FREE OFFICE TRAINING
The Nassau-Freeport Cooperative Service Center
at 65 West Sunrise Highway is now offering a
wide range of educational opportunities for
anyone who desiresto gain additional educa-tion.
The programs offered are typing, short-hand,
filing, record keeping, general office
practice, business machines, civil service
preparation, High School Equivalency, college
board preparation, and individual academic tu-toring.
All of these programs are free of
charge and are available to any resident of
Freeport. Time schedules are arranged by ap-pointment.
Anyone wishing to enroll or gain
additional information nay contact Mrs.
Fletcher at 379-5900, ext. 27.
RECREATION PROGRAMS - SUMMER 1970
PARK PROGRAMS - DAYS
The park programs will begin on Monday, June
29th and end on Friday, August 21st. Randall,
Northeast, Northwest and Stevens St. will run
daily supervised programs from 9:00 A.M. to
kOO P.M. for youngsters ages .8 and up. Pro- .
grams will., include Arts and Crafts, Archery, ,
Tennis, Cheerleading, weekly trips, beach days,
Puppet Theatre, Skatemobile, Zoomobile, Sho-wagori,
Basketball Clinic and Court and Field
Games.
A special supervised Kiddie Program for all
Freeport Youngsters, ages k to 7, will be con-ducted
at Randall Park. Activities included
are Creative art, drama and dance, story-time,
sprinkler parties, waterfront "tours", etc.
Due to the highly organized nature of this
program and the need for extensive supervision,
this program is operating out of a single lo-cation.
PARK PROGRAMS - EVENINGS
All parks are supervised for loosely organized
play Monday through Friday from *t to 5 P.M.
and evenings from 7 to 10 P.M. Boys basket-ball
leagues will be forming in the evening.
AQUATIC PROGRAMS
In addition to Water Ski, the Recreation De-partment
is offering a Surfing and Sailing pro-gram
for youngsters from 12 years of age and
up. Portable pools for recreational swim only
will be operating at Northeast Park. Flyers
will be distributed to local parks when the
permanent pools are completed at Stevens and
Randall Parks.
ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS ' • ,
The popular evening program will again be of-fered
at the High School with Guitar, Rock-
Jazz combo, Modern Dance, Woodwork-ceramics
and a complete athletic program. The Teen
lounge program at the High School will present
Ping Pong, Pool, Table games and a Juke Box.
An open gym program will be offered at the
Columbus Avenue School. Both of these programs
are to be conducted from Monday through Friday,
7-10 P.M.
Rock Concerts, Astronomy workshop, Music under
the Stars, Craft Fair and a Mini-Bike program
are among the special events being planned for
the summer.
Picnic Kits containing a croquet set, volley-ball,
Softball, bat, horseshoes and basket-ball
may. be borrowed from the Recreation De-partment
by local' organizations, groups and
families planning an outing.
A detailed summer brochure will be distributed
throughout the Freeport schools in June and
will be available at the Freeport Recreation
Department office at Village Hall. For further
information, call TN 8-0360.
Village News
A PUBLIC INFORMATION BULLETIN OF THE VILLAGE OF FREEPORT
46 NORTH OCEAN AVENUE TELEPHONE FReeport 8-4000 ROBERT J. SWEENEY, MAYOR
Public Meeting On The 1st Monday Of Month Only During June, July. Aug., Sept.
. . . • JUNE, 1970
HEAVIER PLASTIC BAGS AVAILABLE AT VILLAGE HALL
50,000 plastic bags have been ordered for the
residents of Freeport. 10,000 are on hand and
the additional 't0,000 will be on hand shortly,
the latter being imprinted with the words HELP
KEEP FREEPORT CLEAN.
These plastic bags are available at Village
Hall for use in disposing of grass clippings,
tree and bush prunings, and other burnable
trash. They may be purchased 8:30 AM to *»:30
PM Monday through Friday in units of 10 bags.
These new bags are made of much heavier plastic
than those of last year. They are the large
double garbage-can size and the cost to Free-port
residents is ten cents a bag.
These bags should be put out Tuesday night for
regular Wednesday trash pick-up by the Sanita-tion
Trucks (except during holiday weeks).
These bags offer many advantages to both the
homeowner and to the Sanitation Department,
including:
They are inexpensive and eliminate the need
for cartons and bushel baskets.
They are light to carry and save the citizen
the chore of returning empty containers froa
the curb to the house.
They ere neat and can be easily tied with the
twist binder supplied so nothing can spill out
and litter the streets.
Animals are not attracted to properly closed
bags as the polythylene plastic, bars odor trans-fer.
The bags are waterproof so cuttings do not get
wet and rain-soaked.
They help to expedite trash collection and keep
FREEPORT an attractive community.
Trnctees: George H. Fairberg, Thomas I. LoveBdge, Lloyd E. On, Wiffiam H. White
Visage Clerk: Job J. MacDooald - Treasoren Leoaard DJB. Smith - Counsel: Oakley Gentry, Jr.
TO BILL ELECTRICITY MONTHLY
Some years ago it was decided to bill electric
charges for residential accounts once every two
months as an econoay measure and because of the
limitations of the village's data processing
equipment. However, it has been found that the
extended time between bills causes serious
budgeting problems for sone residents and
collection difficulties for the Electric Depart-ment.
Therefore all residential and commercial
customers will now be billed once a month for
electricity used. The latest data processing
machines will make it possible to maintain
complete records and provide efficient service.
PERSONNEL NOTES
Mrs. Rose Carvell has been appointed Adminis-trative
Assistant to Urban Renewal Director
John Salvadore. She also serves as Secretary to
the Citizens Committee on Community Planning,
which is made up of all organizations interested
in Freeport urban renewal and related matters.
YOUR DOG MUST BE LICENSED
Your attention is called to the fact that state
law requires all dogs in the Village to be li-censed.
It also provides that neglect of this
obligation subjects the owner to a penalty of
510 plus costs. Any loose dog picked up by the
Dog Warden generally cannot be identified to
be reclaimed unless it is licensed and wearing
a tag. The licensing fees are 82.25 for each
nale or spayed female dog, and 85.25 for each
unspayed female dog. If you have overlooke li-censing
please attend to it now by seeing the
Registrar at Village Hall.
MAYOR ROBERT J. SWEENEY ENJOYS THE VIEW OF FREEPORT FROM THE ROOF OF POWER PLANT NO. 2. ANY
GROUPS INTERESTED IN TOURING THE PLANT WILL BE GLADLY ACCOMMODATED. PLEASE MAKE ARRANGEMENTS
WITH ELECTRIC UTILITIES SUPERINTENDENT LUDOVIC LONG, PHONE FR 8-4000, EXTENSION 220 or 221.
At the Freeport Housing Authority Office recently, the Acquisition with Rehabilitation Program,
began with the closing on the first property. Pictured below, on the left, Lester H. Baumann,
Attorney for the Freeport Housing Authority, handing the Housing Authority check in payment to
Ben Ciaravino, Attorney for the sellers; on the right, John E. Williams, Executive Director for
the Freeport Housing Authority is in the middle. Mr. Williams again asks, "Any Freeport fanily
living here two years or more, interested in this program of renting with the option of hone
purchase, who has a modest incorae, should Bake application. Application blanks are available
by calling 625-2508, any weekday or by visiting our 3 Buffalo Avenue office", he said.
OFFICIALLY DEDICATED IN JUNE, FREEPORT'S POWER PLANT NO. 2 HAS BECOME A GREAT COMMUNITY ASSET.
LOCATED AT THE FOOT OF BUFFALO AVENUE IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE VILLAGE, THE PLANT HOUSES
THE TWO LARGEST DIESEL TYPE GENERATORS IN ANY LAND-BASED INSTALLATION IN THE UNITED STATES. THE
MAMMOTH UNITS WERE MANUFACTURED BY FIAT MOTOR COMPANY OF ITALY, LOW BIDDER.
