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VOL. 33 NO. 49 Wednesday, December 3,1986 30^ PER COPY
Veteran Fireman Honored By Board
by Annette Ling
Two noteworthy items on
the agenda of the Lynbrook
Board of Trustees Meeting
held at Village Hall on
Tuesday, November 17,
1986 at 8 p.m. were the
honor paid to veteran fire-man
Fred J. Eisman and the
plans for expansion of the
Lynbrook Library.
Departmental reports
were read and approved
from the Fire Department,
Library, Recreation, Build-ing
Department, DPW,
Sidewalk Inspector, Village
Justice, Animal Control
Officer, and the Police
Department Police Chief
Frank Kehr noted that bur-glaries
had been occuring in
different sections of the Vil-lage
in homes unoccupied
during the day with families
at work and urged resident
home owwrs to-repc^ to
the police immediately if
they noticed unfamiliar or
strange people in front or
the rear yards of property,
and to also try to take the
license plate number of sus-piciously
parked cars. This
neighborly assistance would
greatly aid the local police
according the Chief Kehr.
The Mayor presented
veteran Fire Department
officer Fred J. Eisman with
a splendid record of 50 years
of service a Citation and
appointment as Honorary
Lynbrook Fire Commis-sioner
in the Village of Lyn-brook.
Members of the
Rescue, Hook, Ladder, and
Bucket Company were pres-ent
at the Board Meeting to
join in the village's recogni-tion
of Mr. Eisman. He
joined the department in
1936, aserving in the Rescue
Squad, Captain of his Fire
House, and as Chief and has
been a resident of Lynbrook
for the past 60 years.
The Board accepted a
donation of $75 from the
Lynbrook KiwanisClub for
the Halloween Parade and
festivities.
The Mayor and Board
granted the request of the
Lynbrook Chamber of
Commerce to bring in Santa
Claus via fire engine at the
Earle Avenue Parking Lot
at 10 a.m. on Saturday,
N o v e m b e r 29th. The
Chamber requested $1500
from the village to help
defray expenses for the Hol-iday
Lighting Program. The
arrival of Santa, the Theatre
Party and the Holiday
Lighting Program have been
sponsored by the Lynbrook
Chamber of Commerce for
over 25 years. Each mer-chant
in the Atlantic Avenue
area as well as Stauderman
Avenue and Merrick Road
is assessed an appropriate
amount to help with the
costs of the annual program.
The Board approved the
plans of Bentel and Bentel as
reported by Dr. Richard
Bentel for the expansion of
the Lynbrook Library. Dr.
Bentel outlined a two phase
plan which would include
preliminary sketches and
alternate studies of the
library facilities in the rear in
the direction of the munici-pal
parking field. In the
second phase, Bentel and
Bentel would include an all
white model of the proposed
library with the extension
included with plans for the
selected option. Members of
the Lynbrook Liljrary
Board,.. and the^, Library .
Advisory Committee have
worked very diligently on
plans for the library expan-sion.
The final determina-tion
should improve the
structural and weather con-trol
problems of the building
as well as greatly expand the
selection of available books
to the public.
The Board approved the
transfer of funds in the
amount of $150,000 to pay
t h e v i l l a g e ' s s p e c i al
"umbrella coverage" insu-rance
after Peter McSherry
explained the rising costs of
municipal insurance as well
as the difficulty in even get-ting
coverage.
The Board after a Public
Hearing changed the Local
Law regarding parking
which formerly prohibted
parking on streets between
the hours of 4 a.m. to 6 a.m.
It is now amended to pro-hibit
parking on all village
streets between 3 a.m. to 5
a.m.
The Special Exception
request of Dr. Harbajhan
Singh at 127 Hempstead
Avenue to maintain his
office at that address and
asking to be relieved of the
Local Law requirement that
a doctor must live in the
house where he practices
medicine was next. The
Board approved, but only
with the covenants and res-trictions
that only his in-laws
live in the house. The
request of Knickerbocker
Dry Cleaning Company to
open a dry cleaning store in
Philips Plaza and do the
cleaning on the premises was
denied. The Special Excep-tion
Request of the Ethan
A l l e n owned furniture
showroom called George-town
Manor to build a new
store at 881 Sunrise High-way
was approved with
changes in the plans such as
the drive-in and loading
zone and dumpster are to be
located on the west side of
the building, 5 ft of greenery
is to be planted on the Rog-ers
Avenue side and ingress
and egress to the site will
both be on Sunrise High-way,
thus not disturbing
area residents to the rear of
the property.
Bids were received and
opened on a new sanitation
truck and a surplus Fire
Department 1985 model and
bids were turned over to the
DPW for further study.
The Board approved the
establishment of a new
Deferred Compensation
Committee They will exam-in
«ivaiious plans under state
law which would allow vil-lage
employees to set aside
part of their income to
remain untaxed until their
retirement, whereupon the
income would become taxa-ble
by the government at no
cost to the village. The
C o m m i t t e e members
include: Duputy Mayor
Norman Dreyer, Village
Treasurer Michael Foley,
Deputy Tneasurer, Carol
Hansen, Research Assistant
Len Llewellyn, and Charles
Speacht, an official of Lib-erty
Mutual Insurance
C o m p a n y and Vice-
President of the Lynbrook
Chamber of Commerce.
Under Good and welfare,
a resident complained about
a fire horn which is located
in the western side of the vil-lage
and submitted a peti-tion
against it signed by
many residents in a four
block area. Mayor Geier
explained that the fire horn
was necessary for the time
being to alert many firemen
in that area about potential
fires. He estimated that in
about sixty days, the new
"papers" or beepers for the
various fire fighters of Lyn-brook
would be ready to be
tested in the field and that
meanwhile the horn had to
stay in place because of
necessity civil defense. Fire
Chief Gleason asked resi-dents
not to park their cars
on top of piles of leaves on
tfre sides of streets because
of the danger of their cars
catching fire with the newer
types of engines.
Another resident expres-sed
concern about the dete-rioration
of the Westwood
Railroad Station of the
Long Island Railroad which
is in Lynbrook near the
border of Malverne citing
the lack of the station sign,
dog droppings, trash, arid
garbage as well as vandal-ism.
The area will be cleaned
up and the Animal Warden
asked to monitor the area.
Menu
High School
Wednesday, December 3 Ham and cheese on a roll, let-tuce,
french fries, fruit and milk, vegetable soup.
Thursday, December 4 Meatballs on a roll, corn niblets,
fruit and milk, tomato soup.
Friday, December 5 Pizza, tossed salad or corn, fruit and
milk, clam chowder.
Monday, December 8 Hot dog on a bun, baked beans,
sauerkraut, fruit and milk, onion soup.
Tuesday, Dec. 9 Spaghetti with meat sauce, tossed salad,
bread and butter, fruit and milk, chicken noodle soup.
Wednesday, December 10 Oven-fried chicken, sweet
potatoes, peas, bread and butter, fruit and milk, tomato
soup.
Thursday, December 11 Cheeseburger on a bun, steamed
onions, whipped potatoes, fruit and milk, pea soup.
Friday, December 12 Pizza, tossed salad or corn, fruit and
milk, clam chowder.
Elementary Schools
Wednesday, Deceiriber 3 Oven-fried chicken drumsticks,
potato salad, fruit and milk.
Thursday, December 4 Hamburger on a bun, peanuts and
raisins, fruit and milk.
Friday, December 5 Tuna sandwich, clam chowder, fruit
and milic.
Monday, December 8 Hot dog on a bun, sauerkraut, fruit
and milk.
Tuesday, December 9 Steakums on a bun, carrot and
celery sticks, fruit and milk.
Wednesday, December 10 American cheese sandwich, ice
juicees, fruit and milk.
DANCING PLANS. The Lynbrook Independent Party
Holiday Dance Committee is shown here making plans for
the annual Holiday Dance which is to be held on Friday,
December 12, at 8 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, 134
Union Avenue, Lynbrook. Tickets are $15 per person and all
members of the community are invited to attend. If inter-ested,
contact either Kathy Bien at 599-0288 or Linda Bien at
593'4i33, Pictured above are: Seated (left to right) Virginia
Scarpato, Kathy Bien, Linda Bien, standing (left to right)
Independent Party President Eugene Scarpato, Executive
Chairman William Smith.
i'he p r o u d grandparents
Dr. & Mrs. Artjhur Gage
of Ooeanside New York,
a r e plea«ied to announce the
arrival of their first grandchild
BRANDON NATHANIEL GAGE
Born to Robin and Peter Gage
of Wilton Conn*
NOVEMBER 2Sth, 1986
at the Norwalk Hospital,
INorwalk Conn.
BRANDON weighed in at
6 lbs. 7 oz. a n d was long
Also welcoming Brandon is
Uncle Jeff Gage, Great-Great
Grandfather Louis Zahn of Hal-lendale,
Florida and Great
Grandmother Jane Meirowitz of
Fort Lauderdale.