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VOL. 35 NO. 43 Wednesday, November 2,1988 35c PER COPY
GLILOTTA ATTENDS Grand Opening, Nassau County
celebration for "Different Strokes for Little Polks" clothing
store for toddlers^ which is located at 141 Main Street in East
Rockaway. Also present were, from left to right: Lynbrook
Village Trustee Steve Grogan, who is holding his son, Brian;
Nassau County Executive Thomas Gulotta, Karen Spallen,
Proprietor; East Rockaway Deputy Mayor Anthony
Santino.
Lent Receives Endorsements
Congressman Norman F.
Lent (Republic/Conserva-tive
-- 4th CD) has received
the enthusiastic endorse-ment
of every major police
and t ire organization to take
sides in the campaign for the
F o u r t h C o n g r e s s i o ns
District.
"1 am gratified by the wide
range of support that my
r e e l e c t i o n e f f o r t has
received," stated Congress-man
Lent, who has repies-ented
his South Shore dis-trict
for the past 18 years.
" T h e s e o r g a n i z a t i o n s
represent the men and
women that I serve in
Washington, and 1 am
proud to enjoy their confi-dence
and support."
Citing his strong stand on
law and order, every major
Police and Fire Organiza-tion
making a choice urged
their members to cast their
ballots for Congressman
Lent on Election Day,
November 8th. These organ-izations
include:
• T h e Nassau County
Patrolmen's Benevolent
Association
• The Suffolk County
Police Conference
• The Patrolmen's Benev
olent Association of the
New York City Iransit
Police Department
• The Detective's Associ-ation
of Nassau County
• The Nassau Police.
Conference
• The Court Officer's
Benevolent Association of
Nassau County
• The M e t r o p o l i t an
Police Conference of New
York State
• rhe Sergeant's Benevo-lent
Association of the New
York City Police Department
•The Retired New York
City Fire Fighters of Nassau
County
• The Superior Officer's
Association of the Nassau
County Police Department
"1 am especially proud to
have the support of those
men and women who have
spent their lives protecting
our f a m i l i e s and our
homes," Lent continued.
"Throughout my 18 years in
the House, 1 have tried to
make their task easier by
passing legislation that
imposes strict penalties on
repeat offenders, so that the
revolving door of justice gets
slammed shut on criminal."
In mid-October, Con-gressman
Lent voted in
favor of a comprehensive
drug bill that among other
provisions employs the
death penahy for drug king-pins
who commit a murder
in the course of a drug-related
offense, in addition,
the new bill calls for penal-ties
against recreational
drug users, such as the loss
of driver's licenses and
g o v e r n m e n t s u b s i d i z ed
loans.
"Our police and fire offic-ers
are owed a debt of grati-tude
for the work that they
have done for us," Con-gressman
Lent concluded.
"You may be sure that 1 will
c o n t i n u e to work in
Washington for tougher
laws and stiffer penalties so
that crimes may be pre-vented
before they are
committed."
Clean Up Day In East Rockaway
The Beautification Com-mittee
of East Rockaway is
proud and excited to
announce that the Second
Annual Clean-Up Day will
be held in our very own Vil-lage
on Saturday, November
12, 1988 beginning at 10:00
a.m. (Rain date November
19, 1988)
I he goal of the day is to
add a feeling of pride and
admiration to our great Vil-lage
by enhancing its looks
through a general clean up.
Various youth groups will
be involved in community
service to clean up litter and
to eliminate weeds on side-walks
and curbs. They will
meet in the parking lot
behind the Sunoco gas sta-tion
on Main Street at 10:00
a.m. The targeted areas will
be Main Street and Atlantic
Avenue.
Certificates will be pres-ented
to merchants who
have contributed to the
beautification of the Village
by maintaining and beauti-fying
their own premises.
Awards will be given to
home owners who are
caught in the act of main-taining
or improving their
property.
We hope you will joing us
Lynbrook/East Rockaway
Superintendent's
Conference Day
Mr. Charles Spector,
Board President, and Lyn-brook
Sueprintendent Dr.
Bern S e i d e r m a n have
announced that the Lyn-brook
Public Schools will
once again be hosting the
Annual Superintendents'
Conference on Election
Day, November 8, 1988. As
was the case last year, staff
members from Lynbrook
will be joined by their col-leagues
from the East Rock-away
Public Schools and
S u p e r i n t e n d e n t Robert
Parry for part of the day.
The theme of this year's
conference will be "The
Teacher as Catalyst." The
highlight of t h e program
will be a presentation called
"I am a T^cKfer;}-Ian origin,
nal play b y l ^ y i B '.Marquis
featuring R.;®ruee Elliott.
Following;th|:: performance,
there will bc a^.series of
workshops for staff memeb-ers
dealing with subjects
such as Adolescent Depres-sion,
Whole Language
Learning, and Involving
Parents in the Homework
Process. Lynbrook Superin-tendent
Bern Seidermail, in
commenting on the day.
said, "In education, outside
of the student, the teacher is
of primary importance. 1
forget what comes next." As
suggested by the title, the
thrust of the conference will
focus on the role of the
teacher as a change agent in
contemporary education.
Tax Rate Increase Slashed
Residents in the Lyn-brook
School District were
treated to some good news
when Superintendent Bern
Seiderman make it known
that the additional tax
increase was only $2.05
instead of the estimated
$3.05. Delighted by the
decrease. Dr. Seiderman
cites creative management
by Assistant Supierintendent
for Business William Met-kiff,
prudence by the Admin-istration
and Board of Edu-cation,
and approved
assessments by state
legislators.
Lynbrook, which some
years ago had the sixth high-est
tax rate in the county,
and last year was eighth, is
currently 15th in the
stwdings.
on this great day by per-forming
one extra mainte-nance
task ~ perhaps an
extra sweep of your side-walk
or pulling out
unwanted weeds from in
front of your store, or a
change of a window display,
etc.
A tidy Village is to eve-ryone's
advantage. Let's all
work together to make East
Rockaway an even better
place in which to live, work
and shop.
If you have any ideas or
suggestions, please contact
Kathy McNulty (593-3108).
f h a n k you for your
cooperation.
EAST ROCKAWAY REPUBLICANS BACK LENT.
East Rockaway's own Congressman Norman F.
Lent (left) receives the enthusiastic endorse-ment
of East Rockaway Republican Executive
Leader Phil Christ (right) and Club President Ed
Schenk at a recent Club meeting. Lent, who is
seeking his 10th term in Congress, has rep-resented
East Rockaway in Albany and Wash-ington
for the past 26 years.