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45th YEAR, No. 50 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. APRIL9. 1981 PRICE 2 0 * PER CJOPY.
School Board Race Shapes Up
Fire Dept. Elects Holly Will Not Run, Venzen
Company Officers
hkthfUKl - ivlembfitS Of llie 5eA[fg 14fir Board Seat
NEW SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT MADE WELCOME. The Free- *'^^'?,"(?K CO
port PTA and the Freeport I feathers Assoclalluii cu-spoiisured a teeant-reception
lor Dr. Jack Bierwirth, Freeporfs new Superintendent of
Schools. Held in the Atkinson School Library, the reception was attend­ed
by approximately 200 parents, teachers and other community mem­bers
who leasted on an assortment of desserts prepared by.the PTA
and a punch prepared by the FTA. Helping to greet Bierwirth (c.) were
(I to r ) Jan Wilson, FTA president; co-chairpersons Lorrame Barry
and Marilyn Clark; (Bierwirlh); PTA Council president Marilyn Roller;
and Paul Tubin and Russ Coyne, FTA vice-presidents.
No Surprises At Village Board's
Annual Organization Meeting
rtlEEPORT - In under 20 minutes Monday night, April 6, the Village
•• Board of Trustees held its annual Organization Meeting and saw the
swearing in of re-elected village officials Mayor William H. White,
Trustees Dorothy Storm and Al Sirlin and ViUage Justice Ral^h Franco.
Those in the audience were apparently faced with no surprises as no
changes were " made in the
Freeport Fire Department's
eight companies elected company
officers Tuesday night, April .7.
at the Department's annual com­pany
elections.
Under the provisions of the
Department's by-laws, each com­pany
is to elect a Captain. First
Lieutenant and Second Lieuteur
ant, to serve for a one year
period, on the first Tuesday in
April.
- In most cases, only the Second
Lieutenant position is a contested
election, although there were
several exceptions.
The results of the company
elections are as follows: -
NO. 1: Capt. Paul
FREEPORT - A three-and^jne-balf year resident of northwest
Freeport, father of two children in the Freeport School District has
announced his intention to run tn the forthcoming School Board
election. At the same time, present School Board president Sara Holly
officially told THE LEADER that she will not seek a th'ird term as a
School Board member.
: Cap
Hashagen, 1st Lt. Joseph Falco,
and 2nd Lt. Arnold Skidmore.
village's roster of* appointed
employees and few on the various
villagecomtnissions.
Rabbi Reuben M. Katz of
Freeport's Congregation B'nai
Israel delivered the invocation
at the start of the meeting and
Rev. Joseph Robinson ended the
evening with the benediction.
Wearing his judicial robes.
Judge Franco was sworn in by the
also black-robed Hon. Patricia
Collins, Judge of the Family
Court and a Freeport resident.
Franco then delivered oaths of
office to White, Sirlin and Storm.
In his short speech, the Mayor
noted that he had taken the oath
of office "with no little awe"
and.as a full-time mayor for the
first liine in the incorporated
village's S9-ypar history. 'He
added, however, that the function
of the Board of Trustees and the
Village Court would remain the
same as originally constituted.
"Hundreds of Freeporters
make this vilagc work." said
White, thanking the municipal
employees and the members of
the various commissions and
committees.
White, who had been serving
full-time for the past two weeks.
said that in that time he had
noticed that "govenunent is
working faster," because he can
now respond faster to the con­cerns
of its citizens.
Stono Reappointed
As the first order of business.
Mayor VThite once again ap­pointed
Trustee Storm to serve
as Deputy Mayor.
Reappointed for terms of one
year were Budget Director and
Village Assessor James Lyons,
Deputy Village Oerk Henry
Gramlich, Deputy Village Asses­sor
Barry Dunn, Village Counsel
Michael Solomon, Deputy
Village Counsels Harrison
Edwards and V. Roy Cacciatore.
Acting Village. Justice Charles
Mehimann. Superintendent of
Public Works Edwin Prefer.
Superintendent of Buildings
ENGINE CO. NO. 1: Capt. Ray­mond
Magutre, 1st Lt. Mike
Sortira, and 2nd Lt. Joseph
Licata.
HOSE CO. NO. 1: Capt. Paul
Russer, 1st Lt. Mike Flood, and
2nd Lt. Miguel Bermudez.
HOSE GO. NO. 2: Capt. Frank
Sarro, 1st- Lt. Richard Spinnocia.
-and 2nd.Lt. Jonathan Knorr.
HOSE CO. NO. 3: Capt. James
Butler, 1st Lt. Steven Weisz,
and 2nd Lt. Patrick McBride.
HOSE CO. NO. 4: Capt.Robert _
Notheis. 1st Lt. Kevin Noll,
and 2nd Lt. Roger Combs.
HOSE CO. NO. 5: Capt. Joseph
Dirusso, 1st Lt. Isaac Wilson, and
2nd Lt. Terrance Reilly.
EMERGENCY CO. NO. 9:
Capt. Mickey Heller, 1st Lt.
Joseph Sede, and 2nd Lt. Melvin
Davidson.
FIRE POLICE officers, who
were elected last month, are:-
Capt. Warren Davis, Lt. William
Martin and Sgt. Charies Schil­ling.
On Thursday. April 9, the
members • of the Department
again go to the polls to elect
Department officers. The next
issue of THE LEADER (April 16)
will carry the results
Seeking his first term and
running for the seat presently
occupied by Holly is Cal Venzen
of Wallace Street. Venzen, who
is vice-president of the Commitr
tec For A Better Freeport, a re­cently
formed group headed by
former school board member Ed
Monroe, is a m'edical sales repre­sentative
with a deg'ee in Eco­nomics
from Long Island Univer­sity.
fJe and h is wife, Yvonne,
have two youngsters. Marc, 6, a
tirsl-grader al Culuinbus Aver
School, and Renee, 10, a fourth
grader at the same school. The
family formerly lived in Queens.
Venzen said he had been
approached by Monroe ''once
before" to run and had told him
"I would be interested...! am still
in . the learning process," ex­plained
the candidate, while
noting that he would have run for
a Board positiJft even if HoUy had
not decided to step down.
Presently candidates for School
Board run for specific seats,
rather than- at-Iarge as Freeport
Village Board Trustee candidates
run."~A petition has been circu­lating
this year, however, which
would call for -election of the
highest vole-getter(s) as in the
Baldwin Sch6ol District. The
petition asks for the proposition
to-be-on the ballot in this year's
school-vote. If approved by the
district "residents, the change
would take effect for subsequent
elections.
Venzen said his reason^ for-running
weie_to help his own
.children. in the school district
and "all the kids in the village...
1 am going to. stay here awhile,"
he stated, "and 1 feel that I have
to be a part of the village."
Besides his position on the Com­mittee
for a Better Freeport,
Venzen cited as his past com­munity
activities the instigating
titien-^^to-elean-up the area
on North Main Street and Lena
Avenue," and attendance at
(some Village" Board meetings.
The candidate also said he has
been at some School Board
meetings.
HoUySayaA
Deflnlte^'No"
Sara HoUy, who last week
told THE LEADER that she had
not completely made up her mind
whether to seek re-election, told
this newspaper this past Tuesday
afternoon that she definitely
would not be running. She
eiplained that she would be
attending a school in computer
programming fuU-\ime and that,
as well as personal consider­ations,
had led to her decision.
"1 have thoroughly enjoyed my
six years serving the community
as a School Board member,"
said Holly this week, "and, if
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Rent Permit Law Struck Down
David Lovejoy and bupenntena-cnt
of Electric Utilities Ludovic
Long.
Commisflon Appointmeot*
Robert Burger will remain
Chairman of the Sewer and
Sanitation Commission for one
Year and Fabian Adler was
reappointed to the commission
for five years, Henrj- Altengarten
was reappointed a member of
the Water and Light Commission
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PhilEhrhart
Deai^ At 47
FREEPORT - Yillage-bom
Philip hhrhart, ovinei uf Ehi
hart's on Frepon's Nautical Mile,
is dead at the age of 47. The
popular, well-known waterfront
figure died April 4 at Lydia E-Hall
Hospital.
Village Mayor William H-White,
who knew him and had
fished »-ith him for many year^
said "Philly »as a tradition on
the waterfront."
Until about 11 years ago.
iCont on f-aac '.2.
FREHORT - The village has
not yet decided iwhat action -to
lake following a New York
Court of Appeals decision that its
rent permit law is unconstitu­tional.
According to Village
Attorney Michael Solomon this
past Tuesday, Judge Dominick
Gabrielli's wrinen opinion,
handed down on March 31. was
first received by the Village the
day before.
C/^lnmnn •ij^\(] he had looked at
the decision, but would have to
discuss it wuh the Village Board
of Trustees.
The Village's rent permit law
mandates that rental permits
arc to be obtained for all resi­dence
rental property within the
Village. No permit, says the law.
could be issued without an
inspection of the premises to
determine that the property "is
"safe, clean, sanitary, in good
repair and free from rodents
and vermin;"
Permits are renewable every
two years or at the time of a
vacancy and owners of Qie
properties must immediately
notify the Village's Department of
Buildings of vacancies.
In the event of violations, the
Building Department may issue
a notice of violation or a notice
to vacate the premises. Landlords
who do not obtain rental permits,
can receive a peniUy "of S20O
per day for each day in which a
building is occupied without a.
rental permit.
Judge Gabrielli held that the
imposition of a penalty upon a
landlord, for renting his premises
without first consenting to a
warrantiess search, violates the
property owner's Fourth Amend­ment
rights. He called the
(Com. 6n Pa;s *2)