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VOLUME SIXTEEN, ISSUE 22
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THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2014 DIX HILLS
The Paramount Spotlight
Man Saved At Movie Theater By Arielle Dollinger adollinger@longislandergroup.com
Styx founding member Dennis DeYoung comes to The Paramount next week.
Styx’s Hits At The Paramount By Christopher Saudino info@longislandergroup.com
It’s not every day you get to see someone who helped shape American music, but that is what Paramount audience members will get to do when Dennis DeYoung, former lead singer and founding member of the band Styx, comes to Huntington Saturday, July 19. DeYoung wrote eight of Styx’ top10 singles, boasts a chart-rocking solo career, and led Styx through four consecutive triple platinum albums. The rock band, which reached the height of its popularity in the ’70s and ’80s, is the only group in history to complete such a feat. DeYoung said he learned many lessons during the group’s 22-year run, and explained how songs can grow and develop their own identities and profoundly affect the singers and audience. (Continued on page A15)
Two men owe their lives to several Dix Hills rescue workers after they went into cardiac arrest – one at the Elwood Cinemas, pictured, and the other at his home. Involved in the rescues were, from left, paramedic Bob Cavalieri, assistant chief and EMT Alan Berkowitz, paramedic Scott DiPino, EMT Eytan Pick, and paramedic Tony Hunt.
Moviegoers saw a real-life scare with a happy ending this Fourth of July weekend, when the Dix Hills Fire Department Rescue Squad saved a man in cardiac arrest in the theater. But the end of the night was not the end of the action: the next day, the squad rescued a man who went into cardiac arrest at a residence. “You can go months without getting a cardiac arrest,” said Dix Hills Fire District paramedic Bob Cavalieri, who was involved with both rescues. “It’s just amazing that we had two of them almost identical.” According to Chief Bill Stio, who was present for the movie theater rescue, the department does “maybe four or five” cardiac arrest rescues a year. “It doesn’t happen every day like this,” Stio said. “To have two a day apart is unusual.” Still, Cavalieri, who has been a medic since 1980, said that “nothing” surprises him anymore. (Continued on page A15)
TOWN OF HUNTINGTON
Living The Life Of A Champion By Andrew Wroblewski awroblewski@longislandergroup.com
What does a first-time world championship boxer do after he shocks the world? Go to the beach. That’s where St. Anthony’s High School grad Chris Algieri – winner of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight championship last month – spent his time earlier this week as he recovered from a fight that left him a bit bruised and battered, but a champion nonetheless. “I was never a trinket or trophy guy… but this one is a little different,” said Algieri, who won the title by defeating Rus-
lan Provodnikov in a split decision at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on June 14. “It’s a thing of beauty… ‘My beauty’… I want more of these things.” The fight lasted 12 rounds and featured an Algieri that was faced with a monumental disadvantage as Provodnikov was able to force the Greenlawn native to the mat with a crippling first-round blow to the right eye, causing it to swell to the point of uselessness by the 12th round. Now, though, with the belt safely secured and almost an entire month passed, Algieri was proud to announce that the eye is “great.” “The bruising is all gone,” the 30-year(Continued on page A17)
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Chris Algieri, the World Boxing Organization junior welterweight champion from Greenlawn, poses with his belt at the 3rd Annual Big Daddy Golf Classic to help St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at Oheka Castle on June 23.
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