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Half Hollow Hills East High School senior Leila Curtis has been a varsity tennis player since ninth grade and helped the Thunderbirds win the Suffolk County team championship.

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Do they have all the errors of Taylor Swift represented? Well, you live with the Swifties. So do you know all the errors? I know there's the red era, the reputation. I don't even know that. And then you got her versions. We'll have a talk so much fun. I'm a huge fan though, so that's gonna be great to check out. We have a lot of nice nights coming up this week and even into the weekend. So you'll be able to get out there and get these into the Swifty spirit, I guess. Um, nice day today we did end off with some clouds. A beautiful photo from Sue in East Moritz. It is nice to see you out, enjoying some of the fresh air. The next couple of days, it's going to be a little bit colder than normal. Our average high is now 48. So tomorrow we're at 46 Wednesday, Thursday, down to about 40 a little bit of a breeze, but it will be nice and dry and then look at Friday, Saturday, Sunday, we're on the rise, but by Sunday when temperatures get close to 60 we are watching our next chance for rain tomorrow. It's dry. Sunny start after 2 to 3 o'clock, scattered clouds start to come in. So definitely a chilly finish to the day tomorrow night Wednesday. Slight chance for a little Sprinkle or flurry. It's out of here by daybreak Wednesday ends up being dry, but cold temperatures struggle to even really get up to about 40 in the afternoon. Thursday is very nice. It's a calm day. It's a chilly day And then on Friday we have sunshine will start to warm up. This is going to be the setup for Sunday. Our next good chance for rain. We have a sharp front coming through. There will be a couple of hours likely in the afternoon. Um, where we could see moderate to heavy rainfall, some gusty winds, the rain will end, then it will be breezy and turning a little bit cooler through the start of next week. So we're just on this roller coaster ride with our temperatures. So overnight, partly cloudy and chilly. 34 we do have a little bit of a breeze out of the northwest. We're in the forties tomorrow when it's a nice sunny start, scattered clouds in the afternoon. 44 Hempstead, 44 in Rocky Point and 43 for you in orient. Coldest days will be Wednesday and Thursday and then Friday, we're back up to 50 weekend. Start of it is nice, but Sunday to Monday.

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Scholar Athlete: Leila Curtis

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time now to meet this week's winner of the news. 12 scholar athlete award sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union. She's half Hollow Hills East High School Senior Leila Curtis. Now Layla is the strong and silent type, but she makes a racket with her tennis racket. She's been a varsity player since ninth grade and help the Thunderbirds win the Suffolk County team championship. Along with her doubles partner, she made the state tournament, earned all state honors. She's also on the track team in one of the best throwers around personal record, 41 ft one inch, that's second best in the state and qualified her for the new balance nationals. She won the long island championship. She's all county, all state and has gotten used to all eyes being on her at every meet that has happened where I've talked to some of the other throwers from other schools and one of them has been like, I was hoping you wouldn't come so that I could have a chance or something like that. And it's like I'll do some of the warm ups and I'll just hear everyone goes silent because it's like, wow, she throws for Leila also loves science. She's part of the research program at stony brook lab. She's doing an internship at the university. Her goal is to get a PhD in ecology, teaching college and help the animals that need it. Animals are going extinct or becoming endangered. And it's like I want to learn more about these animals and I want to preserve these animals too, conserve them so that I have the chance to research them, and other people have the chance to research them as well. Leila is also a library volunteer, and in the African American scholar recognition program. And like all of our winners, she gets a $1,000 scholarship from Bethpage Federal Credit Union. I'm Kevin Maher.

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