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VOL. 33 NO. 11 Wednesday, March 12,1986 30c PER COPY
ALL STAR GAME. East Rockaway Trustees Anthony
Santino (far left) and Irving Shaw (third left) are joined by
Lynbrook Mayor William Geier and Trustees Norman
Dreyer and Steve Grogan in congratulating Allison Rup-precht
of Lynbrook and Chrissy Amthor at the Lynbrook/
East Rockaway Midget Basketball Game. .
Gala Ball To
Kick Off 75TH
by Annette Ling
At the inc. Village ot
Lynbrook Board ot Trustees
meeting held at 8 p.m. on
March 3, 1986 at Village
Hall, the lirst pair ot tickets
to the formal Gala Dinner
Dance ot the Diamond
Anniversary were sold to
Mayor Bill Geier by Chair-man
Murray Levitt. Mr.
Levitt explained that the
gala at tair to be held at Con-gregation
Beth David on
May 31. 1986. will be the
tirst event ot the 75th Cele-brations
in Lynbrook with a
tull course dinner, an open
bar, cocktail hour and
smorgasbord before the
meal with dancing at a cost
of $L30 a couple. There are
only 250 tickets and may be
obtained at Mur-Lee's
Mens' Shop in Lynbrook or
trom Mrs. Ruth Messing at
15 1 Union Avenue,
Lynbrook.
Fred Bartsch, a tbrmer
Exalted Ruler of the Lyn-brook
Elks who has acted as
the Lynbrook Chamber of
Commerce Santa Claus for
the past 13 years, was pres-ented
with a Citation of
Merit tor community service
trom the Mayor and Board
and congratulated for his
unselfish service to children
and the community.
There will be a special
Board Meeting on March
19th at 7:30 p.m. to canvas
the elections according to-law.
A Public Hearing was
held to change the tee for
tiling a Petition of the Zon-ing
Code 252 Section 110
trom $100 to $250. This
requires a Public Hearing.
Lynbrook raised the fee to
be in line with surrounding
communities.
Lynbrook residents who
are not registered to vote can
register at Village Hall trom
12 to 9 p.m. on March 15.
Approval of an expendi-ture
of $7,500 was granted
by the Board for the repair
and cleaning of ceiling tiles
in areas of the Village Hall.
In the second session ot the
Board the bid for this was
granted to C.A. Ohman tor
$5,300 and the job of clean-ing
the tiles was awarded to
All State.
The Board adopted a
SEQRA resolution declar-ing
that the proposed sale of
266 Merrick Rd. would have
no adverse eflect on the
environment. Mayor Geier
explained that such a resolu-tion
has become necessary
since the Nassau Planning
Board no longer makes such
a decision for Village pro-jects.
Geier called it "a step
in the right direction in the-process
and in no way has an
ettect on the decision tor a
variance or special excep-t
i o n . " SEQRA ( S t a te
E n v i r o n m e n t a l Q u a l i ty
Review Act) requires that
the sale of the property will
have no adverse etiect on or
change the nature of the
environment in Lynbrook.
Upon signing the contract,
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Independent Party Urged To
Renounce Giordano
John Termini, President
of the Lynbrook Good
Government Party, has
called upon the members of
the Lynbrook Independent
Party to renounce their can-didate,
John Giordano, tor
-statements made at a recent
debate, which Termini des-cribes
as "vile, vicious and
irrational comments that
deserve no place in public
debate."
Mr. Termini referred to a
debate held at the Tally Ho
Fire House on Monday,
March 10, 1986, between the
candidates seeking election
next Tuesday. While dis-cussing
letters which have
appeared recently in several
local newspapers, Mr. Gior-dano,
visibly upset, blurted
out that "your organization
(the Good Government
Party) would applaud when
John F. Kennedy was shot."
The members of the
audience gasped and were
visibly shaken. Termini
noted, and several left the
room in disgust after the
comment was made.
"This statement is an
insult to every member of
the Good Government
Party and . all residents of
Lynbrook," Terminiadded.
"John Giordano's vicious
and irrational attack upon
our neighbors is disgusting
and cannot be detended by
anyone. 1 hereby call upon
the leaders of the Independ-ent
Party to renounce the
candidacy of John Gior-dano
and put this sordid
aftair behind us.
"1 can understand state-ments
being made in the
heat of debate, but this type
of comment oversteps all
bounds of propriety and
spells out quite clearly Mr.
Giordano's unfitness for
public office. No one of
good character could utter
such vicious and slanderous
s t a t e m e n t s . How can
anyone now claim that this
man is fit to hold the public
trust?
"This is but the latest in a
series of questionable prac-tices
made by Mr. Gior-dano.
His signs mislead
people by saying "Return
Giordano" when he was
never elected in the first
Rock Rivalry
Notice
All members of the gen-eral
public who intend to
pick up Rock Rivalry tickets
on Monday, March 17 in the
rear auditorium corridor are
askt^d to first call East
Rockaway High School at
887-3 i l l to a s c e r t a in
availability.
place. He credits his summer
patronage job at Oceanside
Pool as "governmental
experience." He said that the
Village intended to dissem-ble
the Library when he
knows that the Board never
intended any such thing.
These fabrications and dis-tortions
have cast serious
doubt in the minds of the
voters as to his trustworthi-ness
and integrity. His latest
comment, however, disqual-ities
him from public office.
"Lynbrook is a great Vil-lage,
and we don't need it
ruined by people who would
slander their neighbors in
the community with vicious,
irrational, and obviously
ridiculous statements, "
Termini concluded. "To rat-ify
these thoughts by elect-ing
John Giordano would
cast shame upon each and
every resident of Lynbrook.
I urge all voters to act in the
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Fire Guts Rite Aid Drug Store
by William Cosenza
On Thursday, March 6th,
just betore 10 a.m.. Deputy
Chiet Peter Skeris was driv-ing
up Atlantic Avenue
returning trom an ambu-lance
call when he noticed
people running trom the
Rite Aid Drug Store at 23
Atlantic Avenue. Skeris also
noticed that dark smoke was
also billowing trom the tront
door. Immediately, the tire
radio sounded a general
alarm tor his location.
Skeris assisted by Fire-man
Scott Lipes trom Tally
Ho attempted to contain the
tire with water extinguishers
but were unsuccesstul. See-ing
the tire spreading
rapidly, Skeris radioed a
"working fire" to the
r e s p o n d i n g a p p a r a t u s.
Knowing the tire could
spread to the second tloor,
Skeris requested help trom
the surrounding towns of
East Rockaway and Rock-ville
Centre.
Meanwhile, Lynbrook
tbremen began a coordi-nated
attack trom the tront,
back and the root. While the
action is described trom the
vantage of each company
o f t i c e r , the coordinated
attack was credited with sav-ing
buldings on both sides.
In addition, smoke trom a
burning drug store is one of
the most leared problems a
tlrernan can tace. The com-bination
of chemicals are
innumberable tbrcing all
members to wear masks
both in the building and
downwind on the outside.
Hose Company under the
direction ot Lt. Walter
Brooks connected to the
hydrant just south of the tire
on Atlantic Avenue. The
first attack line through the
tront door attempted to
extinguish the tire at its
origin. Seeing the volume ot
tire. Brooks ordered two
more lines both to the tirst
tloor.
Shortly alter the ceiling
tell on Hose Company burn-ing
Lt. Brooks and tiremen
Robert Schornstaid and
Tim Hughes. Brooks and
Schornstein were treated
and released at South Nas-sau
Hospital. Another Hose
Company member, Paul
Dantona suttered a lacer-ated
cornea trom debris. He
was sent to an opthalmolo-gist
tor treatment.
Vulcan Company con-nected
to the hydrant just
north ot the tire on the
Atlantic Avenue side. Capt.
John Matzen ordered a i ' /j
line to the tront door to
assist hose Co., two 3" lines
to the Lynbrook Truck Co.
to supply the bucket nozzle
and a second line through
the marine Midland Bank to
protect that building and to
add more water through the
root of the tire building.
In the rear, the attack was
being coordinated by Chief
Thomas Cittadino of East
Rockaway and Chief Glynn
ot Rockville Centre. Engine
Company under the direc-tion
of Lt. George Rochtbrd
connected to the hydrant at
Broadway and Stauderman
and supplied Tally Ho with
two 21/2" lines. Lt. Rochford
ordered Engine Company
members then laid three
lines from the Tally Ho
pumper to the rear of the
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initial Attack at Front door