The-Leader_1989-09-14

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Freeport's waterfront
pate 8 Freeport • Baldwin
THE LEADER SSth Year, No, 37 Fteepon, N.Y. U520 Otficial newspaper of the vaiage of Fteeport-Ftecpon and Baldwin School Distrias Thursday. September 14.1989 25e
Health center'not
closing.. .yet/
by Maurice Forge
Is Freeport gotag to gtt less
m«ltail care for its residents who
onnot afford high health insu­rance
rates or pay for their o«-n
doctors?
It b as hard to Hnd answers
during an eleaton season as it is
for the pro\rrbtaI mice to get a
TOlunteer to beJJ the cat.
Almost everybody directly or
remotely connected with provid­ing
health care in Nassau County
. will ttll you on or off the record
that an incrtaung number of
people who are unable to buy it at
mourning heahb costs are look­ing
for public health care. But no
o^icial will state flatly that Nas­sau
County, which is responsible
forjjroviding health care to those
in need, under State statutes, is
about to make it more difficult in
time, travel, expense and iDcoi>-
veniencc for its current health
services clients to get to see a doc­tor.
A^II the budgeury squeeze
cause some centers to close or
others to take on heavy case
loads?
"That ^ould be terrible." sa>-*
Edith Kirkland. a mother of six
children, 16. IS. II. 8, 6 and S.
who was in the watting room of
the Community Health Center at
460 North Main Street, run by
the County Department of
Health and its Center for Com­munity
Health Services.
As for now, Administcator
Marguerite Barbor of the Free-port
facility 5a>-s. *1he sen.Tce we
arc providing has not changed.
We turn nobody away. There
may be longer waiting, but not in
emtrgetjcics."
The Freeport Health Center is
financed by the County and prpr,
vidcs care for prenatal, roatertuty
and.chUd care aiKl general medi­cal
care for those not covrred by
Medicare or health insurance
plans. It is also mandated to pro-
{ccrtiiru«clortpao*3)
Garbage strike is over!
CLEANINQ UP th* accumulattd gatbag, afttr th* strik* ol tanlutlon wcrkara In
FrMpon and othar U>ng Island communltlaa andad last wMk.
Monkey and owners: Reunited and it feeis so good...
by Maurice Forge
Happtnesa for Franco^ the
capuchin monkey, ia to b*
rtunlUd with hia "family,"
For tbft AngeloCte family, it ia
to have their loat pet and
companion baclt in theiT
hocoe on East Loines Avenue
inMerridc
As our readers will recall,
residents of Baldwin, Bell-more
and Merrick were
startled by the sight of the
monkey in ^nuioua places on
sticcessive days, usanlly
perdied in trees. Alert«d by
the Preeport-Baldwin Leader
Bellmore I4fe and Merrick
life, the pet's owners and Uie
authorities watched for the
errant animal, and after a
succession of &i1ed attempts.
Franco was recovered, given
first aid for the injuries
sustained during his flight.
REUNTTEO: Boraallno arid Uzatt* Angalott*. thair tntant son Borsalino P ar>d d«ughtar
J*nnl(ar with thalr monkay Franco and macaw on th«lr porch on East Lolnas Avanu* in
Uarrlck.
and bnsu^c home.
BorsaliiX) Angelotte got the
monkey aa a gift. He brcught
it with him from Palermo,
Sjdly, when he came here to
marry Lizette and take her
' back with him to Italy. But
his love for her was great
enough to include her
country- "I fell in love with
America,' Borsalino says, his
eyes flashing.
Now they have a daughter,
five-year old Jennifer, who
was heart-broken when they
found Franco wae missing.
Franco has been her play­mate
from birth, and she just
couldn't face the future
without hitn.
Even their year-old macaw,
a colorful Amazonian bird,
stopped chirping and playing
during the monkey's absence.
Apart from the family's
grief over the loss of Franco,
they were especially
concerned about the shock to
Borsalino'i grandmother,
Loretta, when the returns
from a visi: to Sicily. She has
been confined to a wheelchair
and her grandson trained the
monkey to tend to her.
Franco has learned to fetch
thii\gs for grandma, feed her
and do little chores on
request. He responds to
whistles, words and body
motiona.
"The thing that has been so
heart-warming," Mr. Angel-otte
keeps repeating, 'is the
way the community, the
authorities and Dr. Goldstein
end his staff responded to the
occasion.
'Please tell your three
newspapers how much we
appreciate their help," he
said, "and tell everybody in
the community how much the
entire Angelotte family
appreciates their care,
concern and help. W« will
never forget it."
Franco is eight and a half
years old. and is about two
feet tall when you catch >um
in a completely erect position.
His tail is about as long as
his body. Since he came from
equatorial Amazon, the
capuchin cannot stand cold.
The family was worried that
if the temperature dropped to
60 degree* Fahrenheit or
below during the night* h* d
pi-obobly have died>
Although he w»* hungry
throughout his escapade.
Franco was very cautiou*
when offered food by
strangers. At one time a
police woman gave him some