Observer_1984-04-18; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. 32 NO. 22 Wednesday, April 18,1984 25c PER COPY
J o y and Larry
Kaminsky Honored
A large t u r n o u t is
expected at the Annual
J o u r n a l Dinner Dance
honoring Joy and Larry
Kaminsky at the Hewlett-
East Rockaway Jewish Cen-tre
- Congregation Etz
Chaim, 295 Main Street,
East Rockaway, New York,
on Saturday evening. May
5, 1984, a c c o r d i n g to
Marilyn and Stanley L.
C o h e n , Dinner Dance
C o o r d i n a t o r s of the
Congregation.
This well deserved tribute
is given to the Kaminskys
for their many years of dedi-cated
service to the Temple
and the community. Ever
since they arrived in the area
20 years ago, they have been
in the forefront of every
facet of community activi-ties,
giving freely of their
time and energy. They each
have achieved primary lead-ership
positions - Mr.
Kaminsky is completing his
tenure as President of the
Hewlett - East Rockaway
Jewish Centre, where he
held many positions of lead-ership.
He, together with
Joy, contributed much to
the growth of the Congrega-t
i o n and its c u l t u r al
development.
Joy is a Vice-President of
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Planning the Frolic enter-tainment
and helping finan-cially
have been two of the
areas in which the East
Rockaway Cuhural Arts
Council and the Msgr.
Walsh-St. Raymond Coun-cil
No. 7220 and Knights of
Columbus have been assist-ing
the Frolic,
Ben Melfa, past Grand
Knight, drew the "logo" here
that has come to identify the
Frolic. He was chairman of
the event in 1971. The pres-ent
Grand Knight is Jack
Dempsey. They meet the
second and fourth Thurs-days
of the month at the
V.F.W. Headquarters on
Akrongold to Resign From Board
East Rockaway Board of
Education member Barry
Akrongold has announced
his intention to resign from
the Boardasof June 7,1984.
Mr. Akrongold's resigna-tion
will place four positions
on the ballot in this year's
s c h o o l b o a r d e l e c t i o n.
Incumbents Dolores Mag-gio
and Al Kachinoski have
both declined to seek reelec-tion,
and the resignation of
former Board President
Rose Marie Brande in Feb-ruary
brings to four the
number of open positions in
this June's race.
Citing a conflict in career
commitments, Mr. Akron-gold
states that he no longer
had the necessary time to
put 100% into his duties.
"My j ob now requires that I
Lynbrook Holds the Line on Taxes
Art Council
and
Knights
Helping
by Mildred Roemer
Main Street. Vincent Chris-tiano
has "chaired" the
Frolic with his wife, Gloria,
who is a member of the Grist
Mill Committee, and has
been one of the most
devoted Frolic workers.
This year he, with the
Knights, is trying to fit local
talent into desirable spots to
perform during the day up
until evening when the
MUMMERS will perform.
The Knights (still searching
for talent) have organized
games for the Frolic and last
year arranged for the dunk
tank in which Mayor
Reinhard made a big splash!
The Cultural Arts Council,
under the leadership of
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Lynbrook Mayor Wil-liam
Geier has announced
that the intended tax rate for
fiscal year 1984/85 would be
held to this year's level of
$2.48 per hundred of
assessed valuation. This
information was released at
the April 9 meeting of the
Lynbrook Village Board.
During a public hearing
on the proposed budget,
numerous questions were
clarified by Mayor Geier
and Budget Officer Shirley
Gull Spoofs
the Observer
Proving that imitation is
the sincerest form of flat-tery,
staff members of the
East Rockaway High
School Gull published their
"April Fools" lampoon edi-tion
of the East Rockaway
High School Mob Server on
Friday the 13th.
A not-so-subtle take-off
on the Observer, the Mob
Server poked fun at the
Observer's flag and mas-thead,
its editor (renamed
and photographed as Fozzy
Bear), editorials, letters to
the editor, columns ("Keep-ing
in touch with Fozzy" and
"Deflections in ERHS"),
school lunch menus, and
( e v e n ) s p r i n g wedding
sections.
Not content to stop there,
the Gull staffers also man-aged
to "skewer" the Super-intendent
of Schools, pho-t
o g r a p h e d a p p a r e n t ly
bursting into song; the
"Skool Bored" including
President Flip N. Hurt and
Vice President I.M. Paine;
bond issues in general
(transformed in the Mob
Server to a "Bondage
Issue"); and the oil tank
leakage at the high school
(transformed in the Mob
Server to "oil was disco-vered
in East Rockaway").
C o m m e n t e d r e a l - l i fe
Observer E d i t o r John
Hambel (E.R.H.S. Class of
1978) in Rodney-Dangerfield
fashion, "I don't get no
respect — but then, nobody's
imitating our competitors."
Moskowitz. Mayor Geier
proudly noted that the
intended 1984/85 tax had
not increased and would
remain at the $2.48 level.
This is the second year dur-ing
which taxes have not
gone up in the Village of
Lynbrook.
In other matters. Mayor
Geier advised the Board that
the Village would hold "Law
Day" ceremonies at the May
7 meeting, with appropriate
ceremonies to be conducted
by Judge Lester Forest. The
Judge noted that the pro-gram
that he had arranged
consisted of a Mock Trial to
be conducted by local high
school students and urged
all to attend the May 7
meeting.
Chief Kevin Michaud of
the Lynbrook Fire Depart-ment
thanked Mayor Geier
and the Board for their
cooperation during the past
year while he was Fire Chief.
The new Fire Officers for the
coming year are Chief John
Crowley, First Assistant
Chief Robert Citkovic,
Second Assistant Chief
Robert Gleason, and Third
Assistant Chief Peter Skeris.
Mayor Geier and the
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make frequent trips out of
New York State on a regular
basis," Akrongold said. "I
wouldn't feel right not being
able to focus all my energies
on the problems at hand."
Mr. Akrongold states that
he will still be involved in the
problems facing our com-munity.
"It has been a great
honor to serve on the Board
of Education for the past
two years, and I hope that I
will still be able to serve
some useful function. Our
schools need to be repaired
desperately, and 1 will work
hard to see that the renova-tion
bond issue is passed so
that our children will be able
to go to school in a safe and
s e c u r e e n v i r o n m e n t.
Although I will not be on the
Board, 1 hope that 1 will be
able to continue to serve the
community in the years
ahead."
Mr. A k r o n g o l d was
elected to the Board of Edu-cation
in 1982. His term
expires in May, 1985.
Paying Off the Bills
Reductions in debt service
funding needed to pay off
prior bond issues in school
budgets over the next few
years should help ease the
long-term effect of the pro-posed
$3.3 million dollar
renovations bond issue on
residents of East Rockaway
School District 19, accord-ing
to Board President
Richard J. Meagher.
In their September 1983
report of the annual audit of
Lynbrook School Board Report
These attending the Lyn-brook
Board of Education
meeting on Wednesday,
April 11 were treated to a
presentation by Mrs. Bar-
, b a r a Hayes concerning
Lynbrook School's Lincoln
Center Arts Program. Mrs.
Hayes and a number of stu-dents
(as well as parents)
were on hand to recount
their experiences with the
highly successful program.
(See page 3 for more
details).
Superintendent of Schools
Bern Seiderman reporter
that for the fourth straight
year, the Lynbrook School
System would receive a
$50,000 "Philosophy for
Children" grant. "This
brings to $200,000 the
assistance that Lynbrook
has received for this valua-ble
program," Mr. Seider-man
said.
The Board accepted with
regret the retirement of
Martin Goldberg, social
studies teacher at LHS for
the past 21 years; Jean
Cahn, art teacher of more
than 21 years; and Lila
Lang, guidance counselor in
t h e Lynbrook Public
Schools for the past 21
years; Louis Pearsall, Direc-tor
of Facilities and Opera-tions
for the Lynbrook Pub-lic
Schools; George Lindner,
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district funds, the account-ing
firm of Peat, Marwick,
Mitchell and Company
notes that the remaining
$560,575 from the 1958 and
1967 bond issues are to be
paid off by November 1,
1987, in the following
manner:
1983-1984 $132,295
1984-1985 $128,205
1985-1.986 $124,115
1986-1987 $120,025
1987-1988 $ 55,935
T h e reduction in debt
service for these two prior
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IN ATTENDANCE. Dean Skelos, candidate for the State
Senate in the 9th Senatorial District, (right), joins
Senator Al D'Amato (left) and Congressman Norman Lent
at the Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai B'rith and Com-mission
on Social Justice of the Order Sons of Italy Joint
Solidarity Breakfast at the Garden City Hotel.