The-Leader_1984-11-08

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ol FREEPORT. NEW YORK. NOVEMBER 8.1984
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I 49th YEAR, No. 29
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GOP Incumbents^ Patton, Win
NewPolifical
Group Organizes
FREEPORT - A new.political group appears to be in Freeporv's
"future." F.U.T.U.R.E.. which organizers of the association say
stands for "Freeport- United Together Under The Residents In The
,. Entire Village," will be running candidates in the March, 1945 village
election, according to spokesman Vincent Campion of Rutland Road,
T ^ f e f - ' i t l Ske/os Defeots Bermon,;
Judge Collins Big Winner
Freeport.
Cariipion, whose name ap-.
parently had been submitted
eatUer to the Freeport Democratic
' organization as a possible candi­date,
says the gnmp was formed
to "clean up some of the prob­lems
• we ha\-e in March."
F.U.T.U.R.E. will be running
a slate of candidates in March,
Campion said this week, for
roayurand two trustees. Camp­ion
also indicated that- the gn.up
would noVrun a candidate against^
•present. Village - Justice Ralph
Franco, "because he's the best."
Campion says he has with­drawn
his name from considera­tion
by (he Freeport- Democratic
Party. He indicated that- he and
members of his organization have
never felv that- there should be a
Republican Party and a Demo­cratic
Parly on the village political
scene, but rather local parlies.
Chau^Jerson of F.U.T.U.R.E.
is Mary Jones of Rutland Road;
assistant chairperson is Fran
Campion; fornier president- and
founder of th'e North Easv Free-port
Civic Association (NEFCA),
and Vinnie Canipiim's wife.
Other officers of (he new group
are V»n Cooper, treasurer; Eileen
Andujar, secretary; and Ida
Gerson, financial secreiaiy.
In March, 1985 Freeport Vil­lage
residents will be voting for
mayor, a four-year, full-time
position held for nearly a dozen
years by Mayor William H.
White; and two trustees, po-sifloos
prpsentJy held by Dorpihy
Storm, who is White's appointed
Deputy Mayor, and At Strlin.
The only other position on (he
ballot is thatof Village Justice.
Both the Democratic and
Republican parties have run can­didates
in the %-illage elections
this past decade. Local parlies,
which previously dominated the
polilical scene, also have run or
endorsed candidates. The long-iinie-
on-the-polilical-scene Vil­lage
Party has endorsed the
Republitan slate, since the
GOP. his wme onto the local
village election scene'. ' .
In (he last vUlage election,
a new party sprung up. Calling
itself the Home Rule Party, it
fielded a candida(e for (ruslee,
Lionel Socolov, the party's
founder and B local merchant and
commercial properly owner.
The Home Rule Parly has al­ready
announced that they will
be placing a full slate of candi­dates
in the political arena .in
March With Fred Hager, a former
Republican leader in Freeport
who is retiring this month as an
Assistant to the Nassau County
Executive, usually mentioned for
the top spi>l.
Neiilier ihe Republicans (the
present- mayor and trustees are
all Republicans) nor the Demo-crals
have announced Iheir
candidates at this time, nor have
any incumbents declared. Both
parties normally have caucuses
af ict the first of the year.
FLASHING WINS. Freeport High School Principal William McElroy
(I.) presenu the Columbia Schdtsltc Pr»sa AitsocUtlon Medallat
Award 101964-85 Flashing* Editor-ln-Chlef Rob«n Enni*. (See tlory,
this page.) ' - .
FREEPORT - Rashings,
Freeport High School's student
newspaper, has won a Medalist
Certmcale from the Columbia
Scholastic Press Association in its
61st annual journalism com­petition.
This is the fu^t Ume that Flash­ings
has received the Medalist
ranking, which is granted to pub­lications
selected from those
which have already won a first
place rating and which represents
Jht Association's' highest rank­ing,
b gh-en to publications with .
the highest scores, and generally
to not more than 10 per cent of (he
entries v»hich achieved first pUce
standing.
JHashings also won two All-
Columbian Honor Awards from
the Association for writing/
editing . and contenUcoverage.
All-Columbian Honors are given
to publications that show "ex­ceptional
merit."
In his evaluation of Flashings,
the judge HTOle; "What sn
excellent service you provide for
Freeport High School! Your paper
bcnergetjc, interesting, and ever
on target about school concerns.••
your (article) choices reflect <
knack for keeping on top of things
with verve and style."
The 61st competition covered
the 1983-84 school year, during
which John A; Oswald was
Editor-in-Chief of Flashings.
Oswald is now' • freshman
siudentat Columbia University.
The newspaper's faculty
advisor is Ira J. Schildkraut.
Freeport High School principal
William McElroy noted that,
"Flashings is U> be congratulated
for winning this top award from-
Ihe nation's most prestigious
scholastic journalism association.
The hard work of last year's
editors and staff has been jusliy
rewarded."
The 1984 contest is the 13lh
CSPA amipeliUon Flashings
has entered since 1970. During
tiiose 14 years, the Freeport H i^
School newspaper has won four
first place, eight second place,
and now one medalist awards.
Holiday Schedule
FKEEPOST - AU freeport
Village offices will be dosed on
Monday, Norvembet 12, in ob­servance
of the Veteran* Day
holiday. THe VaUge Board ot
Trustee* wjU not meet (hat
evening.
There win be no garbage
collection on Monday, November
12 in the ootlhem sectioa of Ihe
Village and no trash coQecUon on
Thtinday, November 15.
FREEPORT/BALDWIN - Tbe prtsldenUal coat uils were just not
long enough to cover all of Long Island this Election Day, Nm-ember 6,
as some Democrats were able to withstand Ronald Reagan's landslide
national viclocy.
Bui locally, in Baldwin and Freeport, the landslide seemed lo have
washed away. State Senator Carol
Herman, a Demoaat, who pres­ently
represents the 9th Senator­ial
District, which includes a
small part of Baldwin.
Republican Dean Skelos ap-pireniiy
has won (hat race. The
unofficial results from 232 out
of 233 electoral districts gives
Skelos, who also ran with Con­servative
endorsement, 67,432
votes to Herman's 65,695 votes
on the Deinocratic and liberal
Party lines. • '
As THE LEADER went to
press, however, a Democratic
Party worker said that the ballots
had been impounded and would
be recounted.
AU other local incumbents
fared better, with Republicans
remain!fl| in conlrol.of j g o local
Congressional seats, two Assem­bly
seals and a Suie Senatorial
post. Congressmen Norman Lent
and Ray McGralh easily won
victory, as did State Senator
Norman J. Levy and Assembly­man
Armand D'Amato.
In (he Baldwin/Freeport area,
Ihe only Democrat to withstand
the crushing national numbers
was Assemblywoman Barbara
Patton, a Freeporter running lor
her second term representing
the 18th A-D.
According to unofficial figures
released by Nassau County
Republican Headquarter*, Patton
beat her GOP challenger, Dan
DeStefano, at least 2:1. Patton'*
winning figure* on the Demoaal-ic
and Liberal Party line* were
given as 6,059; DeStefano's
figures were 3,038 on the Re­publican
and Conservative lines,
lines.
According to a Patton sup­porter,
the Assemblywoman bad
even won in DeStefano's home .
ateaof Unlondale.
Showing just the opposito was
the race between Slate Senator
Norman J. Levy, who virtually
clobbered Democrat Jerome -
JatrichUI. An omdal and still
incomplete Ully (201 out of 2CM
election dhlricts counted) gave
Levy 84,340 to JalnchiU'i 29,339.
Let7-'« 8th Senatorial District .
covers all of Freeport and much
of Baldwin.
Another big Republcan vote
getter locally wtt Congressman
Norman F. Lent and the voters
in the 4th Congressional District
gave the Republican/Conserva­tive
incumbent an easy victory
-with 147,107 votes to DemocraU
Liberal Sheldon Englehard's
63,006 votes. These numbers,
again unofficial, were based on
early Wednesday morning figures
with all but about 10 election dis-.
(nets reporting.
Congressman Ray McCrath,
in the Sth C.D., which has a small
piece of Freeport and part of
Baldwin, beat back a challenge
from Democrat/Uberal MUe
D'lnnocenzo. The Republican/
Conservative incumbent bad in
(Conl.onP*0«18)
CLEVERLY COSTUMED. Amonfl all th« W) flhooM, (jobllna, piraia*
and Indian* attaiKKng (ft« Ffe«port Bacrmton Departrnwi a annual
Halloween peogcam, ih» above w»r» »«Ieeted (or prlza* for coatume
crlfllnaliiy. Each received • pumpWn hand decorated btf the Depart,
mem'* youth art clas»«» and ten free mimi*tion$ lo ihe Center « lee
tkailngrlnk.