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Vol. 35 No. 32
MSSN earns another award
Kiefer race hits the beach
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Remembering Long Beach’s Geri Yellin which tissue similar to the lining of the uterus, the endometrium, grows outside the uterThe annual kickball tourna- us. Despite her illnesses, she found joy in life and was deeply ment honoring the memory of Geri Yellin, of Long Beach, who involved in raising her daughdied in 2018, at 47, after a ter, Brooke Yellin, now 22, of lengthy illness, will take place Island Park. Brooke said she learned that at Lincoln Orens Middle School when her mother was born, in Island Park on Aug. 10. The annual Momma Yellin’s “she was the color blue.” “She had 5 percent oxyKickball Classic, gen going to her which started in brain,” Brooke 2022, raises funds explained. “Her for the Geri E. Yelldoctors (said) that i n S c h o l a r s h i p, she would never which is awarded have a normal life, to a Long Beach she’d be a vegetaHigh School senior ble after two weeks who exemplifies BRooKE YEllIN — and then she the characteristics Organizer, was still OK. She G e r i e m b o d i e d : Kickball Classic was the embodistrength, bravery, ment of determinadetermination and kindness. There will be a num- tion and going against the ber of games throughout the odds.” The scholarship is the Yellin day, and prizes will be raffled off by local businesses. Money family’s way of ensuring that raised from entry fees, sponsor- Geri’s spirit lives on by supships and purchases on the day porting students who share her of the tournament help fund qualities. Yellin was a stay-athome mom who was dedicated the scholarship. Yellin, a longtime resident to raising Brooke, her only of Long Beach, was born with child. Now, Brooke’s father, Ian, congenital heart disease and works two jobs to help put her faced numerous health chal- through college. “My mom was with me every lenges, including diabetes and endometriosis, a condition in Continued on page 9
By KEPHERD DANIEl
kdaniel@liherald.com
Courtesy Town of Hempstead
town Supervisor don Clavin, right, and representatives of the atlantic Marine Conservation Society released orzo, a turtle that was found cold-stunned last fall, into the ocean on July 25.
Turtle’s return to the ocean marks a conservation win By ANGElINA ZINGARIEllo azingariello@liherald.com
Orzo was much more than a variety of pasta last week in Point Lookout — it was the name of a local reptilian hero who had made a remarkable comeback. Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin, representatives of the Hampton Bays-based Atlantic Marine Conservation Society and barrier island residents celebrated the release of a rehabilitated Kemp’s ridley sea turtle named Orzo into the Atlantic Ocean at Town Park Point Lookout on July 25. The Kemp’s ridley is one of the most endangered species of sea turtle, and Orzo, who was given the name by the experts at
the society who cared for it, was discovered last fall in a cold-stunned state. Sea turtles are unable to regulate their body temperature, as mammals and birds do. For some species, including the Kemp’s ridley, their body temperature is dependent on the environment, which requires those in colder climates to seek warmer water during the winter months, by swimming away from shore to deep water or by migrating south. Cold-stunning occurs when sea turtles are exposed to unusually cold water and become lethargic, which is potentially lifethreatening. When the ocean temperatures drops below 50 degrees or so, their lethargy can leave them unable to swim. According to Continued on page 5
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y mom supported all my dreams.