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Vol. 29 No. 31
JUlY 28 - AUGUST 3, 2022
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A family of firefighters Elizabeth Eberhart-Meyers joins Point Lookout-Lido Fire Dept. Grant died in the line of duty in 1980. Grant was a 24-year-old captain with Point Lookout’s Action Elizabeth Eberhart-Meyers, Engine Company No. 1, and he 29, joined a lineage of service on died while responding to a BellJuly 21. Sworn into the Point more house fire. While he was Lookout-Lido Fire Department inside, the house collapsed and in Lido Beach as its trapped him, and he first rescue EMT, she later succumbed to joined her husband, his injuries. Peter Meyers, the G r a n t ’s d e a t h second deputy chief, s p u r re d D o u g l a s as a third-generation Eberhart to join the member of the B a l dw i n d e p a r t department. ment. Eberhart Peter said he was looked up to Grant, pleased to have her having seen him as an asset to the compete in the tourfirehouse and comnament truck races munity. “We need when he was a teen, people like Liz which he still has around here, with fond memories of. her background, and “He was one of the she’s local and she greatest guys,” Eberloves this town,” he hart said. “His nicksaid. “Literally she’s name was Mouse, o n l y d o i n g t h i s elizABeTH and I remember seebecause she wants to ing the racing trucks help the communi- eBeRHARTwith him and it ty.” being so loud — that meYeRS Spanning the was all part of my Rescue EMT South Shore in the getting involved.” Lido Beach, BaldEberhart now has win, Wantagh, Oceanside and over 40 years of active service, Freeport fire department the and is now captain of the BaldEberharts, Meyerses and Conat- win F.D. His two sons, Joseph ys have been saving and protecting communities since George D. Continued on page 4
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Putting the culture in subculture Baldwin Park skaters host second art show By KARiNA KoVAC kkovac@liherald.com
The Baldwin Park skate park is more than a simple recreation space — it’s a creation space where skaters and artists can gather, exchange ideas and kick back. Last Saturday, about 50 people of all ages got together for the second Beyond the Board art show. Cruz Carbajal, a 24-year-old local, helped put the event together with a handful of other people, providing zip ties to hold art to the chain-link fence, deciding where the art should go and overseeing the food and drinks. “Last year we created this art show for local skaters and people from the community to dis-
play their art,” Carbajal explained. “Coming out of the pandemic, everyone had picked up new hobbies, so I think a lot of people don’t know how to showcase it.” Which is where the skate park comes in, with its fence providing pseudo gallery walls. “This is a platform for our local creatives, and thankfully this year we were able to extend it,” Carbajal said. “We have people from New Jersey, the city — there’s more traction this year. We all have an attachment to this park, because the people who are here daily helped build it and design the park, so this park is very much home to a lot of Baldwin people and neighboring towns as well.” Continued on page 15
hope to make the department bigger and bring more people in and give us a better sense of community.