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Baumann wins Best Animated Film at NYLIFF By ANDRE SILVA asilva@liherald.com
Courtesy Diane Baumann
DIANE BAUMANN, OWNER of Kidz Entertainment in Baldwin, won the award for ‘Before It’s Time to Say Goodnight — A Bedtime Lullaby,’ at the New York Long Island Film Festival.
Baldwin native Diane Baumann won the award for Best Animated Film at the 2022 New York Long Island Film Festival. Baumann, a lifelong resident who is the owner of Kidz Entertainment Inc. as well as a filmmaker, was honored at the fourth annual festival at the Lindenhurst Moose Lodge Oct. 20-22. Her film, “Before It’s Time to Say Goodnight – A Bedtime Lullaby,” is a short animated 3D film featuring original characters like Pansie the
Piglet, the lead character in the Kidz Entertainment lineup. “It really is an honor,” said Baumann. “I as far as I’m concerned, just being selected makes me a winner.” Baumann is a 1973 graduate of Baldwin High School who went on to Nassau Community College and eventually graduated from SUNY Empire State, in upstate Saratoga Springs, with a degree in business, marketing and economics. At age 3, she said, she began creating picture books for children, and later was trained as a classical CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
Baldwin High seniors honored by National Merit program By ANDRE SILVA asilva@liherald.com
Baldwin High School seniors Rachel Lyons and Patrick Stuart have been named Commended Student by the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program. The program is a nationwide competition conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Lyons and Stuart received notification of their awards in late September. “We are extremely proud to see Rachel Lyons and Patrick Stuart recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program,” Baldwin High Principal Neil Testa said. “We are confident
that this will be just one of the many accolades they will each attain this year, as both are exceptional students.” The students were recognized for their high scores on their PSAT tests, preliminary exams for the SAT, the standardized test used for college admissions. National Merit Commended Students fall in the top two-thirds of the nation’s highest scorers on the PSAT, just below the level of National Merit Scholars, and are eligible for special scholarships sponsored by businesses corporations and businesses. Lyons said she was grateful for the recognition and honored to be named, after having
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Senior, Baldwin High School worked through and overcome mental health challenges she faced during the coronavirus pandemic. “It felt good to see all the hard work I put in pay off,” she said. Lyons is the co-founder and co-president of the high school’s Asian American and Pacific
Islander Culture Club, a member of the pit orchestra, co-president of the show choir and vocal jazz clubs, vice president and cello co-section leader in the chamber orchestra and a member of the Principal’s Leadership Group. She said she is passionate about history and politics, and plans to study and eventually work in international law.
“On a scale of one to 10 of how happy I am, I’m an 11,” said Stuart He said that he, too, was honored to be recognized, and felt that his hard work had paid off. Outside the classroom, he is a sound technician for the high school stage crew, a member of the Science Olympiad and the founder of the Video DevelopCONTINUED ON PAGE 4