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VOL. 19 NO. 52 Week of April 4-10,1985 20 cents per copy.
Betlv^ Makmm Hasn't Changed Ufestyte Day ot Remembrance
FRANK PITA of Bethpage, Grumman employee who won
a million dollars last year in N.Y, State lottery, but sayS
winning hasn'taffected his life-style.».. ~ ' - -. - '—-,>-- —
Most people are more than a little skeptical when they
read of a million-dollar lottrery vwnner v^ilo says that his or
her life will not be changed one bit by the windfall.
CHILDSiEN
MID YOUTH
MONTH
APRIL
fian&Kan
Legion
By Matt Rufrano
Following World War I,
the founders of the Ameri­can
Legion realized a need
to care for and supply direc­tions
to the youth of Amer­ica.
This assistance has come
in many forms over the years
and continues to do so
today.
Recently, the media has
dramatized several social ills
inyolving children-Teen sui­cide,
missing children and
alcohol and driig abuse. The
community has been
aroused and clamours for
action.
The American Legion has
supplied its posts with tm-gefprint
cards for child-identification
progranis and
brochures.to educate par­ents
on how to prevent child
abduction. In addition, the
Legion is encouraging legis­lation
at all levels to help
ensure our children's safety.
Most of you are not aware
of it but your local Ameri­can
Legion Post probably
supports many programs for
the community children
such as: scouting, baseball.
Boys/Girls Nation, Boys
State, the Special Olympics,
Ameficahism school pro­grams,
oratorical contests
and many other youth
activities.
Clarence M, Bacon,
American Legion National
C o mm a lid e r, s u m m e d
things up when he said,
"Children and youth: our
country's mo&t valuable
resource."
Breath Of Life
Mid-Island Hospital,
Department of Nursing
presents The Breath of Life,
a Community Health Edu­cation
Program sponsored
by the Patient Education
Committee.
Program includes: Lec­tures
and films on the respi­ratory
system'' asthma,
emphysema and smoking.
Free pulmonary function
testing*, Thursday, April
25, 1985, 12:00 noon-8:00
P.M. in the main lobby.
•Scheduled times for
pulrjionary function testing
will be posted in the main
lobby.
Well, change is one thing that has not come to Frank Pita
of Bethpage, an employee of Grumman Corporation's Air­craft
Systeni's Division, who won the million dollar contest
a year'ago. Pita is still on his job as a hammerman in the
Manufacturing Department doing the "exact same thing
that I've been doing at Grumman for years ~ working hard
and enjoying it."
Pita says his work life is not exactly the same as it was
before winning the lottery. "I have to admit I've given up
working overtime. There's rto need to go too far," he quips.
In 1984 Pita and his family enjoyed their first of many
yearly checks from New York State by taking a trip to Rio de
Janeiro to visit relatives who were suitably impressed by
their newly rich relations. '
Pita also invested in a new car for himself— lone that he has
craved for some time, a Cutlatss Supreme. He has also remo­deled
the kitchen of his house for his wife, who retired from
her job. "There's ho need for her to be working anymore. As
for myself; .y/ell .1 like to keep busy and Mike my job." ,
^'Thebest^ihingabout the ii&ney,'' Sana's F*imp*isthe^
ity. At my age, being near retirement and ^11 our kids already
grown and on their own, it's nice to know that thosie checks
will be coming for twenty more years. It's a real good feeling,
in fact."
Polluters Should Pay
Following the annpunciement: by the Department of
Environmental Conservation (DEC), that 449 additional
hazardous was|e dumps have been discovered due to the
'Community Right to Know' executive order issued by Gov­ernor
Cuomo on Decenrjjber 31, 1983, the New York Public
Interest Research Group, Inc. (NYPIRG), called on the
entire Long Island delegation of Senators to support a plan
to adequately.fund the New York State Superfund from fees
placed on industries responsible for polluting, and not out of
the pockets of citizen taxpayers.
The announcement by the DEC may add 64 new sites to
Li's already large share of 114 of the most hazardous dunips
in the state, bringing the total to 178. "This staggering
increase in known or suspected toxic dumps here, coupled
with the particularly sensitive location of Li's underground
water supply, warrants ah immediate response from the LI
delegation of Senators to address this problem in an ade-.
quate fashion," said Jim Leotta, NYPIRG State Superfund
Campaign Director. 'So far what we have seen from the
Senate is a plan that will burden the citizen taxpayers with
the cost of clean up and which will literally take hundreds of.
years to complete, while those responsible make only a
token gesture at providing for the costs of clean up," he
added.
In 1982, the State Legislature enacted Superfund legisla­tion
that was supposed to.raise 10 million dollars annually
by placing a fee on the amount of hazardous waste generated
by industries. In its first year the Superfund raised o\y 3
million dollars and many persons in the DEC believe the
fund could go bankrupt without cleaning any of NY's most
hazardous dumps.
Last year theGovernor introduced a plan that would raise
31 million dollars from a revised three tier fee system, which
includes, in addition to a waste end fee, an up front fee on the
initial purchase of raw chemicals used for production or
sale, and a 3 cent per barrel fee on the first transfer of crude
oil within NY State, a primary source would be followed in
two years by a bond proposal, which may rise up to 700
million dollars. The specific amount of the bond would be
determined by the Governor based on recommendations
made to him by the Superfund Management Board. The
Governor's bill passed the Assembly overwhelmingly but
was not acted on in the Senate who passed their own bill
(Continued on Page 8)
County Executive Francis T. Purcell, third
from right, accepts the first poster to be displayed
countywide to encourage participation in Yom
Hashoa (Day of Rememberance). The commem­orative
program, which will take place on: Sun-ds^
i^A^l^ ^mL\ i AM to I^PlNijn th^ T^fassaoi
eominiihityt;bllege gymnasium
foVmances by noted raconteur song stylist Theo­dore
Bikel, the Long Island Youth Choir and the
American Zionist Youth Dance Group. Highlight
of the observance, the first countywide obser­vance
held in the United States, will be a torch
lighting ceremony. Yom Hashoa, planned as a
tribute of Holocaust survivors and liberators of
the Nazi death camps, marks the 40th ianniversa-rya
of the campsMiberation. Shown with Purcell
are, left to right, Irving Roth of Williston Park
and Boris M. Chartan of Plainview, vice-president
and president of the Long Island Com­mission
o'f.Holgcaust Survivors; Sarah Ducorsky
of Atlantic Beach, executive director of the LIFE
Center for Holocaust Studies; Purcell; Rabbi
Myron Fenster of the Shelter RocR Jewish Cen­ter;
and Dr. Rabbi Tobias Rothenberg, president
of the Long Island Board of Rabbis.