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FHEEPORT. NEW YORK. AUGUST 25.19S3
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Freeport Police Boat Back On Water
Gym Roof Will Not
Halt Programs
^Freeport Vamps Baldwin Disfricf Declares
m State Title Storm Repairs Emergency
Will Consider New Boat
For Next Year's Budget
FREEFOST - Caict KUiikaitia said she tan oat of her waietftont
boose and waved exdtedlj at the pas^ng boat beaiing the Freeport
ftiGce letteting. Other teddents ot the area, said the Gtiy tombardo
Atesne lesident, who led the fight to teinstitate Fieepoct's police boat.
^ abotooktotheirbailyatdstowareawekome to tbeboat andtothe
two Freeport poBce officers on it.
FSEEPOKT - Fnit pJace la
the 198) New Yoric State Fixe-man's
Assbct»H<a'"Patade has
bees csptBxed bj u)e Freeport
FireDepertiBest. —
Ud by Clnef Steve Week, the
Freeport Vamps woo the award
lor "Best Appeating Depatt-oest"
in the pande hdd Smtday,
Asgast 21, in apstate Watertown.
A total of S2 men were in Eae
lor Freeport, the U^iest total to
masdi fix tnj of tlie 150 fire
depaitmcBts in the estite state
parade.
I^mort {seed t o a ^ competi-tioa
bom tame of the finest
TtJoBteer matdbing nmts bom all
areas ol the state, iodnffing sadi
ptesder Long Island depatttients
as Ooeaaside. However, when the
final deddoD came down ftom the
jodges. Freeport had taken the
topslot.
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BAIOWIN • Edscatiooal, pcac&al and ptocedntal deciskios and ad-jnstsaeats
by Baldwin Schod Kstxkt Bond members, adn^idstrsliirs
and staff cbntiaaeddaritigffis past w e ^ in an eSort to remedy the
-Ammfg^ and. iaooovenieace ^ri'f*^ ''y'a *'taistex*^ stcrm which
sheared cB the leekic h i |^ school's g<rm roof ooTfaanday, Aagost 11.
The damage to the toot, ceik
iojt ^*f*f flo*^ of tbc iQiTiPf "ii*** is
estimated at np to S7SO,000. with
"90% ^ns" covered by Insnr-anoe,
actuding. to Assistant
Soperistendent of Sdwob
Bidotd Dopsovic On Monday,
Angsst 15, te Board of Edaca-
600 met in an emergency sesaon
to olfidiany dedate the gym dam-age
an emergency sitaitinn, They
voted to waive General Moidcipfe
law 103 leganSag certain emer­gency
bid&ig procedores and
agreed to retain tlae services of
both a pobSe adjoster, FrstUn-'
Uvinsoa Associates, snd Mig-
„ , ^ V ^ - J . oone Associates. architectJ, to
Winning the state parade IS a de^jop plans, and spedficatians
tremendoos accom^shment. bat^ f ^ ^ repairs. Fiemooaiy the
not a tudqoe one 6 r Uie d«>art- Mi«nooe ardiitects were coo-ment.
State parades have been ^^z^
woo by Ftequn at least' twice
befote in the past decade.
The parade capped off a week
of varioas fitematic meefings and
activities as rhnotsiidt a lire-fighters
fccm an over the State
umvetged oa Watertown for the
ammal State coBvendoo. The ooa-ventioa
i* heU in different areas
of NY State ammaOy, in Aogust.
and win be held in Nassau Ctenty
inAiigast.l96S.
Oounty Police
Recruiting In
Fieeport Villase
FSEETOBT- Marked Nassau
Coonty poBce velddes and
nniionned County poBce per­sonnel
may be bi the Village
between now and October 31,
lecruiting women and minorities
as can^dates tot the department.
Tlie Coonty's tecmitment pro-
' gram iodndes the five borooghs
of New York Cby, as well as
Nassao, Saffotk aiid Westchester,
• Counties* • • • . • •
tracted only for bond repair
services. Board members also
toured the senior Idgh school
bam roof to Boor iaspec&tg the'
damage.
Do^ovic said that flic main
coocem is to "get school
opened." To addeve tUs, some
emergency woi^ hts already
been done and utbccixed by tiie
insurance company, sodi as the
boanfing up of tlie roof and
window areas. Despite that, how­ever,
tlie rain storm on Thurs­day
evening, August 18, caused
artditiwiil water damage and
flooding.
The IMrttictls now in tlie pro­cess
of negotiaticBs with the
vsrioos insurance a^usters. Dop­sovic'estiinated
"anotlKT w e^
unto we have spwifications."
There would flien be a process
of "emergency bid£ng" for toof,
flooring and ceSng work and'
matetiah. Dopiavie added that
they have been in toodi with
vatioos awpanies for the Zon­ing
of amlbrms damaged in tlie
gym storage area, the recoo-fitkxnsg
of a osiversal gym and
the r e p ^ of lockers wliich most
be saaJed, primed and repainted
since they ire already b^^nnisg
to tust. Blrariim vriD also be
checked.
Dopsovic s ^ tliat in ad£licii
to the t e p ^ c( kaown damage,.
the* District ia~ taking care to
^protect ttsen OD cooccajed oaju—
age." He said that tiiey are
•looting at every angle." .
Dedsooa at the semor Ugh
sdiod were being made by scbcal
Macipa] Peter Lyndi aViag with
Director of Physical Education
Dee Alan Tyscn, Assistant
Director, Aiiene Asd and Asns-tant
Principal Sh^a MidiaeL
lyadisaid that "the goal is to
iwri.iiiiir^ the t'^*^ of instenctioiial
variety and quaEty." To do that,
thtte win be an extended outdoor
pliydcal edocition program and
a rotating cootinxency tn'^h^TV
- program for incifmrnt weatiter.
This win indnde four rotating
bases (tloee win be activity
ceateicd — two in the bick
gym and one in tiie Commons)
andopevrinbe insiructicoal and
win infionr such cnmcninm as
Cnt aid. Sports orientation.
plmv_ snd textbook instmctiaii.
Lynch said diat they diose not
to ii"|***^ on other aryas such
as die stndy balls, widch tave
been wiaUng weD tUs past year
in tefms of afiTsintabHlty of stn-
- dentsaaduieofstadent&ae.
The OonaaOBs win be set up
with 10 ping pcng tables, b
adfitioa. the District wil be lock-tng
into irniliig one or two
trailen for tlie intetsdaolastic
ptofram. particnlnly todiban,
' toruseasaiockerEKiEty.
Lynch said that these ccotin-genc7
plans wiB cany them
tlmngh Fchraary 1. to Novem­ber,
based 00 the repair work.
accompGshed, he win then kok
at oilier plans if needed.
Tyson and Dr. Lynch also
stated flial an . inteisciiobstic
andintranoaa] ptogiansvriUget
.naderwar as sdtedoled. AS ftS
(Cont. 0.1 Paga 8)
ViSage Mayor Wmiam H.
White described tlie "return"
of the boat 4S "tliat's responsible
government." White said he had
called Freeport lioat dealer A]
Grover fallowing last week's
Village Board meeting, to End out
if the village'teold lease or'rent
a boat for the remainder of this
> *^pf^i'' Grover,' in response, '
"loaned" the yiUage a boat.
The v31age*s-poBce boat^bas.
been ih.dtydock this season be­cause
no finds weie apyiupiiated
in the 19e}-84 budget for its re­pair—
said to be too costly to be
practical ^ or for the purchase of
Uts. Warikaitis and Ed
Achner, along with other resi­dents
of sooth Fteepoit,. had
presented a peti&m to the Village
Boaid aboota month ago askmg
for lesuuiption of village police-boat
on Fite {Hill's waterways.
LastMcodayniglii, August IS,
White had piumised that a dis-cnsdoa
of the boat would be
takes im during the 1984-^
viDage bodget sessions. Red-dents
had coioidained that speed­ing
boats created dangers on the
waterways, as wen as damaged to
ther bnWiearting and ioAs;
and tliat fittering and poIlQting'
by patty fishing boats and/or
commercial enteiprises needed
to be oStet by police sorvrillasce.
Both Deputy Mayor Dorothy
Stofm and Trustee C. James -
Claik vowed to weak for the re-institntioo
of a Village police
boat.
The 17-foot Mako, loaned by
Grover. has black - temporary
lettering, titover loaned the vil­lage
a boat, also a Mako, back in
1969 to DSC as its first poBce boat,
but the following year, wboi
the village parcfaased a boat, it
did so ton an anotlier dealer. -
Winte said the vSlage would
use tlie teifiporary boat,'on loan
faom Grover, this year. "H we
damage it," Wlute said be told
the Wooddeft Avenue boat
dealer and Frttport native, "we
win repair it."
The boat has been out oo the
water, patrdSi^, since tliis past
weekend. Several village police
officers have experience in hand­ling
sman Ixats: some have li­censes.
On the patrol boat at this
time have been two-man "crews"
of Officers Michael Woodward
and Howard Hattman and Wood^
ward and John Lundergan.
Mrs. Klarikaitis acknowledged
Graver's loan to tlie village with
a special tribute. She remariced
that Al Crover has always been
generous and dvic-m&ided. She
- said the residetits were very
appreciative and were thiiUed to
see the visage's police boat on
thewaters.
QETTINa READY FOR A"SAIL" Fraaport FMc« Officars Michael
Woodward <r.) and JohA Lundersan (I.) graat Fraaport boat manu-lacturar/
daalar Al Grovar (c) with a handshaka on board dta 17'
Mako Grcvar has loaned tha viHaga lor tha rest of this aaaaon. The
boai, manned t/y Freeport pdka olflcan, will patrol tha vfflaga'a
waterways pravantlng unlawful speeding, polluting and Btterlng,
and theftt-.the vftlaga'a poOca boat was drydockcd at tha and o( last
season because of lu naad for expanshra repair work and naHhar ttie
repairs nor a ner hoat prefa Jndvdad In the 1963-84 viBaga budget.
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