Bethpage-Tribune_1975-09-11

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PLAINVIEW PLAINEDGE SEAFORD
VOL. 9 NO. 42 Thursday, September, 11, 1975 10 cents per copy
Local Girls Win Poetry Contest G F U H I I I I & H AlTDOrt
Controversy Continues
Town Board Acts
"JIVE TO MY SNEAKERS"!
Amy Cryer, 13, of 18 Eileen
Avenue, Plainview, receives
Savings Bond prize and award
certificate for winning third prize
along with Marie Brodsky of
Bethpage, for poem they jointly
entered in "Jive To My
Sneakers" poetry contest.
Making presentatipn is Bob
Joyce of Converse Rubber
Company, sponsor of contest.
Amy and Marie split $100 in
Savings Bonds. Presentation was
made at New York's Central
Park Zoo Cafeteria.
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor
John W. Burke and Councilman
Salvatore R. Mosca announced
that the Town Board has set a
public hearing date of.October
7th to consider a proposal that
would ban airports in four major
zoning categories throughout the
Town.
Burke said that the proposal, if
inacted, would amend Oyster
Bay's Building Zone Ordinance to
prohibit general airport use in
residence "E", business "F" and
"G" and industrial "H" zones.
Both Burke and Mosca in­dicated
that the comtemplated
zoning change would affect the
intention of the Grumman Cor­poration
to expand the operation
of its production-related airstrip
for general commercial use. The
corporation's land is zoned "H".
Burke noted that since
Grumman first announced its
intention to open a general
aviation airport, attorneys for the
Town dnd Grumman have had
several exchanges of legal
opinion on the necessity of the
corporation to come before the
Town Board. "While Grumman
has shown some willingness to
compromise, we feel that any
action less than a public hearing
before the Town Board would not
be affording residents the full
protection of the law," Burke
indicated.
Agreeing with Burke on the
Town's position, Councilman
Mosca, a resident of Bethpage,
claimed that the proposed
amendment of the Town
Ordinance should eliminate
further questions concerning the
Town's authority. "The or­dinance
change to be considered
would remove any doubts
regarding the steps the cor­poration
or anyone planning to
open an airport would have to
take," Mosca pointed out. "If
enacted, this proposal would
specifically require any ap­plicant
to seek a change of zone
from this Town Board before
initiating general airstrip use
within the Town."
Grumman Statement
A Plainview and a Bethpage
girl combined poetic talents to
write a poem that won third prize
in the "Jive To My Sneakers"
poetry contest, sponsored in the
Metropolitan New York area by
the Converse Rubber Company.
Amy Cryer, 13, of 18 Eileen
Avenue, Plainview; and Marie
Brodsky, 14, of 42 Janet Drive,
Bethpage, shared ^100 in Savings
Bonds by winning third prize in
the group written poem category,
ages 13-18.
Amy is a student at Bethpage
Junior High School and Marie
attends Bethpage High School.
In order to enter the contest,
youngsters had to write a poem
about their sneakers.
This is the second consecutive
year the Converse "Jive To My
Sneakers" poetry contest was
conducted in the New York area.
Any youngster 8-18 could enter.
The poems could be funny or
serious, long or short, rhymed or
unrhymed. Chief judge was
William Packard, editor of the
poetry magazine, the New York
Quarterly.
The poem written by Amy and
Marie read:
"JIVE TO MY SNEAKERS"
I like my sneakers they're really
cool,
I wear them everywhere, even
school.
They're full of holes and the
teachers yell,
They're dirty and ugly but what
the hell.
I like my sneakers they're really
neat, I wear them to every
track meet.
For basketball they're really
keen,
But my coach says to keep them
clean.
For baseball they're really,
really slick,
They make me run those bases
quick.
If I weren't so very meek,
I might even wear them on a
"streak".
We are surprised and disap­pointed
that the members of the
Oyster Bay Town Council have
proposed an anti-airport or­dinance.
Their action on behalf of
a few vocal opponents could have
serious effects upon the industry
and residents located in the town,
county and entire Long Island
area.
It seems strange that during
this . period of high unem­ployment,
aggravated by a
steady exodus of industry from
Long Island - particularly
Nassau County ~ that the Council
could even suggest such
legislation.
As stated earlier this year, the
staff of Grumman Aerospace
Corporation conducted an in­tensive
two-year study
examinging all aspects of the
proposed Bethpage airport
operation, an airport that has
been in continuous use for almost
40 years. The results of that study
which have been reviewed by
various governmental agencies,
particularly the Federal Aviation
Agency which has congnizance of
all airports in this country, have
revealed no detrimental effects
will be imposed upon the local
area. More importantly, the
study has revealed, as borne out
by the enthusiastic response from
numerous independent
professional and business groups,
that the proposed airport
operations will be extremely
beneficial to the area.
It cannot be over emphasized
that the Bethpage airport is
important to the long-term,
continued operations of Grum­man
Aerospace Corporation on
Long Island. We strongly
recommend that the members of
the Oyster Bay Town Council re-exar/
iine and reconsider the
impact their action will have
upon the industry and residents
in the Town of Oyster Bay, and
particularly the hundreds of
Grumman subcontractors, the
4,300 Grumman employees and
their families in the Town and the
23,000 Grumman employees on
Long Island.
Plainview-Old Bethpage
Reach Agreement On Contracts
PEOPLE Report:
For the past two years
PEOPLE, the Bethpage
Adolescent Development
Association, has been serving the
Bethpage community. The
agency acts as a counseling
service for adolescents, young
adults and their families.
From its humble beginnings at
280 Broadway with a volunteer
staff, the agency has moved to a
two-story house at 242 Park
Avenue and employs a staff of
trained counselors. Since its
inception, PEOPLE has provided
services to more than 150 local
residents. Common situations
presented to the staff include
school related conflicts, family
difficulties and personal
problems. PEOPLE .was formed
because a group of local residents
sensed a need for an agency to
deal with such situations.
The Board of Directors,
chaired by Mr. Thomas Morris
and composed of community
citizens, governs program
development and im­plementation.
A county grant
from the Department of Drug and
Alcohol Addiction provides the
bulk of the agency's operating
budget.
PEOPLE'S goal is to apply
program resources to human
need. To do this the agency offers
an informal setting on the ground
floor for community youth to sit,
listen to music and be with their
friends. The atmosphere allows
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Alvin D. Delman, President of
the Plainview-Old Bethpage
Board of Education has an­nounced
that negotiations have
been concluded with the Plain-view
Congress of Teachers who
represent the district's teachers
and clerical staff and that
agreements have been reached
for three year contracts begin­ning
July 1,1975 through June 30,
1978.
Under the terms of the
agreements, salaries for
teachers and clerical staff will be
increased 5.5 percent in the first
year of the Agreement and 7
percent in each of the second and
third years. In addition, clerical
personnel will receive a $100
longevity increase effective July
1, 1977 for staff who will have
completed 15 years of district
service by that date.
The Board of Education has
also agreed to increase its con­tribution
to the Welfare Fund to a
total of $260 beginning with the
1977-78 school year.
In exchange for salary .and
welfare benefit increases, the
Plainview Congress of Teachers
agreed to reduce its sabbatical
benefit by 50 percent. Presently,
4 percent of the staff is eligible
for sabbatical leaves of absence.
This will be reduced to 2 percent.
Also, the teachers have agreed to
increase their teaching load
for teachers of English from 4
periods to 5 periods. These two
items represent financial savings
to the district's taxpayers and
are inkeeping with the Board's
desire for increased productivity.
The Agreements were ratified
by the teachers and clerical staff
on Tuesday morning, September
2nd, prior to the start of the
regular work day.
Schools were opened for
students on Wednesday, Sep­tember
3rd, as scheduled.
Mr. Delan and Superintendent
Robert F. Savitt publicly com­mended
the negotiators for the
district and for the union for their
diligence in reaching agreements
in the best interest of the
students, staff, and taxpayers of
the district.
The Bethpage branch
of Reliance Federal
Savings & Loan
Association at 572
Stewart Avenue is of­fering
a unique free
service to senior
citizens of the com­munity.
The Bank has
acquired a laminating
machine and will cover
any senior citizens
Social Security card
free of charge. The
service is available
now.