Harrison Review 11-20-2015

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WATER FIGHTWestchester County, along with some of its municipalities, is facing a lawsuit over alleged

violations to the Clean Water Act. The lawsuit comes as part of an effort by a local nonprofit to clean up the Long Island Sound.

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By SARAh vARNeyStaff Writer

The AimHigh NY online sur-vey for statewide teachers and parents about whether or not Common Core Learning Stan-dards are too hard, too easy or just right is available to West-chester parents until Monday, Nov. 30. The purpose of the sur-vey, according to the AimHigh NY website, is to raise awareness of the Common Core standards; however, it is not a referendum on either those standards or the Common Core curriculum.

The New York State Board of Regents will analyze and make recommendations based on sur-vey feedback by the end of De-cember, but there are no plans to use the information to rework the controversial standards, which were first adopted in 2011.

Common Core grew out of the Race To The Top, RTTT, initia-tive, which in turn was part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinstatement Act. The U.S. De-partment of Education received $4.35 billion to improve schools nationally. Common Core adop-

Common Core survey online for parents, teacherstion was one of the requirements for receiving a RTTT grant. The deadline for Common Core stan-dards adoption was Aug. 1, 2010. Under the RTTT/Common Core adoption grants, New York state has received $700 million.

The AimHigh survey is locat-ed at aim-high-ny.statestandards.org, but even the most diligent parents may have trouble finding the time necessary to sift through all the standards listed.

The survey asks participants whether or not they agree with specific skills within the stan-dards. For example, one section on the English Language Arts portion asks parents to judge whether a first-grader should be able to “Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate un-derstanding of their central mes-sage or lesson.”

Divided into two main sec-tions, the survey requests com-ments on English Language Arts and Literacy and Mathematical Practices Common Core stan-dards and presents respondents with 81 standard skills for ELA and 25 standard skills for math.

Dr. Betty Anne Wyks, the Rye

City School District’s assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, agrees that the survey is complex. “They prob-ably should have written a par-ents’ version,” she said.

The density of the survey ma-terial and its length may make it hard for parents to get through, said Ellen Litt, a fifth grade teacher at the Osborn School in Rye. “They’ve used a lot of pro-fessional teaching language. I’m not sure it’s written in parent-friendly language,” she said.

Litt and her fellow fifth grade teachers spent about 45 minutes going through the survey togeth-er. She questions how the feed-back comments will be used or whether they’ll be used at all.

“Who is going to go through all of this information? Who is going to pull together all of these strands [of feedback]?” she said.

For Nicholas Tampio, a Rye Neck parent, completing just the anchor standards portion of the survey seemed sufficient.

Tampio, an associate pro-fessor of political science at

4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.

4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting or event in a story or drama, drawingon specific details in the text (e.g. a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).

Grade 4 English Language Arts standards survey

Here, parents and teachers are asked to analyze these standards and judge their appropriateness for a fourth grade student. Courtesy aim-high-ny.statesstandards.org

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.R.4 Reading

CCSS.ELA-Literacy RL.4 Literature

I agree with the standard as written. The Standard should be discarded. The Standard should be in a different grade level. The Standard should be broken up into several, more specific Standards The Standard should be re-written.

Choice of responses for specific standards

An optional comments box asks respondents to provide further input about their feedback. Courtesy aim-high-ny.statesstandards.org

Provide Feedback:

SuRvey continued on page 7

Key Ideas and Details (skills that current Common Core Standards requires)


What’s going on...ages 8 and older. Registration is required for this program. For more information or to register, call 835-0324.

Harrison RecreationSwim lessons starting in DecemberRegister now for your

child to learn how to swim on Saturday mornings starting Dec. 12 in seven, 50-minute sessions. Par-ticipants register accord-ing to grade—kindergar-ten and first; second and third; and fourth and fifth. The location will be the Louis M. Klein Middle School Pool. Fee is $100 made payable to Town/Village of Harrison. En-rollment is limited to 20 kids per age group and registration will end once the maximum number is reached.

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1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Rohman has visited the seven continents and more than 50 counties, spending almost one month in each destination and was rec-ognized by Travel & Leisure magazine as one of the 125 Ultimate Travel Experts in America. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. For more information or to register, call 835-0324.

The Science of MagicThe closing program for the library’s Science

Matters series will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 24 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. During this program, the science behind magic tricks will be explained and participants can make an invisiball—a ball that absorb water and disappears when held un-derwater—at the end of the program. This event is open to the public and is appropriate for children in kindergarten through fifth grade.

Family Digital PhotographyFamilies can learn how to capture the perfect

moment in photography and have their family photo taken just in time for the holidays during this program on Saturday, Nov. 28 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Join Magic Box’s professional media artists in a hands-on photography experience for the whole family. The first session will consist of taking participants’ family photos and the sec-ond session will involve participants customizing their card or framed print. Participants can bring their own camera or use one that the library will provide. This program is appropriate for children

Harrison Public Library for both workshops is $250. For more information or to register, email [email protected] or call 367-3301.

Workshop: ‘Healthcare Marketing, Social Media and Ethics’

Fordham’s one-time workshop called “Health-care Marketing, Social Media and Ethics,” will run on Saturday, Dec. 5 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. This workshop will provide an introduction to the methods and strategies associated with healthcare marketing and patient information sources, and the issue of the medicalization of society will also be examined. The workshop will concentrate in eval-uating medical web content, ethical advertising, and practical skills needed to provide the public with precise and reliable health knowledge. Tu-ition for this workshop is $175. For more informa-tion or to register, email [email protected] or call 367-3301.

Manhattanville College

J-Pop v K-PopExplore the Japanese and Korean pop genre

with Yuri Bear and Youn Jung Kim on Sunday, Nov. 22 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. J-Pop singer Yuri Bear’s music is a unique mix of pop and folk and Youn Jung Kim is an artist who tells stories through diverse media including video, theater, photography and singing. This workshop is part four of the four-part Music Diversity through Eth-nicity series. Each performance will be accompa-nied by a discussion led by David DeJesus, lec-turer at Purchase College.

Rohman Holidays: Ecuador and Galapagos

Joy Rohman, photographer and world traveler, will take participants on a journey through Ecua-dor and the Galapagos on Monday, Nov. 23 from

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Senior Driver Safety research projectScarsdale Medical Group, in partnership with

Mercy College, is recruiting volunteers to par-ticipate in a Senior Driver Safety research proj-ect. The goal of this study is to develop a tool for physicians to screen for potential driving concerns in seniors. Volunteers will be assessed based on their vision, movement and thinking skills using paper and pencil tasks, a short walk down a hall-way and a computer task. Interested participants must be current drivers ages 65 and older, must register as a Scarsdale Medical Group patient and must schedule a visit with a physician prior to the assessment appointment. Existing patients do not need to schedule an appointment if they have been seen by their primary care physician within the last three months. For more information, to make an appointment or to volunteer, call 723-8100 or visit scarsdalemedical.com.

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‘Cabaret in the Castle’The Manhattanville College Cabaret Perfor-

mance Workshop, sponsored by the Music De-partment, will present a performance of “Cabaret in the Castle” on Friday, Dec. 4 at 8 p.m. in the West Room of Reid Hall on the college campus. The program will feature the music and lyrics from American songwriter Irving Berlin’s musi-cal “Annie Get Your Gun,” songs by Jerry Her-man, Michel Legrand, and Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, with a special guest appear-ance by Manhattanville’s pop vocal group, The Quintessentials. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call the music of-fice at 323-5260.

Holiday concertThe Manhattanville College Chorus and the

Women’s Vocal Chamber Ensemble, under the direction of John Cuk, will be performing a holi-day concert on Sunday, Dec. 6 at 4 p.m. in the O’Byrne Chapel on the college campus. The pro-gram will feature Magnificats by Giovanni Per-golesi and Antonio Vivaldi, selected movements of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, seasonal music and an orchestra and featured soloists. The event is free and open to the public. For more informa-tion, call the music office at 323-5260.Workshop: ‘Healthcare Policy

and Regulatory Issues’Fordham’s new workshop series, called

“Healthcare Policy and Regulatory Issues,” will run on Tuesdays, Dec. 1 and Dec. 8 from 7 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. This workshop will examine current po-litical, legal, technological and economic health-care policy developments and will make partici-pants familiar with legal, ethical and policy issues in the changing landscape of healthcare. Tuition

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Adding another layer to an ongoing lawsuit with Westches-ter County filed in August over alleged violations of the Clean Water Act, the environmental nonprofit Save the Sound has widened the scope of its origi-nal suit to include 11 Westches-ter municipalities.

The suit, which includes Sound Shore municipalities like the Village of Mamaroneck and the City of Rye, claims that each of the 11 municipalities involved have been responsible for discharging raw sewage into the Long Island Sound.

The other municipalities named in the lawsuit include Rye Brook, New Rochelle, Pel-ham, Larchmont, the Town of Mamaroneck, Pelham Manor, Port Chester and White Plains.

Tracy Brown, the director of Save the Sound’s Western pro-grams, said that leaking and de-graded sewer lines are respon-sible for the alarmingly high levels of bacterial contamina-

tion found throughout the wa-terways in Westchester County.

“Because of old, leaking and poorly-maintained sewer pipes, Westchester beaches are closed after rain, we’re prohib-ited from harvesting clams or oysters in our local bays and harbors, and we’re at risk for waterborne illnesses,” she said in a released statement.

Sewage runoff resulting from porous pipes which leaks raw sewage into the ground, as well as overflows onto streets following heavy rain, has been the root cause of fecal bacte-ria—the same bacteria found in human waste—entering into the Long Island Sound via storm water drainage, the non-profit claims.

In Save the Sound’s 2015 report of Westchester County’s water quality, which includes 400 samples from 52 different sites, the bacterial contamina-tion failure rate for rivers rose to 79 percent from 34 percent in 2014. Additionally, sites that would have formerly passed in dry weather now experience an

Save the Sound adds to county lawsuit overwhelming failure rate.

The lawsuit aims at spurring action by both the county and the municipalities to devise and fund a sustainable solution to help fix leaking sewer lines and mitigate ongoing con-tamination in the Long Island Sound, according to Save the Sound.

“The citizens of Westches-ter County have waited de-cades for effective action,” Brown said. “Municipalities must step up efforts to find and eliminate illegal discharges of raw and partially treated sew-age into Long Island Sound and its tributaries. Our goal with this lawsuit is to get all the responsible parties to the table to reach a comprehen-sive, long-term solution to this decades-old infrastructure problem.”

Rye City Manager Marcus Serrano and Mamaroneck Vil-lage Manager Richard Slinger-land could not be reached for comment as of press time.

CONTACT: [email protected] off a lawsuit filed in August, environmental nonprofit Save the Sound has decided to widen the scope of its campaign to clean up the Long Island Sound by involving 11 Westchester municipalities. File photo


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Elizabeth Kolbert may boast a Pulitzer Prize and a presti-gious gig at The New Yorker, but that doesn’t mean she’s forgotten her roots.

On Monday, Nov. 2, Kolbert, a Larchmont native, took a trip back to her hometown to discuss the impact of climate change through the lens of her book, “The Sixth Extinction: an Unnat-ural History,” which won a Pulit-zer Prize for general nonfiction this past year.

Expectedly, Kolbert, 54, who was referred to as Betsy for the majority of the night, was warm-ly received by attendees of the event held at Hommocks Middle School.

“Betsy is a Pulitzer Prize-win-ning journalist and staff writer at The New Yorker,” explained one of the night’s moderators, Blythe

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Hamer. “But more importantly, she’s the daughter of Marlene and Gerald Kolbert, who are here tonight.”

The night’s event, which was moderated by Mamaroneck High School science teacher Sophia Andrews, gave students and au-dience members alike the chance to dig further into Kolbert’s “The Sixth Extinction,” which docu-ments humankind’s destruction of life around the globe.

While many questions cov-ered Kolbert’s personal life—her introduction to writing about science among other formative experiences throughout her ca-reer—others dove headfirst into her book’s subject matter.

One topical question centered on ocean acidification—the pro-cess of carbon emissions ren-dering oceans inhospitable by changing their chemical compo-sition—and just how serious the problem is.

“The importance of [ocean acidification] is really hard to overstate,” Kolbert said. “It’s very clear, it’s already happening; it’s happening in waters around New York…Any organism that has a shell is in trouble, and that turns out to be a lot of creatures.”

Though most of the night’s conversation focused on cli-mate change and the degrada-tion of environments on a glob-

al scale, Kolbert also found a way to bring in a local element to the night’s talk: the Long Is-land Sound.

“I think there’s a very clear and present issue here in the Long Is-land Sound,” Kolbert said, refer-ring to the decline of sea life in the sound’s ecosystem. “Clearly the sound is rising…No coastal zone is in a situation that you don’t have to think about.”

With discussions about the dire state of climate change dominat-ing the night, questions regarding how to help mitigate the problem constituted much of the event’s tail end. While some chose to ask Kolbert what they might be able to change themselves, others fo-cused on what they can do to af-fect policy on a political level.

In regard to the lingering ex-istence of climate change de-niers, Kolbert noted, “It would be hilariously funny if it weren’t so scary.”

But for the many soon-to-be first-time voters in the au-dience, Kolbert explained that for the foreseeable future, cli-mate change is an issue that will not subside; that, however, doesn’t mean there’s nothing that can be done.

“Those of you who will soon be able to vote, I hope you make this a voting issue,” she said. “I think that’s what has to happen.”

CONTACT: [email protected] night’s conversation centered on the nature of Elizabeth Kolbert’s book, climate change, and what can be done to help mitigate its global effects. Photo/James Pero

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Elizabeth Kolbert made a visit to her hometown of Larchmont to discuss her book, “The Sixth Extinction,” with an audience at Hommocks Middle School. Photo courtesy Elizabeth Kolbert


Harrison Police Department’s K-9 Axel will receive a bullet and stab-protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9s Inc., which was sponsored by an anonymous sponsor.

Vested Interest in K9s Inc. is a 501c(3) charity located in East Taunton, Mass., whose mission is to provide bullet and stab-protective vests and other assistance to dogs of law en-forcement and related agencies throughout the United States. The nonprofit organization was established in 2009 to assist law enforcement agencies with this potentially lifesaving body ar-mor for their four-legged K-9 officers. Since its inception, Vested Interest in K9s Inc. has provided more than 1,600 pro-tective vests in 49 states through private and corporate donations at a cost of more than $1.5 mil-lion. All vests are custom made in the USA by Armor Express in Central Lake, Mich.

The program is open to dogs actively employed in the U.S. with law enforcement or related

Harrison receives vest for police K-9

agencies who are certified and at least 19 months of age. New K-9 graduates, as well as K-9s with expired vests, are eligible to par-ticipate.

The suggested donation to pro-vide one protective vest for a law enforcement K-9 is $1,050. Each vest has a value between $1,795 and $2,234 and a five-year war-ranty, and an average weight of 4 to 5 lbs. There are an estimat-

ed 30,000 law enforcement K-9s throughout the United States.

For more information or to learn about volunteer oppor-tunities, call 508-824-6978. Vested Interest in K9s Inc. pro-vides information, lists events, and accepts tax-deductible do-nations of any denomination at vik9s.org or mailed to P.O. Box 9, East Taunton, MA 02718. (Submitted)

Harrison’s K-9 police force recently received a donation of bullet and stab-protective vests from a nonprofit organization. Contributed photo

Fordham University, has been a vocal opponent of the Common Core since his son was in kin-dergarten in 2012. His children are now in fourth and second grades. To Tampio, it is only the anchor standards section of the survey that has value.

Tampio maintains that the crux of the Common Core is the anchor standard that calls for students to be able to “read and provide evidence from the text.”

“That’s all it [the Common Core standards] really comes down to,” he said. “All of the rest [of the ELA standards] is just pretentious language aimed

SuRvey from page 3 at making it seem more impor-tant than it is. It’s the first part of the AimHigh survey—that are important.”

For Tampio, reviewing the assessment of the anchor stan-dards at the beginning of the ELA section was valuable, but he stopped the survey there. Respondents can choose to comment on any of the stan-dards they review.

Most parents rarely have time to complete the survey in its en-tirety, according to Jennifer Fall, a teacher at the Rye School of Leadership and an outspoken Common Core skeptic.

“I don’t know many parents who have the time, the patience,

or enough knowledge of the Common Core standards to be able to navigate this survey,” Fall said. “But I do know many who are happy to share how they’ve watched the curriculum narrow in their children’s schools [due to the Common Core changes].”

Litt is more optimistic about the information that the survey will provide.

“For teachers, it’s always useful to have this kind of in-formation. I’d be interested to learn what people in other districts and even other geo-graphical areas are thinking,” she said.

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Once again, the Harrison Fire Department successfully hosted a wonderful pancake breakfast at the downtown firehouse. This year’s event was held in support of the Harrison Girl Scouts. The pancake breakfast is a great op-portunity to come out and meet the Harrison firefighters. Con-gratulations to all involved for making this event a very special community get-together.

Each year, Harrison’s three municipal fire departments host an annual inspection and dinner. Department members and their guests get together at their re-spective firehouses for the event. Leading up to this important oc-casion, department personnel provide hours of hard work, ex-amining and cleaning firefighting apparatus, specifically the fire-trucks and tools. I had the plea-sure of attending all three inspec-

The spirit of giving and sanitation schedule noticetions. The condition of each de-partment’s equipment is unparal-leled and department personnel should be applauded for their commitment and dedication. This attention to detail ensures that our fire departments will op-erate competently and with great efficiency, when needed.

Recently, the Louis M. Klein Middle School Service Club held a food drive for our lo-cal food pantry and collected canned goods and nonperish-able items for the area’s fami-lies in need. The club consists of sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students and this year, they collected more than 2,000 items. For many families, a sudden downturn in economic stability could mean hunger. All communities have those who face financial challenges during tough times, and the good will of the LMK Service Club will help reduce hunger in the Town/Village of Harrison. Their donation will supply the basic nourishment that some of

our senior citizens, children and working families need. I would like to take this time to thank the LMK Service Club for this very meaningful contribution. For more information on our food pantry, please contact Nina Mar-raccini at 670-3025.

Please make note of the fol-lowing sanitation schedule change for the Thanksgiving holiday week. Garbage and re-cycling normally collected on Thursday, Nov. 26 will be col-lected on Wednesday, Nov. 25. There will be no bulk trash col-lected on Nov. 25.

Thanksgiving is about gath-ering with family and friends and celebrating the spirit of giving. It is a time for all of us to reflect and give thanks for the blessings of the past and look forward to future prospects with faith and op-timism. On behalf of the Har-rison town board, I wish all of you and your loved ones a safe, festive and happy Thanks-giving holiday.

HARRISON HAPPENINGSMayor Ron Belmont

The spirit of giving and sanitation schedule notice

Blaze is a young male about 1-and-a-half years old. Found on the streets of the Bronx, he was taken into someone’s home only to be dumped at a city shelter later. This beautiful guy, with a luscious red coat, has had a rough few months and deserves a stable, loving home where he can be the only cat and king of the castle. Blaze is both playful and lovable all rolled into one. He is neutered and up to date with all his vaccinations. The adoption donation for Blaze is $80. To meet this flaming red cutie, contact Larchmont Pet Rescue at 740-4072 or 834-6955, or visit NY-PetRescue.org. (Submitted)


State Sen. George Latimer, a Rye Democrat, has announced that his district office will be open on Saturdays to better serve residents unable to visit during weekday hours. His of-fice is located in Port Chester Village Hall, 222 Grace Church St. on the third floor, Suite 300. Normally open on Mondays through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., staff will be present on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. No appointment is required but advance calls are advisable.

“Given work schedules, it isn’t always possible to visit our office during the week,” Lat-

imer said. “We want to make it as convenient as possible for people to get the advocacy they need.”

Latimer has launched a vari-ety of programs to enable better accessibility and communica-tion. For more than a decade, he has sponsored Saturday Cof-fee and Conversation meetings, including other elected officials, at local diners and community rooms. “I value the feedback that individuals offer at every one of these gatherings,” Latimer said.

Constituents may contact Lat-imer’s office at 934-5250 for ad-ditional information. (Submitted)

Latimer opens office for Saturday hours

State Sen. George Latimer

First graders at Harrison Av-enue Elementary School partici-pate in special Halloween learn-ing centers every year in anticipa-tion of the fun holiday. This year, HAS teacher Debbie Pojednic decided to add a special twist to

the materials needed for the activ-ity. Each year, children are asked to bring in two empty cans to cre-ate their very own “Monster Can.” This year, the first grade teachers asked their students to bring in two empty cans for the activity

center and two full cans to be do-nated to the Harrison Food Pantry.

Collectively, the first grade class amassed more than 50 cans and made a “Monster Can” donation to their neighbors in Harrison. (Submitted)

Students turn Halloween into food for thought

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Business BriefsI am thrilled to be part of this effort and look for-ward to kicking off our campaign.”

Other appointments for the 2015-16 year in-clude Neal Denning, who will be taking on a dual role as president-elect and Eastchester /Tuckahoe Campaign co-chair along with Mike Calano; Kim Powell, secretary; Dana Arrighi, treasurer; Donna Ruhanen, marketing chair; Jennifer Lescott and Joella Lykouretzos, investment co-chairs; Annette Healey Dowling and Bill Rizzo, campaign co-chairs for Bronxville; and Andrea Bates and Jim Rotenberg, evaluation co-chairs. Robert Castano and David Scalzo will also be co-chairs of The Community Fund’s annual Golf Outing.

New to the board this year are Ashleigh Don-ovan, Amy Korb, Kevin McNeil, Thomas Sipple and Albert Van Ness. They will be joining return-ing board members Stephen Arcano, Robert Cas-tano, Jennifer Colao, Kristen Evans, Judy Foley, Philippa Freeman, Fran Harris, William Knox, Ron Mager, Rosetta McArdle, David McBride, Cathy Needham, Katharine Outcalt, John Reyn-olds, Lauren Toal and Mark Welshimer.

“I am truly excited about the upcoming year,” noted Melinda Burge, executive director of the fund. “We have an impressive range of talent across our new and returning board members, and with Doug’s leadership skills and expertise I’m confident that we can achieve our goals of serv-ing the diverse needs of our community better than ever before.”

The Community Fund is a nonprofit corpora-tion founded in 1919 to enhance the quality of life and provide assistance to all residents living in Bronxville, Eastchester and Tuckahoe. For 95 years, it has provided funding and support to social service agencies and community programs serving the health, education and welfare needs of local residents. For more information, contact Melinda Burge at 337-8808 or visit thecommunityfund.org.

County nonprofit appoints new COO 4,500 children and families each year from the New York metropolitan area. ANDRUS also oper-ates the Andrus Center for Learning and Innova-tion and The ANDRUS Sanctuary Institute, which has provided training and consultation to more than 300 organizations worldwide in the use of a trauma-sensitive model for treatment and organi-zational change. For more information, visit An-drus1928.org.

Andrew Katell appointed to ArtsWestchester board

White Plains resident Andrew Katell has been appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of Arts-Westchester, the largest, pri-vate nonprofit arts council in New York state, provid-ing cultural programs and services that enrich the lives of residents and visitors to Westchester County.

Katell is the vice president of communications of Entergy, leading internal and external commu-nications for the division of Entergy that owns five nuclear power plants in the northern United States, including Indian Point. Previously, Katell served 10 years as a senior vice president at GE Energy Financial Services, GE’s energy investing busi-ness, where among other duties, he led communi-cations for its equity investments in power projects with a capacity to produce 30 gigawatts of power.

Janet T. Langsam, CEO of ArtsWestchester, said, “Andrew will play a key leadership role in ArtsWestchester’s marketing efforts as a member of our board and its Marketing Committee. En-tergy is one of ArtsWestchester’s largest corpo-rate donors providing support for arts programs and services throughout Westchester County. With Andrew’s expertise in communications, marketing and media relations, he will help us raise aware-ness of the value of the arts in Westchester and help build arts audiences for the future of our cul-tural industry.”

Originally from Westchester, Katell graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in broad-cast journalism and Russian language and culture with additional coursework in Russian language studies from Leningrad State University and Mid-dlebury College. He is a member of the Oversees Press Club, an avid long-distance road bicyclist and jazz aficionado.

Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, Arts-Westchester is the community’s connection to the arts. Founded in 1965, it is the largest, private, nonprofit arts council in New York state; its mis-sion is to provide leadership, vision, and support, to ensure the availability, accessibility, and diver-sity of the arts.

Weichert, Realtors hosts 37th annual toy drive

The Weichert Family of Companies recently announced the start of the 37th Annual Weichert Toy Drive. Members of the community are invited to drop off new, unwrapped toys at the company’s sales offices through Dec. 11. The toys will be delivered throughout the holidays in conjunction with local charities that assist financially and phys-ically disadvantaged children.

“As we get into the holiday spirit, it’s important

ANDRUS President and CEO Bryan R. Murphy is pleased to announce that Audrey Erazo-Trivino has been appointed as vice pres-ident and chief operating officer. In this role, Erazo-Trivino will be overseeing the day-to-day operations of ANDRUS, building cross-program supports and idea exchanges and enhancing staff stewardship.

“Audrey brings a remarkable blend of pas-sion, experience and understanding to this posi-tion,” said Murphy. “After conducting a six-month search, we found the ideal person who not only understands how to help lead and grow a nonprofit such as ANDRUS, but also has the heart to un-derstand the challenges confronting children with emotional disorders, the opportunities they have for promising futures and how everything we do is in an effort to pave the way to their dreams and aspirations.”

Erazo-Trivino is a highly-skilled nonprofit ex-ecutive leader with 20 years of experience in the child welfare, education and mental health fields. Her previous areas of programmatic oversight in-clude managing medical, mental health, educa-tional, staff development and training services, as well as services that enhance children’s residential programs. Prior to joining ANDRUS, she worked at Cardinal McCloskey Community Services, a multi-service nonprofit agency where she served as the vice president for health and clinical servic-es for 16 years. During her last two years there, Erazo-Trivino provided executive leadership in all program areas and acted on behalf of management in the absence of the COO.

“I am so impressed with the work at ANDRUS, the level of the dedicated professionals here, the overall effectiveness of the programs and the over-all high commitment by the Board of Directors. One of my deepest passions is nurturing hope in children and families; that is in step with AN-DRUS’ mission and the agency’s long term goals. While I am a clinician at heart, I also have exten-sive experience in executive leadership, strategic planning and budgeting,” said Erazo-Trivino.

Erazo-Trivino has centered her career around working in communities with significant needs, both in New York City and Westchester County. Her primary professional focus has been on ad-dressing the mental health needs of Latino and African-American children and families in foster care.

Erazo-Trivino obtained her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the College of Mount Saint Vincent, a master’s degree in clinical psychology through Long Island University and a certification in school psychology from Marist College.

ANDRUS nurtures the social and emotional wellbeing of children and their families by deliver-ing a broad range of vital services and by providing research, training and innovative program models that promote standards of excellence for profes-sional performance in and beyond their service community. With programs on campus, in schools and within community-based settings throughout Westchester County, the nonprofit reaches almost

to remember those children who are less fortunate, and to do our part to help brighten their holiday season,” said Jim Weichert, president and founder of Weichert, Realtors. “As a company, Weichert makes it a priority to assist in all of the commu-nities where we do business, and our annual toy drive allows us to extend our efforts even further.”

Weichert employees at the company’s corporate headquarters, as well as in other company loca-tions throughout the United States, will also par-ticipate in the yearly community service event. To date, the annual toy drive has yielded hundreds of thousands of items for underprivileged children in the communities Weichert serves. Last year, more than 13,000 toys were distributed to charitable and service organizations.

To make a donation, find and visit your local Weichert, Realtors sales office at weichert.com/offices.

The Community Fund appoints new president, board members

The Community Fund of Bronxville, Eastchester and Tuckahoe recently named Doug Meyer as its new presi-dent for the 2015-16 fiscal year. He succeeds outgoing president Katharine Outcalt.

Meyer has been a member of the Board of The Commu-nity Fund since June 2012. He previously served one year as an evaluations team captain and two years as Bronxville Campaign co-chair. Meyer is also a member of the investment committee of the Reformed Church of Bronxville and is an active alumni volunteer at Middlebury College. A gradu-ate of Kellogg School of Management, Meyer has spent his career in the financial services industry and has spent the last seven years as senior vice president and head of institutional at First Eagle Investment Management.

“The Community Fund is a unique organiza-tion,” noted Meyer, adding, “it epitomizes our res-idents’ commitment to giving back and to ensur-ing that the Bronxville, Eastchester and Tuckahoe remain close knit communities that support one another and make this such a special place to live.

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Welcome, ladies and germs!

It’s time for a microbes’ rights movement.

Too long have we reviled the misunderstood microbe as an evil that needs to be sprayed, slathered or scrubbed away. Too long have we demeaned this vast and variegated group with hateful terms like “bug” and “germ.” Too long have we ig-nored the contributions made by this mighty if microscopic clan, subjecting it to the horrors of microbicide.

It is time to say we’re sorry.That is basically what the

fascinating new exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History is doing. “The Secret World Inside You” is a paean to literally trillions of microbes that live on and in each of us, from the depths of our belly buttons to the moist and teeming twists of our intestines, where they are busily digesting our food and, quite possibly, determining our mood. More on that later.

Until just recently, says ge-nomic scientist Robert DeSalle, co-curator of the exhibit, most people thought of microbes only in terms of illness. “I don’t like the word ‘germ,’ because it har-kens back to the old way of look-ing at health: ‘Let’s kill them to make us healthy,’” he said.

Today, researchers are realiz-ing we let a few bad apples in-fluence our outlook. “There are so few bad bacteria in our bodies relative to the good ones that it gives all microbes a bad rap,” De-

Salle said. “I think, actually, they should be patted on the back, be-cause without them, [one] would be a very sick organism.”

Sick because of a lack of germs? Yes indeed. Mice bred to have guts completely bereft of bacteria—sterile—“are much happier when you put some mi-crobes into them,” DeSalle said. It is normal for us all to be crawl-ing with microscopic critters.

Many of those critters are on display at the museum, magni-fied a zillion times, and just be glad they’re normally micro-scopic. But here’s the latest: scientists are starting to think of them sort of like genes. We each have our own “microbiome”—set of microbes—that lives on and in us. No two people’s mi-crobiomes are the same, and our microbiomes change depending on what we eat, where we live, and even our age.

Most significantly, they change when we take antibiot-ics. These kill off a whole lot of microbes; some bad, but many good. It can take a long time for them to grow back, and not all of them will. It’s sort of like re-planting a garden after a nuclear attack. That’s why doctors are trying to prescribe antibiotics more sparingly these days.

We’re not sure what all the different microbes do yet—there can be 100 to 200 different mi-crobial species in just your mouth—but more and more, scientists are beginning to sus-pect that they play a big role in not just sickness, body odor and tooth decay, but also in fighting off disease.

You have probably heard

by now (if only because it’s so weird) of “fecal transplants.” That is, taking the fecal matter from someone healthy and trans-planting it into the gut of some-one sick. People suffering from a C. difficile infection, an illness of the GI tract, have been cured when they received someone else’s stool.

How come? Apparently, some of those germs that we’re so grossed out by actually conquer the illness. Score one for the germs!

What could be stranger than a fecal transplant? How about the idea that some microbes—or some constellation of them—could actually be responsible for how we behave?

The exhibit discusses an ex-periment involving two breeds of mice. The “anxious” breed lingered several minutes before leaping off a platform to ex-plore a new space. The impul-sive breed lingered just a few seconds. When scientists ex-changed their gut microbes—just the stuff swishing around in their intestines—guess what? The anxious group jumped off a minute earlier, and the impulsive mice waited a minute longer. The mice did not receive new or-gans or new genes or new train-ing; just some new germs.

So next time you’re squea-mish about holding the subway pole or you’re about to reach for antibacterial goop, remember: most germs are our friends.

Most microbes are our friends, I mean.

Old habits die hard.


Food bank raises $250K at fundraiser

Small Business Saturday takes on another season

The Food Bank for Westches-ter hosted a new expanded selec-tion of top chefs and restaurants for its 25th annual “An Evening in Good Taste” event on Oct. 22, held in White Plains. The fund-raiser, which spread the mes-sage to end childhood hunger in Westchester County, raised near-ly $250,000 for the Food Bank for Westchester.

The event, which attracted hundreds of people from the re-gion, was an exclusive gathering of Westchester’s philanthropic community, featuring fine food by top chefs and world-class wines. All proceeds from the

event went directly to support the Food Bank for Westchester’s children’s programs.

“We thank everyone who at-tended this year’s ‘An Evening in Good Taste.’ Our guests en-joyed fine food, drinks and company while raising money to fight hunger in Westchester,” said Ellen Lynch, president and CEO of Food Bank for West-chester. “Through the generosity of our supporters, we were able to raise nearly $250,000 to sup-port our programs that directly feed and impact the hungry chil-dren in our county.”

The event included food sam-

For the second year, The Afri-can American Chamber of Com-merce of Westchester and Rock-land counties, in partnership with the US Black Chamber Inc. and the City of Mount Vernon, are encouraging local holiday shop-ping during American Express’s Shop Small Business Saturday campaign. Annually, American Express encourages individuals to shop locally the Saturday after Thanksgiving. This year, Shop Small Business Saturday will take place on Saturday, Nov. 28.

Participating businesses can

be identified by the “Shop Small Business” mat in front of their establishment. They will be handing out gifts including cloth shopping bags and buttons to those who shop at their business.

The AACCWR Inc. was es-tablished on June 28, 1996 as an independent nonprofit agency to aid, counsel and protect the in-terest of African-American busi-nesses. The mission is to pre-serve competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of Westchester and Rockland counties.

As a volunteer organization, the chamber’s members are indi-viduals and businesses who work together to advance the commer-cial, financial, industrial and civ-ic interests of a diverse commu-nity. The chamber sponsors small business seminars, networking events and procurement diversity workshops. Topics range from fi-nancial planning, marketing and business management. To learn more about the African Ameri-can Chamber of Commerce and membership information, visit AACCNYS.org. (Submitted)

plings, along with live and si-lent auctions with donated gifts, and surprise lunch bag raffles provided guests with exciting prizes.

The generous sponsors of the event were RPW Group, Enter-gy, All Star Products Group, Per-nod Ricard USA, Webster Bank, Greenfield Stein & Senior, LLP, PepsiCo and Grapes The Wine Company. Christopher and Sean Murphy of Murphy Brothers Contracting in Mamaroneck were the co-chairs of the event.

For more than 25 years, the Food Bank for Westchester has led the fight against hunger in Westchester County, serving 265 frontline programs that pro-vide food directly to the 200,000 county residents who are hungry or food-insecure. One in five residents of the county is hun-gry or at-risk of being hungry; of those almost 200,000 people, one-third are children. For infor-mation about the organization, visit foodbankforwestchester.org. (Submitted)

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I’ll be honest. As much as I love managing my pretend foot-ball teams, I’ve never delved into the world of daily fantasy sports, and given the last few weeks that daily fantasy has had in the press—and the courts—I don’t really feel like I’m missing out.

Last week, New York Attor-ney General Eric Schneiderman launched an assault against Draft-Kings and FanDuel, the two pre-eminent daily fantasy sports sites that seem to run major TV spots every 30 seconds, on the grounds that both sites traffic in illegal sports betting. Now, I don’t hold a law degree, so I can’t really offer an informed opinion on the legality of daily fantasy sports as it pertains to New York’s gambling statute, but I will say this: daily fantasy goes against everything that I think fantasy sports should be.

For me, it’s never been about the money. Don’t get me wrong;

Fantasy warswinning money is great. It would be even better if I could manage a top three finish in my yearly fan-tasy league—something I haven’t been able to do in about six years.

My goal is for fantasy to sim-ply augment my football-watching experience. Sometimes, you need a reason to watch the Bucs play the Jaguars on a random Thursday night. Having Doug Martin in your starting lineup seems like as good a reason as any to tune in.

But, at least for me, it doesn’t matter if Martin rushes for 130 yards and a touchdown if I can’t talk a little smack to the guy I’m playing who decided to roll the dice with Toby Gerhart.

Playing against your friends—and letting them know about all their shortcomings, both as a per-son and a general manager—is the true allure of fantasy sports. One of the highlights of my week is, without fail, the Tues-day morning leaguewide email we get from the GM of the first-place “Magnum TY” squad, which points out, in great detail, all the ways that his opponent

failed to put the best team possi-ble on the field. People get mad, sure, but that’s part of the fun.

But for daily fantasy, playing against a nameless, faceless horde, it just doesn’t seem to do it for me.

Just look at the people who “win big” playing DraftKings and FanDuel; the people who win consistently aren’t your gar-den variety football fans. They’re more akin to day-traders, with multiple computers running complicated algorithms to deter-mine, down to the nearest deci-mal point, how many yards-after-catch James White will accrue against a 3-4 defense.

That’s not fun; that’s a job. Ultimately, I don’t care what

decision the courts make on the daily fantasy front. Whether or not these sites continue to oper-ate will have very little bearing on how I choose to take in my football on the weekend.

I just wish they’d do something about those darn commercials.

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Sports Editor Mike Smith enjoys playing fantasy football. He’s just not sure about the allure of daily fantasy. Contributed photo

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By mIKe SmIThSports Editor

On Nov. 13, Harrison pitcher Dean McCarthy put pen to pa-per and made it official, signing his national letter of intent to at-tend Division I Elon University next fall. Although the senior is eager to take his game to the next level, he is still committed to leading the Huskies to victory in the spring.

A three-year varsity starter, McCarthy said that Elon first

McCarthy signs with Elonpiqued his interest last year when he attended a camp on the school’s North Carolina campus. That put the wheels into motion, and as the southpaw impressed during his high school and sum-mer travel seasons, the decision seemed clear-cut.

“We communicated through-out the winter, and then in the summer things started to spark,” he said. “They saw me pitch at a tournament in New Jersey, I had a good outing, and then they of-fered me [the scholarship].”

McCarthy said Elon was a perfect fit, not only because of its location—the senior said he knew he wanted to play down south—but also because of the school’s tradition.

The Phoenix play in the Co-lonial Athletic Association and have won four conference cham-pionships in the last 10 years. Head coach Mike Kennedy has been with the program since 1997, guiding Elon to 543 vic-tories and six appearances in the NCAA tournament.

“It’s all pretty impressive; the field they have, the conference championships,” McCarthy said. “So one of my main goals is to go there, do some work and help them win another conference championship.”

Although McCarthy re-mains unsure about how he’ll be used as a freshman, he said he does expect to log some in-nings. To that end, the 6-foot-1, 185-pounder said he hopes to get physically stronger before head-

ing down south.“I’m definitely going to keep

working with my pitching coach, doing a lot of work with weight training,” he said. “I’m just try-ing to get better and better.”

McCarthy won’t be the only pitcher from the area heading to Elon next fall.

George Kirby, who serves as the ace for Harrison’s rival Rye, has also accepted an offer to pitch for the Phoenix.

According to McCarthy, a po-tential pitching matchup between the two this spring could deter-mine bragging rights for the next four years.

“I was just down there with him and he’s a nice kid,” Mc-Carthy said. “But I’m sure there’s going to be a lot of trash-talking once we get to college about who did better in high school.”


Dean McCarthy signs his letter of intent to play for Elon University in the Harrison High School Library on Nov. 13. McCarthy will pitch for the Phoenix baseball team next year.

Dean McCarthy throws a pitch against Rye last spring. Next year, McCarthy and Garnet ace George Kirby will both be suiting up for Elon. Photos/Mike Smith

Newman sets swim markBy mIKe SmIThSports Editor

On Nov. 7, Mamaroneck’s Steve Newman helped set a mas-ter’s world swimming record.

Newman and his Sarasota YMCA Sharks teammates, Jack Groselle, Kevin McCormack

and Rick Walker, set a new benchmark in the 240-279 Short Course Meter 800-meter free-style relay with a blistering time of 8:52.73. The Sharks’ pace was more than eight seconds quicker than the previous record.

“This was the first time the four of us ever swam together on the

same relay team,” Newman said. “But everyone was swimming their best, and I personally had been doing some hard training for most of the summer and fall.”

Newman, 53, is a Rye native who resides in Mamaroneck and teaches math at New Rochelle High School. Five years ago, he joined up with the Florida-based swim program that competes in several large meets each year.

According to Newman, the decision to put the record-break-ing team into competition at the Shark Tank meet on Nov. 7 came about as a result of a burgeoning rivalry between the Sharks and a master’s team from Ventura County, Calif.

The Ventura County Mas-ters team posted a then-record time of 9:00.30 at a meet last December.

“Because of the nature of the short-course meters, that pool length is only conducted from September to the end of Decem-ber,” Newman said. “So we had to wait a while to get our chance to break it.”

When he’s not making waves

with his Sharks teammates, Newman competes in a num-ber of local and regional meets in the northeast. He generally trains five days a week, usually before school but said traveling to Sharks’ meets presents some logistical challenges.

“Being a teacher, there are only certain times I can take off, like school vacations,” he said.

“There are times [when] I’m done with the teaching day on Friday, leave, swim the weekend meet and I’m back by Sunday.”

Newman said he will be un-able to travel to California for the Sharks’ next meet on Dec. 11, but will likely be back in ac-tion later this winter at the New England Championships.

He remains confident that

once the relay team gets back together, more records will fall.

“I plan to keep swimming as long as I physically can,” he said. “There are a number of records out there, some in the long-course season that we’re going to try and break in June and July.”


Mamaroneck resident Steve Newman was a part of a Sarasota Sharks master’s relay team that broke the world record in the short-course 800-meter freestyle relay on Nov. 7. Contributed photos

Steve Newman, second from right, and his 800-meter freestyle relay teammates pose after breaking the world record on Nov. 7.


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