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11th Annual StART Regional High School Student Art Exhibition at Concordia College’s OSilas Gallery

BY DOMINIQUE CLAIRE SHUMINOVA

OSilas Gallery at Con-cordia College hosted an Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony for the 11th Annual StART Region-al High School Student Art Exhibition on the snowy evening of Friday January 6th – in partnership with the Heart of Neiman Mar-cus Foundation, whose mission is to “help bring en-riching arts experiences to youth...because ART chang-es lives.” Several hundred students, family members and art teachers from West-chester, Fairfield, Rockland and Orange Counties, and the Bronx, attended the soirée. Light refreshments were served.

“The StArt exhibition has a meaningful impact on our area’s high school

artists by providing them with a professional setting in which to showcase their works while giving them an opportunity to build their resumes and portfo-lios for college,” says Eliza-

beth Vranka, OSilas Gal-lery’s execu-tive director. This year’s StART Ex-hibition ran January 6th-17th and had eighty stu-dent partici-pants from 29 high schools across the region, in-c l u d i n g B r o n x v i l l e High School, Eastchester

High School, Harrison High School, Mamaroneck High School, Pelham Memorial

High School, and Tuck-ahoe High School.

Art faculty from schools across the area were invited to submit up to three works for inclusion in the exhi-bition. A remarkable array of artistic medi-ums were represented this year, including photography, metal work, ceramics, water-color, acrylic, pencil, mixed media, collage, chalk pastel, oil paint, and more. “This year’s StArt exhibition show-cased such high quali-ty work from our local high school students. I think that everyone who viewed the exhibition was impressed with the

talent on dis-play,” Vranka tells me, “and the Art teach-ers deserve prizes too!”

Winning pieces were selected by the staff of the Gallery; its Executive Director, two Gallery Man-agers, Art Pro-gram Director and graphic artist, and on opening night five students were awarded Certificates of

Achievement

in the Arts.“I chose to draw a still

life incorporating my in-terest in makeup,” reveals Maggie Miller, junior at Bronxville High School, who received an award for Evidence of Identity in col-ored pencil. “I think make-up is really cool, in that you can transform the way you look. I used my great-grand-mother’s vanity table as a backdrop. I had never used colored pencils before and wanted to try it for this drawing in order to capture all of the different details and colors in my makeup palettes.”

“Ms. Miller renders her subject matter with fo-cused precision,” comments Liz Levine, Art Program Di-rector at OSilas Art Studio.

Elizabeth Vranka, Executive Director, OSilas Gallery. Photos by Moon Baby Photo. Visit moonbabyphoto.com to view the full gallery of photos.

Jim Bunn, Chief Marketing Officer of Concordia College, kicks of the Awards Ceremony at the Opening Reception of the 11th Annual StART Exhibition.

“She lovingly draws her great-grandmother’s vanity table to further emphasize content and reference.”

According to the artist’s bio award recipi-ent Kelly Ryan, junior at Eastchester High School, penned for the exhibition, her prize-winning piece, Untitled in oil paint on can-vas, “explores the distortion of personal memory and connection through glitch-ing of the analog process,” and “is a visual represen-tation of the manipulative power of retrospection as it skews one’s perception of moments in time.” She goes on to explain her pro-cess of first “rendering the objective memory” in oil paint, then using “various

Award-winning artwork by Maggie Miller

Award-winning artwork by Kelly Ryan continued on page 7

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BY MAYOR MARY MARVIN

JANUARY 24, 2017

It is that time of year again – the 2017 proper-ty assessment roll release and companion grievance opportunity. The process is entirely dictated by the State of New York and con-fusing at best. Our Asses-sor, Gerry Iagallo, must publish a “Tentative Assess-ment Roll” on February 1, 2017. This represents his determination of Fair Mar-ket Value for each of the approximately 1700 parcels of real estate within the Vil-lage.

This year’s evaluation resulted in 550 properties experiencing some change from their previous assess-ment. These homeowners will received a written no-

tice in the first week of Feb-ruary detailing the extent of the change.

They, as well as any other Village property owner who believes their value is not accurate, may file a grievance applica-tion (Complaint) in the pe-riod between February 1 and February 21st by 7pm. Complaint applications are available for download from the Village website or may be picked up at the front desk at Village Hall between 9 and 4 weekdays.

The Bronxville Board of Assessment Review (BOAR) is required by New York State Law to hear com-plaints once yearly on the third Tuesday of February. This year State-wide Griev-ance Day is the 21st. On that day, the BOAR will enter-tain all oral and written ar-guments from 5pm to 9pm at Village Hall. Grievances can be filed without any need for a personal appear-ance, should you be unable to attend.

No decisions are ren-dered that evening; rather the Board holds further private deliberations. All who filed will then receive a

letter of decision in the first week of April. The decision will be reflected in the “Fi-nal Assessment Roll” pub-lished on April 1, 2017.

Anyone dissatisfied with the decision of the Board has further judicial avenues to pursue if de-sired. Actions can be com-menced at the County level by filing an application with the Legal Division of the Westchester County Clerk’s Office. This avenue of re-dress is a more detailed legal procedure and may require the services of an attorney.

When deciding wheth-er to file an initial grievance the issue can be distilled to - “Has my home value dis-proportionately dropped in comparison to compara-ble homes?” and “Do I have creditable, unbiased prop-erty data to support this opinion of value?” Indepen-dent appraisals at this junc-ture are extremely helpful.

As a reminder, New York State Law dictates that co-ops and condos not be valued at Fair Mar-ket Value, rather on their projected rental income stream. Bronxville has zero say in this valuation

method. Since many co-ops have never permitted rentals, the Village has less concrete data to mount a defense. The Village has been aggressive in defend-ing our values vigorously with detailed capitalization rates compiled with the as-sistance of CBRE.

I ask our co-op boards to seriously question whether your share of taxes to provide Village munici-pal services and schooling is truly inequitable and file a grievance for this rea-son alone, not because a non-resident attorney who has no stake in the ultimate equity of the final tax roll is willing to take the case. There is no downside for the attorneys but a real downside for our Village.

The entire field of prop-erty assessment is more an art than an exact science. As example, the number of bedrooms and bathrooms are not given a numerical value and then tabulated. Rather, their overall condi-tion, location in the house and value of any upgrades are also factored in.

Other home character-istics, not as obvious, are

also considered to arrive at an ultimate fair market value. Is the lot level? How much of the outdoor space is usable? Does the house front on a double yellow line street? Is it on a quiet cul-de-sac? Does it have cen-tral air? How close is it to desired amenities? Does it have a pool? (which can cut both ways)

The Village is vigilant in yearly updates so the ultimate tax burden is as equitable as possible. We also defend certiorari and small claims challenges ag-gressively as we are confi-dent our data is defensible. As a result, our percentage of tax dollars “refunded” is extremely low when compared with all other Westchester communities, clearly bucking the current trend.

We also work hand in hand with our Building De-partment and yearly eval-uate any home improve-ments that affect market value.

Legally, a home im-provement can be only assessed for its additional value to the current home assessment. As example, if a

home is valued at $1million and adds a powder room valued as a $20,000 im-provement, the tax assessor can only legally raise the assessed value to $1,020,000 even though the property may be currently “under-valued” with a fair market value closer to $1.5million. In essence, one improve-ment cannot trigger an entire home revaluation. Sadly, in communities that do not constantly do full revaluations, undervalued homes receive the benefit in perpetuity greatly affecting the equity of the tax roll.

By New York State Law, an assessor’s deci-sion is right until proven wrong – in essence, putting the burden of proof on the homeowner. However, for our Village the goal is fair-ness of value, not “winning or losing” and we strive to make the process as non-ad-versarial as possible.

With that caveat, please do not hesitate to call our assessment office, ask any questions you have or schedule a meeting prior to filing any protests. It will prove beneficial to all con-cerned.

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Why or Why Not to Vote for a Constitutional Convention

As required by New York State Con-stitutional mandate every 20 years, the November 2017 ballots throughout the state will ask the following question: “Shall there be a convention to revise the constitution and amend the same?”

The League of Women Voters invites the public to attend a meeting on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 to explain the history and meaning of that question. Sally Robinson, LWV of New York State Vice President of Issues and Advocacy, will discuss The Who, What, Where, When, Why and How of New York State’s Constitutional Con-vention Question. The meeting will be from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Church Street School Auditorium, 295 Church Street, White Plains. (Snow date February 28, 2017). For questions or directions, call 914-761-4382.

The LWVNYS has not taken a position on whether to support, oppose or remain neutral on the question of holding a constitutional convention and so LWVNYS’s goal, at this time, is to educate members of the public about important aspects of the question and to assist the League in its decision on what, if any, posi-tion the League will take on the question of convening a constitutional convention.

This program is organized by the LWV of White Plains and co-sponsored by the local Leagues of Harrison, Larchmont/Mamaroneck, New Castle, New Rochelle, Northeast, Scars-dale and the Westchester county league.

There will be time for questions from the audience. For additional information consult the New York State League of Women Voters website, www.lwvny.org. The program is free and open to all.

Sally Robinson

Intensive Concerns about Marbledale Road Project Continue

BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN

Bronxville and Tuck-ahoe residents expressed intense concern during Pub-lic Comment at the Monday, January 9 Bronxville Board of Trustees meeting regard-ing the proposed Marriott

Hotel slated to be construct-ed on what they believe to be contaminated ground on Marbledale Road.

“Being respectful to our neighbors in Tuckahoe and mindful of jurisdictional is-sues, it is within our purview to investigate contaminants

coming into our Village,” Mayor Mary C. Marvin ob-served. “We have engaged the services of Ecosystems Strategies to work with us.”

Resident Vicki Ford congratulated Mayor Mar-vin for speaking out in Alba-ny regarding the Marbledale construction. “There is no return once a toxin gets out,”

Ford stressed.Betsy Harding said

that heavy metals and pes-ticides were discovered in the groundwater and piles of dirt at Bronxville School and not to irrigate until further testing. She men-tioned a “strange manhole cover” on the Tanglewylde sidewalk near the Women’s Club, questioning whether

it led to a long pipeway from Marbledale Quarry to the Bronx River constructed in the 1890’s, supposedly to al-leviate flooding.

Rachel Zolottev, co-owner of KI Martial Arts in Tuckahoe, pointed out that because of the pollu-tion, KI had to temporarily relocate to Anshe Sholom in New Rochelle. Zolottev, a member of Marbledale Road Environmental Coalition can be reached at marble-daleroad@gmail.com; web-site, marbledaleroad.org.

In the earlier Mayor’s Report, Marvin outlined “front burner” issues in-cluding completing FEMA Flood Mitigation Project; renovating the Department of Public Works (DPW) of-fice, not remodeled since 1942; upgrading lighting, particularly on the West-side Circle near the Train Station; televising, mapping and cleaning sewers; mak-ing Midland and Pondfield Road more “pedestrian

friendly” and instituting a more comprehensive Vil-lage Code to attract new businesses.

Village Administrator James Palmer suggested sending letters to Lower Kensington Lot permit hold-ers polling their parking re-quirements; e.g., hours need-ed, etc. and announced the Village Election for Tuesday, March 21 from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Village Hall.

Left to right: Village of Bronxville Trustee Guy Longobardo; Administrator James Palmer

Bronxville resident Vicki Ford

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Houlihan Lawrence Announces Agreement to Join HomeServices of America, Inc.

HomeServices of Ameri-ca, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate, recently announced the acquisition of Houlihan Lawrence, one of the leading real estate firms serving New York City’s northern suburbs. Financial terms of the transac-tion were not disclosed.

Headquartered in the northern suburbs of New York City, Houlihan Law-rence serves the Westchester, Fairfield, Putnam, Dutchess, Orange and Ulster counties of New York and Connecticut with 1,300 sales associates operating in 30 sales offices. In 2016, Houlihan Lawrence closed $6.7 billion of sales vol-ume.

Established in 1888, Houlihan Lawrence has been known to generations of buyers and sellers for its leadership in luxury repre-sentation and local expertise delivered by a team of knowl-edgeable agents coupled with the firm’s renowned advanced technologies and data driven insights. Nancy Seaman will step aside as chairman while her brothers Stephen Meyers, president and CEO, and Chris Meyers, managing principal, will continue to lead the firm’s strategic growth initiatives and manage day-to-day op-erations together with their sales management teams. Houlihan Lawrence, like

other locally-branded bro-kerage companies under the HomeServices umbrella, will retain its name.

“We are joining an or-ganization known for its strength and stability, said Stephen Meyers. “Our part-nership secures the future of the firm without changing the exceptional culture that is core to our storied brand. We are thrilled with this an-nouncement and the many benefits it brings to our cli-ents and agents.”

“When you combine the incredible strength of our people and the remarkable history of our success with the unsurpassed financial stability of HomeServices, there is no limit to what we can accomplish,” added Chris Meyers.

“Nancy, Stephen and Chris, together with their team of sales managers and agents, have built an extraordinary organization and exemplify a level of expertise and leader-ship that is second-to-none in the real estate business today,” said Ron Peltier, chairman and CEO, HomeServices. “Their cul-ture of integrity and innovation closely aligns with our corpo-rate vision and our emphasis on customer value and results.”

With this transaction, HomeServices has nearly 29,500 real estate profession-als operating in nearly 570 of-

fices across 28 states. In 2016, the company’s associates facil-itated more than $93 billion in residential real estate sales.

“This is an important transaction to HomeServices,” concluded Peltier. “And we are very proud to welcome Houli-han Lawrence to the HomeSer-vices family.”

HomeServices of America is the country’s second-largest residential real estate broker-age company and, through its operating companies, is one of the largest providers of in-tegrated real estate services. HomeServices of America is the majority owner of the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Real Living Real Estate and Pru-dential Real Estate franchise networks. HomeServices is owned by Berkshire Hathaway Energy, a consolidated subsid-iary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. HomeServices’ operating companies offer integrated real estate services, including brokerage services, mortgage originations, title and closing services, property and casualty insurance, home warranties, and other homeownership ser-vices. HomeServices Relocation, LLC, is the full-service relocation arm of HomeServices of Ameri-ca, which provides every aspect of domestic and internation-al relocation to corporations around the world. Information about HomeServices is avail-able at www.homeservices.com.

NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital Welcomes New Year’s BabyNewYork-Presbyteri-

an Lawrence Hospital wel-comed the hospital’s first baby delivered in 2017.

Avery Acevedo was born to Yrmina Acevedo at 2:28 a.m. on January 1, 2017. The baby girl was 8 pounds, 1 ounce and 19 inches long. She was delivered by Dr. Regina Fitzgerald of West-chester-Bronx OB/GYN Group.

Ms. Acevedo is from Bronx and has two other daughters, ages 18 and 16. She is a staffing analyst with the Fire Department of the City of New York.

Ne w Yo rk - P re sb y t e -rian Lawrence Hospital’s Maternity Center offers 23

private, hotel-like post-par-tum rooms complete with bathrooms and showers, flat-screen televisions and free Internet. The rooms were designed for maxi-mum comfort with relaxing colors, soft lighting, carpet-ed floors and special reclin-ing chair/beds for spouses.

The Maternity Center also features a state-of-the-art nursery for newborns and a new Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery for babies with special needs or those who are born premature-ly. NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital pro-vides support for breast-

feeding mothers with an on-site lactation specialist and follow-up support af-ter discharge. The hospital delivers an average of 1,600 babies annually.

For more information, visit www.nyp.org/law-rence or call 914-787-1000.

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Calendar of Events

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Archie and Friends co-CEO Nancy Silberkleit by making a pop-up card, enjoying a root-beer float and a chance to win an Archie Comic on Sunday February 12 from 2 – 3pm at the Mamaroneck Pub-lic Library, 136 Prospect Avenue. Visit mamaronecklibrary.org to learn more.

On Monday, February 13 at 7:30pm, The Picture House Regional Film Center (TPH) in partnership with Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health will host a special screening of the new Academy Award nominated documentary Life, Animated followed by a Q&A with Ron, Cornelia, and Owen Suskind, the family featured in the film. After the film, TPH critic-in-residence Marshall Fine will moderate a discussion and Q&A with Ron, Cornelia, and Owen Suskind. Tickets to the special screening and discussion are $15/general admission, $12/students, seniors, and members and are available at www.thepicture-house.org or at the box office, 175 Wolfs Lane.

The Picture House, 175 Wolfs Lane, Pelham, hosts Mud Week Camps February 20 – 23 for grades K-2 and 3-5 from 9am to 12pm or 9am – 2:30pm. Using the hit movie “Sing” as their inspiration, students will create new mu-sic-themed videos for each day of camp. After camp ends, a winning video will be chosen from each age group and will be screened at The Picture House this spring. To register or for additional information, call 738-7337 or visit www.thepicturehouse.org.

On February 9, from 7-8:30pm, The Pelham Public Library hosts “Hem-ingway in Paris,” a talk by Elizabeth Kemble, discussing the places that Hemingway frequented in Paris as well as the relationships that influenced his famous prose style. Refreshments will be provided, registration is not required. Call 738-1234 for more information.

The Pelham Art Center, 155 Fifth Avenue, presents the exhibition, “Op Art: Image in the Service of Ideas” opens on January 19 with a reception from 6:30-8pm including a free hands-on art workshop. Over 50 original art works are featured. The exhibit, curated by Elizabeth Saperstein and Nancy Warner will be on view through March 25. For additional information, call 738-2525 or visit PelhamArtCenter.org.

Upcoming Bartow Pell Mansion Mu-seum, 895 Shore Road, Pel-ham Bay Park, The Bronx hosts Morning Yoga in the Parlors on Wednesdays from 9-10am, registration required; Saturday, Feb. 4, from 11am-12:30pm -- Edi-bles in the Outdoor Garden Bed, led by staff gardening pro Lauren Gill; Saturday, Feb. 11 from 1-3pm, a con-cert, “Music & Mimosas” with awoodwind ensemble, The Quintet of the Ameri-cas, registration required; Sunday Feb. 12, from 11am – 12:30pm -- A Victorian Valentine Workshop. Call 718-885-1461 or visit bpmm.org for more information.

Pass it on, Pelham!, a Junior League of Pelham program, is hosting a family-fun event at the Manor Club, 1023 Esplanade, Pelham Manor on February 4 from 9am to 12:30pm to collect gently-used gear and cloth-ing for kids ages 0-16. Do-nations will go directly to families in need in lower Westchester and the Bronx. There will also be enter-tainment for the little ones, jugglers, crafts and more. Email passitonpelham@gmail.com for additional in-formation. St. Paul’s Church, 897 S. Co-lumbus Avenue, Mt. Vernon hosts the following: Febru-ary 11 at 1pm, in recognition of Black History Month, learn about the great black intellectual leader, W.E.B. DuBois; on February 20 the site is open from 9am to 5pm, and presents a 1pm talk in recognition of Pres-

ident’s Day, there will also be re-enactors portraying General Washington and President Lincoln. All pro-grams are free. For infor-mation call 667-4116 or visit www.nps.gov/sapa.

The Pelham Public Library, 530 Colonial Avenue holds the following: Homework Help on Tuesday and Thurs-days from 3:30-4:45pm for grades K-8. The After Dark Book Club meets on Febru-ary 2 at 7:30pm discussing “The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction and Hou-dini in the Spirit World” and the Second Friday Book Club meets on February 17 at 10:30am discussing the novel “Plainsong” by Kent Haruf, (rescheduled from February 10).The Career Development Seminar “Managing Your Career in Changing Times” is an 8-week program aimed at people wishing to assess or re-assess their careers, on Tuesdays beginning Febru-ary 7, call 674-3612 to regis-ter. For information on any of these programs, call 738-1234 or visit pelhamlibrary.org.

Greenburgh Nature Center, 99 Dromore Road, Scarsdale hosts the following events: February 20 through Feb-ruary 23, from 9:30am to 1pm – Nature Experience Camp for ages K-3; Wednes-days from 10 to 11am – Class for young children ages 2-4 (session begins February 15, registration required); Mondays from 1 to 2pm – Young Explorers’ Story-time for ages 3-5; Fridays from 10:30 to 11:15am – Wee Paint for ages 2-4 (pre-reg-

istration and pre-payment required); Saturdays and Sundays at 11:30am – Teach-ing Trails, walks for all ages with the Trail Ninja; Febru-ary 8 at 7pm – Energy: Cli-mate Culprit to Atmosphere Hero. Visit greenburghna-turecenter.org or call 813-1812 for details.

The Westchester County Board of Health wants to recognize volunteers who have made outstanding con-tributions to public health in Westchester. Nomina-tions for the annual service awards are due February 8. Nomination forms are available at www.westches-tergov.com/health. The awards will be presented in April to spotlight National Public Health Week.

Westchester County Parks are offering several pro-grams: Events on February 11 include: Morning Farm Chores from 8 to 10am at Muscoot Farm, Route 100 Somers (pre-registra-tion required); Eaglefest on the Hudson from 9 to 11am at Croton Point Park, Croton-on-Hudson; Val-entine’s Day Crafts from 1 to 2pm at Cranberry Lake Preserve, North White Plains (pre-registration and pre-payment required). On February 12, Muscoot Farm presents, Sugaring from noon to 3pm. Lasdon Park, Arboretum and Vet-erans Memorial, Route 35, Somers will conduct a pre-sentation entitled, Dealing with Common Houseplant Problems from 2 to 3pm (pre-registration required). On February 19 and 26 from 1 to 3pm, Muscoot Farm will hold, Hog Wild Over Ewe in cooperation with local 4H members. For information on all programs visit parks.westchestergov.com.

February4Christ Church, 17 Sagamore Road, Bronxville presents John Rutter’s Requiem at 8pm. All donations go to support the summer choir tour to England, Wales and Ireland. For additional in-formation visit ccbny.org.

5At 3pm, The Huguenot and New Rochelle Historical Association presents a talk, “A Life Well Lived” by the Hon. Pearl Quarles at 3pm at The Thomas Paine Cot-tage, 20 Sicard Avenue, New Rochelle celebrating Black History month. Call 633-1776 or visit thomaspaine-cottage.org for additional information.

10The Picture House Winter Party will take place at Glen Island honoring Barbara Bratone. Tickets on sale at The Picture House, 175 Wolfs Lane, Pelham, 738-3161, or visit thepicture-house.org.

11EagleFest 2017 at Croton Point Park takes place from 9am to 4pm, snow date is February 12. Visitors can at-tend a variety of workshops and presentations geared to all ages. There will be op-portunities to view eagles in their nearby natural hab-itats. Two two-hour tours will leave Croton Point Park at 9:30am and 2pm. The Sony film “The Eagle Hunt-ress” will be screened at 1:30 and 3:30pm at Wilcox Hall on Pace University’s Pleas-antville campus. Tickets are available at www.teatown.org/events/eaglefest/

12 The Reformed Church of Bronxville, 180 Pondfield Road presents an after-noon of chamber music at 3pm. The concert features Dvorak and Shostakovich performed by violinist Cris-topher Collins Lee, Nurit Pacht, Kathryn Lockwood, Andy Kim and Sandor Sza-bo. Admission is free, all are welcome. For additional information call 337-6776 or visit reformedchurch.org.

March1Pelham Public Library, 530 Colonial Avenue, Pelham, Library Trustee Meeting takes place at 7:30 in the Li-brary’s Program Room. Fu-ture meetings are April 5, May 3, and July 12.

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February Break Camp

Come explore! Treasure Hunt! Morning Art Camp Ages 3-7Duct Tape Creations (9:30 to 12:30pm),

Clay (1:30 to 4:30pm) and Digital Collage Ages 8-13February 20 through 24

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Art Adventures!

techniques of destruction” to “subjectivize it to psycho-logical deformity.”

Asked to critique the piece, Levine replies, “This oil painting suggests both the untouched reality of two hands coming together and the distortion of reality when retrospection/mem-ory is at play. Ms. Ryan’s work challenges viewers to consider distortions within their own memories.”

The Heart of Neiman Marcus Foundation’s web-site states that, “students who receive arts in their curriculum tend to matric-ulate and graduate at high-er rates, score higher on the SATs, and become more cre-ative problem solvers and engaged civic leaders.”

Bronxville High School Art teacher Courtney Alan says, “We participate in the

StArt show at OSilas every year as it is a great opportu-nity to display student work in a prominent gallery with other high schools. It’s so important for stu-dents to show their work to the greater community as it adds value to it. Their artwork is evidence of the creative learning that takes place at Bronxville High School and allows the stu-dents to demonstrate their unique perspectives along-side their peers.”

“We are very grateful for the sponsorship of The Heart of Neiman Marcus Foundation,” Vranka tells me. “We have been working with Neiman Marcus White Plains and their financial support helps underwrite the costs associated with our youth art programs.”

The staff of Osilas

Gallery invite the Bronx-ville community to experi-ence their next exhibition, Dreams & Reality: Visions of Urban Architecture by not-ed American muralist Rich-ard Haas, which will run February 2nd-March 4th. Residents of Southern West-chester are well acquainted with his trompe-l’œil murals which make up The Gate-way to the Waterfront on building exteriors in down-town Yonkers. The opening reception will take place on Thursday, February 2nd, from 7-9pm and will feature a brief talk by the artist.

All exhibitions at OSilas Gallery are free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Tues/Wed/Fri noon-5pm, Thurs noon-7pm and Sat/Sun 2-5pm. For addition-al information, please visit Osilasgallery.org

Left to right: Maggie Miller, Kelly Ryan and Elizabeth Vranka, Executive Director, OSilas Gallery. Photos by Moon Baby Photo. Visit moonbabyphoto.com to view the full gallery of photos.

11th Annual StART Regional High School Student Art Exhibition at Concordia College’s OSilas Gallerycontinued from page 1

Laurie Meehan Named 2017 Gathering of Friends Community Champion

Bronxville Resident Laurie Meehan has been selected to receive the Com-munity Champion Award at The Village Lutheran Church and The Chapel School’s annual fundrais-ing gala, The Gathering of Friends (http://gather-ing-of-friends.org/). Ms. Meehan will be honored at the event which takes place on Friday, March 17 at Glen Island Harbour Club in New Rochelle.

“The Gathering of Friends Community Cham-pion is someone in the Village Lutheran Church, The Chapel School or Con-cordia Community that we look up to, has made great strides for our mission and

inspires us to our highest ideals,” said Rev. Dr. Rob-ert Hartwell, Senior Pas-tor of the Village Lutheran Church. “Laurie has been such a blessing to our Chap-el School and the Bronxville community. With great hu-mility and a ‘roll-up-your sleeves’ attitude, Laurie has both passion and great wisdom and we are grateful for her selfless devotion to making our world a better place.”

Over the past 10 years, Ms. Meehan has amassed an impressive list of accom-plishments at The Chapel School. Having served as a Chapel School class parent (multiple times), Gather-ing of Friends (GOF) chair

(2012) and holding almost every position within the PTO including President (2014/2015), there is no volunteer opportunity to which Ms. Meehan has not graciously given her time to and continues to as she currently serves as a Blue Ribbon Foundation Board (BRF) Member and on the PTO Programming Commit-tee.

Michael Schultz, Prin-cipal, The Chapel School added “I have known and worked with Laurie for many years, through her countless hours of vol-unteerism at The Chapel School in support of ev-erything from the PTO to

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Top-Producing Westchester County Real Estate Experts Holly Mellstrom, Kristin Bischof,

Alison Schair-Trigona and Elizabeth Ritchie Join Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty

Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty an-nounced that seasoned real estate agents Holly Mellstrom, Kristin Bischof, Alison Schair-Trigona and Elizabeth Ritchie have joined the firm and will be based in the Bronxville, brokerage. Holly Mellstrom has ranked as the highest producing real estate agent in the Pelham, marketplace for five of the past six years including 2016, as well as one of the top producers in all of Westchester County. Mellstrom, who achieved more than twice the sales volume of her nearest local competitor in 2016, rep-resents approximately $46 million in volume annually.

All four agents most recently served as sales associates with the Pel-ham-based affiliate in the global Sotheby’s Interna-tional Realty® network, McClellan Sotheby’s Inter-national Realty. The four stated that they chose to move to Julia B. Fee Sothe-by’s International Realty due to the firm’s position as the luxury real estate brand’s #1 affiliate in dollar

volume worldwide, as well as its broader regional net-work.

A Pelham resident since 1997, Mellstrom spe-cializes in estates, complex transactions and concur-rent purchases and sales. She offers clients an exten-sive network of local and global resources, as well as her intimate knowledge of the market. Mellstrom has served two terms on the Westchester County Board of Directors, and currently sits on the organization’s Professional Standards and Ethics Committee. She is also involved in the local schools, and has held posi-tions on the boards of the Ju-nior League of Pelham, Pel-ham Children’s Center and Siwanoy PTA. Prior to real estate, Mellstrom enjoyed a successful marketing ca-reer including positions with Procter & Gamble, Showtime Networks and Pepsi-Cola.

“I am so excited to wel-come such an accomplished and extraordinary sales professional to our firm,” said Virginia Doetsch, man-ager of Julia B. Fee Sothe-

by’s International Realty’s Bronxville brokerage. “Hol-ly brings a passionate devo-tion to service, an incredi-ble depth of knowledge and a tremendous record of suc-cess in Westchester County. I look forward to support-ing her business with all of the vast and powerful re-sources available through our company and brand.”

A native of Westches-ter County, Kristin Bischof brings unparalleled knowl-edge of the area, particular-ly Pelham and neighboring City Island. Following a successful career in mar-keting and sales, she quick-ly became a top producer in real estate, specializing in first-time homebuyers and luxury waterfront homes. A mother of two children, Bischof is also actively in-volved in the community and has first-hand knowl-edge of the area’s preschool, elementary and middle school activities. She cur-rently serves on the Board of County Harvest, is the former president of the Pelham Junior League, has served on the board of Hu-guenot Nursery School and

Pelham Children’s Center, and was active in the Colo-nial School PTA for many years.

With more than 15 years of experience in real estate, Alison Schair-Trigo-na formerly held corporate and management positions with Houlihan Lawrence and McClellan Sotheby’s International Realty. Her background in brokerage management provides her with a deep understanding of how to provide the best level of service to buyers and sellers, including at-tention to detail and a skill for listening carefully to their individual needs. In addition, as a resident cur-rently of Edgemont and formerly of Scarsdale and Manhattan, she brings as-tute knowledge of all the communities of Southern Westchester as well as a so-phisticated understanding of the market.

Ritchie has brought to her career as a sales asso-ciate in both Westchester County and Manhattan 15 years of invaluable experi-ence in executive roles with several Fortune 500 health

care companies such as Cigna, United Healthcare and WellPoint. As a calm and trusted advocate for her clients, Ritchie works to provide superior ser-vice tailored to each cli-ent’s unique situation. She helps her clients to make wise decisions in their real estate and investment opportunities. Ritchie cur-rently resides in Pelham with her husband and two young children. She is a Provisional Member of the Junior League of Pelham and active in the Huguenot Nursery School Parents Committee.

“All four of these won-derful agents are highly regarded in the world of Westchester County real estate,” said Doetsch. “Rep-resenting some of the high-est sales in the area, there is no doubt that they are pas-sionate about each of their transactions. As we wel-come Holly, Kristen, Alison and Elizabeth to our Bronx-ville team, we are thrilled to also be welcoming a whole new wealth of expertise in the Pelham, market to our firm.”

Holly Mellstrom Kristin Bischof Alison Schair-Trigona Elizabeth Ritchie

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Celebrate Awards Season at Marquee Night, The Picture House Winter Party

Friday, February 10th marks the start of a new tradi-tion for the Picture House Re-gional Film Center (TPH) as the non-profit, independent movie theater celebrates awards sea-son with their first-ever Acade-my Awards pre-party. Marquee Night – TPH’s winter party fundraiser will unite film lov-ers from throughout Westches-ter County as they don their best “Red Carpet Ready” attire for dancing, dinner, and more at the beautiful Glen Island Har-bour Club overlooking Long Island Sound.

Not a standard awards dinner, at Marquee Night guests can mingle and nosh on tasty fare, hold court at a table, or take their spotlight to the dance floor and enjoy the live music of the highly-popular band The Nerds who will be playing all night long. Silent and live auctions offer chanc-es to win items dripping with Hollywood glamour and fun including theater tickets, a fabulous trip to a boutique hotel in Lake Tahoe, incred-ible sports tickets, jewelry and more. Marquee Night will honor longtime Picture

House supporter Barbara Bratone with the Harold Lloyd Commitment to Community Award for everything she’s done to keep the cultural land-scape of Westchester vibrant and strong, including her pre-vious role as board member and interim executive direc-tor of The Picture House.

Marquee Night is co-chaired by Pelham resident Louise Middleton and New Rochelle resident Melina Vourlekis. They are support-ed by a committee of volun-teers from all over Southern Westchester. Owen Berkow-itz and Carol Marrone of the

Berkowitz/Marrone Team at Douglas Elliman is the Direc-tor Level sponsor of the event.

Tickets to Marquee Night start at $200 per person. The $200 early bird tickets are available until January 25th when the price increases to $250/person. All tables and tickets are available for pur-chase at www.thepicture-house.org or by calling (914) 738-3161. Various sponsorship levels are available and busi-nesses and individuals may provide additional support for the event by purchasing an ad in the event journal. For more information about sponsor-ships or ads, email winterpar-ty@thepicturehouse.org.

The Picture House Region-al Film Center is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit supported by ticket sales, grants, membership fees – and by special events like Mar-quee Night. Proceeds from the event will help further preserve the 1921 theatre and enable the The Picture House to pursue its mission to create a shared com-munity experience for diverse audiences through film, educa-tion programming, and unique cultural offerings.

Barbara Bratone

Nancy Arnold Joins the Gramatan Village Board

Nancy Arnold was elected to the Gramatan Village Board of Directors at their January meeting. Gramatan Village engages community residents who want to remain in the home and neighborhood they love. We support aging-in-community with a network of volunteers, community partnerships and peer connections that enable members to stay independent, and fully engaged in the community. Gramatan Village is recognized as a leader in the Na-tional Village Movement.

Nancy moved to Bronxville two years ago to be near her daughter and grandchildren. “I met Nancy in the Bronxville Fitness Club and introduced her to Gramatan Village. Nancy was interested in our mission and offered to be a volunteer on the Marketing Committee. It was a natural fit with her professional background in marketing and advertising” said Gramatan Village Board Chair Kerry Walsh.

Nancy earned her undergraduate degree in political science from SUNY Albany and her Juris Doctor and Master of Environmental Law from Vermont Law School. She has en-joyed two successful careers, first in advertising, sales and marketing and as an attorney in the public and private sectors. Most recently Nancy worked in the Connecticut Attorney General’s office.

For more information about Gramatan Village, visit gramatanvillage.org

Nancy Arnold

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The Bronxville School Foundation Announces 2017 Grant Cycle

BY KELLY DOLAN

The Bronxville School Foundation is pleased to announce its 2017 grant cy-cle. The Foundation raises money from school families, alumni, and the community to support meaningful proj-ects that enrich the educa-tional experience of students Kindergarten through Grade 12. The Foundation invites faculty, administrators, staff, students, parents, and com-munity members to submit grant requests.

Since its inception in 1991, the Foundation has awarded 643 grants totaling

more than $8.3 million on grants that focus on pursu-ing innovative ideas, piloting new programs, providing faculty training, equipment and facilities in areas of sci-ence, arts, athletics, technol-ogy, and curriculum develop-ment.

“We are excited to re-ceive the 2017 grant applica-tions which will improve the educational environment for students, faculty and admin-istrators,” says Matt Wetty, who heads up the Grants Committee this year. “The grants committee is ready to provide assistance in devel-oping and researching ideas.”

The grant application with guidelines, as well as descriptions of grants that the Foundation has funded in the past, can be found on the Foundation’s website, www.BronxvilleSchoolFoun-dation.org. The deadline for all applications is Monday, March 6, 2017.

For further information or inquiries, contact Matt Wetty at mattwetty@yahoo.com or Peggy Williams, Foundation Executive Di-rector, at pwilliams@bronx-villeschool.org.

Innovative High School Math Class-room. Photo credit: Kelly Dolan

High School students build complex, timing-based circuits

B r o n x v i l l e High School stu-dents who have been studying about electricity and the fundamen-tals of electronics used real compo-nents to build their own complex cir-cuits.

Benjamin Cor-nish’s Advanced Physics with an Introduction to En-gineering class con-ducted background research and com-pleted mathemat-ical calculations to under-stand the different concepts and individual compo-nents. They then used a variety of online software applications to simulate basic circuits. With their newly acquired knowl-edge, the students began building their circuits on real breadboards.

“The circuits they worked on were predomi-nantly timing-based,” Cor-nish said. “The purpose of that type of circuit is to establish a waveform that goes back and forth, or on and off, and use that as a control mechanism. The circuits, which we imple-mented in class, ranged from simply turning on

an LED light to controlling the tone of the speaker or the frequency that’s gen-erated, and controlling the speed of an electric motor.”

Throughout the course, the students gained the ability to trou-bleshoot, interpret com-plex circuit diagrams and map an abstract illustra-tion into a real-world im-plementation. Cornish added that working with small components allowed them to enhance their fine motor skills and attention to detail, which are crucial skills in the field of elec-tronics.

“What we’re doing in physics is really import-ant as our world becomes

more technologically de-pendent,” said junior An-drew Cargill, who built a circuit for a speaker. “It’s highly innovative and will serve us well in the real world.”

As the students delved deeper into understand-ing the nature of timing circuits, they further en-hanced their creativity and critical thinking skills. Next semester, they will continue to build on their knowledge of engineering and design principles by conducting an extensive project of their choosing.

To watch a video about the students’ work, visit the district’s website at www.bronxvilleschool.org.

Elementary School first-graders act out folk tales and fables

Bronxville Elementary School first-graders who have been reading folk tales and fables in their classrooms worked with Rachel Berger, programs director for the Play Group The-atre, to act out emotions and plots from the different stories. The collaboration enhanced the students’ ability to retell stories and understand the development of characters.

As part of the lesson, the students created their own puppets out of paper bags and gave each of their characters a name and defining traits. They learned how to get into character, act and sound like their characters, and speak clearly and confidently in front of an audience.

“The students really enjoyed working with Rachel and having theater in the classroom because it allowed them to be expressive and creative,” teacher Stacy Bilgoray said.

To culminate their work, the students will perform a folk tale before an audience of peers, teachers and administrators to demonstrate what they’ve learned about storytelling.

The program was generously supported through a grant from the Bronxville School Foundation.

To watch a video about the students’ work with the Play Group Theatre, visit the district’s website at www.bronxvilleschool.org.

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the Gathering of Friends gala; but, this is my first experience with the excite-ment she brings to the BRF) Board. As we work toward building our BRF Endow-ment Fund, we are poised to do great things for the stu-dents and families of The Chapel School for genera-tions to come. Many won-derful volunteers and gen-erous donors have helped us get to this point, but I be-lieve that we would not be here without Laurie’s com-mitment and leadership.”

The love of children, all children, is truly what motivates Ms. Meehan. She spearheaded an effort to of-fer movement and exercise to The Chapel School stu-dents during winter indoor recess months. After months of meetings with administra-tion, faculty and parents, the “Spring Training” program started in 2015 to help Chapel kids do calisthenics during the dreary winter months and stay healthy.

Ms. Meehan’s kindness and compassion extend beyond the school campus and into the surrounding local communities. She has been an active volunteer at the Tree House for the Be-reavement Center of West-chester, an organization of-fering support and a caring environment for children who have lost a parent or sibling. Ms. Meehan has

also served as the Junior League of Bronxville’s New Projects Chair where she helped pilot programs to provide homework help to students at the Mt. Vernon Public Library and to pro-vide support and activities for siblings of children with special needs at Heartsong.

According to Jamie Geier and Amy Reid, the 2017 Gathering of Friends co-chairs, “You may or may not know Laurie personal-ly, but, if you are a Chapel family, undoubtedly you know her work. All of us at Chapel have for years been the unknowing benefactors of her tireless dedication, innovative ideas and un-wavering commitment to improving our school and positively impacting the lives of all who attend.”

Hosted annually, the Gathering of Friends cele-brates The Chapel School ( h t t p : // w w w. th e c h a p el -school.org/) and The Vil-lage Lutheran Church (http://www.vlc-ny.org/ ) vital role in the life of the local community as well as the academic excellence and spiritual education of-fered to the children, and the ministry’s commitment to fellowship, stewardship and community service combined make a positive impact on all. Tickets to at-tend the event can be pur-chased by

Fourth-graders learn what to do with an idea

Bronxville School teacher residents Jacque-line Sullivan and Samantha MacDonald have developed a lesson plan for all fourth-grade students about the importance of sticking with an idea and persever-ing through challenges to achieve their long-term goals.

The lesson was in-spired by Kobi Yamada’s book, “What Do You Do with an Idea,” which all stu-dents were required to read. During their lessons, Sulli-van and MacDonald defined grit – the passion and mo-tivation to achieve a long-term goal –and explained to the students how essential this trait is to help them per-severe in academics, athlet-ics and other areas of their lives.

“My hope is that they become more confident in their abilities and are in-spired to achieve any goal they set their minds to,” Sul-livan said.

Sullivan and MacDon-ald also discussed how suc-cessful people, such as Steve Jobs, J.K. Rowling, Walt Dis-ney and Thomas Edison, endured many obstacles

throughout their lives, but with grit they were able to achieve their highest as-pirations. Following each presentation, the students wrote their own ideas and noted the various ways to practice grit in order to follow through and achieve their goals. MacDonald said the exercise also tied into their lessons on opinion writing.

“Teaching this lesson

about a book with such an empowering message and being able to interact with the students of Bronxville Elementary School has been a great experience,” Sullivan added. “This is just one of the many ways in which the Teacher Residen-cy program at Bronxville al-lows for graduate students to participate in the school community and be part of the success of each child.”

Sullivan and MacDon-ald work directly with the students through a partner-ship with Manhattanville College and LIU/Hudson. The Bronxville Teacher Res-idency program provides the graduate students with the opportunity to be part of the curriculum lesson planning and learn from an experienced teacher, who serves as their mentor throughout the school year.

High School sophomores earn spots in Poetry Out Loud regional competition

Bronxville High School sophomores Olivia Lewis and Jack Kochansky were named winner and runner-up, respectively, in the schoolwide Poetry Out Loud competition. They’ve each earned a spot in the regional com-petition, which will be held on Feb. 16 at the Fash-ion Institute of Technolo-gy’s Katie Murphy Amphi-theatre.

Lewis, who recited “The Obligation to Be Hap-py,” and Kochansky, who recited “Entirely,” com-

peted against more than 20 other students for a chance to advance to the next level of the compe-tition. They performed in front of an audience of peers and a panel of judg-es, which included Mayor Mary Marvin, Superin-tendent of Schools Dr. Da-vid Quattrone and English teacher Franco D’Alessan-dro.

“The students were evaluated not only for ac-curacy, but for conveying the meaning of the poem in a dramatically appro-

priate way,” said Vic-tor Maxwell, an English teacher and Poetry Out Loud coordinator. “Other criteria included physical presence, voice and artic-ulation, evidence and un-derstanding, and overall performance.”

Poetry Out Loud is a national contest that encourages students to learn about poetry through memorization and recitation. Its also helps them master pub-lic speaking skills, build self-confidence and learn about literacy history. The program uses a pyramid structure that begins at the classroom level, then

takes school-wide winners to the region-al and/or state competition and ultimately to the national finals.

At the re-gional competi-tion, Lewis and Kochansky will each compete for a spot in the state competi-tion, which will take place on March 10 in Syr-acuse.

Olivia Lewis (left) and Jack Kochansky

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Special Screening of “Life, Animated” Followed by Q&A with Suskind Family

On Monday, February 13 at 7:30pm, The Picture House Regional Film Center (TPH) in partnership with Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health will host a special screening of the new Academy Award nominated documentary Life, Animated followed by a Q&A with Ron, Cornelia, and Owen Suskind, the family featured in the film.

From Academy Award winning director Roger Ross Williams, Life, Animated is the inspirational story of Owen Suskind, a young man with autism who was unable to speak as a child until he and his family discovered a unique way to communicate by immersing themselves in the world of classic Disney animated films. This emotional coming-of-age story follows Owen as he grad-uates to adulthood and takes his first steps toward independence. The subject of his father Ron Suskind’s New York Times bestseller, Owen was a thriving three year old who suddenly and inexplicably went silent – and for years after remained unable to connect with other people or to convey his thoughts, feelings or desires. Over time, through repeated viewings of Disney classics like The Little Mermaid and The Lion King, Owen found useful tools to help him to understand complex social cues and to re-connect with the world around him. Life, Animated has made the Oscar nomination shortlist.

After the film, TPH critic-in-residence Marshall Fine will moderate a discussion and Q&A with Ron, Cornelia, and Owen Suskind. Ron Suskind is a Pulitzer-winning journal-ist, bestselling author and the founder of Sidekicks. Ron’s bestseller, Life, Animated (2014), has driven activism and research about the compensatory strengths of those with autism and others who are “differently-abled” due to distinctive neurology or sociocultural back-grounds.

This event supports a key part of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health’s mission to eradicate negative stigma, through education and advocacy to support the ultimate goal of unlocking and nurturing human potential for people living with emotional, behavioral or cognitive differences.

Tickets to the special screening and discussion are $15/general admission, $12/students, seniors, and members and are available at www.thepicturehouse.org or at the box office, 175 Wolfs Lane, Pelham, NY 10803.

Score a Touchdown with Healthy Snacks for the “Big Game”

We all know that the biggest star at the “Big Game” football party is the food! The American Heart Association (AHA) doesn’t want you to sack everyone’s healthy New Year’s resolutions with a party spread filled with fried, fattening, salty or sugary foods. Keep plenty of heart-healthy options in the starting line-up to give every-one healthy options while cele-brating the big game.

“Offering healthy food choices can help people main-tain a healthy weight, even at big parties. You can easily swap out unhealthy ingredients for healthier ones and adding more fruits and vegetables is a big game strategy that’s sure to score a touchdown for health!” said Carolyn Torella, AHA spokesperson, “February is American Heart Month, and this is a great opportunity to kick off the month with health-ier meals.”

First Half Strategy – First down: start the game with sal-ad and veggies. Fill up on the healthier foods first, then add in a few treats on your plate. Go with healthier appetizers like cut veggies and hummus, fat-free yogurt dips or guacamole made with avocados. According to research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, eating one avocado a day as part of a heart healthy, cholesterol-lowering moder-ate-fat diet can help improve bad cholesterol levels in over-weight and obese individuals. Use baked, not fried and whole grain versions of your favorite chips and crackers. Try low-fat cheeses with whole grain crackers or toasts, and choose assorted low-sodium or unsalt-ed nuts, which are high in good fats and protein.

Halftime Rally – When planning your halftime buffet, throw the penalty flag on the worst party foods like fried Buffalo wings (up to 35 grams of fat per serving), takeout personal pepperoni pan pizza (over 60% of sodium daily al-lowance), nachos with cheese (30% of your daily fat). Opt for baked, not fried buffalo ten-ders, whole wheat pizza with veggies, and chicken or bean and low-fat cheese burritos in a whole wheat wrap. With healthy foods, you’ll still have energy for that halftime touch football game! Try turkey or chicken and bean chili with

lots of veggies cooked in, and low-fat cheese and low-fat sour cream on the side.

Second Half Plan – Of-fer seltzer and no sugar-add-ed fruit juice beverages as “mock-cocktail” alternatives to alcohol-based drinks. Alco-hol can raise blood pressure and is full of empty calories. Make portion control part of your game plan. Smaller plates and calorie counting apps can help you keep track of the foods you are consum-ing so you don’t go overboard. Know your portions. For ex-ample, a serving of chicken breast (3 ounces) is about the size of a deck of cards and an ounce of cheese is about the size of your index finger. A cup of pasta is the size of a fist and half a cup of rice is a cup-cake wrapper-full. For more portion tips, check out www.heart.org/PortionDistortion.

The American Heart As-sociation recommends a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole-grain, high-fiber foods, and fat-free and low-fat dairy products. Keep total fat intake between 25

and 35 percent of calories, with most fats coming from sourc-es of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats such as fish, nuts, seeds and vegetable oils most often. Use naturally occurring, un-hydrogenated vegetable oils such as canola, safflower, sunflower or olive oil most often.

Why offer healthier op-tions? Over 149 million Ameri-cans, or 67 percent of adults 20 and older, are overweight or obese. By 2015, experts project that 75 percent of adults will be overweight, with 41 percent being obese. Nearly one-third of U.S. children and adolescents are overweight or obese and at higher risk for heart dis-ease and stroke. Making small changes to diet and lifestyle can help prevent heart disease and stroke, the number one and five killers.

Try these healthy varia-tions of classic party recipes and get more cooking tips and instructional videos from the American Heart Association at www.heart.org/simplecook-ing .

Avocado & White Bean Dip

Servings: Four 1/4 cup servingsIngredients

1/2 can no-salt added navy beans, rinsed and drained (1/2 of a 15.5-ounce can= approx 8 ounces)1/2 medium avocado, peeled and pitted1/4 cup fat-free plain yogurt2 Tbsp fat-free milk1 Tbsp lime juice1 medium garlic clove, quartered1/2 tsp ground cumin1/4 tsp salt1/8 tsp cayenne

Preparation: Combine all ingredients in a food processor or blender and process until smooth, scraping the work bowl frequently to make sure all ingredients incorporate fully.

Performance coach enhances Bronxville High School students’ strengths for National History Day

Bronxville High School freshmen and sophomores, who have been conducting extensive historical research for several months, recently worked with renowned per-formance coach Karen De Mauro to prepare for their schoolwide National History Day competition, to be held on Feb. 1 from 2-4 p.m.

Thanks to a grant from the Bronxville School Founda-tion, De Mauro – artistic direc-tor and founder of The Acting Center in New York City – worked with the students for two days to provide them with individualized strategies and targeted feedback to help en-hance their presentation skills.

“The students responded overwhelmingly positively and said they felt less nervous after Karen gave them strate-gies to manage public speak-ing; everything from the way they engage the audience, to how they occupy space in the

room, make eye contact, an-chor themselves and stand at the podium,” social studies teacher Christina Reidel said. “She was positive and skillful in recognizing every students’ strengths and they felt really supported.”

Through their work with De Mauro, the students honed on their delivery, focus and vocal variety skills, as well as phrasing and body position-ing. They also practiced how to make an entrance during a presentation in order to make a good first impression. De Mauro assured the students that it’s all right to be nervous because it shows that they care about their audience.

“Getting advice from a performance coach was real-ly helpful and I appreciated that she didn’t try to change us as presenters, but brought out our strengths,” said soph-omore Marina Alfano, who is creating an animal rights

movement website.This year’s National His-

tory Day theme is “Taking a Stand” and students will dis-play their authentic work in one of five ways – website, doc-umentary, paper, performance or exhibit. As part of their research, which allows them to further explore their inter-est in a specific topic, many of them would contact experts in the field, analyze the evidence and data they’re collecting and develop theses that address the National History Day theme.

They will then articu-late what they’ve discovered through their historical re-search during the schoolwide competition, where three indi-vidual and three group winners from each of the five categories will advance to the regional competition. De Mauro will re-turn to the district to continue her work with the selected win-ners for the next round of the national competition.

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fronts the cost is about 50% less than buying and install-ing new, all-wood cabinets. However, if you choose spe-cial shapes or wood fronts the savings begins to dimin-ish. Another factor that can add to the expense of refac-ing is changing the layout of your kitchen. You realize the greatest saving when no alterations are made to the floor plan. If you intend on changing more than 10% of the cabinets in the kitchen it makes more sense to think about replacing all of them.

If you are considering renovating your kitchen, bath or wall unit, it certain-ly would be worthwhile to investigate all the possibili-ties. Especially now that the taboo associated with refac-ing has been lifted, it’s a good idea to visit showrooms that offer both new cabinets and refacing. And, with the wide range of replacement fronts available you may be pleas-antly surprised.

Paul Bookbinder, M.I.D., C.R., is president of Dream-Work Kitchens, Inc., Mama-roneck. A Master of Design (Pratt Institute), and E.P.A. Certified Remodeler, he serves on the Advisory Panel of Re-modeling Magazine. A mem-ber of the National Kitchen & Bath Assoc., he is also a contributor to eZine and Do It Yourself magazine. 777-0437, dreamworkkitchens.com.

just like a new kitchen and lasts just as long.

The selection of re-placement fronts has ex-panded exponentially over the past few years. You can now get real wood, and select from maple, cher-ry, alder, birch, pine and exotic woods. If you want to go with laminate fronts there are close to a hundred colors to chose from, and now the laminates can be hand-crafted with a glazed finish or Italian high gloss lacquer, just like real wood. Add to this all the modern internal conveniences that you find in new kitchen cab-inets and refacing becomes a viable alternative.

Over the past twenty five-years, I’ve found that the three most popular reasons for refacing cabi-nets, rather than replacing them, are the three “C”s: convenience, conservation and cost. With our hectic schedules, most of us don’t want to have our lifestyles disrupted any longer than necessary. It’s hard enough getting everything done that we’re supposed to each day without having con-struction going on for sev-eral weeks. Refacing takes much less time than replac-ing a kitchen and is much less stressful than a total renovation.

And in most cases it’s usually much more econom-ical and environmentally friendly than installing a new kitchen. I say “usual-ly much more economical” because there are factors that can increase the costs of refacing. When you se-lect thermofoil replacement

Kitchen & Bath Insider: Designers Acknowledge Refacing Legitimate!

BY PAUL BOOKBINDER, M.I.D., C.R.

It took over twenty five-years, but refacing is fi-nally being accepted by the kitchen and bath industry as a legitimate remodeling solution for the consumer. In a recent issue of Profes-sional Remodeler magazine, refacing is not only men-tioned, but included as the fourth item in their list of “Kitchen and Bath Design Trends”.

So what made the pow-ers that be finally recognize this creative remodeling technique? Apparently, so many people are choosing to reface, rather than re-place their cabinets, they didn’t have much choice. Especially since the results are not only beautiful, but with additional accessories, rival the functionality of an all new kitchen and, at the same time, saving the con-sumer money! The process couldn’t just be ignored any more. No matter how much they tried.

In the past, refac-ing, used to conjure up a less-than-beautiful kitchen, where the material cover-ing the cabinets and doors didn’t look real and would peel off in a few years. While this may have been true 20 years ago the ma-terials and adhesives used for refacing have improved dramatically. Most contrac-tors who offer this service now replace the door and drawer fronts and cover the cabinet with the same mate-rial the new fronts are made of. Today, a custom refacing job, if done properly, looks

Next Level Camp for Boys Being Hosted at Iona Prep

Boys entering grades one through nine will have a flex-ible new option for day camp in 2017, when the Next Level Camp for Boys moves to Iona Prep in New Rochelle, New York. The “brother camp” of Next Level Camp for Girls at Ursuline , which more than 250 boys attended in its inau-gural year last summer, Next Level allows boys to attend full or half-day sessions for one or more consecutive or non-consecutive weeks from June 26 through August 4, 2017. Both camps offer weekly sports, academics, arts and camper-choice electives, with a focus on building character and confidence.

Ed Metzendorf, found-er and director of Next Level Camps, says that after grow-ing up at summer camp and working in camp-related businesses for nearly two de-cades, he was inspired to cre-ate gender-specific day camps that would empower children, while meeting the scheduling needs of today’s busy fami-lies. Testing the concept with the launch of the girls’ camp in 2015 and the boys camp in 2016, he found that parents appreciated the very flexible scheduling options for a skill-based camp program that blends team and individual sports, STEM (Science, Tech-nology, Engineering, Math) projects and unique activities.

“At Next Level Camps, it’s easy for campers to come for a week or more, leave for vaca-tion, and come back to camp

will go behind the scenes at WVOX to learn how to produce their own week-ly radio show. Each week also includes a traditional camp-wide Color War, plus special events like Try It Tuesday, Wild and Wacky Challenges, and Halloween Spooktacular.

Tuition discounts are offered with registration for three weeks or more, or when enrolling siblings at Next Level Camp for Boys and Next Level Camp for Girls. As Next Level offers many registration options, Metzendorf encourages parents to visit www.nex-tleveldaycamps.com for more information, or con-tact him at 914.341.1488 or info@nextleveldaycamps.com. He says, “Our goal is to ensure that each camper has an unforgettable sum-mer camp experience. At Next Level Camps, children learn, commit, and achieve.”

for one or more weeks. We cus-tomize camp-ers’ schedules to meet their interests and needs, and our single-gender camps allow children to de-velop self-con-fidence, try new things and advance their skills without the fear of be-ing judged by the opposite sex. Our camp counselors are well-trained teachers, parents, and colle-giate and high school coaches and athletes who are excellent role models, and who encour-age campers of all abilities to explore their interests in a safe environment, with primary emphasis on sports-manship and skills, playing with pride and playing for fun,” says Metzendorf.

Next Level Camp for Boys will use Iona Prep’s superior, air conditioned facilities, including state-of-the-art turf fields, gymna-sium, computer lab, three outdoor tennis courts, ful-ly-equipped classrooms, a darkroom and an auditori-um. In addition to weekly core sports and academic programs, boys may choose electives from offerings such as cross fit, magic, gaga, DJ’ing, martial arts, wrestling, and radio broad-casting, in which campers

The Perfect Valentine’s Gift from DeCicco & Sons: A Personalized Cooking Class for 2

A dozen roses, a box of chocolate and dining out are all very attractive gifts for your valentine. But if you’re looking for something a bit more unique, clever, and just as romantic, DeCicco & Sons has cooked up a gift idea that will last a lifetime: A person-alized cooking class for 2!

Just imagine: a person-alized 3-hour cooking class for you and your valentine,

with DeCicco & Sons’ Master Chef Steven A. Miceli pro-viding you with the knowl-edge and skills of a gourmet 3-course meal. You will learn how to professional-ly prepare your preferred meal that includes an appe-tizer, an entrée, and a soup or salad. According to Luisa DeCicco, Owner of DeCicco & Sons Events & Cuisine, “Whatever dish you want

to learn how to make… and whatever cooking skill you want to master… Chef Mice-li will create a customized menu that will suit you both as a couple, and will bring you through a step-by-step instructional class in this hands-on experience of cu-linary experience!”

Simply let them know what dietary restrictions or allergies you may have, and

a preference of the meal you would like. Also, give a time when you’d like to come in. But remember: times are

subject to avail-ability. At the end of this excit-ing 3-hour class, you will get to sit down and dine on the results of your newfound skills…along with a bottle of complimentary wine! All this for only $500.

Event Plan-ner Katherine Fosella contin-

ued, “It’s an extraordinary meal for an evening… and a skill for a lifetime. All at a wonderful value!”

The cooking class will take place at DeCicco & Sons, 17 Maple Avenue, Armonk. This class also ap-plies to mothers/daughters . . . sisters . . . brothers . . . good friends . . . any couple looking to enjoy an exciting and unique experience, and learn how to cook like a mas-ter chef!

For more information and to reserve your place, contact: Katherine Fosella, Event Planner for DeCicco & Sons Events & Cuisine, Phone: 914-738-1377, ext. 1508, E-mail: katherine@deciccos.com

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Powers of Attorney: What You Need to KnowBY BERNARD A. KROOKS, CERTIFIED ELDER LAW

ATTORNEY

Recently, I wrote about the dangers of not thinking through all the relevant issues when executing a power of at-torney. In the case that I wrote about, someone actually stole money from the person who trusted them and who had appointed them as their agent under a power of attorney. While I received a lot of posi-tive feedback concerning the article, many mentioned that they would appreciate it if I would write about the basics of powers of attorney so that they could better understand the issues and make the right choices for themselves. So, here’s what you need to know:

A power of attorney can either be durable or not dura-ble. If it is not durable, then the agent’s authority to act ceases

to exist upon the incapacity of the principal. Conversely, the agent’s authority to act under a durable power of attorney survives the principal’s in-capacity. In New York, the default is for powers of attor-ney to be durable. This makes sense since there are very few, if any, circumstances under which you would not want your power of attorney to be durable. Regardless of which type of power of attorney you have, the agent’s authority to act always ceases upon the death of the principal. At that point, a representative of the estate (executor or adminis-trator) must be appointed by the court to manage your es-tate’s affairs.

Most powers of attor-ney are effective immediate-ly; that is, as soon as they are executed in accordance with state law, the agent’s author-ity commences. That does

not mean that the principal no longer has the ability to manage his own affairs; but rather, the agent’s authority and the principal’s authority overlap. In other words, ei-ther one of them can pay bills, conduct banking transactions, etc. On the other hand, some powers of attorney are called “springing” powers of attor-ney because the authority of the agent to act “springs” into effect upon the incapacity of the principal. While this might seem like a practical approach, it can cause prob-lems when it comes time for the agent to act since the inca-pacity of the principal must be established. In some cases, this can be difficult since ca-pacity is a gray area. Thus, at the time when you need the agent to act, his authority to act could be delayed pending a capacity determination by a physician or otherwise. Keep

in mind that one of the rea-sons for signing the POA is to make things easier for your family if you become sick or incapacitated. Nevertheless, some people are uncom-fortable giving their agent authority to manage their af-fairs while they still have the ability to do so on their own, even though they “trust” the agent. This may seem count-er-intuitive to some since you would trust your agent once you lose capacity, so why not trust him while you still have capacity? While this is clearly a personal choice, most clients opt for the power of attorney that is effective immediate-ly. After all, if you don’t trust your agent to act responsibly and in your best interests, then perhaps you have select-ed the wrong person! Further, some states do not even per-mit springing powers of attor-ney. So, if you have a vacation

home in another state, it makes sense to check that state’s laws as well.

Speaking of the agent, great care should go into select-ing this person. While there is no way to be sure that you have selected the proper person, it certainly makes sense to speak with the agent prior to execut-ing the power of attorney to make sure that you have ade-quately conveyed your wishes to him. Once you lose capacity, it will be difficult for you to monitor what the agent does. New York law does allow you to appoint someone else as a mon-itor but then that begs the ques-tion: Do you trust the monitor more than the agent? If you do, then perhaps you don’t have the right person to be your agent. At the end of the day, even with proper planning and diligence, you will be placing your faith and trust in the agent. In any event, it is wise to appoint a suc-

cessor agent in case the first person you select is unable or unwilling to act on your behalf when the time comes.

Also, remember that your agent cannot make health care decisions for you. You will need advance health care di-rectives such as a health care proxy and a living will in order to appoint someone to make health care decisions for you when you cannot make them yourself. The agent under your power of attorney will, however, have the ability to review and pay your medical bills. It is helpful in these situ-ations if you have also signed a HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountabil-ity Act) authorization for the release of medical records and information.

Appointing someone as your agent under power of attorney is serious business and should not be taken light-ly. Hopefully, the above infor-mation will help you make the right choice.

Bernard A. Krooks, Esq., is a founding partner of Littman Krooks LLP and has been hon-ored as one of the “Best Lawyers” in America for each of the last seven years. He is past President of the National Academy of El-der Law Attorneys (NAELA) and past President of the New York Chapter of NAELA. Mr. Krooks has also served as chair of the Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Association. He has been selected as a “New York Super Lawyer” since 2006. 914-684-2100 and www.elderlawn-ewyork.com.

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Girl in Transit: Cold ComfortBY BARBARA BARTON

SLOANE

Snowflakes are one of na-ture’s most fragile things, but just look what they do when they stick together. In Tellu-ride, Colorado, their sticking together has produced a mag-nificent, world-class resort for all manner of winter sports.

The town is nestled in the southwest corner of Colorado where geology did some of its

best work. Peaks of 14,000 feet melt into red-rock mesas and lush stands of evergreen and aspen silently forest the hills. Telluride, designated a Na-tional Historic Landmark Dis-trict, was once a booming sil-ver mining town. Today, with much of its original Victorian architecture preserved, it is a recognized and celebrated gem.

Impressive StatsThe region receives on

average more than 300 inches of snow annually and offers more than 2,000 skiable acres for all ability levels – and with 300 days of yearly sunshine and no lift lines, the skiing and snowboarding in Telluride are epic experiences. There are now 14 direct flights from 11 major hubs and there’ve been recent additional flights from Dallas-Ft. Worth and Phoenix.

Terrain For All For adrenaline junkies,

make a beeline to Plunge to conquer steep bump runs. This run is known for its breathtaking views of the town and its jaw-dropping black diamond descends 3,140 vertical feet down the moun-tain. But, hold on: even though

Telluride skiing is renowned for its steeps and bumps, 38 percent of the resort is in-termediate terrain, offering runs such as Village, Palmyra and Prospect. The area’s most popular intermediate trails are just over three miles long – providing panoramic views all the way to mountains in Utah. And for newbies there’s a friendly, low-pressure atmo-sphere at Sunshine and Ute Park - both a beginner’s dream

spanning nearly two miles. However, as winter sports are not quite my thing (read: abso-lutely no ability), the inviting road less traveled beckoned. I had to heed its call.

The Peaks Resort & Gold-en Door Spa, hovering high above the town, is where I chose to hang for the next few days, and it had everything that a non-skier, non-boarder, non-skater like me could pos-sibly wish for. It was divine, a haven for we who do not define R&R by flying down a vertical mountain slope, wind lacerating our faces, and the threat of imminent catastro-phe looming over our heads. Instead, proponents of soft adventure (accent on soft) will find this full-service resort one’s perfect cup of tea - or hot toddy (my particular prefer-ence).

This resort is home to the famed Golden Door Spa, and, in keeping with its orig-inal property in California, it is dedicated to creating a balance of body, mind and spirit through personal pro-grams and treatments. Feel-ing a slight pang of guilt as I watched fit individuals zoom-ing down mountains, faces glowing from the icy wind and frozen into masks of sheer

concentration lest they crash and burn, I felt compelled to choose the Healthy Lifestyle Package. It promised that my body would “thank me for taking the time to respect and nourish it.” I am certain my body was actually thanking me for not attempting to ski. The 3-hour session included a private body composition analysis and fitness assess-ment, a personal training ses-sion, and then the good stuff: a

50-minute, cus-tomized Swed-ish massage.

Dressed for Success

N e x t morning I ven-tured out of my cocoon and wandered the town that looks much as it did in the 1880s with brick hotels and clapboard storefronts. I enjoyed check-ing out the art galleries, and

the best part: buying some cool clothing. Once I donned the duds, I felt like an insider, a true Telluridian. My outfit: shiny red jacket with faux fur hoodie and slim black ski pants. Not wanting to lose this heady feeling of fitting in, for dinner I changed into a cute thermal-insulated parka. On my walk back to the hotel I didn’t hurry along – I strolled, warm and snug in this new feeling of belonging.

Family FunKids too, can have a sense

of belonging because Tellu-ride offers a host of enriching programs just for them. Here’s a sampling:

The Telluride Rock and Roll Academy has programs for kids that want to explore their musical abilities and see what it’s like to be part of a rock band; Telluride High School houses the Horizons Climbing Gym; the Skate Camp has some great sum-mer classes; the Historical Museum has a new outdoor interactive mining exhibit, “Hard Rocks, Rough Lives,” that would appeal to kids with an historical bent; and for al freso activities the Telluride Academy is an award-winning outdoor youth organization.

So, you’re not a kid? Check out the Silver Skiers Program offering a special agenda for skiers 50 years and up. Yep, truly something for everyone. Telluride is like no other desti-nation – it is unique, authentic and inspiring; in fact, it is the most Colorado place on earth!

There’s an anonymous quote that says “Winter must be cold for those with no

warm memories.” This win-ter should be a piece of cake because I left Telluride with a mountain of very warm mem-ories.

If You Go:Telluride Visitors Center – www.visittelluride.com

The Peaks Resort & Spa – www.thepeaksresort.com

Barbara Barton Sloane is a Pelham-based Travel Edi-tor/Columnist who writes for a number of both national and international publications. She delights in sharing her global travel experiences.

McClellan Sotheby’s International Realty 2016 Awards

McClellan Sotheby’s International Realty, Pel-ham’s #1 real estate firm, honored its top agents for their extraordinary sales achievements in 2016. The firm, celebrating its 27th anniversary under the ownership of Carol Brown, Sona Davidian and Mary Grimm, is locally owned, manged and oper-ated and Pelham’s largest and most successful real estate office. It is #1 in Pel-ham for the 27th consec-utive year, with a market share of 42%, more than double its nearest compet-itor! The company is espe-cially proud of the fact that its total dollar volume of sales in Pelham was great than all of the Pelham of-

fices combined! The firm also ranks 21st among the 627 member offices in the county, the highest single office rankingin West-chester.

The firm credits its success to the efforts of its 34 professional, dedicated and hard-working agents, several of whom are life-long Pelham residents. Eight members of the firm had outstanding perfor-mances and were presents the prestigious “Presi-

dent’s Award,” by Sona Da-vidian, President of the firm. The agents who received the “President’s Award,” were Caroline Baccellieri, Laura Clemente, Geri Engstrom, Jennifer Gilchrist, Ellen Hen-

nessey, Mary Michailoff, Ju-lia Nelson and Mary Quintin. Multi-million dollar awards were given to Ronnie Cami-niti, Maureen Cross, Colleen Gallivan, Loretta Illustrato, Barbara McCann, Mari-Cris O’Neill and Peggy Nicholson. Million dollar awards were given to Betty Bucher, Elaine Chang, Dian Grandefeld and Camille Romita.

McClellanb Sotheby’s International Realty is the only brand in Pelham rec-

ognized worldwide. “Our proximity to the Manhat-tan Sotheby’s offices is a di-rect feed for new custom-ers to our office in Pelham and the New York loca-tion of the famed Auction

House are distinct ad-vantages,” commented Carol Brown. “We are proud that we have Pel-ham’s best agents, best marketing and clearly the best results.”

“We really enjoy working with our in-credible team and we want to express our sin-cere gratitude, thanks and appreciation to them. Our exceptional

agents have worked hard throughout the year with enthusiasm and a positive attitude and the results are the proof of those efforts. We are looking forward to 2017 and we are starting out the year with many buy-ers and 3 wonderful new agents. We have some spec-tacular listings that will be coming on the market and we are anticipating another successful year,” comment-ed Sona Davidian.

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