The-Leader_1980-09-04

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FREEPORT'S
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4SthYEAR,Na ;19 FREEPORTJigitiDRK^EPrEMBER^rl98(r: PRICE 2 0 * PER COPY
Two Honored No Garbage Or Trash
By Pope Pi^krupsin Village FREEPORT - Pope John
Paul n has conferred honors hi
the PontificKl Household-on two
. Freeporters, the Rev. Saverio C.
Matte}.:. pastor of ,Our Holy
Redeemer Church, and.the Rev.
Thomas Forker. chapWn at
nigrini SUte Hospital.
:'A BUBBCEOyER.THE ICE BINK at the Freeport Recreation Center
•will tengthan tlie slating season aa well as altow skating oi\ Inclement
daVsc Groundwork for the air-«upported structure beigan Tuesday,
• SeptemtMr 2. U will t»8t approximately $180,000.
Rec Centeir^ke^kink To Get Bubble
.v/v-F?JEEPORTi--Grbundw<jtk'ftjrthe erectktn of'an air-supported'
iB gtrnctowi^wei^hiv^Mrtdoof-ikating^^H^
ifCentCT «r« .b«guh!it>ffToM^ The "Bubble," sched-i^
nled to.be:c6mpl(4^.by ndd-October, will cover nearly an'acre of
'Vgroond betweenihe rink itself and its'nahdstand area. It will be'133'
^widex2|3^Iontf^i^^hlHh.W-^'^^^^ ^'^^^^^- ^^ . -~ "
:^-cw«PpiTOdmatejy--Sl8d.0iX).^.^ double
-V Thc-vinage ajmm -'twhieceknn etshse wlaiyther sa iorf .sfpabaraisc , iwn hbiceh
pravidies' excellent thermal qoal-ftiM,
to. minimize heat loss. Un­like
a permanent structure,'there .
wiQ be no supporting columns to
inhibit skating space. -
., OnoB the concrete'and utility
vniik is bompleted, the structure;.
wUcfa can be stored in 6 x 6 cube
boxes,- will ~ be' spread on.the,^
gronnd^by some 14 men', in the ;
'maimef of a drcus tent'risbg,'
-andeIectricblowers used to bring
in outside air. It yrill take ap>
proximateiy 35 minutes to m-ilate
the .structure- up >a eigbf
pounds per.'square foot. Wbde
that pres«ire is conisidned low.
the unique dcsisn.allows as many
.r^ :structure!in iffder to Irag^en^^
;->j;riKrei^nal" skating and, charter
. •.rseMo^ftn' Freeport rnldj^ts and.
! -iaooi-residenf users of tKie. Center.
': jShfce-tI974,':when-the .Center
- --^fbpenedr'fts'skafing' season "has
13tun from the end pf Novijmber to
/,//the « d of Febnutty.^The bubble•
^J^'viiriU idlow'thesieason to'ruh'from
••:-'-^Octobertd^Apifl.;:/ •••:;^;;".• -^ -•,:
•::-•; ;--The bnbble!s"|nx»tectivfr cover-
°'.i=;tJngj^
^5 TPiigs due,to. weatlher conditions.
1' vThe'.-iamc covering vrill - protect
'. I;.the' artificial;ice" from the sun's
-1 rays.: lessening, the amount of
• : -leleetriciQr needed to.be generated
0""fi>E«soUdsluttingsoirface.^ .1 • ;•
, I'Tt Whfletiiis wiUbe the firstuse ,^ .
'.,' of iU.iifa>4tqKiorted sttucttire over, as 20 men to walk across the roof
4 ^;. 'a -skating nnk, on. Long Island, ^vnthout dimplki^ the fabric. The
Vajtiniili^^ "' —"'--'--^ =/»_=.-
^^:;^•su'ccessfiBlly for'-the: past'seven
'Vr:-tyi?i« in, the:Wertdiesto-^^^C^
^^^pymTol'MkmtuonecJc^ Freeport,.
^<q»wiageofiidals travelled .'to that'
P.;.' -Jffcdafty'as pact of. their inyesti-^
• ;4^»tioiis into rink roverings.
; j;/t- ^7)anato Fraioli, President of Ah:
: ^jStructuipM - InternatiTOal._Inci=of-y:^
4^icp^^M.y^-^Vomts-'o\it that *t ibedad^^^s^scoLcir^sftbt^
-'•^'-''^^Prr^^^'-^-M* • 1 u^rtjnn {Hr^=Tffnr^^^^T'"^ fe' summer.usage for tennis^
-iure win cost 56 per square foot courts, roQer skating, etc.
; as opposed to a cost of S40 per , . : • : , - • ' -.
.square -fiiotj for a pemianent .: FndbU, whose coir^any's slo-
' endosnre. The life expectancy of_ gan^is_ "FlghJiJnfl«tico,--,With^
^h»Jb!i!jbfei«bdBt^^J5y«wts7." "ligation." ^ has criBcted such
:Frecport's "bubble wll be structureis in Saudi Arabia where
• heated and lit. An"opaque roof thetemperatureis+-137 degrees
will reflect heat away from4he ice and for the Alaska pipeline pro-while
the side wallsjwim>eJiattu_JMtwhee «tn!ctur»h/^4e-*itiu
lucent to_a5ssJflunafiial-lightr~'Stand'Ajti<rCTndilibhs of -67 de-i^
aln^to elinunate heavy gen-._greesand winds of 125 milesjer
FREEPdRT r This week's strike by meinbers of Teiamsters Local
813, against |ffivat» garbage carting firms in Nassau.and western
Suffolk Counties,'has affected the viUage of Freeport. Among those
69 firms hit by the strike, the second in tluee'years, are Five Counties
Guting and Long Island Rubbish. Five Counties has a three year con­tract
with the village to pick up both residential and commercial
garbage and trash. It replatxd the
municipal santitation departrnent. that at I^ast two of the men on.
structure can'wtthstand SO-mSe
per hour winds and higher gusts
'and ^is 'flame xetardant. meeting
: all national fire codes. A separate
aunliaiy inflation system, driven
by large engines, .'will 'aiito-
'• matically keep the bubble inflated
in the case of power outage. The
^bubble CSS be deflated and stored'
eration of .electricity. A bmlt-in
solar system also soaks up heat
duringibe day to lessen the need
for excessive heating at night.
Made of Dupon. polyester, the
hour. He was involved in the first
and largest air.snppott structure
whidt covers Harvard Univer­sity's
45,000 square,foot trad:
field. • .
SaverloC.. Mattel
Father Mattei, who was named'
pastor of Our Holy IRedeemer in
April, has been.made-Chaplain
of Bs - HoBness aJdd iFather
Forker. a former pariitidoner and .
graduate of OHB Sdiool,. has
• been de^ghated Honoranr fn-.
late of S a Holiness, .BdOi win
have tiie title of RevettEnd-Monr
' Tbiese are:the 'first- such ap­pointments
- in the Diocese
of Rodrame Centre in 18 years.
'JJie two local derics are among
SO'honored wittdn the Rodmlle
Centre Diocese.
CSEA Leader
Dies At 70
FREEPORT -. Hundreds of
people tnmnl out'to pay their last
respects to labor leader Irving
. Flaumenbamn Tuesday mornkig^
.^September 2,--t:=^^T?;-S=T-?\-^:^^'?
'-^-"The- 70-year qW__lMig^ime
=tesuef=^OT===Nas«air~Connty*s
. nunidpal employees d i^ of a
heart atta^ .Wednesday er^^s^
^Angust27, during a onibn meet­ing
at the SaQsbnr^aub ResUa£
.;tf--smt is S3ejibcrwer.nffk- 7"
Flaumenbamn. Long Island
^resident of the CMc Senrke
yfenployees Association (CSEA)
and an international, vice^tnesi::
:.jlentoifihe American-pKlenfllon
" of State County ahd'Manlc^
Employees. (AFSCME) j was a
Fre^iort re^dent. and his fimeral
was held here in the village.
Merridc Road from Chnrdi Street
, to Guy Lombardo Avenue was
(Cont.onPagel2)
about one-and-a-half years ago
Long Island Rubbish, a Suffolk
County firm, carts awayjthe Frw;-
port ^School District's garbage.
- Long Island's last sudi strike,
in 1977, lasted,a week and.hr-:^
volved the same Te|uistef<,local. 1
Tfiie Teannstefs 5^^}w«Jt t^out
Tuesday,'September :2,'vthe'day :
aft'itr;^. tiuee: day.:;LiJixit;-pay^
holiday weekend.' According to
..Five Counties, none of their
: trut^ are: out on thestriets^
"Several people told THE LEA-'
DER,howeyelr.'that the; village
had two trucks collecting^"' -
Mayor WilUain H. White con­firmed
that two village^ trucks
had ^cked up that day. mostiy'in
the^OBDitral part of the.village.
White said the two yehldes were.
former sanitation; departmentV
. truda owned by the vOIage and
.they were manned vt^.'vUli^e
employees; Both the Bifayorand-
Fbre' Counties affirmed thitt.the'
-private carting firm bad'jKithihg
todowiththepick-uips. -
\- The use or village personnel,
"however, didn't. sit well with
Robert Ford, -presidexrt -of -the
village's Civil Service Employees
Assodation (CSEA) onit. He said
the truda "were former foremen
in the'defimd munidpal Sanita­tion
Department. Presehtiy. he
said they were foremen in other
village departments. * ,
"We'd liketo help our heigh-bors,"
Ford said, "but it sEould
be,doaie properiy.''j. Herdaimed.
uWhite and village Siipointendent.'
Tof^EaliHc ayorksT^rPrefcr had c
^threatened ., Ullage . employees
with d»arges of insubordhiation
and possible isiupension from
their jobs'^ they did not pick up
gargage. Ford claimed that the
-men would be woridng'out of
-tide.': ' ;,
'White wouldnot comment-on
. Fqtd'sjcharges and Prefer could
nottejeadied... •; . -•
-• By Wednesday, however, the
- situation seemed to have dianged
. sllghtiy. The . garbage : trucks
.- were still idle, but there: was no
.. longer e ^ ( ^ of village tracks or
: 'employees picking tip the trash.
- According to one' taped ..ratUo"
-faiterview, tiie president of the;
- Nassau County CSEA idpported
Ford's .view tiut they men should
not be asked to work out of titie.
(Cont. on Page 12J
AN OK PROCLAMATION, \gil8ge_piractor ol AtoohgLL
-JU)us«Jul«ri9n:Hsrui>j4E^i^oks^on'8S FraejTO^ William White
"fZhTtronrnrdlspli^.a prodamatlon designating September as "It's
OK14ot to Drink Morith" In Freeport for the second year iiva row.
interested participants in the ceremony are Jimmy McPartlana (along
with his coronet) and famed Jazz pianist Marian McPartland. The
McPartianda and.their trio will t>e playing at the Freeport Recreation
Center Saturday evieihirig. September 27. for everyone's dahi^rttf and.
listening pleasure; Reservations at 13 each are now avallatjle t>y'calling
Village^ Hall, 37&.4000. The cost includes homemade foods and non­alcoholic
t>everage3. .'i