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VOL. 21 NO. 22 Week of September 11 - September 17,1986 20 cents per copy
Law To Prevent
Child Abductions
As a result of a new law
co-sponsored by Senator
Norman J. Levy (R,C-Merrick),
aimed at provid­ing
greater protection for
school children, school dis­tricts
will now be prohibited
from releasing a child to
anyone other than those
persons previously ap­proved
by the child's parent
or guardian.
Levy explained that the
new law requires school dis­tricts
to check the identity of
persons requesting a child's
release against a list pro­vided
by the parents to the
school district. The law also
authorizes school districts to
adopt procedures for updat­ing,
the list of names pro­vided
by the parents and
allows law enforcement offi­cials
and child protective
services workers to take cus­tody
of a child to protect the
child's health and safety.
"A parent's worst night­mare
is the discovery that
their child is missing Levy
stressed adding that there
are certain precautions par­ents
should take and teach
their children including:
TIPS FOR PARENTS
* Keep records of your
childrens' friends' phone
numbers;
* Make sure the school
phones you if your child is
absent;
It's Illegal
New York Telephone is
asking residents not to att­ach
signs to its telephone
poles'since this action poses
a safety-hazard to pole-climbing
technicians.
The signs, especially those
made of heavy wood and
metal, can cause injuiry if a
technician's climbing spurs
get caught in the posters or
nails. Injury may also result
from falling posters or
brushing against sharp sign
edges.
Under New York State
Penal law, it's illegal to post
signs, advertisements, pos­ters
and notices on utility
poles. New York Telephone
will remove sighs placed on
its poles and will contact the
party that placed them,
when-possible. ,
* Keep a set of your child's
fingerprints;
* Make up a password to
be used in an emergency—
—tell the child not to go
with anyone who doen't
know it;
* Don't let a child go to
school, work, play or bed,
with major parent-child
arguments of problems
unresolved."
RULES FOR CHILD­REN:
* Know your phone
number (including area
code) and address (including
town and state);
* Know how to dial 911 or
zero (rotry pushbutton); -
* Report any suspicious
strangers to parents or
school officials (write down
a license plate and
remember what the car and
person looks like);
* If you are ever abducted,
remember landmarks (street
names, lakes, billboards,
license plate colors).
County Wide CRACK.
Education Program
County Executive Francis T.Purcell, testifying before
The Senate Majority Task Force on Suburbs in Transition,
announced plans for a major, county-wide education pro­gram
for students, parents and community groups through­out
Nassau County.
The County Rally Against Cocaine Killers (C.R.A.C.K.)
program, involving almost all county agencies, will officially
begin on October 1st and will include specially designed
speaker's programs for parochial, private and public middle,
junior high, high school and college students. Other pro­grams,
designed for kindergarten through grade 6 children,
and parents and community groups, will also be available
iinon reauest.
"I believe that education is key to non-drug use," Purcell
said. "We must do all we can to keep people, especially
youngsters, from trying crack and to get those who are
already using it to come in for help."
Purcell's decision to embark on a county-wide crack edu­cation
program was made after numerous meetings with the
County's top commissioners and professionals who are
involved on a daily basis with the causes and effects of drugs,
and after receiving enthusiastic support at meeting with
school and P.T. A. officials.
Purcell is asking all Cpunty commissioners, deputy com­missioners,
senior staff niembers, and all elected officials, to
participate in a crack training seminar program in order to
become one of the C.R.A.C.K. team speakers.
Purcell, who will head the team of speakers, will be one of
the iOO volunteers expected to participate in the training
seminar, which will be conducted by Nassau County's
Commissioner of Drug and Alcohol Harold Adams on
Thursday, September 25th, 9 AM - Noon, at the Salisbury
Club in Eisenhower Parlc.
Still in its formative stage, other plans for Purcell's
C.R.A.CiK. program include:
•Involving the P.T.A.'s; the S.A.D.D. chapters, already
in place and successfully operating in all high schools, parent
networks; school social workers; and existing community
based drug program.
* An on-going educational program implementing school
district suggestions, slide shows, tours.
•Informational brochures and other printed material.
•Seminar for teachers and public and private sector
human services professionals.
•Public service announcements, posters and bumper
stickers^.
•Enlistment of cooperation from the County's weekly
newspapers, radio and T.V. stations.
"I fully intend to continue to mobilize any and all county
programs and services in this fight against crack and other
drug abuse," Purcell said. "We cannot....np...we will not,"
said Purcell, "let this epidemic, which produces crime aiid
hura»v4cv.as(t4tJQ»r spread tlu^^oughout Qur County."
Moving Ahead On Hunger
The Third Annual
"MOVE-A-THON" Fund-
Raiser to raise money to
help in alleviating world
hunger will be held Sunday,
September 21st, 1986.
The Annual Event spon­sored
by the charitable
organization, "The Long
Island Move To End World
Hunger" involves able and
disabled individuals travers­ing
a designated course
within Eisenhower Park to
raise funds for this worthy
cause through financial
sponsorship.
In addition to the
"MOVE-A-THON", the
Town is also presently in the
process of collecting canned
foods donated by employees.
The foods wil be distributed
to the needy of our region by
the "Long Island Cares
Regional Food Bank".
Presiding Supervisor
Tom Gulotta explains,
"While we are fortunate
enough to have enough food
on our tables to feed our­selves
and our families thou­sands
of others wake up and
go to bed hungry day after
day. As a result, millions of
people around the world die
annually of starvation.
While this situation may
seem ovewhelming, we
should realize that if each of
us makes just a small contri­bution
in any way possible,
we can greatly help to put an
end to this travesty once and
for all."
The Third Annual
"MOVE-A-THON" will be­held
on Sunday, September
21st between 12 Noon and 3
P.M. at Eisenhower Park in
East Meadow. The event
will take place rain or shine.
For additional informa*
tion regarding these fund-raising
events, please contat
the Public Information
Office at Town Hall at 489-
5000, Extension 3312 or the
Long Island Move To End
World Hunger at 794-
LOVE 95638).
In the attached photo­graph,
Presiding Supervisor
Gulotta joins with MOVE-A-
THON Executive Direc­tor
Joyce Minkin in display­ing
the official banner
proclaiming the special
event.
TOBAY S.T.O.P. Program
Many common, garden,
household and car mainte­nance
products are actually
materials which are hazard­ous
pollutants.
To assist residents in the
safe disposal of these pro­ducts,
the Town of Oyster
Bay, in cooperation with the
North Massapequa Fire
District will sponsor a spe­cial
S.T.O.P. program. The
second of three scheduled
S.T.O.P. (Stop Throwing
Out Pollutants), will take
palce on Saturday, Sep­tember
20th, between the
hours of 9 AM and 4 PM at
the North Massapequa Fire
District Substation, Hicks-ville
Road, Seaford,
Residents are urged to
bring their toxic materials,
(excluding aerosol contain­ers,
unlabeled chemicals
which cannot be classified.
radioactive chemicals,
flammables, latex paint, Sil-vex
345T and explosives) to
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