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AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF FARMINGDALE NY I
SERVING THE GREATER FARMINGDALE AR.„, umtnrmt AND MELVILLE
VOL. 11 NO. 17 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735
Published by HIBER PUBLISHING, INC.,' Box 146, Farmingdale, N. Y. Thursday, December 13, 1973
Green Light for After- School Activities
The decision of the Farmingdale School Board to keep schools open after hours to
permit after- hours activities in the buildings was praised by Youth Council president
Carl Dittmeier:" We are very grateful for the big turnout of residents during the last
school board meeting and to the school board for coming up with a more favorable
solution. We are all aware of the energy crisis now and we are willing to cooperate in
every respect in order to save energy."
The school board orginally had contemplated shutting all schools after school hours
which would have eliminated all activities of various organizations normally using
school facilities for their programs. The school board decision reached at last Monday's
executive session also includes the continued use of the swimming pool.
The revision of contingency plans no doubt was caused to some degree by a strong
protest attendance during the last school board meeting, but more importantly by
recent findings of the school board that energy is being conserved to an encouraging
degree by measures taken even before the energy crisis erupted.
The school board decision was shared with many organizations at a Tuesday night
meeting in regard to the effect of the " Energy Crisis" on their activities. Frank Gelish
and Robert Weiss, school board members, brought the good news, but emphasized that
there were conditions which had to be set if the plan were to be successful and con­tinued.
Use will be continued subject to frequent reconsideration and reservation of the right
to cancel or change arrangements as required by the fuel and electrical supply
situations. Night temperature settings of thermostats and heating plants will be in use.
A limited number of entrances and exit doors will be designated and the Board
requested that responsible adults be appointed to monitor their use. Lighting will be
reduced to reasonable but safe limits.
The continuation of the arrangement will permit the groups to carry on with some
minor inconvenience but under the same conditions that they have been conducting
programs since mid- November. The plant maintenance engineer and custodians will
continue to study fuel consumption during the period.
Fuel and power use figures just developed for the past few months had a large part to
play in the decision. Long before the word " crisis" was used, a conservation program
had been initiated in the district. A comparison between the first eleven months of 1972
with the same period of 1973 showed the district cut oil use by 11 per cent. The cut
amounted to 139,000 gallons and 88,000 gallons had been saved during the months of
October and November. Electrical usage from July through September was down 9 per
cent, a reduction of 125,000 kilowatt hours. The electrical savings were made prior to
the heavy curtailment period.
Recommendations of the state which the Board hopes to have in its hands before the
planned Monday, December 17, meeting have not been received. The Board is studying
additional proposals and suggestions and will share its thinking with the public at the
special session slated for 9: 00 p. m. at the Senior High School.
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Lioness Theatre Party - A Picture of a Success
Since a picture is worth a thousand
words we'll let these happy faces tell
the story of the very successful Lioness
Dinner Theatre Party which was held
recently at the Hearthstone
Restaurant and at the Arena
Playhouse. 117 people helped to boost
the Robert Hynes Memorial
Scholarship Fund, which will be given
to a worthy student at the Far­mingdale
High School. Beth Goldberg,
President of the Lionesses, presented a
check for $ 228.00 to Eileen and Frank
Hynes after the party. Mini- dinner
theatre parties were held on Saturday,
December 1 and Saturday December 8
with Lee Tuck, Vice President of the
Lionesses and Beth Goldberg co-chairing
these events.