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Board To View School Closings
Public Hearing Tuesday
On Building Utilization
Last May, when the Farmingdale School Board un­veiled
the two sets of recommendations it had received
on future building use, they promised that a continuing
^ review and up- dating of information would take place.
The first such public session is scheduled for next
Tuesday, October 28. The meeting will take place at the
Farmingdale Senior High School and is scheduled for
8: 30 p. m.
DRAWING FIRST BLOOD Daler Fullback Steve Insalaco [ 39] crosses the goal line in Monday's 20- 0
defeat of the Hicksville Comets at the Farmingdale High school field. In winning their first three
games, the Dalers have chalked up 76 points to 12 for their Opponents and have been rated number two
in New York State. [ Post photo by Bob Starrett]
Carman Cites Lileo Rip- Off
Oyster Bay Town Councilman
Gregory W. Carman has~ called
for a full scale investigation of
the Long Island Lighting Com­pany's
" Demand Charge" basis
of billing large consumers of
electrical power. In short,
Carman stated that municipal, as
well as commercial, users of
electrical power are being ripped
off. Here is how it works.
In the months of June, July,
August and September,
municipal and commercial users
Governor To Attend
Press Aivards Dinner
Governor Hugh Carey will be
the featured speaker for the
Nassau County Press
James Keats
Association's Annual Installation
and Awards Dinner at the
Salisbury Restaurant in
Eisenhower Park on Friday,
October 31.
During the awards ceremony
the outstanding citizen of each
community will be honored with
the John Peter Zenger Award.
Farmingdale's outstanding
citizen, selected by the Far­mingdale
Post, will be James
Keats, founder and president of
the Farmingdale Hawks and
president of the Dad's Club.
The award is named in honor of
John Peter Zenger, a journalist
and printer who was jailed in 1734
as publisher of the New York
Weekly Journal for printing
views opposed to the govern­ment,
thus becoming a
forerunner in the fight for
freedom of the press.
The dinner- dance is open to the
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are charged for electrical power
on the basis of their demand.
During the remainder of the year
they must pay up to 85% of the
summer demand even if they
close up their facilities and use no
electricity.
The South Farmingdale Water
District, a special district in the
Town of Oyster Bay, closed two
plants from January to June of
1975. The'Water Commissioners
hoped to save the District money
by not using electrical power at
these facilities. The District was
nevertheless charged for elec­trical
power it never used. The
Water District would have saved
$ 4,239.59 if the Commissioners'
efforts to effect economy, as well
as to conserve energy, had not
been thwarted by the Long Island
Lighting Company and the Public
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Ticket Deadline
For McKenna Fete
Ticket reservations for retired
Village Clerk- Treasurer James
McKenna's retirement dinner,
which will be held Thursday,
October 30, should be turned in at
the Farmingdale Village Hall, no
later than Monday.
McKenna will be honored at the
Crest Hollow Country Club for his
17 years of service to the village.
Tickets are $ 12.50 per person.
Healey Plans
Dial- A- Bus
Assemblyman Philip Healey
( R- C Mass.) will meet with in­terested
taxpayers in the Far­mingdale
Senior High School.
Among the many topics among
discussion will be Dial- A- Bus
routes for the residents of South
Farmingdale.
The Assemblyman has invited
Commissioner Gach, who is the
director of Nassau County Office
of Public Transportation. The
seminar will be held Wednesday,
October 29, at 8 p. m. in the
Guilford Lecture Hall. All are
invited.
Armed Robber
Hits Archie's
An armed robber entered
Archie's Luncheonette, 966
Fulton Street, last Tuesday night
and escaped with $ 120 in cash,
according to Eighth Precinct
Police.
Sam Cohen, proprietor, said be
was sitting at the counter when a
young man entered his store and
stuck a gun in his ribs, deman­ding
all the money in the cash
register. Cohen gave the youth
the money, who only took bills
and refused the change.
According to Cohen, the youth
told him, " I'm sorry, I wouldn't
do this, but I have an expensive
habit." Police Offiqer Paul
Woods of the eighth precinct is
investigating.
A fire of suspicious origin
struck Granny's Jelly Bean, a
newsstand- stationery store, at 17-
6 Boundary Avenue, South Far­mingdale,
at 6: 05 a. m. last
Friday. Fire Marshal G. Ryan it
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In May, the School Board
received the Superintendent's
" Report and Recommendations
of Future District Organization''
report contained enrollment
projections, building use plans
and cost figures relating to'staff
reductions and actual closings.
Shortly thereafter it received an
independent report from a
Citizens' Advisory Committee
that had operated most of last
year
At the meeting, cost figures
which have since been developed
on the. CAC proposal will be
unveiled. With current
enrollment figures now being
stabilized, the district will be
able to report on how the district
looks now and the outlook for the
future.
^ Other alternate proposals
which were widely discussed at
that time will also come up for
discussion. These included an
alternate plan which would in­volve
keeping all buildings open
with the closing of wings in those
buildings. Another which will be
reviewed with cost figures was a
proposal to consider conversion
to a Kindergarten through 8, and
9through 12 organizational plan; "
this would involve die eventual
closing of both junior high
schools. In the latter plan, the
cost of converting elementary
classrooms into the specialized
spaces required for junior high
school, needed to be considered.
Basically, the Superintendent's
recommendation last May would
involve the closing of Parkway
Oaks School in 1976, with no
additional closings proposed until
1979. At that time, the Northside
School might be closed and a
wing at Woodward Parkway shut
down. The plan also indicated the
possibility of closing the Mill
Lane Junior High School the
following year.
In contrast, the Citizens' Ad­visory
Committee considered
closing the Northside School in
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