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42nd YEAR No. 14. FREEPORTKNEW YORK. JULY 28,1977 PRICE 1S« PER COPY
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. FREEPORT > Under last Sunday's sunny skies, and fortmutely more
temperate weather, 330 men, women and youngsters paddled their
way from Shelter Point Marina, at the foot of Woodcleft Canal. The
Freeport Chamber of Commerce's Third Annual Canoe and Kayak
Races drew huge crowds to the Woodcleft Avenue area, the waters
of anchored boats of all sizes held
many spectators, and Waterfront
Park — on South Long Beach
Avenue — where residents and
noii-residents alike were enter­tained
by .the Freeport Fire De­partment
Band. '
Races were held for young­sters,
women, men" and women-paddling:
together, , men alone, ^
and kayaks.'Duifing the "men's"
Jteat^,' the'weather suddenly be-.
rginn-'^to''change' and" committee -
boats were^kept busy Iddlng ca­noes
overturnnl due to winds and
<hqppier"watcrs. All of the qmoe-ists
who.received dunkings "were.
well-prepared, as ieach partic
ipant wore a life' vest and many
wore bathing apparel. Most swam
to shore (only a few yards) enjoy­ing
the waters!
AU along the race route (from
Shelter Pbhit Marina to Water­front
Park) and back again, .
checring-on-Iookers were^strung.
Those gathered at Waterfront
Park were not only treated to mu-wete-
, TrafRcon the waters was hand­led
by volunteers of the Coast
Guard Auxiliary as members of
Flotilla 13-6 and 13-7 of Division
.Xin (many of whom live in the vil­lage)
caine to help. Many water­front
merchants, members of the
Chamber of Co'mmerce^t Water­front
~ IHvision chaired by Wes
-Carman,'- were SISQ afloat, to
handle' both -trafBc and canoe
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The day began" with the races
for the 10 to 15 year dds. Taking'
first place, in a mft sponsored by
phbtographer Joe'DeSalvo, was
the tmm nf Jody DeSslvo aad-
Tommy_ Dowling; Second- place-winners
were Paul Stetson and
Edward Owen in Al Graver's en­try^
with third place taken by AI-Grover's
sponsored canoe with
Shawn Patrick aboard.
In the Women's Division there
were two heats. Virginia. Fitz:
gerald and Maureen Rudkin came
in ahead in the first heat, fotiowecf^.
able to hear ;a paddle-by-paddle
description.of the race and an-noucement
of the winners as part
of-a-vastcommunications -system-installed
early tluit morning by
Satellite Communications, a
Freeportfirm.
by Valerie—Pantina and • Lisa*
Scahunandre (second'place) and
Donna Hoffman and Debra Steger
(third place).- Second heat urin-ners
were Eileen Kennedy and
Susan Conglin b first place;
(Copt, on Page 12)
A THIRD SUCCEisSFUL YEAR on the village's waterfront was witnessed this past Sunday by t>oth '
participants In (top photo) and spectators of (bottom photo) the Freeport Chamber of Commerce's
Annua) Canoe and Kayak Races. Crowds thronged Waterfront Park;(shown In picture), as well as
other places along the race route, cheering their favorites on..Following the races, In which'over 300
paddled, the winners are shown with their trophies (see story this page for list of winning paddlers).
Pubnc Hearing Dcitds Changed Local Bank Finances
^FREEPORT—Tlie^^raiage^oard of Trustees mrt-Mondaycyening. CoHdOWiniuni -
-JuIy-24,-^in oper!-voting-session:-^wo changes in^ublitf4iearing-dates—•-
were announced. Bectuise of materials that miist be prepared in ad­vance,
the public hearing to consider the rezoning of North Main Street
has been changed from August 8
to Monday; August 29, at 8 pm.
" A public hearing to review an
application made by Atlantic
Nursery and Garden Shop to
rczone the northeast comer of
Atlantic and Miller Avenues
has been changed to August 22.
' ' Nortfi Main.
Street Bexonlns
The major part of the Village's
: northern ' corridor, strctdiing
from the railroad to the Roosevelt
line, tud been zoned Planned Ur­ban
Dcvek^ment (PUD) in 1972.
The present suggestion to rezone
was made by the consulting firm
of Raymond, Parish, Pine and
Weiner, wfibstudied the area un­der
the Commumty Development
Act (CDA) program- .
In requesting the change in
June, the village's Community
Development Director James
Dunne had mentioned "numer­ous"
inquiries by potentia]
developers and businesses
"indicating strong interest in
this area." Dunne had explained .
to the Board that tlie present PUD
zoning is not in line with those
WEST HEMPSTEAD - Free-port
will be the site of the first
waterfront condominium to be
constructed in ; Nassau County.
With financing arranged "6y a
local bank, two Freeport construc­tion
contractors are in the process
of erecting a 61-unit deluxe con­dominium
at the head of Randall.
Channel. .. ' . , . : _
Fred and Joe Scalamandre,
owners of Peter Scalamandre &
Sons, Inc. and Seacrest Construc­tion
Corporation, are building the
apartments whidi are on a parcel
of land fironting Casino Street be­tween
Wcstside Avenue and
(Cont. on Page 12) (Cent, on Page 3)
HAPPY DUO. Awaiting the start of the Third Annual Cahoe and Kayak
.Raceson Freeport's waterways, band-Ieader-producer Guy Lombardo
(r.) and Wes Carman, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce's Water­front
Division and originator of the annual event, view the crowds that
had gathered. Lombardo, a Freeport resident and last year's Chamber
of Commerce "Man of the-Year" acts as the race's official starter.
Carman, and many of his fellow waterfront businessmen, using radios,
kept the canoeists In line at the start, afloat during the race and water­ways
clear.