Observer_1984-02-01; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. 32 NO. 11 Wednesday, February 1,1984 25c PER COPY
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FRIENDS OF THE LIBRAR Y.Lynbrook Mayor William
P. Geier, left, receives a commerative tile from Judge Lester
Forest, Chairman of the "Friends of the Lynbrook Library"
at a recent village board meeting. Judge Forest presented the
tile after the mayor presented the organization with their
Certificate of Incorporation from the State of New York.
The tile, third in the series of historical events in Lynbrook,
depicts an exact reproduction of the first piece of fire fight-ing
equipment in the Village of Lynbrook. The tile priced at
only $4 can be purchased at the Lynbrook Library. Only 50
tiles are left. (Photo by John Cribbin)
Rose Marie Brande, Pres-ident
of the East Rockaway
Board of Education" for
School District 19, has
announced her decision to
retire from the Board as of
today, February 1.
Re-elected by the school
district voters for her second
three-year term in May,
1983, Mrs. Brande was sub-sequently
chosen as Board
President by her fellow
Board members in July 1983
for her third one-year term.
In her letter to fellow
School Board members.
President Brande said:
"When I sought the position
of Trustee of the East Rock-away
School Board in 1980,
I did so with several aims
and goals in mind. Having
seen most of these goals real-ized,
I now feel i t ' i s an
appropriate time for me to
retire from my position as
Trustee and to allow other
talents from the schools
community to assume a
leadership role."
During her term of office,
the district has seen radical
changes. Mrs. Brande has
been the focal point of praise
by many of her supporters,
but has been a lightning
rod for harsh criticism by
those in the community who
object to the high taxes and
ambitious plans pushed by
the Brande Administration.
Supporters take note of
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an increase in graduation
requirements, a movement
to a closed campus at the
High School, the introduc-tion
of an all-day kinder-garten,
and the development
of written district policies as
the highlight of her tenure in
office. Critics focus on the
steady increases in school
taxes that have made Dis-trict
19 the seventh highest
taxed district in Nassau
County, the controversial
appointment of Superin-tendent
of Schools Michael
Maiden, the proposal to
demolish the^ two elemen-t
a ry schools and their
replacement at a cost of
$ 10.4 million, and the grant-ing
of tenure to a school
administrator over the
overwhelming opposition of
the
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t ^ l ^ l t y .
Inlier letter, Mrs. Brande
also commented: "May I
take this opportunity to
thank all of the members of
the Board of Education, as
well as the members of the
East Rockaway community,
for their unceasing efforts in
.assisting me to bring aca-demic
excellence and good
leadership to the East Rock-away
School District. I wish
you all success in that direc-tion
in the future.
HNS Breakfast Bay Parkers:
Becker Gets Action on Removal of Lights
Assemblyman Gregory R.
Becker said today he is
pleased that LI LCD has
agreed to remove their inop-erable
lights from Sunrise
Highway and Merrick
Road. The assemblyman
has led the fight for their
removal.
" T h e time is long
.overdue," said Becker, "that
the public be protected from
t h e h a z a r d s the non-f
u n c t i o n i n g l i g h t p o l es
pose."
In May of 1981, the
Department of Transporta-tion,
directed LILCO to
remove their lights if they
were not being used. Since
this is the case, LILCO had
the responsibility to comply
with DOT, according to
Becker.
"Now that it appears
LILCO will be removing
their poles, some of which
are so old they they are
severely leaning or have
fallen down altogether, I will
press DOT to take responsi-bility
to light its own road-ways,"
Becker said.
"Once LILCO removes its
poles," Becker explained,
"Dot should construct new
fixtures and pay for the elec-tricity
necessary to illumi-nate
Sunrise Highway and
Merrick Road, both state-owned
roadways.
"I have introduced a bill
again this session which
would require them to take
on this responsibility and I
expect now that LILCO has
agreed to take positive
action, we can bring pres-sure
upon DOT to comply;"
Becker concluded.
On Sunday, Feb. 12, at
10:00 A.M. St. Raymond's
Holy Name Society will
hold its 45th Annual Com-munion
Breakfast in the
School Cafeteria. The guest
speaker will be Larry Pas-quale,
special teams coach
for the New York Jets.
Tickets for the Ham and
Eggs breakfast are $6.00 for
aduhs and $3.00 for young-sters,
14 and under. Tickets
can be purchased at the door
or by calling Ed Venable at
593-8834 or Lou Bosso at
599-5478.
Members of the Holy
Name Society and those
who would like to become
members are invited to
attend the 9:00 A.M. Mass
prior to the breakfast.
Watch Those Signs
By this time, most resi-dents
of Bay Park have
noticed that the Town of
Hempstead has installed
" S t o p " signs on North
Boulevard at the intersec-tion
of that street and Hew-lett
Point Avenue. Pre-viously,
there was but one
•sign on Hewlett Point.
Avenue; due to the danger-ous
conditions that exist on
that corner and the numer-ous
accidents that have
already occurred there, the,
Town decided to erect new
signs, thus making the "T-intersection"
a three way
stop.
Many people through
years of habit have failed to
stop at this intersection.
Some may not have noticed
that the new signs are in
place. Traffic officials will
be closely monitoring the
situation to see that the traf-fic
rules are enforced, so
motorists are advised to
obey the new traffic regula-tions
carefully.
Help on the Way for Bay Park
Sewage Plant
NEW ADDITION. Assemblyman Gregory R. Becker and
hi;* Hile, I'ina, present their newborn daughter, Stephanie
C lailri , who arrived just in time for Christmas. The Beckers
appreciated the hundreds of cards and letters they received
fViiiit ronstitueiits corii'ratulating them on the birth of their
first child.
Hempstead Town Presid-ing
Supervisor Thomas S.
Gulotta has announced the
start of Phase 2 of the
county's multi-million dol-lar
upgrading of the Bay
Park sewage treatment plant
in East Rockaway.
On a motion by Gulotta,
the county's Board of
Supervisors approved plans
and specifications for a new,
$11.5 million sewage screen-ing
facility, part of an $18
million modernization pro-gram
currently underway at
the plant, located at the foot
of 4th Avenue.
Gulotta said work on this
facility is expected to begin
in March. Meanwhile, the
installation of new air blow-ers
to eliminate obnoxious
odors emanating from the
plant during the warm
weather months is continu-ing,
he said.
"We have been assured
the blowers will be operating
before summer," Gulotta
declared. "When Phase 3 is
completed sometime next
year, the Bay Park plant will
have a sewage treatment
capacity of up to 70 million
gallons per day, which will
be more than ample for the
needs of the area for years to
come."
AUXILIARY POLK E RECEIVES GRANT. Hempstead
Presiding Supervisor Thomas S. Ciulotta (left) presented a
mini-grant check to East Rockaway Village Trustee Irving
Shaw for the East Rockaway Auxiliary Police Unit.