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MERRiCK
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NEWSPAPERii
:40th:YEAR No, 4 ^ FREEPORT^^ffiW YdRKT^ULY-24?^ i975-^-^^=^r=:r:^^nrnr:^^^
rtlEEPORT, - On three, con-'
secutive lliursday ni^ts in July,
. in .ttie c<rtigenlal atinospfierie of
. the Common Room'tf (he Oiurch
of the Tft^nsf^uratidn; membo^
of the Fre^rt PoUce Depart-
- ment, theconununltyradults and
-—---yotiBgi>eople%adstafhnEmbas^
- (tf die F^i^ioit Youth Outreach
Program and the Freeport
seeking
of each
spent,''several hours
^. _. greater ^understanding
; ^ " \ _ _ o ( ! t e i v : ^ " " • ' • • ' ' ' • • . • ; ! ; : ' ; ; • : - ' •:• -' ;
r-The: :thre»i«rt sonliuu:. was '
. ^^oigatdzedlqr Gerald Hlgliore. of
Z tfae:I,X>utreath~Pn^«mir Ifikr
:^.. i . Hrwan,'l^Rs^jwc^s:
lIumia:Rdations, aiid the Police,
: . T)qCttirtmimt\*ithv tiie gjjfll of
•^"aihiCTffig-v;r;more: ."pdsltive
H retotiomW^ b«[we?n;i;th^,v par-
;: ;. airJpaBngl<»mmC|dty, groiqjiikd'^
— ^C^WMItftol?, talked :^.lftoW6as
. -'••<>tr^:rthe^sti«et'V and.possible
sola&biBr to tbon/the men'dF the
- •. -"**'%dy«jote wece^eto discovfar
—'.'— faeachothef'^OTtiesjrmpathyand:
': undeiitMM^roj: Jeach!a.-Jpai;
r • „ • &uiar wation and values. Over
..'coff« anO;punch, they became
V. frienife to pbsdbly meet later cm
,Freeport .streets" with,inore
--r-.— >khow^lge.o( each otber.--;^r-T-
- - -r - Participathigin theworfahops
. .: .irere\Freeport Police. D^jart-
- - meht ' membens r Det.-Sgt;
_, Richard Comerford, DetccUvfr
:""•'- . Friank Medaglia, Police Officers
, Frank - Metzger, - Richard
, Muldowney,' -i Joe Pesale,
-Roosevelt Hendricks;vRobert-C
,- Ruland and Jdhn-USnkanen;
" Lorraine Bustemante, g^(tent
- " of Podd JunioTH^irScJioo
• HaroU Levine otlthie Sdwol
' BMrdjDaveMeridnva Frtt^ort:
storekkper; llikeGlinaky df Chir
-—^—^c^y-^%edeemer.'s T^^Pafish
^s^-CouncU; Chris Sprowal, and
<Connil rRandal of EOC
Crowi^ Jam \ ^ ^
Eff^joy Newest Waiter Slmw
FREEPORT—The, First Annual. Fabulous Freeport Waterfront .
.Marathon'held, this past Sunday, sponsored-by the Waterfront^
Division of the Freeport Chamber of Commierce, drew more than 4
'thousahdT.sgectators to see the-Canoe and.;Kayak Races. As the-paddJersrbaiUed.'
flTfitnJng'current, past Waterfront Park, and the"
sun shwie. over Fre^ort (the
over
^^Jightning and thuhder^held-off
until way past tih«^|^|m Bake
at Salty Bay,: YaichftSib),,the
Freeport Fire Department Band
and the Proud Rebels Flag Team ^
.entertainedJiundred^_aC:-tbe.
"Park. ^Mahy thore: spectatoni;
iih'edTlherro^ite^WStiUng en-^
-couragemeht, ; from .. rtheir
backyards and from the Starting
point bl ShelterPdint Marina and
the finishing line at Salty; Bay
Yacht CtdbV
Romanoff and Gary Mendelsdn:"
Tenth: GiByTtonjett and John
.Kennedy; Eleventh: Peter
Scalamandreand William White,
Jr.; and Twelfthx-John Kilbride
and John -. Honkanen ^ (The
Freeport Poiicemen's
rBenevolent^Associallonh- r
:.:';-: .- Women's WWers ?''.
I In the Women's Cinoe.Race,
- the -winner tbrfc an Immediate
lead,'paddHngvstrongly .away
ahead of the other-contenders.
' • : ^ 6 l i o ^ g W r S ^ - 3 5 d " "'"^B*"' n«Itnn^ ,„rf P«,<x«
people attended the: Clam Bake
and. Buffet,-
ABSOLUTELY
afisi
FANTASTIC" was the universal opinion of the
watsmofifMsnrareis:
,.. where! the. winners
received their tr6phl<». In Ihei
Men's Canoe Race, the team of
Schn^ and RcynoldSr-nxm^
£:SMedri>y .Arbor- ^ntrsetlngr
camef away, ^th,first prize..
Second plaice trophy went to Keni
Podlaski and Bill .Hoppe, while.
Dotig and Bill Jones captured:
third place. The-others : who
plated in the irace were: Fourth:
Terry .Bradley and Wayne
Reynolds (Bpo6£&red by the
Boatmen's Assodatloh)-. Rfth:
Kemp Skuden and Dick Rudkin
(the Wfiale's Tale); Sbcth: Jack:
Healy.and Dick Moran (Sch-meling
Insurance); iSeyenth:
Karl: -Fortmeyer - and-, Dave
Padgett (who-had "just Jxwdit
• tCrofinaedogPageJ).
-^ _ Ttheir canoe that-day); Eighth:
In top imoto sf>e£5mrs anxiously await ttart of the races, alongside Dapte Grover and Ronald Humesr
of Shelter PoihiiSterinaonvyooddeftAyenue.Xenterpicture shows (Al Grover's); .Ninth: -Brad
'a portion "of the crowdJ tfiirt stood four deep to watdi the races at^"'^^^: : £ " "''••'•':
WaterffoKt PaHcXower photo shovwTHE LEADER'S entry In the
Women's (^oe OWisio'n {paddled t>yiLiz Phillips and Sarah MonV'
nihan) flettin'B"'ftff cftecke'red-flag as -it cro»ed^ the-finish line.
JLEADEJB^ho^
was? Beth Bolton" and Paige
Scherer, sponsored byv The
Whale's TaJe.'- Second place
awards.wenl to Abbje and Hilda
Belgoff en,-, sponsored by-Miller ^
Shoes; -whfle the third tplace,
-trophy^Wf«_aw|Lrded_to jCareline.„
Kom and Jean Gariler,. spon­sored
by A.J. Stettner Associates.. r.
The other-canoes that placed In" ;
this race and their sponsors were •
Fourth: Lola Stalker and Dottle
Keene (CSiarvin's); Fifth:'Alice
Vigianoand J^net- Andrews,
sponsored' by the preeport"
Chamber of Commerce Ladies''"_
Auxiliary who did noti,let their
. dunking, as: they crowed ' the__
finish line, ^keep. them from--
'Hnishhig fifth; Sixth: Judy and
Jane Reilly. (Mayfair. Marina);
Seventh: Sara HoUy and Diaone
*—Gonzater-(Willtanr-i^r-Wbite-'
Insurance); .Elighth:. Barb^a-
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Wariiincis On CDA Funds '^^^^'^'^^
V WMI - l l l l l « | 9 By- EVllfol tt DfnW'ngle^r r.- % . - • * * • • » « « FREEPORT - -Hie first iff a
_^FREEPORT—Two' frequent attendants at Village public'mertingS"
^i^eared before the Frec^ntt B^ird of-Trustees tm Monday night to
.express't&dr omcero fortbe issue of North Mala Street revitaliza-tion.
Ttie comments, wiiidi came fromJomar Randand Sy fCtsn,
were pnimptedbyanartlclewfaicfaappearedrecently in the New York
—lunrsnnaiUBg
use (^.federal
under ' the
; Development Act
—Responding to a question from
Rand, Mayor William -White
explained that the.Village {dans
to purchase an as yet un-detemii^
number <A homes
from the Federal' Ho
FREEPORT - The first in a
new series of "Summer
Highlights" is being billed Bs a .
."famfly day'/.at this Village'-s
new Recreation Center, on East
Merridc Road.
Scheduled for Sunday. July 27,
the major feature will be an'
Anthority; 'j§xpend fimds to fix
ttbemTup and seO (them) under
ajiomesteading sijoation."
' Band, informed the board that
• - - ,—'s school popiilitioh has
funds received risen ovar the past three years,
(kjmmunlty—wbJie-Nassau-eounty's-has
decreased. Re>occupation of
homes would .'lead to further
increase, tie daimed, and would
not, theref(»e,'serve the interests
of the community. In response.
White stated that rqiair of vacant
regardless of impa^ on eitber
services or sdiool "pt^wlatidn-"-
Wheo ihfomii^ that no
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evehlng^^ppcarance—ijy—thH"
(Continufid on Page if
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NOTICE - ; ;
Next week,ifw LEADER
will be pubiitheii one day
earlier so that we can bring
you newrs of Freeport's
lo-4^eimlei«^^^6lIiriaiW
— * Day."All releases must be.
in cor offices nojatsr than
•12 noon,S«tQrdiyrJu!Y3&
DESERVINQ PLAUDITS. The committee responsibta for the «uo^ ,
'oBisTOCEirst Annual PabuIourFrBeport'Marathoo, fiefdluFSuiidExy.
'received a wdi-desenred Tt»md of applause-from an appreeiatitra -
(UMnmunity at the Clam Bake hetd^^t-S^dty Bay. Yacht Chib. Pictured
'stMsve (1. to r.) are Joe ScopinJch, Hartwr Point Yacht and flacket
Club; Paul Ebent MayfiRr Marine; Jean Peten, PuWidty; Bob Ervrio,—^_^
HorHgan's Lfciuor; Wes Carman, Wes'Carman's Marina;J$en Oohi,
fe*«l!«-^«=Minna;-fiuMiLjJsorfwin,t_JCponi^
-Wayecrert Marina; and Bertnra Eberst, Mayfair Marine, Corrtminn_
memiier fytarfon Knoeller, Secretary to the Ctumber of Commerce,
was busy at work when the jphotograph was taken. ~ ~ •
•\ :• iPhoto by Dick'Morwl! _