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Baby Contest
U-2 VviNNiLKd. Andy Durso announces the winners, who
are, left to right, 3rd Place Winner Melissa De Santis and
Mom, 2nd Place Winner Lindsey Brennan and Dad, and 1st
Place Winner Scott Torborg and Mother.
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2-4 WINNERS. The winners of ihe two to four year old
category are, left to right, 3rd Place Winner Johnny Scalise,
2nd Place Winner Elizabeth Feher, and 1st Place Winner
Andrew White.
4-6 WINNERS. The Winners of the four to six year old
category are, left to right, 3rd Place Elizabeth Glynn, 2nd
Place Brendan Costello, and 1st Place Erin Brennan.
Assemblyman Gregory R.
Becker (R-C, Lynbrook) has
announced that a June 21
trial date has been set for the
case against Hannibals Pub.
Location lor the legal
action will be the Supreme
Court, Appellate Division,
2nd Department at 45 Mon-roe
Place, Brooklyn.
"Working closely with
S t a t e Liquor Authority
attorneys, I am confident
that my long time battle to
permanently revoke the
pub's liquor license will be
successful," Becker said.
"As many of you will
recall," he continued, "pub-lic
outcry over the loud xuid
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Trial Date For Hannibal's Set
unruly atmosphere was
instrumental in having the
pub's license revoked on
February 1.
"The owners of Hannibals
Pub, however, were able to
obtain a legal stay which
allowed them to remain in
operation."
A s s e m b l y m a n Becker
t h a n k e d S t a t e Liquor
Authority attorneys for
their attention to the whole
episode.
"1 am extremely hopeful
that a speedy trial will put an
end to the disruption of lives
in that area of our neighbor-h
o o d , " * t h e lawmaker
concluded.
A Library Committee
proposal for the construc-tion
of a new library facility
on the site of the current dis-trict
court building on Mer-rick
Road, Lynbrook was
offered by Trustee Maurice
Ornstein at the June 18
meeting at the Village
Board.
Citing concern for the
"antiquated condition of
our library," Trustee Orn-stein
proposed the construc-tion
of a new, expanded
facility at a cost of no more
than $2 million, payable
over a 30 year period. "The
cost to the taxpayer would
be only about 54c per
week—just the price of a can
of soda," Ornstein added.
The citizens of Lynbrook
will have the opportunity to
express their opinions on the
matter in a public referen-dum
sometime in October,
1984.
Plans for the new building
were on display at the Board
meeting. It would consist of
a one story building, access-ible
to the handicapped,
with parking facilities for 40
cars. The building would
double the interior space of
the existing 7,700 square feet
at the library to approxi-mately
15,400 square feet.
Ornstein claimed that this
proposal meets the objec-tives
as outline by the com-mittee:
(1) provide adequate
space to shelve the existing
collection, (2) provide space
for reading, (3) Construct a
McGrath Seeks
Third Term
meeting room that would be
more useful to all residents^
of Lynbrook, (4) maintain
the staff at existing levels, in
an effort to keep costs at the
lowest possible levels.
Plans also include the
c o n s t r u c t i o n or listening
carrels for use with audio
equipment, radial stacks to
provide easy access to
library materials, and wiring
for the possible addition of
computer facilities some-time
in the future.
Mayor Geier, in reponse
to some resident's questions
on the matter, stated "This is
not the last time you're
going to hear about this
proposal. We will hold pub-lic
meetings to discuss the
proposal. We want to hear
what you have to say on the
subject."
In other Board matters,
the Mayor presented Lyn-brook
Week Committee
U.S. Representative Ray
McGrath who won electioll
to Congress in 1980 and
again in 1982 with nearly
60% of the vote cast, will
seek re-election this year as
the Republican party candi-date
of the fifth Congres-sional
district. McGrath,
who was also endorsed by
the Conservative Party in
his two previous Congres-s
i o n a l c a m p a i g n s , is
expected to be that party's
candidate again.
McGrath said he was
s e e k i n g r e - e l e c t i o n to
another two-year term to
complete the job begun
under the Reagan adminis-tration.
A strong supporter
for the re-election of Presi-dent
Reagan, McGrath
pointed with pride at some
of the accomplishments of
the first four years.
The Congressman, who
lives in Valley Stream, is
particularly delighted with a
recent report that showed
unemployment within the
fifth C.D. dipped to 4.8% -
the lowest figure ever
recorded since the Labor
Department changed its
method of compiling statis-tics
some 10 years ago, "We
broke through the one mil-lion
employed mark for the
first time in the history of
Long Island when 1,002,000
were listed as working in
N a s s a u and S u f f o l k ,"
McGrath said.
McGrath recalled his
votes to protect savings
account interest of senior
citizens and an amendment
he added to an environmen-tal
bill that helps preserve
Long Island^s precious
u n d e r g r o u n d d r i n k i ng
water.
Stating there is greater
national security for the
U.S. now than at any time in
the past 30 years, McGrath
pointed out this country
must support its friends and
allies and at the same time be
ready and willing to discuss
a mutual, verifiable arms
reduction agreement.
McGrath, who is a rank-ing
member on two Con-gressional
sub-committees,
said there were many tough
decisions that must be made
in the next Congressional
session. "And I want to be
on hand to see them
through," he added. "We
must shore up social secur-ity,
cut back on the growth
of government spending,
end sex discrimination,
reduce budget deficits and
eliminate waste, fraud and
abuse in government, to list
just a few."
Awards to the Man and
Woman of the Year. Ed Lar-son
received Man of the
Year honors for his 25 years
of dedicated service to the
r e c r e a t i o n c o m m i s s i o n,
serving 17 years as chair-man,
and Antoinette Mon-gielli
received top honors for
her 16 years of service as
chairman of the Beautifica-tion
Committee.
Dr. Joel Kaplan of the
Lynbrook Kiwanis Club
presented awards to 8 stu-dents
who entered an essay
contest sponsored by the
Kiwanis. The topic was
"Which of the services
offered by the Village
G o v e r n m e n t are most
important to you and your
family?" The winners each
read their essay to those
assembled. The winners
were: Gerald McElroy, Our
Lady of Peach School,
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WHAT A BEAUTY! During Lynbrook's recent Beautifica-tion
Day, Mayor William P. Geier, village officials and
members of the Beautification Committee toured the Village
giving plants and fertilizer to homeowners beautifying their
•residence. Mayor Geier, left , presents a plant to William
Roy as Trustee Eugene Scarpato, third from right, presents
one to Vito Leonardi. Also on hand during the tour was
Dean Skelos, Republican candidate for NY State Senate
and Dorothy Hornung, Beautification Chairperson. (Photo
by John Cribbin).
Lynbrook Week Kicks Off
Lynbrook Week 1984 got
underway with a 6.2 mile
road race on Sunday, June
17 at 9 A.M. More than 250
runners participated in the
opening event, and Art
Senior once again won the
men's title with a time of
31:59.8 seconds. Marianne
McKay was the first women
to cross the finish line and
did so in a time of 40:28.9
seconds.
Also making its debut on
the opening day of Lyn-brook
Week was a Festival
of the Arts. Atlantic Avenue
between Sunrise Highway
and Merrick Road, along
with Staudermann Avenue,
was closed to traffic, and a
pedestrian mall was created.
Artists showed their wares
to all passersby. Mayor Wil-liam
Geier and Trustee
Eugene Scarpato, Chairman
of Lynbrook Week 1984,
awarded prizes to the best
art displays. Prizes were
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AND THEY'RE OFF! The runners bolt from the starting
line to kick off Lynbrook Week 1984.