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SOOTH SHORE LI S L «GEM CIRC W AT ION WEEKLY NFWSPAPER S erving the community since 1966 P rinted on recycled paper W ebsite : www . babylonbeacon . com E-MAIL ADDRESS: ACJNEWS@RCN.COM VOL. 4 4 NO . 42 O F F IC IA L N E W S P A P E R Periodicals Postage Paid- Babylon Post Office, Babylon NY 11702 (USPS 03960-8000) FOR SUFFOLK COUNTY •TOWlJ •BABY/ LINDENHUf BABYLON WYAND Published <j Founders Edward D Wolfe, Jane D. Wolfe Publishers, Carolyn and Alfred James INSIDE Babylon homecoming, Pg. j? , eer Park Homecoming...Pg. 8 £QP£~ZQm an N o u a v a * * 3AV lidvo s ccident on Sunrise Highway is up traffic for hours...Pg 12C CANDIDATES ROUNDUP SEE SHOPPER SECTION (s) A'dVdan N 01 A 9 V 8 £ÖÖ0»»X0T l d ’‘dVO«*WWMMW x The Babylon Beacon i« ilw* hmnofn.»« — —— ------- /,p * Stein o f Babylon B A B Y L O N PU B L IC L IB R A R Y — THURSDAY, O c. 50 CENTS Panthers pound Port Jeff-42-0 by Tony Spota - - /-* '' / '' ; ~ The Babylon Panthers blanked the Port Jefferson . Royals 42-0 last Saturday at Pop Kessling F iM lk'jfatt ' Jefferson A dozeft Panther backs «»reff for 265;ya£ds i on 53 carries. The defense limited the Royals to only 52 yards rushing and 76 passing. Babylon quarterback Sam 2amet completed I passes in 5 attempts for il<£ yank The six Panther touchdowns were unanswered. The start of the game was delayed about 25 minutes waiting for players to arrive from their SAT tests, The day was a beauty - limited wind, sunny and mild, The crowd was asked to stand for a moment of silence in ; remembrance of our troops around the world and for those who gave their Uvea for our nation.-Port Jeff se- rnor Capriana McMurray gave an excellent rendition of our National Anthem. \ With both centers out, Babylon vm presented with' an offensive line problem. Bin they'moVed Guard' Brendan Cunningham fo c e t^ r and retraced end Zach Bassen to the interior. With Nick Brennan» Harrison Dittmeier, RyanVisgaiiss and Greg Dieter-' ich completing the front, the Big Cats did the job and then some. . The'game belonged to Babylon' from the ■ They scbred oii their first tfoee possessiork The fiiilM taByrame on a 71 -yard drive and was capped bytaS- ■ bade Trevor Tudimk race around the left side from foe \Royal 5-yard line, Andrew Hurst kicked foefirstofhfe six'i&trapoints. Twenty seconds latei^the Cats scored again. On Port's very first play from scrinunage, line* \ backer Nahari- Jenkins recovered' a loose ball at the Royal 29. Zamct gunned to wideout Steve Loudoh off a right flag to the 2. Fullback Sean Logan then blasted it In from there - right up the gut A minute and fifty seconds later, they scored again. After a 3-and-out, Zamet connected With louddn again on a, right bof- tonhook. Loudon escaped a jersey grab and took it to the Royal 15. The play went for 44 yards. Zamet then skirted the left side on a keeper for foe TTX The «explo sion went for three TDs in two minutes and ten sec onds, ' 1111 | ¡g ' In foe second quartet the Panthers scored thrice more on successive possessions. The key on the first one, was a 35-yard right fly from Zamet to Hurst The (Continued on page 5) W B college senior w ins Pageant ■ Jenny Peters of West Babylon won the \Best Talent” award in the Oneidian • Yearbook Queen Pageant in Onei da Baptist Institute on October 9. She was es corted by Carl Kob. Jenny is the 17-year-old daughter of Annie Pe ters. She is a senior at OBI, a hoarding school in Kentucky, where she has been involved in choir, drama and cheerleading. In foe pageant's talent competition Jenny sang Ave M arlaby Be- yonce. West Islip School Sup't and board set goals; move to multi-year budget plan by Tiffany Elliott The West Islip School District announced a dozen goals and objectives for the 2010-2011 school year, which include developing a three-year budget plan for excess funds and giving every school wireless ac cess to the internet. In years past, there were many more objectives, ac cording the district’s new superintendent, who said this years streamlined plan will allow him to get to know the district better before moving on with major changes. “Coming in, I didn’t want to make too many chang es,” said Richard Simon who took over as superin tendent during the summer. “I used my entry plan interviews and my work with (outgoing superinten dent) Dr. Blau to determine what some appropriate goals would be. I am also in the midst of getting to know each school and its staff through visits; I am im pressed with how well the district is run.” This year’s goals primarily keep the district status- quo, while continuing upgrades such as the energy contract and the monitoring o f its effectiveness. The board plans on strengthening the communi cation procedures to maximize the effectiveness of the district’s administrative team and posting board of education notes from committee meetings on the web site. Curriculum-wise, the district will continue to ad just the curriculum for higher standards and update the district plan for professional development, while reviewing field trip procedures to ensure equity and accountability. Under the technology banner, all district schools will be provided with wireless connectivity and im proved bandwidth while training for new technolo gies such as Smartboards will continue. Simon is looking towards the future by developing a three-year budget plan. “Most budgets are done in one-year increments, but we need to look past that,” he said. “There are many variables in a budget and we have to look at the big picture so we can keep our budget and taxes steady.” For example, he said, the district knows what the cost o f the contracts with bargaining units will be in three years, so it can anticipate that. “The budget is like a puzzle where the pieces fit together over time but knowing we can use our fund balance and re serves will offset a big need in the future,” he said. “It’s all about big picture thinking.” In “other board news, the district will work to im prove all o f itst fields and allocate time slots for each group after a member o f the West Islip Softball Team complained at the Sept. 16 board meeting that they weren’t getting equal time. Director of Buildings and Ground, James Bosse said “everyone was satisfied with the plans” detailed at a meeting that included representatives from the Little League and softball team. The next school board meeting will be held at 8 p.m. on Tues., Nov. 9 at the high school. Chamber Fair and Apple and Arts Festival There was plenty to buy, plenty to see and plenty to enjoy at the Babylon Village Chamber o f Commerce Fair and the Apple and Arts Festi val at the Conklin House. The events were held the weekend of Oct. 8 ,9 and 10. See story and more photos, page 5.
