The-Leader_1975-10-23

              FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
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NASSAU CTY HI$TORlCAL MUSEUM
EISEHBOWER PARS
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FREEPORT'S
OFFiCmL
NEWSPAPER
^40tirYEAR»No.26 FREEPORT, NEW YORK. OCTOBER 23,1975 PRICE: 15^ PER COPY
Of Worsening Condtftons
FREEPORT — 1*088 Preeporten who had not already, noticed
the addiUoD of safeerexten^on stacks on tte roof of Power Plant
A. learned of Oiem at Monday nighfs Village Board meeting.
Residents of the area across the cre^ firom Uie Power Plant were
badragalirtoT^istercomplalnt«.tfiKadous odors,burainglumes
"vlbrattoio:
iTSlLLlOAt^ Fra^rt Policai hava-b^
.Vfllags itms govnrnihi) liiaridihs of bicycles. In tht above t>oMd
.p{c^;:''qitpritt^''Chip;(LKtad PannV^
aiid addhrems tiilosn by PoHcf Officer Robert Carlson !forigins tvra
.oni bike;;the pirpcadura is for their piBrems to rdceive a lettartalling
.thein pf thaviojatibn uid MLkiinritlieir cooperation in educatingthe
cftiidren;to the rules. A.second offense'could raquifatiie parents'
.appearance at Police Headijinutm. The weeic of NovamW S will be
';^cydo Safety Week'' In the Village.. There will: be a parents
, meeting^atAtldRSon School, 8pni, November S.'and a Bicyde Rodeo
:fbr Students on NovemiMr: 8. 10am to ^ni,. at the Armory, .63.
Baboon Turrv^lV'Tfie project'is a cooperative effort of the police;
>school district.PTAsandtite National Guard."^r'
FREEPORT.—;Wes;Carman,.
ChairmpiS^v Of Ibe-^VTat^ffrpTil
Dlvisiohv. of;' the^ 'Preeiioirv.
Chanibefr «f "CommfercB-ranad-prbihinent
Freepbrt^'.Mariiia
owner, has l)een named by." THE
1£ADER to receive its -Joba
Peter--Zehger Award at. thej
Stanley Rode, ot East Bedell
Stireel. told the Board that tiiey
have raised, the stacks and yet
from' Friday eveninig . through
Sunday, "Vba stench was awful."
He complained that a teleidvone
biquiry. to the Electric Ikpart-meni's
office proved to him that.
"iiMey didn't know whlchiwaythe
wind waa Wowing/* He repealed
r.thailhe Qag at U)A Plant ibowei^ r
that' thft^ind was coming from.:
.tber^Northeasl^-hriiigiiiyS the.of­fending
.fumea . toward the
residential district,, and that the
. type of oil • should have; been
automatically changed to HZ'oll.
Nassau County presiJJ'lMayor White suggested that it is
2£
Hoiries^ding Program Meeting
-rKiSEiVRT — fcVeQwrt held its first pubUc.meeting dealing
.witii its Homesteading Program under ComhninKy: Developmoit
Act funding last Thinsday; at Bethel A.MJE;. Cborcb oii Nortii
.Mam Stte^ Oose to Vi.peo^ attended and heard Superintendent
of Conummity- I)evd(^neht: Junes Dunne explain the Act, its'
.imniapnIdfca^teed'o Sp:raoncdes s ttbey fwedheicrhan iyt, j"'^'^^ explkhied Jhat'oDA «»H«III«« U«« •^^n.
duist l)e implemented.
:,. '" ' TlirmeetogrBunne-explainedi
was to bring about a partoership
l)etween' government and the
Association's Annual Installation
Dinner,-Carman, a 'native'born
Freeperter, will be among those
honored at the : Dinner at
Salis.bury Restaurant.
Eisenhower.Park, Friday night
October 31. for his contributions
his coinmui^ty. . .-..'-
€anhan,^—n^ose—fathePrrand-grandfather
WCTC also.Freeport
residents r for. .-their, • -entire
lifettafft. was thp originator and
; the in oil (hat has the odor due to
its wax content. -" - ~ -.-
When other residents voiced
their .complaints- and
.dissatisfaction wiU) Uie effect Uie
'Stacks were liaving,.White told
them that an indicator would be
pill on Power Plant tz.
^^In-conversaUon-Monday-af-ternoon
' , with Lou :Long,
Superintendent of Electric
UUUties. THE LEADER learned
Spanish-speaking people - in -
tickeU^ their cars on that sb-eet
Mayor White told him Uiat tiie
police- give parking ^ mieler
Ariolation tickets throughout the
village .without knowing what
language the viobtor speaks.
Parldng on the streets, he said, is
riot sumxised to be f cnr the all-day
use.-01 the business people^and
suggested v' that Esppslto'a
.cooperation^ along^withthat of..
. [other merchants; la heeded, r _..
' -V'."Op^nVotingSesilonT ;
.During the eadiet 7:30 pm
. session, the Board, was told that.
. they ccwld not chMge the speed
limit on Bedell Street to 15 mfles
per hour as it is contrary to State
'.'law. They .asked Village Counsel
to confer* with the Police'
Department to determine a
. proper, method pf controlling the
' traffic situation on that street.
A public;hearing was set for
) November 24 to discuss a Village
Ijidlniance maiidating_j:Qm:u
pactors in apartment houses four
or more - stories high. At a
previous meeting, residents of
uuB apartiumil liuustf liaJ tuld Uie
Board of their problems since the
closing of their building's in­cinerator.
' '
Pablic hearings
•When the Board reconvened at
9 pm, the room Was crowded with
. people eager to discuss proposed
-local—laws—to—amend—Villager—
Ordinances dealing with Marine
Industries zones. Whlle^ the
commercial property owners
explained that the wording of the
proposed law, which could allow
some continuous use to industrial
properties In case of vacancies.
wbuId'~not wmpIeteTy" prol^ct
them, the Mayor explained tlxat
the Board had t)ecome aware that
the wording was.confusing and
(Continued on Page 6)
. Dunne
monies could also
loans" or^ grants,
be used In
4Qj_tapcaee;:
people it effects, ^nd he caUed tor-dtiien.
input ATrdtizen's'. com­mittee
of area residents will be
formed by the Mayor within the ^
next - —few—-weeks.--' 'The—
flomesteadlng Program eff^ts;
the northeast part of Freeport,
but does not include the North
Main Street corridor for wliich
other CDA mcmies have been
allckaited.
Homesteading, "is the.
acquisition of foreclosed houses
andjiffering them tm sale, after.
theyjare brought up to code
standards, to. a new homeowner
.who would live in that boose. Due
to tiie funding, the houses could
beaold Jor Ifissjhanjsrtiat the
^raiage would have to pay for it
Low cost loans might also be;
available - for rehabilitation.
Some of tiie homes, which are
federally owned,-mighr be given
to the pn^ram, but of these a few
are in siich bad c(ndition that
.they would probably. be'
-- denioQsbedand the lot sold to a
builder. Over ninety _percai.t of
the homes secured would be
rehabilitatat
homes, new being lived in i^ the
owners. There were also, funds'
allocated for street and utility
improvemrat~for the section.
in . answering ~ questions
regarding the implementation ot
the Homestead Pro]p^,.Dunne
strewed' lhaC5JS=spedfic8-have "
not yet bees worked out, that the
citizens' committee would
provide tiie input, but that final
decisions rest with Uie Village
Board of Trustees.:
Homes owned by -absentee
landlords who refuse to abide tiy
the Village code can be- coo-demittd,-
Donne toM one n e i^
txnhood resident; '?We know the
problem," he said, and "we know
who the worst oGeiiders are."
P.a IWiilay SdfeMr:
FREEPORT — The Freqwrt
Post OfQce win have no-wiiulow
service and DO carrier ddivery
service' Monday, Ottcber 27,
Veteran's Day. Spodal delivery
maH win be delivered as received
and tbe krf^ wQI be q)ea from 9
to, S for tiis. coQveoience tif
boxholdera.
drive behind the successful First
Annual Canoe Rade held this past
summer' in Freeport. Umg a
proponent of a .vital waterfront
area, hf is presentiy-working on
tije orgafyi^tion of an "In-The-
Water" Boat show for Freeport.'
: .>:THE LEADER'S award to
~t^rman is.iq.reo^nitlon ofTiisT
life-time contributions' to'
Freeport,- particularly to lis
waterfront area; w^ch la such-ar
colorful part of Freeport's past
and* is the; hope of Freeport's
future. Carman's. continuing
^orts-have-resuUed-in renewed
interest, in the waterfront as-evidenced
by both the pqnlar
supportjof the Canoe'Race and
the Qctensive m'edia coverage
which brought this part of "The
Freeport Story'' to tiJCjattenUon
of many ouf-a-Freepbrtcirs.
Early Yearf
Bom In 1S34, Wesley C. Carman.
n, aUended Freeport High Schod
where be was active on the
school's hasketbaTI team. As ,a
teenager he started building
boats with the Scopinich family.
- He rofflsaged-Woodcleft-Marine_£.
. for 18 years, buying his present-
Marina in 1570.
Jn^ 1948,-14^ year old Wes Car­man
raced in the first soap box
race sportsored by Guy Lom-bardo.
Since that time he has won
numeroos awards racing speed
boats and inboards from Florida
to Canada. His father was also aiL
that the stacks now extend 38
feet over the Uqxrfthe roof of the
70 foot bunding. To completely"
elimhiate the problem at . ti^
hurricane ~ winds, . tkitig'
suggested, the stacks should 1.3
times thti height'of the building.
In other words, the stacks would
-have-to-be^5<W0" feet hlghenjr
completely eliminate the '
- downwash at any time. Long
._stated,Jiowever, that the stacks
were sufficient enoagh for B8% of
the winds from the Northeast He
also suggested that they would
work better in hlghet-winds than—:
those experienced- that day.
.Ani^er complaint
A South Grove merchant Mr.
• Esposito, complained of what he
termed police harrassment of
' • " i .
(Continued on Page 3).
STACKS UP. The two new stacks on Freeport's Power Plant-# 2
have bean erected end are now. functioning. They were designed to
reduce by 40 to 50% the gaseous pollution wtiich has Ixen the com­plaint
of stixrthast Freeport residents. (A LEADER photo)