Mahopac News 04.30.20

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Mahopac families

The heart of the matter share COVID-19 stories

Anguished over not being able to
spend nal hours with loved ones

BY BOB DUMAS Even though he had exhib-

EDITOR ited symptoms of COVID-19,

the family still was unsure if

Longtime Mahopac resi- he had it.

dent Mario Forte Jr. had just “It crossed our mind, but

celebrated one year of being we didn’t think it could be,”

colon-cancer-free in March Ereditario said. “It went from

when he suddenly started to fever to [labored] breathing

feel a little ill. Within two and coughing. We thought it

weeks, the 68-year-old father might be the regular type of

of ve was dead—another vic- u.”

tim of COVID-19. Up to that point, Ereditario

As of Friday, April 23, Put- said, her dad had been rela-

nam County had seen 900 tively healthy—other than his

con rmed cases of the disease, cancer. And he had survived

and 38 deaths, according to that.

PHOTO COURTESY OF FRANK LOMBARDI the Department of Health. e coronavirus was a dif-

While the annual Putnam County Heart Walk was moved online last Sun- “He wasn’t feeling so great ferent ght. “He spent one
day, April 26, as a virtual fundraiser due to the coronavirus quarantine, some still
showed up in person to march a few symbolic blocks along Route 52 in Carmel to that last weekend of March,” night in the hospital and they
honor Mahopac’s Judge James Reitz, who passed away last summer from a heart
attack. Pictured are Reitz’s widow, Barbara (holding Reitz/thank you sign); Jenn said his daughter, Sabrina said he had to be put on a
Maher, president of the Putnam County Business Council (silver jacket); and
Town Councilman Frank Lombardi (with photo of Judge Reitz). Ereditario. “But it was just ventilator and then they put

a lack of energy. It didn’t re- him in an induced coma so his

ally alarm us. en, the last lungs wouldn’t have to work

Sunday in March we took his so hard and he could heal,”

temperature and he had a re- she said.

ally high fever. It would come Forte spent about two and

down and then jump back up.” a half days at Putnam Hospi-

Forte went for a test but was tal Center before the decision

already hospitalized at Put- was made to transfer him to

nam Hospital Center by the Danbury Hospital.

time the results came back. He SEE COVID PAGE 2
was positive.

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The Staff COVID tion was good.” He was determined to lose it Mario Forte Jr.
On Day 9 on the ventilator, he and joined a gym. He lost 125
EDITORIAL TEAM FROM PAGE 1 pounds. to my husband.”
BOB DUMAS spiked a fever again, but they got Because of social distancing
Ereditario said Putnam sent it down. “He went to Gold’s Gym in
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BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER dates for recovery. spiked again and this time they plete transformation. He would graveside service. at’s exactly
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bers was impossible at both hos- temperature went up to 108 and tions. He was well liked there. got out of Forte’s passing and
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“Before the ventilator was the Before retirement, Forte had Ereditario said her dad loved
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see or talk to him,” Ereditario been a Mahopac resident for 36 games. sey,” Ereditario said. “ ey were
PAUL FORHAN said. “It was very frustrating. He years and all ve of his children double-parked for as far as the
914-202-2392 was there alone. We got calls are graduates of MHS. “He also taught my son to x eye could see but didn’t get out
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CORINNE STANTON they would give us updates on Overcoming cancer was “He could x anything. He was crowd if people had really been
845-621-4049 how he was doing. He seemed not Forte’s only amazing ac- good with his hands. He was allowed [to attend].”
[email protected] to be improving. Oxygen satura- complishment. In recent years, amazing. And he passed that on
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THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2020 Your Neighbor MAHOPAC NEWS PAGE 3

MHS teacher
orchestrates ‘thank you’
to Maria Fareri nurses

BY BOB DUMAS own health to save lives. is place is very
EDITOR special to me as my daughter spent 121

days there after her premature birth at 23

Jennifer Degl, a teacher at Mahopac weeks’ gestation weighing only 1 pound, 4

High School and author of “From Hope to ounces.”

Joy: A Memoir of a Mother’s Determina- Degl said that unfortunately the NICU

tion and Her Micro Preemie’s Struggle to parent mentor program (Maria’s Hope)

Beat the Odds,” a book about her daugh- she started at the hospital has had to pause

ter’s premature birth and the subsequent for a few days after its one-year anniversary

challenges, has put together a way to thank because volunteers are no longer allowed in

the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) the hospital.

nurses at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital “But I have hopes that this will change

for the work they do with preemies, espe- soon,and we will be able to support parents

cially during the coronavirus pandemic. again—as long as it’s safe,” she said. Degl outside the hospital with Gary Gentelluci,
a father of a fourth grader at Seton.
“Last week I sent a message to St. Eliza-
PHOTOS COURTESY OF JENNIFER DEGL
beth Ann Seton in Shrub Oak—where my
The snacks included a welcome blend of both healthy
boys go to school—and Hudson Valley and sugary!

Christian Academy in Mahopac—where

my daughter goes to school—and asked

for prepackaged snack donations and for

the kids to make personalized cards for the

NICU nurses at Maria Fareri Children’s

Hospital at Westchester Medical Center,”

she said. “I arranged a drop-o time in the

parking lots of both schools and we collect-

ed some beautiful cards and a lot of snacks

for the nurses.”

Degl dropped everything o outside the

hospital lobby last week and waited safely

in her car while a few nurses came out to

grab the donations.

In a text to Degl, the nurses wrote, “ e

sta is so excited.It has really lifted our day!

e cards and the snacks (fabulous blend of

healthy and sugary) are such a boost!”

“It’s wonderful how two di erent small

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Keeping in shape—both mind and body—during the pandemic

Fitness studio uses technology to stay a oat

BY BOB DUMAS classes through Zoom. When the Lauren Cascioli and Tina Millicker and Millicker use Zoom’s gal- PHOTOS COURTESY OF UNITE 4 FITNESS
EDITOR governor’s order came down that lery option so they can see all the
we would have to close, we were reach out to the club and receive participants on their computer can hear the music nice and clear.
Running a business during a ready to go. I wanted a seamless the info as well. screens. I just pretend like they are in here
pandemic is an unprecedented change for my clients so they with me. [Cascioli and I] are both
challenge, but Lauren Cascioli wouldn’t miss out and make it “ ey can take as many classes “It took a while getting used to trained dancers so we know how
and Tina Millicker have found a as normal as we could and give they want per day,” Cascioli said. it,” said Millicker. “We chat and to perform. You can feel down
way to do it and no one is happier them the help that they needed “It keeps them active and going we can all see each other. ey
about it than their clients. to get through it all.” so they are not bored.” SEE FITNESS PAGE 6

Cascioli and Millicker own Cascioli notes that exercise is When leading a class, Cascioli
Unite 4 Fitness on Route 6 in a true stress-reliever, something
Mahopac and thanks to some sorely needed during the quar-
21st century technology, most antine.
notably Zoom, the business is
alive and well. “It builds endorphins and
brings oxygen into the blood-
“It’s incredible because without stream to help with immunity,”
it I would have gone nuts a long she said. “We wanted them to
time ago,” said Regina Maresca, have that and for our own sanity
who has been a Unite 4 Fitness as well.”
member for about a year. “When
you have a bad day, it’s what you e Unite 4 Fitness sta is
need. I do it just about every day, more than just Cascioli and Mil-
two or three classes a day. ey’ve licker. Some of the instructors
gone above and beyond to keep run their classes from their own
us all connected.” homes, while others come into
the studio to lead the workouts.
Cascioli calls Unite 4 Fitness “a
boutique tness studio that spe- “It depends on their internet
cializes in group tness classes” [service] and how comfortable
that are primarily for women, they are [doing it from home],”
and features Pilates, cardio, some Cascioli said.
lifting.
Cascioli said the Unite 4 Fit-
“We couldn’t hold classes [in ness monthly plan members are
person], but we had a backup sent an email with the schedule
plan,” she said. “We set up virtual of classes along with a Zoom
password. But new members can

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FITNESS Maresca. What the client sees during a United 4 Fitness Zoom workout PHOTOS COURTESY OF UNITED 4 FITNESS
Millicker said it’s a challenge
FROM PAGE 4 said. “It’s keeping our business years and been at their Route 6 energy that they put into this in
going into the studio with no one a oat, thank God.” location for about three and a addition to them having families
but as soon as we start, the energy actually there. half. eir clients hope it will be and having to be there for them
comes back. We are a nice, close Millicker and Cascioli have for many more. as well,” Maresca said. “We love
group of people.” “It can be hard to turn on that been business partners for six those guys and can’t wait to see
switch— it’s a di erent energy,” “We are just so grateful to them in person when this passes.
Cascioli agrees. e social as- she said. “You have to put your- them for all the e ort, time and
pects of the classes are just as self in a state of mind that they
important as the health bene ts are in that room with you at that
during the shutdown. moment. ey say they can really
feel the energy through the screen,
“It is extremely hard, but we and they are appreciative of what
talk to everyone and have a so- we are doing.
cial connection with our gym
friends,” Cascioli said. “It’s im- “We are a big family for tness,
portant. Sometimes they bring and we try to provide helping
their pets to the camera; some hands for everyone. We’ve had cli-
come on 15 minutes earlier to ents go through cancer; [clients’]
hang out and talk, but once the kids getting married; one had a
music starts and we are teaching, grandchild. We can still o er sup-
it is serious. I make a heart [sign] port for that kind of thing.”
with my hands on screen— a lit-
tle shout-out. We can’t slap high Millicker said about 80 percent
of the studio’s clients are taking
ves, so I give a slap to the screen. the Zoom classes. And like a
It’s kind of cool. You are still get- pizza parlor or deli doing take-
ting that interaction.” out to stay in business, the Zoom
classes are keeping Unite 4 Fit-
Occasionally the socializing ness a oat.
goes beyond just working out.
“We are not corporately owned
“Sometimes we have a wine and but our clients are dedicated and
cheese party and talk like we were want to be here every day,” she
in the same room together,” said

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Women serving Coronavirus:
on the front lines Into the liminal

Janelle delivers you get there, she insists By now, we are
prescriptions for her well into the
busy neighborhood HERE on putting the bags in second phase of solidly into a new exis-
pharmacy, working AND the trunk and asks you weathering this pan- LIFE, tential and spiritual re-
two hours in the morning NOW! to stand to the side. I demic. In the begin- HEALTH, ality. e Biblical ood
and two hours in the late asked her about the line ning, as things began POLITICS lasted 40 days. Moses
afternoon. She straps her BERNIE changing quickly was on Mount Sinai
baby to her chest, tucks a of people in front of the MARA for 40 days, which was
bottle into her coat pocket, KOSBERG store. SCHIFFREN the time necessary to
and ventures out to make some tips.
“ e kid’s a money maker,” she says “ e last few days have
with a smile.
Her husband, a short-order cook, was been rough,” she said. around us, everything convert the people of
laid o and is at his mother’s house in
Yonkers recovering from the virus. “Yes- “We’re short on sta ; no one wants to felt super intense. Israel from slaves in
terday, I delivered an asthma medication
to a mother about my age, for one of her work the register.” Hunker down in your house with Egypt to servants of God. According to
kids,” Janelle said. “It was supposed to be
COD, but she was $32 short. I just gave Dee checks in early; puts on her uni- enough food, water and equipment to Jewish thinkers, “ e number 40 repre-
her the meds and told her not to worry.”
Fanny is a mail carrier and likes know- form, grabs a fresh mask and gloves from last for weeks if necessary! sents transition or change; the concept of
ing that people depend on her. Six days
a week, she drives her beat-up Dodge the box on the counter and listens to the Watch the news for hours every single renewal; a new beginning. e number
Caravan and has 256 rural mailboxes to
ll and a load of Amazon and Walmart updates from her patrol sergeant. She day! 40 has the power to lift a spiritual state.”
packages to deliver.
“I’m slight,” she says, “so some of the then gets into her patrol car and spends Stare xedly at the maps as cases of ose 40 days are the period of limin-
heavier boxes really put me to the test.
I’ve got my kids and mother at home, so the rst 10 minutes of her shift spraying illness approach closer and closer into ality as you shed one reality but have not
I’m really nervous. I always wear a mask
and gloves, but when that door opens, Lysol on everything she could possibly the safe zone around Mahopac! yet moved fully into the next one and it
you don’t really know who you’re dealing
with.” touch. Check the number of sick and the is over 40 days now since the pandemic
Patricia has been the trusted manager
of a local funeral home for the past 12 “Unless someone’s ying or reck- number of those dying! began and our reality shifted. Enough
years. e increasing regularity of drug
overdoses shocked and dismayed her; less,” she says, “I’ll let ’em go by. I’m not Knowledge is power! time for us to have become habituated—
now, it’s the sudden onslaught of the
virus. stopping a car for a minor violation and And with our minds awhirl, it felt im- to a certain extent—to the non-normal
“I shouldn’t come into the o ce—the
owner doesn’t—but the families who’ve risk getting me or my family sick. Life- portant to hang onto every bit of news. becoming the new normal. No wonder
lost someone usually live close by and
need to talk. We’re coping, but if things threatening incidents or emergencies, I’m As if following it all in detail would that the hyperintensity of the initial days
open up too quickly it could turn to
chaos. We will only arrange a small on my way… Spousal abuse is way up. provide some kind of safe haven against has leeched away.
graveside service. No visiting hours or
wakes, no chance for family or friends to Almost every night there’s some stressed- COVID-19. As though knowledge e liminal space has its advantages.
say goodbye. It hurts to watch.”
Carla is home from college and works out guy slapping around his wife.” might provide the right tactic to use to e territory here is unmapped, so much
the register and stocks shelves at a local
food market. If you email an order, she Mary is a middle-aged subway ght o the virus in the odd kind of about it is new. Newness spikes dopa-
shops for you, charges your credit card,
and calls you to come pick it up. When conductor for the MTA. Since the end battle space we were occupying. mine in the brain, it increases awareness

of February, she has been working the Now, however, the feelings of hyper- and attention, but in a slower, healthier

night shift so she can be home with her intensity have begun to subside as this way than the deluge of newness that

school-aged kids during the day. liminal space – the space in between was occurring initially. Di erent skills

“I’m seeing it all,” she said. “Lots of normalcy and disaster – has come to be are required from us to navigate through

scared people heading to jobs nobody the space we are all inhabiting. this space.

else wants. ese are tough times.” e liminal is de ned as something We can use this time to achieve a

Regina, shelved from her telemarket- intermediate, between two states, condi- pivot with purpose.

ing “gig job,” now volunteers at a local tions or regions, something transitional And because of the new reality—that

soup kitchen that was recently set up or indeterminate. Webster further states clashes with the old, mundane one we

near her home. “relating to or situated at a sensory all took for granted as something that

“On an average day, we serve between threshold.” We have all been at this was immutable—and the new skills we

220 to 240 people, mostly families,” she transitional threshold for well over a must acquire or inhabit, the liminal can

says. “During the rst two weeks, we month now and it has been inchoate and acquire a spiritual edge to it as well, but

had about 30 volunteers. en we got a indeterminate for much of the time as only if we allow ourselves to move into

directive: Sixty-years-old or above, or if we wait for normalcy to resume. that direction.

you have an underlying condition, please In the science of habit formation, they My advice is to ght the negativ-

stay home. (I am 61, but kept my mouth say that 40 days is the key number of ity from descending. Work on keeping

shut.) Only 10 volunteers showed up days to repeat a habit in order to make your nervous system calm each day and

the next day, so we brie y shut down it your own. Similarly, in Kundalini keep yourself grounded by going out-

and reopened as a walk-up pantry. You Yoga, you practice for 40 days to ac- side among the trees and breathing in

move along a line as if you’re shopping. quire new habits. Christians fast for 40 the air around us which is fresher and

Anything’s that’s left, volunteers can take days during Lent to move into a more cleaner than it has been in decades upon

SEE KOSBERG PAGE 13 spiritual mindset. In the Hebrew Bible, decades. SEE SCHIFFREN PAGE 12
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LETTERS

We should all follow will pay for that, just don’t stay is trying to unite, but columnist timing of his criticism is where strongly support freedom of the
the same rules too long), and lastly, if you can Bernie Kosberg’s criticism was I have the problem, not that he press, as well as all our God-given
register the slightest fog in a mir- not helpful in anyway at this should be entirely banned from rights under the U.S. Constitu-

To the editor, ror go home. time. It was clearly divisive. He writing his column. tion. With these rights come

Regarding Kevin Wright’s First, Medicare does not pay for has had three years in which he As for my criticism regarding great responsibility, and the press

letter (“Budget assaults family custodial care, help in the shower, has criticized President Trump his column being published that should be honest and objective,

homecare rights,” April 16) pro- bathroom etc. Second, after 20 relentlessly, and God willing, he week to be deemed un–Ameri- not an agenda-driven press that

testing the new two-and-a-half- days Medicare will inform you will have four more years to con- can, implies I have less of a right pushes propaganda. As for my

year lookback on asset transfers that rehab is no longer needed, or tinue his tirade, even if most of to free speech than Bernie Kos- SEE LETTERS PAGE 13

for homebased Medicaid, why you haven’t participated robustly his opinions are not factual. e berg. I would further state, I

should someone with signi cant enough even though your too

assets not have to follow the same weak to even stand up. You can

rules as everyone else? Why is appeal this, but they are the judge

hiding your assets not cheating? and jury and you will lose.

e criteria for Medicaid eli- e sustainability and success

gibility is based on need, income of our government’s social pro-

and personal wealth. e new law grams will be its ability to recog-

may be unfortunate for lawyers nize true need.

who charge thousands to navi- Phil Garzillo HELP WANTED
gate Medicaid applications and Mahopac

children who are waiting on in- MANAGEMENT/
DISPATCHER
heritances, but the state must use Rights come with POSITIONS
its resources where they are most responsibility
needed. Mr. Wright declares,“Re-

member 80 percent of the rst

100 days of such skilled-care fa- To the editor,

cilities, if they are truly needed is is letter is in response to the • Full time jobs

already covered under Medicare letter written by Elaine Jacobs,

without regard to any look back.” as it appears obvious that she • Health benefits
“Truly needed” depends on is referring to my letter stating, • 401k plans

your point of view. Anyone with “Criticism of president shouldn’t

any experience knows that after be published now.” And perhaps • Paid holidays & Paid vacations
20 days in a nursing home you other letters as well. • Starting Salary $39,000
will be faced with four choices: I see we are in agreement that

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Grocery shopping in a pandemic

BY LAURA L. DELL young) to hold the bandana in place over to bring groceries up into the house. And Well, the oor had patches of white
GUEST WRITER the paper-y face mask—just to be safe. three garbage bags in the car: one to dis- oor tiles but no newspapers. And, if I had
pose of the gloves and mask upon leaving to follow the white tiles, I could get my
Ididn’t want to go food shopping But what about the eyes? I have clear the store and another large one for my fruit, but I would have to go “o the path”
today. Even in normal times, I try to shop glasses for working in the garage— ski mask and sweatshirt before enter- for my veggies. So, I asked some of the
avoid weekend shopping, remember- but no, they’re too hard to hook over my ing the car. e third one would be used produce workers what the guy meant by
ing how it was to be a working mom. already-full ears. My reading glasses? at home, where, after transferring the “white lines and newspapers.”When they
Can’t walk with them! Closed-on-the- groceries to the extra shopping bags (the stared at me blankly, I realized that I had
And I didn’t really need to go. Even sides sunglasses from when I had eye ones which had NOT been in the store), surely misunderheard the kid at the door.
though I was down to the frozen fruits surgery? Way too dark! Will have to go I would strip o all my clothing and tie it As it turned out, he had said, “Wipes
and veggies (and those going fast), I could bare-eyed. up in the garbage bag (and leave it in the and vinyl gloves on the newspapers”—the
limp along until Monday. But, then, Ryan garage) while I headed to the shower and stack of newspapers being just inside the
Seacrest said that California had com- en something for over the hair—my a change of clothes. door. Sigh.
pletely banned grocery store shopping! 60-year-old Girl Scout poncho with the Anyway. is is starting to remind me
Uh oh! very small face opening? Too hard to keep en, of course, I had to wash down all of my young, traveling, days, when we
the mask in place underneath. I nally the fresh fruits and veggies that had been made up jingles to remind each other to
I assumed that there might still be de- went with a winter ski mask that kept handled by heaven knows how many take our malaria pills, toeat only hard-
livery trucks from the stores, but a) I like the protective mask in place and covered people before me, gloved or not, sneezing boiled eggs to avoid salmonella, to wear
to choose my own fresh foods, and b) I my head but still left my eyes exposed. or not. closed shoes to avoid parasites from the
know how long it takes to get a pizza de- I didn’t think of my swim goggles until soil, to put Halazone in our water to
livered on a Friday night! And this could I was already on the road! Turned out At least I got to stand on one of those avoid dysentery, and to only eat pasteur-
lead to every home in the whole country I needed to keep putting my reading 6-foot-apart lines! e rst person was ized dairy products. We actually went into
needing all their groceries delivered every glasses on anyway while I shopped, so... so far from the entrance to the store that the restaurant kitchens to check the milk
few days, for who knows how long! I almost missed seeing the line! Oh, but containers!
Got the disposable gloves. (Left over I’m sure someone would have told me. And, of course, we would never leave
Well, I felt like God was kicking me from when my mom was in her last years. the country without our little yellow
out the door. I had to go! Not since D- She passed in 2008.) em an easy-to- When it was my turn, the kid guarding health booklet from the W.H.O., proving
Day has an expedition been so carefully wash sweatshirt, instead of my good the door, wearing a large face mask, said that we had gotten our immunizations
planned and executed. ski jacket, completed the ensemble of something I couldn’t understand through for smallpox (that’s a really ugly one),
outerwear. his mask and my ski hat. I thought he typhoid, diphtheria, tetanus, yellow fever,
First, there’s the mask. I have a couple said, “White lines! On the newspapers!” polio, hepatitis, cholera, tuberculosis,
left over from helping my daughter clean Now, just have to ready the shower near
out her house last year. I’m allergic to pet the garage for re-entry.Towel, washcloth, Now, I was expecting some kind of line SEE DELL PAGE 13
dander. en comes the bandana (with the my shampoo, body wash, and a change of INSIDE the store, keeping us all going
skulls on it... usually reserved for festivals- clothes in thedownstairs bathroom... check! in one direction, 6-feet apart, like Stew
where nobody knows me). en I had to Leonard’s. So, I looked for a path of white
Next, two sets of shopping bags in the lines and newspapers.
nd hair clips (from when my girls were car—one set for the store and the other

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Sock drawer treasure hunt SCHIFFREN

When we moved into an apart- pretty shoes and a handbag in every “I needed places to store all the quar- FROM PAGE 8
ment with no basement and color for every occasion. antine supplies,” I replied.
no attic and only four small Spring is the season of change,
So, one day while my husband was at “So, where are my pajamas?” as the old roots produce new
I thought for a minute. shoots ever so slowly. In the
closets, we realized there was no way we work, I commandeered his closet and “Try the bathtub!” I said cheerily. early springs, the change feels
He disappeared into the bathroom. incremental, way too slow. It,
were going to t a drawers and used “No pajamas. But I did nd my shoes.” too, is a liminal time, a time of
“Great! change, between the destruction
houseful of clothes in them to store all our “Still looking for the pajamas,” he said. of winter and the abundance
I shook my head. It was amazing this of summer. Symbolically, it is
a 1,000-square foot TRACY extra groceries. I man- man hadn’t divorced me years ago. a perfect match for the liminal
space. We managed aged to nd a new “Check the Pyrex drawer in the kitch- space-time we are inhabiting
BECKERMAN home for everything en,” I suggested. A moment went by. now.
to get rid of as much “No pajamas. But I found my socks,”
he said. “Where are the pajamas?” Our country has lived in a time
as we could with- and proudly stood I shook my head. I really had no clue. of disruption now since 9/11, not
But then, out of the corner of my eye, I always consciously. We have all
out having to join a surveying the excel- noticed the dog plunk down on his dog witnessed rst-hand the upsides
bed which looked suspiciously more to this and the downsides.
nudist colony, and lence of my work colorful than it had the day before. He
seemed delighted with his new bedding In the short term, in terms of
then we got a few of until it dawned on me and as I watched, he somehow managed the market and our way of life,
to work his way into one of my hus- COVID-19 has caused and will
those vacuum seal- that all my husband’s band’s pajama tops. continue to cause tremendous
“I found your pajamas,” I nally said upset and chaos.
able storage bags, sucked the life out of stu was tossed on the bed and now I had to my husband.
“Great!” he said. “Where are they?” e question that comes out
our clothes, and shoehorned all of our nowhere to store his things. “Let’s just say, the dog looks great in of this though is what will the
paisley.” upsides bring? For there will be
belongings into the small storage space Knowing I had to relocate his clothes many upsides.
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emergency, you must have chocolate). placed by pasta sauce, and there were

e good news was I felt we had what dozens of cans of black beans in the

we needed. e bad news was, we had drawer where his underwear had lived. It

nowhere to put it all. It soon became wasn’t just confusing. It was underwear

clear someone was going to have to give anarchy.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2020 OPINION MAHOPAC NEWS PAGE 13

KOSBERG LETTERS tion for the professional work from harm. As a community let’s tude to all of our rst responders
FROM PAGE 9
FROM PAGE 8 they do. all stand together to demonstrate and say thank you, especially at

home when we close. I get We also would like to express support and help for them, and this time, but always!
a chance to help, and I get a
chance to eat, every day.” duty as an American, many our condolences to agencies that each other, in every way we can. Kevin and Janice McConville

Women are serving on the years ago I actually took an oath have su ered the loss of one of We’d like to express our grati- Cold Spring
front lines of this deadly epi-
demic in record numbers, risking to defend the Constitution. its members. e loss of these WE MOVED!
their own wellbeing and that of
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In mid-March, as cities and for publishing my letter, even tire communities; a role model,
whole states began locking down
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bat the lethal spread of the novel
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who must be deemed essential To the editor, fallen ill and required quarantine.
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scarlet fever—because, without
them, we couldn’t get back into
the U.S.

So, we do what we have to do!
I am so grateful to have food, to,
hopefully, still be well, and I wish
the same for all of us. And I am
grateful to know that there are
people who went to school, and
studied, and prepared themselves
to be experts in dealing with this
very thing because the world has
been through this before many
times.We’re just a little spoiled
because our country has been so
diligent and our people so self-
disciplined, in past generations,
that we have been protected here
at home for a very long time.

So, do what you’re told! And
hang tough! Trust me—things
could be a whole lot worse.

Laura Dell has lived in Mahopac
for 71 years. She was born in
Mahopac Hospital, which is now
the o ces for the Mahopac School
District. She is graduate of the
MHS Class of ’66. She returned
home to teach in the Mahopac schools
in 1971 and taught over 4,000
students in various grades and
subjects until 2004 when she retired.

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Contact Us COVID point where he could no longer
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or email [email protected]. “ ey were treating her as
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though she had it, but she was til the crisis hit,” he said. “She’s

on a DNR (do not resuscitate),” been a long-term patient since

he said. February 2019 on Medicaid.

Like so many other families When I would visit her, I would

of coronavirus patients, Lillian’s always pretend it was the last

family was not allowed to see time I was going to see her.

her. e nursing home had es- “It’s been sucky for us, but I

tablished a strict no-visitor poli- am happy she lived until 90,” he
added. “I have friends who have Lillian Lehr
cy early in the pandemic.

“I hadn’t seen her since Febru- lost family members who were a

ary,” he said. “I didn’t even want lot younger.” York City boroughs, and o cials

to go near the place for fear of Lehr said the nursing home acknowledge that the real num-

what I might bring in.” sta is unsure of how Lillian bers are almost certainly higher.

Lehr said the nursing home caught the disease. Lehr said his mom was very

arranged for his sister to Face- “ e employees there are artistic, played bridge, bowled in

time with their mom, but all she checked and sent home,” he said. mixed leagues, and loved cross-

could see was Lillian sleeping “How did it get into the place? I word puzzles and word games.

and gasping for breath. don’t know.” She was a former volunteer and

“It’s a bum rap,” Lehr said New York State health of- o cer with the Association for

about having been unable to visit cials concede that 3,448 resi- the Help of the Mentally Hand-

his mother. “It’s the worst.” dents of nursing homes or adult- icapped in Co-op City.

Lehr said his sister lives in care facilities are known to have Lehr said that while he hasn’t

Eastchester and he has a brother died from the coronavirus, or had the opportunity to speak

in Beacon, but he had been Lil- nearly 25 percent of all deaths with administrators at the nurs-

lian’s primary caregiver for the in New York. More than 2,000 ing home, a nurse told him over

past 25 years until it got to the of the total are in the ve New the phone that the death certi -

cate lays out the cause of death

as “acute respiratory arrest due to

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“It’s frustrating,” Lehr said.

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James A. Dobbs OBITUARIES

(Gail); and his loving grand- bridge, bowled in mixed leagues, of Buses. 25 years as a cement mason for

James A. Dobbs of Mahopac children, Amanda, Shayne, Kyle, and loved crossword puzzles and Mario is survived by his Local 780 in the Bronx until his

passed away peacefully on April Kira, James, Hayden and Ella. He word games. She was a former wife, Linda, of 48 years and his retirement in 1992 and was a pa-

18 surrounded by his loving fam- was predeceased by his brother volunteer and o cer with the ve children: Dennis (Tracey), rishioner of St. Paul the Apostle

ily. and sister-in-law, David and Jo- Association for the Help of the Deanna (Michael) Kolodziejcuk, Church in Yonkers.

He was born on Aug. 29, 1937 sephine Dobbs, and is survived Mentally Handicapped in Co-op Sabrina ( omas) Ereditario, Survivors include his children,

in Peekskill, the son of Charles by his many loving nieces and City. Amanda and Nicholas; along Anthony and his wife, Lisa, of

and Helen (neé Kiley) Dobbs. nephews. Her brother, Philip, and sister, with his six grandchildren, Ga- Georgia; Dominick and his

Jim was a proud veteran of the In lieu of owers, please Sylvia Rosen, predeceased her. briella, Lindsey, Dennis Jr., and wife, Gina, of Hopewell Junc-

United States Army and served make memorial contributions in She is survived by two sons and a Mario Forte, and his little side- tion, N.Y.; and Christopher of

with the Army Security Agency. his name to Ducks Unlimited daughter, Randy of Beacon, N.Y.; kicks Samantha and TJ Eredi- Mahopac; and his grandchildren,

On March 18, 1962, he married (ducksgift.org). Corey (Cynthia) of Mahopac; tario. He is also survived by his Jessica, Dominick, Alyssa, Victo-

Carmela Laudato and they were Services for Mr. Dobbs will be and Terry Ferrara (Robert) of three sisters, brother, and brother ria, Emily, Julia, Jenna, Gabriella

blessed with four children. held privately. Eastchester, N.Y.; four grand- in law, as well as his nephews and and Rosa.

Jim was an avid hunter and Lillian Lehr children, Eric and Rachel Lehr, nieces. A Mass of Christian Burial
loved being outdoors. He espe-
and Nicole and John Ferrara, and Graveside services will be held was held privately for the fam-

cially loved to teach his grandkids numerous nieces and nephews. privately. ily followed by entombment at

how to hunt and y sh. Most of Lillian Lehr passed away at the Due to the health crisis, Lillian Dominick A. Ferncli Cemetery.
all, he loved family gatherings Paramount at Somers Rehabili- will be laid to rest in a private cer- Vaccarelli
where his wife, children/spouses tation & Nursing Center from emony at King David Cemetery Robert Shannon II
and grandchildren were all to- respiratory failure on April 21. in Putnam Valley. Funeral servic-

gether. She was 90 years old. es are being arranged by Cargain Dominick A. Vaccarelli, 84, a It is with great sadness we an-

Jim had a long career at IBM, Lillian was born in Brooklyn Funeral Homes, Inc., Mahopac. resident of Mahopac since 2017 nounce the passing of Robert

working in the architecture de- on Jan. 30, 1930 to Joseph and Mario J. Forte Jr. and previously of Yonkers, died Michael Shannon II on April 11.
partment for 35 years before his Sarah Patiky and attended Pros-
on March 17 at home. Robert Michael Shannon II,

retirement when he was able to pect Heights High School. On Born July 25, 1935 in the “Robbie,” was born Jan. 27, 1971

pursue his passion. After retir- Jan. 9, 1949, she married her high Mario Joseph Forte Jr, 68, Bronx, Dominick was the son to Robert and Barbara (Chris-

ing Jim took a job at Orvis San- school sweetheart, Herman Lehr, passed away on April 14 due to of Anthony and Alice (Mazzari) tian) Shannon. He graduated

danona in Millbrook, N.Y. where and they remained together over complications from COVID-19. Vaccarelli. from Carmel High School in

every day working was like a va- 57 years until his death on July Mario was born on Aug. Dominick married the love of 1989. Robbie worked at Wat-

cation as he took clients on bird 19, 2006. 4,1951 in the Bronx to Mario his life, Rosemarie Vendura, on son Pharmaceuticals from 1992

hunts and taught shooting. For most of her life, Lillian was J. Forte Sr. and Irene Loscalzo April 5, 1959 in the Bronx. She to 2009 where he saved the life

James is survived by his wife, a devoted wife and homemaker, Forte. He resided in Mahopac for predeceased him on Jan. 25, 2014. of a choking employee with the

Carmela; his daughters, Eliza- raising her children and tending the past 36 years with his family. Dominick proudly served our Heimlich maneuver.

beth George (Douglas) and Me- to the special needs of her oldest Mario worked for MABSTOA country in the United States Born into the re service, he

lissa Biolchini (Peter); his sons, son, Randy. in New York City as a general su- Army as a paratrooper between SEE OBITUARIES PAGE 18

James ( Jeanne) and Matthew Lillian was very artistic, played perintendent for the Department 1954 and 1956. He worked for

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OBITUARIES Additionally, Robbie was a dren, Jeremy, James and Mor- to Catherine (De Maio) and Arlene Censi
proud veteran of the United gan Shannon; his godmother, Alfonso Gaudio was raised in
FROM PAGE 17

States Navy where he served Jackie Christian; Aunt Bette Manhattan. Early in Gabriel’s, Arlene Censi of Mahopac

was a third-generation chief of as a Seabee. Robbie’s life was Gademan; cousins, Billy, Liz, career, he worked as a projec- passed away April 8 at the age of

the Lake Carmel Fire Depart- anchored in service to others and Chris Gademan, William, tionist at Universal Studios 77.

ment and a life member. He and he was proud to serve his Kevin, John Forbes, and Missy previewing movies to all the She was born in Waterbury,

served as corresponding secre- country and community. An (Forbes) Hefele; his mother- stars. He later worked for Gen- Conn. on Aug. 31, 1942, the

tary for the Lake Carmel Fire avid Jeep guy, he could often be and father-in-law, Lis and PJ eral Motors in Tarrytown, N.Y. daughter of Walter J. and Julia

Department Board of Directors. found cursing in his driveway Ryan; sisters-in-law, Jess, Bri- where he retired as an electri- (Okarma) Ferine.

He also served on various other surrounded by parts. anna and Alyssa Ryan; and cian after 48 years. In 1954, he Arlene had an infectious laugh

committees’ including the Fire On Oct. 11, 2014, he mar- brother-in-law Mike Ryan; his wed Josephine Osso and they that endeared her to all she knew

Safety Committee where he ried the love of his life and best “brother from another mother,” were married for 61 years before and loved. She enjoyed photog-

taught countless children about friend, Crissy, on the shores of Ed Schae er Jr.; and the best Josephine passed away in 2015. raphy, loved Elvis Presley and

re safety and to “learn not to Lake Carmel. Together, they boys ever, Jax and Dallas. He is survived by his three country music and was addicted

burn.” Robbie was looked to for knew more love and laughter Private arrangements have loving children, Catherine to QVC!

answers and guidance by young in a few years than most know been made with plans for a (Gaudio) Di Gioia, Suzanne On June 6, 1992 she married

and old members alike, helping in a lifetime. Robbie touched larger memorial at a later date. Gaudio and Gabriel C. Gau- Vincent Censi in Mahopac. She

to mold and train volunteer rst the lives of countless people In lieu of owers please send dio (Cathy). He moved from and Vincent, were members of

responders for over three de- through his work, volunteerism donations to the Lake Carmel the Bronx to Mahopac in 1965 the Westchester Model A Club.

cades. and community involvement. Fire Department, 851 Route where he resided until he passed In addition to Vincent, she is

A public servant through and His “tell it like it is” persona and 52, Carmel, NY 10512. away. He is also survived by four survived by her daughters, Ar-

through, Robbie worked as a willingness to help wherever he grandchildren, Danielle (Rich), lette Kelly and Darcy Kiley;
Philip (Alaina), Cathy (Chris), stepdaughter, Deanna Lasar; and
Gabriel F. GaudioPutnam County 911 dispatcher could, won many hearts. Today,
from 2009 forward. Dispatcher those hearts are broken at the Julie (Mat) and six great grand- her grandchildren, Mark, Sydney,

427 was often the rst voice you loss of a one-of-a-kind man, Gabriel F. Gaudioof Ma- children, Connor, Joseph, Leo, Alex, Eric, Jessica, Krystin, Ryan

heard when calling for help and, never to be replaced. hopac passed away at the age of Gabriella, Chelsea and Luca. and Dennis. She was predeceased

just as often, he was the man He was preceded in death 87 on April 7. He su ered from He is also survived by his nieces by her son, Kevin.

showing up to render lifesaving by his parents, Robert and a long-time bout of Parkinson’s and nephews. He enjoyed be- Private entombment took

CPR or stretch a hose line to a Barbara, and is survived by his disease. ing with his family and friends place at Rose Hills Memorial

burning home. loving wife, Crissy; his chil- He was born in the Bronx and he was loved by all. Park in Putnam Valley.

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Mahopac college students recognized

Giacomo Mongiello of Mahopac Regional Competition since 1998. to coordinate SUNY Delhi students student must be a freshman, sopho-
was one of nine students who volun- Every year, middle schools from the as volunteers to better work with the more or junior with a grade-point av-
teered for the annual MathCounts Ithaca, Syracuse, and Binghamton visiting children, coaches, and par- erage of 3.9 or higher.
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Mongiello is pursuing a degree in thusiasm to participate in multiple Monahan is majoring sociology.
business administration at the college. rounds of math questions in algebra, --- SUNY Oneonta is a public, four-
spatial and quantitative reasoning. Dylan Monahan of Mahopac was year college in Central New York, en-
MathCounts is a national pro- When associate professor of math- one of 218 students who received the rolling about 6,000 students in a wide
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Interacting with grandkids separated by quarantine

Dear Dr. Linda, both decide on says, “I went grandchildren.
I haven’t been with my grandchildren Use your old Mad Libs and have your
an ending. to the store
for a month now. at may not be that grandchildren ll in the parts of speech
long a time for others, but I usually see For little and bought and then you read it back to them. Kids
them once or twice a week. In addition love Mad Libs today as much as they did
to not being able to hug and kiss them, ones, make up an apple and years ago.
they don’t seem to have time to talk to me.
Either they’re doing school work, watching a story togeth- a baseball and Do a crossword puzzle together.
a movie, playing video games or what have Sing a song together.
you. I realize that when I’m with them, er. ey begin, candy and a Play Simon Says together.Take turns
they’re doing the same things, but I’m with being the leader.
them. What are other grandparents doing saying only dinosaur.” is For little ones, play Animal Charades.
so that they can keep that closeness? Take turns acting out di erent animals.
ve words. continues up Use your creativity to adapt traditional
Nana in-person games to action online. Many
Dear Nana, You then say to the letter cards games, from Go Fish to contract
bridge are available for multiple players in
If you were close before we all had to the next ve “z.” Of course, di erent places.
isolate, you’re still close. You’re thinking And, as you said, remember that there
about them because you’re the grandma words. Con- it breaks down are many grandparents who don’t see their
and have more time on your hands. ey’re grandchildren more than once or twice
not necessarily thinking of you because tinue until you at some point, a year. In the end, you may nd that you
they’re busy with other things. But you’re actually spend more quality time with your
still their grandma. have a whole but kids love it. grandchildren!
Have fun,
To connect with them during this di cult story. At some point For little ones, show
time, here’s a few ideas that not only will Dr. Linda
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THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2020 Sports MAHOPAC NEWS PAGE 21
Andy He
TRACK AND FIELD

Athletes prioritize health,
miss teammates

BY SKIP PEARLMAN cerned. Some are even concerned about ling, Haven Wittmann, Ilia
CONTRIBUTING WRITER the fall season. At this point, it’s hard to Arcery, Yvonne Fu, Angjela
see a way of getting back, and keeping Lika, and April Heady.
Little by little, the spring school and everyone safe.
sports season is being taken down, one Fu summed up several
piece at a time. “And that’s a hard thing,” Miele add- teammates’ thoughts: “ e
ed. “ ese are such great kids; they’ve most important lesson that
On Monday, the NYSPHSAA an- worked their backsides o . When this I’ve learned through this ex-
nounced that all spring state tourna- is over, kids are going to appreciate all perience is to appreciate ev-
ments have been canceled. Each sec- these things—being around friends, be- ery little thing you have,” Fu
tion will determine its own fate as far ing in class. High school is the greatest said. “Family, friends, class-
as a spring season, with sections 8 and time ever for kids—prom, Senior Night, es, the ability to participate
11 having already shut down all spring etc. You can ‘Zoom’ or whatever, but it’s in extracurricular activities.
events. still not the same.”
ey say you only appreci-
e idea of reaching the state tourna- Miele said adults and students are ate it when you lose it— Yvonne Fu
ment was probably the most realistic for learning during this health crisis. and that’s true. If our lives
the softball team—with a amethrower ever return to normal, remem-
named Shannon Becker. But realistical- “We’re in a situation where everyone ber to notice the little things in
ly, every Indians student-athlete is sim- is learning some valuable lessons,” Miele life and never take anything for
ply hoping to even see a school, a eld, said. “Not to take anything for granted, granted.”
a gymnasium—or even their friends— no matter how old you are. I think we
this spring. have more of an appreciation for what ose daily moments are what
we had. Hopefully we’ll learn… families seniors are all missing.
“I think probably the last thing on are getting together for dinner, being to-
people’s minds is a state championship gether.” “ e hardest part of this situa-
tournament,” said Mahopac Athletic tion is not being able to have the
Director Frank Miele. “We’re hoping to Seniors on Mahopac’s spring boys same senior year experience as past
get our kids back on the eld for a game, and girls track and eld teams, along students,” Copeland said. “ e
with coaches, teachers and just about feeling that we are missing out on
ve games, 10 games. e hope is just to all of their classmates, are learning new special moments and events.”
get the kids on the eld.” lessons, and nding out how much they
miss each other—and the things they Wittmann said some experi-
Time for a return to school is quickly used to take for granted. ences can’t be replaced.
running out, but no one wants to pull
the plug until there’s no choice. “I was grateful before, but this situ- “I’d be beyond disappointed if
ation has made me realize that there everything is canceled,” she said.
“No one wants to put a stamp on this; are tons of little things in our everyday “I became a di erent, more outgo-
that the season is over,” Miele said. “Our routines that we subconsciously take ing person over the last four years.
kids have done an unbelievable job of for granted,” said Emma Ranaghan, I tried new things even if they were
staying engaged online doing school- a sprinter. “My main takeaway is that scary for me. I’ll probably miss my
work. is is something we’ve never seen, nothing is guaranteed, and it’s impor- graduation the most. at would be
and everyone has been as positive as can tant to come together as a community the last time to see all of my friends,
be. Still working out, keeping hope. But during hard times like this to support have my cap and gown, cords to rep-
as each day goes by, everyone is con- resent the clubs I’ve joined. It’s the
each other.” time where everyone knows it’s prob-
Ranaghan is one of ably the last time you’ll see your high
school friends and those you’ve grown
nine seniors on second- up with. It’s an experience that I will
year coach Kelley Posch’s
girls team. ey include SEE TRACK PAGE 22
Ava Copeland, Fiona
Sheeran, Violet Haber-

AJ Golebiowski Emma Ranaghan Fiona Sheeran

FILE/CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS

PAGE 22 MAHOPAC NEWS SPORTS THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2020

Ava Copeland TRACK squandered some of the time I’ve spent with people. Being
quarantined has also led me to be more introspective and ap-
FROM PAGE 21 preciate life more as a whole.”

miss, I want a chance to say goodbye and take pictures e opportunity to build relationships is something many
seniors talked about.
of those I’ve made memories with.”
“If the season were to be canceled today, the one thing I’ll
Many of the seniors have also gained a new appre- miss the most is the friendships that we build in practice,”said
Haley He, second-year sprinter. “Each day we encourage each
ciation for health care workers. other and work hard in practice. We would always give 100
percent.”
“I’m starting to appreciate the people working in
“I feel like everyone is looking at the world di erently now,”
the hospitals and rst responders more than I have Andy He added.“ is whole situation has de nitely impacted
everyone.”
in the past,” Sheeran said. “While I’ve always appre-
Smith said he’ll miss teammates.
ciated them, seeing the pictures and videos of what “I’m most disappointed missing the season with my friends,”
he said. “ e hardest part is not being able to enjoy what I
they are going through on a daily basis has helped have left of my senior year—it will feel like there’s no closure.”
McMahon, a four-year miler and relay runner, summed up
open my eyes to the reality of the situation.” a bigger perspective.
“ ough I’m optimistic about getting an opportunity to
Posch said that what students are missing out on compete this spring, this is still a bigger issue than sports,” he
said. “Obviously I’d rather be out on the track right now with
is a big deal. my teammates and coaches, but losing that chance shouldn’t
be, and isn’t, my main concern. I’m more concerned about the
“I think the biggest thing they’re missing is the health and safety of our community and world as a whole as
we endure this unfortunately di cult and trying situation
joy of every day interaction,“ she said. “At practice, together. Once we ensure the health and safety of everyone,
we can get back to enjoying the wonderful experiences and
in the hallway… I think those little moments are memories that sports bring to our lives and never take those
times for granted again.”
something we’ll have a better appreciation for. Golebiowski, like many, often recall that nal day of prac-
tice.
It’s not fair for them to miss these milestone ac- “ e hardest part of all this is not being able to say good-
bye,” he said. “On the last day of practice, I had no idea that I
complishments, but they’ll look back one day and could be saying goodbye to the sport I love.
“And I de nitely took going out to eat, seeing my friends
it won’t hurt so much. It’s heartbreaking that so every day, for granted,” Golebiowski added. “I’ll de nitely be
appreciating every moment like that in the future.”
many moments will be lost, and already have When asked about their own idea of how that “perfect” se-
nior season might go, the answers were no surprise—lots of
been lost. laughs, hearing their teammates and coaches cheer them on,
wins, trophies, medals, and health.
“But they’ve left their mark on the program,” “My perfect senior season would be one where I was able
to have tons of laughs with the team, break my personal bests,
Matthew McMahon Posch added. “ ey all contributed to a huge and leave the team knowing I had a positive impact along with
culture change that will be their legacy, even if the other senior captains,” Ranaghan said. “I’d be super grate-
ful for any form of a season right now.”
we don’t have this spring. is is a great group - on “Have more bus-ride adventures,” Wittmann said. “Have
another rainy meet at Arlington High School, cheer my
and o the track.”
teammates and friends
Vin Collins and his boys team also had high hopes on, hear Coach Collins
give the sprinters our
for a good season, with 11 seniors, including Nick workout, and say ‘Bye-
Bye Katy Out the Back
Ahearn, Connor Atton, Chris Evangelista, AJ Gole- Door.’ I wanted to em-
brace our new coach as
biowski, Seth Gunzburg, Andy He, Haley He, Tyler a part of our team and
learn as much as we
Levitz, Miles McDermott, Matthew McMahon, and could with the time we
had left.”
Dylan Smith.
e thought of los-
“Most of them have been with us four years,” Collins ing the rest of the
school year leaves
said. “ ey were looking forward to this year, their last some students feeling
like a story without an
go-round. I think they were primed and ready to go, and ending.

there was a lot of enthusiasm. “I feel like I am
missing an ending to
“I think what they miss most is not being with their a chapter in my life,”
Evangelista said. “I
teammates, with friends,” Collins added. “I think that’s feel like I’m missing
the nality of a part
big. ey always talk about how big team is to them, I of my life.”

think they miss the camaraderie, the practices, being with

each other. ey consider the team to be a second family.”

Evangelista, a four-year varsity sprinter, echoed Collins’

point. “ e hardest part about the situation is the lack of

human connection,”Evangelista said.“Whether it be school

or the track team.

“And I’m developing a newfound appreciation for people

in general,” Evangelista added. “ e more time I

spend in quarantine, the more I realize that I’ve

Chris Evangelista Haven Wittmann Haley He

FILE/CONTRIBUTED
PHOTOS

THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2020 SPORTS MAHOPAC NEWS PAGE 23
Chloe Lee
Gymnasts earn post-season honors

Castrataro, Giannetta, Graap Lee named All-Americans

Mahopac gymnasts are used to balanc- to be 90 or above. were also named All-Americans by the Na-
ing, so it should come as no surprise that ey also scored high marks on the mat, tional High School Gymnastics Association.
the teenagers were able to excel both
academically and athletically this winter. with seven gymnasts earning All-League Lastly, Lee received the Section One
honors: Jamison Castrataro, Nicole Gi- Scholar Gymnast Award, which recognizes
As a result of their hard work in the annetta, Lia Graap, Kaylie Ann Hammond, Section One senior gymnasts who excel in
classroom, the Mahopac gymnastics Juliette LeBlanc, Chloe Lee, and Rachel academics, athletics and community.
team was named a Scholar-Athlete Romero.
team by the New York State Public
High School Athletic Association. Four more were named All Section:
Castrataro, Giannetta, Graap, and Lee.
at means that the grade-point av-
erages for 75 percent of the Castrataro, Giannetta, Graap, and Lee

team’s roster averaged out

FILE PHOTOS/ Lia Graap Jamison Castrataro Nicole Giannetta
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Football schedules released
Opening night matchup pits DeMatteo vs. DeMatteo

BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER son and Tony’s grandson, also away from being a Class A school. a seven-game schedule, including FILE PHOTO/SKIP PEARLMAN
SPORTS EDITOR plays quarterback for Mahopac. It’s where we belong from an en- three non-league matchups.
rollment standpoint. I just think QB Anthony DeMatteo will return
e 2020 Section 1 varsity “Opening night always has a that’s great for the sport and for e move from Class AA, for Mahopac in 2020.
football schedules were released tremendous amount of juice to our kids.” however, means Mahopac is not
last week, bringing some much- it,” DeMatteo said. “ e players scheduled to play Carmel. But 2019 Record: 8-1
needed excitement to an other- are so red up to begin with. en But Mahopac is getting a rough DeMatteo thinks the two schools Points For: 327 (36.3 per
wise desolate sports landscape. you throw into the mix that you’re welcome into its new class, facing could still nd a way to meet. game)
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Whether those games will ac- cherry on top of the cake is the erhouses. Somers and John Jay, “Unless Carmel or Mahopac game)
tually be played is anybody’s guess. dynamic between our family.” the Indians’ rst two opponents, are in the sectional nals, we will Mascot: Unknown
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But if the virus subsides,schools e matchup was made pos- and were both semi nalists in the “ at game is happening.”
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Delight the senses and keep the little hands minds busy with homemade lollipops. ey
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Lollipops Directions: spreading very quickly to a thin disc. Once the
In a heavy saucepan over medium heat, bring candy is ready, quickly drop from the tip of a
Makes about 12 the sugar, corn syrup and water to a boil, stirring large spoon onto the prepared baking sheet,
until the sugar dissolves and the mixture making certain the drops are round.
Ingredients: begins to boil. Cover and cook 2 to 3 minutes to Press a lollipop stick into the edge of each
2 cups granulated sugar dissolve the sugar crystals on the sides of the lollipop before it hardens. If desired, spoon a
2/3 cup light (white) corn syrup pan. Remove the lid. Cook, without stirring, to little more of the candy on top of the stick to
1 cup water the hard crack stage (300 F). cover. Press any decorations into the lollipop at
1/2 teaspoon food coloring of choice Remove from the heat. Quickly add the coloring the same time.
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2 large baking sheets amount onto the prepared baking sheet. It
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Candy thermometer
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