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VOL. 22 NO. 10 January 13-19,1989 20 CENTS
Winter Entertainment
at Old Bethpage Village
Visitors are invited to catch a
glimpse of some humorous ways that
19th Century Long Island Islanders
amused themselves when "Winter
Entertainment" is held at Old Beth­page
Village Restoration on Sunday,
January 15, from 1 to 4 p.m.
Nassau County Executive Thomas
S. Gulotta said that the entertaining
anecdotes of Dr. William Valentine,
a popular 19th Century humorist, will
be re-created with a few of his original
stories which truly tipify the humor
of our ancestors. Gulotta added that
the program's selected material will be
taken from several of Dr. Valentine's
boofcs., ^piib.Usbi^^d. Jn the T|iid-19ili...
century. %
A Magic Lantern Show, a fore­runner
of today's motion pictures, will
be shown in the Manetto Hill Church
at 2 and 3 p.m. A fiddler will be fea­tured
at the Noon Inn, and approp­riate
parlor music will be performed
on the antique oak organ in the Lay-ton
House. Hot chocolate will be
served to keep everyone warm at this
special time of year.
Old Bethpage Village Restoration,
operated by the Museum Division of
the Nassau County Department of
Recreation and Parks, is located on
Round Swamp Road, Old Bethpage,
one mile south of the Long Island
Expressway, exit 48. The winter hours
are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday-
Fridays, and Sundavs, Ihe Village is
closed on Mondays and Saturdays
duriiig January and-.Feb*uary*Admi£-
sion is $4 for adults, $3 for Nassau
residents and $2 for Senior Citizens
and children ages 5-17. Parking is free.
For further information, call 420-
5280.
Dr. Robert Sunshine
Pioneers Kidney Treatment
Dr. Robert §iinshine, a urologist
with a practice at 4277 Hempstead
Turnpike, Bethpage, has been named
an Associate on the staff of Island
Medical Associates, a new out-patient
office at 618 Broadway in Amityville
that is equipped with the only
approved bathfree Dornier lithotrip-tor
on Long Island, and one of only
two such machines in the state. This
state-of-the-art lithotriptor is more
than 90% successful in treating
patients with kidney stones in only one
visit, thus making surgery or hospi­talization
unnecessary.
Dr. Sunshine is one of 31 Long
Island urologist who have privileges
to use the machine. Dr. Sunshine had
received his M.D. degree from the
University of Monterrey Medical
School, Mexico, in 1977. He com­pleted
a two-year residency in general
surgery at Long Island Jewish Medical
Center in 1981, and a four-year
residency at MouHt Sinai Medical
Center in New York City in 1985. He
was board-certified in urology in 1987,
and he has been in practice with Long
Island Urological Associates in Beth­page
since 1985.
Three local hospitals have Uthotrip-tors.
One hospital utilizes the older,
wetbath method to pinpoint and
dissolve stones, and they are not as
successful. Also, the wetbath method
is difficult for patients because it
requires them to be immersed neck-deep
in water. (The other two hos­pitals
use lithotriptors that are con-iidered
experimental because thev are
not FDA-approved).
"The new HM4 Dornier lithotriptor
allows the patient to rest comfortably
on a water-filled cushion," Dr. Sun­shine
said. "Concentrated sound
waves are then generated by the
machine which shatter kidney stones
apart. The new lithotriptor has greatly
reduced the need for conventional
surgery in the treatment of kidney
stones. It has made kidney stone
removal safe, with less pain, and is
more and more economical for the
patient."
The incidence of calcium-based
stones has doubled over the past
twenty year; about one in ten people
suffers from them, usually between the
ages of 35-60. In Bethpage, an esti­mated
1,600 current residents will
develop kidney stones in their lifetime.
Men are more than twice as likely than
women to develop kidney stones.
Congratulations!!
CHRIS CASTLE of Bethpage is all smiles on Christinas Eve. He became
the winner of the HO Electric Train Set that was raffled off at Matty's Deli,
205 Broad#ay, Bethpage. It was the second year in a row that the Deli provided
Bethpage youngsters with a free chance to win. Good luck with the trains
Chris, and try to keep them away from your dad!
To all our caring, unselfish folks who did so much for the needy during
the Holidays just passed,
passed.
From the school superintendent, principal, postmaster, newspaper publisher,
businessmen, parents with youngsters, teenagers and lastly the mother with
baby (wrapped warmly in his blanket (little Patrick Mitchell), who joined
our Rotarians, braved the elements and for over 50 long hours stood out
there at King KuUen, ringing the Salvation Army bells. Your services brought
in over $2,500 bettering last years collection. To aU our compassionate family
folk who daily filled our boxes with food and groceries at King KuUen Market
for the less fortunate among us; we are so very grateful. We should be proud
in knowing our efforts helped 70 needy families with clothing, food, aiid
monetary support. To all you generous folks who contributed so many gifts
of clothing, toys and other material items at the Seamens Bank, which has
always come through so handily and the Norstar Bank, which not only supplied
gifts but also bell ringers; a banner year for those institutions and their
managers, both Rotarians. And of course, a special thank you to always
supportive King KuUen's Manager. Your Bethpage Rotary Club, and especially
Charlie Mitchell, who yearly organizes these projects — thank you from the
bottom of our hearts.
Bethpage folks are and always have been most supportive and generous
whenever the call and need arose ~ going back to '55 and the storms that
destroyed so many New England communities. That time, the less than a
year old club adopted the old Colonial town of Munson, Massachusetts which
had been devastated and early cut off from outside assistance.
Remember how you collected furniture, clothing, food and medical supplies
for the hard hit little community, and funds also, and how we were your
messengers of mercy? And how we returned there by plane with your Christmas
gifts for not only the children but the community at large, to complete our
work and your generosity - carrying out the Rotary pledge of Service Above
Self? You showed your humaneness then and it persists today.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU