The-Leader_1982-01-28

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?PEEl>ORT, NEW YORK, JANUARY 25, i 9 » ^
46thYEAR. No.40^^
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ER&:E2S*PEK6OPY
" " " Copter Flies
FalLWctim
To Hospital
FREEFOBT • A Nauan County
ixrfice heticoptei landed on tbe
roof-top paitioB field at tbe
BOCES (cbool in Freeport f&is
past Tuesday afternoon, January
26, to transport to^assao Coaatr
Medica] Oater tbe vktin of • 45-
fobt {«]). -Accordiog to. S | ^ Ar­thur
Bardette, of tbe Freq>o(t Po­lice
Department. 26-year-oid Cur­tis
Jones of 54 Stevens Street feD
fitxn tbe roof of 45 Broadway, •
four : story apartment buflding
across froA tbe BOCES boHdiog.
Freeport polioe aCScect Edmutl
Loeieaad Robert Cartsoo fbond
•A, MESTINaOP MfNOS. $uU>;9mmof WcwMti J^i*vy-(»«rttd, l.|;
mat In Albmy rtMnUy with FrMpott Mtyor WlltUm WhH* ( M M ^ . .
r.), to dlacuis Powsr Authority, CMtlMut .Oyton't Dian for tijtura
(llocttlonof PASNY pcmir. Looktngon ar«-Pat HMt«r>tandlnO> f-)
oi Rockvltt* C«ntr« M^d Lou i.«ng wtanotngi I.), 8up*rtnt«n4«nt ot
Freaport'i Municipal Elaetrlcal d«p«rtm«nt. Both. FfMport and
Rocfcvtlla Cantr* purchaaa powar-from PA8NY, aifordlng tbafr eu»-
toman raaaoitaMa a|actr(e rates.
Baldwlnite PeflHons To
Block Cpolldge Sale
BALDWIN • tbe SITS.OOO uJe of BaVhrta'a Cooiiii|e SdMbI
property te being opposed by-a-scboolilbitHct resident. Wuly Young,
alUioaui ^txicfrotera apptpved it by a 5-1 tnargia.
Tbe Baldwin School Board had approvedtb&saI«r«f CboOdge to local
bnUder/derelopef Balpb Chlaro, who plans to convert tbe hwiding into.
lOcoodoinl^rntnlts. . ,.. _- -.
DIsiricf Vbfe^qrly'Thfc ~
yedr.^.Of! Wed; A/icy 5 •-'
- FSEEFOBT -'Votars.ia the Freeport SdMol District win go to^the
n ^ Jdmewfaat earlier this year, voting- on WedoesdJ^, May S^Jor
both an anniUl sdwol district bndgetsnd a-jsemba of the Freeport
Board of Edjicaitian/Last year's Vote'wiii on Jnne 17, rnote tban a
mgntbUter. • '. , . '• T ',—'•
• The vot£ will fdlow a series of public budget workshop sessions at
wUdi district taxpayers, as well .
"" "" • "~' be held on WednMdj^"feveJung,
Mardi 24. Items in the categories
of Instroctional Matnials,.
Instnctional Staff and Spedal
Education win be handled. .
.The ananal D^fct Budget
Rearing wQI take pSol Thursday,
April £1, at 8 pm, in the and!-
tontun at Fceepbct R i ^ SchooT.
FioDowhig tbts bearing, the Board
of Edijcatinn -j^ans-tb hddsa
sped«l«(^l^,atj^ddi tfane.it.
irtirdiscnsS whether y addpt. ffie'
propoaed'b^get. -
}tme$ Ijiag'ea tbenayenien} on _^
as'Sdioot Board members, wtO be
able to discxiss ezpeaiffitntes'in
(he l982-a3.bo4get propMed.by
tbe Adffiialstradon. .—~'-
Three public ' sesrions have
been scbedoled. An b e ^ at 8 pm
and an win be held i n the nbraiy
of the Atkinson Sdiool.on Wett
Seaman Aveme. .. .— — •
.The .first .workshop session,
wfaidi win take place on Wedaea-
\
YounghaspetitlonedNew York
State Conunudooer of Eda'catlaa,
Cordon Ambadi to call the sale
' illegal, bating Ids argument* on a
recent law which requites school
districts to have appraisals of
' properties before they sen them.
Accoding to Yoong, who is
employed by the district as a
custodian, the taw requiring the
appraisal went into effect July 29,
1981 and the School Board signed
the' contract with Chlaro on
"July 30. -
Larry Reich, a member of the
Uw firm representing the
Baldwin Board c^ Education, said
the District's position — which
jras expressed at a hearing before
Dr. Ainbach on Jinuary 12 — b '
that U had compBed with the net;
law because the prxjperty icas
appraised in December, 1978.
But Young, who said the
appraisal valued the property at
S240.000, said be would tike to
know "what its value is today."
Young is also objecting to the
Board 3 Education's acceptance
of a "gift" from Chiaro, the" cost
of the district-wide referendum
I on the building's sale. The refer­endum
was paid, for by Chiaro as
part of the sate price agreement.
According to. Young, the
district's Disposal of Property
Coiiunlttee had no kiwwledge o(
tbe valne of the proteertor. Young
suggated to Tlffi LEADER this
weK that instead of sclUng
Coofidge. school, the District
should have moved the Adminis­tration
offices there and sold that
buUdlttg. More' money, said
Young, wooldhave been realized .
for the district because the 3.S
acres would have sold for more
and less reixivations would have'
been nccessaiy.
. Young also told THE LEADER
that he had heard that the School
Board had had other offers,
indnding one for a printing
. school. *•
Young cUims his pay was
docked when be went to Albany
for the heaiiog, becanse he was
not allowed to claim it as a perso-al
day. He says he will file
another complaint with the
Commissioiier on that matter.
' Reic^, in bis arguments stress­ing'the
district had complied with
the new law^ said Young's appeal
is defective because by law it had
to l>e filed within 30 days from,
July 30 or even 30 days from tJie
reletendam vote, tieither of which
(Cont.on Page 11)
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thetadfab-alde q(
bnMng,^at theentrjnoe. to the ,BdBnstee»sAd^nistiation.
paiUng field. The officers were - tue second pobBc sesdon. da
responding to a report of a snspl- Wednesday evering. Matdi 3,
cJoos person on the roof. - jffil see a ducuadoo of AtWetlca
. Acconiinjg to police sources, and Co^Miticolar . Activities
Jones wu'conscloas and told- a - Alternate Schools' and baitae-police
officer that be had faSeo tional Support Staff,
accidentally while cUmbingrdowo -^- The tUn) planmng aessioo win
tbe sooth side of the buSding.
fneport Police Officers Thom­as
Drew, Jcdin Lundergan and.~
Greg Moses were also present at
the scenetnd Sgt. Burdette prais­ed
his officers for their team '
work, also'commenting on tbe
' -"good (o^wration from tbe
County beGcopter.
Jones Is sud to be in serious
Jiat stable cooditioa tt the hcsid-.
tal, suffering from a broken leg
and am, sevtn. head Injtulef,
contusions on tbe forehead and
possible intenial injuries. .
-J^dice are investigating tbe
cause of his fan. .
The five school board ntembers
. alt for terms.of three-years and
these terms are staggered. This'
year, the seat presently occupied .
—by EBen. KeDy will be.'oo tbe_
hallotcaMsyS..
- - Moyor LbbbljMf or Frttepprt;
FREEPORT • VtiUge Mayor WiDlam WUte and Superintendent of
Electric Utilities Lndovic Long traveled to Albany on Jannary 19^ to
d a t t i c i ^ hi a le^lative raDr^ooaoted by ib^fiaiitifal ElectriM
Ut£Bties Association, of which Frnpott is a memSer. The purpose of
the rally was'to voice oppotitiqn to State IViwerABthotity Chahnian
John Z^von'f pjan to e s ^ S s h ^
Residential and Roal Energy
Aothority, wblcfa would distribute
bydroelMtricity, td I tnrestor-tiwned
ntiltties . throbghoot the
State, driving Freeport custo?
mets'bins ttp.80-100%.
- White reported that his Albany
discnsriotts with Freepott's
representatives. Senator Noraan
L ^ and Assetnblyman Armand
D?Atnato, ' "were eiiconrag^
and I am certain that they win
work with u as they Jiaxe in the
_^e3oni. on Page 12)
Supt. Profer
- _ To Retire
FREEPORT - The Vinagc.of
Freeport wiU soon be losing the
head of tivo of its departments
when-Edwin Prefer retires. Pre-. .
fer..wbo has been Superintend­ent
of Public Works for tbe past
ten years, bas also beaded up tiie
Recreation and Parks Departoe^t^_
for the past four. He win be4Mv-' .*
log the village around May 1.
Prefer has been'with the Vil- .
lage for 10 years and has a total of ~
29 years in public service. He and
his wife, Maureen, win be moving
to North Carolina, probably - Pre­fer
says - in tbe area of Wllmiog-ton,
wbtre "h't wtrmer."
When asked about h'ls accom­plishments,
Freeport dted the
consolidations of various depart­ments,
such as the Sign Shop, the
Highway Department and the
(Cont. or>Paflel1>
GOOD CITIZENSHIP REWARDED. Mary earvoHiio (c), a senior at
Freeport High School, received a DAR GoodCillren Award from Mrs.
William DautM 0.).chairperson of the Ruth Floyd Woodhul.l Chapter
DAH Good Citizen Committee, and Mrs. Edward O'Keetfe (r.J. chapter
Regent.,-.The annua/ Good Citizen Award li given to the senior high
schoot-^JaJbr txjy chosen for outstanding qualities o( leadership,
dependability, service and palrlollsm.