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Helping students with special needs earns Gold Award dents and make an impact on their lives.” Pantelis said that Theresa Grace Pantelis, a recent Catalina, a chairperson of Speg raduate of Wellington C. cial Education for BellmoreMepham High School in the Merrick Central High School Bellmore-Merrick Central High District, visited her leadership School District, is not just your class and inspired her to work with children with typical teenage girl — she wants to special needs for her change the world. project. Once PanteShe juggles two lis received permisjobs, Girl Scouts, sion to work with c h e e rl e a d i n g , a n the students of Calinter nship, and a houn High, there social life and likes was no stopping her. to make the time to “I went to their help others. Pantelis afterschool clubs… chose to help stuand I taught them dents in her high about nutrition and school district for making good deciher Girl Scouts Gold s i o n s — h e a l t hy GRACE Award project. decisions. I did a few PANTElIS As a member of lesson plans. I had to Girl Scout Troop 953 do very interactive since kindergarten, Pantelis work with them … so I did a lot was required to do a project for of crafts,” Pantelis said. her Gold Award, the highest in She worked with the stuscouting for girls. She decided dents during an afterschool she wanted to make a differ- program called the Breakfast ence in her community by Club. Each time she went, she working with special education made sure to produce a differstudents at Sanford H. Calhoun ent topic to teach. The Bellmore High School. native said that special educa“The Gold Award is like a tion teacher Joshua Drescher community service project,” helped her come up with ideas Pantelis said. “You can do it for these lessons and often colinvolving anything. So, I chose laborated with her on this projto work with the Calhoun stu-
By MARA BollETTIERI
Contributor
Tim Baker/Herald
Dozens of police officers paid their respects to Hempstead Town Councilman Chris Carini at a Mass on Monday. The 49-year-old retired Port Authority police officer died unexpectedly on July 14, while visiting family in Florida.
Community bids farewell to Chris Carini, a devoted public servant and family man By JoRDAN VAlloNE & CHARlES SHAW of the Bellmore Herald
If any message was clear at Hempstead Town Councilman Chris Carini’s funeral Mass on Monday, it was the one conveyed in the words of the Rev. Steven Camp, who said simply, “He was there.” Carini, a champion of quality-of-life initiatives in Hempstead and the 5th Councilmanic District, was laid to rest following a service at St. William the Abbot Roman Catholic Church in Seaford. The 5th District includes Seaford, Wantagh, and parts of Bellmore, Merrick, Freeport, Point Lookout and Lido Beach. Hundreds of family members, friends, elected officials and community leaders filled
the church to pay their respects to Carini, while dozens of police officers from departments in and around Nassau County ensured that Carini, a retired Port Authority police officer, received a fitting send-off. The longtime Seaford resident died unexpectedly on July 14, at age 49, while visiting family in Florida. Carini’s body was flown home from Florida on July 17, and officers from the Port Authority JFK Commissary, at Kennedy Airport, gathered to greet him with love and prayers. Police officers stood on the tarmac as the plane pulled into the gate, and Carini’s casket was removed by officers, while dozens more stood in salute. When he was back in Nassau County, the ConTinueD on PAge 10
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