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46thYEAR.No.8 FICEEPORT. NEW YORK, JUNE 18, 1981
freepdrt Man Charged Boulukos Draws 62.3% of
A COMMUNITY-WIDE TRJBUTE was paid last Sunday, June 14. to
Wilfred Morin (r.), retiring dTrector of the Freeport Memorial Library.
A Freeport resident, Morir] will be retiring from the library after 21
years of service^ Among those who came to honor the award-winning
library director was Village Deputy Mayor Dorothy Storm (I.), who
helps Morin display the Legislative Resolution passed by the.New York
State~Assembly'and'w'hich'te1ls~ of Morln's many accomplishments.
Sponsored by local Assemblyman Armand D'Amato, the resolution
pays tribute to Morln's many Innovations at the library. Including
services to non-English spealdng residents and the' home-bound
program.
Baldwin Passes Budgets;,
Pitfinsky Elected /^ .
• byJoui Dtlanay
BALDWIN - Despite the feet that it was their lowest turn-out in
recent years, Baldwin Schoof District voters approved both the school
and library budgets and elected Bernard Pittinsky to the School Board.
Charles Bogen, running unopposed, was elected library trustee.
Throughout that Wednesoay, June 10, concern was expressed as it
bheaclfa mthe e denaurm btehra t ofo nlrye siadbeonutst
who voted last year were turning
out to vote this year. However,
once the first ballot box was
opened and the tally on it was
announced (249 "yes" to 190
"no"), there was a visible relax­ing
of tension among school
district personnel. The final
school budget results, which were
reflected in each of the eight
ballot booths, was 1958 "yes" to
1430 "no." The school boiid vote •
was 2263 for Pittinsky and
1219 for Thomas Carroll, a two-to-one
margin which was also re­flected
in each ballot booth. The
library budget passed by 2200 to
1080. The only moment of con­cern
was when figures on the
third booth were read incorrectly,
but then revised.
The anxiety in the high school
gym quickly dissipated as it be­came
clear by the third ballot
booth that the trend was for a
clear passage of the budgets and
the election of Pittinsky. Unlike
reaction in the past two years,
however, the audience was qiiiet
and only polite applause con­cluded
the announcements.
Several present Board mem­bers
expressed "elation," "joy"
and "happiness" tiiat the budget
was passed. Superintendent.
Holland Jones said that " we can
now get back to running the
district" and indicated that we
"can proceed full speed ahead."
There had appeared real concern
that the low turn-out would result
in the defeat of the budget
necessitating a summer of new
budget preparation. Jones attrib­uted
the "yes" vote to the fact
• that the residents of Baldwin are
"educated and supportive." He
said that they realized that an
austerity bix^gct wculd not
benefit the community.
Board President Ralph Cala-brese
attnbuted the result to the
"general satisfaction of mosttif
the community" to the decisions
of the Board.
Another Boatxl member. Dr.
Arnold Lurie said "the 'no'
voters just didn 't turn oat.
When asked if the low vote
indicated apathy, most Board
(Cont. on Page 6)
p h Murder
Of South Freeporter
FREEPORT - , A 30-year old
Freeport bus ^ v e r has been ai-rested
and charged with the sec­ond
degree murder of a South
Freeport man this week.
Following an investigation
headed by Nassau Comity Detec-fTve
Sgt. Campbell, Hojnicide de­tective.
Walford an^ Detective
Frank Fortuna of the'County Pol­ice
First Squad, Thomas Dobbins,
of 145 Randall Avenue, was ar­rested
at 7:10 pm Monday night,
June 15, several days after 63
year old Elmer Metzger was
found dead in his hoine at 236
Nassau Avenue.
According to the police report,
Metzger's body was discovered
Saturday morning, June 13, at
about 9:30 am, by Freeport Police
Officer Charles Parker and Sgt.
Ronald Karp, who were answer­ing
a call {torn a neighbor 'of
Metzger's who' was concerned •
about his well-being. THE
LEADER was told that the neigh­bor
had come to borrow a ladder,
as prombed, and whe^n no one an­swered
the doorbell, noticed
Metzger's car in the driveway.
Upon investigating. Turner and
Karp discovered a broken window
toward the front of the house,
whose glass was scattered on
Metzger's car. Another window,'
the report says, was broken at the
rear of the house.
Upon >«ntering the house by
forcing open the door connecting
it to the garage. Parker and Karp
found Metzger's body on the
floor. According to the police re­port.
Metzger had suffered a sev­ere
head injury caused by blows
from, a heavy oSJect. Nassau
Coutrty police sources said the
right side and rear of the victim's
head had been struck several
times and there was a large loss
of blood.
Votes, Proposition 3 Passes
FREEPORT - A pleased Superintendent of Schools. Dr: John E.
Bierwirth, and a quietly jubilant School Board member, George
Botdukos, watched the figures go up on the blackboard Wednesday,
.night June 17. as Freeport School District voters approved the 1981-82
school-budget and returned Bouluios to a second term on the Freeport
Board of Education.
The.$26,768,678 school budget,
which carries with it a $1.9'7 per
SlOO assessed valuation tax
increase, won favor with about
64% of those who voted. Of the
2,575.votes cast off the budget,
line, 1,643 voted "yes" and
932 voted "no."
Boulukos pulled almost as
many votes as .the budget: 1,60'7
voites to 971 votes for his-op-ponent.
Sfiarlene. Asendio-Rus-sell.
.
The Freeport Memorial Librar­y's
budget also passed: 1,675
votes to 782 "no".
A third proposition on' the
ballot, which won favor with the
voters, will change the method
of electing school board mem­bers.
Hereinafter, candidates Will
run "at-lirge," rather than for a
. specific seat.- Voting' in favor of
the . proposition were- 1,486
votes; 857 votes aainstV-Cal
Venzen, who was running
unopposed for the position on
the Board of Education vacated
by Sara Holly, polled 1,230. votes.
There were six voting places:
AtUnMn Sdtool: Sdiool Bud­get
- 325 yes, 146 no; Venzen -
248; RusseU -129; Boulukos - 333.
Cohunbta Ave. Scbooli Budget
- 281 yes, 84 no; Venzen - 233;
Russell - 354; Boulukos - 90.
Bayview Ave. Sdiocd: Budget -
312 yes, 231 no; Venzen - 243;
Russell -110; Boulukos - 388.
Jobber St. School: Budget -
340 yes, 213 no; Venzen - 232;
RusseU - 139; Boulukos - 388.
GIblyn School: Budget - 266
yes. 251 no: Venzen - 190; Rus­sell
.• 105; Boulukos - 389.
aeveland Ave. School: Bud­get
- 119 yes, 7 "no; Venzen -
79; RusseU -133; Boulukos -14.
Absentee baUots were permit-
,ted dfrlSnididates only. There
were five ballots for Venzen; one
for RusseU; and five for Boulukos.
- As the votes were tallied, the
atmosphere in the School District
office, where _several, dozen
people had gathered, was ap­parently
postive, and — unlike
past year — there was little ap­plause.
-
"I don't know why everybody
isn't jumping up -aad^^-jfown,'
commented Bienarth'- Kanoily,
at the result of his first budget
vote in Freeport. -"This is reaUy
fantastic. "-
Boululfos commented that he
had wotted hard during his three
. year term and that he was pleased
tlut the people in the district
' agreed with that because they -
had re-elected him. He pledged
to continue .to work hard serving
the School District.
A small area around the body
showed signs, police said, of a
scuffle.
Both County and Village police
sources told THE LEADER that
neigl^bors later said they had
heard screams and the sounds of
broken glass during the night
hours, but had not caOed the
police.
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THERE'S A KITT.EN IN YOUR FUTURE. Long Island Humane
Society President Sharon Robbins (c.) and Fundraising Chain/ioman
Lil Badaluda show Mayor William White a basketful of kittens, some
.of the many awaiting adoption during "Adopl-A-Cat Month." The
Society's animal shelter on Ryder Place is open seven days a week,
10 am-4:30 pm. The Society is alto soliciting donations to assure that
they will have funds to heat the shelter this coming winter^Contribu-tions
may tie sent to P.O. Box 697, Freeport.