Bethpage-Tribune_1991-04-12

              YOUR OFFICIALlfOMETOWN NEWSPAPE
Sei-ving Bethpage, Island Trees, Ploinedge, Seoford, Old Bethpoge and Plaii
VOL 24 NO. 19 April 12-18, 1991 25 CENTS
T.V.CREW IN PRESSROOM;
PHOTONEWSFKillTSALCOIIOL&DRUGS
Photonews press crew at the ready: The Photonews pressroom was recently
used as the set for a TV video fighting alcohol and drugs, soon to be aired
on Cable Vision. From left to right: Jim Ording, Pete Schmalenberger, Paul
Kronauer and Pedro Rodriguez. Not in photo is Leon Osborne who, along
with Pete and Paul, directly helped with the TV video.
Photonews. home of the Bethpage
Tribune, recently hosted a pubhc
service announcement TV crew in its
pressroom in its efforts to fight against
the pervasive use of alcoholism and
drugs. For close to an hour the lights
burned brightly, the cameras rolled,
and the action repeated itself over and
over again in order to capture the
perfect sequence for a ten second spot
on a thirty second video to be featured
as a PSA on Cable Vision beginning
in .luly. Leon Osborne, Pete Schma­lenberger,
and Paul Kronauer manned
the press while Dan Carroll and a
hired actor, Charlie Portalano, acted
out the scene which should catch the
audience's eye about the seriousness
o{ drinking on the job. It is expected
that this production of Photonews'
first public s re vice announcement will
be aired on cable TV from fifty to
one hundred times over a period
lasting from six months to a year.
The TV crew, consisting of Mau­reen
Keetly and Marc Myers, was
brought to Photonews by Ingrid
Iverson. a Prevention Specialist
working for the Suflolk County
( oalition for ihe Prexeniion of
Alcoholism and Other Drug Depen­dencies.
Once Inund wrote the lhirt\-
scci)nd script, she looked around lor
a workplace as the backdrop lor llic
ills! Icn seeoiuis. \\w inosi dilhculi
pail o[ ihc stxjucncc. After ins(K-eiin|i
what the Photonews pressroom had
to offer, it was decided that this
location would be the perfect back­drop
for the opening scene of the PSA.
The second and third scenes take place
in the "employee's" home.
Here is how the video unfolds: A
worker comes back from lunch a little
late with a lew drinks under his belt,
at which point his boss becomes very
concerned after .seeing a bottle in his
back pocket. Later that same day. the
worker returns home and is con­fronted
with his children, at which
point his wife intervenes. The final
scene is of his wife calling the number
of the Coalition for Prevention of
Alcoholism for help, both for herself
and for her family.
Photonews is pleased to be included
in the fight against alcoholism and
drugs, and has recently become a
corporate member of the Coalition for
the Prevention of Alcoholism and
Other Drugs. As part of the program.
literature will be distributed \o
employees periodically, which
emphasizes the phone numbers to call
if an employee or someone he she
knows would like more information.
II \()u or an\line you knov\ wouUl like
I help o! inlormaiion in mailers ielaiin.i'
1 drugs or aleohol. llie iiuiiibci lo call
I is (51(1) 366-1717 (Sullolk ('ouiU\
!('oaliiu>n) ov (*^it>) '47-?.()(K) (! !
i Council on.Aleotiolisir!!.
BETHPAGE MAM RECEIVES
GIFT OF LIFE
For years, the (New York/New ;
England Region of Deborah Hospital i
Foundation and Herbert Waldman of i
Beth Page, have had a long-standing '
relationship. Thanks to Deborah, the :
relationship has gotten even better.
The foundation raises money and
support for Deborah Heart and Lung !
Center, Browns Mills, NJ. a 155-bed
specialty teaching hospital which \
treats heart, lung and vascular disea.se ;
in adults and congenital and acquired
heart defects in children.
Thanks to the efforts of some 70,000
volunteers from four Regions of the
United States, the Center hasn't
rendered a bill to apatient or family
member for treatment since 1^22.
Waldman, 58. has been the conces­sionaire
and caretcr for Deborah
Chapter and Regional events for
ncarlv 20 years He has growtj to knov/ ;
and 'ove the hundreds of voiunlfcrs
who support the Foundation, and the
Region's Director, Leila N. |
Berkowit/.
"Our association ha.s been a verv
close friendship," Waldman said of
Ms. Berkowit/. "It s not just a business
relationship. but a beautiful
friendship."
In .January, Waldman sullen;d ;i
mild heart attack, and didn't even
know it. He said he hadn't been ieelinj;
well, yet he et)ntinued working despite
his condition
He went to a New York hospital
where he learned about his heart
attack. A stress test there told the ical
truth—three ol Waldman's coron.trv
arteries were substantially blocked.
Ihe next heart attav.k wouk! \nn Ix-so
mild.
That's when Ms. Herkowu/ sU'ppcti
in, and urgel Waldman lo pay a visu
to Deborah. After all the- sucecss
stones oi volunteers who had "ftrn'lr.
gone surgery al Deborah, VVi'Sdr.ian '
iConUnucil on Pimc J)
CIVIC ASSOCIATION UPDATE
Abe Seldin (second from right).
Chairman of the Nassau County
Board of Assessors, was the guest
speaker at a recent meeting of the
Central Civic .Association of
Bethpage.
Seldin reminded the members that
May 1st is the deadline lor appl>ing
for Nelerans" ai d senioi ciii/ens'
exemptions m ^;•.^sau Couiiiv and all
olhei exeinptioiis as well, lie sjtoke
about recent ehanges ui v:\ern[Mio!i
laws, how pro'>crt\ is assessed iii
\assau ('ount\ A\K\ hou lo eiialleiii'e
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tions from the audience.
Seldin is shown explaining a prop­erty
record card like the one the
department of assessment maintains
on each properly in Nassau Counts
to (left to light): Margaret Car\o;
assoeialion president Michael
Sieiiuuei anil Ann Steinniei/. secietats
ol Irieiuls oi the i ibrars,
A lis eis le assoeiai loii oi
eommuiuis-based IM iMui/aiioii in
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