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VOL. 33 NO. 21 Week of May 21, 1986 30c PER COPY
Rhame Avenue Options Discussed
SENATOR SKELOS HONORS OUTSTANDING
SENIOR CITIZEN. On May 6, 1986, New York State
celebrated Senior Citizen's Day, and In Albany Senator
Dean Skelos announced that Dr. Joseph A. Kuhn of Long
Beach had been chosen by the New York Senate to receive
the "Outstanding Contribution By a Senior Citizen" award.
Pictured above (I. to r.) Senator Skelos, Dr. Kuhn, Mrs.
Kuhn and Rabbi Barry Dov Schwartz of Rockville Centre,
who gave the Invocation.
You Can Help Peter
Peter Henry, a young
Lynbrook resident who
suffers from leukemia, has
been selected as the benfi-ciary
of this year's Jim
Jensen benefit softball
game, which will take place
at Greis Park on Tuesday
evening, June 17th. The
announcement was made by
Dick Flynn, Lynbrook's
75th Anniversary Softball
Chairperson, at a special
magic show held in Peter's
honor.
Peter, who is S'A years
old, must undergo a bone
marrow transplant, an
enormously expensive sur-gical
procedure. The trans-plant
is to be performed at
Johns Hopkins Hospital in
Maryland, oije of only two
hospitals that performs this
type of surgical procedure.
which takes 6 to 8 weeks to
complete. Until such time as
bed space becomes available
at John Hopkins, Peter is
undergoing Chemotherapy
for his illness.
At the special magic show
last week, Peter and his fam-ily
were entertained by "The
Great Rossini" (otherwise
known as Keith Rossein)
and by "The Little Rossini"
(Keith Rossein'sson, Craig).
Peter and his brothers
laughed aloud at the magical
tricks. They especially
enjoyed the "Cookie Mons-ter"
trick in which Cookie
Monster disappeared from
the "cookie bakery" only to
reappear later...inside a
piano.
According to Peter's par-ents,
Inga and Vincent
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The East Rockaway
Board of Education held a
community forum on Mon-day,
May 19 to receive tax-payer
input on the disposi-tion
of the Rhame Avenue
School, which was des-troyed
by fire in January of
this year.
More than 50 people were
on hand to hear the presen-tation
of President John
Van Houten and to look at
p r o p o s e d drawings of
options open to the district.
President Van Houten
a d v i s e d the residents
assembled that the district
has three major options: res-tore
the 1926 building to its
former use, demolish the
1926 building and retain the
Althouse Avenue wing, or
demolish the entire structure
and rebuild. Mr. Van
Hotiteh indictated that the
Board has rejected plans to
merely restore the 1926
building, stating that the
cost involved would approx-imatethecost
of buildingan
entirely new structure.
S u p e r i n t e n d e n t of
S c h o o l s Robert Parry
reported that it is impossible
to estimate the amount of
money the District will
receive from its insurance
company. Adjusters are cur-rently
making a detailed
report of the damage done
to the school, and Board
members expect a final
report in the near future.
The total cost of restora-tion
or rebuilding could be
as much as $5 million,
according to the Board. This
figure would be offset by
insurance proceeds, state aid
(currently 49%) and credits
from unused contracts
approved through the 1984
bond r e s o l u t i o n . Any
remaining funds would be
raised either through the
yearly budget or through a
bond referendum.
Mr. Van Houten stressed
that the Board was seeking
as much community input as
possible. Another forum
will be held in June, and the
Board is considering a ques-tionnaire
that may be mailed
to every resident of the Dis-trict
to solicit their views and
opinions on the subject.
The Board also investi-gated
the possibility of creat-ing
one kindergarten to
grade 3 school, and one
school for grades 4 through
6. This plan would require
in-district transportation.
which would not be funded
through state aid.
There will be much dis-cussion
of this topic in the
weeks and months to come.
The Observer has offered its
pages once again as a forum
for the discussion of the
issue (see Editorial page 2).
Community comment is
encouraged and welcome,
and watch each week for
more information about
Rhame Avenue School.
HERJC In Concert
WEARING HIS MET baseball cap, Peter Henry is shown
with Dick Flynn, chairperson of Lynbrook's 75th Anniver-sary
Softball Commitee.
Hewlett East Rockaway
Jewish Center at 295 Main
Street, East Rockaway,
N.Y. cordially invites you to
share in A Gala Evening of
Music in celebration of Lag
B'Omer. it will be held on
May 27th 1986 at 7:30 p.m.
in the Temple Ballroom with
Cantors Ivan and Emanuel
Perlman, father and son, in
concert. They will be
accompanied by Harriett
Levy, the Adult Choir and
the Cantor's Club. A pro-gram
of favorite Israeli,
Yiddish and Cantorial songs
is planned.
Cantor Ivan Perlman is
the immediate past presi-dent
of the Cantors Assem-bly.
He is serving his 22nd
year at Temple Emanuel in
Providence, Rhode Island.
Cantor Emanuel Perlman
is the president of the New
York Metro Region of the
Cantors Assembly, member
of the Executive Board of
the Cantors Assembly and is
beginning his seventh year at
Hewlett East Rockaway
Jewish Centre.
For more information
please call 516-599-2634.
Admission is free and con-cert
is open to the public.
Refreshments will be served.
Program has been arranged
by Charlotte Berch, Marion
Hauserand Jay Ivler. Rabbi
Stanley Platek is Spiritual
Leader and Dr. Stanley
Cohen is the President.
SEMINARS. Biology seminars for gifted high school
students were offered at Adelphi University recently. The
seminar series ended with the awarding of certificates to the
students. Jonathan Gelfand a student at Lynbrook H.S.,
receives a certificate from Dr. R. Grillo of Adelphi
University.
Statue of Liberty Committee
by Carol Monaco
Patriotic ribbons are wav-ing
in the frontyards of
many East Rockaway
homes.
The red, white and blue
ribbons were given to fami-lies
who contributed $2 to
the Statueof Liberty fund in
the door-to-door drive held
this past weekend.
The East Rockaway Lib-erty
Centennial Committee
gives special thanks to the
individuals who partici-pated
in the fundraising
blitz. "They all did a terrific
job,' Emma Tolmach, com-mittee
chairman said.
Publicity chairman Carol
Monaco said, "We would
like to see patriotic ribbons
displayed throughout the
town before the Fourth of
July celebrations."
The v o l u n t e e r s were
Marie Orandello, Diana
Vanella, Stacy Ruiter,
Christine Hamilton, Justine
Hamilton, Jennifer Hamil-ton,
Vasso Halatas, Carol
Ferretti, Pauline Casalaspro
and Kathy Glenister. Fheir
hard word will be recog-nized
at a special ceremony
to be held June 30.
Ribbons are available for
familes who did not receive
them yet. For a patriotic
ribbon, send your name,
address and $2 to the Statue
of Liberty Fund c/ o the East
Rockaway Liberty Centen-nial
Committee, P.O. Box
436, East Rockaway, N.Y.
11518. Residents who con-tribute
will have their names
placed on a Statue of Lib-erty
honor roll.
Please note: The Statue of
Liberty thermometer has
been removed from the
American Legion triangle in
honor of Memorial Day.
The thermometer will be
erected again the following
week.
HELPING THE LADY. Volunteers for the Statue of Lib-erty
fundraising drive: Emma Tolmach, chairman; Carol
Monaco, publicity director; Ethel Brenner, Treasurer; Stacy
Ruiter, Christine Hamilton, Justine Hamilton, Jennifer
Hamilton, Vasso Halatas, Carol Ferretti and Rosalie
Monaco.