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Official Newspaper INCORPORATED VILLAGE East Rockaway SCHOOL DISTRICT INCORPORATED VILLAGE Lynbrook SCHOOL DISTRICT (iC^Qjnjn^OjGj USPS 165080 VOL. XVI, NO. 27 EAST ROCKAWAY, NEW YORK 11518, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1983 m PER COPY BUDDY POPPY MONTH - May is Buddy Poppy Month in the Village of Lynbrook and the members of the Howard Lathrop Post No. 2307, Veterans of Foreign Wars will be raising money for the Veterans Welfare Fund and needy residents. Above, Lynbrook Mayor William Geier receives the first poppy from Mrs. Violet DeVries on the steps of Village Hall. Looking on (1-r) are Paul Fish, Oppy Chairman; Michael Berkery, Post Commander, and Thomas DeVries. (Photo by Steve Grogan) Village Board Reports East Rockaway The East Rockaway Village Board held its regular monthly meeting on May 9th. Prior to the regular meeting two special public hearings were held, one on the fire contract with the ERFD, and theother on a new sidewalk ordinance, both of which were adopted during the regular meeting. A lengthy discussion brought up by residents of Rhame Ave. concerning the parking situation around Foodtown and the trucks servicing the supermarket again took up a large portion of the evening. Mayor Theodore Reinhard and Trustee Irving Shaw noted that the Board had been working on this problem for many months and substantial progess had been made with the cooperation of Foodtown owner Mel Weiss and other store per- sonnel. The residents, however, want additional commitments from both the Village and Food- town. Mayor Reinhard noted that similar problems exist wherever business and residential property abut each other, and short of closing Foodtown (which the Village was not about to do) there would never be a complete solution to the prob- lems of parking and traffic. A resident of Woods Ave. requested that the lights in the parking area behind the Village Hall be turned off at night so that basketball could not be played until midnight on the courts in the area. DPW Chief Torborg will look into moving the lights. Continued on Page 8 Lynbrook The Lynbrook Village Board meeting of May 2nd was high- lighted by the Annual Law Day Program, the only one of its kind in the U.S. As usual, the program was put together and moderated by the Hon. Lester Forest and this year was a debate between stu- dents from Lynbrook High School and Hewlett High School on the Proposition: Should the Drinking Age be Raised from 19 to 21? The Hewlett students, taking the affirmative were: Amy Lydell, Adam Moskowitz and Jodie Misher, and the Lyn- brook students arguing the nega- tive side were Richard Lerner, Veronica Sympson and Yvette Schneider. The regular agenda of the BAY PARK FIRE CONTRACT Any resident of the Bay Park Fire District wishing to inspect the proposed coritract between Bay Park and the Village of East Rockaway may do so at the home of Fire Commissioner James E. Fitzpatrick, 156 Lawson Avenue. meeting commenced with Mayor Wililiam Geier making additional appointments: Bruno Arena, Supt. of Building Dept.; Peter McSherry as Insurance Broker, and the Fire Dept. Advisory Comittee of Pat Cestone, Dominick Maffucci, Dominick DeCarlo, Walter Brooks, Ralph Bien and William Cosenza. 1st Assistant Chief Robert CitKovic gave a lengthy report on the gas spill incident of April 26th, and was lauded by the Mayor and members of the Continued on Page 8 The week of May 15-21 has been proclaimed POLICE WEEK by Lynbrook Mayor William P. Geier. Mayor Geier, honoring the valor, service and dedication of its own Village Police Officers, is shown presenting a proclamation marking the occasion to Lynbrook Police Chief Frank Kehr. (Photo by John Cribbin) E. R. Schools Voting BUDGET PASSES 720 - 470 MEAGHER & BRANDE ELECTED BRE2ENOFF BRANDE RACANELLI THE VOTING 485 CAMPBELL 667 MEAGHER 156 STOCK 247 677 229 We congratulate Mrs. Rose Marie Brande and Mr. Richard Meagher on their successful bid to the School Board. As the District settles down to get on with the business at hand, let us hope everyone who took an interest in this election continues to take an interest in education for all students - the underachiever as well as the exceptional student, and to the needs of the school community as a whole. We also hope that Mrs. Brezenoff, Mrs, Campbell, Mr. Stock and Mr. Racanelli will continue to express thoughts and be active participants , where possible, in the school community. OLIVER! Comes To E.R. After months of preparation and rehearsals, the long-awaited East Rockaway School District production of OLIVER! is finally set to open tomorrow evening. This production will be different from others that have been presented at the high school in that appearing in the musical will be not only high school students, but students from Rhame and Centre Avenue Schools as well as students from St. Raymond's. For the first time as well, faculty will be appearing with students in several key rolses. Appearing in the title role is sixth-grader Christopher Caccavo, with sixth-grader Richard Meagher playing the Artful Dodger. High school students Matthew Brumly, Vera Friscia, and Robert Accomando appear as Fagin, Nancy and Bill Sikes, respectively. Other high school students appearing in the production will be Ricky Connell, Aileen Healy, Chris DelGiorno and Michael Vonnoh, among others. Among faculty appearing in OLIVER! will be Martin Severino in the role of Mr. Bumble. After having directed seventeen successful plays and musicals at the high school over the years, Mr. Bumble marks his local debut on the other side of the footlights. Playing opposite him is Suzanne Mills, known for her drama work at Rhame Avenue. Superintendent of Schools Michael Maiden plays Mr. Brownlow, with Mary Orzano as Mrs. Bedwin. Mildred Brock and Phyllis Campbell are other teachers in the cast, and music teacher David Meoli will be in the orchestra. With musical direction by Karen DeBaun, Choreography by Neil Monaco, and overall direction by Kevin Harrington, this production of OLIVER! is the biggest to be seen in the school district for many years as approxiamtely a hundred people are involved, either on stage or behind the scenes. All seats are reserved and all tickets are $5 each. Performances are at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 13th and I4th, and Thursday and Friday, May 19th and 20th. You may purchase tickets at the door the evening of the performance or you may order tickets through the main office of the high school. The musical will be pre- sented in the Harry Bunting Auditorium of East Rockaway High School.
