The-Leader_1990-04-12

              Freeport • Baldwin
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56lh Year, No. 15 Frccporl, N.Y. 11520 Official newspaper of the Village of Frecport'Frceport and Baldwin School Districts Thursday, April 12. 1990 25t
!\/laguire is FFD Chief
SUPERVISING RESEARCH by FHS problem solvers Nakia Allen. Naby) Tejanl
and Harold Webb is Science'Departmem Head Fredric Hertzberg. .
FHS team leads state
.• Freeport High School's Future
Problem Solving team has captured ..
first place in the second round at the
-State level of .the Future Problem
Solving' competition. The team.,
consisting of Brian DunUe; Michael
Fiore, Lynne LaCascia, Sonya Mathies,.
Nabyl Tejapi, and Harold Webb, is now
practicing for the third round. A
success there will send the team to the
State Championships.'
The team, made up of ninth and '
eleventh grade students, is coached by
two faculty members'from John W.
Dbdd Junior High School - English
teacher Claudia Ladd and Social
Stiidies Department Head Fredric
Hertzberg. who successfully coached
' some of these same students to the
1988-89 Slate Championship and on to
the International Problem- Solving
Conference held in Ann Arbor,
Michigan.'
The current team's second round
.winning proposal on the topic.of tlie
aims race was so good thai tlie judges
distributed it as a model to every sclraol
in New Votlc State participating in the
Future .Problem Solviiig Program,
identifying it as "what we consider to
be outstanding."
byDaveVieser
Ray Maguirc,. ex-captain of Engine
Company 1 and a veteran Freeport
fircnghter, was elected to the oflice of
Chief of the Department at the annual
FFD elections held last Thursday, Afsil
5, at Fire Headquarters. Chief Maguire
was unopposed in the election for the
dcparunent's high^t position.
This is the culmination of a life­long
dream for me," Chief Maguire •
said after the victory. "All my life. 1
have woiked to reach this day, and to
be the Chief of the finest group of
volunteer firefighters anyone could
' find. I look forward to leading the-.
department in th^ year ahead, and I am
grateful to all the members of the
department for their outstanding vote of
conlidence."
Chief Maguire has been an active
Frcqxut fiieflghter for many years and
has served on a multitude of company
and department activities. In addition
•'he is.an officer with the Freeport
Chamber of Commerce ajnd has been
extremely active in supporting Village'
and Fife Depaitroent progi^ns with the
public. •
Ray's popularity is well known, even
beyond Freepoit's borders. One chief of
a neighboring department said
"Freeport is extremely fortunate to
. have an individual m\h the experience
and qualifications Ray has as their
leader. Heshould niake a great chief for
. Fteqwrt" . ,
• Ray resides on South-Bayview
Avenue with his wife and son.
Assistant chiefs
Also elected to office, all in
unopposed elections, were the
following: Kist Assistant Chief - Kevin
Noll, of Patriot Hose Company 4;
Second Assistant Chief- Briice
Newbety, of Truck Coiripany; Third
Assistant Chief - Timothy Seanian. of
Eveready Hose Company 1; Second
Battalion Itelegate - Outgoing Chief
Julius Ellison of Hose Company 1.
' Veteran firefighters noted that tlie
position of Chief in a Village Fire .
Department is a particularly important
slot • • '.
. "In a village department, like
Jireepoft, the Chief must be more than
• just a leader...he must also be very.
knowledgeable about budgetary and
fiscal matters. That's especially
' pertinent in Freeport, where you have
such a large and active fire
department," one former Second
Battalion Chief noted.
"The chiefs will "move up" to. their
' new positions following the Fire
Council's Tuesday. April 17. meeting.
. However, the ofTicial oath of oSice wQl
be bestowed upon the newly elected
officers atthe annual Department
InstalUtlon to be held April 27 at the
•RoyceCarlin Hotel. -.
Company elections were also held
last week and a complete list of all
• newly eleded company pfTicers will be
pu'blished in a coming edition
Liberty Park playground set for summer completion
. Plans for the relocation of the Liberty
Park Playground to a parcel of land at
the rear of Frecporl'sGieater Second
Baptist Church are underway, with a-tin^
bid award scheduled for April 30.
The project would be compleud in 75
daysatmost
According to Director of Planning
and Community Development Eric
• Hemphill.: the area will include a
playground area . featuring a
"Durascape" for young children
including tot swings and ladder and.a
straight Side, and for older youngsters,
a "^pace Climb" with steering wheels,
spiral slide, climbing pole and,
su^nsion bridge part of the action. A
nearby siting area will provide a place
for mothers to relax while thdr children'
v}?y- '• . .
A basketball court and handball coun
complete the playgroondi which will be
landscsqied. .' ..
' Plans and specifications for the
project were prejpared by Eschbacher-.
and Associates. Consulting Engineeis..
whi;h has also been contractedto
. provide construction inspection
. services.'
Expectations are that the playground
construction will co;t approximately
' S225.000. with S200.000T)eing paid
••• from an'escrow account established, by
Phillips Freeport Associates,
developers of the. Meadowbrook
Commons Shc^^g Center, the fotroer
location of the playgroimd. Expenses
exceeding $200,000 will be paid from
the proceeds of. the sale of Fireman's
Field that is eaim^ked for a recreation
re-use.
UBERTY PARK PLAYGROUND relocatkjn project should become 'a real'rty this
summer.' • - • . . . • - • • ^ • • •