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o FREEPORT. NEW YORK. MARCH 24,1983
Baldwin lujl ' X, ^
School District S" 47th YEAR. No. 48
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Jim Parola Will
Baldwin School Bond
Wins By Big Margin
lirdT^rm
Only Declared Candidate
For 2 School Board S^ais
^Mulholland Runs
For 3rd Asst. Chief
Of Freeport F.D.
FREEPORT - VigOant Hose
Company 12 of the Freeport Fire
Department Has - onanimously
endorsed ex-captain George J.
MuIboHand for the office of
Third Assistant Chief of the
department. Hose 2 Is housed iq'
Freeport Rre Department
headquarters oa Broadway.
Department elections are •.
slated for Thursday^ April 7,
8-lOpm.
MolhcUand joinnl the Freeport'
Fire Department fai July of 196S
FREEPORT - Jim Parola,'present vijce-president of the Freeport
.Board of Educatk», has dedared his cam^dacy for a third term on the .
board. Seyeral weeis ago, fellow board member-WaianiiCominos
sUted he would not tun fortwEHionrVltlnhe Sdiool Board election
and annual budget vote+schedoM lor- Wednesday. MiT-4I—
nominating petitions for the two
Only 1531 VofeOn
Corifroversial Issue by Joan Dehmey
BALDWIN r An overwhelmingly "yes" vote passed a referendum
for a S3.8 million Ixmd issue earmarked for repair and msnration'of
Baldwin public schools. The vote oo Wedne^ay^ Mardi 23, Vas 1,167
in ftvbr and 364 opposed to the bond. The 3P?tol vote rcOcctrd fewer
voters than one year ago, when a S5.7 millioii bond issue was-defeated
by Baldwti Sdiool District voters.
Gebroe J. Mulholland
and has served the company as
captain, first and secodd nea-tenants,
warden, . company
/iJEitructor and chief driver. He
also has served, and currently
still serves,, eo immerods com­mittees
within thC' department
He holds a number, oc Tralninji
Certificates ^fttra the Academyl
of Fire Science, State of New
Yort, and the Nassau County
Fireman's Training Center. -
A lifelong resident of Freeport,
MulhoUand is atncntly employed
by the Village of Freeport, where
he serves as a niechanic. He
resides with his wife and four
children ooCoWage Court.
: -DA.V.
.165 to 839.
The S3.8 mOlioa bond calls for
repairs for roofing, heatiuE,
heating controls'and renovations,
and repairs for all buildinp in
the District. Many of the items
were necessitated for insurance
-or safely reasons; others were the
result of detetiaratmg coniBtions
tnooght about by age and usage.
-Still others were needed for
energy conservation or for ad-ditiosal
electrical capabifities be­cause
of program expahsioa,
particularly in the field of com­puters.
The 1982 defeated SS.7 minion -
bond issue also included "s|te '
woric. This year, after a dedsion
was made liot dose any addi­tional
schools, ~ the Baldwin .
SdMol Board expressed the hope
. that residents would now approve
the funds necessary to keep all .
buildings in'good conditioti: In
addition, the board annount^d a
16-potnt cyclical preventive mun-leoance
plan which, in isome
cases, ii already in progress.
Tlie plan calls for ongoing main­tenance
in varidis indoor and out- -
door building . and grounds
categories, so that all buildings
win stay in optimum coDditioa.'
. The board also noted that the plan
would prevent condidaos from
. detetiarating to thb point again.
' School Board president Lor­raine
Ddlerl said of the vote,
"We are grateful for the segment
of the communtty, which oat only
came out tojVcte pOTttivelr on
thipmatter, ouT indeed 'did ac­tively
work to bring the issues
contained in the bond to the com^
mimity and to turn out a support­ive
vote.".'
No formal group, officially
nobil'ued any opposttioa to the
bond issue referendum.
Board member Jim McGhee
called the vote, "fantast'ic." ,
Assistant Superintendent of
Setiotas-=fbr Bnsmess Ridiard
Dopsovic . indicated he was
very happy for the District and
the commuii'ity and that they
would not be conduding work on
thebudget. . '"'
the district's regular operating
budget win be presented to vot­ers
on Wednesday, May 11 and
budget figures loust be finalized
in on; week to aBow the l e ^
advertising to b e ^ . The voters'
dedsioo 'regarding, this bond
win play a part in dedsions rel­ative
to maintenance and repair
in the regular operating budget.
-Board members had warned the
conmmmty that a defeat of this
S3.8 minion hood . would by
necessity have an impact on the
operating budget since certain
repairs were St such'jT'critical
nature that they "couldn't wait."
Blopdmobile To
Be At Balfiwin
Citibank
MELVnXE - ;The Cnibank'
Bloodrnobile bom the Greaier
New York Blood Program win be
at the Baldwin branch-of Cti-bank,
I7DS Grand.Avenue on
Wednesday, April 6.1 -3 pm.
' To ensure an adequate supply
of whole blood to meet the on­going,
medical rcquiremenis of
ihc Greaier New -York area,
2.000 donors tz^ needed each
dav.
Pledge cards and Itinbcr infor­mation
are aviilable at.all Cii-bank
kicati>Htsr<ni Long Idind. . '•
school board seats must be filed
with the School District Clerk by
5 pm on Monday, May 11.
At press time, this week,
TflE LEADER learned that no
on'e had picked op copies of
petitions and, aside from I^rola,
no- one else has apparently
declared candidacy.
: Parbla was first elecUd in. 1977.
He served « s president of the
board .in. 1979*> and was re-'
deded in 1980. He has been vicc^ .
president twice. f
A Freeport readent for the past
30 years, Parola and bis wife,
Maddiine, have two sons, both
of whom attended Freeport public
schools from kindergarten
throng 12th grade before gding
oBtocoUege.
Employed by Western Electric
for the past 41 years, Parola has
worked on the management and
engineering levels for more than
half that time. He attended
Syracuse University and Pratt
• Institute and servoJ for three-and-
one-half years in the VS.
Army Signal Osps.
Parola's community activities
have indnded Freeport Rotary:
the Cub Scouts,' for whidi he
served "as a - cubmaster: little
League; Our Holy Redeemer Holy
' Name Society; the Choral Parents
Oub; and the Freeport Band-and
Orchestra Parents Qub. Acti>-e
also in the Hannony Oub. he has
been a driver for the blind for -
more than a decade.
Bin Cominos was first elected
to the School Board :in 1980. In
declining to seek reelection,
Commosiooted his plans to return
tos^ool. • '~ -
^In order to vote'on May 11,
District rnidents'innst be regis-.
;iered.:Any person who 'is. not -
registered with the Sdxxd District
or who has/ not voted niice
-January 1,198Q must tegisteT on
Wednesday, Apr3 27. Re^tra-.
tion win take place at eadi
designated polling place. 1-8 pm.
To qualdy. for registration,
a person must be a dtizen of the
United States, 18 years of age or
older and a resident of the School
Disttid for a period of 30 days or
more.
Nominating petitions for seats
on the School Board must be
signed by at least 46 qualified
voters.
To be placed on the ballot,
propositions, must also be
submitted by 5 pm on April 11,
but they require the names of 115
qualified voters.
Again this year, absentee
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HIGH SCOflES AT MATH, ^ounmn tntiKh am MgMh graders i t
Freepon't Dodd Junior High School wer* tha top actwol Kortrt in t in
' 1962-83 New York Mathematics Leagu* annual compMJtion. Based on
'• 30-minuta test administered last month to 12S Dodd students, tha
top scoring Math studanU, shown with Math Lab Coordinator Andrew
Setzer (rear, r.) were (front row, I. to r.) John OuUes, David Musicant,
David Vieser, Ron Extract, Mark Atkins, Maithew't^'ne; (back row,
' I. to r.) Matt KaOy, Craig, Schlactar, Ellen Davison, Michaet AlUns,
Craig Dexter, Rissa. Gerycti and Mika Luna. M'issing from p^oto-
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