Observer_1986-10-08; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. NO. 41 Wednesday, October 8,1986 30f PER COPY
C o m m u i ^ l ^ f o V o t e O n N e w S c h o ol
by Mildred Roemer
Counsel stated that Mr.
Abrams was willing to take
his wife back now if she
would come. Decision
reserved."
The paper had been
reported on by student
Kerry Boyle.
Oh well, the hog guessing
was different from 1986
anyway.!
THEY LIKE LENT. Congressman Norman F. Lent (R,
C-East Rockaway), second right, accepts congratulations
from (left to right) Assemblyman Gregory Becker of Lyn-brook,
East Rockaway Republican Executive Leader Phil
Christ, and State Senator Dean Skelos of Rockville Centre
at the opening of Lent Campaign Headquarters, located at
574 Sunrise Highway, Baldwin. Lent, a native of East Rock-away,
is seeking his ninth term in the U.S. House of
Representatives.
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October -- time of pump-kins,
falling leaves, and blue
skies. So it was in East
Rockaway 100 years ago,
and hopefully, it will be the
same in 1986.
Thanks to Tom Carty,
teacher in Centre Avenue
School, who has researched
and given his students
assignments on our local
history, ye old historian will
strive to do sorne research
too from their reports on
articles in the old "South
Shore OBSERVER."
Although the weather
may be the same as they had
years ago, activities in the
Village were quite different.
For example: "Leonard C.
Smith's hog-guessing con-test
was one of the most lar-gely
attended of the season.
One hundred guesses were
put in a box at SOc each. The
hog weighed 466 pounds
and was won by Cal, Simon-son
& Co. and George W.
Smith & Co., who guessed
the exact weight. Capt.
Henry Oakley, B.T. Smith
and James Pearsall were the
judges."
" T h e S m i t h / A b r a ms
divorce case engaged the
attention of Judge Cullen on
Monday. Mrs. Abrams said
she wanted alimony, but the
Judge said she could not
have it until her appeal had
been settled. George A.
Mott for plaintiff said he
desired to withdraw the
notice of appeal in the
divorce suit already filed, on
the grounds that he had no
more money to pay the
expenses of the appeal.
The East Rockaway
Board of Education reminds
all registered voters of the
district of the important
c o m m u n i t y r e f e r e n d um
scheduled for Tuesday,
October 14th.
Building a new Rhame
Avenue School requires a
p o s i t i v e vote for a
$3,576,589 bond issue this
Tuesday at the East Rocka-way
High School Gymna-sium
between the hours of 6
AM a n d 9 PM.
Preliminary plans for the
new building have been
approved by the NVS Edu-cation
Department, The
state also made clear that
our two elementary school
sites are much too small to
consider either consolida-tion
into one school or sel-ling
off part of the school
site at Rhame Avenue.
The Board of Education
carefully investigated the
alternatives before present-ing
the current proposal.
Using the current Alt-house
Wing and adding a
new section to that 30 year
old structure would have
resulted in a loss of $580,000
in state building aid.
The totally new school.
Lynbrook Scholars
Honored
Lynbrook High School is
very pleased to announce
that five of its students have
been recognized as Com-mended
Students by the
National Merit Scholarship
C o r p o r a t i o n (NMSC).
These students are Edward
Arnold, Erin Doherty, Wil-l
i am F e n r i c h , Theresa
McDougal, and Lourdes
Talvey. They all performed
well enough on the Prelimi-nary
Scholastic Aptitude
Test/National Merit Scho-larship
Qualifying Test to
place them in the top 50,000
of more than one million
participants across the
nation. This ranks them in
the top 5 % in the country.
These students are not
only exemplary in their
classwork and test perfor-mance,
they are also very
involved in the extracurricu-lar
life of the high school. For example, Edward
Arnold and Lourdes Talvey
are top notch musicians in
t h e school o r c h e s t r a,
Theresa McDougal is a star
member of mathletes, Erin
Doherty is on the staff of the
a w a r d - w i n n i n g school
newspaper. The Horizon,
and William Fenrich is pres-ident
of the National Honor
Society.
An officer of the NMSC,
which conducts the pro-gram,
stated, "The very high
test performance of the
young men and women who
are honored as Commended
Students in -the Merit Pro-gram
is indicative of excep-tional
scholastic ability. We
hope that NMSC's recogni-tion
of these high school
students will increase their
motivation to make the best
use ol their talents and to
develop the skills that will be
needed by the future leaders
of our nation. Being named
a Commended Student in
this keen competition is a
credit to these young citizens
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O c t o b e r 1 4 th
with its attractive styling,
energy-efficiency and new
setting on the property actu-ally
is $69,000 less expensive
Man Arrested For
Threatening Witness
A 25 year old self
employed man was arrested
at 6:30 AM on 10-4 and is
charged with threatening a
man who is to testify at a
murder trial.
Charles Restivo of 2971
Wilson Ave. in Lynbrook
approached Michael Cock-erel
(24) of Lynbrook in the
rear of the Lynbrook Diner
on Sunrise Hgwy in Lyn-brook.
The subject threa-tened
Cockerel and his fam-ily
regarding his upcoming
testimony. Charles Restivo
is the brother of John Res-tivo
who will go on trial
shortly for the murder of
Theresa Fusco.
Charles Restivo was
arrested at^the Lynbrook
PD for the events which
took place outside the diner
at 3:00 AM. The subject is
charged with Criminal
Tampering with a Witness
2nd (D Fel) and will be
arraigned in First District
Court in Mineola later
today.
At arraignment subject is
held for $500,000 dollars
bail by Judge Decker.
Det. Volpe Horn SQ PO F.
O'Connor 1230 10/4/86.
to district taxpayers than the
alternative of keeping the
Althouse Wing.
The new setting for the
building toward the rear of
the property enhances vis-ibility
and decreases conerns
with security and vandalism.
With community appro-val
for Tuesday's bond issue,
demolition of the old build-ing
could take place within
two or three months and the
new building would be
available for students and
teachers by September,
1988.
The Board of Education
c a l l s on c o m m u n i ty
members to consider the
plan and cast their votes in a
responsible way on Tues-day,
October 14th, between
6 AM and 9 PM in the gym-nasium
of East Rockaway
High School.
Police Groups Endorse Skelos
State Senator Dean Ske-los
(R/C: Rockville Centre)
has announced that he has
received the endorsement of
every major law enforce-ment
organization located
throughout the State of New
York.
"His past record indicates
he is a man of dedication
and integrity. His excellent
public service record should
be recognized by the electo-rate,"
Phil Caruso, Presi-dent
of the Patrolmen's
Benevolent Association of
New York City, said.
William Pattison, Presi-dent
of the Superior Officers
Association stated, "We are
of the opinion that Senator
Skelos best represents the
goals and needs of law
enforcement personnel in
Nassau County and the
State of New York."
Skelos has sponsored new
laws toughening the penal-ties
against the sale of illegal
drugs. He has sponsored
new laws increasing the
penalties for white-collar
crimes, making the sale,
manufacture or possession
of ballistic knives illegal. In
addition, he has also passed
legislation increasing the
penalties against parole vio-lation
and is a sponsor and
supporter of the bill to rein-stitute
the dealth penalty.
"Senator Skelos has dem-onstrated
leadership in the
area of crime and correc-tions.
He has been a true
friend and ally of Police
Officers throughout the
State of New York and ther-eby
deserves not only the
e n d o r s e m e n t of law
enforcement officers, but
the approval of every citizen
concerned with reversing the
current crime and drug
a b u s e dilemma facing
society," stated Michael J.
Caracciolo, First Vice-
President of the Nassau
County P.B.A.
T h e f o l l o w i n g law
enforcement organizations
have endorsed State Senator
Dean Skelos for re-election
in the 9th S e n a t o r i al
District:
Nassau County P.B.A.
Nassau Police Conference
Superior Officers Assoc.
of Nassau County
Nassau County Detec-tives
Assoc.
New York City P.B.A.
M e t r o p o l i t a n Police
Conference
Police Conference of New
York
Security & Law Enforce-ment
Employees Council
182 AFSCME, AFL-CIO
New York City Transit
Dept. P.B.A.
Bridge & Tunnel Officers
Benev. Assoc.
Court Officers Benevo-lent
Assoc.
STREET CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED. Mayor Wil-liam
P. Geler and Deputy Mayor Norman Dreyer inspect
the work on the reconstruction and beautification of Eldert
Street. The construction was completed last week and the
street has been reopened, the reconstruction will improve
the area around the Library and Post Office.