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VOL. 9 NO. 33 Thursday July 10, 1975 10 cents per copy
School Boards H.E.R. Scholarships Awarded
Reorganize
Bethpage
The Bethpage School Board
held their reorganization meeting
for the new school year July 1st.
Anthony J. LoFaso was elected
President for a 2nd term. An­thony
D. Cotton was again
elected Vice President. Louis N.
Orfan, attorney for the School
District since 1958, will continue
to handle legal matters for the
district. Eleanor Behrik, District
Clerk since 1965, will still hold
that post.
The Board meetings are held
every last Tuesday of each month
at 8:00 p.m. at the Board Room in
the Administration Building on
Stewart & Cherry Avenues.
Plainedge
The reorganization meeting for
the Plainedge School District was
held on July 1st. The new Board
President is Dominick F.
Gagliardo. The new Vice
President is Irving R. Weber,
Attorney Leroy VanNostrand will
continue as legal counsel for the
district. Esther Rose was again
named as District Clerk.
The Board meetings are held at
8:30 p.m. at the Plainedge High
School. Their next Regular
Business Meeting will be held on
July 10th. A Public Meeting will
be held July 24th. A Regular
Business Meeting for August will
be held on the 21st. On September
11th there will be a Regular
Business Meeting. Thereafter,
the regular schedule of meetings
will be in effect and the Board
will meet on the 2nd and 4th
Thursday of every month.
Plainview -
Old
Bethpage
The Plainview-Old Bethpage
School Board held their
reorganization meeting on July
1st. Alvin D. Delman was re­elected
as Board President -
which is quite a distinction, since
it is the first time in the history of
the Plainview-Old Bethpage
School District a Board President
was ever re-elected to a 2nd term.
The new Vice President is Louis
Natter. Attorney Joseph W.
Campanella will continue to
handle the school district legal
affairs.
The Board holds their meetings
on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of
every month. Their business
meetings are held on the 3rd
Mondays at the Jamaica Avenue
School. The 1st Mondays of the
month are set aside for
educational meetings and are
alternated at the different
schools in the district.
While District Clerk Josephine
Levy is recuperating from
surgery, Dolores Berenstein will
stand in as Acting District Clerk.
Nancy Brin of 52 Keswick
Lane, Plainview, and Blanca R.
Pachecho of 31 Lexington Ave.,
Bethpage, are among twenty
people awarded scholarships
from H.E.R. - Higher
Educational Resources at Hof-stra.
The 19 women and one man
selected for the grants range in
age from 27 to 47, and represent a
wide diversity in ethnic,
educational, work and family
backgrounds. They come from 19
different communities on Long
Island.
The scholarships, which carry
a stipened of $500, were initiated
by H.E.R. Spearheaded by
Hofstra trustees Mrs. Ann
Mallouk and Mrs. Judith Moyers,
H.E.R. is an independent group
of professional women and
community activists whose goals
include developing the unrealized
educational potential of mature
men and women.
H.E.R. officials helped select
the winners for the scholarships,
which are funded by Hofstra.
Included in the scholarship
package are expert advisement
and counseling services for each
winner, plus access to Hofstra's
new Child Care Center for those
who have young children.
NANCY BRIN (center) of Plainview with Hofstra University
Associate Provost Avriel Goldberger and Hofstra President Robert
L. Payton.
BLANCA PACHEO (center) of Bethpage with her son Lizandro,
Hofstra trustee Ann Mallouk and Hofstra President Robert L.
Payton.
Touring With American Youth Orchestra
Plainedge Board Invites
Public Input In Budget
The Plainedge of Education
wishes to announce that it has
scheduled two meetings during
the month of July regarding the
defeated budget.
On THURSDAY,JULY 10, 1975
at 8:30 P.M. AT THE
PLAINEDGE HIGH SCHOOL the
Board of Education invites the
public to be present to give its
ideas and thoughts as to what
areas of the budget may be
reduced; this will be an op­portunity
for the public to in­dicate
to the Board of Education
why the budget should be
reduced, how it may be reduced,
and what are the pros and cons of
such reductions.
On THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1975
at 8:30 P.M. AT THE
PLAINEDGE HIGH SCHOOL the
Board of Education and the
Administration will hold a public
working session on the budget. At
this time the community will
have the opportunity to observe
and comment while .'.the Board
and the Administration are in the
process of discussing ' possible
reduction in the budget that were
proposed by the public at the July
10th meeting and those proposed
by the Board Members and
Administration.
In light of the critical State Aid
situation facing the district at the
present time, it is imperative that
members of the community take
the opportunity to be present at
both of these meetings to assist
the Board of Education in the
development of a budget that will
receive voter approval and,
thereby, insure a balanced and
positive education program for
the children of the district.
Hi,
Just a week since we left Pitt­sburgh
and already we have seen
so much, learned so much, and
experienced so much that I do not
know whether to start writing a
history book, a travel guide or
just tell you the story of the
AYSBC 1975 European Concert
Tour! Time and space permit me
only the • indulgence of the
highlights of adventures, so here
we go....
Our Pittsburgh friends left us
at the airport to board our
chartered jet and it was some
hours before we finally did take
off. It Was somewhat like getting
the camel through the eye of a
needle...There were 250 of us,
(which included both the sym­phony
and chorus under Dr.
McCathren and the symphonic
band and chorus under Professor
Paterson) and only two or three
airline personnel were handling
the manifest, checking passports
and weighing luggage. We finally
took off about midnight and had a
very smooth flight to Prestwick
Airport in Scotland. Enroute our
pilot pointed out the cities of
Buffalo and Montreal. Of course
we could only see the twinkling
lights and they did seem like a bit
of fairyland.
We went through Her Majesty's
customs with dispatch. The next
time consuming chore was to
exchange our dollars for pounds.
The big question with the young
people was whether to change a
ten dollar travellers check or a
twenty. We had all had visions of
buying tartans, plaids or perhaps
some other authentic Scotch
souvenirs. Some of the young
people like Nancy Hudson, Beth
Ann Quill, Sandra Reinert, Jane
Tatlock, Mary Cacciatore, Dana
Pavelick, Michelle Peetz, Lori
Ann Smith, Laura Holding,
Nancy Stoltz, Richard Deverts,
Richard Guttendorf and Blaine
Leister had all taken part in the
school production of Brigadoon
under the direction of Mr. Roland
Dollhopf and were especially
interested in our visit to Scotland.
We found our motor coaches
and drivers waiting and having
been assigned to the red, white or
blue bus we loaded our luggage
and were off to Stirling
University. It was about a two
hour ride, through a lush, green
countryside, with sheep and
cattle placidly grazing. The
cottages small but each has four
chimneys. Since there is no
central heating, there must be a
fire place in every room. All
these chimneys look like a frieze
atop the homes. There were also
a number of golf courses and
lots of players.
Were the distances in miles or
kilometers? Later we found out
miles. We passed Galston,
Eaglesham. It was 60 degrees
and warm. Some were catching
forty winks but some of us kept
calling out unusual names on
shops and on the road. Dual
carriage way ahead. We pass
Giffnok, Loch Lomond. Glasgow,
many glass stained windows on
homes. Fish and chips; Who Wah
Chinese restaurant. Surprisingly
enough we were surprised that
there were so many of those in
Scotland. We finally arrive in
Stirling where we will stay at the
University for two nights. The
houses are small, of stone and
stucco, their drab greyness
1 relieved by the colorful rose
gardens, small but neatly tended
and here and there lupins and
occasionally huge rhododendron
bushes.
In contrast to the old town the
University of Stirling has a
complex of modern learning
centers, on a beautifully land­scaped
campus which blends the
old and the new. The castle on the
grounds was built in 1791, the
land records date from 1146 and
there is proof that this area was
inhabited in prehistoric times.
After dinner some went to town
but many of us just rolled on the
grounds, along the lake. Some
climbed to the castle where
James III and James IV of
Scotland born. Mary, Queen of
Scots and James V were crowned
in the church. It was 10:30 PM
and still light - I must check out
the latitudes compared to New
York.
On Sunday breakfast was
scheduled for 7:45. It was a
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