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VOL. 35 NO. 34 Wednesday, August 31,1988 35c PER COPY
Recycling A Success In Lynbrook
"Phase I of Lynbrook's
comprehensive recycling
program has been well-received
by the residents and
is a resounding success,"
according to Mayor William
P. Geier.
The program, instituted
on August 18, 1988,
requires that residents
separate newspaper from
other refuse for collection.
Each resident receives one
newspaper collection oach
week, depending upon his
regularly scheduled pick-up
date.
"I am extremely pleased
by the cooperation of the
residents of Lynbrook in
u n d e r t a k i n g this step
toward a cleaner environ-ment,
"Mayor Geier stated.
"There is a general willing-
South Nassau Hospital Celebrates
GULOTTA PROCLAIMS ELKS DAY: Nassau County
Executive Thomas S. Gulotta (left), proclaimed "Elks
Recognition Day'' in the County of Nassau, in recognition
of the outstanding services which the Elks organizations of
Nassau County have provided to their communities, the
proclamation was presented at a ceremony which was
recently held at the Lakeside Theatre in Eisenhowei Park.
The Benevolent People's Order of Elks have been serving
their communities for 119 years through their volunteer
services. They have served their fellowmen in many areas,
like scholarship funds, youth programs, veteran's projects,
etc. Accepting the Proclamation was Roy A. Solace, a resi-dent
of Lynbrook, who is the Exalted Ruler of the Lynbrook
Lodge #1515, B.P.O.E.
A week-long scries of
informative nutritional pro-grams
- Free and open to the
public - is being offered by
South Nassau Communities
Hospital a part of the hospi-tal's
celebration of twenty
years with the Marriott
Corporation Food Sercice.
The festivities kick off
September 6 with a Nutri-tion
Fair. Run by Marriott
Food Experts, the Fair con-sists
of eight populardietary
themes including choles-terol,
calcium, vitamins and
cancer prevention. Food
samples and educational
literature will be available to
Barbara Kremer Fund Aids Children
all who attend. The two ses-sions,
beginning at 3:00 p'm.
and 5:00 p.m., will be held in
South Nassau's Conference
Room No. 2.
On September 8. there
will be a day-long, varied
scries of presentations of
nutritional programs. The
seven, fifty-minute pro-grams
include such topics as
"Tips for Successful Weight
Loss," "Good Garnishing
Techniques," "Oriental Cui-sine''"''
and "Basics of Nutri-tion."
Reservations for indi-vidual
programs, which will
also be held in Conference
Room No. 2 beginning at
10:00 a.m.,,can be made.
Those who wish to attend
one or more of these free
programs can call the 429-
bed teaching hospital in
Oceanside at 763-3919.
September 7 is the busiest
day as far as other activities
go. The Chef from the Mar-riott
Chardonnay Restau-rant
in Uniondale, John
Montgomery, will serve as
"Guest Chef and will pre-pare
the lunch-time meal for
South Nassau patients as
well as for employees. The
varied menu will consist of
highlights from the Char-donnay's
fare. Ballroom
dancers will also be enter-t
a i n i n g the noon-time
crowd.
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ness to help one anpthei; so
that we might ail share in a
healthier, safter Lynbrook."
Recyclable newspapers
include the daily, weekly
and Sunday newspapers, as
well as the color section.
They do not include maga-zines,
telephone books, cata-logues,
brochures and flyers.
The Mayor urges that the
bundles be properly bound
with string or rope, and asks
that residents not use plastic
bags as a protective cover-ing.
Lastly, Mayor Geier
asks that all residents put
their newspapers out the
evening before pick-up in a
visible place for easy
collection.
"By working together, we
can benefit every resident of
the Village," Mayor Geier
concluded. "1 thank all resi-dents
for their continued
cooperation, and would like
to remind them that should
any questions arise, please
call the Department of Pub-lic
Works at (516) 599-8838
between the hours of 8 a.m.
and 4 p.m. Monday through
Friday."
Do/cns of Nassau County
school children are now
published artists, thanks to a
first-time effort by Nassau
County PTA groups which
was underwritten by the
Barbara Kremer Memorial
Fund.
"Reflections '87" is a col-lection
of drawings, photos,
essays, poetry and music
created by children in grades
kindergarten through high
s c h o o 1 ' f r o m s c h o o ls
throughout Nassau. Each
entry develops the theme
"Wonders of the World" as
rcllected in nature, love of
others and everyday events.
Each school in Nassau
County submitted three
works in each artistic cate-g
o r y . T h r e e p r o j e c ts
honored locally ~ by Jane
Elias of Long Beach, Ben
Eirenreich of Syosset and
Daniel Gieene of Westbury
— went on to win national
honors. Other school dis-tricts
represented in the pub-lication
include Oceanside,
Hempstead, Levittown and
Nassau Boces.
Local PTAs have held the
competitions for a number
of years, but this is the first
time that works have been
published, according to
Nancy Thaler, co-chair of
the PTAs Arts in Education
Committee.
"Before this year, we were
never able to compile win-ning
entries in a form that
allowed people to see the
work of many children at
once," Mrs. Thaler, a Long
Beach resident, said. The
booklet is being distributed
to each participating child,
all local PTA presidents and
school superintendents, and
other community leaders.
Printing of "Rellections
'87" was paid for by the Bar-bara
Kremer Memorial
Fund, Assemblyman Arthur
J. Kremer, a trustee of the
fund, and the Kremer family
explained the fund's invol-vement
in a message
included in the book: "The
Barbara Kremer Memorial
Fund was created as a per-sonal
tribute to a woman
whose special love was
children. During her years
of working in an elementary
school, she had an oppor-tunity
to share her talents
with thousands of young
people looking for a friendly
smile and a word of encour-agement.
This project has
been sponsored by the
Memorial Fund as a way of
continuing the loving deeds
of Barbara Kremer."
The memorial fund was
established in 1986 to help
perpetute Barbara Kremer's
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All The Wodd Loves A Clown
Geier To Be Honored
ByVOA
Lynbrook Mayor ' Wil-liam
P. Geier will be
honored by the Village Offi-cials
Association at a dinner
to be held on Tuesday,
October 4, 1988, at Leo-nard's
of Great Neck.
Geier, who served as the
Association's President for
1987-1988, stated "It was an
honor and a pleasure to
serve the Village Officials
Association of Nassau
County. 1 believe that much
was achieved for the resi-dents
of all incorporated vil-lages
in Nassau County and
that still more will be
accomplished in the years
ahead."
Anyone interested in
attending the dinner honor-ing
Mayor Geier should
contact Village Clerk Shir-ley
Moskowitz at (516) 599-
8300 for reservations.
"1 would like to sincerely
thank each and every VOA
member for this special
evening," Mayor Geier con-cluded.
"1 look forward to
working with them closely in
the months and years to
come.
by James Groark
Why woHld a retired bus-inessman
spend the better
part of a day painting his
face, gathering all kinds of
props, like brightly coloied
handkerchiefs, dollar bills
that don't burn ( or do
they?), and step into an
oversize black tuxedo-type
suit with a black top hat on a
hot day in, the summer?
Because he cares! Because
he knows the true meaning
of the word love.
On Wednesday afternoon
in August, this mitin per-formed
in front of a large
room lull of older people
who live in the East Rocka-way
Nursing Home. To the
average person, one might
say that his whole routine is
corny, even childish. But to
these people he was a ray of
sunshine in the middle of
their humdrum day. It takes
a big man to get up there
with those thread worn card
tricks, disappearing dollar
bills, and others, and try to
bring a smile or a sense of
wonder to an old man or
lady. The man who does this
routine when he sees the
need or is requested to do so
is Larry Stevens. Larry has
been a member of the East
Rockaway Lions Club a
year, but has demonstrated
to his fellow Lion's and
those around him what the
clubs slogan "WE SERVE"
really means.
Larry and his wife have
left the community and have
moved to a retirement vil-lage
in Connecticut to spend
the restbf their lives together.
We will miss him and I'm
sure the folks in Southbury
will be reminded after one of
his performances that ALL
THE WORLD LOVES A
CLOWN.