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VOL. 34 NO. 22 Wednesday, May 27,1987 30^ PER COPY
Village Board Reports
Lynbrook East Rockaway
ON PARADE. East Rockaway Deputy Mayor Anthony
Santino, Mayor Irving Shaw, and Trustees George Ferry,
Charles Formont and Arnold White lead the annual Mem-orial
Day Parade down Main Street on Monday, May 25,
1987. More pictures on pages 6 and 7.
by Annette Ling
A crowded Public Hear-ing
on the proposal to
rezone property at 6 Scran-ton
Avenue, Lynbrook and
a 75th Anniversary Surplus
Donation highlighted the
Lynbrook Board of Trustees
Meeting at Village Hall on
Monday May 18th.
The property at 6 Scran-ton
Avenue, is currently
zoned commercial and the
present owners of the plot
measuring 97 ft. by 57 ft.
Lent Names Art Competition Site
Congressman Norman F.
L e n t ( R - 4 T H C D .)
a n n o u n c e d t o d a y in
Washington that the East
Rockaway Public Library
will be the exhibition site of
the Fourth Congressional
District Art Competition.
"I am pleased that Mrs.
Ellen Rockmuller, Director
of the East Rockaway Pub-lic
Library, has once again
agreed to make this facility
available for the art compe-tition,"
Lent said. "I look
forward to viewing this fine
collection of artwork gener-ated
by the talented high
school students in the
F o u r t h C o n g r e s s i o n al
District."
Three noted patrons of
,, the arts will be judging all
entries: Marcia O'Brien,
Executive Director of the
Nassau County Department
of Cultural Development;
Barbara Campisi, 1986
finalist in the 31st Annual
Long Island Artists Exhibi-tion;
and Robert Pachas, a
private art collector and
member of the Freeport
Arts Council. "I am fortu-nate
that such talented and
noted leaders of the com-munity
have agreed to serve
as judges for this competi-tion,"
Lent concluded.
The winning entry will be
brought to Washington,
DC, and hung in the United
States Capitol building
along with the other Con-gressional
District winners.
The public is invited to view
the Fourth Congressional
District's art exhibition until
May 30th at the East Rock-away
Public Library located
at 477 Atlantic Avenue, East
Rockaway.
Benefit Softball Game
Each year as part of the
annual Lynbrook Week
Celebration, a benefit soft-ball
game is held between
the Mayor's All-Stars and
the Jim Jensen CBS-TV All-
Stars. The game is played to
help raise money for a per-son
in need in the Village.
The Lynbrook Week '87
Committee has chosen
Susan Mueller, a Lynbrook
volunteer firefighter, as this
years recepient of this
benefit softball game which
will be held on Friday even-ing,
June 26, at Greis Vete-rans
Memorial Field.
Susan Mueller, age 32,
has recently gone blind in
both her eyes. One eye was
lost from complications dur-
LYNBROOK FIREFIGHTER Susan Mueller chosen as
the 1987 Benefit Softball Game Recepient during Lynbrook
Week is joined by Co-Chairman Trustees Stephen T. Gro-gan
and Norman L. Dreyer.
ing surgery while the other
was lost due to diabetes. She
presently owes over $24,000
in medical expenses. Future
operations will cost $6000
each time. Susan is now
attending the Helen Keller
Institute in Hempstead.
Susan has been a member
of Tally-Ho Engine 3 of the
Lynbrook Fire Department
for two years. Over these
past two years she has given
her time, energy, and dedi-cation
in helping to protect
the lives and property of the
residents and property
owners of our village. Now
is the time for our residents
and property owners to
HELP SUE in her time of
need.
Join us on June 26th in
helping Susan. Contribu-tions
will be collected at the
game or you can send your
donation to the SUSAN
MUELLER FUND, c/o
Lynbrook Week Commit-tee,
Village Hall, One
Columbus Drive, Lyn-brook,
NY 11563.
plan to erect an office build-ing
on the site. At present,
there is a two family house
there.
During the formal Public
Hearing, Attorney Charles
Theofan represented the
owners and he explained
that the owners BAS Devel-opment
Corp. had first
submitted plans to the Lyn-brook
Building Dept. for a 3
story office building with
one level for parking. The
plans then went to the
Architectural Board of
Review who judge the over-all
aesthetics of new build-ings.
The Review Board
asked for further specfica-tions
on the proposed light-ing
and landscaping. The
BAS Construction went
back to the Review Board
within 14 days and were
informed that the village
had just changed their off-street
parking requirements.
Later, at the Review Board
Meeting of April 15th, the
building plans were rejected.
The village u l t i m a t e ly
rejected the plan because of
many conditions at the site,
such as hazardous traffic
conditions • on • Scranton &
Horton Avenues and stated
that the proposed office
building is too large for the
small plot of land.
The Village Hall was
packed with Valley Stream
and Lynbrook residents
who objected to the proposed
office building at the last
Board Meeting, indicating
the deep concern of area res-idents.
At this meeting a let-ter
opposing the building
was read by Valley Stream
Trustee Jack Sharkey on
behalf of Mayor John
DeGrace. Valley • Stream
Supt. of Schools Richard
Bonen and School District
24 representatives spoke at
length about the safety of
school children forced to use
(Contijnued on Page 10)
Wanted:
by Emma Tolmach
A regular meeting of the
Mayor and Board of Trustee
of the Incorporated Village
of East Rockaway was held
on May 11, 1987 at 8:30PM
at the Village Hall, 376
A t l a n t i c Avenue, East
Rockaway. Mayor Irving F.
Shaw, Deputy Mayor
Anthony J. Santino, Trus-tees
George L. Perry,
Arnold E. White and Cha-rles
H. Formont as well as
Village Attorney John Pit-toni
were in attendance.
Deputy Mayor Santino
led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Patrolman Grahan of the
N a s s a u C o u n t y Police
Department introduced the
4th Precinct Supervisor and
Liaison to the Village, Ser-geant
McGuire. Sergeant
M c G u i r e r e p o r t ed
on the activities of the 4th
Precinct for the month of
April, 1987, as submitted by
Deputy Inspector Andrew
McKenny as follows: 9
arrests; 91 moving viola-tions
and 255 parking viola-tions
issued; 23 accidents
with 15 injured and 5 major
crimes - 2 residential bur-glaries,
1 Fire House bur-glary
and 2 burglaries at St.
Raymond's. Deputy Mayor
Santino inquired about the
report of A.B.C. referrals.
Sergeant McGuire indicated
that the laws are in fact
being enforced and that he
would check on that matter
and assure the Board that
that information would be
in the following months's
report of activities. Mayor
Shaw indicated that the
Board has met with Deputy
Inspector Faust regarding
the several problems the Vil-lage
faces with regard to
speeding and other traffic
infractions. Mayor Shaw
expressed the good wishes of
t h e B o a r d to newly
appointed Inspector Faust.
Man and Woman of the Year
Each year during the
annual Lynbrook Week
Celebration, the Village of
Lynbrook names a "Man
and Woman of the Year" in
recognition of that person's
dedication and commitment
to our community. The
Lynbrook '87 Committee is
seeking input from the
Community for this year's
nominees.
Nominations for a man
and/or woman should be in
letter form and must be
received by June 15, 1987.
Mail your nominations to
the Lynbrook Week '87
Committee, Village Hall,
One Columbus Drive, Lyn-brook,
N.Y. 11563
It was moved by Deputy
M a y o r S a n t i n o , and
seconded by Trustee White,
that minutes of April 6,
April 13, April 30, May 5
and May 6,1987 meetings be
approved as written and that
they be placed on file in the
office of the Village Clerk.
The motion was carried, all
voting "Aye"
Trustee Perry reported
that Bill Overs, retired Vil-lage
Clerk of East Rocka-way,
had recently been ill,
but that he was recuperating
nicely.
Deputy Mayor Santino
reported on the recent pass-ing
of- Ex Chief Michael Piz-zino
and <^u.aded condo-lences
to the Pizzino family
on behalf of the Board of
Trustees.
Village Attorney Pittoni
reported that in addition to
the normal operation of his
office, "tax certiorari set-tlements"
are being sche-duled
or set down for trial in
September 1987. Mr. Pit-toni
also reported that the
case involving Mr. Stone
has been discontinued.
Mayor Shaw extended his
appreciation to the Village
Attorney for the many dol-lars
he has saved the Village
because of these proceedings.
Chief Gipson of the East
Rockaway Fire Department
reported on the activities of
the East Rockaway Fire
Department for the period
of March 22 to April 19,
1 9 8 7 as s u b m i t t ed
by Chief Shelton as follows:
48 rescue calls, 13 general
alarms, 3 still alarms, 2
c h i e f s investigations, 2
mutual-aide fires, 5 training
sessions. Chief Gipsoh also
reported that the specifica-tions
for the new rescue
truck are almost ready and
that the committee would
appreciate setting up a date
to review same with the
Board of Trustees.
Lt. Gewanter of the Aux-iliary
Police reported on the
activities of the Auxiliary
Police, Unit 111 for the
month of April 1987, as fol-lows:
239.30 man-hours (10
man-hours expended for St.
Raymond's Church cross-ing,
3 man-hours expended
for Court Duty and 38.30
man-hours expended for
Oceanside 5K run); attended
2 rescues; and traveled 358
miles.