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VOL. 32 NO. 31 Wednesday, June 26,1985 30c PER COPY
Meagher To Step Down As
HUCKLEBERRY FROLIC AND PARADE: Hempstead
Town Presiding Supervisor Thomas S. Gulotta (3rd right)
attends the 16th Annual Huckleberry Frolic and Parade
held at the Old Grist Mill Museum in East Rockaway.
Present (left to right) are: Lynbrook Village Mayor William
Geier; State Senator Dean Skelos; Congressman Norman
Lent; Co-Chairmenr Chris and Joan Chiaffitelli of East
Rockaway; Supervisor Gulotta; East Rockaway Village
Trustee Anthony Santino, and Assemblyman Gregory
Becker.
Lynbrook Elks Flag
Day Ceremony
On Friday evening, June
14, Lynbrook Elks Lodge
No. 1515 held its annual
Flag Day Service, which was
open to the public.
Exalted Ruler Nicholas
Vella and the other lodge
officers, under the direction
of Past Exalted Ruler
Daniel Hueglin, conducted
various aspects of the
ceremony. P.E.R. Joseph
Caggiano delivered the
"Response to the Flag."
P a r t i c i p a t i n g c o l or
guards in the "Massing of
the Colours" included the
U.S. Marine Corps and
Marine Corps League, the
Lynbrook and East Rocka-way
Fire Departments and
Junior Departments the
Lynbrook, East Rockaway,
Far Rockaway, Oceanside,
M a l v e r n e and Inwood
American Legion Posts, the
Lynbrook Doe Club, the E.
L.M. Boys Scouts and Girl
3couts, the Lynbrook, East
Rockaway, C^eanside and
Inwood Veterans of Foreign
Wars posts, the Lynbrook
V.F.W. Auxiliary, Voiture
803 - 40 & 8 of Nassau
County, and many others.
The guest speaker for the
evening was the honorable
Gregory Becker, Assem-blyman
for the 21st N.Y.
District. Becker remarked:
"our nation is the finest in
the world, and our ll^g the
most beautiful - with liberty
and justice for all."
The Assemblyman dis-tributed
New York State
C o n s p i c u o u s S e r v i ce
Crosses to six qualified
recipients on behalf of the
Governor and Legislature of
New York State.
Adams Russell will tele-cast
the service at 2 P.M.,
Sat., June 29.
With the appointment of
a Superintendent and a Dis-trict
Business Administrator
having been accomplished
and with the voters' appro-val
of the almost 9.5 million
dollar budget of the East
Rockaway Union Free
School District for 1985-
1986 now a reality. School
Board President Richard J.
Meagher has announced his
decision not to seek reelec-tion
as President for the
coming year,
"It made sense for me to
become President in Febru-ary
1984 when Rose Marie
Brande resigned both as
President and as a Board
member," said Meagher,
"because it turned out I was
the only Board member who
would be continuing beyond
June 1984."
"It also made sense," he
added, "for me to remain
President for the 1984-1985
school year with four brand
new Board members joining
the five-person team. Now,
that we all have acquired
some experience and
l e a r n e d some lessons
Two More Arrested
on Fusco Murder
Two additional suspects
were arrested on June 20 on
an indictment charging
them with the murder of
Lynbrook resident Theresa
Fusco last November.
The suspects, John Res-tive,
26, of Wantagh, and
Dennis Halsted, 31, of
Geier Appointed
Mayor Geier was recently
appointed to the Legislative
Committee of the Village
Officials Association by
Ernest Estrada, Mayor of
the Village of Westbury and
President of the Nassau
County Village Officials
Association.
The Legislative Executive
Committee of the V.O.A. is
designed to develop State
Legislation to promote the
interests of the Village. This
organization represents 64
Villages in the County of
Nassau, regarding all mat-ters
affecting Village or
State and Local issues.
"It is an honor to be
appointed to the Executive
Committee and 1 intend to
work diligently to promote
the interests of the Village
residents," stated Mayor
Geier,
Board President
together, it's time for the
leadership baton to be
passed on to another
member of the team. My lap
is done, and the race goes
on."
Continuiong the sports
analogy, Meagher said that
it was important to know
your event. "Only rarely will
a district come across a
Harry Bunting, who could
be compared to a marathon
style runner, with incredible
endurance and staying
power. For most of the rest
of us, learning when and
how to pass the leadership
baton to another member of
what could be compared to a
relay team is important."
Meagher noted that he
was looking forward to
working cooperatively and
productively with the < new
Board leadership in 1985-
1986, the third year of his
three-year term as trustee.
The personal high points of
his 17-month service as Pres-i
d e n t , a c c o r d i n g to
Meagher, included the suc-cessful
campaigns for the
renovation bond issue and
the 1984-1985 and 1985-
1986 budgets. Personal low
points included the fiscal
and other administrative
problems that began in June
1984, as well as the Spring
1985 c o n t r o v e r s y over
tracking.
"On balance," concluded
Meagher, "it has been a tir-ing
but very challenging and
very positive experience."
AMERICAN BY CHOICE. East Rockaway Village Trus-tee
Anthony Santino (right) and Cultural arts Council Co-
Chairman Emma Tolmach (left) present a Citation of Merit
to Marie Hansen of East Rockaway as part of the continuing
"American By Choice Program."
Chureh Groups Picket Local Doctor
Atlantic Avenue, Lynbrook,
had been identified as taking
part in Theresa Fusco's
murder by John Kogut
when Kogut was charged on
March 25. Restivo and
Halsted were each indicted
on two counts, of second-degree
murder and one
count of first-degree rape,
according to Assistant Dis-trict
Attorney Fred Klein,
who serves as prosecutor in
the case. The same charges
were levied against Kogut,
21, of Island Park.
Fusco's nude body was
found on December 5, 1984,
half buried beneath leaves
and a wooden pallet north of
the Long Island Rail Road
tracks between Rockland
Avenue and Park Place,
Lynbrook. She had been
strangled.
The three have been
charged only with the death
of Fusco. Prosecutor Klein
declined to link any of the
suspects with the dissapear-ance
last June of Kelly Mor-rissey
of Lynbrook, or the
murder of Jacqueline Mar-tarella
of Oceanside, whose
nude, strangled body was
found April 22 at the
Woodmere Country Club.
Members of the Human
Life Committee of St. Ray-mond's
Church of East
Rockaway and the Church
of the Nazarene of Valley
Stream picketed the offices
of Dr. Firoza Begum of East
Rockaway, claiming that
the doctor performs abor-tions
on the premises of her
office.
Several area residents,
armed with placards, pho-tographs
and literature, pro-tested
on the sidewalk in
front of Dr. Begum's office,
located at 123 Grant Avenue
in East Rockaway, on Fri-day,
June 21.
"This Is an ethical ques-tion
that the citizens of East
Rockaway must face,"
stated protester Edmund
Power, Jr. "Innocent life is
being taken right here in
East Rockaway, and I
believe all community resi-dents
should stand up
against this."
The protesters came upon
this situation after reading
ads in Newsday, the TV
Reporter and the Yellow
Pages. "There is no name or
address listed, but there is a
telephone number," one
p r o t e s t e r stated. "We
checked the phone book and
discovered that Dr. Begum
has that listing." The adver-tisement
states "Abortions
4 - 2 0 weeks."
When reached for com-ment,
Dr. Begum stated that
abortions are performed on
the premises "very rarely."
She explained that she
merely operates a doctor's
office at 123 Grant Avenue,
and that this is the first time
that she has experienced any
protest since moving to the
site in 1979. She did state,
however, that abortions are
performed at her other
office in New York City; the
East Rockaway telephone
number is listed only should
an emergency arise and the
doctor must be contacted
immediately.
Dr. Begum is concerned
that the welfare of her
patients is being affected by
the protesters. "1 have at
least ID pregnant patients,"
the doctor stated, "and some
•of them are afraid to come to
my office now." She also
charged the protesters with
preventing some of her
patients from entering her
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PRO-LIFE PROTEST. Members of the St. Raymond's
Human Life Committee demonstrate in front of the office of
Dr. Firoze Begum on Grant Avenue, East Rockaway.