The-Leader_1975-09-18

              FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
40th YEAR, No.^1 FJREEPORT, NEW YORK. SEPTEMBER 18,1975 PRICE: 15^ PER COPY
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Rec Center Schedules Residents Question Board
Fait Swimming Lessons
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BICENTENNIAL TOWN MEETINGS. At die firit In the series of 15
~:free lectures'ott'the-Anreficah Revolution given at Freeport High
• Sbhool,May6i^Witli^VVhitB (third froiTMJeft] issued a Prociamatipn
-1 ur^ng the' participation of dl residents.. .The.Prodamatiort was pre-
' sented^to.School BoanlPresiderit-Harold. Levino; Present at tho
. opening lecture. .viHh^.drew ah attendai^^ 100 persons;'
._ iwiB j(l7ri»;>3i;Frwp5ft^ Studlei'T^^rrnan Ira'
c-SchildknAit;i'fiicenftrrfii8l>.poin^^
Naisau.Coimt^-MujBum ."Director E
• Hdfstra' HIstory^Departmen^CJ^aiiinah Prof. .Geoijaa J
Associate Prof. Michael-b'Innpcenzd, the rnajor instructor for the
'series.:-^;- •-• ;-V,:^: :"/•;•'.•:. ' "^ • :'; Z]"-^"' -'• \ '•'
-— Sewrid Bicentennial Histoiy
FREEPORT — Th^ second in
. the i&ries of ,15 free" lectuires on
-- theAmerigan-Revohition win be-
-^ held September. 24, 8 . pm, • a t:
•Freejport -Wgb-rSchool.; The
' subj«:t,of the evening will be
"Amierica on the Eve of the
. RebeDiori." Called Bicentenniid!
Town Meetings, the lectures are
.offered to all! Nassau County.
residotts through the cooperation ^
of the Freeport.: Board of
'Education,.. Hofstra.. University.!
and the! Freeport-itcentennial •
ConmUttee. •;. -r ,'
- Those wishing to earn coD^e.
credit at reduced cost,- by. at­tending
the lectures and the moi^-
in-d^>tb sessions, inay renter:
,that Wednesday night as.weU.t''
U.P.C. Con^uiiKer Hearing
for .swimming, diving and
lifeaviiig courses to be given at
the Freeport Recreation Center
will be,', held, at the Center
Saturday! September 27,10 am lo :
2 pm; Sunday, September-28,.I '
pm to 4 pm'; and Monday, Sep­tember
53., 7 pm to 10 pn:
The lessons, except for diving,
are sanctioned tiy the Ameriean'
Red Cross. ,
AD' students must have a =
Freeport Activity Card. Courses i
,ai^: free to PiscoUnt Ticket :
holders; tnit others miist pay the ^
• daily admission'rate of %\ for '
children and senior citizens, and
$2 for adults. Those purchasing .
admission may take advantage di '-
rpre^-and-post^esson Slimming
'time&3dth»Juss:a(^^^.siunia..
:'exercise ;t)bnj and gymiiasiapjin ?
'the;HealthWinig;^- ';V Iv -;
' l-ifs&aca far beginners, ages six'
(over four feet) to 17,'wiU be held '
-Saturday and.Sunday'eveilngs, .
with one course from 5 pm to 5:45 !
pm and'anbttKir fn)n)'S:45 pm.to
6:30 pm. Siudenb 'will' be
, asatgnedto either course at-time.
!af regtstratloii. There.wiD be two
^ isessions,- from.-'.October . 4 to
.November-'23 -.and ' from
] November;29.to January. 25. \
' Lessons .for. adult ..b^inners
-wiQ beheld Wednesdays, October
.8 to January.ZS, at 10 am to Itain
.and at 9:30 pm to 10:30.pin. '
• /c^ For those, ages sev^to'lB,wbo
. fiaffe previously taken and piassed
the beginners 'course, two'
; sessions :.<4 advanced-be^nner
-lessb^ wQl be'off^ed Satmrdays
- and Sundays from 5:45 pm to 6:30
-pm. The first-session will run
from Ortober.4 to November 23
FREEPORT — Zgping, both In the waterfront area and in the
"Planned, Unit jDevappment (PUD) District, waa the subject of
much of the comnicnts ahdquesllom during Monday pight's public
meeting . o f thie Fi"eeport Board of " Trustees.
Members OT The Atlantic South Civic Association (TASCA) came
to voice their approval of a
ALBANY - The Nassau County. Office of Consumer Affairs will'
hold a hearing, llaasday^. September 18, on, Universal, Product
Coding. Scheduled to beghi at 10 am at the Board of Supervisors
meeting room in'the County Executive Building, 1 West SL, Miheola^
.the heariag is on a propd^ made by Hempstead Town St:^ervi5or
Alfonso D'Amato to retain the
present. unit price -staimping.
fotmd' on-products' in ^siijier-maikets
and combine it with the
new computerized Universal
Product (Sxling system. .'
State Senator Norman Levy,
this wed, urged his.coistituents
to attend the hearing. Long.
Island (Consumer Action, headed
by Richard Kessel, has. been
arguing -against - the suggested
Univereal Produdt Coding, since
its suggestion 14 months ago.
The Universal Product (Coding
•.idso printed out on the register
tape at tii6 clieckout counter.
J^pcfoeais of ihe U.P;.G, argue-that^
t will deprive consumers of
the opportimity of comparing^
prices because they would not l>e
able to understand tb6 codel They
also. fear, that advertised sales
prices^may inadvertantly tnt'he
programmed and that . the
-system's cost will- be.-pas5ed-
-• along to the consumer in the f orm
of highCT food prices.
The. system's proixments argue
iara^B^irlfBm^ot pricing thai—thatcustouierB will benefit from
utilizes a series of stripes and
numbers on the labels, boxes and -
on cartons of all proc^cts sdd in
supermarkets. A laser-computer
operation located within-each
store scans the coded item and
rdays the. infcamatinn to a
connected computer whose
memory tmit retarns the name,
price and tax of the item and
displays it on a smen visible to
the customer. This inf OTmation is
faster checkout service and m-creased
effipiency. More detailed
"chedujut" tapes will describe
the item, price^tu and coupon
savings for the consumer. -"
" Supervisor D'Amato's plan
combines both systems, the
Univeisal Price eroding and price
stamping on an items in super-martets
and grocery stores. It
enables the consumer to see the
(Continued oa Page 6)
aiid. the seccnd bom Novembo*
29 to January 25. For swimmers,
ages? to 18, who can demonstrate-an
elementary backstroke and ^
crawl stroke for 25 yards.and
show proper .use of rhythmic
•breathing, intermediate swim­ming
lessons wiD be <rff ered in
.two x<|ssi.ons. .Satarday£-!and..
Sundays firom 5:45 pm to 6:30 pm.'
First session is October 4 to
November;23; the second is
November 29 to January 25.
A senior llfesaving course will
be offeraJ Saturdays, 9 am'to"
10:30 am from October 4 to
Decmber: 20. „The..course ^ la .
limited to swimma^ over the age
of 15 who can demonstriate
proficiency in the "back crawl,
•crawl stroke- and.Jireaststndce
over ibb yards. ~'
Diving lessons far swimmers,
12 years old and over who have a
knowledge of approach, hurdle
and forward dive, will be offered
Saturdays and Sundays from 5
pm to 6 pm. The first session will
run from Odoba 4 to November
23 and the second from
Novemljer 29 to January 25,
' .A special ^irograin for children
(Continued on Page 11) .
proposal to rezone the waterfront-area
from Manufacturing and'
Industrial to Marine and Marine-lixiustrial.'
The'proposal, which
was the subject of'; a public
jtearinglast month, would teiid to
"eliminate all industrial 'and
.manufacturing areas south of
Atlantic' Avenue, except the.
Industrial Park. (See LEADER,
8/28/75, p. 1).: - - : •
Kay Benda, a TASCA member
and resident of Nassau Avenue,,
asked for a moning of water-,!
fi9ht pnperiiie»4b^niitiate spot-
.ioirUng. Speiikingrin behalfrof'
thoise concerned dtizens who Had
bought'homes .to live on the
water, she' asked for a "halt or
moratorium", by "the Buildihg
-Department'in the issuance! of
|«rmitB for .'construction of
cmuneroiaJ facilities iii the area.
Vince Greco, of Bedell Street,
spake of the waterfrorit-as "the
. badd)oae,o( the community." At
! the AugiBt 25 pcdiUc hearing, only'
a few residents were present. The
overwhelming majority who
•ipclke were commercial property
owners i)<rbo.spoke Bgaln«t Uui;
.'proposed rezoning.. TASCA!
memb^ bad.come.to .speak in
• favor''ot the rezoning.
In answer to Greco's inquiry as
': to whether or not the Board had
reached a decision, Mayor
William White said that (me
.would probably be made shortly.
"We have heard from TASCA,"
White sdid, mentioning other
phone calls. The quesUon.-the ',
Mayor explained, would probably
be . on the following week's
agenda (Sept. 22). Village
(Counsel has alr^dy been in­structed,
according to White, to
prepare a chxuige in the zoning'
which must lay on Uie"LTrustees
desks for seven days.
Th6-Mayor ,explained the
'position the Board appears to be
arriving at after .frfeqiient
discussions.'If,a factory buUding
' exists- to an area / zoned for
' Marine^Industrial, he said,' that.
building can continue; with mofre
than jvBia non-<onforming use.
The' .Board is "considering : a
: provision .that .sudi. buildings
could'' contlhue their use . "ad
infinitum.^' "I have every
feelii^," White said; that next
wedc Uie3oard will-pa$s. this
proposed change, in ztming and
schedule for public hearing the.
'^iproposed change in marine-
Industrial zoning.
Kay Benda told Uie Mayor,
after hearing of the proposed
change, ''we think alike."
Various other residents and
TASCA membov registeredJor
'the record their position in favor
of the rezoning,
PUDZoning
The second - zoning ~ matter,
relating,to Uie PUD District,
came from Louise Simpson of
' Colonial Avenue, speaking fertile
Cdncerned.:" N e i g h b o rs
(Ciontinued on Page 12) :
.A "SPECIAL" AW/^BD was presented to recently retired Freeport
Police Captain Williarn Darfae (center, holding plague) ih appnclsUon
of his work with tiie Freeport Special Police Force, The Spectd.
Police held their First Annual Picnic fast Sunday at Waterfront Park'
at which time their Captain, Frank Guerre (at right of Oarfoe), made
the presentation. Also honoring Dariie was Freeport Chief of Police
AnthcsT/ Elar (standing behind Darbe), Village. Trustee Ralph
Franco (standing, third from right) and Mayor William White (not in
picture). (A LEADER photo)