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< a «/> ec .3 X «•> O 0. UJ -I < O X as- Of < u. Ui Hardscrabbie '76 The Farmingdale Merchants Association, in cooperation with the Farmingdale Post and the Hard- scrabble Fair Committee, will be conducting a contest to select Master and Miss Hardscrabbie. The Post is helping to sponsor this contest through its advertising and news columns and by awarding the prizes to the two winners and runner-ups, Claire Studios is providing contestants with their official contest photos, which will appear in the Post weekly during the contest, free of charge. In order to make the contest a complete success, we need the cooperation of the public. We urge our readers to shop in the cooperating stores listed in the centerfold advertisement beginning March 18 and posted in the store windows along Main Street. Ask for the official ballots, write in the name of your favorite candidate and vote in the special ballot boxes at either library branch. Sure, it takes a little extra effort, but we are celebrating the birth of our country. Hardscrabbie, the original name for Farmingdale, is exclusively Far- mingdale's and is this community's major bicentennial celebration. Let's all help to make it a success. Fror Asse.-nbly.nan Philip Heaiey Legislation of benefit to the fire service community and the public in general has been introduced in a legislative package of bills which I am co-sponsoring as a member of the Assembly Minority Task Force on Fire Service. The Task Force was created by Assembly Minority Leader Perry B. Duryea to help the state's firefighters more easily fulfill their service to the community. These bills have been developed as a result of ef- forts made by representatives of local fire districts themselves. This package includes bills which would: • Permit fire districts to expend funds for necessary supplies and for fire prevention education programs; • Allow fire districts to authorize expenditures for gasoline and diesel fuel used for fire district vehicles, fuel to heat fire facilities and maintenance costs for fire district alarm systems; • Mandate the payment of funeral benefits within 60 days of claim filings; • Assume death due to heart attack while on active duty as presumptive evidence for the collection of death benefits; • Enable fire districts to make progress payments so that the ex- calating cost of fire apparatus can be kept down. It is my sincere hope that these measures will be passed by the Legislature and signed into law so that public fire safety can be im- proved and firemen's benefits increased Ws\t JtfannuuibaU f oat 'YOUR COMMUNITY NKKSPAPhK - Established 1920 - 51 Heisser Lane, Farmingdale, N.Y. 11735 Telephone: CHopel 9-0131 * 0170 Publisher Joseph hierendino Editor/Manager . . , Robert J. Starrett Production Mgr. . . ..... Steven Vid Published every Thursday by Island-Wide Publications,Inc. Joseph Merendino, President; Steven Vid, Secretary-Treasurer COMPOSITION RESPONSIBILITY This newspaper will not be liable (or errors, appearing in any adver- tising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. By—Lined Articles a.nd Columns are the sole opinions of the writers and do not necessarily represent views of this paper. Second Class Postage at Farm- ingdale Post Office. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: 1 YEAR $5.00 MEMBER: New York Pros* Assoc. MEMBER: Nassau County Press Assoc. MEMBER: American Newspaper Repre- sentative MEMBER: National Editorial Assoc. From Our Readers Dear Mr. Starrett: Celebrating our Bicentennial means more than the distance from 1776 to 1976. Just compare the present standard of living, life expectancy, health, education, human dignity, freedom and, importantly, America's future. If doom-sayers believe America is a failure, they should visit the Soviet Union, Red china, Eastern Europe or Cuba where scarcity is a way of life. Our first colonies at Jamestown and Plymouth were almost destroyed by Marxist philsosphy of \From each ac- cording to his ability, to each according to his needs.\ America doesn't have to apologize for its rich, bountiful, strong and prosperous Country.. It was earned by the most beneficial system of living that mankind has ever known. For God & America, Francis A. Collins. Dear Editor: Although I did not attend the recent Board Meeting pertaining to school building utilization the news media was very in- formative. They say history repeats itself and it is happening in Far- mingdale at this time. The CAC report on school utilization will be placed in moth balls with the Main Street School report and be forgotten. As regards selling the Nor- thside School the CAC was fully aware of the verbal agreement regarding the use of the grounds. In one of Mr. Smith's letters to the CAC he suggested that the district should contact the Beth- page Park Authority and explain our dilemma. Has any one requested Mr. Smith to do so?. There were several suggestions made by the CAC regarding the future use of the Northside Building but selling was not one of them. As for me a clean break instead of prolonging the inevitable. Mr. Pin's article in the Post regarding the Main Street Library was of great interest. If the present library is adequate why was an all out effort made a while back to build a 2 million dollar library? If the Parkway Oaks is reduced to a K-3 school there is your South Farmingdale Library made to order. In prior years the Farmingdale Library played a major role in the operation of the Hardscrabbie Fair. At the present time it ap- pears that the Library will not take an active part in the coming Fair in this most important year. Could there be a reason? Respectfully, /s/RobertV.Boehm Dear Editor: I am writing this to all people. Be aware, very aware. I was not and it could have been disastrous. On Tuesday, February 17,1*76, I purchased a bag of Keebler Chocolate Grams in Waldbaums, Crossroads Shopping Center, Farmingdale. I have shopped in this store for years. All of the employees know me by sight because I am handicapped. Then on Thursday of the same week, I was having tea and grams when I saw a needle in the bottom of the bag. I took it out, not giving it much thought. On the same day, my husband came home from work and had a cup of coffee and grams. He bit into the cookie and started to chew. He found another needle and almost swallowed it. We have not touched the bag since and do not know if there are any more needles in cookies or bag, whatever. Within an hour we went back to the store thinking that there may be more bags like this. We saw the person in charge. His attitude was \that's impossible.\ All the while we were speaking to him he had a disbelieving grin on his face. We filled out a report, but everytime we would talk he would talk over us. He made us feel like fools instead of con- cerned people. When we arrived home and discussed his attitude we decided to write some letters. And so, the next morning I went back to the store to get the name of this employee, who turned out to be the assistant manager. The girl called him over the PA. He came and was told that I wanted his name. His reply was, \My name, you can't sue me.\ Let me ask you, is this good customer relations? We are not looking to sue anyone. All we want is better, safer customer protection and more respect or common cour- tesy for the public. Is this asking too much? Sincerely, /s/Patricia C. Zeblisky Siipierikshr JOHN VV BURKE Anyone who has attempted to pull in his belt an extra notch will tell you that it requires a change in normal habits. Either the person must reduce his eating habits or expand his exercise program, or combine a little of each. In attempting to tighten the financial belt of the town, we, too, have been changing our habits. Through a job freeze, reorganization and increasing individual productivity, we have managed to absorb constantly increasing costs without having to buy a new belt, or in the government's case, without having to increase general town taxes. But despite these efforts, costs have continued to increase, and it is becoming apparent State financial aid is about to be decreased, thus adding to the pressures on the Town. Greater changes will have to be made if we are to avoid expanding the property tax belt. Because I believe the property tax cannot be allowed to expand, this administration is working to find other cost-reduction changes that can, and must be, brought about. One, currently being considered by the Town Board, will change the garbage collection schedule in the Town in order to save an estimated half a million dollars a year. This savings might well enable the Town to keep the tax rate in 1977 at its current level for sanitary collection. Of course, to bring about such a savings - just as the person looking to reduce bis waistline - a change in the current system is essential. Most dieters will agree that you have to cut down on portions of food if you want to lose the weight. In this case, residents will be asked to accept one leaf garbage collection a week. Instead of three garbage collections, there will be two. Rubbish will continue being collected once a week and newspapers will continue being collected every other week. • The Town will be able to decrease its collection personnel by 15 per cent Instead of n sanitation holidays per year, there will be fix, and even then an alternate collection day is scheduled. There will be less fudconaumptionwith each of 47 trucks saving 160 miles per week, and maintenance costs are also expected to decrease. It is also hoped that future reductions in costs will be initiated in areas related to disposal of waste. While the new schedule will call on residents to change their habits sl^Uy, thorough analysis indicates the change will not result in any serious hardship for the homeowner. There are areas on Long Island that have been using a two-day-a-week garbage collection system for several yean without difficulty. Even within the Town boundaries, highly populated areas that do not have Town collection are currently on such a schedule, te I ll5^!fi& llgcillg s2 11 *.^ t » <UH| PwbUc officiaOs do not look forward ^sdvocattngeven the sUattest reduction in services for residents. SJS&! tJS? \Hi**. 0 * <town toelr fa* «**»* to • void SSHV 1 p 2 W ? mi / *\* chan « e tosir eating habits. Faced with SSS^H^SiJt t SL ia S num <*• chwi a» *° ^ garbage collection s^ato^a^Wiiistration believes Town residents would prefer to see a schedule change.
