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FR tiro?.-: :-H.-'oruAL librarv s litu r a c K ROAD FR£E£ ORT U Y U 5 £ 0 80 FREEPOST IMDWIN ROOSEVELT MERRICK L eaber FREEPORT'S Oflllllll NEWSPAPER 44lh YEARNM9 FREEPORT. NEW YORK, SEPfEMBER 6,1979 nUCE 20* PERCOPV Stabilization Meeting Sept. 12^ Freeport Says Wednesday Eve, Session First Ever Open To Public ■0 COME AND SEE Adele Lawrenee'o Soft Scuiptgres. samplas^f orhtch *'sar* for the above studio portrait. The sculptures will be lust one of the many demonstrations and exblblls at the Freeport Arts Council's Second Annual Creative Arts Fair and Street Festival. The Fair will be held at the Freeport Recreation Center Saturday and Sunday,.Sep- tember 8 and 9. The Street Festival will take place Saturday, Sep tember 6, 10 am-5 pm. on the Freeport Mall. (Photo by David Mbskowitz) • . Arts Council Plans Weekend Arts Fair And Street Festival FREEPORT • A weekend foU of craft, art and Tccrcatiohal activities is planned Cor the second annual Creathm Aits Fait and Street Festival ^ o s o r e d by the Freeport Arts Couhdl, in coojunctitm with the . Freeport Recreation Depaxtmeni and the Retsll Divbton of the Free-' port Chamber of Commerce. The Fair wUl be held at the Freeport Recreation Center Saturday and Sunday, September 8-9, 11 am^ and a folk dance in which ail can 4:30 pm. The Street Festival will participate, take place jSaturday, September' • 8. 10 am-5 pm. on the .Freeport Goodbye To Its Tug Boat Annie FREEPORT • The largest of Freeport’s chartered fishing boats stayed moored to Its dock this past Sunday as its crew and mends and family of Dotty Berkowitz, Its 76 year old owner, attended her funeral in Queens. Woodcleft Canal's own \Tug Boat Annie\ is gone, but the hundreds and hundreds of people who enjoyed a day's nshtng — **’*~Slafstreairi”\n7 before that one of the other ships of the Capt. Jack EHshlng neet, joined In a last goodbye. Dotty Berkowtz died of heart failure at South Nassau Com- . eaunltieo Hoa^tal^on sIDtunday. 1 • A ugu^ y),.bot tbfc^ioamwataA of ' tile d e ^ , done by this.often described as \g ^ - h e a r ted \ FREEPORT • The first public meetlngpf the village's Afilrmatlve Housing and StabllUation Committee wui be held Wednesday. Sep tember 12.8 pm, at Village Hall, 46 North Ocean Avenue. Michael Kirwan. coordinator of the committee, stressed that all residents are urged to attend. Special letters of Invitation have also gone out to civic associations, . houses of worship, etc. ^ rtprcsenlaiive of the New According to Klrwtni the York Secretary of State’s office session will focus on Freeport's will be present at the Wednesday \successtul stabllUauon enotts evening public meeUng. lie will and (he role Individual residents answer questions from the can play In contlnulns programs audience. The StablUratlon --...Anwne whohas anlnvestment Committee works closely with the Uzs-ims—communUy—owes—it—to—Dcpaftinen(-of-the -Secir t aT)- of themselves to join us on Septem- Slate in the monitoring of the real **“• * ' ' ” estate field. An opponuntty for Freeporters to receive training berl2. The vUlage's...age' Affirmative Housing and Stabilization ComxttititteeU about 2V6 y e m old. will , . - . nina In selling of houses In the village also be lady are part of a colorful history which made up her life. \She was. rough outside, but she had r heart of gold,\ her day. mil run to and from the Recres- ' hreeport^'^^** Center, and the Streets inc^le - \ - ' id . nd scs tn the village viu. WUI ftiso DC outlined at the For Us first two years, its paid meeting. Using volunteers. ■ Homcflndcrs Service. Crook of some 60 houses,* • , ■ resigned sever«l months aM. Her \Freeporters have good caUse fuoctkm as Homcflndcrs ^ rv lce to be proud of their community.\ director is now Hiled by Marilyn Margcdics. whose part-tbne posi tion is also a paid one. Kirwan. Mall. Activities at the ___ ^ ^ Recreation Center. wiU incfo(I4 portraiture and a slide presenla- - tion on \The Varieties of.Sculp-' ■ ' ture” by Freeportcr- Albert -Highlighted dunns Satorday $ how she can^ for their elderly ~~TciIisrThefe will be a arts-r aetiviues-oa the iAsll will.btithei-_:;5sd-aU;ng-parenls=bef£jrej4h» andctaftsbootbjustfordiUdren. preview opening of me ^ p p r t deaths. \Very fewehUdren lake A writing workshop will be Arts Council W orkshop/Gall^. care of their parents the way my ..cOTdurted by authOTB5l Bri ,iitcr dkJr’^-trothcr Jack-Hoch- anothcr village resident. Brittain ■ communty^wide • pinhole photo- -------- ^ - will aplaln the pTocedure for graphy project. A demonstr^km submitting material for pnblica- u etchm^ techniques ' is also tkm and offer a critique of writing planned. The Workshop/Gallcrv s^ p lo s .' ts located at 10 Newton Bouie- yard. Dolly Berkowitz captain Richie Kissinger her. and one of Mrs. ^rkowitz'i brothers made sure that ‘ eulogy included a descriptli' director of the village’s Human Rights Commission and ■ full time village employee. Is pre sently ser^^g as the Stabilization Committee's coordinator, ^ t Other committee members,are vUltse emplovees Marilvn Mov- nlhan. Marion Harvie and Village Oerk Tom DeVlncenzo who acts as the . committee's Uason to the Board of Trustees; and com- mumty residents Gwen Aleals. Thelma Johnson, Ruth Hauck. Joanne Paradine and Anita ALBANY - Too .Freeport Landau. All members were nfoups have reccnily received appointed bv the Mayor with the awards from the New York Mproval of the Village ^ a r d . gtaic Council on the arts. The Community members iw lv e an preeport Arts C4*unc«rs gram annual stlMnd of SSO>, 55 475 , and the Free- p»>ri CommiTniiy Concert Asv.>cr- . compensation.- _ (Cont.on Pago 11) to be proud of their community.\ Kirwan stated, \and they are becoming more and more aware ~ of its assets as they become involved In introduring their village Jo the many new. middle- income couples we are attracting. We have a success story we will be telling on the twelfth and with the hcip.of those in attendance, it will continue to be a success story,\ Kirwan concluded. Freeport Groups Receive Grants ALBANY ■ A workshop of improvisatiooal' theatre win be led by EdieDgvtf. ■ te R s e n tin s the pcifbnnmg arts wiD be the little Dance _ CoDpaay. a itroCingjbaibmbop quartet, and poetry i =F«eepe«6F= ----------- AS fair-goers oui take a free chance to win an orimzial punting and pick up . a pamt„fayh_.to man ^ id . Her friend’’and neighbor, Jean Peters, tried tearfully' to retell some of the many tales of years o f ' owning'a fishing fleet that she had bctfd from Dotty. \She took care df so m^oy people, so many members of her famfly,\ Mi- Peters said, \and she loved arritnals too,*' Mrs. Beiio witx had toppemag” i t tb e R c c tn tk m more than i w ^ fa c t o 'i l i e ~lW«pati Bated pobBsbed poet. - ■ . ' . - __ e n t e r . ______ _ _ ■ The d m n e prognm i t th e , ■ .. - -^BeoeatkiD—CeBter—v iO v -dw —^ rA d n iiuiao-ta b i i - i t the ..................... iad a ie »-ChiB<!ie-Aactie«trT^»eae»lioirCeateiH»~^Z30tM’ f “B g '' 0 'Buet;~rpiito, ________ ________________________ T. SI far idalti. l a d 5(X fcr iadiridoiD, designed b a ttoom u i .dnldren under 12. There is o s ' campoter t^hiits. There win tlm admttsioo diarge a t the MaO. For be detDonatratioas <ii baton Rntber hdoonaiion call the Arts > tanrfing. fendpg.' a ^ 1 s^ g a s it t. .CQac^n6^;2Zt*2S2Z. ' , - ■t. TbtOW88g t HA U ^ a : rna aantor oi »iiioi> wau wiaewTaewvwi w i f M end. h - h H . Billy WOfton/ PooiM Giotdane., JoKph U*»M.!rgud<|y:. Sctnnaling and Tim erannigan; and lop row; Donald Hanlon. Thana Szilagyl, Andy Worrell. Jpaaph Taalagroae. Cbfli Dial atJCoiia) Tom . tConConJ’aflaeW)- .;^- 1 * ^ - - - ftienda said, was abo the heahU- eatoiiBeislaiils:— ; Dotty' BerbowiU was bom