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Moi e than 25 , 000 area students will l>nhl v»r\ if f - > \- f \ \ \HJ nrt -nnr* fJn, . . 1-. « -v .-. DnirnA»t 1 \_LL4 1 11 LVJ OV ilUUl VV CU11COUU j W11C11 Lj ciy y \ji L - Blue Point Patchogue Medford , South Country, Middle Island and South Haven districts open their doors again after summer FCLCS ~ I Even with contract negotiations still in pi ogi ess m Patchogue-Medford and South Country, all indications are that the first dav oi school will pass peacefully Pdtclu.gue-Medfoi d District contract negotiator Leonaad Cooper said that teachers and ad- ministrators hope \ to ( onclude their fact nnaing sessions on r naav and awaii ihe (act finders l epoi t In the meantime the district will open its 11 schools according to plan with a full schedule of academic and extra-cumcular activities according to Director of Pupil Pei sonnel Hugh S MacLeod Voters ap- proved a spending package for the distr ict on Juno (> Approximately ll ooo students win oe attending classes Mr MacLeod said During the summer several ad ministrative replacements were approved b\ the board of education Mauree n Filippone will replace retired Ben Tabatchnik at the River Avenue School Karl Haerr replaces Miss Filippon e as the assistant puncipal at die Saxton Street School Sandra Henik filled the vacancy of assistant principa l at the Eagle Drive Elementary School and Judith Montz was appointed administrative intern at tne Saxton Street School to replace Mr Haerr School district residents were mailed bus schedules , lunch prices and other information earl y this week Answers to questions can be provided by the principal of each school or by calling 654-4005 South Countr\ An estimated 4, 858 students will return to classes in South Country, according to J UIlli JL^CIlCa , pi CS1UCH L Ul lilt bv-IiOO i OuuiU , approximately 180 more students than last \ear In order to accommodate the increased enrollment comply with state i equirements >n remedial instruction and 1 ' i ' 1 # - \ i -ntirnrl * l-» i\ 1 CllldU\ - ICO C 1* - 1 T > WI1TJ MOW IVIll ^U Lin- district has hn ed the following new staff members Bell port High school Grace SCHOOL BELLS CALL BACK 'OLD' FRIENDS - School bells will be ringing at the Barton Elementary School next Y\ <>ci nesda> morning. Nearl y a thousand youngsters will be l eturmng to the books they put aside in June. Walking the long path away from swimming pools and baseball fields and back to reading, writing and arithmetic are fifth graders Bill Low and SoteHns Panages , second grader Pat Nevin, and fifth graders Michael Costakis and Steven Fusaro Joe C.raviano is passing out lots of advice from the rear. Joe has finished elemental y school at Barton and w ill be attending sixth grade <il S<,\ton Stree* Midnlo School DeFnest , home economics , Gloria Stuart , English Catherine Gorman , mathematics , Carole Escobar science J\»-« r\ l^l*\* ™! «-r> ^ tliornnM^C T'TTl H or *li !1 music , Joyce Gatti , French , Janice Kryl , in school suspension class Hampton Avenue Elizabeth Skelly and Jill Roberts are assigned to Hampton Avenue where Maureen Mclnt\ re , Rosalind R..binowit/ Pr\j !a ¦\ncte! 1rd ^IPHPT ICU Snmfpi in no new special education teachers K itnn La ibe has U^en appointed as a school psvchologist The district has resumed lunch s.er\ lce this \ear foi the r-i st tune sinc e 117 2 i ^ lotor -.c , in tn^ \ nrnp y \u / r i o j r i* Street Brookhaven Hampton \\enuc (continued un pai i t i >' = — S The Suffolk Legislature Tuesday passed a resolution calling for a study into \the establishment of a public power company \ here Such a move could lead to public takeover of Long Island Lighting Company operations in Suffolk The bill , co-sponsored by Legislators Denis Hurley and William C Richards , and which passed the panel 12-to-4 declared that the legislature \ is alarmed by the continuous and dramatic increases in consumer electric rates charged by LILCO \ The study is to be don e by R W. Pec k and Associates which has been doing a similar analysis for Westchester County West- chester voters in November will hold a referendum on public takeover of the distribution system of Consolidated Edison Company in Westchester The legislature Tuesday in Riverhead also again approved county suppor t for the renovation ' of a vintage Long Island Railroad steam locomotive , for use pulling an excursion train Last year , County Executive John V N Klein vetoed the expenditure to get Engine No 39 rolling again , to take tourists to and within Suffolk , but supporters of the proposal said this time Mr Klein has \ promised\ to approve the measure And , the panel approved the purchase of a 1 , 828 -a cre piece of land in Flanders , on the top of \ priority \ lists of property sought for preservation by many agencies Some $5 million was proposed for the purchase of the Maple Swamp but T Decker Orr , chairman of the Long Island chapter of the Nature Conservancy, said more than half of that would be coming from federal and state governments Also , the legislature unanimousl y ap- proved the re-a ppointment for four years of Suffolk' s long-time commissioner of public works , Rudolph Kammerer \There are 2 , 000 publicly owned utilities in the country and their cost per kilowatt hour is more than 50 per cent lower than privately held utilities , \ Legislator Hurley declared in arguing for the public power feasibility study Publicly owned utilities on Long Island , in Greenpor t , Freeport and Rockville Centre , all charge less than LILCO for power , Mr Hurley went on And , he said , \ public power can work on a wide scale The entire state of Nebraska is under public power Los Angeles and Sacramento both have it \ Legislator John Donohue spoke of the \$150 , 000 that Nassau and Suffolk have spent to fight LILCO s laten t rate mci ea^e reques t and all the money spent fighting Jamesport This will stop that nonsense \ Representatives of the Beck firm , of Massachusetts , had eailier been to Suffolk to address county officials on how they would pursue a feasibility analysis of public power in Suffolk A contract with Beck was included in the county ' s 1979 Capital Program but it took the action today—long fought by LILCO—to get the plan moving The legislation calls for these 'ssues to be considered \1 An analysis of the electric facilities presently serving the county and iden- tification of changes necessary to separately operate the utility properties in the county from the remaining properties of the Long Island Lighting Company \2 An analysis of the electric power requirements of the electric customers located in the county and possible sources of power for a publicly-operated electric utility 3 Determination of the total costs Oi establishing a pubhcly-owned and operated electric utility including the value of existing electric properties within the county, the cost of new electric facilities required to establish a sepa ratel y operated publicly-owned utility and other nnofc ICCA ^ IOID H Mnth p»cta KI IQ H I no J 4 nnhlif electric utility \4 Forecast and analysis of the financial operations of a public electnc utility based upon estimated revenues and eApenses , such expenses u> include repayment of bonds issued to establish a public utility \5 Forecast of benefits to the county s electric ratepayers \6 Analysis of the feasibility of establishing individual public powei districts along township lines \ Some $50 , 000 is to be spen t for the study Anthony Noto , chairman of the legislature , opposed the bill declaring that when Westchester began with an identical $50 , 000 study, it ended up with an ad ditional $200 , 000 analysis However , Mr Hurley said that this was only because Westchester went to a \ second phase , \ working up a specific plan of action to put it to referendum There ' s a \ ratepayer s rebellion , \ Don Tisdall , of the Long Island Ratepayers Association—which has long pushed for the feas-bility study—told the legislature He hit at the \ arrogance \ of LILCO Peter Quinn of the Long Island Energy Coalition challenged the panel befoi e the long-delayed vote on the plan to take the vote \Not dealing with it , abdicating it means you have no right to be here , \ he declared (continued on page 15 ST ¦ ¦ ML ^* 11^ ^m^^m^ ¦ i+iliita ff #i^ i# 7 ^#^iF|p| |^ iSIr 1 ! ii iPi ^
