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FREEPORT. NEW YORKrMAY 13> 1982
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Albany Mutilates Freeport, Baldwin
Redlstiicflng Cuts Both
Communlftes Info 2 Paris
.. ALBAKV • The Incorporated village--of Frteport-and-the-com--
munity of Baldwin will be cut into several different political tuits if the
redistricting plan just okayed by the Slate LegUlature is approved'by
Governor Hugh Careyi Because Carey is not eipected to veto the plan,
residents of Baldwin and Freeport are already beginning to qnestioo'
where ihey belong and whyf
new Assembly Disttict.spedScal-'
iy designed to ^e a minority
candidate an opportunity to win.
D'Amato, wbQ Ihres in Baldwin,
will finil that community split
at Merrick Road. Me.wiU retain
' the soolbem section, in which be
actually' fives, while those who
ntiic in tb« northcrp sector .wJH;
be Joined with Ocoinside, Rock-ville'Centre.
Lvnbrook and a
small piece of Vafiey Stream ta an
Assembly District now represetitr
ed by Assemblyman Dean Skelos.
__ D'Amato wlll-.aetnalhr_;repre^:
tent only -abotil nne-tUrd of Free-
"port undet4h!s new ptaii7borsaid
it won't diminish his efforts for-the
betterment of Freepoft.
F«i«B«tt«rAa -
ScMlerialDlatrict
" Presently • represented by
Norman 3. Levy in the Sute
Senate, Freeport and Baldwin
'IConl* on PiQc 4),
Four file For Baldwin -
School Bd; I For Ubrary
iSAlDWIN • According to Baldwfai School District Oeik Donna
SplneUi, foqr candidates have filed petitions to ran for potftiou on the
Baldwin Board of Education and there is one candidate for the one
available teat 00 the Baldwin libraiy Board of Trustees.
Incumbents VlctOt'Ro&e and Willlam.Ryan as welt as Kevin Kamen
. and James Mi^ee have submit
Village Treasurer Funeral Of Slain Pasiot
Dies Suddenly Siirs Anger, Memories
ESEEFOBT • James J. Lyons,
who had been Village Treasurer
since Jnne^ 1974 died late Tues-
Besides school districU, Ubraiy
districts, water jlbtricts, villa'ges
and towns. County residents live,
within the bounds of Assembly
Disricts, Senatorial DistricU"and .
Congressional Districts.- Present­ly
Ffceport and Baldwin residents
hive been represented by Ar-mand
D'Anv|to in the State
AsiemWy. Uomtn Levy Ui the'
Stale Senale. and Norman F.
lent In Congress.
D'Amato, who told ilHE LEAD­ER
this week that he feels the.
new district violates the COo«Pl_
of an incotporated village, wtll
have his district'cut hotuonfally.
east to west. The' areas south of
Atlantic Avenue will remain In
his Assembly District. Freeport
residents, who live north of At­lantic
Avenue, wilt be put with
Roosevelt, Hempstead, Union-dale,
and'a few election. dis­tricU
in North Merrick, to form a
FREEPORT - Police and firemen lined the road,- porisKiooers and
friends and relatives dnstered on the groiinds ooUide the church,
while Freeport police officers and fiieroen carried the casket containing
" the body of Ret^TTmotlg C. Petemana from his churchJojhefirejrqtt^
which would carry it to Piiielawn Memorial Park.
It w:as the community's final farewell to a man who bad been many
things since he amved from
^Bto^yn in July. 1968. He had
been pastor of the First Presby­terian
Church; a Trustee of the
Village of Freeport, having won
election in March, 1979; presi-
- _'T . JtiinoaJ.Ljrona'.
day afternoon. May 11. at lyiUa
E. Hall Hosrital in Freeport. after
dent of the local Ktwanis Chib;
a member of the village's 2onin{|.
Board; a member of Enrico Fermi
'Lodge, Sons of Italy; a member
and chaplain . of the. Spartan
Miwnlc. ,tQdge;^ forpier-.vice-^
presideiit anH member of Lydia '
E. Hall Hospital's Community
Adyisoiy^oard; past president'of.
'|he Freeport Uterfaith Clergy
Council: newly appnnted mem­ber
of the Nassau County Cora-artort
ffln«s. ra«araaa co- jt^t^Axx of the CraSv^TJepait-workera
of t ^ popular Vm^e of n,e„, of senior Cuizins Afciirs
"I think a living, growing tree •.
would be a suitable memorial to
Tim," said Mayor White.
People are reiMmberiog Tim .
Petemana in nuw ways: Many
spoke.of his visii»to them when
they were-in,-both in the hospital'
and at borne. "Hezanted to be
sure I wa» alrighf^ven-after I
came home,"-''{ifrt7^^<-Eiteeii r-
MafioneyttddTHElEADEB: "
^ e ^ l e f t us such beantifiil .
menxmes," • his'brother, Jona­than
said.'"There's not'many--
like him around: He was a special
guy-"
Jonathan Pedergnana (Tim
ted petitions indicting thdr
desire to run for the sdMot botrd.
There are two teats available and
the two canifidates with the
largest number of votes will win
the seaUs-UeaVd Melmaa b
running unopposed for the
Ubraiy Board teat wtdcb is
presently bdd I7 Ray Simon wbo
chose not to run for elecdon.
S'tmon had been appointed to fin
the seat far the unexpired term of
library President JaA Averbudi,' •
who rerigned for pertooal
teasou. ~ ^ ^
Both Robe and' Ryan' had run
for election three yean ago and,
as can£dates, were supported by
the tame organizatioa. That
group bad • been founded pii-oaiily'to
overturn the reorganiza­tion
pixn which was to ooosolidate
the tc^hoots and create a fifth and
, sixth- grade, center. .Suce, that
ttnieJlwwlrjrer.'Rysia'a^d twbe'i
voting xeconis have differed, and
now they are runi^g as separate
can<Udates and theu camMigns
are being endorsed by different
community,committees.
Leonard- Mefanao, the un­opposed
dmdidateJbr the Ubraiy
BMtd, l a s a kmg record 'of
involvement in comtnonity activi-'
ties in Baldwin specifically as a
member of the Budget Advisory
Committee 'of the Baldwin
Educatirmal Assembly.
The sdiool and libiaiy budget
and dectioo vote as wdl as'tbe
fefeieodom regarding the sale of
Coolidge School property win take
place on Wednesday, Jnne 9.
7 am-10 pm, at Baldwin Senior
High School. There winiy » PTA-sponsoted
Candidates'Toium on
Tuesday, May 25, at &30 pm at
the senior high school. AH
candidates are expected to be
, .present.to engage in formal
ddjate.' Questions''from Ac
'' (Cont.'on Pago 8)
Freeport official were stunned
andsaddyned as the newt spread
by telephone tfaroughoot the.
evening Murt. . - '.
Noted for bis diligence, hard-work
and loyalty to the'village,
Lyons was called "the nicest man
around" by everyone who knew
him. "1-have never beard one
person tayone bad word about
Jimmy Lyons'," villagc_inajror
William H. White said Tuesday
eveni'ng.
Although a qnidc check of
village records showed that the
60-year-oId Lyons first came to
the village't employ in 1950,
WMte — who had known him a
long time — believed t^t tyons
had more than 40 years in village
service.' According . to village
records, however, be was hirnl
in January .'1950 as a derk in the
Village Treasurer's office, then
became a bookkeeper, senior
accountant and — in 1968 —
Deputy Treasurer.
Village SQOices were unable to
check quickly enough, but it is
beBeved thai Lyons, who had
been.a >nllage resdent since he
Was five years old, had worked for
the village prior to service in tbe
United .States Army Ab Corps
daring World War D.
Whherwbo had been at the
hospital earBer in the day with
Lyoos' wife. Vera, described tbe
treasurer as a "workaholic.if
be didn't know tbe answer, be
found tbe answer," White
said, "noting that Lyons had
worked many Saturdays, Sondajrs
and nigfau particularly around
budget time.
Lyons was also praised by
White as insbumental in brining
(Contonf^S)
Housing Task Foge and the Day
CareCooncil.
. He had been many things to
many people: minister, counse­lor,
friend, civic activist', poUti-cal
.figure, social conscience;
and he had been son. brother,
husband and father.
I K 40-year-oId (xipalar and
activeTreeporter died Tbatsdny-mon^
g. May 6, exactly one
irioDth finom the day he was bru-talty
clubbed 00 the head, by a
still unknown assailant or assail­ants.
Peteniaba, who had never
come out of the coma he bad been
in for the past mooib, bad been'
foondlateaftemoonon'thedayof -
a rare April blizzard, lying in his '
office in a pool of blood.
Police are still searching for
^bose responsible for Petemana's
death and a community reward
of over S13,000 b offered for in-fonnatioo
leading to the appre­hension
and conviction of tbe
murdererfs). The inoit recent
contribution to the fund b S50
from the Explorer Scout troop
afiifiated with the'Freeport Foe
Department.
Tbb week, flags at all village •
sites are being flown half-mast
and blad bunting b draped over
an entrances to Village Hall, both
by order of Jdayor,William H.
White, who has declared a SOnUy
mourning period.
Village HaB employees and
other friends are also express­ing
their grief in another way.
Vfhite, in a letter to all village
employees and. chairpersons of
various boards and comsussloos,
toggested contributions toward a
tree planting bi ViUage Green,
aa-a .tpedti' memorial. iaWU
deceased trustee'.
Rev. Timothy C. Petentana
Petemana bad dunged the spell-ing
of hb last name), a hospital
administrator.' said Ms brother
had charisma, "a .ma^"-and.
people responded to bim. "He
was not a&aid to let people know
he lovedlbem or cared for them,"
said Pedergnana.
And one friend remembered
tiut .Tim PetCriiana could ay
when saddened or moved. "He
was a real person, not a&^d that
crying would diminish bb maafi-ness."
Services for Rev. Peteraaaa
were behl in hb dmrch on Moo-day
aftemooo.' May 10. Tbe nuim
floor and balcooy were SOed
and folding chairs had beea
placed in thr aisles of the bal­cooy.
People stood outside, la-tide,
a trwStioaal Pieahyteriaa
service was coodscted.
Tbe Meditatiaa was ^ven by
Rev. Stark Jones, minister of tbe
fofy^t Pi fsbyte^ian- pinrcfa. who
- (CorTt.onPaO«16)