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53rd YEAR. NO. 37 FREEPORT, NEW YORK December 24.1987 PRICE 25* PER COPY
A season of hope
by Rev. Nannene Cowdy-
President, Freeport InStTfoith
Clergy Asioeiailon
Minister, South Nassau
Unitarian Church
It is no accident of the liturgical calendar that Hanukkah
and Chmtntas both come in a month when winter comes.
Just as the days get shortei;, the nights longer, and everything
colder, Jews and Christians both have celebratioins featuring
light. . •
Light, for both, is a symbol of hope. When the Temple was
restored In Jerusalem, the one day supply of sacred oil
miraculously burned for eight days. When the Wise Men
were seeking their saviour, a sUr in the east miraculously
shone over the stable where Jesus was bom. Both lights were,
and are, seen as a sign of Cod's love, a sign of hoi>e for a
darkeniitg world.
To renund us of these signs of hope we light candles -Jews
light the Menorah for the eight days of Hanukkah, and
Christians light their candles for Advent and in candlelight
services on Christmas Eve. As we light our candles this year,
I pray that we remember that they are symbols of more than
a celebration of gifts and good food. May we remember, with
each candle we light, that there is still hope in the world.
There is still hope that love will prove stronger than fear.
There is still hope that we, personally and tiationally, will be
able to shed light on the disagreements that divide us. There
is still hope because, in the midst of darkness, we continue to
try to share our light as symbols of continuing love.
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o prepare for recycling
Curbside pickup to begin in Frieeport
by Sue Morgan
iD'asticipilion of mandatory
trash rtcycling ordered by the
Town of Hempstead for Januaty .
of 1989, Fteeporfs Board of
Trustees voted Monday to begin.
curbside'garbage pickup March
1.
Notification to Five Counties
Carting Company of Freeport
will be made immediately to
allow the required 90 daj"s needed
to amend the ViUage'k contract
with the flrin.
In order to enact a recycling
program prior to the opening of
the Town's Resource Recovery
Facility, garbage collection must
be converted from Fteeport's'
current method of "^ar yard*
.:jcoUe^iaa (o curbside pickup, as
is done inmost other Nassau
County GommuniUes.
Mayor Dorothy Storm said
. that the Village must act now to
gain a.S75,00O reiiAbutument
from New York State toward the
purchase of a recycling truck.
Mayor, Storm indicated that
appronmately $440,000 a year
would be saved by curbside col­lection,
although recycling costs
would eventually amount to
kbout $215,000. She estimated
that about one third of the Vil-laget
residents already place
their garbage at curbside.
Although detuls of the Vil­lage^
recycling program are yet
' to be worked out because direc­tives
from the Town have just
been received, Mayor Storm said
the Village would undertake a
|>rogiam to educate Freeport res­idents
about the collection
change during January and
February.
During the public portion of
•the meeting, several speakers
alluded to the tale of Fitepoit
Municipal Stadium property,.
finalized last week with the sign­ing
of a contract with the Fred
and Joseph ScalaiOandre o(
Freeport.
Marianne Endo said she felt
the Village ladsd acuvitieiforthe
14-18 yeat-old age group, saying
that (he tennis facility planned for
the stadium site could not be used
by teens, and that the Recreation
Center's 9 p.m. closing left them
unoccupied during nighttime
hours. Mn. Endo uiged the'
Board to encourage private
ciToits to sponsor activities
this age group.
Mayor Storm said th^plans
would be made duringahe com­ing
year to establish/tome pror
grams for older youilgsten at the
Rec Center, but added, the felt it
_ was "not necessary (or Village
" Government to have facilities/or
(6-year-oldt after 9 p.m."
Jeanette Garvey spoke of a
weekend tennis program at Free-port
Indoor Tennis, to be relo­cated
at the stadium site, which
offers two hours of tennis Satur­day
and Sunday mornings from 6
to 8 a.m. for ten dollars. Mrs.
Garvey said parents should take
responsibility for thrir children's
activities, rather than depend oil
the Village.
Vincent-Campion asked why"
constmction was beinj done at
the Stadium property prior to the
sale when the Village is "so con­cerned
with liability," and who
would be responsible if someone
was injured.
Public Works' Superintendent
David Lovejoy said the Scala-naaitdres
had been allowed to use
the stidium track to make
asphalt paving blocks under a
New York Sute contiact not con-
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nected with their development of
the property.
The Trustees voted to join
Nassau County's Uwsuh aimed '
at preventing coUection of an
insuranceincreaseofover60per- '
cent by the Empire Health Plan
covering civil service employees.
The Board also approved a
motion to retain Public Com­munications,
Inc., of East Rock-away
to serve as public relations
consultants to the VillagfS at a
cost of S5,000 per year, l i e firm
would produce a quarterly new­sletter
for the Village, provide
press releases and public relations
counselling on soch projects as.
the upcoming recycling prognm.
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Nutrftion Network: MoMy dOM grew en trM« at FrMpoct't Einpira Savings Bank, whar*'
customers pickad drawtn^t of icukamla-ttrlekan chOdran tnm tfie bank's "Tn% of Love." and''
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