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I 8 :J. <'D en c: Lobbying Washington from a Sayville classroom ~ by AnIhon.r Ju Howard ~ While most high school students ~ prepare for final exams, a group of z Sayville scholars are preparing a lega- ~ cy. Ul As part of their government partid- o pation class, these Sayville seniors o g are involved in a full-scale lobbying 0\ effort to convince the federal govern- ~ ment to construct highway sound bar- ~ riers from recycled plastic lumber. ~ Picking up where last year's class left ~ off, the students have begun ~ researching the plastics and recycling industries, circulating petitions and making contacts with government officials, the media and their peers in other schools. The class has even developed a marketing scheme to publicize the project, referred to now as CAPS (Caring About Plastic Sound barri- ers). Student-artist Kate Barkauskas created the trademark symbol of a Tubas lUove into spotlight at Oetubafest - by AliI..., J .... anI Often ignored and overshadowed by smaller, more popular instruments, tubas and the students who play them will get have their place in the spot- light at the 14th Long Island Octubafest. Returning for the third consecutive year to Sayville Middle School, the Octubafest is slated for October 21, with rehearsals and clinics at 3:30 p.m. and an evening concert at 7:30 p.rn. The evening conceIt is free and open to the public. Though it has a bit of a goofy name, the Octubafest is a serious endeavor. \Ies a chance to give the young kids, the tuba and baritone hom players, a chance to play something other than a background part in a band,\ organizer Bill Troiano, a music teacher at Connetquot High School, said Troiano said the Octubafest Concert was inspired by the work of Dr. Harvey Phillips, an internationally acclaimed tuba player with the New York Philhannonic who organized the annual Tuba Christmas Concert at Rockefeller Plaza. \Dr. Phillips has done a lot of concerts like this on the Please IUm to page 10 -----------, ~uffolk ([ountp I -fietus I a 1 Year @ 524. 00 Q 2 Years @ 538- 00 a 3 Years @ 552. 00 01 Year @ 531. 00 (out of Suffolk County) I I I I I I I I cnclosc---for--,year(s) I I I I I Z . I ---- Ip I ttbe 6uffolk ((OUlllp .flewi I PO Box 367, Sayville NY. 11782 ! In Suffolk County,NY I Phone: (516) 589-6200 I !!\.;.~tID~~:!.~~_.J plastic soda bottle with leaf-filled tree limbs sprouting forth. Begun last January, the campaign to build recycled-plastic sound barriers is an ongoing project for social stud- ies teachers Robert Kappel's and Grace Ryan's senior honors class. Their goal is to create a grass-roots campaign that ultimately leadS to fed- erallegislation. \What we're doing is creating our own interest group, researching the issue and then lobbying the govern- ment to make a change,\ Kappel explained. Kappel will also enlist the support of his colleagues at a Long. Island social studies teacher confer- ence this month. Though certain aspec~ of the class include mandatory assignments, the project really depends upon the self- motivation of the students. Their final grade is not dependent upon that leg- These Sayville seniCM'S are lobbying to have highway sound barriers made from ------------ recycled plastic, finding 8 new use for old plastic and saving trees In the Please tum to page 10 process. . Suffolk County News/Anthony J. Howard e After·95 Years CLOSINe THE DOORS FOREVER· at DOWNTOWN PATCHOGUE 30 E. Main Street The inlelligen' choice in fine jewelry DOWNTOWN PATCHOGUE 30 East Main Street All Major Credit Cards Accepted I (516) 475-2002 .\lnnll:IY - Frida\' 10:00 - H:1l0 S~ltilJ\(.t.l\· H.:UO - ~:()n - • I , ] 1 1
