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February 4,2010, BEACON NEWSPAPER • 3 West Islip students make plea to school board to roll back lunch price increase Gerry Ryan inducted into Manhattan College Athletic Hall of Fame Manhattan College inducted Gerry Ryan of Babylon Village into its Athletic Hall o f Fame this fall. G e rry' came to the States at 17 years of age from Ireland on a full scholarship to throw the hammer for Manhattan Colleges Track & Field program. He graduated in 1990 after distinguishing himself in this event. He was a record holder for hammer throwing and weight throwing, and ranks sixth on the all time Hammer List at Manhattan College. He earned NCAA All-American status as a senior when he hurled the hammer for a personal best of 211 feet 8 inches. Ryan was named All East six times, qualified for the NCAA twice and was a four-time Metropolitan Champion, twice for the hammer and twice for the weight. He coached track and field at Manhattan while in grad school. Currently Gerry lives in Babylon with his wife Rebecca and three children, Sean, Sophie and Maya. by Carolyn James Two students at West Islip Kirdahy Elementary School at Captree m ade a presentation at the district’s regular school board meeting recently asking that the board consider rolling back a 25-cent increase in school lunch costs. The students, Peter DeMicco and Andrew Renfroe, fourth-grade students, said that the increase m eant that many students did not have money to buy snacks. They collected 200 signatures on a petition asking for the rollback, and presented it to the board. POLICE BLOTTER Effective Jan. 4, the elementary lunch price increased to $1.75 and secondary lunch increased to $2.25. Similar increases were reflected in the elementary and secondary meal plans. The students went to the Kirdahy principal, John Mullins with their petition, asking if he could rescind the price increase. He told them that he did n o t have the authority to do that and seized on the issue „ , . ». as a learning opportunity to the To see the video of the students making stucjents a presentation to the school board, g o to s want to te|i them that I this story on rrjew.hahylonbeacon.con. (Contlnued „„ page 5 ) and click the video icon. The Suffolk County Police Department’s First Precinct ami other local fire and law enforcement agencies reported the following incidents this week. BURGLARY West Islip: Entering through a garage door, someone broke into a Center Dyre Avenue home Jan. 19. The break in took place sometime prior to 8:30 a.m. It is not known what may have been taken Wheatley Heights: Sometime before 9 a.m. on Jan. 14, someone broke into a Malden Circle home and stole assorted items, •The owner of a Main Avenue home chased a would- be burglar Jan. 19 when he saw the man trying to break into the house. The thief escaped during the 8 p.m. incident. North Babylon: An undisclosed amount of money was taken Jan. 15 from a Brookside Avenue home. Police were called at 4:15 p.m. Copiague: At 9 p.m. Jan. 12, police received a report that someone had broken into a Lambert Avenue home and had taken assorted articles. GRAND LARCENY West Babylon: Someone stole al994 Nissan Maxima Jan. 17 sometime prior to 4:45 p.m. The car was on Commander Avenue at the time of the theft. Wyandanch: A 1992 black Honda Civic, parked on Venezia Drive, was stolen Jan. 14 sometime before 12:45 a.m. Deer Park: An undisclosed amount o f merchandise was taken Jan. 17 from an Arches Circle $tore. The incident took place at about 1:45 p.m. The store owner gave police a video of the theft, East Farmingdale: At about 1 a.m., Jan. 16, someone drove off in a 2003 Honda Accord that was parked on Monroe Street. Copiague: Someone stole a 1992 green Honda Civic parked on Howard Avenue. The theft occurred on Jan. 17, sometime before 11 p.m. . ^Cpptintied.on page 5) The West Islip School Board recognized its athletes, shown above: Courtney V, All County and All State, Girls Varsity Gymnastics; Kailey L , Melanie S„ Kristen S., and Victoria S„ All County; Alex C, All County Academic, Girls Varsity Soccer; Codi-Lym /., Alexis R, Mikayla W. and Samantha W„ All County; Codi-Lyrin Suffolk County Championship Player of the Game; Samantha W„ League II Goalkeeper ofthé'Year; Nick Grieco, League II Coach o f the Year; Vinny C, All County, Boys Varsity Soccer; Ali E, Girls Varsity Cross Country, All County; Marlaena L , Kelsey A., ]ulie L , All County 3rd Team; Paul E., Jack M., Andrew C. and Bryan D., All County; Boys Varsity Volleyball; Mary C. All County, Girls Varsity Volleyball; Samantha S„ Kerri G, and Brianna E, All County-Girls Varsity Tennis; Sarah C, Andie G, Bridget W., and Julia E., All County, Girls Varsity Swimming; Andrew H. and Tim L , All County, Varsity Football; Devan Crimin, All County, Varsity Field Hockey; Ashley D., cheerleading Wendy’s High School Heisman Award. Babylon students learn it's okay to be different In celebration of M a rtin Luther King, Jr. Day, students in Kim Ricchiuti and Shannon Romanchuks third-grade class at Babylon Memorial Grade School in the Babylon School D istrict read the book It’s Okay to be Different by Todd Parr, and participated in a science experim ent called “Are Brown Eggs and W h ite Eggs the Same Inside?” Keeping with the book’s m e s s a g e th a t a l t h o u g h p e o p l e have in d i v i d u a l c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s th e y all rem ain the same inside, the students m ade predictions on what they thought was inside each egg. W o rking with partners, the students completed the five steps to an experim ent and concluded that, just like people, the eggs were the same on the inside. In celebration o f Martin Luther King Jr. Day, students in Kim Ricchiuti and Shannon Romanchuks third-grade class read the book It’s Okay to be Different by Todd Parr, and participated in a science experiment called “Are Brown Eggs and White Eggs the Same Inside?,” during which they realized that, just like people, the eggs are the same or} the inside. .
