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BETHBOCE
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also serving
Seaford Old Bethpage Plainview
VOL. 21 NO. 20 Week of August 28 - Sept. 3,1986 20 cents per copy
Senior Tax Relief
Bill Now Law
Hew Police Hellicopter For Nassau
Senator Norman J. Levy
(R,C-Merrick) announced
that legislation he co-sponsored
aimed at provid­ing
Nassau County senior
c^izens with more meaning­ful
real property tax relief by
raising the current income
eligibilty level for the 50%
Homestead Tax Exemption
to $12,025 from $10,500 has
been signed into law.
Levy, a ranking member
of the Senate Aging Com­mittee,
explained, "The need
for more realistic maximum
income eligibility levels for
real property tax relief is
underlined by cost of living
increases in Social Security
and pension benefits which
places a large number of
senior citizens, many of
whom live on fixed incomes.
beyond the current limits for
real property tax relief."
Levy further explained
that by raising the income
eligibility level for the 50%
Homestead Tax Exemption
to $12,025, seniors with
incomes up to $15,025,
would also be able to receive
property tax relife, on a
graduated basis, up to the
50% level.
"Seniors citizens have,
through their efforts and tax
dollars, created the com­munities
which we all take
pride in today and they are
certainly deserving of any
and all tax relief which can
help them conserve their
financial resources--
allowing theni to stay '\n the
homes and communities
they love," stated Levy.
A new "bird" has joined the Nassau County
Police Air Bureau, based in a Grumman hangar at
the foot of 9th Street and Railroad Avenue in
Bethpage.
Faster, more powerful and larger than the other
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With summer coming to buses,
an end and schools ready to Drivers are remmded that
re-open next month, motor- New York State law requires
ists are urged to be extra them to stop when
cautious and doubly alert approaching a stopped
near schools and school school bus from either direc-cmwur
tion when the bus' red lights
are flashing.
The police department
has developed several safety
tips for parents, children
and drivers:
1. Motorists should exer­cise
extreme caution when
driving near schools and
school buses. Children
attending school for the first
time, as well as older child­ren
excited about returning
to school, sometimes do not
observe safety precautions
when crossing streets.
2. Parents should teach
their children the meaning
of traffic lights and signs and
warn them to cross only at
intersections.
3. Children should be
taught the importance of
obeying school crossing
guards.
4. Parents should show
their children the safest
route to and from school.
The safest route is not
always the shortest route.
5. Children should wear
light colored reflective clo­thing
at night, and bicycles
should be properly equipped
with reflectors on all sides.
6. When driving down
residential streets be pre­pared
for a child chasing a
ball or a child walking out
behind a parked car. Always
check behind your car
before backing out of a
driveway.
Nassau County Executive
Francis T, Purcell has
invited the public to look,
over the shoulders of county,
commissioners and depart­ment
heads during the week
of Sept. 15 and ask ques­tions
about their 1987
d e p a r t m e n t a l budget
requests.
From Monday, Sept. 15,
through Friday, Sept. 19,
interested citizens may visit
any of the county's depart­ments
during normal busi­ness
hours, 9am to 4:45pm
to get a full explanation of
the department's 1987 fiscal
plan from the commissioner
or his chief budget officer.
Departmental budget
requests are submitted to the
county executive for review,
possible adjustments and
final approval.
Purcell plans to hold an
afternoon and evening pub­lic
budget meeting during
the first week in October to
listen to citizens' comments
and recommendations
about the 1987 budget.
The county executive
must forward his 1987
budget to the board of
supervisors by Nov. 10. The
board must hold a public
hearing and adopt a budget
by Dec. 15.
Persons interested in
reviewing a department's
budget should call the coun­ty's
Budget Offlce at 535-
4266
helicopters, this Bell Long Ranger gives the Air
rescue operation a wider dimension. It carries two
litters and provides two emergency medical tech­nicians
room to work in the air as they go about
life support duties.
It carries monitoring equipment and an elec­tronic
and an electronic "heart thumper,*' an
automatic CPR machine. The greater size of the
aircraft also provides capacity for modern infant
isolettes.
"This versatile aircraft is a great, new addition
to our service to the people of Nassau County,"
Commissioner Samuel J Rozzi said. It has the
ability to use the helipads at any of the hospitals in
the county.
"Most importantly, the two litter capacity elim­inates
agonizing decisions at scenes, of accidents
where there might be two seriously injured peo­ple.
We can now take both directly to a hospital,"
The chopper was built in Fort Worth, Texas, at
the Bell Plant, Two Air Bureau Police Officer/ Pi­lots,
Chief Instructor Richard Hamann and Chief
Pilot William Hensinger brought the aircraft to
Bethpage, after taking a 3-day familiarization
course in its operation. The flight took 20 air
hours over a two-day period.
It can fly at speeds in excess of 130 miles per
hour, and depending on its load, can stay in the air
more than three hours. Its range is between 300
and 400 miles.
Bethpage Jewish Cemmmity
Unites With Cemty
On September 21st, Barry Farber, well known radio talk
show personality, will address the Jewish community via an
exclusive simultaneos tele-conference call, to Bethpage &
forty-four local towns & neighborhood across Nassau.
This will be part of the **Ne$hoiiios (souls) Across The
County" project of the Nat'l Committee Furtherance of
Jewish Education of Nassau County, designed to unite the
community in an evening of concurrent gatherings of learn­ing
and Jewish awareness before the High Holidays.
The program from 6:30 p.m.-8:00p.m. is free of charge.
Rabbi Anchelle Perl, the Committees director, urges all to
call 516 935-3636 for more details