Observer_1983-10-05; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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Lynbroolc
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VOL. 31 NO. 47 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1983 25c PER COPY
NEW AMBULANCE PRESENTED. East Rockaway
Mayor Ted Reinhard (second right) presents the keys to
East Rockaway's new ambulance to squad Captain Ron
Collura. Present at the ceremony were (left to right) East
Rockaway Village Trustees Anthony Santino, Murray
Eskenazi, and Irving Shaw, and Fire Chief Oneta looks on
with approval.
Kiwanis to Sponsor
T h e East Rockaway
Kiwanis Club will sponsor
its Annual Pancake Break-fast
on Sunday, October
16th from 7:30a.m. to 1 p.m.
The breakfast will be held at
the St. Raymond's School
cafeteria which is located at
the corner of Atlantic and
Grant Avenues in East
Rockaway. Admission to
the breakfast will be priced
at $2 for adults and $1 for
children and senior citizens.
This event is one of the
Kiwanis Club's most impor-tant
fund raising ventures of
the year. Proceeds are used
to help further many of the
Club's local charitable aims.
Last year, recipients of char-itable
assistance from the
Kiwanis Club included: the
Boy Scouts, the Industrial
Home for the Blind, South
Nassau Communities Hos-pital,
and Catholic Chari-ties,
to name just a few.
T h e East Rockaway
Kiwanis Club is a group of
local professional, business
and civic individuals who
have dedicated themselves
to serving the community.
Anyone interested in becom-ing
a member of Kiwanis
should contact club Presi-dent
John Krull at Krull
P l u m b i n g on A t l a n t ic
Avenue in East Rockaway.
EMT GRADUATION ATFRANKLINGENERAL*. Over
30 ambulance corps and fire department members have
successfully completed an Ermergency Medical Technician
(EMT) course recently conducted at Franklin General Hos-pital.
On hand for the graduation ceremony were a whole
host of delegates from the Lynbrook Fire Department,
including from left, Senior Instructor Patrick Coonan,
R.N., new EMT Andrew Dunn, new EMT Joseph A. D'Es-posito,
mew EMT Captain George White, Congressman
Raymond McGrath, new EMT Joseph R. Rice, new EMT
Timothy Waring, Instructor Edward Keighron and Instruc-tor
Captain Michael Ambrosio.
Fire Prevention
\Neek
Fire Prevention Week is
from October 9th to 15th
and the Lynbrook FD will
be conducting a fire preven-tion
demonstration on Sat-urday
October 15th at the
Earle Ave parking field
beginning at 1 P.M. The
annual children's fire truck
rides will also be held in con-junction
with the fire prev-e
n t i o n d e m o n s t r a t i o n.
Rides will be held from 1 to 3
p.m. at Earle Avenue.
Besides the demonstration
and rides. Sparky the Fire
Dog will give out balloons
and other items to the
children.
In conjunction with Fire
Prevention Week the Lyn-brook
FD would like to
bring your attention to some
important facts, and remind
you of some very simple fire
prevention ideas that should
be practiced every week of
the year.
Each year approximately
6000- Americans lose their
lives in over 5 million home
fires. Almost half of these
deaths are children. Don't
allow yourself or a member
of your family to become
this years statistic.
•Never smoke in bed.
•Use smoke and heat
detectors throughout your
home.
•Do not overload outlets
or use frayed wiring.
•Never put water on a
stove grease fire-use baking
soda or salt.
• D o not store large
amounts of trash or paper.
•Keep a fire extinguisher
near the kitchen or fireplace.
•Have a fire escape plan,
tech it to your CHILDREN,
and rehearse it.
•Know your fire-police
emergency number and post
them on your phones.
Persons or organizations
r e q u e s t i n g a d d i t i o n al
information on fire preven-tion
and safey can contact
the Lynbrook Fire Depart-ment
Fire Prevention Unit
at 599-1547.
Harvest Festival
Bite into a crisp Cortland
at the Fourth Annual Harv-est
Festival sponsored by St.
John's Lutheran Church,
Lynbrook, N.Y. The Festi-val
will take place on Sun-day,
October 16th from
noon to 5 P.M. at the corner
of Peninsula; Boulevard
and Merrick Road, Lyn-brook.
Apples, pumpkins,
fresh cider, cheese, crafts
and baked goods as well as a
Special Free Hearing Test
will be available.
Hannibal's Pub Hearing
Mayor William P. Geier
on September 27th led Lyn-brook
village officials and a
contingent of residents to
the State Liquor Authority's
hearing on the liquor license
of the Hannibal's Pub
located at 275 Broadway,
Lynbrook. The hearing was
held at the SLA offices at
250 Broadway in New York
City.
Fifteen Lynbrook resi-dents
residing in the vicinity
of the Pub came to the hear-ing
to press their demands to
close the bar which has dis-rupted
their area and their
lives for some time.
Mayor Geier had taken
up their cause shortly after
taking office in April after
residents had reported that
they had been seeking relief
for over 5 years. With the
assistance of Assemblyman
Gregory Becker and Senator
Carol Berman the Hannibal
Pub issue was put on the
SLA's hearing calendar.
Both Assemblyman Becker,
who provided the residents
with bus transportation to
the hearing, and Senator
Berman, were present at the
hearing to lend their sup-port.
The outcome of the
hearing, which took the
whole day to hear testimony
from both sides of the issue,
will not be known until the
end of the year when the
S L A is e x p e c t e d to
announce their decision.
ViLUVGE BOARD REPORTS
BASTMCKmAY
The East Rockaway Vil-lage
Board held their
October meeting on Mon-day,
October 3 at the Village
Hall. The regular meeting
was preceded by two special
hearings on the topics of
increasing senior citizen
exemptions from taxation
and video games within the
Village.
The Board quickly
dispensed with the matter of
Senior Citizen exemptions.
After hearing from various
citizens in support of the
measure, the Board voted
unanimously to amend Vil-lage
Law 2 (A) of 1980 to
raise the amount of earnings
that may be exempted from
taxation from $10,500 to
$13,500. The Board noted
that they could not raise the
level any higher without
f u r t h e r legislation from
Albany.
The Lynbrook Village
Board met on October 3, at
the Village Hall. A crowd of
approximately 40 people
were on hand to listen to the
business before the Board.
The Board issued a proc-lamation
to Lieutenant
Donald Jackson on his
retirement. They then con-sidered
several requests
from area organizations for
approval of their flea
markets. These organiza-tions
included the St. Vin-
In Service
Navy Ensign Michael P.
Wetherell, son of Richard E.
and Fredine Wetherell of
162 Oceanview Road, East
Rockaway, N.Y., is cur-rently
an officer assigned to
the destroyer USS John
Rodgers which recently
completed a 42-day period
in support of the Multi-
N a t i o n a l P e a c e k e e p i ng
A crowd of approxi-mately
40 people gathered to
express their opinion of the
proposed measure to limit in
some way the times during
which video games may be
operated. This was necessi-tated
by complaints from
various sections of the
community that school-children
were frequenting
those establishments that
operate video games, result-ing
in lateness to school and
wasting of money by the
schoolchildren.
There appeared to be a
consensus of opinion among
concerned parents, local
merchants and members of
the Board that some limita-tions
were both acceptable
as well as necessary. With-out
coming to a vote, the
Board agreed to reserve
decision on this matter, but
expressed the opinion that
all persons present seemed
LYNBROOK cent De Paul Society, Tem-ple
Emanu-El, the Davison
and West end PTA's, and
the Ladies Auxiliary of the
L y n b r o o k Knights of
Columbus.
The Board announced the
appointment of Robert Cox
to the Board of Plumbing
Examiners, and Glorie
Demchuk as Clerk to the
Village Justice. In addition,
the Board approved a
request for "No Trucking"
signs on Lakeview ^venue.
Force in Beirut, Lebanon.
While on station, the
John Rodgers became the
first destroyer since World
War II to be an amphibious
force flagship when Com-m
a n d e r U.S. F o r c es
L e b a n o n , C a p t . M.M,
France, broke his pennant
from her truck. Capt.France
chose John Rodgers as his
f l a g s h i p because of her
to agree that the machines
would be turned off com-pletely
between the hours of
7:30 am and 9 am and
between 11:30 am and 1:30
pm.
' At its regular meeting,
the Board issued authoriza-tion
to enter into contract
with the Town of Hemp-stead
concerning a dog con-trol
warden In addition, the
Board remarked on the
presentation of the A.A.
award which East Rocka-way
has recently received for
its good safety record.
The Mayor proclaimed
this week as "Constitution
Week" in East Rockaway.
In addition, he proclaimed
that Ocotber 24 will be "Uni-ted
Nations Day."
The next meeting of the'
East Rockaway Village
Board will be held on Mon-day,
November 14.
F i n a l l y , t h e B o a rd
announced a bid award for
the planting of 75 trees
throughout the Village of
Lynbrook as part of a con-tinuing
beautification plan.
A long waiting list has been
generated for trees, and this
initial planting of 75 trees
will be but the first install-ment
of future trees to be
planted in the Village.
The next meeting of the
Lynbrook Village Board
will be on Monday, October
17.
"speed, quick response cap-ability
and communication
facilities."
During a port visit in
Israel, the crew of the John
Rodgers participated in
many tours of the holy land,
including visits to Jerusa-lem,
Bethlehem and Tel
Aviv. The ship also hosted
many citizens to shipboard,
tours.