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NEWSPAPER
42nd YEAR No. 25 \ FREEPORT, NEW YORK, OCTOBER 20,1977 PRICE 15< PER COPY
ir]jQndliei^]greeTo New Contract
™^"|'A" SeheolBoohl Scheduled, to
Session Open ^ ,-. _ _ ._ _ _ ,
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PRACTICING THEIR NUMBERS. Freeporters Ian Cathcart 0- In top
photo), Ruth Rosenbefg (c.) and Jim Brittaln work with choreographer
Diana Woitman (r.) on their humlier from '-The Music Man." Mean­while
(bottom photo, 1. to r.) Connie Briel, Ellen Rosenberg and Ellen
Kelly, all of Freeport'.practtca thefr roles as members of the "River
City Ladies Society." The Freeport Comjriunlty Chorale production of
Meredith WUIson's "The Music Man" will be presented at Freeport
High School Fridays and Saturdays, October 28 and 29 and November 4
and 5; at 8:30 pm. All seats are reserved. Tickets are available at the
-box office or by calllna 623-2188. — -...-. - .. —
Freeport And Its Museum
FREEPORT - Village budget
meetings will be held before the
c this year, Mayor William .
:e has announced. All discus­sions,
he says, pertammg to the—
reparation of the 1978-79 budget
~irfts?S!ri7niirTJiionc?=rtttr"
be held in the Conference
RtHim at Village.Hall where the
Board of Trustees meets each
Monday night" throughout ^the
year; except for legal holidays.
Last year, for the first time.
White appointed a lay budget '
aimmittee consisting of commun­ity
residents who had written .vol-
:unteering.their lime..They met,
with. ithe.Board and the various
: departme;jt heads-once or twice "a-week
forat least two months..'
-Mayor White pointed out that
while State law empowers his
office with the sole responsibility
^ for the preparation of the munici­pal
.budget, he decided that the
public sessions would extend the
involvement of village residents
; which he began last year with the
appointment of the citizens com­mittee.
;
'Each scission thisyear will-in*:
volve the Board of Trustees, the
..village treasurer and invididual
department heads. They will be
held Thursdays, November 3,10
and 17 and December 1, 8 and 15
beginning at 7 pm; on Tuesdays,
-November 15 at 7 pm; on Satur­day.
Noveihber 5 at 9 am; and at
a time to be announced ott Satur­days,
November 12, 19; 26 and
December 3,10 and 17.
"7"Public participation will not-be-allowed
during Uie sessions.
. -The final budget is subject to a
public hearing in January prior
to its adoption.
Freeport Man
Arresfed By
Spanish Gov't,
an
School Board at their meeting
Wednesday, October ' 19 (after
this week's issue of THE LEA­DER
is in.the malls).
Superintendent of. Schools
Donald Costlow and FTA presi­dent
Russell Coyne said that the
agreement simplifies the negoti­ations
begun last April, which
involved many ^ "long" and dif-
, ficult.' V negotiating ^sessBns."
/ - ; -Thi- three •yeM>'*bntr«ct -pro-:
"vldes teachers" with the .regular
; salary schedule increment in each
year of the contract.'In addition
the salary schedule will be raised
3% the first year, 4% the second
year and 4% the third year of the
agreement. Other modifications
in the.contract provide for more
flexibility in class size; the right
of elementary "teachers to leave
at students' dismissal.' time
FREEPORT • With the present school term already six weeks
underway and the Freeport teachers working without contract since
June 30, a tentative agreement was reached last week, by negotiators
for the Freeport School District and the Freeport Teachers Associ-nitnn-
Ihp ihift* yHHi niiiluii4-wi»B-Tarif»-^ Ky ty.pTA membership
Thurs(toyjgtftgrnoon,.JDgtpber 13. - .
J' wiirbe~acted u^ih by the on days the leacners nave lunch
" ~ ' • ' ' duty supervision, an increase in
the guidance counselors' and psy­chologists'
work week, a 200 day
limit on the. accumulation of sick
leave for new • teachers, and an
optional method of, pay days
for teachers.
Both Costlow. arid Coyne said
the three year agreement was
: reached because • * 'both ; sides
exhiblied' enough good,. f^th
, and compromised to keep negoti­ations
going.forward.'' As.usuid
, in negotiations. • their joint state-'
ment.said; "neither'side gained
everything it was seeking."
Dr. Joseph Igoe served as chief
negotiator for the school district,
while Coyne—who is an attorney
aJs well as a teacher at Dodd
Junior High School—served as
chief negotiator for the FTA.
Board Approves Sign Ordinance,
Proposes Employee Residence Law
FREEPORT - In a' short legis­lative—
open voting— session
Monday night, the village Board
of Trustees approved one ordi­nance
which will literally change^
"'()ie'face~Of theTillage-anddircct'
ed counsel to prepare another or-
'dinance which could alter'the
complexion of the village's work
force.-
Sign Ordinance
With but minor, changes, the
nnart\ unanimously passed a new
'vill3^ge-widesigircnJmance=which=
(Cont.onPagel6)
Celebrate Twin Birthdays
FREEPORT - This Sunday eve-mng.
October 23. two htstori-cal
events will be commem-raorated.
First, this year marks
the 85th anniversary of Freeport
-Village's incorporation; second,
this year also celebrates the 15th
birthday of the Freeport Histori­cal
Museum. Both events will be
observed by the Freeport Histori­cal
Society at their Anniversary
Supper, to be held 6 pm in the,
parish house of The Church of
The Transfiguration. •
it's appopriate that these two
occasions be celebrated together,
_fni^pn nthrr in<rtitntion has done
more to preserve Frecport's
unique past than the Freeport
historical MuseumT ~
The museum|s origin is a story
'of community effprtrin • 1960,
a small group of local residents,
• each sharing a respect for Free-port's
traditions, decided to form
? historical society and estab­lish
a museum. Plans were made
.at meetings held at individua]
homes.
- Within months, the small
group had catapulted into an
organization of SO charter mem­bers,
and meetings were now tai-
(Cbnt. on Page 10)
-PREEPORl - TKc-frarcntrofa—
26 year old Freeport man, station­ed
in Spain with the United States
Navy; have appealed to Congrcss-
-roaa-Nownan I•e^^frtr hrlp in nb.
taining information about their,
son. According to copies of cor­respondence
received by Mr. and
Mrs. Vem Schmitt of Freeport,
SK3 Bruce Schmitt was arrested
by the Spanish government earty
in- June and incarcerated in a
Spanish jail for about one week.
Hetias since been released to the
Naval authorities, and is under
base arrest at the United Sutes
Naval Station in Rota, Spain.
(Cent, on Page 16)
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PONTOONS WERE NEEDED on some streets In southwest Freeport
last week as some cars were either forced to try to drive through wiater
three to ten Inches deep or stay "Grounded" In oarages or on drlve-
• ways. A northeaster drove atxyve-normal tides ihrouflh Jones Inlet
twice during last t-naays storm. Vlllafle rBSWents managea quite well
with many timing their arrivals and departures that day by tide charts.
• - (A LEADER photo)