Observer_1984-01-18; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. 32 NO. 9 Wednesday, January 18,1984
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Lynbrook Youth btrucK by iidin
EVERY MOMENT COUNTS. Mentfmofdie Lynbrook
Fire Department carry the injured youth off the steep
embankment to a waiting helicopter. (Photo by John
Cribbin).
On Sunday morning,
January I5th at 11:45 AM,
two Lynbrook 13 year old
youths were walking east on
the Long Island Railroad
tracks along Sunrise High-way
near Rocklyn Avenue,
where one of the youngsters
was struck by an eastbound
train. The second youngster
ran for help, bringing the
Lynbrook Police and Fire
' Departments to the scene.
The youngster struck by
the train, identified as Chad
Marchetta of Carpenter
Avenue, was found con-scious
on the train track
embankment. The Lyn-brook
Fire Department
Rescue Squad, on the scene
immediately with the Lyn-brook
Police, began admin-istering
first aid to control
the bleeding and stabilize
the youth. Dr. Abel, Police
and Fire Surgeon, also
responded to the scene. The
youth was found to have
severe lacerations of the
lower back and a possible
broken left hip along with
some cuts and bruises.
East Rockaway School Board
The East Rockaway
Board of Education held its
first meeting of the new year
on Monday, January 16 at
7:3\0 pm in the auditorium of
the Centre Avenue Elemen-tary
school. Approximately
25 residents were in attend-ance
to hear the Board con-duct
its business.
The Board approved the
minutes of its December 5,
13, and 19 meetings. At the
previous regular meeting,
the following personnel
matters were concluded: On
a 4-1 vote, with Mr. Akron-gold
voting "No," the Board
approved an increase in
Superintendent of Schools
Michael Maiden's annual
salary to $58,000. This 5.4%
increase went into effect on
January I, 1984. The Board
unanimously approved the
hiring of Lorraine Potter
and Fran Kohn as kinder-garten
teachers; the tempor-ary
appointment of Mignon
Simonelli as Art teacher at
Rhame Avenue School; the
hiring of Madeline Webster
as twelve month account
clerk and Patricia Drugan as
ten month clerk typist; the
approval of Caryn Kaers as a
twelve month clerk typist in
the business office and
Christopher Mule as student
helper, and the request for a
leave of absence for John
Ryan, M^ith teacher.
Rhame Avenue principal
Ralph Grandinetti reported
on the physical education
program at Rhame. Due to
the closing of the gymna-sium,
athletics are held
either in the classroom or in
the All Purpose Room. Mr.
Grandinetti proposed that
the Board repair the gym
floor with plywood, then by
sanding the floor and cover-ing
the entire surface with
polyeurothane. Mr. John
Morley, gym teacher at
Rhame Avenue school, was
asked whether play might
resume only on restircted
areas should this proposal
be acted upon. "That
depends on the job done," he
replied. Estimates place the
cost of this emergency repair
between $300 and $500.
Mrs. Loretta Marshall,
principal of the Centre
Avenue school, noted that
the kindergarten program
was proceeding smoothly.
In addition, Mrs. Marshall
informed the residents
assembled of a project cur-rently
underway at Centre
whereby the children are
writing to pen pals in Eng-land.
"The children are writ-ing
and expressing them-selves
well." Mr. Robert
Parry, principal of East
Rockaway High School,
distributed a list of accomp-lishments
of members of the
NOTICE
Due to the snow-storm
last week, our
newspaper was late in
delivery. We apolog-ize
for any incon-venience.
Due to the steep incline of
the train track embankment,
the Hook and Ladder Com-pany
also responded and
placed ladders on the hill to
assist firemen in moving the
youth down to the street.
Besides the Lynbrook
Police assisting at the scene,
the Nassau County and
L I R R police also
responded. The County
Police notified Lynbrook
that a Nassau Police helic-opter
was in the air and
could provide transporta-tion.
In a matter of minutes,
the traffic was stopped on
Sunrise Highway and the
helicopter landed. The
y o u n g s t e r was placed
aboard and flown to Nassau
County Medical Center.
The Lynbrook, Nassau
and LIRR Police Depart-ments
are investigating the
incident. No word has been
received on the youths con-dition.
The second youngs-ter
who was not hurt was
identified as John Baeyens
of Union Place. Both
youngsters attend Lynbrook
South Middle School.
Lynbrook Police Chief
Kehr and Fire Chief
Michaud echoed the warn-ing
to parents that youngs-ters
must be reminded of the
dangers of railroad tracks^
not just the hazards pres-ented
by a moving train, but
also the live electricity which
is always present.
Lynbrook Village Board Report
Mayor William Geier and
the Trustees of the l^yn-brook
Village Board met on
Monday, January 16 at 8 pm
in the Village Hall.
In hearing the reports of
the various departments,
especially that of the Fire
and Police Departments
concerning the youth who
was struck by a train on
January 15, Mayor Geier
noted that he was in the Fire
Chiefs car when the first
report was aired over the
radio. He therefore wit-nessed
the entire affair.
Mayor Geier applauded the
work of both departments,
stating that their swift
response to the tragedy pre-vented
it from becoming still
worse.
The Board approved the
request of the Sisters of
Temple Emanu-El to con-duct
a Thrift Sale, and all
fees were waived. Mayor
Geier, promoted Frank
Menna and Donald Henen-lotter
as Probation Officers,
and the Board approved the
requested "Tag Day" by the
United Cerebral Palsy
Association. Finally, the
Board agreed upon polling
places for the April 3
primaries.
The next meeting of the
Village Board will be held on
Monday, February 6, 1984.
Lynbrook Board of Education
student body. He noted with
pride that college acceptan-ces
are coming in, and stu-dents
from E R H S have been
accepted at such prestigious
univrsitiesas Harvard, Rad-cliffe.
University of Dallas,
University of Knox, Hof-stra,
St. John's, as well as
community colleges and
business schools.
The Board approved the
following personnel mat-ters:
recommending Marie
Dempsey for the position of
Special Education Teacher
Aide, accepting the retire-ment
of Edward Boehmer,
custodian, as well as the
r e s i g n a t i o n ol John
Duenges as Business
Manager.
There will be a special
meeting to be held on Janu-ary
27, at which time further
personnel matters will be
addressed. The meeting is
open to the public.
The Lynbrook Board of
Education met on Wednes-day,
January 11 at the
Atlantic Avenue School.
After the approval of the
minutes. Board President
Charles Spector thanked
everyone for coming out on
such a cold night. Mrs.
Bresnihan reported that the
district had received a letter
from the Nassau Math
T e a c h e r ' s A s s o c i a t i o n,
which praised Bob Jacob-sen,
a math teacher in the
Lynbrook school system, on
his recent lecture on logic.
Mr. Spector complimented
the staff and administration
on the success of the gifted
and talented program.
Laura Heimerich, Presi-dent
of the Lynbrook North
Student Council, presented
Lynbrook Fire Chief Kevin
Michaud a check in the
jynount of $2,600. This
money was raised through
their "Walk-a-Thon '83"
held in December. Chief
Michaud then presented a
plaque to Laura for the stu-dent
body, expressing the
thanks of the Lynbrook Fire
Department for all their
hard work and effort.
James Lennon, Principal
of North Middle School,
reported that he was notified
by Mr. William Hannan,
Chairman of the America-nism
Committee of the Lyn-brook
Elks that Karen
Becker, of the sixth grade,
and Naomi Gelfand, of the
seventh grade, had been
selected as winners of an
essay contest sponsored by
the Elks. The topic was the
Statue of. Liberty, and
Karen and Naomi each
received $100 for their fiiie
work. Joseph Henderson,
grade eight, was runner-up.
The Board concluded var-ious
personnel matters,
including the appointment
of Janet Pontius as Secre-tary
to the Superintendent
of Schools, Susan Hoffman
as provisional personnel
clerk, and Maryann Velotti
as typist clerk. The Board
passed a resolution of
appreciation for A1 Peter-son,
principal of Lynbrook
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LYNBROOK HONORS JUDGE GULOTTA. At the Jan-uary
9th Lynbrook Villege Board Meeting Judge Frank
Gulotta, a resident of Lynbrook, was honored by Mayor
William P. Geier and the Board of Trustees upon his retire-ment
after more than SO years of public service. Judge
Gulotta, who had served Lynbrook Village Attorney and
Nassau County District Attorney, retired as Presiding Jus-tice
of the Appelate Court on December 31, 1983. Judge
Gulotta received praise and best wishes from the mayor and
Board and from his many friends and neighbors who came
out to honor him that night.