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FREEPORT, NEW YORK.' JUNE 19,1986
52nd YEAB. No, 9 PRICE ^25O* PER COPY
sT first Female Due fw
Go To Self-Insurance
Reflred And Deceased
Sf off Members Honored
byJomiDeUmey
BALDWIN - Retiring staff members of the Baldwin. School District
were honored at the June Uth Baldwio Board (if Educatitai-meeting.
In additim, teacher Aon Gilmwe and feniw high school custodian
Walter Daggett who died doting (be past schod year were remember­ed
and their dedictitioii tn students and committbent to their responsi-biOties
were descril>ed by Assist-
Awaiting Final Approval
Bf Fire Council
- FREEPORT • A 23-year-old Freeport woman is on her way to be­coming
this viilage's first female member of its volunteer fire det^att-
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- Michele Midiaels of Feoosylviida Avenne is awtiting ratificatSon
by (he Fire Cbondl of her acceptance into Emergency Rescue Company
No.9.
ant Superintendent Gene Lanzaro
and senior high sebool principal
Dr. Peter Lynch.
CaUing the meetifig a "bitter­sweet
.occasim," Sdhod-Board
President Bernard: Pitfiosky said,
that the scfaod district wodld find.
it haid to replace- these staff
raembets whose excellence-was.
desctilied by their respective
super^sors. A reception followed
the ceremony and ptesentaUoo
ofcettificajes. .
. In,o)her regular busioess,
finandal items'were approved^
The school-district wiU begin a
self-insunnce . plan -for .the
accident portion of workers',
conipensatidn. Noting that the
— tremendous increase in premiums
.. iri' an increasingly difficult
insurance market has resulted
in the district paying dramatically
mote in premiums than it collects
- in daims, Assistant Supetindent .
'for Business tee ' Chapman '
requested aiid lecehred approval
for this change.
It was also requested that the
district begin a S2S,000 reserve
for property tosses which are not
covered by insurance because of
high deductibilities. As it stands
now, items sich. as audlo-vistial
equipment, which- are stolen,
cannot be replaced because
insurance does not cover the
replacement under SIOOO and
replacement for the items are not
budgeted.. •
The Sehoo^ Board approved
the awatdisgt of $9,000,000 in
tax anticipation notes U> Norstar
and - National Westminister
banks, at an average interest rate
of4J%.
The Board officially approved
as policy their position of oppo­sition
to corporal punishment
in accordance with New York
State Regents guidelines, but
niih provision for necessary force
It) be employed in cases <^
danger..The gnUeilnesfor thb.
policy are .outlined under ad-mlniitrative
procedures.
. Other items included approvi]
of various texttooks in accor­dance
with the distikt pdicy on
textbook appnrval; approval of
the staff, for-the 1986 summer
: elementary schoid; aa exception
to the dass ^ P<dicy for the
fourth grade at Meadow School
iri Fall, 1986 because of the
impact of' mainsiieaming; and
ap^toyai' to provide the use' of
~facililles to a summer ci^munity
theater groiip under the auspices
ofBCADA.
The next opeh Board <rf.Edu­cation
meeting will take place on
Wednesday,.-Juijr 2 M School
District O^ces. This wiQ' be
the an'nual organization meeting
a I which yearly appointments
are announced. -
During audience questions,
lung-time resident Al Fam
announced :that he would no
longer be attending Board of
Education meetings because of
•the'"airof fiiltilily" about tl^m.
Saarmaa, Frefn
First & Second In
Freeport High's
Grod Class
FREEPORT - Erik Saarmaa has
been named . . Valedietotian
of the FreeportlOgh Sdiool Gass
. of 1986.. Rebecca.- Frein, Class :
SaUitatorian, and Kimbetly
Buckley, 'Oass President, win
join -Saarmaa as-speakers u
Freeport'-High Scbocd'a Com­mencement
on Siinday, June 29.
The theme of their speeches.is
from the German philosopher
Goethe: "I find die great thing in
this world is not so miich where
: we stand, as tn what direction we
ax£ moving." '
'Commencement arrangements
will .be similar to last year's
with'tiie ceremonies held on the
George F. 'Emms Jr. Memorial
Held. . t
Parents and guests of the
graduates- will be seated in the
stands facing the field and the
rear of the high school gym­nasium;
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In case of rain, the exercises
will be held in the gymnasium
with guest tickets required.
- Rain or shine, Commencement
ceremonies will begin^ promptly
at2pm..
(Cent, on Page 16) "
Midiaels was voted' in at-a
special meeting of Emergency
Rescue Company last Saturday,
June 14th. Her membership was
then approved by the mepott
Village Board of Trustees during
its executive session Monday
evening, June. 16. Membership
in.the fire departinent is treated
as a'pets6niiel,.inatter by the
'Village Board and discussion and
rates on members are held with- -
out the pnbHc present, ' .
Because seweral; members of.
the Fire Council are at an out•o^
town convention, the .Council
will next be meeting Ttiesday
evening, June 24. - .'
KOchaeis is the second female
to apply for membership in the
Freeaprt Fire Departinent, but
THE LEADER was -told that
..the first woman's spplicatioa was
never ccsnpleted, . because
all' the reqnireinents were' not
met.. - ,
-A 1982 Baldwin Seidor High
School graduate, Michaels. has
lived in Freeport for ,the past
18.years.'She attended Nassau
County Cpitununity CMegt for
two years aiid has worted for
medical' and ambulance, com­panies..
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS. On the program at Freeport High
School's June 29th Commancemeni program are (I. to r.) Senior Class
PresMenl K(nul)er(y Buckley, Valediclorian Erik Saarmaa, and Saluta-tarian
Rebecca Freln. (See story, this page.)
Michele Michaels -
A trained EMI. ^ e went tO'
the File and Police Academy in'
' East Meadow, and at one timel
was en^kiyed by Guardian-
Ambulance in-Freeport. Present--
>y, she -works for Metromed
Ambulette Corp. in Island Pait.
Michaels gives several reasons
for wanting to be a member of
Emergency Rescue -Company.
"1 want to "serve thjs' commuijity
Hive in,:* she said, "and I want
to enhance and stUixe my medical
training."' Michaels also ex­plained
dtat she wanted the ad­venture
and exdtement that.you
don't get in a private ambulance
company.
Her road to membership
began when Michaels caDed' tlie
Freeport Fire Departjiient ,
and was t<dd that'aew members
had to be sponsored by a de-
.patUBentmimfaer.'->-•'.'. ;..„.,
According to Michaels, snb-seqnentiy
Nicholas laboome,
second Ueutenast of Emergency
Rescue Company, indicated tliat
he innid be interested in having
another rescue member to,'
man the-triick. -
John Bder sponsored Midiaels -
and she was approved for mem­bership
by the company in. a
majority vote. Some question
.£d arise as to whether the
company's by-laws called tot a
majority or two-thirds vote, and
agreeing that the by-laws had .
possibly been improperly admin-isterd
in tite pastr Use.company'-
met a second time' and the
majority vote for approval of
Michaels WIS ratified.
' 5 Counties Again
Only Bidder On -<
Rreeport Garbage
FREEPORT - For the second,
fime th'is year the village had re­ceived
only one .set ttf-b'ids for
its 1987 solid waste pickup. And
for the second time iitat bid was
submitted by Five Counties Cart- •
ing, - the company presently
servidng the village. •
The namt>en were lower tiun
- the first bid, received by Freeport
on April 7. At thit time. Five
Counties, which has been ser­vidng
the village since it dis­banded
Its ffiunidpal tanttation
department seven years ago, was
the- sole bidder, although bid
specs had been sent to 51 pros­pective
ones.
On looking at the quotes then,
the Village Board voted to revise
its specifications by eliminating a
newly proposed evening pickup
in the commercial areas; provid­ing
for use of the village's trans­fer
station (as an option), to cut
down • on '-waiting; time 'at the'
(Cent.onP'ageiS)
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