The Katonah-Lewisboro Times 05.09.19

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Meet the school board candidates
Leah Pizer is mounting a write-in campaign

BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER the executive director at Bridges to Com- that supports both our students’academic and Julia Hadlock
EDITOR munity, a U.S. based community development social-emotional needs.To address this priority, Elizabeth Gereghty
non-pro t working in areas of deep poverty I think we need to prioritize e orts to support Leah Pizer
ree seats on the Katonah-Lewisboro in the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. the administration’s work with our faculty and
School District Board of Education are up Annually, we provide over 500 volunteers the sta to provide professional development and
for grabs this year, but only two candidates opportunity to be a part of our development opportunities for innovation and improvement.
will appear on the May 21 ballot. e orts on service trips in these countries. I have We need to ensure that we are making prudent
a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and
Incumbent Julia Hadlock, of South Salem, a master’s degree from Dartmouth College. scal decisions now that prepare us for poten-
and Elizabeth Gereghty, of Katonah, were tial challenges in the future. And, we should
the only two people to le the required peti- Why do you want to be a member of the work to create an environment where commu-
tions and signatures by the April 22 deadline, Katonah-Lewisboro School District Board nity members feel engaged in the district and
setting up an unusual school board election. of Education? share both their support and concerns about
how things are going for our kids with the
District Clerk Kimberly Monzon said the I have been on the Board of Education board and administration.
third seat can be decided by a write-in vote. since 2016 and I want to continue my service
because it gives me the opportunity to support Elizabeth Gereghty
Leah Pizer, of Goldens Bridge, has pub- our community. Education provides such an
licly announced her intention to mount a important foundation for the future and I am Who are you? Provide a brief overview of
write-in campaign. proud to be a part of such a great district. I your background, education and experience.
want to support our continued e orts towards
Julia Hadlock the district’s learning commitment to provide I come from a family of educators and
an engaging, relevant learning experience for school administrators — my grandfather
Who are you? Provide a brief overview of our students in an active learning environment. was the superintendent of Pontiac, Mich.,
your background, education and experience. As a board, I think we are making prudent schools during desegregation and bussing
and my grandmother and mother were
I am a mom, wife and non-pro t profes- scal decisions while continuously trying to teachers. I graduated from James Madison
sional. I am originally from Westchester and improve the student experience at all ages. I College at Michigan State University in
graduated from neighboring Byram Hills am excited to continue to work with the other 1995 with a degree in international relations
district. My husband and I moved to the board members and the administration. and economics. I went back to school in
Katonah-Lewisboro School District in 2011 1997 after two years of working in Washing-
and our three sons are currently in 6th, 8th What is a top priority for the school ton, DC, and struggling to make ends meet.
and 10th grades at John Jay Middle School district going forward? I earned an MBA from Duke University’s
and John Jay High School.
In my opinion, our top priority is always to SEE BOE PAGE 4
I have worked in the non-pro t sector for create the best learning environment possible
the past 20 years in community building, public
health and youth development. I am currently

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The school is located on Underhill Avenue in Yorktown.

South Salem man named
head of prep school

BY JESSICA JAFET very small classes, a very low teacher-to-student ratio [now

CONTRIBUTING WRITER 4-to-1] that really brought a non-competitive, gentle, ap-

proach to education.”

Nestled on a small campus with buildings from the 1800s, To that end, Curley said he intends to have every student be

Soundview Preparatory School is an intimate private school educated in techniques for managing their social-emotional

in Yorktown that Tom Curley, the new Head of School, be- lives in ways that will serve them in college and beyond.

lieves is an important option for area families who have chil- “I’m looking for ways to create a curriculum surrounding

dren in grades 6-12. social-emotional learning. at would be for our faculty, for South Salem resident Tom Curley

“I think that the soul of this school and its mission is really our students, for our parents, for our entire community to say PHOTOS: JESSICA JAFET

extremely powerful,” Curley said. “Soundview provides col- this is how we can support one another: it seems like you are ‘I’m looking for
ways to create
lege preparatory education in a supportive environment that feeling this way, can I help? en identify within ourselves, a curriculum
surrounding
requires rigorous application to academics, instills respect for how am I doing today? Is this a day when I am ready to take social-emotional

ethical values and fosters self-con dence by helping each stu- risks? Or is this a day where I need to be self-composed?” he learning.’

dent feel recognized and valued.” said. –Tom Curley
Head of School
e independent, co-ed day school on Underhill Avenue After 20 years of active teaching and several administrative Soundview Preparatory

celebrated its 30th year, having moved to its current location roles, Curley, the father of three young boys (who attend Ka- School

in 2008. tonah-Lewisboro schools) said that being the head of school

In April of this year, South Salem resident Tom Curley for a student body of 65 students is a next step that he feels

took the helm and has become the third person to lead the proud to take, noting that 100 percent of Soundview’s gradu-

school since it was founded in 1989. ates go on to college.

Curley, a Harvard graduate with an undergraduate degree “Maybe your student is struggling to nd a good social

in German history and literature and a masters in European group in their current school; students who are experienc-

history, is familiar with the setting, having grown up in West- ing anxiety—maybe with the state tests, maybe with SATs,

ern Massachusetts on the campus of a large boarding school. maybe with just being in a large high-paced environment.

His father was a school teacher and administrator and Cur- ey nd a place here where they can be themselves without

ley said he feels very comfortable with independent school any kind of fear,” he said.

life—and relishes assuming this new position at a place that “I hear story after story after story from parents of their

emphasizes a ‘whole student’ approach to success. child coming here and just learning their voice and coming

“ e school was founded by a man named Glyn Hearn,” into themselves in a way that we don’t really see happening in

Curley explained. “He wanted to create a school that had a larger school or in a more pressured environment.”

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Born and raised in Michigan, for Westchester’s Christmas the community and particularly and the John Jay High School
FROM PAGE 1 Dinner for two years and my for young people than the local Athletic Directors Committee.
I have lived in New York state whole family has participated in school board. Second, I think I was a proud co-chair of the
Fuqua School of Business in for 20 years, almost 16 in Ka- putting on the event for the last our board has done a great job in
1999. After moving to New tonah. My husband, Jim, and I recent years making some di cult rst ever, and largest grossing,
York, I worked brie y at About. have three children in the Kato- ve years in various roles. decisions, recruiting an excellent Katonah-Lewisboro Relay for
com and then at Madison nah-Lewisboro School District, superintendent and safeguard- Life, and have served as a board
Square Garden in new media one currently in high school and Why do you want to be a ing the nancial position of the member of the Lewisboro Base-
marketing before having my rst two in middle school. member of the Katonah-Lew- district so we are ready to meet ball Association since 2014. My
child and choosing to stay home. isboro School District Board future challenges. We need to work with these organizations
I have started a number of small I have served on the board of Education? carry on that good work. Last, I stems from my desire to give
businesses over the past 10 years; of the Community Center of believe public service is critical to back to the community.
most recently I am the founder Northern Westchester for the ere are three reasons: First a well functioning community. It’s
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Leah Pizer What is a top priority for the
school district going forward?
Who are you? Provide a brief
overview of your background, My top priority is improving
education and experience. communication and transpar-
ency. As the world becomes
I was raised in Westchester more complicated, maintaining
(Greenburgh Central No. 7 communication and transparen-
Schools), received a bachelor’s cy has become paramount. It is
of science degreee from SUNY necessary to build trust and fos-
Binghamton, and received my ter the sense of community in
Juris Doctor from Pace Univer- the Katonah-Lewisboro School
sity School of Law. I have been District that I have come to
an attorney in New York and value above all else. In a world
Connecticut for 17 year in both where information (and misin-
the public and private sectors. formation) travels at lightning
During that time, I was a litiga- speed, the district must continue
tor. Having represented both to be at the forefront of this.
school districts and aggrieved As a parent with a child in the
students, I have an understand- school district, I know rst hand
ing of the legal complexities of how it feels to receive texts from
education law and litigation. my child during lockdowns with
I have served as an adjunct rumors swirling on Facebook
professor at Marist College and while parents wait anxiously for
Pace University, giving me a the truth. I appreciate that there
great understanding of higher is a balancing act between dis-
education. In the community, seminating information while
I have been a member of the staying within the con nes of
Junior League of Northern the law – but I believe we can
Westchester, a new member continue to improve.

THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2019 THE KATONAH LEWISBORO TIMES PAGE 5

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Report faults utilities for How does statewide plastic bag
2018 storm response ban affect Bedford, Lewisboro?

BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER snow or rainstorms,” said state Sen. Peter BY CAROL REIF switching over to paper, which has its own
EDITOR Harckham (D-South Salem). CONTRIBUTING WRITER environmental baggage.

An investigation by the state Public Service Harckham said the issues identi ed in the Ordinary shoppers will have plenty of Of that, two cents would be set aside to
Commission has concluded what many area report “must be corrected in a timely manner time to wrap their heads around the new purchase reusable bags to distribute to the
residents and o cials have already said: the or the state should administer severe penalties.” statewide single-use plastic bag ban before public.Priority would be given to low- and
state’s ve utility companies, including Con the hammer comes down next March.
Edison and New York State Electric & Gas, “I have spoken to senior management at xed-income communities. e paper bag
responded inadequately to the devastating se- both utilities and they are aware of my con- Meanwhile, elected o cials in New fee cannot be charged to customers using
ries of nor’easters, which knocked out power cerns that they need to get this right not York—only the third state in the nation to food assistance programs such as SNAP
in March 2018 to thousands in Westchester. once, but for every storm,” Harckham said. pass such a measure—are shifting their at- (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Pro-
tention to paper bags, hoping to get a bet- gram) or WIC (Special Supplemental
According to the commission, which led Because of NYSEG’s “recurring failures,” ter handle on the fee situation. Nutrition Program for Women, Infants
its 171-page report on April 18, the utility the Public Service Commission is seeking and Children).
companies su ered operational failures, in- a court order to mandate improvements to OVERVIEW
cluding planning, internal sta ng, and crew emergency preparedness and response and Environmental advocates have been e remaining three cents goes into the
acquisition and crew management. internal controls. ghting for years to deep-six the ubiqui- state’s $300 million Environmental Pro-
tection Fund.
“Of notable concern,” the commission Assemblyman Kevin Byrne (R-Mahopac) tous, and non-biodegradable, totes that
wrote, “the Department of Public Service said he was pleased that the concerns of his clog stormwater systems, utter from tree Westchester County legislators Kitley
sta uncovered information that NYSEG constituents have not fallen on deaf ears. branches, and choke hungry sea creatures Covill, a Katonah resident, and Nancy
and Con Edison have been steadily reduc- who mistake them for jelly sh. Barr, the legislature’s environmental com-
ing the number of line workers, which has “Of the many alleged violations and rec- mittee chair, proposed a countywide paper
had a direct result in the utilities’ poor initial ommendations, I was pleased to see some ey nally bagged a win when the bag fee last year.
responses and contributed overall to poor of the key focuses for areas of improvement state baked the plastic bag ban into its
storm performance.” included greater sta ng levels, commu- 2019-20 budget. Paper bag fee proponents had wanted
nication enhancements, improved outage a statewide law as well, fearing a hodge-
Utility communications with custom- management systems, stronger planning According to the New York State As- podge of laws across the state that could
ers and public o cials was also lacking, ac- for mutual-assistance programs, more reli- sociation of Counties, members have been put businesses in certain counties at a dis-
cording to the Public Service Commission, able estimated time restorations (ETRs) for supportive of trashing single-use plastic advantage to their neighbors.
which faulted the utilities for slow road- customers, greater accountability and plan- bags, but many are still unpacking their
clearing e orts. ning for critical facilities, hardening of infra- stands on paper. Legislators recently confabbed with
structure, as well as encouraging a stronger legal counsel about the new law, but feel
“Con Ed and NYSEG were woefully damaged tree trimming program through Under the new law, counties and cities they need more information before taking
unprepared for major weather events leav- coordination with utility companies and lo- can choose, but are not required, to charge action, Covill said.
ing their customers to fend for themselves cal municipal leaders,” Byrne said. a ve-cent fee for single-use paper bags,said
for extended periods of time after powerful NYSAC research analyst Alex LaMonte. To get everyone on the same page,
NYSEG and Con Ed did not respond to NYSAC plans to conduct a webinar on
requests for comment. e fee is intended to encourage folks the new law for its members.
to use reusable totes instead of simply
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PLASTIC ing tremendous damage,” Cuomo BEDFORD We are not your "Main Street" VOTED #12018"FNAVEIOGRHIBTOERAHUOTOODR-ENPEAXIRTSDHOOOPR"
said. “Twelve million barrels of Bedford has an ordinance re- repair shop—we're tucked away
FROM PAGE 6 oil are used to make the plastic on a residential street in the
bags we use every year and by quiring a 10-cent fee for every
ere appears to be some con- 2050 there will be more plastic by plastic or paper bag used at large hamlet of South Salem.
fusion on whether towns and vil- weight in the oceans than sh.We retailers such as Key Foods, De- We have been serving the
lages can “opt-in”on the paper bag need to stop using plastic bags,and Cicco’s, Shoprite, Pier 1, and CVS. community for over 89 years.
fee if their counties do not. today we’re putting an end to this
blight on our environment.” Bedford Supervisor Chris Spring Specials
e way the law stands now, lo- Burdick said that the 10 cents
cal laws that are already in place PUSHBACK goes back to the retailers, who, FRONT-END ALIGNMENT OIL CHANGE: SYNTHETIC BLEND
will be “grandfathered,” but only e New York Public Interest collectively,have handed out thou-
for a year after the state law takes sands of reusable bags and have $89 Reg. $2999 Reg.
full e ect. Research Group says the new law worked with the town to educate $119 $48
doesn’t go far enough. the public. As far as what happens Exp. 6/29/19 Up to 5 Quarts. Exp. 6/29/19
EXEMPTIONS if Westchester opts into the ve-
Exemptions include plastic bags Allowing counties and cities to cent fee that would go back to the A/C SERVICE SPECIAL OIL CHANGE: FULL SYNTHETIC
decide whether or not to charge state, Burdick said he was unsure
used to wrap uncooked meat/ sh; the ve-cent paper bag fee will, at this point. $119 Reg. $5999 Reg.
to package bulk items like pro- it claims, “undoubtedly result in $149 $82
duce, and those that contain food a patchwork system across the e ordinance resembles a law
sliced or prepared to order.Also al- state,”NYPIRG said. passed in Long Beach, which im- Plus Freon. Exp. 6/29/19 Up to 5 Quarts. Exp. 6/29/19
lowed are newspaper delivery bags, poses ve-cent fees on plastic or
plastic bags sold in bulk at point of e Food Industry Alliance of paper bags. Mike Hassin, owner Open Monday- OSCALETA RD NY-CT LINEOLD OSCALETA RD
sale; trash bags; food storage bags; New York State opposes the plastic of Key Food stores in Long Beach Saturday BOUTON RD MAIN STRT 35/OLD POST RD
garment bags; bags used to carry bag ban. Saying that while Cuo- and Bedford, said single-use bag 8AM-4PM
out or deliver restaurant/tavern mo’s move to protect the environ- usage is down 73.1 percent since NY State
food; and bags provided by phar- ment was a “laudable goal...shared the ordinance was implemented. 1Old Oscaleta Road Licensed:
macies to carry prescription drugs. and championed”by the retail food South Salem #7122410
industry, it does not promote the LEWISBORO
EARTH DAY utilization of reusable bags and will Lewisboro adopted a law ban- SouthSalemAutoCare.com
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed increase the use of paper bags.
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the law on April 22, Earth Day, Paper bags are more expensive tail checkout.
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duce pollution and protect wildlife. costs for businesses—since they Supervisor Peter Parsons called
won’t get a portion of the fee,FIA- the move a “signi cant step for-
New Yorkers use 23 billion plas- NYS added. ward”for sustainability.
tic bags a year. Studies show that
about 50 percent end up as litter. e National Federation of In- Under the new law, retailers are
dependent Business argues that its allowed to provide customers with
“You see plastic bags hanging members can’t absorb mandated reusable bags and/or 15-cent pa-
in trees, blowing down the streets, costs as readily as their big-box per bags.
in land lls, and in our waterways, competitors.
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BBQ feast to benefit St. John’s Parish & Lewisboro Ambulance Corps

On Saturday, May 18, from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Lewisboro A pie bake-o and a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream cart will emergency services for the community. St. John’s Parish,
Town Park, you can feast like a king at a catered, all-you- highlight an assortment of delicious desserts. which includes St. John’s Church in South Salem and St.
can-eat barbecue and feel good knowing you’re helping Paul’s Chapel in Vista,is celebrating its 260th year in Lew-
two long-time local institutions – St. John’s Parish and the e event will feature music, games for the kids and a isboro and will soon be undertaking much-needed restora-
Volunteer Ambulance Corps. K-9 demonstration by Lewisboro Police. ere will be a tions in its two facilities.
silent auction for romantic getaways, like a two-night stay
omas Fox Catering of Mount Kisco (“Best of West- at the fabulous Hotel Indigo in Los Angeles, great gifts Advance tickets are required and can be purchased
chester”) will present a Sizzling Southern Barbecue featur- like Yankees, Mets and Red Bulls tickets, and a $3,000 gift through the parish website (saintjohns.church) or by call-
ing slow-cooked smoked pulled pork, all-American burg- certi cate from Marks Landscape Lighting. ing 914-763-8273. Adult tickets are $40 and children’s are
ers and hot dogs with all the xins,Fox’s homemade mac ‘n $20. e event will take place rain or shine.
cheese,Texas-style baked beans, cole slaw and corn bread. Funds raised for the Ambulance Corps will help pay for
their new ambulance, which will provide state-of-the art

Bedford Audubon—May 2019 Programs

FIELDTRIP CENTRAL PARK ist Tait Johansson will point out the di erence MIGRATION MADNESS NORTH search for the yellow-throated vireo,blue-winged
Tuesday, May 17, 7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. between ravens and crows, especially if ravens COUNTY TRAILWAY warbler, prairie warbler, orchard oriole and many
What metropolitan oasis crams forested ar- are nesting near the dam again this year. other migrants and summer resident birds.
Tuesday, May 21, 7-9 a.m.
eas, seven bodies of water, meadows, gardens, Meet at the dam.Cost: Free.Level of phys- Naturalist Tait Johansson will lead Mi- Cost: Free. Level of physical di culty:
and much more into less than 1.5 square miles? ical di culty: Easy. Register with Susan at gration Madness on the North County Easy/moderate.Register with Susan at info@
[email protected] or 914-302-9713. Trailway in Yorktown. It’s a local hotspot for bedfordaudubon.org or 914-302-9713.
More than 200 species of birds pass through spring warblers and other songbirds.
Central Park in Manhattan on their migratory FIELDTRIP DOODLETOWN Meet at the parking lot at the intersection of PRESENTATION KATONAH
routes each spring and fall.NaturalistTait Johans- TRAILHEAD the trailway and Route 118 in Yorktown, less VILLAGE LIBRARY
son will lead this eld trip to experience Central than a mile west of Route 100’s intersection
Park during migration. e group will stop in the Saturday, May 18, 7:30 a.m.-noon with Route 118. Cost: Free. Level of physical ursday, May 30, 7 p.m.
boathouse for lunch (or bring your own). Naturalist Tait Johansson will lead a eld di culty: Easy. Register with Susan at info@ Naturalist-author “Wildman” Steve Brill has
trip to Doodletown Road, which is not only bedfordaudubon.org or 914-302-9713. been leading foraging tours and providing demos
Depart Bylane Farm at 6 a.m. or meet at known as the best place in the area to nd for the public, for schools, day camps, birthday
72nd and Central Park West at 7:30 a.m. breeding hooded and cerulean warblers, but MIGRATION MADNESS BYLANE FARM parties, museums, nature centers, parks depart-
Cost: Free.Level of physical di culty: Easy/ is also a ne spot for many other songbirds, ursday, May 23, 7-9 a.m. ments,restaurants and chefs,garden clubs,hiking
moderate. Register with Susan at info@ migrants and breeders alike. clubs, teaching farms, nurseries, and other orga-
bedfordaudubon.org or 914-302-9713. Depart Bylane Farm at 6:30 a.m. or meet What favorite local destination has shru- nizations, in parks and natural areas throughout
at the Doodletown Trailhead at 7:30 a.m. bland, wet meadows, woods, and beautiful the Greater New York area since 1982.
BIRD WALK KATONAH Cost: Free. Level of Di culty: Moderate. wildlife? Refreshments will be served at 7 p.m.;
ursday, May 16, 7:30-9:30 a.m. Register with Susan at info@bedfordaudu- the lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. in the garden
bon.org or 914-302-9713. Join Naturalist Tait Johansson for Migration room of the Katonah Village Library.
March’s ird ursday’s Bird Walk will be Madness at Bylane Farm. Johansson will lead a
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Sleep tight Songs of our youth

We are a sleep- READING, the bedroom and hallway. You mean you BRUCE Why aren’t you scared
deprived WRITING & Some people use “white haven’t heard of THE BLOG of me? Why do you care
nation. noise” machines imitating Billie Eilish?! for me?
What are you, retired?
According to recent CHOCOLATE the sounds of rain or lap- When we all fall
So, I’m in the gym asleep, where do we go?
studies, 35 percent KIM ping ocean waves to drift
of U.S. adults do not KOVACH o to sleep. working out with a BRUCE Whether you think
APAR
get the recommended I look forward to get- couple of my buds— that last line is some-

seven to eight hours of ting a cozy, restful night’s my earbuds, that is. what profound or some

sleep each night. sleep. I fall asleep soon Per usual, I revert to kind of poppycock, one

ink about it. On any given day, after my head hits the pillow. I dream the songs of my youth, thing’s for certain: it’s

millions of sleep-challenged strangers entertaining, full-technicolor dreams. courtesy of Spotify. the title of her huge-

are operating mega-ton vehicles, tractor- When I am worried about something in You mean you haven’t heard of Spo- selling debut album that shot straight to

trailers, commuter trains and jumbo jets my personal life, my dreams often include tify? Well, let me tell you, if you enjoy the top spot on the Billboard charts, at

at high rates of speed in a zombie-like driving on icy or snowy roads. In these having a limitless number of tunes on tap, No. 1, and is setting all kinds of music

state. Doctors, teachers, lunch ladies, dreams, my car slides backwards down a yet having the music service insistently industry milestones for runaway success.

sushi chefs, babysitters, baseball players, hill or drives sideways on a winding road. o er the same carousel of revolving songs “Her lyrics really relate to our genera-

and politicians may be exhausted and A good night’s sleep is restorative for it has learned you like, Spotify is your tion more than, like, any artist I’ve heard

making decisions a ected by lack of a the mind and body. Sleep experts say that ticket to an earful of exasperation. before,” says a fan in one of Eilish’s

restful night’s sleep. our brains “self-clean” when we are asleep. Even when you try to desperately videos.

Teens apparently get the least amount By not getting enough sleep on a regular escape Spotify’s solicitous “Made for You” In case you were wondering, Billie

of sleep of any age group. According to basis, “toxins” can build up in the brain. playlists, as if crawling through the Sa- doesn’t do drugs. And her whole fam-

the National Sleep Foundation, 87 per- ere is a new worry for those of us hara in search of an oasis, it still has you ily are vegans. at might explain the

cent of American high school students who value a good night’s sleep. Have you in its predictive clutches, telling you what name of her Instagram account: where-

are chronically sleep-deprived. Maybe heard about the “kissing bug?” When it thinks you want to hear. So, once again, aretheavocados.

that explains the mailbox-bashing. the national news did a story on this last like the day before, Spotify is queueing I was listening to Billie Eilish Radio,

e reasons that American teens and week, I thought that mono was making a up Dylan, Beach Boys, Otis Redding, Sly so that meant I was treated not only

adults do not make getting a good night’s comeback, just like the measles epidemic. and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, on to her pangs of teen angst, loneliness,

sleep a priority is because they are too No, not that kind of “kissing bug.” is and on (that’s Stephen Bishop). boredom, lovesick yearnings, and all that

busy trying to keep up with all of the is a real insect that ies around at night I had had it. I went full Howard other good stu , but I got to sample

TV shows they think everyone else is and bites humans on the face! I am not Beale, railing against the authoritarian- all the above themes through the eyes

watching, working multiple jobs, driving kidding. ism of Spotify: “I’m mad as heck (hey, and words of other young artists, whose

multiple children to multiple activities, Triatominae, a type of insect found in this is a family newspaper), and I’m not moist celebrity has graduated them from

posting on social media, caring for aging Central and South America and Mexico, going to take it anymore!” aspiring to o cially aspired. How do

parents, babysitting grandchildren, wor- are also known as cone nose bugs, assas- Somehow, I found an oasis: Billie Eil- they do it? YouTube!

rying about money, training for mara- sin bugs or vampire bugs. Still not kid- ish Radio. I had heard of Billie, whose Take Conan Gray, a 20-year-old

thons, and FOMO (fear of missing out). ding! ese nasty bugs have been found full name, of course, is Billie Eilish whose song “Generation Why” looks

e light of a full moon or neighbors all across the southern United States. Pirate Baird O’Connell, which has a lilt inward thusly…

who leave their outside lights on all night e CDC released a statement last week all its own, thanks to her lyrical Irish- Cause we are the helpless, sel sh, one of

add to the inability to fall asleep. announcing that a girl in Delaware was Scottish heritage. a kind

Many adults do try to go to bed at bitten by the kissing bug as she watched If you haven’t heard her music, it’s un- Millennium kids, that all wanna die

a normal hour, but are unable to fall television in her bedroom at night. derstandable. If you haven’t heard of her Walking in the street with no light inside

soundly asleep because of buzzing cell is bloodsucking insect typically bites at all, well, you can thank me later for our eyes

phones, barking dogs, noisy neighbors, humans on the face, as it is attracted by introducing you. Su ce it to say she’s We are the worthless, cursed with too

mice scratching in the walls, car alarms, warm breath. While this poor girl did the livin’ end (as my generation used to much time

howling coyotes and insomnia. Sleep not get sick, the kissing bug can transmit say when we were her age, which is 17). ere are others in the same mold.

experts suggest that you try to re-set your a deadly illness called Chagas disease. Billie has a tidy Instagram following Twentysomethings like Jeremy Zucker

body’s inner “clock” by going to bed and An estimated 300,000 people in the U.S. of 20 million-plus, and her songs have (“comethru”), Alec Benjamin (“Let Me

waking up at the same time every day. have Chagas disease. been streamed a Billieon times. Did I Down Slowly”), and Sasha Sloan, whose

Your body’s sleep cycle may be thrown Before drifting o to sleep at night, mention she’s 17? song “Older” re ects…

o kilter when we spring ahead/fall back. I used to have eeting thoughts about One of Billie’s biggest hits is titled e older I get the more that I see

Suggestions for a good night’s rest mice, camel crickets and vampires. Now “Bury a Friend,” and it goes something My parents aren’t heroes, they’re just like

include not snacking two hours prior this. like this: me

to getting ready for bed, removing all What do you want from me? Why don’t And loving is hard, it don’t always work

electronic devices from the bedroom, Kim Kovach may try to make a protective you run from me? You just try your best not to get hurt

placing a few drops of lavender oil on the sleeping contraption out of mosquito netting What are you wondering? What do you SEE APAR PAGE 15

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LETTERS

Shadows of grief In fact, each year stillbirth claims orange bags to collect all of the I would also like to thank our boro is a great place to live and this
the lives of more children than unsightly garbage. e weather Highway Department and the just reinforces that statement!
To the editor, prematurity, SIDS, car accidents, did not cooperate this year, but State Department of Transporta-
When people look at our happy cancer, drowning, u, gun violence, somehow we all came together! tion for collecting the bags. Lewis- Lion Janet Donohue

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It’s called spring ‘break’ for a reason

Dear Dr. Linda, complete assignment would get A’s. However, actors, the sets, and the storyline itself
My nephews were supposed to read when she actually went to the theater.
and read the book. STRONG usually a small number When she left, remarking to her friends
a long book over spring break, but they Whether that trust is LEARNING get A’s and the rest get that it was one of the best productions
failed to do so. ey didn’t tell their well-placed depends on B’s or C’s while others she’d ever seen, she overheard others
parents about it until the last weekend of talking about how they had no real idea
their break. ey happened to be spend- your nephews, but to DR. LINDA get D’s or fail. Why? about what they’d just seen.
ing that last weekend with their grand- SILBERT
parents. When their grandparents heard establish trust, as with Because most students Truthfully, it troubles me that some
about the long book and the limited teachers give their students a book to
time, they provided their grandsons with respect, showing it rst nd reading many of read over spring break. If your nephews
the Cli Notes for the book but told were avid readers, they would probably
they boys they should eventually read the is the only way. And, the required books have loved to have spent their spring
book anyway. Was that a good thing for break reading. e assignment would
them to do? Does that send the wrong although I’m sure it was di cult for them. ey have been a welcome addition to their
message to them? vacation. But for other students, not
not couched in these terms, they showed may slog through long texts but don’t so much. It’s called spring “break” for a
Uncle Ed reason—it’s a chance to relax and walk
your nephews that there are often op- fully grasp what they’ve read and do away from the usual obligations and
Dear Uncle Ed, stress, something the healthiest of us
I can understand that you’re concerned. tions for how we can approach meeting poorly on the tests. Others simply walk take advantage of. If adults work dur-
ing their vacations, we usually call them
Many people would be shocked because goals that we set or that are set for us. away from the assignments and hope to “workaholics.”To expect all students to
it appears as if your nephews were given be “schoolaholics” is hardly a good thing.
a way out of doing an assignment, which ink about it. What is the goal of a gain enough info during class discussion
in this case was to read a book. However, e only remaining question is why
their grandparents may have done a good test about a book the class reads? Is the to pass the inevitable test. their grandparents just happened to have
thing. a copy of the Cli sNotes?
goal to see if the students understand I recommend to parents and teachers
First, they showed their grandsons that Dr. Linda
they understood where they were com- the book or to see how well the students to use Cli ’s Notes, Spark Notes, mov-
ing from. ey understood that vacation Dr. Linda is co-author of “Why Bad Grades
time serves another purpose—to give can read? If the goal is to understand the ies (if they’re available) before reading a Happen to Good Kids,” and director of
them a vacation from school work. In Strong Learning Tutoring and SAT/ACT
other words, they showed them respect book, its message, its characters, setting book all the time. Why? For humans to Test Prep. Send your questions to Linda@
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ey trusted them to eventually do the
fer the student the best method of doing nect the new material with information

that? Previewing is a critical step in learn- stored in long-term memory. If a student

ing new material. Cli ’s Notes, Spark has already been exposed to information

Notes, watching a movie based on the about the characters, setting, plot, etc.

story and going online to learn about the they’ll be able to pick up much more of

book and its author are excellent strate- the nuances when they read the book.

gies to use in order to preview a book. A friend of mine who hadn’t listened

Besides using Cli Notes and other to a lot of rap music had tickets to see

sources to preview new material, these the musical “Hamilton,” so she down-

resources also help students understand loaded a soundtrack and the lyrics to the

many of the books they need to read. If songs and read what was being sung as

all students could get A’s by picking up she heard the songs for the rst time.

the book and reading it, more students at freed her up to pay attention to the

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would be a great t for the new a air; Butler’s brother, Je , needs e ciently.” sure they get what they need in as

Ever since Tim Butler was a location, and he was determined manages the yard, and the family’s In addition to getting help timely a manner as possible.”

child, operating machines has to o er a greater array of services, youngest members, Tim’s nieces with their projects, customers also By combining the latest

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were out and he slipped away to of our surroundings, from the even enticed Tim’s father, Je , delivery, as well as providing aims to give their customers

operate his dad’s backhoe to dig homeowner to the horse farms,” out of retirement, so he’s back to homeowners with a convenient the best materials in the area in

another watering hole for their he said. “ is just seemed like the working his traditional half-day: location to drop o yard debris an environmentally conscious

horses. He was eight. right direction to go.” 12 hours. for a small fee. Homeowners can way. Hardscrabble Supply is an

“My grandfather saw me and Hardscrabble Supply, a Located o Exit 8 on I-684, drop o brush, trees or leftover authorized dealer of Jonathan

asked me what I was doing,” construction and landscaping Hardscrabble Supply o ers a local materials from projects, Butler Green Grass Seed and Fertilizer,

Butler said. “When I told him, supply yard located o supply yard for contractors, as well said, and while they’re there, they as well as the “best mulch on

he was unfazed. He said ‘OK’ and Hardscrabble Road in North as a supportive and educational can pick up environmentally Earth,”Sweet Peet.

helped me nish the project.” Salem, opened last year. center for homeowners with a sustainable recycled materials While being a local resource

As an adult, Butler’s love for is North Salem family of six project. Butler said homeowners such as mulch and top soil. for contractors is important to the

heavy machinery set him on his generations has been in the supply come for his company’s advice and “We are able to repurpose business, Butler said the intention

career path. In 2005, he started business going back to Butler’s assistance with projects that range things that would otherwise go behind Hardscrabble Supply is to

Butler Excavating. en, last year, great grandfather. Tim began from sprucing up a gravel driveway to a land ll,” Butler said. “We’re stay true to the family’s roots and

he saw an opportunity to broaden working with his father when with new stone, to repairing a trying to be very environmentally become a go-to resource for local

his services when a supply yard he was just 12 and took over the lawn, to buying a piece of pipe, or aware partners for our contractors. residents and homeowners as well.

became available for sale in North business shortly after he graduated getting the highest quality mulch From there, we can take leftover “From a bag of grass seed to

delivered right to their front yard. materials, like logs and stumps, a pipe tting, from 1 yard to 20

What makes the company and turn that into mulch and other yards of topsoil or mulch delivered,

stand out, in addition to its materials we can then provide to we’re happy to help guide you

generations of experience, Tim local homeowners.” through the process,” Butler said.

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customers can expect. Having contractor customer, Butler said know you were here.’ We’re here

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A skort is a skort, APAR and over again (that’s Dave Clark
of course, of course Five).
FROM PAGE 10
What I tripped across was a
While the rest of us old-timers rising generation of talent, inge-
are learning to live in a digital nuity, and worldly, if often dark,
world we found ourselves in, the perspectives, elegantly expressed,

future old-timers are living to speaking across generations to

became a thing, I wondered if said to another salesgirl at the learn in a digital world of their those with the humility and cu-

LOST IN it actually began with brunch. same store where I didn’t get own making. riosity to stop and pay attention
SUBURBIA Someone came up with the the jeggings. If I sound like some crotchety to something other than our own
idea of combining breakfast hidebound opinions.
“Oh we have some great Baby Boomer dishing on the

TRACY and lunch and it took, both in shackets,” she said. I gave her a growing pains of Millennials, Instead of being mercilessly
BECKERMAN name and concept. I’m actually blank stare.
it’s just the opposite. Millennials mummi ed by the moldy oldies

okay with the word brunch, and “What’s a shacket,” I dared are my oxygen, in a day and age of my youth, for a few brief, shin-

think it is in nitely better than to ask. rendered increasingly airless by ing moments (that’s Lerner &

For many years, I was really the alternative (lunchfast?). “It’s a combination of a shirt arrogant adults who could a ord Loewe) I was enlivened discover-
bothered by the notion of
a skort. It wasn’t so much But then the dog people and a jacket. It’s heavier than a to talk less and listen more— ing the poignant pop poetry of
jumped on the bandwagon shirt but lighter than a jacket.” maybe even once in a while to today’s youth.
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Residents escape rainy night for ‘Ni

The Lewisboro Library
kicked off its 2019
Nightclub Concert series
on Friday, April 26, with
a performance from The
Kennedys.

Folk-rock performers
Pete and Maura Kennedy
have released 14 albums
together and once hosted
the national Dharma Café
program on Sirius Satellite
Radio. On Broadway, they
are regular cast members
of Theatre Within’s annual
tribute to John Lennon,
working with Patti Smith,
Cyndi Lauper and a host of
others.

The Nightclub Concerts
are fundraisers to benefit
the Lewisboro Library
operating fund.

Jen and Josh Bruch, and Connie and Albert Pezone
partaking in a night of good food and great music.

Kathleen Fay, Cindy Rubino, and Eileen Curry
enjoying the concert that they put together.

Nancy and Jim Euchner, and Bea and Oscar Vargas from
South Salem having a great time at the Lewisboro Library
concert series.

MES THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2019 PAGE 17

ightclub’ music at Lewisboro Library

Kathy and
Anthony
Marenghi
came from
Somers to
see The
Kennedys.

Maura and Pete Kennedy

2
TRACKS Helen and Kevin Fitzmartin from South Salem enjoying great
music on a Friday evening.
PHOTOS: CHRIS AQUINA

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StudentsJOHN JAY HIGH SCHOOL display art work

e Rite of Spring Art Exhibition,
featuring ceramic works, sculptures,
paintings, drawings, photographs, and
more, is currently on display in the John Jay
High School Art Gallery. We asked some
students about the process of creating their
pieces and what they represent.

Abby Scinicariello: “I went to the Color Madison Kiley: “I wanted to concentrate Abby Dodes: “I was inspired by an artist. PHOTOS: BRIAN MARSACHHAUSER
Factory in New York City and this is the on using mirrors to create an abstract art. His name is Eric Hsu. He did a series
project that I did. I did different techniques, I liked how it kind of looked abstract and called NYC-Go, where he basically just Paul Esposito: “This is my painting.
like cropping and lighting. So, I [went to] you can really see my brother’s face.” went all over the city to all the different It’s called ‘Artist Block.’ It’s one of my
different areas and took an angle shot boroughs and took pictures of all of first acrylic paintings. I chose this for
that you wouldn’t really expect. I chose this them to make a series out of it. That’s the show because it’s kind of a really
one because I liked the way they blended what I did. The top one was in Midtown good self-portrait that I thought was
together because they have similar colors Manhattan and I wanted to get a shot cool. I have all these creative ideas
in the same photo.” of the high-rise buildings from an angle coming out of me, which is why it’s
so it looks kind of cool. The other one called ‘Artist Block.’ Sometimes, it’s
WHY DO WE was in Brooklyn. It was at the pier in hard to be creative in your piece but
Brooklyn and it was a rainy day. So, it also make it look nice. So, it was really
ADVERTISE was kind of foggy. It was also later in hard. I tried to include stuff about me,
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Drew Shapiro: “I’ve been into
ART this comic, or Manga, look. It’s
particularly inspired by one artist
FROM PAGE 20 named Junji Ito, who does horror
Manga. One cool thing about this,
Alex Kasel: “This is my piece. It’s called, ‘I Can’t Hear Myself Think, when I was sort of coming up with
Can You?’ It’s a self-portrait of me under a lake of ice. Then I’m the way I wanted to look, was I
also standing on top of it, watching myself struggle underneath. started out with it looking a little
It’s part of a series we did in Drawing and Painting II this year. We less human. But I found that with
were supposed to come up with a theme for a few of our homework the uncanny valley effect, it sort of
pieces, and mine was “Trapped.” Before this one, I did someone became creepier when I made it
inside of a washing machine and someone coming out of a more human looking. Originally, it
mirror. So, this is the third and final piece. It kind of represents the didn’t have this human-like mouth.
frustration I felt at the time I made it.” I decided to add that, and I found
that to be scarier.”
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different kinds of jars online. Then I found ones that had the knob as crafting using the wheel. I never
the flower, and I liked that. So, I decided to make a bunch of different- really liked doing hand-building,
sized jars with different flowers as the knob.” and this was all hand-building. So, I
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ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT

BIANJOCEONE

PHOTO: DEENA BELL

John Jay senior leads team on mound and at hot corner

John Jay senior Joe Biancone is a third I take pride in being a leader for the group. was the hitting coach for the Pittsburgh If you could pick one place to visit
baseman and pitcher on the varsity baseball Pirates, and the rest of the sta . I’m on vacation that you’ve never been to,
team. He is committed to George Washington What is your favorite team activity, extremely excited to play for them. e where would you go and why?
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BY ROB DIANTONIO program is also on the rise and the oppor- cause I’m a big eater and I’m half Italian.
CONTRIBUTING WRITER My favorite postgame ritual with my tunity to use the new facilities including
teammates is going to the diner after a win. a brand new locker room and multiple What is your favorite food to eat
How old were you when you started indoor facilities was a huge perk. before or after a game?
playing baseball and how did you get Who has been your biggest role model
started? over the years and what have you learned Do you know what you want to study My favorite food to come home to
from them? in college? If yes, what and why? after a game is my mom’s linguine and
I started playing baseball at 3 after clams.
attending my rst baseball game and My biggest role model over the years I want to study business in college and
instantly becoming enamored with Derek aside from my parents has been Derek pursue a career in a Major League front Best place to eat around the Katonah-
Jeter and the Yankees. From then on, I Jeter. As a young biracial boy growing up o ce or an agency when my playing days Lewisboro area?
started going to the eld with my dad in New York in the 2000s, there was no come to an end.
every Saturday and would always be play- one better to look up to than the captain. Tengda’s sushi is the best. I always go
ing catch, taking ground balls, or hitting I’ve learned from his quiet leadership, Who is your favorite professional for the spicy tuna roll.
with him. competitiveness and resiliency. athlete and pro or college sports team?
Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat or Insta-
How high are the team’s expectations Tell us one thing about yourself that My favorite athlete has always been gram? Why?
this season? not a lot of people know? Derek Jeter and I’ve been a die-hard Yan-
kee fan since before I can remember. I use Instagram the most. It’s helped
Part of the tradition of John Jay I’m a baseball nerd. I collect baseball me stay connected with the friends I’ve
baseball is the yearly goal of winning a memorabilia, know a ton of baseball history, What is your favorite music to listen made from all over the country traveling
championship. at goal is no di erent and have read many baseball-related books. to warming up for a game? for summer baseball.
this year. We feel we have a very deep
group and although there is a lot of work You’re committed to George Wash- I’ll almost always have Drake, J-Cole, What would you tell a young athlete
to do I believe we have all the pieces to ington where you will continue your or Lil Wayne playing in my headphones growing up in Katonah-Lewisboro
make a run at another Section title. baseball career. What appealed to you pregame. A couple go-to songs from my about the experience of being part of the
about the school and baseball program? playlist are “In Tune,” “Used To,” and baseball program? Why should they go
As a senior on the team, how much do “Can’t be Broken.” out for the team?
you value being a leader? George Washington was a no-brainer
for me. O the eld, I felt the di erent If you could have one superpower, e facilities are incredible and the
Being a leader is very important to me. atmosphere of a city and the educational what would it be and why? bond you create with your teammates
Applying to be a captain this year was a challenge made it the perfect t for me. over four years in the program is awe-
process I’d looked forward to for years and On the baseball side, I connected really I’d want to be able to y to travel the some. We also go to Disney for spring
well with coach (Gregg) Ritchie, who world. training every year.

THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2019 SPORTS THE KATONAH LEWISBORO TIMES PAGE 25

John Jay girls place second at Lions Club meet
Brown, Gressin, Smith win events to lead team

BY ROB DIANTONIO Kitanya Brown won the 200-meter dash Pippa Nuttall (3,000 meters, 10:48.07) and fth in the 100-meter dash.Colin More eld
CONTRIBUTING WRITER (26.60) and placed fourth in the 100-meter Kelsey Crawford (1,500, 4:56.91). Abigail was third in the 800 meters (2:06.64). Sam
dash (13.31). Scinicariello was fourth in the 400-meter Posner (3,200) and Orion Cummings
John Jay-Cross River’s girls track and eld dash. (high jump) took fourth in their respective
team placed second in Class B with 96 points Libby Gressin topped the eld in the events. Henry DeGrasse placed third in the
at the 43rd annual Joe Wynne Somers Lions triple jump with a 34-01.Jordan Sandell was e girls 4x800-meter relay team placed unseeded 200-meter dash.
Club Invitational on May 3 and 4. Somers second with a 33-11. rst in 10:29.73.
won the meet with 166 team points. For the boys, Andrew Lucassen took See more photos on page 26
Elanagh Smith won the javelin (92- second in the long jump (20-05).He was also
06). Placing second for the Indians were:

Kitanya Brown David Lovejoy Libby Gressin Jordan Sandell

PHOTO: ROB DIANTONIO

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CORRECTION

In our May 2 varsity sports roundup, “Softball team routs Greeley, edged by Panas,” we

included photos of the baseball team. Because we were provided the wrong version of the

team’s roster, the captions were inaccurate. ese are the correctly captioned photos. We
See more photos on page 27
regret the error.

Joe Biancone

Robert Polworth

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VARSITY SPORTS ROUNDUP

John Jay continues to roll in boys lacrosse

Indians earn three more wins; baseball team sweeps Brewster

BY ROB DIANTONIO with a run scored.
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

John Jay-Cross River’s boys la- Luke Mercer Brewster twice last week in league FILE PHOTO/ ROB DIANTONIO JOHN JAY 8
crosse team has been on a roll and games and came out on the win- BREWSTER 4
picked up three more wins last 1A), Wishart (1G), Konak (1A), ning end both times. e Indians pick up the win. Chris Civetta
week. Chang (1A) and Ko (11 saves) defeated the Bears 3-2 in the rst threw a scoreless nal two innings. Jack Capobianco earned the win
contributed. meeting on May 1. He struck out three and allowed for John Jay in an 8-4 win over
e Indians started the week by no hits. Brewster on May 3.
cruising past host Lakeland/Panas Baseball Joe Biancone struck out 10 Bears
11-5 on April 30.Bryce Ford paced over ve innings and allowed just Anthony Zunno was 2 for 3 with Softball
the attack with ve goals and an as- JOHN JAY 3, BREWSTER 2 one earned run and three hits to an RBI. Joseph Pink went 2-3 with
sist. John Jay’s baseball squad took on a double. Brett Paulsen doubled SOMERS 11
and scored a run. Biancone was 1-2 JOHN JAY 4
Max Kesicki added two goals
and four assists.Tyler Wishart (2G, John Jay’s softball team fell to
2A), Dean Ford (1G, 1A), Ben visiting Somers 11-4 on May 3.
Konak (1G), Mikey Tedesco (1A)
and Aidan Ko (6 saves) also con- Dani Roban paced the Indians,
tributed. going 3-3 with a triple and an RBI.
Sarah Antunes and Linn Carbaugh
JOHN JAY 12 each went 3 for 4 with three singles.
GREELEY 7
FDR HYDE PARK 12
Luke Mercer led John Jay with JOHN JAY 2;
four goals and an assist in an 11-7 ARLINGTON B 4
win over visiting Horace Greeley JOHN JAY 3
on May 2.
e Indians competed in the
Wishart (3G), Dean Ford (2G), fth annual Dick Beams tourna-
Bobby Chang (2G), Bryce Ford ment on May 4 at Arlington High
(1A), Jack Browne (5 saves) and School. ey fell to FDR-Hyde
Ko (3 saves) stu ed the stat sheet. Park, 12-2, and lost to Arlington
B, 4-3.
JOHN JAY 9 “It has been a tough stretch for
SHOREHAM WADING us lately, but we just have to re-
RIVER 7 group and get back to playing our
best softball,” John Jay coach Steve
Mercer led the Indians again DelMoro said. “We know we are
with four goals in a 9-7 win over a better team than what we have
Shoreham-Wading River (Long been putting on display. We just
Island) on May 4. have to continue to ght and work
hard together.”
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GUEST of in-patient hospice facili- e care team will include a usual caregiver needs rest, inpa- Anthony J. Enea, Esq. is a member
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e decision as to whether Medicaid or pay privately for physician’s assistant as part of the patient will continue to pay Enea is the Past Chair of the Elder
one should begin receiving room and board at the non- medical team. the Medicare monthly Part A Law and Special Needs Section of
hospice bene ts is often an emo- hospice facility. premium and Part B premiums, the New York State Bar Association
tionally draining and di cult Once hospice bene ts have a co-payment of up to ve $5 (NYSBA); the incoming Chair
decision, not only for the person Once the patient has been commenced, Medicare will no per prescription for outpatient of the Senior Lawyers Section of
needing hospice care, but for certi ed for hospice by his or longer cover the following: prescription drugs for pain and (NYSBA); Past President and a
their family. her doctors, is willing to accept symptoms management and 5 founding member of the New York
palliative care and forego any (A) Treatments intended to percent of the Medicare ap- Chapter of the National Academy of
It is sadly the realization that attempts to cure the illness, and cure the terminal illness and proved amount for inpatient Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA); a
one’s life may soon be ending executes a statement choosing related conditions; respite care. member of the Council of Advanced
and that the attempts of curing hospice care, the hospice care Practitioners of the National
the person’s illness have been will commence. (B) Prescription drugs (except As can be seen from the Academy of Elder Law Attorneys;
unsuccessful. for symptom control or pain above, obtaining hospice care at and a Certi ed Elder Law Attorney
Unlike long-term nursing management); home or at an in-patient facility as certi ed by e National Elder
Hospice is a program of care home care, the vast majority of requires that a number of di er- Law Foundation. Mr. Enea is the
for people who are terminally ill hospice care bene ts are paid for (C) Care from a provider that ent factors be both present and President of the Westchester Bar
and have been diagnosed with by Medicare. Medicare hospice was not arranged by the hospice satis ed before the Medicare Foundation and a Past President
a life expectancy of six months bene ts cover the care for the medical team; approved hospice bene ts will of the Westchester County Bar
or less. e focus of the hospice terminal illness and any related be available. Virtually all services Association.
care shifts from curing the indi- conditions. Once one is eligible (D) Generally, room and need to be rst coordinated and
vidual to palliative care (keeping for hospice care, Medicare board are not covered, unless approved by the hospice care
the person comfortable). e hospice bene ts should cover it is a hospice facility or if the provider selected.
palliative care component is both everything one needs related to hospice team determines the pa-
for the terminally ill person and the terminal illness (except treat- tient needs short term in-patient
his or her family. e physical, ment), even if one remains in respite care services (when the
emotional and spiritual care a Medicare Advantage Plan or
needs of the patient and family other Medicare health plan. a L Si e s S Ar E He r Be t
are now the focus. Of y R Lo a e o M , t E Sp n
Once the hospice bene ts Of y R Ne g Bo h O , An E Sp r T
In most instances, hospice care have commenced, one can still
is provided at home. However, if get covered services that are not
it cannot be provided at home, related to one’s terminal illness:
there are in-patient facilities, original Medicare will cover the
which speci cally provide hos- services for any health problems
pice care. For example, Calvary that are not part of the terminal
Hospital in the Bronx and Ro- illness and related conditions,
sary Hill Home in Hawthorne subject to the patient being re-
are in-patient facilities dedicated sponsible for paying all deduct-
to hospice care. ibles and co-insurance amounts.

Medicare will cover hospice e hospice provider selected
care at the aforestated types by the patient for the in-home
care will coordinate a care plan
for the terminally ill patient with
the patient and his or her family.

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