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NEWSPAPER
42naYEARNo.46 EREEPORT, NEW YORK. MARCH 16.1978 PRICE ISf PER COPY
Free port H.S. 5 Are L J. s!
IFHS Seniors Named Jake West Babylon Team
For Scholarships
ALBANY - -Twenty-seven In 78-76 Thriller
•Freeport High School seniors
- were named this week as winners"
In the State-wide 1978 RegenU
College Scholarshig.Conipetition.-
^Thirteen of: them were winners
. of the scholarship which would
^entitle them to S2S0 a year-for.
up .'to five ycarsjpf study at an
approved programJn^New. York
State. Ahother 13 were.named as
,wie. anoiner j j were^namea as defeating Lawrence 55-52. Farm-'
' vT''^-'~'^*'?"^""^^'',"'^"ng^'= 5S*»^"d-fin-any7 in-ir
.scholarships if wmners .declme ^^etacular victoiy-.-Wesi Baby-awards
or are ^nabjejo^accept; . i^„ 78.7^ _ ,0 earn its first tong
""^ ?".^f?P«v«l* ^P° ^'ve year mand Qass AAA CharapWlup.
scholarship in the Regents, Pro-^ Freeoorfs upset, snared last
FREEPORT ^— They're calling them the Cinderella Tcam'of Long •
Island. The name fits, because the odds against themscemcd insur­mountable;
coming into the tournament with a 17-4 record, they first
faced powerful Lasyrenee 419-1), then undefeated Earmingdalc (21;:P),.
and finally formidable West Babylon (23-0), Yet_ the Red- Devils,
Freeport High School's: varsity
basketbalLteam^iight their way^ ' of rebounds and long^passes-to-through
three close encoantcr5^— 'he frontmcn put Freeport .ahead
during the first two quarters,
-16^14-and 38-33.--Thc- DcviU -
showed balanced scorijtgin-the
'first" half. . with Rick Holines -
scoring id and Bill Patrick and
1 ^ - 1^. .-„ - .- ... . Freeport's Dan Mooney helping with eight
Ivftssiotial Education in Nurelng._.Sunday-at-NassauCo'Useirm^^^ ...:...-
-:'• "._'.-• •': ',' rO-.-'. ;.T'^-"Vi-;;-i'li:X^v;'vi^J^^:-.'3-^^:V.-; : • • --Sch^jiarship Competition. ., preceded bv a victory which-- - Comiiig-back on'the boards for
P|^N^NlH0j^aACA;'AFFi5R/Mem|>e«^^^^^
'z,i4sj|.trpm .^assau - Couiity;^to; hasn't - occupied" sihce 1942: Preeport seemed to have the .
attairftterrecogpiittort.'The^Free- championship of Nassau County, affair.under solid control, relin-.
porte«,>ire Brian Aho; Robert On Thiirsdayi'March 9. the Red quishing the. lead for only a few-
Chambers,-'-.Cathenne,Oombs;^.^vUs'..55-54 stunner-^ over
ArnjrT&igelspn, Albert Klipfel,
" (Commerce pinn^4ou'nia) t^m'rtiltt^ aresttoWfi 4it a-rec8nfOt^ft«nr
topcheon". meeting • disc'u^ina'-plans Joc'the Journal (or the April 1
dlnn«rJ, pifctuVed; <!r to TT.) are^tjlle-Fa^
director and.o^chalrmah' of the fletall; Division; Wiiiiaip;Bryck.of
- Baraseti's;crtainn{U};OT thM.ournal Ad Cqm.mfttee; and ^^^^
_.B] 8-N Stores, newjy-elected third-vlc^-prMiderit of theXhSmbeL:;1"he_l-Johnathan Nagler, Daniel^Pldt-
JivstaUatlon OInne>-ban(:e wifl be hel.d ~at.Sa\ty Bay Y££^ nick; Teresa ,Quinn.-Nina Sch-uhnoslipmitiatelidty
llhqouuonr-ffrflp>ndt -Ta fVSpiemn.n^ewsell lT baebfloeU. Towheerde- bwyiallx obme plilveet"e dm duIsnicn efotr:;,= Ljjfartr,l—Joli Silva; - Eleanor
dancing all night ldng..Cresa Is optional. For tickets or information, call-the
Chamber of Commerce, FR 8-7402..
iilhur^Street Construqiipn Adverti
'• FREEPORT - The Village Board of Triistees at their wieekly open
voting session this past Monday night, March-13, agreed to advertise
for bids for the construction of the Arthur Street improvement. The
__^-bids,will beretiimable Monday moming;._ApriI-3. The_Arthut_Strcet
raising isthelasfora'series of similaFimproyements in the south part
of Freeport. Last September; the' -—^-..
.Board voted to establish a-special
assessment district for "the :area
; which has been plagued, by flood
cohditnmsrr^ :..-••
'• Through ifie/..special assjess::^
;r^;-ment-district, residents jvilL.pay--
i. "for their *furbsi;sidewalks"'and
idnveways^whfler'jthfc.yiUage'.wiU _
, , pay tq raise the .street itself. At a
• •- : village l)bara.',meetjng;iriSepteni-'
i •4^'pr'^;MayorWiijiam'- White ;!t6l<l
i^ '''^ihore'than 30. r«idents ot that •
-: -Jaiiea "that'the.plan-called to have,
-^-.- - the-Arthur-Street job-completed—
- ;^with|n 1978. :^--. , ^ . -"^^^
7 - H A '^^leedoiqof tifarmiitiai • A S"
T- ^;':-:' \ .-il^W' Tli^tenr ^p :""•.--
'' ?, ~HVinage CIerirToin.D«" Yint^BM
:rr~-l^reportedlh'aF.tfie "Wlage 1^^^
two chanees to make in order-to-
Stortz,. GiSy? Viden and- Donna
Wassung. Maiy Frcdsall' .was
named to a .Wursing Regents
Scholarship.
' .The .13 alternates are. Alex­ander
Benitez. Alfred Covington.
Laura Foster. . Matthew Jay.
Elizabeth MacLennan, ~Brian
Mathies, Lisa.Posey.^-Kim^a-
Farmlngdale .yielded. ihein"_ the _.
Nassau Cpuhty^ass AAA title:
Nevertheless, as important as^
•that -game was,-jt.rwas over­shadowed
lasfSunday-when the
Devils entered the Cofiseum to
- face the dangerous WestBabylon
five — a teain not only boasting a
undefeated season, but holding a
significant fiiintcourt height
advantage over Freeport. -
But the Devils!came out, with a
pliying pattern that kept them on ;
(Coiit. on Page-14) ..- _ toptljroughout the fray. A series
seconds of "the-third qiiarter and
.carrying « seven-point margin up
yp the last 48 seconds "ofthe finals
quarter.."- . /_
At that point, -however, the
breaks went West "Babylon's way:
a stolen ball, a fo'iil and a frie
throw cut Freeport's distance" to-
76-72. • " r
But the Devils retaliated with a
fullcourt pass to the breaking-
Billy Patrick; the resulIlLwas a
six-point advantage with' 11
sccondsleft. - .
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•coroply-.with the newly-trghteiied"'
' V^-fafonnation Law. Citizens can no
'V longer l^^Iuirged for tiifne spent
:''-by vinaee" employees "obtMnin;
> .tnfomiatiort requested un^eiylhe
-,' law'. The-new-TegnlatkSrspeofies
-, - |hat the only lee can be^k'^avyex
•I page-chaige for' arpying'fe.gr
?-Jteroxing) the material.. If ded-
-' siohs of the villagers Information
.—Acc^s Officer^(in'Freeport,'it tsr:!
"'~*the ynrage Clerk), are appcaled'to
'i- the yUI^'e'Board .and .denied,
cwpies of the app<Jals record 'mnsf
- ' be s^rit to the" Committee'on
Public -Access .to Records, in'
• Albany. ' '- - , --'
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THE SMILE OF VICTORY is'ilashed by Freeport's'Red DevU varsity basttetbaltteam aUeriakIng the Long Island Class AAA Champion­ship.
In the back row (from I.) is Varsity Assistant Coach Harry Mohrman;.G. Danlen; B..PatrIck;A- Davidson; G. Gooden; Manager R.
Fogel; Head Coach Geroge Emma, In the center row: D. Hoper; A, Carter; L. W. Mack; P. Arias. In the front row: D. Mooney; A. Edmondr
t . O'Neill; C.EIIi3;*R. Holmes; K.Hihbn. • - "^.-.-v-^--:^-- •