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Town get s okay for EP water funds Bo ard appro ve s $$ for Med fo rd , N. Beli porf hearing March 20 Brookhaven Town Supervisor John F. Randolph announced this week that the town has received nnnwAirnl -f*« *-v »-« i- U. «. .£ --. J «-- ~ \I a p ^iuvai liuin LIIC iCUCl dl government for the use of $50 , 000 in federal funds to finance the construction of public water mains in certain areas of East Patchogue . The project was actually completed last yea r following tests by the Suffolk County Department of Health which revealed that nriirota \irollo i r\ fV> <r» wi / -»i»-»4f IT ^.S \JnA^n ^. £\¦ » *-*v\^ ** %_ ,»*._> 111 lll*_ V ItlllllY VJL JLCUtiCO Avenue in East Patchogue were con- taminated by various chemical pollutants . In a related matter , also this week , the Brookhaven Tow n Board voted approval for a similar water improvement project in Medford. Supervisor Randolp h said , that under the terms of an agreement worked out between the town , the Suffolk County Water Authority, and homeowners on Cherry Lane and Maple Street in Medford , approximately 2100 feet of public water main would be installed at a total cost ot $48 , 461 . The tow n ' s share of $14 , 105 will be paid through the use of surplus federal community development funds. Twenty-three private homes will benefit from the project. The County Department of Health had tested and found private wells in Medford to contain toxic chemical substances leading up to the request by citizens that the town provide assistance in substituting a public water supply. The Health Department has tested and found yet another instance of private well con- tamination in one ai ea of North Heli port. A public hearing has been set for the next Tow n Board meeting on March 20 , on the conversion of community development funds for public water in that location. In North Bellport , two families on Carver Boulevard have been warned by the health department not to drink water from their well. A recent test of a well at 18 Carver Boulevard showed 748 parts per billion of trichlorotrifluoroethane. The maximum allowable limit is 50 parts per billion. Wells at 19 Carver and 21 North Brewster Lane also showed con- cerntrations above the limit. In addition , traces of organic pollutants were found in seven other wells on North Brewster , one on Third Street and one on Livingston Road. According to a spokesman for the water quality control division of the health department , the results of 22 other tests of wells in the area and about six additional samples were being taken as The Advance went to press. Reports of private well pollution in various areas of Brookhaven have been on the increase beginning with the first such case on Hedges Avenue last summer. Town officials have responded to the situation b y authorizing the Brookhaven Department of Environment! Protection to conduct water testing throughout the town to indentify pollution sources . Supervisor Rando l ph , in his State of the Town Message delivered February 6 , 1979 , called attention to the serious nature of water quality in certain areas of Brookhaven and said that he , in his capacity as chief fiscal officer for the town , would establish a fund in next year ' s budget to assist homeowners whose private wells have been contaminated by toxic substances . Federal Revenue Sharing monies would be used to create the fund and homeowners could appl y for financial assistance equal to the amount of money which they contribute to a water improvement project. (continued on page 22) New group champions men ' s rights By KARL GROSSMAN Divorced men of America , arise , you have your children to gain , might be the motto of a new group which has been holding meetings at the Unitarian Fellowship in Setauket. It bills itself as the \New York State League for Equal Justice and Human Rights in Legal Separation and Divor- ce. \ The founder and president of the organization is M. Radh Achuthan who is occupied these days planning a June 17 — Father ' s Day—march and protest in Washington , D.C., in which he says 150 \fathers ' organizations which have mushroomed across the country to restore human rights \ to men after divorce will take part. \Divorc e has become an integra l part of famil y life in the United States , \ Dr. Achuthan , a professor at Southampton College , was saying last week. Half of marriages now end in divorce; there are a million divorces granted annually in America , \ creating 1.2 million children of divorce. \ And , he said , under the \best interests of the child\ legal doctrine , nearl y all are p laced in the custody of the mother. He said currentl y 11 million children in the U.S. are in the custody of mothers. Dr. Achuthan thinks there should be \joint legal custody \ arranged instead. Otherwise , he argues , \fathers are deprived and discriminated against and defrauded of the fruits of the marriage...deprived of their paternal role , \ and the \ mental health\ of both fathers and children suffer. In a speech to \Parents Without Part- ners \ —a group which Dr . Achuthan is looking to for adherents—he told of how his V/YT W uiuiuagi. gui uiaauivcu uy U'vurce three yea rs ago and insisted: \Divorce , when it occurs , is onl y between parents and not between parent and child. New York State should a ffirm this simple fact. We must share our human rights in divorce. \ Dr. Achuthan says he wants \to meet with President Carter \ while in Washington so the President can be \ made aware of the discrepancy between Carter ' s human rights stance abroa d and divorce conditions in the United States...it is a fundamental right of human beings to continue to nurture their young, an unalienable right , \ he says. (continued on page 22) M. Radh Achuthan Cli pper Coach Earl Maddalena has led his Bellport High team to a 21-0 winning streak this year , the best season since he started the coaching 13 years ago. Of team center , David Russell , he says , \He ' s the best I' ve ever seen. \ including pro basketball player Rand y Smith. Russell , righ t photo, has scored more than I 1 , 000 points in his career. Bell port' s record over the past three | years is 53-7. 8 (See story and more photos on Page 3A) I i Cli pper record I this year 21-0 V
