Observer_1983-10-12; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. 31 NO. 48 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1983 25c PER COPY
CONGRESSIONAL PRAISE FOR MOLLOY. Sister
Janet Fitzgerald, O.P., Ph.D., President of Molloy College
receives a congressional citation from Anthony J. Santino,
Special Assistant to Congressman Norman Lent, at the
dedication of the new Molloy College Mobile Health Unit.
Joining in accepting the citation with Sister Janet are Dr.
Rose Ann Naughton, Chairman of the Molloy Nursing
Department, and Dr. Patricia Keenan, Coordinator of the
Mobile Health Unit Committee.
Jacoby Named Pupil
Personnei Director at
East Rockaway HS
Mr. Robert Jacoby is our
new D i r e c t o r of Pupil
Personnel for the East
Rockaway Union Free
School District. His office is
located at the East Rock»
away High School.
Mr. Jacoby comes to East-'
Rockaway Schools with a
B.A. in Sociology and Psy-chology
from C. W. Post; a
Masters degree from Man-hattan
College in Special
Education and a Certificate
of Advanced Study from
New'Paltz. He has taught
Special Education classes at
both the elementary and
secondary levels in Peekskill
City Schools. His adminis-trative
experience includes
team leader; coordinator of
resource rooms; high school
a d m i n i s t r a t i v e assistant;
principal of Hope Farm
School, where he developed
a school for the Multiply
Handicapped and at Lake-land
Central School District
he was supervisor of special
education, the program con-sisted
of 850 classified stu-dents
and encompassed 10
schools. Other professional
activities Mr. Jacoby has
been involved in writing cur-
Mr. Robert Jacoby
riculum for Xerox publica-tions;
consultant for special
education programs and
child advocacy groups. Mr.
Jacoby is also a certified
hearing officer in the State
of New York.
Mr. Jacoby's outside
interests include sailing,
golf, tennis and most out-door
sports.
He is looking forward to
becoming involved in the
East Rockaway educational
community and meeting
p a r e n t s , s t u d e n t s and
faculty.
0/lff Flag Essay
Contest Winner
The Anne Cary Chapter
of East Rockaway, National
Society if the Daughters of
the American Revolution,
sponsored a local sixth
grade student who won
second place in its New Yotk
State NSDAR Flag Essay
Contest which was an-nounced
at the State Con-ference
on September 23,
1983, in Albany.
The Chapter Regent,
Mrs. Jere D. Gilmour of
Baldwin, informed Kathleen
Pritchard of 40 Maiden
Avenue, Lynbrook, a sixth
grade student at Center
Avenue School in East
Rockaway, that she was
second place state winner in
the essay whose topic was:
"My Friend: The American
Flag".
On behalf of the Anne
Cary Chapter, the R^ent
and Mrs. Wallace Smith of
Rhame Avenue, presented a
gift of $10 to Kathleen in
recognition of her achieve-ment
and the goal of the
chapter ot focus the atten-tion
of community members
upon patriotism and our
national heritage.
Alert for
Hunger
Top priority items include
- peanut butter, canned
meats, cereals, baby foods,
canned fruits and vegeta-bles,
rice, spaghetti, tuna,
powdered milk, canned jui-ces,
cocoa, flour sugar, cof-fee,
tea, vegetable oil, jellies
and jello puddings. How-ever,
all non-perishable
food items are gladly
accepted.
Monetary donations will
be used to purchase food at
wholesale prices. Checks
may be made out and sent to
the L.I.C.C. Food Center,
249 Merrick Road, Rock-ville
Center, N.Y., 11570
and are tax deductible. For
f u r t h e r information you
may call 536-8708.
While most of us are on
vacation the food donations
to the Center dwindle and
during the summer months
more food leaves then
arrives. The shelves become
d r a s t i c a l ly depleted and
replacements are sorely
needed. Hunger never takes
a vacation.
The annual "Alert For
Hunger" drive in Lynbrook
and East Rockaway is sche-duled
for the month of
October. This drive is in
behalf of the Long Island
Action Taken on Marion
Street Playground
Last year, when Marion
Street parents proposed
closing the playground on
Waverly Avenue because of
its state of disrepair, Dr.
Alfred Solomon, principal,
suggested that a committee
be formed to investigate the
alternatives.
Susan Gorecki, Chris
Bozzone and Pat Firian,
who headed the PTA com-mittee,
had a vision of a new
kind of adventure play-ground
that would challenge
the children physically.
They contacted Jeff Olson
Kremer Urges "Yes" Vote on
Road, Bridge Bond Issue
Assemblyman Arthur J.
Kremer is urging voters in
the 20th Assembly District
t o vote " y e s " on the
infrastructure bond issue on
November 8. The bond issue
will raise $1.25 billion to
repair highways, bridges
and port facilities through-out
the state.
"Right now New York has
24,000 miles of roads in bad
condition and 8,200 bridges
with structural deficiencies,"
says Kremer, "and we can-not
postpone the task of
rebuilding them any longer.
If voters do not want to pay
for repairs over the 30-year
life of the bonds, then there
will be a dramatic increase in
state taxes to pay for them
right now."
Kremer points out that
more than $150 million is
earmarked for highway
improvements in Nassau
County. This includes $33
Council of Churches Emer-gency
Food Center. At the
Center a 3 day supply of
food is provided to those in
need without racial or reli-gious
discrimination..
There are many reasons
why a family may find them-selves
without money to buy
food. It could be an unex-pected
layoff from a job, or
an accident that would pro-hibit
someone from work-ing.
Money can be lost or
stolen or needed for medical
care. Winter's unusually low
t e m p e r a t u r e s may cost
many families large sums for
electricity, gas and oil.
Every recipient is recom-mended
by a social service
agency or the clergy. So, no
matter what the reason for
the need, it is urgent and
can't wait. We ask all resi-dents
to help those less for-tunate
and get behind this
important food program.
Please give generously
through your church, syn-agogue
and school and sup-port
your club or organiza-tion
as it works for the
"Alert For Hunger" drive.
million for upgrading the
Long Island Expressway,~$7
million to widen the South-ern
State Parkway at Valley
Strearn, $42 million for a
new interchange between
the Meadowbrook and
Northern State Parkways,
and $5.4 million for new
lighting on the. Northern
State:
" I n a d d i t i o n , " says
Kremer, "the bond issue
contains $70 million for
local highway repairs in
Nassau County and $34 mil-lion
to improve the county's
bus system.
" T h e Mianus River
Bridge tragedy on Interstate
95 in Connecticut proves
what can happen when
roads and bridges are not
maintained. The roads are
Long Island's lifeline and we
cannot afford to have them
deteriorate any further."
of Big Toy, who made the
arrangements to have the
necessary items delivered.
Funds were supplied from
the District and the Parent-
Teachers Association.
Late in the summer, the
day of action took place and
b u i l d e r s were Arguso,
Angel, Greg, Tina and Luke
Becker, Clen and Frank
Becker, Bozzone, Felix,
Finan, Friefeld, Giannotti,
Gorecki, Leader, Macchia,
McNamara, Liz and Roger
R e g a n , R o s e n b l o o m,
Russo, Small, Solomon,
Taranto, Tolle and Yosca.
The group sawed, lifted,
pulled, hammered, dug and
connected to erect a super
new playground for the
youngsters to enjoy. District
Director of School Facilities
and Operations, Louis Per-sall,
built the stone frame
surrounding the equipment.
The playground is located
on Marion Street, outside
the volley-ball court.
Superintendent of Schools
Bern Seiderman praised the
joint effort of the PTA,
school personnel and the
community. Chairman of
t h e c o m m i t t e e , Susan
Gorecki, commended the
project. "Our children will
benefit in years to come
from the generosity of time,
talent and funding from
everyone involved."
MAYOR IN THE LION'S DEN. Lynbrook Mayor William
Geier was the guest speaker at a recent meeting of the
Lynbrook/East Rockaway Lions Club. At the meeting were
(left to right) Lion Secretary/Treasurer Roy Solace, Mayor
Geier, Lion President Vincent Alessi, and Lynbrook Deputy
Mayor Michael Krawchuk. In his talk, Mr. Geier described
how his administration is operating under an "open door"
policy where all citizens have access to the ears of their
elected ofricials...and how important he thinks their input is.
He also emphasized how modern business-management
principles are now being applied, wherever possible, in run-ning
the village government. Mr. Krawchuk commented on
the day-to-day operation of the village. The program con-cluded
with a question and answer period.
(Photo by Ted Kell)