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VOL. 35 NO. 38 Wednesday, September 28,1988 35c PER COPY
Village Candidates Announced
BIG MC. Bob McMillan, the Republican and Conservative
candidate for Untied States Senate, dishes out burgers to
Mrs. Lucille Milano, of Deer Park, food ervice manager at
the l^ast Rockaway Nursing Home in Lynbrook. McMillan
was invited to help cook barbecue for the 100 residents at
the nursing home by administrator Bob Keon, of East
Rockaway, left. Also assisting is William Huschle, of
Garden City, attorney for the nursing home.
Schools Open -
Drive Carefully
Police Chiet Joseph Lau-riano
announced today t^iat
his department is participat-ing
in the Automobile Club
ot New York's annual
"School's Open— Drive
Carefully" campaign. Chief
Lauriano said that his
d e p a r t m e n t would be
mounting the colorful AAA
"School's Open" posters on
street poles to help protect
the lives of Lynbrook's
school-age youngsters. The
Auto Club has commended
his department by noting the
" t h e a s s i s t a n c e that
jnembers of your depart-ment
are providing will add
greatly to the effectiveness
of this important traffic
safely program."
"Hundreds of children
will be walking to and from
school, many for the first
time," Chief Lauriano said.
"While your policemen, civ-ilian
guards and members of
AAA School Safety Patrols
will be on duty at school
crossings, many children
will be crossing at unpro-tected
corners or may step
off the sidewalk between
parked cars."
"Motorists should be
especially careful when driv-ing
in school areas and near
parks and playgrounds.
Speed should be regulated
to allow ample margin for a
sudden stop, should one be
necessary."
I he Chief called special
attention to the New York
State law that requires all
vehicles to stop when meet-ing
or overtaking a school
bus stopped with its flashing
red lights indicating that the
dirver is picking up or dis-charging
passengers.
"School's Open ~ Drive
Carefully" is a rule all
motorists should follow ...
constantly. Increased traffic
safety, particularly concern-ing
our children, must be the
goal of all our citizens," the
Chief concluded.
The Nominating Co-mmittee
of the East
Rockaway Action (ERA)
Party has submitted its
recommendations for
Village and Party offices
for 1989.
At a meeting held at
the Grant Avenue Fire-house
on September 19,
1988, Chairman Richard
Meagher reported that
the Committee was rec-ommending
Robert Mc-
Tague of Grant Avenue
and Kevin McNulty of
Salem Road for the
positions of Trustee and
James Rooney of Co-lumbia
Avenue for the
position of Village
Justice.
Mr. McTague and
Mr. McNulty will be
running for the seats
currently held by Arnold
White and George Perry,
both of whom declined
to seek reelection. Mr.
Rooney is running
his second term as
for
Vil-
East Rockaway
Wins AAA
Safety Award
Last Rockaway — wheie
there have been no pedes-trian
deaths for the past 11
years ~ has leceivcd the
A m e r i c a n A u t o m o b i le
A s s o c i a t i o n ' s S a f e ty
Achievement Awaid.
The awaid was piesented
by James J. McGowan, Vice
Pancake
Breakfast
The East Rockaway
Kiwanis Club will hold its
annual fund raising Pancake
Breakfast Sunday October
2, at the Grant Avenue
Firehouse.
Chairman Dan Ganley
announced that the group
will start serving at 7:30 AM
and willcontinue until 12:30
PM.
The donation for the
event will be $2.00 with chil-dren
under 12 and senior
citizens paying $1.50. The
club has been conducting
this activity for many years.
Profits from the venture
will help to fund the many
charitable activities that the
club participates in.
Pi esident of the Automobile
Club of New York's Public
and Government Services,
at a luncheon ceremony held
in Westchester County on
Wed n e s d a y , S e p t e m b er
14th.
The community officials
accepting the awaid were
East Rockaway Irustee
Charles Formont and Law-rence
rhorne. Chief of
Patrol, Nassau County
Police Department.
ihe luncheon honored
representatives from the
State and 77 award winning
communities in New York's
14 southernmost counties,
the area served by the
Autoinobile Club. Fhe Club
is the local affiliate of the
AAA which conducts an
appraisal of community
pedestrian safety piograms
each year.
This year, reports from
over 2,500 communities in
all paits of the nation weie
evaluated by a panel of lead-eis
in highway and traffic
engineering, motor vehicle
administration, enforce-inent,
education and traffic
safety.
lage Justice. The elec-tion
will be held in
March. 1989.
"I would like to
thank Dr. Meagher and
the members of the
Nominating Committee
for their hard work and
dedication in selecting
our candidates," stated
ERA President William
Kelleher. "There were
many fine individuals
considered for these
positions, and the Com-mittee
deliberated for
many days before ar-riving
at its final
recommendations."
The meeting of
September 19th was to
allow the Nominating
Shoyif Raises Eyebrows
With Attack on GOP
Some members of partisanship
the traditionally bi-partisan
East Rockaway
Action Party raised their
eyebrows in surprise as
Mayor Irving Shaw
launched a political at-tack
upon the Re-publican
Party at the last
general ERA Party
meeting. Shaw based
his attack on events
going back as far as the
late 19th century.
The ERA Party
meeting of September
19, 1988, was held for
the purpose of an-nouncing
the slate of
candidates selected by
the Nominating Com-mittee
to run in the
March, 1989 elections.
During the time allotted
the Mayor to discuss the
state of the Village,
Shaw accused the Re-publican
Party of
"cutting deals" by
forsaking the local East
Rockaway Police Force
for protection by the
Nassau County Police
Department and in
having the Long Island
Water Corporation ser-vice
the residents of East
Rockaway.
Some East Rockaway
Action Party members
were clearly puzzled by
the Mayor's remarks.
One high-ranking party
officer indicated that
the Mayor's remarks
were "totally inap-propriate,"
and ex-pressed
concern that the
Mayor was infusing
in the
solidly bi-partisan meet-ing.
The episode began
when the Mayor was
asked about the feas-ibility
of operating a
Village-sponsored water
utility in East Rockaway.
Mayor Shaw indicated
that the plan was cost-prohibitive,
but added
that this course should
have been done years
ago, before the "Re-publican
Party" and the
Long Island Water Cor-poration
"cut a deal."
According to G. J.
Penza, Director of In-formation
for the Long
Island Water Cor-poration,
^ franchise to
serve the East Rockaway
area was given by the
State of New York to the
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Committee to offer its
report to the ERA party
membership. There will
be another meeting in
October, at which time
other candidates may be
nominated from the
floor. At the ERA Party's
December meeting,
candidates will be sel-ected
by the mem-bership
by majority
vote.
The voting pro-cedures
are part of the
ERA Party's new
leadership's efforts to
broaden the scope of
participation within the
Action Party. Proced-ures
previously called
for the report of the
Nominating Committee .
on the night that
nominations were to be
closed. President Kel-leher
and Vice President
Martin Evans sought
and won their offices on
a platform that called
for greater participation
by ERA party members.
The Nominating Co-mmittee
also offered its
recommendations for
ERA party offices for
1989. They include:
President: William
Kelleher
Vice President: Mar-tin
Evans
Treasurer: John Ro-berts
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PROGRESS REPORT. Prime contractors continued work
on the new Rhame Avenue School during the summer.
Much of the electrical, plumbing and heating work pro-gressed
at ground level, without the high visibility provided
by steel workers and masons. Concrete block work nears
completion and brickwork is well underway. Plans now call
for a March, 1989, completion date for our new school. With
the roof and walls in place, finishing work will continue
throughout the fall and winter months.