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Vol. 1 No. 17
CROTON FALLS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
SCOUTS
Pack 1 holds graduation.
pg 8-9
NEWS
North Salem cemeteries
preserved.
pg 10
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The Croton Falls Volunteer Fire Department battled a blaze at an alpaca farm in North Salem last week.
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LEISURE
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OPINION
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SCHOOLS & CAMPS
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SPORTS
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Volunteers leave parade to fight blaze
BY FAITH ANN BUTCHER
FOR NORTH SALEM NEWS
Many of the members of the
Croton Falls Volunteer Fire Department were getting ready to
line up to be in the Brewster Fire
Department’s annual dress parade
last Wednesday, July 22, when the
dispatcher’s voice was heard on
the radio. There was an automatic
fire alarm going off at Little Creek
Farm for Alpacas on Hardscrabble
Road in North Salem.
“Often the automatic alarms
are false calls, so initially those
of us at the parade were going
to let some of the members who
weren’t answer the call,” said
Croton Falls Volunteer Fire Chief
Jason Blauvelt. “Then the dis-
patcher reported that residents on
the farm called and confirmed that
there was an actual structure fire.”
The department had one truck
with them at the parade as well
as the chief’s vehicle. Both went
directly to the fire. The fire fighters hustled back into the bus they
were traveling in and went to the
fire house to get their gear.
“I was able to get there and
establish command within minutes,” Blauvelt said. “In fact, even
the other members who were at
the parade were able to [get to] the
fire before those members who
were at home.”
The fire was on the right side of
a building that housed a 100-foot
by 200-foot indoor riding rink.
A viewing room, which was ad-
joined to the rink, was also on fire.
With the help of mutual aid,
the firefighters were able to extinguish the fire.
The Croton Falls Fire Department received mutual aid from
Bedford Hills, South Salem,
Goldens Bridge, Somers, Carmel
and Brewster.
“Even though it was their parade, the Brewster Fire Department sent two pieces of apparatus,” Blauvelt said. “We have a
great mutual aid team. They were
here within two minutes of us arriving.”
The North Salem Volunteer
Ambulance Corps and the Lewisboro Volunteer Ambulance Corps
were also on the scene.
There were no injuries reported.
No animals were harmed.
According to Blauvelt, the
Westchester County Zone 5 Cause
of Origin Team investigated the
fire and found that it was the result
of spontaneous combustion.
A contractor had been working
on staining the barn and left a pile
of rags and stain in the sun by the
right side of the building and the
viewing room. The heat from the
sun on the rags and stain ignited
a fire.
Blauvelt said that it is not the
first time he has seen a fire caused
by spontaneous combustion, but it
was the largest one.
Despite leaving the parade,
the Croton Falls firefighters were
awarded best antique.
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Town Board approves police heroin antidote policy
Comes with news of another suspected overdose this month
BY FAITH ANN BUTCHER
FOR NORTH SALEM NEWS
The North Salem Town Board
adopted the Police Department’s
Naloxone policy at its July 14
meeting.
Naloxone is the generic name of
Narcan, a heroin overdose antidote.
Naloxone works by temporarily reversing the effects of the opioid,
whether illicit or prescription, allowing the individual to regain
consciousness and resume normal
breathing.
“We have had a few incidents recently where Narcan has had to be
administered,” said Town Supervisor Warren Lucas. “I know that
we have some EMS workers who
are trained as well, but this is just a
policy for our police if they are the
first ones on the scene.”
When administered to a person
suffering an opioid overdose, naloxone can reverse the overdose in
a matter of minutes, in a vast majority of cases saving the lives of
those involved. It poses no danger
to people who otherwise might
come into contact with it and it is
not the kind of medication that can
be abused.
In June, there were three reported overdoses in three days. One
victim died. Earlier this month, a
2009 North Salem graduate is also
believed to have died of a suspected heroin overdose, according to
Lucas.
The policy, which has been approved by Police Chief Thomas
Howley, requires an officer to call
for an ambulance, evaluate the
person and proceed with administering Narcan under the training
guideline. The policy does warn
the officer that “aided individuals
who are revived from an opioid
overdose may regain consciousness in an agitated and combative
state and may exhibit symptoms
associated with withdrawal.”
Following the distribution of
Narcan, an officer must submit a
New York State Public Safety Naloxone Quality Improvement Usage Report to the New York State
Department of Health. The form
allows the state to track the number of incidents and what happens
when Narcan is used.
Lucas said that the Town Board
members are going to be trained in
administering Narcan and he is encouraging others who have loved
ones who are addicted to opiates to
consider getting certified.
“Westchester County is giving
classes to people interested in getting certified to administer Naloxone,” Lucas said. “They will also
give you the drug for free if you
attend the class. Narcan does not
remove the drug addiction, but it
can give people a second chance.
People might want to consider
taking the class if you have loved
ones, friends or neighbors who are
addicted to opiates.”
The next open classes are Aug.
11 and Sept. 24. The Aug. 11 class
starts at 10 a.m. and will be held
at the Westchester County Office
Building, 100 East 1st St., 8th floor
conference room in Mt. Vernon.
The Sept. 24 class starts at 2 p.m. at
the Health Department’s Mt. Kisco
District Office, 25 Moore Ave.,
first floor conference room.
To register for a class, call the
Division of Health Promotion at
914-995-6584. You can also sign
up online at health.westchestergov.
com/narcan.
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Lions Club to hold golf
outing Aug. 31
The North Salem Lions
48th anniversary and golf outing will take place on Monday, Aug. 31, at Salem Golf
Club in North Salem.
The event will include a
four-person best ball, continental breakfast, barbecue
lunch and buffet dinner, including awards and raffle
prizes during dinner. Attendees are welcome to register
for dinner only.
Compete in the “Longest
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contests for a chance to win
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You could be one of four
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be a special par 3 hole in
one contest to win a new car,
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Special Offer: Included
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Your Neighbor
Purdys native etches a sketch
By Stefani Gosselink
For North Salem News
Etch A Sketch. We all had one.
A precursor to Game Boy and others, this was a great art thing to take
along on road trips.
But it isn’t easy. Vertical and
horizontal lines are OK. Circles
and curves, agh. It meant turning
the knobs just so. Steps (like stairs)
were our greatest achievement.
But, we asked, “Is that all there is?”
Then there are those who see
things differently. They take seemingly simple things, or that have
severe limitations, and then take
them to a whole new level.
Bryan Lee Madden (a.k.a. Bryan
Etch) is one of those people. Eight
of his many works using these mechanical toys are on exhibit at the
Ruth Keeler Memorial Library.
And they are incredible.
The history behind this hobby to
self-sustaining artist journey might
resonate with many who assume
that path. As a youth, Madden,
who grew up in Purdys, thought
he might like to become an artist.
But because it conjured visions of
“the starving artist,” Madden, 34,
looked in other directions. Website design was one. Later, a career
in comedy writing held promise.
It was only after a college party,
where Madden had heard about
people doing more serious art on
an Etch A Sketch, that he thought,
“OK! I might be able to do something interesting with this.”
He has now joined the ranks of
only a few known Etch A Sketch
artists in the world. And he travels
the globe demonstrating his skills.
He was featured on “Good Morning America” and did portraits of
the hosts. To promote his work, as
well as make a living at it, Madden
works at parties and special events.
“I get to travel and see things I
would never have been able to do
otherwise,” he said. And because
what I do tends to fascinate people, I draw a crowd. I often feel as
though the party is all about me!”
When Madden started etching,
he stuck to cityscapes because the
majority of the lines are up and
down. Today, the quirky movements needed to get the stylus to
go anywhere he wants it to have
become second nature. He can do a
portrait — freehand — in an hour.
There are a number of Madden’s
works on Facebook and his blog.
Seeing them in person, though,
makes all the difference. And
thinking “outside the box,” he has
decorated a few frames as extensions of the work.
“I feel the passion,” he said. “I
am the type of person who has to
follow his dreams. So I do. I saw
this as an opportunity to be creative
as well as sustain my dream of becoming an artist. And I will continue to work to fulfill that dream.”
A landscape of the Elephant Hotel in nearby Somers.
Portrait of actress Hedy Lamarr
Etch A Sketches by Bryan Lee Madden
Adam Ant is a 1980s British pop star.
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OPINION
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Energize NY is a New York State
mission-driven local development
corporation that works with its
member communities and property owners to unlock the energy
savings in their buildings, saving
money, fuel and greenhouse gas
emissions. North Salem is one of
its members.
The financing was used to pay
for energy efficiency upgrades to
an inter-generational home, known
as Robson House in North Salem. It is owned and operated by
A-HOME, a not-for-profit based
in Pleasantville that rehabilitates,
builds and manages affordable
rental properties in Northern Westchester for older adults, disabled
individuals and single-parent families who cannot afford market rate
housing.
The house needed a $24,000 furnace and heat distribution system.
As a result of the upgrades, AHOME and its residents will reduce their energy bills by 31 percent annually, and the home will be
significantly more comfortable for
residents. Like all projects financed
by Energize NY, the A-HOME
project was cash flow positive on
Day 1, with the energy savings
exceeding the cost of the improvements and the financing.
The A-HOME project was even
more cost-effective through the
use of the $4 million Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds (QECBs)
pool made available by Westchester County for energy upgrades
to multi-family buildings with
low-income tenants and buildings
owned by not-for-profits. QECB is
a bond that enables qualified state,
tribal and local government issuers to borrow money at attractive
rates to fund energy conservation
projects. Utilizing QECBs further
reduced the already low interest
rate on the financing, making the
energy-upgrade work even more
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“We are very proud to have partnered with Energize NY’s Westchester Project to provide low cost
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energy costs,” said Westchester
County Executive Rob Astorino.
“The A-HOME project is the first
of what we hope will be many
QECB-funded energy improvement projects, which will not only
reduce the energy burden on low
income residents, but also help notfor-profit building owners better
serve their communities.”
Robson House was built in the
late 1800s and is named for former
A-HOME Board President Clark
Robson, who led a capital campaign that enabled the purchase of
the property. The residents share
the costs of heating, cooling and
electric with A-HOME and directly
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“The energy burden is particularly high for us and our residents
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Energize NY makes clean energy improvements affordable and
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“It is very exciting to provide the
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Mark Thielking, executive director of Energize NY. “Our goal is to
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The Robson House project was
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Opinion
Embrace the rain!
Emily Kingsley
taught ‘Sesame Street’
about disabilities
J
uly in North Salem has been a bit
of wine into the movie with your popcorn
damp and dreary.
and sit in bean bag chairs. Plus the staff are
And while it would be easy to let the the sweetest, most friendly people on the
unseasonably cool, wet weather dampen
planet!
our summer fun (pun
Sportime USA
definitely intended),
(Elmsford) is Westcheswe’d rather embrace
ter’s first-rate indoor
the rain like the great
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American poet and
have 150 arcade games,
playwright Langston
laser tag, a rock climbHughes who said, “Let
ing wall, 4-dimensional
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the rain kiss you. Let the
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rain beat upon your head
per cars, rides, batting
with silver liquid drops.
cages, pool tables, an
Let the rain sing you a
indoor playground and a
lullaby.”
restaurant.
So the next time the forecast calls for
Why We Love It: Because Sportime is
a heavy downpour, shake off your sumserious fun! It has something for everyone
mertime blues! Grab your umbrella and
— from tots to teens to moms and dads.
brighten your mood by taking part in one
And everyone comes home tired and happy
of our favorite rainy day diversions.
at the end of a very long day.
The Prospector Theater (Ridgefield) is
Maritime Aquarium (Norwalk) is a
a movie theater with a mission: to provide
fantastic, hands-on local aquarium where
adults with disabilities opportunities for
you can see river otters, sea stars, sand
meaningful employment and vocational
tiger sharks and actually touch a stingray!
training. Adorned with one-of-a-kind
And this summer they have a special walkworks of art and an avant-garde vibe, this
through butterfly exhibit and accompanystate of the art, first-run movie house has
ing IMAX®movie, “Flutter Fun.”
four theaters, a cafe, a restaurant and a bar.
Why We Love It: Because we love the
Why We Love It: Because this is our
stingray touch tanks! And because it’s a
favorite local theater. You can eat at the
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restaurant before the show, bring a glass
BRUCE
THE BLOG
BRUCE
APAR
S
ince it burst into our lives in 1969,
“Sesame Street” has paved the way
to a gold standard in children’s
television.
Briarcliff Manor’s Emily Kingsley is a
holder of 22 Emmy Awards who’s written
for the show since 1970. Not only has she
seen it all, from A to Z, but is a pioneer
in her own right for championing a more
mature public perception of people with
disabilities.
Ms. Kingsley’s career is a compelling
object lesson in how single-minded perseverance can pay off for a lifetime, and can
change lives.
She had worked in television, but never
as a writer, there or anywhere else. Her
experience was in research and editing for
game shows like “Supermarket Sweep”
and for pioneering talk show host Dick
Cavett.
Then she found herself unemployed and
had time to check out a new daytime show
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for 3- to 5-year-olds called Sesame Street
that was a media darling from the get-go as
a breakthrough in children’s programming.
She was hooked instantly, and set about
doing anything she could to land a job
there, even contacting former game show
colleagues who were working at Sesame
Street.
“I went to Jim Henson’s puppet people
and said, ‘Let me sew,’” she recounts
today. “I would have swept the floor, wiped
off the tables, anything to get in. But it was
brand new and they were fully staffed.”
Not giving up her dream and relentlessly knocking on every Sesame Street
door, she at last found what Sesame Street
needed more than anything was writers.
Sounds improbable, but she explains that
seasoned TV comedy and drama writers
of the day were not schooled in this new
and challenging format: Each of the show’s
eight segments was three minutes, had to
conform to a very specific curriculum, had
to be funny, and had to be comprehensible
for a 3-year-old.
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APAR
“Parents with Down syndrome children
wrote things like, ‘My kid all of a sudden
is reciting the alphabet.’ We started putting
“Nobody was writing that sort of thing,”
Jason on the show a lot, and we progressed
said Kingsley. “But I had been watching the
to having on people who were deaf and
show twice a day for nine months. I’d been
with other disabilities.”
meticulously studying it, and when they
Kingsley also is responsible for the landgave me a chance to write some audition
mark casting of a Down syndrome actor,
pieces, they liked them. So that’s how it
Chris Burke, as a regular character on a TV
happened, and I feel very, very blessed that
drama, “Life Goes On,” with Patti LuPone,
it worked.”
which aired in the 1990s.
I told Kingsley why Sesame Street holds
Kingsley says another significant mema tender place in my heart: When our late
ory is working with Christopher Reeve,
son, Harrison, was still in the crib, he would
who became a paraplegic after a horsebacknot go quietly to sleep until dad improvised
riding accident in 1995. “Kids are often
a routine with Bert and Ernie puppets that
advised by their parents not to stare or ask
I still have (You could see my routine with
questions. I said that’s all wrong. Kids are
the boys at the opening of my interview
entitled to have their questions answered. I
with Kingsley on YouTube channel “Hudspent an afternoon in Christopher’s house
son Valley WXYZ with Bruce The Blog.”).
where we asked about his wheelchair and
PHOTO: BRUCE APAR his tracheotomy. It was beautiful the way he
One of the neat tricks that Sesame Street
“Sesame Street” writer Emily Kingsley of Briarcliff Manor has won 22 Emmys for her work. cooperated.”
writers like Kingsley are able to pull off
Son Jason has appeared on the program more than 50 times since 1974.
with extraordinary success is simultaneEmily Kingsley is author of “Welcome
ously appealing to both adults and toddlers
to Holland,” a 1987 essay about parenting
within the same segment.
a child with disabilities, and of “Kids Like
Street plowed new ground in teaching
your friends and family that the baby died
Kingsley points out that studies show
These,” a TV movie about life with Down
young viewers about racial diversity and
in childbirth. It was the dark ages.”
“kids learn a whole lot more when they
syndrome that won numerous awards. Jason
gender balance, it had not helped redress
Instead, Kingsley tried an “experimental
watch with an adult who can reinforce
the “wasteland... [marked by] an absolute
and controversial regimen called early inter- Kingsley is co-author with Mitchell Levlessons, so we always lay in this second
absence on TV of people with disabilities.” vention” that purported to give the child “an itz, of Cortlandt Manor, of “Count Us In:
level of humor.” As one example, Sesame
She adds, “There just wasn’t anybody on enriched and enhanced educational experiGrowing Up with Down syndrome.”
Street’s parody of “Mad Men” taught how
the air who looked like my family, or who
ence.” Jason responded very well.
emotions are labeled. So, in addition to
Media and marketing specialist Bruce Apar,
looked like my kids.” Despite dire warnings
Kingsley went to her producers to
mad, it showed “Sad Men,” “Happy Men,” by doctors about Jason’s capacity to learn,
also known as Bruce The Blog, owns and
propose putting Jason on Sesame Street
and so on.
operates APAR All-Media, a Hudson Valley
he started reading at age 3 and proved con- to “show America that kids with Down
When Kingsley’s life was changed in
siderably brighter than the early prognoses
syndrome are able to do things nobody ever agency for advertising, content, marketing
1974 with the birth of son Jason, it coinand public relations that is affiliated
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Dear Grandma and Grandpa,
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Yes, it’s lots of fun having the
you are not allowed to play hackygrandchildren stay over. And I
sack in the house.
agree that you don’t want to call
Meanwhile, Madison is teaching
their parents every little while ask- herself to play the piano. She found
ing what they can do.
a teach-yourself-piano book in the
Kids need and appreciate bound- piano bench. One must practice to
aries. Teach them to understand
learn to play the piano. The first
that the boundaries and rules at
piece in the book is ‘Jingle Bells.’
your house might be different than I am being patient. It is also the
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first piece in the section for learnbecause they’re at Grandma and
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patience. Delighted beyond words
Grandpa’s isn’t good for them or
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friend of mine who’s in your posi- music.
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Last night Dave (Grandpa) falls
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the grandkids at her house. I think
you’ll enjoy what she wrote, and it porch, still in jeans and a T-shirt.
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“I‘m exhausted, as is Dave
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when it’s time for Michael to go to
(Grandpa), and it’s only been two
days. Meanwhile, it’s the most fun bed, he snuggles up next to Dave,
we’ve had for years. Well worth
sees that Dave’s blanket has fallen
being exhausted. Here are our
off and ever so gently covers him
‘rules.’
up. Like I said, being exhausted is
1. Because Grandma is a nice
worth it.
person, she will allow you one hour
This morning we will again have
of Cartoon Network per day. (Keep whole wheat pancakes with syrup.
I will again remind Michael that
in mind that mean grandmothers
banish Cartoon Network altogether. it’s pancakes with a bit of syrup.
Not syrup with a bit of pancakes.”
You are a lucky boy, indeed.)
So it’s a few rules, some give
2. Grandma disapproves of corn
and take, a measure of patience and
dogs, even for a snack. But again,
a lot of love.
because she is a nice person, she
Best,
will buy one box. If you eat them
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Cub Scouts graduate at Honor Ceremony
North Salem Cub Scout Pack 1 held their Honor
Ceremony June 5 at North Salem High School. At the
ceremony, Tigers moved up to Wolves, Wolves moved
up to Bears and Bears moved up to Webelos.
North Salem Cub Scouts Pack No. 1 Honor Court Graduation
The Webelos 1, Den No.
2 Scouts along with their
parents holding up the
plaque they carved for
their service project. The
plaque is placed at the
peak of Bailey Mountain,
the highest point in
Westchester County.
The Scouts are, from left
to right: Ben Gertzman,
Gavin Smith, William
Armbruster, Ryan DePaoli
and Nate James.
Den Leader Vincenza Guiliano handing her son, Peter,
9, a video game belt loop.
Ryan DePaoli, 9, is given the honor of leading his peers in
the Scout Pledge as Will Armbruster gives the Scout salute
and Cub Master Alicia Kaye holds the mic.
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The neckerchiefs for the graduating dens: Tigers to Wolf (yellow), Wolf
to Bear (white) and Bear to Webelos (plaid).
Cub Master Alicia Kaye and Colleen Casale,
committee chair for the North Salem Cub
Scouts Pack No. 1 going through the
itinerary.
Den Leader
Dawn Kessler
handing her son,
Zach, 9, belt
loops and pins.
Falena, Elliott and Delilah Kaye, 2, 4 and 5 respectively, are here to support their
mom, Cub Scout Master Alicia Kaye, and brother, Calvin.
PAGE 10
NORTH SALEM NEWS – THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2015
Preserving and restoring the past
North Salem Town Historian
Susan Thompson, members of
the North Salem Historic Preservation Commission and members of the North Salem Historical Society and Lions met for a
workshop on cemetery repair
and restoration of gravestones
this past Tuesday at Cat Ridge
Cemetery. Will and Lisa Cornell,
professionals who own Beyond
the Gravestone, taught the group
restoration fundamentals. The
volunteers are looking for extra
hands and donors to help preserve
several historic, but deteriorating
gravestones in town.
If you are interested in helping
out or if you want to send a
donation, please call Thompson
at 914-669-8459 or email
[email protected].
Town Historian Susan Thompson and members of the North Salem Historical Society, North Salem Historic
Preservation Commission and the Lions attended a workshop on gravestone repair and restoration this past
Tuesday at Cat Ridge Cemetery.
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NORTH SALEM NEWS – THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2015
PAGE 11
Another reason to
love North Salem...
Dear Editor,
One of the benefits of living in a small
quaint town is that we all seem to know
each other.
Perhaps not by name, but at least by face.
There’s a beauty in that. The intimacy of
our small town affords us support of our local businesses and schools, our fire department and ambulance corps and vice versa.
We have ample opportunity to volunteer;
we can jog or bike our roads; we can pick
strawberries or even catch a glimpse of a
bear meandering through our backyards.
Living in North Salem is a blessing and
now we have one more reason to rejoice...
Mountain Lakes Camp will soon be ours.
That’s right, our small town will now be the
proud owners of our own camp and property.
With roughly 300 campers per season,
our camp will continue to be a mainstay
and now perhaps we can even extend the
season. From swimming, to archery, to karate to yoga, a daily adventure is had by all.
The camp programs our children participate in are run by numerous North Salem
How camp decreases
summer learning loss
residents and college students alike. The
music portion is taught by a Juilliard graduate; karate is taught by one of our North Salem residents who writes children’s books
for the middle school aged; yoga is taught
by one of our residents who also runs a
yoga program in town. Our returning college students/graduates (many of whom
were Mountain Lakes campers themselves)
teach classes from sports to nature. In short,
residents are reinvesting their time and talent at Mountain Lakes Camp.
My five (now adult) children enjoyed
Mountain Lakes Camp years ago. Two returned during their college years as counselors and our eldest, now a teacher, continues to help run the camp. Our youngest
daughter still receives email from campers
she led years ago.
Camp is often credited with character
building and lifelong friendships. How
wonderful that North Salem’s Mountain
Lakes Camp will continue to be a part of
that journey.
-Lisa Douglas
North Salem
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North Salem boys soccer tunes up in summer league
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By Jim MacLean
Of North Salem News
All summer long the North Salem
boys soccer program has been working to get ready for the fall season.
The Tigers lost a lot of seniors to
graduation from last year’s varsity
team, and that means a lot of newcomers this year who have to fill the
holes.
A great way to start finding out
some of the answers was for North
Salem to field a team in the summer
soccer league competing at Ossining
High School.
For North Salem competing
against larger schools like Ossining
and White Plains, this was the perfect
opportunity to grow as a team no matter what the final score would be.
“It’s a competitive league, freshmen through seniors learning how to
play with each other,” North Salem
coach Mark Ribaudo said. “We’re a
small school for this league, but every
game we have been competitive.”
North Salem traveled to Ossining
last Wednesday and faced the host
team, and the end result was a 1-0
setback as Ossining scored the only
goal of the game.
It was another close one as both
teams had some excellent scoring op-
North Salem News – Thursday, July 30, 2015
portunities with some back and forth
action in the first half.
In the final minutes of the first
half Ossining was able to break the
ice and score what proved to be the
game-winning goal as neither team
could score in the second half.
North Salem goalie Matt Nesbitt
came up with some big saves to keep
the score 1-0, but the Tigers were unable to score on the other end.
Nesbitt is one of the returning veterans for North Salem, along with
fellow captain Evan Zambeletti, and
they are playing the summer league
action alongside some talented sophomores that hope to make their mark
moving up to varsity this fall.
“There’s going to be a lot of sophomores on the varsity this year, a lot
of seniors graduated,” Ribaudo said.
“Getting the younger kids some experience and the chance to work together with the juniors and seniors,
that’s what this league is all about.”
Ribaudo is working with the team
this summer to help get them ready
for veteran varsity head coach Ron
Hendrie in the fall season.
North Salem has one week of action left in the summer league with
the playoffs scheduled for this week.
The varsity season gets underway
when practices start in mid August.
Luke Devey breaks up a rush on defense.
Mark Ribaudo
controls for
Tigers.
North Salem goalie
Matt Nesbitt goes
up to make a save
against Ossining.
North Salem
captain Evan
Zambeletti makes
a play at midfield.
David Corradi
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Michael Bossi races after loose ball.
North Salem News – Thursday, July 30, 2015
SPORTS
PAGE 13
North Salem tops Mahopac in WPBA action
By Jim MacLean
Of North Salem News
four games on the schedule for the
week. After traveling to New Fairfield on Tuesday, North Salem was
set to host Greenwich on Wednesday and then Shrub Oak on Thursday. The Tigers finish up the week
on the road against Larchmont/Mamaroneck on Saturday.
The week started out well for the
North Salem 12 and under team in
the Westchester Putnam Baseball
Association.
However, it was a rough weekend as North Salem suffered a pair
of losses to Bedford Hills/Katonah
and Bedford Pound Ridge.
After pulling out an 11-9 victory
over Mahopac National a couple
of days earlier, North Salem traveled to Bedford Hills/Katonah on
Saturday.
Brian Tolan was on the mound
for North Salem and the Tigers
were trailing 1-0 after two innings.
Then came the big rally for North
Salem. Shane Waldron started it
off with a hit and the Tigers were
looking good after RBI singles
from Christian Norberto, Anthony
Curro and Tolan gave the Tigers a
3-1 lead.
However, the lead wouldn’t last
long as the hosts from Bedford
Hills/Katonah responded in the North Salem catcher Anthony Curro waits for a
bottom of the third with a six-run throw at the plate.
rally to make it 7-3.
Bedford Hills/Katonah didn’t
let up there as it scored three more
runs in the bottom of the fourth to
make it 10-3.
North Salem then had the hard
task of hosting league leading Bedford/Pound Ridge the next day.
Bedford/Pound Ridge is in first
place with a perfect 13-0 record.
They lived up to their billing with a
12-6 win over North Salem.
North Salem was set for a big
week ahead on the diamond with Luke Murtagh applies a tag at third.
Shane Waldron fields a throw at second
base.
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Classic Thai for ambitious home chefs
Thai cuisine has a very unique taste, which likely
contributes to its worldwide popularity.
While many towns now boast at least one Thai restaurant if not more, home cooks who love trying new
things in the comfort of their own kitchens can try
making their own Thai food.
Chicken With Curry Paste and
French Green Beans
Serves 2 as main dish with rice
10 ounces skinless, boneless chicken breast or
chicken thighs, sliced crosswise thinly into 1/2-inch
wide strips
1/2 teaspoon all-purpose cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
Pinch of white pepper
2 tablespoons high-heat cooking oil, divided
1 tablespoon thick red curry paste
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tablespoon minced galangal or fresh ginger
1 cup fresh French green beans,
cut into 2-inch pieces
1 cup water
2 teaspoons fish sauce (nam pla)
2 kaffir lime leaves, cut into thin strips (optional)
1 tablespoon palm or brown sugar
Thai or Italian basil leaves for garnish
The following recipe for “Chicken With Curry Paste
and French Green Beans (Chicken Prik King)” from
Katie Chin’s “Everyday Thai Cooking” (Tuttle) is a
classic Thai dish that works just as well with shrimp,
beef or pork in place of chicken.
Directions
1. Toss the chicken with the all-purpose cornstarch,
salt and white pepper in small bowl. Cover and
refrigerate for 10 minutes.
2. Heat half of the oil in a wok or skillet over
moderately high heat. Add the chicken and stir-fry until
it turns white. Remove the chicken from pan and set
aside. Wash and thoroughly dry the wok and skillet.
3. Heat the remaining oil in the wok or skillet over
medium heat. Add the curry paste and stir-fry, stirring
to break it up, about one minute. Increase heat to
medium-high. Add the garlic and ginger to the wok
or skillet and stir-fry until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
Add the green beans and water, and cook until green
beans are tender, about five minutes, stirring to
combine with the paste. Add the reserved chicken,
fish sauce, kaffir lime leaves, if using, and palm sugar;
stir-fry for 30 seconds. Garnish with basil leaves.
Dish out and serve with hot jasmine rice. Serve
immediately.
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Documentation Service
37. 20’s - 30’s art design
38. Payment (abbr.)
39. Food grain
40. Indefinitely long period of time
41. Rear
43. Without (French)
45. Wood sorrels
46. Express pleasure
47. Recurring artistic pattern
49. Deaf language
50. Runs PCs
53. Minimal punishment
57. Repeat
58. Give extreme unction to
59. Inflammatory skin disease
60. Large Aussie flightless bird
61. Polish Air Show city
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2. __ Nui, Easter Island
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4. 4th Caliph of Islam
5. Soviet Socialist Republics
6. Moslem mystics
7. Game stake
8. Point midway between N
and NW
9. Female deer pelts
10. Glaze used to stiffen fabrics
11. Unhittable serves
12. Pathogen
13. Promotional materials
16. Setting up a golf drive
18. Lyric poems
22. Atomic #46
23. Genus Alosa
24. __ Claus
25. Not even
27. Fencing swords
28. Conway, N.H. river
29. Brake horsepower
30. Wild leek
31. Prefix for before
33. “Splash” director Howard
35. Sleeveless apronlike dress
36. Book of the Apostles mission
37. V.P. Quayle
39. Dish directions
42. Revolve
43. Particular instance of selling
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44. Exclamation of surprise
46. Wimbledon champion Arthur
47. Millisecond
48. Ammo & chemical corp.
49. Tip of Aleutian Islands
50. Expired
51. Norway’s capital
52. Plant stalk
53. Macaws
54. Indochina battleground (slang)
55. Armed conflict
56. Ribonucleic acid
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