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Anyone wanting to contribute to this fund may do so by sending a donation to: Brian Cunningham, c/o Cunningham & Cunningham, 22 Jericho Turnpike, Mineola, New York 11501. For further information, please call 746-2133.
A further fund has been set up for the children of Peter J. Owens, Jr. who lost his life in the WTC tragedy. Anyone wishing to donate to this fund may do so by writing out a check to:
Peter J. Owens, Jr.
Children's Educational Fund
For further information about this fund please call 741-8740.
Mayor Ehrbar also announced that there will be a Memorial Mass celebrated for Peter Owens, Jr. on Sept. 22 at 1:45 p.m. at St. Aidan's Church, Willis Avenue, Williston Park.
Mayor Ehrbar announced that in the wake of the tragedy at the World Trade Center the Annual Williston Park Street Fair was cancelled. However, last Saturday night the village held a vigil ceremony in conjunction with the Village of East Williston in the parking lot of Fleet Bank on Hillside Avenue. According to Mayor Ehrbar the entire area was crowded with residents who wanted to attend and in some way pay their respects to those fellow residents who lost their lives in this horrific tragedy.
Ehrbar also announced that the first of many 75th celebrations of the Village of Williston Park was a success complete with refreshments and lots of dignitaries in the parking lot adjacent to the fire house.
The official 75th Anniversary kickoff celebration will be the Dinner Dance which will be held on Oct. 18 at the Westbury Manor. Cocktails will be from 7 to 8 p.m. and dinner and dancing from 8 to 11:30 p.m. For further details please call the Williston Park Village Hall at 746- 2193.
Another event to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the village will be a Senior Reminiscent Breakfast to be held on Nov. 15 at the American Legion, Willis Avenue, Williston Park at 9 a.m. The breakfast will be an opportunity for residents to chat about the early years of Williston Park.
Mayor Ehrbar also announced that due to the few break-ins reported in Williston Park that she and the board want to be pro-active and therefore they are reactivating the Neighborhood Watch. To that end they have been in touch with the Williston Park POP (Problem Oriented Police Officer) Bill Handworth and he is going to supply a tape from the police unit that will explain how to go about setting up such an organization. As soon as that is organized the village will hold a meeting for all those interested. That date will be forthcoming.
On Nov. 21, Thanksgiving Eve, there will be a Community Service for the residents of the Willistons at 8 p.m. All policemen, firefighters and members of the EMTs are especially invited to join this service.
The village is also busy planning its essay contest for the Village Officials for The Day. They are sending the information out to the local schools and the event will be set for sometime in November.
At the meeting Fire Chief George Jaronczyk, at the invitation of Trustee Ray Cross, was in attendance and gave a brief update on what the Williston Park Fire Department was doing to help the rescue at the WTC. But first he assured all residents that at no time was the Village of Williston Park ever without fire protection because members of the East Williston Fire Department were on call with their equipment to cover the Williston Park fire houses.
He said that the call went out at the outset not to send any units to the scene unless they were called, but within 15 minutes a call came for the Williston Park Ambulance and 40 men were sent to the scene on that assignment.
Next, a call came for the new Williston Park Tower Ladder to be on hold at Belmont Park and in the meantime Nassau County firemen were relocated to the city firehouses to cover those fire houses while their men were down at the WTC. At 6 p.m. a call came in for the Williston Park light truck and that was sent in to a place that has been identified as ground zero which is at the heart of the devastation at the WTC.
Then finally, prior to the reopening of the Stock Exchange on Monday, Williston Park firefighters were requested to go to 7 World Trade Center to take down the facade and glass that could possibly fall on pedestrians; a job that lasted 12 to 14 hours and many of the firefighters returned home at 8 a.m. the next morning having completed that tedious job.
Mayor Ehrbar added that the Ladies Auxiliary of the fire department were at the fire house preparing food so that the firefighters would be well-fed at all times. Ehrbar added that she had contacted Chief Jaronczyk and asked if there was anything that the village could send in that would be helpful to the rescue teams and the firefighters could take it into the site, but so far there has been no need for any items to be sent.
Trustee Maryann McDermott announced that the Mammogram Van will be at the village on Oct. 10 and to make an appointment residents are to call the village at 746-2193. The flu shots are set for Oct. 31 at the American Legion Hall, Willis Avenue, Williston Park from 1 a.m. to 3 p.m. and since the registration was to be held at the Street Fair seniors may now call village hall at the above number to register. Nurses are needed to administer flu shots and any available nurses are urged to call village hall to volunteer their time.
A resident asked what was being done about the stops on the various cross streets. Mayor Ehrbar said that they have discussed the situation with the police and unfortunately there are not that many police available to constantly be at all signs at all times. The resident pointed out that the saddest part of the problem is that many of the offenders are neighbors. A suggestion was also made to raise the fines on passing stop signs. It was mentioned that any officer who has the time to sit at the various stop signs in the village could write tickets out all day and present them to offenders.
There was also a complaint about restaurants that offer valet parking but don't have the parking lots to support that service and then park the cars in front of residents' homes.
A resident wanted to know what is being done to curb graffiti and it was announced that the President of the Long Island Rail Road Kenneth Bower has been contacted requesting surveillance cameras on the station platform, but as yet, no answer to that has been received from Bower.
The next Williston Park Village Board meeting will be held on Oct. 15 at 8 p.m. at the Williston Park Village Hall, Willis Avenue, Williston Park.
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