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VREEPORT. NEW YORK. SEPTEMBER 16.19S2.
47th YEAR. No. 21 FREEPORT MEMOFaAU UBRAR^
PRICE 2 5 * PER COPT
Taxes Drop With New Low
stay On Sidewalk, County Plan Benefits Hoifie-
CONSTITUTION WEEK In Frecport has been.t)M)Qnai«d u Septem-t>
er 17-25. by Villaga Mayor William H. Whit* who la presanilng a
prcclamatlon to Mrf. Edward 0'KMf/« (e.). Ragant ol the Ruth Floyd
Wccdhbit Chapter of the Natloftal Soetaty of tht Oaughtara of the
American Rfrvolutlon, and Mrs. Paul Henderson (r.), Constitution
Week Ctialrwoman. The local OAR Chapter will mount an exhibit at the
Freepcrt Memorial Library during the'designaied weelc. T^a Cpnstilu-ilcn,
which was draiied In 1767 and raillled a year later, went in to
ellecl in 1789.
BEA Recommends Expansion
Of Family Ufe Strand
' by Jo«ji 0«<tA«y
BALDWIN - At the Wednesday. September 8tb Baldwin Board of
Education meeting, the Board unatdmously apptonred the oohtract
-hetween the Baldwin School District and the Teachers' l/nion which
was described as a "win-win"'ContTact, agreeable to both sides. (See
elsewhere in this Issue for details). '~\
The meeting, which was attended by only a^reporter from THE
LEADEB and the chairman of the
BEA RecomiQcnda
"Family Uv1n«" Expanskn
The BEA recommended
eipansion of the Family Living
Strand, which includes "sex
education," into the elementary
jcbool curriculum. Presently,
the health cxxirse in both grades
seven and ten contain this strand,
but it is voluntary and parents
Village Warns
FREEFORT - If a pedestrUn
or a jogger wants to walk ot mn
on one or jUs village's toadwars,'
he or she wUt.nowbe taUng'wbat
a village spokesperson describes
as a "good chance" of being
stopped by a Freeport police
officer. Under Artide 27, Section
4156 of the New York SUte
Vehide and Traffic Regulations,
police ofBcen have the tight to
warn a person .they are in viola--
Hon of the law or they may issue
a summons..
A State law already in existence -
reads: "Wher^ sidewalks .are
provided and they may be used
withsafety tt shall be untawAil for -
any pedestrian to walk along and
upon an adjacent roadway."
Those few areas in the village
that do not have ddewalks ai«
also covered by State Law. In
those cases, pedestrians "walk­ing
along and upon a highway
shall when practicable walk only
(Coni. on Page 12)
Owners In Freeport, Baldwin
FREEPORT/BALDWIN • Local sdM»I district hcnne-cwnets wiB
benefit firam the iiew tax stmctnre implemented by the Nassaa Board
of Supervisors under the revised State Real Propel^ Tax Law.
Under diis law, four eUsses of property have been established far,
taxing purposes and the Board of Supervises'— which is •DOW diarged
with setting the tax rates for the
Public Hearing
Sept. 22 On
Libranr Vote
Baldwin Educational 'Assembly
(BEA), followed by an executive
session. The Board discussed the
AdnUnistration's repoiute to
BEA's recommendations of
1981-82. As at past Board meet­ings,
however, the report was not
available to the audience and
many references were made by
number and page. Only when'dls-cussicni
of a tofric became ~inQre nm opt to-faave—their-childrett
lengthy was the substance of the removed from this portion of the
adminbtration's comments and
the Board's position made
somewhat Ue*t to the audience.
Items discussed included BEA
rccommettdaticns regarding the
Family Living Strand, Board
involvement in a community
center, the use of a broker in
District real estate dealings and
a community bulletin board. The
Board also indicated the value of
the BEA's suggestions of resolu­tions
which the Baldwin Board
course.
Board member Dr. Arnold
Lurie indicated his desire that
such information, particularly
relating to knowledge of the
human f>ody. be incorporated in
a more concrete way into the
elementary curriculum. Refer­ences
were nude to the PTA
conducted programs for students
in the fifth and sixth grades who,
accompanied by a parent, see
a film with lecture and discussion
opportunities. Lurie said that ttie
—ojuhl pieseiil-«t-tbc-N«w—Yott—fact that this is done outside the
State Schools Boards' Association
Convention. A resolution regard­ing
landfill and its proximity to
schools was suggested by the
BEA Law and Social Problems
Committee and is being proposed
by .the. g^dwia Board at this
ytir's convention.
classroom indicates that the
district is avoiding a respon­sibility
in this area. He indicated
that family life information should
be age-appropiate and'noted that
the summer school health cnrricu-fCohi
on Pace I'jV '
by Ed Silverman
FREEPORT - Village residents
will get an opportunity to "Move
Into The Future" on Wednesday,
September 29, when they vote on
a proposal to expand the Freeport
Memorial Library.
The SI.7 million plan, that will
allow the library to occupy both
its present structure and the
recently purchased Adelphi
Unrvetsity building next door, B
and trustees as a way of "honor­ing
the past while facing the
future," according to promotional
mulers.
At a recent library Board of
Trustees meeting on '(Wednesday
night, September 8, the slogan
was introduced as part of a
publicity drive designed to draw
community attention to the
library's lack of space.
Leaflets dmiling costs,
benefits and floor plans will be
mailed to each Freeport home.
The leaflets wiD also be djstrib-htityd
hy thfl library's bookmobile
county's school districts — is pi-r-min^
d to make adjuslmcnls nfiip
to five per cent among the Claises
ill each uf the individual school
districts.
-41it was our consensos that oor
homeowners deserve s break,
today," Hempstead Town Fre-aldlng•
-• -.Sm»ctvlsor^ •- Thomas'
Gulottat vice-chairman • of' tl>e "
Board cf Supervisors said after
the Board's recent vote.
The fboT classes, established
under the stats taw, are Class
One: one-, t»o- and three-family
residential properties; Class Two:.
four-family and op apartments,
condomihhims and co-operatives,
i.e. multiple residential; Class
Three: lum-munidpally owned
utilities, such as nie teiephooe
company and ULCO; and Class
Foon commercial properties,
ranging from the small gtoceiy
store to the largest iiuinstiial
plant.
In both the Freeport and the
Baldwin Sdnol Districts, the
residential home-owner's pocket-book,
should feel a little fuller
this year &an it wcold have .if
the average tax rate in t h^
districts were applied equally
to all property owners.
In Freeport, for example, the
school tax rate, estimated at the
time the 1982-83 budget figures
were announced, would have
been S23.072 per SlOO assessed
valuati(n for everyone.
Under-Ae new system, the
figures released by.the Nassan
Cbanty Board of Assesson, show .
Fnepott Scbool Diitrkt teme-cnmet*
Oh CUa*'Otaeyitow hM9a '
a S22.Q21-taz ntei.Sl.OSl less
than orig^nallv estimated.
Baldwin one-, two- and three-family
home ownen also benefit.
When the Baldwin School Board
put up Oeir. 19B2-S3 budget for
a vote, they i-stiniatrd — and H
was only an cMimale because
they later determined that a high­er
assessment ai;d more State aid
for the distnci upuld have meairt
.alowcrfigurt - J Sl.lSperSMX)
tax rate increase or a total tax rate
of $24,296 per SlOO assessed
valuation for all their piupeity
owners.
Under the new tax strnctnre.
as adopted by the County Board
of Supervisors, residential home
owners in Class One will be
paying a scbool tax rate of
S23.589 per SlOO assessed valoa-
' tion, neariy 72* less than
originally anticipated.
The other three classes do not
have the same advantage. The
(Com. on Page 4) •
and at some of Freepott's busiest
spots, such as the railroad
station. Several local schools,
according to' library director
Gerald Nichols, will be instruct­ing
children to bring fliers home
(Com, on Page 16)
ORCHIDS FOR A GREAT PERSON. Anne Anderson (3J-d from 1.)
retiring after 17 years In the Freeport Police Department's Reco
-P—-<^ W1 •!\i'p"^'"f ?t ("^l weeK's Freeport Chamt)er of Comme
meeting when she was presented wTfB the Chamber's urclilU-ol-
Month. Fcr her years ol service to the Police Department, the vill?
ic Mercy Hospital, her fellow employees and her neighbors. '
Andersen, who left lor Florida on September 15, was also gi'vs-special
piaqiie by Chamt>er presidSiVrStBve N'icolino (2nd Irom '
Smiling with pride are her daughter. Carolyn Montera (1-); her hus­band
Emile Anderson C3rd from r.);her son George (r.) and his wile
Pat