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But for that skimpy take-home they quickly had at least four law enforcement agencies—local, state and federal, including the FBI and postal-inspection service— in hot pursuit. By late last week, all were said to have the getaway car’s license-plate number and to be closing in on their quarry. Waccabuc’s mail service is centered in a quaint, one-story white-clapboard structure on Post O ce Road. Built in 1880, it’s a venerable piece of the Waccabuc Historic District and had never, as far as anyone can recall, been a target of desperadoes. Until Jan. 10. at’s the day the two men entered, says Lewisboro Police Chief David Alfano, who gave this account: Both intruders were packing pistols when they walked in around 4:30 in the afternoon. While one guarded the door, the other vaulted the counter to scoop up the cash register’s contents. Neither thug bothered to cover his face. Alfano described the stickup duo as black men in their 20s, about 5 foot 8 and 6 feet tall and said one wore an orange re- ective safety vest. Cash in hand, the two ed, seemingly successfully. But their getaway car had a date with today’s ubiquitous digital surveillance. “We did succeed in obtaining a registration from our license-plate reader on Route 35,” Alfano said. Relatively new technology, license-plate readers capture and cross-reference a car’s plates in real-time, allowing the police to issue alerts even as suspects on the run believe they’ve evaded their pursuers. Two postal employees, one of them a woman working the service counter, were in the building when the bandits struck, police said. eir names were being withheld. Neither was hurt, a state police spokesman said. e U.S. Postal Inspection Service, which traces its roots to 1775, more than a century before the Waccabuc post o ce went up, was “taking the lead” in the investigation, Alfano said. 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Neither was hurt, a state police spokesman said. e U.S. Postal Inspection Service, which traces its roots to 1775, more than a century before the Waccabuc post o ce went up, was “taking the lead” in the investigation, Alfano said. Authorities hunt for Waccabuc post offi ce robbers MAZZOLA Sales Vice President Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker 914.714.0090 [email protected] hopemazzola.com as suspects on the run believe Two postal employees, one of them a woman working the service counter, were in the building when the bandits struck, police said. eir names were being withheld. Neither was hurt, a e U.S. Postal Inspection Service, which traces its roots to 1775, more than a century before the Waccabuc post o ce went up, was “taking the lead” in the investigation, Alfano said. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2023 VOL. 5 NO. 47 BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE 19 CLASSIFIEDS 18 OBITUARIES 5 OPINION 8 TOWN CROSSING 5 SPORTS 13 Scouts Give Back pg 10 TROOP 104 Visit TapIntoKLT.net for the latest news. PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID WEST CALDWELL, NJ PERMIT #992 BY TOM BARTLEY CONTRIBUTING WRITER Taxpayers in the KatonahLewisboro School District are being asked whether, and by how much, they want to thank veterans and rst responders for their service. KLSD’s Board of Education is considering a package of tax-relief proposals for vets and others, including senior citizens and disabled persons. Although the various tax breaks—covering eligibility levels as well as dollar amounts—were authorized last year by state legislation, Albany neither mandates them nor makes up any revenue they cost the district, shifting that burden to other KLSD taxpayers. At their Feb. 2 meeting, board members generally supported proposed improvements in the tax-relief programs. But they were less enthusiastic about creating di erent taxing levels for di erent groups of residents without a complete nancial picture of the impact. Trustee William Rifkin appeared to sum up their unease. Although the board annually approves the schools’ $100 millionplus budgets and their subsequent hefty tax levy, that burden is meant to be shared evenly by district property owners. “Here,” Rifkin observed, “we’re picking people who will pay to honor [other] people, and we’re making the decision for them. It’s uncomfortable.” e board will hold a public hearing Feb. 23 on the various proposals, which are also under separate discussion by the Lewisboro Town Board. In the meantime, residents are invited to email questions and views to BOE@ klschools.org. e decision to turn to the community for feedback followed an 80-minute discussion at last week’s board meeting in which the trustees leaned toward increasing Veterans’ existing tax bene t to new top levels enacted by last year’s state legislation. Albany also eased eligibility requirements for tax breaks to the other groups. Volunteer re ghters and ambulance workers would now qualify for the bene t in two years, down from ve, and seniors and persons with disabilities would be given higher permissible income levels. In an email, School Superintendent Andrew Selesnick said the district does not yet have “precise language for resolutions that may or may not be adopted on Feb. 23.” But he told board members they would have to act by about March 1 to assure that the new bene ts could go into e ect in the 2024-25 school year. Other nearby towns and school districts have already enacted tax breaks for Veterans, seniors and the disabled. Bedford, for example, acted last spring on Veterans, approving the maximum permissible levels, and voted relief for seniors and disabled persons at year’s end. e Bedford Central School District also voted last year to give Veterans the top exemption levels authorized in the new state law. Selesnick sat in last week for Danelle Pacella, the district’s assistant superintendent for business, who had briefed the board Dec. 1 on potential Veterans-exemption increases. For his own discussion, SeleBoard of Education considers tax-relief proposals SEE KLSD PAGE 4 Following a big win on the road against Somers last week, Annabel Brennan and the Wolves are looking to make an impact in the postseason! Read more on page 14. HOPEMAZZOLA YOU’VE GOTTA HAVE HOPE Sales Vice President Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker cell: 914.714.0090 [email protected] hopemazzola.com MAZZOLA YOU’VE GOTTA HAVE HOPE 95 Katonah Ave | Katonah, NY 10536 If A Picture Paints A Thousand Words, Then This Amazing Story is A Best Seller! Meticulous and truly move-in ready, this sunny and spacious contemporary has been nicely updated and perfectly maintained. Located in Greenbriar with pool, tennis, basketball and clubhouse just moments from town, train, school and highways. Super low taxes! 4 BR/3 BA, 2,850sf $685,000 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2022 VOL. 5 NO. 34 BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE 31 CLASSIFIEDS 30 LEISURE 24 OPINION 10 TOWN CROSSING 7 SPORTS 20 Project Breaks Ground pg 16 PLAYGROUND Visit TapIntoKLT.net for the latest news. RT RS P STD US POSTAGE PAID WEST CALDWELL, NJ PERMIT #992 BY TOM BARTLEY CONTRIBUTING WRITER For more than 20 years, Coach Bill Swertfager has built John Jay High School’s wrestling program, from literally nothing to a perennial Section One contender. More signi cantly, he’s built a generation of young men and women who are now better adults thanks to the example he set and the life lessons he taught, scores of supporters told the Katonah-Lewisboro school board last week. Some 300 strong, a standingroom-only throng, they packed the board’s Nov. 3 meeting in the high school cafeteria to deliver full-throated support for Coach Bill. ey appealed to keep him at the wrestling program’s helm, beseeching school o cials in public a week ago after a complaint made in private more than a year ago put the coach’s job in jeopardy. In the spring of 2021, an unidenti ed person asserts, Swertfager slapped a player on the backside in a girls juniorvarsity softball game. Neither the KLSD administration nor the school board, bound by privacy regulations, is permitted to identify the complainant. One account making the rounds among the coach’s supporters insists that neither the player nor her parents have taken issue with his actions. Instead, this version holds, one of the girl’s teammates, “uncomfortable” with seeing the touch, complained about it. Swertfager, for his part, says he has no recollection of delivering what is the sports world’s longtime, spontaneous gesture of support or congratulations. “I have no idea who the player was that I supposedly did it to, or who the teammate was who was uncomfortable with it,” he said in an interview last weekend. “I simply don’t remember the incident. I am not saying it didn’t happen; I am just saying I don’t remember it.” ough he has been an integral part of John Jay’s athletic establishment for more than two decades, Swertfager is not a full-time KLSD employee. e owner of the Cross River-based marketing rm AIA Promotional Source, he draws only a token stipend from the school treasury. Whoever is varsity wrestling coach this winter will be paid $8,140 for the season. Still, the 63-year-old Swertfager noted in the i dedicated my entire adult life, 40 nterview, “I have years, to coaching boys and girls in seven sports, including softball, baseball, track and eld, boys and girls soccer, football, basketball and, of course, wrestling. ousands of young men and women without a single blemish on my record for anything.” e school board had been expected to appoint all coaches for winter sports at ursday’s meeting but ultimately put the matter over to the next meeting, Nov. 17, after a crescendo of voices insisted Coach Bill be retained. Swertfager had the rst word. Addressing the school board for Coach Bill Swertfager speaking before the Board of Education on Nov. 3. 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We Need Your Support To Continue The Paper THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2023 would be given higher permissible In an email, School Superintendent Andrew Selesnick said the district does not yet have “precise language for resolutions that may or may not be adopted on Feb. 23.” But he told board members they would have to act by about March 1 to assure that the new bene ts could go into e ect in the 2024-25 Other nearby towns and school districts have already enacted tax breaks for Veterans, seniors and the disabled. Bedford, for example, acted last spring on Veterans, approving the maximum permissible levels, and voted relief for seniors and disabled persons at year’s end. e Bedford Central School District also voted last year to give Veterans the top exemption levels authorized in the new state law. Selesnick sat in last week for Danelle Pacella, the district’s assistant superintendent for business, who had briefed the board Dec. 1 on potential Veterans-exemption For his own discussion, SeleSEE KLSD PAGE 4 VOL. 5 NO. 34 BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE 31 CLASSIFIEDS 30 LEISURE 24 OPINION 10 TOWN CROSSING 7 SPORTS 20 Project Breaks Ground PLAYGROUND BY TOM BARTLEY CONTRIBUTING WRITER For more than 20 years, Coach Bill Swertfager has built John Jay High School’s wrestling program, from literally nothing to a perennial Section One contender. More signi cantly, he’s built a generation of young men and women who are now better adults thanks to the example he set and the life lessons he taught, scores of supporters told the Katonah-Lewisboro school board last week. Some 300 strong, a standingroom-only throng, they packed the board’s Nov. 3 meeting in the high school cafeteria to deliver full-throated support for Coach Bill. ey appealed to keep him at the wrestling program’s helm, beseeching school o cials in public a week ago after a complaint made in private more than a year ago put the coach’s job in jeopardy. In the spring of 2021, an unidenti ed person asserts, Swertfager slapped a player on among the coach’s supporters insists that neither the player nor her parents have taken issue with his actions. Instead, this version holds, one of the girl’s teammates, “uncomfortable” with seeing the touch, complained about it. Swertfager, for his part, says he has no recollection of delivering what is the sports world’s longtime, spontaneous gesture of support or congratulations. “I have no idea who the player was that I supposedly did it to, or who the teammate was who was uncomfortable with it,” he said in an interview last weekend. “I simply don’t remember the incident. I am not saying it didn’t happen; I am just saying I don’t remember it.” ough he has been an integral part of John Jay’s athletic establishment for more than Outpouring of support for John Jay coach following complaint UH, OH! THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT ‘ME’, AGAIN! "Hope pulled out all the stops during the purchase of our home. She reached out to her contacts, connected us with her invaluable resources, negotiated on our behalf, and got us the keys to our dream house in a timely manner. She made herself available to us at all times, had our best interest at heart, and did not stop working for us - even after the closing. 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Hundreds gathered on Feb. 11 to celebrate the new gym, which serves as a facility for various sports activities such as basketball, volleyball, and pickleball. “Let me say again how happy I am to be with you here at St. Mary’s Parish in Katonah,” Dolan said in his homily. “Of all the duties that I have as your archbishop, this one is what I relish the most, to be with you, God’s people, for the most important thing we do every week: o er the holy sacri ce of mass.” e e ort to renovate the Cardinal Dolan visits Katonah Archbishop praises St. Mary’s for investing in sports and spirituality Cardinal Dolan at St. Mary’s on Feb. 11. PHOTO: BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER ‘You’ve got a good thing going here at St. Mary of the Assumption in Katonah.’ Cardinal Timothy Dolan Archbishop of New York BY TOM BARTLEY CONTRIBUTING WRITER Bedford’s Town Board, which last year improved the propertytax breaks it gives veterans and others, is looking now to add rst responders to that list. e board last week scheduled a public hearing for next month on a proposal that would cut the length of service time needed before volunteer re ghters and ambulance crew members could claim a 10 percent reduction on the assessed value of their homes. More than simply a “thank you” for the critical services these volunteers provide, the cut in qualifying time from ve years to two is seen as a potential recruiting enticement. Bedford’s emergency services are having “quite a challenge” bringing in new members, Supervisor Ellen Calves said in introducing the measure at the board’s Feb. 7 meeting. Similar proposals, all based on recent changes in state law, are under consideration by the Lewisboro Town Board and the Katonah-Lewisboro School District, the latter representing by far the biggest chunk of local homeowners’ property taxes. Exemptions would apply only to primary residences. All told, the breaks that have either been enacted or are under consideration in the three taxing jurisdictions would bene t veterans, rst responders, senior citizens and the disabled. e money they would save—expected to be a relatively small piece of their total tax bill— would have to be made up by the other town and school district residents, those not in one of the qualifying categories e tax bills of those other residents likely would not see signi cant increases, Bedford Assessor Harold Girdlestone said in proposing the expanded break last week. “ e ve-to-two-years [service requirement] wouldn’t be much of an impact,” he told the board, saying “to wait ve years is really a long time.” Saluting the volunteers who roll on myriad emergency calls 24/7, Girdlestone said, “ e service they provide is really unbelievable.” Bedford contemplates first responder tax break SEE DOLAN PAGE 3 SEE BEDFORD PAGE 4 HOPEMAZZOLA YOU’VE GOTTA HAVE HOPE Sales Vice President Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker cell: 914.714.0090 [email protected] hopemazzola.com MAZZOLA YOU’VE GOTTA HAVE HOPE 95 Katonah Ave | Katonah, NY 10536 What Dreams Are Made Of! 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THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2023 THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES – PAGE 3 HOME, AUTO, BUSINESS, LIFE & HEALTH 914-232-7750 www.forbesinsurance.com Katonah Septic & Billy Pochintesta! Septic Installations & Repairs Done Right the First Time! 914-232-6010 BY TOM BARTLEY CONTRIBUTING WRITER Twice elected to the KatonahLewisboro School District Board of Education, Liz Gereghty has a more ambitious challenge in mind for her next electoral run. e Katonah entrepreneur and mother of three is looking to replace Rep. Mike Lawler as the 17th Congressional District’s representative in Washington. Republican Lawler defeated veterm Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney last year in a stunning loss for Democrats. Gereghty made her ambitions o cial last weekend in a surprise announcement at the opening of the Greater Bedford chapter of the Westchester Black Women’s Political Caucus. One of a number of speakers— Black, white, man, woman—she had just revealed her 2024 intention to seek the Democratic congressional nod when Subomi Macaulay of Yonkers, the caucus’ countywide president and emcee of Saturday’s event, prompted her to disclose “your relative.” Gereghty responded with her full name, Elizabeth Whitmer Gereghty, and that she is the younger sister of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a popular gure in Democratic circles. e Community House auditorium rocked with applause. Family ties notwithstanding, Gereghty faces the likelihood of company—perhaps a lot, including Maloney himself—in seeking the Democratic nomination. In the meantime, she said in an interview, the four-year KLSD trustee plans to continue her board duties, noting the congressional election is still a year-anda-half away. Liz Gereghty to run for seat in 17th Congressional District Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s sister throws hat in local ring Elizabeth Gereghty, sister of Michigan’s Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, will be seeking a seat in New York’s 17th Congressional District. BY TOM BARTLEY CONTRIBUTING WRITER Re ecting the positive ideals he instilled in John Jay wrestlers, Bill Swertfager says he will focus on optimism for the future—not acrimony over the past—when he joins fellow school board trustees in July. Denied reappointment in a board vote six months ago after 20 years as the varsity wrestling coach, Swertfager today is certain to be elected a KLSD trustee next month. “I now have the time,” he says, “to dedicate myself to making this the best school district in the county, state and, someday, the country. at is my ultimate goal.” Swertfager, a Katonah businessman, and Lorraine Gallagher, president of the John Jay Boosters Club and the coach’s outspoken ally in a series of school board confrontations last fall into winter, are guaranteed seats on the seven-member Katonah-Lewisboro School District board. at’s because incumbents Bill Rifkin and Catharine Oestreicher did not seek re-election, leaving Swertfager and Gallagher the lone candidates to succeed them when voters go to the polls May 16. Asked whether it would be awkward to take a seat among the same trustees who voted to oust him from a program he had built over two decades, Swertfager said, “Not for me.” Calling last November’s 6-0 vote to end his coaching role a decision made by people who did not know him—“my character, my integrity, my values and my trustworthiness”—he said the board “simply made a decision without knowing me—my character, my integrity, my values and my trustworthiness,” he said, adding, “I trust that they got a very large and broad insight into who I am in the ensuing months.” e reference was to a ferocious community backlash that his dismissal provoked. When word of Swertfager’s impending ouster circulated, it galvanized scores of current and former athletes, their parents, fellow coaches and others. Before and after the climactic Nov. 17 vote, in turnouts as high as 300 people, they crowded successive school board meetings. Technically, the board voted 6-0 with one abstention on the administration’s choice of Swertfager looks to the future Former coach poised to take Board of Ed seat Elizabeth Gereghty Gov. Gretchen Whitmer SEE BOE PAGE 29
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PAGE 6 – THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2023 BY TOM WALOGORSKY EDITOR As part of the festivities at Lewisboro Baseball Association’s Opening Day on April 15, Bill Bongiorno was awarded a proclamation with the town seal and signature of Lewisboro Town Supervisor Tony Gonçalves by a Resolution which was adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Lewisboro at the meeting held on April 24. Among the highlights for the reason for the proclamation is Bongiorno’s being instrumental in spearheading a $100,000 donation from the family of longtime town resident Arthur J. Vouté, to the Lewisboro Baseball Association for certain improvements and the donation resulting in brand-new construction of dugouts, new turf, pitching mounds, batting cages, upgrades to the sound system and installing of new signage and plaques. Bongiorno was also personally involved in overseeing many facets of the improvements and leading the coordination with the Department of Parks and Recreation to make needed repairs to buildings, railings, fencing, landscaping and appearing in person before the Architectural Review Committee to gain the necessary town approvals and to provide for a successful opening day during the pandemic period. He also contributed thousands of hours of his time to civic and charitable endeavors, and has always given himself freely to volunteer. Also, throughout the entire period of his community service, a period of constructive involvement, he stood constant in dignity, good grace and humor. It also highlights his service to the community for years, as a Den Leader and Cubmaster for the Vista-Lewisboro Cub Scouts Pack 101 and Merit Badge Counselor and Trail to Eagle Mentor for Vista Troop 101 Boy Scouts, as well as a head coach for Lewisboro Parks and Recreation Baseball and the Lewisboro Baseball Association. In addition, he has also been a supporter of numerous charitable, civic and community organizations; and writes for local newspapers. e proclamation concludes, “Be it resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Lewisboro, in recognition of his contributions does hereby o er the congratulations and thanks of its populace to Bill Bongiorno and be it further resolved, that this resolution be spread upon the minutes of this Bill Bongiorno honored for volunteer service Awarded proclamation by Town of Lewisboro SEE BONGIORNO PAGE 7 WHERE HORSE & RIDER BECOME ONE A Unique & Outstanding Horse Riding Experience 21 Waccabuc River Lane, South Salem 203-613-1146 • hazelnutfarmny.com Hazelnut Farms is a full service barn offering two levels of board and horseback riding lessons in Dressage, Hunter, Jumper and Equitation. We teach Students of all ages and skill levels, including new riders and those who want to rediscover their love for horses. BOARDING • LESSONS • TRAINING • LEASING HazelnutFarm Est. 2007 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.
THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2023 THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES – PAGE 7 April 24, 2023 Town Board meeting for future generations to see and that this resolution be presented to Bill Bongiorno. Dated at South Salem, New York, on this 24th day of April, 2023.” Supervisor Tony Gonçalves said prior to the presentation of the proclamation, “ e Vouté Family made a great donation for everything you see here, including the new dugouts, batting cages, sound system and eld improvements and the person who oversaw all of it and was responsible for garnering the donation was Bill Bongiorno. So, we would like to present him with a Proclamation for his volunteer work.” Town Board Member Andrea Rendo had made the recommendation and read the resolution aloud to the hundreds in attendance before bestowing it upon Mr. Bongiorno. “I felt it was important to recognize all the time, hard work and commitment he gave to the project and the outcome for the community,” said Mrs. Rendo. “We ought to, as a town board and town, give thanks and recognition to as many people as possible who contribute in small and big ways. is was a tremendous gift to the town from a family and a sizable project that bene ts our children.” Upon receiving the Proclamation, Bongiorno thanked the Board for the show of gratitude and the Vouté family. “A number of volunteers helped as well, including LBA Board members. Everyone came together and made it a much better place for our kids and our community.” BY TOM BARTLEY CONTRIBUTING WRITER Critics of KLSD reading instruction renewed their call last week for a diverse, datadriven literacy committee to analyze why, in their view, Johnny still can’t read. Addressing the April 13 meeting of the Katonah-Lewisboro School District board, Erika Glick and Elizabeth McGoldrick, in separate statements, urged district o cials to drop their resistance to such a panel. Glick, McGoldrick and a third mother, Meredith Black, have launched what they call the KLSDLiteracy100 advocacy group to press for a literacy committee. “You don’t have to have all the answers,” Glick told school trustees and administrators during the meeting’s public comment period. “But you can know enough to know that you can do better for more children.” McGoldrick, following Glick to the lectern microphone, said she was ba ed by the district’s resistance to “engaging earnestly” Parents continue to speak out against balanced literacy BONGIORNO KATONAH-LEWISBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM PAGE 6 SEE LITERACY PAGE 29 Transforming Ordinary To Extraordinary AL TISO p: (914)729-4485 e: [email protected] SCAPESBYAL.COM LANDSCAPE DESIGN • PLANTING • IRRIGATION MASONRY • LANDSCAPE LIGHTING FREE DIGITAL DESIGN with Consultation. SCHEDULE TODAY! Scan me for more info!
Opinion PAGE 8 – THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2023 2 TRACKS 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 Katonah-Lewisboro Times 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 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 Letters policy ahead of May 16 school budget/board vote The last date we’ll publish any letters critical of the school district or critical of candidates running for school board will be May 4. Letters must be submitted before noon on April 30 to make that publishing date. The May 11 issue will be reserved for rebuttals and letters in support of candidates. Happily Ever After Supporting Swertfager for school board Dear Editor, Bill Swertfager is the kind of leader the Katonah-Lewisboro Board of Education needs. He is someone who will listen and respond to our concerns — even if it is not always the answer we want to hear. Bill has shown throughout his career as a businessman and leader of people that he is open to dialogue, discussion and healthy debate (which is so needed in this town) – instead of the stonewalling that has been the mode of operation from our current board for far too long. It is time for scal responsibility while also investing in our kids’ total wellness, education and extracurriculars. We couldn’t ask for a more honest and trustworthy leader to create positive change for our school district and for our kids. I look forward to voting for Bill and for the change he will bring to our district, which is long overdue. -Matt McMahon Katonah Swertfager is a team player Dear Editor, We wholeheartedly support Bill Swertfager for the Katonah-Lewisboro Board of Education. We can vouch for the many qualities, professional experience and skills he will bring to the school board. Bill is committed to public service. He will devote time and attention to board duties. We know Bill will provide scally responsible oversight in setting and monitoring budgets. Having run a successful business for over 40-years, even in this tumultuous economy, he understands the business and operations elements of a school district. He sets realistic goals for improvement and advocates for students and the community. Bill has a common sense approach and good judgement, yet uses data to drive decisions. And as a team player, Bill is extremely capable of building strong relationships, collaborations and consensus. Vote for Bill Swertfager for the Katonah-Lewisboro school board on May 16. -Linda Press Wolfe Cross River Swertfager is the right choice As a 20-plus year member of the Katonah-Lewisboro community, I have known Bill and his family forever. Our family’s paths intersected at school, in the sporting venues and at religious services. He has built sports programs single-handedly, he has participated as a religious instructor for young people and he has built a successful local business employing town residents. In every case, I can think of no better man to represent our community on the school board than Bill. He is passionate at whatever task he undertakes. He is action oriented and results driven. What better qualities to have in a school board member than that? Let’s give our kids and our community the kind of school district they deserve. -Bill LaPerch Katonah Cost per pupil increase far exceeds inflation Dear Editor, e Katonah-Lewisboro School District Board of Education has adopted the superintendent’s proposed 2023/24 school budget. I have been following this process for the last 25 years. Below are the details how this budget compares to the one 25 years ago. All the numbers quoted are from the annual budget books prepared by the district. BUDGET COMPARISON OVER A 25- YEAR PERIOD • 1999/2000 budget was $56,762,379. • 2023/2024 budget is $119,988,980 LETTERS SEE LETTERS PAGE 15
THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2023 OPINION THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES – PAGE 9 I am absolutely not a paid representative of the Hop Research Council (yet), but I do believe that these small green beautiful buds that nest upon climbing perennial vines are quite misunderstood... I often hear “I hate hops” before someone even tries a sip of a beer they hadn’t heard of before. Hops are essential and of equal stature to the other key ingredients of beer: water, malted grain and yeast. e lupulin inside hop cones contains resins and essential oils that are the source of bitterness, aroma and avor in beer, in varying degrees. e varieties of hops and associated characteristics are broad. Here are some examples from draftmag.com: citrusy (pineapple, mango, orange, grapefruit, passionfruit, peach, .. and all combos), earthy, herbal, spicy, oral, minty, honey, lemony and piney. Often brewers combine di erent hops for even more unique characteristics. erefore, I believe the “I hate hops” declaration should be recast as “Pardon me, Mr. KBM, I do quite enjoy your column, but I do not care for extreme bitterness in my crafty qua s.” (Politeness and sucking up always count) Honestly, my palate is similar. I don’t love and actually avoid beers with a bitter forward taste or “piney” tone. ankfully, with the rise of the popularity of IPAs and the innate innovative spirit within most all craft brewers, creative techniques have been developed to highlight vibrant hop aromas without excessive bitterness. So there’s no better time to break out of your Hop-Averse mold and make some changes to experiment with all those aforementioned hop characteristics that are certain to bring joy and vitality with each sip. But how do you know when a hoppy beer will be palate pleasing or a Bitterness Bomb of Badness™? To be an informed consumer, you should read the label for brewer’s description and key ingredients that highlight that beer’s character. Sometimes you’ll nd the International Bitterness Unit (IBU) measurement of that beer which has a scale of 0 - 120 (with 120 being the most bitter). Often you’ll nd the actual types of hop(s) used. Are you ‘Hoppy’? JOHN BART THE KATONAH BEER MAN SEE BART PAGE 26 For delivery or curbside orders please email [email protected] or call 914.533.7512 Bring in your Empties for Recycling! No limit on returns! YOUR LOCAL CRAFT BEER & BEVERAGE SOURCE Treat yourself to a huge selection of the finest craft beer, ciders, & soft drinks in the area. YOUR LOCAL Beer& Beverage 204 Oakridge Common, South Salem, NY 914.533.7512 Hours MON 12-6 TUE-THUR 11-7 FRI-SAT 11:7:30 SUN 12-5 vistabeerandbeverage.com vistabeer vista.beer Hops!
PAGE 10 – THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES OPINION THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2023 On a shopping trip into the downtown area of the city where we lived, my mom spotted an advertisement in one of the local department stores stating that they would be holding a “charm school class.” is being the last day to register, she signed me up. I don’t know if she thought I lacked charm, but when she told me about it, I was rather excited about going. I had just started at a high school that was not in my area of town, so I thought I might even be able to make some friends in this group. e class was to be given by a local person involved in that line of work. We met on Saturday mornings at the local store and learned much that young teenage girls would be interested in such as: how to apply make-up unobtrusively, hair care and styling, use of accessories and jewelry, scarf tying, and how to model, etc. After many weeks of instruction, there was to be a fashion show. e department store even had a runway built in the large room where we held our classes. When modeling back then, you were taught to pause every so often, take three steps back, look to your right and then to the left, before continuing along. (From what I see on TV, that is done very di erently now) In this particular class, our instructor admonished that a woman should never walk so that her high heels click along the sidewalk, oor or runway. She explained that if you place the ball of your foot down rst, followed by the heel, stepping was almost noiseless. She then proceeded down the runway without a single sound. When class was over each week, I had to take a public bus back home because my mom did not drive, and my dad was working at his pharmacy. I lived very close to Brown University in Providence, RI. e gym for the university students was not directly on the campus, so boys participating in sports had to take the public bus too. I was the only other passenger on this particular bus beside these young fellows. My stop was coming up, and I don’t know what possessed me, but I decided to try my new method of walking in heels, because the aisle of the bus was covered with material that would de nitely produce noise from my shoes. Before I knew it, I had totally walked out of one of my shoes. I knew it was behind me, and I would have to turn and go back for it. I pause for a second or two, hoping the oor of the bus would open and swallow me up. It did not! When I nally turned, there was one of the Brown students down on one knee, with my shoe turned toward me, just as the prince had done for Cinderella. ere was great hooting, hollering and clapping. One of the guys from the back of the bus shouted, “How did you ever think of that so fast?” He seemed so proud of his fellow classmate. e bus driver patiently waited until my shoe was nally back on my foot. With a very red face, I exited the bus, and practically ran all the way home – clicking, high heels, or not. at was the rst and last time for the new walking method. My prince did come MARILYN A. PELLINI MUSINGS: PAST AND PRESENT Have you ever hung out with a painter in his studio? I don’t mean just any painter, but an immortal — with a mural-size ego and volcanic reputation to match? I haven’t either. But I feel like I just did, thanks to e Schoolhouse eater in Croton Falls, where I spent 90 enthralling minutes in the company of such an artist, and his assistant. e play is “Red.” e artist is famously mercurial Mark Rothko (Patrick Lawlor). e ( ctional) assistant is Ken (David Beck). e total experience is a gift to local theater-goers. Key to the appeal of this six-time Tony-decorated work by the estimable John Logan — whose diverse writing range includes a couple of Bond movies — is that your enjoyment is not dependent on being an art a cionado. Not at all. You don’t even need to ever have heard of Mark Rothko. On purely its own terms, “Red” — directed with masterly brushstrokes by Schoolhouse Artistic Director Owen ompson — is thrilling, mind-expanding theater that plumbs the human condition with vibrant dramaturgy and acting and stagecraft. THE HUMAN PALETTE You’ll leave e Schoolhouse eater with an entertaining education in the colorful and complex palette that is the human condition. Rothko left his indelible mark as a galvanizing force in abstract expressionism, his style characterized by rectangular swaths of black and red and self-made shades in between. To the unimpressed, his paintings earn the dismissive pejorative of “fuzzy rectangles.” To art world cognoscenti, notably those ush with cash, a Rothko is so prized they will part with tens of millions of their dollars to own one. e play is set in the late 1950s, when we catch Rothko at work on a career-de- ning commission from iconic architect Philip Johnson to create massive murals for a high-powered, elegant new Manhattan restaurant named Four Seasons. In this portrait of the artist as a tortured soul of Shakespearean proportion, we learn Rothko, paradoxically, does not su er gladly Rothko collectors whose interest hangs on bragging rights for having his oils prominently hoisted above their mantelpieces as a badge of elitism. Rothko in fact nds such shallowness and showiness more a repudiation of his work than an honest appreciation and understanding of it. ROTHKOCO WORLD Into this — let’s call it Rothkoco — world steps earnest new assistant Ken, an aspiring artist whose job description seems to have included, “must tolerate being humiliated and patronized.” Ken is there to mix paint, apply primer, clean up, fetch Chinese take-out and generally prostrate himself humbly in all manner of groveling. High on the list of things Ken is not welcome to do, in Rothko’s words ... “By what right do you express an opinion of my work.” at is the kind of feral creature whom Ken, and by extension the audience, is dealing with. Rothko’s self-described goal is to ll the spiritual emptiness of his viewers with a myth of his own making. Being an artist, he says, is 90% thinking and 10% painting. He wants viewers of his pictures to bond with them in the rising heat of emotion, not merely admire them at a cool remove, which is how he feels about “representational” art such as da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Rothko was as much intellectual as artist, quizzing Ken on his familiarity with the likes of Freud, Sophocles and, especially, Nietzsche and his “ e Birth of Tragedy.” Keeping bankers’ hours of 9-5, Rothko thinks and paints to a continuous underscore of classical music He sees ‘Red’ Award-winning play is colorful portrait of art giant Mark Rothko BRUCE APAR BRUCE THE BLOG SEE APAR PAGE 12
THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2023 OPINION THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES – 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 What steps have you taken to protect your life savings from the cost of long term care? CALL NEW YORK’S ELDER LAW TEAM 914.948.1500 Her name was Ollie Hunter. We know she was an elderly African American woman in her mid-60s and a resident of Donalsonville, a small town in Georgia. In June 1944, she was food shopping in the general store. She considered purchasing a can of cooking oil. Hunter examined the can, but changed her mind and returned it to the shelf. e grocer, a white man around 20 years old, took o ense at her actions because of her race, followed her out of the store and beat her to death. Although the grocer was initially arrested, no charges were brought, and his name was never released. Elbert Williams was a young African American resident of Brownsville, Tenn. He led a quiet life with his wife (no children). At 31, he was a founding member of the local chapter of the NAACP. His dream was to someday be allowed to vote, something that was far from guaranteed at that time for an African American living in the south. Sadly, Williams was lynched before ever being able to cast his rst vote. And it was made known that a similar fate would befall any other African American who dared to share his dangerous ambition. Was his killer or killers prosecuted? Not at the time. Williams’ death certi cate read: “found oating in river; inquest held: cause of death unknown: neither an accident nor a homicide.” is entry was made on his death certi cate even though everyone knew that he had been lynched and then cast into the waters of the Hatchie River by a mob led by the local sheri . Williams’ spouse, Anne, tried valiantly, but she could not nd a lawyer willing or courageous enough to demand a federal investigation. Even if there had been an inquiry, it’s doubtful it would have gone anywhere. African American Army Private Booker T. Spicely served our country during World War II. When he returned home in 1944, after his tour of duty with his Army buddies, he mistakenly believed that he could ride a bus in Durham, NC, just like his white comrades. He told the bus driver that, after serving his country in war, he felt he deserved the same treatment as the white soldiers on the bus. e bus driver stopped the bus, took We must remember their names JAMES MARTORANO MY PERSPECTIVE SEE MARTORANO PAGE 12
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If Ken has illusions of being mentored in the secrets of how to summon the muse of timeless art, Rothko’s less wont to tutor than to torture Ken, with withering remarks like, “I am here to make you think, not make pretty pictures.” WATCHING PAINT DRY Author John Logan also is here to make us think through his protean talent for stage managing big ideas with a writer’s sleight of hand that locks us in to every moment, big and small. In “Red,” that includes Logan’s ability to engage the audience in watching paint dry — literally. We are privy to the actors priming a large canvas, with real paint, in real time, as if we had a stake in the result. at kind of verisimilitude extends to the entire production, with a transporting set design by Rob Dutiel, depicting in detail Rothko’s Bowery neighborhood atelier. Schoolhouse Producing Director Bram Lewis notes that “John Logan represents the zenith of contemporary writers of stage and lm.” I couldn’t agree more with Bram’s assessment, and not only because Logan won the 2010 Best Play Tony Award for “Red” (one of its six Tonys) and has been nominated three times for a Best Screenplay Oscar (including Gladiator). Logan delivers an extraordinary amount of information, and yet manages to make it not only palatable but lucid, engrossing, inherently dramatic. It’s not about the mechanics of his dialogue, but about the depths of his curiosity and fertility of his imagination, leavened by a golden ear for crackling exchanges. CHIAROSCURO EXPRESSIVENESS Logan takes us on a rollercoaster ride with Rothko and Ken, whose fraught relationship is beautifully rendered by actors Lawlor and Beck. Freighted with the heavy load of Rothko’s blowtorch of a psyche, which melts those in his purview whom he deems unworthy, Lawlor’s energy never ags, with the artist’s constant search for life’s meaning imprinted in chiaroscuro on his expressive, pained face. Beck is a revelation (and a delight) in the nimble navigation of his character’s far-reaching arc, which courses from him wincing, whenever Rothko bellows with bloviating bravado, to Ken eventually growing a pair by unabashedly challenging the bullying mentor whose personal interest in Ken is zero. To Rothko, the young man might as well be a can of paint. Rothko is too preoccupied worrying about “the black swallowing the red” (that is, desperation overwhelming aspiration) to concern himself with anybody’s life but his own. If you’re looking for terri c, a ordable theater, you’ll want to drink in this delicious “Red.” Production Stage Manager is Je Meyers. Lighting by Dennis Parichy. Costumes and props by Alison Hublard Hershman. Sound by Owen ompson. Scenic painting by Isabelle Favette. Sound engineer, Jessica Klee. “Red” is playing at e Schoolhouse eater through Sunday, April 30. Information at theschoolhousetheater.org. Bruce can be seen in a wacky one-act called “Dream Lover” at Westchester libraries this spring, including April 29 at Harrison Library (3 p.m.) and May 13 at Croton Free Library (7 p.m.). From June 2-4, he will play the title role in “Tuesdays with Morrie” for e Armonk Players at the Whippoorwill eatre. All shows are free of charge. bruce@ aparpr.co; 914-275-6887. APAR FROM PAGE 10 PHOTO COURTESY OF DOUG ABDELNOUR, BEDFORD PHOTOGRAPHIC, INC. Patrick Lawlor (left) is Mark Rothko and David Beck is his assistant Ken in “Red” at The Schoolhouse Theater in Croton Falls through Sunday, April 30. Spicely outside and shot him dead. Forty-six-year-old African American Je Davis considered himself lucky to have been hired by white bosses in Louisiana in 1938, when jobs were hard to come by. Unfortunately, one of the bosses claimed Davis owed him $3. e Louisiana Supreme Court described what happened next, “the negro, Je Davis, was tied with his hands around a tree and all of them beat him. Pistols were used in the beating as well as some instruments that left a broad scar all over the negro’s back and legs.” After the whipping, Davis was strapped unconscious to a railroad track. Luckily, someone rescued the unconscious Davis and saved his life. On Feb. 17, 1950, African American teenager Willie Baxter Carlisle, having no money, made the mistake of trying to sneak into a teenage dance with two young friends. e next day, all three were apprehended. Twenty-eight-yearold city police o cer James Ray “Bo” Clark, who had been on the force for only two months, decided to show his fellow o cers his mettle. As the other teens looked on, Clark beat Carlisle mercilessly. e next day, Carlisle succumbed to his wounds. But this time, the murderer was charged and arrested. In a boisterous trial with a courtroom lled with angry whites, the jury issued a quick verdict of not guilty. Simultaneously, the courtroom erupted in howls and shouts of approval like you would expect at a sporting event. MARTORANO FROM PAGE 11 SEE MARTORANO PAGE 14
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THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2023 OPINION THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES – PAGE 15 Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows May 9-21 www.OldSalemFarm.net • 190 June Rd. North Salem, NY Week 1 (May 9-14) Highlights: • Evergate Stables $40,000 Welcome Stake • $38,700 FEI 1.45m Jump-off • $10,000 Old Salem Farm Speed Derby • $125,000 Old Salem Farm Grand Prix Week 2 (May 16-21) Highlights: • $65,000 Welcome Stake of North Salem • $38,700 FEI 1.45m Jump-off • $25,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby • $200,000 Empire State Grand Prix Over-the-top hospitality and unique shopping experiences! Kids’ Activities • Pony Rides • Face Painting & More! ADMISSION IS FREE THE WORLD’S BEST right in everyone’s own backyard! LETTERS FROM PAGE 8 • Increase of $63,226,601 or 111% NUMBER OF PUPILS OVER A 25-YEAR PERIOD • 1999/2000 number of students was 3,910 • 2023/2024 number of students is 2,843 • Decrease of 1,067 students or -27% COST PER PUPIL OVER A 25-YEAR PERIOD • 1999/2000 cost per student was $14,517 • 2023/2024 cost per student is $42,205 • Increased cost per student is $27,688 or 191% e spending in the Katonah-Lewisboro School District is out of control. e budget has continued to rise at a scally irresponsible rate, and is now responsible for an increase of 191% in the cost per student, with a 27% decrease in enrollment. e cumulative rate of in ation for the same period was 82%, as per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Please cast an informed vote on Tuesday, May 16. -John Wille South Salem Disappointed by commentary in coverage of Black Women’s Political Caucus Dear Editor, I was disappointed in the recent article, “Westchester Black Women’s Political Caucus launches new chapter (April 20, Page 4), which heralded a very important e ort for women of color in our region. Rather than focus on the celebratory and unique occasion attended by members of the WC Black Women’s Political Caucus from all over the county, this newspaper glossed over the event to primarily highlight the White people in attendance, added a petty speculation about my relationship with the former Bedford supervisor, insinuated that the event was not actually “multi-partisan” because of the “lack of red baseball caps” in the audience, and casually made reference to the possibility of an opponent in the next Congressional race. How sad. is event was inspiring and I was thrilled to know that an organization with such formidable members and a track record with great success will be available to women of color in our community who have an interest in public service regardless of their party a liation. One such woman, Stephanie McCaine, grew up in Katonah and is now an elected member of the Bedford Town Board and the Bedford deputy town supervisor. Instead of gossipy intimations, the article might have o ered a quote from Councilwoman McCaine about how organizations like e Black Women’s Political Caucus can provide a critical support network for other women of color and how she feels about having this chapter launch here in Bedford. I hope that when this newspaper covers the next event organized by this new group, it takes more care to treat it with the thoughtfulness and gravitas it deserves. -Ellen Calves Bedford Town Supervisor
PAGE 16 THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIM BY BILL BONGIORNO CONTRIBUTING WRITER A new horse themed exhibit, “Untamed,” has opened at The Chroma Fine Art Gallery at 194 Katonah Avenue in Katonah. The show runs until May 14, and is a must-see for horse lovers, lovers of horse art and anyone who appreci - ates fine art by local artists. The show is curated by gallery owner Rita Baunok, who bravely opened the doors in September of 2021 with a still lingering pan - demic. It’s a local gem that is just the right size to give artists enough space to show a good sampling of their work, yet intimate for open - ings, where collectors and the public can mingle and talk with the artists about their works. Since then, Ms. Baunok had been thinking about doing a showing of horse only related works, since this is horse country after all. “I love horses and have had horses in Hungary,” revealed Ms. Baunok. “I became familiar with the work of the artists in this show the last couple of years, and de - cided now was the time,” she ex - plained. “I asked one of the artists, Rachel White, who now resides it the Dominican Republic, to draw some small pictures especially for this exhibit, since she typically works in larger scale,” offered Ms. Baunok, who spends her Mon - days when the gallery is closed visiting with artists and looking for pieces to put shows together. “It just all came together in my mind,” she concluded. The gal - lery has one exhibit and hour-long artist talk each month where they will discuss their work, inspiration and techniques used. Jen Badalamenti, who works out of her Norwalk home, uses a technique called photo encaustic (infusing), meaning painting en - caustic wax over a photograph. It is one of the oldest art forms, and there are known examples from Greece and Egypt from 200 AD says Badalamenti. The process can be combining a photo transfer, or she imbeds a photo into the wax. Sometimes she glues photos onto boards and then paints over the photographs, and other times she prints on thin rice paper and imbeds the photo in the wax. All of the paintings are done on cradled birchwood panels. The process involves glu - ing the photo down and then several layers of clear encaustic wax, beeswax mixed with damar resin and then she heats it to 200 degrees and paints the wax on top of the photograph. She uses vari - ous different heat and metal tools in her work, including a heat gun, wax iron, curling iron and blow torch. It takes about three years for the wax to fully cure, and extreme hot or cold temperatures are not good for the art. The wax is a liv - ing element, and the painting will change over the years, according to Badalamenti. It may bloom or become foggy, she says. “Every one of my paintings has a story,” says Ms. Badalamenti. “I found these horses in a field in Michigan and went to check on them because the house looked abandoned and wanted to make sure they were taken care of. The horses were very curious about me being there and my cameras. I al - ways have peppermints, carrots and apples with me, being around horses.” “The Herd” printed image and done over. “I always say to buy my pieces that touched. They are m since the wax is hard from our hands help shine.” “Veiled” is a phot a rescued Amish car in a very good hom Badalamenti. “He the trails on the Be Lane Association. H and has a great perso photogenic and his long. He’s like a sma Clydesdale.” She notes, “I alwa ter to my buyers te little about the hor came to photograph where the horse is n and how I made the some care informat painting.” Andrea Rowen w medium and uses ti her works. “I layer it sometimes, I peel it plains. “Finding Heaven” a horse that didn’t su ing rescued by Risin Rescue in Wilton. A seen in the piece an calls her section in “The Spirit of the H “They are all ab the natural and spi she says. Ms. Rowe ing deaf, wanted to her whole life and to faith in 2019, before ic, when many peo occasion to change c “I was going to w Wild h Jen Badalamenti with “The Herd” Andrea Rowen with her “Sprit of the Horse” collection “Ceval Sauvage” by Robert Spinazzola “Eohippus” “Untamed” exhibit opens at
ES – THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2023 ” is a 3x3 foot the encaustic o people who t they can be meant to be felt dened. The oils p build up the to encaustic of rt horse. “He’s me now,” noted now does all edford Riding He’s fun to ride onality. He’s so mane is super all version of a ays write a let - elling them a rse and how I h the horse and now if I know e painting and tion about the works in mixed tissue paper in t in pieces and t off,” she ex - ” is inspired by urvive after be - ng Starr Horse A cross can be nd Ms. Rowen n the exhibit Horse.” bout being in iritual world,” en, who is go - o be an artist ook the leap of e the pandem - ople used that careers. wait until I be - came deaf, but then I asked myself ‘what am I waiting for?’ It’s impor - tant to be true to your authentic self and what you need to be full as a person,” she says as an inspira - tion to chase dreams, live for now and be present. She now paints and does her mixed medium full time. Her pieces are at the same time whimsical, yet meaningful and do bring a warm calming of the spirit. “This is the first time since the 1980s that I’ve had a horse only theme showing of my work,” said Robert Spinazzola, whose sculptures consist of discarded and recycled steel tools and auto parts to create mostly life-size pieces. He calls his portion of the show, “Chevaux Sauvages,” or wild horses. Spinazzola, who labors about four hours welding together a masterpiece in his Bedford studio, said “The horses are a symbol of horsepower.” Having grown up in Detroit in the 1950s and seeing all the giant cars going by with tail fins, he was inspired to make his own art from car parts. He uses flywheels for bases, and all kinds of parts of cars can be seen. The artistry comes twofold, picking what would work to make horses out of them and also cutting, fit - ting and welding them together, so they come to life. The artist took a break from doing horses and did other sculptures from the 1990s until 2016. Currently a 650-pound steel nine by sixfoot-tall tiger of his can be seen at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation entrance in Cross River. “Depicting horses is one of the oldest forms going back to cave art,” explains Spinazzola about his inspiration. He decided to cut out horses with a blow torch from a solid quarter inch of steel and then he layered the cut horses on top to make a three-dimensional object. This piece up for sale in the show is one that once was owned and hung at PepsiCo in Somers from the late 1980s. Spinazzola purchased it back in a bidding war when it went to another auction. The artist doesn’t ride horses, preferring a motorcycle, has traveled as far as Montana and Ecuador to study horses. His horse heads are to scale of actual horses, mostly 15 hands high. Looking at the horse heads that he makes out of steel, one feels that holding an apple by its mouth, it may just take a bite. The desire to throw a lasso around Spinazzola’s horse heads arises, to keep them in place or maybe to tie them to a post, they are so lifelike. Curl up your fin - gers and hold a fist under their nose and you may just feel a breath. Rachel White is known for her powerful, large-scale depic - tions of horses in motion; but, for this exhibition at Chroma, she has created a suite of small drawings specifically for the ex - hibition. The personal portraits show horses in various states of grazing and lazing. “When I draw animals live, I connect with them on a level not possible in the studio. Their personality comes out in unan - ticipated ways, resulting in de - lightful, intimate images,” said Ms. White. “My work is an investigation of movement. As such, drawing my subject live is my absolute favorite.” horses 2 TRACKS Robert Spinazzola Drawings by Rachel White t Chroma Fine Art Gallery PHOTOS: BILL BONGIORNO PAGE 17
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THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2023 HEALTH & WELLNESS THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES – PAGE 19 With Spring arriving, golfers are flocking to their golf courses to resume their favorite leisure activity. After the Winter idle period, resuming golfing requires proper form and preparation to prevent injuries. GOLFING ENTAILS THE BODY FUNCTIONING AS A UNIT: Playing golf requires your whole body to function together as a unit. With each golf swing, your body undergoes a combination of rotational, compression, stretching, and shearing forces that moves around the stable link, the core. Each club golf swing requires • stability from the core and buttock muscles (Glutes); • flexibility from the torso (thoracic spine) and shoulders; and • balance to have proper swing, as well as to pick up your golf balls NINE PRE-GAME WARMING-UP STRETCHES: Warm-up while you do deep diaphragm breathing to get oxygenated blood from your lungs into your muscles to help relieve tension and bring fuel to your muscles. I recommend the following warming-up stretches: Warm-up, blood circulation March in place bringing your knees high up to your chest: 1. First keep your elbows bent. Do 20 marching steps and bring your opposite elbow to your knee. Exhale as you crunch. Keep marching; and 2. Bend your arms sideways, like a goal post. Pull your elbows and arms forward in front of your chest and open your shoulder blades. Open your elbows sideways again and squeeze your shoulder blades together. Alternate the movement as you march. Breathing deep in and out with your diaphragm, and you’re your shoulders and neck relaxed. Do for 20 marching steps. Flexibility for your thoracic spine 3. Stand with your legs shoulder-width apart, knees straight. Slide with your one hand down the side of your thigh in a side bend and bring your other arm over your head to feel the stretch along your side. (Side bend as if you are standing between two walls one in front and one behind your back to prevent bending forward.) Do slow stretches and exhale as you bend sideways. Repeat 5 times. 4. Feet shoulder-width apart and knees bent. Hold your club horizontally in front of your chest with hands onto the ends. Keep your core and glutes tight and rotate your thoracic spine and shoulders from one side to the other side, follow with your head. Stretch slow and controlled and exhale as you turn. Repeat 5 times. Glutes and core stability 5. Hold onto your club with your right hand. Place the handle end on the ground at about 45 degrees angle in front of your body. Lift your right knee up in a stork stance, squeezing your left glutes and core and rotate your right knee wide open and close. Use your left arm to follow your body to balance. Repeat 10 times. Switch the club to your left hand and repeat with left leg. Keep your torso, neck and shoulders relaxed. 6. Stand with your legs wide apart and feet slightly turned out. Keep your back straight, hinge from your hips. Slide with your hands down on your thighs as you bend down into a deep squat pushing your knees open with your elbows, come to resting with your forearms/elbows onto your thighs as you squat down. Exhale as you squat down, inhale 3 times holding the squat and exhale as you come up to the upright position tucking your core and glutes and lifting your ribcage to come to the upright position again. Repeat about 3 times. Balance - control your body in space 7. Hold your club horizontally in front at shoulder-height with hands onto the ends. Lunge forward, keep your core and glutes tight. Bend deep into your front knee (while keeping your back leg straight). Rotate your body and torso slowly from side to side and keep your balance. You can modify this balance stretch by bending your back knee and lean onto your back knee to help stabilize your body. Repeat rotation 5 times, then tighten your core and glutes to come to upright position (push with your club on the ground to assist you coming up if you need to). Repeat with other leg in front. 8. Hold your club horizontally in front at shoulder-height with hands onto the ends. Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, knees slightly bent. Shift your weight over to your right leg and, at the same time, turn your body with the club to the right. Then sway your body to the left and shift your weight onto your left leg. Alternate the weight shifts from right to left 10 times. Exhale as you transfer the body from side to side. Keep your balance and do not tense your muscles. Cool down and get your mind and body connected for your game 9. Hold onto your club, get into your set-up stage. Quiet your mind from distracting thoughts and feel the energy and blood flow from you neck, shoulder, thoracic spine into your lower back, glutes, thighs to your feet grounding you. 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Sports PAGE 20 – THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2023 BY RICH MONETTI CONTRIBUTING WRITER Chris DiChiara put it mildly after a crushing 9-8 loss to Yorktown on Friday, Apr. 14. “We were really down,” he assured. So spirits were in definite need of lifting, and a win against Panas on Tuesday (4/18) was almost a necessity. But a lead again lost, overtime was the venue for another potential heartbreak. Not this time, DiChiara came to the rescue. “I saw the opening, came across and finished the play,” the senior said after the 7-6 home victory. The game would start with a couple short-side shots on goal. Brendan Corelli swung around the goal and was stopped by KC Bryan, and Blake O’Callaghan put the stops on Vinny Savastano’s close-proximity swing. An errant pass would begin the scoring, though. Panas overthrew the John Jay end zone, the offense set up, and Luca Duva hit Jonathan Altneu on the left. The midfielder made his move and bounced the ball into the goal at 4:07. The draw then going to Savastano had the junior on track to get his 300th win on this day. “A lot of hard work went into that,” he said. “Lots of grinding nonstop.” The post only rattled by Duva, the score remained at period’s end, and O’Callaghan did his part to keep it that way. On the pass from behind, Will Moore was left all alone in front at the eight-minute mark, and the John Jay goalie calmly secured the shot with his catcher. A lot less spectacular, another Panas turnover put the Wolves on point again. Off the whistle, Duva rushed up field, dished to Andrew Kiefer, and he didn’t hesitate. The midfielder tightroped the goal line, and in going to the ground with his shot, he beat Bryan. A 2-0 lead at 5:43, John Jay again maintained on the stonewall work of their goalie. A sidearm sling from Michael Pisacreta, O’Callaghan got a piece with his handle, and the Wolves went into the locker room with their lead preserved. Intermission didn’t cool O’Callaghan either. Kyle Gallagher bulled his way to the crease, and falling down with his shot, the John Jay goalie deflected again. The offense still in play, Panas could not cash in. “As long as we are talking and playing together, we can easily stop this team,” said Sid Goldberg, and applying the pressure, he came up with the loose ball. So DiChiara went upfield, the boys set up, and Kyle Petschek did the rest. From the right, the midfielder raced past his defender to the goal line, cut in front of the net and went sidearm for a 3-0 lead. Sitting pretty at 8:35, it didn’t take long for things to get ugly. Gallagher scored at 5:07, Riley Sand found the net three minutes later, and Moore tied the game at 1:25. Very familiar, John Jay was up to the challenge nonetheless. Off the Savastano win, DiChiara passed across to Kiefer, and he went underhand to regain the lead with 11:24 remaining in the game. No separation forthcoming, the equalizer came on the man advantage. Thomas Kuney received on the right, and his horizontal swivel tied the score at four. Now 7:41 remaining, the score was untied only a minute later, and Kuney again did the honors. He took a perfectly-threaded pass from Gallagher, and O’Callaghan didn’t have a chance at pointblank. Dread settling over the crowd again, O’Callaghan kept the pessimism to a minimum. Moore sidearmed a one-bouncer, and the goalie masterfully covered the short hop. So Corelli took the cue. Off the out of bounds, the sophomore cruised from behind, and barely breaching the goal line, he found an opening to re-tie with 3:47 left. Savastano doing his part next, John Jay didn’t waste the grind of their draw-man. After Petschek put a loud thud on Bryan’s gut, Duva scooped the loose ball, and his sleight of hand gave the Wolves the lead again. Less than three to kill, John Jay was not getting off that easy. Moore went straight on from the left, and his overhand tied the score at 1:50. The draw to John Jay still bode well until a moving pick gave Panas possession. Even so, the Panthers could not capitalize in the final 29 seconds, and overtime initially putting O’Callaghan on the block was no bother. “I was confident in our defense and I knew I could make the saves.” One was all it took. Gallagher received the pass ten yards away, and the clear path was magically impeded by the goalie’s catcher. “I saw it,” said O’Callaghan. “Then I knew we were going to score.” Up the field, DiChiara swung past the defender, and his unleash provided a huge exhale of relief. “We really needed this win,” he concluded. John Jay could not continue the momentum and fell 10-4 at Rye on Thursday (4/20). Wolves on the right side of a thriller PHOTOS: RICH MONETTI Chris DiChiara Dom Savastano Kyle Petschek BOYS LACROSSE
THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2023 SPORTS THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES – PAGE 21 BY RICH MONETTI CONTRIBUTING WRITER Making two trips north this week, Rye really made John Jay work overtime on the diamond. A total of 18 innings played between the softball and baseball team, the Wolves did hold their ground, and the home team pitching yielded only three runs. But a light-shortened tie was the best the Wolves could claim, and Riley Foote’s stellar performance fell victim for the girls on Wednesday, Apr. 19. Despite retiring the first 12 batters and leaving a fifth inning 1-1 tie, the starter had to settle for a pat on the back in John Jay’s 3-2 loss. But if Foote’s eighth-grade standing was deceptive, Rye had no idea. She quickly flashed her changeup, and the mere mention had Coach Steve DelMoro beaming like he hit the jackpot on Christmas. “She will throw it for strikes and keep the hitters off balance,” the coach assured. Two strikeouts and a fly out to center said as much, and the Wolves offense came out ready to measure up. After Laney Daly flew out to center and Maya Nelsen lined to short, John Jay managed to load the bases. Foote got an infield hit, Carys Cooper lashed a single to left, and Bella Barry followed in kind. Unfortunately, Jamie Siegel grounded to short, and Foote had to make due in the second. No problem, she registered another donut with two pop outs and a strikeout. Of course, Foote had some pretty good competition. Erin Ball went three up and three down in the second, and after Foote followed suit in the third, the Rye starter again showed she could get out of a jam. An infield single by Daly and a single to left by Nelsen got the first two runners on, letting Foote drive Daly across with her second hit. Cooper then walked, but that was all. Barry’s grounder to short yielded a force at the plate, Siegel was out on an infield fly, and Brenna Doherty lined to first to end the inning. Still, Foote didn’t suffer a layover after the long inning. Two ground outs and a fly ball had her 12 in a row. Ball was unimpressed, though, and struck out the side in the top of the fifth. So Foote was next to show that she could limit the damage. A single by Ashley Kessner and a walk by Tessa Labovitz put the first two runners on, and Rye was itching for a tie. Foote refusing to get rash, she got Penelope Gilmore on a high 3-2 strike and set down Ava Rollano on a pop out. An out to go, Ava Cross broke Rye through with a single to center, and after Zoe Lien grounded out, Foote’s pitching line was complete. The Wolves didn’t lose much when Emma Klares entered either. She struck out the side in the sixth, and again, it appeared the offense was going to take the baton. Siegel walked, Doherty reached on an error, and after Brooke Buatte struck out, Josie Scott bunted for a base hit. The bases loaded, the Rye pitcher was once again on the ball. Daly’s grounder to second turned into another force at the plate, and Nelsen then flew to left to end the threat. The last inning looming, Rye now answered. Gilmore looped a fading one-out liner to right, and the bounce got past Buatte for a standup triple. An infield hit by Rollano drove in the run, and John Jay had work to do. Picking up where she left off, Klares took out her lunch pale and reached on a walk. An error at third put Julia Neumann on, and a sacrifice bunt moved the runners. Siegel answered with a single to left, but DelMoro held the runner. A Doherty fly ball to left had the game in John Jay’s sights, nonetheless. But not to be, Hana Musati’s dart nailed yet another John Jay runner at the plate. Tempting too much fate, John Jay had their good work fall short, and Ball did it with the bat and her legs. She bunted for a base hit and stole second to get in scoring position. A hard shot to third had Nelsen unable to field cleanly, and picking up the ball, she threw high to Daly covering third. The ball went to the fence, and Ball had the go-ahead run. Even so, Doherty had one last gasp by pulling a shot deep to left. But despite Musati’s track, DelMoro praised his team for not giving up. “That’s all I can ask,” he concluded. Still, he did get more on Thursday (4/20). Winning 22-2 over Roosevelt, Julia Neumann pitched a two hitter in Jay’s 22-2 victory, and everyone in the lineup got a hit and scored a run. Wolves show fortitude in defeat to Rye Jamie Siegel PHOTOS: RICH MONETTI Josie Scott Maya Nelsen Riley Foote SOFTBALL
PAGE 22 – THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES SPORTS THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2023 BY RICH MONETTI CONTRIBUTING WRITER After pitching a no-hitter on Apr. 12 versus Lakeland, Nick Fassert’s six shutout innings versus Rye was a pretty good follow up. It was not good enough for the win, though, and neither were the four shutout innings that Will Matthews threw in relief. The good news was that all the donuts didn’t amount to a loss either. Darkness overtaking, Rye and John Jay had to settle for a 0-0 tie. Of course, Fassert had no illusions about what he was getting into with Tyler Winderman in opposition. “I knew it was going to be a pitchers’ match up the whole game, and I had to attack hitters and throw strikes.” Winderman, on the other hand, did get out of the box slowly. A bloop single and a two-out double by Mike Aiello had John Jay knocking in the first. But the John Jay right fielder got picked off second to end the threat. The second inning had Fassert get in the thick of it too. After striking out Julian Pasquale, Jacob Storch doubled clutched Winderman’s grounder to short, and James Kennedy followed with a single. No problem, the Jay starter got Charlie Margiloff and Charles Rupp on strikes. Then Winderman answered with a lot less clutter in the second. He struck out the side in order and the baton passed back. An easy transfer, Shepherd Griffiths went down looking, and after Tommy Broderick got hit for the second-straight at bat, Fassert was back on target. He got Dillon Schmidt to fly out, and Jake Kessner grounded to second. The bottom of the inning didn’t go so easy for Winderman, though. A single by Brendan Willingham, a beautiful bunt single for Fassert, and a Marco Maiuolo HPD loaded the bases with one out. So raring back, the Rye starter got Andrew Lombardi to go down looking, and closed out by flying Aiello to right. But by going down looking, Winderman was unable to help his cause in the fourth, and Fassert baffled again by getting Griffiths with his bat on his shoulder in the fifth. “If I’m getting called strikes, I’m hitting the corners and getting the off speed to break,” said the Wolf starter. The bottom of the fifth saw John Jay go quietly, and the top of the sixth had Fassert’s performance come full circle. He registered two strikeouts and a ground out to put another successful day behind him. Even so, Winderman was not going away yet, and a 1-2-3 top of the sixth let the Wolves know for sure. The dominance then left it to Will Matthews to measure up. A leaping grab at second by Willingham helped set the tone for the reliever on Kennedy’s humpback liner, and Matthews got more help when Nolan Rhodes snared Tyler Canna’s line drive to third. Unfortunately, run support was not forthcoming in the seventh. Winderman went three up and three down again, and Matthews had his hands full again in the eighth. Marco Maiuolo could not handle Willingham’s throw to first on Broderick’s grounder, Schmidt bunted him over, and an infield hit by Kessner made it first and third. Matthews did get Pasquale to strike out, but Winderman walked to load the bases. The crowd on edge, Kennedy stepped to the plate, and the junior popped to short. John Jay now held the hammer, and a total of three varsity at bats in two years, Matthews almost struck the nail. While looking very much the part of an inexperienced batter, the big pitcher hit one off the scoreboard. “It felt great,” he joked. But the foul ball only amounted to a ruckus on the bench, and after getting hit by a pitch, the Wolves went quietly to Rupp. Unfazed by the near miss, Matthews worked himself out of another jam in the ninth. First and third with one out, the reliever got Broderick on strikes and put Schmidt down with a fly ball. Now, John Jay would threaten. Rhodes singled to center, advanced on a wild pitch, and Esposito walked with one out. The Wolves howling was for naught, though. Nick Russo grounded to third, and Nolan Summer struck out. So the 10th was determined the final inning beforehand, and Rye again made the most of it. Loading the bases with one out, Rye still had a cool customer to deal with. “It’s not that bad, you just focus on throwing strikes,” said Matthews. He got a ground out from Margiloff, but then fell behind 3-1 to Rupp. No problem, Matthews stuck to the program. Two straight strikes, and while the side was retired, John Jay’s 1-2- 3 10th had Manager Ted Lawrence taking the unusual occurrence in stride. “Tough to come away without a winner, but that’s how it goes sometimes. Certain things we cannot control, like playable day light to finish,” he lamented. John Jay closed the week with a couple of 3-2 games. On Tuesday (4/18), they were unable to hold a 2-0 lead in the sixth and fell 3-2 to Panas, but defeated Somers 3-2 on Thursday (4/20). Jacob Storch gave up a run in six innings for the win and Nolan Summer got the save. At the plate, Mike Aiello had the big hit that changed the game. Ten-inning game has John Jay settle for draw Will Matthews PHOTOS: RICH MONETTI Nick Fassert Scott Esposito BASEBALL
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PAGE 24 – THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES SPORTS THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2023 BY RICH MONETTI CONTRIBUTING WRITER On Tuesday, Apr. 18, John Jay traveled to Anglebrook Golf Club to face Somers. e Wolves took the match by a score of 234-209, and with Nick Holbrook leading the way, the team improved to 4-1. A 35 on the day, he knew the plan beforehand. “You got to keep it in play, and then the greens are quick, so ag putting is crucial.” e latter is de nitely on his agenda. “If I had been able to putt a little better last year, I would have helped our team into the (team) sectionals,” said the All-Section golfer. As for the actual competition, that mostly resides down county, and Scarsdale already proved the point. “We had a close match and lost by two strokes,” he said. Of course, Dean DiGuglielmo was present, and these greens were also on his mind. “ ey are pretty big and pretty open, so just hitting your spots means making sure you give yourself uphill putts,” he said. For the moment, he undoubtedly had his mindset on the team dynamic. “Last year, we barely missed Sectionals. So this year, we are coming back even stronger,” he said. Individual achievement has on his honor too, and if he makes it back to States, improvement is a must. “I was not happy how I played there,” he lamented, and a lot of work went into his short game over the winter. e same goes for John Jay’s lone Wolf of the girl’s side. “You can never have too much practice with putting,” said Mia Holbrook. You cannot arrive unless you drive, though, and this year the golfer made sure she was in the swing of things. “Last year, I didn’t do enough. I had a rough season because I didn’t stay prepared over the winter,” she admitted. e adjustment made, she’s averaging about a 41, and the early returns have her satis ed. “I’m de nitely having a much better start,” Holbrook said, hoping to better her 14th-place nish at Sectionals. But if the shots do not fall, she always knows how to proceed. “You got to hit it, forget about it and move onto the next shot.” Walter Oestreicher, on the other hand, has no need to get all that complicated when it comes to any bad swing. “I just try to come out here and have fun,” said the hockey player, who showed no signs of his playo beard. So the senior just laughs it o and moves on. No longer posting up, Will Sanz is settled into the change of venue, and while hoping to reach Sectionals, he’s thinking team- rst. “We have been playing really well. A lot of us are breaking 40. We are putting up scores that are below 200. So, I think we have a good shot at the team sectionals,” the senior concluded. John Jay starts season 4-1 Nick Holbrook PHOTOS: RICH MONETTI Mia Holbrook Will Sanz GOLF ‘Last year, we barely missed Sectionals. So this year, we are coming back even stronger.’ Dean DiGuglielmo John Jay Golf
THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2023 SPORTS THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES – PAGE 25 Harvey’s girls varsity lacrosse team won its second straight game Monday, Apr. 17, in a 14- 13 barn burner against the Williams School. For the (2-2) Cavs, it was their second consecutive victory by the margin of one goal and their first win against an HVAL rival. It was a fast-paced, hardfought game that saw Williams jump out to an early first-half lead before the Cavaliers put in six unanswered goals to claw back and be down only 8-7 at halftime. At the 15-minute mark in the second half, the host Blues led 11-9 before the Cavs found a weakness in their opponent’s defense and took advantage. “Both teams battled and played an intense second half, refusing to give up an inch of field space,” said Harvey head coach Greg Janos. Senior captains Emma Galgano of South Salem and Juliet Jaques of Goldens Bridge both had five goals, followed closely by sophomore captain Emily Sorio of Mount Kisco, who had three, and junior captain Katie McCulloch, who had one. Galgano and Sorio also assisted on two other goals. McCulloch had an outstanding match, running midfield nearly the whole game, and only coming out for injuries. She took the draw, the winning possession, well over half the time. But the real test came when she was tasked with marking the opposing team’s lead shooter. McCulloch fought hard to mark Williams’ star player till the bitter end, taking a serious charge in the last six seconds, but in doing so prevented Williams’ Hail Mary to tie the game. Goalie Tory Janush recorded seven saves. Assistant coach Taylor Fisher described the game as a test of the Cavs’ skills. “They certainly proved themselves and seemed to have shaken off the dust following losses in their first two games. As always, the positivity and energy from the entire team showed exactly what Harvey is all about.” Harvey is the three-time reigning girls lacrosse champion of the HVAL. Article provided by The Harvey School Girls Outlast Williams in HVAL Battle PHOTO: GABE PALACIO Senior Emma Galgano of South Salem led Harvey’s girls lacrosse team to victory with a five-goal performance. HARVEY GIRLS LACROSSE Harvey’s varsity baseball team snagged a much-needed win Saturday, Apr. 22, in Stamford against the King School, shutting out the Vikings 6-0 behind the right arm of senior Marcus Diaz of Yorktown Heights. The victory snapped Harvey’s seven-game losing skid, a stretch which included a 4-1 loss to King earlier this month. Diaz had a phenomenal game on the mound, holding King to just three hits over six complete innings while recording eight strikeouts. Sophomore John Delgadillo, who started at first base and collected two hits, moved to the mound in the seventh and completed the shutout of the Vikings. The Cavaliers maintained a strong offense for much of the game, which began when sophomore Max Hernandez of Cross River scored in the second on a ground ball from senior Hudson Chris. Harvey scored again in the third, when senior captain Kirk Ortega singled and knocked in sophomore Drew Morris, who had singled and then advanced to second on a bunt from senior Jose Vasquez. The fourth inning went quietly, but Harvey opened the floodgates in the fifth, scoring three runs on a rally that began with a double from Vasquez, a few well-timed walks, and smart base-running on tough ground balls. In the top of the seventh, the Cavs added a final run to their tally when Ortega singled to bring in Vasquez, who had reached on a single of his own. Ortega had a 2-3 day at the plate with two RBIs, and Vasquez went 3-4. As a team, Harvey pounded out 13 hits. After the game, Harvey coach Luis Lopez remarked, “Our team came to play today, and I’m proud of the way they didn’t let our last meeting with King influence this one.” He added, “Our defense was stellar, especially the pitching, but it helps when the bats are on fire too.” With the win, Harvey improved to 3-7 on the season, with none of the games against an HVAL opponent so far. Article provided by the Harvey School. Diaz’ mound gem gets Cavs back on track PHOTO: GABE PALACIO Marcus Diaz delivers the pitch. HARVEY BASEBALL
PAGE 26 – THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES LEISURE THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2023 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. It’s all over the beach 5. A cirque 8. Corpuscle count (abbr.) 11. Influential report author 13. Satisfaction 14. Recurring only at long intervals 15. Islamic calendar month 16. Neither 17. Gelatinous substance 18. American electronic music producer 20. Old computer system 21. Professional organization 22. Malaria mosquitoes 25. Not composed of matter 30. It’s in the ocean 31. Peyton’s little brother 32. French commune 33. Eyelashes 38. Equal (prefix) 41. Quality of little or no rain 43. One who beheads 45. Sung to 48. Influential punk artist 49. Amount of time 50. Polio vaccine developer 55. Abba __, Israeli politician 56. Job 57. Flat-bottomed sailboat 59. Japanese wooden clog 60. Folk singer DiFranco 61. FL city 62. Naturally occurring solid 63. Language of indigenous Asian people 64. Dark brown CLUES DOWN 1. Soviet Socialist Republic 2. Zoroastrian concept of holy fire 3. Venomous snake genus 4. Uninteresting 5. Straightforwardness 6. Expression of wild excitement 7. Arrange in order 8. East Indian cereal grass 9. Hillsides 10. Bird beak covering 12. Baseball stat 14. Edge of a surfboard 19. Wrapping accessory 23. Express approval 24. Deduce 25. Similar 26. Born of 27. Automobile 28. Obliged to repay 29. Live in 34. Influential journalist Tarbell 35. Set aflame 36. OJ trial judge 37. Scottish town 39. African nation 40. Egg-shaped wind instrument 41. Mimic 42. Frees 44. In slow tempo 45. Sword 46. Related on the mother’s side 47. Mars crater 48. Plant of the lily family 51. Suitable in the circumstances 52. Hillside 53. Metrical foot 54. Amazon river tributary 58. Adult male human Many IPAs today are made with the Citra hop, which gives o fruity, juicy and tropical notes, which I love and feel safe taking a chance on a new beer if I see Citra has been used. ere’s a technique called Double Dry Hopping (DDH) which, if you are in the “I hate hops” camp, would probably never ever venture to try a brew with such a scary acronym. But wait! is is another technique to reduce the amount of raw bitterness in a beer and enhance the hop aroma and taste within the nal product. And nally, Mosaic hops typically give a beer a piney bitter forward pro le which I generally don’t care for (sorry Mosaic Hop Council). See my website at bottom of the article for a hop reference guide you can bookmark and use while roaming the beer aisle. FIELD TRIP – 18TH WARD, 40 DIVISION ST., NEW ROCHELLE; 315-291-5276; 18THWARDBREWING. COM; KBM RECOMMENDED™ Check out this family and friend owned brewery in a cool space with excellent brews. It has a wide range of styles, and in particular we all liked: McNally Porter, Sleepy Pants Hoppy Amber and Psych Ward Black IPA. ey all paired nicely with the homemade empanadas. Notably, e Tasting Crew that day included Mr. High Life™ to once again prove craft breweries provide something for every palate. He quite enjoyed the Golden Ale and also to everyone’s surprise, the guest Downeast Strawberry cider. Take note Miller Brewing Company. Please visit our friends at Vista Beverage for excellent rotating beer selections with hops of many varieties. vistabeerandbeverage. com; 204 Oakridge Commons, South Salem; 914-533-7512; Email eKatonahBeerMan@ gmail.com; Instagram - eKatonahBeerMan; visit thekatonahbeerman.wordpress. com. BART FROM PAGE 9
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Organizers are looking for sponsors for $250, which includes the following: Your sponsorship name (logo) is listed on 300 race t-shirts, listed on race registration website Raymond A. Morse Raymond A. Morse of South Salem, NY passed away peacefully at his home on December 10, 2022. He was 92. Raymond was a truly kind and loving husband and father and will be profoundly missed by his family, friends and community. Born May 29, 1930, Raymond was raised in Elsmere, NY just outside of Albany and was a graduate of the Bethlehem Central School District, Delmar, NY., where he enjoyed playing sports and formed close lifelong friendships with many of his classmates. While in junior high, Ray worked at a local drugstore where one day a girl walked in; her name was Helen Crocker, and they started dating not long afterward. Ray and Helen dated through high school, Ray’s service in the Air Force and college. The couple married in 1953, had their first child in 1956 and their second child in 1960. They enjoyed 67 years of marriage. The 1950s were busy years for Raymond he joined the Air Force in 1952 and served stateside at three separate bases: Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas and Boeing Field, Seattle, WA. He was honorably discharged in January 1956. Though a Physics major at Purdue University, through the recommendation of a college professor; who agreed with the observation that Raymond was a “people person,” a course of study was designed for him in the field of “Industrial Relations.” Upon graduation, in 1959, Raymond was hired by IBM and began work at the Poughkeepsie, NY IBM facility. After four years he transferred to the IBM in Kingston, NY and the family had a house built in Woodstock, NY. The family participated in the creative community of the area while also enjoying hiking and skiing in the Catskills. Ray became an avid golfer while living in Woodstock, and after work he would walk down the street to the Woodstock golf course and play a round before or after dinner, usually accompanied by the beloved family dog. In 1973, Ray transferred to IBM Elmsford, NY and the family settled in South Salem, NY. Raymond became a member of the IBM Quarter Century Club, in 1984. For many years, pre- and post-retirement, Raymond was an Adjunct Professor at Pace University in Pleasantville, NY. A Truesdale Lake resident for 50 years, Raymond was an engaged member of the community, participating in the Truesdale Lake Property Owners Association, the Conservation Advisory Council, and in the 1990s was co-chair of the Norwalk River Watershed Initiative. Ray and Helen loved living on Truesdale Lake enjoying; sailing, canoeing, fishing and observing the wildlife. Retirement brought new engagement with community for Ray and Helen through Founder’s Hall in Ridgefield, CT. The classes, programs and field trips offered by Founder’s Hall kept Ray & Helen engaged and active. Ray had a lifelong interest in writing that he delved into post-retirement, whether through the library programs, or Founder’s Hall writer’s workshops. Ray worked on poetry, fiction, short fiction and memoir. He deeply loved poetry and prose and enjoyed sharing his work. Ray’s love of golf sustained him as he continued to play or go to the driving range into his 90s. Raymond was predeceased by his beloved wife Helen and son-in-law Timothy LuBell. He is survived by his two daughters, Barbara Morse-LuBell, Luanne Morse-Brown, and son-in-law Cary Brown; also grandchildren Avery LuBell (David Pierce), Mirise LuBell (Clarence Mills), and Kira LuBell (Pablo Rodriguez), great grandchildren James and Edwen Pierce-LuBell and Nova RodriguezLuBell. Also, survived by nieces Patricia Morse and Elizabeth Morse; sister-in-law Barbara Smith, niece and husband Sarah and Joe Hawley and nephew Stephen Smith. Raymond was the son of the late Arba and Lottie (Ryan) Morse and was predeceased by his brother Gordon Morse. Ray’s daughters would like to acknowledge the profound kindness and thoughtfulness expressed by neighbors and people in the Lewisboro community and the connections he made through Founder’s Hall and the Ridgefield Golf Course. In lieu of flowers please consider making donations to the ASPCA, American Cancer Society or Habitat for Humanity. A Memorial Service is planned for Saturday June 3, at 2 p.m. at Jesse Lee Memorial Methodist Church, located at 207 Main St. in Ridgefield, CT. OBITUARIES CROSSING FROM PAGE 4 SEE CROSSING PAGE 28
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A community parade – in which children are encouraged to ride festively-decorated bicycles – a wreath-laying ceremony, and breakfast will be part of the Memorial Day festivities hosted by the Golden’s Bridge Fire Department on Monday, May 29. e parade will culminate with a dramatic ceremony, as members of the community will be selected to join Fire ghters in placing a memorial wreath at the historic, four-ton granite American Legion monument situated outside the front entrance of the Golden’s Bridge Firehouse. Fire ghters will read the names of the 76 Golden’s Bridge residents engraved on the pair of bronze plaques a xed to the monument that memorialize their service in World Wars I and II. At the conclusion of the ceremony, all participants and attendees will be invited into the apparatus bay of the Firehouse for a light breakfast of bagels, mu ns, donuts, juice, co ee and other refreshments. Local organizations are encouraged to sign up with a contingent of participants for the line of march by contacting the Golden’s Bridge Fire Department public information o cer by phone at 914-403- 4072, or by email at [email protected]. All residents and military veterans who live in the re district are invited to participate – and GBFD parade organizers are encouraging children to festively decorate their bicycles and ride them in the parade. “We are asking Goldens Bridge residents to participate in this community event in observance of those who died in military service to our country. Memorial Day, originally called ‘Decoration Day,’ is a time-honored tradition whose roots date back to the post-Civil War era, when Americans decorated the graves of fallen soldiers with memorials of owers, wreaths and ags,” said Joseph Simoncini, chief organizer of the Memorial Day festivities who is a longtime Fire ghter and also serves as a Fire Commissioner of the Golden’s Bridge Fire District. “It’s a wonderful way to start your Memorial Day – coming to the Golden’s Bridge Firehouse and joining your friends, neighbors, and Fire ghters to honor our war deceased, especially those who lived in Golden’s Bridge and whose names are forever etched in history on the magni cent monument under the care of the Golden’s Bridge Fire Department,” added Simoncini. Participants in the Line of March will gather at 9:30 a.m. at the step-o point on Todd Hill Circle in the Brady’s Farm development (o Rt. 138, just beyond the Firehouse). e parade will kick o at 10 a.m. Residents who want to participate as spectators should arrive at the Firehouse by 9:30 a.m. to be in place to greet the re trucks, contingent of uniformed re ghters bearing the American ag, and other participants as they turn into the GBFD parking lot. As part of the wreath-laying ceremony, Golden’s Bridge Fire Department members will share the honor of reading the names of the 76 Golden’s Bridge residents engraved on the bronze plaques of the granite monument. e observance will also include a ag ceremony and tolling of the re bell for two minutes. A local teen, Kaeleigh Picco, will sing the National Anthem. GBFD o cials will greet the gathering of residents and participants and present brief remarks before everyone is invited to breakfast and refreshments. For more information, call 914-403- 4072, or email [email protected]. Article courtesy of Golden’s Bridge Fire Department. Golden’s Bridge Fire Department readies for Memorial Day Veterans, community invited to participate in Line of March and marketing emails, listed on runners’ photos and listed on runners’ nish line videos. Sponsorship also includes a race entry for yourself or a guest. e race committee strongly promotes these events and tailors marketing e orts to local community: Email Blasts to past participants of dozens of races around Westchester location, Strava Event - 3,800+ club members, Facebook Event - 13,000+ followers, Katonah-Lewisboro Times and updates are found on the SSPC Facebook page and multiple community websites. Please mail your tax deductible payment via check, Zelle or paypal payable to South Salem Presbyterian Church Memorial Day Races 2023, PO 399, South Salem, NY 10590. Deadline to participate as a sponsor is Monday, April 3. If you have any questions email sspcmemorialdayraces@ gmail.com. Upon receipt of payment you will be contacted by a member of the race committee to coordinate your sponsorship. Contact SSPC Memorial Day Races at [email protected] Somers Partners in Prevention MEDICATION TAKE BACK DAY Saturday, April 29, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Somers Partners in Prevention cares about our community and the environment! Safely dispose of your unused and expired medication. Vapes and ecigarettes are accepted. Sharps are NOT accepted. Bring a non perishable item to donate to St. Lukes. To be held at Somers Police Department, 100 Primrose St. (Route 139). For questions or more information, contact Kathy Cucchiarella at kcucchiarella@somers schools.org CROSSING FROM PAGE 27
THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2023 THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES – PAGE 29 with the literacy issue and sharing aggregated data on reading results for kindergartners through second graders. KLSDLiteracy100 maintains that phonics—correlating sounds with letters—should form the heart of reading instruction. Instead, Glick asserts, KLSD relies principally on a widely used but now disputed method called “balanced literacy.” at approach exposes students to books but does not stress sounding-out exercises and other techniques needed to become a competent reader. Glick has long espoused a literacy committee that could work with the district on ways to improve outcomes of the readinginstruction program, which she said was “earning C’s; some years we earn F’s.” “We need to engage earnestly,” Glick said in pressing again last week for a literacy committee. “We need to be less embattled and more inquisitive. Less reactive and more proactive.” Later in the meeting, School Superintendent Andrew Selesnick responded to what he described only as remarks “from the microphone.” “I want to make it clear that we don’t feel embattled,” he said. “We feel there’s a great deal more agreement than anything else around the di erent ways in which reading instruction should occur.” KLSD o cials “are in regular contact,” Selesnick said, with school districts around the region and state, continually monitoring how they approach reading instruction and the changes they’re making. Closer to home, he said, “We met with community members to listen to them. We’ve asked them what they would like to see; we’ve asked them what they’re looking for.” Selesnick said the district has also sought examples of public schools that “do things very differently than we do.” If the results were markedly better, he said, “we’d like nothing more than to visit those places. 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At least for the record, Swertfager today shrugs o the evident pain of his ouster last fall, stressing instead the challenges facing the board and saying, “I am hopeful we can work together with a mutual respect for each other with one goal in mind: making each child’s educational experience at KLSD a rewarding, enriching and wholly positive one, so that they can build upon their success in the years to come.” In a wide-ranging discussion of board matters, Swertfager cited a sometimescontentious issue—public dialogue—as a top concern. “ e rst thing I think we need to do is restore two-way communication, because the community needs to have the information and con dence that we are working hard to make this an elite school system that all the other districts will strive to emulate,” he said. He also pointed to two hot-button issues—special-needs education and reading instruction—that have been topics of concern at repeated board meetings in recent years and that fueled challenger candidacies in last year’s trustee voting. “Almost one-third of our students receive some type of special educational services and there are many who feel like the system needs to be re-evaluated and improved,” he said. “Our Early Reading literacy program seems to be a major concern and we must get this addressed.” When KLSD voters go to the polls May 16, they will decide on a proposed $120 million in spending for the next academic year and the two school board openings. In an April 18 drawing for ballot position between the only two candidates, Lorraine Gallagher drew the top spot. In the community backlash over Swertfager’s ouster, Gallagher, president of the John Jay Booster’s Club, was among the voices urging his retention, declaring at one meeting, “I don’t want to live in a place where coaches are afraid to give a child a hug.” e controversy that led to Swertfager’s dismissal has been shrouded in of- cial secrecy, a situation not uncommon in school matters, with KLSD o cials citing con dentiality concerns and state privacy laws. Uno cially, Swertfager supporters offer similar if unveri able accounts, describing his actions as a volunteer coach at a girls junior varsity softball game in the spring of 2021. Congratulating a player with a high- ve handshake, he’s said to have included a slap on the backside. ough generally seen as a spontaneous gesture in sports, it apparently troubled someone, enough to put the issue before School Superintendent Andrew Selesnick. e coach, for his part, does not recall the incident. “I am not saying it didn’t happen,” he told a Nov. 3 board meeting. “I am just saying I don’t remember it.” In remarks clearly intended for zealous supporters, he urged understanding and respect “toward any of the girls that may have been involved. . . . ey did what we teach them to do, what they should have done: If you feel uncomfortable about something, they should say something.” BOE FROM PAGE 3
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