Observer_1984-08-15; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. 32 NO. 39 Wednesday, August 15,1984 25c PER COPY
WISHING THEM WELL. Nassau County Executive
Francis Purcell (center) congratulates East Rockaway/-
Lynbrook Observer Publisher Hank Bialick (left) and Edi-tor
John Hambel (right) on their first anniversary of owner-ship
and operation of the Observer.
There's A Concert Tonight
The Temipo Youth Ser-vice
Center of East Rocka-way
will present its second
annual concert tonight,
Wednesday, August 15, at 7
p.m. in Memorial Park, East
Rockaway.
The "Second Summer
Celebration Concert '84"
will include bands perform-ing
for both youths and
adults. There will be music
for all age groups.
According to the center's
project director, Herman
Goldstein, the concert is for
community spirit. The
youth center, located on
Atlantic Avenue, has been
involving young people and
aduhs in worthwhile com-munity
projects for the past
few years.
The center along with
CARER, a community
organization, started the
concert in Memorial Park
last year when they helped
raise money for the Joseph
Crawforzd Scholarship
Fund. The center and
CARER also have been
wprking together to help
rfese the community's
awareness about drug and
alcohol abuse.
The center is not fund
raising during this summer's
concert which begins at 7
p.m., but "it will allow
youths and adults to work
side by side and it will show
that people can have fun free
of drugs and alcohol," Gold-stein
said.
Knights to
Hold Picnic
The Msgr. Walsh-St.
Raymond's Council of the
Knights of Columbus will
hold its annual Family and
Friends Picnic on Sunday,
August 19 from 1 p.m. to 7
p.m. at the East Rockaway
V.F.W. Hall, located at 164
Main Street.
Advance sale tickets are
priced at just $8 for adults
and $4 for children. Tickets,
will be available at the door
for $10 for aduhs and $5 for
children. A family plan
admission is also available
for $25 in advance or $30 at
the door (the family plan is
available for families with 3
or more children). Everyone
in attendance will receive hot
dogs, hamburgers, sausage
and peppers with onions,
corn on the cob, watermelon
and unlimited soda and
beer. Door prizes will be
awarded and a number of
games and contests will be
conducted.
For further information
please contact Tony Urbano
at 887-3606.
Our First Year
With this issue. Hank and
I mark the first year of suc-cessful
operation and
ownership of the East
R o c k a w a y / L y n b r o o k
Observer. Perhaps this is the
proper time to reflect on the
past year and positively plan
for the future.
When I became Editor
last August, 1 undertook a
career and profession which
1 frankly knew little about.
Fresh out of college, attend-ing
law school and immers-ing
myself in the East Rock-away
community, 1 had
great hopes and plans for the
paper. I am happy tp say
that the success of the
Observer is far more than I
ever hoped for. The paper
has been welcomed and
accepted by the people of the
communities of East Rock-away
and Lynbrook, and we
keep growing every week.
We've been able to establish
ourselves as a respected
organ of the community and
are pleased to serve as the
by John Hambel
true voice of the people of
the Villages of East Rocka-way
and Lynbrook.
There have been some
rough times. I've offended
some with my opinions and
editorial stances. I can
accept that. As an Editor, I
know that my philosophy
and ideals will come under
close scrutiny. I also hope
that my readers accept the
fact that as a person who
feels strongly on a variety of
issues, 1 intend to express
myself; responsibly, but
without pulling any
.punches. I don't ask my
readers to agree with me. In
fact, 1 am happiest when 1
receive letters to the editor
that disagree with my posi-tions.
For when 1 receive let-ters
that fairly take me to
task, I know that not only
are people reading the paper
but they are thinking about
what they are reading. And
that is the greatest service
that I can provide: the free
and timely discussion of
Haimibal's Revocation Upheld
Assemblyman Greg
Becker (R-C 21st Assembly
District) announced today
the Hannibal's Pub liquor
license, which was revoked
by the SLA in February has
been upheld by the Appel-late
Division, 2nd Depart-ment
of the State Supreme
C o u r t . Assemblyman
Becker said, "This is a great
victory for the residents sur-rounding
the Pub."
Last February, after
Becker had urged the SLA
to speed-up the hearing pro-cess,
Becker led a group of
Lynbrook residents and
Officials to the hearing in
Manhattan. After numerous
residents and officials testi-fied
to the appauling condi-
Lynbrook School Tax Rate Approximated
The Lynbrook Board of
Education adopted a 1984-
85 budget of $18,149,551
and submitted to the Board
of Supervisors the sum of
$14,819,551 to be raised by
taxation. While a final tax
rate can not be determined
until the Supervisors meet,
the increase is expected to be
approximately $ 1.75 per
hundred of assessed
valuation.
The Board explained that
a large part of the increase is
due to a decrease in the
assessed valuation of the
school district that
amounted to $379,000. It
was stated that several large
businesses, including Lib-erty
Mutual and the
Jamaica Savings Bank, had
recently won appeals that
resulted in lowered assessed
valuation and a lower tax
bill. Board President Cha-rles
Spector added, "We
have applied money from
our previous fund balance to
keep the increase reasonably
low."
President Spector also
praised the Summer Pro-gram
currently under way,
saying "it is the best we've
ever had, due to the way it's
being run and the number of
students attending." It was
noted that the High School
is averaging more than 100
people per night. This
prompted Mrs. Hines to
exclaim, "At least we know
where our children are at
night." She expressed her
pleasure with the program.
The Board adopted the
following personnel mat-ters:
accepted with regret the
resignation of Nancy
Walker as an elementary
teacher, M. Kathleen Jor-dan
as Special Education
teacher, and Thomas Lon-ergan
as cleaner in the Lyn-brook
Public Schools. The
Board also approved: the
appointment of Pnina
Knopf as elementary
teacher, Doreen Belli as
elementary teacher, Michel
Krivosta as long term substi-tute
teacher of-science, Nor-man
Kuhn as long term sub-stitute
of music, Marianna
Entwistle as elementary
teacher, Steven Skalka as
mathematics teacher.
Norma Johnson as part-time
guidance couselor, and
Eileen Davidson as special
education teacher. The
Board also designated
Novembes 6; 1984 as Super-intendent's
Conference Day.
Several Board members
expressed their concern for
the problems of weed con-trol
around the school build-ings.
They were assured by
the groundsperson. that the
matter would be rectified
immediately. A debate arose
over the Board's proposal to
grant an easement to the
Long Island Water Com-pany
for the purpose of
installing pipelines in the
West End Area to improve
the water quality and pres-sure
at the West End School
and surrounding commun-ity
homes. "I don't want to
see us locked in (with an
easement)" stated Mr. Del-mond.
Mr. Birch added that
he believed that the Board
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tions, the Pub's license was
revoked immediately. An
appeal, .ensued by the
owners, was held on June
21 St at the Supreme Court in
Brooklyn. The decision by
the Court was 4-0 to uphold
the Authorities decision to
immediately revoke and
cancel the Pub's license.
Earlier this year, people
from the community had
asked Assemblyman Becker,
State Senator Carol Berman
and Lynbrook Mayor Wil-liam
Geier to intercede with
the State Liquor Authority
on their behalf after condi-tions
had become "intolera-ble"
for them.
During the State Liquor
Authority's hearing, testim-ony
was taken from area res-idents
who said that custo-mers
from the bar urinated
on their property, raced the
engines of their motorcycles
and cars until early morning
hours, and played loud
music into the late evening
and early morning.
Berman commented that
the Authority's actions
"means that the community
is one step closer to getting
rid of the establishment and
restoring the tranquility of
the neighborhood."
Mayor Geier, upon hear-ing
of the decision, stated
'Through the persistent
ideas. When people of the
community are informed,
they may then wisely and
truthfully discuss the issues
that are before them.
1 have to admit that I
don't consider the Observer
a job; it's more like a labor of
love. Every week 1 try to
inject myself through my
writings into its pages. I
know I have succeeded when
someone says to me that "1
read your editorial and it
really sounded like you talk-ing."
That's what I aim for; 1
want the Observer to serve
as the medium through
which the people of East
Rockaway and Lynbrook
can converse with one
another.
And they have been con-versing.
We are pleased to
print birth notices, engage-ments,
social events, and
other items that would never
be printed in Newsday or
the New York Times, We
don't try to be anything
more than what we are: a
weekly community news-paper.
1 think that from the
responses received, we are
succeeding in our task.
So year one "is history,"
as my friends say. 1 hope
that you have enjoyed read-ing
the Observer as much as
I have enjoyed writing it,
because to tell the truth, I'm
having a ball. I look forward
to continuing as Editor of
the Observer for many years
to come and promise that,
like a fine wine, we will not
get stale but better with age.
efforts of the Village
government, state legisla-tors
and, most importantly,
the Village residents, we
have proved that the system'
does work and the commun-ity
was able to alleviate an
horrendous condition that
existed over the past five
years." When the news was
announced at the August 13
Village Board meeting, a
spontaneous burst of
applause was given by the
residents in attendance.
The unanimous decision
means that an order will go
out by the Authority to our
local ABC Board to pick up
the Pub's liquor license. "I
have contacted the ABC
Board in Mineola and they
have assured me that the
case will be handled imme-diately,"
Becker stated.