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Serving Bethpage - Plainview - Island Trees — Plainedge — Seaford
Vol. 3 No. 28 Thursday, May 8, 1969 10< per copy
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The Publisher's Desk
Island Trees
Readies Reading
Program
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Mineola - Nassau County Comptroller Angelo D.
Roncallo and his alert staff is paying off slowly but
surely and has saved taxpayers $51,562.42 in recent
months.
The last savings of $15,237.08 was achieved in
regaining disallowed state aid to probation services in
Nassau County. The state department of corrections
had disallowed state aid claims for the Fourth Quarter
of 1968 but Comptroller Roncallo fought the rejection
and after a meeting with State Officials succeeded in
gaining a reversal of the decision.
In another action by the Comptroller and his staff
$36,325.34 was returned to the County when a similar
situation occurred following an audit of the County
Mental Health Contract by the State Department of
Mental Hygiene. Roncallo took the position in con­ference
with State Auditors that charging costs back to
County organizations performing Mental Health
Services that were disallowed by the State Auditors
would endanger Mental Health Services and could
result in suspension of operations because of lack of
funds.
The County receives 50 percent in state aid for
providing Correction (Probation) and Mental Health
services and should not be penalized on "fiscal
technicalities" Roncallo said. The state agreed with
the Nassau County Comptroller's policy and the State
Aid disallowance was reinstated.
"While the amount of money saved the taxpayers is
,not a large sum, it is significant in the fact that we have
an aggressive policy in the County Comptroller's office
and we are carefully examining every County
Program to insure that there is no loss to the taxpayers
on technicalities or by failure of County Deparments to
utilize all funds available from state and other agen-
Roncallo said.
The Island Trees Public School
District 26, Levittown, will begin
its 15th Annual Summer Reading
Program on Monday, July 7. This
program will be offered to
children who are currently
enrolled in grades 3-6.
The program is designed to
meet the needs of those students
Who have difficulty with reading.
Diagnosis of the child's needs will
be made prior to the sessions and
during the first week of the
program. Following this, in­struction
will be given daily
through the use of selected in­dividualized
materials such as
the controlled reader,
tachitrons. film strips, listening
corner, tape recorders, and
records wP\ ' ^;<used when
needed.
Classes will be held in three
centers:
1. M. F. Stokes Building, Condor
Road
2. Memorial Junior High School
Building, Wantagh Avenue.
3. Farmedge Road School,
Farmedge Road.
July 7 - August 8
Sessions:
1st 8:20am to 9:35am
2nd 9:45 am to 11:00 am
3rd 11:05 am to 12:20 pm
In order to place each student
in an appropriate group, the staff
must reserve th'e right to choose
the time when the student is to
attend. No transportation will be
offered. Registrations will be
received until May 25 at the office
of the Island Trees Reading
Department, Room 213 in the M.
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AT LAST-An eyesore is removed. It took a deter­mined
woman to get the job done! Joan Cable,
Regional Chairman of the Bethpage -Plainedge Area
Beautification Committee looks on approvingly as the
demolition starts on the abandoned gas station south of
the Bethpage Railroad Station. The site has been a
"bone of contention,, for some time and a "blight on
the Community,,. A campaign to clean up such
"Eyesores,, is on the way with grass root support.
cies'
Batters Up!
Mike Jorgensen, N.Y. Met
Infielder, a member of Immanuel
Lutheran Church in Bayside,
Queens is ready to go to bat for
Lutheran Day at Shea. The third
annual Lutheran Day at Shea
Stadium is scheduled tor May
3 lst.The Mets meet the Giants at
2:15 p.m.
5,000 Reserved seat tickets
have been reserved and are
available on a first come basis.
Blocks are available lor groups.
Tickets this year will be sold for
$3.50. With all profits to benefit
Lutheran Social Services, Mill
Neck Manor School for the Deaf,
Wartburg Home for the Aged,
Long Island Lutheran High,
Martin Luther High, and Nassau
Christian. For tickets contact one
of the Lutheran Agencies, AAL
Branch secretary, AAL
- Representative, or oneof the Aid
Association for Lutheran Offices,
510-589-8383 - 212-994-6173. This
affair is sponsored by the Long
Island and New York City Local
... Federations of A.A.L., Reaches.
Last years Lutheran Day at Shea
was enjoyed by over 2,000 per­sons.
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VETERANS' SALUTE-Leroy R. Grumman of Plandome Manor, one of the
founders of Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp., and now Honorary Chairman
of the Board of Directors, has been issued the first honorary membership card in
the history of the Grumman Ex-Seryicemen's Club. Here, First Vice-
Commander Peter Volpe of Bethpage, presents membership card to Mr.
Grumman as a gesture of appreciation for assisting the club over many years. At
left is Club Commander Howie Dong of Westbury and Hospital Chairman
William Johnson of Bay Shore: The Grumman Club also presented Mr. Grum­man
with the first poppy in its annual fund-raising campaign. The Club is
dedicated to helping disabled war veterans and promoting Americanism.