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‘Ninjas’ give local veterans special thanks driven around by their parents, secretly delivered the p a ck a g e s s o t h e ve t e r a n s The Rockville Centre-based would be sur prised to find movement Ninjas 4 Vets took them the next morning. Some to the streets on Nov. 10, with a 30 to 40 families took part mission of spreading joy to throughout the night. service members Before they set on the eve of Veterout, the particians Day. Families pants were treated drove around to the to a guest speaker, homes of veterans Rockville Centre and left sur prise native and Marine goodie bags and Cor ps Capt. Paul personalized Wolfrom. Wolfrom, thank-you signs at 26, comes from a their front doors. military family: The night began His g randfather at the Fire Departand father served ment’s Maple Avein the Marines, and nue firehouse, his younger brothwhere do z ens of er, Patrick, is now children had a t r a i n i n g fo r t h e pizza party catered Marines in Virginby Mother Kelly’s i a . Pa u l w a s a n and made signs to artillery officer stathank local vetertioned at Camp ans. The children TOM HEPTIG Lejeune, in North used markers, col- Member, Carolina, and most ored pencils and notably was deNinjas 4 Vets stickers to customployed to Okinawa, ize messages Japan, for six according to the military months. branch of their assigned veter“We kind of call it the famians, and filled bags with candy ly business,” he said. “It’s for them as well. something I always wanted to The “ninja” par t of the do.” event came when the children, CONTINUED ON PAGE 12
By TOM CARROZZA tcarrozza@liherald.com
Courtesy Molloy College
Lions roar to conference crown Senior Dana Poetzsch’s double-overtime goal secured the East Coast Conference title for the Molloy women’s soccer team. The men also clinched a spot in the NCAA tournament. Story, Page 3.
RVC native runs down his dream
After NYC Marathon finish, he has only two states left By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com
South Side High School alumnus Randell Hansen took another step toward his goal of running a marathon in all 50 states when he took part in the New York City Marathon for the first time on Nov. 7. Hansen finished the race in 3 hours, 11 minutes and 7 seconds, and now only has to run marathons in Maine and New Mexico to complete his multi-year mission.
“It was exhilarating,” Hansen said of the New York City race. “It was the best experience I had next to running in the 2014 Boston Marathon. Starting at the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and just running through Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Manhattan, the crowds were really loud, ringing the cowbells, cheering us on, and just the fact that it was a large in-person race event, the first one I did in a long time, it was just great.” Hansen, 42, lived in Rockville Centre from 1980 to 2002 before
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moving to Sacramento, Calif. He graduated from South Side High School in 1997, and said that his for mer classmate, Me ghan Lynch, also ran the New York City race. Hansen said that he wasn’t an athlete in high school, but he took up running in 2007 because he enjoys traveling around the country and was looking for a new hobby. He began slowly, competing in 5Ks, then working up to 10Ks and half-marathons before eventually taking on full CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
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very poster is made just for that one veteran, so I think that neighborly, personal touch goes a long way. It certainly did for me.