The-Leader_1978-10-05

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"" LEADER
FREEPORT'S
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NEWSPAPER
43rd YEAR. No. 23 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, OCTOBER 5,1978 PRICE 20* PER COPY
Mall Dedication On Saturday
SHE'S NUMBER ONE and helping Betty Coolt to hold her trophy is
Freeport Mayor vyilliamWhite (c.)-Cool( and.her crew took first place
in the Guy Lomturdo Gold Cup Power Boat Race, held September 30
In Freeport.'Cook, a 55-year old grandmother from Newport Beach,
California, also accumulated enough points with her win to t>e named
natinalchampion. ' •^'
Village Explains How It^Will
/ Jpand $i.9 Mjilipn Grant L.
- FREEPORT- At the first public hearing on the Viliage of Frecport'i
' comprehensive grant application intheSmaO Gties Prograrn, resi-tlents
were' able to hear Community Development Director James
-: Dunne explain how the village, expects to use the federal funds.
— The.village's pre-appjication had been approved September' ll.and
1; the village mast (ile:^ finalJortOw.^.-' '".' _ .
-; by October 16. The fiinds to be "The suin of SZTD.OOO was" listed
•' iwaid«l'Frcep6it5will amount to. ^ fw use in aveiaQ' program iul-;
:> $1^950,000- over-a .three, year • mmistretion. planiiing^d man-
-^ peribd.'T--'-^, . -, : - • •,- -' 'agemerit:,- development. : .The.
; V. Dunne i^plained that $515,000. Small Cities Prqjrain does not
TT^ of-thg.Tnm woflld h^ aprlird t" ^ow for any fand^ on a.omtiiii
icOTomic'deveiopmeiit on North -agency line'' ' • '
'Another $300,000 "
Fire Department
Holds Open House
FREEPORT r National Fire.
Prevention Week will be kicked
off with the Freeport Fire Depart­ment's
first annual open house
Sunday. October 8. at Freeport
Fire Headquarters. The head­quarters,
located at 15 Broadway,
willbeopenll amto4 pm..
Featured at the open house will
be displays of all the depart­ment's
modem fire figliting •
apparatus. Visitors will also be
able to see. in action, the depart­ment's
cardiac monitor-equip­ment
which is parried on the de-'
partment's ambulance unit 24
hoursadayi. • '
There:will also be exhibits of
various types of fire extinguish-erSy-
fire:detectors^nd fire fight­ing'equipment
from the.depart­ment's
pumpers and aerial ladder
apparatus.
Many of the department's
volunteer firefighters will ^ be
available to answer any questions
from residents regarding aspeas
of the department's operation.
Admission to the open house is
free and all are welcome.
FHS Seniors Win
National Honors
Concert And Sale Open
Festivities Friday
FREEPORT - The village's open<Alall, which cost approximately
SI.8 million, will be officiallyd^^icated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony
Saturday, October 7. Presfem fofthe official opening program will be
Nassau County Executive Francis Purcell, Congressman Norman LejiL
and State Senator Norman Levy^^as well as other dignitaries invited by
village Mayor WiUiam White.-
On hand also for the ceremony,
which will begin at 3:30 pm,
will be the Mall's architect;
officials of the U.S. Department
of Housing and.Urban Develop­ment:
representatives of the
village's planning firm of Ray­mond,
Parish, Pine & Weiner and.;
of MicofL^Construction -Corp.',
and Jhe village's Community
Development Task Force.
The gala festivities win actually.
begin Friday, .October 6, when
the U.S. Army Band will be
performing on The Mall' from '
2 pm to midnight. Many of the
stores on The'Mall will remain
open untih midnight, for the
Retail Division's second annual
Midnight Sale.
Saturday's musical entertain­ment
"will be provided by the
Freeport Fire Etepartment Band,
which play from 2 to 3:30 pm.
Arirangemehts for the official
; openingmrcf under the direction
of the Retail Division' of the
Freeport Chamber of Commerce
and participating Mall mer­chants.
FHS Seniors Can Win Scholarships
Main Street
• [ iroald be' used ..in llhe' Steven'
•'^dependence Streeis area,-'with
.V $225,000 ..gcnng to'jmicbasL smd
-rdiabiState va:cant. Homes. and
' 4^,000 eaxmartedfOT'i%iiabilita-
" tion.liMns'andgranti for alroid;'
•2- occupied, fuoses. Dunne jxnnted
; ootthattt^'area was one'ofithe
- more difficnh in wMdi to interest
.' homesteaulers -.'and the .'Task
"• Force believed a concerted effort
:'there is necessary, r.
-l^^JTbe - sum _of_S865.000 is ear
Diinne pointed out .that,
although ;, interested > residents
were.invited to write-his office
with suggestions or c6ininents;-te
had reoeiyed none to date.-.,:: ''.I
;, At Qns'meetmg; SM Liebetman.
a local realfisr/suggeaedtlaut In
the Stevens .Street arei^' the small
plot sizes' crca^.«'.'diffiadQr;
Instead of spending the money to
rehabilitate the. houses (^ .30 z
lOasquare f^t plots,, he advised,
it- might-be wiso^ to demoUsh
them^and use the land to make
maritr^for phblic hnprovements ineighjtgring pkrts more palat- the
' related to boosing^ reiiabilitation.
-JJiis includes $750,000 for street
and. utility -improvements' in
-fHousing Improvement Area No.
aHcT
-' "A second public hearing — two
are mandatnl by law — is sched-liled
for Thursday. October-5,
FREEPORT - Following the
recent announcement that two
Freeport High School, seniors had
been named National Merit semi-finalists.
FHS principal William
McEIroy has- announced that
«ight seniors Jiave been named
Commended Students in the 24th
• annual (1979) ^^scholarship pro­gram.'
''.••'
-r.:SarahrMqynihan and.^Joshua
Sigal;are':tbe semtfiniiKtts -{see
THE LEADER. 9/21/78)?Moyni-
. fian. editor-in-cHicf' of 'Vintige,
- the_schod's ^liteniy 'hiag'aVine.
; has- also '.partldpiUed..iB.'-:tbe
\i Debate::anb.;Chcras,-'Sdeiice
-L-Clnb>-i&ench Chih iiid^Histoiy^
-Club.' and is'on the'Sinmimng'
' rSigal -has • twen'Involved. iii'
i;Miihl<tes, Orchestra. LL Youtli'r
iOfdKsna^All-Connty Orcbes^/ !
4 MasqoeT&.;Wg; Drama: diibi -:
:, Science: Qnb^ Frracb CInb''and :
-, Viritage^...- .- ' • . - . • >€
:•[:, •• The c ^ t seniors who reoetyed.
• Letters of 'commehdation are '
Edmund Austin;.: Diana QriDo, '
Michael _ Davison, WiUiam.
;.Dunkley,;- -Harold' . Uidaccr.
Thomas M^er. Andrew Ebdnite.
and Linda Zutcher.Tlie. awards in
National- Mfeilt -.Scfaolarrfiip
FREEPORT - Seniors at
Freeport High School can partici­pate
in the Century HI Scholar­ship
Program by demonstrating
their awareness, concern . and
knowiedgeability about the needs
and challenges that are expected.
to face the nation in the future.
Prizes include a top national
award of $10,000. two $1,500
scholarships, for winners in each
state, and trips to colonial Wil­liamsburg
in Virginia for local
winners.
- William McEIroy, principal of
-the high school, explained. "We
are encouraging seniors tcparti-cipate
because the' Ontury HI
competition is a fine wayJForl
youngsters to become niore in-
>voJved with the community and
social issues."
'The Cenhiry III Leaders;.is a
national. scholarship program
open to high school seniors,
emphasizes the fiiture concerns of
America. Students are initially
judged on their leadership abili­ties,
community involvement and
current events awareness. The
. school winner is also required to '
write a brief projection oudining
what he thinks. is a particular
issue America is likely to con­front
in the future and how such a
challenge should be met.
The program, which offers
$218,500 in scholarships, is ad-.
ministered by the National Asso­ciation,
of Secondary School Prin­cipals
and funded by the Shell OO
, Company^ — —'— .
Deadline for student submis­sion
of applications is October 13.
Interested FHS senior should con- ;
taa Florence Amer of the school's'
guidance department.
3. Part and utility improvements 8 pm', at Village .Hall. The Board
in Housing Improvement Area of Trusty has abo called a
No. 1 and North Main Street special Iftgislative ("open-yot'-
aTOaiit for the other $115,000. -•--•{G«»nt.onPagel6) -
Progxam are based ofa the resolts
' of the . Nationwide Prdimituiy
Scholastic Aptitude Test, ^ven to
. junior in October, 1977.^ ^ '
In his years at Freeport High
School. Bimund Austin has b^n
. :(Cont.qnPige.l2) . : .-
-HONOREDFOR.THEIR SERVICE TO CHILDREN. State Senator
.Norman J. Levy-(seebiV} from L) and Assembfyman Armand D'Amato
' (r.) w%re honored reeiBmiy by the Freeport Coundl of FTAs. The two
legislators received citations for their outstanding service to all chil­dren.
Presenting the awards were Marilyn Boiler (c.). Freeport PTA
legislation chairperson; Jeanine Sucttart (second from r.), PTA Council.
president; and Supertntendent of-Freepbrt schools OoriCartlow (r.).