The-Leader_1982-08-26

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FREEPORT. NEW YORK. AUGUST 26,1982
47thYEAR. No.18 /
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Moyor White Appoints New Trustee
Dead End Kids v/ncenf Dl Consianm Fills
^!^J^^f«fomana's Vacant Seat
HAPPINE8A18 PAOOUNQ In th« alohih annual FrMport arwt CMM
R«CM. JodI p.) and U*« Friad (port big amilaa aa thay paddla to tha
itanlng llna Sunday mortung, Avavtt i s . a t tna leot of Woodeiaft.
Canai. SpoMOTKi by THE LEADER and frtwKia of THE LEADER'S
tummar atalt pholoeraphar, tha young ladlaa dMn't «ln tha rae* but
won a good timal I Othar Canoa RaM plcturaa, aa wall aa raaulta; ara In
thi* luua'a Watariront Saetlon, bagtnnlng on paga 9-W.
(A LEADER photo)
BdUwin LibrarY Board ____
Hears Update From
Citizens' Committee
tyJMnDtl*n»y
BALDWIN • A report on the itatui of the Citizens' Committee on
Ltbrtiy EipansW took up moch of the Baldwin Libniy Board's
monthW meeting held Tuesday evening. August 10.
Balpn Calabresc. chairman of that committee, gave an update on its
progiess, noting that three subcommittees — Fiscal. Buildings and
Grounds and Library Services —
- - - - - - relatkans o4 expaiuioD. CaUbrtse
said thaf, at this point, it would be
Ifuppropriate for the committee
to be tovolved in telling any idea
they had nc« researched folly. He
did indicate that the committee
covid suggest public relations
methods which inight be of value
to the Library Board.
Haber said that the Board's
arcbitm Boari4~6oodman had-
Kids of Freepoit Fire Depart­ment's
Truck Con>pai» took 6nt
place overall in the 1982 Second
Battalion Drill hosted on Sunday.
August IS, by the Freeport Fire
Department. Truck Company's
Drill Team also took firirt place in
the Individual Ladder, Effideiicy.
Efficiency JBeplacement, Two-
Into-One and Buckets events.
Second place overall went to
the Oceanside Fire Department
e^inoggen. wbicb claimed first
»ce in (be Indhridaal events of
unning >Ladder.-; Tbrce-Maar.
Ladder «td,<BnniiIng HMi- Re­placement.
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Freepott's En^ne Company
Wide Awakes took tbe remainfaig
fini place for an Individual event
in Konning Hose.
Second place wins in individnal
events went to Oe Oceantide
FREEPORT - A 13-year residentof the village. $c6ve fa little
League and an apparent pofitica] oeopbyte. has been appointed to the
Village ofFrMpdct's Board of Trustees. ~ - _ -
Vincent DiCostanzo. president at Freeport little League uid the
father of three scbod-age sons, has been diosen by Mayor WiHiam H.
Wbhe to fin the nnei]>ired term of
tbe late TtmoDiy Petemana.
The appointment was made at
tbe MoBday eveidng. August
23rd pnbDc legislative meeting flf
the Board. '
Under state law, the' Mayor
akwe is enpoweied to appoiot a
teinporaiy trustee, iWfcen:" "a •
vacaaqr oooBiii prior to the tbbntfc
of Mardi wtken an electiaa to fill
tbe poritea must be held.
DiCostasxo most stand for elec­tion
to Mardi. 1963 for a four year
term. .
Tbe term cf Trustee Petemana.-
wbo died on May 6 of wounds
recdved to a btoi^ary at 1^ First
a
Captain Ben'rFisb Market daka
wUdi is headquartered on
Woodeleff Avenue.
The new Village Tnistee kas
been involved to Freeport LMc
League fia taar yeazs:as eMdh;
manager.-'vice' prefldeut, -and-currently
president.' He aenrietf aa'
a Volunteer teB^ous instrudor to
Our Holy Redeemer Puisk ftar
two years and baa been a member
of the Knights of Cofaimbns tinoa
Eggn^gers to Individual Ladder;
~tn-thrDft4Fnrt Kids in Bnniiing rinVijIlilpn rhmrjignVr
Ladder, Three-Man Ladder, and month M^KT. would
Runtdng Hose; to Freeport Hose-
Three'a Clamdigger* to Running
Hose Replacement and EfD-ciency;
to Freeport Hose Foar'a
Foxes In Efficiency Replacement
and Two-Into.One; and to Free-port
Hose One'a Nighthawks in
the Budets'event.
had been created. Tbe library
— Services Sub-Cocnmitiec has sent
out a.-questionnaire lu other
libraries in the Nauau' library
System in an attempt to ascetuin
the vaiioua kinds of servkes they
offer.
Tbeic was discussion of public
mecttogs of tbe committee. It
was apeed. after 'a peat deal of
attenoQo lo tbe wormng, that aiP
full meetings of the coimnittee be
open to the public as observers
and all final reporta be available
to tbe pabfic. However, there was
more aisrosslon a» to the working
meetings^ research meettogs, etc,
cf tbe eomndttee and tbe problem
of coofinuity and npdatiag if new
menbera were allowed to be
iadnded later to tbe year.
Calabrese stressed that the
committee is a function of the
library Board and stressed that
all activities, letters, etc. woold
be cleared with Ubraiy Director
Walter Haber. He^ noted-that
these procedoral - aspects were
made dear to all committee
members. library Board member
Charles Bogen stressed that the
trustees wanted all information
available on expansion to be
•- givetitothe committee, •
. / | n ta^'mg abodt*"tfie"-''tnjbtt
Tbe Baldwto Fue Department
came away witb-a Hati place to
the Individual Ladder event and
tbe Oceanside Eggooggers took
third to Ranntog Hose. Freeport
Hose Two's Deuces took.tiiird
place to Runiiing Ladder, Run<
ning Hose Replacement and Ef>
fidency, while tite Fteea of Free>
port Hose Four took a third to
-Tbree-Man Ladder and B tickets.
Freeport Engiae~2l6's drill team.
the Wide Awakes, took ftird.
toured Milbum Sdwot and work
was proceeding on plans- This
information had been requested
by at least one member of the
school board and was deemed
valuable by the Library Board so
that an options could be com­pared
' with accurate figures.
Haber noted some aspects of the
Milbum structure wmdi were not
as anticipated but added that they
do n«« present any sigiUficant
problem.
Secailty Piabiaasa
Other items on the agenda
inchided the Director's report. On
the problem of security, three
additionai buzzers, with direct
access to the police station, have
been instaned. There have been
continued iititances of a
"flasher," but the police have not
.been, .able • to - apprehend tbe
place to tile BBdency Replace-"
meat event; and tbe Island PaA
Eight BaSs daimed a diird fa
Two-Into-One.
have
ex^red to March. 1983. Botbhe
and Trustee C. James Clatk were
elected to their four year terms in
1$79.
, IMCostanio was »fciet»d of fte
late Peternana, minister cf tite
Presbyterian OmriJt-
Tlie MCostanxb {amily ori^nal-ly
Hvcd on Intog'Avenue but,
about 18 monOs ago. they
pnrdiased a larger'home on
Ardker Street Oron^ the
Vniage'a Roinefinders Service.
Married to 196S. DiCostanao
and Us wife. Kathleen, a part-time
genieral diriy nnrse tX Lydia
E. HaO Hospital to Freeport. are
the paren^offlueeaons. Chris­topher.
14. is enteitog hia ttedk-man
year at Freeport 1 0^
Sdwo). Jetbey, 13. vriU. he
attending elghUt gtade at Dodd-
VincentOiCoatanzo
bis BtooUyn teddeacy. The
DiCostanxo CsmOy arc membeta..
cf the newfy^ormed Sooth of
Sunrise Civic Atsodafion,
Tbe Second BattaBco Parade
was held tite evening befcce the
drin and tropUes were awarded
in several catenries. Oceanside
took first place to thb calegarf far
over 50 men; Island Psrk to the
category far less than 50. Free-port's
Junior Ftre Department
(Ezidorer Post f406) came away
trith a first place trapfay to its
divinon and two bands, the
LampB^ers, to the commercial
category, and the Oceanside Fme
Department, in its category, took
first places. •
The Freeport Fire Department
hosted the entiie weekend.
Executive chairman was ci-
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Jnidot High Sdoot and Matthew.
4, b entdled to the pre^iader-gartea
pngtam at develaad
Avenue SchooL
Raised to flie Red Hook section •
of Biooklyn, DiCostanao is a
graduate of LaSaOe hSttary,
Academy in Oakdale. He holda a
degree to bvstoesa adtnfaistra-tion
frfun Pace University, where
be msjcced to matkrttog wttt a
mittDctolaw.
For ten years, be vras the
federal workmen's cooipensatien
representative for his father's
Brooklyn law firm of DiCostanxo,
Klonsky and Cotrona; and for
tiiree years, be was employed as
sales manager for tbe Bimbach
Wire and Cable Company located
in Freeport's Industrial Park.
Corretitly, DiCostanzo is sales
maiuger for tbe whoiesale:
restaurant department of the
to commfnting on the appotot-meirt.
Mnor WUte said that he
beHeveaJhe new trustee "epHo-miaes
thelyne cf young fasdBaa
we are sfffng move into onr
village over the past few years.
They come vrilh a reaBsaaon of
what ooi'vinage b today and ila
advantages withoof the haag «p
of the ^ s t . Many eome with a
conuaitment to ite fisture. Tkat'
Vince DiCostaazp has that kind of
commitment b obvioos to that ha
sold one home to the Village to
boy another here. It b oixvieoa
in hb activities for our yoirth.
After my man; discussiona wifli
him I am convinced tiiat he wtD
put forth every effort to my
administration'to coiitiime our
coramanity's progress."
DiCostanzo acknowledges t^'
circumstances ntaka the -act-; •-
• '(Coot.ortPafl«'3) •'