The-Leader_1976-08-12

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41st YEAR NO. 16 FREEPORT. MEW YORK. AUGUST 12.1976 PRICE: IS« PER COPY
Freeport Fares Well Witli Belle
Weekend Olympiad
AtRe<^Cent€r
^.FREEPORT-.Competitions and.
fames for all ages will be con-ucted
this weekend, August 14
and ,15, during the Freeport
Bicenten'hia] Committee's Sum­mer
Olympiad.- Opening ceremo­nies
will be held Saturday. 10 am,
at the Freeport Recreation Cen­ter,
the site of most of the events.
Specratots are invited to attend
and there will be no Recreation
Center admission charge for eith-
/Monday's Hurricane Causes
tlf1le~Damage~tnr\ftUage
FREEPORT-"Ais Hurricane Bellehitthe Jones Beacharea-at about-midnight
Monday night, the Village of Freeport was geared to take It.
Although there were some power failures, trees were blown down
across streets, oh cars and roofs of houses, and some flooding of streets
and basements was reported, there were no injuries to residents not
heavy property damage.
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er iliam of the participants, ei-cept
the regular pool admission
for those, entering' swimming
events.-- Freeport Activity cards
The 100-mile wide storm slam­med
into Freeport three hours af­ter
high tide crested at 9:01 pm.
An eariier time expectation coup-
-led with a full moon led weathrf
experts to predict disasterous
flooding at south shore areas In-cludinjg
Freeport. • Fortunately,
the shore, while the majority rc-matnedathome.
Village Hall was manned
through the night by a crew of
municipal employees. Freeport
Mayor William White (aftcr-^tap-ing
a" message of advice towsi-dents
which was broadcast peri-will
not be required to enter the
Recreation -Center during -the
Olympiad/..- /- ; v ,
'. - FoUowiiig • •• the "opening " cere-
'monies, "starting: at ? 10:30 "am,
events" for dll ages'will be held on
the inner, and outer lawns; the
pool area and ice skating rink. Al­ready
scheduled are horseshoe
events." lawn bowling, stilt walk-tlie
stuiuiiujveJ aluiig are'easl- odleally over WODD) lode
QOINQ, QOINQ. HEREI Doetruction and construction In Froeport
' pav» the way to progress. With Phase Two of the Dodd Junior High
School building program completed, the old building Is t>e1ng torn
down (top photo) to make room for needed outdoor areas. In the south
part of the village, work tias already t}egun on the demolition of the old
' Casino Apartments and Pool (center photo), the first step toward the
construction of a luxury apartment dwelling. In the Central Business
District, on Merrick Road west of Main Street, a new building (bottom
photo) has t}een. added to the back of Lehman-Socolov Caipets Inc.
The modem, temperature-controlled facility'will be used as a ware­house
and workroom. . (LEADER photos)
Work On Mall Area Proceeds
FREEPORT - Late September has' been scheduled for the completioir
of alteration worit on four stores in the Central Business Disfiict that
will provide additional space in the Henry Street and Church Street
munidpal parking pclds. •
The construction and store renovations are projects of the Com­munity.
Development Program
whidi win provide expanded
parking !adliries,' walkways, sit­ting
areas and landscaping in the '
two parking fields. Awarded to
Atlantic Construction of Freeport,
with a low public bid of 539,727,
the four xetaO stores undergoing.
alterations while conducting
:ing. swimming races, a softball
toss,, pillow fights, sack and
three-legged races, checker com­petitions
and a hula hoop mara­thon
. Other coinpetitions might
also be s«±eduled should registra­tion
warrant their scheduling. All '•
Olympiad competitions will be
divided to allow participation
within four separate age groups:
five to nine years old, ten to 14,15
"to 18, and"19years andover.
To^ be assured a place in an
event, residents are urged to re­gister
Thursday, August .12, it
the Center, between 1 and 3 pm
or.6:30 to 8:30 pm. Last minute
registrants will be accepted ibe
day of the Olympiad, but only.so
faras it is feasible. .
On.Saturday, at 3 pm, a Young
Dashing Dan Walking Race will
be held for youngsters ages ten to
18. The race will start and end at
the Center, proceeding. through
the.Industrial Part. Adults can
be part of a similar flashing Dan
Walking Race, which will follow
the same ' route on Sunday,
. at 4 pm. '• ^
The highlight of Sunday's
events will be "The Once and For
All. Championship Softball
' Game" between .the Freeport
Fue and Police Departments.
"Which will begin at 1 pm at Ran-dallPark.
. j(Cpnt.,onPage5)
"business as usual" are Carol
Green's, Rapoport .and .Eller,
—Ravirot-Fnmitnfr-and-^TTi;
Beauty Supplies. Lease arrange­ments
between the property own­ers
and the Village have made
portions of the buildings' private
parking areas available for public
use. . ^
A sectmd construction pr^ect
bas been awarded to Dimaro Con-
(Cont, on Page 12)
era seiacoast slower t h ^ original­ly
charted.. - - • -. -
'" . EleJMcPofWWT^" '
• ^ -While LILCO reported outages:
of power to one out of every three
customers on Long Island (the
highest since Hurricane Doris in
1971), the Freeport municipal'
. electric department's consumers
weie inoie fortunateir^n-the-vll'
lage, approximately 2,000 homes
experienced blackouts for one
hour or less, with 400 more with-,
out service for seven hours to one
day. By Tuesiday, at 4 phi, only
300 or so Freeport * residencps
were still without power, but work
was proceeding io return the vil­lage
to complete normalcy. At
most of the homes that stillneed- •
ed repaired wires, heavy fallen
trees were blocking easy access to
repairwork. •'"•, •
. . Evacxiation Center
During the storm, the Free-port
Reoeation Center was open
to those who left their homes due
to its fury. About ISO people
sought its shelter. Other Free-"
porters spent the , night with
frietuis and relatives fortiier from
through the Village streets as­sessing
the situation and encour-
"aging both residents and workers.
.._: ,v:;-. .FreepprtFlrt D^t;:.'"..;:.'.:
• According "to Freeport'"Fire
Chief Arthur Lewis, ISO to 175 of
his men ^ remaiiied on duty
throughout the night. They eva­cuated
the handicapped, answer-
-ed the numerous fire mils due to
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burning wires,' and checked hous­es
when worried relatives started
calling, that their families (often
senior citizens) could not be
reached by telephone. "With some
equipment unable to function due
to water conditions, and some
roads blocked by floods, they an­swered
calls in G.l. tnidu which
were more capable of getting
through the high water. Lewis
said at one point, on one street,
the water was up to the''-'hood of
a normal vehicle."-
PoblleWorla
The Department of Public
Works welcomed in Tuesday mor­ning
with their usual garbage
pickup; although not all citizens
put out their trashcans and bar-
(Cbnt. on Page 12)
Af4 OUNCE OP PREVEKTION. Merchants and residents of, Freeport
prejjared for the expected onslaught of Hurricane Belle lata Monday
afternoon as meteorologists predicted high winds and flooding. On
South Main Street (atjove) windows werej taped and some stores
closed early 8S the storm moved closer to Long Island. (otHer pictures
of Hurricane Belle's effect on Freeport are on page 7.) *
(A LEADER photo)
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