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VOL. 21 NO. 34 Week of December 4 - December 10,1986 20 cents per copy
COLBY Asks CUOMO: National League Champions
What About Us??
Oyster Bay Town Super­visor
Joseph Colby called
for bi-partisan support from
Long Island's elected State
Legislators in fighting the
Governor's proposed 5-
cent-per-gallon gas tax
increase that would benefit
urban mass transit and leave
Long Islanders still search­ing
for rush hour solutions.
Colby said, "Time and
time again, the Governor
has shown his contempt for
Long Island. This latest
move, charging residents of
Long island an added tax
for some transportation
purposes while ignoring the
pressing need for road
improvements in Nassau
and Suffolk is totally
unacceptable.
"Long" Island," as ariybhe
who is familiar with its
transportation structure
knows, is automobile
oriented. With limited pub­lic
transportation, residents
rely heavily on passenger
cars to transport them to
business, shopping, school
and appointments," Colby
added.
Nassau and Suffolk coun­ties
could pay as much as $6
billion in new Cuomo taxes
annually based on recent
figures which show that
more than 70% of Long
Island's 2.6 million residents
hold driver's licenses. There
is a total of 2 million vehi­cles,
including passenger
cars, trucks, vans and
motorcylces, registered on
the island.
"In return for this $6 bil­lion,
we will receive not one
dime to alleviate Long
Island's traffic problems,"
said Colby. "Several years
ago, at the Governor's urg­ing,
a $1.25 billion bond
issue for highway improve-nients
was passed. While
other areas of New York
State received a lion's share
of the funds, Long Island
was designed for few pro­jects
and those have been
inordinately delayed."
Recent information from
the New York, State
Departnient of Traiisporta'<"
tipn states that the .post­ponement
bflhe initial con­struction
dates will be
anywhere from one to three
years. In other words, the'
State now wants to tax Long
Islanders more while ignor­ing
critical transportation
needs and failing to live up
to past promises.
"Our bi-county elected
State officials, working as a
united group, must make
their opposition heard in
Albany," said Colby. "I'm
calling on them to take a
stand to defeat the Gover­nor's
ill-advised plan and to
force the Cuomo adminis­tration
to stop treating Long
Islanders like second-cl^.ss
citizens."
EAB Plaza Tree Lighting
The Third Annual EAB
Plaza Christmas Tree Light­ing,
scheduled for Friday,
December 5, will feature a
fun-filled program of enter­tainment
including perform
mances by the Hofstra Uni­versity
Chorale, Nassau
Symphony Brass Quintet,
Armand Sadero Chorale
and—the timely arrival of
none other than Santa Claua
himself.
According to organizers
of the event, sponsored
jointly by The DeMatteis
Organizations and Euro­pean
American Bank, the
entertainment program will
begin at 4 jj.m. with WGBB
Radio disc jockey Jeff Sper-geon
as the lead-off Master
of Ceremonies. The formal
tree lighting program will
begin at 5 p.m. when
WCBS-TV newsman Jeff
Mankiewicz takes over as
MC to carry the proceedings
through to the count down
at 5:50 p.m. when March of
Dimes Poster Child Cheryl
LaFalce turns the switch
that will illuminate 30,000
multicolored lights which
decorate the giant 80-foot
Norway spruce.
Throughtout the pro­gram,
professional ice skat­ers
dressed in Charles
Dickens period costumes,
will perform on the DeMat­teis
Ice Rink in the EAB
Plaza complex.
The public is advised to
watch for special traffic flow
and parking signs and fol­low
police directions to sev­eral
areas which have been
set aside for free public park­ing
around EAB Plaza,
located at the intersection of
Hempstead Turnpike and
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The Bethpage VoIieybaU
Team achieved many of
their goals this year. For the
third consecutive year, they
are undefeated conference
champions (12-0). Their
three year League record is
38-0.
In post season play this
year, they faced another
challenge - the goal of
National League Cham­pions.
Bethpage was seeded
first in the National League
in the County. They had to
defeat Floral Park, Valley
Stream North, and New
Hyde Park to enter the quar­ter
finals against Plainview
Kennedy. They played
Mineola in the Semi-finals
before meeting Lynbrook in
the Nationieil League Cham­pionship.
Beth^pi|l defeated-
Lynbroefk 15-7, 15-13; afid
15-9. The strong blocking by
Dina Fahr and Laura Syl­vester
shut down Lyn-brook's
offense. The strong
side hitting by Sue Trotter
and Karen Ripke led our
offense; Karen Ripke with
16 kills. The setters, Nicole
Tobin and Lynne Rut-kowski
combined for 23
assists from the accurate
passing of Eleanor Brosnan.
Bethpage then played in
the Nassau County finals for
the third consecutive year
with an overall record of 87-
6; they lost in the finals in
five games.
Members of this excep­tional
team are: Seniors -
Dina Fahr and Karen
Ripke (captains), Lynne
Rutkowski; Laura Sylves­ter,
and Eleanor Brosnan;
juniors - Sue Trotter, Nicole
Tobin, and Michele DiGui-seppi,
Sophmore - Kathy
Eastwood and freshman -
Stefanie Christian.
Bottom row Left to Right: Nicole Tobin, Stefanie Christian, Kathy Eastwood, Michele
DiGuiseppi, Lynne Rutkowski. Standing: Left to Right: Sue Trotter, Laura Sylvester,
Dina Fahr, Karen Ripke, Elenor Brosnan.
Special recognition to
Karen Ripke and Lynne
Rutkowski nominated All
County Award; Dina Fahr
and Eleanor Brosnan nomi­nated
All League Award;
Sue Trotter - All Conference
Award; and Laura Sylvester
- All Division Award. Karen
Ripke competed in the Long
Island Empire State Volley­ball
Team, and she led Beth­page
this year with 256 kills,
and 542 in 3 years.
Our five seniors were
selected to exceptional
senior team which will play
Dec. 6, 7:30 P.M. at Luthe­ran
H.S.
A special thank you to the
players' families, the alumni
and their families for the
continued support through­out
the years - we appreciate
it.
This team worked hard
and strived for the highest.
Coach DiPrima is very
jproud of this team's accom­plishments
and each player
who showed "determination
and class" especially during
playoffs. "These ladies
worked hard and played
tough and Fm very proud of
them. Thanks for another
great year."
Commerative Service for the Crew of
Space Shuttle Challenger
On December 10th at 7:30 Vatican on March 24, 1920;
pm, the Space Studies Insti- the Dawn of the Aerospace
tute Long Island Support^ Age.
Team, and the Knights of
Columbus (Medal Division)
will celebrate Mass in
remembrance of the crew
members of the Space Shut­tle
Challenger. The Mass
will take place at Our Lady
of Loretto Church, 104
Greenwich Street, Hemp­stead,
New York.
December 10 is the Feast
Day of Our Lady of Loretto,
Patrpnes of Aviators and
Air Travelers as decreed by
Pope Benedict XV at the
This is a multinational
event, being celebrated on
December 10 at:
The Mother House, Basilica
of Loreto, Italy
Gerona Airport Chapel,
Spain
Shoreham Municipal Air­port
Chapel, England
Our Lady of Loretto
Church, United States
A reception will be held
following the meraoriiil ser­vice.
First Showing ofBitlipage
SOth Anniversary Video
The first showing of the film taken during Bethpage's SOth
Anniversary celebration on September 13th will be viewed
at 7:45 PM, Wednesday evening, December 10th at the
Firehouse on Broadway.
George Hoban and Ray Hickey spent countless hours
prior to the celebration interviewing residents about their
rememberanccs of Bethpage and spoke with those who were
active in planning the day's festivities. The entire day of the
celebration was spent filming the parade, the formal pro­gram
which included presentations and the variety of activi­ties
which followed.
The real sense of excitement and spirit that prevaded the
atmosphere that day is captured in this video.
All residents are invited to attend the premier showing.
The film will then be turned over to the Bethpage Library for
distribution and safe-keeping.
Special Holiday Police Patrol
Nassau Police Commis­sioner
Samuel J. Rozzi
announced that special hol­iday
patrols are again on the
streets to prevent crime and
to move quickly where inci­dents
occur.
"The patrols will concen­trate
on shopping centers
and sites where large groups
gather " Rom said. These
Patrols have already begun
and will continue through
the holiday season.'*
Each precinct has plain­clothes
officers in unmarked
cars giving close attention to
shopping areas. Additions-ally,
multiple patrol units
will monitor aiid maintain
radio communications to be
ready for instant response to
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