
Society at its 32nd annual
meeting, held this year at
S t o u f f e r s ' Dayton Plaza
Hotel, Dayton, OH.
Mr. Berg was honored by
the Society for his numerous
c o n t r i b u t i o n s made over
many years to the develop-ment
of standardized preci-sion
instrument components
- drives, small gears, shafts,
bearing supports, couplings
and related components, as
well as the development of a
new class of precisions drive
chains and belts. His basic
component designs, dimen-sions,
tolerances and quality
standards are the criterion
followed t h r o u g h o u t the
precision instrument indus-try.
His own company was
formed in 1968 and struc-tured
around the concept of
standardized mass produc-tion
of these components to
precision standards.
A graduate of Pratt Insti-tute
in Mechanical Engi-neering
and former Instruc-tor
of Mechanical Design at
Polytechnic Institute, the
span of Mr. Berg's engineer-ing
career includes positions
as Design Engineer for Ford
Instrument Co. and Fair-child
Camera, Divisional
Manager for Servo Mecha-nisms,
Chief Engineer for
Perkin Elmer, and President
of PIC Design Corp., which
he founded in 1954.
His name appears in the
Congressional Record as a
major engineering contribu-
On September 21, the
East Rockaway Board of
Education held a special
meeting to select a technical
Advisory Committee who
will provide input to the
Board regarding its upcom-ing
school renovation project.
The Committee, chaired by
a r c h i t e c t James Groak,
toured the district's three
schools to determine for
themselves the best way to
approach the renovation.
Other members of the
Committee include: Ed Tay-lor,
John Woods, Ralph
Brande, Werner Aue, Tom
C a r n e y , Bruce Temple,
Richard Szika, Ed Freed-man,
Jim Rooney, Stuart
Bromberg, Martha Yos-wein,
Eileen Mansfield,
C o r a D o h e r t y , Hank
Nathanson, Peggy Mother-way,
Jane Brezenoff and
Marion Cooney.
Last spring, the Board
commissioned the firm of
Fred H. Thomas Associates,
architects and engineers, to
study the over-all problem
and present a report by the
beginning of this school
year. The firm suggested
several options including
r e b u i l d i n g the Rhame
Avenue Elementary School
and the Centre Avenue. Ele-mentary
School on the exist-ing
sites and extensively
renovating the East Rocka-way
J u n i o r - S e n i o r High
S c h o o l . The conclusions
reached by the architects
were that the 60-year-old
e l e m e n t a r y schools are
unsafe and will require an
enormous amount of work
to bring them up to accepta-ble
safety standards.
According to Rose Marie
Brande, Board President,
"This Board of Education is
' deeply committed to making
our schools safe for the stu-dents,
and we are asking the
technical advisory commit-tee
for their advice on the
best way to achieve that
goal."
The Board is planning to
hold several meetings to
obtain input f r om all inter-ested
citizens. A community
wide open forum will be held
before the proposition vote.
WINFRED M. BERG
tor to the original l e l s t ar
and Space program. Some
of his patented items hang in
the Smithsonian Institute.
One of these is the chain
drive on the Gossamer Alba-tross
that has flown across
the English Channel. In
1966 he r e c e i v e d the
"Medaille D'OR" at Brux-elles
International Inventors
Exposition in Belgium.
Mr. Berg holds some 50
patents world wide. He has
authored numerous techni-cal
articles, lectured before
m a n y c o r p o r a t e and
government audiences here
and abroad, and written a
text on the design and appli-cation
of precision instru-ment
components.
He was former Mayor of
the Incorporated Village of
East Rockaway, Commo-dore
of the Hewlett Point
Yacht Club and Irustee
Emeritus of the St. Ray-mond's
Knights of Columbus,
T h e East R o c k a w ay
S c h o o l D i s t r i c t t o d ay
a n n o u n c e d a free and
reduced price meal policy
for East Rockaway school
children.
NEW YORK STATE 1983-84 FAMILY ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
FOR FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEALS (OR FREE MILK)
Local school officials have
adopted the following fam-ily
eligibility criteria to assist
t h e m in d e t e r m i n i ng
eligibility.
Number in
Family
Unit Annual
1 $ 6,318
2 8,502
10,686
12,870
15,054
17,238
19,422
21,606
Gross Incom<!
Free
Monthly
$ 527
709
891
1,073
1,255
1,437
1,619
1,801
Weekly
122
164
206
248
290
332
374
416
Reduced Price Lunch
Annual Monthly Weekly
$ 750
1,009
1,268
1,527
1,786
2,045
2,304
2,563
$ 8,991
12,099
15,207
18,315
21,423
24,531
27,639
30,747
173
233
293
353
412
472
532
592
For each additional Family Member
Add 2,184 182 42 3,108 259 60
Families with incomes at
or below the arnount of
money listed above for their
family size may be eligible
for and are urged to apply
for free and/or reduced
price meals. They may do so
by filling in the application
forms sent home in a letter
t o parents. Additional
copies are available at the
principal's office in each
school. Applications may be
submitted any time during
the school year to the school
nurse. If a family member
becomes unemployed, if the
family size decreases, or if
y o u r f a m i l y i n c o me
increases by more than
$50.00 per month, or
$600.00 per year, the family
FALLING APART. A window lit Rhame Avenue School
shows signs of deterioration.
Free and Reduced
Lunch Program Announced
|:XPOSED PIPES, student corridors at Centre Avenue are
lined with exposed pipes.
must contact the school to
file a new application. The
form requests information
needed to determine eco-nomic
need based on the
income and number of per-sons
in the family. The
information provided on the
application will be confiden-tial
and will be used only for
the purpose of determining
eligibility.
The school district does,
however, have the right to
verify at any time during the
school year the information
on the application. If a par-ent
does not give the school
this information, the child/-
children will no longer be
able to receive free or
reduced price meals.
In certain cases, foster
-children are also eligible for
these benefits. A family may
wish to apply for meals
(milk) for them and should
contact the school.
Under the provisions of
the policy, the designated
official will review applica-tions
and determine eligibil-ity.
If a parent is dissatisfied
with the ruling of the desig-nated
official, he/she may
make a request either orally
or in writing for a hearing to
appeal the decision. The
Pupil Personnel Director,
whose address is East Rock-away
High School has been
designated as the Hearing
O f f i c i a l . Hearing proce-dures
are outlined in the pol-icy.
However, prior to
initiating the hearing proce-dure,
the parent or School
F o o d A u t h o r i t y may
request a conference to pro-vide
an opportunity for the
parent and official to discuss
the situation, present infor-m
a t i o n , and obtain an
explanation of the data
submitted in the application
or the decisions rendered.
The request for a conference
shall not in any way preju-
(Contirmed on Page 10)