The-Leader_1987-01-29

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Village of
Freeport
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Freeport
School District
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Baldwin
Scl^ool District
THE ^y<^
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FREEPORT. NEW YORK, JANUARY 29, 1987
S2ndYEAR,No. 41
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Proposed School Aid Called Disaster
Snow Sform&/URR strike Effort^To'iHerp Freeport, Baldwin Schools,
Pack Triple Punch
FREEPORT/BALDWIN - Two heavy snow storms hit
the Long Island area within five days of each other,
compounding the problems more than 150,000 Long
Island Rail Road commuters were having because of a
strike.
. Fortunately, however,
astrological conditions
were more positive during .
the storm and no heavy
flooding was reported in
waterfront areas.
With another storm •
anticipated for this
Friday, January 30, the
Village of Freeport is
reminding its residents
and business persons that
sand bags are:available to.,
help them in case of flood
conditions.
If Friday's storm brings
north .'-east ...winds a^d .
comes • during high tide,
which is expected to be
higher than usual,'
flooding could occur.
Empty sand bags, at
three for Si,' may be
obtained • at the Village's
Department ' of Public
.Jtorks, _ on Albany
AvenueTTveekdays, 9 am -
4 p_m, when flooding-conditions
are predicted..
Saiid will be supplied by
the village, but those
piirchasing the sand.bags
must bring a shovel to use
for filling the bags.
The most recent snow
hit Long Island this past
Sunday night, January 25,
and caused ' several
cancellatioos on Monday.
Baldwin and . Free(>ort
schools and libraries were
ctosed. Village Hall
remained - open and
- reportedly at least- 90% of
the en\ployees made it to
work that morning, but
the 7:30,pm Village Board
meeting was cancelled.
Richard Mitthauer, the
village's Assistant
Superintendent of Public
Works in - charge of
highways said that he had
men reporting as early as
3 am Monday in order to
hook"Up-the snow -plows."
All the crews reported in
by 6 am and were out. th^t
day and all Monday night
into Tuesday morning.
The winds caused much
snow to blow ^yhich
increased the difficulty of
cleaning off the roads.
Mayor Dorothy Storm
declared. a . snow
emergency at 12 noon
Monday. ' According to
official reports only one
fire . was reported during'
the storm, a small on.e on
Helen Avenue.
• Freeport and Baldwin
commuters struggled to
get to work during . the
two storms just as the
residents of all other Long
Island areas did.
At this time, it appears
that because of
Congressjpnal action the
trains' will be, back on
schedule by next Monday,
February 2 but,, for the
past nearly two weeks,
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HUMANITAHIAN AWARD WINNERS Yvcnn. Johnion (I.) »ad Wia-itsa
Ntifidd (r.) tcctire csazT:ktu1at!orj from Btldvin Hi(h SchocI
Prindpil, Dr. P<tfr K. Lrr.ch (c). Tfai two Baldwin Ilizh School itu-dcnti
were prcienttd «itb th< 1(37 Huniinituiui Awird became they
telt exerr.plified the ideili cf Dr. Martin Luther Kin's, Jr.
Alvarez Children
FREEPORT - Mayor
Dorothy Storm and
Freeport Superintendent
of Schools John Bierwirth
have announced their sup­port
for current fundrais-^.-
ing efforts to assist the
three children of Mr. and '
Mrs. Cesar Alvarez Sr.
The' Freeport couple died
after the family was
pulled from their van,
which had skidded on ^ ice
into a Connecticut River
on January 19.
. Efforts to raise money
for the children began
with School. District Su- .
penisor'-bf..Buildings and~
Grounds' John Tempone.
Alvarez,'^40, had been .a
. custodian at Freeport High
School.
-Checks made out'to John
Tempone should be seiit to'
his attention . at the
Freeport School District,
P-O.Box 50, Freeport,
N.Y. 11520.
Cesar Jr., 8, a student at
Archer Street School, has
returned to Freeport after
a. short hospital stay.
Mark, 12, a seventh
grader at Dodd. Junior
High School, and Isalia. 4,
who attends Uli Hello Day
Care Center in Freeport,
remain in a' Connecticut
hospital.
A funeral Mass for Al­varez
and his wife. Car­men,
^32, was held at Our
Holy Redeemer Church on
January 26.
In their joint statement,-
Mayor Storm and Dr.
Bierwirth said, "We are
aware • of Freeporters'
generosity towards others
in (he past. We are sure
that spirit will come for-ward
again to help these
children who have suf­fered
a devastating loss.
and face a long term pe­riod
of emotional .and
physical recovery. Know­ing
that their neighbors
care will go a long way
. towards • tKst" recovery.
'We urge all individuals,
civic associations, service
clubs, fraternal organiza­tions
and religious groups
to consider coming to the
assistance of the Alvarez
youngs'tcrs.
Sen, Levy To Fight Plan
ALBANY- The bottom line increases in state aid,
earmarked for the Freeport and Baldwin School Districts
under Governor Cuomo's 1987-88 budget, have met
..with, opposition by -State -Senator-^4ormai»-^J—Levy and
Superintendents of Schools Dr. John E. Bierwirth, of
Freeport, and Dr. RoUand
W, Jones,'of Baldwin.
Levy called the budget a
'disaster for local school
districts, its school
children - -and taxpayers,*
and said that ' if the
Cuomo plan were enacted
it would cost Nassau
County school districts
more than $3.6 million in
State-Aid; to Education.- -•••
Figures released last
week indicate that, if
Cuomo's pfoposal was
enacted into, law^ the
Freeport School District
could receive a bottom
line increase of $1,538,977
or 9.38%, and Baldwin a
$576,444 or 5.47%
increase.
Last year, Freeport
received . increases of
$2,283,907 or 16.1% and
Baldwin received
. $765,278, or 7.2%.
Dr. Bierwirth,
cominenting on the es­timated
figures, called the
over-all increase for
Freeport 'a drop in the
bucket,' and noted that
much of it would be in
categorical aid, rather-^than
• operating costs, and could
- such as in funds for
Excellence in Teaching - .
cost the school district
money. A substantial
portion of the increase,
Bierwirth added, would be
money to reimburse that
which the district has
• already—--"spent; i.-e.—
transportation costs which
are laid out one year and -
returned the following
. year.""^"^" <
At a' Baldwin PTA
'Council meeting last week.
Dr. Jones aired his objec­tions
to the Governor's
. proposal. He also said
that the incre^e proposed
for Baldwin is not an
increase in operating aid!
but rather in' categorical
aid, such as transpojtation
costs. Jones said the
School District would be
.sending representatives to
a . meeting called - by
Senator Levy.
Bierwirth also indicated
that Freeport would be
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SAFETY FOR OUR POUCE.' Fmport folict OOien Charles Bnmi
(ind I.) medili tht new body umat ptud»Md by thi Villa{t for *U
members of tbs foret. Th« purchass prtct of 130,000 will be reimbursed
by the Slate, Both Freeport PBA President Jack Kilbride (I.) and
Mayor Dorothy Storm (}n4 r.) expressed grstitude to tht manufxetur-trs,
Point Black, Inc. of Freeport, for their cooperation tn proridins a
paekait to each ofliccr which included winter and luininerbuter shelli,
ventilated tee-shlrti and & carrier bar. Lookinf.on (r.) is Police
Csptian-DsTidMithan.- , .