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• 1 1 i . .5 ' 1 ! 1 .1 1 i J 1 Freeport • Baldwin 55tbYear, N d 2 0 I^^eport^N.Y, 11520 OCncialDewspaperoftheVUlageoTFreeport^FreeportandBaldwinScboolDUtricts Thursday,May 18.1989 25^ Anne Petitto is Mother of Year PETTITO FAMILY PHOTO showr* MotfMr of tho Y mt Anno whh. from I t t t husbond Mi^woL K ^ « a. OohfMio, B months. Jokm , 7, ond MkhooL B. MOTHER OF THE YEAR Anno Potltto and hor aovofv yooif-oid doughtor Jolono, who wroto this yoor'o win ning Itttor to Tho Uodor. d o ^ bonds oh tho d«y bofom M oth^s Doy. Freeport voters approve budgets The Freeport School Di»- tn e t ’s 1989-90 budget of $^,496,313 was approved by voters iast'W ednesday by a margin of 120 votes. There were 723 ballots in favor of the budget, end 603 against. Runmng unopposed for the Freeport School Board, Board Vice-President B e t^ Monroe received 862 votes in her bid h>r a third term on the Board, and businessm a n Richard Ament received 836 votes to fill the seat of retiring Board member James Parola. The approved budget will raise locd school taxes by 2.89 percent, or 86.6 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. The ctsr- ren t school tax p d d by the average Freeport Homeowner is $29.51 per $100. Superintendent of Schools Dr. John Bierwirth told The Leader He was 'pleased with the support of the com munity,” and continued that 'a s always, with the financial burden th a t taxpayers bear, we will make sure that we are os frugal as possible.” Concurrent voting for the Freeport Metoorial Library’s $2,292,148 budget resulted in af^rtwsl by a vote of 732 to S22 rate dw lA n jy b o d ^ is $258 per $100 of asecsacd tion. an unease cents over lostyearsbudset librsiy Director David Optfow grstitode to tbe cocsn^ nity, saying be frit tbe budget'* appnwal was 's wte </ conSAree by the peoj:^ in the Ubraiys many serviom, tyritg carrot BTvircch ment tax revolt scroes Long Idsnd 'M y mom h the kindest' mom in the worid.\ srroie sevta-yw - old Jolcoe Petitto, whose win ning letter to ’Tbe Leader earned her mom, Anne Petitto. Mother of the Year honors. Jokne. a first grader at Giblyn School, ib^es her momY bedtime storks, sometimes read from library books, but espedaUy the tales of mom and grawlma when they were y o u ^ \I d o n t believe it—never in a million years,** Mrs. Petitto exclaimed when she was told of her selection as The LesderY 1989 Mother of the Year. Tbe Jenersos S t t w mother of four, a teadier and grade one coordinator o f Rdi^ous Educa tion at Our Holy R^eemer, said 'Jokne does everything to make me happy—sbcY a tweetiel** Mrs. Petitto a ^ her husband Michael, who have lived in Freeport for over 12 years, are also tbe parents of Michad, It. Katie, S. and CabrkUe, 5 months. Mrs. P ^ t to said she 'makes a pomt of taking each child out alone to tbe park or to immature golf so each has his own time,” but tbe family also has much togethtf time, takiag walks and bUu rides or going to tbe beach after dinner. Friday night is a ipecia) famMy evening- for the Petittos. The fink girls especially enjoy their regular tea parties with their moih». JokneY winning letter read as follows: 'M y mom is the kindest mom in tbe world. My mom teaches us about God. My mom teaches me and my friends reli- She is our teadter. Some times my mom telb me and my sister storks at bedtime. My mom g im me a bath at night. When 1 am sick my mom helps a lot. She takes me to the doctor. She gives me orange juke and ^ves me medicine. She gives me a lot of things. She loves me a lot and feeds me food every day. I want my mom to win because she does a lot (or us. Love. Jokne Petitto.” Many touching and loving let ters about local mothers received by Tbe Leader made this year's sdectioD a difCctdt one. Follow ing are excerpts from tome of them: '1 was given an idealism which 1 prize greater than anything else tc^ y . I was tau|d>( <o be optimis tic. CanY was not a word my mother frequently used.” wrote Elizabeth Abbate of her mother. Agnes Frangos. ”Thli is tbe grta- ttst gift you can p v t a child from a mothtf. Thanks mom. I love you.” Donna Lecccse. a frkod, wrote to nominate Sharon Avelli, whose 9-year-old son Darren was injured and became comatose afler being struck by a car. 'Any mother would remain around the clock at tbe bedside of her child,” tbe wrote. “Sharon had an added burden of knowing that her other two sons had witnessed tbe aeddent Despite the respira tor and the tubm she brought them into I.C.U. for weeks to touch and talk to their tJeeptag brother.” 'M y mother is a very special caring person. She constantly does for other people and not for herself.” wrote Jane Impellizze- ri*s daughter Yvom. “She’s always doing things for her faxx>- ily. having dinners Uke Thanks- (contnuod on p a ^ 16) Baldwin school budget defeated by Joan Dtlaney When the first boothY tally was any transportation below three read indicating 287 for and 329 miies for secondary students and Voters turned down the Bald win School District budget by a margin of only 101 votes and incumbent Ira Matetsky was defeat«J by-a mere 29 votes in a referendum which saw a larger voter turnout following anti-Ux sentim e n t throughout tbe County. Riding on the wave of positive community feehng since its recent expansion, tbe Library saw its budgtf pass by a margin of I545forand I275tgainst.School Board incumbent Lorraine Deller a n re-elected and former Board member Bob Jordan was returned to office. Library trustee Barbara Justcr ran unopposed. - - Veceraa poD watchen gathered • IB anximis anrtg!pAtl6n^of the' results at 10 p m. on May 10. against, a host descended on the crowd. It is traditional that the d m booth ttmaRy predicts the outcome. Each of tbe five booths showed the margin in opposition to the school disUks budget with even the absentee baOots M 1S for and 21 against reinforcing the result Board President Lorraine Delkr said that the Board of Education would not make a decUio n as to what it will do until its next scheduled meeting on May n . Tbe Board has three options. They can resubmit tbe exact same budget, make cuu and submit a lower budget, or go on austerity. two miles for riementary stu dents. All us of buildings ^ out side grotxps are removed as wril as most inier-sdiolastk sports. Most purchases of new books and equipment and repairs, except of an emergency nature are removed. Not changed are contractual Hems or items based on program and policy such as classtize. Present to Ixar the results were onicers of sevxral major school related activitks such as the Summer Recreation Program, the Pplke.Bo)X Oub and the PTA. At this point. H is not known howtbe budget defeat wifi impact on these programs. A n huders-foBowi many sute guidelines in removing the people uying that the district so-called “extras ' Removed are twnswwtd on p«g* 8) Contar wOt antartaln a t the Fmoport A m Counca gala Arty Party honoring founder Harold Levine. So* on pago 16.
