The-Leader_1973-08-09

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FREEPORT, NEW YORK, AUGUST 9, 1973 PRICE: 10^ PERCOPY
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Bible ^-Schoolff
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Continues-^
The village Board won, the
Long Island Holiness Camp
^sociajtjon won, and the bible
day school (which it proponents
always said it was) willcontinue
to operate at Uie Camp's grounds
on Prince.Avenue until the-close—
of the season, August 31.
State Supreme Court Justice
Alexander Berman handed down
a decision Wednesday, August 1,
that the facility could continue to
operate, as long as it did not.
operate rtor •advertise a 'day'
cSmp. The court hearing was
necessitated by action of the
Village Board which had ob­tained
a ten}porary injunction
against the operation of the camp
as a non-conforming usci in the
residential area which has been
the site of two-week religious
meeting for the past SO years.
As stated in THE LEADER two
weeks ago, officials of the
Association argued that the camp
was only a facility for .Christian
education- with recreational
facilities needed to occupy young
children on warm days. Two-
It may be because the onee-a^
month summer Village Board
open meeUngsjre Just that,
rather than the winter's first and
third Monday variety, or It may
be we have a very patient Mayor,
but reporters who used id rush to college level but did not men-meet
the 9 pm starting time lest Jioncd a degree, Belt has several
they miss the whole session, now degrees, one In physics, but hl»-
career is in social work. Kallihan
promised to release his reports at
successfully ' foe Mayot—and
Trustee respectively last March.
Interviewed by THE LEADER at
that time, neither claimed to be­an
engineer, McAndrews in­dicated
he had credits on the
find the clock wending towanis 11
pm before the gavel goes down.
Alvin Kallman of ^ Ranitall
Avenue led off the complainants
last Monday night by asking the
contents of a report by Trustee
Ralph Franco which was to have
been compiled following Fran­co's
July 9 visit to thefCallman
apartment, during which the
alledged violations in the building
and ^ the ! apartment were
discussed and -shown-^-to- the
Trustee. Franco confirmed that a
memo listing 18 complaints had
been forwarded to Mayor White,
with 8 copy to the Building
Department. He stated he would
meet^wltb Kallman following the
meeting to discms the findings.
(Franco was later seen doing Just
this. Building DepBrtment^
Supervisor Loii Bello told THE
LEADER tKai a loc»e. iralUi^ at
thr September Board meeting.
Next was Vincent Crcco and
his "age old" fight wllh Village
Power Plant Wwhlch is close to
his home. He says this plant
causes his bed, his chair when he
eats, and indeed, the whole
house, to shake. He also reported
unpleasant fumes everytlml?,-:
there Is a northeast wlri4fMayorj
Whjterpintedout; and Greco
agreed, that hot only the Village
but also County and State
agencies had investigated the
problem, "If 1 promised you we'd
study the problem I'd be lying
because I can't think of anymore
that can be donel'' Trustee
Franco suggested a log be kept of
lhe:"peak« and valleys" of the
-nuisancm and submitted to the
Board. Such a record mlghLHelp.
pools had been InstaHwi;^ UMSS ihe^i^
, /Reached b y - ^ E LEADER
after the court decision^ the
school's director; Robert
Stampp. said the facility was
again operating with a current
enrollment of 11 In the weekly
session. He reported that the
pools were not being used, but a
"pavemtSiv:
collect fuel during dellverles |iad
been coiirectecL As /or the
Kallman appartment, Bello isaJd
his men and the building's
superintendent were again
refused admittance.)
In what was close to a heated
discussion, Trustee George
A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT. (Upper photo) Robert Paulik straps the
trees in planters on South Main Street, while his sister, Bobbie, a Sen­ior
Girl Scout, does the painting. Robert is working for his Boy
Scout Eagle Scout award. The youngsters' father is in charge of an
Explorer Post made up of 16 and 17-year-old boys who are interested
in community projects. (Lower photo). The Freeport Beautification
Committee, assisted by Village forces, clean and landscape the va­cant
property adjacent to the Cannon Pharmacy on- South Main
Street near the Long island Railroad. Using a combination of sur­plus
materials and imagination the finished project cost practicatty
nothing, the Beautification Committee reported.
program of arts and crafts and _ pairberg suggestedjnany of the
athletics was being continued.
"When the children need a
• wetting down we take them to the
beach or Coe's Neck Park."
Several residents of the area,
who had originally cdmplairied to
the Village Board about the use of
the site for a "commercial" day
camp, have told THE LEADER
"violations'' where* of a con-tractural
nature between lan­dlord
and tenant and too much of
the taJcpayer's money had been
spent investigating them.
Kallman said the building's in­cinerator
had been shut down
Ihrou^'his efforts. White asked
if he didn't think that that had
they were satisfied with the court been the Cotmty'aintent fos some
decision
l Humane Society^ To Vote^
time.
Tlie "live steam" situation of
last February came up too.
Kallman said (on dfrect
questioning l^ the Mayor)- that?
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~_ -The two fighting^actioiis of the
Long "islaifd'nHumane Society
went to Nassau County Supreme-
Court jigain on July 30 on the
question' of the legality of the
recently held annual meeting
during which the "unofficial^'
slate headed .by Society- Board-
Chairman. Wilbur Friar won five
seats on^the Board defeating the
opposition slate headed, by
Society President Sid Weber/
In handing down his decision-
August,'2.. Judge,Alexander
Berman stated, "it is ordered
(hat.the'elecUbnofdir^torsheld, ,
on. July^^12, '1973 '^'^fer^-lHJt;4"fteeUng
aside arid a new electlbn'shall be • "^"""
necessary functioiis of the'^cor-poration,_
as_underjin" austerity
-iudgetTiVrBaldwln -attorney-
JJLajneiJLMnanLjsetvesrTas-rat-lomey
for the Friar group, with.
from
rthe law firm of Margio^;: Levitt,
and Ricigliano representing the
-other'side. , ' ,
In Commenting pn the court
decision^ Friar said, "Irani very
happy with just one feature of the
court's decision. Now it is clear
that L.I. Humane is going.to have <
an election of .officers and
directors ,because',the'<^(Mut has
ordered that I.ant.^tg^call the'
eUng, -•-,..•-«4tt-'-^^;. .
Anyonewho know^^Uie. facts,
heldiwithi proper;nbtificatioh of . of-.this case.knows th||^we have
not less than ten'days nor. more been trying to haveCajI^ineeUng
thanSO.days'Nonotice.'o'ther'thaih > since April. 1973'andJ%ve''been
people cannot stop ^^^us
having a meetingjMw~
- "At the trial, no evidence was
introduced to"show~any'attempt
.onjhe.part of Weber and Vari^ Chief WIHlaniCaimaalDithaAso
jUieJPIm Department's reprt of
the episode had been falMled to
now state It had been a
malicious false alarm. Freeport
Rolice--Chiet---Antliony--r-Blap3: jiropertlea,' with priority where
verified that jst" Deputy -Fire ~ ^danger 4o adjacent structures
conUii^nit .of'lower Nassau
Avenue residents also made their
volee^earrf. They asked f^liel tor
their *'landlocked''propcrtjos
bordering on the west side of
Miller Canal. They reported that
a large segment of non- •
buikheaded property on th(» east^^
side was spilling earth into the
canal dcci^sing the water depth
and preventing passage of their
boats. A lerilhy discussion cen­tered
on the fact that the Village
Board, even . with Its unique
bulkhead ordinance, could only
"request" property owners to
install bulkheading •• In (his case
amounting to some |Mt,000, If ^
refused, which is what happened
when a request was: mode Jive
yearo ago, the alternative is for
tne Village to'pay the coste and—--
that cost added to the taxes on the
property. Because the prd)lem is
not^iinlque-^among Village
waterways, the Board went on to
explaiii that there are not enough
fiind8--ayailablc fdl" filflliF^
problems, A list of such
divert and.their friends, to.send told Knllmaff__ln~hl8 presence
''and the report was. not
fabricated." Kallman then stated
the report had been changed five
limes -' maUcious mischief,
negligence, "proper pr6cedure
by the superintendenL" etc.
White said he doubted'that the.
volunteer Fire Department liked
it when a' general- alarm was
out any meeting-notice thus-blocking
the July 12 meeting.
Their conduct at the nieeting was_
atrocious and the court set aside
our meeting because of their
conduct Apparently, we had to
have this type of trouble to get the
courts to allow me to send out the.
meeting notice when they refused
to do so. That Is our victory*-Our^T»uired recently, when something
defeat Isjhal we-iostliecause the vrent wrong' with the electrical
the one to'be signed^by Wilbur
• Friar,'Chairman'^of the: Board,
'shall;.be sent,:-,The present -
'directors and "^officers^ shall
cbntlnuej. in .office.. pencUiig "i the ,
.' outcome'of the election; to fune^v
\tion as caretakers.'.Ili^'can be :
.. dircKiited, howevdr; • nol-to- ealer v
, into'any; contracts'.or unusual.
^ eXpetkUturci and ^ 1 1 . continue'
.only"''ther'routine ' business '
required to 'carry/ oit the
prevented, by the Wj^r-T, Ron >
Vandivert fBctipnlwhb;refu8<^ to
send out.a meeting notice even
after a court ordered;them to do^
so,'and then,>wKen7 )Bent out the^.
notice,'as^jeared at',the meeting,
and created vast dismde:. - .
winners in the lawsul.tirefused.to
send out a 'meeting .notice and
then won'the lawsuit because, we.
had to do it for them. We also
were^ defeated' because the
meeting, was 'dllorderiy' when
they tcaitted'the i.disor(jter. The
court has rewaitkki refusal to
obey court.',,<»denii::aod dlsor-derliness,.
1^' .orderi%'- a • new
election,*? >: f'v''-,'''-';?}^'?'
It has been,reported.to THE
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;" "Now, It is dear jvho is sending
out the'noti^e^aiidfirho.U running .LEADER'tbat'aii'^ployee, imd
the meeting; The'jDbtioe.'wUlgQ .-iWo other penods;h8ve received
out soon and the meeting'wUI be ^ threatsdue.to their hacking of.the
held; The Webier .-• VaiwUvert Friar gnup, "
system in the building^ Kallman:.
"Are you suggestUtg that I pulled
that alarm?" White;. "I am.".
Kallman: "I did not. It was my
wife and she's a completely in­dependent
person."
White finally, challenged
Kallman (o produce the
engineers' reports on 20 Randall
Avenue which.he had promised at
(he July mcietihg. Pressured for
the names ol tlwee, engineers,
Kallmao'^ said they were
"McAtfdrews and Beit" Two,
Freeport residents with those'
surnames ran together un-exisL:
WBB established. This wori(
is being done as -irioney and
contractors became available.'
Mayor White promised that the
list would be sent to the Nassau
Ave. residents so they would have
an idea where they stood In the
overall picture, ' An alternate
suggestion that the canal be
dredged was eliminated by the
Board since the Village does not
have the equipment. AlthMJgh the
Town of Hempstead does, their
first priority is within non-incorporated
areas. Tliey also
-have a problem* since the State
Environmental Protection
1 Agency will no longer allow them
<to dump dredged material into
,, the bay.
Jomer Rand asked that a
Village Board member or official
appear before the County Board
oi Supervis<»s U> ask support of
) Senator Norman Levy's bill
] which would require inspection of
. rental units before placement of
ytidhkn clients hi,ibem. Trustee
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