The-Leader_1977-12-08

              PREEPORT
BAIDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MiERRICK
E«SI BEAOOl, H J 11551 ' FREEPORT'S
orfiEini
NEWSPAPER
42n(lYEAR No. 32 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. DECEMBER 8. 1977 PRICE ISt PER COPY
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days.'
Thtis Costlow, speaking at the
last Board of Edacation.meeting, '
gave a.thumbnail descriptionof
the.motivation behind the main- .
streaming program" — the
pn^ram throu^ which" handi­capped
students are taken oat of- •
isolated rooms are placed in
classes with those other students
. who, as'Castlow indicated, are'
. their peers. ,.Mainstreaming is
an initial step towards fighting .
the stigma that is often attached,
and that often farther cripples,
the handicapped child.
Though the number of sta^cvXs
involved is smair (approxiinately
125 are involved), the subject of
rnainstreaming -is of great e-iribtional
significance. The issue
has been- discussed at~ every
Board meeting" held this school
year, and was inrfaded in a well- -
received report to a State Sciute
Giramittee, delivered in Albany
only a few weeks ago by Boarf
member Sara HoUy and Free-port's
special education director.
Dr. John McCafferty.
Because of this growing in­terest,
and because the district's
J budget hearings — one of which
wfll'be devoted ia special c&X'
cation — will soon begin, THE
Robbery Spree }Ni\\Con\inuB ToSeek
FREEPORT - On Sundav. Federal Funds Alone On, Sunday,
December 4, somewhere between
the late aAemoon and early
evening, four homes in Freeport's
northwest , section were left
vacant. As iiiany-families do on a
Sunday afternoon, the houses*
occupants were out . visiting,
catching a movie,"" or, possibly
shopping for the' pending holi­days.
: In any case, as the four differ­ent
families returned home', they
made the • same unsettling dis-
; coye^. From:8:12 to 10pm that
night; the Freeport poHcie switch'
.-" -•'.b^ftichardSanden^
FREEPORT^'ftiiiBideaio senses'.' said;I)miaid,Costlow,.^i|)erin-
; fendeirt of Fireepott Sdmols.' '"We baifdnldren'eaing'to churcb s^ool-iorsholtogether,
playing togetiiCT.joim^ Gid
:Samts,t6gethef,"celd)rating,bVthdays t{)gether-r-lj'nude no s c ^ to-
'-\ separate them m school. They had to come to'school before the other
~ • student, leave aftCT the others, and eat'byithemsetves. Talk^ about a'
stigmal It's a wonder these kids didn't whimer away a!Ft^ thie first two
. FREEPORT. • The village Board of Trustees have voted against
joining a consortium with the Town of Hempstead. At this past Monday
night's Village Board meeting, Mayor Williajn White explained that ho
and Community Development director James Dunne bad met with
town officials and other municipal representatives In the area.
The town had asked all 21 ^dllages within Its boundaries to sign an
urban consortium for the purpose
LEADER felt that an in-<lepth
explanation of the' program was.
needed, ^interview, therefore; '
was arranged with Cbstlow and
McCafferty. '
Sitting in his office, Ctostlow
began by picturing the learning
conditions of handicapped
students before mainstreaming.
"It was largely a self-containoi
situatipn,'*he noted. "They came "
and left school at different hours,
they ate lunch at different times,
even their playground schedule
kept them apart-fom the others.
Their classes were usually, situat­ed
in the lower basement, or in.
some out-of-the-way comer of
the building. This was true in
every district of this county, and
unfortunately in some areas of
Nassau it still is, •
: "1 remember that when I was
an administrator at the Junior
High, I was told one day that a
group of mentally retarded
youngsters would be coming to
see me. They were having a room
problem and were being bounced
all over the place. When they
entered ran office I told them two
things: first, I would find them a
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(Coot, on Page 5)
of applying f<St federal funds,
such as Community Development
funding. If the village agreed to
this, Freeport would then not be
able to apply for some of the disr
.cretionaty, grants it has sought
and • received • in the past. As
, White explained, "we (Freeport)
would be , subservient to "the
towp." The.tdwn' wquld be the-board
received four calls,-each
reporting the burglary of a home.
tl^an^d' ^A.^vlet^nu^e^sr w^h^e*r^e ^u^p^cm-^^^^ dr- ^ ^ ^ ^ Vodfd'c boue lrdc SdFeHciedde'o wuih ^aint
arrival the .police found, the. rear any of ihe viUa^
door kicked in and the. drawers
throoghout the hpuieovcrtorned.
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Fourte«ii Jrtiirt
In 34Zar Crash
. ; FREEPORT,-. At 6:44 pm last
.Satiirday• "evening, * "William
Krupskiis of Freeport; pulled his
. car lido; the left iane-of 'Sunrise
Highway and cme to a halt at
, the iiitersection'of Long Beach
Aventie... Teii minutes later, he
' and 13 other'people .were rushed
;by FreeixJrt policel-to.Lydia .E-Hall
HospiW --r-the restilt of a
. three-car.collision. '
. 'Knipskas'.1970-Chevrolet was ..
heading west on Sunrise when -
- he stopped, intending to maEe'a
, left turn into Long Beach Avenue. .
But before Kriipskas could make
'the turn, for reasons unknown.
.'. his car was struck in'the rear by a
1%9 Oldsmobile, driven by"Jose
Barro and carrying four rhembers
of his family, all of whom are
Freeporters.
Moments later, a 1965 GM van
plunged into Barro's auto. At
the van's wheel was Jack
' Dimatteo of Bellroore; at the time
. he, had seven passengers with
him, all of them out-of-tojvhers.
The fourteen victims, ranging
. - in age fi-om 12 to 72, were taken
to Lydia E." Hall. All were bleed­ing.
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At the hospital,'Krupskas, age
28, was admitted with head
. injuries. The Barro family —Jose,
69; Carmelina, 41; Carmen, 37;
ATina, 37 and Tresita, 27 — was
admitted with neck injuries.
From the van Jack Dimatteo,
29, sustained abrasions of the leg,
while Carol Cassinova, 12,
suffered a concussion. The rest
of the van's passengers — Minnie
Dennis. 57; Ann GiGasso, 72;
Francis Einmctt, 67; Barbara
Koster, 51; Delia Cassinova, 52
antl Carlos Cassinova, 53 — were
Accotdinfe'to -White; the town "
would . probabl/' have - enough,
villages without Freeport to go
ahead with a consortium.
" Public Hearings.-
The. Board directed' village
counsel to prepare for two public
hearings: to be held Monday.
December 19, 8 pm,'One would
discuss the viDage's proposed use
of federal revenue sharing funds;
the second would ^amend the
village code of ordinances to aQow
the fraadsed Cable-TV firm to
solicit accounts from door to door.
^ Woodek^ Ainnte
Jd ConaoTApach II, a retail
fish maricet on Wooddeff
Avenue,. req.uested the board's
permission to-, hang holiday
banners across the street. The
village's electricdepartment has .
done this '" for ; other -. retail" .
merchants. The store owners
provide the display baimers In
each case. The Board granted the
permission' Swith - the. stipulation
that the .bannerswoold-carry noi-specific
advettistng a^d would be.
: removed by'January 15,1978; "
' '~'Moire Afobey For Roads';.
:,Thfe:.; vmigc; ;ius; R»32,OOQ;
remaining from .the'publb works-act
fimdlng it received earficTv .
The MaycK was authorized to sign -,
an agreement with Storch Engl-'
neers for additional costs they will
.incur in planning for this expendi­ture.
Freeport Village' Cle* Tom
DeVmcenim told THE LEADER"
the; nioney would be'. i«ed for
handicapped ramps' in ' Housing'
Improvement Area I,.aprons and;
sidewalks on dautome Place and.
drainage ditches. '
Handlcaj^ted PrognuD
, The village signed, an agree-
• ment with Nassau Couiity to allow
' them to use the Recreation Center
pool for a winter swim program
(Cbnt.onPageT)
admitted with neck injuries.
BUSY AT WORK. With the InteriocWng "brick" walkway of the Free-port's
Mall virtually completed, workmen are busily painting the
supports of the weather-protecting canopies a nautical blue and the
underside gray. The canopies are brightly lighted to allow for comfort­able
lafe-hour holiday shopping".. •',