Bethpage-Tribune_1984-10-18

              BETHPAGE OLDBETHPAGE
ISLAND TREES PLAINEDGE
PLAINVIEW
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VOL. 19 NO. 29 Week of Oct. 18 - Oct- 24,1984 20 cents per copy
Vote "Yes" For Grumman Opens New
Hydro Power Corporate Center
County Executive Francis T. Piircell urged county voters
to vote "Yes" to approve a local law creating the Nassau-
County Public Utility Agency. The local law will appear on
the ballot on Election Day, Nov. 6.
The local law, passed on Feb. 27, 1984, by the board of
supervisors at PurcelPs request, sets up the necessary mecha­nism
for the county to purchase its share, of whatever cheap
hydroelectric power becomes available next year from the
Power Authority of the State of New York (PASNY).
"People in Buffalo, who are customers of Niagara
Mohawk Power Company, pay one of the lowest electric
rates in New York State, while we pay one of the highest,"
Purcell said. "The principal reason for the differenceisthat'
water is a lot cheaper than oil."
Purcell said that three upstate utilities — Niagara
Mohawk, New York State Electric and Gas, and Rochester
Gas and Electric —which provide electricity to about a thrid
of the state's population, are able to buy cheap hydroelectric
power from PASNY. This water power is produced by two
large networks of dams reservoirs and generating plants on
the Niagara and St. Lawrence Rivers near the Canadian
border, and is supplemented by nuclear power.
On the other hand, Purcell said, LILGO must rely exclu­sively
on much more expensive imported oil.
Purcell said PASNY's contracts with the upstate utilities
and 50 municipal utilities, signed decades ago when hydrop-ower
was no cheaper than oil, begin expiring next year. He
said that PASNY has proposed a plan to redistribute its
cheap hydroelectric power more equitable to benefit all the
state's residents, but that any county which wants a share of
whatever hydroelectric power more equitabley to benefit all
the state's residents, but that any county which wants a share
of whatever hydroelectric power becomes available must
create a public utility agency to bid on it and buy it! Among
the municipal utilities now using PASNY power are Free-port
and Rockville Center.
Purcell said that there are many unanswered questions
about how much hydroelectric power will be redistributed,
and how much will come to Long Island. He said that these
questions must be answered by the state legislature, but that
the county must have the agency in place to get its share.
Purcell said the agency will exist only on paper.
"It vyill be composed of county employees who will receive
no extra pay. It will cost the taxpayers nothing It will not
benefit LI LCD," Purcell said. "lis sole function will be to buy,
cheap hydroelectric power from PASNY, rent private utility
lines to deliver it, and sell it to LILCO, which might then be
able to,reduce or stabilize its electric rates to reflect its
cheaper fuel costs."
Purcell said the local law appears at the top of the ballot
alongside two state propositions.
New York State Gover­nor
Mario Cuomo was the
guest speaker at ceremonies
dedicating Grumman Cor­poration's
new corporate
headquarters center on Ste­wart
Ave., Bethpage.
The $28 million, 320,000-
square-foot building addi­tion
is a complex of three
new structures connected to
the existing headquarters
building by a central atrium.
John C. Bierwirth, chair­man
of Grumman Corpora­tion,
said, "This new com­plex
is bricks-and-mortar
proof of our commitment to
Long Island. Grumman has
faith in its fiiture and our
future is right here on Long
Island based in Bethpage."
The complex is built on a
25-acre site and will house
2,000 employees ^including
the heads and executive
staffs of Grumman's major
operating units, plus admin­istrative
and support ser­vices
personnel. Total size of
the four buildings is 530,000
square feet.
The addition was
designed by the noted archi­tectural
firm of Hellmuth,
Obata and Kassabaum of
St, Louis, Missouri.
The most striking feature
of the complex is previewed
from the glass facade of the
main entrance: a three-story,
skylight-covered
atrium curving among the
buildings, linking the four
structures together at its
central corridor. The four
buildings vary in height,
from three to four stories.
the tallest being 45 feet. The
complex measures 615 feet
in length by 378 feet at its
widest point.
Construction was begun
on September 1, 1983, and
the first tenants took occu­pancy
in early August 1984,
with completion scheduled
for late fall. Financing was
arranged through an indus­trial
development bond
issue floated by the Nassau
County Industrial Devel­opment
Agency.
Roaring lion^
Bethpage Man Arrested In
Insurance Fraud
A 24 year old Bethpage
man was arrested in Hicks-ville
on October 12 and
charged wijth Insurance
Fraud First Degree.
Anthony V. Laterza, a
Land Developer, of 246 8th
Street, had allegedly made a
claim with an Insurance
Company that his vehicle
had been stolen, in an
amount exceeding $1,500
dollars. He was also charged
with the unlawful possession
of a V.I.N, plate for a 1965
Chevrolet Corvette. Both
charges are felonies.
Nassau Community College football coach Jim Weinman
(r.) (of Huntington Station) discusses winning strategy with
(I. to r.) John Aaron (of Old Bethpage), Kevin Graham (of
Wantagh) and Larry Trumino (of Massapequa) as the foot­ball
Lions launch their first season on their new home field at
beautiful Mitchel Park, adjacent to the College's Mitchel
Field campus. The NCC Lion's have one horr;c^j;ame
remaining: Saturday, Nov. 3 at 1:30 p.m. versus Chowan Jr.
College. In addition, on Monday, October29 at 7;30pjii. the
Lion's will be hosted by Hofstra at the Dutchmen's nearby
stadium.