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Art Against Abuse Bienvenidos to new
foreign language
program at PQ
BY SAE KIM
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
PHOTO: SARAH BUSSINGER Teachers at Pequenakonck Elementary School are
nding new ways to incorporate foreign language into
Students from Lynn Colwell’s sixth grade English class shared their poetry on friendship at Art Against Abuse, an curriculum with the hopes of fostering a lifelong love of
annual event held in memory of Elizabeth Butler, the 17-year-old North Salem High School senior brutally raped learning and a foundation for more advanced education
and murdered in 2005 near the Croton Falls Train Station by an ex-boyfriend who had been stalking her. Each year, in later years.
students in grades 9-12 create the artwork during the month of February, which is Teen Dating Violence Awareness
Month. See more on page 3. e PQ Foreign Language in the Elementary School
(FLES) teachers—Christine Contreras for K-2 and Lil-
iana Nosaci for grades 3-5—presented the school’s new
foreign language program to the Board of Education at
a recent board meeting.
e program’s goal is to introduce and develop the
communication skills of the Spanish language and to
build an appreciation of the many cultures of the Span-
ish-speaking world.
Currently, the K-2 students are receiving Spanish in-
struction two days, out of a six-day cycle, for 40 minutes.
e grade 3-5 students are receiving Spanish one day,
SEE LANGUAGE PAGE 16
Democrats, Republicans endorse local candidates
BY JODI WEINBERGER run uncontested for his seat while the others campaign every vote to be counted. In the end Hlushko came out
EDITOR for residents’ votes. 120 votes ahead of Morin for the one-year unexpired term.
Local politicians are gearing up for big races for town For town clerk, incumbent Maria Hlushko, a Repub- Both have been endorsed by their respective parties
clerk, town justice and council come November. lican, will face o against Democrat Billy Morin, who and will run again for the full four-year term this year.
narrowly lost his bid for clerk last year.
Supervisor Warren Lucas, a Republican, will likely SEE SLATE PAGE 2
e race was so close that the pair waited for weeks for
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Artworks on display
Each year, students in Grades 9-12 create artwork with themes that speak against dating violence in honor of Elizabeth Butler. Butler’s mother, Patti, created the event
as a way to raise abuse awareness among students. e event serves as the cornerstone project of the Elizabeth G. Butler Angel Foundation.
At the Hammond Museum on March 1, students showed o their work and honored art teacher Lauren Svendsen, who died May 15, 2018, when a tree fell on her
car during a powerful storm in New Fair eld, Conn. See more photos from the event on pages 12-13.
Michael
Lulaj
Madeline
Wagner
Issy
Guzman
Gigi Leidich
Cullen
Smith
Karla
Salguero
PHOTOS COURTESY OF JAN MALIN
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Lucas weighs in on county plan to increase sales tax
BY TOM BARTLEY the county’s next-best revenue source, the sales tax. Cur- as a Republican, had misgivings about supporting a tax
CONTRIBUTING WRITER rently 7.375 percent everywhere but in Westchester’s increase, the supervisor did not hesitate. “No,” he said,
four largest cities, it would go to 8.375—$8.38 for every explaining how the town relies on sales tax revenue to
When County Executive George Latimer unveiled $100 of shopping—under the county exec’s plan. fund as much as 10 percent of its annual budget.
plans last month to increase the sales tax shoppers pay
in Westchester, he invited local elected o cials to join To sweeten the deal for owners of real property—re- “Any Republican out there that has a problem with
him—metaphorically, anyway—in a bipartisan leap member, their federal deduction was abruptly capped this [sales tax increase],” he continued in signature Lu-
onto this third rail of electoral politics. this year at $10,000—Latimer would freeze county cas style, “if they want to give the money back . . . we’ll
property taxes at their current level for the same two- split it with the other communities. I’m OK with that.”
Among the politicians of both parties anking Dem- year life span of the sales tax increase. e State Legis-
ocrat Latimer in White Plains that day, North Salem lature would have to take up any renewal of the increase And if Lucas had little problem outing Republican
Supervisor Warren Lucas, a Republican, certainly un- beyond two years. orthodoxy on tax hikes, he also had no hesitation dis-
derstood the shrewd tradeo embodied in Latimer’s missing the long-held contention of sales tax critics that
coupling of a penny-per-dollar hike in the sales tax with Latimer also pledged that local governments and the levy was “regressive,” disproportionately burdening
a freeze on county property tax rates. school districts would share in the six- gure windfall a those who can least a ord it. “It’s a consumption tax,”
sales tax increase is expected to generate. “You don’t have he said. “If you don’t want to buy the car . . . you don’t
Lucas after all was only weeks removed from hav- to vote for anything here,” Latimer told one municipal have to pay the tax.”
ing to breech the state’s seven-year-old restrictions on body on a visit to promote the plan. “You sit back, and
property-tax increases just to pay a soaring North Salem if this thing passes, you will get more sales tax money to By contrast, he said, the property tax a ords no
garbage bill. your revenue stream.” choice. “When I go ahead and I charge somebody in
their house an extra three or four hundred dollars who
So, he listened patiently at the Feb. 14 news confer- Increasing the shopping levy by just that one percent- absolutely can’t a ord it,” Lucas warned, “I wind up
ence while Latimer discussed what he calls the “West- age point would produce an estimated $140 million in owning their home at some point in time.”
chester County Property Taxpayers Protection Act.” new income, Latimer said. Of that, the county would
keep $98 million. But 41 local governments would share Lucas said that any rise North Salem received in sales
County government can no longer meet its growing $28 million and school districts another $14 million, a tax revenue would be used to o set future real estate tax
expenses with the revenue produced by property taxes, 70-20-10 percent split. increases.
Latimer argued. Accordingly, to close a revenue/spend-
ing gap running into the tens of millions of dollars, he Latimer is under no illusions when it comes to tax in- Latimer hopes the Legislature will authorize his sales
proposed not to raise county property taxes, already creases, once noting that “whenever you talk about taxes, tax hike in the upcoming state budget, due April 1.
among the nation’s highest, but to freeze them at cur- it’s the third rail. . . . Say the magic word and immedi- Asked at one municipal stop how he viewed the like-
rent levels for two years. ately the execution starts to run through your bones.” lihood of an OK from Albany, Latimer said, “I call it
55-45 we’ll get it: slightly more chance that we’ll get it
To close his budget gap, Latimer turned instead to Still, when a reporter asked Lucas, asking whether he, than not.”
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NS Soccer Club partners
with NYC Football Club
e North Salem Soccer Club and New York City Football Club have need-based scholarship opportunities.
formed a partnership that will provide NSSC players and their families special NYCFC is a member team of Major League Soccer, the highest level of
access to NYCFC players and games throughout the year, as well as fundrais- American soccer. e team formed in 2015 and plays home games at Yankee
ing opportunities for NSSC. Stadium in the Bronx.
“ e partnership with NYCFC will help us to continue to grow our pro- About North Salem Soccer Club
gram by providing NSSC coaches and players the opportunity to gain rst- e North Salem Soccer Club (NSSC) is a non-pro t corporation dedi-
hand exposure to professional soccer, through on- eld experiences on game cated to promoting soccer in the town of North Salem and the North Salem
days and the opportunity to participate in NYCFC events locally. We are ex- Central School District. e NSSC’s mission is to provide a safe and posi-
cited to be able to bring this opportunity to our members and their families,” tive opportunity for youth to enjoy and become enthusiastic about the game
said omas Bevan, president of the North Salem Soccer Club. of soccer, thereby fostering their social, emotional and athletic development.
NSSC players will have the opportunity to participate in on- eld experienc- e organization o ers training for children from kindergarten through 12th
es at NYCFC home games, such as warm-up watchers, high ve tunnel and grade.
post-match kick. roughout the season, NSSC member families will have About New York City Football Club
the opportunity to win tickets to NYCFC home matches as part of fundrais- New York City Football Club is an American professional soccer club based
ing e orts that will bene t NSSC. NYCFC will participate in NSSC events in New York City, New York, that competes in Major League Soccer, the
such as the annual Jessi-Ann Bettcher Jamboree held annually in October. highest level of American soccer, as a member of the league’s Eastern Confer-
Proceeds from all ticket sales for NYCFC games will help NSSC a non- ence. New York City began play in 2015, as the twentieth overall expansion
pro t, to provide equipment and professional training for all players, as well as team of the league.
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CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
out of your home.” “We sell decorative stu —that’s the ‘home’ part of our
In fact, Copia Home and Garden’s rst major event for name,” Jenn said. “We enjoy selling all these beautiful
If you pay a visit to Copia Home and Garden in South the spring season will be Chick Day, slated for Saturday, unique things for the home. It’s not just a nursey where
Salem, chances are you won’t go home with just a potted April 6. you are going to walk in and see all these plants in a row.
plant or a few packs of seeds, you’ll go home with a head “We’ll have an open forum and people can come and We try to create little garden vignettes that can give peo-
full of horticultural information that’s bound to make you ask their chicken questions and we’ll have experts who ple [decorating] ideas.”
a better gardener. will share their expertise,” Jenn said. Peter notes that Copia works with area garden clubs to
“We wanted to adopt a business model like the way e Ciprianos also hold an array of hands-on make- help spread horticulture information.
they do it in England. e garden centers there are very and-take workshops where attendees can create things “We work with a lot of garden clubs,”he said.“We’ll do
experiential,” said Jenn Cipriano, who co-owns Copia such as terrariums or a porch pot and take them home. an hour session on something like pruning, but we don’t
Home and Garden with her husband, Peter. “You can go For the spring, they’re planning a “get your garden go- always do it here [at the store], we will go there and show
to a garden center [in England] and almost spend the day ing” workshop as well as a “soil day,” where customers can them. We try to do a lot of community outreach and we
there, having tea and enjoying the beauty of plants. ere, bring in soil samples that will be tested for pH and quality. found it works best going through the local garden clubs.”
gardening is a way of life. It’s not just a chore or a part- “It will help them gure out what to do to be more Last year, Copia Home and Garden added the Smith
time hobby. at is what we want to be here. We don’t successful [in their lawns and gardens],” Jenn said. “It all & East Marketplace to the store, which is operated by
want to be a Home Depot or a Lowe’s.” begins in the soil. at is why we hold tight and true to Linda Richardson.
e Ciprianos opened Copia at 475 Smith Ridge Road using organics. We have eliminated a lot of the synthetic “We always wanted something like a local food market
in 2011. Both are horticulture graduates from Cornell chemicals and try to push good gardening practices, so where customers could come in a grab a great cup of cof-
University, which is where they met. Horticulture is in they won’t even need those remedies. It’s preventative fee or maybe some baked goods to take home and have it
their DNA. medicine.” all tie in with ingredients being locally sourced,” she said.
“One of my rst jobs as a teenager was in a garden Besides using organic products wherever possible, Peter “Linda sources great local food products. She has some
center and that’s how I fell in love with the profession,” says Copia tries to be environmentally conscious in the wonderful bakers that she uses, locally roasted co ees,
Jenn said.“Peter grew up in the business. His parents own way it does business. cheeses, breads—grab-and-go food items like sandwiches
a garden center on Long Island and after we graduated “We pay attention to where the products we sell come and salads. She also has a lot of great vegan and gluten-
Cornell, we assumed management of that. We had a lot from in order to lessen the carbon footprint as much as free options, too.”
of ideas and visions about the kind of garden center we we can,” he said. “We try to run a green greenhouse. It’s Copia’s hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to
wanted to have but we couldn’t really realize it there. So, not easy.” 6:00 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5
we found this place and moved up here. We were all in.” But gardening the organic way has always been a way p.m. Call 914-533-7242 to nd out more.
As part of their mission, Copia runs a series of work- of life for him.
shops and programs to help educate homeowners about “Peter’s family is from Italy
gardening and lawncare, but the Ciprianos also like to and they grew up on farms
work closely with walk-in customers to help solve any and they grew their own to-
horticultural problems they may have. matoes and made their own
“We give them one-on-one attention, of course there sauce,” Jenn explained. “His
are crazy days where we cannot, but we always hope to,” dad has been growing organic
Jenn said. “If they ask about a plant remedy, we try not to vegetables since he immigrat-
just point to something on the shelf. We ask them a lot of ed here. ey don’t know any
questions, rather than hand them a spray that may or may other way. And that goes way
not work. Our customers always come rst, and we want back way before the whole or-
to help them through everything.” ganic movement.”
A complete schedule of Copia’s workshops and events e Ciprianos like to Copia isn’t just
can be found on their website, including seed-starting point out that Copia Home for plants; they
classes, soil workshops and homesteading programs, such and Garden is not just about
as raising chickens and goats. plants, owers and veg- have plenty
etables. ey stock plenty of of decorative
“We have a Chick Day every year,” Jenn said. “We items that can help spruce up items for the
bring in baby chicks and try to educate people on keeping
home.
chickens. It’s part of that home-and-garden experience. homes, decks and patios just
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Happily Ever After
Above average Joe Choosing the right college
Every week- Dear Dr. Linda, and that’s where she went.
day morning
before work MAN My wife can’t pass We’re in a situation STRONG Today, she’s a science
I stop at the cof- OVERBOARD by a Dunkin’ Do- we never expected to be LEARNING teacher in a public school.
nuts without yelling, in. It’s a good one so I’m
“DUNKIN’ DO- ere is nothing wrong
fee cart in front of RICK NUTS!” Meaning not complaining, but DR. LINDA with being a science
our daughter has no idea SILBERT teacher, but did she need
my o ce building. MELÉN that she wants me to what she should do and an Ivy League school
e proprietor is a stop there but knows we’re not too sure either. to be hired? ere was
deft multi-tasker I will not, because Here’s the problem: another student who was
and pours me an she hasn’t nished She was accepted to all the colleges she accepted to MIT, but the parents couldn’t
excellent cup of java, nds two Sweet that huge cup from the last time we applied to. Plus, the private schools are a ord it, so he went to a state school. He’s
‘N Lows, adds a small amount of stopped. I think McDonald’s actually giving her nice-sized scholarships so we’re an engineer now in an outstanding rm.
milk and makes my change all while has great co ee. It’s not as hot as it ending up less money than we would pay Again, would he have been o ered a high-
discussing the merits and shortcom- used to be, because a lady sued Mc- for the state schools. Here’s the list: Boston er-level position if he had gone to MIT? I
ings of every member of a certain fty Donald’s and won $2.7 million back University, University of Vermont, Uni- don’t think so. e examples go on and on.
percent of the species that happens to in 1994 because she poured hot co ee versity of Rochester, American University, e particular college you go to or how
wander by. For my own part (I’m not onto her crotch and was hospitalized Stony Brook, Tufts, NYU and Bu alo. I you receive a degree should be considered
under oath or anything), I attempt to for eight days. I’ve never spilled hot know you don’t know her, but just curious in light of your longer-term goals. If you
educate him on the #MeToo move- co ee in my crotch but only because if you have a preference. want to be an attorney in a big rm on
ment, and discuss alternative body- it had never occurred to me, and for Abby Wall Street, the name of the schools you
positive imaging philosophies with that reason I haven’t worn white pants Dr. Abby, graduated from probably make a big dif-
him. since 1994. You certainly do have a good problem. ference. If you want to teach in a public
Who has the best co ee? Some On the weekend I make my own And since none of us has a crystal ball, it’s school, probably not so much.
say Starbucks. ere they don’t have co ee. To make things easier, I pur- hard to make a decision. But, for begin- So, how do you decide? It all boils down
counter people, they have “baristas,” chased an automatic co ee maker that ners, obviously she was also accepted to her to your values and goals. Here’s some
and that fancy name alone will cost grinds its own beans and then brews a “reach” schools. To some, once you’re ac- things to consider when making your
you about two extra dollars a cup. perfect cup of liquid bliss every time, cepted to your reach school, the decision is decision.
ey can serve you something called a at least according to the ad. When I made. To them, the higher level the school, • Where do you want to live for four
“Cloud Macchiato,” which is a co ee- bought this machine I gured that the more success in the future. In some years? Rural setting, urban setting, big city,
related substance with a “light, airy since it was automatic, it could go up cases, they’re right, but not always. little town?
‘cloud’ of cold milk foam, topped with into the mountains of Peru with Juan Years ago, I had a student who was given • What size school do you want to go
espresso shots and a caramel drizzle.” Valdez, on its own donkey, harvest the a full four-year scholarship to a top-tier to? 2,000, 4,000, 10,000, over 20, 000?
It sounds more like a weather forecast co ee beans and gure the rest out on school. But she wanted to go to a particular • Do you want to be in a school with a
than a cup of co ee, and just saying its own. But the co ee maker im- Ivy League school to which she was also great football team? Do you love school
the words “Cloud Macchiato” inside mediately began to push most of the accepted. e problem was that the latter spirit, or you could care less about that?
a Starbucks will cost you Fourbucks, SEE MELEN PAGE 10 had o ered no nancial help. However, she SEE DR. LINDA PAGE 10
Tenbucks if you actually order it. wanted it so badly that her parents gave in
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Seeking wisdom under the shade of a tree
As spring approaches, I yearn for ing to me that this continuum of causal that even our use of language arti cially
warmer, longer days when I can MY properties. forces reality into our own human cat-
sit under a tree with a favorite issue is still one of egories. is concept, centuries later, is
philosophy text, pondering the mysteries the core idea of one of the most in uen-
of the universe. the major intellectual PERSPECTIVE 2) Sel essness. tial movements in Western philosophy
in the 20th century called linguistic
My hope has always been that this ex- quandaries haunting JAMES ere is a clear in u- analysis.
ercise will lead to an intellectual break- religions that posit the MARTORANO ence of the Dao here.
through, which I can then share with existence of an omni- In a concept alien to Understanding these overriding prin-
you. Although I’m still awaiting my rst ciples, we are now ready to hear Prince
epiphany, this “contemplation under a benevolent deity. our Western embrace Siddhartha Gautama’s answer to the
tree” practice has worked for two incred- question of su ering. It, too, consists of
ibly famous historical gures, one from is a able, bril- of individualism, three parts:
the West and the other from the East.
liant, and curious the Buddha says that 1) First. e Prince reemphasizes that
e one out of the western tradition is his initial intuition is correct: su ering is
rather obviously Sir Isaac Newton when young man roamed India for three years, neither individuals nor phenomena have all-pervasive. It manifests itself predomi-
his time under an apple tree led to the nately in our own emotional composi-
discovery of the theory of gravity. As talking to and learning from people he a core since all things are changing every tion. We desire things we don’t have,
important as Sir Isaac’s discovery was, while we eventually tire of the things
the other person’s insights had an even met along the way. As the story goes, he millisecond. We are part of constantly we do. We experience it in the form of
grander e ect on humankind. pain, as well as emotionally, especially
nally came upon a tree (the Bodhi tree) altering phenomena. when confronting aging and the loss of
In 5th century B.C., a royal Indian loved ones. Finally, we are distressed by a
prince, who had led a life of opulent iso- and decided he wasn’t going to move 3) Interdependence. is reminds me world of uncertainty and things that we
lation for his rst thirty years, decided to cannot control.
leave his safe environment and wander from that location until he had gured of the Bhagavad-Gita in its vision of an
the countryside in search of e Truth. 2) Siddhartha says our pain is the
At that time, in India, it was not unusual things out. Legend has it that he didn’t interconnected universe. He goes further, product of our primal ignorance: that is,
for those in their senior years to give up our failure to recognize that things are
all their earthy possessions and travel move for 49 days and only left his spot however, by citing three types of interde- impermanent, sel ess, and interdepen-
around in search of cosmic truths. Prince dent.
Siddhartha Gautama, however, was only when he had his “awakening.” pendence.
30 years old. 3) Our rst step in reducing our inevi-
As you may have guessed by now, I’m • Causal. Everything is the product of table su ering is to reduce our attrac-
His journey was motivated by a search tions and aversions, by understanding
for the answer to one question and one referring to the travels of the Buddha a cause and, in turn, produces an e ect. the true nature of reality.
question only: Why is there su ering
in the world? It is particularly interest- (the Awakened One). His teachings omas Aquinas later echoes this con- SEE MARTORANO PAGE 10
became the foundation of Buddhism. cept in his attempt to rationally prove
ere are three fundamental themes that the existence of God.
permeate all his teachings: • Mereological. e whole is depen-
1) Impermanence. People, places, dent on its parts and vice versa. e
things—everything you can think of— keyboard that I am typing on is part
changes. Nothing is static or forever. of my computer apparatus yet has no
ere is gross impermanence, which identity should I remove it. It only has
applies to all living things, including a purpose as part of the whole and my
the tree under which he was meditat- computer can only function fully when
ing. Also, there is subtle impermanence, it is working in unison with it. e part
which happens every second as the very and the whole are interdependent for
atoms that make up our bodies are con- both identity and purpose.
tinually in ux. Consequently, the world • Conceptual imputation. Clearly
is not full of stable things, but rather a in uenced by Daoism, the Buddha says
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MELEN Happy birthday!
FROM PAGE 8 Ilook forward to the READING, and cheeks covered in
month of March WRITING & chocolate frosting. Yum!
responsibility back on me, and we had a big argument about it. I’M supposed to for two reasons: My
get the co ee beans, I’M supposed to set the automatic timer, I’M supposed to Over the years, I’ve
change the lter, I’M supposed to put water into the reservoir and I’M supposed
to adjust the strength of the brew. ere is even a setting for cup size. What do I birthday is in March and CHOCOLATE had the usual fam-
know about cup size? If I had to guess I would say I wear a size 36 double-A, but
I don’t want it pinching at my sides. at’s a lot of steps to go through, not the the return of spring is KIM ily birthday parties,
kind of thing I would normally undertake without having a cup of co ee rst. within reach. Having a KOVACH sleep-over parties and
Restaurants never bring me a hot enough cup of co ee. Unlike the Kardashi- March birthday means restaurant dinners. My
ans, in my opinion there is no such thing as too hot. If I pour the co ee onto my
crotch and don’t sue you, it’s not hot enough. Don’t forget to bring the sugar and the possibility of a Sweet Sixteen birthday
cream with the co ee, and by the time they arrive the cup is cold again, so I ask
them politely to microwave it for me. Don’t worry, I leave a 25 percent tip (on the snowstorm on your spe- was quite memorable.
co ee part of the bill). Now my co ee is back, piping hot, YAY! For some reason
the co ee cup has a teeny-tiny handle that is not big enough for me to put my cial day. Sometimes, that’s not a bad thing at was the year I set my own hair on re
nger through, so I have to hold the cup in my hand, sustaining third degree because you can stay home from work and while blowing out the birthday candles!
burns while maintaining my “YAY!” face, because my wife has been looking at me
this whole time waiting patiently for me to change into someone else. receive all of those birthday phone calls All I remember is that my friends and
I even had a dog once that actually liked co ee. I know this because I left a cup from near and far. But I enjoy going to family were standing around me as I
sitting nearby as I was playing tennis, and she lapped it up without even put-
ting in cream or sugar. My tennis did not improve that day, but my dog started work on my birthday. I wear my Happy leaned over to blow out the birthday can-
barking in run-on sentences and moved up her entire schedule for the day, which
consisted of sleeping, then a short nap, and some rest. After that day she always Birthday tiara with the pink feathers and dles. e next thing I knew, my dad was
has a cup of co ee in the morning along with a cigarette and a copy of the New
York Times. bring fresh baked brownies to celebrate the hitting my head with a kitchen towel. Dad
Is all this co ee good for me? YES! Studies have shown co ee drinkers less occasion. was the only quick-thinking party-goer to
prone to have type 2 diabetes, Parkinson’s disease and dementia. ey have fewer
strokes and fewer heart rhythm problems. Other studies have shown that sta- I came upon the goofy tradition of notice that as I bent over the birthday cake,
tistically, you’ll more than likely drop dead after your next cup. e same thing
happened with the poison industry, when it came to light that poison was bad for wearing a birthday tiara years ago when I my long curly hair touched a candle ame
you. e Poison Producer’s Association threatened to sue the FDA for millions
of dollars, but unfortunately they all passed away before the case went to trial. still lived in Manhattan. I just purchased and bam! I was ne, of course, but my
Join Rick and the No Options band for some St. Patrick’s Day Rock & Roll, Saturday a silver cardboard kid’s tiara and wore it mom was annoyed that the house smelled
evening, March 16, 9 p.m. at Lucy’s Lounge, 446 Bedford Road in Pleasantville
around the o ce. People can’t help smiling like burnt hair.
Say hello at: [email protected]
and wishing you a happy birthday when at Sweet Sixteen con agration was
you are parading around the hallways and not my worst birthday. Years later, as an
elevator in your tiara. I even sent a birth- adult, I went to Cancun, Mexico, on vaca-
day tiara to my friend, Jill, to bring on her tion during my birthday week. I visited
trip to Morocco over her birthday in July. ancient ruins, went snorkeling and enjoyed
I think she wore her tiara while riding a parasailing over the ocean. e trip was
camel. going very well until a big thunderstorm
Over the years, I’ve worn my birthday hit the area during the night. e hotel lost
tiara in many di erent work situations. e power. No lights, no air conditioning. But
tiara has seen better days so I stapled on that was not the worst part. At some point
a few new bright pink feathers to make it during the early morning hours of my
more festive! actual birthday, I woke up sick. Imagine
I Googled to nd out the origins of the trying to feel your way in the dark, sti ing
birthday cake. e rst actual birthday hotel room to throw up in the pitch black
cake was made in Germany in the 1500s. bathroom. Now repeat that experience ten
e Germans celebrated childrens’ birth- more times. And it’s your birthday!
days with a bread-like cake for Kinderfest. A lot of talented and creative people
Over time, a sweeter version of the birth- were also born during the month of
day cake called Geburtstagorten became March. I share a birthday month with
the tradition. Making wishes before Albert Einstein, Johann Sebastian Bach,
blowing out birthday cake candles is based Harry Houdini, eodore Geisel (Dr.
on the ancient belief that smoke carried Seuss), Mr. Fred Rogers, 1930s actress
prayers to heaven. Jean Harlow, author Flannery O’Connor,
My biggest birthday claim to fame is Mariah Carey, Lady Gaga, and my dad.
that I was born on my dad’s birthday! Happy birthday to all!
is probably was not the present he was
hoping for, but he got a baby instead! e Kim Kovach does not drive while wearing
family photo album includes a picture her tiara. Please join her on Tuesday evenings
of baby Kim celebrating my rst birth- at the Lewisboro Library for Reader’s eater
day. I am sitting in a high chair with a for Adults starting Tuesday, March 19.
chocolate cupcake in front of me, my chin kimkovachwrites.com.
DR. LINDA and fraternities?
• Does it have a religious a liation?
FROM PAGE 8 • Does it specialize in one speci c area
• Does the school have an opportunity or is it more of a liberal arts school?
to study abroad or you wouldn’t study Most things in life are not set in stone.
abroad even if it did?
College is one of those things. You can al-
• What type of housing do they provide? ways transfer if you make what is a wrong
• Do you want to live closer to home or decision for you at rst. Even though
the further away you go is better? you want your decision to be for the best,
• Does the school have the majors you sometimes it’s not. e important thing
may be interested in? is that you’re able to regroup if you nd
• Will the professors give you personal you’ve made a decision that’s not in your
attention or will you have to go to a TA, best interests and move on!
teaching assistant for help?
• Who’s teaching the course? A profes- Dr. Linda
sor or a TA?
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• Does it provide career counseling Happen to Good Kids,” and director of
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Thursday, March 14, 2019 OPINION North Salem News – Page 11
When bad things happen to good laptops
LOST IN at Apple Support. not out of the woods, yet.” all be retrievable. You need to unmarked door.
SUBURBIA “Is it terminal,” I asked. I gnawed my ngernails. He sign this form giving us permis- I stood alone. Emotionally
“It doesn’t sound good, “ said sion to attempt this.”
TRACY ran a diagnostic. And then he naked. Laptopless.
BECKERMAN the Genius on the other end looked at me gravely. “It’s the I scanned the form. e It had been an awful day. e
of the line. “You better bring hard drive.” words blurred. I blindly
There wasn’t a full moon. it in.” scribbled my name. en he prospect of facing an empty
It wasn’t Friday the 13th. I looked around desperately. collected the papers and picked desk and a basement lled with
No black cats crossed my Two hours later I sat patiently Others who could overhear up my laptop. I reached out my piles of dirty laundry that I
path. Yet, it was undeniably one in the waiting area at an Apple avoided my eyes. ey all hand to stop him. couldn’t wash was more than I
of those days when I felt cursed. store in the nearby mall, cra- KNEW. could bear.
It started with the demise of dling my laptop and talking to “Where are you going with
my co ee maker, followed it in soothing tones. “What does that mean,” I it,” I asked. But as I stood there despon-
by the nervous breakdown of asked, knowing full well what it dent, I realized three things and
my washing machine, and an “Don’t worry,” I whispered. meant. “I’m taking it to triage. my black mood began to melt
unfriendly letter calling me for “I’m sure it’s just a corrupt le ey’ll work on it there.” away...
jury duty. I blatantly ignored or a software problem. You’ll “We have to replace the hard “How long?”
all of the above so I could keep be ne.” I rocked it gently, not drive.” He paused, and then “Seven to ten days,” he replied I still had my health, I still
working. Unfortunately, my wanting to alarm it. said gently, “We will try to and disappeared through an had my credit card, and, quite
laptop was also showing signs of retrieve your data but it may not fortuitously, I was in the mall.
distress: programs were crash- Other people lled the
ing, screens were freezing, and benches, similarly consol- David Ferman
error messages were ying left ing their laptops, tablets, and
and right. phones. Up at the Genius Bar, Vice President
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No happy little chimes or cute patient,” said the Genius. He
little spinning icons. It was “hmmm’d” and “tsssk’d” as he
completely, utterly dead. tried to get my laptop to start,
rst on its own, then with his
In a panic, I called the EMT’s hard drive, then with some voo-
doo black magic. Finally, I saw
the familiar Apple icon light up
on the screen and I breathed a
sigh of relief. He held up his
hand.
“Hang on,” he said. “We’re
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Ruth Keeler Memorial Library egories: under 12, 13-18 years old = Our Place to Go and Grow work of art to take home. Can- for babies from birth to 2-1/2.
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Poster contest 2019 Library Fair, May 4-5 March 19. All submissions must support Arts, Music, and Cul-
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Ruth Keeler Memorial Library 276 Titicus Road - North Sa- be signed and include a poster tural Programs. Purchase tickets Story Time at 10:30 a.m.; fam-
Book Fair and Plant Sale poster lem NY ily story time for kids of all ages.
contest. ere will be three cat- contest agreement form and an through the library website. Block Party at 11 a.m. – Li-
e 2019 theme is Our Library brary supplies the blocks, kids
entry form. Prizes will be awarded Author Talk with Kent Pat- supply the imagination.
to the overall winner and for each terson on Sunday, Mar. 24 at 3 ursdays
Books and Puppets at 10:30
age group. All artwork will be re- p.m. Kent Patterson will discuss a.m.; family story time for kids of
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Writers workshop
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is workshop is from 11 a.m.
Saturday, March 30, from 1-2 tures, maps, trains, and depots in to 12:30 p.m. and led by Mary-
anne D’Amato the rst Wednes-
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writers and aspiring writers who
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In March, e 2nd Grade
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LANGUAGE “Expectations are that by the end of the school year, stu- ROCK
FROM PAGE 1
dents [in grades 3-5] will be able to introduce themselves, FROM PAGE 15
talk about themselves, their likes, dislikes, feelings, opin- North Salem Day Camp at Mt. Lakes
Camper registration (Pre-k – rising 7th
day, out of a six-day cycle, for 40 minutes. ions, favorite colors, days of the weeks, seasons, numbers, graders) will open for North Salem Resi-
dents and NS School District Residents
“Our FLES program is supporting our mission and our weather…and also be able to talk about their school and on 2/25 at 9 a.m. Registration will open
to all campers on 3/4 at 9 a.m. As in the
students are starting to acquire the skills of learning Spanish community and listen and discuss popular stories,” said past, we expect more camper registrations
than we have spots for. Registration is rst
and developing the language,” said Contreras. “I like to use Nosaci. come, rst served. Busing available from:
PQ, Purdy’s Field, JB Park, Somers MS,
a building as a comparison to language learning. You need e FLES teachers also meet with grade level teams to Increase Miller Elementary, John Jay HS,
& Katonah for a fee of $177 per camper/
to have a strong foundation to have a strong building. And discuss reinforcement of classroom curricula and integra- CIT.
Applications for the Counselor-in-
at PQ, we are that strong foundation. We’re learning and tion of Spanish in the class. Training Program (rising 8th & 9th grad-
ers, until age 15) will be open from Feb.
acquiring vocabulary in Spanish, not for a test, but forever.” “We meet with the teachers to see how we can reinforce 18-March 4 ONLY. Sta applications
will open mid-February. Watch our web-
e presentation highlighted the bene ts of early lan- what they are doing in our classroom,” said Contreras. site for updates & sign up for our emails:
www.northsalemdaycamp.org
guage learning, including sharper memory, better listen- “Some of the reinforcements are calendar skills, weather,
Hayfields
ing perception, improved problem solving skills and easier math and science.”
Hay elds is located at 1 Bloomer Road.
third or fourth language acquisition. As an example, in second grade, counting, skip counting, For more information, visit hay eldsmar-
ket.com
“ is year’s program is intended to be exploratory with addition, subtraction, and graphing are all included in the
Monthly Trivia starts at 7 p.m. and
the intent of stimulating interest in further language study,” Spanish curriculum. goes until 9:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:30
p.m. Trivia is brought to you by the of-
said Nosaci. “ e program also intends to build and expand For grades 3-5, Nosaci added that, “Along with learn-
cial Pub Quiz organization with a
students’ knowledge by making interdisciplinary connec- isntugdevnotcsableualranrya, bcooumt mpeurnseicvaetriaTvn:e5c.e9s,t5rp”uroctfuersesiso, nasn, dtheciurltcuormes-, wide variety of questions and categories.
tions between language and other content areas in a safe, Hay elds recommends teams for four
people. It’s $5 a person to play. Food, beer
relaxed, risk free environment.” munity and themselves by doing hands-on experiments, and wine is available along with prizes
for the winning team. Upcoming dates:
Contreras elaborated, “And when we say ‘safe, relaxed, STEM activities, art, acting, and muppet shows, all in March 20.
risk free,’ we want the kids to be speaking…we want them Spanish.”
to know it’s ok to make mistakes because they will hear the While the students at PQ learn Spanish through innova-
constant modeling of the language.” tive instruction when they enter the FLES classrooms, for
e teachers introduced Total Physical Response (TPR) Contreras and Nosaci, that is not enough.
as one of the teaching methods used in the classroom. TPR “We just don’t want Spanish in our classroom, we want
is a foreign language teaching method that engages stu- it throughout the entire school,” said Contreras. “So that’s
dents with their target language through commands and why we have ‘La Palabra de la Semana’—the word of the
physical action, with the goal of making language acquisi- week, during our announcements. I, along with [student]
tion as natural as a parent talking to their child. helpers, will say what the word of the week is in Spanish
“TPR is a method we use to learn and acquire a lan- and English. Our sta has embraced the language and they
guage…children show comprehension by their actions,” are integrating it in the classroom, the hallway, in the caf-
said Contreras. eteria…throughout the entire school.”
Some of the instructional themes in grades K-2 are per- To many, the new FLES program at PQ is a much wel-
sonal identi cation, daily life and family and community. comed addition to the school’s curriculum.
Grades 3-5 incorporate these same themes on a more ad- “I think it’s a wonderful program,” said Board Member
vanced level and also include themes such as school and Paul Giamundo. “It’s been a long time in the making for
community and cultural literature. the district. I think you should all be proud.”
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Thursday, March 14, 2019 SCHOOLS & CAMPS North Salem News – Page 17
Snow day!
North Salem students got the day o from school on Monday, March 4,
as snow piled up in their yards.
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Students nominated for
Roger Rees Awards
Shanna Feeney, Michael Hen- Middle/High School’s produc- eatrical Group ( e Broadway
shaw, Julianna Austin, and Cece tion of “ e Mystery of Edwin League member) and the Broad-
Bersch have been nominated for Drood.” way Education Alliance (Roger
the Roger Rees Awards for their Rees Awards scal sponsor) in
performances in the Golden e Roger Rees Awards for association with Camp Broad-
Stage Society of North Salem Excellence in Student Perfor- way, which serves as the program
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Luke DeveyATHLETE SPOTLIGHT
Skimeister enjoys guiding younger skiiers
BY DOMINICK DEPOLE with how everything runs. Many since I was 12. She has always eater in the world so I feel like in a good mood to ski fast.
CONTRIBUTING WRITER of the guys on the team are new helped me improve as a skier and he and I have a lot in common.
to ski racing so I do my best to as a person, constantly setting an My favorite college football team Best place to eat in North
Luke Devey is a senior on the North show them the ropes and teach example for what I strive to be. is Notre Dame because my older Salem and why?
Salem ski team. A team captain, them about the sport. It’s a great sister Cate went to college there
Devey was also the only player to opportunity to share my passion Tell us one thing about and I have been watching them My favorite place to eat in
reach state competition last month. with my friends and help kids yourself that not a lot of people since I was young. I love to watch North Salem is my kitchen
He won rst place for the most improve. know? the team sing the Alma Mater because it is a ordable and my
coveted award in Section 1— the after the games. mom is a fabulous cook. I would
skimeister award. He also plays soccer. How much progress have you I can juggle and ride a unicycle, de nitely recommend stopping
made since you rst started? a professional clown once tried to What is your favorite music to by if you are ever in the area.
How old were you when you convince my Dad to send me to listen to warming up for a race?
started to ski and how did you Since I started racing on the clown school. Facebook,Twitter or Insta-
get started? high school team I have improved Before a race I usually listen to gram? Why?
immensely. In eighth grade I was Do you plan on continuing the song “Big Green Tractor” by
I started skiing when I was 2 No. 10 on the A team and didn’t to ski or play soccer in college? Jason Aldean followed by some Instagram, because it is what all
years old but I started racing in qualify for Sectionals. In 10th If yes, where are you going and of my favorite rap songs to get of my friends use andit is useful
fourth grade. Being the youngest grade I quali ed for states and n- why did you choose that school? pumped up and in the zone. to stay up to date on what they
of four, all of my siblings were ished 12th in the slalom and last are doing. I follow a couple of
already skiing by the time I was 2 year I earned the All State award I am not sure where I am going If you could have one super- pages that post stricktly pictures
so I tagged along . My best friend, and nished 10th at states. to college yet but wherever I end power, what would it be and why? of puppies so I am able to keep
Patrick Coughlin, talked me up I plan on participating in club myself busy on there.
into racing in fourth grade and I What is your favorite team soccer and ski teams as well as I would want the ability to
joined the under Ridge Race activity, pre-meet or post-meet- intramural sports. teleport, so that I can get from What would you tell younger
Team. I have loved it ever since. ritual that you shared with your place to place quicker and save athletes growing up in North
teammates? Do you know what you want money on gas. Salem about the experience of
What is your favorite part to study in college? If yes, what being part of the ski program
about being on the ski team at My favorite team ritual is and why? If you could pick one place and why you think they should
North Salem? getting our teammates hyped in to visit on vacation that you’ve go out for the team?
the start gate. Our go-to phrase I want to study aerospace never been to, where would you
at it is combined with John is “butter the toast” or “stu the engineering in college. I have go and why? In North Salem it is tough
Jay. is allows me to make many turkey”. We scream at the top of always done well in my math and to get involved in skiing at a
new friends from a di erent our lungs and it’s a great way to science classes and enjoy build- I would travel to Alaska and go young age. De nitely start skiing
school and widen my social circle. encourage our teammates and ing things. e idea of ying has heli-skiing. I have seen profes- as young as possible and stay
bond. always fascinated me and being sional skiers ski down beautiful active. I would de antly recom-
e comradery on the team is able to learn the numbers behind mountains in Alaska in Warren mend trying out for the ski team
what makes it fun. Every race we Who has been your biggest it would be very interesting. Miller movies all my life and that because it is a very welcoming
are cheering each other on and role model over the years and is my dream. environment regardless of your
are the loudest on the mountain. what have you learned from Who is your favorite profes- ability and everyone has fun. Kids
them? sional athlete and pro or college What is your favorite food to make the team that have never
How do you see your role on sports team? eat before or after a race? even skied before so if you want
the team, and how much do you My biggest role model over to get involved in skiing it’s a
value being a senior leader? the years has been my mom. She My favorite professional athlete My favorite food to eat before great way to learn. If you don’t
taught me how to ski when I was is Joey Chesnut, the hot dog a race is fruit snacks or my mom’s make the team stay motivated,
is year is my fth year on 2 and has been my race coach on eating champion of the world. cookies. Although neither are keep working hard and try again
the team and my second year the under Ridge Race Team He is aconstruction engineer and particularly nutritious, I thor- next year.
as captain so I am very familiar the No. 1 ranked competitive oughly enjoy them so they get me
Page 20 – North Salem News SPORTS Thursday, March 14, 2019
The origins
of popular
winter sports
Many people spend winter huddled indoors. For winter sports
enthusiasts, however, the arrival of snow and chilly
temperatures means the start of a season of outdoor fun.
Those who see winter as a time to embrace their love of sport
may appreciate learning more about some of the sports that
are most popular during the colder months of the year
Hockey
Hockey is one of the most popular winter sports. In 1994,
Parliament passed the Canada’s National Sport Act, which de-
clared hockey the o cial national winter sport of Canada. e
origins of ice hockey are somewhat uncertain, though some
historians claim the rst set of rules to govern the sport were
written by students at Montreal’s McGill University in the
1870s.
Downhill (Alpine) skiing
SnowSports Industries America indicates that in the 2014-
15 season, more than 9 million American Alpine skiers took
to the slopes, and the sport continues to attract new devotees
each year.
Historians state that skiing evolved as a method to cross
the landscape in the winter when marshlands froze over. Cave
drawings suggest that man used skis during the last Ice Age
in the Palaeolithic period. Yet, the birth of modern downhill
skiing is often traced to the 1850s when Norwegian legend
Sondre Norheim popularized skis with curved sides and made
skiing a sport instead of just a mode of transport. Skiing ulti-
mately became quite popular in Russia, Finland, Sweden, and
Norway. Today there are various types of downhill skiing, in-
cluding mountain skiing, extreme cat skiing and heli skiing.
Curling
Curling may be seen as a largely Canadian sport, but it is
widely believed to be one of the world’s oldest team sports,
tracing its origins to Great Britain. e World Curling Feder-
ation states paintings by the 16th century Flemish artist Pieter
Bruegel portrayed an activity similar to curling being played
on Scotland’s frozen ponds. e earliest known curling stones
came from the Scottish regions of Stirling and Perth, dating
all the way back to 1511.
Ice skating
Speed skating and gure skating are derivatives of early ice
skating, which is believed to have started in Finland more
than 3,000 years ago. Skates were sharpened, attened
bone strapped to the bottom of a shoe and glided on
top of the ice. e Dutch added edges to steel blades
around the 13th or 14th centuries. Eventually, skating
was brought to England from the Netherlands.
Winter sports draw millions of participants each
year, giving people a reason to leave the house even
when temperatures dip below freezing.
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Thursday, March 14, 2019 LEISURE North Salem News – Page 21
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receives a gift 2. Used as a pigment in painting 11. The act of broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a
10. One shows 3. Induces vomiting perceiving sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each
highlights 4. Fifth note of a major scale something row, column and box. Each number can appear
12. Open sore visually only once in each row, column and box. You
13. Within 14. Female can figure out the order in which the numbers
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Westchester High School Now in the Business of Business
by Rich Kirby
By the reckoning of just about elective. This course is Business
any college pundit you care to 101 at Pace University’s Lubin
name – Peterson’s, USA Today, School of Business, and required
Princeton Review, US News & for all business majors there.
World Report, and most others –
business ranks as either the first Unlike the other college courses
or second most popular major taught at Kennedy – in part-
everywhere. nerships with U Albany, St.
John’s and Iona College – Pace
The appeal is clear. For the professors will be teaching this
18-year-old bordering on be- course right inside a Kennedy
ing “undeclared,” a major in classroom.
business is almost a “one size
fits all” approach. She may In addition to the professors, Professor Patrick J. McGuigan (right) of Lubin School of Business and Kennedy Catholic’s
not know exactly yet what her Contemporary Business Practices class. Photo: Jacob Bergmeier, Kennedy Catholic
passion is, but she can be pret-
ty sure that there is a business Pace will bring in two business elective. Contemporary Busi- Kennedy business students to
somewhere that is selling it. speakers per semester. The uni- ness Practice and that course attend their “One Day of Im-
versity will also provide Ken- now form the foundation of the mersion” in New York City in
None of this has been lost on nedy students access to a series school’s new program. November. The annual event
college preparatory schools in of proprietary corporate gover- features top business speakers
northern Westchester. Beginning nance videos on such topics as As significant a step it may be from many areas, such as fi-
in the current spring semester, “compliance” and “secrecy.” for Pace professors to teach nance, telecomm, entertainment,
Kennedy Catholic in Somers has
begun offering Contemporary Teaching business is not com- on the Kennedy campus, the and technology. Last year’s
Business Practice as a senior pletely new at Kennedy. Last relationship between the two speakers included Jeff Bewkes,
year the school began offering schools will go even further than then president and CEO of Time
AP Macroeconomics as a senior the classroom. Pace is inviting Warner.
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Can Medicaid take my home and life savings?
On a regular basis, clients express to had any legal title or that the transfer of one’s child of any age and/or a sibling who has
me their fear that if they ever need nurs- an equity interest in the home and has
ing home care and/or home care that the interest at the time of GUEST assets to an Irrevocable resided in the home for one year prior
Medicaid program will take their home death (to the extent of CORNER Trust will disqualify the to the recipient’s admission to a medical
and life savings. such interest), including Medicaid applicant and institution.
While it is prudent for one to be such assets conveyed to a ANTHONY J. his or her spouse for In conclusion, the most prudent course
concerned as to what will occur if one survivor, heir or assign of ENEA nursing home Medicaid of action to avoid Medicaid recovery and/
needs long-term care, Medicaid does not the deceased individual in New York, and create or liens is to be proactive and utilize an Ir-
immediately seize the Medicaid recipient’s revocable Medicaid Asset Protection Trust
home, its contents and life savings upon through joint tenancy, a 60-month lookback and asset protection measures before the
eligibility for the Medicaid program. need for long term care becomes a reality.
tenancy in common, period. Assets trans-
If one is both nancially and medically Anthony J. Enea, Esq. is a member of the rm
eligible for Medicaid, and Medicaid has survivorship, life estate, living trust, or ferred to a Revocable Trust do not create of Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP of White
provided services to the Medicaid recipi- Plains and a home o ce in Somers. He can be
ent, including nursing home and/or home other arrangement. the lookback period and are still counted as reached at 914-948-1500. Mr. Enea is the
care, then in that event, Medicaid will have Past Chair of the Elder Law Section of the
a claim/lien against the individual’s “estate” New York, as permitted by federal law, available resources for purposes of Medicaid New York State Bar Association (NYSBA);
at the time of his or her death. Past President and a founding member of the
has opted to limit the de nition of one’s eligibility. ere is no look back for Medic- New York Chapter of the National Academy
Under federal and New York law, an of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA); a member
“estate” of a deceased person includes: “estate”for Medicaid recovery purposes. In aid home care when assets are transferred to of the Council of Advanced Practitioners of the
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys;
(a) all real and personal property and New York, the “estate”is limited to one’s an Irrevocable Trust in New York. President of the Westchester Bar Foundation;
other assets included within the individu- and a Past President of the Westchester County
al’s estate, as de ned for purposes of state probate and/or intestate estate (when one Once the 5-year look-back period has Bar Association. He is a lifelong Westchester
probate law; and County resident.
dies without a Last Will). us, only assets passed, the assets in the Irrevocable Trust
(b) it may include, at the option of the
state, any other real and personal property that are in the decedent’s name alone at the will no longer be available and count-
and other assets in which the individual
time of death, which do not have a named able resources for purposes of Medicaid
bene ciary, a rights of survivorship designa- eligibility and are no longer subject to
tion and/or payable on death or transfer on Medicaid recovery.
death are considered part of one’s “estate” Finally, with respect to the residence of
for Medicaid recovery purposes. a Medicaid recipient, under New York law,
Additionally, Revocable and/or Irrevo- a Medicaid lien may not be placed on the
cable Trusts are not probate assets, thus, residence if the residence is still occupied
they are also not subject to estate recovery by the recipient, recipient’s spouse, child
in New York. However, it should be noted under 21 years of age, blind or disabled
LEGAL NOTICES
PLANNING BOARD Facility so that computer of NY (SSNY) 1/15/2019. SSNY designated as agent of the shall mail process to 221 Hillside
PUBLIC NOTICE generated visual renderings can Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. LLC upon whom process against Pl., Eastchester, NY 10709-1801.
be prepared by the Applicants as agent upon whom process it may be served. SSNY shall General Purpose.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE from various viewpoints. ere against may be served & shall mail process to: 46 Twin Lakes LLC FORMATION NOTICE
that Homeland Towers, LLC are (2) locations being considered mail process to 10 Reunion Rd., Road, South Salem, NY 10590.
(“Homeland Towers”) and New on the Site. e rst location is Rye Brook, NY 10573. General Purpose: any lawful purpose. MMI Chester LLC, Arts of
York SMSA Limited Partnership in the lower parking lot where Purpose. LLC FORMATION NOTICE Org. led with Sec. of State of
NY (SSNY) 11/6/2018. Cty:
d/b/a Verizon Wireless (“Verizon a 100 foot monopine is being LLC FORMATION NOTICE
Wireless”) (collectively, the proposed. e balloon oat Eastchester Marble And Westchester. SSNY desig. as
“Applicants”), will perform two at the parking lot location will Notice of Formation of Granite, LLC, Arts of Org. led agent upon whom process against
balloon tests at the Hammond consist of an approximately four NEATO HOLDINGS LLC. with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) may be served & shall mail
Museum, 28 Deveau Road (the foot diameter brightly colored Art. Of Org. led with SSNY 1/29/2019. Cty: Westchester. process to c/o Ijan Realty LLC,
“Site”), in connection with their balloon being oated on a tether on November 9, 2018. O ce SSNY desig.as agent upon whom 215 Business Park Dr., Armonk,
application to the North Salem line to a maximum height of 120 Location: Westchester County. process against may be served & NY 10504. General Purpose.
Planning Board for a conditional feet above ground level. It should
use permit and site development be noted that while the top of the
plan approval to locate a wireless balloon will be at 120’which is the
communications facility (the maximum height allowed per the
“Facility”) at the Site. town’s wireless code, a ag will be APARPR
e Facility is proposed to placed on the tether at a height
include (1) one monopole with of 100 feet above ground level
panel antennas thereon, together which represents the proposed
with related equipment located height of the Facility. e second
within a secure fenced area at the location is on the southern
base thereof. e monopole will portion of the property behind
be designed to resemble a tree. the stroll gardens where a 115 PUBLICITY WITH PERSONALITY
e balloon test will be feet monopine may be proposed.
conducted on Saturday, March e balloon oat at this location
23, 2019 at the Site, or in case will consist of an approximately
of inclement or windy weather, four foot diameter brightly
each consecutive weekend date colored balloon being oated
thereafter until the balloon test on a tether line to a maximum
is completed. e balloon test height of 120 feet above ground
will commence at approximately level. It should be noted that Public Rela ons For...
8:00 am and continue for while the top of the balloon will Businesses | Individuals | Organiza ons | Events
approximately 8 hours weather be at 120’ which is the maximum
permitting. Please contact the height allowed per the town’s
Planning Board secretary, Dawn wireless code, a ag will be placed Your Message Is Our Mission
Onufrik at 914-669-5661 if you on the tether at a height of 115
have any questions regarding the feet above ground level which
date and time of the balloon test represents the proposed height of Leave Your Message Here...
in case of inclement or windy the Facility at this location. (914) 275-6887 | bruceaparpr @ gmail.com
weather.
LLC FORMATION NOTICE BRUCE APAR
e purpose of the balloon test
is to establish the approximate Smart Retreats, LLC, Arts
location and height of the of Org. led with Sec. of State
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