More than 150 golfers hit the course early Monday morning, in what’s become an annual Columbus Day tradition. The sixth annual John LaBarbera Memorial Golf Outing helped raise more than $30,000 — a record for a single year — for scholarships.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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10/13/11
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With my driver raised above my head, I took a moment to remember what my golf instructor, Walter Ostroske, had just taught me –– knees bent, feet a shoulder-length apart and arms straight.
Check, check and check.
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By David Weingrad
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8/25/11
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One day about 50 years ago, John DeGrace saw a young boy while riding his bike on West Valley Stream Boulevard. “He said, ‘Hi John!’” DeGrace recounted, “and waved to me.” Little did he know that this “outgoing, friendly person” that he saw would become one of his dearest friends, and this year’s honoree at the Valley Stream Republican Club’s annual golf outing, Donald Steinert.
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By Clarissa Hamlin
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8/17/11
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Perseverance is a big deal in my husband’s family. You don’t quit, no matter how tough the challenge. Pick the cliché of your choice: Stay the course; dig in; when the going gets tough, the tough get going; anything worth doing is worth doing well. These mantras hum in the background of our lives.
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7/21/11
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While the masses headed for the beaches last Monday to seek relief from sweltering heat, the Long Island Golf Academy began its eighth year of operation at East Meadow’s Eisenhower Park.
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Tony Bellissimo
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7/14/11
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Valley Stream’s high school district golf team is back. Golfers have been hitting the course all spring, as the team was resurrected after a few seasons off.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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5/12/11
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Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano announced last week that Eisenhower Park will provide a free round of golf for veterans and active-duty personnel on Eisenhower Park’s Blue Course on …
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11/5/10
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In his three years at Central High School, Stephen Boyd was a stand-out football player, and led the school to its only conference championship. But it was only the beginning for the man who would go on to become a feared linebacker in the NFL.
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Andrew Hackmack
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8/18/10
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When thinking of a country club, one generally assumes that a single membership covers all. Such is not the case with Lawrence Village Country Club, which is comprised of three separate facilities. The Golf Club, Tennis Club and the Village Marina are each run independently.
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Teri Ann Loeser
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3/10/10
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More than 130 people came together last week to remember a young man whose life ended too soon. The fourth annual John LaBarbera golf outing was held at the Douglaston Golf Course on Sept. 28.
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Andrew Hackmack
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10/8/09
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