Observer_1985-01-16; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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Good Governme^.
Candidates Announced
GULOTTA NAMES SAN-TING
TO BOARD STAFF.
Anthony J. Santino of East
Rockaway has been named
Press Secretary to the Nas-sau
County Board of Super-visors
by the Board's major-ity
leader, Hempstead Town
Presiding Supervisor Tho-mas
S. Gulotta. Santino,
who is a member of the East
Rockaway Village Board,
was formerly senior Long
Island aide to Rep. Norman
F. Lent (R-East Rockaway).
On Friday evening Janu-ary
11, 1985, the residents of
the village of Lynbrook were
introduced to the Good
Government Party candi-dates
for the upcoming
March 19th village elections
in which two trustees and
village justice will be elected.
"Candidates Night" was
held at the American Legion
Hall on Union Ave., and
despite the snow that fell on
Friday a large turnout of
concerned residents came
out to meet and hear the
candidates.
Mayor William P. Geier
introduced Trustee candi-dates
Stephen T. Grogan
Lynbrook Village Boaril Report
The Board of Trustees of
the Inc. Village of Lynbrook
held a Board Meeting on
Monday evening, January 7,
1985 at 8 p.m. in Village
Hall. The two highlights of
the Board Meeting were a
Citation given to a Lyn-brook
resident and a tax cer-torari
settlement on the
agenda.
For the most beautiful
and outstanding Holiday
decorations of his property
at 30 Raymond Avenue, Mr.
Anthony Caligure was pres-ented
with a special Citation
by the Mayor, William P.
by Annette Ling
Geier and warmly congratu-lated
for the fine display on
his property.
The Board of Trustees
authorized publication of
sealed Bids for two police
cars with the Bids to be
opened at the meeting of
February 4, 1985.
A bid award for a Fire
Chiefs car was given to Say-ville
Ford. A request from
the Fire Dept. to send a
piece of fire apparatus out of
town to the factory in Penn.
where it w^s built due to a
damaged bucket seat on an
extension ladder was tabled
East Rockaway Boasts
Four Academy Nominees
A total of four East
R o c k a w a y men have
received nominations from
Congressman Norman Lent
(R-East Rockaway) tp
a t t e n d U.S. Military
Academies next year.
The following is the list of
academy nominations in our
area: Charles <jresalfi of
Main Street, East Rocka-way
~ Merchant Marine^
Academy; Marc Acampora
of Williamson Street, East
Rockaway ~ West Point;
Vincent Spinnato of Ever-dell
Road, East Rockaway-
West Point; and Michael
G l e n i s t e r of Davison
Avenue, East Rockaway -
Naval Academy.
These nominations are
not the final step in the pro-cess
of a t t e n d i n g an
academy, for each candidate
must still be approved by his
individual military school.
However, the nomination
by C o n g r e s s m a n Lent
marks a major step in their
a d v a n c e m e n t t o w a r ds
attending the U.S. military
academies.
Heatherton
To Speak
The Cultural Arts Coun-cil
will present a special
event at the East Rockaway
Library on Sunday January
27, 1985 at 4 pm. The guest
performer will be Ray Hea-therton,
the well-known
Long Island personality.
In addition, there will be a
viewing of Sculpture by
Doris Lewis of Oceanside.
All are invited to attend this
interesting and informative
event.
until the Board Meeting of
Jan. 14th because of a ques-tion
about the fee charged
by the inspectors for the Fire
Underwriters who must cer-tify
tha the truck is in perfect
condition after repairs at a
cost of $1100.
The D.P.W, was given
permission for a transfer of
t h e i r funds from one
account to another.
Village Attorney Jay F.
Korth was authorized to
sign a stipulation of settle-ment
in a certiorari tax set-tlement
on behalf of the vil-l
a g e with Raymond
Rahmin, the winner in the
court suit in the amount of
$7,800 for 1981-82 etc. Mr.
Rahmin sued for property at
46 Atlantic Avenue. This
was another in the cehiorari,
proceedings which is con-tinually
costing taxpayers so
much money with the
Mayor quoted as saying that
"Losing millions of dollars
hanging over our heads as
taxpayers due to these tax
suits or certiorari proceed-ings
is a continual threat."
He meant tha^the payment
of these tax settlements
which must be paid out of
our only source of income,
our tax revenue effects all of
the Lynbrook residents.
He further explained that
he was going to Albany to
try to find out why villages
were left out in a recent law
passed in ihe N.Y. State
Legislature which allows
rebate of a percentage of
sales taxes to Town and Cit-ies
but not Villages was
passed. Nassau County has
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and Leo (Bud) Lanning and
village Justice candidate
John R. O'Connor. Mayor
Geier in making the intro-ductions
stated that the
Good Government Party
was formed two years ago to
give the residents a choice in
electing their public offi-cials.
He stated that "After
16 years of a one party sys-tem,
that ran virtually
unopposed, the village
elected a mayor and trustee
from the Good Government
party in 1983 to help restore
honest, responsive and effi-cient
government to Lyn-brook
USA." Mayor Geier
pledged to continue this
work with the . candidates
proposed. Geier stated that
Trustee candidates Grogan
and Lanning and Justice
candidate O'Connor will
bring additional leadership,
experience and a wealth of
knowledge to village
government while also
improving the spirit of Lyn-brook
USA.
Stephen Grogan
The first candidate for vil-lage
trustee is Stephen T.
Grogan, who resides on
Green Avenue. Steve is a
longtime resident of Lyn-brook.
He attended Our
Lady of Peace School,
Archbishop Molloy High
NOMIN ATED.Oiving the victory handshake are the Good
Government nominees for this year's election. Fro.m left to
right are: Trustee candidate Steve Grogan, Lynbrook
Mayor William Geier, Trustee candidate Bud Lanning, and
Village Justice candidate John O'Connor.
School, New York Institute
of Technology, where he
received his Bachelors
degree and C.W. Post Col-lege
where he received a
Masters of Science degree.
Steve, a 17 year U.S.
Government employee, is a
federal agent working out of
26 Federal Plaza in Manhat-tan.
He served in the mil-itary
with U.S. Army Jntel-ligence
and the Pentagon.
Steve has been a member
of Tally-Ho Company of the
Lynbrook Man Shot
A Lynbrook man was
accidentally shot by a state
court officer's gun when it
discharged during an argu-ment
at a Long Beach bar on
Sunday, January 13, Nassau
Police have reported.
Colin O'Connor of Rock-ville
Centre has been
arraigned on charges of
second-degree assault.
Police have given this
account: At approximately
12:20 a.m., O'Connor, a
court officer in the city, was
in the Bare Necessity bar
with some friends when he
began arguing with Michael
Hendricks, 22 of Lynbrook.
O'Connor drew his 38
caliber revolver and it accid-entally
discharged, hitting
Hendricks in the neck. Hen-dricks
was then taken to
South Nassau Communities
Hospital in Oceanside,
where he is reported in sta-ble
condition.
Officer O'Connor was
arraigned in Miheola before
District Court Judge Marie-
Louise Nickerson and was
released in his own custody.
He is to return to a felony
conference on February 7,
1985.
Lynbrook Volunteer Fire
Department for 17 years, is
the Co-Founder and Senior
Advisor of the Lynbrook
Junior Fire Department and
is the fire department's
media coordinator. He is
past president of the Lyn-brook
Fire Department
Emerald Society.
Steve is also a member ot
the Lynbrook Republican
Club, the Ancient Order of
Hibernians, member of the
Board of Directors of the
Good Government Party,
the Lynbrook Week Com-mittee,
the Federal Law
Enforcement Officers Asso-ciation
and a volunteer with
Mercy Hospital Infant
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CHANGING LEADERSHIP. Pauline McKee, Past Presi-dent
of the Cape Cod Homeowners Association (third left),
presents the gavel to incoming President Phil Christ while
the following ofHcers look on (left to right): Bill Ryan, Vice
President; Alice Grace, Board of Directors; Lillian Baskin,
Treasurer; Maura Christ, Secretary; Rose Trum, Block
Captain Chairman.