Observer_1984-12-12; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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On December 3rd at 9:45
AM, the Lynbrook Fire
Department was called out
for a reported house fire at
11 Merton Avenue. The fire
was reported by a neighbor
who saw smoke coming
from the attic area of the
house. The first arriving
police and fire chiefs on the
scene found a working fire in
the house from the basement
to the attic.
Hose Company, first in,
stretched hose lines to the
frojit and side doors while
Vulcan Company supplied
water to hose from a
hydrant on Ocean Avenue.
Truck Company ventilated
the house while Floodlight
provided light and exhaust
fans. Manpower from the
other arriving fire units
assisted in the attack.
Upon entering the side
door of the house the owners
dog was found dead from
smoke inhalation. There
were no other occupants in
the house. The fire itself was
difficult and dangerous to
extinguish as firefighters,
blinded by the heavy smoke,
were unaware that part of
the floor had collapsed into
the basement. The fire was
brought under control in
approximately 20 minutes
with only one firefighter suf-fering
an injury.
Fire Chief John Crowley,
who coordinated the attack,
ruled the cause of the blaze
to be faulty electrical wiring.
He also reported that the fire
extended itself to the attic
along the chimney which ran
up inside the house. Damage
was placed at $40,000. All
fire departments units were
secured at 12 noon.
Village Board Reports
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GIRL SCOUTS. Girl Scouts from all levels in the ELM
Association of G.S. were honored recently to be asked to
conduct the opening ceremonies at the 1984 Fail Annual
Meeting of the Nassau Council of Girl Scouts. Taking part
from ELM, left to right, were: Kathy Shields, Irene Ventu-leth
and Erika Kahn, all of East Rockaway Jr. Troop 2282:
Laureen Monteleone of Lynbrook Cd. Troop 2198, Laura
Shafter of Lynbrook Sr. Troop 2006, Cathy Finn of Lyn-brook
Cd. Troop 2198, Katie Sorensen of Malverne Br.
Troop 2297, Katie Honerkamp and Gail Ann Meagher of
East Rockaway Jr. Troop 2282. The opening presentation
introduced the Daisy Scout Amanda Holmes of Rockville
Centre, center. The Daisy program is the newest level of Girl
Scouting being iau|i^hed nationwide in 1984 for girls in
kindergarten. The ELM Ass'n. of Girl Scouts (made up of
troops from East Rockaway, Lakeview, Lynbrook and
Malverne) is proud to have a Daisy troop being formed now.
(Photo by Sandra Lee Bove).
Lynbrook House Fire
by Steve Grogan
Two different subjects
highlighted the Lynbrook
Board of Trustees Meeting
at Village Hall held on
Monday evening at 8 p.m.
on December 3, 1984. The
serious problems of the resi-dents
of Lakeview Ave. and
the proposal for building a
new Lynbrook Library took
the major portion of time at
the lengthy meeting which
went on until after 12
midnight.
The Board formally
accepted the donation of a
bicycle rack for the use of
the Recreation Center at
Greis Veteran's Memorial
Park donated by Mr. Jeffrey
Greenfield.
The No-Parking regular
tions on North Prospect
Ave. were changed to alter-nate
side of the street park-ing
after some study by the
Police and Fire Dept. show-ing
that fire apparatus
would have no trouble get-t
i n g through in an
emergency.
A large turn-out with
almost 100% participation
by united Lakeview Avenue
residents and home owners
presented in an orderly
f^ashion their problems with
the greatly increased flow of
speeding traffic on their
street which makes it virtu-ally
impossible to cross the
thoroughfare at certain
times of the day to the
danger for the 37 resident
children on the long block
that comprises Lakeview
Ave.
They have been meeting
together trying to find solu-tions
to the speeding traffic,
the Ihter, the noise and the
actual danger to them when
trying to get in and out of
their own premises and the
shoulders and curbs and
poor condition all along the
length of the street. A child
was struck by a car recently
when riding on her bike and
the mother made a heart-touching
appeal to the
Board along with all the
other Lakeview people pres-ent
to please try to help them
in their worrisome situation.
It seems that they have
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McGrath Named
To Ways and Means
Fifth District Congress-man
Ray McGrath was
named to serve on the pow-erful
House Ways and
Means Committee. McGrath,
who will begin his commit-tee
duties next month, will
be the only Republican from'
New Voric to sit on the 35-
member committee.
Re-elected in November
to his third term in Congress
with more than 62% of the
vote, McGrath was chosen
to fill a committee vacancy
created by the retirement of
one of its members. When
notified of the appointment
McGrath thanked his col-leagues
for the honor to
serve on such a prestigious
committee.
"1 am particularly pleased
and honored," McGrath
said, "to serve on such an
important committee. The
appointment provides me
with an opportunity to bet-ter
serve the people of my
district and to contribute
more meaningfully to the
economic viability of Long
Island and the New York
metropolitan area."
The House Ways and
Means Committee deals
with issues involving inter-national
trade, taxation,
economy, social security
and its companion Medicare
program.
_ ist Rockaway Fire
DepaiTment P l a n n i ng
Board was given permission
by the East Rockaway Vil-lage
Board to submit plans
to qualified architects to
explore the possibility of
expanding Fire Department
headquarters, located at 469
Atlantic Avenue, East
Rockaway. The action was
taken at the regular monthly
meeting of the Village Board
on Monday, December 10.
In speaking for the Plan-ning
Board, former chief
George Perry explained that
for several years there has
been a growing problem of
space availability at the
headquarters. The Board
will explore with architects
the most feasible ^fays of
expanding, be it across the
alley to the library, back into
the parking lot, or an addi-tional
floor. The architects
will submit a plan sometime
next year.
The meeting was preceded
by the Annual Tree Lighting
Ceremony, with more than
100 youngsters in attend-ance
to see the great tree
lighted. Mayor Theodore
Reinhard stated that this
year's program was "the best
ever." The Mayor thanked
all those who worked to put
together the Village newslet-ter,
and expressed his sym-pathies
on behalf of the Vil-lage
to the families of Joseph
Bogutzki, Eric Olmstead,
Anthony Boni, and Theresa
Fusco. Lastly, he wished all
residents a safe and healthy
new year.
Trustee Pauline Wipfler
stated that the Librarv is
Missing Children Found
Theresa Fusco, a Lyn-brook
resident and junior at
East Rockaway High
School, was found dead
beneath leaves and a
wooden pallet in a wooded
area near the Long Island
Rail Road tracks by her
house on Wednesday,
December 5. She had been
missing since November 10.
Police stated that her
nude body was discovered in
an area north of the railroad
tracks between Rocklyn
Avenue and Park Place by
two youths. It is believed
that she was strangled.
Theresa had been last seen
at Hot Skates, where she
had been employed at the
snack bar. She was missing
for almost one month.
In another matter, police
have identified a body found
in the Atlantic Ocean off
Long Beach as Eric Olm-stead,
10, who has been
missing since November 24
when the boat in which he,
his grandfather, Joseph
Bogutzki, 65, and his friend,
Anthony Boni, 9, were using
capsized. There has been no
discovery of the other miss-ing
persons.
running smoothly, that the
Youth Board is still search-ing
for a director to replace
Steven Lander, who
resigned, and announced the
resignation of Dan Deciglio
as Director of the Basement.
T r u s t e e Irving Shaw
reported on his attendance
at various Village meetings,
including the Grist Mill
C o m m i t t e e , the Fire
D e p a r t m e n t P l a n n i ng
Board, and noted that he
had toured the streets with
Superintendent of Public
Works Gene Torborg to
inspect street paving. He
announced that the Arts
Council was preparing its
schedule for next year, and
urged residents to watch the
Observer for coming events.
Trustee Anthony Santino
announced that this year's
Beautification program was
complete, with 130 trees
planted along the streets of
our Village and a value of
$34,500, all done at no
expense to the Village. He
added that the County will
be installing cobblestones at
the base of each tree some-time
next year.
The Auxiliary Police
noted that it had served 438
hours in November, cover-ing
723 miles of street, and
had responded to 1 rescue
and 2 fires. It also added a
request to the Board for
permission to install a Jun-ior
Unit, consisting of child-ren
between the ages of 15
and 17. The Department of
Public Works reported 681
tons of garbage collected
and 200 miles of roadway
swept. Leaf collection will
be completed by the end of
the week.
The Library reported 348
additions for a total holding
of 61,757. There was a total
circulation last month of
8,289 and a year to date cir-culation
total of 40,613, up
dramatically from last year.
Lastly, the Justice Court
reported the issuance of 573
parking tickets and 119
moving violations, and a
total in fines collected of
$4,206.
Mayor Reinhard signed a
proclamation making the
week of January 13 through
19 "National Council of
Jewish Women Week." In
a d d i t i o n , the Board
approved a request by the