Bethpage-Tribune_1974-07-18

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OLD BETHIN3E
also serving ISLAND TREES
PLA1NV1EW PLAINEDGE SEAFORD
VOL. 8 No. 35
FRA News
A Public Service of The Family
Rights Association of N.Y.
Why do we need a Family Rights organization? It's a
good question, frequently asked by concerned parents,
especially those who aren't joiners. It says something
about the times in which we live that parents should
even need an organization in order to protect their God-given
rights over their children. But, the fact of the
matter is, parents do need some group that will speak
up for them, as professionals (doctors, lawyers,
teachers) have organizations to support and defend
them.
Just ask any parent who has ever gone before an
obstinate school board or an evasive, uncooperative
administration about some problem that occurred in
school. They will tell you that they get no straight
answers, and seldom is the condition solved to their
satisfaction. As individual parents, they can be strung
along without any real action taken on their behalf;
but, let several or many of these dissatisfied persons
band together, they are listened to and helped more
readily. It's the old adage, "In unity there is strength."
All over this State, individual parents are pitted
against the combined forces of the Educational
Establishment, the State Education Dept., and the
teachers' unions. Too many expensive experimental
programs are coming in; too little real academic
achievement is being attained; too many kids are
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Thursday, July 18,1974 10 cents per copy
The annual reorganization^
meeting of the Bethpage Board of
Education was held on Monday,
July 1, 1974. Board member Mr.
Iannello was not present. The
meeting was opened at 8:40 p.m.
In the absence of School At­torney,
Mr. Louis (Man, Mrs.
Eleanor Behrik, District Clerk
swore in the newly elected
members of the Board of
Education: Mr. J. Parisi, Mr. M.
Verderosa and Mr. L. Hilton.
The officers of the Board of
Education for the 1974-75 school
year are as follows: President -
Anthony J. LoFasco; Vice
President-Mr. Anthony D. Cotton.
Additional officials are: Mrs.
Eleanor Behrik - District Clerk,
$3305 annual salary; Mr. Peter
Perniciarp - District Treasurer,
$3325 annual salary;-.: Mr. Louis
Orfan, School Attorney - annual
retainer fee $8000, with a rate of
compensation of $45.00 per hour
for court proceedings and other
legal proceedings; Dr. Charles
Melone - Senior School Physician,
annual retainer of $500; also
approved was an attached list of
physicians.
The regular monthly meeting
of the Board of Education was
changed to the last Tuesday of
every month at 8 p.m.
President Anthony LoFaso is
the delegate to the New York
State School Boards Association,
Read ftc Bethpaqe Tribune
X We earn about you
Fight Leukemia In
Your Own Backyard
teaming some thlrfty vacation tips Is Oyster Bay Councilman
Gregory Carman. The pretty young lady offering guidance is Carole
Macaluso. Travel Consultant in the Long Island Office of the New
York State Department of Commerce. Carole has vacation in­formation
for you. Contact her at the N.Y. State Dept. of Commerce
131 Jericho Turnpike, Jericho, N.Y. 11753 (516 ' 334-2500).
Happy Travelers Info
The booklet is part of the travel
services offered by the Long
Island Office at 131 Jericho
Turnpike, Jericho, New York
11753. Long Islanders can also
write or phone for copies.
Long Islanders with an urge to
"hit the road" for brief vacation
trips will find free help at the
Jericho Office of the New York
State Commerce Department.
One of the free publications
available is "Nine Suggested
Three-..day Tours of New York
State," a detailed listing of routes
and major attractions in -nine
different areas of the state. It's a
handy guide for the traveler in
tune with today's vacation
trends.
Other travel publications,
available free, include the award
winning 96-page color booklet,
"Vacationlands New York State"
as well as pamphlets and folders
on camping, golf courses and
events in New York State.
.Youngsters in Bethpage will
have a unique opportunity to fight
the dreaded disease of leukemia,
and have fun at the same time, by
participating in a special fund-raising'effort
of the Leukemia
Society -of America and the
Burger King restaurant. The
project is called "Backyard
Fairs."
Beginning immediately, the
Burger King restaurant will have
Backyard 'Fairs registration
. card's at their counters. Any
youngster interested in holding a
fair need only fill out ar earn; and
maiMtto the* leukemia*Society.
The youngster wilStheh receive a
TV Heart Special
The Nassau Heart Association
recommends residents watch
"NBC NeWS Presents - Heart
Attack," a one-hour special on
Sunday, July 21st, from 10-11:00
p.m., which will highlight
dramatic new advances in the
diagnosis, prevention and
treatment of heart attack.
Paul Cunningham, producer
and reporter for the special, has
been traveling across the nation
for the Dast several weeks with
his fuV. craw interviewing heart
specialists and covering new
developments in hospitals and
clinics.
Among the many prominent
heart specialists interviewed for
the qne-hour special are: Dr.
Richard S. Ross of Baltimore;
Dr. Henry Blackburn of Min­neapolis;
Dr. Sidney Blumenthal
of Miami; Dr. Eugene Braun-wald
of Boston; Dr. Michael
DeBakey of Houston; Dr. Donald
Harrison of Stanford, Calif; Dr.
J. Willis Hurst of Atlanta; Dr.
John Laragh of New York City;
Dr. Robert Levy of Bethesda.
folder which describes how to set
up a backyard fair, suggests
games, contests and prizes,, and
provides an envelope for sending
proceeds to the Leukemia
Society. The-proceeds will be
used for research, local patient
aid, and educational purposes.
To make his fair more exciting,
the youngster can also bring the
folder back to Burger King and
will receive a supply of colorful
balloons, Burger King Crowns,
and other fair accessories.
Burger King will also supply
cards exchangeable for free
hamburgers' that are to be used
as prizes.
with Mr. Cotton as the alternate.
Members of the District
Grievance Committee for the
1974-75 school year will be Mr.
Joseph Dawson, Mr. Leo
Schottland and Mrs. Elizabeth
Regan. (Board member Mr.
Harold Resnick voted 'no' on the
appointment of Mrs. Regan.)
Under Service Operations, Mr.
DiMaria was appointed as
District Negotiator for the
Teachers Union; Mr. Louis Orfan
was appointed negotiator to the
Administrative Services.
Board Committee Represen­tatives
for the 1974-75 School
Year
Finance - Mr. LoFaso and Mr.
Cotton
, Citizens Advisory Committee -
Mr. Resnick, Mr. Iannello and
Mr. Cotton
Negotiations Instructional and
Administrative - Mr. LoFaso and
Mr. Cotton
Negotiations Operational
Services - Mr. Verderosa, Mr.
Resnick and Mr. Parisi
Buildings and Grounds - Mr.
Hilton, Mr. Parisi and Mr.
Resnick
Student Liason - Mr. Parisi,
Mr. Iannello and Mr. Verderosa
Policy - The entire board
P.T.A. Liason - Mr. Resnick,
Mr. Cotton and Mr. Parisi
Population Trend - Mr. LoFaso
Personnel - The entire board
Building Security - Mr. Parisi
* Co-curriculum Activities - Mr.
Hilton and Mr. Verderosa
The reorganizational meeting
was adjourned until July 30,1974.
A Special Meeting of the Board
of Education commenced at 9:30
p.m.
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HAMMING IT UP: Oyster Bay Town Councilman Warren M.
Doolittle enjoys the antics of several members of the Long Island
Studio Theatre cast of "The Hoar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the
Crowd" which was presented at Bethpage Community Park under
the auspices of the Department of Community Services. Cultural and
Performing Arts Division (CAPA). Director of the Theatre. Lynne
Lappin, who played the role of Cocky, strikes a typical pose much to
enjoyment of Ardelle Castellana (left), who played one of the ur­chins,
and Mary Anne Lastra, who played The Girl.