Observer_1986-02-05; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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EAST ROCKAWAY RAIDERS SPONSOR APiNUAL
AWARDS DINNER. East Rockaway Village Trustee
Anthony J. Santino (left), representing Mayor Reinhard,
presents the League Championship Award to Raiders Jun-ior
Varsity Football Coach Karl DeMasi (center), at the
Annual Raiders Football Awards Dinner. Looking on is
Joseph Carrigan, President of the East Rockaway Athletic
Association. The Raiders Junior Varsity team was honored
for having won the League Championship for the second
year in a row.
Tickets are stil! available
at the Dinner/ Dance honor-ing
Village H i s t o r i an
Mildred Roemer, which is
being sponsored by the East
Rockaway Action Party.
The East Rockaway
Yacht Club, at the foot of
Dock Street, will be the host
as East Rockaway civic,
community and political
leaders gather to honor
Mildred on Saturday, Feb-ruary
15,1986, from 7 pm to
midnight. All in attendance
will enjoy a sumptious cock-tail
hour, hot and cold
buffet, unlimited liquor, and
music and dancing with Bob
Dessart and his Orchestra.
Mildred Roemer's many
years of service to the Vil-lage
as its Official Historian
have certainly earned this
tribute. Thanks to her dili-gent
efforts, the Old Grist
Mill Museum has gained a
reputation for possessing
one of the finest collections
of artifacts on early Long
Island history available to
students, historians and the
general public.
Under Mrs. Roemer's
stewardship, the Huckle-berry
Frolic, East Rocka-way's
annual salute to the
Mill, has grown to be the
single most important event
in the life of the community.
Active for many years in
Bethany Congregational
Church, Mildred's contribu-tions
to the community have
not been limited to the Old
Grist Mill. In addition to her
involvement with Bethany,
Mildred was active for many
years in the Rhame Avenue
PTA.
Tickets to the dinner are
just $25 per person and may
be purchased at the door if
ordered in advance. Reser-vations
can be made by cal-ling
593-8390, 599-3460, or
593-2765.
Hempstead Town Presid-ing
Supervisor Thomas S.
Gulotta, Vice Chairman of
the Nassau County Board of
Supervisors, announced
today that the Board has
a p p r o v e d a p r o p o s al
designed to improve the
roadway and enhance traffic
flow at the intersection of
Atlantic and Ocean Avenues
in East Rockaway.
According to Gulotta, the
Nassau County Department
State Senator Dean Ske-los
(R-9th SD) will be the
guest speaker at the Holy
Name Communion Break-fast,
to be held on Sunday,
February 9 at 10 am in the
St. Raymond's Cafeteria.
Senator Skelos will speak
on his recent trip to North-ern
Ireland, focusing on dis-crimination
against Cathol-ics
and the criminal justice
system.
The price of the breakfast
is $6 for adults, $3 for child-ren
under 12 years of age.
All are invited to attend.
of Public Works, working in
concert with the East Rock-away
Village administra-tion,
drafted a plan calling
for the widening of Ocean
Avenue f r om A t l a n t ic
Avenue to the Long Island
Railroad crossing near Dav-ison
Plaza.-
Gulotta noted that an
eight foot widening of the
road would be accomplished
by acquiring land on the
eastside of Ocean Avenue-by
Annette Ling
The highlight of the Lyn-brook
Board of Trustees
Meeting held on Monday
evening, January 27,1986 at
Village Hall was the state-ment
by Mayor Bill Geier
that because of rumors float-ing
around the village that
Lynbrook plans to dissolve
the Lynbrook Library using
other services in adjacent
towns, he wished to make it
clear to all Lynbrook resi-dents
that the library would
remain and there are no
plans to dissemble the Lyn-brook
Library. He spoke
about the 'mysterious letter"
to residents circulating
around the village which led
to the unfounded rumors.
He further stated that any
resident wishing serve on the
new L i b r a r y Advisory
Committee should call vil-lage
Hall if they wished to
contribute their time and
effort to improving the exist-ing
facilities.
The Minutes of the Board
Meeting of January 6th were
approved by the Board of
Trustees and placed on file.
Departmental Reports
were given from the a) Fire
Department, b) Library, c)
Recreation, d) Building
Department e) Department
of Public Works, 0 Side-walk
Inspector, g) Village
Justice Court, h) Dog Con-trol
Officer, and I) Police
Department, approved by
the Board and placed on file.
The reports covered the
month of December, 1985.
The Mayor issued a Proc-lamation
naming the dates
of February 2nd to the 6th as
Catholic Schools Week in
Lynbrook, honoring Our
Lady of Peace School in
Lynbrook and St. Ray-land
which is currently
vacant bordering the Mill
River. An additional twelve
foot widening of the road-way
on the west side of
Ocean Avenue, directly
adjacent to the Atlantic
Avenue intersection, will
result in an additional
southbound lane and a
wider northbound lane. It
was further stated that
minor adjustments to the
intersection south of Atlan-tic
Avenue would provide
proper alignment through
the intersection and safer
driving conditions.
mond's School on the
Lynbrook-Easj Rockaway
border.
Trustee Stephen Grogan
presented a check for
$4,003.18 for the Eddie Mit-chell
Fund to Eddie and his
parents who were present at
the Board Meeting. The
check represented funds
raised from collections dur-ing
the last Lynbrook Week
in June, 1985 and other con-tributions.
Channel 2's Jim
Jensen All-Stars played a
Benefit game with the Lyn-brook
All-Stars at Greis
Veterans Memorial Park
with funds collected after
and during the game during
Lynbrook Week. Eddie
suffers from neurofibrima-tosis
and the Jim Jenson
Game was dedicated to him
to help with operations
needed for his recovery.
Janet Louise Campbell was
cited for her efforts in gath-ering
funds for Eddie. The
village is looking for another
worthy recipient for the Jim
Jenson Game in 1986.
Anyone knowing of a likely
recipient is asked to call Vil-lage
Hall with the name and
address.
Mayor Geier disignated
Trustee Leo Lanning to be
the liason of the village of
Lynbrook with the new
Lynbrook Library Advisory
Committee.
Bids were received and
opened and studied for a) a
DPW Cherry Picker, b)
Police Vehicles, and c)
Street Lights and were
turned over to Supt. Jack
Woessner of the DPW and
Police Chief Frank Kehr for
further evaluation. The Bid
for purchase of the LILCO
lighting system was a for-
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The Lynbrook Demo-cratic
Club will again host a
Village Election Forum on
Wednesday, February 19,
1986, at 8:00 p.m. at the
American Legion Hall, 134
Union Avenue.
The candidates are Nor-man
L. Dreyer of the Good
Government Party and
John Giordano of the Inde-pendent
Party.
Leroy Fitzgerald, Lyn-brook
Democratic Zone
Leader, will again be the
moderator for the forum.
All are invited to attend this
challenging and interesting
evening. Coffee and cake
will be served.
Supervisor Gulotta noted ^
that these planned improve-ments
to the roadway and
i n t e r s e c t i o n would be
effected without any of the,
buildings on either Atlantic
or Ocean Avenues,
" T h e i m p r o v e m e n ts
which the Board of Supervi-sors
have authorized today
will result in a smoother
flow of traffic at one of the
most heavily travelled inter-sections
in Nassau County,
this in turn will create safer
more secure conditions for
motorists, pedestrians and
residents alike," Gulotta
noted,
"Nassau County's rapid
expansion in the post-war
period is a well noted fact of
history. Unfortunately, the
demands placed on many of
our thoroughfares and
roadways as a result of this
expansion far surpassed the
traffic volume they were
o r i g i n a l l y d e s i g n e d to
accomodate. The result: a
s i g n i f i c a n t number of
County roadways, which
had served as sleepy coun-trylanes
utilized by an occa-sional
beachbound traveller,
were, by necessity, trans-formed
into major conduits
for a population which has
grown to rely on the auto-moblie
as its primary means
of transportation, 1 can
think of no better example
of this transformation than
Ocean Avenue in East
Rockaway," Supervisor
Gulotta concluded.
REMEMBERING 25 YEARS OF DEDICATED SER-VICE.
Hempstead Town Presiding Supervisor Thomas S.
Gulotta (right) attends the dinner honoring fire fighters
Charles Caggi and Richard Harwell on behalf of their 25
years of outstanding service to the Lynbrook Hosf> Com-pany
1. The dinner was held at the Manor East, in Massape-qua.
Shown are left to right: Lynbrook Mayor Bill Geier;
Richard and Ruth Harwell; Charles and Betty Caggi, all of
Lynbrook; Supervisor Gulotta.