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BRENTWOOD, N.Y.?? Samantha Garvey and her family had been living in a Long Island shelter for several days when they got word that the 17-year-old aspiring marine biologist made it to the semifinals of the prestigious national Intel science competition.
Now, with donations coming in and the county finding them rent-subsidized housing, she'll again be able to do her homework in a home of her own.
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"This is just the most amazing thing you could ask for," the diminutive Garvey said at a news conference Friday, surrounded by her parents, brother, sister and a cadre of politicians and school officials.
"We're all in tears here," she said after Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced that the Department of Social Services had located a nearby three-bedroom house where the family could live. "This is what we've always wanted."
Garvey is one of 300 teenagers nationwide named this week as semifinalists in the prestigious Intel science competition; finalists will be announced at the end of January. She spent more than two years researching the effects of the Asian short crab on the mussel population in a Long Island salt marsh.
"What Sam found was that, like anyone, after being attacked you develop a tough skin of shell," said her science research teacher, Rebecca Grella. "These mussels were able to increase their thickness and protect themselves against their predator."
Grella noted the link between Garvey's challenges and those of the mollusks she studied.
"I do believe that is an amazing metaphor," Grella said, "and I do see Sam as a strong mussel."
Evicted on New Year's Eve
The Brentwood High School senior, who has applied to Yale and Brown universities, was evicted along with her family from their home on New Year's Eve. Her mother, Olga, a nurse's assistant, was out of work for eight months following a car accident in February. Her father, Leo, could not keep up with the bills alone on his salary as a cab driver.
Housing prices on Long Island are among the highest in the country, even in Brentwood, which has struggled with gang violence in recent years. A three-bedroom home there recently sold for $291,000, according to Lisa Kennedy, a broker with Eric G. Ramsay Associates. A three-bedroom ranch is renting for $1,800 a month, she said.
The Garveys will pay 30 percent of their monthly income to rent the county-owned property, officials said.
Gregory Blass, the county commissioner of Social Services, said the family was already known to officials because they were staying in a shelter, making them eligible to move into the house. He said the county works to place about 30 to 40 homeless families a month from shelters into apartments or homes. He insisted that the Garveys received no preferential treatment because of Samantha's notoriety.
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The house is undergoing renovations and should be ready for the Garveys in about 10 days, Bellone said.
Leo Garvey, Samantha's father, said that after the eviction he took his family to a hotel for a week because he did not want them spending New Year's in a homeless shelter. But he finally had to contact Suffolk County Social Services for help last week; they were then placed in a shelter.
Nationwide coverage
This week came the accolades for Samantha's scientific feat, and the offer for the family to live in a home of their own. Her story has gotten coverage nationwide.
Once sponsored by Westinghouse, the Society for Science and the Public has been running the competition since 1942. Over the decades, contest finalists have gone on to some of the greatest achievements in science. Seven have won a Nobel Prize.
Before the eviction, the Garveys had rented a home for six or seven years, Leo Garvey said. And before that, the family had also lived in homeless shelters from time to time; Leo Garvey described himself as a recovering alcoholic.
Samantha said that she had worried for several months before the eviction, knowing that her mother was ailing and money was tight.
"I ordered a senior picture and I said, 'I don't know where to send it. I don't know what's going to happen. What if we move, what if we get evicted,' which we did," she said. "You're out in limbo. You're like, 'What's going to happen to my mail, what's going to happen to my college applications. Where are they all going to go?' It's scary."
In addition to the county housing, officials said the Marriott Corp. is donating "several thousand dollars" of furniture for the family to use. Others have offered to pay kennel fees for the family pit bull.
"It's unbelievable; the outpouring of help that we've had," said Leo Garvey. He made reference to a news conference also held Friday in Suffolk County announcing the latest winner of a Mega Millions lottery jackpot. "I feel richer than that $208 million winner."
Associated Press writer David B. Caruso and AP researcher Judith Ausbel in New York contributed to this report.
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League sources continue to indicate that Mike Sherman is well-positioned to be named the next head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a decision that could be announced this week.
Sherman interviewed for the position last week, and it went well, according to sources.
The Bucs are intrigued by Sherman's ample NFL and college experience, and he brings a message and demeanor very different from recently fired coach Raheem Morris.
Sherman went 57-39 in six seasons in Green Bay from 2000 to 2005 and coached the Packers to three consecutive NFC North titles from 2002 through 2004. He was fired after posting a 4-12 season in 2005.
The Bucs also have received permission to interview Houston Texans defensive coordinator Wade Phillips, according to a league source.
Phillips, who rejuvenated the Texans' defense in his first season with the team, was outspoken last week that he should be considered for head-coaching positions. The Houston Chronicle reported that Phillips' interview with the Bucs will take place on Friday.
"We'll talk and see how much interest (the Bucs) have in me," Phillips told the Chronicle. "I'm gratified somebody noticed. I don't want to leave Houston, but I want to be a head coach."
Phillips went 82-61 as coach of the New Orleans Saints (1985), Denver Broncos (1993-94), Buffalo Bills (1998-2000), Atlanta Falcons (2003) and Dallas Cowboys (2007-10).
The Bucs already have talked to Tennessee Titans defensive coordinator Jerry Gray, putting them in compliance with the Rooney Rule, which requires NFL teams to interview minority candidates for head-coaching positions.
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Following on from its recent 4G LTE announcement, a new Sprint landing page now reveals one of the first devices to run on its shiny new network -- the Samsung Galaxy Nexus! There's not a whole lot of information on offer about the device just yet, but Sprint's official site does confirm that it'll feature 16GB of storage, as opposed to Verizon's 32GB, as well as the Google Wallet functionality that's been conspicuously absent from other Galaxy Nexuses thus far. There was also no confirmation of the bump up to a 1.5 GHz CPU that was suggested by a leaked online ad late last week.
Besides that, it's presumably the same Galaxy Nexus we know and love, on Sprint!
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