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HERALD Walking through local history
Meet the new superintendent
A celebration of diverse cultures
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Vol. 71 No. 35
AUGUST 24 - 30, 2023
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News anchor dishes on T.R.’s first marriage Calvi’s historical novel tells the romantic story of the 26th president and his first wife, Visitors to the Seaford Public Alice Hathaway Roosevelt. The Library received a special treat book took two and a half years on Aug. 14 when they listened to of research, which led Calvi to news anchor Mary Calvi dis- discover documents about President Roosevelt’s life that few cuss her new book. knew existed. Seaford residents “It was really p a cke d i n t o t h e quite incredible to library to hear the be able to see the romantic tale of documents of the President Theodore original love letters Roosevelt’s first written by a young marriage, as told by Teddy Roosevelt at Calvi. 19 and 20 years old, Calvi, CBS2 and his first love, news and “Inside Alice,” Calvi told Edition” weekend the audience. co-anchor, joined FRANk MckENNA According to library patrons to director, Calvi, the letters discuss her book, Seaford Public Library she used for her “If a Poem Could research were Live and Breathe.” believed to have Frank McKenna, the director of been destroyed. Alice Roosevelt the library, said he and his staff were honored to have Calvi died of Bright’s disease in 1884, just two days after giving birth speak there. “It’s a capstone to all of our to the couple’s daughter, Alice events during the summer,” Lee Roosevelt. Grieving the loss of his wife, Roosevelt was said McKenna said. to have destroyed letters and The library hosts a variety of programs year-round. It recent- pictures of her. But after reading Roosevelt’s ly wrapped up its summer reading club, and was one of 58 diaries and seeing how much he libraries that participated in the adored Alice, Calvi said she recently concluded Nassau believed Roosevelt wouldn’t Library Tour. ConTInueD on pAGe 9
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Town Councilman Christopher Carini, state Sen. Steve Rhoads, and Seaford Lions Club president George Brennan honor Douglas Alexander — past president of Lions Clubs International — with a proclamation, thanking him for his service.
Lions Club wins fundraising raffle, gets visit from president By CHARlES SHAW cshaw@liherald.com
The Seaford Lions Club won a raffle — and the prize was to spend a lunch day with Douglas Alexander, the past international president of Lions Clubs International, on Aug. 15. Alexander appeared at the Seaford Lions Club’s summer social event, spending time with Seaford members as winners of the club raffle. The Seaford members welcomed Alexander with open arms and some summer grilling, and the past international president was even honored by state Sen. Steve Rhoads, who presented Alexander with a proclamation
from the State Senate, thanking him for his service to communities around the world. “His legend certainly precedes him,” Rhoads said of Alexander. “He does so much good for our community, and it’s special to have the opportunity to honor him, because here’s someone who’s traveling the world and spreading the work that the Lions do.” Lions Clubs International is the world’s largest service club organization with around 1.4 million members and more than 40,000 clubs throughout the world. Alexander said he has traveled to Korea, Thailand, Australia, Taiwan, and many other regions of the world to spread his work, but his introduction to ConTInueD on pAGe 6
t’s a capstone to all of our events during the summer.