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Schoo l aid plan faces toug h going Brookhaven Town school districts could receive health y increases in state aid next year if the legislature approves H- fHrornftr Pormr ' c r\r»/- »r-v/ -vo «^ 1 nn x_, u T ^yA. UUl ^m. WJ LJ fJJL \J£J\J£)U.l Ull~ veiled this week. The proposal which is geared to help districts with still-growing enrollments and takes into account regional dif- ferences in the cost of education faces tough sledding, according to Assem - blyman I. William Bianchi , Jr., of East Patchogue. \There are more legislators representing districts with decreasing enrollments than there are representing growing districts like those in Brookhaven , \ Assemblyman Bianchi said. Most of the proposed state aid increases will be in operating aid , if the governor ' s p lan is approved , according to Bianchi. \This is only the governor ' s proposal and the legislature is going to have to look it over carefully, \ he said. \Then , it' s g, < -ung l\j nave LU uc put UOLR ivgcuici . All of the schools in the Third Assembly District stand to gain from the proposal. \This is the first attempt , I think , to meet the Levittown decision , \ he said. (A State Supreme Court judge ruled last year that the present method of financing education was unconstitutional because it discriminated against poorer districts.) \There ' s real equalization beginning to show up and the factor of regionalization is taken into account , \ Bianchi said. \The cost of doing school business on Long Island as a region is different and the factors behind it are totally different than in other areas. \ Another hindrance to passage , ac- cording to Bianchi , is the two-year phase- out of the \ save-harmless clause. \ This clause protects districts from receiving less state aid than in the previous year because nf deriliriir' rT ^nvr^ Tvi c**'v t \Those representing districts of declining enrollment would not be in favor of the plan but I would be willing to negotiate a three-year phase-out , \ he said. \It' s something that has to go. \ He said that if the phase-out was not accomplished , additional tax money would be going into districts that \ clearly don ' t need it. \ Most area school districts ad- ministrators had not seen the figures and were uncertain as to what the formula would mean in their respective districts. \Obviously the governor is going to have a hard time getting it passed , \ said Anthony Pecorale , Bayport-Blue Point superintendent of schools. \It looks roughl y like a six per cent increase for us. It doesn ' t even keep pace with inflation but any increase is better than nothing. \ Under the formula , the district would receive a total aid package of about $4.31 million . South Country would get about $800,000 more , according Arthur Becker , superintendent of schools. \If it passes, we 'll be delighted , \ he said. In center Moriches , the increase over this year would be about $200 , 000 bringing the anticipated total state aid package to $1.23 million. However , Alice Schoener , the district business manager , said that the district had expected to get at least $100 , 000 more than this year in building aid. (continned on page 23) A three-car collision last Thursday about I 6 p.m. at the Roe Avenue , South Country j Road intersection in Fact Patr>hnmia i resulted in an unwelcome visit for Don Bernardo and Jon Cerulli of 76 South Country Road...a gray Grand LeMans , driven by mith C. Korsos , 71 , of East Patchogue , was parked in the front , and onl y, bedroom until it was removed the following day. According to Sgt. John J. Horan of the Fifth Precinct , Nicholas H. Konon , 18 , was driving westbound on South Country Road when his car was in collision with Mrs. Korsos ' vehicle as it was entering onto South Country Road from Roe Avenue. A third car , driven by Sidney Sinkoff , 65 , of Patchogue was driving east and collided with the Korsos car as it proceeded across South Country Road as a result of the first collision. No injuries were reported. o siJcfQen oooiriori \ 1% CS ^^ MSB m ^m m r * fl* j^gf £^ Bf a J «**«*«* ¦¦ W» VI M^IItai I ! B SB Fa S ^ m^^^ ^^fe ^^& ^Pn dttk SB BF ^i B B u Lotto «0i*s OFF $20 , 000 to BBsl^o rtBts A combination of his dog ' s age , his daughters ' ages (eight and 11) , his wife ' s age (he didn 't tell) , and their anniversary date , won $20 , 000 for Fred Cohen of Bellport in a recent Lotto game. Looking a little pale from a bout with the flu , Fred Cohen and his wife , Marilyn , spoke with us in a suite at the Inn at Medford yesterday when they received the proceeds of their winnings - $16 , 000. \Twenty per cent comes right off the top as the government' s share , \ said Cohen , \ and then at the end of the year I have to add the full $20 , 000 to my income for the year. \ It' s perfectly okay with him...his prize , he told us , came for the price of $2. \Nobody can complain about that!\ Lotto is the newest New York State-sponsored game of chance and has been around only 10 to 12 weeks. It has , however , long been popular in Europe and the East , and in Australia a population of 14 million supports a $6 million weekly Lotto game. Presently New York State is the only state in our 50 where it is played but it' s likely to gain in popularity. \Winning is contagious , \ said Marilyn Cohen . At least the desire to play when a winner is announced does get the adrenalin moving and , as Fred Cohen says , \it' s everybody ' s dream , everybody ' s hope , to hit it big. \ Lotto is run by Games Management Services for the state and Fred Cohen thinks that' s a big plus. \I'd much rather have private industry running this kind of operation , \ he said. \They ' re professionals and they know what they ' re doing . \ Asked if he also plays the N.Y.S. Instant Lottery he said sure , but this is better . \With Lotto you choose your own numbers...it makes people feel they are in control of the game. \ Howard Kenler , regional sales manager for Games Manage- ment Services , who arranged the meeting at the Inn in order to present Fred Cohen ilu mo ^nc^iv cinu Suiilc congratulatory flowers for Mrs . Cohen , explained the game briefly. \You get an entry blank from a sales agent (a list of these will appear in The Advance next month ) and play a minimum of two games for $1. You choose six numbers out of 40 and if your six numbers come up at the weekly Saturday drawing telecast on the 10 p.m. Channel 5 news program you may win the Grand Prize of $250 , 000. \ The odds are worked on a pari-mutuel basis and the alternate prizes (five correct numbers out of six , four out of six , and three out of six) are dependent upon monies bet and the number of winners. \Everyone has about a one in a hundred chance to win and the prizes range from $6 to the quarter million dollar prize. \ For Fred Cohen , who is in the wholesale food business , it' s a matter of knowing numbers and having a system . \I like num- bers , \ he said . Obviously, he has good reason . Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cohen of Bellport
