Nine Month Extention Granted To Boatmen Slimmer Job Program Initiated
A nine- month extension of time
to comply with the anti- pollution
requirements of New York's Navigation
Law has been granted
boatmen in a bill just singed into
law by Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller.
Under the terms of this
legislation the deadline for the
installation of sewage treatment
devices on watercraft in New
York State has been postponed
from June 1, 1968 to March 1,
1969.
" This extension," said James
O'Brien, Director of the Conservation
Department's Division
of Motor Boats, " will allow the
manufacturers time to produce
satisfactory devices at a reasonable
price and give boatmen
the whole winter to make
the installation."
The postponement of the deadline
resulted from discovery that
few sewage treatmentdevices intended
for use on small craft
did a satisfactory job. The Navigation
I, aw requires that the pollution
control device be " of a
type approved by the State Departments
of Health and Conservation,"
Joint research by
the Departments have revealed
that there were no units immediately
available that would
comply with Health Department
standards.
At present a number of units
are being tested and it is anticipated
that a list of approved
types will be announced before
the end of the boating season,,
Summer Olympic Program Starts Next Week
On LI. Aggies' Campus
The mammoth sports complex
at State Agricultural and Technical
College in Farmingdale will
be the scene of a comprehensive
Summer Olympic Developmental
Program, the Fifth Annual, by
the Long Island Athletic Club,
according to a joint announcement
today by Dr. Charles W. Laffin,
J r . , President of the college, and
Mike Byrnes, head coach of the
L. I. A. C.
Starting next Tuesday, July
16th, the track and field program
will be launchedoKvents are to take
place every Tuesday thereafter,
beginning at 6: 30 P. M., at the
Aggies' campus, and continuing
through August 13. Commencing
July 28, the L. I. A. C. will hold
distance events for the first time
in this developmental program,
every Sunday through Sept. 15,
at 9 A. M.
Tfie track and field program is
divided into two categories consisting
of six running events and
as many field tests in Program
No. 1 and ten contents, evenly
divided, in Program No. 2. In
each, there will be three classifications
of competitors, championship,
Class A and Class B.
Program No. 1 will be held July
16, July 30 and Aug. 13, and will
include: 100 yard dash, intermediate
hurdles, 3- 4 mile run,
mile walk, 440 - yard dash, discus,
high jump, triple jump, pole
vault, javelin and hammer
throws. Program No. 2 will take
place July 23 and Aug. 6, and will
consist of 120- yard high hurdles
( 42"), 880- yard run, 220- yard
dash, mile walk, 220, shot put,
long jump, pole vault, javelin
and hammer.
Awards will be given to
the top three winners in each
classification. Under the classification
system, athletes must
file entries listing their best
performances in a particular e-vent.
This means that all races
are run from scratch with no
handicaps. Should a participant
perform better than the standards
set for his particular classification,
he is automatically
disqualified but eligible for the
improved class."
In announcing that State University
at Famingdale will host
the meets, each of which is expected
to attract upwards of 400
competitors, the L. I. A. C. director
emphasizes that, " The facilities
are among the finest on
Long Island. There is an as-phaltic
surfaced track, the runways
are the same and Porta
Pits are used for both the high
jump and vault. In addition there
is a large area utilized for the
discus, javelin and hammer. No
athlete could wish for a better
competitive situation," he concludes.
Long distance events are being
contested for the first time as
part of the L. I. A. C.' s summer
program this season. The
picturesque jogging trails recently
carved out of the woodlands
at State University will be used
for the gruelling events, a combined
cross- country and open
field running. The distance e-vents
are divided into two classes,
those 18 years and under
will negotiate two miles, and
those over 18 will have to run
three miles.
Summer job centers have been
opened in Massapequa Park, Valley
Stream, Long Beach and by the
Freeport Office of the New York
State Employment Service. Aimed
at developing work opportunities
for South Nassau's vacationing
youngsters, the centers are part
of an intensifiedSummer Jobs for
Youth Campaign which the Employment
Service is conducting
throughout Long Island.
The opening of the summer
centers was announced by Herman
Slavin, Manager of the State
Employment Service's Freeport
Office. In 1967 that office and
its summer stations found and
filled 490 jobs for vacationing
youngsters. Mr. Slavin hopes
to better that record this year.
South Nassau's eager young
job seekers need the things that
summer employment brings,"
said Mr. Slavin. " Idleness means
mischief, jobs mean earnings, the
chance to learn good work habits
and the satisfaction of self sufficiency.
For many young people,
summer earnings spell the
S0BSEC Receives Federal Funds
For Continuation of Program
The United States Office of
Education announced the award of
$ 186,158.00 in federal funds to
continue operation of the innovative
and exemplary educational
enrichment program being administered
by the South Oyster
Bay Supplementary Education
Center. ( SOBSEC) Hempstead
Turnpike, Bethpage.
The program, administered
under Title in of the elementary
and Secondary Education Act of
1968, has successfully operated
for thepast two years in providing
interdistrict cooperative curriculum
and materials services
for Bethpage, Farmingdale, Massapequa,
Plainedge and Plain-view
- Old Bethpage public
schools as well as the nonpublic
schools in each of the five
districts.
In the year ended June 30,
the center had processed over
22,000 material requests for
films, transparencies, TV tapes,
and professional books. In-
Service programs were provided
in seven subject areas and levels:
Asiam values; Elementary
Science, Elementary Math; Early
Childhood Education; Reading in
contant areas; New State Health
( Narcotics and Sex Education);
and New Social Studies.
The Center has brought together
the interdistrict working
councils of chairmen and supervisors
in reading, secondary social
studies, secondary science,
home economics, and elementary
sciences, social studies and language
arts.
Plans for the coming year involve
the development Of an In-
Service training cooperative in
Jack Pokress, right, 508 Atlantic Avenue, North Massapequa,
President of the Press Photographers Association of Long Island
and Observer staff photographer is shown presenting the Nassau
County Fireman of the Year Plaque to Fireman Charles Lemons
of the Lakeview Fire Department. Fireman lemons was cited
for rescuing a woman from a burning building at the risk of his
own life. The Press Photographers Association of I/> ng Island
annually selects a Nassau County and Suffolk County Fireman of
the Year. p* k r" s s P h o , u
Farmingdale OBSERVER, Thursday, July II, 1968
difference between returning to
school in the fall or dropping out.
We owe these kids the chance to
work this summer."
Mr. Slavin urged businessmen
as well as householders to
find jobs that need doing now
and to hire boys and girls to do
them. No job is too big or too
small whether it be in die home
an office, a shop or a factory.
Both full and part- time jobs as
well as odd jobs for a day or a
week are acceptable. The support
of press, radio, community
organizations and civic- minded
volunteers would be welcomed.
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The Center in Massapequa
Park is in the National Bank of
North America, 5310 Sunrise
Highway, telephone 798- 1040.
Persons interested in aiding
the Summer Jobs for Youth Campaign
should telephone Mr. Slavin
at MA 3- 1950. Employers
and job seekers may visit or
telephone any of the centers or
telephone numbers listed.
conjunction with the evening extension
division of Nassau Community
College to provide workshops
to help teachers cope with
the New State Mandated Guidelines
in curriculum areas.
In addition, the center will
serve as a cooperative partner
with New York University in the
national science foundation project
- Copes. The Copes program
will train sixty locally selected
teachers in the conceptually oriented
programs in elementary
science.
Other courses to be offered will
deal with the new health program
- Sex Education and learning
disabilities.
Course offerings will be coordinated
with council activities
to promote efforts on an interdistrict
basis, toward curriculum
and materials development for
each area.
Karen Weber
Selected For
Library Post
Karen Weber, one of the ten
library cadets selected for the
Librarian Recruitment Project
of the Nassau Library System,
will be an on- the- scene staff
member at the Plainedge Public
Library for the eight- week
period.
Miss Weber was selected from
more than 75 applicants for an
intensive training program. She
will receive a weekly salary of
$ 90 paid for with federal funds.
Her assignment at the Plainedge
Public Library will involve organization
of the non- book collection
in the Children's Room of the
new building.
Dr. Cusufliaiio
Reelected
Dr. Aurelius Cusumano, 747
North Broadway, Massapequa.
has been re- elected to active
membership in the American
Academy of General Practice,
the national association of family
doctors.
Re- election signifies that the
physician has successfully completed
1")() hours of accredited
postgraduate medical stud> in
the last three years. Members
come up for re- election every
third year on Ihe date of election
to membership. The Academy,
the country's second largest national
medical association, is the
only medical group that requires
members to keep up with medical
progress through continuing
education.
long Islanders to Attend
Elks Centennial Convention
Long Island will be represented
by a large contingent among the
15,000 Elks and their families
expected to throng the Centennial
National Convention of the
Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks in Manhattan July 14-
18. Nassau and Suffolk County-membership
in 19 lodges totals
9,203.
The five day convention wll]
be crowded with business and
social functions at both the New
York Hilton and Americana
Hotels.
Village Features Puppet Show
A puppet show will be fea- at 9: 30 a. m. The program is
tured at the Michael J. Brady sponsored by the Nassau Coun-
Park on Front Street in Massa- ty Department of Parks and Rec-pequa
Park on Monday, July 22 reation.
Civil Air Patrol Changes Site
A change in meeting site will
be in effect for Farmingdale's
Nassau Composite Squadron
Five, Civil Air Patrol, during
the summer months it has been
announced by Lt. John Kempey,
Commandant of Cadets. Thursday
evening meetings for cadets
and senior numbers will be held
at C. A. P. Headquarters Building,
Zahn's Airport, 7: 30 to
10, instead of at Howitt Junior
High School.
Students between the ages of
13 through 17 interested in aviation
are cordially invited to visit
one of the local unit's meetings.
Cheryl Zeigler Selected
Delegate to Girl Scout Roundup
Miss Cheryl Zeigler, 242 North
Chestnut Street, North Massapequa,
has been selected as a Mid-
Island Council delegate to the
Region II Hendrik Hudson Roundup.
Cheryl will leave on July
18 for Camp Drum, ' Vatertown,
New York and return July 29.
The theme of this Girl Scout
Roundup is Discovery ' 68. Cheryl
is a member of Senior Troop
204 and was chosen from among
many applicants for her camping
skills.
Slides of Flower Shows
Garden Club Program
Slides will be shown showing
highlights of recent flower shows
with commentary by Phyllis Ze-gelic
at the Massapequa Park
Garden Club on Wednesday, July
17 at 8: 15 p. m. at Village Hall,
Front Street, Massapequa Park.
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(^ ster Bay Town Board Majority Leader Ralph J. Marino ( r.)
observes Gregory Comforto, beach attendant, iiffix Town of Oyster
Bay parking sticker which permits residents to park at the 12 town
beaches and use the facilities to escape the heat.
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