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Garden City Turkey Trot marks 45th year

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Board, residents discuss St. Paul’s, process ahead BY RIKKI MASSAND

At the Village Board of Trustees’ October 27 meeting members of the public as well as trustees debated the process ahead for St. Paul’s, and whether the Board should spend taxpayer funds on a construction cost estimator at this time. The agenda for the meeting included an item to hire Westerman Construction to estimate the costs of possible construction at the St. Paul’s Main Building. The proposed contract would have paid Westerman $69,000 for services. However, the Board decided to delay awarding the contract. During the meeting, the trust-

Did you sign up for this year’s Garden City Turkey Trot? Long Island’s largest Thanksgiving Day road race will mark its 45th anniversary this November in Garden City! The annual Garden City Turkey Trot, a longstanding community tradition, attracts runners from all over Long Island and beyond, including multi-generational families that have made the event a special part of their holiday. Whether you’re continuing the family tradition or ready to begin one, sign up is underway! Register online at www.gcturkeytrot.com to avoid late entry fees or in-person Thanksgiving Eve Wednesday, November

23, 2022 at St. Paul’s from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. or on race day Thursday, November 24 beginning at 8:00 a.m. The Turkey Trot consists of three races: the Challenger Division Race for courageous special needs athletes, a 1.4-mile Fun Run and a challenging 5 Mile Race. All three races start and finish in front of St. Paul’s on Stewart Avenue. The Garden City Turkey Trot will once again benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the Muscular Dystrophy Association and The INN. Pick up your race bib and race T-shirt on Wednesday

night, Thanksgiving Eve, November 23, at St. Paul’s between 6:00 and 8:30 p.m. Runners are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items for the Turkey Trot Food Drive. New this year is a sneaker collection. The 2021 race drew nearly 7,000 runners and thousands of volunteers and spectators. The event is much more than a race. It is a well-established family tradition for so many in the community and beyond. Hundreds of volunteers - young and old alike - lend a hand and help make the race a success year after year.

ees listened as residents shared views on whether or not there can be progress to the next step, and how the Mayor’s Committee on St. Paul’s has done its work during the past months. Garden City’s final Town Hall meeting, which will solicit public input, will take place on Wednesday, November 16 at 7:30 p.m. at Garden City Middle School. The meeting’s topic is listed as “Demolition, Facadism, Adaptive Reuse – A Path Forward.” Mayor’s Committee member Frank McDonough spoke about an October 26th Town Hall meeting See page 46

Nassau Girl Scouts receive biggest donation in history BY GARY SIMEONE It was quite a shock for Nassau County Girl Scouts CEO Rande Bynum when she found out about the sizable donation to her nonprofit organization. In May of this year, $84.5 million was donated by Mackenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to Gil Scouts of the USA. The Nassau County branch was one of twenty-nine councils across the country

to receive a portion of the lump sum. “It was very exciting news because our organization had never received a gift this large and unprecedented in our a hundred four year history,” said Bynum, whose headquarters is in Garden City. “I was initially shocked and actually thought it was spam-mail when I first received an email about the donation.” See page 46

Astronauts to test GC students’ theory PAGE 12 DAR sponsors food drive for veterans PAGE 29