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Vol. 5 No. 11
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Jordan Faust, Rachel Joseph, Makena Lurie, Isabella Rukaj and Jenna Eighth-grade students perform the National Anthem.
Panaro receive certificates of excellence in English Language Arts.
Eighth graders graduate from Somers Middle School, SHS is up next
Eighth graders graduated from Somers Middle School on Wednesday, June 24, during a sun-drenched moving up ceremony at
SMS. Principal Jeff Getman congratulated the students and wished them well, and Somers High School Principal Mark Bayer was
on hand to welcome them into the SHS family. Superintendent Dr. Raymond Blanch spoke and shook the hand of each graduate.
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Local author answers questions about her new mystery novel
Somers resident Linda Spear talks ‘The Iceman Checks Out’
BY DONNA
MANFREDI MURPHY
‘It’s based on the outrageous behavior of a fiend—
six feet, eight inches in height—with a huge ego
that rivaled his many monstrous traits. In fact,
he was the meanest human being I ever met...
Who knew that one dreadful human being would
provide the impetus that launched my decision to
write a mystery novel?’
SPECIAL TO THE SOMERS RECORD
Some people crave ice cream
and can’t wait for King Kone to
start its season. Others can’t get
enough chocolate and willingly
stand in line for a taste. For many
it’s the Caramoor Jazz Festival that
sings to their soul.
But for Somers resident Linda
Spear, author and journalist with
over 30 years of communication
and professional writing experience, murder is always on her
mind.
This wasn’t always the case for
the veteran contributing writer for
The New York Times, where she
reported primarily on evolving
health and human interest issues.
And although she also was a ghost
writer for medical specialists, there
was nothing macabre about that
job. Even her first critically acclaimed novel, “I Know You By
Heart,” which explores the clandestine passion of a recently deceased family matriarch and the
subsequent unravelling of the remaining family members’ secrets,
didn’t involve murder.
It wasn’t until she worked as a
corporate communications manager and media spokesperson at a
multinational pharmaceutical corporation that her preoccupation for
killing people off really began to
grow legs.
Spear shared something surprising about that experience with
me. It’s a secret that she’s had for
years. The mild mannered and consummate professional once knew
someone so evil that she wanted
him out of the way for good. The
only thing that held her back was
being incapable of committing
murder. There came a day, however, when a revelation hit her. She
could kill the beast on paper! And
so she did and now his demise is
the cornerstone of her latest book,
“The Iceman Checks Out.”
—Linda Spear
Author, ‘The Iceman Checks Out’
PHOTOS COURTESY OF DONNA MURPHY
Linda Spear holds her new book, “The
Iceman Checks Out,” at last week’s
book signing and talk at The Pinnacle
Restaurant in Heritage Hills. Over 100
people attended.
Your new novel involves the
murder of a despised corporate
axman. Linda, what was the
inspiration for this book?
It’s based on the outrageous
behavior of a fiend—six feet, eight
inches in height—with a huge ego
that rivaled his many monstrous
traits. In fact, he was the meanest
human being I ever met.
During my professional career
as a journalist and corporate communicator I had the dismal experi-
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ence of having worked with an appalling individual who took great
delight in firing people. He made
it his mission to make everyone
suffer. To say that I despised him
is an understatement. After years
of daydreaming about intricate
ways to kill him off, I realized that
the only way to stop myself from
losing my liberty, but still achieve
my macabre wish, was to put it all
down on paper and let my imagination run wild.
So, is it fair to say that you
channeled your murderous fantasies into a clever and insidious
debut mystery novel?
Absolutely, I took that horrendously negative period of time
I had working in the corporate
jungle whereby scores
of diligent and productive people were
fired under the guise
of corporate downsizing and gave the villain
just the “promotion to
the netherworld” that
he deserved. I can’t
begin to tell you how
much fun it was to write
this book. Lots of love,
sex, suspense and gore
and I even got to slay
a fire-breathing dragon
while freeing the ranks
of hardworking folks of a
menace to society!
How did you come up
with your characters?
I worked with them during the
“downsizing” era. The characters
truly represent people I knew. The
axman got some of them while we
worked together, yet they survived
and thrived once out from under
his oppression.
Will there be a sequel?
Absolutely! I got to care about
two of the main protagonists to
the point where I just had to know
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what happened next. So I am currently writing their future together
and the dilemmas they now face.
What did you do before you
wrote books?
Straight out of college I taught
in a public school like so many
women of my generation, but it
never fulfilled my need to clearly
and creatively communicate
through the written word. Fortunately, I launched into a satisfying career in journalism writing
science pieces and ghost writing
medical books for doctors. My
foray into the world of corporate
writing made me realize that I had
to follow my dream to write fiction. Who knew that one dreadful
human being would provide the
impetus that launched my decision
to write a mystery novel? It’s so
strange and satisfying at this point
in my life to have come full circle
as I have returned to teaching.
Only now my focus is on helping other aspiring writers through
workshops in the local area and
courses at Westchester Community College.
How did you transition from
science writing to fiction, and in
particular, the mystery genre?
Ever since I was a small girl,
reading captivated me and I
knew that someday I would be a
SEE SPEAR PAGE 4
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ghost removal service. Eat marshTo volunteer, contact Mia at Mi- the Woodstock era, and they formed
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this band for the sheer enjoyment of
theme song, and more! Registration
playing these songs. By performis REQUIRED.
ing these well-loved favorites, they
remind us of the astounding breadth
and depth of the music of the WoodConcerts will be held at the Reis stock generation.
Park stage and begin at 6 p.m. Events
• Saturday, July 18: The Bensenare open to Somers residents and are Scott Band
free of charge. All are advised to
This is a group of seasoned playbring a blanket or lawn chair.
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July 12
Summer concert
series schedule
SPEAR
FROM PAGE 3
writer. I’ve always adored reading
mystery and my idols—Agatha
Christie, P.D. James and Mary
Higgins Clark—still provide endless inspiration. I’m also addicted
to certain crime shows on TV that
draw me further into the whodunit
genre.
How did your investigative journalism skills help you
research and incorporate the
forensic, emergency medicine
and police procedures that you
write about?
My favorite part of writing the
book was doing the research on
the ways one sets out to commit a
murder. You need professionals in
the field to guide you. The Internet
can give you the plain facts, but
there’s no substitute for getting the
expert insider advice. I spoke to a
number of detectives, emergency
room personnel and EMS workers to give the credibility my story
needed. Each of those specialists
was kind and patient when I asked
endless questions and got my
answers.
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What’s one recommendation
you would make for mystery
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out?
Read, read and read some more.
There are all types of sub-genre
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each type and decide which style
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Will you be doing any readings of “The Iceman Checks
Out,” in the area?
Happily, yes. Just last Friday I
had a book signing and reading at
The Pinnacle Restaurant in Heritage Hills and will be at several
local independent bookstores and
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Somers Middle School graduation photos continued from page 2
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Somers Middle School graduation photos continued from page 5
The Hintze family— Susan, Claire and Glenn—poses with Somers High
School Principal Mark Bayer.
Back row: Alexa Burns, Anja Buerle, Mackenzie Farrell and Amanda Burn. Front row: Marissa LaBarbara and
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Somers Middle School graduation photos continued from previous page
Gabriella Mazzotta
Patricia Louis
Josh Rosaspina stands as he receives kudos
from Principal Getman for getting the crowd on
its feet at the eighth-grade dance. Getman said
he will forever remember Josh as the “Bubble
Wrap Demon.”
Graduates Victoria Gerry and Eden
Bramson pose with their parents—
Virginia Gerry, Arthur Gerry and
Leah Bramson.
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Don’t just sit there like a vegetable
I
can’t believe I almost let the week pass without
acknowledging the observance of National Eat Your
Vegetables Day, which is celebrated on June 17. As
holidays go, it ranks just below Athlete’s Foot Awareness Day but above
Politician Appreciation Day. Somers
has the perfect weather for growing
a little “victory garden” with lettuce,
beans and spinach. After a siege by
bugs, birds and bunnies, ours went
down in a resounding defeat.
I think that if people knew what was
actually in vegetables they would think
twice about extolling their virtues for an entire day. For
instance, did you know that broccoli contains folic acid?
Picture that stuff eating away at your insides. Carrots
contain something called zeaxanthin. Look it up on Wikipedia—it looks exactly like that caterpillar that ate all my
rhododendrons.
What do you think the first Belgian who noticed
something sprouting out of the ground in Brussels did?
He stuck it right in his mouth, although it tasted awful.
He probably didn’t even know that it contained sulforaphane, which sounds like one of those drugs that they sell
you to cure pimples, but in a low voice at the end of the
commercial tell you will probably kill you. “Do not take
sulforphane if you are pregnant, know someone who is
pregnant or just look pregnant.” (By the way, there is a
drug for people who are always pregnant, but don’t take it
if you have pimples.)
Americans love to overdo something, and recently it is
kale. Every party we go to I have to set 10 minutes aside
so my wife’s friends can fawn over their kale salads and
how much they love kale. A year ago no one ever heard
of kale, and this year it can just about cure cancer. I don’t
want to upset the kale community, everything has its own
community these days, and if you say something disparaging they rise up in a Twitter rant as
if they were Charlie Sheen. But the
ON
bottom line is that for all the fuss, kale
ASSIGNMENT looks like something that you should
pull out of your lawn before it takes
RICK
over the place.
MELÉN
I don’t think a banana is a vegetable
but I feel it is my public duty to warn
you away from this offensive little
item. I read somewhere that the banana
has a high concentration of plutonium. Or was it potassium? What’s the difference—whatever it is is the same
junk that turns the smelly thing pitch-black after it sits on
your desk for 15 minutes. I actually slipped on a banana
peel once and it wasn’t as funny as I thought it would be.
Even the most popular vegetable in America is not immune to the perils of dangerous additives. I tried to buy
a bag of potato chips recently at the supermarket, and all
they had was sour cream and onion mesquite barbecued
kettle-fried sea-salt jalapeno cheddar-flavored extra-vinegar with recycled carburetor parts potato chips. But they
were gluten-free I must admit.
All this is more than enough evidence that vegetables
should be removed from the bottom of the food pyramid
and replaced with beer. If I went to Egypt to see the pyramids, and saw that they were constructed using vegetables, I would be sorely disappointed. However, if I found
out that they built using beer, I would hardly be surprised.
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LETTER
Widen Route 139 to improve traffic near the high school
To the editor,
I am writing in regards to the page 4 article—”Officials
debate how to improve traffic near high school”—that ran
in the June 18 edition.
I think both of the proposed measures fail to address
the problems on Route 139 near Somers High School. A
roundabout does little to control traffic because it does
not give firetrucks any extra safety cushion. In addition,
because so few drivers know how they are supposed to
enter and exit roundabouts, even more accidents are sure
to result.
A traffic light will increase the snarl on a road which
is already congested enough during the few hours a day
when commuters, buses and school drivers make a mess
of traffic there. Then, during non-school-and-commute
hours, there will be a traffic light, in the middle of noth-
ing, causing stops, increased pollution and cars racing to
cross before the light turns red. Most of the day it will just
be a hindrance.
I think there is a much more effective and common
sense solution. How about widening the road between the
fire house parking lot and Valley Pond Road, to provide
a turning lane in each direction into and out of the fire
station and the high school, or perhaps running it as far
as Primrose Elementary? This will give fire trucks the
space they need for turns, allow buses to enter-and-exit
the school, give cars easier access into and out of the
school and allow cars which are not turning to move on
without having to wait for a long line of cars turning into
the school.
Hank Kornfeld
Somers
True confessions
of a car saboteur
L
ast week’s column on car “sabotage” apparently
jogged a few memories from readers and friends.
Read on and enjoy:
Note: Cigarette lighters seemed to be the biggest temptation and fascination. Brother Jack who was the main
character in “Car 54,
Where Are You?”—
WHAT WAS
you will recall he
I THINKING?
burned the steering wheel with the
RUTHANN
cigarette lighter—had
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this to say: “I can still
smell the burning
plastic!”
Mel wrote: “Your
stories always bring back some of my memories. While I
was sitting in my Dad’s Buick, waiting for our Sunday ride,
I was doodling with something. Then I heard my Dad coming to the car and pushed the “thing” back in. As Dad was
driving to the Bronx, we all smelled something burning.
Yep, what I was doodling with was the lighter and yep, it
burned out some wires. Ugh. Thanks for the memories.”
My childhood friend, Carol, remembered just how fussy
our Dad was when it came to his cars. She shared her own
recollection: “I can understand this. They worked long and
hard to buy a car in those days and they took pride in their
ownership. I remember the first car we had when we moved
to White Plains in 1946 was a 1937 Chevy. Then came the
very first for Mom and Dad: a brand new car. It was a 1949
black Chevy, shiny and gorgeous. We kids were so excited,
I can only imagine how proud Mom and Dad were.”
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Meet the real Pat Riot the Fourth
y friend Coogle Gallahan
and I just ran into a frat
brother we hadn’t seen
in years. Patrick Riot IV. Unusual
name. But a usual kind of guy. An
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The kind of blowhard you’d
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The kind of slacker inducted
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His dad supposedly was some kind
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Potter was born.
The kind of rogue scholar who
thinks the Fourth of July commemorates the invention of fireworks.
Nobody’s going to embarrass
Patrick. That doesn’t mean Patrick
isn’t fully capable of embarrassing
himself, but only every time he
opens his mouth.
(In the interest of full disclosure,
we always called him “Pat” for
short, because it wasn’t as long
as Patrick, who was pretty short
himself.)
Pat always was highly opinionated, but not in any high-falutin’
sort of way. And certainly not in
any open-minded kind of way. His
opinions were shaped by a hatred
of many things, but topping his
personal enemies list were logic,
curiosity, and deep thinking.
He was the kind of macho man
who would quickly come to the
defense of the First Amendment,
the one that guarantees freedom of
speech. Somehow, though, every
time—in fact, the only times—he
rushed to remind everyone of that
American article of faith, it was
to protect what sounded for all the
world like hate speech.
The protection of hate speech is
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steel as she came to the defense of
her cub, our lioness Mom turned
to Dad:
“See what you’ve done? Your
child is so upset over messing
your car and not the fact she’s
sick. What is the matter with you?
This damn car obsession has got
to stop!”
As the years passed, Dad did
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This weekend we attended a
graduation party for grandson,
Chris. Amid the congratulations,
laughter, great food and family
reminiscing, son Joe’s lovely lady,
Annie, told us of her own painful
car memory. She was probably
5 or 6 and was fiddling with the
cigarette lighter. Annie was fascinated by the bright red coil and
tentatively touched it. She recalls
the pain was excruciating and
knowing her parents would be upset with her, she didn’t tell them.
“You didn’t tell your folks?
What did you do? Did you run it
under cold water? How did you
hide the pain?” I was flabbergasted
by her story.
Annie said she wrapped her
hand in a piece of cloth and kept it
close to her body. Eventually, the
pain subsided but she had the coil
imprint on her finger for a long
time. My heart went out to this
brave, frightened little girl.
Going back into my own
memory bank, I remembered a
very unsettling and enlightening
“car” moment. We were taking
an auto trip through the New
England states—I was about 7 or
8. Traveling on windy, up and
down country roads—there were
no interstates—I became car sick.
Dad pulled over to the side of the
road to begin the clean-up.
“Daddy, I messed your car. I am
so sorry,” I sobbed uncontrollably.
The picture is still vivid in my
mind: With a voice as cold as
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how would those of us—who are
too busy understanding to have
time to hate—know who to hate
back, if professional haters were
prohibited by law from publicly
sticking foot in mouth with such
surgical precision? It would be as
if they were wearing sheets over
their heads.
What our pal Pat loved to do
more than anything was to show
off. When he started ranting, it
always impressed us how he knew
ease up on his “compulsion.”
However, one thing is certain:
his cars were spotlessly clean,
smooth-running machines until the
day he pulled into that garage in
the sky.
as little as possible about the things
that bothered him the most. We felt
for the guy. Knowing too much
about the things he didn’t like only
would confuse his simple outlook
on life and give him a splitting
headache.
The day we ran into him, Pat
started venting about what sounded
to me like “moose alums.” I
figured he must be talking about
graduates of Bullwinkle University. Not that I ever heard of such
a place, but if there’s a Gonzaga
University, anything’s possi-bull.
“How dare those moose alums
come here thinking they can
practice freedom of religion in our
face,” Pat protested. “Where the
heck do they get off?!”
“Get down, Pat,” Coogle
insisted, not unlike ordering a
foaming dog to sit. “My guess is a
lot of them get off either a boat or
a plane.”
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“I meant,” Pat fired back,
“where do they get off practicing freedom of religion inside our
unprotected borders. Didn’t they
get the Bill O’Reilly unspun memo
that this is America!”
“Yes,” Coogle gently answered.
“But doesn’t it say somewhere in
some American document that we
have freedom of religion for all
peoples?”
“I’m not talking about peoples.
I said moose alums,” snarled Pat.
“And those weird clothes they
wear! They need to speak English
and dress English, like our four
bears did!”
Coogle couldn’t resist: “Well,
Goldilocks, I thought there only
were three bears. But seriously,
what about their protected freedom
of religion?”
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having experienced the same exact
phenomenon that you are now
suffering from, I can say with 99
percent confidence that those…
are mosquito bites.”
I went back to prepping dinner,
another thing at which I was certainly no expert at after 19 years
but was willing to keep trying so
as not to let my family down with
anything less than the perfectly
marinated steak that my husband
would overcook on the grill.
My husband scratched at his
red spots and insisted that I take
another look.
“I think it’s something other
than mosquito bites,” he declared.
“I only had a few yesterday and
now I have more today. They’re
multiplying!”
“Well, you grilled last night and
you grilled the night before that.
The mosquitos had two opportunities to bite you.” I waved him
away but I knew what was coming
next.
“I disagree,” he said. “I think I
might have come into contact with
a poisonous plant, or gotten bit
by something serious, or maybe,
I’m having an allergic reaction to
something and it’s starting as hives
but is going to become systemic
and make me really sick.”
“You know what? You might
be right!” I exclaimed with mock
enthusiasm. “I think we should
look it up on WebDR!!”
The Web doctor was my husband’s first move every time he
got a Man Cold and, based on
the diagnosis on the Internet, he
would insist that he’d actually
come down with some exotic
plague or disease. However, in every instance, it would turn out that
my husband did not, in fact, have
Arctic seal poisoning or Rocky
Mountain spotted fever but did
just have a cold, although a Man
Cold was certainly severe enough
to kill him, if I didn’t kill him first.
So this time, I thought I’d beat
him to the punch.
“Well, it could be mosquito
bites…” I said, as I scanned
the WebDR page of symptoms.
“Unless you accidentally came
into contact with the poison of
an Amazon dart frog. You also
could be showing the first signs of
leprosy.”
He looked stricken.
“It says it could also be the beginning of scarlet fever,” I continued. “Do you feel feverish?”
I felt his forehead with the back
of my hand.
“Of course, we haven’t been to
the Amazon and we haven’t fraternized with anyone with leprosy
or scarlet fever that we know of so
it’s highly unlikely that you’re suffering from any of those and more
likely that you’ve just been dinner
for a couple of hungry mosquitos,”
I consoled him.
He looked relieved.
I was proud that I could validate his concerns and not be too
quick to dismiss a medical system
based on an algorithm designed by
computer nerds, rather than real
doctors.
“Hey honey, would you light the
grill?” I asked him. “The steaks
are almost ready to go on.”
“Sure,” he replied.
“And also put some of this on
before you go outside,” I said
handing him the bug spray. “It
protects against mosquitos and
poison dart frogs.
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Lying about homework
lying, he always argues that he’s
not lying. He says, “You didn’t ask
me if I handed in that particular
assignment.” We don’t trust him
anymore. Are we making a big
DR. LINDA
deal over this? Should we be more
SILBERT
focused on his grades? The counselor recommended that he go to
summer school or get tutoring.
Dear Dr. Linda,
Annette
Our son, Jared, just flunked
Dear Annette,
two courses in eighth grade. We
Jared’s grades are important,
talked to the guidance counselor at especially since he’s now going
his school who told us that Jared
on to high school. However, the
would still be promoted and go on fact that he lies to you often and to
to high school. The counselor also his teachers and counselor is more
told us that Jared is quite bright
important. Does he lie about a lot
and capable of passing, but he had of things or just about homework?
neglected to hand in most of his
If he lies about everything and
homework assignments. He just
you no longer trust him, you need
argued that he did hand them in
to find out why he feels he can’t
and his teachers lost them. Sadly, I tell you the truth. Why doesn’t he
couldn’t argue with the counselor feel safe telling the truth? It seems
because Jared lies to us all the
that he rationalizes that he’s telling
time. When we talk to him about
you the truth by turning the prob-
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them,” warned Pat, adding, “and
freedom ain’t free!”
“Silly me,” said cool-as-acucumber Coogle. “What ever
gave me the notion that freedom
is free?”
“Because you never had to get
bailed out of jail, like myself last
week,” said Pat. “Far from free,
there’s a hefty fee for that kind of
stars-and-stripes freedom, wisenheimer.”
“You mean stripes as in a prison
uniform?” said Coogle.
“No!” screamed Pat, “you socialist traitor, I mean the stars and
stripes on Old Glory!”
“Pat...” wondered Coogle, “I’m
curious to hear how you define the
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lem around and blaming you for
not asking him the right question.
Since Jared has figured out how to
get around doing his assignments
by lying over and over again, you
need to take action.
Begin by examining your relationship with him. Does he trust
you? Is he avoiding telling you because he doesn’t want to hear what
you have to say? Does he feel
you’re on his side? Do you actually understand where he’s coming
from and work with him to find
options. In other words, you need
to think seriously about your part
in what may be causing Jared to
lie to you and his teachers.
Start by opening up communications with him to rebuild trust.
If you see that you’re getting
nowhere, consider getting family
counseling. If Jared refuses to go
with you or becomes upset, then
you and your husband meet with
the therapist at first. Learn what to
do to change the family dynamics
so he can feel safe telling you and
others the truth.
As for lying about homework
and then flunking for not doing it,
your son isn’t alone. Kids lie about
homework for several different
reasons. For some, it’s boring and
they’d rather be watching TV or
spending time with their friends.
For others, it’s too hard and they
don’t want to ask for help. And
for some like your son who are
smart and capable, they may lie
because they’re doing well on tests
and know the material. To them,
homework is a waste of time.
Whatever the reason, kids don’t
feel safe telling the truth.
Bottom line, you must find out
why he didn’t turn in his homework. And you need to find out
what percentage of these two
grades was based on homework.
Some teachers emphasize homework and less on tests and other
work. If you find out that he did
well on everything but homework,
he probably doesn’t need extra
help. On the other hand, tutoring
would probably help if his test
scores were low and his in-class
work poor. It’s probably too late
to start summer school, but even
if it weren’t I would recommend
tutoring. He’ll get one-on-one
time with an adult and can begin
to work on trust issues. Make sure
you find a tutor who is comfortable with teens and understands
what they’re going through.
Dr. Linda
term socialist, if you don’t mind.”
“Mind?!” Pat said gloriously.
“I don’t know the meaning of
the word. Socialism, as any real
patriot knows, is like pornography. Hard to define, but you know
it when you see it, brother, and I
see it in The White House every
day that I wake up at the crack of
a 20-gauge shotgun and salute my
six-pack.”
“So you’ve been working those
abs?” admired Coogle.
“Abs-olutely not,” said Pat.
“My six-pack of Bud, bud. Anyhow, we gotta get that socialist-inchief out of there without delay.”
“Pat,” Coogle assured, “he
will be out of there in about 18
months. Didn’t you know that?”
“Don’t get smart with me,”
rebounded Pat. “Of course I didn’t
know that. Who doesn’t not know
that?”
“Pat, you’re a regular riot,” said
Coogle as he patted Pat on the
back. “Enjoy the Fourth!”
“Fourth!?” said Pat incredulously. “That’s for amateurs. I’m
off to celebrate the Fourth by polishing off a fifth. That’s freedom
you can taste, my friend.”
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Dinner, dancing and a of course, casinostyle games were all the rage earlier at this
year’s Somers Education Foundation (SEF)
Casino Night held back in April at Putnam
County Golf Course in Mahopac. The evening’s honorees were Jim Chisholm, Rob
Heller, Steve Rolando and the boys from
the Somers not-for-profit Let’s Play It Forward. The Somers Education Foundation,
established in 1994, is a not-for-profit, tax-
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exempt organization comprised of parents,
school representatives and community
members. SEF supports Somers schools
by raising funds for specific student- and
teacher-initiated projects that enrich the
educational experience and are not funded
by the district’s budget. Since its inception,
SEF has surpassed $1 million in grants and
scholarships awarded.
The craps table sees plenty of action during the evening’s gaming.
Blackjack is a favorite with guests, including John Reilly, Steve Wilson, Jeff
and Sharon Feldman, Mark Bayer and Robert Jean.
SEF President Glenn Hintze, far right, with former
SEF trustees and past Hall of Fame honorees Kay
Staplin and Steve Ucko
SEF trustees Vicki
Durso, Sarena
Meyer, Christine
Mahoney, Thomasine
Mastrantoni and
Sharon Baranowski
Somers teachers learn some of the basics.
Fun at the casino slots.
Somers teachers share a laugh.
SEF Hall of Fame
Honoree Jim
Chisholm, left,
and his family
SEF Hall of Fame Honorees receive glass plaques.
SEF Hall of Fame Honoree Rob Heller is all smiles with
his wife, Maryellen.
SEF Hall of Fame Honoree Steve Rolando and his wife
Enico Rolando
SEF Hall of Fame Honorees: Let’s Play It Forward, Steve Rolando, Jim Chisholm and Rob Heller
The young men of Let’s Play It Forward!
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Primrose student builds replica of Route 202 firehouse
Logan Ruby’s school project is now displayed at the station
In the fall, Primrose second
grade-teacher Joseph Mahoney assigned each of his students to build
a replica of a community landmark. Eight-year-old Logan Ruby
chose the Somers Firehouse on
Route 202 as his project.
After handing the replica in to
Mahoney for a grade, Logan took
back his replica of the firehouse.
It was then that Logan’s father approached Lt. Matt McAuley about
giving it to the station instead of
putting it away in the attic to collect dust.
McAuley and Logan’s father,
Cody Ruby, coach together on their
younger sons’ T-ball team.
So, on Sunday, May 24, Logan
stopped by the firehouse to present
his replica. It is important to note
that Logan did most of the work on
the project, with just a bit of help
from his dad.
Some of the other landmarks that
were created included Pepsi, Reis
Park, IBM and the Elephant Hotel.
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The certificate and patch given to Logan Ruby for
his great work on his model of the firehouse.
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Logan’s work.
Lt. Matt McAuley shows the Ruby brothers the front of the fire truck.
Hudson and Logan walk up the ladder.
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Hudson Ruby hauls the oxygen tank.
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The Somers Record – Thursday, July 2, 2015
PAGE 18
ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT - PAT COUSIN
Senior helps Tuskers reach semis in three sports
hardworking as him and I just hope to be half
the man he is someday. The guy always has a
smile on his face even after walking in from
a 15-hour work day getting up before sunrise.
BY GABBY ROSENZWEIG
FOR THE SOMERS RECORD
Pat Cousin was a senior three-sport athlete
who played varsity football, basketball and
lacrosse this year at Somers. He helped the
Tuskers get to the sectional semifinals in
basketball at the County Center for the first
time in 23 years, and he helped the football
and lacrosse teams advance to the sectional
semifinals as well.
As a senior
midfielder Pat
Cousin helped the
Tuskers advance to
the Section 1 Class
B semis.
How old were you when you first started
playing football, basketball, and lacrosse
and how did you first get involved?
I started playing basketball and lacrosse at
the same time when I was in second grade.
I started football a little later in fifth grade. I
grew up surrounded by a family that loves to we came out with the win it was a feeling
play and watch sports.
like no other. Beating those guys never gets
old.
Which sport did you enjoy the most as a
kid? How about now?
This lacrosse season you had a new
As a kid I always enjoyed playing basket- coaching staff, what new things did they
ball the most and that hasn’t changed since.
bring to the program?
There’s something about the game that can
The new coaching staff definitely had a
always put me in a good mood.
different style of coaching that I’ve never
experienced. They made us get after each
What would you say was the highlight
other in practice and almost everything was a
of your senior sports career?
competition. It forced us to make each other
The highlight of my senior sports career
better which helped a whole lot. All in all the
was when we beat Pelham in the quartercoaches are a great group of guys and it was
finals to go to the County Center. It was a
an awesome year.
great moment for our team but an even better
moment for the whole town.
How did it feel to lose to Rye during the
regular season and then beat them during
This winter you competed at the County a great playoff run?
Center for basketball, can you explain
When we first lost to Rye it took me a
how that felt?
while to get over the loss because I felt we
Playing at the County Center was an
were such better athletes than them. We all
experience I’ll never forget. It felt as if we
wanted another crack at them and we knew
were playing at MSG in front of thousands
it would have to be in the playoffs. When we
of people. The guys and I all agree it was the found out we were playing them we were all
craziest scene we’ve ever played in.
chomping at the bit. I saw Sean Wagner get
a look in his eye that I’ve never seen before.
There was a huge rivalry between
Getting that win was so big for our season
Somers and Yorktown this past basketball and it was a huge moment in my Somers
season, talk a little about losing to them
sports career.
and how that motivated you to beat them
later down the road.
After the regular season, you boys were
Coming into that first Yorktown game we
the underdog in many of your playoff
might of been a little too cocky because we
games but still came out on top, how did
hadn’t lost yet. When we lost all we could
you pull off those wins?
think about was how we were playing them
Throughout the regular season we never
again about a week later. We had a mindset
played to our full potential, and we loved the
that we refused to lose that game, and when
position we were in. We are a team full of
Cousin and the
Tuskers had their
best hoop season in
more than 20 years
as they advanced to
the Section 1 Class
B semifinals at the
Westchester County
Center.
FILE PHOTO
athletes that love to play for each other. We
got those two wins because of the way our
coaches got us to lock down during those
weeks, as well as the fact that the boys love
to prove people wrong.
How was this senior lacrosse season
memorable to you?
Lacrosse season was so memorable to
me because it was my last season in red and
white, and even of organized sports. I was
able to play with many of my good friends
which is something you can never get back.
Tim Fazzinga deciding to play was overall
just great for everybody.
Where are you going to college and do
you plan on keeping any of these sports in
your life? If so, how?
I am going to SUNY Cortland next year
and I plan on playing for the club basketball
team there and dominating the pick & roll
game with Tommy Gargiulo. I’ll always
toss the pigskin around and it’s always fun
to shoot on an empty cage. So I’ll always be
playing the sports I’ve loved for so long.
Do you know what you are going to be
studying?
I am going to be studying Criminology
because of my interest in law enforcement,
hoping to become a detective.
Who has been your biggest role model
over the years and what have you learned
from him or her?
My biggest role model has to be my dad.
I’ve yet to meet someone as selfless and
How would you describe who Pat
Cousin is to the readers?
I would describe myself as a kid who
doesn’t have many cares, and is always
relaxed. I can always go with the flow when
I’m with the boys and I love to have a good
time.
What is your favorite subject in school
and why?
My favorite subject in school was probably senior year economics because I thought
it was cool to learn about the way money
works in America, and all the different factors that go into making money.
Who is your favorite athlete and sports
team?
My favorite athlete is Jason Pierre-Paul of
my favorite sports team The New York Football Giants. Seeing that guy get a huge sack
on an NFL Sunday can give me the chills.
What music do you listen to before
competing?
I’m usually forced to listen to whatever
mediocre playlist Andrew Gross would be
playing in the locker room. But preferably, I
listen to rap music anywhere from Eminem
to Kid Cudi.
If you could have one super power what
would it be?
If I could have one super power it would
be super intelligence. You can rule the world
if you’re smarter than everybody.
For the young kids growing up in
Somers, how would you describe the
experience of being a part of the football,
basketball, and lacrosse programs and
why should they continue to play in High
School.
For the young Tuskers out there, I would
say to play any sport that you can every year.
Playing out there with your best buds in front
of huge crowds is something you’ll only
experience for a period of time. Regardless
of how long four years may seem it goes by
in the blink of an eye so savor every moment,
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SPORTS
All-American torch is passed to Rosenzweig
BY JIM MACLEAN
OF THE SOMERS RECORD
First came the Schurr twins,
Emma and Tara, then Nicole DeMase, and now Gabby Rosenzweig. All four of them played basketball and girls lacrosse together
at Somers. All four of them were
on the field when the Tuskers won
the first-ever girls lacrosse sectional title last year, and DeMase and
Rosenzweig did it again this year.
Now, all four of them are high
school All-Americans. The torch
has been passed to Rosenzweig.
Last year the Schurr twins and DeMase all earned All-American honors. This spring the honor went to
DeMase and Rosenzweig.
So many hours of her high
school career have been spent with
the Schurrs and DeMase. And she
knows how much that has meant to
her career and to help make her into
an athlete deserving to be called an
All-American.
“It’s such an honor to even be
considered in the same category as
the Schurrs and Nicole,” Rosenzweig said. “As an underclassman
I looked up to them and strived to
be a leader and an athlete like they
were. They are such amazing role
models and I’m so lucky to have
had people like them to follow and
be my friend and teammate.”
Rosenzweig has certainly earned
the honor. She was All-Section in
both basketball and lacrosse last
year. This year, with the Schurrs
moving on to play at Boston College, she had to step up and she did.
She was in the middle of the action,
and her leadership role was clear in
the Section 1 championship game
as she scored the game-winning
goal at the buzzer. The Tuskers advanced all the way to the NY state
final to finish off an amazing year.
“Winning a sectional title with
the Schurrs and Nicole last year
and then again with Nicole this
year were easily my two favorite memories,” Rosenzweig said.
“Driving on the bus, belting out
our favorite songs will forever be
my favorite pre game. Celebrating
after winning and seeing them cry
tears of joy is a feeling I can’t even
describe. I knew how badly they
wanted to win. I learned from these
girls what it means to play with
heart and desire and to always play
with passion. They all taught me so
much about how to lead by example and vocally, and I still look to
them for guidance when I’m struggling athletically and as a leader.”
Now DeMase has graduated and
will move on to play lacrosse at
Johns Hopkins. The torch is now
with Rosenzweig and her teammates as they look to defend their
title.
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Gabby Rosenzweig earned All-American honors as she helped Somers
win the Section 1 title and advance to the state final.
alone. It is a testament to the program coach Jamie Irving is building at Somers. Rosenzweig has
committed to play lacrosse at the
University of Pennsylvania after
graduating, but first she has her
senior year ahead of her and she
knows she will be a senior leader
on a team with a lot of talent.
“It is such an honor to earn AllAmerican, and it was definitely
a surprise,” Rosenzweig said. “I
couldn’t have done it without my
teammates who always support
me – like my sister Livy. Every
one of them push me to be better
every practice and every game. I’m
not someone who has crazy stats, I
played defense last year, so earning
this award was unbelievable. It’s
amazing to see the girls who also
got All-American and to be in the
same category as them is such an
honor.”
Those All-Americans and their
teammates are after the crown that
Rosenzweig and the Tuskers have
held for two years. She knows they
are hungry for it, and she knows
how hard the Tuskers will have to
work to stay on top.
“There are so many girls on this
team who are prepared to take on
the next season with me,” Rosenzweig added. “We have so much
to defend. We know these teams
are out there getting ready to beat
us, but we have to worry about
ourselves and what we can do to
succeed. I’m really excited to have
my teammates by my side because
they are amazing athletes and leaders and I can’t wait to see what we
can do. Coach Irving teaches us
every day to never get complacent
and to always be hungry and looking for more. She wants us to play
our hearts out every time we step
on the field.”
Coach Irving knows that is the
way Rosenzweig plays the game.
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PAGE 20
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businesses, according to Small
Business Administration. But this
doesn’t mean being an entrepreneur or running a business is easy.
Each business has its own set of
circumstances and variables that
influence its success, but you control more than you might think, especially the intangibles. We talked
to Jessica Walsh, a graphic designer who by age 25 became a partner
of a New York design firm (now
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to lead entrepreneurs to the promise land.
Don’T bE AfRAiD To
ExPERimEnT
No business can get off the
ground or grow without taking a
few risks or trying new things. And
the initial push to open a business
is not enough. “A lot of what I do is
try stuff out, experiment, fail, and
try again,” saidWalsh. “When we
take on any project, we allow a lot
of time to play and experiment, fail
many times and really allow ourselves that process.”
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“The only true wisdom is in
knowing you know nothing,”
as the great Greek philosopher
Socrates once said. In other words,
you have to be open to new ideas
and ways of thinking, especially
from sources other than yourself.
Walsh ascribed to this mantra, saying, “It’s about coming up with the
best possible products. So even if
it’s an intern that has a fantastic
idea, we let them run with it.”
STAy oRGAnizED
AnD bE EfficiEnT
A little organization can go a
long way. Don’t just think detailed
spread sheets or databases with
lists of customers or to-the-minute
daily schedules. It can be simple
things like how your desk is laid
out or even the computer monitor
you use. Walsh points out the utility in widescreen monitors, like
hers from the line at LG Electronics, because the extra screen real
estate allows her to be able to separate things like email, or chatting,
with the more creative work on the
screen. As a graphic designer, she
gets bonus utility because of its acclaimed color accuracy which, for
Walsh, is extremely important.
bE commiTTED,
buT kEEP iT liGhT
Owning and operating a business
is a serious game; there is no doubt
about that. However, you should
still try to have some fun when the
opportunity arises. “Humor is really an essential part of our practice.
It’s in our personalities, it’s a part
of all the work we do and I really
think that it’s an important part of
experimenting and playing,” Walsh
said. “If you take yourself too seriously, you’re never going to just try
something crazy or try something
new.”
STimulATE youR
minD AlwAyS
One of the best ways to keep
your mind fresh is to stimulate it
in variety of ways through people,
experiences and surroundings. “I
think being in New York affects
our work. It’s such an amazing and
inspiring city of so many diverse
people, and cultural events going
on at any one moment,” Walsh explained in the context of being in a
big city. “Just go out and meet various people any night of the week
because there are so many talented
and inspiring people out there.”
Don’T bEcomE conTEnT
One of the oldest tricks that’s
true for all types of businesses is
to never rest on your laurels. Even
with all of Walsh’s early success,
she keeps pushing forward. “I
wouldn’t say I’m 100 percent satisfied,” she said. “I think you have to
be hungry: hungry for new work,
new experiences and learning new
things.”
Owning your own business can
be scary as there are so many roles
to play. With the above tips in
mind, you have a great framework
for prosperity. If nothing else, embrace the madness to find a real
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Changing jobs? Know your options
What to do with your retirement funds when you change jobs
by bRucE IAcono
SPECIAL TO THE SOMERS RECORD
There are many new challenges
to face if you happen to be changing jobs or retiring—not the least
of which is the decision of what to
do with the retirement funds that
have accumulated in your 401(k)
and other retirement plans over the
years of service with your employers. These decisions may have a
significant impact on your future
financial security in retirement.
youR EmPloyER hAndS you
A chEck foR ThE AmounT In
youR RETIREmEnT PlAn
This may look like a bonanza,
but selecting this option could be
a mistake. First, your employer is
required to withhold 20 percent
from your lump sum distribution,
so you will only receive 80 percent. Second, if you are younger
than 59-and-a-half, you may be
subject to a 10 percent additional
federal income tax penalty for early withdrawal. Third, you are liable
for paying income taxes on the full
amount—if you fail to rollover the
full amount of your funds, including the 20 percent that was withheld, into an IRA within 60 days.
lEAvE ThE monEy wITh youR
old EmPloyER
If you have more than $5,000
in your former employer’s retirement plan, you can usually leave
the money where it is. (Check with
your employer.) The advantage of
doing this is that it relieves you of
making a decision for the time being while maintaining the tax deferral of your assets. The downside
is that you are limited to the investment choices offered by your exemployer—or even fewer choices,
since some companies have additional restrictions for non-active
employees. Additional disadvantages are that you cannot make new
contributions to your account.
movE youR RETIREmEnT
monEy To youR nEw
EmPloyER
This option only works if you are
moving to another job. Even then,
your new employer may not accept
rollovers from a previous plan or
may impose a waiting period. Also,
the investment options offered by
your new employer may not be as
extensive as you want. The benefit
is that you maintain your assets’ tax
deferral and benefit from the convenience of having your assets in
one place.
out penalty for some purposes.
Withdrawals can be made without
penalty by taking a series of substantially equal periodic payments
for at least five years or until after you reach age 59-and-a-half.
Withdrawals are subject to normal
income tax treatment and may be
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federal income tax penalty.
Thus, if you are planning to retire before you reach age 59-and-ahalf, this method can enable you to
dip into your IRA Rollover without
penalty.
PuT ThE monEy InTo A
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