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40th YEAR No: 17 FREEPORT,i^EW YORK, AUGUST 21,1975 PRICE: j(Sil PER COPY
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orf's Fun Tnisfec^s ilsfeii T6
Filled weekend
FREEPORT - Labor - Day
«eeKendtef^e«port will4)e-faied--
jfHth' activities' to ojteitaln.. the -
^tire family. On Sunday.-August
SI, a fiiQ day and-evening Jctf'
"".Sunitrier'.8>End" events .is
planned , at- .the \ FreeJMjrt •
Becreaticm Center highlighted by'
two, two-hour poolslde concerts;:
contests and iatquatic events. The'
V01age*8;I4micipal Stiadium will
be the site-of Oie First Annual:
New York Pop Miislc Pratival
bdd for the benefit of the-
. natlonwideJ- CysUc- Fibrosis -
Tgpondation, on Monday, Sept. 1.
r ATuHdayot.activitiesistiemgl
planned for Sunday at' the;
-.Village's i new, . LS-a'cre
AU.
ResfdehfsV Siiggesflons
~FRSlEPORT:r-About-thirtyf«^e atteided^Mondayiri^rt^arpubUc-meeting
of the Freeport Village Boaltl.of Trustees and .listened as
Freepbrt High Scbod student Gregory Grooverr-read a statement-outlining'suggestions
for increasedvutilization.of the Freqwrt Re*
creation Center, ,..——- - .-
.THEY;^QAVfe:^>OR OTHERSl'Owr^lPO yiilaat'ot Frtepwtwtw
jAfriiwi wwt-tnm^ortei .to,the Ihtn-CkuntrJBIoodjServicn don
rstAioh.l«<t liim^ wfiera fwh^:
'::tiM:stbciCF!8«^«[rhi^-grb«vt (dwddrtng-tfiii %tlintn<ViTion^trBy:d<Mnt^^
isoVrthaiyidtdJintanMlifaiittiidyandtiieirfamity'ibioddhtinlswouMy ^ishin^.'and the usual^reaction
ib»jm^^utin^^ii»nihs^^ to |2 par • year
Mud'thfl iocdrunH gf'i^^
. reipoi^ was-'ib/firettt'thrt'tfK^ not abla tojdotuts; fpr;
; ItTMdk^ irettons'^floW-'altd have proiictibn for'^^themnlw «r^ tfteir'
-Jminei^.PicturKr ^ve^O'-to r.){arerblbodidafiora\^enrKir7?alnii^
Miiim:'ChM6w;.0en{M >Trbgei;- HeKiry. Watts, Warren. Greenwood,;
: Faye:RGq«t«^:U)Uls'^oy.Waii»n
itt^ Activity* Card holders
wfll-Tbe^ lifted that' day; Hiose
wJstiliS~to"7pMti<3pate"to ac?
tiviUes planned fbr^tbe coinidex's
H^th (Wing of pools, suana,.
^steam;- exercise room;. and
•gymnasium.rwho- do' not hold
eithiir a: seascnaL or: yearly
PsdolmtCard,will be tcquirfed to
. pay t{ie normal daily admission
^charge of $2 toie adults and $1 for
rchildren and senior:citizens.
^Fwroent of the fee, however, will
jiedfflS represoiSng the Fre^wrt Scbod
District and theFreq)ortTeadie«t'Ass<lciatte(FrA) m^ with tiie
itate^ppcdntedla^ fim^^AuQ^t 12. Ttdp medting-had b ^ sche-'
' dided follawin^ the doSe M the school-Tear-jUi'June at wiiicfa time
; the two sides had not jjeed able to rea(4 anyagrement^ - :\:
- Oh mem b- eFrsrhidipa y^,i f Jtuhen^e W20c, htehen . ' :,--. «-V^" ^iI^ r.'i.L' £ ^•r'•S'•t'• ."A 'I ^™, . Association by a 375^ vote (THE -facrBiHliiigjrith^a report due o^
LEADERT-4A2g/ 7SJ7' turned
aluw than to come and go during!
.: (Continued on Page 34) ~ ';'
Bicentehiiial^^iaL
Mayor William White told
Groover and the public that the
Board, the: Recreation Depart­ment
and the Paries CJommlssIoh
had already discussed, at great,
lengths,'certain of the-same
: suggSstions - and - other.v
-posBlbilltifesr- With' "Groover"
slating thai-he; and Uie-BthiBr-^
young 'people he' represented,
•'were-concemed aboutia lack ot'
transportatioQ^ to::.the; CenteriV
, limitediadiviUes'and; tiie,tiigh>;
. 6«stbf fees to Bomep^plei WtUte:
tidd hiih "I am sure that I ex-'
- press :th^":opInIdapf^iU^^
VillageBbard.that we want it to.
/ t e a wimniuni^ center for, all. I'
, -.have suggestbns. .'on -iny desk >
. now, from a trustee, about ini-:
plemenUnff' a transi>ortation
system for possibly two trips a '
•-day-'V--vv---;;:---.:^ :-•-••••;.•/•;
. ' , Supporting Statemient'
Groover'expressed concern
V"; thatjbe CJehterwasjnly usied at
.'present-for tome "people rather~
. .than for ,all,"^and. read .a simKi
—portive statemept from; Harold'
Levine,;a Freeport School Boiard
V member;^ ^K) -.V/BB;. unable, .to
. J Btts^niie'ineetihg. Inbiswitien
. ~ statement, Levine s u g g « | t j ^ j^
Freeport, that;cpiild.suggest and.
help in.planning activities_for, ^
Uiefr age group. He cautioned
^that hiles-and -regulations - are'
necessary' at .the Center, must be
d>eyed by the young peppl[e and'.
could "periiai»~;l)ereviewea"Tjy;
this Youth <3oiuncIl.__._^ .'jC. . ^
' Levihe'% also .temlnded the""
Board, in., his letter, Uiat the:
xFrpegortjHUgh School gym.^hlch,
^t^:^Qgrineil^^ Aisecl t o r ' t e e^
-RedttiaU9n-,acUvities, d r ^ over..
^lOQO: young people and suggested
.ihat Uiesam6;t}T>eof pn)jeFarabe:
. implemcnted-yeai'-rouhd at the'
V Rec Caiter: It tak?s tinteforv
people ; to find out about the ,
Recreiatloh.: Center, ; Levine
1 stated, buta large segment of the
, piebple do ;feel left but.and Uiat
mustbecbrrected;:-.:•:'•
,•••''.'••.•••'••--•tnpvrt'Slresfed; '.:
' The importance, of stich hiput
trom Eeople\ Was" istress'ed in -
White's remarks :as hespoke of -
.:arranging.;:a ^meetihg' .with
r. GFoover,-otfaQr young people and -
': Recre^ation Department
: spokesmen--.to." discuss' the
"pn^am. Trustee Wayne Jordanr
however, 'asked, that the
Scheduled
down ^ a . Memorandum. of:
Agreement their negotiating'
I t i ^ had:signed. This left ibem
wiUwul tt*CMulract.~Eari{er "flie:
' same-week,' SpO'Edmbers <xf the
-FTA: voted empowered' their.
leadersUp to can a strike if a
. contract was not ratifiei by tbe
August 25; The Executive Board
^theT%gaj»8MSS3dciaUori'wlll
meet noctfwedcjuid-a Crisis.
Committee, meeting uriB also -be
5ifh<ilii1pd- 'j^" \ ; • 7 •
—The Association's - Executive
Board has agreed torac^t the
fact finder's rnidrt as binding,
"sight maeen, : Wilson cob-
\Z^i^n'ti^ri^ mStol, but told THE LEADER
Freeport . T e a c h e r s'
. FREEPORT—A Bicaitennial •
~ Propam to be held in Freeport in
ri975 and 1976 wiQ invdve all of
htxag Island's South Shore.
feesrcould beiow^TarpCTtoin^^^^ion conunue;.tnat eveidng
times of day to allow people wh<y (whlch-woidd occur to a pubUc:
' could not afford tiia present ones " ^Mttog aslotog as anyone in Uie
to use tije Center. He nroposed a audienre had^anytliing to say)
YouUi Coundl, meeting out (?f Uie - ^ ^ a ^ ^" 8P«=*"C remarks
Youth Outreach—office in.: - (Continued on Page 24)_-r: -
Town Meetings', a s a i « of ^ bi''
We6kly^rifi"ee"^ttfures'. and
programs on the'history, society,
and culture : of- the American
Revolution, is spcmsored by the'
Association President Jan Wilsm
told tiie LEADER tins Vre&'tbat
'Sve will dd .^eyoytfaing in.^_our_
power to avddastdke dtuatJOTi
' to Freeport.':' In her iqdnion, the
(miy group that benefits £rom a
stiflce is the sdwol board because'.:
the terms of the'Taylor Law call
for two days worth of salaries to
be paid, by the Teachers'
Assodatim-to: the District-for
'"HffiKay 6f strike.
that^flrTa»ffrt3iia-*NegofUator--Ffe^p«B6arditfEdacatioi^^
for Uie Distiict,'.'-'saidj»^'-With - planned b^a wmmmee-whidi
the -r^jort'due "befMre sc6bor~ included members of the Hofsfra
opening, the teachers could;
-probably'meet on the day before
the first day of schooli pritn* to ait
'already-scheduled Orientotiqa
session; -^ . —^^- --L.
According to Jan Wilsoo, oneof
the iSig iroUlems is tiie dtsdpline
datxse; another is the qu^ttoi
of. obtaintog duty-free lunch
-^peartodi Tor- t&T tea<ii^-staff;
dissmmaayy at tt« results of- ti^ "^ ^ J f J ^ ^ ^^^^ ..^
wedc's meeting with tlie fact
finder. She explained that the two
groups had met informally
during the summer without all
the . parties present. The
Teachers* Association bad
tbwght that some agreement had
been reacl»d at ttese4nformal
meetings, but wben both sides,
met formally last Tuesday, there
.was no agreem^ "It \7as one
JHg fiasco," -said Wilsffli, -ex-
District has offered a 6.34% in­crease
plus tl» 2.6% incremenL
~ Not all the teaches would benefit
from the increment, however, as
some are frozen tota a five-year
step. Under U» previous two year
"Contract, 'Wilson said, the
teachers received a 5.5% newl
money increase for 1973-74'and
5.6% for 1S74-7S. The District's
' (Oontinned on Page 19)
University History Department,
• - . -High School Social-
Studies' Department and the'
Village's Bicentennial Com­mittee.'
: The 15 lecture sessions, open to
SoutfaSbote residents will be bdd
m Rooms 210-212 of/Freeport
High School at 8 p jn. on Sq>t 10,
Stpt. 24, Oct 8, Oct 22, Nov._5
Nov. 19, Dec, 10, Jan. 14, Feb, 4,
March 3, Blarch 24, April 7, ^ril
28, May 12 and May 19,
They win deal with the American
Revolution from many different
pomts of view: historical, ar­tistic,
musical, literaryr social
and philosophical and wiU draw
upon the talents of the faculUes of
ilofstra University, Freeport
High School - and other
metropolitan area institotions of
higher leamfag- There wfll be
(Coitinaed on Page 21)1 —
TEEN THESPIAf^S. Aststsht Superientendent of Recreation f^rah'k
LeSueur U.^^pmented plaques of appreciation^ to members of ths
Freeport Recreation Department'* Teen Theater Group for their,
preientatioh of "Littio Red Riding Wolf'Ion the Recreation Centei't
Dedication Day. They are tjccond.left to right) ElUa Horowitz.
JoAnn Piper, Jamie McKeown, Lauren Piper. Rosemary Alagna,
Jeanne Jackson, Joe HaQ and Mary. Hall who directed tKd~pro-
-duction. — , ,