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VUL. 23 NO. 23 Celebrating OLII 23rd Year APRIL 20-26, 1990 CnlebratiiiQ Out 23;d Yaa! 25 CENTS
John K. Dahi of Levittown recently
celebrated 25 yeajrs of.Hervice withi
Grumman Corporation. Dahl is an
assistant to the vice president in the
F inance Department for the Aircraft
Systems Division.
I Ellen A. Swicicki of Bethpage recently
: celebrated 25 years of service with
Grumman Corporation. Swicicki is a
lead woman in the Small Steel Parts
Department for the Aircraft Systems
Division.
ADay to Celebrate our
Farth...sounds ludicrous
but the F.arth Day tradi­tion,
which started in 1970,
has truly catight on. When the youth
oi" our town started this concept some
twenty years ago it was thought of
as a extreme almost radical idea.
Today it is an important tool to
heighten public awareness as to the
important environmental problems
and concern we all face.
Two decades later, the Town of
Oyster Bay has planned there Earth
Day festivities for April 21, and April
22. Three separate activites are
planned which Town residents are
encouraged to participate in. On April
21 and 22 a plastics recycling collec­tion
will take place at the Town's Old
Bethpage solid waste disposal com­plex
between the hours of 8:30am and
4 p.m. These items will be collected
by the recycler and used to make new
items and plastic products.
On Saturday there will also be a
S.T.O.P. (Stop Throwing Out Pollu-
A WEEKEND OF ACTIVITES
TO INSURE A SAFE AND
HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT
tants) collection v^hich will he licki ai • resulentN ot iho iniptntamA- o! rcc>-
John Burns Park in Vlassapequa frofn | cliuu. conscrxanon aiul pnittuioii
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Residents arc asked ! control.
t{^ bring hazardous household items
to be discarded (o the collection site.
And the final bit ol celebrating uill
take place at the beautiful Iheodore
Roo.sevell Memorial Park on April 22
for Family Conservation Dav. Excil-
Our land. s^.-a atui waicr aio icsoi-.t-
CCS vvhicli arc lrul\- taken ior ij[r;inicd.
I lie\' are rcsoiirces vKhich cati he
destroyed and uiiich can run out. I liai
is unless we do sumelhiug about it
NOW! Farth Dav is the first of many
The thousands ofBctivities which are planned throughout
America reflect the overwhelming support we all have
in preserving and enhancing out environment.
ing environmental programs and
exhibits will be available for the entire
family to view and participate in. The
event will begin at 11 a.m. and end
at 5 p.m.
Events in other Town as well will
be taking place to celebrate this
important day with activities ranging
from garbage collection in Massape-qua
to sidewalk sales in Babylon. And
each Town participates with the same
purpose. To educate and inform
steps which have to be taken to insure
our children'.** generation and their
children's generation of the same
beautiful beaches and the same lush
land as we have been privileged to
have. Recycling is certainly a step in
the right direction. Pollution control
and conservation are also necessary
in preserving the earths qualities and
beauty. Get involved in Earth Day!
They're your oceans, it's vour land and
your air...IT'S YOUR EARTH DAY!
Nassau Counlj Comptrolier Peter T
King recently presented an Award of
Appreciation to Carmine Miranda of
Bethpage for donating four pints of
biood in the past year. Mr. Miranda
is a I iehl Auditor in the ( omptroller's
office.
The Nassau County Department of
Health has issued an alert to all
Nassau County doctors lo be espe­cially
aware of the occurence of
measles in their patients. A mailing
has been sent to all physicians in the
Countv.
" 1 he recent occurrence of luo
confirmed cases of measles m unim-nmni/
ed children frt>m the Hispanic
Wcstbury community has led us to
believe additional cases will occur. We
are concerned about a j)otenliul
outbreak in this area." said Di. John
B. Branche, M.D.. I .A.A P.
All residents are reminded ol the
new two dose measles \accifuuion
requirement in schools and colleges.
Beginning September L 1*^90. all nev^
kindergarteners must ha\c tuo dt*scs
ol the mcii^les \accine beiore entennju"
sclu)ol. 1 his new two do^e [H)!ic> is
dc>igned to produce inununity ni an
estimatfd 2-10'( \Kho do not develop
immunity Irom the li lose gi\en ai
LS months oi age.
Alter Scptcmbei 199 , an> siudcnt
in guides I tluougli 12 bosn a!lei
.lanuarv L \^)^5 uiil be lequiied to
ha\e i\M) di>scs ol the measles vaccine
New iinmuni/ation requucment
will also be phased in lor college
students in the lallo! 1990. I hose born
after )anuar\ 1. 1957 will be icquued
'o denuMisirate pjuol ot irnmunit) to
measles, nuunps, and lubella. Proof
ol immunity must include a moa.^le^
\accine that was adnnnisieicd altei
-lanuarv 19S(), ot documented prior
histoiN ol measles disease, 1 his neu
tequumeni will be phased m over two
\eafN, allectmy all heshmen and
sophmotes in August !99() ;UH1 all
other undergraduate and graduate
studcnis in .Xuuust 1991.