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VOL. 34 NO. 15 . April 15,1987 Mayors Sworn h ^^^jSSm y ^ y^l ^R^^V ^^ - J—aX : InCreaSC LbSS
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OATH OF OFFICE. The East Rockaway Villiige Justice
James Rooney (left) administers the Oath of Office to newly
elected Mayor Irving F. Shaw at the Annual Organizational
Meeting on April 6, 1987 at the East Rockaway Village
MAYOR SWORN IN. Beginning his second term as Chiet
Executive of the Incorporated Village of Lynbrook, Mayor
William P. Geler is sworn into office by Village Justice
O'Connor at Organizational Night, April 6,1987 at Village
Hall. Before a packed audience, the Mayor was given a
standing ovation.
New Principal At North
The Special Meeting of
the Lynbrook Board of
Trustees was held at Village
Hall on April 8, 1987 with
Mayor Bill Geier explaining
that the Board had been
reviewing the Tentative
Budget for 1987/88 in order
to take care of the necessary
increases and determine if it
was possible to lower it. The
budget rate of $256 per
hundred and makes a tax
increase 19 53%.
Previous estimates had
placed the anticipated in-crease
at 25%.
Shirley Moskowitz, Vil-lage
Clerk and Chief Budget
Officer explained was
brought about by many fac-tors
such as the loss of the
usual $200,000 Federal
Revenue Sharing for Lyn-
-brook and the fact that
many increases in thecost of
running me village have
gone up. She answered ques-tions
from the floor and
explained different pay
increases for village person-nel
etc.
Joseph LaRocco, Ted
Campbell, Louise Camp-bell,
Gene Scarpato, Bill
Smith, Ben Rashkin, Mrs.
Annunciato, Bruce Lein,
Tony Schuerman, Joan
Fit7,gerald and others made
comments or asked ques-tions
about the budget. The
Mayor and Trustees did not
take an increase in salary.
Many village employees will
get an 8% pay rise due to a
cost of living increase and
also longevity pay in some
cases.
One sharp rise mentioned
by the Mayor was the dispo-sal
of solid waste which costs
$28 per ton to dump with
space running out all over
the island for disposal of
refuse and rubbish.
The Board formally
accepted and approved the
budget after some lenghty
discussion and questions
from the floor about the
figures.
April 6,1987
The Lynbrook Board of
Trustees Meeting, April 6,
1987 was highlighted by
a p p o i n t m e n t s d u r i ng
Organization Night and a
Proclamation.
Mayor Bill Geier and
Trustees Norman Dreyer
and Dominick DiCarlo, Jr.
were sworn into office by
Village Justice John O'Con-nor
followed by the
announcement of liasons for
the ensuing year:
Liason with the Volunteer
Fire Dept, Mayor Geier; lia-son
with Recreation Insu-rance
and Non-Contractual
Employees, Trustee Nor-man
Dreyer; Trustee Ste-phen
Grogan, Police, Build-ing,
and Assessing Depts;
Elaine Boll Seeks
Reelection
Superintendent of Schoo-ls
Bern Seiderman announ-ces
the appointment of
Donald Slover as the new
principal of Lynbrook
North Middle School. Mr.
Slover, a math teacher at the
high school, will succeed
James Lennon, who is retir-ing
in June.
A veteran of 20 years of
service in the Lynbrook
School District, Don Slover
spent most of his "years
teaching seventh and eighth
grade mathematics at
North. A summer high
school principal for 10 of
those years, he also served as
junior high baseball coach
and basketball ccach. When
he attended St. Agnes High
School, Mr. Lennon was his
coach and Dean of Men.
A graduate of Providence
College with a degree in
math education, Mr. Slover
also earned a Masters
Degree at Boston College
and an Administrative Cer-tificate
at Hofstra. He is
married to the former Eliza-beth
Rafferty Since 1969
and they have four children,
James, 16, Kathy, 14,
Colette, 12, and Bradley, 7.
The Slovers enjoy family
travel and spend most of
their summers in Pennsylvania.
The new principal sees
computers as an integral
part of all programs at
North and makes that a
number one priority. "This
is a great school," he say^
golf, wishing he was better at
it, loves to read, and take the
family skiing. He is enthusi-astic
about his new role in
the district and looks for-ward
to "getting started."
Thrilled with the appoint-ment,
he confesses that Jim
Lennon "is a tough act to
follow" but hopes with the
help of the excellent staff,
that he will be able to main-tain
the standards "so
admirably set" by the retiring
principal.
Elaine Boll has announced
her candidacy for re-election
to the East Rockaway Board
of Education. Mrs. Boll has
served the district as School
Board Trustee since 1984.
She has served as Vice Pres-ident
of the Board for the
past two years.
Mrs. Boll states, "I am
proud of the progress of our
School District. We are
moving in a positive and
responsible direction. I
would like to continue to
serve our children and tax-payers
for another three
years."
Mrs. Boll cites as major
Board accomplishments the
r e n o v a t i o n of Centre
Avenue School and East
Rockaway High School, the
successful passage of a bond
referendum to rebuild the
Rhame Avenue School and
improved coordination of
curriculum.
Elaine Boll, an insurance
broker for an international
insurance brokerage firm, is
a graduate of Centre Avenue
School and East Rockaway
High School." She is active in
the newly formed ERHS
Alumni Association and
serves as Treasurer of that
organization.
Elaine and her husband,
Dick, are life-long residents-of
East Rockaway and the
parents of two sons, Richard
and Brian, also ERHS
alumni and a daughter,
Karen, currently a sopho-more
at the high school.
"The present Board has
worked well as a team to
improve education in East
Rockaway. I would like to
see our progress continue,"
stated Mrs. Boll. "Our chil-dren
are worth our very best
efforts!"
By Annette Ling
T r u s t e e Leo Lanning,
Department of Public
Works, Library; and Trus-tee
Dominick DiCarlo, Jr,
Drug Abuse Council, and
SafetyPSH Aand TVASNAQ.
1 he following appoint-ments
were made for the
ensuing year as the Mayor
asked them to take the oath
in a group; Deputy Treas-urer
Carol Hansen; Village
Attorney, Jay Korth; Dep-uty
Village Attorney, Jack
Libert; Secretary to the
Mayor and Board, Mary
Ann Hughes; Research
Assistant to the Mayor and
Board Len Llewelyn; Asses-sor,
Ray Mathie; Acting Vil-lage
Justice, Eugene Natale;
Village Prosecuting Attor-ney,
Philip Marino; Deputy
P r o s e c u t i n g Attorney,
Kevin Murtagh; Court
Clerk, Marie Kehr; Superin-
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Health Fair
The East Rockaway
Kiwanis Club has announced
that it will hold its second
annual Health Fair on Sat-urday,
May 2, 1987, at St.
Raymond's School, located
on Atlantic Avenue in East
Rockaway.
There will be a wide range
of services available, includ-ing
free blood pressure tests,
hearing, diabetis, vision,
dental and throat examina-tions.
A chiropractor and at
least six other physicians are
planning to be on hand to
offer any advise to those
attending.
All services and tests will
be free of charge, as a public
service from the Kiwanis
Club.
The Fair will be held in St.
Raymond's cafeteria from
10 am to 4 pm, so stop by
and stay healthy!
Registration Days
Donal Slover
"and my job is to make sure
it stays that way. It is effi-ciently
run and the code of
discipline set by Mr. Lennon
is respected by the kids
because it is fair and just."
Mr. Slover is expecially
happy with the fine teach-ing
staff. "The students here
get a really good education-when
you walk through the
halls you know that feeling
that education is going on."
Don Slover likes to play
The East Rockaway
Board of Education has
announced that voter regis-tration
for new residents and
new voters will take place in
the District Office, East
Rockaway High School on:
Tuesday, April 28, 1987
from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 29, 1987
from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 30, 1987
from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Friday, May I, 1987 from
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Any East Rockaway resi-dent
who has moved from
one address to another
within the district must re-register
on these days.
New voters and new resi-dents
must be Citizens of the
USA, 18 years of age and
residents of the district for
30 days.
In addition, registration
may be completed on the
voting day, May 12th from
6:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the gym-nasium
for persons not reg-istered
with the school dis-trict
but who have voted in
National, State or County
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BATTLING DRUGS AT WAVERLY PARK SCHOOL.
State Senator Dean Skelos recently visited Mrs. Solon's
fifth grade class during their "say nope to dope" P.R.LD.E.
seminar held by INassau County police officer Henning. Also
pictured, school principal Barbara Hayes.