4 October at the Sandel Senior Center Special Events October 24 at 3 P.M. to discuss Sue Monk This Month Flutist and singer Bill Paul along Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees, led by with pianist Eric Spiller will play clas- volunteer coordinator Barbara Petrilli. sic melodies from the movies, Broad- Books are available at the Center. In Rockville Centre way and the world of jazz on Friday, Dr. Lenore Sandel, Professor October 8 at 1 P.M. Emeritus at Hofstra University, offers OCTOBER, 2004 VOL. 53, NO. 7 The Sandel Senior Center Flea a creative writing workshop on Tues- Market is Saturday, October 16 from 11 days at 1:30 P.M. beginning October 7. A.M. to 2 P.M. Due to space limitations, All are welcome. For more information Awesome October! no donations until October 11. please call the Center at 678-9350. Dates & Events The annual Halloween Costume Saturday, October 2, Noon Party is Friday, October 29 at 1 P.M., Health and Wellness Activities A blood pressure screening is Thurs- LIONS’ CLUB FAMILY DAY complete with music, entertainment and The Annual Mayor’s Luncheon is Centennial / Mill River Park ghostly fun. Prizes for the most unusual day, October 14 from 12:30 to 2:30 P.M. Noon on Wednesday, October 13. costumes. $3 per person for witch’s Flu shot pre-registration is Tuesday, Mayor Murray and the Village Board Monday, October 4, 8:15 P.M. brew and ghostly treats. October 19 and Wednesday, October 20 serve lunch to the seniors. Sign-up in BOARD OF TRUSTEES from 10 A.M. to 12 Noon. Bring insur- advance. The fee is $3 per person. Tuesday, October 5, 7:30 P.M. Arts and Leisure Activities ance information. Flu shots will be ad- PLANNING BOARD Monthly duplicate bridge games ministered to seniors 60 and over who Travel and Dining with Marie Fiorillo continue Sunday, pre-register on Thursday, October 28 Tickets are still available for the Wednesday, October 6, 8 P.M. October 10 and Sunday, October 31 from 10 A.M. to 12 Noon. For infor- Broadway theater trip to see Bombay BOARD OF APPEALS beginning at 1 P.M. $5 or $7 per ses- Dreams on Wednesday, October 27. mation, call Helene at 678-9245 Tuesday, October 19, 7:30 P.M. sion. Register by calling 678-9245. A Motor coach transportation and lunch The Sandel Center offers bereave- PLANNING BOARD partner is not required. ment counseling for those who have suf- included for $133. Call 678-9245 for The RVC Photo Study Group will fered a recent loss every Thursday at 1 information. Saturday, October 23, 9 A.M. be exhibiting their work at the Center P.M. A special group for parents who The Steve Lawrence & Eydie WINDOW PAINTING October starts with the Lions Club Duck Race on the 2nd and ends with the during the month of October. The re- have lost a child within the past year will Gormé “One More for the Road — En- Downtown Stores Ragamuffin Parade on the 31st, with plenty to do in between. ception for group members is Tuesday, meet the following Thursdays at 1 P.M.: core!” trip to the Westbury Music Fair October 19 at 11 A.M. Sunday, October 24, 7 P.M. Start with the Lions Club’s 6th Empire Speech and Hearing Clinic. So October 7 and 21; November 4 and 18; is Thursday November 18. The show CANDLELIGHT VIGIL The Sunday Book Club meets on Annual Duck Race and Family Festi- Centennial / Mill River Park is the place December 1 and 16. Call Helene Locke, and transportation are $51 for mem- Village Green M.S.W. at 678-9255 for information. bers and $55 for non-members. val on October 2 and end with the an- to be on Saturday, October 2 from Noon 9/11 Commemorative Monday, October 25, 8:15 P.M. nual Ragamuffin Parade on Halloween. to 4 P.M. for the famous rubber duck Golden Gathering Save the Date! BOARD OF TRUSTEES In the middle, throw in the Rockville race along Mill River, as well as for the Vigil Oct. 24 State Senator Dean Skelos is The FOSSI Monte Carlo Casino Centre Historical Society’s Pumpkin rides, prizes, arts and crafts, food, and Wednesday, October 27, 8 P.M. sponsoring an informational Night is Saturday, November 6 and Festival, the Halloween Window Paint- music. BOARD OF APPEALS exhibition for seniors at the Rec sponsorship opportunities are still ing Contest, and the Fresh Water Fish- The Phillips House Museum, 28 Center on Friday, October 29 from available. Call the Sandel Center at Sunday, October 31, 2 P.M. ing Festival and you’ll remember why Hempstead Avenue, hosts the Histori- 9 A.M. to 1 P.M. 678-9245. RAGAMUFFIN PARADE October is one awesome month for cal Society’s annual Pumpkin Festival Maple Avenue family activities in Rockville Centre. on Saturday, October 16 from Noon to PRSRT STD The Lions Club not only sponsors 4 P.M. The museum will be open all day U.S. POSTAGE Events are at Village Hall unless This Month otherwise indicated. a good time, but donates the proceeds for residents to browse the collections In Rockville Centre PAID to good causes, supporting the RVC of Village memorabilia and Victorian- Rockville Centre, NY Community Fund, St. Agnes Outreach, era furnishings. Permit No. 271 One College Place, P.O. Box 950 Videotapes of Board of Trustees meetings RVC Confide, the RVC Fire Depart- Details of these and other October CR-RT-SORT are broadcast on Cable Channel 18 Rockville Centre, New York 11571 on Wednesdays (8:15 p.m.) and Saturdays ment, the L.I. Lions Eye Bank, and the events will be found inside This Month. (1:30 p.m.) following each meeting. Village to Install Radiation Detectors For general information A state grant secured by State pass through the detection system Call 678-9300 Senator Dean Skelos is helping to pay before dumping their loads into Residents are invited to share the Emergency Numbers for a new radiation detection system tractor-trailers headed for the Ameri- comfort of community at a brief Fire 911 at the Rockville Centre Department can Ref-Fuel incinerator in Westbury. candlelight prayer vigil com- Police 911 of Public Works. Work is underway The Village has had three recent memorating the dedication of Ambulance 911 to install the system that can detect incidents of radioactive waste Rockville Centre’s 9/11 Memorial Electric 766-5800 radioactivity from improperly contaminating trash loads and putting on the Village Green at 7 P.M. on Water 678-9252 disposed medical or industrial waste Village equipment out of service. Sunday, October 24. Please bring Nights & Weekends 766-5800 in the trash stream. With the new system, workers will be candles. Garbage trucks entering the able to trace the source of any www.rvcny.us Printed on Recycled Paper Village transfer station will have to contamination more easily. 2 3 Village Hall Comments This Month Community News By Trustee Mary Whalen Bossart In Rockville Centre Lacrosse Registration RVC Kids Visit Jets The Rockville Centre Lacrosse Club is registering boys and girls About 25 Village children were Published by the Village of Rockville Centre guests of the New York Jets at their For a Safe and Happy Halloween Eugene J. Murray,Mayor through October 15 for its Spring Hofstra University practice facility Trustees There are when they will have the chance to go 2005 season. in August. The children partici- Mary Whalen Bossart All girls in grades 3 through 8 are many wonderful unescorted by reinforcing common Wayne H. Lipton pated in football skill games as well fall events in sense rules: Gregory F. Rinn eligible to play. All boys in grades 3 as having close-up seats on the side- James C. Sutton through 6 are eligible to play as well Rockville Centre. •be polite; For information concerning Village facilities, residents are lines to watch the players practice. But they are only do not damage a homeowner’s invited to telephone Ronald J. Wasson, Village as boys in grades 7 and 8 who are Rockville Centre Police youth • Administrator, Clerk-Treasurer, 678-9300 fun if they are also decorations or property; not playing on a school team. officers, Det. Michael Norwood and safe. •never go inside anyone’s home; through quiet neighborhoods and in Registration is by mail. Informa- P.O. Steve Christianson, chaper- This year Hal- •wait to eat treats until you arrive general, gotten out of hand. tion and forms are available on the oned the visit and the Mayor’s loween will be on back home (and after Mom or Dad Unfortunately, the Village police Lacrosse Club website at Community Fund provided the Sunday, October 31 which means that can check all of them); must deal with some of this rvclax.com and at the RVC Recre- pizza and sodas afterward many residents will enjoy a weekend •walk on the sidewalk and be very behavior. Their job is to keep public ation Center. For further informa- of pumpkin carving, parties, costumes careful crossing the street. order and safety. Underage drinking, tion, contact Clare Beck at and trick or treating. This is also the Talk to Older Kids Too fighting and destruction of public or [email protected]. first weekend we will be back on East- If you give your older children private property may result in a Tax Office Announcements ern Standard Time, so darkness will permission to attend a party or go trick permanent police record, particularly Applications for partial exemp- October Recreation Center Events come much earlier than on prior Octo- or treating with friends, there are some for young people age 16 or older. tion from Village real estate taxes Open Gym Program Ragamuffin Parade ber evenings. It is therefore a particu- additional considerations. Talking to your child before the are now available and must be filed The main gymnasium of the Rec Rockville Centre’s 14th Annual larly good idea to review safety tips for Check with your child (and the host event is the best way to prevent by December 31. If approved, ex- Center will be open for free play Halloween Costume Parade and Party children of all ages before the big day. family) about all of the particulars. problems. Review with them the kinds emptions take effect June 1, 2005. basketball for grades 4 and up on are Sunday, October 31. Exemptions are available to vol- The National Safety Council Where and what kind of party is it? Will of situations they might think they can Saturday afternoons from 2 to 4:30 P.M. Youngsters Pre-K and up, their unteer firefighters with five years recommends that all children under age the parents be home to supervise handle themselves, but that actually beginning October 9. parents and families are invited to join of certified service and to veterans 12 should be supervised by an adult during the whole time? How is your require adult intervention. The evening open gym for grades 6 and the parade which starts from the Village based on the date and type of mili- when they go out trick or treating. child getting there and coming home? Lastly, make sure your child up will begin Friday, October 8 and Sat- Green, Maple and Lee avenues, at 2 P.M. Besides making sure your child has his/ When will the party be over? knows that they can call you — or the tary service. Exemptions are avail- urday, October 9 from 7:30 to 10:15 P.M. and proceeds down Maple to the Rec her dream costume, be particularly Vague responses or even the usual Rockville Centre Police at 766-1500 able to disabled homeowners and Admission is by valid Recreation Center. At the Center will be games, fun, mindful of the costume’s length. Falls “I’ll be with (name of a friend who is — if they need help. to senior homeowners 65 and older Card. and prizes for the costumed marchers. are the number one cause of always at your house)” may be too Safety is always a consideration at with a 2003 gross income of Everyone must register for the unintended injury on Halloween. For non-specific for Halloween weekend. every event in the Village. The Village $32,400 or less. Window Painting Contest Boys and girls in grades 4 through 8 parade and / or party at the Rec Center the same reason, make-up is In Rockville Centre, it is no administration, the Recreation, Police Applications are available by must register by October 15 at the for $5 per family. recommended rather than masks, secret that on Halloweens past some and Fire departments work very hard visiting the tax office on the sec- Recreation Center for the annual con- In case of rain, the parade is which can obscure a child’s vision. unsupervised youths have trespassed to ensure that all residents and visitors ond floor of Village Hall between test on Saturday, October 23 from 9 canceled, but the party will begin at 3 When accompanying young on private property, destroyed can enjoy our community. 9 A.M. and 3 P.M., by calling (516) A.M. to Noon. P.M. at the Recreation Center. children on trick or treating rounds, homeowners’ decorative displays, Let’s all have a safe and Happy 678-9242 or by e-mail to The Halloween artists are invited to parents can prepare them for the years traveled in large, boisterous groups Halloween. [email protected]. Goblin Calls • STAR exemptions apply only paint on paper that is taped to store Fill out a Goblin Slip at the party to school district taxes. Applica- windows in downtown Rockville after the Ragamuffin Parade and you tions and information are available Centre. Plaques are awarded by a may receive a Goblin Call and a from the Nassau County Tax distinguished panel of judges. Goblin Prize on Halloween evening, Assessor’s Office in Mineola or by In case of rain, the event is indoors Sunday, October 31. Ronald D. Winchester calling (516) 571-1500. at the Recreation Center, 111 North Homeowners are reminded to Oceanside Road. Pre-school Openings April 18, 1979 - September 3, 2004 • There are a few openings left in the notify the tax office of any changes Fishing Clinic in the status of their mortgages, pre-kindergarten classes for children On September 2, Rockville The Winchester family has ex- The New York State Department of entering kindergarten in September 2005. Centre native and Marine 1st Lieu- pressed its gratitude to the Rockville whether satisfying, refinancing, or Environmental Conservation and the when a mortgage is sold to another Call Peggy at 678-9338 for further tenant Ronald D. Winchester be- Centre community for its support dur- RVC Recreation Department present the information. came the first service member from ing their time of grief. lending institution. annual freshwater fishing clinic at the Village to die in the Iraq War. The Mayor and Board of Trust- Halloween Decorating Contest Hempstead Lake State Park on Satur- Register for 10K Race The Annapolis graduate was on ees expressed their condolences at the Register your house for the RVC day, October 23 from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. Runners wishing to enter Rockville his second tour of duty in Iraq. He September 13 Board meeting and ob- Chamber of Commerce Halloween There are exhibits, contests, and prizes. Centre’s annual 6.2-mile road race on said his service was his response to served a moment of silence in his Decorating contest at the Rec Take the first left inside Hempstead Saturday, November 13 should pre- the September 11 terrorist attacks. honor. Center by October 25. Prizes are Lake State Park from the Peninsula register by October 9. Call (516) 678- Marine 1st Lt. Ronald D. Winchester worth $100 and $50. Boulevard entrance. 9239 for an application.