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MHS salutes Women’s History Month English classes that day. Instead, students took part in a number of activities in the library. They March is Women’s History watched recorded messages from Month, and for Malverne Senior women in the community, High School, it is an important including the athletic director time to educate both girls and from nearby Hempstead High boys about the contributions School, and listened to speeches women have made to and quotes from the U.S. and the famous women in world. Several history. schools in the disSeveral women t r i c t s h ave h e l d who work in the events to encourage school district spoke discussion and proabout their experivoke reflection on ences, and what the that history. month means to Originally conthem. The presentaceived as Women’s tions were largely H i s t o r y D ay i n DR. UzMA SyeD focused on eliminatSonoma, Calif., in Speaker, Women’s ing biases against 1978, the initiative women, and the role Empowerment grew to occupy an they play in society. entire month less Discussion Panel Kesha Bascombe, than a decade later, assistant principal thanks to the efforts of activists of the high school, shared her and groups like the National perspective through the lens of Women’s History Alliance. At her grandmother’s experiences. Malverne High, it has been an Her grandmother, who was born opportunity for dialogue among in the 1920s, was an activist who students. There was a daylong also taught struggling children event on International Women’s how to read, and young women Day, March 8, and a Women’s how to sew, so they could have an Empowerment Panel Discus- income of their own. sion, scheduled for Monday, as “She was really the first eduthe Herald went to press. cator in my family,” Bascombe The International Women’s said. “She didn’t do it for money; Day event replaced all grades’ Continued on page 13
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Courtesy Party Pets of New York
JoHN DIleoNARDo, THe president of Long Island Orchestrating for Nature, an animal advocacy group, worked with Andre Ricaud to move animals out of the Crossroads Farm petting zoo.
A petting zoo’s stars retire
Malverne animals move on to ‘forever homes’ By RoBeRT TRAVeRSo rtraverso@liherald.com
After five years at Crossroads Farm in Malverne, Andre Ricaud, the owner of the company that managed a petting zoo there, said that the animals deserve to spend the rest of their lives in relaxation. Party Pets of New York, headquartered in Baldwin, which offers educational programs and shows that teach children and adults about ani-
mals, has closed the petting zoo. “I just decided it was time,” Ricaud said, adding of the animals, “They did their part. They taught a lot of the public about what they are,” Many communities across Long Island, Ricaud said, lack up-close exposure to, and understanding of, animals. Ricaud, 61, who lives in Baldwin, said he believed the zoo’s animals — 40 ducks and chickens, 3 sheeps, 1 turkey, and 1 goose — provided mem-
orable experiences to local residents and visitors from across Nassau County, and that the time had come for them to spend the rest of their lives in comfortable environments. “I felt good that I’ve done this for 30 years,” he said, “and I felt it was time that these animals got their forever homes.” Thanks to an unlikely partnership, the animals are now at sanctuaries across the Continued on page 14