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WESTCHESTER’S OLDEST AND MOST RESPECTED NEWSPAPERS
Vol 23 Number 24
www.RisingMediaGroup.com
Friday, June 14, 2013
Westchester’s ‘Hidden Heroes:’ Tammany Hall in Westchester
Helping in Different Ways
- The ‘Independence’ Party
In 2009 – “Rob
Astorino is an
independent thinker
with the vision and
character to get this
county back on track.”
Joan Katen
By Dan Murphy
One of the unreported reasons that Westchester is such a great place to live, work and raise a
family are the hundreds of community and public service volunteers who donate their time and
knowledge to aid those in our county who need a
helping hand.
Rising newspapers has attempted to report on
and uncover these people, who we call “Hidden
Heroes,” to promote and highlight their good work
in the hopes that all of us will take some time out
of our busy lives to volunteer.
Joan Katen, a professor for peace and justice
studies and political science at Pace University, is
a Westchester “Hidden Hero.”
Katen has been honored by the Jefferson
Awards for Public Service as an “unsung hero”
who makes the world a better place through volunteering and community service efforts. Known as
the “Nobel Prize for public service,” the Jefferson
Awards were established to recognize and honor
Continued on Page 6
Local Students Celebrate
Israel Day Parade in NYC
Congressman Eliot Engel met up with the students and teachers of the Westchester Day
School from Mamaroneck at the Israel Day Parade held June 2 in Manhattan.
The Future of Playland: A
Real Debate About Operations
By Dan Murphy
The future of Westchester’s amusement
park is under debate, and while Playland has
opened and is operating as is for another year,
County Executive Rob Astorino has proposed a
significantly new design to the park and a new
operator to manage and oversee Playland, in an
effort to reduce the $3 million to $4 million in
county funds and taxpayer dollars needed to keep
Playland open every year.
County Democrats have opposed Astorino’s
plan in court.
While it is difficult for the people of Westchester, and the reporters covering the county,
to find the truth between the lines of the press
releases from both sides of the aisle in White
Plains, we found an informative story on a summit held in Mamaroneck about Playland. The
hosts, the Local Summit, are non-partisan and
their summit on Playland provided a number of
facts about park and its possible future.
See Westchester Rising’s May 31 online
issue for full story, at www.Risingmediagorup.
com.
Astorino signed a 10-year agreement with
Sustainable Playland, Inc., to manage Playland,
effective Oct. 1, 2013, and open the renovated
park May 1, 2014. A Citizens Advisory Committee of 19 members helped review the 12 proposals.
County Legislator Judy Myers spoke candidly at the summit. Myers, a Democrat, repre-
sents the Rye community most affected by Playland as it now operates, and its future design.
Myers, who is not running for re-election,
accused the Astorino administration of withholding financial information about Playland’s current finances, and the competing proposals. Myers also criticized the administration for trying to
move forward with the new agreement without
County Board review and approval. This plan to
bypass the Legislature was dropped when it was
determined that any physical changes to the park
required approval by the Legislature.
Myers surprised some in the audience by
saying, unlike some of her peers, she likes the
SPI plan and believes it will be great for her constituency and for county residents over-all. She
likes the idea that the SPI plan seeks to improve
the whole 285-acre park, not just the 7- or 8-acre
amusement area; competitive plans were solely
for amusement area improvements.
She also likes the SPI goal of developing
features that will help make Playland a more
year-round attraction.
Myers represents a Rye community that
does not want any additional traffic and noise
coming from Playland, and a full-blown amusement park operator like Great Adventure taking
it over.
Ken Morque, president of SPI, also spoke
at the summit.
In his brief prepared remarks, Morque said
Continued on Page 8
Westchester Independence Party Chairman
Dr. Guilio Cavallo
By Dan Murphy
Rising newspapers has reported extensively
over the years about the Westchester Independence Party, which came to be in the 1990s and
was formed by Ross Perot and Tom Golisano.
Since then, the Westchester Independence Party,
under the leadership of Chairman Dr. Giulio Cavallo, has endorsed both Democrat and Repub-
In 2013 – “Noam
Bramson has a
record that I am
proud to support.”
lican candidates based on a strange – and some
believe unethical – set of standards.
Last week, Cavallo made his county endorsements, and most notably was his pick of Democrat New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson for
county executive. The endorsement of Bramson,
after weeks of dangling the endorsement in front
of Republican County Executive Rob Astorino,
produced a flurry of articles and blogs about how
endorsements by the Westchester Independence
Party have become blatantly for sale.
The two deans of Westchester Journalism,
Phil Reisman from the Journal News and Gerald
McKinstry of Newsday, called Cavallo out, with
McKinstry writing: “We all know what this is really about – jobs. Those patronage gigs and cushy
government positions that come with nice perks
and pensions. Cavallo never got them after Astorino took office in 2010 and he’s been bitter ever
since.
“Bramson, the New Rochelle mayor who has
the Democratic Party’s backing, now has the support of Independence Party. But he should beware:
It comes at a price,” McKinstry added.
Reisman took a similar tone, writing: “Try to
wrap your mind around this contradiction. Noam
Bramson, the liberal Democrat in the county executive’s race, just accepted a cross-endorsement
Continued on Page 8
Eastchester Republicans Nominate
Colavita, Salanitro and Marcoccia
Councilman Fred Salanitro
Supervisor Anthony S. Colavita
The Eastchester Republican Town Committee gathered June 3 at the Tuckahoe Community
Center to nominate a candidate for Eastchester
town supervisor and two candidates for Eastchester Town Council for the upcoming November
elections. The committee unanimously endorsed
Town Supervisor Anthony Colavita and current
Town Councilmen Fred Salanitro and Luigi Marcoccia.
“The entire town committee, including the
Bronxville and Tuckahoe committees, showed
enormous support for Supervisor Colavita as well
as Councilmen Salanitro and Marcoccia, and we
are fully committed to working with them so that
the Town and its two villages may continue progressing in the right direction,” said Eastchester
Republican Chairman Louis Reda.
Colavita, Salanitro and Marcoccia thanked
the Republican district leaders for their continued
support and pledged to campaign vigorously in
the upcoming months.
Continued on Page 8
Empire City Casino
Summer Concert Series
LeeAnn Rimes
Some of the biggest names in entertainment
are coming to Empire City Casino at Yonkers
Raceway this summer. The 2013 Summer Concert
Series kicks off this weekend with KC & the Sunshine Band in June 16.
The full summer schedule includes:
June 23: Travis Tritt
June 30: America
July 7: Chris Isaak
July 14: Blues Traveler
July 21: Three Dog Night
July 28: Kansas
Aug. 4: LeAnn Rimes
Aug. 11: Rock and Blues Fest
Aug. 18: Kenny Rogers
Aug. 25: TBA
Sept. 1: Gavin Degraw
Sept. 8: Kenny Loggins
Sept. 15: Smokey Robinson
Additional seating has been added this year
after a successful 2012 Summer Concert Series at
Empire City Casino. Ticket prices start at $15 and
can be purchased at www.empirecitycasino.com or
by calling eTIX at 1-800-514-3849.
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Women’s Club Scholarships
Awarded to Students
Serving Our Country
Air Force Airman First Class Douglas Schrift
Scholarship recipients with club member Dale, President Rosemarie Santullo, and members
Clare Carpino and Mary Barto.
Scholarship recipients Whitney Spiegel and Jonathan Gamboa with their parents.
The Woman’s Club of Mamaroneck has
awarded a scholarship to Whitney Spiegel of
Rye Neck High School who will attend Notre
Dame University, and to Jonathan Gamboa
of Mamaroneck High School who will attend
SUNY Plattsburgh. This award is given annually to a student from each school and is based
on academic achievement, extra-curricular interests and civic involvement.
Air Force Airman First Class
Douglas Schrift graduated from basic
military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, in San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included
training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare principles and
skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through
the Community College of the Air
Force.
Schrift is the son of Michael
Schrift of Long Grove, Ill., and Marion
Mann of Armonk. He is a 2010 graduate of Adlai E. Stevenson High School,
in Lincolnshire, Ill.
Three Gas Stations Allegedly
Gauged Prices During Storm Sandy
As part of an ongoing probe of high gasoline prices in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced
last week that he has reached monetary settlements with five more service stations for violations of the New York State Price Gouging statute.
The five new settlements are with three stations in Westchester County and comes on the
heels of 25 previous settlements announced earlier this month, and bring total penalties going to
the state to $185,000 so far. Beyond the 30 settlement agreements, the Attorney General’s Office filed lawsuits against four gas stations early
this month, and investigations remain pending
against dozens of other station.
“As thousands New Yorkers sat in line
waiting for hours to buy critical supplies of
gasoline during the state of emergency created
by Hurricane Sandy, some unscrupulous business owners dramatically and illegally increased
their retail prices,” said Schneiderman. “We
are continuing our enforcement actions against
those who broke the law while their fellow
citizens suffered. My office will make sure that
businesses that rip off New Yorkers in a time of
crisis are held accountable.”
In the days after the storm, areas of New
York saw some of the largest jumps in gas prices
in state history. The price jumps resulted in hundreds of complaints received by Schneiderman’s
office and showed that prices were changing at
the pump, not only overnight, but several times
a day.
Sunoco of RBJ Service Station, located at
500 Halstead Ave., Harrison, reportedly showed
a difference between the wholesale and retail
price of $1.35 prior to storm, which jumped to
$1.91 following the storm, an increased of 37
percent. The retail price immediately following
the storm was $4.79, according to the AG’s Office.
Shell of DJ’s Auto Delicious, Inc., located
at 905 N. Broadway, White Plains, is said to
have showed a difference between the wholesale
and retail price of $1.13 prior to storm, which
jumped to $1.52 after the storm, an increase of
35 percent. The retail price immediately following the storm was $4.39, said Schneiderman.
A&S Texaco, Inc., located at 1061 Nepperhan Ave., Yonkers, reportedly showed a difference between wholesale and retail price of $1.36
prior to storm, which jumped to $1.82 after the
storm, a 34 percent increase. The retail price
immediately following the storm was $4.59, according to the AG’s Office.
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YMCA and Stew Leonard’s
Team Up for Swim Safety
Medical Marijuana in New York:
Steve Katz and Cheech and Chong
Stew Leonard Jr. holds the Yonkers Family YMCA’s Social Responsibility Award, which was
presented to Stew Leonard III Children’s Charities. From left are two of Stew and Kim’s four
daughters, Ryann and Chase; Shawyn Patterson-Howard; Stew Leonard Jr.; and Kim Leonard.
Speaking to more than 300 sponsors, donors and volunteers of the Yonkers Family
YMCA on May 29, CEO Shawyn PattersonHoward told attendees of the Stew Leonard III
Children’s Charities’ 18th annual Golf Outing
how the grant money it has been awarded has
helped its aquatics staff teach more than 13,000
children to swim, and supported the certification
of 300 young adult life guards over the past 10
years.
More than $200,000 was raised at the golf
outing and will go directly to Stew Leonard III
Children’s Charities, which was set up in memory of Stew Leonard III, the son of Kim and Stew
Leonard Jr., after his death in a drowning accident when he was 21 months old in 1990. These
funds are used to create and promote water safety awareness and education, including swimming lesson scholarships and lifeguard training.
A portion of the funds are additionally allocated to support children’s nutrition and healthy
eating initiatives.
This, Too, is Westchester
By Eric W. Schoen
a glazed donut with egg and
When I sit down on
bacon. One day breakfast
Tuesday mornings with my
marketers are going to reStarbucks quad espresso
alize that there are people,
(four shots for the uninitilike yours truly, who do not
ated) over ice to write this
like eggs. As for eggs and
column, it’s always fun to
bacon on a glazed donut; do
go beyond the bounds of
you ever wonder what comour fair city and see what
panies are thinking when
exciting things (other than
they come up with concocAmanda Bynes) are going
tions like this? Scary comon around us.
bination!
What possesses one to
NYC Mayor Mike
be a Storm Chaser?
Bloomberg wants you to cut
Three Storm Chasdown on your sugared soda
ers were killed last week
intake. A study comes out
Eric W. Schoen
following the Oklahoma
that says drinking diet soda
storms, with winds of 165 miles per hour. The is so bad for your teeth it will turn them into the
dead include a prominent meteorologist.
teeth of a methamphetamine addict.
Sad, but I guess these folks know what they
Guess it’s time to drink good old Yonkers
are getting into!
water!
Did you see the pictures of former ConTony Awards honoring the best in Broadgressman and New York City mayoral candi- way take place Sunday night. Watch for Tom
date Anthony Weiner at the Israeli Day Parade Hanks and the play he is brilliant in, “Lucky
in New York City? He was carrying the Israeli Guy,” to win big in the Best Play category. As
National Flag and a megaphone to broadcast to for musicals, it’s a toss up between “Kinky
the world that he is running for mayor. And his Boots” and “Matilda.”
poll numbers are rising.
Best revival of a musical is between “AnIt makes me glad I live in bucolic Yonkers nie” and “Cinderella.” As for best revival of a
and Westchester!
play, I hope the Tony goes to “The Trip to BounGreenburgh Supervisor Paul Feiner wants tiful” featuring a magnificent Cicely Tyson.
to expand the bike-sharing program that has inEvery year I read of the exciting Metrovaded New York City to Westchester. Between politan High School Theater Awards honoring
Feiner, Journal News Tax Watch Columnist (and high school musical productions in Westchesbicycle aficionado) David McKay Wilson and ter, Rockland and Bergen counties. “Crazy for
Yonkers bicycling City Council President Chuck You,” “Evita,” “Hairspray” and “Beauty and the
Lesnick, watch for this to happen. The strange Beast” are just some of the high school musicals
thing is that in my journeys several times a week that were honored.
into Manhattan, I have yet to see someone riding
Why were no Yonkers High School musia Citi Bike.
cals honored?
But I do see plenty of bicycling food deSadly, because there are none. This has to
liverymen who, if I am not careful, will collide change!
with my car!
I don’t like to bash the Red Cross, as it cerNew Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s death tainly does good work not only here at home but
is announced at 9 a.m. Monday and by noon, around the world. Volunteers come out in the
people are talking about who will replace him. middle of the night to help those displaced by
The man is not even in the ground! What has fire find housing, clothing and other basic needs.
this world come to?
However, a lot of the money the organiWhether you are a Lautenberg fan or not, zation collected for Hurricane Sandy relief reis politics so important that we don’t even pause mains unspent. People are suffering. As somefor a day or two to pay respect to the man?
one who lost his home said to me, all of these
Con Edison wants a rate increase so it can charities collecting money are giving grants to
bury some power lines underground in West- social service agencies and not to those directly
chester, making them storm proof. I hope my hurt by storm damage.
neighborhood is included. The patchwork quilt
The Red Cross needs to do a better public
of wires hanging and drooping in my neighbor- relations job, explaining why so much money is
hood is a scene repeated throughout the Con unspent.
Edison service area.
The Yonkers Democratic Party didn’t enMy next-door neighbors lose power in a dorse Councilman Wilson Terrero for re-elecstorm, but my lights remain on? My lights start tion. It didn’t endorse County Legislator Virflickering when there is drizzle. Before the rate ginia Perez, either.
increase is approved, consumers need to know
Fascinating to see party leaders tow the line
specifically what it will be used for.
in this day and age. Bottom line – with or withContinued on Page 9
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Cheech and Chong
By Dan Murphy
forced to contend with unThe New York Asimaginable pain. From experts,
sembly approved legalizI learned of many ways that
ing medical marijuana use
cannabinoid treatments can
in the state last week by
help assuage many ailments
a vote of 99-41. The bill,
that current medicine doesn’t
called The Compassionate
effectively treat. After hearing
Care Act, now goes to the
their concerns and support for
State Senate for a vote, and
this piece of legislation, I deif passed in the Senate it
cided that this year, when the
will go on to Gov. Andrew
bill came up for a vote, I would
Cuomo.
support it.
Three previous medi“On a personal note, my
cal marijuana bills have
mother suffers from a severe
passed the Assembly but
degenerative spinal condition.
Assemblyman Steve Katz
died in the Senate.
Four separate surgeries and
New York’s proposed Medical Marijuana two metal rods currently run through the length of
law, called “one of the most tightly regulated pro- her spine. Over the course of this past year, her
posals put forward” by the Drug Policy Alliance, condition has continued to deteriorate at an alarmis designed to have stringent restrictions on who ing rate. Various painkillers, all taken in massive
can obtain it, with doctors required to certify that doses and all of which she is now dependent on,
a patient has a “severe debilitating or life-threaten- continue to fail to mitigate my mother’s relentless
ing condition” including, but not limited to cancer, pain.
glaucoma, or sicknesses related to AIDS or Par“We cannot ignore the reality that cannabis
kinson’s disease.
has real medicinal properties, and to be perfectly
The patient would then have to apply through clear, this bill will not legalize the type of behavthe state Health Department and get approval be- ior one would imagine in a Cheech and Chong or
fore buying medical marijuana through a state- Harold and Kumar movie. Rather, this bill takes a
registered dispensary. Patients could possess up to responsible step in helping those who are in need.
2.5 ounces.
“I also want to take this opportunity to acMany New York Health organizations, in- knowledge the incident in March. I apologize to
cluding Physicians for Compassionate Care, the any family, friend, supporter or constituent whom
Drug Policy Alliance of New York, the New York I have made uncomfortable or disappointed. I have
State Nurses Association, the Collaborative for given my heart and soul to represent my district
Palliative Care, GMHC, New York State Pharma- with unwavering honesty, integrity and effectivecists Society and the Hospice and Palliative Care ness, and I promise to continue to do so.”
Assemblyman Katz was pulled over on the
Association of New York, are pushing the Senate
and the governor to pass a medical marijuana bill New York Thruway on March 15. He was allegbased on the science, the ethical needs and the vast edly traveling 80 miles per hour and was on his
majority of new Yorkers (81 percent) who approve way to Albany in the morning, and a state trooper
reported smelling marijuana in Katz’s car and
its passage.
Studies show that marijuana use for chron- found 3.5 grams of it in his vehicle.
While most in the Westchester media praised
ically-ill patients is safer than other medications
being used and has proven to be effective to allevi- Katz for his vote while downplaying the arrest, we
cannot do the same. The Cheech and Chong referate pain and nausea and stimulate appetite.
During the Assembly vote, several Demo- ence that Katz made reminds us of the pair driving
cratic sponsors of the bill thanked Assemblyman around Los Angeles stoned on pot. Katz reportedly
Steve Katz for his vote for the Medical Marijuana did the same, but was driving to Albany to take his
bill. Katz had previously voted against prior medi- votes as an elected Assemblyman for the people of
cal marijuana bills, but in a letter explained his Northern Westchester and Putnam counties.
Katz’s reversal of his vote does not concern
vote:
“Voting on this bill last year was one of the us. His reckless behavior on the Thruway does
most difficult decisions I have experienced as a concern us, as does any drug use by any elected
legislator. I remember debating the pros and cons official. But that is a story for another day.
What is the likelihood that the Senate and the
of this bill with my wife and my family, but ultimately, as a freshman legislator, I chose to vote the governor will sign medical marijuana into law?
Sen. Diane Savino, a member of the Independent
way I thought I was supposed to vote.
“In my district, I heard some heartbreaking Democratic Caucus in the Senate, said that she has
Continued on Page 9
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David Tobey Gets Applause
At First Alumni Reunion
From left, MCW Piano Teacher Juliet Gopian of Hartsdale, alumnus Jun Luke Foster of Merrick, MCW Executive Director Jean Newton of Edgemont, and David Tobey of New Rochelle.
If the walls of the Music Conservatory of
Westchester’s Recital Hall could talk, they’d
probably be boasting about the thousands of
students who have inspired so many with their
achievements – not only in music but in many
career paths.
On Saturday, June 1 at the not-for-profit
community music school’s 216 Central Avenue
location, an alumni reunion was held for the first
time in its 83-plus years. The hall walls were decorated with a new archival retrospective chronicling the school’s history from 1950 to 2013,
along with paintings by the school’s alumni and
distinguished New Rochelle violinist, artist and
educator David Tobey.
Nearly 100 people from across the country
attended the event, and there was a vibrant atmosphere in the room as alumni warmly greeted
each other while a student jazz ensemble played.
For 21-year-old Eugene Bender of Elmsford, an
accomplished fiddler of Irish music, seeing his
former teacher, Moira Tobey, was a particular
treat.
“When I came to MCW in eighth grade, I
had played the fiddle for five years but I didn’t
know how to read music or play with a group of
musicians,” he said. “The Conservatory matched
me with Moira and she was the perfect teacher
for me. Everything I’ve learned from her I’ve
taken with me and applied not only to my music
but my life.”
New Rochelle resident Angela Griffin, a
19-year-old violinist who had Tobey as her or-
chestra teacher in middle school, was also excited to see fellow alumni.
“It’s really interesting and fun to hear what
everyone has been doing and to share stories and
experiences,” said Griffin, who studied at the
Conservatory for nearly 10 years, was the concert master at her hometown high school and
continues to perform at Westchester Community
College.
Executive Director Jean Newton presented
the Distinguished Alumni Award to David Tobey
in honor of his remarkable achievements as a
professional violinist, visual artist and educator.
She also thanked Tobey for his generosity in donating 30 percent of all sales of his artwork currently hanging in the Recital Hall to the Music
Conservatory.
Tobey studied under MCW’s Gabriel Banat
in the 1960s and went on to study at the Juilliard
School. He is a founding member and violinist of
the Westchester Philharmonic and performs with
many other musical groups in the tri-state area.
An experienced music educator, Tobey teaches
strings and directs the orchestra at Albert Leonard Middle School in New Rochelle. In addition
to his music credentials, Tobey holds a master’s
degree in art from the College of New Rochelle.
“MCW has been such a home to me and it’s
a big part of who I am today,” he said. “It’s wonderful to see other alumni and to be honored for
doing what I love most.”
For more information, visit www.musicconservatoryonline.org.
Junior Historian Tour Guide
Program Available to Youth
St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site is accepting applications for the Junior Historian Tour
Guide program for the summer. This marks the
10th year of the innovative educational program,
which is designed for students from ages 12 to 14.
The program, which introduces students to
historical interpretation, is instructed by experienced educators and historians, and students learn
the ingredients required for leading effective and
interesting tours of St. Paul’s Church National
Historic Site. This includes historical knowledge,
public speaking skills, logistics, exhibitions, artifacts and clothing.
The program culminates with the students
leading tours of a select piece of the site’s history
for family and friends, and certificates are presented to graduates.
The program meets weekly in July, on Mondays or Thursdays mornings from 10 to 11:30
a.m., and there is no charge.
St. Paul’s includes an 18th century stone and
brick church (de-consecrated in 1978) that was
used by both sides as a Revolutionary War field
hospital, one of the nation’s oldest burial yards, a
museum with exhibition on American history, and
the remnant of the colonial town founded there in
1664.
Upcoming events at St. Paul’s include a free
lunchtime talk and discussion about the Revolutionary War battle of Pell’s Point, fought near the
church on Oct. 18, 1776, on Wednesday, June 19
at 1 p.m.; and a free hike up the wooden staircase
in the church tower leading to the 1758 bronze bell
on Friday, June 28 at 3 p.m.
St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site is
located at 897 S. Columbus Ave., Mt. Vernon.
For more information, call 914-667-4116 or go to
www.nps.gov/sapa.
Summer Reading Kick-Off
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designed to raise the
the Sound.” Each child
level of children’s
registering will receive
enthusiasm for a
materials to keep track
summer of reading
of the books they read so
pleasure, will be held
that they can win prizes
Saturday, June 22
throughout the summer,
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From July 1 to Aug.
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preschool and elementhe event will feature
a 45-minute performance by popular children’s tary students will be offered at the main library
entertainer Lou Del Bianco, who will perform and the Huguenot Children’s Library, including
“Around the World” beginning at 12:30 p.m., in nature, crafts, calligraphy, chess, visits from
live animals, international music and dance perthe library’s Ossie Davis Theater.
During the exciting multicultural program formances, and family films.
For a full listing of programs, visit www.
that combines storytelling, theater and music,
Del Bianco invites children onstage to help him nrpl.org or call 914-813-3706 for a brochure.
The Summer Reading Kick-off party is
act out stories that reflect the African, South and
sponsored by the Friends of the New Rochelle
North American, Asian and European cultures.
Parents will also have an opportunity to Public Library.
Avoid Possible Rabies Exposure
During the Warmer Weather
Coyotes, raccoons, and bats – oh my!
These critters are part of the landscape here
in Westchester and their increased encounters with
people and pets are cause for concern. In fact, a recent rash of coyote sightings and attacks on family
dogs in Chappaqua has put residents there on edge.
So what should Westchester families do to
protect themselves from these potentially rabid
animals?
“Residents should always keep their distance
from wild and stray animals, and parents and
guardians need to instruct children to do the same,”
said Dr. Sherlita Amler, health commissioner for
Westchester County. “It’s also important to keep
your pets’ rabies vaccinations up to date and avoid
leaving pet food outdoors that can attract animals
to your home. These measures will go a long way
toward keeping your family safe from rabies.”
Unusual behavior may be the first sign of
rabies in an animal. A rabid animal may become
either abnormally aggressive or unusually tame.
Some lose their fear of people and become excited
and irritable, or appear passive and lethargic.
Staggering and frothing at the mouth are also
sometimes noted in rabid animals.
If bitten or scratched by a wild or stray animal, wash the bite or scratch with warm, soapy
water and call your doctor or hospital to find out if
additional treatment is needed.
Report the incident to the health department,
at any time of day, at 914-813-5000.
If you see a coyote in the neighborhood, call
your local police department; do not try to catch
the coyote unless you are a trained animal trapper.
If there have been coyote sightings in your area,
keep small children and pets inside or limit outside
activity if not in well populated areas.
While outside, bring along items that you
can use to make loud noises such as pots or pans,
Mega-Yoga Event is
June 19 in White Plains
Just the ticket for a balmy summer evening:
music to move to and yoga under the open sky.
On Wednesday, June 19, the Mental Health
Association of Westchester’s epic mega-yoga
event “Get on Your Mat for Mental Health,”
will unfold on Court Street in White Plains.
Registration begins at 6 p.m., leaving participants time to explore the yoga marketplace and
enjoy the global sounds of House of Waters.
Class begins at 7 p.m., with renowned yoga
teacher and wellness expert Sadie Nardini.
Tao Porchon-Lynch, the oldest living yoga
teacher according to the Guinness Book of
World Records and this year’s Athlete of the
Year, will lead the opening meditation.
To register or for more details, visit www.
Law Suit Pending Over
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By Peggy Godfrey
New Rochelle veterans were featured on national television and in many newspaper reports
recently regarding the controversy created when
the Gadsden Flag was removed from the New Rochelle Armory.
Subsequently, the Thomas More Law Center from Ann Arbor, Mich., contacted the New
Rochelle American Legion, as it is interested in
representing these veterans in a lawsuit over the
removal of the flag at the Armory by the City of
New Rochelle.
Peter Parente, president of the United Veterans Memorial and Patriotic Society, had been interviewed on the Fox television network. The city
manager who had originally allowed the flag to fly
in front of the New Rochelle Armory later had it
taken down because of a vote by Mayor Bramson
and his four Democratic Council members.
The veterans’ organization is charged with
maintaining a flagpole at the Armory and decided
to fly the Gadsden Flag, which dates back to the
noisemakers or horns to scare coyotes off, and
have items handy to throw at coyotes if they should
approach.
If a coyote approaches you, act aggressively:
stand tall, shout, wave your arms and maintain eye
contact as you try to scare it away and get yourself
safely inside or to a more populated area. Do not
turn your back and run away, as the coyote will
then view you as prey and give chase.
Always make sure doors and windows are secure and that any small openings that will allow
an animal entrance into your home are closed off.
This includes screening, chimneys, attic vents and
air conditioners.
If a bat finds its way into your house, confine
or capture it (without further exposing yourself)
for possible rabies testing. Never release a bat if
there is any possibility of pet or human exposure.
If your pet fights with another animal or person, wear gloves when handling your pet during
and after the encounter. Then, call your veterinarian and the animal control officer in your community to report the incident.
If your pet is exposed to a suspect rabid animal, try to keep that animal in sight until the police
or a wildlife trapper arrives.
If your pet bites or scratches someone, confine your animal and contact the Westchester
County Health Department immediately, as there
are a few simple procedures that must be followed
so that the person injured does not require rabies
post-exposure treatment. You should also contact
the veterinarian for your pet’s rabies vaccination
records.
For more information about rabies prevention,
visit www.westchestergov.com/health, “Like” the
department on Facebook, follow it on Twitter at @
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Lawrence Harris, Bryan Joyce and Zhanna Alkhazov rehearse “I Pagliacci” for the New Rochelle Opera. Photo by John Fraioli.
In addition to kicking off its 28th season
with a fully-staged and orchestrated production of Leoncavallo’s “I Pagliacci” and semistaged and orchestrated highlights of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana,” New Rochelle
Opera welcomes back Francisco Casanova, a
tenor who last performed for the company in
1998 before embarking on an international operatic career and performing extensively with
the Metropolitan Opera.
He will be singing the role of Turiddu in
two of the company’s performances of “Cavalleria Rusticana,” which will be presented at the
Frank J. Auriana Theatre, Mooney-Hancock
Arts Center at the Ursuline School, 1354 North
Ave., New Rochelle, from June 20 to 22 at 8
p.m. and June 23 at 3 p.m.
For the past 28 years, New Rochelle Opera, Inc., has been presenting imaginative and
sensitive stagings of popular operas in the
community. According to founders Camille
Coppola and Billie Tucker, the company’s mission is “to create a deeper understanding and
appreciation of live opera, and to provide top
quality, professional opera performances to local people who would not ordinarily be able to
afford such an experience.”
At the same time, it aims to provide aspiring young professional singers an opportunity
to showcase their talents in a full-length opera
production.
Artistic director of the production is Camille Coppola of New Rochelle, director of the
company; conductor is Gregory Ortega of New
Jersey, former conductor of the New York Lyric Opera, Regina Opera and Korean-American
Opera.
The cast for “I Pagliacci” on Thursday and
Saturday evenings includes Pedro Rosales as
Canio, Zhanna Alkhazova as Nedda, Lawrence
Harris as Tonio, Young Joo An as Silvio and
Bryan Joyce as Beppe. The cast for “Cavalleria Rusticana” those same evenings includes
Marci Wagnon as Santuzza, Joshua Benevento
as Turiddu, Young Joo An as Alfio, Hannah
Kramer as Lola, and Paula Burke as Mamma
Lucia.
For Friday evening and the Sunday matinee, the cast for “I Pagliacci” includes Adam
Klein as Canio, Christina Rohm as Nedda, Peter Hakjoon Kim as Tonio, Jonathan Hare as
Silvio and Hamid Rodriguez as Beppe. The
cast for “Cavalleria Rusticana” those same
evenings includes Grace Valdez as Santuzza,
Francisco Casanova as Turiddu, Jonathan Hare
as Alfio, Paula Burke as Lola and Hannah
Kramer as Mamma Lucia.
The production also includes a large chorus, ranging in age from 15 to 75, most of
whom are Westchester residents.
Tickets for the performances are $35 general admission and $32 for seniors and students; a special price of $25 per ticket is offered for Thursday night only on reservations
paid for in advance.
Reservations may be made by sending a
check payable to New Rochelle Opera, Inc., to
P.O. Box 55, New Rochelle, NY 10804. To receive tickets by mail, a stamped, self-addressed
envelope must be enclosed.
For more information or to inquire about
group rates for groups of 10 or more, call 914576-1617.
New Rochelle Opera’s performances of “I
Pagliacci” and “Cavalleria Rustsicana” have
been made possible, in part, with grants from
the City of New Rochelle, Jewish Communal
Fund and State Farm Companies Foundation.
Steffi Nossen School Celebrates
10 Years of Adaptive Dance
The Steffi Nossen School of Dance is
celebrating its 10th year of offering a unique
dance experience to children and adults with
developmental and physical disabilities in
Westchester County. The school’s “Moving
Wheels and Heels” program is an inclusive
one-week adaptive dance program for adult
students, with or without disabilities, to participate in classes that foster the exploration of
creativity and expression through movement.
The choreography is designed to teach
technique while also improving range of motion in a supportive environment that encourages students to be comfortable, and feel safe
to physically express their artistic creativity.
“The program is wonderful; the students
are inspired by the work that happens,” said
Nancy Lushington, a Moving Wheels and
Heels instructor. “It provides all of the participants, those with and without special needs,
the opportunity to collaborate, to share creative work, to have a voice and to communicate physically. It provides an important outlet
for self-expression.”
The program, which runs June 17 to 22,
features live music and a culminating performance for families and friends. “Moving
Wheels and Heels” will be followed by Steffi
The Rev. Dr. Robert Hartwell, senior pastor
of Village Lutheran Church in Bronxville, was
recently recognized by the Members of the So-
ciety of the National Shrine of the Bill of Rights
at Saint Paul’s Church.
The presentation and dinner, held at St.
Paul’s Historic Site in Mt. Vernon, marked the
250th anniversary of the church. St. Paul’s is operated by the National Parks Service as a Revolutionary War site and with special emphasis on
the connection of the church (and what was then
the Eastchester community) to the creation of
the Bill of Rights.
Speaking about the honor, Hartwell commented: “The United States emerged from people and communities that were often marked by
great faith and moral structure. The very ideals
of liberty and rights are centered in the ethos of
faith. St. Paul’s is a unique place because it displays this historic truth, not simply through text,
but via pulpit, bells, church graveyard and steeple. These are enduring signs of the historical
faith and civic engagement of our community.”
For more information on St. Paul’s, go to
www.nps.gov/sapa/index.htm.
Hartwell’s congregation is Village Lutheran Church, located at 172 White Plains Road,
Bronxville. For more information, call 914-3370207 or go to www.VLC-ny.org.
Bedford Audubon Society Welcomes
New Members to Board of Directors
Marilyn Glass and Dr. J. Alan Clark.
Bedford Audubon has announced that two
new members have been selected to serve on its
Board of Directors; Dr. J. Alan Clark and Marilyn
Glass were elected May 8 at the 2013 annual meeting.
Clark is a professor of conservation biology
at Fordham University and holds a PhD in biology
from the University of Washington, a master’s of
science in Natural Resource Policy from the University of Michigan, a juris doctor from the University of Michigan Law School, as well as bachelor of music education and a bachelor of arts in
religious studies.
Prior to joining the board, he served as chair
of Bedford Audubon’s Science and Research Committee, and will continue in that role, overseeing
the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship banding program, the Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch, and the Bald Eagle Winter Roosting Survey.
“Bedford Audubon has a well-deserved reputation for its focus on science, particularly citizen
science,” said Clark. “So as a scientist, I am excited to work more closely with Bedford Audubon’s
board and members to help further develop its focus on science, as well as their other exceptional
programs and activities.”
Glass is a local artist, designer and former
editor. She attended Boston University, the New
School and Columbia University and continues her
art and writing education with coursework at the
Silvermine School and Sarah Lawrence College.
Glass’ work has been published in Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, Interior Design,
New York Times, Town and Country and Victoria
Magazine. She sits on the Katonah Museum of
Art’s Board of Overseers and co-chaired the 2013
Bedford Historical Society’s silent auction and antique show.
Rye Library Offering
Special Summer Programs
Nossen’s Dance Camp for Children with Special Needs, from Monday, June 24 to Wednesday, June 26.
“Steffi Nossen, the school’s founder, believed that anyone can dance – and everyone
should!” said Executive Director Jeannie Aplin. “We are thrilled to continue offering this
unique, powerful program and invite all students to join this community to experience the
art and joy of expression through movement.”
In addition to its special needs programming, SNSD’s summer dance program includes intensives in hip-hop and break dance,
modern, ballet, jazz, Pilates, Yoga, repertory
and composition. A Summer Dance Master
Series featuring 10 performing professionals
teaching a variety of dance techniques – including theater dance, classical Indian, tap and
jazz is also on the roster.
For more information or to register for
Moving Wheels and Heels and the other summer dance programs, contact Kathleen Fitzgerald at 914-328-1900 or [email protected].
Students participating in four or more weeks
are offered a $100 discount.
Steffi Nossen School of Dance is located
at 216 Central Ave., White Plains. To learn
more, visit www.steffinossen.org.
Kathee St. Vincent will speak about legislation and educational reform at the Rye Free
Reading Room on Saturday, June 15 at 2 p.m.
Her talk will address issues such as how
government interventions influence schools in
positive or negative ways, how legislative mandates make a difference in children’s learning,
and how most recent regulations concerning
teacher evaluations affect local schools. She will
also discuss the growing focus on high-stakes
assessments and describe charter schools and
school vouchers.
St. Vincent, for whom the Katherine St. Vincent ESL Scholarship Fund was named, taught
for many years in the Tarrytown School District
and was head of the ESL department at Sleepy
Hollow High School.
This event is presented by the Holistic
Moms Network.
A workshop on basic Microsoft Word will
take place at the Rye Free Reading Room on
Thursday, June 20 from 10 a.m. to noon.
The class presents the basic skills for using the most popular word processing program.
Learn how to prepare documents and save and
retrieve them from computer storage. Printing
options will also be covered.
Some computer experience is necessary to
take this workshop.
There is no sign-up for this free class, which
is first-come, first-served.
The Chinese Language School of Connecticut will present four Saturday morning programs
for children age 3½ and older at the Rye Free
Reading Room during June.
The “Dig into Chinese History” story-andcraft hours will be held at 11 a.m. and will cover
“Chinese Banquet Foods and Traditions of Celebration and Worship” on June 15, “The Dragon
Boat Festival” on June 22, and “Chinese Lanterns: Symbols of Celebration for All Occasions”
on June 29.
For more information about these programs,
call 914-231-3162 or visit www.ryelibrary.org.
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“When I first came to Pace University in
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park up so that vandalism was less of a problem,
planting a garden where a junk pile had been and
acquiring new playground equipment.”
In 2012, Katen advised a Mamaroneck librarian on writing a grant for the National Endowment
of the Humanities and the American Library Association, titled “Bridging Cultures: Muslim Journeys.”
In 2010, she raised money for Haitian relief
with a special book signing event at the Barnes and
Noble in White Plains.
In the 1980s and 90s, Katen was an active
volunteer in the League of Women Voters, becoming its president.
“I was asked by the Mayor of Mamaroneck,
Paul Noto, to lead a Safety Committee for the village after a teenage girl was murdered at the motel
adjacent to Rye Neck High and Middle School,”
Katen explained. “We came up with a plan that was
designed to make alterations in the physical plant
of the motel and the way it conducted business to
ensure that the students would be safe.
“I was also asked by the mayor to head the
Health Commission,” she continued. “I really enjoyed chairing this commission, as I was able to
spearhead some new programs for the village. We
started a homeless shelter, CPR classes at the Mamaroneck Library and brought in nutritionists to
advise homemakers in our low-income neighborhood, who were interested on how to make the
most nutritious meals possible with limited funds.
No matter how Katen is spending her time,
she said her goal is always the same:
“It is to give students the greatest possible opportunities to deepen and enhance their learning
experience in a real-world experiential way,” she
said.
Send us a “Hidden Hero” that you know of in
your community, to dmurphy@risingmediagroup.
com.
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Green
Valley of New York, LLC, a
domestic Limited Liability
Company (LLC), filed with
the Secretary of State of
NY (SSNY) on 03/07/2013.
Office location: Westchester County. Principal office:
35 Dexter Rd. Yonkers, NY
10710. SSNY designated
as agent of Green Valley
of New York, LLC, upon
whom process against it
may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to Syed A. Kamal, 35 Dexter Rd. Yonkers,
NY 10710, upon whom and
at which process may be
served. Purpose: Real Estate
#6406 5/10 – 6/14
Notice of formation of LAW
OFFICE OF CHRISTINA T.
HALL AND ASSOCIATES
PLLC Arts. Of Org. filed with
the Sect’y of State of NY
(SSNY) on 04/15/13. Office location: Westchester.
The street address is:.600
Mamaroneck Avenue, Ste.
400, Harrison, NY 10528.
SSNY has been designated
as agent of the LLC upon
whom process against it
may be served. SSNY shall
mail process served to: LAW
OFFICE OF CHRISTINA T.
HALL AND ASSOCIATES
PLLC, 600 Mamaroneck
Ave. Ste. 400, Harrison, New
York 10528. Purpose: any
lawful act.
Notice of formation of TINA’S
TIDYCREW, LLC Arts. Of
Org. filed with the Sect’y
of State of NY (SSNY) on
04/03/13. Office location:
Westchester. The street address is: 600 Mamaroneck
Avenue, Ste. 400, Harrison,
NY 10528. SSNY has been
designated as agent of the
LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process
served to: TINA’S TIDY
CREW, LLC, 600 Mamaroneck Ave. Ste. 400, Harrison, New York 10528.
Purpose: any lawful act.
#6408 5/17 – 6/21
#6407 5/17 – 6/21
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of POLYGON DROPOUT MEDIA
L.L.C. Of Org. filed with the
Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY)
on 1/25/2013. Office location: Westchester. The street
address is: 335 Collins ave,
Mt Vernon (Fleetwood) New
York, 10552. SSNY has
been designated as agent
of the LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process served to: Michael
Patterson, 335 Collins Ave,
MT Vernon (Fleetwood), NY
10552. Purpose: any lawful
act.
Notice of formation of Narwhal Partners LLC. Articles
of Organization filed with
the Secretary of State of NY
(SSNY) on 2/27/13. Office
location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom
served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY
shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served
upon him/her is: 254 E. 68
St. 6F NY NY 10065. The
principal business address
of the LLC is 65 Court Street
#4 White Plains NY 10601.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY (LLC): Name:
Michelle’s Ultimate Gift,
LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with
N.Y. Secy. of State 2/28/13.
Office location: Westchester County. Secy. of State
designated agent of LLC
upon whom process may be
served. Secy. of State shall
mail a copy of process to the
LLC c/o Maria M. Stark, 638
Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, N.Y 10577.
#6409 5/17 – 6/21
#6411 5/24 – 6/28
#6410 5/24 – 6/28
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of TRAC
Sales Group LLC Arts. Of
05/01/2013. Office location:
Westchester County. SSNY
has been designated as
agent of the LLC upon whom
served. SSNY shall mail process served to: 9 Crescent
Drive, Cortlandt Manor, NY
act.
Notice of formation of Manor
Bagels, LLC Arts. Of Org.
filed with the Sect’y of State
of NY (SSNY) on 1/25/2013.
Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been
designated as agent of the
LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process
served to the address of its
principle office. Purpose: any
lawful act and activity.
Notice of formation of 68
Underhill LLC. Arts. of Org.
filed with Secretary of State
of NY (SSNY) on 3/12/13.
Office location: Westchester
Cty. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom
served. SSNY shall mail a
copy of process to the LLC:
19 Deerfield Ave, Eastchester, NY 10709. Purpose: Any
lawful purpose.
#6413 5/24 – 6/28
#6414 5/24 – 6/28
LEGAL NOTICE FINNEY
REALTY GROUP, LLC has
filed articles of organization
with the Secretary of State of
NYS on 05/22/2013. The offices of this company are located in Putnam County, NY.
The Secretary of State has
been designated as agent of
the limited liability company
upon whom process against
it may be served. The address to which the Secretary
of State shall mail a copy of
any process against the limited liability company served
upon him or her is 41 Secor
Road, Mahopac, NY 10541.
The company is organized to
conduct any lawful business
for which limited liability companies may be organized.
#6417 6/14 – 7/19
Notice of formation of Elite
Construction of Westchester, LLC, a domestic Limited
Liability Company (LLC),
filed with the Secretary of
State of NY (SSNY) on May
10, 2013. Office location:
Westchester County. Principal office of LLC: 32 Main
Street, Dobbs Ferry, NY
10522. SSNY designated
as agent of LLC upon whom
process to Edward J. Plitnick
32 Main Street, Dobbs Ferry,
NY 10522, upon whom and
at which process may be
served. Purpose: Residential Construction.
#6416 6/14 – 7/19
#6412 5/24 – 6/28
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of Village Carting LLC Arts. Of
May 14, 2013. Office location: Westchester County.
The street address is: 125
King Street, Chappaqua, NY
10514. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY
shall mail process served
to: United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th
Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any
lawful act.
#6415 5/31 – 7/5
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of INSIGHT HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT LLC, a domestic
Limited Liability Company
(LLC), filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY)
on 05/20/2013. Office location: Westchester County.
Principal office of LLC: 8
Lundy Lane, Larchmont, NY
10538. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process to c/o United States
Corporation Agents, Inc.,
7014 13th Av, Suite 202,
Brooklyn, NY 11228, upon
whom and at which process
may be served. Purpose:
Any Lawful Act.
#6418 6/14 – 7/19
Notice of Formation of
A.O.T.G LLC Arts. of Org.
filed with SSNY on 4/11/13
Office Location: Westchester
County . SSNY designated
as agent of the LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served. SSNY shall mail
process to: Alumnus 493
South Broadway Yonkers Ny
purpose.
#6419 6/14 – 7/19
Seniors and Health Care
Hot Topics in Health Care:
Young Adult Coverage
By Michael LaMagna, Esq.
met.
If there is one thing that
Of course there are exmany of us are guilty of, it’s
ceptions, called “grandfaneglecting our own health
thered plans,” which you
and focusing on our children
should be aware. Large-group
and their needs. I am sure
employers are exempt from
most of us are aware that our
covering the 10 essential
health plans are now required
health benefits, which may
to keep young adult children
exempt young people from
on their parents’ health plans
mental health, substance
until they reach age 26, but
abuse and maternity care.
many people – including plan
While Medicaid can be an opparticipants – do not know
tion for specific care, there are
what is covered and what is
strict income and asset guidenot.
lines that must be adhered to,
Michael LaMagna
Currently, there are more
which will make it impossible
than 3 million young adults
for most non-disabled, workcovered under their parents’ plans. Although ing people to qualify.
this group may be covered for comprehensive
Even still, many mental health professionmedical needs, young adults who are covered als and counselors who provide outpatient serunder their parents’ plans find themselves not vices may not take many of the health plans
covered for mental health issues, substance or accept Medicaid. It is vital that you become
abuse, and maternity care, which are common familiar with your health plans and know your
health care occurrences in the 26-and-under rights regarding coverage and the appeals procrowd.
cess, in case you or your children get denied
There may be some hope starting in 2014 coverage. It is common for bills for these seras next year, health plans will no longer be able vices to be in the tens of thousands of dollars,
to turn people down because they have pre-ex- which many people do not have to pay the hosisting medical conditions and with the advent pital bills, especially those 26 and under – and
of health care exchanges, young people will be their parents.
free to shop around for individual plans if they
This article is provided for informational
don’t want to stay on their parents’ plans.
purposes only. Nothing in this article shall be
All non-grandfathered health care plans construed as legal advice or should be relied
will cover 10 essential health occurrences, in- upon as such. Michael LaMagna is a partner
cluding maternity and newborn care, mental at Helwig, Henderson, Ryan, LaMagna and
health and substance abuse services.
Spinola, practicing elder law/probate/disabilIn addition to the comprehensive plans ity/wills, trusts and estates, health care reguavailable on the exchanges, young people up latory, Medicare appeals, Social Security and
to age 30 will have the option of choosing a general legal practice in both New York and
catastrophic plan, which will cover preventive Connecticut. Email him at mlamagna@hhrls.
services without any cost sharing and three com, call 914-437-5955 or visit www.HHRLS.
physician visits after a $6,350 deductible is com for more information.
Apply For Disability Benefits
From the Convenience of Home
By Susan Sobel
Social Security District Manager in Yonkers
Have you been thinking about applying for
Social Security disability benefits, but unable to
visit an office to complete the interview? Or perhaps your disabling condition makes it difficult
to visit a Social Security office.
We have good news: You can complete
your application for Social Security disability
benefits from the convenience of your home.
Get started at www.socialsecurity.gov/disability.
The application process involves determining:
1.) Whether you have sufficient work to be
eligible for Social Security
2.) The severity of your medical condition
3.) Your ability to work
Because we carefully review so many cases
– more than three million each year – it can take
us three to five months to determine whether
you are eligible to receive benefits. The amount
of time it takes to make a decision on your application can vary depending on a number of factors, such as the nature of your disability; how
quickly we obtain medical evidence from you,
your doctors, hospitals or other medical sources;
and whether we need to send you for a medical
examination to obtain evidence to support your
claim.
We have several important initiatives to
speed up the process. For example, our Compassionate Allowances initiative allows us to fasttrack certain cases of individuals with very severe disabilities. Two hundred different types of
disabilities qualify for this expedited decision,
and the list continues to expand.
Since Compassionate Allowances began
in 2008, the agency has fast-tracked more than
250,000 disability applications, getting benefits
to people in a matter of days instead of months.
Learn more at www.socialsecurity.gov/compassionateallowances.
Another way we speed up decisions is with
our Quick Disability Determinations initiative,
which uses technology to identify applicants
who have the most severe disabilities and allows us to expedite our decisions on those cases.
Read more at www.socialsecurity.gov/disabilityresearch/qdd.htm.
There are things you can do to help speed up
the decision process, too. The more information
you provide up front, the less time it will take us
to obtain the evidence we need – and the faster
we can make a decision on your application. The
types of information we need include medical
records or documentation you have; the names,
addresses and phone numbers for any doctors,
hospitals, medical facilities, treatment centers or
providers that may have information related to
your disabling condition; the names, addresses
and phone numbers for recent employers and the
dates you worked for each employer; and your
federal tax return for the past year.
If you’re not able to work due to a disability and getting to an office is troublesome, don’t
worry. You can apply online for Social Security
disability benefits at www.socialsecurity.gov/
disability.
Town of Eastchester
Senior Programs and Services
The Center at Lake Isle
Monday, June 17
9:30 Line Dancing, Theresa Kover
12:30 Exercise, Linda Zeiss
1:00 Early Bird Swim Registration
1:15 Musical Memories, CDs, DVDs, Bob
Moynihan
Tuesday, June 18
Saxon Woods Senior Pool Party and Barbecue
9:30 Exercise, Patricia Marinello
12:30 Bridge and Cards
12:30 Speaker, Janet Weinstein from “The
Lighthouse International,” Living Better With
Vision Loss”
Wednesday, June 19
9:30 Tap Dancing, Paula Tarantino
9:30 Drawing, Stephanie Rocker
12:30 Mahjong, Miriam Roschell
12:30 Exercise, Evey Riccobono
12:30 Art Class, Betty Uses
12:30 Musical Memories, CDs, DVDs,
Bob Moynihan
Thursday, June 20
9:15 Country Western Dancing, Theresa
Kover
10:00 Yiddish Class
12:15 Bingo, Bring A Friend
12:30 Mahjong
12:30 Pokeno & Cards
Friday, June 21
8:30 Exercise Video
9:30 Lite Exercise, Sonya Lewis
10:30 Accordionist, Ralph Caruso
11:00 Gilda Press, Information and Conversations
12:30 Bridge and Cards
The Center at Lake Isle is located at 660
White Plains Rd. at Eastchester. For more information or transportation, call 914-337-0390.
The Garth Road Center
Wednesday, June 19
11:30 Hot Lunch Available. Reservations
Required
1:00 “Lets Imagine” With Jane Rose
2:00 Exercise With Rowena, Lawrence
Hospital, Physical Therapy
Friday, June 21
11:30 Exercise With Julie Rosen
12:30 **Special Birthday Celebration**
Pizza and Cake
The Garth Road Center is located at 235
Garth Rd. in Scarsdale. For more information,
call 914-771-3340.
Westchester Lung Nodule Center
Established at Phelps Hospital
Co-Directors of the center Dr. Avraham Merav
and Dr. Rocco Lafaro.
Lung cancer is the deadliest form of cancer
for both men and women, and each year, more
people in the U.S. die from lung cancer than from
breast, colon and prostate cancer combined.
As with all cancers, early detection increases
survival rates. It is well established that routine
mammography and colonoscopy save many lives
by discovering breast and colon cancer at an early,
curable stage; why not screen for lung cancer too?
Lung cancer starts with a small solitary nodule – a round or oval spot (lesion) in the lung.
Screening for lung nodules can save lives, particularly in high-risk individuals such as nonsymptomatic smokers with a history of at least
“30 pack years” (one pack a day for 30 years or
two packs a day for 15 years, for example), or
those who have a family history of lung cancer.
Phelps Memorial Hospital Center has established the Westchester Lung Nodule Center for
individuals who would like to be screened for
lung nodules because they are at risk for developing it. Other individuals come to the center for a
second opinion after a lung nodule is discovered
incidentally on a chest X-ray or CT scan.
The mission of the Lung Nodule Center is
to provide the best chance for curing lung cancer
by early diagnosis and expeditious, state-of-theart treatment.
The center offers patients access to a team of
board-certified specialists in multiple disciplines
and the latest technology and techniques for diagnosing and treating lung cancer. In addition to the
thoracic surgeons, the physician panel includes
pulmonologists, oncologists, infectious disease
specialists, radiologists and pathologists.
The Lung Nodule Center is located on the
campus of Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in
Sleepy Hollow. Co-directors of the center are Dr.
Avraham Merav, chief of thoracic surgery and
cancer liaison physician at Phelps; and Dr. Rocco
Lafaro, chief of general thoracic surgery at Westchester Medical Center. Both are certified by the
American Board of Thoracic Surgery.
Lafaro earned his medical degree at New
York Medical College, where he was chief resident of general surgery and completed a fellowship in thoracic surgery at Albert Einstein College
of Medicine. He is a member of the Phelps Memorial Hospital medical staff, with an office located at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla.
Merav earned his medical degree at the University of Basel Medical School in Switzerland.
He completed a rotating internship at Mount Sinai Medical Center, followed by a residency in
general surgery and a fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery, both at Montefiore Hospital and
Medical Center, where he was later chief of thoracic surgery. He also served as chief of thoracic
surgery at Englewood Hospital in New Jersey for
12 years.
To contact the Lung Nodule Center, call at
914-366-2333.
Annual Golf Invitation to
Raise Funds For Hospice
Hospice & Palliative Care of Westchester will host its 11th annual golf invitational
Tuesday, June 25 at Westchester Hills Golf
Club, 401 Ridgeway, White Plains. All proceeds from the event will benefit HPCW’s
continuing effort to provide comfort, care and
compassion to every individual and family
facing a serious or life-limiting illness.
Registration and brunch will take place
from 10:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., with a shotgun
start at 12:30 p.m. A cocktail reception with
dinner and awards will take place at 5 p.m.
Tickets are $400 per golfer and $1,600
per foursome.
To purchase tickets or sponsorship packages, contact Holly Benedict at 914-6821484, ext. 122.
Hospice & Palliative Care of Westchester is located at 311 North Street, Suite 204,
White Plains. For more information, visit
www.hospiceofwestchester.com or call 914682-1484.
Obituary Notice
Besty Charlotte Huisman
Betsy (Bep) Charlotte Huisman died May
1 at the White Plains Hospital where she had
been cared for a few days after having had a
heart attack. She died peacefully and with dignity.
She was born Sept. 9, 1923 in Amsterdam, Holland, and came to the U.S. with her
family in 1954. Here she met her husband,
James Huisman. They married and moved
to Eastchester where Betsy resided until her
death.
Betsy was a homemaker who loved being
involved with her church and community. She
helped teach English to many Japanese students through her church’s outreach program.
Bep and Jim had a daughter, Diana, who
died in 1981 in a horse-riding accident when
she was 18. Jim died in 1999 from complications of diabetes.
She was also pre-deceased by her sister,
Lucie Themans Wallien, and her niece, Tara
Robinson Bachrach.
She is survived by her nephews Karel H.
Wallien IV, Isidore (Dorus) Lodewijk Wallien, and Johan (Jos) Olaf Salomon Wallien;
her nieces Lynn Huisman Ridlehoover and
Mildred Huisman Bachrach; friends Carol and
Playland’s Future:
SPI’s goal was to bring Playland back to the architectural, landscape and general operating excellence and luster that greeted visitors when it
opened in 1928. The park will be divided into
separate sub parks: expanded athletic fields and
facilities, the beach and pool area, the skating casino, the amusement area, and the great lawn and
common areas. Each will be managed by a competent organization reporting to group management firm Biederman Redevelopment Ventures.
Biederman, in turn, will report to SPI, and
SPI will provide policy guidance to an expanded
board of directors representing the diverse interests of all the county’s residents. The county
government will have the ultimate authority as
owner of the park itself.
Morque said several hundred parking spaces will be taken away from the existing total of
2,300 spaces. On only 12 or so occasions every
year is the Playland parking lot full, including July 4, which is so popular that even twice
the number of existing Playland parking spaces
would not be enough.
The cost of a new Playland, and summer
jobs for students, were not answered directly by
Morque; Playland is currently the largest summer employer in Westchester.
Morque did state that most of the visitors to
Playland – 75 percent of the park’s 438,000 visitors in 2012, down from 1 million in 2005 – are
from outside Westchester County, but the county
subsidies to Playland are paid for by the Westchester taxpayers, regardless of whether they
ever visit Playland.
Several audience members asked about
Playland’s present finances.
Legislator Myers said that although Playland breaks even on an operating basis, it slips
into the red due to annual debt repayments on
a gross debt of $34 million. The debt accrues
primarily from capital improvements over the
years, and ride acquisitions.
Asked how SPI will finance its plan, Morque
said it is difficult to raise money for a project that
is not yet certain to go forward. Later, Daniel
Biederman, head of Biederman Redevelopment
Ventures, the plan’s overall manager, said the
broad answer is that the companies that operate
the sub-parks where fees will be charged will use
their own assets to make the necessary improvements. To finance the great lawn and other public
spaces, SPI will have to raise $6 million to $7
million through loans, donations and grants.
“We won’t have the money on Oct. 1,” he
said. “The financing will be implemented over
three years.”
He indicated that it will take five years or
so to make a dent in the annual debt servicing of
about $3 million, which will relieve a tax burden
on current residents
Morque also stated that while he hopes to
have the park operating under SPI in May 2014,
Eastchester Republicans
“It is an honor and privilege to serve as your
supervisor for the past nine years,” said Colavita.
“Tough economic times call for competent leadership and that is exactly what this ticket will provide the good citizens of Eastchester, Tuckahoe
and Bronxville. Many elected officials would be
satisfied with our record of accomplishments, but
that has never been our way.”
He said the town will continue to make Eastchester better, by working with fellow residents.
“Our future vision for this town will include
continued privatization and consolidation, senior
citizen housing, improvements at Lake Isle, even
more beautification, but most importantly, we
will utilize our managerial experience to reduce
spending while maintaining the high level of services our residents enjoy,” he said.
Salanitro also expressed his appreciation.
“I am honored to receive the endorsement of
the Republican Party for the upcoming election
and am grateful for the confidence that has been
placed in me to continue as town councilman for
Eastchester, Bronxville and Tuckahoe,” he said.
David Kyner; and her cousins Rose Slyper and
Lynn Blockton.
She is also survived by many grand- and
great-grand nieces and nephews. Her grandniece, Trinity Bachrach, will miss her Auntie
Bep very much, with whom she went shopping last winter for her prom dress.
Betsy was an elegant, gentle, soft-spoken
woman who never said an unkind word. She
was supported in being able to live independently, even though she was legally blind for
many years, by her neighbors Mr. and Mrs.
Gerry Dalgish and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Telesca.
The family would like to especially thank
friends Kathleen Troup, Betty Jefferson, Mary
Engels and Rose Slyper whose support and
friendship made it feasible for her to get out
into the world and to be safe on a daily basis.
A memorial service will be held June l6
at l0:30 a.m. at the Eastchester Community
Church at Woodlot Road and Lincoln Place
in Eastchester. In lieu of flowers, memorial
donations can be made to the American Heart
Association, the Diabetes Action Research
and Education Foundation, Jansen Memorial
Hospice, and Eastchester Community Church.
a complete renovation proposed by SPI will take
three years.
County Board of Legislators Chairman Ken
Jenkins filed a legal challenge against the agreement made between Astorino and SPI, which
was approved by the County Board of Acquisition and Contract in April.
“The 10-year agreement that the county executive wants to sign with Sustainable Playland
is just a lease by another name, and he knows
well enough that leases involving the county
for more than five years need approval from the
Board of Legislators,” he said. “It is another unfortunate attempt by the Astorino administration
to circumvent the authority of the Board of Legislators. The purported agreement tries to put the
cart before the horse. I am confident that a court
of law will agree with me on this.
“The rush to cement this agreement without
a full review involving the Board of Legislators
simply is not right for Westchester,” concluded
Jenkins.
The County Board’s Government Operations Committee continues to review all of the
Playland proposals.
And while the courts may determine that the
County Board must approve the SPI-Playland
agreement, Astorino may have the support of a
majority on the County Board to do just that.
A recent bill before the County Board to
provide weekly attendance reports and more
information on Playland to the county was defeated 9-8, with the seven County Board Republicans joining with Democratic Legislators
Virginia Perez and Michael Kaplowitz rejecting
the bill. This new working majority on the board
could also approve the SPI-Playland proposal
in the months to come, with Legislator Myers a
possible 10th vote for a new Playland.
As a frequent visitor to Playland, here are
my thoughts:
Parts of the beauty of the 100-acre landscape
of the park is underutilized, most notably the waterfront coastline which now has a few rides and
an old bunch of park tables. The SPI plan offers a
great park to be created and take advantage of the
shoreline and create another scenic vista, similar
to the current boardwalk and Playland beach.
I am concerned about how much more a
new Playland will cost me and my family on
every visit. The current pricing is very attractive
when you compare it to going to another amusement park in New Jersey or Connecticut, such as
Great Adventure and Lake Compounce.
The county has also in recent years created
attractive pricing for Westchester residents, including free admission for parents like me who
don’t go on the rides, and an affordable year-long
attendance pass. I do not want those options to go
away, and would like the county to charge higher
rates to those who visit Playland from outside
Westchester.
I await, as do many in Westchester, the answers to these questions before we can form an
opinion on the best course for the future of Playland.
“I am proud of our accomplishments, including
innovative ways of reducing spending and revenue raising from sources other than taxes during difficult economic times, and I look forward
to the opportunity to be able to continue to work
hard for all of the residents.”
Marcoccia said it has been an honor serving
the Town of Eastchester as a town council member.
“I look forward to meeting with our residents of Eastchester, Bronxville and Tuckahoe,
and working hard toward making our town an
even better place to live and work,” he said. “Because of economically challenging times, our
Town Board had to focus on doing more with less
while preserving the quality of life we all love
and expect. We have accomplished this while
complying with the state-imposed 2 percent tax
cap.”
In addition, he said the board introduced
regular meetings to the municipalities. “We look
forward to many more initiatives and to continue
to make fiscally responsible decisions,” he said.
Democrat Michael Denning told Eastchester
Rising that he is a candidate for supervisor. We
will report on his campaign and any other Democrats running in the weeks to come.
Nature Center to Host
Pot Luck Supper June 21
The Westchester County Nature Center has
several events planned for the weekend of June
21 to 23.
On Friday, June 21 there will be a “Riverlovers Pot Luck Supper” at 6:30 p.m. at Croton
Point Nature Center in Croton-on-Hudson. All
are welcome.
For more information, call 914-862-5297
or visit www.riverlovers.org.
A “Call of the Wild” will take place Saturday, June 21 at 19 a.m. at the Lenoir Preserve
on Dudley Street in Yonkers. For more information, call 914-968-5851.
Also on Saturday, a program on “Managing Invasive Plants with a Fork and Knife” will
take place at 1 p.m. at Cranberry Lake Preserve
on Old Orchard Street in north White Plains.
Learn which invasive species are not only edible but nourishing, followed by a walk to identify them.
For more information, call 914-428-1005.
On Sunday, June 22, a summer scavenger
hunt from the forest to the field to look for clues
from a list of items will take place at 2 p.m. at
the Marshlands Conservancy on Boston Post
Road (Route 1) in Rye.
For more information, call 914-835-4466.
Learn more about the Westchester County
Nature Center at westchestergov.com/parks or
by calling 914-864-PARK.
Local Ironman Raises Funds
For Adoption Services
Westchester resident Sam Karliner recently
announced that he will be participating in an Ironman contest this summer to raise funds for Forever
Families Through Adoption. Below is his statement to residents, seeking support:
Dear Friends:
It has been nearly 18 years since Jill and I
adopted our twin sons, Elliott and Jacob, and created a family. Today, our home and our lives would
not be complete without them. Few people realize
that nearly 60 percent of Americans are touched by
adoption in some way.
The path to adoption is not always easy. It is
for this reason that I have chosen to dedicate my
next race, Ironman Lake Placid on July 28, to raise
awareness and funds for Forever Families Through
Adoption.
FFTA is a non-profit 501c3 adoption placement agency and resource center in Westchester
County
(www.foreverfamiliesthroughadoption.
org), which believes every child has the right to
grow up in a loving, nurturing, secure and forever
home. It works with families and pregnant women
to ensure a smooth and successful adoption, and I
am proud to be on its Board of Directors.
Adoption enabled us to create our family;
but like the Ironman, the road to adoption can be
Why There is No
from the Westchester Independence Party, which
isn’t so much a political party as it is a racket, albeit a legal racket.
“You may safely assume that ideology had
little to do with Cavallo’s decision to dump Astorino,” Reisman continued. “They may decry the
likes of Dr. Cavallo, but rarely will they reject his
support, should it come their way. “That’s the saddest part of all.”
Read the columns in their entirety at www.
LoHud.com and www.Newsday.com.
In 2009, Cavallo and the Westchester Independence Party endorsed Astorino for county executive against long-serving Democrat incumbent
Andy Spano. Astorino received 8 percent of the
vote on the Independence Party line, and defeated
Spano 57 to 43 percent.
Republicans in Westchester need the Independence line to make up for the overwhelming
enrollment edge in the county for Democrats. In
fact, no Republican has ever won a countywide
race without the Independence line, since the Independence Party formed in New York in 1992.
Now, four years later, Cavallo has reversed
his opinion on Astorino, which is a common
theme in endorsements from the Westchester Independence Party. District Attorney Janet DiFiore
is another countywide elected official who ticked
off Cavallo somehow and lost his endorsement,
but won without it.
What has changed in the four years to warrant
a change in endorsement? Cavallo attempted to
explain his endorsement of Bramson in a release:
“Four years ago, we and many Independent
voters thought that Rob Astorino could be an ‘independent thinker’ who would tackle the important issues facing our county. His four years in office have proven that hope wrong,” said Cavallo.
“The endless march of local property tax
increases has not slowed on Astorino’s watch;
no amount of spin or cherry-picked numbers can
change the fact that our property taxes are up over
the four years Astorino’s been in charge.
“Astorino may have succeeded in passing the
buck for county services, but taxpayers have still
been left with the bill,” Cavallo continued. “Combined with his radical social agenda and failure
to pursue meaningful job creation strategies, it’s
clear that we can – and must – do better.”
Cavallo’s spin on his endorsement belies the
facts.
County property taxes have not risen at all
under Astorino in four years – every year Astorino has submitted county budgets with a 0 percent
property tax increase. Astorino is not responsible
for the budgets and tax increase in your local town,
village, city or school district. Astorino has lived
up to his political pledge not to increase taxes, and
this pledge was the reason that Cavallo endorsed
Astorino four years ago.
Astorino campaign spokesman Bill O’Reilly
told Reisman: “(Cavallo) essentially wanted a
quid pro quo arrangement for his endorsement and
we refused to comply.”
O’Reilly stated and McKinstry wrote that the
endorsement of Bramson comes as no surprise,
but we disagree. After fighting with Astorino for
the last three years over jobs for people that Cavallo recommended not getting hired by the county,
Cavallo recently left the door open for a reconcili-
a challenging one. The process stirs up a mix of
emotions ranging from uncertainty and frustration, to excitement and pure joy. There are times it
seems like you’ll never reach your dream.
Both the Ironman race and the adoption process require you to dig deep, to persevere – especially when things get tough. Most of all, both are
a journey made possible by the love and support of
family and friends like you.
I am making a huge commitment to train for
the Ironman and to raise money and awareness for
a cause so close to my heart. Each stroke in the
water (covering 2.4 miles), each push of the pedal
(covering 112 miles), and each foot to the pavement (covering 26.2 miles) will bring me closer to
my goal, but it will only happen with your love
and support.
I will cover the 140.6 miles, sometimes struggling, knowing that your support will be helping
me reach the finish line.
I ask you to please take a moment to donate
at www.ironman.kintera.org/lakeplacid2013/samkarliner. Your donation will help other people to
create their forever families.
My promise to you is that I will bring you
along on my Ironman journey.
Sam Karliner
ation with Astorino.
Cavallo attended Astorino’s State of the
County Address in April and sat front and center.
Friends of both Cavallo and Astorino believed that
Astorino would get the endorsement. Then on the
day before petitioning begins, Cavallo announced
his endorsement of Bramson and 15 out of 17
Democrats for the County Board of Legislators.
In 2008 Cavallo worked for a Republican state senator, and in 2010 he worked for the
New York State Democratic Senate Committee.
What was the price for Cavallo’s endorsement of
Bramson? What was the price that Astorino declined to pay?
Westchester County Republican Chairman
Doug Colety, a close friend of Cavallo, was unable
to get the endorsement for Astorino, a rising star in
the Republican Party in New York State.
Coley did get the endorsement from Cavallo
for Mary Beth Murphy, the Somers town supervisor running for county clerk against Democrat
incumbent Tim Idoni.
Idoni did not receive the Independence line
in 2009 and won without it. This means that Cavallo and the Independence Party are not endorsing Westchester’s three countywide office-holders
running for re-election – Astorino, DiFiore and
Idoni.
Reisman and Mckinstry’s stories point to a
cry for help to someone to remove Cavallo, and
give it back to the voters of Westchester. The help
can come from law enforcement or from someone
willing to step up and pry control of the Independence Party away from Cavallo.
Political commentator Mike Edelman and
others have suggested that New York pass a law
banning cross-endorsements by minor parties.
This would require the Independence Party, Conservative Party and Working Families Party to
nominate a different candidate from the Democrat
or Republican parties. Currently, 44 states don’t
allow cross-endorsements, which make Cavallo so
powerful in Westchester.
“There’s got to be a reason why the other 44
don’t,” Edelman said of the policy. “And it’s because it opens the door to political extortion …
You’re talking about political extortion. It may not
be illegal, but it ain’t right.”
Or perhaps an elected official should step forward and disavow the “negotiations” required to
obtain the Independence Party endorsement.
Many have won without Cavallo’s endorsement. We will see if Rob Astorino can be the first
Republican to win a countywide election in Westchester without the Independence line. Westchester enrollment figures show how difficult it will
be:
253,000 registered Democrats
135,000 registered Republicans
120,000 not affiliated to any party
22,000 registered Independence Party members
Westchester voters will have to vote for Astorino on either the Republican or Conservative
party line.
Following is the list of county candidates
endorsed by the Westchester Independence Party.
We will report on the local town, village and city
Independence Party endorsements in a future issue.
Countywide endorsements: Noam Bramson,
county executive; Mary Beth Murphy, county
clerk; David Everett, county judge; and Kathie
Davidson, Family Court judge.
Friday, June 14, 2013 - MOUNT VERNON RISING - PAGE 9
Schoolhouse Theater Heats Up Federico Uribe’s ‘Fantasy River’
With ‘Last of the Red Hot Lovers’ At the Hudson River Museum
Artist Federico Uribe with his works of art from everyday life, which are on display at the
Hudson River Museum.
Anette Michelle Sanders will play Elaine Navazio and Schoolhouse veteran Kevin Cristaldi
will play Barney Cashman in the hilarious Neil Simon comedy “Last of the Red Hot Lovers,”
which opens June 6 at the Schoolhouse Theater in Croton Falls.
Neil Simon’s hilarious classic comedy “Last
of the Red Hot Lovers” opens June 6 at The
Schoolhouse Theater and runs through June 30.
Directed by Pam Moller Kareman, this product of
the 1960s with overtones of the current television
hit “Mad Men” is bound to be a sure fire hit.
Ordinary middle-aged Barney Cashman
wants desperately to be a “swinger,” and inviting
his trio of trysts to his mother’s apartment is just
one of his obstacles.
The New York Times wrote: “Extraordinarily
funny and yet also charming.”
Fans of the Schoolhouse will remember veteran Kevin Cristaldi as Kenny in “Laughter on the
23rd Floor.” He will play the dorky Barney Cashman, along with Lauren Currie Lewis as Bobbi
Michele, Helen Greenberg as Jeanette Fisher, and
Anette Michelle Sanders as Elaine Navazio.
The play first opened on Broadway in December 1969 and starred James Coco. It ran for
more than a year and a half, and in 1972, the movie version debuted with Alan Arkin in the lead as
the unfortunate Barney.
The Schoolhouse recently underwent major
renovations which delayed the opening of its season. It began in March with a production of Jon
Robin Baitz’ play “Ten Unknowns.”
Over the years, the Schoolhouse Theater has
become the go-to theater in Westchester, where
people can see productions they thought they
could only see in New York. The Schoolhouse is
a regional Equity theater, dedicated to presenting
professional theatrical performances by awardwinning playwrights and to support and promote
other art forms.
Tickets are $33 on Thursday and Friday, and
$35 on Saturday and Sunday. Show times are 8
p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and 3 p.m.
Sunday. Tickets can be reserved by calling the box
office at 914-277-8477.
The Schoolhouse Theater is located at 3 Owens Road, Croton Falls, just off exit 8 on Interstate
684. For more information, go to www.schoolhousetheater.org or “Like” it on Facebook.
Pres. Clinton Advocates for
Community Colleges at Fundraiser
Photos by Donna Davis
Westchester Community College President Joseph Hankin, left, and former President
Bill Clinton.
President Bill Clinton was presented with a
State University of New York Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters at a May 18 Westchester
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Community College fundraiser, which was held
on the main campus in Valhalla. The event raised
$100,000 for student scholarships and other college support.
Following the honorary degree presentation
ceremony, the former president then spoke at
the event, which was attended by approximately
600 members of the community. He discussed
the role of community colleges in the modern
world.
“For a long time, I have believed that community colleges were kind of a good metaphor, a
symbol, for what we should be doing to organize
ourselves in the 21st century,” he said. “They
are open to everybody, their curriculum is constantly changing, and the community is heavily
involved in shaping what the students study: It’s
supposed to be both stimulating and useful.”
Clinton added that community colleges help
unite students from all different walks of life.
“You go into a community college and you
see people who come from all over the world
– every race, every religious background, every conceivable kind of diversity … that’s the
good part about the modern world,” he said. “If
we learn to manage our diversity, we’ll be fine.
That’s what I think community colleges do a
good job of.”
Clinton served two terms as U.S. president
and under his leadership, the country’s college
enrollment rate rose to its highest level in history up to that point. While in office, he was a
longtime proponent of community colleges. In
addition to his commitment to higher education,
his core values have included the protection of
the environment, expanded access to technology, job creation, and investment in underserved
communities.
Westchester Community College is the
largest educational institution in the county.
With approximately 13,000 credit students and
an additional 13,000 non-credit students (the
largest Continuing Education Division in the
SUNY system), the institution provides a broad
range of classes on the main campus, at various
locations throughout the county, and online.
In a summertime extravaganza, the Hudson
River Museum presents a three-dimensional land
and riverscape inspired by the dreams of Columbian artist Federico Uribe.
“Fantasy River” is the artist’s first New York
exhibition, in a roster of national and international shows. Acclaimed for his fascinating transformations of objects from daily life into art, Uribe
creates the site-specific 5,000-square-foot installation for the Hudson River Museum, filling its
galleries with the flowing “water” of a winding
river, its banks planted with rows of “corn,” made
from shovel handles, a “boat” built of suitcases (a
must for travel), bright birds in continual flight,
and everywhere dazzling sunshine.
Uribe concocts his very real fantasy from
new and old materials to provide a spectacular
theatrical experience. Everything is grist for his
art ─ shoelaces, the color pencil as tool and sculpture, baby bottles, coins and screws. He brings
fresh connection between objects, and those con-
Medical Marijuana
commitments from 39 of the 63 state senators for
the bill.
Senate Majority Co-Leader Dean Skelos, a
Republican, is opposed to the bill and together
with Senate Co-Chair (IDC leader) Jeff Klein, will
decide on whether the bill ever makes the Senate
floor.
Cuomo also has reservations about signing a
medical marijuana law.
Eighteen states and the District of Columbia
This, Too,
out endorsement – the candidates still need to
get the same number of signatures on nominating petitions to appear on the ballot.
As every day goes by, the Westchester
housing settlement with the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development reminds me
of the Yonkers debacle more than 25 years ago.
Time to put this issue behind us before it spirals
out of control.
Former Yonkers Mayor Angelo Martinelli
could have solved the Yonkers vs. HUD dispute
with 100 units of housing tearing down a longtime eyesore on the east side of the Saw Mill
River Parkway. The rest is history.
I ran into Westchester County Executive
nections lead viewers to new reality.
“This is about thinking about objects in a
different way,” said Uribe. “A screw is a screw
and a shoe is a shoe, until it becomes something
else.”
His art is a unique hybrid that uses the language of pop art to transform the objects of daily
life, while acknowledging the history and tradition of classical art. Uribe studied art at the University of Los Andes in Bogota, and later studied
with conceptual artist Luis Camnitzer in New
York.
As part of his global vision, Uribe’s career
includes years of work in Cuba, Mexico, Russia,
England and Miami.
The Hudson River Museum is located at 511
Warburton Ave., Yonkers, and hours are Wednesday to Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. The cost of
admission is $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and
youth ages 5 to 16, and children younger than 5
are admitted free.
have legalized medical marijuana. Unlike other
states, New York’s proposed medical marijuana
would not allow registered medical marijuana users to grow it at their home.
All eight Westchester assemblymembers –
Abinanti, Galef, Katz, Paulin, Pretlow, Buchwald,
Otis and Mayer – voted for the bill.
We will poll Westchester’s five State Senators – George Latimer, Andrea Stewart-Cousins,
Ruth Thompson, Greg Ball and Jeff Klein – when
and if the bill makes it to the Senate floor.
It may come down to Klein, who represents
Pelham in the State Senate, in his role a co-majority leader, to decide the outcome.
Rob Astorino at the JCY-Westchester Community Partners breakfast Sunday, honoring 18 outstanding students from Yonkers and three distinguished educators. He asked if I was still writing
my column in these newspapers. So happy that
a distinguished individual such as Mr. Astorino
reads my weekly musings.
In last week’s column, I encouraged the
federal government not to move security screenings from Battery Park to Ellis Island. As this
column goes to press, the National Park Service
has decided to keep security screenings at Battery Park for the time being.
The Park Service is an agency of the federal government.
Could President Barack Obama be reading
these columns? Sometimes it’s nice to dream!
Reach Eric Schoen at thistooisyonkers@
aol.com.
PAGE 10 - MOUNT VERNON RISING - FRIdAy, JUNE 14, 2013
Circus Performers and Fire
Jugglers Coming to Town
Celebrate Summer at Teatown
Kids learn what’s in the lake.
Dikki Ellis working the rings. Photo by
Bryan Haeffele.
A Different Spin weaves a ﬁery web. Photo
courtesy of A Different Spin.
Two events inspired by circuses of old
will take place Friday, June 21, through Sunday, June 23, at two historic Hudson Valley
sites.
A band of fire jugglers will light up Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow during “A
Night on Fire” on Friday, June 21, and Saturday, June 22. Expanded this year to four
performances over two evenings, “A Night on
Fire” debuted last year to a sold out crowd.
Performed by the juggling and comedy
troupe A Different Spin, “A Night on Fire”
will feature stunts and family-friendly humor
and is ideal for audiences of all ages.
Performances take place at 8:15 and 10
p.m.
This one-hour performance is a fully choreographed, live display of fire arts featuring
four flame-wielding, fire-eating performers
twisting and turning, juggling and dancing,
spinning and sword fighting. The vaudevillemeets-funk sounds of Emperor Norton’s Stationary Marching Band kicks off the show.
Although it is a separate ticketed performance, “A Night on Fire” is a complement to
“Animals and Acrobats,” which takes place
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton-on-Hudson, on Saturday, June 22
and Sunday, June 23. Featuring a variety of
performers and animal conservation groups,
it evokes an early-American traveling circus.
An ambassador wolf, stilt-dancers, soar-
ing acrobats, gargantuan puppets and the
chance to hone your circus skills are some of
the event’s highlights. Acts include the Boston Circus Guild, the Westchester Circus Arts,
and Two by Two Zoo and the Wolf Conservation Center.
Visitors who purchase tickets for “Animals and Acrobats” in advance online can get
free popcorn for everyone under 18 in their
party. Geordane’s of Irvington will provide
picnic food and beverages, and Blue Pig of
Croton provides homemade ice cream featuring ingredients from Hudson Valley sources.
Tickets for “A Night on Fire” are $20
for adults and $15 for children 17 and under.
Members of Historic Hudson Valley, the nonprofit education and preservation organization
that owns and operates Van Cortlandt Manor
and Philipsburg Manor, receive a $5 per-ticket discount.
Tickets for “Animals and Acrobats” are
$16 for adults, $14 for seniors, $12 for children 3 to 17, and free for children less than
three and HHV members. Tickets are available in advance online at www.hudsonvalley.
org.
Philipsburg Manor is located at 381 N.
Broadway (Route 9), Sleepy Hollow; and Van
Cortlandt Manor is located at 525 S. Riverside Ave., Croton-on-Hudson. For more information, call 914-631-8200 or go to www.
hudsonvalley.org.
Teatown visitors learn the difference between a beak and a bill.
Teatown Lake Reservation has a slate of
events coming up this month
Summer is almost here and it’s breeding season for the birds. Join Charlie Roberto on his quest
for birds nesting and raising their young Saturday,
June 15 at 8 a.m. Registration for this free program is strongly recommended, at 914-762-2912,
ext. 110.
Also on Saturday, June 15, pick up a net and
join Erin Baker down at the boathouse from 11
a.m. to noon to find out what lives in the lake. The
event is free for members, or $5 for non-members.
Registration for this free program is strongly recommended, at 914-762-2912, ext. 110.
Meet a few of Teatown’s beaked and billed
friends to see if there is a different between beaks
and bills, on Saturday, June 22 from 10 to 11 a.m.
This program is free for members, or $5 for nonmembers.
Then on Sunday, June 23, enjoy a guided
family tour of Teatown Lake Reservation’s unique
two-acre wildflower sanctuary at 11 a.m. (This
program is for families with children ages 8 and
over.) The cost is $4 per person for members, and
$6 for non-members. Registration for this program is strongly recommended, at 914-762-2912,
ext. 110.
Visit www.teatown.org for more information.
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