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VOL. 3 2 NO. 4fe> Wednesday, O c t o b e r 9 , 1 9 85 ^30c P ^ R COPY
V Skelos Obtains $40,000 For
Ny //^^ast Rockaway District
PLAYGROUND DRIVE ACHIEVES GOAL. The Centre
Avenue Elementary school P.T.A. has worked diligently to
raise the necessary funds for a new playground. The group's
fund raising activities coupled with a state grant will make
possible the construction of a new playground at Centre
Avenue. Pictured with the Playground Fund Indicator are
Aileen Hummel (Playground Committee), Robert Rogers.^
(Principal), Richard Albrecht (P.T.A. President), and
Marilyn Acquafredda (Playground Committee). Future
users of the playground include Christopher Hummel,
H^elissa Gerken, Kelly Albrecht, Tracy Albrecht, Lauren
Acquafredda (second row), Micheal Hummel, Ricky
Albrecht, Michael Scarry, Robert Keeneghan, and Thomas
Scarry (first row).
State Senator Dean Ske-los
has obtained $40,000 in
special state funding for two
programs in the East Rock-away
School D i s t r i c t.
Thanks to Senator Skelos,
East Rockaway Schools will
receive $20,000 to renew
their Computer Upgrade
project and $20,000 to reha-b
i l i t a t e the Centre and
Rhame Avenue School
playgrounds under Section
45 f u n d i n g approved
recently in Albany.
"When you elected me, 1
promised to fight hard for
state dollars so that the East
Rockaway School District
could continue their tradi-tion
of excellence in educa-tion.
I am particularly grati-fied
that-working with my
colleagues in the Senrate
Republican Majority, that 1
was able to win the special
state funding. It is my
understanding that the Cen-tre
and Rhame Avenue
playgrounds are more than
Seagull Classic 5K Run
The "SEAGULL CLAS-SIC"
5 Kilometer (3.1 Miles)
run will be held on Sunday,
October 13th in the Bay
Park area ol East Rocka-way.
Many prizes will be
awarded including special
awards for the Lynbrook
and East Rockaway resi-dents
(Male & Female) with
the best time. Post race fun
includes refreshments and
tree raffles of many great
prizes. Special Logo Tee
Shirts will be available for
the first 500 runners who
register. For information
and entry forms, call bob
Croke 599-4547.
The race starts at 9:30AM
in Bay Park, and the last
runner should finish by
10:30AM. In order to have
the event run safely and
conveniently for everyone
concerned, the race area will
be closed to traffic until the
last runner has passed. As an
additional safety measure
for the runners and specta-tors,
it would be appreciated
if cars were parked off the
street and dogs should be
leashed and kept underdose
supervision. The affected
area includes the race route
described below, and the
streets encompassed within
it:
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Start at Bay Park. Head
North on 1st Ave.
Turn left onto Adams St.
to Cathay Rd.
Turn left onto Cathay Rd.
to Cail Dr.
Turn right at Cail Dr. to
Pepperidge Rd.
Turn right at Pepperidge
to Emmet Ave.
Turn left at Emmet Ave.
to Mallow Rd.
Turn right at Mallow Rd.
to Carman Ave.
Turn right at Carman
Ave. to Dart St.
Turn left at Dart St. to
Rhame Ave.
Turn left at Rhame to
Althouse Ave.
Turn right at Althouse to
1st Ave.
Turn right at 1st Ave.
back to Bay Park.
It promises to be a great
day for East Rockaway,
thanks to the cooperation of
the County, Town, Village
officials and especially the
residents of East Rockaway.
We hope you join in the fun
this Sunday!
Juniors Assist Evacuated
Soon after the local radio
station announced that
Lynbrook High School
would become an evacua-tion
center for the evacuated
residents of Long Beach,
Oceanside and East Rocka-way,
members of the Lyn-brook
Junior Fire Depart-ment,
on their own, were
gathering together to assist
these displaced people.
With the permission of
their parents, six members
proceeded to the high school
in unilorm under the com-mand
ol Junior Lieutenants
Eddie Ryan and Stephen
Pollackov. Upon arrival the
Juniors immediately began
to assist the arriving evacu-ated
and direct them into the
school.
Wearing turnout coats
and raincoats the Juniors
helped, outside in the rain
unloading,the county buses
bringing the evacuees. They
helped unload the cars of
arriving evacuees and car-ried
their luggage and
belongings into the school.
They carried many a young
child into the school to
safely. 1 hey even carried
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s i x t y years old and,
a l t h o u g h the District
recently approved a $3.5
million bond issue last year,
no money was available to
rehabilitate the playground
except for lighting and
blacktop," said Skelos, who
brought more than $80,-
000,000 in state aid to Ninth
Senatorial District Schools
this year.
"East Rockaway is a very
small district with little tax
relief from business. The
brunt of the tax burden has
fallen on the shoulders of
our struggling middle class
homeowners. We are very
concerned for the safety of
our children in regard to our
playground as it now stands.
S e v e r a l c h i l d r e n have
already sustained injuries
this year and we would like
to see this dangerous
equipment dismantled. We
are appreciative of Senator
Skelos' assistance in this
m a t t e r , " said Marilyn
Arguafredda, Vice Presi-dent
of the Centre Avenue
PTA.
"The renewal of the Com-puter
Upgrade project at
$20,000 was welcome news.
Outstanding news was the
$20,000 grant for school
playground rehabilitation.
Senator Skelos' sponsorship
of these grants and his sup-port
of the East Rockaway
School District is most
appreciated by the Board of
Education and the entire
school community of East
Rockaway," said Robert
Parry, Superintendent of
Schools, East Rockaway.
"Being able to assist our
schools is one of the most
rewarding experiences I've
had as a legislator. As Presi-dent
Kennedy said, 'Our
progress as a nation can be
no swifter than our progress
in education,' " said Skelos.
Census Campaigns Announced
The Rev. William Sin-gleton,
Pastor of St. Ray-mond's
Church, 263 Atlan-tic
Avenue, East Rockaway,
and the Rev. Edwin Collins,
Pastor of Our Lady of
Lourdes Church in Mal-verne,
have announced a
census campaign for their
respective parishes, which
will be conducted from Sat-urday,
October 19 through
November 3 for Our Lady of
Lourdes, and on November
2,3,9 and 10 for St. Ray-monds.
The census will
involve making direct con-tact
with all baptized
Catholics in the parish area,
through a door-to-door
campaign. Parish workers
will be commissioned to
represent the pastor in this
campaign, and they will be
carrying special identifica-tion
cards.
The census has several
spiritual and practical objec-tives.
Besides reaching out
to provide a visible presence
in the community. Father
Singleton hopes to be able to
gather vital information
about each Catholic family.
This will greatly assist him in
providing a meaningful pas-toral
ministry and help him
plan for the parish's future
in an intelligent and knowl-edgeable
way.
Before proceeding with
the door-to-door phase of
ithe campaign, the parish will
contact known and regis-tered
parishioners by mail.
It is hoped that most Cathol-ics
will be reached in this
manner. Those families who
return their census forms
will not receive a visit from a
volunteer worker. Volunteer
workers will visit those
households for which no
census form has been
returned in order to deter-mine
whether any Catholics
are living at these addresses.
Mr. Paul Keuhn, who is
serving as lay chairperson
for St. Raymonds, and Mr.
Andrew Wallace, serving lor
Our Lady of Lourdes, have
stressed that there is no
intent whatsoever to solicit
funds, to proselytize, or to
invade anyone's privacy.
They have pointed out that
this outreach campaign is an
invitation to Catholics to
participate freely in this
important task of mutual
communication between
parish and family. Because
parish communities are in
constant flux as families
move in and out of the area,
they have stated that most
Churches find it necessary to
conduct a thorough census
every 10-12 years.
Parishioners of St. Ray-mond's
who would like to
volunteer to help conduct
this census campaign are
asked to contact Mr. Bob
Chojnacki (593-7325) who is
serving as chairperson of the
Volunteer Committee, while
those in Our Lady of
Lourdes Parish should con-tact
Mrs. Ernest Wendt at
599-4545.
Assemblyman Gregory Becker recently congratulated Peter
Zarb of Lynbrook, the silver medalist in the wheelchair
Table Tennis Competition at the European Sports Festival
held in Vienna, Austria. Assemblyman Becker has high
praise for Zarba, who also was the 1984 and 1985 men's
national champion as well as part of the 1985 men's doubles
championship team. Zarba has been working with Becker
and the Lynbrook Post Offlce to have a wheelchair ramp
installed.