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VOL. 36 NO. 20 Wednesday, June 7, 1 9^
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Lynbrook Week '89
June 19th - 25th
The Lynbrook Week '89 Committee, chaired by Deputy novels are yours to keep.
Mayor/Trustee Norman L Dreyer and Trustee Witlic^m P.M. - AWARDS NIGHT - VILLAGE HALL
Hendrick and Honorary Chairman Stephen T. Gro^n, ^^Lynbrook's Man and Woman of the Year will be named,
has finalized plans for the Village of Lynbrook's^Unuqkp Beautification awards will also be given to homeowners
week long community celebration that will be thi$ and commercial establishments. The Chamber of Com-
GULOTTA GREETS VETERANS. Nassau County
Executive Thomas S. Gulotta, (second from right, attended
the annual installation dinner of the Veterans of Foreign
War, Chapter #2307 which was recently held. Joining the
County Executive were, Ann Cerbone, Outgoing President;
Pat Bruno, Past Commander; Ed Berry, Commander and
his wife, Daisy; Midge Hoyt, President
year from June 19th-25th. The week's events^re l|j|ted
below. ^ ^
6:30 A.M. - SERVING THE COMMI)^!^
The Mayor and Village Trustees vifiHTmeet and serve
the commuters coffee and cake at the LYNBROOK
RAILROAD STATION. The LYNBROOK PUBLIC LIBRARY will
be at the station to distribute free books to the commuters.
These former best sellers, mysteries, thrillers and historical
merce will hold a drawing for Savings Bonds and prizes.
6:30 A.M. - SERVING THE COMMUTERS
The Mayor and Village Trustees will serve cake and
coffee to the commuters at the WESTWOOD RAILROAD
STATION.
7:45 A.M. - BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL BREAKFAST
The Chamber of Commerce will host their Annual Busi-
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Budget To Be Resubmitted
The Lynbropk Board of
Education has voted to
resubmit the proposed 1989-
90 budget. After careful
consideration, members
ruled to postpone repairs to
schools in the district in
order to lower the tax rate
increase from an anticipated
$1.75 to $1.37 per $100
assessed value. The special
election will be held on
Tuesday, June 20 from 7
A.M. to 10 P.M. at Lyn-brook
North Middle
Schooll, District One; Lyn-brook
High School, District
Two; and Lynbrook South
Middle School, District
Three.
East Rockaway residents
are also expected to be asked
to go to the polls on Tues-day,
June 20, to cast their
ballots on a revised school
budget plan.
Lynbrook residents need-ing
to register will also have
the increased opportunity to
do so, at Atlantic Avenue
School on June 13, 14 and
16 from 12 noon to 4 P.M.
and on June 15 from 12
noon to 9 P.M.; at Lynbrook
North and South on June 14
and 15 from 12 noon to 9
P.M. and at Lynbrook High
School on June 13 from 10
A.M. to 12:30 P.M. Resi-dents
may register at any
building, not necessarily
where they will cast their
ballot.
Superintendent of
Schools Bern Seiderman
stresses that the Administra-tion
and the Board of Educa-tion
had reviewed the budget
most carefully before mak-ing
any decisions about the
cuts. "It was a very lean
budget to begin with and
beafs one of the lowest
increases and projected tax
rate hikes in Nassau County.
We have tried to be
extremely responsive to the
feelings of the community
and yet maintain our respon-sibility
to the children and
the quality of our program-ming."
Much of the increase in
this year's budget is due to
the new mandated asbestos
regulations that will result in
soaring costs and the rise in
the mandated programs for
handicapped youngsters.
The services for youngsters
with learning disabilities are
authorized by state law and
include tuitions paid to
BOCES and other" schools
providing instruction.
Dr. Seiderman pointed
out "Despite these unfi-nanced
mandates we have
spent untold hours in devel-oping
a prudent student-centered
budget for appro-val."
He adds that because
nine staff members will be
trained to abate asbestos,
tens of thousands of dollars
will be saved.
The approval to resubmit
the budget followed an emo-tional
appeal from Lyn-brook
students and parents
at a standing-room only
session of the May 17 Board
meeting. Students pleaded
that citizens reconsider so
that all special groups and
interscholastic sports could
continue. Assistant Super-intendent
for Business Wil-liam
Metkiff told the
audience that by state law,
an austerity budget means
no county sports or trans-portation,
no after school
recreational activities or
summer recreational pro-grams,
no free use of school
building by outside groups,
no driver education or adult
education.
Lynbrook has won
national and state recogni-tion
for Excellence in Edu-cation
for its elementary
schools and special pro-grams.
Two years ago, it was
rated the fourth best district
in the nation and Merit and
Regents Scholarships con-tinue
to grow. Lynbrook has
also produced many
national winners in a variety
of subjects and an unusual
amount of athletic cham-pionships.
Just this year,
senior James Russell was
inducted into the New York
Hall of Fame. He was
quarterback for the County
Champion Football team.
Point Guard for the County
Champion Basketball team
and a leading home run
hitter on the Baseball team.
He gave credit to these
"outstanding athletic
honors" as helping h im to
gain admission to Colgate
University.
The budget defeat on May
3 was the first time in more
than 10 years that Lynbrook
citizens brought in a nega-tive
vote. Members of the
Board, who are committed
to the passage of the resub-mitted
budget, will be avail-able
to answer any questions
residents may have.
More details on the East
Rockaway vote will be pro-vided
as soon as they are
received from the school
district.
by Mildred Roemer
From 4 until 7 p.m. on the
day of the HUCKLEB-ERRY
FROLIC, June 17, a
pork barbecue cooked by the
Commuter's Club will be
served. Music for the dinner
will be furnished by the
Savings of America Bank.
This is a new feature that has
been added to the FROLIC
this year. Tickets for the
dinner will be purchased at
the Grist Mill's raffle booth
during the day. Prizes for the
raffle will be a Compact
Disk Player plus meals at the
East Point Inn, Ship's Inn,
Santinos, and the Union
Avenue Cafe. The lively
"Banjo Rascals" will be
heard shortly after the
dinner.
Veronica Sympson,
FROLIC chairwoman, has
announced that the parade,
as usual, will form at the
Main Street firehouse at 10
a.m. This year, in honor of
the Bicentennial celebration
of the inauguration of
George Washington, child-ren
are urged to join the line
of march. Each marcher will
receive an American flag and
a "We the People" button.
They will be given only to
marchers. The Rhame Ave,
and Centre Ave, School
bands, directed by Karl
Sanzenbach, will liven up
the parade to the tune of
Dinner
n/lusic
At Frolic
"When the Saints Go
Marching In." At parade's
end and when the official
ceremonies are over, the
Anniversary Time Capsule
will be buried in front of the
Museum.
B.S.A. TROOP 332
and the FROLIC
Exhibitors will be deligh-ted
to find new, brightly
colored booths on the
grounds of the FROLIC on
June 17th. Most of them will
be completely erected before
the Homemakers, (early
birds) arrjvjs? withtheiircoffeQ.
and cake.
For years the Boy Scouts
of Troop 332 have put up
the great rope bridge that
delfghts many little ones, but
they also helped in errecting
the booths.
Years ago, the organiza-tions
had to haul their own
tables for their wares. How-ever,
scout Tony Peppito got
the bright idea to design and
have the scouts construct
booths, which they have
done for lo, these many
years. This is a real Com-munity
Service, and the
Grist Mill committee is
happy with their continued
work, so is their current
Scoutmaster Tom Ryan of
St. Raymond's of 332!
OPEN HOUSE EAST ROCKAWAY NURSING HOME.
Nassau County Executive Thomas S. Gulotta, (second from
left), attended the open house of the East Rockaway Nursing
Home, which was recently held. Joining County Exeucitve
Gulotta were, from left to right: Assemblyman Harvey
Weisenherg; Robert Keon, Administrator, and his wife,
Marilyn Keon; Carole Witte, Recreation Director; (front),
Al King, President of Resident Council.