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Published by Halston Media, 2020-04-29 18:55:03

Yorktown News 04.30.20

Vol. 9 No. 5 Visit TapIntoYorktown.net for the latest news. Thursday, April 30, 2020

Visiting great-grandma

PHOTO PROVIDED BY PATRICIA SLAVIN AND ELIZABETH MARTIN

John C. Hart Librarian’s give check for $650 to St. Mary’s Food Pantry.

Scouts, community step up
for St. Mary’s Food Pantry

BY KATHERINE BORCHERT While community members and local

STAFF WRITER businesses have donated money and food

to the pantry, Boy Scout Troop 238 has

With many in the community facing been rebuilding the St. Mary’s community

hardships due to the COVID-19 pandem- garden to help provide fresh produce.

ic and unprecedented job losses, residents “We do like to get involved in service

have come out in droves to help their fellow projects. is was another project that they

neighbors, including supporting the local thought the Boy Scouts could do and we

food bank Community Food Pantry at St. were happy to do it,” said Scoutmaster Ste-

Mary’s Mohegan Lake. phen Scott.

PHOTO COURTESY OF MARIA HUGHES e food pantry, which operates from e Rev. Robert Quarato, a pastor at

Rearden Lipowski visits his great grandmother Carmie Overton 9-11 a.m. on Saturdays, feeds, on average, 90 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Shrub
in Je erson Village.
to 120 families in need each week.According Oak, recommended Troop 238 for the task

to Patricia Slavin, who sits on the board of and the Seton parish has been providing

St. Mary’s, the food pantry has been feeding SEE ST. MARY’S PAGE 4
more than 200 families each week.

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The Staff Towns waive penalty for late property taxes
EDITORIAL TEAM
JODI WEINBERGER BY TOM BARTLEY collect late fees on assessments nomic crunch, the late-fee waiver message to you: if you can pay

EDITOR: 914-302-5830 CONTRIBUTING WRITER paid after their April 30 due date is meant to save them a few scarce your taxes by April 30, please do.
[email protected]
as long as taxpayers demonstrate dollars. If you cannot pay now but will
BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER
SPORTS EDITOR: 914-302-5628 Homeowners and businesses economic hardship due to the vi- To qualify, property owners be able to manage a plan to pay
[email protected]
in nancial distress caused by the rus and pay the full amount they must certify their nancial straits by July 15, please put your plan
ADVERTISING TEAM
LISA KAIN coronavirus can avoid penalties if owe by July 15. on a simple, one-page form. Even in place to do that. If you are ex-

914-351-2424 they’re a little late paying property e pandemic, tracing a deadly, those who do not qualify for the periencing undue hardship and
[email protected]
taxes this year. devastating toll worldwide, had full waiver can still pay late and anxious about not being able to
PAUL FORHAN
914-202-2392 “ is is the right thing to do for already taken the lives of almost face only sharply reduced pen- pay your taxes, please know that
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CORINNE STANTON our constituents,” County Execu- 1,000 Westchester residents as alties: a 0.5 percent fee on pay- Lewisboro is working closely
845-621-4049
[email protected] tive George Latimer said in giv- this week began. It had also shut ments made in May and 1 percent with the county to address these
JENNIFER CONNELLY
917-446-7757 ing local governments throughout down broad swaths of commerce. through June and continuing to issues that we expect to surface.”
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BRUCE HELLER Westchester the option to waive With businesses closed, unem- mid-July. At the county level, Latimer set
914-202-2941
[email protected] the customary fees for COV- ployment has spiked and the Lewisboro Supervisor Peter the stage for waivers with a break
SHELLEY KILCOYNE
ID-19 tardiness. personal nances of many are in Parsons summed it up for resi- on the towns’ own property-tax
CO-FOUNDER
914-924-9122 Most towns in this area quickly tatters. dents in his online newsletter: deadline. Ordinarily, municipali-
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GABRIELLE BILIK invoked the option. ey will not For those caught in the eco- “Here is our plain and simple ties must turn over 60 percent of
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TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL
Normally due in White Plains
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CHRISTINA ROSE
July 15—but only if the town ex-
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EXECUTIVE TEAM district taxes it collects.
BRETT FREEMAN
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For supervisors like Slater, how-

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carved into the stone of state law,

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eLxopceartl atrdaavpetls
to life without

flights

BY CAROL REIF after college. After going back for his to put together Powerpoint presen-

STAFF WRITER MBA in Information Systems at Pace tations with tips on such subjects as

University, he spent more than three how to pack for a trip. (He recom-

e pandemic is not the rst cataclysmic world event decades working for Merrill Lynch, GE mends bringing a change of clothes

the travel industry has been forced to weather in the last and Aetna before retiring to pursue his in your carry-on in case the airline

decade. lifelong dream of becoming an entre- misplaces your luggage, and a bath-

High-pro le aviation disasters, unrest in destination preneur. ing suit, so you can dive right into

spots and even the eruption of an Icelandic volcano; all Putting together the videos should be the pool while waiting to get into

have had a direct impact on folks’ desire to y abroad. a piece of cake for the former software your hotel room.)

But somehow tourism has always found a way to development manager. Bastone will be posting all of

steady its wings and y forward. Bastone’s rst project will explore this on his company’s website and

It’s too soon to say how this new reality will pan out, cruises on the Danube, Europe’s sec- his new YouTube channel. He also

but experts are cautiously optimistic that the travel biz ond-longest river. Some of its ports of plans to work with a company that

will eventually bounce back, if not explode. call include the elegant and in uential produces 360-degree videos that

Meanwhile, where do we go if we can’t go farther cities of Budapest, Vienna and Prague. have an almost 3D e ect when seen

than our comfy armchairs? He will also use a combination of slides through a special device.

North Salem’s Frank Bastone has a few suggestions. and videos to give folks a virtual swing Frank Bastone On the possible itinerary so far
Known as “ e Vacation erapist,” he collaborates around the tour boat itself. are the Colosseum in Rome; the

with clients who “desire a concierge-level of service in Meanwhile, he is lming interviews Vatican Museums, and the ruins of

planning their dream vacations so that they can re- with industry leaders such as Tauck, a luxury tour agen- Pompeii, an ancient city in Italy instantly wiped out by

lax and enjoy a ‘WOW’ experience on their journeys cy based in nearby Wilton, Conn. the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

around the world.” e rst video will feature a Tauck destination spot, Bastone agrees that it’s a “Brave New World,” as trav-

An avid wanderer himself, the founder and owner Portugal, one of the new hot places to vacation. e el goes.

of Pinnacle Trips claims his personal perspective helps southern European country has recently emerged from “We’re adapting; you have to,” he says.

him craft recommendations for hotels, cruises, restau- the shadows of France, Spain and Italy by dint of its Bastone is also a freelance writer. Among the local

rants and tours. beautiful, meandering coastline, colorful and sprawling magazines he has written travel-related pieces for are

His company motto? “We Plan—You Relax.” inland views and burgeoning wine culture. It’s cheap, Ridge eld Neighbors and Westchester Senior Voice,

But now, with stay-at-home health restrictions rmly too. e cost of a hotel room, even in the capital, Lis- both of which are right up his alley since the major-

in place, that has wisely morphed into “Dream Now— bon, runs about $80 a night. Local fare is also reasonably ity of his clients are boomers, active seniors and busy

Travel Later.” priced. professionals.

Part one of his multipronged approach—a series of Bastone, known for rocking wild tropical shirts, will He and his wife, Fran, have three grown sons. Steven’s

destination spot videos. narrate. But don’t be fooled by the pink amingoes fan- an equity trader; Derek, a New York City teacher. Je ’s

He hopes that folks can temporarily assuage their dangoing behind him; they were captured on lm by the a physician’s assistant at a New York City hospital. He’s

wanderlust by deploying their mind’s eye instead of amateur photographer while he himself was frolicking “right on the frontlines” of the coronavirus ght.

their plane tickets. And, of course, dream about and plan on Renaissance Island, a private resort o the coast of And that’s reason enough to fervently pray, his proud

for future trips. Aruba in the southern Caribbean. padre says, that “once this thing is over, people can go

Bastone worked in sales, marketing and retail right Going down yet another digital path, Bastone hopes back to their normal lives.”

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ST. MARY’S

FROM PAGE 1

funding for the project. Councilman Tom Diana and Supervisor Matt Slater donate groceries to St. Mary’s food
e Scouts began the rehab project in pantry.

March before social distancing precautions target with our time frame,” Scott said. the closings that we’ve been having and
went into e ect.
He added that the perimeter of the not being able to gather as groups. It’s
“We had all hands on deck in the begin-
ning, dismantling the old garden and or- garden is complete and new gates will be been a good experience that way.”
ganizing the wood and everything,” Scott
said. “Initially we thought that they wanted added. e Scouts are currently digging While the Scouts are nishing up their
to plant by May 1 and I thought that, no
matter what, we’ll pretty much be able to out old planting boxes and are installing work on the garden, community members, PHOTOS PROVIDED BY PATRICIA SLAVIN AND
handle that kind of time frame and then ELIZABETH MARTIN
this virus hit. at threw a monkey wrench new ones. town leaders and local businesses have
in our plans.” Connor Scott holding the thank you sign
“We’re starting to get to the end of the been making contributions to the food made by Patricia Slavin for Troop 238 in
Even so, Troop 238 continued to work front of the garden.
on the project in father-son teams. project. So we feel really good to be able pantry, as well.
Food Pantry at St. Mary’s in celebration of
“We have high-ranking Life and Eagle to do that and do it on time for them so Both Supervisor Matt Slater and Coun- National Library Week. e Pub in York-
Scouts that were able to do some of the town also donated 120 pounds of pasta to
heavier work with the parents using any they wouldn’t lose their planting season,” cilman Tom Diana donated groceries to the pantry to help their neighbors in need.
kind of power tools,” Scott said. “We’ve got
maybe a father-and-son team that are both Scott said. “In spite of everything that has the food pantry while John C. Hart Li-
sheltering in place together, so it wouldn’t
violate any standards and if it were just happened, we are happy to be able to do brary Director Jennifer O’Neill said that
those two people at any given day on the
site, we’re not close to anybody.We thought something positive and it gives us a chance the sta of the library unanimously voted
maybe we could continue working on the
wall system. So we got the OK to do that.” to do another service project in spite of all to donate over $650 to the Community

While acknowledging the project has
been slowed by how many can be on the
site at any one time, Scott said they still be-
lieve they will reach their deadline of May
1.

“It’s one Life or Eagle Scout with one
parent and we’re hoping to be meeting our
deadline either by the end of this week-
end or certainly by May 1st. So in spite of
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OBITUARIES

Anthony Esposito Sailor and was well known up 24 at the age of 91. Mrs. Olm- was always impeccably dressed tional charms commemorated
and down the East Coast for his sted was a resident of Yorktown with carefully chosen jewelry the completion of their home,

sailboat racing skills, as Captain and a communicant at Saint Pat- and shoes to complement her the birth of their girls, and many

of his boat “Hustler”, taking 1st rick’s Church for over sixty years. custom-made out ts. She was other family milestones. She was

place at numerous Regatta’s. Marilyn was born in Peekskill, an avid reader and also enjoyed always eager to wear it and to

Anthony is also survived by his New York on June 19, 1928 to walking the Rail Trail with the explain the signi cance of each

Daughter Jeanette, his son, John, Gertrude Purdy Volkmann and family, doing Word-Find, jigsaw charm.

and his wife, Denise, and his 3 John Volkmann. ough she puzzles, identifying birds at the One of her favorite songs was,

cherished granddaughters, Alexa, was an only child, she was sur- feeder, and sitting with her be- “You are the Wind Beneath My

Laura and Toni Ann Esposito. rounded by many aunts, uncles, loved cat on her lap. Wings”. Never one to stand out

Also surviving are his sister Di- and cousins on both sides of After the death of her husband in a crowd, Marilyn was a hum-

ana Hogan, his sister-in-law Lil- the family. She graduated from in 1992, she maintained her home ble force content to support her

lian Pelosi and many nieces and Peekskill High School in 1946 and independence and could of- family and provide them with

nephews. and Berkeley Secretarial School ten be seen mowing her enormous the encouragement necessary for

ere will be a Celebration of in New York City in 1947. Fol- lawn with a push mower, or shov- them to achieve their goals and

Life Memorial in the near future. lowing graduation, she worked eling snow from her driveway. In dreams. Her loss will be pro-

Marilyn VolkmannAnthony Esposito, 91, of Yor- as a secretary for Creed’s Lum- her later years she moved in with foundly felt.
ber in Peekskill. On September her daughter Joanne’s family. She Mrs. Olmsted is survived by

ktown Heights, formerly of New Olmsted 24, 1950, she married her high was a proud and active grandma her daughter and son-in-law,
Rochelle, Yonkers and e Bronx school sweetheart, Joseph Olm- who thoroughly enjoyed spend- Joanne and Arthur Bartosch

passed away on April 4. He was sted. After his tour in the Army ing time with her children and of Yorktown; and two grand-

born is the Bronx on July 17,1928, in Germany, the couple moved grandchildren, and never missed a daughters, Michelle and Nicole

to John and Jenny Esposito. He to upstate New York so Joe could school concert, graduation, birth- Bartosch. She is also survived by

graduated from DeWitt Clinton work for his father’s construc- day celebration, soccer game, or her daughter, Nancy Serson of

High School and worked with his tion company. ey returned to a track meet. She was lovingly Valley Falls; two grandsons, Jo-

Father as a butcher. He was called Westchester in 1958 with their known by her granddaughters seph (Christina) and Matthew

to duty by the U.S. Army in 1950 daughter, Nancy, and built a and their friends as “Ma” and was Serson; and two great-grandchil-

and served in the Korean War. house in Yorktown before the a surrogate grandmother to many. dren, Darryl and Ariana Serson.

Anthony married his loving Wife birth of their second daughter, Her quiet presence and posi- A private funeral will be di-

Dolores (nee Pelosi) on August Joanne. tive attitude brought joy to those rected by Yorktown Funeral

17, 1952, and she survives him. Marilyn took great pride in around her. Home in Shrub Oak. A mass of

Anthony began his insurance her home and her children. She Her cherished charm bracelet, remembrance will be celebrated

career in 1958 with Prudential was active in the PTA and Girl a gift from Joe, traced the many at St. Patrick’s Church at a later

Insurance Company and later Scouts, but she was best known happy events and memories in date. In lieu of owers, the fam-

became an Allstate Insurance for her beautiful sewing and her life. Her rst charm, which ily would appreciate donations to

Agent for 40 years, retiring in Marilyn Volkmann Olmsted handcrafts. She sewed every- was a wedding ring, signi ed e American Lung Association

1999. Anthony was an avid passed away peacefully on April thing with such love and care and the start of married life. Addi- or e Alzheimer’s Association.

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aMndasrkeaeddy Porch Portrait

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PHOTO COURTESY OF THE YORKTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT Mattone’s quaran-

tine story, in their

own words:

“We are doing

what many others

are doing during this

pandemic: Trying

our best to stay safe

and stay busy. With

one of us working at

a hospital ( Jo) and

one working from

home (Mike), that

helps keep some

sense of normalcy.

e hardest part of

all of this is not be-

ing able to do more

things and see more The MsaonttoJnaekef,aamnidlyd: MogikEelvaisnd Jo,
people with our son,
Jake. We know how PHOTO: BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER
much his grandpar-

ents and other family

members miss him,

and we miss getting together with family and friends as well, but hopefully with

everyone following the guidelines, this will be over sooner rather than later. And

it will be interesting years from now to explain to our son how ‘unusual’ his early

childhood was, although right now he doesn’t know any di erent.

Our dog, Elvis, doesn’t seem to mind this too much. With us home more, he gets

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Happily
Ever
After

e Monsters Drip, drip
are Due on
Maple Street As a Pisces, I have an READING, those days!). We gossiped
a nity for water. I WRITING & and snacked the entire
like to walk along CHOCOLATE afternoon while working
the beach on vacation on our tans.
or stare out at a peace-
inking back to more

ful lake on a sunny day. I KIM lovely associations with
KOVACH
enjoy hiking to impressive water, I remember being
Re ecting on the present
crisis we are all su ering waterfalls and listening to excited to walk along the
through, I am reminded
of my beloved show growing up, MY the power of the endlessly Danube River on my visit
PERSPECTIVE
e Twilight Zone. In March of rushing water. to Hungary. e river did
1960, one of my favorite episodes JAMES
aired, entitled e Monsters are MARTORANO I even have a top two list of scenic views not look blue like the waltz title I had always
Due on Maple Street. e plot was
very simple: on an average street boys become stranded on an island. from shower windows. Once while visiting heard about but it was still quite thrilling to
in a typical American small town, At rst, the boys form a version
objects are inexplicably activated. of adult society with political and friends in Su olk County, I pulled back the walk from Buda to Pest across the Szechenyi
For instance, car horns, house social institutions designed to serve
lights, gas stoves, and so on and so the public good, while maintaining shower curtain to discover a bucolic view of Chain Bridge.
forth, turn on and o in a very odd equality and supporting the wellbe-
and suspicious manner. When the ing of all. But, like the inhabitants horses grazing in a neighboring eld. On another milestone vacation, I remem-
astounded neighbors gather to g- of Serling’s Maple Street, eventu-
ure out what is going on, it doesn’t ally the wilder boys break o and e best view was from the upstairs bath- ber driving down the coast of California
take long for the initial rational acquire power. As the boys shed
search for a solution to devolve into their culture, they lose human- room at the summer share house in Great and spotting my rst glimpse of the Paci c
paranoid and angry chaos. What ity and become murderous sav-
the people don’t realize is that ages. Removed from the structure Barrington. Flinging back that grimy shower Ocean. I couldn’t wait to go to the beach in
this is a test orchestrated by aliens and enforcement mechanisms of
who are planning an invasion of civilization, the boys’ animal selves curtain presented a spectacular view of Lake California! We drove past all of the signs for
earth. What they witness from the take over.
comfort of their spaceship is man’s Buel. You could see rowboats gently bobbing Malibu and coastal towns until we found our
descent from the lofty perch of a Prior to both Golding and
rational being into the bowels of Serling, Charles Darwin famously in the water or watch the zig-zag of jet-skis small hotel in Hermosa Beach. at rst day,
a violent and easily manipulated proposed the theory of adapta-
creature. eir verdict: just prey on tion. Also named “the survival zooming across the lake. after unpacking the rental car, we hurried to
their weaknesses and mankind will theory,” it simply states what is
self-destruct. both observationally and logically As children growing up, we splashed the beach. We walked towards the Paci c
true: that organisms will either
Rod Serling, the writer of that develop an ability to adapt to their around in a big above-ground pool in our Ocean on the dirty, litter- lled sand. We
episode, wasn’t the rst person environmental challenges or perish.
to explore man’s propensity for Adaptations are documented over backyard that Dad assembled each summer. wanted to take pictures and had a hard time
self-destruction. William Gold- time and are passed down to future
ing’s classic work, e Lord of the e year that we lived in Florida, we actu- clearing away the cigarette butts and wrap-
Flies, depicts literally the descent SEE MARTORANO PAGE 17
of man when upper-class British ally had an in-ground pool surrounded by a pers and junk to nd a clean patch of sand

screened in patio overlooking a canal. I never for our towels.

actually had a swimming lesson. I was afraid On a di erent trip to California, years later,

of putting my face in the water so I did my I stayed at the famous Hotel Del Coronado.

own awkward kind of swimming with my e beach was much cleaner at this resort.

head above the water. Just making it to the Same Paci c Ocean waves, cleaner sand.

other side of the pool tired me out. But I have some negative associations with

I remember going to a theme park years ago water, too. Like the time that my landlord

and riding down the water slide. It was fun called me at work to ask, “Hey, quick ques-

getting drenched on a hot summer day. Up tion, where do you keep the big towels?” after

in the Berkshires, I enjoyed paddleboating on causing a kitchen ood. And the other day

the lake. It felt like paradise to pedal your bare during that big rain and wind storm, as I

feet in a berglass contraption while soaking was teaching one of my adult ction writ-

up the sunshine. Ellen and I would set out on ing classes over Zoom, the rain water started

our afternoon voyages with supplies includ- pouring inside the house from the heating

ing taco chips and Margaritas. After we had vent above the sliding glass doors!

peddled out away from shore we could prop

our legs up and lean back to soak up those Kim Kovach prefers to admire water from a

rays (we didn’t think about sun damage in distance. www.kimkovachwrites.com

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Getting a crash course in cyber teaching

Like their public school counter- [as they are designated] grades 1-6. sends students to help her teach lessons
parts, teachers at Our Montessori that are not e ectively transmitted via
School have been learning, along could get right down to Under the supervision video calls.
with their students and parents, what it’s
like to be in a new kind of “home room.” work. e parents were BRUCE of Randa Dobrayel, who Soyuer says parents pitch in by adding
pleasantly surprised THE BLOG teaches 15 students in extracurricular activities, including foreign
“Distance learning will be new for all how comfortable their grades 1-3, parents have languages and art.
of us -- students and teachers,” the school
informed its families, “and we will be children were with BRUCE been asked to video the e parents who make it a point to
adjusting as we go along.” research additional resources at home
independent work. To APAR students’ projects and have discovered apps such as Duolingo
Founded in 1972 by Betty Hengst and and have learned from teachers about
her late husband Werner Hengst, with maintain continuity, I submit them via Google websites like LeFrench, to help keep their
locations in northern Westchester (York- children on pace and fully engaged in
town Heights) and Putnam (Carmel), the suggested they all begin Classroom. self-enrichment.
independent, non-denominational school
specializes in the unique learning tech- with a daily routine e recorded projects One enterprising student melted cray-
niques of Maria Montessori for children ons on a hot plate to simulate oil colors
18 months to 12 years old, as close to the one in will be shared with all and proceeded to paint in a style inspired
by Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night.
Students are grouped not by the tradi- school as possible. Parents found ways of on a private YouTube channel, which al-
tional public school method of age-grade Marge Palombo says her 3-4-year-olds
correlation, but according to ability. e incorporating exercise, art, and language lows students to ask each other questions enjoy interacting with each other remote-
underlying logic is that students are less ly one-on-one, as well as in a group, for a
likely to fall behind others in their work into the kids’ daily schedule.” and to share comments on other projects. scavenger hunt, or for art projects to show
or to be held back by others. their art work. She says one child created
For the 3- to 4-year-olds in the Carmel Dobrayel checks in with students three his own board game.
For example, students in one of the
Yorktown classes that is taught by Deniz location’s Nursery/Kindergarten program, times a week, giving lessons to each. In MISSING THE CLASSROOM
Soyuer are the equivalent of 4th, 5th and In assessing their experiences so far
6th graders. Marge Palombo started slowly with a concert with Our Montessori School
with distance learning, the Montessori
MAINTAINING CONTINUITY text message to the families of her 20 educational director Sarah Marinelli, she teachers we interviewed expressed some
e day the school closed in early strong opinions.
students. She then added visual commu- records and posts music videos. Included
March, she wasted no time preparing her Sylvia Stiehl sees zero advantages to
charges by sending home their textbooks nication to connect individually with each are dance-along and sing-along videos teaching from afar: “ ere is nothing
and workbooks in all subjects, along with better than working with a student in
supplemental materials. student through Facetime, Zoom, and created by teachers Krystyna Seweryn a classroom,” she states unequivocally.

“ is way,” says Soyuer, “the Seniors Google Classroom, for a collective total and Luisa DeVittor Siles. SEE APAR PAGE 16

of 3-4 hours a day.

Although, at rst, the students em- TAPPING INTO ONLINE RESOURCES

braced staying home as ”cool,” she says Deniz Soyuer employs a variety of

the newness has started to wear o . online resources to enhance the student

Sylvia Stiehl, who teaches 18 students experience. On a website called Quizlet,

ages 3-6 in Yorktown, says students and she can create ashcards on any subject.

parents alike appreciate her 10-20 minute She says Quizlet “then creates tests and

YouTube videos, which are supplemented games based on the information entered

with one-on-one face calls. by the user. e children have created

their own ashcard sets.”

VIRTUAL SCIENCE FAIR Other websites she nds valuable are

Montessori is even using remote tech- Khan Academy, Math Antics, and IXL,

nology to hold its annual science fair for all of which have instructional videos she

Wishing well to all my friends, family
& neighbors in Yorktown Heights.

Stay healthy, we are in this together!

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e cardinal rules

Iknow there’s a lot of bad news every the ivory woodpecker, being perfect. We have a big red-bellied woodpecker
day right now, but we must all under- that takes up the whole bird feeder. e
stand that bad news is ALWAYS bal- but is much more com- MAN I have a picture in one bird I’ve never seen is the bluebird,
anced out by good news, and that is good mon. Birds are described OVERBOARD my hall of a peacock even though it’s the New York state bird.
news. A pandemic might come along and in many colorful ways sitting on the railing My wife even made friends with a huge
cut a deep swath, taking thousands of unique to their class. If I RICK of our patio deck. My barred owl, which is the kind that yells
lives with it. And even as we barely have ever described someone MELÉN wife took it, and that’s “Woo-hoo-hoo-hooooo!” As if it just
opportunity to mourn them, the fact that won the lottery.
thousands of lives are being saved right as “pileated,” or “rose- why it’s not a picture
now from car accidents that didn’t happen I know that some people keep birds as
because everyone is at home should not breasted” or “yellow- of just the railing of pets, but be careful, some of them can live
go uncelebrated. e world is balances it- for decades. I knew a woman who had a
self because bad creates the possibility for bellied” or “mottled” or our patio deck. What macaw, and I’m sure she’s had a cockatoo
good, and it will forever be that way. So in her day. e other thing you should
I’m going to take a little time o from the “sharp-shinned” I’d never hear the end of the peacock was doing there at the time know is that birds can be slightly nuts.
pandemic to report a story that’s going We used to have a cardinal nesting near
on right now, almost unnoticed. It’s called it, but it’s the kind of crap birds have to has never been adequately explained to the house that used to y into the base-
spring. e birds are chirping, and that ment window each and every day. Based
alone is worth talking about. is morn- put up with every day. me, nor to the peacock. I’d seen them on my research it did not seem to be an
ing when I bent over to put on my shoes uncommon thing, and there were all sorts
I heard the familiar sound of “beep-beep, We have a bird feeder outside the at petting zoos before, so I grabbed a of theories as to why they would do that,
beep-beep, beep-beep.”Turns out it was including the possibility that the male
my car alarm going o when the key fob kitchen window, and sometimes I see a handful of birdseed and went out to pet sees his own re ection and ies to it to
in my pocket hit my hip bone, letting me ward o what it thinks is an unwanted
know that my pants are too tight. bird I haven’t noticed before, so I race it. Clearly it was not interested in getting rival. My own theory is that it could
simply be attributed to bad aim. Not
I’ve always been fascinated by birds. to get my camera. Action photography to the petting stage with me, and started everyone plays basketball like Michael
I am something of an amateur orni- Jordan, so why would you expect every
thologist, and I even wrote a book on the is a great hobby to combine with bird to walk down the stairs into the woods. I bird to y like Orville Wright? We had
subject. I wrote it when I was eleven, and a mockingbird near the garage that used
the volume had a limited printing run of watching, and I know just what to do. I followed it, and it was now walking quite to swoop down and make fun of my hair,
just the one. I drew a picture of each bird but I confess I am an easy target.
I saw and looked up in the World Book need to get my F-stop to a middle setting fast, and I broke into a trot chasing it so
Encyclopedia what its name was, and a Say hello at: [email protected]. Remember
few important facts about it. For instance, to capture the correct depth-of- eld, I could feed it and befriend it and nd small business today.
the pileated woodpecker looks much like
and adjust my shutter speed to capture out what it was doing there and be the

the motion of its wings while taking rst in my neighborhood with a friendly

into consideration the lower light of the peacock. I stalked it into the woods for a

cloudy day. When I turn on the camera it couple miles, and I gured it would just

says, “Please set date and time,” starting y back to wherever it came from once it

with the correct time zone. As I’m paging tired of me, but I found out later that they

through the time zones in Australia, the come from Borneo, so it would have been

bird is sitting at the feeder with a smirk an international ight.

on its face, pointing to its watch. I can’t We get a lot of titmice at the feeder, or

remember if we’re in Daylight Savings is it titmouses? e reason I ask is be-

Time yet or not. Did we spring ahead or cause it’s not mongeese, but mongooses.

spring back? I nally get it all gured out Either way, if you have titmice it’s per-

and snap the shutter just in time to get a fectly normal, and nothing to be alarmed

great photo of a squirrel in mid-mouthful, about. We also have gold nches, blue jays,

and I congratulate his depth-of- eld for juncos, chickadees and mourning doves.

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Fire ghter goes the distance to wish his mom a happy birthday

BY KATHERINE BORCHERT prise that allowed Francesca Turiano mom’s window during what would ing from the ground.
STAFF WRITER to see her family for her birthday on otherwise be a routine equipment Turiano said he is grateful to ev-
Wednesday, April 22. check.
Mohegan Lake re ghter Paul eryone involved and that one day
Turiano scaled the ladder of the “No mom should be alone on her After getting the OK from Eade, he’d like to return the favor to those
department’s re engine last week birthday,”Paul Turiano said. He add- Paul Turiano and his daughter made who helped him give his mom the
to deliver an unforgettable birthday ed that though she is surrounded by a sign that read “Happy Birthday special birthday gift.
message to his 88-year-old mother kind and wonderful sta , she’s alone Mom” that was then attached to the
Francesca Turiano at her fourth- and frightened due to being part of ladder of the truck. “Everyone was super nice. I have
the high-risk population. He also nothing but respect and love for ev-
oor nursing home window. said that while his mom does have He coordinated the visit with the erybody that was involved and it’s
Turiano and his family have been a phone, it’s an older model without facility’s recreational director Carol not about me, it’s about them,” Paul
unable to see their mom and grand- the ability to video call. Lively, who brought Mom to her Turiano said. “It’s about my mother
mother Francesca, a resident of the window to see the heartfelt message. and the men and women at the re-
Yorktown Rehabilitation and Nurs- After brainstorming ideas about house.”
ing Center, since the outbreak of the how he could possibly see his mom According to Paul Turiano, at
COVID-19 pandemic. for her birthday, Paul Turiano said rst his mother, who is from Sic- He also said he’s especially grate-
Despite the limitations, the Mo- he went to Capt. omas Eade of ily, thought the re department was ful o Eade and Lively, who made
hegan Volunteer Fire Association the Mohegan Lake Volunteer Fire washing the windows, until she saw sure the the event worked out.
helped her son roll out the big sur- Association and asked that if it was the birthday message and her waving
possible to position a truck under his son. She also got to see her grand- “None of this was possible with-
children and daughter-in-law wav- out them,” Turiano said. “ ose two
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LETTERS

Politics and a taking the risk of making the call our government are the Neros in experienced larger force the next and made history. Now the
pandemic to action or in action. It reminds our society ddling while we are day in a place called Trenton. battle we are in is against an
me of one of my favorite saying in disaster mode. In the interest Your rst thought is, what is he unseen enemy and our weapons
To the editor: “REMBER THE TURTLE” - of full disclosure this particular nuts? Has the cold gotten to are masks, wipes, distancing and
e important questions for veteran is also a small business him? From his point of view he common sense. It is time we
e turtle never makes any prog- owner (beginning his company’s knows if they do not get out and allow free Americans to start
all are: ress unless it sticks it’s neck out. 40th and most challenging year). start doing something positive using these weapons to get on
How long should the fear of they will lose something more with life.
Of course there are always Now let’s look at this from important the will to win.
possible illness or death stop us individual’s in our country that another point of view. It is Al Avitabile
from living? try to use a crisis for either Christmas Eve 1776 in a camp So they all get into the boats
political or personnel gain. e at a place called Valley Forge. Yorktown
What if we have a second only thought on government You have been living in some of
wave of COVID 19? o cials minds should be solving the worst conditions and weath- APAR It ends with, “Our kids will be
the immediate problem not get- er since you volunteered for the okay. You’ve got this.”
When should we be able to ting funds for pet projects that military. Now your General is FROM PAGE 11
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MARTORANO 1) Divine Command eory: An action is morally Stopwatch, was also written by Serling. In this episode,
right if it is in harmony with God’s commands. we are presented with a boring and self absorbed loser
FROM PAGE 10 Spreading a virus that will kill thousands, if not millions, of a protagonist, Patrick McNulty, who happens upon
is certainly not what we would ascribe to God’s will; a stopwatch, which when pressed, can stop time (and
generations so that they may continue to produce envi- everyone) in their tracks. e story, as you may have
ronmentally adapted o spring. 2) Utilitarianism: using the wellbeing and happiness expected, has a bizarre ending when McNulty, using the
of the greatest number of people as our yardstick, it is stopwatch for his own bene t, robs a bank only to drop
In a sense, we are like both the characters in Serling clearly preferable to su er the hardships of self-isolation and break the watch on the way out. He is now stuck in
and Golding’s works in that, with the present pandemic, than the extreme sickness and death of millions of hu- a world, which is frozen, like a snapshot, in time.
we are faced with a challenge and we can either act man beings;
rationally, pooling our collective energies, adapting to We need to press our own stopwatches, not to rob a
our new conditions, or not. e vast majority of Ameri- 3) Deontology: an action is morally right if it can be bank, but to stop all divisiveness. Press the stopwatch
cans are facing this threat heroically by either being on replicated by the entire population. Carelessly spread- and end all conspiracy theories and focus on working
the frontlines, providing the supplies and medical relief ing the virus, if multiplied by everyone, would place the together to beat the most extreme threat to our species
at great peril to themselves, or simply by practicing safe entire species in peril; in our lifetime. is must be a NO POLITICS time.
practices to ensure that the virus is not spread. Police, A time when we make our decisions based on facts and
EMS workers, doctors, nurses, delivery people, grocery 4) Virtue ethics: an action is morally right if an agent science.
workers, etc. all deserve more thanks than words could who possesses all the virtues would have performed it.
ever express. A person possessing empathy, concern, intelligence, and Of course it won’t be easy. We must, together, plan
compassion would clearly self-isolate. rationally and scienti cally how we ought to do testing.
Yet, all is not well. Like the ru ans in e Lord of the When we have the spread of the virus under control,
Flies, there are those who see things through a com- In light of the severity of the crisis, you would think if we can chart how we can begin lifting the economic
pletely di erent lens and either deny the potency of the ever there was a time when all of us could come together constraints and in what sequence. We must demand that
challenge before us or feel that any loss of life is accept- against a common enemy it is now. After all, this is an the right medical supplies get to the right places. And
able in light of the damage we are doing to our economy enemy that does not discriminate between political par- we must gure out a way to stop the scandalous number
through self-isolation. ties, religions, nationalities, geography, races or economic of deaths in our nursing homes. But whatever we do, we
classes. Perhaps I have listened to John Lennon’s song, do it together, in good faith, without acrimony or nger
Some have raised the question: what is the ethical Dreamer, one too many times. To my chagrin, but not to pointing.
thing to do during these di cult times? Should we con- my surprise, people like Dr. Oz, Bill Bennett, Dr. Phil,
tinue to sel essly abide by the very di cult constraints Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh and the When this is over, we can go back to our old roles
of self-isolation? I have always felt that in a real sense President himself have all done their part in politiciz- of us versus them. We will have plenty of time to ght
we are de ned by the actions we take during a crisis. ing and sewing doubt on both the severity of the health tooth and nail over policy, politics and elections. But
It brings out the best and worst in people. My father, crisis and the nature of our response. right now, my friends, we have our moment in time, our
who had his issues of temperament during normal once in a lifetime chance to come together as a people
circumstances, was a rock during di cult times. Turning What is needed is precisely the cornerstone of the and show what we are truly made of, humanitarians and
to philosophy for guidance, let’s examine the question plot in yet another Twilight Zone favorite, which is patriots all.
employing the four basic approaches to ethical behavior: permanently etched in my memory. Aired the week
before President Kennedy’s assassination, A Kind of a

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Page 18 – Yorktown News SCHOOLS & CAMPS Thursday, April 30, 2020

Rooney Orthodontics Yorktown in group of
Children & Adults top-performing districts

BY CAROL REIF because they are among the top-performing

STAFF WRITER under ESSA for performance, student growth

and/or graduation rate; met or exceeded ei-

Four local schools are among those being rec- ther the school or state measures of interim

ognized by the state Education Department for progress for English language arts and math-

their high academic achievements and progress. ematics; rate of chronic absenteeism; college,

Acting Commissioner Shannon Tahoe career and civic readiness; and met the feder-

announced the names of 582 Recognition ally required 95 percent participation rate in

Schools under the Every Student Succeeds Act the English language arts and mathematics

on ursday, April 23. assessments.

17 Miller Rd. Tapped for the honor in the immediate area Under ESSA, districts are required to come
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• Week 5: Anything Goes said Yorktown High School principal Joseph youth–all have access to a “well-rounded, cul-
• Week 6: Olympics • Week 7: Theatre
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The children have daily choices of activities such as sports, arts & “We have outstanding teachers who daily that supports their academic and social-emo-
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es,” said Board of Regents Chancellor Betty A. Each of the Recognition Schools will receive

Rosa. “Recognition Schools help to ensure eq- a certi cate from the state.

uity for all children across New York State.” “Recognition Schools are the highest per-

Rosa express gratitude on the part of her- forming and rapidly improving schools across

self and the Regents to “all of the teachers and the state,” said Tahoe, adding that they “dem-

administrators who, in a concerted e ort with onstrate the relentless commitment of teachers,

their school communities, are guiding our stu- administrators, sta and parents, without whom

dents toward success.” this growth would not have been possible.”

Recognition Schools are identi ed as such For more information, visit www.nysed.gov.

Thursday, April 30, 2020 Yorktown News – Page 19

ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT – NOELLE CEGIELSKI

Lax captain excels
in three seasons

BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER up a stick. I grew up in a very athletic household with a FILE PHOTO/ROB DIANTONIO
SPORTS EDITOR father who is very passionate about the game. Ever since
I was a baby, he’s been teaching me and working with Noelle Cegielski runs cross country and track for Yorktown.
Yorktown senior Noelle Cegielski is a three-season me to improve my game.
athlete, running cross country in the fall, track in the Do you have any pre-game rituals?
winter, and lacrosse in the spring. What jersey number do you wear and is there any Before every game I make a fruit salad to eat in the
signi cance behind it? locker room. Besides that, as a team we imagine our-
She has been on the varsity lacrosse team for all four selves playing our best game yet and it helps us get in
years of high school. She was named a lacrosse captain I wear jersey No. 2. is was the rst number I had the right mindset.
her junior year and a cross-country captain her senior year. ever worn and has since become my favorite number. If you could have one superpower, what would it be
and why?
e decorated multi-sport athlete has earned All- What is your favorite sports memory from your I would want to have the power to teleport. I love to
League honors three times in track, twice in cross coun- time at Yorktown? travel, and it would be awesome to be able to go any-
try, and three times in lacrosse. She also received All- where I want in the blink of an eye.
Section Honorable Mention for lacrosse twice. My favorite sports memory from Yorktown is win- What is something about yourself people would be
ning the section nal as a freshman. I can still remember surprised to learn?
How are you getting through this period of social the feeling of watching the clock run down from 8 sec- Something that not many people know is that I was
distancing? What are you doing to keep busy? onds and running into my goalie’s arms crying tears of a cheerleader for over 5 years, and I can still do a black
joy. It was the best feeling ever. ip, which is an awesome trick to pull out when people
is period of social distancing has been very di cult least expect it.
for all of us student-athletes, as this is the time of year Who has been your biggest role model over the What place would you most like to visit?
we look most forward to. To keep busy, I go running in years and what have you learned from them? I would most like to visit Mauritius. I love beaches
the park, practice lacrosse with my family, and work out and it just looks so beautiful.
daily. My biggest role model has been my father. He loves What is your favorite place to eat locally?
to play and teach the game and imparted that love on My favorite place to eat is Local in Chappaqua. ey
How would you rate your chances, 1-10, of suiting to me. I’ve also learned resilience from him as two years have the best pesto chicken sandwich I’ve ever had.
up for the Huskers again? ago he received a kidney transplant and one of the rst What’s the go-to app on your phone and why?
things he asked his doctor was if he’d be able to play My go-to app on my phone is TikTok. It’s a huge
In good spirits, I’m going to put a 10. I know that lacrosse again. time waster, which is essential during this quarantine.
the coaching sta and school are working very hard to Are you currently binging anything?
try and give us a season, or at least a few games for our Why did you choose to continue your lacrosse Besides food? No.
senior year. career at Davidson? For a young athlete growing up in the Yorktown
school district, what would you tell them about the
When did you start playing lacrosse and what got Academics are very important to me and I found that experience of being on the lacrosse team and why
you started? Davidson provides the perfect balance between top aca- should they go out for it?
demics and lacrosse, all while being a close-knit com- I would tell a young athlete that there is nothing better
I started playing lacrosse as soon as I was able to pick munity. It’s amazing how much the team cares for one than Yorktown lacrosse. is has been an amazing and
another and I’m so excited to be a part of it! unforgettable experience for me and so many other girls
Cegielski is also a who have spent our whole lives in the program. Yorktown
lacrosse captain. provides o ers so many great opportunities for athletes
and you should take every single opportunity with open
FILE PHOTO/DEENA BELL arms. e varsity lacrosse program and team is one of
kind. e coaches are amazing and genuinely care about
the athletes being healthy, happy and improving. e girls
have become a second family to me and keep me moti-
vated to work hard for them. YGLAX forever!

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Softball players wear
their Yorktown gear
during a Zoom workout.

PHOTO: TWITTER/@
YORKTOWNSB

From the locker room to the chatroom
Coaches deal with new (virtual) reality

BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER recent team chat, senior Derek Grassia, who bloomers may miss out on the chance to DeGregorio, whose players recently do-
SPORTS EDITOR plays guitar, put on a musical performance turn heads this spring. Still, some coaches nated goods to local hospitals, echoed those
for the team. have been continuing to help their players sentiments.
Today’s student-athletes, born and raised connect with college recruiters.
in a digital world, are well-positioned to “When we come together for the group “The biggest challenge for us is being
handle lengthy periods of social distancing. meetings online, we also kind of have nice “That’s the one thing they’re going to be ‘together’ apart,” the Somers boys lacrosse
The learning curve might be a little slower little pow-wow hour to keep connected,” missing out on, is the coaches seeing them coach said. “This team considers themselves
for some of their coaches, who are nonethe- said Jon Bota, coach of Mahopac boys la- play later in the spring,” said Roman Catali- a family unit and we are proud of the way
less working hard to stay connected with crosse. “The younger generation with these no,athletic director at Somers schools.“They we have been facing adversity during these
their team while schools are closed. video calls, they’re kind of used to it now.” only thing they have still is the ability to times.”
reach out with them.”
“My generation, when you learn some- Team members also have an active group A lot of momentum was lost when the
thing, it takes a while and you have to keep text-message thread, where coaches send Catalino had high praise for all of his seasons were postponed, Gilchrist said.
doing it,” said Bob Middlestadt, the 35-year daily messages and workouts. Somers coaches, saying they “meet”once per
head coach of the North Salem softball week to touch base. “Our guys are doing a “We were training all winter,” Gilchrist
team.“With this generation, it’s instinctive.” “At the end [of the workout] when they’re tremendous job,”the athletic director said. said. “We trained for 12 weeks, from De-
stretching, they send a video saying how the cember right up to the start of the season.
Undeterred by the unfamiliar,Middlestadt workout went for themselves,” Bota said. “I From YouTube to Peloton, student-ath- Every day we were climbing a mountain and
continues to communicate with his team usually ask them to make a joke and let me letes have endless resources to discover new getting better each day, then on March 13
digitally.The veteran coach,who retired from know how things are going quarantined at workouts that can be done safely at home. everything just stopped.”
teaching last year, posts occasional written home.” But players honing their skills, especially
updates on SportsYou, which describes itself without equipment or teammates, is another The chances of a spring season, even a
as a “team management platform that con- Rob Gilchrist,coach of North Salem boys story. partial one, are becoming slimmer by the
nects coaches, players, and families.” baseball, said he also assigns daily workouts day. But if schools do resume before the
to his players. “When it comes to throwing, you can get summer, student-athletes won’t have much
Many other coaches also use SportsYou a ball and a wall and handle that,”said Mid- practice time before getting back on the
but have taken it a step further, using Zoom “They’ll send me back pictures of them dlestadt.“But who wants to hit a ball and go field. For that reason, Mittlestadt has urged
or Google Hangouts to host video meetings. hitting off a tee or something,” Gilchrist and chase it?” his captains to hold their teammates ac-
said. “We’re getting by. A lot of unknowns, countable.
“I’ve been having a weekly Zoom lunch but we’re trying to stay ready.” Student-athletes also face the challenge of
with the team,” said Stephen DelMoro, trying to stay motivated. Earlier this month, “I told them this next two-week period is
coach of John Jay girls softball. “We’ve been On top of communicating with each oth- in an effort “spice up” his team’s workouts, critical,” Mittlestadt said. “If indeed a season
getting on for an hour or two and just hang- er digitally, the Somers boys lacrosse team Mahopac boys lacrosse players started nomi- does happen, as much as you guys have been
ing out.It kind of gives the girls a break from has been participating in online mindfulness nating their teammates to run 3 miles. Once slacking off, now is the time to commit to
their school work. A lot of the girls enjoy it and wellness classes, said Vin DeGregrio, they completed the run, they were able to some mental preparation to play the games.
because they feel overwhelmed at times. A coach of Somers boys lacrosse. Kevin Mul- nominate more players. If it’s going to happen, we need to be pre-
big thing for me when I was playing was be- len,athletic trainer,has also been sending the pared. Get yourself mentally and physically
ing part of a team. I think that’s a big thing players different workouts. “Guys have become creative and I admire ready.”
that a lot of people are missing.” them for that,” Bota said. “They’re doing the
“The boys have been training all spring, best they can.” Bota said he is proud of the way his team
Members of the Mahopac boys lacrosse basically continuing our winter stick work has handled such a stressful situation.
team have been using just about every re- routines and workouts,” DeGregorio said. But despite the coaches’best efforts, noth-
source at their disposal to stay in touch, in- “We put in a tremendous amount time this ing can replace face-to-face interaction. “Everybody’s really involved. Everybody’s
cluding Google Hangouts to host offensive offseason and these boys have been moti- staying kind of connected,” Bota said. “It’s a
and defensive meetings. They also use the vated to prepare for whatever season we may “We don’t coach for the money; we coach little different than I expected my first year
app to have fun and keep spirits high. On a have.” to help the kids,” DelMoro said. “And not to go, but we’re going to stay optimistic and
being able to see them every day, not being keep training hard and controlling what we
Most senior student-students are through able to work with them as much I’d like to, I can control.”
the college recruiting process, but some late- think that’s the toughest part for me.”

Thursday, April 30, 2020 SPORTS Yorktown News – Page 21

FOOTBALL

Lakeland will be ready
to start season
Hornets look forward to trip to John Jay

BY MIKE SABINI I noticed was that we were playing make sure we are ready to go toe

CONTRIBUTING WRITER at John Jay (Cross River), Week 1, to toe with them. ey also have

on 9/11. It goes without saying, one of the best players in the state

When high school sports start that this is a meaningful game.We in Franco Milano. We have played

again is unknown, but the Lake- are very excited for the challenge him as a sophomore, junior, and FILE PHOTO
land Hornets will be ready to go. as a program. Last year, they got now, as a senior. I’ve seen his de-
Lakeland coach Mike Meadows is ready for the 2020 season.
“Due to COVID-19, a lot of the best of us, but we feel like we velopment over the years, and he

things are up in the air,” said Mike held our own against them.” is the real deal. at being said, I It’s become the Lakeland way.” “Panas is another high school

Meadows, Hornets coach and Lakeland will have its home know my boys will be focused,pre- Other highlights on the Hor- in our district,” Meadows said.

2005 Lakeland graduate. “Hope- opener against Brewster on urs- pared, and excited for that game.” nets’ schedule are when they host “What makes our rivalry unique is

fully, by the time we get to the fall, day, Sept. 17, a day early, due to the What will help Lakeland crosstown rival Yorktown on Fri- that the players all went to school

things will be better. e most im- Jewish Holiday, Rosh Hashanah. against Brewster is the support it day, Sept. 25, and travel to sister together in middle school. Many

portant thing is everyone’s safety. “Playing a team like Brewster, will have in the stands. school Walter Panas, on Friday, times, they are competing against

My approach is to assume we are on a short week, right after John “When it comes to communi- Oct. 16. their good friends. ey also

having a summer and season. We Jay (Cross River), is no easy task,” ty support, it is huge,” Meadows “It’s no secret those are our two might be teammates for winter

will adjust as needed along the Meadows said. “I need to make said. “ e amount of love and biggest rivals,” Meadows said. and spring sports. Not many high

way. I know my boys will be ready sure, as a head coach, I set up my support we get from our school “Lakeland High School is sand- schools experience a relationship

to go if we are able to play.” boys for success, as best I can. I will district, students, the Shrub Oak wiched between the two schools. like that with their rival.”

Should the Hornets be able to have to make some adjustments to Athletic Club, and community as Both programs have new head e game against Panas is truly

play,their rst game will be at John practice and game preparation for a whole is amazing. e game- coaches, who I hear great things a community event.

Jay (Cross River) at 7 p.m. Friday, that week.” day atmosphere at e Hive, is about. Yorktown has been a con- “I also know our community

Sept. 11. e game against Brewster pits one of the best in the section. sistent top team in Class A. ey really buys into that game,” said

“John Jay (Cross River) is one of Meadows against a familiar coach. Our students really know how went to the sectional nal last year. Meadows, whose team beat Panas

the elite football programs in Sec- “Coach (Ed) Mulvihill is a to get excited for the game. It Year after year, they reload and are 42-14, in 2019. “Last year’s game

tion 1,” Meadows said. “I have so friend, and one of the many good starts with the Lakeland ‘student extremely well coached. I am look- had close to 3,000 people. at

much respect for coach ( Jimmy) coaches in the area,” Meadows run-in’ tradition. It really gets my ing forward to that matchup.” was one of the best environments I

Clark and his sta . When the said. “ ey have beat us the last players pumped up. e crowd Meadows is looking forward to ever coached in. As a program, we

schedule came out, the rst thing two years in a row, so we need to stays rowdy for all four quarters. the contest against Panas as well. know that’s a big game.”

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FOOTBALL

Pont looking
forward to
first game

New Husker era kicks o
at Greeley

BY MIKE SABINI words how excited this team is

CONTRIBUTING WRITER to get back after it,” said Ypsi-

lantis, who is in his rst year of

e rst game of the Pantelis coaching Yorktown after being a

“Pont” Ypsilantis era is sched- Husker assistant for six seasons.

uled to begin at 7 p.m. Friday, “Honestly, with everything that PHOTO COURTESY OF PAULETTE CERMELE

Sept. 11, at Horace Greeley. is going on with the world right The Huskers’ new head coach, Pantelis Ypsilantis, third from right, will make his debut in the fall.
Yorktown nished 8-2 a year now, being able to play a foot-

ago, falling to Rye in the section ball game is a true blessing. Ob-

nals. viously, being played on a Sept. ing to the game, as you are play- of those who lost their lives for ish holiday, Rosh Hashanah.

“It is di cult to put into 11 also gives a little extra mean- ing in honor and remembrance us to have the freedom to play a at can be a disadvantage

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the Town Board Room, Town per Appendix D(4) of the Town permits/6054.html. process against it may be served. Brian H. Chon, MD, PLLC.

Hall, 363 Underhill Avenue, Zoning Code. is property is Refer to this application SSNY shall mail process to 875 Art. Of Org. led with SSNY

Yorktown Heights, New York located in a C-3 zone. by application number listed King Street LLC, 811 Hudson on 3/12/2020. O ce location:

as follows: above and SPDES Number Ave., Peekskill, NY 10566. WESTCHESTER County.

ADORNO NY0093050. Purpose: any lawful purpose. SSNY designated as agent of

GLYNN Property Address: 146 LLC FORMATION NOTICE the LLC upon whom process
against it may be served. SSNY
Property Address: 2032 Cordial Rd. AVAILABILITY OF

Breton Ct. Section 17.14, Block 3, Lot 46 APPLICATION DOCUMENTS: KOI Martine White Plains shall mail process to: 245 N

Section 37.18-2-44 is is an application to allow Filed application documents, LLC. Art. of Org. led with Broadway, STE 102, Sleepy

is is an application for a an existing shed with a rear yard and Department draft permits SSNY 1/17/20. O ce Location: Hollow, NY 10591. Purpose:

proposed 2nd oor addition with setback of 6.5’ where a minimum where applicable, are available Westchester Cty. SSNY any lawful purpose.

a rear yard setback of 21.08’where of 10’ is required as per section for inspection during normal designated as agent for process & LLC FORMATION NOTICE
a minimum of 30’ is required as 300-21 and Appendix A of business hours at the address of shall mail to: 169 Mamaroneck

per section 300-21 and Appendix the Town Zoning Code. is the contact person. To ensure Ave White Plains, NY 10601 Notice of Formation of T.

A of the Town Zoning Code. property is located in a R1-20 timely service at the time of Purpose: all lawful. Clark Consulting, LLC. Art.

is property is located in a R1- zone. inspection, it is recommended LLC FORMATION NOTICE Of Org. led with SSNY on
that an appointment be made 3/13/20. O ce Location:
10 zone. NEW YORK STATE with the contact person. Elite Accounting & Advising, Westchester. SSNY designated
LLC Art. of Org. led with as agent of the LLC upon whom
FILOGOMO DEPARTMENT OF STATE ENVIRONMENTAL SSNY 12/5/19. O ce Location: process against it may be served.
Property Address: 2394 ENVIRONMENTAL

Loring Pl. CONSERVATION NOTICE OF QUALITY REVIEW SEQR Westchester Cty. SSNY SSNY shall mail process to: 1450

Section 37.05, Block 1, Lot 15 COMPLETE APPLICATION DETERMINATION designated as agent for process Pine Brook Court,Yorktown
is is an application for
Project is a Type I action & shall mail to: 63 McDougal Heights, NY 10598. Purpose:

an accessory apartment. e Date: 04/24/2020 and will not have a signi cant Dr., White Plains, NY 10603 any lawful purpose.

previous one expired back in e ect on the environment. A Purpose: all lawful. LLC FORMATION NOTICE

1997. APPLICANT: coordinated review with other LLC FORMATION NOTICE Notice of Formation of
OF involved agencies was performed
NYS OFFICE

ZUCKERMAN PARKS REC & HISTORIC and a Negative Declaration is on GDW Consulting Group, Premier Paralegal Solutions,

Property Address: 1287 PRESERVATION 625 le. LLC Art. of Org. led with LLC Article of Organization

Baldwin Rd. BROADWAY SSNY 3/31/20. O ce Location: led with N.Y.S Department

Section 47.16, Block 3, Lot 7 ALBANY, NY 12238 SEQR LEAD AGENCY Westchester Cty. SSNY SEE LEGALS PAGE 27
is is an application to allow
NYS O ce of Parks Recreation designated as agent for process &

an existing addition with a FACILITY: & Historic Preservation

side yard setback of 20’ where a F D ROOSEVELT STATE

minimum of 30’ is required and PARK 2957 CROMPOND RD STATE HISTORIC

a combined side yard setback of YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, PRESERVATION ACT SHPA

76’ where a minimum of 80’ is NY 10598 Application ID: DETERMINATION

required as per section 300=21 3-5554-00019/00009 Cultural resource lists and

and Appendix A of the Town maps have been checked. e

Zoning Code. is property is PERMITS S APPLIED FOR: proposed activity is not in an

located in a R1-80 zone. 1 - Article 17 Titles 7 area of identi ed archaeological

& 8 Industrial SPDES - sensitivity and no known

WRIGHT Groundwater Discharge Project registered, eligible or inventoried

Property Address: 3330 is located: in YORKTOWN in archaeological sites or historic

Peter Ln. WESTCHESTER COUNTY structures were identi ed or

Section 16.16 Block 2, Lot 40 documented for the project

is is an application to replace PROJECT DESCRIPTION: location. No further review

an existing porch with the same e applicant proposes a in accordance with SHPA is

setback of 27’ where a minimum modi cation to their existing required.

of 40’ is required as per 300- SPDES permit to modify the

13(G) and Appendix A of the total discharge to 90,225 gallons DEC COMMISSIONER

Town Zoning code. is property per day (GPD) of treated POLICY 29, ENVIRONMENTAL

is located in a sanitary/kitchen wastewater JUSTICE AND PERMITTING

R1-20 zone. and pool lter backwash to CP 29

groundwater using septic tanks It has been determined that

DIBARTOLO at the applicant’s facility located the proposed action is not subject

Property Address: 1056 at Franklin D. Roosevelt State to CP-29.

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Public library enhances online service

e John C. Hart Library has en- will enable residents to access all of determined when the library will re-

hanced its online service so that the the library’s free online services for open.

public can access more of the library’s eBooks, audiobooks, music, movies “ is is another example of how

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NOW MORE
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The world is changing rapidly and so we must adapt. We are
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