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„ , i , - , _• 44<h YEARi.No. 3 / ^ ~ •' FREEPORT. NEW.YQRK. JANUARY 10.1980 PRICE 20* PER copy
Board Reseives Decasion dniliidget
Elks Rezpnlrig To — Few Residents Affend
Holiday- OaoinklfngtOoiitnCwatillllQ J^rtyw
'Mr.and'flrs. Rocco Fpntaowt?a ClviBlkfag».v>W'^wi
r^)dence» frf the event, s^onsore^o^t^civic group. Gi
able Mention wSsihe lobb$' of the' apartment hotnerat'100 Brooklyn
Avenue, not eligible in^this'year's^contest.'Local grotips and.buai-n^
ses donated the prizes. (S^4tDry this pace; ot^6r j^rtze^wlnnlng
< ehtrl^ on pages.) -- ^ . j ^' • T
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- Home H^lidoy Decorofion
>, CbfeestJ/Vinners NGmed^_^_.
. ^;__:_:Lfe8EEP0RT^- A psnelxrf six judgHlEavir^osen the residence of Mr
^., & Kbs'rlttonl Fontanein,'at 391 Penrsylvania Avenue as the first place
-^ \w&att in the^ Northwest Civic'Assoaatioa's first annual Holiday
^'IDeciMiatingCbntt^. "The number of awards ^ e n was^increased due
r ~ toihe resppnse.^' dvic association president Ken Bagatelle ^*xplained,^
, Mit^mg tftst "a - very ' dose" , . '"^
** "mai:^ separated all of the final Stiop, was awarded to third p&oe
' wionets." The FootaneQi's first the home df Mr. «n& Mrs..
-otfase of S25 in caslf was donated Anthony B.^Arcuii at 63 SoSblk;
'*'" ,bi the FteQwrt Chamber of Com- 'Sfiretf. - ' « --*'<,.
jintrce. >' ^ ' Fourth place, a $10 gift certifi-
' .' ".Second place went to Mx. and cate to Gqux Farms was donated
, ^ M B . EthrafanOietz.-122 North ^ by Goo^ sod was awarded to Mr.
. -Bnttside Avenue. They 'win ^and Mrs.'.B. "^rton of 47 Ray
•reoSve a^lO^p^'certificate to_-,S<reetJ" ^ ————' x^
___,iiioozFannsaswellBSs30tQontit " Fifth place went to an apart-.
"rif{ oerttficafe to THE LEADER, meat house tenant, Rose Marie
both donated t^ the.Northwest
Civic Association. ^
A S15 jpifl certificate, donated
}jy Atlantic Nurserj;^and Garden
. Be Ad[ourne(i
FREEPORT - The pubUc hVsar-ing
schedule for Klonday eve­ning,
\^anuaty'14r on an appllca-'
tion ta rezone the 3Vi-acress of
land presently occupied by the
—FreeportElks OubT^filfSe post-
' poned. • ..-"^•"-*"'•;•'•; "'•".•,
At the • scheduled.. hearing,
which wiUJ)eginrat 8. pm, the
applicants will request an 'ad3
joumment in order to .secure
additional information. According
to village sources, the postpone­ment
wdl be granted. ~*
fhe applicants, George Beltests
and Moms Sussman, are request-
Hearing Oh 10^ Increase
FREEPORT - Barely twc dozen residents attended this year's/nnuaL
Budget Meeting of the Village 3oard of Trustees Moiiaay'evening.
-January 7r Those" who did come were able to secure thick copies of the.
Hne-byj^line;bi(aget, if they had not- previously picf:ed one up at the.,:
Village Qerk's ofRcie. They were also able to ask the Board, through
Mayor. ^yiI^amH. White, to ex- ~" ..••-••
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plain any particular items in the"
S13.559.723 proposed; 1980-81
budget ; •
The proposed budget is about
S40.000 more than the present
year's accepted budget. Coupled
with.a:dr6p of S40,000 in ai^tici-pa't|$
d' revenues, thV^diJfercnce
~ results in a tax increase of IW prr. ^pealdng^
had suggested that the.funding,
be decreased. $3,000 each - year;
until the Counctfiwas ielf-suffi-aent
of the village. He explaned
then that he thought the funds
originally appropriated for the
Arts Council.- annually^ were
more like seed monies. _'
!
- -^H^ingDay
To Be Ob^rved
fbrr the- Free port
;:ma-^Dinnger.
4)irector-''and" i
rj-^ —r^r ' FREEPORT- Poetry readings,
workshops on Black issues and
culture and a film win be induded
on the program for the observ-ance
ot.Mf'^" Tii^'^>-i««g-:lT:
2ay at the Freepqrt Family Com­munity
Center.'sThe events is
'scheduled for Tuesday^ January
15, 10 am-4 pm.-The Center is
located at 17 Buffalo Avenue.
Freeport, ..^ • "^
Dr. King.,* leader in the Gvil
Rights- movement was a Nobel
I^8ce,Pdte winner. The film to
be-sbpwn is about him and-is
" titled fkUm of Peace."
R^tnood PattersOnT author of
"Twenty-six Way? of Looking at a
Blade Man" and oCuer poems,
sponsored by the Freeport Arts "
Council regulatiy'receive" atfen-tion
in newspapers, "dmng.a
.good' public - rdations job for
Frcejwrt.",
Diringer painted out that, the-
"^'^Lh.td^^T^'^--^^'^ ««* couldlnSK^ loss of an
"-•**-*"**««*^'*"?^ additional $5,000 in fiinds from
the^5t«(e CouncO of the- Arts
-whicWhas indicated thejocal
group could receive an'rextra
$5,000 if they could^^sc^lO.f^pO
locally more than last ' year.
Diiinger noted tbat^e Cmndl
residents-present al the" hearing^
seemed'to signal'pablic accept-
^ance of tJje lowest^tax increase hi
a decade. Those present-were
..more-intent tn askmg questions
'about p^culair items xir suggest­ing
the Board danfy.'in some
Instani " ' "
ation.
'^ , AttsCoaacflAda
— F^MmeFonds '
A small group of advocates rep­resented
the Frpcporf Arts Coun-dl.
They however were not theip
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to ask for lower taxes or more cuts ^jiad been trying to get fimdmg
m the budget; actually no one
- 'rgally did. llie Arts CouncdTmem-
-J^s^ were tequisting th'at^ the
village's levd of support remain
at the present level of .512,000
rather tiian cut lo
from local bustsesLtes but. she
said,r 'Wue-Sfidlng'^Uiaf^^tfiey ~
are-nA giving ^jtrach^as^e had .
hoped." Pointing to-positive com­munity
support. Dmager iwted'
that the number iifPAC Friends
(Cont.onPaa«12f
Eoders, whose deoorated apart­ment
dooc at 100 Brooklyn-Ave­nue
won her a $10 cash prize
(Conton Page 6)
Rent Guideliiies Hearing Tuesday
-; FREEPORT -/.Village"apartr
! nient teiiants and landlords, as
jSdl'Ss any residents,- are re-
-^ nrbded • to ; attend the public
. -^meedng Tuesday nig^t, Jjtnuaiy
. : 15b of th^LJIassan County Rent
G^delincs Board. The meeting
wffl Segjn at 7 pm, at Freepgit
" Village- Hall," when the Rent
.- GuiaeUnes Board will go through
JtsT^Ular agenda^ At 8 pm, the
/ miblichearing.t>n.rent,fc^ejii9s.
'- •iorVthe-'vllIage of Fiieepbrt ^will
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: > A prior^meeiing in Hempsterd
oh December C2 drew M many
tenants that the Gindeltnes Board
decided to hol^. a meejjng'm the
'.wllage. -', , .
~ .Persons whhing to speak at the
Januaiy 15th'public heating may
submit their names and address-
' cs in adviance by tdej^oiung the
Board's representative at IV
1-9494. V - - . ,
' .The tesdinony and evidence
recdved Tuesday ni^t will be
crasideied .by'the Board as it
, ddennines-guidettnet^esof lent
•-increases'for leasie's and lea!>e-
• renewals which' fall between
December 1,1979 and June 20,
1980 and for ^letenmnitioQ of.
fair* market rents with respect to
rent i&creases collected "undiSr
leases and lease renewals effect­ive
prior to December. 1, 1979.
.$9,000. Last , , ,
. . year.-'^ Board also^cut $3,000^ had increased and llytftheisroup:
-will gWea reaBuwperformance.rfZLfr?SLtnt.Artx Coundllrfixnding, -i'*
-his worfc-and_IatM fm'cmduct a rand Mayor White, at that time,
workshop in~ Blad:/-poetry. A
Merrtckrre^dept, Patterson was
bom m NewTork City and is on
the faculty of the Graduate Cxea-thre
Wrttins Prostam of the CSiy
• CoUege of theOtyJJniveTsitt '
K"»s the redpienl of a
Borestone Mountain. Poetry
/.ward, a National Endowment
for the Arts Award and a Creative
Artists Public Service Fellowship.' --
• Two HeinifsleadrsistKs win "
present poems by funous' Bladt
poets and do a reading from Dr.
King's famous speech. Ten.year.'.
old Jili Edinondson and Joy. age,
: 6, were in a recent.poetry'ncading'.'
' evening at C.W. Post College, JUl •
• does the redtations and Joy acts.
them out. • : - •
- Other workshops tp be con- '
ducted are "C«Jnteiiiporary Black
Women,-'l^fiUigndaWairamgbt;^,
'Hbranan'at. th'e Freeport-Family'
Cpmmunity.'Center; and.^fildred
Aider, a staff membef;"RacJ5mv"
by • Laswence Gumbs, Cenler
directOfTand Robert Sobcftkcr, a
staff member; and^^TQ)e Blacf-
Move;nent," by'*~''Assistant
Director TeWi' Wood and a rtzS
member, Jacqueline pOTd.
THE WATERS WERE COLD this pasT Sunday for the anhiiDl celebra­tion
of the Epiphany'by Si. Demetrfous^rr^ Orthodox Church In
Freeport. Bulihe chill in the air and In the water did not prevent Jim
Kalathakis (second from r.J.from retrieving the cross after It was flung
into V>/oc>lcleft Canal by Father Nicholas Retselas (second from ».);
Pr^ent for the ceremony, which marfcr. the baptism.of Christ,%as Vil­lage
of Freeport L'-:puty Mayor Dorothy Storm (I.)-. _.:_: .' | :
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