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Page 1: But It Takes Ho SOMETHING TO DO: $7 Million Parks Programnyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn95071025/1969-07-24/ed... · 2015-10-07 · $7 Million Parks Program Discussed by County

$7 Million Parks ProgramDiscussed by County Board

But It Takes Ho Action:

The County Board of Superv isee s dui ing a brief meeting Jiie\ 14discussed but took no foi nial action on pi oposals to acqune parkpioperties in eight of Suffolk s ten tow nships at a total estimatedcost including engineenng and appraisal costs ol $150 noo of s7-million

The park i qui sit ior p-opo -uUs w e n picpaied by CountvExecutive H Lee Dennison and Countv Planning Dnectoi LeeKoppelman wi th informat ion they obtained from the supeivisoi s ofthe towns and the Countv Paiks Commission The pi oposedacquis i t ions in the tow ns and the pioiec ted cost are asfollow sTownship Paiccl Inv olved Estimated ( ostBabylon HO ac i es in Wvandanch neai MOO 000

Belmont I ake State PaikBiookhav en Poi t Jef fe i son Haibor 52 000 000

headlands 20 acies on westside .ind 180 acies on east side

Hunt ing ton 140 acies neai Lie t o w n s SI 000 ooof r abmeadow P u k plus slig/rleiddit 'on to the G w v i i n e Esta teC o u n t y Peiik

Islip W) ac ie gicenbelt neai $(>()() 00<Southside Spoi tsmans C lub

Ri- ei head 20u ac i e-> L I Sound propei tv sb -o ooo(no site oi pai eel selected )

Smi th tow n Nissequogue R i v e r \ i c u n l v si mm mm400 e l C I C S

Southold Or ient Causeway pi opei tv (> () S200 000e l C I C ' S

East Hampton !-'• <<i l e s su, i --uncling Si ooo oooNo , I Inv est Haiboi

Dennison said he hopes *r for mal appr oval ot the acquis i t ions atthe b o a i d s Julv 28 meeting Howevei the supei visor s geneial lv a ielukewa im to 'lie pi oposals al trough thev made the mitu. l i ecommendations

Action was dclaved un ' i ' at least July 28 on a l equest i iom theDepei i tmenl oi Pub lic Woi ks loi Si -> million fr i ic bulkheadii ^ theSlani i 'cock C a n a l w h i c h itn ludes 2 000 l i n e a l fee t oi steel sheetbulkhc ' eidmg 500 Ieet of w ooden bulkhcading plus costs foi plansa nd spec ideal ions and w ork on i oads neai the canal

Also put oii was a decision on a request foi $165 000 fi om theDep igment of Buildings and Giounds foi ie nova t ion wor k at theemu t ivmsc annex on Gut t ing \venue B ive ihead t * make two c our trooms on the f u s t flooi oi the bui lding f i o m space foi mei lv occupiedby (he- She r i f f s depa r tmen t f fie S e v e n t h Squad D e t e c t i v e s atp i e s e n t u se i poi dot* ol the sp u e u h u l w nul l be urn cd in to c oin tlac ih t ies

1 lu s u p e i v isoi s l e c e i v e d <i comp la in t I i om the League ol W omanVotei s wh ich ask* d tna t the boaid lcco i i s ide i e conom y n * o v e s i nthe County Boaid ol Flect ions made to c u t coses ol > c g i s U i i i > gvote i s pn II to Elec t ion Dav

Ihe i cgulat i cg i s t i a t io p days aie October 2 5 and 4 but only onOetobei 4 w i l l eac h ol the -88 polling places in Su f fo lk be opei OnOctobei 2 and '> onlv the tow n h i l l s v ill be i pc n to i e c e i v e. v o t c ilegis la t ions Ihe boaid decide d on the ec worry mov e months agoeind appa i en t l v w i l l s t ick w i t h it desp ite the complaint ol the L W \

Deput y Countv E x e c u t i v e \lex \mes noted tha t eacl deiv theboard opens all of Ihe pol l ing place s costs the countv «150 ooo

\mes no t i f i ed the countv boaid tna t the l u s t t h i ee month oi the 2per cent countv sale-, !u\ Marc h \pi i l and Mav have enr iched theSutiolk treasuiv b\ «7 808 000 Ames piedictcd that Suf f olk wouldi e e e n v e about $20 mil l ion f r o m 'he sales tax f rom the full vcu butDennison and the supcvisoi s r e hopeful the total r ece ip t s w i l l behigher

Dennison and his aides j r e now s tud y ing depa r tmental budgetleqeiestsfor the lOTO e ountv budget The requests a r e ave rag ing ovei25 per cent highei than the totals m the I960 countv budget w hichtotaled about SI 80 million Depai tmentai budget icquests w i l l exceed•s2J0 mill ion it was est imated

Anothei f inanc ia l pi oblcm bother ing the suoeivi soi s is <n<* payi.uses and h inge benef i t s being reques 'ed bv county police andcoun t y employ ees Ihe Coun tv Pa t ro lm en s Bene v olent Associ atu i.lias re quested pay > a lses e.nd tr urge benefits w hich if gi anted w ouldamount to an average oi a 50 pen cent mciease pei man Iherequested stai ting salaiv loi patr olmen is $10 500 whi le the pi c-ents t a tdng salaiv foi a pa t io lman is $7 550 It was lea, ned tha t the Ciu 1Slu ice Employees Assoc iation the baigainin g agent toi otheicounty employ ees is demanding pay hikes and f r i n g e be nef i t samount ing to a 25 per cent increase

Open End Coffee Hour House Fills Teen Evening HoursSOMETHING TO DO :

OPEN END SINGERS—Airman Vc Warren Maas, home on leavefi om the \n I- oice sings some well-know n folk songs, while JoeGoial accompanies himself to a popular song on the piano. The

The Open End Coffee Housew i l l be open again tonight in theC o n g r e g a t i o n a l C h u r c hI e l lowslup Hall on Main Street

Gett ing oil to a good start lastI huisdav nigh! the Coffee Housecan conceivabl y be an importanteinswei in solving the problem ofP' ov iding th ings foi teenagers to.do on Summei even ings

Manv of those a t tending lastw e e k e x p i e s s e d appreciation ofihe te ic t tha t ben e was a place togo eiuci f ind a c t i v i t y in a l elaxedmil ml oi mal atmosp hei c Adults

w h i ciroppe i in lound it haid toli eu e the mipiessive se t t ing andl i n e e n i i i te i inment

No le ss (han six different rock¦ nd lo i r , g i o u p s pei formed

dui mg the ev ening and there wasi shoi t mov ie on I h e Retlec

(ions of a Young Person " PamSmith president of the PilgrimFellowship of the church , whichis sponsoring the Coffee House,was pleased wi th the good startand hopes that many more youngpeople will take advantage ofthese unique Thursday nights

The Coffee House offers a placelor just sit t ing and talking atcandlehghted tables Coffee andtea are served fiee under the 50cent donation for admissionCoke and donuts are served at asmall charge

The atmosphere in FellowshipHall is quite informal the lowstage w i t h its creative muralbackdrop spotlighting the perfoi mers Talent appears fromeveivwhere and when the kidslike a performance they demand

young men will perform tonight at the "Open End Coffee House",scheduled to be held at Ihe Congregational F ellowship Hal! on MainSti eet f iom 8-11 II) p ni

more [or they a re running theshow

Featured e n t e r t a i n m e n t fortonight s Coffee House wi l l melude John Stakes a junioi atWi l l i ams College s ingingpopular blues A i r m a n 1 cWarren Maas home on leavef iom the Air Force -singing folksongs and Joe Gorat of Bavpoi tsinging and play ing the piano Ahim of one of the \pollo MoonFlights wi l l be show n dui mg theevening

Fred \rtus chairman of theReligious Education Committeeol the Congregational Churchhas assisted the young peoplegreatly in getting the CoffeeHouse launched The You thCoordinator i- > Tim Kana tnirdye a i s t u d e n t at The Johns

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\i tus and Ke na feel that theCoffee House is a g(x>d idea forthe c o m m u n i t y s young people asit pi ov ides a place to gather andgives theri something m w hichthey can ac t ive l y participateThe v u n i t e a l l interested youngpe op le t ocomedownea r lv to helpset up and to hel p in the planni ngand t u n n i n g of the Coffee HouseI hose interested in hel ping wi l lf i nd jobs to do on Wedne->divev enings at the church

1 hose pe ople w i t h performingtalents siiould bung along aguitai or a trombone or a v oiceand |e>m the eagei gi oup wait ingin llie wings tonight For furthermtoi m<i t ion call Pam Smith (At't 1200) or Tim Kana (AT 6 87G4

Case Against ZeidlerCompleted hy Kreutzer

l e s l n n o n v w.is appa ren t l yc ompleted List I hursdav in them i s c o n d u c t hea r ing ' agains tS u f f o l k W a f e r A u t h o r i t y( han man R ieha id D Zeidlerbe ing he ld before the CountvBoaid of Sup* rv lscr s

S Stanley Kreu tze r (he specialcounsel toi the --upe rvse rs whopn pan el the charges against/( ¦idlei questioned t w o witnesseseinci had subpoenaed two moreRe .il estate broker SalvatoreAchpietn who handled the saleof 22 eic r es of land to a hrm inw h i c h Zeidlei had an inteiest didnot appear Ihe land is in CenterMoiiches eind was purchased bvihe /endlei combine at about thesame dine the Water Authorityw.is pm chasing a test well sitenc t i ibv Zeidlei and his partnerspin chased the land tor $47 500and h a v e of fe i ed it for l esale for$100 0(10

Anothei witness who refused toappeal on Ihe adv ice of his attoi nev is Dirnitnous Tsunis aB i o o k h a v e n , po l i t i ca l f igureconf idan t ol public officials and.i partner w i t h Zeidler in a landpurchase in Port Jefferson

fsums Zeidler and othersincluding former baseball starW h i t e y Ford as the JayneAvenue Corp purchased land inPoi t Jefferson Station obtained agarden apat tmerr f down zonrngtor the land and tnen resold it fora $100 000 profit according toKi eutzcn s chai ges An earlierow ner at tempted to get the samelevoning f r o m fhe Tow n Boardbut w a s unsuccessful andK i e u t / e n has charged tha tZeidler as Brookhaven TownGOP chairman sat in on theboaid s executive sessions whenIhe r ezoning request of the

corporation was discussedThursday s witnesses included

former Brookhaven SupervisorCharles H Dominy new CountyPar ks commissioner and JohnLuchsinger Town P lann ingBoard chairman

Dominy admitted that Zeidlerhad sat in on executive sessionsol the town board and also tha the knew of Zeidler s interest in'he Port Jefferson property

But he said he thought Zeidlerdid nothing wrong and that theschool district had approved thedow n zoning which had beendenied lour vears earlier in 1962

Luchsinger said the planningboard recommended against therezoning because of school andt i a l f i c problems

As in previous sessions lastlhursday s hearing was markedbv repeated outbursts fromZeidler s lawyer NicholasCastellano who continuallyattacked Kreutzer the super-visors and Newsday, thenewspaper which had first ex-posed Zerdler's interests in thetwo land dealings

Kreutzer has continuallyrequested that Zeidler testify, buthe has refused , upon advice of hisattorney However , Castellanoindicated Zeidler may testify andthat he might call other witnessesin defense of Zeidler

On Wednesday CountyExecutive H Lee Dennison saidhe had been notified that the fullboard of supervisors will meet at9 JO a m July 31 to hearCastellano make a brief defensepresentation

D.A. Promotes SpitznagetSuffolk Dis t r ic t A t to rne y

George J Aspland Tuesdayannounced the appointment ofCarl Sprt/na&el an assistantdistrict attorney in his office forthe past vears as chief of theappeals bureau of the department

Spitznagel , 39 of Commackreplaces Lawrence Bracken ofSetauket who resrgned last weekto become project director for thecounty s newly crea ted CrimePrevention and Control Council

Sptiznagel who has been

handling criminal prose e utmns inthe olfice since he was named anassistant district attorney twoyears ago also serv ed tor over ayear w i t h the Legal Aid Society,defending those found to haveinsufficient funds

His salary now $15,000 a year,vv i l l r ise to $18 500 yearly,Aspland said adding that Spitz-nagel has two assistants theappeals bureau and one more isto be hired

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NEW POLICE JLST1CE - Patchogue's new Village Police Justice.David W eisbei g left, is being sworn in by Suffolk Distr ict Coui tJudge V i .ink P De I uca It was the second such reremonv within aveai foi Judge Weisberg who had been serv ing as Acting \ i l lageJust ice He succeeds Justice \rthui M Mapes, who t esigned foihealth reasons

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YOUNG BOY - - BIG FISH - - Ten-vear-old Michael Salvitti of 22 EastThud Stieet, Patchogue looks with awe at the 17-inch large mouthbass he landed recently while fishing at (he Mill Pond in PatchogueMike caught the big one at 1 p m July 20 , using a night crawler forbait The fish weighed in at 2 pounds-l ' ^ ounces , measured 17 inchesin length wi th dn H-inch girth Mike 's catch is entered in the Pat-chogue i-ishmg Club contest , which might well add a trophy to thethrill he enjoyed in landing the large fish Photo by Lou Grasso

New York has 5,500 acres oftomatoes for precessmg in 1969,2J per cent less than last year

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