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VOL. 10 NO. 20 Thursday, April 8, 1976 10 cents per copy
SHARING IS CARING: Sharing is caring as exemplified by William
J. Martin, President, South Shore Federal Savings and Loan
Association of Massapequa <r.) as he presents a gift check to William
A. Perrett, Nassau County Director for The Salvation Army Service
Extension Bureau (1.) as Louis J. Argondizza, President of Heritage
Savings of Huntington indicates his approval.
The gift, which will be used to further the "Army's" services to
people in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, was presented on behalf of
the Insured Nassau-Suffolk Savings Association of which Mr.
Argondizza is President and Mr. Martin is Secretary- Treasurer. The
Salvation Army is a participating Agency of the United Way of
Nassau-Suffolk.
Civic Groups To Form
"Joint TOBay Council 99
Flushed with their recent
success in the defeat of the
"Hippo" Discotheque, leaders of
various Town of Oyster Bay Civic
Associations have announced
their intention to form a "Joint
TOBay Civic Council."
Pointing to the united front
presented by more than a dozen
civic associations from Syosset,
Plainview, Hicksville, Woodbury
and Bethpage in the "Hippo"
controversy, such civic leaders
as Greater Plainview Com­munity
Association President
Paul Eisenstein feel that the time
is ripe for a town-wide
organization.
"'Hippo' was an isolated case,"
admits Eisenstein. "But united
civic action in TOBay doesn't
have to stop there. In fact,
'Hippo' serves to emphasize just
how important it is that we
establish a means for com­munication
and exchange of
information between local civic
associations on a regular basis,"
Eisenstein continued, "Our
specific interests may not
coincide in every case, but we all
share a general overriding
concern for the welfare of our
Town and our individual com-
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Island Trees Supt. Resigns
School Superintendent Richard
Morrow, of the Island Trees
School District, leaves his post
for a new job in a rural upstate
district. A statement issued by
the school said the controversial
book issue did not prompt the
resignation.
Morrow will take up his new
post next September and has
indicated that the move will give
him an opportunity to further his
goals in education.
Board President Richard
Ahrens said, "we never had any
animosity towards him, he
always tried to get the com­munity
to work together."
Yevoli Disputes Repayment
Of School Transport Aid
Assemblyman Lewis J. Yevoli
(D-10th Old Bethpage) recently
introduced legislation to protect
local school district taxpayers
from the immediate repayment
of school transportation aid dis­allowed
by recent state audits.
•School districts throughout
the state are being reassessed on
their transportation aid," said
Assemblyman Yevoli, "and most
of the Long Island districts are
being individually charged back
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
•The seriousness of the situa­tion
and the impact on school tax
rates was outlined to me at a
meeting with chief school admin­istrators
and business managers
this past weekend. The vast
majority of school districts in the
state have been filing for trans­portation
aid in the same way for
many years, they had already
been audited, and had every right
to assume that all was in order."
Library Elections Scheduled
by Barbara McClorey
Local libraries are preparing
for the upcoming budget vote and
board of trustee elections
scheduled over the next two
months.
Island Trees
Island Trees district residents
will vote on the proposed 1976-
1977 library budget and on the
candidate to fill the vacancy of
incumbant Robert Dering,
president of the library board of
trustees, on April 20.
The current library budget
requires $116,935.00 to be raised
by taxes while the proposed
budget will require $140,690.00, an
increase of 4 cents per $100 of
assessed valuation.
As of Monday, April 5, the only
candidate for the board seat was
Carol Rogoff, of 3757 Dianne
Street,: Bethpage. The term of
office to the five-member board
is five years with one seat being
up for re-election annually.
Voting will be held April 20
from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Island
Trees Public Library, Lower
Level, Nassau Mall, 3601 Hemp­stead
. Turnpike, Levittown.
Remaining in their board
positions are Vice President
Daniel Groden, Secretary Rae
Click, Trustees Justine
Schachter, and Dolores
Morehouse.
Bethpage
On June 16, Bethpage residents
will decide on a proposed library
budget of $321,030.00,
representing an increase of 2
cents per $100 of assessed
valuation over the current
$306,750 budget.
Also, voters will elect a can­didate
to the library board of
trustees. As of Monday, April 5,
no petitions have been filed by
candidates wishing to run. The
seat up for re-election is that of
Claire Jackman, appointed in
1973 upon the resignation of
another board member.
Remaining on the hoard are
Vice President Dr. Joseph G.
Brennan. Secretary David Pink-was,
Trustees Margaret Lang,
Basil Karpiak, and Leon C.
Carien.
Plainedge
Plainedge voters will decide on
June 9 on the candidate to the
board seat of Ruth Frankel,
chairman. As of Monday, April 5,
no petitions have been filed by
any candidates. Deadline is May
8.
Remaining on the board will be
Treasurer Marie Barber,
Edward Dowdell, Nancy Gordon,
and Dorothy Strong.
Voters will also decide on the
. proposed 1976-1977 library budget
which is expected to be finalized
by late April.
Plainview-Old Bethpage
Voters in the Plainview-Old
Bethpage district will decide on
June 9 the candidate to the
library board. As of Monday,
April 5, one petition only has been
filed by incumbant Luke Farley.
The deadline is May 26.
The proposed 1976-1977 budget
is still being drafted and is ex­pected
to be finalized by early
May.
Continued Assemblyman
Yevoli, "School districts were
alerted by the Department of •
Education in 1973 to use only the
state mandated mileage (K-8, 2
miles; 9-12, 3 miles) instead of
the approved local transportation
policy as the basis for state trans­portation
aid. A legitimate differ­ence
in the interpretation of the
aid formula by most school
districts has caused the
disallowance in aid.
"My bill guarantees that no
school district will be forced to
inflict an exorbitant increase in
the school tax rate upon the
property owners in order to repay
the State. School Boards will
have the option of either paying
back the State over a three year
period or having it deducted from
their state aid at a rate hot to
exceed 1, 100 of the total annual
aid. In no instance will any school
district have to'absorb the impact
of more than an additional, 10
cents per $100 of assessed
valuation. These realistic
alternatives to excessive in­creases
in the school tax rate
provide for the stretching out of
the repayment period.
"School Districts will also be
absolved from having to pay
interest charges on the disallow­ance.
The State is also prohibited
from auditing for a period beyond
three years from the date of the
audit.
"1 intend to press for the early
passage of this legislation and its
enactment into Law to prevent
out-of-sight increases in school
tax rates being incurred by our
hardpressed home owners,"
concluded Assemblyman Yevoli.
PITCHING IN: The War Memorial area of the Bethpage Community
Park was the site of the finalization of u»e Bethpage 4-H Club's
beautification project this week, as Oyster Bay Town Councilman
Salvatore It. Mosca joined with the seven 4-H'ers who donated their
time, money and ecological spirit in their effort to help beautify their
hometown. The 4-H members are (left to right) Terence McCormick,
John Gozaloff, Ralph Perangelo, Thomas Foley, Andrew Lileika,
Kevin Lawlbr and Christopher Hoey.