Observer_1984-12-05; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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Perry, Rooney Seek Office
THE SEARCH GOES ON. Hempstead Presiding Supervi-sor
Thomas S. Guiotta (left) and Town Bay Constable Jim
Durking ouline plans for the continuation of the search off
Atlantic Beach for three missing East Rockaway residents.
The three, Joseph Bogutzi, a part-time security chief at
Roosevelt Raceway, and his grandson Eric Olmstead, and a
neighbor, Anthony Boni, all were reported missing on Fri-day.
Later, their boat was found off Atlantic Beach. On
Sunday, November 26, the Coast Guard called off the
search, but the Town, under the direction of Supervisor
Guiotta, placed an urgent appeal for volunteer divers to
continue the search, and, on Monday, over a dozen volun-teers
participated in the continuing search for a sign of the
three.
Boys Scouts Summer Camp
The Nassau County
Council. Boy Scouts of
America will conduct two
new summer camps for Cub
Scouts and Webelos Scouts
next summer.
Cub Scouts now in the
third and fourth grades will
be eligible to attend a week
long summer camp June
30th through July 5th at
Camp Wauwepex.
Camp Wauwepex, the
five hundred acre camp at
Wading River, Long Island,
is owned and operated by
the Nassau Council, Boy
Scouts of America.
Cub Scouts attending will
participate in a full program
{featuring: Aquatics, Cook-
Outs, Crafts, Campfires and
Nature with special empha-sis
on the new Cub Scout
Sports Program.
Webelos Scouts now in
the fifth grade will be eligible
to attend "Bridge Camp" at
Onteora Scout Reservation
located in the Catskills near
Livingston Manor, New
York. Onteora encompasses
fourteen hundred acres of
forest, lakes, and mountains.
Bridge Camp, designed
for Webelos Scouts who are
entering the Boy Scouts, will
provide an exciting program
of Scout Skills, Aquatics,
Hiking, Cooking, Nature
Study with an emphasis on
advancement.
Bridge Camp will be held
June 29, 1985 through July
6th. Participation is limited
to one hundred and twenty
(120) scouts.
Full details on both of
these new camps . can be
secured from the Nassau
County Council, Boy Scouts
of America at 516-746-8282.
The nominating commit-tee
of the East Rockaway
Action Party has brought
forward the names of
George Perry for the office
of Village Trustee and
James Rooney for Village
Justice, it was announced at
the Monday, December 3
meeting at the Grant
Avenue Firehouse.
Perry will replace Deputy
Mayor Murray Eskinazi,
who is barred by law from
seeking another term. Roo-ney
will replace Jack Stein-gart
as Village Justice.
No person has of yet been
nominated by the Party to
fill the office currently occu-pied
by Trustee Pauline
Wipfler, who has decided
PCC Programs
Offered
Men and women who
have been widowed are
invited to participate in
three professionally-led
workshops sponsored by the
Bereavement Support Cen-ter
at Peninsula Counseling
Center. The first workshop
will be held on Thursday,
December 13, and will focus
on the upcoming holidays.
On Thursday, January 17,
the .topic will be changing
relationships, adapting and
adjusting. The third work-shop
will take place on
Thursday, January 31, with
planning for the future as
the subject for discussion.
All workshops begin at 8
p.m. at PCCs Wood mere
office, 124 Franklin Place.
There is a $5 fee for each
workshop.
An eight-session support
and discussion group for
widows and widowers will
begin to meet on Thursday
evenings in mid-January.
against seeking reelection.
Nominating Committee
Chairman Everet ' Janes
apologized for the delay in
nominations, which were to
be made at the November
meeting. However, "with
such a large field of available
and qualified • candidates,"
Janes stated, "we are unable
as of this time to field a full
slate of candidates." He
informed those members
present that they would be
Automobile Child
Safety Seats
by Steve Grogan
After the critical early
weeks of life for the newborn
baby, automobile crashes
are the leading cause of
death for American child-ren.
Each year approxi-mately
700 children under
the age of 5 are killed while
riding in passenger vehicles.
Forty thousand more are
s e r i o u s l y injured. The
tragedy is that most of those
deaths and iiyuries could be
avoided if parents would
take the time to buckle their
children into a proper child
safety seat.
Sonriie parents think they
can protect infants and
young children from being
injured by holding them in
their laps. They cannot. In a
30 mph crash, for example, a
child may be thrown for-ward
with a force equal to 30
times its own weight. If you
are wearing a safety belt," the
child can be torn from your
arms and hurled into the
dash or the windshield. If
The leader will be. Sandy
Saperstein, C.S..W., director
of the Bereavement Support
Center.
For information about
the workshops or the sup-port
and discussion group,
please call M r. Saperstein or
Joyce Rubin, C.S.W., at
569-6600.
you're not wearing a safety
belt, both you and your
child will fly forward, with
the probability that your
child may be crushed
between you and the dash.
HOLDING YOUR CHILD
IN YOUR LAP IS NOT
SAFE.
Whether adults do or do
not use safety belts available
in cars is a conscious choice.
Small children cannot
decide for themselves to
buckle up. They depend on
their parents to protect them
from harm, and make that
decision for them.
Residents seeking addi-tional
information on child
safety seats can pick up. a
copy of the Nassau County
booklet "Child Safety Seats
For Your Automobile," at
Lynbrook Village Hall. In
addition, residents are
reminded that effective
December 1, 1984 drivers
and passengers must wear
safety belts while traveling.
notified by mail of the final
nominee as soon as he is
chosen.
George Perry is well-known
to the people of East
Rockaway. A former Chief
of the East Rockaway Fire
Department, Mr. Perry is
also an active member of the
East Rockaway Kiwanis
Club. He is the owner of
Perry's Funeral Home,
located on Union Avenue in
Lynbrook.
Mr. Rooney currently
serves the Village as Acting
Village Justice. He is the
former President of the East
Rockaway Action Party.
The members of the
community serving on the
Nominating Committee are,
in addition to Janes, Gene
Torborg, Rita Van Buren,
Dick Conry and Olive
Mulligan.
Mayor Theodore Reinh-ard
expressed his thanks to
those trustees who are leav-ing
the Board, and stated his
conviction that "I am certain
that the Board that is finally
assembled will carry on in
the fine tradition of the
past."
As of this time, there is no
opposition to the candida-cies
of either Perry or Roo-ney.
Anyone wishing infor-mation
concerning the
election should speak with
Village Clerk Phvllis Rand
at the Village Hall.
Cocktail Party Date Changed
The East Rockaway
Action Party's Annual
Cocktail Party will be held
on Sunday, January 13,
1985 rather than on Sunday,
January 20, as had been
reported in an E.R.A. Party
newsletter.
The change occurred
when several members
voiced concern over the fact
that the Party was scheduled
on Super Bowl Sunday.
The East Rockaway
Action Party annually hosts
this free cocktail party for all
members of the East Rock-away
community so that
they may better acquaint
themselves with Village offi-cials
and party men>bers.
This year, E.R.A. Party
nominees for the March
election will be on hand to
answer any questions that
residents may have.
All are invited to attend
the cocktail party, which
will be held in the Grant
Avenue Firehouse. Watch
for future issues of the
Observer for scheduled
times.
CHARITY DRIVE. The Lynbrook Chapter of the Home-makers
Council of Nassau County had their 11th Annual
Charity Drive on November 26,1984. This charity consists
of lap robes, booties, and pillows for wheel chair and bed-ridden
and forgotten shut-ins. All 65 members work on these
projects all year. They donated these items to Catholic Char-ities,
Our Lady of Lourdes, Cerebral Palsy, and 5 Towns
Visiting Nurses. From left to right: Freida Seltzer, represent-ing
Temple Emmanuel, Kay Ferruggia, representing Cere-bral
Palsy, Anna Biamonte, President of the Lynbrook
Chapter, Ginny Kern, Chairlady of the Charity Drive, Doris
Mitchell and Florence Kocienda, representing Visiting
Nurses, Vera Giordano, representing Catholic Charities,
and Elsie OXeary, representing Our Lady of Lourdes.