Observer_1984-05-30; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. 32 NO. 28 Wednesday, May 30,1984 25c PER COPY
Board to Jtemain jo|,„ y ^ ^ HQ^gn and Elaine Boll
At Five
HONOR THE DEAD BY HELPING THE LIVING.
Commander Anthony J. Cirillo of Garrison Post No. 3350
in East Rockaway presents Mayor Theodore Reinhard with
a Buddy Poppy to honor Memorial Day, while Maureen
Reinhard looks on. May is set aside for the Disabled and
Needy Veterans of Foreign Wars. Many of the Veterans
spend years in Veteran Hospitals and others never leave for
the rest of their lives. Volunteers will be around the Village
with Poppy Cans for the donation of your choice through
May 30th. Please remember them. -
William Cusick
Seeks Election
starting out would have a
tough time making ends
meet. We have to take into
consideration all segments
of the community, all the
people who pay taxes."
"1 appreciate the school
system we have in Nassau
County, 1 lived lor many
years in Howard Beach,
Queens and the difference
between New York City
Schools and Nassau County
Schools is like night and
day. I know how a good
school district can deterio-rate.
I want to make sure
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A petition to expand the
size of the East Rockaway
Board of Education from
five to seven members has
been withdrawn by its spon-sor,
Richard J. Meagher,
current Board President.
"I believe that a seven-member
Board would be
,able to do more for the dis-trict,
at the same time that it
would provide greater diver-sity
of opinion and hope-fully
be even more represen-t
a t i v e of the t o t al
community than a five-member
Board can," said
Meagher. "But this year,
with four new members to
be elected in June, is simply
the wrong year."
If not withdrawn by its
sponsor, the petition would
have resulted in a proposi-tion
to so expand the Board
being included on the ballot
on June 12. "I expect to'"
submit a new petition in the
c o m i n g y e a r , " said
Meagher,
Mr. William Cusick ol
Hewlett Point Avenue, East
Rockaway has announced
that he will seek election to
the East Rockaway Board of
Education on Tuesday, June
12.
As a resident for the last
12 y e a r s , Mr. Cusick
believes that he has a tho-rough
understanding of the
problems facing the school
district and its residents.
"We're an older community,
and we have to realize that
we can't have everything we
want, because we aren't able
to pay for it. There has to be
some balance between the
things we need and our abil-ity
to pay for them.
"1 would suggest that we
model our School Board in a
business-like lashion. 1
would appoint committees
of concerned area residents
to study the problems that
we as a community lace and
have them report batk to the
Board for consideration. I
would also like to utilize the
senior citizens of our com-munity
in an effort to bring
some ol their expertise to
East Rockaway. They have
a lot to offer us; we should
not turn our backs on their
assistance."
William Cusick believes
that there must be a measure
of fiscal responsibility on the
Board. "The $10.4 million
bond proposal was ridicu-lous.
Wejust couldn't afford
that much money. Senior
Citizens on fixed incomes
and younger couples just
Jim Groark, Huckleberry
Frolic chairman, gave out
ground plans to each organ-ization
present at last week's
general meeting. Richard
R a c i o p p i , who with
members of B.S.A. Troop
Lynbrook Week 1984
The Lynbrook Week
Committee, chaired by
Trustee Eugene Scarpato,
has finalized plans for this
years Lynbrook Week gala
celebration. Plans call for a
combination of successful
events held in previous years
with the addition of an arts
festival on Atlantic Avenue
and the playing by a sym-phonic
orchestra on the
steps of Village Hall. This
years program schedule is as
follows:
SUNDAY JUNE 17
9:)0 AM: 6.2 Mile run:
The 6th annual 6.2 mile road
race (10,000 meters) will
kick off and end in Greis
Veterans Memorial Park. A
registration form can be
obtained from the park.
Plaques will be awarded to
the first place man and
woman while medals will be
awarded for the 1st to 5th
place finishers in 11 different
age categories. Over 400
runners have entered.
12-6 P.M.: Festival of the
Arts. A t l a n t i c Avenue
between Sunrise Highway
and Merrick Rd, along with
Staudermann Avenue will
be closed to traffic to
become a mall for Lyn-brook's
Festival of the Arts
featuring professional and
amateur artists, sculptors,
photographers, printmakers
and other graphic artists.
Many of the stores on Atlan-tic
Avenue will also be
opened for business. Art
Issue Joint Statement
This is a joint statement
from John Van Houten and
Elaine Boll, candidate for
the Board of Education.
"We believe that this year,,
more than ever before, the
constituents of East Rocka-way
School District have a
grave responsibility. Only
one experienced School
Board member remains, Mr.
Richard Meagher. There-fore,
members to be elected
to the Board must have
extraordinary and varied
qualifications to help Dick
build a school district of
which we can be proud and a
Board which will help us get
the most for our tax
dollars."
Elaine Boll made the fol-lowing
statement
her runningmatr. . r -' •. >
"i • feel that John Van
Houten is an ideal candidate
who possesses the combina-
Ground Plans
Given at
Meeting
by Mildred Roemer
332 and the Department of
Public Works will be direct-ing
the placements of the
booths, stated that some
changes in former locations
will be made due to the fact
that the American Legion is
having this year's dunk tank,
that sport events will once
more take place and there
will also be an encampment
of the Civil War "buffs."
Mary Agruso, just back
from Florida, has donated a
genuine Cabbage Patch
Doll for a third raffle. She
felt that since the Museum
committee was offering
adult prizes in the form of a
microwave oven and dinners
at restaurants and the Police
Boys Club have a Long
I s l a n d e r s a u t o g r a p h ed
hockey stick and Met's
glove, that there should be
something appropriate for
young ladies. Chances may
be purchased week ends at
t h e Museum. Chicken
dinner tickets will also be
sold at the museum. There
will only be a limited
number of these excellent
4ohn Van HOUIMI
tion of unique qualities that
will make him an oustand-ing
member of the Board.
He has that rare attribute
which combines humane
firmness with great under-iv
«*uc*a(»i».p qvahties arc
well known in the commun-ity
and his stability, down-to-
earthness and inner
strength in facing problems
will be marked assets as a
member of the School
Board."
John has been a New.
York City police officer for
17 years and is currently
serving as detective. He
served as Chief of the E a ^
Rockaway Fire DepartmenT
for 4 years and continues as
a member of the Rescue
Squad and Main Street
Hook and Ladder Com-pany.
A graduate of Adelphi
University with a BA in
Social Science, John lives
with his wife Jeanie and
daughter Amy< who will
Elaina Boil
g r a d u a t e f r om Rhame
Avenue this June and con-tinue
to East. Rockaway
Junior High.
John Van Houten made
the following statements
about ^laii^e
"Elaine was raised in Mast~
Rockaway and attended
East Rockaway schools. A
graduate of Berkely Busi-ness
School, she was
employed as a Legal Secre-tary
and at the present time
is an administrator and
executive in the Insurance
field and holds a Proper-ty/
Casualty license for the
State of New York. Elaine
represents to me an ideal
Board member because she
has that combination of
qualities - organizational
ability, fiscal knowledge,
intelligence, directness in
handling problems, plus a
spirit and vivacity to get
things done. Elaine and her
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ALL SMILES. The East Rockaway Republican Club
recently held a dinner/dance at the Hewlett Point Yacht
Club in tribute to the East Rockaway candidates running for
office this election year. From left to right are: former
Assemblyman Dean Skelos, Republican Candidate for the
9th Senatorial District, Katherine Quinn, 1st Vice President
of the East Rockaway Republican club, Brian Meyer, can-didate
for the New York State Assembly in the 20th District,
and East Rockaway Republican Executive Leader Phil
Christ.