Bethpage-Tribune_1989-03-10

              BETHPAGE
Island Trees Plainedge
also serving
Seaford Old Bethpage Plainview
VOL.22 NO. 17 March 10-16,1989 20 CENTS
Nassau County Medical Center
Employee of the Month
BILL OCHS WILL PLAY SWEET MELODIES ON THE UILLEANN
BAGPIPES in the schoolhouse at Old Bethpage Village Restoration on
Sunday, March 12 from 1 to 4 PM.
The sweet mellow sounds of the
Uilleann bagpipes and the lively tunes
of the tin whistle, played by Bill Ochs,
will enchant visitors to Old Bethpage
Village Restoration on Sunday,
March 12 from 1 to 4 PM.
County Executive Thomas S.
Gulotta said that the Uilleann bag­pipes
are traditional Irish instruments
and are much different from the
highland pipes heard today. Uilleann
pipes are much softer in tone and are
most often played indoors. Their
airbag is filled by bellows rather than
by a mouthpiece, and the pipes have
keys which enable the performer to
sound chords while playing the mel­ody.
This unusual instrument produ­ces
a beautifully mellow sound which
has to be heard to be believed, noted
Gulotta.
Mr. Ochs is one of the leading
Uilleann players in the United States
today. His performance a^ the Village
will be based on concerts given by
"The Wandering Piper," a musician
who played in Jamaica and Hemp­stead,
Long Island in 1825.
Old Bethpage Village Restoration
is operated by the Museum Services
Division of the Nassau County
Department of Recreation and Parks.
It is located on Round Swamp Road
in Old Bethpage, one mile south of
the Long Island Expressway, exit 48.
The Village is open six days a week
from 10 AM to 5 PM and is closed
on Mondays. Admission to the his­torical
village ends one hour prior to
closing. A cafeteria, gift shop and
picnic area are located on the pre­mises.
Admission to the Village is
$4.00, $3.00 for Nassau residents and
$2.00 for children, ages 5 - 1 7 and
Senior Citizens age 60 and over.
Parking is free.
For further information, call 420-
5281.
The Nassau County Medical Cen­ter,
Long Island's largest teaching
hospital and trauma center, has
named Angelina Bicovny, a registered
nurse from Bethpage, as its Employee
of the Month for February.
For the distinction of being named
the outstanding employee for the
month, the 11 PM-to-7 AM nurse on
the Alternate Level of Care floor of
the 615-bed medical center, received
$100 in cash, a plaque and a special
parking space next to Dr. Tracy E.
Strevey, Jr., the chief executive officer
of the hospital. With typical Angelina
modesty, the popular 1 Ith floor nurse
said, "I'm just an average nurse doing
what I love to do ~ taking care of
people." She then donated the $100
to the Nursing Department "to use for
some project for older people."
Dr. Strevey, in presenting Mrs.
Bicovny with the Employee of the
Month award, said, "I am proud to
be associated with such a fine nurse
and a fine employee" and noted that
the Bethpage woman "brings pride to
her work and honor to her hospital."
Mrs. Bicovny had been nominated by
a nursing supervisor and chosen by
a special hospital committee. It was
not the first honor for Mrs. Bicovny.
Last year she was a finalist for the
New York State Nurse of Distinction
Award.
Mrs. Bicovny is married and has
two children, a 10-year-old boy and
a 13-year-old girl. She has been
working at the Nassau County Med­ical
Center for four years, since
receiving her degree in nursing from
the State University of New York at
Farmingdale. She began her medical
career as an x-ray technician and then
decided to switch to nursing. Asked
what her best experience at work has
been, she said, "there are so
many...they are the smiles from my
patients."
Oil Tank Replacement
To Protect Ground Water Supply
As part of the Town's ongoing
program to protect the environment,
especially its groundwater supply, fuel
oil tanks at six Town facilities will be
replaced, according to Town Coun­cilman
John Venditto.
"The Town has awarded a contract
to Beach Industries, Inc. in the
amount of $397,900 for the first of
a two phase program to replace
existing steel fuel tanks at all Town
facilities with environmentally-recommended
tanks of fiberglass
double wall reinforced plastic," Ven­ditto
stated. "The facilities included
in Phase I are John J. Bums Town
Park and Maijorie R. Post Commun­ity
Park in Massapequa, Bethpage
Community Park, Plainview-Old
Bethpage Community Park, and
General Services at West Main Street
and Town Hall north complex in
Oyster Bay.
"The average life expectancy of a
steel tank is ten to 15 years, and they
can corrode before that, allowing the
fuel to leak into the ground," Venditto
said. "The new tanks are guaranteed
for 25 years and are not subject to
corrosion, thus reducing the potential
for leakage and making them an
environmentally sound investment."
Venditto noted that Phase I replace­ment
will take about three months
from start to completion.