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VOL. 22 NO. 22 October 1,1987 to October, 7,1987 20 cents per copy
MarchingBand
Festival Coming Up
by Michelle Kramer
If you hear the constant beating of a drum, the toot-toot
of a clarinet or see children practicing steo styles in the street,
don't be alarmed, this in only a sign that it is again maching
season for the Bethpage Marching Band Unit. The oand has
again been invited to participate in the Newsday Marching
Band Festival. It is the Silver Anniversary of this festival,
which now has almost 60 bands performing in it and the
festival will take place over a 4 day period. The marching
band unit from Bethpage has put a lot of preparation into
their presentation. The Band, along with the Junior Varsity
Kickline and the Varsity Kickline (a.k.a. the Golden Girls),
make up a marching unit of over 100 members. The drum
major of the band for the 87-88 school year is Brad
Astrowsky. The band officers are Linda Anselmo, Brad
Astrowsky, Chris Blades, Mary Higgins, Michelle Kramer,
and John O'Connor. The captains of the Golden Girls are
Louisa Ricotta and Li/ Gerken. All of these leaders work
together to try to make this one of the most outstanding
presentations that has ever been offered by this organiza­tion.
The director of their program is Mr. Fred Cohen. The
theme of this year's spectacular presentation is SALUTE TO
TH E SILVER SCREEN. The marching unit put in 3 intense
days of non-stop practice when it held its 4th annua! Band
Camp in Riverhead over the 18-20th of September. Both the
band and kickline worked separately and together for hours
on their presentations for the Newsday Festival.
The Marching Band Unit represents Bethpage at this
festival and it vou would like to show your support and town
spirit, phase call Mr. Cohen at 931-2900 ext. 335 to order
tickets for the 8:00 p.m. October 21 performance at Hofstra
Uni\ersit\ Stadium. Attending this event will provide you
with a unique opportunity to show your support of the
Marching Band Unit, to hear a multitude of tunes, both new
and old, and to view several original and fabulous presenta­tions
by the students of Bethpage High School.
Drunk Drivers To
Be Videotaped
Nassau County District
Attorney Denis Dillon has
announced that Governor
Cuomo has ordered State
Police in Nassau to begin
videotaping drivers who
refuse to take Breathalyzer
tests when charged with
drunk driving on the coun­ty's
parkways. The Gover­nor
acted in response to a
request from DA Dillon.
According to Dillon,
"Five years ago 1 asked Nas­sau
County Police to video­tape
drunk drivers. This has
proven very successful.
Since State Police account
for one third of all DWl
arrests in the County, it's
important to the prosecu­tion
of these cases that they
too videotape drunk
drivers."
"Filmed representatives
ot the accused's complexion,
facial expressions, muscular
coordination, speech patt­erns
and general physical
condition at the time in
question are convincing
proof of the average indi­viduals'
state of sobriety, it
will aid the prosecution of
DWl cases by providing sig­nificant
objective evidence
of guilt, encouraging guilty
pleas and speeding up dispo­sitions,"
said Dillon.
The DA said prior to
videotaping DWl defend­ants
who refuse the breatha­lyzer
test prosecutors were
left with only a Police Offic­er's
observatons. Jurors
were reluctant to conviction
on just this evidence. Today
with a videotape of the
driver the jury can see for
themselves the demeanor of
the alleged drunk drivers
and his or her ability to
complete a performance
test.
State Police, under the
Governor's direction, will
conduct the videotaping of
DWl detendants injust Nas­sau
County, If it's successful
it will be expanded through­out
New York State.
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A Half-Percheron Work Horse and driver tour
the Long island Fair Grounds at Old Bethpage
Village Restoration in preparation for the annual
Fair taking place Columbus Day Weekend,
October 9-12. A highlight of this year's Fair will
be an exhibition of prize winning full-bred draft
horses including Clydesdales, Belgians and Per-cheroas.
Other exhibits will feature the finest of
Long Island's agricultural produce, horticulture,
domestic arts, poultry and livestock. Visitors will
enjoy typical Nineteenth Century entertainment:
corn husking contests, magic shows, puppet
shows, brass band concerts, pony rides, stilt
walkers and an aviary of exotic birds.
Joint Nassau/Suffolk Police Program
Nassau County Executive Thomas S. Gulotta and Suffolk
County Executive Michael LoGrande have announced that
the two county police departments have launched a compre­hensive
program designed to address police matters which
transcend the two counties. Gulotta and LoGrande indi­cated
that this was the first time the two departments had
formally worked so intensely together on a regional pro­gram.
The joint endeavor is the result of efforts of Gulotta
and LoGrande to forge regional solutions to issues common
to both counties.
"Clearly crime does not stop at the County line," Gulotta
said, "and neither should our efforts toward addressing
Colby Nominated For
Supreme Court Judge
served as Q^'.' :r Bay Super­visor
sine". 1977 being
elected five times to the
supervisor's post. Colby
brings with him an extensive
legal background on several
levels of government as well
as 27 years as an attorney in
private practice.
" From 1975 to 1977 he held
the post of Oyster Bay Town
"Uniquely qualified" were
the words used by Nassau
County Republican Chair­man
Joseph N. Mondello in
endorsing the candidacy of
Oyster Bay Town Supervi­sor
Joseph Colby for Justice
of the New York State
Supreme Court during the
Tenth Judicial District
Nominating Convention
held on Tuesday, Sept. 22.
Supervisor Colby has (Continued on Page 8)
police protection." "This cooperative effort is the first in
what will be a series of joint programs among departments in
the two counties designed to address major issues affecting
both Counties, and it is an outgrowth of our meetings earlier,
this year, as well as follow-up by our respective staff
members," Gulotta and LoGrande noted.
"Through these projects we feel that new areas of coopera­tion
in fighting drug abuse, organized crime, white collar
crimes and violent criminal acts will be accomplished to the
benefit of all Long Island residents," LoGrande added.
The project, called L.LC.O.P.S. (Long Island Coordi­nated
Operation of Police Services) is aimed at closer coop­eration
between the two departments in areas such as
hazardous materials response, legal issues, traffic enforce­ment
issues, media relations and specialized task forces.
Top administrators from both departments have begun
implementation of a number of programs which will
increase communication to open the lines for an enhanced
exchange of information.
As an adjunct to the program, Nassau County Police
Commissioner Samuel J. Ko/.zi and Suffolk Commissioner
James Caples are maintaining open lines of communication
in dealing with problems on regional police matters.
The programs will include Hazardous Matrials transpor­tation
on Long Island roads; Emergency Response to a
bi-jurisdictional disaster; Police/Press relations; Legal
Seminar on topice of regional concern and Traffic Enforce­ment
such as DWl enforcement, school bus safety and seat
belt entorcement, all of which will be coordinated through
the departments' patrol force and highway patrols.