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Yorktown Highway Superintendent Dave Yorktown
Paganelli, standing beside a downed tree picks hybrid
on East Main Street on Thursday, Aug. 6,
gestures to his watch, wondering when Con teaching
Edison will arrive so his department can model
clear the road. The utility company cleared
the tree the following day, almost three
days after Tropical Storm Isaias.

PHOTO: BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER

Outage outrage Students will
alternate between
in-person, remote

learning

BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER
EDITOR

O cials take utilities to task over storm response e Yorktown Central School District will
proceed with a hybrid model of in-person and
BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER Power to all NYSEG customers had of Sandy, said Michael Jamison, its com- remote learning for the 2020-21 school year,
EDITOR been restored by Sunday. Con Ed cus- munications manager. Dr. Ron Hattar, superintendent of schools, an-
tomers, however, were in the dark a little nounced Monday night.
A little more than 60 percent of Yor- longer. A week later, on the morning of “In total, we had more than 300 bro-
ktown lost power last week after Tropi- Tuesday, Aug. 11, about 400 outages re- ken poles and thousands of downed “ e best place for students to learn is in
cal Storm Isaias felled hundreds of trees mained. wires,” Jamison said. “In some areas, res- school. We wholeheartedly believe that,” Hat-
and power lines on Tuesday, Aug. 4. toration required a complete rebuild of tar told the school community in a live You-
Con Ed said Isaias, which knocked the system.” Tube video. “We would not be reopening
e morning after the storm, nearly out power to about 257,000 of its cus- schools if we do not believe we couldn’t do so
24,000 residences and businesses in Yor- tomers in total, was the second-worst Yorktown’s Highway Department safely.”
ktown were without power, according to outage event in its history, surpassed cleared dozens of trees from its road-
information provided by Con Edison only by Super Storm Sandy in October ways. However, the majority of downed Yorktown, which opens for instruction on
and New York State Electric and Gas 2012 (1.1 million). But NYSEG crews trees were entangled with power lines, Tuesday, Sept. 8, will also o er students a fully
Corp. reported that the damage surpassed that remote learning option. For logistical reasons,
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The Staff Yorktown resident Julia Maria Apostolou, a fresh- Town looks
man student studying engineering at the University to improve
EDITORIAL TEAM of Delaware, has received a $5,000 grant from the constituent
BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER Louis G. Nappi Construction Labor-Management response
EDITOR: 914-302-5628 Scholarship Fund for undergraduate studies in math-
[email protected] ematics, the sciences, engineering and technology. BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER
BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER EDITOR
SPORTS EDITOR: 914-302-5628 e scholarship, a major construction industry -
[email protected] nancial-aid program, was established in 2009 by Lou- When it comes to local gov-
is G. Nappi (1920-2014), a former chairman emeritus ernment, especially in an a u-
ADVERTISING TEAM of the Construction Industry Council of Westchester ent suburb like Yorktown, a good
PAUL FORHAN & Hudson Valley, Inc. It was his vision that the hard chunk of the job is responding to
914-202-2392 sciences of math and engineering were keys to re-es- quality-of-life issues. Right now,
tablishing the U.S. as a world leader in transportation those resident-reported issues are
[email protected] and infrastructure construction. usually handled in extremely in-
BRUCE HELLER formal manners, such as tagging
914-202-2941 Comprising representatives from both labor and town o cials in Facebook posts
management, the Louis G. Nappi Scholarship Com- about fallen trees, potholes or
[email protected] mittee selects candidates who exemplify the high wonky tra c lights.
LISA KAIN scholastic and personal standards needed to advance
in the construction and building industries. ough sometimes e ective,that
914-351-2424 strategy is far from ideal. With-
[email protected] Julia Maria Apostolou out a paper trail, wires often get
crossed and unresolved issues can
CORINNE STANTON In these uncertain times, slip through the cracks. It also robs
845-621-4049 ONE THING IS CERTAIN, the town of potentially useful data
Joe Tock and his team are that it can use to improve response
[email protected] ready to help you. times and resource allocation, said
SHELLEY KILCOYNE Town Supervisor Matt Slater.
CO-FOUNDER LAW OFFICES OF JOSEPH J. TOCK
914-924-9122 “We get calls from constituents,
963 Route 6, Mahopac, NY 10541 ‘Hey, I called this o ce about this.’
[email protected]
JENNIFER CONNELLY TOCKLAW.COM • 800-869-8080 ere is no connectivity between
917-446-7757 our o ce and the o ce they al-
ready called,” Slater said at a July
[email protected] 28 work session of the Town
GABRIELLE BILIK Board. “So, we wouldn’t know if
they already called highway or
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE/DESIGNER refuse and recycling or whoever.
[email protected] We don’t have a system that tracks
these things and we don’t have a
PRODUCTION TEAM system that talks to each other.”
TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL
In an attempt to solve this prob-
CREATIVE DIRECTOR lem, the Town Board is consider-
PHOTOGRAPHER ing contracting for the services
of SeeClickFix, a cloud-based
[email protected] software system that lets residents
CHRISTINA ROSE report quality-of-life issues on a
map monitored by government
ASST PRODUCTION MANAGER employees. It would cost the town
DESIGNER $7,500 annually.

[email protected] “We were built to really connect
residents to their local government
EXECUTIVE TEAM around quality-of-life issues,” said
BRETT FREEMAN Carlos Galo, of SeeClickFix.
CEO & PUBLISHER “Email is not a work ow. Email
845-208-8151 gets really cumbersome really fast.

[email protected] is comes with location, with
who’s attached to it, who’s on base,
Deadlines who’s doing something about it.”

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Power out(r)age e birds are my playlist

I’m writing MARSH owned up to it and First, some BRUCE universe—a side hustle
this column in MADNESS apologized. I’ve even housekeeping, in to which we must return
the dark on a heard that their CEO, deference to my to regain a semblance of
half-charged laptop Carl Taylor, went door Baby Boomer cohort of self and sanity—it’s as if
THE BLOG we’re all droids enslaved
musicologists who un-

at 5:30 a.m.Tues- BRIAN to door last week, derstandably might be BRUCE in e Matrix.
mentally correcting that APAR TWO FACES OF
day, almost seven MARSCHHAUSER meeting with some headline to match the

full days after our powerless customers.

neighborhood in Nobody’s perfect, but spelling of the ’60s folk FACEBOOK

Yorktown lost power. in the words of John rock band e Byrds. e only way to wrest

According to Con Edison’s agenda, we Lennon, “Just gimme some truth.” at group, fronted back our equilibrium—

won’t be back online today, either. And if you have your own questions by Roger (nee Jim) even if only temporar-

We have no air conditioner during a you would like me to ask NYSEG, email McGuinn, de nitely is part of my playlist ily—is to unplug and unglue ourselves

brutally hot summer. Our refrigerator is [email protected]. I will (who can resist the equine ecstasy whin- from the gridlock of cyberspace, which

now empty, save for some warm beer and forward them over and do my best to get nied by the trio of guitars on Chestnut doubles as both womb and tomb. ( ink

a few Taco Bell sauce packets. And I’ve them answered. Mare?). of it as the two faces of Facebook—warm

eaten enough peanut butter sandwiches What is Avangrid/NYSEG doing to ose are not the birds of which I speak and neighborly vs. nasty and lethal. When

over the last week to last a lifetime. proactively limit power outages with at the moment, however. I’m talking about it comes to the toxicity of social me-

Worst of all, our energy provider’s com- these major storms? the avian creatures whose sweet tweets dia—where intellect gasps for oxygen and

munication skills are severely lacking. In the recently led Joint Proposal greet me as I make my ambulatory rounds nuance is nuked—the less time spent there

I’m pulling double duty as a both a agreement that NYSEG led in June, on a daily stride to which I’ve grown ac- can only be good medicine for anyone’s

reporter and an aggrieved customer. Not the company has proposed spend- customed, not to mention addicted. mental health.)

only do Con Ed’s press releases lack ing approximately $550 million from In these sweltering summer days, step- at’s why, these days, when I lift my

speci city, but they provide no email ad- 2020-2023 for our Asset Condition ping out rst thing in the morning clears clarity by lifting one foot at a time in

dress at which to follow-up. I’ve resorted Replacement program. e program is the cobwebs and minimizes the perspira- forward motion, I follow the advice of

to pestering them on social media, but designed to address and replace aging tion—though nobody ever was worse for numerous wellness gurus who preach the

I’ve had no luck there, either. A week after infrastructure across the system. New wear from a rigorous pore purge. gospel of bathing our spirits in fragrant

Tropical Storm Isaias, I cannot be sure York was one of the rst places to build But I digress, because the point I am fresh air that’s devoid of synthetic dis-

if Con Ed has even assessed the damage a modern electric grid—which unfortu- circling around is not so much when I tractions like earbuds, which serve only

that knocked out our power. I don’t know nately means we have some of the oldest venture out as why. to impurify our holy communion with

because they won’t tell us. It’s frustrating infrastructure in need of repair. is Mother Nature.

when readers ask for more information investment will help replace and upgrade MIND CONTROL Besides, why in ltrate my skull with

and I have to tell them they know just as aging infrastructure. To every action, there is an equal and man-made sounds when what’s inside of

much as I do, which is nothing. As part of the same ling we have also opposite reaction, as they say. Likewise, it is being cleansed by an “o ine” world

In my frustration, I took a swipe at the proposed investing $107 million in our to every behavioral mutation—such as whose heavenly birds are the only playlist I

transparency of Yorktown’s utility com- resiliency program, designed to reduce squeezing life out of our phones in an need for my soul to take wing?

panies—NYSEG and Con Edison—on the frequency and duration of service unyielding death grip—there evolves an

social media. In hindsight, it was unfair interruptions when we face harsh storms. instinctive re ex by renegades to push back SENSORY LIBERATION

of me to lump them together. NYSEG, Last, but probably one of the most against the robotic mind control to which Going earbudless, I felt the di erence

though certainly not perfect in the past, important items to mention is tree we surrender. (Make no mistake: social immediately. All the senses are freed and

restored all of Yorktown by Sunday and trimming. More than 50 percent of all media’s business model is mind control.) heightened when but one of them is liber-

all of Westchester by Monday night. outages at NYSEG are due to trees com- Translation: the more we let devices ated.

Con Ed still has 7,000-plus Westchester ing into contact with electric equipment. direct our attention nearly every micro- With every step in the street, I could

residents, and nearly 400 out in York- NYSEG is the only utility in the state moment of the day, the more advisable it hear the soft crackle of asphalt meeting my

town, as of this writing. not authorized to fund a continuous becomes to nd an antidote to our mount- rubber soles.

NYSEG’s communications team, I’m ve-year trim cycle. In the joint proposal ing obsession with non-stop (and often I took more minute note of the ora

happy to report, has also been much agreement, NYSEG and parties to the nonsensical) sensory stimulation—which that passed me by as I passed by it.

more responsive during Isaias, issu- case agreed to increase distribution tree rhymes with medication. I paid attention anew to the incremental

ing several press releases per day with trimming funding from $30 million to ere’s a book whose title succinctly variations in the façades of homes built at

detailed agendas. ey also took note of $57.2 million annually. As part of that, sums up the emerging ethos of reclaiming di erent times as I coursed through the

my cheap shot and asked how they could a $17.2 million distribution system your sense of humanity from the electronic cul-de-sacs of my cookie-cutter develop-

help improve our relationship. I immedi- program will be created to focus on trim- ecosystem that echoes in our conscious- ment.

ately put them to the test and sent them ming areas where trees pose increase risk ness: “24/7: Digital Minimalism” (by Cal I marveled at the gnarled bark on the

a list of questions, which were answered for outages, it will also move us towards Newport, Portfolio/Penguin Random oldest trees, wondering how many centu-

promptly by Michael Jamison, their the industry standard of trimming all House 2019). e subtitle is “Choosing a ries they have stood sentry.

manager of corporate communications. circuits over a ve-year cycle. Focused Life in a Noisy World.” I’d love to tell you more of the revela-

I’ll let you be the judge of their Additionally, we will create a new As its website says (calnewport.com/ tions arising on my constitutionals, but it’s

transparency. Personally, I found their annual $10 million danger tree program books/digital-minimalism), the book is that time again. Nature calls, not to the

willingness to answer questions and even to address danger trees outside of the about “rediscovering the pleasures of the outhouse, but to the great outdoors.

admit faults to be refreshing. In one distribution right-of-way. e agreement o ine world.”

example, the company inadvertently sent is subject to approval of the New YOrk What’s wrong with that picture? When Bruce Apar is a writer, actor, consultant, and

notices of power restoration to many of SEE MARSCHHAUSER PAGE 11 we’ve reached a point where the “of- community volunteer. He can be reached at
its customers. Guess what they did? ey
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MARSCHHAUSER of customers will be restored. As these times.When you see these understand how frustrating it is pacted. At NYSEG, we work to
a result of our work plans and reactions, how does it make your to be without power. Over the be open, honest and transparent
FROM PAGE 10 the large workforce we built, we company feel? Do you under- past week, we have had crews and with all of our stakeholders, and if
were able to improve the ETR stand the frustration? support sta working 24/7 to you look at some of the messages
Public Service Commission and to Sunday at 11 p.m. and actually serve our customers and restore from this storm, I think you’ll
we expect them to take it up for achieved it prior to noon Sunday. We don’t take customers be- power to those that were im-
consideration in October. ing without power lightly. We nd we are.
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a customer loses power and then out on your company (I, too, am
move it as the day(s) progress. Our guilty of this). I’ve found people’s
approach is to actually survey the perception of a utility company
damage, try and understand the is almost entirely dependent on
magnitude of repairs, and then whether they personally have
populate ETRs based on the power in that moment.Yet, there
information that we have at the is a lot of grandstanding mixed in
time. In this storm, we had set a with fair criticisms, and you serve
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Step up to a sustainable lifestyle

Can your dinner tonight help save our planet?

BY SARAH WILSON Monday can 2040 Yorkto wn100 Zero ter footprint of all Relative Climate Impacts of Food Choic-
GUEST WRITER set an example foods.Taking into es in the United States conclude: “Shift-
Net Carbon ing less than one day per weeks’ worth of
The choices we make every week for people to STEP UP TO A account all stages of calories from red meat and dairy products
and every day regarding the food eat more fruits, SUSTAINABLE production, a ham- to… a vegetable-based diet achieves more
we purchase and eat can have a vegetables and LIFESTYLE burger made with GHG reduction than buying all locally
direct impact on global warming. Our di- plant-based meals one quarter pound sourced food.”
ets are, in part, exacerbating the problem
of climate change. By shifting our diets throughout the Emissions by of beef requires 425 So, yes, what you choose to eat for
toward plants and away from meat, we dinner tonight can indeed help our health
can not only improve our health but also rest of the week. gallons of water to and our planet.
help the environment and slow climate
change. Our food produce.[4] [1] Gerber PJ, Steinfeld H, Henderson B,
et al. Tackling Climate Change through
Meatless Monday is a global move- choices have a direct impact on the Raising animals for meat and dairy Livestock – A Global Assessment of
ment that encourages people to reduce Emissions and Mitigation Opportunities.
meat in their diet for their health and health of the planet. While all foods need production also requires a signi cant Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization
the health of the planet. e current of the United Nations; 2013.
campaign was started in 2003 in associa- resources to produce, meat and dairy have amount of land, leading to deforestation
tion with the Johns Hopkins Center for [2] Pelletier, N., Pirog, R., Rasmussen,
a Livable Future. However, the concept the greatest impacts on the environment. and the loss of other carbon sequestering R. (2010) Comparative life cycle
dates back to World War 1, when Ameri- environmental impacts of three beef
cans were encouraged to plant Victory Raising animals to feed the planet’s bil- natural lands. Livestock production uses production strategies in the Upper
Gardens and eat less meat so more would Midwestern United States. Energy Use
be available for our troops. is program lions of people requires large amounts of 75 percent of the earth’s agricultural land, Agricultural Systems; Volume 103, Issue 6,
was revived during WW2. July 2010, Pages 380-389.
land, feed, water, and energy for process- primarily for beef and dairy cattle grazing
Meatless Monday’s simple message to [3] Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies
“skip meat once a week” has been e ective ing, storage, and transport. and growing crops for animal feed. [5] Calculator. U.S. Environmental Protection
because it provides a regular reminder to Agency. https://www.epa.gov/energy/
take the action on Monday, which is the Nearly 15 percent of global greenhouse Approximately 50 million square miles greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator
day of the week on which people are most
open to making positive changes. Begin- gases (“GHGs”) emissions come from of forest area are cleared for agricultural SEE WILSON PAGE 17
ning each week by practicing a Meatless
the production of meat, dairy and eggs. purposes each year, further increasing the

Livestock production produces more carbon impact.

greenhouse gases than the world’s entire You might think that sourcing your

transportation sector—cars, trucks, planes meat locally can have an impact, and it

trains—combined. [1] e majority of does, but transportation only accounts

those emissions come from cattle in the for about 10 percent of the meat’s GHG.

beef and dairy sector. e emissions asso- Because animal foods require vastly more

ciated with producing one quarter pound energy and resources to produce than

of beef is about the equivalent of driving a plant foods, a dietary shift away from

car seven miles or charging a smartphone animal products can be far more e ective

for six months. [2] [3] than buying local as a means of lowering

It takes a lot of water to produce meat, one’s food-related environmental impact.

especially beef, which has the highest wa- As the authors of Food-Miles and the

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Walking with the wind

Re ecting on the words We listened attentively to the MY Historically, nihilism, as an change.” at expression in-
of the great John Lewis, words of presidents Eisenhower, PERSPECTIVE epistemological term, references ferred, ever so gently, that if you
which were printed after Kennedy and Johnson as history a small branch of philosophy are in o ce a long time, either
his death, I am struck by the was made right before our eyes. JAMES that asserts that nothing is staleness or corruption is inevi-
importance, especially in 2020, Later, when I was on my own, MARTORANO knowable or worth knowing. table. ese types of cynicism,
to heed his directive that “voting my interest in public a airs only However, the nihilism I refer far from being malevolent, have
and participating in the demo- intensi ed. Looking back over values; we just prioritized them to today is that which can be often proved e ective in holding
cratic process is a key.” the hundreds of speeches and di erently. He taught my sister assigned more appropriately to elected o cials accountable.
addresses that I have taken in and me that no matter your the world of ethics. Nihilism,
His admonition is not a over my lifetime, I must confess political stripe, you had a duty in this sense, maintains that all e nihilism I am referring
foreign concept to me. My father to having been inspired count- to join your fellow citizens in moral judgments are irrational, to, so widespread today, is much
taught my sister and me that, as less times by soaring rhetoric, working to improve the lives of relative, and nally meaningless. more sinister and exponentially
citizens, it was our duty to share which as a general rule, called all people within the framework Once accepted either intellectu- more dangerous to a democracy
in the democratic process, which on us to reach higher, try harder of our democratic process. ally or merely in practice, it frees than the normal skepticism
included paying close attention and never give up our e orts to its proponent from the shackles voiced by an electorate often
to current a airs. I remember achieve and maintain the true Yet, over the last two decades, of duty, truth, or even morality in hungry for new voices. e
at age 12 taking some of my promise of America. there has been a societal erosion general. underpinnings of the modern-
hard-earned money washing cars of my father’s belief that we are day version are simple: there is
to buy a ve-year subscription to My dad was a diehard Re- all members of the same “choir.” When I speak of today’s nihil- no morality, good and evil, right
Time magazine, which I dutiful- publican. Yet, as partisan as he We have been witness to the ism, I am not referring to the or wrong—only power. is
ly read each week. In the Mar- was, he still believed that all of unmistakable introduction of a mistrust of government that is a view rejects an objective reality,
torano household, the nightly us (Democrats and Republi- nihilistic thread into our coun- perennial feature of democracy. science, accountability, ethical
news and, of course presidential cans) were members of the same try’s consciousness and political As a Yorktown councilperson, standards, morality, honor or
press conferences and addresses, “choir;” we just had di erent system. I remember recoiling in horror equity. Its goal is no less than the
were mandatory viewing and verses. He believed to his dying whenever I overheard someone annihilation of our faith in our
were witnessed without com- breath that, when all was said comment with conviction that democratic institutions them-
plaint or distraction. and done, we all shared the same “all politicians are corrupt.” selves. Historically speaking,
Although I found such beliefs this type of dark sentiment has
Alive with Color insulting, I always understood always thrived best during times
that the questioning of a skepti- of marked societal apprehension.
cal public was a healthy tool in
keeping government on its toes. Ivan Turgenev’s novel in 1862,
Nor am I referencing the mantra “Fathers and Sons,” popularized
of rst-time candidates (which I nihilism as a repudiation of an
had to endure on several oc- utterly corrupt political and legal
casions) that it was “time for a
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LETTERS

Crickets from Optimum has been worse than ternet, and TV, and all I get from exemplary! ey were on the and contractors also performed

Optimum abysmal and has had people call- Optimum is: “How hard we are road along with their supervi- well once they were actually as-
ing Verizon or looking for cable working and thank you for your sors and department heads. signed to Yorktown.

To the editor, cutting options. I, like other Yor- patience.” I have no impatience. I spoke to Supervisor Slater

e communications from ktowners, am without phone, in- is is costing me money, and several times about the lack of THE BAD

I know that Optimum not only response and candor from NY- e response time for the

hasn’t adequately responded to SEG. I saw Councilmembers utility companies was horren-

me, it hasn’t responded to Super- Ed Lachterman and Tom Di- dous. Many residents were still

The ad published on behalf of visor Slater requesting informa- ana along with Parks Superin- without power on Sunday af-
tion for all residents. All I want tendent James Martorano Jr. ternoon. e information pro-

Je Anderson & Associates to know so I can play is how big and Human Resources Director vided by NYSEG was inaccu-

in the August 3 issue the outage area is and what is Margaret Gspurning as well as rate at best and lacked candor
the best estimate for restoration. other town employees distribut- at worst. It should be noted that

was placed in advance of the I have had power back for four ing town provided ice and water while ConEd provided dry ice,

New York Child Victims Act days but no Optimum. at the Triangle Center. Highway NYSEG said to go to your mu-

John F. McMullen Superintendent Dave Pagan- nicipal leaders. While ConEd

window extension. Yorktown Heights elli was as usual out in his truck is taking some responsibility
The new deadline for claims inspecting our roads and docu- and o ering reimbursement for
filed under the Child Victims Act is The good, the bad, menting trees that needed at- losses, NYSEG has said they
and the ugly tention from his department or will reimburse only for their
August 13, 2021. from the utility companies along negligence and not for weather-
with their inability to respond in related losses, even if the losses

To the editor, a timely fashion. e police and are caused by their inability to

is past week we had another re departments along with the respond in a timely manner.

storm. A large storm? Yes. A hur- ambulance corps were also on e information provided by

ricane or blizzard? No. the road and performing their NYSEG was so inaccurate that

duties as we have come to expect on Sunday, Aug. 9, at 4:39 p.m.,

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Thursday, August 13, 2020 OPINION Yorktown News – Page 17

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of conspiracy theories, a pandemic crisis, eco- What can we do? If we truly believe in the
nomic dispossession, and virulent racism. Its twin democratic process, we must require evidence for
emotional engines of fear and hatred are easily assertions made by all those who seek our vote.
manipulated by bad actors that have the perverse Claims by themselves should not be accepted as
skill to use it to their advantage. Today’s con- true, even if they cater to our prior beliefs. As good
spiracy theories are actually devoid of theory. eir citizens, we must reject the lure of nihilism and its
methodology is the repetition of bold-faced lies proponents while holding fast in protecting and
(without a shred of evidence) designed to feed this promoting our values by participating robustly in
new destructive impulse, which undermines faith the democratic process. We must demand a posi-
in our democratic institutions. Once the nihilist’s tive vision of the future from all the candidates,
goal has been achieved, the converted have lost all even those who share our own party a liation. It
belief in, or need for, science (or rationality for that is time to be inspired again, to reach higher, try
matter), the truth, social justice, the law, or any harder and never give up in our e orts to achieve
ethical conceptions of morality or equity. and maintain the true promise of America.

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A Look Back: 2019 Hornets were road warriors

Won sectional crown without one game at LHS

BY MIKE SABINI
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Lakeland entered the 2019 season as the defending Section 1 Class The 2019 Section 1 Class A champion Lakeland baseball squad
A champions and were looking to win back to back titles for the rst
time in school history. Joey Vetrano pitches.
Leo Cummings holds up the Section 1
e Hornets did just that, beating Nyack, 5-4, in the title game Class A championship trophy
at Pace University, behind winning pitcher, junior Evan Berta, who
played center eld when he was not on the mound. FILE PHOTOS

“Being a part of something never done before at Lakeland was spe- Evan Berta makes the out in centerfield.
cial,” said the Fair eld University-bound Berta. “We grew up watch-
ing some of the older teams play in section title games. Lakeland has
a great history of baseball, so to be able to at least argue that we might
have been the best of them all, is something I think we should all
be proud of. ree would have been better, but can’t argue that win-
ning back to back was sweet. I’ll remember my teammates from those
teams the rest of my life. I hope to accomplish a lot in my career, but
it will be hard to top those championships.”

What made winning back to back sectional crowns extra special
was the fact that Lakeland didn’t play one game on its campus because
its eld was under construction.

Pitcher/ rst baseman, junior captain Joe Vetrano, who was named
the Gatorade 2019 New York Baseball Player of the Year, said its
road-warrior mentality started with its coaching sta .

“Coach (Bill) Casey and the rest of the sta preached to us that it
wasn’t going to be an easy task playing more away games than normal
and our home games not even being at Lakeland,” said Vetrano, who’s
headed to Boston College. “We just accepted the challenge and took
one game at a time.”

Senior captain, shortstop Leo Cummings, said the team had a bond
like no other.

“Most of us had been playing together since we started playing
travel ball,” Cummings said. “We were always just focused on win-
ning; where we played came second to us. Having no home eld was
just a chip on our shoulder that we used as fuel throughout the sea-
son.”

Berta said that not having a home eld was odd, and that the team
took it as another challenge.

“We knew we had the talent to win, no matter where we played,”
Berta said.

Fortunately for the Hornets, Granite Knolls Park had opened up
roughly in the middle of the season, which helped.

“It de nitely helped a lot, considering it’s only two minutes from
Lakeland, so it was as close to a home game as we would get,” said
Vetrano, the title-game MVP.

Playing at Granite Knolls was especially helpful during the post-
season.

“We were so fortunate to nally be able to play at Granite Knolls
in the playo s,” Cummings said. “Being the No. 1 seed, and having all
home games, was great because it felt like our whole town was there to
support. ose games were like the ones you see in the movies, where
the environment is electric.”

Berta agreed.
“But we earned the No. 1 seed, only losing one game early in the
year, so having the ability to play at Granite Knolls for all of our play-
o games was great,” Berta said. “We felt we had a great home crowd
every game cheering us on.”
Vetrano said that it meant everything to win the sectional title two
years in a row.
“We worked so hard the whole year to get back to the nals,” Vetra-
no said. “To be part of the rst team in Lakeland’s history to go back
to back was a huge milestone for Lakeland baseball and something we
will always remember.”
Cummings said it was an honor to be a senior captain of this squad.
“Growing up, all I ever dreamed about was to someday play short-
stop for Lakeland High School,” Cummings said. “I am so fortunate
that I got to live any high-school athlete’s dream, and I got to do it
with the best group of guys and coaches. ose are some memories
I’ll have forever.”

Thursday, August 13, 2020 SPORTS Yorktown News – Page 19

PRO SOCCER

Lakeland grad Denis signs with Cosmos

Johnny Denis was an All-State soccer player at Lakeland. FILE PHOTO BY MIKE SABINI so thrilled to be a part of this team that once had players such
CONTRIBUTING WRITER organization.” as Pele, Bekenbauer, and Raul,
wearing its jersey is surreal. As
Lakeland 2016 graduate Denis can play many posi- a player, it’s my responsibility to
Johnny Denis continued his tions from center mid to winger, continue to do my best, on and
climb up the soccer ranks earlier but he believes his best position o the eld, to continue the tra-
this summer, when he signed to is attacking mid eld. dition, that made this team, so
play with the New York Cosmos special within the soccer world.”
of the National Independent He said he is thrilled to be
Soccer Association (NISA). part of a club with such a rich Denis said his goals, alongside
tradition, that goes back to the his work ethic, is to continue to
“It means a great deal, and I days when the Cosmos were develop and to get better every
am humbled to be given the op- a powerhouse in the North single day.
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WRESTLINCG oaches weigh in on weight-class changes

Some lament loss of roster spots

BY ROB DIANTONIO when we outwrestled our op- 99-pound division, DiSanto still his team speci cally. did have six kids at either 99 and

CONTRIBUTING WRITER ponents in dual meets by win- thinks the strong young wrestlers “We usually have a large group 106 pounds last year,” he said.

ning the majority of individual will still nd their way into the on our team, 30-40 wrestlers and “ at means they will all be try-

Varsity wrestling coaches in matches wrestled, but we still lost 102-pound division or higher can always ll the weight classes,” ing to ght for one or two spots,

the area have mixed feelings re- as a team because of the points classes. Swertfager said. “Last year alone which could cause kids to become

garding recent changes to weight given up due to forfeits,” DiS- “Some freshmen, who are not I had three 99-pounders on the frustrated or quit. For the future,

classes by the New York State anto said.“ at was very frustrat- ready for varsity, end up being roster. Instead of trying to help it will certainly hurt because we

Public High School Athletic As- ing and di cult on team morale. forced into the lineup at 99,” the smaller squads get more have a very large youth program

sociation. is will be a pick-me-up for our DiSanto said. “ ose freshman wrestlers on their team, we have and are constantly bringing up

e number of weight classes program and create excitement. not ready and the seventh-and hurt the larger teams and prob- eighth-graders to get experience

has decreased from 15 to 13, with Exciting dual meets are impor- eighth-graders who are skilled ably have hurt overall participa- which has led to a lot of success

the most glaring di erence be- tant for the growth of wrestling. but too small to qualify for the tion numbers for our great sport.” later on in their careers.”

ing the 99-pound division has ey promote the importance of minimum, will certainly bene t Swertfager added that with the Fama thinks it could also

been eliminated. e new weight a well-balanced team. In Somers, from the development on junior change to the minimum weight negatively a ect Section 1’s suc-

classes are: 102, 110, 118, 126, speci cally, with so much school varsity or modi ed.” requirements for the lightest cess at the state tournament, be-

132, 138, 145, 152, 160, 172, 189, spirit, I think we can turn our He added that New York State weight classes, it won’t make ing they have performed well in

215 and 285. is change was dual meets into exciting events was the only state in the country sense to bring up middle school- the 99-pound division in recent

approved at a July 29 meeting and ll up the bleachers.” with a 99-pound weight class. “It ers if they can’t hit the minimum years.

and there will be a two-year pilot DiSanto said that “no one en- will be an adjustment, but we’ll to participate. “In the past seven to eight

program starting with the 2020- joys forfeits,” so eliminating two get used to it,” he said. Yorktown wrestling coach Eric years we have done really well as

2021 season. of the weight classes will help cut Veteran John Jay-Cross River Fama said he’s also not a fan of a section in that weight class in

A main reason for the change down on them. coach Bill Swertfager said he is eliminating weight classes. large school (division) with mul-

is due to concern over the amount “Most of the kids who receive adamantly against the adjust- “ is means that there will be tiple state placers just about every

of forfeits in dual meets during the win by forfeit would rather ment to the weight classes. two kids who will lose out on year and a state champ last year.”

recent years. earn it by actually wrestling,” he “ is sport is one of the few the opportunity to gain varsity Lakeland/Panas coach Dave

Somers/North Salem coach said. “ ey deserve to wrestle where a student, smaller in stat- experience this year,” Fama said. Bergen had a similar take as

Ron DiSanto thinks the reduc- after their hard work in practice ure, can compete on an equal “I have always felt the more kids Fama, and said he is not in favor

tion of weight classes will even and sacri ces making weight. playing eld,” he said. “ ey that you can get to compete the of the change.

the playing eld between schools Sure, they will take the win, but have now taken that away. Even better it will be for the kids and “Reducing weight classes re-

and programs of di erent sizes. there is so much build up, often when we could not ll the lighter the sport.” duces opportunities for partici-

He added that the change will traveling (to meets) thinking they weight classes, I still was in favor Fama said he isn’t sure how the pation,” Bergen said. “ e more

help the Tuskers because they are will be wrestling, but ending up of it. e more participants and changes will directly impact the kids we have in our lineup the

one of the smaller teams and have disappointed receiving a forfeit opportunities for our sport, the Huskers yet. more invested the kids will be in

lost dual meets due to forfeits. and not wrestling.” better, as far as I am concerned.” “It will depend on what the team. No kid wants to train

“We have had many instances With the elimination of the Swertfager thinks it will hurt weights our kids fall into, but we and not have an opportunity to

compete. We have been pretty

lucky about being able to ll all

our weight classes. It will de -

nitely leave a few kids sitting on

the bench, which is tough.”

Bergen has tried to avoid pull-

ing up middle schoolers to varsity

to ll the lower weight classes.

“I preferred to let them stay

with kids their own age,” he said.

“I have been lucky to nd smaller

ninth graders to ll spots. Com-

peting at the lower weights is a

great opportunity for them, espe-

cially if they are new to the sport.”

Bergen doesn’t think forfeits

have a signi cant impact on the

outcome of a dual meet. And

he believes athletes who win by

forfeit still have a sense of ac-

complishment being they made

weight and helped contribute to

earning the team points.

For him, it simply comes down

to the fact that more weight

classes means more opportunities

and spots to compete.

“Basically, I think cutting out

weight classes is a bad idea,” Ber-

gen said. “Sure, there were some

forfeits, but those weight classes

were varsity spots for kids to ll.

e more kids we have compet-

ing the better it is for the sport as

A Yorktown wrestler competes last winter. FILE PHOTO/BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER a whole. Kids will not come out
or stay out for teams if there is no

spot for them to compete.”

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NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN HUDSON VALLEY HOSPITAL

New maternity center to open this fall
e soothing, modern design of the new state-of-the-art Maternity Center reimagines the
experience for families with luxuriously appointed and spacious private rooms and many amenities

When NewYork-Presbyterian comfortable beds for partners, a nurse-midwifes, and neona- who quarantined in Cortlandt

Hudson Valley Hospital lead- spa-like bathroom and shower, tologists work collaboratively to Manor during the coronavirus

ers started talking about how to adjustable lighting, and individu- provide the healthiest possible pandemic. Dr. Garcia delivered

redesign their Maternity Center, al temperature control. journey through pregnancy — Lee’s baby at 35 weeks at NYP

they had a clear advantage: most Each labor and delivery room from prenatal care to childbirth, Hudson Valley on April 8, dur-

members of the leadership team includes a soaking tub, which newborn care, and postpartum ing the height of the coronavirus

and redesign committee were helps with laboring and com- follow-up. pandemic in New York.

women — and moms. fort. e new center is also fully Patients start their journey “It’s hard to sum up in a few

“Who better to plan a perfect equipped with multiple triage with skilled obstetricians at the sentences the birthing experience

maternity unit than a group of suites and operating rooms and a recently renovated NewYork- of having a baby a month early

mothers?” said Dr. Meera Gar- Level 2 Neonatal Intensive Care Presbyterian Medical Group during a global pandemic,” said

cia, Division Chief of General Unit for newborns who need Hudson Valley o ces in Cold Lee. “But I feel lucky we came

Obstetrics and Gynecology at extra support. e hospital pro- Spring and Cortlandt Manor, here. Dr. Garcia and (the other

NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson vides a full range of services that and those physicians follow them doctors at NYP Hudson Valley)

Valley Hospital. moms-to-be may need before, through their journey to birth. made me feel cared for,” she says.

Set to open this fall, the com- during and after birth, includ- e physicians also work closely “I knew I was in good hands. As To learn more about maternity

mittee designed the new state-of- ing lactation consulting, birthing with experts, including Colum- a patient, you can’t ask for much services at NewYork-Presbyterian

the-art center to help moms-to- classes and breastfeeding support bia maternal fetal medicine and more than that.” Hudson Valley Hospital, visit nyp.

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more comfortable while visiting advanced care be needed. e new center opens in fall 2020. 3258.

their tiniest new member. A TEAM APPROACH FOR “While we are very proud of

“We’ve created an environ- A SUPERIOR MATERNITY the beautiful new space and en-

ment that is as soothing and wel- PROGRAM hanced amenities at our new cen-

coming as possible for our moms, NYP Hudson Valley’s mater- ter, we are even more proud of our

their partners and family so that nity program is led by Dr. Gar- amazing care team comprised of

they can have a larger role in this cia as an extension of Columbia expert physicians, Magnet nurses

very special experience,” says Dr. University Irving Medical Cen- and support sta ,” says Stacey

Garcia, who is also a practicing ter’s Department of Obstetrics Petrower, president of NewY-

Ob/GYN with NewYork-Pres- and Gynecology, which is a na- ork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley.

byterian Medical Group Hudson tional leader in maternity care. “ ey always go the extra mile to

Valley and Assistant Professor of is relationship brings the provide personal attention to ev-

Obstetrics & Gynecology at Co- world-class services and expertise ery patient and their family.”

lumbia University Vagelos Col- of NewYork-Presbyterian’s aca- “ e doctors at NYP Hudson

lege of Physicians and Surgeons. demic medical center here to our Valley made me feel cared for, ev-

e private postpartum rooms community. ery step of the way,”said Prashan-

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