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I ■1 i I ■4 4 vi 4 Annual VUIafte appointments seepages Freeport • Baldwin SSih Year. K a 14 Freepon.N.Y. 11520 Official newspaper o f (he Village o f Freeport*Freeport and Baldwin School Districts Ihursday. April 6 . 19S9 23c 'Little Freeport'to rise on Bayview Avenue by Sue Morgan Ba>-%-iew Village b coming! if this sounds suspiciously like a new condominium projc^ or shopping mail, just check out the excitement in the air at Bay%iew Awnue School to discowr that Ba^iew Village win be a unique ebUd^sued *lown** complete with bmldi&gs, cars, streets and lands caping which will rise on the ScbooPi grounds oear its existing playground. The first-of-Hvkind play area iv a joisv effort of parents, teachers, admimstiaion and the kids themselves, and they have utidertaken a br^nstorming and fundraisiiv effort to make the colorful display model of stores, streets, school, homes and civic buildings a reality by Spring of 1990. While the project is ctHainly intended to entertain the kids who use it, they will be katning as well — about the meanihg and importance of community living with learning postihifitics eodkss and creative as individual teachers can make them,** enthuses Bayview parent D e b ^ Weber, chairperson of the project. The planners are confident that the Freeport community will join in supporting the venture, with merchants sponsoring mini ature versions of their own busi nesses arul even participating in the educational aspects of the completed village with demon- straiioRS of their occupations. Local businessmen Shelly Minkon of AUctaft and Tom Morritt of Sir Speedy Printing' Services have a l r ^ y signed on to share a ‘‘storefront\ which will bear their logos, and the Bayview Village Coffioittecplans to share their excitement with the Free- - port Chamber of Commerce at its luncheon at the Schooner April 18. The new village is also envisir! oned as the perfect spot for visits by the police and fire 4cpMrt~ menu for safety education. Meanwhile, the fondiamng effort is in full foyctat Bayview. Swcauhirts,sporu higsand even shoelaces bcarit^ the Bayview village logo, designed by one of the parents, have been told and resttlted in every Tuesday being dubbed \Sweatshirt Day,\ when kids and adolu alike appear with their newly purchMCd shirts and shoelaces (on shoes and as neck ties!). Raines of baked goods. candy houses and other parent- donated items have added to the vilUge'k growing nest egg. With warm weather coming, the next fundraiser will be a .t-shirt sale design to be dettimined by the rtsulu of -The -Great T-Shin Design Contest- In addition to\buiIding\$pon- sorships, the Committee is also seeking donations of materials such as bricks, morur. marine paint arvd pbwood. and hard ware, and the services of young- ai-beart masons, electricians, painters and etrpcaicn to buiU the clever designs of Bayview parents Tim Fagan and John Huber. be a kid hgaia knowing what 1 know now.~^\ the two fathers created an inviting layout of curv ing roads around a v ^ g e square which will be painted onto the pavement b e h i^ the school and occupied by cleverfy c^lapsible buildings which can be stored away at the end of each school day. Kid-powered can (and pos sibly firetnxks and police cars?) win travel the thoroughfares, tpriakJed with the appropriate traffic sign& Adding to the ambiance will be costumes to be rwi 4 t ^ *• . a r - ‘ SET THEY CANT WAIT unto this mocM of Bayviww ViBapo, a chOdafetd play and toarrthtfl town coc n p l^ with cottumoa and vM ciaaappama at BaYviaiwAvanuaS^col next Spring. From left ara Bayviaw booataia Mori Soaor, Oanyf Hayiila. Jaanina Oaldamaa, Oiovany Tonwa, Eric Morana, THfsny WOBama. Stavan Lammay and Shannon Wan. donned by the young \vQlagen.\ Potsch^ stretch timos and Ufflborghuus were among the vehicles suggested by Bayview kids aho excitedly responded to Mrs. Webex'k class visits to ask for thdr ideas. And how about tbetwin towers and McDonald^? Despite the unique aspect of Bayview village, the town is only one of three parts to the project. Also included will be a s athletic area featuring portable equip ment such as volleyball nets, bas- ketball hoops and tcthetball, and a walki^ wellness path fi^Jowing the perimeter of the playground with \(top stations\ for various aerobic activities. All three aspects o f ^ project win be available for use by other seboob and community groups. If the donations roll in as quickly as have the creatiw ideas from the Bayview community, the village should be a fah acom- pli in DO time. \Freeport is an enormously exciting community, one we*re all proud to be a part of,\ says Mrs. Weber. \We see tins undenakixig as an opportunity to teach our chOdren what it means to work together, to live together and to play together in a creative and instructive way.*' Truck Co.'s Newbery unopposed for FFD Third Assistant Chief by Dave y/ejer On April 6, the Freeport Fire Department wilt again elect a Third Assistant Chief from within their ranks. Exedaor Hook and Ladder Co. f I nomi- oated and unanimously endorsed Ex-Opuin Bruce Newbery for this p c ^ o n . A lifdoog Free port resident Bruce joined the Freeport Fire Department in May of 1968. He has held virtually every office in Truck Company and was Cap tain for two terms from 1974 to 1976. Bruce was Co-Captun of Truck Company*! very successful tournament team \The Dead End Kids\ aM held the state record for indrviduil ladder wfakh stood for three seasons. Acting in the capacsties ts Chief Instructor. Asristant Chief Instructor and memher of the depanments T raisinf Cenur Bdldiag Committee. Bruce has feeuaed h a departiDcal efforts on traxotag and safety. Bruce comes from a ftre vf nreftgbtcr in Concord. New Hampshire. In 1979 Bruce's professional' f i j ^ ^ i o g career b e ^ when he was appointed to the New York City Fire pepsrtmenL Presently assigned t o Rescue Company No. I looaied in uptown Manhattan, his duties are not just cdnllncd to nreffgbting but were expanded to include various major incidents (auto extraction, building coK lapses and water rescue emergen cies). Bruce is a certified rescue di\-er and during his 10 years of service in FDNY has been deco rated sesen times for bravery. Bruce and b wife Karen live on Roosevelt Avenue with their three children. Their oldest daughter Donna b a freshman at SUNY at Genesee. Daughter Pam b very actite in the junior class of Freeport High and vt-as recently elected President of the Key Club. Their son Brian b an d ^ t h grader in Dodd Junkt; High and b an avid lacrosse player. Clean-up of wetlands to begin by Joan Delaney ' Bruc* Nerwterv depurtmeo family. H» fmher Pwey b a veteran member with 35 y e a n wad hb brother David ^ 25 ycara in Truck Company. Hb hrother Gay b a proCeadooal The property on the border of Freeport and Baldwin, just ooith of Sunrise Highway behind the old Waierworb property will be tmdcrgobsg clan-up and preser vation efforts. On Sunday. April 2, members of the SouUishore Audubon Society, who have a management i p t t m t a l with Naasta Coamy rdathe to the property, are hrgtnniBg thdr effocu to irtani 'tke area to a \nature pnaerre which the pobGe can wm and kam from.\ In a phone interview with Tbe Leader. Audubon Society member Betsy Gnlotta spoke of a commhtee of 20 peopk who are beginoing the projM with a \walk through and ckan up of obvious litter and debris.\ Sub sequent plans can for \the devef- optaent oCcxbtingand new tiaih and cventoal idcotificatiOQ of flora and fauna. T h e Society abo hopes to write a tntil guide and p b a benches in the prtseve in the pcncesa of d ndoping tbe area (be pubSe edueatica and use. Several local peopk arc involved in the work of Society including Baldwin Senior High School science teacher Joe Gropp. who b President of tbe Soc^y, and Vice President and (Conservation Chairperson Joan Backereit as wcD as fialdwisites Jnoe Reilly and Peggy Corson. Mrs. Gulotta noted that tbe Sodety hopes to lUraet many other local residems to -partia- pate in the on-foiag ckasMip and preaervation efforts. On AprQ 11, Covqty Ezccutrvc TboaiBi Galocta wiO vist the area for a s II J O a A press coo- imrnmn
