Observer_1989-08-30; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL 36 NO. 33 Wednesday, August 30,1989 35c PER COPY
Kiwanis Club Award ""
Canning Time
by Mildred Roemer
Left to right: John Van Houten, Al Smith, Robert Parry.
Certificates of apprecia-tion
for distinguished service
were presented to Mr. John
Van Houten, President of
the East Rockaway Board of
Education and to Mr.
Robert Parry, Superintend-ent
of the East Rockaway
School System. Kiwanis
Club President Al Smith
presented the awards at a
recent Kiwanis Club meeting
at the Ships Inn in East
Rockaway. Both recipients
lent their support to the
restarting of the Kiwanis
Key Club in the High
School. Mr: Parry was also
commended by President Al
Amith for taking on the
position of Key Club Advi-sor
for the last school year.
The Key Club after many
years of inactivity had a
banner year led by Key Club
President Eileen Verity.
News From
Assemblyman
Greg Becker
Noting that New York
state must make a stronger
commitment to education,
state Assemblyman Gregory
R. Becker (R-C, Lynbrook)
is sponsoring legislation that
would earnmark state Lot-tery
proceeds as a supple-ment
to state education aid,
rather than as component of
state school aid.
"We have to recognize
that increased aid to educa-tion
over the years has been
due in large part to very
successful Lottery sales,"
Becker said. "Realistically
speaking, the state Legisla-ture
has not made as strong
a commitment to the educa-tion
of our children as it
should have."
According to Becker the
Lottery earned $848.2 mil-lion
for education in the
1988-89 fiscal year, com-pared
to $26.6 million dur-ing
1967-68, the Lottery's
first year of operation.
He said that in 1988-89,
the Lottery has provided ten
cents of every dollar of state
aid to school districts.
He added that current
Lottery aid to schools is not
"In addition to" but rather
"part o f the state's aid to
education.
Under provisions of the
bill Becker has introduced.
Lottery monies would be
earmarked as supplemental
aid for education, above
existing budget levels.
The measure would phase
in a percentage reduction in
the amount of Lottery aid
that could be used to offset
regular state school aid.
Lottery aid would be fully
supplemental by 1998 under
Becker's proposal.
"When the Lottery was
first enacted into law, the
primary justification for the
enactment, in the public's
mind, was that Lottery pro-ceeds
would be used to
supplement existing levels of
state aid to education,"
Becker said. "However, with
Lottery monies passing
through the state's general
fund, there is no greater
commitment to education.
"The bill I am sponsoring
would revive the original
intent of the Lottery and
would have the effect of
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This is the season when
our grandmothers and some
ambitious mothers, got out
their large cooking pots and
Mason jars to "put up,"
fruits, jelhes and vegetables
for the winter. The lady
working in our Grist Mill
Museuni exhibit is just sort-ing
the fruit for cooking. The
Mason jars stand beneath
the hand-made star quilt.
Ye historian was never an
expert "canner" even during
the "Victory Garden" time of
World War 2. Minor explo-sions
and spills were too
discouraging; however,
remember times when the
coal stove over which her
grandmother stirred
peaches, cherries, and apple
butter filled the old house
with a savory fragrance.
There were also crocks of
sauerkraut and pickles.
Years before the mason jar
era, many things were salted
down, such as beans. They
were not too tasty!
Be sure
museum! It
Day.
to visit the
closes Labor
East Rockaway Schools
State Lunch Program
East Rockaway School District is a participant in the
state's free and reduced price lunch program.
We invite resident families with children in the schools
to review these income guidelines. If your income is below
these levels, your children may be eligible for reduced (or
free) school lunch.
Reduced Price Eligibility Scale
Household
Size Year Monthly Weekly
1 $11,063 $922 $213
2 14,837 1,237 286
3 18,611 1,551 358
4 22,385 1,866 431
5 26,159 2,180 504
6 29,933 2,495 576
7 33,707 2,809 649
8 37,481 3,124 721
Each addi-tional
Family
Member +3,774 +315 +73
Department of Health News
The recent outbreaks of
measles appear to have
caused a degree of concern
as well as confusion on the
part of the public as to when
to vaccinate, or revaccinate,
their children.
The Nassau County
Health Department is pres-ently
following the recom-mendations
that have been
issued to pediatricians by the
New York State Health
Department. Those recom-mendations
include the
following:
Two Dose Immunization
Strategy
Applicable to Those Born
After
January 1957
- Any person who does
not have a history of measles
or a laboratory test confir-mation
of immunity should
receive two doses of the
MMR (measles, mumps,
rubella) vaccine.
- For those previously
immunized, reimmunization
is not necessary unless they
fall under the proposed state
regulations listed below.
- Those persons not
immunized in childhood
should receive the two doses
of the immunization. The
recommended interval
between the first and second
dose is three months.
State regulation, effective
in the fall of 1990, will
require that all students
entering kindergarten have
two immunizations for mea-sles.
The first dose must be
administered after the age of
12 months, and the second
dose after the age of 15
months.
Also in the fall of 1990,
state regulations will require
that freshmen and soph-mores
attending college
must demonstrate proof of
immunity against measles,
mumps, and rubella. Proof
of immunity must include a
measle vaccine that was
administered after January
1980, or documented prior
history of measles disease.
Lisa R. DeCarlo
Applications will be available in each of our schools
beginning 5eptember 6, 1989.
The Board of Education has established the following
regular lunch price schedule for 1989-90: Elementary lunch
$1.10, High School Lunch $^.25.
A REAL TROOPER. Trooper Lira R. L^Carlo, daughter
of Trustee Dom DeCarlo, has recently completed 22 weeks
of vigorous training at the New York State Police Academy,
Albany, NY. After 12 weeks of active field training at upstate
New York, she will be assigned to ^^L** Troop on Long
Island.