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VOL. 22 NO. 21 September 24,1987 to September 30, 1987 20 cents per copy
Fair Days Ahead
The century-and-a-half old Long Island Fair
will return again for its annual autumn run this
year on the Colombus Day weekend at Old Beth-page
Village Restoration.
The four-day extravaganza, running Friday
through Monday, Oct. 9-12, will feature a spec­tacular
array of farm-related exhibits, entertain­ment
and events.
First held in 1842 and thought to be the oldest
agricultural festival in America, the Long Island
Fair recreates a typical 19th Century Fair in the
ideal setting of a re-created 19th Century Village.
It will include corn-husking contests, magic
shows, puppet shows, brass band concerts, folk
singers, pony rides, a pumpkin patch, stilt
walkers, a rope walker and much, much more.
A special feature this year will be an exhibit and
demonstrations of Long Island's finest prize-winning
heavy draft horses, including Clydes­dales,
Belgians and Percherons. Also featured this
year will be an aviary housing exotic birds such as
emus, cranes, black swans, pheasants and ravens.
Exhibits, which are judged and awarded prizes,
include the finest of Long Island's agricultural
produce, horticulture, domestic arts, poultry and
livestock.
The fair is a joint effort of the Nassau County Depart-ment
of Recreation and Parks and the Agricultu­ral
Society of Queens, Nassau and Suffolk. The
entry fee is $5 for adults and $3 for children (5-17)
and senior citizens (60 and over). The fee includes
entry to the fair and to all village buildings and
attractions. There is plenty of free parking with
continuous free bus service to and from the
perimeter parking areas.
TOBAY To Scrutinize Past LILCO Bills
Oyster Bay lown Super-v
i s o r Joseph Colby
announced that the Town
Board had acted to approve
hiring a consultant lor the
purpose ol reviewing l.ilco
bills lor the past six years.
''Each bill we recie\e
Iromthe l.ong Island Light-mg
Company is verilicd
bet ore it is paid," said
Colby. "Inspitc ol the care-lul
checking we do, we have
learned that it is possible that
overbilling may exist due to
Lilco computer errors."
At the Town Board meet­ing
oi September 15, the
Board approved a resolu­tion
hiring Mr. Walter
Cosel, a specialist in the field
oi energy claims review. Mr.
Cosel has earned a reputa­tion
ot saving money lor
government entities as welt
as business, is paid no lee for
his work, li he is, able to
recoup any money during
his investigation he receives
50% ol the rebated total.
Colby said that Mr. Cose!
has devised a system that he
employs when searching
through Lilco's computer­ized
billing records which
has resulted in financial
rewards for his customers.
"Mr. Cosel has a proven
track record and \ think the
Town can financially benefit
from his expertise in this
area," concluded Colby.
AnthDWI Bills Signed IntQ Law
Good Will Ambassador Returns Home
Hempstead Town Presiding Supervisor .Joseph N. Mon-dello
(right) presents a Town of Hempstead Citation to Sean
King of Seaford. the seventeen year old son of Nassau
Countv Comptroller Peter T. King(left), who has completed
his junior year of high school in Ystad. Sweden. Sean, who
will be a 1988 graduate of Seaford High School, acted as a
good-will ambassador for the U.S. during his visit which was
sponsored by the Massapequa Rotary Club.
Governor has signed into
law, two bills aimed at com-b
a ting drunk driving
through increased edu­cation.
The first new law requires
insurance companies to
provide their customers ~
on a yearly basis—specific
information as to what BAC
levels will result from spe­cific
levels of alcohol
consumption.
Insurance companies are
required to provide their
customers, once each year,
an intbrmational statement
outlining the legal and
financial consequences oi
DWl. Most people are
unaware ot exactly how
much alcohol they can con­sume
before reaching a
blood alcohol concentration
which can make them
vulnerable to prosecution.
By providing people with
precise information as to the
relationship between alco­hol
and body weight, they
will be better able to guage
safe levels of drinking before
driving.
The second law increases
from one to two hours, the
mandatory course in alcohol
and drug education required
before tlie issuance of a driv­ers
license. The course cur­riculum
includes instruction
describing the hazards ot
driving while intoxicated,
penalties lor DWl/DWAl
convictions and the medical,
biological and psychological
ettects of the consumption
of alcohol.
Ill §erviee
Marine 1st Lt. Kevin P.
McClernon, son of Robert
J. and Catherine T.
McClernon of 3984 Frank­lin
Ave., Seaford, NY
recently returned from a six-month
deployment to Okin­awa,
Japan with 1st Battal­ion,
5th Marines, Camp
Pendleton, CA, as part of
the Marine Corps Unit
Deployment Program.
A 198! graduate ol Sea­ford
High School, Seaford,
and a 1985 graduate of Nia­gara
University, with a
Bachelor of Arts degree, he
joined the Marine Corps in
July 1982.
50 years At Grumman
When Ed Carranza joined
Grumman, Roosevelt was in
the White House, the world
wasn't at war yet, and
Grumman employed just a
few hundred people.
The date September 21,
1937, 50 years ago this
month. Carranza is only the
second person in Grum-man's
history to achieve half
a century with the company.
The other Grummanite was
George Burkhardt, who
retired in June 1981.
Carranza was 18 years old
and fresh out of New York
City's Aviation High when
he went to work in Beth-page's
Building 1. His first
work assignment was help­ing
to buiid wings for the G-
21 amphibian. Several years
later, Grumman opened
Building 2, and Carranza
went to work there building
F4FsandXF5Fs.
He spent nine months in
the Army in 1944 and then
returned to Grumman. "On
V-J Day, 25,000 people were
laid oil at once," recalls Car­ranza.
"Two days later,
3,000 were called back,
including me."
He worked on experimen­tal
planes, including the
TBF torpedo bomber;
Grumman's first jet fighter,
the F9F; the aft-swept-wing~^
derivative of that, the F9F-
6; and the XFIOF, and early
variable sweep wing plane
that never went into
production.
His more recent assign­ments
have included the
original C-2A Greyhound
cargo planes, the Orbiting
Astronomical Observatory
and the - Lunar Module.
Since the early 1970s, he has
worked for the Prototype
department in Building 2,
helping cut and rivet struc­tures
for aircraft undergoing
engineering changes.
Right now, Carranza has
no retirements plans. He
commutes from the same
College Point, Queens,
neighborhood as when he
started at Grumman. Over
the years, he has racked up
half a million miles on the
road.
"1 could've gone to the
moon and back," he says.
On September 21, Car­ranza
celebrated 50 years at
Grumman. (Photo by Rich
Breunig)
Update On Missing Bethpage Girl
On April 16, 1985 Yvonne Davi, 23, of 73 So. 4th Street,
Bethpage was last seen going to dinner with her former
boyfriend Michael Durango, 34, bartender, of 42 Stuyves-ant
St., Mastic.
Yvonne called her roomate that night from Bethpage
stating-that she would be home in fifteen minutes. She never
returned home.
On April 17, 1985 her roomate Lucille Luttieri, same
address, notified the Missing Persons Squad, Det, O'Lough-lin;
and Yvonne was listed as missing.
On May 13, 1986 Pennsylvania authorities contacted the
Missing Person Squad in reference to a body found on Dec,
30, 1985 in Briston Township, Penna. On May 27, 1986 the
body, through forensic dentistry, was positively identified as
Yvonne,
After an intensive investigation by Det. O'Loughlin,
NCPD Missing Person Squad, Det, Douglas Morrell, Sul-folk
County PD, 5th squad, and Pennsylvania- authorities,
the boylriend, Durango, was arrested at his home on a
fugitive warrant from PA. Det, O'Loughlin had testified to a
Pa. grand jury which helped in the securing ol a murder
warrant.
Durango is being held on charges of Murder 1st, Kidnap­ping
1st, Conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to
commit kidnapping. He will be arranged this morning in
Suffolk and if lie waives extradition he will be taken back to
Pennsylvania. If not he will be held till a governors warrant
is secured.