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VOL. 35 NO. 5 Wednesday, February 10,1988
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Grist Mill
Comminee
by Mildred Roemer
LENT NOMINATES LOCAL STUDENT TO U.S. SER-VICE
ACADEMY. Congressman Norman F. Lent (R-4th
CD) congratulates Anthony Nigro (left), from East Rocka-way,
on hb nomination to the United States Military
Academy at West Point. Mr. Nigro is among the top stu-dents
from the Fourth Congressional District.
Plans Underway For
Grist Mill Celebration
Attention was focused on
the potential June II
Alumni Show celebrating
the 300th Annivrsary of the
Grist Mill as the East Rock-away
High School Alumni
Association met on Wed-nesday,
February 3, in the
high school. Harry Runa-cres,
46, reported that the
s c r i p t s u b - c o m m i t t ee
expected to present a revised
draft at the February 24
meeting of the Planning
Committee. A cast call is
expected for 7:30 p.m. on
the nights of March 8 and 9
at a site to be announced.
Association President
Richard J. Meagher added
that the Planning Commit-tee
was recommending a
reserved ticket price of $7.50
for the Saturday evening
performance tentatively
scheduled for 8 p.m. on June
11 in the high school audito-rium.
He said that Mrs.
Mildred Roemer of the Grist
Mill Committee was pleased
at the June scheduling, not-ing
that the Alumni Show
could kick off an eight-day
series of celebratory events
culminating in the June 18
Huckleberry Frolic.
Trustee Andy Ferretti
reported that the 1988
Membership Drive was
about to begin in earnest
with a special mailing to all
alumni for whom current
addresses are known. A
February newsletter is also
planned with coverage of the
Fall 1987 Homecoming, a
listing of class representa-tives
identified to date,
membership information,
alumni shirt order informa-tion,
and news of upcoming
events.
Alumnus Joe Whitney,
'72, gave a progress report
on the Alumni Summer
Beach Bash planned for J|ily
17 at one of the mushrooms
at Lido Beach. The date has
been reserved, and Joe will
be needing some assistance
in planning activities for the
event. A planning group will
be formed in March.
In other matters, the
executive Board reeived the
minutes of the January 6
meeting as presented by
Recording Secretary Janice
Sanders; the Treasurer's
Report indicating a balance
on hand as of 2/3/88 of
$9,394.09 as presented by
Treasurer Elaine Boll; and a
Nominations / Elections
Committee Report outlin-ing
its recommendations for
phasing in staggered two-year
terms for officers and
trustees.
No action was taken at the
meeting for lack of a quo-rum.
Association By-Laws
stipulate a majority of
Board members must be
present to constitute a quo-rum,
and only eight (of
seventeen) were present
among the total attendance
of twenty-five.
Vice President John
Brennan reported on alumni
merchandise which at pres-ent
consists of golf shirts and
T-shirts. He is also investi-gating
light and heavy
jackets.
Alumni are actively urged
to attend the net regular
scheduled meeting of the
Alumni Association at 7:30
p.m. on March 2, 1988, in
the Music Room at the high
school.
There was a lively meeting
of the Grist Mill Committee
last month as the time for
the 1988 300th anniversary
of the old Mill draws near.
Bea Heenan read the min-utes
and they were approved
as all suggestions therein
had been acted upon and
completed. Treasurer Vin-cent
Christiano sent in the
final 1987 Frolic report,
which netted over $3000.
Che Bell, who is in charge of
the sale of the anniversary
plates, reported that over
100 plates have been sold to
date, which leaves less than
100 in the limited supply.
They are still on sale at the.
E.R. Village office.
Several workdays were set
up to revise an inventory of
garments and articles stored
in the Senior Citizens
House. Many of these arti-cles
are used for rota^ting
exhibits in the Museum. It
was also suggested that a
ceiling fan be put in the
Davison office to combat
the heat waves that may
have kept visitors from com-ing
and workers having it
easier.
Once again, to the joy of
chairman Mildred Roemer,
the possibility of installing
some sort of sound system to
inform visitors was brought
up. Twenty-five years ago a
"Talk Tour" tape was made
for the exhibits with voices
of old timers, many of them
now "gone" were on the
tapes, but it did not work
out too well. Committee-man
Bob Sympson came up
with the idea of using those
rare tapes, split up and used
on individual exhibits with a
push button switch to turn
on each individual tape. In
this way visitors may just
concentrate on their own
field of interest. It will be
expensive, but with the 1988
BIG anniversary coming up
improvements should be
made.
Committee members were
also shown a "dummy" of a
small book to be printed on
the moving of the building
from Ocean to Woods
Avenue. The Frolic, which
will be held on June 18th,
will be discussed in detail
later. In the meantime it is
hoped that ALL organiza-tions
who have participated
in past Frolics and others
who might want to join,
should discuss their plans
and ideas NOW. Time goes
so fast, and no one should be
left behind.
Others at the meeting
were Florence Eaton,
Rosemary Krull, Barbara
Baltera, Olive Benardello,
and Paula Yasenschack.
Controversy Reigns At Board Meeting
by Annette Ling
A public hearing on an
application for a Special
Exception for 175 Merrick
Road. (Tennis Time)
brought out many residents
very much opposed to it at
the Lynbrook Bbard of
Trustees Meeting held
Monday evening, February
1, 1988 at Village Hall at 8
p.m.
Deputy Mayor Norman
Dreyer and Mayor Bill Geir
left the room during the
Public Hearing because they
represent one of the owners
of the premises at 175 Mer-rick
Road. Trustee Leo
La lining presided during the
hearing. Facts brought out
during the presentation by
attorney Philip R. Bensey
from East Meadow, N.Y.
outlined the points that the
owners were applying to use
the grassy section in the
front of the present site for
three retail stores and one
restaurant with a sixty seat
capacity erected in a sort of
tinted glass atrium style att-ached
to the colonial style
brick building. The pro-posed
retail stores and res-taurant
would be open from
6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. sqven
days a week. A boutique, an
exercise stor^, a beauty and
nail salon were mentioned as
ossible tenants and would
e open to t/ie public as well
as patrons of Tennis Time.
A traffic expert and a real
estate appraiser also stated
that the proposed new addi-tion
would not be harmful to
the^iPe^rking or traffic
problems.
Residents from Remson
Street and Lynbrook
Avenue were verv much
opposed to the granting of
the Special Exceptions as
the plans would eliminate
the so-called "Buffer Zone"
in the rear of the building
which shields the residential
area to some extent and the
increase in both traffic and
parking would be greatly
increased. The Board
reserved decision on the
request for the Special
Exceptions. The Lynbrook
Architectural Board of
Review has already refused
and denied the plans.
Marie Kehr, former
Court Clerk of Lynbrook
and wife of retired Police
Chief Frank Kehr was given
a Citation from Mayor Bill
Geier for her 19 years of ded-icated
service to the village.
The Board passed a Reso-lution
that the village taxes
will now be collected annu-ally
and not semi-annually
beginning June 1, 1988..
Mayor Geier stated that
taxes coming in in one lump
sum can be used for invest-ment
purposes by the village
and bring in additional
revenue. Trustee Grogan
voted against the change,
and Trustee DeCarlo
abstained.
The Atlantic Avenue
Refurbishment Project was
tabled until the next meeting
which will be Grievance Day
on February 16th from 3
p.m. to 7 p.m. Tax certior-ary
applications come into
the village during Grievance
Day, as well as requests for
Senior Citizens exemptions.
The Board approved the
appointment of Richard
Geier as th«? new Deput>