The-Leader_1982-06-03

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FREEPORT. NEW YORK. JVNE3.1982
47th YEAR, No, 6
PKICE 2S*PE>O0Pr
Another Civilian l^rol S l i i^
Ubni) uw Passe* NEFCA Sfoits Nejghboiimod
State Senate _^ ~^
Pafrob To Guf Crfmcr
by £d Sthnrman.
FBEEPOKT • UgisUtioa that
will danUy die Fte^drt Meniari-il
Ubruy «• > *d>ool iBsirict
library pasaed the State Assenbly
Tuestia;, Jnae 1, and — haviag
-previoeily pasted the—State
Senate — i« awaiting Govcnor
Carey'a aigoatnre to hecocne b«.
TIM bin "passed witboat any
pnbiem,'' Meaxiing to socnces in
the office dJhttki.B, Walsh, the
Assetnbly raajort^ leader. Carey
DOW ha* 10 days In whidi to dgn
the mi tad, wh&e the Governor's
c6anse)'s eOce won't prnUct his
actions^ ksowledgable sooices in
tlw' Oflke "^ at-' the;. t49isI«tivB
FBEEPOBT • A tiaird inSage chrfe a<sodatk» has anooaoced plans to
moatt a foll-scaied Gvffian PatTot in its area in an eCEixt to b ^ local
police fight ctine.
Following the lead o< Coooerned Freepbct Sesideots of Oe Nartbern
Sector (COFKONS) and the Steams Park Ovk Associtioa. tbe North'
East Freepoct Chric Assodatioo
(NEFCA) h»s began a inototixed
patrol. With its first ear on the
streets on June I, NEFCA ex­pects
to step tip its patrol as tbe
month goes on.
COFBONS was the first or-'
gadzatiaa to Ffeeport to start a
OvflSan ntml^. wUA featSKS
statioo to be timed orer to die
local poiioe.
Boiglaries in Che COFSONS
area have dropped coodderabiy
since tbe civic gtoiqp began ita rml fa] its marked cars. Started'
Sejrtember. 1981 COFKONS'
CSviBan Bitrai has been credited
with .the-LdecKM? iii ares bar-;.
^'^'^^.^^TT^.'^^^ml hb^ KiSerstWon. Mod- dropped to »ert,,v
eOed on'a-snecessfnl-Elmont - - -
yestnre, these Orifian Fatrob
stress that voVunteets in no way
become personally involved in
crime fig|iting, bnt. act only as
"eyes and ears," reporting all
sospidoDS activity to the base
Gerald Nictets, the Ubraiy's
director. Is now coidacting
Carey's, aides to impress apon
tbeai "bow ifflportant this matter
is to" Freepoirs libraiy patrons.
r^p^r^A Baldwin Votes On June 9
LEADEB, tax-free .nntJci- n.t«Wi«-i»^.t—;..,*rt..b-ij_x_ e-i.;.jT«.*.i-*_Wi ._»..>
FREEPORT REMEMBERS: A* 0» dtgnltarlaa «ratci>«l Irom th«
raviMrIno atand <lop photo) and Bdutta and chlklran llnad Merrick
- Road, cQnUn|}ant«.Dl.v«t«nM, oommuntty gcttipa, and aetwol bands
msrchad alono Marrick Road. A apadal Fr«»p6(t Fir* Otpartmant
contingent (middi* photo) bora the colors, fdlowad by tha Freeport
Fir* Oap«rtn)«nt band, tba dapartment't volunlfar nnrnfUtmS trudca.
Tha Fmeport Fir* Oapartroant laid thair own wreath on th« dapart-mant'a
nMmorUl markar on tlw library flrounds. Among tha marching
groupe war* tha Fraaport Racraation Oapartment Apaoia It Twlriar*,
whoa* youngaat mambvr* ^bottom photo, (oraground) followed the
prtza-winnlng team. Behind tham eama Fraeport'a Qlrl Scouta.
(StoryonP.4.) (LEADER photos)
Villain Board Sets Special Friday Meeting
legislative session to wludi the
pnbEc is invited bttt St which they
nuy not participate, ft is expected
tiM the Board wiQ vote Out
sAemooo on tiie appQcstion to
rezooe the vacant piece of prop­erty
at the foot of Gey Lombardo
to allow for the coostnoioa of
The legislation is part of the
library'
plans
THE
pal bonds will be floated to
finance . renovation and con-stnictidn.
Last Fdmiaty. the
library's bond ooansel ' had
required that- the library be
ratified as a sdx»l district libraiy
prior to any finandng of bond!.
Section 2SS of New York State's
Educatioa law mandates* public
vole to establish a Ubraity as part
of a sdicnl district. The l e g a ­tion
that passed tfte Assembly'
this w e ^ will permit the fibraty
board to bold soch an election. .
Nicbois expects to discoss the
date for an election at the Jsoe
9th library Board of Trastees
meeting, bnt "inO not set any
official diSe" spending'Carey's
actions.
"We don't want to count oar
chickens before ti>ey hatdi." he
said.
In Fdnnafy V tiie Steaftis Osifc
Ovic'Assodatioti.-also a north- '
west groan, anooaooed it plans to.
begin socta a patrol, but US nnits'
are not yet OS the stteet. Stearns
Park presdeot Fran Sonkin told •
{Cont.onPag«16)
BALDWIN -Betidents of tiie Baldirin Sdxiol District win vote on a
proposed 1982.83 sdiool bndget of 127.919,244 next Wednesday,'
Jane 9. and for the tale of Cbdidge Sdioai to local developer Balph
ChiaiaforS17S,000.
At the same tine, voters win elect two members to the Sdiooi Board.
Seeking re-election ate incom-
FBEEFQBT - There wifl be a
meeting of tl>e Freeport-Board of'
Trustees On Ftiday, Jane 4. at
3 pm. in Village Hall.
The meeting has been tcbe-doled
becanse no meeting win be
held on Memorial Day Monday or
on Monday, Jnne 7, wiaen some of
tite Board members w^ be at an
- qpstate conference. ^
The Jane 4 meetiag wiQ be a
While be folly plans to sdied-nle
tiie vole for the f»Il.~iilber
details most be completed with
Freq>ort'k Board of Edncatioa.
The Fteeport sdxMl iSsttict had
previooiiy agreed to cover fibrary
casb shortages daring expansion
with tax-antic^iation notes,
accorffing to Nidiols. Bat state
budget battles have, throagh'pro-tracted
compromises, decrease
available scix>ot district aid.^
Becanse of tins, the two Boards
have not made final arrange-meats.
cooperative apaitmeots; Tbe^
cecessaSrr pobGc beating was'
held on May 24.
. Said NichoU: •
operate in a vacnnm.'
We don't
beiits Victor Bohe and William
Ryan. Also on the baUbt are
Kevin Kamen and James M a ^ .
The two top vote-getters wiu be
declared the wiimers. (Stories
on iodividnal candidates b e | ^ on
page7,thisissne.) .
Tbe voting win be held at Bald­win
Senior [Qgh '-School. PoQs
win be open 6:45.am-I0 pm.
The budget — up 5.7% over
the 4981-82 bndget — iodades
fonds to continae the existisg
programs in the schools. It also
provides for ffie^ first steps-to—
wanls a coordinated and expand­ed
K-12 computer program to
be developed faBy vrithin the next
few years. Sdiool officials have -
stated tiiat'con^nter ttdinolMy '
bas grows so eoonaonsly and the
career oppottsnities have become
so vast, that the district most pro­vide
a compi ehentive program'
fortbestndoits. ' ' •
Funds io cover salary iwcrrascs
for an ctaS members are abn-indoded
in the sdiool badget,
according to a district spokes-petsdn.
Sdiool (fistrict repre­sentatives
promise tliere will be
oo additioaal money added to the
bndget after the vote.
The tradget calls for a tax rate
'mcrease.otjl J 5 per $100 assess­ed
valaatioa. According to' Dr.
Ronand~^one3, Soperiateodeot
of Baldwin Schools, the lack of
state financial support for edoca-tion
and a cutback. in fedeta). -
fonds have tansed many districts .
to ask for increases <x "SZ and
mote. Levittown,, far instance,
recentiy passed a budget widi an
increase of over Sd.por 5100
of assessed vahiatiaci.
The lower tax increase in Bald­win.
Dr. Jones saidr'is tiie result .
of "very t!g|it budgeting and very
carefiil managetaent of ocr
funds."
OaaBdcaSaW
Another item oa tbe ballot
!s~tbdinopeBed sale-of Cbolidge—
Scbool. Approved Ust fan by the
voters, the sale bas been doaytd
by a dedsioa of flie New. York
-State Commisdoaer of Edantioa,
wiio set file vote adde because of
teditdcaBties and 'itt^ni*ri-ties
in the way it was pieseSed.
DeveloptT Safoh Chiaro pro*
poses to convert Qie tdiaot buikl-ing
to ^ptoximate^ 20 condo­minium
ozais. Mooeys realized
from tiie sale of the school proper­ty
to Chiaro win be used to estab^
fish a Capital Besetve Fund of
SIOO.OOO, with the remaining
fands nsed to redoce ptopeity
taxes.
The Baldwin library's 1982.83
bndget win also appear on the
baOot, u win the elMtion of one
member to tbe~library's Board of
Trustees. Leonard Melman is
(Cent, on Page 7)
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