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Bedford has a new Town Board member

BY TOM BARTLEY is and always has been about,” he said in lling the rst half of a two-year vacancy. 28 board interview. “It is something I al-
CONTRIBUTING WRITER interviewing to ll a vacancy on the ve- Catoliato indicated he would stand for ways wanted to do.” at willingness to
member board. election to the nal year in November and serve beyond an 11-month appointment
Tom Catoliato, who was appointed last a full four years in the 2023 general elec- checked a key box in the board’s delibera-
week to the Bedford Town Board, says he e veteran Planning Board member tion. In response to a question, he told the tions.
will look to maintain traditional Bedford “rose to the top” of a eld of 10 candidates, board, “I’ll give you a 99.9 percent [likeli-
values in meeting today’s town challenges. Supervisor Ellen Calves said, as the short- hood], barring a catastrophic failure” in his His East Way home checked another.
handed board’s four members voted Tues- performance, that he would seek election. “We all agreed,” Calves said, “that we
“I’d like to continue to move the town day, Feb. 1, to appoint Catoliato, e ective probably should consider having a
forward in a way that we move into the immediately. “I will probably run again and again
21st century while keeping what our town and again,” Catoliato, 38, said in his Jan. SEE TOWN BOARD PAGE 4
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Love at The Country House

Valentine’s day spurs us to take pause and celebrate from Brooklyn, but thanks to the NYC
the love that we receive and the love that we give
by embracing the red and pink and all things cupid. subway, frequent visitation was possible,
Beautiful roses and decadent chocolate provide a
hedonistic backdrop for this overly commercialized and they embraced the journey fre-
holiday. But beyond the rose petals and the choco-
late covered cherries, there are heartfelt stories of quently. On June 9th, 1962, Loretta, and
love. Whether you are a part of a love story or lucky
enough to hear about a special romance, stories of two Israel (Lori and Izzy as they a ection-
souls nding one another never grows old and for me,
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spark a melancholic trip down memory lane.
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they both knew that this was
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Dust up A dog person’s tribute to a cat

dust mites do not drink water—

READING, they absorb moisture from the PUBLISHER’S
MEMO
WRITING & air. Homes with musty odors or BRETT
CHOCOLATE mildew problems are prime loca- FREEMAN

KIM tions for dust mites. In areas of low
KOVACH humidity, like deserts, dust mites

cannot survive. Good to know!

Some helpful tips to rid your

home of dust mites includes People talk about being cat people or dog
House cleaning is not on reducing the humidity in your people.
the top of my list of fun home, removing curtains and rugs, I won’t pussy-foot around. It’s much easier
activities. It is not even and using a damp mop on oors to connect with dogs.Dogs emote and shower their
in the top ten of things I’d rather to pick up dust, not just move owners with love.

spend my time on. Organizing my it around. Washing sheets and Cats are no di erent than lions and tigers, except
they are smaller. at’s the only reason cat people
lessons and paperwork, doing laun- blankets in hot water once a week are still alive. Just Google “Siegfried and Roy”if you
want to understand this fully. Cats are nice until
dry, washing dishes, not a problem. is also helpful. Small dust particles they aren’t. PHOTO: BRETT FREEMAN

But dusting? can slip through home air lters, But despite my obvious a nity towards dogs, Aish
this column is about a cat. I was 23 years old and
I buy all of the Swi er sweeping as well as dust from construction my then-girlfriend (now wife), Lauren, was 22, and
we had just moved in together at an apartment in
cloths and dusting paraphernalia debris and leaf blowers entering Washington, DC. at the emergency vet and ushing out his system,
Aish was on to Life No. 3.
and run around with the long- through cracks around windows Once a week, Lauren and I volunteered our time
at the Washington Animal Rescue League. At the Aish then moved to Montclair, NJ, to live with
handled duster. I try to encour- and doors. Reducing the amount shelter, we would take the dogs outside and give us at my parents’house after Lauren and I got mar-
them exercise. As much as we wanted to adopt a ried. Six months later, we rented our own place one
age myself to think of running of dust in the home and improving dog, our apartment building only allowed cats. town over, and our fur baby traveled with us to his
new home.
around the house with the Swi er indoor air quality is key. So, we found one adorable, friendly and feisty
orange tabby, which we were told was born in West After New Jersey, Aish moved with us to an
sweeper as a form of exercise. But Dust gets a bad reputation. Virginia. While the rest of the kittens were sleepy, apartment in Tarrytown, where we found Aish a
the cat that we liked was full of energy. So, we took brother. A feral stray black and white kitten needed
it seems like once I dust the tops Nobody thinks positive thoughts him home and we named him Aish (pronounced a home, so Aish showed him the ropes. is new
aysh), which means “ re”in Hebrew. cat’s personality is the opposite of Aish. Whereas
of the dressers, desk, and book- about the Dust Bowl. at period Aish was friendly, greeted all people and was fear-
Aish was hilarious from Day 1, and he had the less, our new kitten was a fraidy-cat, so we named
case shelves and scoop up all of of severe dust storms from 1930- typical vindictive cat behavior. We quickly learned him Mayim, which means “water”in Hebrew.
that we couldn’t leave glassware out, particularly
the fuzzies and dust bunnies that 1936 across the American and wine glasses, because he would deliberately knock e two cats then moved with us to Carmel,
them over. Soon after we adopted him, we brought where they had a whole townhouse in which to run
somehow lurk in the corners and Canadian prairies wreaked havoc him to the emergency vet because he cut himself on around. But when our daughter was born in 2009,
a fallen wine glass. Aish was displeased, and let us know it by urinating
dance across the wood oors, the on families, towns, and economies on items associated with the baby.
On to Life No. 2.
dust returns. in those regions. When we got home from work each night, we’d As cat owners know, once a cat urinates on the
user a laser pointer to get him to run up and down wrong spot, it’s impossible to get them to stop un-
I made the mistake of Googling A dust-up is a term meaning our apartment building hallway until a neighbor less 100% of the odor is removed. at’s when we
complained to the management company. decided to tear up the carpeting and put down a
dust mites. According to infor- a ght or quarrel. Similar to a While we were sleeping, he attacked our feet cherry-wood laminate.
if they were sticking out of the blanket. If we left
mation on the internet from the kerfu e, which is a commotion or kitchen cupboards open, Aish thought it was a At one point when our daughter was a baby,Aish,
great place to sleep.At one point when Lauren hurt who was an indoor cat, took a mini-vacation when
American Lung Association, dust fuss, especially caused by con ict- her back, Aish lay by her side for hours. he somehow got outside. For 48 hours, I handed
Aish traveled with us to Chicago for graduate out lost-cat yers to my neighbors and traversed the
mites are microscopic, insect-like ing views. (I always wanted to use school, where I bought a harness for him and took woods around my house, and I pretty much went
him on small walks in our apartment courtyard. crazy if you ask Lauren. And then, out of the blue,
pests that can trigger allergies the word kerfu e!) When I bought Lauren her favorite ower – lilies he came back. When he walked up to our back pa-
– for Valentine’s Day, and then came home to see tio, Lauren ran and hugged him and began to cry.
and asthma indoors. Hundreds of Not many people name their that Aish had eaten part of the ower, I decided to She later revealed that she was happier that she had
Google which plants are poisonous to cats (it was her husband back (I literally went insane those 48
thousands of dust mites can live in children Dusty. Famous people probably Yahoo at the time). hours looking for him) than she was about the cat
Turns out that lilies are the MOST poisonous coming back.
the pillows, bedding, mattresses, named Dusty include 1960s singer plants to cats.After putting him on an IV overnight
He looked a little bit thinner and was very hun-
upholstered furniture, carpets, and Dusty Spring eld, former baseball gry. Onto Life No. 4.

curtains in our homes. Dust mites out elder Dusty Baker, and pro- Fast forward several of his nine lives, and we’re at
Christmas in 2017, when we adopted a large dog
feed on the dead human skin cells fessional wrestler Dusty Rhodes. from a local rescue organization in Patterson. e

found in household dust. Did you know that dust bunnies

Rest assured—dust mites are are small clumps of dust made out

not parasites. ey do not bite, of hair, lint, akes of dead skin,

sting, or burrow into our skin. spider webs, and household dust

ey just exude harmful allergens held together by static electricity?

from their bodies. Yuck! Dust mite My fun internet research turned

allergies cause a host of symptoms up lots of names for dust bun-

and in ammation of the nasal pas- nies from countries around the

sages. If you experience sneezing, world.  In Dutch, the word means

runny nose, itchy, red, or watery “lints of u .” In Finland, they are

eyes, nasal congestion, coughing, called “wool dogs.” Dust bunnies

facial pressure and pain, you may in German translates to “wool

have a house full of dust mites (or mice” and in Hungarian the trans-

a common head cold or Covid— lation is “dust kitten.”

who knows?).

Older homes located in humid Kim Kovach prefers writing a

climates are more likely to have column about dust than actually

high concentrations of dust mites. dusting the furniture! www. SEE FREEMAN PAGE 12

My online research states that kimkovachwrites.com

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Happily
Ever
After

Bedford Divided

What do Katonah and used are “packing”—concentrat- wherever possible. ey missed
the Bronx have in ing the other party’s voters into the boat on that front in Bedford
common? After the fewer districts to reduce their and across Northern Westches-
ter. e Bedford Central School
recent redrawing of New York’s voting power in other districts District will now have three con-
gressional representatives instead
legislative districts, they share a and “cracking”—spreading the of one. Katonah-Lewisboro will
have two. e Town of Bedford
congressional district. You would other party’s voters across many will have two di erent represen-
tatives. e obvious and unfortu-
think a district snaking and districts to ensure they make up nate e ect will be less attention to
our speci c local issues.
undulating all the majority
When it comes to Congress,
the way from in as few Bedford has long been part of
a “purple” district that was a
Co-op City IN CASEYOU as possible. bellwether for national politics.
in the south MISSED IT In the new When the pendulum swung
to Putnam map passed one way we were represented by
Republicans and by Democrats
Valley in the DON SCOTT last week, when it swung the other way.
Now, those who are not ideo-
north—at one New York’s logically aligned with Democrats
won’t have representation. Both
point barely a congres- of our districts have been drawn
deep blue.
mile wide— sional
e impact of this over-the-top
would be the delegation is gerrymandering will ensure that
partisanship gets worse, not bet-
most egregious example. No, the projected to go from 19 generally ter. Increasingly, we will become a
state and a country of bright red
single party in charge in Albany left-leaning seats, ve generally districts and bright blue districts.
It will create a permanently
is just getting started. right-leaning seats and 3 toss- unrepresented minority. ere is
a lot of talk about diversity these
Every 10 years, following the ups to 22 left-leaning seats, 4 days, but diversity of ideology or
thought does not seem to be part
census, states across the country right-leaning seats, and no more of the formula as it should be.

redraw their electoral districts to toss-ups. New York’s political We all must get along and
work together. We can start by
account for population changes. future for the next decade will improving things at home. Our
local elected o cials should
Advocates for good government already have been decided before reach out to o cials in Albany
and demand that Bedford not be
favor compact districts that a single vote is cast. (New York divided. And the next time there
is an opportunity for an appoint-
keep “communities of interest” loses a seat already because of ment to any of the town’s many
boards and commissions, the
together. Increasingly though, the relative exodus of our popu- Town Board should reach across
the aisle and appoint someone
partisanship is front and center, lation to other states over the last that doesn’t come from their
political dugout.
with politicians picking their decade.)

voters instead of the other way It gets worse if you look

around. Some states are more beyond just the numbers and

ridiculous than others (both where the actual lines are drawn.

parties have played this game), e comedic cartographers who

but Albany Democrats may take redrew our local districts split

the cake this time achieving a Bedford in two. If you live east of

level that can only be called high Route 22 you will be in District

comedy. 18, Bedford’s current district. e

Gerrymandering is not new. rest of the town: Katonah, Bed-

It is named after Elbridge Gerry, ford Hills, and everything west of

the governor of Massachusetts Route 22, will be in District 16

in 1812, who signed a partisan (this is the district that slithers its

redistricting bill redrawing a way from the Bronx to Brewster).

district that was shaped like a Go shopping in Mount Kisco

salamander. In these hyper-par- and you’re in the 17th District.

tisan times, where tribe is more It stretches 100 miles to the

important than community, the west and includes all of Sullivan

clawing for partisan advantage County.

has become more brazen. And Common sense would dictate

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Put a Tiger in Your Tank

On my three-quarters of our solar system. colorful signs, in my grammar for you. He went on to propose luxury. Instead, for sticking to
a mile trek to grammar Patterson utilized a system school years, urging us to “Put that if it doesn’t reach that point his principles, he was ignored
school, I would pass a Tiger in Our Tanks,” I had no (which he placed at an extraordi- and ridiculed for years. Finally, in
designed to measure the rela- idea how dangerous that was. narily high level) we are all ne. 1976, the United States Envi-
But Clair Patterson knew. e Patterson and most “unbought” ronmental Protection Agency
by a rather large and color- tive levels of lead isotopes in the tiger was tetraethyl lead, a very scientists sco ed at these argu- mandated a reduction in the
deadly environmental toxin, ments. ere was no scienti - levels of lead in gasoline. en,
fully decorated items he which, when added to our gas cally agreed upon “threshold” as in the 1980s, Patterson’s work
tanks, ended up causing huge Kehoe claimed. was nally accepted, and his data
Esso gas sta- MY examined. amounts of carbon monoxide lauded as accurate. e culmi-
tion. At that PERSPECTIVE What and carbon dioxide to spout Like Lincoln and Douglas, nation of his life’s work nally
time (1959), he found into the air. these two experts found them- came in 1986, which marked the
selves squaring o against each beginning of the end for leaded
the station’s JAMES shocked Dr. Kehoe’s defense of the oil other at various venues including gasoline. On Dec. 31, 1995,
promotions MARTORANO him. Lead and gas industry had two main in front of a Senate Committee leaded gasoline, and the tiger,
included a was every- components. First, imitating the looking into the potential safety forever disappeared from all ll-
disingenuous arguments of the hazards of lead. It wasn’t lost on ing stations in the United States.
large tiger where. Mr. tobacco industry from earlier the committee that Kehoe, like Ironically, weeks earlier Clair
years, he argued that it could the experts hired by the tobacco Patterson, my hero, succumbed
accompanied Patterson not be conclusively proven industry, was a hired gun who to a severe asthma attack. In
beyond all doubt that tetraethyl was in the pocket of the petro- case you were wondering, he
by the slogan, became lead was a public health haz- leum industry. Everyone knew did nish his original task and
ard. On that point his default that he was more concerned with determined that the earth is 4.4
“Put a Tiger in Your Tank.” Soon Dr. Patterson and eventually position was that his company pro t than he was about public billion years old.
should be allowed to continue safety. As for Patterson, he was
after, the gas station became an ended up at the University of to reap pro ts until the negative approached by representatives of In my research, I stumbled
consequences to public health the oil industry and warned of across this anonymous quote
EXXON, but the tiger displays California where he continued became undeniable. He was the consequences of his con- that concisely sums up my feel-
taking advantage of the fact that tinued advocacy. He was even ings: “Clair Patterson was a hero
remained. e gas company’s to explore the levels of deadly science, by its inductive nature, o ered a lucrative contract if he because he strived to make life
never really approaches 100 per- would just change sides. But this better, answered scienti c ques-
television ad campaign boasted lead in our environment. He cent certainty but rather provides humble son of a mailman from tions, dedicated his life and his
us with the most reasonable and Mitchellville, Iowa could not be time to his eld, and revolution-
that the lead in their gasoline didn’t have far to look. Lead was reliable conclusions based on bought. In front of the Senate ized modern science. Clair Pat-
the available evidence known at Committee chaired by Senator terson embodies heroic qualities
not only took the “pinning” indeed everywhere—pipes, paint, the time. Second, he contended Edward Muskie, Patterson ar- through his desire to improve all
that even if lead was poison, a gued e ectively and passionately people’s lives and discover more
sound out of your engine, but it glass, household utensils, tin little bit of poison is okay. His about the levels of lead in the about the world.” As we face
reasoning was that only when it atmosphere. increasingly perilous times, our
also gave your car added power. cans, toys, and, most especially, reaches a particularly unbearable world needs more Clair Pat-
threshold does it become bad Had he sold out, Clair Pat- tersons.
I remember seeing tigers’ tails the gasoline that powered our terson could have led a life of

hanging out of gas tanks as cars. e concentration of lead

people hailed this technological contamination in our atmo-

advancement. sphere was more than 2,000

Just a few years earlier, al- times the natural level. It was

most one thousand miles away, literally killing us.

University of Chicago Ph.D. As Patterson sounded the

candidate Clair Patterson was alarm about the e ects of lead

tasked with determining the age on our health, the oil industry

of the earth. Patterson teamed hired pathologist Dr. Robert

up with fellow graduate student Kehoe to accomplish two mis-

George Tilton to undertake this sions: prove to the world that

challenging assignment. e exposure to low levels of lead

focus of their work consisted of was safe and, if that didn’t suc-

analyzing pinhead-sized miner- ceed, exonerate the oil industry

als from meteorites which were from any liability.

considered relics of the birth of When I walked past those

FREEMAN Turns out that he was prob- niscent of a scene in a Tom and and his grooming habits were less rapidly. When the vet weighed
ably about 4 years old, and we Jerry cartoon. than stellar. A couple of times, we him, he had lost two pounds, and
FROM PAGE 10 feared for our cats’ lives after he had to have him shaved at the vet a couple months before that, he
lunged at them. At one point Before our readers judge me, because his fur got all matted. I was six pounds. When you pet
rescue organization assured us when the dog attacked the cat, in hindsight, I probably should felt like one of those delinquent him, you could feel his skel-
that the dog was about 1 year they literally ran in circles with have returned the dog imme- pet owners because if you didn’t eton. He had trouble walking
old and was good with other all sorts of scary noises remi- diately on that rst day. But know his health condition and and one of his paws was bent
animals. instead, we put the cats in the the fact that we were attempting weirdly, so we think he had a
basement (a nished basement to brush out his fur, it was a bit stroke. e vet gave him an an-
NOTICE TO with comfortable furniture). embarrassing. His latest shave tibiotic in the o chance that
NEW YORK RESIDENTS We hung out with the cats daily was a few months ago. all of this was due to an infec-
while watching TV, and they had tion.
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energy efficient home repairs who: glass door. We thought this ar- moved to Connecticut, where we On Jan. 30, Aish had zero in-
• ARE UNABLE TO PAY CASH FOR NECESSARY HOME rangement was going to be tem- live just a stone’s throw from the terest in food, and we knew that
porary – it wasn’t – but we fell towns covered by our newspa- was goodbye. We had been told
REPAIRS. further in love with our dog. Dog pers. My cats had been relegated that starvation is the most pain-
• CANNOT AFFORD HIGH OR ADDITIONAL MONTHLY people will understand! to an even bigger basement – ful way to die, so we euthanized
kind of like an apartment. him that day. As all pet owners
PAYMENTS. We lived as if the basement who have chosen euthanasia
• HAVE BEEN TURNED DOWN FOR FREE STATE OR door was the Berlin Wall for All of a sudden, a few weeks know, it was an excruciating de-
several years. e dog was free in ago, Aish was unable to jump cision.
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. the West, and the poor cats lived onto the counter for his meal.
behind the Iron Curtain in the He also started peeing on the Aish wasn’t just a cat. He was a
REPAIRS INCLUDE: east. It was a stressful situation. carpet instead of his litter box, so loving member of our family. He
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there were some scary close calls. and the birth of our two chil-
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Elective dysfunction

The year got o to quite a In one case, the largesse of a dealt the deal a fatal blow, leav- didn’t vote into any public o ce.
newsworthy start in the local town board in creating a
BRUCE Westchester world of customized “consulting” position ing bemused town wags to won- In other words, on this issue (if
THE BLOG politics. was so conspicuously large—
more than $70K a year for the der of the faux pas, “What were it even can be classi ed as such)
BRUCE For instance, a couple of im- long-tenured supervisor who
APAR mediate past supervisors were decided to retire—it unleashed a they thinking in the rst place … the populi punted.
o ered sinecures, the patron- social media torrent of taunting
age rendition of anks for the from taxpayers that summarily that nobody would notice?”
Memories.
Over in another town, a fresh- AN ODD STATE

man supervisor, new to public As wizened an ink-stained

o ce altogether, got the hang of wretch as I may be, I admit to

patronage by appointing his pre- being caught unawares that, in

decessor—the immediate past the great State of New York, a

Halsto Medi present supervisor, who had elected not deputy supervisor can be ap-

to seek re-election—as deputy pointed without having earned

Monthl Editoria Calenda supervisor, pointedly elbowing a single vote to occupy public

aside the town board member o ce. at extremely generous

who held that title. allowance is codi ed in Section

42 of New York State Senate

WinCeter r THREE’S A TREND legislation, which in part reads

at rst-term supervisor who … “Any person, including a town

Supplement to January 20, 2022 established his one-sided bona o cer, o cial or employee, may

NUEXPT! MARCH 10 des by bringing in a new depu- be appointed deputy supervisor,
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APiTLnHeCOHUTCRoOhRpCaYeOmEwUSRebTTAloElTrSJEdYunOaFct tLCiEouCnrHryAMEBsOtaRtDe p.13 someone other than an elected of an elective town o cer”?

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Momentum is building for electric school buses

BY PATTY L. BUCHANAN proposals are wn100 Zero or slows down, it and well-being of children, understand-
GUEST WRITER well-positioned recharges the battery. ing the nancial bene ts to electric school
buses is an important part of building
Momentum is building all around us to succeed. 2040 Yorkto Net Carbon STEP UP TO A Additionally, electric momentum for their adoption. Croton100
for electric school buses, and for Additionally, SUSTAINABLE motors are three times and its umbrella organization CURE100
good reasons. e Croton Harmon LIFESTYLE more e cient than (Communities United to Reduce Emissions
School District has taken a leadership role under the federal combustion engines in 100%) have created an easy-to-use tool to
by procuring a $120,000 NYSERDA grant Infrastructure compare the TCO and carbon emissions
to purchase its rst 66-passenger electric bus. between electric school buses and fossil fuel
Investment and achieving locomotion. buses: BEST (Bus Electri cation for School
e local climate stability education advocacy Transportation) that is available for free on
group, Croton100, rallied the Croton com- Jobs Act, the En- Emissions by Combustion engines its website, CURE100.org. e tool is in the
munity in the Spring of 2021 to deliver over form of an Excel spreadsheet, with many
70 percent voter approval for the purchase vironmental Pro- waste energy through of the elds pre-populated with cost and
of electric school buses over fossil fuel buses, carbon emission formulas – with exibil-
which spurred on the school administration. tection Agency is heat, smoke, noise, and ity for users to customize for their unique
circumstances, such as miles a bus may be
is local momentum is on track with New making $5 billion available over ve years for incomplete combustion, leaving less energy driven, the size of the bus, purchase price,
York State and Federal trends to rapidly the amount of subsidies, if any, etc. With
electrify school transportation eets. a competitive program for electric and other to achieve the essential purpose of locomo- variable information and a click of a mouse,
BEST can provide a graph detailing TCO
Governor Hochul recently announced low-emission school buses. tion. Further, electricity is less expensive per by vehicle and by tax levy per household in
a proposal to achieve 100 percent sales of any school district in the United States over a
electric school buses by 2027 and 100 percent Legislative action is needed to facilitate the mile driven than fossil fuel, and the price 12-year period. e spreadsheet also contains
electric school buses on the road by 2035.To a plethora of informational resources.
get there, we’ll need to begin electrifying the necessary rapid transition to electric school of electricity is expected to drop as more
state-wide eet of about 50,000 school buses You can learn more about the bene ts of
that emit particulate and greenhouse gas buses. Currently, the purchase price of an electricity is produced by renewable energy electrifying school transportation through
emissions throughout New York State. is a variety of resources on Croton100 and
legislation would provide State school aid electric school bus is about two to three times sources. Accordingly, the energy costs for CURE100’s websites by viewing materials
toward installing electric bus infrastructure, in Campaigns, Resources, and the Media
including charging stations, and purchasing higher than a fossil fuel bus. While the high- EVs are lower than fossil fuel vehicles. e Room.
or leasing electric buses. Additionally, the
proposed legislation would enable school er purchase price has an inhibiting impact, more miles a vehicle drives, the faster and Patty L. Buchanan is a leader of Croton100’s
districts to contract bus leases for longer than electric school bus campaign, lives in a net-zero
the current ve-year limitation, which will some of the higher purchase price is o set greater cost savings will accumulate for its home in Croton, and drives an EV.
expand the ability of school districts to meet
the goals. ese New York State legislative by a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) owner. In addition, EV prices, in general, are

due to lower fuel and maintenance costs. expected to drop as they are manufactured

So, in addition to subsidies, which lower the in greater volumes and battery technology

purchase price, this transition also requires progresses.

education about the nancial savings that EVs also have a lower Total Cost of

make electric buses more attractive under a Ownership because they are as simple as

TCO analysis over the lifetime of the bus. a “battery skateboard on wheels”; they are

Electric vehicles, including school buses, much less expensive to maintain compared

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WRESTLING

John Jay sends 11 to sectionals
Kern wins 100th match

BY RICH MONETTI Amazingly, Kern reached the peak with- Jake Kern celebrates his 100th win.
CONTRIBUTING WRITER out having the chance to compete last year
with the season being wiped out by the
John Jay nished their dual-meet season coronavirus. at is no surprise given his
with a record of 19-6. Unfortunately, the makeup, according to the coach.
season closed with a 46-21 loss to Lake-
land-Panas on Tuesday, Feb. 1. But that “As great as he is on the mat, it pales in
doesn’t mean the Wolves went into the comparison as to what kind of a person and
Divisionals on a downturn student he is,” Swertfager said. “It has been
my pleasure working with, and coaching
In defeat, John Jay’s Jake Kern notched him over the years, and I look forward to
his 100th career win. what he is able to do this postseason.”

“Jake Kern has accomplished what ev- at said, Kern was one of the ve John
ery wrestler committed to the sport wants Jay wrestlers who reached the nals on
to do—get into the 100 Win Club,” said Saturday. Among them were Joe Gabriele,
Coach Bill Swertfager. “It is rare and ex- JoJo Kern, Spencer Hadlock, and Colin
clusive. He has started on the varsity since Keating. ere were no champs. But John
eighth grade and been a hammer in the Jay still won the tournament, and 11 of 14
middle of our line-up for the last couple wrestlers will compete in the sectionals
years.” this weekend.

BOWLING

Undefeated girls team rolls into sectionals

BY RICH MONETTI Her sister Ava also hopes to be on Ava Feldman Connor Leska-Kent
CONTRIBUTING WRITER point in Fishkill and knows what’s to Stephanie Halsey
be done to keep pace with her 120
e bowling season came to an end season average. PHOTOS: RICH MONETTI
this week, and the postseason lays
ahead. Only the girls team qualify- “I have to stay calm and not get too
ing, the Wolves will do so with some nervous,”said Ava Feldman, who had
pretty good credentials when they ar- a 146 against Hen Hud.
rive in Fishkill on Monday, Feb. 14,
for the Sectionals At 121 with her average, Stephanie
Halsey feels her consistency provides
“ e girls are back-to-back league a calm for the team. “Every time, I
champs,” said coach Paul Plutzker. get around the same score. So the
“ ey were undefeated two years in team knows they can count on me,”
a row.” Halsey said.

e team also had the two highest Still, she knows keeping the spare
individual league averages in Zoey count up is paramount, but no mat-
Feldman and Kiera Ellison. Both sol- ter how the postseason ends, Halsey
idly in the 150 range, Feldman went is proud of the team’s success.
a long way to securing her total tally
on Wednesday, Feb. 2, versus North Unfortunately, the boys’ .500 sea-
Salem. She had a school record-set- son didn’t quite follow up last year’s
ting series score of 641 and notched sectional championship. On the oth-
a 248 in game one, which was also a er hand, the downturn wasn’t neces-
record. “I had eight strikes and three sarily a re ection of a poorer overall
spares,” Feldman said. “It was a good performance. “I think the team did
day.” well, but the league, in general, had a
really great year,” said Connor Leska-
A 7-0 victory overall, Kiera Elli- Kent.
son had scores of 179 and 174 and
put up a 174 game on ursday ver- at said, Plutzker noted Leska-
sus Hen Hud. Feldman didn’t let up Kent’s 173 average and Jack Lawton’s
either with a high game of 227, and 150, and was pleased that the boys
the 5-2 di erence gave the Wolves a
106-6-point margin. nished strong by sweeping Briarcli
this week by 7-0 scores.
A long way from a split, Feldman
hopes to continue the roll in the sec- Of course, the coach is looking ea-
tionals and hinges success on toeing gerly to Fishkill.
the line.
“I’m hoping for them to bowl their
“I have to make sure I’m letting go best and to be able to compete with
of the ball in the right place so I can the middle-tier teams,” he said. “I’m
focus on my target,” Feldman said. also looking for Zoey and Kiera to
do well in the individual part of the
tournament.”

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2022 SPORTS THE KATONAH LEWISBORO TIMES PAGE 19

CombinedGYMNASTICS team Kylie Schall
takes divisionals
and sectionals PHOTO: TABITHA
PEARSON MARSHALL

BY RICH MONETTI fth and 20th in the beam and PHOTO: ROBERT DISTASIO
CONTRIBUTING WRITER oor in the divisionals and sec-
tionals, respectively. Finally, the Kayla Cambareri
e combined gymnastics team has a bright future with
team from John Jay, Somers, the likes of Kayla Cambare- Karli Thea
Yorktown, Hen Hud, Peek- ri. On Monday, the John Jay
skill, Briarcli , and Ossining eighth-grader took ninth in the PHOTO: TABITHA
completed their perfect regular vault and bars, 16th in the beam PEARSON MARSHALL
season with a perfect ending to and oor, and ursday had her
their Section One competition. taking seventh on the bars and
20th on the oor.
e undefeated team took both A long future ahead, she
the Divisional Championship wasn’t daunted by all the upper-
and the Section One Champi- classmen and their aptitude.
onship, which had its primary “It’s inspiring to see their
ascent emanate from Somers. skills compared to what you can
do. So, you want to work up to
In the divisionals, John Jay’s where they are,” Cambareri said
Karli ea took seventh in the modestly.
vault and bars and 12th in the No need for the team to
beam and oor, while ursday be shy, the state tournament
had the Wolf nish 13th in the should have Mullins, Johansen,
vault and 16th on the bars. Mooney Natalie Calman (Os-
sining), and Mariam Abud (Bri-
Not cracking the Top 20 over- arcli ) rising to the challenge.
all on either day, ea still rel-
ished the togetherness. “We’ve
all gotten so close,” she said.

Kylie Schall of John Jay took

GIRLS HOCKEY

East Green Wave sets sights on state title

BY RICH MONETTI The section champion East Green Wave PHOTO: RICH MONETTI ed,” Brady said.
CONTRIBUTING WRITER No such chance last year, the
Still, Rockland goalie Marina goal number three at 4:39. minute later, Brady Wierl found
In the second season of Section the net. East was actually treated to a
One girls hockey, there are still Capone was no pushover with 25 e rst period passing, the high level of play by getting a
only two teams vying for the top e rest of the game then fol- shot at several teams in Con-
spot. e Rockland Rockies con- saves. East took up where they left o . lowing suit, Brady Wierl was necticut. ey also traveled north
sist of teams west of the Hudson, eagerly looking forward to the to Bu alo and Lake Placid. “ e
and players on the East Green “We know her level of skill,” Lelia Janiello recovered the puck states. trips were great, and competition
Wave all come from the other made it so much fun,” said Pey-
side. For the second consecu- said Stacey Wierl, and the coach’s in the corner, and her unexpected “I couldn’t be more psyched,” ton Wierl.
tive year, the East dominated the said the John Jay freshman.
regular season, and the two teams daughter learned quickly when shot from the side snuck past A 7-0 and 4-0 defeat doesn’t
met at the Brewster Ice Arena to However, a chance for the state necessarily make the point, but the
decide the championship. Capone gloved Peyton Wierl’s Capone with 11:07 left in the crown isn’t the only reason she’s coach welcomed the wakeup call.
revved up to lace up on the big
Not really a surprise, the East point-blank shot at nine minutes. second. stage. “We knew we had a lot of work
won by a score of 9-2 on Satur- to do if we were going to play
day, Feb. 5, and did so by getting But Capone could only do so e Rockies did respond this “I’m pretty competitive, and against top talent,” Coach Wierl
right down to business. when you get to play at a higher said.
much, and the onslaught began time, though. Maeve McNulty level, everything you do is elevat-
“In the rst period, we went Preparation included being at
hard to the net,” said Coach Sta- two minutes later. Wallis Kelle- took an assist from Lila DeToia the Ice Hutch in Mount Ver-
cey Wierl of John Jay. non at 6 a.m. for practices. “You
her assisted Felenstein for a 2-0 and Gianna Caldera and put the would think everyone would
e coach wasn’t kidding. On show up in a bad mood,” Peyton
the opening face-o , Victoria lead, and Kathryn Lonergan’s Rockies on the board. But break- Wierl said.“But we always had so
Tesoro secured the puck in the much fun.”
Rockland zone, rushed the net, weave through the defense left ing through seemed only to an-
and had the game’s rst shot. e numbers don’t lie either. “I
Moments later, Harper Kaplan Capone helpless in preventing ger the East, because less than a can’t believe how much the team
and Ayla Felenstein put shots on grew,” Brady said.
goal, and the continued pressure
soon paved the way for goal one. “We are playing our very best
Wallis Kelleher rushed the goal hockey from the rst weekend to
line, passed cross ice to Tesoro, now,” Coach Wierl said. “Every-
and the Pelham skater got the thing we’ve worked on is clicking,
East on the board at 12:19. and if we execute our game plan
and our goaltending continues to
stand tall, we will compete for the
state title.”

PAGE 20 THE KATONAH LEWISBORO TIMES SPORTS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2022

BOYS BASKETBALL

John Jay keeps up their winning ways

BY RICH MONETTI passing. He hit a cutting Marco Jovicevic ward. “He’s one of the best players, and Feeks’ three, the lead was two with 1:50
CONTRIBUTING WRITER for two and was the bene ciary of Jov- he’s huge.” remaining.
icevic’s penetration for a 6-5 lead.
Coming into the week, John Jay’s 4-2 Still, Kote didn’t slight himself upon Far from undone, Lynch spotted a
league record has the team very relevant. e slugfest underway, momentum return. He nailed a three for a 29-28 lead, lane, and cutting for the hoop, he dished
Still, Mahopac’s undefeated record means switched to the John Jay side. Kote and after refusing to give ground on Bru- to Baumgartner for a short jumper and
a climb remains ahead, and facing Yor- drained another three, and Will Sanz caj’s post up, he converted at the rim on 51-47 lead.
ktown at home on Tuesday, Feb. 1, was pulled up on the baseline to extend to the other end.
the next step. Not so straightforward, the 14-9 at 2:25. e teams would trade missed foul
Huskers entered with a mountain in the Now a 31-28 advantage with 4:40 left shots until Costello made good. He drove
form of 6-foot-7 Eddie Brucaj. Even so, Justin Price’s drive inside in the third, Sanz took up the slack. He the paint for two and converted the foul
would close the quarter at 14-11. Of shot to make the score 51-50 with 44
“He’s got so much size and has good course, the lead was far from safe. Brucaj rst hit a baseline jumper, got a piece of seconds left.
touch around the rim,” said Coach Ty- hit a mini hook, and after Rocco Con- Conciatori attempted three, and went be-
ler Sayre. But in the end, John Jay would ciatori’s three, the big twice worked Sanz hind his back on the dribble before sink- Fortunately, Yorktown was unable to
stand tall. inside with his dribble for a 22-18 lead. ing a jumper. convert the next time down, and Ryan
Corelli made two free throws when the
Notching a 53-50 victory, John Jay still Price extended to a six-point lead with A put-back by Tommy Costello kept Huskers were forced to foul with 18 sec-
had to wait out two three-point attempts another layup, so Ryan Corelli took the the score contained at 35-32. O the onds left.
in the nal 14.6 seconds. “ ey felt like cue and started to operate. e point bench, Dugan Ellin hit a three to give
they were in the air forever,” Sayre said. guard willed his way through tra c for a John Jay a 38-32 lead at the end of three At 53-50, the game was still on the line,
three-point play and got John Jay within and did the same to open the fourth. and after giving a head fake to Lynch,
e game began with Yorktown wait- two by instigating a little triangulation. Feeks mis red. Corelli pulled down the
ing for the drop, though. With familiar- He drove for the rim, found Baumgart- Up 43-32, Ellin credited Sayre’s play- rebound, but could not ice the game on
ity, Andy Kote hit a corner triple for three ner in the corner and Sanz sank the three book, and o ensive strength of his team- the one and one.
of his 17 points. Liam Lynch then snuck on the pass out. mates. “I get all these open shots, and all I
in for a putback and 5-0 lead made for no got to do is shoot ‘em,” he beamed. A last chance, Price also clanked one to
complaints. Not obliging, Brucaj wasn’t letting John Sayre’s relief.  “We’ll take it,” the coach
Jay enter intermission on a high note. A An elbow jumper for two of Sanz’s 13 concluded.
But the mountain was not moved. Un- turnaround jumper gave Yorktown a 28- increased the lead to 11 with 7:10 re-
encumbered, Brucaj began his 24-point 24 lead and left Kote at a loss. maining, but Brucaj wasn’t letting John John Jay had an easy time of Brewster
afternoon by being on both ends of good Jay o that easy. Two layups and a put- on ursday. ey destroyed the Bears
“It was de nitely tough,” said the for- back cut the lead to 47-42 and with help 78-38, but did not gain any ground after
from Will Schietinger’s layup and  Billy Mahopac defeated Yorktown by one.

Andy Kote fights for position. PHOTOS: RICH MONETTI

Dugan Ellin launches a three.

Hockey of the rst and added two at 10-6-1. by Melissa Severino in a

VRarosuitnydup more goals for the hat trick. Girls Basketball 57-55 defeat at Yorktown
After going 1-3 last week, In addition, Anthony Proto- on Tuesday, Feb. 1. en on

John Jay got going in the mastro and Scott MacDon- ursday at home versus

right direction again. On ald had two goals each. Up against .500 to start Brewster, the girls trailed

Tuesday, Feb. 1, the Wolves e Wolves also blanked the week at 7-8, the girls the whole game but fought

took on JBWA at the Brew- Horace Greeley on Sunday, failed to break even again. back to a two-point de -

ster Ice Arena, and an early Feb.6.Dylan Rogers record- ey went down to the cit in the nal 15 seconds.

1-0 de cit did not deter.Five ed 24 saves. Dougie Styles, wire twice and came up Unfortunately, they couldn’t

straight goals later and John Kyle Petschek, and Walter empty both times. Despite pull down a second missed

Jay was on their way to an Oestricher each scored a a 16-point e ort for Mia Bear free throw in hopes of

8-3 victory. Liam Burke had goal. Puccio, the Wolves had their securing a tie and went on to

the game-changer at 11:43 e team’s record stands heart broken at the buzzer lose 43-38

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Flowers and their various meanings

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emotions. gladiolus symbolizes honor, in-

Flowers play a prominent role • CALLA LILY fatuation and strength.

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none more than Valentine’s Day. ni cence and beauty, as well as • IRIS

Valentine’s Day is a busy day purity and innocence. at is why Irises represent faith, hope and

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