Observer_1984-10-17; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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Lynbrook Village Board Report
TAKING A RIDE. Following its yearly tradition, the com-panies
of the East Rockaway Fire Department offered rides
on our fire trucks to the children of East Rockaway. The
kids spent a great Saturday morning riding around town in
style!
Mayor William Geier and
the members of the Lyn-brook
Village Board held
their second meeting of the
month on Monday, October
15 at the Village Hall.
Chief Crowley of the
Lynbrook Fire Department
reported that the Village's
new fire pumper had arrived
after nearly a nine month
delay. The original new
pumper was destroyed, en
route for delivery. Chief
Crowley noted that and
equipment committee as
well as the Village Engineer
are thoroughly inspecting
the new truck to see that it
meets specifications, and
only after it meets their
complete approval will the
Village pay for the truck.
Mayor Geier presented a
citation to Chief Kehr of the
Lynbrook Police Depart-ment
for "Outstanding
Pedestrian Safety Program"
from the AAA. Deputy
Mayor Krawchuk had
accompanied Chief Kehr to
receive the plaque from the
representatives of the AAA.
The Board approved a
resolution of acceptance of a
donation of $75 from the
Lynbrook Elks Club to help
defray the costs of the
upcoming Halloween Cos-tume
Parade, which will be
held on Saturday, October
27. Children are reminded to
begin lining up at the Forest
Avenue parking lot at 10:30
am, and should be ready to
leave for the parade
promptly at II am. The
d o n a t i o n will o f f s et
refreshment costs for the
children.
The Board authorized the
D e p a r t m e n t of Public
Works to install four "2
H o u r " p a r k i n g meters
between 100 and 120 Atlan-tic
Avenue across from the
Lynbrook School Annex,
these meters were requested
by area merchants to help
alleviate the overcrowded
parking conditions existing
there.
Three public hearings
were held on the subjects of
fire prevention, disabled
property tax exemptions
and increased parking fines.
Th^ Board adopted an
amendment to Section 1
Chapter 126.321 of the Vil-lage
Code requiring emer-gency
lighting in multiple
dwellings by January L
1987. It approved Article 4
Chapter 222, which provides
a property tax exemption
for improvements made to
residences with dreabled
persons, so long as the han-dicapped
person resides at
the dwelling. Lastly, The
Board adopted an increase
in fines consistent with an
earlier increase, resulting in
the following: Parking dur-ing
prohibited times or over
designated times carry a fine
of $10, up from the current
$5 fee.
One resident inquired
about the snags that seem to
be developing at Greis Park.
Mayor Geier noted that
unforseen problems have
arisen, such as an unnoticed
easement across the prop-erty
and a new state ruling
by the legislature. Trustee
Scarpato commented that it
looked unlikely that the
building would be com-pleted
by this winter.
Lent and Englehard Debate
Trees Planted To Beautify Village
by Mildred Roemer
"I think that I shall never
see,
A poem as lovely as atree."
Joyce Kilmer
At one time Main Street,
East Rockaway, was arched
by the foliage of many trees,
while stately homes stood
back from the curb. There is
nothing that can be done
now about these "stately"
homes that no longer exist,
but we still are blessed by
having the East Point House
(Peter Hewlett's former
home). However, trees can
be and are being replaced
along Atlantic Avenue and
Main Street as part of a
hoped-for "Beautification"
Program of our historic
Village.
A meeting was held last
week in Village Hall with
members of the Village
Board and Professor Heiko
Folkerts of the N.Y. Insti-tute
of Technology's Archi-tectural
School, and several
of his senior class students.
The object of the meeting
was to discuss ideas as to
how the Village could regain
some of the charm it lost
when the building of the
Atlantic Avenue Extension
caused traffic to bypass
Main Stree. A prime pur-pose
of such restoration
would be to enhance the
commercial appeal of the
area, and to attract more
business for East Rockaway
merchants.
It is anticipated that the
study will take several
months, and a report will be
made in the spring of 1985.
The study has been under-taken
as a Senior Project of
the Institute through the
cooperative efforts of James
Goark and Professor Fol-kerts,
and at no cost to the
Village.
"With the advent of the
Atlantic Avenue Extension,
the business area of Main
Street was severly hurt and
lost out as a popular shop-ping
area," said Trustee Irv-ing
Shaw. "We want to bring
it back to where it was, so
that not only the residents of
the Village will shop there,
but visitors will also be
attracted to this area".
Possibilities for improve-ment
of the picturesque
water front areas were also
under discussion.
Students present with
Prof. Folkert were: Nathan
Laubach, Nunzio L, Lepore,
Jr., Evelyn Batt, Tino Cor-nacchio,
Peter Sangiorgio,
and Richard Boyd. Trustees
and others present were:
Trustees Pauline Wipfler
and Irving Shaw, Deputy
Mayor Murray Eskenazi,
Village Clerk Phyllis Rand,
"Snperintendent of D.D.W.
Gene Torborg, and James
Groark of the Building
Dept. also present were resi-dents
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Roemer, and Mr. and Mrs.
Christopher Chiaffitelli.
Congressman Norman F.
Lent (R-East Rockaway)
faced his deiriocratic oppo-nent.
Sheldon Englehard of
Oceanside, in a debate on
Saturday, October 13 at 7
pm at Boardman Jr. High
School, Oceanside.
The confrontation was
sponsored by Newsday and
consisted of a format similar
to those used in the recent
Presidential Debates. Pane-lists
posing questions to the
two candidates were A1
Eisen, Newsday Nassau/-
Suffolk, political writer, and
Elizabeth Van Nostrand of
the editorial staff. The
debate was moderated by
Sylban Fox, Editorial page
Editor.
Mr. Englehard in his
opening stastement said "1
am not running despite
Norman Lent, but because
of Norman Lent." He
accused Mr. J^ent of being
an ineffective representative
JackRuchdesche!
Dies at 64
As we go to press, word
has arrived of the death of
Jack Ruchdeschel, longtime
principal of Centre Avenue
School, resident of the area
and friend to countless
numbers of parents and
children. Mr. Ruchdeschel,
64, passed away suddenly
while visiting his father in
Florida.
Funeral arrangements are
being made by Harden Fun-eral
Home, Bayside and vis-iting
hours will be Wednes-day,
October 11 from 7 to 10
pm. A Mass will be held in
St. Agnes Cathedral in
Rockville Centre at 10 am
on Thursday.
Jack RuQhdescheljtouched
all he knew and his .p^ssin^
will be mourned by all. He
will be truly missed.
of the people of the fourth
congressional district. Mr.
Lent replied that during his
seven terms in Congress, the
public has seen "scores of
Lent bills, such as the 200
mile limit, the Toxic Sub-stance
Control Act, Super-fund,
as well as many oth-ers."
He stated that he sup-ports
president Reagan and
his economic policies, claim-ing
that the President has
"restored the promise of a
better future." "If you want
higher taxes and higher
interest rates, then vote for
Sheldon Englehard," added
Congressman Lent.
In response to his first
questioner, Mr. Englehard
refused to disavow the use of
Political Action Committee
(PAC) money to finance his
campaign. Congressman
Lent c o m m e n t e d that
according to reports filed
with the federal election
commision, almost 50% of
Mr. Englehard's contribu-tions
have been made by
PACs. "My support comes
from more than 4,000 indi-vidual
contributors," Lent
s t a t e d . Mr. E n g l e h a rd
stated that he favored fed-
GOP Cocktail Party
Set For October 28
The East Rockaway
Republican Club will hold
its Annual Cocktail Party
on Sunday, October 28 from
3 pm to 6 pm at the East
Rockaway Yacht Club.
Many of the Republican
candidates seeking election
this November willjoin East
Rockaway's own Con-gressman
Norman Lent,
Judge Raymond Harring-ton
and Assembly candidate
B r i a n Meyer in the
festivities.
Tickets are only $40 per
couple and may be obtained
by calling Phil Christ at 593-
2316 or Anthony Santino at
599-3748. Please make
checks payable to the East
Rockaway Republican
Committee.
There will be food, music,
and a good time for all. So
come on down and meet
your Republican candidates.
eral financing of congres-sional
candidates; Lent
opposed such a notion, stat-ing
that "I'm uncomfortable
with the notion that the
government would be fund-ing
candidates with whom I
disagree, be they democrats,
communists or the Ameri-can
Nazi Party."
On the question of what
to do with the federal defic-its,
Mr. Englehard stated
that he would "cut a military
budget that pays $7,400 for a
coffeepot" and added that
he would scrap such wea-pons
systems as the B-I
Bomber, the M-X Missile,
and the "Star Wars" defen-sive
system. Mr. Lent stated
that he supported President
Reagan's efforts to cut the
rate of federal spending and
noted that the tax cuts pro-vided
by the Reagan Admin-istration
had resulted in a
12% increase in tax
revenues. He also vowed to
cut the "fat and waste" that
"still saturates the budget."
He said that he would cut
farm subsidies, federal water
storage programs, and pub-lic
works projects, none of
which are enjoyed by resi-dents
of the Fourth district.
On virtually every subject,
the two candidates were
diametrically opposed to the
views of his counterpart.
Mr. Lent supports the con-cept
of tuition tax credits,
Mr. Englehard opposes it.
Mr. Englehard favored cut-ting
off military aid to the
d e m o c r a t i c a l l y - e l e c t ed
government of El Salvador
and the rebels in Nicaragua;
Mr. Lent stated his support
of these two groups as a
"categorical yes." Mr. Lent
opposed federal funding of
a b o r t i o n s , saying that