The-Leader_1977-06-30

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The Community Magazine —
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FRKPORT
BALDWIN
kOOSEVILT
MERRICK
HA8SAU CTY. aiSTORIQAL UUSBUK
EAST HEADOTT, U Y 11554
FREEPORrS
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Is A Winner
. x__. Gradustes Honored Scfiobf DisMet Resldenfs
M Awards Dinner Approve Uncut Budgef
FREEPORT -The school dis­trict
honored awardrwinning;
membes of,^e 1977 gradaating
FREEPORT- More than4,000 school district voters went to the polls
, . i.^ , -, ^ ^- Iwt Thursday, May 23, and approved the $19,061,693 school budget
class last .5W«jday-nightr-the—farther I977-78.-The budget figure was the same as prevlottsly sub-evening
hefore the_ class* padua- mitted, and rejected by the voters, on May 17. Qose to 600 more voters
turned out for the . tioh. In front of relatives, friends second vote, which saw «total of 2,439 yea votes to.
and representativ<is of both jhe
educatiobal and busliiess commu­nity
of; the village, those stu­dents
who received -fapecdal
r^gnition were called fotvratd.
..The.Ninth .Annual Honors" ftp^
gram, at Freeport High School,
again included .'a buSet dinner^
; prepared by the'Blstrict's dietetic
w^staffi. onder the' supervision -of:
v'/Mr«« SnedftcbC- — - ^ i i l i C:
. i S p 6 a l^ fpt tiie Schod Board,
vl«xt:ti(e^«alit'SiiiA%bIly told the
9reg6*ffifitrte-
^ igr'ttett-'lwiurdaV
o l » idjtai)ied;«d^ i^ttimi
botD,''j pre^indet^urtes' * throng
.<bIghi^cho6I. We arc-here," "this
ANNOUNCING THE SUMMER PROGRAM Of the Freeport Arts Coun^ ~
cIl; Preslderit Halo Smith welcomes thsAtlantte Player? and Jba Dixon
. of the Lnno-Iatand Jiozfnsernbls to &alty.Bay Yacht Club.. Membisrs:
of the press, were guests of the ClUb as'tliey prisvlewsd selections of the
two groups' riepetolres. The Councils summer series has two'Mncerts:
an evening of jazr with Joe Dixon and the Ensemble on July 23; and
"Hit Tunes from Flop Show8,".>*lth the A.lantic Players, "on August
13. Tickets for the series are $5 or $3 for eiach concert and may l>a ob-;
'talnedfromtheC?ouncl|, P.O. Box 97,'Freeport, New York. - ; -;•
Penny Arcade Baiined In p a g e
FREEPORT-The Village Board of Trustees adopted amendments
' to the collage code of brdi^mcesV Monday-nightrwhidi-would^jroiubit-
1,674 no votes—a spread of 765
votes. In May, the vote was'
1,945 against the budget and
1,587 in favor of approving the
budget, for. a total cast of 3,532
votes. . •:
'. As several ScbocA Qpaid.
members, district administrators
and the:press awaited the vote
Jast week in the 5dto<d IHstfict'
ofBdet^^SfinnhinTG^uJien :"»fld"
'•other'woricliit^aouiif.'.Tbb.'fifst.'
{iftjffif: call: xevdved^Kto front'
0>h)mbas>ytfiiie S d i ^ * l >^
: ttinied'oot\a .lecocd' 664 vot^^'-
only. 103: of which' were ..catt
.agsjssl .the hudget. "It.looJQi
iiieihetmdget's m,^' one person
and aay thank ydafof>rX6b weU ^»*^J*«^ _ _ . ' ^ . „ ,
done-*'-'• •"- • ' ' ' remaining :five ^strict .polji,.
; J)02uQd Costlow noted the ^>di6oF
'.^cbnthittntty team work.*' He also
Vfeina^ed^tiuit the district's IS
yeai^i'olds had participated jn'"a-
,' riji^t - and acted • respbnsively"
.'eaifiej?; in the weck^ He called;
att^tlott to' the: large percen*'
. tage of those qualified to vote In'
"the-scbooMnidget vote that dld^
• s o . ' . ;• ; • •/••V': • ; : > , ''_'\ •
- Among • those who;;- recehred
awards "were- Maureen Fox'.the^
(Qjnt..onPage2b) • ; .
Freeport. With thii. budget ap­proved,
we can leave'the erodhig
effects of this year's austerity be­hind
and look forward to a year of
rebuilding a complete educational.
program," . -t
Departing school board mem-,
bef Joe.McAhdrews^-who joined
Board: memb$n.Harold.Xevine
yaJddStTrKc^ tnd'Boatd mem-
1»ets4c^" "Jhn' Parola toy awah
•the vote at tiMrS&toJct's cffioes—
said <"&'•-nkej to gb out a
~^Bedflc
AxclMr St
vote uiunbera weet-afr-
StrMt;&hMl, '514 yn
vote5'tol439.no. votes; AfldMoa
SdMiqi;d62 yes votes to JL99 no
vot)»;: Bajryfaw' Avonie ~Scbo«l«
-47? yts votes to" 544 4K> votes;
CVvelaad.' Avenue Sdbeol, 176
yes'vo^ to 7. so votes; Coiimbi^
-Avemm. Sdiori, 561. ygt vitaeaJO-FHEEPORT_-
In compliance
with the New Yoifc State "Sun­shine
law," the Village of'
Freeport announced this week
certUn. changes .hi meethig
'dates. "•
The Village Board of Trortees
Fire Department
Sponsors Fireiiforfcs
On July Ruirth
103 tis^ }ft>tet; tad' GBaijn
Sdiod, 347 yes votes to-382
novoteSf -- — j . . . _. _
Following the passage of the
budget. Superintendent . of
Schools Donald Costlow Issued a
statement saying that "The suc­cessful
passage of > our budget
proposal by the voters "repre­sents
a reaffirmation of their con-
.icep for quality education in
will meet Thursday night, June
30, at 7 pm, at village hall, for
a brief open meeting. J t M l then,
go into, executive session to
dis^s personnel matters. .
On Thursday, July 7, the Board
will meet in executive session
-to hold a disciplinary hearing.
Tbe meeting wUl begin at 7 pm, at
Village HaU. ..
penoy arcades in siH business' zoned districts. The change would also'
ban establishments from having more &an twO ctnn-operated game
machines on any premises. Those already possessing
mere than the marimnm number . ..
would have one year to.remove
the rest, - . ~ _
Deputy Mayor Dorothy Storm,
chairing the meeting in the ab­sence
of the Mayor, ' stated
: thatJhe_ncwJaw3jWOTldjteeng-_
, then existing. ordinances and
. "enhance business districts."
The three members of the Board
present (Al Shiin was also absent)
voted unanimously to approve the
-ktcal^Iaw^^—;.-- —^--
The Board set July 18 fcr a
public hearing on a law. to in­crease
senior citizens ttx
exenmtians to S7,2D0. It passed,
this law would follow a ^m^tr
state law recently passed.
DirectK of Community Devel-opment
Jimes Dmme t^Vrtj ihr
the .Board of Trustees—to review
the HDD approved plan change
fot . . the . Bennington
-Park—Urban—Renewal.—Prelect^-
This plan would not indode
any fiztnre residential construe-,
tion.
The Board also'"discussed
suggest^ changes made" by
""Buildmg" Superintendent. ,Loa~
BeQo for ordinknces iegulating
roonung bouses. Bello has
prt^xised that the ^«esent law,,
whkji permits roommg houses to
increase their number of lodgers
at wil],\be changed. It has also
been niggested that rooming
FREEPORT - A giant firemanic
and fireworics.show 'wiD again:
help village residents and those in
nei^boring" comin'unities • cele­brate
the Fourth of July. Spon­sored
by the Frteport Fire De­partment,
it will be held at the
Freeport . Municipal Stadium
Monday evening, July 4.
The' evening's program wiD In-
"^clude" d^monstratkmf ~of "fire^-
fighting rescue procedures and
driving skills, as well as clowns
- and a concert by award-winning
Freeport Fire Department Band.
_The show_ will cohdode'with a
gala fireworks display.
The gates to the Stadium will
Open at 5 pm. During the first tvo
hours, many of the department's
fixe tmck< wiQ be available for
free rides for youngsters around
the sfsdtnm tfad^ Xbe actual
sl»wwgibegintt7pmwithapa-lunuxs,
In the vmaBgbe ptmed . radefoffireK)paratos:
put within the'ncxt tea years.. Va-. ... Admlssion.tDth^^sho^^S^for.
' . ' - . . (Coot.o^.P«ge20)t•;^^•.^•;adnJt».andMfer<Mdfttt•r;•j^^
BELATED TROPHY WINNER. One of the; winners In last year-a
Annual Canoe Races, sponsored by theAVciterfront Division of the
Freeport Chamber of Commerce, finally received Ms trophy at a Charrw
ber luncheon last Thursday. Patrick Kennedy (c.) was presented with
his trophy by Chamber Prastdent Normart Sdimellno (r.) aanndd V\/ater-Board
to schedule, two^ f^^ kaya
-.njng .Board, the .other before
^ron) Dtvlslon Chalrroan.WeS;Carman.,The Canoe S^ Kayak Hacoa
•willagain be held thlayear', Sund^, July 2A. for Hiformatlon on spopr
•'^0rUt^eemtiiofr$!flsiWV\iiWinea, oaHi thdChamb;M-,''d7^7402l ;'