Adeline’s island

Launey wins powerlifting national championship
  • Adeline Launey shows off her medal for winning a national powerlifting meet in New Orleans. (Photo courtesy of Sacred Heart Athletics)
    Adeline Launey shows off her medal for winning a national powerlifting meet in New Orleans. (Photo courtesy of Sacred Heart Athletics)
By: TONY MARKS Editor In his poem that is best known for its final line, “And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee,” John Donne wrote, “No man is an island, Entire of itself; Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main.” Even though, man, at some points in life, can feel like he is on an island. According to Sacred Heart athletic director Jacob…

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