Observer_1984-08-29; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. 32 NO. 41 Wednesday, August 29,1984 25c PER COPY
School Tax Rolls Released
80-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF CHRIST CHURCH.
Assemblyman Gregory R. Becker was honored to present
Reverend Glenn A. Duffy and members of the congregation
with a legislative resolution in recognition of eighty years of
service by Christ Church to the Village of Lynbrook.
The 1984-85 Nassau
County School Tax Roll
shows a total taxable value
of $3,713,928,758, accord-ing
to figures released today
by Abe Seldin, Chairman of
the Nassau County Board of
Assessors. This is an
increase over the previous
year's figures of $38,259,303
or 1,041 percent.
Seldin said this is the larg-est
dollar increase in taxable
value in the school assess-ment
roll since 1970-71 and
the largest percent increase
since 1972-73.
Area school districts were
not so fortunate as the
County. The Lynbrook and
East Rockaway School Dis-tricts
experience the second
and third largest percentage
decreases in assessed valua-tion
in Nassau County. The
East Rockaway UFSD
total assessed valuation of
the Lynbrook school district
decreased by $503,581 and
its taxable assessed valua-tion
decreased by $379,059.
The total assessed valuation
of the East Rockaway dis-trict
decreased by $164,156,
with total taxable valuation
dropping $123,920. This
represents a total decrease in
Lynbrook of .69 and .62 in
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Class One $13,407,630. $13,398,225. -9,405. -0.07
Class Two
A.V. (2,070,140.) (1,908,940.) (-161,200.) (-7.79)
TV. 2,070,140. 1,908.940. -161,200. -7.79
Class Three
A.V. (1,626,042.) (1,581,581.) (-44,361.) (-2.73)
T.V. 1,585,806. 1,581,681. -4,125. -0.26
Class Four
A.V. (2,783,426.) (2,834,236.) (50,810.) (1.83)
TV. 2,783,426. 2,834,236. 50,810. 1.83
TOTAL A.V. $(19,887,238.) $(19,723,082.) (-164,156.) (-0.83)
TOTAL T V. 19,847,002. 19,723,082. -123,920. -0.62
In The Beginning
by Mildred Roemer Skelos Returns From Soviet Trip
Organizations that serve
so faithfully for one day dur-ing
the Huckleberry Frolic
might look back into their
records and note that they
also served during the early
days of the Museum when
the Village took over the
task of running it from the
Historical Society.
In the beginning, there
were fewer exhibits to be
seen in the Museum, so part
of the problem was solved
by asking various organiza-tions
to "sponsor" a wee-kend.
Each group would set
up an exhibit and have
volunteers on hand to
explain the workings of their
organizations and, hope-fully,
recruit new members.
The Girl Scouts helped to
clean the building as well as
setting up a camping exhibit
in the area now occupied by
the dentist office. Boy
Scouts showed slides of their
camping activities as well as
exhibiting their books and
badges. Cub Scouts were
also there with their pro-jects.
The 4-H Club exhi-bited
their projects and
dressed in period costumes
they had made, and the
Homemakers filled the dis-play
area where Joe Weis'
model of the Mill now
stands. The East Rockaway
Lions Club (now Lynbrook-
E.R.) brought in equipment
they had on loan such as
crutches, etc., that residents
might borrow as well as a
simple eye-test setup. The
E.R. religious organizations
held a joint exhibit, bringing
articles from their parishes.
St. Raymond R.C. Church,
Church of the Nazarene, the
Hewlett-E.R. Jewish Cen-ter,
and Bethany Congrega-tional
Church all showed
and explained the "tools" of
their faith. Individuals also
came forth with special
hobby exhibits such as Bert
Howland's (former presi-dent
of the Historical
Society) lead soldiers in bat-tle
formation and Mrs. Vin-cent
Joy's fabulous doll's
house. All of these kept the
v i s i t o r s coming and
interested.
The Museum committee
still has a large exhibit case
on the upper floor where a
resident with a special
hobby pertaining to sonfte-thing
of historical interest
may exhibit. These exhibits
change monthly. Anyone
interested should think of it
during the winter before
next season.
This will be our last
Museum column until next
Memorial Day when the
newly-painted doors will be
opened. However, the
Observer will print photos
and reminders of the con-tents
of Nassau County's
oldest (1688) building from
time to time.
Former Assemblyman,
Nassau Deputy Commis-sioner
of Elections Dean
Skelos and Rabbi Barry
Dov Schwartz of Temple
B'nai Sholom, Rockville
Centre, have just returned
from a trip to the Soviet
Union.
Rabbi Schwartz reports
that while in Moscow Mr.
Skelos was retained by the
family of Alexander Khol-miansky,
a Soviet citizen
who has been accused by the
Russian Government of
"Hooliganism".
Noting that his client has
been jailed for the alleged
offense of "picking flowers"
Skelos cites the case as a
deliberate use of selective
enforcement by the Soviet
Authorities and a blatant
example of their continuing
policy of anti-semitism.
Former Assemblyman
Skelos expresses fear for
Kholmiansky who has
already been imprisoned for
two weeks, first in Viru Pri-son,
now in Tallin Prison,
Estonia. Both Rabbi.
Schwartz and Mr. Skelos
observe that this incarcera-tion
is especially trouble-some
to the youth's family,
who fear that additional
charges may be leveled
against him.
Rabbi Schwartz and Mr.
Skelos share the families
concern and believe that the
Soviet Authorities are hold-ing
Kholmiansky while pre-paring
charges of "Anti-
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Islanders Face
Lynbrook PBA
Lent Receives Conservative Endorsement. s L S S S
benefit softball double-header
for Muscular Dys-trophy.
This year the PBA
will be playing both the
"Tavern All-Stars" and
THE NEW YORK ISLAN-Representative
Norman
F. Lent (R-East Rockaway)
has beeu endorsed for re-election
by the Nassau
C o u n t y C o n s e r v a t i ve
Committee. Lent, who has
run with Conservative Party
cross-endorsement in all but
one of his 7 successful elec-tions
to the House of Repre-sentatives,
is also the nomi-nee
of the Republican Party.
The senior member of the
Long Island Congressional
Delegation, Representative
Lent holds a number of
important legislative posi-tions,
including: Chairman
of the Long Island Congres-sional
Caucus and ranking
NOMINATED. Nassau County Conservative Party
Chairman, Jack O'Leary (right) of Plainview, congratulates
Congressman Lent on his nomination by the Republican
and Conservative Parties to run for re-election in the Fourth
Congressional District.
Republican on the House
Subcommittee on Com-merce,
Transportation and
Tourism of the House
Energy and Commerce
Committee.
Rep. Lent was lauded by
Conservative Party leaders
for his consistent support of
President Reagan's policy
initiatives; particular praise
was accorded Lent's solid
bakcing of the Reagan eco-nomic
recovery program.
"1 welcome the support of
the Nassau County Conser-vative
Party," Rep. Lent
said. "1 am proud of that my
record in the Congress has
earned their respect and
approval. 1 pledge to con-tinue,
throughout my public
career, to support measures
that foster fiscal responsibil-ity
and budgetary restraints.
Abroad, 1 consider it
imperative that this Nation
maintain a defense capabil-ity
second-to-none; for 1
believe that only in Ameri-can
preparedness can a last-ing
peace be found."
DERS. Several highlights
include the singing of the
National Anthem by Joe
Duerr, who sings the
Anthem at all the Islanders'
home games, the throwing
out of the first ball by Richie
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BENEFIT. Benefit Co-Chairmen Bill Hah! (I.) ant^ Bryan
Blomquist (c.), NY Mets Special Services Director, meet
Richie Johnson, MDA's 1984 LI Poster Child.