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146, Farmingdale, N. Y. Thursday, May 6, 1971
Ginsberg Challenged
For Renomination
For the first time in his
career as an Assemblyman.
Martin Ginsberg finds himself
challenged by a brother
Republican Francis J.
Shannon of Hicksville. a
member of the regular GOP
organization announced his
challenge to Ginsberg's
renomination and his
willingness to enter, if need
be. a primary fight. Shannon
explained:
" I have made this decision
after numerous conversations
with a number of people in the
8th Assembly District, as well
as my friends who have in­dicated
great disappointment
with Mr. Ginsberg as their
representative and think that
it is time to change the type of
representation they have been
getting from him."
" My supporters are par­ticularly
shocked with Mr.
Ginsberg's duplicity on the
existing Abortion Law. He has
attempted to ' fool all of the
people all of the time' by first
voting against the bill and
then voting for the bill."
" These acts, in the view of
my supporters, make him
unworthy of the support of the
majority of people in the 8th
Assembly District. It is now
incumbent upon Mr. Ginsberg
to immediately declare his
intention with respect to the
Crawford- Donovan Bill. His
constituents are entitled to
know where he stands on this
bill."
" In any event. I am in the
race and expect to begin
campaigning immediately to
point up Mr. Ginsberg's lack
of understanding of the
majority of his constituents "
Fire Flow Tests Planned
for South Farmingdale District
Albert M. Nasser, Chairman of
the Board of Water Com­missioners
reported that the
South Farmingdale Water
District will be represented at the
New York Fire Insurance Rating
Organizaton Fire Flow Tests to
be held on May 10, 11, and 12,
delayed if rain interferes to later
that week.
These tests involve flowing
water from hydrants; and in
some instances, several hydrants
may be used in one general
location.
To limit the inconvenience the
District is advising consumers in
advance so that their schedules
may be adjusted accordingly.
Large water users will be advised
individually in advance. This
water system will be thoroughly
flushed to minimize the effects of
the testing.
Water plant personnel will
work with such operations since
they are best qualified through
daily operation of your system to
take any necessary
precautionary measures.
The New York Fire Insurance
Rating Organization inspection
engineers will try to arrange the
work schedule so that it will least
interfere with the normal duties
of the South Farmingdale Water
District plant schedule. A similar
inspection was performed about
Open House Cancelled
at F " dale University
Due to budgetary cuts, this
year's 52nd annual " Open
House" program at State
University at Farmingdale,
scheduled for this Friday and
Saturday, May 7- 8, has been
cancelled, Dr. Charles W.
Laffin, Jr., President of the
College, announced. Last year
this event attracted 40,000
visitors.
The A d m i n i s t r a t i o n,
Faculty and Students regret
the necessity of having to call
off this traditional event.
six years ago and resulted in a
good report to the Board of Water
Commissioners of the South
Farmingdale Water District.
Indians Need
Trading Stamps
A plea for help comes from
Dianne Markunas, formerly a
resident of South Farmingdale
and head nurse in the surgical
area of Meadowbrook Hospital
and for the past year a volunteer
nurse with the Sioux Indians at
the Red Cloud Indian School,
Holy Rosary Mission, Pine
Ridge, So. Dakota, for the past
year.
Her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George Markunas of South
Farmingdale, received a letter
from her daughter asking them to
help her obtain trading stamps
and discount coupons.
Dianne Markunas, besides
being a nurse at the mission, has
formed a choral group and a
arock and roll band. The Indian
children have shown so much
enthusiasm and interest in these
activities that she has en­countered
a problem: there are
not enough instruments to go
around.
Anyone interested in sending
trading stamps to Pine Ridge
should mail them to Miss Dianne
Markunas, R. N., c / o Red Cloud
Indian School, Holy Rosary
Mission, Pine Ridge, So. L kota,
The Roof Fell In
In Amityville
The roof fell in in Amityville.
Everything that was on the Board
of Education ballot Wednesday
was rejected. These are the
results pending certification:
SCHOOL BUDGET
152ti no 1242 yes
LIBRARY BUDGET
I5( il no 1186 yes
BUILDING PROPOSITION
1870 no 871 yes
LAM) ACQUISITION
PROPOSITION
1583 HO 863 yes
Piv 5:; j School Budget
As.. s For $ 78.00 More
It was Tuesday morning after 1a. m. when the
Farmingdale Board of Education had finally added up
the figures of the proposed budget for 1971- 72 which
was presented to the public Wednesday night:
$ 23,227,728, an increase of $ 1,612,747 over the current
budget. In terms of taxes this means an estimated
increase of $ 1.30 per $ 100 assessed valuation in Oyster
Bay and $ 2.40 in Babylon, or, based on an average
assessment of $ 6,000.00 per home, about $ 78.00 per
year.
The figures were presented by
the school district's business
manager J. Richard Zutt. Board
member Terry Weathers as
chairman of the finance com­mittee
spoke for the majority of
the board when he said that in­tensive
efforts had gone into the
preparation of this budget
proposal and that the board knew
the mood of the public and had
tried its best to accomodate the
demand for economies.
The proposal presented
Wednesday night was, as a
matter of fact, the fourth revision
of the original figures which lost
something like $ 873,000 in this
process. Another meeting of the
board in executive session is
scheduled for Friday night, at
which another try will be made JO
reduce the budget.
Less than 200 people attended
Wednesday night's presentation.
To what extent those present
reflected the views and opinions
of the community as a whole is
hard to say. Based on this turn­out,
however, and its mood, the
inference can be drawn that the
budget in its proposed form
would not necessarily be voted
down but stand a chance of ap­proval.
The days for this approval' by
the voters will be June 8 and 9,
with registration set for Satur­day,
May 22 from noon to 10 p. m.
and Wednesday, June 2 from 3
p. m. to 10 p. m. The registration
will in both cases be at the boy's
gym of Farmingdale High.
The school budget in its
proposed form includes the cost
of pupil transportation based on a
new three year contract. This
transportation budget will,
however, not be voted upon as
part and parcel of the budget but
rather as a separate proposition.
If the budget and tran­sportation
proposal are approved
by the voters, walking distances
for children wiil remain the same
for the next three years.
If the budget is defeated and
transportation approved, the
walking distances still remain the
same.
If the budget is approved and
transportation defeated, walking
distances reamin the same for
one year.
If both are defeated, walking
distances revert to the state
mandated distances of two miles
for elementary and three miles
for high school students.
In addition to the school budget
and tranportation proposal,
voters will be asked to cast their
ballots on the library budget and
the Youth Council budget. Two
school board members are to be
elected ro three year terms as the
terms of Mrs. Florence DeHaan
and Roy Spinetta expire this
year. Two trustee seats will be
filled on the library board also;
one a five year term to fill the
expiring term of Robert Callhan
and one for a one year to fill the
unexpired term of Carl Gorton.
At the regular board meeting
last Monday Mrs. Pearl Wein-stein
of the Farmingdale
Democratic Coalition noted that
state lottery money is no longer
earmarked for education, but to
the general fund. The board was
asked to support legislation in­troduced
this year to return the
lottery funds to educational
purposes only.
A large group, representing the
Dolphin Green Civic Association,
offered the board seven areas of
proposed budget cuts.
The Dolphin group suggested:
• Discontinue foreign languages
in 5 and 6 grades and make them
elective subjects.
• Eliminate non- mandated
driver education.
oEliminate some of the
elementary school guidance
staff.
oEliminate subject classes of
twenty students or less.
oEliminate assistant principals
at two elementary schools.
oCut back on the number of
administrative staff.
oConsolidate departments.
DHKSS REHEARSAL: Many things are in progress at St. Kilian's in preparation for the 12th
Xiinual Spring Concert - extra rehearsals, costumes and set designing, lighting effects - all to bring to
nig Island a musical program unexcelled in the area, and which is looked forward to each year by
;.. i those who have attended in the past. Malcolm Williamson's " The Happy Prince", a children's
opera adapted fromthe story by Oscar Wilde, which will be performed by the St. Kilian Boychoir. is
sure to please young and old alike. The familiar melodies of ( iershwiu's " Porgy and Bess" will he the
Broadway medley done by the Chorale, while classic and folk songs will complete the evening of
music. Theodore OrudziOSltJ w ill direct, as show n above in a dress rehearsal. Performance dates arc
May LM and 22, at K: 30 p. m. and May 23. at 7: 30 p. m. in St. Kilian Auditorium. Cherry St.. Par
mingdule. Tickets arc $ 2.00, Adults, $ 1.00. Students: for further information, call SI. Kilian Rectory.
( h 0- 0127. or Mrs. <;. Broyles, ( h 0- 5517.