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VOL. 33 NO. 26 Wednesday, June 25,1986 30t PER COPY
Senior Housing In Lynbrook?
GALA WELCOMING. The Mayor and ViUage Trustees
and their wives welcomed the residents and friends who
attent the Gala Ball that Kicked off the Village of Lyn-brook's
75th Anniversary Celebration. From left to right:
Trustee Peter Ledwith, Jackie Dreyer, Trustee Norman
Dreyer, Joanne Geier, Mayor William P. Geier, Jane Gro-gan.
Trustee Stephen T. Grogan, Dorothy Lanning and
Trustee Leo Lanning. (Photo By John Cribbin)
A special meeting of the
Lynbrook Board was held
on Friday evening June 20,
to approve a "Home Rule"
message required by the
New York State Legislature
regarding the use of certain
park lands for senior citizen
and handicapped housing
for Lynbrook residents.
Mayor William P. Geier
announced that for some
time, the Village has been
attempting to obtain fund-ing
for a senior citizens
complex in Lynbrook which
has the third highest senior
citizen population in Nassau
County.
Manor Road Debate
by Annette Ling
There was an unusually
large amount of residents
present at the Board of Trus-tees
meeting of the Inc. Vil-lage
of Lynbrook held on
Monday, June 16, 1986 at 8
p.m. at Village Hall. Many of
those in attendance were
there to voice their deep
concern about the proposed
demolition of a beautiful
old-style home at 90 Manor
Road, Lynbrook to put a
total of three newer type
houses, including two high-rise
ranches and one small
colonial on the same parcel.
It would mean uprooting
century old trees and wiping
out what some residents
called one of the most beau-tiful
homes in Lynbrook.
Anthony Genrosa from 63
Manor Road reported that
the builder plans to demol-ish
the present house at 90
Manor and erect three other
smaller houses which would
alther the character of the
the neighborhood and also
set a precedent in other pla-ces
in the Village. The group
including, Mr. Generosa
planned to attend the meet-ing
of the Lynbrook Archi-tectural
Review Board to be
held on June 18th to express
their concern about the fate
of the lovely home. Mayor
Geier expressed his com-plete
opposition to this
proposal to demolish the
building at 90 Manor Road
and stated that the present
Lynbrook Zoning Laws
have been changed to stop
Just this sort of development
but that the builder has the
right to his land.
A Public Hearing was
held regarding a special
exception requested by Glen
and Camilla Vilchek of 90
Charles Street in which they
petitioned the Board for
permission to build or con-vert
one stall of a two car
attached garage to a bed-room
for their little daugh-ter,
They claimed that they
could not use the one stall at
the present time because of a
protruding chimney. Their
petition would be a relief
from Local Law Chapter
252-48 which states that
every two family house must
have a two car garage. He
also stated that his tenant
did not have a car. Mr. and
Mrs. Herman Hirschbaum
from 80 Charles Street were
very much opposed to the
petition of Mr. Vilchek,
claiming that he had already
built the extra room. It deve-loped
after questioning that
Mr. Vilchek was unaware
that he was not upholding
the law in Lynbrook and
was trying to adjust the
situation and get a legal
permit and exception to
have the additional room.
The Board after several
opinions voiced by the peo-ple
in attendence reserved
decision on the application
for special exception.
Some Lynbrook organiza-tion
donated checks to the
special Peter Henry Fund
and the Mayor was intro-duced
to his mother ai]id she
was presented with the
donations from the different
fraternal groups. The
Mayor issued a Proclama-tion
designating June 17th
as Peter Henry Day in Lyn-brook
and stated that it was
hoped that the benefit soft-ball
game at Greis Park
would greatly add to the
fund. President Clarence
Matzen represented the
Lynbrook-East Rockaway
Lions, Frank Vallone, the
AMlTs, Joseph LaRocco,
the rotary, and Agnes
Gogol, the Senior Citizens
Club of Greis Park and the
Sunshine Club from St.
Mary's Knights of Colum-bus
who all donated checks
for the benefit.
Fred Chaplick was
appointed the Chairman of
the Lynbrook Recreation
Commission and approved
by the Board of Trustees.
A Public Hearing was
held on amending the Local
Law on signs regarding sec-tions
140-5 and 203-7. It was
resolved that gas stations
would be allowed one 50 sq.
ft. sign, not attached to their
building but to a stanchion,
with no more than one third
of the sign to be used for
advertising gasoline prices
or one 30ft. advertising the
gas price only. Signs will not
exceed 18 inched from the
edge of the property or
obstruct the sidewalk in any
way.
The Board adopted a
formal resolution a new
procedure in the handling of
village funds. Village money
will be converted to long-term
financing instead of
short term bonds as had
been the practice before this
resolution was adopted. Key
Trust in Albany will handle it
as the paying agent in the
conversation of the munici-pal
bonds and the sale date
for the bonds was set for
June 26th.
Donald Matzen, Co-
Chairperson of the 75th
Annivei-sary celebration in
Lynbrook, reported that he
had set a goal of $ 10,000 for
the Peter Henrylrand asked
for fund donations from
everyone. There are cannis-ters
in many retail stores in
Lynbrook. It was reported
that Peter's bone marrow
operation will cost about
$100,000.
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The Village of Lynbrook
has had preliminary discus-sions
with the County of
Nassau to obtain property in
the Greis Pajk area.
The Village of Lynbrook,
according to Mayor Geier,
has also been discussing
with the Diocese of Rock-ville
Centre, the building of
a new 75 unit complex for
seniors and the handicapped
of our Village. The new pro-ject
would be governmen-tally
financed at no expense
to Lynbrook taxpayers.
Mayor Geier emphasized
that these are only prelimi-nary
discussions which have
taken place and many facets
of such a proposal still have
to be discussed and analyzed
with the residents of the Vil-lage.
One of the sites being
examined for this complex,
is the area around Greis
Park and Wilcox Alley.
Because the area being
examined is considered
parkland, a "Home Rule"
message had to be passed by
the Village Board and sent
to the State Legislature to
allow the building of such a
project. Senator Dean Ske-los
and Assemblyman Greg-ory
Becker, who have both
wholeheartedly endorsed
this project, are sponsoring
bills in their respective
bodies to permit the project.
Mayor Geier siad that
because the State Legisla-ture
will end this year's ses-sion
this week and won't
convene again until next
January, the "Home Rule"
message had to be approved
and sent to Albany imme-diately.
Failure t9 have these
bills passed by this week
could result in the termina-tion
ofthe funding for such a
project in Lynbrook. The
funds are not expected to be
available next year.
Rhame Avenue Winner
One thousand fifth-grade
students came together to
learn about "Nassau Coun-ty's
Quality Environment"
at the first annual Conserva-tion
Dav at Eisenhower
Park on May 2 L More than'
thirty organizations and
businesses joined together to
work toward a common
goal-educating our leaders
of tomorrow about natural
resources and the environ-ment
we live in. Students
were invited to submit
essays about "How 1 Can
Contribute to Nassau Coun-ty's
Quality Environment".
Lusanne Massaro from
Rhame Ave. School was the
grand prize winner. She won
a full frame backpack and a
subscription to The Conver-sationalist
magazine, the
backpack was donated by
Eastern Mountain Sports,
located in Carle Place. Her'
essay read ....
"On May 21, 1986, my
classmates and I went to
Eisenhower Park and
learned about Nassau Coun-ty's
quality environment. I
can contribute to Nassau
county's quality environ-ment.
1 can contribute to
Nassau County's clean
environment by trying not to
litter in the streets, parks,
school, and beaches. If 1 see
others litter, I can remind
them that litter has a habit of
growing. When\see garbage
on the streets, 1 can pick it
up and throw it out.
1 can also be sure that 1
never, ever abandon a pet. It
is important that 1 pick up
after my animal, too.
If 1 see cans or bottles
thrown around, 1 can return
them for recycling and even
receive money for them.
I can write to my Con-grejJBtnan
to keep after the
factories about where they
put their waste materials.
Also, the power plants must
be checked to be sure they
are not releasing too many
chemicals into the air.
1 can urge my parents not
to smoke or use too many
chemicals.
When we go camping, I
can remind my dad not to
chop down live trees.
I used to think that as a
little girl, there wasn't much
I could do that would affect
my environment. Now I
realize that every person, no
matter how young, can
make a difference in the
quality of their environment"
Peter Henry Day
Lynbrook 75th Anniver-sary
Co-Chairman Don
Matzen has annunced a
$10,000 goal for contribu-tions
to the Peter Henry
Fund. Peter,a young Lyn-brook
resident who suffers
from Leukemia and needs a
• bone marrow transplant,
was the beneficiary of the
Jim Jensen benefit softball
doubleheader June 17.
S o f t b a l l C o m m i t t ee
Chairman Dick Flynn said
the benefit softball double-header
was a great success.
More than $4,000 was raised
for the Peter Henry Fund at
the benfit doubleheader. At
this time, the total amount
of contributions is approach-ing
$7,000.
Celebration Co-Chairman
Gerry Matzen expressed her
hope that the $10,000 goal
would be reached in the
weeks to come through the
continued donations of resi- uously accepted at the Vil-dents
and organizations, lage Hall, 1 Columbus
Donations to the Peter Drive, Lynbrook, New
Henry Fund will be contin- York.
PETER HENRY DAY. Mayor William Geier presents Mrs.
Inga Henry with a proclamation making Toesday^ June 11th
Peter Henry Day in Lynbrook. Pictured (1-r) are Lynbrook
75th Anniversary Celebration Co-Ch*iman Don Matzen;
Mayor William Geier; Inga Henry; and Celebration Co-
Ch^irman Gerry Matzen.