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VOL. 31 NO. 40 January 29,1987 to February 4,1987 20 cents per copy
Mid-fstand Hospital Adds
Home Health Care Service
TOBAY Recycling Boundaries
Trained Personnel,
Medical Equipment
Available Through
Hospital Ajffiliate
Mid-Island Hospital
Executive Director Robert
J. Reed today announced
the establishment of a com­prehensive
program designed
to satisfy the continuing
health care needs of. dis­charged
patients and others
at their homes.
Though the newest Mid-island
Hospital program.
Bestcare, Inc. and Mid
Island Home Care Asso­ciates
provide full home care
services that include trained
personnel and specialized
medical equipment.
Likely candidates for the
services. Reed explained,
include post-surgical conva­lescents,
stroke patients and
others with limited mobility
and, in general, those who
require continuing personal
care and/or medical super­vision
in the home
environment.
Ballistic Knives Outlawed in U.S
Nassau County District Attorney Denis Dillon said
efforts by his office to outlaw the dangerous ballistic knife
have paid off. Legislation to ban the sale of this spring
operated weapon that fires its razor sharp blade at a high
velocity was signed by the President and is now law.
According to Dillon, "The knives were available through
the mail at a cost of $79.95. My office came across the
weapon during an investigation last year of an individual
selling machine guns in the area. It was clear that this wea­pon
had no lawful purpose and represented a great danger to
the public and police, it is deceptive because the ballistic
knife appears to be an ordinary knife. What makes it partic­ularly
deadly and dangerous is that when a button concealed
in the knife handle is pushed, a powerful spring fires the
blade from the handle. This shooting blade can penetrate
human flesh up to four and one half inches. After use, the
blade can be reloaded for later use."
The OA said he was happy that his proposal was passed
on a federal level rather than just a state level. The law
prohibits in every state the possession, sale, manufacture or
importation of ballistic knives. Dillon said, "It would have
been difficult to enforce the law if it had just been adopted in
New York State;"
"The key benefit to the
communities we serve is that
Mid-Island Hospital
through Bestcare Inc. and
Mid Island Home Care
Associates offers a 'one-stop'
facility for all patient
home needs," Reed noted.
"Typically, home care
patients and their families
arrange for medical equip­ment
rental through one
firm, for trained personnel
through another, and must
coordinate insurance arran­gements
and associated
paperwork separately."
"Now," he said, "in close
consultation with the
patient's physician, we can
design a home care program
to suit a particular patient's
specific needs, and coordi­nate
all of-the necessary
equipment, personnel and
insurance arrangements
through one central source."
Operating on the premises
and under the auspices of
Mid-Island Hospital, the
program is a cooperative
between the Hospital and
Bestcare Inc., which screens,
trains and provides home
care personnel; and Mid
Island Home Care Asso­ciates,
which provides medi­cal
equipment and supplies.
Persons wishing further
information may call Mid-
Island's Social Services
Department at (5 16)
520-2493.
The Oyster Bay Town
Board yesterday approved
the boundaries for its pilot
recycling program in the
Plainview-Old Bethpage
area, which is now sche­duled
to begin in March
instead of next month for
6,000 of the town's residents.
The board also approved
a new plan that eases restric­tions
on garbage collection
for all residents.
The recycling project, the
first comprehensive pro­gram
in Nassau, will begin a
month later than planned so
that the town can institute
changes in the townwide
garbage collection system.
The eased restrictions on
garbage collection are to
begin the week of Feb. 23,
allowing residents to discard
all garbage — including
rubbish and bulk items —
on either of two collection
days each week. Currently,
residents are restricted in the
number of days they can
throw out rubbish, such as
grass clippings. Bulk items
such as refrigerators cur­rently
require reservations
fro special pickup.
Supervisor Joseph Colby
said that even with the larger
pickup loads, the town
would streamline the exist­ing
40 sanitation routes to
37. By consolidating the
routes, the to\yn will save
$60,000 a year, even though
sanitation workers will be
given 1.5 hours overtime a
Oyster Bay Garbage
Recycling District |
day for the added stops,
Colby said. Sanitation
department employees now
work 10 hours a day, four
days a week.
While the new collection
rules affect all residents who
have municipal collection in
the town, the pilot recycling
program will affect only
6,000 residents.
Under the mandatory
recycling program, news­papers,
glass and metals —
including aluminum frozen
dinner trays, but not aerosol
cans — must be separated
from other garbage, the
town will provide a special
container for the recycla-bles,
which must be placed
at the curb with other
garbage.
Boundaries approved by
the board yesterday for the
recycling project include
homes in Plainview and Old
Bethpage bordered on the
north by the Northern State
Parkway; on the east by
Washington Avenue, the
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Bethpage Grummanites Leave For Two Year Assignment In Egypt
Forty-seven Grummanites will travel to Cairo, Egypt this
month to train the Egyptian Air Force to operate and main­tain
the E-2C Hawkeye. For two years, this country of vast
deserts, pyramids and the Great Sphinx will be home to the
Grummanites and their families. '
Under a Navy foreign military sale contract, Grumman is
building five E-2Cs for the Egyptians. The first one was
delivered in October, 1985.
Over the past two years, 190 Egyptian service people
attended classes in Bethpage, and received extensive training
in the Hawkeye's hardware and software. Now, the Grum­manites
will give the Egyptians hands-on training at their air
base to help them get the aircraft fully operational
In preparation for the move, the Grumman familes had to
acquire passports, visas, and international drivers licenses;
fill out stacks of forms; and get complete physicals and
shots.
Upon arrival in Cairo — a city of 12 million people
- they'll stay in hotels until four apartment buildings are
completed in early February. The buildings are in Maadi, a
small town along the Nile that is considered one of the best
suburbs in Cairo, If it weren't for the dust in the Maadi air, a
visitor would never know that vast deserts are nearby. The
town has tree-lined streets, thanks to an extensive irrigation
system.
Although Egypt and the U.S. are strong allies, there is
always the threat of terrorism in the Arab world. For protec­tion,
a security guard will be posted outside the Maadi
apartment complex. In addition, a two-way radio, linked to
the American Embassy, will be in the complex's family
center. Security is also tight at the air base, which is a
two-hour drive from the Grumman apartment complex.
The Grummanites join 10,000 other Americans living in
Egypt.
In addition to historical sites, there are plenty of other
things to see in the area. Shoppers can wander down any
street in Maadi or Cairo and see glass blowers, potters and
saddlemakers. Cairo has ballets, concerts, plays and child-rens'
theatre.
For one Grumman family, the assignment will be an
opportunity to spend more time together. "As a field rep, I'm
always traveling," says Frank, Jr. "In fact, I was away when
my youngest was born. We're all looking forward to this
trip."
Lockwood will teach the Egyptians how to use the Com­puterized
Automatic Tester, which tests E-2C black boxes.
Traveling to Egypt with Lockwood and his wife Janice will
be Roxanne, 9; Scott, 7; Benjamin, 2; and Sarah, two
.months.
The Lockwoods have good reason to feel secure about
their new home: they've had first-hand reports of what Cairo
is like. Frank Lockwood Sr. is a Grumman logistics support
representative who is working with supplies in Cairo.
"My mom and dad have been there since August so
they've written to us telling us what to expect," says the
younger Lockwood. "They are quite happy there. This is the
first time at Grumman that a father and son volunteered at
the same time for a foreign program."
Frank Olson, engineering specialist for E-2 Display Soft­ware,
is bringing his wife, Arlene, and their three children:
Michelle, 16; Dana, 13; and John, 11.
Olson will not be working at the Air Force Base with most
Grummanites. He'll work 20 minutes away from the com­plex
in a new six-story office building in Maadi. Here, he
and five other Grummanites will train Egyptians to program
E-2C software.
"My biggest misgiving about the trip is selling my Dodge
truck," said Olson. "The desert would be the perfect place
for it as it has four-wheel drive. As far as traffic in Cairo
goes, I hear it's a nightmare and worse than the Long Island
Expressway. 1 never thought that could be possible."
Olson also thought he'd never be without his favorite
foods, "Things we usually take for granted like peanut butter
and canned tomatoes can't be found in Maadi," he says.
"The American food that is available at the local markets
will be expensive. Products made in Egypt are cheaper than
imported items. For example, a nine-ounce bottle of Coke
manufactured there costs 10 cents, whereas a box of cereal
imported from.the U.S. is $3.
The Grummanites onthe program enjoyed working with
the Egyptians in Bethpage, and are looking forward to get­ting
to know them better in their homeland.
"I found the Egyptian people to be warm, gracious, and
most important, tolerant," says Olson. "We'll be learning
from each other and in a small way, help build a stronger
friendship between America and the Arab community."