The-Leader_1978-04-06

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42n4YEi(VRNo.49 FREEPORT.NEW YORK, APRIL 6,1978 PRICE 15« PER COPY
Holbrook To DlstrlcfWIII Gof I L 1%_
FREEPORT - JoeHfilbrook. More Than this Year
director'of mathemstics for the
Freeport School District,^ will be
honored Thursday night. June 8,
for his * "outstanding contribu-r^
ions^tothe excellence of educa-_
tfen in Freeport." —'
•^'' Holbrook has been selected by
TFreeporters for Educational Ex­cellence
for his dedication to and
inspiration of the students in this-school
district.
HUNDREDS WERE PRESENTJrO-SE& Freeport jChlimber of Comi.i
nierce president Norman Schmeling and his boi^IT installed and to
honor"Man of the Year" William White and "Woman pf the Year"
Kay Benda. Installing officers were Assemblyman Aritiand O'Amato,
Hempstead^Presldlng Supervisor Alfonso D'Arnatoand.Slata'Senator
Norman J. Levy, Shown In the top p'hoto, photographed at SaltyJBay.
-Yacht Club^ scene of the gala affair — are (I. toK) Armahd D'Aniato,.
Schmellno', Al D'Amato,-Mrs. Benda, Lionel Sbcbtov (dinner-dance:
chalrman),^ Mayor White and LevV; ? :^—.
FREE^RT - tigures released this week^by State Senator Norman
Levy and.Assemblyman Armand"D'Arnato show th^tt the Freeport
School District will receivelaii esttmatecl increase of $428,940 over the
'current year's state aid to education..This 11.1%.increase, D'Arnato
and Levy explained is. 5259,553 more than the distncTwould have re­ceived
under Governor Carey's'proposal. ; .^''•. -.— •
Doris Selub, Assistant to the * *.' .r~
Superintesdent-ef-Schools in the_
Freeport School District told THE
LEADER this week, "We appre­ciate
the constructive efforts of-
_our legislators to remedy the in-y\--
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I insuring that Freeport",, caji.
'ONE OF THE GIFTS presented to Wftlte^toy the .Chamber was a
monta'g.eof pictures, depicting his career. .-, - - .:. -
^ SolomoiiNe\(^ Chief Village Attofjiey '
equities in the^ application .of.state
aid to education." .
The new State""Aid for Educa­tion
formula provisions will
generate a county-wUe increase
of S5,^ million in operating, trans-
•-^^rtation, textbook arid"leafnlng
disabled aids. ;:,.5lccordlng to
Levy's office, the formula is in
"sharp contrast" to the package
Carey had proposed, which would -
•have cut assistance to Nassaii~
County schools by $2.6 million jfl..
operating aid alone and'~mide
substantia, additional cuts in
transportation aid. ^=,-.-'^
_ Selub also .stated, that "while
this *atd {iaclQig^ recognizes iti -
some measure that save-harmless
provisions have rewarded disr.
.^ctsjirith declining etirollments
• The affair-will^takc-placriarthe "while |iienalizing districts; such as -
•:Salty Bay YachtJQub, West Side .Freeport, whose eiirolhnents re'-'
-Avenue in Freeport; Tickets are , mained relatively stable, it is only
$9.50 per- person with the sit-. . - - .
dqgm"dinner scheduled to begin
at7pm. -" .,^. ^ ___j:rcturn-to strict fbrmulaHdd,'
Persons wishing'to join inThis _ she said; '-can our districtreceive
honor-to Holbrook, should send Its fair share of'state-aid, thus
their checks, made out to the-
Freeporters for Educational Ex-
. cellence, to Mary '-Jane Plot-nick.
18 Porterfield Place, Free-. J,
'port: - : '^ • \ : . -
Joe Holbrook
continue to provide quwty educa­tion
during these inflationary
times without inordbate taxation
at the local level." " ^ ^—
•. .The Increased State"School Aid
package which KJves Freeport the.
11:1%-increise" is part- of the
Bute's'- 1978-J9 -budget, which
also contams CS755 million le-ducQ(>
ii~ta~State petsotud-tecome
and fiosiness taxes. ""The in­creased
acboolaid is an esseiitial-'
part of. the overall sUte tax re­duction
package," Icyy and
D'Arnato explained. '^Without-increased
State aid to local'
scfaobt^ the- tax -burdens would
have' been simplj: shifi^*^ to the
homeowners and other real'
property taxpayers who would
have to pick up an additional pro­portion
pTIocal^school district'^
budgets. What good is a (ai re-ductidnin
one pocket»l!:the two
legislators asked, "if you have to
reach even deeper into the other
pocket to pay higher local taxes?!!-
The major elements-of .the
one step in the restoration of fair legislators' school aid package MS
• ° ? - l * l ' ?^^! f '^L. ?S^' ? r *^C^yly aaggrreeeedd toTndildru^ of
average-daily-attendance rather^"
{Cont.onPagcS)
Reduced Rates
At^ec^ehter
•£ - . PRtJppnPT - Fnilnwing-i^^^ars otlservice as" village counsel; '
.•2 • ,pakl^.^GenIry.-J[r. received.a plaque at this;Mqnday^night's. (April.
- r -;~3)ViUage Bos^, m.eeting at which his redxem^ ajjid impending inoye ,.
-*' ^:1bFlorida was announced. Michael Soldnaoii, presehfAssodite Village"",
"tV'T^i^'dilKl, was nanied to fiHGentty'spositionforaJone year term. '.j,
'-S.[ i'^lf-The^Fncpprt Village Board of- Trustees conducted their annual
;i;vl,P^;Mnation Night before approximately'40 peopl^ .most of whom "^ count ."plans for use of the Free- _
>-x. 'wtipthe»Jto^^ ' .. ; "--r'r-.:.">."• . port Recreation Center's health
. '.'-aai^ieeast retiree PaalCotten.,, iv.„L^ T ' ^A^TTT;* D , , ^ v^g^wiU be in, effect nntlTtlie
•:i^-ncm^T>c,-^troa^^o,^ - ^ j ^ ^ g ^ Y : : ^ ; ^ " ' ^ ^ , - . . s u m m e ^^
past eight years, lui;^:,^^^ i J . .^/JtiA t"" ™' "MllU-giJiJt.
FREEPORT.- A "reduced_rate
for the pur^iase'of,-win&~disr
,_^ iM Uie, .
.'<j(^ra'retired'after 2l y^rs of
'^Vat^' service. Lrwords of P r ^
In Vtmi ttoyo^rWUBam Vyhitr
DeVmcenzQ was appoinied lo a
two. year tenn as_4^^Bmistrati.ve.
'Artirtint; and yUligglClerki.aod-
;JanM!i, LyOHJ-
£- -t?-•- c•a x-n .e. -". ibt-a-^ckrt '.'/—fro: m lel•lr e'm en*t ...^xVnYtiit,n aconixo«m.»ovn_ s* j-m'«o~v.le' 'nu«p t«o»
-:^'^^;[SXunuir - :VmaHe-^n^,U,c.Jegaljuff
was fgappolnied
otner two
swimnung pool, exercise room,
.steam and: sauna, and gynma'
•-ildffl^"—-—- - -' — -
Most'-'(rf -the appointments
.VfcSknrcd last year's with Tmstee
^CDocotiiy Stonn .named, for a
VrRci7-Cacdator«-4nd Harrisoii
The reduced rates, approved by
the Freeport Board of Tnistees, . _^eit»
are $30_fqr a resident family; •': '"E""
. SIS for. an individual resident; .
and- S7 fnr • • Frrrpnr|
'.'citizen.
a.
Those who
EFFOfTTS ACkNOWtEOGED.'. Th» Freeport ' Fireman'f
Exempt Association was honored at last Sunday aftamoon'i raopenlhg -:
r,^ —...^ of the Freeport HIstOflcaJ Moaeum. Freeport Mayor William White
S I ? 'C?^ ujBseiiled the Aaseelatlew with a proclamation nntlngthat ttwy hart
bMghr tM^-'pfg^rvgdfntj^of theviliage'a flremahlchWory Including ooa^ the
.r^.,A ^ -r- -. - and "Jumbo,", the
;«cond^year. ""DeptityrMiyofr:^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^haries Mehr^
Deoitt» ^ ^ i L ^ n n s ^ t e *^*2S and $12^ rcspe^dy. 'f{,rlza-winnlhg ateam piimper. Photographed al the muaeum. which will
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^Othetr.oneyear reapprfntmenta • ",'^,vJ^.'""°\ summer
.VaJi: Jaies lybns. Budget D i r e c - ^ ^ r * * : ° ^ . * i ^ ^ ^ ° ^ wd faO plans in 1977..Ttey wffl -
ftarriBenTT^CniDlkb, Deputy- .^^^jj^ as A«toig^ Y ^ pay$15and$7.; .^ . r
.Vflkge'deit;., James.. Lypns, ."r^N . ' - ;Reduced rates. for .ncm-re»-
:ViIlage Assessor; Marie Barbieri .v.: (CcfnCooPagcI?! .-. . . dents are $40.520 and $10. . -
beopenevwStffldg^froBV2-6i>mfyaq.JofvJf^PB»g^^
Freeport JHre Department ChJel Rictian} VaOWSdliTrFlnt DepUty^-^- - -
"Spike" Moneaterr, Donald Qlordano.<>*itpr«aB«Tf of the Exefnpt -
'Firemen; Homer.WMd.rAsaociJbfOQ.tn^er, and Richard .Grampel, _ -
cuirenfpreiMent'. Others memlM^i of the Exempt Firemen are In
-attendance.'—-"••-• ' - ' - . ' ' • • - • '""^