Observer_1984-03-14; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. 32 NO. 17 Wednesday, March 14,1984 25c PER COPY
East Rockaway Village Board:
School Parking Alterations Adopted
OUTSTANDING WOMEN. Mayor WUiiam P. Geier, at
the Lynbrook Village Board Meeting of March 5, 1984,
presented Citations to Mary DeSeta, center, and Karen Ann
Hazel, right, honoring their selection for inclusion in the
1983 edition of Outstanding Young Women of America, the
edition hotiors young women between the ages of twenty-one
and thirty-six who have distinguished themselves in
their homes, professions and communities. (Photo by John
Cribbin).
Changes in street parking
surrounding Rhame and
Centre Avenue schools were
approved by the East Rock-away
Village Board at its
regular meeting on Monday,
March 12.
A large contingent of con-cerned
parents were on hand
to explain the current prob-lems
of parking at the two
schools to the members of
the Board. Mrs. Sheehan,
speaking for the Centre
Avenue Safety Commission,
gave a comprehensive report
on the difficulties that sur-round
the current parking
facilities.^Lt. Drummond of
the Nassau County Police
Service
Organizations
At Frolic
by Mildred Roemer
The Huckleberry Frolic
has always opened on a par-triotic
note. OI Glory is car-,
ried down Main Street and
up to the reviewing shell by
members of Post 3350 East
Rockaway Veterans of For-eign
Wars and American
Legion Post 958, military
organizations that serve the
Village well. Another service
organization (non-military)
is the E.R. Kiwanis Club.
The V.F.W. with Com-mander
Anthony Cirillo
gather the first Tuesday in
each month for business
meetings at their headquar-ters,
168 Main Street. All
veterans who have served on
foreign shores in wars or
peace-keeping missions are
eligible for membership.
The V.F.W. Posts were
formed after World War 1 to
aid their fellow servicemen
and to promote patriotism.
American Legion Post 958,
under Commander Mark
Dease, meets the second and
f o u r t h Monday of the
month at 71 Main Street.
Servicemen who have served
on the homefront as well as
overseas are welcomed as
members. Members regu-larly
visit the "forgotten
men" in Veteran's Hospitals,
award scholarships to High
School students, and have
sponsored students to Boy*s
State conferences. Both
organizations have active
• Ladies Auxiliaries.
The Kiwanis Club, with
president John Krull, Jr.,
meets Monday nights at the
Ship's Inn. Among their ser-vices
to the community are
the popular Thanksgiving
Ragamuffin Parades and
their support of many
worthwhile causes.
Over the years the V.F.W.
has manned booths selling
e v e r y t h i n g f r om clam
chowder to iced water-melon,
which was served in
1983 by the ladies of their
Auxiliary. The Legion has
alternated between games
and food. Last year they
added hot chili to the games.
The Kiwanis, who built a
special booth for them-selves,
used to sell Italian
ices but last year had saus-age
heros. The booths of all
three organizations were not
only money raisers but
crowd pleasers!
We will know the 1984
plans made by these three
service groups at the Wed-nesday,
March 28, meeting
at 8 p.m. downstairs in the
Village Hall.
King to Speak at
Next G.O.P. Meeting
Nassau County Comp-troller
Peter T. King will be
the guest speaker at the
Annual St. Patrick's Day
Party of the East Rockaway
Republican Club. The party
will take place on Wednes-day,
March 21st at the
American Legion Hall on
Main Street. It will com-mence
promptly at 8:15 p.m.
Comptroller King, the
1984 Grand Marshall of the
Long Island St. Patrick's
Day Parade, will brief club
Department was on hand to
answer individual ques-tions
and make referrals to
the Board before it took
action on the matter.
The Board adopted the
following parking measures
at Centre Avenue School:
(1) On north side of Centre
Avenue, install "No Stop-ping
8 am to 4 pm School
Days" signs; (2) On north
side or Centre Avenue, from
Clark Street almost to the
Forrest Avenue corner,
install" 1 Hour Parking 7 am ^
to 7 pm" signs; (3) On south
side of Centre Avenue,
install "No Stopping 8 am to
4 pm School Days" signs; (4)
At the corner of Centre
Avenue and Clark Street,
install "School Crossing"
signs, paint crosswalks on
the street and remove the old
crosswalk markings; (5) On
the corner of Centre and
Plainfield, Avenues install a
"Stop" sign on Plainfield;
(6) Revoke all previous rules
that contradict the new
measures.
The Board adopted the
following parking, measures
at Rhame Avenue School:
(1) On the east side of
Rhame Avenue, install "No
Stopping Here to Corner"
signs; (2) On south side Alt-house
Avenue, install "No
Stopping Here to Corner,"
signs; (3) On the east side of
Rhame Avenue south of
Althouse Avenue, install
"No Stopping" signs; (4)
Replace " 15 mph" signs with
"20 mph" signs; (5) Install
"No Stopping" signs on Alt-house
Avenue near 1st
Avenue; (6) Remove the
"Stop" sign on the corner of
Cammerer Avenue and Alt-house
Avenue and move it
to the corner of Althouse
and 1st Avenue.
Mayor Reinhard noted
with grief the loss of Ray
Johnson, an East Rockaway
resident who has served the
Village of east Rockaway as
a member of the Depart-ment
of Public Works for
the past 18 years. The
Mayor sent condolences to
the family of Mr. Johnson,
who passed away suddenly
last week.
In other matters, the
Board approved a request
from the St. Raymond's
CYO to conduct a 5
Kilometer "Sea Gull Classic
Road Race" on October 14
of this year. This road race
will run in conjunction with
the 75th "Jubilee Year" of
the parish of St. Raymond's.
The Board also approved
the request of the Huckle-berry
Frolic Committee* to
conduct its Annual Parade
on Saturday, June 16. Trus-tee
Santino commented that
he has attended meetings of
the Frolic Committee and
all is proceding along
according to scltedule. The
Board approved a request
by St. Raymond's Jubilee
Committee to conduct a
"Linen Sale" on June 22 23
and 24. The Board issued a
proclamation making May 3
and 4 "Flower Days" for
South Nassau Communities
Hospital, so that the hospi-tal
may raise funds to con-tinue
serving the East Rock-away
community. Lastly,
the Board passed a resolu-tion
of congratulations on
the 100th Anniversary of the
Long Island Water Corpor-ation.
The Board scheduled
Monday, April 9 as a Public
Hearing for a tentative
Budget hearing. At that
time, oral and written com-ments
on the budget will be
accepted. The Board autho-rized
the Fire Department to
obtain bids for a Fire Alarm
Communication System
Cable, and lastly authorized
the formation of a Junior
Fire Department, so that
t e e n - a g e youths may
become better acquainted
with the East Rockaway
F i r e D e p a r t m e n t and
receive training to become
full members when they
attain the'proper age.
Bond Forum Held:
Next Set For March 19
members on his recent trip
to Northern Ireland. Mr.
King, a noted authority on
the prevailing political situa-tion
in Northern Ireland,
recently conducted a fact-finding
mission on pur-ported
civil rights violations
in Belfast.
As part of the St. Patrick's
Day festivities, the Republi-can
Club will be serving a
corned beef and cabbage
supper. All members of the
.community are invited to
attend.
The East Rockaway
Board of Education held a
public forum on the Citi-zen's
Committee's proposed
$3.4 million renovation
bond referendum at the East
Rockaway High School on
Monday, March 12 at 8 pm.
School Board President
Richard Meagher announc-ed
that another forum on the
proposed bond issue will be
held on Monday, March 19
before the regular meeting
of the Board of Education.
"The Board began its review
of the proposal last Mon-day,
when it was submitted
to us by the Citizen's Com-mittee,"
Meagher stated,
"and we will continue to
analyze the proposal up
until the next Board meet-ing,
at which time the Board
will probably vote on a
proposal." A tentative refer-endum
date of Tuesday,
May 8 has been scheduled.
Carol Corbett Burris,
Chairman of the Citizen's
Committee, called the prop-osal
"A basically no-frills
package." She stated that the
committee was formed after
the defeat of the $10.4 mil-lion
proposal in December,
and has met for the past 2
months, sometimes two to
three times per week. "We
tried to make the buildings
work and keep costs at a
minimum." Mrs. Burris
concluded.
President Meagher noted
that while the Committee
had proposed a $3.4 million
package, the Board hoped to
cut the figures even furt-h
e r , if possible. He
expressed his gratitude to
the Committee on its mon-umental
task it undertook.
For example, Magher
noted, the General Con-s
t r u c t i o n C o m m i t t e e,
chaired by former school
board president Harry Bunt-ing,
reduced the architect's
original proposal from
$750,000 to approximately
$330,000. "It, is this kind of
cost-cutting action that the
committee did in general,"
Meagher concluded. Each
chairman gave a brief
explanation of the findings
of his committee and ans-wered
questions posed by
the Board as well as com-munity
residents.
President Meagher urged
all interested members of the
community to attend the
forum that will precede the
regular Board of Education
meeting on Monday, March
19, starting at 7:30 pm. "The
Board is eager to listen to the
input of the community,"
Meagher stated. This will be
the last opportunity for resi-dents
of School District 19
to voice their opinions
before the Board adopts a
final proposal.