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Published by Halston Media, 2021-01-20 16:14:06

The Somers Record 01.21.21

Vol. 10 No. 40 Visit TapIntoSomers.net for the latest news. Thursday, January 21, 2021

Supervisor Morrissey will
not seek reelection

BY CAROL REIF the second year of their four-year terms. Supervisor
STAFF WRITER Local political parties will endorse Rick Morrissey
and his wife, Linda
Announcing Friday, Jan. 15, that he candidates before the end of February,
will not seek a fth term, Supervisor when they begin circulating petitions to PHOTOS: DEENA BELL
Rick Morrissey said he was proud of his win their party’s primary to get on the
record and was looking forward to pursu- ballot. Democrats already are backing tax .
ing other interests, staying involved with receiver Michelle McKearney, a Republi-
the community and spending more time can, for reelection, Robbins said.
with family.
Somers Republican Town Commit-
Morrissey said it was a “privilege to tee Chairman T.J. McCormack praised
serve the people of Westchester County Morrissey as “a terri c town supervisor.”
and Somers in a career that has spanned
over four decades.” “Working with Democrats and Re-
publicans at the local, county and state
Unopposed when he last ran for the levels, he has kept Somers safe, supported
two-year post, the 70-something Repub- small businesses and protected our green
lican’s decision came as a surprise to at spaces and natural resources,” he said.
least one colleague and set in motion the
potential for contested races this fall. McCormack attributed Morrissey’s
leadership to the town’s surviving “natu-
Christine Robbins, head of the town’s ral disasters and now a global pandemic
Democratic Committee, con rmed Fri- while remaining the lowest-taxed town
day that Democrats plan to “run a full in the highest-taxed county in America.”
slate” of candidates.
“We are grateful for Rick’s service to
Robbins ran unsuccessfully against Somers,” he added.
Morrissey for supervisor in 2013. For
four years previously, Morrissey had been In a note accompanying his o cial
a town councilman. announcement, Morrissey said he was
“grateful for the opportunity that at the
Councilmen whose four-year terms end of 2021, after serving four terms, that
are up on Dec. 31, 2021, are Anthony J. I will be able to pass the baton to a very
Cirieco and William Faulkner, both Re- quali ed councilman with my sincere
publicans. hopes and support that he gets elected.”

Deputy Supervisor omas A. Garrity ere already is speculation about who
Jr., a Republican, and Democratic Coun- that councilman might be.
cilman Richard G. Clinchy are each in
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The Staff What you need to know about COVID-19 vaccines

EDITORIAL TEAM CareMount exec talks distribution, allergic reactions, and more
JODI WEINBERGER
On Friday, Jan. 15, Yorktown Medical. is interview has been edited unfortunately done a bit of over-
EDITOR: 914-302-5830
[email protected] Town Supervisor Matt Slater e video, one of 70-plus for clarity and space consider- promising and under-delivering

BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER chatted about COVID-19 vac- COVID-19 updates Slater has ations. to this point.
SPORTS EDITOR: 914-302-5628
[email protected] cines with Dr. Lewis Kohl, chief provided during the pandemic, Slater: Can you give us an When you read what’s going

ADVERTISING TEAM medical information o cer, se- is available to view on the town’s update on the vaccine, speci - around—“sign up, sign up”—it
PAUL FORHAN
nior medical director, and chief website, Facebook page, and cally for our area? seems like you can just get the
(914) 806-3951
[email protected] safety o cer at CareMount YouTube channel. Kohl: e state and feds have vaccine this weekend. at’s not

BRUCE HELLER the case.
(914) 486-7608
[email protected] New York State is only getting

LISA KAIN 600,000 doses a week, which is
(201) 317-1139
[email protected] just not enough to vaccinate ev-
CORINNE STANTON
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[email protected]
e good news is: Production
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TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL ally improve supplies and make

CREATIVE DIRECTOR things better.
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Thursday, January 21, 2021 The Somers Record – Page 3

Lions den
Illuminate Somers winners

BY JASON KLATSKY Nature dumped over a foot of Prizes this year were decided OUTDOOR COMPETITION Baker Family of Lounsbury
GUEST WRITER snow on us. With their help, the by the Somers Lions Board who Drive, Alzheimer’s Association;
help of the Somers Police De- wanted to show their support for First: Ruschil Family of Twin Worsley Family of Mekeel Street,
Out of the darkness came illu- partment and the help of some the restaurants in town who have Knolls, St. Mary’s Hospital for Somers Senior Citizen; Gal-
mination, and Somers sure didn’t very dedicated Somers residents been struggling so much due to Children lino Family of Lakewood Drive,
let the pandemic slow down who stepped up last minute, we the pandemic. All our winners Somers Education Foundation
our holiday spirit in 2020! e weaved our way through our pre- will receive gift certi cates from Second: Guyot Family of
Somers Lions Club would like to vious Illuminate Somers winners, these Somers favorites: Mamma Somerset Drive, Guiding Eyes HOLIDAY LIGHT BINGO
thank all those who entered the who again didn’t disappoint this Rosa Ristorante, Il Forno Italian for the Blind WINNERS
Illuminate Somers Light Deco- year. Kitchen & Bar, Somers Super
rating Contest and all those in Deli, Barnwood Grill Restaurant, ird: Ondrovic Family of Megan Kreinen
the community who participated Due to the current state of the Fratelli’s Pizza & Pasta, Muscoot Deans Bridge Road, Blythedale Jill Pirrotta
in, and voted during, the Parade world,we made an e ort to hold a Tavern, Le Fontane Ristorante, Children’s Hospital Erin Lavelle
of Lights. contact-free event. And although Route 100 Market & Deli and Janet Seaboldt
we didn’t have hot chocolate and DeCicco & Sons Somers. Please INDOOR COMPETITION Robin Dugmore
Over 150 cars, lled with glow sticks to warm and brighten continue to support these restau- First: Sator Family of Dunhill Our whole community is the
cheerful Somers residents, turned our night, it was so impressive rants in 2021! real winner, but special congratu-
out for the parade and, including how organized our parade-goers Drive, Somers Historical Society lations to all who put in the time
the Somers Highway Depart- were. e addition of an interac- Without further ado, the 2020 and e ort to illuminate our town
ment, which had worked for 48 tive Holiday Light Bingo Card Illuminate Somers winners are: OUTDOOR HONORABLE great town. e Somers Lions
hours straight preparing/clear- allowed people to stay enter- MENTIONS wishes you peace, happiness and,
ing the town roads when Mother tained while driving around. of course, health in 2021!!
Kaminski Family of Lincoln-
dale, Somers Historical Society;
Quinn Family of Crest Drive,
Westchester Humane Society;

Ruschil family wins Illuminate Somers

BY CAROL REIF doors) in the Lions Club’s 2020 “Illumi-

STAFF WRITER nate Somers” event, the Ruschils insist

they don’t deck the halls for the glory.

Snowmen and Santas and bears… Friendly rivals Arnie Guyot and Bob

not to mention toy soldiers, minions, Ondrovic came in second and third,

Snoopy and ginormous sparkling candy respectively, in the outdoor competi-

canes. tion. e Sator family of Dunhill Drive

Oh my, what a holiday display the placed rst in the indoor contest.

Ruschils put on this year at their Twin Winning is nice, but “it’s not a big

Knolls home! deal; it’s more about the Christmas

It was de nitely a family a air, said spirit,” Errol said.

dad Errol, who led the battalion of col- And this year, giving pandemic-

orful lawn decorations. weary folks the chance to smile means

Elves lending a helping hand were everything.

daughter Marissa, a 24-year-old medi- For some, the Ruschils’ nativity scene,

cal student, and 21-year-old twins No- music and platoons of runaway ginger-

elle and Evan, who were home from bread men are exciting; for others, they

college. have more of a sopori c e ect.

Mom Christina was in charge of set- One set of neighbors with restless

ting up a massive Christmas village in- children told him that they drive past

side the manse. the house to take a gander every night

e former Yorktown couple moved and by the time they pull back into their

to Somers two decades ago and have driveway, all the little Whos are happily

been delighting crowds of kids and a-snooze.

grown-ups ever since. While the sentiment is old-fash-

(Errol only missed one year, and that ioned, technology has made everything

was because he had pneumonia.) new again.

Even though their decorating e orts SEE ILLUMINATE PAGE 13 PHOTO COURTESY OF THE RUSCHIL FAMILY
have landed them in rst place (out-

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at the Community Center

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MORRISSEY taxed town in Westchester, - noted, adding: “It’s what we all league,” he said Morrissey has Open Space Committee, which
nalizing the master plan and believe in, working together in had “great relations with the was responsible for the purchase
FROM PAGE 1

keeping an open-door policy to the best interests of the town.” community.” of the 654-acre Angle Fly Pre-

Garrity, who’s been on the all in Westchester.” While “perplexed” about e fact he has been unop- serve.

Town Board for 13 years, called “He’s been a sage of good Morrissey’s decision to not seek posed in the last three elections A former youth football and

Morrissey “a great supervisor advice and a personal mentor a fth term, Clinchy said he un- speaks to “his appeal to both lacrosse coach, Morrissey served

and a close friend.” anking to this councilman as well as a derstood how di cult a supervi- sides of the aisle,” Cirieco added. on the town’s Ethics Board and

him for “all his years of service to friend and trusted colleague. sor’s job can be. Morrissey has, he said, “im- was treasurer of the Somers

Somers and the county,” Garrity He’s one of the best examples of “It’s 24/7. e phone can ring proved service levels at low cost.” Land Trust and a president of

said Morrissey has “spent his en- why Somers is the greatest town and you have no idea what’s on at’s partially due to his un- the Lions Club.

tire adult life in public service.” on Earth,” Faulkner concluded. the other end of the line. It’s a wavering support of local volun- It’s not hard to understand

In an apparent hint at a pos- Clinchy said Friday that lot of responsibility.” teers. why Morrissey’s very supportive

sible run for the top spot, Gar- he was “surprised” by the an- Clinchy said he was looking “Rick did a great job of sta - of those who serve on town com-

rity said: “While a candidate has nouncement, noting that noth- forward to working closely with ing committees,” said Cirieco, mittees, boards and task forces.

not been endorsed, of course it ing had been mentioned the Morrissey until the end of 2021. citing Partners in Prevention When working for the county,

would be an honor to be super- night before during a Town Cirieco, congratulating Mor- and the Somers Community Morrissey accrued real-time

visor in my lifelong hometown, Board meeting. rissey on his pending retirement, Council as examples. experience in disaster prepared-

if my friends and neighbors saw Expressing “nothing but ad- said the supervisor has led the ness and response. is came

t to elect me.” miration” for the Republican su- town through some “di cult DECADES OF SERVICE in handy when power outage-

“Right now, it’s about thank- pervisor, the Democrat said that challenges”—the most recent Morrissey has spent close to prone Somers got slammed with

ing Rick,” he emphasized. while they had disagreed from being the COVID-19 crisis. 12 years in elected o ce—four back-to-back nor’easters a few

Faulkner said he thought time to time on certain issues, it It’s because of that leadership of them as a councilman and years ago.

Morrissey had done “an out- had nothing to do with partisan- that the town has been able to eight as supervisor. While “very proud” of what

standing job over the last eight ship. maintain its strong nancial His overall service record is he’s accomplished, Morrissey

years” and would be leaving “I like Rick; the best part position during the pandem- likewise extensive. said he couldn’t have done it

“Town Hall even better than he about this job is making friends,” ic without raising taxes, said Once the county’s deputy without “the collaboration of so

found it.” Clinchy said. Cirieco, a former chief nancial commissioner of environmental many good people.”

Among the list of Morrissey’s Putting people before politics o cer who’s been on the Town health, he also chaired the town’s Among his “guiding prin-

achievements he cited were is essential, especially in small Board for nearly nine years. Architectural Review Board ciples,” Morrissey said, were

“keeping Somers the lowest- communities like Somers, he Calling him a “friend and col- for 18 years and co-chaired the low taxes, supporting economic

development and delivering es-

sential services “all the while

protecting our precious environ-

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VACCINE ably, in the next week or two, heard, had planned to announce We are seeing people who are vaccines. ey do make a lot of
FROM PAGE 2
have their own sign ups. So, that this week. But the reality very prone to rash from drugs people achy. We’re seeing fevers,

you’re going to see a lot of ad- is there’s not enough vaccine who got a rash from this vac- we’re seeing aches. For most

course, going to do that, but vertising. If you’re our patients, around for everybody. cine. It’s still just a rash. But it’s people, that’s gone by the next

you’ll have to go on the state and somebody wants to give you If you have or are prone to not a bad idea if you’re still re- day. In the rst two or three days,

system to sign up for those. vaccine, I wouldn’t tell you not allergies of medication, what ally concerned about having a it’s not unusual for people to feel

For our patients, we’re going to get it. steps should you take to make lot of allergies to see an allergist. a little bit cruddy. at’s not

to do it for the people we think is is a vaccine where if sure that you’re getting the If you are the “I took this scary. at’s telling you that your

are at greatest risk. e real- somebody o ers it to you, take vaccine in the safest environ- medication and I almost died” body is reacting to the vaccine.

ity is: If you’re 32 and perfectly it. We think everybody should ment? kind of allergy, I probably would at’s what you want. You want

healthy, you don’t need the vac- be vaccinated. e vaccines are ere are di erent types of not take the vaccine in a phar- to make an immune response, so

cine as badly as someone who’s safe. So, don’t wait on anyone in allergies. ere are what we call, macy, because all the pharmacy that if the virus shows up, your

75 with 12 medical problems. particular. in medicine, immediate aller- can really do is call an ambu- immune system stomps it.

On the other hand, I really want You don’t need to call your gies; immediate hypersensitivity lance for you. But most people Some people are getting

the 32-year-old to get vaccinat- medical practice because no to allergies. And then delayed. that we have seen so far, and low-grade fevers. But they’re

ed, so they stop spreading it to medical practices have received Delayed basically means rash. several million have been vac- not sick. ey’re not coughing,

the 75-year-olds. vaccines. A few urgent care Immediate means you can’t cinated already, are doing just their nose is not running. None

As we get vaccines, we will centers—not the CareMount breathe, your blood pressure ne. You are more likely to have of these vaccines, the vaccines

start notifying you, that you urgent centers—in the area got goes down—that’s what we call a rash, from what we’ve seen that are going to get approved

can come in and you can book vaccine. It was supposed to be anaphylaxis. A lot of people will so far, than the u vaccine. But in the next six months, they are

these appointments. For folks for their sta . But they ordered have that to bee stings, so they most people are doing just ne. not a whole virus. ey are not

who don’t have internet access too much. And the state said, carry EpiPens to jab themselves Should [people with aller- a weakened virus. ey’re tiny

or email, we’ll end up calling if you ordered it, you can give with. gies] avoid a place like the pieces of the virus. ey can-

them, particularly if you are in some out. So, you may see some If you have a history of having County Center? not give you COVID. ey can’t

any of our care-management in local urgent cares. e hos- immediate reactions, I probably e County Center has EMS give you the u. ey can’t give

programs. I would expect that pitals tend to have it rst. But would not choose to take a vac- and paramedics there who can you a COVID-like illness.

other medical groups and medi- other than that, it’s going to be cine outside of a medical facility. at least start Epinephrin. e What about the second

cal practices will do this. For the a little while. Right now, we’re being told County Center said it’s ready to dose? Should they expect simi-

pharmacies and the Westchester Individuals who are im- you’re really not at risk if you handle medical emergencies. lar reactions to the rst dose?

County Center, those are going munocompromised but under have a bee-sting allergy, for ex- It’s not a medical desert. Yes, people are de nitely hav-

to be sign ups with the state. 65, do you know if they’re a) ample. I know some of those ere is attention there. So, it’s ing reactions to the second dose.

Some of the hospitals, like eligible and b) can you provide people have been vaccinated probably something in between. Some a little bit more than to

Northern Westchester, are go- some advice for them if they recently and they did ne. But It’s not an allergist’s o ce, but the rst dose. ere are people

ing to be holding vaccine clin- should be vaccinated? if you couldn’t breathe and you there will be people who will at- who had [no reaction] to the

ics as well. And right now, you ey absolutely should be ended up in an emergency de- tend to you. rst dose but after the second

probably have to sign up with vaccinated. New York State partment because you got an in- What types of reactions are dose they were achy and fever-

the state. But the big systems— has not opened up vaccination jectable medication or a di er- people having to the vaccine? ish. So, it’s achiness, fever, and

like NewYork Presbyterian and to them yet. But they’re going ent vaccine, I would want to be ese vaccines cause more re- SEE VACCINE PAGE 19

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Opinion

Happily
Ever
After

Liver and spinach! 2020: e year in

was speaking on the phone to our family review - Part I

WHATWAS doctor.
I THINKING? “Carry her to the car on a chair and

get to the ER immediately.” When I noticed this headline I was

RUTHANN As we left the house, my 8-year old MAN shocked that after seeing a picture of
SCHEFFER sister was crying as she squeezed rosary OVERBOARD Kim Kardashian, anyone would believe
beads into my hand—she was so fright- her rear end to be imaginary. Turns out
RICK
ened and so was I. What happened? MELÉN followers of the famous reality star who

Why did I feel so strange, like I wasn’t saw a photo of her as a teenager believe

When you burn the candle at really there? that her backside has been enhanced sur-

e doctor met us in the ER and after gically, or possibly through the injection

both ends, you pay a sti price. many questions and an examination, of a medium-sized ottoman. Kardashian,
2020 was such a rotten year, I can’t the butt of this criticism, remains imper-
Combine a stressful job, not he told my folks that I was in serious believe it even needs a review. I give vious to the allegations, citing diet, ex-
it two thumbs down right o the ercise and shapewear as the reasons for
eating/sleeping properly, smoking, party- condition, bleeding internally and that

ing and taking loads of aspirin to stave I needed a blood transfusion immedi-

o a cold and I had the makings of a big, ately. Because my veins had collapsed, top of my head, three if I could get my her ponderous posterior, although ironi-

big problem! the transfusion took much longer than it hands on another thumb, or vice versa. cally those reasons are usually credited

In the late 50s after graduating from should have. It was a nightmare. And yet important things did happen, for downsizing a derriere. I understand

Katharine Gibbs, I landed a job in a I didn’t need surgery but the doc- events that will be remembered through what she’s going through, because people

prestigious ad agency in Manhattan tors followed a regimen of chalk-like time immemorial. Here are some that are who viewed an Instagram post of me as

and commuted from White Plains. It drinks containing gelatin to help heal likely to be forgotten moments before a teenager have trouble believing that my

wasn’t unusual for me to come home, my insides—the “cocktails” were hor- you read them. college diploma is real.

shower, put on my party duds, skip the rible. One nurse—I called her the Drill GOING TO MUSEUMS MAY IN- STUDY FINDS THAT DOGS POOP

dinner Mom had saved for me and head Sergeant—made me drink three glasses CREASE LIFESPAN IN ALIGNMENT WITH EARTH’S

out to a party in my sweet Chevy Bel I’d neglected, one after the other. I near Every time I go to a museum, by the MAGNETIC FIELD

Air convertible. Life was a fast-moving gagged because they had sat on the fourth exhibit my back is killing me and A research article in the publication,

treadmill of places to go, people to see tray too long and were warm and very by the fth, my knees are killing me. “Frontiers in Zoology”reported that dogs

and how fast I could get from one place thick. I pleaded with her to make these en I have to crane my neck to peer tend to position their bodies in a north

to another. drinks more palatable. e next one she over an entire Japanese tour group to read and south direction as they are moving

One Sunday afternoon in February, brought was avored with chocolate; it the English translation of something that their bowels. So, you can take a Shih

George (whom I’d marry later that year), was like an ice cold milk shake going turns out to be the re exit plan, and by Tzu on the Tropic of Capricorn, and you

my cousin Pat and her husband, Dom, down and I couldn’t wait for the next then my neck is killing me. And yet a can take a Cockapoo on the 39th paral-

and my Dad planned to go bowling. I’d one. study out of London found that people lel, but probably nothing will happen. I

been ghting a cold and really should After a week of rest and many “milk who visit museums on a regular basis had took a compass outside with me to make

have stayed home and let Mom pamper shakes,” I was nally going home. As a 31 percent lower risk of early death as an informal study of my dog doing her

me. But, oh no, fun and games over- the doctor was giving us post-care compared with people who didn’t. About business, and I found that my dog is the

ruled; I took a few more aspirin. As we orders, I piped in: “I can’t wait to have a half that percentage could be explained Businesswoman of the Year. I pointed her

waited for Dad to bring the car around, I pizza.” by the fact that most museum-goers don’t facing north and things went south in a

started to feel very strange, kind of fuzzy e doctor abruptly turned to me: live in neighborhoods where people often hurry. A related study found that money

and the house seemed to be moving “Young lady, you can just forget about shoot at museums, but the other half had allocated to study things was pooped out

away from me. pizza for a long time. I don’t think you no readily explainable factors. pretty much haphazardly.

“Hey guys, I don’t think I’m going realize what your parents went through. KIM KARDASHIAN FANS RE- ALBATROSSES USED AS FLY-

to make it,” as I collapsed to the frozen ey never slept the night you came in; FUSE TO BELIEVE HER BUTT IS ING SPIES TO DETECT ILLEGAL

ground. SEE SCHEFFER PAGE 16 REAL AFTER INSTAGRAM PIC- SEE MELEN PAGE 16
I came to in the living room as Mom TURE

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Ups and downs

Ihave my blood tested I was told on a Tuesday wrong. After holding on for Everybody was right, noth- THE
three times a year. Since to expect the phlebotomist more than thirty minutes an ing was amiss, but the damn SEASONED
the Coronavirus struck on Wednesday between 9 a able young woman came to thing wouldn’t work. It was CITIZEN
I’ve located companies to do AM and 12 PM. I prepared the phone and said she was as as if the card was snubbing its
many things in my home and by making sure I’d be avail- confused as I was! non-existent nose at all of us ADRIENNE
lab work is one of them. My able, had my co ee at 8 AM, and saying, “Nah nah nahnah KAVELLE
doctor sends his orders to and waited and waited and To add insult to injury, last nah!”
them, they call to tell me when waited. By one o’clock when week my secondary insurance Guess Whom?” I gured the
they’re coming, and that’s no one had shown, I called company sent my 2021 card In the middle of all this ‘whom’ joke would clench it
that…but not this time. the lab to nd out what went and instructed me to register brouhaha, Dracula appeared for her…but, being part of my
its numbers with my pharma- to siphon my blood into four annoying day, it did not. She
Excellence in Dentistry cy. I did so immediately. vials…at 3 PM. I hadn’t eaten, checked her entire roster of
I was mad as hell for having to friends and family until she
In Somers Since 1990 On the day my blood was deal with all these inconsisten-
Paul D. Harbottle, DDS to be taken I also ordered cies, and exhausted from the nally realized it was, indeed,
two prescriptions to be lled. frustration of something that from me.
VOTED Guess what…my new card did should not have been unsolv-
not go through. I called the able. “It’s just gorgeous!” she said.
TOP DENTIST 2009-2019 insurance company, checked “It looks like a real cake, but
the numbers and found they Seasoned Citizens, like my- I can enjoy it without adding
by his Peers were all correct. ere was no self, prefer things kept simple calories!” So it was a tough
reason for them not to clear, and as expected. We feel when day for me, but a great day for
as featured in but clear they did not. we do the right thing it should her.
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Arrested development

this was some kind of phish- but he did slam the bars behind the top o the toothpaste that thing that could actually get
a really bad guy, laugh, and wish morning AND squeezed from me arrested? I started to break
TRACY ing scam since they never him a nice day. But I don’t think the middle. It was possible my out in a sweat. en I thought
he meant it. husband had called this infrac- for a minute more and decided
mentioned my name or what tion into the police although at most, I might get a parking
It occurred to me that calling I’m pretty sure while annoying, I ticket for parking in a not-a-
BECKERMAN it was that I’d done, I thought you and telling you you’re going didn’t break any actual laws. parking spot and that it prob-
I’d check with my friends to to be arrested is, ably would not lead to me being
Next I remembered that I’d arrested.
see if they had received the a) kind of a tip o that you’re burnt the steaks on the grill last
going to get arrested and, night. Again, I didn’t actually Con dent that the whole
same phone call. break any laws but I think my thing was a bunch of baloney, I
b) the kind of news that would family was pretty unhappy deleted the voicemail.
ey had not. make most sane people immedi- about having charred hockey
ately buy a plane ticket to Cuba. pucks for dinner. en I went and put the cap
Apparently there is a war- So, either I was just the Since the number of arrests back on the toothpaste, just to
rant out for my arrest. would probably dip dramati- Finally, I remembered that I be sure.
I’m not sure exactly rst of my friends to get in on cally if the alleged criminal got a had made my own parking spot
this scam, or there really was a forewarning that the police were at the supermarket when I was Tracy Beckerman is embarking
warrant out for my arrest. Still, coming for him, I nally and buying the meat I would burn on a new adventure as an empty
de nitively decided this whole at dinner because there were no nester! Now, instead of being
what it is that I did wrong but I was pretty sure that if the thing must be a scam. actual spots available. is time “Lost in Suburbia,” she is “Lost in
I think I did actually break the Midlife.” Life is just as funny…
according to the voicemail I got, police wanted to arrest you, they Still, on the o -o chance law. I wondered if someone had but with a lot less laundry. For
that this might be a real thing, I reported me for wanton parking more midlife humor, you can follow
I had 24 hours to call a certain wouldn’t have some lady call you thought I should consider all the space consumption. Was that her on Facebook at facebook.com/
things I’d done that might get a real thing? Was this some- LostinsuburbiaFanPage.
phone number or the local police and let you know it was going to me in trouble.

were going to come arrest me. happen. I think if they are going First I recalled I had left

en the voice on the other to arrest you they come to your

end of the line wished me a nice door unannounced, with a war-

day. rant, and then they cu you and

I don’t know how you’re sup- take you in. And nobody wishes

posed to have a nice day when you a nice day. Out of curios-

someone tells you you’re about to ity, I checked with a friend who

go to jail, but I gured they were was a former police o cer about

just trying to be polite. this and he said he’d never called

Although I was pretty sure anyone before he arrested them,

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Bah Humbug blues be gone

Friends and Christmas display rivalries lift spirits through one-upmanship

BY CAROL REIF tive collections: Guyot was gifted Robert Ondrovic and Arnie Guyot ot had bought for a 3-year-old Ranchero pickup truck so they
STAFF WRITER with a teddy bear that pops up granddaughter, now a grown-up could take in the holiday lights.
out of a box. Ondrovic in turn He wasn’t the only one grate- 20-year-old.
Go big or go gnome. got a klutzy Rudolph the Red- ful for the teeny bit of normalcy “It was after midnight Mass at
at could be the spirited Nosed Reindeer to dangle from holiday displays provide. “She loved it so much that it St. Raphael’s (where he was an
his roof. started this whole quest,” she altar boy) and it was freezing,” he
motto for two holiday display Guyot got a similar card from said. remembered.
enthusiasts who have been car- Even politics can’t get in the a little boy who had been blue
rying on a erce, but friendly, way of their friendship. Guyot, until his parents took him on e youngest grandchild, who “God bless you for turning out
rivalry for the past several years. a Republican, let Ondrovic put a the Illuminate Somers 2019 tour, attends the school across the the way you did,” Guyot told his
campaign sign in his yard when an event organized by the Lions road, came to Guyot’s defense friend.
As Santa stand-ins, Somers’s the Democrat was running for Club. one day when a classmate men-
Arnie Guyot and Bob Ondrovic o ce last year. tioned “that crazy house.” “ at’s A huge snowstorm and sub-
both spend a ton of money, time “Did you frame yours yet? I my pop-pop’s,” she loyally told sequent rain and wind event in
and e ort decking out their Although every year they try to did,” Guyot teased Ondrovic. him. December threw both of them
homes for Christmas. one-up each other—and engage for a loop.
in more than their fair share of Guyot and Ondrovic also Ondrovic remembered liv-
But each jolly old elf has his joshing—Guyot and Ondrovic shared childhood memories of ing in a one-bedroom, one-bath Ondrovic lost lots of lights—
own distinctive style. are happily on the same page. less lavish holidays. apartment in Queens with his although he has so many “that no
parents and three siblings. e one noticed.”
Guyot goes for the giant in- “We do it for the kids,” they “Growing up, we didn’t have family had no room for any
atables. His Snoopy and Wood- chimed in tandem when asked much,” said Guyot, who was Christmas decorations other And that includes, he joked,
stock riding a chopper and St. recently why they put in so much born and raised in Somers. But than a 3-foot-high table-top the folks in the space station as
Nick emerging from a helicop- e ort. he loves to go overboard now be- tree. Ondrovic’s oldest sister’s they passed overhead every seven
ter are favorites of his Somerset cause it keeps him from getting boyfriend, Sal, used to drive the hours or so.
Drive neighbors. Spreading cheer is especially in a “bah humbug” mood. children around in the bed of a
Ondrovic, who lives on Deans important this season in light of “We like to give them a nice
Bridge Road a few minutes away, the sadness and loss spurred by According to his wife, Elsie, display,” he said.
instead opts for thousands of the ongoing pandemic, say the the whole thing began with a
sparkly lights. He jokes that ev- pair, who admit to being “big blow-up Easter rabbit that Guy- A half-dozen of Guyot’s
ery year he gets a thank-you card kids” themselves.
from the local electric company
for boosting its quarterly num- “I may have to get old; I
bers. don’t have to grow up,” said the
Guyot cheekily counters that 60-year-old Ondrovic, a retired
he’s been told that planes, trying lawyer and newly minted state
to land at the county airport, use Supreme Court justice.
his house as a guide.
But for the two pals, it’s not so Guyot, 68, recently stepped
much of a competition as it is a down after working nearly three
collaboration. decades for the Somers Highway
When Ondrovic was having Department.
trouble stringing lights on his
roof, Guyot hooked him up with It’s obvious their e orts are
a bucket truck. A talented pho- appreciated.
tographer, Ondrovic has used his
drone camera to capture aerial Recently a hand-written
views of the Guyot extravaganza thank-you note—along with a
for posterity.
Each has surprised the other ver to help with the electric
with additions to their respec- bill—was tucked into Ondrovic’s
mailbox. Signed “Santa,” the
tear-inducing message talked
about how “rough” the year had
been and how the display had
put “a smile on my face.”

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OBITUARIES

to New York City to give food three sisters, Helen Cedrone at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic

and clothing to the homeless. of Waterbury, CT, Mary Disa- School, he attended Boys High

She was a member of the Ka- dor of ornwood, NY and (most days), where he was friends

tonah Women’s Civic Club and Frances Newman of North Sa- with NBA player and Harlem

volunteered at the Katonah lem, NY and several nieces and Globetrotter, Connie Hawkins.

rift Shop. Anne was a sup- nephews. Bob and his family su ered a

porter of St. Judes Children’s A mass of Christian Burial few exceedingly di cult years

Research Hospital and Make- was celebrated on Wednesday, with the passing of his sister

Anne Marie Nappi A-Wish Hudson Valley. December 23, 2020 at St. Jo- Marianne, his father, and his
grandmother in close succession,
Anne is the beloved wife of seph’s Church in Somers, NY. Robert Joseph so to give his mother some relief,
“Bob” Mankowski Bob went to live “above the pork
Mariano (Mud) Nappi and the Interment will follow at a later

Anne Marie Nappi (née loving and devoted mother of date.

Corsi), 87, of Somers died John (Karin) of Wingdale, NY, Memorial Contributions store” with his sister Loretta, and

Monday, December 21, 2020 at Ivana Kellaher of White Plains, may be made to the following: Mankowski, Robert Joseph, her husband Paul Massotti, who

her home in Somers. NY, and Carla (Brian) Whitley Make-A-Wish Hudson Val- “Bob” 79 of Somers died urs- was like a second father to him.

Anne was born on April 18, of Virginia Beach, VA. She ley, 832 S. Broadway, Tarry- day, January 14th, 2021 at North- Bob was forever grateful for the

1933 in Mt. Kisco, NY to the is the doting Grandmother of town, NY 10591 and/or ern Westchester Hospital. kindness and generosity of Paul

late Henry and Antoinette Kristy ( Justin) Quinn, Taylor St. Jude Children’s Research Bob was born on March 16th, and Loretta – taking in a trouble-

Corsi. & Danielle Nappi and Au- Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, 1941 in Brooklyn, NY. He was maker like himself.

Anne worked for a short gustin Kellaher also two great Memphis, TN 38105. You may the only son, and youngest of ve Bob spent several of his teen-

while at the Grand Union as grandchildren, Jax Ryan and also go to St. Jude’s website children of the late Francis and age summers as a barker running

a Secretary before leaving to Hayden Rose Quinn. and donate. Please include our Mary (née Werner) Mankowski. several concessions (fake head-

start a family. She was a ird Anne is predeceased by her mother’s name, Anne Marie “Northside Bob” loved growing lines, gold sh race) on the Steel

Order Franciscan and devout husband of 63 years and two Nappi and the email address of up in Brooklyn – playing in Mc- Pier in Atlantic City for $40 per

Catholic. She was part of the brothers and one sister. She is [email protected] and Carren Park and rooting for the week, but regretted that he didn’t

Prison Ministry for a number survived by her brothers Henry address of Carla Whitley, 1821 Dodgers. take the o er of 50¢ an hour.

of years and also assisted in a Corsi of Valhalla, NY, Joseph Fury Way, Virginia Beach, VA After spending grade school He was a graduate of New

few Midnight Runs to go down Corsi of Palm Coast, FL, and 23456. being disciplined by the nuns York Community College receiv-

ing his Associate Degree in Con-

struction Technology, and was

proud to have served our country

as an artillery Sta Sergeant in

the Army National Guard. He

was never called to active duty,

2020 was a but had a frighteningly close call
CRAZY YEAR! a few weeks before nishing his
training at Fort Sill, OK. JFK
was assassinated, and the ser-

geant told Bob to clean his ri e
and get ready to ght the Rus-
sians or Cubans, or whoever was

behind it.

He started his professional ca-

reer as a draftsman working with

the world-famous designer Ray-

mond Lowey, but also did a lot of

late-night freelance work to help

make ends meet. He later worked

for A&S in Brooklyn, and then

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He made a lot of life-long friends

at work, and enjoyed many great

gambling trips with his buddies

to Atlantic City and Las Vegas.

He met the love of his life, the

late Marian (née Quinn) from

Maspeth, NY in 1960, and they

were married in 1964. Unbe-

knownst to them, his mother and

Marian’s father had met years be-

fore – they frequented the same

speakeasy! Together Bob and

Marian raised two children, Lori

(Luis) Chiriboga of Somers, NY,

and Robert (Tonya) of Middle-

bury, CT, and enjoyed spoiling

their four grandchildren, Mat-

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VACCINE without masks. I don’t care if CareMount has a great OBITS was chicken soup without the
FROM PAGE 6
you know them. I don’t care if presence here in Yorktown, FROM PAGE 18 chicken. Nevertheless, he very

it’s your nephew or your cousin and I hope we can count on much enjoyed having lunch

fatigue. Most people don’t get and she’s such a nice girl. She’s that presence to continue. since he was an avid photogra- with his surviving sisters, Lo-

fever-ish. A few have. We’re going to give you COVID. I And I know you’re working pher, we have the pictures to retta Massotti and Dorothy

seeing achiness, we’re seeing guarantee it. diligently to bring the vaccine prove it. Clements who lived next door

soreness in the arm where you We’re in the homestretch. It’s here to our residents. Before moving to Somers to him.

got vaccinated, we’re seeing kind of like you’re in the trench- We will have—I’m not going in 1978, Bob, Marian, Lori, After 46 years of marriage

redness three, four, ve days es in World War I and you just to say where—a vaccine clinic in and Bobby lived together in Bob was heartbroken in 2010,

later. e arm swells a little bit heard that there’s going to be Yorktown, but it’s going to be by Queens, and Bob became a when his beloved wife passed

at the site and is getting red. peace signed tomorrow but you appointment. Honestly, I think loyal fan of the Mets and Jets. away prematurely, but he

It’s not an infection. It’s just a stuck your head up and you got in May, we’re going to have all He supported them until the strongly believed she continued

local reaction to the vaccine. shot in the head. You’re the last the vaccine we want for every- day he died, despite them hav- to watch over him. We know

ere is nothing you need to do one to go down. Don’t do that. body. When that happens, we ing consistently disappointed this because he often wore a

about it. Nobody’s going to the ere’s just a little time left. Be will just open the doors, and just him over the years. tee-shirt claiming, “My wife is

hospital for it. But it is so well careful. Be a mask wearer. like a u clinic, it’ll be a walk-in He is survived by many peo- my guardian angel.” We take

worth taking this vaccine. It’s For anybody who tells you clinic. We’re a little bit a way, but ple that know him as “Uncle comfort in knowing that Bob

the only way we’re going to get that the masks are not pro- it’s going to be this year. Bob,” and many of them are is nally reunited with Marian,

our world back, is to take this tective, they’re wrong. ey’re e million-dollar question not even related to him. He which is what he wanted most

vaccine. highly protective. We have kept that’s out there is: Is the sum- was generous with his time, of all.

If somebody gets their vac- our medical sta safe. Our ur- mer going to be the summer? and with his jokes – he had a Bob will be remembered and

cine, they get the double dose, gent care centers have literally Personal prediction? Don’t great sense of humor, and could missed for the great stories he

is the expectation that it’s a been pounded with COVID hold me to it because I’ve lied quickly come out with a corny told, a small fraction of which

one-time or are they going to over the last year. ey’re all before, but I think we’re going (and sometimes dirty) joke to are touched on here.

have to come back, whether safe. Our sta s have not got- to have a real summer. I think suit any occasion. Contributions can be made

it’s next year or a few years ten sick. e patients coming we’re going to get our lives back He was a picky eater his in Bob’s honor to Operation

down the road, to get vacci- through our facilities have not for the summer. I think we will whole life. In fact, he took Gratitude (https://www.opera-

nated again? gotten sick. And it’s because we have enough people vaccinated picky eating to another level. tiongratitude.com/) or Nation-

It’s a great question. We don’t mask. at’s number one, two, or with natural immunity that His standard take-out or- al Park Foundation (https://

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Sports

The shape of things to come

Mahopac’s Kavana recognized for Brooklyn Nets design work

BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER What I learned in my rst internship out

SPORTS EDITOR of college was that I enjoyed designing way

more than I enjoyed marketing, and the rest

With the addition of superstars Kevin was history!

Durant and Kyrie Irving, not only did You obviously worked hard to get to

the Brooklyn Nets become instant NBA where are. So, how much does something

title contenders, they’ve become one of the like the “New Voices Under 30” honor

most-watched teams in the league. More mean to you?

than half of the team’s 37 games in the rst Something that’s very common in the

half of the 2020-21 season are scheduled to sports industry is relocating; there are only

be broadcast to national audiences. so many opportunities in sports in a given

As the Nets have their hands full trying city. Because of that I found myself moving

to live up to the hype, it will be Jessie Kava- cross-country multiple times, taking jobs

na’s job to make sure they look good doing wherever I needed to in order to further my

it. Kavana, a 2009 Mahopac High School career— rst to Kentucky, then to Phoenix

graduate, is a senior graphic designer with to work for the Suns, then to Connecticut

the team. to work for ESPN, before settling here at

After Mahopac, where she scored 1,000 the Brooklyn Nets. Being away from home

points as a member of the varsity basket- in a brand-new city, alone, is scary yet excit-

ball team, she continued her athletic and ing, but there were times where it really hit

academic careers at Skidmore College. She me what a sacri ce that was. Sports is also

has since worked graphic designing jobs at a 24/7 business—players get traded, big

West Point, IMG, and the NBA’s Phoenix news drops, and depending on your role,

Suns before coming to Brooklyn in 2016. you have to be ready to react at a moment’s

e Sports Business Journal recently notice. It’s really a grind, and I’ve poured so

selected Kavana as one of its “New Voices much into honing my craft as a designer

Under 30.” e purpose of the program over the years to get to this point. To be

was to “identify young, diverse, and impact- recognized for that hard work and sacri ce

ful leaders, entrepreneurs, risk-takers, and and to be named alongside so much talent

disrupters who are reimagining the sports in the industry is something I’m truly proud

experience the way business is done.” of and humbled by.

Kavana spoke with Mahopac News I’m sure it’s di cult to list all of your

about her career so far. responsibilities, but what is your title and

How did you get into graphic design- your day-to-day role with the Brooklyn

ing? Was this an interest of yours from a Nets? What are some of the projects you

young age? lead or things you design (courts, uni- Jessie Kavana PHOTO: SPORTS BUSINESS JOURNAL

I was always into art growing up, and forms, shoes, etc.)?

early on I knew that I liked it and had At the Nets, I work on our creative team

some talent in that area. I don’t necessar- as senior designer, and we handle all of Instagram feed, to helping pick out paint of that scale and signi cance to the team’s

ily have memories of it but my mom would the visuals related to the marketing of the swatches for our court, all in one day. identity.

tell you that I used to color in the “o’s” in team. Taking into account the goals of the What is a design of which you are Lastly, is working for an NBA team as

the body copy of the newspaper! I’d always marketing department and the business as particularly proud? cool as it sounds?

been detail-oriented in that sense. In high a whole, we develop creative for our social/ Having been with the team for almost is type of role has always been my

school I got really into drawing - portraits digital channels, in-arena signage, mer- ve years, there have been many big wins dream job, if I’m being perfectly honest. I

of athletes I admired, cartoon characters I chandise, and in-market digital and print for our creative group that we’re all so proud can recall being an eighth grader and joking

liked, and gra ti lettering of my name and advertising, to name a few of our main of, though I’d have to highlight the design with friends that I wanted to work in mar-

my friends’ names. I took a graphic design responsibilities. Our team also handles of the Nets main court last year as a per- keting for an NBA team someday, before

course at Mahopac High School my senior designing the basketball court and col- sonal favorite. It was a project that was truly I even realized that this was a possible ca-

year (shoutout to Mr. Mohammed!) and laborates with Nike on uniform design and a team e ort and one that we were able to reer path. It’s a hustle, without a doubt, but

loved it, and that’s where it all started. Stu- overall identity. It’s something di erent ev- get really creative with (it is the rst court in there’s nothing like being in a packed arena

dio art ended up being my minor in col- ery day, which I love. I could go from devel- the NBA to implement a gray tone, to con- of excited fans, and knowing that you’re a

lege and I planned on using it in my career, oping the look and feel of our season-long nect back with Brooklyn’s industrial roots). part of creating an incredible experience for

though I saw myself more as a marketer. marketing campaign, to a visual for our It’s still pretty surreal to work on something your fans. at’s what it’s all about!

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The basics of sprains

Many an athlete has expe- PHOTO: METRO
rienced a sprain at one point CREATIVE CONNECTION
or another. In fact, the Ameri-
can Academy of Orthopaedic
Surgeons notes that sprains are
among the most common soft-
tissue injuries. Because of that, it
can bene t athletes to learn about
sprains so they’re better prepared
to confront one should they get
hurt while competing or training.

WHAT IS A SPRAIN?

According to the National In-

stitute of Arthritis and Musculo-

PHOTO COURTESY OF MARK MAZZOTTA skeletal and Skin Diseases,a sprain WHICH AREAS OFTHE be mild while others more se-

Nicholas Mazzotta is an injury to a ligament,the tissue BODY ARE VULNERABLETO vere. e three categories of

Kennedy’s Mazzotta that connects two or more bones SPRAINS? sprain are:

at a joint. When athletes su er a e AAOS notes that the • Grade 1: Considered a

sprain, one or more of their liga- ankles, knees and wrists are most mild sprain, a grade 1 sprain is

to play D1 baseball ments are stretched or torn. vulnerable to sprains. Many bas- marked by slight stretching and

ketball players have experienced some damage to the bers of the

WHAT’STHE DIFFERENCE sprained ankles, which occur ligament.

BETWEEN A SPRAIN AND A when the foot turns inward, plac- • Grade 2: A grade 2 sprain

STRAIN? ing extreme tension on the liga- causes partial tearing of the liga-

Nicholas Mazzotta, a junior at Kennedy Catholic Preparatory It’s easy to mistake sprains with ments of the outer ankle. Sudden ment and is marked by abnor-
School, has committed to play Division 1 baseball at Fairleigh Dick-
inson University. strains, or assume both injuries twists can result in a sprained mal looseness in the joint when

Mazzotta, a Somers resident, has received a full scholarship and are the same. But unlike sprains, knee, while sprained wrists are it moves in certain ways.
will be a two-way player when his college career begins in fall 2022.
Mazzotta has been Kennedy’s starting shortstop since his sophomore which a ect the ligaments,strains often the result of falling onto an • Grade 3: Signi cant insta-
year.
are injuries to muscles or tendons. outstretched hand. bility can result from a grade 3
Mazzotta comes from an athletic family. His sister, Gabriella, also
received a full scholarship to play Division 1 softball at Manhattan Tendons are the brous cords sprain, which is characterized by
College, where she is currently a sophomore.
of tissue that connect muscle to ARETHERE DIFFERENT a complete tear of the ligament.

bone. When a person has a mus- TYPES OF SPRAINS?

cle strain, a muscle or tendon is Not all sprains are the same, is article was provided by

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Page 24 – The Somers Record Thursday, January 21, 2021

Thank you

to our valued customers for making the
Michel Design Works Shop such a success!!

We’re restocked, remodeled and are now open.
Be sure to stop by and see what’s in store for this Spring!!

Wonderful fragrances, fabulous melamine, and gifts for all.

43 Katonah Avenue • Katonah, NY


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