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44ihYEAR;N6.38 FRBEPOHf, NEW YORK. JANUARY 17. 1980 PRICE 2 0 * PER COPY '
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Officers Installed
TRGPHIESFROfwl THE MAYOR; AI rgcentSoccer'Awards Night held
at the Freeport_Recreatioh Center. Mayor William White (c.) presented
the Mayor!?.Sportsmanship. Award' to pohny;5tej.cer and Rebecca
Freln.'Present were the prqUd parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adofph Stelcer-at
left.andMrs. Jeanne F r e l n a t r l g l i t . ^ . J vui \ t ' - • V^ ^^ "•
FREEPORT- The preslilcnt of
a'local.civic association has pro­posed
a three-part platform, for
the coming year, stressing busi­ness,
.residential areas and the .
schools! - -
At the annual installation of the
Stearns Park Civic. Association,
Richard Thayer of West Seaman
Avenue told nearly 200 members
of his group that-they have' the
political.power to effect changes.
Thayer.' who begins his second
term"as" president of- the asso­ciation
of home-owners, noted
that-V'Stcarris.Park has its own
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,fPP£oyedrty»rop(ttedl980:81.municipal budget, with-the inclusion of
an 8ddtional,$3,M0 ill funding fortheFreepbfiArtsCouhdi: - ; ,:
.^^^^^e $13^559:723 Tfudget proposed'
^Bij^get Mcet^mg Januatyr? was relatively unchanged. A minor typing
error in' the.>fire.:department's ' ^ . : . - < • ' - r , . - -*
^-^-SlOOassessed^iUuati&biTrtiS^"r^^
^y^i»Tate of $1141 bwirtO. the ^V-f^^ publ chiaws^^iUl^c We
: . • '.,, .*^.*-. .-^^. V"-*^.*^: thuTUheitj-woultt' bi pVlilicny pij
mading a.letter of.invitation to
every district resident, informing -
them of the schedule of planned .
meetings. '" • .
V. All four sessions will be held at;
Atkinson :5cho6i, West .Seaman
of the in^"-AVenue. slatting at a|:i5pm; . • -
corporafed. vinagi of iFreeporJ. 1 iJ''^*!'?.* ™««^Bv^"f Ce held
j^tis;in the'Baldwin;Sdiool Dis: ^iS^^'^J^^K'yBht; v Ja"»^?;y:; "'
.Bict;;'-^r^-^-
' ThafeiidV S h S t ^ ^ n S r ^ ^'^'^^^S^??"^
probienii^^and: sug^ 'I'^l^^S!^^!!!^^:^^^
Flanning Sessions Open
to Fufc/ic F6r/nforriiciftors
FREEPORT - In preparation for the annual school budget vote,
tentatively planned for May 14, the Fretpprt School District has
announced a series of budget'planning sessions, which are open to the
public. These meetings are, aimed at pnr-iding the public = with-the ^
informationwhich wifi go into finalizing'the 1980-81. schooP budget
proposal. The school, district is
peculiar problems." The area lies
in the northwest section o
fundiog -the date change as w
5 TSoriSiial
i ; T i $ 1 2^
^-.-^^meetiflg to'e]^liin,that4he $^
j'^T'iiraViOouldTineM
'^, f j-mprfc'fandihg^^^ of the
ifrr; niatded fiin'd'concepf of both the
K-'FreepdSScLooV District aid the
;; h^jNew -Yoflc' State^^Council on thci
.rf.'. In Amoving the inclusion of the
kdditionai; $3,000 to'the'bud(i;et;
Mayidr/Doiblhy ^tor-n
solutions;'.He^ suggested.-that* the
.village .{needs a •"cdn^rehenslve
rplan' for.its.- coiiime'rcial areii" .
and offered the'help of pebple-ih ::
th'eassociationl-r-some iif-whom
are architects., engineers, plan-/
;heii, etc. ^~- in vyutUftg with.the'
vilfage to bring in new buisifaess>
; *' Not the the' problem of racial
•/stcering^^. "^eaI^•estaite••.:^b•pkers. ,
vThayCTs;—fothis siccprid point - -
7 cMled on his assodatibn toJet real .;
restate peopleftiiow that thegjroup?
\viUi remain i opposed to such
tactics and work against them ^ He^
cited :the - siiccessts of- .Liei yil;
as perebhal .servij«s. ieiquipment.
telephones,-specialized servides.-
cartage', ^service and }repair cen-tracts.
siipplics,'custodial oyer-"
lenfj&ui
-time and special .ihaihteiiaiice
.projects.,/ -. V . :. • • •;'
- Instructional-. .supplies" and •
equipment will be; among/th?
items to, be_ discusSedjjn.Thurs­day
evening; Jaiiuary 31.; pther
matters 0h that evening's ^a^ehda-ite;,
rathlelics. i-. "Vco-curncalar
ippliesKrli^iAty^mcSi*
.supplies {imd' requlpihcnt.' ',Cq-
'-. curriculum f. factivities; ' ihcliide ^
groups.. % organizations 'and
athletia .f^; Pay mentis -.iq; otliere
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-\rai£EPORf; - the NassaiTcoiiniy-RiEnt GuideiiniRsTBoard will uat
establish guidelines^ for the ylUage of. Freeport before JariuaTy/30.
Jh^next tneeting'.of.thatbotrd will be held that .Wednesday dvening,
7 pm. in'their offxcs'at SO. Clinton Steet in.HcmpsteatsThe meetinri
will be bpeiitd;^the public.' as are all: their meetingsV and" any: actioni'
they.;take^;{s' a^bbaWl -miuit;be :;.-;;:.- : . ; ; . : i -v
niadcUn'.thesje;j.5pgn^^^^
'*"^** • ' •' ' - • •" .- homenwneis, >which;'; they ;.(M^
study befoife they vestablish'rent-
• • ^ • : >>Depiity~
...calledt)ttia n"infinitesimalambunt"
T.— ahd pbinted'tb the good publicity
:-for the.village.that the"Freeport
"Arts Council engenders. She also
' noted ^that;a decrease from'last
.year's, level, lof funding could
i ieopardize fiinding from • other
sources.' With Trustee Al Sirlin
seconding the; -motion.. the
trustees .unanimously voted -to.
accept the. budget with . thr
additional $3,000 fonthe Council.
. - Elks Qnb Pnbllc
Hearing Jan. 28
.^i.Thel scheduled heating on-an
' appIicaGoh to' tezbne the 3Vi
acres, on West Merrick Road
presently owned by the Freeport
Flks Qub was adjourned ~at. the
. request of the applicant. As
announced in THE LEADER last
^weeE - (Jan. .10, 1980). Gerald
Halpem. atfom^ for George^
Bellcsis and Morris Sussraan. re-.
-quested the sdjounnhent to-allow;
_ProbalJly.; becaiire •• of; "the
pfelinilti'tiry announcement in last
weei's TKE LEADHR, that the
^ applicant.woidd ^6e*: and ifeceive
the adja irninenti; few;, people
were presj'nt.Vziiite aliased the
tw.b who were to;as!:'^questions.
The real estateoffice'irepnjse'nt-
.ing: Citibank'.: located across
-NlenicL Rua-l ftom the falks Cliib-
Baldwin 5cHboIs.~^tihg. that the
-^^ district ha$ alvaysprided itself on '
* the. quali^/ of its educatiorii"He
iz
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Village Part];
ife nfet [^malg^Preqil
'A6Mn3iJrtgtb';tfic-boa jpd's. chair-.
" '!Robert Von EITJ. ^hile.the
guidelines,; for ^ incrfea'^s-. may
b€:. established. at that • ineeting,
Ihere. is no guarantee, that- they
"will\^.'':^^-^^i'r~''~'^t-''''- •-' '''• "
. -; The Rent - QtUdelines: Board ,,
-met in Freeport Tuesdaiyeyening.w
.JMuary^J[5^i;to'^|^tecety.e/ input^^ '
increases fOT;thc,vjllagc,;-The-viK
lage Board of^Tnistees had'votefl..
severalmqtittusagp'to'bring-Free; -
.port under, the state's Emergency
/Tenant-Protection Act (ETPA);
onPage.9)'
site, asked-whal,-u$^,had been
propojeii for; the ^land. White
suggested that hejcquld^see.l^the
proposal on file wiffil. the village's
; Building Department. The Qti-bank
officer then' said; his bank :
had no objections to anything that
would improve Ithe- property
which he noted had deteriorated
throughout the years. •
. The second question came from
DaT Mandel, the attorney for the
- Shell Group, owners of the
_medical building,direclly-east.of.
-the El'ks Qnb property. Maridel."
noting that his clients were_on
record in opposition to the change
of zoning, asked if there was to be
a movie theatre on the _site.
Halpem noted that th? answers to
such questions could be a matter
of the public hearing, but offered
to ^scuss the matter with Mandel
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FREEPORT -.-The ruiajse of
. Freeport. has elected its "first.
_woman president in its 22 year
history. Angle CuUin, a resident
of Hubbard Avenue, wai! elected
Jothipostat.the political group's
cnnual election 'meeting held-
Tuesday night, January. 87 at the
fbrmerSons of Italy Hall on. W^t
Merrick :Road.—Cullin had been
Executive Vice-President.' - .:
The 75.members present also
"elected Tow;White as the new
Executive Vicp-President; Shirley
Nolan. Executive^ Secretaryr
; Lorraine iFratiw), ~Tom . Ke,
Bevenuto Andujar. Joshua Craf-tdn.
Alyin Adams and Henry
Gramlich. Jr.,; Vice-Presidents;
and AdeUne Fortunato.'Record­ing
Secretary. -
Installation of officers will be-
' held £riday night. February 29.
at.the Salty Bay Yacht Qub in
Freeport. Arrangements will be
anifounced at a later 'date.
BE A FRIEND! Wor'.iing on-the'k980 Membership Campaign for the
FRIENDS of the.Freeport Memorial Library are (I. to r.) Margaret
Belmont, a member of the Cammittei>; Doris Nickerson. chairperson of
Membership Campaign; Margaret'^O'Cpnnor, president of the-
FRIENDS and -Wilfred Morin, directcj; of the. Freeport'Memorial'
Library. The Membership Campaign is t>e5ngvveld through February 10-
and membershipappl'icationsare available a) the Library. The public is
cordially invited to join the FFIIENDSduringiJTe campaign..