The-Leader_1983-11-24

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FREEPORT. NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 24,1983
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Stadium Committee Finishinfl Job
Sawyer Hearings At ^^XT^J:;"" "*'"'
Half-Way Point
Dghi Street Yesflmony Concenfrafes
Robberies Reported Q^ /^f^ Sampling Process
in 5 Day Period
FSEEFOBT - The Citizens Adrisorj Commitlee for the disposition of
the Freeporc Manicn>al Stadiun is apparently approaching its final
'days, XTOding to Jolm DiGrazia. its duirman. The /nmmittee, Vhicb
was appobted by Village Mayor William H. WIdte on Jnly 11, has been
interriewing pioapettiTe nsers of the Stadinm, wliicfa — tip to tlie end
of the sainmer months—was the.
FSEEFORT - As (he holidays
draw nearer, more than just a
ronltitode of Santa Clauses or
hordes of package^arrying shop,
pers taice to the streets. Each
year, as November draws to a
close, there appears to be an
increase in street robberies.
Between Wednesday, Novem­ber
16, and Sunday, Nonm-.
ber 20 eight robberiej or at­tempted
robberies were repotted
in Fiecpoct.. _^^
Among them was t^e^obbery
NovembCT 16 of a 7S-yeu-oId
man, who liad stolen from
hira, among other things, his
1927 high school ring.
According to Nassau County
Poice, the robbery occurred
at S-.4S pm, as the victim was
allegedly walking to his car
through parking field #4, at
Main Street and Broadway,
Freepott.. Aocordfaig to poHce,
the elderly man was apprehended
bjr three male blacks who grabbed
' htm and spun Mm around.
Sutfaig that they had a gun,
the three demaiided the victim's
money. .' '
Xhe trio then Sed on fool with
the ring and S40.
No injuries were itpotted
and the inrestigation is con-tinning.
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OnNortkCrore
The fbHowing ertning, Thurs­day,
November 17, at 8-.^ pn>, a
pedestrian robbery was reported
by police. The victim, a 32-
year^old woman, was walking
in front of 70 North Grove Stiret,
when allegedly two male blacks
pushed h a to the ground and,
' taking her' pocketbook, fled the
sceneoaibot.
The pdcketlxiok was recovered
a bkxk away with S30 missing.
No injuries were reported.
Victim Ii^fured
Earlier thai Thnrsday, at about
7 pm, a S2-year.old man walking
on Bensoo Place was reportedly
_ by Joan Delanty
BALD WIN - The second of fbttr days of scfaedoled pobBc horags in
the case of the Baldwin School District against industrial Arts teacher
Kobert Sawyers took place on Monday, November 21. The Crst day of
heatings had taken place on Tuesday. October IS (See THE LEADER.
October 27) and the hearing doe to take place on Thursday, November
17 was cancelled.
Sawyers has been accused of
tampering with an air testing
devfce at the Baldwin Junior High
~Schoo) by "introdncing a foreign
substance into, the machine's
intake filler." He denies the.
charges.
The panel of hearing oSices
consists of Dr. Mi(£ael V.
Santopdo, chosen by the school
district; Morton BosenfeU,
chosen by Sawyers; and , the
Chairman of the Panel, Jonas
Sihrer Esq., a^^eed to by both
parties. According to Education
Law 3030a, Sawyers may request .
that the bearings be public.
The first day of hearings liad
indnded tloee witnesses:
Baldwin Jmikir High School
principal John Fitzsimmoos; -
Manager of Plant and FadBties
Sheldon F^icfas; and teacher Tim
Chamtiers. Their testimony
centered primarily on the day in
qnestion, March 4, and the cir­cumstances
lea(fing up to and
foUowing the allied incident
and the coovetsation between
ataml)ers and Sawyers.
This second day of beatings
concentrated on the tedinical
aspects of the air sampGng
process, and Jerome Ehrlicfa,
attorney for the sciwol district,
called John King, ah employee of
TAKA Asbestos AnaJytieal
Services; Thomas A. Knlnc, the
Preddent of TAKA; and a teach­er'*
aide who was atiigned to the
school on March 4, the day of the
alleged incident. Atlcney Robert
D. Clearfield represented Saw­yers,
and seated with Um were
John McKabaray and Snssell
Herrmann, Pre^dent of the
Baldwin Teadiers' Association.
King, win was questioned con­cerning
Jhe instaOatioa of the air
The suspects, one-armed with
a stick, grabbed the 'victim,
taking his wallet containing
(Cant, on Pag* V
mediankra wUch' indndes a
sudioo. device and filteT. - He
irated that he was instructed to
complete samples at half hoar.
one' hour.;« two boor and^dx'
hour internls. Qnestiuted as to
his background, Kfogsaid that be
was a roemba- of the Nassan
County PoBce Scientific Investi­gation
Boreaa, as weS as an«m-ployee
of TAKA. It was in his
capacity as an employee of TAKA
that he iiad conducted the
samidings.
King said thai when Ise was
removing' the . filter bom' the
corridor machine after the two
hour sampSng, be noticed "some
type of whitish color of ddris in
the filter." Be said that he had
not Qoticed this in any of the other
filler\ sid~>o. be placed an
asterisk on the log sheet: He also
indicated that a cnttodian named
Bruce game fam a {nece of
material which lodted l i e boflet
wrap which he Cook bade to his
employer for testing. He later
described coming again to the
bnikEng on Match 16 to.collect
samples from ceiBng tiles in the
comdcrarea.
. Under qnestioaing l>y Clear­field,
King said Ihu be bad
requested that somenne momtor_
the madiiiic. but thai he has no"
idea wbetlier or IKA anyone did in
fad do that. He said that be
personally <Sd not stay during the
entire time and in &d left the
boihfing . between "1400 and
1600." Clearfield questioned him
as'to certain notations oQ tfie k>g,
the times he changed the filters,
and the results of the analytis.
King said that be beard that the
bulk testing of the botlet wrap
indicated asbestos. ' .
The questioning of Knbic was
more technical since he was pre-
' sented as the "expert witness"
and Boch time was nenl estab-
Bshidg:' Ms profesttmal cte-
Knbic ^ » described tbe-p(ocesi^:
of installatioa and analyses. '
After mocfa ezplaaatioo of dif-
'^|Cani!cnPao«e),.
s l e of weekend car stodc races.
According to DiGraria, the
committee will next meet Decem­ber-
7. Although there are no
prospects schednlcd foe tlie meet­ing,
the cotninitlee miglit still
meet in exetative session,
whidt -^ according to the law —
is pemussible when real estate
matters are ifiscitssed.
DiGrazia says ids commitlee
would then aol meet agdn until
after tlie first of the jear, because
of the bo&days.~bnt be would
hope to have rommittrii t^tembers
vote in Jannaty and send, to the
Village Board, their recommenda­tions
at>aot the future use of the
stadium and its land.
Aocncdittg to DiGraria, wtn is
also chairman of the village's
Flamnng Board, the committee's .
first meeting in January would
piobaUy not be in executive
sessioa..He would plan at.that
Ume, he said this week to THE
LEADER, to ask the members
bow they feel about the different
proposals received.
Advertisemeats describing the
staifium have already been placed
in the New York Times Seal
Estate section. Several members
of the committee, DiGraiia said,
had suggested ads also be placed
in Variety, in order to appieal to
enterlaimnent interests and pro-.
maters, but that ad IS tUn waiting
. for budgetary approval, by the
Village Board.
Hnry iViIlat^ one of the com­mittee's
three. itieml>ers, who
have been vociferous in asting for.
more detailed information on the
stadium's financial pictnre, had
written the Variety ad with Jean
Peters, the village's publidty
director. Pollack tUs Tuesday,
November 22, expressed ccocero
alxjot the dday in the ad's
appearance in the entertainment
newspaper, it seemed apparent
to him that by the time the Vaiage
Board approved tbe^expenditnrr.
'which he bad expected .lo" have
occurred the evening i)efore, and
the ad wbold run, t£re would be
little time, to receive proposals
before the December 7 meeting'..
When the Village's -10-year-
Icase with thd Campi bmily, car
radng ptomoters. came to an end
at the dose of the summer
. season. Mayor. White said he.
would not renegotiate a lease with
them. White has taken the stand
that instead the sale of the
property woold bring increased
revennes into the village and
therefore be more advantagraus
to taipaying property owners.
Card Woods, pteddent 'of
Soatfa of Sunrise Gvie Asaocia-tipn
(SOSCA) and a metaber of.
the Stadinm Commitlee. Pollack
— wlvo is presdent cf Stearns
Park CMc Associadoa — and
Fran Campione. president of
North East FreeixM CSvic Asso­ciation,
tend to disagree. Woods
says that the cnmmHl'ee received
(Oont.anPaiBa4)
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THANKSGIVINQ TIME, and th« (Irxt graders at Our Holy R«SMmer
(ompltn with • msgniflcem turkey, roaMad by th*<r teacher, Ooreen
Nagrodstcy, and all the (ixJngs.induiang cranberrtas and stutllng.
prapared by many of the mothara. who alaa halpad aerv* tha meal.
(Photo by Ed Arrandal*)