The-Leader_1982-02-18

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FBEEPORT, NEW Y0RK;_FEBBUARyj.8.1982
4«hYEAR, No. 43 •
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CrimeRgurefSli^^ trtiid
v«la9o^plko Report For 1981 Shows A
urg ars ^2% Increase In freeport
FREEPORT - VaUge police
ofTtcen figoicd prosidnentiy in
several recent anests of stup«:ts
charged in bursaries and other
ctimfes in the Freeport a;ea.
Early Tuesday . ' morning,
February 9, Freeport Police
OfBcen Arthur 2Smmer and John
Westennana were' investigating
an tftoaytaoat call of a "burglary
in prpgres*"- at a BrooUyo
Ayehne store. JU-abont AxX aa,-
ihey spotted i van partied lo the
(Coni.onr^0ie)
A SWEET WELCOME. FrMport VlHag* Mayor WlUiam Whit* dipped
Into hi* biflM cshtiy wpply td waloom* Diana Sowall, • ttudant at
Bayvlfw Avanua School, and Qaorgo Oamrau wtib attend* Oodd Junior
HlQh School. Thachlldran cam* u rapratantatlvaa of Namu County'a
Big Brothan/Slttara program, ..which aulgna raapbnslbia adult
voluntaara to atnglo parent children lor thajMnallts ol a on«-io-on«
relationship. This March, Freeport wHI ba a participant In Iha "Battle
ot the Vlllaoas,'! to tea which'community can come up with the m6tt^
new voluntaara. Diana It on« ol 125 children walllhgto ba matched
with a voluntear while Qeorga already haa a Big Brother. Realdentt
Iniereatad in voluntaaring are urged to call 489-7440.
crimes in 1980.
The.l98t tolalof 2.922 ^mts US
more than the numbet
-for 1980, which was 2.S04. a modi
.-•'smaller jump than the increase
between 1 9 ^ and 1980. In 4979
the total m i ^ cxisie*'reported
was 2 ^ J , . •;-26.S%>iiiaease:
between that year aitd 1980.. .
- Even '-more dgnificint,' while
A * • #u .a r'lT t%M tsatiooal ' statisQcs apparently
S e s s i o n s S i d i t rBD> Z 4 Iwe beeirshowing an increase in
borglatks, Freepoft's number cf
FREEPORT- UnliEe the rat»^inflation, and unlike the sUtistics on
crime in many other jKctions of the country, Freeport's crime rate
increase has slowed down considerably this pastyear. Acconfing to.
figures released'recently by Freeport-Chief of Police Antbony^Elar,
the number of major crimes i s Freeport diuing 1%1 increased "only
4.2% over the nufflberofrepmted
FrMtMHf Scfibpl Budget
reported bnrglariea dropped froin
1.064 in 1980 t i 1.001 in 1981.
The figures were mp^^gher,
however, than the 1979 total of
75S burglaries.
' Freeport's increases in major
crimes between 1979 and 1980
apparently were higher than the
pared by ;tbe Federal Bureau of
JltxestigatunT'initgljiTy -was up
14ft-ia-1980, oyer 1981 figures,.
far 1 ^ than the Freeport figures
during the same years. Unfortu­nately,
, natirwial figures are
released later than local ones and '
tbe 1980 figures were:pobBabed..
by the F.B J. in September, 1981."
The 1981 numbers wiUnot be
avulable probably - until Fan,
1982.
\ Besdes bnrgU^ties. there was a
decrease in the unniber of murder
or manslanghter cases in the
Bo/dfw/n School Board "~-
Hears Job Resfrucfurlng
byJoanOelaney
BALDWIN • Superintendent of Schools Dr. Rofland Jones, presented
his Job Restructuring Plan for thc'Baldwin Sj^hoot District at the Bald-
.win Board of Education'* February 10 meeting. The plan, which was
developed over^the past year with input ftom the Administrator's
CouncUrdlstnct staff and principals, outlines the philosophical con­cepts
behind^the tcstmctnring
icd the objectives that Jone* pUn assessed the- external
hopes to teaSxe- thtoagh the' environment (the cooimnnity).
-/-hinfff^ Ttwwwfsnometrtionof the eipectotions of the com-vilUge
in 1981. JnJhoth 1979 and
1980. three cases Jrere reported;
in 1981, the number was 2.
Other figures compiled by the
Village's Police Department for
1981 were rape..up one fnMn the
' (Cont. on Page 16)
specific personnel not w*« tbe
rinandal impact of the plan
included in what was intended as
1 pbilwophica] dociudeat with
practical apptkatioos.
The basic emphasis of the plan
is tbe developioent of a veitieal
line of authority (K-12) which will
be mote efficient and allow for
greater articniatioo. The under­lying
qnestioos which form the
basis of the plan indnded a study
of what ttte real business of the
school district b . what tbe goals
are, whether the district is
capable of reaching its goals by
the present structure and whether
the knowledge, capabilities and
commitment of- Jbe present
management team are adeqiute.
To arrive at its condnsions, the
FREEPORT - The first hi a '
. series ' of budget workshop
- meetings o( the Freeport Board of
EducaMD win take place Wed­nesday
night, Febnuiy 24, at
8 Dm, in the library of A.tkinson
School, West Seaman Avenue.
thJ^Mk^lSd' iStoS^'^'SteS J«tofthenaHoa.butthej«tt^_pr^nousy^
•TM \rI;™nJr?I. ^Sil . S K ^ *>»» ««>'' tevetsod Itself. In the 147 cases, an increase of 45;
-l^ms^TsA T i . ^ ^ V reie«ed national "Crime in assault, a jump of five to S3:
distrirt'* 1982-83 budget, hems ~^''«""'^«' states report, pre-to
be covered inchtde utilities, v
.'^orations and maioteiance, ^
paymeots to others, and business
administration. '_
Two miore workshop sessions
have Jbeen scheduled. On Vfid-ivesday
evetUng. March 3. the'
Board nill go over items in
Section n of the. upctuning
budget, dealing withlthleties and
co-cnrricular activities, alternate
schools, instructional administra­tion
and instructional- support
staff.
Tbe third Wednesday evening.
session, March 24- will feature a
munity, and the dlstricff-peit—adlii;s-c|uns5sliiouni toifu innastlr-u»ctatifoln'.a l mspaetevriia-l-
' ' '"•" *"""*" " education and ancillary services
to pupils, all item* induded fai
Section IB of the. school district
budget.
The two March meetings will
also be held in tbe hbtaiy if the
Atkinson school and will be^n at
8pm.'
The district-wide Budget Hear­ing
is scheduled for "nmrsday,
April 22, at a pm, at Freeport
High School. Following tbe pabFic
hearing. tbe~Bc«rd of Education
will hdd a special meeting, at
which time they plan to vote on
the proposed budget.
The public vote on the tradget,
and for one seat on the Board of
Education, b . scheduled^JOT
Wednesday. May 5.
formance induding both its
strengths and weaknesses. A
disdpUned approach to instruc­tional
improvement. better
meshing of long and short term
objectives as weQ as personal and
district objectives, more flexibili­ty
in respcKxfing to diange, the
effective use of human resources,
and operatiooal and financial
improvements were stated ' as
primary goab.
After outlining the goab to be
attained and the principles of
organization to be considered,
Jones showed a chart of over 130
specific- responsibilities which
have been or should be assigned
to specific persons. Job descrip-
(Coot. on Page'&)
DININQ "DIViNELYU' Ten senior parishioners of Our Holy Redeemer_
Church.enidyed a J'Divine Dinner" recently thanks to Mr. and Mrs.-
Gregory Oudek, who donated a prize they had won of a dinner (or 10 to
he prepared and served tiy OHR parish priests. Among the guests —
who represented all seniors who have serve;^ the parlshin the past,
who are still serving or wtwrn the parish n^serves_=_were Mrs.
BftillDa Scalamahdre (c.) and Mrs. Vera Licence <r.). who at 92 was the .
oldest parishioner at the dinner. Starting the dinner. Rev. Salvalore
MIraglla carves the turkey, observed by (I. to r.J the Rev. Vincent
Hagen; Monslgn<rr Saverlo Mattel, who was the maltre d', and the
Rev. Donald BablnskI, the waiter. A popular prize offered al the OHR.
School Auxiliary's annpal fashion show last year, the dinner will again
be donated by the parish priests (or this year's shoy( to be held on
March 25 al Salty Bay Yacht Club. Chances will be available lor those
who would like to try to win this special djnner prepared by Ihe priests
' andservedintherectory or ihewinneV'stiome. (See story on page 13.)