INFORMATIVE MESSAGE
A TEXT MESSAGE FROM NOCE FUNERAL HOME
KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD AND OFF YOUR PHONE
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Do you or a family member drive while texting? Maybe you should think twice. The recently approved NYS budget will bring strong penalties for distracted driving. The new provisions will strengthen state efforts to crackdown on texting while driving, and other cell phone use while driving. It will target frequent offenders with harsher penalties for repeat violations. Police have issued 26,000 texting while driving violations. The strong penalties will help the urgent need to improve the safety on our roadways, and to call attention to the lives that can be saved by efforts to end distracted driving. Distracted driving has forced far too many families to endure preventable tragedies. By cracking down on texting and cell phone use behind the wheel we can prevent avoidable and unfortunate traffic deaths, improve safety on our roads and save lives. The new law made texting while driving a primary offence. In addition to fines the penalty is three points on your drivers license. By Vincent Noce Jr.
WEST BABYLON - SOUTH BAY’S NEIGHBOR NEWSPAPERS - WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 • www.southbaysneighbor.com
FEEL FREE TO CALL 631-422-0100 FOR A FREE CONFIDENTIAL CONSULTATION AND A TOUR OF OUR NEWLY REMODELED FACILITIES. We Support Our Veterans, Law Enforcement & Firefighters With Special Considerations And Programs The Noce Funeral Home can service memorials, burials, cremations, shipping and pre-need funeral arrangements. The professionalism at Noce Funeral Home explains why we are so respected by our families and area residents.
Lindenhurst
FUNERAL HOME, INC.
Located between Village Hall & Lindenhurst Library
424 S. Wellwood Ave. • 631-957-0300
Your Pre-Need Funeral Experts Fully Provisioned for the Handicapped
BEFORE YOU PREPAY A FUNERAL!
BEFORE YOU PREPAY ANY FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS, MAKE SURE THE FUNERAL HOME GUARANTEES ALL THE PRICES INCLUDING THE CASH ADVANCES (i.e., cemetery costs, church costs, airlines, out of town funeral directors, etc.) OTHERWISE DON’T PREPAY. We at Lindenhurst Funeral Home guarantee all the services, merchandise, and cash advances will never increase for the family. We do this because it is the right thing to do for the families we serve. By law we set the prepaid funds aside in an interest bearing trust account. The interest on this account accrues and offsets the price increases. If the interest does not meet the price increases then we accept the lesser amount as total payment for the funeral including cemetery, church, etc., but we NEVER ask for any additional funds. However, if the interest exceeds the price increases, we refund the interest to the family. Our accountant keeps telling us this is not a profitable business policy and we keep telling our accountant this policy is fair to the families that entrust us with this awesome responsibility. One misconception of people who prepay for funeral arrangements without guaranteed pricing is that everything is paid for and that the prices would not increase. There are funeral homes that simply accept the money and do not guarantee any price. Thus the interest on the account must pay for funeral home increases and cash advance increases. Some funeral homes do not guarantee cash advances and set the money aside in an interest bearing account and allow the interest to offset that funeral home costs and still charge families for the increases in cash advances. This policy may cause the family to pay hundreds of dollars at the time the funeral actually takes place. For instance a grave opening in St. Charles Cemetery was $350.00 in 1984 is now $1995.00 Monday thru Friday $2475.00 on Saturday. Thus if the funeral home where you prepay your funeral does not guarantee the cemetery costs you will owe $2475.00 for a Saturday funeral at St. Charles Cemetery. ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE TELLING YOU FOR YOUR OWN WELL BEING, IF THE FUNERAL HOME DOES NOT GUARANTEE ALL SERVICES, MERCHANDISE AND CASH ADVANCES - DO NOT PREPAY FOR A FUNERAL UNLESS YOU SET ADDITIONAL FUNDS ASIDE TO PAY FOR ADDITIONAL INCREASES. 263045N0925
The West Babylon Public Library will present the following events: Learn To Be... Tobacco Free Tuesdays, September 24th, October 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Presented by the Suffolk County Department of Health. *** Senior Advocate Thursday, September 26th, from 1 to 3 p.m. A Suffolk County Office for the Aging representative will be on hand to help with Medicaid, Senior ID cards, food stamps and recertifications. *** Art Deoupage Mirror Thursday, September 26th, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Shirley will help you create this beautiful work of art to hang and admire:
decorate a 12x12 wooden mirror with specialty papers to create a collage with an art nouveau theme. Non-refundable materials fee: $3. *** GRASP Home Study Program Monday, September 30th, from 5:30 to 8:45 p.m. Join for an orientation of this free home study adult literacy program. For information, contact 631.667.6000, extension 454. *** For information, contact 631.669.5445. The library is located at 211 Route 109 in West Babylon. Perserverance In the realm of ideas, everything depends on enthusiasm; in the real world, all rests on perseverance. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johnstons’ Wellwood Funeral Home has an
Alternative Hearse
This vehicle can be used as a less expensive option than the traditional hearse, if so desired, to bring your loved one to the Cremation Company or Cemetery of your choosing. Our traditional hearse is always available as well for those who would like the option.
Johnstons’
Wellwood Funeral Home 305 N. Wellwood Ave. Lindenhurst, N.Y. 11757
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FUNERAL HOME, Inc.
631-226-2220 Family Owned & Operated For Over 51 Years
www.WellwoodFuneralHome.com
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Noce
west Babylon Public Library
189 Route 109 West Babylon, New York 11704 631-422-0100 Fax: 631-422-0101