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Official Newspaper INCORPORATED VILLAGE East Rocfeaway SCHOOL DISTRICT INCORPORATED VILLAGE Lynbrook SCHOOL DISTRICT aC/QJOjQOjQJG] ER Library_ 477 Atlantic ER '''t^r^^Vi.O^^ USPS 165080 VOL. XVI, NO. 24 EAST ROCKAWAY, NEW YORK 11518, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1983 lUFEK COPY FLOWER DAYS South Nassau Communities Hospital Flower Days will be held on Thursday and Friday, April 28th & 29th, in East Rockaway and Lynbrook as proclaimed by the mayors of both Villages. The Centra Central Council of Auxiliaries to the 401-bed teaching, community hospital in Oceanside will be selling cymbidiums in several locations in both Villages at $1.25 apiece, with proceeds benefitting South Nassau's expansion fund. At top, Flower Days Chairman Dorothy Horn pins a cymbidium to East Rockaway Mayor Theodore Reinhard's lapel, and below, Flower Days Chairman Mary LaPlac presents flower to Lynbrook Mayor William Po Geier. Assemblyman Arthur J. Kremer has won restoration of $124,000 in special state aid to the Village of East Rockaway and $265,268 to the VUlage of Lynbrook in the state budget recently adopted. \Under Governor Guomo's original budget proposal, all special state aid to local govern- ments was going to be elimin- ated,\ said Kremer. '*But local governments need these emer- gency funds to maintain ser- vices and hold down local taxes,' As a result of pressure from Assemblyman Kremer, munici- palities throughout the state will receive $71 million, which can be used to supplement local government operations. \I am pleased to have played a major role in providing these funds for the second year in a row,\ Assemblyman Kremer VILLAGE AID RESTORED said. \As a legislator I am always trying to find ways to help local governments increase their ser- vices to the public and these badly-needed funds will help.\ DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BEGINS SUNDAY, APRIL 24 2 a.m. MOVE CLOCKS AHEAD 1 HOUR Anthony Santino, newly- elected Village Trustee who re- placed retired Trustee Nicholas Cinque, was appointed liaison officer for the Grist Mill Museum Committee at the re- cent Village Organization Night. Trustee Santino will have his first opportunity to meet mem- bers of the committee, plus representatives of the organiza- tions who will be taking part in the upcoming Huckleberry Frolic at their organization meeting on Wednesday, May 4th, at 8 Pom, in\ the Village HaU basement. This will be the one and only meeting for the par- ticipants in the Frolic so it is most important that all be present in order to report on the type of booth or game they will be having. In return, the Com- mittee will promise sunshine for the day - June 18th from 10 aomotdlOp.m, At times those who work through the Igng day serving food or supervising games, ask how their hard-earned dollars have been spent. Since last year, and the most recent acquisition, a new sophisticated burglar alarm system has been installed, A number of years ago a fire alarm system was installed. There will also be a new custom made cabinet to use as a stand for the 1900 miniature village built by John Bishop. The MUl model has also been moved to the schoolroom where it will be displayed. New blown-up poster photos are being mounted to be displayed in the Petretti Barber Shop and a 1910 blow-up of the Woods Avenue School, when there were many trees and no houses in the vicinity, will be shown along with some original pencil drawings by the Woods Avenue students, A new case is being built to be placed in the \fire room'* to display old LIRR material and photos. If any local retired trainman has anything from old timetables to a rail- road car, the committee will be happy to hear about it. Don't forget, mark your calendar - May 4th - Frolic Meeting! You see it FIRST And most times ONLY In the OBSERVER Village Board Report Lynbrook U.S.A. The Lynbrook Village Board held its regular meeting on April 18th. The meeting was convened without Trustee Maurice Ornstein, who had run (or was still running) in the Boston Marathon that morning. Probably the most important item of business was the adop- tion of the 1983-84 Budget. As reported in last week's issue, the budget calls for the same tax rate as this year, $2,48 per $100 of assessed valuation. As always at the second meeting of the month. Depart- ment Reports were submitted by all Department Heads covering activities during March. In his re- port, Fire Chief Thomas Ryan noted it was his last and intro- duced the new Chief, Kevin Michaud, and his deputies. Along with Police statistics. Chief Frank Kehr reported on the voluntary fingerprinting pro- gram .which will be instituted in the Lynbrook Schools. Mayor William Geier appoint- ed and swore in the following: Edward Montgomery, Kenneth Hughes (Board of Architectural Review); George Xydias, Barbara Keenan, Roland Bell (Zoning Board of Appeals); Kevin Murtagh (Deputy Prosecuting Attorney). The Mayor also issued various Proclamations: May as Senior Citizens Month; Law Day, May 2nd (see article page 7); Buddy Poppy Month for the VFW; Continued on Page 3 VENDING MACHINES REMOVED IN LYNBROOK The Village of Lynbrook has made the Gannett Newspaper Chain remove the \USA Today\ vending machines which appear- ed on Village streets over the weekend of April 9th. Mayor William P, Geier had Gannett contacted after it was determined that no permit had been issued for placing these blue and white boxes, chained to utility poles, on Lynbrook street corners. Village ordinances re- quire a permit for any obstacle placed on a sidewalk. The vending machines were removed on Friday, April 15th, by a crew of 5 Gannett work- men, after the Village threaten- ed to remove and impound the vending machines if the com- pany failed to do so. The County of Nassau, the Town of Hempstead and New York City rare also discussing the removal of these machines in their jurisdictions. East RoekaMay School Board BUDGET HEARING RETIREMENTS BALLOT PLACES Highlights of East Rockaway School Board Meeting Monday night: * Presentation of the Budget for 1983-84 (printed in the recent INSIGHTS mailing-and worked up in a new format) adopted later in the evening. The estimated tax rate was updated (see following item) to an esti- mated $26,24 per $100. Since the publication of the initial 1983-84 budget request several changes have occurred. The sum total of which will re- duce the estimated tax increase for the resident. The following adjustments have been made during the past few weeks: Fuel oil, reduced anticipated cost per gaUon-$18,000 Change in BOCES special education tuition ration from Tier II to Tier I - $27,000 Increase in projected fund balance - $177,000, The new reduced estimated tax rate depending upon final setting by the Nassau County Board of Supervisors wll be $26,24, This represents an in- crease of $ 1.88, (The preceding amounts were made pubhc by Superintendent Michael Maiden) * Acceptance of resignations effective June 1983, under the terms of the new \Retirement Incentives Plan\ of Mrs. Rita Barrett, Mrs. Isabel Hefele, Mr. Francis Henrich, Mrs. Dorothy Larson, Mr. John Pellicane, Mr. Howard Pollock and Mr. John Ruckdeschel. Selection of positons on the ballot for the election to be held May 10th: 1) Mary Jane Brezenoff, 2) Rose Marie Brande, 3) Michael Racanelli, 4) Eileen Campbell, 5) Richard Meagher, 6) Michael Stock. 4 PTAs SPONSOR CANDIDATES FORUM East Rockaway's 4 PTAs will sponsor a forum, giving members of the community the oppor- tunity to ask questions of the six candidates who are bidding for the two available seats up for election to the Board of Edu- cation. The forum, being moderated by a representative of the League of Women Voters, will be ehld on Thursday, April 28th, at 8 p.m, in the East Rockaway High School Auditorium, All members of the commun- ity are urged to attend to help in selecting a candidate care- fully and intelligently.
