The-Leader_1977-09-22

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Waterfront Leader-'A
Boat Show Special
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FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
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FREEPORT'S
OFFIEini
NEWSPAPER
42nd YEAR No. 21 FREEPORT. NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 22,1977 PRICE 15« PER COPY
GOING UP.'tHI^NEXtPrtAS&.iri the cpmitrucUdn or^he Frteport
" Malt^uthT^aTrii" iSlfBe!)T5Mh1a:in«taIlatlon of the Btoel.olrdere which
will1)o((3t,ihe Individualstorb'canoplesJThesedemoples will afford pro­tection
?o«hoppftfB'frwniun,Wlhd,;raJri and other weather elements.
The Mairs'construciroriwaaTiriadaposslb.leby.Ihe vlllaQe's use of Free-port
VCommupltyDevelopmeMi^ct,.': 'j\ i . ^=_ •
Boat Show
Now Open
FREEPORT - As THE LEADER
goes to press, all of Freeport is
preparing for the first annual
Greater New York Boat Show
which is being held at Yachts­man's
Cove, South Main Street,
through Sunday, September
The show, the first one endors­ed
by the boating industry, will be
open from 1 to 9.pra weekdays;
10am to 9 pm Saturday; and noon
to.7 pm Sunday. Admission—
which includes parking and trans­portation
to the show by. either
bus or ferry-ris $2.50 for adults
and SI .25 for children 12 years of
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:.THE . LEADER'S waterfixint
7<S"^'i.1^.T^rtion,-Avhi5^f9lloT!i^
jjv, |r;^- vWe^:iof|u<fcs .ipaps^pf the pJrki'
•^--"' ing arM"anil-th«i;exlubition area,
whicH will hoiise a huge display of'
boats. . in . and .. of the. water,
engines and marine accessories.
Board Leans Toward New
Urban Renewal Plan/
Rooming Houses Out
FREEPORT Following a double set of public hearings this past
[ortdgy night, tjigjcceport Village Board^Trusjggs ye5ervedjd.eds:_
n on ine revis*^^^6reS Renawal Plan for a^?elopffiliit of BenmngJon^
Park, but passed an ordinance phasing, out rooming houses in the
village.
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--^JBEEEORT- ?lAfiet-aJwajisfeekJiiatus^_niembertj)LlheJEreeport.
T5eiahet*SlteSStaaiiffi^Mvc"resumeci public protests otTfieiFcontfact"
,riegotiations; On September 6, the day before school opened, a contin-gent
of teachers pickefeainlEroiitof Fr^igprt High School7:expressing-
-thdr disniajf at being left without a contract since July 1..
WhyDodd JHS
#^li=Stiil Hot—
The new plan for Bennington
Park, site of the 100-unit Liberty
Park- development, would open
the area—bounded by. Sunrise
. Highway, South Columbus Ave-,
nue, Alexander Avenue,'Memck
Road and Liberty AvciJue-^-to.
• conimercial»'.,buiiness,..,retail,
^ light manufacturing and sinular
r uses. .The., original plan for de-
\ vclopnierit of thai 'area contained
addidonajrlorV-ineome' housing to
-be;built wth federal,fiinds/-This
was found unacc^tsible, recent­ly,
fay the Federal Enyironmental
• Protection Agency, under its
. noise and air pollution guidelines.
Although the four members of
that the Liberty park housing has'
lived up to its original purpose of
providing housing fot Bennington
Park. At least 40"ft of the tenants
were not resldents.of Bennington
Park.':; ; ,. . . : '\ " .
^ •: The7a^tbtne^ foV.Iiberty;PatK;
Dim Mandet, a resident of Laur-ett&
Lane.in Fteepbtt, objected to.
the Mayor|sfigurcs,;statlng that
onej;o{ th^. preteqiilsites for
Liberty Parit tenancy .is residency
in the village. He hivlted the
•Mayor to check the develop­ment's
. records; Mandel also
pointed out that, hopina, to
achieve integration—a directive
of the Mayor's^—bad led themtg
- FREEPORT - Several residents
attending the Freeport School
Board's public meeting last
Thursday night .— including
Alice Mungo,. past president of
-the-Dodd-ETA_=T^had-heat .on
the Board that were .present
-jTrujste^jroraJfiYcndjge wwjxnt_J(»t outsidftrfic^^
^ t the-meeting).i£setxed jledsigo .ten.antsi
.on the "matter. Mayor William
/..White clearly ; stated .that he
would recommend acceptance of
'•_ the new plan to the Board. "1 am
not in favor of additional hous-
-ing," he told the public. "1 am
• Last Thursday. riTght. as the
Board of Education prepared to
" open its first; monthly meeting of-
~ the new school year, more teach­ers
. stood .outside the AtkinspnJ
School library to greet incoming
members of.the'audience. Led by;
the. FTA'S /president. . Russell [
• Coyne, the teachers disttibuted
flyers which stated that "in the
past, we have always been able to
• settle our differences. .This year,
.we are seriously concemed tlut
: there "may~be problems in, the
schools.", •- '~ •
? The FTA's literature contained
.- a nomber of accusations, indud-
. ing "(1) that the status of teacher
' - negotiations in Freeport is app-roaciiing
a critical stage; (2> that
. the teachers and the district neg­otiators
have been ineeting for six
, _,4})anths and that no contract is in
- sight; (3) that the district wants to '
• "increase class size and that Free-
' port affeady has the largest class •
; size average in Nassau County;
(4) that the district has rejected a
concept of eariy retirement which
could save the taxpayers (jver a
half million dollars by the 1979-80
school jcar; (5) that the district
has rejected a -proposal to im­prove
discipline that would pro-la.!
sUideiiL> .jAul—staff—froia-dironic
offenders of established.
.^ not in favor of housing develop.-
their minds. Specifically, tliey de^ ments per serrdenTbelieve-we
manded to; know why the/Junior can provide housing for the rest of
high'schoot has uoiie an-entire-^-Nassau-Coiinty. I don't-believe
year without air conditioning.
— The Doard's-
Although WKite also pointed to
the need for increased taxable
property in the village, Mandel
pointed;out; the land on which.
Liberty Park originally was built
was municipal land that had not ~
drawn^taxes. and /that'npjy^.there.
'was-a'-small-payment-in-Heu-of^
-rest
'Board policy; and (6) that the dis-
.-frfct; in violation of accepted labor
practices, has broken faith with
=the teachers fay woreening work-ingconditions.;
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"It is imperative," the FTA's
flyer concluded,' '.'that we meet
with the Board and Superinten­dent
so that we may arrive at a
mutually act^ptable cbntrarf.' The
question revealed that a complex
legal entanglement, involving
numerous ambiguities and con-~
tingenries. lies behind the
"failure. ' - " - -"
The task of explanation fell
upon the shoulders of Rocky
Wall, counsel for.the Board,jwhp
stated "this issue is one that has
taken over 100 manhours in dis­cussion.
My account, therefore.
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•.teachers want to negoHaerTbe—wilibehighlj' biniplified
teachers of Freeport do not want
to initiate any kind of fob action.
We want to'meet tlie challenge of
educatFng our youth. And we/
need your liefp! Please call your
Board members and urge them to
meet with the teachers in order to
reach an agreement."
Thus far, no Board member has
sat in on the negotiation sessions.
The district has been represented
by Joe lago, who has served as its
paid'negotiator for several years,-
and by Doris Selub, Assistant to
the Superintendent.
Two weeks ago the Board's
new president. Jack Reilly, was
unable to say whether he or any
other Board member intended to
be present at the sessions. Reilly
indicated, howevefTtEan an offi-
Witb that preface. Wall related'
a brief history~of the air con­ditioning's
malfunction. "The
Board.and the Administration,"
he remarked, "were well aware of—
the problem from the fae^nning,
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Notice Of
Public Hearing
Freeport - A public hearing
on the proposed new village-wide
sign ordinance will be
held Monday night, October 3,
8 pm, in Village Hall.
The ordinance regulates
both commercial and residen­tial
signs throughout the
-village. ' L
PLANNING A PARADE..Communlty representatives were present at a
special meeting, called by the Freeport Chamber of Commerce recent­ly,
to discuss the annual Holiday Festival Parade to be held In Novem­ber.
Of fers-ot help and ideas resulted from the meeting. Among those
who attended were,(seated, I. to r.) Ramona Crook (Girl Scouts), Free-port
Deputy Mayor Oorothy Storm, Kay Benda (Freeport Republican
Club and TASCA), Sister Geraldfne (Our H6fy Redeemer R;C. School);
and (standing, I. to r.) Alex Khanamlrlan (Retail Division, Chamber of
Commerce), Sid Lleberman (Vlce-President.'Chamber of Commerce),
Lionel Socolov (Vice-President, Chamber of Commerce), Norman
Schmeflng (Chamber President), Jerry Gerstman (North West Civic),
Sara Holly (i=reeport Association and Freeport Arts Council), Paul Ber-taccfni
(Freeport Democratic Club). Howahl Rassmussen (Freeport
-eicsh-and Superintendent of-FreepofVSchool^Donald-GostkiWT —r
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