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VOL. 22 NO. 18
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Seaford
March 17-23, 1989
Old Bethpage Plainview
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I OYSTER BAY TOWN COUNCILMAN Douglas J. Hynes (second from
' left) joins members of the Town's Enviromental Control Commission as they
I look over entries in a recycling art contest. The contest was sponsored by
I the Commission to get young people in grades kindergarten through 9 involved
I in the Town's recycling efforts. Admiring the creative pieces are Commission
i members (left to right) Stuart Pastrich of Plainview, Michael Steiniger of
\ Bethpage and Tom Cambisios of Massapequa. Winners of the contest will
j be announced at the end of March.
S.T.O.P. Collection For Tires,
Batteries and Aerosol Cans
The first of ten S.T.O.P. (Stop
Throwing Out Pollutants) collection
dates scheduled for 1989 will take
place on March 18th, according to
Town Councilman Howard T.
Hogan, Jr.
"The success of last year's eight
S.T.O.P. collection days prompted the
Town to increase to ten the number
of collection dates. Beginning in
March, there will be one each month
through December," Hogan said.
Arrangements for the first collection
day, which is being held in cooper­ation
with the local fire department,
has been made, and the Town is
alerting residents early so they can
gather up any hazardous household
chemicals amd have them ready for
disposal."
The collection date and location is
as follows:
SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 9 AM
to 4 PM: Glenwood Landing Fire
Department, Substation #2, Glen
Head Road, Glen Head
Hogan noted that 1988 was a superb
year for the Town's S.T.O.P. pro­gram.
During that year almost 1,300
households contributed more than 300
barrels (55 gallon drums) of poten­tially
harmful household chemicals.
Liquid household waste, in the form
of waste motor oil, amounted to 2,600
gallons to the toal. "Resident
response has been very good, as evi­denced
by what the Town has col­lected.
More importantly, publicity
surrounding the S.T.O.P. program
has raised the public's awareness of
which chemicals are harmful and why
special handling is needed for these
products, which have the potential to
contaminate our groundwater,"
Hogan stated.
Used automobile batteries, tires not
on rims), and aerosol spray containers
are now welcomed.
"Last year we set a new record for
chemicals collected," Hogan con­cluded.
"We hope more residents will
take advantage of the S.T.O.P. pro­gram
in 1989 to do themselves and
the environment a favor by properly
disposing of used lawn care chemicals
and household and car maintenance
products."
For further information, call the
Environmental Control Division of
the Department of Public Works at
921-7347.
Expanded Recycling Role For County
Nassau County Executive Thomas
S. Gulotta today proposed a sweeping
new County law which would place
Nassau County in the forefront of
coordinating recycling efforts among
the various municipalities in the
County. The proposal, which now
goes to the Board of Supervisors for
their consideration, includes the crea­tion
of a new position- County Recy-cUng
Coordinator.
"While New York State law secifi-cally
assigns the task of solid waste
disposal to Towns, Villages, Cities and
special districts, there is a supporting
I role which our County can and should
provide," Gulotta said. "The law which
I am proposing provides the vehicle
for the County to lend coordination
and support to all municipalities in
Nassau. I believe it is a vital step to
insure the proper coordination of
present and future recycling efforts
and to insure adequate recycling
markets."
The law proposed by the County
Executive would establish a new posi­tion,
Nassau County Recycling Coor­dinator,
along with a Recycling
Board. Under the proposal, the Recy-cUng
Coordinator will:
* Develoop and implement pro­grams
to recycle County materials and
enable the County to purchase items
made from recycled materials.
* Develop and implement programs
for the dissemination of information
and public education regarding all
aspects of recycling.
* Develop and encourage recycling;
markets in and for Nassau County.
* Coordinate Nassau County recy-:
cling programs with the recycling and *
solid waste management programs of
other municipalities in the region.
•Prepare recycling proposals and
grant applications.
* Supervise recycling proposals and
grant applications.
* Supervise collection of data and
research on the composition of waste
streams and their suitability of for
recycling.
* Develop and promote economic
incentives to encourage recycling.
* Evaluate technology relating to
recycling programs.
* Assist local municipalities in the
implementation of recycling
programs.
* Coordinate and promote the
establishment of facilities and pro­grams
by private industry and local
municipalities with respect to recy­cling
materials.
In addition, the proposal would
create a Nassau County Recycling
Board consisting of nine members,
four members to be selected from the
community at large. As far as may
be practicable, the members of the
Board shall possess outstanding
qualifications in the various disci­plines
associated with solid waste
management or environmental
preservation.
B.H.S. Student Assaulted
Nassau County Police reported last
week that a Bethpage High School
student reporter was pulled off her
bicycle and beaten by an unknown
man. The incident police believe, may
have been linked to a specific article
that was written by the youth days
before.
Judy Hall, 17, reported that she was
riding to school last Wednesday, when
a man gcft out of a brown car and
grabbed her. He then allegedly pulled
her off the bicycle and began to punch
the youth in the stomach. Hall began
to scream and when a passer by
stopped to assist her* the unideatified
man, who was said to be approxi-mateiy
twenty years oUt, hit her again
and fled the scene.
Nassau County Detective Walter
Tlockowski of the eighth precinct said,
that after investigation, police believe
that the incident could have been
motivated by an article which Hall
wrote in the March 2 edition of
Bethpage High SchooPs newspaper.
Eagles* Cry. In the article Hall wrote
about the dilterent groups of students
or cliques in the school, such as ^jocks',
'burnouts*, JAPS and the like. High
School principal Antoinette MacLeod
said she believed that this article could
have prompted the attack as a number
of students came to her and felt that
HaU*is article was condescending and
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