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Suffo lk May Get OTB Pa rlors During 1972 Will Suffolk' s Johnny Anxiou s be able to get down his $2 bet in the near fu ture? Yes , says County Legislative Chairman John V. N. Klein , currentl y a can- didate for County Executive to succeed the retiring H Lee Dennison. And yes. sa ys County Legislator Patrick F Adams , of Bay Shore , who heads the com- mittee that has been stu dying the feasibility of OTB in Suffolk for the past several months In fact , a local law that would pave the way for OTB was scheduled to be introduced at Tuesda> s meeting of the legislature as The BULLETIN prepared for press The action was to be taken on the recom- mendation of Adams He wants the county to put up funds for making a marketing survey to determine betting volume among count} residents and where OTB parlors should be located The proposed local law would be adopted on a permissive r\ r - endum basis , which would allow 45 days for the filing of a petition demanding a mandatory referendum , Chairman Klein said Such a petition would require signatures representing 5 percent of the county ' s guber- natorial vote in the last state election The marketing survey would take from two to three months Klein and Adams said that if the marketing survey showed a favorable atmosphere , the county might plug into New York' s OTB , whose director , Howard Samuels , said Suffolk' s parlors could be operating within six months thereafter Suffolk might possib) } operate its own OTB system , which one commuter outfit said can be done on a 4 percent commission basis that would involve no financial outlay by the county, Adams asserted Samuels had quoted a 2 percent figure , according to Adams Asked whether there is any possibility of a quarter horse track being established m Suf- folk , Klein said \If we have OTB , I don 't believe there would be any need for a quarter horse track About 80 percen t of those who go to a track are looking for action rather than in improving the breed , and if the bettor has a choice of going to an air- conditioned parlor where he can be on any of several tracks or travel some distance to a track , there would be no contest. \ POLLUTION'S LEGACY—It' s hard to believe, but this once beautiful Awixa brook flowed majesticdllj to the sea, free of impurties and abounding with fish. But man has destroyed its beauty and made it into a cesspool Once an arterj of life, it has become an instrument of death through poison (Bulletin Photo) Islip Man Wins Scou t Service Award Louis J Kovacs , 405 Smith Avenue , Islip, New York , was honored recently by Region Two of the Boy Scouts of America with the award of the Silve r Antelope at the Regional Annual Meeting held in Rochester The Silver Antelope Award is conferred by Region Two, em- bracing New York , New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands , for noteworthy service of exceptional character to boyhood by registered Scouters within that area It is the highest volunteer award made on a regional basis Mr Kovacs is a 44-year veteran in Scouting, having earned the Louis J. Kovacs Eagle Scout Award as a boy He was served Scouting in many positions , among them Scout- master , Commissioner , Troop Committeeman , etc He has been serving as Council Commissioner for the Suffolk County Council since 1964 Mr Kovacs was instrumental in establishing the first Region Two Commissioners and Scout Executives Conference held in Binghamton He served on the Medical Headquarters staff at the 12th World Jamboree in 1967 and has served as an instructor at the Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron , New Mexico. (Continued on Page 24) Aw ixa Pond Football LIONS share of the original pledge of $.1, 500 for the pediatrics room of the Southside Hospital is presented bv Lions Club President Kdvviti l.eckei . left , tollospit.i l Adniin.sti.ilor II V << hip ) Kudigri (l.ou Koeei s I'hoto ) The \Awixa Pond\ property has become the No I political football in the Town of Islip Everybody apparently wants to make a pitch with the ecology - minded people and have the town acquire the property even though there has been no visible move by the present owner , Theodore Gaeta , to seek a zoning change , to rebuild and operate a restaurant once again , or whatever In this day and age , it' s con- sidered good politics to align with the forever wild exponents At the recent meeting of the Ishp Town Board , Councilman Louis Palombi ( Dem ) with some egging on by Thomas Hroncich (Conservative who at first was nominated to run for supervisor by his party, is now seeking a sea t on the Town Council) and other militants attempted to embarrass Councilman Joseph Giordano and Caesar Trunzo for their stand against holding a hearing on public acquisition of the site The two veteran coun- cilman refused to be stampeded Peter Cohalan , GOP candidate for supervisor , has urged Supervisor Clyde W Pearsall \to intioducc and vigorously support passage of a motion setting a date for a public heai ing on 'he possible acquisition of the 'Awixa ' property in Bay Shore \ Cohalan exp lained that he fel t the matter should be put to the people \to permit them to decide whether or not they want that property taken off the tax rolls for park and conservation pur- poses I feel the peop le must be heard whenever possible to enable town officials to respond to then wishes , \ he said Political Potpouri Norman De Mott , GOP can- didate for town councilman , reports he is \ suing those high way department employees who chaiged that he received special lavors when a bulkhead was built b y the town highway department on the street on which he lives , for $250 ,000 ' DeMott branded the charges \ ridiculous, \ said the bulkhead was built to prevent an erosion condition on a town- (Contuuted on Page 24) PLEASED with the progress of the current Hay hhore- Brightwaters United l- ' und drive are Kenneth <). Behrcnd , retail business division, Frank Tillotson , campaign chairman, and Warren C. Ackerson , treasurer. Contributions are being received daily al P.O. Box «!) . Bay Shore , New York , 11706. (Kobcrl Clock Photo)
