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VOL. 36 NO. 2 ! Wednesday, January 25, 1989 35c PER COPY
East Rockaway Village Board Report
GEIER SALUTES LEAGUE CHAMPS. Lynbrook Mayor
William P. Geier (left) presents a Citation to Kevin Barry
and James RusseU, Co-Captains of the 1988-89 Lynbrook
Owls football team, while Coach Joseph Knoll (right) looks
on. The Owls won the Nassau County Conference IV title,
(nioto by John Cribbin).
Scholarship Fund
East Rockaway's 21st
Century Scholarship Fund is
unique in that it allows
students to «am "shares
stock" in this special fund by
earning top grades in their
academic courscwork in
Grades 9 through 12. The
scholarship was created last
year by Superintendent of
Schools Robert Parry who
solicited corporate contribu-tions
from community mer-chants
and from businesses
which work with the school
district.
For June, 1988 graduates
each grade of A was worth
a full share of $30.00 and
each grade of B+ was valued
at $20.00. Awards were pres-ented
at graduation to 43
graduates in amounts which
ranged from $20 to $380.
More than $4,000 was con-tributed
in this first year and
the district has set a goal of
$8,000 for the June, 1989
graduating class.
The philosophy of our
21st Century Scholarship
Fund is to emphasize to
students that work in high
school is an investment in
the future. Good grades
earned in ninth and tenth
grades earn money which
will be awarded at gradua-tion.
Everv student has the
opportunity to build shares
in this fund. Our overall goal
is to develop fully educated
citizens with personal and
career objectives. We realize,
however, that young people
often need more tangible
incentives. This fund pro-vides
that as well as personal
contact with business world
concepts such as investment,
earnings, stock value, and
shares.
The school district will
soon be approaching busi-nesses,
Service agencies and
indivduals to request fund-ing
for the 21 St Century
Scholarship Fund. The
value of each share of stock
for June-graduates wttl -be^
determined by the sucess of
our fund-raising.
by Emma Toimach
The Board of Trus-tees
of the Village of
East Rockaway met on
Monday, January 9,
1989, at 8 pm in the
Village Hall.
Tuesday, March 21,
1989, was set as the date
for the Village Election,
at which time residents
will choose two (2)
trustees and a village
justice Polls will be
open from 7 am to 9 pm,
and notice of the
election has been
published in the official
newspaper, the Ob*
server
A public hearing to
consider the adoption of
a loc-al law on swimming
pools was rescheduled
to February 14, 1989.
Chief Thomas Smith
of the East Rockaway
Fire Department repor-ted
the following for
the month of Dec-ember:
9 general al-arms,
4 still alarms, 39
rescue calls. 5 mutual aid
rescue calls, and four
training sessions. Lt.
Gewanter of the Aux-iliary
Police reported 87
man-hours served and
174 miles travelled.
Superintendent Tor-
Dorg of tne Department
of Public Work's repor-lea
that his men
collected 643 tons of
garbage and 31 tons of
rubbish> V7 tons of
leaves. 42.96 tons of
Eckhardt Testimonial Dinner
Frederick W. "Ted" Eck-hardt
also known as that
"Little old Feedman" will be
honored at a testimonial
dinner to benefit South Nas-sau
Communities Hospital
in Oceanside. This great
event will take place Satur-day,
April 8, 1989 at the
Middle Bay Country Club in
Oceanside, N.Y. Cocktails at
7PM, dinner at 8PM, Con-vert
150.00 person. Anthony
Bellacera, Executive Vice
PResideot, Beacon Federal,
Charles Hahm, President,
Beacon Federal are Co-chairmen.
Senator Alfonse
D'Amato is Honorary chair-man
and master of
ceremonies.
The dinner will unveil the
new high energy accelerator
which the dinner and jour-nal
will help flhance.
The new facility at South
Nassau Hospital, scheduled
to open in early spring, will
house the world's most
advanced radiation therapy
for fighting cancer - called
a Linear Accelerator. Its
wide range of capabilities
gives South Nassau doctors
tremendous flexibility in
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newspapers for recyc-ling,
ana swept 200
miles of street He also
noted that the boilers in
Village-owned buildings
had been brought up to
State regulations, and
that several areas of
Village Hall had been
repainted.
February 14, 1989
was proclaimed "Boy
Scouts Citizenship Day"
to commemorate the
79th anniversary of the
scouting movement.
The Board accepted
with regret the resig-nation
of Edward Tucker
from the Library Board
of Trustees. February
21, 1989 was established
as Grievance Day, at
which time the Boards
of Assessors and Trus-tees
will meet for the
purpose of completing
the Assessment Roll of
the Village and hearing
complaints from resid-ents.
In other action, the
Board removed 9 "No
parking 7 pm to 7 am"
signs on Wood Avenue
and in their place
installed "No Stopping"
signs on the North side
of Wood Avenue beg-inning
226 feet west of
Lester Drive and con-tinuing
50 feet, and on
the south side of Wood
Avenue beginning at
Atlantic and continuing
east for 50 feet. The
Board also rescheduled
the February meeting of
the Board to Tuesday,
February 14th, in obser-vance
of Lincoln's Birth-day
Under Good and
Welfare, r.esidents of
Adams Streiet com-plained
about property
damage as a result of
what they termed "drag
racing," and requested
the placement of stop
signs in tne area of
Bulaire Road and Cathay
Roao The Village will
call the matter to the
attention of the 4th
Precinct and will request
a recommendation from
the Traffic Safety Unit
for the installation of
the signs.
Fabulous Forties Dinner/Dance Planned
A Perfect Match
ADAM SKELOS, 6 year old son of Senator Dean G. Ske-los,
proudly holds presiding officer's gavel in Albany.
Adam's always glad to give Dad a helping hand.
Final plans for a swinging,
lindy-hopping "The Fabu-lous
40's'' dinner and dance
are being firmed up by the
Lynbrook Republican Club.
Shown here at a meeting
today are (from left to right):
Joan Fitzgerald, Rosie the
Riveter, straight from her
defense plant job, and Vic
Farina. Scheduled for Sat-urday,
February 4, 8:30
P.M. attheV.F.W. Hall, 235
Merrick Road, Lynbrook -
— the gala affair has much
more in store than the deli-cious,
complete hot roast
beef dinner, coffee and cake,
and Unlimited wine, beer
and soda.
"Rosie" and the commit-tee
are presenting the 1940's
"Big Band Sound with a
"platter player" spinning the
top tunes from the "Hit
Parade". Hell be coming to
you direct from "WEAF",
the radio call letters of
WNBC during that era. The
V.F.W. Hall will be trans-formed
into the "Mak
Believe Ballroom" for the
night. Great posters used in
promoting 4u s movies form
part of the decor. Bogart,
Bergman, Gable — and even
"Rosie the Riveter" will be
there for your pleasure.
All this, for just $25. a
person. But you must make
reservations in advance. >io
door tickets sold. Just call
Vic Farina now, at
(516) 887-1829 and reserve
for yourself or a group of
friends.
You deserve the best
LPING SENIORS. Doris & Jim CarroU presents
4300.00 check from Lynbrook V.F.W. #2307 for New Tele-vision
to Mgr J a ck Gordon of Lynbrook Senior Citizens
Housing for their Recreation Room.
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