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VOL. 32 NO. 52 Wednesday, December 4,1985 30c PER COPY
Bids Received For Merrick Road Property
THANKSGIVING TURKEYS ... were cooking while the
men of the East Rockaway Kiwanis Club stood valiantly in
the rain, waiting for a clearing so that the Annual Thanks-giving
Ragamuffin Parade could be held. Unfortunately, the
weather did not break, so the Parade is now scheduled for
this Saturday, December 7, 1985, at 9 am at the Denton
Avenue Parking field. There will be free candy and cartoons
at the Grant Avenue Firehouse after the parade, so be on
hand for a great time. From left to right are: East Rockaway
Trustee Irving Shaw, Kiwanian Mike Pizzino, Mayor
Theodore Reinhard, Kiwanis President Dennis Motherway,
Trustee Anthony Santino, FireChief Tom Cittadino, Phil
Christ, representing Presiding Supervisor Thomas Gulotta,
and Parade Chairman Joe Williams.
by Annette Ling
One of" the interesting
highlights of the Lynbrook
Board of Trustees Meeting
held at 8 p.m. at Village Hall
on Monday, November 19,
1985 was the news from
Mayor Bill Geier that the vil-lage
had received three out-standing
and competitive
bids for the old Village Hall
property on Merrick Road,
which has formerly been
considered as the site for a
possible new Lynbrook
library. The many Bids
which came in were nar-rowed
down to a total of
three competitivers. The
Board of Trustees is consid-ering
them in relation to the
monetary offer, the planned
usage and the effect on the
ommunity. The three top
Bids averaged $1.02 million
dollars. Two were for an
office complex with some
retail, stores while another
was ibr a five-story residen-tial
condominium. The
Senator Skelos Appointed To Task
Force on Manpower
State Senator Dean Ske-los
has been appointed by
Senate Majority Leader
Warren Anderson to a spe-cial
task forcc which will
studv ways to enhance New
York's business climate;
make manpower and job
training programs more
meaningiul; and spur eco-nomic
development. "Sena-tor
Skelos'has been a driving
force on Long Island in'
terms of advancing high-technology
as an economic
development tool. This
appointment will enable him
to be even mofe involved
with some of the Legisla-ture's
efforts to bring more
attention to science and
technology as a good way to
expand the state's economic
b a s e , " said S e n a t or
Anderson.
"I am very pleased to be
appointed to the Senate
Majority Task Force on
Manpower and Job Train-ing.
Among the specific
areas this task force will be
studying is the effectiveness
of the job training programs
being administered by the
Department of Labor and
others," said Senator Ske-los,
who noted that he would
like to see more employment
opportunities in high tech
industry on Long Island.
"The Senate Majority has
been successful this year in
seeing tax cuts enacted that
benefit both individual New
Yorkers and businesses in
our state. Locally, we enjoy
one of the healthiest eco-nomic
climates in the
nation. But this did not
occur accidentally. Nassau
County weathered the reces-sion
better than most parts
of the country, largely do to
the efforts of county and
local officials working
together with state and fed-eral
representatives. 1 view
this task force as another
way to build an even health-ier
economic climate as we
move into the closing decade
of the twentieth century,"
said Senator Skelos.
"We must examine m
greater detail some of the
programs that our state
offers to encourage busi-nesses
to create more jobs
and programs that prepare
our citizens for meaningful
employment. We will also be
examining whether there is a
need for more government
input or whether current
state resources should be
utilized in more efficient
ways," concluded Senator
Skelos, who serves as a
member of the Senate
Committee on Commerce,
Economic Development
and Small Business.
Lynbrook Receives
$40,000 Grant
L y n b r o o k has been
granted $40,000 from the
Nassau Copunty Consor-tium
for aid in the rehabili-t
a t i o n of r e s i d e n t i al
property.
Due to several senior citi-zens
requests for aid to
refurbish their homes, the
Board felt they were com-pelled
to seek this funding
on the County level for resi-dents
that are in need. "This
is an example of the local
Village government working
in cooperation with County
government to seek and
obtain monies to permit
needy residents to make
necessary improvements to
Board is carefully studying
the Bid offers.
October village depart-mental
reports were given
for the Fire Dept. by Chief
CitKovic, the Lynbrook
Library, Recreation by
Director Dick Flynn, Build-ing
Dept. by Supt. Bruno
Arena, the Dept. of Public
Works by Supt. Jack
Woessner, Village Justice
Report, the Animal Control
Officer, and the Police Dept.
by Police Chief Frank Kehr.
The Lynbrook Police have
stepped up their campaign
against Drunken Drivers at
certain hours so that special
units of the Lynbrook Police
are on the watch for offend-ers.
There were 147 auto
accidents in Lynbrook since
the beginning of the year. In
Oct. there 78 aided cases and
26 arrests.
Mayor Geier presented
Dr. Herbert Meyer from
Spencer Avenue, Lynbrook,
a longtime Lynbrook resi-dent
with a special Citation
honoring him as one of
Lynbrook's most valued res-idents
through the years. Dr.
Meyer is retiring to Florida
very soon. He and his wife
Clara received a fine ovation
from the residents in the
audience at Village Hall.
The parking limits on
Atlantic Avenue were raised'
from 2 to 3 hour parking at
the request of the Lynbrook
School District to help with
the extra spaces needed for
both visitors to the Atlantic
Avenue School buildings,
and the people who attend
Adult Education Classes in
the evnings. The parking
effects the west side of
Atlantic Avenue from the
Atlantic Avenue school
complex to Raymond
Avenue.
The Board passed a reso-lution
prohibiting parking
on the south side of Union
Avenue 35 ft. from Cherry
Lane to the corner of Union
Avenue.
A Public Hearing was
held on amending the Local
Law-Chapter 252-48-E
Garages which was passed
by the Board setting the time
limit for rebuilding any des-troyed
garage to a period of
2 years at which time the
garage must be, completely^
rebuilt.
The Board authorized
Mayor Geier to sign an
amended CSES Union Con-tract
for village employees
which applies to provisions
of the Dental Contract arid
amounted to a very small
amount per employee.
The permanent hiring of a
new village employee as a
Clerk with special computer
skills was approved by the
Senior Play Set
their homes," stated Mayor
William P. Geier.
The distribution of funds
will be made upon request
and by approval of the Nas-sau
County Consortium to
thoseindividuals that fulfill
the guidelines set by the
County Rehabilitation and
Community Development
Program for energy conser-vation
and adherence to
building codes.
Requests from residents
for the funding are to be
given to the Village Clerk's
Office at Village Hall, One
Columbus Drive, Lyn-brook,
New York 11563.
The Senior Class of East
Rockaway High School has
announced that this year's
Senior Play will be Mary
Chases's classic Broadway
and Pulitzer Prize-Winning
Comedy, HARVEY.
First presented in the
1940's, HARVEY has gone
on to win innumerable
awards on stage and screen,
and has been presented in
seventeen countries and in
seventeen foreign languages.
For those of you who may
not know, HARVEY is a
six-foot rabbit, the friend of
Elwood P. Dowd. But
HARVEY is imaginary, of
course. (Or is he???)
Playing the lead part of
Elwood will be Dennis
Elbaum, with Laura Moss-crop
and Lisa Mongitore
rounding out the rest of the
family who wants Elwood
committed to a sanitarium.
Seen in other parts will be
Vicki Capozzi, Sharon
Greenspan, Harold Gerry,
Sean McDonald, Steven
Schoenly, Ed Campbell, and
Donovan Berg.
Performance dates are
January 16 and 17, 1986.
Plan to start the New Year
off right by seeing HAR-VEY,
Watch for further
details.
Board. Mrs. Connie Han-nan
was hired at a salary of
$13,800 a year.
A transfer approved a
special Village Board Reso-lution
regarding the availa-bility
of municipal insurance
at an adequate amount and
at a reasonable cost which
will be sent to the New York
Assembly and to our area
representatives. Senator
Dean Skelos and Assem-blyman
Gregory Becker.
The idea of the special Reso-lution
was requested by
former Village Trustee
Maurice Ornstein because
of the inequity of the heavy
insurance lobbying and the
concerted effort on the part
of the insurance companies
to influence the New York
State Legislature on their
behalf as explained by
Mayor Geier and he cited the
spiralling rise in costs of
municipal insurance and the
- actual cancellation of village
insurance as a fact which
happened to Floral Park
recently.
Under Good and Welfare,
Mayor Geier announced the
formation of a new Senior
Citizens' Council in Lyn-brook
which will work
closely with the community
organization LINK to begin
new effective programs to
aid the problems of Seniors
in Lynbrook, U. S. A. Sena-tor
Dean Skelos, LINK
Director Bob Tausigg and
Assemblyman Gregory
Becker will all be advisors to
the program, along with a
special Gerontologist.
Lynbrook has been
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FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS DISCUSSED. At the
Lynbrook Good Government Party meeting in November,
Richard Macioce of David Lerner Associates was the guest
speaker discussing financial investments. Joining in welcom-ing
Mr. Macioce (2nd left) is from left to right. Trustee
Norman Dreyer, Mr. Macioce, Mayor William P. Geier, 1st
Vice Pres. Dorothy Hornung, 2nd Vice Pres. John Termini
and Kenneth Hughes. The GGP is planning a Holiday Party
on December 13 at 8 PM at the American Legion Hall. All
residents are invited.