The-Leader_1982-02-11

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FHEEPORT, NEW YORK/ PEBBtJARY I1J982
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FSEEFOKT - lo a series olevents recently, village resu!
NEW PRESIDENT ACCOIMED, A dtatlonof AehMvemani was
preMnlsd bf Stat* SMiator Norman Levy (2nd I.) to FranCM Sonkin
(c), Ineotnlno prMld«nt of Staams Park CWie Atsoctailon «t lh«
Associaiioa't.rwiNit mMnbarthlp.oocklail party. Looklno on a* Lavy
FREEPOJBT , r >UI Freepcrt
municipal gdvenimenrdftces^vill
- be closed on Friday. Fe<>Au3J 12r
and Kibnday,' February.IS. for
Uncoln's and .Washington's
Birthday. There win be no Board
of Trustees meeting on February
1S;-The next 8 pm public meeting
of the Board will be on Monday.
- March^. TbelBcMid will meet in a
7JO pm leg^'tive meeting'on
Monday, February 22.
The Frecport Eecreatioa
- Center will be open on ^bntary
^ 2 but dosed as usual the follow­ing
Monday. During the school
recess that be^ns oh Fetmiary
16, the ice rink will be open on a
Saturday schedule. On Saturdays,
Febmaiy 13 and 27, the 3-S pm
ice skating sessioa win be can
recently. viUage residents have
taken stieps to combat burglaries and other crimes in their areas. Wlule
recognizing that the problem exists in other comrounitks as wetf,
sbveral re^dents are seeking to form oi levive civicjggaigtions m
their neighborhoods, wfaQe existing organizations are tafidngcrf plans
to combat crime. —.,- _ ^
Steams Fark Ovic Assodatidn - considering .weather, conditions.
makaa th« prMtntatlort ara FrMport .vniag« "tnatm Tftn PM«man«( ?fP*^-*!Sl? ???!?*.»'?*• ** ^
(I.), ftmpoii Dvputy^ayor Dorothy Storm (2nd r.) and past prasMent ' ' ' '^
Richard Thify*r(r-)-
Baldwin iVIeeffh^ SefJ\s
New$ Of Pairudlo's Deafh "
HUs Community - z_
BALDWIN - A coaunaai<y.wide_aiilt-bj(rglarr~ciime-TedstaiKe
meeting wiU be held in the auditotiam of Baldwin Senior Hlgb SdMol
on Thursday night. Februaiy 18. Arranged by State Senator Norman J.
Levy and Assemblyman Armand D'Amato, the meeting will b e ^ at
8pm.
The two local state legislators have arranged the fbtum in response
(0 raised ^ by local
Assemblyman D'Amato. Accord­ing
to the legislaton' office*-
Nassau County District Attorney
Deals Dilloa win be present,
along with the D.A.'s Bujglaiy
Bureau Chief Pat McCormack.
Also invited' have been Nassau
County Police Cbmmisdooer
Samuel J.'Htezi, Ftr^ Precinct
Commanding -Officer Inspector
Andrew Muhain, members (tf the
mnnity was saddened by news—County Police Department Crime
concerns
residents about the vulnerability
of their'famine* and homes.to
crimes and to such recent events
as the shooting of 20-year-oid
Michael Paruoio in the hold-up of
bis famOy's beverage distributioo
store..
' raiaahniii
Sat>ri«y,F«b.6 :
As ^ the meeting WM being
"jtringed, the Baldwin com'
in's Ublversi^'s h<xkey team.
..-GashaJBe and trash wiQ be
pi^ed up in the central secooD of
theJTiUage on Friday, February
12, because the Town of ilemp-stead
laadfin win be opened oa~
that day. However, there wilTSe
no garbage - coOKtkn ~ in • the
northern section on Monday, the
ISth nor trash pickup, on Thurs­day,
the 18th.
JpnM Iril^ To ".
BoDiwdgod
WASHmOTOy, ,D.C. - A
minimi-dollar contract for drtdg;"
iqg of the Joii5nnkt Chanhel
should be awarded by the Army
Corps of Engineers Uter this
(Con't.ohPao«2b}
Is the latest of the local civic
. gropps to look faito the c o p c ^ of
a nei^bothood "CSviOaft Pa­trol,"
similar to the one begun ia
a section of northwest Freeport
last ^ e n b e r by COFBWS.
Fattersfaig its- pMtroI.'after a
snecessfnl Elmotit venture,-
COFBONS members have been
patroOisg the streets ia marked
vdiides,--; B^ig CItten Baiid
radkx'to siend teck to their bome
base inlatmatioo "about
snspirioni activities*
etc., resideitfial burglaries in the
COFStmS area droned fo diree
in September, three in Ootober,
three in NoveinberT''four in'
December (always a high crime
month) and nooe'lhis year up to
January 28.
any
biCOFRONS'Aiw >
- The COFKONS venture Jias
appareotly been saccessliil, or so
thenruimbets Kem to show. TUs
wed, an inforoed soorce.dose to
the Freeport Poike De^ittment
spoke to THE LEADER about
_the. figures.' Accocdiag to this
person, there were abo(tt_ 60
burglarlesreported viUage-wide.
last August, 16 er-17 of Jhem ia
the area fai which COFRONS'
members ,ltv«.' Once the patrols
started in that section of north-
-west-Freepott,-tbe-~fignres tliere
changed. WhUe the immbet ct
burglaries in the rest of the
village remained fairly oon^stent.
iMliIitoPMrtla
Becently-eletted Stcanis Park .
pre^^^Kot Ran .SooiUa. expressed -
-Interest this w ; ^ in j h e cpnygpt
~ oC a Oviliaa Patibt. Mrs. SonUn.
who was tniialWd at a cbcktaB-
-party ildsi past Sunday, Fdmiary^
7. tcdd THE LEADER that her
group had been ialting' to
COFRONS about their patrd. She
said she had requested statistics
from "the" Frecport Police D^art-ment
in order to penmt her',
associatioa to determine^whether
such a Cviliaa Patrol would be
worth the effort. '-We believe it'
wm be,r' added Mrs. Sonkin.
'Anwog the qnestions she said
she asked Freeport FbGce Lt.
Joseph Bachety were: how many
buryaries there had been in the'
^Stearns Pirk area"7 and~ bo*~
many attempted 'break-ins that
had' possibly been thwarted by '
. (Cont. ohPageZOI-that
Paruoio, who had been in
critical condttioo at South Nassau
communities Hospital since the
shooting qn January 10. had died
Saturday rooming, Februaiy 6._ .
Paruoio, who had been the
night manager of his father's
store, this P & S Soda Shop oo
North Grand Avenue fai Baldwin,
waslbot in the left eye by a
b(4d-up man, one of three who
had'entered the store and fled
with about S20O bi cash.
A S2,500 reward for informa­tion
leaiBng to the arrest and tsn-vietioo
of & three men has been
offered by the Baldwin Kiwanis
Oub and THE LEADER was told
this wed that .Eirst Prtdnct
detectives and pofice officers sie
concentrating bdtvily oo finding
the three.
OfDcialahiTltcd
Ofiicials from every phase of
local law enforcement have been
invited to the'Baldwin community
meeting- by Senator Levy-and
Resistance Unit andthe Chief of
the_Counly .Attorttey's'Juvenile
DeUqneqcy Unit.
The presence of these offidats.
Levy.and D'Amato explabi, win
allow residents to hear first hand
what ineasnres sre being taken by
the Police Department to curb the-increase
in crime in Biddwin, a*
weU as what steps they can take
to secure their homes a^d-proper-ty
from potential burglary.
An residents and meidkants in
the Baldwin community sre urged
to attend this forum.
Pot Luck Fiesta
FSEEFOBT - The Hispanic
parisblooets of Our Holy Re­deemer
R.C. Church win sponsor
a fiesta and pot luck sapper from
6-10 pm on Saturday, Fdiruary
13, at the chmch school.
An pattihinncTs were invited.
Those who ^ e a d are asked tq
Ininga favorttf dish to share' #ith
' others'. • • • • ; - -
HONOR SOCIETY MEMBERS HONORED. The memtwrs of the Freeport High School Chapter of the
National Honor Soci«ty^(at>ove) were honored by the Freeport Board of Education at its January 20
public meeting^R^co^n'ized for their scholarship, character, and contrltnitions to the high school were
Amy Adier,- Eileen Barr, Grace Bivona, Trudy Braham, Sally Braids, Kim Buchanan, William
Bumpus, Marta-Cabrera, Suprlo Chaudhurl, Wayne Covington, Debra Oantas. Lisbeth Ofringer,
Delrdre Owyer. Betty Eng, Kathleen (Hnckan, Janet Fulii, Emllio Qoez-Garcia, Juan Ooez-Oarcla.
Michael QokJer, Barbara Gonzalez. Oieryl Gray, Cynthia Groomes, Gregory Hennessey, Oonnalee
Holzapfel, Sonya Horton, Andrew Iskols, Sridhar Kowdley, Diana Mary Lee, Kristin Manltzaa.
Deborah Manual, Jil Mazer. Mary McKeown, Marta Mercooris. Leuetn Molloy,' Lorl Jean Posey,
Diana Quiros, Ruben Quiros, Werner Romero, Susan Schlmtpel,.Barbara Schmitt, Rachel Sheard,
' Aidirn 6tei'enber(ji Barbara Swanson; itartanne Thomson. Walter L>rUs, Debra'vercelletto, Bath
-WaliikaranVodlco and Jose Zapaiera' • ..•••• y , , . . , .