Bethpage-Tribune_1994-05-27

              YOUR OFFICIAL HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER
Serving Bethpage, Island Trees, Plainedge, Seaford, Old Bethpage & Plainview
VOL 27 NO. 21 MAY27-JUNE2, 1994 25 CENTS
ANTI-GRAFFITI:
A PRIORITY IN BETHPAGE
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Assemblyman Philip Healey (4th from right) is shown at the Bethpage
Anti-Graffiti presentation. The mural in the background was painted
by John Sacchitello to show the difference between graffiti and art
and to bring awareness to the public of the need for marine
preservation. Also shown (from left to right) Councilman, Len Kunzig;
Co-Chairman, Ronda Lamprecht; Assemblyman Healey; John
Sacchitello; Chairman of the Anti-Graffiti Committee, David Lamprecht
and Assemblyman, Mark Herbst.
TWO BETHPAGE STUDENTS
EXCEL IN COLLEGE
Excelling in both the academic
and athletic realms in high school
is a noteworthy accomplishment.
It seems almost impossible to
juggle both in colleges as compet­itive
as Pace and Harvard. But two
Bethpage High School graduates
— Kathy Eastwood and Michael
Agrillo—have done just that.
For two consecutive years, 1989
and 1990, Bethpage High School
had the honor of having two of
their students recognized for their
students recognized for their
outstanding academic and athletic
records as part of the EAB/News
12 Scholar/Athlete program. From
there, Eastwood went on to Pace,
and Agrillo to Harvard, and both
went on to meet and surpass the
standards for excellence they had
set in High School.
Eastwood, who graduated from
high school in 1989, maintained a
3.84 average and made the Dean's
List, while playing on an intram­ural
volleyball team, until she
graduated from Pace last May. She
is now employed as an accountant
for Ernst and Young, one of the
six biggest accounting firms in the
country.
Eastwood said she discovered
that she wanted to be an
accountant as a result of her.
participation in Pace's cooperative
education program during her
junior year. Based on her average
and a successful interview, she
was placed in the tax department
of Prodigy where she earned a
salary and learned what it was like
to be in a business environment.
Eastwood was involved in many
aspects pf college life. She was a
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BRICK BY BRICK
Memorial Day...a time to get together and have outdoor gatherings
or perhaps venture to the beach. Shoppers flock to the stores to
take advantage of Memorial Day Weekend sales and of course many
take part in local parades. While these actlvites are all Important and
special to each of us they truly are not the main purpose of the day.
This day should be one in which we all pause for a moment and
remember our Veterans. These brave men and women poured their
patriotism and dedication Into the foundation for which this country
is built upon. A foundation stronger than brick which was molded
by each and every soldier. I myself do not know the anguish of War
first hand. I can only sympatize with how those men and women
felt leaving their homes and heading into battle. Some never came
home...others will never be the same again.
To truly understand what It means to be a Veteran I suppose you
must be one. No books can be read, no documentaries can be viewed
that could even skim the surface of what these brave men and women
must have been going through. How can you understand how it feels
to lose a. ifellow soldlerlf you have not? How can: you understand
how it feels to lose a limb if you did not?And how can you understand
how it feels to have a family member die In battle if you have not?
Our veterans understand and they understand well. Friends who never
returned, injuries which never healed and yet all through it raged
the dedication and love in each soldier's heart that kept \him going.
A dedication and a committment that meant so much and has been
passed down to each of us.
No one likes War; in fact most who have gone through one pray
that they will never see another. Yet it is these Wars and the brave
men and women who particapted in them should be admired and
never ever forgotten. To give your life for your country...to be maimed
and hurt fighting for the what you love and believe is plainly and
simply HEROIC. It is to these men and women that we owe the most
heartfelt gratitude and admiration.
So while you partake In your sumptuous B—B—Q, or shop to your
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I AM YOUR FLAG
Some people call me Old Glory, others call me the Star Spangled Banner, but whatever they
all me, I am your Flag, the Flag of the United States of America. Something has been
bothering me so I thought I might talk it over with you, because it is about
you and me.
I remember some time ago people lined up on both sides of the street
to watch me parade, proudly waving in the breeze. When your daddy
saw me coming, he immediately removed his hat and placed it against
his left shoulder so that this hadn was directly over his heart -- remember?
And you. I remember you. standing there straight as a soldier.
A You don't have a hat, but you were giving the right salute.
_ * Remember little sister? Not to be out done, she was saluting
SS»V. the same as you with her right hand over heart — remember?
^ % What happened? I am still the same old flag. Oh, I have a few
i\\\\\W more stars since you were a boy. A lot more blood has been shed
\\\\\u "»«IW since those parades of long ago. But now I don't feel as proud as
k™\\tt\\\\liiii. ^ I u s e d t o - W n e n ' c o m e d o w n v o u r street you just stand there with
*lUu\\\\\^^. your hands in your pockets and I may get a small glance and then
Lfcvw '^fcyou look away. Then I see children running around and shouting. They
__ ^ M M I V U I U I U . ^ don't seem to know who I am - I saw one man take his hat off
to£UM|^*m\UU\\ft]mfc^ and then look around. He didn't see anyone else with their hats
^ * * * ^ e V * » » . .. ^ ^ ^ off- s o n e quickly put his back on.
^ ^ U H ^ U H I U B W ^ •* is a sin to be patriotic anymore?_Have you forgotten what
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nmuti^ __ I stand for and where I have been? Anzio. Guadacanal. Korea,
Vietnam. Take a look at the memorial honor rolls some time. You will see all those brave
men who fought for me and the Republic and never came back. When you salute me you are
actually saluting them.
Well, It won't be long until I'll be coming down your street again. So, when you see me,
stand straight, place your right hand over your heart -- and I'll salute you back by waving
and displaying my stars and stripes in honor of you and all those who fought for me and
what I stand for.
I know that you remember I am and always will be YOUR FLAG. "Submitted by suiu Finamor*
IWE SALUTE Y O U I Today, wo pay tribute to those Americans of our armed forces who have given their lives in the line of duty.
Their great sacrifice is our everlasting sadness...their memory our everlasting pride. Let us on this Memorial
Day and every one to follow, remember their deeds, their courage and their dedication to our country.
THANK YOU.