The Somers Record 02.28.19

Vol. 8 No. 47 Visit TapIntoSomers.net for the latest news. Thursday, February 28, 2019

Kindness Mixed
in a jar opinions on

Emma Steinberg and Gianna Comunale, with the sup- future of
port of Somers Intermediate School counselor Alexandria Plum Brook
Todorov, are spreading kindness to their classmates and
beyond. ey came up with the idea to decorate jars and ll Bridge
them with positive and inspirational notes that others can
take and read. e plan is to place the jars in SIS and Prim- BY CAROL REIF
rose to spread kindness and positivity throughout Somers. CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Emma Steinberg and Citing public safety concerns and traf-
Gianna Comunale c congestion, town o cials, local rst re-
sponders, and certain residents are renew-
PHOTOS COURTESY OF SARA STEINBERG ing their calls for a new span over the Plum
Brook River.

e old bridge carried tra c over a tribu-
tary of the Muscoot Reservoir, providing a
link between routes 100 and 138, where the
Golden’s Bridge train station is located.

Built in 1904 on New York City Water-
shed land, the decrepit span was closed in
1998.

In 2016, the town sought a $5 million
grant from the state’s Bridge NY program.

It was backed up by law and re o cials
as well as the principal of Kennedy Catholic
High School, located on Route 138.

e town argued then that an “artery”
from Route 100 to the Route 684 had to be
re-established.

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BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE 27
CLASSIFIEDS 26
ELEPHANT’S TRUNK 2
HEALTH & WELLNESS 16
LEGAL NOTICES 27
LEISURE 25
OPINION
SCHOOLS & CAMPS 8 WINTER BREAK
SPORTS
12 Somers goes abroad.
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The Staff Somers Schools Spring ing applications for summer camp positions: Way, Purdys.
Wellness Summit Day camp counselor- must be at least 16 Doors open at 7 p.m. following by an
EDITORIAL TEAM
JODI WEINBERGER years old acoustic jam at 8 p.m., open mic at 9 p.m.

EDITOR: 914-302-5830 Somers Schools Spring Wellness Summit Tusker trax camp counselor- must be at and CornFed Dogs at 10:30 p.m. is event
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ALL I EVER WANTED

Many families took advantage of winter break last week with vacations all over the world.
From Ireland to South Africa, Somers residents made the most of the days o from school.

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Matt, Sean and Joe Connelly
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e Somers Library is locat- 4:30 p.m. Join us at the Somers online on the online calendar prescription drug coverage. In- FEBRUARY
ed at 82 Primrose St. Register Library to make snacks and on the library’s website or call. formation is provided about Acrylic Painting. Mon-
for programs at somerslibrary. small meals that the group can di erent types of government
org or by calling 914-232-5717. enjoy using the library sta Senior Benefits Information programs. Meet with trained days, March 11, 18, 10:30 a.m.
Programs are funded by the kitchen. We will also be dis- Center. Every Wednesday, 10 counselors in a private setting to 12:30 p.m. When you want
Friends of the Somers Library cussing and planning for the a.m. - 1 p.m. Senior Bene ts to get information about: endless opportunities, acrylic
through donations. next meeting’s meal while we Information Centers (SBICs) painting is it! e colors, the tex-
are cooking! is program is for help older adults 60 and over • Medicare, Medicare Advan- tures, the special e ects you can
Foodie Club for Teens teens/tweens in grades 6th and and those caring for the elderly tage, and Medigap supplement achieve are limitless! Instructor
ursdays, 2/28, 3/14,3/28, up. Space is limited. Register achieve a better understanding plans Judika Lieberman will demon-
4/11, 4/25 & 5/9 from 3:15- of Medicare health plans and strate various techniques dur-
• Part D prescription drug ing the session. Photos will be
LINCOLNDALE VETERINARY CENTER coverage brought in for creative ideas or
you may bring your own. Music
UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP • Medicare savings plans for will be played for your inspira-
low-income seniors tion. Suggested Supplies List:
OPENING Full Service Veterinarian
HOURS Fear Free Certified Practitioner • Financial bene t programs • Canvas or canvas board
International Travel Certificates such as Home Energy Assis- • Water cup
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM tance Program (HEAP), food • Soft brush, slanted brush,
Monday - Friday Medical Boarding stamps (SNAP) broad/wide brush
Individually Tailored Vaccine Plans • Pencil
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM You will be able to meet with • Eraser
Saturday Digital Dental X-Ray trained counselors in a pri- • Acrylic paints
Microchipping vate setting. No appointment
is necessary. If you can’t visit ere is a $30 fee to be paid
the library in person, you can on the rst day of class. Make
leave a message on the SBIC checks out to Judika Lieberman.
helpline at 914-231-3260 or Registration is required.
email us at SBIC@wlsmail.
org with your name, number, a MARCH
time to call between 9 a.m.—5 TED TALK: Communica-
p.m. and whether your interest
is in Medicare services or other tions Language Learning.
bene ts. A counselor will re- ursday, March 7 from 1-3
turn your call within two busi-
ness days. SBIC will not meet p.m. (Other meetings present-
on days the Somers schools are ing di erent topics will be on
closed due to snow.
ursdays, 4/4, 5/2, 6/6, 1-2:30
Get Your Swag On- Join p.m.). Join host Eugene Ritchie
TAG! Tuesdays, 3/12, 4/9, 5/14, in a discussion after viewing two
and 6/11 from 3:15-4:30 p.m. TED talk speakers who will
Are you a teen or tween and a speak on a this topic. Professor
Somers resident? Would you Ritchie’s mission is to provide a
like to make an impact on your viewing, discussion, and inspi-
library & your community? Join rational forum for the Somers
our Somers Library TAG! TAG Community of themed TED
members will have an opportu- Talks designed for personal and
nity to work with the library to professional growth. Each pro-
gain volunteer hours while de- gram consists of diverse speak-
veloping leadership skills. Food ers with short presentations
will be provided. is program of 10 and 20 minutes long.
is for teens / tweens in grades Speakers for this date are John
6th and up. Space is limited. McWhorter: “Four Reasons to
Learn a New Language” and
Winter/Spring Anime/Man- L?dia Machová: “ e Secrets
ga Club. Wednesdays, from of Learning a New Language.”
3:15-4:30 p.m. on the following Each talk will be followed by
dates: 3/6, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27, 4/3, light refreshment. Upcoming
4/10, 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, /8, 5/15, Topics are: April 4 - Environ-
5/22, and 5/29. Join us to watch ment - Global Warming & Cli-
anime from Crunchyroll on our mate Change May 2 - Business
big screen TV and to hang out - Globalization and Leadership.
with friends. is program is for June 6 - Human Relations - En-
teens entering 7th grade and up. hancing Personal & Professional
Relationships.
is program is for teens enter-
ing 7th grade and up! Register SEE LIBRARY PAGE 12
on our online calendar at www.
somerslibrary.org.

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BRIDGE Board on ursday, Feb. 14. sympathizes with Brick Hill longer now because of the seven It’s not just drivers who are

FROM PAGE 1 Morrissey told the lawmakers Road folks. tra c lights he has to deal with. impacted, Keane said.

that while the city DEP prob- A resident of a cul-d-sac, Ke- When he rst moved to the St. Joseph’s opened a new

Tra c congestion arguments ably needs to tear the bridge ane admitted he doesn’t face the hamlet, Keane said, there was church on Plum Brook Road in

seem especially relevant in light down, Somers needs a replace- same problems. “one, ONE, tra c light” and 2013.

of the impending opening of ment. However, commercial and that was on Route 138. e road to the church was,

DeCicco’s and Somers Cross- Law enforcement and other residential development on ‘Hundreds of us idle at the Keane said, “left broken, even

ing, a residential development rst responders still support re- Route 6 are increasing tra c always-red tra c lights in the when the volunteer re depart-

being built on land sandwiched placing it. woes. middle of town every day be- ment and the pastor pleaded for

between routes 100 and 202. “It’s a major artery,” Mor- e bridge’s closure has, the cause Plum Brook Road has not it for safety’s sake.”

Not to mention the proposed rissey said. Shenorock resident wrote, tak- been repaired,” Keane wrote, “Our shared loss is real, but

STEAM academy at the for- Covill suggested that rst en away “a real part of our lives.” adding: “Do your commute for us drivers, the loss is our

mer IBM. responders write again to the Keane’s daily trip to the train math. For me it’s about a day a time, which is irreplaceable,”

e re commissioner said county, which needs to give station takes about 30 percent year.” Keane wrote.

then that closing the bridge the city DEP the go-ahead to

had caused delays of “many vital tear the bridge down, about the

minutes” when re ghters had Plum Brook situation. Mor-

to answer emergency calls at the rissey promised to share those

high school and at St. Joseph’s letters with the county. Replacing scores of
R.C. Church. Kaplowitz agreed that there Allstate | State Farm | Geico

It also hampered calls for was a “public safety issue in- Policies Everyday!
assistance from re ghters in volved.”

Golden’s Bridge, said John J.

Markiewicz, re district board PUBLIC WEIGHS

chairman. IN AGAIN

Police Chief Michael Driscoll e hubbub over Plum Brook

also cited delayed response may have died down, but it is

times, saying St. Joseph’s tra c still very much extant.

on Sundays, forced onto Route Everyone west of town is, she ONE CALL… MULTIPLE QUOTES
138, requires police to manage wrote, forced to use Brick Hill

competing ows. Road to get to the Metro-North So You Can Get The Best Buy! We Offer Many
But the cost of replacing the train station in Golden’s Bridge A-Rated Companies
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Morrissey said at a Town Board Houslanger, a Granite Springs Progressive • Safeco
meeting in February, could be resident, in a letter to e For Experience, Knowledge and Service
$10 million.

To close the funding gap, the Somers Record. Aardvark Insurance Kemper • Hartford
town might have to seek help Drivers used to be able to Mercury • 1st American
from New York City and the take Route 138 to Route 100,

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opposed replacing the bridge.

Among their biggest fears new downtown housing devel-

were noise and increased tra c. opment open, she wrote. The Carmel Aardvark Insurance office is merged with the Mahopac office
In 2007, town and city o - Brick Hill Road is, she wrote, effective November 25, 2015.

cials discussed on the issue, but already a “danger and nuisance.”

public outcry caused the plan to Houslanger said it’s “outra-

be scrapped, Morrisey said back geous that a whole street can be

then. closed, especially after a large Law Firm of
e issue re-emerged when church (St. Joseph’s) has relo-
cated there, and never be re- Tracy Christen Reimann
state Assemblyman Kevin paired so that it can be accessed JD, LLM, P.C.
Byrne and county legislators again.”
Michael Kaplowitz an Kitley
Covill paid a visit to the Town Resident Bill Keane also

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OBITUARIES

from the Phoenix School of Design ed to painting. Paul dabbled in sculpture, tion may be made to the Leukemia and

in NYC on June 3, 1949. In 1950 he in poetry and in storytelling. In his late Lymphoma Society.

married his rst sweetheart, Suzanne eighties, he enrolled in creative writing Marcus (Mark)
Bermingham, with whom he raised classes. It was just under three years ago

ve children. She passed away in 1985. that he wrote, illustrated and published Wittenberg
Paul was a successful entrepreneur and a beautiful children’s book, Clarence the

a talented artist who was able to build Cloud. Marcus (Mark) Wittenberg, 96, passed

a long and successful career in the eld Paul is survived by the second love away peacefully at his home in Somers

of commercial art. He worked for several of his life, his beloved wife of nearly 30 on September 8, 2018, surrounded by his

companies, eventually retiring as a direc- years, Mary Anne Haskin-Harrington family. He was born December 29, 1921

tor and co-owner of his own company, and his children Kitty Marra (Robert) in Brooklyn to Louis Wittenberg and

Harrington and Cossio. Both during of Tolland, Conn., Andrew Harrington Esther Freidenreich. He is survived by

his career and in his retirement, he pro- (Annette) of White Plains, Steven Har- Doris, his wife of 57 years, his daughter

duced many beautiful watercolors, oils rington (Stephanie) of Suwanee, Ga., Ja- and son-in-law Susan and Tom Wetjen,

and sketches. His work includes paint- mie Harrington (Lisa) of New Fair eld, his daughter Linda (Leah) Wittenberg,

ings of New England, the Hudson River, Conn., his daughter-in-law, Lucille his son and daughter-in law Eric and

Nantucket, Bermuda, California, France, Harrington of Atlanta, Ga., and his sis- Coco Wittenberg, and his daughter-in-

Paul Dillon China, Spain and Africa. His work has ter, Sally Beers of Rye. Surviving also are law Bernadette Peters. He is also sur-
Harrington been collected by clients coast to coast 13 grandchildren; Kevin, Brendan and vived by his grandson and wife Jonathan
and internationally and includes two Rob Marra, Roselynn Marra, Sharon and Shara Wetjen, his granddaughter
originals in the permanent collection of Arduino, Paul D. Harrington III, Stacie Rosa Wallace, and his grandson Xan-

Paul Dillon Harrington of Somers Readers Digest. Oden, Kaitlyn Krause, Nicole Hummell, der Wittenberg. He is pre-deceased by

passed away peacefully on February 22 Paul was a devout and involved Cath- Diana Faircloth, Suzanne Harrington, his rst wife, Jean, his son Michael, his

at the age of 90 surrounded by family. olic serving in several parishes in West- Dylan and Taylor Harrington as well as brother Irving, his sister Millie, and his

He fought a long battle with kidney dis- chester during his lifetime. One of his soon to be 13 great-grandchildren. brother Stanley.

ease but enjoyed a wonderful life up un- most signi cant accomplishments was Surviving family also includes his Mark served in World War II in the

til the very end. He was born in Brook- being ordained into the rst class of in-laws Joyce Bermingham of Virginia, Army Signal Corps in Brazil and later

line, Mass., on May 15, 1928 to the late Permanent Deacons in the Archdiocese Dayton Haskin (Margaret) of Massa- worked as an electronics technician. He

William E. Harrington, Sr. and Alice O’ of NY in 1973 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. chusetts, David Haskin (Caroline) of spent most of his married life in Want-

Laughlin Harrington. At age 2, the fam- He served for over 15 years in this ca- California, and dozens of nieces and agh, Long Island, where he enjoyed

ily moved to New Rochelle where Paul pacity. nephews. woodworking and home repair (he could

was raised. Born with a sense of adventure and Paul was predeceased by his rst x anything and loved a project), bike

He graduated from New Rochelle inquisitiveness, Paul loved to travel the wife Suzanne and his son, Paul D Har- riding and exercising, reading, playing

High School, went on to serve in the world and visit new places usually com- rington, Jr. as well as his siblings, Wil- with and caring for his dogs, and spend-

US Naval Reserve from January 1944 ing home with material for his next liam Harrington, Jr. and Joan Doyle. ing time with his friends and family.

through October 1953. He graduated work of art. His creativity was not limit- In lieu of owers a memorial dona- Interment was private.

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Shelter dogs of the week:
Angel, Brutus and Sunshine

Each week, Somers Middle School students Jay and Julia Wilkinson present a pet
looking for a home and poem they were inspired to write about that pet. is week, we
read about Angel, Brutus and Sunshine by Julia Wilkinson.

Angel, Brutus and Sunshine

“You can’t change a dog’s past, but you could re-

write his future,”shakepaws.com

Going to the SPCA means seeing a lot of dogs

who are in need of your love. Among them are

these 3 small Maltese. ey are Angel, Brutus and

Sunshine. When I rst saw them, all three were

huddled up in a bundle together, staring at me

with wide eyes lled with fear. When the door to

their kennel opened, they refused to move. Slowly, Brutus gives kisses

one by one, they came out. Quivering fearfully.
But slowly they got used to me. e look of fear

in their eyes changed to warmth. ey eagerly ran

toward me, excited to be free. I’ve never felt any-

thing as soft as their white coat. I wondered why

they were scared before, as I watched them run

around. It turns out Angel, Brutus and Sunshine

came from a tough place. ey had endured a rough

path in their life. But looking at them now, all lively

and jubilant, made me understand that there is al-

ways hope. ey just want a safe home where they

know someone cares about them. ank you taking

the time to read my story.

To adopt Angel, Brutus and Sunshine, call 914- Angel and Sunshine
941-2896 or visit SPCA914.org for more info on any

other adoptable pets.

You can also visit SPCA of Westchester at 590 North State Road, Briarcli Manor, to get to

know these animals. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday.

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Opinion

Plastic lawn amingos

It all began last October JUST
when my husband, my JO ANN
daughter, and I realized
that within the next month, we

would all be reaching the next JO ANN

new decade in our lives. FRANCELLA

We decided to throw a big

party and invite family and

friends to help us celebrate. We

soon realized that it would be

di cult to pin anyone down for a birthday party when the holi-

day season was just weeks away. ough a bit disappointed, we

understood how hectic it is during November and December.

My daughter came up with the idea that we should take a

I nally got a ‘smart phone’ vacation mid-winter to celebrate all our birthdays.

My husband and I and my daughter and her husband arrived

in the Bahamas during the rst week of February. We had never

Igot a “smart phone” for Christmas, and I thought My wife says I should just charge the phone when been there and were immediately amazed at its beauty and the

friendliness of its people.

I would report on how I’m doing with it so the battery starts to die, like everyone else. But I never During our rst day at the pool, which was surrounded by lush

far.To call it a smart phone in the rst place is remember, and my battery dies, and then I forget to palm trees and owered bushes, I was talking to my daughter,

overstating things, because if it go to the funeral. What if I’m on when behind her I spotted several amingos passing by. Speech-

had any sense at all it would not Mount Everest, and there’s a land- less, I began pointing, and although my mouth was agape, noth-

be hanging out with me. But now MAN slide, and I think I’m de nitely ing came out. And, just like that, they were gone. I was grateful

I can do all sorts of things that I OVERBOARD going to perish, and I try to call that my daughter had caught sight of the back end of the last one

never could before. Want to know RICK the hotel to cancel my next night’s in the group. Later, while in the pool, I was telling some people
the correct time without looking MELÉN reservation and get my deposit
at my watch? No problem! I back, and the phone is dead? about my sighting, and they said that each day at 9:30 a.m. and

3:30 p.m. the amingo-keepers have a parade and walk the baby

simply turn on the phone, wait e other reason is that I don’t amingos around the grounds. As they travel, people join in and

a while as it boots up, ashes the want to be one of the cellphone walk among and behind the birds. What fun! I was also told

logo, tells me who I’m secured by, zombies that walk around the that the adult amingos live within a white picket fence a short

tells me who I’m powered by, says hello to me, then Earth bumping into each other like human pinballs, walk from the pool.

goes completely dark. I try to turn it on again but it’s living their entire life through a 3” by 5” screen. e After lazing at the pool for a few hours, my daughter and I

already still on, just messing with me and we share a irony is that you can use your iPhone to look up decided to nd the birds. We didn’t have to go far before a white

laugh. I punch in my security code wrong twice and anything you need to know, but people using an picket fence appeared and wading in a small pond were about

right once, and BINGO! It’s later than I thought. iPhone very rarely look up. WATCH IT- You’re two dozen of the most glorious looking creatures I had ever seen.

I can sext now! OOPS I tried to type “text,”I about to fall into the Grand Canyon! Oops, too late, e babies we had seen in the parade were brown/tan in color,

swear. My fat ngers hit three incorrect letters each but these people are so good with their phones that but these beauties were a stunning salmon/pink. I was in love. I

time I hit a button, and it’s up to an algorithm to as they’re falling, on the way down to the bottom stood there and watched as they moved their slender legs back

gure out what the hell I’m talking about. Or I can of the Grand Canyon they have already called to and forth, allowing their webbed feet to search for algae below

just use the words conveniently provided by the arrange a FREE mattress delivery. the water. eir s-shaped necks looked like velvet. I was ob-

“auto-suggest,”and the phone will tell me what it is I I’m nding it hard to trust a phone that doesn’t sessed. I began snapping pictures and taking videos. Occasion-

SHOULD be talking about. When I typed in “Let’s have an antenna. ere I am buried under that ally, one would stretch its wings, showing o a ve foot wing

go to the...”the auto-suggest suggested “police”and landslide and I have no cell service. If I had an an- span and black under-feathers.

“hospital,”so already this device knows me better tenna I could at least stick it up and wave it around I admit to chuckling whenever I see plastic amingos on some-

than my parents did. If my train of thought has not so someone would see me and rescue me. And it’s one’s lawn. It seems so silly to me; but now I was seriously consid-

actually left the station yet, I can just start out with heavier than I’m used to, so my right pants pocket ering searching the internet to see where I could purchase a few.

“I,”and keep picking out di erent words from the droops and it looks like I’m lopsided from the waist My husband, who has never said no to me in forty-two years

ever-changing selection until I have a sentence that down. And I have so much to learn. How long is of marriage, told me in no uncertain terms that he absolutely

the cell phone and I can both agree on. I have a it acceptable to carry around the instruction book? forbade me to put plastic amingos on our lawn in Somers.

sentence in my “drafts”folder that I am still working e book weighs a pound and a half because it’s “Ok, ok, then just let me stand here and watch them and don’t

on, and should be completed by the end of this year. translated into every single damned language and speak. I want to concentrate fully on these amazing avifauna,” I

I just remembered, I haven’t set up my phone mail some languages are heavier than others. My wife said with a smirk.

greeting yet. Not too many people call me, so I can said she would teach me how to swipe my phone, I spotted the “keeper of the amingos” standing nearby and

conduct most of the conversation right in the greet- but wouldn’t it be less risky to just to buy one? struck up a conversation. I asked where the birds were housed

ing.“Hi, you’ve reached Rick. If this is who I think Surely I jest. e phone is a tool, and a useful at night and was told that they remain in their pond within the

it is, I know what you’re calling about, but I don’t and powerful one. You can look up anything in two picket fence and usually sleep standing up.

want You-Know-Who to nd out so call me back. seconds. Who was that annoying kid who played “Oh, that’s amazing. I never heard anything like that,” I gushed.

If this is You-Know-Who, the answer is still ‘maybe,’ for the Angels and ALWAYS got a hit against the I began realizing that I sounded like a six-year-old learning new

but it’s not a hard ‘maybe’so don’t let it get around.” Yankees no matter what Cy Young winner we had and exciting things. Was I embarrassing myself or did everyone act

e reason I don’t get many calls is not because I’m pitching at the time? And how many times has my like this at the sight of these amingos? I’ve lived a pretty full life

unpopular, it’s because everyone knows I won’t have SEE MELEN PAGE 11 SEE FRANCELLA PAGE 11
my phone on. I don’t want to run down the battery.

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Always leave them laughing

THE were able to share in the wonder- Seasoned Citizen on her shoulder I get it! Age has a way of old friend. ree days later he
SEASONED ful world of television, courtesy of and said, “Hello, mama, do you creeping up when you least expect received a letter from the man’s
CITIZEN the shopkeepers. TV screens in know who I am?” it and seemingly, all of a sudden, father that stated, “My son, John,
those days were about ten inches you’re a Seasoned Citizen. tells me you are still alive…I am
ADRIENNE wide, but the miracle of home e old lady looked up and, very happy to hear this.”
KAVELLE entertainment superseded any scanning his face answered, “No, e world has changed since
visual di culties. If I remember but don’t worry…if you just go ‘Uncle Miltie’ visited nursing Keeping a sense of humor is
Back in the 20th Cen- correctly, crime took a very large to the nurse behind the counter homes. People are living lon- very important to enjoying life
tury when my producer, dip on Milton Berle night. He she’ll tell you who you are!” ger and are still contributing at any age, but especially for
Michael Simone, and I kept us not only entertained, but to society in their later years. I Seasoned Citizens. Remember,
had the Westchester Playhouse safe! Every time I think of that story knew a man who lived to be 104 “forever more is shorter than
in Yonkers, many acting lumi- I also remember a cartoon I saw, I and continued to work at his law before”, so make the most of
naries graced our stage. One of After his heyday in movies, believe, in the New Yorker a long o ce two days a week. He was everything life has to o er, and,
these was the comedian Milton television, and stand-up, Mr. time ago. It depicted four men, also a proli c painter and left this like Milton Berle, always leave
Berle. ere are still those who Berle would travel to Homes for sitting and ruminating in what world with brush in hand, creat- them laughing.
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Page 10 – The Somers Record OPINION Thursday, February 28, 2019

BY RUTHANN SCHEFFER never considering how e vine days than they should? grandparents, aunts and uncles. I miss it
but I remember it and I cherish it.
AND MATT ZANIS much it had in ltrated WHATWAS What started out as a
the community. I THINKING? harmless accessory to “Taking control means responsibil-
Afew years ago, my son Matt put his our days now at close ity. You said it. You did it. You wrote it,
thoughts about life and family on “I thought of my life. sold it, built it, broke it. You deal with it.
paper, entitled it “ e Vine”and Sometimes you need help. Get it. Some-
sent it to me. With his kind permission My house. How the RUTHANN glance has ensnared times you need to help someone else. Do
and a mother’s pride, I will share some of home is the priority. SCHEFFER our growth. Do they it. Sometimes the greatest level of con-
these thoughts with you. If something inside is know? Are they like the trol is understanding things that can’t be
controlled and how you will deal with that
“I was out there nally getting around to wrong you x it. First. vine not realizing the fallout. I have had enough time to gure
trimming the bushes in front, something out what works for me. I Love God. It
that was long overdue and low on my list You talk it through, depths they reach? Just is God that taught me that doing what is
of priorities. Snow on the Mountain is a right is not usually easy, and being right is
beautiful plant; it spreads quickly and thick- hammer it out, build and moving on their path not always doing the right thing.
ly and blooms with whitish pink leaves at
the top. It makes an awesome hedge. rebuild it together and give it all you have. oblivious to ours? Maybe what was once a “Loving my wife is my greatest gift.
She supports me right or wrong, but can
“However, growing stealthily along the Sometimes you give. Sometimes you take. good healthy part of us has grown to hurt, tell me whatever she is feeling. I trust her
ground was some kind of viney plant, a – without boundaries. She has seen me at
dendron of sorts, the type of plant some- Always you love. If you are not ghting and now needs to go. my best and at my worst. She has seen
one buys when they get their rst place. I me as the husband, the dad, the coach,
remember it being out on the corner of the for the strength in your home, if you are “What could grow and shine if we took the manager, the rock star, the athlete,
hedge bed in a white plastic pot not too the mechanic, the romantic, lawn guy, the
long ago. It was no longer a sedate hang- pulling not mending, sharpening without away what was no longer a bene t, but an party dude, the grill master, the host and
ing plant but an aggressive force winding the sports fan. She has seen the sarcastic,
through the front yard. I started pulling re ning you are tearing down what you are obstacle we have grown too comfortable the critical edge, the sel shness, the harsh
lengths of it away, ve, ten feet long. Soon word, the bad temper, the ass basically.
the porch was clear. trying to build. Without unity there is no or apathetic to remove. What if we are the And she loves me.

“I began thinking about this plant as I shelter. Without the shelter of the home, vine? Who are we holding down to pro- “My children are our greatest blessing.
tried to be surgical in its removal: How To try and guide them, teach them and
it became so prevalent in this little eco the yard is pointless. mote our growth? Who could rise if we warn them about our world is what we
system…not the rst thing you notice have been entrusted to do. Sometimes
but still everywhere you look; its growth – “ e yard is everything outside the gave them the opportunity to take a step? I feel they saw too much of that world
steady, plodding and methodical. Its initial too soon. Sometimes I feel they needed
placement by us, seeing it as a decoration family. How often do things start out as Has our path and our focus put limits on
to something we are building. Welcome. SEE SCHEFFER PAGE 11
It became familiar and part of the scenery, welcome, but over time become invasive another?

and strangling? e plant had always been “Taking control means taking responsi-

there, its scope was what changed. I saw bility. You can blame the past, and some-

it every day, every week in working in the times rightfully so, but you can only change

yard. It grew unnoticed as we worked, the future. I loved my childhood. My

played and carried on with our lives. Jobs family was real, we loved, we laughed, we

changed, children grew and became adults. fought, we cried. We were real. Mom said

e vine was unaware of our paths as it did once she did the best she could with four

what it knew. Growing. Moving through. boys. She did an amazing job with four

Expanding. We became used to it and boys! All di erent, all nding their own

allowed it to take over, a passive revolution place in life following our own dreams. I

as it was. am proud of my family and miss them now

“What have we allowed to weave its that we are scattered across the country.

way deeply into our lives? Who have we Not realizing how blessed we all were to be

permitted to have more of a role in our able to get together on a Sunday, cousins,

Westchester High School Now in the Business of Business

by Rich Kirby

By the reckoning of just about elective. This course is Business
any college pundit you care to 101 at Pace University’s Lubin
name – Peterson’s, USA Today, School of Business, and required
Princeton Review, US News & for all business majors there.
World Report, and most others –
business ranks as either the first Unlike the other college courses
or second most popular major taught at Kennedy – in part-
everywhere. nerships with U Albany, St.
John’s and Iona College – Pace
The appeal is clear. For the professors will be teaching this
18-year-old bordering on be- course right inside a Kennedy
ing “undeclared,” a major in classroom.
business is almost a “one size
fits all” approach. She may In addition to the professors, Professor Patrick J. McGuigan (right) of Lubin School of Business and Kennedy Catholic’s
not know exactly yet what her Contemporary Business Practices class. Photo: Jacob Bergmeier, Kennedy Catholic
passion is, but she can be pret-
ty sure that there is a business Pace will bring in two business elective. Contemporary Busi- Kennedy business students to
somewhere that is selling it. speakers per semester. The uni- ness Practice and that course attend their “One Day of Im-
versity will also provide Ken- now form the foundation of the mersion” in New York City in
None of this has been lost on nedy students access to a series school’s new program. November. The annual event
college preparatory schools in of proprietary corporate gover- features top business speakers
northern Westchester. Beginning nance videos on such topics as As significant a step it may be from many areas, such as fi-
in the current spring semester, “compliance” and “secrecy.” for Pace professors to teach nance, telecomm, entertainment,
Kennedy Catholic in Somers has
begun offering Contemporary Teaching business is not com- on the Kennedy campus, the and technology. Last year’s
Business Practice as a senior pletely new at Kennedy. Last relationship between the two speakers included Jeff Bewkes,
year the school began offering schools will go even further than then president and CEO of Time
AP Macroeconomics as a senior the classroom. Pace is inviting Warner.

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Thursday, February 28, 2019 OPINION The Somers Record – Page 11

MELEN Mom let me and my imagination FRANCELLA I realize that I may sound like a child who
percolate for hours. Now it seems like just entered their rst candy store, but this was
FROM PAGE 8 every child has a smart phone issued FROM PAGE 8 the rst time I had visited the Bahamas and
at birth, and it will remain to be seen the rst time I had seen a real amingo, and I
wife saved us by booting up her whether it takes a toll on ideas and and nothing really surprises me anymore, but I hope it will not be my last.
mobile GPS while we were trying thoughts when someone else thinks was de nitely taken by these gorgeous birds in
to nd the hotel? Even though as them for you. Will children still play their stunning environment. Now, if you will excuse me, I have to check
I’ve explained many times, there is a with toy soldiers with their hands, or the internet for plastic lawn amingos!
di erence between getting lost and simply watch them on a little screen? I asked whether the amingo-keeper was
exploring “alternate, scenic, time- If not, those toy soldiers will have lost afraid someone may harm them during the Contact Jo Ann at [email protected]
consuming routes.” I just think that their ercest war. night and received the simple answer of,“No.”
the world would be a lot healthier if I guess I’ve lived in New York for too long. Fun Facts by Jo Ann
I used my smart phone a little more, Join Rick and the No Options band for
and the rest of the world used it a some St. Patrick’s Day Rock & Roll, is truly must be paradise. The word flamingo comes from the Latin
little less. Oh yeah: David Eckstein. Saturday evening, March 16, 9 p.m. I was told that when the adult amingos word “flamenco,” which means fire and
at Lucy’s Lounge, 446 Bedford Road in stretch their necks, they can reach heights of
I’ve survived all this time without Pleasantville four to six feet, and that they are the National refers to their bright color.
a smart phone, as hard as that is to bird of the Bahamas. ey can live to be up to They have backward bending knees.
believe. I didn’t have one when I was Say hello at: [email protected] sixty years old.
a seven year-old kid playing with toy Each day between swimming, sunning and
soldiers in the basement, where my eating, I visited the amingos and watched as they
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Thursday, February 28, 2019 SPORTS The Somers Record – Page 21

Somers has no trouble with Byram

DiCintio, Angelini lead Tuskers back to County Center

BY ROB DIANTONIO
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

e memory remains fresh in

their minds.

e Somers girls basketball

team had a one-point lead on

Rye last season in the Class A

semi nals at the Westchester Taylor Penzo and Dani DiCintio
County Center. A loose ball o share a moment after the
a 3-pointer landed right in the quarterfinal win.
hands of Rye’s Amanda Latkany

and she hit a buzzer-beating shot It was a rst quarter where the

to dethrone the defending cham- Tuskers built a 26-11 lead and

pion Tuskers. virtually never looked back.

A year later, Somers nd them- DiCintio, a junior point guard,

selves headed back to the County was on re from the moment she

Center after a dominant 55-38 stepped on the court. She hit four

road win over third-seeded By- 3-pointers in the rst quarter

ram Hills in the Section 1 Class alone and six threes overall to n-

A quarter nals on Feb. 23. ish with a game-high 22 points.

“It means a lot, especially “I was feeling it today,” DiCin-

now because it’s my senior year,” tio said. “My coach goes, ‘Just let

Somers’ Hannah Angelini said it y,’ and that’s what I did. We

of returning to the County Cen- were excited for this game and

ter. “ is is how I envisioned it. PHOTOS: ROB DIANTONIO came in with a positive attitude.”

Doing it with this great group of From left: Isabella Rukaj, Jordan May, Dani DiCintio, Taylor Penzo and Hannah Angelini Hattem said during a game

girls and coach (Marc) Hattem, at Monroe-Woodbury before

and our new assistant (Kevin get the experience that we’ve had over a young Bobcat group. ing that toughness and know- sectionals, DiCintio made 10

Mallon), who has been nothing the past few years.” “We’ve had 10 postseason ing what to do,” Hattem said. 3-pointers. at hot shooting

shy of amazing, it’s incredible. It’s Somers, which is making its games in the last three years and “ ey’ve been here and they’ve clearly carried into the postsea-

a new team this year with a lot of third straight trip to the County I was hoping that would account played in big games. I think that SEE GIRLS HOOPS PAGE 23
new girls. I’m excited for them to Center, had the experience edge for something with our kids hav- showed in the rst quarter.”

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Mariam Somers combined team takes second Taylor
Aboud at Section 1 championships Breeding

Somers’ total team score was 168.575. They Lucy
competed against Mahopac, Lakeland/Panas/Putnam DeMichele

Valley, Suffern, Ossining, Clarkstown, Scarsdale and
Wappingers at the Feb. 7 championships held at
Carmel High School.
Vault

Lucy DeMichele came in first with a 9.35,
Mariam Aboud and Taylor Breeding both had

a score of 8.225.
Uneven Bars

Taylor Breeding earned a score of 8.075, Lucy
DeMichele had a score of 7.625 and Emma Lusthaus

had a score of 7.225.
Balance Beam

Taylor Breeding canme in second with a score of
9.375, Lucy DeMichele came in fifth with a score
of9.15, and Alexis Fischer had a score of 8.75.

Floor Exercise

Lucy DeMichele came in first with a score of 9.6, Taylor
Breeding came in fourth with a 9.3 and Alexis Fischer

had a score of 9.025.
All Around

Lucy DeMichele came in fourth with a combined score
of 35.725, Taylor Breeding came in sixth with a score

of 34.975, Alexis Fischer had a combined score of
32.925 and Emma Lusthaus had a score of 32.45.

Katharine Grimes

Emma
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Alexis Fischer Reagan
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Thursday, February 28, 2019 SPORTS The Somers Record – Page 23

GIRLS HOOPS

FROM PAGE 21

“ e kid is on re,” Hattem

said. “Today, when we were leav-

ing the school, I’m nervous and

the girls are nervous. I walk past

Dani and she just gives me one of

these (pats him on the shoulder).

She’s un appable. I hope it con-

tinues. I love the kid; she’s a really

good kid.”

On top of DiCintio’s hot

shooting, Angelini scored 10 of

her points in the rst quarter

including two three-point plays.

She nished with 20 points.

“ is year, we’ve struggled with

scoring the ball a little bit,” An-

gelini said. “Teams have really

been trying to take away me and

Danielle. In practice, we’ve been

focusing on ways to get ourselves

open and ways for the whole Dani DiCintio handles the ball at half
team to get involved. We’ve never court.
really come out strong. at’s also

always been our thing that coach stretch to close the game out.

has stressed this entire season. Jordan May added seven points PHOTOS: ROB DIANTONIO

We’ve had a bunch of slow starts. o the bench while Penzo had Hannah Angelini takes a step back jumper.
Our rst couple baskets were en- four points. Isabella Rukaj added

ergy boosters and we were play- a bucket. Emily Arena played Jordan May focuses at the line.

ing exceptionally well on the de- lockdown defense and fought for

fensive end.” every loose ball. cused on slowing down their fast May added 11 points. they would face either top-seeded

It was a slow second quarter “Emily Arena’s the toughest break opportunities. Somers (15-6) was scheduled to Tappan Zee or fth-seeded Pearl

for both sides with the Tusk- kid I’ve ever coached,” Hattem “Coach pointed out that they face second-seeded Walter Panas River. e game is scheduled for

ers taking a 31-15 lead into the said. “She’s taking charges. I’m really like to push the ball,” An- on Feb. 26 at the County Center. 7 p.m.

break. e teams traded baskets harder on that kid than any kid gelini said. “ ey’re all pretty ath- A win there would advance the “Two years ago we won (the

in the third quarter, but Somers I’ve ever coached and it’s always letic and fast. We had a plan for a Tuskers to the nals on Saturday, section) and we want to have that

still led 44-30. a smile back to me and a ‘I’ve got couple of girls to not crash the of- March 2, at Pace University where feeling again,” DiCintio said.

Taylor Penzo grabbed an of- you, coach.’ Taylor is a spark plug. fensive rebounds and just get back

fensive rebound and nished to Jordan May, next year, her senior right away. at helped to slow

make it 46-33 with 5:18 left in year, I’m taking the time to work them down. And also, just hustle.

the game. with her and I think she can be We didn’t give up on any play.” WHY DO WE

An Angelini corner three sealed a really good post player. She has e Tuskers bested No. 11

it with 4:03 to play, stretching the the talent.” Hendrick Hudson 48-34 in the
ADVERTISEadvantage to 49-33. e Tuskers
e Tuskers knew that the opening round on Feb. 21. DiCin-

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Tuskers upset by Bulldogs in first round
Furious rally comes up just short for Somers

BY ROB DIANTONIO picked up his fourth foul just 30 another level. I thought everybody A Germaine putback followed by PHOTO COURTESY OF
CONTRIBUTING WRITER seconds into the quarter but Di- fed o that energy and started a layup o a steal had the Tuskers RICK KUPERBERG/HVSP.PHOTOS
Cintio said he felt like he had to to do their job. We just came up down by just two points (72-70)
e rst half couldn’t have got- “roll the dice” and keep him on the short.” with 25 ticks left. Lucas Fecci glides in for two points
ten o to a worse start for Somers court. during a big third-quarter rally.
in the rst round of the Section 1 Beacon answered with a three Beacon made one of two free
Class A boys basketball playo s. It paid o . from star Dayion ompson (32 throws but the Tuskers were called memories that they created and
Declan Talleur made three con- points). He then cashed in a step for a double dribble with 11 sec- this team created a lot of memo-
Star point guard Lucas Fecci secutive 3-pointers to help the host back jumper to give Beacon a 53- onds left and a chance to tie it. ries as a group. I would coach this
picked up three fouls in the rst Tuskers get right back in the game 49 lead after three quarters. group over and over for the rest of
quarter alone and the Tuskers in the third. DiCintio said that e Bulldogs made two more free my career if I could.”
found themselves trailing by 15 Talleur showed “a lot of character “I felt like we could never get throws to close out the win.
points to Beacon at halftime. and poise and made the most of over the hump of taking the lead,”
his moment o the bench. He re- DiCintio said. “Tied at 48-48, the “Right down the stretch until
Somers,however,wasn’t about to ally sparked the team.” rebound that got kicked out for a the last play, the kids gave a valiant
go down easy. Fecci tallied six points in the three I think took the wind out of e ort,” DiCintio said. “We had a
quarter. Charlie Weissman’s three our sails and we played catch up.” chance when we were down three
e sixth-seeded Tuskers staged brought the de cit to two points at with 16 seconds to go. But like I
a furious second-half rally, but they 47-45.Jalen Wilson’s top of the key e Bulldogs started the fourth told the boys, sometimes it’s just
came up just short in a 75-70 loss three tied the game. quarter on a 5-0 run to extend the not meant to be.”
to No. 11 Beacon on Feb. 21. “Once they kind of got punched lead to 58-49 but Somers didn’t go
in the face a little bit in the second away quietly. Fecci and Talleur had 19 points
“I was proud of the boys for a quarter, we went into halftime and apiece to lead Somers. Drew Lash-
few reasons,” Somers coach Chris regrouped,” DiCintio said. “I felt Wilson snatched a steal and er and Germaine had nine points
DiCintio said. “ e rst was that, like at halftime the boys never re- found Talleur on the fast break. each while Weissman and Wilson
obviously, our center (Max Ger- ally gave me an indication that they Beacon nailed a three but Talleur tallied six points apiece.
maine) was just coming o mono felt that they were out of it. ey had the answer with a corner three
where he was out for three weeks, were just waiting for Lucas to get of his own and it was 61-54 Bull- e Tuskers graduate four start-
so he had virtually no practice time. back on the court. When Lucas dogs with 4:45 left. ers: Fecci, Germaine, Weissman
And then Lucas picks up three came up with his fourth foul 30 and Nick Maestri. ey also lose
fouls in the rst quarter. He’s more seconds into the third, I thought at Weissman’s three-point play cut two key players o the bench in
than just one of our captains and that point we could be in trouble. I the de cit to 67-60 with 2:23 to Wilson and Talleur.
leaders; he’s an all-section player. had to play him with four fouls but go. Max Germaine then nished
Lucas stepped it up and took it to inside and Fecci scored o a steal “It was a great year,” DiCintio
at could be very de ating to a to cut it to 69-64 with 1:21 on the said. “We were 16-5 and 9-3 in
lot of teams but our boys showed a clock. the league. ey won their holi-
lot of resiliency.” day tournament. ey’re a special
Fecci drove baseline and nished group. To me, it wasn’t about win-
Trailing 39-24 at half, Fecci through contact to make it 71-66. ning championships. It’s about the

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Crossword Puzzle solutions on page 27 Fun By The Numbers

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13. Plant of the goosefoot 61. Young children 5. Atomic #45 21. Koran chapters Here’s How It Works:
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15. Students’ rights 64. Earns a perfect score 8. Unhappy numbers sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each
document (abbr.) 65. People of Ghana 9. Dogooder 26. A type of school row, column and box. Each number can appear
16. Skin lesion 66. Founding member of 10. Most babies need _ __ 27. Pops only once in each row, column and box. You
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23. Animals have it 37. A period between
24. Atomic number 58 solar and lunar eclipses
25. Cycles/second 40. Third-party access
28. Japanese classical 42. A very large body of
theater water
29. Slow nocturnal 43. Infections
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Women may need to make extra nancial moves

International Women’s Day will be plans. the precise amount Roth IRA at any time, tax- and penal-
observed on March 8. ty-free, you’ll have to wait until 59-1/2
So, given these reali- GUEST depending on your to take out your earnings free of taxes
Around the world, special events will ties, what can you do CORNER individual goals, risk and penalties. And you’ll need to nd
celebrate the cultural, social, political to improve your own tolerance and time a sustainable withdrawal rate so you
and economic achievements of women. MICHAEL can reduce the risk of depleting these
nancial outlook? horizon. accounts too early.
However, this last area – economic O’DONOVAN • Look for income
progress – is one that still causes con- As a society, we are still working to-
cern, and rightfully so, because women HERE ARE A FEW even while serving as ward equality for all people – including
still face gender-related challenges. economic equality. As a woman, howev-
How can you deal with them? SUGGESTIONS: caregiver. Of course, er, you can’t a ord to wait until that day
arrives, so you need to be proactive in
To begin with, you need to recognize • Increase your you may never become seeking and maintaining your nancial
the nature of these challenges. While security.
many factors are actually responsible for contributions to your retirement plan. the primary caregiver for your elderly
women facing more economic pressure is article was written by Edward Jones
than men, two stand out in particular: Every time your salary goes up, in- parents – but even if you do, it doesn’t for use by your local nancial advisor,
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necessarily more successfully. However, taxable – withdrawals from your 401(k)

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