Observer_1983-12-07; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. 32 NO. 4 Wednesday, December 7,1983 25c PER COPY
RESIDENTS CITED. Mayor Theordore Reinhard (r)
presented East Rockaway residents (l-r) Anthony Vltta,
Anthony Urbano and Marie Urbano with Citations of Meri-torious
Service for'their outstanding efforts to assist their
neighbors during a recent house fire. Looking on are (l-r)
Trustees Eskenazi, Wipfler, Shaw and Santino. (Photo by
John Cribbin).
Clearing the Air
Many residents have expressed their concern and confu-sion
over the exact wording of the proposed bond resolu-tion,
to be voted upon Tuesday, December 13.
In an effort to clear the air over this matter, the Observer
prints as a public service a partial text of the resolution:
Proposition (Vote Yes or NO)
Resolved that the Board of Education is authorized to
demolish the existing elementary schools and construct on
the sites thereof two new elementary school buildings, and to
reconstruct in part the existing East Rockaway High School
Building.
Therefore, those who support the bond proposal should
pull the YES lever, while those in opposition to the bond
proposal should pull the NO lever.
St. Raymonds
Offers Free Milk
St. Raymond School is
again offering a Free Milk
Policy to its students. The
following family eligibility
criteria has been adopted to
assist them in determining
eligibility.
be filed as family income
changes. The information
provided on the application
will be confidential and will
be used only for the purpose
of determining eligibility.
The school, does how-
NY STATE 1983-84 FAMILY ELIGIBILITY
CRITERIA FOR FREE MILK
No. IN Family
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
For Each Additional
Family Member, Add
Families with incomes at
or below the amount of
money listed above are
urged to apply for free milk.
They may do so by filling
our applications sent home
in a letter to parents. Appli-cations
may be submitted
anytime durinp the school
year. New applications must
Yearly Monthly Weekly
$6,318 $527 $122
8,502 709 164
10,686 891 206
12,870 1073 248
15,054 1255 290
17,238 1437 332
19,422 1619 374
21,606 1801 416
2,184 182 42
ever, have the right to verify
at anytime during the school
year the information on the
application.
At certain times, foster
children can also receive free
milk.
Under the provisions of
this policy, the designated
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Board ember Switches;
Opposes Bond Issue
East Rockaway Board of
Education member Barry
Akrongold has announced
that "after deep reflection
and discussion with neigh-bors
and experts, 1 have
changed my vote. 1 no
longer support this bond
issue."
A k r o n g o l d ' s surprise
announcement came during
the Forum hosted by the
East Rockaway Board of
Education at the High
S c h o o l on Monday,
December 5. He stated, "1
feel that 1 was elected to
represent the whole com-munity.
It is obvious that the
majority of residents feds
that they can not afford
these schools. It would be
foolish to stick to an opinion
that 1 no longer believe in."
Akrongold noted, how-ever,
that the problems will
not go away by merely vot-ing
down this bond issue.
"The buildings are in serious
need of repair. I am afraid
that some one will be hurt by
the dangerous conditions
that exist; we must do some-thing
now before it is too
late. 1 urge all to realize that
we are in this together. It is
as if we were all on a sinking
ship. If we don't fix the leak,
we sink. Renovation is a
viable alternative. We must
do something."
The member's remarks
came during each Board
member's presentation of
his beliefs on the bond issue.
Mr. Maiden began the meet-ing,
speaking for more than
a half hour on the problems
the community faces and the
attributes of a reconstruc-tion
program. Mr. Meagher
noted that the c6mmunity
turned down a bond issue of
but $1.3 million three years
ago, but the problems and
neetJs havt^ nol gone away.
Meagher stated that should
the bond referendum be
defeated on December 13,
the Board will hold a meet-ing
on the following day at
7:30 pm at the High School
to arrive at some workable
alternative. Mr. Kachinoski
commended the Board's
decision as "bold and daring
and I applaud it." He noted
that the community is not
often given the chance of
getting almost $5 million
from the State of New York,
and the residents should not
pass up the opportunity.
Mrs. Maggio also stated
that the Board "acted cour-ageously
in this matter." She
contended that new con-struction
was by far the best
option. She concluded, "and
after all, $10 per month is
not a lot of money for the
children."
The Board then opened
up the meeting to the floor.
Each resident was allowed 2
minutes to either pose a
question to the Board or
make statement to the resi-dents
gathered to allow all of
the more than 150 residents
the chance to speak if they
chose to do so.
One resident noted that
when he moved to this
community three years ago,
his taxes were just shy of
$2000. "Today my taxes
stand at $3000. In ten years,
my taxes will probably dou-ble
to $6000. I can't afford
this proposal."
Mr.Leonard Polikoff,
who heads the "Concerned
Citizens against the Bond
Issue" committee, stated
that East Rockaway cur-rently
pays the seventh high-est
tax rate in Nassau
County. "If this proposal
goes through, we will surely
have the distinction of hav-ing
the highest tax rate in the
County.'^
Many residents were
angered by the fact that they
did not receive the choice of
renovation. "The residents
should have the choice of
opting for renovation. Don't
you think the taxpayers
have some intelligence?",
asked one resident. Mrs.
Anne Riley took issue over
the Board's assertion in its
"Insights" publication that
renovation would cost $6
million and offer no educa-tional
improvemervts, "That
is an out and out lie," stated
Mrs. Riley. "More than $3.5
million would go towards
the renovation of the High
School." Mr. Maiden stated
that the Board had the two
elementary schools in mind
when writing this. "But that
is not what you said," rep-lied
Mrs. Riley.
One resident took issue
with Mrs. Maggio's state-ment
that "$10 per month
for the children" is not a lot
to ask. "Our county taxes
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Instructor of the Year Antique Fire Truck Dedicated
Mrs. Kathleen Few, for-merly
of Lynbrook, has
been named this-year's
"Instructor of the Year" by
The Berkeley School of
Westchester, White Plains.
This award is given annually
to an outstanding faculty
member for dedication to
the teaching profession.
An instructor in word
processing, typewriting,
shorthand and accounting,
Mrs. Few joined the Berke-ley
faculty in 1975. She is a
member of the National
Business Education Associ-ation
and the International
Word Processing Associa-tion.
The former Kathleen
Led with, Mrs. Ffew is a
graduate of Lynbrook High
School and received a B.S.
degree from the College of
Mount St. Vincent in River-dale.
She has taken graduate
courses at Hofstra Univer-sity
and Michigan State
University.
Married to Daniel L.
Few, Mrs. Few is the daugh-ter
of Trustee and Mrs.
Peter Ledwith of Lynbrook.
A dinner was held in Mrs.
Few's honor at Emilio's Res-taurant
in Harrison, where
she was presented with an
engraved plaque by Carol
Burke, president of the
Westchester school.
PLEASE NOTE
The Observer has changed its mailing address. The new
address is:
East Rockaway/ Lynbrook Observer
PO Box A
East Rockaway. New York 11318
Our telephone number has not changed and you may
reach us at 764-2500.
Please make a note of this change.
"OLD JUBILEE" DEDICATED. On November 27th,
Tally-Ho Chemical Engine Company #3 of the Lynbrook
Fire Department dedicated their restored 1921 Model T
Ford fire truck, "Old Jubilee," which the company found in
1980 rusting on an upstate farm. Participating
were, from left to right. Fireman Jim Grismer and Mrs. Al
Waring, to whose husband the truck was dedicated, chris-tening
the truck while grandson Tim Waring and son Don
Waring look on. Abo present for the ceremonies were,
ecntcr, Assembiynian Gregory Becker, Hempstetil Town
Supervisor T o m Gulotta, Fire Chief Kevin Michaud and
LyniNrook Mayor William f . Gder. Fireman Fred Fearsall
stwBds on the hack stcprCongrcssmin lUymond McGrath
abo honoreil tlie ihiy wHh « cmmrtssional cttatioii. (Photo
hy J d ^ CrihMn),