EMPIRE STATE COLLEGE TO OFFER NON-TRADITIONAL
DEGREE PROGRAMS IN FREEPORT
Empire State College is inviting everyone
interested in its unique program to attend its
special open meeting on September 30,1999
at 7:30 p.m. in the Main Conference Room in
Village Hall. ESC representatives will answer
questions concerning non-traditional degree
programs for individuals who were unable
to start college or couldn't finish because of
family obligations, job schedules or any
number of other reasons.
ESC designs programs to meet the needs
of mature students, as well as young people,
offering students a way to attain a degree
on their own time and at their own pace,
without necessarily attending regularly
scheduled classes. Students may receive col-lege
credits for life experiences, previous
learning or independent study.
The Freeport program is expected to
offer associate's and bachelor's degrees
in a wide variety of fields, including the arts,
business, social and behavioral
sciences, natural sciences, mathematics,
computers, history, cultural studies and
human services. The college also has strong
programs in Criminal Justice and Fire Science
Administration. On the Master's level, ESC
offers policy-focused programs in Business
and Policy, Labor and Policy and Social Policy,
as/well as an Interdisciplinary Master of
Liberal Studies degree, and a new compe-tency-
based MBA.
Empire State College is fully accredited
by the Middle States Association of Colleges
and continues to be rated number one in
student satisfaction, as reported by the
SUNY-wide student satisfaction survey. For
further information, please call Kathi
Keating at 378-7323.
JONES BEACH LIFEGUARD CELEBRATES A MILESTONE
August marks the 70th
anniversary of the official opening
of Jones Beach, and only a slightly
shorter anniversary for lifeguard
Reggie Jones.
Jones holds the record as the
longest working lifeguard at the
world-famous state park. He start-ed
working as a lifeguard during
the summer of 1944, and has been
there ever since.
Among the beach regulars
who know and remember Jones, is
former Mayor Bill White, Sr., whose
two granddaughters, Lauren and
Jennifer, met him recently and had
a chance to view the memorabilia
he has collected during his 55 years
at the beach. Jones let Ryan
Woodward, son of Freeport Police
Chief Michael Woodward, try on
his old-fashioned, regulation
bathing suit.
Jones was 17-years old the
summer he began his career with
the state park.^ His sons followed
him to the beach and served as life-guards
as well.
Lauren and Jennifer White with Ryan Woodward and
lifeguard Reggie Jones.
SUMMER WATERING GUIDELINES
During the dog days of summer, its important to remember that watering lawns, gardens, and shrubs is limited to the odd/even
days of the week. If the last digit on your house number is even, you may water on even numbered days. If the number is odd, the
days when you may water are the odd numbered days of the month.
If one of the new trees planted by the Dept. of Public Works this spring as part of the Revitalization and Beautification project is
in front of your home, please remember to water it, too. The tree project replaces older, dying trees with new, healthy saplings;
and they need plenty of water through the hot, dry days to develop good, solid roots. Trees that are not able to survive the
summer will be replaced by the Dept. of Public Works in the fall.
www.FreeportNY.com THE HOME OF CHAMPIONS
SEMO DIRECTOR VISITS FREEPORT,
IMPRESSED WITH PROJECT IMPACT PROGRESS
Mayor Bill Glacken presented a proclamation to SEMO Director Ed Jacoby, Jr.
I to r: Gail Lincoln, SEMO; Richard Holdener, Freeport Emergency Management
Coordinator; Freeport DPW Superintendent Lou DiGrazia; Rad Anderson, SEMO;
Director Jacoby; Mayor Glacken; Acting Superintendent of Buildings Joe Madigan,
Emergency Management Team Coordinator Michael Smith.
EMT Coordinator Michael Smith; SEMO Director Ed Jacoby, Acting Buildings
Superintendent Joe Madigan and architect Russell Jordan.
O SEMO official Rad Anderson, Acting Buildings Superintendent Joe Madigan, SEMO
Director Ed Jacoby and waterfront grants administrator Nora Sudars at the site of an
upgraded home on Sportsman Ave. This building was raised to the height
of the white painted brick area.
The Director of the New York State Emergency Management Office,
Edward F. Jacoby, Jr., toured several construction sites in Freeport recently
to view the progress of the Project Impact program. Jacoby, whose office
administers the federal funding for the flood mitigation project, praised
the excellent progress Freeport is making in implementing the elevation of
flood-prone houses, as well as streets in low-lying areas.
The elevation of approximately 10 houses is close to completion while
work on another 10 to 20 structures is expected to be finished within the
coming months._ln addition to raising the houses, the upgrading work on
Woo"dcleft Avenue and Meister Blvd., two streets that suffered severe flood-ing
problems for decades, is close to completion.
"It was our intention to provide relief as quickly as possible to the many
Freeport residents who have endured frequent flooding problems for years,"
explained Mayor Bill Glacken. "We were pleased that the federal govern-ment
recognized the work Freeport was doing on its own to prevent and
minimize the damage done by persistent'flooding, and rewarded the Village
with the money to cover 75% of the cost of elevating the homes. As I have
stated publicly many times, this administration is committed to ending flood-ing
in southern Freeport."
- Mayor Glacken also showed Director Jacoby the work that has been
done on Woodcleft Ave. "When we began upgrading the 'Nautical Mile', we
hoped the work would be accomplished in record time, provided that the
weather and other conditions were favorable. Now,, in August, we are near-ly
finished the project, with the roadway upgraded, the bricks along the
walkway installed and many of the final touches in place. We expect to have
the overhead wires installed underground shortly and celebrate the new
'Nautical Mile.'
"I'm extremely impressed with the progress that has been made here,"
said Director Jacoby. "Freeport is becoming the model Project Impact com-munity
which will set the standard for other communities selected for the dis-aster
mitigation program." Jacoby added that officials from the other com-munities
might be interested in visiting Freeport and speaking with Village
officials for assistance in planning their own projects. Mayor Glacken invited
Jacoby to use Freeport as a national example. "It would be very gratifying to
share our success story with others. In the past two years, Freeport has firmly
established itself as a national leader in solving this very serious problem."
Dear Neighbor,
It's easy to say we support good caus-es.
It takes more effort to donate to wor-thy
programs that help the less fortunate,
but how many of us ever really experi-ence
first hand the day-to-day lives of the
disadvantaged or disabled?
Recently we learned just what daily
living is like for a person with a mobility
impairment when a family member
suffered an injury. Unable to drive for
several months, she quickly missed being
independent and spontaneous.
Within just a few weeks, we devel-oped
a very different perspective on get-ting
around with a handicap. My family
learned how many places are not accessi-ble
to people in wheelchairs or on crutch-es
and how few handicapped parking
spaces there are in most parking lots. I'm
sure few people realize how awkward it is
to carry a briefcase or packages while
using crutches or how complicated simply
opening a door, hold it open and getting
through a doorway can be.
It is easy to assume that the able-bod-ied
among us will always be agile and
independent, while the physically handi-
.capped are different and always have
been. However, the experiences of
Christopher Reeves and other, less well-known
but equally incapacitated, para-plegics
prove otherwise. With our gener-ation's
increasing longevity and the vastly
improved .trauma care offered in most
emergency rooms, living with a perma-nent
mobility impairment is a very real
possibility for a rising percentage of the
population. I recalled hearing members of
the disabled community explained that
they belong to one minority that accepts
new members without discrimination or
regard for education, financial status,
race, religion or ethnicity.
At Village Hall, as with many other
municipal buildings, we are constantly
striving to make our facility as open and
accessible as possible in compliance with
ADA law. We vigorously enforce the reg-ulations
on the handicapped spaces in
both the front and back of our building.
Until my family suddenly had to face
architectural barriers, we never realized
how the inability to open a door, climb a
staircase, or step off a curb could limit a
person's freedom and independence. We
always observed ADA parking laws and
other regulations, now we see just how
critical an accessible parking spot is to a
person with a disability and how valuable
those spaces are to someone who cannot
walk long distances.
I like to think the short definition of
the 1990 ADA law is "to ensure that
everyone may go anywhere he wants,
anytime." The longer version might be
paraphrased as "the removal of physical
barriers to provide access to individuals
with mobility impairments so they may
have the same opportunities to work,
study, shop and play as able-bodied mem-bers
of society."
The disabled are not different from
us. They are us.
MAYOR GLACKEN JOINS MEMORIAL SERVICE
HONORING ADA PIONEER PAUL HEARNE
Mayor Bill Glacken, and Don Dreyer, the
Director of the Nassau County Office for the
Physically Challenged, took part in the special
memorial service held to celebrate the achieve-ments
of the late Paul Hearne. A former Long
Island resident from Floral Park, Paul Hearne was
the architect of the 1990 Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA), the law credited with "open-ing
doors" previously shut for individuals with
mobility impairments. Both Don Dreyer and Mayor
Glacken were classmates of Paul Hearne at Hofstra
University. Mr. Dreyer attended undergraduate
classes with Mr. Hearne, while Mayor Glacken was
a law school classmate and friend. Both greatly
admired Paul's determination and courage. Mr.
Hearne dedicated his life to removing barriers,
both in architecture and in attitudes, that hindered
the advancement of the disabled community.
Nassau County honored Paul Hearne's achieve-ments
by dedicating a permanent bronze plaque
which was attached to the wall of the front
entrance of the County Executive Building in
Mineola, adjacent to the recently installed electric
doors.
DAN MOONEY'S BASKETBALL CAMP PLAYS HOST
IN FREEPORT TO INTERNATIONAL GROUP
The game being played in
Freeport High School's gym was
familiar this past July, even if the
languages spoken weren't readi-ly
understandable. Dan
Mooney's Basketball Found-ation
brought together 30
youngsters to learn the game
from his team of coaches during
each of two sessions. The ses-
Dan Mooney, Deputy Mayor Renaire Frierson-
Davis and a member of the team of coaches,
Helena Ahlstrom of Sweden
sions were divided into either all
boys or girls and each group
mixed local youngsters with chil-dren
from various foreign coun-tries,
including Norway, Sweden,
Germany and Africa. The boys
attended the first session; the
second session of the camp was
exclusively for girls. Mayor Bill
Glacken welcomed the first ses-sion
and Deputy Mayor Renaire
Frierson-Davis, who was a class-mate
of Dan Mooney's, greeted
the girls attending the second
session.
Many of the youngsters,
who ranged in age from 9 to 18
years old, are hoping for athletic
scholarships or careers in the
sport. Mr. Mooney told them
that basketball is very popular in
European countries. He has been
a professional basketball player
in Germany for the past 10 years,
and has made his home there.
This is the third year he has
offered the basketball program
in Freeport. For information
about the camp or other pro-grams
with Dan Mooney, contact
John Curry at 379-5466.
Mayor Glacken surrounded by youngsters attending the basketball camp in the Freeport High
School Gym. Included in the photo are the program's sports director, John Curry, and
Joysetta Pearse, representing one of the program's sponsors, The African Atlantic
Genealogical Society, and Dan Mooney standing to the right of Mayor Glacken.
FREEPORT HOSTS FULTON STREET
FISH MARKET ARTIST
Marilyn Mauersberger, Trustee Don Mauersberger, artist Naima Rauam, Ashley Davis,
Deputy Mayor Renaire Frierson-Davis, museum curator Helen Watkin. Front row,
Michael Williams, Hillary Williams and Austin Davis.
The South Street Seaport
Museum at Freeport, known local-ly
as the Long Island Marine
Education Center, is displaying the
works of artist Naima Rauam. The
paintings offer various views of
Manhattan's Fulton Street Fish
Market, an environment similar to
Freeport's working.. waterfront,
where seafood is delivered to local
fishmongers during the pre-dawn
hours for sale that day.
Deputy Mayor Renaire
Frierson-Davis and Trustee Don
Mauersberger, along with their
families, welcomed the artist to
Freeport. Ms. Rauam's watercolors
reflect her fascination with the
energy and the urgency of the fish
market, its workers and the drama
that unfolds each morning with the
delivery of fresh fish against the
backdrop of the new dawn. She has
maintained..a .studio at the fish
market since 1983. Her work will be
on display at the museum through
November, 1999, and there will
be several special programs
scheduled. Contact the museum at
771-3019 for further details.
IT WAS HOT, HOT, HOT, AT THE PEA BAR-B-Q
There were plenty of cold the recreation center. While
drinks and great food for the the temperature soared,
crowd that aatttteennddeedd the
Freeport Police Benevolent
people cooled off in the pools
or sat on the patio enjoying the
Association's annual party at clams, hamburgers, chicken
and steak.
On hand to greet the
guests were PBA President Philip
"Mike" Flood and Assistant
Police Chief Artie Burdette.
Don Dreyer and Mayor Bill Glacken.
Chief Burdette, Trustee Don Miller, Deputy Mayor Renaire Frierson-Davis, PBA President Mike Flood,
Trustee Don Mauersberger, and Austin Davis.
