The-Leader_1989-03-16

              Election '89 • Electtoa '89 • Election '89
Freeport Vlttage Bomi candidate proliles Inskle
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Freeport •Baldwin
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Future Party fights for bailot slot
HUNDREDS OFEtiStER EGOShn«almdybMflXufMby
rfMpOft Kfwsnwic MNSM frocn wf^ John O'ConnoTt Prwioitit
Chtt* R*. BS WMt( • » ! Gwy SdiRWdw, for th* Khranit Club
Anmal Entw E H Hunt M«fA 18. Fwtund t< • vWt from A * .
E<tt(r Bunoy, «|MW| balow «t l u t yaac't tvtnt wMi m M
te^lwnm.
Egg hunt Is coming!
A furft «ign of Spring ij th« Freeport Kwejii* Club's
AniKiiI Buter Egg Hunt, k 6 M binOy CtToriu thsi xl<ny<
>sma* X UTEO tmn] of »{<r young Muthen wren and
todec This yeu'f «nn> vQl be iM Sttanisiy, Kurfa IS,
>t 10 «jn. in Uia IVtcpirt B ^ Seliaol Rdtt
FvenU » » eoa>ina(<>l taMag their yamgiten oot
onhr fiir the Htsit, Imt •]«> fiir frixm, bsQoois, Iota tttrm.
*od > d u w e to meet u d greet llut epedal Spriiig nutor,
tlieEaetcrBaas^ _
In tlie ercnt of iocieant veetber, the Eeiter Egz Ems
win be bdd i s tlM m r FB3 gymsasiam.
At Tbe LeadtJ went lo prtM
Tuetday, the oaicome of the
appeal of FttepoBTi Futore Patty
10 ibeTJcw York Sute Supreoe
Cmttt't AppelWe Wvisoo lo
ovettnrg a Kaisaii County
Judged decision that its oomioat-iiijpetiiiontforIheM
»rch21 Vil­lage
clectioa ttere invalid had not
yet been dccideiL
FotunPuty mayoial candi­date.,
Viownt Campion urged
Frceporten lo call Party head-quaitett
at 37S-4g23 or to call UK
ViDage Clerks OflDce lo find cm
what foim the final ballot win
tttx.
_-CoallBijing its fight for a place
on the Match 21 ballot, Frte-port^
Future Patty had Bled a
notice of appeal'laic last weeJc
with the New York State
Supreme Court's Appclliie
IMviiion.
The Party was leeUng a itwr-sal
of Kassau County Supittoe
Court Judge Robert Roberto'*
decisioa that the Future Panyt
nominating petitions were invalid
because tl^ cover letter otoitted
the addresses of the Party^ four
candidates.
The Funue Party^ petitions
had been challeaged by thT«
Home Rule Party suppotten and
sutKcquenily ruled invalid by the
Nassau County Board of Hec-liosn
The' BoardV decision was
upheld by Judge Roberto.
FoOre Party attomcy and
judioal cindidatr Douglas Hof-foaiu
loU Tbe leader it was the
Future Pattyli contention that
the section of Sute Election Law
providing for independent nomi'
gating petitions on village ejec­tions
lUts no requirements for
coiet sheets. Village elections art
the only ones singled out in aspe-cia!
section. Mr. Hoffmann
emphasized, and argued thai a
mote general lection on which
Judge Roberto based hisdccinoa
shouU not be appUcable to vil­lage
elections.
Voters desiring the option of a
wTTie-io vote wtU find a paper rod
on the voting m*t3uae with
instnictiODs on how lootil such a
balloi, acconting to the Villas
derkV OfSce. PersoniKl at each
polling place can offer asmunce
to voters unsure of how to wriie-in
a vole.
'Waterfronters' Join in positive carop_a|gn
hy Maurkt Forge
Ficepon^ fishing, excsrsioa
and retail fleet owners, r a t t o n n^
teen and waterfront SacBams
ate m e t ^ Iheir hitherto separ­ate
campai^i into one umicd
effort to advance the intctesu of
the various maritime tnutes. Tbey
gave positive evidence of that at a
meeting in the Fitepon Recrea­tion
Center March 8 where about
••forty representatives of all
aspects of the Villa^^ nautical
activities agreed on a course of
action.
The meeting was called hy Bill
McDennoit. newly elected third
vice-presidc'nl of iSr Freeport
Chamber of Commerce, and
Frank Cositofc, a Chamber
director and waterfront busi-nessmaa
who has been one of the
ptomoten of ibeSmamer'Water-tropi
Fniivalt held-fer 11a past
three tears.
PoMve approach nasdad
-We need a campaign for posi-live
thinking and acting about
our waierftont," Mr. Cosiiote
stressed. "We have great things lo
offer vixitors and residenu and H
is our lesponsibility to make our
boats, our producu and our
wares ever more attractive."
The group responded hy mak­ing
suggestions as 10 what should
be done and what deftttisl »lti-tada
should he diseoniaged. At
the condssott they agneed on a
four-pronged progjam-
Fim thetfjrojLJlintiimmrt -
'ooctsiofi foTaHTwaierfroni busi­ness
people who are oot now
Chamber members to join and to
enlarge their repiesentalion on
the body* board oT directors.
Through this mechanism ihey
win iap the group in consunt
consultation and coordinated
activitks.
Institute a campaign of tetf-pohcing
to keep Ihe canals,
waterways, waterfront streets
and boau clean and attractive.
This to be combined with
requests from the wnagc to pro-
(continuad on (Mgt 2>t
Lorraine DeUer, Bob Jordan and Ira
Matetslcy to run for Baldwin board
by Joan Dekmey
At the M&rcb S BaU wis Board
of Edacalioo meetirig. iflcun>'
beet B^ard of Education
roembcft Lorraioe Ddlcf aod 1»
Mateuicy sa^ ihai tbey would be
runnis^ for rcekcsioo. A^ex the
, mwttng, fonber Board toetober
Bob JonUa wbo was pmeot taid
that he, too. viB be numia^ Alt
caadidaus have u&tn April 10.
19S9. to fabmit petitions of om-dSJi&
tCf to rua is the at large ciec-tioD
for oae of the two avaUabtc
tcau wbkb tamy a thre« ytar
VCXXDu
The Boaid taeetiflg v a i GJfed
with a variety of bwiaetf aad
edwatiooai ttata. For the fim
hour, the Board coicrtaiocd the
5ih gj»de French jtudcnu who
are visiting BaMwis for thrte
wtclu as part of the French;
Amencao exchange, the Board
presented each Frevch si»deni
wilha while bear "Broia'maicoL
The stodems, their Aoxnican
couQterparu and f a m i ^ win be
partidpatixig in an auoTtmcfit of
educaiiooal aad »odal occasions
dori&g the next three wcelx
The Boanl a^rovcd the pro­posed
sew ranking pohcy which
has be«n developed over the pait
year with i:^«tti from vaxioo*
sovice* hxrhiidint wort bgr •
comannte of 15 fwopk chaired
by SKS FrtDopa) Rjy Mehxci
aad co^sistiss of a vtfpifK^Kitx
of admimitraiors, teacher*, MU-dcnu
and parents. There arr scv-eral
main changes.
Couryss-wtfig htod
An high school count* will be
wtai^ted in proportion to each
other. Previooiiy. only hooon
(H) or accderated (E) courses
rccnv«d additional wcighttng.
Xow, C track coones win be
wei^ted above B track which is
wcij^xUH] above A track.
fUgarding ibe concept of
exteroal cndits which was the
crex of the problem thai
occsTTcd in the ranktng procesa
for 19t3-89. the poBcy states that
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