The-Leader_1979-09-20

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Block Associations Planned
Stabilizafion Task Force
Seeks Volunteers
FREEPORT • The village's on-going stabilization and afTimiativc
housing.program was explained at a public meeting Wednesday night.
September 12. More than 100 people gathered In tnc main conference
room of Village Hall to hear Michael Kinvan. coordinator of the
village's Stabilisation and AfTirmaiive Housing Task Force, describe
the group's activities since its
at the bulldonrs ttegan tfmtrlob of Ivmilrig the Bannlngton Pirtt site for tti» eonstruetion oTTiuro Qiiyi
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Chamttar.et.Commertai mtff^tn thePfiis^brtCommunlty D«»(Pp««W.»;Ai[»>*r..«Ptf'»P'»»»'r-
Ttatlvaa of ArraraCohiiiveiion and Vorniw Company: ffW.P/ann9dfs en A^^^^
Three:FHS S^hlors Narned
National lyieritSemlfinci lists
FREEROET-^Thiee lYeepoirt High Sdiool-seniors, Radiel G>hen.
Mary Gomes and Matt Manitzas, have.been named National Merit
Sdiolarship semifinallitsi'Those semliinaHsU who advance to Cnalist
stindlnft in the competition will be coiuidered for the approximately
43,000 Merit Scholarships to beawardcd in the spring of 1980.
In addition to following an
was an editor of Voyageor Year-b
o ^ on the 'staff of Flashings
and a homeroom annoiincer. Last
year, she was presented with the
George Washington Award for
Excellence in Sdence and Mathe­matics.
Interested in a theatrical
career. Mary has participated in
honors and accelerated academic
jirogram. Radiel Cohen has been
active in extra-cimicalar activ-"
ities at Freeport High Sdiool. A
dass ofBcer for three' years.
Radtel has also putidpated in
the FH5 Mardiing Band. Concert
Band.'KQxed Chorus and Select
Chorale. A Mathlete. she^s also ' ^ e Freeport Arts Coundl Teen
been involved with th^MXsgoe^/Theatre for the past three
and Wig Drama Gob. and/ summers, the Freeport Actors
'IfVFHS. and is a member of the
Honor Sodety. She has been a
staff member of Voyageur Year­book,
Flashings and was a bome-
: room'amidancer. Rachel has won
• fbxt.prize, in.the_Hirst Reading
Pn^ram in - American History.
sponsored 'by the Freeport
MemomI Library. In 1978, an
essay she wrote about Ixeepart's
attributes .was broadcast by
WINS. Racfad ^pott the sonuner
of 1978 studying Organic Cbeads-
'tiy'.-.at'3<*few, Umvenity in
Jenutalea, and the sumner of
_; 1979. emoQed. fai Cocodl Uid-,
vuslty a advuced pii)^nni in
'fUkfgjf, She is kxildi^'fbcwaxd to'
-la cantT in meficiae.;--.;,^ :^;i..r- -—
- •; SJadpc' M«qr .Gomei - l a s abci
-^piusueaan haaoopiuituuu iiMe:
fiotfing nne'nr active .uvolve^^
meat io FHS*s extn-conicnltt
Cabaret Theatre and pther
dramatics groaps,
Mark Manitzas, a member of
National Hoiior Society, has been
involved in the Voy»gejir Year?,
book and Mathletes dttring his',
years at Freeport High Sdiool. In..
1978 he enrolled in the Hamp­shire
CbQege Summer Stndies in
mathfmatiftt Daring the 1978-79
sdtool year, Mark caQd^ed first
place in the Nassau County Inter-scholastic
Math League which
allowed him to become a member.
of the Nassao All-Star Mathe­matics
team for conq>etition in the
New^. York State - Mathematics
Tle^pie and the Atlantic.Region'
•-.MAb.Jkagoe..iIe'also quailed
"lor mcinbfisfalp on the United
'••Staita Mtlh POtylyiBnpivislinl l1 t rarn Thit
;year Mark isi ppaarruuddppaa)t ing ia the
Columbia Untvcrstty. -, Scieoce.
activities. Her acdrities indbde ^Hooflcs Frogran. for IHg^ Sefaool
boi&ig dass offic^.aad. ss • ^ndeatt^;HukfjUaac cam^^fai
Chamber Holds ,
Special Meeting
With Citibank
FREEPORT - The public U
invited to attend a Frceport
Economic Development Seminar
arranged by the Freeport Cham­ber
of Commerce in conjunction
with Citibank.
The program will follow an
open boanl meeting of the
Chamber which will begin at
8 pm. Wednesday. September 25,
at Salty Bay Yacht Club, West-side
Avenue.
The seminar will feature
Citibank economist Steve Smith,
who will d'lscuss "1979. The
Economy — Freeport. Where Do
We Go From Here?"
Refreshments win be served., ,
Waterfrontjpfe
_Mjiiln;ter
FREEPORT -• The ViUage
Board has-reserved decision on
the creatbn of a Maritime/Apart­ment
Zone decision following a
publ'ic hearing Monday ni^.-
,Seniemberl7. .
.The proposed zone, would be
established in an aica south of
Manhattan Street andbetween
Miller and South Ocean Avenues.
.At'the same time, the bmlrd
.- heard an appDcation from .T.E.D/
TTbhstniction "and While "Cap
Bcahy for an apartment Iwnse
inception three years ago. Kir\^an
also announced the start of a new
Block Association program, which
the Task Force and the Freeport
Association arc planning.
The Frceport Assodation's
president. BIcn Extract, and
Citibank representative Sal Vella
were in the audience and also
spoke about the Block Association
-progTanVr-CitlbAnkJias.giYeiLJhe_
Freeport Assodation .seed money
for the.ph^gram's Inception.'
--§ittlpg^ ptv .ine.~platform • wUh
Kirwtn were several members of
the Task Force-and Estelle Serle.
who described hei^lf as being in
the real estate business.'Serienas
been brought into.the village to
run workshops and seminars for
volunteers. She will instruct them
on how to obtain listings of
houses for sale, how they should
be advertised, and how they
should be shown in a "profes­sional
manner." Volunteers for
the village's Home Fmders Ser­vice,
the Block Associations
and for other activities of the
Stabilization Task Force were
solidted during the meeting.
KinvaB nlled the Task Force's
program one not of exclusion.
"The reality," he said, "is that
only In certain communities —
and Freeport is one of them —
can minorities And a home...and
a M'hite person has difficulty in
finding a home in Freeport. This
has been verined time and time
-again.".Klrwan asserted, refer­ring
to the village's program of
having volunteers test real estate
brokers.
_ Referring • td brokers who
racialty~tTcer piospedtvc home
buyers to certain arias. Kirwan
s ^ not all realtor* "•efl
Frccpori short," but man.v do.
"Tbc.v assume that no while
person would move next door to a
black person." Kir*an said.
Multiple Listing Ser\icc (MLS)
was called a problem by Klrwan.
who is also the village's Human
Rights Commlsslonerv He dtcd
statistics that, shoi^ed. at an
example, that In one 12 month
ipatJQd^ajQMggn* broker had sold
12 homes In Freeport and Uyt In—
. North "Baldwin, the ma}ority to
minority people.' -' . "• '
Kirwan .eiptalned.ho^^' Home
Finders functions with.minority
people, "If a minority person
comes to me to buy a house." he
said, "I will Cell him the truth."
He said he would describe the
situation in Freeport and explain
how minorities are excluded in
other areas where they should
also look. If they want to buy in
Freeport, Kirwan said. "That's
fine, too." Home Finders Service
cotfrdinator Marilyn Margolies
said out of ten hotises she has
sold since June, two have been
purchased by Hispanics and one
to a black family.
One of the things, community
residents should do. Kirwan said,
is to tell the truth about Frceport.
If a resident must sell their home,
they should attempt to use Home
Finders or local brokers, rather
than place the listing with out-of-the-
area (Queens) brokers. If
local brokers are used, Kirwan
suggests that they be^told they,
have the listing "exclusively"
and not to place whh MLS.
QucsUons on Brokers
In an lengthty question and^
ans.«ier period that followed.*
(COTt.onP«g«16')-
5 g / l I
nyresentative.to the General'
OrgantutiiML. A cbeeileaderi sbe
has abb been invdved is gymnas*
tic activities, the tennis dnb —
acting also 'as vardty tenms
manner—tbtf Masque and Wig
Drama Cbb and Mixed Cboros. A
member of the National Honor
Society; Mazy was also named to
AH-State Chorus. In addition she
thefield^orSdenoe.
Over 1.1 nnlfioB students ea-roD^
in about 18X00 lugh-schools
enternl the 1980 Merit
Piugram by - taking ;tlie- 1978
«iaaBf|ring test, the FSAT/
NMSQT. Semifinalttts are the
Inkiest scorers in cadt state,
aained.from the top half;of one
" \Conl.<mP^i6)
.part of the site and future plans
vlpramotel/boatel. .
,- Acoopltng: to i Julias , Mimz."
attorney for the petitioners, TOie
' two fooT'Stoty apartment houses
would each have 75 one bedrabm;
units commanding • noBthlr
rentals of SS50-590. He cate­gorized
the apartment houses as
Inxnry, ia eoadat, with /open
space (only 11.4%.of .the land
would be btnlt on), and recrea­tional
fadiities sndi as tennis
(Coot: (in Pace 16)
POSTc HONORS WORU>WAn I VETBRAMS. Th» WUflMm CIMoa
ildfiiPo$t§342 of ttf Amarkan Lagfoa tiotfad a spaefu avtni for
WorfdW*rfVBTBtfANS Saturday night, SapfambarB. Pntat\tat tha
Dugout lorauppat ana an avatung ot nottatgta and filmt irara (I. to r.)
ttamflng: Watiaea OuaatP.C, Pauf Uelnlth. Sam titUn.Paxt County
Commandarand Past National Sargaant-of-Arms C. Hdtrard Laraan
P.C.. Pint Commandif of Pott MarrtttCutkrP.C. franH'CwIay P.C..
and Frad Batcher P.O.: tinirig: Herman^ Dunkar, Maryfp L Schlou.
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