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FREEPORT. NE(Y, YORK. DECEMBER 27,1984
'49th YEAR, No. 36 : . V
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Propose Village Tax Hike Of 45
38 Balclwiii STUdents A^^isf ^ef/^'^^ 7
To Play in Festival
FREEPORT • The 198S-86 Village of Ftecport municipal budget will
cany a tax increase of 45t. In proposing the budget, village Ma)'or
WUliam H. White said, "that's a raise of a little over 3% while the
national inflation rate is generally accepted as being about 4 %."
The tentative budget will be the sole subject of a public heating on
Monday, January 7, beginning
Dodd To Get
New Air Conditioners
FREEPORT - Although winter
has only just set in, Sie Free-port
Board of Education is look­ing
ahead to those hot smnmer
months when ait conditioning is
needed desperately in the dis­trict's.
sdiocU, An4r at the most' \
leceni school btuiid ^, meeOag,
held Wednesday, Decemb« 19,
the Board cf-Fdnntirm revealed
(hat plans are now oiiderway to
install two large air conditioning
units on the roof of Dodd Jni^*
High Scbod at a total cost d
no more than $200,000.
The cost of the imits will be
covered by the school district's
recently voter-approved capital
improvement program totalling'
more than S4.9 million.
Air conditioning at Dodd
has steadily' worsened during
the past few years as break­downs
in the existing units oc-icurred
with more regularity, ac­cording
to school board ofBdals.
"The air in those rooms is
really awfiil when the air con­ditioning
isn't working," siud
Dr. John E. Bierwirlh, Super­intendent
of Schools. "Dodd's .
air conditioners have been there
about seven years to eight
years — since ihe bnilidng
was opened. And they went dead
. at the end of the sommer.".
Blerwzrth estimated that the
school district has spent ap-
. proximately $100,000 to repair
the existing utdtt several times
since'their installation. The bid
noits are serviced under an agree­ment
oofting' $9,000per year,
compared-wnh a SS.OOO-per-year
service oootract for ibe models
aboBt to be installed.
' "We should save • good 20
penxot to 30 percent in Uowatts
per boor" with the new units,
said c»e board member.
A formal bidding pfx>c«*i
to select a firm to install Che omta
is expected to bcgjn next month.
A ISMoOl crane win be oscd
to plaa; the units. on Dodd's
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Selected For Nassau
Music Educators' Event
BALDWIN - Thirty-eight Baldwin Junior and Senior High students
have been selected to participate inthe 1984-85 Nassau Music Educa­tors
Association Junior and Senior High Festivals.
'The events will be held at C.W. Post on January S; at 3 pm and 8 pm
respectively.
Students' selected for Junior
nvkj. Senior - .Hlgh,._petforiniiig -
organizations — which'incintfe
bands, choruses and orch­estras
— are among the finest
musicians in Nassau County
schools. .
The youthful Baldwin mu­sicians
selected are; Regan Sal-mo,
Hugo Bard, Lois Ash, Ann
Marie Donovan, Anthony Ross-ello,
Jeremy SterriU, Paul Bua,
Karen Bronzo, David Mann,
Robert Wright, Lee Levy, Tammy
Newman, David Halbfmger,
Nicole .Jie, Christopher Marett,
Christopher Davis, Alysa Zaima,
Exchange Annual Buffet
J o Benefit /
Bayview Playground
FREEPORT - The Exchange
Club of Freeporl is sponsoring
a fundraising buffet and CDcktaU
parly to bene^t the Bayview
Avenue School playground.
Scheduled ' for Sunday, Jan.
uary 27, this will be the 15th
year that the Freeport Exchange'
has spotisored a fundraiser of
this type to benefit a deserving
organization in Freeport. The pro­ceeds
of last year's cocktail parly
went towards the restoration of
the Freeport Memorial Ubraiy.
Other past redptenu indnded
the Freeport Fne Deparnneal
and the Freeport High School
Select Chorale.
Tickets for the fundraising
eodttail party are $20 per person
and are av^lahle from Barf>ar«
Brown, at 223-2247, and through
memben of the Exchange Cbb
crfFreeport.
The Bayview Playgroand Com-mitlee
has been .raising fonds,
-'thnngh various events, to build
« creative playgroand at Bayview
Avenue School. Construction is
•.(C3onl;onP*Bel2). •
Wendy Broder and Martin
BeUer.,.- . . : . . , . . . . ,
Also, Waiiam Scelzo, Clafr
Berry, Lisa Cavagnaro, Judith
Farter, Robbi GeUman, Kathi
Powell, Brian Robhison, Rob«rt
Bouknight, Thomas Brickel,
Nora Scou, Michele Napotiuno,
Meredith Murray, Michael Mil­ler,
David Fraier, Christian
Heneghan, Kevin Segall, and
David Ascher.'
Included as part of the event
is a reception, hosted by the
NMEA, for SuperinUndents,
School Board members, and Jun­ior
and Senior High principals.''
Mors Baldm News
Starts On Page 5
at8pm,atVaiageHall.
Under the proposed budget,
(he village tax rate will go from
S13.36 per $100 of assessed
valuation, to S13.81. To the
owner of a house assessed at
$7,500, this means an increase
of $2.81 per month or $33.75
for the year.
Bght cents of the 45* increase
covers the cost of a $65,000
computer system for the volun­teer
Freeport Fire Depart­ment.
Pro{K>sed. for some' time
by -the fitefigbtet«, the -system
would put at their 'finger tips
the location of all handicapped
persons in the village, the tiles
of ail' hazardous materials, the
size of hydrants and water
mains near a working Are and
the nearest intersection to an
emergency situation to assist
vehicle operators. With the main
terminals located at Fire and
Police Headquarters and print
out systems at each of the fire
houses, all volunteers will be
quickly appraised of all elements
of an emergency.
Another factor in the rate hike
is the aniiripated hiring of three
additional police officers. The
Police, Fire and Building Dcpjrl-ments,
as well as animal control.
Street signs and patkbg meters,
make up the Public Safety
category of the budget, and, at
24.835^ of the total budget, the
costliest.
Contractural salary increases
for municipal employees are also
reflected in the new budget,
and provision for possible police
salary increases as a result of
upcoming police contract ne­gotiations.
The proposed salary for the
. full-lime . Mayor wu set at
$40,000, * reduction of $10,085
from (he 1984-85 aalaiy. The bad-set
for the Mayor's oiHce carries,
for the first Unte, an allocation
($11,000) for a car. Mayor While,
who has announced his resigna­tion
from the position (THE
LEADER, Dec. 20, 1984) sUied
he felt (he salary should be
no less.
"The Mayor is (he chief
executive oflicer of a mulll-milHon
dollar corporation who
directs department heads earn­ing
as much as SiO.OOO." (aid
While. "While it his been my
.practice to use my own car for
V.lljje business, my successor
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ON STAQE. Th« cast of "Fox/*' performed at ih« HolkJaif Fatth^al h««d at th« Fraaport Bjcreaiton
Ceniarcln DotSmbS-16. T h a ^ ^ Wth Qrada playfci wara (front ro»r.l..«o r.» Kirln Slaln-
' aniebner. Krtttlna Jaoklni, Phnfp Jimenez, Johanna TraoeT; Siacy tyn Mulhpiland, Mary Coloona;
frta?ri« Mor.) Barbara Solano, Staeay Fein, Elan. Boy, Sahdy Bpalehar. Jarml^Smllh^ Lauren
MrtJey Shannon Mag^i, Tare Wilson, Chad Zepernfc*. Chrli.Nonemaker and Dr«na Worfcahpp
wJeS^r MaiyHall. OfTsaturday, Januvy 26, the Dra/ne Workshop will reolater »lxlh t h r o^
elgwh grader* tor (he winter session, •• •-. l U c ' i f -• ••