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VOL. 34 NO. 5 Wednesday, January 28,1987 30« PER COPY
116 YEARS YOUNG! Congressman Ray McGrath (R-VS),
congratulates Roosevelt constituent Susie Brunson on her
116th birthday. Susie was born Christmas Day 1870 and its
believed to be the oldest living American. Susie, who has
been visited by Congressman McGrath for her birthday ever
since her 111th celebration, was delighted with ail the atten*'
tion she was receiving from her family and friends. Together
the Congressman and Susie reminisced how their friendship
has grown over the past five years since they met. When the
Centenarian was asked what she attributes her longevity to,
she acknowledged that it was God's decision. Susie is a
parishioner of the Mount Sjiiai Baptist Church in Roose-velt.
Congressman McGrath presented Susie witli a Birth-day
cake and a Poinsettia plant to help celebrate her Christ-mas
birthday which was held at the family's home in
Roosevelt. It will probably be the last celebration at the
Roosevelt home as Susie and her family are planning to
move to South Carolina in early spring.
WALKING THE VILLAGE. Mayor William P. Geier,
Trustee/Deputy Mayor Norman L. Dreyer and trustee can-didate
Robert Russo are shown here walking a street in the
village as they go door to door meeting with village resi-dents.
Mayor Geier reminds residents that his office is open
on Saturday mornings to listen to resident concerns.
Mondello Sworn In As Presiding Supervisor
Joseph N. Mondello, who
has served as Hempstead
Town Councilman for 8
years, was sworn in on Jan-uary
16, 1987, as Presiding
Supervisor of the Town of
Hempstead. Mondello
took the official Oath of
Office from former Supreme
C o u r t J u s t i c e F r a nk
Gulotta, Sr., at a special
Town Board Meeting in
Hempstead.
Also taking the Oath of
Office were Supervisor Gre-gory
P. Peterson, who for-merly
served as Hempstead
Town Councilman and
newly appointed Council
members Angie Cullen and
Pat Zagarino.
Mondello, 48, expressed
his deep gratitude for the
opportunity to serve the res-idents
of America's largest
township. "For all my life, I
have^lreaniifed of the oj^por-tunity
to make public service
my prominent goal. The
chance to serve as Presiding
Supervisor of Hempstead
Town is a unique opportun-ity,
which I deeply appre-ciate.
Helping people has
always given me great satis-faction.
There's nothing
more special than knowing
you've been there when it
counted,"
The Levittown resident
has a long history of public
and community service.
After graduating from Hof-stra
University, Mondello
served as a teacher in the
East Meadow School Sys-tem,
as well as a Probation
Officer for Nassau County.
Later, after working his
way through law school, he
helped found the Levittown
law firm of Flaum, Imbar-rato
and Mondello. He then
served as counsel to the
State Assembly Committee
on Labor.
Mondello is a Colonel in
the New York Guard as well
as a U.S. Army Veteran. He
is also a member of the
Association of Knights and
Ladies of the Equestrian
Order of the Knights of the
Holy Sepulchre of Jerusa-lem
(Eastern Lieutenancy of
the U.S.).
The Presiding Supervisor
is also active in many civic
and fraternal organizations.
He is a member of the Nas-sau
County Bar Associa-tion,
Criminal Bar Associa-tion
and the Criminal
Justice Coordinating Coun-cil
of Nassau.
He is also a charter
member and past orator of
the Order, Sons of Italy,
Boajdi of Directors, Harco
Polo Lodge 2214 of Amer-ica;
member of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Long
Island Area Development
Association; Knights of
Columbus, Italy Innocence
Council; and the Levittown
Chamber of Commerce.
He is married to the
former Linda Crabtree and
has three children; Joseph
21,£ii?abeth 13, and Lisa 8.
Supervisor Peterson also
brings a long history of pub-lic
service to the Town. He
has served on the Town
Board for 15 years, and was
also a former Nassau Assist-ant
District Attorney
assigned to the Rackets
Bureau. He is a graduate of
the St. John's Law School
and is active in numerous
legal, community and civic
groups.
"I look forward to this
special opportunity to serve
All-Counfy Musicians
Five students represented
East Rockaway High
School the week-end of
January 10 in All County
music groups. Karen Boll
and Natalie dlardi per-formed
in the All County
Senior Band» Anthony
Lamanno in the Senior
Chorus, and Lisa Boyle and
Ariana D'Agostino in the
Junior Band.
All five prepared solos
and participated in competi-tive
auditions to be chosen
for these honored spots. The
All County groups per-formed
before sold out
houses at the Tilles Center at
C.W. Post College in
Greenvale.
Students who are inter-ested
in participating in n^xt
Joseph N. Mondello
our Town residents as
Supervisor," Peterson said.
"Working with . Presiding
Supervisor mondello and
the rest of the Town Board,
we will continue to strive
t o w a r d s p r o v i d i n g a
government which listens to
the people and stands ready
to assist them in time of
need."
Peterson resides in East
Meadow, with his wife,
Linda, and three daughters,
Danielle 11, Laura 9 anjl
Alana 7.
Also taking the Oath of
office were Councilwoman
Angie Cullen of Freeport
and Councilman Pat Zaga-rino
of Bellmore. Zagarino
is a real estate specialist
while Cullen serves as legis-lative
Assistant to State
Assemblyman Armand
D'Amato.
The vacancies in the
Town Board were created by
the resignation of Thomas
S. Gulotta, who was today
chosen as the 6th County
E x e c u t i v e of Nassau
County. Also resigning
today was Supervisor James
D. Bennett. Bennett left the
Supervisors' position to
pursue a career in private
law. He has served as Super-visor
since 1978.
The two vacancies created
by the elevation of Mon-dello
and Peterson were
filled by the appointment
today of Council members
Cullen and Zagarino.
year's All County concerts
should begin preparing a
solo soon for a late April
audition.
For information, call
David Meoli, Coordinator
of Fine Arts, at 8S7-3111,
Ext. 11.
It's Academic!
The East Rockaway High
School. "It's Academic"
team participated in the
.second round of competi-tion
on Wednesday, Janu-ary
14. The meet was held at
Oceanside High School.
East Rockaway, competing
against Oceanside and
Freeport, ended the meet
earning 350 points. Ocean-,
side finished with 260 points
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'ADEMICTLeff to ripr-Tlenry Zabarsky, Glenn
O'Brien, John Meagher, Eric Kaplan, Paul Mamay,
Richard Meagher, Brendan Klapak. Seated: Mrs. Jean
Clark.