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UAmR FREEPORT. NEW YORK, JUNE 2J. 1983
48th YEAR, No. 9'
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Huge Crowd Beseiges Village Board
Seniors Don Caps &
Gowns This Sunday
Protesf Speedway Closing
And bemise Of Siadium
FBEEPOET • A standing-room-only crowd of more than 500-people-ctanuncd
into and spread out of the main conference room of Freeport
Village HaD last Monday evening, June 20. in what Mayor William
~ H. Whiteserera] times tcfertcd to as a meeting called by-Gino Campi,
the promoter of the Freeport Speedway.
The crowd, which loudly ap-
Skateboarding Results
In One Death;
Second Teenager
Reported Critical
FHEEPOBT - A, ftyeai^ld,
nioth giade Ftecpnt High School
student' is dead, the t^uh i^ a
skateboard acddent in nottbweat
Freeport on Tuesday aftemooo,
jBne2i
Adib Akrom, o( (9 Peimsyl-vania
Avame, was transported to
Nasua Coonty. Medical Carter
by Nassaa County Police heli­copter,
bat was pronounced dMd
of mtetnal injuries.
Abom and a friend; Matthew
Getych, 15 and a former Free-porter,
were apparently akate-boarding
with two other yoaths'
when they collided with and were
pinned under a car as they tolled
from Virpna into C^ifomia
Avecne, at about 3:45 pm.
Getydi was also severely
•ojured and was taken to Lydia
E. HaB Hospital, where a spokes--
person Tuesday night said h^ was
in I.C.U., te stable onditioo.
He reportedly has a punctured
lung and other internal injuries.
The two other youths'were bo(
involved in the accident.
According topoGce the yonng-sters
were skateboar^iig : on"
Virginia Avenue where there is a
small grade in the street, when —
at the intersection of Cafifomia
Avenue — they were struck by a
car driven westbound by Karin
SofareOi, also of Freeport. Mrs.
Sofarelli, who repoctedly was on
her way to pick up one of her
' children at school, had hef other
youngster with her in the carr
Police credit local residents and
passers-by with . saving young
Geiych's' life. Getych, whose
family ttcently-moved to West
Hempstead ' from , Randall
Avenue, was pinned under the
car with Akrom. but-his quick'
removal was made possible
because the crowd of over 200
people, who had gatheted,
raised the car up in a concerted,
well-organized fashion' rather
(Conl. on Page 5)
Over 1,000 To Graduate
from freeport, Baldwin
,f - - i ..
FEEHXJRT/BAIBWm-Over 1,000 *Sl|Ji Wi»d simiOT w&.be K f e^
hoping for a'sunny, but not too warm. Soiular.Jauc 36. as'thc7 pt«- —
pare to don acadende robes and moitaz boards to receive their t d^
sdraol dotomas in commencement exercises at Freeport aad Baldirin
Senior High Schoob.
unweighted avmge 95J2S),
plaaded the various speakers
opposing the closing of the
Speedway and the municipal
stadium, seemed to be composed
of about 50% residents and 50%
non-residents.
The 8 pm twice-a-month public
meeting, and the short open-
. Jegtilarive session (hat preceded
it, had not listed either the Speed­way
or the Siadium as an agenda
item. The large audience, some of
whom brought small children and
many of whom could not gel
into the meeting room, were ap­parently
brought dui by adver­tisements
placed by Campi in.
(Com. en Page 9)
About 518 young men and wo­men
win solemnly march up the
aisles set up in the 6elds sur­rounding
rreeixMt High SdMol
at graduation ceremonies wUdi
begin at 2 pm.
At. the same-time, some 560-
plos dmilarly garbed senjocs win
be recoving their diplotnas be­fore
an equaUy proud audience of.
relatives' and friends seated in
the grassy area around Baldwin'
Senior High Class.
In the unhappy event of rain,
graduation exercises at both
sdiools win.be held indoors, in
their respective school gymnas­iums.
The Class of 1983 and the as-.
sembled guests will hear special
remarks from the top ranking
students.
VnmamOhli
Freeport Valedictorian
Freeport's 1983 valedictorian
—r the student with the highest
-cumulative - average- over- the
four year period — is William Oh,
average
win speak on "The Importance
of Humanism," as part of the
general theme "We. live In
Deeds Not Years And . In
Thoughts Not Breaths."
.. Ob, who came to the United
iStates froin Korea as ao infant,
attended Freeport sdiools from
kindergarten on. Accepted into
Harvard, Brown Univetstty's
Medical Program, John Hoptins
and Yale, .Oh win be attending
the latter and u considering
the field of medicine,' with a
speciality in netuosurgery., A
'National. Merit Finalist, Oh'has
received the Rii Beta Kappa
.award and the RPI Medal, and
was selected by TeUuride, a noa-profit,
independent educational
program to attend a sammcr at
Cornell. A member of the Free-port
K0t School wtnning~"U's
Academic" team, he is also a
Mathlete. a member of the
National Hooor-Sodety and has
written for VinUge and Flash­ings.
Purini, Second -
Highest Student
A 111.005 weighted, average
(94.9 unweighted) bring the
honor of being salutatorian to
William Oh
son of David and Esther Oh of
East Avenue. Oh, whose weight­ed
average is 111.919 (and
Eriks Purins
Eriks Purins. son of Janis' and
Skaidrit Pupns of Lena Avenue.
(CoAl.onPaoa4)-
IN MEMORY OF A OEPARTEO COMRADE, th« Freeport PBA re­cently
ran a fund-raising cocktail party at the Right Track Inn In
Freeport. Monies rals^ from the party and from the sale of special
certificates atarted the Harry Nicolino Memorial Sctiolarahip Fund.
Nk»llno, a village polka officer from 1854 until his death In 1973, was
eulogized by Several speakers as a truly professional, courageous
law enforcement ofTicer and a compassionate iuid caring man. Among.
the riiembers of his Immediate family present at the party were (bol-tom
Photo. I. to r.l son Harry, a transit police offteen wife Virginia;
daughters Oonna and Jeannle; and son Jimmy. A third daughter,
Susan, was unable to be present. A special message from U. Gov.
Al OelBello was brought to the party by his representative. Bob '
Zimmerman (ibp photo, 3n> from r.). Others In photograph are
0. to r.) kxal businessman Sid Uetierman; Freeport Police Officers
George Siephenson and Rictiard' Neubauer; brothers Al and - Pal
Nfcolino; Freeport PBA presUent Jack Kllbrtde; Al Gordon, owner of
the Right Track Inn. who hosted the party; son, Harry Nicolino; P.O.
Jack Lundergan; brother Steve Nicolino: Zimmerman; Supt. of Schools
Jack B'lerwtrth; and Joe Sanctiez, Nassau Police Conference president.