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VOL. 19 NO. 6 Week of May 17-23,1984 20 cents per copy
Bipartisan
Cleanup Bill
Hicksville and Bethpage area residents gained a legislative
victory this month in a five-month campaign to win strong
national environmental cleanup legislation.
Members of the: New York Community Action Network
(New York CAN) in Nassau County's Fourth Congressional .
District have been campaigning since January for a federal
Superfuhd cleanup reauthorization bill. The group's efforts
have focused on Representative Norman F. Lent, and on
May 10, Mr. Lent announced that he and Representative
James Florio of New Jersey had introduced HR-5640, a new
bipartisan Superfund bill which would include several sig­nificant
improvements in the cleanup program.
"We are very encouraged by the introduction of the bipar­tisan
HR-5640 bill," said William Steinmetz of Bethpage,
Chair of the New York CAN Nassau County Toxics Com­mittee.
"And we intend to press for passage of this bill
without any further weakening amendments or exemp­tions."
The HR-5640 bill collects a total of $ 10.25 billion over five
years, carries a mandatory cleanup timetable provision, con­tains
some victims's compensation provisions, including the
right of individuals to sue polluters in federal court, and
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Praises For
S.A.D.D.
Assemblyman Fred Parola presents to Celeste
Merzon, Island Trees S-.A.DP. (Students
Against Driving Drunk) Advisor, a Legislative
Resolution which proclaimed the week of May
6th as Student Awareness of Drunk Driving
Week by the New York State Assembly.
The Assemblyman praised the efforts of the
dedicated students and their advisor noting that
drunk driving will be eliminated through a con­scientious
commitment and not through tougher
legislation and penalties against the drunk driver
alone.
Pictured from left to right: front row are Pat
Bialoskurski, Island Trees PTSA; Barbara
Monello, Island Trees PTSA; Christine Sierra,
Bethpge High School; Colleen Cahill, Island
Trees S.A.D.D. Vice President; Laureen Mercu-'
rio, Plainedge U.F.S.D. Social Worker; Fred
Parola; Celeste Merzon; Eileen Fogarty, Island
Trees High School S.A.D.D.; Annette Trimble,
Island Trees PTSA President; Jackie Rispoli,
Island Trees Parent Network; Jackie Levine,
Levittown U.F.S.D.-S.A.D.D. Advisor; Robert
Emery, Plainedge S.A.D.D. Advisor.
Back row left to right: Fred J. Neist, Frank
Procaccini, Principal of Island Trees High
School; John Rager, Bethpage High School;
Debra Roben, Island Trees High School .
S.A.D.D.; Tina Whitton, Island Trees High '
School S.A.D.D.; Robert Flohr, Island Trees
S.A.D.D.; Edward Bierhanzl, Plaidedge High
School S.A.D.D.; and Kenneth Cahill, Linda
Adkins and Michelle Rysdyk all of Island Trees
High School S.A.D.D., Levittown.
Betting On The Ducks
Hempstead Presiding Supervisor Thomas S.
Gulotta has entered into an agreement with
Edmonton, Canada, Mayor Laurence Decore
under which the home of the 1983-1984 Stanley
Cup Winner would receive a product indigenous
to the home of the losing team. The playoff finals
will feature the New York Islanders against the
Edmonton Oilers, and the Islanders play their*
home games at the Nassau Veterans Memorial
Coliseum, in Hempstead Town (Uniondale).
Under the terms of the agreement, an Islander
victory in the finals would require the city of
Edmonton to ship a 400 ppund calf to Hemp­stead!
An Islander loss would result in the ship­ment
of several dozen famed Long Island Duc­klings
to Edmonton. (Supplied courtesy of Joe
Zorn from Zorn's Poultry Farnis in Bethpage).
Supervisor Gulotta noted, "After four consecu­tive
and successive Stanley Cup wins, I feel it is
unlikely--that bur feathered'friiends will have to
journey northwestward. In fact, we are already
preparing signs which state "Here's the Beef...".
Of course, our agreement is done in the spirit of
fun and good sportsmanship, and I know both
Mayor Decore and I are extremely proud of our
respective hockey teams, which are having fine
seasons!!"
As an additional gesture of good will and
diplomacy, Gulotta has extended an invitation
for Mayor Decore to visit Hempstead Town and,
concurrently, view one of the Islander Playoff
Games. "We hope that Mayor Decore can find the
time to join us in Hempstead, and see, first-hand,
the tremendous support the Islanders receive
from their fans."
Edmonton and the Islanders tangled in the
playoffs last year, and the Islanders won in four
. A": /^3v^•j:%%^». >>w.
Hempstead Presiding Supervisor Thomas
Gulotta (left) is shown with Joe Zorn of Zorn's
Poultry Farms, holding one of some 65 Long
Island Ducklings which have been wagered by
Gulotta on behalf of the Islanders and a victory in
the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Gulotta describes the
cHaiicesoftheducksleavingLonglslandas'V^remoter.
straight! At the same time last year, Gulotta won a
10 pound prime rib from then Mayor C.J. Purves
in a similar "gentlemen's" agreement. Mr. Gulotta
donated the prime rib'to the A. Holly Patterson
Home in Uniondale.
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