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VOL. 31 NO. 47 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1983 25c PER COPY

NEW AMBULANCE PRESENTED. East Rockaway Mayor Ted Reinhard (second right) presents the keys to East Rockaway's new ambulance to squad Captain Ron Collura. Present at the ceremony were (left to right) East Rockaway Village Trustees Anthony Santino, Murray Eskenazi, and Irving Shaw, and Fire Chief Oneta looks on with approval.

Kiwanis to Sponsor

T h e E a s t R o c k a w a y Kiwanis Club will sponsor its Annual Pancake Break-fast on Sunday, October 16th f rom 7:30a.m. to 1 p.m. The breakfast will be held at the St. Raymond's School cafeteria which is located at the corner of Atlantic and G r a n t A v e n u e s in Eas t Rockaway. Admission to the breakfast will be priced at $2 for adults and $1 for children and senior citizens.

This event is one of the Kiwanis Club's most impor-tant fund raising ventures of the year. Proceeds are used to help further many of the Club's local charitable aims.

Last year, recipients of char-itable assistance f rom the Kiwanis Club included: the Boy Scouts, the Industrial Home for the Blind, South Nassau Communities Hos-pital, and Catholic Chari-ties, to name just a few.

T h e E a s t R o c k a w a y Kiwanis Club is a group of local professional, business and civic individuals who have dedicated themselves to serving the community. Anyone interested in becom-ing a member of Kiwanis should contact club Presi-dent John Krull at Krull P l u m b i n g o n A t l a n t i c Avenue in East Rockaway.

E M T G R A D U A T I O N ATFRANKLINGENERAL*. Over 30 ambulance corps and fire department members have successfully completed an Ermergency Medical Technician (EMT) course recently conducted at Franklin General Hos-pital. On hand for the graduation ceremony were a whole host of delegates from the Lynbrook Fire Department, including from left, Senior Instructor Patrick Coonan, R.N., new E M T Andrew Dunn, new E M T Joseph A. D'Es-posito, mew E M T Captain George White, Congressman Raymond McGrath, new E M T Joseph R. Rice, new E M T Timothy Waring, Instructor Edward Keighron and Instruc-tor Captain Michael Ambrosio.

Fire Prevention \Neek

Fire Prevention Week is f rom October 9th to 15th and the Lynbrook F D will be conduct ing a fire preven-tion demonstra t ion on Sat-urday October 15th at the Earle Ave parking field beginning at 1 P .M. The annual children's fire truck rides will also be held in con-junct ion with the fire prev-e n t i o n d e m o n s t r a t i o n . Rides will be held f rom 1 to 3 p . m . a t E a r l e A v e n u e . Besides the demonstrat ion and rides. Sparky the Fire Dog will give out balloons and other items to the children.

In conjunct ion with Fire Prevention Week the Lyn-brook FD would like to bring your at tention to some important facts, and remind you of some very simple fire prevention ideas that should be practiced every week of the year.

Each year approximately 6000- Americans lose their lives in over 5 million home fires. Almost half of these deaths are children. Don' t allow yourself or a member of your family to become this years statistic.

•Never smoke in bed. •Use smoke and heat

detectors throughout your home.

• D o not overload outlets or use frayed wiring.

•Never put water on a stove grease fire-use baking soda or salt.

• D o n o t s t o r e l a rge amounts of trash or paper.

•Keep a fire extinguisher near the kitchen or fireplace.

•Have a fire escape plan, tech it to your C H I L D R E N , and rehearse it.

•Know your fire-police emergency number and post them on your phones.

Persons or organizations r e q u e s t i n g a d d i t i o n a l information on fire preven-tion and safey can contact the Lynbrook Fire Depart-ment Fire Prevention Unit at 599-1547.

Harvest Festival Bite into a crisp Cortland

at the Four th Annual Harv-est Festival sponsored by St. John 's Lutheran Church, Lynbrook, N.Y. The Festi-val will take place on Sun-day, October 16th f rom noon to 5 P .M. at the corner of P e n i n s u l a ; B o u l e v a r d and Merrick Road, Lyn-brook. Apples, pumpkins, fresh cider, cheese, crafts and baked goods as well as a Special Free Hearing Test will be available.

Hannibal's Pub Hearing Mayor William P. Geier

on September 27th led Lyn-brook village officials and a contingent of residents to the State Liquor Authority's hearing on the liquor license of t he H a n n i b a l ' s P u b located at 275 Broadway, Lynbrook. The hearing was held at the SLA offices at 250 Broadway in New York City.

Fifteen Lynbrook resi-dents residing in the vicinity of the Pub came to the hear-

ing to press their demands to close the bar which has dis-rupted their area and their lives for some time.

Mayor Geier had taken up their cause shortly after taking office in April after residents had reported that they had been seeking relief for over 5 years. With the assistance of Assemblyman Gregory Becker and Senator Carol Berman the Hannibal P u b issue was put on the

S L A ' s h e a r i n g c a l e n d a r . Both Assemblyman Becker, who provided the residents with bus transportat ion to the hearing, and Senator Berman, were present at the hearing to lend their sup-port. The outcome of the hearing, which took the whole day to hear testimony f rom both sides of the issue, will not be known until the end of the year when the S L A is e x p e c t e d t o announce their decision.

ViLUVGE BOARD REPORTS BASTMCKmAY

The East Rockaway Vil-lage B o a r d held t he i r October meeting on Mon-day, October 3 at the Village Hall. The regular meeting was preceded by two special hearings on the topics of i n c r e a s i n g s e n i o r c i t izen exemptions f rom taxation and video games within the Village.

T h e B o a r d q u i c k l y dispensed with the matter of Senior Citizen exemptions. After hearing f rom various citizens in support of the measure, the Board voted unanimously to amend Vil-lage Law 2 (A) of 1980 to raise the amoun t of earnings that may be exempted f rom taxat ion f rom $10,500 to $13,500. The Board noted that they could not raise the level any higher without f u r t h e r l eg i s la t ion f r o m Albany.

T h e L y n b r o o k Vi l lage Board met on October 3, at the Village Hall. A crowd of approximately 40 people were on hand to listen to the business before the Board.

The Board issued a proc-l a m a t i o n to L i e u t e n a n t Donald Jackson on his retirement. They then con-s idered severa l r e q u e s t s f rom area organizations for a p p r o v a l of t he i r f lea markets. These organiza-tions included the St. Vin-

In Service Navy Ensign Michael P.

Wetherell, son of Richard E. and Fredine Wetherell of 162 Oceanview Road, East Rockaway, N.Y., is cur-rently an officer assigned to the destroyer USS John R o d g e r s which recen t ly completed a 42-day period in suppor t of the Multi-N a t i o n a l P e a c e k e e p i n g

A crowd of approxi -mately 40 people gathered to express their opinion of the proposed measure to limit in some way the times during which video games may be operated. This was necessi-tated by complaints f rom v a r i o u s sec t ions of the c o m m u n i t y t h a t s c h o o l -children were frequenting those establishments that operate video games, result-ing in lateness to school and wasting of money by the schoolchildren.

There appeared to be a consensus of opinion among c o n c e r n e d p a r e n t s , loca l merchants and members of the Board that some limita-tions were both acceptable as well as necessary. With-out coming to a vote, the Board agreed to reserve decision on this matter, but expressed the opinion that all persons present seemed

LYNBROOK cent De Paul Society, Tem-ple Emanu-El, the Davison and West end PTA's, and the Ladies Auxiliary of the L y n b r o o k K n i g h t s of Columbus.

The Board announced the appointment of Robert Cox to the Board of Plumbing E x a m i n e r s , and G l o r i e Demchuk as Clerk to the Village Justice. In addit ion, the Board a p p r o v e d a request for "No Trucking" signs on Lakeview ^ v e n u e .

Force in Beirut, Lebanon. While on station, the

John Rodgers became the first destroyer since World War II to be an amphibious force flagship when Com-m a n d e r U . S . F o r c e s L e b a n o n , C a p t . M . M , France, broke his pennant f rom her truck. Capt .France chose J o h n Rodgers as his f l a g s h i p b e c a u s e of he r

to agree that the machines would be turned off com-pletely between the hours of 7:30 am and 9 am and between 11:30 am and 1:30 pm.

' At its regular meeting, the Board issued authoriza-tion to enter into contract with the Town of Hemp-stead concerning a dog con-trol warden In addit ion, the Board remarked on the presentation of the A.A. award which East Rocka-way has recently received for its good safety record.

The Mayor proclaimed this week as "Consti tution Week" in East Rockaway. In addit ion, he proclaimed that Ocotber 24 will be "Uni-ted Nations Day."

The next meeting of the ' Eas t R o c k a w a y Vi l lage Board will be held on Mon-day, November 14.

F i n a l l y , t h e B o a r d announced a bid award for the planting of 75 trees throughout the Village of Lynbrook as part of a con-tinuing beautification plan. A long waiting list has been generated for trees, and this initial planting of 75 trees will be but the first install-m e n t of fu ture trees to be planted in the Village.

The next meeting of the L y n b r o o k Vil lage B o a r d will be on Monday, October 17.

"speed, quick response cap-ability and communicat ion facilities."

During a port visit in Israel, the crew of the J o h n R o d g e r s p a r t i c i p a t e d in many tours of the holy land, including visits to Jerusa-lem, Bethlehem and Tel Aviv. The ship also hosted many citizens to shipboard, tours.