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VOL. 28 NO. TO MARCH 10-16, 1995 40 CENTS
BETHPAGE FIRE DEPT.
GOMES TO THE RESCUE
TO EXTINQUISH LAB FIRE
On Thursday, February 23,1995
at 7:55pm the Bethpage Fire
Department's dispatcher began
receiving numerous calls report­ing
heavy smoke coming from the
vicinity of Hazel St. The alarm was
activated and units started to
respond.
First to arrive at the scene were
2nd Assistant Chief Peter Bianco
arid Acting Chief Gregory Patsos.
They found fire coming from the
front of the Mel Sobel Microscope
Laboratory located at 17 Jeffrey
Lane.
First arriving Engine 9044 imme­diately
pulled a handline and
began an interior attack
on the fire. Engine Company 7
pulled a second and third handline
and Engine Company 5's crew
pulled the fourth.
While Ladder 3 and Rescue 3
with the assistance of Squad Co.
4 began to ventilate the build­ing
to release the high heat and
smoke.
Firefighters were forced to evac­uate
the building as the roof began
to collapse. The fire was brought
under control in approximately
one hour. Minor fire damage was
reported to the two attached
businesses.
The Bethpage Fire Department
was assisted by companies from
the Hicksville, Plainview, South
Farmingdale, Levittown and North
Massapequa Fire Departments.
Over 100 firefighters were on the
scene for 5 hours overhauling the
structure. One firefighter sus­tained
a minor injury.
The fire is under investigation by
the Nassau County Fire Marshal's
Office and The Nassau County
Police Department Arson Squad.
The 1995 Bethpage
St. Patrick's Day Parade
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1995 Grand Marshal Rev. John Murray
Immediately after 12:30 Mass at St. Martin of Tours Church
Featuring the
Tara Pipe & Drum Corps AOH Division 15 Massapequa
American Legion Pipe Band
St. Joachim's Fife and Drum Corps
Bethpage Fire Department
Pancake Breakfast 9-11:30 AM
St. Martin's
After Parade Gala Parly 3-7 PM
Knights of Columbus
Call Kevin McCabe at 935-5595 for info
Bethpage Water District Urges PataKi
To Restore Funding for
Drinking Water Regulation
William Ellinger, Commissioner
of Bethpage Water District today
urged New York Governor George
Pataki to include the funding for
drinking water regulation that was
excluded from the state budget
released on February 1.
The funding, which totals
approximately $3.6 million, is
required by the state health
department to comply with
increased federal drinking water
standards. The state health
department, in conjunction with
the Nassau and Suffolk county
health departments, currently
provide the most comprehensive
drinking water regulation in the
nation, said Mr. Ellinger.'
If the money is not forthcoming,
then the state may be forced to
surrender certain water supply
regulatory functions to the federal
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), said Ellinger.
"The EPA in Washington is an
overworked, understaffed bureau­cracy
that would not be able to
adequately handle the job of local
drinking water regulation," said
William Ellinger. "We are hopeful
that the new administration in
Albany recognizes this fact and
moves swiftly to include the fund­ing
in the new budget. It is money
well spent."
He added that the Bethpage
Water District is supporting the
Long Island Water Conference's
lobbying effort on this issue.
The Long Island Water Confer­ence,
established in 1951, consists
of water supply professionals
dedicated to providing and main­taining
an adequate and safe water
supply system. Conference
members include the Island's
major purveyors of public drinking
water; consulting engineers; attor­neys;
manufacturers and contrac­tors
related to water supply; and
officials of governmental regula­tory
agencies.
Cadette Troop 3123 Takes Ribbon At
Festival of Trees
Cadette Troop 3123 of Bethpage
won third place in the elementary
student division of the Ginger­bread
and Chocolate Houses cate­gory
at the sixth annual indoor
Long Island Festival of Trees. For
the sixth consecutive year thou­sands
of children and adults
admired this three day extrava­ganza
Thanksgiving weekend
featuring hundreds of designer
decorated trees, wreaths and
centerpieces, plus a village of-chocolate
and gingerbread
houses.