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fRaEPORT MEMORIAL L » THE
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FREEPORT. NEW VORK. JUNE 25, 1987 "
53rd YEAH, No.'Id
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Fireman's Field Up For Developpent
Baldwinll.S. Science
Computers 'On Line'
New Science Confer Open,
Not Yef fully Operational
BALDWIN - The Science Computer Resource Center
at Baldwin Senior High School celebrated its official
opening on May 15. - •. .
Although the Center . has - been operational since
Ffaecbirluitayr y sainncde , mtohraet thtiamn e,1 ,000 students have used Mhe
school .officials held the
formal • ceremony. last
month — May 15 — at
which time they opened
the Center and .thanked
State Senator Dean G.
Skelos for obtaining the
$60,000 grant for the
School District.
The is'tate grant had pro­vided
$30,000 to make the
Center a reality. The. re­maining
$30,000 was to be
used to implement the
Growing Healthy program
in the elementary schools. '
When fully operational,
the Science Computer Re­source
Center will provide
for a number of areas of
instruction, including.
computer " literacy, key- '
boarding skills and the use
"of-an integrated applica­tion
program.
The SCRC also contains
an interface to a weather
station and a teacher re­source
room. This addition
to Baldwin High School's
already fine science pro­gram
provides the students
with hands-on experience
in the field of scientific
research.'
M>M'
maa SCHOOL SCIENCE coxiptrrER CENTER OPENS. Aitiiauch
tilt new Scitcc* Computer Booure* C<aUr tX Btldwia Stnisr High
School J»d b«tn Is nu for raon than l«o laoatlu, » (on<ul.op«i^n|'
Ctrcswnjr vu,l>eld on M>7 IS. Seliaol diitriet r<prt«nt*tire> oSiclallr
t>iuik<d Sktl* Senator D t u Skeloi «bo obttlntd a tCO.OOO (nut for tht '
diitriei. Tbt trui^ provided ISO.OOO to ma^t tht "Ctnttr rtalitr; with
tht remaiiitnf fuadt to b* uud to imptemtnt tht GroTisf HitJthT pro-
(Tun la tht tltountarr lohooli. At tht optntni ctnsMnT trut (front
row, I. to r.) School Board mtrahtn,Victor R«ht and Robert Jordan,
Aatistanl Superinttndentl PhylJii At'menoff and Gene Lanxaro; (back
' row, 1; ti? r.)' Senior Hich School Principal Petei (•ynch, Superintendent t
Awards Program
Honors Freeport
aassOf'87
FREEPORT'- Members
of. the Freeport High
School Class of '87,. their
famiiief and friends, were
guests at the school's I9th
annual Honors Program
held on Satiirday evening,
June >!0, at the school.
The school's principal
Mr. William P. McElroy
greeted the guests and
acted as "emcee" for the
program, McElroy's last at
the school as he retires
this ye^r.
Among those, who joined
. McElroy in saying a few,-
Vords at the beginning of^
the program were Calvel
Venzeo, presidettt of. the
School Board, . and Dr.
-John' E. Bterwirth,
Freeport Superintendent
of Schools.
Yenzen /called the
. evening "probably the
most rewarding ' occasion
for all my fellow, board
members."- He asked -the
graduating seniors to "turn:
to their parents and. thank .
ttera for. everything
they've done for them."
Bierwirth called the
Class of '87's achieve­ments
"truly wonderful."
\He noted that the number
oC^ Regents Scholarship
winners was the.highest.it
had been in a long time.
This was echoed by
McElrdy, who then went
on to recognize some of
the achievements of mem­bers
of the Class of '87.
He noted that Kevlo Rugg
was.a National Merit Fi­nalist,
winning & $2,000
scholarship sponsored by
Combustion Engineering
Village Has Proposal for
Retail Use Of Properfy
FREEPORT - The village-owtied, 10-acre Fireman's
• Field is now being offered for isale and development for
retail and/or office use. . ' ;^.,
The property' is par\ of a two part- package, with the
second parcel a 2.4-acre-site in the heart of Freeport's
downtown area.
Well-known developer
Nathan Serota^has already
submitted a proposal for.
retail use at Fireman's
Field and office use in the
Urban Renewal area.
Discussion at the . June
22nd Village Board meet­ing
of a proposed contract
.between--.the ' .'Vtllage • of
Freeport and its. planning
agency, RPPW, Inc., for
assistance in apijlying fo.r
an Urban Deveiopmetit
Action Grant (UDAG)
was the first public action
on the matter.
The Fireman's Field
propeityj which fronts on
Sunrise Highway, is close
to the north/south Mead-owbrook
Parkway, a ma­jor'county.
ar.tery. ..^
-——Under'' Tpecial Home
Rule legislation passed by
the state last year, •which
coupled Fireman's Field
with the -Municipal Sta­dium
and a passive park
on Prospect Street, pro­ceeds
of the sate Of Fire­man's
Field must he used
for the Village's parks_ and ',
for recreation activities,
because the property was
originally set foj park use.
The downtown site, of­fered
with .Fireman's
Field, is presently desig­nated
as "Urban Renewal,
Phase Two." It is bounded
by the former National
Bank of North America
building at the intersec­tion
of Grove Street, Sun­rise
Highway and Freeport
Plaza West, east fo the
western side ' of . Church
Street, with the southern
boundary Sunrise Highway
and the northern one Plaza
West, which will be closed
as part of the rede­velopment
site. :
The prospect of. the sale
of Fireman's Field, unused
since the development of a"
(Cent, es )P>|t 4)
BANNERS ON SUNRISE HIGHWAY. Fritpon ViUati Mayor Dorothy
Storm and Aatiatant Superinttndcnt of Etcctiic biitributicn Geortt
Anderaon ujt a buclel trucii to take a doet hand took at cnt of tht IS
barjiert now attached to electric polet alos( SuncUt Hiihwajrln tht
downtown tecticn o{ tht rillatt and at tht Baldwin and Merrick bor­der*.
The hri|bt fold, oran(t and t^ue bannin, In use on Lcnc laland
for tht riret pfne, were purchaied with federal Comniumty DeTttopment
fundi and were huni hy tht Electric Department. Up in time for tht
Freeport Summer Festival catlitr thii month, thty will remain hantini
Inc.; : andp jthat ,Crpig imtil the Anaatl Boat Show in October, i^ctlmi tht thouianii of '(yi'