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VOL. 33 NO. 22 Week of May 28,1986 30c PER COPY
. Grist Mill
Opens May 21
by Mildred Roemer
If you missed the Memor-ial
Day opening of the
Museum, located in Memor-ial
Park, Woods and Atla-nAvenues,
East Rockaway,
you will have the opportun-ity
to view the new exhibits
as well as the old on wee-kends
until Labor Day.
Hours 1-5 p.m.
Dr. Herbert Mayer, Lt.
Commander USN and med-ical
officer on the Destroyer
"USS Ringgold" during
World War U, donated to
the Museum his uniforms,
gas masks, searchlight, 5 in.
shell cases, and other articles
saved from his three cam-paigns
in the South Pacific.
Two other interesting items
dispalyed are a bamboo
drum with a snakeskin head
and a handmade fishing net
given to him by a grateful
cannibal chief whose life he
saved by amputating the
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Lynbrook Takes Top Honors
Memorial Day 19»6. East Rockaway Mayor Ted Reinhard
(center) is joined by Trustees Anthony Santino (second left),
Irving Shaw (second right) and Arnold White (right) and
Village Justice James Rooney (left) as they lead the Memor-ial
Day Parade down Main Street. For more Memorial Day
pictures, see pages eight and nine.
DR. HERBERT MAYER stands in front of one ol tne
museum's new exhibits displaying his World War II uniform
and rnemorabilia.
In what is believed to be
t h e f i r s t t i m e ever,
HORIZON took awards in
all categories of the annual
Newsday contest, the C.W.
Post Best Newspaper in
Nassau Award, and a merit
certificate for Overall Excel-lence
from Long Island
Scholastic Press Associa-tion
at the awards ceremony
May 15.
First place winners will
also be honored at a News-day
dinner May 28 when
Lynbrook High School will
be presented three of the six
plaques noting the first place
honor • Horizons took first
place in Typography and
Layout, under the supervi-sion
of Editor in Chief
Andrew Stein. A feature in
the November issue on doo-dling
by Junior Lourdes
Talvy won top honors in
Nassau. Finally, to the sur-pirise
of tew, horizo^ tdok
first in Overall Use of
Photography.
The nationally recognized
photographer, Co-editor in
Chief, Paul Friedwald had a
more than a hint that he
would win during an earlier
workshop session run by the
Newsday Photography Edi-tor.
He said to the assembled
group of students, "Of all
the college or high school
newspapers I've ever looked
a t . . . if you want to look at a
high quality high school
Lets Clean
Those Streets!
The Village of Lynbrook
will begin issuing litter
summonses to commercial
estaWishments that do not
clean up their property. This
enforcement is being consi-dered
because of the excep-tional
amount of litter and
debris that has been seen
and reported lo the Village
on commercial property
that is not being cleaned up
by the owners.
According to Village
codc, it is the commercial
establishment's reponsibil-ity
to clean up and sweep the
sidewalk and gutter in front
of their establishments.
Mayor William P. Geiei^
stated," It is the responsibil-ity
of our commercial
owners as well as our
homeowners to keep their
property clean. At a time
when our Village is celebrat-ing
its 75th Anniversary, all
ol us should have pride in
the Village wc live and work
in. Everyone must do their
part to keep Lynbrook USA.
bcautilul."
newspaper, pick up a copy
of Lynbrook High School's
Horizon."
An news article by Art
Editor and Cartoonist Jon
Raskin, with research by
Barbara Vorel, on a student
who was denied entrance
into the BOCES dance pro-gram
took second place in
Nassau County. Junior and
one of next year's editorial
board member Jen Rechner
took second place for her
editorial on sexism in sports
entitled "He's a beautiful
girl." Andrew Stein also
took a third place in Sports
Writing for his article on the
controversial selection of
the basketball coach this fall.
The awards followed a
day of workshops run by
newsday staff, top advisers
from long Island Scholastic
Press Association, and Post
staff attended by over 600
students on the CW Post
Campus. Horizon adviser
Leonard Davenport ran two
sessions of layout and writ-ing
critiques on various
school newspapers.
In the new Long island
Scholastic Press Associa-tion
Diagnotic Rating ser-vice,
HORIZON earned the
rating of Overall Excellence
by earning more than five
separate areas of Merit in
the opinion of the judge.
That certificate was pres-ented
during the opening
session.
The ultimate national
winner, Paul Friedwald's
photograph "Hair's the
Flautist' was the New York
State Winner in Feature
P h o t o g r a p h y in the
National Federacio^ c^fj^
Press Wome's annuaU'J^o^
test for High School agd cm-lege
newspapers.
Lang, director of tbe
contest said that "Ifjivf^so
much better than t h e ^ ^ er
entries, we did n ^ ^ a r d
any second or thiifii?P(^es in
that category." ^ ^
HORIZON t o d k j ^ i c e as
many individual awards as
any other paper in the state,
as three other HORIZON
s t a f f member-s were
honored: Jon Raskin took
2nd place in news writing,
Andrew Stein took 2nd
place in sports writing, and
Lourdes Talvy took 2nd
place in feature writing.
The only other double
New York state winner was
also from Long Island: Cen-tral
Islip's RAPIER...
€tz Chaim Elects New President
Rita Gottlieb was elected
President of the Hewlett-
East Rockaway Jewish
Centre-Congregation Etz
Chaim, 295 Main Street,
East Rockaway, New York,
at the C o n g r e g a t i o n 's
Annual Meeting on Wed-nesday
evening, May 28,
1986.
Mrs. Gottlieb, the first
woman in the Congregation
elected to its Board of Direc-tors,
has served as an Officer
since 1976. She and her hus-band,
Dr. Lawrence Got-tlieb,
an internist in Wood-mere,
first became involved
in Jewish community life
when Dr. Gottlieb was a
Career Army Officer in the
Army Medical Corps. Mrs.
Gottlieb was active in the
Jewish Welfare Board, and
served as Sisterhood Presi-dent
when they were stati-oned
in Honolulu, Hawaii,
and in Fort Dix, New
Jersey.
When the Gottliebs first
moved to East Rockaway in
1968, they immediately affil-iated
with Congregation Etz
Chaim. Mrs. Gottlieb served
as Sisterhood President
from 1972 to 1975. It was
during her tenure that the
Temple's Constitution was
revised giving women equal
rights, and courses were
initiated on the role of the
Jewish Woman in Jewish
Tradition. She was elected
to the Synagogue Board in
1975, and became an Officer
the following year, serving
first as Secretary and then as
Vice President of Educa-t
i o n , M e m b e r s h i p and
Social Action. Mrs. Gottlieb
has been honored by the
Congregation as Woman of
Valor on Simchat Torah,
Torah Fund Honoree of the
Jewish-Theological Semi-nary,
and, together with her
husband, was honored by
UJA-Federation. She' is a
life member of Hadassah.
She received the Woman of
the Year Award from Hewl-ett
Hadassah for her work as
editor of its Chapter news-paper,
and she remains
active in the Chapter's fund-raising
areas. Mrs. Gottlieb
has a B.A. from Adelphi,
and an M.A. from Colum-bia,
and runs her own rare
books business. The Got-tliebs
have been married for
26 years and are very proud
of their daughter and son-in-law,
Joni and Paul Jab-lansky,
both graduates of
Cornell, and their son,
Steven, a recent Duke
graduate.
Installation Ceremonies
of the newly elected Officers
and the members of the
Board of Directors will be
held on Tuesday evening,
June 3, 1986,at8:15P.M.in
the Temple's Ballroom. An
address by Congressman
Stephen Solarz will high-light
the evening.
Also participating in the
program will be Rabbi Stan-ley
Platek, spiritual leader of
the Congregation, who will
give the Invocation and the
Benediction; Cantor Ema-nuel
Perlman, who will lead
the singing of the National
Anthems; Dr. Stanley M.
Cohen, retiring President of
the Congregation, who will
s u b m i t his P r e s i d e n t 's
report; Sidney Grossman,
former President of the
Congregation, who will be
_the Installing Officer and
'run the evening's program.
O t h e r O f f i c e r s to be
installed with Mrs. Gottlieb
are: Vice Presidents, Dr.
Neal Rubin, Sidney Schein-
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COMMENDATION. Mayor William P. Geier presents
former Recreation Commission Member John Lucas with
an award for his 14 years as a member of the Commission.
Mr. Lucas was also one of the founders of the Lynbrook
Titans back in 1968.