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VOL. 5 No. 50 Thursday, October 21, 1971 10c per copy
County Expands Methadone Facilities
Nassau County Executive Ralph G. Caso hoists United
Fund of Long Island flag outside County Executive
Building heralding start of 1971 United Fund campaign
which will continue through Dec. 2. Taking part in
ceremony are Deputy County Executive Thomas G. De
Vivo, campaign coordinator, and Robert E. Harrison,
(1) assistant campaign director of United Fund of Long
Island. Theme for 1971 campaign, whose goal is
$4,000,000, is "If You Don't Do It, It Won't Get Done."
County Executive Ralph G.
Caso has announced the ex­pansion
of facilities for the
Nassau Drug Abuse and Ad­diction
Commission's methadone
maintenance program.
"While this physical
enlargement will allow the
commission to increase the
number of heroin addicts in the
methadone program, it also will
enable us to increase the quality
of essential ancillary services"
Caso said.
The methadone clinic was one
year old on Wednesday, the day
Caso officially opened the larger
quarters. It opened in three small
rooms - 800 sq. ft. - above the
former ambulance garage on the
grounds of Nassau County
Medical Center.; The entire 3,000
sq. ft. garage now has been
-08«v«&eti iiito offices for the
program's ancillary services.
These services include individual
and group counseling; vocational
- and educational guidance and job
placement for the client and
individual and group counseling
for the client's family. There
currently are 122 former heroin
addicts in thfe program.
"Ancillary services are the
real treatment" said Clyde R.
Collins, the commission's
executive director. "The drug
commission's concept of
methadone use isn't one of a
'soup kitchen.'
"We stress the importance of
careful selection because we see
methadone as a palliation, not
treatment. Merely dispensing
methadone won't enable a heroin
addict to become a productive
member of the community. It is
the ancillary services- social and
psychological--that offer the best
long-term hope for the addict and
for society."
Because physical space at the
clinic was limited during the
program's first year, ancillary
services could only be offered at
the commission's main office at
214 Glen Cove Road, Carle Place.
Many methadone clients and their
families found themselves unable
to make maximum use of them.
The expanded facility has
enough space to accommodate
the entire methadone staff. The
full-time professional staff in­cludes
a physician and six
registered nurses. .The part-time
professionals are a pharmacist,
psychiatrist, social worker,
vocational guidance counselor
and a job placement counselor.
Additional staff members include
two former addict counselors,
two secretaries and a security
guard. A
Persons in the program are
more than 18 years old, have
histories of years as "street
addicts", have records of
criminal and other anti-social
behavior and have failed in other
treatment modalities. Of the 122,
64 are working, six are in school
and seven are housewives. Total
admissions numbered 151 during
the program's Rrst year of
, operation.
Plainview Arts Festival
Books Three Top Acts
"MEET SAL MOSCA NIGHT", Bethpage youths were recently invited to
Councilman Sal Mosca's headquarters and instructed by him in wn govern­ment
and politics. From left to right: Mark Comerford (kneeling), Ed
Diugukencky, Joe Smith, Ralph Dona to. Councilman Mosca, Doug Aloiso, Rob
Kane, Mark Richards and Steven Sessa. Photo by Jerry Augusta
Celeste Holm, the Broln
Chechoslovakian Folk Co. on its
first North American tour, and
popular folk singer Tom Paxton
are the exciting acts booked for
the Plainview-Old Bethpage
Public Library's Fourth Annual
Performing Arts Festival.
Celeste Holm, the charming
musical comedy star and
Academy Award winner (Gen­tlemen's
Agreement) will open
the festival on Saturday,
November 6 at 8 p.m.
Celeste Holm's program,
"With Love & Laughter'?" With
(he help of Wesley Addy, a large
piano and a small dog, plus the
writings of such well-known
people as George Bernard Shaw,
Oscar Hammerstein, Phyllis
McGinley, Margaret Mead,
Anouilh and many others, she
explores this provocative
question in prose, poetry, song
and dance.
The library scored a real coup
in signing up Broln, the exciting
Czechoslovakian Folk Company,
which is making its first North
American tour. Broln is a scin­tillating
ensemble of thirty-five
dancers, singers and musicians,
dressed in the brilliant regional
costumes of Southern
Czechoslovakia, who sing, play,
dance and whirl Czardas,
Slovakian dances, Moravian folk
songs, Hungarian-Rumanian
melodies and Carpathian folk
songs. A smash hit all over
Europe, Broln comes to Plain-view
Saturday, December 11 at 8
p.m.
The Rock Encyclopedia says,
"The trouble with Tom Paxton is
that ne's been too good too long
and people take him for granted
in u way they never would it he
had appeaiv ' m the scene for the
first time ever in l%9. In 1964 he
may have been singing along
with other folk singers that his
lady was u wild flying dove, but
he was also doing a good deal of
singing journalism with 'What
Did You Learn in School Today?'
and "Daily News'. His 'Lyndon
Johnson Told the Nation' an­ticipated
President Johnson's
unpopular period by several
years. He is easily music's
wittiest singer." The provocative
Mr. Paxton will be with us
Saturday, February 5 at 8 p.m.
Tickets are now on sale at the
library which is at 999 Old
Country Road, Plainview. The
library telephone number is WE
8-0077. Series tickets are $12.50.
Individual tickets are $5 ] for
adults and $3 for students under
21.
All performances will be held
at the Plainview-Old Bethpage
Senior High School starting at 8
p.m.
Beautiful Leaves
Can Be Dangerous
Nassau Police Commissioner
Louis J. Prank warned motorists
this week that fallen leaves can
cause dangerous highway con­ditions.
"While Nassau's tree-lined
streets are a joy to behold each
Autumn". Frank said, "the fallen
leaves, especially when wet.
cause slippery road conditions,
and motorists must be extra
cautious."
He also warned motorists to
beware of small children hiding
in large piles of leaves. "There
have been tragic cases where a
motorist has driven through a
pile of leaves in which a child had
playfully concealed himself."
Frank also urged parents to
warn their children against
playing in piles of leaves.
"Homeowners can help remove
some of I he danger by spreading
leaves over a larger area in
shallow piles." Frank suggested.