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6 Q a •o (-> 3 Editorials • Viewpoints • Comments _0> T3 GO c 1 CO 0) Holiday Gift List As we write our holiday shopping lists this year, let's be sure to include some neglected members of the g family to which we all belong -- the human family. The ^ gifts they need most are hope, health and the chance to g become self-supporting. Q-i For millions around the world who live with poverty, malnutrition and disease, any day with adequate, nourishing food on the table, clean water to drink or accessible medical care would be a holiday. But for the poor in developing nations, that day hasn't come yet. And it won't come until we ail decide that the world's poor have waited long enough. Once we make the decision to help, the method is close at hand. CARE, the international aid and development agency, has an outstanding record of service. This year through the annual Holiday Food Crusade, CARE hopes to raise $6,500,000 to provide nourishing food to more than 25,000,000 of the world's neediest people, most of them children. Food is distributed at preschool centers, primary schools and nutrition centers, many of which CARE helped build. The agency's varied self-help programs extend to more than 30 countries in Africa, Asia. Latin America and the Middle East. Food is combined with agricultural development, community improvement and health care in the agency's integrated approach to poverty's complex problems. CARS'stretched each donor dollar to $9.25 in 1977 through U.S. Government Food-for-Peace com- modities and host government contributions. Your donation to help members of our large human family may be sent to: CARE, Tri-State Regional Office, 660 First Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016. &4fetti&ia& From Our Readers Dear Editor: We have had a continuous problem at the South Far- mingdale Branch Library with broken windows, and, as of this moment, there are twelve broken panes. This flagrant vandalism is costing the library and the tax- payers over $2,000 a year. Even the Lexan windows are being Children's Film The Farmingdale Library will present \Heidi starring Shirley Temple, at the South Branch on Dec. 3, at 2 p.m. Since this will be a popular film, tickets are required in advance. The tickets may be obtained at either the South or Main branches of the Farmingdale Library. destroyed with persistent effort. Perhaps members of the community can make some suggestions as to how we can deal with this situation. Certainly to ameliorate it, we'll need everyone's cooperation. Yours truly, Catherine Romanelli Library Director Columbiettes Farmingdale Columbiettes Council #2204 will hold their regular monthly meeting on Monday, Dec. 5, at 8:30 p.m. at the Council Home. A Christmas Party will follow the meeting. **YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER\ - Established 1920 - 51 Heisser Lane, Farmingdale, N.Y. 11735 Telephone: CHapel 9-0131 - 0170 Publisher Joseph Merendino Editor/Manager . Robert J. Starrett Production Mgr Steven Vid Published every Thursday by Farmingdale Post Division of Merlin; Printing Co., Inc.' Joseph Merendino, President; Steven Vid, Secretary-Treasurer COMPOSITION RESPONSIBILITY This newspaper will nut tie liable fin errors, iippenrintc in any aclvertiainK he- yorwi the oust of the space oi'cupieii by the error. By—Lined Articles & Columns ore the sole opinions of the writers &. (la not necessarily represent views ot the paper, Secoml Class Postage ,-ji I'.irrn intitule Post Office. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: 1 YEAR $5.00 MEMBER: New York Press Assoc. MEMBER: Nassau County Press Assoc. MEMBER: American Newspaper Repre sentative MEMBER: National Editorial Assoc. CAWTOL COMMEW Congressman JEROME A. AMBRO Third District You can see them on any given weekday inhabiting the best emporiums of food and drink in town. They are never alone. They are required by law to be with someone who makes their long, alcoholic lunches and sumptuous, gourmet dinners legal. They strut with mixed drinks along the tufted-vinyl bar rails awaiting the call of the maitre d'hotel, with whom they must be on a first name basis as a condition of employment, summoning them to their reserved table in the corner. They have fixed smiles on their faces, fixed greetings on their tongues and fixed repertoires of the latest political and bathroom jokes. They dress like bankers and professional men, and indeed some of them are, flaunting an outwardly prim conservatism. They never have informed answers to pertinent questions, but stuck for a response, will hasten to suggest getting together soon \over dinner possibly\ at which time they'll have a reply. They have no program of ac- tion. They react to rumors and bounce off people, like moths flitting among light bulbs, when their interests and expense ac- counts appear to be threatened. WheiLthey get into real trouble, their reaction never varies. They recommend to their clients that millions of dollars be spent pell- mell to do something about the problem. Their contacts are superficial, based on buffoonery and the entertainment they can provide as a deductible expense. When the chips are down, they go running to the prestigious Washington law firms that have sucked in the real fat cats, those with the genuine contacts, the raw power. Former Senators, Former Generals. Former Cabinet Officers. The movers and shakers. They are the Washington lobbyists. A breed unto them- selves. Big spenders, big boozers, influence peddlers ballet dancing along the fringes of the IRS laws while holding out big promises of big contributions for any politician who \sees things their way.\ Scared and shakey, on the public take, indirectly, far more than any other group in the nation since everything is tax deduc- tible, underwritten by the U.S. Treasury, and reimbursable » and for what? To feed their faces in pursuit of undermining the legislative process. Big oil, big labor, big agriculture, big business and the list of big contributors goes on and on. Public financing of Congressional campaigns, a system of voluntary tat return check-off to provide matching funds for each political con- tribution of $100 or less, is as Hill em- popular in Capitol poriums as botulism. • And now their target - public financing of Congressional campaigns and the President's tax reform proposal to do awav with the three martini lunch From Assemblyman Philip Healey With the approach of what is anticipated to be an even more severe winter than last year, and the attendant utility bills we can expect to pay for home heating costs, it may be beneficial for many of us to think of ways to more effectively insulate our homes. As home heating costs rise, economic consumers seek ways to maximize each dollar which is spent on fuel or utility costs. In many of the homes in the northeastern climes, it is possible to save from 10 to 30 cents on each dollar which is spent for home heating. Toward this end, I supported the Home Insulation Act of 1977 which will enable utility customers to obtain low-cost long-term loans from utilities or participating banks for purposes of improving home insulation. In addition to this, though, there are numerous inexpensive repairs and adjustments which can be made in our homes to reduce expensive leaks. For example, caulking, weather stripping and sealing are among the least expensive energy savers and are, in most cases, relatively simple do-it-yourself jobs. Cracks should be filled when they occur around window and door frames, sills and joints and between porches and the main body of the home. Also suspect are water - faucets and electrical outlets and, in fact, any area where two portions of a house are joined between heated and unheated areas. This in* eludes chimneys and locations where masonry or siding meet. Anyone interested in obtaining more details on improved home insulation which, in many cases, can be done by the homeowner, may obtain a free copy of an energy conservation phamplet, titled \Energy Facts: Button-Up; Tighten-Up for Winter.\ Please feel free to contact my office at 1 Broadway. Massapequa, N.Y. 11758 (541-8222) for a copy. J JOSEPH COLBY COMMENTS Last winter was the most severe we've experienced in decades, bringing with it greater than usual amounts of snow, protracted periods of below-freezing temperatures and hazardous icing con- The preview of the impact of this weather came on Christmas Day with the first snowfall of the 1976-1977 winter season. By the first of this year, the Town was preparing significant changes to its snow and ice control program to cope with this harsher than usual weather. As a result, Highway Division men and equipment can get out onto roads raster, small Parks and Recreation Department vehicles can sup- plement the Division's equipment by attending to the less maneuverable deadends and cul-de-sacs situated throughout the Town and, where necessary, the Sanitation Division can join in a concerted effort to offset this hazardous, extreme weather. Jsevere weather conditions are being predicted for the coming l l ?£! r Season ? nd our Highway Division is preparing a com- prehensive plowing sanding and salting plan to counter the effects of snow and ice. mInni iV ' sion s P 1 \ 0 ?*™ to Oliver this service in a prompt, efficient ^sn^HvAr 0 \^^ effective lf I 0 \* the \S^\ 1 ' *** 0Ut _. £ e KL* eo / aUthe detailed pre-planning the Division undertakes, Twin County Chapter of Sweet fi!2*SH? e T Town resid ents well, one fact remains clear - if Adelines presents \Harmony SSwS SR? on ^ roa ds, plows will find it difficult to plow and CSSS^LTJhave trouble sanding. More importantly, the presence of em^ri C ? des of Slick roads makes ^ all the more difficult for bulanr^ y . » C,e f ~ such as fire Protection equipment and am- sTw^h\ K aV ? quick, y to toe* P°« n ts of destination. So when a S;JJ? °een forecast, or at the first sign of snow, the Highway removprf !3 > mat you move y«U\ car <** ^e street. If all cars are PhSS'SM °^ mg w Mndin 8 can tedone in acomplete manner, vourstlf hll P t e Town ' its \ighway Division, your neighbors and when ,,2 pa ? mg your car or cars elsewhere than on local roads wnen snow and ice conditions prevail Sweet Adelines Globetrotters\ featuring the award-winning 80-member chorus, the St. Kilian's Boys Choir, the champion \Chord Poppers\ quartet, others. 8 pm, Amityville Memorial High School. Merrick Road, Amityville. Tickets: $3,50 ($2.50, children and senior citizens.) el
