Observer_1986-07-09; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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Rags On
The Grist
by Mildred Roemer
In 1975, Don McHugh,
history-minded fourth grade
teacher in Centre Avenue
School, assigned his stu-dents
to make up various
flags that had been sug-gested
for America before
Betsy Ross picked up her
needle. The students
researched and responded
with enthusiasm. The many
flags were strung up in the
Museum and then tucked
away in an old barrel top
trunk. This year, it was
decided that it was about
high time we brought out the
flags, especially in honor of
the Lady in the Harbor's
100th birthday.
Many flags have been
placed in the Museum's
schoolroom with the names
of the students attached.
There are far too many to
hang all, but if one "slightly
older" pupil should like to
see his or her handwork,
there will be the others in the
D a v i s o n o f f i c e upon
request. They will be fea-tured
for this month. A mus-ical
background tape will be
played in the schoolroom
featuring famous singers
and bands saluting our lib-erty.
The popular Civil War
exhibit on the upper floor,
will remain for this month.
Come visit. Hours are 1-5
p.m. weekends and there is
no charge.
Proceeds from the Hickle-berry
Frolic are still coming
in. A letter confirming our
receiving them will go out to
each contributor. Looks like
we're about to reach $3,000
this year, especially with an
added boost from Savings of
America. Hopefully, the
committee will now see their
way to order a few extra
limited edition 1688-1966
memorial plates that will go
on sale next year, and also
look into a new sound
system.
Donations To
PetorHonry
Fund Incroaso
The level of contributions
to the Peter Henry Fund
continues to grow. The
Fund has now received more
than $8,000, all of which will
be used to help defray some
of the medical costs for
treatment of Peter He^ry, a
young Lynbrook resident
who suffers from leukeftiia^..
Though much of the con-tributions
to the Peter
Henry Fund were made dur-ing
the Jim Jensen benefit
Softball game June 17th,
community organizations
and individuals have dem-onstrated
their continuing
generosity in bringing the
Fund to its current level.
The 75th Anniversary
Committee has set a $10,000
goal for contributions,
which shold be made paya-ble
to the Peter Henry Fund,
through the Village Hall, 1
Columbus Drive, Lyn-brook,
New York.
Senior Housing Moves Forward
State Assemblyman Gre-gory
R. Becker (R-C, Lyn-brook)
and State Senator
Dean Skelos (R-C Rockville
Centre) today announced
legislative approval of a bill
which would clear they way
for construction of a new
senior citizens housing
complex in Lynbrook.
BEAUTIFUL IDEA. Lynbrook's Beautification Program
includes the planting of flowers throughout the Village.
Mayor William P. Geier, second from right, Joins (left to
right) Beautification Chairman Dorothy Horning, Trustee
Bud Lanning, Parks Commissioner John Termini, Trustee
Peter Ledwith, Trustee Steve Grogan and Trustee Norman
Dreyer in planting flowers in the planters around the Lyn-brook
Library. Mayor Geier urges all residents to join in the
program by sprucing up their property.
A Showcase At Centre
Pictured above with Mrs.
Milb are the sixth grader
students who liave com-pleted
the elementary pro-gram
and will now move on
to the Jr. High program
under the direction of Mrs.
Jean Clark. They are, bot-tom
from left to right: Irena
A showcase held at Centre
Avenue the evening of
Tuesday, June 17th featured
the many and varied indi-vidual
projects completed
by the students of East
Rockaway's gifted and tal-ented
program. More than
one hundred and fifty
enjoyed presentations on
such topics as coin collect-ing,
photography, Japanese
Arts, an original film from
an original screen play based
on an original mystery, a
survey of language choice at
the Junior High School
level, an investigation on the
jobs of the school board
members and district admin-istrators
as well as a variety
of many other individual
investigations. The yearly
writing anthology was also
presented to the public with
copies for all interested
Ventiileth, Jason Belkin;
middle row: Paula Acco-nvondo,
Suzanne Mills,
Matthew Rooney, Linda
Albergo; last row: Gail
Meagher, Timothy Glenis-ter,
Michelle Dempsey,
Claire Connolly, Shannon
Kelly.
The village of Lynbrook
had requested that Becker
and Skelos introduce legis-lation
to allow the project to
be realized.
If the governor signs the
legislation into law, the 75-
unit complex will be con-structed
at Greis park off
Wright Avenue.
"The land required legis-lative
attention because the
site was under special pro-tection,"
said Becker. "Since
the early 1900s, the site has
been protected because New
York City purchased it
along with reservoirs in Nas-sau
County and constructed
water lines to the city for its
needs.
"This watershed property
has since been purchased by
Nassau County from New
York City because of the
suburbanization of Nassau
a^nd ^he deterioration of the
reservoirs,'which made the
sites unnecessary for the
city's needs," said Becker.
The state legislators noted
that the land transfer had to
be made before the end of
this legislative session, or the
project would suffer the loss
of the $15 million in federal
funding needed to pay for
the entire cost of the
complex.
"Nassau County pur-chased
the land, then
entered into an agreement
with the diocese of Rockville
Centre and the incorporated
village of Lynbrook to place
the proposal on the table,"
said Skelos, chairman of the
Sentate Aging Committee,
"but the one obstacle that
remained was removal of the
protective clause on the
property. Our legislation
achieves that necessary
goal."
"Construction of the
complex will benefit seniors
and handicapped persons
who continue to search in
vain for an affordable place
to live," said Becker,
B e c k e r and S k e l os
expressed their delight in
being able to serve the needs
of the diocese of Rockville
Centre and area senior
citizens.
Liberty Raffle Winner
New President
The Lynbrook Board of
Education elected George
Berch as president for the
1986-87 school year, Ali-cemarie
Bresnihan is the
new vice-president and Joan
Hines, secretary.
Other trustees on the
Board are Robert Delmond,
Joanne McSherry, Susan
Ruchman and Charles Spec-tor.
Barbara Sabbagh is Dis-t
r i c t Clerk, Joseph
LaRocco, treasurer and
Leonard H. Minches,
School Attorney.
by Carol Monaco
Pauline Casalaspro was
chosen the winner of the
East Rockaway Liberty
Centennial raffle,
Mrs, New York State,
Vonabell Sherman, picked
the winning ticket at the
drawing held at the East
Rockaway Public Library
on July.l,
The grand prize was two
$100 tickets to the spectacu-lar
finale of the Statue of
Liberty Celebration on July
6 in the meadowlands. "It's
the best bargain 1 ever had,"
a surprised Mrs. Casalaspro
said.
The closing ceremonies
featured Gene Kelly, Eliza-beth
Taylor, Willie Nelson,
Lionel Richie, Shirley
MacLaine and many others.
Laser lights and water shows
were ajso included in the
events,
Mrs. New York State on
behalf of the Liberty Cen-tennial
Committee pres-ented
Violet Kane with a
certificate of appreciation
for her mother. Marguerite
Tully who will celebrate her
100th birthday with Lady
Liberty on July 4,
The centennial committee
then presented Mrs. Sher-man
with a certificate of
appreciation for her support
for the Statue of Liberty.
IN APPRECIATION. Mrs. New York State presents certif-icate
to Violet Kane. From left to right are Ethel Brenner,
committee treasurer; Emma Tolmach, chairman; Violet
Kane; Mrs. New York State, Vonabell Sherman, and Carol
Monaco, publicity director.
Mrs. New York State presents Pauline Casalaspro with the
winning tickets.