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.41«t YEAR No. 18 FREEPORT, NEW YORK AUGUST 26,1976 PRICE-15'-PER COPY
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fek-Force Ads Chamber Direcfors'Vdfe
Attfacl Homebuyers j ^ indorse Third Af f empf
FBEEPORT. Advertisements ' ^ fciiww* ^i? • « • • • « « ^ ^ " ^ • • • f ^f
Itt heggpa^j^j[ftd:__g3tEEpoR^gAgreeIngISntnabsteiitysAooretMgeHrauldsoile^
spedlichouses in the best interests of the canmunlty, the Board of Directors at the
fVeeport Chamber of Commerce voted ovmrhelminj^, thb past
Monday t ^ t , to endorse the budget which will be submitted to the
voten September 9. The CSiamber's vote, whidi'came following two
budget ddeats in Freepprt and the duunber's previom opposition t6
&ose two budget proposals, was coupled with the understanding that
"the Scbod B«urd, teachers and administrat(a« have promised to do
their utmost to have a zero increase in the budget next year."
Recognixing the economic
impBrt thnt:this^ccwrbudget-haa—we-will-accora^islrB
1
l&tl^^pec
for sale in Freeport have, had
"beautiful results/.' accordiog to
EQen Extract. Acting OiBliman .
of the Village Task Force m
Stabilization and Affirmative
Housing Programs.
The small, two inch ads have
already ! appeared in recent
issues of Ihe Jewish VieA and
d-Cathdlc. wjth
Kew Yock ISagazine and the New
Yortc Times slated to tun them
aooo..'•.-..'-.:.•..•.-•;-
Along. with the:: listings of
taoQMs for sale, wboB9 owners.
NEARLY REApY-.TU Fteqwrt officeofNassau DownKOTB b itt: have ^veh spedfJt^piBnmlsslfln H^W "
-ft^mMrt-fffthf irnnyifjwitii«^Miai> rurUMito?Jfthoduloi|Scpgm^ for tbB.aJiT'lH^w'MiW'bt H ^ ^ to
on . both residents. and
businessmen, -the Chamber's
Board of Directors agreed that
"we wbiild, however, _j>e
fooIhBrdy and shortalgbted if we
would debide xax.^ austerity
1 op«ij|ngf';3^~.»ifeij6t^^the> foirmw^^
I^Btwtruit. thktt tlu> ^ x j ^ hntixii office oiorfi.to'i^ in the:
.<?ounty. ;, vfv-' U. r-.^,, - - . . - . - - - : - - •(ALEADERplHjto)
raiEEOM^^ApM^heOTa on^ Jaw to abolish.;
&eFreepotf P^ikiel^rartlnfQt as ol midm^F^nsuy n^ 1977,'and -.
contract with Nassau Codnly f or polioe services, wiU be bdd Monday
ni^it, Sq>tember 13.9 pm^ at V}nige HialL At ^ same time the Board
oC Ttustees .vHB'bcHd.a'heaHogr<iLa.:AnDi«e to have a pntdic
referendum NovshberO, i^dcbrwould be.bindbig^ J ^ Board o{
l^nstees, on t^.q[aesfldan;of FMqMrtfafdture jnlice services. Public .
-hearings are qecesMiybetOTte<al laws are.paased and theqoestian
' ofpidice services, as ootiined.by the Board cf Ttusteesat.tbfir past
MaiuIaynigbtJDpen voting session, necessitates passage of twoi Local
Lay#?3roald abolish the Freeport Police Dqwrtment and Local Law;
fSwouId owlish the ptiblic referendum. ' ^^
vniUe the:Boetd of Trustees ., ; f-.
bave taken no pontion as yet on
: the issue of poBcei service, the
Police. Benevolent Association
(PBA) bas already begun a
' campaign In favor of keeping the
poQiae structure now in existence
in the Village. Bumper stickers
have been iffinted and are being
- drculatedthrdnghdut the village
and PBA officials have appeared
before several groups, .*
The Board ftxplnined last wedt
(THE" 1£ADEK, 8/19/76). that-
Qieir action followed a report by
Mayor William. White on
meetings be bad had with Nassau
Coonfy offirials at the diredive
of the Board. Ihe Village's initial.
inquiry began in January when
' the 1976-77 municipal budget was
being prepared. Fourteen and a
half per cent or $1,707,738 cf that
budget Is conceiiied with the
Police Dqiartment and its of-,
ficeis who have not come to a .
ctmtract agreement since the
197+-75 fiscal year.
-^ -While the Board estimated that
--—-tg&.ooo to $300,000 per fiscal year'
would be saved by paying for
police protection via a Comity
contrart,; PBA spokesmen ^re
saying that termination benefits,
. mandatory under the contract,
would use up these savings for
. the first three years.
Questions regarding the fiscal
Savings and the extrat tf police
service to', the Village under a
Oponty contract wiQ be answered .
at .th^ September IS .public
.bearings. .'.-•.•
- I c e Cream Tracks
The Board was made aware of .
pr6tflems:experienced t^ an ice
crcaffi^ 'vendor*"'.who while
Ucensed by the Village to sell his
products,. rectived a summons
for .violating a local law (Section
13-20 d) profaibiting"blowing a
.bom, ringing a bell or using any
other noisy device to attract
public attention" to his wares. In
' a memorandtmi to the Board, the
Village Clerk noted that it was
impcssiUe for ice cream vendors
to operate tmdo-their license and
•ot violate the law. The Board
agreed -to instruct .Village
. Counsd to prepare an amend­ment
to the Code of Otdinances.
eliminating this Bui>-section.
Section; 20 of the Code of Or­dnances
would still be in effect-wfaiet>
"makes it unlawful for^y^
person to .make, Tdantihu^, or
cause to be made or contimie a:^
load, tmnecessary or unusual
noise which either- aimoys,
disturbs or endangers . the
comfort, repose, health, peace or
safely of others."
GontonPasB22
vam
F*eq)drt*a;."aufdity lo6iS»
nel$dMJri»o&-A: rtew-taxfe A;
anttriumYvKitatiiia center.?'.
lDtei«^ted'readers^aM adced to ;
can ttMnumberof Oie Village of
-F^reeporti.'. • -" ; ''J.'
. Extract eiplaioed: Qiat ; the .
Task-Forte .i»- working in
cooperation with: the -Freeport
Assodatkn'in an attempt to
attract new: families into
Freqp<»L "It is part of the Af­firmative
Housing program,"
afaesaid.;' v..
:' ;nie>advertisenu9its are l)dng -
paidfor firam the b a i ^ of the '
Task Force whidi received
Commtihity Development Act
funds this year. - ;.
Body QHF M
Freeport Youth
'; Found.-';-—;
Andre Cacho, one of six children
/of Andres and Stella Cacho of
Pennsylvania Avenue, had told
his" mother Tuesday that he was
going fishing. By early Wed-
. nesday jnomirig; when he failed
to return home, he was'reported
as missing to the police.
Liz Jaucdc. of Church Street,
the mother of two children, and
her sister and brother-in-law,
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ZCToTax
increase next year."
. Khanamirian went on to ex-idain
that now."we.can get on
with our job of. educating our
youth." In the light of business
and community developndent
tdaiufttt the vuSge, BftttaHTtei
^CaoiEiati(^^a:^«ial•commIttte'
^ot GtraabcT^jWictt^.^ former;;
.school .board.- metnbers.,and '
•meg^bteit'Of flMi.cftnirtitwfty.ihiid'.
mrtseveraltimesduitingthepast.
few wedcs, to fook at the bodget
and/ suggest /.possible 'cuts. '
; Caccjatore '-.(ocpressed -^-^. the,
committee's'vierw when be said.'
"an austerity budget would-certah4y
have adverse ^fects on.
our property values." :;
.. TheredncedbudgetiiopMalof
|lS,396,i4S is a reduction of
$82,000 fnan the figure submitted
to &e voten July 18. It will result-in
a tax increase of ILV per IIOO pointed to the curtailmmt of
.imporfaotrto 're-«itabli8hi'> a
positivemo6d andattitu^ in the-
..fommvmity.-'- -: • - = - ^L •• -
:.The Chamber Directors*-
statonent ^Waa-on. la sajr nEaf
••wis ncah socbeBtully'-. isolate
those'who have been against the
. prevtous budgets, for personal
jxrwer or pdlitical reasons.. Ihe
: responsiUe grovfB that fvposed
the budget in the past for sound
econoniie reasons can now wcnic
together and create a bar'
_ monloxu pro-Freeport, pro- •
sdiool coalition.'! - .
/ ' IndetaiUng Uwir stand, the
(Chamber of Cbcdmerce also
.w
.'if
a&iessed valuation for
tmqiaym. Chamber President
"Butch'? Khanamirian exphdned
that the dlfferehce.between-this
rate and the austerity tax kate of
$1.25 is only 23 cents. 'IWe have'
established a good'working
relationship between our com­mittee,
.the school board and the
Freqxart Teadiers Assodatton,"
TChnnamirian stated, ."and' we
are forking on some long range
Bohttions to problems/such ii
personnel salaries; state aid,
ADC cases andBOCES costs. By
the cenimmtion" of tUs .'com-mitteefs
work with these groups.
many programs that would hurt
youth. .On austedty, they ex-idained,
athletic programs would
be seriously cut down, denying
many students the chance, to
participate in sports and possibly
creating a h i ^ drop-rate. The
cutttog back of band, orchestra
and chorus. programs in the
. schools, under an austerity
budget, was also mentioned. -
Parents of school-age children,
the Chamber.noted,^puld have
to pay for supplies: $27 for Jimior
and sienior Ugh school students
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Local 0TB To Open
HEMPSTEAD • The Freeport
branch office of Nassau Downs-
0TB wll open for business Wed­nesday,
September I.
Site^ of the former. Betya
Charda Restaurant, the brarrch li
tiSeJted af 2i,W«l3onnsc-High-
. way. just south of the railroad
station.
Office hours will be 9 am to
8 pm Monday through Saturday.
Three more branch offices will
l>e opening in September: in
East McadoTv, Glen Cove and
North LawTence.
KICKING UP A SPRAY, these last days until back-to-school time,
youngsters enrolled in tte Recreation (Center's Youth Camp are active
in the outdoor pool. After closing from September 7 to 10 for fail
liousedeaning, the aquatic fun will move indoors. Discount Tickets for
use of the Center's facilities from Labor Day to January 15 are now on
sale.