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SERVING THE GREATER FARMINGDALE AREA, BETHPAGE, MELVILLE IR"
A MEMBER OF THE OBSERVER/ TRIBUNE GROUP OF NEWSPAPERS
VOL. 9 NO. 49 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale. N. Y. 11735 • Published by THE OBSERVER, INC., Box 146. Farmingdale. N. Y. Thursday, J u l y 2 7 1 9 72
P. RJ. GE. Director Hoover:
The Drug Crisis Is for Real
** i'here definitely is a drug problem in the Farmingdale area,'' says Ed
Hoover, the new director of P. R. I. C. E.," and the sooner we all recognize that
fact the sooner we will be able to solve the problem'.' The statistics just released
by P. K. I. C. E., the two year old drug prevention organization located at 585 Main
Street, 345 residents, mostly youths, came to P. R. I. C. E. for help during the last
two years. All of them had drug problems.
KRANEPOOL'S SHADOW: Young Frank Sposato of Farmingdale
keeps bumping into Ed Kranepool of the Mets. It all started when
nine - year old Frank won a grand prize of a Red Carpet trip to Shea
Stadium when the Mets held a big free jamboree at Eisenhower Park
in East Meadow. And there was Kranepool, handing him his prize, in
picture at top. A week later, Frank reached the ball park and, no
sooner did he get down to the diamond to meet some of the players,
when he heard a familiar voice calling " Hi, Frank, good to see you
again." Sure enough, it was Kranepool who remembered meeting
Frank at the Getty party.
This seems small compared to
the a population figure of about
30,000. But Hoover is quick to
point out that the under cover
drug population is much larger
than that. Parents try to hide
their children's addiction and
according to Hoover that is why
the problem is getting
progressively worse. " We are
dealing only with a small part of
the drug addicted population," he
said, " when we should be trying
to get everybody off the habit."
Being prevention oriented,
P. R. I. C. E. is and has not been
dealing with just those 345
statistics, but rather with
thousands of young people who
got advise on how to stay away
from dangerous drugs in the first
place. But the situation is quite
serious, nevertheless.
" It appears to us", said Hoover
" that as a whole Farmingdale
has not accepted the problem as
it really exists and that in reality,
we are dealing with a crisis- type
situation. Many of the youths in
our community are dropping out
and are using vehicles that are
not for their well being, such as
acid, barbiturates, amphetamines
and alcohol. These can be more
detrimental than herion itself
because of their effects on the
individual."
" It is my feeling" Continued
Hoover, " that if the people in
school district No. 22 do hot and
will not accept the problem as it
really exists and will do nothing
to educate themselves- such as
taking advantage of P. R. LC. E/ S
offering to the community- the
situation will grow progressively
worse. Suburbia and Long Island
are made up for the most part of
people from the five boroughs of
New York City and it appears to
me that we in Nassau County on a
percentage basis have a similar
problem to any ghetto area in
providing all the vehicles that
people use."
Hoover concluded: " We are
now in the process of creating
adult education groups so that
parents can protect themselves
and their children by broadening
their own education, rather than
waiting for someone else to do the
job for them. The latter attitude
in itself is equally detrimental
and is adding to the problem. To
be not a part of the solution is to
be part of the problem."
Anyone interested in working
with P. R. I. C. E. or in becoming a
part of the parent groups or adult
training groups can stop in at 585
Main Street, Farmingdale or
phone 293- 3480 from Monday to
Friday from 1: 00 to 10: 00 p. m.
The hard cold facts of
P. R. I. C. E. statistics are as
follows:
Total intake: 345, male: 188,
female: 157.
Religion: 200catholics, 70 jews,
30 protestants, 20 others, 25 none.
Ages: 12 years: 8, 13 years: 9,
14 years: 41, 15 years: 62, 16
years: 67, 17 years: 58, 18 years:
28, 19 years: 20, 20 years: 14, 21
years: 12,22years: 8, 23 years: 5,
24 years: 7, 25 years: 5, 30 years:
1, 40 years: 1.
Education: grades 1- 8: 40,
grades 9- 11: 170, grades 12: 65,
college: 5, ungraded classes: 5,
college graduates: 10.
Primary drug usage ( the first
drug used by those covered by the
statistics): Hash: 20, am-phethamines:
30, marijuana: 120,
heroin: 35, downs: 45, alcohol: 55,
speed: 5, acid: 10, none: 20,
methadone: 5.
Secondary drug usage: ups: 30,
marijuana: 56, speed: 30,
alcohol: 75, downs: 45, hash: 15,
acid: 40, methadone: 1, heroin: 1,
cocaine: 3, none: 50.
Except for alcohol, the more
established drug, there are no
statistics estimating the
precentages of drug users in the
area. Nassau County has about
65,000 alcoholics, or 5 per cent of
each communities population.
Could the same percentage be
applied for other drugs, Far­mingdale
would have a total of
2,000 users of marijuana, 380
users of heroin, 600 users of acid
and 375 users of hash. If these
figures were correct, Far-mingdale-
and all the other
communities for that matter-should
be scared to death and
have enough incentive to attack
the drug problem head- on.
If " Slices of Life
For Village Board
In the sometimes unreal world of television, a " slice of life"
commercial is depicting a supposedly real life situation as the
springboard for the advertiser's message. Although the Far­mingdale
Village Board of Trustees at its meeting last Monday night
had no other message to deliver except the one that it was doing its
duty as the public's elected representatives, it was confronted with a
number of real slices of life- from the continuous and continuing
effort to provide more parking to the treasury report to listening to
complaining residents.
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How will Senator George McGovern, the
presidential candidate of the Democratic Party,
do in Farmingdale? The OBSERVER put this
question to George Ward of 19 Plainview Road,
Democratic Zone leader in Farmingdale.
" I think the Senator will do much better in
Farmingdale and in Nassau County than many
people expect," Ward said. " As a matter of fact,
McGovern was the choice of our organization even
before he was actually nominated in Miami
Beach."
Describing the feelings in his zone towards
McGovern as generally enthusiastic, Ward in­dicated
that all 14 committeemen in his zone which
covers seven election districts will not only play a
very active part in helping the Senator getting
elected but will also work very closely with the
McGovern people during the upcoming voter
registration drive.
Elaborating further on his statement that
committeemen in his zone are generally en­thusiastic
about McGovern's candidacy, Ward
indicated that no one told him of his disapproval of
McGovern and his unwillingness to support the
Senator.
Specifying that he could only speak for himself
and his committeemen. Ward indicated that his
orginization will start canvassing the opinions of
Farmingdale voters shortly in order to get a
clearer picture on what the general electorate
thinks about the presidential choice of the
Democrats.
" There is no question about the fact," concluded
Ward, " that success or failure of our local can­didates
running for state or national offices will
depend to a large degree on the success or failure
of McGovern's candidacy."
The treasury report was
routine, but nevertheless
gratifying. Delivered by village
clerk treasurer James McKenna,
it showed that the village at
present has some $ 300,000 in
unused funds, half of which is
already creating new money in
time deposits, and with the other
half now being put to the same
use. Eventually this surplus will
vanish as various payments
become due. It is comforting to
know, however, that the money
lor future expenditures is already
coming in.
The parking problem will be
definitely alleviated soon on a
small scale, and hopefully later
on a larger scale. What is definite
is the creation of 27 new parking
spaces at two pieces of property
on Division St. north of Cornelia
St., presently owned by Eunice
Stattel and Jean Peck. The
village board voted to condemn
both parcels and is now in the
process of negotiating a set­tlement
with the owners.
The hoped- for large scale
alleviation of the parking
problem is the one in the works
for quite some time, namely the
lease by the village of Long
Island Railroad property at the
station between the tracks and
the former Karp fertilizer
facility. The LIRR has set the
lease price at $ 10.00 per year for
use of the property, which could
accommodate approx. 100 cars
alter a village expenditure of an
estimated $ 15,000 for grading,
paving, fencing and other in­stallations.
The terms of the lease proposed
by the LIRR were read by village
attorney Joseph Stern. Several
suggestions for changes or
deletions were forthcoming from
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