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Wednesday. February 4,1987 30$ PER COPY
THE DEMOLITION BEGINS. The wrecking ball begins
taking down the remains of Rhame Avenue School, which
was destroyed by fire last January. The expected completion
of demolition is within two weeks.
The rear of the old school lies in a heap once work begins.
The East Rockaway/-
Lynbrook Observer will give
a four-year undergraduate
scholarship worth a total of
$5,000 to a deserving stu-dent
from East Rockaway
or Lynbrook to attend the
New York Institute of Tech-nology,
according to Editor
John Hambel.
The scholarship will be
granted in time for the start
of next fall's semester, on the
basis of criteria that will be
announced in a future issue
of this newspaper. Alt gra-duating
high school seniors
and high school graduates
will be eligible to compete
for the scholarship, which is
for full-time day study lead-ing
to a bachelor's degree,
provided they meet normal
entrance requirements.
The college, founded in
1955, has a current enrol-lment
of more than 14,000
students, major campuses at
Old Wesibury and Central
Islip, and a center in
Manhattan.
Announcement of the
new scholarship program
was made by Dr. Matthew
Schure, president of NYIT,
and Observer Editor John
Hambel.
Dr. Schure said that the
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Congressman Norman F.
Lent (R-East Rockaway)
has announced the nomina-tion
of two East Rockaway
men to United States Ser-vice
Academies. Daniel
Moran of Thixton Avenue
and Anthony Nigro of
Fourth Avenue were among
the top high school students
from across the Fourth
Congressional District to
receive nominations to the
U.S. Naval Academy at
Annapolis, Maryland, the
U^S. Air Force Academy at
Colorado Springs, Colo-rado,
the U.S. Military
Academy at West Point,
New York, and the U.S.
Merchant Marine Academy
at Kings Point, New York,
for the academic year begin-ning
July, 1987. Both have
received nominations to the
United States Military
Academy at West Point.
"It is my district privilege
to nominate such fine young
men and women to our ser-vice
academies," stated
Congressman Lent, These
students have been selected
on the basis of their out-standing
academic accomp-lishments,
leadership quali-t
i e s , and for t h e ir
participation in extracurric-ular
activities both at school
and in the community.
All applicants are indi-vidually
interviewed by
members of Congressman
Lent's Military Academies
Selection Committee, which
is comprised of leading
East Rockaway Mayor
Theodore S. Reinhard will
be the guest of honor as the
East Rockaway Action
Party hosts its 20th Anni-versary
Dinner Dance.
Mayor Reinhard, who will
retire this April after 20
years of Village service, will
be honored on Friday even-ing,
February 6th at the East
R o c k a w a y A m e r i c an
Legion's Colonial Room.
Starting at 8 PM, all in
attendance will endjoy a
cocktail hour, shrimp cock-tail,
full roast beef dinner
and an open bar for a full
five hours. In addition. Bob
bessart and his band will
perform for your listening
and dancing pleasure.
NYIT/Observer Scholar-ship
is part of a new student-b
e n e f i t s program that
reflects both the college's
commitment to expanding
the educational horizons of
the young men and women
who live on Long Island and
its appreciation of the
important role of local
newspapers in the life of
their communities.
"The new scholarship
program," Dr. Schure said,
"is ah expression of the New
York Institute of Technol-ogy's
deep appreciation of
the indispensable contribu-tion
of community news-papers
and all aspects of the
news media to our free
society."
"I am pleased to offer this
scholarship from the New
York Institute of Technol-ogy
to our residents," stated
John Hambel in announcing
the program. "In this time of
e v e r - i n c r e a s i n g college
costs, it's heartening to see
local institutions of higher
learning opening their doors
to deserving high school
graduates. We'll be keeping
members of the community,
many of whom have past
military experience. The
committee members then
make their recommenda-tions
for nominees based on
the applicant's qualifica-tions
and personal inter-view.
Congressman Lent
then carefully reviews each
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Tickets are priced at just $30
per person. In light of all the
good friends that Ted
Reinhard has made over his
20 years of public service,
tickets for this gala affair are
expected to be in demand
and seating is strictly
limited.
Don't be disappointed;
make your reservations
today to assure your seat as
the East Rockaway Action
Party honors Mayor Ted
Reinhard. For reservations,
please call Anthony Santino
at 599-3748 after 6 PM.
You have until Thursday,
February 5 to make your
reservation. So call today!
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our readers informed of the
specific criteria involved in
the selection of the most
d e s e r v i n g a p p l i c a n t in
upcoming issues of the
Observer", Hambel said.
Details of the scholarship
program were announced at
a college reception for edi-tors
and publishers held at
. the de Seversky Conference
Center on the Old Westbury
campus. They include the
following:
•The scholarship will be
known as the NYIT/Ob-server
Scholarship.
•Any high school gradu-ate
or graduating high
school senior who lives in
East Rockaway or Lyn-brook
and meets normal
NYIT entrance requuire-ments
is eligible to compete
for the scholarship.
•The scholarship^ will
provide $1,250 for each of
th9 four consecutive under-graduate
years to be applied
to the normal tuition
charges. A qualified recip-ient
also may be eligible for
additional college stipends.
•The scholarship recip-ient
will be eligible to apply
to any regular four-year
undergraduate program
offered by NYIT and on any
carhpus of the institute.
Scholarships do not apply to
the following programs: the
medical program at New
York College of Osteopathic
Medicine, the NYIT/NY-CO
M combined baccalau-reate/
osteopathic physician
program, preferred admis-sion
to New York Chiro-practic
College, the culinary
arts program, and such
other programs as may from
time to time be designated
by the college.
The recipient must be able
to meet NYITs entrance
requirements as listed in the
college catalog. Once admit-ted,
the student must per-form
satisfactory academic
work as a condition of hav-ing
the scholarship renewed
from one year to the nent.
The New York Institute of
Technology offers associate,
baccalaureate and master's
degrees in such fields as
computer science, engineer-
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Lynbrook Mayor Wil-liam
P. Geier has announced
that senior citizens at least
65 years of age, or disabled
persons, who are owners
and occupants of a 1 and 2
family residence in Lyn-brook,
may now designate
an adult third party to
receive duplicate copies of
their real property tax bills
and any notice of unpaid
taxes. This third party noti-fication
can be applied for
by completing an applica-tion
with the Village of Lyn-brook's
tax collector.
Mayor Geier stated that
almost everyone is aware of
the recent occurence in the
country of elderly persons
who lost their homes to
speculators after having no
knowledge of their delin-quent
tax bills. However,
with the help of this recently
enacted Real Property Tax
, Law the seniors and dis-abled
of our village will have
the added protection of hav-ing
somepne else, such as
their children, relatives or
even their attorney notified
and receiving a copy of their
real property tax bill. This
will insure that none of our
residents, although it has
never happened, will lose
their home due to a failure of
tax notification.
Senior Citizens over 65
and those disabled should
contact the Lynbrook Vil-lage
Clerk's Office to obtain
the application form. The
Village Clerk's Office is
open Monday to Friday
from 8AM to 4PM. You
may call Village Clerk Shir-ley
Moskowitz at 599-8300 if
any additional information
is needed.
The notification of the
third party designee will be
effective for the tax billing of
May 5, 1988 in accordance
with New York State Real
Property Tax Law.
TOM GLEASON HONORED. At a retirement party held
last week, Tom Gleasbn, a 25 year resident of Bay Park, was
honored for his seventeen years of service to the people of
East Rockaway while employed at the East Rockaway Post
Office. East Rockaway Postmaster Joseph Carrigan (right)
offers Tom congratulations on his retirement and thanks for
his dedicated performance at East Rockaway Post
Office.