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112th.Year -Issue No.5 Your Hometown Newspaper Since 1884 February 15, 1996 Board members William Baker, Superintendent John Maloney, Board President Christine Lamberson and dis· trlct clerk Aly~ _Mc;Qulre at Tuesday's board meeting. At rlgJ1t, f2rme;:.,.\\' .~ucatlon mem,_r Barney $tejskal emphasizes a point during his time at ·the podium: More than 300 concerned residents attended the meeting, eager to hear the board's decision on the dis- trict's beleaguered school lunch program. Unfortunately, for them, two board members were absent, pushing the final decision to February 27. SCN/John Lee by John Lee The auditorium at the Sycamore Avenue Elementary School in Boheinia was packed on \\uesday night. There was an expectation of drama in the air, heightened by the pres- ence of TV cameras, and the crowd was not disappointed. What ensued was three hours of discussion and dudgeon, high words and humor, even a dash of pathos. The Connetquot School District's Board of Education meeting was dominated, as expected, by a proposal put for- ward bv Sunerintendent John Malonev to restart the school lunch progr'8m ~~-M&;~'h 4 ·~u; ;·$5o:ooo-s~te ~i~ ------- Maloney said that he had reviewed the lunch program, which had been discontinued when the district went on aus- terity, with the help of principals, administrators, students, ~ 75¢ food service workers, the PTA and Nancy Petrane Willis, head of Sachem's lunch program. The reason that the program had accumulated losses of around $180,000 over a 10-year period stemmed from a num- ber of causes, Malone~ said. There had been mismanage- ment. State guidelines suggeJ;ted a 40 percent expenditure for food and Connetquot had spent 51 percent. The high cost of meals was exacerbated by employees not paying for lunches, by theft - refrigerators were not locl~ed at nights and the milk deliveries were not secured - by obsolete equipment and menus that did not meet the students' needs. Maloney put forward a 20-point program to rectify the situ- ation. His remedies included keeping the refrigerators and Plt~!l$6 turn ttJ page 7 Mystery illness fells Girl Scouts by John Lee More than 200 Girl Scouts from all across Suffolk County were attending a two-part first aid workshop called 'Bumps, Bruises and Breaks' in the · Juliet Lowe Center in Bayport last week when theory turned into reality. According to Girls Scout officials, the girls from one troop suddenly reported feeling lightheaded and nauseous. One of them threw up. The police, the Sayville Community Ambulance and the Bayport Fire Department were called soon after. Ten of the young women opted to have a thorough medical check-up and were taken to Bay Shore's Southside Hospital and the University Medical Center in Stony Brook. All were pro- nounced healthy and released. Please tum to page 4 ..FOil ALL TilE CA.R YOUR JIONBY CAN DUY\ en.. ·ear·- Di~islon of Sayville ford o/ Sayville Villdge \Long Island's U~ed Car Giant\ t Ol North l'lain St. Sayville, NY Opposite the Sclyville fire Dept. OPEN 7DAYS! ffon.-l'ri: Qdm-l5pm Sat: Qam-6pm Sun: 11 am-4-pm