VOL. 6 NO. 27 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE 23 CLASSIFIEDS 22 LEISURE 18 OBITUARIES 6 OPINION 8 TOWN CROSSING 4 SPORTS 16 Wolves Beat The Heat pg 16 SOCCER Visit TapIntoKLT.net for the latest news. PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID WEST CALDWELL, NJ PERMIT #992 The community was off in a flash at the return of the Katonah Road Races on Sept. 9! See more photos on page 12! PHOTO: ROB DISTASIO BY TOM WALOGORSKY EDITOR Bedford Hills Memorial Park will be home to triple the fun when Tri-Festa returns on Sept. 23. The favorite community event features family friendly entertainment and incorporates participating organizations from Bedford Hills, Bedford Village, and Katonah. On Saturday, guests can enjoy an array of activities including local food trucks, the Captain Lawrence Beer & Wine Garden, live music, an art sale, and plenty of activities for the kids. From 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., the community is invited to mingle with community organizations, meet event sponsors, and view Tri-Festa’s art show on the park’s main field. On Rosafort Field, everyone can enjoy face painting, inflatables, lawn games, and Grit Ninja. Guests can also enjoy a pair of musical acts on the main stage, with Penthouse Tempo playing from 4 to 5:30 p.m., followed by Jake & the Mountain Men from 6 to 8 p.m. Organizers have also ensured that no one will leave Tri-Festa hungry, with the lineup of food trucks including Bazodee Street Food, Grey’s Donuts, Jimmy’s Soft Serve, Leila’s Crepe Station, Pizza Vitale, Poke Motion, Sloppy Joe’s, Weenie Wagon, and Wrapper’s Delight. Beer, wine, and cider will also be available from Captain Lawrence Brewing Co. Only handicapped parking will be allowed in Bedford Hills Memorial Park. All other guests will be required to use a shuttle service, be dropped off, or walk to the event. Shuttle service will begin at 3:15 p.m., with buses collecting visitors from Lot 4 in the Bedford Hills Train Station and the Katonah Commuter lot, located near the intersection of Rte. 35 and Rte. 117. Event parking is available in both locations. For more information, visit www. bedfordny.gov Bedford’s Tri-Festa returns on Sept. 23 CamScanner
PAGE 2 – THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 State Senator Pete Harckham recently visited the South Salem Fire Department to inspect its new command vehicle, a 2023 Chevy Tahoe, that was purchased with a $50,000 Senate grant that he secured for the department. “As our villages and towns grow, so do the needs of our first responders and firefighting professionals who are responsible for the safeguarding of our residents and businesses,” said Harckham. “The South Salem Fire Department is one of the busiest in northern Westchester, and so I was pleased to be able to help them attain funding for the new command vehicle, which will ease the burden on the local taxpayers as well.” The South Salem Fire Department responds to on average 300 calls per year, according to Chief Nick DeLaurentis. The size and nature of calls change significantly depending on the time of year. As a result, it is essential for command personnel to arrive at the scene first to determine the proper response for each call. “The command vehicles are vital to every emergency the department faces,” said South Salem Fire Department Commissioner Mike Lombardi “The quick response of chiefs and assistant chiefs is extremely important. In the event of an accident, our command personnel will assist. In the event of a major fire or incident, they will call for additional resources and direct operations. If the event is small, it’s equally important to hold resources.” Chief DeLaurentis added, “Thank you, Senator Harkham, for your continued support of the South Salem Fire Department and District. The grant money you provided helps us to better serve the community.” The awarded grant funding was secured within the State and Municipal Facilities Program (SAM), which is among the grant programs administered by the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY) to support community and economic development. Senator Harckham has secured over $2 million in state funding to make critical vehicle and equipment acquisitions in support of firefighters and first responders since taking office in 2019. Article courtesy of the Office of State Senator Pete Harckham. Sen. Harckh Sen. Harckham inspects new command v pects new command vehicle at S ehicle at South Salem F th Salem FD State Sen. Pete Harckham at the South Salem Fire Department with 2nd Assistant Chief Mike Davison, Chief Nick DeLaurentis, Commissioner Mike Lombardi and Commissioner Paul Amerling. PHOTO COURTESY OF OFFICE OF STATE SEN. PETE HARCKHAM / JAMES PERSONS V O TE F O R DON SC O T T FO R B E DFO R D T O W N C OUN C I L Local Roots, Committed to Bedford Don first moved to Bedford Village in 4th grade and his love for our community has only grown since. After graduating from Vanderbilt, Don returned to Katonah to raise his family and build a business. Proven Track Record on the Town Board Fiscal Responsibility: Held the line on taxes while maintaining a AAA bond rating. Infrastructure Investment: Increased investments in roads and town assets. Critical Road Paving: Fought to get I-684 paved, addressing safety and noise. Protecting Our Youth: Stopped the sale of vaping products in our hamlets. Supporting Community Groups: Reduced the fees paid for town services. V OTE FO R MIKE P A L LADIN O FO R B EDFO R D T O WN C OUNCIL A True Bedford Love Story Mike moved to Bedford in 2016 but has ties dating back over two decades including being a Camp Counselor at the Bedford Hills Day Camp where he entertained campers at the very same Community House that is now right outside his living room window. His first job out of college – a sports marketing firm on Adams Street – was where he met his now wife, Nell. Service Before Self Motivated by his profound engagement in the community, Mike seeks a Town Board seat to provide Bedford residents with enhanced representation and commitment. WE CAN DO BETTER MIKE PALLADINO & DON SCOTT FOR BEDFO R D T O W N BO A R D Don & Mike celebrating Flag Day 2023 at the Bedford Hills Community House. [email protected] 914-263-9681 www.MikeForBedford.com [email protected] 914-262-7697 www.DonForBedford.com “I come with a neighborly spirit, not a politician’s agenda.” -Mike Palladino Paid for by Bedford United 2023
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES – PAGE 3 BY TOM BARTLEY CONTRIBUTING WRITER Two weeks into a new school year, KLSD’s board and administrators took time last week to salute the people who have been greeting returning students for the past 25 years. Neill Alleva, the Katonah-Lewisboro School District’s assistant superintendent for human resources, said the occasion was meant to “acknowledge our employees who are celebrating their 25th year and all the dedication they’ve given us for two-plus decades.” In a country where workers’ median length of time on a job these days is well under a decade, KLSD presented silver bowls to 28 people marking a quartercentury of service. Alleva narrated as the names of each recipient was flashed on monitors in the high school library and Trustee Rory Burke noted their exceptional span of service. It’s remarkable that people stay anywhere for 25 years,” he told the board’s Sept. 14 meeting. “I think it’s a testament to the culture at KLSD across the board. . . . Kudos to the administration for setting that culture.” Board President Julia Hadlock said that KLSD teachers’ longevity ranked among the highest in comparable districts and that such extended service paid dividends in the classroom. “Multiple studies” have demonstrated, she said, that teachers with lengthy tenures “create an environment where students learn.” These were the evening’s honorees: Katonah-Lewisboro School District Michael Lavoie, director of facilities John Jay High School Kathleen Dailey, social studies teacher Patti Dente, school monitor Herbert Erker, maintenance mechanic Vincenza Guiliano, social studies teacher Margaret Kearney, school monitor Anila Maniscalco, school monitor Peter Neidell, special education teacher Frank Noschese, science teacher Liljana Qersaqi, school monitor Dina Rottmann, math teacher Anna Trieller, science teacher Vicky Weiss, English teacher Patricia Whitbourne, English teacher John Jay Middle School Amy Baisley, English teacher Mary Cannova, clerk David Ley, social studies teacher Jennifer Makover, guidance counselor Mary Mullaney, school nurse Melissa Smythe, special education teacher Katonah Elementary School Christine Eckler, art teacher Elizabeth Jackson, teacher Joseph Murphy, teacher Increase Miller Elementary School Bebhinn Fahy, teacher Kiri Ryan, social worker Meadow Pond Elementary School Raymond Finney Jr., head custodian Ann Marie Friscia, teacher Connie Merritt, teacher EV rolls The district’s first electric school bus has gone into service, varying its daily routes to pick up students from each KLSD school. A photo displayed at last week’s school board meeting showed the bus dropping off students at Katonah Elementary School. KLSD honors faculty for 25 years of service KATONAH-LEWISBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT BY TOM BARTLEY CONTRIBUTING WRITER In crafting Bedford’s 2024 budget, town officials see challenges but no plans for dramatic cuts in service. Rising prices for everything, as well as increased costs both negotiated and mandated, Supervisor Ellen Calves said, will likely “bring us to the limit we can go without going over the tax cap.” And Comptroller Abraham Zambrano, addressing the town Board earlier this month, warned, “It’s certainly going to be a tough budget.” Their comments follow a review last month by Calves and the comptroller along with Councilwoman Bobbi Bittker, the board’s Finance Department liaison, of department heads’ proposed 2024 spending. “We had the initial meetings with the department heads,” Zambrano said in an interview, “and it’s going to be tough.” How tough? “Very,” he said. Calves, in an email last week, said Zambrano “is pulling together the increase-request total and we will be going back over line by line to see how much we need to cut from [departmental] budget-increase requests. . . . Fingers crossed we don’t get surprised by some other increase we have not factored in yet. “To stay under the cap, we will have to say no to some requests,” the supervisor said, “but no dramatic cuts in staff or services from what I can tell at this point.” Over the next few weeks, more than a dozen department heads as well as the town’s three libraries were expected to meet with the full board in budget work sessions scheduled to begin last Monday (Sept. 18) at 3 p.m. (see schedule). The meetings are available to the public via Zoom. “We have negotiated increases for each of the unions [representing town employees] and those contracts are set with required annual increases. Health care costs are increasing, software subscriptions are up, and there are general increases in cost of supplies,” Calves said. Zambrano said department heads had been told to limit their 2024 spending requests to “only the most essential expenditures.” Still, prices have risen across the board, he noted, citing as an example a potential 8 percent boost in health-insurance premiums. At the Sept. 5 meeting, Calves told the board, “Costs have just gone up in every department. . . . That seems to be a common theme that we’re hearing.” As a result, the supervisor said, “It’s going to be hard to meet all of the requests we are hearing.” To adopt a tax-cap-compliant budget last year, the town drew out $500,000 from a cash reserve of some $10 million. “We know we want to use less of our reserves this year,” Calves said at the Sept. 5 meeting. “That was part of our plan last year—to make sure that we reduce that amount [withdrawn from reserves] over time.” As outlined last year by Zambrano, the town would reduce the use of reserve money in steps, tapping the “fund balance” for $100,000 less in each of the next three years, to reach a 2027 draw of $200,000. “That,” Calves said, “is prudent management of our finances.” In July, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli forecast inflation of more than 6 percent in 2024 even as he set—for the third straight year—a cap of 2 percent on how much municipalities with a calendar-year budget can increase the property taxes they levy. “Although the rate of inflation has begun to decrease,” he acknowledged, “it still poses a challenge for local governments and their budgets.” Growth in a locality’s tax base can also increase its final cap figure. For Bedford last year that additional allowance was 0.09 percent, providing for a final tax-cap calculation of 2.9 percent. As budget officer, Zambrano must file a tentative spending plan with Town Clerk Lisbeth “Boo” Fumagalli by Oct. 30. The Town Board will make adjustments in November and present a preliminary budget at a public hearing Dec. 5. As it has in the past, the board could adopt the 2024 budget at the meeting that immediately follows the hearing. “I certainly urge for that to occur,” Zambrano said, “because after the public hearing and the Bedford board examines 2024 budget SEE BEDFORDPAGE 6 WHICH OF THESE IS MOST IMPORTANT? WHICH HAVE PROPER INSURANCE COVERAGE?
The Staff EDITORIAL TEAM Tom Walogorsky Editor: 914-302-5830 [email protected] ADVERTISING TEAM Paul Forhan (914) 806-3951 [email protected] Bruce Heller (914) 486-7608 [email protected] Lisa Kain (201) 317-1139 [email protected] Corinne Stanton (914) 760-7009 [email protected] Jay Gussak (914) 299-4541 [email protected] Pam Zacotinsky 845-661-0748 [email protected] PRODUCTION TEAM Tabitha Pearson Marshall Creative Director/Photographer [email protected] Noah Elder Designer Bri Agosta Designer Haven Elder Designer EXECUTIVE TEAM Brett Freeman CEO & Publisher 845-208-8151 [email protected] Deadlines The Katonah-Lewisboro Times The deadline for advertisements and editorial submissions is the Thursday before the next publication date. For more information, call Tom Walogorsky at 914-302-5830 or email [email protected] Location 118 N. BEDFORD ROAD SUITE 100 MOUNT KISCO, NY 10549 Published Weekly by Halston Media, LLC ©2023 HALSTON MEDIA, LLC PAGE 4 – THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 Your One-Stop Shop for Deck Building Materials DECKING & RAILING Mahopac Railroad Tie Experts in Deck Lumber 911 Route 6, Mahopac, NY • 845-628-8111 • www.decklumber.com 112 North County Center • Goldens Bridge, NY 10526 914-232-9012 • www.northcountycleaners.com Mon - Fri: 7am - 7pm • Sat: 8am - 5pm Tailoring • Repairs • Leather Cleaning • Drapes & Curtains Over 30 Years Experience Pick Up & Delivery for New Customers First Orders Only Mention Promo Code NCCT10 $10 OFF Weekly Delivery in your Area • All Dry Cleaning Done on Premises • Same Day Service (in-store drop off only) drop off by 10am Women’s Civic Club of Katonah Oktoberfest Saturday, Oct. 14, from 5 to 10 p.m. Join in for traditional fare and celebrate the history of The Women’s Civic Club of Katonah and their Katonah Thrift Shop. Featuring live music by John Praino from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $60 per person. (Adults only.) Mail R.S.V.P. or donation checks to: The Katonah Thrift Shop Melanie Krebs, 54 Bedford Road Katonah, NY 10536 If you are unable to join in for beer and brats, please consider making a donation. For more information, email [email protected]. Harvest Festival Saturday, Sept. 30, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hosted by Vista Fire Department Auxiliary, Smith Ridge Road in South Salem. Featuring artisans, crafts, vendors, bake sale, raffles, a food truck, an appearance by Patches the Clown, face painting, and a magic show beginning at 12 p.m. $10 admission, children under 12 are free! Lewisboro ItalianAmerican Heritage Day Monday, Oct. 9, from 12 to 4 p.m. Celebrate with the Garibaldi Society of Lewisboro at their second annual Italian-American Heritage Day (Columbus Day). Once again Lewisboro’s renowned Italian-American chef Sue Fiore Vales is hosting the event at the Horse and Hound at 94 Spring Street in South Salem. There will be traditional Italian fare, free to all with a cash bar. Come enjoy the food, music and camaraderie. And for those non Italian-Americans, please come and see what you have been missing. 3rd Annual Crossroads Plaza Halloween Party Friday, Oct. 13, from 5 to 7 p.m. Featuring Trunk or Treat! Kids are welcome to wear their costumes and spooky masks and collect treats from each decorated trunk! Sponsored by Keller Williams Realty partners. To be held at Crossroads Plaza, located at 57 Route 6 in Baldwin Place. Shredding Services Friday, Oct. 27, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The “Shredder Truck” will be at Lewisboro Town Park, 1079 Route 35 (Old Post Road), in South Salem. This will be for the town departments along with town residents. Please remove all metal clips, fasteners, binders, folders and hard covers and place the papers loosely in a box. Hard covers – cardboard or plastic covers on items such as ledger books, marble composition books and hard-cover books – cannot be shredded and will be turned away. Residents must rip pages out from hard cover books for shredding and throw the covers in their regular household recycling. Up to four large (cubic foot) boxes of papers are allowed for shredding. All residents attending shredder events must follow these safety guidelines to protect themselves and staff: Residents must remain in their vehicles at all times. Documents should be boxed and placed in the trunk of resident’s vehicle, if possible, or in the back seat of the resident’s vehicle. Staff will remove the boxes directly from the resident’s vehicle and place them in the shredder TOWN CROSSING SEE CROSSING PAGE 5
mechanism. Vehicles will be queued at a safe distance from staff and only one vehicle will be serviced at a time. Please be mindful to observe all posted signage and directions from the staff. If you have any questions, please call the Town Clerk’s Office at 763-3511. The Turtle Invitational Sunday, Sept. 24 at 9 a.m. An event that brings together hundreds of passionate collector car enthusiasts for a charitable cause, taking place at the Turtle Garage in Bedford. Hosted and sponsored by Hollow Brook Wealth Management President, Philip Richter, the three-day event will boast hundreds of collector cars and feature the legendary Skip Barber as the guest of Honor. All proceeds from the event will benefit The Pray Family Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that helps youth, families and youth groups through innovative programs. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.turtleinvitational.com Hope in a Blue Vest Short Film Screening, Panel Q&A, Wine Reception Wednesday, Oct. 4, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. An evening to celebrate and raise awareness for BluePath Service Dog’ mission. To be held at Bedford Playhouse, 633 Old Post Rd in Bedford. Love, hope, opportunity… These are the prevailing themes in the short documentary film (ten minute running time) about BluePath, the nonprofit providing life-changing service dogs to children with autism and their families. Hope in a Blue Vest follows a service dog’s journey to find purpose while highlighting the many beautiful, multi-faceted connections made along the way. Panel to include BluePath founders Michelle Brier (Bedford Hills, NY) and Caroline McCabe-Sandler (Hopewell Junction, NY), Tony-award winning producer and Bedford Playhouse advisory board member Ken Marsolais (Bedford Hills), service dog recipient Kate Petersen (Sandy Hook, CT), facility dog recipient and West Patent Elementary School (Bedford, NY) principal Judy Brewster, and volunteer puppy raiser and Bedford Police Sergeant Mark Montanaro. Wine reception to follow, sponsored by Siemers Wine & Spirits of Bedford, NY. Purchase tickets via Bedford Playhouse at https:// bedfordplayhouse.org/hope-in-ablue-vest-with-bluepath-servicedogs/. A Message from Braver Angels Braver Angels will be showing a documentary called “Better Angels: Reuniting America.” Braver Angels is a national grass roots organization which has been doing workshops, debates, and speaking engagements around America. The 50-minute documentary and discussion will be highlighting the genesis of Braver Angels and will be showing moments from our signature workshop. If you care about the future of our local, state and national government, then this documentary is for you. If you want our political parties to work together and find common ground, and get things done, please join us at Somers Library on Thursday, Sept. 28 at 6 p.m. Free Square Dancing Fun Nights Sept. 25 & Oct. 2 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Singles, couples, and families welcome! To be held at Katonah Methodist Church Parish Hall, located at 44 Edgemont Rd in Katonah. For more information, visit www.friendlysquares.org or call 914-433-2919. Mount Kisco Interfaith Food Pantry Fundraiser The Mount Kisco Interfaith Food Pantry, a weekly choice pantry with a 32 year history, will hold a fundraiser on Sunday, Oct. 15, from 1 - 4 p.m. at the Captain Lawrence Barrel House in Mount Kisco. Come enjoy suds, sliders and songs while supporting the incredible work of this predominantly volunteer run community mainstay. This past year saw a staggering increase in the number of guests - over 92,000 ‘person visits’, 28% of which were children and 12% seniors. This is up 40% since last year. Food for over 1.2 million meals was provided, purchased at inflationary prices. There is no expectation of the need decreasing or prices of food falling. Individual tickets and sponsorships are available. Please visit www.mountkiscopantry. org or email outreach@mountkiscofood pantry.org for more information. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES – PAGE 5 CROSSING FROM PAGE 4 SEE CROSSING PAGE 20 Walk With Us in FDR Park or Wherever You Are! Donate, raise funds, spread the word. Proceeds fund Support Connection’s free breast, ovarian, and gynecological cancer support programs and services. LEARN MORE: WWW.SUPPORTCONNECTION.ORG 914-962-6402 Bring help & hope to people fighting breast, ovarian, or any gynecological cancer. Support Connection is a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization. We do not receive funds from Relay for Life, Making Strides, Susan G. Komen, or any other national cancer organization. Support Connection’s Annual Support-A-Walk For Breast & Ovarian Cancer Sunday, October 1, 2023 Your Donation Makes A Difference. “This organization offers cancer support programs and services that are unlimited for as long as you need them. When you need them, they will be there. Tell your friends and family to reach out when they feel all hope is lost and they don’t know where to turn. No one fighting these cancers needs to feel alone.“ ~ Nancy Stingone, Board Member , Volunteer, Donor “The support that Support Connection has provided our family is indescribable. They not only helped my mom, but they also welcomed us with open arms. “Cancer is a family affair,” and it affects every member in different ways. The service they provide is a valuable asset to the community. The staff and counselors are angels sent from above. “ ~ Carrie & Bella Tropea, Volunteers and Donors TOWN CROSSING
PAGE 6 – THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 Louisa Rawle Tiné Louisa Rawle Tiné, 80, of South Salem, died on September 2, 2023 at Greenwich Hospital in Connecticut. Louisa was born in Philadelphia to James Rawle 2nd and Mary Cheston Morris Rawle and grew up at Castlefinn Farm in Bryn Mawr, PA where she developed a deep love of nature and the outdoors. Weezie, as she was known to family and childhood friends, attended Agnes Irwin School and graduated from Garrison Forrest School in Garrison, MD. She went on to receive a BA in European History from Wheaton College in Norton, MA and pursued an MFA in Film at New York University. Louisa’s career began in theater as an actress and manager at the Boston Theater Company, Charles Playhouse, Berkshire Theatre Festival, and Trinity Rep in Providence, RI. She moved to New York and worked for Actor’s Equity before becoming one of the first women to receive a Ford Foundation grant - enabling her to study theater management at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. At the Guthrie she met set designer Hal Tiné. They returned to New York, married in 1971 and had two sons Christopher and Matthew. Louisa was a lifelong artist and gardener and was happiest in her garden or working in her studio. For 50 years she worked as a watercolor artist and botanical illustrator and was a prolific product designer for Caspari and Lillian Vernon, among others. With her husband Hal she exhibited miniature gardens at the Philadelphia Flower Show and her illustrations were regularly featured in magazines such as Fine Gardening, Kitchen Garden and Shephard’s Garden Seeds. Her fine art has been exhibited in over 300 group and solo shows, won numerous awards, and is held in public and private collections including New York Botanical Garden, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, and the Hunt Collection. Sharing her love of art and plants through teaching was particularly important to Louisa and she was nationally sought-after for her botanical illustration and watercolor classes. She taught at PHS, the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, the Henry Foundation for Botanical Research and Chanticleer Garden. For two decades she taught at The New York Botanical Garden where she also ran the exhibition program and developed a popular course on the history of botanical illustration. Louisa was an active member in the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, the American Society of Botanical Artists, the Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators, and the Bedford Garden Club. She was twice recognized for her work in botanical art and horticulture by the Garden Club of America, first with the Elizabeth Platt Corning Medal and with the Eloise Payne Luquer Medal. She volunteered with environmental causes she cared about and sat on the board of The Henry Botanic Garden, Gladwyne, PA, the steering committee of The Native Plant Center at Westchester Community College and the Luquer-Marble Wildflower Garden at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Cross River, NY. Louisa is survived by her two sons, Christopher and Matthew, both of New York, NY, as well as several nieces and nephews. She is pre-deceased by her husband Hal, her parents, her brothers James Rawle 3rd and William Morris Rawle, and by her sister Mary Elizabeth Morris Rawle Slattery. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, September 29 at the South Salem Presbyterian Church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to The Lewisboro Land Trust (https://lewisborolandtrust.org/donate) or The Native Plant Center at Westchester Community College (http://www. sunywcc.edu/about/npc/donate/) “in memory of Louisa Rawle Tiné.” OBITUARIES Department heads and others will defend their spending requests for next year at a series of town hall hearings over the next few weeks. The dates and projected times for the work sessions are: Thursday, Sept. 21 Finance, small departments, 3 p.m.; Planning, 3:45; Assessor, 4 Friday, Sept. 29 Recreation & Parks, 3 p.m.; Supervisor/ Town Board, 3:30; Capital Projects, 3:45 Thursday, Oct. 5 Police, 3 p.m.; Public Works, 3:30 Tuesday, Oct. 10 Libraries, 3 p.m. Sessions are all expected to be available via Zoom. See town website (bedfordny. gov) for log-in instructions. budget is adopted, there are a lot of things my office has to do in order for the budget to go into effect internally.” Under state law, the board must adopt its budget by Dec. 20. Asked whether Bedford might have to meet increased costs by adopting a budget that busts the tax cap, Zambrano said, “I will do everything in my power to see that the board is not faced with that [decision].” BEDFORD FROM PAGE 3 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 CALL NEW YORK’S ELDER LAW TEAM 914.948.1500 When did you last update your last will and testament and power of attorney?
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Opinion PAGE 8 – THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 2 TRACKS BRETT FREEMAN, PUBLISHER TOM WALOGORSKY, EDITOR TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL, CREATIVE DIRECTOR Editorial Office: 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 Katonah-Lewisboro Times or its affiliates. Submissions must include a phone number and address for verification. Not all letters and op-eds will necessarily be published. Letters and op-eds which cannot be verified or are anonymous will not be published. Please send your submissions to the editor by e-mail at [email protected]. For more information, call the editor at 914-302-5830 118 N. BEDFORD ROAD, SUITE 100 MOUNT KISCO, NY 10549 ©2023 Halston Media, LLC Editor’s Note: Don Scott is a candidate for Bedford Town Board. All candidates on the ballot for Town Board are invited to send columns to this newspaper. Send them to [email protected]. Please keep to a 1,000-word limit. Although not devoutly religious, I have always found comfort from the “Serenity Prayer.” It reads, “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” As I watch the current situation in the race for the presidency, I rely on the part about accepting things I cannot change a lot these days. Whatever is going to happen is beyond my control. The two current heavy favorites on both sides, if they make it to the starting line – or is it the finish line – will provide the least popular choice in our history. As it stands now, I don’t have a dog in the fight, so I can watch from the sidelines and wonder what lies ahead. As a Jets fan, practiced in heartbreak, I know what it’s like to watch helplessly from the sidelines as disappointment unfolds. Grabbing my popcorn and sitting down to watch the GOP debate recently, I was hoping to see a thoughtful back and forth about policy and the plans that each of the eight candidates had for the country, should they prevail. Instead, the freefor-all of zingers and insults reminded me of the food fight scene from “Animal House,” complete with hooting and hollering from a raucous partisan crowd. Manners and civil discourse were in short supply. It was not a confidence builder for the months ahead. Can’t the parties, campaigns or the networks do better? They used to teach debating skills in middle school. Doesn’t anybody have an old rule book? If they ask me, and I’m sure they will, I have a few ideas for ground rules in no particular order. First, get rid of the crowd. They add nothing to the presentation. Audience members are always asked to refrain from clapping or cheering by moderators, but that never happens. Candidates play to the crowd instead of the millions at home trying to figure out who to support. Second, everyone on the stage gets equal time. As it is now, the biggest bully or loudmouth hogs the most time. Third, enforce the time limits for opening statements, closing statements and rebuttals. Candidates blow through the stop signs like they are not there, without consequences. How about turning off the mic when time is up? That would change behavior. Fourth, no interrupting. The moderators always lose control when the interrupting starts. The most recent debate was no better or worse than what we have seen in the past, which is a shame. Sadly, the chaos and lack of manners has a spillover effect in our everyday conversations. The presidential debates should set an example for society not to play to its worst instincts. As a candidate for office in my town, I am an advocate for as many local forums and debates as possible. It’s the only way voters can learn about the candidates’ qualifications and their vision for the town. It also helps the community get up to speed on what the issues are and provide feedback on what they want for their community. Producing these forums should be a responsibility of local community organizations like chambers of commerce, historical societies, or others, in collaboration with press outlets. As important as these debates are to picking a candidate, we could be heading for a debate-less presidential sweepstakes since neither candidate has stepped onto a debate stage thus far and it looks like neither will. If both make it to next year’s race, what is to keep them from dodging the debate stage then too? There needs to be more debate, not less, and it needs to be civil. We should demand no less. Seeking serenity in political chaos A plea for civil debates DON SCOTT IN CASE YOU MISSED IT When traveling overseas, it can take a while to get used to things like currency conversion, language (remember, you’re the one with the accent, not them), food, dress and sundry other native customs with which you’re unaccustomed. In Greece – which Elyse, our daughter Elissa and I visited in August – the hardest thing to get used to also is the hardest to write about without being indelicate, so let me give it a shot. You know those perforated sheets on a roll in the “water closet” (WC, as it’s known over there)? You know what you do with them after you’ve done your biological duty? Not so fast in Greece! There are ubiquitous reminders – in the airport, the hotel, restaurants – exhorting you not to flush those soiled sheets. Instead, the spent squares of tissue paper are to be deposited in the wastebasket. Feels a little weird, sure, but as they say, when in Greece …. It took about, oh, a week on our Grecian sojourn to get in the groove, so to speak, of reflexively putting the paper in the acceptable receptacle. But, truth to tell, once back home, and able to return to our red-white-and-blue regimen of personal cleanliness, I was flush with relief. Ode on a Grecian sojourn Learning to pronounce ‘gyro’ and what not to flush SEE APAR PAGE 11 BRUCE APAR BRUCE THE BLOG
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PAGE 10 – THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES OPINION THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 I got a new car yesterday! Right now cars, at least some brands, are hard to come by. I put in my order early in the month of June and still did not get the exact car I ordered. The outside color is fine, sort of a medium gray, but the interior is black with Palomino seat covers. Never heard of that color before, and it is a rather garish deep orangey tone. In time, I am sure I will not even notice. I do not know who designs cars, but I don’t think it is women because I believe they would choose differently for exterior and interior combinations. Now I lease my car, so at least I have the consolation that in three years perhaps things will ease up, and I can choose something more to my liking. I give my cars names, and the Grey Ghost seems kind of cute for this sleek model. My last car was a light beige and called Sandy. It is a very sophisticated car; it practically thinks for me if I can possibly know what to ask it or how to program it. The fellow I worked with at the dealership came outside to show me a few of the car’s features. He set my phone to the Bluetooth system, which I truly love because on a long trip I catch up on return phone calls. It is almost like having a passenger in the car to keep me company. The salesman was not able to help me with too much else, and suggested I come back next week to talk to one of the younger more tech-savvy guys. There is an area in this model where you can lay your phone down and it will recharge. No more long cord coming out from the dash. Only problem is, you cannot get a charge with the cover on your phone. When I purchased it at the Apple store, they put the cover on for me and I have never been able to get it off since, so that feature in the car is wasted on me. Cars no longer come with a tape deck; guess I never will finish those book tapes I kept for long excursions. I don’t like to fiddle with stations or be watching the screen while I’m driving. I really need to pay attention to the road. Just going to have to keep chatting with friends instead I guess. Some cars now come with only one key. I was horrified by that. I don’t want to have to go digging around in the zip compartment of my pocketbook to find my key. I always keep my extra key near the front door, in case I need to run to the car to retrieve something. They tell me buying a second key is extremely expensive, so I probably won’t be doing that. If I were to design a car, as a woman, one thing I would absolutely include would be some way to secure my pocketbook on the passenger seat of the car next to me. I do not have to be driving fast or slamming on the brakes before my purse goes flying down onto the floor. Often the pocketbook is unsnapped or unzipped. 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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 OPINION THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES – PAGE 11 We see you here. The things you love doing are more than just passions. They’re what make you “you.” This is why at The Bristal, our expert team members dedicate their time, attention, and energy to creating customized social activities that ensure each resident continues being the unique person they are. And, in the process, create the one-of-a-kind community we are, too. Schedule your visit today and see for yourself. THE BRISTAL AT ARMONK | 914.344.6595 THE BRISTAL AT WHITE PLAINS | 914.745.6655 thebristal.com Licensed by the State Department of Health. Eligible for Most Long Term Care Policies. Equal Housing Opportunity. Independent Living | Assisted Living | Memory Care Ferry Cross the Aegean Our trip also was notable for the pleasant surprise that greeted us when we boarded the Sea Jets ferry for the five-hour ride across the Aegean to Santorini from Athens. This wasn’t the Staten Island or Ossiningto-Haverstraw type of ferry we know here. The Sea Jets conveyance seats 1,200, and is equipped with recliner lounge seats and a well-stocked snack bar – a distinctly more tolerable experience than the 10-hour plane ride to Athens from JFK. Island Hopping Each tourist-friendly Greek island (there are more than 200) has its own personality. Of the three we visited (Crete was the third), Mykonos may have been the most memorable, as you might expect from its nickname of “party island.” Mykonos’s so-called beach clubs host hard partyers strutting their stuff on the sand until well past midnight, at which point the non-stop Bacchanalia segues to one of the hot-to-trot dance clubs that disco till dawn. Elyse and I were asleep long before a gregarious American travel agent we had met on a Santorini catamaran sunset cruise – and who now also was in Mykonos with his clients – texted our daughter Elissa, inviting us to join them at a dance club where he had just paparazzo’d a photo of actress Demi Moore enjoying the high life. Bumper Cars Mykonos also is known for the Keystone Cops free-wheeling chaos of its traffic. The streets are two-way, albeit the width of our one-way roads. For added fun, there are no traffic signals, and there are ATVs aplenty clogging the streets – driven by young tourists clearly not used to operating one. It makes you nostalgic for Coney Island bumper cars. When we were checking in to our Mykonos hotel, Palladium, the concierge had a strong recommendation for which restaurant to avoid like the plague – the worldinfamous DK Oyster. This is an eatery that doesn’t need no stinking menus, the better to charge laughably outrageous prices, like $30 for a single oyster. There’s little to laugh about, though, when the bill comes and a very light meal just set you back $1,000 or more. A couple days after we were back in the states, the New York Post ran an article about this rip-off restaurant of ill repute that inexplicably stays in business with impunity. Needless to say, we greatly enjoyed not eating there. Uber-Honest Cabbies At the other end of the ethical scale were a couple of uber-honest taxi drivers. In Mykonos, when I tipped our driver, he insistently would not accept it. In Crete, on a trip to the beach by herself, Elissa thought the driver said the fare was 20 euro. After she exited, he got out before she disappeared to tell her it was 12 euro and promptly gave her the change. (Just like any NYC cabbie would do, right?) Some things don’t change, though, regardless where in the world you happen to be. As we embarked on our walking tour of the Acropolis in Athens, with our docent spinning finely-detailed histories of the ancient site, one oblivious gent was chattering incessantly on his cellphone, competing for our ears with the tour guide. After disapproving glances were cast his way, the man got the message and behaved himself the rest of the steep ascent to the Parthenon. Perhaps he did not want to tempt the Greek gods surveilling us. (On one of our ferries, I couldn’t help but call out someone who also thought nothing of putting their cellphone’s sound on speaker mode so we all could enjoy it.) You Say Gyro, I Say Yeero Shortly after returning home, I lunched with some actor friends at the popular Pappous Greek Kitchen in Yorktown. The table teased me how the dishes we were about to consume wouldn’t compare to the authentic versions I chowed down in Greece. Not true, I said. The food we had over there was OK, but, to our taste at least, not exceptional. One of the things I like about Pappous, I told them, is that their menu phonetically spells the proper pronunciation of gyro (which is “yeero”). Just as I noted that, our server delivered my plate by saying, “Here is your jigh-ro.” Another fun fact is that we were told the only two meats in Greece that can be ordered in a “yee-ro” are pork and chicken. Turns out the lamb version, according to our server in a Mykonos restaurant, is an American variation, but in Greece, said she, it’s Greek to them. The truth is that no matter which filling is inside the pita or how you say it, it’s still a beautiful thing. As Keats wrote … “Beauty is truth, truth beauty – that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.” Bruce Apar is a writer, community volunteer and actor. He can be seen on stage weekends through Oct. 7 at Elmwood Playhouse in Nyack (Rockland County) as Professor Van Helsing in Dracula. For more information, contact him at 914-275-6887 (text or voice) or email bapar@ me.com. APAR FROM PAGE 8 PHOTO COURTESY OF BRUCE APAR Apar family at highest point on the Greek island of Santorini.
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– THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 PAGE 13 2 TRACKS A favorite local event came back in style with 22nd annual Katonah Road Races on Saturday, September 9. The day began with the Katonah Village Improvement Society (KVIS) K5K, followed by the one-mile Kids’ Fun Run and the new Kids’ Dash. 1st place overall in the male category went to Felipe Torres, with Cleo Saltz taking 1st overall in the female division. Kalki Mahta took 1st place overall in the 12 and under category. The Katonah Races are a key fundraising event each year THE KATONAH ROAD RACES for the Katonah Village Improvement Society. PHOTOS: ROB DISTASIO 1st place overall ages 12 and under finisher Kalki Mahta WITH APPROVED CREDIT nd receive a HOWER KAGE 600 OFF Tub. Not applicable with any previous upplies last. No cash value. Must present 2165 NSCB 0082999 0083445 16-5473 • Gravel • Topsoil • Mulches • Sweet Peet • Unilock Pavers BEDFORD GRAVEL & LANDSCAPE SUPPLY 27 Norm Ave., Mt. Kisco (next to Kohl’s) www.bedfordgravel.com 914-241-3851 • Sand • Stonedust • Item #4 • Drainage Pipe • Flagstone • Fieldstone • Belgian Block • Cobblestones • Wallstone • Fire Pits • Stepping Stones • Soil/Fill
PAGE 14 – THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES OPINION THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 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. CERASO ~ Director www.clarkassociatesfuneralhome.com 4 Woods Bridge Road, Katonah • (914) 232-3033 • Only 1/4 mile from 684 exit 6. • Only 1 block from the Katonah Railroad station. • Less than 60 minutes from N.Y. City. • Parking facilities for over 100 cars • Monuments & inscriptions available. BART FROM PAGE 9 The end of September is clean-up time for home gardeners. Most of the fruits and vegetables have been picked at the peak of the summer growing season. The remaining produce is harvested before the first hard frost. I discovered my old gardening journal on a book shelf recently. I perused through my notes. My first garden in 1989 started out as a competition. Friends from New York City were visiting on a spring weekend and we drove to Muscoot Farm. After walking around to see the farm animals, we noticed a local vendor selling tomato seedlings. My friend, Sam, bought several Jet Star tomato plants to grow in pots on his apartment terrace on the Lower East Side. He suggested that I grow tomatoes in pots on my sunny deck. Our next stop was a garden center to buy peat moss, potting soil and large containers. That summer Sam and I compared notes over the telephone – do you have white flowers on your tomato plants yet? How many green tomatoes do you have so far? I bought two gardening books and seeds to plant sweet basil and dill. Gardening opened up a whole new world for me. I enjoyed all aspects of planting, nurturing, photography, conversation, creativity, gathering new information, and growing food, which looked pretty on my deck and tasted delicious freshly picked. Several co-workers also enjoyed gardening. I talked about my tomatoes and showed photos of their growing stages as if they were my children! The next summer, I expanded my gardening repertoire. I planted more Jet Star tomato seedlings plus carrots, radishes, basil, dill, and flower boxes filled with colorful impatiens, coleus and celosia. The 1991 garden contained Jet Star and Early Girl tomato plants, zucchini, radishes, buttercrunch lettuce, basil, dill, coriander, lemon balm, rosemary, a strawberry plant, pink impatiens and pink wax begonia flowers. I harvested 104 juicy red tomatoes grown in containers on my deck that summer, which prompted me to invent a recipe for a moist and flavorful tomato spice cake! By 1992, I added containers of Blue Lake bean plants, spinach, red and green leaf lettuce and more varieties of colorful long-season blooming flowers. I had so many pots and containers on the deck that there was only room for one lounge chair! I finally got to plant a real garden in June 1995, after moving into a home with a large backyard, huge deck and a fenced in garden with a potting shed! That summer, I planted 12 tomato plants, string beans, radishes, cantaloupe, basil, lettuce, and zucchini. My dad planted mini rose bushes, coleus and pink cleome seedlings. We filled flower boxes with pink petunias, pink impatiens, wax begonias and geraniums. I continued to harvest crunchy green beans and tomatoes through Oct. 17! The next two years brought more color and variety to the garden with more vegetables, herbs and flowers planted. In my garden journal for 1998, I wrote, “This was my best garden ever!” Every day brought something new to see and taste in the garden. The scent of marigolds and tomatoes filled the air. I harvested my first red potatoes, which was very exciting! Towards the end of August, a big deer with antlers had jumped the fence and was munching on tomato plants. I quickly put together a “Kim” scarecrow dressed in a pink T-shirt with a paper plate face and green yarn hair. On windy days, the billowing T-shirt and blowing yarn hair made an attractive deterrent! I was able to harvest green beans and red tomatoes through early October! Kim Kovach continued to garden, but stopped writing in the journal. www. kimkovachwrites.com Harvest time KIM KOVACH READING, WRITING & CHOCOLATE cute stores and, of course, there’s Spotty Dog Books & Ale. Tis the Oktoberfest Season Of course, you recall the genesis of Oktoberfest from prior columns: “Oktoberfest’s roots can be traced back to Oct. 12, 1810, when the future King Ludwig got married and invited the entire city to attend the celebration. Though I am an equal opportunity beer drinker and fully embrace all styles, I do openly welcome the styles brewed for the event then and now during this season. Behold “Malt Forward” profiles, meaning different levels of sweetness (not too much) and minimum use of hops and associated bitterness. My recommendation for your homage to this season: Any Oktoberfest beer that comes from a brewery that has been around for hundreds of years. Try the “Big Six” (served at Oktoberfest in the homeland today): Augustiner, Hacker-Pschor, Löwenbräu, Paulaner, Spaten, Hofbräuhaus. Where to partake locally: Join our friends from The Croton Tapsmith at the third annual Croton Oktoberfest on Saturday, Oct. 7, starting at noon, presenting 60-plus artisanal vendors and live music on Grand Street. Special Alewife Festbier to be served! Also please check out our friends at Vista Beverage for their selection of Oktoberfest brews. vistabeerandbeverage.com; 204 Oakridge Commons, South Salem; 914-533-7512; email [email protected]; Instagram - TheKatonahBeerMan; visit thekatonahbeerman. wordpress.com.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 OPINION THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES – PAGE 15 Dear Dr. Linda, Joey’s a senior and is going to take the SAT for the third time. If his scores aren’t better than the last two times, he won’t likely get into a good college. He’s got an 86 GPA and his SAT scores are average. My wife and I went to community colleges and then both got our bachelor’s degree later on by going to school part-time. We don’t want Joey to have to go through that. We want him to go to a good college from freshman year on. How do you get a good kid with average scores into a good college? -Phil Dear Phil, First step is to define a “good college.” When parents tell me that they want their child to go to a good college, I always ask a few questions. A good college for one child may not be a good college for another. It basically boils down to the parents’ particular value system, the child’s unique needs and family finances. For some parents, a good college means that their child is surrounded by other students who are bright and innovative. For other parents, a good college means that it has a dedicated faculty that is available 24/7. For still others, a good college is one that prepares their child for a career. And for some parents, the only good college is the one they graduated from. The definition of a “good” college is obviously subjective. We all establish opinions about different colleges based on ratings in college books, articles we’ve read, opinions of college counselors, depictions of them in popular culture, recommendations from friends and family, ratings in periodicals and the colleges our family has attended. However, what is truly “good” for your child depends on his or her particular needs and aspirations. In other words, once you have zeroed in on what you think is a good college, be sure that it is a good match for Joey. Be sure that it is not for your self-importance. Be sure that your child would love attending the school. Be sure that your child would be receiving the education he or she deserves. Take some time and think about it. Then fill in this questionnaire. Circle the number of the statements that are important to you. Questionnaire: What’s a Good College? A good college to me means: 1. It will help my child find the perfect career. 2. It will offer many experiences that my child would not have been exposed to without attending that college. 3. It is one of the most prestigious colleges or universities in the world. 4. My child will be more prepared than others to secure a job in a top firm. 5. My child will get into a good graduate law or medical school. 6. It will provide my child with unlimited opportunities after graduation. 7. It offers a variety of courses that my child can choose from to become an educated member of society. 8. I will be proud that my child graduated from that college or university. Finally, as with everything in life, keep college in perspective and don’t become obsessed with one in particular. Be sure to consider other colleges that you would not have thought about. One of those other schools may be the perfect college for your child, and it will suddenly be redefined as a good college because your good kid can get into it. Remember, too, that if for any reason Joey attends a college and it is not fulfilling his needs and goals, he will always have the option to transfer. Although you may wish that your situation had been different, your experiences taught you invaluable things. There are “good colleges” everywhere. Listen to Joey and look around to see where he would want to go and why he thinks that would be a better match. Remember, college is a stepping stone to a job or even a lifelong career and when you apply for that first job, it doesn’t matter where you began going to college. What matters is where you finish. -Dr. Linda Dr. Linda, along with her husband, Dr. Al, own Strong Learning Tutoring and Test Prep serving Westchester and Putnam Counties for over 40 years. Strong Learning tutors students K-12 in any subject, in person or remotely. Drs. Linda and Al are also the authors of “Why Bad Grades Happen to Good Kids” available on Amazon and at stronglearning.com. Just what is a good college? DR. LINDA SILBERT STRONG LEARNING Point B Planning, LLC d/b/a/ AtwoB (“AtwoB”) is a registered investment adviser. A copy of AtwoB’s current written disclosure statement discussing AtwoB’s business operations, services, and fees is available at the SEC’s investment adviser public information website or from AtwoB upon written request. This article is for information only and should not be considered investment advice. 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Sports PAGE 16 – THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 BY RICH MONETTI CONTRIBUTING WRITER On September 11, the heat abated, and despite a mid-game thunderstorm, John Jay finally got to open their season. Unfortunately, Dobbs Ferry Goalie Mimi Phillips wasn’t so obliging, and the Wolves offensive dominance didn’t matter well into the second half. “We just couldn’t put the ball in the back of the net,” said Coach Dave Nuttall. But eventually the balance came due when Ella Kerman and Quinn Oates came to the fore. After Kerman’s shot went off Phillips’ hands, the ball hit the post and kicked across to Oates. A wide-open net, with no defenders in range, the midfielder blasted away - deferring on the easy tap in. ‘It’s better to go through the net than over,” she assured after the 2-0 victory. The Wolves didn’t wait long to get started either. Avery Gelwicks ran down the lead pass into the corner, passed back to Oates at 37:15, and she made a perfect crossing pass to Carly Mangiaracina. Out in front of the goal, the attacker received and tried to get position on the defender. Unable to get her foot on the ball, another chance came moments later. Brooke Habinowski fed Gelwicks on the sideline, and losing her defender with some nifty footwork, the midfielder created enough space to find Kerman in the corner. She then centered to a lurking Oates. But a firm footing again did not take hold and the pass meandered through. Still, Kerman liked what she saw, and there proved to be no drop off the rest of the way. “Our ball movement this game was amazing,” said the senior. Of course, the fans would have to wait for results on the scoreboard and not just because of the efforts of Phillips. The lightning struck, and a 40-minute delay ensued. On the upside, the heavy rains stopped just as the players returned to the field with 32:38 remaining. John Jay didn’t miss a beat either, and the usual suspects were again guilty of good ball movement. Kerman found Oates on the sideline, she penetrated to draw in the defense and her pass inside to Mangiaracina was just offside. Then Habinowski really got into the act. The pass coming to her in the middle of the field, it didn’t matter that she was soon surrounded by three defenders. At 13:10, the midfielder refused to relinquish the ball, and her ability to find an opening in the corner didn’t not surprise Nuttall. “She’s very composed. She can hold it to keep possession and her fantastic passing has a wide range,” the coach boasted. Matea Milich the beneficiary this time, the wing remained pretty cool too. Phillips came out to greet, and unable to control the threat had Milich kicking the ball across the empty crease. Unfortunately, Oates could not catch up for the tap in. The two were also involved to close half. After Kerman’s pass sailed across, Milich secured the ball, and her kick had Phillips rising to make the two handed save. Phillips definitely came up short to start the second, though. Habinowski lofted from the twenty, and while the outstretched hands didn’t stand a chance, the ball went just over the crossbar at 38:30. But Phillips wasn’t so defenseless on the corner kick. Perfectly laid in, Kerman got a foot on, and the Dobbs Ferry net minder frustrated John Jay again. “She’s an amazing goalie,” conceded Kerman. And Phillips was far from done. 25 Yards away, Habinowski was all alone, and she tried to sneak a sidewinder. Skirting through, the ball made time, but Phillips dove right to make the save. That left Phillips to make the play of the night. Kerman forced her way through the defense and came point blank. Sorry, the goalie stood tall and turned the Wolves away again. So denied all night, John Jay went the easy way. Taking the ball at the 25, Kerman put a move around her defender, and kicked away from the left. A pretty easy grounder, Phillip misplayed the one hopper, and off the post it went. Oates came rushing in from the right and left no doubt at 12:42. Game-wise, Gelwicks took care of that. Sadie Walworth leading her into the corner, the attacker initially had pause. “At first, I was thinking I should pass it,” the junior revealed. Then her previous missed opportunities got to her. “I got to take this,” the attacker reasoned, and employing a little two step, enough space was made to get redemption. The 2-0 victory secured, Kerman didn’t need to be fair weather about the way forward. “It’s only up from here,” she concluded. Quinn Oates Avery Gelwicks PHOTOS: RICH MONETTI Brooke Habinowski BY RICH MONETTI CONTRIBUTING WRITER Jenna Giardina graduated from John Jay in 2019, and as team captain, she helped her team reach the state semifinals. A scholarship to Holy Cross followed, and suiting up only seemed a matter of waiting for the spring. That is until Covid crashed the world and canceled most of the next two seasons. She did complete her final two seasons and graduated with a political science degree. But the crevice wasn’t so easy to bridge, and Giardina has decided to get her fill nonetheless. “I wasn’t ready to be in the real world and in an office building. I felt I needed to figure out what to do with my future, and I wasn’t done with playing lacrosse,” she said. So, two additional years of eligibility granted, Giardina will get the time back at UCONN. On campus now, she will earn a graduate degree in Sports Management, which falls in line Jenna Giardina hasn’t gotten her fill of sports and lacrosse Jenna was a 2020 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll student. PHOTO COURTESY OF CHARLES BARE SEE GIARDINA PAGE 17 John Jay beats the weather and Dobbs Ferry to open season GIRLS SOCCER
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 SPORTS THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES – PAGE 17 BY WES ADAMS CONTRIBUTING WRITER In early August, two weeks before John Jay cross-country practices began, Coach Dave Bradford made a bold forecast: “We’ve been in a rebuild mode for the past few years, and now the culmination of Athletic Director Chris McCarthy’s vision has come to fruition.” With strong finishes at their first two meets of the season, the Wolves are proving him right. At the Somers Big Red Invitational on Sept. 9, despite oppressive heat and humidity, Sloan Wasserman powered to a secondplace finish, ahead of 112 others in the girls’ race. On the boys’ side, Andy Condon finished second out of 199 harriers. At Somers, the combined team performance was equally impressive: the Wolves’ top five girl finishers cut an astonishing 21 minutes from their combined time on the same course last year, while the boys trimmed nearly seven minutes off their 2022 number. Coach Dave called it “a spectacular opening day.” Less than a week later, the Wolves excelled on their hilly home turf for the season’s first league meet against Brewster, Yorktown, Byram Hills, and Somers. Sloan and Andy again led the team’s strong individual performances, this time with first-place finishes in each of their races. The Wolves are fast this year, and pushing themselves to get even faster. Coach Dave is proud of the runners, not just for their speed and work ethic, but for their sportsmanship, too. At the Somers meet, he watched the John Jay team shake hands with their competitors at the starting line. For the league meet, he called out not just the efforts of the fastest runners, but also the team’s final finisher. “Biggest win was our last runner, Jason Bourla. Second race he has finished and run the whole way!” The growing size of the cross-country program is one key ingredient to its success. “We are a two-bus team now,” Coach Dave said with pride. “We don’t cut. We focus on the opposite: Not quitting. How to keep them running for the team the whole season.” Another focus is “helping kids recover from the social deprivation of the Covid pandemic,” Coach Dave said. The goal is to create an environment where the students can rediscover “how to interact with each other again.” Led by AD McCarthy, the school’s investment in hiring more coaches is paying off. John Jay runners now have deliberate redundancies built into the coaching system. “A program like ours requires a lot of eyes, to make sure every athlete is seen, as both a person and a runner,” said Coach Dave. Asked for a summary of the current coaching staff, Coach Dave downplayed his own role while praising his colleagues: “Head Coach Tyler: Our CEO, cool as a cucumber, his kid-wrangling skills are mighty. Coach Dey Dey: A professional running coach and a world-class runner, blowing through sub-four miles the way I devour a Butterfinger candy bar. Coach Kate: a highly skilled running coach and runner, and like Dey Dey, able to run with the kids, works with all of them, across the board. Coach Will and I float, and work with our new runners, facilitating workouts as they are prescribed. Will is also a special education teacher, helping us ensure that all of our students can find their place on our team.” The Wolves pride themselves on welcoming runners of all speeds and abilities. “Bullies don’t get any oxygen here,” said Coach Dave. This positivity and spirit of inclusivity doesn’t just come from the coaches. “Our captains are captains in the proper sense,” he added. “They take care of the little ones.” In recovery mode after a recent practice, a trio of young runners chewed slices and sipped drinks at La Familia Pizza. They offered a shared response when asked to name their favorite things about the team: “The kids, the environment. Everyone’s super friendly and encouraging. You just want to cheer everyone on.” The enthusiasm is infectious. For a 7:30 a.m. pre-season practice, 53 kids show up for interval training. At an easy Monday afternoon shakeout before the league meet, the same group ignored the swampy conditions and threatening skies as they powered through the day’s workout on the middle school soccer field. Coach Dave and Coach Dee Dee had them running a thirty-minute “vertical” workout loop on the middle school soccer field, sprinting the length of the field on the diagonal, jogging slowly across the end line to repeat the sprint from the other corner, over and over for a half-hour. “Get those arms going!” Coach Dave shouted. Before the workout the coaches explained its purpose to the kids: Getting the heart rates up, working on turnover speed, but with lots of recovery built in so as to leave plenty in the tank for the meet later that week. “These kids need a why,” said Coach Dave said. “They want to know what the purpose is of every workout.” To him it’s no surprise that John Jay students, known for striving academically, push themselves athletically too. But he also looks for ways to remind the athletes to lift their heads up from the grindstone once in a while and enjoy just being kids, as well as to take confidence in their preparation and work ethic. Distant thunder sounded as the vertical workout came to an end. The runners gathered in a big group on the sidelines, flopping to the ground to relax and catch their breath. “No sitting, walk, walk!” Coach Dee Dee shouted. Kids got to their feet and did what he said. As practice wound down, the mutual respect and admiration the kids and coaches have for each other was evident. One kid drifted over to Coach Dave to share pictures on his phone of a woodworking project he had finished the previous weekend. Coach Will and Coach Tyler appeared, discussing details of the upcoming home meet with Coach Dee Dee and Coach Dave. After an older kid gathered his stuff, he came over to bump fists with all the coaches and say goodnight. Then another kid appeared, carefully delivering some forms with a serious expression. After that student took off one coach commented, “If I was being taken to the hospital and that kid was in the ambulance looking after me I’d know I was going to be okay.” The other coaches nodded and went back to planning the meet. For Coach Dave, running itself is all about being okay. He’s thrilled with fast times and powerful performances. But he sees the big picture, too: “It’s really all about cultivating a sport for a lifetime,” he said. Now in his third year as a Wolves coach, this veteran Outward Bound instructor speaks from personal experience. A John Jay graduate in 1984, he ran for the crosscountry team in junior high. “Running changed my life,” he said. “It put me on the right path.” Wolves XC: Positivity and Performance John Jay girls awaiting the starter’s gun at last week’s first league meet of the year. John Jay boys ready to pounce at last week’s league race. PHOTOS: WES ADAMS THE RUNAROUND with her outlook on life. “Sports is something I love and really revolved around my whole life, and I wanted to do something I love,” Giardina said. One possible destination is working in an administration position at a college or professional sports team, and she credits youth lacrosse with igniting her passion. “All the sports I played when I was younger, I wasn’t getting the team aspect that I wanted because it wasn’t as competitive,” she clarified. “Once I found lacrosse, I found the competitiveness in the team aspect of it, and I fell in love.” Nonetheless, she still might leave it on the field “I want to give a try at coaching,” Giardina said, and the grad student has a pretty good teacher. For the last few summers, the former John Jay middie has been an assistant under Jess McDonough’s Yellow Jacket youth lacrosse team. “I really enjoy coaching club with Jess,” she said, and hopes to emulate the respect the John Jay coach engenders from her high lacrosse IQ and diligent attention to detail. Of course, Giardina got schooling at Holy Cross too and overcoming the accelerated learning curve was first. “The speed is so different,” she said. “You step on the field and people are flying by,” said Giardina. The attacker did get used to the pace and definitely welcomed the style. “College refs are like, ‘let the girls play,’” Giardina said, and less stop and go results. 16 goals her senior season, the after party is her favorite part. “To see how everyone celebrates a goal with one another, it brings so much energy to the field,” she extolled. It’s not bad the way the togetherness extends beyond the field either. “You’re around each other 24/7. It’s an even stronger family bond (than high school),” she assured. “When you have a team that’s so bonded together, you’re unlimited in what you can do.” The words proved true in her final season. “We played well together,” said Giardina, and the Crusaders made the playoffs for the first time in her tenure. In between, there was no time to waste. “You need to be practicing or you need to be in the library,” said the 2020 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll student. No Sports Management at Holy Cross, she felt political science would provide transferable skills like research, writing and communication, and after four years of establishing a baseline, she’s ready to go. “I’m going to learn so much and I’m excited to actually read textbooks,” Giardina said. “I’ve never said that before in my life.” Possibly a bit in the minority as a woman, she believes her brethren make more than make up the shortfall. “The women in this field are so passionate that they outshine in this field,” she boasted. Giardina hasn’t forgotten the playing field, though. Getting to know the new team and the whole new landscape,” she concluded, “I’m so excited for it.” GIARDINA FROM PAGE 16
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To begin with, let’s look at the basic types of traditional and speculative investments. Traditional investments are those with which you’re probably already familiar: stocks, bonds, mutual funds, government securities, certificates of deposit (CDs) and so on. Speculative investments include cryptocurrencies, foreign currencies and precious metals such as gold, silver and copper. Now, consider these three components of investing and how they differ between traditional and speculative investments: The first issue to consider is risk. When you own stocks or stock-based mutual funds, the value of your investments will fluctuate. And bond prices will also move up and down, largely in response to changing interest rates. However, owning an array of stocks — small-company, large-company, international, etc. — can help reduce the impact of volatility on your stock portfolio. And owning a mix of short- and long-term bonds can help you defend yourself somewhat against interest-rate movements. When interest rates fall, you’ll still have your longerterm bonds, which generally — but not always – pay higher rates than short-term ones. And when interest rates rise, you can redeem your maturing shortterm bonds at potentially higher rates. With speculative investments, though, price movements can be extreme as well as rapid. During their short history, cryptocurrencies in particular have shown astonishingly fast moves up and down, resulting in huge gains followed by equally huge, or bigger, losses. The risk factor for crypto is exacerbated by its being largely unregulated, unlike with stocks and bonds, whose transactions are overseen by well-established regulatory agencies. There just isn’t much that investors can do to modulate the risk presented by crypto and some other speculative investments. A second key difference between traditional and speculative investments is the time horizon involved. When you invest in stocks and other traditional investments, you ideally should be in it for the long term — it’s not a “get rich quick” strategy. But those who purchase speculative investments want, and expect, quick and sizable returns, despite the considerable risk involved. A third difference between the two types of investments is the activity required by investors. When you’re a long-term investor in traditional investments, you may not have to do all that much, once you’ve built a portfolio that’s appropriate for your risk tolerance, goals and time horizon. After that point, it’s mostly just a matter of monitoring your portfolio and making occasional moves — you’re not constantly buying and selling, or at least you shouldn’t be. But when you speculate in crypto or other instruments, you are constantly watching prices move — and then making your own moves in response. It’s an activity that requires considerable attention and effort. One final thought: Not all speculative instruments are necessarily bad investments. Precious metals, for instance, are found in some traditional mutual funds, sometimes in the form of shares of mining companies. And even crypto may become more of a stable vehicle once additional regulation comes into play. But if you’re investing for long-term goals, such as a comfortable retirement — rather than speculating for thrills and quick gains, which may disappear just as quickly — you may want to give careful thought to the types of investments you pursue. This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Financial Advisor, Judi McAnaw, a resident of Katonah. She has an office at 200 Business Park Drive, Suite 107, in Armonk. Judi can be reached at 914-669-5329. Should you invest … or speculate? ‘When you speculate in crypto or other instruments, you are constantly watching prices move — and then making your own moves in response. It’s an activity that requires considerable attention and effort.’ -Judi McAnaw Edward Jones Financial Advisor JUDI MCANAW GUEST CORNER
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