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THE BEACON SOUTH SHORE L.I'S LARGEST CIRCULATION WEEKLY NEWSPAPER S e r v i n g t h e c o m m u n i t y s i n c e 1966 P r i n t e d o n r e c y c l e d p a p e r VOL. 45 NO. 5 THURSDAY, February 3 ,2 0 1 1 .5 0 CENTS W È Ê g m È m Ë B B Ê m iÉ Ê m Ê m 11311 i y W Bps j a l a fr ( á ' . - a 1 11 üWHffHWI 1 Bl11 - - T ; , ,/ E Suspect as seen on store video OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER Periodicals Postage Paid- Babylon Post Office, Babylon NY 11702 (USPS 03960-8000) FOR SUFFOLK COUNTY •TOWN OF BABYLON . VILLAGE OF BABYLON •BABYLON SCHOOLS . DEER PARK SCHOOLS. LINDENHURST SCHOOLS . COPIAGUE SCHOOLS . WEST BABYLON SCHOOLS .NORTH BABYLON SCHOOLS . WYANDANCH SCHOOLS • BAY SHORE SCHOOLS Published every Thursday by CJ P ublishers , I nc . , 1999 65 Deer Park Ave., Babylon, NY 11702 Founders Edward D. Wolfe, Jane D. Wolfe Publishers, Carolyn and Alfred James Inside: CSD administrators pass on pay raise «#• Page 3 WISH to host annual SK Dash an new Kids' Run ••• Page 8 Woman in Babylon assaulted; police seek public's assistance Suffolk C o u n ty C rim e S toppers and First Precinct D e tectives have ju s t released inform a tion about a sexual assault that took place in Babylon Village in late D e cem b e r and are now seeking the public’s assistance in ap prehending the assailant. Police gave this account: Just, after 4 p.m . D ec. 20, an unknow n black m ale w earing a red jacket, blue jeans, doo-rag and black glass es entered a Babylon Village deli, 35 John St., and “ violently assaulted and attem p ted to rape a fem ale in a back storage room o f the store before fleeing. M inutes later, after rem o v ing his outer coat and glasses, the sam e suspect returned to the store, jum p ed over the counter and stole the victim ’s cash, cell phone and w allet from her purse before fleeing again. A n y o n e with inform a tion about this crim e is asked to call C rjm e Stoppers anonym o u sly at 1-800-220-T IP S . All calls will be kept confiden tial. Suffolk C o u n ty C rim e Stoppers offers a cash reward o f up to $5,000 for inform a tion that leads to an arrest. W a tch v id e o o f s u spect in th e s to r e at w w w .babylon h eacon .c o m Law to resolve voting machine snafu introduced by NYS lawmakers by C arolyn Jam es A bill to allow local V illages, schools and fire districts to use the old lever-type voting m a c h ines has been introduced in to the New Y o r k State Leg islature. T h e bill, i f passed into law, will e lim inate the proverbial r o c k and a hard place th a t the V i l lages found them selves in this year as they p r e pared for th e ir upcom ing elections. Tw o m o n ths ago, as they prepared for th e ir up com ing elections on M a rch 15, V illage officials w ere advised by the local board s o f elections in their cou n ties that the new com p u terized scan ning voting m a c h ines could n o t be m a d e available to them . A d d itionally, a state law p rohibited the V illages, as well as s c h o o l, fire and oth e r districts, from using the old lever-type voting m a c h ines. T h e ir only o p tio n — p aper ballots, or as one local M a y o r described it “take a step back into a T h ird W o rld C o u n try.” T h e New Y o r k State boards o f election have no legal obligation to p e r m it the Villages or dis tricts to use the scanning m a c h ines, and officials from the boards pointed out at th a t tim e that the new com p u ter scanners m u st be p re-tested and certified p r ior to use in an election. In addition, the boards o f elections m u st get the inform a tion from the V illages or other m u n icip a lities or dis tricts holding the elections, and p rin t the appro priate scannable ballots. Then they m u st insure and arrange for the tran s p o r t o f the m a c h ines to the various polling places. T h a t raises the cost for V illages and fire districts using the state’s m a chines significantly. (Continued on page 3) BHS DEÇA Club comes out strong in County contest The Beacon videos of local events are available to everyone at no cost. Go to www.babylonbeacon.com The Babylon High School D E C A Club, w h ich currently has 138 m e m b ers spanning grades nine through 12, recently com p eted successfully against D E C A team s from across the county du ring this year’s Suffolk County D E C A Career C o m p e tition at Suffolk C o m m u n ity College. This year, 96 Babylon students participated in the event, com p eting against alm o st 3,000 other students from Suffolk C o u n ty in the areas o f Job Interview, M a rketing, Hospitality, Sports M anagem ent, Broadcast Advertising, and Visual Advertising. ¡Babylon had an espe cially strong showing Jjv i t h 47 w inners: four ■ fecon d -p lace w inners, ■|nd three fourth-place l l i x honorable m e n tions. Shown are m em bers o f B abylon High Schools DECA Club Kaylee Dopkins, Ellen Murphy, Shannon W eber and Sarah Rende, a ll seniors. first-place w inners, three two third-place w inners, w inners. There were also (Continued on page 3) BABYLON PUBLIC LIBRARY * \ \ * * * * * \ CR LOT 0200A**C0Q2 BEAC0Î3TTT 0Ö1280 BABYLON LIBRARY <3) 24 S CARLL AVE BABYLON NY 11702-3403
