Observer_1983-08-24; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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Lynbrook
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VOL. XVI, NO. 41 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1983 25c PER COPY
Does East Rockaway Need a Board of Trade?
S h o u l d the business
community of East Rocka-way
establish a Chamber of
Commerce or a Board of
Trade?
This question has been
asked by many in the com-munity
for the past few
years. It is a question that
s h o u l d be discussied,
researched and debated, for
it is one that directly affects
all members of the East
Rockaway community. Ij is
the purpose of this article to
introduce this topic, and
invite comments from those
who support the idea as well
as those who believe that it
will be detrimental.
A Chamber of Commerce
or Board of Trade is an
organization of business and
p r o f e s s i o n a l men and
women whose major con-cern
is encouraging and
stimulating business within
the town that the board
encompasses. It serves as a
vital link with other legisla-tive
bodies, such as the
Town of Hempstead, that
can help merchants with
such problems as zoning,
parking, or any other regu-lation
affecting business. It
also serves as a focal point of
business interests, which
gives greater strength to the
concerns of businessmen
when approaching such
governing bodies as the Vil-lage
Board.
A member of a Board of
Trade agrees to a specific
Code of Ethics which he
pledges he will follow in
dealing with his customers.
This Code of Ethics serves as
a guide to good business
practices. Area residents will
know that a member of a
local board of trade will
guarantee fair and equitable
t r e a t m e n t . A grievance
committee works on behalf
of both merchants and con-sumers
to protect them from
unfair business practices
and provides steps necessary
for redress.
Meetings, which niay
meet at regular intervals,
o f f e r the merchant an
opportunity to meet and
discuss' his business con-cerns
with other area busi-nessmen.
An active Board of
Trade could also solicit
guest speakers through the
course of the year to give
depth to discussions.
In addition, a Board of
Trade can establish them-selves
as a grouj; t6 provide
health insurance to its
members, allowing for the
maximum amount of cover-age
at the lowest of group
rates. Lastly, the Board
could provide many com-munity
services, such as a
Holiday Lighting program,
which would not only add to
the holiday atmosphere but
increase business sales as
well.
The question of the estab-lishment
of a Board of Trade
is one that should be
seriously considered by all
members of the community.
The Observer welcomes
comments from anyone who
has an opinion on this sub-ject,
and the Observer will
publish all responsible let-ters
and/or articles. These
comments should be mailed
to the editor, John Hambel
at PO Box 91, East Rocka-way,
NY 11518. With a spi-rited
exchange of ideas from
concerned members of the
community, perhaps an
organization will be estab-
.lished which will benefit all
members of the community.
Lent Receives Leadership Award Concert Held in /Residents Protest Syms Request
Congressman Norman F.
Lent (R-E. Rockaway)
today was presented the
1983 American Security
Council' s 'Coalition' for
Peace Through Strength
Leadership Award in recog-nition
of his support for a
national strategy of Peace
Through Strength.
The honor was bestowed
upon Rep. Lent by the
American Security Council
at an awards reception at the
U.S. Capital sponsored by
the United States Congres-sional
Advisory Board. The
Leadership Award was
presented to those Members
of Congress who have a 70
percent or better voting
record according to the ASC
National Security Voting
Index. Rep. Lent achieved a
90 percent rating.
The Coalition for Peace
Through Strength is a bipar-tisan
alliance of leading citi-zens
and organizations
which support a strong
national defense as the best
guarantee of peace. The
American Security Council
serves as the program
secretariat of the Coalition
for Peace Through Stre-
.ngth. \\\ • ••
ASC President John M
Fisher said, "It is with great
pride and satisfaction that I
announce the recipients of
t h i s y e a r ' s L e a d e r s h ip
Awards. Rep. Lent is one of
those far-sighted Members
of Congress who knows that
a strong America is a secure
America; who knows that
weakness only invites agres-sion;
and who knows that
only a national strategy of
Peace Through Strength
will insure our nation's
security."
In accepting the award.
Rep. Lent said, "It gives me
great pleasure to receive so
widely respected an award
as this one. It is vital that
America retains its ability to
defend itself as we work to
maintain the peace. The free
world depends on the Uni-ted
States and we must not
let them down."
CAN SECURITY
M. H O N O RS
ntingRep. Lent
dership Award
is Col. Phelps Jones, Direc-tor
of National Security and
Foreign Affairs of VFW.
Memorial Park
by Carol Monaco
An open-air music festi-
. val, sponsored by Commun-ity
Action Residents of East
Rockaway and East Rock-away's
Youth Center, took
place in Memorial Park
Aug. 17 to raise money for
the Joseph Crawford Mem-orial
Scholarship Fund.
CARER and the youth
center have been working
together to battle the drug
problem in East Rockaway.
"This was a non-alcohol-and-
drug concert in memory
of Joseph Crawford," Frank
Altamore, a member of
CARER, said«Crawford, a
young adult of East Rockii-way,
died in a fire at a board-ing
house June 25. He was
under the influence of alco-hol
at the time.
Glenn LaChance, a youth
member of the scholarship
committee, said the money
raised would be used as a
football shcolarship for East
Rockaway High School
students. Crawford was a
f o o t b a l l player in East
Rockaway High School.
The scholarship will be
awarded to "the person who
works the hardest to achieve
greatness in football...Joey
worked hard...nobody gave
anything to him," LaChance
said.
Approximately 300 peo-ple
came to the concert. Six
bands from Long Island
volunteered to perform for
the fund-raiser; Blue Odys-sey,
Troy and the Tornedo,
Buddy Love, Long Island
Fishermen, and 1 he Broken
Hearts. Soloist Augie Ficar-rota
of East Rockaway ded-icated
an original song to
Crawford, entitled "Destiny."
Herman Goldstein, a
counselor at the youth cen-
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Lynbrook Village Board Reports
Mayor William Geier and
the Trustees of the Lyn-brook
Village Board met in
session on Monday, August
22. A crowd of about 150
people was on hand, the vast
majority consisting of con-cerned
residents who felt
strongly about the petition
by Syms, Inc. for an exemp-tion
to the village ordinance
that requires I parking space
for every 200 square feet of
building space. Syms has
requested a change to I •
parking spot for every 400
square feet for their pro-posed
Syms store on the
p r o p e r t y which formerly
housed Rupp Chevrolet.
In an effort to quickly get
to the matter at hand.
Mayor Geier moved that all
departmental reports be
included in the record as
submitted, without being
read at the meeting. The
Mayor then presented a
proclamation of achieve-ment
to the Our Lady of
P e a c e S t a r S t r u t t er
Twirlers, for their recent
honors in national competi-tion.
The Board then discussed,
various requests from civic
and government, officials.
Approved were the 4-H
Council's request for solici-tation
in the Village, the'
request by the Fire Depart-ment
to attend the Interna-tional
Fire Chiefs Associa-tion
Convention, the request
to attend the Magistrate's
Convention, and the request
to attend a training school
for the Village Clerl^and
Financial Officers. Mayor
Geier noted that all of thse
requests had been included
in the 1983-1984 fiscal
budget, and that it would
not be necessary to furnish
additional monies for these
requests.
The Mayor stated that the
Beautification of Lynbrook
Program would be accept-,
ing bids for 100 trees to be
planted around the Village
at the next Village meetijig,
September 12. These trees
would be planted at those
sites where the Village has
taken down old trees, as well
as those places where resi-dents
have requested that a
tree be placed on their prop-erty.
The Board then tabled
until September 12 the pro-posed
1983-1984 CHIP pro-ject,
which provides money
given by the State to
improve Village streets,
highways and sidewalks.
The State is providing
approximately $82,000 for
these improvements, but the
bids received were in ej^cess
of this amount. Therefore,
the Board will reevaluate its
priorities and discuss their
findings at the next meeting.
The Mayor asked that the
Board ratify their emer-gency
measure to replace, a
leaking diesel tank. The
Mayor explained that this
measure was required as the
leak constituted a serious
health hazard and the Board
did not have the opportunity
to make use of the normal
course of action, which
includes a hearing and
acceptance of bids. In addi-tion,
the Mayor asked that
the Board approve his
request, for the establish-
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BENNET SPEAKS AT E.R. REPUBLICAN CLUB.
Robert Bennet, Director of the Nassau County Probation
Department, was the guest speaker at a recent meeting of the
East Rockaway Republican Club. Bennet spoke on the func-tions
of the Probation Department and its place in our
criminal justice system.
Shown with Bennet (2nd left) are (l-r) Republican Club
President Vinny Petraro, Republican Leader Phil Christ
and East Rockaway Village Trusteee Anthony Santino.