The-Leader_1978-10-26

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FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
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NEWSPAPER
43rd YEAR. No. 26 FREEEPORT. NEW YORK. OCTOBER 26,1978 PRICE 2 0 * PER COPY
Court Rules In Elar's Favor
Owners To Be Polled Judge's Decision Would
On Garbage ^ -
Pickup Method Reinstate Police Chief
BRINGING BACKA. REPORT of a recent conference In Oak Park.
Illinols^whlch they attended as a result of funding by Citibank, Free-port
Aasbcl'atlon president Ellen Extract (1.) and vice-president Sara
Holfy (second from I.) met recently with Citibank's regional vice-president
Herbert Myers (r.) and the bank's local Community pe-lations
officer Sal Vella. Extract and Holly shared with the two bank
executives a copy of the Oak Park Equity Assurance Plan which, in
that village. Has succeeded in Increasing residential real estate values
" assures participating homeowners of a price of ,80% of the appraised
.'market value, provided they are In their homes and have had'the
pojicy for a minimum five year period. ' ~ .
Valedictorldn And Salutatorian
N0med At Freeport High School
FREEPORT. - Village home­owners
will 'be asked,' by mail,
whether they favor the retention
of back door garbage pickup, the
village board of trustees decided
last Monday night, October 23.
Referring to proposition 13.
the climate in the country and the
(soon to be begun) village budget
deliberations. Mayor William
White suggested that the board
ask the residents if they favored
FREEPORT - Village sources declined to speculate Tuesday. Octo­ber
247 about the possibility of an appeal to the day before's State
Supreme Court ruling that the position of Chief of Police in the
Freeport Police Force be reinstated. Both Mayor William H. While and
Village Attorney Michael Solomon explained that Justice Howard
Levitt's decision had been re­ceived
that day aiid would have to
be studied. The village Board of
Trustees holds its next meeting
Monday night, October 30. •
In June. 1977, the Board of
Trustees in a 4-1 vote'(Trustee
retaining the traditional garhagR~-« Wayne Jordan dissented) chaiig-ed
the then existing internal
structure of the. .village's • police
departmeiit by abolishing the
• position of chief of ptplice — held
at the time by Anthony Elar —
and setting up a three-member'
- Board--of-Commissioners. whose
chairman would "be t.s-"iaW';en-forcement
officer." At the same
time, in a separate motion, they
abolished the position of captain
in the department. Two captains
had retired; the third.. David.
Meehan. a 23-year veteran of the
force, was. appointed to the
S32,(XX). a year post of chairman
of the Board of Commissioners.
Village trustees Dorothy Storm
and Tom. Lovelidge were ap­pointed
to the other two non-salaried,
posts of police commis­sioners.
Elar reverted to a
lieutenant's slot with' the de­partment.
The Board explained the move.
at several public hearings and
meetings, as a combination of
economy (consolidation of
positions) and to effect a better
line of communications between
the trustees and the department.
Elar. through his attorney
Richard.Gaba of Mineola. filed an
Article 78 in the courts re<^uesting
a review of the muninp'altty's ,
action. The then Chief, who had
served eight years in |hat posi-
' tion. claimed that his rights under
civil service law'had been vio­lated..
According,-to.. Caba.j the
courts did| find that there was an
issue of the-fact and ordered a
trial which took place over three
' days in the spring of this year.
^ V Gaba explained that his client
alleged that police chief is a
competitve civil service position.
The court, he said, ruled that by
demoting Elar from chief — wheft;^
the position was abolished — the
village had violated his rights. A
municipality. Gaba said, could
abolish a position if they show it is
for economy reasons. This. .Gaba .
said, they could not prove: As
Chief. Elar's salary was S28.600:
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2 *• V^-^ V cfSoshuaS^alr^-;^ ;:^;::; , ^HrwiiliamDunckley^ •:••,.
FREEPORT^TTie'tWo top^uildhg'tttidenb in the'graduating d^
; at Freeport Higfi School have been named. Joshua Sigal; son of Alviii
•. /:'and^Harriet_SigaI of Ncw.Ygrk-Avende, w«s designated-valedictorian
" "^ oftheCIassof 1979.ran]arig'firstinthecIasFoffiOOstiidentf. Hisover-^
;. all average Is 96.053 {weighted;ayerage 111.421).-Winiam:Dnnkleyv-
'-' _the class^sidutatoriaiTnnksisecqnd.with-ah average of 95125 (ll()i49
. ^ weightedKI)anIJey"ls-tbe sqji bf^^^^^^^'^ ^-> ' - "-. '•
r -Hagood'and DorotliylJiinkieyrof ji fwe^on'tficAB test. In the sum-"
;'tEa$tB€i^eUStreet.^,•.;^.7;~.>:,. • merof i978;he attended Hanjp-
' SigaJ.-hji:^taken ,the -most'-"shiie* "College's program for.
- "rigorous ' cJoafses-foffered = .at: 'mathematics; - - - • • - .
t-~ Freeport High, Sdioql/MweD as'o;rln.'addition ^^ math'r Joshua.
•r^hang enrolled this"y^ in'thTM;/pmsii« in other scbo^
._" college' coanxs;'.pSmiim^dm^~^Jt^&ris w^ extra<articiilir.
; jnbction-irith'AddphrUmvenaty.^l;^^..'^^ Advanced •
'..: for.which hie will earn 18'd)lIegeM Plaonneiif -'-fA.P.)" X3ietmstiy;'
-I-:, credits. ~..-.•-":- . ' .-.• A-P.-Frendi.~A.P, JEngJish and.
- A member oTFrecEgrt s math - —
teams-for six. years, this .past
ynr Jie was Captaih;of the second
of the high school's three Mathr :
lete teams, "in-bfljt. ninth and
tenth grades, he puticipated
in the Long Island Math Fair. ,
receiving silver' • and bronze
medals respectively.' Last" year,.
Sigal.'took. Advan<xd Placement
Calculus and. attained z. score'xif.
A-P. Histoty. He -was liteataiyl
editor of • "Vintage," the high'
-school's litenuy maganne. and
Is its eiiitor^in-chief this year.:
Ah accomplished vit^imst.-
• Joshiw —. who also plays the
viola "— has studied raosic for
many years. He has played with
several -' renowned . orchestras
.'.•.'.•./.^.QWPnP^gr J6).;',,',.
pickup or if-they preferred to
save tax-dollars: by having the
village's sanitation department
switch to a curbside pickup.
White also proposed that the
Superintendent of the village's
-Public-Works-department, Ed..
Prefer, prepsire an estimate of
the savings on the sanitation
biidget between the two pickup,
methods. These figures would
then be mailed to the community,
which would be able to respond
on'an attached self-mailer.
Funds for the mailing, which
would come under public infor­mation!
would come from the.
public works'budgets.
The motion, which was passed
with no objection was made by
Trustee. Tom Lovelidge and
seconded by Deputy Mayor
Dorothy Storm.
During the discussion on the
. Mayor's suggestion, the possi-.
• bility of the village's-contracting
with a-private carting company*
was mehtioned.. - .
Speaking of the jjebate on the
issue by- the board of trustees-more
than a year ago._ White .
commented "I am still convinced
that the residents of the viDage^
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Apt. House Rre
InijiresTwo
FREEPORT.- A fire in a fourth !
floor.rapartment -at 150 South ',
Ocean ^Avenue in. the'village
resulted in the hospitalization iA_
• .two, Freei>ort. police" "officers .for'
smoke inhalation. .- , *-
• .Police officers John Kilbride;,;
and Cr^g Bell wete.'treatcd «•'
Lydia £. Hall hospital.for xtdAz^
_inhalation:.following the early
"^inbming blaze Saturday, jOctober
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'/;-Thejjrc. in'.'apartment.- 48,-;
'. was diHed in by the apaitpwnt's'-1
' lenantaboot I;47 am. According ''T\
': to. fire ^department, sources, the:
- Tenant had left a dgarette bnnn
r ing to go into the kitchen to n^ake
. herself something to eat. A while
later, she . noticed . smoke and -
•discovered the fire. -.f . , ^ __ _ „ ^
The fire was fought by the locaT HAND-MADE RAFFLE PRIZE." Menibera of ttiB Senio^ CHizsns pro-fire
department from thfc inside.~- 9^^"* afthe Freeport Recreation Centefjiare hard at worX finishing a
The buildihg a~ depanment ^""^ which wnl be raffled off May 8,1979. The seniors are members of
' nrpresentative.'expliinedrwas of V^ ''"'" W-Od«»wp which meets Tuesday mornings, 9:30-noort. in the
, . wood coiistraction.--;....,.; .. ;s«q'9''^"."fl^°/?*'e C€nter.:R2'(les-e« $1 each. , . . _ . .