The-Leader_1980-07-17

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4SthYEAR.No.l2 FREEPORT, NEW YORK. JULY 17,1980
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New Group To Bottle Conversion
CANOE RAGE PI^NNEKSL Sojne of4|T| membera:ofthe
Race Commltt^ Interrupted a reocmtpiahhlhg tneetihg to display theT-ehlrts aind butnper^stl^ers
whlcff will be sold at nM^'headquarters during the event this: Sundayr<)uly20:Headquart'er8 is at
Shelter Point Marina, foot of Woodcleft Avenue, photographed committee members are (srat'edj l.'to'
r.) Marian Knoeller, Chamber'secretary; Paul Eberst of Mayfair Marine; Kay Benda;" president of.
TASCA and a member of the Chamber's Ladies' Auxiliary; and Sid Lieberman^ Chamber of d^iv.
merce direcbr' and a'local realtor.^^Standlng O-tb f.) are village resideht'^BIify Hylahd;' Wlima-
.Buctunan of the village of Freepcirt's Public. Works Depwinimt and an'Aiixlliary niefnber; Ubnel-
SocotoVj Chamber president, of Ije^man-SocOloV Carpeti Inc.; Qloria Pantlha, prssident.of Ihe l.adies -:
Auxiliary, of Meadow Reproductioru; Genevieve'VaiiBureni-:Liidles''Auxillary;>Ctiartte'Plgadis^
chairman of the Commltteie; of Lalca's^Yacht.Sales; Mike OceFa; Chamt)er:pf Commerce; whose Pre»:'
-port Itallaa-American Delicatessen Is cateHftg the iMrards buffet bart>ecue; and Frank De'lman, Free-.
portTunaClub/ •:•' • :'•• >^'?^•J:-f'^;-^:-•".3-v;v::-:^'•'••••::;~:•':i^••'' '^'-sHxi-^x^^rJ^ •'^^-•••^-•^'•i'
Cilnde Rdc^ Suhiiay^M^ Propioi^lilnjKe^
FREEPORT: - The vilUge is
again comtempIatingdUin^Dg its
taw . .regolatkg / "amtLsem^
FREEPORT • For the sixth' consecntive year, the JPnepbct Ouunbet
of Commerce has planned a day of Great C^fp £a4 Karyak Racdt; IMs
year's races on Sunday, July 20, however^.wiO l|i^ immediately foOowed
by a spedal awards buSiet-batbeciieat Randall Fade; Udets for the
bnfifet and trophy award ceremray are S$ per-person and most be
obtained in advance by calling the- :r. \':- -\ '^-'•'. --:^^-,-'-
Freeport Chand)er of Commerce Paitidpaiits in'the canoe races
ofRcea at 378-7^2. ~. . andjou^ng matches shbnld.be .. ^.^.j^^,,~~~riK^\Jt'irir
The canoe races wi|nbegin_at-_ni»H^s^daaiI^
9-M am vnttth«fagiace^Tiea5rmitto?t««ves the right to him Sf^I'^ r S * P * ? ? ^ * ? - ^
sdjednled first Adults -begin: away anyone not signed up in . we Freeport Board of Trustees
paddling at 11 am. AUheab'start advance,
from Shclt« Point Marina, foot of. The cost pet heat is SlO.tf
WooddeflAvenue. ^ : vi^-partic^antsuse their own'cuioef'
Alladults win paddle a mile ln_.^OLS25.i£a^^<^^
Businesses Get Inyolyedj
Dems Oppose Plant
FREEPORT •Local business interests have joined together to oppose
a.proposal presently under consideration by the A^age.Board ^f
Trustees to have a garbage c»nversioh plant constructed in Freeport.
Accof^g to lUchard Martin, a Freeport attorney with the ftrm of
Martin, Molihari and Reda, The Aati-Pollution Coalition, Inc. will be
an "umbrella" for grOups and - " •
individuals opposing the pyrolysls press release to the newspapers,
method plant. ' ." noted that they were opposed to '
Martin has been retained as the-Village Board's dedsion to
counsel for the.Coalition which " "enter into contract negotiations
has obtained corporate papers. . with BlW. Energy Systems. Inc.
According to Martin, two for a garbage conversion plant."
groups are tnvblved in the cirall- "The dub's action, the release
tion. at "the present time: the stated, was taken at a meeting
Freeport'Industrial Park Asso- held. July 8^at the Freeport
; dationwidthcilfreeportiChamrX Exempt-i^ .,
.;^b<Kc:„of>'.Comi««?tt^"''M»i^^;-v^
t:;dnwning?-to'~iaeaafy th£^(MiiC>^Th*e\ cited
' - vidhalS who had;first "apfioached "potential adverse environmental
fhim-'tb seftup'Thtf:iK
:' lion ':: CoriKOTtioii,.; But ;'THE of ;cbinfiritting fce village to un-
LEADER lesiiied this week thii proved ;: technology. We_. are. _
laro-OstrowenHbfTP«ithdu5e^^g«dnst\TUsh^ un-
Manufactuiing Co. of Frftepbrt,; proved cohversitm system^'' the
1. .- , -• . . — ,; rcsolution:read. "No conversion
plan 'should be considered until
the technology is provediirorkable
and safe." •--M--:=-''•••-'-V--.-;.
,. NoConttactYet
On April 28. the Village Board of
Trustees' • had.;'authorized iits'
irounselto enter faftp negotiations
• for "the sale of' tKeVproperty: to _-
: B.W. Energy'Systems, "but with
certain\stipidations'^ wluiA.were
^ctmtainedma niemorandam from*^
Mayor William H; Whttc'.- Ac­cording
.tpj the board's ;deciadn,
r the cpntnct —^ if h readied'that
;"staBP~ would have to guarantee
that,-:if;Oie system: did -not
fiinctioQ as reinucmted "relative
hkrin-
." the
opera-prerideht
of the. Industrial Park;
Assbdatioh, is one of the busi­nessmen
Involved, in the.,eariy ,
planning'of :Uie group. Ostrower-would
.not idemfy any other^-
: indi\ddttals. He eipUined that,"at
" a - meeting' held fate June; the .
• Board of Directors of this Indus-i^
trial Park Assbdati«in voted to ;
^oppose, the: proposal .of .B.W.
Energy Systrais. ^B.W. b at-,,
• temptogtopurdhaM.theiyflUige'j^^
T^osed, to^erator ^ plaiit and
: property to construct a plant that-i
would'convert/ 'gufoage vinto
*: vaponi a product of whidi wbolu^
: beNo._2d&sel^•'•^^^^ii'^-Z'X
\' ~ Aorarding.'to: Ostrower,. snne':
';. MerridctntetMtswmals^
' incxtiiig. - The' - Industrial Park
; Association voted to join :a group
that would oppose.'the gatfaajge
reobvety -plaat and^ contribute
fioaids toward stub a campaign; '
The / FreepOTt:^ .Oumber.:., of
" ""on
r«»td .'.for : several ^ months' op;
.littIe3SwiftrCtEei:,= with public
viewing'and race commentary at
, .Waterfrmitftiir-foot of South
rtto'ng Beach Avenue.
'; The children's races, bowei^,
' - are_5hcrter and- do notrgo to
;=Walerfronf Park. Therefore view-
.ing.of these races .must be from
the Wooddeft Canal area.
Adults win raceio-smral cate-rfMBaier-
niaJE-'
fenide mixed, "over 40" male,
"over 40" female fif enough sign
up), jousting,, and the kayak
races.---- •'- •- - r,^
is used. Jousting matches are.SS
per person.. ^try: infqrmation
-andforihs are available through
ttie aiamt>er's offices, 378-7402.
. .;^ As of this->lo^^ay,:IaeSdy 1%.-
- week before race"day, lOOjpad-"
dlers had already. regtstered..
.Among the local "stars" wiH bfc;
Assemblyman Armand D'Amato.
retarningJiBrJh6jhinLyeaf»-Fof-
"~the snrth year, village Mayor
. WfllJam H. White win sponsor
Freeport Board of Education
(Com. on Page 19)
Freeport
changed the vQlageot^naooes at
the request.of that s i m ' s re^-:
scatatives-to'iIiow^T'«nJ (Soys to
hayenamu5eroCTt>-^devkesl/m
their'store in greater number tius
villag^w thoi aSanied,-^-^.:^.
. As approved by the Trustees, -
the new. ordinance permitted a
store with,.JOjOOOsquareiieet cc;
^les]| = to?have-t5nr of these pin-~
ban madiine-t3fps games. Larger ;-
stores,'such as Two Guys^ were.
aUowed one additional one for
every 10.000 square feet flf:stQr&-
space. .
But Al Gordon., of Right Track
Inn, a popular and always-crowd­ed
bar on.West Merrick Road,
'(Cont.onPage6) •
posed to the proposal
According to Ostniwer and
Martin, the: group "_teca^ea: its
:c«Hp«rate-':'papers:"thi»" woekT
;;Ostrower siddrthfr-firoup-would
'meet" shortly and interested
^OTganiiations : a;«I-- residents
to:fireedom frmn aU'
fid emissibns,' smoke.'
. installation; would
^ting:'-'---')'-' :-\ '•^•\'
i;V:^:'::.'fWepoirt^
•v";':.:•_ToBe.Ptaaeen"-
&'jn|^pb^ning-the: stand of4he
Freenort Democratic > Club,. jits
^president Albert Gerxtman said.
' "we do not want preeport' to
become the garbage conversion
pioneeraxjf thejtfmted States/'. ,-
— The' 'Democrat's '?resQlution
- pmnted to ifesiia&ig down of the
.Town of Hempstead's garbage
_ :-^ Iant;CaSing_ thai-facility *°
^ S S e ' S r i t e d - ' ^ ^ d be the - ^ p t e o f poor plamm^'and bad -
local media, but THE LEADER |f**8e^d«posalJechnQlogy..,
cmo€rd^i-niSg5 ut old- Os tbTe ocwalelerd-^ ^Apc- ' t.»o^nj«w«f :i^^". f"^W" e mast ?pro^cee^d
wbbJd^et "ad hoc." as tiiSe h ""f ^ ^ l ' "^^ mdep^-
at this time no set of officers. , °"V " P ^ , . ^ '"S °^^°^
nctr^yr' «M >,._^^_.,,i rostY mi^takr^ The ^vm^ger-
Board would be wjsc to reoognize
its lack of expertise and drop its
arrogant disregardnof the respon­sible
grottps in our WQage who
heading ; the group, "no one
person is," he reiterated.
Dema Oppose Too! '
; Another group's opposition
surfaced this w e ^ as weO. The
Freeport Democratic Clob, in a
(Cont. onPageZO):