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46th YEAR, No, 20 FREEEDRT. NEW YORK. SEPTEMBER 10.1981
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f reeport Gets H.Q. Of Export Firm
Internafioniat Business To
Relocate On No. Main St.
FREEPORT - Two one-story buildings on Freepbrt's North Main
Street will be combined by tiie properties' buyer to become the inter­national
headquarters of the SO-yearoId export firm. Export Agencies
International (EA), considered one of the county's largest and most
successful automotive exporters, has bought 67 North Main Street,
former site of the village's Community Development agency, and the
neighboring 59 North Main
SWIMMING TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP pf Nassau County's Division III, members of the Freeport
Recreallofi pepartment's summer team, the Sea Oevlls, turned in some of their t>est tunes. Unde-
(eated'all'season, the champs are (l--tox.)-saated: Jesslca.Hashagen, Chris Ford, Brian.Dunkle,
RicKy Pabon, Ben Ounkle, Lori Hashagen, Reglna Lichtent>erger, Brian Kutlarz, Mary Fee, Kelly
Maorino, Cathy Fee, Heidi Epstein, Beth Lehman^ Pam Nielsen and Frank Lomangino; Kneeling:
Derrick Hampton, Chad Holly, Ellen Conner, Suzanne Colonha, Katey Dunkle, Kerry McCarthy,
Vlck) Hall, Erin Ford, Karen Bunting, Suzanne Epstein, Yvonne Epstein, Gtna Nieto, Kathy Reardon
and Salil Vadhan; standing, third row: Bob Ennis Frank cerblni. Matt Henry, Kevin Bunting, Chris
Henryi Dante Bucci, Gary Quinton, Mark Hamlll, Troy Holly, Karen Bouchereau,' Debbie Hall, Susan
Ostrofsky. Katy Fox, Kristin Watson, Maria Moreo, Jessica Hail and assistant coach Clare Dunkle;
and standing, back row: Coach Sharon McCarthy, Nancy Davis, Kelly Lomangino, Claire Lichten-berger,
Ron Schacter, Judy Hashagen, Heather McKeown, Jackie Bade, Michelle Magee, Michelle
Moreo. Lynda Ostrofsky, Tim McCarthy, Cormac Moiloy, and Matt Dunkle.
—Alert BatdwttrCifizens'^
Outlines Future Plans
bf Joan Delaney
BALDWIN'- In an exclusive interview with THE LEADER, the newly
elected chairperson of Alert Baldwin Citizens (ABC), Rha Press, and
the group's secretary, William Larson, said they were looking forward
to a busy and productive year trying to unite all segments of the com­munity
m tne realization that "everyone has Something at stake."
Discussion first centered on the
group's efibrts this summer to
beautify Baldwin by making avail­able
to merchants, at cost, large
pots of geraniums for placement
in front TSf their stores. The pro­ject
begian. at Grand Avenue and
Merrick Rpad, then spread to
shopping areas. Press said one of'
the goals of ABC is to make mer­chants
aware of the mutual bene­fit
that beautification will bring to
them and to the commjinity at
large. She stressed /thaT^most
people prefer to shop in attractive
surroundings, and sh^ noted |he
support receive'd .from the busi­ness
and professional people of
Baldwin. "Ongoing discussions
with Chamber of Commerce ofti-cials
and others," Press added,
"will resuh, we believe, in some
creative and exciting projects
throughout the community."
Another facet of ABC's work
continues in cooperation »ith
regulatory agencies regarding the
nKd to ei^orce existing ordi­nances.
Press said that an ABC
member checks each week with
First Precinct pc4ice on the status
of summonses issued for viola­tions
of the "open container
law." She expressed the opinion
that "residents of Baldwin, as'
well as the regulatory agencies,
should appreciate that law en­forcement
must be of high priori­ty
as shoddy, dangerous, unsani­tary
and unclean conditions are
simply not acceptable."
With respect to applicati<ms
for rezoning and variances. Press
said that she anticipated ABC's
main thrust would be to inform
people of these applications and
to make them aware of proce­dures
to use if they are in favor or
oppdsed. She said that their prac­tice
of sending out "rezoning and
variance alerts" is intended basi-cally
to reach residents beyond
those wtio must by law t>e noti-fied.
She added that "people
applying for rezoning and vari­ances
should be sensitive to their
responsibility to the community in
the use and maintenance of their
propertv."
"Tbe Besi bueresis
OfBakhdD"
Larson indicated that ABC had
no apology to make for opposing.
(Cent, on Page 7)
-FreepwrSeaDeviB^
Undefeated
FREEPORT - The 1981 sum­mer
recreation swim team, "The
'Sea Devils," completed their
Division ID season on August 23
with a five-win, no-loss record.
Under the coaching of Sharon
McCarthy and Clare Dunkle, the
Sea Devils defeated such teams
as Valley Stream, Long Beach,
Averill, Cantiague and Oceanside
in the Nassau County Swim Con­ference.
.
(Cent, on Page 16)
Community Worker
Thomas Re Dies
FREEPORT - Thomas G. Ri, a
36-year resident of the Village of
Freeport. died suddenly of a heart
attack on Friday, September 4,
and his community lost an
indefatigable worker for many
causes.
Hundreds of stunned friends,
relatives and co-workers on the
many committees with Ri jam-
Street, where offices of the Social
becunty agency were fotmerly
housed..
The village's Community
Development Agency. will be
moving from the building, for­merly
owned by Sonom Realtv
(Julius" Gcrxof) at the end of .this
month. The agency's director,
Eric Hemphill, and his five staff
members will be relocated- in
two rooms at Village Hall.
Offices Considered
Prime TenanU
Office buildings, as opposed to
industrial buildings, plants or
factories, have long been con­sidered
by many as an economic-
—ally—dfeirable—type of develop—
ment for the village. The question
of how to woo to the village such
commercial ofiice users, particu­larly
the headquarters of national
or international firms.was dis­cussed
as recently as in the last
village election campaign.
Mayor WUliam H. White,
in announcing the acquisition of
the property by Export Agencies
International, and Eric Hemp­hill,
the village's Community
Development director, spoke
enthusiastically of the exporting
firm's move to Freeport ftom
Rockville Centre. The two ac­knowledged
that this could be the
start of a particularly desirable
type- of economic development
and growth on North Main Street.
Philip L. Stephen, president
of Export Agencies International
Corp.. also spoke of the positive
assets to the village of his firm's
relocation here. He agreed that
his 40 office employees, based in
the Freeport headquarters,
would be potential local shoppers
and visitors to local restaurants.
Further, he pointed out that the
firm receives visitors who come
nn J ^^g^lla^ I m i c frnm all nver
establishing and developing larg­er,
more profitable worldwide
markets for U.S. automotive man­ufacturers-
The company's head­quarters,
with its computerized
equipment, does no warehousing
or maniifacturing. Besides the 40
locally employed persons, the
firm has a staff of sales represent­atives
throughout the country and
'the world.
The firm has continually ex­panded
and, in fact, received
from the President of the United
States the "E" Award for its
vigorous and creative efforts to
increase exports. Recently, said
-Stephen, thf nrt-d for more space
med the Hungerford & Oark, Inc.
Funeral Home over the weekend
in an attempt to soften the grief of
Rf's wife, Florence (Tracy), and
their four children. A Mass was
celebrated at Our Holy Redeemer
R.C. (Thurch on Tuesday morn­ing.
September 8. Burial was at
St. Qiaries Cemetery in Rne-lawn.
R^. who at the time of his death
(Cont. on Page-3) •
the country and the worid, whom
they entertain, and Stephen said,
"We would certainly do that in
local restaoraiits." He also noted
that many of Ins sales representa­tives
and other business contacts
from foreign countries arrive with
their «ives who do "substantial
shopping" while their husbands
are involved in namerous busi­ness
conferences at the head­quarters.
Stephen's firm specializes in
'became evident.
Located in offices in Rockville
Centre for the past seven years.
Stephen started looking for more
space last year and became inter­ested
in the two properties after
he saw a New York Times ad for
them which was placed by the
village. The buildings seemed,
Stephen said, what he needed.
Export Agencies' president also
explained that previously he had
been offered property in Freeport
and had turned it down because
of the "reputation" of the village.
Now. after looking into all aspects
of a relocation to the village, he
said he was very satisfied that
Freeport docs not live up to its
reputation, and he spoke glow­ingly
and enthusiastically of
the village.
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The two buildings will be com­bined,
joined and undergo remod­eling,
including a new facade. Ac­cording
to "Hemphill,-the most
help Stephen's firm could expect
from Community Development
funds is a possible $5,000 for
—eaUi uf the luu buildiugs, uuiiie)
he would have to match. Accord­ing
to Hemphill, the money he
referred to was "new" CDA
funding and the guidelines have
not yet been set, but it is antici­pated
that one of hs uses would
be matching grants for remodel­ing
or rehabilitating commercial
buildings.
Stephen said his firm's move
took into account its recent
growth and hs potential growth.