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$ muster POUCH«HWIl\yP»WUMC JONMM /VWHITt PUIMS femiiarfi BREWSTER, THE HUB OF THE HARtEM VALLEY Vol. CVIII No. 41 BREWSTER, NEW YORK Thursday, April 15,1982 NEW COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER -Sgt. Anthony Edwards (left] of the Putnam County Sheriff's Department checks data with Deputy Todd Fisher at the new communications center In the new county Jail building in Carmel. Sgt. Edwards has been named by Sheriff Ray nor Welzenecker to take charge of the communications squad organized by the Sheriff's Department to man the new center that handles police, fire and ambulance radio communications. Official Sheriff's Department Photo Communications center upgraded The construction of the new sheriffs facility in Carmel brought with it a complete upgrading of the communications center. This center provides communications services for po- lice. Tire, emergency medical services, and a wide variety of other services, and includes radio as well as telephone communica- tions, said Sheriff Raynor Weizenecker. The Communications center was completely redesigned and Sgt. Anthony Edwards, a veteran of IS years' service to the department, was appointed to supervise the bureau. \Continuing my policy of pro- viding the best training for sheriffs personnel, Sgt. Edwards was assigned to attend the communications supervisor school. This school, presented at the University of Delaware, was entitled \Use of supervisory techniques within public safety communications,\ and was taught by the university staff with the assistance of the Delaware State Police. This course pre- sented the attendees with a well-rounded course in the super- vision of an emergency services center, and provided the re- quired skills for management and supervision of personnel,\ said the Sheriff. \Sgt. Edwards' training will allow our department to increase and improve its services to all the citizens of our county and to prepare our staff for the chal- lenges of the future. My congratulations to Sgt. Edwards for his devotion to duty and his dedication to service for our community and its citizens.\ ESTABLISHED 104 YRS. 8 Pages Price $7.00 Per Year Southeast denies plea on Highridge Mall site The Souhteast Town Board voted unanimously Monday night to deny the application for creation of a Planned Development District to pave the way for construction of the proposed Highridge Farms regional shopping mall on Rte. 312, south of 1-84 in Southeast. Four board members commented on traffic problems that could be generated by the mall, long-range environmental concerns regarding wetlands on the site, and the lack of commitment by county and state governments on provision of public services necessary to the success of a project of this size. Councilman Joseph Lyons, who seconded the denial motion by Councilwoman Maryalice Grant, said he concurred with the reasons listed by Mrs. Grant for her motion. He made no additional comments, although Councilmen W. Horton Earle and J_phn Duriford and Supervisor Thomas Brennart commented on problems that could be anticipated from a regional mall in that location. They noted increased traffic on Rte. 312 past the Brewster School District complex would be a serious problem. Representatives of Duke and Benedict, owners of the mall site, and officials of Cadillac-Fairview Shopping Centers, the developers, .were upset at the decision. Attorneys for Cadillac asked the board to reconsider its action at the next board meeting. The attorney added that this \is the first time you have given us specific concerns and we would like to come to the board to see if we can meet your concerns.\ Supervisor Brennan and Councilman Earle said they had no problem in meeting with the applicants again to discuss how best to use the proposed site. But board members gave no indication that they would reconsider their denial of the request for the special zoning district. Edward Heelan, representing Duke and Benedict, said he felt the board had been unfair. Heelan said that \about a year ago we asked the board to tell us if you don't want to consider a shopping mall at the location; tell us now. We have been led along a path and have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars.\ Fire evacuates Brewster High stored under an outside walkway seeped into the school. Assistant Chief Thomas Hughes of the Brewster Fire Department said the blaze ap- parently was set. Brewster and Carmel firemen had to use form to quell the fire which was extinguished within an hour. Valley group files protest on Indian Point Putnam Valley Neighbors to Close Indian Point will be on the agenda at the Putnam Valley Town Board meeting April 21. \We will turn out in force to protest the continued operation of Indian Point while the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is hold- ing hearings to decide if Indian Point is safe,\ said Committee spokesmen. \We join Croton Parents, faculty of the Tompkins Elemen- tary School in Croton, the York- town Congress of Teachers, Westchester People's Action Coalition, NY Public Interest Research Group, the Westchester county executive, and the Rock- land County Legislature, in the contention that the present nu- clear evacuation plan does not insure our safety. \Therefore we will call on our Town Board to insure our safety by voting to resolve that Indian Point be closed immediately, and to remain closed until the safety issue has been resolved.\ Students were evacuated from Brewster High School about 11 a.m. April 8 after toxic fumes from burning roofing insulation Boy hit by car in Brewster Robert Whitburn, 12, of 11 Putnam Ave., Brewster, was injured about 2:27 p.m. April 18 when he was struck by a vehicle on Carmel Ave. in Brewster. The Sheriff's Office said the youth apparently ran in front of a vehicle driven by Bernard Perin of Lake Carmel. Deputy Sheriff Pat Castaldo said the boy was removed in the Brewster am- bulance to Putnam Hospital in Carmel where he was under treatment forserious injuries to both legs. Arson Investigator Robert Carroll of the Putnam County Sheriffs Office is heading an investigation into the cause of the fire. The blaze occurred in an open storage area under the walkway at the east end of the front of the high school. Dr. Robert Meyer, BHS princi- pal, said the evacuation was orderly and there were no in- juries. Student^ walked to JFK Elementary School across the road, then returned after the blaze was extinguished and fire- men used smoke ejector equip- ment to clear fumes from the nigh school. Brewster teacher's play scores a hit on television The 4th production in the New Drama for Television series, \My Body, My Child\ was presented on ABC Theatre at 9 p.m. on April 12. The searing drama starred winners Vanessa Redgrave as Leenie Cabrezzi, the late Jack Albertson as Pappa and Joe Campenella as Joe Cabrezzi, Leenie's husband who is a city firefighter. The film was first presented at the National Playwrights Conference in 1979. Written by Brewster teacher Louisa Burns-Bisogno, the story involves a middle class family at the vortex of the expanding conflict between nature and science. \To thine own self be true\ summarizes the main story line, according to Ms. Bisogno, who notes that everyone screening the film seems to personalize and identify with some aspect of the situation. Written with the technical assistance of the National Foundation for Birth Defects. \My Body, My Child\ explores the tendency to treat pregnancy as a disease. The potentially dangerous impact of drugs on the fetus, and other extra uterine \indignities to the unborn\ are exposed. \The Cabrezzi family, in microcosm, represents all of us in the predicament we face in the 80's when science has the power to intervene where nature used to govern,\ Ms. Bisogno adds, \Many times individuals are caught in situations involving life and death decisions for which they have no preparation..an awesome responsibility.\ Originally titled The Lilac Season, the film was produced by Herbert Brodkin, a recipient of countless honors and awards. Marvin Chomasky, Emmy nominee for Roots, served as director on the project which was filmed last spring in Nashville, Tenn. During the filming, Ms. Bisogno and her husband, Tom, also a writer and owner of Spectra Realty in Brewster, has the opportunity to meet the cast, and to discuss the characterizations. \It was very exciting,\ recalled the playwright, who noted \that these talented professionals are very hard working people and they have given brilliant performances.\ The film was Jack Albertson's final curtain says Ms. Bisogno, \If 1 have one regret it is that he did not see the completed work.\ The Bisognos live in Brewster. Currently on an extended leave from her post at Brewster High School, she teaches writing at Mercy College. Like their mother, the entire family is interested in the arts. Meg, married to Warren Paulkner, does part-time journalism. Tom Jr. is a fine artist working in computer graphics/film animation. Glenn Stevens, formerly of DAQ, is now program director of WPUT in Brewster. Lisa, who her mother describes as her right arm, does research and editing and is herself a fine writer. The youngest Bisogno, Keith (18) attends Western Connecticut State College where he is music director of WXCI. Currently, Ms. Bisogno is working on a pilot project with Titus Productions for NBC. She has just completed a theatrical, A Little Christmas Story Tom Sr. has just returned from Irelandwhere he added \the finishing touches to \No More Leprechauns,\ an action film set in Dublin and the Irish countryside. On this project, Ms. Bisogno worked as editor; often Tom fulfills this necessary role on her works. \We're a team\ she said. On the night of April 12, family, close friends and neighbors gathered to view \My Body, My Child\ and to celebrate the culmination of 3 years of hard work. \If one mother thinks twice before she pops a pill, asks questions regarding drug interactions and follows her instincts to protect her unborn...It will regard the show a success.\ said Ms.Bisogno.
