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VOL. 32 NO. 33 December 17,1987 to December 23, 1987
Old Bethpage Plainview
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Memorial Scholarship
i.ynnc Rutkowski, a 1987 graduate ol
Bethpage High School, was killed on
November 2()th, when she was thrown
Irom the jeep in which she was riding. It
skidded on an icy road on Dannemora
Mountain in Upstate New York. Alter
being pulled Iroin icy pond waters, sus­taining
multiple injuries, and encounter­ing
Iree/ing temperatures, she Tailed in her
desperate struggle lor lile. A triend who
was with her said that Lynne lelt she
would, not be sharing Ihanksgiving with
her family and friends. Her linal words
were, ''Tell everyone I love them." She
died in the ambulance.
But Lynne was much more than a lew
tragic hours. She was one oi Bethpage's
finest athletes. An all-county winner, she
participated on three Nassau County
Championship teams—volleyball, basket­ball,
and soltball. She can be remembered
Jumping in the air, lists raised high with
excitement. She loved the teamwork, the
Irienships. V-^'herever she went, she had a
smile lor everyone. Her laughter was con­tagious,
l.ynne was not a sj^ectator in lile;
she was a competitor, a "doer". Many
times outside ol.school she visited the Sul-iolk
Mental Instituie to comfort the
patients.
Her choice of nursing—she was enrolled
in the nursing program at F'lattsburg—was
consistent with her desire to help people.
As Ann DiPrima, her volleyball and soft-ball
coach, wrote~"Let's remember her
with her warm smile, her joyous laugh, her
innocent giggle, tfiu spet'ial limes we
shared with her. Like Lynne, let's be active
in lile. Let's take part and make our pres­ence
meaningful to ourselves and to
others."
A Lynne Rutkowski Scholarship Fund
has been established at Bethpage High
School. Ait may contribute. Send your
donations to Dr. McCarthy, Bethpage
High School, Cherry Avenue, Bethpage,
N*w York 11714. As Lynne would say,
"Remember me with a smile!"
H.E.A.P. Means Help
Help is on the way for
Long Islanders who qualily
for financial aid to meet
home heating costs.
Long Lsland Lighting
Company is sending all of its
residential customers a bro­chure
on the 1987-1988
Home Energy Assistance
Program (HEAP) That tells
how eligible families can
apply for heating grants.
HEAP supplies federal
funds to help qualified low-income
families and senior
citizens pay home heating
bills. Last year. Long Island
residents received more than
$4.8 million in heating bill
aid through the HEAP
program.
Eligibility requirement
and application procedures
are outlines in L! LCD's
"HEAP Means Help"
information distributed to
all residential customers in
November and December.
LI LCD has been providing
this'service to its customers
each year since the HEAP
program began in 1980. The
program is administered
through New York State
and local county govern­ment
offices.
"We are pleased to pro­vide
this information to help
senior citizens and low
income households take
advantage of the funds
available to them," said
Walter Wilm, LI LCD's Vice
president for Custorrier
Relations. "The program
can ease the impact of home
fuel costs for some of our
customers who really need
help."
Qualifications for HEAP
benefits are based on income
and lamiiy size. Those who
are eligible may receive the
following HEAP grants: up
to $450 for homes heated by
electricity; up to $350 for
those using fuel oil; electric­ity,
kerosene or liquid pro­pane
gas to heat their
homes; up to $280 in natural
gas, wood, or coal is the
heating fuel; or up to $200
when heating costs are
included in rent payments.
Wilm outlined the proce­dures
for applying for
HEAP benefits as follows:
• Eiigibie families whose
head of the household is
under age 60 and not receiv­ing
publis assistance may
apply for HEAP assistance
through'New York State
Employment Offices in Nas­sau
County, or the Depart­ment
of Social Services in
their area. New York City
residents should contact the
city HEAP Information
Office at (212) 334-9774.
• Recipients of Supple­mental
Security Income
(SSI) assistance rnay be
automatically eligible for
HEAP benefits. 1 hough
they need not make special
application for HEAP
funds, SSI recipients should
complete a HEAP questi­onnaire
they will be receiv­ing
from New York Stale iii,
the mail. 1 he questionaire^
asks for information in
order to determine whether
the household will receive an
automatic payment.
® Long Islanders not on
public assistance who have a
heating emergency and are
unable to correct the situa­tion
based on their own
finances should contact the
Department of Social Servi­ces
nearest them for tempor-ary
fuel assistance. An
emergency is defined as hav­ing
no electricity, a utility
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