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FRIEPORT
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NEWSPAPER
43rd YEAR; NO. 41 FREEPORT. NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 8.1979 PRICE 2 0 * PER COPY
Hnste Makes Wosfe, Audience Shouts
Freeport Educator Hundreds Protest Switch
Dead At 55 To Private Sanitation
FREEPORT - An estimated 350-400 residents, sanitation iJcpartmcnt
employees and their families, and other CSEA wtjrkcrs crowded into
the main conference room of Village Hall Monday night. February 5. to
protest the village b<^rd's decision to switch from its municipal
rtAy-iizmTxncfrre^t^ikty J.'-"'nltpsrtment to a private cartage firm. No one spoke in favor of the
suffering a heart attack. A change'- ' •
FREEPORT - George B.
Moser, -assistant. prinapal at
Freeport High School, who served
this school district in various
capacities since 1952, died
long-time resident of Freeport.
Moser "— was a product of
Freeport public schools, grbdu.
atin^from Freeport High School
Moser was a World War 11
Navy veteran, a 1949 graduate of
Gettysburg College, and the
holder of two Master's degrees:
one in English and one in Ad-mmistration.
In 1952. after teaching several
years at Drum Hills Junior High —•«"• \"'r'ic'.l'XiJT'lZ '"k^
School in PceksUll. New Voft. - P*^"?"*^',," 16.000 the :firft
Moser relnmed to this viUage and «"t «.t« .». -. —^
in sanitation which the
week before on Januar>- 29. the
board had approved 4-0. Trustee
Al Sirlin. who was absent at the
first meeting, was "present and
voiced no objection to the board's
decision.
The 4-0 vote on January 29
awarded the contract to pkk up
the village's garbage to the low
bidder. Five Counties Carting
COr^. The contract call* for a
year, $545.670'the aevond; and
. SS75,680 the third year; Speakets
THEY LOVE FREEPORT. Children at the Freeport School District's
Pre-K Center asked Mayor WllUam White (1.) and Superintendent of
Schools Donald Costlow to help them with thefr campaign to "Be A
Sweetheart! Buy ah 'I Love Freeport' T^hirt." Funds raised by the
campaign, whictvis sponsored by the Parents Advisory Board, will go
toward the purchase of materials to build an duMoor play area at the
Center at the Cleveland Avenue school. Volunteer labor will be
solicited. Coal for the shirts fs $3 for children's sired and $4 tor adults. !?!?! yfff*c'^!!il''*u'\lf ^,!^F
They are available by calling 223-4457 or 623-0039. The children enter-taltrad-
lheir two visitors by singing an origlr\al composition, "I Love
Freeport, Yos I Do, Because It Is The Place For Mo and You."
Village Party Nominate Clark And Petemana
FREEPOBT - With a unanimous voice votertnembers of the VUlage
P^ty of Freeport formally selected.C. "James Clark and Timothy
taught English In \he then Free-jport
Jiinior-Sehior Hi^h Schciol.
^Heleft.FrecpbrtHish School to
cerve- as assistant principal at
Dodd Junior Hl^h School in 1965-
66 and for a while switched back'
and forth between Dodd and
Atkinson School.' until last vear
when be returned to the high
school as one of its assistant
principals..
The popular teacher-admini- ^. . . -, ..- i....
strator Was remembered by nuny " <»!»< *' P«^'^/J"c^""8* with the
who went to school dunng " "* *•" '^^^'^ •'*'' """^ *"
^ Monday hl^ht disagreed with the
bb&rd's estimate that JUSJ.OOO or
atK>ut45« per SI00 on tho tax nite
' for evcty property owner in the •
village would be saved.
Irving Flamcmbaum. former
president of the Nassau County
CSEA and a Freeport resident,
was one who objected (o the
board's figures. He pointed out
the
player for Freeport High School.
Later, as a teacher, he coached
football, basketball and baseball
— as well as serving as a driver
trainer teacher — for the school
district.
Moser's peers, all of whom
considered .themselves, friends,
_ were saddened by the district's
Peternana. to b'e (heir candidates for^llage trustee village election. in the March 20th aarntda nthgeeimr eonwun wpeerneo qnuailc klolys sm, aaldide
The Village Party's convention Friday night. February 2, was held in to honor.his memory with George
in the Kniehts of Columbus meeting hall on West Merrick Road. A
meeting of the party's Executive Committee, held, earlier in mid-
January, had prop(»ed Clark and
, Robert B o r ^ as candidates. In a
letter ezplaming that his business
caused him Co travel out of. the
area often. Burger withdrew his
camfr-from consideration. In-a
Party's campaign manager for -
this elo:tion. Jordan, a Democrat,
tits received his parly's designa­tion
and win be camtuigning for
rr-electloa Oft Mardi JS>. He has -
second letter read Friday nighTT" served one four-)rear terra on-the
-Petemana asked that hiscandi
dacy be considered.
Village Party president Vincent
"Jim" Fortui^ta explained that-
. the Party's by-laws allowed for
the sntmiissioii of tiimes op to
. eight days.prior to the Viuage
Vutf't convention, a stipniatipn
fbdnred by Petemana: —.—-^
- Both. Cuik. a local ba^ness^
man. and Petemana, imidtter of
. the Fieepoct Ptes^jFtenn
~' Cborcfa. bad . prevnody -.Bees
'selected as candidates: by the
Freeport Repablkxn Party (THE
LEADER. Feb. 1.1979).
The yglaj^ Partjr of Fteeport
baa becti lil BlItlWHT Hlf X
Board and two years ago un­successfully
ran tor Mayor. At
their convention Sunday, January
'28. the Freeport Democrats also
Dominated Albert "Jerry" Gerst-.
man (o ran for election^
-Two other candidates have also
dedarpJ. EUen^xtraO^and Roger
Marks earfier had aihnoonoed'
thdr intentions to seek places on'
tbe^aHot.
B, Moser Memorial Scholarship
Fund. Donations to the funtf were
being suggested by the family in
lieu of flowers .
.Russell BirdsallSchool District
aeri. called it "a sad day." and
Superintendent of Schools Donald
Costlow who taught with Moser in
his early years' in" the" schobr
district said emotionally. "I have
known George for 26 years. It is
an understatement to sav,4)e wiir
bemissed," ^ •
Moser b survived by his wife.
Miriam; - and fiVe children.
Michael, of Detroit. Matthew, of
Canton. Ohio, and Gregoiy.
Mdissa and Maggie. Ibing at
home.*He alto has ^ o sisters,;
(Cpnt; on Page 3) •-'."
r lie^JxA Ea% Wire 2Wl:Appiwal7~
'FREBVRT .• A fast-food foirooeof iUresUorants, btitthe
:fraaciuse. with what iuprinc^>als Zomng Board of Appnls had
>..n « •'«onh;«f{/..f.^" tntirh win - .•.^. • 1 t..... • i ; *-
years.- • •
'- Petemana
running' for
• hetr
and daik.wrfll be
the two seats pre*
-t)> Tiustees Tonr
ige and -Wayne Jonlan.
LoveSdge, who was at the friday
na||bt meeting, announced eaifier
this year that be would not be «
cauBdate for re-electvn after 12
-bccominytofti
"Tlie V^ge Board of,
'Appieals. xt: its"-. Janoary-iheetiHg.
apptwed aa appUcatkia
Mayor, the CSEA had agreed to
put less men on the tnunidpal
tmcks and institute other prac­tices
that would have save'd the
village SISO.OOO a year. Uo'
employment benefits would now
cost the village rhbney. Flamefl.
i>auro. insisted!. If the 4S ein-
Jployees were to remain un­employed
52 weeks, the cost to
the village would 1>e S26O.000.
. Mayor William H. White pointed
out that the private carter had
said he would hire a; large Mr-centage
of the municipal staii at
a higher wage than they presently
earn: others will be put in other
village positions made-available
through retirements of transfers;
and G^ers will -be eligible for
"fetlremem tm pensions; Flamen-
. banm answered that "only 20
(anemployed) makes a difference
ia the picture." -According to
White, the board had thought
abdut- it and- had calculated-noemployroent
-payments in the
• savings.
••WkBlUTbeRaahr*
:1:-'Many of the speaken>.roost.of
' whose remarks'Were punctuated
T by applause arid.' shoots of
.' agreement froin the^. |rtandh>g'
•-. room'only audience^ decried-toe
rapidity'at which the board )iad
: reached its decision. Although
those nke Ridncrd- Tharer,
:piukh.m \A Uit! Jteiim Pul
discussion about private carting
'came during an carly-Dccembcr
open budget workshop,, THE
LEADER reported in ift issue of
December 7. p. Jb. that It had
been mentioned-in passing that
the^Board had discussed private
carting.)
The village began advertising
for. bids for private carting on
December. 18. with bids returtt-able
January 4. 1979. The board
•'had 45 days to award or refuse
blos^On January 79; thfe board
awarded the contract to Five
Couniiejr. -;-• v" "v ••- '
- Kevin Barry.' of Pcnniytvania -
Avenue, was one of the speakers
who expressed concern over the
way the board made Its decision.
"You are railroading it through."
he said, pointing outlhat the resi­dents
had not been polled on the
question. "Does the village have
any intention of doing away with
its police department in the same
manner?"
The mayor explained that the
]>oll taken In December on sani­tation
dealt with the kind of
service (back yard vs. curb'side
pick-up), "not the delivery."
The specs, he said, indicate that -T
the same service will be provided;
therefore the board o(^ trustees
felt it unnecessary to poll the
residents. - -
They Want To Keep
What The) IlaVc
But., such residents as Miss
Twist ot Kandalt Avenue told the-board.
"I think we have a very
good sanitation pick-up, clean
streets and courteous men." She—, ' _
deuiled some instances of tixtra-—-
"ordinary-^servfec and"cxplalfted-<-~-^- / =
that she fell that as an Incorpr
orated village,' Freeport should
reuin its own municipal service.
Mr. Lopez, of East Avenue." : -.
.-voiced other residents'concerns
when he objected to "strangers :,
. coming to our houses (p pick up < *
the garbage...r don't want any
-ptrt of it. is-fhere' any way." te.
asked."! can gcLiny few.(taxr— -..-'; ?--
dollars out of. the sianitatton and-r -
takemyowngarbageconpactor?" . . '
\ r-'jM/e. witti]oar fmnlguysl''-^\:7:^f~': •:
members of the audience.called .' '
oulrWewantt(>Vb(eonit.-"'' -'.••' -.
r'Speakers (rfd the Miyor thai ^
•4l»«y--fcll'^hfr-re>idetm' should •' •" ' -r^
.SubiequeHttmirt'aetiea I ^ f , ittftriifirwi, mmpt^lnM Tiayg'-iMd .more input- in the
for a variance to erect the
restaurant do ' the northeast
comer bf West Merrick Road and
Sooth Long Beadi Avetme.
iMore-thaa Jive .years a^, the.
held that a btiilding permit shotild
be issoedfor the lot's nse as a
restattfant. bat the tttom^ tor
the owners made tMs new *ppB-
-catjon ai the request of Freeport-village
council.
-.. Milton Sanders. presidenK of.
the Zoning'&}an^. explained that
they had littlr-advance notice of T>"«*dYdedsloa. • jj;. .
the board's proposal to change >^The.$teams. Park Ci>-tcAssocia-carting
' prpeednres. WhSe ' tlon- its president Richard Thayer
noted that the posiibility of .said.-i^jeets to tfae-^.'hastyand
private carters was a snbj««t o> ondertocralic manner" lit which
memos between trustee* and the that decision was madf-sopettnteiident
of public works ^-"U's not the'American way."
be^ning in June. 1977. (ED- Mr. ScheHing said, calfing for •
vean ea « » Soard of TrnsteMLiv*«?*,<???-M bc«>,-«Jp?'<^fe > the hcAi^*^xpatWl^'llis based .^•OR'S^ NOTEcJThe-firif .pubDe- i»«ebf tbcpeople.': «.Ui -.i^.t»
Wl^^^W^i^F^^^>Uii^^i^^Udose'SlSSkes v. - , c ^ ^ ^ j , ^ i 6 , ' . -•-' Vnnoui>a«n«it* oT »thi: i t o ^ ' ' ' ' - ' ^ (C6rii Sr'•^P age-'-tf"e }'*''