The-Leader_1976-07-22

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ROOSmiT
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41st YEAR No. 13 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, JULY 22,1976 PRICE: 15« PER COPY
School DistriilJs^iliiliLflust^
Village Awarded Second Budget Defeafed
Over $1% Million ^ ^ i « j A# .M ^- «« *
-^-BAtDWlN - t-edcral grants of"
$1,556,000 were awarded to the
Village of Irceport and the Free-port
Housing Authority this past
week. The grants were announc­ed
by - Congressman Norman
.Lent. .
The largest part of the grants,
$1,339,000, Is the second in year­ly,
grants the Village, is slated to
. : receive, over a fiye-ycar period,
..under-the Community Dcyelop-
- ment Act. It will be used in five
~ -particular areas, according to the
application-submitted: Housing
'Improvement Area #1, including
V the.:Urban.H6roe5t«iding- pror
I ;^iiuii'\uie. t'tfutf ui BUiUiBii- Dia
jecdoQ of our reduced budget
proposal for the 1976-77 sdiool
year is a seAack for the District.-
The £oard of Education aiid Cen­tral
Administration will be meet­ing
in the immediate future to de-termiiie
our next course of action.
•After", all _ the available options
-<Miyp-bce«><«amlMed, and a detcf •-
feet, fihjt^is primarily the South .^'pat^o^.^^e W.*^^P<^' **>«
- FREEPORT - The second defeat at the polls of the school budget of
the Frec^rt School District, last Thursday, July 15, will keep the dis­trict
on an austerity budget. Qose to 3,9tiO people turned out, lessthan
the eariier June votes, but the percentage of "no" to "yes" voters was
higher this time. The $18,478,200 budget was defeated 2,446 to 1,446.
Superintendent of Schools Donald Costiow immediately issued the
following statement: "(The) te­state
funding that creates high
local {Property taxes. The New
Yoric State legislature has enacted
Robin Hood in reverse. Imagine,
our school expeiiditiires are going
up only"7% {n.this coming year,
yet we were forced to submit a tax
• increase of • 14%; This Is becaiise
?f the unfalti • ineqttitabk- and.: 1
believe,;^Unconstitutional^ 'stt^ic^-
i-J^atnStiSrMalirprojwt vrith its: P«>'i=w^l^
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•REWARDlNQ BEAljW;tCrbwiiea "Miss,Freeport Waterfrdnl'J-frl-day
nlghtAUfe^tlmQ'fesfderit Christine Hansen receives her first-prize:
check from Frank Smith*.The SSOO prize money wWdoriafed^by Stfilth,
owner of Margo and Frank's Restaurant on Woodcleft Avenue.- - "• . -
- ' • ; . , - - - ' ' • / . - . * , • • " : V • (Photo by Larry Rosenkrantz)
Race And Fair •
*f FREEPORT - TTipusands" of peoplej residents and nob-resi&hts,
spert a suimySuaiky. on Freeportfs waterfront, viewing t^ Second
Fabulous Freeirort'CaJioe and Kayak Races, in which there were more
than ISO entriea.- Crowds at Waterfront Part_were treated to enter­tainment
white tlieycheered on the race partidpants.'r. '
The wumeii of eacti heat were awuded tiophiesj while the men's."
and women's best time of the day
-will be'recorded^tm a large per
•, manent trophy.- Joyce'Klougher '
and Dottie Weicker had the best
" time of the day for the women,
with 11 minutes "and 5 seconds.
They were" racing under the ban­ner
of Travelers Marine. On the '.
longer men's course, best time of
the day was made by 5teve Biirt
—and Ron Grilli, sponsored by Can
U Rentals, whose time was 11
minutes and 57 seconds^
- First prize in the ladies first
heat went to Klougher and Weic­ker,
with the second prize won by
Meg Bolton and Paige. Sheard
paddling the Whale's Tail Canoe.
Shelter Point Marina's canoe
"manned by* Helen Stetson and
Maty Ann Lobalbo took third
; place trophy.
In the ladies' §econd heat, first
prize went to Abbey Bcrgoffen
and Mary Butler; second to Eva
Fogelstrajn and Donna Walker,
dre, .sponsored by • Salty. Bay
Yadit Club; and third prize to
another Whale's Tail entry, witlj
Bill Bolton and Gred Rudkin in
thecahoe. * • ,
The men's second heat was.
won by Hany Whetely and John.
Gural; with second, prize going to
Bob Bcrgoffen and Steven Paul of
the Suffolk County" Caribe Organi;
zation; and third place to John
Carson and. Mark. Cummings,
sponsored by Captain Ben's.
Louis Coiia and Bill Templeton,
sponsored by Apache II. took the
first place trophy in the men's
third heat. Robert. Booth and
Tom Kent.came in second and
paddlers Chimeri and Lester sped
to third place,, sponsored by EBr-hart's
Clam House. -
- The men's fourth heat was"won
. by Burt and Grilli with Doug and
Bob Jones coming in second and
Pat and John Kennedy taking
sponsored by_ Andy's Gulf; and third place honors.
third to Jane Eei^ "and^Mary "_TTie kayak race was
Fredsall for Carvel. _ - -
There were four men's heats
due to the abundance of entries.
The men's first beat was won by
Tom Kilgaimon and Fred Wertz,
paddling for the Freeport Boat­man's
Association; second to Bill
White,-Jr.-and Peter'Scalaman-won
by
Donald Enderizzi, who disqua-.
lified himself because he posses­sed
Olympic equipment- Bob
Oderwald was awarded the first
place trophy; Bob Erwig, second
place; and Allen Corfarin came in
third.
-^-;-(Cont-onPage 12)-- '
nor^Hom^teadvon -MiH -"Road,"
"wliich'when' acquired by the VUr
lageyrpuldbe equipped Olid staff­ed,
byi the Nassau County-Miise-uin,
Department to become the
: fire department museum for Nas-'
?sauCqunty;]the Waterfront area;
and fo'r.a study of the potential of
; the Bennington Avienue area.
The application for the second
(Cent, on Page 11)
Hearing On Tax
Lavy To Be Held
FREEPORT - With Mayor WU-liam
White explaining-.that, the
Bpard.qf Trustees were in agrecr -
ment that a recently passed state'
law would be beneficia] to the vil­lage's
taxpayers and residents,
village counsel was directed to
prepare for a public hearing on a
local law to establish an industrial
and commercial incentive board. '•
The :^new state. law, which
amends the real property tax law
to provide exemption of up to
50% for. certain husiness im­provements
of over S10,(X)0, was
discussed at this past Monday
night's Board meeting.' - ,
The law provides that towns or
villages may, by local law, estab­lish
such an industrial and com­mercial
incentive"boards to advise
the municipality of the options
available to them under section 7
of the enacted law. The exemp­tions,
under the law; would be
• spread o\eraicn-year period.
Other Business
The Board directed village
counsel, on - the-4MLsis - of- public
.Leviiie'a Staleinent
In reviewing the results of the
vote, Harold Levine,: President of
the Board bf Education,' express- •
ed his disappointment, " . . i u t , ''
he stated, "it is important that vve .
do not look at this vote in the isp-.
lation of ouir own' conjmunity."
Leviiie' pointed out that In 1974,
l4.8% of the New York State
school budgets' were -rejected; .
in 1975, that Increased'to 23.4%;
.and this, year 2970 of all'kchool
budgets in ihe State were rejected
by the voters." (EDITOR'S
NOTE: Tvo other South Shore
communities went-to"the polb
that same Thursday, for a re-vote,
and/both budgets were de-ffeated-^
Wantagh and • North.
Bellmor^O ' • • .•'.,.'•
Levine analyzed the results by
explaining that in his _ opinion,
•'•'this very high percentage of
-school budget defeats is a true re­sponse
to the'crazy patchwork of
^ _ ..take.;
inime(Uate action on "this serious
problem,",' Leviiie stated that
"the^answcr.is not^austerityrinor-is
it a- dismantling of executive
scKooI management. The :an-swer,"
he said, "Is in.a more
equitable distribution of tax re­sponsibility'.*
The ownership of a
home-is no. longer a sign of
wealth. It is about-time we stop
penalizing the middle class,'the
elderly and the temporarily un­employed."
' Levine . promised
that "wUhln the next few. weeks.-,
the Freeport School Board will ac­tively
and iiiggressively be facing
these issues. We look forward to
all for patience, cooperation and
counsel." .
Voting Resolts.^ »
Voting results were "broken
down into the six school election
districts as follows: At Columbus
Avenue School 269 voted "yes,"
while 124 voted'""no." At Bay-
(Cont.onPageJ2)
w
1(
-hearings previously held and 'en­gineer's
reports of unsafe struc­tural
conditions, to obtain, from
the Supreme Court of Nassau
County, an order for demolition of
two buDdings on Anchor Street
and Stevens Street.
. .•.',•: ;(Cofnt.'o"riPige't2)'*-'"'
BIG WINDERS of Sunday's Canoe and Kayak races received their first
place trophies from Waterfront Division" Chairman Wcs Carman,
Mayor William White and "Miss Freeport Waterfront," Chris Han­sen.
Standing are (I. to r.) Hansen, White, Abbey Bergolfen, Mary
Buller, Dottie Weicker, Joyce Klougher, Race Chairman Wes Carman,
Steve Burt, Bob Oderwald, aod.Rori.erllll., .KDeeIIna,-0-.tP.Or arjO
-Fred WIrtz, John Guraland Harry Whetely. (Photo by Joe DeSalvo)
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