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‘We love you’ first responders

PHOTO: SARAH BUSSINGER Towns waive penalty for
late property taxes
DOT lowers weight limit
on Titicus River bridge
Move could impact route for emergency aid vehicles
BY TOM BARTLEY throughout Westchester the option to waive
STAFF WRITER
the customary fees for COVID-19 tardiness.
Homeowners and businesses in nan-
BY CAROL REIF 16 tons and intends to post signs this week. cial distress caused by the coronavirus can Most towns in this area quickly in-
STAFF WRITER e span, which is located just west of avoid penalties if they’re a little late pay-
ing property taxes this year. voked the option. ey will not collect
A small bridge over the Titicus River in Hilltop Drive on Route 116 near the New
North Salem has deteriorated to the point York-Connecticut border, had no previous “ is is the right thing to do for our late fees on assessments paid after their
where it needs to be replaced, according to weight restrictions. constituents,” County Executive George
the state Department of Transportation. Latimer said in giving local governments April 30 due date as long as taxpayers
e DOT’s regional structures engineer,
e DOT has set a new weight limit of demonstrate economic hardship due to
SEE BRIDGE PAGE 6
the virus and pay the full amount they

owe by July 15. SEE TAXES PAGE 6

CLASSIFIEDS 18 Family, Portrait
LEGAL NOTICES 18 and
LEISURE 17
OPINION Event Photography
SCHOOLS & CAMPS 8
SPORTS
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The Staff Hayfields offering grocery items

EDITORIAL TEAM Hay elds Market has begun o ering grocery items. e market is open every day from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. with pick up and delivery
JODI WEINBERGER options for their market and kitchen fare.

EDITOR: 914-302-5830 In a newsletter to customers, Hay elds sent out a form so people can request certain items. All items are subject to availability.
[email protected] Learn more at hay eldsmarket.com.

BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER Information from the North Salem Tax Office
SPORTS EDITOR: 914-302-5628
[email protected] e North Salem Tax O ce has received velope provided with your bill or if you prefer is a third party three percent convenience fee.
many calls asking if there is an extension for drive by and drop your payment,in an envelope, ere will be no payments accepted inside
ADVERTISING TEAM the 2020 State, County and Town tax collec- into the drop box installed on our porch at 270
LISA KAIN tion. e answer is no. Taxes are due in full Titicus Road. If you mail your payment at the the tax o ce. ose who usually pay cash
April 30, 2020. At this time, the Westchester end of the month, be sure there is a timely o - are requested to please deposit your cash with
914-351-2424 County Legislators are considering a bill to re- cial United States postmark. Postage meter and your bank and forward a check or money order
[email protected] duce penalties in an e ort to assist Westches- foreign postmarks are not acceptable. as payment.
ter homeowners, at the request of numerous
PAUL FORHAN Town Supervisors. We await the results of that Payments can be made by credit card by Although the Tax Sta will be working and
914-202-2392 e ort. However, to pay without penalty , your calling O cial Payments at 1-800-272-9829. in the o ce, we are requesting that, you call
[email protected] payment must be received by April 30,2020. Only a complete payment matching your the tax o ce at 914-669-5177 or email us at
CORINNE STANTON 2020tax bill will be accepted. e jurisdiction [email protected] or vgiacchetto@
845-621-4049 Due to public health concerns, e Town of code requested by the program is 4213. Alter- northsalemny.org.
[email protected] North Salem Tax O ce is requesting that you natively, you can visit the credit card website at
JENNIFER CONNELLY mail in your taxes using the self-addressed en- www.o cialpayments.com. Please note there Please visit the Tax Department F.A. Q. at
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Thursday, April 30, 2020 Your Neighbor North Salem News – Page 3

eLxopceartl atrdaavpetls
to life without

flights

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Travel Later.” priced. professionals.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

AFC Urgent Care Yorktown offering COVID-19 antibody testing

American Family Care (AFC) of Yorktown, in the the blood and in other tissues of those who are tested those who may be able to donate plasma, which could
BJ’s Plaza, has begun o ering COVID-19 Antibody after infection. e antibodies detected by this test in- provide a treatment for those who are seriously ill from
Testing to the general public. dicate that a person had an immune response to SARS- this virus.”
CoV-2, whether symptoms developed from infection or
e COVID-19 Antibody Test is a blood test that the infection was asymptomatic. Antibody test results Appointments for antibody testing should be sched-
will detect a past infection with coronavirus. are important in detecting infections with few or no uled ahead of time by calling 914-930-5550.
symptoms.”
“We are proud to be the rst Urgent Care in the area Test collection is available only to patients who are
to o er this test,” said Medical Director Rajesh Gupta, “It has been indicated by the FDA that antibody test- asymptomatic; have been asymptomatic for at least 10
MD. “If you believe that you have had COVID-19, ing has the potential to identify people who have been days; lack a fever and are wearing a face mask. If you
no longer have symptoms and would like to be tested, exposed to COVID-19 and who have developed an im- believe you currently have COVID-19 and wish to be
please call us to set up an appointment.” mune response,” said Kellie Slater, Outreach Director tested for the virus, which is a separate test, please call
for AFC Urgent Care Yorktown.“In addition, the FDA 914-930-5550.
According to the CDC, “ e test looks for the pres- has indicated that antibody testing can help identify
ence of antibodies, which are speci c proteins made AFC Urgent Care’s current hours of operation are 9
in response to infections. Antibodies can be found in a.m.-5 p.m., 7 days a week.

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Day care opens for kids of essential employees

BY TOM BARTLEY Yorktown Heights and single sites in South “Every person that comes in has their unfamiliar environment. “I think parents

CONTRIBUTING WRITER Salem and Bedford Hills, which houses the temperature taken,” she noted, “and they’re themselves are a little scared, or at least

center’s o ces. also asked these questions that have to do have been, to bring their kids anywhere,”

A Katonah day care, serving families for en came the lockdown, and that with any kind of possible exposure, either she said. “ ey don’t know who we are.”

a half-century but abruptly shuttered last quickly, the center’s 118 sta ers were job- to themselves or people that they are living Peace praises the parents for the work

month by the coronavirus outbreak, has less. Pay continued till month’s end but was with. And as long as all of that is OK, and they do, calling them “heroic people,” with

reopened at least partially to aid e orts to scheduled to stop April 1. they have no symptoms, then they are ad- qualities likely re ected in the young people

combat the pandemic. at’s when Country Childrens Center, mitted to the program for that day.” they entrust to the center.

e nonpro t Country Childrens Cen- known simply as CCC, transitioned to a Safeguards continue throughout the day. “ e children are absolutely the most

ter is caring for the children of the frontline potentially perilous task. It would care for “We all wear masks and gloves, and we’re wonderful kids,” she said. “You have to

troops, the rst responders and emergency the o spring of men and women who leave sanitizing everything. Everything that has think there’s probably something geneti-

medical workers who put their lives on the home each day to confront an infectious, a surface is being cleaned every single day,” cally going on there, that these are going to

line each day to save the lives of others. alarmingly lethal predator, then return Peace said. Twice she’s traveled to West- be wonderful families, because of the lead-

“We’re there, if parents need us,” said home to their families. chester Medical Center, the county store- ership of these families.”

Polly Peace, the center’s longtime executive For the center’s workers, many of them house of emergency gear, to gather masks In its current incarnation, Peace said,

director. in low-paying jobs that left them hardly and other personal protection equipment. CCC “is open to care for children of emer-

Forced to close its doors March 13 as prepared for loss of a paycheck, the change While the center has been “trying to em- gency workers, health care personnel and

part of a statewide directive that kept non- in mission, even if dicey, was welcome. ploy as many people as we can, to keep the other essential workers who cannot work

essential workers at home, the center was Peace has been able to hire 30 to sta the business going,” Peace acknowledges, only from home due to the nature of their jobs.”

back in business by April 1, providing in revamped center. a fraction of the former sta has been re-

its new role what the state Department of “Once we established that this would be called. ey’re meeting the demands of a

Social Services deemed an essential service. fairly safe—as safe as anything is nowa- vastly diminished enrollment. From 630

“I guess it’s always essential,” Peace said, days—then they were happy to have a job,” young people coming through the doors as Donations needed
“and that’s why it’s suddenly being recog- Peace said. She called them “brave, very, March began, the number has plunged to a
nized as such.” very brave. Totally unsung heroes, in my handful. On some days “it can be very, very Even when enrollment topped 600
opinion.” few,” Peace said. “But in general, I think we children, tuition did not cover
Peace has overseen the operation since have about 10 or 12 kids enrolled.” e cen- the center’s expenses. A 501(c)
1987, 20 years after a group of Katonah Sanitation standards, always a requisite ter maintains working relationships with a (3) organization, CCC relies on
mothers established a day care in the Pres- in a day care setting, were redoubled to number of northern Westchester school annual fundraisers and support
byterian church,then watched it grow.Only meet the safety protocols this pandemic de-
weeks ago, the center had been providing mands. ose strict procedures are applied districts, Katonah-Lewisboro among them, from Albany, the United Way and
essential day care to some 630 children in to everyone entering the center, sta ers and she added, “so it can increase at any time.” others to pay the bills. To donate,
a half-dozen facilities and after-school pro- the children so far and, if needed, anyone In part, Peace believes, today’s relatively visit the CCC website, www.
grams in another six locations. e day care escorting the child onto the premises. “But low enrollment numbers re ect a reluctance countrychildrenscenter.org
programs were underway at two adjoining that hasn’t been the case, so we haven’t had on the part of parents to see their children

locations on Route 35 in Katonah, two in to screen the parents,” Peace said. venture beyond the nest, especially into an

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BRIDGE es, at 17 tons; an average re truck, a blaze, big tanker trucks have to e rst, Keeler Lane, is a paved but those can be bumped up to

FROM PAGE 1 19 to 30 tons; and loaded garbage be used. e district also has rescue road that leads to Hilltop Drive, every year if there appears to be a

trucks, at 25 tons. and brush re trucks. which ends on Route 116 east problem.

Eric Foster,said Saturday,April 25, e district weighed its two of the bridge. It has a stone and With steel span bridges, dete-

that the state plans to put up ad- EMERGENCY ACCESS tankers last week and found that concrete-reinforced bridge over rioration—such as rusting—can

vance-warning signs by ursday, CONCERNS one weighed 66,000 pounds, or the winding Titicus River, right be more obvious. e bridge in

April 30, so drivers of overweight e town is most worried about 33 tons, twice the reduced rating behind e Market at Union Hall. question is made of concrete in a

vehicles have su cient time—and access for emergency vehicles, said on the bridge; the second weighed Daros said that span’s weight “pre-stressed box beam” design,

safe places—to turn around before Supervisor Warren J. Lucas. e 53,000 pounds, or 26.5 tons. rating—if it ever had one—is not Foster said.

they reach the bridge. state is “aware”of the concern and is e DOT allows a maximum known. In the second scenario, ve- Although the DOT’s transpor-

But drivers in compliance with asking the town to provide the total weight of 20,000 pounds on a hicles would have to peel o Route tation projects for the next two to

the weight limit shouldn’t fret weight (loaded) for speci c emer- single axle. e maximum total 116, cut across Wallace Road and ve years have been funded, it will

about crossing it, town Highway gency vehicles so it can analyze the weight allowed on any two con- turn right on Norton Lane, a nar- review its capital projects plan to

Superintendent Ward Hanaburgh situation further, Foster said. secutive axles spaced eight or fewer row dirt byway that empties back see whether there’s a way to move

said Saturday. Town Councilman Bob Daros, a feet apart, such as tandem axles, is onto the state road. But Norton the North Salem bridge replace-

“It’s not like the bridge is going Croton Falls Fire District commis- 34,000 pounds. Once the district Lane has an old wooden deck ment up, Foster said in a recent

to collapse,”he said,explaining that sioner, said the district is “extremely gures out the exact “axle loading” bridge that would not hold a 16- email to Daros.

the state DOT is more concerned concerned” about the reduced on all of its equipment, it will get a ton re truck, Daros said. “It is the mission of the New

about the continued wear and tear bridge rating, as there are about 100 determination from the DOT “in And taking any alternative route York State Department of Trans-

caused by overweight vehicles. homes and two horse farms located writing” on which trucks can cross would signi cantly increase re- portation to ensure our custom-

An average dump truck can on the far side of the bridge. the bridge safely, Daros said. sponse times, he said. ers—those who live, work and

carry roughly 14 tons (28,000 Pumper trucks are “not a problem” “It’s new to us, so we want to act travel in New York State—have a

pounds); smaller dump trucks, because they probably come in at accordingly,” he added. WHY NOW? safe, e cient, balanced and envi-

about 6.5 to 7.5 tons (13,000- about 30,000 pounds, under the 16- Going around doesn’t appear e state normally conducts ronmentally sound transportation

15,000 pounds). In turn, accord- ton limit, Daros said Saturday. e to be the solution, Daros said in bridge inspections every two years, system,” the engineer wrote.

ing to the DOT, the average car district planned to weigh those trucks an email sent Wednesday, April

weighs 1.5 tons; an SUV, about 5 and other equipment this week. 22, to DOT project engineer Ray TAXES property taxes and to the special-
tons, and an ambulance, 5 tons. In However, there are no re hy- Ackerman. One possible alternate
the higher weight categories fall drants in the town and because it route is i y and the other is simply FROM PAGE 1
district taxes it collects.

such vehicles as loaded school bus- takes a lot of water to knock down not an option. Latimer said he was “concerned

e pandemic, tracing a deadly, about the nancial pressures that

devastating toll worldwide, had residents of this county are under.

TRUSTYOU CANQUALITY & VALUE already taken the lives of almost We can, we should—and now, we
GUARANTEED! 1,000 Westchester residents as this are—o ering them some nancial
week began. It had also shut down relief by waiving the late payments
broad swaths of commerce. With for the county taxes now due.”
businesses closed, unemployment
has spiked and the personal - An executive order signed by
nances of many are in tatters. Latimer allows him to accept less
than 60 percent of the taxes and
For those caught in the eco- other money due on May 25 from
nomic crunch, the late-fee waiver the towns provided they waive
is meant to save them a few scarce residents’ late fees for the late pay-
dollars. ment of property taxes.

To qualify, property owners Yorktown Supervisor Matt

must certify their nancial straits Slater had been among the early

on a simple, one-page form. Even advocates of property-tax relief,

those who do not qualify for the calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo

full waiver can still pay late and last month to suspend the late

face only sharply reduced pen- fees. A resolution by his politically

alties: a 0.5 percent fee on pay- divided Town Board endorsed

THE BUTCHER’S BUNDLE + 4 MORE ments made in May and 1 percent Latimer’s e orts to eliminate the

through June and continuing to penalties.

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Thursday, April 30, 2020 North Salem News – Page 7

Questions still surround school budget process

BY KATHERINE BORCHERT million budget calls for an increase in spending of 1.09 She said that the district has had to reduce revenue in

STAFF WRITER percent, or $1.1 million, over last year’s budget and state aid and the Westchester County sales tax.

an increase in the tax levy of 2.2 percent. e budget “We know those numbers will be less than we originally

e North Salem school board still has unknowns prioritizes low-class size, mental health and safety and anticipated,” Briganti said.

when it comes to making decisions on the 2020-2021 security. She added that the reserves that will be applied to the

school year budget. “ ere’s some considerable unknowns here in terms of budget will be increased and emphasized the need to ll

Board members met in a Zoom conference on when will budgets be voted on by the public, how will they the reserves for the district’s retirement funds.

Wednesday, April 21, to discuss the next steps in the be voted on by the public and what the timeline for that “I think it’s [state aid] going to be a moving target all

budget process. Typically, at this is the time of year school is,” Freeston said. year,” Briganti said. “ ey’re going to be distributing state

budgets are adopted and put to the public for a vote. e board is currently navigating a way to adopt the aid on a cash basis so we may not get payments upfront,

However, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. budget without a guaranteed number for state aid. we may get them later on. Since we are a district that’s

Andrew Cuomo has delayed decision making for school “What’s changed from when we rst proposed not highly dependent on aid, the rst three payments that

districts until June. the budget is the application of fund balance,” said we normally get in state aid, that money is usually just

“In the last month, we haven’t been able to nail down Barbara Briganti, assistant superintendent for business assigned to our TRS [teacher retirement system] expense.”

what’s happening next,” said Superintendent Kenneth administration. “We are hoping to save some money Within the budget, 79 percent covers salaries and

Freeston. “We know that we’ll this year. I know some people are under the impression bene ts for employees while an additional 13 percent

likely have a special meeting that there will be a lot saved because school is out, but would cover contracts and supplies.

next week or the week after remember, we went to school till March, so that’s 70 e next scheduled meeting of board is Wednesday,

that for the scorecard and percent that’s been expended and a lot of the big-ticket May 6. However, board President Deborah D’Agostino

adoption of the proposed items have still been paid, but we do see some savings in said that it is expected to

budget and we’ll then set, this current budget.” meet the week of April 27

with the advice of our in an additional meeting if

district clerk attorney, members have any issues

the budget hearing date with the budget that it

and await news from the needs to consider.

governor on when the state aid Freeston added that
budget vote is.”
the board will have a

Scorecard night is a big ticket items special meeting if the
deadline for budget
local tradition in North

Salem at which trustees Safety/Security salaries/benefits adoption remains
weigh in on the district’s
ursday, April 30. If

annual budget after the board can take the

hearing presentations by vote on May 6, it won’t

its administrators. conduct the additional

e proposed $44.9 meeting.

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Happily
Ever
After

Interacting with grandkids e cardinal rules
separated by quarantine
Iknow there’s a lot of bad news MAN
Dear Dr. Linda, STRONG every day right now, but we must OVERBOARD
I haven’t been with my grandchildren LEARNING all understand that bad news is
ALWAYS balanced out by good news, RICK
for a month now. at may not be that DR. LINDA and that is good news. A pandemic MELÉN
long a time for others, but I usually see SILBERT might come along and cut a deep
them once or twice a week. In addition swath, taking thousands of lives with low-bellied” or “mottled” or “sharp-
to not being able to hug and kiss them, together. ey begin, saying only ve it. And even as we barely have op- shinned” I’d never hear the end of it,
they don’t seem to have time to talk to words. You then say the next ve words. portunity to mourn them, the fact but it’s the kind of crap birds have to
me. Either they’re doing school work, Continue until you have a whole story. that thousands of lives are being saved put up with every day.
watching a movie, playing video games At some point you’ll think the story right now from car accidents that
or what have you. I realize that when makes no sense, but your grandchild didn’t happen because everyone is at We have a bird feeder outside the
I’m with them, they’re doing the same will think it’s hilarious. home should not go uncelebrated. e kitchen window, and sometimes I see a
things, but I’m with them. What are world is balances itself because bad bird I haven’t noticed before, so I race
other grandparents doing so that they Read a book together online. is creates the possibility for good, and it to get my camera. Action photography
can keep that closeness? way you can talk about it as you go will forever be that way. So I’m going is a great hobby to combine with bird
along. Take turns reading. Even better, to take a little time o from the pan- watching, and I know just what to do.
Nana if the book is also in movie form, watch demic to report a story that’s going on I need to get my F-stop to a middle
Dear Nana, the movie together before or after right now, almost unnoticed. It’s called setting to capture the correct depth-
reading the book and compare the two spring. e birds are chirping, and of- eld, and adjust my shutter speed
If you were close before we all had to versions. For little ones, read them a that alone is worth talking about. is to capture the motion of its wings
isolate, you’re still close. You’re thinking story and show the pictures to them via morning when I bent over to put on while taking into consideration the
about them because you’re the grandma Zoom or another program. my shoes I heard the familiar sound lower light of the cloudy day. When I
and have more time on your hands. of “beep-beep, beep-beep, beep-beep.” turn on the camera it says, “Please set
Another variation on the story Turns out it was my car alarm going date and time,” starting with the cor-
ey’re not necessarily thinking of you theme: Tell a story beginning with o when the key fob in my pocket hit rect time zone. As I’m paging through
because they’re busy with other things. one sentence. For example: You say, my hip bone, letting me know that my the time zones in Australia, the bird
But you’re still their grandma. “I went to the store and bought an pants are too tight. is sitting at the feeder with a smirk on
apple.” Your grandchild says, “I went its face, pointing to its watch. I can’t
To connect with them during this to the store and bought an apple and a I’ve always been fascinated by birds. remember if we’re in Daylight Savings
di cult time, here’s a few ideas that baseball.” You say, “I went to the store I am something of an amateur orni- Time yet or not. Did we spring ahead
not only will bring you together, even and bought an apple and a baseball and thologist, and I even wrote a book or spring back? I nally get it all g-
though it’s on Facetime or Zoom, but candy.” Your grandchild says, “I went on the subject. I wrote it when I was ured out and snap the shutter just in
foster higher order thinking skills in to the store and bought an apple and eleven, and the volume had a limited time to get a great photo of a squirrel
your grandchildren and you. a baseball and candy and a dinosaur.” printing run of just the one. I drew a in mid-mouthful, and I congratulate
picture of each bird I saw and looked his depth-of- eld for being perfect.
Write a story together online. e is continues up to the letter “z.” Of up in the World Book Encyclopedia
story keeps changing directions if you course, it breaks down at some point, what its name was, and a few impor- I have a picture in my hall of a
write your part alone, or you write it but kids love it. tant facts about it. For instance, the peacock sitting on the railing of our
together. To begin, decide on a topic pileated woodpecker looks much like patio deck. My wife took it, and that’s
and who will start the story. Let’s say For little ones, show them two items, the ivory woodpecker, but is much why it’s not a picture of just the railing
your granddaughter begins. She writes more common. Birds are described in
three sentences to start the story. en SEE DR. LINDA PAGE 9 many colorful ways unique to their SEE MELEN PAGE 9
you write three sentences. is contin- class. If I ever described someone
ues until one of you writes the end of as “pileated,” or “rose-breasted” or “yel-
the story. If you write it together, you’ll
both decide on an ending.

For little ones, make up a story

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Thursday, April 30, 2020 OPINION North Salem News – Page 9

DR. LINDA MELEN bird feeder. e one bird I’ve never seen is
the bluebird, even though it’s the New York
FROM PAGE 8 FROM PAGE 8 state bird. My wife even made friends with
a huge barred owl, which is the kind that
then tell them to cover their eyes (or remove the items out of sight of our patio deck. What the peacock was yells “Woo-hoo-hoo-hooooo!” As if it just
from the camera). Remove one item and ask them what is missing. en doing there at the time has never been won the lottery.
show them three items. Tell them to cover their eyes. Remove one item. adequately explained to me, nor to the
Tell them to look at the items tell you what’s missing. Continue by add- peacock. I’d seen them at petting zoos I know that some people keep birds as
ing more and taking away more. before, so I grabbed a handful of birdseed pets, but be careful, some of them can live
and went out to pet it. Clearly it was not for decades. I knew a woman who had a
Cook things together online. Ahead of time decide what you’ll be interested in getting to the petting stage macaw, and I’m sure she’s had a cockatoo in
making and each gets the ingredients. Once done, while online, eat with me, and started to walk down the her day. e other thing you should know is
together. stairs into the woods. I followed it, and it that birds can be slightly nuts. We used to
was now walking quite fast, and I broke have a cardinal nesting near the house that
Plant owers together online. Ahead of time, decide what you’re going into a trot chasing it so I could feed it and used to y into the basement window each
to grow and then each buys the same items. ere are kits you can buy befriend it and nd out what it was doing and every day. Based on my research it did
online. there and be the rst in my neighborhood not seem to be an uncommon thing, and
with a friendly peacock. I stalked it into there were all sorts of theories as to why
Tell “knock, knock” jokes and do riddles and children’s jokes online the woods for a couple miles, and I gured they would do that, including the possibil-
with your grandchildren. it would just y back to wherever it came ity that the male sees his own re ection
from once it tired of me, but I found out and ies to it to ward o what it thinks is
Use your old Mad Libs and have your grandchildren ll in the parts of later that they come from Borneo, so it an unwanted rival. My own theory is that
speech and then you read it back to them. Kids love Mad Libs today as would have been an international ight. it could simply be attributed to bad aim.
much as they did years ago. Not everyone plays basketball like Michael
We get a lot of titmice at the feeder, or is Jordan, so why would you expect every
Do a crossword puzzle together. it titmouses? e reason I ask is because it’s bird to y like Orville Wright? We had a
Sing a song together. not mongeese, but mongooses. Either way, mockingbird near the garage that used to
Play Simon Says together.Take turns being the leader. if you have titmice it’s perfectly normal, and swoop down and make fun of my hair, but I
For little ones, play Animal Charades. Take turns acting out di erent nothing to be alarmed about. We also have confess I am an easy target.
animals. gold nches, blue jays, juncos, chickadees
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Drip, drip

As a Pisces, I have an a nity for fun getting drenched on a hot summer day. to nd a clean patch of
water. I like to walk along the Up in the Berkshires, I enjoyed paddle-
beach on vacation or stare out at a boating on the lake. It felt like paradise to sand for our towels. READING,
peaceful lake on a sunny day. I enjoy hiking pedal your bare feet in a berglass contrap- On a di erent trip to WRITING &
to impressive waterfalls and listening to the tion while soaking up the sunshine. El- CHOCOLATE
power of the endlessly rushing water. len and I would set out on our afternoon California, years later,
voyages with supplies including taco chips I stayed at the famous KIM
I even have a top two list of scenic views and Margaritas. After we had peddled out KOVACH
from shower windows. Once while visiting away from shore we could prop our legs Hotel Del Coronado.
friends in Su olk County, I pulled back up and lean back to soak up those rays (we e beach was much
the shower curtain to discover a bucolic didn’t think about sun damage in those
view of horses grazing in a neighboring days!). We gossiped and snacked the entire cleaner at this resort.
afternoon while working on our tans.
eld. Same Paci c Ocean
e best view was from the upstairs inking back to more lovely associa-
tions with water, I remember being excited waves, cleaner sand.
bathroom at the summer share house to walk along the Danube River on my
in Great Barrington. Flinging back that visit to Hungary. e river did not look But I have some negative
grimy shower curtain presented a spec- blue like the waltz title I had always heard
tacular view of Lake Buel. You could see about but it was still quite thrilling to walk associations with water,
rowboats gently bobbing in the water or from Buda to Pest across the Szechenyi
watch the zig-zag of jet-skis zooming Chain Bridge. too. Like the time that
across the lake.
On another milestone vacation, I re- my landlord called me
As children growing up, we splashed member driving down the coast of Cali-
around in a big above-ground pool in our fornia and spotting my rst glimpse of at work to ask, “Hey,
backyard that Dad assembled each sum- the Paci c Ocean. I couldn’t wait to go to
mer. e year that we lived in Florida, we the beach in California! We drove past all quick question, where
actually had an in-ground pool surrounded of the signs for Malibu and coastal towns
by a screened in patio overlooking a canal. until we found our small hotel in Hermosa do you keep the big
I never actually had a swimming lesson. I Beach. at rst day, after unpacking the
was afraid of putting my face in the water rental car, we hurried to the beach. We towels?” after caus-
so I did my own awkward kind of swim- walked towards the Paci c Ocean on the
ming with my head above the water. Just dirty, litter- lled sand. We wanted to take ing a kitchen ood.
making it to the other side of the pool pictures and had a hard time clearing away
tired me out. the cigarette butts and wrappers and junk And the other day
during that big rain
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Really, Martha?

JUST to life, I began receiving emails fore I was asked to stay home, the dessert they paired with the sat straight and stared us down
JO ANN from every baby company on and I hardly recognized myself. kielbasa dinner was a creamy as her babies ran and played
the planet. When I reached All I needed was a feather coconut pie. behind her. It was one of the
JO ANN the one that wanted to help in my hair and I would have best things I had seen in weeks.
FRANCELLA me sooth my postpartum pain, looked like Miss Kitty from Talbot’s thinks I should take Ken and I looked at each other
I decided to switch over to Gunsmoke fame. I washed it advantage of the sale prices and began walking backward
Taking a break from my Facebook. o when Ken walked into the on spring’s newest looks; but toward the garage. ere was
daily 19 hour updates bedroom and asked, “Where I can’t justify spending the no way we were going to inter-
on the virus, I’ve been At rst there were sweet are YOU o to?” money when there is no place rupt such a beautiful sight. is
cooing at my new grandson, posts of my friends playing to go. Besides, if I order some- is not the rst fox momma who
Drew, begging to help feed him outdoors with their children. “I just wanted to feel human thing now, I’m positive it won’t had babies under our shed. I
and dressing him in multiple I enjoyed seeing their smiling again. I haven’t put on make- knew they would be gone once
out ts and playing “tummy faces and began wondering up in about a month and I t by the time I can socialize the babies were bigger.
time” with him. After about a about the day I will be able to don’t even know what day it is.” again. at kielbasa has a way
half hour of play, my daughter play outside with Drew; and of sticking to your hips. e next thing on my list
informed me that it was just I calculated that by spring of Several people on Face- was giving my sister Rose a
the baby who needed to be on 2021 his chubby legs should be book were advertising exercise Martha popped up again, this call. She lives in North Caro-
his tummy and not me as well. strong enough to give me a run classes or suggesting long time telling me that it’s a great lina. After our usual discus-
for my money. walks. I do walk and have time to get out into the sun- sion about grandkids, weather,
“Did he ever turn over?” she attempted some exercise, but I shine and tend to my garden. politics, our childhood, and how
asked. e next post was from Mar- may have been distracted by a Now that was good advice! much we’ve been eating during
tha telling me how to maintain Facebook post telling me how Ken and I emerged from the the past few weeks, I inquired
“No, but I did a few times.” my beauty routine during to make Island Kielbasa in a garage with rakes and small about my brother-in-law, Bill.
Since I considered that my my virus con nement. Re- slow-cooker. All I need is to hand tools. We were ready to He is a newly retired military
cardio for the day, I decided to ally, Martha? ere is no one smell sausage simmering for walk around our yard looking dentist and the most conserva-
head to my computer to check around to see me! e next eight hours while I’m trying to for dead branches, etc., when we tive, clean-cut man I know. She
on the emails I had received. day, I decided to put on full get through a low-impact rou- spotted a momma fox and her told me that three weeks ago
I should mention that be- make-up like I used to do be- tine. If that wasn’t bad enough, four babies. ey were probably he announced that he was not
fore my grandson was born, I living under our shed. Momma going to shave until the virus is
ordered Parents Magazine for over. She then sent me a picture
my daughter and some infant Fun Facts by Jo Ann of what he looks like now. I told
clothes from Buy Buy Baby. her that Ken has been going
As soon as the computer came Red foxes utilize a wide range of habitats including forest, tundra, desert, mountains, through golf withdrawal and has
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Page 14 – North Salem News SCHOOLS & CAMPS Thursday, April 30, 2020

North Salem teen collects funds,
supplies for animal shelter

Editor’s Note: is story and photos
took place before the pandemic.

BY KATHERINE BORCHERT
STAFF WRITER

North Salem sophomore Mark

Head has always had a dream of

helping animals and for the past

six years he has been running

events at St. Joseph’s Parish to

raise money and supplies for the

Putnam Humane Society.

When he was 9, he asked the

Rev. Joseph Lagiovane of St. Jo-

seph’s Church in Somers what

he could do to help animals.

Together, they decided to hold

fundraising and supply drives PHOTOS COURTESY OF LAURA HEAD
for the Putnam Humane Soci-
ety. e idea has since blossomed Father Joseph Lagiovane from Saint Joseph’s Church in Somers and
into an annual event bene ting North Salem teen Mark Head join forces to collect for the Putnam
the animal shelter. Humane Society.

“It’s become something peo- the shelter, Mark sorts through did it all by himself,” Lagiovane
ple really look forward to. A lot Mark Head with the supplies ready to go to the animal shelter. and organizes the donations into said. “I’m proud of him and he’s

of them have animals, they love categories for the cats, dogs and a great young man. at’s one

animals. I do, too,” Lagiovane and collects monetary donations we usually get a good amount of o ce supplies. of the things we look for in the

said. after services. money as a donation for them “He’s realized it’s easier for parish. As a pastor, we look to

Before each fundraising drive, “ e rst year went pretty along with a pretty good amount them to take the stu if it’s all get the younger people involved

Mark posts a list of needed sup- well and in the following years of stu .” sorted. So he sorts it all himself. in the church and certainly for

plies in the church’s bulletin. He we got a lot of stu ,” Mark said. According to his mom, Laura at way they can just pull it out him, this is one way he can be

then sets up two boxes in the “In the following years we would Head, in the six years Mark has and put it in their linen room, involved and connect with the

main parish to collect supplies stand and collect money, too, and been operating the drives, he has put the dog stu in their dog community, so it’s a win-win all

collected over $3,000 for the Put- room, put the cat stu in their around.”

nam Humane Society. cat room,” Laura Head said. “He Mark, who is beginning to

WHY DO WE Amour Duplessis, manager of gets donations of paper bags look at colleges, said that as an

the Putnam Humane Society, from Trader Joe’s and Stop & avid pet lover, he’d like to pursue

said she appreciates the support Shop in Danbury, so they can a career in veterinary medicine

ADVERTISE by Mark and parishioners. use the paper bags for litter box- and be able to help the Putnam

“ e people from the church es for the cats.” Humane Society in that way, as

were so nice, even giving mon- After the drives, Mark writes well.

IN HALSTON etary donations,” Duplessis said. a thank you letter in the church “He’s de nitely someone who

“I told him and his mom, ‘ at’s bulletin, letting the parish know I hope will go far in life because

MEDIA’S the future.’ We’re thankful for how much they were able to col- he’s very generous and works
him and the community, every- lect. is year, Mark collected hard,” Duplessis said. “Without

one that stands behind him.” and donated almost $800. kids like that, we can’t keep go-

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Thursday, April 30, 2020 Sports North Salem News – Page 15

ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT – KAYLA DEMODNA

Multi-sport athlete to play college field hockey

BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER Kayla DeModna PHOTO COURTESY OF KAYLA DEMODNA and we’d go get bagels or a snack for the
SPORTS EDITOR bus ride(s) home, and we’d sit in her car,
Carmel was tougher than us, we never practice and to improve our skill and level jam out and listen to music, or just talk.
Senior Kayla DeModna is a member gave up, we pushed ourselves, and encour- of play. I’ve learned from him that it’s OK Once we got on the bus, I’d have my little
of the North Salem eld hockey and girls aged one another to stay in the game, and to give up and try something new and pur- sister (Kaitlyn DeModna) braid my hair
lacrosse teams. She played soccer until her to get another win “for us.” sue that dream like I did with soccer and every bus ride or before every home game.
sophomore year, when she developed a pursuing eld hockey. He also taught me And we’d get hyped up listening to music
newfound love for eld hockey, which was Another memory I had was the second to never give up if I couldn’t do a speci c on the bus and singing our butts o .
sparked by her younger sisters, Krista and week of preseason. Everyone was super skill or trick shot or anything like that. He
Kaitlyn, her parents, and her coach, Jen- quiet and tired. We started our warm-up would help me motivate me by long lec- What are your post-high school plans,
nifer Frohman. run, and to liven the team up, I started tures and stories to show me that anything athletically and academically?
singing “How Far I’ll Go” from the Dis- can happen if you put hard work and dedi-
How are you getting through this ney movie “Moana.” Most of the group cation in. Or we’d work together to nd a My post-high school plans are that I
period of social distancing? What are chimed in then the whole team started to way to make that task accomplishable. will be attending Western Connecticut
you doing to keep busy? sing along. From that one day, it started State University and studying exploratory
to become an almost every practice ritual What life lessons have you learned studies. I will also be playing for their Di-
is social distancing thing is starting we’d sing throwbacks from our childhood, from sports? vision III women’s eld hockey team. en
to get old. I miss going out and spend- Christmas songs, and songs you hear on as fall 2021 comes around, I will transfer
ing time with my friends from school and the radio. ese two memories will always A life lesson that I have learned from to SUNY Cortland and by then have
work. And especially not being able to stay with me more forever being my fa- playing sports would be teamwork. I say found a major to pursue and continue to
get onto a eld and practicing. I’ve been vorite. this because in order to win a game, or study there.
going outside and working on my stick even just to play, it doesn’t take just one
skills, taking long walks and runs around Who has been your biggest role model person to do everything. It’s the whole If you could have one superpower,
my neighborhood, working on a paint by over the years and what have you learned team working together to get the win, what would it be and why?
number, and spending time with my three from them? assist, stroke, or the breakaway. Everyone
St. Bernards and Lab. works together to get the job done. at’s If I had one superpower it would be
My biggest role model over the years what I’ve learned from being a multi-sport having the ability to teleport. is is be-
How would you rate your chances, has been my dad. My dad has shown me athlete. cause it’ll make travel easier and faster, and
1-10, of suiting up for the Tigers again? and helped me become a better player, will make the game of play very interest-
whether that has been soccer, eld hockey, Do you have any pre-game rituals? ing.
I would rate my chances of suiting up or lacrosse. He would buy my sisters and Before every game, I would meet up
for the Tigers as a 10. I miss this team so I training equipment and goals for us to with my best friend ( Jenna Shaughnessy) What is something about yourself
much. We were a huge family. Everyone people would be surprised to learn?
knew how to make everyone’s day or help
one another help improve whether that be Something that people will be surprised
on or o the eld. We were a unit and we to learn about me is that I have an obses-
all knew when to have fun, and we did it sion with eating ketchup with almost ev-
“for us,” as our team said throughout the erything. I’ve had this obsession since I
season. Our group had this special bond, it was a child and I still do to this day.
just felt natural for our team, we all knew
our strengths and weaknesses and we What place would you most like to
helped each other stay after practice or on visit?
our o days to improve or to just have fun
with all of us. I would love to visit Skopelos, Greece.
e view from the island is insane, and
What jersey number do you wear and gorgeous. And after watching and grow-
is there any signi cance behind it? ing up loving the movie “Mamma Mia,” I
would love to visit and explore the island
I wear jersey numbers 1 and 5. ese and their culture.
numbers have huge signi cance to me. What is your favorite place to eat
No. 1 because I was the rst born in my locally?
family, I was born on the 1st day of May, My favorite place to eat would have to
and that I put everyone rst before my- be Frank Pepe’s. I love pizza.
self. at’s why I wear 1. I also wear jersey What’s the go-to app on your phone
number 5 because it represents my family. and why?
And, to me, family shows strength, love,
trust, commitment, and sel essness. And e go-to app on my phone would be
all of those characteristics and many more Snapchat because I can talk and see my
is what I bring to the table when it comes friends who live far away. It’s also an easier
to any team. and more fun way of communicating with
all my friends.
What is your favorite sports memory
from your time at North Salem? Are you currently binging anything?
I am currently binging chocolate milk
My favorite sports memory from my and watching the “Originals” on Net ix.
time at North Salem would be our last For a young athlete growing up in the
game of the season against Carmel. at North Salem school district, what would
game was very intense, and very nerve- you tell them about the experience of
racking. It was under their lights at their being on the eld hockey team and why
school. e score was 0-0 until I scored should they go out for it?
from an assist from my other forward (Al- Being a part of the eld hockey team
lison Eberhardt) with 25 minutes left in is something you don’t want to miss out
the rst half. en Carmel scored, which on. You will make so many unforgettable
made us determined and wanted more. memories, make lots of new friends, and
be a part of a sisterhood! Field hockey is
en with one minute left of play Allison, one of those sports that you can’t get bored
scored the winning goal. at game was of playing. ere’s always something new
the most memorable because even though to learn or try. And by playing this sport, it
will open up new opportunities and doors
for you in the future.