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)Iete iates next Citizens Alliance Seeks Federal Investigation Of Homesteading Program FREEPORT i T ie “ North East Freeport Citizen Alliance has asked the. United , States. At* tornoy‘^ Civil Rights unit to in vestigate charges, of racial dis crimination in the Village o f Free- port’s homesteading program. According to Freeport’s Citizens Alliance. . chairman Herbert Hughes, the Nassau County District • Attorney’s Official Corruption Bureau has notified them that such civil /rights m a tters‘ fall “'primarily . within the jurisdiction of the • Federal government.” • (Last week, Ed Grilli. from the D.A.*s omce. told THE LEADER that “ our investigatioa is closed in Terms of criminal activity.” The D.A.’s office, he said, apparently (urn.ed up no evidence of a crime having been committed. Grilli also said that they had sent the matter on to H.U.D. (issue of March 12,1981; page 8). The citizen group presented its charge o f racial bias in the home stead program, which offers re claimed and renovated aban doned houses to applicants at federally subsidized, below- market costs, to the U.S. Gerk’s office in Westbury for delivery to Miles Tepper, Chief of the Civil Division of the U.S. ‘ Attorney Eastern District in Brookjyn. **The Village has acknow ledged that it reaches out for white applicants without making Ihe sameVffori to ^ttfact blacks/*- said Citizens Alliance member Helen Wynder. “ Freeport Mayor William H.'White has stated that the figures in our research ate ‘probably correct.’ and that the •Village docs 'definitely encourage white applicants to file.; ” ’ The North , East Freefiort Citizens Alliance group released .a 10 page report, in January, charging that the village was violating feder^ income and anti- ‘discrimination guidelines. . Of approved applicants. (>5% were white and 35% were non white. said their report. The group recommended that \all future approvals should be granted to white and minority . applicants on an equal, 50%-50% basis.” ' **Evcr>' year, the Village is required to certify in its applica tion for federal funds that no person shall be denied the bene-r fils of any federal program on the ground of Vace. according to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.’’ Hughes concluded. “ The Village has clearly violated that cerUficalion, and that is why we* arc-seeking a federal investiga tion o f the Homestead program.” Cdngrafvlations... to the Winners— Majoj William H. .White - Trustee Dorothy. Storm Trustee Al Sirlin - Village Justice Ralph Franco Jacob Posh Inc. Office Space -120 to 2,000'sq. ft. Awards Presented At (^lumbus FREEPORT - Awards for Academic Achicvv'ment in ' Reading and Math and for Citizenship wer^ presented al the Coiumbiis ’ Avenue .School’s recently held Awards Assembly. Twenty-two Academic Achieve ment Awards recognized pro gress in math and reading. First grade math winner was .Katie Kelly, with Billy Rivdriqucz , as runner-up. . The Second Grade Reading Award wont to.Nathaniel Cherry. Kimeca Murphywas first runner- •up and Stephen Cache second runner-up; tiie Second Grade M a th Award, was presented to Leo Ferricn; with Stephen Cache first runner-up and Maureen Fragosa second runner-up. In third grade, the Reading Award winner was Dean Cassi- .maiis, Nicole Hook was first runner-up and Adelaida Rivera second runner-up. The Math- Award in third grade went to , Keith Simpson.. Barbara Floury was runner-up. Kenyatta Barnes second runner-up, and Yardley Mingo third mnner-up. Tara Robinson won the Fourth Grade Reading AwariT” Kisa Grate was first runner-up and Karol . up. Math winner fourth grade was David Sanguinetti. Shalique Barnes was ' first ninner-up. Donnell McClam second runner- up. and Jose Quezada third runner-'up. The Citizenship Awards were . won by William Gilliam {Grade 1). Kathleen Merecka (Grade 2), Donnamaric Hclfrich (Grade 3), and McGinn (Grade 4). Prior to each set o f awards, the Columbus Avenue School Cheer- leading Squad, created , prior to last month's Awards Assem- bly, performed a cheer. HISTORY WRITERS. Freeport winners of the local OAR American History Essay Contest were pcesented with their medals at a recent meeting of the Ruth Floyd W o ^ h u ll Chapter NSDAR. Photographed at the meeting were (I. to r.) front royv: Chris Kontcek, Jennifer K.alr, John Parley, Matthew Geryck and Bob Ennis. (Winner Steven Connor is not in the'picture.) Mrs. Mary Yahner (1., back row), OAR Essay Chairman, and Mrs. Emily Daube (r., back row). Chapter Regent, 'welcomed the young people, their families and teachers. DAR Essay Winners Announced MORE FREEPORT NEWS NEXT WEEK pREEPORT • Local winners of the DAR American History Essay Contest were honored at a recent meeting of the Ruth Floyd Wqpdhull NSDAR. Chapter Regent' Mrs. Emily Daube welcomed—the—young— ^ opUr their parents and teachers and Mrs. Mary Yahner, Chapter Essay Chairman, presented medals, assisted by Mrs. Walter' DeVries, New York State DAR School Chairman. Siver Medals were presented to the first place winners: David DeFusco of Baldwin Harbor . Junior High School; Todd Schlif- stein of the Baldwin Elementary Schoolsr ~ Matthew Geryck, Freeport’s Dodd Junior* High School; and f^ r is Konicek, . Atkinson Elementary School in Freeport. Bronze medals were presented to the second and third place • winners. At Baldwin Harbor -Junior High School, (hey are Michael Zimmerman and David Frazer; at Baldwin Elementary SChook, Beth Waladyka' and Stacey George; at Dodd Junior High School. Steven Connor and Bob Ennis; and at Atkinson Sehool Kair. The subject of lhis~ yearns contest w*as “ A Military Leader of the Battle of Yorktown.” This year marks the 200th anniversary of the battle. More than 200 essays' were written by the elementary and junior, high 'School students in the Freeport and Baldwin schools. Mrs. Charlotte MeShea and Mrs. Gladys Leidef, members of the local chapictT and Miss Arlycne Mullins, —a former teacher at Atkinson School. spent hours reading and judging the essays. (Editor’s note: See photographs of Freeport winners this page and Baldwin winners on page 9.) /• Patronize LEADER Advertisers • 378-1488 ; ! / BEnER KIDS CLOTHES ...Since 1902 •J P says- '(P GETTTHE PHYSICAL FIT WITH SEDGEiTELD! jlK lgi^ield Do-Nothing® Scissors Palace III (formerly Head start II) Now Open To Serve You In A Really Professional Manner We are the Royalty of Perms & >laircuts Precision Hair Designing for Men • Women • Students • Children m ifAvs wTTK is<c. Denima __ ___ _ _ _ • A ll C o tto n ! t - .A U N a t u ia l! 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