The-Leader_1982-09-23

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FBEEPORT. NEW YORK. SEPTEMBER 23.1982
47th YEAR. No. 22
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Library sion
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR FREEPORT. Meml>er* of ttM Freeport Ctumi>er of Commerca and other '
community group* meet to plan the.village's.90th BIrtiiday F^vty. First on the schedule la a gala
parade lo be held on Sfturday, October 23, featuring • marching bend eompetltlon with prize* of
SI ,000, $500 and $250. Hext will be » "turn ot the century" Birthday Ball tchedulad tor.Saturday, -
December 4 at the Freeport Iteereation Center. Ttckeu for the evening'* gala will be $17.50 per
penon and will Include dlnrteri drinks and live mutic for dancing. All community group* wishing to
participate In tfti* aalut* to the Incorporallon of the Village in 1892 are urged to call the Chamber at
FRft-7402. Seated (I. to r.) are Dora Phillip*, Kay Benda. Village Deputy Mayor Dorothy Storm.
Birthday Chairman MIK* Ocera, Family Court Judge Patricia Collin* and Angle Cullin; standing,
0. to r.) are John Abbaie, Sid Uet>erman, Chamber President Steve Nleoilno, Olcfc Cantwell, Larry
Qreblnar, American Legion Commander Chart** Jaciison, fiAarlan Knoeller end fUy Malone.
Talk Of Code Of Efh/cs
Results In Compromise
BALDWIN - AlAougb tbe Issue Is spparentiy reeohred. the reauire-ment
of * formal sisnlns of a code of etiiks by members o( Baldwin
School District's dttxetu' advisory committees resnlted in cuitiovcisy
dutiog tUs past week.
According to the General Monidpal Law 806, a school district "may
by local Uw...adopl a code of
ethics setting forth for the ^^j^ bound by the same code of
guidioce of its. officer* and ethics as piid employees and
employees the standards of members of the Board of Eduea-
-cwsdoct-Teasoij*bljr-««p«e<«d-<>£_tion,-Aca»diag-to-th«uDiitifct!t.
them." This code may provide fegj counsel. Larry Reich, the
standards regarding the accept­ance
ot 1 ^ , Asdosute of
interest in legislation, invest-menta
in conffict widi ofBdal
duties, private employment,,
future employment as well as
prolubit "disdosore of informa­tion.!'
According to the law, a
copy of such a code sboold be
distribated to every ofBcet and
employee, ahhougb failure to
distnbute the code or failure to
receive the code shall have no
effect relative to compliance with
suchacode.
Acctxding to Janet Nieman,
public information officer for tbe
Baldwin Sdiool District, tbe
mitter came up recently when the
Board of Education w u revising
its by-taws. Tbe question arose as
to whether citizens' committees
code did apply to sndi dtiiens. H
was decided, tiierefbre, to reciuire
the same ugning of a code of
etliics by private citixeas as was
required for employees or Board
members. According to Mrs.
Neiman, tbe by-law has been in
effect since 1970 and has t>een
required of all paid employees
since &at time.
A diecic of other T^assau school
districts indicates that a nearby
southshoTC district requires no
specific signing of a code of
ethics. A simple statement
regarding "appropriate conduct"
is contained in each paid em­ployees
contract. A north shore
schiool district, which has numer­ous
citizens' committees, re­quires
that a code of etiiics
. (Cont.onPagsS)
Four Story Senior
Citizen Apartment
Building Slated
For NW Freeport
WASHINGTON. D.C. - A 97-
unit, four-story apartment
building, primarily for senior
citizens, will be constructed on
tbe old Jennie Seitmeyer prisp-erty
on the southwest comer of
-a:allacg__Sttgt and Randall_
Avenue In northwest Freeport.
Congressman Norman F.
Lent's • office advised THE
LEADER this week that a
S5,499,600 low-intetest federal
loan has been awarded to tbe
Human Development Office of
the Diocese of Rodwille Centre
for the constmcrion of the
building.
AcGcnrding to the application of
the - Diocese's development
company, the . non-profit St.
John I>eveIopment Corp., the
building will have one elevator,
parking for 33 cars and an outdoor
recreation area. The 97 apart­ments
will indode ten specially
designed for handicapped
persons. Sixty-nine units will be
one-t>edroom apartments: 27
will l>e ef5ciendes and one,
(Cent, on Page 20)
Freeporf Facility Seeks
More Space Next Door
•' by Ed Slhnrman •
FSEEPOKT - "EverytUsg's ti^." dghs a ndddle^ged wooiaa
who methodically scans the packed sbdres oa the fawetferel (tf the
Freeport Memorial libmy. After.modi itrnggling, she polls free a
book she'd spent levetal nbmtes trying to find, ' l can't get lotne of
thestnffontr' ; ^
She's not aleoe. Steve'Bodienroth, of North Long Beach Avenae.
who, along with Us wife, Bi>-
taans. and theit dsildtett, vists-'
the libnry tt least once a wcek,-
has the same ODoqilalnt.
'Ibey don't have enongb^
10019." be hunentx. "WaO^tg
- smtBid downstah^ia toog^Jt's
• BtenjUgttBltlegtiftto," •'\-
- Their cxier"have Hot gaae-unheard,
fdt moaOts the Fkee?
port Memorial Ubraiy's Board of
Tmstees has made plans that
would alleviate the.overcrowding
its patrons, are expetiendng.
Freeport residents wiH now have
the oppotututy to put thwe plans
intoadion.
On Wednesday, September 29,
polling booths at neighborhood
scfaoMS win be c^en 1-9 pm, and
Freeport Library (Sduol) Distrid
residents will be voting on tbe
S1.7 milBon plan that will allow
tbe library to pordutse, renovate
and nltimately occupy the ad­jacent
Addphi Unrvenity build­ing.
Tbe library's current capacity
"has- seriously limited the
integrity <tf the coOectirai in this'
•Information Age.'" Gerald
Nichols, the' library's director,
sud earfier this year. "WUhout
expansion (the fibrary] win be
fonred to seriously reconsider the
type of coOection offered to the
community."
-It-has been-explunedJhalwith
bat the rrpansinn pbn
would solve diat problent. too,
saysMcMs,
BiackiuiesOt
...-ThaV***
.. loa - I'recpu^ • nixaiy. insmcs -
voters w g h i i i i l l a a c a a 41,3
mSBda fMod issue. Oiat "wilt ptj
tac^tt vem biSkOati The IS-yeaz
tn-&ce numidpa] bonds are
fipe<.ted to cost vfllage home­owners
an adatlonal 33* ber SlOO
assessed valnatkm the &st year
bat less each year Uiereafter: (See
Editorial, page 6.)
If and wiicn the libraiy receives
a majority nod in favor of the pro-jed,
tbe adjacent bailing at
160 West Merrick Eoad currently
owned by Addphi University wiU
be pnrdiased for S385,000 in
acctvdsnce with contracts signed
in June. -^
Then construction and renova-tioa
of a public service area
designed by the Locust Valley
architectural firm, Bentd and
Bentd, connecting both bon^gs
can b e ^ . Entrances from both
Merridi Soad and the ei{tanded
parking lot are included in the
plans.
The Ubrary's different sections
win be reorgamzed. The AdelpU
bunding wUl bold the adult,
reference and young adult areas
and periodic^, wtule the present
- stmctore win showcase the dol-dren's
section on the main floor,
expand the meeting rooms and
some 230,OOO^pmSW^^lh7-l«^^*-**'S!?¥V'?^#^*=^
library's sfaeKes and thousands
more titles published every year,
the library win be hard prised to
offer its readers the widest
possible selection. The library
also "stocks" other increasingly
available materials such as video
tapes, recortis, newspapers and
cassettes. Tbe library staff is
afraid that if the fadHty is unable
to grow, diversity and access to
information, the key ingredients
of a library which has something
for aD, wiU become a luxury.
Another problem in the present
Freepoit MemorialJjbriry bu'ild-ing
'is accessibility for the handi­capped.
The odd, three-story set
up holding many of the library's
books is accessible only by stair-biul^
ng for UsUnical coUedkias.
Grculation desks win be
centraHy located in the public
service area and elevators,
serving an Doors and meetings
rooms, win t>e instaned.
Other benefits indude ad­ditional
seating and parking,
enlarged micrafiim services,
record and tape listening booths,
quiet study areas and more
meeting rooms. As things faU into
place, Nichols and the trustees
expect to automate circulation, as
previously reported in THE
LEADER. AU in all, up to 24.000
square feet will be added to the
present 27,000 square feet the
library occupies.
Past evenu leading up to this
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