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VOL 36 NO. 48 Wednesday, December 20,1989 36c PER COPY
Nat West Contributes
to South Nassau
Lynbrook Board of
Trustees Meeting
Annette Ling
The Lynbrook Board of
Trustees Meeting held at
Village Hall, Monday, Dec.
4, 1989 was highlighted by
the announcement that the
Lynbrook Library would be
closed during January, 1990
for the removal of asbestos
by Mayor Bill Geier:
Mayoir Geier stated that
the Library would be closed
to remove the asbestos
necessary before the actual
renovation is started. The
date of January 8, 1990 was
set for a Public Hearing
regarding the use of the
repair fund called Reserve
for Repair fund for that
treatment and a bid date of
Dec. 20, 1989 was set to
receive bids. Library Direc-tor
Natalie Lapp noted that
residents will be notified of
alternative Libraries to use.
The Mayor announced
thai both the Toys for Tots
and the Holiday Food Drive
programs will be taking
place at Village Hall. Res-idents
are asked to please
drop new toys and foods
such as canned meats, veget-ables
and peanut butter into
two containers placed for the
purpose at the Village Hall
lobby.
The Board acepted two
donations for the Halloween
Parade for the Recreation
Commission from the
Lynbrook-East Rockaway
Kiwanis Club and the
Lynbrook-East Rockaway
Lions Club.
January 22, 1990 was the
date set for a public hearing
with regard to "split-offs",
which are set so that a
residential property must
have a fifty-five ft. frontage
in order to have a buildable
lot, unless it is a "grand-father"
property with foot-age
set before the Zoning
Code law was determined.
The Board Meeting for
Jan. IS, 1990 was changed
to Jan. 22, 1990 because of
Martin Luther King Day.
The Board voted to deny
the special exception request
from the owners of 67 Ever-green
Ave, who asked
approval to maintain a two-family
house at that address.
In denying the request and
the application Trustee
Mary Colway read a letter
from Crystaldale Homes,
Inc. the prior owner of the
house. TTie letter requested
a certificate of occupancy for
the hosue in order to sell it
to the present owners. The
letter also designated the
house as designed and built
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Season's besi to each
and every one. It is
always a pleasure to
serve you.
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Bethany Plans Martin Luther King Celebration
National Westminster sponsored a fund raiser "Bring Joy
With A Toy." Bank customers at the East Rockaway branch
purchased 36 stuffed animals for the Pediatric floor and
raised $2,500 for South Nassau Communities Hospital. In
addition to the stuffed toys, region three of National
Westminster Bank which comprises fifteen branches raised
$25,000 for local hospitals. On Friday, December 15th the
toys and a check were delivered to South Nassau. Pictured
(L-R) Margaret G. Walsh, Asst. V.P. & Manager of East
Rockaway branch of National Westminster, Michael
Rodzenko, Exec. Dir. of South Nassau, Dr. Leonard
Rosenzweig, Dir. of Pediatrics at South Nassau and Dianne
Emanuel. RN. Pediatrics.
Rev. Craig E. Showalter
of the East Rockaway
Bethany Congregational
Church announced recently
to his congregation his
appointment to the Inter-faith
sub-committee of the
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Birthday Celebration Com-mittee
of Nassau County
Inc. which is preparing an
evening service to be held at
the Community Reform
Temple of Westbury on
Sunday, January 14, 1990 at
7:00 P.M. Participating in
the event will be leading
members of Nassau Coun-ty's
Black Clergy, Catholics,
Protestants and Jews. He
said, "We are especially
pleased as this program
continues the dialogue tlie
Bethany Congregational
Church had begun within
our own community and will
afford members the oppor-tunity
to further expand
understanding of our friends
and neighbors. Reaching out
to one another is needed in
this stress filled time in
which we live. The teachings
of Dr. King are even more
important today as they
were in the sixties."
The Keynote speaker of
the evening will be Rabbi
David Saperstein who is well
known as a writer, speaker
and has been seen on
national television. In addi-tion
to his public role he is
the Co-Director and Coun-sel
of the Religious Action
Center of Reform Judaism.
County Executive Tho-mas
S. Gulotta will give
greetings as will the Honor-able
Joseph N. Mondello,
Presiding Supervisor of the
Town of Hempstead. Addi-tional
ecumenical leaders
will be the Rev. Reginald
Tuggle, President, Nassau
Council of Black Clergy,
Inc; Bishop Frank White,
Church of God in Christ; the
Rev. Elmit Brooks, Pastor
of Good Shepard United
Methodist - West Hemp-stead;
Rabbi Paul Kushner,
President Long Island
Board of Rabbis; The Most
Rev. Alfred J. Markiewicz,
Auxiliary Bishop, Diocese
of Rockville Centre, New
York; and the Rt. Rev. Orris
G. Walker, Bishop Coadju-tor,
Diocese of Long Island,
Garden City, New York.
Rev. Showalter extends
BETHANY PLANS MARTIN LUTHER KING CELE-BRATION.
Top row, 1. to r., Rev. Craig Showalter, Lurana
T. Campanaro, James D. Rice, Rev. Arthur L. Mackey,
Honorary Co-Chairman, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Birthday Celebration Committee of Nassau County; Mrs.
Barbara Horsham-Brathwaite, Doris Church, Siegmund
Spiegel, and Rabbi Marc Gruber. Bottom row, 1. to r. Robert
L. Olden, Ms. Rane Boone, Cannon Rodney Michael &
Rev. Dr. Clinton C. Boone, Chairman.
an invitation to everyone
and added, "It is my hope
and desire that members of
the Bethany congregation
will not only attend but will
look to find someone of a
different faith and ask him
or her to join them so the
service will truly be a cele-bration
of Dr. King's
dream." The Community
Re form Temple is located at
712 The Plain Road, South
Westbury. For information
and directions, call the tem-ple
office, 333-1839, Mon-day
to Friday, or call
Bethany Congregational
Church, 599-5768.