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46th YEAR, No. 9 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, JUNE 25, 1981 Newsstand
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3--yr. Gar Expiring
V Three Missing, Village Board Seeks Bids
One Rescued
When Boat Capsizes for New Private Contract
GRAND OLD Fl^(f. The William Clinton Story Post No. 342 of the
American Legion joined hands with Paul Conte of Conta^Cadillac to •
mark Flag Day and publicize "The Gr^t American Achievement Essay
Contest," sponsored by the Nassau-Suffolk Cadillac Dealers Associ­ation.
In services on Sunday, June 14, ahuge American flag was raised
to the top of a newly Installed stainless steel flagstaff atop the Conte
showroom on Sunrise Highway. Visible for many blocks, the flag
will fly seven days a week, 365 days a year and wilt l>e illuminated
by a bright spiotlight during night hours In his remarks, Conte urged
all young Freeporters, 12 to 17 year of age, to pick uplessay contest-eritry
blanks at his agency as the first step towards a local prize of SfOO"
and a possible future scholarship. Pictured (I. to r.) are Legionnaires
Roger Gaynor, Fred Haber, Joe Santronl, Ed Licence, Ken Combs,
Charlie Jackson. Judge Charles Mehrmann, Mr. Conte, Tom Judge
and Dick West. - .
Baldwin School Board
Ends 1980-1981 Business
- byJodnPeUmeyi
BALDWIN - The last scheduled meeting for this year of the Baldwin
Board of Education took place Wednesday, evening, June 17. Board
member Lorraine Deller was not present tor the public part of the
meeting because of a prior commitment at another school function. ,„„,^ n ^
Bernard FSttinsky. the recently elected Board member, who will talte_5numecock. Ernst
office at the July 1 organizational up the next day.
meeting, was invited to sit with
the Board for this meeting and
"have all of the privileges of the
Board without the right to vote
yet."
Team Membership.
Discussion centered on several
items.. Dee Alan Tyson, Athletic
TJirector, was present to answer
qnestions concerning the inter-scholastic
team membership
policy. This question hzis been
under consideration all year and
had been sent back to admini­stration
for clarification on pro­cedures.
The Board has been
striving to differentiate between
Board policy. Administrative
policy and Administrative pro­cedures.
It had been agreed
earlier that students should
participate - in interscholastic
teams primarily based on their
grade level. Howe\er. in con­junction
with various State Edu­cation
and Athletic Council sug-gesuoos,
the Baldwin policy has
been changed to allow a "com­promise
policy" whereby stu-derls
of ^'' ; rional ability could
comr' '""r 'cvei. The
Board had asked for specific
procedures on how this decision
would be arrived at. Tyson pre­sented
the policy and procedures
which calls for the appointment of
a Sports Comrrvittee by. .the
Superintendent. The committee
will consist of an -athletic ad­ministrator,
a school physician, a
school psychologist, and a
secondary administrator. Board
member William Ryan stressed
the importance of parental input
and permission at the beginnmg
and also the right of the parents
to be apprised of the results of the
decision and the reasons for it. It
was agreed that it was not-appropriate
for the parents to sit
in on the actual deliberations.
The long process ot arriving at
this policy and procedures seems
to epitomize one if the goals or
this year's Board which has been
to establish a clear-cut differenti­ation
between Board "and Ad­ministrative
policy. They have
also been interested in estabUsh-mg
procedures which are clear
enough to survive future condi-
(Conl.onPflflsS)
FREEPORT - One man has
been' rescued but three are still
reported misung after a Free-port
based 31-foot sports fishing .
boat apparently capsized in a
sudden squall Saturday, June 20.
The rescued angler, Charles
Ernst, Jr. of East Second Street
in Freeport, was picked up by
another private boat after ding­ing
to a-floatable chair cushion
for about 28 hours.
According to Ernst, he and
three other fellow members of
the Atiantis Anglers, a Freeport-based
fisfzing club, left ftom
Lou's Fishing Station in Freeport
at 5:45 am Saturday morning
on the "Water ^ t , " owned by
Atlantis AnpSrs' . president
Irwin Silberger ott)2aUey Stream.
The four were out shark fishing.
With Silberger, the 50-year
_old owner of Woods locksmith in
Valley Stream, and "Ernst, a
.30-year old telephone company
installer, were two fellow club
members, '34-year old Paul
Howcott 'of Sterling Place in
Freeport, and 42-year old William
Duncan, Jr., -of Moody
Avenue, also in Freeport, a Nas­sau
County Highway Department
employee.and secretiry of the
Atiantis Anglers.
According to Ernst, the "Water
Rat" appaientiy overturned in a
sudden squall at about 11:30 am,
approximately 35 miles south of
• ~ was picked
Sunday, at
(Coni. on Page 20)
FREEPORT • Bids for pick-up and cartine of earbaee and refuse
in the village of Freeport are being sought. The original three year con­tract
between the vUlage and Five Counties (Jarting, the low bidder
three years ago when the village first decided to replace its municipal
sanitation department with a private carter, is drawing to a close. Pres- -
entiy, the village's payment for'
the third year of "its three year
contract with Five Counties,
carries a $575^,6^ annual cost.
'The three year contriLCt wiih
5 Counties increased in cost for
each.of its three years, under the
terms of the original a^ement.
In the bid specifications now
being circulated, and returnable
July 27, antiua! costs past the first
two years of any contract »x>uld
be tied, to the Consumer Price
Index (CPI).
While ^Uic-i-hidi^'pecifictions
describe "virtually- no diHerence
in service to the resident of the
village, according to Mayor Wil­liam
H.' White at the last Village
Board meeting, the specs do
ask for bi4s on two separate pro­posals:
rear door pick-up, which
residents now have, and curbside
pick-up. Three years ago, ,the
original bid specifications also
asked for quotes on both.
The village is also asking for
contract costs on the two propo­sals
for both a three year basis
an~d a. five year basis. On all of
these, the bid specifications call
for increases, after the first two
renewals (i.e., those in 1983
and 1984), to be tied to tiie CPI,
with the- stipiilation that, regard­less
of the CPI, no annual in­crease
can exceed 12Vi%.
A separate hid is also request-
Fines Levied On
Rooming House
FREEPORT - Fmes totalling
$650 have been levie^ by Village
Justice Ralph Franco, on Peter
"Viola of Rockville Centre, owner
of a rooming house at 24 Lena
Avenue. The Village's Building
Department had issued nine sum­monses
for both interior and
exterior code violations, including
those involving the electrical
' system.andfor debris around the
property.
Only one room is presently
occupied at Viola's. rooming
house. Judge Franco on June
18 ruled that all conditions must
be corrected within 21 days or the
premises vacated and secured.
The conditions must be repaired
before the structure could be
reoccupied. In addition, two
fines, currently set at $100 each,
would be raised to $250 for a fotal
.'^yJ-^J in fines.
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ed for the collection of bagged
leaves, which occtirs in the fall
season. For the past three years,
pick-ups o7 bagged leaves have
been done, not by the private
carter, but by the village's
Public Works Department.
At the Board of Trustees mett-ing,
. held. Monday evening,
June 22, Mayor Williaiii H.
White, in looking at the proposed
bid specifications^ expressed lus
disapproval of a third alternate
to the-reai- door'or curbside pick­up.
A suggestion for "roll out-containers,"
-Department of
Public Works Superintendent
Ed Prefer told the Board, had .
come ftom the village's Sewer
and Sanitation Commission.
These large containers. Prefer
eiplwned later to THE-LEADER •
would be giveo to' each house
without cost. AlthouBh. very
large, they roll easily, described
Prefer, without strain.
White, however, said a pilot
program would be one thing,
but he would be opposed to in­cluding
the alternate in the bids.,
"We don't need senior citizens
rolling out garbage containers," •
said White, adding that "a lot of
public opinion" would be neces­sary
before the village cotlld even
(Conf. onPage20)
LOIS OF THANK YOUS. Deputy Mayor Dorothy StorT. a.-^d Detective
Sergeant Frank Medaglialook ever tt\e letters of appreciation sent ir
by students of Ojdd Junior High School's Enrichment Class Mrs
Storm sooV.e to the class at>out the Village Code of Ordinances and new
iegislation is enacted. Detective Meda^lia explained the meamin; of
a "Citizen's Arrest" to the students.