Newsday (Suffolk Edition) du lieu suivant : Melville, New York • 3

1 f-r'u'v v'11 1 LONGllSftND Injured Scout Is Recovering Sad over death By Sid Cassese A Plandome Manor Boy Scout who was iiyured by a bolt of lightning that killed a companion was at a Maine hospital last night his mother said Fred Ulrich 14 was listed in fair condition at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor about 90 miles south of ML Katahdin where the incident occurred Monday Fred and David Passalacqua 14 who died when the lightning bolt struck were among a group of eight members of Boy Scout Troop No 97 from Locust Valley caught in a sudden thunderstorm on highest peak Fred suffered second- and third-degree bums to hia head neck leg and foot He was taken first to a hospital near Baxter State Park site of the 54267-foot mountain they had climbed and later was flown to the medical center in Bangor is doing his mother Nancy Ulrich said yesterday from the Maine hospital hopeful that he can be released within the next 48 She added that audiological tests had been done on her son because of hearing loss due to the accident right ear canal appears to have some bums inside of she said The troop which is sponsored by the American Legion Post of Manhasset was hiking along a narrow mountain passage known as the Knife Edge when the storm hit park officials said and continued on to find a trail down They had been divided into two patrols and one was heading down and the second had just arrived at the top of file trail when the lightning struck Fred and David were in the second patrol A Maine National Guard helicopter flew Fred off the mountain early Tuesday and a Maine Forest Service helicopter later retrieved body mother said that he was saddened and reflective when she told him about the death of the other boy who eras his friend and who was to enter Manhasset High School as a freshman with him this year The rest of the troop and its scoutmaster and leaders were driving back to Long Island last night but were not expected to arrive until very late family of Manhasset could not be reached for comment yesterday A Baxter State Park official has said that his family went to Maine after being notified of the acddenL survivors include his parents Ben and Claude and a brother Renata Visiting at the Fairchild Funeral Chapel 1570 Northern Blvd Manhasset 3-5 and 7-9 pm today and tomorrow Funeral mass 9:45 am Saturday at SL Roman Catholic Church Manhasset burial SL Charles Cemetery Pinelawn LI Outlets Recycling Plastics bans like Suffolk were really I guess what stuck the needle in our behinds and got us moving on Yastro said Mohrmann said each store owner pays $200 to $300 a month to have the recyclable plastics hauled to a company in Brooklyn that further sorts and washes the containers They are then shipped to Leominster Mass for processing into plastic resins that are turned into pens videoca-settes and restaurant trays The Council for Solid Waste Solutions a plastics industry organisation released a study lut year that estimated the restaurants on Long Island produced 305400 pounds of polystyrene waste each year a spokeswoman for the council Susan Vadney said While some customers supported recycling program others said they were offended at having to separate the trash themselves you want to be narrow-minded who helps me separate my trash at home? Does asked Daniel Asriolla of Ridge a Newsday emplpyee who was lunching with his two sons done with my meal I want to relax I want to think of another step that I have to do before I leave that I have to recycle my By Michele Salcedo With a mcflick of his wrist Rep George Hoch-brueckner tossed the polystyrene boxes and cups that remained from his lunch into the bin for recyclable plastics at the in Coram Wednesday important to kick off this Hochbrueckner said on our way to a cleaner As of yesterday all 26 stores in Suffolk County were part of the recycling program and as of SepL 1 the 53 stores in Nassau will join the effort said Bill Mohrmann a store owner and the recycling program coordinator for Long Island asking our customers to help us and help our Mohrmann said of the program The Suffolk County Legislature passed a ban on the use of plastic containers by businesses including polystyrene in 1988 The Appellate Division of State Supreme Court in Brooklyn threw the law out last March citing a lack of environmental studies by the county senior vice president and director of environmental affairs Shelby Yastrow acknowledged in April the Suffolk ban accelerated the recycling efforts City to Island Ferry Makes Its Last Run Manhattan A ferry from Glen Cove ran ferry fro for just six weeks last summer very very said Peter Hallock director of private ferry operations for the New York City Department of Transportation a tough business out there We hope some other operator would be interested in providing the Though the boat had a loyal clientele it was running less than half-full on an average day The company running it Metro Marine Express dropped plans to raise prices and left the fares at $5 to $650 each way but still failed to fill the boat were not making half of what we planned said Greggory By Adam Horvath Long only commuter ferry service to Manhattan abruptly ended its operation yesterday just five months after it began becoming the second high-speed ferry in two years to foil to attract enough customers to survive The 327-passenger Metro Manhattan billed as the fastest commercial ferry in the United States ran between Wall Street and Inwood on South Shore in one hour with additional stops at Breezy Point in Queens and East 34th Street in Manhattan Its demise came as a disappointment to transportation planners in New York City and Long Island who have seen ferries as a potential way to divert commuters from the clogged roads into Nevada VUa Photo The Metro Manhattan ferry in April see FERRY on Next Page 8.