Freeport Little League Sets the
Dates for Signing up Players,
Coaches, Managers and Assistants
It's time to remind
youngsters interested in play-ing
on the Freeport Little
League teams next year
about registration dates. The
organization held its first reg-istration
session November
16th and 17th at the Freeport
Recreation Center. The next
registration dates scheduled
are January 11th and 12th
and again in February on the
8th and 9th, from 10 a.m. to 2
p.rn~orf froth weekends."
Youngsters from 5-years-old
to 18-years-old, are eligi-ble
to join Little League. The
fees range from $55 for the
younger children to $145 for
the older players. If the
youngster has not been regis-tered
with Freeport's Little
League before, parents will
need to bring either the
child's birth certificate or
passport. The organization is
also looking for parents,
grandparents, brothers, sis-ters,
aunts, uncles, friends of
'the players, and'Tny^• rt>ef?l-&\
interested in helping children^
learn about America's
favorite pastime, to' sigh up
as a volunteer. Even if you are
- only available for one or two
events, the Freeport Little
League wants to hear from
you. Contact the organiza-tion
at 516-623-9635.
Freeport Library offers
Students Assistance with
Reading and Homework
For youngsters who may need
to improve their reading skills or
would like help with their home-work,
the library is offering two_
Jjflgarate programs. Reading
^Partners is a free, half-hour, one-on-
one program for students in
second and third grades. Tutoring
takes place Monday through
Friday, from 3:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.,
and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11:30
a.m. Among the tutors are mem-bers
of the Freeport Retired and
Senior . Volunteers Program
(RSVP).
Homework Express provides
help with any subject to students
in the first_thrpuc|h jixth grades,
two afternoons a week, Tuesday
and Thursday, from 4p.m. to 6
p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m.
to noon. Both programs are free
of charge. Anyone interested in
signing up for assistance or in vol-unteering
to tutor the youngsters
may call the Children's
Department at the Library at 516-
379-3274.
HEAP Program Available to Help the Needy with Heating Costs
For those individuals who may have dif-ficulty
paying their heating bills this winter,
there is help available. The Home Energy
Assistance Program, (HEAP) assists low-
- income-households in meeting-the-high cost
of home heating.- Families or individuals who
either pay a separate heating bill, or whose
heating costs are included in their rent, may
be eligible for a one-time benefit each year.
Eligibility is based on gross monthly income
and household size, and is targeted toward
adults-60-years-old and overj-persons-who-are
disabled," and vulnerable individuals
including children under the age of
eight-years-old. Individuals over 60-years-old
may apply through' the Nassau County
Department of Senior Citizens at
516-571-7777. All others should call the
Education -&—Assistance—Corporation -at-
516-565-4327.
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www.FreeportNY.com THE HOME OF CHAMPIONS
Visit Santa and the Winter Wonderland
at the Freeport Recreation Center
Come join Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus at
the magnificent winter wonderland at
Santa's Workshop, complete with gingerbread houses and trains will be located at the Freeport
Recreation Center until December 24th.
Freeport's Recreation Center this Holiday
Season. Santa's workshop and the special dis-play
of trees, toys, train sets and a candy
shop officially opens at 6 p.m., Saturday,
December 7, 2002. Santa will be available to
greet youngsters and^hearthejrMliday_wjsiL
lists that evening and every day until
December 24th. The schedule for-visiting
Santa is 12 noon to 2 p.m. on
Saturday, and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on
Sunda". Durinn the week Santa's
hours ' will -be 4 p.m.
to 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to
8 p.m., Monday through
Friday, and by appoint-ment
for school classes.
Please call the Recreation
Center if you wish to
schedule a school visit at
516-377-2314 ext. 15.
The festivities at the
Recreation Center will take
.place following the Annual
Lighting Ceremony of the Holiday
Display at Cannon Triangle, on Sunrise
Highway and Church Street where
there will be a Creche, a Holiday tree,
Menorah candles, and a Kwanzaa dis-
__pjay/Lhe_eyent_wjlJ begin at 5 p.m.
The Freeport Skating Academy will pre-sent
a special Holiday on Ice program at 7
p.m. at the Recreation Center rink. The sixth
annual show will highlight the youngest stu-dents,
the three and fourLyear-o!d skaters;
and the finale will include Santa Claus in his
sleigh.
More than 40 trees are decorated in many different themes to celebrate the Holiday
Season at the Freeport Recreation Center.
*l oin the 'Toyj s for• Tots' Holidavj Progt?r"am
, Rre Department Executive Director Roy li
Santa Claus.
Mayor Bill Slacken and
"Let's make this holiday season a
very special year for the less fortunate
youngsters among us," said Major
Chuck Kilbride, chairman of the
United States Marine Corps' Toys for
Tots program, .as he invited some 200
members of Nassau County's govern-ment,
civic, and business communities
to join in donating toys for disadvan-taged
children this holiday season.
The program has been in operation
for nearly 55 years. It depends on the
voluntary contributions of toys, ser-vices
and support from concerned cit-izens
to make the holidays happier
and brighter for needy children.
Freeport's Police Benevolent
Association and Fire Department have
long been among the organizations
providing substantial support and
assistance to the Toys for Tots pro-
• ^gram, by donating and collecting tons
of toys over the years. Ray Maguire,
Executive Director of the Freeport Fire
Department, explained, "This is a pro-gram
everyone wants to take part in.
It makes us feel really good to help
out these kids during the holidays."
Mayor Bill Glacken invited Freeport
residents to donate new toys, books,
games, and other items for children at
the special collection boxes at the
Recreation Center, the lobby at
Village Hall, Police Headquarters, and
all of the firehouses throughout the
Village.
Honors Its heroes OB Veterans Day c/
The Village of Freeport is one of only
three municipalities on Long Jsland which
owns and operates an electric utility,
enabling the village to provide electrical
power to local businesses and residents at a
substantial savings. Over the past year, the
Board of Trustees has been exploring a vari-ety
of options in an effort to replace two 34
year old diesel generators currently in use at
Power Plant 2 with modern, efficient equip-ment
in order to continue to deliver safe,
environmentally clean, low-cost electricity to
our customers.
The proposal calls for the installation of
two new gas turbines at the Power Plant No.
2 site, one owned and operated by the
Village and producing 47 megawatts of elec-tric
power, of which 10 megawatts would be
sold to LIPA for thirty years; and the other
owned by a developer and producing 44
megawatts of power, all of which was to be
sold to LIPA. Previously, the Village had
selected PP&L Global as the developer of the
second plant.
Recently, as you may have read, negoti-ations
between PP&L Global and LIPA ended
without reaching a final agreement.
Currently, the Village is pursuing alterna-tives.
The immediate option is for the Village
to lease the second site to LIPA, and to allow
LIPA to find a developer. The other is for the
Village to entertain proposals from other
developers, and to select one to replace
PP&L Global. Within one week of PP&L's
withdrawal, the Village has already received
inquiries from at least a dozen developers.
There may be other options as well which
are worth pursuing. In any case, the Village
is moving forward with the project to
replace the aging diesels with modern gas
turbines.
Freeport's electric utility customers
enjoy reliable service at a substantially
reduced cost compared to other utility cus-tomers
on Long Island and in the metropoli-tan
area. That is just one of the many rea-sons
that so many families are attracted to
Freeport, where they are able to purchase a
home at an affordable- price and comfort-ably
meet the monthly utility bills, an accom-plishment
that might have been out of their
financial reach elsewhere on Long Island.
Freeport's reliable, low-cost electricity
also plays a major role in attracting new
businesses to the community and in encour-aging
established firms to invest in future
expansion and development. .The industrial
park, located south of Merrick Road, boasts
a near-zero vacancy rate as commercial ten-ants
enjoy the advantage of substantial sav-ings
on electricity. The downtown business
district anticipates two major building pro-jects
within the next year, the construction
of the Main Street Mews and the develop-ment
of the Plaza West complex. The devel-oper
of both projects, Time Equities, Inc., rec-ognized
the benefits of the village's owned
an_d_p.perated utilities in terms of cost and_
delivery of services. In addition, Freeport's
working waterfront area, the 'Nautical Mile,'
which saw a complete renovation and revi-talization
over two years ago, continues to
thrive with restaurants, stores and gift shops
either opening or expanding along the
length of Woodcleft Ave.
I am determined to move forward with
this energy project, ultimately reaching an
agreement that will ensure the construction
of a new Power Plant No. 2 generating facil-ity
capable of delivering clean, safe, reliable
electricity at a significant cost savings to
Freeport's utility customers.
Mayor and Deputy Mayor describe their
Jobs to Bayview Ave0 School Students
Mayor Glacken describes the voting process to the youngsters in Mrs. Larkin's class.
Deputy Mayor Frierson listens to a question from one ef the students in Mrs. Thome's class.
Mayor Bill Glacken and Deputy
Mayor Renaire Frierson spent a recent
morning with the Bayview Ave. School
children at their Career Expo explaining
to the youngsters what their village jobs
involve. Mayor Glacken-described the
election process and how he was chosen
to be the Mayor of Freeport to represent
all of the people in the village. "I quite
often travel to Washington, D.C., or to
Albany, N.Y., to meet with congressional
representatives and state legislators, to
ask for funding to improve the roads,
streets, and other important structures in
the village," Glacken told the youngsters.
Deputy Mayor Frierson told the students
that she attended Bayview Aye. School
and graduated from the Freeport High
School. Ms. Frierson described her college
years at Hofstra University and her expe-riences
attending Boston University
School of Law. The youngsters wanted to
know how long it took to finish college
and law school. Ms. Frierson encouraged
them to study hard and plan for their
future, explaining that they must set
goals and then work to achieve them.
"Freedom is not free,"
declared Mayor Bill Glacken in
articulating the theme of the
Veterans Day Observance spon-sored
by American Legion Post
342 at the Freeport Memorial
Library. "I believe Veterans Day is
one of the more important holi-days
for our country," he said,
explaining, "as Americans are
once again preparing to fight on
foreign soil for the freedom and
safety of ourselves and others,
we are reminded of those who
came to the United States in the
past, just as so many people do
today, seeking freedom. These
brave men and women are ready
today, as their predecessors
were, to pay the ultimate price..
They have signed up to join the
Attending the memorial ceremony were, foreground, Past Commander Ed Martin, Police Chief Michael Woodward,
Mayor Bill Glocken, Trustees Bill White, Jr., and Don Mauersberger. In the background, Director Stephen Pagano
and the members of the Select Chorale.
armed services and sacrifice their
own lives in order to ensure that
others will live to enjoy the very
freedom these brave individuals
sought for themselves. This is
what makes us all Americans, our
determination to preserve and
protect the ideals of truth, hope,
freedom and equality."
The event was dedicated
to Past Commander Charles
Jackson who managed to coordi-nate
the program from his hospi-tal
bed. Freeport High School's
Select Chorale performed several
musical selections accompanied by
pianist Ellen Schutt and directed
by Stephen Pagano. The group
closed the ceremony with a stir-ring
rendition of the "Battle
Hymn of the Republic."
Giblyn School Students
Police Chief Michael Woodward accepts t-shirt from one of the Giblyn fourth graders. Police officer Dove Brodsky with the students of Mrs. Gould's fourth grade class. Directly behind him are (left) Officer
Tom Williams and (right) Officer Gene Hall with Mrs. Goelz's fourth grade class.
Fourth grade students at the Leo F. Giblyn
elementary school officially 'adopted' their
individual police officers at a special ceremony
held at the school recently. The officers will
attend class functions, correspond with the
youngsters and foster a personal relationship
with them. The program was.developed seven
years ago by Police Chief Michael Woodward"
as a means of building a bond between the
youngsters and,the policev officers. Over the
years, many.of the children and the officers
have remained in close contact. In many cases,
the officers have provided guidance and
assistance to teenagers facing the difficult
adolescent years.
Led by school principal Harris Chandler
and teacher Mary Johnson, the students sang
several songs before each class presented their
particular police officer with 'adoption papers.'
Eleven officers joined the youngsters in seven-classrooms
to learn more about one another
on this first official visit. "The Adopt-a-Cop
program has had a very positive impact on.
Freeport's school children," explained Chief
Woodward, adding, "it provides them with
mentors and role models who help them deal
with the many challenges of today's world."
