Observer_1984-05-02; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. 32 NO. 24 Wednesday, May 2,1984 25c PER COPY
Renovation Bond Forum Held
SNCH FLOWER DAYS. The Lynbrook-East Rockaway
Auxiliary to South Nassau Communities Hospital will be
selling cymbidiums for $1.25 apiece on Thursday, May 3 and
Friday, May 4 for the hospital's Annual Flower Days. East
Rockaway Mayor Theodore Reinhard proclaims the event,
as he receives a beautiful orchid from Auxiliary First Vice
President Frances Reuter. Proceeds raised from this cele-bration
of spring will benefit the expansion fund of the
429-bed teaching, community hospital in Oceanside.
In marked contrast to the
raucous bond lorum held
last December, the com-munity
forum of April 26
allowed for.a courteous and
informative discussion of
the current bond proposal
that will be oflered lor pub-lic
acceptance on Tuesday,
May 15. Approximately 70
people attended the lorum,
held in the auditorium ol the
East Rockaway High
School.
P r e s i d e n t R i c h a rd
Meagher and members of
the Board of Education gave
brief statements prior to the
question-and-answer ses-sion.
"We believe that this is
a 'no-frills' bond issue,"
Meacher stated, "and we ask
for your support." Board
member Barry Akrongold
expressed the sentiments of
those assembled when he
complimented the commun-ity
for being able to work
together as a cohesive unit.
Fire Department
and
Bay Parkers On Hand
by Mildred Roemer
Many of our East Rock-away
firemen live in Bay
Park, a "suburb" of the Vil-lage,
although they have
school and other rights.
Hence they arc each a part of
this article.
Before the depression in
the thirties. East and West
Boulevards on either side of
the "grand" (so designated
in local history) canal, most
of the bungalows there were
summer homes for city
dwellers and, come Labor
Day, boards were placed
over the windows and just
the lapping of the waves
were heard. However, when
hard times hit, many city
folk turnc'l their summer
homes into year-round
dwellings, which today are
in great demand at premium
prices. A Civic and Property
Owners' Association was
formed with Bob Califano
serving as current president.
They meet monthly in the
Bay Park Fire District
Headquarters. In recent
years the Association has
run games at the Frolic,
attracting young and old to
test their skills. This year
they plan to have 2 games
Good!
There is always a thrill fol-lowed
by a chill, when dis-patcher
Jeanette Smillie
sounds those alarms...a-larms
that are responded to
almost before the last blast is
heard. There are few in the
Village who have never been
touched, in one way or the
other, by our Volunteer
firemen. Guy Don/a is Fire
Chief. His first assistant is
Tom Cittadino and Jim
Duncan is second assistant.
Heading the Rescue Squad,
who work hand-in-hand
with the fireman at each call,
is Capt. Ron Collura. Bill
Gipson is his First Lieuten-ant
and George Parker the
Second Lieutenant. The
Rescue Squad truck takes
part in the Frolic's "mini"
opening parade. When they
arrive at Memorial Park
they remain (barring calls)
to assist in any emergency,
to take visitors* blood pres-sures,
and to explain to them
the "Vial of Life" program.
This vial is given out to be
held by residents and stored
safely with information con-taining
medical records that
will speed up diagnosis of a
patient's condition to a phy-sician
or hospital staff.
IMPORTANT! May 16
at 8 p.m. in the Village Hall,
has been announced by
F r o l i c Chairman Jim
Groark as the second and
final general Frolic meeting
lor all participants. At that
time it is hoped that types of
booths and games would all
be stated so that a full pro-gram
may be prepared well
in advance. This to be dis-tributed
to all residents of
the Village. Be sure your
name is on the program.
Come to the meeting.
FLASH! Just as we were
going to press we received
the happy word that the
High School Ja/.z Band will
play at the Frolic under the
direction of David Meoly,
music teacher. Good News!
Citizens Advisory Chair-man
Carol Corbett Burris,
as well as individual sub-committee
chairmen, gave
brief statements on the work
of their units and all asked
for community support of
the bond proposal.
Not all in attendance
agreed with the Board's
proposal. "I am opposed to
this bond issue," stated Mr.
Michael Muxie of William-son
Street. "East Rockaway
doesn't have many children
a n y m o r e - - w e ' r e mostly
older people."
It was clear that others
disagreed. "You all know
that I was totally against the
last bond issue," said Mrs.
Ann Riley. "To me, 1 think
that we either pay for repairs
through a bond or out of
emergency repairs." Mrs.
Riley believed that it was
better to pay for repairs over
time than in one payment. "I
support this bond issue," she
concluded.
Mr. Ben Seid, who was
quite vocal in his opposition
to the previous bond pro-posal,
stated that despite
many reservations, he is in
support of the current bond
proposal. In a lengthy com-ment,
Mr. Seid concluded
that he was in favor of the
p r o p o s a l because '*to
implement some plan now is
better than debating which
is the best plan. We've taken
Science Fair
at ERHS
The Science Department
of East Rockaway High
School has announced that
it will hold its Annual
Science Fair on Thursday,
May 10. An open house will
be conducted from 7 pm to 8
pm in the High School
Gymnasium, to be followed
at 8 pm by an awards
program.
Science research students
will compete inseparate div-isions
from grades 7,8 and 9.
The Fair has been extended
this year to include senior
high students. East Rocka-way
High School students
will also be competing in the
Junior and Senior High
Long Island Science Con-g
r e s s , an island-wide
competition.
Mr. Jeffrey Herschen-hous,
chairman of the
science department at the
High School, extended his
thanks to Winfred Berg
Associates. Soligar Inc. as
well as Foodtown for their
generous donations.
too long on this matter
already." Board member
Barry Akrongold compli-mented
Mr. Seid on his con-tinued
interest and activities
on behalf of the school
district.
Many residents seemed
uncomfortable with but
supportive of the bond issue.
"You're not telling us the
bottom line," stated Mr.
Robert Califano. "You gave
us an 'average' figure; you
should have given us a high
and a low figure so that we
know all the possibilities."
Another resident called the
proposal "a vast oversimpli-fication,"
because "after all
this discussion, you still
don't know how much this is
finally going to cost the tax-payer."
Despite these reser-vations,
he stated that he
was in support of the bond
proposal.
The residents of School-
District 19 will have the
opportunity to vote on this
bond proposal on Tuesday,
May 15 from 6 am to 9 pm in
the gymnasium of the East
Rockaway High School.
East Rockaway Taxes Rise
The East Rockaway Village Board voted on Mon-day,
April 30 to set the village tax rate for 1984/85
at $5.13 per ICQ of assessed valuation. This repre-sents
a $.25 increase over last year.
The tax rate is based on a total expenditure of
$2,425,091.70 and a total assessed valuation of
$27,862,827. The t»x represents a*5.12% increase
over last year's rate of ^ . 8 8 per 100 of assessed
valuation.
Changing of the Guard
On Tuesday, April 17th,
Chief Kevin Michaud of
Hose Company No 1 of the
Lynbrook Volunteer Fire
Department completed his
term of office and turned
over the reins as Chief of
Department to John M.
Crowley of Rescue, Hook
and Ladder and Bucket
Company No I. Also mov-ing
up in ranks is Robert A.
CitKovic of Engine Com-pany
No I to First Deputy
Chief, Robert J. Gleason of
Vulcan Company No 2 to
Second Deputy Chiel and
the newly elected Third
Deputy Chief is Peter Skeris
of Tally-Ho Engine Com-pany
No 3. On that night the
Chiefs and the newly elected
company officers for the
coming year were sworn in
by Mayor William Geier
while the wardens of the
department were sworn in
by Village Clerk Anthony
Schuermann.
Company Officers for the
coming year are: Rescue
Hook and Ladder: Captain
Lawrence Bien, Lts. John
Crowley Jr. and Michael
McDermott.
Engine Company: Cap-tain
Geroge Tierney, Lts.
Anthony Badolato and
George Rochford.
Hose Company: Captain
John Venza, Lts. Walter
Broi«ks and Dominic
Dantona.
Tally-Ho Company: Cap-tain
Daniel Barra, Lts. Wil-liam
Hahl and William
Dauscher.
Rescue Squad: Captain
Joseph Vacchio, Lts. Arno
P u n t s e l and J o s e ph
D'Espsoito.
Floodlight Unit: Captain
Donald Demarest, Lts.
Joseph Cardello and Fred
Pearsall.
Lynbrook Junior Fire
D e p a r t m e n t : Captain:
Edward Hynes.
Ladies Auxiliary: Presi-dent
Laura Gulliksen, VPS
Kathy Hahl and Maureen
Chiarmonte.
For the year April 1983 to
March 1984, the volunteers
of the Lynbrook Fire
Department responded to a
total of 1057 calls. Of these
calls, 79 were for general
a l a r m s ( r e q u i r i n g all
department equipment), 102
still alarms (requiring two
pumpers), 872 rescue or
ambulance calls, 4 mutual
aid calls to neighboring vil-lages
and 163 Chiefs orders.
34 firefighters were injured
during the year, 14 alone
were injured in the Freer
Street fire.
The total loss monetarily
for the year was $245,115.
Of that total, $220,000. was
for the Freer Street fire
alone. Of the remaining,
approximately $13,000. was
damage to 11 homes, while
$12,000. was for damage to
approximately 30 vehicles-