The-Leader_1988-06-16

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THE
FMEPORT
BALDWIN LEADER
54th YEAR, NO. 24 FREEPORT, NEW YORK JUNE 16. 1988 PRICE 2 5 * PER COPY
Conference of Mayors honors Freeport
They are running out of room
to hang plaques in Freeport Vil­lage
HaU. In the last two weeks
along, the Village was honored
by two prestigious organizations,
the U.S. Conference of Mayors
and the New York Conference of
Mayors.
Mayor Dorothy Storm could
not accept the inviution to be
present; but was honored this
past Monday, July 13, at the
annual conference of the national
Mayors group held at Salt Lake
City. She was one of 19 Mayors
from across the nation selected
for recognition in the organiza­tion's
1988 Awards program co-sponsored
by the Xerox
Corporation.
The focus of the awards pro-^
gram was "Purtnersfaip for Drug
Control," specifically how com­munities
are working With
locally-based and voluntary
organizations, schools, busi­nesses,
individual volunteers and
others to control the Dse and.
spiead of iUicit drugs.
The application frofn Free-port,
the only community so'
honored from New York State,
outlined the Village^ current war
against drugs which began two.
years ago with Mayor Storm's
esublishment of the Advisory
Task Force involving volunteers
from all elements of the commun­ity.
It was also pointed out that
the Village has allocated federal
Community Development'funds
for the past two years to local
antirdrug programs including
those sponsored by Operation
Pride and the Freeport Family
Community Center. In response
to the question of the Mayor's
personal commitment, Freeport's
application, prepared by the Vil­lage's
Publicity Director, made
note of Mayor Storm^ sucoMsful
attempts in seeking cooperation
among federal, state, and county
The wiimers were seVecte^.
from among applications submit­ted
by 37 cities by an independent
panel of judges. There were two
categories. "National Awards"
went to the Mayors of Cincinr
nati; Washington, DJC; Hous­ton,;
In^wood, CA; Meridan,
MS; Naperville, IL; and Shaker
Heights, OH. "Special Recogni­tion
Awards" went to Freeport's
Mayor as well as the top official
of Birmingham, AL; Fort Worth,
HighUnd Park, MI; Middle-town,
CT; Newton, MA; Phila­delphia;
Providence; San Bema-dino;
Stamford; and Union City
and West New York, NJ,
Both Mayor Storm and Super­intendent
of Public Works David
Lovcjoy were present on June 7
at the annual meeting of the State
Conference of May ors to accept a
"1988 Local GoveroMCtU
AcMevement Award." Freeport
was oi)e of eight New York com­munities
honored and wa*
letocted as first ptace wiiweT in
tiM categoty eovetiat ywpola-tioai
<a 20,000 to 40^000. Tlie
awards p^rogra'm was co-
~ sponsored by the Conference and
"Empire State Report," a
magazine.
Freeport was selected by virtue
of being the first major user of
Insituform, a process involving a
cured-in place liner to rehabili­tate
existing sewer lines. All work
is done through existing man­holes
with television cameras and
remote controlled drills utilized.
The process allows work to pro­ceed
without roads being dug up,
cutting costs and assuring a nor­mal
traffic fiow. The Village first
used the process for the repair of
42,000 feet of sewer lines between
1984 and |986. Under last year's
adopted Si* Year Capital
Improvement Plan, it is currently
being used to rehabiliute 2,000
linear feet per year. •
U«e of tiie-lBsitiifonn proeets
cuts di)«ct costs by some 30 to
. 40% over conventional methods.
In addition, Superiateadent
Lovcjoy pomkei out engiiieenng
coila «f a Siad,<XW OMMtnwtiMi
Mcjeet leaenlly n n t»S15,O0e.
The yiiags'k Eo^aeetiag Div­ision
has drawn up generic plans
and specifications for the Insitu-fonn
procedure which need only
minimal modification each year.
In addition, Freeport plaiis and
specifications can also be used by
any local government in the
State.
In the last lew months the Vil­lage
has also received a Commun­ity
Urban Forestry Award from
the State Department of Envir­onmental
Conservation for the
planting of 335 new curbside
trees, and two Good Government
Awards from the Nassau Citizens
Budget Committee for capital
planning and operating budget
procedures. —
Commenting on the recent
tributes. Mayor Storm said they
deserved to be shared by many.
""In Village govenunent we are
fortunate in the talents of our
depsttmeiM beads and their
' staffs. As a communityv we are
blessed with many dedicated and
equaHy talented volttnieers who
have shown their comtnitment to
Freeport way Umu «vcr and
Shu I wiMiiiiiiM • ! nmaitts a*
tttong •$ e«cr a* we coatinoe our
war agaiitst drugs."
Reunion concert draws alumni from 20 states
by Jeanne Rayrtor
The chimes on the stage in the
Freeport Hig^ School audito­rium
will be^n to sound at 3 p.m.
this Saturday, June 18, to signal
the traditioiuil be^rining of a
Freeport High School Band
Concert under the direction of
Dr. J. Maynard Wettlaufer.
As the curtain opens, a 60-
piece Freeport High School
Alumni Reunion Band with
re'piesentatives of the Baiid Atd
Orchestra graduating 1936
thlrough 1966 will play classical
- and traditional band music.
Other alumni, friends and rela­tives
will be in the audience to
enjoy the cheer. At present, there
are alumni coming from 20 dif­ferent
states and from all walks of
life.
Many of the' band tnembets
began this month to repad their
instruments or put them in good .
shape for practice. Robert
Kranzler, *43, a clarinet player
from Centerport is one of the
many alumni who is picking up
his instrument once again for the
, occasion. Joining him in the da-tinef
tectipn in that effort from
' Freeport and surrounding areas
on the Island ^re Janet Raynor,
Joan DiGiovanni Babicz, Betty
• Larsen, Pat Lusk Ronga, Glenn
Thompson and Robert Single.
Rosettarie Willig EUson, 'SO u
practicing loitg distance from '
Texas,
Also working hard on their
embouchures aire baritone play­ers
Jack Kort, ^gfroin Hunting­ton
Statioii; Andrew Sebold, '43;
from Seaford; and H. Elmer
Kordes '48 from New Jersey.
Trombonists, Dr. Carman Rini,
'38 from Southhold; Richard
-Wettlaufer, *48 froth West Islip
and Hoyrard Hicks, Jr. "S?, from
Virginia, busy before with the
United States Army, is coming
back for the first time to join with
the band; another mtisician
returning for the. first time is
Muriel Zajic Thiemann '44,
fr^nch horn player from Madi­son,
Wisconsin. She says she
plans to play if she can get her lip
to respond better than 'a weak
rubber band.'
Only three of the trombonists
play on a fairly regular basis. Will
Diaz, "^6 in a Fire Department
Marching Band; Jack Nolan,'48,
• principal trombonist with the
Wilmington Symphony Orches­tra
and Wind Ensemble, and
Louise Perez from Freeport who
played in Prof^ Adult Orchestra
when it began in 1949 until it dis­banded.
She keeps in shape for
these events by playing and
marching with the Commanche .
Raiders during tlie summer. Sev­eral
other Adult Orchestra
members are joining with the
alumni this time; Mario ZuUi on
saxophone and JohnBartlett,
tuba player with the Radio City
Music Hall.
- Florence EUson Wilhelmsen,
'46 from Connecticut; Steve
Fritsch, '43 from California; Lois
Catsin Fieno, '46 and Joan Case
Williams, '57 both from Florida;
along vrith Fred Schmidt, "57
from Maryland, George Wet­tlaufer,
'S3 from Skaneateles,
New York and Walter Green,
former music staff colleague will
all join forces in the flute section
along with James Seeley from
Freeport.'
The tuba section, not to be
outdone, will be represented by
Dave Hotaling, '43 from Swttle,
Washington (who says he always
has his tuba mouthpiece ready!);
Henry Spitzle, '48 from.Florida;
• John Mansperger,'49 miisic edu­cator
ftoro Steubenville, Ohio
- and son of the former Freeport
. High School principal, Martin
Maiisperger, Frank Tucker, '49
. fromPreeport; and Jack Krainer,
music educator from Northport,
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STEPPING HIQH «na 1962 pKoto (* FHS Drw(n Ma/oratta J«n«
Yarrow Monte*!, who is travailing from Barrington, Rhode
Island, to be part of Saturday's Reunion fetthritie*.