Observer_1985-12-18; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. 33 NO. 2 Wednesday, December 18,1985 3 0 c P E R C O Pv
TREE LIGHTING. As members of the Long Island Banjo
Society played, LynSrook's Mayor William P. Geier lit the
Christmas Tree erected by the Union Avenue Cafe on their
property at Scranton and Union Avenues. Also on hand,
along with many Lynbrook residents, were from left to right,
Tony Costa, Charles Pennington, Bob Banks, all of the
Union Avenue Cafe; Mayor Geier, Trustee Norman L.
Dreyer, Police Chief Frank Kehr, Trustee Peter K. Led with
and Trustee Stephen T. Grogan. (Photo by John Cribbin)
Holy Name Society
Poster Awards
by Jim Groark
For the second year in a
row. a youngster from St.
Raymond's walked away
Electrocuted
Painter
Critical
On Saturday, December
7th at 10 a.m. a painter
working at the Lilco substa-tion
on Whitehall Street in
L y n b r o o k a p p a r e n t ly
brushed a live component
and received a massive elec-trical
burn. He was thrown
from about twenty feet to
the ground. Fellow workers
called Lynbrook Police who
reponded. Once the incident
was verified Lt. Kevin
Michaud requested a Nas-sau
County Police Helicop-ter
to transport the man
once he was stabilized.
The Lynbrook Rescue
Squad under the direction of
C a p t . J o s e p h Vacchio
arrived quickly. The pain-ter's
clothing was removed
and he was wrapped in ste-rile,
wet burn sheets. An LV.
line was established to pre-serve
the evaporating body
fluids and using a back-board
to prevent any unus-ual
movement, he was trans-ferred
to the ambulance.
After the short ride to Greis
Field where the helipcopter
was waiting, the patient was
transferred and taken lo the
Nassau County Medical
Center.
The painter was indenti-
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East Rockaway Village Board Report
The Board of Trustees oi
the Incorporated Village of
East Rockaway held its last
meeting of 1985 on Monday,
December 9, kicking off
their meeting with the
a n n u a l Tree Lighting
Ceremony outside the Vil-lage
Hall.
The Police Department
reported 6 arrests, 459 traf-fic
tickets, 4 burglaries, 1
pocketbook arrest, and 18
accidents. The Department
of Public Works reported
that for the month of
November, 1985,696 tons of
garbage and 115 tons of
rubbish were collected, and
205 miles of roadway swept.
The Library reported the
addition of 417 books, bring
total holdings to 69,830,
with a total circulation for
the year-to-date of 8,989.
Geier Announces Senior Program
Mayor William P. Geier
announced further details
concerning the Lynbrook
Senior Citizen Program,
stating that the Lynbrook
Senior Citizens Council
hold its first meeting
recently.
The participants at the
meeting approved a plan to
distribute a Senior Citizen
Survey to Lynbrook seniors
to help the Link Counseling
Center, the agency operat-ing
the program, assess the
needs of Lynbrook's elderly
and recommend program
priorities to the Senior
Council. The Mayor urged
all seniors interested in par-ticipating
in the program to
contact LINK to obtain a
with the Grand Prize for the
best poster in the entire Dio-cese
of Rockville Centre,
which includes all of Nassau
and Suffolk County.
The theme, as it is every
year, was "Keep Christ in
Christmas." Daniel Chirco,
a fourth year student at St.
Raymond's, with his render-ing
of the Nativity superim-posed
on a globe of the
world, made his friends and
family very proud.
Awards for the best poster
in each grade were distrib-uted
by Jim Groark, presi-dent
of the Holy Name
Society, after the 9:00 AM
Mass on Sunday, December
the 8th.
The winners by grade
were:
Kindergarten: George
Reiber
1st Grade: David Harrington
2nd Grade: Danielle &
Theresa Catarelli
3rd Grade: Kelly DiNoia
4th Grade: Daniel Chirco
5th Grade: Geraldine
Pope
6 t h G r a d e : Cla i re
Connolly
Hoiy Name Societies
throughout the Diocese
support this contest, with
fervor, to try and put this
joyous .season in perspective.
We all, young and old,
love Santa Claus and the
excitement of giving gifts on
Christmas Day, but we must
put first things first and
remember that this day is the
birthday of the Son of God.
These youngsters vividly
portrayed this with their art
work.
Legislators Meet With
School Leaders
LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST. Superintendent Robert
Parry discusses state aid and potential federal grant Pro-grams
with John Hambel (representing Congressman Nor-man
Lent) and Assemblyman Gregory Becker during a legis-lators'
breakfast.
East Rockaway's Board
of Education met last week
with local legislators to
explain a number of impor-tant
school district needs.
A s s e m b l y m e n A r t h ur
Kremerand Gregory Becker
and representatives of Sena-tor
Dean Skelos and Repre-sentative
Norman Lent
heard the plea of the district
for relief from the sky rock-eting
c6sts of property and
general liability insurance.
School Board President
John Van Houten also
asked for the help of the
state legislators in devising a
state aid package for 1986-
87 which will relieve East
Rockaway taxpayers of
some of the property tax
burden they currently carry
to support the schools.
Superintendent Robert
Parry pointed out the need
survey form.
Robert Taussig, Execu-tive
of LINK, praised
Mayor Geier for the initia-tive
he provided in develop-ing
the program and his role
in obtaining needed funds.
He also lauded Senator
Dean Skelos, New York
State Senate Chairman of
the Committee on the
Aging, for being instrumen-tal
in obtaining needed
-funds. He also lauded Sena-tor
Dean Skelos, New York
State Senate Chairman of
the Committee on the
Aging, for being instrumen-tal
in obtaining the neces-sary
State funds. Mr. Taus-sig
said that as soon as all
needs are assessed and pro-gram
priorities determined
the specific program com-ponents
can then be opera-tionalized.
He urged all
Seniors to contact Mr. Den-nis
Dunn, the Senior Pro-gram
Coordinator at LINK
in order to obtain the survey
form and other information
c o n c e r n i n g p r o g r am
services.
TheaddressatLINKis21
Langdon Place, Lynbrook,
New York 11563 and the tel-ephone
number is 887-4848.
Mayor Theodore Reinh-ard
proclaimed the month of
January, 1986 as Drug
Prevention Month, and the
members of the Youth
Board and the Storefront
were on hand to receive the
Proclamation.
The Board approved the
following resolutions: a
request from the East Rock-away
Auxiliary Police to use
the Village Hall Basement
for a Christmas Party on
Sunday, December 22,1985;
appointed Rita Van Buren
and Henry Rubin to the
Library Board of Trustees;
and authorized the forma-tion
of a Junior Auxiliary
Police Unit.
During the privilege of the
floor, many residents resid-ing
on or near Ocean
Avenue were on hand to
inquire about the County
action on that street. One
resident noted that the light-ing
was greatly improved
around the "S" curve, and
the Board stated that they
were still unsatisfied with
the work of the County to
date, and promised to con-tinue
to obtain to make the
street safer.
Mrs. Kay O'Regan com-plained
about late night par-ties
at the Clark Street Fire-house,
to which Trustee
George Perry offered apolo-gies
and assurances that the
matter would not occur in
the future.
The next meeting of the
East Rockaway Village
Board will be held on Mon-day,
January 13, 1986.
for assistance from both
federal and state sources in
securing aid for asbestos
abatement projects under-way
in the three schools.
The legislators expressed
their need to have this direct
communication with local
school people in order to be
able to formulate state aid
packages most helpful to
their districts.
PTA representatives of
the three schools, Paula
Caccavo, Lenore Hickam,
G l o r i a Szika, Richard
Albrecht and Anna Pollaci,
made specific requests for
help and asked probing
questions of our guests.
Also participating in the
exchange were Administra-tors
Dr. Kathleen Semer-gieff,
Robert Jacoby and
Robert Rogers.
TIS THEf SEASON. Hempstead Town Presiding Supervi-sor
Thomas S. Gulotta and his children, Thomas, Chris-topher,
and Elizabeth, pull the switch to illuminate the
decorative lights on the Christmas tree and Menorah at the
Annual Lighting Ceremony, held at the Town Hall Plaza, in
Hempstead.