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Kopel, Darcy, GOP Win Big By Standard Staff
Legislator Howard Kopel was elated while campaigning on Central Avenue Tuesday afternoon.
Photo by Scott P. Moore.
Republican Howard Kopel won a decisive victory over Democratic challenger Adam Moser for the Seventh District Legislator position and Hewlett Democrat Stephen Anchin lost his bid for Hempstead Town Clerk to incumbent Republican Mark Bonilla as the Republicans rolled to multiple victories throughout Nassau County on Election Night. Howard Kopel, the incumbent Republican, had 6,312 votes cast or 59.17 percent securing the victory and another two-year term. Adam Moser, a Democrat and lawyer from Hewlett, only received 4,347 votes, or 40.75 percent of the district. Town of Hempstead Clerk Mark Bonilla will also serve another term in office as the Republican took home 65,992 votes town-wide, or about 63 percent of voters. Local real estate agent Stephen Anchin, running as a
Democrat in his first election, received 38,522 votes, or 36.85 percent town-wide. In the race for Hempstead Town Supervisor, Republican incumbent Kate Murray handily retained her position by taking over two-thirds of voters across the town with 71,465 votes. Democratic challenger Gary Port received 35,400 votes, or just under one-third of voters. Voters also favored incumbent Republican James Darcy for Town of Hempstead Third District Councilman. Darcy secured 11,963 votes, twice that of his Democratic challenger Owen Rumelt who received 5,433 votes. Incumbent Republican Receiver of Taxes Donald Clavin, Jr. will stay in his position for another term as he took 69,559 votes, good for just over 66 percent of voters. His challenger, Democrat Wilton Robinson, received only 35,288 votes.
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Jubilant Atmosphere at GOP Headquarters By JONATHAN WALTER Standard Staff Reporter
The Nassau County Republican Party gathered at Mirelle’s in Westbury, just next door to Nassau Republican headquarters, to announce and then celebrate a slew of Election Day victories. In a large meeting room filled with video cameras and most of the top politicians in the county, the party leaders announced the
big winners of the day, including Nassau County Seventh District Legislator Howard Kopel and Town of Hempstead’s Third District Councilman James Darcy. “This was a very ugly and nasty fight,” Kopel said of his race against Democratic challenger Adam Moser, expected by many to be one of the day’s closest races. “It’s great that the people were able to see through it. We had a good and positive
Howard Kopel celebrating Republican victories.
Photo by Jonathan Walter
Stephen Anchin at Democratic headquarters Tuesday.
Photo by Scott P. Moore
program. The other side’s program was merely trying to tear us down. We’re going to continue to do the kind of things that we need to do, including finishing the Bay Park project, fix other infrastructure issues that we have and keep on improving constituent services. Most important of all, we’re not going to raise taxes.” Kopel was just happy it the race was over once his victory
was announced. “I’m very relieved. I’m very tired. It was a grueling and difficult race. I did not understand and realize how unethical the other side would be because their entire campaign was distortions and lies. I think that they were just desperate to win and everything goes for some people.”
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Honoring WWII Veterans of “The Greatest Generation” He Survived a lot of Flack
By JONATHAN WALTER Standard Staff Reporter
Cedarhurst resident Albert “Goldie” Occhiuzzo, 88, was a Waist Gunner in World War II, flying on a B-24 Liberator. He was involved in over 25 missions, a few more harrowing than others. Occhiuzzo was born in Inwood and graduated from the Lawrence School District. “I couldn’t go to college because I was drafted right out of high school,” Occhiuzzo said. Before the war, he was working for Republic Aircraft as a riveter. “That’s how I got into the Air Force,” Occhiuzzo said. “I took my basic training in Miami beach with Clark Gable. We were in gunnery school together.” Occhiuzzo made his way over to England in March of 1944 and was a member of the Eighth Airforce. On one mission, his plane took heavy flak damage. The crew was forced to break off
from formation and made for a British airbase escorted by a B-51 bomber. The plane didn’t quite make it back to the base and they were forced to make an emergency landing in the English Channel. “There were 65 holes in the plane when it landed in the Eng-
Albert “Goldie” Occhiuzzo
lish Channel, all different sizes,” Occhiuzzo said. “That’s how badly we were shot up.” “In December of 1944, the Battle of the Bulge, which lasted a month, I flew about six missions during that month,” Occhi-
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Woodmere Resident Made WAVES BY SUSAN VARGHESE
Standard Associate Editor
In her neat Woodmere home, Lucy Salpeter, 88, recalls a time where wages were 50 cents an hour and she was in the navy during World War II. Salpeter graduated from Hof-
stra University and studied occupational therapy at New York University. During that time, the navy was looking for occupational and physical therapists to help treat and recuperate wounded sailors. Just fresh out of college in 1945, Salpeter joined the WAVES. “ The war
Salpeter with navy colleagues in an undated photo
was over, but all the people were still there,” Salpeter said. The WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) was a division of women in the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served at both St. Albans Naval Hospital and the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda Maryland for two years as an ensign, and served one year as a civil service employee. Her last official title was as Lieutenant Junior Grade Officer. “There were all kinds of injuries, everything you could think of from quadriplegics to paraplegics to burn victims,” Salpeter said. “What I did was very interesting,” Salpeter added with quiet confidence. “The people who worked in hospitals really worked hard to take care of the injured…I was in charge of a department that had five to six people. It was impressive to be in the navy and I liked it. It wasn’t what you call thrilling. It was satisfying.”
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