PBA Sponsors
Valentine's Day
Luncheon for Seniors
The residents of the Rev. John J. Madden senior housing com-plex,
as well as those in the Rev. Timothy C. Peternana Terrace and
the Rev. Dr. E. Mitchell Mallette building, were the special guests
of the Freeport Police Benevolent Association recently. The vol-unteer
police officers and Freeport's elected officials, Mayor Bill
Glacken, Deputy Mayor Renaire Frierson, Trustee Don Miller and
Judge V. Roy Cacciatore participated in the annual effort to pro-vide
a hot, catered lunch to local seniors. "We do this as a way of
saying thank you to the community," explained PBA President
Philip "Mike" Flood. "This is just one of the many ways the
Freeport PBA contributes to the good of the people of Freeport,"
said Mayor Glacken.
Among those helping to serve the meol to the seniors at the Madden complex were Mayor Bill Glacken, Trustee
Don Miller, Officer Steve Marigotta, Freeport Kiwanis Club Past-President Juanita Dash, Deputy Mayor Renaire
Frierson, Judge V. Ray Cacciatore, Officers Rick Greenwood and Shown Randall, along with PBA President Mike
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Young Lee-Segredo
Performs a Musical Tour
Soh Young Lee-Segredo posed with her family, friends and accompanist. Left to right are: her son Upn Lee Segredo,
her husband Gus Segreda, Mayor Bill Glacken, Ms. Lee-Segredo, her son Daniel Lee Segredo, Dr. Ann Zalkind,
pianist, her son Peter Zalkind, and the Rev. Steed V. Davidson, Pastor, Freeport United Methodist Church.
Surrounded by family,
friends and guests, Freeport res-ident
Soh Young Lee-Segredo
sang songs of faith and inspira-tion
chronicling her physical
and spiritual journey from her
native Korea to New York. She
described a child's early reli-gious
experience and how it
grew into a deep and abiding
faith during her recent concert
performance at the Freeport
United Methodist Church.
Titled "Make a Joyful Noise
Unto the Lord", the concert
highlighted African American
spirituals, Korean and Hebrew
prayers, an operatic aria and
several popular tunes, all
breathtakingly rendered by her
beautiful voice. Ms. Lee-
Segredo teaches fourth grade in
Hempstead, music and dance at
a daycare center in Rosedale,
and performs as a singer and a
Korean storyteller.
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MARCH, 2005 www.FreeportNY.com THE HOME OF CHAMPIONS
Welcoming New Faces
to Freeport's Police Department
Three new recruits are set to enter the
Nassau County Police Academy, and upon
their successful graduation, they will join the
village force. The three new officers will
replace retiring cops. They will join Police
Officer Fredis Pereira, who just graduated
from the Academy this month and has report-ed
for duty.
Freeport's finest has a well-earned
reputation of providing one of the fastest
response times to calls for help of any police
department on Long Island. In addition, it has
become a model for innovative programs for
other police forces nationwide. Police Chief
Michael Woodward explained, "Our depart-ment
was recognized by the U. S. Conference
of Mayors, along with other organizations,
for its unique community outreach projects.
Freeport's school and home intervention pro-grams
have been copied by other law
enforcement agencies around the country
and have been found to be extremely effec-tive
in preventing young people from becom-ing
involved in gang violence."
Mayor Bill Glacken greeting new recruits Donetta (umberbatch, Jonathan Smith, and Sandy Lara along with Police Chief Michael Woodward.
The assignment of Freeport Police
Detectives to the Long Island Drug
Enforcement Administration Task Force and
the FBI Gang Task Force has provided the vil-lage
with additional law enforcement
resources to address urgent community con-cerns
without having to expand the size of
the village's police department. Federal pros-ecution
and sentencing guidelines have creat-ed
a stifling effect on the ability of drug deal-ers
and gang members to operate in Freeport.
Freeport's most recent crime statistics
show a 40% decline in the overall crime rate
with an 8% reduction in criminal activity in
2004 alone. "We are particularly proud of our
police force," said Mayor Bill Glacken in
greeting the new recruits, "these brave men
and women are an integral part of our com-munity,
and are one of the reasons this village
is such a wonderful place to live and raise a
family. This type of improvement doesn't just
happen by chance, it happens as a result of
the leadership of our Police Chief Michael
Woodward and the dedicated men and
women who serve on our police force," he
added.
Nassau County Executive Tom Suozri, Freeport Officer Fredis Pereira, Police Chief Michael Woodward and Nassau Police Commissioner James Lawrence.
MAYOR Freeport Launches Pilot Project to Protect Local Waterways
Our children are our most precious
asset, and as parents our most important
job is to instill in them the values and
habits that will enable them to live inde-pendent,
happy and productive lives.
In the twenty-first century this is
easier said than done. As the cost of liv-ing
has risen, two-paycheck households
are not only a necessity, but also the
norm, rather than the exception. In sin-gle-
parent households, the pressure is
even greater to hold the family together
while making ends meet. And there are
many households in which parents care
not only for their children, but for their
own parents as well.
We stress the value of education,
and urge our children to stay in school,
study hard and to graduate, and to avoid
becoming involved with drugs or gangs.
We give as much of our own time to our
children as possible, but we know that
we cannot be successful unless we have
in place a strong support network
of friends, neighbors, clergy, teachers,
school officials and even local govern-ment,
all working closely together
promoting the safety and well-being
of our children.
In Freeport we have built such a net-work.
Our parks and recreation center
are filled to capacity virtually year-round
with thousands of children and adoles-cents
participating in athletic, recre-ational,
cultural and artistic activities
sponsored by the Village directly, or con-ducted
by non-profit organizations such
as PAL, Freeport Little League, Arrows
Hockey, Boys and Girls Scouts, and the
Arts Council at Village-owned facilities.
At the Recreation Center, there are
nearly 2900 active members in the 15-to-
19 year-old category alone. Parents,
teachers, police officers and firefighters
volunteer their time teaching not only
their own children, but their neighbors'
children as well not just how to play a
sport or engage in an activity, but also
the values of teamwork, fair play and
good sportsmanship. In all of these activ-ities,
the Village is heavily involved.
The Village also works very closely
with the Freeport School District and
Superintendent Dr. Eric Eversley to pre-vent
our children from being attracted
to drugs or gang activity. Under the lead-ership
of Chief Michael Woodward, the
Freeport Police Department has imple-mented
strong mentoring programs in
the elementary (Adopt-a-Cop), middle
(Middle School Communication and
Activity) and high (Gang Awareness,
Suppression and Prevention) schools. All
of these programs involve the voluntary
participation of the dedicated men and
women of the Freeport Police
Department, without whose help these
programs would not be possible. In
cases where circumstances warrant it, a
police officer will make a home visit to
parents and family members of young
people believed to be involved in gang
activities. This has had a strong deterrent
effect, and is one reason why the overall
crime rate is down 40% in Freeport over
the past eight years, and 8% in 2004
alone.
It is said that it takes a village to raise
a child. That is certainly true in Freeport.
Inquisitive Youngsters Visit
The children in the
Columbus Ave. kindergarten
class had a lot of questions for
Mayor Bill Glacken when they
met him in his office recently.
The youngsters wanted to
know all about the responsibil-ities
that go with the job of
governing the village. One lit-tle
girl suggested that the
Mayor has to make a lot of
important decisions. "That's
right," said Mayor Glacken,
"my job is to discuss issues that
affect everyone in the village
with the four other members
of the Board of Trustees, and
find solutions for problems like
filling in potholes, paving the
streets, and eliminating flood-ing
during storms." The
Mayor explained that Freeport
has its own police and fire
departments, which provide
safety and security for every-one.
The children also toured
police headquarters and the
Village Court.
Mayor Bill Glacken and
Trustee Don Miller recently took
part in a demonstration of one
of the new storm drain filters
which will be installed on select
street drains located around the
village. The device is called
StormBasin, and was created by
Fabco Industries Inc. of
Bohemia. It is designed to cap-ture
sand, trash, vegetation,
oils, grease and other pollutants
from storm water runoff, and to
protect the canals and bay areas
that make up Freeport's water-front
area.
"This project is part of our
continuing commitment to find-ing
solutions to preserve and
protect our environment,"
explained Trustee Miller in intro-ducing
the pilot program.
Mayor Glacken added, "We are
examining this and other
devices to protect our surround-ing
bay areas, and the maritime
industries of recreational and
commercial boating which
depend on Freeport's clean,
healthy waterways." Pictured in the photo at the demonstration of the StormBasin product are: Fabco Industries COO Dominic Chang,
Mayor Bill Glacken, SPLASH President Rob Weltner, South Shore Estuary Reserve Director Jeff Fullmer, Trustee Don
Miller and Kleenwater Technologies VP Edward J. Whelan
Congratulating club President Carol Sparaco is Mayor Bill Glacken, alongside club Treasurer Ed Martin, with
Trustee Don Miller, and Steven Rhoads, representing Councilwoman Angie Cullin and Judge V. Roy Cacciatore,
who is a member of the Exchange Club.
Since its founding in 1925, the
Freeport Exchange Club has assisted
thousands of high school students
with scholarship money to assist
them with college tuition. "Our
organization awards $1,500 to out-standing
Freeport students each
year," explained Treasurer Edward
Martin, whose father, William
Martin, founded the Freeport
branch of the national organization
80 years ago. The club selects six stu-dents
for the student-of-the-month,
and one student-of-the-year, who
usually goes on to the state and
national competitions. Freeport has
had several statewide winners.
Anniversary
Mayor Bill Glacken presented
the club officers with a citation com-mending
them on the club's many
achievements. The Exchange Club
assisted in establishing the Freeport
Little League organization in 1952.
Among its more recent contributions
to school programs was a donation
to help defray the cost of the
Freeport High School Select
Chorale's recent performing tour of
Birmingham, England. For further
information about the Exchange
Club's activities, you may contact the
club's President, Carol Sparaco at
516-378-2525.
Mayor Bill Glacken surrounded by the youngsters in the Columbus Ave. kindergarten class.
Mayor Bill Glacken, joined by
Trustee Don Miller, Judge V. Roy
Cacciatore, Hempstead Town
Councilwoman Angie Cullin and
Dollars for Scholars Treasurer Jim
Parola, recently took part in the offi-cial
puck dropping ceremony for the
Arrows Hockey tournament at the
Freeport Recreation Center ice rink.
Judge Cacciatore was one of the
founders of Arrows Hockey. The
Dollars for Scholars organization rais-es
funds to cover the educational
expenses of worthy Freeport stu-dents.
In the past, recipients have
attended such prestigious universi-ties,
colleges and vocational institu-tions
as Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins,
Penn State, Hofstra, Potsdam,
Queens College, the Eastman School
of Music, and the Culinary Institute
of America.
Dollars for Scholars welcomes all
donations. For further information
you may contact Jim or Madeleine
Parola at 623-1041, or send a contri-bution
to the Dollars for Scholars
Fund at Freeport High School, 50
South Brookside Ave., Freeport, NY
11520.
Trustee Don Miller and Mayor Bill Glacken, along with Councilwoman Angie Cullin and
Judge V. Roy Cacciatore, joined Jim Parola at the official opening ceremony.
