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Official Newspaper INCORPORATED VILLAGE East Rocktiway SCHOOL DISTRICT INCORPORATED VILLAGE Lvnbrook SCHOOL DISTRICT m^v mmBm Public Library 477 Atiaiitic £R USPS 165080 VOL, XVI, NO. 15I EAST ROCKAWAY, NEW YORK 11518, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1983 ,15^ PER COPY Congressman Ray McGrath (1) presented Lynbrook Police Officer Richard Neidecker with a Congressional Certificate of Merit for his outstanding police work in 1982o Neidecker earlier was chosen by the top officers of the Lynbrook Police Dept. as recipient of the Lynbrook Police Officer of the Year Award for his role in apprehending threft men in coiinection with a series of super market stickups that occurred in Queens. McGrath, who noted that many felons cross the Queens/Nassau line to commit crimes here, said that as a result of Neidecker's \dedication and devotion to duty three armed criminals are behind bars today and our community is that much safer from the criminal element.\ (Photo by John Cribbin) SNOWBOUND By STEVE GROGAN As the snowfall finally ended early Saturday morning, Lynbrook residents awoke to find almost 2 feet of snow had fallen. As one looked out the window, the white snowy scene looked like a belated Christmas card. If you were a fireman, you spent all night in a firehouse. At 5:30 p.m. Friday, volunteers of the Lynbrook Fire Dept., leaving their families h6me alone, responded to their respective fire- houses for snow stand-by duty. Stand-by is normally requested when driving becomes too hazard- ous or travel too time consuming to reach the firehouses. The same scene was repeated in the surrounding Villages and throughout Long Island. Thanks to our fire safety conscious residents, not one fire was reported during the 18 hours the Lynbrook Fire Dept. was on stand- by duty. Approximately 75 men were on duty throughout the' storm, amounting to over 1300 man hours expended for the resi- dents of the Village of Lynbrook. These volunteers spent the long night in the five firehouses eating cold cuts, watching the weather stories on TV, or tyring to get some sleep in a chair or on the floor. The only transmissions heard on the house scanners were that of the Lynbrook Police responding to disabled vehicles and stranded motorists. After the snow stopped and the sun came up, the fire trucks took to the snow-clogged streets to begin the digging out of fire hydrants. At 11:30 a.m., with all hydrants cleared. Chief Ryan released the Lynbrook Fire Dept. from duty. After the long night and the shovel- ing of fire hydrants, the firemen had two additional chores before their work was done. The first was to dig out their cars from the fire- house parking lots, and secondly to go home and shovel out their own houses. Who said the groundhog didn't see his shadow? E.R. SCHOOL BOARD OPEN WORKSHOPS ER; Wednesday, March 2, 7:30 p.m. at the high school; Monday, March 7, 7:30 p.m. at the high school. Residents are invited to attend any of these meetings. The Board will be examining all areas of the 1983-84 school East Rockaway School Board President Mrs. Rose Marie Brande has advised that there are changes in dates for upcoming School Board Open Workshops. The revised dates for these meetings are: Monday, Feb. 21, at 7:30 p.m. at 41 Grant Ave., ALL VILLAGE CANDIDATES INVITED TO LYNBROOK DEMS The first forum to be held this year that will include all candidates for Village office in the upcoming election, will be sponsored by the Regular Demo- cratic Club of Lynbrook at a special meeting on Feb. 23rd. According to Bud Lanning, 20th AD Leader, \This could be the only opportunity for all Lynbrook residents to hear and see the candidates who seek their support.\ The Club has scheduled this meeting for a Wednesday even- ing at the American Legion Hall on Union Ave., beginning at 8:30 p.m., and ^ residents are cordially invited and urged to attend. CARER CELEBRATES The CARER organization, Community Action Residents of East Rockaway, is celebratirtg its first anniversary on Wednesday, Feb. 23rd, at 8 p.m. in the East Rockaway Village Hall Basement. For the past year CARER*s members have focused their energies on building a viable, positive community oriented or- ganization, with lines of com- munication beginning to be opened between various parts of the community. Projects of such importance as the Responsible Sellers Club (retailers* cooperation with re- gard to the sale of Alcohol to minors), establishment of Parent Networking systems, and \It's OK Not to Drink\ Campaign have been achievements of CARER thus far. All residents of the East Rockaway community are invit- ed to help in the celebration on Feb. 23rd. There will be open house and refreshments will be served. For more information con- tact Pat, 599-4891; Ann, 593- 3228, or Debbie, 593-1450. REMEMBER You see it first... And most times only ... In The OBSERVER budget from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. After that, observers will be given an opportunity to com- ment and make suggestions. This format will be adhered to at each of the above three meet- ings. On Monday, Feb. 21, the General Support Code of the budget will be examined. EAST ROCKAWAY Village Board Report The East Rockaway Village Board held its regularly scheduled February meeting on Monday, Feb. 14th. The regular meeting was preceded by a Special Public Hearing to consider returning Waldo Ave. to a 2-way street, following the submission of petitions for such change. What appeared to be a routine public hearing, turned into a two hour discussion when a few residents complained about the pro- posed return to 2-way, because now their children used it as a play street. After lengthy discussions pro and con, and Board members stating their inclination to revert to 2-way status, decision was re- served for a future determination by the Board. The regular meeting then started and the Crime Resistance Unit of the Nassau County Police Dept. presented a program, including a 15-minute film on burglaries and the need for resident awareness and notification via 911 of any suspicious activities. This was a very in- formative program and Trustee Nicholas Cinque noted that it was a shame that all of the Waldo Ave. residents left after the public hear- ing because many of them had complaints about conditions around the rear of the library, in just the connection presented in the film and discussion. Mr. Steve Lander, head of the Village Youth Board, presented a detailed report on the activities being conducted at the present time, including the storefront operation and two programs at The Basement. He emphasized that parental control was a big factor needed to help alleviate the vandalism and other youth problems in the Village. Again, this time Mayor Theodore Reinhard noted, that all of the people who left would have been interested in the report, since they have expressed concerns about youth activities. Mr. George Berch, a member of the Lynbrook Board of Educa- tion, and Mrs. Rhod a Dreifuss, President of the Lynbrook Teachers Assn., both East Rockaway residents, requested the help of the Board on the problems of cable TV, where part of the Lynbrook School District was in East Rockaway which is serviced by Cable- vision and cannot receive the school programs beamed by Adams- Russell, the Lynbrook franchisee. The Board advised it would look into the situation. There was a lengthy discussion on traffic problems in the Village, principally the corner of Grant and Scranton, where Nassau County will be requested to make a survey for possible STOP signs or a traffic signal. Mr. Walsh of Rhame Ave. thanked Trustees Cinque and Shaw for their help on the continuing problems around Foodtown (in this regard, there will be no parking on Rhame along the store from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., changed from 1 p.m.). Trustee Murray Eskenazi noted that the snowfall pointed up the fact why overnight parking was not allowed on streets in the Village, since snowplows could not have done the tremendous job they did if cars were parked on the streets. There were many accolades on the snow removal in the Village by the men of the DPW. A St. Raymond's Cout was given permission to paint curb numbers as an Eagle Scput Project. Traffic signs were authorized for the corner of Ryder and Ocean and Melrose and Wilson. The Board wUl hold a special meeting on Feb. 24th, to approve the Election Ballots, etc. Next regular meeting March 14th. r' r SMOOTH SAILING ^ Hempstead Town Presiding Supervisor Thomas S. Gulotta (1) swears m Ernest Frascati of East Rockaway as commo- dore and Mrs Regina Sena of Rosedale as president of the L^Ses Auxibary at the East Rockaway Yacht Club's installation of officers
