The-Leader_1976-03-25

              THE LEADER Salutes
Freeporf H^/s-BasketbalLTeam
(see Pages 8 & 9) EAST UE.\I0:7, H y U554
FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
FREEPORT'S
oiFicint
NEWSPAPER
40th YEAR. No. 48 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, MARCH 25.1976 PRICE: 15i PER COPY
Guy lombardo To Casino Property Fufure
FOR AJiOBVltELLi>OWE,»^^Wqi«l:pfod«i^ to
mimbers ol Itw Freeixut High School Red Pevil't batkotball team
. by IMayor: WOlinri Whita. The Red Devir*, with a 20-3 teaton behind
tfiem, are champions of ^'South Shore Division li and the lecond
•top -tearo iit-tlw Ccwintyf •'nwy••<»«« the^it-fffeepp>t-teanv4i>-a7-
ymrii ^^ partldpate" In the fin»lt, which thit year were hetd at Nassau
Coliseufn. pictvrad.ara ^l.to r.r April Hong; Lori Pearson, Supt of
St^ooU' Donald Costldwt'lClinih-^M^ ^Principal Willfem
'_i Basketbdl CoacH George EmmaJ^jomrd ThoWi^jitt. Deni^lDVc^-
'• ^^ipchaeiGrciehidiandC^MtfEllis; '. .(seeLEAOERcehterfbldr
Receive Award
FREEPORT — Guy Lom-bardo,
Freeport's first citizen of
'music, was the subject of^a^
special bill passed by the New'
Yorit State Legislature last week
sponsored by Senator Norman
Levy and Assemblyman Armand
D'Amato..The bill acclaims
Lombardo's achievements both
in the world of music, and as a
community-spirited citizen. ,"
Lombardo :will be guest" of.
honor this coming Saturday night-at
the Freeport Chamber of
Commerce's annual Installation
Dinner-Dance. "Mr. Ffeeport,!'
Lombardo, will also be presented
Is S»lf/n Doubf
FREEPORT — With the future ownership of the Casino Pool
Apartments property still a matter of legal action, the Freeport
Board of Trustees Monday night, at their open voting session,
requested Village Counsel to prepare • for a demolition hearing
of the buildings on the site. The trustees had-received a report,
from the engineering finii of
Longo and Kreyl. containing-^ factSj^If the Poard then decides
facts pointing to the possibility o ^ the property meets legal
condemning and demolishing, the requirements for demolition, a
named "the Chamber's Man-of-property.
The buildings would
have to be declared structurely
unsound or unsafe, not .just
"unattractive and unsightly. The
engineer's report is not a matter
of public recordi'nor will the
demolition hearing before the
"Ihe-year. . - . . j . ''
'A few tickete to the gala event,
are still avan9^Id,:CoSQii;gl3(Lpa.
=.4)er80i»ptlMiy may--be;pbtined by;
'calling the phamber's office, FR
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transcript of the hearing is sent to
the Nassau County Supreme
Court asking for an order to
demolish.
. According to Scholz's attorney,
"we would do exactly that" if the
„ property reverted to them. Scholz
Village "Board" be -6p6H"tJnthe—-woUirdeTnoMsfr-the-buHding. anj]
publie. ~—-———nnt-tefthr-vmagfe "gb lo.lhal
• IFREEgPUT — At last week's monthly meetfcg of the
FWeport ^ard of Education, Tuesday,' June 8, was adopted
as the date fcr. the' annual, vote on the Freeport school
district budget- The'Vote'wiH ;(ake**place front i to 10" pm.
At_ the same time;thiere; wip^ibe an'eiection for one seat on
the Board of Educatio'ii, the Lone
presently held fay Gloria Nevartl.
, Petitions for the.seal must be
fUed i n ^ school district office
. no later than 4 pm, Friday, B(ay
7; Petitions-to, include additional
. questiom and propositions on the
ballot must be filed by 4- pm,
Friday, May 28. Those residents
who must register to be eligible to
vote may do so Tuesday, Jane 1,
,. from 4 to 9 pm^ -
-On Tuesday night, May 2S. the
- S ^ t S J r S ^ S L ^ f to «»n°'°5c concfiUons ^ I S - v „ P i i ! ! ^ ^ ^ - - ' ^ • state and nation. The estimated
increase, this year is $S0,O0O. .
The budgetary lines for fringe
To save $300,000 in interest costs,.
this year's simi includes the total
amount ftjr. DoddJimior High
School; TTie amount also includes
interest on money that must be
borrowed until state' aid is
received by tlie district This
funding usually comes m after
the beginiung of the school year
and is not received in one lump
payment. The.debt service has
increased from last year because
interest rates hav6 climbed due
to economic concEUons-in New
meeting has be<* sdi^uled for-
.Wednesday night April 28, at
Freeport High School. At Uiat
time, copies of the preliminary
budget win be available for the
community to study and
question. It is expected that these
figures win be "presented in
greater detaQ. than in iffevious
years.
. The &Iarch 17 Board ineetmg
included an explanation and
summary of transportation costs,
debt service, fringe benefits and
utilities, in line with tiie School
- Board'spolicy of sharing with tlie
public. tie steps itrvoived in
budget decision making. It^was -
explained that transportation
costs win be liased on the third
-year diarges in a three year
contract, which saves the district
money. The stats reimburses the
district for transportation costs
past a set distance.
The sum of $1,648,000 in debt
service mclodes Us redemption
of bonds for ctHStractioD of
sdiod buildings and tbe interest
benetits includes such fuced, by
law, costs 'as retirement rates
and social security and such
benefits Triced contractuaUy as
health, life and dental insurance.
Utilities, the Board explained,
have increased in oost for the.
sduol district as wen as for tE^e '-
homeowner. An anOcipatai in­crease
of $11,000 for telephone for'
fuel oQ and $18,500 for. electricity
win have to be written into the -
new budget Two years ago the
district implemented a series of
energy-conserving regulations.
."At llhis Board meeting, a new
regulatim was disaissed. Hie
Board has decided to close four
elementary schools, Giblyn,
Cohrmbcw'Avenue. Arclier Street
and Cleveland Avenue, for
evening hours after 4:30 pm
daily. An organizations who have
used these buOdings win be
rescheduled to use the other
(Continned en Page 16).
-iifestTSide-SiorrT-Comes
To Freeport
FREEPORT - The Broadway
musical "West Side Story" wUl
be performed by. the Freqwrt
High School's Choral Depart­ment,
Thursday Friday and
Saturday, April I, 2 and 3, 8:15
pm, in :the High School
auditoriuin.
Under the direction of ETric
Seyfried and Keitha Donneny, "
Choral students-win sing and
dance to the music of Leonard
Bernstein..Cast in leading roles
are Susan Brittain as Maria:
Eric Schul>ert as Tony; Melanie
Veriiin as Anita; Jeffrey AvUes
as Bernardo; and Robert Parola .
as Riff.
Ticket prices are $3 for adults
and $2 for stiidents. Tliey are
availaQe from Madeline Parola,
.623-1041.- An seats are reserved.
. Proceeds from tickets sales for
the production win be used to
help fund the High School Chorus' -
exdiange trip, which tiiis year-'
wfll be. to Hamden, Conn.
To Read His Pqetiy itoB
FREEPORT — Pulitzer Prize
winning poet Stanley Kunitz wfll
'read selections from his woria
Sunday^ April 4, 2:15 pm, at the
Freqwrt Memorial Libraiy. The
free program is made possible
-With support- from.iPpets and.
. Writers Inc., widch is funded by
tbe New York State Coundl on
UieAits.
Kunitz's - poetry, wiiich has
been described as "combinhig a
classical strength of language
and vision wliich goes beyond the
easier uses of irony and achieves
.the genuinely tragic," facludra-
(Continued on Page 18)
'The daslfib propei;tyi Irounded,.
by /Casino- S^ce^t jWeatslde
. Avenue-, *lRbos^vdl Avenue iiid
Randal] Bay, is presenUy owned
by--Hempstead- businessman
Bert ^Nestler. There Is ho
~one now living in the- apartr
ments, althoti^ up to, several
months ago, when the Village
ordered the property boarded
up, there were tenants. A
judgment of foreclosure and
sale entered against Nestler and
others named : as owners of
record, by William Scholz, a
semi-retired Suffolk County
builder, will cause the property to
be sold at public auction-or"
transferred to Scholz on April 8..
. NesUer told THE LEADER till?
week that he wouldn't demolish
the property "unless he had a
committment from a bank ...
Whoever wdl take over the
property on April 8 will have to
pay for the demolishing." The
Village Board hearing wUl enable
both the engineering firm
, retained by the village and the
' owner of tlie property to present
expense.".'.If done, before,.the
property'reverts -to the;Stiffolk
businessman,: vhis attorney
pointed out,.H "ivould be.rnore
expensive. • . - '' •'"'.•'
Village Counsel Oakley Gentry
-pointed:«ut4hat-due-to-statutory-
- requirements, the ViHage Board
hearing would not be held until
after April 8, by which time there
would probably be a new owner of^
.record. -
. Other Matters
A suggestion by the Freeport
Recreation Committee to include
a "one free visit tothe Recreation
Center" coupon in the April issue
of Village News was held over
awaiting a recommendation from
Superintendent of Parks and
Recreation Stanley Brekne.
Mayor White stated that it would
probably be" better to put the
jcouponin the May issue to reach
people when they are more likely
.to avail themselves "of the Cen­ter's
facilities.
A proposed contract with a
Freeport based flmi for coin-
(ConUnued.on Page 13) .
THE DAWN OF HAPPIER DAYS for many of Freeport's Senlbr
Citizens was wttnened last Saturday by over 200 people, at the
official ground-breaking ceremonies of tha new lOO-unit senior
citizen complex on North Main St. Present were (1; • r.) John E.
Waiiams, Executive Director of the Freeport Housing Autiwrtty;
Freeport Mayor WQIiam White; Congressman Norman Lent; and
Lester'Baununn, wito has ijeen countd to the Housing Authority
for ^ last 25 years. . (Piioto by Oscar)
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