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VOL. 34 NO. 10 Wednesday, March 11,1987 30^ PER COPY
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY. East Rockaway Dep-uty
Mayor Irving Shaw (left) looks on as Nassau County
Executive Thomas Gulotta presents a proclamation com>
memorating the First Annual Wine and Cheese Party held at
Lynbrook Elks Club on March 8th, 1987 by the newly
formed West Nassau Unit of the American Society, Long
Island Division. Accepting on behalf of the Unit are Presi-dent
Angele D'Angelo and Vice Presidents Emma Tolmach
and Paula Dinowitz.
Delmond: Strive To Make
In his final statement
before the Village Elections
to be held Wednesday,
March 18th, Bob Delmond,
Lynbrook mayoral candi-date,
pledged today that he
would strive to make Lyn-brook
one community
again. Delmond said that, if
elected mayor, he hoped to
see village employees, once
again, going about their
work cheerfully serving our
village residents without
intimidation and the fear of
losing their jobs. "As
mayor," Delmond stated,
"no village employee will be
required to join my party or
any other political party."
Delmond went on to say
that no employee will lose
their job. "Most of our vil-lage
employees are residents
and their family's livelihood
depend on those jobs. No
employee should ever feel
that his livelihood is in jeo-pardy
because of a political
affiliation or otherwise."
Delmond went on to say
further that under his
administration our village
e m p l o y e e s would be
required of one thing and
one thing only: to serve our
village and its taxpayers
honestly and diligently - a
day's work for a day's pay.
In continuing his remarks
on this issue, Delmond said
further, "One potential
problem I foresee at this
point, with the village
administration, is the posi-tion
of 'Research Assistant
to the Mayor.' " Delmond
went on to say that "in all
honesty, I have no idea what
the job duties of this person
are or what qualifications
are necessary to fill such a
position. 1 am especially crit-ical
of the fact that while the
current administration has
added such a position to the
payroll at a cost of close to
$30,000, our village is with-out
a Deputy Village Clerk
whose responsibility is to
assist the Village Clerk in the
day to day operations of our
village and in handling resi-dent
inquiries."
Delmond said, that, if
elected mayor, he would
hope the other two trustees
will work with him for the
people of Lynbrook. "We've
had four contested elections
in Lynbrook in almost as
many years," Delmond
stated. "1 think this has been
detrimental to the success of
our community in achieving
common goals. This isn't
Republican versus Demo-crat
- it's neighbor against
neighbor." Delmond went
on to say he has discussed
this with his colleagues in
the Lynbrook Independent
Party. "It is the general con-sensus
that, as long as the
spirit of cooperation exists,
let's put village elections
behind us and the animosity
they create among neigh-bors,
and let's get on with
the business of solving the
problems that face our
village.
In c o n c l u d i n g his
remarks, Delmond made the
following statement: "We
recently celebrated our Vil-lage's
75th anniversary. We
now look to our 100th Anni-versary
which is a short 25
years away. We must put in
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ERHS Basketball Teams
Are True Winners
The East Rockaway High
School Girls Basketball
team claimed first place
honors by defeating Oyster
Bay, 43-32, in the Class C
Championship game held
on Saturday, March 7, while
the Boy's Basketball team
lost to Carle Place by a score
of 67-66 in what has been
described as the longest
playoff game in Long Island
history.
This was the third straight
year that ERHS has squared
off against Oyster Bay for
the Girls' Title, and East
Rockaway, (20-1) had suc-cessive
streaks of 10 and 9
point to take a commanding
21-6 halftime lead. The lead
Geier Blasts Delmond On Senior Housing
Lynbrook Mayor Wil-liam
P. Geier accused his
Independent Party oppo-nent,
Robert today Del-mond,
of "using the senior
residents of Lynbrook as a
political football" in an
effort to win the upcoming
Mayoral election.
Saying "I can't keep silent
about this any longer,"
Mayor Geier stated that
Delmond is "fooling the
public by cr'tticlzing tne
about senior citizen housing
in Lynbrook when he in fact
signed a petition asking me
to deny the Diocese's plan."
The Village Board turned
down a request by the Dio-cese
of Rockville Centre to
construct a five story build-ing
on property now occu-pied
by a portion of Geier
Park in August, 1986.
Mayor Geier stated that the
Board was unanimous in its
opposition to the plan
because control over place-ment
in the project would be
in the hands of the federal
government and the Dio-cese,
and in addition,
income requirements were
to be set at such a low level
that many Lynbrook seniors
would not be permitted to
relocate there.
"Several other communi-ties
in Nassau County
rejected this plan for the
very same reasons," stated
Mayor Geier. "With little
control by the Village, the
federal government could
place anyone from an unin-corporated
area within the
county on a priority basis. 1
believe that this plan was not
in the best interests of the
people of Lynbrook, and
therefore 1 opposed it."
A petition signed by con-cerned
citizens urging that
the Board oppose the plan
was presented at a Village
Board meeting prior to the
Board's rejection of the
plan. Among those signing
the petition were Independ-ent
Party Mayoral Candi-date
Robert Delmond and
Independent Party Presi-dent
Eugene Scarpato.
'"It is an affront to every
resident of Lynbrook when
my opponent tries to mis-lead
our citizens -especially
our senior citizens -by cal-ling
the rejection of this plan
"Lynbrook's Darkest Hour"
when he opposed the plan,
the President of his party
opposed the plan, and the
sitting Village Trustee of the
Independent Party, Peter
Ledwith, opposed this plan.
By withholding this infor-mation
frofn our residents,
Mr. Delmond does a disser-vice
not only to himself, but
to the people who support
him.
"If Mr. Delmond is so
concerned about senior
housing, where was he when
the last Independent Party
Administration refused to
pass protective legislation to
prevent the eviction of
senior citizens here in Lyn-brook?"
questioned Geier.
"Where was Mr. Delmond
when the Independent Party
Mayor allowed one minute
for senior citizens to present
their concerns to the Village
Board. I find it odd that
Mr. Delmond has suddenly
expressed such an active
interest in the affairs of our
seniors in the newspapers
when he never once been to a
public Village Board meet-ing
to indicate his concerns,"
Geier concluded by saying
"This was a bad plan that
was not in the best interest of
• the people of Lynbrook, and
Mr. Delmond should not be
ashamed to admit his oppo-sition
to the Diocese's prop-osal.
He was joined by many
leaders and members of the
Independent Party' in his
opposition, and I would
hope that these people
would have the courage to
stand by their convictions
and stop trying to fool the
people of Lynbrook."
increased to 15 before
settling back during the
third quarter. Tri-captains
Danielle Collins, Sue Pajer
and Nancy Ludwig totalled
33 points in the victory.
In a hearbreaker that
involved five overtimes, the
ERHS Boys Basketball
team was edged by Carle
Place on an 18 foot jump
shot by Dennis Balbi of
Carle Place~his only basket
of the game. Although com-fortably
ahead twice in the
game, ERHS couldn't hang
on to the lead. Despite the
loss, all players can be com-forted
in knowing that they
played in what one Newsday
writer termed "Perhaps the
most exciting high school
game ever to have been
played on Long Island."
Don't
Forget
To Vote!
Wednesday,
March 18,1987
7 A M . 9 PM
Lynbrook PBA Endorses
Geier, Dreyer and Russo
The Lynbrook Police
Benevolent Association has
announced that they have
endorsed the Good Govern-ment
Party team of Mayor
William P. Geier, Trustee
Norman L. Dreyer, and
trustee candidate Robert
Russo in the March 18 vil-lageelection.
In a letter received by
Mayor Geier from PBA
President James Fotis, he
states, "This endorsement
represents faith in your qual-ifications,
faith in your poli-cies,
and faith in your moti-
V a t i o n to serve the
community,"
Fotis states that in 1983
the PBA endorsed then can-didate
Bill Geier because he
"displayed the ability to deal
with the residents and
workers of the community
in an open and fair basis-there
by renewing faith in
local government."
In 1987, the Lynbrook
Police Benevolent Associ-tion
is endorsing the whole
Good Government Party
slate of candidates because
"you arc men who have
exhibited intelligence and
good judgement. You are'
men who have open minds,
open hearts and the well-being
of every resident your
formost priority."
The PBA, of which over
50% of the force are Lyn-brook
residents, recently
held a forum, as they have
done in the last three elec-tions,
and invited all the
candidates from both sides
to discuss the issues before
the membership, their fami-lies
and friends.
ENDORSED. PBA President James Fotis congratulates
Mayor William P. Geier, Trustee Norman L. Dreyer and
Trustee candidate Robert Russo ' on their endorsement by
the Lynbrook PBA.