The-Leader_1977-10-27

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42nd YEAR No. 26
FREEPORT'S
OFFltiRL
NEWSPAPER
FREEPORT, NEW YORK. OCTOBER 27.1977 PRICE 15t PER COPY
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Village Board ~ Pact Draws Quest Ions,
Meeting UHwenfful tt^ ± ± A J A •
weekly voting sessions of the
Freeport village board of trustees
has fallen off in recent weeks.,
With only a member of the press
and several department heads
present, the actual business of
the meeting'was conducted by
Deputy Maybr'Dorothy Storm, in,
the absence of Mayor William
White. Those villagers who have
wilted from the over-warmth of
the main Lonierence Koom at Yil-lage
Hall—even during cold;
blustery winter days—will prob-ably
be pleased to learn that there.
wlU be. an "upgrading** of the^
>hairsheat!og system. It was-ex-!,
plained tbMlthe rooneylto be.ex-
10/20). by the district and the
FTA.'"neither side gained every­thing
it was seeking,'* but as the .•
. FTA*.s: president Russell Coyne
elaborated in an .interview with
THE LEADER. •'at least a strike
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ducttw; .".MU&kt M&n.' ^ :ttatRI. 4rt.t »p.r iR0. jd»-C- ho_r aiar.T, T^O .
who appear in'ih'ls saa80ii''8 iindeftaklno ^rid have aim figured promin-.
ently In past Chorale prpductloni.'Elg Wyear old Troy slnga the show-stopping,
''Gary, iridlana.H^vihlle lovely "fluth Is-cast-as Zaneeta.
Troy's proud father, Jadt.-Welt-rememberedaa-Flnian In-last year's
show.playsJacey Squlrwthla season. Ellen Ro«eiit)dro,'Ruth's moth- :
^r. Is castas Ulllanjjcke.-'-•Music Man'.' can be seen October 28 and
29 and November 4 and 5 at Freeport High School, 8:30 pm. Tickets
are $3.50 for adults and $2:50 for'chlldren.. -: >;_ .
Dffl'chardSandors
FREEPORT - After six weeks of demonstrations, four months of
operating without a'contract, andmore Jhah_jLbalf^ear„of.long,, _
arduous negotiations, the Freeport school district has reached final and
official agreement with its teachers. Last Wednesday night, October .
19, at Its regularly-scheduled public meeting, the Board of Education
formally approved a three-year contract with the Freeport Teachers'
Association (FTA). ,• , : .
Accv>rding to a press release you're just going to vote on it?"
-4ss<i€d-4a5t week (TIIC LEADER. "Well. Alan. 1 kind of agr<i(i ~
with you on. that," answered
•Rcilly, at-"Which point Lcvine
ciimmented, "The. people have
elected this Bliard to carry out Its
rcspunsibilities; The; Board has
carried out negottations in good .
faith; our mle here tonight is-Just/>
;ti>legally'appnwe the contract." .
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. FREEPORT - Through • the :
acdon of. concerned parenis, a I
.stady gnjnp:is beinjg fonn<^ to ^
examine the heialth quality of fp6d.
served in . Freeport district -
schools. At the.Board of Educa­tion
meeting hdd last Wednesday
night, Jeanne Wisn'ei^^Hrepres'en-'
ting the Ad Hoc Committee for -
Better Nutrition in Freeport
Public. .SchooUrrCxpressed .idis-. •
tress over "the amouiit of preser.-.
vatives,: artificial : colors " and
ingredients, ^ t and white sugar <
• .used ihjschoof food.".
" As'an'afternative, Wisner sub-niitfeda
sample inenii from the
Harfoorfield School in Groenyale,
whose lunch program 'aimis. at
"presenting wholesome fpod with
almost nopresetyatives." ,
Wisner's concern was inet with
interest by the Board, and
member Harold Levine called for
; *.'a study group of interested
• parents and administrative per-
' sonnel who are involved in the
lunch program; It's quite obvious
-that-whae we're teaehing^
nutrition in the classroom, we
don't want to be serving junk food
in the cafeteria."
Desfrncthre To The Body
Interviewed by THE LEADER,
Wisner said that her ideas have
. been greatly influenced b y a
recent lecture given by Margaret
Stockhard, who has supervised
Harborfield's food service since
1959. Wisner provided illustra­tions
of how Stockhard reaches a
minimum of preservatives in the
113fen s diet: tederat commod-ity
fruit, for example, is ujscd, but -
it's thick syrup is poured off; the
fruit is then .wished and idixed
with ] 'fresh produce. Canned "
federal meat, high in fat and salt,
is also utilized, but every one part
of federal meat is mixed with two
parts of..fresh :"meat. A special
mena/or.children who. are sensi-
-tive to cohtanuriants is available,
and bread, is baked-on.school
preinises—iiot with sugar, but
honey. - •• .; - 7 "- :.
- "Stockhard believes that sugar
is not a food," .Wisner explained.
"It's.a"chemical which is destriic-.
tivetotheb«xly." '
- "No junk food is sold at Har-borGeld,"
, continued ' Wisner.
"Neither•pretzels, potato chips'
,soda,- Twinkles and the like are'
.available, while things like nat­ural
ice cream are. Some districts
niake' fabulous money 'on' junk
food, but Stockhard says that
. making money is not the goal of a
food program. Maldng whole­some
food b.
tncjty.. ,.
- The second lowest bid was., ac--
cepted.'by the board for- street
improvement woric (o be idpne on
. Woodcleft Ayeritie. The previous
performance, by the low bidder-
.prompted the Superintendent of
Piiblic-Works .to suggest that his
(Cbnt. on Page 8) • '
^mmiinit3iJ.ea(iers ^
Asked To
W(XMiwaiid Reeepti^^
FREEPORT - Congressman
-Norman F. Lent; Ray Heatherton,
and Freeport Mayor Winiam H.
White will be among the digni­taries
serving a honorary hosts at
the Woodward Mental Health
' Center's"Cdm'muriity"'Leaders'
Reception,.Sunday. November 6,
. 3-5:30 pm. The, event, marking
the beginning of -Woodward's
twenty-Tirst year- of delivering
mental health services on behalf;
"of emotionally disturbed youth in
Nasjau County, will be heldat the
-.center, 201 West Merrick Road,
Freeport. Invitations to.the-re­ception
have gone out ta4ieads of
service dubs and fraternal and re­ligious
orde;rs on the South
"Shortrs'as wen as county^ town"
.. and village,officials, and mem­bers
of the clergy.
Commenting op the reception.
The center's Executive Director,
the klhtl of serious damages a
strike oiuld cause:**
The-SchiwIiBoard's acceptance:
of the contract, however, was not"
made withotit prolonged public
discussion and debate. Nearly SO
pebjple flocked to the Atkinson
SchmiT library Wednesday night
to. learn- about the. new. agree­ment.
Some came with'questjons, _
s»>me with protests,'and some
wc can't aticayv>ur decision." -—
. "That's right,"-Levine agreed.
"You express: your opinion. atJhe_
P«%." - • :
"The Village Bo^rd holds
public hearings." Jay cited, "be­fore
they make a decision."
. "Not when negotiations with
public employees are-at.issue."
Lcvine c«)untered; '
B<»ard member Sara Holly in-
-ivith preparedjitatemcnts»^L. i_lcricclcd ;_teiriiilding jJjiyi_.tha.L_
Thp'Issue rose early, in the "evctyone. in the community was
meeting as Board member Harold aware we were negotiating with
Levine niuved that the contracts the teachers. It was very Casy for ,
for both the Freeport Teachers'
AsstKiation and the; Freeport
Teacher Aides' Association be
approved. But as the Board's
president. Jack Reilly, began to
call for a vote, he was interrupted
by a voice from the audience.
Alan Jay asked if the public would
be allowed til speaVandrwlien he
wjis told by.Reilly that the biisi:
ness portion of the meeting was
_i{pen only to Board deliberation,
he replied. "Theti/what's the
purpose of our bfeing here if
anyone to call us on the phone
and express themselves.'l".
"In May we" voted on a budget
increase of 76C." continued Jay,
"a,nd now a new figure of SI .56 is
coming in. The taxpayers have a
right to speak before the Board
giKsahead." "_^ I: JL.__
''Mayl callfor a vote please?"
Lcvine inquired of Reilly, .but
Elaine Rapp, sitting in the
.audience, had her hand raised,
and in deference to her cducation-
. (Cont. on Page 20)
ta-go^-Wisner re-—Gertrade—BermanrTJol
ported that Harborfield operates
on a virtually break-even budget.
. Last year," for example, the
school's food program, serving
approximately 1000 students,
netted S273.
The real indication of success,
according to Wisner, is participa­tion:
"Harborfield has a high per­centage
of'student participation
in the lunch program, and practi­cally
the total participation of its
"tCi)ni. on Fage 3)
ihat this was the first time, since
the dedication of the new building
in 1974. that the public is being in­vited
to view • the facilities en-masse.
Although local groups
have viewed the center's program
at work, Berman pointed out, that
"Weare now reaching out in con-
•ccntrated fashion to the 'movers'
of-the communhy. As a publidy-supported
center. Woodward has
a story to tell to these leaders. It
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JUST FIVE YEARS OLD back In 1969, the Freeport Historical Museum
celebrated its'15th anniversary last Sunday with a commemorative
dinner at the Elks Club (see Roundabouts, page 4). This photo was
taken on the opening day of the Museum's '69 spring season; the flag
-4*-it~k^f-mis\ in g&sefvafice ct Prealdont-Dwlght P. EitsAhgwef^
death.