The-Leader_1985-01-10

              F.U.T.U.R.E. Party To
Run Candidates In March
FREEPORT - Another political party Has burst upon, the Freeport
village election scene. For. several months, ~ founders of. the
F.U.T.U.R.E. Party have apparently been testing the local waters and
now, finding them wamvenough-or-receptive enough or iniybe just-plain
crowded and mui^ enongh. .have announced .that this new
political group win field a slale tn~ * '
SirlinWiilNot
Seek Reelection
FRECTORT - Attred SirHn; a
member 6S the Freeport Board of
' Trustees for the past ^i^t years;
•has announced Ins dedsion not to
run for reeledton in the March 19
Village ejections.. Sirlih said he
iiad reached his decision based on
personalreasons. .^ .
Sirlin's seat on the Board will
be on the ballot along with
another'tiusiee position. Village
. Justice, and the foU-time village
fi.E.A. Sponsors Forum
T^BVHeldTaiuJS -^~
- BALDWIN.- A Town Meeting on 'today's-Family:"Change and
Challenge jF(» School and Commimity" will be held at Baldwin Senior
• HighSdioolThursdayeyernng.'Januaty24.< - - -•—;—.-^ j * ' ' -y
Spoiiisored.by tbeBaldwi.ii EHuational Assembly (BEA),^'the_foruin'
will focus on social changes and their impact on the students, parents,
school personnel and community - .. , - • -• ••yi—--—^—
the vUlage's March - 19th
elections.. '
F.U.T.U.R.E. is an acronym for
"Freeporters United Together
Under the Residents' of the Entire
Village,
White recently ,' announced
thai be will resign as of January
14, in order ip t^e a job.with the
Town erf Hempsteai,__ije has
recommended that the present
Deputy Mayor, Doij^y Storm,"
^Begunby-various^dvic-leaders-be^tppointed mayor-unfil.thccnd.
and- village activists, the of the term (April 1).
of Baldwin.
Sheila Sussinan, executive di­rector
of the Center for Family
Resources, and Susan. Eberst,.
the center's associate director,^ tact.
addstheBEA. ' ' '
Fifty percent of first marriages
will end in divorce, and only 30%
of all step-families .remain in-mayor.
Present Mayor William- will be the speakers ana-diji
white recently announced his
resignation as of Jaimary 14 and
"indications are., that Deputy
Mayor Dorothy iStorm will be
chosen by the other three trustees
as ad interim mayor.
SMin, A Businessman
Sirlin was first elected to the
Board in 1977.'and was reelected
in 1981. He has seirved as liaison
. ti:ustee (b both the Building
. Department and. the . Freeport
-.Community Development
Agen^r. invoivea m the con- By the year 200IS, step-families
strucuon industry, Sirlm has been - ^ j , ^^ jhe average famUy form.
*ell-. respected for the business
iacumen he brought to the Board * '
of Trostees. ^
Both Mayor While and Deputy
Mayor Storm expressed 'regret-over
Sirlin's dedsion.
'fAl's contributions- to the
Village government, and to our
community at large, have been •
many," said Storm and White.
On Long Island, notes BEA,
56% of all households have two
F.U.T.U.R.E. Party wiU formally
announce its slate of candi-.
dates for ihayor ntd two trustees
by the early part of next week.. ___
U bis' been Ttm^iuroi that Vin ~
ceht-Oimpion of Riitland Read','
_£ne of_F.U:T.UJLE.'S founding
members and'inong-time.lKiard"
member of the North East Free-
• port" Civic Association (NEFCA),
will be named the party's mayor­alty
candidate....
A native of Freeport, Campion,
his wife, Francine, and their two
children, live on Rutland Road
In. advanrf nf-thg-program.—uurUiig-paretrts-and-iiicieasing=rand were^arlyhomesteaderT,
BEA sources have listed various
dramatic changes in the Ameri­can
family. • '
. Only -7% of American families
constitute the "traditional"
family of father as breadwinner
and mojher at home, vri.th chil­dren,
points out the BEA. Forty
. percent-of children bom in tlie
1971^ will. Jive at some" tiine
in a single parent home.
numbers of parents and chil­dren
face iatch-key.concems.
' As a (immunity, BEA states,
Baldwin'must address the im­pacts
of divorce, working parents,
step-families, lakh-key children
and changing family roles on the
functioning.of the schools.
The BEA invites everyone to
attend the Towh MeeUng. which
. Siorm^s seat oii the Board and'
that of Alfred Sirlin are also at the
end of their four year tenxis. ' )'
_ At. a..recent Republican Qub
'meeiing, Storm. aniK>iin&<r tliii '
she will seek her party's nomina­tion
to ran Tor may^ in.Mardi. j
•^liii" announced Uiis'week'THat
"he will not seek reelection and-two
names have been prominent­ly
rumoured as probable Republi­can
candidates for the two seats.
Victor Cohen, one of-the two,_
is a resident of Greene Avenue,
and attorney and a member .of the
-village's—Zoning—BoardzTSf"
Appeals. .
The second name heard fre­quently
is^Ralph Smith, an apart­ment
dweller, who is a Republi­can
committeeman. .
By law, the Freeport Demor
era tic Party must also hold its
will begin: at - 8i30 pm,
School Cafeteria B.
The F.U.T.U.R.E. Party U the
fiftS poliiical group to show signs.
of activity for the Mareh eledton.
- - Other Parties
-.The Republican Party will hold
lis nominating " caucus on
Wednesday, Jantiary 23. All five
members .of the Board . of_ nominating- caucus the week of
. Trustees — inchiding the mayor January 21. Democratic Club
— are Republicans. With three president Uonel Souvenir,
seats.-indudihg the mayor! on an allomey. and resilient of
:)
-^•He-will-be-sorely-nnsscd7"We-4>i»lrie*-
Schoo) Safety
Week Jan. 14-18
FREEPORT - January 14-18
has been proclaimed. "Safety
Week" by the Freeport School
wish him the very best Tor the
future."
Sirlin, who will give' up his
position on April 1, the expiration
of his term, expressed satis­faction
over his eight years of
public service.
" 'It lias been gratifying to me to
have been able'to work with such
people as Bill White. Dorotl^.'
Storm. Jim Clark. Vince
DiCostanzo. former Trustees'
Tom Lovelidge and Wayne
Jordan, and the late Trustee
Thryugh the combined efforts
of the-Counctl of PTA's Safety
Committee; Dr. John E. Bier-wirth,
the Freeport Superin­tendent
of Schools; and the
Transportation Coordinator,
Ronald Braz, it was dedded to
esUblish a "Safety Week"
throughout all schools.
The Safety Program' will in­clude
class instruction focusing
on the importance of appropriate
behavior on school buses and
proper conduct at bus stops. This
will be reinforced with safety
and rAijn.
Timothy Petemana." said Sirlin.
""'Irtliybeerrequallj-gratifying-lo—films,—discussions
have come to know the Village tional materials:
department heads and all the men Chidren in all the grade schools
(Cont. on Page 15) (Cent, en Page 4)
two Selected
For All-State
FREH^RT - Edward Allman
and Rosa Rodriguez, seniors at
Freeport High School, partid-
"paiea—iirThr-All-State Miisic~i
Festival recently at the New'
Vork State School Music Associa­tion
conference held at the Con­cord
Hotel.
An accomplished siring blss
player, Allman was selected for
the An-Siafe Orchestra. Rodri-
-^ez sing'as, a member of the
All-SUlc Chorus.
Both .talented musicians were
partidpating in All-State groups
for the second consecutive year.
Their selection, the epitome of
recognition that a high school
student can tealize""ffom the"
state's music teachers, -was
based on auditions held last
May.
Tie the ballot in March, this election
becomes of primary importance in
the village's- poliliial power
-picPturersee^n t Mayor William H.
Porterfield Place, has been speak­ing
to small groups and anitounc-irig
that be will be the Democratic '
.P«ty!s—mayoralty—candidate. -
(Com. oh Page 16)
TOP MUSICAL STUDENTS. Freeport High School 'tenlor* Edward
-AHmarv-Ond4,)and-Ro«a-Rodrl9u«i-(r,>^«r»^hoi«n-to-jartlclpat»-lft-tha
All-State Music Festival. Shown'with them are F.H.S. Instrumental
Music Teacher Pater Manln (I.) and Vocal Muilc teacher Stephen
Pagano (r.). (See story this page.)