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THE LEABBR
FREEPORT'S
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NEWSPAPER
44 th YEAR. No. 5 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. MAY 31.1979 PRICE 2 0 PER COPY
Freeport Hosts Offshore Roces
National Power Boat Roces
Scheduled For Sat, June 2
FREEPORT • The third In a nationwide, se\'ch race circuit will be
. held in this area Saturday. June 2, when more than 50 po^^-cr boats arc
expected to compete in the Guy Lothbardo/Halter Classic. The event.
named after the village's late "Mr. Freeport" and its prime sponsor,
Halter Company of New Orleans, was first run last year with race head-
Quarters at the Guv Lombardo Marina. The town marina will again be
the spot from which the crafts will
depart to the starting line in
Jones Inlet, the site of the open-to-
thc-public hot wire room, the
beginning place of the parade of
• craft, and the area to which- the
public is Invited to view the racing
boats.
.: The late band leader. Lombar-
4o, had also beenVit.champion:
;bDDpi
• f inaW?»ra'SSR^.*S^'^tS^^^ th* liWft',
«war^t^llf06i9^s>AAlKUrttt]irOij1n(tt«lchMd M ^ second Oifi.
brairthe Eighth graders In the muntyV J ^ e s Bessel finished seebnd and Patrick'Cleary and Todd
Holly tied for third among the seventh graders. The awani^winnlng Dodd Mathletes with their com-
:.petitlon certificates and. trophies are 0- to r.) front row:' Solomon Sterenberg, Steven Riley, James
Besser, Peter Fox, Jason Kroll, Edward Levy, Todd Holly, Donald Giordano, Stephen Nicollno. Paul
Papall.PatricK Cleary, H<<Oh.Cohen and-Willlam Oh; back row: Dodd Mathletes advisor Michael
• Uttsndorfer.RoxanneWolfrles. Joseph Abbnizzese. Adam Schanke, David Bumpus, Chris Mendoza,
John Oswald,' Phyllls^Grate. Carolanne FUiwe, Dort Newman, Dierdre Fogariy. Ronald Schachter end
Lewis Mofris.- ,'";.- ' " - ' ' ' . , ' '
Freeport Librai)f
DirKtor Hc^bred
BAYSIDE • - Wilfred " M ^ .
director of the Freeport Memorial
Library, and a resident of! the
back to the Marina.
Alt day Friday, residents are
invited to view the craft moored at
the marina. Expected in time* for
the viewing Is last year's lutionai
clumplon, Betty Cook of Ca)>
ifomia and two o( her power-craft,
as well as other champions
. . . Jerry Jacoby. Jocl.Halpern. JBllly
oowec boat tacct and'freeport .Martin,JoeInpollto and Chaiks
had. for.yearis been^the site of McCarthy. "' ' -
Mali C^lebrofes
One Yedr Atiniveriary
FREEPORT -The village's $1.7 million shopping mall will celebrate its
first annWersary with a week-long sale and spedal festivities beginning
off-shore .races In the SO's and
. 6 0 * s . : , : •
. The parade of racing 'power
- boats a being held today (Thurs­day.
May 30. It will leave the
marina at .4 pm. go north on Guy
Isombardo Avenue to .. Front
Street, west to Wooddeft, south
to Richmond Street, west to South
Ocean Avenue, north to Front,
east to Guy Lombardo. north to
Merrick Itoad. east to Main
Street, south to Atlantic Avenue,
west to Guy Lombardo and south
-On. race day, borts will leave
the ' marina . at 9i30 am. The
approximate 'three hour raw
onicially starts'at 10 am audit, is
estimated that the winnen will be
back in the marina about 12:30
pm.
The race course extends over
179 miles from Abrose Light to
Fire Island. The three person
crews of the powerful machines
will have to maneuver a course '
which loops three times near the
(Cent, on Page 12)
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Toflind Parage'! Future Doubtful
Thursday. May JL FREEpORT - Anopcn invita- winter holidays. Nat Mi/rahi. a V^^-^\i^^K'Z^,^''rfV^.,^*^ Hfnrially • vmsgr. hit hffhpTrsrnlM with rum i» il^b u.umiu.iii>tu paitlti- aumbti vfcc'-prcAlJcm und
onp*e?nne«dl tthee weeeek ooff MMaavy 222-27.. 11997788 wiith pUlahnrnied aaccttiivviittiieess,, eexxhhiibbiittss,, this year's Library „„„ ;„ ,»,, F, » , . « , « rh.mh,.r .,r ..«;n«r ..r RAN ntnn^, n.nrH ih.i
concerts and shopping sales.
The mall merchants planning
this anniversary party for Free-port
intend to "top" last year's
fun and bargains, explains Julian
Farb. chairman of the Chamber of
Commerce Retail Division. . ,_.^
' "Yes. we're one year old,
Man merdiajnt and Anniversary
Committee member Ira Biydt of
Barascb'sfays. "giving good crfd-faihioned.
service in a greatiicw-
'fashioned way!" Btyck. who is
the third generation of his family
, _ta outfit young Frecporters. giyK _.
the standard—"mom-and-pop"
• store a new twist 'as he services
customers side by side with his .
parents. Bill and Barbara Bryck.
" The week of fun begins today
(Thursday. May 31) when the
Southucst Nassau BOCES sets up
a two day exhibit of trades and
,crafts.
Friday, June 1, will also sec a
"^ visit to the Mail of the "Little
Buster" Jazz Band who vdW
present a free concert at 7^pip..
Saturday. June 2. shoppers and
"Chevys of the Fifties." will be
on display on the Mall.
Throughout Saturday after­noon,
there will be live enteitain-ment..
The U.S.Ariny RodiBand
will perform from 1-3 pm, and
"Broadway will come to Freeport
with "five shows by the Betsy^
Dickerson; Dance Company.-
Dickerson. a well-known dancer
and choreographer .-runs a sdKxrf
- (Cont.fromPaiDeS)
Are DiscuMetf"^
FREEPORT - Three public
iiearings were • scfaeduleo for
Monday eight. May 28. at the
Village Board of Trustees meet­ing,
b two cases, the board voted
unanimously for local laws
amending the village ct>de. In the
third, tlie efctabluhmcnt of a
parking field at the northwest
corner of Lee Place and Oberty
Avenue, decision was reserved.
- Both residences and com-this
Year's - Ubfaty Directory
Assocutes Award for Excellence
in library Achievement. Morin,
who has a long history of working
for the advancement of the library
profession, received the award at
the annual NC-SCLA' Institute
.Dinner on May 16, at Colonic
HUl.
The LDA Award is given each"
"year to recognize the acnieyement
of someone from the libraiy com­munity
who has contrS^ited to the -
advancement of libraries and
l>brar{anshtp..In their nomination -
j>f Moris, the LDA BoatdiilTiust—
pate in the Freeport Chamber of
C<immcrca!s open board
last Tuesday night. May 22. drew
little rcsptmse. While several
mm-Chaml)cr mcml>ers did
attend, a more important item
under discussion —"or rcdis-cusston
— appeared to bethe fu­ture
of the annual-Toyland Pa­rade.
.
Cancelled last year because of a
threat of bad weather, the parade
appears lo have no future pjace in
rt»e village's" ctlebratipn -XiL the.
owner iifB&N Stores noted that
(he Board of Directors, at their
meeting the month before, had
voted to disa)ntlnue the parade.
It was ptiinlcd out thai Ihc two'
hotir parade ct>st S4.0(Xy4S,0(X).
which ciiuld pay for Christmas
liKhis in the Central Business Dls-trtci.
The money for the parade,
had been raised the past few
years by a SIOO raffie on a Cad­illac.
Another Chamber vice-pres­ident.
Lionel Sucofuv otLehnun-
{Coot.onP»o«3V
. . . ._ r^ __ »« „ merdal buuoesses will be re-vmtors
to-lhe Freeport MaU can ^^^ ^ ^^ aHtomatic_shutj:oft
choose from soeraJ tree activities Prices for their alarm sytteou
aWndG BsBh owisn. Lborcoaald craasdt iof ivsUe.t io1n2 g ^ ( j ^ ^he board has zOopied
noon to 4 pm,. and the Mali
-merchants suggest that Free-ptpters
"come and be heard!"'
Children can enjoy a free pony
"ride.Saturday."2-5 pa wish piuof"
of purchase from a retail dhriHon
store.
A day-long antique car show.
an amendment to iu village code.
The second approved amendment
bans protabie radios, tape
recorders, sound boxes etc. from
the R^xsrt Mafl. as weU as pro-hibiting'inll
piaymg, • fnsbces,"
jump ropes and otber games. This
aro«ids a previously passed
(ContonPagefl) /
in public and university Iilvraries
and at American Library Astbd-ation
headquarters built a solid
foundation of knowledge and ex­perience.
As director of the Free-port
Memorial library, he has
transUted his wort in library
planning and deselopment into a
practiaJ reality."
Morin is credited with enei-.
nccring the dctclopmcnt of toe
modem library system in New •
York State. He was directly re­sponsible
for the formation of tlie .
CHnton-Essex System, as well as
" tayiflg the gronndwork fur "
Sooth Adiromlack and Nassau Li­brary
Systems.
On January 1.1980, Morin will
celebrate 50 years in library work,
. the last 20 of which will have Ijeen
director of the library in Freeport.
He came to the. vSlage from a
position as Library Extension
Specialist for the United- Sutes
(Coot, dn Page 12)
TAtXfNO IT UP. Members of the press -vair* grsetad by rBpraMttttz
th^es of tfte committee planning the Guy Lombardo/Halter Oasslc at a
reception last week given by Bob ZambardI of Harborvlew, Walling for
the media to arrive were (». lor.) Freeport Ct\»mber of Commerce vi6»-
presWent Nat Mizrah); Zambardi; C»>ambef preskJent 8ld Usb»fman;
race ftarlicJpartl Jerry Jacoby; Robert Nottne, representing HaMer
Marine, the sponsor of the race; Bob Smith, race cfxalrman; At Cot>en.
of the South Bay Performance Associatk>q, the race's organizers: and
Freeport Mayor William H. White.