The Katonah-Lewisboro Times 03.25.21

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Diana Tyler serves KLSD to bring
up her chili. students back

PHOTO: BRIAN full-time
MARSCHHAUSER

BY TOM BARTLEY

CONTRIBUTING WRITER to discuss how the transition

would proceed. A similar ses-

Some students in Katonah- sion for parents of high school

Lewisboro schools could begin students had been scheduled

transitioning to full-time class- for Wednesday (March 24).

room instruction by early next “I sent a reminder to all fami-

month. lies,” the superintendent said,

“We’re going to start to bring “about the deadlines for letting

students back—hopefully, if us know if you want to change

all goes according to plan—as the model in which your child

soon as April 12,” School Su- will be attending school for

perintendent Andrew Selesnick April, May and June.”

told the school board last week. A large number of parents

e move would scrap the had pressed for the return to

pandemic-necessitated hybrid full-time classroom instruc-

schedule, which saw most stu- tion, Selesnick told the urs-

dents splitting instruction time day, March 18, Zoom meeting.

The Golden Ladle goes to... between classroom and home. But as the meeting unfolded in

e Katonah Chamber of Commerce held its 12th annual Chili Cook-o on Friday, It would also, Selesnick made real-time, the superintendent
March 19.
clear, require a reasonably rm learned that at least some 740
e now-contactless event brought together eight competing local residents, restaurants,
retailers, and organizations. decision whether a student secondary-school students were

Turn to pages 14 and 15 for more photos, and to nd out who won this year’s Golden Ladle would be learning at home or not as enthusiastic.
(best chili).
in school. “We can no longer An online petition, signed

support daily switching back so far by more than half the

and forth between the models,” student population of the high

he said. school and middle school, was

Principals from the elemen- protesting the loss of a so-

tary schools and middle school SEE KLSD PAGE 12
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The Staff BEDFORDTOWN BOARD

EDITORIAL TEAM Coe tabbed to fill vacancy
BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER
EDITOR: 914-302-5628 BY TOM BARTLEY when he stepped down in 2012. did his homework, and that im- job would also have been a good
[email protected] CONTRIBUTING WRITER Since then, he’s maintained a pressed me a lot,” she said. launch point for an electoral run
keen interest in town a airs, later this year.
NICK TRUJILLO Donald J. Coe, who served on currently helping to blueprint Galligan’s departure was only
REPORTER Bedford’s Planning Board for Bedford’s future development as the latest from the all-Demo- Anthony Mamo, a Katonah
almost 40 years, has been named a member of the comprehensive cratic board, which said good- resident, is one of two Demo-
[email protected] to ll a vacant seat on this year’s plan committee, with special fo- bye in January to four-term cratic candidates—McCaine is
Town Board. cus on Katonah. Supervisor Chris Burdick, now the other—for two council seats
ADVERTISING TEAM a member of the state Assembly. up for grabs in November. Fel-
PAUL FORHAN A longtime Katonah resi- Town Board members, work- low Democrats Carr and Calves,
dent, Coe emerged from a eld ing in pairs, interviewed the e board’s remaining mem- competing for the party’s super-
(914) 806-3951 of seven candidates, including a seven council candidates, then bers almost immediately named visor nomination, likely face a
[email protected] current land-use chair, a former compared notes. MaryAnn Carr Carr, then the deputy supervisor, primary contest in June.
councilman, and a candidate and Ellen Calves interviewed to the interim supervisor post, a
BRUCE HELLER seeking a board seat this year via Coe. job that runs until year’s end. At Another Katonah resident,
(914) 486-7608 the ballot box. the same meeting, it appointed Don Scott, served ve years as
[email protected] “Don has been actively en- Stephanie McCaine of Katonah a Republican councilman be-
Helene Kopal, also from Ka- gaged in a variety of leadership to Carr’s seat, also for just this fore losing his re-election bid in
LISA KAIN tonah and director of substance- positions in the PTA, Katonah year. 2019.
(201) 317-1139 use disorder programs at Open Historic Committee and at his
[email protected] Door Family Medical Center local church,” Carr noted. “His e appointments drew a In the wake of Donald
CORINNE STANTON in Ossining, had been a council experience collaborating for the sharp and public rebuke from Trump’s 2016 election, Scott
(914) 760-7009 contender before she withdrew good of the community makes residents, accustomed to see- left the GOP. He’s neverthe-
[email protected] from consideration as a nalist. Don a balanced and valuable ing key government vacancies less widely seen as a Republican
voice for the Town of Bedford, advertised and a diverse eld of candidate again this year, most
JAY GUSSAK Coe will serve on the board and we are delighted to wel- applicants interviewed before likely for the supervisor post he
(914) 299-4541 for the rest of the year, lling come him to the Town Board.” positions are lled. sought in 2013.
[email protected] the seat formerly occupied by
JENNIFER CONNELLY Councilwoman Kate Galligan. Calves, for her part, said she Determined to avoid that Others who vied for the open
(917) 446-7757 Galligan, who had already an- was “very impressed” with his misstep when Galligan resigned, council position included Pe-
[email protected] nounced that she would not interview. the board issued well-publicized ter Michaelis, chairman of the
SHELLEY KILCOYNE seek re-election, resigned last appeals for candidates to come Zoning Board of Appeals; An-
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TEEN OFTHE MONTH

JJHS senior excels in STEM, arts

BY KATE BELDERS rie Lipinsky, John Jay biology and science- competing. As a sophomore, it was fun

CONTRIBUTING WRITER research teacher. Lipinsky describes Mango to sit in the audience and imagine myself

as an “outstanding student [who is] always presenting my research and answering dif-

Grace Mango, John Jay High School se- prepared… and [is] always an active par- cult questions from judges. Still, I don’t

nior and science-research student, is a voice ticipant [who has] great school and Sci-Re think I ever thought it would have become

for nature conservation in the community spirit.” a reality, or at least a ‘virtual reality.’ It re-

and is also a role model for young girls in- With the encouragement of Lipinsky ally was a surreal experience presenting in

terested in STEM. She is set to compete and retired John Jay science teacher Dr. my room alongside so many amazing proj-

at the National Junior Science and Hu- Linda Burke, Mango started her research ects and then placing rst in environmen-

manities Symposia ( JSHS) competition in the summer going into her junior year. tal science and fourth overall. I am excited

April after winning the Upstate JSHS this “In the summer between her sophomore to represent New York state in April at the

month. Her win marks the rst time in a and junior years, she completed the rst National Junior Science and Humanities

while that a John Jay student has made it to phase of her research on the lake near her Symposia as a poster presenter. It truly is

the National JSHS competition. home. She came into school weekly over an honor to be recognized for my hard

Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, Mango the summer to use the spectrophotom- work and obviously to be an advocate for

came to Lewisboro when she was in Pre-K. eter and run her chemical tests,” Lipinsky environmental issues with both local and

Since her time at John Jay Middle School, said. is work allowed her to enter the global implications.”

environmental science has always interest- Westchester-Rockland Junior Science and In addition to Sci-Re, Mango is also a PHOTO: ROBERT CUMMINGS

ed her. Initially, she wanted to explore ma- Humanities Symposium (WR-JSHS) in member of the John Jay Math Team. Be- Grace Mango
rine biology, as she was fascinated with the her junior year, making her one of three yond math and science, Mango is active in

ocean. However, her love of local ecology juniors with data to present. the performing arts at John Jay. She has

would in uence her path when she arrived is past summer, Mango did another been a member of the stage crew and has exemplary to our young students.”

at John Jay High School and entered the two weeks of data collection at the lake. worked as a props manager for two years. For Mango, her experience work-

Sci-Re program (Science Research.) While her work was much the same, she, is year, Mango was the assistant stage ing with SPHERE has been a special

John Jay students can enter the Sci-Re “in a very scienti c way adjusted her ex- manager for a virtual production. rough one. SPHERE, founded in 1987, serves

program during their sophomore year. periment based on the rst year’s data to stage crew, she became the secretary of Ridge eld-area adults with disabilities.

During the rst year of the program, stu- dig deeper and learn more,” Lipinksky John Jay’s new chapter of the International As part of this organization, Mango and

dents decide on a research topic. At rst, said. espian Society. e organization unites members of the Ridge eld Conservatory

Mango considered a project focusing on Boyer said that he has been “impressed singers, actors, pit band members, and stage of Dance volunteer as part of a dance pro-

coral. However, after speaking with people with [Mango’s] work” and says that it “is crew. As a brand-new club, there has been gram that assists members of SPHERE

in our local area, her focus shifted to her really quite advanced and not that di er- a lot of groundwork. e group is currently with learning dance routines that are then

backyard, Lake Oscaleta. Mango seized ent than the approach we would use at our preparing for its rst induction. e group performed at local events. Of her experi-

the opportunity to study a body of water in university to address similar questions.” As also recently hosted a Master Class for ence with SPHERE, Mango said that “ev-

close proximity to her house that also pro- a result of Mango’s research, Boyer now students that included getting advice from ery week, you would leave with a smile on

vided the possibility for her research to have has an undergraduate working in the lab a Broadway coach. your face” due to the incredible positivity

a direct impact on her community. to try and follow up on those results. Outside of school, Mango has been that was created and felt within the group;

As Mango began to navigate her research Her work over this past summer earned taking dance classes since the age of 9. it really shows “how much joy dancing can

process, she connected with Dr. Gregory her a top place at Westchester-Rockland Mango said that “dance has been a big bring.”

Boyer, who would become her mentor. Junior Science and Humanities Sympo- part of my life.” Currently, she participates Beyond science and dance, Mango can

Boyer is the director of the Great Lakes sium. On March 10, Mango competed at in three dance classes a week which in- be found engaging younger minds in the

Research Consortium and emeritus profes- the Upstate Junior Science and Humani- clude ballet. In the past, she has studied beauty and wonder of nature. In 2019,

sor of biochemistry at SUNY College of ties Symposium and placed rst in envi- modern, hip hop, and Latin fusion dance. Mango worked as a counselor-in-training

Environmental Science and Forestry. ronmental science. On the second day of Amy Piantaggini, executive director of the (CIT) at YMCA sleep away camp, the

Over the next two years, Mango would the competition, she placed fourth overall Ridge eld Conservatory of Dance, de- same camp she attended when she was

focus on “a project where she could try to when she competed against all of the other scribes Mango as having “been a big part younger. During her summer as a CIT, she

identify if phosphorus was limiting algal rst-place winners from other categories. of the RCD family since she was a little taught campers about nature, including

growth in [the] lake. She developed a se- Her performance at the Upstate JSHS girl. Her commitment to her many high- lessons on bees that concluded with the

ries of experiments where she added phos- earned her a spot to compete at the 59th level classes, volunteering with our dance campers making bee houses.

phorus in di erent amounts to bottles and National JSHS to be held April 14-17 as a program serving SPHERE of CT, and With graduation a few months away,

looked both at the growth of the algae (as virtual competition. numerous performance endeavors, includ- Mango already has her college plans set.

measured by green chlorophyll) and also the Mango’s success has been an experience ing “[ e] Nutcracker” at the [Ridge eld She has committed to attending McGill

presence of a common enzyme (APA) used that has provided her with a moment of Playhouse], Spring Concert, and elite en- University in Montreal, Canada, for en-

for phosphorus utilization,” Boyer said. re ection.“Two years ago, I went on a eld sembles is representative in her pursuit of vironmental science. Mango is interested

While part of the John Jay Sci-Re pro- trip to [the] New York Upstate JSHS to all she pursues. She commits 100 percent, SEE MANGO PAGE 4

gram, Mango would study under Ann Ma- support three John Jay students that were and her steady, good-natured attitude is

PAGE 4 THE KATONAH LEWISBORO TIMES THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2021

Bedford, Lewisboro to submit police MANGO
reform plans
FROM PAGE 1
BY TOM BARTLEY jurisdictions. on the town websites, bedfordny. plaints. Calves downplayed the
CONTRIBUTING WRITER While residents generally ap- gov (go to the Police Reform and likely impact they would have, in working in eld research once
Reinvention page under Com- noting that such a complaint, to her studies are complete.
e towns of Bedford and plauded the work of their respec- mittees) and lewisborony.gov go anywhere, would still require
Lewisboro were on track this tive town’s police force, a sense (click on the homepage link). convincing evidence before an of- Looking back at her time at
week to give Albany their frank that anything can be improved John Jay, Mango said she will
assessment of local policing and pervaded deliberations by the e nal recommendations in- cer could face discipline. miss working with her fellow
what they can do to improve it. committees. e panels in both clude police body cameras, which “If no one’s willing to come performing arts students on pro-
towns comprised elected o cials, have not previously been worn; forward and provide real evidence ductions, musicals, and fall dra-
Facing an April 1 deadline for police representatives, and private increased training in anti-racism or real witnesses, there’s not much mas. She also looks back fondly
reporting the work of their sepa- citizens. and recognizing implicit bias and that can happen,” she said. on her time spent in Québec last
rate committees,Bedford adopted dealing with mental-health and Looking ahead, Lewisboro will year as part of a trip taken with
its “reform and reinvention” plan Bedford Deputy Supervisor domestic-violence situations; and beef up its patrol manpower to re- her French class, which occurred
last week and Lewisboro o cials Ellen Calves, who co-chaired her allowing anonymous complaints duce response times and provide before the pandemic hit. “It was
were on track to enact theirs this town’s panel along with Police to be lodged against the police, backup, putting two o cers per our last big adventure before the
week. A response to the national Chief Melvin Padilla and County a provision that came under re shift on the road instead of one, shutdown,” Grace said. e class
tumult following the killing of Legislator Kitley Covill of Kato- from residents when it was pro- and Bedford will establish a po- went to Québec to learn about
George Floyd, a Black man, by nah, said she was “very proud of posed in Lewisboro. lice-community group to collabo- the culture and history and to
a white Minneapolis policeman, our community for digging in and rate with the police department utilize their language skills.
the completed plans were a re- working so well together to come In Bedford, the police chief and and support implementation of
quired to assure continued state up with these reforms.” panel co-chair, Padilla, did not the nal reforms. As Mango prepares to com-
and federal aid money to local respond to an email request for pete on a national level, she has
Drafts of both the Bedford and comment on anonymous com- a message for young girls consid-
Lewisboro reports are available ering STEM: It can be a “daunt-
ing task to take your place. It
KMA Award Walker has worked to implement during this period of social and radical thinkers, and risk-takers may seem like something that
you can’t do; [however], if you
Presentation changes to reduce inequality,foster political disruption–despite the that provoke new thinking in art take risks and create a space for
social justice, and a ect communi- additional challenges posed by the and design.” yourself, you will nd that it is a
very rewarding and empowering
On Saturday, April 3, Dar- ties through art and philanthropy. pandemic. Attendees will have the e event will be held from experience.”

ren Walker, president of the Ford Walker and Michael Gitlitz, opportunity to ask questions dur- 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April Mango is the daughter of Jill
and Larry. Jill is a VP of SpinLab
Foundation, will receive the Kato- KMA executive director, will dis- ing the program. 3, on Zoom. Tickets are $50 for Communications, a Los Ange-
les-based entertainment industry
nah Museum of Art 2021 Him- cuss Walker’s experience in the e Himmel Award and Con- KMA members and $75 for PR rm. Larry works for Castle
Lanterra Properties, a real-estate
mel Award in recognition of his non-pro t world and his work versation, named for Betty Him- non-members. ey can be pur- investment rm, where he is VP
of asset management.
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Contaminated water found in Lewisboro
‘Do Not Drink’ advisory issued at MPES; Oakridge also cited

BY TOM BARTLEY for exibility in the restrictions publican candidate for the Town shooting.” water continues to be acceptable

CONTRIBUTING WRITER a locality imposes on water use. Board in November, charged New York State has set what for all uses.”

At Meadow Pond, on the that town o cials “sat on the in- it calls the “maximum contami- Gary Holmes, a health de-

Contaminated drinking wa- other hand, state o cials were formation for two weeks.” nant level,” or MCL, at 10 parts partment spokesman, called

ter has been discovered in at citing “an abundance of caution” e county Department of per trillion for per uorooctane- that assertion a mark of the new,

least two wells, miles apart, that and forbidding any drinking of Health, in a letter dated March sulfonic acid (PFOS), the pol- tighter standards serving their

serve the Vista section of South well water, restricting it to hand- 1, had noti ed Lewisboro of- lutant found in Oakridge’s wa- intended function. “ is is an

Salem, including Meadow Pond washing and similar functions. cials of Oakridge’s “Tier 2” ter. e treatment plant’s supply example of the MCL process

Elementary School. But students and sta at violation. at level of breach registered 14.5 parts/trillion, 45 working as designed, which re-

In addition to nding the Meadow Pond have been drink- allows the town 30 days to alert percent higher than the state’s quires water systems of all sizes

school’s water supply unaccept- ing only bottled water since late the public. strict new permissible level. to test, notify, and create a pro-

able, state health o cials have 2018, the website of the Kato- “Legal does not equal safe,” Lewisboro’s website, how- cess to bring these systems into

hit the Oakridge Water District nah-Lewisboro School District Biddle persisted. “I think a vio- ever, maintains that although compliance,” he said.

with a notice of violation for ex- says. e district has been ad- lation like this should trigger the PFOS contamination in the VRI, the water plant operator,

ceeding state limits on a toxic dressing other issues with the immediate public noti cation in Oakridge supply exceeds the has shut down one of Oakridge’s

synthetic organic chemical. water supply there, Andrew Se- all available media. Not wait two state standard—10 parts/tril- ve wells, the website notice

Separate notices to the public lesnick told the school board’s weeks, and hope people check lion—for clean drinking water says, and will continue with

of the water violations, required meeting on March 18, a day their Facebook timeline or read and food preparation, it does quarterly sampling. VRI is said

by law, made sharply di erent after receiving a notice of viola- their email.” not even come close to exposure to be “working on a timetable

assessments of the threat each tion from the state Department Addressing the lag, Supervi- levels associated with health ef- to reduce [PFOS] levels below

supply posed. of Health. sor Peter Parsons said Lewis- fects. e U.S. Environmental the MCL and will keep the wa-

In Vista, where contamina- boro must submit a draft of any Protection Administration, for ter district informed of any up-

tion was found to be almost 50 OAKRIDGE ISSUES proposed public notice and wait example, allows PFOS contami- dates.”

percent higher than allowed un- Lewisboro publicly an- for its approval by Westchester nation of up to 70 parts/trillion. Oakridge’s water treatment

der stringent state—though not nounced contamination at health o cials in Mount Kisco. e state Health Depart- includes permanganate and

federal—standards, Lewisboro’s the troubled Oakridge facility, “ ere needs to be an agree- ment’s MCL shield goes into green-sand ltration as well as

website nevertheless called the which serves almost 900 Vista ment,” he said, “between the e ect well before reaching levels liquid-chlorine disinfection, ac-

Oakridge water “acceptable for residents, in a posting on the owner of the public water supply “known or estimated to cause cording to its operating permit,

all uses.” town website on March 18. and the county Health Depart- health e ects,” the website says. issued by the county Health De-

A state Health Department at was far too late to suit Al- ment before a public announce- “Consuming drinking water partment.

spokesman agreed, saying the lison Biddle, who said the public ment can be made.” with PFOS at or somewhat

state’s extraordinarily tough ceil- should have been alerted much Biddle, he suggested, “should above the MCL does not pose SEE WATER PAGE 26
ing on contamination provides sooner than that. Biddle, a Re- study the target before she starts a signi cant health risk. Your

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DISPATCHES FROM ALBANY

Assemblyman Burdick on the budget, Gov. Cuomo

Assemblyman Chris Burdick (D-Bed- does the same thing, usually on the same etc.). I’m cautiously optimistic that we’ll diciary Committee comes back with its

ford) of the 93rd Assembly District spoke day. And then we have, as what occurs in come up with a budget that all will agree determination that impeachable o enses

with e Katonah-Lewisboro Times last Washington, the two sides come together upon, the governor will agree upon, and it have been committed, I’m going to give a

week about the latest news in Albany. and reconcile the di erences and come up will make a tangible di erence in people’s lot of weight to that I’m probably going

Burdick, a former Bedford town supervi- with a single document. lives. to vote for impeachment. On the other

sor, in his rst term as a New York State I think we will have an on-time budget hand, if they come to the conclusion that

legislator. (due March 31). I think it will provide for LEGISLATIVE UPDATES impeachable o enses have not been com-

a substantial, if not in many areas in the We adopted a package of nursing home mitted, I’m going to give a lot of weight

ON DEVELOPING THE BUDGET budget, full restoration of funding cuts in reforms that were addressing not just the to that I’m probably not going to vote for

e budget that the governor submit- all the areas I’ve touched upon (education, problems that were disclosed from the impeachment.

ted in the third week of January was pretty health care, mental-health, environment, attorney general’s report but a lot of the I don’t think its right for the governor

conservative. It showed that, yes, there problems in the industry that have been or anyone else to be tried in the court of

would be a pickup in revenues, but it was going on for years, with insu cient sta - public opinion. I don’t think that’s a good

conservative and prudent. In the space of ing and insu cient funding. A lot of it was process. I think for now it’s time for us

a few weeks, there was a sea change. e to address the abuses in the industry, and to focus on the work at hand and get the

biggest element of that was the massive I’m very pleased we took action on that. budget done. Interestingly, the governor

amount of money coming from the fed- has pretty much agreed to it or acqui-

eral government ($23.8 billion). One of ON THE STATUS OF GOV. CUOMO esced to the process, and I just think, in

the things that really bares mentioning It’s the elephant in the room and it fairness to all parties, that’s the way it

was that for years and years and years, New deserves a reply. I have gotten questions should be carried out.

York has been a huge net exporter of mon- from my constituents about it. I supported

ey to the federal government, unlike Ken- the move on the part of the assembly to CONSTITUENT RESPONSE

tucky, which would take in far more than it have an impeachment investigation. I do We’re doing a great deal in our district

sent to Washington. And so, for years and feel that that’s the proper course. I believe o ce trying to help people with issues of

years, New York was really short-changed. that all parties are entitled to due process. unemployment claims that they put in,

[Without context], it looks like an unex- I guess that’s the lawyer in me; I want to helping people get vaccination appoint-

pected and lavish amount of money com- know what the facts are. Right now, we ments. If people are having trouble, they

ing to the state. But it is fair and equitable have allegations. Obviously, they’re very can contact my o ce and they can send

that we’d be receiving funding of that level. serious allegations. But they have to be me personally an email at burdickc@

What each chamber (Senate and As- looked at dispassionately. ere has to nyassembly.gov or call my o ce at 914-

sembly) does is they come up with a con- be a process which is fair and objective, 244-4450. I’ve even had constituents call

sensus document among their members and I feel that the Assembly Judiciary about potholes on Route 120. I try to

and they adopt it, and they call that the FILE PHOTO/BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER Committee can and will do that. And have myself personally as well as my sta

one-house budget. e other chamber Assemblyman Chris Burdick we have to see where it leads. If the Ju- be responsible to the needs of the district.

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Where is this in You live where?
Katonah-Lewisboro?
READING, would have all of my mail sent to
PHOTO: BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER WRITING & the post o ce box.
CHOCOLATE
Congratulations to Dean Pappas, who was the advantage. Jon Templeton and Mark Schmid Street names across the coun-
rst to correctly identify that last week’s photo also got it right. If you know where this week’s KIM try range from the mildly odd to
was taken at the Katonah Fire Department— photo is, email the editor at marschhauser@ KOVACH the decidedly ominous. A few fun
though the former re chief certainly had an halstonmedia.com. street names include Frying Pan
When I rst moved Road in Herndon, Virgina; Duh
Shooting the breeze up from the city, I Drive in Bethlehem, Pennsylva-
lived on Winterberry nia; is Ain’t It Road in Dadev-
wear two pairs. pretty well, but I had a rougher Circle in Cross River. e street ille, Alabama; and Hanky Panky
time of things, and a lot of the address sounded so quaint and Street in Las Vegas, Nevada.
MAN ere are less challeng- pigeons got away, at least for country-like compared to the
now. I saw where they went numbered streets and avenues Googling unusual street names
OVERBOARD ing sports. It’s much easier to and I promised myself I would of Manhattan. brought a treasure trove of places
shoot a basketball for instance, hunt them down later and run I would not want to write down
RICK it’s a lot bigger and moves a them over with my car. When Driving around this part of on my party invitations. I would
MELÉN lot slower. Curling is much you get to the end of the semi- Northern Westchester, you see be embarrassed to invite friends
circle some of the birds y right all kinds of pretty suburban street over to my house on Big Foot
easier, you just follow your hair towards you. Under normal names like Honey Hollow Road, Road in Cloudcroft, New Mexico
circumstances, I would consider Blueberry Lane, Partridge Road, or Hairy Man Road in Round
around with a curling iron on this brave, possibly heroic. In Serenity Place, Pleasant Street, Rock,Texas. ere are streets
my case, I considered it taunt- Deer Run Court, and Tarry-A- in South Carolina, Georgia
Iwent skeet shooting last a pair of ice skates. I’m actually ing and it made me want to get Bit Road. and Kentucky named Booger
week with my friends, Tra- even them in my article. e Branch Road. I feel sorry for
cie and Brian, and it’s just not very familiar with the sport. pen is mightier than the sword; Lots of songs have been writ- anyone who admits to living
Even football is a lot less com- MUCH mightier than my ten about street names. Bono on Psycho Path in Traverse City,
plicated, you only have to hit shotgun. sings about a place “where the Michigan. I bet those street signs
streets have no name” in a U2 get stolen a lot!
great to get out of the house another guy, and you have ten It’s harder than it looks to song. e Beatles sang about
shoot straight. As you move Penny Lane. Bruce Springsteen Years ago, I remember driving
during a pandemic, at least other people aiming for him, around the semi-circle you had a hit with under Road. around outside of Knoxville,Ten-
have to aim ahead of the clay Songs have been written about nessee, trying to nd the bed and
that’s what my wife told me. too. It didn’t help matters that pigeons so that the pellets from 42nd Street, Bourbon Street, breakfast where I had planned
the shotgun intercept them in Positively 4th Street, and Electric on staying. We found the street
It’s not just a bunch of people we went on one of the windiest mid ight. e instructor said, Avenue. name and then drove around and
“You have to lead the bird.” around past elds of giant round
shooting at stu , it’s an actual days of the year. Twenty- ve I told him I was leading by In a book about street names, I hay bales, a cement factory, and
example. He said, “When you read that roads in new home de- an assortment of small homes,
sport. You aim your shotgun at breezes must have blown my velopments are often named after barns, and trailers. e bed and
SEE MELEN PAGE 10 the builder’s family members. breakfast did not have a sign out
4-and-a-half-inch clay discs, gun just as I was pulling the First and last names on street front. is was in the early 1990s
signs announce Douglas Drives, before cellphones and GPS.
standing at di erent stations trigger. Wilson Ways and Lois Lanes. Luckily, one of the locals out by
Nice way to immortalize a rela- his mailbox pointed us back up
around a semi-circle. Twenty- It’s been a while since I shot tive. Streets are often named after the two-lane winding road. He
historical gures, past presidents, told us to go past the cement
ve of these discs, or pigeons, skeet, before my rotator cu factory but not as far as the eld
owers, or trees. New Canaan of hay bales. Our destination was
launch from both ends of the surgery six years ago. e gun has lots of streets named after an unassuming two-story brick
trees—Elm Street, Maple Street, house set back from the road up a
semi-circle, one at a time, and has a recoil, so I had to wait to Cherry Street, Pine Street, Holly long driveway.
Road, Ash Tree Lane, and Apple
you try to shoot them before complete my rehab, since you Tree Lane. Would you hesitate to live in
a home near a cemetery? Some
they hit the ground, and de - press the butt right up against Fun fact from the internet: El people would be superstitious.
Paso,Texas, has the most streets Not everyone wants to open
nitely before you do. It’s quite your shoulder. Or is it the other in the U.S. named after athletes the curtains each morning and
(135!). Owensboro, Kentucky, has gaze out of the windows at rows
loud so it’s important to wear way around? I tried it both 65 streets named after famous and rows of headstones. On the
sports gures. positive side, the green lawns
earplugs, and if you’ve invited ways when no one was look- are usually well maintained and
Would you hesitate to move the neighbors are always quiet!
me along, you might want to ing. My friends were shooting onto a street with a weird name?
I think that the name of the Kim Kovach keeps her eyes open
street would bother me enough to spot unusual street names.
not to reside there. Or maybe I kimkovachwrites.com

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Happily
Ever
After

LETTERS

Diversity of opinion cell tower placement, allocation of state Parsons stated that the document re ected to cover issues including zoning, a ordable
needed on Master grants, the proposed leaf blower law, and Mr. Burrough’s wish to “keep the town housing, communications infrastructure,
the tree ordinance, their actions at the as rural as possible,” but that he did not and transportation.
Plan Steering work session did not leave me with any believe that current residents necessarily
Committee cause for optimism. shared that view. is Town Board has ignored the exist-
ing document repeatedly over the past few
To the editor, e board introduced its handpicked I do not agree. e current plan serves as years. If they are not willing to accept the
e Town Board’s rst Master Plan Master Plan Steering Committee. Six resi- a template for future growth because it was
dents, all of whom are registered Demo- developed after soliciting a broad range of ndings of a fair, open, and professional
work session left me skeptical that any crats, leaving two-thirds of the town’s views and prepared with professional guid- process, must we now incur a large expen-
new plan would ful ll its role as a frame- registered voters unrepresented. ance. Its balance between preservation and diture to create a new document that only
work for future land use, development, low-density growth was not the work of re ects the vision of a limited few?
and infrastructure decisions that re ect Lewisboro’s 1986 Master Plan was any one person, but in recognition of the
the broad goals of our community. With guided by the town’s then full-time plan- town’s special role as a New York City wa- Andrea C. Rendo
their recent stumbles over matters like ner, Ed Burroughs, a current resident, tershed community. is is a core principle
who went on to be the county’s longtime I doubt will change as the plan is updated South Salem
planning chief. At the meeting, Supervisor
Candidate, Lewisboro Town Board

Former member, Westchester County

Planning Board

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Albany’s proposed tax increases will send job creators out of state

BY MARSHA GORDON AND will be the top-spending state in in the nation. this change in the federal tax code necessary to nd new revenues
KATHRYN WYLDE the country, with a budget rivaling roughout the pandemic, is costing New York taxpayers $12 for education, health care, a ord-
GUEST WRITERS California’s. billion a year in additional taxes. able housing, and other priority
political pressure has been building needs. But while unemployment
New York State’s 2021-22 Residents of New York City on Albany legislators to “tax the is week, the Biden adminis- remains at 12 percent in the
budget negotiations took a bleak and Westchester, Putnam, and rich”— ostensibly as retribution tration let it be known that they region, professionals are working
turn last week, when both houses Rockland counties already carry for how well the stock market and intend to further increase personal from out-of-state locations, and
of the legislature announced their a disproportionate tax burden, Wall Street performed in 2020. and corporate tax rates to help pay businesses are deciding where they
plans for over $7 billion in tax in- accounting for 62 percent of for a national infrastructure bill. will permanently locate after the
creases and a 22.6 percent increase all state personal income taxes. e truth is, the state does not pandemic, this is the wrong time
in spending. If enacted, New York need to raise taxes, thanks to the is means that residents of the to increase taxes.
e suburban counties also have generous federal aid package engi- city and suburbs may well be turn-
among the highest real-estate taxes neered by President Joe Biden and ing over more than 65 percent of e downstate region, including
Senate Majority Leader Charles their earnings to government and Long Island, has been respon-
BEDFORD GRAVEL Schumer. Politics, not economics, corporations may nd that a New sible for 94 percent of the state’s
& LANDSCAPE SUPPLY are driving this budget. York location makes them uncom- job growth over the past decade.
petitive with global rivals. COVID-19 has frozen that
• Gravel • Topsoil • Mulches e legislature’s tax package growth. State government should
• Sweet Peet • Unilock Pavers would impose the highest state As one reviewer of the legisla- be focused on partnering with job
tax rates in the country on New ture’s revenue proposals comment- creators, not creating incentives for
• Sand • Stonedust York residents: a top rate of 11.85 ed, “ is must have been drafted permanent relocation to lower-
• Item #4 • Drainage Pipe percent for personal income taxes, by the governor of Florida.” cost, lower-taxed states.
• Flagstone • Fieldstone 20 percent for estate taxes, and a
• Belgian Block new 1-percent surcharge on capital No one can lack sympathy Marsha Gordon is president and
• Cobblestones • Wallstone gains. is comes on top of the ex- for the losses that many New CEO of the Business Council
• Fire Pits • Stepping Stones • Soil/Fill tra taxes paid by high earners since Yorkers have su ered because of of Westchester; Kathryn Wylde
2018, when the deductibility of COVID-19. e state is down is president and CEO of the
27 Norm Ave., Mt. Kisco (next to Kohl’s) state and local taxes from federal more than one million jobs and Partnership for New York City.
personal income tax liability was thousands of small businesses
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t d. hit something, remember what candlelight dinner. Once I had soldiers sleep in my house if
you did. When you miss, you the gun back together I saw a they don’t want to, so that’s not
~ Coco Chanel should forget it.” at’s ne, few pieces that I hadn’t noticed the amendment I’m thinking
but he doesn’t know the people when I was taking it apart, but of. I do know that we all have
I’m shooting with, and I doubt I had the basic parts facing in the right to bear arms, and I’ve
if they’re ever going to let me the right direction. seen people with such hairy
forget it. But it was good ad- arms that they must have taken
vice, and at the end of the day ere are people who want that concept to an art form.
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nish shooting. I can break self. Who knows where the [email protected].
down my weapon with my eyes next threat is coming from?
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I would even attempt it. You me on the subway is looking
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Shaking in my shoes

husband if I wanted, but I a shoe repair shop?” ts…” with a name like Geppetto, he
I looked at him aghast. I glared at him and began my has to be great, right?”
TRACY couldn’t get a new pair of “I can’t bring these to just quest to nd a local boot wiz-
these boots. ard. Fortunately, where I live, “Why is that?”
BECKERMAN But as is wont to happen any old shoe shop. ese are there were a lot of boot repair “Because Geppetto was a
when you wear the same my BBFs!” shops. Unfortunately, there famous shoemaker.”
were not a lot of good ones. “No, he wasn’t,” said my hus-
shoes every day, over time, “BBFs?” I read the reviews and stories band. “He was a wood maker.”
“Best Boots Forever.” of bootastrophes and sudden “What?”
my boots eventually got He examined the boots I shoe death swam before me. “A WOODMAKER. at’s
held gingerly in my hands. One wrong move by a bad why he was able to make Pin-
scu ed and worn down. It “ ey just need to be shoemaker and, BAM!—your occhio. You’re getting your fairy
shined.” boots aren’t made for walking tales mixed up. You’re thinking
When I found the happened slowly, subtly, kind I shook my head. anymore. of the story with the shoemak-
boots, it was love at “No, you shine regular boots. Unwilling to take a chance er and the elves.”
rst footwear. of like when the shine wears BBFs have to go to a special on just a so-so shoe shop, I “ e shoemaker and the
o a new car and it loses that boot wizard who is a master in started asking around. And elves? Was he married to the
new car smell and routinely the art of boot refurbishment, that’s when I found… Old Woman Who Lived in the
having studied under another “Geppetto’s!” I announced Shoe?” I wondered.
ey were a unicorn, or in looks like you rear-ended your master for 360 hours and then when I got home after drop- “No,” he said. “But appar-
passed a series of tests meant to ping o my boots. ently I am.”
this case, a shoenicorn. e garage refrigerator backing in. weed out the true boot captains “What’s Geppetto’s?” asked
from the mere boot mortals. my husband. For more “Lost in
designer only made one pair Not that I ever did that. More Only a crazy person would “Only the premier shoe Midlife,” follow Tracy on
send their boots to a regular repair shop in the city. I mean, Facebook at facebook.com/
in each size and after each pair than ve times. shoe shop.” LostinsuburbiaFanPage.
“Well, honey, if the shoe
was sold, that was it. Gone. So, one day I woke up and

Dunzo. No-shoe-nus, no- looked at my beloved boots

more-us. with clear eyes, and exclaimed,

I quickly snapped them up “Yikes!”

but realized I was going to “What’s wrong?” asked my

have to treasure and protect husband.

these shoes because once they “My boots need a makeover,”

were gone, they could not be I said.

replaced. I could get a new “You can’t just bring them to

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KLSD His announcement of a class- last September, most students in conversations going on around a full-remote option remains for
room transition came a day before grades 3-12 were in classrooms dining room tables, because our those students.”
FROM PAGE 1 the Centers for Disease Control two days, at home two days and students’ parents said, in pretty
and Prevention (CDC) issued pursuing the asynchronous learn- large numbers, ‘We want our stu- When the pandemic began
called “asynchronous-learning” new guidelines for social distanc- ing on Wednesdays. dents to be in school ve days a a year ago, upending life for ev-
day, the school board’s student ing. e agency had already been week’.” eryone, KLSD closed out the
member, John Jay senior Sawyer suggesting that spacing of less Unlike the other two at-home academic year with remote-only
Reed, reported. e petition also than 6 feet might be su cient days, on an asynchronous day a Selesnick acknowledged the learning. Over the summer, the
describes mounting screen fa- if other pandemic safety proto- student does not directly interact apprehension some families have district settled on the hybrid
tigue from hours remote instruc- cols were maintained. On Friday, with an instructor or classmates when it comes to classroom in- model being widely practiced by
tion that has them peering into March 19, the CDC o cially re- but instead accesses course mate- struction. space-constrained school sys-
laptops at home. placed the 6-foot separation rule rials remotely, without meeting a tems.
with a 3-foot distance. “We know in-person learning
Selesnick applauded the stu- xed schedule. is better for academics and for “I think the hybrid was a very
dents for “having their voices and Before that the 6-foot sepa- Such independent study had personal and social well-being appropriate decision back in
speaking out that way. I haven’t ration requirement had limited broad student support. But par- of our students,” he said. “But we August, when there was rela-
received the petition, but I think attendance on any single day to ents, Selesnick suggested, had also know that we can’t require tively little data, little research
it’s fantastic that our students are about half of KLSD’s student endorsed the ve-day classroom all students to return while this about in-person learning in the
looking for ways to make them- population. us was born the model. pandemic continues, and while schools and the virus,” Selesn-
selves heard. at’s what students hybrid schedule. Under it, since “It sounds to me,” he said, “like some families, and students, are ick said. “Since that time, there’s
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FOOTBALL John Jay blanks Yorktown in opener

BY RICH MONETTI for 10 of his 108 yards and then would have none of that. e Nick DeVincenzo sack with said Clark of Connelly, and 11
CONTRIBUTING WRITER Nick Giardina showed his two- senior broke through the line ve minutes left in the third yards was more than enough on
step at quarterback for 10 more. and wasn’t pulled down until this occasion.
After last season ended with a mid eld. In Giardina’s rst start was emblematic of John Jay’s
rst-round sectional loss to Yor- e Wolves stalled to a fourth as a varsity signal-caller, he ran swarming attack. Even so, Clark Later, DiChiara took the
ktown, John Jay got the chance and six, though, and Clark de- for 68 yards and earned praise wasn’t sure what to expect from hand o wide to gain the 15,
to make amends on Saturday, cided to keep the ball in his from his coach. “ ey put a lot his defenders. Giardina snuck to the six, and
March 20, at Yorktown High quarterback’s hands. Giardina of pressure on him, but he was Zaccagnino went wide for the
School. e Wolves did just that caught Austin Zaccagnino cut- able to dig down and make “We didn’t know what we score.
in shutting out the Huskers, 21- ting over the middle and a de- some plays when we needed really had without having a
0. But Coach Jimmy Clark was fenseless receiver penalty on them,” Clark said. scrimmage,” said Clark. “So, we With 8:11 remaining in the
quick to put the victory in per- Yorktown gave the Wolves the were a little concerned. But they game, Zaccagnino wasn’t done
spective with all the upheaval in ball on the 15. e Huskers returned to the played real physical and had a yet. He picked o Meyerles on
the last year. locker room down seven. Un- great game.” the next play and went all the
“It was great just to get out A play later, Chris DiChiara deterred, the Yorktown defense way for six. However, a personal
here, compete and give the kids came free at the goal line and forced a three and out, and Nonetheless, the o ense foul took the touchdown o the
the opportunity to play,” Clark caught a pass from Giardina at the o ense worked their way started the fourth by giving board and John Jay set up at the
said. 3:52 of the rst, and the Wolves to mid eld. However, miscues their defense some breath- Yorktown 40.
However, the elation didn’t led 7-0. again derailed their drive. ing room. Of course, Yorktown
have either team moving the wasn’t backing down, and when Two plays later, Connolly ran
ball to start. But a long snap Taking their turn, Yorktown’s Justin Meyerles just over- they sacked Giardina at the 44, the ball in from the seven, and
over Vincente Lyons led to great next two possession got them threw a wide-open Marco it looked like another stalled o ensive lineman Matt Ferrer
John Jay eld position after the up to mid eld, but another long McKnight for what would have drive. summed up the overall o ensive
Yorktown punter recovered and snap and then a holding pen- been an easy touchdown, and drive. “As we wore them down,
kicked away. alty killed both drives. On the after reaching John Jay’s 40, an But Giardina, who was 8-17 we just got better and better and
Set up at their own 45, the other hand, the misfortune ap- illegal procedure and a dropped for 65 yards, rolled wide to nd it was three, four, ve yards all
Wolves got right down to it. Jon peared to have the home team pass by Anthony Cicinelli end- DiChiara to get back 14, and the way down the eld,” he said.
Connelly burst up the middle winning the eld position game ed the drive. a fourth and three didn’t have
when Lyons’ punt hemmed the Clark pausing. e coach also Walter Panas can probably
Wolves inside the ve. Of course, the Wolves defense knew exactly where to go. expect more of the same when
played their part, too, and a they travel to John Jay on Friday
Not sitting back, Giardina “He’s going to go hard to get night.
the yards when we need them,”

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THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2021 SPORTS THE KATONAH LEWISBORO TIMES PAGE 17

VOLLEYBALL

Wolves open season with sweep of Greeley

BY RICH MONETTI
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

On ursday, March 18, John Jay

opened their volleyball season at home

against Horace Greeley. e Wolves

swept the best of ve match, and Coach

Tom Rizzotti wasn’t surprised how eas-

ily his girls showed synergy in their rst

game back.

“We have a lot of returning players,

and they all have a good feel for each

other,” Rizzotti said.

John Jay opened the match with a

center set kill by Madigan Flynn, and

two kills each by Kira McMann and

Kaitlyn Varriale got John Jay out to a

4-1 lead. By the time Varriale stepped

up to serve, the lead grew to 12-4, and

her ve straight aces broke the game

open on the way to a 25-5 victory.

Greeley did get on the board rst in

game two. But McMann quickly reset

the tone with a kill from the left, and

the Wolves jumped out to a 7-1 lead.

e game didn’t get away, though,

and Greeley stayed close at 10-5 after

McMann served long. So, the Wolves Allie Driesen sets.

came at the Quakers from the left and

the right. McMann took a back set for

one of her game-high 17 kills, and then o eight of the next nine points to stay

Lily Preis got Greeley from the other alive at 23-16. Kaitlyn Varriale on the bump

side to spark a seven-point run. Undeterred, the Wolves dug in, and

Nine kills on the night, Preis glad- Varriale got up on her heels to stop

ly took in the easy way the team has the run. From the left, Greeley had no

stepped into the season as a unit. “It’s chance on the hitter’s overhand and

great to see how well we are already setter Allie Driesen reveled in the over-

playing together,” said the senior. drive the team showed in setting up

e lead grew to 22-8 on an Ayla their swingers. “We ran a real fast fast

Dollar kill, but Horace Greeley did game and did a great job running our

show some ght. e Quakers reeled hitters,” Driesen said.

A 25-17 victory led into a similar

third set. Horace Greeley scored rst,

John Jay took an early lead and then

the Quakers fought back before falling

short. Preis and McMann had two kills

each, while the lead grew to 10-3 when

Varriale and Rachel Lewis stood tall on

the block.

Following the script, the lead then

shrunk to 12-9, and this time the

Wolves recaptured the drama from

Varriale’s play on the back line. e ju-

nior made a one-handed diving dig o

Diane Chung’s spike, and not taking

any pause, Varriale rose to hit when the

bump came back to her.

e return hit the back line for one

of her seven kills, and at 16-12, John

Jay hit the hardwood again to snu out

Greeley’s last gasp. Preis saved the ball

o the net, then got up for the kill, and

John Jay surrendered only one more

point on the way to a 25-13 victory.

Next week John Jay is home against

Lakeland on Monday, away at Greeley

on Wednesday, and at Fox Lane on

ursday.

Lily Hodor serves.
Photos: Rich Monetti

PAGE 18 THE KATONAH LEWISBORO TIMES SPORTS THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2021

GIRLS HOCKEY

East Green Wave win inaugural section title

Team is made up of players from 13 Westchester schools

BY RICH MONETTI
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

e East Green Wave varsity girls ice The East Green Wave celebrate their title victory. PHOTO: RICH MONETTI
hockey team—made up of 13 Westchester
teams—concluded their inaugural season No loss of scoring punch with the switch, erl and Caldara extended the lead to 4-0. “ e Section 1 title shows us to be good
with a 7-1 victory over the Rockland Rockies role models,”Weinstein said.
at the Brewster Ice Arena on Sunday, March eighth grader Parker Caldara got the rst of e period closed with the other half of
14. e win gave the team a Section 1 cham- Coach Wierl said she is looking forward to
pionship, and the Wierl family of John Jay her three goals at 13:37 of the rst. East Green Wave’s sister act. Lonergan drew what the future holds for girls hockey.
played a big part.
“ ree goals is nice,” Caldara said, “and it’s the defense in with her skate behind the net, “I’m just grateful to the community,”Coach
Stacey Wierl, a former John Jay girls la- Wierl said. “It’s special, and we’re very fortu-
crosse coach, coaches the team, and her two exciting to be part of this rst season.” and a perfect pass out front set up Brady Wi- nate to be part of a strong athletic program
daughters star as forwards. But there are only with such a unique tradition—especially in
two teams in the league, so Coach Wierl is John Jay idled the rest of the rst period, erl for the ve-goal lead. hockey.”
hoping for bigger things for Section 1 girls
hockey in the future. but the second period put the game out of Brady and Caldara completed the scoring

“We want to get more kids involved,”Wi- reach. Kathryn Lonergan made it 2-0 at in the third, and afterwards, Somers’ Dahlia
erl said. “ is can only be sustained if we get
youth involved and make sure families in Sec- 11:12 and within three minutes, Peyton Wi- Weinstein took pride in the victory.
tion 1 know there’s a place for them to play.”

Nonetheless, the team completed a short
three-game regular season with three wins
over Rockland. e East Green Wave won
10-4 on Wednesday, March 10, and everyone
got into the act, with seven di erent players
scoring goals.

“A team e ort,”said Coach Wierl.
e East Green Wave put up another ten-

spot on Friday, March 12. A 10-1 score this
time, Johanna Reimer had three goals, Brady
Wierl had two, and six more players found
the net. Down ice, eight grader Kathryn Lo-
nergan had 23 saves. But she surrendered the
pipes to Reimer and her 23 saves on Sunday
night.

Gymnastics comes to John Jay

BY RICH MONETTI grind that Jahaly doesn’t deny. Add in schoolwork, and

CONTRIBUTING WRITER the sport can be wearing. But the push through is pretty

straightforward. “I like gymnastics, so I nd the time,”

e COVID-19 heath crisis has canceled or thrown the sophomore said.

a major curve into every high school sport since last e big day came in February, when John Jay joined

spring. Fortunately, the fall and winter still had modi- with girls from Somers,Yorktown, Croton, and Hen Hud.

ed seasons for almost all sports. But for two John Jay “It’s really cool to see John Jay have a gymnastics

athletes, there was never anything to come back to, so team, because it’s the rst one,” Jahaly said.

they both made sure to speak up at the right time to Six meets on the season, the girls ended up placing

change the omission. second in the sectionals, and ea felt pretty good about

“Last spring, there was an announcement that asked, the way she closed the season. “In my last routine, I hit

‘If there’s any sports that you want to bring to the school everything and landed everything,” said ea, who con-

go to Chris (McCarthy, John Jay’s athletic director),’” siders vault and the oor her specialties.

said Karli ea. “So, me and Claire ( Jahaly) went and e best part for Jahaly was getting in with a whole

put our names down for gymnastics.” new group of girls, and training under the coaching of

e call came in just before the start of the season. “It an Olympic Silver Medalist wasn’t bad either. “She gave

was a nice surprise,” the John Jay sophomore said. ea great correction and pointers and helped me get better,”

said she has been at the sport since she was 8 years old. Jahaly said of Teodora Ungureanu Cepoi, who was a

“It means everything to me.” teammate of Romania’s Nadia Comaneci and owns Dy-

e sport covers a lot of bases for her teammate, too. namic Gymnastics in Mohegan Lake with her husband.

“I’ve met so many of my friends through gymnastics,” Unfortunately, the girls didn’t have the bene t of fans,

Jahaly said. “It’s a way to stay active, and I’ve learned a but some of the parents made do nonetheless. “A lot of

lot through the sport.” the parents were going to the windows of the gym and

Discipline for one and training three hours a day, looking through,” ea said. “So, it was kind of funny.”

four times a week throughout the year speaks to that. A As a result, the sophomores are looking forward to

having fans to ll out the gym next year, but neither

Claire Jahaly and Karli Thea girl is overlooking McCarthy’s role in making the team
possible. “I just want to give a big thank you,” concluded

PHOTO COURTESY OF RUTHIE ROSENBERG Jahaly. “I know it wasn’t easy putting this together.”

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