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VOL. 14 NO ,38* For Tha Week Of March 6 - March 12,1980 20 CMltS JMT topy
Bluegrass Band At Library
THE YANKEE REBELS,
considered to be "the best blue-grass
band in New York," will
perform at the Bethpage Public
Library on Friday, March 14, at 8
P.M. Winners of several blue-grass
band contests, the Yankee
Rebels have been playing
together for more than 16 years:
Their unique combination of both
traditional and modern bluegrass
and their close three- and four-part
harmonies have made the
band one of the most popular in
New York. They have played at
clubs, festivals and universities
throughout New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecti­cut
and Massachusetts, working
alone and with many of the best
names in bluegrass, such as The
Seldom Scene, Don Stover, Frank
Wakefield and the Good Ole Boys,
The Osborne Brothers, Ralph
Stanley, J.D. Crowe and many
others.
In addition the YANKEE
REBELS have been seen on
television channels 2, 4, and 7 in
New York, appeared on Long
Island Cablevision shows, and
have been heard on dozens of
New York radio programs. They
have recorded for MGM Records
and their latest album, "The
Yankee Rebels: It's About Time"
will soon be issued on the Flying
Crow label.
Admission to the program is
free - tickets are not required.
Seating in the library auditorium
is limited, however, and will be
on a first-come, first-served
basis. Doors open at 7:30 P.M.
The Yankee Rebels appear at
the Bethpage Public Library by
arrangement with The Guitar
Workshop of Roslyn Heights,
N.Y. The program is made
possible by public funds from the
New York State Council on Arts.
MICHAEL MURPHY OF BETHPAGE, a Nassau Community
College student studying to become a licensed X-Ray technician,
receives clinical training at Brunswick Hospital Center,
Amityville, three days a week under the school's study-internship
program. Here he is instructed by Brunswick tectnicial Virginia
Will on use of the hopsital's advanced equipment.
Girl Scout Week
March 9-15
Fire Dept. Backs Pooka In Spite
Of Dirty Tricks Campaign
March 9-15 is Girl Scout Week
and more than three million Girl
Scouts and adult volunteers will
join together in celebration of
Girl Scouting in the United
States. To be a Girl Scout does not
mean just another activity
sandwiched in between school
and clubs. Active membership in
the Girl Scout organization can
be a springboard to a significant
involvement with people, with the
community, and with the world of
the future.
The theme for Girl Scout Week
1980 is in accordance with the
many positive and progressive
changes Girl Scouting has wit­nessed
over the years: "WHERE
THE FUTURE BEGINS..." Girl
Scoutings' contemporary
program is built on a foundation
of proven values and is designed
to help a girl make intelligent
choices for herself, her career
and her FUTURE. What h#r
FUTURE can be is up to her: she
can be an astronaut, a plumber, a
doctor, a home manager -
anything is possible.
Strengthened by the program
itself, Girl Scouting brings to
each girl an awareness of her
own personal worth and a chance
to grow as an individual.
We urge you to join with our
local Girl Scouts in this
celebration. Girl Scouting works
to achieve a FUTURE as bright
as the faces of the girls them­selves.
Truly, Girl Scouting is
"WHERE THE FUTURE
BEGINS..."
Having uncovered a vicious "Dirty Tricks" cam­paign
being waged against him, Peter Pooka has gone
to the fire department and Friends of Bethpage
Library to ask for their endorsement in his goal of
unseating Peter Cottontail as Easter Bunny.
Pooka's campaign manager, DeWayne Scott in­formed
the TRIBUNE of a "dirty tricks" campaign
being waged by Bethpage resident John Weeks against
Scott's candidate.
"Weeks, a suspected union organizer, has secretly
signed on as the incumbent Easter Bunny's campaign
manager and has used his daughter in an obvious
Bethpage Panthers
Paper Drive
Saturday March 15
10 AM - 2 PM
Bethpage High School
smear campaign to defame Peter Pooka," said Scott at
a special news conference.
"The proof of the pudding is on page two of today's
TRIB, in the Letters to the Editor column," said Scott.
"It is obvious that Weeks put his daughter up to this.
How low can a campaign manager get. His/her
charges aren't even worth answering, but in the spirit
of fair play, the American Way and the true
democratic process, I say to Weeks, 'Let Them
Debate.'"
"Peter Pooka is highly visible, totally energetic and
ready at anytime to debate Peter Cottontail.
"Why does Weeks have Peter Cottontail in hiding,"
continued a by now almost enraged Scott. "Obviously,
Cottontail, who works only half-a-day-a-year can't
possibly win in a direct confrontation With the people's
candidate."
Scott concluded by saying, "I challenge John Weeks
to admit that he is on the Easter Bunny's payroll, and
to produce that obese rabbit for an open debate."
At that point, Scott and Peter Pooka left to attend
Bethpage Night at the Nassau Coliseum. The
"nefarious" letter, as Scott refers to it appears un-censoredonPage2.