The-Leader_1985-01-24

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^,'.49th YEAR, No. 40,
FREE.PORT UEUORIALUIBRARy
W.lSERFtl'cK RD
FREErORI 1{ y ll^iiQ 6
FREEPORT. NEW YORK. JANUARY 24,1985-
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Hager Upsets Storm For GOP Nod
MoreKStudy
Village Party lStlfootBoafd!Voies To
Nominates Storm; Deve/6pMoc/e/ Programs
Smith, =Cohen, And
Judge Franco
- FREEPORT - At its nombut-ing
conventiori held Wednesday
=Jiiglrtj-JaB8aiy=! 6th?1hc=Villap=*^
• ••-... - -- • by joah Delaney
. BALDWIN - With Baldwin &hool Board members William Ryan and
Robert Jordan dearly staUng that their vote was simply for fiirther
study of the kindergarten program and not for implementation, and
Bernard Pittinsky voting^against cveii-that,'the Baldwin-Board of
Education approved Phase U of the Kindergarten Study by" a vote of
Soco/oV, Monroe, Franco
Designiated At CaucusT
FREEPORT - Implementing a relatively new Slate law, insurgent
Freeport Republicans tiimed their-party's noininating canctis into a.
colorful, noi^ nominating convention and, in the process, narrowly
won the GOP designation for their slate of Fred Hager. Uonel Socolov
and Ed Monroe. -
- -J Hager.-a life-time Freeport resident and former RepubUcanleader .otzu;:;:::
hreepOTt^. beat 'oot.recennj'~ap=—•-^..,-'-- . .
~ convention," indading .tally
of the individually written votes
lasted about six"h6urs.
Mager's name was placed in
nomination .by Roy Cacdatore.
• and seconded b^ Franl Smith:";
still 111 uj^TinrnTnatFit-llji ^IIH-pointed
Village Mayor Dorothy
Storm by only seven votes as be
and his Home Rule Party team
captured the Republican eagle
as well as a second line on the.
ballot in the March' 19th village
election".. - "
Socolov and Monroe" virtually
nosed out Victor C<ihen and Ralph
"Sn^ith to win, designations- as
Republican'candi3a'tes'f(# trus-
Party of Freeport unanimously
chose-Mayor.Dorothy Storm to
head Its slate in the March 19
village election..
Storm, wlio succeeded William
White into the mayor's job follow-,
ing bis recent resignation, • will .
be trying for her own fiill four-year
term:>^e will be joined on
the Vlllagd party line by newly .
app<nnted trustee, Ralph Stnith,
• and attorney. Victor Cohen, -who—
the Village Party designated can­didates
for. trustee; and present
Village' Justice Ralph' Franco,
who also won the party's designa-.
tion as be seeks U^ third t^rm.
For nearly a decade, ever since
liational parties (Democrat and
- Kepofalican) begaii fielding can-di<
U(es in Frcf port's village elec­tions,
; the Republican Party
and'the Village "Party have run
the same slate.
The Freeport Republican Party
held its nominating c^axsis a
week after the Village Party's
convention, on Wednesday jilght,
January 23. Hie GOP caucus
ended in a siirprise upset f<7r
the Storm/Cohen/Smith slate, as~
— by a narrow margin — those-registered
Kepublicans present
that evening.chose.Fred Hager
as their niayoralty candidate, and
Lionel Socolov and Ed Monroe
as trustee candidates. The three
had previously won Home Rule
Party nominations. (See story,
elsewhere this page.) .
Formed in 1957, the Freeport
Village Party is Freeport'i oldest
political group.
DoTvifySiorm
Dorothy Sloi]n_ assumed the
office of mayor on January 14 to
become Freeport'a first female
Mayor. For the past 12 years, she
bad served as the first and only
female on the Board of Trustees
(Cont.onPaga9) . • .' .
Phase-Two involves Adminis­trative
development of two model
programs — one for extended
day and one; for a full day —.
and the cost^ estimates for each.
It is expected that this part of
the study will be completed in
January* and February, which
point, the Board of Education
must give , further approval,
if the administration is to con-out
a better idea of the elemen­tary
curriculunj.''
Jordan indicated that he
would vote for further study "just
so long as no one misunderstands'
it as a yes for the program." •
Board President Ryan also,
emphasized that his" vote was "in
no way a vote for the program."
• Deller and Matetsky emphaV
sized, however,' t^at the program
tinue with teacher training and was Mmethlng that "has to be
'curriculum devejopmenl. " "~^- " lookedat" arid,, when the vole
sent Freeport Republican Leader
Ray Malone. Emilio DeFilippb
seconded the nomination..
Ralph Smith; was nominated by
.Jet-iEdwa
seconded by George V. Washing- -.
ton. Stephen Malone. placed Vic­tor
Cohen's ~name in nomination,
with William White, Jr. second­ing.
-" • • -
Ed Harding nominated Ed
Monroe; George Bowman made
the seconding speech.
. Lionet Socolov -was nominatd -
by Daniel Chapman and seconded
hy Julie Fearse. • •
Finally. Robert A. Burger
Final School Board approval
for implementation of any ex­tended
program would be needed
by Ma^ch in order for paretit
orientations, informational
for further study was completed, '
Deller directed Administration
to look into the possibility of
legislative grants. *
Ryan warned, however, about -
prograins and budget decisions— "oneshot grants,".which would
'toIncompleted. • ' "" •'•—•-^-- •- -•— -
It appears from discussion,,
however, that .the ultimate fate
of the kindergarten, program
hinges not primarily, on its
educational'valiie but rather on .
its financial' impHcalions. Al-thou^
School Board members
Lorraine Deller and Ira Matelsky
have outlined their philosophical
approval of the program and have
downplayed the cost aspects until
-further—study;—the—remaining
Board members, apparently
focusing on cost estimates pre
pared last year — whlchinosl
probably will not be significantly
different (in the $300,000 range)''—wg's agenda "was a presentation
this year — have indicated their by Joseph- Hmb^, District
concern with the budgetary im- Administrator of Pupil Services.'
allow'a district to start a pro­gram
but tx>t provide funds for
its continuation.
Presei^t in the audience were
several members of tht Baldwin
Educational Assembly's iCinder-garten'
Committee which had
given its recommendation for
some sort of extended or fiill day -
prograHn. There .were''also'"a'few"
members of the PTA committee
which had studied the program.
Not present, however, was the
je lurnoui oi tne previous
week, many of whom advocated
a kindergarten expansion.
—Census Figures
The second item-on the meet-pad.
Piltinsky has been the most
outspoken in his concern that
the liinited amount, of_dollar$.'
available in the school budget
might be belter used elsewhere
in the elementary level program.
He spoke of many other new
thrusts in the elementary pro­gram
and indicated that he was
not prepared to vote for any
.pewkindergartenprpgRip."»ith- .7 (Cani,onPaoe8X .
Hrubes, spoke of the census,
which had been conducted earlier
ihis summer: This was the
. first door rtordoor cfnsnt in recent
years and a project which had
been strongly recommended by
Various dtizen groups so that
projected enroDment figures
which are used as the basis for
many district decisioiis,-could be
Storm, Smith"'and Cohen had
won -Village Party designations-the
week before, (see story,
" elsewhere this page).
Village Justice Ralph Franco,
who also has the ViUage* Party
'designation in his bid for re­election,,
faced no opposition as
the Hager forces declined to
nominate anvoneaBainst hlrn.
~ The Sute law that caused the
unusually raucous, caucus was
vides that all registered mem-
•bers,.of apolitical party — not
just the committeepersons. — #» " l l . ' U J
be allowed to vole in their p a r t y ' s — N | | | | f [ 1 N f l l t l f iQ
village nominating caucuses.. *
The conventirai -drew 'raote-lhan.
5(X) people, 1)nt apparently
not.aU.were-efigible.ta.vote •—
'by virUie. of resideixy or par^
afiilialion — as Hager garnered
207 votes for -tbe - mayoralty
designatioa to Storm's 200 votes.
In the secret baUot, - called
.for by GOP Comiailleeman Ben
Ciaravino and acdaimed- by-a-
— hand-volt.at the-begianlHl-Vsf"
the caucus, Uonel Socolov had
199 voles; Ed Monroe,- 197
votes; Victor "Cohen, 195 votesr
Four, or five wStrnitieth-irn- 1v9o4l esv uwleerse:
for'~«Uier candidates. The at-large
election ;-gave—victory^to-the
top two candidates: Socolov
and Monroe. A former member
of the FreepOTt.School.Board,
Monroe will be ihe first black
candidate for Village Trustee.
Judge Franco received 345
votes in his unopposed bid for
.tiomiiuton.
The convention was chaired
by Ed Hart, head of-the Nassau
County Republican Party's Law
ComnUltee, who said he hoped
that in future years the stale
law will be changed to implement
a process of voting by machines
as in primaries.. This year's
Village's First
Black Trustee
FREEPORT- Ralph Smith, a
Republican committeeman and an
administrator with the Nassau
County SheriS's Department,
has been named the first blacli
Ralph Smith '
trustee in the vHlage of Freeport..
Mayor Dorothy Storm, who.
became tnayor^the week.before