The Somers Record 04.07.22

Vol. 11 No. 51 Visit TapIntoSomers.net for the latest news. Thursday, April 7, 2022

Assailant of Somers alum
found guilty
Faces up to 25 years for 2019 stabbing 

PHOTO: WHIT ANDERSON BY CAROL REIF Stockfeder’s bail was revoked and he was re-
STAFF WRITER manded to Rikers Island.
Flag Football
Ready to Kick Off! “I don’t want to be ‘the guy that got According to court testimony, Corpo-
stabbed’,” Justin Corpolongo  says of his longo, who had graduated from St. John’s in
On April 1, Somers High School Giants quarterback Daniel Jones, brush with death. 2018, had shared a home with Stockfeder
hosted the kicko jamboree for the and helped get the Tuskers red up and other members of his former college la-
Section 1 ag football league! e af- for the inaugural season. Read more at’s a burden the 2014  Somers High crosse team. He was holding down two jobs
ternoon saw an appearance from NY on page 20. School graduate has carried since the fall of to pay o his college loans.
2019 when he was attacked with a kitchen
knife by his then-roommate, friend and When Corpolongo got back from his
former St. John’s University men’s lacrosse part-time bartending gig on Monday, Oct.
teammate Matthew Stockfeder during an al- 21, 2019, there were about 20 people party-
tercation over a rowdy party at their Queens ing and playing loud music.
house.
Corpolongo, who needed to sleep because
Corpolongo said he’s determined not to he had to go to work early the next day, testi-
let the incident de ne him any longer.
ed that he asked them to lower the volume.
“I don’t want people to think of this when When that hadn’t happened by 11 p.m., he
they think of me,” said the about-to-turn-26 pulled the power cord out of the speaker. e
teacher of special needs students, who’d crowd then moved to an unsanctioned, o -
rather be known for the people he’s helped campus frat house.
or made happy.
Although he had agreed to relocate the
Stockfeder, 24, of Melville, Long Island, party, an “angry” Stockfeder began to send
was convicted on ursday, March 24, of mocking text messages to his housemate,
Katz said.
rst-degree assault – a felony o ense – and
fourth-degree criminal possession of a weap- According to media reports, one witness
on following a three-week-long jury trial in told the jury that Stockfeder had grabbed a
Queens Supreme Court,  Queens District steak knife and stuck it in his waistband.
Attorney  Melinda Katz  announced Friday,
March 25. When asked why, he responded: “To de-
fend myself,” the witness testi ed.
Set to be sentenced by  Justice Stephen
Knopf  on ursday, April 7, he faces up to e two men argued via text and Corpo-
25 years in prison. Following the conviction, longo eventually went over to the frat house

SEE ASSAILANT PAGE 23

OTHPIESNWHEOEKUESNE D Digital rendering of
house with porch

She Isn’t the Prettiest Girl At the Dance... Hope Mazzola

But she has a great personality and lives in a fantastic neighborhood. In fact, she has literally everything Cell: 914.714.0090
you’re looking for in a home, she just needs some cosmetics and a fresh wardrobe. If this little lady was all
done up she would be selling for considerably more, but here is your chance to nurture her and watch her 95 Katonah Ave | Katonah NY 10536
become the peacock she was meant to be. Katonah PO. $725,000
Sales VP | Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker

BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE 31
CLASSIFIEDS 30
ELEPHANT’S TRUNK 6
LEGAL NOTICES 30
LEISURE 22
OPINION
SPORTS 10 RUN FOR IT!

20 Tusker Twilight Results
pg 16

Page 2 – The Somers Record Thursday, April 7, 2022

SVFD, Senator Harckham unveil new command car

BY CAROL REIF
STAFF WRITER

e Somers Volunteer Fire PHOTO COURTESY OF THE OFFICE OF SEN. PETE HARCKHAM
Department recently unveiled a
shiny new command car it says safeguarding our residents and on the road at all times to help hicle assigned to Car 2443, which Commissioners for its “hard work
will help rst responders with businesses,” he said, referring to reduce response times. has now become Utility 244. and funding on this project.”
their mission of protecting resi- the SVFD as “one of the busiest
dents and local businesses. in northern Westchester.” Funding for the new vehicle Utility 244 will become the re “We appreciate Sen. Harck-
was approved in 2020, but its duty vehicle, allowing the depart- ham’s assistance in obtaining
e  $85,490 2021 Chevy Last year,the SVFD responded delivery was delayed by issues ment’s current Utility 81 to be- this grant for the department,”
Tahoe, tted with state-of-the- to more than 3,000 calls, accord- associated with the COVID-19 come an EMS vehicle. said Fire Commissioner John
art technology and communica- ing to Chief Jonathan Mackey. pandemic. FitzGerald. “ is command ve-
tions equipment, was purchased ose vehicles are used by cap- hicle will be an essential resource
with the help of a $50,000 State More than 90 active members It was “up- tted” by Hud- tains and lieutenants when they in helping to protect our commu-
and Municipal Facilities Pro- sta the department, which has son Valley Fire Equipment with are on duty. is helps ensure nity.”
gram (SAM) grant secured by the third-largest response district Whelen lighting products and coverage for every emergency in
Sen. Pete Harckham (D-South in the county. graphics, Mackey noted. town, Mackey explained. “ e Somers Fire District does
Salem). a tremendous job ensuring that
e SVFD provides re pro- e vehicles allow chief o cers e department thanked we have the best equipment pos-
SAM is one of many programs tection and emergency medical to arrive at the scene quickly and Harckham for supporting it and sible to accomplish our mission of
administered by the Dormitory care to more than 20,000 resi- also provide command posts at other rst responders in the area. saving lives and property,”Mackey
Authority of the State of New dents in a 33-square-mile district. large-scale emergencies, he said. said.
York (DASNY) with the aim of It also sent a big shout-out to
supporting community and eco- It keeps several command cars It is replacing the current ve- the re district’s Board of Fire
nomic development.

Harckham said he’s secured
more than $700,000 in state
grants for re ghters in the
40th Senate District since 2019.

e state lawmaker stopped by
the re department’s Lincolndale
headquarters recently to inspect
the vehicle.

“As our municipalities grow,
so do the needs of our rst re-
sponders who are charged with

Spring has Sprung

AND THE REAL ESTATE MARKET NORTH OF NYC IS
IN FULL SWING! INVENTORY IS LOW NOW IS THE
BEST TIME TO SELL.

SINGLE FAMILY FEB CHANGE FROM CHANGE FROM
HOMES FOR SALE
JAN FEB

Somers 20 9.1% 31.0%

Katonah 23 32.4% 51.1 %

Bedford 43 10.3% 53.3%

Armonk 34 41.7% 30.6%

HEATHER MONACHELLI Source: OKMLS, Feb 2022 vs. Jan 2022, Feb 2022 vs, Feb 2021, single family homes,
Somers, Katonah-Lewisboro, Bedford, Byram Hills School District
Real Estate Salesperson
Contact me today to discuss your Real Estate options.
M .. O ..

[email protected]

heathermonachelli.houlihanlawrence.com

ARMONK BROKERAGE MAIN STREET ARMONK, NY

Thursday, April 7, 2022 The Somers Record – Page 3

Your Neighbor

Jenny Fadda

Somers dietitian o ers new approach to healthy living

BY WHIT ANDERSON  her career o cially began.   place to make real progress.”  healthy diet looks like for them.

STAFF WRITER Fadda, who resides in Somers Fadda believes that the bal- ey will learn how to put meals

with her husband and two anced, realistic approach to together, and how to shop for

It is safe to say that we all young children, is  known for weight loss and other lifestyle food. I like people to understand

want to look and feel our best. her work with clients seeking to transformations combined with the ‘why’ of what they are do-

However, the steps required to lose weight. However, she also the more accommodating fea- ing. If they understand the ‘why,’

become the healthiest version of aids diabetics looking to control tures of Nutritional Goals makes they can adapt and still make

us can often be di cult, contra- blood sugar levels, pre-diabetics, for a worthwhile experience for healthy choices. Ultimately, they

dictory, and just downright con- those with gastrointestinal is- the client.  will be able to go on their own.”  

fusing.   sues, those with cardiac issues “From a day-to-day aspect, be- Fadda also recognizes that

ankfully, for those in the like cholesterol, and pregnant ing fully remote helps those with each client is di erent, requir-

Somers area looking to make a women with nutritional con- a busy schedule,” says Fadda. “It ing individual plans that provide

healthy lifestyle change, regis- cerns.  is easy because they can go on- the correct motivation to con-

tered dietitian Jenny Fadda has Regarding weight loss, the line, book their appointment, get nect with each person’s thought

created Nutritional Goals, a fully di culties of dieting while also the Zoom link, and then they process. All she asks is that any-

remote 1:1 counseling service managing a busy, stressful life Jenny Fadda, creator of can join from their home, work, one looking to make a change,
that provides approachable, real- can often be too much to han- Nutritional Goals. school or wherever else they no matter how many times they
istic programs to help you trans- dle. ankfully, Fadda under- might be. ey do not have to tried before, give Nutritional

form your body, and give you the stands that  countering this ob- feel as if they failed and go back be somewhere for the meeting, Goals a chance. 

tools needed to maintain that stacle requires eliminating what to their old ways. It puts them in making it easier to stick with the “ ere is nothing more im-

newfound health independently.   is known as black and white a never-ending on-and-o cycle appointments.”  portant than your health, for

Despite having an innate  in- thinking.   of dieting.  I like to take things Furthermore, Fadda looks to both you and your family,” she

terest in nutrition during child- “What I nd is when people and not make them good or bad, provide her clients with tools to concludes. “Whether the previ-

hood, Fadda had no idea that want to lose weight, they go into right or wrong. I tell people you make themselves self-su cient.  ous attempt to change did not

her passion could be turned into a mindset that they will change are not good or bad based on the “I am very big on education,” work, or you were not ready, all

a profession. It was not until col- everything,” explains Fadda. foods you are eating. You want Fadda says. “I will never give you need is a more personalized

lege that she indirectly found a “ ey say they will never eat to eat healthily and be active to someone a strict meal plan. For approach that takes that all into

path to live out her purpose.  sweets and they will exercise ev- set up your health goals, but if one, nobody is going to stick account.” 

“I took a psychology class my ery day. is strict and stringent you want to have cake at a party, with it, and they will not know To contact Jenny Fadda and

senior year that was on people plan sets them up for failure be- you can do that. Just hearing what to do when they must di- book an appointment with Nu-

with eating disorders,” Fadda fore they even start because once that makes people feel a lot bet- vert from that plan. I want peo- tritional Goals, visit https://www.

recalls. “During the class, they they deviate from that plan, they ter. ey can nd that balanced ple to understand what a sound, nutritiongoalsbyjennyfadda.com/.  

started speaking about this in- There is nothing more important than
terprofessional team that worked
with individuals who had eating
disorders. One of the members

of the team was a registered di-
etitian. ey went into detail
about what that person did, and

your health, for both you and your family.’itjustclickedformethatthatis
what I wanted to do.” 

From there, Fadda spent two Jenny Fadda

years at Marymount College to

obtain a degree in nutrition, and Registered Dietitian

Call “Mrs. CC”

Amanda Casabona-Cohen
Owner and Director

(914) 248-4020

HOME, AUTO, BUSINESS,
LIFE & HEALTH
914-232-7750

www.forbesinsurance.com

Page 4 – The Somers Record Thursday, April 7, 2022

The Staff Lions Clubs ready for
‘A Night at the Races’
EDITORIAL TEAM
TOM WALOGORSKY Fundraiser to bene t
EDITOR: 914-302-5830 Friends of Karen 
[email protected]
IMAGE COURTESY OF SOMERS LIONS CLUB BY CAROL REIF tables, races, and the event itself, ac-
VIM WILKINSON STAFF WRITER cording to event chairman Vincent
SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR Papa.
[email protected] Horse racing fans are being in-
vited to an event that will not only e goal is entertainment.
ADVERTISING TEAM give them some fun for their money, “It’s a fun night,” he said, adding:
PAUL FORHAN but the chance to help a local charity “Nobody’s going to make tons of
reach the nish line on a long-over- money, it’s the idea that you picked
(914) 806-3951 due building project. a winner.”
[email protected] It is just the start of a months-
e Somers Lions Club’s “Night long campaign to bene t Friends of
BRUCE HELLER at the Races” fundraiser is set for Karen, a tri-state organization that
(914) 486-7608 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday, April provides emotional, nancial, and
[email protected] 29, at  Villa Barone in Mahopac. It advocacy support for the families of
will feature betting on eight virtual children with cancer and other life-
LISA KAIN races, ra es, and a silent auction, as threatening illnesses. Founded in
(201) 317-1139 well as a bu et, open bar, music, and 1978, the charity is hoping to even-
[email protected] dancing. tually expand its headquarters on
CORINNE STANTON
(914) 760-7009 Most of the anticipated revenue SEE LIONS PAGE 28
[email protected] will come from sponsorships of

JAY GUSSAK Show your Front Door some love.
(914) 299-4541
[email protected] Text Lovemydoor to 914-416-5353. To find the top trending 2022 colors for exterior front doors.
SHELLEY KILCOYNE Benjamin Moore’s Aura® Grand Entrance® is specially formulated for a rich, lustrious door finish in any Benjamin Moore color.
(914) 924-9122
[email protected] Buy One, Get One FREE
PRODUCTION TEAM
TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL BENJAMIN MOORE® COLOR SAMPLE
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Shop.Wallauer.com Scan the QR code
PHOTOGRAPHER Shop online. Pick up in store. for this
[email protected] 15 Locations in Westchester,
Putnam & Rockland counties amazing o er!
GABRIELLE BILIK
DESIGNER The right paint and the right color can transform your home. O er valid for one (1) free Benjamin Moore® Color Sample with purchase of one (1) Benjamin Moore® Color Sample
Our color specialists use Benjamin Moore premium paint and of equal or greater value from participating retailer. Excludes ARBORCOAT®. Products may vary from store to store.
[email protected] Subject to availability. O er cannot be combined with other o ers, discounts or promotions, or applied toward prior
color to help you find your inspiration. Call to make your purchases. Retailer reserves the right to terminate, cancel or modify this o er at any time without notice. Coupon
EXECUTIVE TEAM appointment for an in-store consultation today: (914) 368-0970. expires 12/31/2022. ©2022 Benjamin Moore & Co. ARBORCOAT, AURA, Benjamin Moore, Gennex, Grand Entrance, and
BRETT FREEMAN the triangle “M” symbol are registered trademarks licensed to Benjamin Moore & Co. All other marks are the property of
CEO & PUBLISHER Say it with color. their respective owner. 3/22
845-208-8151

[email protected]

Deadlines

THE SOMERS RECORD DEADLINE
THE DEADLINE FOR ADVERTISEMENTS

AND EDITORIAL SUBMISSIONS FOR

SOMERS RECORD IS THE THURSDAY
BEFORE THE NEXT PUBLICATION DATE.

FOR MORE INFORMATION,
CALL TOM WALOGORSKY AT
914-302-5830 OR EMAIL
[email protected].

Subscribe

TO REQUEST THE SOMERS RECORD
WEEKLY DELIVERY, CALL 845-208-8503
OR EMAIL [email protected].
SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE COMPLIMENTARY FOR
RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN THE TOWN.
OUT OF TOWN MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE
$150 PER YEAR FOR FIRST CLASS MAIL.

PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID AT
SOMERS, NY AND AT

ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES.
POSTMASTER:

SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO
THE SOMERS RECORD AT

118 N. BEDFORD ROAD
SUITE 100

MOUNT KISCO, NY 10549

(ISSN 2330-1597)
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
HALSTON MEDIA, LLC AT
118 N. BEDFORD ROAD

SUITE 100
MOUNT KISCO, NY 10549
©2021 HALSTON MEDIA, LLC

Thursday, April 7, 2022 The Somers Record – Page 5

BROKERAGE UNRIVALED MARKET
SUCCESS BUILT ON PEOPLE
IN KATONAH LEWISBORO AND REL ATIONSHIPS.
SCHOOL DISTRICT
We don’t just work here, we live here. Our
community involvement, paired with our superior
market intelligence, has earned our client’s trust
when making life’s biggest decisions.

HOULIHAN LAWRENCE.
K ATONAH ’ S HOM E FOR
RE AL ESTATE.

K ATONAH BROKER AGE I K ATONAH AVENUE I K ATONAH, NY I . .

Source: OKMLS, 1/1/21-12/31/21, total dollar volume of single family homes sold by company, Katonah-Lewisboro school district

Page 6 – The Somers Record ELEPHANT’S TRUNK Thursday, April 7, 2022

Town of Somers Recreation O ce at 232-8441. Preserve on Route 138 (Primrose Day Program by Bob MacGregor. scription in order to have access to
Street). Cancellation in the event Enter the Preserve at Route 139 this meeting. You will receive an
ANNUAL EGG HUNT Somers Land Trust of rain. All are Welcome! Tree and follow the road to the upper invitation prior to the start of the
Saturday, April 9, at 9 a.m. guru Bob MacGregor to talk about parking lot. All events will be can- webinar. Our programs are funded
Join us in Reis Park for pic- ARBOR DAY PRESENTATION pruning, wiring for deer, preventing celed in the event of rain. Please by e Friends of the Library -
Saturday, April 9, from 1:30 - 3 beaver munching, and much more. dress for Tick prevention. thanks for your support!
tures with the Cottontail Bun-
nies and to collect eggs that will p.m. NATURE WALK Somers PTA Council VIRTUAL: FROM MICKEY
be redeemed for candy. Open to Love Trees? Learn how to care Saturday, April 9 at 2:30 p.m. MOUSE TO STAR WARS
all Somers residents 10-years- Join a family-friendly nature FOODIE CARD SALE AND BEYOND
old and younger. Sponsored by for them at our Arbor Day: Main- Enjoy 10% o at over 1600
Somers Leos Club and Somers taining Trees and Shrubs presen- walk with local naturalist Jim Nor- Monday, April 11, from 7 - 8 p.m.
Department of Parks and Rec. For tation by Bob MacGregor, Vice dgren on the Yellow Trail at Angle Foodie Card-friendly restaurants! How the Walt Disney Com-
additional information, call the President of Somers Land Trust. Fly Preserve, following the Arbor See the yer on our PTA website pany Conquered the Entertain-
Meet at the Entrance to Angle Fly at somersschools.org/family tab/ ment Universe. Over the last nine
PTA decades, Walt Disney has trans-
Architectural formed every facet of the enter-
Authenticity, Get 33% o Foodie Card for tainment business. is presenta-
Unparalleled the rst year ($29.99 value) for tion examines how the company
Performance. $20! O er valid for new customers grew from a small cartoon studio in
only. Membership discount avail- 1923 to become the most powerful
Choose from a variety of able until 6/30/2022. See yer for force in worldwide entertainment.
beautiful interior wood more details. A list of restaurants
species, with fiberglass can be found at foodiecard.com PICTURING LOSS: ART
and composite exteriors USE PROMO CODE: SOM- AND BEREAVEMENT
that won’t peel, blister, ERSPTA at foodiecard.com
fade or corrode, and resist Tuesday, April 19, from 4:30 -
water while sealing out the If you have any questions or own 5:30 p.m.
elements, with Andersen® a restaurant and would like to par-
ticipate please contact hello@food- Joyce Raimondo leads an infor-
Windows and Doors. iecard.com or 1-833-366-3432. mal presentation about how she
and famous artists express grief
“Andersen” and all other marks where denoted are trademarks of Andersen Corporation. SPIRIT WEAR SALE through painting. A discussion of
©2022 Andersen Corporation. All rights reserved. e Somers PTA Council is Lee Krasner’s painting following
Jackson Pollock’s untimely death
INTERSTATE + LAKELAND LUMBER selling Somers Sprit wear. Our is discussed along with artists
store is open year round and items Edvard Munch, Pablo Picasso,
What Dream Homes are Made of ship to your home. Promo codes Frida Kahlo, and others.
available on the website.
1248 East Main Street •Shrub Oak NY 10588 • 914- 245- 5050 • www.interstatelumber.com Westchester County
Visit our store at teamlocker.
s q u a d l o c k e r. c o m / # / l o c k e r s / MOBILE SHREDDER
somers-pta-council-store Tuesday, April 19, from 10 a.m.

Somers Central - 1 p.m.
School District Now you can safely destroy

INTERNSHIP unwanted personal papers and
OPPORTUNITIES documents. Held at Reis Park, 82
Primrose St. e Mobile Shred-
An exciting opportunity to share der is for residents only. Paper
your expertise with a Somers High generated by businesses, schools,
School senior! e high school institutions, government or mu-
English Department is coordinat- nicipal o ces is not accepted at
ing internship and experiential these events. County sta will
learning opportunities for twelfth- inspect all paper to be shredded
grade students. ese authentic and will reject any paper identi-
experiences will provide valuable
knowledge and skills for seniors as ed as commercial or institution-
they transition from high school al. Please call the Town Supervi-
to college and careers. We are in- sor’s O ce with any questions at
terested in both traditional and 914-277-3637.
virtual internships. If you are part
of a business or organization that Chabad of Yorktown
would be interested in working
with a senior, please contact us at Located at 2629 Old York-
seniorexperience@somersschools. town Rd, Yorktown Heights.
org. RSVP required for all programs
unless otherwise noted. For more
22ND ANNUAL info visit: www.ChabadYork-
K 12 ART SHOW town.com or call 914-962-1111.

Thursday, April 21 from 7 - 9 COMMUNITY PASSOVER
p.m. SEDER

Come support our young artists Friday, April 15, at 7:30 p.m.
post Covid as they exhibt won- Join us for the rst night of
derful works of art created in the Passover in a warm and inviting
SCSD K-12 art programs. Held atmosphere, with gourmet Pass-
at Somers High School. over cuisine (including shmurah
matzah and wine or grape juice),
The Somers Library and enjoy a meaningful and in-
teractive Seder. At the Yorktown
ese events are all virtual. Community Center, 1974 Com-
Please register on our online cal- merce St in Yorktown Heights.
endar at www.somerslibrary.org
or on the link included in the de- SEE TRUNK PAGE 24

Thursday, April 7, 2022 The Somers Record – Page 7

SAVE BI

With Our New Loyalty Program!
Sign Up Online at uncleg.com

WOW!

Polly-O 2$ 99
Ricotta /EA

Select Varieties, 32 oz,
Limit 4

TToumttoartoosesso $Select Varieties, 28 oz,FOR

4 5excludes San Marzano style

FreeRonzoni

Lasagne
BUY ONE GET ONE

Wavy or Oven Ready, 8-16 oz

BCorolltehge Inn 1$ 99
/EA
Select Varieties, 32 fl oz

WHILE
SUPPLIES

LAST

Photographs and illustrations do not necessarily depict sale items. We reserve the right to limit quantities. Not responsible for typographical errors. 3 12$CBheollcinoolate
4.8.22 AD Yorktown 9.5x12.5.indd 1
Easter Eggs FOR

3.5 oz or 4.99 EA
4/1/22 1:09 PM

Page 8 – The Somers Record Thursday, April 7, 2022

SMS counselors keep connected with students

An annual check-in about suc- counselor Ellen Bieber.“Having an or even encourage them to join a develop a relationship,” said Ellen dents how to manage stress and
cesses, struggles, friendships and annual “About Me”check-in keeps club,sport or activity.“We are mak- Fabian, sixth grade school counsel- increasing academic pressures for
more is an important way school us in tune with who they are, what ing sure they know how to pursue or. “Hopefully, the individual con- seventh graders.
counselors at Somers Middle they like to do and where they things, how to seek extra help and nection opens the door to future
School stay connected with their might need some extra supports.” making them aware of what exists opportunities for kids to schedule Bieber said these previous ques-
students. in the school for them to explore,” an appointment to go over their tionnaires are an important tool in
Bieber said a visit to the School she said. She added that often unique questions and or concerns.” the high school planning process
“About Me” is a short question- Counseling o ce for the check-in times it’s a nudge about the WIN for eighth graders. “We can point
naire School Counseling gives each is especially important for the sixth periods that o er students oppor- By the time students return to to something a student may have
year to sixth and seventh grade graders. “When they rst meet tunities to try a new enrichment School Counseling for the sev- liked in sixth grade as an elective
students. It was implemented in with their counselor and ll out the activity or receive academic inter- enth-grade questionnaire, school for them to take in high school,”
Somers several years ago under the form, it’s about building that rela- vention. counselors can dig a little deeper. she said. She said many times in-
updated New York State Learning tionship they may not have had in Questions are geared toward friend terests have changed, but some-
Standards. elementary school,”Bieber said. “ e current sixth grade is ll- relationships, identifying adults times students looking at their in-
ing out the About Me form in within the school and community terests from sixth or seventh grade
“It’s a chance for kids to identify Opening the initial door for stu- advance of their annual meeting, they can trust, school challenges, reignites the spark.
their strengths, interests, struggles, dents’ “About Me” questionnaire allowing the counselor and student interests and one or two “fun facts”
friendships and even nd solu- gives counselors the ability to steer to have more time to converse and about what makes them unique. Article provided by Somers Central
tions,” said seventh grade school them to supports when necessary Counselors often discuss with stu- School District. 

Get engaged, excited and on track to being
the best, healthiest you possible!

One-On-One The “About Me” questionnaire was implemented in Somers several
Remote Nutritional years ago under the New York State Learning Standards.
Counseling With A
Registered Dietitian. The Best Quality Food & Service ...Anywhere!

914-815-8131

Visit Our Website To Easily Book Online Today!

www.nutritiongoalsbyjennyfadda.com

WE ARE NOW TAKING

HOLIDAY ORDERS

FOR YOUR EASTER AND PASSOVER FAVORITES
CURBSIDE PICKUP AVAILABLE

AMERICAN SPRING LEG OF LAMB
on the bone, boned rolled and seasoned, butterfiied or marinated

BONELESS LOIN OF LAMB ROAST plain or seasoned

• CROWN ROAST • RACK OF LAMB

PORK RIB ROAST frenched and cracked
• BERKSHIRE PORK RIB ROASTon the bone • BONELESS PORK

LOIN ROAST plain or seasoned
• CROWN ROAST OF PORK 14 chop minimum
• BONELESS LOIN OF PORK stuffed with sausage and apple

SMOKED HAMS- 1/2 or whole, bone in
• SPIRAL CUT SMOKED HAM- 9lb average
• BOARS HEAD BONELESS SMOKED HAM-1/2 or whole

PRIME RIB ROAST • FILET MIGNON • RACK OF VEAL
• BEEF BRISKET • TOP ROUND ROAST BEEF

We Carry A Complete Line of FRESH FREE RANGE TURKEYS
BioGuard Pool Treatments •TURKEY BREAST • CAPONS

Top off Dinner Check our
with our Fresh catering menu for a
Baked Goods! delicious selection
of prepared foods.
Cakes, Pies and Cookie Platters

PH: 914.232.9444 FX: 914.301.5474

127 Katonah Avenue, Katonah NY 10536

Thursday, April 7, 2022 The Somers Record – Page 9

SHOP & PLAY AT THE VALLEY

650 LEE BLVD • YORKTOWN • JEFFERSON VALLEY MALL Baseball Training Softball Training Team Cage Rentals

Now Located On 2nd Floor

www.playconnectionnewyork.com
914-302-2403

PLAY AREA FOR ALL AGES & Private Parties Available

Diamond Performance Lab Player Evaluations Rapsodo Baseball Technology

Pitching Lessons Hitting Lessons Speed/Agility Training

($2POLAFYFCAONnNyEC1TIHOoN u• 9r14A-3d0m2-i2s4s03ion) SCAN ME (914)214-8604
With coupon. Not valid with other offers
650htLtpees:/B/ldvida.m, YoonrdkptoewrfnorHmeaignhctesla, Nb.Yco1m0598

Legendary Parties
Drop Off Events

Toddler Programming
Interactive Classes

Open Play & Bounce
Face Painting

and so much more!
"Where kids can just be kids"

(914) 214-8215
[email protected]

Jefferson Valley Mall, 650 Lee Blvd, Yorktown Heights, NY

Page 10 – The Somers Record Thursday, April 7, 2022

Opinion

Happily
Ever
After

Gold medal Playing the market 

SEASONAL skills I learned as a child and applied MAN things, and Freedom of Choice should
TIDBITS them to my college Division I riding OVERBOARD be one of them. If that’s in the Bill of
team and did quite well for myself. In Rights, they should take it out as soon as
LAURA an exhibition on curling in upstate NY, RICK possible. In countries where they don’t
CAMPAGNA I learned how to push the stone down MELÉN have 37 di erent brands of dog food, I
the ice. I did it twice before my turn contend that the people are much hap-
The Olympics have been over for was over, and because of this, I became This little piggy went to market, pier, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the
a few months, and now we wait the household expert. When Team and people who hardly shop for dogs are happier, too. I hate that guilty
two more years until we watch USA was on TV facing their rivals, I groceries should take a few mo- feeling when I don’t get my dog the
our athletes compete against other would yell at the team to tell them how ments to appreciate those heroes who healthiest blend of USDA-approved,
competitors in the sport of their choice and where to position their stone. ey do. ose people that run into a crowded vet-sanctioned, human-grade balanced
and hopefully walk away with the gold never listened to me and would win the supermarket when the rest of us are recipes with no by-products. I’m not
medal. tournament anyway. running out (of food). I’ll spend my few even sure I DIDN’T get my dog that,
moments right here, because I had to do and I’m also not sure if I would eat it
I have done many of the sports On a recent visit to see my parents, the food shopping for a couple of weeks, myself if I were a dog (not one of them
featured in the Olympics. When I my mother suggested one day that I and I get exhausted all over again just mentioned Kit Kat bars or pizza in the
was young I, skied down a mountain join her for her church chair yoga class thinking about it. ingredients). inking of all those sad,
face in Vermont, played out eld in my later in the afternoon. It is here that shivering dogs out in the cold, chained
town’s softball league, tried basketball I should report that everyone who First, I test-drive a few shopping carts to a trash bin in the ASPCA ad, maybe
once, wrestled my sister for the remote participates is between 65 and 90 years to nd one with decent handling. I don’t I should spend another 20 minutes
control, gure skated on the local lake old. It was 9:30 in the morning when need rack-and-pinion steering, but I looking at the carbohydrate count on the
praying with every glide that it would she asked, I was already on the couch won’t tolerate a dead wheel because at label. But in the end, I bought some-
not be my last and I would fall through planning my day, and taking a few naps some point when no one is looking I’m thing that looked like an order of sesame
an opening in the ice. In 7th-grade gym throughout the day was already on the going to air that baby out at a dead run chicken. Time is passing me by as I look
class, there were lessons in the game of list. I told her I would take a pass on and then put my feet up on the chas- at dog food labels and even though qual-
Badminton. We had a swanky one- the class. She became animated and sis and see how far I can coast without ity of life is important, quantity of life is
piece uniform. Not sure of the popular asked again if I would join her stating running into the grapefruit display. at’s important too.
fabric of the early 70s but it resembled it would mean so much to her if I did. I the kind of thing guys do when women
lycra with a pop of polyester-like shorts agreed and went to my room to see if I aren’t looking. I found a sporty model is is how supermarkets play me for
with an attached blue striped top with packed anything that would be appro- that actually had a cup holder on it so the fool that I am: I wanted a few crois-
a zipper. It was not the most atter- priate for church chair yoga. I found a that I wouldn’t spill my cocktail if only I sants to make a nice breakfast sandwich
ing out t. If it was suggested today, it pair of gray ankle-length pants, a black had remembered to bring one. I kept my this weekend, but all they had was a
would not make it out of the locker long sleeve top, and a brown multi- eye open for something to put in there package with literally 25 croissants in
room. Gym uniform aside, we had a patterned eece. I did not have the a little stronger than a bottle of salad it, so then I had to think of 25 di erent
blast trying to get the birdie over the appropriate footwear and was forced to dressing. Maybe this wasn’t going to be things that you could put on a croissant,
net. I was the goalie on my high school put on my men’s knee-high black work so bad after all. and by the time I worked my way down
socks and brown slip-on sketchers. I to peanut butter my cart was already half
eld hockey team. I took the equestrian threw my unwashed hair in a messy Americans can complain about a lot of full.

SEE CAMPAGNA PAGE 11 SEE MELEN PAGE 12

TRUST & ESTATES • WILLS • ELDER LAW • REAL ESTATE

LAW OFFICE OF ANDRES D. GIL, PLLC

Honor, IntegrLitAy,WCoOmpFaFsICsiEonO, aFnAd DNiDgnRiEtyS D. GIL, PLLC
Scan here
Call Us THoodnoar,yIntAegtrit(y,8C4om5p)as9si4on0, a-n1d1D1i0gnity
to visit my
website
Call us today at (845) 940-1110
ADG-LAW.com New York State Certified

973 Route 22, Suite 3, Brewster Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business

Thursday, April 7, 2022 OPINION The Somers Record – Page 11

CAMPAGNA I was going to rock this class. I was much Gold Medal Granola Bars 2. Transfer mixture to a greased
younger than those participating, so surely 9x9 baking dish, very firmly
FROM PAGE 10 I was more exible. INGREDIENTS pressing the mixture into pan in an
3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats even layer. (tip: for easy removal,
bun, and I was ready. I was the fashionista I could not have been more wrong. After 3/4 cup peanut butter line the pan with parchment). If
of the day. Vogue was knocking on my 20 minutes of leg stretches and some back 1/3 cup honey desired, sprinkle additional
door. stretches, I could feel THE BURN. ank- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips chocolate chips over top, pressing
fully, it was time for a water break. One of 1/2 cup flaked coconut them into the mixture.
e morning got away from us, and the ladies came out of the nearby kitchen, 1/2 cup chopped walnuts 3. Bake for 15-17 minutes or until
it was time to leave. My mother began looked at me, and o ered me a can of milk. 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg the center is baked through. Start
speeding down the roads. Each road had My mind raced to why would someone 1 teaspoon cinnamon checking at 12 minutes as all
a speed limit of 30 to 40 mph, and she want to drink milk during yoga, from a can 2 whole eggs ovens are different.
was doing well over each. When I asked no less and how would you open it. I shook 4. Let the bars cool completely
her what the rush was, she said we have my head no and reached for my water (this is important) before cutting
to get there as soon as we can to get our bottle. While I was taking a sip I noticed into 16 squares or 12-14 bars.
two chairs in the circle. I had no idea what others getting their small 3-pound hand
she was talking about, and reached for the weights. It was at that moment I realized INSTRUCTIONS
strap over the passenger side window and I was being o ered two cans of milk to be 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In
hung on for dear life. When we reached used as weights for the next exercise and a large bowl, combine all
the church my mother put the car in park not to be used as my water break beverage. ingredients and mix well.
and ran to the door and straight into the
room where church chair yoga was to take I learned some things that afternoon.
place. I sauntered in and stopped in the e rst is that I am nowhere near as ex-
o ce to say hello to my sister who is the ible as I think I am and that I do not move
church receptionist. She took one look at with an ‘LY purpose,’ carefully, slowly, and
me and asked what on earth I was wearing purposefully.  e instructor during each
and what happened to my hair. I reassured exercise explained why it was important to
her that Vogue had already called for my do each movement, to help us move with
photo shoot. an ‘LY purpose.’
When the meditation to end the class
As I entered the yoga arena I was was over and we were heading out the
greeted with a few ‘it is nice to see you door, I grabbed my homemade granola
again’ and some hugs of those I was more bar, a reward for surviving the class and
friendly with. I have spent many summers I realized that those around me were the
volunteering at the church in one form or real athletes that deserve the gold medals.
another, and I have become friends with ey are ensuring that they remain safe
many of the women who volunteer all year and healthy while they maneuver steps,
round.  As we settled into our seats, the chairs, climbing in and out of beds, cars,
instructor reminded everyone to do only and wherever else life may bring them. I
what their bodies are capable of and not put the bronze medal around my next and
to notice what others around them are limped to the car.
doing. It was at this moment that I knew

ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES—EXPERT HELP

• EXCEPTIONAL SELECTION OF HIGH QUALITY TILE & MOSAICS • KITCHEN & BATH CABINETS STOCK & CUSTOM
• COUNTER TOPS: QUARTZ, GRANITE & MARBLE • SHOWER DOORS & MEDICINE CABINETS • FREE DESIGN SERVICES

NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY • 361 Route 6 • Mahopac, New York

845-628-4100 • www.samsceramic.com

Page 12 – The Somers Record OPINION Thursday, April 7, 2022

Ukraine

BY KATHY BURNS

A brokenhearted cellist  Learning to re a gun
Performing a melody of love and resis- Brave journalists
tance in the center of a bombed-out build-
Dying to show the world the casualties of
ing that use to be his home war

A seven-year-old girl  A dancer, a comedian, a lawyer, a president 
Singing “Let it Go” Becoming an unexpected hero
To frightened people 
In a subway, now a bomb shelter Friends generously
Donating items for the Ukrainian people
A De ant young newscaster on Russian
TV In the midst of this horri c war 
You all make me proud
Daring to speak the truth Allowing me to take a 
Breath of hope.
A 22-year-old computer programmer 

MELEN robot would be much better o that way. It a female robot,” and “I wish they had a concept doesn’t work nearly as well.
was more likely that the robot’s job would gin and tonic dispenser here like at the So, if you’re young and single and
FROM PAGE 10 be replaced by a human, one who was good ones upstate.”
at thinking of stu to do to make himself carefree and you happen to be reading
At that moment I came face-to-faceplate look busy (my retirement job?). When it was time for checkout, I real- this, look a few years into the future and
with an actual robot. It was standing in ized I didn’t have any coupons, so I would picture yourself lost in a supermarket, with a
front of something that had dropped onto It had sort of a “Lost in Space” de- have to pay the full asking price. ere was shopping cart full of alcoholic beverages, 37
the oor yelling,“CAUTION! CAU- meanor, but I wondered if maybe it was a lady with a supermarket pin standing in brands of dog food, being yelled at by a ro-
TION!”Once I had ascertained that my life more advanced than it looked, possibly front of a machine asking me if I wanted bot. Now go out and nd yourself someone
was not in immediate danger, I realized that trying to glean data from me about how to check out myself. I said, “No, just give it that you’d like to walk down the aisle with,
the thing on the oor was my shopping list, I shopped and what I was interested in to me straight: what’s my hair doing right it hardly matters which one.
but the robot wouldn’t let me retrieve it, lest to transmit back to the team in market now?” I couldn’t believe how much the bill
I trip and fall slipping on it. Anyone whose marketing. So, I threw a few curveballs was. If you can’t a ord a new car, you can Look for Rickster Melen on Facebook! Say hello
job might be replaced by this particular into its path like, “I heard they’re getting always get a used one, but with food that at: [email protected]

Avanti Face and Body “I am honored to have
been selected by my peers
LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST. for Hudson Valley Magazine’s
WHAT IS HOLDING YOU BACK? annual “Top Lawyers” publication.

Aesthetics THE LAW & MEDIATION
Facials OFFICE OF
Peels
Margaret A. Nicholson
Injectables / Botox / Xeomin
Protein Rich Plasma Treatments Free Half Hour Consultations
Virtual Options Available
Hair Restoration
Radio Frequency Microneedling A RESPECTFUL APPROACH TO ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE
NAVIGATING FAMILY RESOLUTION OFFERS
Body Sculpting INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES
Cellulite treatment / QWO TRANSITIONS AND CONFLICT
- Family, Elder and - Privacy
FOR AN APPOINTMENT: Divorce Mediation - A Voice in Decision Making

914.373.5479 • Avantifacial.com • [email protected] - Collaborative Divorce - Preservation of Assets
- Co-Parenting Plans - Child Focused Options
200 Katonah Avenue (2nd Floor) Katonah, NY 10536 - Pre-Nuptial and Marital - Avoidance of Often Toxic and
Settlement Agreements Costly Court Proceedings

MILL POND OFFICE BUILDING
293 ROUTE 100, SUITE 205 • SOMERS, NY 10589 • 914-669-5224

www.margaretnicholson.com • [email protected]

Thursday, April 7, 2022 OPINION The Somers Record – Page 13

She couldn’t help but make us smile

GUEST we handled it. No one could softly. was distinctly irritated that she idea. But issues like this popped
CORNER tell her that the wait sta didn’t “Who?” She asked in a louder was not in touch with the careers up regularly because Grandma
react because they were already of these performers. I wanted to would not concede to needing
LINDA SPEAR involved in serving others voice. apologize to Jane but knew that hearing aids.
I repeated my answer in the would only make the situation
My mother-in-law was e one day that made us more embarrassing. But she was happy about the
hilarious, yet she never laugh the hardest was when we softest tone I could, hoping that fact that she looked somewhat
intended to be. She were sitting at a banquet booth Jane Curtin could not hear this All but Grandma burst out younger than her years and had a
lived to be almost ninety-six, and and to our surprise, actress Jane conversation. laughing. How much Jane
we enjoyed her comedic manner Curtin was escorted to the seats Curtin actually heard, I have no SEE SPEAR PAGE 19
till the end. She was a wonder. to the side of our table. Our “Well, which one is she—Kate
She played a wicked game of daughters were extremely excited or Allie?” Grandma yelled. She
golf well into her eighties and because Allie of “Kate and Allie,”
drove until she was eighty-eight. a wonderful comedy, was right 20th Anniversary Sale!
by our side. Susan St. James was
Often when we went out to Kate and Jane was Allie on the April 1 – 9th
lunch with her to our favorite show that was popular in the late
restaurant in New York City, we seventies/early eighties. 50% OFF
listened to her call to the nearest
server and yell, “Oh waiteh…” Grandma was perturbed. all fine jewelry
“Why are you so excited?” she
Because we were regulars at asked the two of them. All they (in stock) Watch Battery Special
this restaurant, the waiters were could do was point in the most
familiar with her calls and nod- subtle way possible. $4.61
ded as they passed kindly by our
table. She’d grumble over the Grandma asked again in a
fact that the wait sta didn’t stop louder voice, “What are you
when it was obvious that they pointing to?”
had food to serve nearby, and
she’d wonder why they didn’t Our older daughter Jen said,
respond to her calls. “It’s Jane Curtin. She’s right
here!”
Snicker, snicker was the way
“Who’s Jane Curtin?” Grand-
ma asked so that everyone sur-
rounding us could  hear her.

Jen was laughing so hard that
I had to answer, “She’s Allie of
“Kate and Allie, mom,” I said

Excludes watches with 4 or more screws.
Limit 4 watches. With this coupon.

Not valid with other offers or prior purchases.
Expires 4-30-22

Tel: 914-245-3899 • 32 Triangle Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598

www.genesisjewelers.com

• Savings • Service 600 Rt. 6 | Mahopac NY
• Satisfaction

Aardvark Insurance

ON YOONUYROUJORBJOEBVEGEVGREURYUAYADRDRAAAAYYNNUUTTNENEETETDILDILCOCMOPMLEPTLIOETNI..O. N… AllsPtRaoeteplil|caDSicoSteniHa’nsttOCgeEPaslFvLlcaOaoenCrrr8Amey0Ls0d!#o|afGye!ico We O er Many
A-Rated Companies
ON YOUR JOB EVERYDAY UNTIL COMPLETION…
GUARANTEED Adirondack • +AARP Hartford • Chubb
Foremost • Hanover • Kemper
Mercury • Main Street America

NatGen • Progressive • Safeco Travelers
Utica Mutual • Utica First

We Also offer Pet Insurance

ONE CALL… QUICK MULTIPLE QUOTES

19 1O0L1DG1DR1991EOO10OE0L1AL1DNGDNGRDWDRSEOEOBEOEAANUNNNOWWRSSDBBOOGUUOOARRRDDGGVDAARSRESVV.DHDHS.EEB.H..BBO.ORBBOREBERWWWEEETTEWWTHRWRHRHSOETOSSOLEEOTET,LOMLEROC,ER,,TSCMMNR,CT0NYS6,TS08Y1N60080115Y0069|1588012|09|0031285|04793584|8.487252479.8|8200.7093088000.407070005478027980000070 So You Can Get The Best Buy!

CT LIC. #HCICT 0LI6C4. 6#H1I0C2064|61W02E|SWTECSTHCEHSESTTEERRLLICI.C#2.9#128591H8165 |HPU1T6NA| MPLUICT. N#PAC7M152LIC. #PC7152 Call Us Anytime
wwwwww..ssoutheaassttkkiittcchheennananddbabtaht.hco.cmom
Sue Rohrig & Joann Servillo @ 845.208.3707
www.southeastkitchenandbath.com

Page 14 – The Somers Record OPINION Thursday, April 7, 2022

Vacation time

JUST what an experience it was. We curbside check-in, but it was we went through TSA. As usual, e turbulence was so bad
JO ANN got through all the paperwork cold and rainy, so we opted for I was pulled aside and frisked that I honestly expected the
and had an early morning ight indoor check in. We played while Ken was waved through. air masks to fall from over-
JO ANN out of JFK. We loved that we around with one check-in For some reason, it happens head. During a slight reprieve
FRANCELLA would be landing in the Baha- machine for about 20 minutes every time we y. from the turbulence, I decided
mas at 10 a.m., but that meant before we were told that it was to use the restroom and quickly
Iknow that so many of my that we had to leave our home broken. We moved to another e next problem arose when regretted it as I was tossed from
friends and acquaintances at 3 a.m. machine and entered all our info, we were assigned seats on the wall to wall with my pants
have traveled over the past but when it was time to pay, the plane. Ken and I were seated down around my ankles. As I
two years. In fact, I would see Of course, we never like machine would not accept our three rows apart from each got myself together and tried
pictures of their smiling faces as having to board our pets, and it credit card.  In fact, none of the other, something I did not like. I to gracefully make it back to
they lounged in a pool with the was no di erent for our sweet check-in machines would accept wondered how I could possibly my seat, a child in the row
sun beaming down on them. Daisy. We had only kenneled anyone’s credit cards. As soon as ask the 19-year-old girl beside behind me threw up all over
her once before for just one day, everyone realized that there was me if I could lay my head on her her mother. If I wasn’t queasy
Ken and I, on the other hand, but we safely deposited her at a malfunction, there was a mad shoulder while I slept. I decided before, I was then.
didn’t travel. We adhered to all the kennel the day before our dash for the doors to get back that might not be such a good
the rules and stayed safely at departure. I gave her many kisses outside for curbside check-in. By idea. It was just a three-hour Somehow we nally landed,
home. Quite frankly, we didn’t and hugs and promised that we then it was 4:20 a.m. and I was and it was wonderful feeling the
quite comprehend the pandemic would pick her up in a week. I already exhausted. ight and I gured I could get warm breeze on our faces when
and all the various rules we were cried when I left her. through it without Ken by my we left the airport. Will I be
asked to adhere to, so we gured With boarding passes in hand, side; that is until the second
that we would rather be safe At the airport, we tried for hour of the ight. ying somewhere again soon?
than sorry. I doubt it, but the week we
Fun Facts by Jo Ann spent in the Bahamas soothed
It’s now been two years since my achy muscles, relaxed my
the start of the pandemic and The Bahamas is made up of over 700 islands, most of which are uninhabited. body, mind and soul and gave a
Ken and I planned our rst The Bahamas was the landing site of Christopher Columbus. beautiful glow to my sallow, tired
plane trip to the Bahamas, and complexion. Until next time,
beautiful Bahamas.

[email protected]

What steps have you
taken to protect your
life savings from the
cost of long term care?
CALL NEW YORK’S
ELDER LAW TEAM

914.948.1500

WHITE PLAINS • SOMERS • WWW.ESSLAWFIRM.COM

• Asset Protection • Elder Law • Wills, Trusts & Estates
• Medicaid Applications (Nursing Home/Home Care) • Past Chair of Elder Law Section of NYS Bar Association
• Guardianships (Contested/Non-Contested) • “Super Lawyer” In Elder Law for 15 consecutive years

Contact ANTHONY J. ENEA, ESQ.

Managing Member • Fluent in Italian

914.948.1500

Thursday, April 7, 2022 OPINION The Somers Record – Page 15

Jacque’s Spin on Music for April 2022

April has finally arrived The jazz community is get- by Too Blue, who is open- Make plans for dinner on Jacque Roche is a freelance writer,
and the local music ting very excited about Jazz ing. Doors at 6:30 p.m. Visit Saturday, April 30 from 6 - 8 editor and music blogger for
scene is blooming. I’m on Main, a new “old soul jazz their website for full details and p.m. Blues duo, Forst*Toscano HearItThere.com and contributor
the season’s calendar. are the perfect accompaniment to several local publications.
looking forward to a won- club” coming to Mount for this Mexican restaurant, at Archived broadcasts of 2016-
SOMERS just the right volume. Follow 2020 radio shows can be heard
derful summer of live Kisco. I’ll have a lot Salsa Verde Taqueria & Bar the restaurant on FB and IG streaming at  https://www.
music, and have a more to tell you 325 Route 100, (914) 556- for up-to-date info for the mixcloud.com/jacque-roche/.
in the com- month.
CQUElot to tell you ing weeks 6687
A ’about. about

Catch a
S
SPI
USICfree show this new
J
at The venue
USIC
Mo- slated

hansic to open

Grill & in early

Lounge, N May.

featuring Visit Nationwide Agent
CWB! the web- Brand Guidelines

Curtis ON M site to sign
Winchester up for their
and band will newsletter.

perform at the Jazz musicians Russell Girolamo Jr Stephanie Girolamo Burke Jennifer Thorp Gregory Bell

Yorktown Heights interested in perform-

venue on Friday, April 8, from ing at the new club should

7:30 - 10:30 p.m. There is a full use the submission link found NATIONWIDE/AGENT CO-BRANDING LOC

summer of live music planned under the COMPANY+ tab on 60thNationwide/Agent co-branding lockups can be used to sho

at the grill with a 6:30 p.m. the website.   cause1s9(6o2n T-shirts, in bulletins/newslett2e0rs2)2. The logo locku
design or creative. Select the vertical or horizontal Nationw
Open Mic every Thursday and If you have an upcom-
orientation of the partner brand.
bands Friday and Saturday ing event to share or a space

nights starting at 7:30 p.m. featuring live music, I’d love

The Hudson Valley Blues to talk about what you have

Society and Cultural Arts Co- going on. Please send an email

alition in Brewster, NY are two to [email protected]. ANNIVERSARY

nonprofit organizations joining Following is a brief listing The Wil
Columb
forces to present a month of of events in our region. For a
(614) 55
music, art and workshops on full listing of music in the tri-

Saturday or Sunday afternoons state area, visit HearItThere.

from 2 - 4 p.m. Blues fans can com. Between columns, please

attend an upcoming workshop follow me on the FB Page,

on harmonica techniques with Jacque’s Spin on Music for

legendary harp player Felix more live music event updates. (914) 962-9777 Auto | Home | Business | Life A

Cabrera, meet blues profession- www.girolamoagency.com

als, enjoy local art and groove DANBURY

to live music at The Studio Sugar Hollow Taproom

Around the Corner, Brewster. 66 Sugar Hollow Rd, Ste 8,

Visit the Coalition’s website for Danbury, CT, (203) 300-5454 One Call Does it All...VERTICAL NATIONWIDE LOGO
Allow adequate clear
a full calendar of events. The A music series, Third Thurs- space between logos
Storm Doors
series kickoff was April 1, days, presents a Grateful Dead Insert Windows
Window & Door Repairs
and continues throughout the theme monthly. For an up-to-

month! date event listing of the Friday

Guitar enthusiasts will want and Saturday night music

to check out the suburb duo schedule, visit their FB page @

performing at Soul Brewing SugarHollowTaproom.

Co in Pleasantville on Satur-

day, April 16. From 8 - 10 p.m. PURDYS

enjoy a cold fresh brew and The Westchester Bluegrass A DIVISION OF
SUNRISE CARPENTRY HORIZONTAL NATIONWIDE LOGO
immerse yourself in a night Club We are a proud installer of

of gypsy jazz music featur- 30 Lake Way, Purdys Andersen Storm Doors
& Windows
ing Grammy Nominated jazz Hosting Tony Trischka and Allow adequa
space betwee
guitarist Doug Munro and Lisa Bruce Molsky on April 16, at

Liu, and impressive guitarist 8:15 p.m. Tickets are $30. An

who’s playing literally stops open mic starts the festivities

conversations! at 7 p.m., immediately followed

Editorial Submissions Scan Just give us a call because one call does it all...
Press releases and photos should be submitted to me for
The Somers Record by the Thursday before the next more
publication date. Submissons can be emailed to info! S e r v i c e M a i n t e n e n c e R e p a i r s
[email protected] or mail it to The
Somers Record, 118 N. Bedford Road, Suite 100, thesunrisehandyman.com 914 248 7368
Mount Kisco, NY 10549. Send a self-addressed
stamped envelope if you’d like your photo returned.

Page 16 The Somers Record – T

80Ca0ll-7Us7T1o-d1a0y7! 1 Tusker

YOUR LOCAL HOME MORTGAGE PROFESSIONALS BY WHIT ANDERSON
STAFF WRITER
1013 Route 6, Mahopac, NY 10541 - www.putcap.com
Following a dual me
NMLS #60828 Registered Mortgage Broker NY & CT Banking Depts. All Loans Arranged through Third Party Providers. Yorktown to begin the s
track and eld team ho
Twilight Invitational on

“I thought last week
season,” said Coach Joh
starting to round into for
what is to come.” 

e girls team had
in multiple disciplines,
Spencer picking up righ
throwing events. She pla
mer throw and shot put, t
6.25 ft respectively.  

Freshman Keira Clear
ing an impressive showi
placed second in the hi
third in the 400M dash. 

Other freshman stood
Julia Aquilino with a thir
Brook Fazio and Haylie
in their events. 

e Tuskers 4x400M
with a blazing 4:43.50. 

For the boys, Brian
dominance from winter
petition out of the wate
throwing 184-06.00 ft,
the second-place nishe
put.  

Andrew Fasone conti
prowess as a sprinter,
400M dash and fourth in

Freshman Aiden Mez
tance team, running a 2:
ish rst, and placing four

Lastly, the 4x100 team
for a 52.05. 

“We are nding our
showed strong depth in
jumps, and throws,” said

EXAMINATION APPLICATIO

Correction Of

• $45,712 h
• $48,081 a
• $55,057 a
• PAID time
• GREAT b
• Retire aft

AT ANY A

Apply on-line today or down
https://www.cs.n

Additional information about the position
website at https:

KATHY HOCHUL, GOVERNOR • ANTHON

An Equal Oppor

Thursday, April 7, 2022 Page 17

Twilight PHOTOS: ROB DISTASIO

N Currently
Hiring Staff
eet against Brewster and
spring season, the Somers
osted their annual Tusker
March 31. 

was a great start to the
hn Vegliante. “ e team is
rm and has me excited for

d standout performances
, highlighted by Megan
ht where she left o in the
aced rst in both the ham-
throwing 118-0 ft and 30-

ry had a stellar day follow-
ing at the dual meet. She
igh jump with a 4’5, and
 
d out at the meet, including
rd-place nish in the mile.
Donovan also placed high

M  relay team nished rst

Luciano  carried over his
season. He blew the com-
er in the hammer throw,
over 70 feet farther than
er. He also won the shot

inues to demonstrate  his
, placing second in the
n the 100M.  
za showed out for the dis-
:08.15 in the 800m to n-
rth in the mile.  
m won their relay, sprinting

balance as a team, and
n all the sprints, distance,

Vegliante.  

ON FILING DEADLINE MAY 2

fficer Trainee

hiring rate
after 6 months
after 1 year
e off
benefits
ter 25 years
AGE

nload exam information at:
ny.gov/jobseeker/

n of correction officer is available on our
://doccs.ny.gov/

NY J. ANNUCCI, ACTING COMMISSIONER
rtunity Employer

Page 18 – The Somers Record OPINION Thursday, April 7, 2022

Play outside

READING, shared black and white bicycle bought me a pink and white Spaulding ball and we chose up stick jumping without holding
WRITING & with Dad’s metal wrench. girl’s bicycle. In a couple more teams. on (“Look, no hands!”) was 600
CHOCOLATE years, my brother’s next bicycle jumps.
“Hey,” I said, “I can’t ride a was a Schwinn with a banana I remember attaching metal
KIM two-wheeler.” seat and tall handlebars so that roller skates to my sneakers and When I’ve asked my adult
KOVACH he could “pop wheelies” up and roller skating down our long writing class participants to
My brother did not care about down the street. sloping street. I never learned the hearken back to their childhood
When I was in rst that. He started to ride that now correct way to stop. My perpetu- days of playing outside, everyone
grade, my younger two-wheel bicycle around in our I have many memories of the ally scabbed knees were proof of is all smiles. City childhoods
brother and I shared yard. other outdoor activities all of the that. included stickball, stoopball,
a new black and white children’s kids on my quiet suburban street and Johnny on the pony. Kids
sized bicycle with training Dad was tasked with teach- played from morning until din- Sometimes, the girls on our could also sit on the cement
wheels. ing me how to ride a two-wheel ner time. In those days, parents block played hopscotch if we steps to play jacks. One adult
bicycle on the at sidewalk said, “Go outside and play.” We had a fresh piece of chalk. Other writing student who grew up in
One Saturday morning while outside. I remember that Dad did not need any coaxing. We times, we played jump rope. You Haiti, recalls playing a version of
my parents were still asleep held onto the back of the bicycle were not hunched over electronic needed good timing to jump jacks called Osselets using goat
upstairs, my brother and I got while I pedaled and gripped devices or glued to the television. into the moving, apping jump knuckle bones!
dressed and walked out the side tightly onto the handlebars and In those halcyon days, everybody rope held by one girl on each
door into the backyard. ere tried to maintain my balance. played outside. Each spring, end. Do you remember those Men and women fondly recall
was no Captain Kangaroo or summer and fall we played active jump rope songs? “A my name is those childhood days of walking
Romper Room to watch on Dad continued holding onto games like Red Light, Green Anna and I come from Ala- down to the corner candy store
TV on Saturday mornings. My the bicycle and encouraging me, Light or Giant Steps or tag or bama…” to buy candy dots, wax lips, Pez,
brother brought Dad’s toolbox until suddenly he wasn’t holding hide and seek. If enough kids Bazooka bubble gum, Tootsie
with him and proceeded to re- on anymore. But by that time were outside at the same time, Mom bought me a pogo stick Rolls, and so much more!
move the training wheels on that I was pedaling, I was balancing spontaneous punchball games and I invented all kinds of trick
and I was de nitely riding that commenced. Someone brought moves to amuse myself. I could Kim Kovach remembers the
two-wheel bicycle! One thing out the bouncy pink rubber balance and maneuver that pogo freedom of playing outside! www.
I do not remember is how I stick to jump around in a square kimkovachwrites.com
stopped at the end of the block. formation. My record for pogo

e next weekend, my parents

Letters and Op-Ed Policy
Letters to the editor and op-ed submissions may be edited. The views and opinions expressed in letters and op-eds are not necessarily those of The Somers
Record or its affiliates. Submissions must include a phone number and address for verification. Not all letters and op-eds will necessarily be published.
Letters and op-eds which cannot be verified or are anonymous will not be published. Please send your submissions to the editor by e-mail at somersrecord@
halstonmedia.com. For more information, call the editor at 914-302-5830.

What makes our home
so special has a lot to
do with the service.

Hosted by the Lions Clubs of District 20R1

April 29, 2022 THANK YOU SPONSORS! Every funeral service deserves to be truly memorable, flawlessly planned and correct to
6:30 ~ 11:00PM the smallest detail. The families of our community have long turned to us because we
Villa Barone Richie & Linda Cooperman Jim & Mary Sharp give every funeral service that kind of respect. In fact, giving our best is simply the way
we do everything here. That can go a long way toward providing real comfort for the
466 Rte 6, Mahopac families we serve. And we think that makes our funeral home a special place indeed.

Tickets available at SomersLionsClub.org, or send in JOSEPH J. SMITH
your check made out to Somers Lions Charitable FUNERAL HOME, INC.
Foundation, PO Box 95, Somers, NY 10589
845-621-1992 | 692 U.S. Route 6, Mahopac
Scan Code for Tickets Joseph J. Smith, Owner/Director | josephjsmithfuneralhome.com

For more info contact [email protected]
or [email protected] or (914) 755-1197

Proud sponsor of this Lion’s Club event

Thursday, April 7, 2022 OPINION The Somers Record – Page 19

Practice makes perfect

STRONG years later and this proverb Not understanding the con- of wasting your breath on the practice. And if he believes you,
LEARNING still holds true. People in the nection, most students don’t old proverb, “Practice makes he may not want to practice, but
enjoy learning, and when a perfect,” talk to your child about he’ll understand why it’s impor-
DR. LINDA eld of sports need to practice particular subject is di cult for what he or she wants to become tant.
SILBERT continuously. Musicians and them, the last thing they want as an adult. Investigate with him
actors need to practice continu- to do is spend even more time or her what he or she has to do Dr. Linda
Dear Dr. Linda, ously. ese particular profes- “practicing” it. And these are the in order to achieve this goal.
A while back you wrote a col- sions, and virtually all others, students who need the practice Dr. Linda is co-author of “Why
are dependent on practicing. even more. Eventually, when they Discuss the fact that to Bad Grades Happen to Good Kids,”
umn explaining why some kids go to college or technical school achieve it he may need to get and director of Strong Learning
get poor grades and you men- e people who went into these and decide on a major, they take certain grades now and to Tutoring. Send your questions to
tioned that they don’t practice careers understood and ac- courses they love and see the get those grades, he’ll have to [email protected].
enough. Even though I’m now cepted the fact that to be in that connection between what they
a grandfather, I remember high profession, they would spend learn and landing a job in that
school and college and in order hours each day practicing the
to do well, I had to practice. skills they were developing. eld. en, they will practice.
Kids today don’t seem to real- ey will want to practice.
ize how important practicing e problem, when it comes So, if you have a child that
(studying, reviewing, home- to telling children and teens
work) is. Just look at athletes. that they need to practice, is refuses to study, which means
that they did not choose being a hours of practicing, remember
ey practice. Look at music student as a profession. I think that they did not choose to be a
students. ey practice. we often fail to demonstrate student. To make matters worse,
and communicate how learning they are under pressure to do
Steve N. the skills may be important to well in this “career” they not only
Dear Steve, them. Believe it or not, there are didn’t choose but dislike. Instead
students who truly enjoy learning,
You’re right. If you want to do are goal-oriented and want those Carpet
well, practice is critical. e old good grades because they un-
saying “Practice makes perfect” derstand the connection to their Hardwood
has been around for a long time. goals. Making good grades and
In fact, this proverb has been succeeding in school makes them Floor Refinishing
traced back to the 1550s-1560s, feel good because they see their
when its form was “Use makes own progress. ey are students Tile
perfect.” e Latin version is in the true sense of the word.
“Uses promptos facit.” First Custom Area Rugs
attested in the United States in ey practice academic skills
the “Diary and Autobiography just as they practice dribbling or
of John Adams.” batting, singing songs in chorus,
playing instruments in the band,
Here we are hundreds of or learning their lines for a spring
play. ey derive pleasure from
seeing the results of their labor.

SPEAR for children that they missed, Blinds NO INTEREST?
or a ballet, opera, or museum YES, PLEASE.
FROM PAGE 13 that they didn’t love. ey Luxury Vinyl Plank
learned more about art than Take Advantage Of Special Financing!
big plan for her 100th birthday. I learned in college. She also Laminate 0% Interest If Paid In Full Within 18 Months.
When she turned ninety, she loved to take the girls shopping
for clothes and to our favorite Carpet Cleaning
began to ask us to take portrait restaurant for lunch because
pictures of her at that age. “I grandma was the most gener- Residential &
want Willard Scott to see how ous person I ever met. Commercial
good I look and feature me on Installations
his show.” Scott was a highly e one thing they missed
regarded newscaster on NBC was the circus because the rst $100 OFF $250 OFF
in the morning and her desire time she took them, Laura, our
to do this made a yearly habit younger daughter at age three Any purchase of $999 or more. Any purchase of $2,000 or more.
of taking her picture each Oc- was so fearful of the clown who
tober 15 with the hope that she welcomed people at the door Coupons must be present at the time of Coupons must be present at the time of
liked the way she looked in her that the girls and grandma had purchase. Some restrictions may apply. purchase. Some restrictions may apply.
elder years. to turn around and go straight Cannot be combined with any other offer. Cannot be combined with any other offer.
home.
By year 93, she liked the Excludes labor. Excludes labor.
picture so much she asked us To this day, Laura hates
to enlarge it and save it for clowns, mimes and even fool- 246 Route 52 Carmel, NY • www.kennyscarpetone.com • 845-225-4330
Willard Scott. “He’ll think ishly made up people on Hal-
I look pretty good for 100,” loween. MON-FRI: 9 AM-6 PM • LATE NIGHT ON THURS EVE BY APPT ONLY • SAT: 9 AM-4 PM
she nodded and smiled even
though the picture would be But grandma was a wonder Photos for illustrative purposes only. ©2017 Carpet One Floor & Home. All Rights Reserved
seven years old. and to this day, years later, we’ll
always love her dearly.
Unfortunately, she only
made it to ninety- ve, and we Linda Spear is the facilitator
mourned the loss of one of of the Writer’s Workshop which
the most e ervescent people meets weekly on Zoom each
we had ever known. She was Saturday morning. You can
the best grandmother one contact her at Lindaspear211@
child could have. ere wasn’t gmail.com.
a Broadway show that was t

Page 20 – The Somers Record Thursday, April 7, 2022

Sports

Somers girls flag football season kicks off

Jamboree features appearances from New York Giants players

BY WHIT ANDERSON  girl’s league in New Jersey, and

STAFF WRITER were looking  to expand on this

endeavor, donating $60,000

Years of arduous work and to the New York State Public

planning have nally paid o High School Athletic Associa-

for Katie DiChario and Jenn tion (NYSPHSAA) to bring ag

Kisslinger as the Section 1 kick- football to Section 1 and Section

o jamboree, located at Somers 4 starting in spring 2022. 

High School, celebrated the Fast-forward to last Friday, and

start of the inaugural high school the Somers varsity ag football

varsity girls ag football season team, coached by DiChario and

for the Tuskers and surrounding Kisslinger, along with eight other

towns.  Section 1 teams, eagerly awaited

Back in 2018, DiChario, a the arrival of representatives from

Somers mother, launched a youth the Giants organization to begin

ag football league for elementa- the jamboree. 

ry-aged girls who had no oppor- Kisslinger’s daughter, Grace, a It was never
tunity to play the male-exclusive wide receiver and safety on the
sport. e league attracted in- Tuskers, commented on prepara-

stant popularity, and the number tion for both the jamboree and PHOTOS: WHIT ANDERSON an opportunity
of participants exponentially ex- the season in general, saying, “It before, yet they
panded each season.   has been a great experience. Ev- The lineup for the inaugural Somers flag football team.
eryone is taking it seriously. We
DiChario and Kisslinger, have a great coach. Everyone on are brave enough
coaching a team of girls with

little to no prior experience in the team is so close. I think this
football, were blown away by season will be great. It is all posi-

how quickly their athletes picked tive vibes.”   to show up and
up the game.  Despite the cool and rainy give it their all.’

“ ey are working at capac- weather, the event started o
ity every single practice. With hot. Once all the teams lined
their skills and attention, they are up on the eld, the Giants’ rep-

striving to be better every day,” resentatives arrived, highlighted Jenn Kisslinger
Coach, Somers ag football
said DiChario.  by quarterback Daniel Jones and

“ e bravery of these girls is linebacker Blake Martinez. 

astounding to me,” Kisslinger re- e buzz amongst the crowd

marked. “ ey are teenagers try- was impossible to ignore. Both

ing this for the rst time. Some excitement and nerves radiated New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones and linebacker Blake
Martinez at the Section 1 jamboree on April 1.
of them have never touched a from the hundreds of athletes
football in their life. It was never and spectators. However, Lily

an opportunity before, yet they Carino, the Tuskers’ quarterback

are brave enough to show up and and wide receiver, kept her cool.

give it their all. I have no words.”  She sang a breathtaking rendition

Having seen the New York Jets of the National Anthem, shock-

partner with Nike to start a var- ing all in attendance, including

sity ag football pilot program in those from the Giants. e per-

2020, DiChario and Kisslinger, formance was so spectacular that

also a Somers mom, reached out before Jones and Martinez spoke,

to the New York Giants in the the Giants personally invited Ca-

hope that they could aid their rino to sing the anthem at one of

cause in a similar manner.   their games this fall, leading Ca-

e Somers moms could not rino’s teammates to embrace her Coaches Katie DiChario and Jenn
Kisslinger will be at the helm of the
have picked a better team. e SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 21 Players participating in passing, receiving, and defensive drills. Tuskers this season.

Giants had already started a

Caring for your Car
and Our Community

~ For Over 35 Years ~

The Friendly Mavis Team