The-Leader_1974-03-28

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FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
TK LBADEE FREEPORTIS
OFFICIfll
NEWSPAPER
38th YEAR.No. 48 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, MARCH 28, 1974 PRIC I-: l5(/l»IUfT)l'Y
Freeporters No. I in Sports Again
Boxer, Bowlers
FREDSCALAMANDRE <photo by Oscar!
New Officers for Chamber
The 30 members of the.
Freeport Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors Monday night
voted unanimously to accept the
group's nominating committee
report. In doing so, Fred
Scalamandre, First Vice
President, steps up to the
Presidency replacing Peter K.'
Baer. Butch Khanamirian, of
Hunter Clothes, becomes First
Vice President, while realtor
Mario Blanco moves up one step
to .become Second • Vice
President. New on the officer's
list arc third Vice President, Bob
Smith, a partner in the legal firm
of "Ciarvino, Tschirhart and
Smith, and accountant Joseph
Fisher as Treasurer. For the
ninth consecutive year, Roy
Cacciatore, designated to be
honored as the organization's
"Citizen of the Year," was
. selected as Executive Secretary.
' The Chamber's new President
is the son of Peter Scalamandre
who arrived in Freeport from
Italy in 1911 at the age. of 18 to
start a concrete business, the
prestige of which served as the
base of today's Sea Cresl Con­struction
Corp. headed by Fred
and Joseph Scalamandre. The
Scalamandre brothers recently -
purchased Freeport's South
Shore Yacht Club which, after
renovation, will be reopened as
Ihe Sally Bay Yacht Club.
Scalamandre has been a
Chamber member since 1964, has
served as a Director, Second and '
Third Vice President and First
Vice President. The new
President states that his en­deavors
with the Chamber and
through his work, have been
directed towards the betterment
of Freeport. "I am proud of
Freeport and have sought to
continue the tradition of my
father of iptproving the Village
by inveslinlg in it and by tearing
down the old and building the
new, " b e says.
. Scalamandre- married
Freeporter Patricia Plunkelt in
I960,.after service in the armed
forces. They are the parents of
Lisa, 13, Gina, 11, Christina 9 and
Tricia, 5. They reside at 91
Prospect St.
The new officers and directors
will be installed at the Chamber's
Annual Dinner Dance, April 20, at
Carl Hoppl's Malibu by ftie Sea.
HELPING THE YOUNG Stats Senator Norman J. Levy (right)
and Aiiemblyman ArmaiKl P. D'Amato dlscuii tiieir "Under 15-
>^Year-Old Jitovia Admiiiion Bill" with Sheilifi Orlow, of Baldwin,
during last weak's maetins in Levy's Albany office.
Animals Need Homes
FREEPORT-"The animal-s
are crying for a home." Ronnie
Spitzer, a Iward memi>er. of t!ie
Long Island Humane Socielyf
told THE LEADER this past
Tuesday. Although many
animals were adopted on Sunday,
there are still some 20 dogs, 25
puppies, and 25 cats and kittens
.still at the Shelter, at 2 Ilider
Place, being cared for by
volunteers.
A walkout by the six Society
employees last week left more
than" 100 animals without
adequate care. Volunteers, in­cluding
the Society's directors,
-havd" been caring for the. still
unadopted ones, but THE
LEADER was told that help is
needed particularly at 8 a.m.
when there is a great deal to be
done. Mrs. Spitzer asked THE
LEADER to convey "a big thank
you" to the many people who
have come in both to work and to
adopt the animals, and she hopes
that more animals will find
hornes this weekend.
A meeting of Ihe. Socioty'.s
Board of Directors will be held
Friday night,' but a) their last
meeting, March 18. a vote l)ad
been taken regarding the union
demands. Two directors ab­stained
from the vole and the,
remainder voted not to accept liie
demands of Local 307 of .the
Service Employes International
Union, which includes a paid day
off for the employee's birthday.
During January expenses at the
Shelter were covered for only
eight days and the salary in­crease
demands could not
realistically be met.
Trustees Meeting
FREEPORT -At the Open
Board of Trustees meeting held
at Freeport Village Hall, Monday
night, March 25, several routine
business matters appeared on the
Agenda: a transfer of funds, a
. bond resolution for funds already
appropriated for the recon­struction
of Village Hall, the
Village Counsel's report, the
Nassau County. Firearms
Training Program for police, the
granting or denying to the Village
Purchasing Agent of permission
lo advertise for various items,
and the opening of bids.
The lowest bid on the In-lercommmication
system for the
Hapse Park Centerwas rejected
• as It did not meet specifications.
A Freeport firm, Socolov's Floor
Covering Co., was awarded the
bid for carpeting for the Hanse
Park Ceijter. Bids for the food
concession for the Recreation
Center were opened.. Carousel,
operated by Harry Nikis, which
offered a guarantee of $10,000 and
10% of the annual gross, and
Valley Foods, which offerai an
$8,000 guarantee, and 10% of the
sales, over $100,000, 12% of sales
over $200,000, were the only^two
, bids r«:eived. The matter was
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Score Real Big
FREEI'OHl' - Free|M)rk'r.s.again riiakc the sjKjrts |iages IJH !(ip.s
ir| Iheir fi«ld.s,
Eddie Davis boxed hi.s way lo light-heavfywcight chunipiori of Ihe
Golden Gloves open.class last Friday night,'March 22, Davis, who
resides at 156 Washburn Avenue,
Freeport. defeated outstanding
West Painter Fracker in the ring
at Madison Square Garden in
New York City, A 22 year old
store dt'leelive, Davis showed m
the winner on the majority of Ihe
judges' cards.
The five-member Senior B()ys
Team of the Community Bowling
Program of Freeport returned
victorious from upstate
Watertown last Saturday, March
23. Winner of the state-wide 1974
Bowling Tournament, the
Freeporters scored victories over
2iy oJher Unmm
Top scorer of lli(r Frw'porl
learn was Frank Bowman who
rolled an average of 247 in
tournament play. I^iuis I»i.siani
chalked up 2<K), Peter Mucaria,
l»9,Guy bivell, 159,'and Richard
(Hsen. 1.52. Each teenager
received a trophy as well as
earning one for Ihe Frcvport
Elks. The coach of the stale's lop
team is Ricky l^ehman of the
Freeport Recreation Depart-incnl.
School District Sets Child Abuse Guidelines
FliEEPORT - The Freeport ScWtol Board has annouricjid Ihe DI.H
trict's guidelines designed Jo implement the inlcnl of Ihe Child
Protective Act enacled by the State of New York in I97;i. At (he
Board meeting, Wednesday night, March 21, A.ssistant Superinieo-denl
of Schools John Gordon repcjrtcd thai a number of eomnmnitics
have reported a higher incidence
of child abu.sc cases because of -
and .since -- the enactment of Ihe
new law. U is nut necessarily the
rale of child abuse I hat has in­creased,
but rather Ihe reporting
of such ca-ses. Actually, in
Freepfjrt, Superintendent Donald
Cost low (old THE LEADER,
there have been only two cases
reported between Seplember.
1973 and this dale.
A faculty meeting held on
Monday, March 25, fully ex­plained
Ihe law and its im­plementation
Jn the School
District per.s<jnnel. Costlow ex­plained
that the purpose of the
meeting was lo insure a con­sistency
throughout the district in
following the formal procedures,
Chai-les Langdon, of the
Children's Bureau of Nassau
County Social Services, reported
that the majority of the cases in
Nassau County have involved
white children. ' '
The Child Protective Act of 1973
requires teachers, among others,
lo report all suspected cases of
child abuse or maltreatment.
Failure to report such cases
carries a fine of 11,000 and one
year in prison. The District's
guidelines call for the immediate
reporting lo the school principal,
by members of the school staff,
any case of child abuse involving
a "reasonable cause" for
suspicion. Before the close of that
school day, the principal, after
conferring with the appropriate
staff members, will determine
whether child abuse has taken
place. The school nurse may
request an ' immediate
examination by the school
physician and X-Rays or
photographs may be taken,
•without parental consent, to
provide dorcumentalion. Child
abuse c ^ ^ will be immediately
reported 10 the State Child Abuse
Regisler, by lelephofif, and Ihe
Superintendent of .School's oftice
will be rioijfied. Within W hour.-j,
IIH; required forms for the
Nu.s.sau County (Children's
Prolerlive Services Agency wiU
be completed, and the school
principal will slay in coolatt with
Hie appropriate agency.
Cost tow explained to THF^
LEADER, that the Freeport
School District "has nr>l licen
asleep for the past ten years" but
has always had an "affirrnalive
.stance" in its dealing with ffie
problem. The District's <:nncern
at this lime is a matter of uniform
handling of such cases under the
law.
Violators Fined
Freeport — Plight cases of
illegal rentals have been
processed through the Village
Court recently, with fines im-pcjsed
on owners and renters
removed, according to Freejwrt
Code Enlwcemvnl Aiinrney
Raymond l^yallce,
Memlxirs of the Crxle Enforce­ment
office revisit all.premises
after court proceedings, to see
that its orders have Ijeen carried
out within deadlines set. A file is
kept on each case, . to be
periodically checked for similar
violations in the future.
Violators of Freepoh's or-
' dinance's are discovered by
sensitive enforcement in-foi^
mation, during inspections by
members of both the Cod^ En;
forcement and Building depart­ments
and from complaints of
lenants. neighbors and civic
groups.
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