The-Leader_1978-11-30

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43rd YEAR, No. 31 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. NOVEMBER 30.1978 PRICE 2 0 * PER COPY
Early Snowfall Quickly Vanquished
Freeport Picked For Prompt Acfion Follows
Chicken Takeout Spot yi^go^her Warning
A VISITOP TO VILLAGE HALL, Civil Air Patror Deputy Squadron
Commander Richard Calma (r.) visited Vlllaqa Hall last week to pre­sent
Mayor William White with acopy of "Hero Next Door." The book
IS a nistoiy ot CAP. an air search and rescue group celebrating its 37th
anniversary on December 1, Mayor White was a CAP.memt>er,whlle a
high school student. Boys and girls, grades seven through 12. are
welcomed to join the local CAP unit which meets.Fridays, 7:30-10:30
pm. at the Armory on Babylon Turnpike. Commander Calma may be
. reached at 931-7013 in the evenings.' "
Village t o Get $500,000 In Road
Improvements Under FAUS Program
FREEPORT - The village will receive federal funds under the FAUS
(Federal Aid on Urban Systems) program for street improvements with
only a small portion to come I'rom the village itself. Under terms of an
agreeinent with the'federal government, discussed at the Board of
Trustees meeting on Monday night. Norerober 27. S500.000 worth of
work will be provided, while-
' " federal revenue sharing funds.
The ..Board also discussed
paHdn^ permits for handicapped
drtversT, agreeing to use Nassau
County permits instead of author­izing
separate village ones.
Cettoin areas have been or will be
earmarked for! -^handicapped
parking, such as'"one: near the
Long Island Railroad station.
The Board-'agreed, to allow.
Captain' Ben's Fish Market "to
'build an extension to their
FREEEPORT - A Texas-based
fast-food franchise is presently
seeking a spot in the village for its
first Long Island operation. Doc
Holiday, which specializes in
takeout fried chicken and com on
the cob, will request a variance
ftom the Zoning Board of Appeals
in order to buud a restaurant on .
the northeast comer of West
Merrick Road and South Long
Beach Avenue. At present, the
lot is" unimproved property in a
Busmess'' AA'' district.
The village Board of Zoning
Appeals will hear the application
at their monthly meetmg Wed­nesday,
December 20, which
begins at 8 pm in VUlage Hall.
- A n associate of Richard Alt-man,
the proposed franchise
holder told THE LEADER that
Doe .Holiday is seeking to spread
'to the northeast in-prohablymore
;'thah two dozen spots.' He des-
' cribed the company's product as
"more sophisticated" than many
other take-out chicken houses.
Homeowner Prefers
Jail To Paying Fine
FREEPORT - The early predictions by farmers and readers of the
Farmers Almanac _for winter 1978-79 were bleak; but the warm
November weather we in the northeast were experiencing seemed to
be thumbing its nose and the prophets...that is until this past Monday,
when an early snow hit the area.
• Freeport will only have to spend a
'maxunumof S30,000-runaer the'
pfojgram — and enGineering fees -
of approximately S50,0p0.
jCmong the areas earmarked lor -
street improvements under FAUS
- are Kne Street between Madison
and - Church; -.Suffolk Street
between. SoDth Long Beadi and
.Mfllcf;vPrince,- North Main to.
-Nbith" long-Beadi)-and parte of.
iGoy tombardo Avehse.~--Accbrd-
--ing.to Major ynniam H^White,
"tl% funding Kiis a few'stipidations
'.. attad)ed..TIiere is to be^pazking'.
-allowed on only'bn& side of the
.• *trect,W'-^ *s an'optipn r- alter-l
-' nate slde'af .tbie street parking.
, White told tfaeBcnid that be had:
r drTven'doWn.mdstJbfdie streets
dm^'thei»stfnr days and had
sota no or iCTf CMS on them at the
time.-^ •"'-'" • ".'"'," "
- Walter- Poppe rf- "Baldwin-
: CbmeCnSr-the viDage engjnecrs,-
sa^ that tbe> State planned -to
advertise for bids in Fdnnaiy or
marcb... •• .
A pnbBc hearing win-be'hdd
December 18 oq iHe animal
property.'provided nodding or .-
lUeting offish is done ootdppR. :'
-At 8 pm, the Board held a.
-.sdieduloi .demc^tion - hearing, to.
^detonitne'tiie statusof a brant-pot
.dwelling'>at- llS Woodside
-Avenae. 'After bearing testimony •
of Francis GincdrelE. as afclutect.
the bbard voted V 4-0 iCnnstee'
Thomas Lovdidge was abseiU) to-have
the stroctnfe .demblisbed..-
According -to- GinoorelB's .find-.
. ings, the property isPtn danger of
coUapse and is' a •'harardi He
detennined that the building was
-at least 75% structuially da-
'maged. - , '^
FREEPORT - A village home­owner
seemed willing to go to jail
this week rather than pay a $250
fine. Douglas Moran, of Lexing­ton
Avenue, had been found
guilty in February of violating a
then-new village ordinance
banning "for sale" signs on
residential properties.
At that time. Village Justice
Ralph Franco haJd given Moran 90
days in which to pay a $250 fine or
spend five days m the county jail.
Moran was the village's first pro­secution
under the law and,
because of other residents
compliance with the ordinance,
has been the only case tried under
it. •..
Moran charged the law was
unconstitutional under a U.S.
Supreme Court, mling of May,
' 1977 concerning a New Jersey
town's local ordmance.
Franco had been postponing"'-
execution of the sentence because
ofMoran's attemptJo appeal the
case. Monday ught, November .
27, at village court, Moran told
him ."I'm'not, going to pay the .
fine.'' Franco ordwed him tor-
-': rettim' to court Thursday after- ^
•-noon,- November -30, to confer >
, with the village attorney as to the '
status df his appeal. .- :
.' . AlthongK Franco sUtes that he:'
^ was "not anxioQs" to incarcerate;.^'
•;Mocah.-fbr breaking the ordi-r..
r nance, Mdcan'daimed he didn't
.- want the diarg^'Sismissed; "1
waiit theijrdlnimce "dropped," he
s a i d . •-• -"•._-" - - . - - . r - — , . " .
'Wbicn Moran first appeared in
Vinage £oart in Fdmiaryri^TS, I
THE LEADER was.present. At.
that time, Moran states thaTbe
rabid pot afford the fine because
he .was nnemployed. Monday
_(Cont.aaFage 12) -
The village's first measurable
snowfall of the season (some
people said they did see a flake or
two previously) dropped about
two inches here. Despite its early
arrival however, the masses of
snowflakes found Freeport ready
and waiting for them.
At 4:30 am on Monday, Novehi-ber
27, as the snow first fell to the
ground, employees of the vil­lage's
Department ,of Public
Works were letting themselves
into the building-Ttey had antici­pated
the snpw and were anxiotis
to get an nearly,start- at 'sanding
and salting the streets.:" '. ' . .
The village's weather service
had called in on Sunday predict­ing
snow so, although the radio
and TV listeners heard Sunday
night's weatherpersons saying
that we'd have rain on Long
Island while the^ northwest
suburbs would have the snow, Ed
Prefer and Richard Mitthauer of
^Public Works were figuring
"differently.
That's why early . Monday
morning, Frccporters on the way
to work and school found major
intersections had already had
their first application of the salt or
sand that would melt the snow
and keep ice from creating
hazardous road conditions.
Monday morning's snow came ,
eariier in the winter (or fall)
season than most snowfalls do. In
1977, Public Works reports that
its first movable snow accumula­tion
hit Freeport's streeu on
December 18: and in 1976 Irving
Berlin lovers were singing I'm
.dreaming of a White Christmas as
snow decorated the landscape
just in time for the holiday.
Monday's snow was followed
by Tuesday's rfin and most of the
white;-stun was washed off the
-streets. For those: interested in
what the future could-bring i the
same Farmer's Altnaoac that said
for"" Sufiday-Monday, ."Build a
Snow Man of Snow. Woman, is
. also predicting "hopes for a good
base on the slopes for December
1-3 and cold, cold days in Decem­ber
and January. '
FHSer Chosen For
State Competition
FREEPORT. - Tenth grader
Sandi Daner has'been scleaed as
Freeport Higlj School's candidate
fi)f the Hugh O'Brian Youth
Foundation International Leader­ship
Seminar competition. FHS
(Cont. onPagell)
side AventieTn Freeport, is presented with a New Ydrfc^Stale Boating
Safety «rtiflcale by officer Robert Hodrbf the Freeport Police Marine
Division. The younflster achieved the^M^wsf mark in tfie recent free.
two-«esstoo,'ioor-hoo'rYoono'Boaler» Safety CoutM.at tl>eFrBeport •
Recreatio«i"Centeir, The course, ghren tor.lhe flnt lime by the Marine
DMs'ion; was taicen by 28 youngsters tmder age ia wl» earned ttie
certHlcales necessary for operating a power boat understate law. A
similar course wilt tie.offered In April. :-'•.