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Vol. 60 No. 25
JUNE 19 - 25, 2025
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United for Change honors four students retired administrative assistant Michelle Cadogan, formed what kdaniel@liherald.com they called the Say Their Names O c e a n s i d e H i g h S ch o o l Association, which has since seniors Ameerah Maignan and transformed into the United for Abigail Medouze and Valley Change Association. “When things were very Stream North High School seniors Adaobi Okammelu and tumultuous in our country, I Richmia Erisnor were awarded began to think about, what can scholarships for their college we do to try to bring about some education by the kind of a change United for Change ourselves, because Association on the there seems to be a Oceanside Schooldisparity or a shift h o u s e G re e n o n or a gap that exists June 11. between one segIn the wake of ment of our populaGeorge Floyd’s murtion and another der in Minneapolis segment,” Capone in 2020, during a recalled. “The Black nationally televised Tom CAPoNE and African Amerimemorial service, Former Oceanside can segment of our the president at the School Three principal population seems to University of Northbe not in the place we s t e r n - S t P a u l where they should Minnesota, challenged viewers be right now, and how can we try to take meaningful action to bridge that gap or minimize against systemic inequalities. that gap?” Lifelong Oceanside resident and Since 2020, the organization former School Three Principal has expanded its reach from just Tom Capone was moved by the Oceanside to a total of 21 school call, and immediately reached districts in Nassau and Suffolk out to his former colleagues. County, creating a scholarship Capone, along with a group of program to recognize and supretired Oceanside educators, port Black and African Ameriincluding retired teacher and can students making positive Oceanside historian Richard changes in their communities. It Woods, former district math awards $1,000 scholarships, and chair Rhonda Eisenberg and Continued on page 14
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Setting lorenzo free Butch Yamali, the owner of peter’s Clam Bar, in island park, posed for a final photo with 110-year-old Lorenzo the Lobster after the crustacean was pardoned from dinner plates and before he was released into Hempstead Bay. Story, more photos, page 15.
O’Side’s Temple Avodah hosts annual Memorial Golf Classic and dinner By Rei Wolfsohn Correspondent
Temple Avodah in Oceanside named Elliot Shulman its Person of the Year and Richard and Arlene Fromewick were recognized as honorees during the temple’s Bob Harwood Memorial Golf Classic and Honoree Dinner on June 9. Shulman, who has been associated with the temple for about 20 years, became deeply involved in many of the synagogue’s programs during the last five years. The Fromewicks have been members of the temple for 43 years and have been very generous in their support of it.
The annual event was named after Harwood, a temple treasurer who also was very generous in his support and deeply involved in its activities. Shulman, a retired national sales manager and computer teacher, has been involved in most of the temple’s programs and serves as its go-to person for tech support. “I retired about seven or eight years ago,” Shulman said. “And that’s when my wife said, ‘You better do something with your time,’ and I got involved with Temple Avodah.” “You could say he practically lives here,” Stew Gubenko, co-chairman of the event, said. “We’re Continued on page 6
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