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Official INCORPORATED VILLAGE East Rockowoy SCHOOL DISTRICT INCORPORATED VILLAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT OBSERVER -cxi'^' USPS 165080 VOL. XVI, NO. 22 EAST ROCKAWAY, NEW YORK 11518, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1983 PER COPY Last Saturday, the Easier Bunny made his annual visit to Memorial Park in East Rockaway to supervise the Egg Hunts prepared by the East Rockaway Recreation Commission. On hand to welcome him/her (?), along with hundreds of young people, were (1-r) Village Trustees Pauline Wipfler and Anthony Santino, and Mayor TedReinhard. (Photo by C. Warner) COMMUNION BREAKFASTS St. Raymond's Holy Name Society will hold its Annual Communion Breakfast on Sunday, April 10th, at 10 a.m. (after 9 a-m^ Mass), in the school cafeteria. Guest speaker will be Fr. Don Gannon, SJ., Retreat Director of St= Ignatius Retreat House in Manhasset. Tickets can be obtained by calling Frank Bertone, 599-0712, or Ed Venable, 593-8834; adults $5, children under 12, $3c LYNBROOK BOARD OF ED MEETING The Lynbrook Board of Edu- cation will hold its next open meeting on Wednesday, April 13th, at 8 p.nic ih the high school cafeteria. The public is welcome to attend. Father Tom Hartmann, Direc- tor of Communications for the Diocese of Rockville Centre will be the guest speaker at the Msgr. Walsh-St. Raymond Knights of Columbus 3rd Annual Communion Breakfast on Sunday, April 17th, at 10 a.m. (following the 9 a.m. Mass) in St. Raymond's School gym. Tickets are $5 for adults and $2 for children under 13. Tickets may be purchased by calling Ben Melfa (593-6994), Frank Contaldi (599-5514) or Frank Altamore (599-2349)o REMEMBER You see it first... And many times only in the OBSERVER TESTIMONIAL - Retiring Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce President Frank Lenhart receives a pique in recognition ofa \job well done\ during his tenure in office from new President Gisela Giese at the recent Annual Dinner of the Chamber, held at the Lynbrook Elks Club. (Photo by John Cribbin) Organization Night was held in the Village of Lynbrook on Monday, April 4th, as required by law (first Monday in April), with the new Mayor and Trustees taking their seats. Village Justice Co William Gaylor administered the oath of office to newly-elected Mayor William P, Geier and Trustees Peter K. Led with and Michael Krawchuk (see photos). Upon taking over the meet- ing, Mayor Geier thanked former Mayor Glenn Spielman and Trustee William Buzzeo for their many years of service to the Village, noting that they both worked very hard for the better- ment of the Village. He then proceeded to make appoint- ments for the ensuing year: Deputy Mayor, Trustee Michael Krawchuk; Board Liaisons - Mayor Geier, Fire Dept.; Trustee Krawchuk, Building and Assess- ment; Trustee Scarpato, DPW and Recreation; Trustee Orn- stein, Police Dept., Library and Drug Abuse; Trustee Led with, Insurance, Safety and TAVASNAKo Meeting dates were set for the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month, the \East Rockaway/Lynbrook Ob- server\ and \The Local News\ were designated as Official Newspapers, various banks in the area were designated as deposi- tories, the Deputy Treasurer was authorized to invest Village monies, check signers were desig- nated and security bonds auth- orized for certain personnel. Appointed or re-appointed were the following: (it should be noted that many positions were not up for appointment, having been originally appointed for more than a I-year term, and others were not filled at this time in order for Mayor Geier to familiarize himself with them) Shirley Moskowitz, Deputy Treasurer; Jay Korth, Village Attorney; Joseph Vitale, Con-= sultant to the Board; John Calderone, Animal Warden; Frank Hillgartner, Supt. DPW; Lester Forest, Assistant Village Justice; Philip Marino, Prosecut- ing Attorney; Steve Grogan, Director of Public Relations; Hon, Francis X. Becker, Village Historian; William HahL' Chief, Civil Preparedness; John Cribbin, Photographer; Annette Ling, Press Liaison; Rich Koch, Library Trustee. 352 eee DISCUSSION The most lengthy portion of the meeting, the most contro- versial, and probably the most At the April 4th meeting of the Lynbrook Village Board, the opening meeting of the new Village year, William P. Geier (r) was sworn in as Mayor by Village Justice C. William Gaylor (I). (Photo by John Cribbin) important, was the discussion on the proposed adoption of Sec- tion 352 eee of the General Business Law of the State of New York, having to do with rights of senior citizens and the handicapped when apartments are turned into co-ops or condo- miniums. Mayor Geier opened the dis= cussion stating that 352 eee was a misunderstood issue, with many differing viewpoints as to whether its adoption would be good or bad for the Village, He noted that it had been a contro- versial issue for the past two years. Throwing the floor open for discussion, the many people who have spoken in behalf of the adoption of 352 eee over the past years, again urged the new Board to do so - LeRoy Fitz- gerald, William Fine, A1 Sampson, Beney Phillips and others. There were also a few non-apartment dwellers, speak- ing against the adoption. No new ground was broken, the arguments being the same on both sides as in the past, which have been reported on at various times over the past couple of years. Trustee Maurice Ornstein made an eloquent plea for adop- tion and Trustee Eugene Scarpato did the same against adoption saying that he thought the same results could be achiev=» ed without another law on the books. Trustee Peter Ledwith said that he was of the opinion that it would be illegal to adopt this law with a public hearing being called and held and that if tested, it would be declared un- constitutional. (Mayor Geier and Village Attorney Jay Korth dis- agreed with this interpretation.) As more and more hands were raised to speak. Mayor Geier said that if there was no new ground to be broken, he was going to call a halt to dis- cussions, which he did. Continued on Page 12 Village Justice C. William Gaylor (1) swears in new Village Trustees Peter Ledwith and Michael Krawchuk. (Photo by John Cribbin)
