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FBEEPORT. NEW YORK. JUNE 10,1982
47th YEAR, No, 7
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Legisldture Restoreslost School $$
Baldwin Passes School, Ljbraiy
Budgets; Ooolidge Proposal Wns;
Ryan, Magee Elected ToSchoolBd.
BALDWIN • TUa adKKrf diadlcfi rolen west to tkepoib Wedoe*-
dajr. Jose 9, ajid puaed a bodget tkat cankd a 11.15 bioeaae. (Tbe
ir and isr a aacead time, a pto-poaal
to leO CeoHdfe School to a
Baldwfai dewilocar fcr coover-tioo
to coadwaUMB nit*.
An earUer "yt" w«tt oo the'
CooUdge School jMMaal l«d
been «et atide iqr MvYoft iMe
riTiaihalmii I li PiV'fff'TT Oer> v
doo Ambacb, fbOowiag a pe^tkm
by local tetidest Wall; Yooag.
Votets apparetstly, felt even
more poahhre about the CoeUdM
School propotal than thejr did
about the badget. The tmdget
was approved M 57.4% of dtoce
voting: the CooHdge sale br 80%.
The vote was 2,148 for the bod-get,
and 1,561 opposed. For the
sale of Co^ge sale, the vote was
2,817, yes; and 703, DO.
Present School Board member
WUlUra Rysn was the top vote-getter
fai the fcor-way taee far
two seats oa the Baldwin School
Board. Ryan, with 2,047 votes,-
WM foSowed by James Majoa.
the ether victv. with 1,MS*3£-
Ilk seat wtthT476«Meai
Baldwin Ubtaiy Boaid member
Xevla Kameo, who came in
fboxth with 1,433 voles. Caa^
dates lor school board ia Bald-wlanmatlarxe.
The Baldwb PobBc libTaiy'a
bndget also met with voter appro­val,
2.433 to 1.202; aad Uonard
Mebnan, nmnlog aooppoaed for
the one available seat oo the
library Board, tecdved 1,930
votes.
(Cont.on Page IS)
Apache IVfiitini
Take Top Places
In N.E. Event
FREEFORT • A team of gitis,
representing the Village of
Ftceport and its Reoeatioa
Departaent, took • first place fai
the United States TwitUng Asao-datioo's
(D,S.TJi.) NorS East-en
Regiooal TWiiiiag Cbampioo-shhM.
The Jonicr Large Dance Twirl
Team of the ^ache 0 Twiriets
came In lint pUoe fai their oaie-,
£Oty. The Ajidhe DJTwiriets. a
^Ck^eit, mbCTftoo^ Departmewt
^ taMB,'iB'aipaMOfOB by ^> asa
'^.Tbe: North East-toanmoeot"
took place last weekend Jane" 4-6
in EBzabethftown, Fennsj^vaida.
' •Mcinbeia-of tlie first places
team were Tracy WoUe. lee Ann -
Moltxea, Rainel Rodiiqnes,'
Karen Noctitdli, Erin Comer-tbrd,
"KJ." De Bdker. Lauren
Praoco, Tanya Bell, VicU Getad,
Jaidne Wolfe, Domiidqne
RacanelU and KQcbele Hlnch.
The Apache D's Jnnior Small
' TwirUsg and Jareaile SBUH
(Com. on Pace 16)
MARKING ATREE. Mambara oilhii Fraaporl OttOm Club gathaf around the fenco protacthtfl th«
American Kdly Trae in th« Grovo SIfMt (iarUno lot of VUtago Hall. TlM Garden Club iMd Just placad
th« plaqua ^oraground) naar th* base of thotrao. Identifying it as an "Ilex Opaea." Onea common
along the eastern aeaboird, American HoUlas havo becanMahnoat axUnci. because of ttw use of tlMir
branches as Chrlsfmas decorations, and ar« now prolactad by the Federal govemmenL Fraeport'a
trae is one of the largeat on Long Island, estimated to be 80-100 years old and vahied at S2.O0O. When
the extension to VllUge Hall was built in 1972, the Importanca of the trae was brought to the attention
of the Village and parUng designed aroond H. At the cerarnony dedJcatlng the plaque are Deputy
Mayor Dorothy Storm^fr.) a()^.Qafi?«f) pii<tj frssidenlWr^ jCafsten.Vorbeek irvtho foreground, and
Village Historian cn^^on Me^,and,FrMpo(lXa(idtiuKfcsCorMmltslonCha(rii{^Rot)ert Raynorin the
rear. Storm, Flayhoreiyi Metx were goest speaieerrat the eerernoniQs;'* <-,'••''\ ^ *>. ^''-'->•'>->
Freeporf And Baldwin Can
Benefit Firbm New Bills
ALBANY • Smack CO the heels of a qiecial aiteol board meetiniK ia
Freepoct to inform iSstrict leaUeata there that Governor b ^ Carey's
bndget Veibea woidd coat * e « ^ adathmal 76< per SlOO asaeaaed
valoatioa, Oe State L^glrlahue aiijlej a aeries dm* wUtb woald
restore the miidag state aid to bAcadoii.
Accordfaig to Stato Seaator Norman J. Levy aod Aaaeadiiymaa
.Armaad O'Amato. who repre- .
test the Reepest aad Bakhria - thankfav Aem for their anport
areas, a b a to iaereaae State «bl forAeFkcepertPiriAeSchaoia."
. toNasaaaCoaaiySchaellMiicto The Sdtool Band toetobeaJM
by ahMar tltt wWia ia • the -. L miliaan to —«e ^ai *VJ»af tkt
19aa« adtoel; year . vtoM: loag fB«22^tMt jnijiiii.to.
^ 4 ! % S U 5 - a « ? r i n f T f t ^ - t ^ M e S ^ ^ -
io^uiSSrte---«Mi*si«i:utte'„ca)(to>:flf 40-
ptenosed MBM3 tti^raie. witk^ IqiWatofsiaeisctaMeiaaldhM
wfakhithadgeaetothepoibin- bceaaecared." -,
M^r> • nnd win gjve' Bddwin
ScitoorPistiict voters a lower tax -
rate than mbpoaeJ.'
" The. bids were passed late
Wednesday ^idght.' Jnne 3, by
marina said to be large eaoo^
to wilhstand any gnbematcsial
vetoes.
Freeport'a padage of S634.000
in operating, .traa^ortatioOi jmd .
spedal^edacatienil a]d«,<accci^ ,
ing to estimates pteuared for uie -J
Freeport Sdiool District, b vir­tually
identieal to that indaded ia
the ori^nal 1982-83 State Budget'
passed by tiie - L^datnre on
Match 31rl>iit vetoed by Gover­nor
Ouey oo April 12.'
Wednesday evening. Jwie 2. at
thetpedallPRepactSdwolBaatd -
meenag, to wludi'dvie leaders
and FTA aad feadier represeeta- .
Jives had/ beea pattjcalariy '
invited, Bottd preside lit George
' Dosilakoa and Sapeitntendent .of -
Schools Or. John E. Oerw^itii
notedOsttfaekssof S63«,d00iB .
aid wOold add 764 to Oe S2:^-
eslimated tazJiacxease jta the
1982-83 badger aheardy apprbvcd
bytiiavoleik* •
' Those. preseat. wcie' asked to
start a lettec-wiitlng cawpsiga to
vatioos Iqgisiative Ie«lm,:aad
tiidr own v lepresenlativca / in
AByaay, to* pass suppJeanriilaiy:
budget .UDs. TUs vras aefver/
aeeded. Before a dagle letter
cooid be pasted, the State L e ^
lalBteliadacted.- "•
Dr. Bierwlia, dds wed. anted
tiiat he'was "fextremdy'appceda-tive
oT'tiie strong support tiial
Senator Levy and .'Assemblyman
D'Amato have shown Fre^port.-
We really needed flte addiooaal
aid and they anderxtood that,?
saidRierwirth. ; '
In t )ttter to Vbeic people vriio
>.'' -hEstLodad.e wdvn''y cjpbo alaeit nniebodn on O aA Sinrm sdvinsei e tm'mewdb«br etiVtor&isni nt iggha .sa'e tk oBJDe'toSd'taAei irtnemhda e3 taomortfdor
- . m B a A U a l^
: .'• • lanNKlbi.larto :.
: Uiwke'': tlidr ' ntigWugs in .' '
Ficcpott. Baldwin SriionI District
residents wcre.oever farfd^wlil* a -
po^ble large iwcTrasr ia' thdr :
proposed tax rate, if tte I^sla>'
tion had not beea passed. RidMzd
Dopsovic. BaMwfai's Asdstont ^
Soperintendent in- charge 'Off
Bnsinrii. - riplainfd that the
budget ngnres tiiat tiie Astrid's
reddenfs were being asked to
vote on tUs mtA (Wednesday.
Jnne 9) did not indade the s ^
plemokaty state' dd. Therefore, .
Baldwin re^dents can anti^iate-a
decrease in tiie rate before tltey <
even go to'tlie poQs'to vote.'
Dppso^ add tliat letters en^ain- -.
ing tids were bdng sent aome
vrith tiie sdiool ddldren Tiiesday
and Wednesday. : v
Dopsovic also said.he vras -
"delated" witii tiie news. "We
. know tt was a toogh fighf." he.
stated, tefetdng to tibelegUative .
battle for its passage:
Referring to tile ea&e qoestipo
-. of state fumling of edacatipa.
iSopsoric noted oat over the past '
; .years tliere had been a decfine in
' tiie percentage of aid tfnwn school -
~distiictssach« Baldwin fay the
- state.>; 1967, fbr'esaavie, 44%~.
.. of .tiie coat of educating Baldw la -
yoongsters was paid te br^lhe - -
- state: try 1982. that had dropped
- to 30% and "the taxpayers make'
; ap the ffiSeresoe*
- Levy and D'Amato. ,in their
messages to the achdiol dstricts la
their areas, also dJOTtsftMhe ~
fntgre. "WMe tids ^jslsBv^
approved package tepcesenta a '
sfg«t*fif«"t^'"l"'"*"'''** f*'^ **^
Governor's ^ipnxsiiat&oQS. for
SUte aid to edncation." s^.tfae
two le^slatocs, "we are. never­theless,
continning to press for
addjtiooaj State aid far tiioae
school districts wiiich have school
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