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The Somers Record 08.12.21

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Thursday, August 12, 2021

consider new
COVID guidelines

DOH allows districts to set
reentry plans

State Sen. Pete Harckham (D-South Salem) BY CAROL REIF
watches as Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at STAFF WRITER
Harckham’s 2019 inauguration. Last week,
the senator called for Cuomo’s resignation. State health o cials’ recent announcement that they were going to
let school districts set COVID-19 guidelines, including mask man-
FILE PHOTO/BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER dates, this fall has local educators scrambling.

State officials call for School starts in Somers on Wednesday, Sept. 1, less than four
Cuomo’s resignation weeks away.

BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER unwanted groping,kissing and hugging,and made in- On ursday, Aug. 5, Department of Health Commissioner Dr.
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR appropriate comments. Investigators also found that Howard Zucker said that since Albany had lifted the COVID-19
his o ce fostered a “toxic”workplace and that a senior state of emergency, districts were “reestablished as the controlling en-
Last week, Assemblyman Chris Burdick (D- sta member took actions to retaliate against a former tity for schools.”
Bedford) and Sen. Peter Harckham (D-South Sa- employee who alleged harassment.
lem) joined the chorus of state legislators calling on “Schools and school districts should develop plans to open in-per-
Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign after an investiga- Cuomo, for his part, has strongly denied the alle- son in the fall as safely as possible,” he said in a brief statement, rec-
tion found that he sexually harassed multiple wom- gations, saying in a pre-recorded video that he never ommending that they instead listen to the federal Centers for Disease
en, including current and former state employees. touched anyone inappropriately or made unwanted Control and Prevention and local health authorities.
sexual advances.
On Tuesday, Aug. 3, New York Attorney General Only days before, the state DOH was still assuring everyone that it
Letitia James released the ndings of the investigation But that hasn’t stopped members of his own party was working on rules and guidance.
spearheaded by her o ce. According to the 165-page from calling for his resignation. Harckham, who
report,Cuomo,a former Bedford resident,engaged in Among the preventative measures the CDC has recommended are
SEE CUOMO PAGE 6 social distancing, mask-wearing, proper ventilation and vaccinations
for all who are eligible.

e disaster declaration expired on June 24. But New Yorkers still
have to mask up on public transit and in hospitals, nursing homes,
correctional facilities and other public facilities.

SEE SCHOOLS PAGE 4

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Thursday, August 12, 2021 OPINION The Somers Record – Page 11

Chasing waterfalls

MAN he viewed them as a utilitarian Kent Falls is a nice place to had invested some time in hair precarious path you can walk up
OVERBOARD art form. If you’ve often won- have a picnic or get a good sel e and make-up. Perhaps she was near the side of the water if you
dered what a picaroon was, or a or take your kids. If you want an in uencer, and I hear that want to get a nice view from the
RICK winnowing machine or a bark to bring them back home again cray sh are easily in uenced, so I top. I’m guessing it’s the place
MELÉN spud, this is the place to nd out. that’s up to you. We watched just hope that she was using her where Kent actually fell from
one girl set up an entire portable powers for good instead of evil. when they named the place after
Last Saturday the weather ere was something called a sel e studio with a light ring
was so nice we decided “ ail with eelskin thong,” which and a tripod, and she clearly You’re not allowed to scale SEE MELEN PAGE 12
to take a little motorcycle if I’m not mistaken was also the falls themselves, but there’s a
ride. It’s nice to feel the wind the title of a Kim Kardashian
lapping at your face, and it’s one Instagram post. Russell Girolamo Jr Stephanie Girolamo Burke Jennifer Thorp Gregory Bell
of the few things I don’t mind
lapping at my face. Our desti- Eric Sloane had a lifelong Auto | Home | Business | Life
nation was a day trip to Kent fascination with weather, clouds Let us help you protect what’s most important.
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we stopped at the Bulls Covered Smithsonian Air and Space Mu-
Bridge for a photo, but you can’t seum in Washington, D.C.
see the bridge at all because they
built a cover over it. e good You can tour his studio, recre-
news is that if you drive over it ated with the tools he used and
in the rain, your car stays dry the the books he found inspiration
whole time. in all sitting there as if he just
got up for a beer. I pictured
At the Eric Sloane Museum, myself painting in the studio,
an enthusiastic docent told us trying to gure out how so much
about his life and accomplish- paint got in my hair, and how I
ments. He was a proli c painter, might get it out, and I end up
author and lover of Americana. trying to actually use my hair to
His collection of antique hand paint something, and my wife
tools is on display there, because walks in and sees it, makes a
noise that I am well used to and
walks quickly out again without
further comment. I realized it
was time to go before I pictured
anything else.

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Page 12 – The Somers Record OPINION Thursday, August 12, 2021

Camp Hole-in-the-Wall MELEN

There are some guys who seem TRACY about a hardware store, especially a FROM PAGE 11
to have a natural ability for really big one, that makes a guy a bit
xing things, and then there delusional with imagined home repair him, because going back down wasn’t that much
easier than climbing up.
are some who don’t. Yet, you take a BECKERMAN superpowers. He walks in and right
My grandmother used to take me to Kent
guy who has absolutely no aptitude away he sees all these big shiny tools Falls when I was a little kid. I remember catching
cray sh in the brook, a fact that my wife did not
for home repairs, stick him in a gi- and some smiling guy in a nice red believe. “No way you did that,” she said, but it’s not
like they run all that fast. Neither my grandmother
ant home improvement store, and he apron approaches and o ers help. No nor the cray sh are around to corroborate the story,
though.
becomes convinced that all he needs matter what the job, they say, “Oh,
“What did you do with them?” she asked.
is a wrench and some lug nuts and sure, all you need is this, this and that I said, “I roasted them on the spit and made
cray sh thermidor out of them. It’s like lobster
he can x just about anything in the house. and you’ll have it xed in no time.” Of course, “no time” thermidor only smaller.”
She didn’t believe me anyway so why not.
Take my husband, for example. Now to be fair, he is actually “lots of time” that I get to hear my husband Our nal stop was a chocolate shop in the town
of Kent, where they peremptorily apologized
is not without some sense of handiness. Yet, he would cursing the guy who sold him the stu in the rst place. for the chocolate shortage, another unfortunate
by-product of the pandemic. Most of the good
rather try to x something that he can’t, get frustrated, Of course, I would never undertake a home improve- stu was already taken: fudge was sold out, no
chocolate chip cookies or tree bark. All that was
and then give up after there’s a hole in the wall the size ment project myself that was out of my league. And I left were chocolates made by people who tried to
ruin them by putting stu in them that was clearly
of Texas, rather than just bite the bullet and call the would certainly never do this while my husband was out not chocolate, like coconut or fruit syrups or even
liquor, which is where the term “chocoholic” prob-
handyman before doing the damage, which almost al- of town so he couldn’t witness me doing something stu- ably comes from. Folks, the way you can improve
my chocolate experience is by leaving a little more
ways far exceeds the original problem. e funny thing pid. And I would never try to clean out a bucket of ce- of it for me.

is, when he can’t accomplish what he set out to do, he ment in the kitchen sink that hardened in our garbage Join Rick and Trillium on ursday, August 19th,
6:00PM at the Armonk Concert in the Square
always blames it on the tools. disposal. Or use Liquid Plumber in my dishwasher. near the Chase Bank for a little love, happiness and
harmony, and at Black Rock Kitchen in Croton at
“I can’t do this,” he says. “I don’t have the right molly.” Meanwhile, back at “Camp Hole in the Wall,” my 7PM on Saturday, August 21 for more of the same!

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the right molly when he bought the other $50-worth molly and actually nished the repair he set out to do.

of tools he needed for this job. en there’s the always “Done!” he exclaimed, brushing his hands o on each

popular, “ is is a much bigger job than I thought it other like he’d just nished building the Taj Mahal by

was.” Something tells me the handyman might have himself. “Anything else need to be xed?”

known that there was an air duct behind the wall before I looked around at the other four holes in the wall he

he started drilling. created trying to x this one.

Of course, now we not only have a hole in the wall “No honey,” I said picking up the phone to call a

that we didn’t have before, in addition to the original handyman. “Not a thing.”

problem, but we have to live with it for another month

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Congratulations to Name that stadium

Hope Mazzola Yankee Stadium. applies too to what
Citi Field. Bar-
2021 AMERICA’S BEST clays Center. UBS 300-year-old global
Arena. MetLife Stadium.
#184 New York Madison Square Garden. BRUCE banker Barclays pays for
THE BLOG the Brooklyn sports and
Sales Volume Notice a pattern there? entertainment palace
Of the six venues that
Those ranked are are home to metro New BRUCE where the resurgent
among the York’s major pro sports
teams, a scant two (the APAR Nets have recruited a
top 1.5% of 1.4
million rst and last listed above) holy trinity of superstars
proudly hold fast to their native origins,
real estate while the other four, in the spirit of naked to leave behind their
professionals in the American capitalism, echo Cuba Good-
ing’s famous exhortation to Tom Cruise in long-time stigma of be-
United States! “Jerry Maguire”… Show me the money!
ing an NBA basket case.
Financial services giant CitiCorp.
showed the New York Mets the money, Until this year, NHL’s Islanders skated in
$20 million-per-year’s worth, and in return
got a big-league baseball stadium in the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, but
country’s top market named CitiField.
now will occupy the brand new $1.5 billion
e Metsies’original playground of 45
years was named for high-powered attor- UBS Arena in Long Island, near Belmont
ney William Shea, who was instrumental
in bringing National League baseball back Park race track, a few miles from where I
to New York four years after both the Gi-
ants and Dodgers heeded Horace Greeley’s grew up.
advice to “Go West.”
en there are the lone New York arena

holdouts, the traditionalists who could

command princely sums for naming rights

to their playgrounds, but choose not to

succumb to cashing in and surrendering

their pristine branding—namely Yankee

Stadium owner New York City Economic

Development Corporation and Madison

Square Garden owner James Dolan. ey

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Happily
Ever
After

Educational things to do at Grandma’s house

we couldn’t go anywhere. Well, here we the book, which takes place in Boston, First see how many conversions each

STRONG are again. I’m not willing to go places with gives a good background of events in one can remember. en brainstorm together
LEARNING them yet, and I don’t want them playing colony that would lead to the Declaration to come up with fun ways to illustrate the
video games the whole time. Do you have of Independence. en you can watch the various measurements. Be creative—don’t

DR. LINDA any ideas as to what we can do around Disney movie version. use a quart of milk to illustrate a quart.
SILBERT the house that will be entertaining and Add a little math fun to your week. at’s a no-brainer. Have your grand-
a bit educational? I tried Monopoly and
Here’s a fun activity that not only helps children use their brains to come up with

Scrabble last year. at took up an hour a with memory but also with creativity.Take something novel. For example, a centi-

day. Need more suggestions. this list of measurement terms. Can each meter is about the same length as a small

Dear Dr. Linda, Grandma Sally remember the conversions? For example, watermelon seed.

My ve grandchildren are coming to 12 inches equals 1 foot, or 3 feet equals 1 1. ___ inches = 1 foot. For example:

visit next week without their parents. Dear Grandma Sally, yard. en think of something that can 2. ___ feet = 1 yard. For example:

eir ages range from 11 to 15. ey love Begin with history by selecting a movie be used as an example to illustrate what is 3. ___ teaspoons = 1 tablespoon. For

coming to visit me because it’s when the and a book that are not only entertain- about that length, capacity, or weight. For example:

cousins can be together. We tried it last

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winning TV mini-series, “John Adams” a hero sandwich.To illustrate the length 5. ___ cups = 1 pint. For example:

ents, but they spent most of the entire time is ideal. en read “Johnny Tremain” by of one minute, sing the “Star Spangled SEE DR. LINDA PAGE 18

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APAR because I was so little that I couldn’t bargain either). DR. LINDA
see up that high.
FROM PAGE 16 BILLION DOLLAR PLEDGE FROM PAGE 17
Even though Chicago’s sacred relic From the ridiculous to the
the sole remaining Major League of a ballpark, Wrigley Field, is named 6. ___ pints = 1 quart. For example:
Baseball club whose both home and after a product, it still has a charm that sublime… 7. ___ quarts = 1 gallon. For example:
away jerseys remain nameless. Why? latter-day product-pitching palestras e best stadium naming story by 8. ___ ounces = 1 pound. For example:
Like Tevye said, “Tradition!” never will approach. For one, it’s the 9. ___ feet = 1 mile. For example:
home of baseball’s beloved Cubbies. far belongs to a familiar company 10. ___ millimeters = 1 centimeter. For
If you’re a sports fan who is the least And at least chewing gum is a staple and a familiar billionaire—who spent example:
bit nostalgic, it’s hard not to look back of baseball’s strict dietary laws. I mean, upwards of $400 million for naming 11. ___ centimeters = 1 meter. For example:
a little misty-eyed on stadium names what kind of giveaway promotions do rights to Key Arena in Seattle (where 12. ___meters = 1 kilometer. For example:
before they became coldly corpo- they have at San Diego’s Petco Park, new NHL team the Kraken will play). Answers: 1) 12 2) 3 3) 3 4) 8 5) 2 6)
ratized to sound like product shills Pooper Scooper Night? Except, in return for that ginormous 2 7) 4 8) 16 9) 5,280 10) 10 11) 100 12)
instead of elds of dreams. piece of change, he didn’t even want 1,000
NO POINT SHAVING HERE his company’s name or his name on Play cards! Double solitaire, triple solitaire!
Some were named after their im- New England lathered up Gillette the stadium. Play a version of Rummy and use the change in
mediate environs. Boston’s Fenway your piggy bank to create more fun. Go online
Park sits in a neighborhood of the Stadium with a razor-sharp football He wanted it to be the rst net and nd as many di erent card games as pos-
same name, although Fenway also team for so long, it’s easy to forget that zero-carbon certi ed arena in the sible you can play together. Even better, have
was the name of the original owner’s the place is named after something world. He wanted it to use collected your grandchildren go online and nd card
realty company, so the name doubly that hangs around the bathroom. rainwater for the ice rink. He wanted games to play together. Do a crossword puzzle
and subtly served as a nod to product it to use an electric Zamboni. He together or create teams and give the same
placement. Monster Park in San Francisco wanted it to use no gas. He wanted it puzzle to each team. e winning team decides
would be a cool name for a stadium to be so sustainable, it would be zero what dinner will be that night. Pull out a
GARDENING even if it wasn’t a paid advertisement waste and, by 2024, it would achieve 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle or old photo albums.
New York Knicks’ outpost Madison for a company that makes electronics zero single-use plastic. He wanted it Have a treasure hunt. Give each child or team
accessories. Speaking of cool names, to be a fossil fuel-free, net zero energy items they need to nd around the house and
Square Garden is so named because how about Hard Rock Stadium in Mi- facility. It is all of that, and more. the rst team to nd the items wins decides
its initial incarnation, in the late 19th ami? at one’s also music to my ears. what breakfast will be the next morning.
century, was between Madison Avenue His name is Je Bezos and the $1
(named for POTUS 4 James Madi- A decidedly uncool name—in fact it billion stadium his company paid close ese activities will be a chance for you and
son) and Fifth Avenue, in what is was mocked as one of the very dumb- to half to build isn’t called Amazon your grandchildren to spend some quality and
now Madison Square Park, stretching est in an online ranking of stadium Arena. fun time together. And they might learn a
from 23rd to 26th Street. I know that names—is Chicago’s Guaranteed Rate thing or two, also.
park well because my father’s o ce, Field. It’s Climate Pledge Arena.
which I loved accompanying him to As one of the project’s backers said, Dr. Linda
on Saturdays in my youth, was across Does that ridiculous name sound “We’re proud it’s not named for a
the street on Fifth. I also remember to you even remotely like it conjures corporation, but for a vision.” Dr. Linda is co-author of “Why Bad Grades
going to MSG when it was on Eighth visions of a verdant pasture where Now that’s worth cheering about. Happen to Good Kids” and director of Strong
Avenue at 49th Street and my dad America’s national pastime is played? Learning Tutoring and Test Prep. If you have a
spotted Wilt Chamberlain outside. I Bring back the poetic-by-comparison Bruce Apar is a writer, actor, consultant, and question, email her at [email protected].
don’t remember seeing him, probably Comiskey Park (because U.S. Cel- community volunteer. He can be reached at
lular Field, which replaced it, was no [email protected]; 914-275-6887.

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Maybe it is the seductive aroma of a juicy steak, or the feeling of delight when the nostrils detect a delicious smell, or even the
radiating satisfaction of having eaten a scrumptious meal — but whatever the reaction, there is no debating that food is more
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It is unfortunate that so many residents of nursing homes, assisted living residences and other institutional
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Sports

Red Storm Wins 13U
D2 Championship

BY RICH MONETTI set the stage for the o ense.  Out of Somers holding their breath for the

CONTRIBUTING WRITER the gate, Dean Barlanti was hit by a next few innings.  After a single and

pitch, Kuchinsky walked and Lorenzo walk put runners on the corners in the

Somers Red Storm did come into D’Ambrosio singled to right. top of the third, the Kings were able to

the Greater Hudson Valley 13U D2 e bases now loaded, Matt Mi- execute a double steal when Barlanti

Championship game on Sunday, Au- gnardi came to the plate and knew short-hopped the throw to second.

gust 8 with only a mediocre 10-9 re- what was at stake.  “If we got a lead, But Kuchinsky’s pick o play at

cord. But there was nothing average they weren’t coming back,” he as- second got Somers out of the inning

about the three straight champion- serted. with a 7-1 lead. Even so, Connecticut

ships this group had previously won, Mignardi’s in eld single got in wasn’t throwing in the towel yet.  

and at Rogers Park in Danbury, the the rst run, and John Barbagallo’s Gianni Barbiero reached on a one

Connecticut Kings found out in the walk registered the second.  But the out error and stole second in the top

rst inning that Somers was again in threatening weather front out of of the fourth. So seemingly on a roll,

it for the long haul. Somers was far from dissipating. Leo the King took o for third, and Bar-

e Red Storm exploded for six Keimig doubled to the opposite eld lanti stopped the threat with a perfect

runs in the bottom of the rst, and for two more, and after Johnny King’s strike to the hot corner.

cruised to a 7-2 victory for their fourth grounder added another, Joey Fink e base path cleared, Kuchinsky

straight championship. singled home a 6-0 lead. got the third out on strikes and had

e game did begin with a little e big lead widening the grins on one more re to put out. After a walk

drama, though. After getting the rst the Somers side, the trick was not to and a single led o the sixth inning for

out in the top of the inning, starter let the Kings answer back, and the the Kings, Kuchinsky refused to let

Dillon Kuchinsky was grabbing at his urgency was rmly on Kuchinsky’s the rally or the noise get to him. “ ey Dillon Kuchinsky on the mound.
Leo Keimig eyes the ball.
hamstring. So Head Coach John Bar- shoulders. No problem. e Somers (Connecticut) were chirping,” he said.

bagallo came out and instructed his pitcher set the opposition down in or- “ at fueled my intensity.”

pitcher to stretch out the leg. der, and still up to the task, the bottom ree straight strikeouts later,

But Kuchinsky wasn’t all that in- of the second kept him in the line of Connecticut got Kuchinsky’s mes-

terested in the diagnosis or the treat- re. sage.  Barbagallo then delivered the

ment. “I knew I had to put the team Kuchinsky was hit by a pitch and nal three outs in the seventh, and

on my back,” he said. “I stretched got to third on a stolen base and a his father beamed with pride over

- and whether it hurt or not - I was wild pitch.  A long y to center by his group of young men.  “I am im-

staying in the game,” Kuchinsky said D’Ambrosio made the game 7-0, and mensely proud of them, the way they

afterwards. the team could de nitely sni glory. support one another.  ey have built

He got the next two outs and However, Connecticut did have a brotherhood where they are friends

on and o the eld,” said Barbagallo.

More than words, the kids provide

the proof.  “ ese guys mean every-

thing to me,” said King. “ ey are a

great bunch of guys who are always

ready to help each other.”

Joey Fink agreed.  “I love the broth-

erhood and the friendship. is team

is so special - the players and all the

coaches,” he boasted.

Of course, four championship isn’t a

bad foundation for friendship and the

team intends to celebrate next week

by taking the show to a tournament in

Maryland. “ is isn’t about baseball,”

concluded Barbagallo. “It’s about the PHOTO: RICH MONETTI

The Red Storm brought home their fourth straight championship with a 7-2 experience - family and friendship is
victory over the Connecticut Kings on August 8. the most important part.”

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Thursday, August 12, 2021 SPORTS The Somers Record – Page 21

BOYS SOCCER

College ID camp returns to Lakeland

BY MIKE SABINI to get some exposure to college coaches,”said “ e experience was nice, it was fun to pants were able to get a feel of what a col-

CONTRIBUTING WRITER Hourahan, a 1996 Somers graduate. “And compete against all the top players in our lege training session may feel like,sound like,

now because of the success of players from area,”Tinaj said. etc. Coaches from Marist College, SUNY

After not having it in the summer and previous camps, we are now drawing more Rising junior Liam Healy, Dylan Ingra- Brockport, and Clarkson University put the

holding it in the winter at Mamaroneck college programs. We are even attracting ham, Jack Van Tassel, and Chris Goncalves campers through a 90-minute training ses-

High School last year because of the pan- players from out of state,like New Jersey and attended from Somers. sion.

demic, the fourth annual Hudson Valley Connecticut, to attend and compete with “ ese boys worked hard, showcased “Our kids were able to see the pace of

College ID Camp returned home July 9-11 our best players. Over the past few years, 61 themselves and basically tried to get seen by these practices,”Hourahan said.“I also think

to Lakeland High School. players who attended the camp have found a anyone that would have interest,” Lanzetta it provides a great opportunity for players to

A total of 32 college coaches, which in- college roster spot, many of which was a di- said. “Liam works very hard on and o the compete with the best players in our area

cluded a combination of Division 1, Divi- rect result of this camp. For that I am proud pitch, emailing coaches and training. He is and see where they stack up. As for coaches,

sion 2,Division 3,and junior college coaches, to have been able to help these players.” pushing himself to play at a good level and I know having spoken to many of them since

attended this summer event. Lanzetta concurred. get great academics, as the rest of the boys camp ended that they have already made

“I was happy to be able to put something “ ere’s so many great soccer schools out who attended.” direct contacts with some of our players in

together in the winter for our 2021 grads, there, it’s a great way to help these kids nd Lakeland players participating were Mi- hopes of getting them up to campus for a

but the summer is the best time to run this soccer homes and get a good education,” chael Rodriguez, Connor Daly, Chris Ci- visit. So, they are already working on getting

ID camp and last winter was a one-o due Lanzetta said. raco, and David Pinkowsky. commitments from our prospects.”

to the pandemic,” said camp director and One of those kids is New Rochelle’s Johan Hourahan feels they and the other partici-

founder, Lakeland coach Tim Hourahan. Valez, who now plays at Manhattan College

Hourahan said that the camp has really and, in a text to the camp coaches, acknowl-

been a great success story over the past few edged how important the camp was to him.

years. e idea of the camp was the brain- “ ank you for looking out for the youth

child of Hourahan, Somers coach Brian of our communities,” said Valez, who played

Lanzetta, and Mamaroneck coach Rich in all of Manhattan College’s six games this

Becker, who also help run the camp. spring as a sophomore and started in four of

e idea for the camp came about to try them. “If it wasn’t for this ID clinic, I prob-

and get the area’s best soccer players in this ably would not have come across Manhat-

region on one campus, in front as many col- tan. ank you again.”

lege coaches as they can get to attend, Ho- Yorktown players who took part in this

urahan said. year’s camp were rising senior forward Peter

“ e idea was that this area really has a Tinaj, George Popovic, Jack Prybylski, Ryan PHOTO COURTESY OF TIM HOURAHAN

ton of high-level soccer players that now Tomeny,Anthony Spina,David Beitler,Ma- Hornet legend Johnny Denis talks to the players at the Hudson Valley College ID camp
don´t have to travel far or pay lot of money son Murphy, and Chris Coppola. at Lakeland.

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Pets for seniors Taco

BY JULIA WILKINSON   several senior animals that need vironment.    Minnie Roxy
JUNIOR VOLUNTEER, SPCA forever homes as well. Some of Taco is an 8-year-old male
WESTCHESTER them have spent most of their PHOTOS COURTESY OF
lives at the shelter and never re- of medium size. is beagle- SPCA WESTCHESTER
As a junior volunteer at the ally had the chance to experi- foxhound mix is house-trained
SPCA Westchester, I have seen ence what it is like to be in a and is more of a homebody that
and interacted with so many home and have a family.  would like a nice, calm and qui-
dogs and cats at the shelter. Just et home to settle down for his
like people, these animals have “When we have an animal senior years. Taco would love to
their own personalities. Some that’s been with us for a while, be in an adult only home with
are friendly, some are extremely they are part of the Lonely a more staying-in inclined fam-
shy and nervous, and others Hearts Program, which in- ily.  
can be quite a mystery. I often cludes a reduced adoption fee.
see people going from kennel Many times, that includes our Lennon is a 4-year-old
to kennel looking for a suit- senior animals,” Bonanno ex- hound and shepherd mix. He is
able dog or cat to adopt, some- plained. “It’s quite heartwarm- a loving male that likes to both
times with no success. And it ing when a senior animal gets curl up and snuggle and to go
is understandable. Choosing to adopted by a senior person as I on a nice calm hike. Lennon
bring a furry friend into your do think the two share a special is extremely a ectionate and
family is not an easy task. But bond.”   would love to be in a home with
the trained sta at the shelter no children or other pets. 
have been able to boast numer- For seniors who are looking
ous successful adoptions due for a suitable dog or cat, here Minnie is a sweet senior Tux-
to their hard work in trying to are some great companions edo cat with a spirit. She came
help match each animal to the waiting behind kennel doors to the shelter after her owner
best of their ability.  that might just make a di er- passed away and would like to
ence in your lives. 
“Our trainers work with nd a new home to spend the
people of all ages to ensure they Chief is a small  beagle and rest of her retirement.  
Australian shepherd mix. He
nd a great match for their life- is a shy boy who takes a bit Roxy was living in house
style, activity level, and needs,” of time to warm up to people. with a large group of cats when
says Lisa Bonanno-Spence, Once he does, he is a squishy, the nice people from the SPCA
Director of Development at a ectionate little guy. He likes picked her up and brought her
SPCA Westchester. to play with other dogs and to the shelter. She likes humans,
having another dog may help but she is not a big fan of other
e SPCA Westchester has him gain con dence in his en- cats. If you’d like a friendly lady
to be your one-and-only, Roxy
is your girl. 

PALLADINO BUILDING Adoptions are by
INC. appointment only. Please
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information on these or other
adoptable animals at the
shelter.  












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