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THE luaai ESTABUSHEOI93S. AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE PubliibedrvctyThuiKliy by Ihe Freeport U-adcr.lDC. • 18 E.SunrIv:Hwy., Freeport, N,Y. l l » ^ , P.O. Bol[3l2 ' Telephone: FR8-3I3J - ^ PRICE: 2$e«nu p«r copy, 8 8 ^ 4 year, S12.S0 for two year* by mail. Outside NaataoCounty-tto a year. SwxmcUMpesuospMMFriipertiNewVeniaJSPtlor'm '' ' Composition ratpontibilify: Not llabla bayond 00*1 Of tpaea occupied by error. (nSptrmarUMfM. Publisher; Manaeing Editor: Baldwin Editor: Circulation: Production: ■ _J Photography: Cartoons:. SUffWrilers: /ra Kafier RhedaKtller Joan Delanaf Uary Walkar KalfiyOoldsla/a BaihUapat Joanna Raynor \Ariahna Malay Evan Kallar Otorla Smith ' Clinton Matz Carol Davison Dava Vlasar Marlon Marvlaj Editorial appeal and reccmvktion of-the coofessed klUer of M eldetiy FreeiiorrV o m u — On the heel* of the recent-conviedoo, conf _ -Alice M a y .— in b a r t o n 's North Main Street candy store, we followed the events leading up to the arrest of a 28-year-oid F reeport man charged whh the mitrder of Bev. Timothy Petemana. While national statistic* — and Freeport is no ezeepdon — show crime has.decreased ' these p ^ few mooths, the vioience of soipe of the incidents in this area (Alice M a y ,. Tunothy Petemana and young Baldwinite, Ml^haei Paniolo) have been vkioosly sickening, - Even while we applaud the excellent police work t ^ t led to the arrests of Alice May’s killers, of the youths charged with the slaying of Pamolo and of the man, who allegedly b e at Rev. Petemana over the head during a r ^ b e i y attempt; we most suggest that t t e c o m m u ^ty’s dme of vigUan'^ must increase. W ecaii it “ court watching;*’ ietdng the judges know, by bur presence ih court (peacefully and properly) a n ^ w ith letters, that a community abhors \turnstile justice’’ and that justice is best achieved when it punishes the wrongdoer rather than the victims. At a community anti-crime meeting in Baldwin s o u e months ago,4)l*tiict Allocuey Denis Dillon made the Interesting observation that the strongest deterrent to crime is the handing o u t of appropriately severe senten ces. He noted that after a certain age (fO-SO) and years in prison, the violent- criminal is too old and too tired, too worn d o t perhaps to return to h is former life-style. Recently Dillon and Long Beach Assembly- man Arthur Kremer called for state legis- latloo to remove the Umk on prison s e n t a e a ~ for defendants convicted of multiple f e lo ito . Proposed by Dillon in January and sponsored in the State Le^slatnre by Kremer, the bin would remove. the limits on adding th e ' periods of consecutively in^osed indeter minate sentences. Presently, a defendant -convieted-of-nm lt^-onrelatcd-felonlrs - (a habitual offender) and given consecutive indeterminate prison sentences can serve no - mote than a total of 20 years incarcerated: or, if otae of the sentences was for a d a s s Fdony conviction, no mote than 30 years total. provided all o f the offenses, were committed prior to the imposition of any of the senten ces. The bill, wUch remains .in -committee in both the Senate and Assembly, wouldhave a directeffect on such multiple offenden ^ those mien a c e n ^ of the Memorial W e d e n d attacks a t a Long Island d iner and home. Dillon notes that sentencing should serve to be “ a f a r j u m accurate reflection of the intent\ of the court than it can b e under the present law. ‘.’In pemtitting the punishment . imposed to more appropriately fit tiie nature of-the crimes c o a ^ t t e d , ’’ ei9laios Difloa, . “ the bill adds an extra measure o f deterrence and increases^the ability of ^ e criminal justice system' to protect sodety firom ite most serious o f f ^ d e r s .’’ If you want to write to tiiose .Ie^slators . responsible for tiehig’dp tlds le^slatian in Albany, Dillon suggests that you write to Mel Miller in the Assembly (th m the Mil is A-IOISS) and Ronald Staffo^ in the State Senate (where the bill is numbered S-81S2). Let them .knov^yoa want stiffer sentences for mttitiple offenders.. Let them know you want the judges’ sentences to have some bite to it ; ■ ■ Here, join us in \court watching\ as the most recent case of a violent crime goes — ^ h m n g h .m it.rT tm tT u I jnettr-^ K y v in m . W a y« n only hope that true j u ^ c e is served and that, if guilty, those who commit-crimes against appropriately punished, The apprehension of someone who alleged- iy took the Iffe o f another will never bring the victim bad:; it will not ^ v e the mother b a ^ her son o r return a father to his grieving children. But apprehensiou and the quick meting o u t o f justice might offer an example, f deterrent, to others^ ROUND-ABOUT With Rhodo , rr WAS AN EVENT—spo<^ but exdting as we sUyed up into the wee boon of Tuesday ayem to watch the total lunar edipse. Periiaps more tiua kn event, we should call I t a happening, as we began our viewing bom the sidewalk next to IDE IMTPIHtAL DINER, where we had gone to tartify dnrsdvesforW long v i ^ to come. In the back s ^ . ' Mocxparked'car. 'w e b a d o o ts a a s'tdesoopefafal^goodooe, but unused since their duty'and quickly fetgatten Interest in astrenomy -many moons agO) and we intended to park at the toot of Wooddeft Avenue, set it op and i^efa the moon slowtf disappear.' But as we stood on the sideiralk on Merrick Road, we were quickly j o i ^ by die . diner’s owner, COS, and severalof bis employees, indndiiig TERRY - and JERRY, who toeW turns numing out to watch the stea^^ progres sion: Gns explained to ^ bus boy,, in bis Greek-accented Spanish, what was happening. Customers e ^ e and went inside to bave'th^ coffee and d a n ish ;.t^ left — storing each t o e they passed ns to join os in gazing up at what was left of our moon. Finally we'became chilled; our fret grew tired and we derided to ride bone (a three minute trip) and tiien, petEaps, to watdi the test of the excitement 6om V31a^ Green.. . IT WASN^^NECESSART-We had the best view In town; at least thatls what it appeued to ns bom our own apartment ter--~el We oooidn*tbe8eve that we were the <»ly people in the apartm. umse^ watching the e d i ^ , but we taw no sign of anyone else. We e n n d it awesome and exritiag. If yon missed it, we bepe you’re aroond, or can come back, some 200 years from now, (or the next total lunar edipse in . this part of the world. AS OFTEN AS WE WROTE ABOUT nr...as fteqnentiy as tite daily press, the radio and televirion mediiJithrned against it, many adults still made fireworks accesxibie to t h A ^ l d r m . Tlds year, they were Incky. Their kids are stiD alive and mutgroed. Of ooone, those young sters Itorned that the laws vrere made to be circumvented far thirir paieotr pleasures but, physically, they ^ tiuoogh the Fourth'of July in one piece. They didn’t lose a hand, an eye, a piece of gut. Next year? Who knows? They got away with t o small t o d A tlds year, hlaybe next year, they’ll go for bigger and \better” and more dangerous fire- works.M sjbe'peztyear...maybenesty^w illbethdrlastTto.. ~ ON OOUEGE CAHPDSES...CRAIG WEIN5IEIN, son of farmer Freeporter Soiuba Jordan, was awarded t o Bioh^' Award for scoring the highest grade as a sophomore at Cortland State. He was elected prerideid of Fhi Eta Sigma National .Honor Sodety and is also a member ofyri-Beta National Biology Society. During the school year, . Craig works as a Resident Assistant arte also made a short movie for Cortland State television...URSULA HeDONAlD, danghterof Sbattie McDonald of Freejport, was named to t o Dean’s list at t o University of South Carolina. A student at t o UnWerrily’s Schbri of Crirninal Justice, her grade point ratio had to be 3.S0 or hi^ier to achieve this .Leader staff member Maty Walker and husband,. Bidterd, are sralkiog around sin^ng daughter USA BROWN’S praises. Usa, who has been on the Dean’s list at Cortiand State since her freshman year, again achieved that honor witii a 3.74 average for t o semester. This summer, she’s at Cortlaod working as assistant to t o Secretary to the Dean...Colgate Unryerrity senior STEVEN lERANQShas been chosen as a Charies A, Dana for his outstanding p e t^rw iw - during this last sdiool year. The award, iritiated ta 1965, U a vray of recopiizing ‘‘superior academic addevement and'effective leufarihit) on the Colgate campu.’’ Steven it cnirenlly On t o Dean’s list and was a member of flie Cnlgatf Rnssisn Study Gtoup last summer. He’s been seleeted to study In China this lann.ry «« « niCT.Iv.r n* rh:. iOM Colgate China Study Group. The poBtieal sdence/Eussan studies major will graduate in May 1983.. JiEBBlE MATTHIAS, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Mattiiias of Madlsou Avenue, was named to the Dean’s list at Ohio Westleyan Unhrer^...SANDT KRIGH, was named to t o Dean’s list at Embty-Riddle Aeronautical Unhersty at Daytona Beach, Fla. with a 3.66 average. Sandy’s hoping for a pilot All lattart must bo signed and axduslva to THE LEADER to ba pubttthad.Thay mutt ba no more than led words or lhay may ba eondansad by the editor. ------ AMessageFar “ Ihe UnralyWUnlawfnl” DearEditor: Once the envy of many odier communities bemuse Ol our beautiful village and all its assets:- boating, fishing, tourism and ftiendiy ud^bbocs, Freeport has been attacked, and become known as a haven for tau^is, young and old, who use 'drugs, swin beer and shatter tranqaiBty. The lawbreakers hare ta k a over certain acetiatu, parka and more. The disorder spiled over This lutioa’s system of justice protects an IruUvidnaT* rights by considering eveiy person iniMceiit until proven guilty in a oourt of law. We would hope that our courts will •iso b e a means to punish those who, witiiaat a reasonable doubt, are found to have taken ___ ____ _ _ -the_Bfe_of anotiief or have committed otiicr riot with t o United States Air Fbtce.. j u j RAND! iZBtm m . violent crimes. It U the fiinction of the police completed bet freshman at Svrams/. tlnhmmiry tot the aecnd conseeutiTe time. Randl ia t o daughter of Elaine and Leon Groder of St. Marks Avence. IN THE SERVICE...Marine Lance Cpi. DAVID CtiMMINGS, son of Arthur and Roslyn Cumniingi of Nassau Avenue in Freeport, hai reported for duty with Marine Air Group-41, Detachment “ B,” 4th Marine Air Wing, Naval Air Station Atlanta in Marietta. Ga...Coast Guard Seaman Apprentice DARRYL A- REID, ton of Alphooso and Ruth Reid of Church Street in Freepoft, baa reported for duty aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cotter Conifer, homeported In Atiautic Beach, N-C-.Marine Pvt. HERNAN ORELLANA, son of Emety Celsrie of Tyler Street in Freeport, has completed recruit training at Martoe Corpj Becru'a Depot in Parris Islsnd, S.C...Marine Set. JAMRS H. SCHMITT, husband of Marianne (nee Olson) of Freeport/Baldwia (Coni, on Page 16) to protect society by catriiisg the criminal. It is the tesponsihiMy of society to protect itself by insisting on sentences that fit the seventy of the crimes. into the neighborfaood, street lights were b r to n . homes were robbed, burglstized. people were magged, berien at gunpoint and even mnrdered and rap^. We have had enough. A resident of Freeport for over 60 years. I am presently Chairman of t o Qvilian Patrol of South Of .Soniise Gvic AasocUtioo, SOSCA, a newly formed rivk (Com. on Page 16)
