The-Leader_1980-04-03

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FRiiPORT
lALDWIN
ROOSiVELT
MIRRICK
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FREEPORT'S
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NEWSPAPER
44th YEAR. No. 49 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. APRIL 3,1980 PRICE 20* PER COPY
Home Finders One-TfrnQ $fOfe G f i l l lf
Gets Full-time Awaiting Gov's Signdture
Coordinator
TWlN'^dUESlyma prmentMl
Scalainandre^narpett byih'aF? *~
FREEPORT - Ramona Crook.
'part-time coordinator of,the Vil­lage's
Stabilization Task Force
1977-79, has been appointed by
Mayor William White to the full-time
position "as director of the
. Task Force's Homefinders
Service.The full-time position be­came
possible through an alloca­tion
of federal iiinds.-
V A resident of the Village since
• the early j940's. Crook "is a grad­uate
of Freeport High School and
the Skinner Secretarial School.
: She resides on South Long Beach
Avenue - with :. her husband,
; William, and ~ their daughter,
Jill.-whd is a student at Freeport
FREEPORT • Village property owners should be holding their
breaths this week, and crossing their fingers, while waiting .to see if
Governor Hugh Carey will approve a sp^ial SI n^Uion grant to the
school district.^The money; a one-time State Aid to Education grant, is.
in the local assistance section of the State's 1930-81 budget.
The announcement tUs past
Monday. March 31, by State Sen-
. ator Norman J. Levy that he was
abletoworic out this special grtnt
for Freeport, came on the heels of
the news that the Freeport school
district would.receive a' 15.06%-
' increase in regular Staite Aid U^
year. The $757,709 more-State
Aid to be received by Frec^vt
. this year is the highest increaseui
. ud for any Nassau County :dis-
• t r i c t . • '.. '• »••.;
. .The onique SI million one-tiine
granti Levy said, followed a series
of meetings bet^veen ^himself,
.- . . . , , . . .-.meetings »,v».jvv« ^.,
si^^^relinngV'fb. rai$e^l£r>rHSe^ XJrfdcr.JYagea.
state New York.
Holly, on hearing of the grant,
cautioned that her board >v6uld '
have to deal with it "very care­fully.
Next year," she said,
"it won't be aiere...lt scares me
beca^ise we can't doable zonk the
taxpayers next year." :
' 'Treeport," Holly expfahied,
is a "severely impacted district
4>ecause of the loss of aid over the
jiastrsix years."'The ibxct most
severely hit by sndi measures as
"caps" wcrct she' said Freeport,
Rochesta uid Mount Vernon, but
the latter two, .she^daims, were^
, Scal«nandrer:naipB<t by.ihe FralpprtCtj^ Majority a«ad<?r..wanca- 4jP?JW«^i^V|^i3r2^-^5^
7''-Clll2fnf<6i;thiAyeariuCodoraSnaW«^ Freepdrf-Schdol ^Uk«ficarc^lheCBttrddiwsion
-rFr*epii^ra«<renlarfl«S»la*afFrt>(5^ Sara'Holly-and r^fvy • ?°**<*».^/, ?"• ^
, . „ ^ - . j , , . , ,. ^ . _rM|r<wentatwc?^th--Retihen\"Hk'^Bdardpf^ Sara'Holly-and
meKHi Vll'aflf Mayor WHIIam rt^^^^^ T^Sclropli-District ^Superintendent
n - »»
credltsd to.thelScalamanUres aire theC^lrioCoiidomlnluiti;!bhiha alte^
of the rulM of thej)td Caaino' apa^mehta and pool,'and Salty Bay Yacht
. Club.'fffedScalmandre la ailsoa^past president of the.Chainbar.'The
Chamber^f Ccnifnerca mada^theilr annual eiwisrds at their, installation'.
dlnner/dafl<»8atUrtayjSloht, Mar^
r i^j&h^fludgi^
FR&POffT- At an open meeting of the Board p£ Educa^oat held
^March'19^i^e' Board set Wednaday/May 14,'for tiie atmual budget
vote, in adidWbntd ydting'dh the proposed- ISSO-SCSdioolIMiEtrict
' Budgeit'two Schbd Board Seats'wOl be vot^iupon. Jim Pania lis an-nodnced
beiiHUjte a'autd!date:fwTe-«lection for his seat: EdMonrbel
how<^tTMm6ffiJcttJfecfentI/tiiaf',i.;;:C:>^ ,
he wiiuid not seeka/secoiid terra -January 24^31'. FebruMv 28rjmd'>;u
^ on tiw Boardi^BUI •awianos.:a=VM««h2^ ^i : ^ ' .]--p-J\OCitinQS
"; ^natlveblorii'FreepmrKidenfand^":; vil^^ - ' -
•..""father^df.three,- recentiy dedared;^ball^!will btivailable fcr SduJd yr
--•his 1ntentidn.1d We'for thV-sea^r^
4<s". . ppAeihiiynotlnyea-p.wchuop iie^dwliisyh wMljo tHo?T Ofi,l-e a^ ?'^b:pne aitmiiye- dfiaryb: mo TUtihee S|Sk^£obb6^ilB»soiatircdt^ ^ ^." ipiiblichearings has 1»^'sdied
, iimnatlng petition for one of tiie ? election this year inajr pidc up in oicd by the village bf'Frw^drtTtc
, two, SchpoKBoard poations must ^application for an ^bsentcebaHot, aDdw rniblfe discossidn of how the
' do so by 5j)m,',Mdnday, AprU 14: :^to'tKe .OfBcc^^^f^^^^^
Donald 'Costlowijand jiumerous
follovf;up mee6n^ with Senate.
Hnance Committee Staff, who
acted under the direction of
Anderson and Levy to make the .
grant part of the Senate Major-ny's
budget priorities.
-Noting that he was supported
in Jiis efEorts by local AssembW-man
Armand D'Amato, Levy said
the .two leg^Blitors "hoped and
.\apected that^ the^ SI million
gfant.,.will help provide tax re­lief
t to Freeport's homeowners,
rodents 'and. bnanesses who
liave been overburdened as a re^.
m:->*M-'' V •••'1 ^<^.~-^--t.-i-tI^^snte of lost State Aid due to Carey
r e d e i r a i ^ ' G r a n f - /I^imposed 'caps* — as'wen as to
;aiVi^J£\>i-^; •>.%3^i-;v?^,.i^^ --i^^'^help'theSdkxJl Board and Sdiool'
'^FREEPOKf-^^^i^a fifftWo STAdminl^ation Bitits effort'.tbt
hattan.-dii.Uielocal level she has'
served on; the yillage's" Bcintifi-:
cation,Committee,'aiid.as. <xiw^^
miuity;'assdciation:;chidrwoinan, •_
leader,'icons^iant, public .jelf- •
tibhs and program'dialrinah for /,
the "Freeport Girl Scouts^ She was.'
activewith her sister j Martha De:;
Salvb,'; in the. ceas&'and "deisist ]
jainpaign.'which successfully; led j
Mef^ii-
'ontinne to provide Freeport's
Petitions'mitst 6oht^,the taames
ofat,Ietiikf64;qualifiedvptersr ; '.
. 'Prop(»itionstpb(eplabedonthe
ballot, must also be submitted by
5 pro,. Monday, April 14. They
require the nameju>O60.qualified -
VOteTS..;'r,i;;;:,^^._;...,.^:-,;r. .. ' r" :-::-- -..
In "border to ,yt5te,' District
residents must .be registered.
^ • • Any pfersdn who is not riegistered
with the .School District or who
has not voted since January 1,
1978 must; r e ^ e r in border to;
votelmMay 14.' ' ' . :'" -
School District voter .registra-
, 'tion will be held f-«tpn)iWednes-
• day,' Ajnil 30,. > t ' tiie . Admini­stration
Building; 235 North
Ocean Avenue; TdqnaUfy for
re^stratibn,' a person must be a
citizen of ;the~ United States. 18
years of age or older, and a resi­dent
of the District for a period
^ «>f 3(Ways-or more; -^^ ^—---—— ^-
A Budget Hearing-will be held
Tuesday, April 29 8:15 pm, at
-—Fifeeport .IBgh" "School. The
meetihg win be the culmination of
the School Board's four open
budget planning sessions held
'::CIeti*at 235 Noitii Oceim Ayeniie.
J£ln^6rdett6 recede ah"absehtce_
ballot by tnafl'/a fcompletedVaad -
iighed ajpplicationniiistbe.in the C
JistriQC:Cleric!irOffice;Unb-laterr
than sevoi'da^ before the day of;
the'Sdwol Board ElecOon._Witi\
the- vote set for Ma^: 14, that:
deadline I is' May 7.. Application;
may.be made in persbtf up to'the
day before election. '
' rApplcations"'-• for , absentee
ballots will be reviewed and the
ballpts will be mailed or given to
the applicants. ' ^
The deadline for submitting the
absentee ballots themselves is
5 pm on that day of the elwtion.
Any ballot tljat is rneived in the
Disteict Clerk'sOfficer after 5 pm
on the day of the election will not
becount^
'.ooo.-|i.
The:.mraiy,\the:thM 'rf . t te
'anhual inorments in apreykmsly/^^ :
awaM«|4'- fiEderal/^Sman: <3ties ; •
PrognmJ is the' final.part-of a -:
-fo6d6f$l>950,000.^--r:^ ^r^'^-T^
The first hearing • will ,be Held - -
•Mfiiidayi April 14; tte second on •
iAoaiBy, MayTS. Both; will bejpn ."
at 8 pm and vrin be in tiie B<afd of 7
Trnste«ss Conferrace ' Room' in -
Village. • Hall,. 46 North Ocean i
•Avenue.""' -••.."'"•"•;••-"'..-.. -•-•.„_:
. At the first hraring, the board .'
will receive suggestions from the
public regarding activities to. be
included in .this .third year-
According to Eric Hemphill, the'-.
village's Director of Cpmmtmity '
"Development, only'activities
presently approved by HUD as
part of the three year progrmmay J
besubnutted.
of edncatjonCl^Fryeporfis one of
onfy-two'scboiol"i^mctr in the'
state to iecdv'e..socfa a MpecUi
jpmtj the other district is m up-tlevy
. noted 'that, lie- and
D'Amato have ^'fought long and
hard to provide reuef to sdiool
districts, and t b ^ school tax-payos;
vify> have been excessive­ly
impacted by year-afler-year of
'Carey-caps' on State' Aid to
education formula?, and those ef­forts
have finally bom fritit."
~Levy, D'Amato and Holly ex­pressed
the hope that-the Gov­ernor
would approve Freeport's
special school aid^and sign H into
.law.XSee Editorialrpage 4 of this
' issue.) "We are also'expectanf,"
said Levy and D'Amato', .^"thaf the
SVmillion grant will indeed be
used to relieve Freeport's school
. tax b n r d a i . " ' " ' ''-'^'"- ' -~~^
•,. Major elements of the l e ^ -
'lattve<: school dd prraosal that
r provided die ba^c^$7S7,708 in-
• crease, to Treepgr£ sdiools in-
.'^dnde taising^the iQdsble base for
" cgrnpuUag' operating aid per
ptipu; cootinnation of the present
transporfatipn^ldd fbrmola; in-
(Cont. on Page 12)
'1
The absentttfiallotsjannDtbel— Hemphill e:^laiocd tiiattiiewl-^
the proposed lage's /prelh^nsry^application
three years ago was rated' "pretty
high,'n'-by HUD,.and"it was this
program that was approved for
the entire grant. If.there is any
departure from these proscribed
(Com. on Page 12)
'used' to vote on the proposed
Schoor District Budget," only for
School Board candidates.
Anyone with questions con­cerning
absentee ballots should
contact the Sdiool District Qerk's
OfiHce at 623-2100, extension 208.
A^'SILVEn-AHNlVERSARY^'PARTY. R<»e VVriflht (1.), swltdiboard
operator at Freeport's Vlllaae Hall,'recently observed her 25th |ob
annh^ersary. She celebrated It by throwing a luncheorf party for all her
co-workers and friends. Among the guests were Mayor William White
and now-retired Grace Jenkins (r.), who trained Rose In her job 25'
yearsago. . - -: ' ^
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