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VOL. 33 NO. 19 Week of May 7,1986 30c PER COPY
East Rockaway Organization Night
BUDDY POPPY MONTH. Buddy Poppy Chairlady Violet
DeVries pins first poppy on Mayor William P. Geier, kick-ing
off the Lynbrook V.F.W.'s Poppy Sale Drive this
month. Also pictured is Junior Vice Commander George A.
Athenas. All proceeds will go to Veterans, their families, and
to Veteran's Hospitals.
East Rockaway Sets
Village Tax Rate
adopted a budget that keeps
services high, while minimiz-ing
the tax bite to the grea-test
extent practicable."
Despite skyrocketting
i n s u r a n c e p r e m i u m s,
increased garbage disposal
costs, and newly negotiated
union salary increases, the
East Rockaway Village
Board has passed a budget
for the 1986-87 calender
year which calls for a 5.7 per
cent tax increase.
The 5.7% increase, which
represents a rise in the tax
rate from $5. 28 to $5.55 per
$100 of assessed valuation,
comes despite a 100% rise in
the cost of liability insurance
from $ 125,000 to $250,000; a
20% increase in "tipping
fees", the fee the Village pays
to dump collected refuse,
from $220,000 to $265,000;
and the enactment of a con-tract
with the Civil Service
Employees Association
which calls for a 7% salary
increase for Village workers
in the eoming year.
At the budget hearing,
where the proposed budget
was unanimously adopted
by the Board of Trustees,
Mayor Reinhard noted that
the Board had worked "dili-gently
to keep taxes down.
Circumstances beyond our
control, primarily the insu-rance
crisis, necessitated
that the Board put in many
hours of hard work in an
effort to find ways to lessen
the tax burden as much as
possible."
Trustee Anthony Santino
noted that the Board had
labored long over the budget
in an effort to keep its com-mitment
to provide the best
possible services at the low-est
possible cost. "Despite
staggering increases in insu-rance
and other essential
items, the Board has
The East Rockaway Vil-lage
Board held its annual
Organization Night on
Monday, April 14, 1986.
The following appoint-ments
were made: Attorney,
M. John Pittoni; Auditor,
David Caruso; Chief, Auxil-iary
Police, John Kiermeier;
Clerk/Treasurer, Phyllis
Rand; Deputy Village
Clerk, Sandra Torborg;
Deputy Village Treasurer,
Marjorie Cole; Superin-tendent
of Public Works,
Eugene Torborg; Clerk to
the Village Justice, Samuel
Anger; Court Clerk, George
D e M o t t ; P r o s e c u t i ng
Attorney, Peter Hart; Act-ing
Village Justice, Jack
Steingart; Deputy Superin-tendent
of Construction,
James Groark; Building
Inspector; Carl Raimondi,
Building Inspector; Sal
Armellino and Fred Wein-stock,
Plumbing 'Board;
Chairman, Board of Asses-sors,
Charles Comiskey,
Assessors, Edward Mulli-gan
and John Roberts; Mul-tiple-
dwelling Inspector,
Charles Comiskey; Parking
Enforcement Officers,
Loretta Sauer, Angelo Maf-fei
and Kevin Reinhard;
P l a n n i n g Commission,
Arthur Goldberg; Chair-man,
Beautification Com-mittee,
Pauline Shaw;
Beautification Committee
members, Beatrice Rafferty,
Louise Cinque, James
Groark, Ann Humes, Gail
Gary, Mark Fetner, Julian
Miranda, Kathy McNulty
and Sidney Remet.
Also appointed were:
Publication Committee,
Emma Tolmach and Carol
Harrison; Chairman, Grist
Mill Committee, Mildred
Roemer^' Grist Mill Com-mittee
members, Vincenzia
Bell, Olive Benardello, John
Bishop, Joan Chiaffitelli,
Christopher Chiaffitelli,
Gloria Christiano, Florence
Eaton, Mary Gipson, Bea-trice
Heenan, Rosemary
Krull, Richard LaRossa,
Robert Sympson, Dolores
Wissel, and Paula Yasen-chak;
Negotiating Commit-tee
Chairman, Murray
Eskinazi; Negotiating
Committee members, M.
John Pittoni, Irving Shaw,
Anthony Santino; Chair-man,
Youth Board, James
C a f f r e y ; Youth Board
members, Barbara Goods-peed,
Arlene Carney, Tho-mas
Carney, Marthat Yos-wein,
Pat Nelson, Cora
Doherty, Mary Keiley,
Joseph Sklar and Joseph
Lores; Dockmaster, John
Gerdes; Chairman, Senior
C i t i z e n s C o m m i t t e e,
Mildred Lindner; Senior
Citizen Committee members.
Jay Connolly, Isobel Gold-berg,
Elaine Scheinfeld, and
Robert Keon; member.
Board of Ethics, Walter
Dreifuss; Chairman, Cultu-ral
Arts Council, Emma
Tolmach; membrs. Cultural
Arts Council, Charlotte
Berch, Carol Harrison,
Alice Dillon, Miriam Kes-
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Liberty Gala Tickets Available
Lent Names
Art Exhibition Site
Tickets for the Statue of
Liberty extravaganza in
July are available through
the East Rockaway Liberty
Centennial Committee is
rafiling off the grand prize
two of $100-tickets to the
July 6th closing ceremonies
at the Meadowlands, N.J.
Congressman Norman F.
Lent (R-East Rockaway)
a n n o u n c e d t o d a y in
Washington that the East
Rockaway Public Library
will be the exhibition site of
the Fourth Congressional
District Art Competition
beginning May 9, 1986.
"1 am Very pleased that
Mrs. Ellen Rockmuller,
Director of the East Rocka-way
Public Library, has
once again agreed to make
this facility available for the
art competition," Lent said.
"1 look forward to another
fine exhibit of the works of
the talented students who
reside in the school districts
of the Fourth Congressional
District and hope that all
who can will join me in
expressing our appreciation
through our attendance."
All entries Will be judged
prior to the exhibition by
five noted patrons of the
arts. Chairing the panel of
judges will be Capt. Lou
Bejarano, Executive Direc-tor
of the Fire Island Light-house
Preservation Society.
Joining him will be Marge
Rosen, Director of Cultural
Affairs for the Town of
Hempstead; Golda Lapiner,
a former art teacher who
Harry Bunting
Former East Rockaway
Board of Education Presi-dent
and longtime commun-ity
resident Harry Bunting
died on May 2, 1986.
A member of the school
board for more than 25
years, Harry Bunting was an
integral part of the East
Rockaway family. Most
recently, he and his wife.
Dot, have spent a large por-tion
of their time serving as
volunteers at South Nassau
Communities Hospital.
He is survived by his wife.
Dorothy, daughters Virgi-nia
Foster, Barbara Sprin-ger,
son Keith, sister
Dorothy, as well as 11
g r a n d c h i l d r e n . Funeral
arrangements were made by
Perry Funeral Home, and
interment was at Pihelawn
Cemetery.
Harry was a special indi-vidual,
one who gave of
himself to his neighbors in
the community without ask-ing
anything in return. He
will be remembered with
love and missed by all.
once taught at the American
School in Bad Kissingen,
Germany; Raquel Pachas,
President of the Freeport
Arts Council, and Douglas
Diana, a private' art
collector.
"I am fortunate that such
talented and noted leaders
of the community have
agreed to served as judges
for this competition," Lent
continued. "Their involve-ment
in the competition
demonstrates their concern
for the youth of the Fourth
Congressional District."
The winning entry will be
brought to Washington,
D.C., and hung in the Uni-ted
States Capitol along
with other Congressional
District winners when the
exhibition concludes on
May 31, 1986. The public is
cordially invited to view the
works of the students of the
Fourth Congressional Dis-trict
by visiting the library,
located at 477 Atlantic
Avenue, East Rockaway,
New York.
"1 am certain," Lent con-cluded
"that the Fourth
Congressional District will
be well repi ^sented in the
N a t i o n a l E x h i b i t i on
through the art work judged
best among the many entries
from area high schools."
The spectacular event
honoring Lady Liberty is
featuring America's! greates
entertainers: Frank Sinatra,
Gene Kelly, Elizabeth Tay-lor,
Willie Nelson, Lionel
Richie, Kenny Rogers,
Shirley McLaine and many
more. Other highlights
include lasers, lights, water-falls
and fireworks.
In addition to the $1-
raffle tickets, the committee
is also organizing a Statue of
Liberty Walk-A-Thon, Sat-urday
May 17 and Sunday,
May 18. Participants with
special identification letters
will be canvassing East
Rockaway, requesting a $2
donation per family. The
goal is $10,000.
Letters are being sent to
every business in East
Rockaway asking for their
support for the Statue.
East Rockaway is the first
community on Long Island
to achieve Liberty Leader-ship
Statue in the historical
effort to refurbish the
Statue.
Residents who wish to
participate in the Walk-A-Thon
can contact Emma
Tolmach, chairperson at
599-1331 in the evenings.
For raffle tickets, send
your name, address and
phone number and $1 per
ticket to the East Rockaway
Liberty Centennial Com-mittee,
P.O. Box 436, East
Rockaway, NY 11518.
Drawing will be June 30.
HOSPITAL AUXILIAN DAY PROCLAIMED. Hewlett
Neck Mayor Sheldon R. Shane joins in the recognition of
Franklin General Hospital auxiliary members by proclaim-ing
Wednesday May 14th at "Hospital Auxilian Day". Here
Franklin's Auxiliary Coordinating Council President Freda
Rohsiepe of Valley Stream accepts the proclamation on
behalf of the community hospital's 550 auxilians who are
members of the Elmont, Five Towns, Lyn-Rock, Malverne
and Valley Stream auxiliaries.