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FHEEPORt, NEW YORK. JUNE
•48th YEAR. No. 7
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./ Freeport Stadium End Progresses
Retirees Honored
By Baldwin Board
Petition Drive Opposes
Speedway Closing
FEEEFOET. - Legislatioa to allow the Village of Freeport the
necessary State approval to sell the Freeport Mumdpal Stadiam
property has been introduced in the State Senate by Senator Norman J.
Levy.
In order for the village to sen the 10-acre property. wUcfa is used for
recreatioaal porposes, state per- stacks" of petitions, signed by.
Dr. Lurie To Leave
bfjoan De/s/iey
OHR Vandals
Apprehended After Nine Years
FREEPORT - Two village
youths, ages 13 and 14, have been BALDWIN - At its regular monthly meeting held on June 1, the
charged with barglaty tMrd Baldwin Board of Edocatxm honored retttingstaH members'and pre-degtee
in the Saturday, May 28th scnted them with certificates of apprcdatioo for their work. Retirees
vandalism af Our Holy Redeemer who were honored indnded Lore lippman and Anbdnette Zoato fiom
Schbd. Baldwin Senior.High Scbooi, Miriam Sherman. Brookside School;
The vandalism, whidi centered lany Lowe, Lean Sdiooi;Josejdi
Mercurio, • Sopeivisor 'of * Gusd-
Boo&ci- the sdnol by
allegedly stnSing sinks on the
third floor and allowing the
fMcets to too undetected all
&y, caused eitehdve damage in
the newly refiirbished boil<U^.
the burglary/vandalism has been
Nassau County Detective Stephen
Moran, of the Fust Squad's Juve­nile
Aid Bureau. Moran desoibed
the two youths — whose names
police have withheld because of
their ages -:• as students at
Our Holy Redeemer School.
They entered the school
premises in tlie morning, said
Detective, Moran, turnol the
water on and it was not ifis-covered
until about 8:15 that
night.
The youths were arrested by
Moran on June 2 and released to
the custody of their parents. They
will be brought before Family
Court at a latter date.
^ Freeport Civic
Council Re;vived':
FREEPORT - More than 20
delegates, . representing 23
organizations, attended an organ­izational
mating of the newly'
reestablished Freeport Commoali
ty Coondl Tuesday eveniidg.
May 31, at Cow Meadow Park. .
The • Freeport Community
Council. wUdi faded bom the
Freeport dvfc scene aboot
10 yean ago, has .been revived
by a number of citizens. Some of
these chatter members were
members of the (ocmer coondl
while others are newly interested
citizens.
Organizatiaos .represented at
the meeting indnded-Northeast
Fieepoct Ovk AssodaUoa'
(NEFCA), South of Sunrise CMe
Assodatiao (SOSCA). Coocemed
Freepott Residents of the North
Sectka (COFKONS), Our Holy
(Cont.bnP»g«l*).
ance; Elizabeth Buns and Eliz­abeth
GiD, derks at the senkx
h i ^ school; and Addaide Riker,
a cnstodiaii at the senior high
scbooi.
Not present but mentioned as
retirees wfao-wiQ also teceive~
certificates of raptedatiaa are
teachers FhylHs fWUnd, Arthur
CHevnidi; -Doris Sunllo, Mary
SquiUante and Terese Wood
and rnstndian Frank Dt Marco.
Scbooi Superintendent Rolland
Jones noted that it is always one
of the highlights of the year to
honor employees wlx> have
served the district so well.
LiaieAUoHonond
The Board of Education also
honored Dr. Arnold Lnrie, who is
retiring after nine years of serv­ice
as a member of the Scbooi
Board. Dr. tarie was thanked
for his "time, faiterest and
ritafity" and it was noted that
he has been condstent in Ids
"dedication to.the youth of the
community." In accepting the
award. Ixuie said that the one
CDOtribntioa be has made of
whid) be is proodest b his part
in choosing Dr. Jones as supcrin-'
tendent of the Baldwin sciioob.
After a brief reception.aad re-
. freshments, the Board continued
the regular business part of the
meeting. Dr. Jones thankrd'the
community tar their passage of
the sciwd btidget whidi would
aDow the IMstrict to "keep mor-ing
toward the ezcelletKe which
the oommmdty eq)ects."
OpeHEnnOmaaPoBcyCkaMgtd
After approving some regular
business nems.
committee ca the hsndiripped
and home tutoring iccoatmen-datioits.
tbe Board «4?«/ni»<jirf
the revised Open Enrollment'
lUicy. K was later noTed in a
statement by retident Kenneth
Todd. - that the policy should
really, be called a- "transfer"
poBcy since the irsliktlwn
really are nof meant to aDow for'
a liberal.poUcy of open'enroD-ment
among elementary sdxiols;
The dianges siwgested la the
p(Jicy reflect a change in the
times particolariy in the under­standing
of such items as "stu­dent"
body diararteristics".- Ac­cording
to past poBcy, the right.
bom oae sdiool to another
was based on c e t t ^ amsideia-tidns
affecting both the sending:
and receiving sdiools. In the past,
these considerations usually in-duded
dass die, racial make-up
and the nuinber of boys and g»ls
in a dass. Provided the change
did not adversdy affect these
diaracteristics or result in the
spQting of a dass. the request
was usually honored.
The new policy, which g^es
greater discretion to the adminis-tration.
tndndes a broader
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mission is needed.
. Presently the stadiuin u leased
in the spring-and sunimer by
Campi Enterprises, operators of
the Freeport Speedway, and used
for stock car noes. Campi's long-term
lease ends with this season
and Mayor William H. White, at a
Village Board.meeting Monday,
l ^ y 16. said "even if tt[the Stad-iuml
is not sold, we are going to
doseitdown."
I In imK'i'^''B that he has in­troduced
the necessny le^datkn
for the village. Senior Levy ex­plained
that-tbe Village Board
bad'bidicated t h ^ the.property
would better benefit, the village's
residents, it it were taU for in­dustrial
development and ptit
- <'f'r*""»*>>Yi"«e»'tt'Tiin5.
Village spokesperson Jean
Peters agrees with that. Speaking
for Mayer William H. White
this week. Ms. Peters said the
village wants'to sell the Stadium
piopeily "to get the taxes."
' She explained that presently the
village ' 'rulizes only about
510,000 a year in revenue Crom
the property. She also noted that
each year village residents, as
wen as ridghbors from Merrick,
complain aboot noise and poUu-tion.
Gino Campi. who dong with his
late brother, Don, took over the
Speedway in 1974. disagrees. •
Campi says he has '-'three big
people who have come to the
Stadium as wen as many Freeport
reddents. Tbe petitions oppose
the dosmg of the Speedway,
which is presently one of only
two stock car racetracks left on
Long Island. .
In discussing the finance be­hind
the thought of selling the
municrpd property, Campi notes
that in 1974, be and his brother
: invested one-quarter milBaD dol­lars
to refntbisli the Speedway
" and for the first seven years, they
"lost mdiney„Jiow," he says.
"it's findly bepiming to torn tiie
comer and make bade some of
those doDars." He said the vil­lage
would dose Mm down before
he has a chance to recoup his
-losses.
Ms- Peters said another reason.
for the village's decision is the
S500.000 esthnate they believe
it would take to make neces­sary
repdrs to" the Stadium.
Campi disagrees' with -that
amount.
"For SS0O.O0O. I could dmost
buDd a new stadium," sdd
Can^L Ihe biggest necessary
ezpeiise, he sdd. would be re­placement
of the lighting towers. :
biit if the village had foDowcd a
plan one of its employees. Bruce
Manro, had suggested severd
years back, it would have replac-
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UNBEATEN CHAMPS. In racognitlon oi lU lint plac« finish In the South Shora Nassau County i
demie csmpetitlon, Fraeport Hlgtt.School wiU hold tlM,"lt'a Academic" plaque for the coming year.'
Coactied by Business Education teedier Alan Andarsen, the team members captured tftfl Intellectual
championship with an unbeaten record In the IS-edtooi csmpetitlon. Shown (above) with FHS Princi­pal
William McElroy (standing, I.) end Andersen (standing, r.) are team membera (seated. I. to r.)
David Braler. Gerakl Melnkk, Delrdre Fogarty, Kieran Mollor, (standing, 2nd I. to-r.) William Oh.
Qamel Heraman. Ertki Purina. Erie Smith. Adrisnne Simpson. Hugh Cohen and Adam Sdianke.
Absent from photograph are Jamea Besael, David Bumpus, (Srani Held, Clyde Heraman, Joanne
Mattesslcti. Paula O'Connor, Barbara O'(3onnan. Paul Papall and Sol Slerantwrg.