The-Leader_1973-09-27

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FaefiFORT.N.r. •.
FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
FREEPORT'S
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NEWSPAPER
38th YEAR NO. 22 FREEPORT. NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 27, 1973 PRICE: 10^ PER COPY
Rooseve/f In Voting Dispute
PLANI^INiS SERVICES. Rabbi Reiiben M. Kate of Freeport's Con­gregation
B'nai Israel discusses Rash Hashanah with David Svedovsky
at the A. Holly Patterson Home before conducting special New.Year
Services'there last week. Looking on Is Anne Shsraga of THE
LEADER.: " ;, {LEADERPHoto)
LEADER Poll Results
Thirty-five residents returned successfully in March for a
Trusteeship. Third runnenip was
Freeport Chamber of Commerce
Executive Secretary Roy Cac:
clatore.
Those getting one vote each
were: Jim Clark, Perry Fischer,
Pau|-Garbo, Fred Hager, Alan
JayJno, he didn't vole for him­self),
Marilyn Moynihan,- Lou
Primavera, Charles Randall,
School Board Report
The firsl meeting of lhisl973-74
schooL year of the Freeport
School Board was held last
Wednesday -' the 19lh -• at the
Atkinson School. The two dozen
or so visitors attending were
privileged to hear Superintendent
of Schools Don Costlow's op­timistic
progress report on the
Freeport Schools.
Much preliminary planning,
Cosllow explained, went on
during the summer-months to
insure the high quality of
- education for some 7500 children.
There were three special areas"
that required this attention:
Phase I of the Dodd School and
the Columbus Avenue
renovation; Project .RAISE; and
the expansion of Uiis district's
pre-K program. "^
Along with the ftJei^ally funded
Project RAISE, which "is
tiasically aimed at Grades 51
through 8, the Freeport School
District received $95,000 to im­plement
the RIGHT TO READ
program "which operates within
- the High School grades. .
Phase 1 of the Dodd School, the
Superintendent reported, has
ixjen going along nicely with a
completion dale now set for July
1, 1974, and occupancy set for
September 1974. If any part of
that building can be used pdffiC to
that dale, il will be. Meanwhile
Phase 11 going ahead.
During the public session the
meeting the Board's policy of
granting sabbaticals . was
questioned and il was explained'
Mela'nie Scherer.Sid Stark, Alice- that those that were granted were
WoUand, Ed -Yamin and J.L. done, so as a result of binding
Zipper. : . arbitration.
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THE LEADER'S Ballot,
published the last two weeks,
designating their choice for the
interim Village Trustee who willr
in actuality, be chosen by Mayor
' Wil!iam_White. We must-assume-sdnie
readers took' it all as a
"gag" with a ballot returned for
each of the Freeport newspaprs'
publishers', one for -Martha
Mitchell and "for anyone who can
clemi up North Main Street."
" " Winher, with 14 votes, was Ken
Bagatelle, an active 31-year old
resident who is currently servinjg
as the youngest Vice President,
and Treasurer, in the history of—j
the Hofstra University—Alumni-
Association, Director of the-
Northwest Civic Association,
Chairman of the South Nassau
American Cancer Society's
Youth Division and the youngest
Republican Committeeman to
serve In the Village, Bagatelle
has twice,beeneleeted President
of the Village's Young
Republican, Club as well as
serving as Chairman of the
Board. The organization was
recently beat out of the top si»t
as the best in the nation by a
larger urban group. Living in
Freeport since the age of three,
he went; through the Freeport
School District (in fact was the
first student enrolled in the ... _ -
Atkinson School) and is-now—KRE^PORTER-HOME- FROM CHANNEL SWIM. FrMporter B«n
employed by the Town of Huggard (r.). Captain ofthfl team that recently irttsmpted to tet a new
-Fred Haight, Chairman of the
Board of the Roosevelt EOC for
the past year docs not feel that
the community's residents should
participale In the September 27,
28 and 29 election (datep that arc
apparently subject tochangefto
fill 13 scats, one of which is his -
own. He feels this way because of
"irregularities in the manner in "
which Nassau County Economic
Opportunity Commission
Executive Director John Keurse
is running it."
Haight stated to THE
LEADER that "the court ordered _
the Commission not to interfere
in the Roosevelt EOC's elections
which the Commission has
repeatedly done. Further,
Commission people are likely to--
elect officers for a' fictious, non-existing
corporallon. They have
repeatedly dlsoWeyed the courts -
and guidelines. For rail -these «
reasons the Roosevelt EOC will
not be bound by an election
conducted by Koarse's people.
The laws require that the
Roosevelt EOC conducts its own
election." •
Haighl says his argument Is not
only that the county-based
organization (which is not a of­ficial
agency) has not consulted
with his Board "but also because
they have not involved the
community. If you took a block
canvass of Rqosevelt, which has
some 15,000 people, you'd find the
vast majority - don't know an
election is to be held. There has
been no publicity, no signs posted
around town the way we did last
year. "The Commission states
Ihey sent out a mailing of over
1,000. Well, I didn't get that
mailing and I don't know anyone
-who—did4—The—BOG—Is-a—cor­poration
and every resident oi
Roosevelt is a member of that
corporation. If you only have MO
voting out ot iS.OQO how can _
anyone stale they , were duly
elected? We want duc-proc<»s.
I'm quite .sure thai if Mr. Caso
found as'many irregularities lis
we have in His own upcoming
election there wog|d J>c iin in-vcsligalion!"
Haighl says the Election Board
wiis formed illegally asjt was put
(ogclht'r at a meeting called by
(he Commission not the local
group. He says, loo, "This was
supposed (0 be a non-partisan
irlifclion. However, all the jicople,
(he so-called "voluntcerji"
handling r«,'gislrution, are paid
employees of Kcarse, I've heard ~
from many people that they have
gone to the polls to register and
have been told that applications
arc not available and to come
back, I wonder-how many will '
bother. The people ore getting fed
up with the county's In­terference."
-^Asked-whb-waB running in the
eleCfrotl, Haighl replied, "I don't
know. There's been no list
published. No candidate has been
out talking lo (he people ex­pressing
hl.s vicw.s. I guess you
will Just get a list and pick the
ties! you can," ^ _
A call by THE LEADER lo a
secretary at the fliKj.sevclt EOC's
office resulted in the same^aii-
.fwer. Asked when the election
will be held she-said she didn't
know. "That's what we're
complaining about. We're the last
ones told anything," says Haighl,
AUempts by THE LBADEH to
reach Kcarse and Election
Committee head Silas Jenkins,
were' unsuccessful.
Asked aljout a rumor that
District Attorney William Cahn is
investigating the charge that
Kcarse removed funds from
Roosevelt that had been ear­marked
for their day care center,"
Haight saldr"g8tr'thr'District
Attorney." A spojcesman for
Cahn said they could not com­ment
on any specifics ofThcrin- -
vesligation currently underway.
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Hempstead.
Second runner up was c|vil
rights activist Chris Sprowal with
three, votes. Sprowal, ran un-record
time for a dbubia crattino of the English Channel, show*
Congrenman Norman Lent the team trophy presented to Huggard
and hii team mates by the Eastern Marathon Swimming Atsociatidn.
Looking on are Ben's lovely wife Mary and son Cary.
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THE ART SCENE. Frtepflrt artitti ware wait riprettntad at the
outddor art show held thi».past watkand in Merrick by the Merrick
Art League. (Photo by Alan Graenborg)
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