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The Freeport Village Board of
Trustees has appointed John
Schmidt Village Treasurer replac-ing
Thomas Molloy who resigned
in August. Schmidt had served
as Deputy Village Treasurer since
coming to Village employment in
May, 1983. Replacing Schmidt,
as Deputy is Michael Haran.
Schmidt has a broad back-ground
in finance having served
as a Controller in a wide range
of industries including the Uni-versal
Shellac and Supply Co.,
Potter Instrument Co. and the
The Andy Statman Klezmer
Orchestra, with Ethel Raim, one
of today's foremost Yiddish
singers, will present a "Jewish
Music Concert" on Saturday,
December 8, 8:30 pm, at the
Bayview Avenue School. Tickets
are $6 and may be obtained
through the Arts Council at Free-port,
223-2522. This follows the
concert of southern Italian folk
music presented by the Council
in October. A Spring Ethnic Fest-ival
on June 2, 1985 will include
the music and dance of Greece,
Latin America and Scandinavia.
Sponsored by the Arts Council
with funding from the County
Office of Cultural Development,
"a three-part "Children's Vacation
The Board of Trustees will
hold the annual public hearing
. on" ..the municipal budget at
Village Hall, Monday, January 7,
.vbeginning at 8 pm. The hearing
". jfoltows.^'ineetings^'between;: the*:
-^Trustees - and•;••.Village^departr-
Plessey Corp. He has served as
manager of internal auditing for
the Welch Grape Juice Co.
and the General Electric Co.
He is a graduate o'f Union Colleg'e
where he majored in accounting
and business administration.
Prior to gradudation he was re-cruited
by General Electric Co.
for further education in account-ing
through their training pro-gram.
Haran has served as Deputy
Treasurer for the Village of
Mineola since 1981. Prior to that
Series" will begin Wednesday,
December 26, 10:30 am, Bayview
Avenue School. Theatreworks
USA will present "The Skiing
Mime," a production which
makes use of special lighting,
film and technical effects which
result in an unusual panto-mime
performance which stim-ulates
skiing. While the.series
is recommended for elementary
school children, "The Skiing
Mime" will also interest older
children. "The Legend of the
Shooting Star" will be pre-sented
on February 20 and
"Looking Glass Alice" on April
10. The series tickets are $7 -or
$3 for individual performances.
For further information, call
223-2522.
position he served as accountant/
deputy comptroller for the Town
of Huntington. He also worked
in the past in accounting positions
"with"Suburbia Federal Savings
and Loan Resources Corp.,
AMTRACK and Associated Mort-gage
Companies Inc. While in
the US Army Haran was assigned
to a top security post in the
White House and at other lo-cations
when the President
travelled. He is a graduate in
Public Accounting from Hofstra
University.
The 1985 parking stickers,
necessary for use of commuter
parking lots in the Village, will
go on sale the first week -in
December for use beginning Jan-uary
1,1985.
In order to obtain a sticker, it
will be necessary for residents'1
to present their current auto reg-,
istration for the car they will be
using at the lots, AND THEIR
CURRENT ELECTRIC BILL. The
annual $10 fee per car will re-main
the same.
Non-residents may not use the.
commuters' parking lots. There is
a $50 fine for illegal use of a
commuter parking sticker for
each violation.
The stickers may be obtained
at the Registrar's window, Village
Hall, 8:30 am to 4 pm, week-'
days. '••.'•
The Freeport Chamber of Com-merce,
in cooperation with the
Freeport Recreation Department,
will again present the Annual
Holiday Festival for children
of all ages.JThisiyear's.event will-
.be field on -.^Sunday/.December 167
at the Freeport, Recreation Cen-_r ;:,
ter, 2/:to.- 5- piru There is no" ad-*. ",: ^*-
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Persons^'wiishing to speak".a"t•••
the."..hearing, ".will be "asked, to".
":<sign in so that all may be called
in order.
Copies of the tentative 1985-
86 budget will be available at
the Office of the Village Clerk in
t 4 the latter part of December.
' Children,:up to the ageof 10,-:
will be able to visit Mr; and Mrs.
Santa Claus and receive a gift.- '
Free ice skating will be offered-during
the .afternoon as well as
other entertainment and sur-prises.
Please watch the local media
for further details.
DEFERENCE ONLY
NOVEMBER 1984
A Public Information Bulletin
of The Village Of Freeport
46 North Ocean Avenue
Telephone FReeport 8-4000
William H. White, Mayor
Public Meetings on the 1st. and 3rd. Mondays of the Month, at 8:00 P.M.
MayprsWilliarn White joined (from |eft to right) Freeporters Janine and Terri Wisnowski and Terri's
^grandmother,: MariaSchineller, recently at Barasch's Better Kids Clothes on the Freeport Mall, The
cccasicntwas-the presentation-of "a plaque by the Nassau Council of Girl Scouts to Barasch's for its
42.years as a designated seller o'f:Girl Scout uniforms and equipment. 'Mrs.:Schinelleri' her daughter"
and grahdaughter, represent three generations of Scouts who buy supplies at Barasch's, the.County's
eldest such outlet: Danziger Sporting Goods, also on the Freeport Mall, has been a Boy Scouts out-fitter
since 1925. An Eagle Scout, Mayor White was until recently the Boy Scouts' Merokee District
-Chairman.
Trustees: Dorothy Storm, Alfred Sirlin, James Clark, Vincent DiCostanzo
Village Clerk : Thomas DeVincenzo; Attorney: Harrison J. Edwards, Jr.; Treasurer: John Schmidt
SAFETY is
NOT
an ACCIDENT
•"•" by John Provenzano -
Village Safety Commiiiee
Winter Heat ing Devices
WOOD STOVES
A Building Permit must be ob-tained
from the Village prior to in-stallation
and then it must be
checked by a Building Depart-ment
inspector.
A wood stove should have a
separate flue. Check clearance
from combustibles, walls and the
ceilings.
Empty ashes regularly and
store them outside in covered
metal contrainers. Burn only well-seasoned,
dry wood to avoid
excess creosote buildup. Inspect
and clean the whole system -
stove, flue pipes, etc. - each year
at the beginning of the heating
season. Check stovepipe and
chimney regularly during the
heating season, and clean if nec-essary.
Have a heat-resistant
pad (or a brick or stone hearth)
under the stove. It should extend
at least 18" in all directions.
Install flue pipes properly:
(a) Pipes should be kept, as short,
and straight, as possible; (b)
Joints should be secured with
three sheet, metal screws; and (c)
Chimney must be entered through
tile or metal thimble (sleeve).
FIREPLACES
Use a spark screen or heat re-sistant
glass doors. Install a non-combustible
hearth. Clear the
area of all combustibles, especial-ly
rugs. Use paper sparingly to
start, or quicken a fire. Using too
much paper could cause a chim-ney
fire.
Never leave an open fire un-attended
and children must be
watched when a fireplace is in
use. Be sure the fire is out, before
leaving the house or retiring for
the night. Never close the damper
completely before is out or while
ashes are still hot.
Check the condition of chim-ney,
damper, bricks, etc. at least
once a year. Follow package di-rections
when using artificial
logs.
SPACE HEATERS
Remember that kerosene heat-ers
ARE PROHIBITED in the
Village of Freeport.
Electric heaters should be list-ed
by a testing laboratory and
must be the type allowed by state
and local laws. And, gas heaters
should be approved by the Amer-ican
Gas Association. Check
home wiring to be sure it is
adequate for elec'tric heaters.
Clear the area of all combustibles
and keep children away. Provide
adequate ventilation.
If you have any questions about
the above, please call 378-4000,
ext. 241, work days, between 8:30
and 9:30 am.
Child Abuse/Neglect
Due to the ever increasing
number of incidents of child
abuse and neglect being .re-vealed
daily by the media, the
Nassau County Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children
(SPCC) is asking all publications
to publish the following ...
pie Nassau County SPCC is a
child protective law enforcement,
agency chartered by the State
with full law enforcement powers
enabling the enforcement of all
laws relating to, or affecting,
minors. The investigators of the
SPCC are State peace officers
specially trained to investigate
suspected cases of criminal
child abuse, maltreatment, or
neglect, in any form.
In Nassau County alone last
2 year there were nearly 4,000
reported cases of suspected child
abuse. No one knows how many
.others went unreported. The
SPCC urges that if you are
aware of, or even suspect, a case
of child abuse, neglect or mal-treatment,
don't hesitate to re-port
it. Hesitation could cost a
child's life. Contact, SPCC by call-ing
352-3314. Their services are
free and specially trained in-vestigators,
not social workers,
are available to respond 24 hours
a day, seven days a week. All
complaints and reports are strict-ly
confidential. No one will ever
know who made the report.
The Nassau County SPCC
works in close cooperation with
other law enforcement agencies,
hospitals and physicians.
When it Snows...
When a Snow Emergency is
declared your car must be off the
street or it is subject to being
towed away at your expense.
Streets must be kept clear for
snow plows, fire trucks and other
emergency vehicles.
Sidewalks should be cleared
of snow as soon as possible.
This is the responsibility of the
property owner or tenant.
The Freeport Fire Department
also reminds homeowners with
fire hydrants on their property
that the area around the hydrant
should be the first part of their
property to be cleared of snow.
Loss of fire and/or property could
result if the Department is unable
to locate the hydrant quickly.
Announcements on closings
in the Village and other important
information will be aired by
WGBB (1240 AM) and WHLI
(1100 AM) in an emergency situa-tion
.
Commercial
and Industrial
Sewer User Charge
The Village has applied for,
and has received, a grant of fed-eral
and state monies for its sani-tary
sewer system. .The granting
of these funds were conditioned
upon compliance with state and
federal laws that require a
sewer user charge system be in-stituted.
The charge is to cover
the costs caused by users who
discharge pollutants to the sys-tem
which cause an increase in
the cost of managing the ef-fluent
or sludge.
This effects commercial and
industrial users, as well as any
other, who contribute more than
25,000 gallons per day of sanitary
waste.
The sewer user charge effective
January 1, 1985, will be 10* per
thousand gallons of water con-sumed
each day in excess of
25,000 gallons. It will be billed
quarterly with the water bill.
It will be computed and averaged
on a quarterly basis as the water
meters are read.
Each user will be notified an-nually
of the rate through the
"Village News."
Gift Giving Ideas
The Freeport Recreation De-partment,
the Arts Coucil at Free-port
and the Freeport Tree
Restoration Committee offer gift
f iving opportunities for the holi-ay
season and throughout the
year.
One idea offered by the Recrea-tion
Center is a winter discount
plan to the Health Wing of indoor
pool, steam and sauna, exercise
room and gymnasium. Good from
January 8 through May 12, cost is
$85 for a resident family, $40 for
an individual and $20 for a senior
citizen. Cost for a non-resident is
$125, $60 and $30. Another idea
is the gift of one or more of the
programs offered at the Center
during the winter months for
adults and children. Cost for most
is $10 for residents and $20 for
non-residents. Such sessions in-clude
art, arts and crafts, baton
twirling, creative movement,
creative play, ballet, jazz dance,
tap dance, dog obedience, drama,
fencing, golf clinic, guitar,
gymnastics, swimming and
driving lessons, yoga, aerobics
and other physical fitness pro-grams.
The Center's enclosed ice
skating rink offers the purchase of
15 session discount tickets at $10
for a resident child or senior
citizen and $15 for an adult. Non-resident
fee is $20. Nine one-half
hour group skating lessons are
available for children and adults
for $20 for a resident and $30 for a
non-resident. Day bus trips, for
children,entire families and sen-ior
citizens to local attractions,
are also available.
The Center had gift certificates
available for all of the above
which the giver may use to
announce the gift.
Note cards for the holidays
and special occasions are avail-able
for purchase through the
Arts Council at Freeport, which
has offices at the Recreation
Center and may be reached by
calling 223-2522. All original de-signs,
the cards are all hand
embossed from etching plates
onto white 100% rag stock and
come with contrasting bold color-ed
envelopes. The designs in-clude
water scenes and birds
inhabitating the Freeport area,
flowers, a dove, a treescape, as
well as appropriate Christmas
.and Chanukah designs. One
can write their own personal
message inside and the quality is
such that they are frameable art
as well. The cards are currently
on display at the Center. Cost of
the cards is $1.50 each and dis-count
prices are available for
quantity orders. Other gift ideas
from the Council include the
Children's Vacation Series of
three performances. Series tick-ets
are $7, or $3 each for individ-ual
performances. Adults may be
gifted with $12 tickets to the Feb-ruary
16 performance of the
award-winning drama, "A
Soldier's Play" by the Negro
Ensemble Company at Freepprt
High School.
A gift of a living tree may be
purchased through the Freeport
Tree Restoration Committee. Set
up to replace Freeport's curbside
trees, a donation of $100 will
allow for the planting of a tree at
a curb designated by the Com-mittee.
A plaque is placed at the
tree showing that it was planted
as a gift to a particular person. A
card announcing the gift is sent
by the Committee. Further in-formation
may be obtained by
writing the Committee at 272
South Ocean Avenue, Freeport.
Summer Positions
Students returning to the Vil-lage
for the holidays are urged to
apply now for summer jobs with
the Village. Such jobs include
recreation aide, laborer and life-guard.
Application must be made at
the office of the Village Clerk,
Village Hall, weekdays, 8:30 am
to 4 pm. No telephone inquiries
will be accepted. Applicants
will be required to present proof
of residency in the Village and
must be at least 18 years of age.
Lifeguards must have" c'ertifica-'
tion.
The deadline for summer jobs
is May 1, 1985. If vacancies for
lifeguards exist after the dead-line,
applications will be ac-cepted
from non-residents as
well as residents, 17 years or
older, with the required certifica-tion.
Holiday Schedule
All Village Offices will be
closed Tuesday, December 25,
for the Christmas holiday, and on
Tuesday, January 1, for New
Year's. The Board of Trustees
will not meet on Mondays,
December 24 and 31.
The Freeport Recreation Cen-ter
will close at 10 pm on Sun-days,
December 23 and 30 and
reopen on Wednesdays, Decem-ber
26 and January 2. Due to
the school recess, the Saturday
afternoon schedule will be in
effect at the Center's ice rink.
There will be no garbage col-lection
in the central part of the
Village on Tuesdays, December
25 and January 1, and no trash
collection on Fridays, December
28 and January 4.
Ice Skating Lessons
Registration for the second
session of ice skating lessons will
be held at the Recreation Center
on Thursday, January 3, 3:30 to
5 pm and 7 to 8 pm. Fee is $20
and includes nine one-half hour
lessons (group) and admission to
the balance of the public session
in which the lessons are given.
Skate rental and lockers are not
included. Minors must have a
permission slip signed by a
parent.
Lessons are given for tots to
adults. The level of skating ability
will be determined at the time of
registration.
Private lessons are available on
Sunday afternoons at $10 per one
half session. They must be ar-ranged
for, and paid for, 24 hours
in advance.
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