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FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
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FREEPORT'S.
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NEWSPAPER
43rd YEAR. No. 40 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 1,1979 PRICE 20'pERCX)^Y
G.O.P. Picks Two -Dems Confirm
Clark, Pefernqna
Republican Candidates...
Jordan, Gersfman.
Chosen By Democrafs
Goes
For Private
4-0 Vote Paves VVay
For Sanitation Savings
FREEPORT -On Mftrch 1. village residents will find tfieir garbage
still picked up from back doors or back yards and tnany of them wUI
find the same sanitation men doing the same job. Fdr a while, even
some of the trucks will look familiar, although eventually the rild and
white vehides win be replaced by green ones or repainted. But. the
mcii and the equipment tney will operate will not belong to Frcctwn.
_^r^{usel Atconling'. to' i^aM
- - sources; .mudJ xlse ^ yill .^«iitAft
the same: the' sovkr.^iiaid \hc •
..--•gency to which, i^.dlssatialcd
' teddent can compUui, .treepoci-ers
will retain th« iibu^ to can
.Village HaD if tl»i^-«re Makappy
,.»faoi^ their garbage pickup. >-.
Xhi Moiday night. Janoaiy 29.
'. '.' in a, 4-0 vote, the village BoardfOf
- - -Trustees awarded the. coottict.
' • - to pKk up the village'c garbage..
""to the tow bidder. Ftve''Q>untiin.
, .. Mayor Wniiam WhitCi - Deputy
Mayor Dorothy -.Storm ' and
- Trustees Wayne Jotdan and Tom
U>velidg6~v6ied ill. favut uf-thc-resolution.
Trustee Al Sirlin was
absent. He had been out-of-town
for more than a week.
The contract with Five Counties
- calli for a payment of SS16.000
the first year.. S545.670 the
steond. and S575.680 the third
year. According to village sour-
^%(mservatlvrfy"]j^ SfSafobo "^' or.
about 45*j>er SlOO on the tax rate
fdr every property owner, in the .
village. • '/..
':• Storm, in ah explanation 'con­curred
In by Jordan, called her
feeling '•'ainbivaknt,"". noting
that, she-had read Newsday's '
articles/but had henelf contacted
many .inunkiparities .' who
had had "good exAtrieneW wW«'
- private carters;.JsomctiiDa^«i^ .
better" than wt^ tneir {oeviously'
muniripaliy-operated' depatt-ffients.
She termed tfie savings
gained by changing to the private
Pre-K Parents
launch Campaign
FREEPORT - Prt-X Parents at
the Cleveland Avenue School are ~
working together.- and. "getting
together"'for a better Frceport
for themselves., their neighbors,
and thei^ children and at the same
tln^; ^vlttg tlieit cHU4fcn « safe
!T^irt ~-efcnu&«]gn -(sM i pit^ures
page 1) to nUse »on«^ to jbuttdah
• outdoor play space at. the, Pre«_K
Center. . -• .-
Presently, the Center lacks an
incs-imiinatcd
FREEPORT .- The liKal ctimmittccmcn's organizations of the two
national parties held (heir caucuses last week and formall.v iciccied
their candidates for two seats on the Frceport Board of Trustees.
Villa,i{c elections will be held Match 20. The Republicans met Wed
day night. Januars- 24, at Salty Bay Yacht Club, and nomin
Timothy Pcicrnana and C. James
Clark. Several days later —
Sunday, January 28, liKal Demo­cratic
c\>mmlitccpcrs«ns cau­cused
at thc.Excmpt-Firemen's
Hall, and gas-e their nod' to
incumbent Waync~r Jordan-,- —^jj
seeking his -second, term, and
Albert "Jcrir>-" Gcrstman. V
. Ctot^iaa pieten^mi's ^l|;^a-
: RepubKnq liae on the b«Ilot In
addition to aii^:nocri|niti6iia tt)ey
misMieecive from JociljpartiM.f.
ViacestTdctaiutoi, vmidm*x/r
appnipriatc itutdonr facility whiciv. twhhel dVi tUwtoa cy«e aPrsa ralgyo otafp Rtbw9 eapaemrte.
would al41^ the idevelopinent -ofyWodidatfes as did the. COP, bas
thr> nwtor skills' nec^sary. for ' previously said that his prty win
Storm called the issue emo­tional
as it related^ jobs of vil­lage
employees. She noted,
however, that the village would
be ableltb retain some trf them in
other departments', others would
be hired by the private company
(Cont. on Page 16)
later success' in reading tad
writing.
Parents, staff, and community
will be asked'lo.|oia together by.
purcha^g the'red and whhe T>
Shirts.The moaksnteed woold .
be used ^ . purchase ibe f raw
materials, such as sand, wood,'^
tires, .findings, equipment, etc.
.The cau will tKCA Hfi uul lu the—
community to help build it
together on several tveek-ends In
the Spring.- .'-
- The Center for Eatiy Childhood
EducatiQ»is currendy servfag 290^
four-j-ear-olds- from every social.
economic, ethnic, and geographic
area of Freepott. It has been
designated a model program of
^ excellence bgi-The New.Yorit Statg-J
. Education Dcpartmeny and is
•" funded -by. ''S*3!e,--yr".'il —^aadz
Federal funds.' whiot mainuin
the basic necessities of the
- prpgVam,_but do not _ provide
enrichmeni activities". ParcnRTare"
toully involved in the program. In
addition to showing interest in
their children's eduication, the
parent s_particrpate In all Ms^ects
" of thie program and are an in-
- , J tcgral part of it's efforts.
"" The Parent Advisory Board,
which is self-directive, is cur-rently
headed by Robert White.
~ Mrs. Lorraine Sinok andMr»7
Jenoifcr Martinez. Pre-K j)ar-ents.
representing Ereepgrt's
-pljjfafislJe- population
.togethu uA a dt'i)y basB^to
jreverse any negative image
Treeport may Jiavc. and to pro-hold
their conveatioo Fe&niary I.
.. GOPCaaiMataa
Jim Clark, a reddest of the
vUlace for the p«st 19 years, is
owner and president of Hunger-ford
& Qark Funeral Home. In
his - acceptanc« speech, Qark
pledged cooperation, with the
t>uslness community, noting that
••^s a' local • buslnessfnan.;hc • U
"extrcmly VrcqiiiKrmit) •: oviet
- volttntiMt-' liwiub4il' oF'rWlpNtt's..
Fire Departtpent, he'resctied an
iAvalld : womta: - Besidea .his
^rimflooMj. po«illo«u , - with :' that
<fepuiiiwmi-ClaJri["-fia~"bc*n a
iiiember of dkirfreepert Kotaiy.
Exehaofe . . Club.. Amcrfclin
.Legion; Elks. Koixhts or.Coiom-hits..
Repab!}caii^ and! Village
P«ties\ Presently he serves as
vice-chairman of Our. Holy -
Redeemer's Parish Council. Clark
: (Cont.ohPaofS) v
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- .THEY LOVE FREEPORT and happily display their feeirnfiS pn
ttieir T-shlftj. Worn l>y 0- lo'r.) Scarlett Solano, Christine Feile and
. Jr/on Murphy, theX-«Wrts will be on sale as part ot a iuhdralsJno- -Ii;Sw",.T44lii"wr,^Sn'ii;i.i
effort launched by tr» Pre-K Parents al the Cleveland Avenue School. S«fuL ^L; ^ ^ ^ « K Z ? ^ T 1
The jnonies will be used bo buy the malerlals necessary to^ionstroct '"'"*? ^ J l l l J ^ • -
help build the play tfi> during spring weekends. These IfltMMtd in.'- ^ . - • / T * * / ' * * * * ^ ^!?^*
helplngtJ»ePre-KPar»ntsl6em«rraiseth«fundsorbuWthefaSflty,. «»«»*" W ««
-..should cM Jomrn^Pmmaim, 9ZUK09, or'irrtte the Pn»4$ Psrtnto :IVe« parents jhetasehres.
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