North Salem News 05.07.20

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Vol. 6 No. 6 Visit TapIntoNorthSalem.net for the latest news. Thursday, May 7, 2020

Summer camps
‘cautiously optimistic’

about opening

Many waiting on state to issue guidelines

PHOTO COURTESY OF BOB LOEB BY KATHERINE BORCHERT and plans to open on schedule.
STAFF WRITER “I would say we’re almost where we
North Salem Ambulance Corps President Kurt Guldan, Lions President Bob Loeb, Joe Santore,
Supervisor Warren Lucas, Sen. Pete Harckham and Deputy Supervisor Peter Kamenstein. Summer camp leaders are planning would be in a normal time of year, we’re
for multiple scenarios of how to proceed just being cautiously optimistic with
Lions match funds during the coronavirus pandemic while what the outcome is going to be,” Yahr
raised for those in need parents remain eager to enroll their kids said. “We feel strongly that there should
back into a routine of sunscreen, swim- be camps this summer and we want to be
BY KATHERINE BORCHERT tion of $20,000. However, shortly after fun- ming and making friendship bracelets. as ready and prepared for it as possible.”
STAFF WRITER
draiser was launched, an anonymous donor Most camps are preparing for sum- Maxwell Dineen-Carey, director
e North Salem Lions are taking care of mer as usual while knowing that any of Pied Piper Preschool and Summer
the community. came forward to contribute another $10,000 day now, news from the Department of Camp, said the preschool camp has
Health or CDC could determine the been planning to open on June 29.
Recently, the organization created a Go- to match, bringing in more than $30,000 fate of their operations.
FundMe page to raise money for food and “We’re going to continue to do the
supplies for North Salem residents who have that will be used to help North Salem resi- “We are actively planning for the same thing we normally do, follow the
been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. summer,” said Jamie Sirkin, owner and guidelines that we’re given but plan-
dents. director of Summer Trails Day Camp in ning-wise, we’re planning as if we’re go-
Lions President Bob Loeb explained that Granite Springs. “Camp directors plan ing to open the same day we always do,”
the Lions set up the page with the intent to “We’ve been very, very lucky. We have an all year for the summer months and we Dineen-Carey said.
match $10,000 in donations for a total dona- have continued to do that. Just like the
absolutely wonderful community,” said Su- rest of the world,we are anxiously await- Karen Grazia, director of communi-
ing the green light from the Depart- cations for the Harvey School, said that
pervisor Warren Lucas. “People are going ment of Health,state o cials,the CDC the Cavalier Camp is currently working
and all of those decision-makers, that out how it will operate this summer.
out of their way for the folks, which is really we’ll be permitted to open this summer
and we’ll be able to provide a safe and “While it is di cult to think about
nice to see.” SEE LIONS PAGE 6 fun environment for our community.” summer fun and camp activities given
the loss and real struggles faced by many
Camp Kiwi director Will Yahr said of our local families, we believe that it
that the Carmel camp is continuously is important to support our commu-
planning for this summer’s operations nity by continuing to o er summer

SEE CAMPS PAGE 4

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The Staff Schools close for remainder of academic year

EDITORIAL TEAM BY CAROL REIF with return postage paid. at means coming up with social distanc-
JODI WEINBERGER STAFF WRITER “We’ve made great progress to reduce the ing protocols that cover everything from the
classroom, transportation and extracurricular
EDITOR: 914-302-5830 Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s announcement last spread of the COVID-19 virus, but we still activities such as sports to steps to ensure stu-
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for the rest of the academic year because of the we don’t want to undo all the work we’ve already calendars.
BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER COVID-19 crisis is really putting educators to done to atten the curve,” Cuomo said Friday,
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Thursday, May 7, 2020 North Salem News – Page 3

Teen’s Gold Award
project helps with

healthy habits

Sneaker collection will go to
developing countries

e following is from Juliette me and were able to collect many Juliette Intrieri and friends Max Kiederer and Allison Eberhardt sorting some of the sneakers that were
Intrieri: sneakers from their cross country collected.
and track teams. I was able to
Running on Healthy Fuels is collect over 140 pairs of sneak-
the idea behind my Girl Scout ers, and I really appreciate all the
Gold Award project. With the shoes that everyone donated.
help of North Salem and sur-
rounding communities, I have Eating well is also an impor-
collected running sneakers while tant part of my training. I have
educating younger kids on the found many healthy and tasty
importance of eating healthy. snacks to make. With the help
of our Girl Scout community
e sneakers were sent to the and the St. James Youth Group
nonpro t organization, Soles- I have shared some easy and de-
4Souls. is organization fo- licious recipes for smoothies and
cuses on turning shoes into op- baked goods. It is interesting to
portunities. By collecting shoes experiment with di erent recipes
and keeping them from going to and nd new snacks to enjoy.
waste, Soles4Souls provides peo-
ple in poverty opportunities for a During this time, while many
better life. is project was very are staying home and cleaning
meaningful to me because I am a out closets, I am hoping that you
runner and I go through a bunch will consider saving your sneak-
of sneakers every year. Learning ers and when we are able to begin
that I could help people in devel- socializing again, I will continue
oping countries by donating my to collect the sneakers and de-
old sneakers, rather than throw- liver them to Souls4Souls.
ing them out was an important
realization for me. So I set up do- Juliette Intrieri held a Girl
nation boxes at the Ruth Keeler Scout workshop at the
Memorial Library, Saint James
Episcopal Church Village Hall, North Salem Ambulance
and North Salem Middle/High building.
School. Runners from a neigh-
boring town also reached out to PHOTOS COURTESY
OF JULIETTE INTRIERI

Food For The Front Line in Westchester

BY KERI REITMAN ing long 12-hour shifts, and even are: Somers, Pleasantville, Haw- 2. Send Food to the Frontline High School, joined our fundrais-
GUEST WRITER if a supermarket or restaurant is thorne and ornwood. So far on 3. Provide to-go “take home” ing e orts by bringing the #front-
open, the doctors and nurses are board are: ree Little Pigs BBQ produce boxes with fruits and veg- stepsproject to Somers. e Front-
So many of us are struggling trying their best to limit additional Hawthorne,Il Forno Somers,Rose etables StepsProject was started in Boston
with being told to stay home and contact by going out in public. Hill Deli,Trotta Food ornwood, as a way to connect people in these
a feeling of helplessness while there Silvio’s Restaurant & Pizzeria e Hospitals we are currently isolating times and raise money for
are thousands of dedicated doctors, ey are also not easily able to targeting are: (we are happy to add local charities. ese photo sessions
nurses and hospital sta through- get to a grocery store to buy fresh ornwood, Salsa Verde Somers, if there is a need) are short and sweet (5-10 min) tak-
out Westchester County who are fruits and vegetables to take home Mission Taqueria Pleasantville and en from at least 10 feet away of your
working long hours and in many to their own families. Even if they Taste Deli Somers. Produce boxes 1. Westchester Medical Center family on your front steps and is a
cases double shifts, to save lives. are able to go, by the time they get being supported by Renagi Whole- 2. Phelps Memorial snapshot of this moment in history
Last month, concerned northern there, the shelves are close to bare. sale. 3. Northern Westchester Hos- for your family.
Westchester residents and restaura- pital
teurs, wanting to help, joined forces Many of the town restaurants We have navigated the contacts 4.Blythedale Children’s Hospital If you would like to contribute
with the group who started #Food- that have chosen to stay open are at the hospitals to make sure they 5. Putnam Hospital funds to this e ort, please go to
For eFrontLine in New York family owned and operated. We get through seamlessly either direct Collectively we are all working https://www.gofundme.com/f/
City so as to focus on providing want to support these restaurants, or with their Meal Train site. ey TOGETHER while APART feeding-the-front-line-in-west-
expertly prepared-meals and fresh help them cover costs, and keep are also working to guide us on pro- to make a di erence during these chester to make an online donation.
produce for employees at several their already scaled back sta , duce and fruit suggestions for the unprecedented times and have de- If you are interested in a FrontSteps
hospitals that serve our local com- mployed. e produce suppliers are “take home”produce boxes. livered over 1000 meals and 200 photo with Eli, message Brenda
munity. also su ering. Money raised from take-home bags of fresh produce Keppler Yates via facebook to
this e ort immediately going back e goal is 3-fold: since we began on April 1. Soon schedule your photo shoot.
Food or produce is not easy for into the local economy. e towns 1. Raise money to spend locally after we began this initiative, Eli
the nurses and doctors to get dur- we are supporting restaurants in at restaurants to keep sta em- Yates, a sophomore at Somers
ployed and continue operation

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CAMPS Camp Nabby in Mohegan Warren Lucas and Andrew John- months of being at home and so- told not to operate at all.
FROM PAGE 1
Lake is in the process of giving ev- son, assistant superintendent for cialization for them is going to be “In March, we started planning

erything a new coat of paint and parks and recreation for the town more important than it’s ever been for a variety of summer camp sce-

programming for children in a setting up basketball and tennis of Somers, both said their respec- before. Perhaps for parents, too, it’s narios. We rst started hiring and

structured, safe environment,” nets while owner Rita Bertino says tive towns have not many any de- going to be more important that scheduling for our regular sum-

Grazia said.“While we are waiting they’re optimistic about opening cisions yet regarding camps. ey our kids are socialized and out of mer o erings,” Grazia said. “We

for the state’s health department to this summer. both are anticipating more infor- the house. We’re fortunate, you also created models that included

provide guidelines regarding sum- “As of right now, we still hope to mation from the DOH in the next know, as someone who has been in additional safety precautions and

mer programs, we continue to cre- open on time, but will be ready to two weeks. the community for over 40 years, social distancing measures. Finally,

ate plans for both on-campus and go in a variety of potential scenari- Deborah Lividini, secretary to and we’ve built a lifelong relation- we laid out plans for an online

virtual camp and learning opportu- os,”Bertino said.“We are prepared school administrator for PNW ship with our parents and commu- program that could run indepen-

nities.Once we have a clearer sense to honor the recommendations of BOCES, said its plans are on hold. nity members and they trust that dently or in conjunction with our

of what will be possible this sum- the state of New York.” Even so, camps are still elding when we do open, it’s going to be regular camp.”

mer,we will communicate with our However, town and camp lead- calls from parents about registra- safe to do so and that we’re going Yahr said he feels a June 29

camp community, explaining our ers are facing the same sense of tion. to do the things that are neces- opening is still feasible.

plans to safely open while follow- uncertainty as the rest of the coun- Mayclim said the town is receiv- sary to ensure that we’ve upheld “We have a great team at Kiwi

ing all guidelines that are in place.” try at the moment. ing calls daily from parents who the standard that they’ve expected and we feel like we can camp in

Jim Gilchrist, recreation direc- Dana M. Mayclim, superinten- want to enroll their children in from us the last several decades.” ready mode by then, but if we have

tor for the town of Carmel, said dent of parks and recreation for programs for the summer. Despite COVID-19, Yahr of to wait an additional week or two,

the town is currently planning to the town of Lewisboro, said that Sirkin said Summer Trails also Camp Kiwi said it saw an uptick we would push camp if we needed

operate summer camps on sched- while the town continues to plan is receiving calls and inquiries in this year’s registration. to,” Yahr said. “Our plan is to con-

ule this summer but is waiting on diligently for the summer, there about summer registration. “Before this all happened, we tinue to move forward as best as

the nal call from the Putnam De- are many unknowns the depart- “We are continually getting were having the best year in enroll- possible using the information we

partment of Health. ment must take into consideration. people that are interested in reg- ment that Kiwi has ever had and have and patiently wait for the ad-

“ ey’re the ones who are go- Yorktown Parks and Recreation istering and I think that when it even with this going on,we are still ditional information. We’ve been

ing to make the determination if Superintendent Jim Martorano Jr. comes to our children, we want to surpassing numbers from previous using whatever guidance we can

camps are going to happen this said the department is still consid- know that they are in a safe envi- years,” Yahr said. “We got o to nd that we trust.

summer, and obviously, that will ering many factors when it comes ronment and we also want them a strong start and because we’re “We work with the CDC, the

be based on what New York State to reopening camps this summer. to have a normal experience,” Sir- so strong, we’ve been able to do ACA [American Camp Associa-

says,” Gilchrist said. North Salem Town Supervisor kin said. “ ey’ve had weeks or well. We are seeing more families tion], and we’re going to work with

looking to come to Kiwi this year our local health department on

as they’re nding out that maybe whatever those new rules and regu-

their smaller camps or pool or lations would be to gure out which

preschool might not be in opera- of our plans we’re using. e reality

tion, so we’ve seen an increase in is it’s going to be a hybrid. My team

calls recently. Everyone is going to of dedicated,year-round individuals

be in the same boat. We have a lot have come up with many di erent

of families that are just waiting for scenarios and we don’t know which

the government to turn back on,to one is going to be the approved one,

give the OK.” but we’re planning to be as prepared

Bertino said that Camp Nabby as possible for this.”

has received calls from families ea- However, many said the best

ger to provide a positive summer feature of camp is the in-person

experience for their children, while interactions children get to experi-

Grazia of Harvey School said that ence.

though it has received calls for “We believe the value of attend-

summer registration, there have ing camp lies in the face-to-face

been fewer compared to a typical interactions of our sta and camp-

year. ers to develop both physical and

While summer camps are hope- social skills,” Bertino said. “After

ful they will be able to open and many months of screen time, we

operate, for which many the start hope children will be able to get

date is June 29, they have devel- outdoors this summer and enjoy

oped contingency plans should nature, so currently we do not plan

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Thursday, May 7, 2020 North Salem News – Page 5

Police reminder: Lock your cars SPACE

FROM PAGE 2

BY CAROL REIF to keep their car doors locked and to not leave keys and many more. Herbs available include basil, cilantro,
oregano, sage and many more. Flowers include cosmos,
STAFF WRITER inside. sun owers and many more.To see a full list of available
inventory, visit SPACE’s website at spaceonryderfarm.
According to Scarpino and the Westchester Intel- org/2020plantsale.Inventory will shift over the course of
the month of May as new plants mature and inventory
Car thefts are on the rise in Westchester and police ligence Center, thefts of automobiles from January to runs out.

are urging residents to be vigilant about locking up March 2020 rose 57.4 percent from the same time As part of the Plant Sale o erings,SPACE is o ering
the opportunity to take free organic compost from Ry-
their vehicles. last year. In April alone, 69 vehicles were reported der Farm to help at-home gardens come to life. Com-
post will be available following Plant Sale pick-ups. For
Two cars were recently stolen in North Salem and stolen, a 94.3 percent increase over the same time pe- those picking up compost, SPACE also encourages a
suggested donation to the organization’s Friend of the
several more rummaged through in the past two riod last year. Harvest Fund.

weeks. According to Scarpino, a disproportionate number With the impact of COVID-19, the SPACE team
has implemented an ambitious plan to fully subsidize 50
According to Chief omas S. Howley, one car of these stolen vehicles involve owners leaving keys percent of the shares o ered through our CSA (Com-
munity Supported Art + Agriculture). is means en-
taken in late April from Bridleside, a housing com- or key fobs in parked, unlocked cars. Even vehicles suring that 65 families get a weekly delivery of fresh
organic produce for the season starting June 10th at no
plex o June Road. It was recovered in Waterbury, which are left unlocked but do not have the keys in cost.To help SPACE ensure that everyone in the com-
munity has access to healthy food, make a donation of
Conn. them are often a ected as the suspects ri e through any size to the Friend of the Harvest Fund at: https://
bit.ly/FriendoftheHarvest
A suspect has reportedly been arrested in that case. the unlocked cars and steal belongings from them,
PLANT SALE DETAILS
A second car was spirited o on Monday, April 27, including electronics, credit cards, cash, wallets, sun- Community members can browse the available in-

from Alice Road, which is located about eight min- glasses, and loose change. ventory of organic plant starts on SPACE on Ryder
Farm’s website. Customers can place an order either on-
utes away on the other side of town. It could not be Calling the thefts crimes of opportunity, Scarpino line or via phone. Payment will be processed online and
customers may select their desired pick-up time during
learned if that car has been recovered. said suspects typically target neighborhoods, moving checkout.

e keys were inside both unlocked vehicles. from home to home checking for unlocked car doors. Beginning Saturday, May 16, pick-ups will take place
at Ryder Farm (406 Starr Ridge Road in Brewster).
Howley said cars on Overlook Road and Mills “In most instances, car thieves are not going to

Road had been rummaged through. break the window if you lock the car,” he said. “But

He said it appeared that someone was targeting if you make it easy for them by leaving the doors un-

housing developments and other places where there locked and the key fob inside, you are creating an op-

are a lot of cars in one spot. portunity.”

“Just because a lot of us are home, no one should People were also advised to activate their alarms,

leave their keys and valuables in the car,” the police park in well-lit areas at night, and to never leave the

chief said. car running while unattended.

Westchester County District Attorney Anthony e District Attorney’s Auto eft Unit and the

A. Scarpino Jr., announcing Friday, May 1, that there Westchester County Intelligence Center are assisting

had been a more than 50 percent rise in auto thefts local police departments and the National Insurance

in residential areas of the county, also reminded folks Crime Bureau in these investigations.

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LIONS egg hunts at PQ and provided emer- PHOTOS COURTESY OF BOB LOEB

FROM PAGE 1 gency help for North Salem residents

and those beyond New York’s borders,

e money will primarily be going to such as with damages from Hurricane

help the North Salem Ambulance Corps’ Katrina. ey also host a community

e orts to collect food and supplies, such center in Purdys that is used by commu-

as diapers. nity groups and outreach programs, such

Each Tuesday, the ambulance corps as AA, as well as providing funding for

holds a food drive in collaboration with the Westchester Exceptional Children’s

the North Salem School District and School, Alzheimer’s research and other

Feeding Westchester. Even with the organizations.

distribution of 11,000 pounds of food, “For many years, the Lions main fund-

Loeb said, it’s not enough to meet the raiser has been a golf tournament at Sa-

needs of everyone in the community. lem Golf Club held every year at the end

“ e North Salem Lions is adding ad- of August,” wrote Lions member Gail

ditional dollars that they needed to ll Pantezzi.“Funds were raised through the

some of those other needs, which is why SEE LIONS PAGE 7
we set up this GoFundMe page, to add

more money for the needs of people in

the town,” Loeb said. “ e money that

we’re receiving from GoFundMe and

our matching contribution will go to

purchase additional food and additional

supplies that people need. It’s not just

contributed to the ambulance corps, but

it will be used for that bene t.”

While the Lions are raising money for

those in nancial distress due to CO-

VID-19, this is far from the rst time

they have served the North Salem com-

munity.

In the past, they have provided free eye

screening for preschool-age children in

North Salem and Westchester, holiday

meals for families in need, community

service awards for graduating high school

seniors and assistance to the American

Legion for Memorial Day parades. In

addition, the Lions have hosted Easter

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LIONS

FROM PAGE 6

generosity of sponsors and local businesses.
Now, too, those local businesses are su ering.

is year that fundraiser may not be held. How-
ever, we ask everyone to patronize local busi-
nesses, restaurants and hotels that have been so
generous to our community.”

e GoFundMe page is still up and run-
ning. However, Loeb said that if people feel
more comfortable, they can send donations sent
to the Lions, P.O. Box 307, North Salem NY
10560.

He added that the North Salem Lions are al-
ways looking for members and inquiries about
joining can be made by calling 914-669-9843.

e Lions thank the following members: John
Aronian; Charles Basler; Ray Bassi; Stephen Bobolia; John Caraly-
us; George Di Stefano; Paul Giamundo; Charles Heckman; Janice
Hellwinkel; Randy Jackson; John Johnston; Maureen Kruze; Bob
Loeb; Bobby Loeb; Susan Lucas; Warren J. Lucas; Ralph Mackin;
Chris Miras; Steve Miras; Gail Pantezzi; Sal Pantezzi; Karen Roach;
Vickie Serino; Daniel Seymour; George Sica; Joseph Tomei; John
White; Gary Windus; Lisa Windus; Michael Winston, and Elina
(Lina) Zak.

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Page 8 – North Salem News Opinion Thursday, May 7, 2020

Happily
Ever
After

Flowers Choose your name

Flowers mean so many di erent SEASONAL When I read novels and short READING,
things to people, yet deep within TIDBITS story collections, I enjoy the WRITING &
all of those meanings, owers are ction content but I also CHOCOLATE
traditional. ey remind us of things past, LAURA look forward to reading the acknowl-
the present and things yet to come. CAMPAGNA edgements and dedication pages. You KIM
can learn a lot about an author buy KOVACH
Children often hear stories of how their front. I was so happy. When I looked reading these pages. e author may
parents and their grandparents had gar- out the window the following morning to thank people and indicate if they are grade creative writing teacher, Mrs.
dens growing up. Some of those gardens admire my green thumb all that remained friends, former MFA professors or Goldstein, gave us the opportunity to
may have been just a plant box on the re of those tulips were green stumps. I was relatives. think up our own pseudonyms. I was
escape of their city tenement, or elaborate morti ed and embarrassed. What would excited that Mrs. Goldstein consid-
raised beds in the backyards of their subur- the neighbors think? I was so embar- e dedication page may list a whole ered us to be writers and allowed us
ban homes. rassed to have my husband dig them up, gaggle of rst names which are prob- the indulgence of coming up with a
that I broke my family tradition and go ably the author’s children and spouse. “pen name.” One by one, each student
In my family, I heard stories of how it my hands dirty and dug up every bulb, in Sometimes the dedication is poignant announced his or her new writer name
was the man’s job to get the vegetable gar- the dark so my neighbors would not see because it is in memory of a parent out loud.
den ready for planting while the women me. Nothing but grass grows under my who has passed away.
tended to the ower garden. e women mailbox now. I chose the name Daphne after
had delicate hands and their loving moth- Recently, I was re-reading one of my one of my favorite characters on the
erly touches should be used to tend to the I love rock gardens, owers hiding favorite books of micro ction stories, gothic soap opera, Dark Shadows. e
delicate owers in the ower beds and in among rocks of all sizes. 420 Characters, by the author Lou character of Daphne was played by
the garden once the vegetables began to Beach. I have known people with the actress Kate Jackson who later went on
grow. I swear to this day I remember over- I grew up in my Nana’s rock garden and last name of Beach and did not ques- to play the part of one of TV’s Char-
hearing that this theory of garden chores I hope to someday have one of my own. I tion the authenticity of the name until lie’s Angels alongside Farrah Fawcett
was started by an Aunt down the family was in Colorado this summer visiting my I read the dedication page with fresh and Jaclyn Smith. When it was
tree who didn’t want to till the soil any daughter. She had set up day trips of the eyes. Author Lou Beach dedicates this my turn, I proudly but quietly said,
longer and only wanted to do the easier area and one day she announced that we book: For my mother, Emily Lubicz. “Daphne.”
work in the garden. Looking at old family were going to some famous garden in her
photos, I now can identify the ladies in the hometown. I put on my walking shorts, a I realized that the author and his e blabbermouth kid sitting behind
lawn chairs drinking lemonade next to a comfy top, my new ip ops I had pur- mother have di erent last names. at’s me said, “Da y, like the duck?” Some
bed of owers as tall as those lawn chairs, chased for the trip to show o my new not so unusual. But when I said Emily’s kids laughed.
as the women who started and kept that pedicure and grabbed my little notebook last name out loud, I had an epiphany.
tradition alive. and pencil to write down and sketch out Lubicz sounds like Lou Beach! I bet “Daphne,” I repeated blushing bright
ideas to bring back home. I was excited when the author was in school, one of red. I still remember that, Sergio!
ere is no shame in having someone to see what this garden had to o er, what his teachers or coaches or maybe his
else do all of the hard work, as long as you plants were native to Colorado. Could I friends called him by his last name, As a senior in high school, my broth-
continue to work towards the same goals “Hey Lubicz, look lively!” Lubicz, aka er and I hung around with the same
and get something beautiful in return. nd them back East? We drive for about Lou Beach. group of teens from our neighborhood.
When I was rst married, I wanted to 35 minutes. When we pulled into the gar- Many of us had nicknames. My friend,
plant owers around the bottom of my den I could not believe what I was seeing. at reminded me of when I was in Scotty, gave me the nickname, “Doc”
mailbox. My husband dug the holes for fth grade. Our rst male teacher, Mr. because he said everyone felt comfort-
me and left me to plant the owers. We ere were red/orange rock formations Renninger, called all of the students by able talking to me about their prob-
had just purchased a at of tulips. I was everywhere. Some were standing alone, their last names. Our entire fth grade lems. I really liked that nickname.
so excited, our rst little project together class, boys and girls, sounded like one
in our new home. I arraigned each plant SEE CAMPAGNA PAGE 10 large basketball team. So for the entire A lot of authors and celebrities have
by size, so the smaller ones were in the year, ve days a week, I was known as
“Kovach” instead of Kim. SEE KOVACH PAGE 11
I also recall the day that my tenth

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