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‘I quit’ was not in vocabulary of Ken Cadieux with the National Guard’s 955th Field Artillery Battalion, his unit was federalized and the From commanding Bald- troops were sent to Korea. win’s American Legion Post When he came home from No. 246 to serving as the Korea in 1952, he joined the American Legion, following in Legion’s district commander of the footsteps of his New York’s 10th disparents, who were trict, Kenneth both members. C a d i e u x d evo t e d Cadieux was the much of his life to director of personhelping veterans. Cadieux, 92, died nel for the Town of on Jan. 19. A veterHempstead prior to an himself, he was his retirement in born and raised in 1995, and from then Brooklyn, and evenon he focused on tually moved to Garhelping veterans. den City, where he “He never said, ‘I found his calling — quit,’” Colon said. helping his brothers “He always kept on and sisters who had FRANk ColoN going.” s e r v e d i n t h e Commander, Cadieux was a nation’s armed forc- American Legion Post member of the es. U n i t e d Ve t e r a n s No. 303, Rockville “He was an Organization; the Centre Army veteran from Long Island Nationthe Korean War,” al Cemetery MemoFrank Colon, the commander rial Organization; the Nassau of American Legion Post No. County Veterans Advisory 303, in Rockville Centre, said, Board, Monument Committee “and he was just a hard-work- and Homeless Veterans Project; ing man.” and Forty & Eight, veterans In 1950, while Cadieux was group that sponsors a nursing training at upstate Fort Drum ContinuED on pagE 11
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Second-grade students at Brookside Elementary School pitch their lemonade stand business to Baldwin School District officials, urging them to invest in their business.
When life gives you lemons, make a fresh lemonade stand By BEN FIEBERT bfiebert@liherald.com
Wearing yellow shirts, second-grade students at Brookside Elementary School delivered a sweet pitch to district officials to invest $85 in their lemonade stand business — in the true spirit of the popular TV show Shark Tank. The students called themselves Second Aide Entrepreneurs, raising money for the national organization Alex’s Lemonade Stand. In their classroom, the students have been learning about business development, financial literacy, marketing and advertising. They used their new-learned skills to pres-
ent a slide show of their proposal, displayed marketing materials — a flyer and brochure produced via the graphic design platform Canva — and made a commercial to sway the four district officials, or Sharks, to invest in their business. The event took place at Brookside’s gymnasium in Baldwin, kicking off with an introduction video of the Sharks. Acting as the Sharks were Baldwin Schools Superintendent Shari Camhi; Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Anthony Mignella; Brookside principal Anne Marie Squicciarini; and PTA president Raquel Stephenson. A group of students, divided into three departments — advertising, marketing and graphic ContinuED on pagE 9
e was an Army veteran from the Korean War, and he was just a hard-working man.