The-Leader_1990-05-17

              Freeport ° Baldwin
THE LEADER 56lh Year, No. 20 Frci-'Kiii " 1S20 ifficial newspaper of i!-,. Vilhgc of FrecporfFtccpoit and Baldwin School Districts • Thursday, May 17, 1990 25#
School budgets passed
in Freeport...
CLEANING THE CANALS: Mayor Dorothy Storm watches from the dock as Al
Gfover Sr. arxJ his daughter, Andrea, demonstrate how unsightly floatables
can tje removed from local canals.
Help canal clean-upl
Al Grover Sr., long-time Freeport
resident and wateifiont buanessnan, is
donating the use of a 22-foot Groveibilt
boat and engine to Mayor porothy-<-.
Storm's campaign to clean up.the
Village's commercial and residential
canals during the summer season.
- The Village's current austerity,
budget will not allow fbr.the hiring of -
summer. laborers, for that chore this
year, officials said. A commercial
cleanup boat, which the Mayor and
Superintendent of Buildings Michael
DeZarate saw demonstrated in Glen
Cove recently, would cost $1,000 a'
week to rent •
, In eiipiessing her grauiude to Mr.
Grover, Maycv. Storm called for similar
generosity on the..part of other
FreepbrierSi "The boat makes the
project possible, but to make it really
viable we need volunteers to work on
. it. The opdmum would be three people
per trip with at least one knowledgeable
in boat handling. All of us are
CQitcemed about the environment and
we all remember- ilie disastrous effects
brought on by floating debris in Ixng
Islatid. waters two years ago. This i s -
one example of really doing something '
about it. I urge everyone who is
interested to call my office at 378JWOO
as soon as possible." Because of
insurance tiabiiily, volunteers must be.
aLleast 18 yean of age.
• According to Mr. Grover, siipport has
already beeii pledged by .Don Coons of
the Yankee Clipper Restaurant and the
management of Staten' Island Boat
Sales. :•.
The boat will be docked at Graver's
(ccrttinued en page 3)
Voters last week approved by a
margin of 288 votes the Freeport
School Disuict's 1990-91 budget of
$54,594318. Of 1468 voles cast on the
school budget, 928 were in favor and
640 were opposed.
Following the passage of the budget,
which carries an esdmated tax rate of
$35,435 per $100 of assessed valuation.
for the coming school year, Freeport
Superintendent of Schools Doris Selub
stated, "We are gratified that
Freepotters have again voted to support
a budget proposal which combines cost
effectiveness with a sound educational
program. Their support demonstrates
recognition of our goal of providing for
the needs of our students while being
concerned about the economic
difTiculties facing all of us at this time."
The unopposed candidacies of two
iiu;uml>ent school board members for
. three year terms on the board were also
...and Baldwin
. by Joan Deianey
BoUi the Baldwin School District and
Library budgets passed and itKumbent
' School Board candidate Bernard
Pittinsky and Library Board candidate
Edward DellamonteWere re-elKted. In
some cases; however, numbers were
close. . •
The school district budget passed by
' a vote of 1673 to 1458 with the budget
numbers for passage lower than those
: for defeat on only one of the five voting.
tiiachines. The.library won by a
Mernorlal Day:
Parade to honor Vietnam vets
Freepbrt's William Clintoii Story
Post '342 American Legion, in
.conjunction with the Village, has .
announced that the annual Memorial -
Day Parade will take place Monday,
May 28. Memorial Day. The 1990
event will honor all Vietnam Veterans.
The parade will begin at 10 a.tn.. ,
sharp. Marchers will assemble at
Hxeport High School. South Brooksde
Avenue, and prtxeed to Merrick Road,
continuing east oo Menick Road to the .
. Breepon Memorial Library and Oflicial
Reviewing Stand vrhere meinorial -
services and wtealb placing cereiooides
flriUbefield.
. The l i n e o f march will include a -
variety of motorized floats,.the prize <
approved. George Boulukos. the
board's vice-president, received 1,234
votes.and Board Member Calyel
Vcnzcn received 1,109 votes.
The estimated lax rate, up S2.23 over
last year, is subject to change pending
the approval of the State Aid to
Education budget, when the district's
share of State funds will become
known. . •
By a 429 vote margin, residents also
approved the Freeport Memorial .
Library's - 1990-91 budget of
$2,432,810 representing an increase of
14 cents per $100. Of 1,482 votes cast
on the Library budget, 951 were'in
favor and S31 against
'7 certainly do warn to say thank you
without too much flowery verbiage,"
said Library Director Dave Opatow.
"I'm gttUeful to the people of Frcqxjrt,
and I look forward to another year of
good library service."
significantly larger margin of 1765 to
1172.
The.election of School Board
candidates was close.' Incumbent
• Bernard Pittinsky r«*ived J007 votes,
but first time candidate Stanley A.
Burczyk received 5>27 votes. William
P. Attm received 580 votes and Eileen
J.'y/ild received 389 votes. Library
trustee Edward IJellamonte, running
unopposed, received 1967. votes. 3,196
people voted in the election. <
After-announcing the results. School
. (continued on page 6)
wiiining Freeport Hre Department and
its marching band, Freejwrt School
band}, girland boy scouts, veterans
organizations, and many other civic
groups. According to the Legioti, many
siirprises have beat planned.
Freepnt Village officials headed by
Mayor Dodw Dorothy Storm, as well
as other, local dignitaries, will
participate and review the traditional
ceremonies and parade from the
reviewing stand.. This year's guest
speaka will be Nicholas Apostoledes.a
focmerconunandcr of Vietnam forces.
In the' event (if rain, services wjll te
held in the Freeport High School
.Auditoriuni., '.. . •••.••
Even then,
heknew...
<3iUESS WH6?Jhe
fire engine red attire
of this Freeport tot
. gives more than an
inl<ling of his idehtityl
For more pictures of
the now grown-up
youngster and his
friends see page 16.