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Wantagh High set to premiere ‘Radium Girls’ “Radium Girls” is set in the 1920s and tells the tale of Grace Fryer, a woman who works as a You don’t have buy tickets to a dial painter, fighting for her day Broadway play to see some quali- in court as the women she works ty, passion-driven theater. Want- with begin to fall ill with a mysagh High School’s production of terious disease. Arthur Roeder, “Radium Girls” is the women’s boss, scheduled to predesperately tries to miere on Nov. 18. stop her efforts. The B o t h Wa n t a g h women apparently and Seaford high contracted radiation schools’ theater propoisoning from selfgrams emerged luminous paint, unscathed from the which was referred Covid-19 pandemic, to as “radium paintand both returned ing.” triumphant in the The radium was 2021-22 school year previously thought in some capacity. to be medicinal, Wantagh returned radiation therKIMBERlY DAVIS since with a masked perapy is still used to for mance of the teacher, treat tumors. But it drama “The Outsid- Wantagh Schools brings its own daners” in the fall, and a gers with it as well. performance of the “The paint glowmusical “Crazy for You” in the ed in the dark,” Kimberly Davis, spring, while Seaford returned a Wantagh High English teacher with the musical “The Addams and the show’s director, said. Family” last spring. “And before they knew about the Now, Wantagh High School poisoning, they thought radium will be perfor ming its first was a miracle cure because it unmasked non-musical play in actually shrunk the size of three years. “Radium Girls” is tumors. But then they started set to premiere on Nov. 18, and developing these strange illnesswill run all weekend until Nov. es.” 20. Davis, who holds a doctorate Inspired by a true story, Continued on page 2
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Generals march to title The MacArthur’s girls’ soccer team captured the Nassau Class A championship last Saturday, defeating Garden City 2-0. Story, more photos, Page 8.
Inspiring the next generation of Lions Club members in school By MICHAEl MAlASZCZYK mmalaszczyk@liherald.com
The newly formed, student-run Leos Club at Seaford High School is picking up right where the Lions Club leaves off, helping with much-needed charity work. The Lions Club is an international organization that is very active on Long Island, with chapters in Wantagh, Seaford and other villages and hamlets. The Lions Club’s original — and still primary — goal is fighting blindness, but it has expanded to offer many kinds of charity work worldwide. The group has gotten behind international aid
efforts, including recently sending assistance directly to clubs in Ukraine with no overhead fee, according to Charles Wroblewski of the Seaford Lions Club, and the same was done for the clubs of Wantagh and Seaford when Hurricane Sandy hit 10 years ago. George Brennan, president of the Seaford Lions Club, has laid out its goals very clearly — to cure world blindness, to help others in need, and to be good citizens in the community. Essentially, the Lions Club is a global mutual aid organization that has expanded its causes. And this year, as the Seaford Lions celebrated 70 years Continued on page 4
’m excited for them to get this opportunity to really show off their skill.