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VOL. 35 NO. 35 Wednesday, September 7,1988 35c PER COPY
Residents Gather To Prevent
Cruelty To Animals
QTIZENS PROTECTING A N I M A L RIGHTS. East
Rockaway Deputy Mayor Anthony Santino
(left) and Trustee Charles Formont (right) were
on hand at the meeting to discuss ways in
which the Village can assist in preventing
cruelty to animals. Joining them are, from left
to right: Peace Officer Joseph Amadio. hosts
Donna and Missy Pagliaro, and Diane Berinato.
A m o n g the many people a t t e n d i n g the
meeting were, seated, left td right: Diane
Berinato, Laura Noble, Donna and M i s sy
Pagliaro; standing, from left to right: Deputy
Mayor Anthony Santino, John Cook, Lucille
McHugh, Betty Armelino, Peace Officer Joseph
Amadio, Isabel Fried, Roberta Cook, and Ethel
Gilloon.
More than a dozen
caring community res-idents
assembled at the
home of Missy and Joe
Pagliaro of East Rock-a
w a y on Thursday,
September 1st to learn
h o w to prevent the
mistreatment of pets.
Diane Berinato of
the League for Animal
Protection and Peace
Office Joseph Amadio
were on hand to discuss
the steps a citizen may
take if he or she notices
that an animal is being
abused.
According to Miss
Berinato, a resident of
Lynbrook, New York
State law requires that
pet owners merely
provide shelter, as well
as food and water for
t h e i r pets every 24
hours. "Medical care is
not provided for in the
law," stated Miss Ber-inato.
Peace Officers may
enforce the law if an
animal is substantially
abused. Officers are
sworn and are empow-ered
to issue appear-ance
tickets if evidence
exists to warrant court
action.
Mildred Roemer Named To
Leadership Conference
Mildred Roemer, Official
Historian of the Village of
East Rockaway, has been
named a delegate to a major
statewide invitational con-ference
on "Citizen Leader-ship
for the Constitution's
Third Century." The event,
to be held in Saratoga
Springs on September 14-
15, will attract 200 state and
local civic leaders. The meet-ing
is sponsored by Empire
State College in cooperation
with the New York State
Commission on the Bicen-tennial
of the United States
Constitution as an educa-tional
forum to increase
public understanding of the
U.S. Constitution and its
fundamental impact in our
daily lives.
The program will include
presentations on the state
Bicentennial Commission's
local assistance and grant
p r o g r a m s for 1988-89.
Workshops on equality and
the Bill of Rights, on leader-ship
skills, and community
citizenship education are
also scheduled.
F e a t u r e d s p e a k e rs
include: University of Virgi-nia
Law Professor A.E.
Dick Howard, an interna-tionally
recognized constitu-tional
scholar; New York
Secretary of State Gail
Shaffer; New York State
Chief Judge Sol Wachtler;
P.O. Amadio noted,
however, that a person
convicted of abusing an
animal is subject to fines
of $1,000 and 1 year in
jail.
East Rockaway Dep-uty
Mayor Anthony San-
'r
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by Mildred Roemer
tino and Trustee Charles
Formont were on hand
and assured those pres-ent
that the V i l l a ge
would do everything in
its power to assist the
League in preventing
cruelty to animals.
A l l residents are
urged to call the League
for Animal Protection at
(516) 481-7774 should
they witness the abuse
of an animal.
On Its Way To Fame
Imani Carol Parker, Div-ision
of Women's Affairs of
the Governor's Office; and
Stephen Schechter, Execu-tive
Director of the New
York Bicentennial Commis-sion.
According to Dr. Hugh B.
Hammett, Empire State
College Dean of Continuing
Education and Public Ser-vice,
"We were honored to
appoint Mildred Roemer as
a delegate. More than 400
individuals were considered,
and Mildred Roemer brings
i m p r e s s i v e community
experience and dedication
to citizenship education."
Empire State College of
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faking Its lirst step (nde)
from the lormer Davison
Lumber Yard on Ocean
Avenue to its present loca-tion
in Memorial Park as a
fine Museum, was the old
Grist Mill built in 1688. A
ERHS Vandalized
The East Rockaway
H i g h School was van-dalized
over the August
27-28 weekend, accord-ing
to Nassau County
Police.
A custodian arriving
for work on Monday,
August 29, discovered
that swastikas and anti-
Semetic slurs had been
spray-painted on the
exteric ' b u i l d i n g.
Police ..tfd that the
s l u r s were painted
between 10 pm Friday
anH 7 am Monday.
Chief Kenneth Car-ey,
police department
c o o r d i n a t o r of civil
rights probes, and the
Fourth Detective Squad
are investigating.
pictorial documentary ol the
stages It went through since
the early sixties until 1988
may be found in a booklet
now on sale at the Village
Hall, during the week. Also,
300th Anniversary Plates
are still available there.
How was the rescue of the
old building brought about?
It was through the foresight
of some concerned citizens
and the Village Board plus a
comparatively low amount
of the tax payers money.
There were struggles and
some dissension among sev-eral
groups after the "old
barn", as it was called
arrived. After extensive res-toration,
the doors were
almost closed. However,
due to the efforts of a Trus-tee,
the late Mr. Mincre, it
remained open under the
guiding hand of the Village
Board. Then came the ques-tion
as to where funds were
to come from to keep the
Museum going and grow-ing.
The answer came from
the suggestion of a former
fourth-grade teacher in Cen-tral
Avenue School more
than 25 years ago. He was
Donald McHugh of Jarvis
Place: "Why not have some
sort of a Fair that would
include the entire commun-ity,"
asked McHugh. We
might call It the Huckleberry
Frolic, the hame of an event
held in Garden City many
decades ago?"
The idea caught on and
that is the reason is why our
Museum has come a long
way from looking like the
rickety, ancient building it
was in this picture.
The 1988 Frolic, along
with the 300th Anniversary
of the old building under the
guidance of former Mayor
Ted Reinhard, swelled the
Grist Mill Museum's bank
account with a whopping
big deposit of over $5,000.!
This will assure the growing
and upgrading of the
Museum for quite a while
without digging into the
pockets of the taxpayers.!
How was this great
"Anniversary Frolic" week
accomplished?
The success was accomp-lished
by the combined
effortrs or each and every
organization in the Village
volunteering their time and
efforts to the Frolic, the
Alumni Association produc-ing
a top-notch play, and
business people lending
their support with adver-tising.
Thanks to one and all!