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VOL. 33, NO. 9 Wednesday, February 26,1986 30c PER COPY
Trustee Candidates Debate
LENT NOMINATES EAST ROCKAWAY MAN TO
ACADEMY. Congressman Norman F. Lent (R-East
Rockaway) congratulates Vincent Spinnato of East Rocka-way
upon nominating him to the Merchant Marine
Academy at Kings Point. Vincent was one of 39 high school
seniors from across the Fourth Congressional District to be
nominated by Congressman Lent to United States military
academies. Also nominated but not shown is Amy Godesky
of East Rockaway, Air Force Academy.
Deputy Mayor Norman
Dreyer stressed his expe-rience
in Village affairs and
Lynbrook Independent
Party candidate John Gior-dano
repudiated what he
called the "old" Independent
Party at a debate sponsored
by the Lynbrook Demo-cratic
Club, held on Wed-nesday,
February 19 at the
American Legion Hall in
Lynbrook.
Giordano's remark came
in response to questions
regarding the activities of
Independent Party adminis-trations
in the past., Giordano
disavowed any connection
to the "old" Independent
Party and stated that since
he assumed the Presidency
of the Club, "we have swept
out the deadwood." When
asked about his support of
by Annette Ling
The Lynbrook Board of
Trustees held a combined
Board Meeting and Grie-vance
Day at Village Hall, I
Columbus Drive, Lynbrook
from 3 to 7 p.m. on Febru-ary
18, 1986.
The Board read a detailed
report from Village Assessor
Raymond Mathie, and he
reported that there is an
increase of 1.07 million dol-lars
in Veterans Exemptions
in Lynbrook due to the
changes in New York State
Law allowing veterans
greater tax breaks and
exemptions. He remarked
that he had been very
impressed by the splendid
combat records of many
Lynbrook veterans. The
A.T. and T. Telephone Co.
received a tax break from
New York State because
their station was removed
from the tax rolls.
The Board approved the
Minutes of February 3,1986
and they were placed on file.
Mayor Bill Geier read the
Lynbrook Fire Department
report for the month of Jan-uary,
noting that there had
been 61 ambulance and
rescue calls, with the Lyn-brook
Fire Department
spending 6 hours in East
Rockaway assisting in bat-tling
the Rhame Avenue
School blaze.
Recreation Director Dick
Flyn gave the Lynbrook
R e c r c a t i o n D e p a r t m e nt
report for January, men-tioning
Senior Citizens'
activities, such as painting
classes, ceramic classes and
g e n e r a l meetings with
attendance 42, 32, and 364
for their regular meetings.
96 adults are registered in
the Adult Arts and Crafts
and 74 boys and girls in the
Gymnastics program.
Supt. Bruno Arena from
the Building Department
reported 8 alterations, I den,
I garage, 36 certificates of
occupancy, 1 fence and 1
dumpster with an estimated
cost of 154,650 for January
including 8 fire safety
inspections.
Mayor Geier mentioned
that the D.P.W. had col-lected
1627 tons of rubbish
and garbage and made many
special stops to collect
unwanted household dis-cards
from residents.
The Village Justice Court
report for January had fig-ures
of money collected at
$29,556, with $205,089 col-lected
to date 600 Moving
Violations, 1888 Parking
Violations, 8 Village Code
Violations, 96 Warrants
issued, 77 suspensions were
also reported.
LIRR Cleanup
LIRR structures at the
East Rockaway station will
be treated with an anti-graffiti
sealant sometime
after May, according to
Assemblyman Arthur J.
Kremer.
"Graffiti-prone surfaces,
such as waiting rooms,
stairways, station buildings,
rest rooms and passenger
shelters will get a coating of
anti-graffiti sealant," said
Assemblyman Kremer.
"The graffiti can then be
simply washed off.
former Lytibrook Mayor
Glenn Spielman, who
immediately preceded Gior-dano
as President of the
Lynbrook Independent
Party, Mr. Giordano stated
"Mr. Speilman is no longer a
member of our Party."
The debate was moder-ated
by Mr. Leroy Fitzgerald
of the Lynbrook Demo^
cratic Club. In addition,
representatives of the East
R o c k a w a y / L y n b r o o k
Observer, the Long Island
Local News, and Lynbrook
USA posed questions to
each candidate. Mr. Dreyer
and Mr. Giordano gave
brief biographical sketches
of their background and
later fielded questions from
the floor.
Mr. Giordano stated that
many of the accompli-shments
being seen now are
a direct result of his efforts
as Deputy Village Clerk. "I
spearheaded the effort to
obtain lights along Sunrise
Highway," Giordar^o stated,
"as well as the funding for
the Recreation Center." Mr.
Giordano also complained
that the Village Board had
done nothing since the
library referendum defeat of
last year, and stated that the
construction of Phillips
Plaza would be "just like the
Sunrise Cinema" in Valley
Stream.
Mr. Dreyer stressed his
many years as President of
the Lynbrook Little League
and accomplishments 'While
serving as Trustee and Dep-uty
Mayor of Lynbrook. He
stated that "I am a member
of Bill Geier's team —, and
proud of it," and stated that
since Mayor Geier assumed
office, taxes have finally
stabilized to a point where
the yearly increase has beeft
kept to 1%; 175 trees have
been planted to beautify the
Village, and the Police
Department has been com-puterized
and updated. He
criticized Mr. Giordano for
misleading "Innuendos and
insinuations." He stated that
Mr. Giordano's campaign
signs, which state "Return"
Giordano to Village Hall,
convey the impression that
Mr. Giordano either is or at
one time was elected to
office, which is not the case.
He also criticized Mr. Gior-dano's
statement that they
Lynbrook Police patrolman-to-resident
individual is the
second lowest in Nassau
County. "If he checked his
figures, he would find that in
the eight communities sur-rounding
Lynbrook, we
rank second in this ratio,"
Dreyer concluded.
Mr. Giordano criticized
the Board for allowing Phil-
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The Animal Control
report had 9 complaints
received, 3 noisy dogs, 1 lost
dog, and 1 warning letter
sent to a dog owner. There is
a definite increase in the rac-coon
population this year
with these animals reported
in different sections of the
village.
Police Chief Frank Kehr's
January report mentioned
1033 radio calls responded
to by the Lynbrook police,
1888 parking tags issued,
551 moving violations for
traffic, 7 burglaries and 763
delinquent notices sent out,
with 67 convictions. The
police reported that there
were 228 street lights out in
Lynbrook. The Lynbrook
Police were complimented
by Trustee Norman Dreyer
and other members of the
Board and Mayor Geier for
their special efficient patrol
of the parking lots which has
led to a marked decrease in
the number of stolen vehi-
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Rev. Arnold To Retire
' i t takes about two days
for work to be completed,"
said Kremer. "LIRR offi-cials
assure me the work will
be done during non-rush
hours to avoid disruption to
the passengers."
The application of the
anti-graffiti sealant is part of
the LIRR's regular mainte-nance
program which
i n c l u d e s periodic high
power washings of stations
and painting every four
years.
The Reverend Robert H.
Arnold, Pastor of St. John's
Lutheran Church, Lyn-brook,
N.Y. since 1977 and a
17-year veteran Police Cha-plain
with the N.Y.C. Police
D e p a r t m e n t , r e c e n t ly
informed the members of his
parish and the Police
Department that he would
tender his resignation effec-tive
June 30, 1986 with his
final worship service the last
Sunday in May. He cited
several reasons for retiring,
among which were that he
had had three heart attacks,
w i t h s t o o d " o p e n - h e a rt
surgery, and that he is mov-ing
towards 40 years in the
ministry, is on the verge of
becoming a "seasoned" citizen
and that it's time to make
way for a younger man.
In the course of his minis-try,
Pastor Arnold organ-ized
several congregations in
Glen Rock, N.J., Waco,
Texas, Richmond Hill, N.Y.
and Lynbrook.
Pastor and Mrs. Arnold
grew up in Lynbrook,
attended Lynbrook schools
and St.John's Church and
was called in 1977 to serve as
the Pastor. During his years
in the ministry, he served the
Greater Church as Vice-
President of the former
Long Island Conference, as
President of the former
Queens District, as Presi-dent
of the Lutheran Pastors
of Queens, as a member of
the Executive Board of the
New York/New England
Synod, as a member of the
Executive Board of the New
York Synod and a member
of the Executive Board of
the Metropolitan New York
Synod. He represented the
Synod at the National Con-ventions
in Dayton, Ohio,
Atlantic City, N.J., Detroit
Michigan and Kansas City,
Kansas. He also served as a
member of, and President,
of the Ottilie Home for
Children. Pastor Arnold
continues to serve, at the
present time, as a Chaplain
for the Lynbrook Police and
Fire Departments, the Nas-sau
County Shields Associa-tion
& the Nassau County
Municipal Police Chiefs
Association. He and Mrs.
Arnold plan to retire to 23
Rebadam Lane, Southamp-ton
where they have owned a
home for 28 years.
HONORING MILDRED ROEMER. Phil Christ, repres-enting
Hempstead Town Presiding Supervisor Tom
Gulotta, presents a Citation to Mildred Roemer at a party
held in her honor by the Eut Rockaway Action Party on
February 15 at the East Rockaway Yacht Club. Mrs. Roe-mer
was cited for her many years of service to the East
Rockaway community.