The-Leader_1982-01-21

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FREEPOKT. NEW YORK. JANUASY21,1982
4«hyEAB, No,39
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OAoonUiHytt lS Gideill USncdoeurwtsa'y L-o•'c^o•"l Hfipouu*se^s*l SafwllifilnWu Fr oorr
FBdM ONE GOOD SCOUT TO ANOTHER. FrMport Mayor William
Whit* waa ghran Iha (Irtt taat* of the oooMaa currartfly M n g offarad U
lt,75 par box by, Freeport QIrt Seouta. Laat y«ar, U M Local Obi Seouta
' idld cio*« to 90,000 bwna.' Cadafl* Stacy O* Cinipf (i.) and Junior
FBEEPOBT • local (»ri ScDOU
are baiy ria^g dootbcIU, part
of the 17th Ananal Nassao Coan-cil
of Girl Sooota Cookie Sale.
Seveir-iratietiei of Girl Scoot
cooUea. can be' onkredj Thin
~Miats,_Cannel De lites, Old
{^shieised-OatBieal, Peanut Bat­ter
Patties, Assorted San'dwidi.
Cremes, Shortbread, and Peainit
Batter Sandwiches. AH seven
vatietiea are completely natoral
andifree of artisdal preserva­tives
and fUvprs..
The indtvidttal troop receives'
^ back~25« of the selling price of
eacb.baz (Called the Troop Re-
—bate). This enables the Sonit* to
' earn money fiir'special Interest
pro}ects,.ao( - VMoiSlf -_ fimded ^by
Money. •. Afic/ Fosfer
FREEPORT -One of thie most encoorag^g bits of information
coming oot ct Village HaU recently is the tepoct that village property
values are op. as coinpared with figures of three years ago. Bastion
data from two difiereat soorces, the Multiple Listing "Service of long
Island and the Village of Freeixxt Hotnefinders' Service, the resulu'
•are the aame ahhoa^ the per­centage
of increase differs.
While the data com^k»d by the
Multiple listbg Service-does not
indnde the sale of houses not on
Moldpie listing bnt still, add by
their member i«al estate brokers,
or. tnr-tbe viUage'a Homefinder
Service, their figttres tie - im­portant
because trf their familiar­ity
with boose sales all over Looa '
IsJaiBd.if'- • -^-•~-^- -• -
and ara now ahowlno llrrt ortdSrlifbwblaa ConataAca Wrtlta (r.) • n d — ^ ^ l l ^ r ^ J l ^ ? ! ! L J S ^ r^lbe MLS dato shows tfcaf a
Karyn Hroneidi (?nd r.) o^f Trdop 2203 tharope* du[irrliinioo Ihalr «rtt ^ S " ^ " * * * ^ ^ ^ " * * * ! " total of 154 Freeport houses were
cooMe tailing aeMon. Community CooUa.Chairman <|^n«na Suchan
(3rdt.) has b««n directing th« annual aal* (or the paatflva yeara with
part Of ih* funds darived staying In th« Vlllaga lor troop acttvUlaa aitd
part going to the Nasaau Council. Carrhal Dallohta, Ttiln Mlnta,-
Oatmaai, AHorted Craami, Peanut Buttar ^ndwiawt; Peanut Butter
Pattl*^ aod Shortbread* ara all being abid thia year.
BaAajra Jusf9rEhcted
Baliwin Libnary Presldmi,
JSfmonXhosen Fot5**^^f$matj,
S65 cookie credit, which can be
applied to camp costs; or nation­al/
international traveljczpenies^
Profits bom the Cootie Sale
help.m^tjdn fivf camps, buy
equipment, cover 'transporta­tion
costs, train leadera and pro-vide'the
girls of Nassau Cooaty
with a dunce to participate in
a wide array of excithig, yet edn- '•
cational activities. ~ <
Bediming Mtrdi I. the cookies
will beudelivered to homes.; . ^
If no-Girl Scoot has come to
your home, and yoo-wish-to-or
byJoa<iD*/an*y, ficeal
decjcgokies, call the CoOntil Of-'
ficeat741-2SS0. "
The Baidwin-tibraty Board of Trustees met oo Tuesday evMiag>-^^
January 12 for their regular mogjlily meeting. Because of the recent .
reslgaatioa of former Pierideut Jack Aveibock, it w u necessary (or the
Board to elect • new preddeut^ Banat* Juster was elected to serve u -
Presldeat and Charles Bogeo w u elected secretary. Kevin Kamen Is
pteseatly serving as; Vice- : ^^ .^
Preddent. procedure would remaiit^saiae
_ Qnedor Walter Habcrmeaeut-. with two signatures reqdttd..
ed his report regarding financea.u—The Director'a report Jncinded
and aervlces. It was noted that infonnatiou reganUng bdUday
Registratibn For
Rec Prdgnins Set
niaitet fior 136 days before being -
sold.Thattbie ha* been reduced '
to 70 days in 1981. -
Ramona Crodc.'Director of the
Freeport Homefindets'—Service, -
points oot that ber-ocperience
over the. last dz-months,.during ' r
which she soldsiame 40 booses,.
is not coodsteiit-:with Multiple -
listing's, data. She .'retiortSA.
current trip sales prioB of S120,00p.
{br'a''i(ra)eJ&Qnt liom)!,'~^uid' air"
average price 61; 565,000. The \
average'^ia wlien Homefinden
was first, instituted several
years ago was S39.000^
As to the length of time-ther-average
hoose stays on the
market. Crook said, that. was
dependent on the coniBtion of the -
ptopetty 'and the price bong
asked.."We've been known to .
sdl a bouse in a matter of days," -
she said. "Then too, we may have
'a buyer, and the 'seHei-win .
^change his.mind. AH and'all, I .
would say withoot beritatidn that
-^u^iilj^ ^l.i,•«^p«•-.«u tnfT^.M^ ^f tTftirabjjit]:_ of Freeport •
from S3S,744 to S50,865 daring bons^ b the market place has —
the'tame period. been dramatically enlunced in
-- The data also sboirs'jtiiat the_Uie past couple ofyears due to tlie
average hodse in 1978, was on the - eftjmbrthe Village."
Freeport]
sold in 1978/whadi increased to a
Ihigh ,or 191 between 1979 and
1 ^ . In their last reporting
peaod, October 1980 to Septem-
' ber 1981, thdr house sales in
Freeport have stabilized at 131.-
The'Multiple-listing''figures
'also show that the sales priMS of
. Freeport houses' has increased
"steadily, at the rate oTlW per
month, over the last three years.
- The t(^ sales price ot S64,SC0 in
.1978 went up to 599,500 ih 1981.
_ and increase of 31 J8%. • The
- with tlte Increase b postal rates,
the cost of library mailing wiO -.
> Increase as of Jaanity lO.-Tbere. '
-was discossioo-oa the tralBc and
parking problem and the loss of
parking spaces oa Grand Avenue.
Haber said be woold check witii
-the prpper aatho(itie*.regarding
the : possibility •'"oT authorizing
police to ticket offeoders who
. illegally park in the staff parking
tot. '
litnary Trustees tlxQ reported
on their assigned areas of re-spoimbility.
Kamen said that the
work .of tiuildings and grounds
"are at a staadstin" pending
decisions regarding expansion.
Charles Bbgen reported oa fiscal
'items and questiooed if it were
i>ee«uaty to have two trustees'
signatures in' addition to the
Dbtctor'sfbr bill paying. After
some discussioo and advice from
Aveibuck, wbo was m tfie
aodience, it was agreed tiut the
activities, energy cowservatloft
measures indnding duages b
dectric lights, the tilieg of the
women's rest room and 'tiie
pTt)blem of graffiti, improvements
in-theft jletecfion, the new issn*
of the library^-^e^Qletfer, THE
FIPEB. and activitie* of the
Director including his attendance
at the Baldwin Kiwanis' meeting
and the Nassau library Sy^ems
Directors'- Executive
Meeting.
, FREEPORT • Reg^stratioo for
the Treeport Beoreatkm; Depart­ment's'winter
.programming fcr>.
adolta w^ be held oo Tuesday,- -
Jtiraary 26. Reddents call
re^ster..>741 pm; Dod-resideats
hbkUag disooont ptatu, 8-9 pm.;
The pognms offered are art,',
sodal dance, tag. dance, dog'
'Obe^ettce, golf, guitar, aerobic'
daadng, body building,.^:body
coaditjocdng, dimiustics. yoga
cxerdse, ski trips; swim tessoo^
aodtenids.
. Youngsters may s i ^ 'up for
winter programming on Saturday,
January 30, with 10 am.l2 noon
Bottd—set aaide far residents and 1 to
3 pm for noo-teddents.
The report also outlined tlie v Children's' programming in-<
programs and exhibits in tiie \ | a d e s arts ai>d crafts, baton
library daring December and staff . twiriing, creative- play, ballet,
vis'tts of a professioad nxtnre. mMCnF'dance' for teens, tap.
The increased use oLthe' fibrary
by teadiers and students was
noted. Crcnlation figures refiectL_
edadecreaieof nseby 665 items
&om the 32,086 circnl;ftioD of last
year. The Board appointed
Bddwtn resident VmUam 3.
Rowley as libraryatlorocy. at a
•.li.;':_l(Cont. on Page 7)
dance, drama,, fencing,, guitar,
gymnastics, swim lessons and
tennis.
Skating lessons for all ages and
skills'sfeofferedinnlera separate—
repstratioa. ' .
The cost for ino$t-ptegr»ms is
, S'^.SO and aH, participants must
bM a Freeport Activi^ Card.
SOMETHING NEW HAS BEEN ADDED. Oodfredo (Mike) Ruiz do
Zarale, seated, Frseport'a new Superintendent of Buildlngi, get* aomo
.potntefi-froniJ)I«.pied9ce»*of,.D*yid_Love|oy. Boglnning tn March,
Loveioy, a profssslond engineer, wilt head Freeport'a hew Engineer­ing
Section, which will be'part of the vlllags'a Public Worlu Depart­ment.
Ruiz ds Zarate, an electrical englnaier, has t>«en • Freeport
resident, on East First Street; for the past two year*.'