The-Leader_1977-03-03

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41st YEAR No. 45 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, MARCH 3,1977
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Locol Shopping
GOOD SCOUTS: PeprwMaitWea of Frwpbn's varioua Uivela of Girl
Scoiiilng'icKdc on as f^ajror William White presanta ar prpclamatlon.
desfgnatlnfl March 12 to 19 as "Girl Scout Week In Freeport. to
Tru»l«LPpro.thy Storm, Freeport GIrr Scout Community Aaaoclatioh
•.CtuIhtfoman.-.The amilino acouts are (l:'to r.) Junior Scout Karen
Discuss Sewer Plant
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" FREEPORT • In response to
rumors that he .became aware of,
a3rDr-:Wiiliam-;;¥^te^-Tecently' ~
asked Superintendent of Public
Works Edwin Prefer for aii up­dated,
report on the functioning
of the yillage's Sewer. Treatment plant..' r v ,
White pointed out that the
plant is. iiispected annually by
the New York.State.Department"
of• Envirtnmental Conservation.
piiuilu itLCtvtngTa Operating
and Maintenance subsidy. -The
subsidyDf ^.% has beeri_rcc«lved
every year since Prefer lias been
in'.the post,. White explained,
"and wpold hot have if the planj
had not passed inspection.-' The-
:State's-ts^ teat-ftotfi wWdi the
"^'•^^^^^mS; whitr.'ifitear
Mayor, Chamber, Jordan,
Oppose Mitchell Complex
-7—FREEPORT—Represcntatives^K)f-4he-Freeport-Ch8mbcr-bf-Com-:
merce joined Mayor White at two public meetings within the last week
tot>ppose apropos^ for a shopping center at Mitchel Field In Union-dale.
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• White* and Nomian Schmeling,. the Chamber's •president voiced
their opposition at Ti- meeting
.of businessmen and government
officials held last Thursday night
at Holiday Inn, Hempstead.
White, spoke again at the County
-Boardiw-Supetvisorsjnecting this
•past Monday moming7~~^~; ~—
The~controversiaI proposal was
indefinitely tabled by the Super-
"visors.' It would have brought a
$194,000 ^uare .foot Sears, plus
other "reiail .ettablishnients, • to
County. Board_of Supervisors,
White, again pointed out the.
Village'has already spent over
$300,900 In Federal,funds to ex­pand
and', modernize parking
Ids and would shortly be break-ing
ground for a pedestrian shop-ping
mall on South Main St^t.
In objecting . to an earlier
stateinent by; Wilbur Breslin; the
Mall's (^eyddpet.-.tjiat "we must
Jand,oriaihally owned by the fed- be_ptbgres'SY«i^-White ^ t s^
;2086.
'f,-.--
insurance Will
rcrr: —FREEPORT
Trustees, at Monday night's open'vbting session;, a. memorandumJi£_
MaitagivedyflCetnlfiSflheVilUge's^ttntettFfiOT rWodonen
Cbiapensatioii Micy.. He. • toM thir.'fi^
suriaop, the carrier, would riot riciicw'the poHcy because Ihe loss"
ratiol from 1973-1976. wak at
shows that ."the overall efficiency
. ^-_ - ^_-1 • --. 'i. -: of the. plant JnctsasedJ 32%MD'
r : .'. . % ,T- 1976over 1975.'•* Prefer attribut-
"mm" • . ' -. ed this '-'to the greater volume of
I V i p n O V sludge transferred to the Bay
\. - - • - : ;.^? . . . 'P^Jstoirage tank,.excellent pc'r-shared
inth:ihe:'Bbittd .rf.—fonnaiKebybpcratJ^
'=>'Vati6vaBmeni-:
The inove to table the resobi-
:iJon,.whldi would have approved
.theleases;,was made by Hemp-.
stead Presiding. -Supervisor
, Trancis Purcell.'-list Thursday
night, he had told .the.angry
tJys tnat^eaSTh'aV w^* 3Isckrd-thVoId
and proven siich as a shop
in my Village that has been out-
:Iitting the,diildre'nidf.the South"
'Shore-for' 75, years? Are the
people of Freeport to lose it and
.the many, many other shops
<''
businessLmen ;that tbe-apptoval—which .help thehomeowner^ pay
white Discusses
100% for Mch of those . didate against wmte tor Mayor in
'.. " ^1 T : f ^ • the ,iipfj)ming yillage'relections, "
the lixfat said .that Jordan' last
year. Ka^'^sald ;the' Vill^^Tbould-
. sa.v& SlSitoO a year.if It went into.
the State Instirance.Ftihd.. WHte
^pointed "cndltHiat Instead "it; is
_ J)ftheJe*5esjirould.in.t>Q way;Con
done th« coocept. It would -then
- have to go through a zoning prp-
.cedure by the Hempstead :ToWn
Board, btoiuse the land Is zoiusd
taxesj einploy_us,-,and our child­ren;
and service ouV^oeedsT"
White pointed to the- 7,200
certiorari proceedings pending,
before the County Board of A^-
IKiaemUI. FUILCU. aiimi UiUL, i»u9n iu nUu taaii n • N-fcas^
:' - y e a r s . ••'.. •• •' •':• '• : f • '
> :rrAll other available maricets had'
been covered : by.: SchmeUng
'Inniranoe; • White t explained,.:
•- and the rally-'carrier that-would
~ "^i'aak'uexa'Hhcre oFuu.n "dwTa^s--WthMe-tSet-a^tde- tIKne^^ --€Osttng--*l-cotijide«ble amooiit
base .^cost plus the etpcrience "more thaii it had before. •
• factor /'plus^ a - 75% additional
' sutdiafge would end up by cost
i a » WpCMTt
FREEPORT' i Referring to.
charges ,; by ,\hiis : Democratic
'opposition'that he had: ''never
revealed!* the KRS repqrt'to the
r public although it was paid for by
ing the Village of premium of
$69369, 'over $44,000.; more"
annually than the Hartford pdic^.:
. If the losses decrease. White
.said, thrVillage-niigfat reduce4ts
premiums, but rt^ would 'not re-
-cover-4hat—which—had—alread:
been paid. ' . ^
~ the Mayor pointed out tiiaf the
Fire Department has a^iafety
ofiiccr who works on thy safety
prublemi
. - ' .-piibllcliearfng^
With noLobjedions .&om any
residents present, the. Wlageap-preved-'
an, amendment to. the
Code of OrdinanoK which'would
"give" Freeport • HtKpital: a legal
non.confbnning use-so they can
continue to receive state aid.:
Public Meeting
-would not say if be was in favor of:
the proposal or not.- " _
, ' At the Holiday Inn meeting.
Mayor. White and Schmeling.
stressed to Purcell that the vil­lage
was completing a: mall on
^ ^ ^ ^ Soutii Main Street with Federal
Qa^a^eKibb^eyriyfa^-Wailam^^ImopjK. A Mitchel Field maD,
White noted thitJf "baid. been "' . - -^
available in the ViHage Qerk's
office and the Freeport Memorial'
. library, jand distributed to all the
local, media "when it. was first
published. . .
The Mayor took the occasion'
to shcrartfi^ report tb his running
lai^erAl Slrlin, wboni he called &
.with county govemmenl'supportr"
would compete for ^ocal shop-
.'ping. Schmeling termed the
.x»mpetition betweea- the two-governments
as "ludicrous."
In his presentation before the
counter-aigainent to.the.cTy that
the -Mitchel Held shopping
center would contribute heavily to
the County-Tax base. i
Alluding to Purcell's comments
that there coiild stin be a zoning
heating to stop.the Mall,:White
stated that **ft Is the responsi-
^jility-of-4hIs-Boardl(the Super-visors)
and not the. Town Board,
to put- an end to this'' proposal
n o w . " - - '•-••'.••
In his public statement. Porcell
(Cbiit.onPageM)
Alluding to statements joade
by Trustee Wayne Jordan; a «ain-
•sAt the 9 pm public meeting^ 7'self-made man who likes to refer
Louise Simpson," representingVlo himseltas a^ilnmBttJrtit ac-:
Concerned Neighbors, one of the tually heads up four Jirge com-.
Gvic Associations involved in fhf; - panics involved in imaim- mn--
touncU of Qvic Assodations struction projects/*4hroughout
(COCA), objected strenously'toi
. . (Cont.onRage.18)
Candidate Nights
debate at -a Candidates'. Night
sponsored by Our" Holy Re­deemer's.
Parish .Council, 7:30
. pm. Sunday, March' 6, in the
school aiMItorium at 87 Pine
Street.
FREEPQRT. - A <:andidates
Night, to which the entire com­munity
has been invited, wiD be
hdd Wcdnetday. Manrh 9, 8 pm,
at the Freeport' Family Com-mimfty
Center. 17 Buffalo Ave- ... _, ^ t-,., . ,- .. .
_^ On ihutsd:^-March 10, uifiT^
Candidates funning for Village . ^ f , °f„ ^ilf ^i^°'^^
TmsteeandMayorfilthev^^ («X=A) w^ ^da_Candidates
parties wiD speak. The audience f?™™ at the Fnaport Memornl
willhave the opportmnty-to ask- -Library. An-13 aimooncaj candi-:
Long Island."
After .examining the report,
Siriin stated, "Thank heavens it
was not acTcd upon by the BOard._
If it had been adopted, the
-Village would be'bankriipt id
five yearsl" He pojnted out that.
it suggests programs for the
village .that - federal and state
governments "have learned tb
-•»ieci awrU^ fium," ululesuggesU
ing a reorganization and taking on
-of—additional personnel that
questkms' of'any of the' candi-dates.
—T^nni nnJMA'it fir miyciTjJilL
dates have^ been invited-io 'the
meeting, which will begin at
.••g'rm. ., • .
"would be out of sight in costs,
but would have, to be supported
by every taxpayers in this VU-
_l^e." _ ". -^-^-^-
SirUn mentioned that ^diile
^consultants are- riotoribus for
(Cont-onPagcll)
EDUCATINQ THE YOUNG. Marlon Harvle, Dlrectpr of thf yWSQii^—
-Drug Pdiiftflttnn And nonn^ftllng Center coriducted a »Ix-w»ek educa­tional
program for eighth graden-at Our Holy Redeemer Elementary
School. Students ware provided with basic Information concerning the .
use. misuse and abuse of drugs, tobacco axK) alcohol. Shown at the con­cluding
session with the youngsters, Ws, .Hvyle CQQQllnated her pre-,
sentatlona with color slides and many visual aids. ThUr final session In­cluded
actual talfcr-by-formef drugAwera.-recoverlirig addicts and ial-coholicswho
related the devastating effects-drug, abuse had had on
their lives. . . - — . - - _ i