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VOL. 19 NO. 46 Week of Feb. 21 - Feb. 26,1985 20 cents per copy
A New Citizen "i-co
Crisis
Network
Bowl For Kids
Carmen James U.S. Citizen
On Friday, February 8, 1985, Miss Carmen James, a
former citizeil of Chile was sworn in with ninety other immi­grants
as a Naturalized United States Citizen in a solemn
ceremony at the Supreme Court in Mineola.
Watching respectfully and proudly were her friends and
colleagues from the John F. Kennedy Junior High School in
Bethpage. They include James Bove, John Downey, Karyn
Ficalora, Deborah Kiesel, Nikitas Renieris, Andrew Shack,
Todd Goldberg, school photographer; Ms. Debra Fierstein,
Resource Room Teacher; and Mrs. Charlene Bove, Parent
Representative. Also in attendance were Carmen's mother
and godmother. During the ceremony Judge Oppian singled
out Carmen and her 'little family'.
The ceremony included the Boy Scouts of America
explaining the history of "Old Glory"; Senator Skelos
addressed the new citizens, and Ladies of the Revolutionary
War along with veterans of World War land II added their
comments. Naturalization and what was to be expected at
the court house had already been explained to Carmen by
Social Studies teacher Mr. Nemeroff and Ms. Firestein. At
theclpse of the program, Mr. Bernstc*" Public Relations
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Hempstead Presiding
Supervisor Thomas S.
Gulotta today announced
that he will host a confer­ence
of various local and
state officials during the
week of February 25th in
order to establish an Emer­gency
Crisis Communica­tion
Network (ECCN).
Gulotta said the need for an
ECCN was amply demon­strated
this week by the lack
of notifications and com­munications
generated by
LILCO during the major oil
spill in Island Park.
"It became painfully clear
this week that the Long
Island Lighting Company
has failed to establish an
effective, prioritized system
of communications and not­ifications
in the event of
emergencies," Gulotta said.
"I believe that we must now
step in to coordinate the
groundwork for an effective
network of communications
and notifications in the
event of future emergencies.
Our conference in the next
several days will be the
initial steps towards estab­lishing
such a system."
Gulotta noted that the
Town should have been a
top-priority notification in
the event of environmental
emergencies, such as Mon­day's
oil spill, since the
Town maintains several
departments which provide
vital services in these areas
(Conservation and Water­ways,
and Highways for
example) and has a pool of
supervisors and workers
within minutes of any poten­tial
disaster site. "And, yet,
with the obvious need to
quickly notify the Town,
LILCO never directly noti-
• fied the Town during the
recent oil spill. Surely, a bet­ter
system must be estab­lished
and made mandatory
for the utility to implement.
We intend to do just that in
the weeks ahead."
The Presiding Supervisor
will summon the following
organizations and/or repre­sentatives
to the conference:
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On Sunday March 10, between the hours of 12 noon and 5
P.M., the Big Brothers and Sisters of Nassau County will
be holdings its 4thannual BOWL FOR KIDS' SAKE at the
Sheridan Bowling Academy on Jericho Turnpike in
Mineola. The New York ISLANDERS will be sending
down a number of players on this date who will also be
bowling to help the program raise funds. Already pledging
their support to the event are John Tonelli, Clark Gillies,
and Bryan Trottier, all of whom are honorary board
members of Nassau County Big Brothers/Sisters. The
ISLANDERS' involvement last year helped to make the
bowlathon a huge success, with the program raising over
$25,000. - on this day alone. Eleven members of the team
turned out for last year's event.
Anyone interested in participating in the event is encour­aged
to call the Big Brother/ Sister Program at 489-7440. Big
Brothers and Sisters will then send you a sponsor sheet on
which you will sign up people to sponsor your score for 2c,
5(5, 10(p, or more, for each point you score in the one game
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1985
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