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VOL. 20 NO. H \^ Week of July 11 - July 17,1985 20 cents per copy
Central Generar
Honors Top
1984 Volunteers
"Since its beginnirig in 1971, Volunteer Pro­grams
have been the mainstay of our hospital
patients welfare" said Robert Bornstein, Admin­istrator
of the 300 bed facility in Plainview.
At a recent Volunteer Awards luncheon held at-the
Viennese Coach in Syosset, fifty-five citizens
were honored for their services for supporting the
professional medical staff of the hospital,
throughout the year.
Central General Hospital Director of Volun­teer
Services, Dolores Spanko, indicated that in
1984, the hospital Volunteers had given more
than 20,000 hours of time, with the top acclama­tion
going to Peggy Doheny (Plainview) for 7,700
hours contributed.
In all, Bornstein said, 180,650 hours of com­bined
volunteer services was contributed since the
prograiris inception drawing volunteers from. 15
communities served by Central General Hospital.
Thelma I^ewander (Hicksville) has served the
hospital for 7 years. And always in the same area
of the hospital—the maternity section.
"rm a senior citizen now, and proud of what I
can contribute relieving nurses and Lward clerks
with their Ijesspr tasks" she said.
Thelma^arrives at the hospital at 7 AM, 3 days
each Aveefc-for the past seven years. She has what
could,be; corisidered a permanent assignment in
the maternity section but knows she could be
re-assigned from this area to another oh a
moments notice. Volunteers hiust be prepared for
change.
Twenty Volunteers with the highest number of
service hours in 1984 were:
Margaret Myers, Plainview, 1,000; Ann Ritter,
Hicksville, 1,000; Ann Divino, Hicksville, 1,100;
Joan Gomez, Hicksville, 1,100; Mary Morosine,
Grumman Dedkates New Center
/Last month in Bethpage friends and family of
Bill Schwendler, one of the founders of the
Grumman Corporation, were joined by an enthu­siastic
crowd of some 200 Grumman employees at
the dedication ceremony of the Wiiliamj T.
Schwendler Engineering Development Center.
Mrs. WilliaLm Schwendler and Grumriian
Chairman Jack BierWirth unveiled a commenior-ative
plaque that will be placed on the new build­ing.
Schwendler, who died in 1978 at the age 0^74,
had been a resident of Farmingdaie. |
Keynote speaker at the dedication was Gi;ant
Hedrick,aformer member of the Grumman Cor­poration
board of directors and a retired Griim-
' man Aerospace senior vice president.
"This man was ah essential element in making
Grumman what it is today — an exceptional
engineering company. This is a fitting honor
because Bill Schwendler was a truly exceptional
engineer," said Hedrick.
The new 300;006 square-foot Schwendler build­ing
houses some of the most advanced equipment
and engineering technology in use today. Inside,
more than 800 people work on electronic manu­facturing
and test facilities, giant simulators,
advanced development laboratories, radar
receivers and transmitters, and computers.
Mrs. Williain Schwendler and Grumman Corporation
Chairman Jack Bierwirth unveil-a commemorative plaqiie
at the dedication ceremony of the new William T.
Schwendler Engineering Development Center on June 25.
Also in attendance were Grumman President George Skurla
(2nd R) and Executive Committee Chairman Joe Gavin (R).
1,300; Jules Peck, Roslyn, 1,3000; Shirley Se^al,
Jericho, 1,300; Gloria Bracken, Masspedua,
1,850; Eunice Geagan, ^Huntington Station,
1,850; Mary Zeterberg, Massapequa, 2,000;
Grace Rodono, Plainview, 2,100; Helen , Seigel,
Levittown, 2,345; Jo Kehne, Syosset, 2,385; Mar-!
ian Gingell, Plainview, 2,550; Lee Shaffer, Nc^rth
Massapequa, 2,650; Mary Lanna, Plainvipw,
3,500; Mary Ann Smudlick, East Meadow, 3,^00;
Sigrid Hipel, Plainview, 4,770; Thelma
Lewander, Hicksville, 5,200; and Peggy Doheny,
' Plainview, 7,700.
Anyone interested in becoming part of Central
General Volunteer Program is requested to call
Dolores Spanko, Director of Volunteer Services,
at681-8900, Ext. 2305.
Gulotta Rips LILCO Rate
Hempstead Presiding Supervisor Thomas S. Gulotta
today blasted the Long Island Lighting Company's proposal
to raise electric rates by a total of $68.7 million. In testimony
presented to the State Public Service Commission at a pub­lic
hearing in Mineola, Mr. Gulotta pointed out that LILCO
was granted a $155 million rate hike last year and said-that
"it is inconceivable that another increase should again be
inflicted on ratepayers."
The Presiding Supervisor said, "1 am calling upon the
Public Service Commission to scrutinize each and every
inflation-related expenditure proposed by LILCO, and to
carefully evaluate the rates of inflation forecast by LILCO.
A preliminary analysis-of LILCO's request has indicated
that if the propojsed increase is adopted, the cost of electric­ity
would rise from 11^6 cents/per kilowatt hour to 12.2
cents. This would place the cost of electricity for Long
Island's LILCO customers as one of the vf^os\, expensivein
the entire Country!! The sad truth is that Long Islanders
already pay among the highest utility bills in the en|tire
country and they should not be asked to pay still more at this
time!!" :
"Unfortunately, the PSC has become a 'rubber stamp' for
the rates requested by utilities. It is my view that the Public
Service Commission is serving the regulated and has fajled
to regulate. The Public Service Commission, in orientation
and outlook, is clearly sympathetic to the needs and des|res
of the corporations which provide for our energy needs ^nd
desires of the corporations which provide for our energy
needs and has sanctioned electric rates by virtue of whjich
Long Island customers are paying among the highest electric
bills in this entire nation. It is this Public Service Comrjiis-sion
which has granted the Long Island Lighting Company
unconscionable rate hikes and whose sympathy clearly^ies
in the direction of the corporate balance sheet and not the
budgets of our homeowners." j "
"While LILCO can propose rate increases, such increases
Michael Muhlbach of
Bethpage graduated this
year from St. John's Univer­sity
on May 19. A few days
before^graduation, Michael
was awarded special honors
for maintaining the highest
Academic Achievement
while at the same time par­ticipating
in sport.
Swimming has always
been an important part of
Mike's life since his school
days in Bethpage, going
back to the 7th grade. Along
the way, he has been the
recipient of many trophies,
and honors and we in-Beth-page
are proud to claim
Mike as one of our own..
Mike is presently working'
at Grumman Aerospace as a
Software Engineer.
can be imposed only by approval of the PSC. The Commis­sion
has the power to adopt, reject or amend any of the
company's proposals. An increase, if any, will be the doing
of this Commission and not that of LILCO. Without your
approval the rates can not be changed. 1 am calling upon the
Commission to withhold such approval. Long Island has
suffered enough," Mr. Gulotta said.
The Presiding Supervisor also pointed'qut that "in a very
real way, local residents are hit twice when utility bills rise.
First, they must pay more for electricity used in their homes.
Secondi they face increased taxes to finance higher munici­pal
energy bills. It's a vicious inflationary cyclethat will only
be stopped when the PSC stops rubber stamping utility rate
hikes requests."