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Published by Halston Media, 2022-01-25 20:30:39

The Somers Record 01.27.22

Vol. 11 No. 41 Visit TapIntoSomers.net for the latest news. Thursday, January 27, 2022

Ground-breaking research earns Board of Education
SHS student prestigious award begins budget process

Somers High School se- Emily Dodd conducted student who has shown an ex- BY CAROL REIF a new capital reserve fund, which
nior Emily Dodd has been her research at Mount ceptional amount of dedica- STAFF WRITER is intended to o set future infra-
recognized internationally Sinai this past summer. tion and passion for science.” structure needs.
for her science research by School budget preparations are a
the Regeneron Talent Search and are judged by leading As one of only 300 students lot like ducks. Athletic facilities such as tennis
competition. e program is experts. is summer, Dodd selected in the Regeneron courts and softball elds, classroom
the nation’s oldest and most worked with a mentor in a re- competition, Dodd receives On the surface, they can seem renovations and districtwide pav-
prestigious science and math search lab at the Icahn School $2000 for herself and another pretty calm, but underneath there ing and concrete work were needs
competition for high school of Medicine at Mt. Sinai in $2000 for STEM-related are tons of folks paddling furiously identi ed in the district’s ve-year
seniors. New York City, and once activities at Somers High to get the job done. capital plan, a state-mandated road
school started this fall, con- School. Later this month, 40 map.
“I think it’s a good rec- tinued participating remotely of the 300 scholars will be Last week’s presentation of the
ognition to receive,” says and in the lab on weekends. named Regeneron Science Somers Central School District’s at proposition would be set at
Dodd.  “ e competition en- Talent Search nalists. e 2022-23 spending plan kicked o $10 million and have a probable -
compasses the entire United “Emily spent countless the annual budget season and fo- nancing term of 10 years, Platania
States and eight other coun- hours working alongside the nalists will then compete cused on noninstructional costs said.
tries. It is a nice honor to be professionals at Mount Si- for more than $1.8 million such as those associated with au-
chosen.” nai in the summer of 2021 in awards during a week-long diting, legal representation, insur- e district also has a $3 million
to conduct her research,” says competition in March. ance, buildings and grounds, trans- reserve fund for repairs which can
Dodd’s project, developed Science Research advisor, Bill portation and employee bene ts. be tapped without a public vote.
in her Science Research class, Maelia. “She is a tremendous In addition to her love for At its next meeting in February, the
focuses on identifying treat- science, Dodd is also a dedi- Board of Education will hear again Meanwhile, three school trustee
ments to combat learning and cated cellist. She plays in the from Superintendent for Business spots will be up for grabs: those
memory impairments in peo- orchestra and chamber or- Christopher Platania focusing on currently occupied by Ifay Chang,
ple with Parkinson’s Disease. chestra at the high school and instructional aspects – teachers, Chadwick Olsen and Joseph Mar-
takes private lessons. She was teacher aides, administrators, etc. ra. Chang and Olsen have both
is is her second project in also selected for Area All- indicated that they intend to run
the class. e rst focused on State by the New York State Platania told trustees Tuesday, for reelection while Marra, who is
levels of depression in Parkin- School Music Association Jan. 18, that the maximum tax levy ending his third term, is moving
son’s Disease patients. before it was canceled due cap is about 4%, noting that “that on.
to the pandemic. Next fall, does not mean that’s what we will
“My papa [grandfather] Dodd will be a freshman at increase the levy by.” “Nine years is a long time,” he
passed away from Parkinson’s Washington University in St. said last week. “It’s been an honor
the year before my sophomore Louis, Missouri. She chose e board plans to summarize and a privilege to have served, but
year and I wanted to see if I the school for its strong re- and adopt a nal budget on April I think it’s time to hand the mantle
could do anything to con- search program and will be a 19. A public hearing will follow on to someone else, someone who has
tribute to the research,” says biology major on the neuro- May 3 and the plan will be put to a kids in the district,” said Marra,
Dodd. science track. vote on May 17. whose two children are grown.

Each year, nearly 2,000 stu- Article provided by Somers Voters will be also be asked to With 15 years of service under his
dents submit original research Central School District. approve a separate proposition to belt, Chang is the elder statesman of
in scienti c elds of study to authorize the transfer of money the board. One of the reasons he is
the Regeneron competition left over at the end of the year to
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Primrose teacher charged with felony larceny

Babysitter is accused of robbing Mahopac home

BY BOB DUMAS book. Barile Stern, the daughter of jewelry had gone missing from tigation is ongoing. press.
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR former Town Councilman Mike their home, prompting her to in- Ho mann did say the Somers Barile Stern said she was up-
Barile, said she watched the action stall the surveillance camera.
An instructor in the Somers via a surveillence camera she had School District was noti ed of stairs in her home when she al-
School District has been charged placed in her home. Yoder was charged with fourth- the arrest as part of the investiga- legedly observed the theft taking
with fourth-degree grand larceny degree grand larceny, which is a tion. Yoder is a physical education place in real time and phoned the
for allegedly stealing money from Barile Stern said she hired Yo- felony because the alleged theft teacher at Primrose Elementary police. She said they had consid-
a Mahopac home where he moon- der to look after her children last was of more than $1,000. He was School, but a spokesperson for the ered Yoder a member of the family
lighted as a babysitter. year at the height of the pandemic not charged with any other crimes district would not say whether he and were devastated by the turn of
when schools switched to remote related to the other missing money remains employed there, citing events.
Investigators from the Carmel learning. Because she and her hus- or jewelry. district policy not to comment on
Police Department arrested Mi- band worked full time,they needed personnel matters. “It’s like a knife to the heart,”she
chael Yoder,33,on Tuesday,Jan.11, someone to stay home with the Carmel Police Chief Anthony said.
after his employer, Nicole Barile children. Ho mann con rmed the arrest Yoder was released in his own
Stern, said she saw him removing and the charges but said his de- recognizance and was due back in Fourth-degree grand larceny is a
$1,250 in cash from her pocket- But, Barile Stern said, since June partment would not comment fur- court on Tuesday, Jan. 25, after The class E felony and, if convicted, is
2021, about $50,000 in cash and ther on the case because the inves- Somers Record had already gone to punishable by as many as four years
in prison.

Pygmy goats, Sardinian donkeys debut at Tilly Foster

ere are all sorts of new crea- known for their strength and storied lineage. eir ancestors PHOTO COURTESY OF COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE
tures great and small at the Tilly stamina. Percheron are often came from Sardinia to Massa-
Foster Farm and Educational seen pulling carriages or giving chusetts in 1936. en the pair The baby pygmy goats, Winter, Clarice and Tip Toe, were donated to the
Institute. hayrides. e horses are on loan of original donkeys were moved county by Muscoot Farm in Somers.
to the county by the Blumberg to Texas, where Chip and Voyle,
In October, the farm wel- family of Brewster. each a parent of one of Tilly’s
comed Truman and Diesel, Per- new donkeys, were born. Chip
cheron horses that each weigh e baby pygmy Goats,named and Voyle arrived at Nancy and
about 2,400 pounds and tower Winter, Clarice and Tip Toe, Giorgio’s farm in Cold Spring in
over their trainer. Some weeks were donated to the county by 1996.
later, a few baby pygmy goats Muscoot Farm in Somers, where
took up residence at the farm. they were born in April. Pygmy Darius’s father is Chip and
goats grow to about 65 pounds. Dante’s mother is Voyle. e rest
en, in December, a couple of of the herd of donkeys can be vis-
miniature donkeys joined the “ ey are incredibly playful ited at Magazzino.
crowd. and friendly,”Walker said. “ ey
are the silly goats you see climb- Darius and Dante are still ad-
“People from all over will ing on rocks and bucking and justing to their new surround-
bring their children to Tilly joking around. People do yoga ings, but will probably be ready
Foster Farm to learn about our with pygmy goats. ey’ll stand to leave the barn and meet the
new animals,” County Execu- on your back nibble at you. ey public sometime in January, said
tive, MaryEllen Odell, said.“Our are very curious.” Chris Ruthven, deputy commis-
new horses, goats and donkeys sioner of the Putnam County
also serve as part of the Animal e farm’s newest residents Parks Department.
Care educational program we are Sardinian donkeys named
developed with Putnam North- Darius and Dante. ese are “We wanted the public to see
ern Westchester BOCES. ree miniature donkeys whose breed and interact with them,” Ruth-
classes a day of students come to hails from the island of Sardinia ven said. “ ey’re vocal animals
Tilly Foster Farm to learn how to in Italy. ey grow to between and they’re fun for the kids to
train and care for our farm ani- just 30 and 50 inches tall. look at. ey are known to pro-
mals.” tect other animals. I suspect they
Darius and Dante were do- will be looking out for the pygmy
e size di erence among the nated to the county by Garri- goats.”
farm’s newest residents isn’t the son residents Nancy Olnick and
only distinction among them. Giorgio Spanu, the founders of Tilly Foster Farm and Educa-
Magazzino Italian Art, the mu- tional Institute, on Route 312 in
ey each have their own per- seum in Cold Spring. e couple Southeast, is free and open to the
sonality, said Lisa Walker the as- donated the donkeys to Tilly public every day.
sistant farmer at Tilly Foster. Foster Farm for education pur-
poses and for the public to view. Article courtesy of the County
Truman and Diesel are Per- Executive’s O ce.
cheron, the gentle giant of horse ese donkeys have a long and
breeds. As draft horses, they are

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