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Hon. Steve Bellone, Supv Town of Babylon

This morning's speaker was Town of Babylon Supervisor Steve Bellone. Mr. Bellone began by telling us of his efforts to bring green thinking to the town. The town has ordered Hi-Brid vehicles for it's fleet, and is installing green technologies in all it's new construction. Babylon is setting an example according to Bellone. The rationale…

Ray Kenny, acting President, LIRR

This morning we had a presentation from the acting president of the LIRR. Mr Ray Kenny started with an overview of the railroads performance records. The performance can be summarized here by saying that the best year on record was 2002 at 94% for on time trains. Currently we are on schedule to do slightly…

Keyspan-National Grid merger/acquisition

Friday we had a most unusual meeting with no scheduled speaker we used the opportunity to discuss any major issue facing Long Island. The topic of the Keyspan-National Grid merger/acquisition was introduced and as luck would have it, Dr Matt Cordaro was in the room. Cordaro began his career with LILCO, and left LILCO more…

Dr Andaz, Nassau County Medical Center (Hilton Gardens)

Dr Andaz an oncologist from South Nassau Hospital gave a talk on cancer. the focus was on lung cancer and the devastating statistics on smoking. Smoking however, according to Dr Andaz, accounts for a lot more than lung cancer. Primarily all the cancers associated in the mouth and upper respiratory as well as cancers we…

Bob Boerner, Conservation Services Group

New Page 1 On Friday our expected speaker did not show up. This rarely happens at LIMBA (I can't even remember it happening without any notice).   We have the most astute, speakers that respond to our call. Fortunately we have an equally astute group of people who attend our meetings. The topic was the Energy…

Dr Joseph Mcdonell, Associate Dean of Bus. at Stony Brook

Our speaker this morning was SUNY Stony Brook, Associate Dean of Business, Joseph McDonnell Phd. China, the fearsome juggernaut? Maybe, maybe not so much, According to Dr McDonnell. While China is being recognized as the "worlds factory," they have a long way to go before they surpass or marginalize the economic giant that is the…

Frank Boulton, Owner, Long Island Ducks

LI Ducks owner Frank Boulton began with a 5 minute news piece that appeared on CNBC. As Boulton put it, "this was coverage you cannot buy." Frank's affection for the game of baseball, the players, and the community is undeniable. Bud Harrelson and Boulton came to LIMBA eight years ago and made a presentation on what they…

Duke Dufresne, Northrop Grumman

Members and friends Friday morning at LIMBA, on the 38th anniversary of the first moon landing, we had Duke Dufresne, the current chief of Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Integrated Systems Eastern Region (Ticker NOC), the current incarnation of the Lunar Module builder, give us an update on what is going on with the storied aerospace corporation,…