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dBl SB W ^^ M^ ^B fmrn ^-^mi immr * * Um ^^B S ^^^ dSF*^ flv ^l S 4>^i3l ^& fiS& JflF Sf ia i^r ^H tSL. fi^T\ ^E_M G^/* j^f un mwwm fit S HE BBBB W fi £ M mm a^nnS a a i fi g ^ W f II%| fflB SHMWW IL» aJI ^ ^ ffT Ufe a JBB JB B £^ e = a m-fl C^T V II ¦IVw %VH4# W W wl W W # ihmr ^rf a 4aP $& ^0* *mw Bt& ^« B Hm 5 S ^s \ ^^ The Brookhaven Town Board , on Tuesday, by a narrow margin , placed restrictions on the sale of several controversial chemical compounds in the town unless they carry a warning that they may not be used in a way that would allow them to enter the groundwater. In other action at its organizational meeting, (he board approved its first park and ride facility in the town and unanimously rejecieu <m amendment to the code which would have allowed owners of discotheques and dance halls to conduct business m most business zoning categories The board ' s action on tne cnermcdi oan came at the urging of Patchogue attorney Victor J Yannacone , Jr , who told the seven-member board that \t<me is run- ning out\ for Brookhaven ' s drinking water Ironically, Mr Yannacone angered by Town Auoi ney Joseph Mule ' s request ior additional time to review the resolution , stormed out of the meeting Defore the board voted 4-3 , to ban the sale , ad- vertising and marketing of substances containing either trichloroethane U ichloioethylene , tetrachloroethv lene or chloroform without a label warning the purchaser of the \ossible Hgrmfii ] pffp cti Voting for the ban were Councilmembers T 1 T P^ A _ T7* ~ — rt « T ,,fr» D^ ltT JUKI L/ClftUWiU , l\ai en i_i m. i- , j. t i-i j> Calabrese and Regina Seltzer Councilman Lefkowitz said \ it' s time we stop waiting for other municipalities to take care of our problems \ Lefkowitz tnen aiiuaea to $5u , uuu m town federdl funds p ledged by the board to help defray the cost of installing public water in an East Patchogue neighborhood where the wells were con taminated by some of the same compounds saying \N ow we ' re told that HUD will refuse to pay because we failed to file an environmental lmnaet statement \ Deputy Supervisor Phillip Giaramita said that the money - the remainder of the town ' s Communitv DeveloDment Funds account - was being denied because the Suffolk Count> Water Authority began working on the project before an en- vironmental statemen t was filed 'The claim is being held up on the basis nf (ti p nanprwnrk ainHplinP\? not hfH 'Mll sp \- - w i-—jr - ~- o— — the work doesn 't qualify for the funding, \ Giaramita said He said he was optimistic that \ eventually \ the money will come through n/r u i„ \j7„w„„ u„„i,*t Q „ ,vr,,,t,,,^ 1'l VUtlVtllll^ , MU11V1 XAMA * *AV * ., V- **N^^ WVA T ^, commissioner of the Suffolk County Water Authority, said , 'We ' re not about to sue the town for the money \ He explained that work was begun on the project early so that the pipes cculd be laid b efore the frosts \We were dealing with an acute health problem \ In another controversial vote the board approved the appointment of two principal town attorney s and one law clerk to fill vacancies in that department The ap- pointments wei e approved by a 4-3 vote after the dissenting councilpeople com plained that filling vacancies was not in keeping with the town s budget tightening posture Councilman Lefkowitz said that the town attorney s office should cut back 'like every other department in the tow n is asked to do \ Lefkowitz said not filling the vacancies woula save tne town $8i 000 in salaries Similar ODinions were expressed (continued on page Sj Hereb ys and ' promises ' for 1 979 By JO ANN Mc GRATH A new year means new beginnings No matter what date your new yea r falls on , no matter what religion or philosophy you embrace , a new year is a clean slate Most of us don 't take resolutions very seriously but whether a yearning for ' better \ is vei bahzed or not , we ah nave it Following are some of the resolves members of the local citizenry have allowed us to share Gertrude MtAllistei - public relations , BMH 'I don 't make resolutions They ' re very depressing Comes Easter and you find you haven 't kep t one of them Besides it' s too wonderful a world to limit the viabilities \ \lfred C. Abernethy, Bellport \Not really but I always say I'll never smoke again but I always do \ Natalie Paige , Bellport \Sure I have To read the bible more and exercise \ Michael Gross, attorney \Resolutions aren 't really worth the breath you put into making them \ Harry B. Sherman , pastor of »t. Paul' s Episcopal Church \To become a bettei missionary in 1979 and at the same time , drink less coffee \ Sal Nicosia , school counselor \Try to hel p people to enjoy life better and to make it more meaningful Nothing personal I' m happy with myself I don 't want to be rich I just want to work harder at hel ping people have better lives \ Pat Russell , BMH ombudsman \The only resolution I will make is that I promise not to call any wrong numbers ' To me resolutions are ridiculous so I might as well make one that' s that ridiculous \ Bob VV alien , Bellport mavoi \To get my bowling score higher and my - 1/ _ i ? > > gun ss-ui e luwei Jack Brv ant , Brookhaven Animal Shelter superv isor Wf , cil LUC dlllllicl l snciici , aic gOing lv> uu all that we can to encourage families in the Town of Brookhaven to assume proper pet responsibility \ Charles Adams , editor Penny sav er News \I resolve to get angry and stay angry all year There s not enough anger in the world \ Miriam McKendrick , Blue Point \I made two to get out of deb t and to lose 20 pounds \ Jim Reese , major of Patchogue \To complete and begin to implement the new village inasLei p lan \' Dennis Logan student \T h*lrc»K\7 r£icr»l\rc» f-r* /^ orli/tifa mr\r*n hmn t *-, - * \*¦**. v*u^j i ^,JVA » »_ lu UV^UIVUL^. XllVi V- lllllV LV7 school work and less to traveling home for weekends \ Pat Coi n , Bellport \Yes I' m gumg tu be- moi e positive about people and things in 1979 \ Ro Bei gei , Patchogue deput> \ illa<;e c!ei k \I haven ' t even bothered to make one vou break them faster than you can think of them \ At the momen t of birth , the theory of relativity begins to work very clearly. For Dr. and Mrs. Muhammad Ali of Westhampton Beach , hastening westerl y on Sunrise Highway Monday, January 1 , 1979, the large green and white sign reading \Hospital Road...Exit y 2 Mile \ became very relative to their situation . Imran Ali was born at 8:52 a.m., weighing 7 lbs. 7 oz., the first baby of the New Year at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital. The Alis were heading for Huntington , their former residence , when Mrs . Ali' s lengthening labor pains indicated a change in plans. Mrs. Ali is shown at right with her son. Also born on New Year ' s Day at the hospital were twins Jessica and Laurie Cigna , weighing fi lbs. 2 oz. and 5 lbs. 8 oz.. to Mrs. Vincent Cigna of Mastic. They anived at i _ .a.i t». In -Joseph Adams Photo L. r 'D A f*»A;.*;4« » f «k A ^m# !\CIU8IVIfi^ IfllCVI V # M Q f acto r at birt h m ^m ^tSP m ^$r B ^579 O Elf SlSr SB m BSD County Executive John Klein calls for a tax cut * - See storv on page 3A.
