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44th YEAR. No. 46
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NEWSPAPER
FREEPORT. NEW YORK; MARCH 13.1980 ,PWCE iXoU'V PERCOPY
Villoge, Police Actors Cabaret To Present
Salary Hik©' Shows In Now-Empf/ Store
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HAPPY BIRTHD>akY TO YOUl Celebrating their 55m anniversary as a
service club in this village, the Freeport fxchange Club had a program
feafurlngasl/ito w««8fitattaf!j>y.Rdt(ertjJoha|Uiyn^^ (saeondjrom r.),.
p»t_0re«cleiiV,5/Sm-P>'Wj% Htetorlcal,$ocfety^TheQlub'a <)ldest
mefljbij^ Or: MeMn'S^tte^'te.) and,Paul Coots lr4''lhe>e»«rt£
Uet>erqtan (2ndJrQm-l;).'-.Tha prohram wa8"arran^J>y< former Ex­change:
C|ub president Robert^arn^^jior (I.), Both Raynors ard di­rect
descendants of thfr f^nflty which eilUed here mor« ihan 300 years
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. Fr«i^porf Hom^wners.Can
iPorttci^ejn Free JEnergy Avdit
^ FREEPORX- Gerald Regan oT DMC Energy Inc. will set'up"offices
_ laaIlyssofM«opl7toanswer«fly«iaestion*Fireepotthomeownets'
' > jnqr hkve reginliiig npcoffling voluotsiy%i»igy aiidite to be^con^
'•'"'la the village. Began may be re8died''at 379-4622 daring business
' hoots. "^ / " ^ • ' • -
Ihe fteeport^^Etoatd of Tmstees recently approved a resointico
,-pledghig'fiiO support'for the
.c^^Tgy stufit', piogtant as' pto-
* ' by'Nei»:iYotk:State-Pkyfrer~
tity: VCPASNW? .Oudtman
FREEPORT • The village and
the village's Police Department
have agreed* on a one-yeai
contract carrying an 8% bcrease
hi salary. At the Village Board
meetbg on Monday, March 10,
th(^ trustees authorized Mayor
William H. White to sign the
contract which Freeport Police
Benevolent Association (PBA)
president Arthutwfiutdette de­scribed
as one that "everybody
can Jive whh."
The prior village-police con­tract
was & two year one whidi
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FREEPORT- A village-based "off-Broadway" drama company will
be opcijing a theatre on the Freeport Mall in several montiis. if all goes
according to schedule and the wishes of Richard Wjcr. the producer of
Actors Cabaret Theatre. After years of looking for a permanent
location within the village of Freeport. Wter suddenly has been gifted
with a one year of free rent at - _
74 Freeport Mall by the pro­perty's
owner. Earl Glantz, a Mall
businessman.
Over the past few years,
Actors Cabaret Theatre has
presented its shows in New Ycnk
City, hi such spots as the 18th
Street Plajrbouse; in Garden Cty;
and in Freeport at the Freeporf
Me'morial libruy, tocal chtirdies
an^on^ibofsootbeMaS. ^ ^V
Broadway and bring out-of-town
pedestrian traffic back to the
Mall.
Both the- Freeport Gbrntiber of
Commerce and the Freeport Arts
Council have expressed support
of the,idea. The Ch8mJ>er has
nuned'Glantrthe redpient of its
Orchi^ of the' Months a .award
they^'osed to give^aid wfiidt they
ue,}^teinstitating agdn this
"^.' Glantz.^ "ntoa0i.'-3hey''«re also planning fo
Theaite. ,
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^ t-MTO Dnoo.^Tbefindift'ls being
'^^Moted'hy'PASNY-and tte .
minimalities of Ftemoct and
Rodcvifie Centre and is nmded by
the Fqwer Anthoity asTa model -
- progiritqt whScfa may be eqianded
to other areas of the State at a
latetdate.
-. .The-, Energy Audits will be'
oSered %ee j)£ charge to home­owners
and minimal costs wiQ be'
incurtoi.'by-lhe Village. •. The
~ pzogram is scheduled for tills,
month. Eccfa homeowner in the.
village will soon xecetve hill.
descrq)tive_ literature regarding
.. the program including an applica­tion
fbrm wliich must be returned
to the Power Authority if an
'Energy Audit is desired.
The free energy conservation
program is being offered to ap*
•p^r-tr/^rfay 1«,nOO Teridftlrtial
electricity customers m New York
State; Power Authority Chairman
.John S. Pyson explained that the
hew "Button Up program iS. free
iiome energy sarvqrs would allow
results would :i^Id energy sav-faigi
«eqaivaleni -to-:.overr 200
mMiaa galkms of oil, saving the
State's consumers' st least nOO
miOion in~energjr costs each year
even if oil prices temped at
19801evds, -, -- "':
Oysoa explained that the'pto-
^gram will, show homeowners
, "How to button up their homes,
'as'well as;^ their wallets and
podcetbooks." He said tiiat the 50
systems who" recehre" wholesale
electridty from the Power An-tbcnrity
have pledged their' full
support to the conservation pro­gram.
In Nassau County, Free-port
and Rodiville Centre are the*^
only two areas involved in the
prugram;^!
mns are being completed,
- Pyson noted, to mdnde^ low-interest
loans in the demon­stration
program to aid home­owners
wlio might need asast-ance.
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One aspect of the pilot pngrain
hivotves the mailing cl do-it-yourself
home energy surveys to
residentia] customers of Free-peat's
muhidpal electric utility-
Whenthe stuveys are returned to
toa:*fe^ffi^H^3&i«3ai£rt*b.-MaU^.Hpdesetvcs>c^^ "SSf'-. - ^ . . - V
.coddnotbeODmpawdHhe'w^Mai£'''=*ee»tlitfJhe»tre-<s.«-irayto' te« -, • The Arts Coiindl.-'-EzecutnT
$ln«th«e%A!*aeM*IcoSr8ct. •-»*-'*-c-^^^-*'-^-^: ^^ ru~..--vM-'«t^»»^-..M -P.
ual' diffetences.' -Horwever,- he
saldf once'ibe Ooonty seftle* its
new contract j the~ village's poUn'
win have lower salaries' but "it
win all come'oot the same." -.,
Under the new'contract, a new
'police oSicer makes $18,000 a
'year base pay. •- •" -
-"- WmCbange'"'
, K»lnesa"B^'Zoiie
' The recent panduse of the Elks
"' (Cont. on Paga^)
r: _^rtlors. Win-
State Sch6laislii|)s,
vitaHze Fteefrart's lit^oeas -ueat
He points out that those down- -
town^areas tiut, have-been re­vitalized
jsuccessiiilly were a)] a
-blend of business and the arts and
cites to ".ezami^e^^'Baltimore.'
Kttsbnrgh and Miimfapolis." ^
~ SpeaUng before the E^eeport
. Chamber of Commerce! last wedc,'
Wter described h& dream to see
I'reepQtt become a coltnral^and
artistic center whidi wotild com­bine
the best elements 'of .Spbo,
Director Ula'OiringCT-^Mid, ifia
as^st hy oOering serric^'^t^ the
Actors Cabaret Theatre, as it does
to other art groups in the lallage.--
Already it vis, offered toloan'the
thea&»4he^ seats^je<»^y-fer->
(biased at the FreeporTEIks uub
auctioi}, The seats were bou[^t as
a dooailon for the'Council 1^
INSCOM. Eledraoiau. Inc. 'of
Freeport. transported by the
village and are Mng temporarily
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Chaincd^pbors M Dodd.
Result in Siimhions
pg^^tfat5io.s«e_M^e.d^fe$--^j^Pei^^
while helpmg to break the stran
giehdd of OPEC on the state and
nation."
VL coaservatioit goals are
reached ra the affected com­munities,
Dyson said, energy sav­ings
equivalent to almost 4 mill-ibn
gallons of oil coiJd resuh over
the next two to three years m
these communities alone. A^Bed
on a statewide basis; ^tmilax
ALBANY - one hundred seniors,
attending'Iocal high sdiools.are'
aimoonced winners in the "1980
Regents- CoOege -Sdiolusbip-
' Competition- Of tliese. 22 attend
iFreepott High Schod, 74 Baldwhi
Senior. High'^Schoo), and -four
.•Hoosevdtl Junior/Senior" IBgh"
_Schbo1. (Some areas bf the
incorporated village of Freeport
- lie withhi the Biddwhi or Eoose-velt
School Districts.)
The 22 young persons attend­ing
Freeport High Sdiool wbo>
have beat designated' winners
"ate:'Cheryl L. Bumpos. Tracy^
'Ctdn, Rachel C^heni; lisa Omdos,
Andrew Extract, Hugh Gahn,-
Mary Gomes, Louis Lof>a]samo.~
Anthony Mamo. Matk.Manitras, •
Brendan Meyer, Margaret Nagle.
Andrienne ' Newinan. rlloseph .
Pullet. Midiad PIbtoidc, Toni
Sdtacter, Marcy Scher,_ Julie -..
Sierra, Brad Simonsf Peter
Taub, Siardn V>otto_an^^igela
Wlute. •- _' •
Bddwhi Stuuenfs ~
FREEPORT - The doors leading from Dodd Junior High School's
cafeteria* (ait-purpose room) fo^the outdoor playground were chained
and locked last wark during school hours, .when the^Iage of Free-port's
Fire Inspector paid a visit to the school. ' ;
InspectorJ&irPrtnrenzuio. explaining that he liad verbally pointe'd
out the same situation to the • '
school's head custodian about two building but,'.J*rovenzano < said,
jnonths prior, ^served the.school_ .^^^ ^ j ^ ^ yg^ ^ fire^you can .
wilhasummonsr..V * " T ^ haveis b a fireproof bttilding'
' S ? * ! 5 . ° * l S ^ £ f l ? 2 1 S ' ' because tiie smoke and heat ar?
sttbsequentiy^old THE LEADER, ^ ^ « i } n h " -> -''
start m tiie ^Utcben area/ Dodd ret*"*"*""-
Junior High SdiooUs a fireproof , (Cont orTP'agB 12)
computer-analyzed, and then re­turned
to tiie homeowners with
a set of.custom-taikned energy
conservation recommendations,,
indiod'mg details on costs and sav-mgs.
A second aspect of-the program
offers &ee hune inspections
conducted by' conservation ex-
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Seniors at Baldwin Seni« High ^
School wiiose scores cm sf3ae--
wide t«ts earned them - the'
$250 a year sdiolarsliipj are:'
Christopher AIlooco, Andreas
Baxevanls. Jennifer Bcrnet^:g|eC
Jean Bendus, Andrew Btessner,
Mhdiell Brookstone. Cynthia
Burke, Alice Calabteser Tberese
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THEATRE ON THE MALL Richard Wier (r.) producer of the kclors
Cabar^ Jliealrp amtaFreeport resident, told the Freeport Ctiamtier of
Commerce his plans for a theater oh the Freeport Mall. Qiamber pres­ident
Lionel Soeolov (I.) and vice-president Nal Mizrahi help Wler db-.
play a plan of thp theatre. Eari Giantz, a Mall prbperty owner and
businessman, ^as given the'Actors Cabaret Theatre one yearjfrtfe.
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