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VOL. 36 NO. 6 Wednesday, March 1, 1989 35c PER COPY
Fidelity New York
Honors Peter Zarba
THE EAST ROCKAWAY branch of the Fidelity New York
was the scene on Wednesday February 22nd, 1989 for a
gala reception to honor a long time customer and 1988
Paralympics Champion in table tennis, Lynbrooks Peter
Zarba. Peter, a paraplegic has participated in many
tournaments and has set a very high standard for the
physically challenged athletics of the world. Peter is the
newphew of Oceanside's school principal Mary Bombara,
now retired.
Frederick J. Meyer, Executive Vice>President of Fidelity,
New York reviewed Peter's accomplishments and presented
Peter with a Fidelity Citation and a beautiful clock.
Dignitaries from Fidelity were Frederick J. : Meyer,
Executive Vice-President, Andrew Jarchin, Vice President,
and Director of Marketing, Salomon Acosta, Branch
Manager, East Rockaway, Margaret Domino, Marketing
Assistant, and Managers from various Fidelity New York
branches.
Rock Rivalry Richard Meagher to Bow Out
Tickets
EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT, Fidelity New York,
Fred J. Meyer presents a Fidelity Citation to Honoree Peter
Zarba.
FRED J. MEYER Executive Vice-President Fidelity New
York engages in conversation with Honoree Peter Zarba at
the presentation held February 22nd at the East Rockaway
Branch.
MR. MEYER gifts Peter with a clock.
Rock Rivalry tickets will
go on sale Wednesday,
March 8, to all eligible
seniors and juniors. A stu-dent
must be on the
Entrance list to be eligible to
purchase tickets. The sale
will begin at 1:45 in the Rock
Room, with tickets being
sold to seniors first, and then
to juniors.
Eligible sophomores and
freshmen will be sold their
tickets on Thursday, March
9, beginning at 3 p.m. in
Room 7, with sophomores
being taken first, and then
freshmen.
Eligible students who did
not purchase their tickets on
these two days may do so
on Friday, March 10, from
3 to 4 p.m. in Room 7.
Tickets are $7.50 each,
and each eligible student
may purchase two. Checks
should be made payable to
East Rockaway High
School. In the case of stu-dents
from the same house-hold
being eligible, only the
student in the upper grade
is eligible to purchase. A
student may purchase tickets
for another eligible student.
The evening sale of avail-able
tickets to the general
public is being discontinued.
If tickets are available, they
will be sold to the public on
Friday, March 10 from 3 to
4 p.m. in Room 7. If any
tickets still remain, students
will be able to purchase
available tickets from Mr.
Severino on Monday,
March 13.
Tickets for the Rock
Rivalry Preview Perfor-mance
will be available for
advance purchase at the
above-stated times and pla-ces.
Anyone may buy an
unlimited number of tickets
Richard J. Meagher,
member of the Board of
Education of the East Rock-away
Union Free School
District whose current term
ends on June 30, 1989,
announced his decision not
to seek a third consecutive
three-year term as trustee.
"Over the years, I have
served with twelve different
Board members and three
superintendents," said
Meagher. "It has been an
often exhilaratinbg expe-rience
with many highs and
some lows ~ and never a
for the Preview. Tickets will
also be available at the door
on the night of the preview,
beginning at 6:30 p.m. The
performance starts at 7:15
p.m. on Thursday, and no
students in Grades 7-12 in
East Rockaway High School
are permitted in the audience
Thursday evening unless
they have prior administra-tion
approval, in which case
they will have been given a
free ticket.
Tickets for the Thursday
evening preview are $4 each.
Children not yet in 7th
Grade are permitted only
with an adult. Senior citizens
are admitted at half price on
tickets sold at the door
Thursday evening.
NO CHILDREN ARE
PERMITTED IN THE
AUDIENCE FRIDAY
EVENING. NO EAST
ROCKAWAY JUNIOR-SENIOR
HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS ARE PER-MITTED
IN THE
AUDIENCE FRIDAY
EVENING AS WELL.
Sport Night Tickets go on
sale at the gym door at 6 p.m.
Wednesday, March 15. All
tickets are $1 each. The
games begin at 6:30 p.m.
ERA Party
Installs Officers
PETER MAKING his thank you remarks. L to R Andrew
Jarchin, VP and Director of Marketing, Fred J. Meyer
Exec. V.P., Branch Manager Salomon Acosta and Honoree
Peter Zarba.
An overflow crowd of
enthusiastic supporters
came together on Sunday,
January 22nd, at the Main
Street Firehouse as the East
Rockaway Action Party
installed its slate of officers
for the 1989 year. President
William Kelleher, who has
been universally credited
with moving the party
toward a new spirit of open-ness
and strict adherence to
democratic principles, was
installed for his second term
as Party President.
Martin Evans, who joined
with Kelleher two years ago
dull moment! Now it's time
for new blood on the school
Board and new challenges
for me."
Meagher's school district
service began with a two-year
stint on the first task
Force on Educational Prior-ities,
a citizens' advisory
committee created in Fall
1978 and chaired first by Jim
Fitzpatrick and then by
Eleanor Perri., This expe-rience
was followed by an
appointment to fill out-going
School Board member
Roger Humes' seat in 1980-
1981.
"I was soundly defeated
by A1 Kachinoski for a
Board seat in the June 1981
election," said Meagher,
"but was chosen to head a
citizens' adviso^ committee
on the budget in the fall of
1981." Meagher subse-quently
won election to a
three-year term on the Board
of Education in 1983 and ran
unopposed in 1986 for
another three-year term.
Meagher became Board
President early in 1984 upon
the resignation of former
President Rose Marie
Brande following the over-whelming
defeat of a $10
million bond issue which
had proposed replaci-ng both
Centre and Rhame with new
elementary schools. "A per-sonal
high," said Meagher,
"was seeing the passage of
a lower-cost renovation
bond issue in the spring of
1984 as we pulled together
again as a community."
Perhaps the low point of
his years on the Board,
Meagher noted, was the
grim, grey Sunday, January
19, 1986, the day of the
Rhame Avenue fire. "But
even then there was the
wonderful experience of a
community pulling together
in a moment of crisis, and
I will never forget the firm,
calm leadership of Board
President John Van Houten
and Superintendent Robert
Parry during that tragedy.
Board members Meagher
has served with include the
following: Harry Bunting,
Earl Cole, Jim Fitzpatrick,
Rose Marie Brande, A1
Kachinoski, Dolores Mag-gio,
Barry Akrongold, John
Van Houten, Elaine Boll,
Carol Burris, Jane Breze-noff,
and Denise Albrecht.
Superintendents he worked
with were Dr. William K.
Louis, Michael Maiden, and
Robert Parry.
Meagher served under
Board Presidents Harry
Bunting and Rose Marie
Brande before becoming
President himself and has
served for the last four years
under President John Van
Houten.
"As former Board
member Roger Humes once
told me during a period of
some controversy in our
school district," said
Meagher, "there is no such
thing as a 'new' Board or an
'old' Board, just the on-going
Board of Education
with its important mission to
oversee the education of our
children, all our children. It
has been a pleasure and an
honor to 'stand my watch'."
Lynbrook Independent Party
as running mates in a con-tested
Party election which
ousted the Party leadership
that had virtually held exclu-sive
control of Party and
Village affairs for almost 20
years, was installed as Vice-
President.
Also sworn in for the
upcoming year were Sandra
Torborg, Secretary; John
Roberts, Treasurer; and
Directors, Adrienne
Stender, George McDougal
and Denis Motherway.
The gala cocktail party
INDEPENDENT PARTY SUPPORTS LYNBROOK
ELKS At the recent BPOE 1515 Scholarship Dance, a
throng of Lynbrook Independent Party members were on
hand to lend their support for the event. Pictured, seated,
Ron Beck, Mary Colway, candidate for Village trustee, Clem
Becker, Village trustee Dominick DeCarlo, A. Jerry Sanetti,
wife Geraldine, Bruce Bregman, candidate for village justice,
wife Marcia. Standing, Leigh Hendrick, Andrew GottUeb,
wife Pat and village trustee candidate Bill Hendrick.
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