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Portable Kerosene fiicfiffijlbliido i lf
HealeiiiSlili Banned ^ t i tM%^% fli
:In;)fillage
• - FREEPORT" ' tvirtahlA "ket^ ' FREEPORT ^ The long and eagcriy awaited :SCddl6 5tates Evaltia-the'
VnUfte of Fteeport despite -wg'rftteFreepott Board of EduoOion. The hJ|ghsdKxd.has received
Nassau County's-tee^iitaItow-^*'^**"^****^°°'°*'^
ance- of cert&i i Underwritecs' '*?'? ?f?^»J dimateat Freepqrt fflgh'Sdiod^^^ te«cHing
« ; H f 5 ^ r w S ; ^ S ^ f i T S farF«eport Superlnteadeiii of ^^^dent^body^ the^report oon-
S^ " J^^^^JS^ — Schools Donald Xostlow points = ^^' "do « * i^de. vith both
•theuse of potable heating eqmpr . ^ ^ i . j i ^ S ^ o V ^ S ^ " ^
imentempfoyfagaflamevandiiny S ^ b S ^ W ^ ^ f f S • ^ ^ * " ^ ^ ' ' * ^ ^^
.or. Kerosene.not connectea-ta «- -, ,i, , i,- ii,,- ; •*^ -n. rfmiTiTfndi'nlf---'fflanict^Tistir5
;.>i6sgliro6yivlno a^^^^ idM^tkA^tik:^*???..^^
Wteln|t^P«»»ln8idlfiii**^ a&l l ^ ; ^ S r S ^ ^ S ^ ts^thenre^ivaluatedbyin-Mtcn-- J ^
.ifttfecarDOTQfcEarlytmtysar.thefiouaewnrbeturri^overtolfs; 5^^ ->..•?-,>-..
nsw.owi^f an atforney Just startlho out In practice, who plans on uslnjj TbCfleatets require the dotage of
_i j'i:^^_i^ir^.—.^»..^^-.i....«. -•-_ t_.i.-:_i„- -...._ ...-jji^_ a flammable liquid. Kerosene'oO
<0*IAniC4iJO0Se^wa. T^rww^ :nSi5?PtjWimam*,Whlte W
tstfvi^jWQrkjm^tiw^^ M laeifoHhldc^ AVmiwtindM: the
i)tt>ledertaiirfartdddf(orne4tMdihg;^mn^
. sltditM on tf lOO'xISOt^ttltierptot at OcMn and Una
pait'8smi{0Ulonal.6ffic8sV'lt:wlH also tie the scene of his wedding.:-
Unllke^^reepprt'a other 60-odd rehabilitated and occupied Hdrne^.
ateading houses which were tumad over.to new owners for d maximurn
of^$15;000/tKeyiliage is expending $15,000 on this house with the
ma}6r}ty.^f the rehat)IIUation costs being paid by the; Homesteader
through long-term financing: As with the other houses, the Home­steader
must oowpy the pi^mjses for a minimum of five ^aars.
•i^Mlas^^W^^ Stale Funds
FREEPOKT • This vfflage could'lose a sut}staiitiBl ainouni of state'
aid if local governments are eliminated from a fair stiare of the growth
of state-co3ected taies.-a.danger pomted-to by the Nassau County
Village O^dals Association recently.
- The «mnty-«Hde group hiTrecen^ begun a 15^
.atJcntion to dwindling state
Is a petooleum distillate whh a
; flash .-^{nf - of- 98-135; degrees.
When cold, fjerbsene does not
evaporate as readily, but when
heated to abovie 100 degrees F.,
it ^ e s oS explosive vapors Hke
. ga^^e^'
Kerosene fires cannot be ex­tinguished,
with water but^ need
salt, baking soda, a dry ciiemical
or a C02 extinguisher. '.
'Kerosene heaters give off
radiant heat and must tje kept at
- (Cont. on Page 10)
revenues. According to Sheldon
. Shane, mayor of Hewlett Neck
and, president of the 64-meml)er
.• Tillage.association, the cuts in
;Staie.'ald -^ in some cases am-
^.^oonfing to 10. per cent of local
"* JradgetSr— are in fact "a transfer
of thettax burden to local property
- .taxpayers." Sfite-widc'thc .cot-sharing
sources. The remaimng
44* per'SlOO,-representing the
possible loss in state'revenqe
sharing, could mean an increased
annual.village tax of S3S.20 to.
the owner of a house asse^ed at
$8,000, fc»exaniple>:'''>.:;r^ .
. According to Shane,- YiDage
back ainounts to SI 17 nnffionr^-^joinlng with the.State Co.*«flcel^
revenne^the-5tate-^>ow V^n^.fnr rffcfa^ to enlist pubtic^apBgt ««^Snator of. m_Disaster ReDeE
Itself. - . fniheresttntidnofthesUteaid:
Earlier this ..year. -Governor This campaign comes t i ^ on the
Qtfey had vetoed village and h^rfs of an eaiBer apparently'
Earthquake Tielief
Fund Started
FHEEPOHT - EmiKo DeFilq»po,
past Venerable of Frei^»ort's.
Enrico Fermi Lodge of the Scostjf
sive: and ej^perieiicel '^teun :af>
educators, that- come into^ithe
sdiool. In Frceport High Spool's
case, Costiow pointed out, the.
Middle'States Evaluation team'
cnnsistently gave the high school
higher ratings tlian the sdiool's
stxB*s own evaluation group.
The evaluation report praises
: many of the high school's inoova-tiye
programs, and jp&rticulariy
notes the quality of the student
body..
"The most outstanding. com­mendable
_ characteristic that
. Freeport High Schocd can be
prtwd of IS its student body,"
thfc report says. "The committee
^dio(4.-l»o>;
^ ^''-^Lnqth^T^p^ti^chanuc^istK
in thes^KKd's progjiam^ Vacccvd-;
ing to the'Middle-Statis.Evalua-'
tipn team, is the schod's-Eoglisb
staff, described.in the report;as'
••cobestve'' -.'aJ»d woridng; "well
together to meet the heeds of a31
"^of its students. A sincere effort'
is made by the department."-
says the reixjrt, "to provide"
pio^ains for the varimis levels of
student abilities and interests."
'" Hfttognition is-alSo- given in
the report to the' Mathematics
Department and the "Mathletes"
program, which has "earned for
Freeport the title Math Capital of
the World." The rftpbrt notes the
was delighted with the friendly.. aava^ilaJb^ili'ty" o^f c»om5 pTutPer^ te'r"m™inal^s and condoned ' t i ^ evideirt ^?ffordmg students tiie opportun-between
the &culty and the stu-
Qthf^ municipalities oat .of ihe
state'sr revenue sharing pro-am'
. by lowering thefommla's pet-ceotage
and placing a,ceiling on.
aul-payments. Shane pmnts.oqt:
that thVariginal fonntda for static
revenue-sharing was dedgned
•'to give localities with relatively
stable revenue bases a share in
tte growth in state taxes." ;
Treeport's total expected' in-cfmie.!
from federal . and state
revetme sharing, in its 1980-81
budget, is about 5800,000. which
meassaa 80< per SIOO assessed
valuation tax rate for Freeport
property owners. According to
village sources, ,364 per SIOO of
that comes from, federal .revenue -
'Snccesifolon to win the renewal
..of federal, revenue sharing.'in .
wfaidi' Nassau village o^ials
played an active role. Shane
, said 'the assonatton had worked
dosdy with Congressman.John
' Wydleri'the-imme sponsor of I
the renewal legislation. -
••**ftoperty taxpayers in Nassaa
owe Congressman: W^rdkr a
great deal of gratitude for going
. to bat for them fcr save the rev­enue
shaxing program." Wydler
noted. "It means S28 milBon-a
' year to the county; town inG vill­age
governments in Nassau,
money that-otherwise would hive
- to be raued through iiicreases
in property tax rates-'' , , ^,;;.'
Fuad-tD-'ud the vktimsjiCithe
recent eartfaqnakiesin Italy. -'
•.DeH6pi>o was appointed to the
post by tbt S<m$ of Italy S^te
chairman. The- Pand is being
administered by the State ocgain
izatiqin.. it
DeFiSppo described the con-ditionsjn
Italy as still "critical."
fle- qoBted his &ther,'rfermcr
Mayor of the village of Samo
wfaidi had been heavily hit by the
qnah^i as saying^^^sobody knows
,how Sony people are itf the
ground over here.
While the: death count has
reached more than 3,000, De-
EQippo says there are still more
than 2,000 people missing."
' DeFilippo says the fund .wHI
attenipt to answer the pressing
- need for finaixrial help that the
\ . . ' . ; . {qont.ooPagel2K-;. .:;'
dents. likewise," .UME report goes
on,- "the Committee found . tiie
sUff appredative of the efforts by .
the adiiiliiistration in. providing
in atniospbere in the sdiool that
is free frmn fear and conducive tO'
learning^
-IVsrTihrmP&trict:
-Tbe . rreeppoorrtt''ss introduction
describes Fteeport as a readent-;
ial suburb for New Yorfc^ Gty
commuters and "alsb:,d>e;ba(ue
of many C ^ industries, as well
as Iieing the largest centerof
boating and fishing on the East
coast."- " - -
The 5dxx:3; the report says,
•"serves a commnniQr that is
integrated and divided into four
distnct areas, in terms of ethnic,
social and fmnomw?' character-,
ists/' It goes on to note that
"h has. been reported that there'
hasbeenatremendoos growth in
. the black population since 1960.
while over tbe past 10 years there
' has been a large increase of His^
panic, Greek and French speak-mg
people.. Approximate'^ .3S
to 40 percent cf ~ the' ptttitdt'
ity of wccking indepen.dentiy
in devekqnng computer-;: pro­grams.
, . »•._: : :- -^
: Praise was also direrted to the",-
Learning Media Services for its^
"excellent Services" to teaching
staff and'Stndents and. for the '.
"opKftindtng ^naGtyaiid. quant-
^tty 0^ specific audio-visual mater- '
i;ds;-r~Ther-h Admimstration," .-
the.. repprt . goes cjf,: '"is, to be'
-commended far providing a sub-.-
stamol Gbtaiy-inedla- budget in
„order to'meet tbe needs rf the;
. students."' r , . ; ; . A -
-The, rcpOTt also mentlans: the '
."very broad and diverse educa- '
tional* program that has been
developed and maintaioed bf^'^
Fret^Kxt H i^ School, in order to'
respond to the tmrnediate and
"future nMds of tbenmltKetfanic
popnlatSta^fonnd'in' freeport...
-The irieedaBi by wfakb students
can' move from department to.
. d^tamoent depending npoo their
fateiests andneeds IS commend- '
able." -
• Anot^ program "endorsed
with enthusiasm'^ by the cbm-
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