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VOL 36 NO. 41 Wednesday, November 1,1989 35c PER COPY
East Rockaway Alumni, Know Them?
EAST ROCKAWAY HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNL At the
Homecoming, Alumnus Tom Stevenson, Class of 1969,
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Hewlett Point Yacht Club on October 21,1989, to celebrate
shows the '^Rocks of All Ages'" how to stand out in a crowd!
Lynbrook Horizon Tops Again
by Mildred Roemer
Tools Are Beautiful
These wojdswcrc verified
when Katlueen Reddy of
Ocean Avenue, whose
grandfather was ap expert
carver and carpenter, pres-ented
the Museum with tools
for the proposed (underway)
new Tool Exhibit. Aside
from the well-preserved and
cared-for tools, that had
been given to Kathleen's
father by her grandfather the
heavy plane, shaped like a
man's shoe and having a
polished brass handle, is
truly beautiful as were the
other carved and auto-graphed
pieces.
Due to the fact that many
of the Grist Mill committee
members are ladies, any-thing
that looked like a tool
and used for anything from
cutting ice or mowing hay
went into the original Tool
Exhibit. However, the new
setup will be authentic.
Ye historian, who was
never known to hammer a
nail without bending it or
losing a finger nail, looked
at the donated tools with a
jaded eye. Having been an
ardent reader of crime and
detective books, hammers
often were a reminder of
street battles and an ax
brought back reminders of
"Lizzie Borden" who dis-posed
of her parents with a
hatchet! However, with
increasing knowledge of fine
tools in the display and
feeling their hand-polished
surfaces, minds are chang-ing.
You can teach an old
"historian" new things, if not
new tricks!
For the third time in four
years. Horizon was named
Best Overall Publication in
New York State by the
Empire State School Press
Association at its fall con-vention.
Allyson Belovin '89
was named New York State
Journalist of the Year,
repeating the feat of fellow
Cornell senior Andrew Stein
'86.
Lynbrook High School's
paper also took a number of
overall awards, often in
competition with yearbooks
and magazines. It was
named Best Newspaper
among small schools (on the
way to the overall award)
received first places in Use
of Advertising (continuing a
four year streak under editor
Jen Grover '89). Originality
for Allyson Belovin's editor-ial
feature Issue Watch, and
Use of Art and Graphics for
the magazine on Choices. It
was under the art direction
of Katherine Wildt and
included art by Katherine,
Mara Gross, and graphs by
Allyson Belovin & Jen
Grover. Horizon's editorial
pages took 2nd place in the
state and the paper took 2nd
place in Overall Layout and
Typography.
Lynbrook Village Report
Outgoing editors took a
host of awards. Allyson
Belovin, added to her award
as top journalist a 2nd place
in editorials and shared with
Jen Grover third place in In-
Depth stories and honorable
mention in the Best Inter-view
Story category. Photo
editor Dean LiVolsi '89 took
third overall in the Best
Photographer category
(actually first amoflg news-paper
photographers). He
received two 2nd places in
Best Use of Photo and Fea-ture
Photo as well as an
honorable mention in Spot
News. Co-editor Karen
Davidson '89 took 2nd place
in the Columnist
competition.
Two current students won
recognition for work from
last year. Harold Levey won
top honors for his feature on
Nunley's Carousel and
Katherine Wildt took
honorable mention in the
Cartoon category.
All told, Horizon or
members of the Horizon
team took 6 first places and
placed in 19 out of 22 cate-gories
in whch it was eligible.
Adviser leads workshops
Awards were presented
(Continued on page 12)
Annette Ling
One of the most entertain-ing
highlights ^f the Lyn-brook
Board'V^ Trustees
Meeting held at Village Hall
on October 16, 1989 was the
appearance of Officer Fred
Fusswinkle as Officer
McGruff. He took part in
the official proclomation of
Red Ribbon Week October
22-29 in Lynbrook by
Mayor Bill Geier in connec-tion
with drug abuse, with
the Mayor urging all resi-dents
to wear a red ribbon
to help proclaim a drug-free
"lifestyle." Officer Fusswin-kle
stated that red ribbons
which proclaim "My
Choice-Drug Free" will be
distributed in all local
schools and houses of wor-ship
in Lynbrook.
Robert Russo from the
Board of Architectural»
Review tendered his resigna-tion
explaining that he had
received a-'feder«l grant to
continue with his ediicatin
and that made it impossible
to continue on the board.
Louise Campbell was
appointed to his position on
the Architectural Board of
Review. Prior to this Robert
Russo was highly" com-mended
by the Mayor and
Board for his fine service to
the village.
Mr. Peter Jenks was
appointed to the Board of
Zoning Appeals with men-tion
made of his qualifica-tions
and service to several
volunteer committees in
Lynbrook.
The Board accepted dona-tions
for the Halloween
Parade from the Lynbrook-
East Rockaway Lions Club
and the Lynbrook Elks Club,
both in the amount of $75
each. The Halloween Parade
will take place starting from
the Forest Avenue. Parking
Lot to the Lynbrook Elks
Club Parking Lot on Satur-day,
Oct. 28, 1989 at 11 a.m.
Mayor Geier announced
that Santa Claus will be
arriving in Lynbrook at the
Earle Avenue Parking Lot
on Saturday October 25,
1989 at about 10:30 a.m. via
fire engine, to be followed by
a Free Cartoon Party as part
of the Holiday Celebration
of the Lynbrook Chamber of
Commerce and the Village
of Lynbrook. Annette Ling,
Executive Secretary of the
Chamber expressed the
thanks of the organization
for the $2300 donation and
contribution by the Board
which will go toward raising
the costs of an estimated
$8,500 for the whole
program.
Engine Company of the
Lynbrook fire Dept. was
granted Board approval to
solicit funds in front of
Harrows during November
and December for the refur-bishment
of their fire house.
A Public Hearing by the
owners or property at 67
Evergreen Avenue was next
on the agenda and were
represented by Attorney
Joseph Gettler. They asked
for two special exemption.
The owners wish to use the
premises as a legal two-family
home. It is presently
a legal one-family home in
a residence C Zone. The
frontage is 40-61 feet accord-ing
to a 1967 survey and the
village code requires a 60 ft.
frontage. The total area of
the property is 5,980 ft. while
the code of the village
requires a 6,000 square foot-age.
Attorney Gettler
claimed that the owners were
"ill-advised" when they pur-chased
the property. The
previous owner was a
builder and the present
owner purchased the house
in 1967. The builder had
illegally converted the home
into a two family dwelling
by putting in an upstairs
kitchen. The certificate of
Continued on page 12)
East Rockaway Clean Up Day
November 4th is a big day
in East Rockaway for the
merchants on Atlantic Ave.
This year Atlantic Ave. from
Main Street to Center Ave.
has been selected by the
Beautification Committee as
the target area for the annual
clean up.
All merchants are urged to
come out and welcome the
Boy Scouts as well as
actively participate in the
clean up of their store fronts.
The Beautification Commit-tee
would like the merchants
to do something special for
this day. A new window dis-play,
a sign welcoming the
Scouts or just the act of
sweeping their sidewalks.
Six stores will be selected for
the special certificate award
from the Beautification
Committee.
Homeowners are also
urged to participate. Any
homeowner caught in the act
of cleaning up will be
awarded a plant.