Bethpage-Tribune_1992-01-24

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VOL 25 NO. n January 24-30, 1992 25 CENTS
Maia Gaiti Honored for 25 Years of Service
to the Bethpage Woman's Club
At their December meeting -
Marge Saum presented Maia Gaiti
with flowers. The Womans Club
honoied Maia for 25 years of hard
work and decicated service to the
club and the community. Her
membership began December 10,
1966, and after her two year term
as President (1979-1980), the
nominating committee requested
that she extend her term in office
for another year to co-inside with
N.Y. State Federation of Womans'
Club officers. Maia graciously
accepted, and she is the only
president to have served a 3 year
term.
Among her many accomplish­ments
she has chaired and served
on every committee the club has
to offer, including Community
Improvement , Education & Fine
Arts, Ways & Means, and Publicity.
Maia had also extended her inter­est
and untiring dedication on a
state level, serving on the NYS
Federation Womans Clubs- reso­lution
Committee & Chaired the
Public Affairs Dept. Her personal
talents shine through her painting
and photographs which have won
awards on a district and state level.
The Womans' Club Is very proud
to have Maia as a member and look
forward to her continued service.
TOB Clerk's Office
Has New Evening Hours
As in years past, the Oyster Bay
Town Clerk's office has scheduled
evening hours to accomodate
residents who are not free during
the day.
"This year the Town Clerk's
Office will remain open until 7:30
p.m. on the Second Tuesday of
each month," announced Town
Clerk Carl Marcellino. "We
selected these dates because
there Is no conflict with religious,
national or Town holidays."
Mr. Marcellino said that two staff
members will be available in both
Town Hall South and Town Hall
North on the designated dates to
issue Special Beach Permits,
Senior Citizen Beach Permits,
Parking Permits, Dog Licenses,
Shellfish Permits and State Hunt­ing
and Fishing Licenses.
Town Hall North and Town Hall
South will both be open until 7:30
p.m. on the following Tuesdays in
1992; February 11, March 10, April
14, May 12, June 9, July 14, August
11, September a, October 13,
November 10 and December 8.
SUMMER SUN
SHUT DOWN
On January 16 a Bethpage bus­iness
Summer Sun, which oper­ates
as a so called Sun tanning
salon, was shut down and two
women were arrested on various
charges which amounted to 2
misdemeanor counts and 1 felony
count. The arresting officers were
Detectives Anthony Fiore and
Ronald Cianfrogna both of the
Vice Squad.
These type of massage parlor
arrests happen quite frequently
and are very often fronts for
various other illegal operations.
The two women who were arrested
were charged with unlawful prac­tice
of massage, unlawful holding
oneself out as a massage therapist
and prostitution. The first charge
is a felony, as New York State
requires that all persons who
operate these type massage par­lors
have a valid massage license.
Just as a doctor is licensing to
practice medicine, massage ther­apy
is considered an occupation
which requires training and licens­ing.
The second charge is a type
A misdemeanor and states that
it is unlawful to solicit or advertise
using the word massage if in fact
no one is licensed to perform
massages. The last charge that of
prostitution needs no explanation
and resulted in charging the 2 girls
with a type B misdemeanor.
Although at the time of the arrest
the business was shut down, it is
not known whether the sun tan­ning
salon has reopened their
doors. Members of the Vice Squad
told us that this salon has been
under close watch for some time
and that there are many of these
type facilities in operation
throughout Nassau and Suffolk
Counties.
Nominations Being Accepted for
Senior Citizen of the Year
Nominations are now being
accepted for the Nassau County
Senior Citizen of the Year Award
for 1992, it was announced today
by Nassau County Executive Tho­mas
S. Guiotta. The County exec­utive
will present the Award at the
Department of Senior Citizen
Affairs' Annual Luncheon/Confer­ence
on May 15, 1992, at the
Marriott Hotel in Uniondale.
The qualifications fpr the Nas­sau
County Senior Citizen of X^Q
Year Award are:
(1 All candidates must be at least
60 years old and reside in Nassau
County.
(2 Employees of Federal, State,
County, Village or other govern­ment
offices are not eligible.
{3 Persons who have already
received the Award are not
eligible.
(4 Persons who have been can­didates
before, but have not
j received an Aware, are eligibli^ to
be renominated.
(5 Candidates should be individ­uals
who have demonstrated out­standing
concern for human
needs and community involve­ment
for any age group.
(6 Nominations must be submit­ted
on official application forms.
The panel of judge.*? will be
representatives from the Town of
Hwempstead, Departnent of Ser­vices
for the Aging; Town of North
Hempstead, Division of Senior
Citizen Affairs, department of
Community Services; Town of
Oyster Bay, Department of Com­munity
Services, Division for
Senior Citizen Services, and
members of the Advisory Council
to the Nassau county Department
of Senior Citizen Affairs. Judging
will take place on March 18, 1992.
in tact Bethpage's own Stella
Finamore as a recipient of this
prestigious award.