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VOL. 20 NO. 22 Week of September 5 - September 11,1985 20 cents per copy
Long Island
Senior Games
A "Special Day" for our Long Island Seniors, the games
are designed to encourage State residents age 55 and over to
maintain their physical and mental vigor through recrea­tional
and sports participation.
Nassau County and Suffolk County will sponsor the pro­gram
in cooperationwith the New York State Office of
Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. The Games
are being hosted by Nassau County Department of Recrea­tion
and Parks, and Nassau Community College. The events
will take place at Nassau Community College, Eisenhower
Park, Mitchel Park, Bethpage State Park and the Garden
City Bowl. Events scheduled include: backgammon, bad­minton,
basketball, bocci, bowling, bridge, checkers,
cycling, darts, golf, horseshoes, lawn bowling, racquetball,
scrabble, shuffleboard, softball hit, softball throw, swim­ming,
table tennis, tennis, track & field and Trivial Pursuit.
Opening Ceremonies of the New York State Senior
Games to be held on Saturday, October. 19, 1985 at Nassau
Community College Gymnasium at 9:00 a.m. sharp.
A registration fee of $8.00 entitles entrants to participate
in all eventSya Senior Games T-shirt, packet of information
and a box lunch. There is an additional fee for golf, bowling,
and the buffet dinner with entertainment. Pre-registration is
encouraged to avoid being closed out of an activity.
For further information and applications, write to: Long
Island Senior Games, Belmont Lake State Park, P.O. Box
247,.Babylon, NY 11702 or call (516) 669-1000, extension
247 or (516) 542-4497;
5th AnnuM
Seafood Festival
Presiding Supervisor Thomas Gulotta has announced
that the ANNUAL HEMPSTEAD TOWN SEAFOOD
FESTIVAL will be held September 21st and 22nd.
"Anyone who is interested in participating in this Festival
is welcome to inquire," said Supervisor Gulotta, "This i« a
weekend when our Town Beach is open to everyone, and
with the summer just about ending, it's very pleasurable."
Last year an estimated 50,000 people attended the festival
held "under the mushrooms",at the Town Park at Lido
Bea(ch. Booth's selling seafood delicacies with an interna­tional,
and local flavor; cooked and fresh food; nautically-themed
wares; and pieces of handmade crafts and artwork
are the main attractions. Also, there is a beauty contest, a
fishing contest, sand sculpturing contest, sailboard regatta,
hobie (multi-hull) cat, and a swim and run marathon. Music
- and festivities will also highlight the festival.'Other attrac­tions
include exhibits and demonstrations by Explorer Post.
1, U.S. Navy, the New York Sea Grant, 4H-Co<Jperative
Extension and the U.S. Power Squadron.
For further information about scheduling during the
weekend and/or booths," contact Dorothy Tripp of the
Town of Hempstead Department of Industry and Com­merce
at (516) 489-9000, extensions. 3439 and 3436.
Ga/f Lessons
Golf game a little rough around the edges? If you could
use a brushup to iron some of those kinks out of your swing,
sign up for the golf clinic to be held Mondays and Wednes­days
during September at the Eisenhower Park driving
range.
Instruction will be given from 9 to 11:30 A.M. or 6^07:30
P.M. beginning September 9 through 25. The fee is $15 for
the six-session course. For further information, call
794-0390.
The clinic is for adults 18 and over, beginners as well as
intermediates.
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New Chief At St. Francis
Gruminan To Be Part Of
Strategic Defense Weapon Team
Rep. Norman F. Lent (R-4-NY) today announced the
U.S. Department of Defense has awarded the Grumman
Aerospace Corporation of Bethpage, New York, a $20 mil­lion
contract to develop the. Strategic Defense Initiative's
(SDl) Bopst Surveillance and Tracking System (BSTS).
The SDl concept is designed to destroy attacking nuclear
weapons before they can reach their targets. Grumman will
assist in the 12 month program to defme and research the
BSTS phase of the SDL
"The Secretajy of DeferiseV selction of the Grumman
team is a tribute to their outstanding cajpabilities and dem­onstrated
expertise in aerospace technology and engineer­ing,"
said Rep. Lent. Grumman Corp. of Bethpage lies
within the Long Island legislator's 4th Congressional
District. " • •
The BSTS would serve as the "eyes" for a potential ballis­tic
missile defense system. It would give the critical first
warning of a ballistic inissile attack, sensing the missiles
immediately when lift from their launchers.
This electronic warning system would far exceed existing
early warning systems. Under BSTS, the tracking and target
characteristics data of the enemy missile would be imme­diately
relayed to the weapon interception system for possi­ble
engagement of threatening targets. ?
. "The technology developed as part of the SDl is the way
of the future in nuclear defense strategies, arid Tm confident
that Grumman Corporation will make significant contribu­tions
to that effort," Lent concluded. , 'i-
The Grumman Aerospace Corp. support^ team will consist
of Boeing Aerospace Company, Seattle Washington; Com­puter
Sciences Corp,, Moorestown, New Jersey; ITEX
Optical Systems, La Jolla, California; and SPARTA, Inc.,
Laguna Hills, California.
Dr. Robert F. Vizza, newly appointed President & Chief
Executive Officer of St. Francis Hospital (left) is pleased to
greet Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lourenso from Bethpage. Mr.
LourenscJ is President, Long Island Chemical Bank. More
than 300 representatives from business and the community
attended a recent reception at the Hospital to welcome Dr.
Vizza. He coutlined his commitment to fulfill the mission of
St. Francis Hospital as New York State's leading Heart
Center.
St. Francis Hospital is internationally renowned for pro­viding
sophisticated cardiac diagnosis, treatment and
surgery to battle heart disease in infants, children and adults.
In serving as New York State's only designated cardiac
specialty facility, St. Francis also offers a broad range of
general medical and surgical services to support the heart.
PTA Month
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Colby proclaims the
month of September "PTA Membership Month" in the
Twon with the presentation of a special proclamation to
Eileen Fanning (left), director of the Nassau County District
of the New York State Congress of Parents & Teachers, Inc.,
and Lois Barry, first associate director of the Nassau County
District PTA. Colby urged all Town residents to support
their local PTAs "as they help our schools honor their
commitments to provide the best possible education for
all."