The-Leader_1982-02-04

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FR^Oirf.NEW YORK. FEraUAtY4,19!0
46th YEAH, No. 41
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Acfdeif Space Will Mean No
More Archffecfura/ Barriers
FREEFORT • A proposal to e ^ w d the Ireeport Meaorial lihtaiy to^
iadnde Ac adjacest boildfaig. p m e n ^ owned by A d c i ^ Vitttt^tTi.
- was discmsed <»y-the libfaty Board of TtnUees at its monttly piibac '
meetitix Wednesday n i ^ , Jasnaty 27. Hienieetiag. wUea had
cri^aally bceacet te Janiiaty 13. had bees tesdiedaled becaase of a
soowstoem*
. Ftpamim <rf the libiaiy has
been dlsmtsfd by its'Boaid of
Trustees Cor several years. Sace
•June. 1980 the libraiy has been in
vMatiod of federal and state
. t
Htatiofi costs.
— The expssdoa" would -~«ar-
A PROPOSED EXPANSION of th« praaant Fraapod Mainarlal Ubrary facility la partially picturad In
tha archltaetural rsndarino) (abovs) of th« axlarior (lop dfawlnfl) and first ftobr. Tha axp^tsion pian
would llr* Iha praaant library buUdlog with tha Adalptil buHdlng to tha waat, purchaa* o( which la
praaafltty undar dlicutaton. Baaldaa tha first floor, tha llbrary'a praaant bulldfng would b« ranoVatad
both In Iha basamant araa and second floor and would allow for tha rMtoratlon of the. poiUttodd
War I original aaction of tha building aa a Mamorial Boom, in trlbuta to thSirgho lost Ihalr liyas In tha
sarvloa of this country, and l^eal History Collactlon andT^ranveT : —^—' -
handfcspped accearibil^ segula
tioos. ~ .Acoordiaii * to .fibrary'
._ aonrces. compHimce with - the
"y^tegBSiOoia woold -lie extiemdy
espea^ve ' to do wMiia tlie'
edsBng facility and would doi
nttie to fanpTore the libnuy itidf.
IVesenflyibookstadtf — wideh
are open to tlte pnbBc — are on
three different lerds. accessible
to tibrsty. patrans ooly by stair-
' cases.
The Addplil txdiding is ptesr
entiy available for sale and can be
the
appioiiiualeiy 27,000 square feet.
.ta-tiie.- correat- cIose-to-24,000.
. fqOic foot baiUiof. The iotetiar
«(the otii^Ml Meawtial IJbtaty,
. with Us cWc and Msfaricd rignM-
-Caiiceti. to.tfie roinHiuBlfyy .wenld
. be cofwpieteiy- tesused wlth^ ube
many memorial plsqiiei leturaed
to ^nOi li^rtfol plaoea. Fbns are
to locate tlK Bbraiy'a e^feiiilve
long Uaad IQttoiy and Aiddve
Collection adjacent to tiie Mem-
: qriaiRpom.. ^
The plsnnfd expansion would
allow for a iKw. pobBc^ senrioe'
srea txtween tte two^nildia^. -
~ This would house tiieea&v'cirai-
U6on function teiSMe place. ^Qtere
: wouldbeaneatiincetiSthe'baild-ing
from the paiUng lot as wdl as
V
Another Baldwin Fire
Resulfs In Woman's Death
. BALDWIN • A eO-yOr-old Baldwin housewife was killed and her
husband critically btirned in a fire whid rtwed tluough tiieir two-story,
wood frame dwelling on Soper Avenue last Thursday niglit,
January 28. - .
Aectmlng to fire and police sources, tlie blase was telepliooed in to'
911 Fire Communications slMrtly
RKHelp'
On fioadway
Joined to .present libraiy
bnHdiog. Accordmg to Freeport
Memorial Library Dnectoc Gerald _ ^
^zJfiAoU, renovation of the taffity-sJromMenieit Road,
would cost less than one-half the -^~Tccotdmg to ^ prefiminary
estimatedrezpe'nse of any new ardutectnrjl renderings.- the
• ^.ep«se'««««^^t-^|^^^;Sf •"
afterll pm, by a neighbor of the
victims, Rita and John Cedoo of
22 Soper Avenue. The neighbor,
Stella. Brzniak, reported bearing
loud explosions and seeing flames
coming frarn the roof of the
Gedon's house.
The Baldwin Fire Department*
quickly. respoodiHl. but the house
was already engnifed in flames.
After knowing down the initial
wave,of fire, firemen entered the
horae wliere they found Mis.
Gedoo in an upstairs bedroom
and her &3-year-oId husband.
John, in a downstairs t>edroom.
Both were nubed to South
Nassau Communities Hospital in
Oceanside, wljcre Mrs. Uedon
•was pTonounced dead upon
arrivil. Siic liad suffered second
and third degree burns on fCVt of
her body.
Mr. Gedon, with second and
(Bird degree barns over 7S-&)%
of his body, was transferred to
Nassau County Medical Center in
East Meadow from wiiere a
Nassau County Police helicopter
flew him to tike beli-pad at Cornell
Univer^ Medical Center's Burn
Unit in Manhattan. At press time,
Mr. Gedon's coadiHoa was listed
as extremely critioU.'
The fire was fooglit by-^S
atiiiang six pieces of-apparatus
under the direction of Baidwio
Fne -Chief Robert Nobte. The'
blaze, which totally destroyed ttie .
' home, was declared under control
' itiortty after midnight.
According . to the Nassau
County Fire Marshal's office and
'the Nassau County Police Depart-'
ment Arson Squad the cause of
the blaze was apparently careless
smoking in ttM downsturs bed-room.
The investigation is con­tinuing
under Detective. Berg of
tlie Arson Squad and lovestigator
Sclrweitzer of the Fire Marshal's
Office. •
Mrs. Gedon's death was the
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AdeipU and the libraiy have bad
discussions regartliag the sale
and tliere is a tentative agree­ment
for tiie library to porduse
{hehuilding. * '
FREEPORT . . A commuitfty- - ^ . ^ ^ S y " * f S . P *
wide can forTielp and support-lnX^„ Fiia«IFai«0
tackling what NEFCA (North Easfcr Expansion of the libranr. as
-Freeport Civfc AssocUtibn) con* «e?<«twrfy prop««<J. w«M •»•«
siders one of the major problems «•>« advantages berides .acees-in
that area is being undertaken
by the cvganization which held its
montiily meeting Monday night,
February 1, at the Freeport Mem­orial
Library.
In outlining and describing the
problem. NEFCA president Fran
Csmpion saidher group-tiad dis--
cussed Broadway, an east-west
street running from Main Soeet
to Columbus Avenue. "We out­lined
and discussed procedures
we are going to take to get Some
kind of help to straighten out the
situation." said Mrs.Campion af­ter
the meeting.
- Mrs. Campion and other mem­bers
of iter organization told THE
LEADER that there was "open
drug dealing" oii the street.. One
member said his car liad been
stopped twice on Broadway, at
two different times of day-, and he
was told. "I got it all; anything
you want."
Any car driving on Broadway at
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sibility to the handicapped and
thMe other patrons who find the
staircases difficult.
More room is needed to
continue the'library's functions
both as a community center and
for its book coQectioo. Nidiols
explains that tlie library's current
oipaia^'Has~'seri6usIy"Timifa—ed^ New York-State in-189SHs
hou^hg. Young .'Ad^It, - Adah,
Reference, bock -itacks ' and
periodical storage.
The' present . Children's
Services would be moved to the
main floor and the original
Libraiy buBdrng would be' re-sfSred
fiv the Long Island Col-lectioa
and Memorial Robth.' '^
Meefing room facilities, an
important part of tte Ebraiy's
conmuiuty function, would also
be eipanded, and there would be
elevator access .to j afl__floors,
.indoding those rooms.
The fibrary,' which was es­tablished
in 1884 and was cfaaiter-tlie
integrity of the collection in
this 'Informatioo Agel* Without
expansion," says Nidsols, the
library "win be forced to serioos-lyxeco'iidder
tlie type of collection
offered to the community."
The planned eipahsioo would
also allow for a coosoGdation of
work stations. Presently tiiere are
two circulation desks: 'Adult on
tile main level and Ch'ildren's on
the lower or basement level.
The library iias' also been
considering automation of its
circulation service, a step already
taken t)y most libraries in this
area as a necessity. Tlie coosoti-dation
of work stations woold
greatly reduce staffing and anto-ooe
of tlie oldest in' Nassau
County. The present structure
consists of the buildmg construct­ed
as Worid War I Memorial and
an axid'ition completed in 19S8.
Presently, tlie library bouses
al>out 230.000 volumes and there
are over 20'iSOO registered bor­rowers.
Title to the present ^uild'mg
and property is -hfl^ by the
Incorporated Village of Freeport
wliich, in ezclunge for library
service to the entire village,
pertmts free use of the facility by
the Ubrary.
Furcliase price of the Adjslphi
building is stiQ being negotiated
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