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VOL. 19 NO. 36 Week of Dec. 6 - Dec. 12,1984 20 cents per copy
Low Cost Power
For Grumman
The New York Power Authority has approved
a proposed contract for sale of low-cost nuclear
power to the Grumman Corporation on Long
Island.
Power Authority Chairman John S. Dyson
said the proposed contract will be submitted to
Governor Mario M. Cuomo for his considera­tion.
It would lead to creation of 1,000 jobs at
Grumman's Long Island facilities for which hir­ing
is already underway.
Grumman would receive 10,000 kilowatts (kw)
of electricity from the Power Authority's James
A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Plant on Lake Ontario
near Oswego. The FitzPatrick Plant is the Power
Authority's second least-expensive generating..
source, next to its hydroelectric projects on the St..
Lawrence and Niagara rivers.
The proposed allocation ispart of Mr. I>yson's>
"Juice for Jobs" program to insure that Power,
Authority sales to industries produce the greatest
possible economic benefits.
Legislation signed by Governor Cuomo in July
authorized the long-term allocation to Grumman.
The company has been receiving 5,000 kw of
FitzPatrick power on a temporary basis since last
.fall. ••
Following the temporary allocation, Grumman
proceeded with a 700,000-square-foot expansion
of its engineering technology center and construc­tion
of a tiew computer center. The company had
considered building the new facilities in Georgia,
in part because of high electricity costs on Long
Island.
The new construction is expected to result in
the" 1,000 perms^nent new jobs on Long Island by
the end of next year. The proposed contract,
approved by Po^yer Authority trustees at a meet­ing
here, permits a proportionate reduction in the
power allocation if new employment falls below
that level. Grumman would be required to report
annually to the Power Authority on employment.
The power would be transmitted to Grumman
over facilities of the Niagara Mohawk Power.
Corp., Consolidated Edison Co; and Long Island
Lighting Co.
Shadows Of Christmas Past
The soft silhouette of flickering shadows cast by candle-glow
in each window of Old Bethpage Village Restoration
restored buildings and homes' will give visitors a glimmer of
days gone by during the annual Evening Openings for the
holidays. For these special five days between Christmas and
New Years, December 26,27,28,29 and 30, the museum will
open at 4 in the afternoon, and remain open until 9 p.m., for
evenings of music and merriment. (The Village will be closed
on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New
Year's Day. - ,
Christmas week is a very special time'at the Restoration as
a festiv;e flavor fills the air at old-fashioned social gatherings
such as were prevalent in the 19th Century: candlelight
concerts, nightly bonfires, as well as magic lantern shows
which are especially appealing to the children.
Sleigh and carriage bells will jingle and lanterns will illum­inate
the way to the 1857 Manetto Hill Church where
members of the Old Bethpage Singers will perform choral
music of the period. Their first concert will begin at 7 p.m.
Elsewhere in the Village, parlor music will be heard in the
t::aytoh House, the reedy tones of the meodeon will echo in
the Lawrence'House, and .more rousing traditional song^
will be sung by Jeff and Jeff in the Noon Inn ballroom.
The beginnings of American Christmas traditions can be
seen at the Layton House, which is the newest building in the
Restoration in terms of time period. Restored in 1865, it
illustrates the era when Christmas was first widely cele­brated
in America with the trappings we now take for
granted. Only there will the visitor find a decorated Christ­mas
tree, and^a pair of trousers—rather than stockings—hung
for gifts; * '
At the Village crossroads, a hog guessing contest, the
same kind that took place in Rockaway and Freeport at
Christmas in 1833, will be re-enacted with a prize for the
person who comes closest-to guessing the correct weight of
the sow. Hot chocolate and cider will be served nearby from
kettles hung over an open fire, \yhich will lend to the social
mood of the occasion.
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