Celebrating local businesses
Athletes attend unity summit
Honoring our veterans
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Vol. 72 No. 47
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He hopes to spur growth of Nassau Legion SUNY Morrisville, where he strengthened his understanding of the organization’s misKer ry Englander, a U.S. sion. “It’s so gratifying working Navy veteran and longtime member of American Legion with all the vets and vet servicPost 1711 in Levittown, was es,” Englander said. “Helping veterans — that’s appointed the what the American Le gion’s Nassau Legion is. It’s vets County commandhelping vets and er in June. Repres e n t i n g n e a rly the community. We 30,000 veterans served our country, across 52 posts, he and now we’ re now oversees serving our comefforts to support munity — simple those who served. as that.” Englander, 79, Englander’s joined Levittown commitment to aidPost 1711 in 2008, ing veterans was starting as historievident when he a n b e fo re b e i n g recently helped a named second vice fellow veteran with c o m m a n d e r. H e a staph infection became active in CoMMANDER transfer to the the Nassau County Long Island State KERRy chapter of the Veterans Home at American Legion ENglANDER Stony Brook for in 2020, serving as American Legion, specialized care. Nassau County vice commander of “He’s rehabilithe second divi- chapter tating there, awaitsion, where he ing his hip replacesupervised 15 posts ment,” Englander in central Nassau. said, highlighting his hands-on After three years in that approach. role, he was promoted to adjuEnglander’s advocacy has tant. His journey toward lead- also extended to pushing for ership included training at the reopening of the Mitchel American Legion College at
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Hitting the stage with a familiar fairy tale Students at Seaford High School are set to perform ‘Peter and the Starcatcher,’ a prequel to ‘Peter Pan,’ on Nov. 22 and 23. Story, more photos, Page 3.
Sabrina Asadurian gives her all at international lacrosse tournament By CHARlES SHAW cshaw@liherald.com
A lifelong passion for playing lacrosse has paved the way for Wantagh High School junior Sabrina Asadurian to compete in the Brogden Cup, an international lacrosse tournament for some of the best youth lacrosse players in the world. The event took place the weekend of Oct. 25-27 at USA lacrosse headquarters in Sparks, Maryland, where Asadurian competed as a defensive player on the USA Select U16 girls’ team, which is made up of 24 top players, all 16 and under, from across the United States. According to a report from USA Lacrosse Magazine, the USA Select U16 and U18 boys’ and girls’ lacrosse teams secured the Brogden Cup
for the fifth consecutive year with a flawless 16-0 record, defeating teams from the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Ontario, and Japan. The Haudenosaunee Confederacy, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy, is a group of six Native American nations with a rich lacrosse tradition. Asadurian has played lacrosse since she was in the third grade, but she never would have believed that her years of playing would lead to this accomplishment. “It was just such a great experience to be able to play and connect with players throughout the country,” Asadurian said. Asadurian is a three-sport high school varsity athlete, playing point guard in basketball and libero in volleyball, in addition to lacrosse. She also plays lacrosse for the Long Island Jesters Continued on page 9
t is so gratifying working with all the vets and vet services. Helping veterans — that’s what the American Legion is.
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