Observer_1984-03-07; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. 32 NO. 16 Wednesday, March 1,1984 25c PER COPY
NOMINATED. Congressman Norman F. Lent (R-East
Rockaway) has named Anthony luculano of East Rocka-way
to the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Lent,
after an extensive selection process conducted by the Fourth
Congressional District Military Academies Selection
^.Committ, named Mr. luculano as one of his nomineeo to the
Merchant Marine Academy.
Those Who
Have
Served
Faithfully
by Mildred Roemer
making," but we and they
believe that the word
"Home" is a pretty impor-tant
part of a woman's life!
The Homemakers have
always been the first to open
their booth with coffee, cake
and buns to help to keep up
the strength of the earliest
commers. They do not take
down their booth and "move
away into the sunset" (like
the Arabs with their tents)
until the late evening (the
Mommers this year) have
packed up their feathers and
departed.
The P.T.A.'s, all three of
them have joined together to
have one large display of
goods to sell. They had
"white elephant" sales dur-ing
the early years, then
graduated to delicious home
made egg rolls. That was the
year it "sort of" sprinkled
and it was feared the Frolic
would be rained out. But it
wasn't. Last year they sold
hot pretzels that went like
proverable "hot cakes."
The High School PTA
meets in the High School on
the third Wednesday in the
month, Centre Avenue, the
second Wednesday each
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This will be the 15th year
of the Huckleberry Frolic,
and many of the organiza-tions
that have had booths
for the benefit of the Grist
Mill Museum way back
then, are still serving. The
committee feels that each
deserve a public salute, so
starting with this week, each
will be mentioned in articles
giving a bit of their back-ground
and their part in the
Frolic.
Saluting "Ladies first",
the Homemakers and three
Parent Teachers Associa-tions
come to mind. Not that
men are ever excluded from
the P.T.A. as they take an
active part in their projects
and meetings, but usually,
the ladies are the woFkers at
the Frolic.
The Homemakers are a
branch of the county Home
Extension Service, and meet
the first Tuesday in each
month for a general meet-ing,
and other Tuesday even-ings
for special meetings, all
in the cafeteria of the High
School. Their projects
include everything from
exquisit hand work to
gourmet cooking. At one
time the ERA wanted them
to drop the title of "Home-
Citizen's Committee Submits
$3.4 Million Bond Plan
The Citizen's Advisory
Committee for Renovation
and Repair has submitted a
$3.4 million bond proposal
to the East Rockaway Board
of Education for its consid-eration.
The Committee issued its
report to the Board at a spe-cial
meeting held at the High
School on Mondav. March
5.
The current Citizen's
Advisory Committee was
created after the defeat of
the Board's $10.4 million
p r o p o s a l to demolish
Rhame and Centre Avenue
Schools in December. 1983.
The Committee was asked
to come up with a reasona-ble
solution that would alle-
Mate the current structural
defects of the buildings at a
price that is affordable to the
majority of the residents of
School District 19.
The total costs for each
school are as follows: Centre
Avenue, $608,000; Rhame
Avenue, $612,000; High
School, $2,284,000. These
figures include a 30% con-tingency
fee to provide a
cushion against cost over-runs.
See chart (this page)
for a comprehensive break-down
of the proposed plan.
The Citizen's Committee
has been working diligently
for the past few months to
arrive at a solution to the
problems of our schools.
The General Committee was
divided into four subcom-mittees.
The following is a
list of each committee and
the resident serving on each:
General Construction:
Ann Riley, Edwin Taylor,
Patricia Nathanson, Bill
O'Hara, Audrey Jensen.
Richie Ludwig, Martha
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General Construction
Education*
Handicapped
Heating/ Ventilation
Sanitary/ Plumbing
Electrical ^
Contingency Fees ++
TOTAL
•Most costs included in electrical outlays
••Combined total Rhame and High Schools
+ Includes 30% Contingency Fee
++ Not including those fees incorporated above.
CENTRE RHAME HIGH
310,600 362,600 684,000
4,000 488,400+
320,760**
39,996+ 33,000+ 138,073+
5,676+ 7,656+ 50,820+
118,300 77,100 231,500
129,870 131,910 370,878
608,442 612,266 2,284,430
Problems Plague ERHS
The East Rockaway High
School suffered yet a further
setback in its troubled heat-ing
facilities when it was
forced to close its doors on
Monday, March 5 due to a
malfunction of one of the
new boilers.
The troubles began last
weekend when it was disco-vered
that more than 1,000
gallons of heating oil had
leaked out of a 1936 tank on
the premises of the high
school. Mr. Edward Lattari,
the chief custodian of the
Lynbrook Village Board Report
Mayor William Geier and
the Lynbrook Village Board
approved amendments to
the Village Code that
increases the license fees of
alarm installers and limits
commercial vehicle parking
within the Village of Lyn-brook
at the March 5
meeting.
The Board conducted a
public hearing on the pro-posed
amendment to Chap-ter
60 of the Village Code,
which increased alarm
installers licensing fees from
$10 to $50. Mayor Geier
noted that a survey of sur-
Hannibal's Pub
Goes to Court
r o u n d i n g c o m m u n i t i es
showed that Lynbrook's fees
were substantially lower
than its neighbors and that it
was reasonable to increase
the fee to cover the increased
costs of application and fil-ing.
There being no discus-sion
from community resi-
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high school, suspected that
something was wrong when
it appeared that the boiler
was burning more fuel than
usual. It was subsequently
discovered that a hole in the
base of the tank had allowed
more than 1,000 gallons of
oil to escape.
Temporary tanks were
installed on Wednesday,
February 29, when the slow
process of transferring oil
from oil to new tanks was
begun. The New York State
Department of Transporta-tion
was called and con-ducted
an exploratory inves-tigation
to determine the
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A s s e m b l y m a n Greg
Becker has called on the
State Liquor Authority to
continue its monitoring of
t h e H a n n i b a l ' s Pub
dilemma. "I want the attor-ney's,
for the Authority to
know that the Pub's case
continues to be a priority of
mine even though it is now
in the hands of the judi-ciary,"
Becker declared.
On February 1st, after a
hearing on the matter was
held in which many resi-dents
traveled to Manhattan
to testify, the SLA cancelled
the Pub's license.
The owner's proceeded
with action in the courts to
remain in operation. "It is
apparent that the pub's
owner is using all the legal
avenues available to him. It
is very important that the
SLA attorneys will do all in
their power to set a court
date immediately to avoid
delay and have our plea
heard," Becker stated.
"I, along with all the resi-dents
and local officials,
have pledged my continued
support to the State Liquor
Authority's efforts to elimi-nate
this dangerous condi-tion
from our community,"
Becker concluded.
State Senator Carol Ber-man
who called the State
L i q u o r A u t h o r i t y and
learned that the Pub has
been given a stay until
March 7, advised the
Authority that the commun-ity
interest needed to be pro-tected
and received assuran-ces
that the SLA will
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GRAND OPENING. Town of Hempstead Presiding
Supervisor Tom Gulotta and Lynbrook Mayor William
Geier cut the ribbon at the grand opening of Designer
Carpet, located at 243 Merrick Road in Lynbrook. Assisting
were, from left to right, Judy Bloom, Arthur Iskol, Trustee
Michael Krawchuk, Jane Lewis, Donna Kogan, Owners
Allan and Ruth Lewis, Trustee Peter Ledwith, Supervisor
Gulotta, Mayor Geier, Fae Cohen, Ike Cohen, Trustee
Eugene Scarpato, Fay Sher and Hank Sher.