The Katonah-Lewisboro Times 06.09.2022

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John Jay students stage walk out
Middle and high schoolers
protest gun violence

BY GINO DE ANGELIS that I decided to organize

STAFF WRITER this walk-out to use student

voices to advocate for our

Students at John Jay Mid- needs and to speak up about

dle and High School partici- American gun laws.”

pated in a walk-out to protest Over 24 students helped

American gun laws on June 3. organize the event with

e protest was organized by Cheng, and many reached out

eighth-grader Sophia Cheng. directly to her about it, she

“ ere were around 150 to said. ey spread the word

200 students who participat- through yers posted online PHOTO COURTESY OF SOPHIA CHENG
ed,” she said. “It really made and throughout the schools.
me happy to see the commu- John Jay students participated in a walk-out to protest gun laws and violence in the United States.
“ e student body is gen-

nity come together.” erally supportive. Many have

Planning for the event reached out to me or support- This is a reminder that students have a
started on May 24, a day af- ed our movement online. I voice and, despite our di erences, we
ter the Robb Elementary appreciate everyone involved can come together to make change.’
School shooting in Uvalde, very much,” Cheng said.
Texas, Cheng said. She felt She added that she has
saddened by the amount heard support from the fac-
of shootings in the United ulty about the student action.

States and wanted to make a “ ey understand our

di erence, she added. choices and admire our activ-

“When tragedies such as ism, and that is all we could

these occur, I feel useless. As ask for,” Cheng said. “ is is a –Sophia Cheng

an eighth-grader in a small reminder that students have a

town I don’t hold much voice and, despite our di er- Middle School student

power,” she said. “However, I ences, we can come together

can use my voice, and from to make change.”

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Bedford celebrates Pride Month

BY TOM BARTLEY tributed the event to the drive of community ac-

CONTRIBUTING WRITER tivists like Elizabeth Messinger and the passion

of then-Town Board members Bittker, Calves,

When the rainbow ag rose above Bedford MaryAnn Carr, and Kate Galligan.

town hall last Saturday, it symbolized for many In his statement, Burdick said that “each yearly

not only LGBTQ pride, but also society’s grow- rainbow ag-raising rea rms the community’s

ing acceptance of that once-shunned commu- commitment to celebrate diversity, recognize the

nity. ongoing struggle to achieve complete equality

Under a brilliant blue sky on a sunny June 4, and safeguard the hard-won mutual respect so

some 50 people were on hand to witness Bed- essential to civil society.”

ford’s third-annual rea rmation of its commit- Most speakers touched on the theme of soci-

ment to care for all town residents, including — etal acceptance of those who are LGBTQ, that

or perhaps especially — its marginalized ones. community’s longtime shorthand for anyone les-

“What the town of Bedford is doing by this bian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or question-

ceremony of raising the rainbow ag is, in a sim- ing.

ple but important way, ful lling the basic prom- Kristen Browde of Chappaqua, for example,

ise of our government: taking care of its citizens,” made headlines in 2017 running for New Castle

one speaker, David Diamond, told those assem- supervisor as a transgender woman. Her rst-in-

bled in the town hall driveway or the shade of anyone’s-memory nomination had been made

nearby trees. possible by the growing LGBTQ acceptance.

Diamond, program specialist at Yonkers- But, she told the town hall assemblage,“it only

based Center Lane, an LGBTQ support group, happens because of people like you.”

called the high- ying ag an important symbol “It only happens,” Browde said, “because you

of inclusion. stand up and you say, ‘I’m proud’ or ‘I support

“If you’re a person looking to see if you’re wel- someone who’s proud . . . [or] I have a gay kid

comed or valued, Bedford’s rainbow ag a rms or transgender kid, and I support them because

that yes, you are,”he said.“If you’re looking to see they are who they are—and I will not permit

if Bedford values and embraces everyone who them to have less rights than anybody else.’”

lives, loves and works here, Bedford’s rainbow Councilman omas Catoliato credited soci-

ag a rms that yes, we are.” ety’s growing support with making a di erence.

Acceptance — by the community as well as by Catoliato was only 14 when his older brother

oneself — was a thread woven through messages came out as gay. “It was a lot di erent time back

of the morning’s speakers. in 1998,” he noted, “than we are here, in 2022.” Frank Zipp hoists rainbow flag at town hall June 4, kicking off a monthlong
Councilwoman Bobbi Bittker, who proposed Now, almost a quarter-century later, his two celebration of pride by the LGBTQ community.

the event two years ago and has remained a driv- young children “can be anything they want to

ing force behind it, opened Saturday’s ceremony be,” Catoliato said. “And the reason that I feel so

by reminding everyone, “Bigotry and hate have honored to say those words is because we’re in a

no place in our town.” town that cares — cares about them, cares about

Supervisor Ellen Calves carried that thought families, cares about the community.”

forward. She called being “kind and accepting Recognition by the whole — or at least sub-

toward one another . . . our mutual obligation as stantial part — of the populace is welcomed by

a community.” the LGBTQ community. But as one speaker

“Demonstrating love and compassion,” Calves noted, self-acceptance is important, too. Cade

said, “creates an environment where all members Schwark of Katonah, now a freshman at John Jay

of our community feel welcome and accepted to High School, said he pro ted from advice given

be who they are.” him years ago by his younger self.

In 2020, it was Bittker, still in her rst year His younger version, Schwark recalled, had

on the Town Board, who urged then-Supervisor counseled: “You are you. Trying to be somebody

Chris Burdick to establish the ag-raising as an else does not change who you are on the inside.

annual event, to take place in June. at month Tying to be someone you’re not, won’t make you

traditionally marks the anniversary of the Stone- feel any better about yourself. It makes you feel

wall Inn riots in 1969, a violent clash with police worse. Trust me.”

in Greenwich Village widely seen as the birth of In the following years, Schwark said, “I took PHOTOS: TOM BARTLEY

the gay rights movement. the advice that my younger self had given and Town Supervisor Ellen Calves

Burdick now represents the 93rd Assembly discovered my true self. And I’m unbelievably

District in Albany.With state legislators working grateful because of it.”

into this past weekend to wrap up their spring He continued, “I like to believe that if I was

session, Burdick could not attend the Bedford given the chance to talk to the fth-grade ver-

ceremony. But his chief of sta , Heather Lackey sion of myself, she would be proud of the person John Jay High School freshman Cade
Schwark says a few words.
of Katonah, read a message in which Burdick at- I’ve become.”

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The Staff KATONAH-LEWISBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT

EDITORIAL TEAM Educators awarded tenure
BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER
EDITOR: 914-302-5628 BY TOM BARTLEY lum and instruction, were among employees. worker, operations and mainte-
[email protected] CONTRIBUTING WRITER 15 educators receiving tenure last With tenure, district employees nance; Sean Ryan, messenger,
week in a vote of the school district operations and maintenance;
VIM WILKINSON John Jay Middle School Princi- board. are assured that they can lose their Margaret Taylor, payroll and
SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR pal Je rey Swiatowicz and Mary jobs only for “just cause.” Candi- bene ts
[email protected] Ford, the Katonah-Lewisboro as- Meeting in the high school caf- dates for tenure generally undergo
sistant superintendent for curricu- eteria, the board also celebrated the four years of probationary assess- John Jay High School
ADVERTISING TEAM retirement of 25 longtime district ment to qualify. Vincent Bell,assistant principal;
PAUL FORHAN Shoshanna Bennett, teacher aide;
STORMVILLE AIRPORT’S School Superintendent Andrew James Brandt, special-education
(914) 806-3951 Selesnick saluted the tenure recipi- teacher; Debbie Fried, secretary;
[email protected] ULTIMATE ents for earning the award, which Michelle Grillo-DeFeo, teaching
FAMILY he has described as “a very big deal.” assistant; Maria Lewis, teacher
BRUCE HELLER aide; Mary Mead, school moni-
(914) 486-7608 YARD SALE In addition to Swiatowicz, ten- tor; Jennifer McLean, technol-
[email protected] Saturday, June 18, 2022 ure at the middle school went to ogy teacher; Barbara Semenetz,
& Saturday, September 17, 2022 Dr. Sarah Fryd, the school psy- secretary; Stuart Shippee, science
LISA KAIN chologist; Jennifer Useted, a library teacher; Joann Travis, guidance
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[email protected] ban, a teaching assistant. John Jay Middle School
CORINNE STANTON 9:00 am to 3:00 pm James Egeler, math teacher;
(914) 760-7009 At John Jay High School, Eng- Robert Haggerty, school monitor;
[email protected] Rain or Shine lish teacher Catherine Torrisi and Je rey Tepper, guidance counselor
428 Rt. 216, Stormville, NY foreign language teacher Lauren Katonah Elementary School
JAY GUSSAK Trembinski were granted the cov- Deirdre Parkhurst, elementary
(914) 299-4541 AHPBUAANRRTAGEDARII’SNSE NO PETS ALLOWED Clothing • Books • Toys eted job security, as were teaching teacher
[email protected] Bikes • Tools • Baby Items assistants Gabriella Arroyo and Increase Miller Elementary
SHELLEY KILCOYNE COME SEE Samantha Goldberg. School
(914) 924-9122 WHAT OVER • Household Items Jeanne Bohlander, teacher aide;
[email protected] 300 FAMILIES • Sporting Goods Tenure also went to elementary Susan Cohen, elementary teacher;
Have to Sell • Exercise Equipment teachers Emily Cantor at Katonah Caroline Ohler, teacher aide
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Increase Miller and to Elayna Elizabeth Marcoux, registered
CREATIVE DIRECTOR BOOTH SPACE AND TABLE RENTAL AVAILABLE Krebser, speech/language thera- professional nurse; Dawn Pome-
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[email protected] Increase Miller, won tenure. Julia
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tion to Ford, tenure was granted filmed
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Katonah, Lewisboro shift to 17th Congressional District

BY CAROL REIF aries of its own. instead to seek o ce in the new 17TH DISTRICT GOP district,” Schrebel explained last
STAFF WRITER In its original iteration, the 17th. at would have pitted him PRIMARY LINEUP week.
against fellow Democrat, fresh-
Political pundits have com- 16th district covered much of the man U.S. Rep. Mondaire Jones. Faulkner was born in the Bronx Before heading to Alba-
pared the redrawing of the lines north Bronx, as well as the south- and has lived in Westchester for ny, Lawler was the deputy town
for congressional and state Sen- ern half of Westchester, includ- Two weeks ago, Jones stunned most of his life. Specializing in supervisor in Orangetown. He
ate districts in New York to a ing Mount Vernon and Yonkers, everyone by announcing that he treasury and banking, he spent had also worked as a campaign
game of musical chairs. Bowman’s hometown. would run in the 10th district. He more than 25 years in corporate manager for then-Westchester
entered a crowded eld of prima- America with IBM, PepsiCo, County Executive Rob Asto-
Some candidates, such as e legislature’s version of the ry hopefuls — including former and GE. A pilot, he owns and rino.  A small business owner,
Somers’ William Faulkner, might 16th  snaked up the middle of New York City Mayor  Bill de operates several ight schools. Lawler served as executive direc-
feel they are still waiting for the the county to include northern Blasio  — vying for the seat va- tor of the State Republican Party.
music to stop so they can truly sit Westchester among its sizable cated by veteran U.S. Rep.  Jerry Faulkner also is vice president He lives in Pearl River.
down. new population. Lawsuits fol- Nadler. of the Somers Lions Club and a
lowed. soccer coach. Calling Maloney “the head
e three-term Republican Meanwhile, Maloney faces cheerleader for the failed Biden-
town councilman announced in e state’s highest court then a primary challenge from state Falciglia, a Su ern resident, Pelosi agenda,” Lawler predicted
March that he intended to take rejected the rejiggered districts, Sen.  Alessandra Biaggi  of Pel- represents District 12 on the that this will be “the worst elec-
on incumbent  U.S. Rep. Jamaal ruling that they violated a new ham. Rockland County Legislature, tion year for Democrats since
Bowman  (D-NY) in the up- anti-gerrymandering amend- where he is a member of the 2010.”
coming midterm elections in the ment to the state constitution. And Faulkner, who is now body’s budget and nance com-
16th Congressional District. running in the 17th district, will mittee. He has spent nearly 40 DEMOCRAT PRIMARY
It then assigned Special Mas- have to face o in an August pri- years in the banking business. He On the Democratic side sits
Somers, like Bedford and ter  Jonathan Cervas  to redraw mary against several Republican was a trustee in the village of Suf-
Lewisboro, had been located in them. challengers. fern and ran for mayor in 2013. Westchester County Legisla-
the 18th — represented by ve- He was elected to the state Leg- tor  Vedat Gashi. A Yorktown
term Democrat  Sean Patrick Said to be “fairer” to Repub- Already on the ballot were islature in 2015. resident and real estate attorney,
Maloney  — before the districts licans, the nal maps were ap- Rockland County Legisla- he entered the 16th district race
were recon gured. proved on May 20 and released tor Charles Falciglia and Orange Schrebel, who works in the with the intent of mounting a
on May 24. County business executive  Jack advertising arena, lives in Ches- primary challenge speci cally
However, an appointed bipar- Schrepel. State Assembly- ter. He’s the only one without a against Bowman.
tisan commission of Democrats e cast-in-concrete 17th runs man Mike Lawler threw his hat political background. In the cor-
and Republicans — the New from just above White Plains to in the ring shortly after the nal- porate world since 1980, he was He, like everyone else, had
York State Independent Redis- northern Westchester towns such ized maps were released. planning on retiring this summer. been waiting with bated breath
tricting Commission — couldn’t as Bedford, Lewisboro, North He wasn’t expecting to seek pub- to nd out where the new lines
reach an agreement on the new Salem, Somers, and Yorktown. It Faulkner, Schrepel, and Fal- lic o ce. “With the direction this were going to land. e maps are
lines. includes all of Putnam County ciglia won’t have to re-petition country’s been heading ... I’m not now nal. Bowman remains in
and parts of both Rockland and to get on the ballot, but Lawler one to complain, so I wanted to the 16th  but Yorktown is in the
So in February, the Democrat- Dutchess counties. still reportedly has to collect sig- do something to help the coun-
led state legislature was forced to natures. try and the people within my SEE REDISTRICTING PAGE 24
step in and come up with bound- Maloney, who has a home in
Cold Spring, decided not to run
in the new 18th district, choosing

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Happily
Ever
After

Roll the dice Missed connections

Once there was a time bedroom at home. Awhile back, friends of ours picked aged 18-24 spend an average of four
when TV commercials At the height of the pandemic, us up to head out to dinner. As
were so cool that we did we were heading up Cherry hours a day on their phones. at’s a day
shutdowns certainly put a crimp Street, I tapped my pockets, and a ash
of panic came over me as I realized I had a week! I’m sure some adults aren’t doing
forgotten my phone. Sensing my twitch-
not even know what product the in the in-person casino gambling ing, our friends o ered to turn much better. I might be one of them.
around and go back home so
advertisement was supposed to be action. People who enjoy gambling I could grab it. After a couple Recently, I made a phone call to one
of cleansing breaths, I said no,
promoting. as a way to spend an I think I’m going to be OK. of my kids only to get a text back asking
I should be able to make it
Was it hyping afternoon pulling the through a few hours without what I wanted?
my digital crutch.
a luxury car or READING, lever on a slot machine IN CASE I texted back; I
car insurance? WRITING & in Atlantic City or We had a lovely, relax- YOU was yearning for
CHOCOLATE spending a weekend ing evening focused on one MISSED IT human contact
e majority KIM at the casinos in another’s company. It felt like my blood with my children.
of TV KOVACH upstate New York or pressure went down a few points as well
commercials Connecticut did not by being “sans phone.” Sometimes when
are for DON SCOTT this happens, they
On the ride home, I re ected that I
medications have those options had not been away from my phone for feel guilty and call
several weeks. It’s the last thing I look at
and products during the shutdowns before I go to bed and the rst thing I me back.
look at when I wake up in the morning. I
to treat aches, for health and safety promised myself I would turn the phone Social media isn’t
o more often to keep my head out of
pains, and illnesses. Judging by reasons. the screen. a substitute for human contact. ere is

the number of these commercials, ose gambling fans are now I was chatting with a friend at the dog no eye contact, no reading body language,
park and shared my revelation about my
it looks like the United States is encouraged to save money on semi-addiction and concern about what noticing tone, or picking up in-person
I might be missing out on. She shared
the most unhealthy country in the gasoline and hotel accommodations a recent experience of hers. She walked social queues. Manners are better in per-
past a neighbor on the street who had
world. Pills, creams, copper-infused and continue to play blackjack or his earbuds in as he walked home from son than online. Civility degrades online.
the train. She said hi, and he mouthed
socks, and digestive remedies are roulette on their cell phones from hello, nodded, and kept walking. She We always joke that people would never
had wanted to tell him a touching story
constantly being marketed to the anywhere – at home or at work. about one of his children she had the say some of the things they say online to
pleasure of crossing paths with recently
viewing audience. ese loud, slick TV commercials but missed the opportunity to connect. someone in person since they might get
I’m sure there are many similar stories
en the Covid pandemic hit. are targeting a wider audience of about missed connections because we’re punched.
absorbed in our gadgets.
Since March of 2020, we have would-be gamblers. It is so easy to Human beings are social creatures
Many of us worry about our kids losing
been bombarded with a steady loop turn on your phone, download the the ability to connect socially in the real who need social contact to thrive. It’s
world because they are on their screens
of TV commercials about safety app and throw your money away – too much. I read recently that students the glue that holds our society together.

precautions, testing protocols, anyone can do it! Our gadgets may be getting in the way of

vaccines, and booster shots. Doctors College students, regular working what we need.

and nurses dressed in professional folks and senior citizens can now I ran across a family who has “no cell-

white coats or smart business attire spend hours glued to their screens in phone” Sundays to reconnect with each

present the same messages over and a whole new way. No more waiting other. ey have young kids. When they

over. on a long line at the convenience have friends over for play dates, all the

But a new, insidious type of store to buy a Lottery ticket. e cellphones get put in a box at the front

television commercial has slowly promise of winning big bucks is door. eir kids were morti ed at rst,

taken over the airwaves promoting right in the palm of your hand! but they found that their home became a

various types of gambling apps. Games of chance are not for more popular destination because of their

Celebrity sports gures and “real me. “A dollar and a dream” to buy rule.

life” players extol the ease and a Lottery ticket once in a while, I am not sure I am ready for “no

excitement of sitting on a couch at maybe. But people love to gamble. cellphone” Sundays or a box at the front

home and gambling on a computer Horse racing, sports games, dice, door, but I am trying to put to phone

or smartphone. Several of these cards, the stock market, you name it, down more often and take a break from

“real life” players, men, and women, people have been placing bets since our relationship. My goal is a few fewer

claim that they “woke everyone in the beginning of time. It’s a slippery missed connections in the future. TikTok

the house” when they won big on a SEE KOVACH PAGE 11 and Twitter will have to survive without

gambling app while sitting in their me.

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Celebrating 50 years of the Lewisboro Garden Club

BY POLLY TAFRETE living trees in town, and are working on as bittersweet and wild rose from your favorite owers as they bloom, but
LEWISBORO GARDEN CLUB clearing another area from invasives at property, a one-hour golf lesson with don’t neglect to periodically stroll
Onatru. A no-fee community garden Greg Bisconti, PGA at St. Andrew’s through our garden centers for inspira-
Fifty years ago, a few friends were continues to thrive, and the importance Gold Club Apple Tree Performance tion and ask questions. e people who
taking a walk along Elmwood of pollinators and native plants with Center, two tickets for a Giants game, work there are experts or will nd the
Road. ey noticed a triangular- programs and activities is ongoing. a private guided tour of Mt. Holly answer for you.
shaped bare piece of land at the in- Preserve with a picnic lunch for four, a
tersection of Elmwood e Lewisboro Garden Club invites Bedford Garden Stroll for three couples Many gardeners like to plant a
Road and Shady Lane you to join them as they with drinks and appetizers, a hand- combination of annuals and perennials.
and thought how beauti- proudly celebrate their 50th blown glass planet crafted by world-
ful it would look if they anniversary on June 11 at renown glassblower, Josh Simpson, a ey know that annuals bring fast and
planted owers and Onatru Farm. Club members sunset cocktail cruise on Lake Wacca- instant bursts of color. Most of them
greenery. is was the will give anyone interested buc plus so much more. will bloom all season until the rst
beginning of the Lewis- a guided tour of the gardens frost, which will kill them. Perennials
boro Garden Club. at 4:30 p.m. e celebration Starting on June 6, bidding sheets are the opposite. ey will come up ev-
starts at 5 p.m. under a tent will be available at the Lewisboro Li- ery year but, depending on the variety,
Little did they know on the front lawn. Come brary and will continue until the day of
then that this garden and enjoy the hors d’oeuvres the celebration, Saturday, June 11, at 7 ower for only a short time.
club would grow to have from the Horse and Hound p.m. ere is also a BUY NOW option. Once summer heat arrives, spring
a membership of over 80 people and Once bought, that bidding sheet will be annuals such as pansies, violas, and
always strive to maintain and enhance Restaurant in South Salem, sip some removed from public view. You do not osteospermum fade. Pull them out
the natural beauty of Lewisboro. wine, beer or sparkling water and listen have to be present to win. and replace them with studier ones
to the cool sounds from e Waldorf like angelonia, ageratum, coleus, salvia,
roughout the years, the club’s Trio who will be playing a diverse e proceeds from the auction will nasturtium, and cosmos, to name a few.
accomplishments have been many. Its selection of jazz standards throughout be split between the Lewisboro Garden
members plant and care for the 27 gar- the reception. Everyone will take home Club and the Lewisboro Library. ese owers attract butter ies and
den triangles in every hamlet of Lew- a complimentary cookbook compiled hummingbirds, as do the butter y
isboro. ey help beautify the spring of members’ favorite recipes from the e Lewisboro Garden Club is a di- bush, lantana, zinnias, and asters.
roadsides with the Golden Roads daf- previous two published cookbooks and verse and friendly group that welcomes
fodils, care for the gardens and mead- those of the current members. new members. ey appreciate dona- Fragrance gardens are another excit-
ows at Onatru Farm, provide owers tions of any amount which help to fund ing idea. e best place to plant one
from their gardens to seniors, and in Tickets are $35. Information on and keep active its many programs. is next to a wall or patio close to your
December, hang holiday swags on the purchasing them can be found at lewis- house. e re ected heat will intensify
Welcome to Lewisboro signs. In just borogardenclub.org. A TIP FROM THE GARDEN the fragrance. Two of the most popular
the past few years, they’ve given away CLUB ones are verbena and nicotiana. Oth-
over one thousand bare-root seedlings A Silent Auction with over 30 phe- ers to consider are santolina with its
to residents, documented the oldest nomenal prizes such as a 5-6 member Adding new plants to your garden aromatic gray and green foliage and
crew who will be available for two doesn’t have to happen only in spring; anise hyssop, whose leaves have a mint
hours to remove unfriendly species such it can be all summer long. Enjoy your
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e meaning of life explained GARDEN CLUB

In a recent conversation with controlling our destiny and A second group of thinkers also FROM PAGE 9
my lifelong friend, Peter, determining our life’s meaning believe that we are part of some
he asked if I would write has long roots in both religious “cosmic purpose” but this group and licorice scent.
about the meaning of life. I don’t and cultural heritages and sports prefers a less deistic approach, Look for a place to tuck a corner garden into
normally take requests for identifying the designing source
my columns but in this MY to be either our nature itself your garden. Zinnias are long-blooming and easy
case, I made an exception. PERSPECTIVE or some mystical power of the to grow. Others that work well are airy cosmos,
universe: perky portulaca, and nepeta (catmint).
In any philosophical JAMES
endeavor, looking at the MARTORANO 1) Socrates suggested that Shady spots can be eye-catching. Mix annuals
precise meaning of the our purpose is entwined in our such as begonias, impatiens, and coleus with vari-
words you are using is several famous advocates. Here is nature, which is to seek happiness ous perennial hostas. Other choices are coral bells
paramount. is is so just a sampling: through knowledge which leads (which often have a second bloom), astilbe, and
critical that an entire to virtue which, completing the lungwort.
branch of philosophy, aptly named 1) Yeshua bar Yoseph claimed circle, leads back to happiness.
Linguistic Analysis, asserts that our life’s goal (and meaning) is If your garden is starting to look a bit tired in
most philosophical issues are to learn the qualities of faith and 2) Epicurus similarly taught August, plant some shrub roses to perk it up. e
really matters of language rather love toward one another so that that we are put on this earth new sterile varieties of butter y bush, such as the
than metaphysics. So, when we we will merit membership in to cultivate the pleasures of
ask, “what is the meaning of God’s Reign at the end of time. the mind, namely wisdom and utterby, buzz, and lo and behold, work well too.
life,” what exactly do these words understanding. While summer ower gardens needn’t be labor-
mean? 2) Paul of Tarsus proselytized intensive, there are a few necessary maintenance
that our “purpose” is to have faith 3) Aristippus went even further, chores.
A large part of the philosophical in the Messiah so that our original claiming we are here to seek
community imagines this question sin could be washed away, and we pleasure and that the meaning e bene ts of mulch are more than aesthetic.
to incorporate a teleological avor. would nally be ready to return to of life is contained in our ability Any organic mulch will eventually l staunch weed
By that, they mean that our very Christ. to enjoy every minute. is is the growth and keep the soil cool and moist. As it de-
existence serves some purpose type of person you want to invite composes, it will improve the soil’s nutrients. Apply
or plan designed from either: a 3) Muhammad believed that to your next barbeque! mulch in a two-three-inch layer. e University of
Supreme Being or the Universe the meaning of life is solely to Connecticut Home and Garden Education Center
itself. render faithful obedience to Allah 4) Hegel, who was no fun at experts warn that it should never be placed directly
as revealed in the Quran. all, believed that we are here to against plant crowns or tree bases as this can pro-
How many times have you develop our capacity to reason. mote diseases.
heard someone say, or you’ve 4) John Calvin taught that we He further asserted that, by so
said yourself, “it’s God’s plan” or, are here only to love God and that doing, we would naturally nd When it’s dry, watering is essential. Most com-
when someone narrowly avoids a life of faith and discipline will the Absolute Mind, which exists mon garden plants prefer an average of one inch of
death, “it wasn’t his time.” e enable us to love Him forever. in the movement of human water a week. Apply it all at once directly into the
notion that there exists an entity ground. Avoid getting the plant’s foliage wet as this
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MARTORANO craving, which is the cause of hu- I am sad to report that Jill Iscol KOVACH
man su ering, and enter the state of died last week. But her life’s story
FROM PAGE 10 Nirvana. lives on. She lived a life of purpose FROM PAGE 9
and direction. She found her mean-
history. By taking a physics- In response to all these views of ing in an abundance of empathy slope. Placing a three-dollar bet on a long-shot
oriented view of human nature the meaning of life, the existentialist which knew no bounds. Her obitu- horse at the track on a Saturday afternoon or
he claimed that the same rules tradition thumbs its nose, pointing ary put it this way: “She believed ev- playing a monthly poker game with a group of
of cause and e ect found in instead to life’s inherent “absurdity,” ery person, no matter their circum- friends is one thing. e sad fact is that many of
science are operative in human suggesting that it is presumptuously stances, deserved respect and dignity. these new online gamblers most likely do not have
interaction. His famous “dialectic” farfetched to claim that our lives t She couldn’t pass a homeless person the extra money to lose.
became the cornerstone for many into some deistic or cosmic purpose without reaching in her pocketbook;
philosophers who followed. Karl or design. While I get their argu- the su ering she saw in the world It’s the adrenaline rush that makes gambling so
Marx, for example, in his concept ment, they neglect a second equally a ected her deeply, body, and soul. exciting. Why not get o the couch and go sky-
of dialectical materialism, took valid interpretation of the meaning It was the driving force behind her diving or ride a roller coaster or enter a triathalon,
this ill-conceived Hegelian notion of life. I am sure you have heard peo- unwavering commitment to improv- audition to be in a play or sign-up for a TV baking
and made it the bedrock of his ple joyfully say, “she found herself,” ing the lives of others.” competition to feel that same adrenaline rush?
philosophy, applying it to what or “he was oundering until he dis-
he perceived to be the struggle covered his purpose.” In this version, To you, my dear readers, and my ink about it – if you have money to burn, why
between the workers and the ruling the meaning of life emanates from friend Peter, I regret that I have not fund a new children’s playground or donate to
class. within each of us, not from without. failed in my attempt to come up an animal shelter? If you really want to show o as
I am talking about individuals nd- with a de nitive answer as to ques- a big spender, how about surprising a few college
5) Natural Mystics, in general, ing their own ful llment, meaning tion of the meaning of life. Rather graduates by paying o their student loans?
often substitute the “universe” for or purpose as they wade through the than worry about which answer is
a deity. So, whatever happens is ups and downs of their life. the correct one, I recommend we fol- Kim Kovach thinks everyday life is a big enough
part of a “cosmic plan” and that we low Jill’s example, and put our hearts gamble. www.kimkovachwrites.com
are merely playing out our role in One such person, who is a prime and souls into making this a better,
the Universe’s scheme, however example of someone who knew ex- more compassionate, and kinder Letters and Op-Ed Policy
insigni cant as it may seem. actly what she wanted to accomplish world. Perhaps, if we are fortunate, Letters to the editor and op-ed submissions
Although poetic and inspiring, and did so with fervor, is author, we can have a life like hers, one was may be edited. The views and opinions
there is no rational basis to believe humanitarian, and activist Jill Iscol. which was described as follows: “In expressed in letters and op-eds are not
their assertions. In her inspirational book, “Hearts Jill Iscol’s book of life there are no necessarily those of the Katonah-Lewisboro
of Fire,” she credits her parents with empty pages. ere are tales of ad- Times or its affiliates. Submissions must
ere exists a third group of phi- providing her the meaning and venture and romance, of heartbreak include a phone number and address for
losophers who I would suggest take purpose of her life: “there was always and happiness, of good times, great verification. Not all letters and op-eds will
a hybrid approach; weaving together a clear message from my parents friends, and missions accomplished. necessarily be published. Letters and op-eds
an explanation for life’s meaning through words and example, that it It is the story of life lived to the full- which cannot be verified or are anonymous
which is part deistic and part natural: was up to those blessed with more est and a generous love that reached will not be published. Please send your
to help those with less, not from a far beyond family.” at is the best submissions to the editor by e-mail at klt@
1) Lao-Tzu asserted that we are sense of nobleness oblige but from answer to the meaning of life ques- halstonmedia.com. For more information, call
here to seek the Tao and know inner a genuine identi cation with each tion that I could ever imagine. the editor at 914-302-5830.
harmony of Nature’s Way. person’s humanity.”

2) e Buddha taught that we are
here to transcend tanha, the sel sh

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What is so great about ice cream? It seems that in the warmer months, it is PHOTO COURTESY OF THE COUNTRY HOUSE
the “go to”food to cool o while enjoying the sultry breezes of summer.But ice
cream hails as a far more meaningful snack than simply a refreshing treat. Ice Judy Higgins and Nancy Cicillini, residents at the The Country House,
cream received national recognition in 1984, when Ronald Reagan declared are sitting and enjoying the beautiful surroundings, while enjoying a
July 15th as National Ice Cream Day. scrumptious ice-cream sundae.

Ice cream lovers often view this frosty dessert as a panacea of sorts, o ering e Country House is a marketing partner of this newspaper. is article is
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ing MRI machines to analyze brain function, indicated that the orbitofrontal
cortex at the front of the brain “lit up”in response to one swallow of ice cream.

is section of the brain is associated with processing and reacts when people
are enjoying themselves. It is unclear how statistically signi cant these studies
are, but without any scienti c evidence, many ice cream lovers will attest to the
positive e ects ice cream has on one’s psyche.

At e Country House, an assisted living community in Yorktown Heights,
no one is particularly concerned with the validity of ice cream studies. ere
are far more important considerations like having a simple co ee ice cream
cone or opting for a mint chocolate chip sundae with whipped cream and
chocolate syrup. Judy Higgins told me that she loves the basic avor of choco-
late and whenever she eats chocolate ice cream , it reminds her of the ice-
cream truck coming down the block. Nancy Cicillini, another resident of e
Country House, also reminiscences about the Good Humor ice-cream truck
and care-free childhood days.

Whatever the magical qualities of ingesting ice-cream may be, it is for cer-
tain that eating ice cream, is for many, a delightful and delicious adventure.

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Occupy woke

Anybody out there remember place on the ideological spectrum, it the original Occupy group (protesting means something conspiratorial when
e Hustle, a disco-era dance is incorrect to act politically correct. Wall Street) used Occupy as a verb, we know in our heart of hearts that it
craze? A half-century later, Weird, huh? because they literally camped out in means nothing less innocuous than the
when we say hustle, we mean a job, and lower Manhattan’s nancial district. past tense of wake. As in being aware of
it’s preceded by “side.” WORD SALADS what’s happening around you.
e Democrat group uses Occupy
is is, after all, the gig More than a decade as an adjective. Call it nit-picking, e hijacking of woke is so
economy. Even ancients but whomever came up with Occupy traumatizing I hesitate to use that
like me can muster a ago, there was the Democrats as a branding device didn’t fraught four-letter word in idle
side hustle (in my case major in grammar or in messaging. conversation for fear I will put myself in
as a ghostwriter). Occupy Wall Street Write it o to cognitive dissonance, harm’s way.
not unlike wishing someone a “Happy”
“Ghost” is another BRUCE (OWS) movement. Memorial Day. e intention is well- Depending to whom you’re speaking,
word that has been THE BLOG Its Wikipedia entry meaning but the execution is maladroit. uttering “When I woke up today”
repurposed for our describes OWS as could ignite a knock-down, drag-out
modern age. We used BRUCE “a protest movement UN LEARNING DEFINITIONS argument – about race and education
to call it being ignored APAR against economic I hope you are as confused as me and voting and guns and gender – that
when someone you veers so verbally violently from left to
know suddenly stops inequality and the about this stu , because otherwise I’d right and back again, both combatants
acknowledging your existence. If a feel lonely being the only one who has end up with whiplash. And on their way
ghostwriter “ghosted” his author client, in uence of money in to un-learn the de nition of words we to the hospital in the EMT ambulance,
the scribe really would disappear, and be were taught in grade school. Words they can continue their smash mouthing
out of a side hustle. politics that began in like woke. Isn’t that supposed to be the cage match by ghting over women’s
past tense of wake? As in being not health rights.
When I recently was asked what Zuccotti Park, located unconscious.
obsesses me, it took me no time to reply, A COLD SHOWER
“Words.” It’s the raw material I work in New York City’s Wall Street nancial You know, like “Woke up, fell out of Invoking the newly pejorative form
with to earn a living as a wordsmith. bed, dragged a comb across my head…”
district.” Anybody out there don’t remember of “woke” has become hit-and-run
Have you heard, for example, the the lyrics from “A Day in the Life,” the shorthand for “I vehemently disagree
word cheugy? at is a snickering term In other words, the rst word in climactic cut on the Beatles’ landmark with you, but rather than engage in the
favored by Gen Zers to let their elders Sgt. Pepper album? rigor of a nuanced conversation, what
– that is, Millennials – know when they Occupy Wall Street is meant to be a if I just call you the past tense of wake,
are trying too hard to be trendy. Central to my smithing and obsessing twisting it into a put-down of your
synonym for “Oppose” or “Protest.” It’s over words is wondering how a word politics.”
ey say politics makes strange as simple and serviceable as the past
bedfellows. ese days, politics also anti-Wall Street, not pro-Wall Street. tense of wake got misappropriated and C’mon, folks, we can do better. If
makes strange inversions of settled word politicized and dis gured – and how
meanings. So, when I rst came across the we’ve been proselytized into believing it SEE APAR PAGE 16

For example, if you occupy a certain group that chose to call itself Occupy

Democrats (OD), I logically assumed it

was a Republican faction specializing in

opposition research, with the rst word,

a la OWS, a synonym for “Defeat.”

How silly of me. Turns out I was wrong

about OD being right.

Occupy Democrats’ Facebook page

describes it as “a merger of the goals

and interests of Occupy with those of

the Democratic Party.” e problem is

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Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back.®

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FRIDAY, JUNE 24th — JOHN JAY HIGH SCHOOL
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Veterans enjoy ice cream at the Katonah Firehouse
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Does recycling really happen?

BY MARY ANN KELLY yogurt containers, plastic cups and take-out beverage, detergent, and shampoo containers APAR
and caps. With the expansion of the county’s
YORKTOWN100 food boxes. Source Separation Law, all Westchester FROM PAGE 12
residents, businesses, schools, and institutions
What happens to your recyclables About 6% of the materials are rejected due alike are required to separate for recycling it’s mockery of someone who
after you put them in the bins for all empty plastic containers marked with the doesn’t think exactly like you that
curbside collection? to contamination. About 92% is marketed and triangular chasing arrows symbol and coded turns you on, try a cold shower to
recycled. e recycling rate in Westchester with a number 1 through 7 in the center. satisfy that jones. Or nd a copy
is 50%, which is high for the Northeast. A quick reference guide is found on the of 80-year-old evergreen “30 Days
Westchester County Environment webpage: to a More Powerful Vocabulary.”
We have all heard the newwns1th0a0t CZheinroa However, these numbers can uctuate year environment.westchestergov.com/images/ Or try a word with more weight
stopped taking to year because this stories/pdfs/plasticsummary.pdf and more than one syllable. Woke
imported 2040 Yorkto Net Carbon includes organic matter. is weak.
Mixed paper items include corrugated
recyclables and STEP UP TO A So, a year that has a cardboard, le folders and o ce paper, We brandish words like swords,
newspaper, and mail. Cardboard should be using them to bludgeon each
most of our SUSTAINABLE major storm with lots of other, instead of like plowshares,
recyclables end up LIFESTYLE tree damage might be attened and broken down. Wet paper is a to cultivate nourishment through
in land lls. higher because of tree huge problem, so it is important to keep it dry, reasoned argument and mutual
if possible. Milk cartons should be placed in empathy. We’re not word
But here in Emissions by and soil debris. the commingled bin and not added to paper. smithing. We’re word smiting. e
For more information, read the Recycle Right politically correct would call it silly.
Westchester Last year, Westchester Guide with Q&As and the Pocket Guide,
also available on the Westchester County e politically incorrect would
County, that made $2 million in Environment webpage. You can also call call it stupid. Gen Z would call it
914-813-5425, the Recycling Helpline, for cheugy, as in “time to wake up and
is not the case. More than 90% of the pro t from recycling, according to Vetrone. more information or if you have additional put to bed the tired cliche.”
questions.
county’s recyclables collected at the curb are Financially, recycling makes sense compared Why do we do such unhelpful
Yorktown100 is a 100% volunteer group of things to each other? Rock ‘n’
recycled and turned from waste into usable to costs of solid waste removal, which cost neighbors working to reduce our carbon footprint roll philosopher Jim Morrison of
by 5% a year through various programs. Contact
products. At a recent webinar (“Recycling: $105 a ton to dispose of. Most of the county’s us if you would like to learn more or would like to e Doors got it right. People are
join. Visit us at yorktown100.org and help make strange.
Is It Working?”) sponsored by Saw Mill residential waste goes to the Waste-to-Energy a di erence. Mary Ann Kelly is a retired science
teacher with a background in environmental Bruce Apar is a writer, actor,
Audubon Society on April 28, Louis Vetrone, facility in Peekskill. e full program on science. consultant, and community
volunteer. He can be reached at
deputy commissioner of the Department recycling is on SMRA’s YouTube channel: [email protected]; 914-275-6887.

of Environmental Facilities, stated that youtube.com/sawmillriveraudubon.

recyclables go to the Daniel P. omas So, what do we recycle? When in doubt,

Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Yonkers. recycle it?

is plant receives 80,000 tons a year of No, non-recyclables are one of the biggest

recyclables. It recently underwent a retro t challenges faced by the county. Plastic bags

and an update. Now high-tech optical sorting should not go in the bins. ey can cause res

equipment shoots thousands of laser beams at the MRF. Plastic bags can be dropped o

per second through each plastic container at large grocery stores and retail businesses for

to identify the resin type. is allows the recycling. If a plastic container is not cleaned,

county to continue recycling plastic containers throw it out as it may contaminate other items

coded 1 and 2 and also collect and recycle in the recycling bin.

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e blue Danube — Part I

This week I’m coming to you required on board the ship when we eating Cocoa Pu s from the box, or kept at di erent elevations. Watching
from a cruise on the beautiful were not eating. However, because anything like that, or you’re going to the administration of the rst lock
blue Danube River, the second- of the abundance of food, we were get stuck with a service station named is cool to watch, as you see the water
after you on the turnpike. pumped out and the boat sinking to
longest river in Europe only to the almost always eating. the lower ow. e rest are simply dull,
Our next stop in Bavaria was and I think it would save everyone a
Volga. I would tell We embarked Passau, known as the “City of ree lot of time if these locks were shipped
Rivers:” the Inn, the Danube and down to the Florida Keys where they
you the source of from the city of the Ilz Rivers forming a con uence could be opened faster.
at the eastern end of the city. ere
the Danube, but as MAN Regensburg in are examples of cannonballs made Stopping at Krems in Austria,
a journalist I cannot of granite displayed around the city, we took an e-bike tour through the
OVERBOARD Germany, a lovely possibly those used by the bishop picturesque Wachau Valley. We had
reveal my sources. But place whose dubious against invading parties and even never ridden an e-bike before, and it
rst we had to get on RICK claim to fame is against the land-owning burgher class took all the e ort out of the equation
MELÉN that World War II of their own territory. Historically, it’s so we could concentrate on seeing
a plane, and I’m a little much easier to capture a bishop on a the sights. I was hoping to tour the
chess board, where he can only move Black Forest so that I could see cake
out of practice. ended just before it diagonally. in its natural habitat, but it was much
farther west. I liked the tour so much I
We had to schedule was to be bombed. e magni cent St. Stephen’s wonder if the exercise cycle we have in
Cathedral is a paragon of Baroque the basement comes in e-bike?
a Covid test before e Stone Bridge style, and boasts one of the largest
organs in the world (which is itself We rode e ortlessly through
our ight, so I was on pins and across the Danube there was begun one of the best boasts in the world). postcard setting. Picture in your mind
Passau prospered with the shipping of a lovely vista, with stepped, hillside
needles waiting for the results. Since in 1135 AD and is a wonder of salt on the Danube. It’s a testimonial vineyards, seedlings already starting,
to how important the Danube was to ruins from a 12th century castle in
I hadn’t been feeling like myself for medieval architecture. It has 16 arches trade in Europe’s early history, and the distance. Can you see it? See that
also a testimonial to how boring the thing in the corner? I’m not sure what
about a week I was concerned, but and is over 1,000 feet long, and it’s food was. that is, but we can edit it out later. I’ll
be back next week with part two of
luckily, whoever I WAS feeling like a great place for a sel e and a view And then it was back on board, the travelogue!
cruising toward Vienna, stopping only
didn’t have Covid. It was probably just of the city. It took 11 years to build, for some of the 16 locks along the Look for Rickster Melen on Facebook!
route. e Danube ows down from Say hello at: [email protected]
the pins and needles. When we got maybe because they were trying to get Regensburg toward Budapest, so in
order to keep the river navigable, it is
to the airport there was a sign that Mexico to pay for it.

said, “Cannot Scan Multiple Faces,” St. Peter’s Cathedral is an impressive

so if you’re a two-faced scoundrel you example of authentic gothic style,

might get through the line faster. with its twin spires jutting almost 350

I’m not one to spend a fortune on feet in the air. If you’re lost, just look

accomodations when I’m on vacation, for the church in the distance, and

and I don’t think I’ve ever stayed at a if your soul is lost, you can kill two

hotel that was Michelin-rated. I’m not birds with one stone. A church this

even sure my snow tires are Michelin- beautiful puts a lot of pressure on the

rated. But I did open up the piggy saint that it’s named after — you’d

bank for this cruise, and it was worth better be cathedral-worthy. For all

it. Our vessel was a 190-passenger you saints out there hoping to get a

longboat with 50 crew. Because of nice church named after you, don’t get

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