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VOL. 36 NO. 7 Wednesday, March 8,1989 3 5 c p e r c o p y
Local Girls Scouts Observe Scout Week
GULOTTA-COLWAY REVIEW. County Executive
Thomas S. Gulotta is pictured in his Mineola office with
Mary Coiway, County Director of Real Estate and
Insurance, as they review the Nassau County Open Space
Policy, which is designed to protect our water supply and
environmentally sensitive land.
Local Girl Scouts are
joining with more than 3
million Girl Scouts nation-wide
to observe Girl Scout
Week, March 12-18, accord-ing
to an announcement by
Barbara White, President of
Girl Scouts of Nassau
County. March 12-18,
according to an announce-ment
by Barbara White,
President of Girl Scouts of
Nassau County. Miarch 12
marks the 77th Birthday of
Girl Scouting in the United
States. Observance of Girl
Scout Week calls attention
to the long tradition of
inspiring girls to explore new
ideas, learn new skills and
grow into caring, contribut-ing
adults.
W l i f f l
by Mildred Roemer
Two Wars
Was listening to the radio
while sorting some of the
fme donations given to the
Grist Mill Museum during
the winter months. "The
young policeman's life was
saved by his bullet proof
vest," the commentator's
voice went on."
The words gave ye histo-rian
a jolt, for among the
articles to be cataloged were
several pertaining to the
U.S. Navy. They had been
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The comprehensive, infor-mal
education programs
that Girl Scouting brings to
girl members, from 5 to 17-
years-old, is based on an
ethical code and stresses the
importance of moral leader-ship.
Membership in the
organization is growing as
the program stresses the
development of positive self-image
and good decision-making
skills, necessary for
today's girls faced with the
challenges and pressures of
an ever-changing society.
Activities are designed so the
learning takes place through
fun activities, appropriate to
each age level.
There are five age levels:
Daisy Girl Scouts: Five
years old in kindergarten
Brownie Girl Scouts: 6-8
years old or in first, second,
or third grade
Junior Girl Scouts: 9-11
years old or in fourth, fifth,
or sixth grade
Cadette Girl Scouts: 12-14
years old or in seventh,
eighth, or ninth grade
Senior Girl Scouts: 14-17
years old or in ninth, tenth,
or eleventh, or twelfth grade.
Troops meet at various
times to accomodate today's
busy volunteer leaders -
afternoons, evening and
weekends. For further infor-mation
about this vibrant,
growing organization for
girls and women in our
community please call the
Girl Scouts of Nassau
County at 741-2550.
Editor's Note:
There are 353 girls
members and 123 adult
members in Ellm
(East Parkway, Lynbrook,
Lake view, Malverne)
Home Aides Needed to Help Seniors
donated by Elaine Griffen
Alien of Woods Avenue
whose husband Lieutenant
(jg) Edward L. Allen, had
served in the Navy during
World War 2. Among them
were two packets of signal
cards, medals, ribbons, and
a small gilt-edge book with
a hard brass cover. On the
front of it was inscribed the
words "May God Bless
You." It was a small Bible
made to be carried in the left
vest pocket of a serviceman's
shirt over his heart. Fortu-nately,
Lieut. Allen's Bible
remained unscarred by a
bullet, but many another
man's life may have been
saved, just as the bullet-proof
vest had saved the life
of the policeman.
Somehow today's "wars"
are not being fought on
distant shores, but by young
men in blue uniforms, the
police, whose battlefields are
dirty streets and in darkened
houses. Their war is fought
against more cowardly and
vicious enemies than those
of the past.
We honor those in the
Service who fought for us
and who may well have been
saved by the small brass
covered Bible. We will place
Lieut. Allen's war memora-bilia
in the Museum case
while praying for our sold-iers
of the street - our police.
Hempstead Town Presid-ing
Supervisor Joseph N.
Mondello and Supervisor
Gregory P. Peterson have
announced that the Town's
Department pf Services for
the Aging is looking to
recruit companion aidea for
participation in the acclaimed
Home Aides to Seniors of
Nassau Program, known as
HATSON.
"HATSON is a program
designed to provide home
assisUnce to our Town's
senior residents who are in
need of supportive, custodial
care," Su^rvisor Mondello
stated. "The Program's pur-pose
is to provide affordable
assistance to the frail elderly
by utilizing aides who are
carefully screened and
trained by the Town to assist
older persons during a
period of need. The HAT-SON
Program helps seniors
maintain' their dignity and
self- sufficiency while it
reduces the need for institu-tionalization,"
Mondello
said.
Once ^aduated from the
town training and screening
process, the HATSON ^de
is put in contact with an
elderly resident who has
expressed an interest in
having such a person come
into their home. Since HAT-SON
aides are independent
contractors, the Town of
Hempstead serves as a
means of matching people to
the help needed. The hours
of employment and duties to
be performed are agreed
upon by the client and the
aide. Generally, HATSON
aides receive $5.00 per hour
plus transportation costs of
28« per mile, or bus fare.
Applications are no.w
being accepted for the spring
training session. Classes will
be conducted April 11
through April 14,1989, from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 200 North
Franklin Street in the Vil-lage
of Hempstead. Individ-uals
who would like to par-ticipate
as an aide. in thg
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Spelling for Prices at MacDonalds
On the heels of the suc-cessful
Monopoly giveaways
last year, McDonald's res-taurants
is presenting
another favorite family
game.
Starting March 17,
McDonald's will introduce
Scrabble as the national
game promotion. The game
is patterned after the Scrab-ble
board. Players can win
by collecting game pieces
that complete a word,
redeeming instant winning
game pieces and drawing
bonus letters for fantasy
prizes.
Winners can receive mer-chandise,
trips and food
prizes worth over $75 mil-lion
including $1 million
cash prizes, $100,000 cash
prizes, Disney vacations,
Sears shopping sprees and
much more.
To kick-off the promo-tion,
Scrabble tournaments
will be held at various loca-tions
throughout the tri-state
area.
Scrabble is the second
largest selling board game in
the U.S. One of every four
households in America,
owns a Scrabble game and
over 30 million people play
the game for fun.
llie promotion runs until
May II.
INJV^ED HERO NYC PoUcc Officer Steven McDonald
and wife Patti attended the recent Good GovemmenI Partys'
fundraiser to show their support for the Good Government
Par^y ticket. Police Officer McDonald is shown here with
Trustee Steve Grogan, Judge John O'Connor and Trustee
Eugene Natale.
PO McDonald, injured in the line of duty and confined
to a wheelchair, had previously assisted the village in its
fundraising efforts to aid re^dent Chris Tranquellino during
last yeariB Lynbrook Week.
Trustee Steve Grogan 59^332S (Home). 599-8784 (Village
Hall).