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VOL. 21 NO. 25 Week of October 2 - October 8,1986 20 cents per copy
Town To Close Old Incinerator
Oyster Bay Town Super­visor
Joseph Colby has
announced that he and the
members of the Town Board
have scheduled the closing
of the Town incinerator for
December 31, 1986.
"Plans are currently
underway to use this site for
a state-of-the-art recycling/
resource recovery plant,"
said Colby, "and closure of
the incinerator will facilitate
this project."
The incinerator, although
againg, poses no health
threat to the surrounding
community, this fact was
recently confirmed by the
findings of three-and-one-half
months of continuous
air sampling by the Nassau
County Board of Health.
The plant is currently oper­ating
at partial capacity
under a consent agreerhent'
with the New York State
Department of Environ­mental
Conservation. Colby
said, "notwithstanding the
Health Department's find­ings,
the community has
expressed cojncern and the
Town Board has chosen to
demonstrate its good faith
by shutting down the
operation."
The December 31st clo­sure
is predicated on the
construction of the transfer
station now being built by
the contractor who is cur­rently
hauling Oyster Bay's
waste to Pennsylvania. The
transfer station is expected
to be completed by late fall
and the additional time will
allow the shipper to stream­line
operations and make
any necessary adjustments
before taking on the addi­tional
tonnage.
Employ Handicapped Week
American
Legion
LliS
Employ the ^
Handicapped
Week Oct. 5th-llth
By Matt Rufrano
To promote the employ­ment
of the handicapped,
The American Legion, in
cooperation with the Presi­dent's
Committee on
Employment of the Handi­capped,
annually observes
the first full week of October
as "Employ The Handi­capped
Week."
President Reagan has
'proclaimed the period of
October 5 to 11 as the week
to recognize that the handi­capped
make excellent
employees.
Herb Granberg, Com­mander
of the Archie
McCord Post #86, said at a
recent meeting that employ­ers
have an opportunity to
hire people who are skilled
and just happen to have a
handicap. These individuals
have proven their reliability
and potential employers
should not overlook this
portion of the work-force
pool.
Interested employers
should contact any state
employment office or the
Disabled Veterans Outreach
Program (DVOP). Many
state employment offices
have a DVOP specialist
available to help you.
Public Budget Meeting' Oct. 7
This year, as last year.
County Executive Francis
T. Purcell is inviting the
public to tell him personally
on Tuesday, Oct. 7, what
they think about the pro­posed
1987 county budget.
Purcell said the public
budget meeting willk be held
in two sessions — one from 2
PM to 4 PM, and an evening
sessions from 7:30 PM to 9
PM.
The meetings will be held
in the board of supervisors
meeting room on the fifth
floor of the County Execu­tive
Building, 1 West St.,-
Mineola.
"I intend to listen," Pur­cell
said. "I want to hear
what people think the
county should be doing in
1987."
The only public hearing
required by law is the one
that must be held by the
board of supervisors before
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BFD & NCPD
Combine Rescue Efforts
by Tim Mooney
On Tuesday Sept. 30th the Bethpage Fire Department,
under the direction of Lt. Gary Hearn along with the Nassau
County Police responded to the home of Mr. Joseph Letti-rine
of 43 Eileen Ave., Plainview. Mr. Lettirine had appear-/
ent fallen off a step ladder while working in his home. Fire
Dept. Medical Technicians realizing the severity of the vic­tims
leg injury, immediately requested the assistance of the
Police Air Bureau to transport the aided to Nassau County
Medical Center. N.C.P.D. Helicopter #6 responded and set
down in a park near the scene. The aided was transported to
the waiting helicopter by the Fire Dept. Ambulance. Mr.
Lettirine is listed in satisfactory condition at Nassau
County Medical Center.
Fire Dept. Rescue workers attend to Mr. Lettirine's injur­ies
and get him ready to board ....
.... the waiting Police helicopter, ready to rush him to
Nassau County Medical Center for treatment.
AiithCrime Measures Blocked By Dems
Assemblyman Fred Parola (R-C, Wantagh) today
charged that Democrats in the Assembly blocked numerous
measures that would have increased penalties for criminals
and sharply reduced the crime rate in New York rate in New
York.
"Reflecting on the past legislative session, I find it deeply
regrettable that legislation was not approved to reinstate the
death penalty, limit plea bargaining for certain serious
crimes, deny bail to dangerous repeat offenders, and estab­lish
longer, definite prison terms for felons," Parola said.
"These Republicans proposals, many of which I spon­sored,
woujd go a long way toward making our streets and
neighborhoods safe and restoring the public's confidence in
our criminal justice system," he said.
Parola noted that for the 10th year in a row a death
penalty bill was approved by the state Legislature only to be
vetoed by a Democrat governor. This year. Republicans in
the Legislature sponsored a constitutional amendment to
allow a public refetendum on the proposal.
"The Democrat majority in the Assembly would not let
the bill out of committee, however, thereby denying New
Yorkers the opportunity to decide the fate of this issue,"
Parola said.
"How can so many legislators claim to represent their
constituents when the clear majority of the public favors the
reinstitution of capital punishment?"
Legislation placing limits on plea bargaining for serious
crimes including murder, rape, assault, arson and kidnap­ping
also was held in committee, according to Parola.
"All too often a defendant can enter a plea to a less serious
charge, usually substantially reducing the sentence that
should be imposed. Plea bargaining must be curtailed for
these types of serious crimes so that convicted felons serve
prison sentences sufficient for their crimes," he said.
Bail reform legislation has been another concern of
Republicans in the Legislature, Parola said. This year, a
measure he supported would have prohibited the release on
recognizance or bail of any persons charged with violent
crimes if they have certain prior felony convictions or are
charged with committing a crime of violence while awaiting
trial for another felony.
"We must be willing to recognize when a persistent felon is
a danger to society and takes steps to prevent further harm,"
Parola said.
The need to establish definite prison sentences for those
wiio commit felonies is a long-overdue reform that must be
enacted, Parola added.
In 1985, the governor's own Commission of Sentencing
Guidelines made recommendations that would have actu­ally
resuhed in shorter sentences for most violent and repeat
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D'Amato Opposed To Shoreham
An angry U.S. Senator
Alfonse D'Amato appears
before a meeting on the
Shoreham atomic Energy
plant conducted by the
Atomic Safety and Licens­ing
Board, warning "It is
time to stop trying to license
Shoreham. It is time for the
Nuclear Regulatory Com­mission
(NRC) to acknowl­edge
the risks.
The citizens of Long
Island have grown skeptical
of the NRC's commitment
to their safety. The people
are suspicous, and rightly
so, that the NRC is a short­sighted
bureacracy dedi­cated
to the operation of
Shoreham at virtually any
risk to the public's safety,"
continued D'Amato.
The Senator concluded,
"The bottom line is this:
Shoreham must not be
licensed. State and local
officials have not partici­pated
in the emergency
planning. The overwhelm­ing
majority of local resi­dents
oppose the opening of
this plant. An experienced
FEMA Regional Adminis­trator,
Frank Petrone, has
put his good reputation on
the line by stating that the
evacuation plan cannot
assure the public safety. And
the tragic lesson of Cher­nobyl
shows us that the
threat a nuclear accident is
not simply theoretical."