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VOL. 34 NO. 44 Wednesday, November 11,1987 PER COPY
Lynbrook Village
Board Report
EAST ROCKAWAY CLEAN-UP DAY. Yillage officials and members of the Beautifica-tion
Committee kicked ofTthe '^big sweep" on Clean-Up Day, held on Saturday, November
7, 1987, in the Yillage of East Rockaway. From left to right are Yillage Justice James
Rooney, trustee Charles Formont, Deputy Mayor Anthony Santino, Trustee Arnold
White, Mayor Irving Shaw, Beatrice Rafferty, Yillage Clerk Phyllis Rand, Gail Gary,
Chairman Kathy McNulty, Cathy Rooney and Claire McGurrin. (More photos on page 3).
Skelos Obtains $60,000 For
Area Schools
State Senator Dean G.
Skelos (R: Rockville Cen-tre)
announced today that
he has won approval of an
additional $330,000 in spe-cial
legislative appropria-tions
for area schools.
Senator Skelos explained,
"The 1987-88 New York
State Budget, which was
adopted in April, contained
a lump sum appropriation
targeted for worthy educa-tional
programs. Every
State Legislator was then
given the opportunity to
submit requests for funding
of special educational pro-jects
in their districts. I am
extremely pleased, that by
working with school super-intendents
throughout my
Senate District, that 1 was
able to submit a wide variety
of outstanding programs for
consideration."
After careful considera-tion
of each request, the
Senate Finance Committee
awards this special legisla-tive
funding to the most
deserving programs. Each
year hundreds of such
requests are filed by legisla-tors
across the state.
"Under this program,"
Skelos pointed out, "The
Lynbrook Union Free
School District will receive
$40,000 to continue their
Latin program, while the
East Rockaway School Dis-trict
will receive $20,000 for
needed window replacement
and installation of cable and
closed circuit television
capabilities. In total, nine
separate school districts will
be sharing in the benefits of
this special funding."
Earlier this year, Skelos
took the lead role in nego-tiating
a substantial increase
over the Governor's recom-mended
budget allotment
for State aid to education.
As a result, every school in
the Ninth Senate District
won an increase in State
school for the third consecu-tive
year.
(Continued on Page 4)
by Annette Ling
The Lynbrook Board of
Trustees meeting held in Vil-lage
Hall, Monday, evening,
November 2, 1987 at 8 p.m.
was highlighted by a Public
Hearing on a request from
Tartan Oil, 330 (440) Sun-rise
Highway, for a Special
Exception and by donations
in general.
The Board of Trustees
accepted a donation fo $250
from Adams-Russell Cable-vision
of Lynbrook for Lyn-brook
Week. The Board
also accepted a donation of
$75 from the Lynbrook Elks
Club, No. 1515, in the
amount of $75 for the Hal-loween
Costume Parade.
Deputy Mayor Norman
Dreyer presided and read a
l e t t e r f r om Lynbrook
Chamber" of Commerce
President Florence Bothe
a s k i n g help with the
increased cost (35%) of the
Christmas Lighting Pro-gram
and permission for
Santa Claus to arrive in the
Village by Fire Truck on
November 28, 1987. The
Board approved the amount
of $2,000, and increase of
$500 from 1986. Chamber
Fist Fights and Verbal Blows
"Fist Fights Follow Vot-ing"
was the headline blazed
Kiwanis
The Kiwanis Club of East
Rockaway is proud to
announce their annual
awards dinner will be held
on Saturday November 21
at the Main Street Firehouse
in East Rockaway at 8:00
PM.
The honorees are Mr.
Murray Levine of Food-town,
Man of the Year, and
Murray Eskenazi Citizen of
the Year, There will also be a
presentation to the South
Nassau Communities Hos-pital
with a check to buy a
vision screening machine in
memory of Mr. Mike Piz-zino,
a past Lt. Governer of
this district and a past Fire
Chief.
A n y b o d y wishing to
attend this affair should
contact Denis Motherwayat
599-1890 or Dan Ganley at
593-9079. Donations will be
$25.00 per person.
over the front page of the
Nassau Daily Review, (price
2c) on May 8, 1929. The
smaller caption over the
"East Rockaway" article
added, "Blows and kicks
were swapped following
S l u r s " and "Near Riot
Thrills East Rockaway
meeting."
The event at a school
board election even hit the
"Brooklyn Daily Eagle"
according to bits and pieces
of newsprint from the late
Dr. Harold F. Studwell's
s c r a p b o o k . The a f f a ir
erupted when Robert Baker,
then president of the school
board, made a remark while
reading his notes critisizing
Joseph Gardner, principal
of'Rahme Avenue School.
The newspapers stated that
number of "citizens seated in
the assembly hall of the Cen-tre
Avenue School" rushed
t o w a r d s the p l a t f o rm
demanding that the remarks
be struck from the minutes
of the meeting.
We're not certain what was
"the end of the story," as
today's commentator Paul
Harvey mentions. But in a
later article in the paper it
stated that Mr. Gardner had
become Supervising Princi-pal
of the ft-ooklyn Avenue
School in Valley Stream
after having served for two
years in Rhame Avenue
School.
In quite recent times, the
entire village was in an
uproar about the suggestion
by School Superintendent,
Michael Maiden that both
Rhame and Centre be dem-olished
and new buildings
e r e c t e d . U n f o r t u l a t e l y,
Rhame did comply later
without the need for any
votes, but the irate citizens
did not stoop to fisticuffs,
but many verbal blows
and...Mr. Maiden is now
working in the Hamptons.
Since ye old Historian
landed on these sandy
s h o r e s f r om Brooklyn
(where else?) in 1936, it has
been quite apparent that
although many ^jass us by
traveling to Long Beach,
etc., it seems to stick in peo-ple's
minds that East Rock-away
is a quiet mile-aquare
village.
E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a ry
Annette Ling thanked the
Board on behalf of the
Chamber for their donation
and stated that it was very
much appreciated and that
without it no Christmas
Lighting would have been a
possibility.
Deputy Mayor Dreyer
administered the oath of
office and presented their
badges to two new Lyn-brook
Police Officers, Tony
Zee and William Straub,
both former members of the
New York City Police Dept.
The date of November 16,
1987 was set for a Public
Hearing on Setbacks and
the same date was set for a
Public Hearing on Gas and
Electric Meters.
Acting Police Chief Lau-riano
asked the Board for
authorization to hire 3 full-time
police aides at a salary
of $15,000 each, and to hire
4 part-time aides at l9'/2
hours per week at $5 per
hour. He explained that the
3 full-time aides will free 3
police officers from various
administrative or clerical
duties such as handling dis-patch,
and the 4 parttime
aides will assist with parking
violations and traffic con-trol.
The Board approved
the request.
A Public Hearing was
held for authorization to
spend $3,500 of the Reserve
For Repair Fund. The sum
was approved to be spent on
a new fence around the
g r o u n d s of the DPW
grounds on Crab Avenue as
suggested by the village
insurance carrier.
The Public Hearing on a
request for a Special Excep-tion
for Tartan Oil at 330
(440) Sunrise Highway,
presently an Amoco Gas
Station, was on the agenda
and the attorney represent-ing
the applicant was
Michael Sahn. He reported
that the owner plans to
demolish the present build-ing
and use the property to
sell self-service gasoline
along with various auto
parts for the convenience of
drivers. In a previous Public
Hearing, the owner had app-lied
to build a convenience
store and a booth inside
where the caretaker would
take change etc. The pre-vious
Special Exception
request was denied by the
Board.
The proposed new station
would have a canopy cover-ing
the two gasoline pump
islands. They propose to
landscape and repair the
entire lot with repaving.
There would be lighting
under the canopy. Attorney
Sahn explained that it
would be a substantial
upgrading of the property
and would be a 24 hour
operation with self-service
at the gas pumps. The can-opy
would be 18 ft. in height
and shelter customers in
inclement weather. The
planned building will be 24
ft. by 64 ft. The attorney
answered the questions of
the Trustees and from the
floor about on site parking,
ingress ad egress for trucks
and the proper lighting for
the rear of the building.
(Continued on Page 3}
EAST ROCKAWAY ARTS COUNCIL SPONSORS
FAIR. Hempstead Town Presiding Supervisor Joseph N.
Mondello presents a Town citation to organizers of the 15th
Annual Art and Craft Fair sponsored by the Village of East
Rockaway Cultural Arts Council. Pictured are Emma
Tolmach (left). Council Chairman, and Joan Olmstead (cen-ter),
Coordinator.