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Temple Avodah to honor three at golf outing By RYAN DEMINO Intern
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Super Sailors Oceanside captured its first Nassau County softball championship since 2015 with a sweep of Massapequa on Memorial Day weekend, taking the Class AAA crown. Story, more photos, Page 6.
Cancer walk set for O’Side H.S. June 8 Joe Satriano honors late wife through scholarship foundation By KEPHERD DANIEL kdaniel@liherald.com
Oceanside resident Joe Satriano has devoted his life to honoring the memory of his wife, Susan, who lost her 13-year-long fight against breast cancer in 2005. While paying tribute to her, Joe has helped hundreds of students through the Susan Satriano Memorial Scholarship Foundation, which will hold a Walk of Lights cancer fundraiser at Oceanside High School on Saturday, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. The event, which was rescheduled from Oct. 14 because of bad weather, last took place at the high school in 2011, when Satriano was inspired
to create it by the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. The Foundation has held a walk or a Beatles tribute concert by the band Strawberry Fields every year since 2011. The couple had been married for 29 years when Susan died at age 53, despite having been in remission for five years. Starting in 2006, six months after her death, Satriano used the newly created foundation to award $1,000 scholarships to four graduating Oceanside High School seniors. The lone requirement was that the recipient have a parent who had died of cancer or who was being treated for it. Both Joe and Susan were high school math Continued on page 15
Dan and Rita Henick and Caryle Katz will be honored for their contributions to Temple Avodah during its annual Bob Harwood Memorial Golf Classic on June 10 at the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club. To register as a player it will cost $275, and $80 to register as a non player with dinner included The event will begin with a 10 a.m. breakfast, followed by a simultaneous tee off at noon. The day will culminate with a celebration of the golf outing’s honorees, as well as a catered dinner at Temple Avodah, s ch e d u l e d fo r 6 p. m . T h e Henicks were selected as the outing’s honorees, and Katz will be presented with the temple’s 2024 Person of the Year award. T h e H e n i ck s h ave b e e n active members of Temple Avodah for 35 years, spending a majority of that time volunteering and giving back. “It’s a somewhat humbling experience,” Dan Henick said. “But it feels nice to be recognized after being a member of the temple for a number of years.” T h e H e n i ck s o r i g i n a l ly
moved to Oceanside in 1988, and their two children Maggie, 42, and Adam, 38, were practically raised in the congregation, since the couple believed it was important to instill a sense of Judaism in their kids and open them up to the Jewish community. “We want to belong to that community and see that it flourishes, so we do what we can to help the temple function and thrive in the Oceanside community,” Dan Henick said. He served as temple president from 2002-04, and spent a combined 25 years on its Board of Trustees beginning in 1995. In 2023 Dan was chairperson of the rabbi search committee. This group sought to find a new rabbi for the temple, and eventually hired Shai Beloosesky for the position. “It was satisfying to me, knowing I took part in what I think is a very important task at temple, and that people seem to be pleased with the selection,” Dan Henick said. Rita Henick has made contributions as a member of both the Temple Avodah Parent Teacher Organization and the temple’s sisterhood. She served as president of the organization from 1994-96 and Continued on page 2