Fn*e commissionerelection resultsBy JAMES MONTALTO

ISLIP TOWN — On Tuesday,Dec. 13, residents headed out totheir local fireliouses or pollingstations to cast; their ballots forfire commissioners. By law,every fire district in New YorkState must have five fire com-missioners, who are elected forfive-year terms, with one seatopening up every December.

Fire commissioner is anunpaid position that entails fireprotection, budget and tax impli-cation for residents, the creationand overseeing of the firedepartment, the appointment ofchief officers on an annual basisand the handling of all financialaffairs, said West Sayville-Oak-dale Fire District Secretary War-ren Horst. Other jobs includeordering equipment and main-taining and developing districtimprovements, according to for-mer West Sayville-Oakdale FireCommissioner Charles Oelkers.

Baijrp ortIncumbent Lance Gillette was

elected to his third term as firecommissioner by receiving 37votes, said Bayport Fire DistrictSecretary Constance Haab.Gillette ran unopposed and waselected to a five-year term end-ing in 2010. Residents did notvote on any propositions.

BohemiaResidents elected incumbent

Roger Grace to a second term asfire commissioner, as he defeat-ed challenger Frank Nuzzo by atally of 149 to 100 votes, saidBohemia Fire District SecretaryJoanne Montouri.

Grace was elected to a five-year term running from 2006 to2010. Residents did not vote onany propositions.

SayvilleIncumbent Edward A. Carpen-

ter Jr. was elected to a secondterm as fire commissioner, as hedefeated James Hofer by a tallyof 211 to 113 votes, said SayvilleFire District Secretary BarbaraBunten.

Carpenter's term will run from2006 until its expiration in 2010.Residents did not vote on anypropositions.

West Sayville-Oakdale

Challenger Thomas McNama-ra, ex-chief and current corre-sponding secretary of the depart-ment, defeated incumbentChristopher Zegel by a margin of177 to 163, said West Sayville-Oakdale Fire CommissionerChairman Gary Schaum. "Fiveballots were defective orinvalid," he said. McNamara waselected to a five-year term end-ing in 2010.

The proposition calling for amodification to the serviceaward program, allowing depart-ment members to earn creditafter the entitlement age of 62,was passed by a 237 to 76 tally,with 32 ballots either blank ordefective, Schaum said.

Volunteers can now continueto earn credits for a maximum of40 years beyond the age of 62,regardless of the age at whichvolunteer service began underthe Length of Service AwardsProgram (LOSAP).

The proposition authorizedthe fire district to increase theamount expended annually byapproximately $34,000 to fundthis program, including a$2,200 annual administrativefee. The average annual esti-mated cost per volunteer fire-fighter is $203. 59. ¦

Party, partyBOHEMIA — A New Year's Eve

gala is being presented by the AirportPlayhouse, located at 218 Knicker-bocker Avenue, on Saturday, Dec. 31,beginning at 8 p.m.

The celebration includes a buffetdinner, free flowing champagne,dessert, countdown to midnight and aspecial midnight cabaret show and aperformance of First Night.

This play is a comedy about two highschool not-sweethearts, who find eachother again after 20 years on NewYear's Eve. It is a rip roaring laugh-feststarring Birgitta Millard and BobLingner.

Tickets are $80 per person and reser-vations are required. For more infor-mation, call the Airport Playhouse at589-7588.

ISLIP — As the holiday season is atits height there may be some individu-als who find this time of the yearstressful, overwhelming, lonely and/ordepressing.

A staff of highly-trained counselorsmans the Islip Town hotline. They pro-vide free and confidential information,referral services or just a person withwhom to talk. Call 277-4700.

—Jeffrey Bessen

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Condos on holdBLUE POINT—A public hearing to

consider a change of zone for the con-troversial Vineyards at Blue Point sen-ior complex project has been post-poned until the new BrookhavenTown Board convenes in January.Supervisor John Jay LaValleannounced the postponement at theDec. 6 meeting at town halL

The project, which calls for a 350-unit senior condominium develop-ment to be built on what is now theUnited Artists Movie Theater site onSunrise Highway, mobilized two localcivic groups and a large number ofBayport and Blue Point residents tooppose the plan. Opponents contendthat- the project ignores significantenvironmental concerns. Prior toLaValle's announcement to postponethe hearing, they charged that theproject was being fast-tracked by alame-duck town board before theFoley majority took over in January.

Alec Ornstein, a Garden City devel-oper, has denied opponents' con-tention that the town was fast-trackinghis project Ornstein said he had beenin contract to buy the 65-acre site forthe past three years and had been pre-vented from filing his change-of-zoneapplication because of the town'smoratorium. The land in question iscurrently zoned for light industrial.Ornstein has requested a change ofzone on the property to PRC. ¦

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QUESTION"Wha t is youropinion of theChristmas tree,

holiday treedebater'

JOHN DREYERBlue Point

"I don't really care that much, but Iam a traditionalist and I prefer to

wish everyone their respective indi-vidual greeting."

ANGELINE MITCHELLBayport

"I think it's a put up job, anotherway to divide people. I don't knowwhy it's such a problem. We live in

a Judeo-Oiristian society and Ithink most Jewish people would notobject to saying Christmas. We cele-

brate Christmas and Hanukkah."

STREET TALK HMHK IPHOTOS BY TINA PALMQUIST