Bethpage-Tribune_1982-07-15

              BETHPAGE OLD BETHPAGE PLAINVIEW
ISLAND TREES PLAINEDGE SEAFORD
VOL. 17 NO. 14 Week Of July 15-22,1982 20 cents per copy
Inspects County
Nassau County Comptroller Peter T. King has conducted a personal
inspection of the Nassau County Correctional Center to investigate
overtime payments to corrections officers and jail overcrowding.
Comptroller King was accompanied on his tour of the prison by Jerome
P. Donohue who is head of the Nassau County Civil Service Employees
Employees Association and a corrections officer at the jail.
King's investigation was prompted by steadily increasing overtime
payments at the jail. Noting that there was a shortage of corrections
officers because the federal courts had prohibited any hiring at the jail
until a sex discrimination lawsuit was concluded, King stated that
"overtime is necessary in the short run. Otherwise, I could see this place
blowing up because of overcrowding and manpower shortages. But in the
long run the correctional center has to severely cut back on overtime by
hiring more personnel and expanding the facilities".
King stated that because the sex discrimination case had been settled,
twenty corrections officers would be hired within the week and another
twelve within the month. "These hirings should significantly reduce
overtime costs," King stated.
King further stated that construction of additional facilities at the jail
to house 114 inmates would be extremely beneficial and would relieve
overcrowding. This construction is scheduled for completion in February
1983.
In conclusion, King commended the administration and the corrections
officers for "doing an excellent job under extremely trying conditions".
King's office will continue to closely monitor conditions at the
Correctional Center.
Nassau County Comptroller Peter T. King (r.) recently toured the
County Correctional Center to personally investigate conditions in the
jail. King was accompanied by Jerome Donohue (c), the President of the
Civil Service Employees Association, and Corrections Officer Richard
Halm (1.).
Summer Of Music For You
Man Of The Year
Again this summer European American Bank will sponsor
a series of free concerts in parks throughout Long Island. The
EAB free Summer Music Festival will include a wide range
of classical and popular music, jazz, opera, ballet,
international music and dance.
Highlights of the series will be appearances by the New
York Philharmonic, performing Shubert's "Unfinished
Symphony", the New York City Opera in a performance of
Verdi's "La Traviata", the Long Island Pops in a tribute to
Gershwin and the Duke Ellington Orchestra in an evening of
jazz and gospel.
Ten International Music nights are also scheduled,
featuring singing, dancing and entertainment designed to
appeal to audiences from around the world.
This season's program will mark the sixth year EAB has
made these free concerts available to the public on Long
Island. Last year they were attended by hundreds of
thousands of people, including a turnout of 80,000 in
Eisenhower Park to hear the New York Philharmonic.
The complete schedule is as follows, cut it out and keep it
handy for free summer entertainment.
Sunday, June 27 - Queens Symphony Orchestra - "Pops in
the Park" Crocheron Park, Bayside; 4 P.M.
Tuesday, July 6 - Earl Wrightson & Lois Hunt - "The
American Musical Theatre" John J, Burns Park,
Massapequa; 8:15P.M.
Friday, July 9 - Bebop Quintessence with Carrie Smith, The
Wharf Port Jefferson; 8 P.M.
Saturday, July 10 - Anita Sheer & Flamenco Dancers,
Baldwin Park, Baldwin; 8:15 P.M.
Sunday, July 11 - Long Island Pops - "A Tribute to
Gershwin" Eisenhower Park, East Meadow; 8 P.M.
Monday, July 12 - Polish-American Night, Eisenhower
Park, East Meadow; 8 P.M.
Tuesday, July 13 - Eastern Opera Theatre of New York -
"Broadway a la Carte" Baldwin Park, Baldwin; 8:15 P.M.
Friday, July 16 - Ed Polcer, Eddie Condon's All-Stars &
"The Swingaires" Yacht Basin, Westhampton; 8 P.M.
Saturday, July 17 - New York City Opera - "La Traviata"
Eisenhower Park, East Meadow; 8 P.M.
Sunday, July 18 - Merrick Symphony with Marian
McPartland, Baldwin Park, Baldwin; 8:15 P.M.
Monday, July 19 - Italian-American Night, Eisenhower
Park, East Meadow; 8 P.M.
Sunday, July 25 - Eglevsky Ballet & Long Island Pops,
Eisenhower Park, East Meadow; 8 P.M.
Monday, July 26 - German-American Night, Eisenhower
Park, East Meadow; 8 P.M.
Tuesday, July 27 - Dave Dixon's "Country New Breed"
Baldwin Park, Baldwin; 8:15 P.M.
Saturday, July 31 - Afro-American Night with Melba
Moore, Eisenhower Park, East Meadow; 8 P.M.
Saturday, July 31 - Dick Hyman & The East End All-Stars,
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The Administrator of
Central General
Hospital, Robert Born-stein,
was recently
honored by the Plain-view
- Bethpage Lions
Club as the Man of the
Year. Bornstein of
Middle Island has been
Administrator of
Central General since
1978.
In addition, Born­stein
was recently
sworn in by Suffolk
County Surrogate
Judge Signorelli, as a
Mediator in the Suffolk
County Community
Mediation Center in
Coram. Bornstein, will
act as a neutral third
person in the
mediation session, try­ing
to get both parties
to talk about finding
solutions to their pro­blems.
The mediation
center, which also
exists in Nassau
County, is an alter­native
to criminal pro­secution
of neighbor­hood
and domestic dis­putes.