The-Leader_1978-01-12

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FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
42rtd-YEAR N5737
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FftEEPORT'S
OFFIimi
NEWSPAPER-FJIEEPORT,
NEW YORK!.JANUARY 12, 1978. PRICE 15« PER COPYi
e Board Passes Bu
Monday Saw Provides $5,000 More L
AlofOf WMtherl_Fpr Freepoff Arff CoiincM
RETRI^INQ^ftp CROSS, James KaJathakls ]a awarded a.trophy by
Father NicholasRetselas (second from I;) for his retrieval jof.lho cross
from lh&watetsu)f Woodcleft.Canal. KalathaWs'-TJIva-was;part of iWs
year's traditional Feast of the ipiphany dslebratidndf the Greek Ortho^
FREEPORT --The best that
could be said for Monday, Jan-,
uary 9.. 1978. in, the village of
- Freepprt*—'.ajntf-the entire.south.
.shore.of Nassau County — was'
that if was a lot of weather.
. Spring-Iiie . southerly winds,
, giisty but warm'.^pupled with
rain and abovernormal tempera-
}ures greeted tKose few soul? out
at'niidriJghtas'the new-day came
in. SoOh, blasts of thunder.
"heraldesJ.in"torrential rains. Was
this January?
On streets in" southern Freeport
adults walking to leave for .work
.and children getting rtady .to ^o
.' to school, Monday morning, yf/ife
greeted • with" water that —-in
^TiiaiiyTbistances came-op. "to the
• bottom of their cars'-doors.iOne
parent reported a feeling of; re­signation
as she suggested the
. FREEPORT -The "Village's 1978-79 $13.2 budget was approved by
the Board of Trustees-Muiiday uiglit, whli unly one slight chanjge from
the proposed setof figures which were thcsubjcct of an earlier public
hearing. A sumof $5.000 was moved from the contingency account to
the Freeport Arts Council line making a total appropriation tp the arts
groupof$i5,00Q£n>ro the village.
-The Board voted for .the. chapge
unanimously. '. -
. Thd $13,231,849.18 yUlage
budget was the subject of the
hearing held Wednesday, Janu-
^ary. 4v.Close to 60 people turned'"
out; the majority of them re­quested
the Board to increase the
Freeport Arts Council's apptopri-atioii
froin $10,000 Jto $15,000.
;The year-before the Arts Council •
had received $10,000 and the-use.
of an addittohal- $5,000 from
<ohtingeticy- E x c ^ fbr the one
^ear it was on austerity, the Free-port
School "District also has
serves people of alLbackgrounds
and of all ages.*'. Calling it
"ludicrous" to discuss $S;000
items in a $13. million budget.
White however pointed out that ,
the total is made up of inany small
Iteriiif;' He said he.woultf recom­mend
that the Board reinstate the
"J5,O0dwitlr"ah admonition"-lUiat
the Council think of next year.
Fees for Ceoter Use
11 The' Monday :night_:regular
Boanf meeting.,also. .Involved a
disinissigd ."ot.-:f«W-iees. Jot • the
_ Freeport Recreation Center. A
" Suggestion 'to pro^rate the half-year
.discount fees was tabled.
rf
year^tradltional Feast Of the EpipnanyceieDraitonoMneur^eeKunno- rlt^T"", JT, fo^Vd fn? "^^ provided fundTng for the Councff.".:: y«^^.-«»wuni.iecs was laoieo. .
dox Chureh, FatherRetseias. spiritual leaderpf St. Demetrlous GreekT-^^-".""'y ^'"fP '".ggRjy ^." 'g^'* . *^-rho«." •haf^^iS.Vf. hefore •iKi&J'«n^«'iiJ^E"'Ctjl«samion_with —
Orthodox ChdrcHoh BroadWayin^^reeport, and-members.of.hia chbl|L_ii^e.5?om.ng s.l^p«:>__.^ .-r; _ g ^ i n ^ | ^ 5f. pm,^^ w^j^ .- . - _
Orthodox Chdrctr on Broadway in-Freetxjrt, and-members.of.hia chblr_
and congregation weirejolned "by Freeport M&yor Wiliiam (r.) on the
floats-betiind Sh^teC Point Marina' ajid Schooner Restaurant for the
rellgiou3''service.""_ - ' „ ' • • ' .'
- Schbol Board Schedules Dotes
^ For Public Budgisf ^ssloiis^^:
"TTIEEPCRT - The dalSis'and topics to be covered iii this year's open
Freeport schoofbudget planning sessions.haveJieen announced. This
past November, the Freeport Board of Education decided to follow
last yearns format.m'preparing its-1978-79 budget- -
This year's open budget planning""sessions wiH all be held .in the"
Atkinson School .Library, WW^e^s^tt """' -:. '
'~ Seaman Avenue;' ..9l_j^l5 . pm.
" . -;. On "Wednesday;'' January ,.25, '•
. theareas of ufilities, ihsurancfr-
'an^c^ratipnis' and 'maintenance'.
--i^";^will be discussed.. -
-,-•..;. '-WednBisday, . February 1.-'
:" T,tlie: ggara^^ Education -will be -
VoridflgioaJhe. areas of instmc-
; ;""7'tiooai' materiaUrr^and suppUesr-
-'V "athletics ^ d cp^urricular acti-'
;"•.":.Ivities. •.v-'^"'/;^;.*; •''.'.'.'';;_ -'-^
:. AltenijituM» siclidbls and special
" services
iiistructi6nar"admiiilstration- and
5upervision-._ '^ - _ '_^_^
~ On April 13, a Thujsday night,
payments to others, ancillary ser­vices
and business administration,
and supervision will be bn'th^
Board^s agenda. — ' - ;
_'_ Thfc.jRnaPplannin^ session will.
7t)e heldr^edhesday night, April
26/: when, a 'suminaiy_ .will, be
presented;'
High tide hit the area at about
8:15 ani; According to one
spokesman at the village's De­partment
of Public Works, it was
the highest he's seen, the-water "
rise in s'everal, years. Not-only
• were the u"§ual southerly • streets
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$1^60LiwiedJnJ^
Cdde~VioIati6ns ' ^
^ril^EREEPORjTi Slttl^lLon the.
bench in Village Court last Week,
Associate" Justice Charles'Mehr;
--mann. levied a-total of $1,660 in^
conditional fiiies against violator?^
Boafd stressed, ai 'Gerald t Hal-pern
who represented Stearns
Park Civic Assodation did that
the Arts Council "helps us sell
Freeport better." Speaknig for
the Council, Sue Levine-pptnted-to
_ the words jised^ by. thtf, State'
Cdundl of the arts when it called
~ the-"v^nage-based group "The
ohlysb6^int<3wn».Nooned$ein .
Nassau Ojunty brings'td' the,^
people jvjiat-lhis. group- does/''•
Representatives' of the CounSr,
also noted that a* decrease in
. financial support ftotn the village •
'' could mean less .state funding, as
-jrtany: grants arc-awarded on the
- blsis of local support—
of-^^llage buijding. codes/.. The
^I-,660ligure rcpresients the sum"
-of'finesr imposed in eleveiTcase?
"where the parties pled guilty to
breaching 'Freeport ordinances,.
as; _ charged.__ by the -.BuUding
Department and its co3e enforce-
, Cpmmelitlng.,DnjlKr;sp^ers;
..jyfajrdr WiHiam White, commend- •
ed tfie"voluntder» an<\ directors of
rthe FAC for "an incriediblt! j6b/JL
bringiaglUie arts to F^eepott^.It"
I»s b ^ 4 good image-nuket/ If
Ed Prefer.
The • Board, hpwever, . did
approv"e' .Prefer's . siigg^stions.. .
regardingXlenter use,fees'. The
upstairs restaurant lounge can-be—
rented by approved_ -Freeport
organization only. No sales of any
tj-pcwill"^ allowed tficre. The
four hour rental fee (9 pniU ani)
would be $200, with $50 aharged-~
•fot, each 'additional hour.. Any.
'food 'service must be-~arran_ged
with the. Center's coi^tract^d.
caterecand no.private:activitiei" -
(wedding etc.) will be allowed.
Only Recreation Department or"
-village sanctioned events, will bs^^^:^-
exempt firora the charge. Trusted-
DoTOthyStorm voted against.the
proposalclaimiiig.that,atleastoh i -
weekdays, the fee should be less.~~
-VYhen-people have come to the .'
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ment unttw. - -, ' •; _ •.
——Ann-Wilson was fined $25D'&r
M T ^
. _ educational services win , .bd-'-^.-tte ann^l Budget hearing ^'^ .^^T^Alt^^'^^^llnnc
- V,cov^A:,on7^Veth:esday--,^^
? ^ ^ ? S ^ : t K ^ ^ s a S ^ i n 6 n t h : ^ : ; S o r S m ^ ^ ^ -
.;-./-nesday.Mardi22.tMBd^-wiU-glection.of two members-l^b^ihe ^ Bays.XSwendolyn Osbom was
^•^~L:^y.^cc • ^ instmctiohal i^staff.r^schoplrboard: win :be held, the
ins£ree6oaal.-support statt..and, lUUUwlBgdiji.hUi 24." ". . -_^.
-finedjatotal of $500 on two mat
tfr«;. both regarding-a -recentlv:^^
purchasftri hmisg at 200 Grand
• . ---. . 1 maim
eque:
linttinii
levied for
ningan illegal itw^family
i p ^ | | | | 0 l | 4 0 0 | ! | | | q i S " S c | | e d u l e d O n ''-"^^" T.'^ $?.Snfnrin^nllirig annpstatri,:
^^pA Funding, R<^ piwv:
negffCWWr .-Ti^n ^xM,rh^Tm^ nTi=-^Tigdn|erf for 8 ptn-n<T
.gommgMonday. January 16rat'yinage H?Il..^e-Willallow residents
^of/thiscxmvniamty to voice: their allocation ofTfhe"
' fioartb'y^ fiinding under the Cqnimuni^Dcr^iopment Act. The^^er .-
healing is qn'a propcsedTesfdence lawinyolvmg village emplpyees7/ /
—- T?ie fourth year grynt is fof-'anTT;. : ';•. > .;.•' . . ' .-/'-'-.-,, ;
estimate$893.000plus any other; discuasaprbiJosedamendmya't'to
• monies, which-mightTbe applied ^le-currCTty
• ."for under the ^Small ,C«ties -and According to" Plannii^^asd Qom-iJiban
Developmfcnl Actions pro^ . ; . _ — - • - • ,V^ / ..
grams: In additinn the Board will (Cont.jonP.age6) .- -
kifchcTL i^Tthe structure without
" therieOTsafyperinit.-.^i./;[-.• .A;
-';' - EleSter • -Rtidcef,';. Jhe:.' noii-;
ht owner <af 67 Mount Aie*
>nue..was ^ e n oneweefcto repair
r^-brokeo wiridow/a deteroriated
section of the front porch, aleaik'-"" v".
in the kitchen.ceiling and moSing' illi;
mSd"i^'aS**tfU^^wtrti '-"ONOHING M
•^^^viJ^Z^xi^Jvi^v^' ^Whlte p:) shows Rabbi Lawrenc^ Colton the proclamation designating
^r?t w^i uj5j e $S2J50S. .th^e *m*a-x*imru' -m« f>in'^e^".t -h. <e —w.e._e-k e:n...d.— of ,J^a,n--u ar.y/ 1.r4^ a.n id. .1_'5..- -I>n honor of the blrttiday of thff lato^ T-. ^X.,... _II i^^:^- ;..,—i.i- . -
alliawed under the law/ ' \\
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: Martinluther King, Jr.-The Mayor Is asking all Houses of Wprihip tn
the Freeport area to schedule special otnervances on pk)M day9.'Rat>bL
Colton is chairntari of th4 Freeport Interfaith Clergy Coundl. V
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