The-Leader_1990-09-06

              Waterfront
• Sectton
Pages 10 ani II
Freeport • Baldwin
SfilhYcar, N6.36 Frccport,N;Y. 11520 Official ncw-spaperofihc Village of Frccport'Frecpon and Baldwin Scfwol Districts Thursday. September 6, 1990 25<
Talking witli Freeport leaders: Betty and Ed Monroe
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1 ^ mid Ed NtoDiw^ teten'««£
a b ^ ^ Qutof high Kbni mhm ttfls
QB^i% »uplc rasttamei m Wxmpm
taeleinI976. But th;tt didn't icier fot
Ed and then Betty from running for and.
. then serving on the Freeport School
Board and- working to create a
'.'.^o^tasc school system bete.. • .. •.
. to foa both of diem aicjia taroi«d
ta a mpbd of loca mg^ks&m'toe;
. i^.fat would thifdc th^ ^ I M in
" R ^ o n ai their li«». MMonwis
In ft second term Mf reslleai of
Ream's Rotary CU. '«ate' tmd to
puma all the \-otes aiaItepdiltei for
the 68ih Distnct. chairs m Merokc
' District of Nassau County Boy Scouts
-of America, and is on the boards of the '
' Historical Society,- the Freeport
MAAt^Jaad the R e ^m Gnoamity
Gemi. He also saves on ^ t a f f t of
te A^xsit UhUed Meii^H QmtA
.oad-fo.a trustee.Bf lh8,NBw Iftttfc
> t^itoen^.. .He ^ a l ^ a meater of
imlTOESijiNew'ftrisa* •
•Mmf Monroe Is in b»5nind ^ar
. -as.^r^dcnt of the- F^ecporf Board of
' Education,'(where she' has been a
member for sevet) years), is second
Vke Ftcsident of Central I'^isau Club.
' orNegrb Business and Professional
. .Wemm Inc... ^nd it tm the Bead of
. I^eampf 100Bladelta»efI,ms
. Utatf, deration f^^'mi Itton to
te ^ M of DiieMm tf te Bminit
AnCoimcU. . -
" ...She is a mcmbfcr of ifc Keeport
United Methodist Chtifch and is
serving as tbs ehairperson for the
Woman^-O^ fti^i^ In NovcmbcK
She aba icrved on Nas^u County's
"Dr.>te^ LUiher Kteg" celebration
committ^farOraei^rs. •
The Maarsei were attracted to
Freeport becaBK of its variety. "Each
bouse has a dilfercht personality," says
Betty Monroe.. And of course the
w-aterfrmit is a "^ighlighL" They lo*..
to ftcfiuent fte wdeifront restaurants,
and Ed &ioar^ %M an avid decp-sm
: fishennaa wttti wmd nophies io show
; and fisUnB stories t s share.. His.
favorite boat is the SKI Spray witt
Capt^Ml...
lb Freepsit they in turn bring a
lifetime of experienci^ living all.'ovcr
.. the country and the world, wherever Ed
Monroe's military career took ihem.
A.nd their home at 57 Lena Avenue
;> reflects theb%CM>D^IIlan Ufcstyle.
Ed-and Biiv « « at West Yirginia'..
S t a t e M ^ ^ i m i r t d i n 1954.-^
military ^«&,1ffi^n at Ft: Sill. i» •
. 'Okl^imni«d«ift^atFLCmM
. in Cotarada.Siirtnp, San Marcos,.
Texas, « b « hi attended aviation
school, toRRiieka. Alabama, where
: he got helici^ner training,'to FL Meade,
.'. Maryland, to Korea, to FL Bliss. Texas,
to' Staten Island; to Germany, to FL.
-' Benning,' to Viet Ham, to Savannah,.
Ceo^tettoTtailimdand flnally U>
New I M O^, wtee he rctiicd ^ a
Colonel, after .having formed and.
tram^ KWd fa^«pto combat u A
duHngt&anxK- •
- Betty Momnfoftswed to many of
' . . .{eai(inue<lan|Ugel@ letty and Ed Monroe
Interhatidnal Garden Center Association visits Atlantic Nursery
. .byDdiraCAen - . •;
. Oter 200 Garideto Cmrn'mu^'
ftom 10 European iMteB, te UdKd
f ^ and,Canada U i aM iie p d
siBial.tntentational 8 a r ^ Goiter
Ocwgiess from' Saturday,'Aiignst 25,
ihrongh Tuesday. Augost 28.:The
purpose o^ the IGCA' is the miitual
exchange of-, iaforniation . and
Btpcrience amon^ mBid»s bas^.on
.ii^^ve tours of o t i M & g ^ ^ «i
^^rding to Sit VSk,V ^tellc
Swseryi Freeport. fte paiqiaiose
I«o^ Island as a AB.tQ iM Wi y»r
be^Bse of the rteli harttcaltaral
taritage which has node t«i« £danl a
legacy nnce ih^tjoM Goaa" era. At
that time, the great estates atte<n{»ed to
mirror the outstanding gardens of
Sutope. Today on |.ong Island.
• ^ ^ ^ a i u s of the Bmg.g>mm^iid,
d^ipat 'ute vaA^ da those «taies'-
have.cmisn^'sad expaiided their'
expmto to t^edtDaclb meet ^ '
iSOlAi^taM l a i M»se borticul^
needs tf i n a ^ mam of ihe.raM '
oatsmA^ ^ A i ^ t o s in the woM
havebeeateri^eC' ' •.--.'.,-
- "The Int^tnatloiial Garden Ceater.
Congress, is an invaluable, fact-finding.
mission for all gaidea center owners."
explains &Ir. Feile. "We arc able to .
borrow Mp@ on dl products -. from
plan^ mi 0mM m Wday onutn^ '
and paaiAm. TM «s^ we can ^ 1 ^ ,
the noa 19 ta ^ p r ^ accessota
-. toraaa^B,"". '.-:.••
:. A^teng la Me, BeSe,' the vising,
cenw o^^puieiilarly those from
. Europe, woe eoiemefyiiiipresedwidi
tlie ftiendlihMs of Long I^and garden
penter staffs and'expt^sed an interest
' in further, exploriiv-customer lelaiioas
' abroad. AUitioBaUy. Loag-Islaod'
pasWUnucd 001
)(lELCOtie:- Slg Fieile (cent»} rt Mlantito Nursery »*h k ^ members oftfe^
)nternationat(iarden ^ » r ta^ss during a mmA tour of-Atlant!c'
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