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about the event last year, said the park provides a scenic walkway offering a much more Cedar Creek Park in Seaford pleasant experience than busy will once again be the starting local roads. “Riding in traffic is like a point for the Team DRI Walk, Run, or Ride on Saturday, an white-knuckle event,” Carrion event raising money and aware- said. “You don’t want traffic. n e s s fo r T y p e 1 d i ab e t e s You want to make it safe for eve r yo n e. T h i s research. event is for everyNow in its fifth ye a r, t h e e ve n t one — bike riders, allows participants walkers, little kids. to choose their own It’s a safe environpace and distance ment.” — whether walkThis year’s preing, running or senting sponsor is biking — on a TK.Type 1, a Hunroute stretching tington-based nonf ro m t h e p a rk profit dedicated to toward Jones supporting families Beach in Wantagh. living with Type 1 Organizing the diabetes through event is the Diabee d u c at i o n , e m o tes Research Institional support and tute Foundation, or financial assisDRIF, a nonprofit BoB PARANT tance for essential whose goal is to Board member, DRIF care. The nonproffund research to Northeast Region it’s mission aligns find a biological closely with the cure for Type 1 diagoals of DRIF and betes. According to the Centers with the personal journey of for Disease Control and Preven- Westbury resident Bob Parant, tion, about 38.4 million people a member of its Northeast in the United States have diabe- Board of Directors. tes, or around 11.6 percent of Parant was diagnosed with the population. Type 1 diabetes in 1972, as a John Carrion, chairman of 19-year-old college athlete. Over the foundation’s Northeast Continued on page 7 Board who spoke to the Herald
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Photos courtesy Wantagh School District
Back to school Students across the Wantagh School District returned on Sept. 2 for the first day of the 2025-26 academic year. From seniors marking their final first day to kindergartners beginning their journey toward the class of 2038, each school welcomed students back with celebrations and warm greetings. Story, more photos, Page 3.
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t’s very possible to live a full, adventurous life with Type 1 diabetes if you have the right attitude about getting out there.