The-Leader_1980-02-28

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•Wih YEAR.No. 44. FREEPORT. NEW YQRK. FEBRUARY 28. 1980 PRICE 2 0 * PERCOPy
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Honor Scalamandres
At Chamber Dinner
FREEPORT - to«J bmlders
Fred . -alid Joe Scalamasdte,
regents of this village, _have
been chosen as.the. 1980 Citizens -
of the Year by the Frcepdrt
Chamber of ConMncrce. The- two
will be honOTcd, at the Chamber's
annual installation dtimer-dance. •
for their paitidpatJon "in -the
Chamber and for their dedication
and readiness to serve their
community. \
- The yearly event will be held
Saturday. March 29. at Salty-Bay
Yacht aub. 180 Westside Ave­nue.
Freeport.' ~" •; . .
. Also to be honored at the gala
'will be Joi^Cona;' of;-Wopddeft.
-Avenbe's Apache. jQ, ihd ID,^ "'hP^X
tki ;been chosen .'as fthe^lifi^;^
; Au3^aryl\ptfaM.-jrf;^the|.^ .
•'of3 ti»rfCiiamber^i^d?]fe'''Ker;'
. M(^ce,-ia~tbe'dwdopm^^
•^H(«watctl^,htaii»".\;vL--i^- -•" -'>",•'•'. -•"
". / A third award willlm; given for
thic; 6nt itime .this: year;;'when ,
.Agnes-i;Ftais.;,';receives:.," the.
Chamber's Humanitarian-AwMd.
.f9r!hCT fi^fbl semce' atid'hard _
woric oh., behalf 'of "Freeporfs" -
. senior-citizens v'This .award will
-also be'^presehted,by:tbe}Ladles :
g.,v7nje aniiu^didinnerfls also ihe>
; scene, of-the; ChamberJbf Cam-.
ra'ciro's: Installation 'oiftirfScers.
7 Elected Monday hightV Febhiaiy'
:2S, to.serve as;nrcsidchl forjthe^
s^l980-«lsy«ar£iF ObhelTSoro^ -r
Idh^-time merchahti:>(Lehman-i.
S6colo*;s:^:Ourpetr; oh-^^^^^
Merrick Road), realtor/and-Free-V
Tenants Relocafed Without
Incident, Buifdinig Seafed
FREEPORT • AB-the windowsof the two stojics aboyC the comer
stoi«s are now dark. The door a\ I littie.Ptne Street is" sealed with a.
papel of wood and is padlocked. The 25 adults and 8 children who
called the apartments"home" an .'were moved but before the sheriff's
artival on Tuesday momhig; February 26, ^
Last -Thursday, February 21,
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FOR THEIR INFORMATION; Village Alcohol and Substance Abuse
Center Director Mariod Harvia has been conducting a front line super­visors'
information series as pah of the Village Employees Assistance
Program. Staj\dlng"0. to r.) are Ms. Harvie;:Harold Hicks, Parks;
Angelo CapozzoH, Garage;.Bbl>ert Sherman, Bectric Utllltles^Robert
C^itozzolK.HJgtiway; and Edgar Salley, Signs..Seated.(from i;.fore-;
ground), are, Cornelius Regeer, Electric Utilities;' Ctuurles'Boden,:
.Electric,' WBIiam Conjinbs, Electric;.: aames Cljrk.VWater; iMartin
; HUebnei^^F^licWdrksrand Ctiafles SliillerlElectJ'ic^ Also enrolled'in;
- the'diucw^-^lii^tssirig'ffom^^hotoTare.Le^^^
->Ma{ntertahc8f'Joha%Miraodb>-7SeVic^ri'VyUli^l^^
6eo*^e:Nel^^Af)^tei^atera,_^^
.- FREEPORT;-:TfcicS^gd'«^19Mstt^
agreed:a^-%.th£jFre(^pc»tvBaatd;^^^
Febraaiy:l4rARn ajlengtby^ discission; the Higlnray.CotnnaissIdo's
tecbmbiendadoiUL^wwe approved and the village.treasure-was author^..
ized to mepitte a bond tone in the aihbdiit of $50b,000'to cover costs, Vi;.
'B*j;vtew^ Avraue: (SdhHse" Hlgh-C.-: ^ • ^^^^
ilroy^tb'. Metridc: Road)T Mrarton -'. i»6t included In the 1980 pr^iim^i
'^Avenuefi (South/ Bn»K$ide- 'to.* vThitvboaW'iM
Park);\G»nt*.Streirt (Guy^ ttmi-: ; residents" be surveyed.todetef-b'lUi^
oY-;A^"?- to •'Huds6n);iv''inlne hovrthey;felt about.theif
:Mjurtha^-Street' (Guy Lombard©'^" streets,' an.'artionfiKtU'.taken
.tai,|Had$<m),;v'0iddBe|d.fiAvenae1'*Ssev^^
I (Mnion ;to .Wilsoh},-'^|£Mi(xs6a .Ssiiryey,show«a, that most'bf ihe -
Aveatle (BareHy td NorUi:Bro^-- m^ appeared • torwanf'to ^
side),''Bweriy Parkway^i'tttaisod'_keep.their^steepts the w^
.tQWilsoti);Wilsoff:PIace(Bewljr;^:;w
._ »,-.-.. " - ^ " ' - • " ' '-^BagafclkdaiMt^^^^^
was-misunderstood by many. of.:, on Freeport Mall; first vice-presi­dent";
attorney.Bob'Smith; second
vice-presidrat; Jo Cdna/Apabhe
- IIjand. ni on Wobddeft Ayenue^
nhjrd^ce-prcsident: Peter Biier,
Prdgres?usih.the Industrial Piuki^
(ezeciitiv^ secretary^ and .Charles'
.> Brady, J Natiohkl Bank of Ncnth
1 Ajheriai;~treas»irEr.
^^.The ^Dtnrier-Dahce's festivi­ties
will begui at 7:30 pm with a
"codftail hour.'Dihner^wlf follow
: tdpped'bff «3th'a Viennese Table:
The evetung will include tim;
linuted liquor and dandng to the
mnnc be a.twe'band. Ticketsare
: SSSperpeoon. , , . • - ' ,
" For, ^rther.ii^onnatioti or. to
bbtain.tickets, call'the.Freeport
Chamber of^ Commerce, 378-
7402, w^days. 10 am-2 pm. '
and. Staplefon and Trreport
Village • police officers Wester-imiinn,
Capriola,- MbsesT"^'
Honkaren and Detecftyff: Mnl
a^sisthim inlhe.arrestor29->ear duwit^ were mvolved in the raid
old Arvestia Hicks of Willow on Februaiy 20 at an apartment at
Avenue. 302 North Main Street." -
DrugBust ^, There they found about S3300
-Theothersctof arrests allegcdi^^wotth of herion, SI,500 in cash,
ly broke up a narcotics operation hypodennic needles and two
in the village. Nassau County. guns — a revolver, and a shot-narcotics
squad detectives CarroU . (Com. on Page3)
to Nratb Erbdcsfcle) and Viribia;
Avenue (MaMori to ¥igisoh),"6>'
^Scvew'of the ."streets, located
-fin the, hort^est'section .of the
'viMgerlmbeing^^^ bn by
.V.thb:yillage's--Water'.department
?^;>£Mau^ of a.needio nin in'new
^.^yfatefmai^u^,•:7.:.• -••.' .;':•„.•,-\-::.
:r^-:Kep"i;Bag8felIe| president.<rf
i NorthweJsti.CSw Assodation and
:; ."a resideht'bf''Wbodblhe'Avenue,
-was' preient at -Ihe meeting.-
. Bagatelle: and another recent
had complained,'at an earlier
; board of .trustees', meeting, that
East and West Wbodtme Ave-
'nucs were the ihbst neglected in
thcviUage.^ .— v
] The two streets, however, we-e
State Supreme Court Justice Eli
Wager signed an order to vacate
the house after condenming the
residential areas of the building.
The .village of Freeport. had
charged the landlord.' - Frapa
Corp.' orWhitcstone. with num­erous
. building . code violations,
ranging from lade of heat to faulty
wiring. The court case^llowed a
successiob o f sttmrnbiises issued
hyivthe'T^fiUage-^agalnst^^Fra'^
Althbiijgh'.' eiicb- .summonsi was
appareiiUy •fdtewiBd.iby; a'cOTtTOjv^
ntioB^a^^^^^f^^^S^'^ BJ^V***-^
latibnS' ksjpt occumngKaad? 'fif'^'^-~
SeptemVeft- 1979-the'-'vWa5g<i
notified Frapa hy mail that they
•were injwolation.Vrf the building-
. code-imd that the' biiildbg was
Vunsafe^Md "dan^roiu
•i:Hiullyi; several.'.weeks"ago","
water flooding: in the building led
to a danger^of electrical fire and:
- the .building's' heat had to 'be
jtaroied'offbccause.^qf attack of.
.waterintiieboilef. " • ; ' ; ' 'v.':"^-
-Vaiagb. .rMident^,.^ dvic
worker,- Helen' RoMtii-hasTactt^l:
-as a volonteer iaterpreter.for the
families^ most of .whom app^ureiittt
:J!yJ^jnmnbt.:,,,sp<^'^^&glish^i-AlT:
-Tthough:: she::'admittcdl^^^^
.plained of the bad conditions at 1.
littleTrtne ~'uii islconcemed
about si]iUlar,ran(Utipns.. in,other;
village: dwellings ":—--Rosati' last
'wedi'wu faced with a'dilenima.
The tenants were, to.be evicted-and
had ho other housing.
" But Mondayj'whep the sheriff
aniyed to. evict any who re­mained,
they all had moved.
• All exccpfone had'found new"
lodging in the village. Two
wo'menand one baby, who shared
one of the: apartments,, were-,
staying -with''a-.. friend..wlule.
apartront:huntings -•S-^.^t-': '
•'One-fwhily,• ai-nlhe-yeaf "resi-
:dent of^the bailduig,:found lodg-.
|ing^i^tmhdthcicbtner;ph Church
^Jreetj2!niieu^;'n«a»£secbndtflbor
^piStaeht^jiist .*-sevcral:'''d6c^
" from.thefrformei:-hbme7 was de-
• scribed • in_; glowing^/terms, i-by-
'Alfieai^Meiceda and his. wife.
•'.•Thisisbbw.ridipeopleliye,'':he ^
said; spealdng of'the •heat; hot.,
V.waterwjdladtqf rats.'.->:,:
* '-'.Rosati -sidd that • FrMpohe^^^ '
hea«ngj of r tKc;-pUght; of to^
''tenants last weiek,' had cklted her
Vhome . and;lbffered ;help..i Each=
^offer, she sild.'was checked a i t;
l.tq nuie sure^thejIodguigs,were
"legal and not in-\dblati6n a[ any :
> village isdinahcb,*' She creditea
~ thejJd ofa. grbupbf hij^jschool,.
c:stadents,TE0C,':?ana;?v6!Sifeeis'"
:^^fiw toe St/,.Yincirat:'dji:;P^^
i^Spctctywith helping. I : ' ? : . < /
. CjtaSt week, Rosati ;^id she was
,'."readyii]g..a''list*pfypther ..sub-
:. i^Uua^ard hbus^
X?-c^' - : ^ n *t
.thenu
, Tbe.boaiid suggested that cbn-
: sideration of: the two' streets be
• given'prtority for.the following;
year.? jMoyiwhUe the Highway
. Depaitmeht-was-.directed to gjve '
-this Hstrwts > spedal - atfention -•
: duriHg • the; ..village's annoal -.
"Screening"' prbgram. Superin­tendent
of [Pubfic - Works: Edr^
Prefer told THE LEAti&R recent­ly
thii'he had ^Walked'the two
-streets ahd^would tiy-patdiing
them witii asphalt. "Wc^ll tiy to
get rid of the puddles,".he said,.
alluding to^one of the prbblenjs
the r^ldehte have. r-
Police Make Drug, Asjault Arrcbts _ v
•FREfePORT -- Village^ police aiid attempted murder at a North
figured prorainentiy in two cases Merridc delicatessen. ; V ;
last week leading to arrests j>f. He: called into headquarters
four persons charged with drug" .aadPoliceOflteer Fnmk^etogcr
__related_.vioJations -and, -ln-on«i—arrived oirFreepbrfHaza West to
case, attempted murder. . .'-
——The -attempted muiaef arrest
was credited to village Detective
Julie Pearse. Off-duty early
, Saturday morning, February 23,
Pearse spotted a man he recog-nized_^.
wanted by Nassau
County police in the robbery of
UP.:.AND OVER. Frteport's Andre Hutchinson (#24) scores on a jump
shot In the Red Devils' 79-50 victory ovfeV Sewanhaka in the opening
playoff round of the Nassau County Cfiampionship Tournamentr
In the background, Bernard Hargrove (r.)and Craig Bibbs (l_.)-look tor
a possible rebound. . . . '?• (Photo by'J. fteiss)