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Two challeng e rs for F-M school hd.; r ^epoarmmr Fir* sola raises concern Two mor e candida tes for the Patchogue-Medford School Board will run agains t incumbents Jerome Botwinick , Arthur Fuccillo and Alfred A. Volkmann on June 6 when voters will also decide the 1979-80 school district budget. The petitions of Raymond A. Boccardi of 2915 Devon Ave., Medford , and Pam Wright of 263 Robinson St., East Pat- chogue , have been filed . It is an \ at large \ race and the three highest vote-getters win the three -y ear-ter m seats . In addition to voting on the $30 , 250 , 500 budget which calls for a tax increase of $1.86 per $100 of assessed valuation , voters will decide the fate of three propositions. One that has caused some interest among Medford residents is the proposed sale of a two-acre school site that is used by the Town of Brookhaven and called Peppermint Park . The property, located on the southeast corner of Route 112 and Jamaica Avenue in Medford , is termed of \ no real educational value at this time \ by the district and it is Proposition V on the ballot . The board has recommended its sale at a price of not less than $75 , 000 . The property would be placed back on the tax rolls of the district when sold for com- mor»oi o 1 i ic**-» AAAX ^ » VlUi UOC . In a letter to real estate firms stating that the property is for sale Henry P. rehabilitation. The cost of this , according to the school board , carries no tax increase for the 1979-80 school year and , if ap- proved , will be 65 per cent reimbursable by the State of New York. It is calc ulated there should be no tax increase from this expenditure for two years and then it is believed it would be nominal. A request for $147 , 500 to purchase and install new telephones and telephone equipment in all school buildings owned by the district is Proposition IV. The board says it is looking toward a $50 , 000-a-year savings by owning its own equipmen t rather than being dependen t upon in- creasing rates of rental from the New York Telep hone Company . (continued on page 16) Read , Patchogue-Medford superintenden t of schools , stated : \Because the property is used as a children ' s playground , Brookhaven Town was given first option for purchase . The town has notified the school district that it will not purchase the property, and that it will move the playground equipment to a nearby site. \ Town Councilwoman Regina Seltzer commented on the sale by expressing concern. \It' s one of the playgrounds that is really used...fro m a dollar and cents point of view...in a $30 , 000 , 000 budget...you ask yourself is it really worth it when you consider the pleasure and joy the children get from it. \ Proposition III requests authorization to spend $553 , 200 for school building Igrsisiof or© niKBs Joiri^s^o rt A^olon ts The Suffolk Legislature , at the tail end of a mara thon meeting , voted Tuesday night to oppose the construction of the two nuclear power plants the Long Island Lighting Company has been proposing at Jamesport. The resolution declared that the planned Jamesport facility \ would represent an unac- ceptable safety risk to the people of Suffol k County due , among other reasons , to \(a) the dangers revealed by the recent acciden t at the nuclear power station on Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania , and \(b) the fact that no adequate p lan has or can be formulated to provide for the expeditious , safe evacuation of the people of Suffolk , particularly those in the five eastern towns , in the event of a serious accident at Jamesport and \(c) . because of unanswered questions involving the actual need for this facility as wel l as the disposal of its waste. \ - Legislator Denis Hurley , the only Republican to serve as a sponsor of the resolution otherwise co-sponsored by five of f ho lortifflof U «» A ' P <-* *\»» T **~\ (.I A C ivguiuiUt t- o ocvcil Democrats , declared in the debate over it that the Three Mile Island near-catastrophe has shown that \this technology has not bee n properly harnessed . \ The pro-nuclear legislators on the panel arg u ed against the bill . Legislator Michael Grant said if the county was taking a position against the Jamesport plan it should also oppose Brookhaven National La boratory, where a nuclear reactor is located - Long Island ' s only nuclear fa cility. \Som e peop le may want to look to Brookhaven National Laboratory, \ said Mr. Hurley . The resolution received 13 votes . Messrs. Grant , Joseph Bassano and the legislature ' s chairman , Anthony Noto , ab- stained and Legislator John P. Finnerty voted in opposition . \It is enacted , \ said a pale LILCO lobbyist Elaine Adler after running to a pay telephone after the vote to call LILCO ' s executive o ffices in Mineola. On Monday in Mineola , the Nassau Board of Supervisors voted unanimously against the Jamesport project. LILCO services the two counties and r»Prf <5 of r\|i/xn«o 0 lfU„..„U At ,_ I ww v - ^ UV ^,»» K >, MAVUV / U ^ U V1IV* electricity to be generated at Jamespor t is generally viewed as earmarked for \ export\ from Long Island - a point repeatedly made in the debate in Haup- pauge . But the Suffolk Legislature by a narrow margin failed to pass a second resolution requesting that the U.S. Nucl ea r Regulatory Commission \ require that the Long Island Lighting Company conduct a study of the feasibility and cost of converting the Shoreham electric power generating station from nuclear to conventional fuel . \ T^Urti. — , - , A . ;„ .iwuv i>iujc\. i io now ou per cen t finished , however there have been increasing demands , particularly after Three Mile Island , to have its power system converted from nuclear to coal- power . This resolution received nine votes with 10 on the 18- member panel necessary . The Sh oreham vote was - for conversion : Mr. Hurley . Joh n Donohue , John Foley ' Floyd Linton , William Richards , Robert Mrazek , Jane Devine. Martin (continued on page 35) \ Budding trees are reflected on the front lawn of S Brookhaven Memorial Hosp ital where seasonal i !:eusekccping involves extensive roof repairs to ihe original building in the rear. The pungent aroma of hot tar has filled the air for days. Next big project , slated for this summer , will be the construction of a new Emergency Room to cost a half million dollars through a lean from Suffolk County . Wing at left is the Norman | W. Roc Pavilion which houses the Department of i iiS3SGi\ o \ ^\ » vices , on trie grouno noor , anu the I Department of Surgery, above. The 350-bed com- ! m unity hospital was commended this week—observed I nationall y as Hosp ital Week— by the Joint Commission | on Accreditation of Hospitals for \the Quality of care j provideJ to its patients. Its voluntary efforts to im- ' : prove the quality of health care while mindfu l cf the need to contsin health care costs are to he e-ussksyded. B y attaining accreditation , this hospital has demon- strated its accountability to the patients and com- munity it serves. \ —Photo by Josep h Adanis L ¦ mjM ii ¦inm» I »^ I ^——iffm ^jiii IH I II I II iimpi m | ( |i , |l t 1— -. - . ¦ ¦-.. 1 ,, f ^I^s sss ^s 3j &nr%sli Long Islanders go to D.C. to protest nuke p lants - See siury on page 3.A. Death of cyclis t , 13 , s addens community - See story on page 3A.
