The-Leader_1984-12-13

              Olliclar
Newspaper
Village of
Ffeeport
•
Freeporl
School District
Baldwin
School District
THE
LEADER
FREEPORT. NEW YORK. DECEMBER 13.1984
47th YEAR. No. 34
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Election Fever Starts In Freeport
Residents Orgonize
OnMilburn Proposal
Say They Are Being Used
To Sfop Floods In North
Home Rule Party First To
Hold Nontinating Caucus
FREEPORT . WWle'the national patUes are bound by Uw to holf
nominating caucuses within certain time frames, local political parties
have raot« flexibility. -
With, an importint YiBage of Freeport election in March. 1985
apparently earller-lhan-usual political {catling b occntring.
At state are three seats on a five-person Board ot Trustees, in­cluding
the mayor.
214 On
Freeport High's
Honors Rolls
FREEPORT - A total of 214
Freeport High School students
have been named to Iht school's
Honor Rolls for the first marking about the proposed MUbum Creek prefect met on Thuitday evening,
BAtDWlN/FRPT.
byJo«nOel«n«y
Baldnin and Freeport residents concerned
period of the 1984-85 school year.
• Frcei>ort High School principal
WilHam McElroy announced that
86 have been nuned to the High
" Honors Honor Roll and 128 are
on the Honors HonCT Soil.
To quali^ for ICgh Honors,
A student tnost have an academic
average of 90 or better, no grade
below 80 and « passing grade in
Fbysical Education.'
Honors Honor Soil require­ments
are an academic average d
85-89, no grade below 75 and
a passing ^ d e in Riysical Edu­cation.
Any poteoiia] Honor Roll
student with one ot more unsatis-ftdoty
behavior remariu wHI be
reviewed by his assistant prin­cipal,
his guidance counselor and
the teacher maUng the negative
comment to consider bis fotoie
eligjbinty for the Honor Roll,
McElroy noted that "The Hon­or
Ron gives us the opportoni^r
to formally retognbe those
students who aU«ia Hgh academ-
>c actnevement. TMs pubBc'
recognition should also spur
other students to- make the ad-ditioaal
effort reijuired to receive
such ail braor."
Freshman students (ninth
grxden) nam«] to Ibe High
Honon Honor SoD' are Thereis
Barbara. Zachai; A. Borynadi,
Samantha -Bcolnkos, CUSoo
. Chapman, EOeo L. Coooer,'
Debonfa Diane Dixon, Theodore
Feng, Saodn L. Gonzalez, Sonya
Henry, Clandia Nicole' Joo^,
, David Keller, ^(attfaew D o a ^
KeDy, hUuhew K. Miffoe,
Jean R. Maoer/David Musicant,
Donna Newb«7, Karen Jean
NncdteDi, Lisa Smith, Wanda
Torres, ChanteBe HikcJ Venn,
' Tammy Marie Vetler, and Jill
J. Williams.
Tenth gnders or S<9homore*
nxmed for High Honors are
Hlcn Davison,. Jeffrey C. Di-
Costsnzo, Ingiil Dodard. Csth-
- .- ' iiCont.onPaa«80J'.. • , .,
December 6, at Baldwin Senioriiigh SdmoUln an atteinpt.tp .outline
their goals arid organize their activities. A small Informal steering com­mittee
had met previously and had formulated an agenda for the
evening. The steering committee
had composed a resolution of pur.
pose and petition subject to the
approval of the interested resi­dents
and had pointed out that
the concern was not only of those
residents adjacent to the Creek,
but of the community as well,
since the County'i prt^potal is of
such magnitude. (See THE LEA­DER,
December 6,1984.),
A^r a briff sammary of the
project as it. was .expltioed by
the engineers on November 38'.
and 29, there was dlscmsinn of
the lEsciepandes in those infor­mal
presentstions and concern
about many questions which
remain unanswered. In.addition,
long-time residents, who are
{ai^liar with the Oeek, discussed
problems that have occurred be-*
cause of lack -of _maiBienance.
One woman told this reporter
that she once saw a s<rfa floating
downlSe etteX and assonves that
it must stiU be aUidk in the
' dogged, undeaned underground
culverts. Residents also rag-
. gesied lesJi, drastic measures
which might possibly aOeviale
local flooding and correct erosion.
The main thmtt of ^ rneeting
was.that residents were united
In their belief that, in order to
eliminate (6eal flooding, the
County had linked it to the macb
larger flood control problem is
the Uniondale-Roosevelt-North
Paldwin-North Freeport ares.
Thef indicated that the local
flooding could probably be cor­rected
by mioor adjustments,
paiticnlariy the xleaning and
realignment of the underground
pipes under Sunrise Highway,
but that the dramatic overhaul of
the entire creek, u described
in the County's proposal, was
needed only to accouiroodale the
tremendous quantity of water
w.hich the Conn^ will be direct­ing
southward toiBaidwih frdm
the north. According to engi­neers,
there are nine, already
completed projects in the north
with bulkheads that have been
closed uatil the completion of the
Kfilbum Qeek Project.
At that time, over 2100 galiona
ot water per second would be
directed through- the under­ground
pipes, the' man-made
creek and dummy creek.
In order to separato (he two
problems, the residenta wiD be
circulating a petition thatresds:
"We the residents of Roost-veU,
Baldwin and Freeport,
who reside adjactnfto MU­bum
Creek, duly feel 'that
action tnuit be taken by
the County of Nassau to.
stop aU existing local.ftoed-tag
which occurs along Mil-bum
Creek.
However, we 'the under­signed,
feel that the County
proposii to reitruiture water
dndnage along MUbum
Creek is unacceptable in its
presenlforvu" . r
In addition to (he petition,
resu^ats fiOed out surrey sheets .
which requested committee par­ticipation.
Suggested commilr
lees Incbide environment, block,
historical, eng^eering, poBtical,
legal, aiid' County liaison. I^o-vision
was made to invohre
people who might be able to
serve as consnltsnta but who.-
for profexsiona] or personal
reaisons. would prefer to remain
anottymons. In addition, the
questionttaire asked whether the
signee wu against the prefect,
no matter what; for the project, if
modified; for-the project U is;
not knowledgeable about the
project; or felt otherwise. They
also asked residents to explain
tfce kind-.of ..flooto^ that they
! ' i I j J, (p5oot.Cfl.f^J.'^O).[ • ; ; J
The Home Rule Patty, which
in the March of 1983 election —
its first time out — fielded only
one candidate, its fourider Uonel
Socolov, is now looking fomard to
a fiiU-scile political campaign.
In its first election, the Home
Rule Party's candidate for trustee
pulled nearly 1,500 votes, run­ning
far ahead of the two Demo­cratic
candidates that year. While-losing
to the Republican/yUlage
Party candidates.-Socolov vowed
to keep the Home Rule Party
alive.
On Tuesday, December 18, the
Home Rule Party wiU hold iu
nominating convention, the fiat
of the local parties to do to.
The convention will tsl:e place
St Salty Bay Yacht Oab, ISO
Westside Avenue, starting at
7J0pm.
'Home Rule Party chairman
Lionel Socdov, in t letter to
party members calling the con­vention,
wrote: '.'the opposition
is tired, tpUoteled, and hasn't
come ud with « constructive pro­gram
la eight yean. < Nassau
County is booming...our neigh­boring
communities are oMnuig
forward...Roosevelt, Hempstciul,
.Baldwin, Merrick arid, probably
most of_»ll, the magnifictnt
transformation of Long Beach."
According to .SoTocov, the
Hdme Rule Party has iJready.
reserved spa<« .during the can-'
paign on- the URR trestle on
North Ocean Avenue and in the •
local media for ads. .
The Vtiiage Party of Freeport.
also a local party, met to elect its
new officers Uils .Wednesday,
December 12, too late for cover­age
in this week's issue. The
date of their nominating caucus
has not yet been set, but in pre­vious
elections — since the Re­publican
Party has come on the
local election scene — the VUJage
Party lias nominated the tame
slate as the GO Pert.
The Republicans and Demo­crats
will hold their nominating
conventions in January, u set
by law. According to Arnold
Sylvester, recenUy elected Free-port
Democratic Zone Leader,
their nominating committee has,
been meeting and reviewing*
prospective candidates and the
convention will be held around
January 22.
Rsy Malone, Freeport Kepubll-csn
Executive Leader, confirms
that Ills party's cmventlon will
alto be in January.
O0 the ballot in March WiU be
the positions of mayor, a full-time
Job presently held by WUlam H.
White, who has been mayor for-three
terms; and two trustees,
presently held by Dorothy Storm
and Al Sirlin. AUo on the btHot
will be th« positirai of Village
Judgt;, now occupied by Ralph,
Franco. The trustees and Judge'
are notfuU-time posittons. •
Overoccupandes, OtHet Violations
Rned % Court - —
FREEPORT • Lait ttaaday. corrected witWrnhe seven days
December 6, in Fieeport-Village »UoltedbyJndge_Frsneo. > _
Court. Judge Ralph Trasco tet Ms Adams of 314 North long
fines for two-village terideitial ~Be*£h Avenue has 30 days in—
property owners who had been which to remove the second
charged with violations of over
occupancy.
- Jwm Grcggo, owner of- 42
Sportsman Avenue, wu fined
KOQ by Franco. G^ggo bad re­ceived
tucunonses from the Free-port
Building Department for
allowing another family to Dve
In Us one ftmOy house and for
allowing the setting up of two
.separate dwelling units without
the cecessaryr Buiidin; Depart­ment
permits, OriginiDy fined
SSOO, • Ctttgo'9'Eaes-trite'- re-
; Vh^.-jrtieir ( ^ vioJstjAU. y^irt
family living in lier one-family
bouse or face « $250 fine.
-* — Other Fines
VioU Mann of 581 Babylon
Turnpike was -conditionally fmed
$1,500 for vioUtiofis tl her'
. poperty at 33 Dutchess Street.
Nine interior repairs must be
nuBe. debris removed'from the
yard, th^ driveway brought op
to grtdi, geaaad .covering in-italkd
and • protective covering
applied to exterior _wooden.
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