The-Leader_1979-07-26

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FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MVRRICK
WE ifiiireji
44ih YEAR No 13 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. JULY 26.1979
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Court Soys "Moonies" Can Solicit
PartjToBenefit Residents Can Posf
F.F.O. Program No SoltcMng Signs
B P P n R T - w i t h tuT. ••v»n(« ** **
THE FIRST TICKET for a cockUllparty to benefit the Freeport Fire
Department's ;'Tol Finding Program" was purchased by Qiamber of
Commerce president Sid Lieberman (r.). The 6-8 pm event will be held
Thursday, July 26, at Right Track Inn, corner of Merrick Road and
Church Street. The tiar's owner. Al Gordon (second from r.), has
contributed his facility and the liquor. Tickets are S7 eacft and include
unlimited liquor aind hors d oeuvres contributed by the L^die'9 Auxili­ary
of the Chamt>er. Thanking Gordon and Lietierman are F.F.D. Chief.
Donald Mauersberger (second from I.) and. Deputy Chief. John
-Provenzarfo.-^ ^"7" "~ " """" '
Two Scheduled Public Hearings
Will Deal With Mall And Pariung
And So. Bayview Ave. Subdivision
. FREEPORT • Two public bearings on matters heard previously at
open public meetings have again been scheduled.
The village Board of Trustees, at their last Monday night. July 23.
legislative session scheduled a public bearing on August 27, whidi will
hear a proposal to establish an assessment district to pay the costs of
extending- Freeport Mall and
adding 35 additional parking
spaces to the .present village
parking lots. The Monday even*
ing mating wiO begjn at 8 pm in
VillageHaU
border, to the west side of Benson
Place on iu easterly border.
While 75% of the costs of
acquiring the land.' demolition,
construction and aJdministrative
expenses, will be j)aid by the
ihj Tuesday. July.31. at 9 pm, _propcrty-owners of-the spedal
the viOage's Planning Board win district. 25% of the costs will be
gjve residents a seoood oppor- funded through Conunnnity
tunity to be beard regarding an Development monies rather than
•pplintinn fhr • fiveTiOTnff «iih- p.iti fnr — as in last year's plan
division behind 220 South Bay- — by all the taxpayers of the
view Avenue. village.
NewFbaToCse According to figures discussed
SeoeCJD.Foada by the Board of Trustees al their
-^The atseox proposal for:rtfae—jg>tJ^^^*^*^g."?'°°aV P?^
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FREEPORT • With two events
planned for one week this sum­mer,
the Freeport. Chamber of
Commerce has announced that its
next weekly Thursday afternoon
luncheon-meeting will not be held
until after Labor Day.
This: Thursday evening, July
26. the Chamber is co-sponsoring
a benefit cocktail party to raise
funds' for the Freeport Fire.
Department's "Tot-Fiadlng
Program." To be held at co-sponsor
Al Gordon's Right Track
Inn, Merrick Road and Churdi
Street, the two hour event,
features unlimited* liquor -and
hors d'oeuvres for S7 per person.
Hours are 6-8 pm. andtidets can '
bepurchased from the Chamber's
offices. ^78-7402, or at the door.
• The jOvambet'ii-sri'^AlsciWl;
Freeport Cruise" will take plattC
Friday. July 27, 7-11 pm.' Gour­met
food, spirits, music and
"goodies" are promised. A
limited number of tickets, at SIS
per person, are available by
calling the Chamber's offices.
378.7402,10 am-2 pm weekdays.
Anti-Vandalism Law
Allows Schools To
Supenrise Restitution
ALBANY • Legislation allowing
school districts . to supervise
youngsters ordered by the
courts to pay for damages they
have caused through 'service in
-the public good' was recently
. signed into law.
According to the- new law's
sponsor. Sute Senator Norman J.
-Levy, school personnel will be
FREEPORT • Members of Rev. Moon's Unification Church m*y now
proselytize and solicit donations on a door-to-door basis in this village
but only, a village spokesperson explabed, "under stringent rules."
The Village of Freeport reached a settlement in District Court after
its ordinance prohibidng door-to-door solicitation had been challenged
in court by the Unification
Church.
According to the stipulation
agreed to in court, notice can be
posted "in a conspicuous manner
upon private property that a
solicitor or prosclytizer shall not
enter without specific tnviution."
Church members ignoring such
signs Ruy be reported to the
Freeport Pdice Department, the
village explains. "In effect,"
village public information officer
Jean Peters notes, "anyotie af­fixing
a 'No SoUdtlng' sign to
Jhjete doge will n« be botjieted.''
In addition, the court stipulated
that' the Village Oerk must be
given the names and addresses of
all Chureh-members wishing to
solicit as weltas a statement as to
any felony convictions within the
last five vears.
Church members must carry
identification, as to their mem­bership
in the Unification Church,
which tnust be shown if funds are
to be solicited. No items such as
candy, flowers etc. can be offered
for sale and no ptice can be stated
although donations can be soli­cited.
No orders for the sale of
goods or services In the future can
betaken.
Under the Court order, all soli-citattons
and proaelytlzlng activi­ties
\d residential areas can be
carried out only between-9:30 am
and 8:30 pm or sunset which­ever
is later.
Freeport is but one of several
towns and villages with anti-door-to-
door solicitation ordinances.
Federal Funds To Help School Computer
BALDWIN - The Freeport
Public School District will receive
$157,248 from the Office of
Education under the Emergency
School Aid Act. The funds, whose
approval has just been announced
by Congressman Norman Lent,
are earmarked for Freeport's
secondary Khools. allowing them
to use the school's existing
computer m the instruction
process in social studies, science
and mathematics. Computerized
instruction will be used to im­prove
students' ability to solve
problems and to. help them
tocrease their vocabtiUry.
Alonzo ShocUcy. director of
federal and stale projects for the
Freeport Public Schools, says the
grant will enable the District to
pul three teachers, a coordinator
and lab assistant to work on the
project two weeks before the
start of the school year to have the -
program in place for studenis
during the 1979-80 school year.
Lent said. "School Superinten­dent
Donald Costlow ana his staff
are to be commended fcr their
efforts in utilizing available
federal programs to Improve the
quality of education for students
in the Freeport school system."
-aOoKF-^he-village to use some
federal Coimnmuty Development
~ fiiads to tocrease the parldng in
the CcDtfaJ -Cosiness Distrkt.
Pienotuif held public *«^yt"g«
and open board Bifffllin{s .have
bdffd mercfianfa and other GSD
. biistzie ispcoplff cofnmest oo the
-' urgent' need fee more.-. parking
• »P«oes^^
A previodx proposal last year to
create more^aikmg fiw the Mall
-would-p*y about 513.78
able - to-supervise restitution
programs for youths between the
ages of 10-16. provided that the
school district is willing and able
tbirademke the responsibility cf-such
supervision and the Family
—«/, - - . ...^ P^"* Court finds such" public service
y$e1a0r0 paesrsieosds.e d valuaCon over a 15- appropriate restitution
Beddes the 35 parking spaces.
-the plan would extend the Mall oo
its..-Newton - Bonlerard - dde.
acquiring and demoCsbing the
dieck castnng, sign, fish and
. recxxd. stores now facing that
'street. .""'••: •
- Locamapctty - •
OwmmHmMitd- .
Rendests witidh 200 feet of the.
area, however, was never acted — proposed five bome «tibdivxsi*n
upoa.yAt'tfaat time^tKe spedal' ;«tacfa"wiIL6e.tbe:nd>iect of tbe
assessmfnt .<Ss<rict jfrawn was—jo}. 31^'Flaiudog'BMnl meet-r
FfhaB the ooe oow.j^Uaaed iag. a«ve. receded, ifldlvMual
jadodrd . mote' residential . notkesof the meednel This is tbe'
tie»r.Jfaa Sahratiori ^rmy - jccoBd pnbBr bnmng on thti
larger
and t
Levy, explained that the tegis-lalionjcjras
suggested by. local
sdiool 'districts which believe
"that tbe investment of time and
energy on these yooog people —
before their anti-social acu
become' repetitive - and •. more
serious m nature.-^ could reap-large'dtyidoids
for both those,
tn£vidnals and society as ~a'
'whole/'- • •.::.?
. .The sew Jaw provides autboti-.
zadba Cor those tdwol districu'
prepef
.a nd ^d i freiggprt Ui^ed Kfettb-dist
OiiiTcfa. ilie veinj pcopated'
sfTrtf'"*"* distxict woold. rsn
{rom the sboh side oF Freeport
Plan East on the nortfita the
north nde of Merticfc Boadco tbe
sooth; and baa tbe east nde of
Cbnrch Street, as its weste^
apsikafioa by Ualo Homes to
Innld the fcor new booses/ and.
otiBze 'a reforbtshed presenthr
stantSng dwelEng. The xobAn-non
woold extend aloo^ a newly
created cxil-dn-sac «iacfa woold
-ran from South Bayt4ew Avenoe,>
(Cont.onf>agel2)
— but only if tbe Family Cbort
befieres sodi manner 'oCrestioJ
ruiian . B : maeed ^apptuwuia
'•-tudenbc cucunstanoes iof^tbe'
' partimltrcase. ' i-J'^.- -:
TUa is tbe third bOI atmed at
stemming tbe ristag .tide' of
vandafisa socoessfiilty sponsored
by Levy. A 1977 law wbicb made
{Cont.'onPao«l2)
IT'S A "RUFF" LIFE. TlM Fracport RacfMtion Dtpartm«nU na* taen
Involved Jn dog obediencs instruction (or the pan two yaara with its
"graduates" demonstrating their skills in places such as the Freeport
Mall (at»ve). This Saturday.-July 28, at 4 pm. kt.tne Recreation
Center's outdoor skating rink, a dog obed'*ence competition will t>e
sponsored by the Mt^ed Breed Association. Spectatorg are welcome