The-Leader_1985-10-10

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Official
Newspapei
Village ol
Freepjrt
Freepbrt
School District
Baldwin
School District
FREEPORT. NEW YORK.
51st YEAR. No. 25
OCTOBER 10,1985
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New Crisis At Lydia Hall Hospital
Baldwin Band Doy
this Sot., Oct. 12
School Bands To Ploy
During Game Half-Time
Own er Notifies State
Of intent To Ciose
FREEPORT - Most of the windows of the block-long hospital have
been dark this week, as thenumber of patients at Lydia E. Hall Hospi­tal
in Freeport has been reduced to, THE LEADER was told this Tues­day,
four. Apparently, from the number of employee cars parked in the
hospital's lots, the staff has also been drastifrally reduced.
Tliis is not the first time, the
Village Opposes
Apartheid By
Changing Banks
FREEPORT - The village will
be withdrawing more than three-quarters
of a million dollars from
its accounts in Citibank, accord­ing
to a decision made, by the
Freeport Board of Trustees at
its Monday evening, October 7th
meeting.
The village's most recent re­action
to the situation in South
Africa is its decision not to' de­posit
its funds in banks doiiig
business with South Africa.
According to a statement of
recommendation read by Mayor
; Dorothy Storm "the only village
bank to coiitinue to do so is Citi-
Ijank. The village will be with­drawing
a total of 5788,037 i5rom
its village and Community De­velopment
accounts in Citibank.'
Mayor Storm said, "in light of
recent developments occurring
in South Africa and my revulsion
towards President Botha's
obvious refusal to set a time table
for needed change to eliminate
,- • the repugnant policy of apartheid,
it is my recommendation that the
village accounts held on deposit
"in Citibank, including Commun­ity
Development accounts, be
transferred to other depositories
within the village not doing busi­ness
with South Africa."
Referring to firms bom whom
the village 'purchases items.
Storm continued "With regard
to low bidders. Village Counsel
is stin awaiting word from State
Audit and Contrd/ who will' de-
• (ermine whether or not we may
avoid awarding to a low bidder
if he does business in" South"
Africa."
For several months, the Village
Board has been reacting to re-
- quests by and then criticism frxim
residents, and has been develop-
• ing a policy of how to deal with
firms that do business with South
Africa.
In light of the South African
(Cont.onPagelO)
..BALDWIN - Band Day in B^ddwin will be held Saturday, October 12.
during the half-time of thb Baldwin Bruins home football game with
Freeport. * • . "
. The Baldwin Senior High Marching Band, directed by Noel Borden,
will present a show basid iipon the theme "On The March." Drum
Majors Shane Smith and Melissa
Schuiz will'read the group in
performing "Pasta Del Sol,"
"Let It Be Me" and "Spirit of
Spring."
Robert Notto, Director of the
Baldwin Harbor -Junior High
Marching Band, has selected
"Black Knight Mareh" for this
organization's performing num­ber.
Captains are Drew Pantu-liano
and Zachary Heniy, with
Stefanie Broder and Jeh'nifer
Birmingham comprising the Color
-Guard. Cegal Brandel and Kathy
Green are the featured twirlers.
- The School- District Elemen­tary
Band is comprised of instru­mentalists
from all seven elemen­tary
schools. It will play "It's
A Grand Old Flag." Rudolf
Aurori is the conductor. ' ,
"Marching Home" will be
played as the massed band finale'
under the leadership of Harriett
. Bartlett, Director of Music and
Fine Arts for the Baldwin Public
Schools.
Refreshments for the partici­pating
musicians .will be pro­vided
by the Baldwin Friends of
Music. Mrs. Bartlett has con­veyed
"thanks...tb this organiza­tion
for its continuing support, as
welt 'as the instrumental music
teachers and parents, whose en­couragement
makes this event
possible." '
Chorde To Present
"Mos\ Happy f=ella"
hospital's patient census has
been cut voluntarily by its own­er.
Dr. Carl Neuman.-'nor is it
the first tiine employees have
been let go in large numbers.
Neuman has threatened to close
the hospital in 'the past and he
has been, in negotiations for
nearly two years with some 40
of the staff doctors who are will­ing
to purchase the hospital and
, keep it open, as one of them said
this week, "not just for our prac­tices,
but for the cominunity."
This in fact is not the first time
Neuman has closed one of his
hospitals. The former Syosset
' Hospital was owned by Neuman.
It .also had had troubles, but
eventually was purchased and
reopened. Syosset was an easier
matter, the doctors wanting to
purchase Lydia E. Hail explain.
At Syosset, Neuman didn't ow-n
the land. There is a S9 million
mortgage o'lr Lydia E. Hall
Hospital.
BUI Fagel of the New York
State Depa^ment of Health told
THE LEADER that the depart­ment's
New Rochelle office had
received a telephone call from
Neuman on October 7 that he
planned to close the hospital,
"due to increasing financial
problems...Our people were sup­posed
to be there today," Fagel
said the next day, explaining that
before the facility closes Neuman .
needs to file a' formal closure
plan. Then he would surrender
his operating certificate.- Once
that happens, purchase of the
hospital by the group of doctors
would be more than difiicult..
The hospital would have to re­main
closed until another operat­ing
certificate could be issued, a -
.process that could take-l& months
to two years.-:
But negotiations have hit a
snag, a snag that apparently can
b; ironed out only be federal
ofiicials.
Acc»rding to the doctors. Medi­care
insists that Neuman ow-ts
them somewhere between $5
million and SB million in over­payments
made by the federal.
agency to the hospital.. Neuman
has disputed the fact that the
.hospital owes this money. Several
of the doctors, who are among
those negotiating for tbe pur­chase
of LEH, claim that the over­payment
- was not Neuman's.
fault, but was the.fauU.6f Medi­care.
The federal government claims
that Neuman's debt is an obliga-'
tion which must be assumed by
the purchasers of the hospital.
They in turn apparently dispute
(Cont.onPageS)
FREEPORT - The Freeport
Community Chorale; under the
direction of Gerald J. Kirby,
will present -The Most Happy
Fella", with full orchestra,
on-friday and Saturday evenings
of November 8, 9, 15 and 16 in
the auditorium of Freeport High
School.
This will be the Chorale's
38th production.
While the Chorale fiinctions
as part of the Freepcfrt Adult
Education, its reputation for
musical ptoductions - of profes­sional
quality has brtjugbt its
members from all parts ^ Long
Island. This year's cast of more
than 60 come from the north
and south shores of Nassau Coun­ty
as well as Suffolk County.
Bas^d on "They Knew What
They Wanted" by Sidney Ho­wards,
the play is about a middle-aged
Italian named Tony who
owns a vineyard in Napa Valley,
California; Tony is having a nuul
order love affair with Rosabella,
a young girl from San Francisco.
"The Most Happy Fella" writ­ten
by Frank Loesser is filled with
humor and romance, sadness and
joy; the_ music is "rich;" the
dancing "exhilaratuig.''
Richard Stiuhl of Massapequa,
a newcomer to the chorale but
not to the stage, will play the
lead part of the lovable Tony
Esposilo. Myma De Silvo rf
Merrick has the part of Tony's
overiy-possessive sister, Marie.
The young and charming Rosa-
• bella will be" played by North
Babylon resident Barbara Kirby,
who has played many roles in past
Chorale productions, the most
recent of which was Eliza Doo-liule
in "My Fair lady."
Other Chorale favorites in­clude
John Donahue of Bald­win
as Doc, John Holly of Free-
(Cont.onPaaelt)
STUDENT HONORED BY AAA. Caroline G. Atkinson School sixth
grader Corey McMahon (c.) has been awarded a National Merit Cita­tion
by the American Automobile Association for the traffic safety
poster he created last year. Above, Corey is flanked by PTA Council
Safety Committee Chairpersons Joann Aymar (1.) and Carol Klarikailis
(2nd 1.). District Art Chairman Raymond Johnson (2nd r.) and District
Transportation Coordinator Ronald Braz (r.). Corey proudly holds his
award-winning entry from last spring's AAA-sponsored competition
HIS pester, illustrating the theme "Buckle Your Safety Belt " is now on
display In AlHns'on School.