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United for the Troops sends
out its 20,000th gift box

United for the Troops held its Operation Cupid on Saturday Jan. 26 as 50 PHOTO COURTESY OF LINDA CEFALONI
volunteers sorted and boxed 304 gift boxes that were sent out to deployed
military troops for Valentine’s Day. Volunteers for United for the Troops celebrate the milestone.

e gift boxes included things soldiers miss the most from home such as
cookies, co ee, peanut butter and jelly, baby wipes, tooth brushes, toothpaste,
and many other items from the charity’s Wish List.

“We had over 5,000 cards and letters written from our community put
into all their boxes wishing them well,” said United for the Troops founder,
Jim Rathschmidt. “When we reached packing the 200th box of the day we
stopped everything and announced that box was the 20,000th sent out by
United for the Troops in the last 12 years.”

SEE MORE PHOTOS ON PAGE 6

Town shrugs off Swan Cove/parking lot controversy

O cials say accusations are political; DEC OKs use of millings for ll

BY BOB DUMAS asphalt scrapings from a road about to be repaved—come and leveling of the property,” he said. “ e use of the mill-
EDITOR from last summer’s resurfacing of Route 6 in the hamlet ings is a permissive use in New York State and no viola-
of Carmel. tions were found by either division.”
Controversy continues to plague plans to create a small
park and municipal parking lot at the intersection of routes However, representatives from the DEC came to the A call placed to the DEC was not returned by press time.
6 and 6N, next to the Tompkins Mahopac Bank, but both Swan Cove site on Monday, Feb. 11, to investigate the e Journal News article also contended that the town
town and bank o cials shrugged o the embroilment, town’s use of the millings and, according to Supervisor Ken
saying everything is moving forward as planned with the Schmitt, found that the town was in compliance. put itself at a disadvantage in its negotiations with Tomp-
state’s blessing. kins Mahopac Bank to buy the land that now serves as
Schmitt said reps from the DEC’S Division of Water the bank’s parking lot.Town o cials rst bought the lake-
In the latest imbroglio, e Journal News reported last and the Division of Solid Waste (which handles materials) side property known as Swan Cove, where the park will
week that the state’s Department of Environmental Con- told him the millings were stored at Swan Cove in accor- be built, for $1 million. en, already committed to Swan
servation (DEC) will investigate town plans to use road dance with state regulations. Cove’s development, the town began negotiations with the
millings as ll to help level the parking lot. e millings—
“Based on their investigation, it was determined the SEE SWAN COVE PAGE 8
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The Staff Mahopac Library Events call 845-628-2009, ext. 100. or call 845-628-2009, ext. 100.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2019 Library art exhibit MAHOPAC NEWS PAGE 3
Joann Zwolski holds her piece shows its ‘Humanity’
“Boxed In,” acrylic on canvas
What are the qualities that make us mounted on reclaimed wine crates
human? How do we depict Humanity speak to feelings of despair, loneliness, James Sparks’ “Private Thoughts,” oil on linen
in art today, and how do we visually and solitary meditation. Linda Stern’s
communicate values central to human fabric art piece, “Mother and Child”
rights? ese are the questions that 45 conveys the bond between parent and
artists grappled with for a show en- child. Many of the photographs in the
titled “HUMANITY.” show capture a poignant and intimate
moment, including Lavinia Wig-
e exhibit, currently on display in gins’ image of an individual combing
the ird Floor Gallery at Mahopac through garbage bins outside a local
Library, will remain on view through co ee house (“In Pursuit of…”), and
March 22 and can be visited during Marcelino Pagan’s “Tender Connec-
regular library hours. tion,” which features a young boy
feeding pigeons in a park.
Artwork submitted for the show
features a wide variety of media: pho- e artists participating in this
tography, fabric art, painting, mixed show reside in Putnam, Westchester,
media, watercolor, pyrography, ceram- Dutchess, and Bronx counties, al-
ic tile, hemp and beads, hand-drawn though they all depict the theme of
computer art, minerals painted on humanity in di erent ways.
slate, graphite, book art, and a video
produced by Mahopac sta mem- For further information about ex-
ber Louis Crisci (“Building a Better hibits at Mahopac Library, visit www.
World”). mahopaclibrary.org, or call 845-628-
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John Hamburger’s photographs

Susan PHOTO: EMRIN LECLAIR
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Nancy Faulds with her art piece “Men at Work”

Wendy Isler Alvarez’s “Kindreds #22,” acrylic and oil pen on canvas “Red Hand,” a mixed media piece by John Hamburger’s “Untitled,” photograph on reclaimed
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Farmers market coming to Mahopac this year
Rec Dept. in preliminary planning stages

BY BOB DUMAS “We put it out on Facebook Kallmeyer said she also erative Extension in person to to wait until 2020, so we are

EDITOR and there was a lot of interest reached out to the county discuss the farmers market and thinking of having it at Town

saying they would like to see a Health Department to look said they’ve expressed a willing- Hall ... where the amount of

Fresh produce lovers rejoice! A farmers market in the town of into any regulations it may stip- ness to do that. She said orga- tra c on Croton Falls Road

farmers market is coming to Ma- Carmel. So we are just in the ulate for farmers markets. nizers of the Peekskill farmers is incredible. We would let

hopac just in time for summer. preliminary stages,” said Nina “ ey don’t regulate them,” market have also o ered to help. everyone know that next year

e town’s Recreation and Kallmeyer, senior recreation she said. “We would only need “ ere’s a lot more that goes we would be moving it over to

Parks Department is in the leader, during a Recreation Ad- permits for vendors preparing into it than one would think,” Swan Cove.”

planning stages of bringing a visory Committee meeting Feb. foods and all vendors would Kallmeyer said. Committee members said

farmers market to the parking 7. “I emailed Cornell Coopera- need a permit from state agri- e Rec Department is form- they researched the best ways

lot of Town Hall at the cor- tive Extension and they sent us culture department.” ing a steering committee for to nd and then keep farmers

ner of Croton Falls Road and over a very informative guide Kallmeyer said the Rec De- the farmers market. An eclec- market vendors.

McAlpin Avenue by around on how to develop a farmers partment wants to sit down tic blend of “key people” would “ e best farmers markets

mid-May. market.” with reps from Cornell Coop- make up the committee, Kall- have constant vendors that are

meyer said, and move the proj- always there. We found that

Join us on Valentine’s Day ect along. a lot of them o er a seasonal

“First and foremost, we need rate,” said Lynn Mongon. “I

a farmer and get their input think for the rst year though,

on what to sell and what really we are going to have to keep the

works,” she said. “We want lo- cost to a minimum because we

$10 off cal business representation like are just starting out and need
the Chamber of Commerce. We the exposure until we build it
need consumer representation, up a little and then we can go
municipal leaders, key profes- into the seasonal contracts with

your entire meal sional people, our news outlets, the vendors, which can be $500
people who have backgrounds or $600.”

when you spend in accounting, as well as local Jim Gilchrist, director of
$60 or more nonpro ts like the Rotary and the Recreation and Parks De-
the Lions Club, someone from partment, said his department

Dine-In only. Valid 2/14. Cornell Cooperative and the would oversee the market.
May be used for Health Department. ere is a “Right now the Rec Depart-

lunch or dinner. large group of people that is key ment would run it,” he said. “We

Must show coupon. and vital to making this hap- do things like this like the Har-

pen.” vest Festival at Sycamore Park

Councilwoman Suzi Mc- where we get a bunch of ven-

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Lunch: Mon-Sat 11am-4pm, Sun 12-4pm Dinner: Mon-Sat 4pm-10pm, Sun 4pm-9pm Committee, said the market would use that as a benchmark.”

115 Secor Rd. • Mahopac • 845-628-8888 would be held at the Town Hall Gilchrist said he would also
in its inaugural year and then have to gure out how to sta

moved to Swan Cove in the the event with a paid supervisor.

business district in 2020, after “We should have a paid per-

the park planned for that loca- son there, so we have to gure

tion is completed. out what those costs would be,”

“ at would absolutely be a he said, noting that cost would

home run,” she said. “It’s right hinge on how many hours the

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FARMERS MARKET UNITED FOR THE TROOPS

FROM PAGE 4 FROM PAGE 1

market would run each weekend. Linda Cefaloni of the Italian American Club helps
Gilchrist said people would be pack gift boxes for United for the Troops.

able to use the restrooms in the PHOTO COURTESY OF UNITED FOR THE TROOPS
Town Hall so the town would
save on the costs of renting Porta Jim Rathschmidt, founder of United for the Troops,
Potties. commemorates the charity’s 20,000th gift box.

Organizers said they’d like to PHOTO COURTESY OF LINDA CEFALONI
make it an all-around event with
live music and other attractions.

e high school music depart-
ment has already o ered the ser-
vices of the PACappella singing
group and the steel drum band.

ere was some discussion
about bringing in food trucks,
but some committee members
said that would drain money away
from the farmers market vendors.

“You bring 20 bucks and your
kids see the food trucks and want
this or that and they spend it on
that instead of the farmers mar-
ket,” said committee member
Joyce Picone. “We want the prior-
ity to be the market; we can have
other attractions to draw people
there like art exhibits and arts and
crafts.”

e plan is to start the market
Memorial Day weekend or per-
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end.

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SWAN COVE Buckley said he hasn’t been involved in Mahopac News that they’ve gone smoothly in favor.Any implication that we would hold
the town hostage is not true. We are negoti-
FROM PAGE 1 the bank negotiations personally but said thus far and that the bank has made no ating in good faith. And the easement is a
moot point because the town will purchase
bank. As a result, the article asserts, bank his information about the discussions was requests for deed restrictions regarding an [the bank] property and it won’t be an issue.
o cials are able to extract concessions and
squeeze more money out of the town. provided to him via reliable town o cials easement or what size and types of struc- “In the beginning, the town gave us their
vision of what they wanted and that hasn’t
Bob Buckley, the former chair of the who are privy to the negotiations. tures can be built at the park. changed,” Klein added. “We want to make
town’s Recreation Advisory Committee,was sure that vision is achieved. e bank is
angry that the Town Board did not consult “It’s a known fact. ings slip out. No one “ e bank has been very forthcoming playing the role of the good neighbor.”
the rec panel before purchasing the Swan
Cove land last year. Now an outspoken denies it,” he said of what is taking place and amenable to our needs,” Schmitt said. Both Klein and Schmitt said a deal for
critic of the project, Buckley maintains that the bank land is imminent.
town o cials moved too quickly, buying the with the negotiations. “ ey’ve been friendly and very open-
Swan Cove land without due diligence, and “I am optimistic,” Klein said. “We are
that the bank now has the advantage in the Buckley said that whatever comes of the minded and expressed a willingness to work down to the nal details and working to-
negotiations.However,Buckley said he sup- gether regularly toward that end.”
ports the idea of a park with public access to negotiations, the most important thing is with the town. ey are negotiating in good
Lake Mahopac. Schmitt agreed.“We are close to an agree-
that the public—Carmel town residents— faith.” ment,” he said. “ ere are one or two items
At a Feb. 7 meeting of the Recreation we need clari cation on, and we should get
Advisory Committee, Buckley urged the have unfettered access to the lake and will Barile labeled as “nonsense”the assertions an answer on that in the coming weeks.”
committee to make sure that when a deal
with the bank is complete, there are no deed be able to launch nonmotorized boats such the bank has demanded deed restrictions. Schmitt said he understands that some
restrictions that would prevent the town are skeptical of the project but said he ap-
from doing what it wants to do with the as canoes, kayaks and paddle boards there. “ ey have bent over backwards for us,” preciates the feedback and believes that
park and/or the parking lot. they’ll be satis ed when it all nally comes
“If taxpayers are going to spend a million he said.“ eir only concern is the operation to fruition.
Buckley told Mahopac News he has no
animosity toward the bank.It should be able bucks, they have to have access to the lake,” of the bank during and after construction. “When it’s complete, [the critics] will be
to negotiate any way it sees t, he said, be- happy with the nal result,” Schmitt said.
cause it must do what’s in the best interest he said. “We got this thrown at us and we ey have been real gentlemen.” “ ey will get a lot of use out of it.”
of its stockholders. But he also contends it is
indeed asking for deed restrictions as part of need to make the best of it. We overpaid for Tompkins Mahopac Bank’s president and Schmitt said the park will indeed have a
its negotiating tactics. dock and a launch area for nonmotorized
it,so we need to have some recreation ability.” chief executive o cer, Jerry Klein, told Ma- boats. Anyone who wants to put a boat in
“Hopefully, they will do the right thing the lake will have to register and get a per-
for the town,” he said. “I won’t say anything Councilman Mike Barile—a previous hopac News that his bank has not asked for mit from the town.
bad about the bank, but the town should
have purchased [the Swan Cove land] owner of the Swan Cove property before deed restrictions during negotiations. e Meanwhile the Recreation Advisory
contingent upon the purchase of the bank Committee continues to work out details
property. e way they did it, it gives the selling it to developer Frank Cotaj, who in bank wants to do what is in the best interest on the park at Swan Cove, developing a
bank more leverage.” preliminary map of what it and the adjacent
turn sold it to the town—called Buckley’s of the town, he said, as long as it doesn’t dis- parking lot might look. Mahopac News will
have a detailed story about those plans in
assertions politically motivated and not turb the operation of the bank branch. next week’s issue.

completely accurate. “ e fact is the town approached us last

“[Buckley] is a political pawn with his fall and asked if we would be interested in

own agenda,” Barile said. “He wants to dis- talking about the concept for parking in

credit me and [Supervisor] Ken [Schmitt]. the downtown business district and Swan

It’s a political war game and I won’t fall into Cove,” he said. “We said we were open to

that swamp.” talking about it as long as we could have

As for the town’s negotiation with the ample parking [for the bank]. If it was for

bank, all parties involved in the talks told the betterment of the community, we were

‘Any implication that we would hold the town hostage
is not true. We are negotiating in good faith.’

- Jerry Klein
President and CEO of Tompkins Mahopac Bank

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Hey, dinosaurs... Jobs go ‘poof ’
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BY JOHN F. MCMULLEN smart TVs!
New York State is gearing up to legal- York Times in an interview. “And nobody GUEST COLUMNIST “I know there was a Sears here!” –
ize the recreational use of cannabis. says marijuana causes violence. As we know,
While this is a sane and ratio- alcohol can cause much more aggressive- [Editor’s note: Mara Schi ren is on Wal-Mart and Amazon killed that!
vacation. Her column will return next And it’s not just in a mall. Walk
nal idea, there are still ness; you aren’t as likely to week.]
into any bank and note that there
many out there who are hurt someone from using In 2012, in a column in the now- are only one or two tellers working
defunct Westchester Guardian, at six to eight teller stations. ATMs,
convinced that patchouli- OUT OF marijuana as you are from I quoted Christopher Steiner, online deposits and on-ine banking
soaked hippies will be MY HEAD using alcohol.” author of “Automate is: How took care of those jobs. And remem-
descending upon our play- Algorithms Came To Rule Our ber when you mailed in payments
According to the Na- World,” who in turn, quoted British for utility and telephone bills and
BOB tional Institute on Alcohol economist John Maynard Keynes to pay credit cards? Online banking
grounds en masse o ering DUMAS who, in the 1920s and 1930s, has eliminated the need for workers
sounded the alarm for a new disease to open envelopes, update accounts,
“reefers” to 5-year-olds. Abuse and Alcoholism he termed “technological unemploy- and deposit checks.
ment,” which happens when jobs
e Yorktown Town (NIAAA), an estimated can’t be replaced as fast as they’re In short, it’s a whole new econom-
eliminated by technology. Well, that ic ball game but most of us have not
Board recently held a 88,000 people die from disease has reached an epidemic and seen a new game plan or any new
no one seems concerned about it. rules. ere seems to be little, if any,
meeting where they alcohol-related causes knowledge or concern among our
In a Jan. 25 New York Times political leaders about what could be
discussed what they would do about this annually. In 2014, alcohol-impaired driv- article, “ e Hidden Automation economic devastation if there is not
Agenda of the Davos Elite,” author proper preparation.
impending apocalypse. Some of them were ing fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths (31 Kevin Rouse quotes a technology
executive as predicting that arti - e move to more e ciency and
nearly apoplectic over the idea of legal weed percent of overall driving fatalities). cial intelligence/automation “will convenience is presently a boon to
eliminate 40 percent of the world’s consumers and businesses but as
to the point where they probably had to So, how many have died from marijuana jobs within 15 years.” If this sounds layo s mount, who will buy the
like hyperbole, one only has to read products no matter how convenient
go out afterward for a sti drink to settle overdoses? Going back to the beginning of the entire article which quotes one the process?
manufacturer as saying that his
themselves down. e Somers Town Board, time, the answer is zero. Don’t believe me? company plans to replace 80 percent It is not clear steps must be taken
of its workers with robots in the next to prepare American society for this
drastically uninformed, followed suit, and Well, let’s ask the DEA. According to a 2017 new world. ere has been talk of
ve to 10 years and others saying guaranteed annual wages, massive
may heavily restrict cannabis stores. DEA report, marijuana has killed exactly similar things. re-education programs, paid-for
volunteer programs (such as Little
A recent gathering of local community zero people ever in the history of the world While it may be understandable League coaching, scoutmaster work,
that this subject ew under the “candy striper” help, etc.), mas-
leaders at Temple Beth Shalom in Ma- (www.dea.gov/documents/2017/06/15/ radar with the “Wall war” going on sive infrastructure upgrading (both
and the government shutdown, we material and digital), and other
hopac provided an opportunity for elected drugs-abuse). should have noticed the trend for schemes—any of these will require
years. One only had to walk through major changes in the tax structure
o cials and law enforcement types to lay Next, let’s address my favorite factually a shopping mall in the last 10 to 15 which will be very hard sells. What
years and look around: is clear is that we will have serious
out their visions for the coming year. In the challenged argument that prohibitionists problems if we do not begin the
“Didn’t there used to be two mu- discussion immediately.
Q&A session that followed, one gentleman like to trot out from time to time: Marijuana sic stores here?” – Eaten by iTunes!
John F. McMullen has been a
expressed dire concerns about the ominous is a “gateway drug.” In other words, if you “Didn’t there used to be a lm- technologist for 55 years, rst for the
processing store here?” – Eaten by federal government, then as the director
legal cannabis legislation that is pending. smoke the reefers, it will set you on a sullied digital cameras! of technology for two major Wall Street
rms and, then as a principal of his
He was convinced that it would result in a and inevitable path to harder drugs and some “Didn’t there used to be two book own consulting rm and as a columnist
stores here?” – Wounded by Barnes and college professor. He is presently the
bunch of stoned-out zombies driving around dank back alley where you’ll be plunging & Noble and executed by Amazon! poet laureate of the town of Yorktown,
a member of various Mahopac writers
and crashing into schools and churches and dirty needles into your arm. “ ere used to be a movie theatre groups, and an internet radio host.
here.” – Replaced by streaming on
our pets. We already have an opioid crisis, Um, hello, the 1950s called; it wants its demand, Net ix, and Amazon on

he noted; legal marijuana is the last thing we loopy science back. ere have been myriad

need! studies through the years that show the

Well, actually it’s the rst thing we need. “gateway” argument is simply not true and

So, dear reader, open up your knowledge has been used as a fear tactic by anti-canna-

baskets, cause I’m about to dump some in. bis lobbyists to keep it on the black market.

Let’s start with the substance itself. Did For now, I’ll give you just one example.

you know that marijuana is not addictive? A 12-year University of Pittsburgh study

Well, it’s not physically addictive like heroin, shows pot is not a gateway drug that predicts

cocaine, crystal meth and, yes, alcohol and or eventually leads to substance abuse. More-

tobacco—both of which are, of course, legal. over, the study’s ndings call into question

(Many things can be physiologically addic- the long-held belief that has shaped bad gov-

tive when they rile up the pleasure centers of ernmental policy for six decades and caused

the brain, such as shopping, gambling, sex, many a parent to panic upon discovering a

this column.) bag of pot in their child’s bedroom.

Former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn e Pitt researchers tracked 214 boys

Elders explains that THC, the psychoactive beginning at ages 10-12, all of whom eventu-

substance in marijuana responsible for the ally used either legal or illegal drugs. When

characteristic high, is not addictive the way the boys reached age 22, they were catego-

alcohol, tobacco, and even ca eine, are. rized into three groups: those who used only

“Marijuana is not addictive — not physi- SEE DUMAS PAGE 12
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DUMAS prior to alcohol or tobacco, and pharmaceutical sciences at the lawmakers want to hurry with 13 states had medical mari-
those individuals were no more University of Pittsburgh School legal pot legislation. “Why the juana laws in place. Researchers
FROM PAGE 10 likely to develop a substance use of Pharmacy and lead author of urgency, when the country nds quickly noticed that the rates
disorder than those who followed the study. “In fact, the reverse itself in the middle of one of the of fatal opioid overdoses were
alcohol or tobacco, those who the traditional succession of pattern is just as accurate for most severe drug epidemics in signi cantly lower in states that
started with alcohol and tobacco alcohol and tobacco before illegal predicting who might be at risk our nation’s history?” he wrote. had legalized medical marijuana.
and then used marijuana (gate- drugs, according to the study, for developing a drug depen- In 2010 alone, states with legal-
way sequence) and those who which appeared in the American dence disorder.” Well, maybe it’s because every ized medical marijuana saw ap-
used marijuana prior to alcohol Journal of Psychiatry. state that has legal cannabis—ei- proximately 1,700 fewer opiate-
or tobacco (reverse sequence). Let’s not forget the fear that ther recreational or medical— related overdose deaths.
“ e gateway progression may legal marijuana will exacerbate has seen a decline in their opioid
Nearly a quarter of the study be the most common pattern, the opioid problem. Recently, problem. Legalizing marijuana “We found there was about a
population who used both but it’s certainly not the only Putnam County Legislator provides a safer alternative to 25 percent lower rate of prescrip-
legal and illegal drugs at some order of drug use,” said Ralph William Gouldman issued a addictive prescription painkill- tion painkiller overdose deaths
point—28 boys—exhibited the E. Tarter, Ph.D., professor of press release that wondered why ers. Let’s take West Virginia as on average after implementation
reverse pattern of using marijuana an example. In August 2016, the of a medical marijuana law,” lead
West Virginia Center on Budget study author Dr. Marcus Bach-
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GARO First, he checked in the barns. Arty dropped a jar of peanut Kate welcomed his arms as he with sandwiches. ey hardly
In one he found a mare, her ud- butter on the table, handed Cli lifted her from the bed. e spoke while they ate. Kate rested
FROM PAGE 11 der dripping milk, ready to have a spoon, and said, “ at’s all we boys watched Cli carry her to her head on Cli ’s shoulder. He
a foal. e brothers came walk- got, brother. Your girlfriend’s the bottom of the stairs. Luca kissed her and placed a small
as if she wanted to disappear. ing up the road, both holding starving, you know.” held the ax on his shoulder. He package in her hand: Juicy Fruit.
She was shivering, her voice shotguns. ey’d been hunting. asked for money. Foreseeing the
pained. Neither had any idea about the Luca came rushing into the request, Cli told the two to Finding love can be an ex-
mare’s condition. Cli learned kitchen dragging a large leather look under the peanut butter jar, pensive proposition. It costs you
“You once gave me a package that Kate had badly sprained trunk. He held an ax. He began where he’d left a 20-dollar bill. your heart and all kinds of small
of Juicy Fruit,” said Kate. “You her ankle falling through the bashing the trunk with the ax. One of them muttered that his humiliations and sacri ces. And,
were so sweet. You just handed porch. She could hardly walk. It was then that Cli went into sister was worth more than that. of course, the process of wooing
it to me without saying a word. action. can cost a great deal of money.
It was all you had to give—and e bumper in the living room Before nding lodging and a
all I could take. I’m sorry, Cli . I was from her car, which they’d First, he gathered Kate’s hot bath for Kate, they stopped Lucky Cli , he won Kate’s
couldn’t wait for you to grow up.” wrecked. ey both wore beards; belongings and placed them at a 7-Eleven. Cli came out heart with ve sticks of Juicy
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Once again, I’ve had many Let me know how you do on military commander during the single letter “S” without a period LEARNING
Revolutionary War? because the “S” doesn’t stand for
requests for the Presidents both, and as you did last year, anything? DR. LINDA
Week quiz. So, here’s a new be sure to follow the ideals 2. Who was the only movie SILBERT
20-question quiz. Each question of “Honest Abe” and George star to become president? 8. Which president is the
is worth ve points. Last year, Washington, who (allegedly) only one to have been elected to Woodrow Wilson 16. Andrew
many of you received a perfect said, “I cannot tell a lie.” Be 3. Which president was born 2 non-consecutive terms? Johnson 17. William J. (Bill)
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of ve questions about Valen- president(s) to interesting facts youngest when he was elected? only president to date to resign 1. Valentine’s Day is only
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Middle School hosts
‘Carnival of Health’

From spin-the-wheel trivia to High- table signs, and give-a-ways to re ect

Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) chal- Anne’s positive spirit and her ability to

lenges, the Mahopac Middle School connect our students to our community’s

cafeterias and hallways were buzzing last health partners.”

week with games, contests and activities is year’s Carnival of Health partici-

relating health topics that impact middle pants included:

school students. • AON PT and Wellness

e annual “Carnival of Health” in- • Biofeedback Resources International

cluded school and community organi- • Cove Care Center MMS students check out the Prevention Council of Putnam booth at the Carnival of Health.

zations o ering fun fair-themed ways • Drug Crisis in Our Backyard Students show off their bags of swag from the carnival.

to present serious health subjects such • MHS STAGE Club: Student Teach- PHOTOS COURTESY OF MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL

as vaping, depression, sugar intake and er Association for Gender Equality

managing stress. • MHS Student Assistance Counselor

Organized by Valarie Nierman, a Ma- • MMS Health Education Department

hopac High School health teacher and • MMS Physical Education Depart-

coordinator for health education for ment

K-12 and the Mahopac Health Educa- • POW’R Against Tobacco

tion team, the theme of this year’s fair • Putnam County Department of Health

was “Be a Pineapple” in memory Anne • Putnam County Youth Bureau

Tuite. When Tuite was diagnosed with • Putnam Hospital Center

cancer in the winter of 2017, she cre- • Putnam/Northern Westchester

ated T-shirts with a pineapple and the Women’s Resource Center

quote: “Be a Pineapple: Stand Tall, Wear “Our hope for the Carnival of Health

a Crown, and Be Sweet on the Inside.” was to create a fun and open environment

“Anne brought the concept of the for our students to ask questions and

health fair to our schools when she made learn more about important health issues

the jump from corporate wellness to that impact their age group,” said Tom

health education here in Mahopac 19 Cozzocrea, Mahopac Middle School

years ago,” Nierman said. “In her honor principal. “We also want them to know

and loving memory, we made a point all the amazing support organizations in

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Wilkens moved his wife and moved to Oregon. He spoke with

three young children to Rwanda the students about his struggle

in the spring of 1990. When the to recover from post-traumatic

genocide started in April 1994, stress disorder and encouraged

Wilkens would not leave, even them to always put their men-

when urged to do so by the U.S. tal health rst. He shared things

government. ousands of expa- that helped him cope and heal

triates evacuated, and the United such as hiking, keeping a journal

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ily to Burundi with an Ameri- to sharing his story by speaking

can convoy but he stayed in his about his experiences at schools

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Wilkens shared in grave detail “Our school values are compas-

his accounts of dodging gun re sion, resilience, problem-solving

and roadblocks of angry, blood- and risk-taking,” said Dr. Mat-

stained soldiers and civilians thew Lawrence, Mahopac High

armed with machetes and assault School principal. “Carl Wilkens

ri es so he could bring food, wa- exempli es all of these values

ter and medicine to groups of and I am so glad the sophomores

orphans trapped around the city. were able to hear his story.”

He told students how he did

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2019 SCHOOLS & CAMPS MAHOPAC NEWS PAGE 19

Lakeview Elementary PTO blood drive saves lives

During this critical time when the nation is fac- School District and the entire community, I want

ing a severe blood shortage, the Lakeview Elemen- to express how grateful we are to Lisa Copeland

tary School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) and the Lakeview PTO for the hard work that

organized its annual community blood drive on Jan. went into making this happen, especially now

27 for the New York Blood Center. Donors includ- when there is a dire need for blood donations,”said

ed a d mix of high school students, Mahopac school Anthony DiCarlo, superintendent of schools.

teachers and sta , and members of the community. ose who would like to donate can visit www.

Winter storms, frigid temperatures and wide- nybloodcenter.org to nd a nearby donation center

spread u are making it harder for local communi- or mobile unit. It only takes one hour to donate,

ties to maintain their blood supply. According to a and a single donation has the potential to save

recent NYBC media release, currently, the center multiple lives.

has just a three- to four-day supply with

types O- and B- at drastically low levels.

is year’s blood donation is worse than ex-

pected and donations are thousands below

what is needed to maintain an idea six- to Thirty-two units of blood were
collected at last month’s blood
seven-day supply of blood. drive at Lakeview Elementary.

Challenged by the winter weather, the PTO blood drive organizer Lisa Copeland and her daughter, Ava.

Lakeview PTO was creative with its out- PHOTOS COURTESY OF MAHOPAC SCHOOL DISTRICT

reach for recruiting blood donors. Lakeview

students were o ered a “hot cocoa and donut

party” for the class that provided the most

blood donor referrals. High school students

earned community service hours for donat-

ing and or providing donor referrals.

“I am happy to report that 32 units of

blood were donated, which equals to 96

lives potentially saved,” said Lisa Copeland,

blood drive organizer.

Another community blood drive will take

place in May when the Mahopac Middle

School’s PTO hosts the annual Relay for

Life Blood Drive. Once con rmed, details
will be provided on https://www.mahopac. MHS juniors, from left, Carly Steinberg Mirka Marga and
Ava Copeland supporting the Lakeview Blood Drive
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Indians clinch share of league title

Allen named All-Section, League MVP

BY SKIP PEARLMAN Previously, against John Jay of East Fishkill,the Indians

CONTRIBUTING WRITER defeated the Patriots, 65–54, at home on Senior Night.

Allen led Mahopac with 13 points and 13 rebounds, Senior
forward
e Mahopac High boys basketball team clinched at least and Simon Shkoza added 10.
Reahl
a share of a league title last week for the rst time in six years, “ at was our Senior Night, and all of our seniors Allen

with victories over Carmel and John Jay of East Fishkill. played for the entire game,” Simone said. “ e guys did a

e Indians closed their regular season at 12–8, the team’s great job.Our regular starters came back in for the second

best record since the arrival of head coach Matt Simone four and gave us a big boost. Simon, Nick Burtt,,, they all did

years ago. e team’s 7–1 league nish assured the Indians a good job.”

of at least a share of the league title. Arlington still has a e previous Monday, the Indians dropped a 66–57

game to play, and could clinch a tie with a win. A loss gives decision to undefeated Tappan Zee.

Mahopac the title outright. Allen led Mahopac with 23 points, and Cegielski

“It’s our rst league title in six years, so it’s pretty special,” added 17.

Simone said.“ at’s a pretty great job by our guys.” “We played a very tough game,”Simone said.“We had

Saturday in a 62-42 home victory against Carmel, the it at ve in the fourth quarter,but TZ only missed two free

Indians led 11–4 after a quarter, but let Carmel back in the throws the entire game. And they had a lot of those down

game. Mahopac pulled away in the fourth for a convincing the stretch. I was very happy with the way we competed,

victory. and that was probably Tim’s best game of the season.”

“We were up early in the game, and Carmel didn’t have Allen, a senior forward, was rewarded by Section 1

any made baskets until the mid-second quarter,” Simone coaches for his standout season, and was named All-

said. “But we had three of our starters on the bench with Section,and League MVP.Cegielski a senior captain,was

fouls late in the game. named All-League.

“Will Sni en came in and guarded Carmel’s best player, “I was really happy that the other coaches recognized

and did a great job,” Simone added. “And he hit two three’s the special season Reahl had,”Simone said.“He picked it

for us as well. He gave us a big spark. Matt McMahon also up to another level this season.He showed ashes of it last

had a big three in the fourth quarter, we shot well in the year, but he wasn’t as consistent as he’s been this year. His

fourth.” presence and dominance on o ense has been huge for us.

Mike Argila led the Indians with 16 points, McMahon “And Tim wasn’t big with numbers,but he was our best

and Reahl Allen had 13 each, and Sni en had seven—all on-ball defender,”Simone added.“I was glad the coaches

in the fourth. recognized that he gets it done defensively for us.”

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Indians place fourth at Section 1 Championships

Eight earn All-Section honors

BY SKIP PEARLMAN
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Eight Mahopac wrestlers placed

at last weekend’s Section 1 Wres-

tling Championships, held Satur-

day at Arlington High School and

Sunday,Feb.9 at Clarkstown South.

e Indians took fourth place

among large schools as a team, be-

hind Fox Lane (1), Arlington (2),

and North Rockland (3).

Indians freshman Angelo Cen-

trone took second place at 99

pounds, losing to Fox Lane‘s Jake

Ho man, 10-6, in the nals. Cen-

trone nished his season with a

43-4 record. He could potentially

receive a wild card and advance

to the state tournament, but that

won’t be determined until later this

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Girls roll over Carmel

Fall to John Jay, Arlington

BY SKIP PEARLMAN was also solid on the boards, and so was

CONTRIBUTING WRITER Shannon Becker.”

Becker’s 12 points led the Indians the pri-

e girls basketball team had a strong or Wednesday in a loss to John Jay. O’Boyle

game at home Saturday, Feb. 9, picking up added eight points.

a 60–45 victory over Carmel. e Indians “Mia had a good game for us, but we

also dropped a 51-36 decision last Wednes- didn’t play with the energy we should’ve

day against John Jay of East Fishkill, and fell had, and that was a little disappointing,”

to Arlington the previous week, 53–45. Scozzafava said.

Saturday against Carmel, sophomore for- e Indians played well, but couldn’t keep

ward Caitlyn O’Boyle led the Indians with up with the Admirals in a loss the prior

23 points, Mia Klammer added 17, and Monday. Mia Klammer led the team with

Melanie DeMeo had six. 16 points.

“We played really well Saturday,” Ma- e Indians will be playing in the Class

hopac coach Chuck Scozzafava said. “And AA tournament, scheduled to open Tues-

we’ve been playing well recently. Defensive- day, Feb. 19.. Seedings will be announced

ly, we picked people up, we contested shots, this week.

and we controlled the boards. O ensively, “I think if we play the way we can play, we

we’re seeing each other, getting out on the can stay with most teams,” Scozzafava said.

break, and getting points o the break. “If we don’t get one of the higher seeds, any-

“Caitlyn and Mia were both impressive,” thing can happen. e past few weeks we’ve Caitlyn O’Boyle dropped 23 points
Scozzafava added.“And Melanie was strong been playing good basketball, we’ve only on the Rams in Saturday’s game
on the defensive side. Katrina (Klammer) had one bad game in the last few weeks.” between the rivals.

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Mahopac takes
first at Divisionals
Divisional Scores:
Teams: Mahopac 169.250,
Somers 168.350, Wappingers 157.700

Vault: Balance Beam:
Jamison Castrataro placed second Lia Graap finished second with a
with a 9.15, Lia Graap placed fifth score of 9.3, Jamison Castrataro
with an 8.3 and Chloe Lee placed was third with a 9.2 and Nicole
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Jamison Casttrataro came in second
Chloe Lee took first with a 9.3,
Lia Graap was second with an 8.625 with a 9.375, Chloe Lee took fifth
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GYMNASTICS Alessia Gristina
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Crossword Puzzle solutions on page 26 Fun By The Numbers

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them 58. Swiss river

Dessert becomes heart-healthy

During the month of February, when Americans PHOTO:
celebrate National Heart Month, an emphasis is METRO
placed on being heart-healthy. But February is also the CREATIVE
month to celebrate Valentine’s Day, which is known for CONNECTION
its decadent desserts and indulgent meals, among other
treats. What is a person who wants to stay healthy but
enjoy something special on Valentine’s Day to do?

Health-conscious people don’t need to sacri ce sweets this
February. With a few substitute ingredients, even something
as rich as chocolate pudding can be made healthier. Try this
recipe for “Chocolate Avocado-Chia Pudding” from the
American Heart Association, which gets a healthy boost
from creamy avocado and chia seeds.

Chocolate Avocado-Chia Pudding

Makes 6 1/2-cup servings

Ingredients Directions
In a food processor or blender,
2 medium ripe avocados, peeled and process all the ingredients except the
pitted almonds until smooth.
1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk Transfer the pudding to serving
1/4 cup unsweetened Dutch-process dishes. Cover and refrigerate for at
cocoa powder least 1 hour to allow the chia seeds
1/4 cup fat-free plain Greek yogurt to thicken.
3 Medjool dates, pitted Just before serving, sprinkle with the
1 teaspoon vanilla extract almonds, if desired.
2 tablespoons chia seeds
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons unsalted is recipe is provided by Metro Creative
chopped almonds or walnuts (optional) Connection.

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BETHEL HOMES & SERVICES

Edward P. Grano named corporate director of rehabilitation

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