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VOL. 20 NO. 6 Week of May 16 - 22,1985 20 cents per copy
Lobby In Washington For
Environmental Cleanup
Community residents involved in local environmental
quality canipaigns went to Washington, D.G. on May 8 as
part of a nationalcitizens'lobbyingday for passage of strong
Superfund toxic cleanup legislatidh.V
New York Community Action Network (New York
CAN) members Allan Lerner of Old Bethpage and Joan
Vecchione, of North Massapequa met with key staff
members of Congress and with the Assistant Administrator
of the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to
press for toxic cleanup legislative goals and to win prompt
and comprehensive remediation of local hazardous sites.
Working in cooperation with the National Campiaign
Against Toxic Hazards^ New York CAN members in the
area have been pressing for passage of the HR-2022 Super-fund
reauthorization bill, which would createa $11.7 billion
fund, which include a mandatory cleanup timetable for the
nation's worst sites, and Avould establish strict cleanup
standards to erisui^e proper rerhediatiori of sites. .
The New York CAN visit to Washington was a follow-iip
to the group's participation in a three-hour meeting in New
York City with EPA Regional Administratbr Christophef J.
Daggett oil MariBh 22; Nie\^
Mr. Daggett's ofTice has informed them that cleanup^tivi-ties
at one local priority site, Ciaremont Polychemicals at
Old Bethpage^ would not commence at least untill 989.
The Washington lobby day included visits Syith the EPA
and with staff from the offices of Senators Robert Pack-wood
of Oregon and Robert Dole of Kansas. Mr. Lerner
and Mrs. Vecchione also met with Dr. Charles Richman, the
environmental specialist for Senator Daiiiel P. Moynihan,
and Jan Edelstein, minority staff counsel for Rep.,Norman
F. Lent's subcommittee handling the Superfund issue.
Dr. Richmari and Ms. Edelstein were urged to take steps
to help bring about passage of strong Superfund legislation
which would be at least as strong as the $10.1 billion bill
sponsored by Rep. Lent which passed the House of Repre­sentatives
last August.
New York CAN members are planning an Island-wide
"Superfund Forum" in cooperation with the League of
Women Voters and the Sierra Club on Tuesday, May 28 at 8
p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hicksville. State and
federal officials have been invited to attend.
For further inforniation about the Superfund Forum and
the community campaign to win passage of strong Super-fund
legislation, New York CAN's Long Island office may
be reached at #691-5565.
Regional EPA Administrator Christopher J. Daggett
(second from right) meets in New York City EPA office with
statewide NYC AN delegation, including (from left) Mary
and Richard Haney, Sandy Hills, Annie Brown, Esther
Ernst of League of Women Voters in Westbury, Joan Vec­chione
of North Massapequa, and (far right) Williani
Steinmetz of Bethpage.
Alumni
News Farade Preparation Time
Miss Kathleen M.
Mooney, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs, John Mooney of
Sycamore Avenue, Beth-
^j3^ge,^jyias successfully^ cbm-ipleted
tlie lOOO'fiour'^technf-cal
course in cosmetology at
the Uhissima Beauty Insti­tute.
Her studies are a pre­requisite
for, the forthcom­ing
State licensing exam and
she has already received her
temporary license. Kathleen
preifiously completed; the
requirements for an Asso­ciate
degree in Liberal Arts
at SUNY Farmingdale in
1983. Her extra curricular
activities at SUNY centered
on participation with the,
divingteam where she quali­fied
both years for the
Nationals.
A t . Bethpage High
School, Kathleen graduated
with the class of '81. There
• MEMORIAL DAY
Monday, May 27,1985
The "Bethpage Memorial
Committee," chaired by
Chairman Charles Schwarz,
consisting of Butehorn Bros.
Post #4987 VFW; Archie
McCorjd Post #86, Amerir
can Legion; Archie McCord
Auxiliary Unit #86; Beth­page
Fire Dept. and the
Bethpage Fire Dept. Auxil­iary;
^Iso associate members
the Senior Citizens, K of C
and the Columbiettes, has
been meeting once a mc in
since February making
plans and organizing for
the MEMORIAL DAY
PARADE, tp be held on
Monday, May 27th.
The Bethpage Schools
will have 4 bands in the
parade to^accbmpany the
rmany«^oJga«iii^a^
ing; To mention a few: tittle
League; Bethpage Panthers,
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts,
PBC, Senior Citizens,
Women's Club, and many
others will be participating
in the Parade and Ceremo­nies
after the Parade at the
Bethpage Community Park.
"Memorial Day" Services
will be held at the Methodist
Church on Broadway, at
8:00 A.M.
Assembly time foir the
she demonstrated during
Varsity swimming her apti­tude
as a diver. In 1981, she
placed #1 in Nassau County
diving for girls.
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And it's free! A
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You get a complete report
suggesting what energy
im|)rovements to make and
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you'll be shown approxi­mately
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Parade will be at 9:30 AM
for each participating orgari-ization
at their: assigned
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Step-off time "for the.
parade will be 10:00 AM and
will proceed North on
Broadway, led by the Vete­rans
organizations and the
Bethpage Fire Dept. All
other organizations join the
.parade as it passes: their
assembly point.
When the leading units
reach Benkert St. they will
turn leift and proceed to
Stewart Ave. At this point
the parade will make a right
turn and will proceed north
on Stewart Ave. to the
Bethpage Community Park.
The parade will not disband
but will assemble at the
Monuments and the Flag
Pole for the Memorial Ser­vice
and placing of wreaths.
The speaker for this cerem­ony
will be Town Council­man
Angelo A. Delligatti.
The Ceremonies will end
with the sound of "TAPS"
and a .Salute by the Firing
Squad.
In case of rain and the
parade has to be cancelled, a
blast of the Siren or Horn at
Fire Hdqrs. will be sounded
at 9:25 AM. The Ceremo­nies
planned for the Com­munity
Park will be held in
the Bethpage High School
Auditorium at 11:00 AM.
. .^All residentsjbf Bethpage
are inviteid to come put and
view this parade held in
honor of our departed
veterans.
The last meeting before
the parade will be held at the
Legion Hall on Washington
Street on Tuesday, May 21st
at 8:00 PM. Final details of
the parade will be disclosed
at that time. Any organiza­tion
that wishes to partici­pate
should attend this
meeting.
Silver Sword A ward
Oyster Bay Councilman Kenneth S. Diamond (second
from left) presents a citation to Robert J. Bornstein, admins-trator
of Central General Hospital in Plainview, who was
the honoree at the 1st Silver Sword Cocktail Party spon­sored
by the LOng Island Division of the American Cancer
Society. On hand to join in the tribute were Dr. Seymour D.
Ritter (left) of Jericho, a DivipJast president, and Dr. Ray S.
Crampton of Syosset, a national delegate and Division past
president. Bornstein has been a member of the Division's
Board of Directors since 1979 and currently serves as vice
president. He has served on many committees including the
Oyster Bay District Committee where he has played an
important role in the development of units and programs in
the area.