The-Leader_1977-02-03

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EAST aEADOiy, W-^Y 11554
FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
FREEPORT'S
oificini
NEWSPAPER
41st YEAR No. 41 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. FEBRUARY 3,1977 PRICElSt PER COPY .
ON STAGE. Watching thii Frefeport High School CIcsa of 1977 go
thrcrugh: their taleniedpacM are (J. tdr.-'top photo) Variety'Show
Oiroctors: Karen:Keyea, Carol Smith. Ms.-BartnraMdjoughlln'and.
Mary Lou Theofilos. Meoriwhlia, oh the auditorium atage era membeirB~
6f:iha "I've Qot To Wee" routine: 0. toR^tjottom photo) alttlng'-
.Oe&bie Benltffi, KarrenKoyn, Qina Ooravan, Erel Udon and Nance'
'Re; iylrigdqwn - Beth Ooldttelii; Robin Redler, Uta Fabrlzio, jeanle
'..MacDonald; Pohna Edwards, Karri-Christopher, jLorrie Wittenberg,-
dlDKahtor. Bonnie Heller and Mary Bopp; and'standing - Danny
Keieln and Ed Grace. The Senior Vulety Show Will be presented Feb­ruary
10,11 and 12, In the'High School Auditorium; Tickets are $2.75
at the doer; or $2 for students and $2.50 for adults In advance.
Mayor Suggests
Insurance Comiti.
FREEPORT - An Insurance<
Revlcw'commlttee, composed of
villagfc bribers and agents, which
would meet on a tegular-b.asis juid
share in the brokerajg;e com-missions
for tKe village's . In--
surance J.yaa - suggested' by
Mayor William White at Mon­day
night's Village Board of
Trustees meeting. - -
With, only Trustee . Wayne
Jordan voting agtinst the pro­posal,
the Botfd agreed to set op
, such a committee- As appointeti,
it ' would- consist of Norinan
Schmelhig,~ of the agency - pre- -
se'ntly dnignated to- carry, the,
yOlage insurance, wba would -act
ais Chairman; " Joseph;; iBoyle,-
Frank Biiafordr t>ame] C3i8p-inan;
RoMt -France;^Edward
:Glack^;<HP<H>a}d3Katzr''Julias
'Mlntz;- Ftanlf-'Mnsio;, Robert
: Raynbr; : and.. Rob»t Schade.
"The Qnnmittee -virald be' re/
': gnif6d to meet at least once every
• tntee'months to review all of ihe
village's insurance. poUdes; as
wen »s 'the : village's didms
history with: a view tovrard
redncing losses. It would'report
in writing to the Village Board
with sjwdfic condudons. or
recommendations. An^indivldoal
member cant make his own repmt
as wen if be-so desired; Jn return
for providing his time and ex­pertise,
eadi brodter would share
in the .brokerage commissions.
'. White told the Board that while
Jordan had prevldtuLiy. ^pressed
the belief that the viflage could
save inoney on.insurance pre-mfauns^
whhout. afidr&ig : its
coverage or assuming too great a
\ . (Cont.onPage7) ' -
Village Party
BfflgeirShore of tUA Pie
FREEPORT - Reprcscntativea of Freeport's^, waterfront-business
interests attended the second public hearing dealing with plans for
the third year's allocation of Community Development funds. They
<asked for more than the tentatively proposed S400,000jstating that the
money will not complete the suggutions made by a recent study of
the area.
. Community Development Di-rectQLJlm
Dunne told the mor^
than 30 people present that the
suggested fibres were not de.
finite, but were a combination of ,
imput from the Task Force,'the'.
Citizens Committee and the first
public hearing held two weeks.,
previoutsly."' "." . '
In Dunne's proposal,-.$100,0P0_.
- was-allorated to "NOTIH "Main
Street; nothing", to Housing .
• recently apj^roved • Piibik Worts
. EmjjIoynfenf'Act'fiuidlng,:'this
area has already received nearly
$1.5 million); S50.000 to Houring .
" Improvement , Area #2 ' (the
Russell-Pearsall areas); $50,000
for Honsidg Improvement Area
#3 (Smith-Bcdell 'Streets);
$450,000 for the Downtown Area;
$400,000 for the Waterfront Area,
plus some $30,000 more' to be
realized ir^'the sale of property in
.the northeast; $30,000 fDr the
pnrdiase of -the Raynbr' Mill
House (added to the preidoos
year's $50,000); nothing for
' Senior Gtizea Coadseliflig whidt
was tequested'bytiie Freeport
Housing Aothotity (a tiiscretioh-
. aty grant win be filed for. some of
rthis); nothing for the Befihhigton
Avenue Area; $9,000 kg village-wide
Beabtification, wiiidi in-
[ dddes a graphics ' prograin;'
$150,000 for administrative ex­penses;
and $100,000 for contin-
^ gendes. • . - '
. T h e first speaker was Wes
Carman, Cbainnan of the Water­front
~ Division of the. Freeport
Chamber of Cbmmerce, and a
marina owner. He asked for more
funds for the. waterfront, point­ing
out that ^ e money allocated
for that area is not '.'enough for its
worth and not enough for what we'
would tike to do." He pointed out
thst'the area needs more parking. ~
"1 am afraid," bd. said; ."that
.parking wincbstmbre than al­located
and, that we wiU have
nothins left for anything else; V •
Another' waterfront business
person, Jo Cona' of Apache n, told
the Board that she-thought the
area needed ''at least $2 million.
The. parking is not enough for
the tremendous business we do
"down there.'.'-"She said the
-area needed at least three new
parking areas,, one north," bne
south and one midway down the
Nautical. Mile (Wooddefl Ave­nue).
. ,
Dtmne' sidd the money aOo^
cated for parking would pay for
-75 new.'parking spaces, wnldi he
thought should be put somewhere
in.the center of the area. "We.
would like to eliminate an ob­noxious
use of land" with the
increased parking area, be said.
Wooddeft area . boat.. dealer
Chades ' Ugadis, wUle . agree­ing
with - Canaan's remarks,
stated that realtors had obviously
not been consulted about the high
cost of property in the area. He
also agreed that due to the costs,
.(Cont.onRigelS)
Board Debates BOCES Budget Picks Candidbtes
.-- ' \ By Rlctiard Sanden
TBEEPOKT - last Wednesday, at the second of its ojpea budget
meetings, the Freeport Board of Edocatian was presented with next
year's proposed BOCES budget. Opening the sessktn by addressing
the andience. President Harold Levine repeated his pre^oins week's
remarks regarding the uniqueness of the new'publlc meetings. Free.-
. port is the only sdiool district
vrfiere residents can bofli receive
a Un6-by-line explanation of the
budget and submit their own
comments, suggestions and
recommendations. .
' While attendance was'up from
last week, the audience of tax­payers
still numbered less than
20. Levine ailmitted "this isn't
the tind-of thing -that attracts
hundreds of people, but I'm
pleased that some of yoa-liave
turned out." Futnre open ses­sions
win be held Febroaiy 3 and
10.
For the school year of 1977-78,
tlie proposed BOCES budget wiU
increase from ^ $1,312^500 to
$1,461,600. : Superintendent
Donald Costlow began the discus- -
sion by stressing that the new
figures are estimated, not final,
costs. A variety of other factors
must be considered before a con-dusive
amount Vran be determin­ed.
The'suggested figure, for
example, does not.reflect. Free--
port's share of the $800,000
settlement in the recent BOCES
strike, of which each district in
the county must pay a part.
In addition. Governor Carey's
widely-publicized proposal for
(Cont, on Page 16)
FREEPORT - Mayor Wffliam
White and Trustee Dorothy Storm
were namied 1^ acdalmation to-^
run for reelection on the ViQage
Party ticket,: in the March 15'
village-election. Also selected by -
Vini^ Party members, at last:
Thunday night's convention,:
were Alfred Striin, to run for the
seat presently held by Trustee
Ralph franco, and Franco wiU run
for Village Justice. Siriin was also
nominated by the casters of a
single vote by the Secretary,
while inranco led present Justice
Edwin Frcedman in a 150 to 23.
vote.
. The week before, the samfc^
slate had been selected by the
Freeport Republican committee­men
at their caucus.
In accepting the Village Party's
nomination. White said he re­gretted
that the entrance of the
(Cont. on Page 14).
SPECIAL dRANT. Ahrlna Gritman (c), a member of the Friends of the
Freeport Arti Council, presents a $1,000 check to Hale Smith. Chair­man
of the Council's Board of Directors, as Jack Hotly, Chairman of the
Steering Committee looks on. The $1,000 grant came from the Exxon
Corporation of which Gritman Is an employee. She made the applica­tion
for funding of the FAC Teen Summer Theatre Wortahop.