Rye Sound Shore Review, 8-31-2012

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Cops search for Osborn intruderBy CHRISTIAN FALCONEASSOCIATE [email protected]

Police are on the lookout for a male who assaulted an elderly resi-dent of The Osborn Home, setting off a bomb scare in the midst, early Monday morning

According to Police Commis-sioner William Connors, the secu-rity staff at the retirement home no-tified police at approximately 2:07 a.m. of a suspicious male on the 56-acre grounds. The security staff had believed it had narrowed down the location to a specific building of where the suspect was.

Police arrived on the scene about five minutes later, and began can-vassing certain parts of the building and surrounding area.

At 2:19 a.m., police received a phone call from a fourth floor apart-ment on the property of the 4000 building. A 72-year-old female re-

ported she had woken up and gone into another room where she was confronted by a male dressed in black. Connors said there is very lit-tle further description at this point.

Although he wouldn’t say that the victim was targeted, the incident seemed unlikely that it was random based on its location, the commis-sioner said.

During the encounter, police re-ported that the suspect assaulted the woman. The police commissioner said the victim received injuries to her face and head, her eyes were swollen shut and she sustained lac-erations and significant bleeding.However, during the struggle, the woman apparently disarmed the suspect of a knife he was carrying. He then left the apartment and fled down the hall. Police said the per-petrator did not seem to have taken

County reacts to court ruling on MTA payroll taxBy DANIEL OFFNERSTAFF [email protected]

On Aug. 22, a ruling from the state Supreme Court in Nassau County determined the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s mandated payroll mobil-ity tax to be unconstitutional. Judge R. Bruce Cozzins Jr. determined that the tax violates New York State ‘Home Rule’ provisions, which al-lows municipalities to operate with autonomy.

“The MTA payroll tax is a special law, which does not serve a substan-tial state interest,” said Cozzins Jr. in the summary judgment. “This law should have been, according to the state Constitution, passed with

either a Home Rule message or by message of necessity with two-thirds vote in each house.”

The decision represents a move toward eliminating the tax though an appeal is already underway. Business owners within the 12 counties that receive MTA service out of the total 62 counties state-wide are still required to shell out 34 cents to every $100 of payroll at least until litigation proceedings with the MTA are resolved.

“The MTA will vigorously ap-peal today’s ruling,” said Marjorie Anders, a spokesperson for Metro-North Railroad and the MTA. “We believe this opinion will be over-turned, since four prior challenges

to the constitutionality of the law making the same argument have been dismissed.”

In the wake of the 2008 economic crisis, the state, under former Gov. David Paterson, a Democrat, au-thorized the payroll tax in order to bail out the MTA, which was fac-ing a $1.8 billion budget deficit. However, critics of the mobility tax have recently stated that since the recession hit, the MTA has made back its money and then some.

According to Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, a Republican responsible for initiat-ing the lawsuit challenging the tax,

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Human case of West Nile found in New RochelleBy CHRISTIAN FALCONEASSOCIATE [email protected]

The first human case of West Nile virus in the county this year was re-ported this week, with a 28-year-old male from New Rochelle who con-tracted the virus being subsequently hospitalized, according to health of-ficials. The resident is recovering at home, according to the county.

In the wake of the case, the coun-ty Health Department conducted an assessment of New Rochelle around the infected man’s home for signs of mosquito breeding activity nearby. Additionally, residents have since been advised to remove any stand-ing water from their properties and several catch basins in the area were retreated with larvacide.

However, health officials are

not taking any additional precau-tions in light of the news.

This year, there have been 22 pos-itive tests in mosquito batches col-lected; testing began in late June. At the same time last year, 26 positive tests had been documented–with the first batch identified in early August. Three human cases were

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City’s bus resolution goes missingBy CHRISTIAN FALCONEASSOCIATE [email protected]

More than two months after the Rye City Council agreed to call on the county to restore public trans-portation south of Playland Parkway and to Milton Point, county officials say they’ve yet to receive a formal request.

According to Donna Greene, deputy communications director for the county executive’s office, as of this week, the office did not receive any document from the Rye City Council pertaining to the county’s decision to cut bus service in Rye. Greene said the only correspon-dence the office had on file was an informal email from Councilman Richard Filippi, a Republican.

However, Republican Mayor Douglas French, has said as far back as early July that the resolution had been forwarded to Republican County Executive Rob Astorino.

In an interview Tuesday, French

reiterated that the resolution was sent out of the city manager’s of-fice, but said there had yet to be any subsequent discussions with the county over it. “We can resend it,” said French regarding the miss-ing resolution. “I’ll follow up with them.” City Manager Scott Pickup confirmed the mayor’s stance say-ing in an email that the resolution was sent out on July 3.

The City Council has repeatedly discussed the issue of the public transportation since the end of last year, sometimes in heated exchang-es that have sparked some politi-cal posturing between Democratic Councilwoman Catherine Parker and her Republican colleagues.

The resolution in question was adopted on June 13 after initially being proposed by Parker. However, with the Republican members of the City Council feeling the reso-lution was politically abrasive, the

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LET THE GAMES BEGIN

Rye’s sophomore quarterback Andrew Livingston throws a pass during preseason practice on Aug. 24. Livingston and the Garnets will kick off the season on Sept. 8 against Pearl River. For more, see back page. Photo/Bobby Begun

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Residents’ concerns focus of “Ask Astorino” event

Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino speaks at a Town Hall forum at White Plains City Hall on Aug. 22. The meeting was open to the public and allowed for residents to address concerns they had around the county. Contributed photo

By ASHLEY HELMSCONTRIBUTOR

As Evelyne Aronin, 76, took to the microphone in front of an audience that spilled into a corridor of the White Plains City Hall, she had one request: money.

“I’m here to ask you for money for a small county road that everyone here knows,” she said.

Over 100 local residents like Aronin attended Republican County Executive Robert Astorino’s town hall-like forum, aptly named “Ask Astorino,” Aug. 22. After a 40-minute update by Astorino regard-ing financial issues within Westchester, the floor was opened up for questions. Residents eagerly came forward, but many of their requests were met with resistance due to a county push to limit spending.

Aronin, a 33-year resident of Sachem Road in White Plains, said there have been count-less accidents near her home due to speed-ing–along with damage from large trucks that she said shouldn’t be allowed to pass through. Aronin said she wants the city to restore the road back to the way it once was.

“No trucks should be cutting through there, and I know they do because I’ve fol-lowed them,” she said.

White Plains Mayor Thomas Roach, a Democrat, was also in attendance and stepped in for Astorino, as Aronin challenged his ex-planation of the repair costs and the strain that Westchester is under financially.

“The road is under reconstruction, it’s well underway,” Roach said.

Aronin also posed what she called a “money-making idea,” which Astorino welcomed. She suggested that the Saxon Woods Pool parking lot be turned into an outdoor market, following in the footsteps

of other towns that have farmer’s markets in the summer. Astorino said he would take it into consideration.

Mark Lalloo, 46, said he visited the forum because he’s a big supporter of the parks and recreation. He said it would be great to see the Sprain Ridge Pool in Yonkers reopened because of how crowded other county pools have been this summer. Astorino said he was unsure if that project would be possible in the near future.

“At some point we’d love to do that, but it would take $10 million to fix that pool and I don’t know if at this time we can afford it,” he said.

Carolyn Liptrot, 68, said that she wants Westchester County to extend the Bee-Line Bus Route 5, which she uses regularly. The White Plains resident said the route no lon-ger serves the needs of those living near Lake Street. Liptrot also said that many people rely on the bus to go to places like church and can’t afford to take a taxi instead.

“I’ve been living in White Plains for 50 years, and the neighborhood has grown substantially since then,” she said. “The bus doesn’t even run on Sundays.”

Astorino told Liptrot he would look into it, and referred to his decision to cancel Route 76 and add some of its stops to Route 13 as an example of county government’s commitment to finding ways to save money while maintaining services.

The county executive also said he was quite happy and surprised with the forum’s turn out due to the time of year and day of the week it was held.

“I lost a bet,” Astorino said. “I didn’t think anyone would show up on a Wednesday night in the dog days of August, but here you all are.”


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Second annual “Think Pink” T-shirt design contest

White Plains Hospital will hold its second annual “Think Pink” T-shirt design contest as part of their planned community outreach events to recognize Breast Cancer Awareness month in October.

The winning design will be produced on a pink T-shirt sold to benefit White Plains Hospital’s Dickstein Cancer Treatment Center. The winner will be notified in September and recognized at a White Plains Hospital Breast Cancer Awareness program on the morning of Oct. 2, where they will also receive a $100 gift certificate to Simon Malls and two winning T-shirts.

All entries must be emailed in PDF format to [email protected], along with a completed entry form, by Aug. 30. Artists un-der the age of 18 must have a parent or guard-ian complete the form for them.

Submission forms can be found online at wphospital.org under “news and events,” and those seeking additional information can call the hospital’s Marketing and Community Relations Office at (914) 681-1119.

Pet Rescue puppy/dog meet and greet

Sunday, Sept. 98 p.m. – 9 p.m.JCC of Mid Westchester999 Wilmot Road, ScarsdaleFor more information, visit NY-PetRescue.

org, email [email protected] or call (914) 834-6955.

Meet new friends at the Rye Newcomers and Neighbors Club welcome barbecue

The Rye Newcomers and Neighbors Club will hold its annual welcome barbecue for newcomers and all members on Sunday, Sept. 9 from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. at the Rye Nature Center, located at 873 Boston Post Road. This popular event, among the fami-lies of members and newcomers alike, will provide the opportunity to meet new people and reconnect with old friends now the summer is coming to an end. Information on membership, club’s activities, as well as barbecue classics will be provided. In addi-tion, families will be able to enjoy live ani-mal presentation and the nature center out-doors. Tickets are at $50 per family, $20 per adult or $10 per child. Please buy tickets in advance by visiting ryenewcomersclub.net or mailing to RNNC-BBQ, 3 Beaty Court, Rye, N.Y. 10580.

Blood drive at Westchester County Center

Westchester County has teamed up again with the New York Blood Center’s Hudson Valley Blood Services to sponsor a blood drive on Sept. 12, part of a week of volunteer events by the county in honor of those who died on Sept. 11, 2001.

The Marylou Seaman County Employees Blood Drive is open to the general public, as well as county employees. It will take place at the Westchester County Center from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Anyone between the ages of 16 and 76, weighing at least 110 pounds, is eligible.

The public is encouraged to donate blood to ease the persistently low supply of whole blood and platelets. People can register by calling Janet Lokay at (914) 995-2127 or by emailing her at [email protected].

Author Andi L. Rosenthal comes to Rye

Andi L. Rosenthal, author of “The Bookseller’s Sonnets,” is scheduled to talk about her life and her first book at 7 p.m. on Sept. 13 at Community Synagogue of Rye, located at 200 Forest Ave. in Rye.

The program, which is free to the public, is being arranged by the Port Chester-Rye Brook-Rye Chapter of Hadassah in conjunction with the Mamaroneck Chapter of Hadassah.

The author received a degree in Literature of the Holocaust at the University of Delaware, and a master’s degree in Creative Writing

from Temple University. She is a contribut-ing writer to Reform Judaism Magazine, InterfaithFamily.com and RJ.org.

Additional information on the program is available by calling Edith Halpern at (914) 939-2813 or Susan Kraus at (914) 939-7967.

County executive seeks nominations for Senior Citizens Hall of Fame

Do you know any seniors who are mak-ing or have made a positive difference in Westchester County though their professional life or volunteer work?

If so, Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino encourages you to nominate them to the Westchester Senior Citizens Hall of Fame, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.

The deadline for nominations is Sept. 14.You can submit a nomination online at

westchestergov.com/seniors. If you prefer to receive a nomination form through the mail or have questions, contact Annette Alve at [email protected] or (914) 813-6414 and leave a message.

Those selected will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at its annual luncheon on Dec. 3 at the Westchester Marriott Hotel in Tarrytown.

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Job fair aims to help local vets fight unemploymentBy ALEXANDRA BOGDANOVICSTAFF [email protected]

Tom Honey didn’t mince any words as he manned the Prudential table during the “Hire a Hero” job fair for veterans at the Empire City Casino in Yonkers on Aug. 23.

People who were willing to put their lives on the line for their country are coming home only to discover that some of their toughest battles await them here, he said. But the 24-year-old Marine Corps veteran and current reservist wasn’t referring to members of the American armed forces who were badly in-jured or emotionally scarred by their experi-ences overseas.

He was referring to those who can’t find work.“The unemployment rate among veterans is

so high,” Honey said. “The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are winding down. People are coming home and they can’t get jobs.”

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the overall unemployment rate for veterans fell from 7.8 percent in May to 7.4 percent in June. A breakdown of the overall numbers showed unemployment for veterans serving in post-9/11 conflicts also dipped from 12.7 per-cent in May to 9.5 percent in June. The news was not as good for the youngest veterans (ages 20 to 24) with post-9/11 service. The unemployment rate for that group was 23.8

percent, as compared to 14.3 percent unem-ployment among non-veterans their age.

Empire City Casino spokesperson Taryn Duffy said owner Timothy Rooney initially

wanted to host a job fair in order to hire veter-ans for work associated with the casino’s ex-pansion. Realizing that not all veterans would be qualified for that type of work, Rooney de-

cided to invite other employers to participate, Duffy said.

Held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., the event at-tracted 45 employers and more than 300 vet-erans from throughout the tri-state area.

Kirk Barclay, a 32-year-old staff sergeant in the U.S. Army National Guard, made the trip from the Bronx in search of work.

“I heard about this from a friend,” he said, after filling out some paper work at the New York Fire Department booth. “I am interested in law enforcement and security, but I thought they would have some interesting job opportunities, so I came with a broad horizon of what I want.”

New Rochelle resident David McCullough, who served in the Marine Corps from 2000-2008, said he was glad to see so many em-ployers that are willing to hire veterans.

“Any help to our vets is important. They need all the help they can possibly get, espe-cially in this economy. It’s very hard to transi-tion back into society for most of these guys,” said McCullough, who’s been unemployed for about a month. “They don’t get to practice in-terview or resume writing skills, so something like this is excellent. They are hardworking people who just need a chance.”

Bethzaida Courtney and Kate Gorton, re-cruiters for SEI Aaron’s Inc., a company that

Veterans fill out paperwork at a job fair hosted by Empire City Casino on Aug. 23. A large percentage of veterans are unemployed. Photo courtesy/Bill Wilson

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reported, none of which resulted in death. In total, the county found 32 positive mosquito batches last year.

As of Aug. 21, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported more than 1,100 West Nile cases in humans across the country. The virus has been linked to 41 deaths this year, with 19 of them taking place in Texas. The outbreak is considered by health officials to be the worst in history, with infections three times higher than what is typically seen at this point in the summer.

So far, there have been four cases reported in New York–two in New Jersey and two in Connecticut–according to the CDC.

The county Health Department treated over 40,000 street catch basins with larvacide as

part of their West Nile prevention measures. Health officials are also saying residents should continue to do their parts by taking personal protection measures and removing standing water where mosquitoes can breed.

Earlier this month, the Rye area became a local hotspot for West Nile concerns when 15 of the 17 positive mosquito tests conducted by the county were found within Rye City, Mamaroneck and Rye Brook. In Rye City, five positive tests were identified during the month of July–at the Rye Nature Center and one from Hen Island. The length of the mosquito season is largely dependent upon the weather, and the county typically traps for the insects until the fall.

A phone call to Caren Halbfinger, com-munications director for the county Health Department, was not returned as of press time.

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Nassau business owners paid nearly $10 mil-lion since 2009.

“Legislation was passed that cut $250 mil-lion of the unfunded $1.4 billion MTA payroll tax last year... and today we gather to elimi-nate the rest of that tax,” said Mangano during a press conference. “The payroll tax should never be reinstated and the MTA must not ap-peal.”

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, a Republican, joined forces with Long Island lawmakers in their legal battle against several state offi cials and the MTA to repeal the mandate.

“This is good news for Westchester County and its municipalities,” Astorino stated in a re-lease following the court ruling. “We’ve won an important victory with the court’s decision that this unfair burden on taxpayers was un-constitutional.”

Although it is not clear whether the state Supreme Court ruling on the tax will prevail, the buzz over the decision has garnered the at-tention of business owners and corporations around the Sound Shore.

Bill Powell, a lifetime resident, restaurateur and caterer in the Town of Harrison, said that the recent Supreme Court decision would only remove a portion of the tax burdens imposed on business owners. “Businesses in New York State already pay an unbelievable amount of money in taxes,” Powell said.

Rand Commercial Services, a commer-cial real estate corporation in Westchester, Rockland and Orange counties, cheered the Supreme Court ruling.

“The MTA payroll tax did nothing to stimulate economic development,” said Vice President Paul Adler in a release. “It is our hope that one huge obstacle has been removed, which will help business and nonprofi ts alike grow in our region.”

As election season draws near, the court de-cision has also opened the fl oodgates for a key debate point in the state arena.

In the race for the state Senate seat oc-cupied by Suzi Oppenheimer, tensions have risen between Democratic Assemblyman George Latimer and Republican candidate Bob Cohen.

“Under Governor Cuomo’s leadership, we were able to eliminate the mobility tax for 25,000 small businesses in Westchester alone,” Latimer said in a release. “Now that the MTA has begun to stabilize its fi nances

by controlling costs rather than balancing the books on the backs of suburban taxpay-ers, we can deliver real relief to Westchester residents.”

However, because Latimer had voted in favor of the payroll tax in 2009, the Cohen camp was quick to respond.

“This tax was passed by short-sighted Albany politicians, including my opponent George Latimer, who thinks new and higher taxes are the answer to every problem,” Cohen said in a written statement.

Latimer’s stance has been that the tax was a necessary evil in the short term, but the assemblyman has since sponsored a bill for repeal. Cohen’s cynical campaign, epito-mized by paid flack Bill O’Reilly, neglects to mention that he was the recipient of big campaign donations from MTA Board lead-ers proving his hypocrisy in ‘fighting’ the MTA.” said Vic Mallison, Latimer’s cam-paign manager.

Cohen spokesman O’Reilly replied with a similar tone. “What Mr. Latimer is do-ing today is akin to the arsonist cheering as the fire is put out,” O’Reilly stated. “It’s an insult to those who have suffered under his tax.”

In the race for the 93rd state Assembly District, tensions are running equally as high, as Republican incumbent Assemblyman Robert Castelli addressed the Supreme Court decision on the tax.

“I have fought for a full repeal of the oner-ous MTA payroll tax–a forensic audit of the agency–and legal and legislative action to see this mandate done away with,” Castelli stated in a release. “This year, we repealed the tax for schools and 80 percent of small business-es, and now the courts have fully eliminated this unconstitutional tax once and for all.”

However, while the future of the tax is likely to be upheld by the court ruling, the decision is still on hold, pending litigation from the MTA. Additionally, Castelli called out his Democratic opponent–White Plains Councilman David Buchwald–for his work as chairman of the MTA Metro-North Commuter Council Board.

“I’ve been a vocal opponent of the payroll tax, and have stood up and fought against fare increases that overburdened commuters,” Buchwald said. “We need a dedicated funding stream for mass transit that doesn’t unfairly burden Westchester businesses, governments, taxpayers or riders and doesn’t undermine public support for transportation.”

TAX, continued from page 1 The never-ending battle against cigarettesThe fi rst cigarette when you wake up is the best. Also,

the best cigarette is the one after you eat, the one on the way home from work and the one you light up when you have a cup of coffee. Coffee goes with cigarettes for some reason; it is one of those fun combinations like peanut but-ter and jelly, except with carcinogenic fumes.

Unlike other drugs, like heroin for instance, you can smoke a cigarette on your lunch break and still keep your job. You can light up outside after dinner with the family and social services won’t have to step in. After a while, you could time your cigarette just right. When I smoked regularly, I would know exactly when to light up during the drive to work or to class so that I would be taking the last drag just before I walked into the building.

I graduated college in 2001, and most of my undergrad years involved smoking outside of the dormitories for some “fresh air” or smoking outside of the classroom buildings in between classes. When I moved back home after my senior year at Manhattanville College, the movie poster for “Reservoir Dogs” I’d had hanging in my room was tinted yellow from being baked in a small space with a roomful of people smoking together. Having returned to school in recent years, there’s a visible difference of how many people are smoking: There just aren’t as many smokers. Numbers from Gallup last week corroborate that.

Smoking among U.S. adults is at an all-time low, according to Gallup’s annual consumption habits poll. About 20 percent of adults classify themselves as smokers. In comparison, in the mid 1950s, about half of all adults smoked. Smoking rates dropped most sharply among adults aged 18 to 29, and particularly among college undergrads. The level of acceptance has changed dramatically in just a short period of time if you’ve been taking notice.

In 2003, Westchester became the latest among many counties that would ban smoking in bars and restaurants. Local storeowners panicked, fearing the ban would ruin their business–particu-larly in the colder months when smokers would be forced outdoors. The opposite was true, in fact. Within a year or so, attendance at the bars and restaurants increased, as people who used to stay away because they didn’t like the stink suddenly decided it was OK to go out for a bite or a beer. The ban probably forced some smokers into smoking less.

Quitting cigarettes is a constant negotiation with yourself. I have this conversation with a sinister voice in my head every night when I leave work in Port Chester, driving down Boston Post Road and heading for the entrance to Interstate 287 toward White Plains.

“There’s a BP on the right,” the voice in my head says. “Pull over and buy a pack.”“No,” I reply. “No cigarettes. No more.”“But you deserve it, you had a tough day and a cigarette will relax you,” replies the voice.

“You’ll need some tomorrow anyway, you have a lot of work to do. Quit Friday. You can quit Friday, Friday is much better than today. Quit later.”

I drive past the BP with the voice panicking “Wait, there’s the gas station, you’re missing it!” Then it adds, “Don’t worry there’s a Sunoco station coming up…and once we get to White Plains, there will be two more stations there anyway.”

Even making progress to stay away from tobacco makes me sad. I think back with nostalgia on when I was an unabashed smoker, when I smoked without guilt or real fear of the disastrous impacts on my health. Those were the days. I remember, as a college student, hearing cigarettes were going to cost $3.50 by January 1998 and thinking it was so expensive I’d quit just to save money.

In 2008, New York State banned smoking in college dorms and will ban smoking entirely by 2014. The City College of New York has already enacted such a ban. Private universities, like Columbia University, approved partial bans where smoking is prohibited on campus within 200 feet of a building. Smoking is prohibited in New York City parks, on commuter rail train platforms and restricted in some apartments. The world is getting more and more smoker un-friendly every day.

Quitters get a little unfriendly too, and it’s something I don’t think anyone can truly under-stand until he or she withdraws from the nicotine. Patience goes up in a puff and your temper suddenly has a hairline trigger. Suddenly, small work situations, like people moving my papers from the copy machine, become scream-worthy crises.

Though the 20 percent number outlined by Gallup is an all-time low, it should be even lower, experts say. No amount of public policy and legislation seems to be able to knock it down much further than around the mid-20 percents since the 1990s. For me, there have been some lapses and some major lapses, which usually result in a few cigarettes smoked over a short amount of time. When I cheat now, it is after a demoralizing breakdown and bumming from the few friends I have that still light up. At 12 bucks a pack, it is not easy for someone like my friend Marco Tavares to share. I fi gured I’d offer to buy him a pack and support his habit in a sign of gratitude for helping me fall off the wagon.

“It would make a difference since it is a gesture that refl ects accountability and appreciation for being nice enough to give you cigarettes in the past,” he said, “but in all reality, I’d still rather have you not ask for a cigarette in the fi rst place.”

Every once in a while the voice in my head wins, but you have to keep fi ghting it. Someday, I’m hoping there won’t even be the voice to fi ght with.

Reach Mark Lungariello at [email protected]

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Sen. Gillibrand honors director, founder of nonprofi t with adoption award

Forever Families Through Adoption, Inc., a New York and Connecticut-au-thorized, Hague Accredited, private, nonprofi t adoption placement agency and resource center located in Rye Brook, is pleased and honored to announce that executive director Joy S. Goldstein has been selected by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to receive the 2012 ‘Angel in Adoption’ award. The Angels in Adoption award is presented by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute and provides an opportunity for all members of the U.S. Congress to select honorees who exem-plify the goals and values of the program, of raising awareness about children in need of a permanent loving family.

Recipients are chosen based on their commitment to improving the lives of children in need of permanent loving homes, and are honored for their dedication to adoption and positive child welfare practices. Goldstein, alongside this years’ state and national recipients, will be honored by members of Congress at a gala celebration in September in Washington D.C.

As an adoptive parent of three sons and an adoption professional with over 25 years in the adoption fi eld, Goldstein co-founded Forever Families Through Adoption in 2007 to realize her goal of not only serving children in need, but also to increase positive adoption awareness, empower families and serve the community. As a Westchester native and life-long resident, Goldstein has worked tirelessly to fulfi ll Forever Families Through Adoption’s mission of uniting children in need with their forever families, and to positively contribute to her community. Goldstein inspires those around her and is widely recognized in the fi eld for her compassion and her expertise. To learn more, visit Forever Families Through Adoption on the web at ForeverFamiliesThroughAdoption.org, by email at [email protected] or by phone at (914) 939-1180.

To learn more about the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute and the Angels in Adoption program, visit ccainstitute.org and angelsinadoption.org. (Submitted)

anything from the apartment.But in fl eeing, he is believed to have left

behind a bag. Police noticed the bag while processing the crime scene and notified the county Bomb Squad. Commissioner Connors said the bag contained a “cylindri-cal object” about five to six inches long, wrapped in duct tape with string sticking out of it, thus resembling an explosive de-

Osborn surveillance video shows an image of a man suspected of assaulting an elderly resident on Monday morning. Contributed photo

vice. “It looked like a fuse,” the commis-sioner said.

Police were able to confi rm that it was not a bomb but two golf balls tied to some string. Some of the adjacent apartments were tempo-rarily evacuated.

“We have no idea what it was and no idea what its intended purpose was,” he said.

The victim, whose name was not released, was taken to Greenwich Hospital for treat-ment and later released.

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language of the resolution was toned down. Some City Council members questioned whether a resolution was even necessary.

Although the city is yet to begin a dialogue with the county about rectifying the situation, the mayor believes the county executive is amenable to listening to any idea the city may have as a potential option.

French has floated previously the possibil-ity of public partnerships or private entities running the route. “The council members have not put forth any additional ideas,” he said. “That is something that I will raise again to see what options we have.”

But critics of the City Council believe the government body is afraid to confront the county executive over the bus issue, fearing it may irrevocably damage the city’s relation-ship with the higher offi ce.

The issue has led to a political war within the county as Democrats argued that the Republican county administration usurped the county charter by canceling its service contract after the Board of Legislators had restored funding for it in the county’s 2012 budget.

Just last week county Democrats–who hold majority on the Board of Legislators–decided to sue the Astorino administration for its cutting of the line, in requesting that service be restored.

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Miss New York U.S.A. pageants to return to Westchester County

Assemblyman Robert Castelli and County Executive Robert P. Astorino with pageant contestants. Contributed photo

Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino, Keith Lewis and Keylee Sanders, co-directors of K2 Productions, recently joined Johanna Sambucini, Miss New York U.S.A. 2012 to announce the return of the Miss New York U.S.A. Pageants to Westchester County in January 2013.

The 2013 Miss New York U.S.A. Pageant and Miss New York Teen U.S.A. Pageant will be held at the Performing Arts Center at SUNY Purchase College on Jan. 19-20, 2013.

Astorino, Lewis, Sanders and Sambucini made the announcement at the Renaissance Westchester Hotel in White Plains, the of-ficial host hotel for the 2013 pageants. Also in attendance were New York State Assemblyman Robert Castelli, Miss New York Teen U.S.A. 2012 Sabrina Mastrangelo, Miss Hudson Valley 2012 Megan Hernandez, and Miss Hudson Valley Teen 2012 Bianca Gallub.

Lewis and Sanders said that last year’s pageant drew 300 contestants, attracted about 3,000 show attendees and contributed an esti-

“Square” > “Cool”Here is what I said at the first meeting of the Rye

City Council in our then-brand new City Hall, on Dec. 7, 1964:

It is a great honor to be here tonight as a mem-ber of the Rye City Council. The year I have served already in the Square House has been one of deep

satisfaction.I look forward to future years of service (as many as the voters permit) in this noble

and stately structure for which we are all so grateful to our former mayor and fellow citizen, Mr. Morehead. We wish him well, and look forward to welcoming him here to the home, which he has given us.

This handsome building is in the Federal style. This is how it should be, for there are lessons we can learn from the Federal period. That was a time in our country’s history when buildings were built, clean, simple, and square.

Today, our city government was moved from a Square House into a square building. Yet today, the word “square” does not always mean what it used to. For example, a joke in last week’s New Yorker shows two judges discussing a pending decision, and one says to the other, “ I agree the book is definitely obscene, but do we want people to think we’re square?”

But last week also saw an eloquent defense of being “square.” Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, that forthright lady from Maine, declared that “…a ‘square’ today [is] the fellow who never learned to get away with it–being the one who volunteers when he doesn’t have to–who tries to do better than others …whose heart beats faster and who gets choked up when the band plays the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ and the flag unfurls.”

Our sons at home have showed us their Cub Scout Book, in which is found the Cub Scout Promise, “To do my best, To do my duty, To God and my country, To be square.” The book explains that to be square means to “…be fair to everybody. Sometimes, this is not easy. But a Cub Scout will always try to be square. He wants everybody to be fair to him, so he is fair to everybody.”

These things, which we teach our children, are good to remind ourselves of. And if this Federal-style building, with its lofty, square dimensions, helps remind us of the importance of being square with each other, the cause of good government in Rye will be well served.

Appropriately enough, it was in the Federal period that our country learned a lesson about the importance of being square with one another. The Federalist Party, in 1798, sought to silence its opponents by a Sedition Act, which caused the arrest of critics of President Adams’s regime. Such a furious protest arose that the Federalists were cast out of office in 1800 by the newer Democratic-Republican Party, which exists today under a slightly altered name.

The lesson of those times, that American political leaders should treat one another with respect despite their differences, was written in large letters for all to read by one of the beaten Federalists, Alexander Hamilton. He it was, though long a bitter rival of Thomas Jefferson, who caused the great Virginian’s ultimate election as our third president, in place of the infamous Aaron Burr, after these two were tied in the Electoral College, and even deadlocked in the House of Representatives.

So let us all, during the time it is given us to sit in this hall, remember the lessons of the Federal period, to fight hard for what we believe in, but play square with those who believe differently, opposing their ideas if we so believe, but never impugning their mo-tives.

Let us rise to the challenge of this noble, stately, and very square building, and pattern our behavior on its inspiring design.

Reach John Carey at [email protected]

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specializes in leasing home and office furni-ture, electronics and other household goods, were also on hand at the job fair. They said they were looking for people to fill “a variety of different positions” in the company’s up-state locations.

“I almost feel bad that we have to have job fairs just for veterans,” Gorton said. “They should be given opportunities [as a matter of course].”

Honey concurred, saying many veterans have the personality traits and skill sets em-ployers value. They are accustomed to dis-cipline and generally have very strong work ethics, he said. They also tend to have strong interpersonal skills.

“[The military] definitely creates a strong foundation,” Honey said.

In addition to learning about job opportuni-

ties with existing companies, the veterans got a chance to learn about possibilities for start-ing their own businesses.

Adie Shore, grants manager for the White Plains-based Women’s Enterprise Development Center, Inc., said a grant from the Walmart Foundation allows female veter-ans to take the center’s 15-week entrepreneur-ial training program for free.

According to the center’s brochure, the program provides “hands on training” for budding entrepreneurs. Participants learn about general business concepts, marketing, sales, management skills and how to write a business plan. Along with social networking basics, participants also learn about business communication, time management, and how to deliver a successful presentation.

“A lot of people have been stopping by and taking information about the program,” Shore said. “We’ll see how many sign up.”

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mated $3 million for the local economy.Young women in New York ages 14 – 27

who want to be trained exclusively by a pro-fessional team and have opportunities to win scholarships and prizes are encouraged to par-ticipate in this year’s Miss New York U.S.A. and Miss New York Teen U.S.A. pageant, the official preliminaries to the prestigious Miss U.S.A. and Miss Teen U.S.A. pageants.

This year, there will be over $300,000 in prizes and scholarships. Some prizes go to all the competitors and many go to the top five. The winner will work directly with the staff at K2 Productions for several media opportunities and help create a plat-form to brand herself that will last beyond the reign. The winner of Miss New York U.S.A. 2013 will have the opportunity to compete at the 2013 Miss U.S.A. Pageant which is televised live on NBC.

For more information on qualifica-tions and the application process, visit missnewyorkusa.com or call (310) 275-4339. (Submitted)


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Clay Center event set

for OctoberThe Clay Art Center Board

of Directors is proud to present “Hand-in-Hand: Celebrating Clay & Community,” its fifth annual fundraiser and gala on Thursday, Oct. 25, from 6 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room of Rye Presbyterian Church, located at 882 Boston Post Road in Rye.

This year, the board will honor Keiko Ashida, Jeanne Carreau, Georgia Tenore on their 15th anniversary as teachers on the faculty of the Clay Art Center. Their teaching and dedication has inspired hundreds of stu-dents, enriched the educational program, and contributed to the center’s growth and vibrancy.

Also being recognized as spe-cial guest will be Westchester County Legislator David B. Gelfarb. Tickets and more infor-mation about the event can be found on our website at clayart-center.org.

The evening will feature tast-ings from local restaurants, live music and silent and live auc-tions. Proceeds benefit Clay Art Center’s programs, scholarships and artists-in-residence pro-gram. (Submitted)


Rye High School AP Scholars demonstrate excellence

Once again, high numbers of Rye High School students who took Advanced Placement ex-ams in 2012 have earned AP Scholar Awards as a result of the results they achieved. These awards are presented each year by the College Board to students who have demonstrated college-level achieve-ment through AP courses and exams. Each of the four recognitions–National AP Scholar, AP Scholar with Honor, AP Scholar, and AP Scholar with Distinction–has a required minimum average score on AP exams taken. In all four categories, Rye High School’s AP students achieved average scores that surpass those listed in the criteria.

NATIONAL AP SCHOLAR Erica BeckerKirsten ColwellLauren CreadoreDevon DiPalma

Henry GagerMarco GroenendaalAxel HuffordJessica Jahnke

Molly JordanMadeleine JunkinsCameron KinkerGrace Leishman

Whalen MacHaleAlexander MunCelia PalmerClaire PfisterCharlie Volow

Ryan AckertNicole AlimenaNatalie AmstutzHaley AntonucciJohn BaldwinKelly BarnhardtBenjamin BernerNatalie BirdHarry BonayMarissa BorgeseJack CartyAmanda CiardielloEvan ClarkSamantha ClarkRobert ClyattGavin ConwayCourtney CypherMichael D’Antoni

Heather DaveyAndrew DavisGrant DeBeaseJessica DonahueBryan DonovanGeoffrey DouglasEmily DowlingColby EllisCorina FinnMary-Bailey FrankWilliam FrolichCarlos GallagherMichael GarofaloGuglielmo GirottoAndrew GladstoneRichard HardisElizabeth HarrisJack Hasselmann

Alexa HijaziClaire KehlenbeckLena KrikorianBrandon LaBellaCarine LeslieJosephine LittleCatherine LivingstonAlyssa LongoAudrey LoveVania LudmanDylan LynchBrittany MaurerDaniel McGovernConor MulkerrinConnor MurphyAnna NormanLindsey NotoDaniel Papert

Channing PorterCharles RimmerMary RobertsonAndrew SackettBrianna ScullyDanielle ScullyMatthew ShermanMana ShibataSpencer SmithElana SpitzLily StearnsDonald TiceCaroline TimmingsSawyer TurcottePeter UrbanczykThomas WongMaura Zipf

AP SCHOLAR WITH HONOR

Leah AlexanderFrances AllmanBonnie AveryLizbeth BennettMichael BeveridgeJason ChenJason ChinIsabel ConteJordan DelaneAlexa DicostanzoJohn DurkeeMelissa FulenwiderEmily FungMichael Gilbert

Charlotte GoldmanJames GoldszerRyan HaleTrevor HeleLaura HigginsTheodore IceEmma JenningsNikola JovanovicDakota KashchyJohn KellyLinnea KilpiNina KoesterBradley Krapes

Joshua ManleyChristine NelsonJacob NurickMichael OneillPaul ParibelloHenry PearsonPaola PerazaClara RobertsonMegan RogersAnne RowenStephanie SantosHeather SchindlerEmily Severance

Alexandra SimsNathaniel SizemoreKevin SlackLea SporkenGregory SternEleanor TremayneCourtney TurianoJohn TuttleJustin UzcateguiMiranda van DijkAnn Van WagenenKathryn WalterJessica WeakleyCaroline Whelan

AP SCHOLAR

AP SCHOLAR WITH DISTINCTION

Peter AdamsLuiza AlmeidaErica BeckerCasey BergerKelly BonaventuraEmma BrinkmanKathryn BrodyCristina BuenahoraJack CarlisleRoss ChumskyKirsten ColwellLauren CreadoreBrian CroninWilliam CroughanCorinna DareliusJoseph DeBartoloMatthew DegrawJake DelaneyDevon DiPalmaPhilip DornThornton EllisElizabeth EmanuelChristopher FariesGabrielle Fitzgerald

Kimberly FrenchEllen FriedmannHenry GagerNatalie GardnerDaniel GoldMeghan GormleyMarco GroenendaalCatherine HedgeSophie HessekielMiles Hirson Morgan HowellsAndrew HudsonAxel HuffordJohn HuntJessica JahnkeHarrison JanartAndrew JohnstonMolly JordanSarah JordanSofia JornlidMadeleine JunkinsMaggie KehlenbeckRobert KellerCameron Kinker

Madeleine KinkerMorgan KirbyBenjamin LeeGrace LeishmanEmily LiddyBrigid LonerganTaylor LoveWhalen MacHaleAlison MackayJames MackenziePaige MartinDylan MayThomas Mayo-SmithJohn McCartneyBenjamin MeyersAlexander MuenchAlexander MunAnnabelle MunsieMary MurtaghBridget NagleEdward NassLeo NeuringerScott ObrienMichelle Orgera

Sascha OswaldVictoria PacosCelia PalmerGregoire PestyClaire PfisterNicholas PhilipPatrick PowersWilliam PowersAbigail ReganAriella ReidenbergBradley SandhausBenjamin SchafflerHolly SeconChristopher SherryOlivia SingerChristopher SpringerKayla StaubiDaniel SundaramKristen VerilleVictoria VirtueCharlie VolowPatrick WallGwendolyn WiegoldPeter Wittwer(Submitted)

Letters

City government should address bond repayment plans

To the Editor,The City Council is going to decide a possible bond issue and related bond referendum early

in September. Any borrowing involves two threshold questions:-What is the money to be used for?-From what source will it be repaid?In its deliberations, the City Council has been very diligent on the first question. The answer

to second question has not had sufficient attention.The discussion of sources of repayment necessitates a review of the financial challenges fac-

ing Rye. These are not small. First, this borrowing may well not be the last. In 20 years, the city has gone from a position of very low debt to one where it has exhausted its discretionary limits and has to hold a bond referendum for any further borrowings. Yet, the items being studied for this bond issue are only the most pressing of a long list of other projects the council has reviewed–some of them much larger. How will additional borrowings next year and thereafter be repaid?

Second, in years past, most capital expenditures–not major buildings–were paid with cur-rent tax and other revenues as part of the annual budget. This year, the capital provision in the budget is zero. If we are not going to borrow all capital expenditures in the future, this capital allowance needs to be recreated.

Third, this is happening at a time when the city is also facing the very real threat of continued large increases in unfunded health and pension costs.

The city government should address the question of repayment–really, the question of budget restructuring–before it undertakes further commitments. This process starts with a four or five-year financial plan, which shows how large the shortfall may be. This is the same tool used by the Rye City School District in its successful cost containment program. Second, once the shortfall is estimated, the city has to turn to its studies of cost reduction possibilities to deter-mine how to cover the shortfall.

Then, most important, the council must undertake a major public awareness program because any restructurings will require changes in service delivery. These will happen only if the public understands the financial implications of doing nothing.

One final note: The public education must start with the knowledge that the difficult situation described above is not the fault of any one City Council or any one decision. It is a situation created many exterior forces effecting not only Rye, but the country as a whole. The question is not how we got here; the question is how we deal with the problem going forward.

Edward B. Dunn,Rye

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Rye Town Park to host tree care programRye Town Park is presenting a program entitled “Selecting and Caring For Trees in

Westchester–Tips For Homeowners” on Saturday, Sept. 29. Participants should meet by the flagpole and sundial gardens at 10 a.m. Come early for light refreshments. In case of rain, the program will be rescheduled. Please RSVP to Rye Town Park at (914) 967-0965.

The event is co-sponsored by the Friends of Rye Town Park, who are considering developing a full inventory of the park’s trees and shrubs, to assist in care and development.

The program will be led by licensed arborist Frazer Pehmoeller of the Bartlett Tree Experts Company. Pehmoeller will lead people through the park, talking about the kinds of trees that are found in the Westchester area. He will describe what things an arborist looks for in a tree to know if it is healthy, and he will explain what steps can be taken to insure that each homeowner has trees that minimize the basic inherent risks of failure that all trees pose.

Topics to be covered include preparing trees for storms, drought, diseases (such as the em-erald ash borer beetle), and protecting trees from construction damage and basic soil compac-tion.

Pehmoeller has worked in the arboriculture and horticulture industry for over 30 years. He has been working or projects in Rye since 2000. He received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Connecticut in Horticulture and Natural Resource Management. He was formerly the director of Historic Landscapes and Horticulture for Historic Hudson Valley. (Submitted)

Westchester homeowners can come to Rye Town Park on Sept. 29 to learn more about caring for trees. File photo

Apply for a fishing license at the Office of the Westchester County Clerk

If you’re an angler hoping to take advantage of the New York State rivers, lakes, brooks, and ponds filled with a variety of freshwater fish such as salmon and trout, Westchester County Clerk Timothy C. Idoni reminds you that you must have a fishing license. You can apply at the Office of the Westchester County Clerk in White Plains, where the Passports and Licensing Division staff is available to help you obtain your license. Conservation licenses are offered in the categories of hunting, fishing, trapping, and sporting, once all requirements are met.

To apply for a license at the county clerk’s office, you need to bring proof of residency for a resident license (nonresident licenses are also available) and age (16 and older for a fishing license). The fees are $29 for an annual fishing license for residents and $70 for nonresidents. There are also rates for daily and weekly licenses, and a resident license for senior citizens age 70 and over is just $5. Contact the Office of the Westchester County Clerk at (914) 995-3089 for the complete list of fees and requirements. All license application information is online at WestchesterClerk.com.

Anglers who fish within the Marine and Coastal District, including the waters of the Atlantic Ocean three miles off the coast, and the Hudson River up to the Tappan Zee Bridge, must reg-ister for the New York no-fee recreational marine fishing registry to be in accordance with state laws. Registration is valid from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31 and enrollment in the registry must be renewed each year prior to any fishing activity.

Clerk Idoni urges anglers applying for a fishing license to consider making a donation of $5 for a Habitat/Access Stamp.

For a complete list of New York State waters where fish are stocked, visit the Department of Environmental Conservation website at dec.ny.gov. To start the application process, come to the Office of the Westchester County Clerk, located at 110 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Room 340, in White Plains. The office is open Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., excluding legal holidays. You must arrive by 4:30 p.m. The office can also be reached by phone at (914) 995-3089 or email at [email protected]. (Submitted)

Rye Library asks for public input in developing its strategic plan

The Rye Free Reading Room is eager for public input as it begins planning the future of the library. Public forums will be held at the library on Sept. 12 and 25 and Oct. 13. When the planning work is completed, it will reshape use of the facility and design ser-vice priorities, programs and resources to meet the community’s needs over the coming years.

The first of the public forums will be on Wednesday, Sept. 12, from 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. in the library’s Community Meeting Room, and all interested residents are invited to take part.

The library’s Strategic Planning Committee, comprised of members of the Board and Library Director Kitty Little will develop a plan to assure that Rye Free Reading Room has the resources to address the needs and interests of every member of the community in the next half decade, a time that will have many uncertainties, but just as many con-stants. People are intent on learning, entertainment and culture and wish to have a place to come together to pursue these common interests. The Rye Free Reading Room wants to be certain it plays an ever more important role in that mission.

The strategizing process is expected to be completed in early 2013.For further information, contact Meg Stackpole by calling (914) 967-0480, send an

email to [email protected] or visit ryelibrary.org. (Submitted)

With honorsRobert Michael Rispoli Jr. of Rye graduated from Clemson

University Aug. 10 with a Bachelor of Science in Management (General Management Emphasis).

Michael Moran of Rye recently graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Moran earned a BFA degree in Film and Television.

Erica Pesce of Rye recently graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University at Albany.

PET RESCUE

Kitty is a 10-12 month old female Shepherd Mix, around 28 pounds. She gets along great with other dogs, but despite her name, she’s not a fan of cats. Kitty is sweet and playful and always eager to please. She is learning how to walk on a leash and also on her housebreaking. Kitty would very much love to find a forever home that she can blossom in. She is spayed, vaccinated, de-wormed, heartworm tested and micro-chipped. The adoption donation for Kitty is $250. To learn more about Kitty, contact Larchmont Pet Rescue at (914) 834-6955 or visit NY-PetRescue.org.

SPORTS August 31, 2012 • THE RYE SOUND SHORE REVIEW • 15

Top games (aside from ‘The Game’) to watch this season

Mamaroneck vs. Port Chester (football)While the Garnets and the Huskies might play the most visible rivalry game on the fall

docket, the Tigers and Rams have just about as much tradition in theirs, as the two have been playing since 1920. The two teams have met 85 times in that span, and play for the “Athletic Directors Cup,” which is named for the late Tony Zimbalatti, the former athletic director at Port Chester, and Leroy O’Neill, who held the same position at Mamaroneck.

Two years ago, the Rams and Tigers had a barnburner of a game, but the Rams were able to edge the Tigers by a 27-26 margin to claim the trophy. Last year, Mamaroneck responded by shellacking the Rams by a score of 50-8. Look for the Tigers to be eager to defend the team’s bragging rights this season.

Bronxville vs. Mamaroneck (field hockey)For two teams that are among the best in the section year after year, it would seem obvious

that a late-season meeting would be in order, with one squad emerging as the area’s preeminent field hockey program. Unfortunately, since the two teams are in different classes, however, we won’t see a playoff game between Bronxville and Mamaroneck anytime soon, which always makes the in-season, non-league meeting between the two teams all that more interesting.

The Oct. 18 match up will not lack intrigue. While the regular season may cast these early predictions aside, here’s how it will look to shape up: A Class B team (Bronxville) looking to

prove that it has what it takes to play with a bigger school, while the Class A Tigers will have to stave off a challenge from an eager–and offensively explosive–Bronxville team. The meeting will serve as a great test for both teams, as they being to look at the playoffs.

New Rochelle vs. Scarsdale (boys soccer)Over the last few years, New Rochelle and Scarsdale have played in a terrific power confer-

ence with many good teams like Mamaroneck and Mount Vernon. In head-to-head match ups, it has been shown that on any day, any team can beat anyone else–except for the Huguenots. Coming into last year, the team had a very hard time with the Raiders.

In fact, until New Rochelle’s win over the Raiders last September, the Huguenots had dropped eight straight contests to Scarsdale. The two teams split a pair of 1-0 games in 2011, and the rivalry should pick up just where it left off in 2012.

New Rochelle vs. North Rockland (football)Last year in the section semifinals, North Rockland beat the Huguenots, ending New

Rochelle’s dominance in Class AA, where the team had been champs for five years. This year, the Huguenots get its chance for revenge, as the team takes on the powerful Red Raiders at home on Sept. 28.

New Rochelle brings back sev-eral players from last year’s playoff team, including quarterback Khalil Edney, who will, no doubt, be fired up to take on the only team to beat the Huguenots last year. If New Ro wants to re-establish itself as the top dog in Class AA, a win over North Rockland would be a good start.

On Oct. 15, 2011, the Mamaroneck Tigers won the 85th installment of their rivalry game with Port Chester. The Tigers hope to keep that success going when the two teams meet on Oct. 13 at Port Chester High School. Photo/Mike Smith

By MIKE SMITHASSOCIATE SPORTS [email protected]

On Oct. 7, Eastchester Deputy Attorney Robert Tudisco will be running in the Chicago Marathon. Although the race will be Tudisco’s eighth marathon in 10 years, he is not moti-vated simply by his love for the sport. Tudisco will be running to raise money and awareness for those, like himself, who suffer from atten-tion deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.

When Tudisco was diagnosed with ADHD 13 years ago, he began to take inventory of his pre-diagnosis life. In doing so, he said, he made a shocking discovery that led to his start as a distance runner.

“What people do when they are diagnosed, they look back to see why they did well in cer-tain things,” said Tudisco, 47. “I pulled out old college transcripts and noticed that there were some semesters I did very well in, and remem-bered that I was running a lot during those times, so I decided to start getting back in shape.”

Right away, Tudisco reaped the benefits of a more active life and noticed that running was, for him, something of a coping mechanism and a great stress reliever.

“To be honest, when I started, I would go out running to distract myself from stuff on my mind. I went out more for that and wasn’t really doing race training,” he said. “But even-tually, when you start doing something like that, I started feeling better about myself and

Eastchester deputy attorney to compete in Chicago Marathon

Eastchester Deputy Attorney Robert Tudisco, 47, competes in the New York City Marathon on Nov. 5, 2011. This October, Tudisco will be running in the Chicago Marathon, his eighth

marathon race. Contributed photo

got into a routine, starting to train for a 5K, and eventually a marathon.”

Tudisco ran the New York City Marathon in 2002 and has run seven since, but that hasn’t been the only change in his life since his diagnosis. He has also become an advo-cate for those who suffer from ADHD. He has helped to raise money for organizations such as Children and Adults with ADHD, as well as Autism Speaks, and is currently the executive director of the Edge Foundation, a Seattle-based organization dedicated to help-ing ADHD students achieve academic, pro-fessional and social success.

According to Tudisco, in addition to raising money for scholarships, the Edge Foundation features ADHD coaches, which function much like an athletic coach might.

“The same way a sports coach can’t manu-facture talent, these coaches are there for ADHD students to find their ‘stronger’ side, to come up with strategies and teach them to gravitate towards their strengths,” he said. “It can make a huge difference, especially when they leave high school, for ADHD kids don’t have that structure, support and accountabil-ity, so the weekly meetings and check-ins with the coach can be a big help.”

Last year, Tudisco started Team Edge–the banner under which he’ll be running in August–to give those who wish to help the cause a chance to raise funds, be it in a 5K, walkathon, or in Tudisco’s case, a marathon.

“My hope is that this will help benefit a healthy lifestyle and raise awareness and funding,” he said “Someone heard an inter-view that I did and he was running his first ultra-marathon and he ran a race in Paris for us, under our banner, and raised $1,200 for Team Edge. This can be about any event.”

Tudisco hopes to raise $5,000 for his race in October, though he said his efforts on another project mean that he’s gotten off to a slower fundraising start than he would have hoped.

“The goal is $5,000, but I just started so I don’t know what’s going to happen,” he said. “But it’s just nice to have a goal.”

But while his fundraising attempts are in their nascent stages, Tudisco is confident that come Oct. 7, he will be right where he needs to be in terms of conditioning.

“I will be ready to go,” he said. “I ran 15 miles on Saturday, eight miles on Thursday. I’m up to 50 miles a week now, and hopefully I can get that up to 65 or so in the next few weeks before easing on down before the race.”

To donate to Tudisco’s run and sup-port Team Edge, visit the race website at crowdrise.org/teamedge. For more infor-mation about the Edge Foundation, visit edgefoundation.org.

Young Garnets team takes aim at Class A crown

By MIKE SMITHASSOCIATE SPORTS [email protected]

Often, describing a football team as “young” can conjure a negative connotation. Youth, after all, brings to mind red-flag terms such as “in-experienced” and “undisciplined.” The 2012 Rye Garnets are certainly young, but with a good supply of talented underclassmen, being young just means that the Garnets have a shot to be very good for years to come.

Rye graduated a whopping 24 players last May, leaving just 12 re-turning seniors on the Garnets ros-ter this fall. Despite what could be an alarming statistic, longtime head coach Dino Garr remains confident that his youthful squad will be able to hang with the upper-echelon teams in Class A. Perhaps much of Garr’s confidence stems from his sophomore signal caller, Andrew Livingston. Last year as a fresh-man, Livingston took over quarter-backing duties after Rye stumbled to a 0-3 start, and promptly turned the Garnets’ fortunes around, leading his team to the playoffs. Thus far, Garr has been impressed with his quarterback’s maturity, and is looking for big things from Livingston in 2012.

“Last year, com-ing into camp, I think Andrew knew that [quarterback] was Jake Meyerson’s job, but when he had to fill in, he had to adjust quick-ly,” said Garr. “Now, I think he knows that this is his team, and his teammates know it, too.”

Livingston will share a backfield with a slew of other young backs, includ-ing Connor Murphy, Shane O’Malley and Chris Santangelo, who is also taking reps as a backup quarterback. Captain James Dugan might be the most ex-perienced ball carrier, but Garr said that with so many running backs with such diverse skill

A Rye receiver catches a pass during drills on Aug. 25. Coach Dino Garr believes that his squad’s depth at the skilled positions give the Garnets flexibility on offense. Photos/Bobby Begun sets, it would be hard to key on just one pri-

mary threat out of the backfield.“We have a lot of guys with talent back

there, so that gives us a lot of flexibility to do different things,” said the head coach.

Up front, the Garnets will rely heavily on senior captain Andrew Aquilino, a two-way tackle who brings some much-needed size to the Garnets line. At 6 foot 3 inches tall and weighing over 260 pounds, Aquilino will be instrumental in establishing dominance up front.

“We expect a lot of good things from Andrew,” said Garr. “He and [fellow captain] Neil Parrello are going to be very important for us defensively.”

For Garr and the Garnets, youth will not be a crutch as they stand up to a tough Class A schedule. The head coach is adamant that expectations never really change for the pres-tigious Rye program.

“Our goals are always the same,” said the coach. “We’re going to try to get better each day, we’re going to hope to make the playoffs and from there, anything can happen.”

Despite his insistence that no game can be overlooked, Garr coyly referred to his team’s Oct. 20 showdown with rival Harrison as an especially important stop on his squad’s road to the playoffs. “That’s always pretty impor-tant, too,” he said with a grin.

Rye quarterback Andrew Livingston drops back to pass during a preseason practice on Aug. 25. Livingston, a sophomore, will be taking over his first full season as Rye’s signal caller after filling in admirably three games into the 2011 campaign.

Longtime Garnets coach Dino Garr looks on during an Aug. 25 preseason practice. Despite the relative youth of his squad, Garr is confident that his team will be vying for a playoff spot come November.

SPORTS16 • THE RYE SOUND SHORE REVIEW • August 31, 2012

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