March 31, 2016

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March 31, 2016

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Thursday, March 31, 2016
Vol. 1 No. 51
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Iconic North Salem chapel sold
BY SUE GUZMAN
STAFF WRITER
PHOTO COURTESY OF LUCIA STRUTT
A 1941 photo of St. John’s
Chapel
bells and altar candlesticks, so it’s
still a part of our current parish,”
Lagiovane said.
Other items such as the altar,
pews and stained glass windows
were brought to a warehouse in
Staten Island, according to Lagiovane, for use in other parishes
that might have need of them.
The charming chapel captured
the attention of Lucia Strutt and
her husband who had been looking to purchase a home in North
Salem for several years after her
brother and his family moved
to the area and opened a garden
center.
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“One day we were having
lunch at [Purdy’s] Farmer and
the Fish,” Lucia recalled. “And it
was an absolutely beautiful day,
so we decided to drive around
and passed the church and saw it
was for sale. We love design and
architecture and it was absolutely
charming inside and out.”
Lucia explained that she plans
to convert the chapel into a home
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PHOTO COURTESY OF THE HUDSON GATEWAY REALTORS ASSOCIATION
A modern view of St. John’s Chapel.
SCOUTS
Juniors promote
autism awareness
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where she and her husband can
live. “We are definitely not tearing it down,” she said. “That
would be a shame. We plan to
renovate it. It is important for us
that the parishioners that have
either been caretakers of the
building, or attended Mass at the
chapel understand that we have
the best of intentions.”
She added, “We have put to-
gether a talented and highly
regarded team of site plan engineers, surveyors, ecological specialists, interior and landscape
architects and contractors dedicated to maintaining, preserving
and improving the structure and
the site’s integrity.”
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The 100-year-old St. John’s
Chapel on Titicus Road in
North Salem has a new owner.
Lucia and Stephen (Sid) Strutt
purchased the historic mission
chapel this month for $243,000,
closing on St. Patrick’s Day.
Lucia Strutt is a native New
Yorker, raised on Long Island.
Her husband, Stephen is from
England. The century-old chapel
was previously one of two small
satellite churches that were part
of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
in Somers, the new home of
the former St. Joseph’s Catholic
Church in Croton Falls. A second mission chapel, St. Michael’s
in Goldens Bridge, is still for sale.
“The New York Archdiocese
decided to sell the two tiny chapels, as part of its Making All
Things New initiative, which involved consolidating smaller parish churches and closing others,
said Father John Lagiovane, the
pastor of St. Joseph’s in Somers.
“There’s a lot of emotion certainly, with changes such as this.
People were married there, people were baptized there, people
celebrated Mass there. We wanted to keep a connection so we
have brought over some of the religious items such as consecration
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Two years after the I-684/I-84
Consortium got together asking for upgrades on the northern
Westchester/southern Putnam
roadways, the New York State
Department of Transportation
(DOT) has announced plans
to repave a section of I-684 in
North Salem from Croton Falls
to Route 35 (exit 5 to exit 8),
slightly north of the Route 35
overpass to south of the Hardscrabble Road overpass. The
ramps at Route 116 are also a
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defective pavement and cleaning
and repairing joints and cracks. A
two inch asphalt overlay will be
put down, followed by the restoration of pavement markings and
road shoulders. Some of the work
is expected to be done during
nighttime hours.
In March 2014, officials from
North Salem, Somers, Bedford,
Lewisboro and Southeast were
joined by county, state and federal elected officials calling for
infrastructure improvements on
the I-684 corridor, a major thoroughfare for commerce through
the area. The consortium meeting was held in Somers, requiring DOT officials to travel the
routes affected, something Lucas
says caused them to fast track the
facelift.
“They came into the meeting
and said, ‘before we start, I’m
downgrading the quality of this
road to a four’ saying ‘this is now
the worst road in Westchester
County,’” he said.
Lucas says many local roadways have seen excessive wear
and tear due to frequent traffic
backups on I-684.
“We have a lot of cars traveling
on Routes116 and 121 as we have
on Hardscrabble and Bloomer
Road,” Lucas said. “Everyday cars
get off at exit 21 because I-684
backs up all the way up to the
Putnam line to Route 22.”
He estimates between 6,000
and 7,000 cars in the morning
and evening rush hour travel
onto Routes 116 and 121 as an
alternate.
Lucas is predicting that the
roadwork will be of minimal disruption to motorists.
“They work pretty quickly,”
he said. “There may be a couple
of days of re-routing along local
roads while it is shaking down,
but I don’t think it’s going to be
anything major. Those most affected will probably be coming
south from Putnam or Connecticut.”
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Troop goes for the Bronze with autism awareness
By Sue Guzman
Staff Writer
Fifth-graders in Girl Scout
Troop 1147 have made it their
mission to bring awareness of
autism to Pequenakonck Elementary School (PQ) as the
focus of their Bronze Award
this year. The Girl Scout Bronze
Award is the highest honor a
Girl Scout Junior can achieve.
“We really didn’t have to push
them much at all to take on the
cause,” said troop leader Lisa
Maloney, “We gave them several
choices and they totally gravitated toward autism awareness and
have really run with it.”
The girls in the troop were
inspired by some of the younger
students at PQ.
“We had several assemblies
and there were people with
autism shouting out or doing
something they were not supposed to do,” said Junior Julia
Maloney, “And people were all
turning around and staring at
them. I thought that was really mean. I really just wanted
to make people stop that and
understand that they could not
really help it.”
Girl Scout Grace O’Hanlon
agreed. “People with disabilities
can’t control it,” she said. “It’s not
their fault and they can’t get help
it. Just imagine if you had a disability and people were laughing
at you. How would you feel?”
April 2 is World Autism
Awareness Day where people
all over the globe will wear blue
to light up their communities.
Since April 2 is on a Saturday,
students at PQ are being asked
Photo: Sue Guzman
Girl Scout Troop 1147: top row: Kylie Staebler, Julia Maloney, Samantha Vilkelis, Emily Meehan, Grace
O’Hanlon, Cece DeLarco, Bianca Carroccetto, Isadora Tica; bottom row: Cailin Maloney, Skylar Bender,
Amanda Costas
to wear blue on Friday, April 1.
As part of the scouts’ awareness
project, each classroom in the
elementary school has received
a copy of a book about autism.
Teachers in each class plan to
read the book to their students
and discuss it afterwards.
In addition, scouts in Troop
1147 will visit every classroom
and deliver a short 2-3 minute
presentation discussing autism
with fellow students, something
that’s important to Girl Scout
Isadora Tica.
“I’ve heard people say kids
with autism are so lucky, they
don’t have to do homework or
anything,” she said. “They just
go to school and have fun. But,
it’s not fun being stuck inside a
body that you can’t really control
and when you can’t really say any
words without screaming.”
The troop members have
also been selling special autism
awareness bracelets, blue light
bulbs and tea lights, posters
and puzzle pieces (the national
symbol of autism awareness),
the proceeds of which will benefit Autism Speaks, the national
autism awareness organization
which uses the money for research and provides families
with information and resources.
In addition to awareness at
the school, the girls hand crafted
autism awareness posters and
asked local businesses and community organizations to participate by posting them in their
shop windows. They include:
Liverzani & Bender CPA Fi-
Purdy’s Farmer and the Fish,
The Blazer, Sweet Delights Bakery, Burke Rehabilitation Center
in Somers, Somers Frame and
Gift Shop, Swan Deli, Croton Creek, Kingsleys, Northern
Westchester School of Dance,
Dr. O’Hanlon (podiatry), North
Salem Town Supervisor Warren
Lucas, among others.
Troop 1147 also set up an autism awareness booth at the parent/teacher conferences earlier in
the month and raised over $400
in donations from the PQ community of parents and teachers-money that will also be donated
to the Autism Speaks.
Junior Julia Maloney summed
up the girls’ mission. “We don’t
really want to do rocket science
and find a cure for autism, but
we want to let people know it’s
not their fault,” she said.
nancial Planning, North Salem
Fire Department, Primavera,
Photo courtesy of Girl Scout Troop 1147
Kylie Staebler and Amanda Costas put up an Autism Awareness
poster at a local business.
North Salem man pleads guilty to soliciting a bribe
By Faith Ann Butcher
Editor
Anthony Bove, a 48-year-old
North Salem resident, pled guilty
on Tuesday, March 22 at the Federal courthouse in White Plains
to soliciting a $10,000 bribe from
an employee of the Mount Vernon Water Department, while
serving as its commissioner. He
also admitted to lying to federal
law enforcement officers while
being interviewed during the investigation.
In the spring of 2015, while
Bove was the commissioner of
the Water Department of the
City of Mount Vernon he solicited a $10,000 bribe from a
water department employee in
exchange for approving the em-
ployee’s promotion within the
department. The employee, who
was serving in a provisional capacity as the bookkeeper of the
water department, had passed a
civil service bookkeeping examination, was eligible for a permanent bookkeeping position at the
department. After receiving the
test results, the employee completed the necessary form to apply for the permanent bookkeeping position, and submitted it to
Bove for his approval and signature, which was required for the
promotion to occur.
According to a press release
issued by the U.S. Department
of Justice, Bove did not approve
the application. Instead, on April
14, 2015, Bove told the employee
to meet him at Memorial Field
in Mount Vernon. At Memorial Field, Bove conveyed to the
employee that he would not approve the employee’s promotion
unless he was given $10,000; half
($5,000) could be given up front
and the employee could pay the
balance later. Bove said that he
would accept the remaining payments on installment, the court
documents indicate.
Following the April 14 meeting, Bove called the employee on
multiple occasions to ask whether
and when the employee would
pay him. The employee did not
make any payments to Bove and
his application form seeking the
permanent bookkeeping position
remained unapproved.
On Dec. 7, 2015, a special
agent from U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development, Office of Inspector General
and a criminal investigator from
the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the
Southern District of New York
interviewed Bove in connection with a federal investigation
into whether he had attempted
to extort the employee. During
the interview, Bove lied to the investigating agents, stating, in sum
and substance, that he had never
asked for money to approve a job
promotion for anyone in his department, according to the press
release.
Bove pleaded guilty to one
count of bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds,
which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, and
one count of making a false state-
Photo courtesy of LinkedIn
Anthony Bove
ment to federal law enforcement
officers, which carries a maximum
sentence of five years in prison.
He is scheduled to appear for
sentencing on June 29, 2016
CHAPEL
appreciate its history and will
retain its historical character,”
Vassak said.
Dedicated in 1916, and retired in 2014, St. John’s Chapel
has a rich history. The chapel
was built in 1916 by Thomas
Hyland and donated to St. Joseph’s Parish by John Charlton
of Hunt Lane in North Salem.
Charlton was the one who outfitted the church with candle
holders, an altar featuring a
frieze of the Last Supper, and
FROM PAGE 1
John Vassak, a 75-year-old
resident of Southeast, whose
parents were among the early
parishioners at the chapel. Vassak served as an altar boy at St.
John’s as did his three sons; and
he and his wife, Regina, were
also married there.
“We are delighted to know
what the chapel’s future will
be, with people who very much
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statuary. The church also had
stained glass windows that were
donated by parishioners of the
time.
For the entire 98 years it was
in service, St. John’s Chapel had
only one weekly Mass-Sundays
at 9 a.m., according to Vassak,
who noted that the chapel had
no running water, no bathrooms
and only a handful of electrical
outlets. He recalled that the
building in its early days had
one hot-air furnace that was
originally coal, and later converted to oil.
The chapel, Vassak said, was
cared for many years by parishioners in the community
including Betty and Warren
Lucas, parents of North Salem
Supervisor Warren Lucas, as
well as Helen and Nick Birmingham before them. North
Salem residents John Christopher and Carl Raynor were
well-known residents who
would greet parishioners at the
chapel as they arrived for weekly services.
Vassak recalled the chapel
was often filled to standing
room only in the summers, particularly in the 1940s, 50s and
60s, thanks to people who spent
their summers in North Salem at their vacation homes at
Peach Lake.
The iconic chapel remained
Lucia and Stephen “Sid” Strutt recently purchased St. John’s Chapel
on Titicus Road in North Salem to convert into their new home.
largely unchanged throughout
the centuries, but underwent a
renovation in 1992, that included a change in external paint
color from white with green
trim, to grey with white trim,
thanks to a gift from the estate
of Regina Fox.
The new owner Lucia Strutt
said plans are being made to
lovingly restore the chapel.
“We are not strangers to renovations and willingly embrace
IMPORTANT NEWS FOR ATHLETES
What you should know about preventing knee injuries
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Q: What are the most common sports-related knee injuries?
A: There are three:
• An injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), a key ligament stabilizing
the knee, either tears the ACL in two or rips it from the femur (thighbone).
• Damage to the medial collateral ligament (MCL), which keeps the tibia
(shinbone) in place, usually consists of a partial tear.
• Made of cartilage, the meniscus is the knee’s “shock absorber,” and a tear
causes pain and dysfunction.
Q: When should an athlete seek medical attention for a knee injury?
A: If, after two or three days, your knee is swollen; you are limping; you can’t
put your full weight on the leg; or you are in pain, head to the ER for an x-ray to
determine if there’s a break or fracture. Whatever the outcome, you should see
an orthopedic specialist without delay. Knee injuries often require surgical repair,
and left untreated, can have long-term consequences.
At Northern Westchester Hospital, we treat the full range of sports-related knee
injuries with the most advanced surgical procedures and rehabilitative physical
therapies. The three injuries mentioned here require different treatment, and
challenges, or in this case, an
opportunity to bring life back
into this beautiful chapel,” she
explained. “We also wanted our
forever home to be unique. The
chapel is a blank canvas. Both
of us are from horticulture and
agricultural backgrounds, so we
are looking forward to enveloping the property with gardens
and are very excited for our vision to become a reality.”
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NSOLF to hold photo exhibition at library
The North Salem Open Land
Foundation (NSOLF) is holding a
photo exhibition at the Ruth Keeler Memorial Library, 276 Titicus
Road, on May 2 through May 27
with an artists’ reception on Saturday, May 14, from 4 to 6 p.m.
All photographic entries must be
taken in North Salem and focus on
a subject or scene that reflects the
theme: “North Salem is…. People,
Places, Pets.”
Awards will be given to the first
three winners in both student and
adult categories. There will be a
limit of one color or black and
white entry per person. Framed
photographs considered for acceptance may not exceed 14x16
inches (ready for hanging) and
be received at the library on Saturday, April 23 from 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. Any photograph delivered to
the library outside this time period
will not be considered for the show.
Photographers whose work has
been accepted for the show will be
notified on Sunday, April 24, by 8
p.m. Photographers not so notified
must pick up their work between 5
and 7 pm on Monday April 25. All
photographs must remain in the
show until May 27, and must be
picked up by 5p.m.
The exhibition is open to the
public and will be judged by William (Bill) Atherton, an award
winning artist and photographer.
Atherton works in oils, pencil
and photography. He focuses on
animal portraits but in recent years
has developed a passion for photography. Atherton’s photography
is interestingly diverse, from painterly landscapes to black and white
photographs which pay homage
A sample people photo by Kathy Morris.
PHOTO COURTESY OF NSOLF
to the pioneers of photography.
He studied fine art at the Shrewsbury College of Art and design in
England and then finished his undergraduate degree at the London
College of Printing. After finishing
his education Atherton embarked
on a long and successful career as
an advertising creative director in
London and New York.
As one of the founding members of Saatchi & Saatchi in London, Atherton created the famous
award winning “Pregnant Man
Poster” for the UK Health Council. Throughout his career he has
won many other major advertising
awards, including Gold and Silver Cannes Lions and many Gold
and Silver D&AD awards. Beyond
his awards Atherton’s advertising
work has been featured in many
books including “The World’s 100
Best Print Ads”, and has also been
shown at the Victoria & Albert
Museum in London and is part
of the permanent collection of advertising work at the Museum of
Modern Art in New York.
NSOLF is pleased to showcase
the beauty, character and creativity that makes North Salem a very
special place. The foundation’s
sponsors, Insite Engineering and
Hudson Properties Advisors, make
this exhibition possible.
For more detailed information
pertaining to presentation, submission and entry forms go to www.
nsolf.org.
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Life becomes art at Schoolhouse Theater
BY SUE GUZMAN
STAFF WRITER
Playwright and Cambodian
native Sokeo Ros takes center
stage at The Schoolhouse Theater in Croton Falls for the New
York premiere of his new play
that takes a look at the issues of
the lives of Cambodian refugees.
“A Cambodian Lullaby,” which
features four shows a week from
March 31 to April 17, is a saga
told in spoken word, music and
dance and features the Hip Hop
artist Ros who uses Khmer classic dance, known as Apsara,
break dancing, and Hip Hop
to infuse the story of his odyssey from the killing fields of
Cambodia to the street gangs of
Providence, Rhode Island.
The show is written, choreographed and performed by Ros,
who likens his experience as a
Cambodian refugee with the
current plight of Syrian refugees
today. “The story is mine,” he
says, “It is a story of struggle, pain
and progress. A story that will
shed some light on the lives of
Cambodian Americans known
as “Khmericans” and what they
went through as immigrants in
the United States. It’s also about
how self-expression and art have
helped me surmount my past
and discover the beauty in life,
becoming an artist that is passionate about giving back to the
community locally and globally.”
Ros was only three-years-old
when his family was able to
leave for the United States from
Thailand, where he was born. It
wasn’t until Ros was in his twenties that he learned how his parents escaped the Kiling Fields of
the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia
for Thailand. It was during that
time that several of his older
siblings died due to starvation
or through miscarriage. At the
time, he was aware only of his
family’s hardships endured living in the refugee camps in the
jungles of Thailand. Initially Ros
sought to recreate that experience through dance, but when
his parents saw the story that
Ros was trying to tell, they decided he should know the whole
saga.
Once in the United States,
Ros settled in Rhode Island.
It was there that he learned to
break dance while attending
Classical High School. After
that, he began taking dance
classes at Everett, a school for
the arts. While surrounded and
impacted by gang life that existed in his neighborhood, Ros
never succumbed to the gang
life. Instead, dance transported
him from the “mean streets” as
he put it.
Ros infuses Gamelon music
and other traditional folk instruments in the performance, along
with powerful iconic visuals as
he and six student-performers
bring the story to life.
Six young people from Westchester and Rockland Counties have supporting roles in
“A Cambodian Lullaby.” They
include Catherin Saraceno of
Somers, who studies theater at
Manhattanville College and
16-year-old Sydnie Helsop of
Mount Vernon, who attends
New Visions Charter High
School for the Humanities and
dance and acting training at
Youth Theater Interaction, both
in Yonkers. Also performing
is Emily Knutsson who lives
in Waccabuc and is a sophomore at John Jay High School,
and 17-year-old Iris Nguyen,
a Vietnames exchange student
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Performance artist, Sokeo Ros, brings his family’s deeply moving saga
of struggle as Cambodian refugees to The Schoolhouse Theater stage
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who lives with a host family in
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BY KATHERINE
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CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Hundreds of people came to
the new Croton Falls Fire Department (CFFD) firehouse on
March 20 to enjoy a CFFD tradition, the annual country breakfast.
“We weren’t sure how it would
work out,” said CFFD Vice
President Kay Petroff, “But so
many people wanted to see the
new building, we ended up giving tours. Other fire departments
even came to check it out.”
The breakfast was so popular that, for the first time in its
roughly 25-year history, the volunteer cooks had to send out
mid-morning for more supplies. Fifty dozen eggs, 250 hash
brown patties, 20 pounds of pancake batter, ten loaves of bread,
600 pieces of bacon, seven gallons
of orange juice and 200 cups of
coffee had disappeared before 11
a.m. At the last minute, two extra
tables had to be set up and extra
chairs were rushed over from the
North Salem Volunteer Ambulance Corps.
Breakfast was served in the
main bay of the new firehouse,
which is twice as big as the bay
in the former firehouse on Front
Street.
“This is a lot more relaxed,” said
Petroff. “It seems noisy here, but
in the old firehouse you couldn’t
talk at all.”
Another advantage to the
new building is its well-supplied
kitchen.
“Our old kitchen was a third
this size,” she said. “This offers
a lot more possibilities.” For example, they are hoping to add an
Easter egg hunt next year.
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Fools rush in
Happily Ever After
W
Voting is a duty in a democracy
“H
ordes of young
people are coming out to vote for
Bernie Sanders for President,”
a Democratic Party activist said
this week. “That’s nice,” I said,
but where were the “Hordes of
Young People” when we Democrats lost control of the House of
Representatives to the Republicans in 2010 and when we lost
the U.S. Senate in 2014?
Barack Obama, the first
African American to win the
Presidency won by nine million
votes in 2008 and by five million
in 2012. “The Hordes of young
people” all turned out to vote
Democratic in 2008 and 2012
but why did so few of them
come out to vote for a Democratic Congress when President
Obama needed them in 2010
and 2014?
The answer I heard was “they
“old coots” like me vote in every
election and that is just what
you should do. I voted in every
SEASONED
election since I became eligible
WORDS
to vote in 1943. The voting age
HERBERT F.
then was 21 but I couldn’t vote
GELLER
until I was nearly 22 because
my birthday is December 9. I
voted for Franklin D. Roosevelt
weren’t inspired. There wasn’t
for a fourth term as President
anything to be excited about.
in 1944. I voted and my wife
It was just boring politics.” I’d
Gloria voted when we stopped
like to tell these “young whipby the voting place on our way
persnappers” that you don’t have home from Northern Westchesto be inspired or excited to vote. ter Hospital where she had just
It is your sworn duty to vote in
had our first child, Jeri Ann.
a democracy. Vote in every elecAnd by the way can someone
tion even if it is only between
tell me how many 18 year olds
two boring people running for
vote? We gave them the right
County Dogcatcher. If you don’t to vote about 20 years ago but I
vote, you are possibly giving your never hear about how many revote away to bad people who
ally vote. So just vote, vote, vote.
want to establish a Fascist or
If you don’t vote America can’t
Communist dictatorship.
continue to be a free country.
You should be grateful that
LETTER
Where are your investigative reporters
To the Editor,
The following is a letter I sent
to the Daily News:
If there was any honesty left
in the media and that includes
the Daily News, reporters would
be investigating and exposing
who is paying to organize these
disruptive rallies.
We had Occupy Wall St,
the March against the Police,
and now anarchists trying to
silence Trump. They were all
well organized and it was easily
seen that in each case there were
captains organizing and giving instructions and pep talks.
When interviewed outside the
Trump rally in Chicago they
said that they didn’t wish to
state their reasons. That sounds
strange coming from people who
came out for a purpose, unless
that purpose was to collect some
greenbacks. So where are your
investigative reporters?
Sy Globerman
North Salem
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elcome to April-a month which
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day honoring fools. The
British writer and essayist,
Charles Lamb once said,
“Here cometh April again,
and as far as I can see the
world hath more fools in it
than ever.” So in honor of
April foolery, we’ve found
the most doltish diversions
that one can partake of this
month. Stand back and
watch the fools rush in.
Trump Rally at Mountain Lakes (North Salem):
As part of his final round of
campaign rallies leading up
to the Republican Convention, the candidate everyone
loves to jeer or cheer will be
stumping throughout New
York -- including a quick
stop in North Salem on
April 1st! Love him or hate
him - this political event is
not to be missed. For free
tickets contact donaldjtrump.com.
Why We Love It: Because
we can’t think of a more
appropriate way to celebrate
April Fool’s Day.
Lifetime’s Dance Moms
Auditions (White Plains):
If you watch this reality
show with a cult following,
you know that ALDC star
Maddie Ziegler is leaving
Dance Moms. As Lifetime
clamors to replace the starlet, they will be holding an
open call audition for dancers (9-14 years old) at the
Westchester County Center
on April 1st at 9:00 a.m.
All dancers should bring a
resume and headshot (and
we suppose their annoying
mothers.)
Why We Love It: Because we have faith that here
in Westchester, Abby Lee
Miller will find not only
talented young dancers but a
whole lotta stage mom reality star wannabes as well.
DASH MedSpa Snake
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ALI JACKSON-JOLLEY
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And now, thanks to Dash
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the latest trend in wrinkle
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guaranteed to rejuvenate
even the most leathery faces.
In the words of one of our
favorite fools, Paris Hilton
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Why We Love It: Because
it’s guaranteed to rewind the
hands of time -- if it doesn’t
kill you first.
Billy’s Tattoos -Grand
Opening (Croton Falls):
It looks as though North
Salem is getting some new
commerce in town. Billy
Manfredi has been a practicing tattoo artist for over 25
years and has inked many
celebrity clients including
Jesse James and rapper Lil B.
Billy brings his craft to our
little town when he opens
up his newest shop in the
old Croton Falls Fire House
space. The grand opening is
slated for early April.
Why We Love it: Because
nothing says small town
charm like a mom and pop
tattoo joint!
If you’ve gotten this far,
without throwing The North
Salem News across the room
or shooting a scathing email
to Warren Lucas- then we’d
like to say, “April Fools!”
We are happy to report that
these are actually deceitful
diversions - we made them
all up but feel free to use
them in any foolish way you
think suitable.
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Heroin: Westchester’s unspoken epidemic
routine procedures. While some
of these are a result of needed
Guest Columnist
surgeries, many teenagers are
being prescribed opioids followhe face of heroin ading procedures such as a simple
diction has changed in
tooth extraction. Consequently,
the past decade. It’s no
doctors are inadvertently putting
longer solely associated with
powerful drugs in the hands of
sketchy career drug abusers
inexperienced kids who do not
skulking around in grimy back
know exactly what these pills
alleys. It’s everywhere, preying
can do them.
upon the rich and the poor, in
Furthermore, each pill can
our schools and our homes, and cost $30 or more, so when
it doesn’t discriminate by race,
children get hooked, they often
religion or income.
move on to heroin because it’s
During an 11-day period last cheaper—as little as $5 per
month, 23 people ranging in
bag. It’s still very profitable. In
age from 20-61 in Erie County May 2015, 26 pounds of heroin
died as a result of an overdose
worth $5 million plus guns, drug
from heroin use. The majority
paraphernalia and $115,000 in
of overdoses were linked to an
cash was seized in a Manhattan
extremely deadly batch of heroin drug raid that underscored drug
laced with fentanyl, a synthetic
enforcement’s worst fears—the
opiate that can be 50 times
existence of a drug pipeline
stronger than heroin. Closer
that stretched from Mexico to
to home, from 2010 to 2013,
upstate—including Westchester
Westchester County had nearly County.
300 fatal drug overdoses.
So how do we protect our
The rising tide of drug adcommunity, our kids, ourselves?
diction has been particularly
Through tougher legislation that
hard on teenagers. As I have
brings drug dealers to justice, by
heard first-hand from several
increasing the number of treattestimonies, many teens that
ment centers and options, and
fall victim to this epidemic are
by educating parents and school
first introduced to pain killers
children about the dangers of
by medical doctors following
heroin and opioid abuse.
By Sen. Terrence P.
Murphy
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Editorial Submissions
We must hold drug dealer’s
more accountable for poisoning
our community. To help give
law enforcement officials more
autonomy, I sponsored “Laree’s
Law.” Laree’s Law is named
after Laree Farrell Lincoln, a
Colonie teenager who died of a
heroin overdose three years ago,
Laree’s Law allows law enforcement officials to charge a dealer
with an A-1 felony punishable
by 15 to 25 years in jail if the
heroin or opiate-controlled
substance they sell causes an
overdose death.
Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick
recently suggested a controversial method of treatment—supervised heroin injection sites.
While I appreciate Mayor
Myrick’s creativity, I believe the
results would be disastrous. Instead of eradicating the problem,
we would be enabling it.
The increased use and availability of the anti-oipioid narcan
has helped curtail the number
of deaths from heroin. According to the National Institute
on Drug Abuse (NIDA), more
than 26,000 people nationwide
who overdosed have been saved
by narcan, which reverses the
effects of an overdose. Narcan’s
live-saving value was illustrated
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in February when rap artist
DMX collapsed in a parking
lot and stopped breathing with
no signs of a pulse. A medic injected him with Narcan. DMX
responded and made a recovery.
It shouldn’t take the highly publicized near-death of a celebrity
to make the community aware
of the benefit of narcan when
it is properly monitored and
administered.
I recently participated in a
series of state-wide forums with
the Joint Task Force on Heroin
and Addiction in Penn Yan,
Oneonta and Brooklyn. The next
forum is scheduled for Long
Island in April, and I intend
to lead more panel discussions
throughout the state in the
future. The forums have provided Task Force members with
the opportunity to hear from
members of law enforcements,
concerned citizens and former
addicts, and gave us valuable
insight into the most effective
ways to increase prevention,
treatment and recovery options
for those who need it most.
The most important factor in
the war against drugs is funding for services and programs.
The Senate accepted the executive budget of $141 million
and increases it by more than
18 percent. The $26 million
in additional funds proposed
includes:
• $10 million for transitional
housing, with 25 percent of this
funding for young adults;
• $6.5 million for local governmental units to contract for
recovery services;
• $3.85 million for 11 new
recovery community centers,
for a total of 20, for two centers
per Empire Development Zone
Region;
• $2 million for two Recovery
Coaches to be located in each
recovery community center;
• $2 million for school resource officer training in nonmetropolitan areas;
• $1 million to supplement
the number of Family Support
Navigators in each region to two
apiece (from 10 to 20);
• $450,00 for Senate-sponsored heroin-related demonstration programs; and
• $200,000 for Family Support Navigator training.
We may not win the battle
against drugs overnight. But
through prevention, education
and treatment we will win the
war and save our community
and our children.
Drugs in Our Community Forum II
North Salem High School will
host “Drugs in Our Community
- A North Salem Community
Forum II,” on Thursday, March
31 in the high school auditorium,
from 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. The evening is free and open to the public.
The March forum’s topics will
be synthetic drugs, alcohol abuse,
legal concerns, signs and symptoms, and mental health. There
will also be a questions-and-answers section at the end, like at
the first drug forum.
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the March 31 Drug Forum, call
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OPINION
Do you remember your parts of speech?
Dear Dr. Linda,
Last weekend we went out
to dinner with friends and for
some reason we started talking
about when we had to learn the
parts of speech. Before long, we
were arguing about the difference between a noun and a
pronoun and the object of the
preposition and whatever. Then
somebody mentioned dangling
participles and conjunctions.
We had some good laughs.
But, when we got home and
asked our two middle-school
kids questions about adjectives
and adverbs, their faces went
blank. Aren’t they still teaching
this in school?
Thanks,
Caroline
Dear Caroline,
Learning the parts of speech
was a major part of the English curriculum and it still is.
It’s alive and well. Years ago,
students spent weeks diagramming sentences. By the time
the page was completed, it
looked like an art piece representing scaffolding using underlining and double underlin-
STRONG
LEARNING
DR. LINDA
SILBERT
ing and slanted lines working
their way down each sentence.
As the years went on,
some teachers stuck to their
diagramming, while others
recommended kids do “Mad
Libs” and watch the TV show,
“Conjunction Junction.”
Today, kids are introduced
to the parts of speech as early
as first grade and continue
with them right through high
school. They’re taught a variety of different ways through
games, worksheets and songs. I
haven’t seen diagramming for
years.
Have fun with this 12 question quiz and see what you
remember. Also, see what your
kids know. You may be pleasantly surprised. And if you see
that they really don’t know a
noun from a verb or an adjective from an adverb, contact
their English teachers and see
when they will be learning this.
The sooner they understand,
the easier it will be when
they’re called upon to write a
term paper or other written
report.
Match the following parts
of speech with the italicized
words below: Common noun,
Proper noun, Pronoun, Helping verb, Verb (Present tense),
Verb (Past tense), Verb (Future
tense), Adjective, Adverb, Interjection, Preposition, Conjunction
1. He finished first because
he ran swiftly.
2. Bob went to school, but
his sister stayed home.
3. Yesterday, I played ball.
4. Throw the ball to her.
5. I play ball. I am playing
ball.
6. He got into his car.
7. WOW! That’s a big sandwich.
8. She drives a big blue car.
9. Tomorrow, I will play.
10. My teacher went to
Hawaii.
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11. I am playing tennis.
12. The girl went on a trip.
Answers: 1. Swiftly – Adverb;
2. But – Conjunction; 3.
Played - Verb (Past tense); 4.
Her – Pronoun; 5. Play and
Playing - Verb (Present tense);
6. Into – Preposition; 7. WOW
– Interjection; 8. Big blue –
Adjective; 9. Will play – Verb
(Future tense); 10. Hawaii –
Proper noun; 11. Am – Helping
verb; 12. Girl – Common noun
Hope you had fun and remembered your parts of speech,
Dr. Linda
Where does your
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FROM PAGE 7
While cooks poured, flipped
and grilled, and guests enjoyed the
all-they-could-eat meal, members
of North Salem’s Boy Scout Troop
1 and Girl Scout Troop 2527
hustled around to clear tables and
prepare for the next wave of diners. Entertainment was provided
by a real life-size bunny, which
may - or may not - have been a
Boy Scout in disguise.
Co-organizer,
77-year-old
Harold Daros, now serving his
58th year with the CFFD, was
the original pancake chairman
years ago.
“In the beginning we only
served pancakes and it used to be
much easier,” he recalled.
With the conversion from pancake breakfast to country breakfast, things have become more
complicated. This year, he manned
the coffee corner, which he described as a full-time job.
Daros is one of the oldest volunteers on the current CFFD roster and the first in a line of three
generations; his son Bob, and
his grandson, Teddy, Jr. are also
volunteers. Daros says he can no
longer be active all the time, “but
I still come down and I still go on
calls.” In fact, Daros was the first
to arrive at the firehouse to begin
breaking eggs at 5:45 a.m.
Among the younger CFFD
members is co-organizer Colin
Quaglino, a 17-year-old high
school senior. He has been a
CFFD volunteer for two years.
“It’s the best decision I’ve ever
made,” Quaglino said. When
he started, he was told he would
probably find himself helping
people he knew.
“I didn’t believe it,” he said,
“but it happened sooner than I
thought.”
2011 was the CFFD’s busiest
year ever, due to the tragic storms
that hit this area that fall. However, although there were no major storms in 2015, it turned out to
be the department’s second busiest year in history. There were 658
calls, each answered by an average
of ten volunteers.
Many people think that volunteering for the fire department
means, “they’ll have to rush into
a burning building, or make lifedeath decisions,” said President
Jeff Daday. “That’s not at all true.
Many people are in supporting
roles, doing administrative work.
“Anybody can join the all-volunteer CFFD, he said. “If you’re
able to do anything at all, we’re
happy to have you.”
For further information, go to
www.crotonfallsfire.com.
Alex Gytla with his
parents, Angela
and Roman Gytla
Colin Quaglino cooking
in the kitchen
Michael and Jennifer Logan with their daughter, Isla
Juliette Intrieri
and Emily Dreyer
Daniel Dreyer, member of the Croton
Falls Fire Department, showed the first
aid cabinet to his son Matthew and the
youngster’s friend Daniel Gallo (on right).
Mikaela Monnelly with the Easter Bunny
PHOTO: KATHERINE PACCHIANA
Paul D’Agostino and his father Angelo, chairman of
the Board of Fire Commissioners, man the grill at the
2016 CFFD Country Breakfast.
Richard Blauvelt, Kerry
Monnelly and Jennifer
Bruno
Left to right: Frank
and Janice D’Erasmo
sat with Fran and
Frank Bastone,
who is president
of the North
Salem Chamber of
Commerce.
Brianna Gallo, Amanda Chefalas, Richard O’Leary, and Sebastian Fitzgerald were
servers at the buffet table.
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HOME & GARDEN
Create a budget friendly home landscape
Homeowners understandably envy
the award-worthy photo spreads in lawn
and garden magazines, wanting to emulate those same looks on their own properties. Scores of designers and landscape
architects are involved in the process of
creating those amazing lush lawns and
perfectly placed plantings. Although
not every homeowner has the budget to
create lavish landscape designs, it’s still
possible for homeowners to create lawns
they can be proud of.
• Establish your budget. The first step
in any project is to determine how much
money you can devote to the job. Once
you have established the budget, all other factors can be built around it.
• Find an inspiration piece. Great
landscapes are inspired by many things,
whether it’s a memorable piece of art or
a landscape layout in a lawn and gardening magazine. Use photos of other gardens or neighbors’ yards as inspiration
and build off of them. As long as the
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• Consider the space and how you
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• Think about reclaimed or repurposed materials. Brand new items can
quickly eat up a budget. However, repurposing salvaged or inexpensive items
can stretch that budget while adding
some unique flair to a landscape. See if
you can find an outdoor patio set that
someone is giving away or selling for a
lower price. All it takes is a coat of paint
and some new cushions to make it look
like new. Discarded bricks or stones can
be worked into a patio space or used to
create raised garden beds. Purchase inexpensive flower pots and then paint
them to make them look like stone or
another desired material.
• Buy native plants. Native plants,
shrubs, trees, and flowers will fare better than non-native, exotic plants. That
means you’ll have to spend less time and
money nurturing them into health, and
less money having to replace plants that
cannot withstand your climate.
• Consider perennial plants. Perennials may cost more at the outset, but the
savings will be realized in the years to
come.
• Hire a professional. It may seem
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landscaping professional when you’ve
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way to save money. Landscape artists or
garden designers have the experience to
guide you in the right direction and help
you avoid potentially costly mistakes.
• Use gravel in spots where plants
don’t thrive. Gravel is an inexpensive
landscaping material that can fill in
voids where plants or ground cover simply do not flourish. Those working on
limited budgets may be happy to learn
gravel is typically less expensive than
concrete or pavers.
• Ask friends or family for clippings.
Don’t be shy about admiring the plantings of those you know. Flatter their
good taste and ask if you can have some
clippings to propagate yourself. These
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With some frugal spending, planning and budgeting, anyone can create a
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Identifying problems that can threaten lush lawns
Landscaping can be a rewarding hobby that instills a sense of
pride in homeowners. Whether
you prefer to get your hands dirty
planting perennials or devote the
bulk of your attention to crafting
a lush, green lawn, chances are
you will run into a problem during lawn and garden season.
Some problems are easy to
identify, while others are more
complex. The following are a
handful of diseases homeowners
may encounter when spending
time on maintaining their lawns
and gardens over the next several
months.
Anthracnose
Anthracnose is a term used
to describe various diseases that
produce a host of unsightly
symptoms. Those symptoms include tan to brown leaf spots
or blotches; distorted, cupped
or curled leaves; irregular defoliation, such as leaves falling in
spring; and dieback, a condition
in which trees or shrubs begin to
die from the tips of their leaves
or roots backward. Permanent
damage due to anthracnose is
rare, but the diseases can weaken
trees over time and that can leave
them vulnerable to pest infestations.
Brown Patch
Brown patch is unsightly and
most likely to occur during summer. According to the Penn State
Center for Turfgrass Science, perennial ryegrass, tall fescue and
bentgrasses are the grass species
most susceptible to brown patch.
When a lawn is suffering from
brown patch, its leaves and stems
die out in large, circular patches.
In high-cut grasses, these patches can stretch from a few inches
to several feet. Tall fescue grasses
may not exhibit symptoms of
brown patch in patches. In such
instances, the brown patch may
be noticeable on individual leaves
that feature tan or light brown
lesions, and the Center for Turfgrass Science notes that these lesions will be surrounded by dark
brown borders.
Dollar Spot
The American Phytopathological Society notes that dollar
spot refers to a disease of the
leaves of turfgrass. Grasses suffering from dollar spot will have
white to straw-colored lesions
that progress downward from
the leaf tip or laterally across
leaf blades. Leaf blades affected
by dollar spot may have several
small lesions or one large lesion,
and in some instances, the entire
leaf blade may be affected. Turfgrass affected by dollar spot may
be susceptible to weed invasions.
Summer Patch
Summer patch is most common in warm climates and
is characterized by yellow to
straw-colored patches that can
be several inches or several feet
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A Night at the Races
North Salem Nursery School
will host A Night at the Races
at St. James Village Hall (296
Titicus Road) on April 15. It
will be a fun evening out featuring electronic horse racing, a silent auction and an art gallery of
the students’ artwork. Wine, beer,
hors d’oeuvres and desserts will be
served. All proceeds go to North
Salem Nursery School to help
maintain affordable tuition, pro-
vide educational enrichment and donation to the library enabling
make classroom improvements.
you to have space under the tent.
Tickets are $15 online or $20 at
the door. It’s going to be a wonderful evening with great prizes
and auction items. Tickets are
The Ruth Keeler Memorial Lilimited so buy early at www.nsnsbrary is looking for donations of
fundraiser.org
gently used gardening tools, pots
and planters to sell at the annual
library book, bake and plant sale
The Elizabeth Butler Memo- on Saturday, May 7. Please drop
rial Blood Drive will be on Friday, off supplies at the library or call for
April 1 from 1 - 7 p.m. at North a pick-up by April 30. All proceeds
Salem High School, located at will be used to benefit the library.
230 June Road, North Salem. For more information, call DeirContact Joanne Leuschner for an dre Coughlin at 914-806-4005 or
appointment at 914-621-1696 or Linda Gracie at 914-414-9064.
via email at: joannemleu@msn.
com.
Donate Gently Used
Garden Items
Blood Drive
Local Vendors
Sought for Library
Fair
The Ruth Keeler Memorial Library is inviting local craftspeople,
artists and producers of handmade
items to sell their wares at the
Keeler Library Plant and Book
Sale on Saturday, May 7 from 10
a.m.-3 p.m. Please contact Carolyn Reznick at the library, 914669-5161 or email keelerlibrary@
wlsmail.org, if you are interested.
After products are approved for
appropriateness, the library asks
that you make a $25 tax deductible
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Draw Down Raffle
The North Salem Elementary School PTO has organized
a $10,000 Draw Down Raffle for
the PQ Tigers spring fundraiser.
The proceeds will be used for capital improvements and educational
enhancements for the children
at Pequenakonck Elementary
School.
A draw down is a type of raffle
during which all sold tickets are
individually drawn at random during the event. The drawing will be
held on Saturday, April 16 at Vail’s
Grove Pavilion at Peach Lake.
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Annual Spring Benefit
Friday April 15, 2016
Sinapi’s Ceola Manor, Jefferson Valley, NY 10535
Celebrating 20 years of bringing help & hope to those affected by breast & ovarian cancer
Honoring Katherine Quinn, Executive Director of Support Connection
Spring Benefit Sponsors
Beacon of Light Sponsor
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event all purchased tickets will be
placed in a drum and drawn out
one by one until five tickets remain. The remaining five ticket
holders present at the event can
choose to split the prize or continue with the drawing.
The $100 raffle price includes
admission for one person to the
event. Additional people may
purchase entrance tickets separately to attend the fundraising
event. For an additional $25, one
may purchase insurance on your
ticket. Meaning if your ticket is
drawn within the first 50 draws
and you have insurance, your ticket is placed back in the drum to be
drawn again.
For more information about
purchasing tickets, email pqpto@
northsalemschools.org
Ticket buyers must be at least
21 years of age to participate in the
drawing. No one under 21 will be
admitted to the event.
North Salem Day
Camp at Mt. Lakes
A five-week outdoor experience
for children entering pre-kindergarten through seventh grade.
North Salem Day Camp is held
at Mountain Lakes, a Westchester County Park off Hawley Rd..
Our programs are educational and
fun. Each day, campers will be
immersed in hands-on projects,
science and discovery programs,
safety and environmental projects,
and much more! Campers will
have the chance to enjoy some
outdoor cooking, go fishing in our
lake, and participate in hikes on
one of the many woodland trails.
Older campers (fourth grade and
up) will receive Archery lessons
each day as well as time on our
lake in one of our many canoes,
kayaks, or rowboats.
We have a large, in-ground
pool, fully staffed with certified
lifeguards and a Water Safety Instructor to help campers learn to
swim. Campers will swim in our
pool every day. Specials events include pizza day, ice cream sundae
day and barbecue day. We hire
several entertainers for the children’s education and enjoyment.
Day camp will run from June
27 through 12 p.m. on July 29 Monday through Friday - 9 a.m.
-3 p.m. There will be no camp on
July 4 and 5.
For more information, contact:
camp@northsalemny.org
Full-Session registration begins
March 14. Late fee of $75 added
after May 13. Please go to app.
campdoc.com/register/northsalem to register a camper, apply for
the CIT Certification Program, or
apply to be a part of our staff.
Tuition can be paid by e-check
on our registration site, or by cash
or check at our office.
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Sports
BASEBALL PREVIEW
Tigers armed and dangerous on diamond
Pitching staff hopes to lead North Salem to big year in Class C
BY VIC MCGEE
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
It was not the ending the
North Salem baseball team was
hoping for last spring. The TiNorth Salem
gers finished the year with fivesenior Dan
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This year, just about everyone
on the team remembers that ending, because just about everyone
is back. The Tigers lost just two
starters to graduation and everyone else is back to try and rewrite
the ending.
North Salem will also be competing in Class C this year after
being in Class B last year, so an
experienced core of veterans has
high hopes that this could be a
big year on the diamond for the
Tigers.
“We kind of hit a wall at the
end of the season and our confidence was shaken, but the experience we got last year really
helped,” senior Dan Capra said. “Last year
was the first year on varsity for a lot of us
and it will definitely help this year. We
haven’t won a sectional title in like 40 years
— it’s been a long time — and one of our
goals is to compete for the title. We have
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a strong team and being in Class C, we’re
Senior David
very excited to see what we can do.”
Corradi moves
Capra will be a big part of any success
from left field to
the Tigers have as the ace of the pitching
center.
staff and the starting shortstop. He is one
of four seniors on the roster who will all
play a big role, and one of three starting
pitchers as the entire pitching staff returns
for the Tigers.
“Our strength is going to be our pitching, and in our scrimmages they all did
very well,” North Salem coach Rob Gilchrist said. “Our whole infield is back and
our entire pitching staff. We have the talent and just want the kids to gain some
confidence. We play another tough schedule and hopefully by the time sectionals
come around back against Class C, it will honey will be in left field.
pay dividends.”
Other seniors on the roster include DaGilchrist is back at the helm, along vid Corradi, who started in left last year
with assistant coaches Joe DiMauro and and will move to center field this year.
pitching coach Matt Mackenzie. They Evan Zambelletti is a returning starter in
led the Tigers to the Section 1 finals two right field, and senior Adam Bitondo will
years ago, and they feel the talent is there be a starter in every game for the Tigers as
to make it another strong season on the the perfect utility player. Bitondo will be at
diamond.
short when Capra pitches, at third when
In addition to Capra on the mound, Healy pitches and in left when Mahoney
junior J.B. Healy and junior lefty Connor is on the mound. Bitondo will also be used
Mahoney are back in the starting rotation as a relief pitcher for the Tigers.
for the Tigers. Healy will start at third
The infield is loaded for the Tigers as
base when he is not pitching, and Ma- junior Adam Concadoro is a returning
Junior J.B.
Healy is a ke
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member of
the
pitching sta
ff.
‘We kind of hit a wall at the end of
the season and our confidence was
shaken, but the experience we got last
year really helped.’
— Dan Capra
Senior
starter at second base, and
junior
Jesse
Fleming is a returning starter
at first base,
while junior Phil Foglia will also see time
at first base.
The question mark entering the year is
at catcher, as the Tigers lost star Phil Capra to graduation. Capra is only the second
player in North Salem history to get a full
scholarship to play baseball in college, and
he is now the starting catcher at Wagner
as a freshman.
“Coming into the season we had to see
who would be our catcher and I’m very
happy with sophomore Nate Carmanucci,” Gilchrist said. “We played three scrimmages and as of now I’m very pleased with
the way he has played.”
Dan Capra, who will play baseball in
college either at RPI or RIT next year,
will miss having his big brother as his battery mate behind the plate, but he agrees
that Carmanucci has filled the role for the
Tigers.
“Phil and I played together a long time
and I don’t know if you can replace him,
but Nate is really stepping up and doing a
great job,” Capra said of Carmanucci.
Other newcomers on the varsity who
will play a role for the Tigers include junior outfielder Matt Baviello, junior first
baseman Daniel Press, sophomore pitcher
Will Baumler and sophomore pitcher/
outfielder Shane Cotter.
The Tigers open the season on the road
against John Jay-Cross River at 11 a.m. on
Saturday, April 2.
SPORTS
SOFTBALL PREVIEW
Hardware hunters: Tigers eye title
North Salem looking for another strong year after 19-4 season
BY DANDRE CHERYRICHARDS
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CONTRIBUTING WRITER
North Salem softball has no plans
on backpedaling after a 19-4 season
last year that saw them fall in the
Section 1 Class B semifinals. In fact,
“potential” and “hardware” are words
this year’s team is rallying behind.
“Last year we came up short despite winning 19 games, we have no
hardware to show,” Tiger coach Bob
Mittelstadt said. “That’s what it’s
about this year, get something that
lasts forever.”
With a championship end goal in
mind, the team still focuses on the
present and sustaining a championship mindset.
“A main goal for us with such a
large team is staying on the same
page, staying positive, having a good
attitude for the whole season,” senior right fielder
Dominique DeAngelis said. “Just take it day by day,
practice by practice.”
Leading North Salem are three senior captains in
pitcher Anastasia Pennacchio, center fielder Haley
Donovan and DeAngelis. Having the title of captain
is something these ladies wear with pride.
“We’re all grateful for our positions as leaders,”
DeAngelis said, “and how coach has given us the responsibility to carry the team and keep everyone on
the same page. It’s a learning experience for all of us”
Left fielder Kayla Harris and first baseman Olivia
Dworaczyk, both seniors, will also be counted on in
forming the backbone of the team according to Mittelstadt.
That strength starts with the Albany-bound Pennacchio, a power pitcher with a five pitch arsenal to
keep opposing hitters guessing. For Mittelstadt, Pennacchio is a “dominating presence” on the mound that
throws the heat to back it up.
“I think if we bring everything together and play
like we know how to play we’ll do well and have a
great season,” Pennaccio said.
On the back end of Pennacchio’s pitches will be
freshman catcher Kasey Harmon whom Mittelstadt
describes as having a great arm and being tough. She
is the only freshman slotted to start.
Working around the infield will be Dworaczyk,
Alina DiMella at third, Olivia De Santo at shortstop
and either Maggie Boardman or Mikaela Spennicchia playing second.
Dworaczyk is a key infielder that brings a lot of
range and experience with her playing first.
“She eats a lot of mistakes from the rookie infielders
and we have a lot of confidence throwing over to her,”
Mittelstadt said. “She makes a lot of difficult plays
look routine when she plays first.”
DeAngelis will start in left field, Donovan at center
field and Harris out in right field. It is a veteran outfield headlined by Donovan’s field presence and command according to Mittelstadt.
Offensively, De Santo or Boardman will kick off
the top of the lineup. Pennacchio, Harris and Donovan will bat 3-4-5 for a team as powerful as Mittelstadt can remember coaching.
Damage should be done on the base paths with a
team that has plenty of speed.
“We have a pretty quick team overall,” Mittelstadt
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captain who
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Salem.
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to run the
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the extra base,
that’s
what
makes us successful.”
Playing as
a team and
winning are
the top priorities for this
senior-laden
squad.
Besides that the
legacy of their
final season is
something to
keep in mind
as well.
“Having no
regrets
and
seeing that really we made
a difference in
the program,”
said Donovan,
in reference
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to and to look back on.”
Mittelstadt sees a bigger picture in wanting to capture a tournament, section and league title. But that is
a lot of softball games away.
“We have a lot of work to do between now and
then and a very tough schedule,” Mittelstadt said. “I
look forward to it and it should be a great season.”
North Salem opens the season when it travels to
Briarcliff for an 11 a.m. game on Saturday, April 2.
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Give Thai a try with a side of fried rice
The popularity of Thai food in North America continues to rise. But even the most devoted of Thai food fans may not know how easy it can be to prepare their favorite
Thai foods at home. Fried rice is one of the more popular Thai dishes that can be easily cooked up from the comfort of your own kitchen. Those who want to try their hand
at Thai cuisine can use the following recipe for “Pineapple Fried Rice” courtesy of Katie Chin’s “Everyday Thai Cooking.”
Pineapple Fried Rice
sliced
fresh mint
Serves 4 to 6 as a side
3 cups cooked and chilled
Thai jasmine rice
Pinch of ground white pepper
2 tablespoons fish sauce
Directions
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1. Cut the pineapple in half
lengthwise, and cut the fruit
from the middle, leaving shell
halves intact. Cut out the eyes
and core. Set the shell halves
aside. Dice the fruit. Dry the
diced pineapple with paper
towels and set aside.
Ingredients
1 whole pineapple
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon salt, divided
2 tablespoons high-heat
cooking oil, divided
1 garlic clove, minced
1 small shallot, finely sliced
1 fresh hot red or green chili,
preferably Thai (deseeded if
you prefer less heat), finely
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1 cup cubed cooked chicken
breast
1 cup cubed cooked shrimp
1/2 cup fresh or thawed
frozen peas
4 tablespoons finely chopped
fresh coriander leaves
(cilantro), plus more for
garnish
4 tablespoons finely chopped
2. In a medium bowl, whisk
together the eggs, 1/2
teaspoon of the salt and the
pinch of pepper.
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3. Heat half of the oil in a wok
or large skillet over mediumhigh heat. Cook eggs, stirring,
until set but still moist.
Transfer eggs to a plate. Wash
and thoroughly dry the wok or
skillet.
4. Heat the remaining oil over
medium-high heat. Add the
garlic, shallots and chili, and
stir-fry until fragrant, about 30
seconds. Add the rice and stirfry for 2 minutes. Add the fish
sauce, soy sauce, chicken,
shrimp, peas, and the
remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt
and stir-fry for 2 to 3 minutes.
Add the reserved eggs,
pineapple, fresh coriander
leaves, and mint; stir-fry for
30 seconds.
5. Scoop the fried rice into the
pineapple shells and garnish
with fresh coriander leaves.
Serve immediately.
Note: If you dice the pineapple
ahead of time, rinse the
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water and dry with paper
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Living in an historic home can
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