The-Leader_1973-08-30

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38thYEARNoi 18 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, AUGUST 30,1973 PRICE: 10^ PER COPY
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Meat Shortage At Schools , ™s week's leaue of THE LI^ADEII continues
^ " ; its.special coverage of Fregpprt schools. Articles
The Phase IV beef price freeze, ^f interest to parents, students and educators Can
tiie • existing tiigii meat prices, , — - i n . , ,, *« ^
and the accompanying meat be found throughout these pages. Again we would
DEDICATION. Hsmpitead Town Supervlwr AifonseM. D'Amato
(2nd from left) congratulateililand Park Fire Chief Ahgelb Varrichlo
(center) at the dedication of the Firemen's Memorial Monument
located on a site donated by the Village ol IriandPark. The monu-meht,
conceived, designed and erected by the volunteer firemen, was
made possible through the generous donationi of firemisn, the village
board, various organizations and #preclative citizens. Joining in the.
dedication are-Assemblyman Armand D'Amato; Freeport Deputy
Chief BUI CasmasJria and Al Steiner. .
luxuryrClub Unyeiled
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Come October, Freeporters,
vtrill see, at the foot of South Main
Street,,the opening of what^the
developers term "America's •
most exciting racquet and yacht
club.'? Encompassing 7.1/2
acres, the facility, known as
Harbour Point Racquet and
Yacht Club, wUl offer a 119 slip .
marina» six outidbor and seven
indoor tennis courts^ swimming'
pool; gym, saunas; game, rooms,
pro shopsi nursei7 and a wide-variety
of other leisure time
facilities.
Club President Ed Heiberger
points but^the club will cater to
true, year-round' metnber^ips
with art^T.and q-afts, cookii^St
'makeup,aind.yoga'cla8se9.as a'
ii;mall exathyefoCthe wide 8CCH?e~
: planned.^ Neither will' it dose its
'.doors at. ;tC\g(\l, 1 witti.' .monUily.
^%=:^ '-'discotheque^, card a'nd^ >\frini
'^s^^iftfghUt in'theilahnirigi'»'V'
Surrounded by water, the
entire ground will be fully land­scape
withsunkengarderis and-poolside
patios. The clubhouse,
designed by. Wax Bryman
Associates, is built hi the shape of
a pyramid >vith bronze reflective,
mirrors. Interiors^are decorated
in a safari theme. ' ' . .
Heibeiiger. told THE LEADER
that any residents ivho have, not
yet joiped the clubshould contact
him hnme4iately at 5464000 as
membenships are going fast. -
, Chalienge^taJEOC^lectioi
Nassau Econo/nic Opportunity
Commission Executive.Dh^tor
John Kearse, presently em-'
broiled in the .controversial.
Board of Directors election of the
Roosevelt and' Hempstead anti-poverty
orgaoiz^l^QM ^n^ under
ihvesligationby the VS. Office of
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shortage have combined to
sharply limit the meat supply
which will be ^available to the
Freeport Public Schools
cafeterias when schools open on_
September 5.
Like other Long Island school
districts, meat dealers recently
refrained from submitting bids to
supply the Freeport School
System with their commodity.
Tlie District will do what it can to
.obtain meat supplies, but some of
the meat meals listed on the
cafeteria menus will basubject to.
change. ' - . : . . • - - '
StopTheDrugs
State Senator Norman J. Levy
this week urged ALL users,
sellers, and buyers of illicit drugs
tto.V»Stbp;cU8.ingv'drug8, ^ aiid y'8eek::\ ^;
^attattl^lpi^lje^^ • Hlmt ^i:
ninning out." " '
. "Beginning Septerhbcr 1st, the
toughest Antt-Drug. Law in the
country takes effect in our state,"
Levy said. "All persons dealing
with Illegal or 'dangerous' drugs
hadbetter reevaluate their future
and the future of their families
before then,..,before it's too
late." Government agencies to
call, for help and treatment
referral are: Hempstead Town
Drug and Alcohol Addiction
Department. 538-2211; Nassau
County ' Drug Abuse jncL:Ad-dicllon
Commission, 535-3223;
-New-Yock^State-NarcoUc Ad­diction
Commissi on—toll free
hotline---(800)_:i22-2W3 and in
TJ'reeport, PRIDE:Free|Rrrtz
Citizens. Commission on Drug
Abuse, 546-2822.
Levy said, "All persons in­volved
wilh__drugs should
remember what it's like to swim
at Jones JBeach and go to the_
movies with their friends, etg^^i-then
piicture what it would be like
to Sj^ndthe rest of their life in
jail. ;rhe decision should not be
hard to make." - \
Chamber Backs Board
'^ The Board of Directors of the
Freeport Chamber of Commerce,
representing some 300 inembers,
voted unanimously Monday'night
to put the oiiganization's support
behind Mayor William White and
. the-Board of Trustees in their
stand agaliist the settiog upof
Hostels .within the Village, as
•prohibited by at feast two long
existing zoning ordinances. The
action was twonipted by the
recently ^established facility by
Abbott House in Freeport and
another proposed by 'the
As.sociation for the Help of
Retarded Children^
Idebtifying themselves ^'as
residents- and/ or. businessmen
Uke to thank all those who have so graclouely
assisted in the compilation and preparation of this
material. We are confident these Items will ease the
transition from vacation to school days" fdt"ail
concerned.
of Community Service
With regard to the setting up of
two hostels in the Village, onie
hears the statement;-"Freeport
is doliig its share" "With the
additional argument being that
closeby communities ; such -.ap
Baldwin and Merrick conie no:
agenci^ea, from the.United Fund .
of Long Island, Jund raising
events and throup^fees, from
patients' families whicli' |ire
collected under a St^tc-mandalcd
sliding fee schedule. The function
of the clinic is to provide.coun­where
near to having the numbeif selin. g_ to children,. ag_e tiU. to 18,
of s<K:ial^-M*lfw«rffaclU In family.
Freeport, which Is ifie hbnie of school or community situations.
44,0(K) people, has within Its five The staff consists of a fuIMIme
square .miles. To many psychiatrist as well as a part
Freeporters the location of these time one, a part lime
facilities in the Village Is a psychologist, 10 full time
dislinctloiii .recognizing
Freeport's leadcfshTp in social,
medical and counseling cx-perlisel
Others consider the
siluation-^as -Indicative of a at­mosphere
where Freeport^ls
being deluged by facilities other
communities are reluctant to
welcome. : .
~It has been suggested we
outline such Village facililtes and
we are pleased io do so. These
thumbnail sketches are-based on
Thformatloh'obtained i through
-telephone-interviews—In certain
"cases,- statistics werei not.
available on short notice. State,
psychological social workers and
various clerical workers. It ,
.serves Freeport, Valley Stream,
Kockvllle Contre|jwOcean»ide,
Baldwin, Malverne and West
Hcmpsleadr-^—Thc^^—present
caseload Is 400 children who are
.seen one or more limes a week.
The clinic Is open from S am to 5
pm Monday, Wednesday and
Friday and until 9 pm on^ucsday
and Thursday. One hundredland
seventy flverequ'ests for/ollowup
were received-from-wlthlnHhe-
Village last year with 90%Toming
freBLife School District. Qlhers
were • self^^referralsi-or-from^ the
federal and^countyinitallalions—DeparfmenFbf-Soclal Welfare,
such as the DepartmentB of LUTHER E. WOODWAilD
Social Security. Employment, SCHOOL FOIl EMOTIONALLY
Social Welfare and Motor
Vehicles are not touched upon-as
'hot being applicable.- In­vestigation
into the number of
foster homes in the Village would
be a lengthy procedure, but the
School District estimates there
are 60 to ^70 with ; school age
children. Also not touched upon is
our low-income and senior citizen
housing which, are strictly
Freeport municipal services to
its residents.
Ilie following are the facts we
have. Please note, none of thefee
are "hostels." We invite com­ment,
opinion and reader's ob-
, servations. .
SOUTH SHORE CHILD
GUIDANCE CENTER. 56 West
Merrick Road. The Centu-hafl
rented space' fn the business
district of the Village since Ufiii
A non-profit agency licerised*!^.
the.NY Department of Mental
Hygiene' (through the Nassau
DISTURBED CHILDREN, 66
South Grove Street, This facility,
started in a Freeport home In
1950, is presently building new
headquarters at 191 West
Merrick Road (adjacent to the
Elks Club), property which is tax
free. The school now rents space
in an office building. It is funded
by the NY Statp Department of.
Education Jhe State Department
of Mental I^glene (through the
Nassau County Board of Mental
Health) and, a non'-profit
orphization,'through voluntary
contributions. Children ("many"
from Freeport.in. the lower age
grmip) are accepted from the
South Shore area but must have
documented medical proof of
emotional .problems before being'
acceiHedi Mentally retarded are
not: accepted while [rihysicaliy
handieapped. as long as they are
amtMilatory, are. Students age
four to 15 ai^,... located at
Congregation B'Nai Israel.
Ff«ep6jrt, where they., receive