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Tuskers Daughter publishes
in Greece late father’s memoir
Somers resident penned his
experience of the Holocaust
BY CAROL REIF zines, newspapers and antholo-
CONTRIBUTING WRITER gies, including “Child of My
Child,” a collection of essays and
A new memoir from a long- poems by and for grandparents.
time Somers resident provides Hengst grew up in the little
an extraordinary perspective on town of Peenemünde, one of
his experience living through the Germany’s ve military proving
Holocaust. grounds during World War II.
Werner Hengst, a Somers resi- His father, Dr. Gerhard Hengst,
dent and educator, was born in was a physicist who worked with
Lübeck, Germany, to Gerhard Wernher von Braun, a German
and Emma Hengst. and then an American aerospace
e co-founder of Our Mon- engineer and space architect.
tessori School in Yorktown Following the war, Von Braun
Heights who once worked as a was secretly moved to the United
systems analyst for IBM passed States along with other German
away in 2016 at the age of 79. scientists, engineers and techni-
Hengst’s daughter, Christy, cians.
who now lives in New Mexico, at’s how the Hengst fam-
recently published gleanings ily ended up in Cape Canaveral,
from his voluminous journals in Fla., in the early 1950s.
a book titled “From Peenemünde In an essay titled “ e Brown
to Cape Canaveral, and Beyond.” Briefcase,” Hengst recalls emerg-
e essays and observations ing from his family’s bomb shel-
are, his family says,“by turns, har- ter after an air raid in August
Students on a donkey ride on Rhodes Island. Read more about Tusker Travel’s recent trip rowing and enlightening.” 1943 and discovering, to his hor-
to Greece on page 20.
He started writing down his ror, that there was nothing left of
PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRISTINE LEPKOWSKI
memories in 1986 and eventually their home but a cement stoop.
joined a writers group. His work He was 7 years old.
has appeared in Smithsonian, SEE MEMOIR PAGE 4
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Thursday, August 29, 2019 The Somers Record – Page 3
Work ‘finally’ begins on 684 in Katonah
BY TOM BARTLEY hundreds of residents petitioned Albany, pay for highway repairs. ey included two at slowed response times, he said, add-
CONTRIBUTING WRITER demanding attention to the road’s defects, Westchester senators, Peter Harckham of ing to the peril of anyone caught up in the
and the Town Board repeatedly and for- Katonah and Shelley Mayer of Yonkers, and emergency.
e long-sought state resurfacing of mally called for the same thing. Assemblyman David Buchwald of White
I-684 in Katonah, a stretch of pavement Plains. A few months later, in September, Pe-
crumbling under a half-century’s relentless At least twice the town was assured that ter Nardone, a Katonah resident and pro-
pounding of cars and trucks, quietly became money for the rehab was on the way only to Asked last week about their ability to fessional engineer, continued the citizen
a reality this week. see that funding siphoned o by higher pri- pry loose the needed money—normally an drumbeat. In a letter to DOT o cials, he
ority projects elsewhere. e abrupt reversals open invitation to political chest thump- detailed the speci c hazards inherent in the
Without the fanfare that routinely ac- burned Burdick. In 2017, he remembers, the ing—both senators, through press aides, highway’s worn pavement.
companies major public works projects, supervisor had proudly announced the state’s had nothing to say. Each promised future
signs went up on the interstate last week an- commitment then was left “with egg on my information, perhaps as early as this week. Insisting a high-friction asphalt overlay
nouncing the scheduled start of work this face”when the money was diverted. was “urgently required,” Nardone pointed
past Monday, Aug. 26. Bedford Supervisor Such a close-mouthed approach could out, among other things, that the existing
Chris Burdick, who for years has pressured Perhaps recalling such abrupt shifts in suggest that politicians, having been once pavement, poured in 1969, was “worn down
the state Department of Transportation DOT priorities, politicians were positively burned by DOT, are twice cautious when it and has lost the majority of its cement nish
(DOT) to make the needed repairs, said in low key this time as an I-684 overhaul at last comes to heralding highway projects. and texture thereby reducing friction.” Less
a statement that the work could be complet- became a reality. Ordinarily, a multi-mil- friction means drivers have less control of
ed,weather permitting,by late November or lion-dollar highway restoration is worthy e lawmakers appear to prefer works their vehicles.
early December. of trumpets and breathless press releases. In clearly in progress. Mayer, for example,
this case,though the rehab work had already was out with a press release last month an- In November, Burdick summoned re-
Burdick was not available to discuss the hit DOT’s drawing boards by May, been nouncing a million-dollar repaving of Cen- gional DOT o cials, including Lance
repaving last week, but in his weekly news- put out to bid by June and had contracts ne- tral Park Avenue in Yonkers. But her news MacMillan, director of the agency’s Pough-
letter,the supervisor said he was “thrilled”by gotiated weeks ago, the o cial channels of keepsie district o ce, to a meeting with the
the state’s action. communication remained markedly silent. ash came more than a month after the Town Board as well as the area’s Albany
work had begun and only weeks before its lawmakers, and an in-person presentation
A DOT spokesperson, Heather M. Pills- It fell instead to Facebook to make the scheduled completion by Nardone of his roadway studies.
worth, con rmed the project’s start in an community aware—and give motorists at
email late last week. “Paving will be done least some advance notice—that the grad- Buchwald, for his part, also issued no for- e supervisor, backed by the board and
at night and require lane closures, starting ers and pavers were on their way to x the mal bulletin but did provide, in response to legislators, urged DOT to make I-684’s re-
with the northbound center and left lanes,” troubled road. a query, the $9.2 million price tag. pair a “must-do” project.
she said.
“Finally— nally— we are going to be Scott, in his Facebook posting, thanked In a February resolution, the board unan-
At an estimated cost of more than $9 able to pave this,” Bedford Councilman “everyone who made enough noise, and I imously implored local lawmakers to “in-
million, Morano Brothers Corp. (Croton- Don Scott announces in the video, shot be- do mean we had to make some noise, to get clude su cient funds in the New York State
on-Hudson) has been contracted to ll side the busy interstate, its tra c thunder- this road taken care of.” budget for the long overdue repair of this
potholes, repair cracks and repave the run- ing in the background. “Construction will dangerous stretch” of highway. But when
down roadway between Route 35 and Har- begin in just a couple of weeks,” he says in Indeed, concerned residents and elected
ris Road. at stretch, roughly a mile and a the Aug. 19 posting. o cials have been making noise for some 20 scal 2020’s spending plan went into e ect
half to two miles of heavily traveled inter- years. But over the past year and a half, some April 1, none of its $175 billion had been
state, has long drawn criticism from public By contrast, Pillsworth, DOT’s regional local voices were growing more insistent. earmarked for Katonah’s troubled road.
o cials, private citizens and rst responders information o cer, only con rmed the re-
as unsafe and long overdue for resurfacing. paving in a terse, one-paragraph email. Dean Pappas was chief of the Katonah Still,as Burdick addressed the annual Ka-
Volunteer Fire Department in spring 2018 tonah Forum in May, he expressed cautious
is week’s start of that work capped a Sent last ursday, Aug. 23, two days when he warned that the unsafe interstate hope that repaving work might yet take
frustrating, two-decade e ort by Bedford to after a reporter’s query about Scott’s Face- put more than his re ghters in jeopardy. place this year. It appears now that the su-
prod the state into action. In the campaign, book post, the email credited a handful of In a letter to Buchwald, he noted that the pervisor clearly was correct about the work;
state legislators with nding the millions to department’s heavy re and EMS vehicles it remained unclear going into this week just
had to lower their speed to navigate what how the state is paying for it.
he called ird World conditions on I-684.
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sister publications in Katonah-Lewisboro, community newspapers. PUBLISHER’S Times, has been promot- better able to cover these four communities.
Yorktown and North Salem. Weinberger had been MEMO ed to the sports editor for
the editor of just North all ve of our newspa- Additionally,for the past year,we relied on
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Jodi Weinberger, who has been with newspapers and sending in voluntary contri-
Halston Media for 1-1/2 years, has been e Katonah-Lewisboro been with Halston Me- butions. is has enabled us to better serve
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Times completes an important restructuring dia for nearly ve years.
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MEMOIR cades before his father was mother was none too pleased, ra and fauna—from snakes and
either, about the possibility of mushrooms to geese and blue-
FROM PAGE 1 able to come to grips with her blond-haired boy poten- berries—in the book.
tially getting blown up.
e briefcase was where his the “inhuman horrors” of the Also interested in local history,
parents kept all their important LIFE IN THE U.S. Hengst is said to be among the
papers, so they could be snatched Holocaust, which he had pre- Hengst met his future wife, very few to locate the historic
up and carried to the shelter, Bat Cave on Crow’s Nest Moun-
which was stocked with food, viously decried as “American Betty, while attending the Uni- tain, north of West Point, that
water and clothing, at a mo- versity of Florida. was used as a hideout by Tories,
ment’s notice. propaganda.” American colonists who sup-
e couple married in At- ported the British side during the
“ e bombs had taken away Hengst writes that he felt lanta, Ga., in 1963, and took Revolutionary War.
our house and most of our town a months-long honeymoon,
as easily as a wave on the beach deep shame and a sense of traveling the world. Also somewhat of a daredevil,
could wash away one of my sand- Hengst climbed to the top of
castles. ough I didn’t fully un- “collective guilt” because of He worked as a systems the Bear Mountain Bridge in
derstand it at the time, it was a analyst for TRW in Washing- 1996 and stood on its uppermost
lesson about the impermanence his heritage. ton, D.C., and then as a man- cable, taking in the fabulous view.
of material things that I would ager for IBM in White Plains. (Note: is was illegal and highly
never forget,” Hengst wrote. As a 15-year-old, still “over dangerous, and Hengst writes
e Hengsts rst settled in that he was glad not be have been
Hengst also learned young that there,” Hengst and a friend Peekskill and then moved to arrested.) However, it made a
human connections can also be their dream home, a house on lasting impression.
fragile. had to spend a night in jail Plum Brook Lake in Somers.
“I remember how, after I saw
He didn’t see his father for for crossing the border from Montessori schools focus the footprints of the Apollo as-
months at a stretch as the older on child-led learning, and tronauts in the chalky dust of
Hengst was an o cer in the Germany to Austria without after failing to nd one for their the moon in 1969, I could never
Luftwa e (German air force) daughter, Christy, they opened again look at it in the same way.
and had been interred by the a day pass. one of their own in 1972. It is I now have a similar feeling
United States after the war at a still going strong 47 years later, about the Bear Mountain Bridge.
camp housing military prisoners. Known for his sense of hu- the family says. Whenever I see it, the tightness
Hengst retired in 1986 to de- in my stomach reminds me that
Hengst recalls that it was de- mor, Hengst would later write vote himself full-time to his be- I was up there, I walked on the
loved school. cable.”
about having to deal with the An avid outdoorsman, Hengst
could often be found on his Ho- “From Peenemünde to Cape
inevitable question on job bie Cat, a small catamaran, on Canaveral, and Beyond” is avail-
the Hudson River or hiking on able in hardcover on Lulu.com.
applications and clearances: nearby nature trails. Published by Christ Hengst, it
He writes about his experi- retails for $37.20.
“Have you ever been arrested? ences and shares his considerable
knowledge about the valley’s o-
Please explain.” thinking he would be rewarded
e Peenemünde rocket re- for his discovery.
search center was not far from at was not the reaction he
his house. One day, the young- got. Hauled into the principal’s
ster found a mis red test rocket o ce, he was scolded by two po-
in the woods. It contained valu- licemen and an air force o cer in
able aluminum, so he brought it dress uniform for bringing a “su-
to school for a scrap metal drive, per-secret weapon” to class. His
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TRUNK and a student—to provide in- idea, an historical tome or even thor and journalist, Linda Spear. pen and pencil or laptop with
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FROM PAGE 2
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District readies schools for students
BY CAROL REIF
CONTRIBUTING WRITER e athletic elds, which were and dentist. To review and update ere are no changes to the Students can buy lunches
this information, visit the In nite lunch program. beginning Wednesday, Sept. 4.
upgraded last year, are ready to go, Campus Parent Portal.
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL
Teachers, clerical, administrative Carr said. First- and second-graders New to SIS this year is Linda According to the new schedule,
can begin purchasing lunch on
and custodial sta , as well as Wednesday, Sept. 4; kindergartners Belger, a longtime teacher and school begins at 7:45 a.m. and ends
on Friday, Sept. 13. To keep lunch instructional coach. She is taking at 2:10 p.m.
construction crews, have all been PRIMROSE accounts current, visit the My over as assistant principal from
School Bucks website. To qualify Elizabeth Turner, who moved up Letters notifying parents of
as busy as bees getting ready for ere are new faces in Primrose’s for free or reduced-price lunches, ll to the principal’s spot after Stacey pick-up/drop-o times went out
out the required form. Questions Elconin became the district’s new Monday,Aug.12.For any questions,
this year’s crop of kids, says Somers main o ce: Jill Dickinson and can be directed to Norma Zeller at director of special services. contact jbernardi@somersschools.
[email protected]. org.
Central School District spokesman Barbara Haggerty, o ce assistants, School begins Wednesday, Sept.
MIDDLE SCHOOL 4, at 9 a.m. Buses leave the parking e high school has o cially
Matt Carr. and Ana Lopes, secretary to e “warning bell”sounds at 8:22 lot at 3:25 p.m. Students arriving moved to a hybrid block schedule.
after 9 a.m. are marked late. Any District o cials studied the
Besides the usual summer break principal. a.m. and classes begin at 8:25 a.m. students signed out before 3:15 p.m. issue for two years, with teachers,
School is dismissed at 3:05 p.m. will be marked as missing. students and administrators visiting
sprucing up of classrooms and School begins at 8 a.m. on Parents are asked to drop o their schools where block scheduling was
students at the rear of the building, Parent drop-o begins at 8:30 already in place.
polishing of oors, several capital Wednesday, Sept. 4, at Primrose before 8:10 a.m., when the buses a.m. in the front of the school near
start arriving in the loop. If they are the orange cones. Pick-up begins Last year, students had eight
projects are being wrapped up and buses leave the parking lot at dropping o after that, they must at 3:15 p.m. at the back, near the classes. Under the new system, they
park in the upper lot and walk their will have six and everyone,including
in time for school’s opening on 2:25 p.m. Students arriving after student into the building. fth-grade wing (turn right upon teachers, will break for lunch at the
entering parking lot). If being same time. Courses will rotate over
Wednesday, Sept. 4. ey include 8:15 a.m. will be marked late. Regular pick-ups after school picked up, your child needs to bring an eight-day cycle.
is dismissed are also at the rear of a note to school. And if parents
work on the roofs at the Primrose Kindergarten students will be the building, by the cafeteria. If need to pick up their child before 3 Two classes in the students’
a parent needs to pick up a child p.m.,they need to come to the main course load will not meet each
Elementary School and Somers dismissed at 10:45 a.m. on Sept. 4, earlier, that child must bring a note o ce.Dismissal from the o ce will day, but will rotate back into the
to the front o ce and get a pass. not be permitted between 3 and schedule the next day.
Intermediate School. 5 and 6. 3:15 p.m.
e parent must come to the main Last year,classes were 41 minutes
As of Saturday, Aug. 10, On half days, dismissal is 10:50 desk and produce identi cation Parents can meet SIS teachers at long, plus three minutes “passing
before the child is allowed to leave 7 p.m. on ursday, Sept. 12 (third time” between classes. Under the
cranes were spotted on the roof a.m. for student pick-up. Buses the building. grade); Tuesday, Sept. 17 (fourth new schedule, they are 55 minutes
grade), and Wednesday, Sept. 25. long, plus 3 minutes passing time
of SIS while crews installed new depart at 11:10 a.m. between classes.
air-conditioning and heating Parent drop-o is at the rear of
equipment. the building from 7:58-8:10 a.m.
Work replacing about 30,000 Cars are not permitted to enter
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Opinion
Alone with my thoughts Pondering
This weekend I’m reporting to you from extreme caution. On August 17, THE
sunny Belmar, New Jersey. I know every ere was a minor dust-up when a seagull took 1954, we were in SEASONED
inch of this small shore town that booms Nassau, the Baha- CITIZEN
a tern for the worse and ew in the side window, mas, an old married couple
with summer rentals. I’ve been coming here now for scaring the crap out of everybody and almost caus-
a summer weekend for the last ing an alcohol-related tragedy, me of 2 days! We had own ADRIENNE
on BOAC (British Air- KAVELLE
25 years, by myself. It’s a great spilling my margarita. It reminded ways), a grand plane that
chance to recharge my batteries MAN me of when we were walking on
and be alone with my thoughts
OVERBOARD the Atlantic City Boardwalk and had a lovely bar/café on its
for a couple days. You should RICK my sister Anne started feeding second level. I was 18 and
try it, and if you want to, you MELÉN pizza to the seagulls. My sister
can be alone with your own Anne is a friend to all animals, it was my rst ight ever.
I’m remembering again the fabulous moon on that wonder-
thoughts instead of mine. Why she doesn’t discriminate, and she ful night…it was big and bright and rounder than any moon
haven’t you done this already? assumed she was performing an act I had ever seen. For me, it held the secrets of all I’d ever
Because when you mentioned of charity because it’s hard for birds dreamed and the promises of my new life to come.
that you were thinking of taking a weekend for to order pizza. But a Hitchcockian scene ensued, Jason and I had 63 years together, from the time we met at
yourself in Belmar your wife’s eyes lit up thinking and everyone on the Boardwalk turned against the Colony Club, one year before our wedding. is is not a
of the peace and quiet, the freedom to do what she her, and I thought they were going to return with good time for me because it brings back memories that are as
wants when she wants, not having to deal with all pitchforks and torches and burn her at the stake, painful as they are sweet. I miss him, I miss the “me” I was, I
your disgusting habits (you really need to clean up so we covered her in a blanket and ushered her out miss the hustle and bustle of a life just starting.
your act). You’re thinking that there’s a slim chance to Tennessee Avenue. Einstein was so right: Time IS relative. Looking back
that the place could function without you. After enjoying the sunshine all day I like to go I don’t remember where it went…Everything in my mind
It’s the same reason that many Americans won’t somewhere at night that has a band. It’s important seems to have happened just yesterday. Sometimes, when I
take time o work to go on vacation. It’s because to support live music, or you’re going to be left refer to a time “a few years ago”, my daughters will correct
they are afraid that the company will realize how with that crap that they play at restaurants that me and say, “Mom, that was 60 years ago, not a few years.”
easy it is to get along without them, and they will mistakenly consider themselves trendy, where they To me, at this point in my life, 60 years is just a snap of the
become expendable. e day that your company play a tiny part of a song over and over and over ngers.
hired you they began the long process of eventu- with a lot of reverb and a catchy beat, and then Where did it all go? When did life slip through my hands
ally replacing you with somebody younger and they just get bored and stop, and play a di erent and leave only memories? In my head I’m still that new
smarter that they can pay less money to. Most part of a di erent song that has no substance. bride, boarding a plane for the rst time and wondering what
people don’t understand that, but I do. When I Tonight’s band was in ne form. ey played, the future had in store for me. It’s as if I held my breath for
went for my rst interview with the company “Shut Up and Dance,” which my wife always loves a moment and when I exhaled, the future became the past.
39 years ago, I stressed how easy it would be to to dance to. She always feels the need to stress the I had never lived alone. I commuted to college in New
replace me. And the company, realizing what a “shut up” part over the “and dance” part. Some- York City, returned to my parents’ home at night and then
valuable asset that is, hired me on the spot. Since body in the band yells noisily, “MAKE SOME lived with my husband. In 60 some odd years the world has
then they have never been able to nd anyone as NOISE!” ey weren’t too speci c, so I make changed tremendously. Women have become more inde-
easily replaceable as me, and thus they have never some of the noises that I’m famous for. I can do pendent; men and women live together before marriage and
replaced me. a fantastic imitation of a family of pigs talking to wed ‘at last’ not ‘at rst’; the economy is such that even when
My hotel is right across from the beach, and the each other, for instance. And I was just about to children come, and that’s much later than before, mothers
minute I park my car in a GREAT space on Tenth play “ e Flight of the Bumblebee” by hitting my must work in order to maintain their lifestyle. Many chil-
Avenue 12 drivers in a row pull up next to me and cheeks with my hands when ve girls come over dren are in pre-nursery school at just a few months.
ask me when I’m leaving. I’m used to that question and asked me, “Can you take our picture?” ey My mother worked when my sister and I were young. She
from my old girlfriend’s Mom so it doesn’t bother hand me their phone. “Of course! Where is the joined my father in his practice as his nurse. Our caregivers
me. ere aren’t many hotels around here and this F-stop on this thing? I touch the side of the phone were our paternal grandparents who lived with us in a three
is a quirky place indeed. ere is no smoking al- and now the camera is facing towards me. I hit generational home. In today’s world, many grandparents
lowed inside any of the rooms, which all smell like another button by mistake which takes my picture must continue to work in order to support themselves. Also,
smoke as if they were burning parts of the Ama- and sends it to all of her friends. “Sorry about because people wait longer to have children, grandparents
zon jungle in there. ere may be other policies that,” I say, “but if it’s any consolation my hair are not as spry as in the old days.
that are loosely enforced, but I don’t care because looks better than it usually looks at the shore.” It seems to me the more devises we create to ease our labor,
I’m right across from the beach. Sunday arrives before I know it. It’s almost the harder we have to work. It’s kind of an oxymoron!
In the afternoon I pedaled my bike over to check-out time by time I wake up, so probably e founder of my college believed all women should be
Point Pleasant to see if the place lived up to its a lot has happened before I know it. I guess I’m prepared for a profession but should not work until their chil-
name. As I crossed the Manasquan River I noticed done recharging my batteries because I used my dren were in school. She did not realize that someday women
a sign that said “Bridge Freezes Before Road.” I phone, my iPod, my radio and my laptop so much would have to contribute in order to live even a simple life. As
couldn’t help wondering, how much before? Is this that now they’re out of batteries and need to be the world grew smaller women expanded their view of what
something I should be worrying about in August? recharged. Also, my thoughts don’t seem to want life could be and demanded the independence given only to
Somebody felt it was important enough to put the to be alone with me anymore. men in past decades. And why not? Just because we carry the
sign up, so I used extreme caution. I parked my babies doesn’t make us second class citizens.
bike at the bike stand and parked myself at the Join Trillium on Friday, September 6, at Clubhouse e only constant in life is change…sometimes for the
tiki bar. Point Pleasant did live up to its name, it Grille in Norwalk opening for River of Dreams at better, sometimes for the worse. ere is no present, there is
was both pleasant and pointy. I ordered a frozen 6:30 p.m. only the past and the future.
margarita. At the tiki bar margaritas freeze be-
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Two down, one to go!
WHATWAS table for the MRI, my discom- on to Sybil, feeling quit relaxed course all of this was very easy care. e rest of the day, I took it
I THINKING? fort and emotional being were so Susan took over from Sybil and laid back for me—I was easy at home, enjoying peace and
challenged that I yelled: “Please quiet away from knocks, bangs,
and gently brought me to the oating in my own little world.
RUTHANN bring me back out. We’re done MRI room where a smiling Judy Would you believe I even dozed bells and buzzers.
SCHEFFER
here. No more!” was waiting for me. She and o at one point? An extra special thanks to
My oncologist has suggested her assistant positioned me on irty minutes later and we Sybil for her gentle care—and
an MRI, and I’ve been dragging a wider table which allowed me were done. How di erent this laughing with me as she held my
my feet on this with all kinds of to bend my elbows instead of experience was from the last arm while I zigged and zagged
Acouple of weeks ago, I excuses: “It hurts my arms to straightening my arms over my one. I believe the preparation in and out of the building.
brought you up to date on keep them over my head,” “ e head—so much more comfort- and suggestions before the test Initial reports indicate that
my major medical issues. opening pushes on my ribs,” “I able. A little wiggle here, a little made all the di erence—and the all went well and that it was a
Red blood count is down so no can’t get my backside down far push there, head phones on to Valium and di erent machine. “good” test. My oncologist will
phlebotomies; I’ll keep using the enough not to rub against the help block out the cacophony anks to Susan, Judy and the go into more detail when I see
nocturnal oxygen. In the begin- ‘donut’ of the machine,” ya da of sounds and I was ready. Of sta in Armonk for their kind him in September.
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My toilet paper runneth over
“Hey honey, why is shelves in the basement. But we “I over-ordered the toilet I said nothing. LOST IN
there a roll of toilet were not in a house. We were paper!” I said de antly. “And now He went to make breakfast. SUBURBIA
paper in my shoe?” in an apartment. And it was an we have enough toilet paper to “ ere is toilet paper in the
asked my husband. apartment with only four closets wipe everyone’s butts for the pots and pans,” he sighed. TRACY
and only one shelf for extra pa- next decade, but there is no- I nodded. BECKERMAN
It was a perfectly reasonable per goods. e paper towels had where to store it!” He opened the microwave.
question. People don’t normally already claimed a large portion “ ere are four rolls of toilet get his jacket to go to work. But
store rolls of toilet paper in their of the real estate there. So, there “Just how much toilet paper paper in the microwave!” he said as soon as he opened the door,
husband’s shoes. But I had a De- wasn’t even room really for one are we talking about?” he asked. through gritted teeth. “Honey, something shifted inside the
fcon 5 toilet paper storage situa- 12-pack of toilet paper, much this is ridiculous.” closet and suddenly, 36 rolls of
tion. And also, I’m not normal. less a case of it, no matter how I sighed. “One hundred and “I don’t know what you want toilet paper rained down upon
much I squeezed the Charmin. forty-four rolls.” me to do?” I replied. “I’m doing his head.
e trouble started when I the best I can. ere’s just no
ordered toilet paper online. Be- ey say when one is rich in He raised his eyebrows but place to put all the toilet paper.” “Tracy!” he yelled. “Toilet
cause we were dangerously close toilet paper, they are rich in love. said nothing. He knew when he “Well, we can’t keep it in the paper is literally falling on my
to having a toilet paper short- But it soon became clear that was on dangerous ground and microwave and the pots and head!”
age emergency, I hastily ordered the toilet paper situation was decided that when push came pans,” he said. “Can you nd
what I thought was a pack of 12 on the verge of disrupting the to ush, he could live with toilet another place?” “What?” I said shrugging. “At
rolls of toilet paper. What I got, otherwise peaceful coexistence paper in his shoes. “Fine,” I said reluctantly. least it’s soft.”
though, was 12 packs of 12 rolls of my husband and myself in our “Is there anymore toilet paper
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OP-ED SHIP
Taking action to combat FROM PAGE 12
the opioid epidemic
Same overalls! Same long nar-
BY SEN. PETE HARCKHAM cialist they saw, in a single outpatient visit. With most patients needing row face. is is where my fantasy
GUEST WRITER multiple visits per week, outpatient substance use disorder care became comes in... I’m at an Elton John
una ordable. concert. ere are thousands of
The opioid epidemic has touched every New Yorker either per- people in the audience. e crowd
sonally or through a friend, relative or community member. We also mandated that Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) be is roaring for Elton to perform
With the proliferation of fentanyl, opioid drugs have become covered by all insurance plans, both public and private. We required his new hit, “Don’t Go Breaking
more deadly and more addictive. In 2018, more people died from that MAT be mandated in all correctional facilities throughout the My Heart.” Elton makes an an-
drug overdoses than perished at the height of the AIDS epidemic. state. Additionally, we passed legislation requiring physicians to nouncement: “Ladies and Gentle-
discuss the risks associated with opioid prescriptions and possible man, I’m afraid that Kiki Dee has
While heroin addiction has been plaguing our urban communities alternatives. And, we passed Stephen’s Law, requiring that treatment taken ill. Is there a young lady in
for decades, the suburban and rural crisis has been fueled by unscru- centers, at the consent of the patient, inform their support network the audience who can play the
pulous pharmaceutical companies and distributors ooding the state should they determine that a patient is in a life endangering situation, piano and has Kiki Dee’s haircut
with prescription opioid pain pills. From 2006 to 2012, New York such as a failed drug test. and would like to perform with
State was inundated with nearly 3.4 billion pain pills. Westches- me??” I raise my hand, and Elton
ter County was supplied with 120,521,446 prescription pain pills, But with all that has been done, we still have a long way to go in pulls me out of the audience where
enough for 18 pills per person per year; Putnam County received our battle against opioids. Beginning this summer, along with Sen. I make my debut, and the fans go
14,979,750, enough for 21 pills per person per year; and Dutchess Gustavo Rivera, chair of the Senate Committee on Health, and Sen. wild. (My fantasy took place years
County, was ooded with 59,935,295 prescription pain pills, enough David Carlucci, chair of the Senate Committee on Mental Health before Bruce Springstein pulled
for 29 pills per person per year. ese numbers are shocking and and Developmental Disabilities, I will be co-chairing a new statewide Courtney Cox out of the audience
unconscionable. Joint Task Force on Opioids, Addiction and Overdose Prevention. for “Dancing in the Dark”.)
We will travel the state and learn about the issues facing all of our
As chair of the New York State Senate’s Committee on Alcohol- communities as well as gaps that exist in the system. Most impor- ree people knew of this
ism and Substance Abuse, the Senate listened to patient advocates tant, we will work to uncover best practices and develop solutions fantasy: my children. Yesterday
and is taking action. is session, we doubled the minimum number to address co-occurring disorders. Our ultimate goal is to prevent I went to see “Rocket Man,” the
of days for inpatient substance abuse treatment, from 14 to 28, before overdoses in people who are addicted and to nd more avenues to get new biopic about Elton John
insurance companies may conduct their concurrent review. Far too them into treatment. with my son, Max. ere was a
often, people seeking recovery were unable to obtain the proper treat- scene where Elton and Kiki Dee
ment they needed because their insurance provider had kicked them If you would like to participate at one of the hearings or round- were recording “Don’t Go Break-
out of treatment prematurely, often with no follow up plan. at will tables please email [email protected] or call my ing My Heart”. e Kiki in the
no longer be the case in New York State. o ce at 914-241-4600 for more details.Together, we will continue to movie looked exactly like a young
reverse this terrible crisis. Shari. My son elbowed me hard,
Further, we reduced the number of co-pays a patient could be charged “MOM, that’s the girl from your
for outpatient treatment to a single co-pay at the rate of a regular doctor New York State Senator Pete Harckham represents the 40th Senate fantasy!!!” e movie transported
visit. Frequently, patients were hit with multiple co-pays for each spe- District. me to another place and time. I
came home and practiced all my
Elton John songs which made
me feel like I was 15.
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Chief, Psychiatry illness for many reasons. It’s the added stress of a that before your kid goes away. Have frank chats about
Medical Director, new environment and new expectations, right when your worries, even if you’re doing all the talking.
Behavioral Health Unit they’ve left behind their support system. They’re freer
Northern Westchester Hospital now – but less structure can be daunting. Socially Establish an understanding before they leave home.
and sexually, they’re still guring out who they are. For example, agree to text every three or four days.
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e Somers Library is located at 82 older adults 60 and over and those thing wrong with them!). We & 12/10, 6:30 - 8:00 pm. is W.I.N.K. (WHAT I NEED
Primrose St. Register for programs caring for the elderly achieve a will be concentrating on history, Somers Library sponsored book KNOWN) Important Informa-
at somerslibrary.org or by calling better understanding of Medi- biography, technology, astronomy, club will be led by Diana Cun- tion about Me: Join us on Tues-
914-232-5717. Programs are care health plans and prescrip- computers and science. In the ningham, who will select the day, September 10 from 6:30-8
funded by the Friends of the Somers tion drug coverage. Information future, members will choose the books to be discussed at each p.m. What if you are suddenly
Library through donations. is provided about di erent types books to be read. Cookies will be meeting. e titles will be mostly incapacitated, hospitalized, or
of government programs. served. Space is limited to 15. ction, but could also be non- c- worse? What vital information
Fall Gardening and Seed If you can’t visit the library in Summer Art at the Somers tion or biographical. Any Somers about you do family and friends
Saving Program, September person, you can leave a message Library. Mondays 10:30 a.m. to library user can register/attend. need to know? Registration is re-
14, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Are on the SBIC helpline at 914-231- 12:30 p.m. You can begin/con- Copies will be reserved for club quired to ensure your blank docu-
you interested in fall gardening? 3260 or email us at SBIC@wls- tinue to explore painting with members. Space is limited to ment copy is available. .
Want to learn how to save seeds mail.org with your name, num- acrylics. Instruction will include 20 people and registration is re- Writer’s Workshops with
and re-grow plants and harvest ber, a time to call from 9 a.m. to mixing colors and additives and quired. Linda Spear:
from this years garden? You can! 5 p.m. and whether your interest the application of paint with Art Exhibit: Constanza Mal- • Mondays Writers’ Workshop
Meet master gardener, Shanyn is in Medicare services or other di erent tools to achieve dra- lol Paintings. September 1 - 30, with Linda Spear. Monday, Sep-
Siegel who will share her tips on bene ts. A counselor will return matic e ects. Supply List: Char- during library hours. ose who tember 9, 16, 23, 30; October 7,
seed saving! Use those leftover your call within two business coal pencil, Sketchpad or paper, experience Constanza Mallol’s 14,21,28; November 4,18,25 and
seeds to help grow a new garden days. SBIC will not meet on days Brushes, Canvas or canvas board, colorful, descriptive still-lifes and Dec. 2, 10:30 a.m to noon (Please
in the spring! Register on our the Somers schools are closed due Palette knife, Acrylic paints. gures are struck by their reveal- register separately to the work-
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Samos
Island Tusker Travels takes Greece
BY ANNA TIMONE
GUEST WRITER
Tusker Travels is a nonpro t Tusker Travels at the Acropolis
educational travel company formed by ve
Somers High School teachers, Christine opportunity to visit Greek
Lepkowski, William Maelia, Christine
Brooks,Angela Holder and Anna Timone. islands and the coastal towns
We are dedicated to providing educational
travel opportunities to students that will of Greece. ey sailed the
enhance their classroom studies and help
them become global citizens. In recent beautiful blue waters to
years, we have organized student trips to
Iceland, France, Australia, New Zealand, the white sand beaches of
Hawaii and Greece.
Mykonos, Samos, Patmos,
is past April, Somers students and
Tusker Travels chaperones embarked on Rhodes, Crete and Santorini.
a 10-day tour of Athens and the Greek
islands. In Athens, students visited the ey were able to explore the
Olympic Stadium, which hosted the rst
modern Olympics in 1896. ey visited Old Town in Mykonos and the
the Acropolis and saw the Parthenon and
the Temple of Athena Nike. e following beaches and archaeological sites PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHRISTINE LEPKOWSKI
day, they had an excursion to Delphi and of Samos. Students experienced
visited the archaeological site and museum Greek cooking class in Plaka
centered around the Oracle of Delphi, the medieval city of Rhodes
where the philosopher Socrates consulted
with the Oracle and where ancient before heading to Crete and the island for a lifetime! Visit tuskertravels.org/
military leaders left o erings for luck in
battle. Travelers saw artifacts dating back of Santorini. ey visited the Palace of travel-blog to see more photos and read
to 550 BC and learned about the mythical
past of Greece. Knossos and the Oia Village of Santorini. more stories about this incredible trip to
e students and chaperones boarded e trip ended with a tour of Cape Greece!
a four-day cruise that provided the
Sounion, which houses an ancient temple In the next few years, Tusker Travels
dedicated to Poseidon. e adventures has many interesting travel itineraries in
that the student travelers shared and the SEE TRAVELS PAGE 23
memories they created will stay with them
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IBET you can!
A successful path to employment for autistic youth
How many people with au- teraction. Interestingly, another closing the under-employment practices we’ve developed could
tism do you see or interact with widespread feature of this dis- gap. is is a time that schools be easily incorporated into any GUEST
when you run errands in town? order is an extraordinarily high can o er experiences that will high school program to achieve CORNER
How often do you hear proud unemployment rate. e dismal build college readiness or job- the most important goal – adult
parents of an autistic young employment statistics are unfor- related skills. independence. DIANNE
adult brag about their son or tunate because people with ASD At Shrub Oak International IBET (as in IBET you can!) ZAGER, PH.D.
daughter’s college acceptance or often have outstanding strengths School in Mohegan Lake, we’re provides a framework for de-
new job? and abilities that would make committed to demonstrating the livering meaningful instruction
Your responses to these ques- them highly valued assets in the value of autistic people in the that is related to lifelong produc-
tions likely attest to a bleak story workplace. workplace and community. Our tivity. e ultimate goal of IBET
that re ects the limited number Educators are in a position to transition team has created a is to deliver a relevant education Dianne Zager, Ph.D., is
of adults with autism spectrum improve the employment rate for model that has yielded positive that will prepare students for Head of School for Shrub Oak
disorder (ASD) who are suc- persons with autism. A major re- results in a wide range of work productive and satisfying lives. International School. She is a
cessfully integrated into our sponsibility of secondary schools settings, including varied retail In our culture, the degree of ful- pioneer in autism education,
communities. We can, and must, is to prepare students to realize stores, bakeries, tness cen- llment that people achieve in consultant to school districts across
change the outcome of this story. their potential and become con- ters, outdoor maintenance and adulthood is measured by their the U.S., and founding editor
Lives depend on it. tributing members of their com- community service. We refer to degree of community participa- of Focus on Autism and Other
With approximately 85 per- munities. High schools should our model as IBET, or Inde- tion, including career/vocation, Developmental Disabilities,
cent of autistic youths who exit be held accountable for students’ pendence-Bound Experiential community integration and level one of the most widely read
high school being unprepared outcomes. Adolescence is a dif- Teaching. is exciting new of autonomy. IBET is designed journals in the eld. Families and
for either college or for employ- cult time for young people with model guides students as they to build competencies that will educators who would like to learn
ment, it’s clear that our schools an ASD and their families. At build job skills and independent yield successful outcomes in more about the IBET Program
are failing to prepare students this critical developmental stage, functioning, along with self- these domains. should contact Zager at dzager@
with ASD for successful adult schools can play a pivotal role in determination competence. e shruboak.org.
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Back to college
e big college move-in has begun! Parents, when you’re done wiping your tears (or
maybe celebrating?), feel free to email photos of the big day to
[email protected] and we’ll run them in the paper as we get them.
PHOTO COURTESY OF GLENN HINTZE
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How to transition to college successfully
BY ELAINE MCMAHON and at your best. Adopt healthy eat- lege students. A simple spreadsheet according to the American Col- counseling also surround you. Don’t
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Get and stay organized. Unlike is situation inevitably results in
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periods and classes held in a single about space and social boundaries.
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will likely vary from day to day and need to live by, they should be com-
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when and where your classes are build, but if a con ict arises, use the
being held and map out the routes word “I” instead of “you” to avoid a
that will allow you enough time to combative exchange. Practice active
get them. On larger campuses, stu- listening and try to see the situation
dents nd it helpful to use Google from his or her point of view.
Maps or learn the campus bus sys- You will also have the opportu-
tem to ensure they make it to classes nity to meet and work with many
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BOYS SOCCER Sports
Somers seeks third section title in four years
Tuskers hope to continue dominance on soccer pitch
BY ROB DIANTONIO so we de nitely need some other people to
CONTRIBUTING WRITER step up this year for sure.”
Lasher, who was called up to varsity as a
Since Brian Lanzetta took over as freshman, is con dent his teammates will
Somers’ boys soccer coach in 2016, the help him ll the scoring void left with the
Tuskers have reached unparalleled levels graduations of Fecci and Riina.
of success. “It’s big shoes to ll but it’s not just on
Somers did the unthinkable, winning me,” Lasher said. “We’re going to have
its rst state title in school history in to work as a team to get there. It doesn’t
Lanzetta’s rst season. e next year, the take one person to do it all. If we all work
Tuskers were upset in the Section 1 quar- together, I think we can go and do better
ter nals, but climbed back to the top last things.”
season, winning the section title again and Senior Ethan Cukaj is one player who
advancing all the way to the state nals be- can help put some shots in the back of the
fore falling to Amityville. net. He plays outside mid eld.
e Tuskers will seek their third Section “He’s a type of winger who can create
1 Class A title in four seasons this year. and he’s got some shot,” Lanzetta said.
“ e expectations are de nitely very “He’s de nitely going to be a killer on the
high,” said senior Drew Lasher. “We’re a outside. I’m excited to watch him play his
hardworking team just looking to score senior year. And he’s lled out too and
goals and win games. Talent will come, gotten a little bit stronger this summer.”
we’ve just got to work on our communica- Evan Mazzola is a talented mid elder
tion skills and work as a team. e chem- who will be a threat for the 2019 Tuskers.
istry will build from there. It’ll evolve and “If you didn’t hear about him during last
we’ll get to states again. at’s our goal.” year’s sectional race then you were living
Many key players have graduated, such under a rock,” Lanzetta said.
as All-American Lucas Fecci, Jonathan Sophomore mid elder Bennett Leitner
Riina and goaltender Conor O’Donoghue. burst onto the varsity scene as a freshman
But there is plenty of talent returning, in- and Lanzetta is expecting him to have a
cluding three starters and a number of breakout campaign. “He’s going to be a FILE PHOTO/ROB DIANTONIO
players who saw regular minutes. big name that you’re going to see blow up Coach Brian Lanzetta is “expecting a lot of goals” from senior Drew Lasher this season.
“You de nitely can’t replace Lucas Fecci this year, which I’m super excited about,”
and Jon Riina,” Lanzetta said. “ ose are Lanzetta said. no one’s really been getting by them. Guys that we’ll be able to help the goalkeepers
two great, talented players that when they Lanzetta’s players agreed that Leitner like Lasher and Bennett have been strug- to get them to be as vocal and as good as
wanted to turn it on, there was no stop- will be an important factor in the team’s gling against those two boys in the back. Conor was,” Grippo said. “ ey’re both
ping them. It’s cool because it motivates success. It’s a good little duo back there that I’m big and talented but just need to work on
these seniors to step up and ll that empty “We have a lot weighing on him,” said trying to create through this preseason their communication skills. ey’re young
space. at’s what’s pretty exciting. I’m senior Joe Grippo. “He played very well process.” so they’re not as con dent. But once we
watching these guys get after it and they last year but I think this is going to be his Derek Marques is a junior who will also help them with their con dence, they’ll be
want to be those guys that are known like breakout year.” be a key defensive player. very good.”
Lucas Fecci and Riina. ey’re motivated.” Seniors Jose and Diego Giron, twin ere’s a battle for replacing O’Donoghue Two rising sophomores in Michael
Lasher, a senior with lightning speed, brothers, provided minutes o the bench in net between freshman Anthony Tucci Micceri and Daniel D’Ippolito are ex-
will be a scoring force for Somers. Lan- last season at mid eld and will be thrust and sophomore Declan Foley. pected to burst onto the scene and make
zetta said the versatile Lasher can play all into bigger roles this year. “Right now we don’t know who’s start- an impact.
over the eld if needed. Grippo, another senior, has been a ing,” Lanzetta said. “Anthony is a fresh- “It’s like that movie ‘Kicking and
“Lasher is de nitely the type of guy leader at mid eld, but Lanzetta said he’s man keeper who plays very high level club Screaming’ where they say ‘pass it to the
where you can play him anywhere,” Lan- thinking of moving him to center back to soccer and actually just won a national title Italians,’” Lanzetta said of the sophomore
zetta said. “With Fecci and Riina last year, help spark the defense. out in Colorado. He’s de nitely a guy right duo.“ ey’re two small, technical and skill-
I couldn’t even put him up top. I had him “He’s got a great relationship with one now who could take it but I also have a ful players in the mid eld. ey really can
playing in the defensive middle, because of our starting defenders, [senior] Sean 6-foot sophomore who is battling for it. dictate the game with the ball at their feet.
he’s just so athletic. I could put Lasher in Dickson,” Lanzetta said. “ ey’re best It’s up for grabs.” I’m looking forward to watching them.”
the goal if I needed to. But this year I’m friends and they really communicate and Grippo is con dent that the defense can Somers opens the season against rival
expecting a lot of goals from him. He’s play well together. I call them the Bash be a strong unit. Yorktown in the Huskers’ tournament at
known in the section and he’ll be marked, Brothers and, since we’ve been training, “Me and Sean as leading seniors, I think 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3.
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ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT – ALEXIS ATKINSON
Somers senior a standout on defense
Somers senior Alexis Atkinson ported me and taught me to
is a three-year starter on defense never give up no matter how
for the girls soccer team. She is hard the challenge is.
committed to Iona College, where Tell us one thing about
she will continue her soccer career. yourself that not a lot of people
know?
BY ROB DIANTONIO People wouldn’t expect it be-
CONTRIBUTING WRITER cause of my personality, but I am
very organized and always want
How old were you when you everything in the right place.
started playing soccer and how Will you continue to play
did you get started? soccer in college?
I was 6 years old when I start- Yes, I will be continuing to
ed playing soccer when my par- play soccer at Iona College. It
ents signed me up for AYSO. had everything I wanted in a
What are the team’s expecta- school and it felt right.
tions for the upcoming soccer Who is your favorite pro-
season? fessional athlete and pro or
As a team, we hope to grow college sports team?
and become stronger through- Julie Ertz and my favorite
out the season. We are always professional sports team is the
looking to help each other and Miami Dolphins.
push one another every day to What is your favorite music
make sure we have a successful to listen to warming up for a
season. game?
As a senior on the team, how Every game my teammate,
much do you value being a Megan Dineen, and I always
leader? listen to “Magic in the Hamp-
I have always looked up to the tons” and it always gets us ready
seniors for guidance and moti- for the game. And every away FILE PHOTO/ROB DIANTONIO
vation and I hope I can do the game the team and our coach, Tusker Alexis Atkinson during a 2018 match
same thing this season for the [Paul Saia], always sing “Piano
underclassmen. Man” and “Only the Good Die eat before or after a game? take pictures and it’s a fun way cer program has been a huge
What is your favorite team Young.” Before and after every game to talk to my friends. part of who I am. I have met
activity, pregame or postgame If you could have one super- I de nitely go to the fridge for For a young athlete growing some of my best friends being
ritual that you share with your power, what would it be and some watermelon. up in Somers, what would you part of this team and the over-
teammates? why? Best place to eat in Somers? tell them about the experience all experience has been amazing.
My favorite team activity is It would be teleportation so I De nitely Bobo’s Cafe! of being part of the soccer Always having teammates and
going to team dinners after prac- could get to places instantly. Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat program and why should they coaches encouraging you has
tice. ey are always so much If you could pick one place or Instagram? Why? go out for the team? always sbuececnestsh.Se reason for our
fun and I love bonding with my to visit on vacation that you’ve Snapchat because I like to Being part of the Somers soc- overall
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Pooja Rao
Somers goes up for
ready to the block
during
dig it a 2018
match.
Tuskers return four starters Tusker
from last year Delaney
Killeen
BY ROB DIANTONIO is setting the ball very nicely and we are look- serves during
CONTRIBUTING WRITER ing forward to her contribution this season as a 2018
a senior and leader on the court.” match.
Injuries were a theme for Kim Kelly and the
Somers volleyball team in 2018 but Kelly is op- Joining Rao in the front row will be senior Sabrina
timistic heading into the new campaign with Jen Acocella, junior Delaney Killeen and senior Somoza
four starters returning. Ashli Ginquitti.
FILE PHOTOS/
“By midseason, we had just 50 percent of “Each of these girls has developed their ROB
our starting lineup healthy,” said Kelly, whose hitting nicely in the o -season,” Kelly noted.
team was 10-8 last year and fell to Tappan Zee “Combine that with our sophomores, Megan DIANTONIO
in the rst round of sectionals. “Our goals this Spencer and Julianna Bockhaus, who share the
season are to train, elevate our skills and main- same versatility on the front row, and we gain
tain not only our starting lineup, but develop some of the depth we have lacked in year’s past.”
our back-up positions to be able to step in and
be e ective early in the year.” A pair of seniors, Sabrina Somoza and Re-
becca Menna, will share time at libero.
Senior Pooja Rao is one of the Tuskers’ top
attackers in the front row. “ ey are quick to the ball and have a fan-
tastic court awareness in the back row,” Kelly
“We will rely heavily on her experience and said. “It’s going to be exciting to watch them
ability to put the ball away,” Kelly said. “She defend the court.”
also has a strong serve that we will look to for
e ectiveness in putting the opposing team Somers begins its season when it travels to
out of system and prevent them from running Croton-Harmon for a 4:30 p.m. game on Fri-
their strongest attackers on the ball.” day, Aug. 30.
Julia Vitale, a senior, will be the Tuskers’ pri- “We have a strong returning core,” Kelly
mary setter. said. “And while we are looking to capitalize
on their experience and familiarity with play-
“While we are young in the position, we ex- ing alongside one another, we expect our un-
pect to have Julia training our sophomore sec- derclassmen and new additions to the roster
ondary setter, Nikki Fasone,” Kelly said. “Julia will play an important role without delay this
year.”
Thursday, August 29, 2019 SPORTS The Somers Record – Page 27
Taking a look under the hood
MARSH June 1965 race, it got to work falter. As I learn who’s who and erage could be stronger? Shoot inner workings of their com-
MADNESS on winning in 1966. Carroll munities.
Shelby and his driver/engineer, me an email and let me know.
BRIAN Ken Miles, took the car out as Unlike Ford, our resources are As Ford ultimately did in
MARSCHHAUSER often as they could. 1966, we can capture that
not unlimited. We can’t throw checkered ag by working
“Finally the car was get- together.
money at every problem.
for Yorktownput names to faces over the
next few months, I’ll need my
dedicated readers to keep me in
the know.
At a game? Take a picture But we have something
ting the development work and send it. ink you have a greater. We have a network of
it needed, and with each lap, good story? Tell us about it. tens of thousands of readers, Email me at marschhauser@
Miles’ intimacy with the car Are there areas where our cov- all intimately familiar with the halstonmedia.com.
grew deeper,” Baime wrote. “His
colleagues described ‘an almost
In “Go Like Hell,” a book
Who do you know that deserves a free car?about Ford’s desperate quest
to beat Ferrari at the famed 24 mystical sense’ of the car’s inner for Yorktown
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NORTHERN WESTCHESTER DIVE CONFERENCE
High diving siblings make big waves
Many school-aged kids Julia Wilkinson Jay Wilkinson PHOTOS COURTESY OF MICHAEL DARLAND impressive dives this summer.
anticipate summer break as a Jay completed the Forward 1
time to wind down, go on family won rst place, beating divers the Westchester County Diving a score of 161.90. Julia (13U)
vacations and spend time with from ve other divisions. Jay Championships, held at the nished in second place with a 1/2 Somersault Pike, the Reverse
friends. placed second. Lake Isle Club in White Plains. 1 1/2 Somersault Tuck, and the
score of 159.00. Forward 1 Somersault Full Twist
But for Jay and Julia THE WINNING CONTINUES Competing against more than on the 1-meter springboard.
Wilkinson, it’s a time to Jay and Julia also competed in 50 teams, Jay won rst place GETTING TECHNICAL
dominate. in his age group (14-17) with e siblings performed some Julia took it a step further,
completing a Forward 2
e Somers siblings have spent Somersault Pike (also known as
their past ve Julys swimming the Front Double) and a Back 1
and diving for the Division 1/2 Somersault Pike, both with
1 Northern Westchester Degrees of Di culty of 2.3.
Swimming Conference. All
month, they train and compete e scores a diver gets from
with the Yorktown Swim and the three judges are added up
Dive Team, jumping in the and multiplied by the dive’s
water before many people get Degree of Di culty.
out of bed.
“It was challenging at times
Having trained all year with because some of the boards were
a USA Diving and AAU- not as bouncy as I’m used to and
sanctioned coach, Michael it made it more di cult to do
Darland, the siblings were eager my harder dives,” Julia said. “My
to show o their new abilities. coach, Beth [Kear], believed in
me and told me I can do it. I was
Yorktown went undefeated putting it all out there.”
thanks to Jay, 14, and Julia, 12,
who won rst place in all ve Jay’s approach—scoring
dual meets against Pound Ridge, highly in the “easier” dives—also
Willowbrooke, Chappaqua, paid o .
Briarcli and Katonah.
ough the Wilkinsons
Along the way, Julia, are proud of their undefeated
participating in the 13-and- summer, they most enjoyed
under age group, scored a 133.75, training with their teammates.
breaking a long-standing dive
record set by Katie Bress in 2006. “We love our swim and dive
family,” said Julia. “We only see
At the Division 1 Dive them once a year during the
Championship, held in Shrub summer and we have the best
Oak, they both took rst place time!”
in their age groups. With the
wins, they represented Division For their e orts, Jay and
1 at the All-Star Championship Julia shared Yorktown’s Most
held in Lewisboro, where Julia Valuable Diver Trophy.
ey will continue their
training in the fall.
Martial artists medal in Maryland
Somers martial arts students com- PHOTO COURTESY OF HANK KADEL
peted in the 2019 U.S. Interna-
tional Kuo Shu (Kung Fu) Federa- The Dragon and Crane team, kneeling: Alex Gordon, Nick Gordon, Jimmy Berthelon and James Lucasse; standing: Helen Lucassen,
tion Championship Tournament last Sifu Eric Scattaretico, Steve Reilly, Gloria Gordon, Sophie Major, Joan Berthelon, Julie Collins, Simu Jasmine Scattaretico, Sifu Jonathan
month and brought back gold, silver Girardat, Tim Gordon, and Master John Scattaretico
and bronze medals in several catego-
ries, including ghting and form.
Master John Scattaretico, of Dragon
and Crane, accompanied his students
to the international event, held in
Maryland on July 27-28. e com-
petition drew more than 700 martial
artists—aged 7 to 70—from nearly a
dozen countries to compete in hun-
dreds of categories.
e United States Kuo Shu Fed-
eration is a non-pro t organization,
which promotes friendship, unity,
physical tness, harmony, martial arts
ethics, and peace in the United States
through the principles of Kuo Shu.
Dragon and Crane, an American-
Chinese cultural center in Somers, of-
fers programs in the martial arts for all
ages, as well as meditation, yoga, and
tai chi (dragonandcrane.com).
Thursday, August 29, 2019 LEISURE The Somers Record – Page 29
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Welcoming a new child? Consider these financial moves
If a new child has entered your life, you achieving your education to see your children as Even when you devote the time and
are no doubt full of joy today and hopes for savings goal can help you GUEST adults who have found money necessary to your new child, you
CORNER their way in the world. can’t forget about yourself and your own
the future. stay on track. And if you Still, it’s best to be pre- needs – in particular, you must save and in-
And you can help make that future a have other goals, such
brighter one for your child and your fam- as saving for retirement, MICHAEL pared for anything – vest for retirement. Contribute as much as
ily by taking some important steps in these it’s important to address O’DONOVAN which means you should you can a ord to the retirement accounts
areas: how they t into your draw up your estate plans available to you, such as your 401(k) and
• College – Given the consistently rising overall nancial strategy. well before they are like- IRA. After all, the more you put away, the
costs of higher education, the earlier you • Insurance – If you ly to be needed. Among less likely the need for your child to help
start your savings and investment plans, the did not have life insurance before, you may other things, you may want to name some- support you later in life.
better o you will likely be. While it may want to consider it now. Ask yourself: If one to serve as your child’s guardian if you – You’ll have much to think about when
be di cult to set aside money for education something happened to me, would my and your co-parent, if one is involved – are you welcome a new child to your family –
when you’re still a young family, planning to child be able to stay in the same house? not around. And because a minor generally but by taking the time to make the appro-
cram at the last minute is not a good idea. Receive an education? Enjoy a comfort- cannot inherit money or property, you may priate nancial moves, you can help make
Time is one of your biggest assets, and de- able lifestyle? Even if you have an actively also want to appoint a conservator to act as the transition a positive one.
laying even a few years can have a big e ect involved co-parent with a steady income, a guardian over whatever nancial assets
on your portfolio’s value. it still might not be enough to take care of your child might inherit until the child is of is article was written by Edward Jones for
In addition, just like regular attendance your child in the way you would have want- age, which will be 18 or 21, depending on use by your local nancial advisor, Michael
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O ce Location: County of
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE in the O ce of the Town Clerk General Purpose. upon whom process against may Westchester. SSNY designated
that the Town of Somers will as agent of the LLC upon whom
conduct a public hearing on during regular business hours. LLC FORMATION NOTICE be served & shall mail process process against it may be served.
September 12, 2019 at 7:00 By Order of the Town Board to Anderson Registered Agents, SSNY shall mail process to:
p.m. at the Town House, 335 352 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn,
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on a proposed Local Law to purpose.
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Prevention Bureau, § 26-1E in
its entirety of the CODE of the Town Clerk Sec. of State of NY (SSNY ) LLC FORMATION NOTICE
Town of Somers. Dated: August 15, 2019 5/30/2019. Cty: Westchester.
All persons having an interest SSNY desig. as agent upon Notice of Formation of
in the proposed local law are
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