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Girl Scouts build memorial bridge at dog park “Thank you so much everybody in Bellmore for pitching in and helping us to make this A dog’s collar now hangs on accomplishment.” “We’ve been having fun — a glossy rainbow bridge that sits at the entrance of New- that feels nice, and this is exciting,” Dinin agreed. “The bridge Road Dog Park. This bridge, installed by process of making this bridge members of Girl Scout Troop was wonderful. It was a won900 as a part of their Bronze derful feeling to make this Award Project, is a memorial bridge that will make owners for deceased pets made by the feel better about their past anim e m b e r s o f G i rl mals.” Scout Troop 900. The I n s p i r at i o n fo r Bronze Award Projthe project came ect is designed to from a similar petch a l l e n g e yo u n g memorial installascouts to meet new tion in Lake Lure, people, develop confiNorth Carolina. dence and to make a GABRIEllA There were no local positive impact in sites that paid MoNtANo their community. respect to fluffy famThe troop held a Girl Scout ily members, which ribbon cutting ceredrove the scouts to mony for the park’s new fea- create their own. ture on June 13. “We thought it would be The scouts of Troop 900 are nice to have something here in Audriana Petruccelli, Saraphi- Long Island, so a lot of people na Dinin, Caylen Schauder, who live closer to Long Island Gabriella Montano, Julia Fran- can come and put their collar cis, Julianna Hartwig, Maya on it,” Schauder said. “I can’t Smith, Lilyanna Massari and believe it happened.” Samara Grunes, all fifth-grade Troop Leader Carole Kuhnstudents at Shore Road Ele- Petruccelli expressed her gratimentary School. tude to all of the local busi“I think it’s amazing that we nesses who suppor ted the got to donate all this stuff; I troop’s progress. think that the dog bridge is “We’d like to thank Aboff ’s amazing,” Montano said. COntinuED On pagE 2
By JoSEPH D’AlESSANDRo
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Emmy-nominated performer David Hagerman came to Old Mill Road Elementary School for a magical assembly to close out the school year on June 20.
Magic in the classroom brings Old Mill Road’s year to a close By JoSEPH D’AlESSANDRo jdalessandro@liherald.com
Throughout history, wizards, magicians, and alchemists have been experts in mixing mystical presentation with real science. On June 20, one of the country’s most famous “Science Wizards” performed at Old Mill Road Elementary School in Merrick. David Hagerman became one of the country’s most famous magic-users thanks to his 2021 appearance on America’s Got Talent. His prolific work earned him an Emmy nomination, shows and even a performance for NASA. His flashy performances also have a unique twist: a focus on science education. “I’ve been doing school assemblies full time for 31 years,” he said. “My role in edu-
cation is more to inspire the students so they want to be taught, so they want to go and learn the science on their own.” Hagerman, of Missouri, first set foot on Long Island for educational shows 10 years ago. His show in Merrick is the latest in a tour of schools in every state in the continental United States. Hagerman engages the audience with tricks such as vortex cannons that launch fog rings into the crowd, conducting electricity through the human body to turn on lightbulbs, and more. Afterwards, he shares how air physics made the rings possible, or why electricity is sometimes safe to handle and other times dangerous to touch. The Science Wizard’s mystical theme COntinuED On pagE 12
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