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VOL. 21 NO. 15 Week of July 24 - July 30,1986 20 cents per copy
Hero Bay Constatfe Awarded
Medal of Honor
Hempstead Presiding
Supervisor Thomas S.
Gulotta, in conjunction with
the members of the Hemp­stead
Town Board, has for­mally
presented Bay Con­stable
John Ferrar with the
official Hempstead Town
Medal of Honor for his
Memorial Day rescue of a
five year old boy from the
swift waters of Long Creek
off the Soth Shore of the
Town. Also present at the
award ceremony was Jimmy
Preslick of Garden City,
who was rescued by Ferrar,
along with his family. Ferrar
is a 13-year veteran Bay
Constable who lives in
Cedarhurst.
"The heroic efforts of Sgt.
Ferrar must not go unno­ticed
since his actions during
the Memorial Day Weekend
symbolize the dedication
and professional training of
all our Town employees,"
Gulotta said. "We are
delighted and honored to be
able to honor Sgt. Ferrar for
his exemplary per­formance."
The Memorial Day Holi­day
for the Preslick's began
in a routine fashion when
they left their Garden City
home with their car filled
with 5 children, and a 16-
foot outboard in tow. Ready
for a holiday afternoon on
the water were Peter and
Salute To
Miss Liberty
Hempstead Town Presiding Supervisor Tho­mas
S. Gulotta (left) meets with Eric Berrios of
Levittown (center), a student at Island Trees High
School, who constructed a 15-foot replica of the
Statue of Liberty as part of a school project. The
new Miss Liberty is currently being exhibited in
the lobby of Town Hall, Hempstead. Shown are
(L-R): Supervisor Gulotta; Marcia Berrios, artist
Eric Berrios, Dina Ciaramitaro, and Assembly­man
Fred Parola, all of Levittown.
Doris Preslick, their three
Children, Christine (8),
Daniel (6) and Jimmy (5);
and two neighbors' children,
Raymond and Daniel Fleck,
aged 6 and 4 respectively.
Sgt. Ferrar's official
report graphically picks up
the dramatic sequence of
events: On Monday, May
26, 1986, at approximately
2:30 P.M., while on routine
patrol in the vicinity of Loftg
Creek and Seadog Board
Channels, I came upon a
boating accident which
apparently had just taken
place. 1 saw one (i) aduh
female in the water with four
(4) children, all with life-jackets
on and approxi­mately
30 yards away, an 18'
capsized boat with one (1)
adult male on top who was
waving frantically, 1 imme­diately
radioed headquar­ters
for assistance. While
proceeding to pick up the
children in the water, the
adult male screamed, "my
baby is under the boat". 1
immediately requested two
(2) other boaters at the scene
to assist with the persons in
the water and 1 responded to
the capsized vessel and
secured my boat to it. 1 made
one additional notification
to headquarters of baby
trapped under the vessel and
1 then immediately dove
under the boat. Visibility
was extremely poor but 1
was able to observe part of a
life-jacket. At that point, 1
had to surface for air. The
male adult on top of the
boat, the father of the child,
advised me that the baby
was five year old and had a
life-jacket on. 1 dove under
the boat again and searched
the entire length of the vessel
and J found an empty life-jacket
and again had to sur­face
for air. The father
stated that the life-jacket
was not the one the baby had
on.
1 dove under the boat again
and I found the child
trapped under the forward
storage compartment and
then pulled the child from
the compartment and out
and around the side of the
boat to the surface. The
child was unconscious at
this time. While still in the
water, I began to clean the
boy's mouth and nose to
begin CPR. At this moment,
he ragained consciousness. 1
then pulled the child oh top
of the capsized boat whe-
. reup^n he was transferred to
Bay Constable Richter's
patrol vessel which was at
the scene at this time. He, in
turn, transferred the child to
Marsh island where the
Nassau County Police
helicopter was to transport
him to Nassau County Med­ical
Center.
Preslick was held over­night
for observation and
released the next day in fine
condition.
"It is both fitting and
proper that we honor Sgt.
Ferrar for his heroic efforts.
We hope that the Medal of
Honor which he has
received today from the
Town Board on behalf of all
Town residents, willserve as
a lasting reminder of his
brave actions taken on
Memorial Day which saved
the life of young Jimmy
Preslick. He is a great credit
to our fine staff of Bay Con­stables
and we are proud to
have him as part of our
Town family," Gulotta
concluded.
Exceptional
Graduate
MICHAEL REIDY, resident of Bethpage, grad­uated
from Human Resources School for physi­cally
disabled children, Albertson, NY. Congratu­lations
are extended from (L to R) Clara Carucci,
Chairman, Human Resources School Board of
Trustees, Regent Floyd S. Linton, NY State
Board of Regents, 10th Judicial District and gra­duation
guest speaker and Dr. Edwin W. Martin,
President, Human Resources Center. Michael*
was on the hockey team, computer club, radio
club and will attend Hofstra University to study
computer sciences.
Polo Sunday
Annex Open For Tax Paymmts
Effective Monday,
August 4th, through
Friday, August 8th,
1986, the Town Clerk's
Annex, located in the
Town Parking Garage
at Newbridge Road
and Duffy Avenue in
Hicksville, will be open
to receive general tax
payments.
The office will
remain open from 9
AM to 4:45 PM.
Residents may also
pay in person at the
Tax Office, Oyster Bay
Town Hall West, Aud­rey
Avenue, Oyster Bay
and at Town Hall
South, 977 Hicksville
Road, Massapequa,
during the hours of 9
AM to 4:45 PM,
weekdays.
When paying in per­son,
residents should
bring the entiire tax bill
Polo lovers rejoice! The
Golden Era of Long Island
polo again returns to Beth­page
this Sunday, July 26th,
when spectators from near
and far will meet at Beth­page
State Park to witness
the Shearson Lehman Bros.
Invitational Polo Cup. All
the glory, glamour and pres­tige
associated with the
"sport of Kings" will be
represented as will a wond­erful
Long Island tradition -
tournament match polo.
In the I930's it was not
unusual to have a crowd of
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20,000 Sunday spectators
for an international match
at the Meadow Brook Polo
Club in Bethpage. Yet, when
Shearson first sponsored the
invitational in 1984, tour­nament
polo had not been
played in the New York area
for twenty years.
The 1986 Shearson Leh­man
Invitational Polo Cup
should be an outstanding
c o m p e t i t i o n . Players
include Gonzalo Pieres, one
of only four players in the
world to be rated ten goal.
Also playing will be Hector
Barrantes (7 goal) who will
arrive fresh from the wed­ding
of his stepdaughter
Sarah Ferguson to Prince
Andrew of Great Britain.
They will play six exhaust­ing
seven minute-periods, or
chukkers as they're called.