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Little LeoprSeosdnJIVill Opeii
Ceremonies, Triple Header
At Randall Park
FREEPORT -Opening-day-ccremonies at Randall Park, iSuy I^m-bardo
Aveniie and Cedar Street, will preceed the first games of the
-Freeport Little League's 1981 season, ine ceremonies and fiiM iliv of
play will be held Saturday. April 25, at 10 am. with a Sunday. April 26
ratOndpaentei.n g day games Will Utilize
three fields at Rcndall Park. In
the 8, 9 and 10 year ofd Softball
League, Columbia"Meats will play
Atlantic Nursery on Field No. 3.
RandalLParfc-BeW-Nor^^ivai be
the scene of the {iist Major Soft­ball—
League game when Kroa
Jewelers and Hudson Point play
their opening game. In the Major
Division, Fulton Fiineral Home
and longJIsIand Trust will meet
on the baseball diamond on Field
No.l.
This year's teams, with their
iponsors and managers are:
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Major Division Baseball Teams
"and their managers are - Weber
Stores (Roy Foftiinato), Two Guys
(Emmet Psradine), Rotary (Frank
Cassonetto), Fulton Funeral
(Ed Bonnet), Capt. Ben'i (Vinay
' Di Constanzo), Sparaco's Glass
. (Andy Lonks),. Richmond Hard­ware
Ol&a DJGrazia), Mount-castle's
liquors (Harold Stair),
,:MetropoUtan - Savings. ' Bank
(Roosevelt Bynum), Coral House
(Gene . Langella), Long Island
T^st (Stan Sanderson) and Our
Holy Redeemer (Don Dzurilla).
CLUTCHING CANDY BUNNIES, which were their prizes, the winners of last week's Easter Egg Hunt
at the Freeport Recreatjon Center pose with Recreation Department staffer, Steve Stark. The se<>eral
hundred who participated in the Egg Hunt also enjoyed^ puppet show.
In the Eight Year Old Baseball- I" the Senior Baseball Division,
Pivisioir"- fcvergreeii~ConUiner ttie teams are - • 5calatlIglKlfe~
Affirmative Action Policies Questioned
• 'FREEPORT - The question of Freeport's affirmative action policies
came up at the Village Board of Trustees mUing Monday evening,
April 20. Colonial Avenue resident Louise Simpion referred to the re­cent
hiring of eight new police officers by the VUlage and congratulated
the trustees on hiring one woman and two men with Spanish sur­names.
Simpson, however, questioned
the "moral implications" of
going against the "rules of the
affirmative action goals in other
communities."
When asked what they were by
Mayor William White. Simpson
^answered. "My understanding is
you have a special list. You have
(wo lists, one for hiring regularly
and one for implementing af­firmative
action rules."
While told her she was wrong.
"You only are allowed to get one
list." he said, explaining that if
the village had not hired from the
list, its payroll would not be
certified.
Simpson, however, referred to
an article in a newspaper which
stated that the village of Freeport
did not have an affirmative action
plan. In answer. White said the
village does. Simpson then asked
if it had been given to the Roose-velt-
Freeport NAACP.
NAACP CompUlns
About Htrin<{
Earlier this month. RoKerT
Hodge of the NAACP had charg­ed
that Freeport, Long Beach
and North Hempstead werr slow-in
complying with federal guide­lines
on minority hiring.
At that time. Michael Kirwan.
the village's Human Rights Com­missioner
told THE LEADER that
the village had put forth "good
faith efforts" in that area. He
cited recent employment of
blacks and hisp^nics in the
village's Building Department
and in Village Hall. Kirwan also
explained, at that time, that all
available job openings were re­ferred
fo his office and were pub­licized
to minority groups.
Monday evening, however,
Simpson complained that the
number of minority people living
in the village was actually.higher
than the amount "legally car­ried."
She pointed to what she
said was the more than 50%
minority in the school census.
People could relate better to
their own kind, explained Simp­son.
Therefore, she said, it would
• niake for better neighborhood
-relations to have an increased
number of minorities on the
police force.
While agreed with her. but said
that of the 16 names released to
the village for the current police
hiring, none were black. Al-
. though, the village requested ad-diliutial
names. White said, none
were released. - —-
"It is a two-way street." said
White, calling on the black com­munity
to help convince young
black males to take the police
Civil Service test and to pass it.
"1 will work with you to do
that," said Simpson.
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Off-Duty Officer
Tfiwarts Burglars
FREEPORT - An off-duty
Freeport police officer thwarted •
two alleged young burglars,
capturing them in a Wallace
Avenue house on Monday
afternoon, April 20, ?t about
2 pm.
Officer Roosevelt Hendricks,
who lives in that area, was flff-duty
when he reportedly spotted
the two youths entering the
rear yard of the'house. Hendricks
proceeded to investigate while
awaiting back-up officers.
At the rear of the~house.
Officer Hendricks saw the
kitchen door kicked in. Entering,
he heard voices upstairs, and
proceeded to apprehend the two
youths, whose names were
withheld because of their ages.
Hendricks was assisted by
Freeport Police Officers Williani
Olsen and Richard Greenwood.
Freeport Police Chief Anthony
Elar oraised flendncks' action
while noting that the many Free-port
police officers who live in
the village act as a deterrent to
crime. Ine eignt new police
officers, approved last week..
all rc<iHp in t h f vWUgt-
(Gene.aark), Capt. Ben's (Joe
Nowicki), Hungerford & Clark
Fbneral Home (Artie Burdette),
Glacken Insurance (Sal Sboto)
and Dapper Dan (Jay Darter).
"In the Nine Year Old Baseball
Division - Shaldee —(George
Pollucci), Martin-Goal and Oil
(John Oukies), Columbia Bronze
. (Jim KellyjrFive"County Cartmg
•(Angelo Capozzoli), Barasch's
(Rick Hunger) and Bayview
Meats (Jim Mascaro).
Teams in the' Ten Year Old
Baseball Division are - (fapt. Al's
(Ron Winge), Endo Electric Les
Endo), . Schloss Mets (Jose
Colon). T. & M- Plumbing (Mike
Campbell) and Gouz (Jan Ses.)
Construction (Joe Ippolito),
Guardian Ambulance (Bill Mello),
Evergreen (Marilyn Dziedziecb),
Freeport Fire Department (Jiin
Brown),-Freeport ELks (Frank
Cozzetto), . Key "Foods (John
Hughes), and Cutty Saric Iiin
(Vinny Horn)
SStball Prognun
— The 8, 9 and 10 year old
Division in the Softball Program
consuls of Atlantic Nursery
• (Marilyn Perez), Braithwaite's
~ (Marie Arrandale), and Columbia .
Meats (Marilyn Hosey).
Senior Division. teams in the,
Softball Program are - P_B.A.
(Tom Esopa), Citibank (Mary
-(Com-on-Bage 12) •
V,
Five Bktyn Yoothi
Arrested For Robbery
Five Brooklyn youths were
arrested and charged with
RoblJery FiKt and Criminal
Use of Firearms following a
series of incidents in Freeport and
Roosevelt on Wednesday.
April IS.
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lOPSWMH S'lHIKhS- IndivifltJai wipiiers In llm Fiwpurl CioinmunUy
B<3w(in"g Program receivecflfieTr frophTes at the recent Awards Ban­quet.
From led to right, Albert Nespeca presents his sportsmanship
award to Diana Solomon; Delores Anderson presents the Ed Anderson
Memorial Award, given to the'txiwler with most improved average,
to Michael Medaglia; Lenny Kropp of the Freeport Elks presents the
Andrew Kropp Memorial Award for sportsmanship to Steve Riley;
and Freeport Elks' Doa Club President LiiiianSchmtdt presents her
club's sp<jrjsrTianshlp award to Theresa Thompson as her father looks
on'. The Community Bowling Program was sponsored by the Freeport
RecTBalion Department. Freeport Bowi-O-Mal and the Freeport Elks.