The-Leader_1978-07-20

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SPECIAL
NASSAU CTY HISTORICAL UUSEUU
EISENHOWER PARK' .
EAST^HEADO*. HY-11354
FRIiPORT
BAIDWIN
ROOSEVilT
MERRICK
FREEPORT'S
HPIIIIIIl
NEWSPAPER
43rd YEAR No. 12 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, JULY 20,1978
Big Waterfront Show Sat. And Sun
PRICE 15« PER COPY
Canoe Races, Fair And Fun
Se* For Weekend
FREEPORT - For the fourth consecutive year, the Freeport Chamber
of Commerce has planned a day of Great Canoe Races. This year, how­ever,
the Sunday activity, is part of a special "Waterfront Weekend"
also featuring a Nautical Fair and an Arts and Crafts Show and Sale.
The canoe & kayak races will be held Sunday. July 23. whjle both the
Fair and Arts and Crafts Show are
THEpHE^RjMQ^ECtlON.tromthe'FcMpbit''^k^lion:Dep^irtrneht Wuibeon Hand.^'unday, July
23, t6.rpQt.for inerhberft of their, staff who have 'entered'thl's'year's'Qreat CanOe Races.'The Rec Oe-pahmeht3t{|
ff hasluulfiwlnner (njeiachof the lastlhreeanntiat'eventa. This year, they,will have three
teams entered as WelLas the ch'eering.squad in hamd; complete with their official Canoe Race' tee^
shirts.Which cost S3 each.'On ladder ^opl^^^
also t>e singjnij^ai'ea chlntlea at ijie Nautical Falr^ to t>e held Saturday and Suhdaj;^ at Maresca's Boat''^
yai^on Wo6dcteft'Avenue;Sfindrng (l,~to>.>ariBiSally Fogel, Mickey Mihtler, Robert Kasof, Dorothy
Mulvey;moan.Ctanrand JbeK&sofcfThei^asofBaregrandsons.Qj Sid Lietierman, vice-president of the
Freeport Chamber.of Commerce, sponsors of the.Race). Kneeling In front in^GIni Fitzgerald. An Art
^8howandSaie,;sponsored by the Freepoii'Historical Society pn the grounds of the-Eik^ Club wilt
cpmplele the yirtage's''Waterfront Weekend."'• -
Mdiii Street
two day activities •—July 22 and •
23 — and are sponsored by the
Freeport Historical Society;
The Canoe Races will begin at
9:30 am Sunday, with, the chil'
dren's races scheduled Hrst.. All
races begin from Shelter'Point:
Marina, at the foot of Wooddeft'
Caiial. The children's' races'..
. shorter~lhan the adult ones'which
r-tolloW; doTTorgo to Watetfrbhf'
Park.',and rthctefpre : pitist.i.be.
viewed from the Wooddeft Caiial
area. At 12:30 pm, the^ultjraces-.
1>egin,and the heats are in several'
categories: male, female, male-female
mixed, and ^•over.4o" (in
age).' Partidpants ^ither supply '
their own canoes, jue sponsored
by Freeport boslneu^, organiza­tions
or individuals, or pay for
their canoe rentals^
Because of the yearly-growth in
interest in the races, only those
partidpants who are pre-register-ed
are assured'of 4i placejn the •
races'altbongh — if room |>ermits
^^ registration will-continue at
Shdtet Point Marina up to nee-t
l m e . ' - : . : ; - : \ . •;;;•;:;.,• •'• ':. /_.
•••••• Jhc~. cost :for;'. two -persons
'entering with^ rental canoe is S20
per-beat^Tlipse wttb^thdr own
caix>es. pay SS. Those who' ^g- -
:is;ter'at radstiroie WiH be'charged
an additional S5. A list of partid-
.pants and spoiisors- known at
press-time of this issueis printed
in the special Canoe Race Supple­ment
in the center section of (his
week's THE LEADER.
' Spectators are invited to watch'
the proceedings from Waterfront
. (Cont. OITP". 20)
Village Awarded
Fourth Year CDA Funds
:^ V . Landowner Suiw Village :^ '
.- FREEPORT-r.The attoniey for a Nor£h"HaiirS£rtet"property owner
_ served the village with legal papers during this past Monday night^
Board of Ttiistees meeting. Herbert Krotnrimd his diedt George Price,
of Price. Pap^r wid Twine; werepresent at the 8 pm public meeting.
Jnly 17; This was Price's second . •> -- ' '
: yisitVto the ViHJlge Board to com-, did not need proof of ownership
plain "fffl'^p'T":'- r,fhU f rnpor. 6f property to issue a permit" for
,•_ ty. " •'" • ,.._!—- • construction.' A subsequent,
— . Price had-preyiously^- alleged—search of-thelrecords, under the,
" tharThe^village, or someone in Freedom' of ' Infortnatiori ' Art;
.....authority in the village, had Krohn'"stated, could find .no
aUoiaed another company, Omni- record of such a permit. A sum-bus,
to erect a wall and ramp, on mons was issued to OmnibuSi
. property • owned 'by the' Price' ' but it did not-indude a- violation
ly nn North .Main .Streets—fPT-the_epiistnictiotr of the wall
Proce^ings for condemnation of- - Price then
this lot, for purchase by the vil
took several of his
employees and they knocked-the
Women
CMee^hig^
Pedf Vi^itli iojpes^
- '• FREEPORT ~Three • Freeport
womenr 'plan on''educational
meeting prompted by reports of
several rapes in the.village within
the last month.' Sheila Ratner,
spokeswoman' for the trio,- ex-
:_;pl^ned that rape ismot a problem.
""indigen6us"~«5hly"to"the Free-"
port, but that, "we can use this
opportunity to get women out to a
meeting.". _
To be hdd Wednesday night,
' 8 pm..Jnlv 19..tn the anditorinm
WASHINGTON D.C. - The
village of Freeport will receive
$871,000 in its fourth year under
the Commimity - Development
Block Grants, program, announc-.
ed Ibcal Congressman Norman F.'
J-ent this past week. The money
- wll be iised for •several com-
- inunity. improvement programs
now underway in Freeport.-•
~:^ Village oSidals have infonned
Lient that the funded projects wiH
indude the North Main. Street
improvement program., through
which property is acquired for
redevelopment and -economic
development: "the waterfront •
improvement project, which calls
for off-street parking and park
improvemeMsrjind^*^"housing
rehabilitation program for eligible
families, which is planned 'to ..
extend throughooMhe village.
(Coiit.onP;20) - - - -_
lajte's Community Developtrient wall down and, Krbhn; claims;
"iAfency,
courts.
my jJeyelogmt
IS TprrBB^entliy • imn ::ttf lc~r wittim tea limmies tieTecetveda
Accordiiig to Price;-the', summons from the village foe"
builder of-thewall and ramp is the . doing so without a permit, and for
'•same company" that the 'land • jiot deaning op the-lot. Krohn
c wdold be sold'to in a package ar- . pointed to the alleged inequity
—:rmanegn..>t,< Try rrrmmnnity n<'v>>lnp. of letting the wall Stand for a long
- -Krohn ^old the Board that when
Price had come-before "them.
"on June 15, he had been infbrmcd
that the village's Building ,De-partment
had issad a permit to
Omnibus to erect tiie waU and
rainp. The property ktthVtime '
-was stuT own«l by Price, but
— Krohn iatoJ/— the BuOdxng
DepartmenCeipiained -that they^
period of time before issuing a"
summons, but subsequent^ issu­ing
his client one immediately
following, the destriictioB of the
wan .- ... .,-—--•
Price is seeking 5125,000 in
Tlamagerand-askingrthe -village
to dean the rubble off the lot. In a
former appearance before * the
Board, Price — as well .at Krohn
(Cbirf.'on Page 20);."'«•:•* •
of Our Holy Redeemer School
(after this tssue of THE LEADER
gots to press), the meeting will
rT«!are=w&nie«3p>ei
Nassan County Sex Crime Unit
and" New'York" Women Against
Ra^. ' , .
Only women can attend the
meeting, atihe suggestion of'the
Nassan County police. Mrs.
Ratser said. The topics to be
covered include what women can
do to secure themselves and their
homes in order to prevent such"
assaults; ands'hat they can do, if
attacked," to increase their
chances of survivaL
Ratner, linda^Skrownjirek.' and
a third woman -^ who has asked
• • • - • (Caati on P. 20> ;'.' * '
PADDLING DOWN THE RIVER, on a Sunday afternoon, witt be parti-cipanta
in the fourth annual Freepwt Great Canoe-Race. Sh^wn in a
canoe at Wooddeft Canal, sceme of the races, are some of the rhembers
: of the Freeport Ctwnber of Commerce, the Ladies; Auxiliary and ttieir
families, as they seftnejcene for the special "Waterfront Weekend."
Left to right in the canoe jara Gloria Pantina, Rita Cona. Amber
Knbeller, Jo Cona,' Anna'KrioellerTRbsrmd Cona, ICathy Dellf Ptzzl and
TrlshaDelli Pizzl; Men;women andchildren are Invited to enter the.
amateur races to be held this coming Sunday. July 23. Entry informa­tion
and Race tee shirts, at $3 each,.stf;e available through the Jfreeport
Chambier of Commerce, Fr8-7i402_,- *•