Observer_1984-04-11; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. 32 NO. 21 Wednesday, April 11,1984 25c PER COPY
LYNBROOK POLICE CITED. Identical twins John and
James Curtis do most things in life together, including join-ing
the Lynbrook Police Department. And sure enough,
when it came time to be singled out for special police honors,
twins John and James showed up together. James was
honored for tracking down and arresting a youth for a
stabbing assault on Oceanview Road. John received special
recognition for helping to save the life of motorist severely
injured in a crash at Ocean Ave. and Driving Park Ave.
Congressman Ray McGrath of the fifth congressalonai dis-trict
presented the twin police officers with certificates of
merit In a ceremony in his office in Valley Stream. From left
to right are John Curtis, McGrath, James Curtis and Lyn-brook
Police Chief Frank Kehr. (Photo by John Cribbin).
Just as the proverbial
lamb lies down with the lion,
so the Democratic and
Republican organizations
keep their Democratic don-key
from braying and the
Republican's G.O.P. ele-phant
from trumpeting at
the Frolic. East Rockaway's
E.R.A. (East Rockaway
Action Party) has no oppo-nent,
so all three groups
work together to see that the
non-political Grist Mill
Museum will kep flourish-ing
way into the future.
William Albert is presi-dent
of the Democratic
Party in the Village. Last
year their booth offered
colorful helium balloons for
sale. These added a colorful
picture to the grounds as the
youngsters ran around with
them tied to their wrists. An
occasional bang and tears
were heard temporarily, but
there were always new bal-loons
to be had. Hopefully,
they will be available this
year.
1 he Republican Party's
p r e s i d e n t is T r u s t ee
Oil Spillage Clean-Up Continues
A representative of the
firm hired to clean up the oil
spill that occurred at East
Rockaway High School ear-lier
this year was on hand at
the Board of Education
meeting held on Monday,
April 9 and reported that
while clean-up efforts were
continuing, the damage
done by the spill will not be
corrected for possibly the
next two years.
Mr. Carl Kleffer was
introduced and gave a status
report of the damage control
effort. He stated that obser-vation
wells that had been
drilled showed that there is
approximately 23 inches of
oil beneath the basement of
the high school,and is travel-ling
at the rate of approxi-mately
one foot per day.
"There is no immediate
health hazard," he added.
Mr. Kleffer noted that
both 4,000 gallon fuel tanks
had failed initial attempts in
testing usefullness, and the
1,000 gallon tank had origi-nally
failed, but had since
been repaired. He informed
Village Organization Night
Political Groups
Call Truce
at Frolic
by Mildred Roemer
Anthony Santino. They
meet at the American
Legion building on Main St.
The organization has been
with the Frolic since its
inception with a variety of
foods. Hot pretzels had been
their offering until last year,
when the P.T.A.'s "bor-rowed"
their theme. Bowing
to the ladies, they sold pop-corn
instead and were sold
out quickly. If they have no
change of heart, the bags of
pop corn will be sold again
in 1984.
Knowing the taste habits
of the Village with ice cream
being high on the list, the
E.R.A. party has stayed
with that popular delicacy.
Jim Rooney is this year's
president of the party that
has ruled the Village for
some 18 years. Inflation has
caused them to raise the
price per cup Irom Tc to
something a bit higher.
Maybe...one year if the
Frolic wins a lottery or
something, penny candy and
5(t hot dogs might be
offered. We can dream, can't
we?
The Village of East Rock-away
held its Organization
Night at the Village Hall on
Monday, April 9.
Fire Chief Guy Donza
reported that during the last
month, his department ans-wered
36 rescue calls, 4 gen-eral
alarms, 2 still alarms
and 1 mutual aid. He intro-duced
the newly elected
officers of the East Rocka-way
Fire Department: 1st
Lt. Tom Cittadino, 2nd Lt.
Jim Duncan, and 3rd Lt.
Christopher Shelton. The
B o a r d and a u d i e n ce
h o n o r e d former Chief
Michael Oneta with a round
of applause.
The Board passed a reso-lution
allowing for the
Memorial Day Parade to be
held on May 28 at 10 am. The
parade will begin at the
VFW hall on Main Street
and proceed to Ocean
Avenue, then north to Cen-tre
Avenue, west to Atlantic
Avenue and then south to
Woods Avenue and Memor-ial
Park. The Board also
gave permission to Stephen
Grisalfi, and Eagle Scout
candidate, to begin work
cleaning up Minore Park on
the corner of Davis Street
and Lawson Avenue. Mayor
Reinhard noted that Troop
332 has done many worth-
Bond Plan
while tasks in the past, and
that the members of the
Troop should be congratu-lated
for their fine efforts.
The Board made the fol-lowing
appointments for
1984-85: Village Attorney,
M. John Pittoni; Village
Auditor, David Caruso;
Chief Auxiliary Police,
John Kiermeier; Village
Clerk-Treasurer, Phyllis
R a n d ; Deputy Village
Clerk, Sandra Torborg;
Deputy Village Treasurer,
Marjorie Cole; Superin-tendent,
Department of
Public Works, Eugene Tor-borg;
Court Clerk, Samuel
Anger; Assistant Court
Clerk, Marilyn Kiermeier;
Village Court Attorney,
Peter J. Hart; Acting Village.
Justice, James Rooney;
Superintendent of Con-struction,
Fred Weinstock,
Deputy Superintendent of
C o n s t r u c t i o n , J a m es
Groark; Multiple Dwelling
Inspector, Charles Comis-key;
Parking Enforcement
Officer, George DeMott;
C h a i r m a n , Grist Mill
Committee, Mildred Roe-mer;
Dockmaster, John
"Skippy," Gerdes; Chair-man,
Senior Chizen Com-
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the Board and the commun-ity
that the District must
come up with a plan .to
replace both 4,000 gallon
tanks. "These steel tanks
rust in only 2 or three years,
because they sit in a pool of
water," he stated. The agent
added this problem is
apparent across Long Island
due to the water table along
the coast.
Board President Richard
Meagher stated that both-elementary
schools should
be tested for leakage as soon
as possible to determine the
usefullness of the existing
tanks. School Superintend-e
n t M i c h a e l Maiden
reported that the cost of the
o r i g i n a l work done
amounted to over $18,000,
and that the second phase of
the clean-up would cost
approximately $55,000.
In other matters, the
Board reported that a public
forum on the proposed bond
issue will be held at the High
School on Thursday, April
26 at 8 pm. The voting will
take place in the High
S c h o o l g y m n a s i um on
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Lynbrook Appointments Made
The official year of the
Village of Lynbrook com-menced
on Monday, April
2, and at the Village Board
meeting of that evening the
following appointments
were made:
As Board Liaisons,
Mayor William Geier:
Village Fire Department,
Business and Commerce.
Deputy Mayor Michael
Krawchuk: Building and
Assessment Departments,
Senior Citizen Housing.
Trustee Eugene Scarpato:
Public Works and Recrea-
Cost To District: M .76M
The EaiJt Rockaway
Board of Education has
been informed by the district -
architects that the proposed
$3.3 million renovation
bond issue should result in
state funding of 47.3% or a
total of $1,580,170.
This would leave a total of
$l,760.570as the local share
at 52.7% of the total esti-mated
project cost of
$3,340,740.
Assuming 20-ycar 9%
bonds, a constant payment,
and an assessed value tax
base of $19,847,002, the dis-trict
architects project the
bond issue cost at $190,142
per year or $.96 per hundred
of assessed value.
On the average home in
the district, assessed at
$5,000, the resulting tax
increase would be $48 per
year or $4 per month.
Board President Richard
J. Meagher emphasized that
these figures are tentative
since the Board is investigat-ing
alternative methods of
financing for different
lengths of time at various
potential interest rates. "The
one constant is the total pro-
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tion.
Trustee Maurice Orn-stein:
Police, Library and
Drug Abuse Council.
Trustee Peter Ledwith:
Village Insurance, Safety
( O S H A ) , T r a f f i c and
Parking.
The East Rockaway/-
Lynbrook Observer and the
Local News Were designated
as Official Newspapers of
the Village of Lynbrook.
The following appoint-ments
were also made:
Anthony J. Schuermann,
Village Clerk & Registrar of
Vital Statistics (2 Year
Term); Shirley Moskowitz,
Deputy Treasurer, Budget
Oificer & Tax Collector;'
Anthony J. Schuermann,
Assessor; Raymond Mathie,
Deputy Assessor; Mary Ann
Hughes, Secretary to Mayor
& Board; Mannie Messing,
R e s e a r c h A s s i s t a n t to
Mayor & Board; Jay F.
Korth, Village Attorney;
Richard Taiuge, Deputy Vil-lage
A t t o r n e y ; Philip
Marino, Village Prosecuting
Attorney; Kevin Murtaugh,
Deputy Village Prosecuting
Attorney; Lester Forest,
Acting Village Justice;
Frank Hillgardner, Supt.-
D e p a r t m e n t of Public
Works; Joseph Cervoni,
Dep. Superintendent of
Dept. of Public Works; Jack
Woessner, Inspector of
Street Maintenance; Bruno
Arena, Superintendent of
Building Department; Law-rence
Ferraiolo, Deputy
Superintendent of Building
Department; Main Hurd-man.
Auditor; Salvatore
Sabella, Multiple Dwelling
I n s p e c t o r & Plumbing
Inspector; Mort Weitman,
Building & Sign Inspector;
John Calderone, Animal
Control Officer; Dr. Robert
Abel, Police Surgeon;
Carman-Dunne, Inc., Vil-lage
Engineer; Michael
Shindler, Communications;
Commissioner; John Crib-bin,
Official Village Photo-grapher;
Hon. Francis
Becker, Village Historian;
William Hahl, Director of
Civil Preparedness; John
J a y e M a r k o s, Special
A t t o r n e y f o r 1 n t e r -
Governmental Affairs &
public Utilities; Dorothy
H(r>rnung. Parks Commis-sioner;
Annette L.ing. Press
Liaison Coordinator. Ihc
appointment of Stephen
Grogan as Director of Pub-lic
Relations was tabled.
The following Committee
Appointments were made:
R ec r ea t i o n C o m mission
(6 year term): Edwin Lar-son;
Library Board of Trus-tees
(5 vear term): Ruth
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