The-Leader_1980-09-25

              \7 L!ERRICK K!
FREEPORt
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ROOSEVELT
JNERRICK
FREEPORrS
officini
NEWSPAPER
45thyEAB,N6.22 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 25.1980 PRICE 20^ PER copy
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Out-Of-bistrict School
Busing Questioned
FREEPORT - The request for
out-of-district transportat]<» for
a former Freeport'Bigh School .
student was the rabject of several
comments and questions at the
Freepott Board of Educatioix's
public > meeting Wednesday
evening, September 17.
Anne Lawless, the student's
mother, read a letter infomdng
the bond tliat she and her hus­band
were not gjaiag to pursue^
her request' for-transportation
for her daughter to Hoqr Trinity
mgh School in: Hicksville. In­stead,:.
Mrs^r lawless."said,::.her
Lose Ho/f Of Rdise For—
NofPlcking-Up Oarbiaige
' FREEPORT • Ftftcen village employees'wifl find their next "annual
pay raise cut in half because they tefnsed'to'cOUect garbage during the
recent strike of employees of mivate^carting firms. The village's pri'^
vate carter. Five Counties Carting, w&s'one ot the 69 Nassau-Sunolk
firms recently-shut down /or thne days by a strike by members of
Teamsters Lix»r813.' ' '
During an execntive session of
the Village Board, hdd Monday,
September ISr-the trustees votM
fonr-fo^one' to withhrid 50% -of
the salary Increase the IS Public
Works .Department "en^lqyees^
,would reccSyc'as of March 1,
1981, .Hie-l^amulJincrease is
Mayor~White later explained
that he thought the.employees'
actions'.were/ a •*'viay'' s<^us
matter attd,''6y..thersame token,
' under Civil 2Sert^ce law, a^ but
foot'of'them could have been
fired that day." .- -,<*
Tbe bite dissenting vote on the
^mtiik.r. «• in .».»x#. .i_ •,« -"^/f'A- '.. . f \ ^ .«. f .,.'. ' f-'-^siOidci to%hich tfao^districi-was
COMING CUB WAYl Jimmy (Comettst).and Marlart.lPlanfst) lead wflling* to provide transpoHa>
the McPartlahd Quartet that will perform this" Saturday evening at the- -'— *^. - • *~-
FreeportRecreation Center. The "It's OK Not To DrInK*
daugbfier%--woa]d'"at(nid Kduiar/iSijiSTj^ffiftii^Sr^P'^:^^
^H^-^cfibonaUamaaIe;r?*§f£H£S^tt^ Deputy "
party will
culminate a very successful month of activities promoting the fact that
there Is no stigma If one refuses and Intoxicating drinl(.
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Jazz Greats To
It's 6 k Not TtfPrlnk^'Gdjq
PREEPORT • Jazz gruts Marian and Jimmy McPartfand (she at ihe.
piano, he with his horn) will perform in a spedal concert for the Village .
of Freeport's "It's OK Not To Drink" party to be held Saturday,
September 27,8 pm, at the Freepcot Recreation Center.
The event will culminate the second annual "It's OK Not To Drink"
sponsored by the village's
Alcohol and Substance Abuse punches .etc. — a buffet table -
—Centerj— ^- — -of home-made •delicacies and
— The -events i s ' in -no»way-^a-^-hors -d'oevres are prepared-by -
""tel^^;elanee"°can5e;-'*^'b^r offers^-volunteers-<»-the'ComBMttee-and^^
an alternative mncept for those members^ the Ladies Auriliary
tion.
In her open letter to the board,
Mrs. lawless said the dedsicm to
transfer Iter daugliter from Free-port
High School was a'result cf
oarrassment and subsequent oon-support
by teachers, guidance
counselors and otber staff mem-bers.
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. The Lawless'.request for out-'
of-district transpOTtatibn was.
made after the April 1'cut-off
-date for iapplications. After their
request was denied by the sdiool-district
administration, the family
appealed to the board. It was-tt^
appeal that had been denied
the week before.
Mrs. Lawless called the board's
jjC-..Campbell. .X).
^^^i'SRegfi,- M. McDon-aldr^'
F^lVT^Stamphier. J.- Muhr,
J; Kieman, G. Smith, P/Plood,~
J.' Gaid and O. Norman — will
receive 'a 2-3/4% pay increase
instead.
The employees, according to
the nunntes of the Village Board
^session,', had rcfused-to-ob^
"the' directive of the Mayor «nd
^Superintendent of Public Works
Ed^feir, as it related to the cd-
- lection of rubbish Wedniesday,
September 13i — the second day
-of the strike. - ,.:__-
Based on the recommendations
of Prefer, as well as that of Mayor
William H. White, it was moved
by Trustee Al Sirlin and seconded
by Trustee. Jim dark- that the
action" r'dema?~of7*'fi^eegom~ of'^^mptoyees^'^actions^ onrSeptem- -
. "Bgrnr-weitr*'ssfetaflaard-^and'
who Ao(»e not to drunk alcohol
No alcoholic beverages are
. served, but the • hundreds : of
people who attended last year's
party, and. those expected this
year, arc offered a variety, of
drinks made .-with Freeport's
water, water drawn' from. the
village's nine underground wells
and reknowned for its purityV ~ r:
Marian and Jismty . McPart-
Jand.met while with" the ;USO .
during ,Worid War II and were
married in Aachen; Germany.
Tltey- worked togetiier- in the
Uruted SUtes until 1950, then,
went their 'own w ^ musically.
Marian formed' her trio and
Jiauny - performed « ^ - his
quintet. Ahhongh thqr'are-now
divorced;, they .still enjoy per-fbzndng
togetiier professionally.
The fiuned^McPkrtluid Quartet:
win be plajring for the village's
"It's OK NotTq Drink'' party.
Ikkets for- the evening a£E^'
are prited at 53, witii funds to
l>e used by the Alcohol and
Substance Abuse Center for
fotm96,\^ld^iti{>£^ ^pc^
- - ' --^ beverag^* *
Cliamber of
water-Sased ^:2^^
of the Fre«port
Commerce. * -' - ;
Marian Harvie is director of
the Alcohol' and Substance
Abuse Center and her concept-of
"It's OK Not To Drink."
complete with lectures, buttons,.
bumper 'stidxrs 7 and crowd-attended
party, has drawn.
national recognitioir.' -
t^icfi N i c e Action
Nabjs Bulbar- '^
Break-lnlDecline
FREEPORT - A previously con­victed
bur^bu* has been diarged
with burglary in an incident.on
Cdonial Avenue this week.
RusseQ Cason, 39, of Prospect
Avenue, in Roosevelt, alteg^ily.
was discovered by pdice in a
Colonial Avenue' house foOov-
Ing a can from a .odgtibar that
a burglary was in projgress tfiere.
The can came througli to VttC'-
' port Pdice Headquarters -at
11:08 am Monday. September 22,
daughter to attend the sduml inadequate."
they had picked; for her: Sbe also •
question^ ^the iegaUty of. the
board'making its d^sion in exec­utive
session and. pdntied out that
she and her husband had request­ed
that they be aUowed to appear.
But, she said, they would now
dn^ their ^peal and send their
daughter to the sdiod the district
would bus her to, because they
.did not want to caiiscNthe district:
• any "notoriety.'* She'addedthat.^;
; SO members of their fimily now' ,
•;live in Fireeport. "We love Free-'; ^t -i
'port,"'she said. She tJwi asked -
'..now. each d the board members ..
had voted, a question which never
seemed to .be.answered dnrutg ;
the (tialogue that followed. . 1
In the' absence of Sduxd Board r
pre^dent Sara Holly, vice-presl- if
dent-George Boomkos citaired
the meeting and' he requested'
the d&tticl's l e ^ coBnsel,lrvTn^
WaQ.-to answer^ the' qotrstibns
raised.. Attorney WaQ rrplained
that the boards bearing of an
appeal was^jndirial m nature jmd
therefore legdfy a matter to be
heard in executive s^sskm.
.\:', .(ContoftPagelO)- •• •.•.'-
Mayor Dorothy Storm.-
She I^er told ttie THE LEADER
that she felt that 'supervisory.'
personner—jnHuding the May­or;
herself and'tbe otlwr trustees
— should have volunteered
to man the trucks before the order
send the men ontr
Storm said she would have fdt
differentiy if an emergency had
been declared.' WMe not^ op-'
po^g the view that the. innage
Bogj^^iiii^ye.bid a legaTright to
<;aij^ipr^en but, she said she
jlhooebtitwas "mor^y'-' wrong.
' -Bd)by-FoTd. head of the local
chapter of the GvU Service Em-ployiees
Association (CSEA)
said he would fi^t the ruling.
He caUed the board's decision
"ridiculous" and said he would
be^ calling Abatello, head-of the
Comity— CSEA.- - and -Graber,-
"attofH^rfterthe-CSEAr
(Conl.onPagolZ)
.' rrs IN THE BAG. Freeport Chamber of-Commerce ^President Lionel
..Sooolov (c.).show8 the Chamberyhew^'SRop Freeport" shopplngbag.
to Mayor .William While and Chamber Ladles Auxiliary President
: Gloria Paiiliha. Tf^e bags made their detuit at the Greater New Yor1(
.:Boat fUKTWljooth sponsored by ttve Chamber and ttte Village govem-
:nvint.'Thousands of visitors frpm throughout thejipetroixrfjtan area
' are tjelhgoreetsd at the booth by Chamber and Hoineflnders vtilunteer
workers who are distributing packets of materiiait. on the Village. The
. Boat'Stxrw'will remaTn at thdGuy' Lomt»rdd Marinit-WtAigh tl>is-
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