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HI \J ) V I OR \\\ IHI\C itu liiilmL' h.< f..s< v..» \ <>> . c J ... I ceiehiatr on is eij/ht-nionth-old Mathew Hi uno Mathew , hk<> all of us is pioo ahh wond ering what' s ahead for us in a new decade - Ion > ,lei ome photo By KAKL UKOSSMAN When all the town and most of the village police departments in western Suffolk were abolished 20 years ago - after a referendum and a county pulice nnnd)-( rM (i »i i »*» ^.i*~ ] -, iL — 1 j uv, K m uin ,i u 1,1 eaten 111 UIL1I pitlLl J , 1L W dS not ^ ciear how it would all work out i no argument uacn. tuen v\ as thai ihc nttwvj i k of * owii and village foices supported bv detecti\e investigitoi tennis T f i *•*• i i r v, * _ • •»* ui >. IJI . uuKv, \~\ a. \s\}\) unorganized 101 a countv beginning to bureeon Further there wei c the ' Suffolk oLanuais ' of ine n. ' tus a succession 01 inc idents of corruption unearthed 1,\ MiPCIll < - it > H ffKonitAi L ^e^t ^'» » 4 L \ 1 allegations that tangentialh some police officials were involve d throu gh om ssion >o there v as a great push foi a countv department Has it assisted law enforce meri t here ' Officials of the county depart ment say naturally, it ' s all worked out well one of the nation ' s finest nohce forces has been sent up — and how would things be if the police function in Suffolk was still fractured 7 v or one , tormer buitolk District Attorney Henry F O'Brien ha» been calling for breaking the county police department up Except for some central investigatory services which agam could be done by the DA' s off-ce he 'd like to see a return to town and village police departments \The county police is too large and too powerful \ he declares \With smaller departments , again the people could ha\ e control of their police The Easi End has done fine staving out of the county police \ mi ine soresi point involving tne county police concerns Us intere -a and capability iii performing \' rv 1 K . C '1 services A-> a. fCsuit a. number ut vnia);ei n t.nu countv have been mak nc pWn s to or irtll J 111 IK rui J I T 11 T-, A r ,n v~ ^-~.t~ f* , V l* I * _,. ». .( IHI 1 V- l, l - 1 l- ' . * „; 1 v wiiDia u uiai il ^ llOI D ]C 1 i.h rrr P r 1 T * - > *\ > ^- * *\ + Jefferson Patchogue Bel' po. t Snore ham Old Field Bab\ Ion that the countv pone e just doesn ' t giv the v er\ local dutie s Lfiest . \ mages iiceu 1 he reaction of the cou itv police unions has been shar plv negative Meanwhile thert a>e chai se- that ihe polic \ union s ' stance involves not issues of effective law enf cement but a fear that anv diminution tr the countv Dolice function could chip away at the power of ihe county police unions T l-w. or, In Un ml ««^1 „ „». „H . 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LI la ^9 ag SB B ffl — BB ^8B H _B BA -^sfeK ^aiB B ^^= P ==. ^=^ JBU^ S B = _ _ ^^ ^_ ^_ Eg\ HS 4Sfek BHST ^^ |»— gr &Z2& ^~ « S w ^^F an— as fir^ B /fi^^ m S^ Br«g i»u BS drai TO A 0 ^^n. mi 4pnS on >«« B >. BUS H S sg ^r g TO E i ^^s^s i^ sg^g^ i^ gsm s^i ^/ S I^J? T^ri r \W # ^^ ^==^ \= — ,! ^ = — — — —' — — ^a^- mm WD TBB VCT ^^\ » ^H (S '<«^gP r g M M M M For politicians , 1979 was a year not to make predictions Both incumbent Suffolk County Executive John V N Klein and Supervisor John Randolph lost their seats School districts learned a similar lesson , too Despite ef- forts to hold the line on tax rate increases , all but one of 22 districts in The Long Island Advance readership area saw increases 1979 will be remembered b y some area residents as the year tneir well water went bad Or as the yea r that thousands protested T TT rW c- n.iAl«.^ «„...„., „1 J . _ — *--«v. 'v u ij M ^i ^u* pu »f u lyiaiu in Shoreham , a reminder of the days when college students protested a war and sponsored Earth Day Others who glance back over the annals of this year , the last digit of the 1970' s , will remember gas lines , hostages in Iran , a railroad strike and the fact that thpv WPfP navmO mnro fnr ^ - - L — j -o w »\» home heating oil than they ever had before For one Bellport coup le , Mr and Mrs Fred Co^ en , 1979 was the yea r they won $20 , 000 in the state ' s Lotto game It was also tne year that the Bellpor t Clippers almost won the state basketball title led by a dynamic 6'6\ Dlaver named David Russell 1979 was the year that Virginia Annabelle ' s wayward Vo!k ^,..„^r ^— j — f i~j — _ - n „ 1 orr ug^n unltcu \ j ii ait n-c nuc driu sank , leaving the Coast Guard , the Army Corps of Engineers and Ms Anna belle in a tizzy over what to do So , as is a tradition , The Ad- vance recaps the highlights of 1979 JANUARY In its first action this year , the Rrnnl-llQirQn Tz -mrr, D«r»«^ ~il nAn ~l ^w U rumTv/ii iu»»ii xj\jai u J ; IOLCU restrictions on the sale of several controv ersial chemi cal compounds in the town unless they carry a warning that they may not be used m a way that would allow them to enter the groundwater . The board ' s aetinn on tv. s chemical ban came at the urging of Patchogue attorney Victor J Yannacone , Jr , who told the uoard that \ nine is> running out ' for Brookhaven ' s drinking water Later m the month , part of Mr Yannacone ' s prediction came true , when the town appropriated ^50 , 000 of Community Developement Funds to bring public water to some 30 Medford homes At the county level , Suffolk legislators vuted to ebiabiish the first agricultural district on Loag Island T Southold Town I ¦ ¦ Another item being discussed this month by the county was cutting government costs at all levels by pooling expenditures Suffolk county Executive Joh n V N Klein cailed the conference (continued on page i) ¦ r l -See story on page 6A. Kille r viru s h its to wn animal hosp ital i i i ¦ i ^_ I _ ^ J *!£= *9±% Brig ht hoDes for a ! Ji ^^ wftff l\\ new ^ear a new d e\ I ~ V^/ 1 iW^^ k Jr ca< ^ e °f prosperity, I '/^^^ W^^^ peace and progress — m i 3 B %iS^ \ ff VafSB !^* X> = . — ' ' ' m ^-^^mwmwmtmm ^mmmm*mmmmmmmmimaammmKmmVMmmmm ^mmm^M^mmtmmammaamBmmm:mmmWl. 4^3^^. ^SStlv ^S^^ t— ^ffiSfe ^> @} J^a H m[ m v& ^^^ Eaik ^o_aa _^S _k ^S^ ^^p ^p _S£_v m ^a m ^^g_ Efi] Patchogue businessman Louis A Pfeifle of Blue Point is expected to become the seventh member of the Brookhaven Town Board when it holds its organizational meeting on Wednesday Mr Fteille , 45 president ot the Brook haven Memorial Hospita l Medical Center in East Patchogue was the unanimous c hoice of the Brookhaven Town Repubh can Executive Committee , according to Thomas Nennell Jr town COP chairman \We screened 13 candidates before selecting Mr Pfeifle , \ Mr Neppellsaid \I think his qualifications arc outstanding I don ' t think the Republican party could have found a bette r candidate to fill the position ' Brookhaven residents are verv lucky to hav e a man of Mr Pfe i fl e ' s qualifications and background His business back- ground , particularly in these times is an important asset \ Neppell said Pfeifle is the president of Rolhc Ine a Patchogue firm manufacturing children ' s play clothes and has been on the board of directors at Brookhaven Memorial for \R vears He is expected to be appointed by the town board' s fp'e other ^ iOP members on (continued on page 17)
