North Salem’s only weekly newspaper mailed to every home and business. Vol. 9 No. 12 Thursday, May 25, 2023 BALANCED ROCK 4 CLASSIFIEDS 22 LEGAL NOTICES 22 LEISURE 19 OBITUARIES 7 OPINION 8 SPORTS 16 Girls Lacrosse Action pg 16 PLAYOFFS Visit TapIntoNorthSalem.net for the latest news. e Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows once again returned to North Salem, bringing worldclass competition featuring many of the nation’s best horses and riders. See more photos from the events, including the climactic $200,000 Empire State Grand Prix, on page 12! Saddle up! Rodrigo Pessoa riding Quick Step PHOTO: TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL Visit TapIntoNorthSalem.net for the latest news. Thursday, May 25, 2023 e Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows once again returned to North Salem, bringing worldclass competition featuring many of the nation’s best horses and riders. See more photos from the events, including the climactic $200,000 Empire Saddle up! Rodrigo Pessoa riding Quick Step PHOTO: TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL BY TOM WALOGORSKY EDITOR On May 16, residents came out to cast their ballots and help to shape the future of the North Salem Central School District. Elected to three-year terms on the Board of Education were Carolyn Aversano, receiving 544 votes, and incumbent Kurt Guldan, who garnered 481 votes. Also on the ballot were Matthew DeRose (244 votes) and Chris Jaeger (219 votes). Voters also approved the district’s $49,332,136 budget by a measure of 583 to 186. In addition, voters passed the proposition for districtwide safety and security upgrades by a measure of 574 to 197. is proposition will allow for installation and upgrades to door hardware, windows, security cameras, and building access controls. e election marks Carolyn Aversano’s return to the Board of Education, having previously served from 2013-15. Following her victory, she thanked supporters and looked to the future of what she hopes to accomplish in North Salem schools. “ ank you to all who voted on Tuesday,” Aversano began. “Your trust is not taken lightly and I promise to push forward on Aversano, Guldan take Board of Ed seats Voters approve district budget NORTH SALEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SEE ELECTION PAGE 23 Art & Poery Classes! Workshops Classes Gifts & More 621 Route 22, Croton Falls, NY (914) - 617 - 8541
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Amid pleasures and places though we may roam, BY WHIT ANDERSON STAFF WRITER e continued discussion on hiring an additional School Resource O cer (SRO) for the North Salem School District took precedence after the Board of Education’s 4 - 3 vote on Nov. 16 against authorizing the transfer from unassigned fund balance for a spring o cer contract with the county. Before the focal point of the meeting, however, the board approved the terms of a side agreement with the North Salem Teachers Association to provide an additional district-wide per diem psychologist, using 45K of Covid monies, for student social/ emotional support, with the contract lasting until next June. “What this will do is allow us to put proactive measures in place,” said Adam VanDerStuyf, Assistant Superintendent of Pupil Personnel Services. Soon after, tensions rose amid discussion on the SRO fund balance fund transfer ($97,258), stemming from Superintendent Ken Freeston’s announcement on Oct. 26 of a verbal agreement between the district’s attorney and the county’s legal department on a contract for next spring. Trustee Brandy Keenan read a letter containing her grievances, citing the Jun. 15 vote that indicated the hiring as, “A moment of dysfunction we have not recovered from.” Although she voted “yes” at the time, Keenan said that she felt “blindsided” because she did not have enough time to research and gather more information for the vote, leading to a 4 - 3 result in favor of the resolution. Keenan cited numerous studies demonstrating that SROs do not signi cantly impact the prevention of school shootings, while also highlighting the need for a bigger focus on student mental health and investment into lacking resources and facilities. She concluded that if an SRO is hired, it should be through the budget starting the 2023-2024 school year. “I know I am not comparing apples to apples, but what I am talking about is who decides what deserves a break in procedure, the bending of the rules, what is the rubric. I feel we need to bring back an adherence to policy and procedure, and nd an additional SRO through the budget, not like this,” she said. Paul Giamundo, the trustee Board of Education votes ‘no’ on SRO SEE BOE PAGE 21 North Salem’s only weekly newspaper mailed to every home and business. Vol. 8 No. 39 BALANCED ROCK 4 BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE 19 CLASSIFIEDS 18 LEGAL NOTICES 18 LEISURE 14 OBITUARIES 5 OPINION 6 SPORTS 12 Visit TapIntoNorthSalem.net for the latest news. Boys Basketball Preview pg 13 TIGERS PHOTO: TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL BY WHIT ANDERSON STAFF WRITER e North Salem community voiced their dissatisfaction at the Nov. 30 Board of Education meeting following the prior meeting’s 4-2 vote against the authorization to transfer $97,258 from unassigned fund balances to cover the cost of a second school resource of- cer (SRO) for the district. Parent Matt DeRose took issue with Trustee Brandy Keenan’s letter at the last meeting pushing against the hiring. She questioned the e ectiveness of the o cer and the nancial implications of transferring funds, wanting to focus more on mental health initiatives. Believing she was “disparaging the qualities and impact school resource o cers have on our students,” he stated, “having one o - cer at each campus would expedite professionalism and continuity in an emergency response.” Je Carpenter seconded DeRose’s perspective, wanting members who voted “no” to reconsider their position. “ ese bene ts overwhelmingly outweigh any Googled negatives that you found to t your narrative,” he said. “It’s the time to do what your residents are asking you to do.” Not convinced the board is doing all they can to prevent a school shooting, Carpenter emphasized the need to get the SRO rst and then build safety parameters around them. “I fear you may open yourselves up for potential litigation,” he added. Carol Hughes took the stage next to express more foundational concerns about the board. Referencing their lack of transparency on discussions prior to the June 15 4-3 vote approving the authorization for the superintendent to enter a contract for an SRO, she pointed towards a failure to follow protocol as the reason they are in their current position. “You have excluded the public... You cannot do a good job if you ignore the process,” she said. While a majority pro-SRO crowd, a few residents, such as Christina Horzepa, went to the stand promoting other safety measures. Like Keenan, the mother of two NSHS graduates desires a larger focus on mental health, advocating for a comprehensive threat assessment system. Getting through the rest of the agenda, the board circled back to the SRO con£ ict during Old Business when Trustee Paul Giamundo wished to address Hughes’ comments. Trying to explain why they did not break protocol regarding discussion prior to the June 15 vote, Trustee Andrew Brown deemed the matter un t for Old Business and attempted to adjourn the meeting. e board agreed for a moment to adjourn, but the audience voiced their displeasure at their behavior, leading them to open the meeting back up for another public comment session. Lauren Jaeger, spouse of an NYPD o cer, took the stage in support of another SRO. “We have been in the dark about what the board’s intentions were,” she said, holding back tears. “We are not asking for a SWAT team to be dedicated to the district.” NSHS Junior Eowyn Keenan spoke last from a student perspective. Expressing her discomfort with another SRO, she, like Horzepa, advocated for more mental health measures, along with a larger student voice presence in this matter. “I will ask for all adults to be mature and objective...We do not want an SRO.” e board meets next on Wednesday, Dec. 14 at 7:30 p.m. Community pushes for second SRO after ‘no’ vote HThe holidays are upon us! As the community gets into the spirit of the season, a bit of holiday magic can already be found at Lumagica at Harvest Moon Farm & Orchard. See more photos on page 10! oliday magic HOPEMAZZOLA YOU’VE GOTTA HAVE HOPE Sales Vice President Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker cell: 914.714.0090 [email protected] hopemazzola.com 95 Katonah Ave | Katonah, NY 10536 fi Your House Could Be the #1 Item on a Homebuyer’s Wish List During the Holidays Each year, homeowners planning to make a move are faced with a decision: sell their house during the holidays or wait. 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Referencing their lack of transparency on discussions prior to the June 15 4-3 vote approving the authorization for the superintendent to enter a contract for an SRO, she pointed towards a failure to follow protocol as the reason they are in their cur- “You have excluded the public... You cannot do a good job if you igWhile a majority pro-SRO crowd, a few residents, such as Christina Horzepa, went to the stand promoting other safety measures. Like Keenan, the mother of two NSHS graduates desires a larger focus on mental health, advocating for a comprehensive Getting through the rest of the agenda, the board circled back to the SRO con£ ict during Old Business when Trustee Paul Giamundo wished to address Hughes’ comments. Trying to explain why they did not break protocol regarding discussion prior to the June 15 vote, Trustee Andrew Brown deemed the matter un t for Old Business and attempted to adjourn the meeting. e board agreed for a moment to adjourn, but the audience voiced their displeasure at their behavior, leading them to open the meeting back up for another public comment session. Lauren Jaeger, spouse of an NYPD o cer, took the stage in support of another SRO. “We have been in the dark about what the board’s intentions were,” she said, holding back tears. “We are not asking for a SWAT team to be dedicated to the district.” NSHS Junior Eowyn Keenan spoke last from a student perspective. Expressing her discomfort with another SRO, she, like Horzepa, advocated for more mental health measures, along with a larger student voice presence in this matter. “I will ask for all adults to be mature and objective...We do not want an SRO.” e board meets next on Wednesday, Dec. 14 at 7:30 p.m. Community pushes for second SRO after ‘no’ vote MAZZOLA YOU’VE GOTTA HAVE HOPE Sales Vice President Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker 914.714.0090 [email protected] hopemazzola.com 95 Katonah Ave | Katonah, NY 10536 fi North Salem’s only weekly newspaper mailed to every home and business. Thursday, December 15, 2022 Vol. 8 No. 40 BALANCED ROCK 2 BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE 23 CLASSIFIEDS 22 LEGAL NOTICES 21 LEISURE 20 OPINION 8 SPORTS 18 Tigers Take O pg 18 TRACK Visit TapIntoNorthSalem.net for the latest news. PHOTO COURTESY OF HELEN H. HOUGHTON BY CAROL REIF STAFF WRITER Are coyotes getting too close for comfort? e question is a timely one in light of the fact that two residents of nearby North Salem recently had a scary encounter with one of the North American canines. One of the women was bitten -- and her walking companion nearly was -- by what was probably a rabid coyote. It ed after the attack and was never found. Infected mammals usually die within a week to 10 days of becoming sick. Coyotes are not strictly nocturnal, so if one is spotted during the day, it doesn’t necessarily mean that there’s something wrong. ey are most active at dawn or dusk. However, it is a wild creature and normally gives folks a wide berth. Beware if it seems to have no fear of humans. Other signs of rabies include appearing disoriented or excessively wobbly. Because they are explorers, opportunists, and can cope, if not thrive, in almost any environment – including cities -- coyotes can be found in every state in America, except Hawaii. Coyotes may look doglike, sometimes display doglike behaviors, and even have a bit of dog DNA in them, but they are de - nitely not the domesticated type and should be respected for the wild creatures they are, according to Dana Goin of the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem. e Ruth Keeler Memorial Library last week hosted Goin’s “Coexisting With Coyotes,” a live webinar jam-packed with scientific information and myth-busting revelations. It aimed to demystify coyotes and clear up common misconceptions. “We don’t want people to be fearful about being outdoors,” Goin explained. SOME BASICS e adult eastern coyote is four to ve feet from snout to tail and weighs between 20 to 45 pounds. Its coat can be tawny brown, with some black or grey fur. Its ears are large and pointy, its tail u y and carried straight down, and its legs are long. Comparatively, house cats generally tip the scales at between eight to 10 pounds; the average Labrador Retriever weighs between 55 to 80 pounds, and the gray wolf between 70 to 145 if male and between 60 to 100 if female. COYOTE CUISINE While classi ed as carnivores, coyotes have a more omnivorous diet. eir favorite chow consists of mice, rats, squirrels, and rabbits, but they’ll munch on fruits and veggies and won’t turn up their noses at human garbage. ey do scavenge for venison but don’t take deer down unless they’re wounded or weak. ey eat fawns. Cats are on the menu too, so Goin advises keeping them indoors “where there are no coyotes.” COYOTE CONVERSATION ey mark their territory, or advertise their mating status, by leaving a scent. 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Thursday, May 25, 2023 North Salem News – Page 3 With a whoosh, “Bubble-ologist” Casey Carle lifted a hula hoop o the oor, forming a massive bubble around rst-grader Michael, encasing him in a giant, shimmering orb. e gasps and cheers from the Pequenakonck Elementary School audience were deafening. “ is is not a magic show; it’s science!” said Carle as he captivated the audience with his thrilling performance. He trapped bubbles inside of bubbles, lled them with fog, and juggled wobbling bubbles through the air, all while telling jokes and explaining how he was creating these iridescent wonders. e Parent Teachers Organization hosted the Bubblemania show for the entire elementary school. Carle shared the wonder of bubbles and demonstrated how students can create their own bubble tricks at home. In addition to entertaining, Carle emphasized the science of bubbles, including why they want to be spheres and why humidity is the best weather for forming them. He shared his unique solution of distilled water, dish soap, and glycerin to create the best bubbles and demonstrated how to blow bubbles of di erent shapes and sizes, including square ones. e students were thrilled to try it out and were amazed at how easy it was to make bubbles at home with straws, strings, or even just their hands. As students returned to class, they were busy discussing which was the most impressive trick and what they wanted to try at home. “I made a square bubble before,” said rst-grader Amalia, “but now I think I could blow a bubble inside of it.” “I have a hula hoop at home, so I’m going to make one of those really big ones,” said Charlie, a third grader. His classmate Peyton wants to try putting a giant bubble on the surface of a lake, so she can swim inside it, like one of the stories Carle told. Article courtesy of North Salem Central School District. Popping off! PQ students investigate the science of bubbles “Bubble-ologist” Casey Carle presenting to the enthralled PQ student. First Grader Michael encased in a giant bubble. Fourth Grader Adrianna BY TOM WALOGORSKY EDITOR A number of North Salem students have been recognized for their outstanding achievements in the classroom. RANKEL RECOGNIZED AT SUNY ONEONTA Hailey Rankel was recently awarded a gold-level leadership milestone through SUNY Oneonta’s LEAD (Leadership Education and Development) program. Rankel, who is studying Geography, earned the distinction by a commitment to selfimprovement and enhancing knowledge by exploring leadership opportunities, participating in campus organizations, and service to the campus community by taking on recognized leadership roles. HONORS AT HARVEY e Harvey School in Katonah announced the names of area students who have earned academic honors for the rst marking period of the spring term. Several have been recognized for making the head’s list as Cavalier Scholars with GPAs of 4.0 or higher, the head’s list with 3.7 GPA or higher, or honor roll with GPAs of at least 3.3. Included in the term’s honorees were North Salem’s Ian Kalman (Grade 12, honor roll) and Luca Nishimura (Grade 9, head’s list). GREENBURGH JOINS NATIONAL TECHNICAL HONOR SOCIETY e top students of the Career and Technical Education Center at Putnam | Northern Westchester BOCES were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society on May 17. North Salem’s Joshua Greenburgh joined as part of the Microcomputer Technology program. Celebrating our scholars!
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North Salem Town Board REGULAR MEETING Tuesdays, June 13 & 27, at 7:30 p.m. e North Salem Town Board will hold their regular meetings on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Town Meeting Hall loacted at 66 June Road, North Salem, and via Zoom as allowed by New York State. All meetings are subject to rescheduling upon adequate notice, as circumstances require. Westchester Female Flag Football Registration is open for Summer Female Flag Football under the lights! Westchester Female Flag Football, powered by Gridiron Partners, offers a summer league for adults ( ursday evenings) and youth (Tuesday evenings) from late June through early August at the Somers High School main football turf eld. Please visit their website to learn more and register https://clubs.bluesombrero.com/gridiron. Visit them on Instagram and Facebook @ gridironpartnersinc Ruth Keeler Memorial Library e library is open for browsing, computer use, and reading! Please visit www.ruthkeeler memoriallibrary.org for more information. Most programs are in person or on ZOOM. Send an email if you want to participate to keeler library@wlsmail. org. When you email, a link will be sent to click on, including a password to enter. VIRTUAL RANGER TALK FROM MANZANAR NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE Thursday, May 25, from 8 to 9 p.m. Join in to learn about life at Manzanar for the JapaneseAmericans detained there during World War II. A Ranger from Manzanar National Historic Site will present the experiences of the people forced to relocate there and how they continued to learn, teach, play, and create even in detainment. TEEN CROCHET CREW Thursday May 25, from 3 to 4 p.m. Everyone seems to be going crazy for crochet! Do you wish you knew how? Now you can learn. Join in for beginner crochet classes for teens led by teens. FRIDAY PAINTERS & ARTISTS Friday, May 26, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Join a fun and informal group of painters and artists, beginners and experienced, on Friday mornings at the library to work together. ere is no instruction and you can draw, paint or work in any medium you choose. You must bring your own materials. ere is no registration, just come. It is a great way to meet new people and all are welcome. SOCIAL KNITTING CLUB Monday, May 29, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. e knitting group is a great way for knitters of all skill levels to come together, share their knowledge, and work on projects. In addition, it’s a great way to make friends, learn new techniques, and have fun with other knitters. So whether you’re a beginner who needs help with the basics, or an experienced knitter who wants to learn something new, the knitting group can provide a supportive and encouraging environment. BAGELS & BOOKS DISCUSSION GROUP Thursday, June 1, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. In “A Marriage Portrait,” author Maggie O’Farrell delivers another gripping historical novel about 16th century Florence. Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden 28 Deveau Road www.hammondmuseum.org MAY TEA CEREMONY DEMONSTRATION AND CELEBRATION Sunday, May 28 Chanoyu Session A: 1 -2 p.m. Chanoyu Session B: 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Tickets (10 people maximum per session): $25 per person, $18.75 per person for Hammond Tea Club members Participate in our Ryu Sui Kai Tearoom for a special workshop that explores and demonstrates the essentials of the Japanese Tea Ceremony. Matcha tea and Japanese traditional sweets will be served. TAKA KIGAWA PIANO RECITAL Saturday, June 3, at 7 p.m. e critically acclaimed pianist Taka Kigawa has earned outstanding international recognition as a concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber music artist. $25 per person. MINDFUL FAMILY GARDEN STROLL WITH CINDY OLSEN Sunday, June 4, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Spring is an active season. How does is sound to take a little time with your family to slow down and be together in a relaxed way? Join us, under the Strawberry Moon, for this special family event that will o er guided family connection activities through nature-based experiences. e event includes a family-friendly tea and snack in the garden. Seat cushions and blankets will be provided for our time in the garden. $15 per person. North Salem Recreation Dept Programming Online Registration: www. northsalemny.org/recreation Questions? Contact North Salem Rec at 914-669-5665 MEN’S BASKETBALL Through June 4 Under 40 ursdays, from 8 - 9:30 p.m., Over 40 Mondays 7:30 – 9 p.m., PQ Gym. $20 Fee. Ages for each group are just a suggestion, feel free to join whichever group works for your schedule. NORTH SALEM SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB Residents 50 and older are eligible to join our senior group. 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Page 6 – North Salem News Thursday, May 25, 2023 17 Miller Rd. Mahopac 845-621-1222 RooneyOrtho.com Rooney Orthodontics Children & Adults BY CAROL REIF STAFF WRITER Creativity, like hope, springs eternal. It was with that thought in mind that SPACE on Ryder Farm recently announced its residents for the 2023 season. e nonpro t artist residency program and organic farm will be hosting four residencies: the Creative Residency, Institutional Residency, Greenhouse Residency, and a wrap-up of the 2022 Working Farm. It also unveiled the recipients of the Bryan Gallace/Posthumous Prodigy Productions Fellowship. “I couldn’t have asked for a more engaging group of residents to share in the communal table for my rst year at SPACE,” said Executive Director Kelly M. Burdick. “We are grateful for everyone’s patience as we have worked through pandemic deferments and eagerly await their arrival to the Farm.” Founded in 2011, SPACE has so far served over 1,550 residents, specializing in a multitude of disciplines. It is located at 406 Starr Ridge Road on the grounds of a 227-year-old family homestead. Its mission, it says, is to “create an environment singular in its ability to invigorate artists and innovators and their work, and to contribute to the sustainability and resourceful preservation of one of the oldest organic family farms on the East Coast.” is season, SPACE is honoring existing commitments to a cohort of over 40 artists who applied and were accepted, but whose residencies have had to be deferred primarily due to the pandemic. Beginning in the fall of 2024, SPACE will open applications for new residencies. 2023 RESIDENTS BY PROGRAM e Working Farm: A cornerstone program, the Working Farm is SPACE’s resident writers’ group which provides ve playwrights, composers, lyricists and/or librettists with a non-consecutive ve-week residency to work towards a new piece. SPACE’s current Working Farm Residency was curated by playwright Vichet Chum. In 2023, as part of ful lling previous commitments, SPACE is welcoming back members of our 2022 Working Farm: Emily Gardner Xu Hall (MEI-DO), Isaac Gómez (La Ruta), Noelle Viñas (Derecho), and Ray Yamanouchi ( e Chink-Mart). Past members of e Working Farm include Will Arbery, Rob Askins, Je¤ Augustin, Clare Barron, Adam Bock, Rachel Bonds, Agnes Borinsky, Sarah Burgess, David Cale, Heather Christian, Vichet Chum, Mia Chung, Cusi Cram, Erin Courtney, Charly Evon Simpson, Emily Feldman, Madeleine George, David Greenspan, Dave Harris, Samuel D. Hunter, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Antoinette Nwandu, Jen Silverman, Shaina Taub, Mfoniso Udo a, and Anne Washburn. Plays developed through the e Working Farm residency have been subsequently produced by LCT3, New York eatre Workshop, MTC, Playwrights Horizons, e Public eater, and elsewhere. Greenhouse Residency: is season’s Greenhouse Residency was curated by writer, educator, and cultural worker Nissy Aya and o¤ ers playwrights or theater writers, who have not had access to or are working outside of traditional theater institutions, a weeklong residency at SPACE. During the residency, participants will have time and space to write as well as to participate in workshops with mentorship from Nissy Aya and other theatre practitioners and community workers. Participants in the 2023 Greenhouse Residency include Deborah Cowell, Nick Martin, storäe michele, Najee Omar, and Emily Preis. Creative Residency: e Creative Residency serves artists and activists with a wide range of projects and disciplines with oneweek residencies. Individual participants in the 2023 Creative Residency program include playwrights Melisa Tien, Sanaz Toossi and Jonathan Spector, writer Jonathan E. Jacobs, playwright/performer Stefani Kuo ªªª, musician Riley Mulherkar, and visual artist Rami George, among others. Artists participating in 2023 Creative Residencies through Joe’s Pub include Sita Chay, J. Hoard, Olivia K., Latasha N. Nevada Diggs, Roshni Samlal. eatre/Film director Morgan Green and playwright Abe Koogler will be in residence through Playwrights Horizons. Playwright Aya Geyer and audiovisual artists J and Gabriel Ruiz will be in residency with Audible eater. Institutional Residency: SPACE’s Institutional Residencies o¤ er 501c(3) organizations and incorporated ensembles time and space for artistic commissions, DEIJ goals, strategic planning and retreat opportunities. In 2023, SPACE is welcoming groups from Roundabout eatre Company and Wilma eatre for artistic planning retreats—and Liberation eatre Company, a home for creative emerging black playwrights, with Calley Anderson, Devon Kidd, Malcolm Tariq, and Zakeia TysonCross, in residency this year. Camille Simone omas and UGBA were in residence through their Artivism Fellowship with Broadway Advocacy Coalition working on programming to raise awareness about the Solutions Not Suspensions Bill in New York. Cave Canem, founded by Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady in 1996 to remedy the underrepresentation and isolation of African-American poets in the literary landscape, will be in residency in 2023. BRYAN GALLACE/POSTHUMOUS PRODIGY PRODUCTIONS FELLOWSHIP e recipients of this year’s Bryan Gallace/Posthumous Prodigy Productions Fellowship are Jamila Woods and Julian Hornik. e annual award o¤ ers musicians time and space on Ryder Farm to create new work, as well as transformative nancial support to be used for professional growth. Jamila and Julian will each receive $30,000. Jamila will use the funding to create an immersive live performance and concert video. Julian will use the funding to record an album and produce two live shows. More information about Jamilia can be found at http://www.jamila-woods. com/#home and more information about Julian can be found at www.julianhornik. com. For a full list of 2023’s residents, visit www.spaceonryderfarm.org. SPACE on Ryder Farm names residents for new season
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We are always planning new trips and events – stay up to date with all senior programs on our website www.northsalemny. org/recreation and click on “Senior Programs.” Yorktown For Justice YORKTOWN PRIDE MARCH / FESTIVAL Saturday, June 3 Yorktown For Justice (YFJ) is hosting ird Annual Northern Westchester-Yorktown Pride, o ering a full slate of festivities celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. March with us! Step o at 1 p.m. sharp from Yorktown Town Hall for the 3rd annual Yorktown / Northern Westchester Pride March. March will end at Railroad Park. Join the festival! 2 - 6 p.m. Pride Festival Celebration at historic Railroad Park, 1826 Commerce Street in Yorktown Heights featuring performances, grassroots speakers, information tables, and a wide selection of vendors. Park at Town Hall. Contact Yorktown for Justice for more information, to exhibit, to speak and to amplify YFJ’s message that “Hate has no home here.” The Fabric of Our Community Monday thru Friday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Through June 30 Hosted by Coldwell Banker Realty, featuring an exhibit by local artists. Free admission. Located at e Bailey House, 338 Route 202 in Somers. Lunch & Learn Series: Estate Planning and Your Residence Wednesday, May 31, from 12 to 1:30 p.m. Join the attorneys at Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP as they cover important elder law and estate planning topics on the last Wednesday of each month. Presented by Anthony J. Enea, Esq., “Estate Planning and Your Residence” will cover the ins and outs of Medicaid planning as well as options for home buying and selling within a Medicaid Asset Protection Trust. Light lunch and refreshments provided. Free and open to the public. Registration is required as space is limited. For more information visit www.esslaw- £ rm.com North Salem Democratic Committee VOLUNTEERS WANTED ere are a few open seats on the town committee and the Democrats would love to have some new volunteers come forward. It’s a great way to meet new people and be involved in who and what shapes our community. If, on the other hand, you may be interested in serving on a town committee or board, we suggest you keep an eye on the town’s website, northsalemny.org, and send an inquiry to the town clerk, mhlushko@ northsalemny.org. Vacancies are listed on the town website. Contact us at PO Box 525, North Salem, NY 10560 or northsalemdemocraticclub@ gmail.com North Salem Republican Town Committee VOLUNTEERS WANTED e North Salem Republican Town Committee is looking for volunteers. If you cannot volunteer your time, please consider a donation to our committee. If you believe in the conservative cause and want to support our e orts, consider mailing a donaMark A. Morin Mark A. Morin of North Salem passed away at Regional Hospice in Danbury, CT on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at the age of 63. Mark was born June 30, 1959, in Tarrytown, NY, son of Joyce (Berthume) Morin of Brook- £ eld, CT and the late Donald Morin. He graduated from Valhalla High School, class of 1977. On November 28, 1982, he married Dana Campo in Valhalla, NY. Mark was the Assistant Parks Foreman for the Town of Bedford for twenty years then did private duty LPN work. He was also a member of the Croton Falls Volunteer Fire Department. Besides his wife Dana, Mark is survived by three children, Brent Morin and his wife Kelly of Sunderland, MA, Ashley Partenio of North Salem, NY, Brittany Alger of Brook£ eld, CT: brothers Donald and David Morin of Brook£ eld, CT and Michael Morin of NJ and eight grandchildren, Jack, Blake, Austin, Chase, Dean, Faye, Brayden and Taylor. A mass of Christian burial was celebrated on Tuesday, May 9, at St. Joseph’s Church in Somers, followed by the burial in Peach Pond Cemetery in North Salem. Arrangements were handled by the Beecher Funeral Home. Contributions in Mark’s memory may be made to Memorial Sloan Kettering, online or mail to Memorial Sloan Kettering, 1275 York Ave., New York, NY 10065 or to Regional Hospice, 30 Milestone Rd., Danbury, CT 06810. OBITUARIES ROCK FROM PAGE 4 SEE ROCK PAGE 23
118 N. BEDFORD ROAD, SUITE 100 MOUNT KISCO, NY 10549 ©2023 HALSTON MEDIA, LLC BRETT FREEMAN, PUBLISHER TOM WALOGORSKY, EDITOR TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL, CREATIVE DIRECTOR Editorial O ice: 914-302-5830 [email protected] 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 North Salem News or its a iliates. 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 to [email protected]. For more information, call the editor at 914-302-5830. Opinion Page 8 – North Salem News Thursday, May 25, 2023 The saddest result of the extreme vitriol and animosity expressed between Americans today is that it has ltered down to the local level. So, when I see something positive, I want to go out of my way to o er praise. is newspaper is often on the receiving end of hate mail from both liberals and conservatives. Each side is convinced that we’re either an “extreme right-wing mouthpiece” or “liberal rag.” Some on the political left tend to hate my Publisher’s Memos, but nobody has ever been able to identify anything hateful I’ve actually written. We’re also not immune from hate mail from people on the political right, who sometimes call to cancel us because I don’t censor our liberal columnists and because we cover progressive causes on our news pages. As a community newspaper, we’re going to cover Columbus Day parades and Pride marches. Short of views expressed outside a pretty wide range across the Overton Window, we will never cancel anyone. Additionally, not everything is reduceable to politics. Regardless of my personal feelings about any topics, we are charged with evaluating everyone as individuals. If people and organizations in town treat us with respect, we will offer the same respect in return. In January, I wrote a Publisher’s Memo titled “DEI versus academic freedom: A critique of critical race theory in our schools.” I received a lot of private praise and some public criticism for writing that piece. But one group, Race Amity of Northern Westchester & Putnam, went a step further and invited me to meet with the leaders of their organization. On March 4, I met with ve members of the Race Amity Steering Committee at the Somers Library for what turned out to be about a three-hour conversation, the details of which we all agreed would remain o the record. But there are some things I am permitted to reveal. First o , Race Amity is strictly a non-partisan organization. While I had signi cant political disagreements with one or more of the vocal people at the meeting (and I assume even more signi cant disagreements with the less vocal people), I came away genuinely liking the people with whom I met. I hope they felt the same about me! ey made it clear at the beginning of the meeting that there was no plan to attack me. No, they didn’t think I was a racist for my positions on DEI. ey shared their personal backgrounds and gave me the same opportunity to share mine. Most importantly, we saw each other as human beings with value. We were united in our goals to reduce racism and hate, but we di ered at times in how to get there. A couple of days after our meeting, I sent the Race Amity members the following note: “It was a pleasure to meet with all of you! Stepping back from our conversation a bit, I think I came away with the fact that some things are beyond politics. I appreciate that each of you saw my humanity regardless of how you felt about my positions on politics. I know we got into some debates, but what stuck with me is what we had in common, which is a sincere desire to heal our nation and to make connections with people. “If everyone could approach disagreements in the manner in which your organization approached them, then this world would be a much better place. I’m not familiar with Bahai theology [the religion of a couple of the members], but as a Jew, I know that you all are practicing Tikkun Olam, which in Hebrew means the act of engaging with people in a way that seeks to repair the world. I truly hope that this is the beginning of a great relationship between the local paper and Race Amity. Wishing you all the best.” Unlike my productive meeting with Racy Amity, these days, unfortunately, people too often are brutal to one another. I witness the vitriol of the various local groups on social media. People on the left and the right are both guilty of this. It is simply sad if one can’t debate topics civilly without calling people names. Yes, this includes calling people racists because of some “dog whistle” one is convinced exists. It used to be that we called people racists – and legitimately so – for marching through a town with swastikas or white sheets. Now people are accused of being racists because they believe the pursuit of equity (equal outcomes) over equality (equal opportunities) is bad policy. If you want to debate this, debate this. But there are two negative results when people bandy the term “racist” in a cavalier way. 1. Accusing someone of being a racist shuts down conversation and presumes the ability to know what is in someone’s heart. 2. Cavalierly using the term “racist” reduces the impact of the word when there is a justi ed reason for using it. We can’t continue like this and expect to survive as a nation. As much as any of us may nd beliefs harbored by some neighbors distasteful (or worse), we can’t allow that to spawn hatred. Both sides of the political spectrum are convinced the other side started it, but having sat through some marital therapy sessions (which I’m not ashamed to admit), I’ve learned that relational con£ ict is rarely about the content. It’s almost always about both listening and feeling heard, and the emotions associated with both. When I say that we can’t continue like this and expect to survive as a nation, I’m not suggesting there will be a civil war on a battle eld. America is too large and our federal political system is too complex to ever repeat the exact history of the 1860s. But what I am suggesting is that if Americans feel unheard – and If you want to stop hate, stop hating In praise of Race Amity of Northern Westchester & Putnam Happily Ever After BRETT FREEMAN PUBLISHER’S MEMO SEE FREEMAN PAGE 9
Thursday, May 25, 2023 OPINION North Salem News – Page 9 even hated – by the other side, and if they feel that the justice system in particular, which is supposed to be blind, favors the other side, then we will turn into a system where people obey the government, not out of some sense of civic duty, but solely out of compulsion. And what kind of society is that? I want to repeat again, because this bears repeating. It’s not about the content. It doesn’t matter whether or not you think your neighbor is a kook who believes in conspiracy theories. It should, however, matter to you that your neighbor feels the way he or she feels. We all have an obligation to reach out to those neighbors so they feel heard. Additionally, even if you are convinced that your neighbor believes the most vile things, aren’t all human beings worthy of being treated with some sense of value? e pastor at my church (yes, I’m Jewish, but sometimes attend both synagogue and church) once rhetorically asked during a sermon whether a racist person should be turned away if he showed up one Sunday morning. His point was not that anyone should condone or tolerate racism. His point is that churches are in the business of providing a means for people to seek redemption, and casting people out with pitchforks may not be the proper response. Arguing and debate may not be the proper response either, especially when it comes to certain mediums. Years ago, I spent an inordinate amount of time debating acquaintances and strangers on Facebook. Ultimately, I stopped. For whatever reason, Facebook is just a toxic place to post anything political. I remain an observer, though, and it truly saddens me to witness some of the conversations on these local town pages. I seriously doubt much of what is said on Facebook would ever occur if the conversations took place over a cup of co ee or cocktail. Or in the case of Race Amity, our conversation took place over a box of cookies, which were yummy! I do think that the good folks over at the Race Amity organization (and other bridge-building organizations such as Braver Angels) have found the right approach to advance the cause of combating hate. And the approach is this: If you want to stop hate, stop hating. FREEMAN FROM PAGE 8 Race Amity Day Festival on June 11 Race Amity of Northern Westchester & Putnam (RANWP) presents this year’s annual Race Amity Day Festival at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 11, at Reis Park, 82 Primrose St., in Somers. The theme this year is “Equity Through Race Amity - Developing Just Relationships.” Come enjoy a potluck picnic, presentations, discussions, music and opportunities to renew old friendships and make new ones. All interested organizations and vendors are invited to table at the festival. For more information, contact [email protected]. When I was ready to enter the workplace after attending the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, I did what other journalism majors were doing: send job-seeking letters to editors at newspapers around the country. ere is one thing I did that other, more circumspect, J-school students did not: limit all my inquiries to major city dailies. I got my comeuppance the day one of my classmates, who was managing editor of e Daily Orange campus newspaper, where I also worked, chastised me in front of the paper’s o ces after I told her there were no bites coming my way. “Bruce, you can’t expect to get an entry-level job right out of school at one of the country’s biggest newspapers. e usual career path is to start in a small town.” IT’S WHERE YOU START We’ve all heard the trope, “It’s not where you start, it’s where you nish.” e moral of this story is that it is also where you start that can later in uence where you nish. So, for a 2023 college graduate, where to start? First, some good news. According to personal- nance specialist WalletHub, employers plan to hire almost 15% more graduates from the Class of 2023 than they did from the Class of 2022. at’s one of the data points in its new report, “2023’s Best & Worst Places to Start a Career.” WalletHub says it “compared more than 180 U.S. cities based on 26 key indicators of career-friendliness. e data set ranges from the availability of entry-level jobs to monthly average starting salary to housing a ordability.” FLORIDA FAVORED Among the top 10 best places to launch a career, the clear directive Ready to launch? Go south, young man and woman BRUCE APAR BRUCE THE BLOG SEE APARPAGE 10 FUNERAL PREARRANGEMENT Both pre-payment and no-payment options Serving all Faiths since 1858 Cremations and Burials DANIEL B. McMANUS ~ Proprietor BRUCE E. REISDORF ~ Licensed Manager JOSEPH M. McMANUS ~ Director RONALD P. 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Among WalletHub’s “Worst Places to Start a Career,” the extreme coasts (that’s not a political statement – or perhaps it is) are not exactly rst-job magnets, with places in New York (Yonkers and New York City) and California (three small-ish towns) occupying half of the bottom 10 spots. Also bringing up the rear as places where you shouldn’t bet big on starting a career are Newark, Detroit and North Las Vegas. TOP TO BOTTOM In some key Best vs. Worst matchups … • Austin, Texas, is home of the highest monthly average starting salary ($4,958), while there’s a chill in the air in Juneau, Alaska, with the lowest monthly starting salary ($1,685). • Columbia, Md., has the highest median annual household income ($104,886). e lowest ($33,329) belongs to Detroit. • Bragging rights for the highest workforce diversity go to Oxnard, Calif., while New Haven, Conn., has the lowest. • e lowest U.S. unemployment rate, says WalletHub, can be found in South Burlington, Vt., at a measly 1.5 percent. Detroit has the dubious distinction of highest unemployment rate (8.6 percent). “As of March 2023,” says David Earnhardt of the Career Center at University of North Carolina-Asheville, “there were still 9.5 million open positions in the U.S., and positions requiring a bachelor’s degree or lower make up more than 95 percent of occupations in the U.S. I remain quietly bullish on the entry-level jobs market for 2023.” P.S. My over-reaching for an entry-level job at a majormarket newspaper wasn’t totally tone-deaf on my part, and didn’t totally fall on deaf ears where I applied. e Orlando Sentinel § ew me to its headquarters for a day-long tour and meetings with senior editors. It was looking good, I thought, until the hiring manager’s interest in me took a deep dive after he asked about the genealogy of my surname. (Make of that what you will.) With Orlando a no-go, I landed my rst job, ironically, in the biggest media town of all, New York City. Bruce Apar is a journalist, community volunteer and actor, who can be seen in the title role of “Tuesdays with Morrie” on June 2 and 4 in Armonk. Admission is free. Info at armonkplayers. org. He can be reached at bruce@ aparpr.co or 914-275-6887. APAR FROM PAGE 9 I have not been able to keep my eyes o¨ the George Santos train wreck over the past six months. With his recent 13-count indictment, the show may be mercifully entering its nal act, although it is certain to generate many more headlines along the way. Hindsight being what it is, it is unfathomable how this guy got to the starting gate, much less win an election for the U.S. Congress in a hotly contested district. Santos should resign; that much is obvious. But I am not a fan of having him removed via a congressional procedure until he is convicted of a crime. Even he is presumed innocent until proven guilty in our system. Removing members of Congress for lying would set a bad precedent, and it could create a lot more vacancies. e number of lies told and scams run by Santos is mind boggling, yet none of them seemed interesting to any of the gatekeepers we depend on to make sure that candidates are properly vetted. Both political parties are to blame, along with the media who had little interest in scratching the surface of claims Santos made that were seemingly ridiculous at the time they were rst uttered. His sensational stories about his lineage, employment history and net worth included in his resume and bio would have been debunked by a low-level bureaucrat in an HR George Santos and the importance of local papers DON SCOTT IN CASE YOU MISSED IT SEE SCOTT PAGE 11
Thursday, May 25, 2023 OPINION North Salem News – Page 11 Contact ANTHONY J. ENEA, ESQ. Managing Member • Fluent in Italian 914.948.1500 WHITE PLAINS • SOMERS • WWW.ESSLAWFIRM.COM • Asset Protection • Elder Law • Medicaid Applications (Nursing Home/Home Care) • Guardianships (Contested/Non-Contested) • Wills, Trusts & Estates Past Chair of Elder Law Section of NYS Bar Association “Super Lawyer” In Elder Law for 16 consecutive years Do you understand the dierence between an irrevocable and a revocable trust? CALL NEW YORK’S ELDER LAW TEAM 914.948.1500 department with a few phone calls, yet none of those charged with the responsibility doing the checking seemed to engage. e rst level of protection should have been provided by the party bosses of his own Republican Party prior to nominating him for o ce. at didn’t happen. At the next level, basic opposition research should have been conducted by the Democratic Party -- again crickets. Robert Zimmerman, the Democrat that lost to Santos, must be looking himself in the mirror every morning asking himself how he ever lost to this fraudster. en the next level of protection should have been journalists and the media. But no one at Politico, e New York Times, New York Newsday, e Post or any other major news outlet took any interest in the story until after the election when e Times nally ran a story. ere is one exception in this chain of failure though, and it is a local Long Island newspaper,” e North Shore Leader,” which ran several stories in the months leading up to the election about who many referred to as “George Scam-tos.” eir endorsement of his opponent was very speci c about his mendacity. ey endorsed the Democrat, Robert Zimmerman, even though the paper was owned and run by Republican Grant Lally, who himself had run for the seat in previous election cycles. After e Times piece ran, the North Shore Leader ran a story headlined, “ e Leader Told You So: US Rep-Elect George Santos is a Fraud - and Wanted Criminal.” Part of the lesson here is that institutions we depend on—political parties and the media—are failing us and becoming weaker, but the other lesson is that local journalism is a linchpin for a well-functioning democracy. e problem is that local papers across the country are dropping like ies. According to Steven Waldman, chair of the Rebuild Local News Coalition, over 3,400 local papers have closed since 2004. He points out, “communities without local news have less civic engagement, lower voter turnouts, more waste and more corruption. Towns with less local news even have lower bond ratings and higher taxes. Polarization and misinformation grow.” ere are some interesting e orts underway at the state and federal level to pass legislation to provide - nancial support for local journalism, including tax credits for subscribing to local news sources and advertising in local newspapers or local online news services, as well as incentives to hire local journalists. ese e orts deserve our support. SCOTT FROM PAGE 10 My father kept his Navy World War II medals in my mother’s jewelry box, which, having no jewels, she used for storing her sewing things. Haphazardly buried among the buttons, zippers and needles, the medals were kept inside three sleek blue boxes, each box about half the size of a Hershey bar and just as thin. ough he took no interest in displaying his medals, my father demanded, should I take them out to admire, wear or brag about to my little friends, that I put them back exactly how I found them, secreted in the colorful spools of thread. e sentiments he had about the war and serving on a Destoyer in the South Paci c were as hidden away as his medals. He didn’t talk about the war any more than just to say that the day it ended was the happiest day of his life. He never expressed anything meaningful or personal, such as what being in a war had done to him, until he found an American ag hanging upside down in my bedroom. Unlike many of the people of his generation, my father was against the Vietnam War. I’m sure my being eligible for the draft had something to do with his feelings. e death tolls were climbing into the hundreds per week, 58,000 by the war’s end, and most of those killed looked barely old enough to shave. “ e Children’s Crusade,” the writer Kurt Vonnegut called it. Out of sheer love, my father made the year I became eligible for the draft lottery sheer hell. He wanted me to go to college so I could get a deferment. First, he tried to bribe me. When that didn’t work, he used guilt. He promised that if I went to Vietnam, it would kill my mother. He never stopped disparaging me, saying that it was careless idiots like me that got it rst. I would probably run toward the bombs. About six months before the draft lottery pertaining to my year of birth, my father found the upside-down ag hanging in my room. It was a common form of protest at the time; I thought he would understand, being so opposed to the war, not to mention having the possibility of a son die in it, but he removed the ag from the wall, folded it carefully and handed it to me. He said that I could have all the upside-down ags I wanted, but not in his house. I complained that the ag was only a symbol and what right did he have to come in my room and mess with me. “A symbol?” he said. “Go show your upsidedown ag to a mother who lost a son in the war!” e day after Pearl Harbor, my father, along with two of his brothers, enlisted in the Navy. He was 18 years old. He saved some of the letters he wrote to his mother, which were very entertaining. He sounded like James Cagney in “ e Public Enemy.” In San Francisco, he A reluctant hero LORENZO GARO OF HUMAN INTEREST SEE GAROPAGE 15
HOTO: KELSEYEARY Kierley Bird riding ra Cassina Page 1North Sa ewThursday,ay 25, 23 Page 1fi e OlSalem Fa Spring rse Showreturnedo North Salem for two weeks of equine excitement, culminating in the $200,000 Empire State Grand Prix on Sunday, May 21. Taking top honors this year was Hunter Holloway, riding atop Pepita Con Spita. Holloway was followed by second place nisher Mark Bluman riding Ubiluc, and third place nisher Mimi Gochman atop Celina BH. fi e Spring Horse Shows at Old Salem Farm represent one of the premier stops on the nation’s hunter-jumper horse show circuit, hosting competitions for riders of all levels and ages, ranging from young children on ponies to Olympic veterans such as McLain Ward and Rodrigo Pessoa. Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows PHOTO: TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL Reya Allen, 2, Greer Allen, Claier Allen, 5, and Kali Conelias PHOTO: KELSEY LEARY Darragh Kenny and his horse Chic Chic PHOTOS: TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL Chris Evers, from Animal Embassy, shows two baby turtles as part of his exotic animal demonstration. PHOTO: TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL Mark Bluman, riding Ubiluc, had no faults in the fi rst round. PHOTO: TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL Eli, 3, and Avi Bluman, 4, get a chance to touch an armadillo. PHOTO: KELSEY LEARY Allie Morgan, 9, and Chris Evers of Animal Embassy PHOTO: TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL Denise and Celena Kuhbier came to watch some of the biggest names in grand prix competition. PHOTO: TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL Otis, 3, and Graham Fridell, 5, enjoy some ice cream at the horse show. Adrienne Sternlicht and her horse Faquitol-S PHOTO: KELSEY LEARY PHOTO: KELSEY LEARY Hunter Holloway and Pepita Con Spita took fi rst place with a jumpoff time of 39.40.
OT: KESEYEARYKierle Bira Cssi Page 12 North Salem News – Thursday, May 25, 2023 Page 13 e Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows returned to North Salem for two weeks of equine excitement, culminating in the $200,000 Empire State Grand Prix on Sunday, May 21. Taking top honors this year was Hunter Holloway, riding atop Pepita Con Spita. Holloway was followed by second place nisher Mark Bluman riding Ubiluc, and third place nisher Mimi Gochman atop Celina BH. e Spring Horse Shows at Old Salem Farm represent one of the premier stops on the nation’s hunter-jumper horse show circuit, hosting competitions for riders of all levels and ages, ranging from young children on ponies to Olympic veterans such as McLain Ward and Rodrigo Pessoa. Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows PHOTO: TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL Reya Allen, 2, Greer Allen, Claier Allen, 5, and Kali Conelias PHOTO: KELSEY LEARY Darragh Kenny and his horse Chic Chic PHOTOS: TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL Chris Evers, from Animal Embassy, shows two baby turtles as part of his exotic animal demonstration. PHOTO: TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL Mark Bluman, riding Ubiluc, had no faults in the fi rst round. PHOTO: TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL Eli, 3, and Avi Bluman, 4, get a chance to touch an armadillo. PHOTO: KELSEY LEARY Allie Morgan, 9, and Chris Evers of Animal Embassy PHOTO: TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL Denise and Celena Kuhbier came to watch some of the biggest names in grand prix competition. PHOTO: TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL Otis, 3, and Graham Fridell, 5, enjoy some ice cream at the horse show. Adrienne Sternlicht and her horse Faquitol-S PHOTO: KELSEY LEARY PHOTO: KELSEY LEARY Hunter Holloway and Pepita Con Spita took fi rst place with a jumpoff time of 39.40.
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I used to love it, especially watching the re are up when my Dad sprayed the lighting uid onto the burning hot charcoal. And, of course, it was special because my sister and I could wear our white pants and white shoes to the party. ank goodness my parents are still at it. But it’s not the same. For one thing, now they use a gas grill instead of that coal and lighting uid. Another change is that life has become so complicated, there really isn’t time for a barbecue before nals and SATs. I’m in my 40s, work full time, and have three teenagers preparing for nals. One is a junior who’s also preparing for the SATs in June. In addition, they’re all on sports teams and each one has a game on one of the days that weekend. We really don’t have time to celebrate Memorial Day weekend with them. My kids are furious with me, and my parents are even angrier. But school comes rst. ey’re all applying to colleges these coming years. We need this weekend for them to study! Please tell my parents that Memorial Day weekend isn’t the same as it was 40 years ago. e world has changed. Getting into college is much more competitive. Maybe they’ll listen to you. -Vicky Dear Vicky, Yes, things have changed, but I’m not sure that’s why you’re choosing to spend the weekend doing things other than going to the family barbecue. It seems that the barbecue is simply not high on your priority list. Doing well on SATs and having a decent GPA are certainly two goals worth striving for. Being on sports teams are also valuable assets when you’re in high school and even beyond. However, family “get-togethers” are also important. at you have changed and don’t value those special times together as much as you did when you were a kid is normal. However, your children still need those wonderful family “get-togethers.” ey need those memories just as you did. If you feel that your children need that particular weekend to study, then something else is wrong. Either your family’s time management skills are poor, or their teachers are giving them too much homework, or they are involved in too many after school activities. It’s not unusual for people today to decide they can’t attend something because they don’t have the time. However, the issue goes back to priorities. If something is high enough on a priority list, they switch things around to be sure they can do it all or let something that’s not as important go. HERE’S MY OPINION: 1. You, and especially your children, need to attend the barbecue. at’s just as important as academic success. 2. Sit down with your children and gure out what in your schedules can change so that occasionally, you’ll all have an extra few hours on weekends to attend family gatherings and events. 3. While at the barbecue this Memorial Day, hand out this ll-in quiz to see which relatives know the history behind the day and discuss why you’re celebrating more than barbecue. MEMORIAL DAY QUIZ Memorial Day was established to honor those men and women who have (1) __________ while serving their country. It actually began as a solemn day to honor those who died during the (2) ______War. Union and (3)___________ armies were both honored. It was originally called (4)____________. President (6) ____________ declared it would be celebrated on the last (5)_____________ in May. Each year, on Memorial Day, the President or Vice President lays a wreath on soldiers’ graves at (7) ___________ National Cemetery. (8) __________ are held all over the country on this day. (9) e holiday’s name was o¦cially declared as Memorial Day in the year _________. e day isn’t a religious holiday or a state holiday, but a (10)_________ holiday. Have fun at the barbecue. -Dr. Linda Send your questions to Linda@ stronglearning.com. Find more articles on my blog at StrongLearning.com. Answers: 1. Died; 2. Civil War; 3. Confederate; 4. Decoration Day; 5. Monday; 6. Nixon; 7. Arlington; 8. 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Thursday, May 25, 2023 OPINION North Salem News – Page 15 WHY DO WE ADVERTISE IN HALSTON MEDIA’S LOCAL NEWSPAPERS? TO ADVERTISE WITH US, CALL BRETT FREEMAN AT (845) 208-8151 “Reaching our local neighborhood customers is exactly why we chose Halston Media. Everyone loves the local news. Living in the area as well as owning a business makes it easy to understand why we ‘advertise local’. Halston Media is definitely our best bang for the buck.” John Barile Owner, Sam’s Ceramic & Tile Yorktown Chamber of Commerce 2010 Organization of the Year November 29, 1987-March 21, 2003 MAY WE STAND AS TALL AS HE DID in memory of Our 20th Year Proudly Supporting Community Recreation and Education HARRISON APAR Standing three feet tall due to a rare dwarfism, as a featured speaker at his middle school graduation, Harrison told classmates... ‘Dreams Do Not Come Easily, But If You Stretch Enough, Nothing Is Out of Reach’ Facebook.com/HarrisonAparFoundation [email protected] • 914.275.6887 P.O. Box 1383, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit incorporated in the State of New York Following a recent column regarding endorsement advertising as a proven means to enhance credibility and brand image, let’s look at another proven business-building tool. If done right, it is cause marketing. Cause marketing refers to a collaboration between a for-pro t business and a non-pro t organization for mutual bene t. is includes social or charitable campaigns implemented by for-pro t brands. Like endorsement advertising, the objective of cause marketing is to strengthen brand image and appeal. As Starbucks founder and long-time CEO Howard Schultz advises brand marketers, “Customers must recognize that you stand for something.” e causes a brand supports should say something about what that brand stands for. What a brand stands for should align with what its customer target cares about. e cause the brand supports should capture its users’ hearts, along with their minds. Emotions are important in purchase decisions. Subaru’s use of cause marketing is a great example of smart marketing. Subaru’s customer target are people who love the outdoors, care about nature, and value the brand’s pragmatic allwheel drive and safety attributes. e company’s strong support of the ASPCA and the National Park Foundation -- it is the leading corporate donor of both -- aligns well with its customers’ values. Another good example of cause marketing is McDonald’s support and promotion of the more than 350 Ronald McDonald Houses throughout the country. ese facilities provide temporary housing for the families of children with pediatric cancer and other serious illnesses while their children receive far-from-home medical treatment. It is a tting charitable focus for a brand targeted so clearly on families with young children. E ective cause marketing isn’t limited to mega-brands like Subaru and McDonald’s. Lots is done by locally owned small businesses right in the towns around us. Many children’s sports teams are sponsored by small businesses patronized by the families whose kids are on those teams. Events like town festivals and holiday celebrations are sponsored by a broad range of local businesses and professional practices serving families in our local communities. Halston Media, this newspaper’s publisher, regularly supports such events, often providing reduced cost advertising and free publicity, aligning well with its dedication to “hyper-local” news coverage. ese sponsorships are indeed altruistic, but make no mistake, they are bene cial to the sponsoring businesses as well. People want to patronize businesses who support the community and their families, businesses that care about what they care about. Doing good helps these businesses do well. It’s important, though, to keep in mind that some cause marketing e orts are destined to fail at enhancing brand image and building business. ree potential causes of ine ectiveness are: (1) Lack of authenticity or of alignment between the brand, its customers, and the supported cause. If the collaboration between the for-pro t business and the non-pro t cause seems incredulous or at very least unlikely, that collaboration probably won’t accomplish much. (2) Lack of transparency about where funds go, how they’re used, or how much is really being donated. Disbelief in the signi cance of a business promoter’s support of the cause just won’t evoke much customer emotional response. (3) Too many restrictions or limitations in the allocation of funds for the supported cause. at too is likely to result in disbelief in the signi cance of the charitable support. Do you want to learn more? Visit www. halstonmedia.com, and ll out the “Get in Touch” form on the home page. Before helping his son found Halston Media, Kenneth Freeman led a global marketing research company. Freeman earned his MBA from Harvard University and has led the marketing departments at major Fortune 500 corporations throughout his career. Cause marketing Doing well by doing good almost got married, but decided not to because it would have been unfair to the rest of the women in the world. He wrote some of the letters from his ship. ere he was in the middle of a war, with nowhere to hide, in the way of Japanese bombers and kamikazes and he’s telling his worried mother how much he misses her pasta fagioli. In the weeks before the draft lottery, my mother became despondent. e world’s greatest pessimist, she was already mourning my death. As for me, I was scared for the both of us. I asked my mother which she would prefer, if I went to jail or war? She wanted me to go to Canada until the war was over, as many young men were doing at the time. I reminded her that I would be a fugitive. When I came home, I’d be arrested and taken to jail. My mother then tried the next available option. Every day she stopped at St. John’s Church to pray that I would receive a high number in the draft lottery. Either God heard or I got lucky. My father gave me a manly handshake. “For God’s sake,” cried my mother. “Give each other a hug!” He almost broke my ribs, the hypocrite, willing to sacri ce his own life to a war, but not his son’s. Unwittingly, my father made me a paci st. Paci sm requires faith in the power of love. As a paci st, I don’t believe God the Father sent his Son down here to be slaughtered, but rather to keep us from slaughtering ourselves. What loving Father would do otherwise? GARO FROM PAGE 11 WITH KEN FREEMAN
Sports Page 16 – North Salem News Thursday, May 25, 2023 BY WHIT ANDERSON SPORTS EDITOR North Salem Girls Lacrosse (No. 6) made the rst playo game played at Tiger Stadium one to remember in a 17-6 rstround statement over Dobbs Ferry (No. 11) in the Section 1 Class D playo s. “It was about team chemistry, picking each other up, working together, making sure everyone knows what’s going on,” said Lily Valletta (4G, A, 6DC) on her team’s preparation for Tuesday’s (5/16) matchup. “I think our attitude and e ort really showed today. We played together as a team. We are always going hard 100% of the time and never give up.” Nevertheless, the game didn’t start as an onslaught. Tied 3-3 with 14:29 remaining in the rst half, Valletta got the Tigers’ run started with a snipe and score at 12:24. en Carolyne Barrella (2G, A) and Taylor Fogle (3G, 2A) got in on the action when the rst hit the latter cutting for a short goal for a 5-3 lead. Far from done, Anna Fetterolf (G, A) found Valletta just forty seconds later to double the lead, and Fogle got in on the action again thanks to another great cut to put the Tigers up 7-3 with seven minutes until intermission. Two consecutive goals from Dobbs’ Jacqueline O’Connor brought it back within two, but Valletta said enough of that when she assisted to Ashley Cindrich (2G, 2A) for a score. en in the nal seconds of the half, out of a timeout, a designed play gave Fetterolf the ball, and a quick weave through tra c led to a 9-5 score and buzzer-beating goal heading to break. Valletta said the threat of it all ending made the team ¡ ip a switch. “We just realized that this was going to be our last game if we didn’t win. So we just kept our foot on the gas, kept playing together, working together, running our plays. Just going hard.” e pedal then fully to the metal, the second half was all Tigers from the jump. More goals from Valletta, Barrella, Dana Connolly (2G, A, 5GC), Abby Cassidy (2G), topped o by a beautiful long-range snipe on the right from Noemi Torres (1G, 3DC) put it away. But apart from the highlights, the Tigers kept it simple and calculated against their opponents’ defense. “We practice a lot against the zone,” said Coach Don Merriman. “ e players have learned over the course of a season to nd those open spots. We scouted Dobbs and saw that when they play zone, they were vulnerable in those lanes. So we told them that that’s where they were going to get looks, and they executed.” Goalie Maddie Merriman (12 saves, 6 INT, 2GC) standing strong in net to help limit Dobbs to just one score in the nal 25 minutes, the Tigers nished o the game with ease to move on to face Pleasantville (No. 3) in the quarter nals on Friday, May 19. Unfortunately, the Panthers had a bit too much for NS in the 13-5 defeat. Connolly (2G), Barrella (G), Fogle (G), Torres (G), Fetterolf (A), and Merriman (9 saves) paced the Tigers. “Not the outcome we were hoping for,” said Merriman. “As always, the team played hard from beginning to end. We had trouble securing the draw, which led to Pleasantville having many more possessions than us. Our defense played very well against a strong opposing o ense.” Regardless of the outcome, Merriman is proud of the leaps his team made this year and will miss those who contributed to the program. “Overall, we had a very successful season. 10 wins (four more than last year), nished second in our league, earned the sixth seed (12th seed last spring), and played extremely well in our rst round playo win. We achieved all of our season goals, except winning that second playo game. Coach Chris (Werlau) and I are incredibly proud of the team and all we accomplished this season. Our amazing seniors - Carolyne Barrella, Dana Connolly, Greta Halton, and Emma Zoubok - will be sorely missed. We wish them only the best in their future endeavors.” Lily Valletta lines up the shot. Taylor Fogle Abaigeal Cassidy The Tigers celebrate with Noemi Torres after her goal. PHOTO: ROB DIANTONIO GIRLS LACROSSE Tigers pounce on Dobbs Ferry Conclude against Pleasantville
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Page 18 – North Salem News TRACK & FIELD Westchester County Championships Thursday, May 18 North Salem and over 70 other schools gathered in Tusker territory at Somers High School for the rst day of the prestigious Westchester County Championships, with ve Tigers competing and seeing quality results. Freyja Smith, the lone participant in the eld events for NS, made sure she would not get overlooked with a fantastic performance in the javelin. Her 76-10 was not only a personal best that got her fth place in the event, but a school record as well. en on the track, Bella Fryer placed top 10 (9th) in the 1500M by clocking a 5:05.81. Her brother, Jack Fryer, matched that with a PR 4:45.26 in the 1600M. Teammate Connor Quadrini trailed right behind Fryer for a 4:50.83 in the mile, and Isabelle Schembri had a 14:03.93 PR in her 3000M. “Good showing by everyone today,” said Coach Chris Gould. “It’s tough to even qualify for. e County Champs and the events are highly competitive. Jack had a solid PR; Connor was right at his; Bella was top 10; Isabelle PR’d; Freyja broke the school record and is just getting started. I am really proud to see these student-athletes shine on the big stage.” BOYS LACROSSE Bronxville 15, North Salem 1 Saturday, May 20 e rst round of the Class D Section 1 playo s did not go as planned for North Salem (No. 12) against host Bronxville (No. 5) in a season-ending round one defeat. Isabella Schembri (left) in the 3000M. PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHRIS GOULD L to R: Connor Quadrini, Bella Fryer, Jack Fryer. VARSITY ROUNDUP Sports are a favorite pastime for many children and adults. e bene ts of participating in sports are too numerous to mention, but include learning to be part of a team, improving physical tness and developing sportsmanship. e tness building resource PHITAmerica notes that participation in sports helps build character and social skills. Sports help children develop discipline and encourages them set goals. ese are skills that can be utilized later in life, especially when pursuing a career. As the weather warms, there are many di erent spring and summer sports that children and adults can explore. Here are just some of the sports that make spring and summer that much more fun. Baseball: Baseball has long been America’s pastime, but its fan base stretches around the world. According to an annual report by the Sports & Fitness Industry Association, a leader in sports participation research, baseball and softball combined ranked as the most participated in team sport in 2016. Many youngsters start out on youth baseball or softball teams and move up the ranks as their love of the game grows. Lacrosse: is is a team game originally played by North American native peoples. e ball is thrown, caught and carried with a long-handled stick having a curved L-shape or a triangular frame. Soccer: Soccer’s popularity continues to grow exponentially. It is often one of the rst sports a child will try. In a 2017 Nielsen survey that spanned 18 global markets, 43 percent of people said they were “interested” or “very interested” in the sport. It has grown to become the world’s sport, with teams in most major countries. Softball: A close cousin to baseball, softball is played on a smaller diamond with a ball that’s larger than a baseball. Even though both sexes can play softball, it is primarily a female-driven sport among elementary, high school and college players. Swimming: Swimming is a sport that works the entire body. People are drawn to swimming because it can be a low-impact exercise. Whether enjoyed competitively or for recreation, swimming is a great way to have fun while exercising. Tennis: Tennis is a physical sport that provides cardiovascular exercise. Tennis o ers friendly competition and can be played in singles or pairs. While matches primarily take place outdoors, the weather doesn’t have to impact access when an indoor court is available. Volleyball: Beach volleyball is popular in coastal and noncoastal communities alike. It is an intense, competitive sport that requires excellent focus and teamwork. Article provided by Metro Creative Popular sports for spring and summer The Tigers celebrate their 17-6 playoff win over Dobbs Ferry. PHOTO: WHIT ANDERSON SPORTS Tigers take on Counties Thursday, May 25, 2023 BLax downed by Bronxville
Thursday, May 25, 2023 LEISURE North Salem News – Page 19 Hiking and camping opportunities heat up when the weather warms. Come summer, individuals feel compelled to load up their campers or pack their tents and enjoy some forested paradise. Meals are a consideration when camping. Certainly frankfurters or sandwiches can get you by in a pinch, but for avid campers, it helps to have a more diverse array of recipes at the ready, which can really enhance the camping experience. Consider this recipe “Slow-Cooked Pulled Pork” courtesy of “ e New Trailside Cookbook” (A Fire y Book) by Kevin Callan and Margaret Howard. Slow-Cooked Pulled Pork Serves 8 Sauce 1 cup chili sauce 1/3 cup Dijon or grainy mustard 1/3 cup liquid honey 2 tablespoons chili powder 2 tablespoons tomato paste 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar 2 teaspoons paprika 2 large cloves garlic, minced 2 cups sliced onions 3 to 4 pounds frozen pork shoulder roast, thawed after roast 2 cups chopped apples Large ciabatta rolls, onion or crusty buns, mashed potatoes, or rice At home: Mix together the chili sauce, mustard, honey, chili powder, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, paprika, and garlic. Store in a tightly sealed container or freeze for longer storage. At camp: Place onions in the bottom of a Dutch oven. Thaw pork, place over onions; top with apples. Pour sauce over meat and apples. Cover and cook on medium heat for 4 hours or until meat is tender and starts to fall apart. Remove meat from oven and place on a large plate. Using two forks, shred meat along its length. Stir meat back into sauce. Serve on rolls, or as desired. Hiking and camping opportuExpand your campsite culinary repertoire To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle! For puzzle solutions, please see theparamountrehab.com CLUES ACROSS 1. Wear away by friction 7. Insecticide 10. Elicited a secret vote 12. Beef 13. Disagreement 14. __ Crawford, supermodel 15. Jeweled headdress 16. Digits 17. Trillion hertz 18. Snap up 19. Classical portico 21. Residue after burning 22. Large integers 27. Free agent 28. Where ballplayers work 33. Blood type 34. Scottish city 36. Google certification (abbr.) 37. Serbian monetary unit 38. Make a sudden surprise attack on 39. Wood or metal bolt 40. Relaxing attire 41. Famed neurologist 44. Dullish brown fabrics 45. Member of ancient Jewish sect 48. Griith, Rooney 49. Lawmakers 50. Government lawyers 51. The arch of the foot CLUES DOWN 1. Nonflowering aquatic plant 2. Britpop rockers 3. National capital 4. Consumed 5. The habitat of wild animals 6. Sun up in New York 7. Cygnus star 8. Male parents 9. Talk to you (abbr.) 10. A place to clean oneself 11. Southwestern US state 12. South Korean idol singer 14. Pirate 17. Pituitary hormone (abbr.) 18. Mistake 20. Promotions 23. Prepares 24. Partner to flowed 25. State lawyer 26. Patti Hearst’s captors 29. Pound 30. Electronic data processing 31. Sports player 32. Treats with contempt 35. Apprehend 36. Excessively talkative 38. Highways 40. Ribosomal ribonucleic acid 41. College organization for males 42. Any customary observance or practice 43. Employee stock ownership plan 44. Male parent 45. The 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet 46. Female bird 47. Autonomic nervous system
Page 20 – North Salem News Thursday, May 25, 2023 BY SOPHIA CASELNOVA STAFF WRITER Amidst a gun violence epidemic in America, the Yorktown Police Department held an active shooter training exercise at the Jeerson Valley Mall with help from neighboring agencies. e drill, which took place on Sunday, May 7, consisted of a threat which had to be neutralized by the Yorktown Police Department and simulated victims which were rescued by emergency medical technicians. “Part of being able to stop the bleeding and stop the dying inside is to be able to cohesively organize a concerted eort to remove those victims and get them the treatment that they need,” Police Chief Robert Noble said. “Along with the police ocers who will keep rst responders safe, our volunteer ambulance corps members and our volunteer re department members will go in and use their emergency medical technician skills to try to save lives.” Other agencies that participated in the simulation included the Carmel Police Department, the Peekskill Police Department, the Bedford Police Department, the Mount Pleasant Police Department, the Putnam County Sheri ’s Department, and the Yorktown Volunteer Ambulance Corps. As of press time, the United States has sustained 220 mass shootings with 21 being mass murders, according to the Gun Violence Archive (GVA). e GVA is a nonprot research organization that tracks gun violence through the use of automated queries, manual research through over 7,500 sources from state and local police, data aggregates, media, government, and other sources daily, according to their website. e organization reports that in 2022, there were 646 mass shootings in America with 36 being mass murders. Just ve months into 2023, the country has more than half of the total mass murders of the entire previous year and is just over one third of the total mass shootings. e most recent active shooting took place at a crowded mall in Allen, Texas on May 6. Eight people were killed and seven were injured by gunman Mauricio Garcia. “We’ll be doing this, unfortunately, multiple times during the year,” Noble said. “As we all saw what happened the other night in Texas, it just seems to keep happening. We unfortunately kind of treat it as when it will happen and not if, because that’s the way you have to do things these days.” Noble told Halston Media that the Yorktown Police Department was proud to take the lead in the drill. Local PDs hold active shooter drill at JV Mall EMTs helping a victim. Yorktown Police Officers during the drill. PHOTOS: SOPHIA CASELNOVA REGIONAL PERFECTION IS EFFORTLESS Order Now OmahaSteaks.com/GrillFaves5235 | 1.833.613.1482 Ask for your 8 FREE burgers with off er 73375STX Savings shown over aggregated single item base price. Limit 2. 8 free 5 oz. burgers will be sent to each shipping address that includes 73375. Free product(s) may be substituted. Standard S&H added per address. Off er available while supplies last. Items may be substituted due to inventory limitations. Cannot be combined with other off ers. Other restrictions may apply. All purchases acknowledge acceptance of Terms of Use: OmahaSteaks.com/terms-of-useOSI or call 1.800.228.9872 for a copy. Expires 06/30/23. | Omaha Steaks, Inc. THE BEST STEAKS OF YOUR LIFE OR YOUR MONEY BACK Limited Time: Get 8 FREE Burgers All-Time Grilling Faves 4 Butcher’s Cut Top Sirloins (5 oz.) 4 Air-Chilled Chicken Breasts (5 oz.) 4 Boneless Pork Chops (6 oz.) 4 Gourmet Jumbo Franks (3 oz.) 4 Potatoes au Gratin (2.8 oz.) 4 Caramel Apple Tartlets (4 oz.) 1 jar Omaha Steaks Seasoning (3.1 oz.) 8 FREE Omaha Steaks Burgers (5 oz.) 73375STX separately $248.93 SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICE $9999 Get Dad into America’s Largest Exclusive Whiskey Club He’s your VIP, so make him feel like one for Father’s Day and the rest of the year. Scan & use code “GIFTNOW” for a 5% discount. Excellent 6,408 reviews on
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Thursday, May 25, 2023 North Salem News – Page 23 the important issues facing our district. Congratulations to Kurt Guldan, and thank you to Chris Jaeger and Matthew DeRose for sharing their perspectives.” “I am struck by just how different and more complex the key issues in our district are versus just ten years ago,” she continued. “In addition to forging a strong working partnership between our Board of Education and new superintendent, here are a few other issues that I am looking forward to focusing on with my fellow BOE members: Curriculum is the heart of education. I’m interested in supporting our progress on academic benchmarks. We’re still in the post-pandemic response phase, and there is no magic wand for getting our students back on track in the fundamentals of literacy, writing and math, particularly at PQ. It’s all about focus and the steady work of teaching, intervention, assessment and repeat - because these are little humans who have been through something unprecedented, and unfortunately we can’t just hit the accelerate button. I have faith in our teachers. ey are not only wonderful educators, they are wonderful people who are deeply invested in our community. I Iook forward to getting up to speed on the district’s mental health strategy and helping to build upon it. I nd our students to be very inspiring. While many of us adults (myself included) are scratching our heads wondering “how did this happen and what can we do?”, our high school Warr;ors Club is o providing peer-to-peer mental health education and support. is club also happens to be a wonderful example of our Mission in action, demonstrating Critical inking (how to best support students; researching mental health issues and resources); Creative inking (planning, promoting, executing events); Communication Skills (public speaking and outreach to students); Problem Solving (educating students and connecting them with support resources); and Leadership (hosting and executing the 5th Annual Mental Health & Wellness Fair last ursday). Ten years ago this level of student-led leadership didn’t exist! We’ve all heard the phrase ‘be the change you seek?’ Well that’s exactly what these students are ‘being.’ I am also looking forward to the launch of Sandy Hook Promise’s Say Something program - a full suite of mental health and safety resources for this upcoming school year. Lastly, our student pro le has changed over the past decade and I am interested in supporting a post-high school pathways program that re ects that. e vast majority of our students will continue to attend four year college away from home, but for some, depending on academics, nances, or personal interests, alternative options provide a crucial opportunity to support themselves fully and independently with a trade or technical career, or by pursuing a career/study combination that takes a little longer to get a college degree, but without crushing debt or high risk of dropout. is is an opportunity to o er a wider range of options to better serve a wider range of students. 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