The-Leader_1989-04-20

              Freeport • Baldwin
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Heritage Alive! Blue ribbon message:
Freeport says no to drugs
FROM INOUTO FREEPORToomM KMiida C«Mr,fiomlha ataU off Mwlrai; whoii^
th*1.000yMr oidnUiarato«NMy«m"^afW« sllht Apc« 30H«ritaa* ABv^ F«stiwtipott^^
by th« Arts Counel. For dttaBt on th* potpourri of actMtte turroimdhia 1h« athnfc «nd msrttk^
ovom^ SOS pogo i 3 .
From Miy 1 to Miy 14 the
look of Freeport will cbiogc a
Uttie bit. During these two weeks
Freeporten are being asked to
paridpate in a Blue Ribbon Dis­play
that Says Ko to E>rugs.
Building on the success of last
yeu*i effort, all Freeporters are
sgaln being asked to tie a Uue^
ribboo around a tree in front of-their
home on the weekend of
Atiril 29-30, and to keep the rib­bon
on display until May Uafler
wbkh they should be removed.
Apartment residents, businesses
and homeowners withoot trees
can attach the ribbon to their
front door, railing, etc
The Bloe Ribbon Display u
being sponsored by the Freeport
Advisory Task Force on Dntgs.
the three year old grotip deve­loped
by Mayor Storm and Tno-tee
Ralph Smith. TfaeTuk Force
is planning this eventas pan of its
Freeport Says No to Dings
campaign.
The Bloe Ribbon CiiT»p#Tt"
win kick off with a short program
on Saturday^ April 29. at 12
ooon at the Moxey-Rigby
apartments on Bof&lo Avcnoe in
Freeport. In case of rain, the pro­gram
win be moved to the Free-port
Family Commonity Center
at 17 Bo&lo Avcnoe. The pubtie
is invited to attend.
It is the intention of the Taak
Force to "get the Blue Ribbon
Campaign off to a good sun."
according to Blue Ribbon Cam­paign
committee member, Pat
Reid. "We hope that Freeporters
will display blue ribbons and }oin
with us on the 29th to kick off
Freeport'* blue ribbon display."
Etibboiu for the project are
availablefreeof charge beginning
April 29 at several Freeport loca­tions
iododing Village Hall, the
Freeport Libmy, the Freeport
Recreation Center. Freeport
EOC Operation Pride and many
area dmrches. All Freeport ele­mentary
stodenta will have rib*
boos sent home with them on
April 28^ Ribbons win also be
available for Dodd Junior High
and Freeport High School
students.
Svd Marianne Endo, who is
chairing this project for the Tax
Force, "Lasi year we were very
prood to see the way many Free­porters
west on record as saying
*No*to drugs by disptayinga blue
ribboiL"
For more information on these
efforts, Freeporters can cotuaa
Task Force Chairman Tedd Levy
at 546-2822.
County - Audubon Society ceremonies created Brooicside Preserve
Freeport Mayor Dorothy
Storm, members of the South
Shore Andnboo Soaety, and
interested residents and neij^
bon gathered on Tuesday, April
1 if to await the formal ccrcmo-niea
with County Executive
Thomas Gnlotta, which would
cos^>Wte an agreement between
Nassau County and the South
Shore Aodnboo Society.
The agreement aQows the
Society to manage a 3 JS acre par­ed
of woodlands to be known as
Brookside Preserve al iko tax­payer
co«t. The Society inieods to
instan tfaih. paths, a trail marker
system, stream crossovers, and an
~ idcouficttion system to mark the
flora indigenous tathe area. As
part of-the apeement.-the-a^
jk^scxJence.
pared of natural beauty." He
described the land a$ *^emaroo-mentally
leositnic." Joan Butke-reit.
Vice President of the
Society. Chairperson of the
Brook^de PresmFe Committee
and Couervatioa Chaiipenoo
of the Society ngned the agree­ment
in bdialf of the | n » 9 . She'
a i d it was a ' ^ t i v i l^ to work
with the County.** Joseph Grupp,
President of the Sodety, who is a
teadier al Baldwin High School
and not able to be piesent. was
quoted in a statement by the
County Executive as saying that
T h b b a unique opportunity to
demottstme how ggrcntmeia
can work together with rcsdents
to preserve some of the natural
beauty which luturc has be>-
towed upon our Cotmty. We are
excised about the prospect of
devdopiog an effective manage-ntent
i^an for this site."
Betsy Gnlotta, who was PresH
dent of the Audubon Society at
the time thai the bulk of the nego­tiations
took place, said thai the
Society has "dreamed of tu own
nature sanctuary" for years. She
said that Freeport was the Socie-ty*
s homebase. and she
applauded the efforu of Mayor
- UwttiniMd on p«l» 13}
along Brookside Avenue and
miintai" >n"fe"""g «ruund ilie~
property. The County win abo
instan an emiance gate-
County Executive Gulotta, in
commeosittg on the agreement,
laid that he was 'ddigfated thai
wt have been able to reach
agreement with the Aodubon
Society to manage this impoftant
eiONma MANAOeMEKT AQREEMENT by wMch « • Soutfi
Shoro Audubon SoctotywB aurwy and IdMttfy flora and fauna
on iha CouRty-owMd proanw a n Aodubon S o c ^ V(c*-
PraafdMit Joan Buikaratt of Fraaportand County Ezacutlv*
Oulotta.
NATURAL tETTINO provldad tfw
of ttw BrookiMo fiwarva lass wMk.
rigbt ipoko ao Coonty EzaoutS*
B«tsy, a fw I—Audubon 8«cia*y
Msyof Oovottvy Storm,
Oulotta and na wMa
toohad on.