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VOL. 35 NO. 44 Wednesday, November 9, 1988 35c PER COPY
Courtrooi" Dedicated Cancer Detection Program Announced
Nassau County Executive
Thomas S. Gulotta today
announced that the installa-tion
of new mammography
equipment with the most
advanced technology obtai-nable
is now complete,
enhancing an existing
County initiative to provide
affordable mammographies
to all residents in Nassau.
The new equipment is
located at: Freeport-
Roosevelt Health Center in
Freeport and the Plainview
Health Center in Plainview.
"This is another major
step in our comprehensive
County outreach program to
promote the early detection
of breast cancer," Gulotta
said. "By utilizing this mod-ern
equipment in our public
health centers we are ensur-ing
that no woman will be
denied a mammography
On Wednesday evening
October 19th the dedication
of the High School Court
Room was held. This joint
effort on the part of the par
ents and the school will
result in a cite for our Mock
Trial Team and a Seat of
office for our student court.
The High School PTA
organized the evening so
that dignitaries, community
leaders and staff were
involved. Presentations of
National County and Town
Hags highlighted the even-ing.
Judge Raymond Har-rington,
a long time resident
of East Rockaway, provided
the key note address while
Judge Arthur Eiberson,
husband of Foreign ^ n -
guage teacher Freda Eiber-son
presented the court with
an official gavel. Dignitaries
who joined us for the even-ing
were State Senator Dean
Skelos, Assemblyman Greg
Becker Observer Editor
John Hambel, an alumnus
who represented Congress-man
Norman Lent, Deputy
Mayor Anthony Santino
and Brian Meyer, who
represented the local chap-ter
of the V.F.W.
The ceremony was held in
the Court Room which was
built by Michael Risolo and
Pat Vecchio so that all could
see the fruits of their labor.
Hempstead Seniors
To Gather
Lynbrook North Travels
To Philadelphia
On Thursday October 13,
the seventh grade at Lyn-brook
North travelled down
the New Jersey turnpike
with five teachers and the
school principal to visit Phil-adelphia.
Arriving at the his-toric
section of Philadelphia
at 10 a.m., the class was met
by five costumed guides
ready to conduct a guided
tour of Benjamin Franklin's
city of Brotherly Love. Our
morning walking tour
included visits to Carpen-ters'
Hall, Library Walk, the
Liberty Bell, Independence
Hall, Betsy Ross House and
many other sites in the histo-ric
area.
At 1:00 p.m. lunch was
provided at the district
courthouse cafeteria. Stu-dents
and teachers dined on
courses ranging from ham-burgers
and french fries to
roast beef and mashed pota-toes.
The lunch was included
in the cost of the trip.
After lunch the group
returned to the buses for a
short trip across town to the
Franklin Institute Science
Museum. Opened in 1934,
the Science Museum was the
first push-button museum of
science and technology in
the United States. North's
seventh graders could be
found walking through a
room sized replica of the
human heart and lungs,
conducting physics experi-ments
with sound and grav-ity,
sitting in the cockpit of
a jet airplane, or viewing a
simulated solar eclipse.
Thie class arrived home
safely at 7:30 p.m.,
exhausted but exhilarated
by the day's activities and
learning encounters.
The Town of Hempstead
Department of Services for
the Aging, along with the
Roosevelt Field Merchants
Association will hold a very
special Hempstead Senior
Day at Rt>osevelt Field on
Tuesday, November 29,
beginning at 10 a.m., Presid-ing
Supervisor Joseph N.
MondeUo announced today.
"It will be a wonderful day
out for all our senior resi-dents,"
MondeUo said, "with
every town resident over 60
years of age invited to
attend."
The day will be filled with
entertainment at the mall,
provided by the Savings of
American Band, along with
light refreshments, gifts, and
discount coupons which are
provided by the mall's
merchants.
Limited transportation to
and from the mall will be
offered at each senior center,
or residents may choose to
arrive independently.
Supervisor Gregory P.
Peterson said, "The Depart-ment
of Services for the
Aging works especially hard
to offer unique programs to
our vibrant senior popula-tion.
I especially want to
thank the Roosevelt Field
Merchants Association for
undertaking this effort."
For more information
about Hempstead Senior
Day at Roosevelt Field, con-tact
the Department of Ser-vices
for the Aging at 485-
8100, or call the senior center
nearest your home.
Remember, in the Town of
Hempstead, the fun. begins
at 60!
because of cost." Gulotta
noted, that in addition to the
new equipment, the County
Executive's Women's Advi-sory
Council is in the process
of developing a comprehen-sive
brochure on the early
detection of breast cancer,
which will be distributed
throughout the County early
next year.
The fee for a mammo-graphy
will be on an 'ability-to-
pay' basis, with the max-imum
fee set at $55.00.
Each center will provide
mammographies for as
many as 20 women a day.
The clinics will be staffed
with physicians and a nurse
practictioner, under the
supervision of the Nassau
County Department of
Health. A certified radiolo-gist
will read all x-rays. In
addition to the low cost
mammography, patients will
receive a breast examination
and be taught breast self-examination.
Results of the mammo-graphy
will be forwarded to
the patient's private physi-cian.
Patients who do not
have a private physician will
be given the opportunity to
register as a Health Center
patient. Follow-up counsel-ing
will be provided to all
patients.
"Early detection is cur-rently
the best weapon
against breast cancer. I am
determined to make that
weapon available to every
woman in this County,"
Gulotta concluded.
Residents desiring further
information on the Breast.
Cancer Awareness Program
should contact the Nassau
County Department of
Health at 535-3410.
Grist Mill Committee
Relaxes
by Mildred Roemer
Food Drive at St. John's Church
by Irma Kaempf
Although St. John's Luth-eran
Church, Lynbrook col-lects
food for the needy each
Sunday on a year-round
basis, a special drive is also
made each Thanksgiving.
Again this year, the
members of the congrega-tion
will be collecting food,
which will be placed in the
chancel area beginning Sun-day,
November 6th - there
to remain until the Thanks-giving
Eve Service 8PM
Wednesday, November
23rd. We invite you to wor-ship
and give thanks that
evening, as well as help fill
our chancel.
Most welcome would be
donations of cereals, pow-dered
milk, canned meats,
fruits, soups, vegetables,
peanut butter, pasta, pud-dings,
jello, etc. All items
will be gathered each week,
placed in the chancel and
ultimately taken to the L.I.
Council of Churches Emer-gency
Food Center in Rock-ville
Centre. Why not cele-brate
Thanksgiving by
helping those among us who
are less fortunate?
SEATED IN the front row,
left to right, are Mary Gip-son,
Mildred Roemer, Flor-ence
Eaton, Che Belt, and
Anthony Bell. In the baclc
With closing-up chores
for the old Grist Mill about
completed, the Committee
relaxes for a dinner to weigh
last season's progress in the
Museum and any shortcom-row
are Carol Ft Titti,
Veronica Sympson, Carol
Gilmuray, Rosemary Krull,
Barbara Baltera, and Olive
Benardello. Members who
ings that could be improved
upon for the 1988-89 year.
It was agreed that the "pro-gress"
during the Anniver-sary
celebration was great
and a big effort will have to
could not attend included
Vincent and Gloria Christi-ano,
Robert Sympson, and
Paula Yasenchak.
be made to "top" that one.-
..but new, interesting ideas
are already in the offering,
so East Rockaway residents
should be watching.