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FREEPOkT. NE\y YORK. APRIL 16,1981 PRICE 2 0 * PER COPY
Freeze Lifted On Hiring >
Police, One Woman Picked
FREEPORT - In approving eight Freeport residents for employment
^ yillafie Pohce Officers, the Village Board of Trustees has also paved
the way for the first female on the tbrce. Susan Kretzmer, a i/-year old
Waitress, was one of \he eight approved during an eiecutivesession^f
the Board Monday night, April 13.
The seven others are Alberto
Villanueva, Gery Muniz, Kevin
Noll. Robert Paulik Jr., Thomas
Drew, Thomas Garrity and
Christopher Wilson. AH eight
passed a Civil Service Test and
are on a list established March' 4,
1981 by the Nassau County Civil
Service. They have been ap­proved
_for employment as of
There is- budgetary "provision
for 80 persons in the Freeport
Police -Department, but the
village has not previously hired
any to replace those who recently
retired.- Legal action had been
pending against the Nassau
County Police Department by
the U.S. Jtistice Depa!rtmeiit.
which cited too few minority
- « r - uw p>fc»ctn»"tfaric;"T'recpoff
has only .72 on the depsutment's
April 27 when they will begin members on the County forest:. _
the Nassau -County Police Acad-
The eight are the first officers
hired by the village since March
1977 according to a village
;pok£sp£iso
would bring the force up to fiill
strength. Two officers, howe-/er,
are presently on sick leave and
(Cont. on Page 16)
FUNNY BUNNIES. Freeport Police Officer John Westermann (I) and Sgt. Bryon Sullivan pose among
many of the big and little bunnies who visited the Freeport Mall last Saturday at the Invitation of the
Freeport Chamber of Commerce's Retail Division. While fathers were busy photographing the four
Playtioy Bunnies, the youngsters enjoyed'games anj participated in a costume contest. Each.of the
young contestants received gifts, with the winner receiving.a bicycle. Assisting the Retail Division in
the event, attended by some 300, were Conte Cadillac, Puddles' Pub, Samet's, the Stage Band of
Freeport HighSchool, the Freeport Fire Department and the Freeport Police Department. Chairman
was Nat Mizrahi of B & N Stores.
Freeport School Vote May
Be Delayed Until June 17
FREEPORT - Insufficient information from AJbany apparently will
result in a change in date for the Freeport School Budget vote. At a
special meeting of the Board of Education Monday evening, April 13,
the Board voted to change the date of the budget vote, and school
board election, from Wednesday, May 20 to Wednesday. June 17.
Sara Holly, president of the
School Board; said the change
was necessitated by the present
' "impasse" in Albany. "We
don't know" what-we will be;
getting for state aid," said Holly.
"We feel we cannot go to the
public without the bottom line."
Holly said she had been on the
telephone that day with repre­sentatives
of the State Legislature
and the Governor's office. The-
Scnate. Assembly and Governor
all have Afferent proposals
which would mean varying
amounts of state aid for the
Freeport School District in
1981-82. Under the Governor's
proposal, Freeport would receive
an citra SI .2 million in aid.
The Senate proposal would give
Freeport an additional SI.9
million; and the Assembly
proposal was somewhere in
between: an extra $1.5 million
for Freeport.
Save-harmless districts do not
have the same problem as the
Freeport School .District, Holly
said, because they know just
about what they will receive.
Freeport, however, cannoj be
sure. The CAP on operating aid
has been lifted, said Holly, and
the district will therefore receive
more than last year, but is
uncertain just how much more.
According to Holly she had
been told that the delay was due
to "Medicaid...Until Medicaid
is solved." she said, "they (the
lawmakers] are not discussing
anything else in the budget."
With J8.000 in the budget
representing one cent en the tax
rate, the $700,000 span betaeen
the highest and lowest^ state
proposals could mean a" tax
difference of nearly 88C per $100
assessed valuation fOf Fieepun
School District taxpayers.
One Lul Try,
On Wednesday
Holly said letters about the new-date,
would be mailed to all
district residents. But first, she
said, she would make one last set
of calls to Albany on Wednesday,
(Cont. on Page 9)
f'ieldsa Wins
F.D. Election
FREEPORT - A 15-year
veteran of the Freeport Fire
Department woi\ election as its
new third Assistant Chief m
the department's aimual chiefs' ,
election held Thursday evening,
April 9, at Freeport Fire Head­quarters.
Lester G. Fiddsa, ex-
Cajptain of Emergency Company
No. 9, had a 10 vote margin of
victory over his nearest opponent
in the three-way" race. This was
Fieldsas third try for the office;
Fieldsa bad 104 votes. _His
opponents were George Mul-holland
with 94 votes and Lee
Tucholski with 82 votes.
A life-long resident of Free-pert,
Fieldsa is an electronic
engineer with' Grumman Aero­space.
He and his family live on
Branch Avenue.
Others Rao Unopposed
Running unopposed were
Fir<t Assistant Chief John
Combs, who received 175 votes
to become the department's
next Chief; Second Assistant
Chief John Proventano who
received 164 votes on the First
Assistant Chief line; and Steve
Wenk. the Third Assistant Cluef.
(Cont. on Page tO)
FOLLOWING THE ELECTION of Freeport Fire Department Chiefs
(lop photo), incoming Chlefjonn tximbi (f.) Is wiiyialulated on hiti
unanimous win by village Deputy Mayor Dorothy Storm and village
Trustee Al Sirlin (I.) as outgoing Chief William Sarro looks on. Sarro
was unanimously elected Second Batallion Delegate. Unanimously
elected with Combs were (bottom photo) First Assistant Chief John
Provenzano (r*) and Second Assistant Chief Steve Wenit (2nd from I.),
who joined Combs and the newly elected Third Assistant Chief Les
Fieldsa (I.) in expressing unity for the coming year. (See story this-page.)
(LEADER photo)