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VOL. 32 NO. 43 Wednesday, September 12,1984
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Lent Kicks Off Campaign On September 16
LABOR DAY FUN. Former Assemblyman Dean Skelos
(second left), Republican candidate for the Statf Senate,
joins East Rockawayites John Hambel, Maura Christ, and
Republican Executive Leader Phil Christ at a Labor Day
party held at the home of Hempstead Town Councilman
Martin Bernstein.
Bay Park
Flooding Update
East Rockaway residents
are familiar with the flood-ing
conditions near the Bay
Park. Because the streets are
below sea level, seawater
flows backwards through
the storm drains and onto
our streets. This usually
.happens when there is a full
moon (or new moon) in
combination with a high
tide. At times, those affected
by the floods are stranded in
their homes and need a boat
to transport them to dry
land.
Those affected by the
flooding conditions feel
. helpless. But, in November,
1982, Mr. & Mrs. John Peri
Jr. started a lawsuit against
the Town of Hempstead for
$800,000,000.00 for losses,
injuries, nuisance, trespass,
lessening of real estate value,
aggravation, emotional dis-tress,
damages, and the pun-itive
damages.
The municipalities have
asserted that the flooding
conditions are caused by an
act of God. And act of God
is legally defined as an event
that cannot be anticipated
and that is unusual.
The Town of Hempstead
controls a drainage system
from which seawater flows
into the street causing a nui-sance
and trespasses onto
private property. It is
asserted that the Town can
control the flooding condi-tions
by installing tidetraps
which prevent reverse flow
of water or by raising the
level of the streets, which the
Town also maintains and
controls. In October, 1983,
the Supreme Court of Nas-sau
County held that if the
Town did not install and
construct the storm drain, it
could not be held liable. This
decision is under appeal and
should be decided near the
end of the year.
Representative Norman
F. Lent (R,C-East Rocka-way)
will kick-off his 8th
campaign for election to
Congress with the official
opening of Lent for Con-gress
Re-election Headquar-ters
on Sunday, Septer"»"
16, from noon to 2 p.'^
headquarters, wJ^
located at 2142 N.
Avenue in Baldwin
north of the Baldwin L.
Island Railroad Statioi.,
will serve as the hub of the
Lent re-election effort.
Lent, the Dean of the
Long Island Congressional
Delegation, has been
endorsed by both the
Republican and Conserva-tive
Parties in this his 13th
campaign for public office.
A host of elected officials
as well as many of Norm
Lent's 1984 G.O. P. running
mates are expected to be on
hand to help Norm Lent
officially launch his cam-paign.
Also in attendance
will be the hundreds of
volunteers and supporters
who have been the founda-tion
of Norm Lent's elec-toral
successes.
"I look forward to a great
year for our entire Republi-can
team," Lent said. "Led
by President Ronald Rea-gan
and Vice President
George Bush, Republican
government should expe-rience
a tremendous victory
in November."
The public is cordially
invited to attend this gala
served. Anyone interested in
volunteering in Congress-man
Lent's campaign can
call the Lent for Congress
Committee at (516)
868-0660.
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East Rockaway Village du^..
Mayor Theodore Reinh-ard
and the Trustees of the
East Meadow Village Board
held their regular monthly
meeting on Monday, Sep-tember
10 at the Village
Hall.
The Nassau County
Police Department reported
that during the month of
August, there was one count
of resisting arrest and two
DWl arrests, in addition to
72 moving and 286 parking
violations. The department
responded to 34 aid cases
and stated that it assisted in
investigating two burglaries.
The Auxiliary Police
reported that it had pro-vided
388 man hours, and
had covered 858 miles of
streets. They responded to
12 rescue calls and one lire.
The Department of Public
Works reported that it had
collected 669 tons of gar-bage
and 24 tons of rubbish,
204 miles of roadway had
been swept and concluded
that the CHIPS Road Pro-gram
had commenced.
The Library reported that
it added 441 pieces to its col-lection,
resulting in a total
holding of 60,800. The circu-lation
for the month of
August amounted to a total
of 9,720 pieces.
Trustee Irvinjj Shaw
reported that he and Trustee
Anthony Santino had met
with residents of Ocean
Avenue concerning the con-tinuing
problem ol trucking
on that roadway. Both Trus-tee
Shaw and Santino have
met with several officials
and will make a further
report at the next meeting.
Trustee Santino publicly
commended Emma Tolm-ach
and Charlotte Berch, co-chairmen
of the Cultural
Arts Council, for a success-ful
Arts and Crafts Fair.
The Bjaard approved a
request from the Five Towns
Community Chest to erect a
4' X 8' sign at the Peninsula
Counseling Center which
will serve as the "United
Way Campaign Barome-ter."
It also approved the
erection of "Hidden Drive-way"
signs at the driveway
entrances and exits of the
Capitol House Apartments,
located at 490 Atlantic
Avenue. The Board voted to
allow the East Rockaway
Auxiliary Police to hold a
garage sale at its headquar-ters
on Saturday, September
22, and granted the request
of the East Rockaway
Athletic Association to hold
its Annual Parade and Bon-fire
on Saturday, September
15. The parade will wind its
way through the Village,
ending with a bonfire at Bay
Park. Acting on a letter
from a resident of Phipps
Avenue, the Board agreed to
study the feasibility of rem-oving
"No Parking" signs on
Phipps Avenue, signs which
had been erected to control
parking problems stemming
irom the now closed Criter-ion
Theatre. Mayor Reinh-ard
noted that the Board
seemed to favor the resi-dent's
suggestion of remov-ing
the signs and will look
into the matter. Lastly, the
Board agreed to change the
proposed dates of the
October and November
meeting due to holidays.
The October meeting will be
held on Monday, October
15 and will be followed by
one on Monday, November
5.
During the privilege of the
floor, Mr. William Barsin, a
resident of Rhame Avenue,
made a series of suggestions
to the Board regarding traf-fic
problems at the Food-town
parking lot and along
Rhame Avenue. Mr. Barsin
told of problems encoun-tered
when a truck allegedly
ran head on into another
vehicle while improperly
travelling on Rhame
Avenue. Mr. Barsin said
that he asked the police
officer to issue a ticket to the
truck driver, and the ticket
was issued only after a
lengthy discussion and lapse
of time. Mr. Barsin sug-gested
the elimination of
several parking spots near
the curve on Rhame Ave-nue
and also requested that
a yellow line be painted at
that point to better guide
motorists. Mayor tvcmharo
thanked Mr. Barsin for his
views and said that the
Board would take his prop-osals
into consideration.
Mrs. Patricia Simpson of
Marion Street asked if the
Board intended to complete
a road repair project that
was started approximately
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GARDEN PARTY. Enjoying themselves at the East Rock-away
Action Party's Garden Party at the Oakes* Estate were,
from left to right, East Rockaway Village Trustee Anthony^
Santino, Emma Tolmaeh, Dean Skelos, candidate for the
New York State Senate, Action Party President Grace
Conry, East Rockaway's own Congressman Norman Lent,
and East Rockaway Village Trustee Irving Shaw.