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Official Newspaper liyCORPORATEO VILLAGE Ea$f Rockdway SCHOOL DISTRICT INCORPORATED VILLAGE Lynbrook SCHOOL DISTRICT mm wfsmwm (LC^QjOjL^lijCj m Eo.. Ro\-\' Park ^ USPS IfiSQSO VOL. XVI, NO. 32 EAST ROCKAWAY, NEW YORK 11518, THURSDAY. JUNE 16, 1 ft83 m PER COPY A large crowd was on hand Sunday night at St. Raymond's Starlight Room to wish David Henshaw of Lynbrook, Nassau County President of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, well in his election bid to be- come New York State Treasurer of the A.O.H. Among those on hand were (1-r) State Senator Carol Berman (in an appropriate bri^t green dress), Congressmen Norman Lent and Ray McGrath, (Dave Henshaw) Hempstead Presiding Supervisor Thomas Gulotta, Hempstead Town Clerk Dan Fisher, and East Rockaway Village Trustee Anthony Santino, High Tax Aid Bill Helps E.R. Senator Norman J. Levy and Senator Michael Tully and Assemblymen Greg Becker, George Madison and Fred Parola are urging representatives of Long Island's 30 \high tax-low wealth\ school districts to join forces in an effort to secure Assembly passage of their Regional High Tax Aid Bill which was approved by the State Senate on June 7th. If enacted, the High Tax Aid proposal would provide the East Rockaway School District with an additional $96,421 and Mal- verne with $63,567 for fiscal year 1983-84, re-establishing some equity through a formula .based on regional costs and property values. Sen. Levy said that the State Aid to Education portion of the State Budget, adopted last March, \utterly failed to equi- tably deal with high-taxed-low wealth districts, especially those in Nassau County and the Lower Hudson Region. Local residents wishing to lend their support towards pass- age of the High Tax Aid Bill (A.6500) in the Assembly should write: Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink, State Capitol, Albany, NY 12248; or Assem- blyman Arthur J. Kremer, LOB, Albany, NY 12248. GIFTED AID FOR E.R. The East Rockaway School District will receive $75,000 for its gifted children's program under a special grant obtained by Assemblyman Arthur J. Kremer. \This successful program has brought great dividends and I am pleased to have played an active role in obtaining this money. I know that the district was look- ing forward to the continuation of this program,\ said Kremer. You see it FIRST And most times ONL Y In the OBSERVER The Lynbrook-East Rockaway Mayor's Trophy Game was contested last week, with a large crowd in attendance. It looks as if Lynbrook Trustee Maurice Ornstein bested East Rockaway Trustee Pauline Wipfler on the bat, but the East Rockaway boys took the measure of their Lynbrook counterparts, win- ning a well-played game by 5 runs. Pictured above are: 9l-r) East Rockaway Trustees Anthony Santino, Irving Shaw and Pauline Wipfler and Lynbrook Trustees Maurice Ornstein, Eugene Scarpato and Peter Ledwith. (Photo by John Cribbin) SYMS IN, LIMBO The long-awaited public hearing on Sy Syms coming to Lynbrook at 619 Sunrise Highway was commenced on Monday, Jione 13th. The hearing actually is a request for a special exception by the owner of the property, Rupp Chevrolet, to permit a building to be erected for which there will not be enough parking spaces to meet the requirements of the ordinance. This building would then be occupied by Sy Syms Clothing. Mr. Jerome McDougal, President of Rupp, and Mr. J. Peluso, a constractor, presented the case for the petitioner. McDougal said that it was a $6,000,000 proposal from Syms, which was the most substantial offer for the property, although there have been other proposals. Mr. Peluso presented a rendering of the proposed building which would call for having 300 parking spaces on premises. Only 160 are possible if the building is to be erected according to Syms specifications. Most comments by residents were unfavorable, citing increased traffic on Sunrise, parking on side streets, trucks on resi- dential streets, etc. Surprisin^y enough, however, there were favor- able comments from residents, also. Mr. McDougal advised that they would have an expert witness testify regarding traffic, trucking, etc. at a later date, and Mayor William Geier, following lengthy discussion by the Board and those in attendance, said that the most important questions were still to be answered. He said that he felt that the most important asi^ect of the discussions was the uncompromising attitude of Syms. The owner of the Service Station on the corner of Broadway and Sunrise noted that he might be willing to sell his property to Rupp, which would make more parking available, and Mr. McDougla said that he would certainly be willing to discuss this proposition. Since nothing further could be accomplished, and all residents had voiced their opinions, the hering was adjourned to July 18th, when expert testimony on both sides of the issue will be presented, additional questions posed by the Board, so that a final determina- tion can be made. A short regular agenda preceded the hearing: Mrs. Mary Ann Hughes was appointed Secretary to the Mayor and Mrs. Dorothy Hornung to the Architectural Board of Review; Professional Plumb- ing, Heating and Cooling Week was proclaimed by the Mayor; Fees were waived for vendors during Lynbrook Week; Contracts were awarded on DPW equipment and bids opened on otehr equipment; and a Heating, Ventialting and Air-Conditioning Maintenance Con- tract for the Library and the Old Village Hall was awarded to E. W. Hoffman, Inc. Under Good and Welfare there was a lengthy discussion on two on-going problems, commuter parking and the Pub on the corner of Broadway and New St. Next meeting June 20th. MORE DUNKEES This Saturday, June 18th, at the East Rockaway Annual Huckleberry Frolic in Memorial Park, in addition to the East Rockaway and Lynbrook Mayors, Reinhard and Geier, ad- ditional dignitaries have been added to be dunked, Namely, East Rockaway School Superin- tendent Michael Maiden, Fire Chiefs Guy Donza and Tom Cittadino and Recreation Direc- tor Jerry Chapel. A cordial in- vitation has been extended to their Lynbrook counterparts to be dunked in like manner. The Fire Chiefs are slated* for 1:30 and Mr. Maiden around 3 p.m. Jerry will be dunked as soon as he shows up. ROCKETTES IN EAST ROCKAWAY On Friday, June 24th, at 2 p.m. there will be a meeting in the ERHS Gym for a pom-pom squad to be starting in September. If you are interested, sign up in the main office. The ROCKETTES will be performing at the home football games in the fall. HUCKLEBERRY FROLIC AND LYNBROOK WEEK SCHEDULES PAGE 3
