The-Leader_1983-12-08

              OllicitI
• Village ol
Freeport"
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Freeport
School District
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Baldwin
School Oislriet
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lEABER
FREEPORT, NEW YORK, DECEMBER 8,1983
i«thYEAR, No! 33
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Sawyers' Hearings
Beset By
Staffs Oef TpM^h Policy
FSEEFOKT - The Vaiage's Bailding Depaitnent has began a cr*^'
doim CO code vioUticps on Wooddeft •Avenue. WWmtng a meeting in
Major WiDiam H. White's office on Tuesday afteiiKxai. November 22.
at which estabEshed fish market owners complained of illegal retail
pncticcs on Ihe street.
J TwoFonner
Hre Chiefs Die
FSEEFORT • Within four days,
this village and its volunteer fire
department lias lost two popolar
and well-respected former ciue&.
On December 2. former Otief
Fred W. Batcher, who had been a
member of the'department for'
over 58 years, died. Three days
later on December 5,' ex-CUrf,
Donald R. Manersberger, yM
had served (he departmept'^as' .
chief in l956.S7,"died at Lfdia^
Hall Hospital,' where he,had been'
in a coma since he had suffered a
setioas heart attack a few weeks
previoosly. ' .
Batcher was 87 years old. A,.
member of Eng^e Ootirpaliy'
No. 1, be was also a member (4
the Freeport Exempt Firemen's
Assodadon. He was a Past 0>m<
mander cCthe American Le^bo,'
Winiara CHaton Ston Post No.
J42, and a member ol VFW Post
No.UlO.
Manersberger, a member and
former C^tain ot Track Com­pany,
served in the departmenl
for 46 years. Bis {uniqr had' a
tCont.onPaeaiB)
Santa &Mrs.C(aus
VKIIBeitt
Family Holiday Fesl
FBEEPOKT - SanU dans and
' Mrs. Oaus win be on hand at the
Annual Holiday Fest to be bdd
Sunday, Deconber 18, at the
Freeport Becreatkm Center.
Spoosored by the Frcepcn
Chamber of Commerce with the
cooperatioo of -. the IVttpoit
Kecteatloa Department, the gala
event b planned for the entire
(ainily and wiB 'ran bom 17:30
pmioSJOpm. - .
Admissiaa wiO be &ee and a
Freepoct Acthity Card win laolbe
required.
Mr.'and Mrs. Clans wiO be
presentwithgifts (or yoangsfers.
toddlers lb age 10, bom Ub30 to
-—3japm
Baldwin School Case
Called A "Frame-up"
hyJotailMtaty
BAIDWIN - Delays conlinae in the case of the Baldwin Scfadof Dis­trict
against Industrial Aru teacher Robert Sawyers as hearings were
once again curtailed and postponed. The case invdves a diarge by Ihe
Baldwin School District U^l Sawyers lampcted with an air meter de-
Viw being used fa lesl.fbr asbestos coourmnatitm by ''inliodocing a
fbreSgn substance julo the ma-. - - .• '..i:.,
i*' diine's intake Eher?^" Sawyers
deiues the.charges. . .
According to Fducstinn taw -
3C20a. Sawyers- is riithlrd to
a hearing bdbre a panel of three
heating officers (one dMsen by
his attorney, one by the Db-trict't
and one - r the chufman of
the puiel — agreed to by tioth
psrtks). He may elect, u d be
has, to have the hearings pobEc.
Of the hearings which have
been scheduled, two were can­celled
— one because of V^***%i
involving the school iSstrid's
attorneys bndy and one because
of the naavailability of cert^
I witnesses.
' O n Ihe ceoond day of actnal
hearings, the beating was ad-
}onmed at 2 pm because the panel
chairman. Jonas SUver. had
another obBgataa wldcfa re-inired
him to leave by 3 pm and.
Uie Defense's opening statement •
and questioBS were aniiripaird
tobelenglhy. ^
On Ihe third days of heatings,
. November 29, Ihe case was ad­journed
befcce Hooa. after a late
. start, and with most of the time;
^lent in recess to ifisous the n o -
secntion's o^ectun lo lite De-/
fense's line of questioning. The
.attorney fcr Sawyers, Robert
Oeateeld. was. srhfdnled to be-gtn
Ids ptcirntatinn, He read a
kng opening sfatetnent to which
Jerome EhsSch, attoracy fcr (he
School Disttkl. objected, h the
' opeinng statement. Oearfidd
noted thai if the case was a
regular law, stnl, he would have
asked far a disminal before
pcesenlation to Ihe j o y . He noted
that, aoeor£ng to .fdnratinn law,
however, the panel does sot
Clearfield continued, and said
that the School District's case was
."largely drtumstaalial" ' -with
"dramatic inconsistendes." He
described an "atmo^ihere.^
scokTrio...! chain of events,"
which he said begag'with certain
*'subtle"_trralmmt against Saw­yers
and has cnlndnated in this
lawsmt. He said that the sint
represents "ecocMmic capital
punishment" since - Sawyers
could lose Us position as a toall
of it. Oeatfieid axided that, in
today's ecooony, there would
be Bttle rimwy of Sawyers
getting another teadiing job.
Sawyers' attorney said that
his cfient has been h»»^««-«< by
(he district tot Ills mie as a
(ContonPagaS)
The meeting, wbidi had been
called by Jo Craa, aformerprcsi-deot
of Ihe Freeport Chamber
cl CWnmerce and co-owner cf
Apache n. was atlended by
many of Ihe local dealers. Mayor
While, members of the Freeport
. BoildinK Departmenl and Village
Cwnsel's office, and reprcsenta- '
lies cf town and county agencies.
While told THE S A D E B .
this week, ihai the problem of fish
beiiig stM on the streets of the
^ianlical Mile-was first brought
' to his atienlioa by a letter.lie bad
rrndved fran^C Wooddefl Esb ''
deaJier. Subsequent to that, he
said, Mrs. Oma contacted him.
and arranged the mecthig with
him.
White described the problem
.n one of trawlers, who have ei^
panded their sdling operations lo
I he siieel or empty lots. He added
ihai allegedly Ihe trawler owners
were ituckisg in Gsh bom out of
I be area and even out of the state.
Vidatiocis c( village law, Wlute
cx^aincd. indnde illegal sgns,
p^dling and the use of botes
or other sudi non-structures
for a retail operatioa. The mayor
noled that it is iOegal to sen in
Ihe area bom the odcwalk to Uie
bulkhead, wilhcot a stnictare.
The practice has "giown out of •
P«^¥ortion," said .White, with
selling of fish being done bom the
sttcei or in vacant tots, creating
all the attendant traffic and
parking problems.
Mrs. Cbna, speaking for herself
and <.ilher esiUlished iish deal­ers,'
noted Ihe expenses of con­ducting
a proper business: rem,
•axes, decitiriij, etc.. she enum­erated.
Unless . something was
d>me to make sure that everyune
obeyed the law. she said, "we
will duse and board up lint biuld- -'
ings, move outside and sell from
:b-ixes...if Ihai'is Ihe name of the
game," Mrs. Cooa said, "thai is
wliai we wiB ilo, and God help^
Freeport in the.summer with Ihe
stench!"
Mayor White said thai as a
resiili of the meeting in his ufiice,
he ordered the Building Depan-meoi
to spedfically crat^ down
•m the area.
On a subsequent Saturday and
Sunday, Building Department
Superintendent G. Ruix de Zaraie
and Building Department Inspec­tor
Detmis nanmenbanm, accom­panied
by Freeport Mice Officer
Howard Hanman "to preserve
the . peace." carefully swept
through .the area. Summonses
were given out to four en.er-
. (Cgnt. from Pag* 20) '
The Seaeallon Department's
Drania Workshop's prodacUoo cf
• 'saaw-IWaie'fTwM -Te'^-oB
suge" at 2 pm, and the colorfii]
Long island Mnmmen win
- '(Cant.'Qn(>ao*20> •
the
•§
case. He also noted Ihaf
>IAPPY HOUOAYS. Frwport Oiarebar e( Cwtmatt* roamfaais ar« happOy in (h« fatth* holiday
-SMxm iKod a 1h«T chiiow traa dacsiailon* from ttw CticlatiiiM T I M Shopp* at Atlarttie Nuraarr
and Qardm Shop on AtlnUe Avmua, Ffwport. Chooalno thalr lavtirttM (nmlta multttuda of gotd^
there are_
stig evidence, and 'Uiir ninwfng
arfaich woald aot.be aBowed in a
rtegulatlawsmt. -*'.''., <
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o(FratportCatarina,EicaeutK«Vle»Praaidantetlh«Cliwnb*r.Tb . . , . . . , . . .._
VIII«a?Fr*apait'a ftecraatlon Dapanraant. has kivltod Iti* oommunlty to Ha Annual Holiday Fast
^ Swiday; dSfmiwr 18,12:3l>4Mapa>, at tha FiaapOft flaoraation Cantar.