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North Salem campers showcase their talents
Camp at Mountain Lake, put on their
end-of-season performance before hundreds of parents last Thursday.
About 325 children, ages 3-12, who atCampers spent the past few weeks
tended summer camp at North Salem Day enjoying programs in art, dance, nature,
BY SUE GUZMAN
EDITOR
North Salem News columnist
Herb Geller attends DNC
canoeing, rowboating, kayaking, sports,
games and archery. The five-week camp
featured an outdoor skills program that
taught young campers orienteering, shelter
building, outdoor cooking and fishing. The
campgrounds feature a large in-ground
pool staffed with certified lifeguards and a
water safety instructor who helped campers learn to swim.
The camp also qualified about 55 counselors-in-training (CITs), ages 12-14, who
received CPR and first aid certification.
“The kids really enjoyed archery this
year,” said Lauren Rosasco, assistant director of programs and activities at the
camp. “With recent movies coming out,
involving archery, it’s really become a
trend again,” she explained. Rosasco said
they hired a new archery instructor this
year, something she said has paid off with
SEE CAMPERS PAGES 8-9
Herb Geller, co-chair of the North his observations from his visit to the
Salem Democratic Committee, and Democratic National Convention in
commander of American Legion Philadelphia.
Post 1866 in North Salem, shares
See his column on page 6.
PHOTO COURTESY OF HERB GELLER
Herb Geller, seated right, attends the DNC along with Reginald LaFayette,
Westchester County Democratic party chairman, white hat.
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Tia Gianopoulos, foreground, leads the celebratory charge at the year-end camp
performance
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Thursday, August 4, 2016
Statewide drought watch in effect
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The state Department
of Environmental Conservation has issued a
drought “watch” statewide, citing less-thanusual rainfall this summer.
The action, announced
July 15 by DEC Commissioner Basil Segos, followed
consultation with the state’s
Drought
Management
Task Force and federal
partner agencies.
While many reservoirs
across Westchester are at
normal levels, officials have
been concerned due to a
decrease in rain over the
summer and less snow this
past winter.
A watch is the first of
four levels of state drought
advisories (“watch,” “warning,” “emergency” and
“disaster”). There are currently no statewide mandatory water use restrictions
in place under a drought
watch. However, local
public water suppliers may
require such measures depending upon local needs
and conditions.
North Salem Supervisor Warren Lucas said the
town is monitoring the
situation closely. He said
the low water levels tend
to worsen at the end of
August. North Salem has
three water districts, Sunset Ridge, Croton Falls and
Candlewood Lake. “We
have been working to make
sure that we have found
and fixed all leaks,” said
Lucas, “Anyone who would
like us to check a problem
out, please call us. Even if
you think it may not be a
water leak, let us know and
we’ll check it out.” Lucas
said many of the biggest
leaks don’t come to the
surface. He urged water
district residents to inform
his office if there has been
a drop in water pressure.
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Friends of Karen gets ready for ‘Back to School’
It may be your summer holiday, but at Friends of Karen, a nonprofit in North Salem that helps
children with cancer and their
families, it’s back-to-school time.
Boxes filled with new backpacks,
notebooks, markers, pencils, erasers, and gift cards, are being packed
up and sent out to more than
850 Friends of Karen children so
they can begin the new year happily and successfully.“When we
received the school supplies today the look on the kids’ faces…
the excitement, it brought a little
‘normal’ back to us and for that we
will forever be grateful,” said one
mom.
Friends of Karen supports
families that are struggling to stay
afloat financially and emotionally
while caring for their child with
a life-threatening illness. Parents
say it is heartbreaking to go into
a store and see healthy children,
excited about the new year, choosing their school supplies, while
their own child is in the hospital,
uncertain about what the next
day will bring. Parents often ago-
nize between buying new school
supplies for their “well” child or
paying their ill child’s mounting
medical expenses. Imagine being
faced with that decision.
You can help by participating
in the Friends of Karen Back to
School Program. The program is
designed to give parents peace of
mind that their children will be
prepared for school and also provide the children with that good
feeling of heading back to school
wearing a new outfit and carrying
crisp notebooks and sharpened
pencils.
Here’s how you can help:
Drop off or send new backpacks (for all ages), $25 gift cards
(to Staples, Target, Old Navy, Macy’s), 3-ring binders, filler paper,
composition books and washable
thin markers to Friends of Karen,
118 Titicus Road, North Salem,
NY 10560.
Call or email Denise Tredwell
at 914-617-4052 or DeniseTredwell@FriendsofKaren.org for
more info.
For more information about
Friends of Karen, visit www.
friendsofkaren.org or call 914617-4042 or call (914) 617-4042.
Friends of Karen’s mission is to
help families with a child battling
cancer or other life-threatening
illnesses in New York, New Jersey
and Connecticut. The organization is unique in that it customizes the assistance it provides.
When a child is seriously ill, it affects the entire family so Friends
of Karen social workers work with
each family member. This includes
child life specialists and creative
arts therapists who provide sibling support to the other children
in the family. Treatment can last
many months or even years, but
Friends of Karen is there with an
individualized program of emotional, financial and day-to-day
practical support. No family is ever
the same after a diagnosis like this,
but Friends of Karen believes they
Photo courtesy of Friends of Karen
can remain strong and functioning
This little girl is ready for school thanks to Friends of Karen’s Back to
if they are not alone.
School Program.
This story was provided by Friends
of Karen.
Purdys chef to compete in
Greenwich Wine & Food Festival
By Sue Guzman
Editor
Michael Kaphan, chef
at North Salem restaurant
Farmer and the Fish, has been
named to this year’s list of 10
Most Innovative Chefs by the
Greenwich Wine & Food
Festival, which will be held on
Sept. 24.
Kaphan and his fellow
chefs, will prepare their unique
dishes and meet with hundreds of festival guests on Fri.
Sept. 23 for the celebrity chef
cook-off.
This is the sixth year the festival will be held. “This year’s
class of honorees continue to
push the envelope on fresh,
creative, unique fare for local foodies lucky enough to
live or work in Fairfield and
Westchester counties,” said
Suni Unger, Founder & CEO
of Unger Publishing and the
Founder & CEO of Greenwich Wine & Food Festival.
“Each year, we assemble our
group of alumni chefs who
have been honored in past
years to flag for us whom they
feel are making their mark in
the local culinary world, and
once again, this year’s group
of talent makes dining out an
experience of its own.”
Other chefs selected in ad-
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Mogan Anthony, Village
Social, Mount Kisco.
breakfast, barbecue lunch and
buffet dinner as well as awards
and raffle prizes during dinner.
If you are not playing golf
please register for dinner only.
You can register at www.northsalemlionsgolfouting.com
Carl Carrion, Cask Republic, South Norwalk.
Music at the
Hammond Museum
Albert DeAngelis, Eastend
Restaurant, in Greenwich,
Conn.
Enjoy big band music at its finest on Friday Aug. 5 from 8-11
p.m. with the Norm Hathaway
Moonlight Swing Band. This
fabulous 18-piece band will have
you tapping your toes to some of
your favorite tunes from the ‘30s
and ‘40s.
Admission to be paid at the
door is: $15 for adult non-members of the museum; $10 adult
museum members; $5 North Salem residents with proof of residency.
Dinner served by Nisa Lee
Events must be reserved and paid
in advance at $40 per person.
dition to Kaphan are:
Constantine Kalandranis,
273 Kitchen, Harrison.
Geoff Lazlo, Mill Street
Bar & Table, in Greenwich.
Photo courtesy of Greenwich
Wine & Food Festival
Brian Lewis, The Cottage,
Westport, Conn.
families coping with cancer,
sickle cell anemia and other
Tony Pham, Mecha Noo- serious illnesses.
dle Bar, South Norwalk.
Founded in 1988 by Paul
Newman, The Hole in the
Robin Selden, Marcia Wall Gang Camp provides
Selden Catering & Event services for more than 25,000
Planning, Stamford, Conn.
seriously ill children and family members annually – all
Bobby Will, Saltaire Oyster completely free of charge. For
Bar, Port Chester.
many of these children and
families, Hole in the Wall
The
2016 Greenwich provides multiple Camp expeWine & Food Festival is a riences throughout the year at
multi-day event that supports the facility in Ashford, Conn.,
Paul Newman’s The Hole in in more than 35 hospitals
the Wall Gang Camp. This and clinics, directly in camper
organization is dedicated to homes and communities, and
providing “a different kind of through other outreach activihealing” to children and their ties across the Northeast
Trash into treasure
at the Ruth M.
Keeler Memorial
Library
Join local moms Debra Rizzo
and Jen Armbruster. Great for
ages 10 and up. Grownups are
welcome to participate.
Up-Cycling Projects- Printmaking with Jen Armbruster
Sat. Aug. 6 from 10-12 noon.
For adults and kids ages 10 and
up
Join local resident and art
teacher Jen Armbruster to learn
some fun (and easy-to-replicate)
printmaking projects. Explore a variety of printmaking techniques such as
monoprints, leaf prints, nature prints
and homemade stamps.
Registration is required.
Activities at Lasdon
Park & Arboretum
2610 Amawalk Rd. Route 35 in
Katonah
Learn to Grow Low
Maintenance Perennials
Aug. 7 from 2-3 p.m.
Ferns, grasses and other easy-togrow perennials thrive in almost any
landscape situation. Growing a gorgeous garden doesn’t have to take a lot
of effort. Learn about the perennials
at Lasdon and how you can grow any
of these easy care plants in your home
garden. Admission is free.
Challenge Class
Learn to design a unique
floral arrangement
Aug. 8 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
New Horizons Garden Club will
have three of their blue ribbon members design a floral arrangement before your eyes. Each designer will
have the same container and material for use for this exciting workshop.
Get an insider’s view of this hand-on
creative process. Cost is $10.
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Thursday, August 4, 2016
Mets’ Walker leads clinic at Summer Trails
By Brian Marschhauser
contributing Editor
Before the New York Mets
played a doubleheader on July
26, their second baseman, Neil
Walker, spent a few hours at
Summer Trails Baseball Camp
in Somers, showing the ropes to
dozens of big league hopefuls.
“It takes you back to your
childhood days and kind of
brings things into perspective
over a long season,” Walker said.
“[The campers] are out here having fun. It’s just a very pure game.
It’s not work for me.”
Walker, the son of a major
league pitcher, was born in Pittsburgh and played for his hometown Pirates organization for 12
years before being traded to the
Mets over the winter. Initially
drafted in the first-round as a
catcher, Walker later transitioned
to second base. In 2014, the hardhitting Walker, who has 16 home
runs so far this season, won a
Silver Slugger Award, which is
awarded annually to the best offensive player at each position.
Walker spoke of resiliency in
the face of adversity. Most importantly, he told campers, just
have fun.
“He had a really good message
for kids,” said Jamie Sirkin, director of Summer Trails.
Walker’s scheduled appearance at the camp was moved up
earlier in the day as a result of
Monday’s rainout and Tuesday’s
doubleheader, but he still made
time to appear at Summer Trails.
He showed campers proper baserunning and fielding techniques,
and signed baseballs.
“It’s very important [to be
here],” Walker said. “You don’t
get a ton of time, but the time
“
that you do have, you want to
spend it the right way and make
an impact.”
Commenting on his team’s
next two months, Walker said
the Mets still have their sights
set on the division crown. As of
Tuesday morning, the Mets were
five games behind the first-place
Washington Nationals.
“We’re grinding,” Walker said.
“As a team, I feel like we’re in a
pretty good position. We feel like
we’re getting closer to getting
fully healthy and that’s important
going into August.”
Professional baseball tutorials Neil Walker
at Summer Trails have become
an annual tradition. Last year, the
camp welcomed New York Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius.
The camp has also hosted other
professional New York players,
including David Robertson and
Lucas Duda.
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North Salem News – Page 5
Murphy front-and-center at Republican convention
Senator supports GOP in Cleveland as honorary delegate
BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
Sen. Terrence Murphy said he
was given the “opportunity of a
lifetime,” when he stood on the
Republican National Convention floor in Cleveland and, as an
honorary delegate from the State
of New York, officially nominated Donald Trump as his party’s
candidate for president of the
United States.
Murphy, as a freshman state
senator from the 40th District,
represents an area of Westchester and Putnam counties where
Trump owns parcels of land. The
Yorktown resident said he had
met Trump prior to the convention in Albany and, as Trump was
arriving in Cleveland via helicopter on day three of the convention, he immediately recognized
Murphy and shook the senator’s
hand. Thousands of others were
awaiting Trump’s arrival, but
Murphy said his interaction with
the presidential nominee felt like
a personal one.
“I had gotten to kind of know
Donald a little bit between him
coming up to the Senate,” Murphy said. “He recognized me and
walked right over to me and gave
me the thumbs up.”
While in Cleveland, which
Murphy called a “beautiful city
and wonderful host,” he also met
former New York City Mayor
Rudy Giuliani and Indiana Gov.
Mike Pence, Trump’s running
mate.
“I got to meet the future vice
president of the United States
and I got to the meet the next
president of the United States,”
Murphy said. “It’s exciting. It’s
the opportunity of a lifetime”
In addition to standing with
the New York delegation during
the nominating process, Murphy
was up close and personal Thursday night for Trump’s speech.
“It was very exciting to see how
the whole process works and how
it unfolds,” he said.
He added that much of the
media coverage of the convention
was glorified, saying that protests
were few and far between. He
commended the police for keep-
ing the convention-goers safe.
Murphy also said the rift within the Republican Party is exaggerated through news reports.
For the most part, he said, it was
a peaceful week and a great one
for his party.
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Up close and personal
at the Democratic
National Convention
Happily Ever After
N
A
BRAZIL!
new world...or in Portuguese “Um Mundo
Novo.” That’s the motto
of the 2016 Summer Olympics
which are set to open in Rio De
Janeiro, Brazil on Aug. 5. The
buildup to Rio’s Olympic debut
has been fraught with intrigue
over a corrupt, unstable federal
government and health fears
surrounding a virus and pollution. But since we’ve always been
“glass half full” kind of gals, we
choose to focus on all of Rio’s
fabulous culture, beauty and the
joyful essence that seems to flow
so freely among its people! In
the words of Brazilian-American
actress Morena Baccarin (best
known for her role in Homeland), “They have a joy for life in
Brazil, unlike any country I’ve
ever seen!”
For this week’s Diversions, in
celebration of Rio 2016, we’ve
highlighted a few of our favorite
Brazil-themed diversions:
Brazilian Churrascaria
- Copacabana Steakhouse
(Port Chester): This rodizio (all
you can eat) restaurant located
on North Main Street in Port
Chester is a carnivore’s dream.
Sure they have a salad bar
and sides, but at Copacabana’s
“traditional all you can eat meat
parade” the waiters will continue
to bring you platters of meat
until you tell them to stop!
Why We Love it: Because we
have been to some crazy parades
in our time, but a meat parade
is our dream come true! Plus,
we love that this potent drink
started off as a wellness potion to
purify water AND the irony that
this refreshing cocktail no longer
contains a single drop of H2O!
Brazil’s Best Carnival Songs
ALI JACKSON-JOLLEY
(iTunes):
We’ve never actually
& MARYANNE D’AMATO
been to one of Brazil’s Carnival blocos (street parties), but
the streets of Rio will be full
they have a kid’s menu (with or
of parties during the Olympics
without the meat-fest) so we can this year. Why not download
bring the whole family!
some favorite Brazilian songs
Brazil’s National Cocktail
to get your street party started
- The Caipirinha (Your Backfrom TheBeatOfRio.Com. Our
yard): Here’s an interesting fact. suggestions: “Mamãe eu quero”
Brazil’s most popular cocktail
(Mommy I want); “Cabeleira do
was actually developed during
Zeze” (Zeze’s hair); “A Jardineia cholera epidemic off the coast
ra” (the Gardener) and of course,
of Brazil when locals needed to
“Cachaça não é água” (Cachaça
add cachaça, a distilled spirit, to
is not water).
make the water healthy, and then
Why We Love It: Because we
added lime and sugar to make it love shaking our hips to these
delicious! So go ahead—mix one cool Brazilian beats while drinkup while watching the games!
ing cachaça which as the song
Ingredients:
reminds us—is not water!
1 lime, cut into chunks
Rio Fashion (alanaruas.com/
2 teaspoons sugar
blog/): No one does a better job
4 fluid ounces cachaça
at capturing Brazil’s top fashion
ice cubes
trends than blogger Alana Ruas.
2 glasses
While the blog is narrated in
Preparation:
Portuguese, it doesn’t matter,
1) Squeeze a couple of chunks since it’s predominantly photos
of lime juice into each glass, then of Alana modeling the best in
drop the lime chunks into the
Brazil’s urban fashion. Check out
glass
her blog at alanaruas.com/blog/.
2) Add the sugar – split beWhy We Love It: Because
tween each glass.
Brazilian women are beautiful,
3) Muddle the mixture.
and we love that with Alana’s
4) Add the ice and cachaça,
guidance perhaps we can become
split between each glass and stir Brazilian beautiful too—espewell.
cially if it doesn’t involve hot wax
Why We Love It: Because
and our delicate skin.
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orth Salem folks: I attended the Democratic
Convention in Philadelphia for one day on July 27
and to prove it, I was interviewed
on television at the convention
saying some nice things about the
Republican candidate Donald J.
Trump.
I called him a liar, a louse, a bum
and a crook. I didn’t get any more
time on TV to explain what I said
and to conclude with my favorite
saying TTBO or, “Throw The
Bum Out.” I certainly believe in
what I said and I am not the kind
of person who would say something he didn’t believe.
I called Mr. Trump a liar because he told a countless number
of lies including one where he
said he saw a bunch of Muslims
celebrating in New Jersey on
9/11 when the Twin Towers were
destroyed. It was a lie.
Nothing like that ever happened. Even worse were the
countless number of lies Mr.
Trump told to try to win court
cases against people who accused
him of lying and cheating employes and other people in business
deals.
I called him a louse because
of nasty and obscene insults he
leveled at women who didn’t like
him. I and everybody witnessed
this on television. I said the person
who wants to be president of the
United States is not a gentleman.
If this were 1816 not 2016, someone would challenge him to a duel
as a matter of honor.
I also called him a crook. Look
at what happened at “Trump
University,” a fake university where
many people allege that they
were cheated after they paid a lot
money to attend. Please examine
the huge amount of business deals
he was involved in including the
casinos in Atlantic City which
failed, leaving investors to hold the
bag while Trump walked away
home free.
That is why I Say: TTBO-
SEASONED
WORDS
HERBERT F.
GELLER
Throw The Bum Out!
I came to the convention on
July 27 with my aide. We were
told by convention officials we
could only come for one day. Our
hotel, The Westin, told us we
could only have our room for one
day because a number of people
had previously booked it.
It is not an easy trip from North
Salem to Philadelphia and it was
difficult driving to the hotel. The
Westin was a lot farther than we
thought from the Wells Fargo
Center where the convention was
held. We finally made it to the
convention about 5 p.m. where
they let us sit with the delegates
even though we were not delegates.
We sat with a number of
Bernie Sanders supporters. I had
some heated arguments with
them when I told them that
if they didn’t support Hillary
Clinton, they would be supporting Donald Trump. In the midst
of our arguments, one of the
Bernie supporters brought me
a sandwich. I was hungry and I
ate it. They were really nice guys
and later after Bernie said he was
supporting Hillary, I think most of
them did support Hillary Clinton.
We would have stayed at the
convention longer but we couldn’t
keep our hotel room. We had
to drive home in the middle of
the night and didn’t get back to
North Salem until 5 a.m.
It was a great convention and
I am happy that I witnessed
some of it. It also convinced me
that Hillary Clinton will defeat
Trump and become the first
woman president of the United
States.
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OPINION
Thursday, August 4, 2016
Hail, hail, ‘The Father of
Rock & Roll’
T
he checkered history of
the record business is
rife with stories about
managers and even record labels
shortchanging or disrespecting
their own gravy train, the talent.
Earlier this year, in his induction
remarks at the Rock & Roll Hall
of Fame, Steve Miller summed
up the sentiments of many other
musicians when he said, “They
need to respect the artists they
say they’re honoring, but they
don’t.”
Sam Phillips was a record
executive in the 1950s who
greatly respected his artists and
is rightly memorialized as “The
Father of Rock & Roll.” He was
the founder of Sun Records in
Memphis, a bare-bones recording studio that was converted
from an auto parts shop.
His most celebrated discovery
said, “If it wasn’t for Mr. Phillips
here, I’d still be driving a truck.”
Instead, he drove to immortality
as Elvis Presley.
Sam Phillips said of another
protégé, “I made him a star
while they all stood by laughing
at him. It took courage to make
him sound not like anybody
else. All those other record
companies can go to hell.” And
so he cashed in on Johnny Cash.
Those are just two juicy anecdotes dispensed in the jukebox
musical “Million Dollar Quartet,” on stage at Westchester
Broadway Theater through Sept.
11. (Ticket information: 914592-2222; BroadwayTheatre.
com).
Million Dollar Quartet is
a rousingly produced, highly
entertaining account of a
legendary jam session that took
place at Sun Records studio
on Dec. 4, 1956. As the fabled
story goes, Carl Perkins and his
brothers were at the studio that
day to record new material. Sam
Phillips, an uncannily visionary
record producer if ever there
was one, had one of his new
discoveries, a virtuosic pianist,
join in to sweeten and fill out
the sound. That was Jerry Lee
Lewis, whose high-octane hit,
“Great Balls of Fire,” happens
to be one of the first 45-rpm
singles this writer owned as a
youngster. And still does.
In addition to Johnny Cash
coming by the studio that day,
the future King himself, Elvis,
who just had attained princely
status as a recording and Hollywood star, also popped in. The
four started jamming and Sam
Phillips had the foresight not
only to record their impromptu
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riffs but also called a newspaper
to document the historic event.
The result was what a headline the next day in the Memphis newspaper eternally christened the gathering “Million
Dollar Quartet,” accompanied
by an iconic photo of Elvis at
the piano encircled by the other
three. That image is recreated on
stage in the musical.
What made the entrepreneurial Mr. Phillips so rare in
his own time and perhaps even
rarer now is his dedication to
craft, his passion for authenticity, and his loyalty to artists.
After RCA Victor paid him
$40,000 to buy out Elvis’s contract, the giant label courted Mr.
Phillips to join its stable as well.
Speaking of his humble environment compared to corporate trappings, he says, “This is
where the soul of a man never
dies. I would love to hand off
all the day-to-day crap to RCA
and just make my records. [But]
I’d rather sell 100 records by
some kid than 1 million records
working for somebody else.”
The “Million Dollar Quartet”
jam session, says Mr. Phillips,
“was the first and last time I had
all my boys together in the same
place,” at which point in the
show the snippet of an original
recording of the four singing
“Ain’t gonna study war no more”
is heard. I doubt this listener
was the only one in the audience who felt chills.
Later in his career, Sam
Phillips made yet another
eagle-eyed discovery, whom he
describes as “a kid out of Texas,
a funny looking dude with a
funny sounding name, Roy Orbi-son.”
There are many more fascinating insights and choice nuggets contained in the show.
Carl Perkins is rankled both
by Presley’s over-the-top success—especially on the strength
of Perkins’s own “Blue Suede
Shoes,” which one DJ thinks
that Perkins covered for Elvis instead of the other way
around—and by the flamboyant
showmanship and self-regard
of Jerry Lee Lewis, who says,
“These fingers of mine, they got
brains in them.” Watching him
tickle the ivories silly, no one
could argue.
Mr. Perkins gripes, “Drunks
don’t buy no records,” to which
the dry-witted Mr. Cash replies,
“They just make them.”
Mr. Presley complains about
being booed off the stage as the
opening act for comic Shecky
Greene, prompting Elvis to
bitterly vow, “I’ll never play
Vegas again,” which elicits a big
audience guffaw.
As fun as exchanges like those
are to witness, it’s the music that
propels this show into fast-forward mode. There are more than
25 memorable hits, including
“Folsom Prison Blues,” “Hound
Dog,” See You Later, Alligator,”
and “I Walk the Line.” After
the curtain call, the cast brings
the audience to its feet with an
encore mini-concert that is an
unexpected bonus worth the
price of admission.
Ari McKay Wilford as Presley, Sky Seals as Cash, Dominique Scott as Jerry Lee Lewis
and John Michael Presney as
Carl Perkins are remarkable
musicians and showmen. The
Sun Records studio set is one
of the best scenic design accomplishments I’ve seen at this
theater. It is very convincingly
detailed. Much credit too goes
to director Hunter Foster, who
was in the Broadway production
of this show.
At center stage is the show’s
center of gravity, actor Jason
Loughlin as Samuel Cornelius
Phillips, “a pretty big name for
a little dirt red country man,” as
he says of himself. Mr. Loughlin
brings to the role just the right
balance of homespun charm and
musical sophistication.
Eventually, Columbia Records would snatch up Johnny
Cash and Carl Perkins, leaving
their benefactor without his
A-team. “All I had to go on was
faith,” says Sam Phillips.
It’s worth noting that another
feather in Mr. Phillips’s rocksolid character is his championing the equal treatment in the
music industry of all races. He
never did sell to RCA Victor,
but proved his razor-sharp business acumen in an even more
rewarding way. In his words,
with the money he received
from selling Elvis’s contract to
RCA, “I bought stock in a little
company down the road called
Holiday Inn. So if I’m a fool,
I’m a happy fool.”
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CAMPERS
FROM PAGE 1
Angelo
Bruni gets
his swagger
on during a
performance
of the Bee
Gees’ “Staying
Alive.”
improving kids’ skill sets.
“With our targets years
ago, they wouldn’t really get
ruined, because kids would
be all over the place,” said
Rosasco, “But now we have
to buy multiple targets every
year because the kids have
gotten so good with their
archery skills.”
Last week’s program,
which was titled “Throwback Thursday, Back by Popular Demand,” opened and
closed with a color guard
and featured costumed,
dance performances in a variety of genres from hip hop
to rock ‘n’ roll to ballads.
Page 9
Eleanor
Bromage
Madison Candelaria
Lilly McGuire
From left: Zachery Ozols,
Sebastian Wissa and Jasper Lee
Stephen Moore charms the crowd.
Young performers
dazzle the crowd at
North Salem Day
Camp at Mt. Lakes.
From left: Brooke Fazio, Wyeth
Lindberg, Olivia Casabona and
Matthew Cambareri.
Colby Baer
In purple on left: Katarina Sorokin. In blue on right: Tullah Roese Cabrera.
PHOTOS: SUE GUZMAN
Page 10 – North Salem News
T
here seems to be an abundance of news stories lately about wild beasts in our neck of the
woods (and neighborhoods!)
I’m sure you’ve all heard of a certain young male bear
that has been making his way across people’s yards and
porches, or the moose that has been spotted in neighboring towns, and there have even been virtual creatures (of the Pokémon persuasion) caught in JB Park!
While a moose sighting is not unheard of, it is still a
rarity in Northern Westchester, and I know many of us
are hoping the Pokémon GO craze will be a passing
fad that will go the way of silly bands very soon. But
would you believe bears in our town may be the new
normal?
The bear that has been sighted in town is a black
bear. According to the state Dept. of Environmental
Conservation, it is estimated that there are around
8,000 bears in the state. The American black bear is native to North America and it is the smallest of the three
species of bear in the United States. Black bears when
standing on their hind feet can be 5 to 7 feet tall. And
most males weigh between 200 to 600 pounds. Bears
are omnivorous creatures. They enjoy eating grasses,
berries, corn, fruit, bird seed, trash, pet food etc. Bears
are curious creatures and most of their time is spent
searching for food sources. If a bear has an encounter
with humans that does not result in the bear getting
food they tend to avoid humans. Black bears are also
excellent climbers and can run about 25 miles per hour!
They are very smart animals and learn quickly. We all
know that to keep a bear away from your campsite, you
need to put away food. But did you know that even if
you put your cooler in a locked car you need to hide
the cooler? Bears can recognize coolers and they have
OPINION
Thursday, August 4, 2016
The bear facts
Would You Believe
BY MARYANNE D’AMATO
learned to associate them with food. They will not hesitate to break into your car to get themselves dinner.
I spoke to my friend Steve Ricker, who is the director
of conservation and wildlife management at Westmoreland Sanctuary about our visiting bear (let’s call him
Yogi). Steve explained to me that Yogi is most likely a
young male bear who has set forth on his own. That is
what young males do. They leave their family behind and
go in search of food and girls-- much like our species’
young males. Bear and other animals travel down green
corridors. If you think about local highways like the
Taconic and 684 they are mostly adjacent to these “green
corridors.” Due to conservation efforts, our forests are
healthy and maturing, which helps the population of
animals. Young male bears will grow up and migrate to
find a home of their own. North Salem with its abundance of open space and wooded areas is appealing to
Yogi and his friends. Which is why Steve thinks that
in the coming years the bear population in northern
Westchester will grow. Steve insists, “this is a good thing.
It’s helping all of the animals, not just the cute little ones
but the big furry ones too!” Well, he’s the expert! But I’m
a little scared of a big black bear, even Yogi! Steve calmed
my nerves by telling me that bears are lazy creatures, they
just want some food. He assured me that if I encountered a bear in the woods and if my dog barked (and
wasn’t hiding behind me-- which would be the most
likely scenario) the bear would be scared off. As long as
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either. So how do we peacefully co-exist with our new
neighbor? Here are Steve’s Do’s and Don’ts: DON’T
leave food outside for dogs and cats; DON’T fill up bird
feeders- leave little amounts in the morning and let the
birds finish it up; DON’T leave trash out at night; DO
burn off all the food scraps left on your grill and close it
after grilling. DO be courteous and smart when it comes
to wildlife.
So those are the bear facts from the conservationists
and we must remember that in a world where humans
are doing so many things wrong with our planet, the
arrival of bears in our area is a testament to something
that we are doing right. That does actually make me feel
better and not quite as alarmed about Yogi being here,
I guess. But, as for the Pokémon all over town, I’m still
having a problem with that.
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OPINION
Thursday, August 4, 2016
North Salem News – Page 11
DRUG CRISIS IN OUR BACKYARD
S
ix were gone in one week.
Six between the ages of 24
and 33—gone.
Both men and women with
no distinction between race,
religion or social status—just
gone. You probably haven’t
heard anything about these
deaths because it wasn’t broadly
publicized. The deaths were
most probably caused by a drug
overdose. We won’t positively
know for six to eight weeks
after the autopsy reports, and
by then we will have forgotten
these young lives lost because
some other tragedy will have
taken the front page of our
newspapers.
We know what happened
without the autopsy report,
because 25-year-olds don’t suddenly die. It is not something
that happens to a person who
appears to be healthy. The signs
of substance use disorder (SUD)
are not easy to identify and for
that reason, many young people
go undetected living with the
disease in their household without recognition that they are
Not one more life lost
when drinking was so rampant
in the business community that
GUEST
it’s surprising everyone didn’t
CORNER
take a nap after a martini lunch.
Why then, in a culture that
Susan
embraces pharmaceuticals, beer,
Salomone
wine and spirits, do we shun
those who get addicted to the
substances? Why do we as a
near death. The second reason
society turn our back on those
SUD is undetected is because of who now have a serious medical
the stigma associated with this
condition, point a finger and say
disease.
they should practice some selfMany families are in denial
control? Some people reading
and believe that “this, too, shall this article may think that subpass.” For centuries, humans
stance use disorder is a shorthave been struggling with subcoming of character. However,
stances to change their mood.
today in 2016, we know through
In the early 1900s, cocaine and scientific research that this is a
heroin were legal substances.
medical condition and that the
My son, Justin, was like a
brain has been altered by the
pharmaceutical encyclopedia
use of drugs and alcohol. These
explaining how different house- changes have taken place in the
hold names like Coca Cola had part of the brain that helps one
cocaine in the original formula
understand consequences and
and how women with nervous
make decisions. So, is it any
conditions were prescribed
wonder that the person who is
heroin to help alleviate the
using alcohol or drugs continustress. Just take a look at “Mad
ally makes bad decisions even in
Men.” The TV series looks at an the face of the consequences?
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and this may help you understand the reason why your
loved one keeps coming home
drunk, high, etc. Even with
this knowledge at hand, even
with the laws recently by Gov.
Cuomo acknowledging SUD
as a medical condition, even
with the political candidates
talking openly about addiction,
the whispering and pointing of
fingers continues. What does it
take for a society to change its
collective thinking about something? Where is the compassion? This disease is like leprosy.
People are afraid if they get too
close they will catch it. However, getting close is what we
need in order to begin to break
down the barrier of denial, guilt
and shame. Stigma continues
to hold on tight even for years
after so many of us have come
out publicly and told their story.
It is our responsibility as a
stable society to help and support those that are sick with
medical conditions that we
understand and medical con-
ditions that are impossible to
understand. We are all the same,
we are all human. Some day it
could be your loved one that
needs someone to understand
and support them through
the journey from addiction to
sobriety. It is a long, hard road
even with support. One could
imagine how much harder it is
when people are condescending
and judging.
At Drug Crisis in Our
Backyard, we offer support and
resources for those struggling
with addiction. We are a community action group comprised
of families that have a personal
relationship with addiction and
volunteer to help in many ways.
Help us reduce the stigma. It is
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We are located at 16 Fair St.
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Sports
Page 12 – North Salem News
Thursday, August 4, 2016
North Salem poses
for a team shot after
winning the 11U title
at Legacy Field.
Photos: Deena Bell
Ryan Weigle rounds second and heads for third.
Tom Eberhart bunts it down
the first-base line.
Tigers overpower Panthers in 11U final
Gilchrist, aggressive baserunning fuel North Salem
BY DOMINICK DEPOLE
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The top-seeded North Salem Tigers
capped off a spectacular summer season with a 9-1 blowout victory over the
Cortlandt Panthers in the 11-and-under
Greater Hudson Valley Baseball ‘B’ league
championship game on a cloudy Sunday
afternoon at Legacy Field in Yorktown.
“We pitched and powered our way to
the championship,” North Salem coach
Barry Baer said. “They have been consistent the whole year. We had a couple
of walk-off wins, and we scratched and
clawed our way to the title.”
North Salem, which went 12-2 in the
regular season, was again guided by top
pitcher Robbie Gilchrist, who tossed five
innings of one-run ball. The star pitcher
even rocketed a two-run homer that
soared about 250 feet during the third inning.
“We were led by [first baseman] Ryan
Baer and Robbie Gilchrist this season
with five home-runs apiece,” Barry Baer
said. “Ryan had a .660 batting average and
Robbie hit about .350. Tom Eberhardt
and Dylan Schoenberg are some of our
other team leaders.”
The Tigers stole early and often on the
base paths, taking full advantage of every
wild pitch that the Panthers dealt.
“We run the bases hard,” coach Baer
said. “We put the pressure on all of the
time. We never sit back.”
Schoenberg didn’t miss a beat playing
at shortstop after missing two weeks with
a thumb injury. He threw out a bunch
of batters who hit slow grounders up the
middle. Catcher Christian Baryla made a
diving catch in foul ground too. The Tigers
did not give anything away in the field on
this day.
“Dylan has solidified our defense,” Barry Baer said. “He is our leadoff hitter and
has set the table for Ryan and Robbie to
drive in all of the runs. Tom Eberhardt has
also been a big table-setter for us.”
Eberhardt shut the door on the Panthers by giving up zero runs in the final
two frames he pitched. He also had an RBI
groundout. Andrew Weigle cracked an
RBI single in the fifth and Pablo Viebrock
impressed by reaching base twice.
The summer season was nothing short
of triumphant for Cortlandt, which started out 4-10 and won six straight to reach
the finals.
“This was our first year together as a
team,” Cortlandt coach Larry Roche said.
“We can get better. They just didn’t make
as many mistakes (in the field) is the big
thing. For their first runs they only had
one hit. We’re looking forward to the fall
season.”
It has been an even longer journey to
success for the hometown team.
The Tigers’ celebration begins.
“This group has been together for three You can see on the field that they have
years,” Barry Baer said. “This is our first been terrific.”
one (championship). It’s great for the kids
Zach Major iced the cake by yanking an
because they could hardly catch and hit RBI double over the right fielder’s head in
when we first started and they worked
See baseball page 14
their butts off and have come a long way.
Sports
Thursday, August 4, 2016
North Salem News – Page 13
North Salem reaches semifinals of summer league
Tigers prepare for fall season in Ossining
Michael Bossi
celebrates a
second-half goal.
Dylan Monaghan gathers the ball.
BY ROB DIANTONIO
SPORTS EDITOR
The summer is a time for a
team to create chemistry, try out
different strategies and figure out
what works and what doesn’t.
North Salem’s varsity boys soccer team explored all of those
things during a successful summer league in Ossining.
The Tigers, who are coached
by Mark Ribaudo during the
summer, reached the semifinals
with a 3-2 win over Ossining
White on Wednesday, July 27 at
Anne M. Dorner Middle School
in Ossining.
Sophomore Michael Bossi
(2G, 1A) put North Salem on
the board when he scored on a
rebound, sending the Tigers into
halftime with a 1-0 lead.
Bossi
registered
another
goal early in the second half
when fellow sophomore Dylan
Monaghan sent him a perfect
pass and he did the rest.
“When we finally got the ball
in our offensive area, we kind of
pushed their outside backs further deep,” Ribaudo said. “Our
forwards and our wings were
stronger than them, so when we
finally got that push we scored
twice on essentially the same
play.”
Ossining clawed back with a
goal, but John Martabano had
the answer when he lofted in a
long-range goal on a feed from
Bossi to make it 3-1.
“Michael came down the wing
and he laid it off,” Martabano
said, “and I saw the keeper was
positioned to the right, so I decided to put it bottom left.”
Ossining netted a late goal but
it was too little, too late at that
point.
“We tried to keep cool; it was
a team that was fouling us a lot,”
Martabano said of how they
pulled out the win. “We just
stayed tough, played physical and
ended up getting the win.”
Junior goalie James Buzzetto
finished with five saves.
North Salem, which concluded
the summer league with a 4-4-1
record, fell to Hastings 2-0 in the
semifinals on July 29.
Also contributing goals and
assists during the summer league
were senior Michael Selzer (1G,
2A), senior Alonso Reyes (1G,
1A), senior Michael Dutt (1G),
junior Mark Ribaudo (1G, 3A)
and junior Frank DiGiacomo
(1G, 1A).
“Chemistry, for sure,” Martabano said when asked what the
team worked on during the summer league. “We have a lot of
guys that are coming back from
last year. I think we’re going to
have a great season this year.”
After a promising performance
in the summer league, coach Ribaudo also has high hopes for the
Tigers heading into the varsity
season.
“They played all winter, all
spring, they went to soccer camp
and played all summer,” he said. “I
think it’s going to be a much more
experienced and more veterantype team than it was last year.”
Alonso
Reyes on
the move.
Photos: Rob DiAntonio
Michael Selzer controls.
SPORTS
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BASEBALL
FROM PAGE 12
the fourth inning. It was all part
of a special day for the Tigers,
who drew an abundance of walks
to also help their championship
quest.
Thursday, August 4, 2016
“It’s a tribute to them because
they really put the work in this
winter,” coach Baer said. “Last
year we lost in the championship
game to a team from New York
City (fall league) and they vowed
to come back and win this.”
Ryan Baer steals
second.
Shortstop
Dylan
Schoenberg
looks to
make the
throw to first.
PHOTOS: DEENA BELL
The team congratulates Robbie Gilchrist after he jumps on home plate for a home
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