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•• * “• • * 4 . V • ✓ I ■v . u ca (2 >- o: < 0£ a I CO § u TH E LEADER Freeport«Baldwin ESTABLB»CDtB 15 • . ASACOfcWUNITYSERVJCe ' Putishtr . M i T o s c t m PaiUursen Assistant PUiUstm: M jB /9 frw FftsfiOft Editsr SaM«in f d J c r CincUiabn; AdvanfsinQ Utnaffaf: Satnwms: Suakkxgan JoanOatu^ JofcaUacAlonigh- .UariTrtska ■ CAicrtJUMr OnidViasaf ' UmxicaFoqfa s Published Every Thursday By L&M PubHcations* Inc, PO Box 312, 23 So. Main S t, SU203,)=reeport, N.Y. 11520 - 378-3133 PRCE:2Sc»rttsp«reopy,$9 ty««r.$16lor2rM rt,S2l lor 3 years by tnal. . CXAide Nassau C o in v ' 111 t year. $202 years, $27 lor 3 yews • Seccm CUst postage paid a lFreepoa N.Y. (USPS307-32C) Conpositor^ responsijiliY Not babie beyond cost of space, occupied by error. A1 ads prepared-by our sta.*!, art wofK layout and ed.soriaf cordent rerruins aoie property of tm LEADER, and may not be reproduced in whole or in part wtdroutwrinenpermisaknofL&MPiMcaoana. ' . POSTMASTER; Sendeddretstf»anQeitoTHEL£ADCR.P080X3t2, FREEPORT. N.Y. ttS2O03t2. Jh9 c o m m u n f ^ nawtpspar •. tha gtu 0 that /r«(p« ho/d a coffl/nim^ r^ethac and tha spur that halpa kaap, n moving (oiwarxL FREEPORT CAT eyes his next meal? Barney, age 5. has been Irving well (bul hot ordinarily oh fresh fish) since he was*adopted from the Freeport Animal Shelter. . . •. photo by Roger Schrioidbr (9crT«y'i owner). Affordable solution? Rdundal^t Freeport • % a situation that just doesnT make sense to the average taxpayer, who asks why the welfare department is paying a motel S80 a night to pnnidc basic rooms for Long Island's homeless, sometimes for extended stays. • ' , ■ : The u n fortunate answer is that added to the cost o f buUd- irig affordable housing here is-the “not in my backyard sjTtdrome\ that delays a solution c\’cn more. Meanwhile# the neighborhoods whose aesthetic and cn\irpnm ental \*alucs arc being defended by the NIMBY troops a re fast filling u p with illegai rentals, including those owned by absentee owiicrs; Is this any better? The problem is not'unique to Long Island, and h solution being advocated in New England, New Jersey and Texas . might be worth looking into h c r c ^ well. ■ , Those s ta t« , like New York, are suflering the after effects o f a condom inium 'boom in which developers overbuilt.. AUOi the 1$86 T a x Reform Act made condos less attractive ■ to in\Tstors, who could no longer write o ff real estate losses . unlcss.they were a c thxly involved in managing the property. ’ , And it rcmo\’ed .uiccntivcs for developers to. build low- income rcaial housing. . The result: a lack o f affordable itntals and a surfeit o f oveipriced cdndomiiuums. ' Thesolutiom fprthestate to help low^ineoinefamilies biiy ‘ o r rent condominiums now in the custc^y o f federal r e ^ l a - tors or j w i sitting b n the'm arket. In C o n n m icut, the state ‘ proposes to start by helping nonproEt orgahizaiions like o u r Long Island H o m ing PartnersWp buy 500 condonumums, .; >ia grants and loans. T hese would then rented o r sold to lo wMneome families. This will stretch sfetc housing m o n ey,.;' because utuis can be picked u p for S50.000 o r S60.000 that cost $100,000 to build. THE NASSAU COUNTY Seniormobile ‘will be stationed at the R o o sevelt; . Senior Community Service Center at Bethel A.M.E. Church, 420 North Main Street, Freeport, bn Tuesday, February 6, from 10 ajn.to 3pjn. A Avmlable thioo^out the day will be information, referral and coanselliog, ' employment coanselling. issuance of New Yoric State Golden Park Pmses and Nassau County Leisure Passes, and representatives from ■ the County's Department o f Consumer Affairs and Office for the' Physically Challenged.. A LILCO ' information program will take place between 1 and Z pxm - . Free taxi service to the Seniormobne is available by calHng Cannon ‘Duu ai 37^ 6000. For more mfonnatioa, on564^90a A A 'SPECIA L happy birthday to ViTmifred Levy and D a p y Pettersen, both members of FreeponY Uni ted Methodist Church, who are edebrating thor ,94th birthda)s February 20 and 23’respectively. now the great-grandmother of six. Her address is 753 Mountain Oaks Parkway, Stone Mountain, Georgia 30087. . • • • .FORMER Freeporter ‘ SueNewmanisnow^ingin Stone MouiUain, Georgia, •with her son Bob, a *5? Freepon High School grad who attended the University' of Florida. A . note from M ri Newman's daughter- in-law tells us that Boh N ewm an; • S r .^ 'died ' Nov^ber n ;. 1989. The younger Mrs; Ncwmaiii hopa there might be **oki : Fre^rteis'* who might like to gk in touch w^h Sue, FREEPORT ROTARY recently hosted Anna Mary Christ, president of MAD- D/LI. who told the local service group how ihdr gen- ,crous donation of $500 hdped publish an educa tio n . children^ coloring book and’*'accompanjing . sets of crayons: The books have been distributed to 700 children in Freeport ekmea- taiy rehool health dassb as well as to Freeport cab . scouts! Freeport Rotariah Ed Friedlander created and : p roduct the *‘posithe mes- . sage book\ for MADD. Said by others; PRIME RIB lovers, take, note! The selection of succuleiit prime ribs was inadventmUy oimued from the list of e x u r ^ available ■ at the E r c ^ n Chamber of Commerce Installation pinner in - la s t week's Deceiving ourselves ^ Mayor Raymond Flynn of Boston has propos^ a similar, plan for selling foreclosed condos to first-time buyers for $25,000 to $60,000. ! Proposals for such afTordablc housing projects here may still face NIMBY opposition,‘but the cnvxronmenial/acs- thctic concenis be gone.Tbc units arc already there, and need the tender loung .care of hoincownOThip. And if the program reduces the numbcr.of Irondos op the market, the othOT should sell fiister. - *niis seem, like a solution that desovo study. Lcadct Beef caxcis, as well, as ihose who prefer chicken francaise or filet of soie, should call the Chamber for rerervauons at 378-7402. At its annnai gala March 9 at the Coral House, the 'pxam b er will install Joe Presti for a second tezm as its president, and honor Larry Grcbinar of Irving’s Men's Shop as Citizen of theYcac. - Tuesday's warm clear weather was such a reprieve from winter's h a rness it seemed improbable, forihe moment at least, that the aimosphiae could be at risk. Smog?. Impossible, Add Rain? Show us. ■ Tbesday suggested that until the effects of pollution become apparent to everyone, with smog curfews, neighborhood trees stripped of foliage, and garbage barges off every beach, U might be difficult to convince the population of its seriousness. The truth is, pcnnancni dam^e already has been dtxie. _ No nwuer bow many impassroned icievision documentaries, news stories,, and editorials give weight to mouhiing cavTrc»memal problems, they stiU seem unreal No matter how wrenching the accounts of Hurricane Hugo, we still act as if it can t happen here. Pdhaps we need to admit that percqjtion is the problem, before going any further. Fronu The East Harnpu» (N!Y.)Sia^^ Peinary 1.1990. WMBfeRS CRl Baldwin Board meeting at 8 p.m on Hastings Sire 21, and March 2 of publicly dis school district bi are in addjtio • scheduled mon lake place ni 8 1 Shubcit School i at Milbum Scho( School disirici budget vote is } - Last year, nutn ' budgets were dc spearheaded.by as well as negat going basis by i year, no doubt, i continue, ahd it . by finger^ poir County and officials. . 'While man) diversionary, elcmcm.Qf iru constructive ci kriow that the ] Awhich-pxiS toi s * a rate much hi ’much highcr i SchooVdisuic mandates Whic safety as well a increasing co . insurance and finger pointir explanations i the bottom lin< hand ^ d vote Baldwin who the schools, ar rnirid.. . It is import Board of. Edi ' year's budg< seriously than nights of budg a reading o fb be a real pub what is in cvi officials'spea . being “sacred • prefer to thin! ; Dick Smol Sound, a gi professional r style of mmn popular par scene will pr of Black Hisi Library on J '2:30 p.m. .'.Lui An “Africa
