Observer_1984-02-22; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

              > i o c k c r w t t f U K f X I l
Official
Newspaper
INCORPORATED VILLAGE
East Rockaway
SCHOOL DISTRICT
INCORPORATED VILLAGE
Lynbrook
SCHOOL DISTRICT
"THE GOOD NEIGHBOR NEWSPAPER "
OBSERVER Since 1967 by Mailed Subscription
Executive Offices: Seiffert Building, 2787 Long Beach Road, Oceanside, NY 11572;|
Post Office Box A, East Rockaway, NY 11518 (516) 764-2500
J L BmA
E R. public Library
477 Atlantic Ave.
East Rockaway, NY 115i»
Park
H # w l « t t PoM
"YOUR VOICE IN THE
COMMUNITY"
VOL. 32 NO. 14 Wednesday, February 22, 1984 25c PER COPY
Dean Skelos To Oppose Berman For 9th Senatorial
District Seat
State Senator Carol Berman
The Nassau County
G.O.P. executive committee
has endorsed former Rock-ville
Centre Assemblyman
Dean Skelos to oppose
incumbent State Senator
Carol Berman.
This could very well mean
a repeat of the vigorously
fought battle of two years
ago, when the Assemblyman
Skelos strove to gain the seat
now held by State Senator
Carol Berman. The 1980
campaign ended with mut-ual
libel suits, each side
charging misrepresentation.
In recent court decisions,
both suits were thrown out
of court.
Nassau County Republi-can
Party Chairman Joseph
Modeloo, commenting on
the selections of the former
Assemblyman, stated' that
Dean Skelos is the strongest
opponent unseat incumbent
Berman.
State Senator Carol Ber-man,
a Democrat from
Lawrence, the only-Demo-crat
from this area to serve
in the New York State
Senate, could be a very
tough lady to unseat. Dur-ing
the past two years she
has paid her political dues
by involving herself with
many local issues and keep-ing
veiy highly visible. Many
feel that her staff has been
very helpful in resolivng the
many problems of the dis-trict
that have been brought
to her attention.
Dean Skelos, now a dep-uty
elections commissioner,
has been labelled by many a
very effective Assemblyman
from Rockville Centre.
He has stated that he will
run a "positive campaign"
and will base his hopes on
strong support from the
Republican Party and the
Republican voters to place a
Republican State Senator as
a buffer to the New York
State Assembly, which is
Democrat controlled. He is
encouraged by the strong
committment of the dis-trict's
Republican commit-teemen
who have pledged
their entire effort to get him
elected. On the night of the
nominations, Oceanside
Executive Committeeman
and Hempstead Town
Councilman, Marty Bern-stein,
made an unusual 10
minute nominating speech
on behalf of Dean, pledging
his efforts in the campaign.
One of the major planks in
his platform will be that as a
New York State Senator, he
will work to msure that
Long Island will get its fair
share of revenues.
This will be a lively and
vigorous political battle,
and will undoubtedly be
watched not only through-out
Nassau County, but also
New York State. A major
factor will be the presiden-
NOMINEES. Town Councilman Marty Bernstein nomi-nates
former Assemblyman Dean Skelos as the candidate to
oppose incumbent State Senator Carol Berman in the 9th
S.D. Showing a united effort for the 1984 campaign are
Town Councilman Marty Bernstein, Assemblyman Gregory
Becker, and Candidate Dean Skelos.
tial election. If President
Reagan wins big, he could
very well pull many Repub-lican
candidates in with him,
and this could be a large plus
for Dean Skelos.
Huckleberry Frolic Plans
Underway
Geier Appointed to State Aid
Committee
Hopefully the snow has
all melted into the fertile
ground where seeds from
last year's Huckleberry
Frolic have already started
to germinate and sprout.
James Groark of Walden
Avenue, Lynbrook, will
serve as this year's Frolic
chairman. He is an architect
and building inspector for
our Village. Basic ground
rules and plans for the Frolic
were made at a recent meet-ing
with Mr. Groark, East
Rockaway Village Trustee
Anthony Santino, Eugene
Torborg of the Department
of Public Works and
members of the Grist Mill
Museum's committee.
As usual, it was decided
that the Frolic will be held
on the third Saturday in
June, June 16, from 10 a.m.
to 9 or 10 p.m. It will st^rt
with the "mini" parade from
the fire house to the
museum. It will close with a
chicken dinner and a return
visit of the ever popular
"MUMMERS." Another
attraction of the day will
include an encampment and
drilling executed by a L.I.
unit of Brooklyn's "Fighting
14th" Regiment wearing
Civil War uniforms and
bearing Civil War arms.
However, the hard core
and most vitally important
persons to be present on
Frolic days are members of
the organizations who toil
almost from "dawn to
dusk," selling their wares
and conducting games. The
funds they raise help to
upgrade and keep in good
condition the 1688 grist mill
that once stood on Mill
River. It was moved to
Memorial Park 21 years
ago. Without their support
the building might well be
standing as an interesting
relic instead of housing a
well displayed collection of
a r t i c l e s d e p i c t i n g East
Rockaway's past. Many of
these treasures have been
donated by old families here
and from nearby commun-ities.
The first of two general
meetings for all organiza-tions
and those who wish to
help with the Frolic will be
held in the Village Hall on
Wednesday, March 28 at 8
p.m. At that time Mr.
Groark hopes that each
organization will be able to
state what type of booth or
game they will have and also
come forth with helpful
hints.
There will be more to
come in following weeks as
to needs for volunteers for
our 1984 Frolic.
Lynbrook Mayor Wil-liam
P. Geier has been
appointed to the State Aid
Committee of the New York
Conference of Mayors.
Major Geier is one of three
Long Island mayors on the
committee.
The aim of the committee
according to Mayor Geier is
to "support the increase of
state aid to local govern-ments
while supporting the
position that local budgets
be held harmless from state
aid cuts during the local fis-cal
year." The committee
also supports the continua-tion
of the CHIPS program
and advancing the date of
state aid payments to
localities."
Mayor Geier will be tra-veling
to Albany at the end
of February to meet with
state legislators to discuss
this years state funding for
Lynbrook and other munic-ipalities.
"State aid to Lyn-brook
and communities like
ours is necessary to help
provide the services our res-
"idents need and deserve."
Holiday Garbage Collection
There seems to be some
confusion about when gar-bage
is picked^up in the Vil-lage
of Lynbrook when the
collection day falls on a
holiday.
This was evident in the vil-lage
on Lincoln's Birthday
and again on Washington's
Birthday which were holi-days.
Many residents put
their garbage out Sunday
for Monday's collection.
Their was no collection due
to the holiday.
Mayor William P. Geier
and Superintendent of Pub-l
i c W o r k s F r a nk
Hillgardner would like to
remind residents that if their
collection day falls on a hol-iday,
the garbage will be col-lected
on the following day.
Seeing most holidays fall on
a Monday, residents are
asked not to put their refuse
at the curb until Monday
night. Regular Tuesday
pick-up will also be con-ducted
on those Tuesdays.
FINALIST. East Rockaway High School Senior Rebecca
Brezenoff has'been named a Finalist in the National Merit
Scholarship contest. Mr. Robert Parry, principal of ERHS
presents her certificate of achievement. Rebecca has been
accepted at Harvard University.