The-Leader_1988-10-06

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SAY IT-SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 15TH
FREEPORT SAYSiiQTO DRUGS
MARCH AND RALLY
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BALDWti La m ^ 54th YEAR, NO. 40 FREEPORT, NEWYORK THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1988 PRICE 2 5 * PER COPY
March and Rally say 'NO' to drugs
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"Freeport Together - We Say
No To Drugs" will he the theme
of a March and Rally October IS
which is expected to . draw
hundreds of Freeporters as welt
as community and religious
organizations to peac^uUy dem­onstrate
their opposition to drugs
and drug dealers in the
community.
The event is alio meant to rec­ognize
the positive activity being
undertaken on all levels of Village
life to combat drugs, said Tedd
' Levy, head of the Freeport Advi­sory
Task Force oti Drugs, which
is sponsoring the March and
Rally with 13 other Fryeport
organizations. '
Mysterious references to the
October IS date that sprouted
throuf^t Freeport during the
•wSa^mS^fmim in away VU-
' lage locations and printed in the
Leader spurred interest in the
day's events.
Ur^ng Freeporten to demon­strate
their solidarily by partici­pating
in the March, Mr. Levy,
who also heads Operation
PRIDE, said ift easy to ask "who
can I blame, and list everyone but
myself," but added that everyb­ody
can find some way to flght
the problem.
Marchen are asked to gather
at 11 a.m. at the Long Island
Railroad Station parking field on
Sunrise Highway. The March
will bepn at 11:30 a.m. and pro­ceed
through drug infested areas
on Broadway, into the northeast
residential area and finally down
North Main Street past comers
frequented by drug dealers and
their customers. Cars will be wel­comed
at the end of the proces­sion
for those unable to march
the distance, and a van to pick up
any marcher who cannot con­tinue
due to fatigue will bring up
the rear. Marchers are encour­aged
to carry anti-drug signs.
The Rally will uke place in the
YiUasB HaU Parking fidd on N.
Ocean' Avenne, 'beginning
between 12:30 ana 12:45 p.m.
Speakers will include Mr. Levy,
Mayor Dorothy Storm, Trustee
Ralph Smith, Superintendent of.
Schools Dr. John E. Bierwirth,
AsseifiUywoman Eartene Hill,
Assemblyman Charies O'Shea,
Senator Noiman Levy and Con-
.greuman Norman Lent.Reve-rend
Matthew Leavy, pastor of-
Our Holy Redeemer Church, and
Reverend Frank White of the
Church of God in Christ Little
ZIon will also address the rally.
Also planned is entertainment
featuring Arlina."Princess" Hop­kins
singing''Americathe Beauti­ful,"
Freeport teacher singers
John Schdreiber and Ned Decker
with their gidtars, the contem­porary
band "Witness" led by
Bervine Harris of the Drug Task
Force, singer Lynette Holmes,
and the Operation PRIDE Youth
Committee Step Troupe. Infor­mation
tables will be set up at the
rally by a number of community
groups, and free baloons will be
distributed.
Co-sponsors of the March and
Rally are COFRONS, Con­cerned
Neighboft of Freeport,
the Community Church of tbe
Nazarene, the Freeiiort Chamber
of Commerce, the Freeport EOC,
the Freeport Faniily Conununity -
Center, the Freeport Council of
PTA's and Public Schools,
Operation Get Ahead, Operation
PRIDE, the North West Ovic
Association, the South'of Suiirise
Civic Association and the Stearns
Park Civic Association.'
esldents demonstrate for light
6^ Maurice Forge
Meypd by the death of a local
motorcyclist at that corner,
neigjhbors at the intersection of
Pine Street and South Bayview
Avenue, paraded, canted slo­gans
and held a rally October I,
to demand that the New York
State Department of Transporta­tion
install a traflic light, which
many believe would avoid similar
accidents. Although the organiz­ers
of the protest acknowledge
that the dispute originated during
the term of former Mayor Wil­liam
White, Sr., and that the
State has jurisdiction over the
artery, some of them blamed cur­rent
Mayor Dorothy Storm.
Leaders of the demonstration,
Effie Montgomery and George
and Jane Pallucci, who live on
South Bayview Avenue, pro­duced
a letter from County
Executive Thomas Giilotta,.
announcing hu support fora tral-flc
signal. State Senator Norman
Levy is arranging a meeting with
Mr. Gulotta, the DOT and
Mayor Storm. According to
the Village, Mr. Gulotta^ action
resulted from a retiueit by May or •
Storm following the Village
board meeting September 26,'
where the matter was discussed. .
Carousel stamps attract collectors and historians
by Joan Delaney
Stamp collectors, carousel lov­ers,
government offidals and res­idents
gathered at Nunley's
Carousel under early afternoon
sunny skies on Sunday, October
2, to celebrate the second-day
canceUation of a magnificent set
of stamps depicting handcrafted
' wooijen carousel animals.
Pruent at the ceremony was
Master ^f Ceremonies Joseph
Viacava, Postmaster of the
Baldwin Post OfHces, u well u
Coangressman Norman Lent,
County Executive Thomas
S]teIo7s, Assembly Gregory
Bcckerand Charles O'Shea and a
representative of Senator Levy,
Town Board member Pat Zaga-ritto
represented Presiding
Supervisor Joseph Mondello and
Supervisor Gregory Peterson.
Also introduced were Republi­can
Committecrtean- 'M.4i
McGarry, Saniution Commis­sioner
Gary Eckles, long time
Baldwinite Merv Guenther,
Library Director Barbara Hop­kins
and Director of Museum
Services for Nassau County Ed
Smits.
Representatives of the Baldwin
Historical Society u well as
Island'k Heritage were present.
.Paramount in interest, how­ever,
was the ability to purchase
up to 10-second day cancellations
of the Carousel stamps along
with blocks of the stamps.- An
assortment of othec philatelic
materials were also available for
purchase in the post otSce station
senip for the occasion.
. Congressman Lent noted that
he had brought his children to
Nunley's when they were youngs^
tera and Senator Skelos recalled
coming to Nudey^'.as.a child,
bimging his children today, and
hopefuQy being able to bring his
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