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Creditors’ vote will decide the diocese’s fate creditors to submit their ballots is March 22. According to a recent article The Roman Catholic Diocese in Law360, Glenn told the dioof Rockville Centre has made a cese and its legal counsel that $200 million offer to settle more with only five weeks until the than 600 claims of child sexual ballots are due, he doesn’t see the committee dropping its abuse filed by a Committee of opposition to the Unsecured Crediplan. tors, in the hope of “If you stand on finding its way out what you’ve got, I’d of Chapter 11 bankbe really, really surruptcy. prised if you get a Ju d g e M a r t i n 75 percent vote in Glenn, of the Unitthe affected classed States Bankruptes,” Glenn said. cy Court for the Sean Dolan, comSouthern District munications direco f N e w Yo r k , tor for the diocese, approved the diosaid that accepting cese’s financial disits offer would proclosure statement vide the claimants — which outlines SEAN DolAN wi th si gni fi can t the terms of its setDirector of upfront payments tlement for crediand opportunities tors — at a hearing communications, Diocese of to seek additional on Feb. 15. amounts through a To proceed with Rockville Centre settlement trust. He the plan, the church a d d e d , h oweve r, is required to receive the approval of 75 per- that dismissing the plan would cent of the creditors. Otherwise, “put survivors in the position of representatives of the diocese competing” for settlements, say, the court will dismiss the which, should the diocese’s parChapter 11 case, forcing roughly ishes become insolvent or seek 40 percent of the cases back to relief of their own in bankruptstate courts. Based on the court cy court, could further delay or documents, the deadline for Continued on page 16
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local lovebirds renew their vows Lenworth and Mignonette Anderson of Rockville Centre celebrated this Valentine’s Day by renewing their wedding vows, after 44 wonderful years of marriage. Hempstead Town Councilwoman Laura Ryder, right, joined Town Clerk Kate Murray, left, as she presided over the ceremonies of 116 love-struck couples — including the Anderson’s — looking to ‘tight the knot’ at the Coral House in Baldwin on Feb. 14.
Sacred Heart student breaks new ground in cancer research By NIColE FoRMISANo nformisano@liherald.com
Evalina Lentini, of Rockville Centre, is a professionally trained ballerina and a student scientist who is proving that there’s no need to choose one passion over another. The 18-year-old senior at Sacred Heart Academy, in Hempstead, not only continues to dance, but is also busy in the laboratory, with a science project that may break new ground in the field of cancer research. “It would be a long path out of clinical trial,” she said. “(But) it could be effective as a really big step towards being an actual treatment for prostate cancer.” Lentini presented her project, “Evaluation of Therapeutics to Target Stem Cell-Like Prostate
Cancer,” at the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair, or LISEF, at the Crest Hollow Country Club on Jan. 31. Her research project looked at two different types of inhibitor therapies, which are designed to slow or stop the progress of cancer cells. She found that both therapies are very good at stopping those cancer cells from proliferating, but she found something more — that stem cell-like prostate cancer depends on existing cellular pathways, which isn’t established knowledge even among doctors and scientists. “If my findings show that these therapies are effective, that could possibly lead its next step towards the clinical trial,” Lentini said. That development is huge not only for stem cellContinued on page 11
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