Observer_1985-04-24; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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East Rockaway
SCHOOL DISTRICT
INCORPORATED VILUGE
Lynbrook
SCHOOL DISTRICT
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VOL. 23 NO. 22 Wednesday, April 24, 1985 30c PER COPY
WELCOME. OfTering words of welcome to the East Rock-away
Republican Club Spring Dance, held on Saturday,
April 20 at the Main Street Firehouse, are, from left to right:
East Rockaway Republican Executive Leader Phil Christ;
Kitty Quinn, first Vice-President of the East Rockaway
Republican Club; Nassau County Executive Francis Pur-cell;
East Rockaway Village Trustee Anthony Santino;
Lynbrook Republican Executive Leader Robert Becke; and
East Rockaway's own Congressman Norman Lent.
Hundreds of East Rock-away
high school students
walked out of classes on
Thursday, April 18 to pro-test
the poss'ible dismissal of.
a highly popular teacher
who may lose his job
b e c a u s e of d e c l i n i ng
enrollment.
Many of the 650 students
took part in the demonstra-tion,
sparked by their
respect and affection for
Joseph Lores, 26, a business
teacher and coach finishing
his second full year with the
district.
The orderly walk-out
lasted about one hour as
s t u d e n t s milled about
quietly in the oval in front of
the school. They also
expressed concern that two
o t h e r popular young
teachers, John Corio and
Carolyn VerPault, appeared
headed for the same fate.
But the demonstration cen-tered
on Lores, who coaches
junior varsity basketball and
football and junior high
track. Students described
Lores as dynamic, and not
just those in hisjclasses or on
his teams.
Lores grew up in East
Rockaway and knew many
of the teenagers years before
he began substitute teaching
and coaching at the high
school three years ago. He
works with two other busi-ness
teachers who have
seniority at the school. He
said enough students for 15
classes are necessary for the
three teachers to be retained
and that it appears now
there will be only 10 or II
business classes next fall.
Edward Crowley, acting
high school principal, said
that final enrollment projec-tions
are not in but that the
school estimates it will have
90 fewer students in Sep-tember.
He said Lores was
told he probably will be
dismissed, or excessed, but
Crowley held out hope that
an unanticipated resigna-tion
or two might create an
opening for Lores.
"He's a super-type teacher
who just comes along occa-sionally,"
Crowley said, who
called the protest "understand-able."
"The kids love him." If
excessed. Lores would go on
a priority rehiring list, the
principal added.
Students said they staged
the walkout to send the
school administration a
message.
East Rockaway
High School
Scioiico Fair
The 13th Annual East
Rockaway High School
Science Fair will be held on
Friday, May 3 in the East
Rockaway High School
gymnasium. The Fair will be
open to the public beginning
at 7 p.m., and an awards
presentation will follow at 8
p.m.
The Science Fair is open
to students in Grades 7, 8
and 9, as well as those partic-ipating
in the Science
Research Program. Stu-dents
compete against their
peers in the same grade level,
with prizes going to the top
three entries.
Mr. Jeffrey Herschen-hous.
Chairman of the East
Rockaway High School
Science Dpartment, assures
all in the community that
this year's Science Fair will
live up to the high standards
set in Fairs of the past. He
added that he would like to
thank Winfred Berg, Inc.,
Mel Weitz's Foodtown and
Solgar, Inc. for contributing
monies that went into the
purchase of awards for the
winning entries.
Lynbrook Village Board Report
A tentative budget for the
Village of Lynbrook was
one of the main items on the
agneda for the Lynbook
Board of Trustees at their'
meeting held on Monday
evening, April 15, 1985 at 8
p.m. at Village Hall.
After several hours of a
detailed perusal and study of
the Tentative Budget the
Hearing was postponed
because of new information
of the possible revenue shar-ing
by New York State of
a p p r o x i m a t e l y . n e a r l y
$600,000 which will require
some revision in the figures
presented and may effect the
over-all tax rate. The Budget
Hearing was the therefore
postponed until Monday
April 22nd at 8 p.m. at
Village Hall.
The Departmental Village
Reports for March were
presented from the Fire
Department. The Building
Department, the Depart-ment
of Public Works, the
Safety Coordinator, the
Village Justice Court, the
Animal Warden, and the
Police Department and
f o r m a l l y accepted and
Local Stars
At Benefit At Studio 54
Two of East Rockaway's
own stars were among the
group of celebrities at a
recent benefit for a theater in
the New York area.
Peter R. Rapanaro and
G r e g o r y T a r m i n , both
graduates of East Rockaway
High School, rubbed elbows
with such stars as: Marsha
M a s o n , C h r i s t o p h er
Reeves, Dick Cavett,. Mary
Kate Place and many more.
The private party was held
LFO Elects New Officers
On Tuesday, April 16,
1985, Myor William Geier
conducted the "swearing in"
of the Lynbrook Fire
Department's new officers.
Leading the Department
will be Chief Robert Cit
K.ovic, First Deputy Robert
Gleason, Second Deputy,
Peter Skeris and Third-
Deputy Richard Neidecker.
P r e s e n t also to be
installed were the officers of
the five companies and two
units which serve our vil-lage.
This years team is
composed of: Rescue Hook
and Ladder: Captain Larry
Bien, 1st Lt. John Crowley
Jr. and 2nd Lt. Michel
McDermott; Engine Co. #1;
Captain George Tierney, 1st
Lt. Anthony Badalato 2nd
Lt. George Rochford; Hose
Company #1; Captain John
Venza, 1st Lt. Walter
Brooks Jr., 2nf Lt. Donald
D'Antona; Vulcan Engine
Co/ #2. Captain Robert
Reckhart, 1st Lt. John Mat-zen,
2nd Lt. Guy Izzo; Tally
Ho Engine Co. #3, Captain
William Hahl, 1st Lt. Wil-liam
Dorscher, 2nd Lt.
Robert Cribbin; Rescue
Squad, Captain Joseph
Vacchio, ls< Lt. Arno Punt-sel,
2nd Lt. Joseph D'Espo-sitoand
Floodlight, Captain
Joseph Cardello, 1st Lt.
Steven Liguori and 2nd Lt.
Joseph Kast,
by Annette Ling
approved and placed on file.
A Citation of Apprecia-tion
was presented by
Mayor Geier and the Board
of Trustees to former Treas-urer
of the Village Joseph
LaRocco for his dedicated
service to the village.
The Mayor and Board
approved a Proclamation
on behalf of the Auxiliary
from South Nassau Com-munities
Hospital to name
May 2nd and 3rd as Flower
Days in Lynbrook for the
sale of Cymbidiums to raise
money for the hospital
volunteers.
Public Hearings on a sec-tion''
of the Local Laws
entitled, "Zoning" were
tabled until the next Board
Meeting due to the lateness
of the hour. A local resident
became ill during the meet-ing
and was taken to the
hospital.
Next Board Meeting will
be on Monday, April 22nd.
75th Annivorsary
in New York's Studio 54 on
Sunday, April 14th.
Greg and Peter starred
together in many East
Rockaway productions like
"The Pajama Game," "Annie
Get Your Gun,'" and many
others.
Greg, a recent graduate of
Hofstra University, has
starred in many of the Play-house
productions. He has
also been a major asset in the
Art Development of Hof-stra,
designing many of the
sets and playbills for pro-ductions.
Greg has just
completed work as Art
Director for Louise Laser's
film "The Perrils of P.K."
starring Kay Ballard and
Dick Shaun.
Peter has appeared in
many musicals in the New
York area. Aside from his
night club acts Peter has
appeared on T.V.'s "Joe
Franklin Show" and been
marked by "Teen-Set
Magazine"as one of the
upcoming stars of 1985. He
has appeared at Alesi's in
Smithtown, Apples of NYC
and various Island and
Manhattan night clubs. He
is presently working on a
new project with a Broad-way
producer.
ST. RAYMOND'S CHURCH. Assemblyman Gregory R.
Beck«r (R-C, Lynbrook) presented a legislative resolution
honoring St. Raymond's Church in East Rockaway for 75
years of service to its local community. Accepting the resolu-tion
were Anne Carey, co-chairperson of the 75th anniver-sary
festivities held throughout the year, and the Rev. Sin-gleton,
pastor of St. Raymond's.
LENT A C A D E M Y NOMINEE APPOINTED. Congress-man
Norman F. Lent (R-East Rockaway) congratulates
Michael Glenister of East Rockaway on his appointment to
the United States Naval Academy. Michael was one of only
forty high school nominated by Lent to a military academy
in the Fourth Congressional District. Michael will enter the
Naval Academy at Annapolis as a member of the Class of
1989 later this year.