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VOL. 33 NO. 15 Wednesday, March 6,1985 30c P E R COPY
Trustee Candidates Clash In Debate
Trustee candidates of the
Lynbrook Independent and
Good Government Parties
clashed in a debate spon-sored
by the Lynbrook Reg-ular
Democratic Club and
held at the American Legion
Hall, located on Union
Avenue, Lynbrook on
Wednesday, February 27.
Former Club President
LeRoy Fitzgerald served as
moderator of the event,
which featured candidates
Stephen Grogan and Leo
"Bud" Lanning of the Good
Government Party and
Eugene S c a r p a t o and
Anthony Kenny of the
independent Party. Each
candidate was allowed an
opening statement, after
which he had time for
rebuttal.
Trustee Gene Scarpato
began by stating of his start
in the Lynbrook Recreation
Commission, and of his ser-
TV CAMPAIGN DEBATE. The Lynbrook Good
Government Party and the Lynbrook Independent Party
got a chance to discuss the issues in this year's local village
electid^ns on Adams - Russel Cablevision. Participating in
the debate were, from left to right. Observer Editor John
Hambel, Lynbrook USA Editor Antionette Megale,
Adams-Russell Manager and Program Moderator for Joe
Burton and Trustee Candidates Stephen T. Grogan, and
Leo 'Bud' Lanning of the Good Government Party and
Eugene Scarpato and Anthony Kenny of the Lynbrook
Independent Party. The debate will be aired from now until
election day on March I9th. See Channel 12A for c«nr«cl-dates
and time.
Rock Rivalry Ticket Sale
Rock rivalry tickets will
go on sale Wednesday,
March 13, to all eligible
seniors and juniors. The sale
will begin at 2:30 in Room 7,
with tickets being sold to
seniors first, and then jun-iors.
Eligible sophomores
and freshmen will be sold
their tickets on Thursday,
March 14, also at 2:30 in
Hewlett Point Reconstruction To Begin
Hempstead Town Presid-ing
Supervisor Thomas S.
Gulotta and Town Coun-cilman
Martin B. Bernstein
have announced that the
reconstruction of the con-cession
and maintenance
storage building at Hewlett
Point Park in Bay Park,
which was completely des-troyed
by fire in August of
1984, will be soon be
underway.
A bid from a private con-tractor
to erect the new con-cession
and storage building
has recently been accepted,
and construction is esti-mated
to commence some-time
in March.
P r e s i d i n g S u p e r v i s or
G u l o t t a , who recently
visited the site where the
construction is soon to
begin, commented: "As the
situation now stands, the
construction of the new
building is scheduled to be
c o m p l e t e d before our
beaches open officially for
the summer season, and
beach goers begin to fre-quent
Hewlett Point Park.
However, with the ever
present possibility of unseen
problems which might delay
the new concession's pro-posed
opening, a temporary
concession stand for the ser-vice
and convenience of res-idents
has been set up, and
will be in full operation."
Commissioner of the
Town's Parks and Recrea-tion
Department, Andrew
W. Russac, will be periodi-cally
overseeing the con-struction
of the new build-ing,
and keeping track of it's
progress.
Councilman Bernstein, an
area resident, states, "The
final cost of the new building
will be $50,000, of which
approximately $41,000 will
be reimbursed by the Town's
insurance coverage. In addi-tion,
the new concession is
expected to be a considera-ble
improvement, both
aethetically and and in terms
of comparison and safety
with the all wooden frame
structure."
Scenic Hewlett Point
Park is located at 130 Hewl-ett
Point Avenue in Bay
Park. In addition to offering
residents over 1,000 feet of
bay beach, the park also
offers basketball and vol-leyball
courts, outdoor
swimming and wading
pools, play grounds and a
picnic area. The Hewlett
Point Park beach area opens
officially for the summer
season on Saturday May
25th, and the pool opens
Saturday June 15th.
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by Mildred Roemer
Captain Lou Pearsal,
member of the famed Pear-sal
family and good friend of
the Grist Mill Museum, died
on January 17th. He lived in
Ocean Side, as he insisted
upon spelling it, and often
visited the Museum.
Just as the late and well
beloved. Pine Pearsal, was
knowledgeable on local his-tory,
Lou could reel off sto-ries
of shipwrecks and the
seas at the drop of his cap-tain's
hat. He continuously
challenged articles in news-papers
that he knew first
hand not to be factual and
sometimes wrote "tongue-in-
cheek" stories for the L.l.
Forum. One concerned the
"Ba yma n ' s Dogs' that
sniffed out clams.
Lou's voice has been
recorded on tape by the
museum as well as those of
other old-timers. He made'
up an excellent shell collec-tion
that is on display in the
Bay Area of the Mill as well
as having donated his oil-skins
for the "old man of the
sea."
The Museum staff will
sorely miss his visits to the
Museum. He usually had
another old time clam digger"
in tow. Wherever Lou is,
probably spinning sea yarns,
we thank him'for his contri-bution
to E.R. history and
will miss him.
Room 7, with sophomores
taken first, and then fresh-men.
Eligible students who
did not purchase their
tickets on these two days
may do so Friday, March
15, from 2:30 to 3 PM in
Room 7. tickets are $5 each,
and each eligible student
may buy two. In the case of
brothers or sisters from the
same household, only older
or oldest student is eligible.
Remaining tickets, if
any, will be sold to the gen-eral
public beginning at 6
PM Monday, March 18 in
the rear auditorium corri-dor.
Each adult present may
purchase one ticket, and
then may get on line again,
should there be enough
t i c k e t s , and purchase
another. An adult is classi-fied
as one who has gradu-ated
from high school.
Tickets are $5 each.
Tickets for the Rock
Rivalry Preview Perfor-mance
go on sale at the door
at 6:30 PM Thursday,
March 21. (The perfor-mance
begins at 7:15) tickets
are unreserved and are $3
each. No students in Grades
7-12 in the East Rockaway
High School are permitted,
children not yet in are
admitted free.
Sports Night tickets go on
sale at the gym door at 6 PM
on Wednesday, March 20.
All tickets are $1 each. The
games begin at 6:30 PM.
vices to the Village of Lyn-brook.
He then stated that
he feh that he "wasn't being
treated fairly" as a Trustee,
commenting that "I've
shown cooperation with the
Mayor and gotten none in
return." He continued that
the successes currently being
enjoyed were due to the
prior administration, and
ended with the comment
that members of the Inde-pendent
Party chaired the
L i b r a r y , Parking and
Recreation Committees.
Trustee candidate Bud
L a n n i n g i m m e d i a t e ly
responded by stating that he
could remember not long
ago when there was no rea-son
to attend a Village
Board meeting, because "no
one ever got a chance to
speak there." He read from a
jiece of Independent Party
iterature which stated that
"the interests of the people
are paramount" and stated,
"If the interests of the people
are paramount, then why
did Trustee Scarpato ignore
several hundred' people
when they asked that video
games not be admitted into
Lynbrook? Why was Doxey
Brook permitted to exist for
22 years? Why did he deny
free speech to the residents
of Lynbrook? Why did he
and Mayor Spielman ignore
Clifford and Burtis Streets
and refuse to allow insu-rance
contracts to go out to
bid?" He also criticized the
Independent Party for
increasing their salaries by
100%, for "siding" with
North Shore landlords when
they could have protected
the elderly and handicapped
from eviction," and stated
that "They are stretching
their imaginations and try-ing
to stretch yours when
they say that the Independ-ent
Party believes that the
interests of residents are
paramount."
Trustee candidate Anth-ony
Kenny stated that he is a
lifelong resident of Lyn-brook,
having been born on
Wood Street, and attended
West End and Lynbrook
High School. In 1964, he
joined the Police Depart-ment,
and retired in Febru-ary,
1985 just prior to being
nominated by the Independ-ent
Party to run for trustee.
He has been active in the
Elks of Lynbrook, and
served as their Exalted
Ruler from 1983-84; he is
also a member of the Lyn-brook
Fire Department,
Engine Company #1. He
concluded by commending
Trustee Maurice Orpstein
on the job he has done over
the past 8 years and stated,
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East Rockaway
School Board Report
Registration Days
If you voted in the fiast
presidential campaign, you
are registered to vote in the
upcoming Lynbrook Village
elections. If you have not
recently voted and would
still wish to participate in the
March 19 election, you may
register at the Village Hall,
One Columbus Drive, Lyn-brook
on Saturday, March 9
from noon until 9 pm.
The members of the East
Rockaway Board of Educa-tion
held their February
meeting on Monday, Feb-ruary
25 at Rhame Avenue
School before an audience
of approximately 25 com-munity
residents.
D i s t r i c t p r i n c i p a ls
reported that the new roof
over the high school gym is
in place, and that work is
proceeding on the bond
issue projects. The week of
March 4 has been declared
"Music in our schools"
week, and an Olympics is
being planned for a Staur-day
in June, 1985.
Board Vice President
John Van Houteh reported
that his committee on the
bond issue and maintenance
will next meet on March 14
at 7:30 pm in the high
school. Elaine Boll, Chair-man
of the Community
Relations committee, stated
that a new issue of insights
will be forthcoming, while
Grants Committee Chair-^
man Carol Burris reported'
that a district newsletter on
grants would soon be dis-tributed.
Policies/ Legisla-tion
Committee Chairman
Jane Brezenoff stated that a
legislative breakfast will
soon be scheduled, and
Board President Richard
Meagher again noted the
Board's concern for a full-time
business manager.
The following persons
were approved for tenure in
the East Rockaway School
District: C. Rubin, Math; C.
Chirlin, Math; J. Spelman,
Science; J. Corio, Physical
Education; A. Kaplan, K-6;
Kohn, K-6; E. Selesky, Spe-cial
Education. All recom-mendations
will be effective
as of September 4, 1985.
The Board passed the fol-lowing
resolutions: appoint-ed
Edward Crowley as Act-ing
Principal of East
Rockaway High School,
retroactive to February 7;
approved a stipend of $200,
per month for E. Lattari for
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