Observer_1984-11-21; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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Link Elects
Emma Tolmach
Lynbrook School Board Report
The Board of Directors of
the Link Counseling Center,
Inc. elected Emma Tolmach
to the position of Board
Chairman at its most recent
meeting. Mrs. Tolmach has
been a member of the Link
Board for the past 8 years
and had previously served as
Vice-Chairman.
She is an 18 year resident
of the East Rockaway/Lyn-brook
community and cur-rently
serves as a member of
the Lynbrook Youth Coor-dinating
Council; Lynbrook
Fine arts Commission; Cul-tural
Arts Council of East
Rockaway; Lynbrook-East
R o c k a w a y A m e r i c an
Cancer Society; and Con-gressman
Norman Lent's
A d v i s o r y Committee for
Nominations to the United
States Military Academies,
Mrs. Tolmach is past Presi-dent
of the Lynbrook
P.T.A.
In commenting on the
election of Mrs. Tolmach to
the Link Chairmanship
Robert Taussig, Executive
Director of Link, stated,"
The Lynbrook School
Board met in the Lynbrook
High School on Wednesday,
November 14 at 8 pm, with
approximately 4.0 people in
attendance.
Mrs. Alice Bresnihan
reported that she President
Charles Spector and Mr.
George Berch had attended
the New York State School
Board Convention, noting
that a proposal had been
passed calling for the prohi-bition
of corporal punish-ment.
Seminars at the con-vention
were held to assist in
developing alternative mea-sures
to this type of punish-ment.
Mr. Berch com-mented
on the success of the
"Philosophy for Children"
Wipfier To Step Down
Emma Tolmach
Emma is an outstanding
selection for this most
i m p o r t a n t position. She
knows and understands the
problems and service needs
of our service area and
already has a proven record
as a civic leader. I am certain
that she will provide the
essential direction and lead-ership
to enable Link to
remain responsible to the
needs of the communities we
serve."
East Rockaway Village
1 rustee Pauline Wipfier will
not seek reelection -in next
year's Village elections, and
will step down irom office
when hor term expires in
early 1985.
Trustee Wipfier disclosed
her i n t e n t i o n s at the
November meeting of 'the
East Rockaway Action
Party, held at the Grant
Avenue Fire House on
Monday, November 19. She
stated that personal and
professional responsibilities
precluded her Irom devoting
suflicient time, to her duties
and that she decided to give
up her position only alter
careful and considerable
Gimmler Honored
The 52 Association and
the veteran leadership of
New York State honored
Raymond W. Gimmler of
East Rockaway, on Vete-r
a ns D a y , S u n d a y,
November 11, 1984 at the
Association's Sports and
Recreation Center for dis-abled
veterans in Ossining,
N.Y.
A Reception and award
ceremony honoring Ray-mond
Gimmler will be held
from 2:00 P. M . through 5:00
P.M. in the presence of the
New York State veteran
leadership, political digni-taries,
friends and con-cerned
Americans who will
gather to pay homage to this
outstanding American.
Gimmler was the voice
and conscience of Ameri-cans
when many turned
their backs on Vietnam
Veterans and the men and
women who served in Sou-theast
Asia. Gimmler organ-
HONORED. Joining Ray Gimmler (3rd left) on Veteran's
Day are (left to right) Front row: Commander John Celli,
Past Commanders Jerry McNulty, Ray Gimmler, John
Watkins, Jim Dwyer, John Nucci. Back row: Arty Harding,
Bill Fuchs, Phil Hertling and John Brueggermann.
thought.
T h e East R o c k a w ay
Action Party is considering
several candidates lor nom-ination
in the upcoming
elections. Village residents
will elect two trustees and a
village justice on Tuesday,
March 19, 1985. The ERA
Parties' nominees w;ill be
announced in the near
future.
program in Lynbrook, and
noted that many other e.du-cators
had been similarly
impressed with the program.
President Charles Spector
presented an "Outstanding
and Preformance Award to
Charles Stieger, a math
teacher at LHS. In 29 years
of service to Lynbrook, Mr.
Stieger has been absent just
2'/2 days.
Dr. Seiderman reported
that Leonard Davenport,
advisor to Horizon, the
school newspaper, had
received "Advisor of the
Year Honors, as well as a
certificate of excellence in
English. Dr. Seiderman also
announce the PEP test
scores, taken by grades 3, 5
and 6 in May, 1984. Stating
"We have done extremely
well," Dr. Seiderman noted
the following:
Test Percent below
state reference
point
Grades 3 Reading 5%
Grades 3 Math 7%
Grade 5 Writing 4%
Grade 6 Reading 5%
Grade 6 Math 14%
He added that those stu-dents
scoring below the state
reference point are receiving
remedial instruction.
The Board approved the
f o l l o w i n g p e r s o n n el
changes; appointed Roberta
Yannelli as part - time spe-cial
education teacher,
appointed Dolores Dunn as
Clerk - Stenographer, and
accepted with regret the
resignation of Salvatore
Martino as cleaner.
The next meeting of the
Lynbrook Board of Educa-tion
will be held,on Wednes-day,
December^l2.
Superintendent's Conference
ized one of the largest
parades ever held on Fifth
Avenue called " S U P P O RT
O U R M E N IN V I E T -
N A M , " which lasted eight
and a half hours. A quarter
of a million marched and
thousands cheered from the
sidelines.
Gimmler served in the
Marine Corps during World
War I I and served the people
of New York City as a Fire
Captain for more than 20
years. He was president of
the Uniformed Fire Officers
Association from 1971
through 1973. He is an
active member of the Board
of Trustees of The 52 Asso-c
i a t i o n whose motto is
" T H E W O U N D ED
S H A L L N E V E k BE F O R.
G O T T E N . " G i m m l er
devotes much of his time to
the needs of his disabled
c o m r a d e s who were
wounded in our nation's
combats.
The '52 Association rec-ognized
Gimmler's efforts in
supporting the programs
and services offered at the
Association's 4l-acre com-ples
in Ossining, N . Y .,
where more than 8,000
amputee, paraplegic and
blind veterans participate in
" C o n f i d e n c e T h r o u gh
Sports" programs.
"Educational Excellence
As We Approach the
Twenty-First Century" was
the focus of the 1984 Super-intendent's
Conference held
last week in Lynbrook.
Almost 300 staff members
and guests heard the key-note
address of Dr. Morde-chai
Rozanski, director fo
the Center for International
Studies at Adelphi Univer-sity,
and attended two of
twelve scheduled workshops.
Greetings were delivered
by Dr. Bern Seiderman,
superintendent of schools,
Rhoda Dreifuss, president
of the Lynbrook Teachers
Association, Charles Spec-tor,
president of the Board
of Education and Peggy
Grosman, president of the
Parent-Teachers Associa-tion
Council. Dr. Betty
S t e f f y , assistant superin-tendent
of schools and Ann
Taranto, chairman for the
event, also addressed the
convention.
W o r k s h o p s i n c l u d ed
E l e m e n t a r y S c i e n c e - An
Interdisciplinary Approach
with Anthony T. Barresi
Implementing the Compu-ter
in the Clasroom K - I2
with Louis Prevet and Ken-neth
Sicke; Global Educa-tion
Across the Curriculum-
A Hands-On Appraoch with
Dr. Rozanski; Human Rela-tions:
Where We Are and
Where We're Going with
Inez Beyrer and Sheldon
Shulman of Long Beach,
Joan Butler of Farmingdale,
B a r b a r a Hayes, D i a ne
Januszewski and Norma
Johnson of Lynbrook;
Teenage Suicide: How
Could It Happen? with
C a r o l e Smitten; Group
Counseling at the Elemen-tary
Level with Edward
Brenner, Lisa Horelick and
Barbara Untracht; The
Newspaper-A Tool in Your
Classroom with Andrea W.
Herrmann; Regents Action
Plan with Roberta A.
Gerold; Writing as a Process
Across the Curriculum with
Dr. Janet Miller; Some
Futures for School Health
Education with Dr. Richard
E b e r s t ; C h i l d r e n of
Divorced and/or Separated
F a m i l i e s w i t h R h o n da
Ginsberg and Dr. Jonathan
Kratter, and Word Process-ing
with William Metkiff.
D i s c u s s i o n s i n v o l v ed
software programs and its
incorporation into the cur-rent
curriculum; human
relations programs in Lyn-brook
and other school dis-tricts;
the potential suicide's
cries for help and the
responsibility of adults;
active parenting, modifica-tion
of withdrawn students
and how teachers can help,
f a m i l y relationships and
stress reduction; teaching
writing using the newspaper;
new State requirements;
writing as a learning tool in
all subject areas; holistic
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CONFERENCE. Attending the Conference were (left to
right) Lynbrook Superintendent of Schools Bern Seider-man,
Chairman Ann Taranto and President of the Lyn-brook
Board of Education Charles Spector.