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BROADWAY STAR: Broadway's Joan Roberts (Laurey in the original 1943 production of "Oklahoma!") presents the first annual Joan Roberts Performing Arts Scholarship to Danielle Codere, left, and Samantha Geraci-Yee 'at Freeport High School's annual.Music Awards Dinner. Danielle also won the prestigious NYSCAME scholarship.
WINNING WARBLERS: Members of the William Clinton Story American Legion Post # 342 recognized members of the Freeport High School Select Chorale, honoring the chorale's selection as the only high school group to perform at the Eastern States Music Conference.
Gilbert DeGampi is Father of The Year!
Gilbert DeCampi is The Leader's 2004 Father of the Year. Jessica DeCampi of Westside Avenue nominated her father in a letter to The Leader. The letter that won the honor follows:
I'm going to start out by saying that I believe my father is the greatest Dad in the world.
From day one, my father has always been there for me and my brothers and sister. My father always worked very hard as a NYC police officer to make a good life for my family., He never missed a day of work. He was dedicated to his job, not only because he loved what he did, but because he wanted to provide for his family.
We were never a rich family, monetary-wise, but we were always and still are, rich with love, kindness, loyalty, and pride. Our father has always done whatever he could to make sure that we were always happy and taken care of. When my father was retired, earher than anticipated, he never let it get him down. We knew that he wasn't happy
about it, but he never let it show. He continued to love us, teach us, and take care of us in every way that he could.
Our father is probably the most selfless person around. If someone needs to be picked up, dropped off, or just needs help doing anything, our father will drop whatever he is doing and help them. For many years he chauffeured me around. When I started college and I still didn't have a car, my father would get up at 7 in the morning and drive me to school. When I had a three-hour break between classes he would pick me up at school, bring me home, then bring me back again and then pick me up again. He never complained and he never denied me a ride. He always dropped everything and helped me out.
My father has taught me most of what I
know and has helped create the person I
have become (which I think is a pretty good
(continued on page 3)
FATHER OF THE YEAR: The DeCampi family (clockwise, starting
at bottom left): Gil, daughter-in-law Kim, son Greg, son Tom holding
grandson William, daughter Jessica holding granddaughter Celeste, son-in-law
Eddie, daughter Stacey, wife Sharon and granddaughter Kaitlyn. Missing from
photo is youngest grandson Matthew.
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| Title | The-Leader_2004-06-17 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within the Village of Freeport and Baldwin. |
| Creator | Linda Toscano |
| Publisher | L & M Publications, Inc. |
| Contributors | Scanned by Imaging & Microfilm Access, Inc. (Bohemia, NY 11716) |
| Date | 2004 |
| Type | Periodical |
| Format | PDF; TIFF |
| Source | Freeport Memorial Library |
| Language | English |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | This digital image may be freely used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this image is permitted without written permission of the Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Road, Freeport, NY 11520 or email: frreference@freeportlibrary.info |
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