Malverne/West Hempstead Herald 04-28-2022

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April 28, 2022

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Sports court takeover Hempstead Lake Park seniors say it will add stress, confusion Parks entered into a partnership with a professional tennis operator to ensure the tennis and pickWith the private takeover of leball courts are optimally maintheir beloved tennis and pickle- tained and an improved level of ball courts looming next week, a service is provided group of local senior to the public.” citizens expressed The seniors said overwhelming conthey have played on cern that they will the courts for years not have open access and that the game to the courts anyprovides a muchmore. needed social and In March, the physical outlet for Herald reported that them. Now, with the Hempstead Lake outside contractor State Park decided taking over, they to lease its pickleball expressed fear that it and tennis courts to will make an otherSportTime, a Lynwise recreational brook gym. activity stressful. Dan Keefe, “It was a real spokesman for the easy thing — we N e w Yo rk S t a t e would come in and Office of Parks, Rechave our game and reation and Historic sign up and leave,” Preservation, ex- RHoNNIE said Rhonnie Fischplained the reasons FIscHMAN man, one member of behind the decision. Pickleball player a group of seniors He said that during who uses the courts. the past three years, “Now, it has to be about $1 million has been invest- three days in advance and Sported in the creation of pickleball Time owns it now and members courts, as well as the reconstruc- are going to have more priority tion of the hard tennis courts to get on the courts than us. We and clay courts. paid $3 for an hour and a half of “In kee ping with these upgrades,” Keefe said, “State Continued on page 4

By JAKE PEllEGRINo jpellegrino@liherald.com

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Courtesy Maria DiMatteo, Tomorrow’s Hope

KYlIE PEARsE luPIcA, a former Malverne resident, crossed the finish line at the Tomorrow’s Hope 5K in Garden City first overall, a Nassau County road racing first.

History at Garden City 5K event Ex-Malvernite is first woman to win a road race By JAKE PEllEGRINo jpellegrino@liherald.com

Kylie Pearse Lupica’s former high school cross-country coach, Marty Brown, changed her life forever when he introduced her to the sport she loves 15 years ago. Now, she’s showing him how much their hard work has paid off, making history earlier this month at the 2022 Tomorrow’s Hope 5K at the St. Joseph School in Garden City.

On April 2, Lupica, 29, formerly of Malverne and a Kellenberg Memorial High School alumna, finished first overall in the race, making her the first woman in Nassau County to win a public open road race. Tomorrow’s Hope is a Uniondale-based nonprofit that supports Catholic education on Long Island. Its annual 5K is one of Long Island’s largest athletic events supporting Catholic schools. This year’s race was the sev-

enth annual, and the first one contested in person since 2019, raising $20,000. The event has raised a total of more than $120,000 since its inception seven years ago. “I actually didn’t know that this was the first time a woman has won, so that’s pretty cool,” said Lupica, who now lives in Philadelphia. “As an alumni, I was pretty excited to bring home the win for my school.” Continued on page 11

hen you get to a certain age and you can use your body still, you’re happy about that. Now this is a roadblock to our well-being.


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