The-Leader_1980-08-14

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Waterfront Leader
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'.^nBEroRT liEMoniAL LienAttt
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FRIEPORT
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MERRICK rm LEABER FREEPORT'S
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NEWSPAPER
4SthVEAR.No.l6 FREEPORT. NEW YORK, AUGUST 14. 1980 PRICE 2 0 * PER "copy
Freeport SchoorTax Rate Drops
FAMILY^
August 2,\^
fr8eport*»1
enjoying lh«l
The Freeport PBA held Its annual picnic Saturday,
one of the "mush^wxns" at Udo Beach. Memlwra of
liqCLdepartment. their p i t i e s and friends spent the day
I, surf, good food and fellowship. (A LEADER photo)-
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. PyrQiysisPlaiif Proposal
7. FREEPORT -The Steams Park Qvk Assodation'', a gtoap of liomer.'
owners te^ldiasJn tbe northwest sortion of the vQIasc tiiat lles'in the
Patdwin Sdiow IHsttlct, have'now {fobHdy ezpr^ied ^€a opposmon"
tothega^jwrec3:dlngplaiUprop<»edhy-B.WrEueiaf Syiteuis. V >."
" Meetinffia ui^JKenmnTemple ^fonday evening, August11,;
t h i n ^ odTthe group's memben - - ' - . -^
"jEorsCa sp^ia] four'
Seniors, Bars V.
Get Help
• FREEPORT - Tl^ past Mon­day
ni^t's Village Boan| jof
Trustees'weekly open lei^wii3|Ye
session ptoved -no esb^tion lib.
the rule that 'suinmer-tinwL.nieet-ings
are dten short ones.' Hie
board ran through-its August
11th agenda withui 30 mhiutes,
finishing up -just, as the clo(±
showedBpm. ». -^ ,,
- There were two public beatings
scheduled. The seooind of the tiro,
whidi' changed 'the- drdinance
JdeaBhg'with ;«nuis^inentgainesi~
drew Q6 questiobs cr comments
from: tiie. aiidieiice. ^The boaH
mm.
2IMess Thonlosf
To f laidiS^^^^^
FREEPORT r At a spedal meeting of the Freeport Board of Educa­tion
held Wednesday, August 6, the 1980-81 school tax rate was set at
S18.638 p n SlOO of assessed viduation. Althbugli contracts have not
yet been finalized with all seven of the district's employee bargaining
units, under the law the tax rate had \o be set at this time!rlhe rate/
whidi b 21< per SlOO assessed
school tax bm of- $1,319 J6 in
1980-81/-^:v-:-:::^-- -v
- TfeandiaTteSeialKLevy
-llieScfabd Board ej^iressed its
apiaeciatiaD lor the efforts-of
local ] State.:: Seiaatm' Norman.; J. .
Ixvy; '^ji^.*wui; insJIramental in
s Under-ithevamendplliCodc;: of
- ordihan^.'^/estabHshimtnls.; re-;
gulated by - thelsState: 14flpwr^
Authn^^.i^dd^be^.allomd :to
valuation less,'than last year,
reflects -salary increases already,
contractually arrived at ; and
others nq| yet determined — a
total inoreise of $1.120;000; but
these,-(.and other' budgetary .in­crease,'
were :ofEset by '.a^i^SI „ ,^
"'""•lCa|pDgnuittir.I'c:»:'^*>jij5j^ 1 .-i- - » « I _ ^ J : - » .^^-—^JIA
l3w^^afi^^;ii^Sx^th?iK^?7^i«^^
$d)Ool disbictTue'ttie Mfetaia'^.---.'rWhu;Lewf .first':infii$tittdth^
anid: a i s t q ^ ^^^'i^^
mifflibebldpV'of " tiie - Fr[*p6rtl' *^ .'ICt'St^
TMchos' Asspdaticm (FTA) has ^(>f% mm. .thanrose, legblative^
nbtyetvJUastant Supttinittdert " g M ^^
voted*, to jEotsr', a
person'odmmittee tp' investigate
all aspects of the'proposal and the
pyrolyslspi^l)eat)ineUiod. } - .
Not onie penon spo|^/,faiifitVDt
of the plan, whidkffMJf%^en*.
presented to the-ViOage'-iboatd'
several montfaa ago. -The' ^Uage
board h ^ antbotisBd its counsel
to draw pp •"oontMct — oontain-hi|
5ettain/^'Mf^i^ttds"—with
VmiSai^^^i^aakllbit plant.
* «^,7^nldtbe-bi^-6F
pany, using its
owu-tfinidii^ p(t\u9 tite of the
_ ?Cnsi1oogis*Qsed indnera-far^^
ant.'^^ilcfa BW would buy.
'Acco^ldingitto the. proposal, the
' vinlge'^proald suppfy garbage to
'the plaoi^jvhldt would burn only
Silli^-geaeiatca'. gari>age and
pay a tipping fee less than what­ever
was in fbroe.locally at the
tfane.^ It i i alleged that the* end
tesultral^tho'^pytoiysis method
would Iw a t^pe of crude dl. '>"'
flDUtflCCaB SHUUBXAflOD
A member of the Steams Park
board. Fran Sonldn, had written a
letter wfai^ had been read to die
Boacd oLTrnstees Jit thdr meet­ing
a'week b^fine. According to
Saddn's.vkw, one of the nega-
- Hit tjsalti flTf>»'7"'"l'""* "^M
"Belts impact o n ' ^ stabilization
program of the Ullage. SonUn
pt^tedoigthat 5YW1 fittepl*?t,^;^ Otfaa
would be forced to tiy to. sell tiieir;.
bconea l>ecanse"'of.Un fiear/of
dangerous ^and pdHntihg omdir
VODSL, ' __ - „• ;.,.;- • .^_,M^ y ••
Sonldn also noted &at the eco-:
nomfc climate of the ;^ommnnity'
could be affected in/areas othcc
than real estate, pdnting out that',
the watei&tmt' area' businoses'
(fish, restainants, etc,~)'d>o]d take
a negative tnm of tbieplant-was"-
buflt - ^ -^Jv'-f;^-v:;::y-.-
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The group <Uscussed-joii^g-
-the new Anti-Pollntkm JCaaadi,
an umbrella gnAp'^^-focmatiVe
stages. Steams-ij^ric^preddeDt
md^ard Thayer expliidtted that it
iiad been started ^members of
.the village's .Industrial Park
Assodation and Freepoif jOiam-ber
of Commerce and questimied,
why the Industrial Park had taken
thisinitiative. .: 3
Several residents complained:
that the village board was acting
with too mnd^ haste in "pushing
ttie proposal through.", r
"Is the mayor taring to stidr'it
down our tliroats?". one mas
asked. "Can't we put a stop to
itbyavote."
- ^Otheti«^«tsjni _^
=icEai TBonssTta s o i ^ t Ho-deter­mine
whether a court stc^ order
could be obtained.
isdud-
^^NiJ/da«Cl«€*ifflJvipr^oscd by
an unkitown gentlonan who re-
: FRJEEPORT i ItiUittii^S:
PhS^fdne :tand.;-Affloican
chi]dren;aiu]^ad^H(hsr, -
mu^c and' "ias\Vegas".. ^
part of the festival and bazaar in
:oqDar of St.'^RoccoTfo be'field at
Our Holy Redeemer sdiodyud
from Friday,' AJngiust 15 to Siuday,
V;ii,TDe:bazaar;TiriIf open 'lAoaiMy'.
iiBbirough'FHdiyr atjj? pn^
tSatindayandSnndigratfipm;:: .>'i
A hi^hlijiht dfitiwrcelebration
->rinibe a:\Ma»:{n;hat«]('of^^
>S;^V celebrated in English 'uul
^Itidiiin t>y the Rev^ Savetio C.
Mattd, pastor of Our Holy
Redeemer.
-A procesdon with the statue of
St. Rocco win follow the Mass,
The RMgitb oT.Calnmbus will
form an honor guard. Banners of
various organizations .-win be
carried in the prbcnsion wliich
win indude prfests, altar boys and
representatives of parish organ-izations.
The processon win move from
the dinrcfa,_west jm:KnjeuStreet.-
"^Mcnkk Road; n<ff^ on
Avenue, and end at the
schoolyard. - - .- ^ ^ --- -
-Among the sodetksrrepresent^
9d will-bc^St.—'?ihceBt~dePanl,
Sons of Italy, St. Epcco, Sduol
of Sdiools Jdm Sexton'saidv.been'
infodned of the figures aniyeda^ 3
through :negotiatica'v'by'; theirr^
assocJatJofh-" and. the Vdmhiis^-^ ^
> tidn. Sexton could not^ • theiefoi'e,
-release the nomtim, si^ng:tliU
tiieir menA^Up 'must:fi»t.be..
^informed: UpLXEADER .«nas'un-i
Tible'to cdiitact FtA president Jan
Wilibribypriistime, c ,- ;--=&
.'-:•^•V:V•;:S<w»IIax Downy;--- v^v^
;° The school tax rate deoiease is
21<ldts than last year's S18.848'
per SlOO assess^ yafaution. That;
means that a Freeport-^pn^et^.
:bwner, with property assrtsed at.
\ ^ . for exan^lei-^'. $7,000 would
' payT^M.Tp.lcH is schbcl {tajbes [
j.tiibyeu tium last jearirdr a total
' b(rth he'jmd;Sch^
grant was fi»r;ihisjl98(H}l/sdi6(4
'^Bdndies salaries. Sextoo pdn-5
tei-Itb-dtiier'increases nin . ^
bndg(^; nude'after .tlie>sdiobl ^
budget vote and pndr to. tax-rate
sirtting timer"; j . -^/'~ > .
••Thsl?ariioniit calculated for
BOCES'' serviceAfcff the bandi-:
cappBd,-:etc:" I s : $125,006 more
than orig^aOy set atide^p
;- :>A .:«ec<tt^ -: increase/; in <the
jb'udgetaiy figures' wMsfm outHof-:
dlsttKt^transportingl;;of i.yotmg-
: stes .vto^A jprhwbfeS^sAp^
was~Casr dosed. Cars'gehmted^
by : stories - of 'Love - Canal "in
Niagra Falls, and New Ruther-:_fa^ to ^ve bis-gjiaieHiicfceting-rl-Auxaiaxyv^ Knights ^'ofOiitmAu^^
^£]cdf^if.VrW0ald3l8a-ynmg-^'VPage -Cathdic Daughters, Holy Hama
famflies frtmi wanting to purchase. - ja^ to such people as'State' Sodety and Scoots,
hniies in the vQlage. She also Celt Senator Norman J. Levy and state - Thcxe is a tradition of pmnisg
that pareots-of .smaO ddldres, and fi^leral environmental;pro-,
such as she and her husband, tectiooiagendes. '(Cont.onPage13)
FUN AND FOOD will t>e.en)oyed by ttK^^endIng_the-Bazaarj„^
Redeemer schoolyard. PointlngJo the elgn adverttalng all the good
things planned are (I. to r.) Peter and Mary Lou Angllm,'Bazaar co-chairpersons,
and Rev. Saverlo. C. Mattel, pastor at Our Hqly
Redeemer R.C; Churdi.The achoolyard, at S. Ocean and Pine Street,,
will be the scene of rld^; games, Italian; American. Spanish and
Philippine food; an Italian Band and a raff tei '