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FREEPORf, NEW YORK, DECEMBER 22,1983
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48th YEAR. No. 35 PRICE 2i :53 * PER COPY
Village, Employees Okay Contract
Local Hospital ^ Po//ce S#i/[ Pending;
Mayor, Board To Gef Hike
VISITORS FROM.THE NORTH POLE. Santa and Mrs. Claus were
ipectal guasti at the villaga'a annual Christmas Party, held the Sunday
before Chrlstmu at tha Freeporl Recreation Center. The real "guests
of honor," however, were the ycungsten, who were amot)g the mora
than 2,000 Freeportera attending the event. Sponsored by tha Freeporl
Chamber of Commerce, In cooperation with the village's Recreation
Department, tha annual Holiday Fast featured the visit from Santa and
his "wlfe^" the Mummers; fbe Fraeport High School Select Chorals;
fa>(orll( storybook charaetera; refreshment and gifts. (Full story and
more photog raphe next weelt.)
271 Named At
Baldwin H.S.
Make Honor ROIUE
BALDWIN • &ine 271 students at Baldwin Senior Higfa School hare
acMeved places on the sdidoi's High Honor and Honor. Bolls. Names of
the students were released by the school's principal. Dr. Feter K.
lynch.
For High Honor rating, pupils baving fear major subjects most have
all A's in these m^ors. Fuinls
. Sopliomores were also named
to High Honor KcB, and these
were Joseph Clone, Jean Feld- ,
man,, Jean Field, Stephen Jadi-owicz',
Heidi Masiu, Susan
McMnllen. Cluistopher Monaco, '
Susan Ksano, Kathi Powell,
Monique Stroman, and Vnniam
White,
Seventeen freshman were also
named to High Honor RoO.
These students are Paul Antico,
David Ascher, Heather Bacher,
Alycia. Borer, Joel Hamick.
Susan Jaeger, David Levy,
Mark Meihoefer, Donna Metri-man,
James O'Brien, Christina
Qcjong,' Victoria Biley, EJTi
Sacks, Midiael Saloman, Todd
Schliblein, and Adam Zalma.
HomrRott
Named to Honor Rod were
seniors l^eter Ames, Nidia Arias,
John Arcariti, Andrew Bern-slein,
Vincent Bocchtno, Jodi
Borodin, laren Brady. Susan
Catalano, Fcnda Cfippos, Alya
Cohen, Ixnri Qinninghaci, Lisa
Dansiger, Kevin Deshaniats.
- Jennifer Danby, ' Taong Do,
Slacty Dowden, Daniel Elarde,
KrisliErdal. Amy Forsber);. and
tiaving more, than four major
subjects may have not more than
two B's in the major subjects.
For Honor rating, a student
must iuve no.grade below a B.
Sludents with less'than four maj­ors
are no( eligible for Honor
Roll. • .
For Honor Roll purposes, Driv-.
er Education is "to be considered
. as a major subject.
Seniors named to High Honor
Roll are Christopher Blomquisti
Eric Bnxly, Victor Chu, Joanne'
D'Andrea. Vincent Farcse, Jason
Frank. -IHra HalUgsn, Annette
Laprise, Nancy Undblad, Andrea
Marehese, Keith McCartney,
Lawrence Mileo, Christine
Mond, Debra Rohl, Brett
Schlifslein, Kathetine Weber,
Joy Weil, Kevin Wu, and Sun
HyeYang.
Also named to High Honor Roll
were jumocs Barbara Ascher^
John Basedow, Andrew Cadel,
Heather Ctmpbell, Yeelin Chan,
Randi Cohn, -Heidi Febert,
Debra Javeiine. Waller Jones,
Stephen Laber. Michele Libroan,
Rebecca Nedoslnp. ?«!!» Pin),
Could Be Sold
FREEPORT - Rumors of an
impending sale of Lydia E^ Han
Hospital, located on West
Mem(^ Road' in Freepott,
became even more widespread
this week.
Hospital administrator Sheldon
Klahr confirmed that the hos­pital's
owner. Dr. Cari Neuman,
was "prone to seD at the right
price. Neuman, Klahr explain­ed;
is presently in Europe.
The Nsssaa-Snfiotk Health
Systems Agency recently sng-
^sted and apparently approved
the sale of Lydia E. Hall, and two
oilier privately owned Long Island
hospitals:
Klahr said that the. repdft was
is5ne4 withoat waiting for a reply
bomD^.Neoinan.. -
AcBOtding to information ^ en
to THE 'LEADER- this''week. -
three difierent sets of doctors —
all meihbers of (he hospital
staff . — are . interested in
pnrdiasing the' fadlily. While
the doctors are wcnking in
different directions, one- told
THE LEADER they aU are in­terested
in saving the hospital,
in keeping it open for the cdm-mnnily,
rather than in making
a profit.
Klahr, however, while cbnfiRn-ing
that some bf the doctors were
considering buying the hospiul,
said no one has called or met with
Dr. Neuman.
According to Klahr, mmon are
true that the Diagnostic Center
on Hanse .Avenue, bought by
Neuman some time back for
possible use as -a kidney dialysis
/ center, has been sold to a manu­facturing
firm.
• Howeveri the former Christian
Science Church on Mereick Road,
. also bought by Neuman, is still
owned by the doctor and is
presently being used by the
hospital, primarily for storage;
FREEPORT -.Twas the week before Christmas and all through.
Freeport Village Hall, most municipal employee — as well as the
mayor and village trustees — could count on finding a raise in salary,
or the prospect of one in 1%4, underneath their trees pr in their
siockiogs.
Only One Summons
OnWoodcleft
FREEPORT • The village Build­ing
Department's weekend tour
of Wooddefl Avenue fish markets
imcovered only one violation this
past Saturday and Sunday,
December .17-18.
Accompanied by Building
Inspector John McKeown and
Freeporl Police Officer Howard
Hartman, Snpl. of Buildings
Mike Ruiz De Zarate gat-e a
snmmoos to the owner of the
boat, "St. Peter," for selling fish
from the'dock Sunday.
Also checked, but with no
viobtioos found, were Ctpf.
Accar£ng to both "sides," —
employer and employee' — the
Jong negotiations between the
village and the Ovil Service^
Employees Assodation (CSEA)
have ended.
' CSEA president Robert Ford
confirmed this week that his
membership had met and voted
yes to a package whidi included a
three year contract. Employees,
in years one through nine. Ford '
said, win get a tune percent
increase.— indusrre of incre­ment
— in each of the three
-yors of the contract. Ten year, or-more,
employees, who do not get
increments, willrecsive six per-
~ cent increases in each of the three
years.
According to Ford, his organi­zation
also won approval for an
agency shop. Presently 181 of the
approximately 230 village em­ployees
are members of the local
. barguning unit. AU, except the
confidential employees, win now
hare to join. Fad estimates that
this will inoease the member­ship
of iSi organization by about"
•W.
- Ford s^d the new contract win
also include the Ovil Service Pro­tection
Clanse whidi win afford
the same protection to employees
who did not take a dvQ service
examination as to those who
&i. This danse would primarily
affect armed setvies veterans ft»
whom tests are often waived.
According' to Mayor William
H. White, the village's confirma­tion
of the contract is just a legal
' formality. Special attorney for the
village, Robert Sweeney, has
been asked to draw up the
contract and. White said, the
Board of Trustees would then
authorize him, as Mayor, to sign
it. The salary increases would be
in effect retroactively as of
Mardi 1,1983
The employees of the village's
electrical utility, who bargamed
separaldy, wiU also receive
increases-of six-siz-six for three
years, less than parity with
LILCO, for' which they, were
negotiating. However, the raises,
winild be retroactive to March 1.
Another ^giiKip to probably
receive an increase this year b
the vfflage's eleded officials: the '
Mayor and the four viUage
trustees. The (full time) mayor's
present salary of S47.250 win be'
increased by 6% to S50,085 while
the part-time trustees' salaries
win go from .16,825 each to
S7,234. Salary Increases, whkb
will be part of the.annual budget
hearing to be held on January 9,
would go into effect — once
approved by the Village Board
along with the budget'— on
March 1. 1984. at the beginning
of the village's fiscal year.
Wlnle the proposed budget
itself has not yet been released.
While told THE LEADEB this
week that the tax increase^' looks
like 30*. Last year's lax increase
was 98*.'
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A final group of village em­ployees,
the members of the
village's pdice department, win
' not find any presents gndemeath
the mnnidpal Christmas tree, at
least not yet.
According to PBA president
Jack Kilbride the two^ sides win
be g ^ g into binding'arbitration
"any time now." Noting that the
CSEK came out of its negoiia-lions
with a three year contrad.
Kilbride said the police wcnld
come out with a two year one. .
Kilbride also noted .that the
police had txeen working without
a Contrad since Marehl. -
"Salary has something to do
with it," KUbtide affirmed, bui
he also mentioned that the
department was short on man­power,
carrying 76 rather than
iisfunrosterof80.
Holiday Hours
Icr, _P au.l S_ iragnsa . - - . .- - •»- f5:„,ii«nrf'«7 * f i Tvcnue; • iwo^ ixuSST
Waters. •
and Debra Abo Grelchen Oindlespetger,.
(Conl. on Paga tO).
FREEPORT .- An ViHage of
Freeport mnnidpal offices win
be dosed Monday, December 26, .
and there win be no Btard of '
Tmsiees meeting' that
evening. -'•
Because of the Christmas
hoTiday. the Freeporl Recreation
^Center will be closed aU day
?TnB«ay. "fv^'i—i^'^'TT- " •
(Com. on Page 14)
- in day,
Christmas Sunday. December 2S;
and on December 26. Monday.
ihe usual day of dosing f»r ihai
fadb'iy.
A one-lime "experimental"
holiday garbage pick-up will be
tried in the village's . nonhem
section. Village residences,
north of KandaU and Grand
Avenues, win have gsrbage pick:
TTniC nin-lte-Jritt-imkMip-itt-
Mooday, December 26. and nn
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