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VOL. 33 NO. 13 Wednesday, March 26,1986 30c PER COPY
Charges Raised Over
Independent Party Map
DREYER VICTORIOUS. Mayor William P. Geier con-gratulates
Deputy Mayor/Trustee Norman L. Dreyer as the
results were tallied in last weel^'s special village trustee elec-tion.
The Good Government Party and a large turnout of
resident gathered at the Tally-Ho firehouse on election night
to await the results. Joining in to congratulate Trustee
Dreyer are Village Trustees Leo 'Bad' Lonning and Stephen
T. Grogan, and former Trustee Michael Krawchuk, who
Dreyer replaced on the Lynbrook Village Board.
by Annette Ling
The Lynbrook Independ-ent
^ a r t y and losing Inde-pendent
Candidate John
Giordano were severely cri-ticized
by area residents for
" m i s l e a d i n g " p o l i t i c al
advertisements which were
distributed in the guise of an
"official" village publication.
At the Board of Trustees
meeting of,the Village of
Lynbrook held on Monday,
March 17, 1986 at 8 pm in
the Village Hall, a local resi-dent
raised the question of
the mailing of a souvenir
map to the Lynbrook voters
prior to the village elections.
She explained that she was
puzzled about the fact that it
was in the fornr of a "flyer"
and contained campaign
literature about John Gior-dano,
the Independent can-didate.
The map contained
no listing of the Mayor and
Board of Trustees and no
clear indication that it was
supposed to be a souvenir
map for the 75th Anniver-sary
of Lynbrook as stated
to the advertisers.
Trustee Leo Lanning
explained that Mrs. Flor-ence
Bothe from Marine
Midland Bank had called
him to protest the map,"
Two Fires Tax Lynbrook
Firemen
Rhame Avenue Update
Two months have passed
since the tragic Rhame
Avenue School fire. During
the intervening 60 days,
there have been many steps
taken by the Board of Edu-cation,
although most have
been behind the scenes.
With only 4 school days
lost that first week, arran-gements
were made for
children and teachers to be
in their temporary Ocean-side
home the following
Monday. Parents, teachers,
community volunteers and
c u s t o d i a l , c l e r i c a l and
administrative staff helped
transform a cold, aban-doned
Merle Avenue School
into a warm and homey
Rhame Avenue Annex.
Transportation arrange-ments
were put together so
that every child was picked
up near home and returned
each afternoon. Adjust-ments
with mini-buses were
made for families on West
and East Boulevards.
Textbook and workbook .
r e p l a c e m e n t sets were
ordered during the first
week and have been arriving
each week. Local schools
and merchants donated stu-dent
supplies (pencils, note-books).
Oceanside has
invited student representa-
^tives to meet their student
council. East Rockaway
teachers to use their teacher
center, our children to use
their fields and auditorium.
Rhame Avenue parents
were welcomed to our tem-porary
home at special
a f t e r n o o n and evening
"open house" sessions. The
Board of Education held its
regular February meeting in
the new school's library.
Meanwhile, the Board of
Education on the day after
the fire hired a public adjus-ter
to represent the district's
interests in working with the
i n s u r a n c e c o m p a n y to
achieve a fair, full settlement
of the district's claim.
In that connection, the
Superintendent and Busi-ness
Administrator have
met with the insurance com-pany
adjusters and the pub-lic
adjuster to assure that all
d a m a g e s are a s s e s s e d.
Mechanical and structural
engineers have visited the
b u i l d i n g and p r o v i d ed
assessments.
While the insurance is
a d e q u a t e and i n c l u d es
replacement value coverage
at today's costs, to rebuild a
1926 building to meet 1986
state code requirements may
be beyond the scope of the
settlement.
Contact has been made
with the NYS Education
Department officials regard-ing
building and rebuilding
options. The district has
kept state legislators up to
date on the facts as they
evolve. They have promised
to work in Albany to help in
any way possible.
After interviewing three
leading architectural firms
active in building and reno-vating
schools, the Board
this week authorized the hir-ing
of Fred Thomas Asso-ciates
to be architects on the
Rhame Avenue rebuilding
project.
The architects will pre-pare
a series of preliminary
drawings describing the
o p t i o n s a v a i l a b l e for
rebuilding the current struc-ture
and/or demolition and
building anew. A coirimun-ity
meeting to describe the
o p t i o n s and t e n t a t i ve
budgets for each will be
scheduled within the next 6
weeks or so.
(Continued on Page 13 )
by William Cosenza
On Wednesday evening,
March 19th, Chief Robert
CitKovic had scheduled a
simulated "Trainwreck"
expecting assistance from
his neighbors to cope with a
" d i s a s t e r . " F o r e b o d i ng
weather forecasts caused
Chief CitKovic to cancel the
drill but fate caused even
more activity for Lyn-
St. Raymond's Sponsors
Magic Show
Father Jerry Jecewiz
For the past several years,
a 35-year-old Catholic priest
has been trouping around
Brooklyn and Queens with
an evening-length stage
spectacle featuring illusion,
comedy, audience participa-tion
and livestock-you-wouldn't
believe. This unus-ual
e n t e r t a i n m e n t has
proven remarkably popular
with family audiences and
has been e m p h a t i c a l ly
acclaimed by young and old
alike.
On Saturday, April 5,
Father Jerry Jecewiz's
w o n d e r show, e n t i t l ed
ILLUSION & "PRIEST"-
roiGITATION, will make
its Nassau County debut.
The locale is St. Raymond's
Auditorium (263 Atlantic
Avenue between Grant and
Carman) in East Rockaway.
Curtain time is 8 pm.
This performance is spon-sored
by the Folk Group of
St. Raymond's to benefit
parish programs and also to
gather funds for the LOVE
B U I L D S H a n d i c a p p ed
Center (a regional, interde-nominational
outreach for
t h e d e v e l o p m e n t a l l y -
disabled which Father Jerry
directs in Bensonhurst,
Brooklyn).
Tickets, which cost $5
(advance sale) or $6 (at the
door), are on sale at St.
Raymond's rectory and at
the church doors on Sun-days.
For information or
group rates, phone (51) 593-
5000 or 599-5247.
The "conjuring clergy-man"
will fool the dickens
out of you by banishing a
16-lb. duck right before your
eyes; and he will leave you
utterly baffled when he
duplicates the famous'Hoii-dini
Escape from a Pad-locked
Packing Crate."
Don't miss this unbeata-ble
evening of wizardry and
fun. The "magic word" for
April 5 is not PRESTO, but
PRIESTO !
brook's Vamps.
At 8:30, Mrs. Ruth
Namias of 171 Canterbury
Gate was alerted by her
smoke detector. She found a
fire burning fiercely in a rear
room used as an office. She
called for the Fire Depart-ment.
At the same time Mrs.
Angela Flores of 6 Marshall
Avenue also smelled smoke.
She discovered a bedroom
fire on the second floor. She
also called for help.
Chief CitKovic realizing
he was confronted with two
fires promptly divided the
Department sending Hose
Company, Tally Ho and
Truck Co, to Canterbury
Gate and took charge of that
fire himself. He dispatched
2nd Deputy Chief Peter
Skeris to Marshall Avenue
with Engine and Vulcan
Companies. Knowing his
Department was fully com-mitted.
Chief CitKovic
called East Rockaway for a
standby En^gine andanambih
lance to Canterbury Gate.
(Continued on Page 13)
explaining that she had
signed for a bright colored
plastic Wall Map suitable
for hanging on a wall for the
75th Anniversary. A bank
cannot advertise in any type
of political advertisement.
The local resident also
claimed that she had queried
other advertisers who were
also greatly upset feeling
that it was an outright
misrepresentation of the
facts or an outright fraud.
It was further brought out
that the map was supposed
to be mailed in June when
the celebration of the 75th
will take place.
Instead, the brochure was
mailed immediately prior to
last week's special election.
Mr. Giordano was defeated
by Deputy Mayor Norman
Dreyer with a vote of
1748-1622.
Girl Scouts from troops
from Lynbrook, Malverne,
and Valley Stream con-ducted
the first part of the
B o a r d Meeting giving
Departmental Reports for
February and were all com-plimented
by Mayor Bill
Geier for their handling of
(Continued on Page 13)
Notice'
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that the Board .of
Trustees of the Incorporated
Village of Lynbrook will
hold a Special Board Meet-ing
on Monday, March 31,
1986, at 8:00 p.m. at the Vil-lage
Hall, One Columbus
Drive, Lynbrook, New
York.
LIONS WELCOME ANOTHER NEW MEMBER. Rev.
William Over (center), pastor of Bethany Congregational
Church, receives the hand of Lions fellowship from club
parliamentarian Sam Kooper (right) and sponsor Art Roe-mer
(left) following his induction during a recent meeting at
the Union Ave. Cafe. The 62-member club, now in its 50th
consecutive year of serving our two communities, has
appointed Lion Rev. Over as a Chaplain. (Photo by Lion
Jim Groark).