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FREEPORT. NEW YORK. MARCHIO, 1983
47th YEAR. No. 46
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f reepdrt Elect ion This Tiiesdoy
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Meadow School
• FREEPORT - Village lesdents win go m die polls this totolug
Tnesday, Manfa IS, to vote for two peisuA to s t co Reepcn's Ere-member
Village B<Mad cfTmsteea.
Running for the two foOr •ynrtrrrr^-rr^Vw.r^i t^t^x^r Ijr->«.fT.T»
and Vtocest DiCostanzo, on the VHIage aad »«["»Jr f t fraitj Tin v.
Tyrone Anthony and Anse Qorer
Qiao, on the Democratic and
Pleads Gumycafefer/o For "Brown Boo$"^X*«!rHc^:^^
| _ e l « i . . t ^ line: and Doaelai Mocan on the
Of Peternana
MINEOLA • The Freepoit
CETA worker icfnted <A bladg-coning
Rer.Tnnotliy Fetenan*
in his cho'rcfa office tast.Aptil 6
byJoanDttanty
BALDWIN - A school district administrathre proposal {or the np-nadinjt
of the Meadow.Scbcd.bmcfa program was ditcnssed at the
Baldwia Board of Edncatka's legnlar nxmthly meeting Wednesday,
' March 2. at Meadow School. Other agenda Items Inchi Jed a dhcBWion
has p>eaded-giiiltyt»4wo<onnt»—of thrhotiirtnteriBgpolicyandabriefdisenssinnontJietflirary'aboiBd-of
sebond de^ee muTdet and one
coantofbar^atysea>ad;3 - "
Petetsaaa, the 42-rear-<Jd
father of two young children and a
village trostee, died one month
follcnring the attadc in Us office
at the First Fres^etian Chnrch
ofFreeport.
Otis Glasper, 29, or98A Ray-nor
Street, and his half-rister,
Vanessa Henry, also of Ranybr
Street in Freepoct, were arrested
in July and charged with cotn-mltting
the crime during a bur­glary
attempt.
Henry, 19, who was picked up
by police nearly four weeks after
her brother, pleaded guilty to
manslaaghter on Norember 5 and
was slated to testify against
Glisper it tbe'case went to trial.
The assault and burglary.'
attempt took place on Apnl 6,
a day marked by an umuoal
spring blinard.
FeterStBa't body wtsicinnd by
the church custodian and the
minister was rushed to South
Nassau Communitiea Hospital,'
where he lay in.a coma for a
month. He died without ever
regaining consdonsness.
According to information ' re­leased
this week.)iy the Nassau
County District Attorney's ofRce,
Glasper, who bad originally
entered a "cot gnihy!' pleTand
was scheduled fbr tru], changed
his plea before County Court
Judge Edward Baker. During the
proceedings Monday mocning,
March .7, Glasper's -attorney
brfexpandon befote the matt^
waa tabled. :.
Hctin Ryan, Meadow School's
jxiadftl, and Robert Rogers,-
the awistint priac^tal, gave a
brief lununary of the written
presentation they had prepared
'for the Board whkh eiplahud the
reasons Ibr the limcfa programs
and the plana to implement it.
Rogers noted that' thdr experi­ence
over two-and-a^ialf-years
with an expanded population,
which is bussed and mutt eat
lunch at sdiooi, has demonstrated
the need for such a program.
Apptoximatdy 430 duldren eat
hmcb in school each day, with
more on inclement days. Even
with a declining populaticn, it
is expected that there, will be 400
diildren eating hmch at Meadow.
NextSup.
A Single Cafeteria
Rogers described the present
Owniiiiihicilinns, would...' be *
coisii^ to Uie sdioot to dnelop
.floor plans for the new Bcimkty '
- Leaning Center which would be
located in the present primaiy
learning wing;
Acccf^ng to Ryan, the timefine
of., implementatioo would begin
fanmediateiy with the relocatioo of
the learning center. He then
-asied that-the flip-flop hmdi,
program be rondncted this year'
as a btoim bag lundi so that they
could eraluate the logistics of it.
Renovations Inade and out (to
accomodate dt£vety, parking and
playgrtiund areas) would -take
place over the summfr. Food
plans and failing of staS wuuld
also be done then and it is ex­pected
that the program would be
• m place tiy September. ' -
' The cost' of the program is
approximately S37,1S0 with aD
line; and Douglas Mocan on the
Integrity Party Bne.
The part-time trustee job pa^
S6,500aimuany.
PoOs in the viDage win opea at
7 am and remain open unto 9 pm.
The two pf intfts with liiglirvt
total rates win be declared die
winners in the dection.'
, jyetiomsEiectwKS' '
. . Four years ago. when Oatt tan
with runzdng mate Tnnotliy
Petemasa - .' (Peternana - was
murdered last year and DiOostan-zo
appointed to 1 ^ ' seat in
August, 1982 by M^or ?niEam
H. WUte), be was Oe top vote-getter
with 3,120 votes. Peter­nana
pulled ^966 «ates. Tbe two
Democrats tiniiitng that year
poned 1,782 votes (Wayne
Jordan) and 1,399 votes (Jeny
GcTstman) while ind^esdents
Ellen Extract rcctivcd 638 votes.
Roger- Marks, 434 votes, and
Moran, 203 votes.
Two years later, in the mayt*-
ahy dection then was a larger
tnmait (some 6,4O0[ votes w^re
cast) and Mayor White won re­election
with 33S7 votes to 2,071
votes for Democratic /•«~B-<«»»
Eugene Devaney u d 1,018 votes
far No Oliji uv Paitj caaSditel
Salvatoceli^biugu.
SeamdFcr^
amsyear s ca^qnsgB ?* £^'i to
beat up Ks die s a «•.nTBy.t^^
ttadcd more ^" * i* tpti recsans at
use yinMJ ^^'"^MI.I^^* Fcramof
Sfaaiwatjd by tlie Rficpcct
Onaca c( CWic Assodotioes
(COCA), aad-nndeiated by die
Lcagae cf Woeica Totcis. the
fcaaia was held Tisii ulaj ciut-w
mg^ annn 3, aX Recsoat "w*
SdiooL -
at wtidi Mocaafiil!
a^tpear. die "*' ^' ''j Paitj cawK-date
titwifti up. bst stayed o i^
to p^K IBS satfodactoix rcsuasks
1 iMilf lice were *^^*'f Lca^se oa
Women Voters rtprc
Dci&.y_Diudj aoid dK aaoesce
that die t i i W s t e had told her
dot be had a pmioas cagage-
The fisniQ, it was s&essed, was
Do€ adrtiate. ^"K * * -"^^••^ t*-%A
five 'nnnQtes fai ixxrodadory
remarks and t n xomstes for
dosing u^iri n i l - . Qcestiaca
were'aded to aB tbe caaSdales,
not one speoficany. a=d were
aiisaued, w'uh a Fi 't <i ooe
fCom. en Ptga 7)
facilities which are dispersed over - bnt »4.00p of it aooe time cost for
nine locations.' He adted that the
next logical step is a single cafe­teria
u d program. -The space-suggested
b the present primary
leaning center. Rogers explained
that a flip-flop -lunch period,
with half of tbe children eating
and half engaged in recrcaticD,
was costen^iated. He said that
the 'r-'<Mt;»^ hot hmch pft>gram
vroold allow for bdter nutrition,'
better supervisian and. better
ittilizatlon of the fields. Tbe types
of food and an.explanation of
their research into availahle'
food programs- was, described
repairs, renovations and general
etjulpiuent. Some coulpment
bom the old junior hig^ sdxjol
is being utiBrrd. It b expected
that the Erst year the program
win lose S4,000 imtil .gcpetience
allows them to work^tSi more
profiahie level.
Vnaumous Approval
Axdstant Superintendent
Gene Lanzaro described the types
of food and the .fanportaoce of
simplicity dnce they would be
deaUng with Ettle children.
Board inember Amdd Imie
stressed the leaning benefits to
indicated that eveiythiag Jds—witfr-feth Ryan aaA-AssJsUnl—Jl* J!i'°*'?f', °°* "^ '"'*'*•
client had said, in a videotaped
confession made following Us
arrest by the |»}tce:last Jiily I,
was true. .
Glasper bad admitted that
Peternana surprised them during
a btirglaiy attempt, but that
he thought the minster was the
church janitor or superintendent,
and hit him on the bead several'
. , , . . . (Cpot,.ooPao«»}. . .
Superintendent Richard Dopsovic
Dothig that the head &tician
at the Senior H i ^ Scfapo), Atria
Land, had provided the pto-fiessianal
advice on tbe set-i^. .
Various groups were consulted
indnding students, teacfaen,'
monitors and custodians, said
Ryan, and an agreed with the
idea. He said that Amy McComb,
tiosally, but in terms of
peteace in making dnlces and
making change. Tberewasiome
djsniwiixi of possible ahetnatives
but the Board BnaOy approved
tbe proposal unanimously.
K was noted that wlule hmch
ftrilities most also be addressed
at other scfaoob. Meadow School
irax chosen first because of Ox
.(Cool, en Baos.20l«.i,t
FIREMANIC ApyiSOBS^Senter Moray J. Lary f i n d / j «»«« * » * .
his Flrwnanic .Advisory Conuniitea ruonntly And prttsanMd Owmcsftn
of Mecnberahip ta Baldwin Fkw Onminlwkai (toaal Coepar f.K
Roosevelt FIra Conunlaaienar Lsxda Broam QrA L) and Fraaporl Fkw
Oepartmant Chief Jotm Piuiamaia fr.). Tim OcmnalOM •t'taaa tHa