The-Leader_1983-05-05

              ri-
Ollicial
Nem'spapei.
Village ol
Ffeeporl
•
Ffeeporl.
School Oistricl
•
Baldwin
School Diilrict
THE
UABER
FREEPORT. NEW YORK. MAY S, 1983
FREE?OaT IsyiOBtAL LIBHART
I UEHRICK ROAD
FREEFOai U I l i 5 2 0 29
. ^ • • • ^
«thYEAB. NoJ
PRICE 25* PER COPY
Freeport School Candidates Debate
Baldwin Libraiy
Defeated
Vcfe On Two Secrfs,Schopf,
Library Budgets On May 11
FSEEFOBT • Four candidates for two teats <n the Fieepott Board of
Fdnratinn met at their first pabBc forim ct the campaign Wednesday
evening, Apii! 27, fa a Candidates' Night sponsored ( 7 tlie Ficeport
Csondl ^ FTAs- Marianne Ends, Sal bnbnrgib, Betty Mccrfc snd m-cnmbent
School Board member Jim Part^ shared the platform and
answered qoestions pot to them
>/Public Has input
'Into CD Funds Use
FREEPORT - Some S53S,000
in federal Commiznity Develop­ment
funds was the subject of a
public hearing held by the Free-port
Village Board of Trustees
on Monday evening. May 2, at
ViJlageHilJ.
The mooey is part of more thin
SI I million to'be shared by the
24 members of the Nassao Coonty
ConsorUum. Freeport's share win
be available to the ViUage some­time
fa September, 1963 accord­ing
to the VilUge's Director of
Commonity Development Eiic
Hem^iiD.
The -ptnposc of the pnbfic
meetmg, exidained HemphiD,
was to "let the pabBc have
their say" oa bow the 1S35,000
should be used.
Accarding to HemphiH, legal
notice of the pobBc bearmg was
printed fa THE LEADER and
annoancemettts of it were mailed
to cotnmmdty groaps and cc-ganizatioos.
. VSlage resident
. Louise Simpson, however, told
(he Board that she felt that the
. former members of the no longer
existing Oonunonity '. Dcvetep-
. raent Tast Forte should. hare'
received special notice. Mrs.
Simpson also stated that her
group. Concerned Neighbor*,
had not received any notice in
the mail.
While this wiQ be only the
third year of the village's partici-nation
fa the county consoctfam,
~ h is the ninth year Freepon win
recrive federal Commnnity
Development fiiads. In the past
year, the fimds went to sncb pro­grams
as residential and com-
I raerdal rehabilitatioa loans, ur­ban
redevelopment, the Home-steadfag
pipgram and housfag
services (Homefuders snd the
Stabifizaiioa Task Force). Past
uses 'also indaded the com-merdal
baie ptegnm, water-
^ &ont_iuiMoyenieQts, the Fieepuit
Man ana a stniet figaing pix>-
gram. .
.... . .fOC^CrnSsa Patrol
Tlie Ibst speaker, Conko
(Mow ol Metster Boolewd,
proposed thai fitndx be ssed for
EOC. whose grant froiaihe vil-
(Cant.onP*g«18)
Voters Nix Bond Issue Two To One
BALDWIN • fa a smasUng hro-to-one defeat, the Baldwfa PnbEc
Ulnai^r's proposal (or a bond issae to pay for an expansion was luxed.
When the poUs at the libraiy dosed at 9 pm on Tuesday; May 3. and
the ballots were counted, 527 Baldwfa residents had voted "yes" for
the Jl.934,140 20-year bond issue, and 1.113 bad said "00^"'
Baldwfa library Board members indicatfag tbor disappcintment at
the vote, said that they thought
the commnaity deserved the ex-panson.
One trustee said sadly, "i
guess that's what the commomty
wanted."'^-
There were no tmmfdiate
indicadoos as to the tntnte plans
of the Libraty Board. They had
jost convicted their regslar
iBomhiy pobGc meedng when the
vote was read and t b ^ letamed -
to Executive Sessioa . only to
discsssicm of petsonnel matters.
Previoosly, • however,' the
Board, at various times, had said
that there were certafa repairs to
the LSiraty building held fa
abeyance pending the bond vote.
Tlie xpedal voter lefereadom
was taken • week before the May
llth vote on the Sbary and
sdMol budgets. "^
The cxpansioa had been pro­posed
to create mote room to
books and ether materials; mote
meeting space; elevator accesS to
aB areas, except the mezzainne;
and increased room for aB the
other ficiEties fa a barrier-free
atmosphere.
should contact Assemblywoman
Fatton's district office. 12£ North
Frankfin Street, Hempstead, N.Y.
IISSO, to further intomation.
The district office's phone num­ber
is 4S9-«610.
Groups Can Apply For Funds To Fight Crime
ALBANY - To bobter the ef- '
forts of dvic orgsnigtinns m the
Gght against robberies, burglar­ies
and assaults m thdr neigMwr-boods.
SI milBao has been
appropriated to finance kxal
anti-crime programs imder a
bin co-spoosored by Assonbly-womsn
Barbara., Patton.'
''if" the past few years,"
PattoQ noted, "we have seen a
great surge fa. the mimbcr cf
local residents partidpating fa
crime preventKO activSies.
This mooey," she saU. "aiO .
^ e modi needed fundfag for
dvie groups to - continue their
successful anti-crime programs.
The dedfafag crime rate fa Nas-saii
County is evidence of the
good and iQigest work of con­cerned
oommonity residents."
Patton explafaed that the
funds wiU provide a "stroog
iacentire to Qrganizxtiaes who
are cnotemplatmg the initiatinn
of community patrols or bbck
watches. New cxime preventica
' orgmiritions must beps now
and set ait agenda b order to
qnaBfy to financing, wUcb b
avaBable after one year of op-cn&
a," the Freepoct te^slatsr
said.
Diieclors of any ne^hborfirtod
antl^xinie programs^ wtikli have
beta fanctM^Bg fat at least one
year, who are interested b
applying to this state lioMfiag,
by the small,' bat . obviously
interested andiience.
For the first time is Freepoct.
this year the candidates are rtm-afag
at-large, rather than for on<
paiticslar seat of the two. The two
top vote-getters win be the vic­tors.
The Sdiool, Board electico as
wen as the nXe on the Freepoct
-5cfaoo4 and Library Budgets wiD
take place Wednesday. May 11, -
with pblfing places in the local
schools opea from 1 to 10 puu
(BaUmi Sctool District rts-idatts
rate tke-'aame day. $ee
staty.pageij
bttmdactory Kemaris
The League of Women Voters
representative, who nioderatcd
tM Candidalfs Nighty told each
had five mJnntrs to their tittro-dnctoty
remarks, and the pro­gram
began with Betty Momoe,
who dassiiied herself as an
"educator" with 12 years teach­ing
experience fa third and
fourth grade. fVesently, a Con- -
trading Officer for the U.S.
Government. Mrs. Monroe said
her operience fa analyzing and
writing budgets would help
"monitor your tax doUais."
A ooe-time candidate for. Vil­lage
Mayor, Sal Imborgio was the
next speiker. He detaifed how he
went through the Ficeport
schools, has a Bachelor's degree
fa history and a Master's fa
Edncatioo^ He described Umself
as- experienced as an educator,
and an administrator. > bavfag
tanght at Kathetine (Kbbs
and Oe/keley-CUireioont sd>ools7
where be also "tan the night
sdxid...Proprietoty scfaopis make
a profit," Imboigio sud. "They
have to be very good at manage­ment.*'
bnborgio said he wtias to
• make the conunnmty better and
improve the quaSty <^ Efe.
The coother of three children fa
the Fieeport PubBc Schools, the
oeit'candidate. Marianne Eado
described herself as a (dnner
teacher who has been involved
fa the Freepoit community
through her activhies with the
Sooth of Sunrise Cric Associa­tion,
Little Leagne. as a teacher
of Aerobic Daadng at the Eec-teation
Center, as a member of
the Task Force studying the dos-fag
of Ckvelind Avenoe school
and as a member of the Archer
{Coot, on Page 14)
FINISHED FIRST. Fclknring *n outstanding last mad In th« igez-U MMOD, FrMport'a Dodd Junior
High Sehooi Scwnth Orad* MathlctM (ab^) flnishad in first pitca In K<ttau County, bMtlng oiit
WoodRMn Mlddi* School, W.Trwpw (aack Junior High Sdwoi, M«ihMMt Junior High School, andi
Jarfciw Junior Higti, tha othar division-winning aehool*. Taam mambart ara (Mtst row, I. to r.) Joat
Kaating, John ChiUas. Tad Feng, Zachary Borynaek, Timothy Aasam, Seol Trsdan, MldiaM SaKi>»->
wkz. Chris Konicak. Brian Anson, J«H BoHacka; (sacood row, I. to r.) Assistsnl Coach Qiil LMng-stona.
Matt KaOy. Adam Kovpl, Gina Niato, Marrilaa Picartai, Karan OMIU, Statu Oavy, M«ttha«>
Magna, Mkhaal Luna, Ron Extract, Matthew Braz. and CkMCh Andrew Setzar. —