THE FARMINGDALE
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OBSERVER
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1969
TOB Seeks New Snow Fighting Methods
Town Supervisor Michael N.
Petito has called for revisions in
the town's snow-fighting techniques to improve snow removal
operations in future storms following the blizzard of February
9-10 which deposited from 16 to
20 inches of snow on Long Island.
The Supervisor said the general
reaction by the various municipal
divisions left something to be
desired and he recommended a
number of reforms aimed at improving the town's ability to meet
snow emergencies in the future.
Petito said that the snow fighting
reforms were first suggested by
him several years ago and while
some were adopted, others were
not. He also praised many of the
town's workers for their roundthe-clock efforts during the poststorm period, citing cases where
employees went 48 hours and
more without sleep in the battle
against the worst snowstorm to
hit the area in eight years.
The Town Board met in special
session last Friday, and directed
the Town's Department of Public
Works chief to report "as soon
as possible" on more effective
methods of combating major snow
storms.
The board, in a five-hour session, requested Public Works
Commissioner H. John Plock "to
make a complete study of the possible strengths and weaknesses
in the Town's ability to cope with
unusaully
severe snowstorms
such as the one that occured
recently." The board also commended the Town's snow removal
forces for "doing an exceptional
job under trying circumstances in
the storm."
The board asked Plock to study
a more effective means of renting heavy machinery from private
contractors in emergencies, developing firmer contractual arrangements with contractors and
improving all arrangements for
hooking up plows on independent
equipment; the advisability of
purchasing new equipment; the
working out of an arrangement
providing for the cooperative use
of
equipment between State,
County, towns and villages in
emergencies,' including
the
plowing of areas jointly where
it would be most effective; the
establishment of "snow routes"
on strategically located town
streets to keep all areas reasonably accessible; suggestions for
eliminating bottlenecks caused by
abandoned or parked cars, including recommendations for legislation, if needed, and more effective utilization of existing
equipment.
The Supervisor said he will
press for establishment of a bona fied emergency list of men ava?.lable for snow removal duty on
short-term notice; greater coordination between the Town's
Highway and Sanitary Services
Departments to effect greater
snow clearance in a shorter
time.
Complete
schedules
Aggies' Sports Teams Face Busy Schedule
The Aggies* wrestling team,
with six triumphs and three setbacks, is looking forward to the
Region XV National Junior College Athletic Association title
meet taking place this Friday
and Saturday at Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie.
Coach Bob Hartmen, whose lads
finished runner-up in the event
a year ago, is certain that three
of the Green aid White grap-
plers will be seeded in the meet.
Ed DePace, 152-pound division, and Wayne Hoffman, 167pound group, are both unbeaten
and each has one tie in nine
matches. Another promising Aggies' wrestler is Jerry Quist in
the heavyweight division. He has
lost only one of his eight matches.
In their recent matches, the Farmingdale athletes lost a tough
one to the strongest tea n in
Hudson Valley C.C.'s history,
bowing by 16-14 and tien crushed
the Springfield College jayvees,
38-5.
Following the Regional meet,
the outstanding Greenand White
team will be named for the National championships at Worthington, Minnesota, February 28March 1. Hartman is president of
the National Junior College
Wrestling Coaches Association.
Farmingdale High Students
Earn Regents Scholarships
Farmingdale High School
Regent Scholarship winners and
alternates were announced this
week as follows: Vigliatore, Carol
A, Vogelsberg, Chris A, Weiser,
Robin, Weldon, Christine,
Wolkoff, Harvey J.
Alternates: Albers, Janet L,
Althmann, Donna L, Axelrod,
Joseph I, Braunstein, Mark O,
Bruno, Marie J, Carlson, Edgar
A, Citrano, Linda R. Davy,
Stephanie, Dicapua, Frank G,
Durmann, Roberta, Fallon,
Justin R, Friedberg, Allan H,
Grille, Paul J, Herrmann,
Raymond E, Huddart, Nancy K,
Kane, Mark G, Kenney, William
P, Krasnow, Andrew M, Lanni,
Jerome J, Lebits, Susan J,
Magenheim, Janet H, Magliato,
Frank C, McAlpine, Robert A,
McGuire, Deirdre J, Meisler,
Natalie E, Molle, Robert W,
O'Keefe, Thomas R, Raff, Arlene
B, Ricci, Michael A, Rosenbau,
Mark, Rothbard, Udith A,
Schaffer,Justin A, Schneider,
stacey L, Simone, Stephen J,
Slansky, Michal, Stalker, Dianne
S, Sweeney, Terrence J, Urbanas, Jill T and Warehime,
Lawrence C.
Farmingdale High School
Winners: Bennett, Gary M,
Boyce, Michael T, Cantor,
Marilyn G, Carter, Steven M,
Chabarek, Anthony L, Cifaldi,
Michael L, Coehn, Barry, Dah,
Eugene F, Deboer, Nancy
Eisenkraft, Gail A, Friend, Gary
J, Genua, Laura G, Goulding,
James C, Gregorovic, Patricia A,
Guarino, John, Gutterman, Scott,
Harlow, Wesley J, Janos, Alan C,
Kellermann, Carol B, Klutchko,
Bruce S, Lehman, Mark E,
Lishansky, Mark S, Marino,
Annette M, Markowitz, Edward,
Maxwell, Paul L, Metzger, Diane
J, Neiman, Robert A, Pfrangle,
Joseph W, Rosenberger, Stefan
A, Salita, Christine, Schmitt,
Nancy.Simek, David R, Slotnick,
Judith G, Spector, Daniel,
Svendsen, Karen L, Swan,
Jeanne, Tantillo, Dogulas J,
Velcof.' Andrew J,
RESPONSIBILITY OF CITIZENSHIP AND LEADERSHIP
By Harold G . Thompson
When one decides to express
opinions in the press he must
believe that most people are
reasonable and attempt to form
honest judgments. It must be
realized that reactions and
thoughts vary with individuals
because of very complex
backgrounds and circumstances;
a result of total environment and
experience.
Statements and conclusions
should be based upon verified
facts and with a knowledge of
contributory circumstances.
Even underthese conditions there
is often disagreement as to truth.
A responsible citizen shows
respect for honestly stated points
of view and recognizes his duty to
meet any differences intellectually, with an opposed
viewpoint. Public controversy of
this nature can be subject to
compromise and lead to a better
community.
This was not the case last
spring in Farmingdale when
bitter charges, still unconfirmed
as to accuracy and truth, were
belatedly circulated and resulted
in the defeat of the School
Budget.
In human relationship, at its
best, there will continue to be
wide
disagreements.
Unfortunate!} the communities are
plagued with individuals who are
infected with unreasoned opinion
as readily as the Hongkong Flu.
Too often these points of view are
contagious and spread through
the community by uninformed,
unthinking people.
In a December 26 column by
this writer it was stated that such
destructive controversy is unnecessary and avoidable. In that
column and in a letter to the
Board of Education it was
proposed that the Public
Relations Committee of the
Board arrange Public Forums
and invite those in disagreement
with their policies to present their
points of view. Good attendance
and factual reports of these
meetings would be essential to
offset unconfirmed rumor.
When the truth of a situation is
made known Farmingdale has
usually made the right decisions.
Voter approval of a series of real
estate taxes, increased through
the issue of several large school
construction bonds, is a case in
point. Had this not been done in
the early 1950's through effective
public relations effort, the
ultimate financial costs would
have been much greater. In
addition there would have been
immeasurable an irrepairable
damage to educator! through
prolonged split-sessions.
The time for developing a
community understanding of
complex educational problems is
running out. This writer again
urges The. Board of Education to
take immediate and effective
steps to meet an emerging
repetition of events of last spring.
This procedure should be direct
and not delegated.
Unless this is done the endless
hours spent in Committee
meetings, Executive Conference
and Salary Negotiations will go
down the drain as a result of
misinformed voting.
The great majority of
responsible people in this district
will vote intelligently if they have
the facts. It goes without saying
that they must be convinced that
every penny in the school budget
is essential.
Vague insinuations and unsupported charges circulating
through the district must be
answered and refuted without
delay. The direct responsibility
for this essential service is the
Public Relations Committee.
To the extent that statements
and charges are true, those
whoprovide
proper
substantiation will receive deserved
support.
of each vehicle's availability during the snow season; more comprehensive list of private equipment for hire to assure a full
working force with heavy vehicles
so that Town and commercial
equipment is actively engaged to
the fullest extent during blizzard
or near-blizzard conditions and
better liaison between the various
municipal beanches of government - state, county, town,
village - to assure a more concerted effort during major snowstorms.
Petito also suggested the possibility of joint purchase of heavy
equipment with other municipalities in a cost-sharing plan that
would lessen the impact of one
municipality making large investments in equipment that mey
be used only sparingly. Petito
also asked the Board to explore the possibility of purchasing
some heavy sow equipment, renting it to private contractors during the Spring, Summer and Fall
months and then having the heavy
vehicles returned for the Town's
anti- snow use during Winter
months.
Petito asked that educational
courses be provided for supervisory personnel in the Public
Works Department to give them
the necessary expertise to fight
uncommonly heavy snowstorms
such as hit the town ten days
ago. He said that selected personnel could be sent to upstate
areas where heavy snow is common to learn modern methods of
combatting blizzard and nearblizzard conditions.
The Supervisor proposed a
booklet of emergency snow directions for residents to insure
awareness of what to do in a
serious snowstorm on the part
of private homeowners. He added
that parked cars, stalled vehicles
and general vehicular breakdown
added to the problems faced by
the Town's snow removal forces
in the recent blizzard.
CAP Accepts New
Members To Group
Six new cadets and a senior
member have been processed as
members of the local unit of
Farmingdale's Civil Air Patrol it
has been reported by the
Squadron Information Officer,
Major Jay Schleichkorn.
The cadets, all teenagers from
this area, are John J. Boylan,
Abbey Marc Gross, Paul
Weinstock, John Stoll, Louis Di
Presso, and Frank Timmons.
They will participate in aviation
orientated activities carried out
by CAP including flying orien-
tation, classroom work, field
trips and encampments.
The new senior member is
George Huff, also of Farmingdale. Huff, a licensed
private pilot, is employed as an
Aerospace Engineer in the Naval
Office of Grumman Aircraft. He
will serve as an instructor in the
Farmingdale CAP unit which
meets Thursday evenings at
Weldon E. Howitt Junior High.
Information about Civil Air
Patrol may be obtained by
writing P.O. Box 460, Farmingdale.
Howitt Honor Roll
Names Announced
Weldon E. Howitt Junior High
School students who attained
honor roll status for the second
report card period. Carolyn Abe,
James Abelels, Barbara Ambrose, Andre Amendola, Heidi
Andersen, Ellen Banberger,
Annette Barbaccia, Charles
Barke, William Barrett, Edith
Bollard, David Bershad, Harry
Bloomstein, Wayne Bodamer,
George Bossis, Marilyn Buse,
Brian Campbell, Debra Canestrando, Gary Canning, John Carlson, Ellen Caruso, Peter
Chabarek, Janice Chanin, James
Clingan, Marisa Comple, Brenda
Cooke, Douglas Coppi, Anne
Corsa, Anthony Cottone, Stella
Couchells, Vicki Couchells.
Dorothy Coughlan, Stella Crusco,
JoAnne
DeLuca,
George
Demopoulos, Anthony Duranti,
Karen Duzy, Elizabeth Egnitz,
Joseph Faria, Richard Fischbein, Laura Fontana, Nancy
Franco, Maria Fank, Michael
Friedberg, Randi Friedland.
Edward Fritz, Roderick Fyfe,
Helaine Gerber, Thomas Gerson,
Loriann
Gertonson,
Mary
Ghiorsi, Jeffrey
Ginsberg,
Margie Goldstein,
Andrea
Goldwyn, Stephen Gray, Marcie
Green, Pierre Gremaud, Linda
Gresalfi, Lisa Grippo, Charlette
Guastella, Stephanie Guastella,
Lois Hall, Janice Hatch, Lorraine
Hatosy, Charles Herian, Carol
Hoffman, Ronald Impollonia,
Karen Johnson. Leslie Kahn,
Ellen Kallansrude, Sharon Kass,
Barbara Katz, Bari Kaufman,
Jill Kerwin, Bradley Kesden,
Deborah Ketcham, Kathleen
Kofnig, Robin Krammer, Pauline
Kwapniewski,
Marie
Kwiatkowski, Debra Lidman,
Fay Oy Lim, Carolsue Lind,
Catherine Lindblad, Judith
Lipsky, Steven Llewellyn, Denise
Logan Susan Long, Debra Lord,
Beth Loschin, Debra Louif,
Pamela Luse, Sally McCalmont.
Nancy McGhee, Susan Menditto,
Keith Miller, Donna Molloy,
Brian Moore, Lynn Morgenlande,
Ellen Moroney, David Mulligan,
Agatha Napoli, Ruth Olsen,
Paula Panagakos, Andrew
Pasternack, Caren
Patak.
Joanne Pavarini, Frank Pedicini,
Francis Pinello, John Prato,
Richard Price, Theresa Raitori,
Cathy Redmond, Sharon Reiss,
Michelle Rosen. Todd Rosenlicht.
Carol Bowehl, Diane Rudolph,
Gail Rudy, Constance Russell,
Diane Sabbatino, Mindy Schaffer, Daniel Schargman, Ralph
Schilling, Susan Schrick. Jane
Schriro, Linda Schroeder, Mark
Schroeder, Jeanne Seagraves,
Carol Sieb, Jonathan Spector,
Robin Spindler, Susan Stack, Lori
Stottler, Janet Stoye, John
Sucharski, Gregory Tadduni,
Richard Tarello, Kim Tomlinson,
Denise Tralongo. Barbara
Valinoti, Richard Vitolo, Matthew Walters, Joseph Weiden and
John Williams
Gas Station Robbed Of $304
A gasoline station at Hempstead Turnpike and Westgate was
robbed of $304 in currency
The complainant, George
DeVito, told police that a whit e
male escaped in a vehicle
Dems Plan Get Together
The Farmingdale Democratic
Club will hold a "Get Together"
night this Saturday at 9:00 p.m.
at 640 Fulton St., Farmingdale.
An old-fashioned party has been
planned with food, coffee and
cake included. Donation is $3 per
person. The public is invited.