“Shootout for Soldiers” 24-hr lacrosse game

The Town of Oyster Bay will host the 8th Annual “Shootout for Soldiers” 24-Hour Lacrosse Benefit Game at the Town of Oyster Bay’s John J. Burns Park, located on Merrick Road in Massapequa. This year’s round-the-clock event begins on the morning of July 13 at 9:00 a.m. and continues nonstop for 24 hours until July 14 at 9:00 a.m. The event benefits veterans and active duty military personnel. The Long Island Air Force Association will conduct a special ceremony on July 13 at 5:00 p.m. to honor hometown Vietnam War veterans and present them with medals that commemorate their service to our nation. There will be a parachute landing on the field conducted by the “All Veterans Group,” which will deliver the offi-

BY GARY SIMEONE

A group of second and third graders from Central Boulevard Elementary School, have achieved a great success, after they recently won a $5,000 grant in the National Book Challenge. The contest was created by Studentreasures Publishing, and the bethpage elementary school was the grand-prize winner out of seventy five thousand other applicants across the country.

Karissa Mutch and Ally

Mevo, teachers and bookclub advisers at Central Boulevard, said students have entered the contest every year and that this time they struck gold.

“This year the students in the club wrote a black and white book with illustrations, entitled, Dominoes of Kindness, which was published earlier this year as part of the program,” said Mutch.

“There were twenty-three students who contributed to the book, and each student had their own page and illus- tration.”

Mevo said the students spent one day a week in the bookclub, from October to January, discussing what kindness means to them and how they could express their feelings in writing.

“We met once a week and the students ended up with some great ideas on how to display kindness to others,” said Mevo. “We the teachers developed the plot, but the students worked diligently getting their pages in on how

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Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino stated, “Shootout for Soldiers is a wonderful game that provides local lacrosse players a chance to enjoy a sport they love in a unique way while also raising charitable funds to support the brave men and women of the United States Armed Forces. Whether you enjoy lacrosse or are just looking for a fun-family event, I invite residents to be a part of the festivities.”

The charitable funds raised at Shootout for Soldiers will benefit the Army Ranger Lead the Way Fund, the Long Island Air Force Association, and the Joseph J. Theinert Memorial Fund.

The event features 24 continuous 1-hour sessions. The score is

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