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LEADER
FREEPORT. NEW YORK. AUGUST 18,1983
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Residents Pursue Police Boat Issue
Baldwin H.S. Loses
Gym Roof In Storm
Three More Arrests
For Prostitution
FKEEFORT - Tliree more
tirests for pratitatiaa wtte trade
this past week >t the coroer of
Sunrise Hlgbway and Church St.
As preriooslj reported in
THE LEADER, poike bad made
arrests oa July 15,23 sod Angnst
6, at the same locatiaa.
On ^igost 8, Frceport foBee
Oflicer Stereo: Yodice - urested
James Smith cf 145 DdmhoB
Street, after Gist observing^
Smith, at 10 pm, as tn octopant-o{
a car at Sunrise and Ctauch.-
Allegedly Smith was wigged and:
dreised asa woman when he ask­ed
the car'nnaledriver for a Bfl.
The driver reportedly tdd P.O.
Yodice that Smith had offered, to
perform certain acts with Mm for -
$20.
^—=—The other arrests were a pair,
* Audrey Evan, 25, and Tamara
Evin, 24. both of Freeport, who
were apprehended at Sunrise and
Church by a Nassaa County
Police. Detective officer on
Friday night, August 12, at 11
pm, and charged with prostim-tion
and drug-related activities.
Repairs May Cost As
Much As $750,000
Mayor Stsys Board Will
Consider It In !83 Budget
FEEEPOITT.^-Advocates of patting_a_ Frceport po6ce.tK»t.baA on.
village waterways had to be pleased Monday evening, Aogsxt 8,
when Deputy Mayxs Doratfay Storm's earfier promise of support was
joined by Trustee Jim dark's, dark told the residents that he would
be in favor of putting money in the 1984-8S budget for the police boat,
whSdi was diydocked this year'
by Joan Os/arwy
BALDWIN - A strong "twbter," part cf another in s series of sum­mer
thtmder and Bgbtening storms, apparently sheared (A a section of
theroof of the Baldwin Senict High School gymnadnm, causing exten-dre
daioage estimated at bom S200X)00 to S'BO.OOO dollars. The twist-e
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canseof the noise, of the (torn *-. ''^ ' ^ "«»"•» nvr.™
because the board had not bud­geted
either its repairs — widdi
might not be practical — or a .
new boat.
In answer to cxnnments and
questions from CusI Klarikutis,
who had presented a petition to
the board at a previoos meeting.
White said the Board of Trustees
would consider the leliistitutioo.
of the police boat. at. bod^t
and tb* natoie'Ef the daaiage,
it was not readily obvkns at first.
Several custodians were work­ing
at the ttbod, but the leaUng
roof was Grst noticed by football
coadi Steve Shipposo, who was
alao.in tbejbmldmg^jrhe cnsto-.
dians seardied the builifing for
the cause «f the leakage, but the
interior ceiBng was intad and the
danuge to the outer roof was not
viioble bom the inside.
Head custodian Andy Hogan^
was called and. when he arrived,
he and arxither custodian. Hank
Koenigsdorf. investigated. H6-
§an said that he then contacted
le fire department for assistance
in providing outside lights and
he credited Fire Chief Eric
Schields and his men for arriving
LOOKINQ OVER THE DAMAGE at Baldwin Senior High School,
caused by the Sudden tuRunar storm, an Insursnc* adtustor Inspects
the roof. A tornado has bean called mponsIMe tor shearing oH a
KCllorrot thi Ifhrml mnt.-•—'—"-q "— 'ir*~ "^ <^~«'-''>g ^.tnn^.,
lar, membrane, eonertta and felt). The cost ol the damage could risa
as high as thrw^uarters ot a million dollars, but Iha distrld is ap­parently
eoversd lor all by but SI .000. (Story of the damage and the
August 11th storm begins on this paga.l " - . — ...
prompdy and provi^ng a s ^ - -
taricf. , . • . . > -
When Koenigsdorf climbed to .
the ootdde roof, he was then able
to see extensve damage.
The outside gymnasinm roof
• had"bceit"Sheared off including.^
the five layers of ojvering —
. stories, tar, membrane, concrete
and felt. What resulted was an
extensively damaged open
area wfaidi caused a deluge of
-water to drain directly onto the
ceiling tila of the gyirmisinm.
There was heavy flooding in the
gym and g ^ ' ' locker room
area. The force of the i>Unnag
roof also resulted fai the srnashing
of appronmately 40 windows
on the eastern side of "Building
6" —.the newest building to the
northwest. The twister' then ap­parently
blew down a portioa of
' the large tree on the track area.
The path of the .twister, said
district officials, then continued
north leaving parts of the tree
and roofing strewn over the track
aiuS football field as well as in
the courtyard area between the
"Building 6" and the gym.
The damage was localized to
the high scfaix>l. A resident of
Hdly Street, just north of the
high sdKxd, reported bearing,
at about 8 pm, a large gust Kf
wind^ which blew on the cover
of her above-giuuud pool. How-
-ever there was r» other damage
intbearea.
Accoiiffing to Hogan. there vras
DO danger cf fire and &e lights
did ml IBcker despite the water,
but they turned oB the electrical
power in the affected area.
Hbgan called in Sheldoo Fochs,
Manager of Plant and FadHties,
and Asustant Superintendent
Richard Dopsovic In rapid
snfcfuinn. Soperinter>dent of
Schools Holland Jones was noti­fied
and Senior High Sdiool
(Co'nJ. a i Page S)
I cannot talk for tbe^Board ef
Trustees at this time.'.' said the
Mayor, "but I can be rrawmiWy
sure that we win have some police
patrol on the waterfront in
1984."
other areas of Freeport are also
concerned, said tlK waterfront
residenfc ;.
As churperion of the Water­front
Conmuttee of the South of
Sunrise Higliway One Associa­tion
(SOSCA), Mrs. Klatikiitis
also spoke ct other violations.
People, she said, feel the poGce
txttt would pay for itsdf in one
or 'iwo • imjnlhs,' if • more ^i^-.
moises were issued and Iiei)3er~
fines imposed.
. Mrs. Klarikaitis Hso suggested
that the village lioard members
"reach out to the people~waIk
ampnd" the village.
- "White answered that he does
so. regularly and had. in £>ct,
'done so the day bdon. Mrs.
Storm referred to phone calls she
tit answer to Klarikaitis' query
as to what residents could do to
fiirther their cause. White sug- receives at home at 3 am.
gested a few people attend the*T VI think the Board of
yearly budget hearing in January
to speak m behalf of the police
boat.-
Klarikaltis and another south
Guy Lombardo Averme resident,
Mr. Achner, came to the Village
Board meeting to give the trss*
lees "an update" on the situa­tion.
. Mrs. Klarikaitis told the hoard
that she had received telephone
calls and letters from residents,
not only of the Wooddeft Canal
area, but from people who live
.along smaller canals snd near
other marinas, etc. ^eople_in
I Trustees
reaches out all the time," said
Whhe. "One of the reasons we
have this board meeting is for
that purpose," explaiud the
rruyor, referring to the board's
usual twice-a-month, 8 pm
open pubBc meetings.
Achner, who had also spoken
at a previous board meeting,
told the trustees that "in'the last
two weeks, there hasn't been a
dam thing done. The canal u
still filled with litteT...it stinks,"
he complained.
Achner asked Mayor While
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A WELCOME TO THEIR TEACHERS. Spadal guests at tha racant
reunhM of the Fraaport High School Ciaaa o( IKU wars four msmtiars
ol tha faculty that year. Enjoying the Saturday evening. August ISOi
gala at the Freeport Raeraatkn Canter wars former Freeport High
School atalf maabeta-Mn «•) PII« n—i^ r^^r tSTrim msth- FrMoaa
Powell Echlagal. a coacii.. to whom tha Class of'33 had dedicalad tbair
year bock; Phaba SUnnfr ^cMning, former English tacher; and
Velnetta Stckets, who also taught Eiigllsh. {Sea other pietiirea oaoa
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