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Vol. 86 No. 19
MAY 6 - 12, 2021
Women of faith unite Freeporter named head of state Catholic Daughters of America prestigious events,” Duran said. “I will do my best to lead the New York Catholic Daughters of Theresa Duran, of Freeport, America through these trying was 18 years old when she first times.” joined the Catholic Daughters of “This is a celebration of a America, an international orga- milestone for the Catholic nization with more than 1,150 Daughters of America,” added local chapters that State Chaplain seeks to unite CathoRalph Sommer. “It lic women to supwill be her duty to port their faith and make the Catholic commit good works Daughters a powerthroughout the ful, active group perAmericas. forming God’s work With her mother in our communiand older sister as ties.” members, Duran During the instalfound joy in being lation Mass, dozens part of a group of of members of the likeminded women New York Catholic who have helped lift Daughters of Ameriher up whenever she ca gathered at St. THeResA DuRAN Christopher Church feels down. Now Duran, 54, State regent to celebrate Duran has an opportunity and the new slate of to lift thousands of b o a r d m e m b e r s. women up and lead them Joining Duran were Connie through hardship after she was Breindel, 1st vice state regent, named the New York State Tina Bigelow, 2nd vice state regent of the Catholic Daughters regent, Patti Drivanos, state secof America, the highest office in retary, and Judy Sterling, state the state, during the group’s treasurer. installation Mass on May 1 at St. For Duran, a graphic designer Christopher R.C. Church in and mother of three, the Baldwin. moment was not only a culmina“It is an honor to be named regent during one of our most Continued on page 10
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A sweet parting at Mt. sinai Bill and Ethel Ulrich, of Freeport, celebrated Bill’s retirement as senior facilities leader at Mt. Sinai South Nassau after more than 40 years of overseeing the hospital’s expansion projects. Story, Page 3.
We have liftoff in Freeport
Students’ nanosatellite soars in national contest By RoNNY ReYes rreyes@liherald.com
Freeport students saw nearly two years of hard work pay off as their nanosatellite soared into the sky during a successful launch on April 27. The student-designed cube nanosatellite — measuring 10 centimeters, or about 4 inches, on each side — was launched from the high school’s field as part of the U.S. Department of
Education’s CubeSat Challenge Flight Week, which had its finalists test their nanosatellites’ ability to work in the air and land safely. The CubeSat Challenge is a national competition that asked school districts to design cubeshaped nanosatellites that could feasibly send data collected from space back to Earth. Freeport was selected as one of five finalists last year to conduct this launch.
“With the test flight, the CubeSat team was able to see the outcome of their dedication and commitment to the CubeSat Challenge,” said Director of Science Dr. Vincent Pereira. “We are truly on a path toward bringing space missions out of the clouds and into the classroom.” “The test flight of the CubeSat prototype built by Freeport Continued on page 9
his will be a time to heal from the pandemic and come back stronger than ever.