The-Leader_1984-08-16

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PREEPORT. NEW YORK, AUGUST 16.19S4
49thYEAR. No. 17
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Freeport Streets To Be Upgraded
Baldwin To Appeal
Sawyers^ Penalty
Suspension To Continue
Cary Place, Other Road
improvements In Works
FREEPORT - Caiy Place will »oon receive what some rcsldcnu have
long-awallcd and others have equally long-Coughi; a street-raising pro­gram.
More than two years ago, when the Freeport Village Board of
Trustees first considered doing work on Ctry Place as part of its annual
Street Improvement Program,
OHR Bazaar
To Open For -^. . . * •
Second Weekend Pendmg District s Appeal FREEPORT - Our Holy^
Redeemer parish will continue its
annual St. Rocco bazaar, on its
school grounds in Freeport,
this weekend August 16-18.
Starting time is 7 pm on Thursday
aAd Friday and 6 pm on Saturday
and Suniy. The Vegas games
openatSpm.
The annual mass and a pro­cession
in honor of St. Rocco
were highlights of the first'week
of the bazaar when on Saturday,
August 11, priests, visiting
'dignitaries; (he Sons of Italy.
Knights of Columbus and the fire
department band fnardied in a
' possession from the diurch^s the -
sutue of St. Rocco was carried
down Ocean Avenue, along
Merrick Road, Guy Lombardo
Avenue, and Pine Street to a
place of honor at the bazaar.
Mayor William While was
honorary chairman; Vincent
Fortunalo and Peter Brvona were
feast co-chairmen; and Richard
Brunie is chainaan of the bazaar,
(Cent, on Page \i)
County Board
roves
Rent Hikes
HEMPSTEAD - The Nassau
County Rent Guidelines Board
has voted in a 6% maximum rent
hike on one year leases and an
6% raarimum on tao year
leases for apartments under its
jurisdiction. -^
Apai'roenl houses in the
Village of Freeport are covered
by the Emergency Tenants
Protective Act and are, therefore,
under the Guidelines Board's
mandates.
The 6 and 8% inaeases ap­parently
disappointed both ten­ants,
whose coalition groups had
asked for no increase on one year
leases and 3'/i% on two year
teases; and landlords, whose
Council has asked for 8.5% and
15% increases.
In public hearings, the Nassau
Tenant's coafition had pointed to
lowered general inflation while,
on the other hand, landlords had
pleaded higher costs.
BAIDWIN - On Wednesday, August 8, by a vote of 4-1, the Baldwin
Board <^ Education voted to appeal the penalty in tlie case of the school
district, against Industrial Arts teacher Robert Sawyers. Robert Jordan
cast the only negative vole. In a prepared motion which was voted upon
in public session after discussion in executive session, the School
Board agreed to bring the case
it met with opposition fram
what was apparently then a
majority of the property owners.
The opposing property owners
declined to sign the Wahers of
Consequential Damages, re­quested
by the village for all
street-raising programs. These
byJoanDelaney waivers protect the village from
before Stale Comnussioner of
Education Gotdan Ambach.
The Board also indicated that
Sawyers' suspension would be
continued pending the appeal.
The case had previously been
iieard by a panel of three hearing
ofliccrs as provided under Educa­tion
Law.
Af>er months of public hear-
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Appr<
ings, the paher rendered
decision this past July 13, recom­mending
that Sa«7ers, who. was
accused of tampering with an
air filter by placing an asbestos
substance in the- intake filler,
be fined $2,000 and be reinstated.
It appears, however, from the
findings and recommendations
that there was intenial controver­sy
among members of the panel.
Morton Rosenftld> the panel
member chosen by the employer,
voted that Sawyers, was not
guilty. In his dissenUng opinion,
Rosenfeld noted that, "I believe
the District did not prove its case
against the Respondent," He
added that lie believed that the
charges against Sawyers should
. be dismissed.
Dr. Michael V. Sanlopolo, the
Board's panel member, noted in
Ihe majority opinion recommen­dations
Ihat he "concurs in the
penalty recommended though not
necessarily with the reasons
advanced in support thereof."
Jonas Silver, the panel chair-nvan,
also voted in favor of tlie
fine aind reinstatement. In Ihe
majority statement, references
were made to the School Dis­trict's
presenution and its des­cription
.of Sawyers and his
actions. The. nujorily sulement
indicated, however, that the pan­el
was "not about to bliglit the
'Respondent's tormented ez-btence
still further by one­sided
economic capital punish­ment,"
since Ihey were of the
opinion Ihat the penalty recom­mended
has "Ihe prospect of
deterring." They indicated that
"terroinalion would indeed be
'shocUng to our sense of fair­ness'
^jjjare Ihe grave moral
turpiBi3e at bottom had a re-lalable,
subsunlial and. we
therefore believe, mitigating
reason tor exhibiting itself in the
misconduct."
In a phone interview with_S»w--
yers previous to the VaCiict't
-aeasten to appeal; THE IEA0EH-was
told that Sawyers would be
meeting with his attoniey and
would be deciding whether or
not he would appejD Ihe decision.
According to SUte Education
lawj~Sawyers may appeal either
to the Commissioner of Education
or lake his case directly to dviJ
courts. In both the educational
hearings or in any appeal before
the Commissioner, the rules
of evidence are different from
Ihat which would be in effect in
civil courts. (It should be noted
that another local paper erron­eously
reported that the decision
of July 13 .w»s rendered by
Ambach. This was not the
case.)
NewPositiont
In other action at the August
8 meeting, the Board approved
two new positions: district read­ing
coordinator and high school •
athletics coordinator. According
to Baldwin Superintendent of
Schools Rolland Jones, the read­ing
position indicates the "high
priority in our. attack on read­ing"
and the alhletic position will
free the District Director D. Allan
Tyson to "work on the health
aspects of the curriculum."
Referring W the Seattle-Berk­eley
Substance Abuse program
which is being piloted in several
schools this year, Jones said Ihat
the added mierest by Tyson will
"help it to succew...or if tt
doesn't succeed, it won't be be­cause
Ihe sdKwl district's admin­istration
did not give it every o{>-
any possible — while not usually
probably — damages to individ­ual
property due to raising the
street higher than the adjacent
areas.
But DOW, David Lovtjoy. the
viUage's Supetintendcnet of
Pubhc Works explains, some rexi-denu
have changed their minds
and, in other cases, new residents
have moved onto the street.
Ptopet^ owners of Caty
Place, which is a mix of residen­tial
and commercial, seem more
willing to have their street
raised and more than half of them
have already signol the waivers.
Lovejoy said the new residents
seem to realize ihat they need a
good road. The street, which had
its last improvement many years
ago. Is virtually a "diit" road,
described Lovejoy, "a hole."
Bids for Ihe Cary Place work
are now being sought, with the
appropriate legal published jn
thU. ediUon of THE LEADER.
Bids are returnable by September
5 and will be awarded on Septem­ber
10, according, to Lovejoy,
and the work will probably begin
at the end of September.
With the work also planned on
Sportsmans Avenue, between
Atlantic Avenue and Ray Street,
this part of the program will tolsl
$280,000.
Lovejoy this week described
other work that his department
ts doing in the village.
Water mains are being re­placed
on various sueels in the
village, prior to other 1985 street
InlproveroenU. Lovejoy noted
Ihat because of this s~ street
would only have to be ripped up
one time. StreeU include sections
of Connecticut, South Ocean and
Whaley.
Presently, »-otk b alio being
_doDejl Pine Slrtet and Freeport
Kiail. The dimaged and empty
buildings on the northwest comer
of Ihe Mall have already been
demolished and clean-up is
underway.
The comer will become a
parking field for about 30 car*. No
other plans have yet been an-
. nounced.
Arts Oouncii To Receive State Grant
FREEPORT - The Atta Council
at Freeport has been awarded a
$23,000 grant from Ihe Hew York
Slate Council of the Arts.
Meeting on August 2, the state
council approved $176,000 in
griRlM, IndadJng also 546,000
for Ihe Nassau County Council
on Ihe Arts.
(Corii.oriPagelS)
(ConI.dnPag«6)
A FUN TIME at 8». floeeo't BM«»r U itMta both by thow who run th«
flames and lhos« who play ih« o«m«. Co-c«pl«ln» of lh» Ml* Car
Qam« Booth are Theresa p.) and Elll* t2nd I.) JhompMn. with th« help
of alster. PatrkU t4ih I.), who are showing young Travis PendergMt
"how to play iha oama." The Our Holy Bede«mef Parish Bazaar can
St ill be enjoyed this coming Thursday, through Sunday evenings,
August 18-19, at Ihe OHR tchool grounds.
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