Observer_1985-01-23; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. 33 NO. 9 Wednesday, January 23,19$ ERCOPY
THE WINNING TEAM. Greeting East Rockaway resi-dents
at the ERA Party's annual cocktail party on January
13 are the Party'-s nominees for office, George Perry, candi-date
of Trustee, James Rooney, candidate for Village Jus-tice,
and former Mayor Arnold White, candidate for
Trustee.
Board Asks For Ban
The East Rockaway Vil-lage
Board has issued a letter
calling on local merchants to
halt the sale of cigarette rol-ling
paper. In the letter,
which was sent at the urging
ofVillage Trustee Anthony
Santino and which was
signed by all the Board
member^, the sale of rolling
paper products was con-demned
due to the fact that
" t h e practice of rolling
tobacco cigarettes is virtu-ally
extinct, while the use of
rolling paper for marijuana
abuse accounts for almost
all of the sales of these
products."
Trustee Santino said that
"The Board was voluntarily
asking local merchants to
halt the sale of rolling paper.
We have received a number
of complaints from residents
about the widespread avail-ability
of these items. Of
particular concern was the
fact that most of the stores
Village Board Reports
Lynbrook
by Annette Ling
thai offer rolling paper for
sale are situated in close
proximity to our schools."
Similar appeals to Village
merchants have been issued
in the past concerning strict
enforcement of the law for-biding
the sale of alcohol to
minors. This current appeal,
while strictly voluntary, is
expected to result in the
removal of much of the rol-ling
paper available for sale
in the Village.
When asked for com-ment,
East Rockaway Vil-lage
Clerk Phyllis Rand
stated "What we are trying
to do in East Rockaway is to
work diligently to stop sub-stance
abuse. By making it
more difficult to obtain this
paraphanalia, we hope to
decrease drug usage. We
plan to combat drug and
alcohol abuse in every pos-sible
way in East Rock-away."
Greeting the residents of East Rockaway arc, left to right.
Trustee Irving Shaw and his wife, Pauline, State Senator
Dean Skelos (R-9th District), Maureen Reinhard and
Maypr Theodore Reinhard.
The Board of Trustees of
the Village of Lynbrook met
at Village Hall for a regular
Board Meeting on Monday
evening, January 14, 1985 at
8 p.m. One of the major
highlights of the meeting
was the retirement of Lyn-brook
Department of Public
Works Supt. Frank Hil-
Igardner who has left after
12 years of devoted service
to the village and the
D.P.W.
Mayor Bill Geier pres-ented
Frank with a special
c i t a t i on of Appreciation
from the Village of Lyn-brook
and he was warmly
congratulated by Mayor
Geier and all the members of
the Board of Trustees. He
received a standing ovation
from the many residents
present and spoke a few
modest words claiming that
it was "His troops who made
his job so much easier."
Another highlight of the
Board Meeting was the large
n u m b e r of L a k e v i ew
Avenue residents who were
present to hear the latest
plan for their street which
they wish to have made into
a quieter through street
because of the huge increase
in traffic which speeds on
Lakeview enroute to points
on the South Shore, causing
great fears for the safety of
their children with 38 child-ren
now members of families
on the street. Many of their
families are unable to cross
Lakeview during certain
times of the day and the
speeding traffic is an ever
present hazard to home
owners. Nassau County sent
l e t t e r s s u g g e s t i n g that
through traffic be speeded
up and widening the street
which is definitely not what
the residents of the area
want. After each person in
attendance took the floor
and voiced his opinions, and
much discussion from all
points of view by merchants
on the street was had, the
Board passed a Resolution
that stop sign larger then
usual be placed at the inter-section
of Lakeview and
York Street; another stop
sign will be placed at the
intersection of Chestnut
Street and another at Rol-ling
Street and the blinking
traffic signal covered and
hooded for the time being.
The County had also pro-posed
no parking at least on
one side of the street and
widening the road and
improving the curbs. Fred
Meyer, Village Engineer and
owner of Carmen-Dune at 2
Lakeview Avenue, explained
that over the years traffic
and the number of accidents
at the intersection of Lake-view
and Hempstead
A v e n u e had g r e a t ly
increased and he discussed a
small section of land which
offers another entry to
Lakeview Avenue from
Hempstead Avenue before
the regular stoplight. He
brought maps which aided
the Board of Trustees in
studying the area. This Stop
sign idea is a measure that
will be tried by the village to
see if it helps alleviate the
problem to some degree.
The firm of Sayville Ford
was awarded the bid for the
Police Chiefs new car after
careful study of all bids.
Departmental reports for
the month of December
were given by the Fire
Department, the Library,
Recreation, the Building
Departments, Department
of Public Works, Safety
Coordinator, Village Jus-tice,
Dog Warden and
Police Department and all
were approved by the Board
and placed on file.
The Sisterhood of Temple
Emanu-EI were granted
permission to hold a fund
raising Thrift Sale with a
waiver of the fee for a
permit.
Bids for Police Depart-ment
uniforms were opened,
read and turned over to
Police Chief Frank Kehr for
further evaluation.
The Board declared that
Grievance Day in Lynbrook
will be held on February 19.
on a Tuesday, and that the
Village Board Meeting will
also be held during the
period from 3 to 7 p.m. on
the Grievance Day.
A routine transfer of
funds for the D.P.W. was
approved for minor tools,
etc.
The Lynbrook Library
personnel as well as the
Library' Board were for-mally
added to the insurance
indemnification coverage of
the Village in a resolution
passed by the Board.
A date for the Public
Hearing on repealing dog
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East Rockaway
Mayor Theodore Rein-hard
and the members of the
East Rockaway Village
Board held their January
meeting on Monday, Janu-ary
14, 1985 at the Village
Hall. The meeting was pre-ceded
by a public hearing on
a proposed public law
regarding the prohibition of
houseboat docking within
t h e V i l l a g e of East
Rockaway.
Trustee Pauline Wipfler
extended to all her best
wishes for a heahhy and
happy new year. Trustee Irv-ing
Shaw reported that he
had attended several meet-ings
during the last month
concerning a variety of top-ics,
including co-ordination
with the Village of Lyn-brook
to resolve the traffic
problem on Ocean Avenue.
He also reported on the pos-sibility
of purchasing street
lights from LILCO to save
the Village of East Rocka-way
m o n e y . T r u s t ee
Anthony Santino stated that
an effort was underway to
make the Grist Mill
Museum a National His-toric
Landmark, and that he
would be closely monitoring
the Mill's progress. He also
read a letter from an East
Rockaway resident who
complimented the Mayor
and Board of Trustees for
the Beautification Program,
which has seen the planting
of many trees throughout
the Village. Trustee Santino
said that the Program is
expected to be expanded
this spring.
The Police Department
reported that during the
month of December there
were 3 petit larcenies and 1
arrest for D.W.I., 3 house
burglaries, 2 business bur-glaries
at HG Toys, 1
attempted burglary, 13 auto
accidents and a total of 334
summonse given. The Fire
Department reported 59
rescues and a total of 71
calls; the Auxiliary Police
stated that they had tra-velled
657 miles of street and
given 273 man hours last
month. The Department of
Public Works reported that
it had collected 610 tons of
garbage and 31 tons of rub-bish,
and that the depart-ment
was ready to tackle any
snow emergency.
The Board granted a
request from United Cere-bral
Palsy, declaring the
week of May 5 through 11
"United Cerebral Palsy Tag
Days," at which time volun-teers
from that organization
will be soliciting contribu-tions
in the Village. They
also authorized the reduc-tion
of assessments and
refund of tax payments in
the amount of $14,633 to
Whitehall Industries as set-tlement
in their tax certio-rari
proceedings. March 9,
1985 was designated as Reg-
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BECKER TAKES OATH. Assemblyman Greg Becker (left)
was recently administered the oath of office marking the
beginning of his second term in the Assembly by Sol
Wachtler, chief judge designate, to the Court of Appeals of
the State of New York. With the Assemblyman are his wife
Tina, and daughter Stephanie Claire.