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Business owners reflect on pandemic place of security and cleanliness,” Naton said. “The beginning of the pandemic was hardAs the world marked the first er for us, but we never gave up, anniverary of the coronavirus and we did what we had to do. pandemic this month, many We kept coming in and opening business owners in Baldwin said every day, and it has paid off they have been because we are still reflecting on how here.” they have fared the When the panlast 12 months. demic first hit, Some have been Naton started l e f t wo n d e r i n g using Grubhub and what the future Uber Eats to take will bring and if orders. She lost the end of the panm o n e y, t h o u g h , demic is in sight. because of the serNatasha Naton, vice fees that the the owner of Saktwo charge. Pasé in Baldwin, “We’re hoping said the last year our small business has been confuswill be able to suring, as she did not vive, and I know I expect the pandemjust have to keep ic to last as long as working and proit has. However, she viding for the comadded, she has munity because we lear ned ways to love what we do,” diNA AdAMS adapt. she said. “I was “I learned ways Owner, La Petite going to apply for to better protect Bouchée Caribbean stimulus money, my business and but I’m waiting for ways to make peomy accountant to ple trust my business more by tell me what to do to get stimulus making sure that I stay on top of money. I’m hoping that I can get the Centers for Disease Control stimulus money soon before it news, so that I can provide a restaurant environment that is a Continued on page 3
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BAldwiN HigH SCHool students Thalia Kontoleon, left, Reyna Palmer, Jessica Darcy and Rochelle Saunders earned first place in the Northwell Health Medical Marvels competition.
Baldwin students win Northwell Health contest
Place first for gun violence prevention video By BridgeT dowNeS bdownes@liherald.com
A group of Baldwin students landed the top spot at Northwell Health’s annual science competition designed to encourage high school students to pursue careers in the science, technology, engineering and math fields. Baldwin High School 10thgraders Jessica Darcy and Rochelle Saunders and ninthgraders Reyna Palmer and Thalia Kontoleon earned first
place in the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research and Northwell Health’s Center for Workforce Readiness Medical Marvels competition. In its ninth year, the contest was fully virtual because of the coronavirus pandemic. The science fair asks ninthand 10th-graders to research and outline a public health issue and develop a plan to combat it. This year’s topic was gun violence. More than 150 students took part, sharing three-min-
ute videos of their ideas to end gun violence, and attended a virtual conference on March 5. The victory for the allfemale team happened just in time for International Women’s Day, which was recognized on March 8. It was the first time Baldwin High School had participated in the competition in several years, and the team took home a $1,800 prize, to be used in the Government and Law AcadeContinued on page 5
he pandemic is taking a toll on all businesses, because people aren’t going out a lot, and I definitely think if it wasn’t for the pandemic, we would be doing better.