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44th YEAR No 8
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FREEPORT. NEW YORK. JUNE 21,1979 PRICE 20'PER COPY
More Dollars For Freeport Schools
Zoning, DemoliUon, SlOO.OOO Additional Due
Paikingneld From New Sfafe Budget
WINS MEDAL. Oodd Junior High Schoot eighth grader Hugh Cohen
(L.) has been awarded a aitver medal for his efforts in this year's Long,
Island Math Fair at Hofstra Linlversity. Cohen's particIpaUbh Involved
writing • mathetnatM paper, making «15-mlnuto pr»»«nU«oo before
a panel of Juges. and answering questions from the {udges on the topic
ol his research, "Base Negative Ten." Looking at his new medal with'
his Dodd Mathematics teacher Michael Ultendorfer.
Gradt Win Awords As
ThjBLyJLgcpggJreeport H^.
FREEPORT . A longer-than
usual village Board of Trustees
meeting Monday night. June 18,
dealt with a multitude of pro­blems
ranging from the demoli­tion
of fire-desttoyed buildings to
police procedures when dealing
with bicycles on the MaD.
In three of four scheduled
demolition proceedings -T> all fire
damaged — the board voted to
order demolition of the struc­tures.
The fourth, at 100 Freeport
Man, had not been invcdved In a
fire. Owned by the EsUte of
David Levy, wUch is bandied by
Long Island Trust, t i ^ building
was termed dangerous because
' the brick veaeei bad beeif eroded
. away. A representative of the
bank agreed that unless-repairs
were made within 20 working
days; the village could do so and
uscss the costs to the property.
The properties slated, for
demolition are 99 Freeport Mall.
a building at the south end of
-MJller-Avenne-and Llttlc-Swift.
ALBANY • Freeport schools will receive almost SIOO.OOO in addi­tional
State Aid money for the 1979-80 school year. the.result of two
bills passed by the legislature in the closing days of this session.
Superintendent of Schools Donald Costlow thanked State Senator
Norman J. Le>-y and Assemblyman Armand D'Amato for their help and
assistance in securing the addi­tional
money
Levy and D'Amato had suc­cessfully
worked to bdude. in the
State's Supplemental Budget, a
$56,000 innovative grant. The
inoney will fund Frecpnt's
propoMd expansion to the
secondary school leyel, of its
tutibnally recognlxed computer-assisted
teaching program.
The sdxwl. district wilt also
.receive an.increase of S38,638 Jn
operailna <aid liader' the -new
increased ' State aid package
approved by both Houses of the
. State Legislature Ust weetT^
"The $38,638 increase in
operating aid brings the total
increase in regular State Aid for
the 1979-80 Khool year to
$515,000." the legblator noted.
"AU of these funds used by the
Schod District to help offset those
educaUonal costs which would ^
otherwise have to raised by
property taxes on local home­owners
and btulneu.". ' -
Costlow called the dose to
SIOO.OOO "a good beginning." as
he applauded the efforts of
(Coni.onPage12)
Fireman Hurt At House Fire
FREEPORT - A National Merit Scholarship winner will scholastic-
.allytop thb year's Freeport High School graduates when the Class of
1979 receives thctr diplomas at commencelSent SundAy. June 24.
Oass valedictorian Joshua Sigal ranks firstUith a 96.053 average
and a'lll.42l weighted average.
The salutatorian's address will Vintage, and music. An accom-be
delivered by William DtmUey plished violinist. Joshua also
"""^ plays the viola and has'playfcdln"
Creek, and 758 South Long Beach
Avenue.
NelghbartDoB't
Want ParUng Field
A public hearing on an applica­tion
to establish a parking field on
Ray Street, east of S<nith Ocean
(Cont.onPage12)
~who ranks secona in a class of 6U)
students. DunUey's acadrmic
average is 95.25; bis weighted
average is 110.49.
A third commencement speak­er
will be Ross LaCorte. Class
president.
Sigal. who will be attending
Amherst, earned 18 college
credits this year while still at­tending
Freeport High School. A
memb^ of Freeport *s math team
for six years, be was Captain of
,-tfee scaad"cf Fietport't three.
teams this past year. He has won-
:. a-gold medal in cotinty competi-
Qm, and sUvet and bronze
medals in his ninth and tenth
grades. His other interests tn-dnde
such literary activities as
editor of the school's tnagayinr.
several orchestras and festivals
on Long Island. In addition, he
was an AlltState viola player this
year.
Dunkley. who will be attending
Harvard on a scholarship, won
the'Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti­tute
Award his JuiUor year as an-xjufstanding
science student. This
past year, he was also awarded
the Bausch & Lomb Medal for
aduenng the most outstanding
record is the study of adescc. A .
Mathletc for four years,'he was
on the county's All-Star 'Team. He
is ijlso involved in ransic. A vip-
Hnest, he b Concert Master of the
FH5 Orchestra; Assistant Drum
Sergeant to a Bu^le Qnps; b in
(6ont.ariPaoe6-W)
Finer And Jail
For False iUarms
FREEPORT • A 29-year old
Freeport man has been fined SI50
or five days in jail for transmitting
a false alarm.
Arraigned before Villsye
FREEPORT - ' Volunteer
Fireman Manuel Bcrmudez, of
Freeport Fire Department JHosc_
Co. f 1. was injured Monday after­noon,
June 18, battling a smokey
basement Hre at 162 Wilson
Place.
Bcrmudez was hurt when stairs'
at the dwelling collapsed, sending
him plunging into the basement.
He suffered a fractured ankle and
was listed in fair condition at
LydtaE.HallHospiUl,
The Are, which was basically
connned to the stairs and the area
surrounding the stairwell in the
basement, was - brought under
control within IS miiuitcs by fire-
.men.
Third Assistant Chief John
Provcnzanu estimated the dam-age
at about $600-700 and called
for an immediate Invcstlgaiiun
into the cause of the blatc.
Provcnzano credits quick work
by Lt. Bob Kriit of Hose Co. *1 in
preventing more serious Injury to
Bcrmudez. According to the
chcif, Krut quickly knocked down
the flames and smoke with a hand
.line, then immediately made his
way into the basement tu pull
Bcrmudez out of the smokey
house.
The Nassau County Fire
Marshall is investigating the
cause and origin of the blaze.
JothuaSiQai WDIIamOuniday
Justice Ralph Franco Fridav
morning, June 15, William Powell
of 40 Powell Street pleaded guilty
to charges that he bad ulsely
.puUediLJBis alarm box at .Randall
ah. North Ocean Avenue. The
incident had occurred earlier that
day, atj:42 ain, and.had caused
Freeport a vobuttMt fireniieo to
rush to the aceoe. Freeport police
ofBcers arrested Powell at the
"Idte:—~ '- :— —
The . liext noming, aoother
adult male was arrested ahd
charged with pidlthg several false
alarms. Acoordtng to police and
fire department sources, a
Woodside Queens man, visit-
-ing his lunt in Freeport,
foor-alana-bozes»~l
12:32 am Saturday, June Ib.'Tbe;
&st was located at Atlantk and :
Nassao Avenues. :Tbe seeoofi.';
-tBraed-in "minutes later was 1 at"
Atlantic and Guy Lombardo>» A .
•nUeUUIAB^AUUUwereSraar
to at Main and Pre^dent Streets
and Menkk Bo«l and St. Jofaa's.-
U was St the final qxit that Say
Qi#uio, 22, met fab doinifaO la
the persons of Fire Denartaeal
(Cent, on Pag* 6AV)
WITH THE f HANKS OF THE ViUJUlE. MayOr William '
•pr^sanu a CarKf (cat* of Apprselatlofl to Joaapfi WNitan, ratlcing af tar
2S years with the Viliaes's Pun. BteUie and Wslar Dapartmants.
Tha Msyor notad thai it Is th* dadicalion of woriiars lifca Whalan that
keeps tha village "running sntoothly." Whatan expects to jpend hts
retirement years In tha Phltllplnas. l.
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