The-Leader_1989-05-18

              Freeport • Baldwin
SStbYear, No.20Rcee{)ort.N.Y. 11S20 OriciiliMwspapcrorUuVillageorBrecport'FreepoaandBaldwinScboolDistncts Thursdiy.Miy 18.1989 ZS«
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PETITTO FAMILV PHOTO show* Mothw of th* VMT Ann*
with, trom Mt. husbuid MiduA K«i*.«. OiicMI*; B month*.
JolM*. 7. and Miehnl. (L
MOTHER OF THE YEAR
Ann* PttHto and har Mvm-y*
ar-«ld daughtar Jolana,
»*o WROta tMa yaat-a win­ning
iattar to Tha Uadar.
daap handa oh tha day
bafon MolHar'a Day.
Freeport voters approve budgets
The Freeport School Di»-
triet's 1989*90 budget of
$50,496^13 was approved by
voters iut'Wednesday by a
margin of 120 votes. There
were 723 ballot* io favor of
the budget, and 603 against.
Running unopposed for the
Freeport School Board, Board
Vice-President Bet^ Monroe
received 862 votes in her bid
for a third term on the Board,
and businessman Richard
Ament received 836 votes to
fill the seat of retiring Board
member Jajnes Parola.
The approved, budget will
raise local school taxes b^ 2.89
percent, or 88.6 cents per $100
of assessed valuation. The cur­rent
school tax paid by the
average Freeport homeowner
is $29.61 per $100,
Superintendent of Schools
Dr. John Bierwirth toSd The
Leader he was 'pleased with
the support of the com­munity,"
and continued that
'as always, with the financial
burden that t«zpayera bear,
we win make sure that we are
as frugal OS possible.*
Concurrent voting for the
Freeport Metnorisl Library*!
$2;292.I48 budget resulted in
s^^Totralbyavoteof •732to 522.
Ibx rate Er the lAnsy b o a ^ it
$Z58 per $100 of ssaessed vshio-tioa^
aaiacrtaaeafBvK cents over
lastyearsbudgcC
librsiy IXrectcr David Opotovr
cjLjsumd grstttooe to tbe cocsm^
nityi ssying be felt the budget's
sppnavilwss 's wte c/oaaSckncB
1^ the peoi:^ in the Ubraty s msny
servio(% lytiog ^ QirrEnt BTvirco-ment
cf tax revolt seroes Long
Usnd
"My mom h the Idodest mom
in the worid." wroie jeven-ye*i-otd
JoIcTK Petitto, whote wio-ning
letter to The Lcsder earned
bcr mom. Anno Petitto, Mother
of the Year bonon.
Jolenc. a Tint gnder at Giblyn
SchooU &ei her inoca^ bedtime
stories, sometimes read from
library books, but cspedaUy the
tales of mom and graodma wben
they wcrt young.
"I doaX believe it—never in a
million years,** Mrs. Petitto
exdaifficd wben she was told of
bcr selection as The Lcsder'k 1989
Mother of the Year.
The Jeffcnon Stttet mother of
four, s tesdwr and grade one
coorduutor of Rdi^ous Educa­tion
at Our Holy Redeemer, said
'*Jolene does everything to make
me bappy—tbc\ a tweetiel" Mrs.
Petitto and her bosbsnd Michael,
who have lived is Freeport for
over 12 years, are alio the paienu
of Michad. U, Ktlic S, and
CabrieUe, 5 months.
Mrs. Petitto said she "makes a
pomt of taking each child out
alone to tbe park or to miniature
i<Hi so each has his own time,"
but tbe family also has much
together time, taking walks and
bike rides or going to the beach
after dinner. Friday night is a
special family evening for the
Petittos. llie little girts especially
ecjoy their regular tea parties
with their mother.
Joleoe's winning tetter read as
follows: "My mom is the kindest
mom in the world. My mom
teaches us about God. My mom
teaches me and my friends reli­gion.
She is our tcadwr. Some­time}
my mom iclb me and my
sister stories at bedtime. My
mom gi^rs me a bath at night.
When I am sick my mom helps a
lot She takes mc to the doctor.
She gives me oiangt juke and
^ves me medicine. She gives mea
lot of things. She loves me a lot
and feeds me food every day. I
want my mom to win because she
does a lot (of us. Vovt, Jolenc
Petitto."
Many touching and loving let­ters
about local motben received
by The Leader made this year's
s^ectioD a difficult one. Follow­ing
are excerpts from sotne of
them:
"I was given an idealism which
1 prize greater than anything else
today. I was uugbt to be optimis­tic
Can\ was not a word my
mother frequently used." wrote
Elizabeth Abbate of her mother,
Agnes Frangos. "This is the grea­test
pSi you can pve a duld from
a mother. Thanks mom. I love
yott."
Donna Lccccse, a friend, wrote
to nominate Sharon Avelli,
v^ose 9-year-oId son Darren was
injured and became comatose
after being struck by a car. "Any
mother would remain around
the dock at the bedside of her
child,** tbe wrote. "Sharon had an
added burden of knowing that
her other two sons had witnessed
tbe accident. E>cspite the respira­tor
and the tubes she brought
them into l.CU. for weeks to
touch and talk to their tlccptag
brother."
"My mother is a very special
caring person. She constantly
does for other people aad not for
herself." wrote Jane ImpcUizze-ri'i
daughter Ywone. **She's
always doing things for her fam­ily,
having dinners like Thanks-
(contnuocj on pago 16)
Baldwin sctiool budget defeated
by Joan Delaney
Voters turned down the Bald*
win School District budget by a
margin of only 101 votes and
inctmibcnt Ira Matetsky was
defeated by-a mere 29 votes in a
rcfcteodum which saw a larger
voter timwm following asti-Cax
sentiment throughout the
County. Riding on the wave of
positive community feeling since
its recent expansion, the Library
saw its budget pass by a margin of
IS45forand 1275against.Scbool
Board incumbcDt Lorraine
Deller «-u re-eleaed and former
^oard member B«b Jordan was
returned to ofrjce. Library trustee
Barbara Jmtcr ran unopposed.
- Veteran pon »:Hcben ^tbcr^
^—tg afliiuiii iTitldpti^fT'oi' ihe
results »t 10 p.m. on Msy 10.
Wben the first booth*^ tally was
read indicating 287 for and 329
against, a bust descended on the
crowd. It is traditional that the
flni booth umally predicts the
outcome. Each of the five booths
showed the margin in opposition
to the school district bt^gct inth
even the absentee baSou of ISfor
and 21 against reinforcing the
result
Board President Lorraine
Dellcf said that the Board of
Education would ixcA. make a
dccisio a as to what it will do until
its next scheduled meeting on
May 17. Tbe Board has three
options. They can resubmit tbe
exact same budget, make cms
and submit a lowtrt budget, or go
OD ausieriiy.
any transportation below three
miles for Kcondaiy studenu and
two miles for dementary stu­dents.
All us of buildings by out­side
groups are removed as well
as most inter-sdiolastic sports.
Most pufchases of new books
and equipment and repairs.
except of an emexgepcy nature
are retnoved. Not changed ate
contractual items or items based
on program and policy such as
class size.
Present to l«ar the results were
onicert of soxral major school
related activities such as the
Summer Recreation Program,
the Police.Bo)7^ Oub and the
PTA. At this point, ii is not
known how the budget defeat wiQ
tmpaa on these programs.
_^__^^-j«tfaDly^Jjudge*—Wi^s^^^ re4Uiiityua"K^K"wi{h runy
fUte gutdebnes in remo^-ing the people uying that tbe district
so-called "extrss ' Rcmo%td are tconiiiw»d on p«fl« 8)
HERALDINafflgABTft- Talanf rl Ti!.r wfmintrtrrof tfJeS^'
''cSOTiilfonnanc* Group of ttM AMn AB*y Amartcan Dance
Cantar wflt antartabt at tha FT«*port Arts Councfl gala Arty Parry
honortng foundar Harold Levfna. S*« s t c^ on paga 1 tt.