Bethpage-Tribune_1986-02-20

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VOL. 20 NO. 45 Week of February 20 - February 26,1986 20 cents per copy
'Woman Of The Year" To Benefit Nassau Children's House
WHLI Radio announced
plans today to both public­ize
and raise money for Nas­sau
Children's House, the
101 year old charity that
provides supervised living in
its five locations for youngs­ters
unable to reside at
home. WHLI will donate to
Children's House the profits
from its "WHLI Woman of
the Year" dance at the Mar­riott
Hotel on June lOth.
The radio station will also
work with businesses to
develop "charity marketing"
plans to benefit both the
business and Children's
House.
WHLI knows it can count
on the generosity of its tens
of thousands of listeners to
support this fine program
for adolescents. Shown seal­ing
their agreement are (left
to right) WHLI Program
Director, Dean Anthony; A!
Devendorf, Children's
House Board Member;
Dick Dina, Executive Direc­tor
of Children's House and
Phil Stumbo, Vice President
and General Manager of
WHLI. Chuck Johnson
demonstrates his powers of
concentration by conduct­ing
his morning show amid
the hoopla. Businesses
interested in participating in
the project may call WHLI
at 481-8000. Ask for Jim
Boyle or Gretchen Douglas.
"WHLI's Woman of the
Year" is a contest open to all
women 30 and above within
WHLFs listening area. The
winner, to be chosen at the
June 10th dance by a panel
of celebrity judges, will
receive an Hawaiian vaca­tion
for two, a fur coat, $500
in cash and other prizes.
Listen to WHLI 1100 AM
for more information about
Nassau Children's House
and the WHLI Woman of
the Year.
Task Force oi^ Emergency Medical Services
County Executive Francis T,, Purcell, acting
upon recommendations contained in a report
from his Task Force on Emergency Medical Ser­vices,
has announced his approval of the creation
of a search committee to locate a qualified, full-time
EMS Medical Director who would be
responsible for the function of the current^net-work
of EMS providers under a system that
would bring the responsibility for emergency
medical care in Nassau County under the singular'
jurisdiction "of the Nassau County Board of
Heahh. . • . *•
Purcell said he will appoint the full eight-,
member search committee by the end of the
month.
"I must compliment the members of this Task"
100th Ronald McDonald House
Members of the Long Island Board of Realtors admire
rendering of the Children's House of Long Island (Ronald
McDonald House) to be built on the grounds of Long Island
Jewish Medical Center. The Board is sponsoring a bedroom
in the home away from honse. (1 lo r) Lyn Jurick ol Hewlcit
Harbor president of ihe Board of Directors ol the Children's
House; Gerrard Iwombly oi Old Bethpage, execuhvc vice
president of the LIBOR: Less S. Testa of Dix Hills, LIBOR
president and Mary Ann Fiogoski oi Babylon, LIBOR vice
presdient - Suffolk,
Force for the superb job they did in evaluating the
existirfg EMS system in Nassau County," Purcell
said. "Implementation of the recommendations
of the committee will assure4hat emergency med­ical
services of the highest quality are available to
all the people of our C'duaty."
The EMS Medical Director, functioning under
the auspices of the Na*ssaiU County Department of
|ie»ltti, will be responsible for the operation of
the systejn, and an Assistant Medical Director
will-act as Medical Control Officer and will be
responsible for the operation of the Medical Con­trol
Facility at the Nas&u County Medical Center.
Acting upon yef another Task Force recom­mendation,
Purcell said that a seven-member
Emergency Medical Service Committee will also
be created to address all issues concerning EMS in
Nassau County, includirig the development of a
singular EMS disptach "system for all paid and
voluntary ambulances in the County.
This Committee will report directly to the
County's Board of HealthTThe County Executive
will appoint five members from recommednation
submitted by the Nassair County Police Depart­ment,
the Nassau County Fire Commission, the
Nassau County Volunteer Ambulance and First
Aid Commitee, the Nassau/Suffolk Hospital
Council, and the Nassau County Medical Society.
The other two members will be the EMS Medical
Director and the Medical Control Officer.
The recommendation for the reorganization of
the administrative structure of the present EMS
system is the result of a one-year study by the
12-membcr Task Force appointed by Purcell in
January, 1985. The Task Force addressed the
problem of providing,, as quickly as possible, the
most sophisticated and efficieiu emergency medi­cal
services available in the complex, non-hospita!
erivirouaiont during emergency situations:
The lask Force, chaired by Dr. Lawrence
Putting A Cap On Credit Card
Interest Rates
Asseffiblyman Fred Parola (R-C, Wantagh) and Sen.
Alphonse D'Amato, have called on the state Legislature to
enact legislation Parola is cosponsoring that would place a
cap on how much banks and department stores can charge in
interest rates to their customers. Parola labelled the conti­nuation
of exorbitant rates of 18 to 20 percent unconsciona­ble
because all other rates for borrowing money have
declined dramatically in the past four years.
"This is an unholy profit, bilking the consumer beyond
true costs of money," Parola added.
"This measure, along with a proposal on the federal level
by D'Amato, would go far in giving consumers a fairer shake
when it comes to credit cards," said Parola.
The assemblyman's legislation would reduce current
interest rates by establishing a ceiling of five percentage
points above the federal reserve discount rate for the pre­vious
12 months. These rates would be adjusted on a quar­terly
basis, said Parola.
A proposal on the federal level by D'Amato would cap
interest rates on charge cards at four percentage points
above the interest rate that the Internal Revenue Service sets
for delinquent payments and late IRS refunds.
"In both of these cases, the consumer is victorious," said
"Parola. "There are department stores now charging more
than 21 percent and banks nearly 20 percent on balances
due. There can be no reasonable basis for such levels. It is a
field day for the lenders to the detriment of the consumer,"
said assemblyman.
"Over the past several years, charge card interest rates
have increased, while the cost of borrowing money has fallen
considerably. 1 find no justification for these high rates and 1
will continue to fight for fair rates to alleviate the undue
burden placed on consumers in New York," said Parola.
Scherr, Chairman of the Department of Medicine
at North Shore University Hospital, stressed the
importance of the retention of the existing coop­eration
between the governmental and voluntary
sectors which have been providing quality emer­gency
medical services to Nassau's residents for
the past several decades.
Recommendations regarding manpower and
training focus on developing alternative methods
for the New York State recertificalion of Emer­gency
medical Technicians (EMTs), and the
establishment of policies in both the Police and
Volunteer sectors that would promote recruit­ment
ol trained personnel. The Task Force also
encouraged the institutions of policies-to assure
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