Bethpage-Tribune_1991-06-21

              ITHPAGE PUBLIC LIBRAIY
VOL. 24 NO. 29
YOUR OFFICIAL HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER
Serving Befhpage, Island Trees, Plainedge, Seaford, Old Befhpage and Plainview
June 21-27, 1991 25 CENTS
WELCOME HOME
Town of Oyster Bay Councilman Leonard Kunzig, right, welcomes home
Navy Lt. Ralph Groves, who is joined by his daughter Elizabeth, at the War
memorials in the Bethpage Community Park. Lt. Groves, who resides in
Bethpage and works for Grumman, was called to active duty for 6 months
during operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. "It's great people like Ralph
Groves who give up their jobs and leave their family when their country
calls," said Kunzig. ''We are grateful to have citizen soldiers like Lt. Groves
living in our community. On behalf of all the people of Bethpage and the
Town of Oyster Bay, welcome home."
O'Leary Scholarship Announced
A Scholarship fund in honor of
Gloria O'Leary is nearing completion
of its goal to raise enough funds to
permanently grant two scholarships
worth $250.00 each to Bethpage
seniors. The first two scholarships will
be awarded by the Board of Education
to this year's graduating class, one
each to a boy and a girl.
riic main criterion tor this scholar­ship
will be community scr\icc. In
addition students should be above the
40th percentile, but below the 10th
percentile in class rank.
Merchants and residents, who will
directly benefit from students moti­vated
toward community .service, are
urged to send in their contributions
now.
Send checks (made out to "Gloria
O'l.earv Scholarship Fund") lo:
Marie lluiley
7 Sherman Court
Bethpage. NY 117 14.
Thanks Bethpage!
Only in a town such as Bethpage
can one expect to find such generosity
and kindness that the members of this
community have to offer. It seems that
whenever an individual or group is in
need of support, someone always
comes through to a.ssist them. This
quality was again displayed as the
Bethpage H.S. Marine Physical Fit­ness
team was met with the dilemma
of raising funds in order to compete
in the Marine Corps Youth Physical
Fitness National Championships in
San Diego, Calif.
In the 3 years that 1 have run the
Marine Physical Fitness program at
Bethpage H.S., all athletes, who have
had the opportunity to compete in the
nationals have spent many hours
engaging in a variety of fundraising
endeavors. As in the previous 2 years,
we have had an extremely generous
outpouring of financial support from
school and community organizations
and businesses, as well as from many
individuals in the community. With­out
their help, our ability to get a team
out to San Diego to compete would
be severely hampered. It is because
of the generosity of the fine people
within the community and schools,
that such opportunities for the stu­dents
in Bethpage is possible. This is
also why Bethpage is so tightly knit,
and is without a doubt, the best place
on Long Island to live. Thank you
Bethpage.
Below is a list ot the indi\iduals and
organizations who contributed cither,
financially or with their scrxices and
made our trip lo the Marine Corps
National Youth Physical Fitness
Championships possible:
Bethpage Board of Education Dr.
.lohn Sommi. Bethpage Ceiiiral Civic
Association Mr. Mike Steiniger.
Jacques Caterers. Bretton's Deli..
Speed-Rac Printers, Page liquors.
Floral Scent- Sations. Matty's Deli.
Cireco Bros. Fuel Oil Corp.. Bethpage
Bouquet. Central Park Inn. Kenny's
Cafe, Reliance Federal Savings. King
Kullen, Runway Inn, Bethpage Sports
Center, Big Apple Triathalon Club.
Dad's Club. Bethpage "Tool & Hard­ware,
Carvel (Bethpage), Summer­times,
Roma Italian Bakery, George's
Golf Shop, Francesco's Bakery.
LaRoma Ristorante, Getty- Central
Ave., U.S. Marine Corps, Bethpage
P.A.I.., Bethpage St.Pk Pro Shop.
Bethpage Fire Dept., Bri-Den Con­struction,
Jack & Mac's Peacock, Mr.
& Mrs. George Kenney, High School
P.T.A., Mr. Robert Forrest. Mr.
Michael Caulfield. and lo all the
Golfer's who participated in our 1st
annual Marine Fitness Golf
Tournament.
A special thanks also goes out to
Mrs. Evie Albano for her effort in
organizing and directing many of the
student fundraising activities.
SAVING OUR BEACHES
Nassau County Executive Thomas S. Gulotta outlined the County's 12
point 1991 Beach Protection Program designed to prevent the closing of beaches
from waste or debris "wash-up" at a recently held press conference. The plan,
which includes intensified cleaning procedures and special beach patrols, was
developed in conjunction with the Stony Brottk I niversity Waste Management
Institute of Marine Sciences Research (inter.
Also present were Park Foreman John Lamonica and ( oniniissioner John
Kiernan of the Nassau ( ounty Department of Uecreatiuu and Parks.