PARTY CELEBRATES
COMMUNITY'S
GENEROSITY
Freeport resident Elaina Bradford thought she had put her
years of suffering from polio behind her until last summer when
she came down with post-polio syndrome. Mrs. Bradford, a wife
and mother of two daughters, turned to her church and commu-nity
for help. Recently the Bethlehem Assembly of God Church in
Valley Stream held a "thanksgiving celebration" to thank the
community members who volunteered to help outfit her home
with a ramp and a handicapped accessible bathroom. Her family
is also hoping to purchase a van that can be made handicapped
accessible.
Standing I to r: Freeport volunteer Ken Bagatelle, Trustee Don Miller, Robert Bradford,
(Claim's husband!, Georgia™ Bonazura, (Elaina's daughter), Vincent Nigriello (Elaina's brother) and his finoncee Faith Nizin.
Sealed is Elaina Bradford and her parents John and Pauline Nigriello, along with her younger daughter, Samanlha.
- FREEPQRiTsiSMiiR&ENCY RESCUE CO. ^9-NSjfjjjmjNTEERS- -•
The Fire Department's Ememerrev^gMpampanv #9 is inviting anyone interested in becomJTOajmSrvgSo attend an "Open House" meet-ing
at its headquarters at 15 BroaowapniFreeport on Sunday, March 19, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Rescue Cjompany is looking for men and women
volunteers who are paramedics, emergency medical technicians, (EMT-B's and EMT-CC's) and anyone who might be interested in being trained as
EMT-B's t o serve a s volunteer fire medics. . ' - , , - , . ' .
HIGH SCHOOL
BOWLING LEAGUE
WINS CHAMPIONSHIP
The Lady Devils won the Nassau County High School Girl's Bowling
Championship by. beating 12 other qualifying teams and defeating the
Bellmore-Merrick bowlers, 5207-4917. High scorers were Michelle Austin
with a 245 game and Marjorie Frazier who scored a 230 game. The team will
go on to the state championship in Binghamton.
Coach Joe Austin with bowlers (standing) Lauren Swanson, Marjorie Frazier, Michelle Austin,
Kimberh/ Swanson, (kneeling) Jessica Graver and Christina Olson.
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FEBRUARY, 2000 www.FreeportNY.com THE HOME OF CHAMPIONS
MAYORS GLACKEN AND GARNER PROTEST COUNTY
BUDGET CUTS TO LOCAL AGENCIES
Joining with more than 100 representa-tives
of local charitable and social services
agencies, Freeport Mayor Bill Glacken and
Hempstead Village Mayor James Garner,
.along, with ^Hempstead Village Trustees
Lance Clark and Hezekiah Brown rallied in
money covers the cost of the center's pre-K
and Kindergarten programs, the after-school
program, the Boys Group, Teens Group, Girl
Scouts, counseling programs and the sum-mer
day camp. Funding for ^he-Evening Start
for Adults program, which provides English
these clients so they can either find a job or
move beyond minimum wage positions."
Mayor Glacken and Mayor Garner met
with County Executive Gulotta and with the
newly installed members of the legislature
including Patrick Williams, representing the
Addressing the rally in front of the County Executive building in Mineola, are Mayor Bill Glacken and Hempstead Village Mayor James Garner.
front of the Nassau County Executive
Building recently. Mayor Glacken called on
the recently elected county legislators and
County Executive Tom Gulotta to restore
approximately $10 million in cuts that were
made to the budgets of the Nassau County
Youth Board, the Department of Mental
Health and the Department of Drug, and
Alcohol Addiction.
There are several agencies located in
Freeport which are affected by the cuts. The
Freeport Family Community Center, located
in the Moxey Rigby Housing Complex has
lost its entire budget of $186,000. That
as a second language instruction, and a com-puter
literacy course for both young people
and adults was also eliminated.
"These services are provided to the
working poor," explained Mayor Glacken.
"The childcare programs are for youngsters
in single parent families or families with two
working parents. In some cases, the parent is
holding more than one job just to make ends
meet. They desperately depend on these
programs in order to remain in the work-force.
Other cutbacks will eliminate lan-guage
skills programs and the computer
training courses. Both critically needed by
First Legislative District; Joseph Scannell, rep-resenting
the Fifth Legislative District, and
the Legislature's Presiding Officer, Judy
Jacobs. Both mayors explained the devastat-ing
effects the cutbacks are having on their
constituents. "It is unconscionable that
Nassau County would cut off the very ser-vices
which are critical to the survival of
these-families," Mayor Glacken said. "The
County is solving its fiscal crisis by depriving
vital programs to the very people who are
the least able to afford the cuts in funding."
FREEPORT HONORS NYIT WINNERS
I was in Washington, D.C. recently
attending the U.S. Conference of
Mayors when President Bill Clinton
delivered his final State of the Union
address. The following morning he
spoke to the Conference of Mayors
during a breakfast meeting at the
White House. Oh both occasions, the
President emphasized how critically
important it is for Americans to accept
our wide range of diversity and
encouraged tolerance and respect
among the various cultures, races, and
ethnic populations.
It occurred to me while listening to
both speeches that the nation has at
last caught up with what has been the
reality in Freeport for decades. Just like
some new product that is initially test-ed
in a mid-size market before being
distributed nationally, our Village has
practiced tolerance and celebrated
diversity for decades and today
Freeport is the model for other com-munities
on Long Island striving to
become culturally diverse.
Years ago our school district recog-nized
that in order to successfully edu-cate
our students, there could be no
neighborhood boundaries separating
our children. Freeport's schools were
reorganized based on educational
interests and the age of the students.
Today in our village, you seldom hear
children describe their friends by race,
religion or ethnicity. They describe
them as friends. In Freeport, our differ-ences
are not an issue. This is obvious
to anyone attending a school celebra-tion,
sporting event, music perfor-mance,
scouting activity, or just watch-ing
youngsters playing at the village
Recreation Center.
I had the same sense of recogni-tion
that our community was ahead of
the wave and has been for some time
while watching television this past
New Year's Eve. Without leaving home
it was possible to see the residents of
Auckland, New Zealand welcome the
new millennium. Later in the evening,
one could watch celebrations in London,
Paris, Rome, Cairo and Beijing. The live
television coverage of those events
was a powerful statement indicating
that we have truly become a global
community. As one country after
another welcomed in the 21st
Century, it was obvious that our simi~
larities as human beings far out-weighed
our differences in race, reli-gion,
culture or nationality.
Freeport's success as a community
is due to the ability of its residents to
respect the diversity of more than 64
distinct cultures while knowing how to
work together for the common good
of the whole village.
It's time for the nation and the rest
of the world to catch up.
PACK 18 CELEBRATES SCOUT WEEK WITH
ANNUAL BLUE AND GOLD DINNER
Standing I to r: Jordan Ward, Jose Saavera, Adam Daniels, Kevin Burgess and Anthony Chipe.
Sitting, I to r: Laura McNeill, Stephanie Stein, Maeve Gutmann.
Mayor Bill Glacken was invited to
distribute the patches earned by the
scouts in Pack 18 at their recent Blue
and Gold Dinner. The Mayor congratu-lated
the youngsters and reflected on
his own years in scouting. "I value the
years I spent in scouting. I learned
some very important lessons such as
discipline, cooperation, team spirit,
tolerance and respect for others. I also
had a great time on camping trips and
made a lot of good friends," he
added. The Mayor urged the young-sters
to follow the Cub Scout motto to
always do your best.
The scouts thanked Cub Master
Artie Juers for his many years of dedi-cation
to scouting and to the members
of Pack 18. Mr. Juers is stepping down
from the position of Cub Master after
six years but he will remain active in
scouting. The troop also thanked Jim
and Jo Lucci for their support and ded-ication.
Pack 18 has been going strong
for almost 50 years.
Several youngsters attending the
Blue and Gold Cub Scout Dinner posed
for a photo in front of the Census
Bureau poster at the Recreation
Center.
Students attending the New York
Institute of Technology's School of
Architecture were invited to design a
new urban plan for Freeport, one
that would give the central business
district a definite identity while con-necting
it to other areas in the village
including the newly renovated
Woodcleft Ave.
Mayor Glacken congratulated the
winners and thanked all the partici-pants
for taking part in the contest.
"Each entry provided some thought-provoking
element which will help in
the process of revitalizing and
improving Freeport," Mayor Glacken
told the students. He added, "I hope
the time you spent learning about
our village will influence your profes-sional
and personal life. Perhaps your
future assignments here will be actu-al
projects and you will also consider
making Freeport your home."
Mayor Glacken discusses the merits of the different design projects with
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FREEPORT OFFICIALS THANK SENATOR
FUSCHILLO FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANT
Freeport Mayor Bill Glacken
recently accepted a check from New
York State Senator Charles J. Fuschillo
for $150,000. Chief Michael
Woodward said the grant will be used
by the Freeport Police Department to
fund special programs aimed at reduc-ing
over-occupancy and youth violence
in the Village.
Joining the Mayor in thanking
Senator Fuschillo are, left to right:
Freeport Assistant Police Chief Arthur
Burdette, Trustee Don Mauersberger,
Mayor Glacken, Sen. Fuschillo, Police
Chief Michael Woodward, Hempstead
Town Receiver of Taxes. Angie_Cullin,. ._
and Trustee Bill White, Jr.
"FOCUS ON FREEPORT" DISCUSSES CENSUS ISSUES
Mayor Bill Glacken recently
interviewed two representatives of
the Bureau of the Census on the
"Focus on Freeport" cable television
program, Joseph Post and Jose
Acosta, both Community Partnership
Specialists. Mayor Glacken
announced that he will appoint
Deputy Mayor Renaire Frierson as the
chairperson of the "Complete Count
Committee" for Freeport. The com-mittee
will be made up of local rep-resentatives
from the community.
Mayor Glacken explained that
Freeport was probably undercounted
in the 1990 census which indicated
the total population of the village
was 40,000 people at that time. "I
believe we were far closer to 45,000
then and might very well be up to
50,000 total population now," said
the Mayor adding, "the population
count effects the village in a wide
range of areas including the distribu-tion
of more than $200 billion in fed-eral
and state funding.
L to r: Jose Acosta, Mayor Bill Glacken, Deputy Mayor Renaire Frierson, Joseph Post.
