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NEWSPAPER \ •
4SchYEAR.No.4 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. MAY 22,1980 t»IUCE20*pERCOPY
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More f ear Ga
AleroJc/ons, Freepoifers
FREEPORT--Sevttsl residents of the viQage'a e«tetlyiidghboar» "'•'
. Metridc,-joined some Fhsepbrt residents Monday ni;^. May .19, at '.
the bi>monthly public mee&ng of the Bbard'of Trustees',^to express
theb''fevs"ofthepi<q)psedgaibageie(7Bingplantv ';--;:
The four or five Merwians, two representingdvic groups and one a -r-'
FT At dted a recent story in tlieir :^ '^••''-•-'•'''^".''':?r'-y~--:'-^-^'-^-- ::--r
-bcalwieeUynewspaper^~>-vi^v- Fteeport- Mayoc^ WiHiam H-
.Midttd La'gana saM t b i S ^ . VTidte; e^Iained that the vQlue .
had learned just a few weeks be- wbold not sign a contract for the
fine tiut Freeport planned this- ooostmction of sndi a fsdliiy
pn^ect with smcke stscis that nnltts it liad written into it the
•• would -'spew/,' socfa "things" power of the mnnlckMU^ to
;in^ UkB air. He .coo^iUdaed that, .cease its operstiofls. "The aitn-
Bladr '
OUR LOCAL' ITIESPfANS-'^TlM sixth to eighth graders enroiled Tn the Frw^Kirt Recreation Depart-ment's.
OramaWorfcsfwp.raiEemiy pnwMiteda prbdu^ of "PebrPahV-to ah audience ofJirst to
stxih grade ypahgstera. A spedalperfornwtnce was also held for Village klndcMrgarteners, which was
eannaifced as aiieid trip to see "lh« thMtra.'* Qistmemberaare 0- to!r;)1IrBLn]w: Kim Simpson,
DaamjGfl^'and BethlrrieaiaMond row: Katharine MoreoV Klm'BMjry.'Alax Devlin, N M I Konlcek,
AnriaO'Sbaa; John H>toy. Marian Hall and M a ^ Mary htall,
Karirii'Asadiirlan. LbJiTalne Franz, Maria MeAuley, jMmnlne HaleyV Michael Gllnsfcy, Tlwresa Blaney,
Jennifer Warnian, Loretei Simpeon, Carolyn Bayy and Assistant Director Beth Buchanan.^
; tard'MB To Sef^^b Cpihpaiqf's
R e c j ^ ; Reserves Decision'Ofi Hike
r
^ EREEPOBT-Arequesibyj^mflggj'axitoincxeaaecabfues'b.tlie-villaaebyJS^
pet ride has becnppi on ke for another two weeks. wMle
the ^Qbge^ Board of nnstees waits tot a look at th«"oon^any's latest>
Od',ifodl2], Beniatdl^i'y. Jegd coonsd afld:{i«tt-<>vmer tf
. a^ed tbe'Bdaid to raise tile fiues
*c{tiag«:!qaelsed.gssdUae costa^f
One.wedc^lafer;tfae Board set
-,Mayl9fbraip^1k heating oolhe
'leqdi^T'fouowing tfae'qidckest.
' 'tixne-tabtelq^UlyposdUe.
- t n y had ukedfbr quick aciion
becfiise^he'said the company's
drivers, WIM p ^ the entire cost d
naalBBe\{ai^tm cabs, oonld not.
'five oltj:wbat-thqr wet«'ab1e -to
'* At tfae'present time. Cannon
6Wit» the &tes S5%-45%, with
',ae co^^aay ^getting the smaller
, portion','' -J-,. ___ ' -.
~ ^t Itfae MbfldaV night public
h(«iingf Levy said the contract
witliilie individual drivers of liis
csbs wras ineffect a day by day
fcase,;^'^-' •
The'Ust increase iff taxi cab
fiuei::.was-initiated in April,
1979. When Levy requested an
hioesseat'that time he'specified
'-increased-costs-, indading gas^
.Jtoeprfoes.—-—
Fates in; Fr^epodt are blsed on
a xooe^^stem. Levy said the
average m e is $2. Depn^ Mwor
Dorothy • Storm told him' that
'.tliere wne|viIIj^Bes\in;Hassab
Goon^^ irfiidi. ; i r ^ ; - obviouIyV
smdler tium-Frin^xirt's in'atea,~
Ittd not Bad given the'cabsr an in-'
crease ^nce: Sqp&iniberr 1978.'
Oon^HuiIes tiioewere diargfaig a
flat Sl.SO.^j^: passenger-no*
natter bow long the ride is/she
said, naminguHempstesd.vLyn-brook,
-Hockville^lQaitre, .fcial-veine,
OceansideriEaliRockaway '
andMma^..-"; -^'~:'i^i.-.'*- >
Storm also.questiimed tiie;^csn- .
tiactual ' arrangonents - jCanikm:
has with thdr drivers^ After bdng
told tliete'were no formal written -
contracts, but Were ' 'agmd to"- '
on a dayIby day bssis, she noted --
.that the cab company tonid then
'diange tiie arrangements to get '
a larger stiare of the fisre if the nl-lage
did grant an increase.
Levy countered that cab fiues
In Roosevelt.w$t$.$2.25.and-that-:>
" 'Mcxtick'hid reccntlyjiad an in-
•uea>e^'
"Ida see where the drtvers
should get the increase," Trustee
, '.(Coht.onPageie)
Fiftieth Annual
, MefnjNfiaiJfay:
Observance May 2 6 t
- pFRBEI^bRT -~ AQ units in the'^
SOtb annnal.Frwport Memorial^;
Day Parade will step off at Free-port
fi^ School Monday, May^
iff."at 10,am'..As village res--
id«ti line'the streets in observ- ;^
anns'oC-tbe FedersI and Steter
dedaried'.day of dedication." <
paiadenidts will proceed easteibr -
on l^rick Road. The parade's,
'fiidsHVvdII be at the-'Eteepoit"
MemoriaT library where ycteran J
and Ftremanic Services will be
HtULi-: 'Z - 1" - -'•
f-ZChaired by Charles Jackson of':
AmetlanLerion William CUnton'
Storjr Pbst #5o. the program at,:
the Bbraizy wiD b e ^ wtQi the
Fledge of ADec^ce led by Post
' - The FreeportlQgh S<^ool Band
'win play .tne Natkmal Anthem
• and.uler in the program, wiD be-
. jdiKd by the FJLS. Select
Chorale in other selections. >
Rev. Timotliy Petemana of
• the First Presbyterian Church win
offer tlie invocation^_ '_ „ ...1
r*EMecl«riitTBe propam"are
cUgimaries -rq»riEsenting: tlw ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ . ^ S ^ i l ^
lage government and other tool
levels of govwnment. They wiH
be introduced by Past Cbm-
^b^Oiil^SitA'x did ^'TO^ceecing
. speakers; lagaqa exprosed fears
'cf-another t'lcve Cuial'*:bt.a^
^.fla^Clawiwn pisot, tlwj'own of'
"^Ifenmstead's rMOverv %pliiit
ftat has been'temporanly dosed
because of criticism. -
: Lagana noted'that even if,the
Reeport plant were to be dosed
• after it began operating, there
could be ^'irrevcrdble results
from the agents oomhig fiom the
Tilant...Theie should ^t^"* same'
kind of^groitet/gnatantee^JL
woidd n^er.. not -be T^expeil-meotal
when it is so dose to our
' cnnwinnHy;!^ -r • -^'
The village board also expbOn-
,ed that.the 'pryroQris system b
different than that used at Black
Oawson and that the m'aTJmum
'gi£Kn{% of gaibage tolw treated
St the Fic^xxt plant would be
cnlylSOtoos. ' —>•
Deputy Mayor Dorothy Storm
said that' aU the vfflage wooki
hnre'to'do is cease supplying
• die pisnt with ~gatbage and u
'would have to.stop operating
because it would not b«uaUowiM
^ tobtin^in any gartwge bom out-.
dde the village.
" !,_ (Co'nt.onPagolB)'^ , •
MATHLETESVICT0R10USI...AQAIN;The.flr»t place Freeport High
School Mu Mathletes team discuss a Math problem with Joe Holbrook.
(c. standing), the school dIstrict'a'Dhvctorbf Matheimatk».'PtK)tp-graphed
ars (seated>4lchael Plotnick 0.) and Mark ManitzasV-O; and
(standing) Louis LoBalsamb <!•) and Michael: Colder (r.). Teamrhate
Eric Nagler'Is not shown in photo. The Mu. MAthletes again,finished
flraUrQheJN|j»3au.Gdtmtylnter8chotastlc Math Competition; defeating '
•73 ottjer teams^ The Xdiij:S»l.loanL s««a-it»-slx-H»>onthly —
.(Cdnt.onPage12)
the- top ..position. - The . F.H-S.'; Alpha
Mathletes captured sixth place fn the 1979-80 Mathlete conjpetltion.
Alpha meihbers are Amy Adler, Andrew Extratl, Leonafa^Horowltz,
Gary Kronen and Brad Simons. Awards were presented to the vidorl-ous
teams on May 6, when Freeport High Schol hosted the Nassau
County Interscholastic M^th Competition Awards presentation..