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Vol. 31 No. 31
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Emulating his father’s work Learning from his first year, teenager runs a growing landscaping business near the end of his freshman year at Baldwin High School, and discovered that it was a When DeMarcus Hawkins, m u c h s t e a d i e r s o u r c e o f 15, launched his landscaping income, as well as great sumbusiness, he extended his mer exercise as he prepared for father’s legacy into the yards the high school football season. and gardens where he now His father became his mentor, works. The incoming junior at because Anthony, too, had creBaldwin High ated a landscaping School realized that business in his teen he was the same age years. as his dad, Anthony “Landscaping is Hawkins, when he hard work,” embarked on his DeMarcus said. entrepreneurial “But it also pays journey. of f doing it: It’s “History is fun, and has a lot re peating itself,” of benefits, with DeMarcus said. exercising being On the Spot one of them.” Home Services is Last year, one of now in its second the biggest chalyear of operations, DEMARCUS lenged he faced as a after its inaugural budding businessHAWkINS season of lawn care man was his age, last summer, with Teen entrepreneur which prevented DeMarcus making him from driving. adjustments based on things So he relied on a bike trailer he’s learned along the way. and pedal power to make his He began his entrepreneur- way around Baldwin. The trailial career in eighth grade, but er was packed with electric on a different path: washing tools instead of gas-powered cars. That lasted for roughly a ones, though that environmenyear, DeMarcus said, until he tally minded policy posed its broke his leg in a bicycle acci- own set of challenges. dent, which brought the work “Not everyone had outlets,” to a halt. Continued on page 5 He switched to landscaping
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St. Christopher’s Feast and Festival returns Community members in Baldwin and its surrounding areas enjoyed the sights and sounds of the St. Christopher’s Feast and Festival from July 19 to July 21. Story, additional photos, Page 10.
Brooklyn artist calls Baldwin home Christine Stoddard’s work on display throughout August By HERNESTo GAlDAMEZ hgaldamez@liherald.com
Brooklyn-based Christine Stoddard, a Salvadoran-American interdisciplinary artist, was selected as the Artist of the Month for August at the Baldwin Public Library. Named one of Brooklyn Magazine’s Top 50 Fascinating People, Stoddard will showcase her diverse portfolio at the library throughout the month. Raised in Arlington, Virginia, to a Salvadoran mom and Scottish father, much of her work has focused on storytelling, whether through writing, performance pieces, film, or a combination
of the three. Her subject matter includes gender, folklore, the environment, technology, immigration and disability. “I’ve had a parallel of careers,” Stoddard said. “I am about to enter the Documentary Film Program at Columbia’s School of Journalism, so I will be returning to journalism in a more concentrated way and bringing my visual skills to that.” Her work often incorporates anything from mixed media to sculpt abstract forms. She draws inspiration from a tapestry of influences: her Salvadoran mother’s heritage, her father’s Scottish roots, her upbringing in Virginia, and her Continued on page 9
t makes me feel like this is meant to be, because everything is working in my favor.