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FREEPORT MEMORIAI. UBRARY
FREEPORT. NEW VORK. JUNE 17.1982
47th YEAR. No. 8
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Nov. Election Slates 'fokingShope
GOP Cqndidahs Named For
2 Freeport, 3 Baldwin ADs
MINEOLA -The two mqor politial patties in Nassaa County are
fonnolatiag plans far the Novemb^ electiqo in •ctotdanee with tlie
district lines recently approred hy tlie New Yocic Sti^e Le^slatnre. The-
Nassau Cbonty RepabGcas Comnuttee met in cotneotioa Thursday,
evening, Jnne 10; the Democrats are scheduled to convene tbdr county
- caucus one wed later on Thnrs-
A TREE WlU. 6now in th« Vnitoc-ot FrMport, •• M«yor WiniamWhn« (Hfth from r.) putt th« .
- nnl*Mn0 touch oh the planting ol th« naw tnagnolU trat In front of FrMport Polloa HMdquarfart on
North OctM AvOTu*. M«mb«ri of th« FrMport CtamlMr of Cornmarc* LwflM Auxiliary and Ctiambar
dffiear* look on. Whan a larga maenoU«, which had loTM priMMd lh« antranoa to Haaidquartara, had to
ba cut down iaat aummar baeauM of, dliiaii, Iht AiudUairy doeidad to puithaia • naw ona and dadl-cata
K to tha Mayor and VHtaoa rMldants. Attanding tha raoant trM ^ t l n g ara Auxiliary Praaldant
Wllm«Buch»nan(larr.)andChambarPmldant8tav«Nieo(lno(4thr,). < _
Baldwin Teen A Hero
in Fire Rescue Aftenipf
BALDWIN • A bMtii fire cUimed the life o( aa elderly Baldwin
ttsidetit SstunUy idght desplta the vaBaat n»scae cSorts oC a Baldwin
Cyril Sfflkh. 76, of 1037 Lakeside Place, perished in his third floor
apartment aa VniUam "Billy" Brawn,, 17. and another-unidentified
youth safely cvaouted the
bUdog home's elderly owners,
Robert HoffiBian. 86, and bis wi(e,
Estelle. 83. Smith was Estelle
Hoffinaa'a brother.
What firemen/called "a very
bad Rre" was first spotted at
qiptoidmately 10 pm: Brown and
a^rifiieod, Ann Kelly, were
playing a round of miaiatve golf
at nearby Naoley'a Amosement
Park, wiiicfa borders on the rear
yard of the Hoffman's house.
Noticing smoke coming from the
upper floors of the house. Brown
raced troond the block as Miss
Kelly ran to paU the alarm on a
6re emergency bos.
Brown, a resident of William
Street hi Baldwin,, and several
unidentified passerbya ran to the
HoSnuns' next door neighbors,
the Becker UaSty, telling them to.
pfaooe the fire department.
"They almost broke down tlie
door." said 11-year-old Danny
Becker. "Then they ran over to
tbe HoQmans, brought tiwm oat
of thdr kitchen and tried going
updairs" to save Smith. The
(ioffDoans, 00'the main floor of
. tbe boos?. Jiad been jinaw^r^ of
die apsiain fire ft tl>e tin?.
Brown'.'(whose inotiier b a
volunteer Baldwin fireman) then
went back-into the bouse to
attempt to reach Smith on tbe
third floor, _.bQt tbe youth was
driven back as flames began
spotting out of windows and parts
cf tbe smoldering roof and by the
heavy smoke conditions.
The Baldwin Rre Department,
-called by a neighbor, responded
with 90 men aad eight pieces of
equipment under Chief St^ields.
A£M aesw^hg a mutual i ^ call
were Freeport Fire Dejparfment
units. The firemen dosed
Milbnm Avenue between Kfetrick
Koad and Sunrise Highway and,
within 20 minutes had the fire
under coottol. However, they
were unable to reach the victim
6ntil tliey knocked down the fire.
When be was reached, officials
report. Smith had alrady.died.
Arson Squad Detective Jqhn
Berg and Fire Investigator Joseph
Schweitter, of tlie Nassau County
Fire Marshal's Office, investiga­ted
the fire and determined it to
be accidental, probably — auth­orities
report — started by
careless smoking. Tbe. exact
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County Hearing on
COL Funds
-R)r Freeport
MINEOLA • The Nassau
County Urban Consorthuur which
includes 24 municipalities, wiD
hold a public tteariag Wednes­day,
June 23, on the prpjected use.
of federal fiinds during program
year 1982-83..
Tbe Consortium will receive
S12,212,000' in, Commiraity^
Devekipment Block Grant funds,
from the U.S. Department of
Housing and Development
(HUD). Of this amount; SS48.000
is slated directly for the Village of
Freeport.
Altocated use of the funds for'
Freeport are proposed as SSOfiOO
for low interest loans and grants
to low income families and senior'
citizens for relubilitation pur­poses:
SISO.OOO for the Home--
steading program; S90.<XX) for
matdiing grants and interest'
subsidies, to store owners and
tenants along North Main Street
anjl in tbe downtown area, for
commercial rehabilit^ion;
$108,000 tor acqoisitioa, demoG-tion.'
relocatioo and disposition
activities in the North Main Street
area; $25,000 for fondisg for
Homefinders and tlte Stabiliza­tion
Task Force, designated as a
housing counseling effort:
$100,000 for program administra­tion;
and $25,000 for ootitingen-
,cies i^iu^ local op^io? activities.
The] ^l(eiring,'will""'fie'pn li
(Coni.on'pagalS)
day, June 17 (too late to be •
covered for this week's edition of '
THE LEADER).
With every sign, these past few
weeks, pcrfnting to the redistrict-
.ing pmiicated on a desire t^
leaders of-both parties-to aave
tbdr faieumbents, intcscst has-,
•focused OQ fhe-'oe«;;u'iiihMcitrV'^.
"^^UDte^iaa'hifliDfAeAniiace^.
Freepoct Bes within |hie apiiif
drawn IStfa Assembly District,
the <Ssttict formerly rcpiuented
by ' AsaembWmanX .^iiia£d
D'AnatD, who is now la tbeAWt
A J>. INvided by AtbatiivAx^ae.
the nocOera half ofthe'viHage is
in die 18th: the toothem half is
theI9th.
In' Baldwin, aaothor fbcmef
18th Dtstifet area, the bew fines
crosspstdi the' community into
- three parts: south of Merrick
Road b in the new 19tfa A J), widi
D'Amato; four-and-a-half election'
districts north of Stanton Av«uie
and east of GttoA Avenue »x' in
the new 18ih A.D.; aad the rest is
. Uthe21stAJ).
NewFacca
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For the new ISth Asisembly
District, the one carved out by the
State l^islitiire to satisfy tiie -
call for a district that would bring
a member of a minority group to
office, tlie~ Bnmblians . have
nominated a 33-year-old black
.woman, Briding • NeweO- of
-8ooaeye{t.Ji&.^Newdr,.RepobIi- ,
caal daiip.> Aa.fibf Had( t^Sti^^-- •"'•
• nanedtr'ae B^itfillcss noty iir^;-;
NMsaa''CoiiBty-Vt»-'>-,sedi'>'--sa-.
Assirddily aeat'. Fbr.tbe'past two
.yein, she'has been.'a ^special
' assisfauit in .the County'a Depart-'
ment of .Commerce and ladnxtry.
Prior to that, sher served -as a- -
le^slative aide to AnemUyman -
.Keivp Ranaoo, RepcAfican of
Garden Oty. Ms. NewcB has aito.
•'served as director at the Roose-'
velt FnbBc library's Art Wort-shop
Gallery and was a deputy
director of the Long Island Area
. Devdopment Agency.
Ftocpaetcf Wm PrafaiMy
OppaMNawd
Talk in Democratic drdes, in
the days precedmg thafpaity's
County. Convention, points to the
nomination of Barbara Patton^ a
38-year-old Ftcepbrter to oppose
.Newell for election to the new ',
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MIGHTY MATHLETES. The Dodd Junior Hlflh School Grade 8
Maihletes (pictured above) finished third In the 1961-82 Nassau
County Junior Mathletes Competition. For their efforts, the team was
presented with a trophy at the May 2S Mathleta competilion awards
assembly. Honored for their mathematical proWess In the »We rnonthly
competitions held from November through March were (1st row,
I. to r.) Ian Handel. Kevin Rugg, Qralg Schleettr, David VIeaer, Chrla
Fenyo. Alexandra M!slta, Allsa Vollmer, Mark Alklna and Michael
Alklns; and (In sacorKJ row I. to r.) Lovella Riddle, Coach Andrew
' S»tzer, QliJri(vWh:t«, Ma/CKonlahde.'fVibert Fernandez, Bill Rogolsky
-(hdWIhg'trbpRy): Oiehtlia.Von Redderi, Erik Saarmaa, Eric VVhIte,
Steven Oh arid Coach Michael Utfahdorfer. '•',.'•