Bethpage-Tribune_1984-06-21

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BETHPAGE AGE PLAINVIEW
ISLAND TREES PLAINEDGE SEAFORD
VOL. 19 NO. 12 Weekof June 2127,1984 20 cents per copy
Towed Away
To Impound
Today Major Raymond F. Shalvey, Com­manding
OlTicer of Troop "L" of the New York
State Police, announced a new towing and
impound policy for illegally parked vehicles.
Effective immediately, all vehicles parked ille­gally
along the State Parkways in Nassau and
Suffolk Counties in the beach areas, will be issued
summonses and towed to a State impound yard.
With the cooperation of the New York State
Department of Transportation and the Long
Island State Park Commission, certain areas have
been designated as impound yards. All vehicles
that are towed to the impound yards will be at the
owners'expense.
A special squad of State Troopers will be
assigned to this detail, in conjunction with the
regular patrols in^the beach areas,-to deal with this
seasonal problem. The Troopers will use the ser­vices
of authorized tow agencies, whose trucks
will be on hand to expedite the removal of illegally
parked vehicles in the designated Tow-A-Way
Areas.
Major Shalvey further stated, "Regretfully, this
course of action is necessary, but hopefully, under
this new policy the motorists will be more inclined
and encoiiraged to pay the fee and use the desig­nated
parking fields in the beach areas."
TOBAY Joins
NYSPIN
The Oyster Bay Town Board announced that
an agreement between the Town of Oyster Bay
Bureau of Conservation and Waterways and the
New York State Police Information Network
(NYSPIN.) has been authorized.
The agreement authorizes the State Police to
act as the State agency responsible for providing
telecommunications to the Town's Bureau of
Conservation and Waterway. The information
would be furnished upon the request of the
Town's Harbor Patrol during the Bay Constable's
regular patrol and enforcement duties on all the
Town's waterways.
NYSPIN participants have access to criminal
history files and repositories in all fifty states.
Criminal history record information received
by means of the NYSPIN system is not probable
cause to arrest or detain an individual such infor­mation
must be verified and corroborated before
an arrest can be made.
Oyster Bay would join the Town of Hempstead
in using their computer terminal device. Inquiries
emanating from the Town of Oyster Bay would be
processed through the Hempstead terminal and
then relayed to the State Police computer center.
Dedicated..^
To A Dedicated Man \
V
Leo Schottland, his wife, Harriett; daughter
and son-in-law, Bonnie and George Johnson,
admire the. plaque to be mounted at the entrance
to the meeting room at the Bethpage Public
Library, hereafter to be known as the "Leo Schot­tland
Auditorium." Dedication of the room in
honor of Leo took place at the library on Sunday,
June 10. The inscription on the plaque, provided
by the Rotary Club of Bethpage, reads: "In Grate­ful
Recognition of His Service and Devotion to
the Bethpage Public Library and Community". .
A reception in Leo's honor that Sunday after­noon
was short on ceremony and long on good
cheer and entertainment.
The Banjo Rascals, a musical group consisting
of three banjos, a trombone and a tuba, enter­tained
with the nostalgic melodies of a bygone
era. Refreshments were provided by the Friends
of the Bethpage Public Library, a group which
Leo helped found and has headed for many years.
Fellow members of the Bethpage Rotary Club
and many friends stopped by to visit with Leo,
shar a cup of wine and sing some old songs...their
way of offering recognition to an autstanding
member of the community.
Principal Earns Award
Mr. Anthony Ducato, Principal of the John F.
Kennedy Junior High School in Bethpage, was
presented with an award at the annual Academic
Awards assembly held at the sjchool in mid June.
£very year each PTA unit chooses to honor an
individual in their district who has contributed a
great deal to the welfare of children and youth of
the community. The award is an Honorary Life
Membership in the New York State PTA and a
donation made in the awardee's name to the Jen­kins
Memorial Fund for Teacher Education. This
is the very highest honor a PTA unit can bestow
on an individual, and this year the J.F.K. PTA
chose to present the award to Mr. Ducato, who
has worked in the Bethpage schools for 30 years.