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Island Trees
Vol. 6 No. 3
Serving Bethpage - Ptainview - Island Trees - Plainedge - Seaford
Thursday, November 25, 1971
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Photos - In - The - News P l a n n m 9 Board States Its Goals
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^HJS^ULAItlJyBmOFHYPoeterBoy Kerry Fuller of
Uniondale accepts proclamation supporting the annual
fund drive of the Muscular Dystrophy Association from
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John W. Burke. Looking
on is Barbara DiCicco, treasurer of the Nassau County
Muscular Dystrophy Association. Burke's
proclamation noted that the Thanksgiving season
marks the opening of the MDA annual fund drive and
called for public support of its'fight against the
relentlessly crippling disease.
Young peopte from Plainview join with nearly
onethousand other Nassau County youth in helping to
dedicate the AHRC Steinberg Vocational Training
Center in Freeport last Sunday. The center is named in
honor of Saul Steinberg of Hewlett, an Associate
Chairman of the AHRC Development Program. Built
for $3,000,000, the Center is the largest of its type in the
United States.
Dr. Lawrence Ravich,
Chairman of the Oyster Bay
Town Planning Advisory Board,
announced this week that the
advisory board has adopted a
statement of planning goals and
objectives which are to serve as
the policy framework for
development of the Town's
master plan.
"The planning goals reflect the
means and methods whereby the
Town will be able to resolve its
major planning issues," Ravich
said.
Development of the finalized
statement began in the spring of
mis year when the Planning
Advisory Board and the Town's
professional planning consultant,
the firm of Raymond, Parish &
Pine, began a series of public
meetings wherein they outlined
proposed goals and objectives.
The purpose of those public
discussions was to present to the
people of the Town what the
Planning Advisory Board and the
consultant developed and to
obtain comments and feedback.
The finalized product is a result
of those public hearings and
numerous other meetings with
civic, school and community
organizations.
The statement provides an
outline of the goals and objectives
in areas ranging from the
residential environment and
housing through fiscal soundness
arid esthetic quality.
Opening remarks of the
statement reflect the Advisory
Board's thinking that:
••The Town of Oyster Bay is
essentially a residential com­munity
of the highest order. It
should grow in measured steps,
. in a coherent, balanced en­vironment
where ecology takes
precedence over economic
potential. It should provide
adequate housing and com­munity
facilities and services,
preserve its parks, and open
spaces, and provide commercial
development as needed by the
residents of me Town and em­ployment
opportunities fitting the
employment characteristics of
the local labor force/'
Ravich indicated that the
Advisory Board and the con­sultant
were grateful to the many
citizens who actively par­ticipated
in the planning process.
"The finalized statement reflects
many of the opinions and ideas
presented to us by these people,"
Ravich said.
Among the goals and objectives
added to the original proposal are
the following:
-To the maximum extent
consistent with sound fiscal
policies and with the service and
facility needs of the Town,
redevelop all shore fronts as open
space and recreation areas
through the elimination of any
non-residential uses which can be
located elsewhere equally or
-Support measures which
would contribute to the
elimination of oil tank trucks
from the Town's highway system
through the establishment of a
pipeline oil distribution system
consistent with all appropriate
environmental considerations.
-Evaluate the environmental
impact of every development
proposal of a scope sufficient to
cause it to potentially affect
appreciably the environmental
quality of the Town in general or
its surroundings, and especially
the quality of the Town's water
supply. Such evaluation should
take into consideration to the
fullest extant the public purposes
which eaCh such development
proposal is intended to serve and -
judiciously balance such con­siderations
against its purely
environmental aspects.
-Support the establishment of
an improved communication
system among all governmental
levels and all agencies external
to the Town whose activities are
capable of affecting the territory
of or interests of the residents of
the Town of Oyster Bay.
New Civic Group In Island Trees
The Civic Action Association of
Island Trees held its
organizational meeting at the
Island Trees Library earlier this
month.
The Association has been
formed according to a recent
statement, because concerned
citizens of Island Trees feel that
many of the problems faced in
this area have remained
unresolved. They feel ' this is
primarily due to the fact that
Island Trees encompasses parts
of different communities.
"This Association hopes to
become a voice to express the
needs of the community of Island
Trees and to unite all residents in
an attempt to find solutions to the
problems that are commonly
faced. Since there is at present no
organization that truly
represents all the citizens of
Island Trees, this Association
would like to become a moving
force for senior citizens, young
adults, returning-veterans, those
interested in education, taxation,
community beautification, or any
other common interest," the
statement concluded.
Kinks and Flying Bros
In Concert At Post
The Kinks, the British singing
group whose song hits include
"Lola" and "You Really Got
Me," will perform in concert in
the C.W. Post Auditorium at 8
p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2. The
Flying Burrito Brothers singing
group also is on the bill.
General admission to the
concert is $4.50; admission for
Post students is $3.50. Tickets
aree available in the college's
Student Center; Post is on
Jorthern Blvd. (Rte. 25A) in
Green vale.
Ticket information is available
at (516) 299-2814.
Abr. Kadabra! See what Merge*. Ike Magician, pulls eel<* his hat
w David Miranda, of 22t Seventh St.. Bethpage. Kathleen Monahaa.
of 48 Powell Avenue, Bethpage. and over a hundred other youngsters
look on with startled delight last Saturday at the Bethpage Public
Library. His performance climaxed a "Week of Magic , to
celebration of National Children's Book Week. November 14-21.
Winners of the week-long "Name the Magic Show" contest were
Beverly Gelfand and Michael Marcovlti. There wen try-outs for
amateur magicians during the week after school and the I J r r t i
were selected to go on stage with Morgan were Ten! Gullle, WlUtam
Glrolano. Eugene WeUberg. and Mark Sternberg.