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Old dogs teach O.B. athletes new tricks Former major league players will lead clinic on April 30 he pitched for two minor league teams, the York Pirates and the Columbus Jets, before being The junior sluggers of Oyster called up to the big leagues in Bay have the oppor1970. tunity to begin their While he would baseball training p l ay o n ly s eve n working with not games in the majors, one, but two former Cambria’s life would major league playbe forever tied to the ers. sport: He went on to F re d C a m b r i a play in the minor and Art Shamsky leagues for three have been not only more years, then players, but coaches later was the pitchand mentors as well. ing coach at his Now, on April 30, alma mater, Saint they are set to teach Leo. yet another genera“I love baseball — tion the finer points always have, always of America’s paswill,” Cambria said. time in a two-hour “Baseball’s really clinic in Roosevelt been my life, and ARt SHAmSky Memorial Park. I’ve been so lucky to As a kid growing Former Met player get to share it with up in Queens, Camso many people over bria, who now lives in North- the years.” port, pitched at his high school, The idea for the clinic arose St. Pascal’s, before heading to when Cambria was visiting his Florida to play college baseball chiropractor and friend, Julian at Saint Leo University. Drafted Samodulski, owner of Sapiens by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1969, Continued on page 8
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AutHoR ANd IlluStRAtoR Kathleen Bart gave Roosevelt Elementary first-grader Kylie Joannon, left, a suggestion on how to draw a teddy bear, which Savanna Silvio listened to as well.
Roosevelt first-graders learn about school’s namesake
Students take part in first Social Studies Night By lAuRA lANE llane@liherald.com
The all-purpose room at Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School erupted with peals of first-graders’ laughter. It was the school’s firstever Social Studies Night, and no one knew what to expect, but President Theodore Roosevelt himself had met the students at the school’s main entrance, so anything was possible. Parents were excited, too, chatting among themselves while keeping an eye on their chil-
dren. The evening of March 31 was the first time parents and children were able to attend an activity at the Oyster Bay elementary school in two years, since the coronavirus pandemic began. The event was the brainchild of Roosevelt’s principal, Tami McElwee. There were already a science night for second-graders and a math night for kindergartners, at which parents were welcome, she reasoned. Why couldn’t the first-graders have some fun, too? And what better way for them to do so than to focus on Continued on page 3
love working with kids. The fact that they’re out there, wanting to learn the game of baseball, is just really exciting to me.