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YOUR OFFICIAL HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER
Serving Bethpage, Island Trees, Plainedge, Seaford, Old Bethpage & Plainview
VOL 28 NO. 5 FEBRUARY 3-9, 1995
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LOU ORFAN RETIRES
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Lewis JV YevolL (second left) presents
citation to Louis Orfan (center) in recognition of Orfan's retirement
as Attorney for the Bethpage School District for 37 years. School
officials, pictured left to right, are Superintendent David Nydick, Board
member Anthony Cotton and Board President Barry Albano. The tribute
to Orf an was attended by some 200 persons at the Woodbury Country
Club.
On January 12, 1993, the Beth­page
School District celebrated
the retirement of Louis N. Orfan.
Colleagues, community leaders,
friends and family came to honor
this extraordinarily gifted man,
who during his 38 years of service,
earned a reputation for his elo­quence
and his expertise in the
area of educational law.
Louis N. Orfan graduated from
Newtown High School and went on
to New York University only to
have his undergraduate studies
interrupted when he was inducted
into the U.S. Army in 1943. He
joined the 80th Infantry 3rd Army
Blue Ridge Mountain Division and
saw action in Alsace-Lorraine,
France. Upon his honorable dis­charge
in 1946, Lou Orfan
accepted a post with the United
Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Association in Paris. He served as
a Surplus Supply Procurement
Officer and helped to facilitate the
World War II Relief effort.
When Mr. Orfan returned to the
States he completed his under­graduate
work at New York Uni­versity
and went on to Indiana Law
School. He was admitted to both
the Indiana and New York Bar
Associations and began practic­ing
law in New York in the mid 50's.
After a brief tenure with Allstate
Insurance, Mr. Orfan was
appointed to Bethpage as the
school district's attorney in 1957.
He served in Bethpage until
December 31, 1994.
Mr. Orfan also served as school
district attorney for Jericho (1968-
1994), North Shore (1980-1990)
and Locust Valley, and gained
notoriety for the Carpenter vs.
Locust Valley case which was
ultimately decided by the New
York Court of Appeals. The deci­sion
won by Mr. Orfan helped to
clarify regulations regarding
teacher tenure through prior ser­vice.
Despite his demanding sche­dule
as an attorney, Mr. Orfan
found time to contribute to his
community through service on the
Town Board of Ethics and the
Anti-Drug Commission.
Mr. Orfan has been happily
married to his wife, Nancy, for
almost 40 years. They are the
parents of three successful child­ren.
John, age 27, recently passed
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Dune Stabilization Project Helps to
Save Our Beaches
Despite cold temperatures and
threatening skies, more than 300
volunteers participated in the 7th
annual Christmas Tree Recycling/
Dune Stabilization Project at
Tobay Beach on January 21,
according to Town Councilman
Thomas L. Clark.
"This year's dune stabilization
project was one of the best ever,"
stated Councilman Clark, who was
one of the participants. "Even the
cold temperature, strong wind and
the threat of rain or snow didn't
deter our dedicated volunteers
who, along with Town workers,
'planted' more than 5,000 recycled
Christmas trees in the dunes, as
well as 25,000 stalks of dune grass,
a new addition to the dune stabil­ization
project."
The Councilman went on to say
that the Town collected a total of
10,180 Christmas trees in four
separate S.O.R.T. recycling col­lections.
Of those, 5,605 were
"planted" in the dunes while the
remaining 4,575 were chipped and
will be made available to residents
Another element which added to
the success of the dune stabiliza­tion
project was the many organ­izations
who donated services or
products. "Every year, we have
had a number of businesses and
community groups that have
donated services or products for
this project," Councilman Clark
stated. "This year, thanks to the
generosity of the Village of Mas-sapequa
Park, the Hicksville Fire
District, the Fox Hollow Inn, Frank
M. Flower & Son, the Nassau East
Kiwanis and BCI, Inc., volunteers
were fortified with clam chowder,
hot chocolate, coffee, tea and
donuts. Also, Kramer Co. donated
Port-A-Johns.
T.O.B. Residents May Soon Be Able
To Choose Their Cable Company
Town of Oyster Bay residents
may soon become the first on
Long Island to choose between
two available cable vision systems,
it was announced by Town Coun­cilman
Louis G. Savinetti.
"Since the new FCC rules went
into effect in September 1993,
many Cablevision subscribers
have complained about increases
in monthly cable bills," Council­man
Savinetti stated. "It has
become increasingly clear that
federal regulation has not lowered
cable rates or improved program­ming.
My fellow Town Board
members and I believe that com­petition
will. Certainly, having a
choice is always preferable to
having a monopoly, even a sup­posedly
regulated one.
"To that end, we're exploring the
possibility of an additonal fran­chise
agreement with Liberty
Cable Television,," the Council­man
continued. "It appears that
Liberty Cable, which Intends to
transmit programming via
NYNEX;s fiberoptic telephone
lines, can offer a variety of pro­gramming
options at a reasonable
rate."
Councilman Savinetti went on to
say that at this time, the Town is
carefully scrutinizing Liberty
Cable Company, which now com­petes
with Time Warner for the
New York City market. He noted
that Liberty's current basic ser­vice
appears to be very compet­itive
with what is offered in Cable-vision's
"Family" package. He
added that Peter O. Price, the
president of Liberty Cable, has
indicated that if the company is
granted a franchise by the Town,
it will be able to start offering
service in designated areas of the
Town in the very near future.
"At this early stage, it looks like
a promising opportunity for Oys­ter
Bay residents," Councilman
Savinetti commented. "Bringing
Liberty Cable Television into the
Town would promote free market
competition. The time, has come
for residents to have the freedom
to choose the cable company they
believe will best meet their pro­gramming
and service needs to
the best price. I see this as a very
positive step."