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i ;ss THE Lfjaa ESUBUSIIEDi931, ---------- ------ ASXX'ORMONfnr service Published every Thursday by the Frtferortreeporti Leader. Inc. - !8E. Sunrise Hwy;r Freeport. N.Y. P-O. Box 312 Telephone; FRS'3133 PHI CE: 25 cents pir copy, S8.50 a year. $14 for two year* by malt. Outside Nassau County' $10 a year. S«cond d « u postao« p«k) al Fraeporl. N«w Yor% (U9FS 307*3201 Composition responsibility: Not tlabla beyond cost of s p ^ occMPi^ by error. and pay iT ^ off M. ICATIONS Pubiisrter: tra Keller Managing Editor: Ahoda Keller Baldwin Eaitor; JoenOelaneY^ Circutatlon: — -Jto>ce kteeiAonlgle. Production: EUeen Dudek IngrtdLswhsS. John Oswald Joanne Paradlne Evan Keller ' Qlofla Snalth Staff Writers: Clinton Matt David A. VIeser, EdSUrerman Marian Harv/e, David E. VIeser Advertising: Photography: Cartoons: round - about With Rhoda march , w h ich COMK in like a UON (« bit of not-ilwty.. inie^bttlore) »nd goes oUl lite t Iimb.fMcept for M occiHooiI I “bliaird H’Ajpnl) U « t o d of hijtus owiilJi. bridging the gip between '^ r nor ^eoonrT tttlm g rtliC C T rfrt’uddiugoftp i u 'g p l .o a ii lv c .u irc M o n to hope...untR the neit morning’s weslher report leDi us snow. sn nntooTO sfld unpredictsble snmunl. U possibly on lU wiy. But this Is thelimetocstAnp.J'vedesnedmydeskattheofficesolcsnseobire wood sgiin (ind even polished it); started throwing oullist year’s magaiines, coBecting dust a t borne; restralghlened out my closef to take stock of what 1 have, what I need, and what I probably can’t oossibly afford; Ih o u ^ about taking the car in for i wash and w u ■ • ' * ’---------’ -e pjane reseiva- ^Editoriat A few years ago* somebody had the com mercially crafty idea of bringing a holiday* time temporary flea market to the Coliseum in December, ' We grimaced and groaned and editorially opposed such a concept that would allow short-term sellers to use a tax-payers' owned facility to the disadvantage of local tax payers, and the proposal was defeated.' our main streets, to enterprises which ’ contribute to our local economic prosperity, employ our residents and pay village, town and other school taxes, as well as sales tax. The use of the Coliseum, which was buQt by people using their tax dollars, to compete . in such a way against local merchants is an unfair use of our money. The Coliseum was ~But a similar Idea has again surfaced, It appears, in a plan approved by the Col iseum's management to allow a promoter to hold an Easter-time Holiday Fashion Bou tique and Accessories Show there. Similar plans are being discussed for June (summer buying time) and August (back-to- —school buying tim e ),z:3lIII\ - ________ .All are prime times for retail merchants who make most of their money in short periods. We have never liked the idea flea a temporary consumers* mart and turn over a fast buck for here this week and gone to somewhere else next week store. • All year round, through slow season and in prime time, when things are good and when they are bad, local merchants keep rteirrstpresTopcnTAH :ycat.round,-Uiey-pa^ taxes and are there to serve us. markets, what some refer to as the ' Wder- ftround economy.\ We bclicyc-that4b^Arc- We don't believe that government, even though it has engaged the use of a manager fpr Its facilities, should aid j<rfumy-come- sometimes retail outlets. an unfair competition to the retail stores on - — We caution govemmehf not .to bite t h ^ -hand that feeds it.\ ■ Uons so we c*a attend commencement exercises a t both of our'sons* '^univenitl^ ^ MARCH IS ALSO THE MOhfTH of one of the b iggest social events of the year in Freeport: THE FREEPORT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S aanoai lasttUtUon Dtnner/Dancc, whirii this year honors two of my most favorite - people. LEADER ^COLUMNIST, Village historian * CLINTON M E IZ has been selected as the Chamber's Man of the Year; . and CHARLIE MEHRMANN.jjne'of the village’s sweetest and most hard-working residents has named GUxeo of Che Year by the Chamhcf** Ladks* AnriHary. We all join in wishing Charlie a speedy « recovery. He’s been ni for a while now and, although we suspect he won’t be able to male the dinnCT, the warm wishes p f ill_sttending_ should mend him even faster. For those wish to join in the tribute to rjiTit and Charlie, and to outgoing Chamber president. LARRY GREBINAB, and incoming president MIKE OCERA, tickets are avail, able at the Chamber office. Just call F K ^ 7 ^ , weekdays, 10. am- 2 pm.'The date, by the way is Saturday, March 24th at SALTY BAY AROUND TOWN...Bamped into MARIO BLANCO, former Free port realtor and hair striist, who Is' back from several vcai VegisZAfaiiQ mSs«Lcs.aU,-he-tays, especially his famibr: broUiCi . M anad d d ^ a l d o . He is opening (actually ndght have already opened ' R.by the time you read this) a real estate office in Rockville Centre, s o - as you come down Sunrise H i^w a y and you see the sign, MARIO BLANCO, you'll know that’s his office. JACKSON FAMILY CELEBRATES BIG...March is abosy month for the JaAsonJamflY nf FreetKwtAwhh-no less tfan msamm HiS PET PEEVE Dear Rhoda. R /C«l fUnAM. I was pleased to read in your column (hat you have pet peeves minutes if he did that. I think further (hat. if the bikes were removed from the Mall, more of our adult customers • might shop here. As a middle- aged person, I know bow intim idating it is to walk on a Mall and to look up at one or two cycUsls ceicbritioiis within the same week. GlORlA JACKSON VIESER (wife of Fire Department columnist Dave Vieser) celebrated on Marrii ^ DOUGLAS JACKSON, son o f Ken and EUeen o f Btookride Avenue, celebrated his on March 5th (Doug'is the youngest o f the group'at the tender of three); and proud dad and granddad FRANK JACKSON celebrated sxiother big one on Mairii 6. Frank is a fonnes Freeport Fixe Department Captain and fotider VilUge Electric Department fbrenun. on the Mall. The word should apreed that the vKlage Is tough oncyctlalaontheMan.) FTAThankYous Dear Editor. - Tbe Atkinson School PTA spon sored the annual Disco Skate for - We understand t joint birthday b ash was held o n March 7 to celebrate Ihe fifth ind tta h grade gnpO, __ -------- --- - » ” » i ^ P P « U l , - l r i r y o u T f 5 5 i r - t S S B E U 5 ...B E m LAKCMAN, the heiul w .itre« H air mine. As a Freeport Mall merchant and as a Freeport resident and as a taxpayer on both scores, I am peeved — no, concerned — about the incidence of bicycle riding on the Mall. I am aware (hat a village wMrl, It-kriftiijiHy- unenforceable. I am also aware of the concerns of my neighbors and ^ W® iT w w T h lH V r^tten my % EESTAUHANT AND CATERERS fa BHdwfa b u pet peeve off my chest, the ball comments indicating that the ennooncedher engagement 16 IRVING STEIN of O c e a n ic. Bet^ is resis «1lh gmugrten enJo,«l the even- fae«mlofRonnfa Dr»goon, owner of Ben’,. ConghUalilioM on yoai T ub De plain cm Uiief Steve W ^ . C%ief Wenk has told’os that the press of Freeport,.and the Village Trus tees. Let's see what you can do with it. mented on t b ^ cooperation and SmccrelY, , bshavtoai We are i u i uumd Uf Chet Barkan theml (EDITOR’SNOTE:I’m o u m y ll the ,PTA cusiomerr. people who do shop but only of omlltlnB wh»i U one ol Execnlive B o y d w ^ to e r p r y on ihe Mill, that they »UI be struck down and hurt by young* * sters on bicycles. 1 say (hat I am concerned be-~ cause I sense that, sooner or later, someone Is going to be hurl by a bicycle being ridden on Ihe Mall and that the village will eventually be sued for a very Urge amount of money, since the village is charged with the responsibility of maintaining the Mail. . I am sure that Chief of Police ^ a r and Mayor -White and the other members of our Village Biard of~Tmstee* would not like to see the notoriety and the claims that would accompany any bicycle-rcUted accident on the Mall. I spoke to one )'oung c)clisl after he had nearly caused aii elderly Udy cardiac arrest by narrowly avoiding hitting her. •! suggested to him (hat he lock his bike onto the rack provided at (he entrances to ihe Mall. He laughed and told me that the bike w-t'uld be stripped within ten Chet Barkan In niy extreme -leoce and coK»»ation of the annoyance and indeed frustration '■ following people: J^m at the bicycle riding orrThe'MlII. Jeffiles.'\M r. Fnnk Johnson, When walking on the Mall (and I tike being able to atroll back and forth across \the sireet,'* I find myself wishing I was a 6 ’6” burly guy with a.thick stick so I could physically stop the cyclists who ride down the Mall area with such disdain for other people. I don’t believe the (aw is un enforceable...It's fust rtot deemed Important enough to enforce. hut Chel, you're right. Some ’ one of these days, aomeone will realty be physically ln{ured by a cyclist. I have one suggestion. A kind of metal ridge sunk in the street surface,'perhaps at the entrance to tha Mall, which would cause punctures to the tirae of bicycias ridden pail the barriers. The only problem Is that the Mall must be kepi free for use of emergency vehicies. Seriously, w t suggest that for several days, at least, a police officer should be auigned lo •CONFISCATE ail bicycles ridden •n. Mr. Rkk Lehmin, and the Recrealioa Departmeol Staff. In addition, we would like to ac knowledge: Mr. George Crape, the school secretaries, the teach ing staff, and assistants of A t ^ - son Schoerf; the members of the' specUl police staff assigned to supervise the parting area <k the Freeport Recreation Center; the many (over 50) parenta who volunteoed to assist with serving refreshments and supervisisg the activity; the members of the Free port Public School Cafeteria Setvfce and our young D J ., Craig Slegner. Co-opcfatioh and oommnnkat- Uoo among many groups of people in our community pro vided a safe and enjoyable even- for more than 250 studeoU. We deeply appreciate everyone’s effdrts. .. Yours truly, Execnlhre Board, Atkinson FTA persons saying they Me representing the Nassau Cooidy Firemiric Assodation have been soBdting donalions'from local burinesses, with the daim that their orgamzation-indudes the Freeport Ftre Depart ment. No way, says Steve Week. The orgknizatioo Has no relation lit all to o ut k c a j, bardwotting vamps, who cdndact their owii frmd^aismg efforts once a year. STOP m AND SAY HELLO to ED AND MARIE ARRANDALE. next time you’re in the area o f the Qus'kflU. The fonricr'Ftecportec* bavejost purchased the 14-nnitSAWYERKIlX MOTEL, in Saogerrics. N.Y., located near the New York Thioughway, exit 20 . CAMPUS'CORNER,..GAIL SCHAFFER, daughter of Eleanor a n d ' &tgene Schaffer o f Maiylind Avenue, Freeport,*bas been named to Dean’s list at Syracuse U n irenity's C o lle^ o f ArU and Sdeoce*. A Baldwin High Sdioci graduate, GaB is the secootfof fbor'diu^iters of Eleanor and Eugene Schaffer. He b a partner In the Uw firm of H intt and SdiaBer tn Freeport, GaB’s grindpixents, Shirley and Louis DeMov «8d Fanny Schaffer are all long-time F recpateis. m e l o d io u s m u s ic MAKERS...E(gfit students' at F^ceport’a , Dodd Junior High Sdiool p aitidpated in the Junior High School AB- Coonly Concert Program at Calhoon High School Ifib semester, in the. Orchestra concert WMvfeCnist SAMANTHA BOULUKOS; in Ihe Band ®®ooert was MATTHEW MAGNH, trw b o tte; in the Chorui coDceti were JESSIE HARRIS, JOSEFH KELLY. IAN MANNING, VICKY SCHAUB, ROBERT SMITH and ELAINE VENTER. The *tadents were selected for the An-Counly program based oO Ccacber reran r o d a tio n s and solo pcrfiainances judged al New York'Stste School Music Association corapetifions: - a n eq
