Bethpage-Tribune_1976-07-08

              BETHPAGE
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OLDBETHB«CE
also serving ISLAND TREES
PLAINVIEW PLAINEDGE SEAFORD
VOL. 10 NO. 33 Thursday, July 8, 1976 10 cents per copy
District Employees Lauded
By Local Organizations
Three members of the Beth-page
School District. Business
Office were honored in recent
weeks. Mr. Edward Lavin,
Business Manager since Sep­tember
1955, was honored by
Bethpage High School P.T.A. at a
dinner at Milano's on June 1st. He
was presented with an Honorary
Life Membership in the New
York State Congress of Parents
and Teachers in recognition of his
years of: overseeing the non-instructional
operation for the
best possible education and
recreational needs of all students
and residents of Bethpage, in­cluding
the safeguarding of all
buildings and properties; for
preparing the utilizing a school
budget for the optimum benefit of
all students, teachers and
residents, for being available to
staff, students and residents with
non-educational problems and
needs; and in general for being
interested in and. caring about
children.
Mrs. Audrey Hunt, Business
Office Supervisor, completed 30
years of service with the School
District on April 29, and was
honored by the clerical em­ployees
at a testimonial dinner
held at Marcpiere's on the night
of her anniversary. Mrs. Hunt
began at the Powell Avenue
School in 1946 as secretary to the
Supervising Principal and, as
sole clerical employee of the
District, performed many varied
duties pne of which was the an­nual
door-to-door census of the
entire District. She has seen both
the town and School District grow
from a one-school hamlet to a
bustling seven-school com­munity.
Mrs. Hunt has been
instrumental in the organization
of an efficient business office*
system which serves all School-
District employees as well as/all
Bethpage students and residents.
Mrs. Dorothy Kent, Business
Manager's Secretary, was
honored by the clerical em­ployees
at her retirement dinner
on June 2 at the Camelot. Mrs.
Kent started with the School
District in the Powell Avenue
Mrs. Dorothy Kent honored at
retirement from Bethpage School
District.
Mrs. Audrey Hunt celebrated M)
years with Bethpage vSchbol
District.
Mr. Edward Lavin, Business Manager of Bethpage School District,
receives congratulations from Mrs. Eileen (Jarren, president of
Bethpage High School PTA, upon receiving award.
School 21 years ago, and has been
the Business Manager's
secretary since 1961. Her
cheerful and efficient assistance
to all employees and residents of
the School District will be missed
by all.
Districts Reorganize
Three local school districts
held their annual reorganization
meetings during the past week.
This year's officers of the
ISLAND TREES Board of
Education are President Richard
Ahrens and Vice President Frank
Martin. The remaining members
of the Board are Christine
Fasulo, Patrick Hughes, Richard
Melch-^rs, Richard Michaels and
Louis Nessim. The Board re­appointed
Isabel Wirkula as
District Clerk, while making
James Barber the District's new
Treasurer. Mr. Lipp was retained
as Chief Legal Officer of the
District. The new tax rate for the
1976-77 school year will be set in
August.
The PLAINEDGE School
Board will be headed by
President Dominick Gagliardo
and Vice President Mrs. Goldner.
The other current Board mem­bers
are Mr. Conklin, Mr.
Edelman and Mr. Tech. An
election will take place August 5
for two additional Board
vacancies. The three candidates
Plainview Landfill:
Progress Or Problem?
By Shari Miller
The current controversy over
the Town of Oyster Bay's plans to
develop the landfill site in
Plainview did not develop
overnight; the plans for the
Town's waste disposal system go
back as far as 1969. During the
campaign for Town Supervisor,
John Burke advocated the
development of an in-vironmentally
sound solid waste
management system in the Town
of Oyster Bay. After taking office
in 1970, Supervisor Burke con­tracted
with the State En­vironmental
Facilities Cor­poration
of the Department of
Environmental Conservation
(then known as the State Pure
Waters Authority) to prepare an
advisory report to indicate the
status of the town's waste
disposal system. The report,
released in 1971, recommended to
the Town that it acquire ad­ditional
landfill facilities,
upgrade the capabilities of its two
incinerator plants, add a bulk
burner to the incinerator com­plex
and initiate resource
recovery programs aimed at
reducing the amount of solid
waste accumulated by the Town.
As Supervisor Burke has stated,
"all phases of the Town's solid
waste planning have been
completed only with the approval
of the State's environmental
professionals and those of the
Nassau County Department of
Health."
The E.F.C. report listed four
possible sites for the urgently-needed
landfill: a 43-acre parcel
owned by Nassau County in Old
Bethpage; in combination with
the first, an 18-acre parcel in
Farmingdale; a 29-acre sand pit
in East Norwich* and the 65-acre
Plainview site adjacent to Round
Swamp Road. Of the four possible
landfijl sites suggested by the
Environmental Facilities Cor­poration,
the Town Board chose
the Plainview site as the most
suitable. This decision was the
starting-point for hostile reaction
to Town Board policy. The first
site had been withdrawn from
Town consideration under an
opinion of the State Comptroller
that land dedicated for park
purposes may not be put to any
other use; the Farmingdale area
then became unfeasable when not
in combinafion with theIKrst site.
The rejection of the 29-acre Izzo
sandpit in East Norwich was
based on the following facts,
according to Supervisor
Burke: "it was found to have
insufficient capacity, a
topography that would make
landfill operations extremely
hazardous and inefficient, the
added expense of trucking in
cover material, and close
proximity to residential areas. It
would mean large additional
expenses in man and vehicle
hours and further congestion on
local roads to transport the in­cinerator
residue over the 15-mile
route. "(Supervisor Burke's
weekly column-Bethpage
Tribune- October 19, 1972) This
was not the case, however, in the
opinion of then-Town Councilman
Lewis Yevoli (State Assem-t'Continued
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are Robert Galante, Arthur
Lerner and Gerard Kleinfelder.
Registration for the election will
be held July 29 from noon-10 p.m.
Voting will take place Thursday,
August 5 from noon-10 p.m. It is
expected that a new proposed
budget will be drawn up at the
Business Meeting Thursday, July
8.
The PLAINVIEW-OLD BETH­PAGE
Board of Education of­ficers
for the coming year are
President Mitchell Laub and Vice
President Michael Miller. The
other members of the Board are
Alvin Delman, Benjamin
Taubenleld, Eileen Porta,
Harvey Brickman and Robert
McNew. The District's second
budget vote will be held Monday,
August 2. Voting wilMake place
at the Joyce Road* Jamaica
Avenue and Old Bethpage
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The Woman's Club of Bethpage Community Service Chairman, Rose
Smith presenting a certificate of appreciation to Ed Steiger, owner of
S & S Service Station (Sunoco) 489 Stewart Avenue. This certificate
was given in appreciation to Mr. Steiger in his efforts to beautify our
community. The Woman's Club of Bethpage feels that this should be
an incentive to all merchants and residents to improve and beautify
their properties.