Bethpage-Tribune_1998-10-09

              VOL. 32 NO. 42 October 9-15,1998 40 CENTS
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BETHPAGE NY 11714-3202
YOUR OFFICIAL HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER
Serving the Communities of Bethpage, Island Trees, Seaford, Plainedge} Old Bethpage and Plainview
BETHPAGE DAY: A DAY TO REMEMBER
If you were not at the Bethpage
Community Park on Saturday, Octo­ber
3rd you missed a fun filled and
very informative day!! A day when
you are proud to be a Bethpage resi­dent.
BETHPAGE DAY 1998!
I will tell you what you missed: The
PAL football players and cheerlead­ers,
as well as organizations, political
Leaders, Pastor Berry of St. Paul's
Lutheran Church, and Gary Bretton
proudly marched through town to the
Bethpage Community Park. PAL
celebrated homecoming and the fall
football season with continuous foot­ball
games at the park. Here we had
the opportunity to meet Legislator Ed
Mangano, Assemblymen Steven
Labriola and Marc Herbst. The display
of CLASSIC CARS was truly a won­derful
trip back in time to the special
days and events that were awakened
by their presence. The BETHPAGE
FIRE DEPARTMENT took the oppor­tunity
to show and tell the community
about fire safety with a wonderful dis­play
and the operation of the fire ap­paratus.
Maureen O'Brian shared her
love for dogs with a display and infor­mation
on the many roles dogs play in
many lives. We were proud of the ap­pearance
of the USDA BEAGLE
BRIGADE and the very important job
they perform in sniffing out threats to
agriculture coming into our country.
ST. MARTINS OF TOURS
CATHOLIC CHURCH made their pre­sents
known with balloons, many
hand outs, pictures for children to
color and prizes. The VFW, seeking
new members, are there to remind us
of the men and women who gave so
much for our country so we can cele­brate
and live in freedom. The
BETHPAGE WATER DISTRICT with
display and hand outs to tell how they
achieve and maintain the high stan­dards
of water for the Bethpage
Community. Bryant Kaplan, repre­senting
PEOPLE, continues to make
the community aware of drug and al­cohol
abuse and counseling services
available. INCHES-A weigh, John De-bolbis
WATER TREATMENT
DISPLAYS, BETHPAGE HEALTH
AND RELAXATION CENTER,
SUGAR CONTROL CENTER all come
to share their expertise on ways to live
healthy. All are located in the Beth­page
area. Ed Mangano provided the
opportunity to have your child's pic­ture
taken by the KIDS PIX. Annette
Marks had a beautiful display of jew­elry,
gift albums and water filtration
systems. Represented was the
BETHPAGE CO-OP NURSERY
SCHOOL, LADIES AUXILIARY OF
THE BETHPAGE FIRE
DEPARTMENT, CUB PACK 59, BOY
SCOUT TROOP #46 and Dr. Lembo
Boy Scout troop who took the oppor­tunity
to camp out and have a pig
roast, YOUNG AT HEART, AARP,
CENTRAL BLVD. PTA, HIGH
SCHOOL JR. CLASS, COMMUNITY
COUNCIL a great showing by the
many people who make our commu­nity
work. We welcomed UNIQUE
IMPRESSIONS with their embroidery
items and American Girl items. MARY
K representatives, Peggy Hughes
and Deborah Brusca showed us how
to look more attractive with a great
quality product. Jeanne Giorganson
reminded us Christmas is right around
the corner with a beautiful display of
CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD.
Local residents came out to celebrate
the day, crafts by Betty Suhr and
friends, white elephants by Marvin
and Lenore Jaffe, wonderful toys al­ways
a treat for the children, thanks
John! Children delighted in the FREE
PONY RIDES!! Provided by our local
Century 21 Metro Reality, as well as,
the participation of LONG ISLAND
NTRAK model railroad! A truly grand
display not only enjoyed by the
young, but by those who have never
out grown their love of trains! We
thank them for their participation at
our BETHPAGE DAY. The Central
Park Historical Society, cosponsor of
the day, had a flea market table, fish­ing
for apples and mini pumpkins and
the raffle of the grand prize the beau­tifully
hand crafted VICTORIAN
SLEIGH which was won by Tom Pot­ter.
Also raffled off were all the won­derful
prizes donated by the following
merchants, we applaud them for their
generosity:
CARVEL - Bethpage
Century 21 Metro Reality
Bethpage Barber
Bethpage Bouquet
Bethpage Health and Relaxation
Bethpage Sports Center
Bethpage Tool and Hardware
Bethpage Wine and Liquor
B.K. Sweeney's
Bretton's Deli
Broadway Video
Erga Bakery
Aerial View of Bethpage Day 1998!
Pictured with PAL children are L-R Chamber President, Dennis Brady,
Assemblyman Steve Labriola; Town Supervisor John Venditto; Nassau
County Legislator Edward Mangano; PAL Commissioner Gary Bretton,
Central Park Historical Society President Lenny Mulqueen and St.
Pauls very own Pastor James Berry.
Greco Brothers
Hardman Auto Electric
High Seas Fishery
Inches-A-Weigh
Martins Bake Shop
Pappardelles Pizza
Sanitary Barber Shop
Sugar Control Center
Three Brothers Pizza
Two "C'S" Italian Deli
Unique Impressions
Please continue to SUPPORT
our local merchants who are always
here to SUPPORT us!
Next year we will be celebrating
our 10th ANNUAL BETHPAGE DAY!!
If you didn't participate this year and
would like to be contacted next year
or do you have any suggestions
please contact the Central Park His­torical
Society at our PO Box 178,
Bethpage, N.Y. 11714 or Call Lenny
Mulqueen at 935-2674.
By Ann Albertson