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documentary called Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger A Ailes, the first of three produc- tions about the triumphs and travails of the former Fox News chief and Gar- rison resident, premiered in New York City on Monday (Oct. 1). Unlike a forth- coming feature film with John Lithgow and a Showtime miniseries with Russell Crowe, this project co-stars Philipstown. Director Alexis Bloom and a producer visited the area six times for research and to record interviews with residents, in- cluding Philipstown Supervisor Richard Shea, about their interactions with Ailes, DOING THE WAVE — A Sargent Elementary student practices her wave while marching in the Spirit of Beacon Day parade on who moved to Garrison in 2007 and soon Sunday (Sept. 30). For more photos, see Page 11. Photo by Ross Corsair after bought the 142-year-old local weekly, The Putnam County News & Recorder. The film covers the career of the War- structure and an economic environment ren, Ohio, native through archival foot- For Sale: friendly to a wide variety of industries,” Pivot Point age and interviews with friends and for- according to a Request for Proposals mer co-workers, from his beginnings as Beacon Prison (RFP) issued last month. Garrison School debates a producer on The Mike Douglas Show, Before the prison opened in 1981, the whether to commit to oil to advising Republican candidates from Must provide jobs, site, about two-thirds of which sits inside Richard Nixon to Donald Trump on Beacon’s city limits, was home to the Mat- campaign media strategy, to his role teawan State Hospital. The RFP suggests By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong economic boost (Continued on Page 14) that the property, which also includes 22 By Jeff Simms The final plans for a $7 million capi- vacant buildings, could be repurposed tal project at the Garrison School col- ew York State is dangling $6 mil- for commercial or mixed-use develop- lided last week with global warming as lion in grant money as an incen- ment that generates jobs and economic school board members pressed for con- N tive, again, as it tries to unload activity. The state said it would consider sideration of a geothermal system as an the empty Beacon Correctional Facility. residential development as a component alternative to new oil-based heating. The 39-acre former women’s prison, of a mixed-use project but its preference The board had been poised to sched- tucked behind Beacon High School and is to not have housing dominate the site. ule a referendum for Dec. 4 to ask voters adjacent to the city’s Highway Depart- A separate application is required to to approve $7,047,620 in spending for ment, comes with a “strong transit infra- apply for the $6 million. infrastructure upgrades, including the (Continued on Page 3) heating system in the elementary school (the biggest-ticket item). Instead, the board informally agreed to continue deliberations after some members urged a review of geothermal and other heating methods not reli- ant on fossil fuels, which feed climate change. Geothermal systems tap into en- ergy naturally generated underground. FORCE OF NATURE — More than 100 The protracted discussion began after bicyclists, including Linda Lange (shown Garrett Hamlin, vice president of Tetra here), pedaled on Sunday (Sept. 30) as Tech, an architectural and engineering part of Philipstown Bikes Day. The 1.7- consulting firm, recommended the dis- mile loop wound through Cold Spring and trict purchase a new, oil-based system. Nelsonville. For more photos, see high- landscurrent.org. Photo by Michael Turton The former Beacon Correctional Facility NYS (Continued on Page 8) 2 October 5, 2018 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org On the Spot Five Questions: Eric Starr By Michael Turton By Alison Rooney What’s the next big thing on your calendar? 5welve Pieces for Solo Piano, by com- mingo’s piano, which set the standard. 21st-century classical music. poser Eric Starr of Cold Spring, will How do you book Carnegie Hall? The concert will feature be performed at Weill Recital Hall T Twelve Pieces for Solo Piano is fiendishly Alvarado and cellist Hannah at Carnegie Hall on Saturday, Oct. 13, by difficult to play. I was worried about it, and Holman playing the first pianist Michelle Alvarado. See ericstarr- when I started working with Michelle on movement of your Between music.com/concerts. it, she said she thought it was doable but the Sandhills and the Sea. What How do you work with the first that she would need to practice it a lot. She inspired it? pianist to perform a piece you’ve was working so hard, I decided I needed to It’s the only movement I’ve written, so written? set up concerts. I arranged one at Klein- far, of three or four, so consider it a sneak Twelve Pieces for Solo Piano was essen- hans Music Hall, in Buffalo, where I’m preview. I always wanted to write a piece tially done by the time Michelle Alvarado from, then wrote the director of bookings for cello and piano. I came and I met in 2017. She’d make recommen- at Carnegie Hall. She asked me to send the across a Rainer Maria Rilke dations, such as: “This passage is too fast, recordings and called with a date. poem, “Two Solitudes,” which so it’s not communicating the idea clearly How are the 12 pieces connected? intrigued me, and another at that tempo.” We worked through the The work was a commission. It was poem, “Perhaps,” by Vera Brit- nuances, the shading, making a section daunting to write, and I don’t think I tain, that gave me the shivers. I more percussive, in a “Let’s really hit that” would have done it otherwise. It’s 82 felt much sorrow but also kind of way, or “The notation says pianis- pages and 50 minutes long and a sense of courage simo, but I think it’s too soft.” Michelle felt each piece has a story. The piec- and resiliency, part of the creation of the music. and sud- es are meant to be performed “Celebrating all the fall activities with denly, the What’s it like to hear your work in a specific order, although my daughters, especially apple picking piece played by someone else? each can be played alone. I and getting ready for Halloween.” was Michelle’s a virtuoso. When she plays it, was frightened at the begin- ~Polo Rivera, Beacon it comes to life in a different way. I write, ning, but writing “Elegy” born I hate to admit, on a digital keyboard, so after attending the funeral from hearing her play it on a mighty Steinway D, of the wife of a close friend it. The when the notes hurl up to the rafters, makes of mine got me inside the creative you realize things like where the tempo project, and my confidence started process is needs to be adjusted. Michelle recorded it to build. I humbly hope to add some- mysterious and I accept that. at the National Opera Center on Placido Do- thing new to the emerging canon of Eric Starr Photo by Jeffrey Starr

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It would be the third straight year that the ($1.7 million); highway ($1.6 million) and Beacon Officials Propose $21 tax rate for homes fell and the fourth for sanitation ($1.2 million). Other expenses businesses. However, that doesn’t mean that include $433,000 for insurance payments, a resident will pay less; individual assess- $299,000 for snow removal, $279,000 for Million Budget ments determine whether bills go up. building maintenance and repairs, and Other budget highlights include signifi- $641,000 for parks and recreation. Also, longtime building inspector to retire cant increases in Beacon’s contribution to Dexter to retire By Jeff Simms creasing the tax levy — the total amount the county workers’ compensation plan (9 Tim Dexter, the longtime building in- that the city can raise via property taxes percent), municipal employees’ health in- spector, has said he plans to retire after eacon Mayor Randy Casale intro- — by $371,000 to nearly $11 million. surance (15 percent of general fund expen- 36 years with the city, which Casale said duced the city’s proposed budget The city’s water and sewer funds, which ditures) and garbage and recycling costs on Monday made 2019 “a tough budget for for 2019 during the City Council B are separate from the day-to-day general ($100,000 more than a year ago). me.” After serving as a volunteer and then meeting on Monday (Oct. 1), and it in- fund, would see rate increases of 5 per- Conversely, the city’s streetlights, which career firefighter for the city, Dexter joined cludes $20.7 million in spending, an in- cent and 10 percent, respectively, to pay have all been converted to energy-efficient the Building Department in 1989. He was crease of 2.74 percent over this year. The for continuing infrastructure upgrades. LED bulbs, will cost $55,000 to operate named chief building inspector in 1996 council and city staff will discuss the Home values in Beacon, while still $100 in 2019, a third less than a year ago and and served as interim city administrator details over the next two months, with a million less than the high-water mark of $263,000 less than in 2016. The newly on two occasions, most recently before public hearing scheduled for Dec. 3. 2009, increased by 3.5 percent. Commer- opened solar power farm at the former Anthony Ruggiero was hired in 2015. The council must approve the budget by cial property values increased by nearly 10 Beacon landfill site should save the city The city will hire his successor from Dec. 31. percent, and are above the 2009 mark for $100,000 in energy costs, as well. the Dutchess County civil service list of As part of its spending, the city pro- the second year in a row. In the proposed budget, the largest ex- candidates. poses pulling $326,000 from its reserves, As assessments rise, property tax rates pense is the police department ($5.2 mil- “He was one of the main reasons this a $153,000 increase over the savings spent can decrease, and the 2019 proposal recom- lion), followed by health insurance pre- city had the resurgence that it did have,” this year. The proposal stays within the mends just that — by 1.65 percent for homes miums ($3.2 million); interest payments Casale said on Monday. “There was no one state’s maximum 2 percent tax cap by in- and 1.81 percent for commercial properties. on the city’s bonds ($2.8 million); fire more professional than Tim Dexter.”

New York first asked for proposals for the Serino — wrote a letter asking Gov. An- of state and federal funding for its project, Beacon Prison (from Page 1) property in 2014, a year after the prison was drew Cuomo to reject it. according to the letter. The $6 million in The City of Beacon is not likely to sub- decommissioned. That campaign ended Bob LaColla, the Town of Fishkill super- grant funding was available then, as well. mit a proposal, said Mayor Randy Casale, with only one submission, from the New visor, who also signed the letter, said the LaColla said he expects there will be more although he said he’d personally like to York City-based Doe Fund, which wanted officials opposed the Doe Fund proposal proposals related to jobs and economic see a vocational school at the location. to create a farming and job-training center because it had evolved from an economic growth this time around. For the 12-month “Kids who are out of high school need to serve homeless and impoverished people. development plan to a social-services one. period ending in August, private sector jobs somewhere to go for job training,” he said. The Doe Fund withdrew its proposal The coalition was also concerned that the in Dutchess and Putnam counties grew less State officials will lead prospective bidders in 2017 after a coalition of local officials state would not receive any money from than 1 percent, although job growth was on a tour of the former correctional facility — including Casale, Dutchess County Ex- the sale of the site, while the Doe Fund significantly higher elsewhere in the region, on Oct. 11. Proposals are due by Dec. 20. ecutive Marc Molinaro and state Sen. Sue would receive a disproportionate amount according to the state Department of Labor. AVAILABLE COLD SPRING BREAST CANCER WALK GET YOUR PI NK Butterfield Square Philipstown Square Join NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group! Join Allstate Insurance, Fred Astaire Dance Studio & More! Medical | Office | Financial Storefronts | Retail | Office ON! 700 – 15,000 ± SF Available 450 – 1,600 ± SF Available WALK FOR A CURE *FREE T SHIRT AND MORE FOR ALL WALKERS! FUNDS SUPPORT BREASTCANCER.ORG

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ed against the measure, dismissed the law as “feel-good legislation” that penalizes retailers. He said the way to What is Putnam Raises combat teen smoking and vaping is through education. Tobacco Buy to 21 “I compliment the American Cancer Society, the Health Section 8? Department, the school districts and the Department of First initiative of anti-addiction task force Social Services for educating our teenagers,” he said. “The rate of teen smoking has certainly declined since I was a teenager.” In the Sept. 28 issue, Jeff Simms reported on the By Holly Crocco Legislator Toni Addonizio (R-Kent), who also voted no, sale of the Tompkins Terrace housing complex in A: said an adult is someone who is regarded as independent, Beacon. Rents for the apartments in the development are he Putnam County Legislature, by a 6-3 vote, on self-sufficient and responsible, and that generally happens subsidized by the federal government through a voucher Tuesday (Oct. 2) made it illegal for anyone younger at 18, when individuals can marry, vote, enter legal con- program known as Section 8, after the part of the U.S. than 21 to buy tobacco products or related “acces- T tracts, buy firearms and enlist in the military. By increas- Housing Act of 1937 that authorizes assistance to low- sories.” The minimum age to purchase cigarettes and ing the age to purchase tobacco to 21, it is implied that income renters, including senior citizens and disabled other tobacco had been 18, although it is not illegal for young adults cannot make their own decisions, she said. people on fixed incomes and homeless families. teenagers or young adults to smoke. “We are sending a message to an entire generation of The program is administered locally by the Beacon Legislator Barbara Scuccimarra (R-Philipstown), who young adults that we need the government to tell us how Public Housing Authority (beaconhousingauthority.org). is chair of the Legislature’s Health Committee, has been to live,” said Addonizio. According to figures compiled by the federal Department pushing for the Tobacco 21 legislation since it came up as Legislator Joseph Castellano (R-Brewster) said it was a of Housing and Urban Development, the local agency a suggestion by the One Army Against the War on Addic- difficult decision for him to support Tobacco 21, but that oversees 309 units in Beacon, and a total of 458 people. tion Task Force. at the end of the day, “if we can save one person from The average family pays $449 per month in rent, and “This was the first initiative to come out of the task smoking and one person from vaping,” the law will have the federal government contributes $805. About 60 per- force,” she said. “They believe, and I believe, this is a mea- served its purpose. cent of households also receive subsidies for utilities that sure we must take not only to stop tobacco, but to stop Ginny Nacerino (R-Patterson) was the third legislator average $136 monthly. vaping, as well,” which is a process in which flavored vapor to vote no. The average annual household income for renters who with nicotine is inhaled through a battery-powered device. Following the passage of the law, Julie Hart, a repre- have vouchers is $8,461 for individuals and $19,472 for The legislation was volleyed back and forth between sentative from the American Cancer Society, praised the families. In Beacon, the average wait time to receive a the Health Committee and the full Legislature over the legislature. voucher is nearly five years. past several months as lawmakers debated the intent, “Tobacco 21 just makes sense, given nearly 96 percent In Putnam County there are 883 people and 587 units, and execution, of the law. It will now go to the county of smokers begin this deadly addiction before turning with families paying an average of $400 monthly and executive’s desk for her signature and take effect 60 days 21,” she said. “It is a win for health and our pocketbooks. HUD picking up $926. Eighty-six percent receive utility after it is filed with the New York secretary of State. We are thrilled Putnam County has put health before the allowances that average $127. The average annual income Legislator Amy Sayegh (R-Mahopac Falls) said she sup- profits of Big Tobacco and the vaping industry. We look of renters is $10,100 for individuals and $16,640 for house- ports the county doing anything it can to get tobacco prod- forward to County Executive [MaryEllen] Odell signing holds. The average wait time is just under three years. ucts out of the hands of minors. “We want to be proactive here; we don’t want to wait for the state to act,” she said. this crucial legislation. We also look forward to this law Have a question we can answer? However, Legislator Paul Jonke (R-Southeast), who vot- being enacted statewide.” Email: [email protected]

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A Beacon man died on Oct. 1 when his car collided with an overturned tractor-trailer MOUNTAIN RESCUE — Cold Spring firefighters carried a 54-year-old hiker off on I-84 near Kent. NYSP Breakneck on Sept. 22 after he experienced chest pains. Photo by Michael Bowman

Carmel, where he was pronounced dead. Putnam Sheriff to Hold Three Hikers Struck on 9D Beacon Man Killed The New York State Police reported that in I-84 Crash the tractor-trailer, driven by Sergio Khundi- Town Hall Vehicle left road near Fair Street ashvili, 36, of Brooklyn, was traveling east- Scheduled for Oct. 11 in Cold Spring hree pedestrians were struck by a ve- Struck overturned tractor-trailer bound in the left lane when it struck the me- hicle on Saturday, Sept. 22, after the dian guardrail, causing the rig to overturn. utnam County Sheriff Robert Langley T 52-year-old Beacon man died early car left Route 9D in Cold Spring about 500 Cipolla, who was also in the left lane, collided Jr. will host a town hall on Thursday, A on Monday (Oct. 1) after his vehicle P feet north of Fair Street, according to the with the truck and both vehicles caught fire. Oct. 11, at 6 p.m. at the Old VFW Hall in struck an overturned tractor-trailer on In- Putnam County Sheriff’s Department. According to the state police, Khun- Cold Spring. terstate 84 near Kent. The incident occurred at about 2:30 diashvili and his passenger were taken He will be joined by Undersheriff Mi- Thomas W. Cipolla was pulled from his p.m. The driver and two of the pedestri- to Danbury Hospital and treated for mi- chael Corrigan and Captains James 1994 Toyota Camry by passersby and the ans, who were walking on the shoulder, nor injuries. I-84 traffic was detoured to Babcock (Operations), Kevin Cherverko truck’s driver after the 3:45 a.m. collision were injured, but there was no arrest Routes 52 and 311 until about 2:45 p.m. (Corrections), Jon Jennings (Criminal In- and taken to Putnam Hospital Center in made, the sheriff said. vestigations), Lisa Ortolano (Civil) and Harry Tompkins (Patrol).

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the best solution, the most cost-effective.” Pivot Point (from Page 1) Outfitting older buildings can also be chal- “A lot of us are uncomfortable about the lenging and each geothermal installation How Putnam Valley Did It idea of locking ourselves into a fossil-fuel is unique, making it hard to assemble data system for the next 30 years,” said Board and compute typical savings, he said. Member David Gelber, co-creator of Years He added, however, that his firm would of Living Dangerously, a documentary se- endorse geothermal if Garrison could ries on the effects of climate change. Gel- achieve a payback in 10 years. He also ber reminded his colleagues that in July noted that an elementary school geother- the board unanimously passed a resolution mal system could be configured to allow pledging to fight global warming, includ- expansion to the middle school. ing when making purchasing decisions. Gelber argued it should not be difficult The district began work on the capi- to compile data from other schools, such tal project in 2015. Funding the project as Putnam Valley. “I’d be more confident (without a geothermal component) would in your opinions if you were able to pres- require “a slight tax increase,” said Jason ent us with more facts,” he told Hamlin. Schwartz, an accountant with Bernard Do- He also noted that oil prices could fluc- negan, a municipal consulting company. tuate, complicating assumptions about His firm projected an average marginal tax the long-term costs of fossil-fuel systems. All three schools in the Putnam Valley School District have geothermal, and the rate increase from 2022 to 2037 of 6 cents Nonetheless, he also said that “we’re not middle and high schools have no oil bills. For more, see highlandscurrent.org. for every $1,000 of a property’s full value. saying that no matter what the cost is, we Ford, who pushed the board to adopt its project “would get a slam-dunk approval” According to Hamlin, a traditional hot- want to do it.” climate-change resolution, said that the from voters, especially if it included the water heating system would cost $1.6 mil- School officials said the district spends state offered grants for clean-energy proj- expense of a geothermal system. “That’s lion, while a geothermal system would about $60,000 annually on oil, with about ects, while Madeline Julian, an architect not to argue against doing this,” only to cost $2.1 million to $2.6 million. He said half going for the elementary school. who supervises heating and cooling proj- recognize the challenges, he said. an upgraded, oil-based system would be Board Member James Hoch observed ects in hospitals, said “we would never O’Rourke observed that voters who do not better for the environment than the cur- that climate change “is already happen- make a decision [based] on the informa- have children in school — the vast major- rent one, although not as beneficial as ing; my guess is it’s going to get worse,” tion” given the district so far. ity of Garrison’s electorate — tend to reject geothermal. Along with heating, the oil- with heavier, more frequent storms, se- Julian proposed the district evaluate spending projects. Asked if residents might based system could provide air condition- vere flooding, and other weather condi- a number of alternative systems. “This is rally around something seen as fighting ing, if the district wants it. tions that could shut the school down and the only time we’re going to have to do global warming, he said: “Maybe. I just The heating system for the middle require make-up classes on hot summer this project” and the district should choose don’t know. We can be hopeful.” school does not need replacement, accord- days. He recommended they prepare now. wisely, she said. A day later, O’Rourke added that a new ing to school officials. O’Rourke responded that a new, more O’Rourke recalled that the last time federal tax law that limits the federal-tax “We’re proponents of reducing carbon efficient oil-based heating system would the district undertook a major capital deductibility of state and local taxes to footprints,” but cannot recommend geo- still be “entirely consistent” with the project — the middle school, finished in $10,000 might also affect voter enthusi- thermal energy for the Garrison School, board’s climate-change resolution. 2002 — a fierce dispute broke out. He ex- asm “for what some could view as non- Hamlin explained. “We don’t see that as Some audience members endorsed fur- ther investigation of geothermal. Krystal pressed skepticism whether the pending essential elements of the project.”

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rank Matheis hopes that visitors to the Howland Cultural Center, when F viewing the photos in a show he curated that begins Saturday, Oct. 6, will hear music. The 130 images document the lives of musicians who played acoustic blues and other traditional genres, includ- ing folk, Cajun, and country. The exhibit, American Roots Music, opens with a reception from 3 to 5 p.m. Little Sammy Davis Photo by John Rocklin with music performed by Lowry Hamner. The show, which runs through Oct. 28, in- cludes a tribute to the late Little Sammy Davis, a blues harmonica player who re- Otha Turner in Memphis, 2002 tired to the Hudson Valley after spending Photo by Bibiana Huang Matheis much of his career in Chicago. Roots music predates electronics, syn- thesizers and modern recording methods. “It was the folk music that people played at home, in their own communities,” Matheis explains. “The roots of rock ‘n’ roll were acoustic blues, country and hillbilly mu- sic. Before there was rap, hip-hop, soul and funk, there was the rural down-home blues. “The significance and the power of these photos shouldn’t be underestimated,” says Matheis, a longtime contributor to Liv- ing Blues magazine. “They document an oft-forgotten art form, much of which is of African-American heritage. It’s an art form predominantly made by poor people Joe Callicott and his wife, Newbit, in Mississippi Photo by George Mitchell who were culturally powerless, yet it was significant for world culture. It emerged long ago as an international form.” Matheis initially hoped to mount the ex- hibit using photos from his personal col- Jessie Mae Hemphill on her porch in lection but realized they didn’t reflect the Senatobia, Mississippi, in 1967 breadth of the subject. So he put the word Photo by George Mitchell out. Many of the thousands of images that came back have never been published. “I requested black-and-white images, and we stayed away from shots of the musicians playing electric instruments,” he explains. “All of these photographers got close to the lives of these musicians; they had intimate access,” he adds. “Many shots were taken in the South, in the musicians’ homes, the places where they lived. You can see people on their porches, in their community, with their neighbors. In some cases, the photographers made field record- ings as a way of documenting everything.” The Howland Center is located at 477 Main St. in Beacon. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m., Friday through Monday, with the Rosetta Patton Brown in Duncan, A New Orleans street festival in 2017 Photo by Frank Matheis exception of Oct. 14, when it closes at 2 Mississippi, 1966 Photo by Bill Steber p.m., and Oct. 21, when it will be closed. 10 October 5, 2018 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

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Philipstown Community Center Veterans Memorial Park, Carmel Hiro Ichikawa Exhibit (Opening) 845-897-4377 | fishkillfarms.com 107 Glenclyffe Dr., Garrison pcjvc.org/the-traveling-wall 2 – 4 p.m. Scenic Hudson River Center 845-424-4618 | philipstownrecreation.com Catoberfest Benefit Long Dock Park, Beacon Sunset Reading Series: Sam Anderson 6 – 10 p.m. Hudson Valley Brewery scenichudson.org 4 p.m. Chapel Restoration Nelsonville Village Board 45 Market St., Cold Spring 6:30 p.m. Village Hall 2 Churchill St., Beacon American Roots Music (Opening) facebook.com/Sunset-Reading-Series 258 Main St., Nelsonville catoberfest.brownpapertickets.com 3 – 5 p.m. Howland Cultural Center 845-265-2500 | nelsonvilleny.gov Barbara Smith Gioia: Fragments in Time See details under Friday. Used Clothing Sale / Meet the Candidates (Opening) 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. Old VFW Hall Garrison School Board Beacon Historical Society Ghost Tours 6 – 8:30 p.m. Buster Levi Gallery 34 Kemble Ave., Cold Spring 7 p.m. Garrison School 7 – 10 p.m. Veterans Memorial Hall 121 Main St., Cold Spring 1100 Route 9D, Garrison 413 Main St., Beacon 845-809-5145 | busterlevigallery.com 845-424-3689 | gufs.org Tickets at beaconhistorical.org. MONDAY OCT. 8 Football vs. Pearl River (Homecoming) Beacon Horrorshow: The Cabin in the Woods Pissi Myles Drag! 6:30 p.m. Beacon High School Columbus Day (2012) 7 p.m. Denning’s Point Distillery 101 Matteawan Road, Beacon Local libraries open. 7:30 p.m. Big Mouth 10 N. 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(Talk) The Arsonists(Reading) Cold Spring Chamber Meeting 4:30 p.m. Girls’ Soccer vs. Putnam Valley 7 p.m. Garrison Institute 7:30 p.m. Philipstown Depot Theatre 9 a.m. Dolly’s Cafe 4:30 p.m. Volleyball vs. Putnam Valley 14 Mary’s Way, Garrison 10 Garrison’s Landing, Garrison 7 Garrison’s Landing, Garrison See details under Tuesday. 845-424-4800 | garrisoninstitute.org philipstowndepottheatre.org explorecoldspringny.com Active-Shooter Defense Course Paul Reiser (Comedy) Tibetan Singing Bowls Senior Bus Trip to Fishkill 6 – 9 p.m. Bureau of Emergency Services 8 p.m. Paramount Hudson Valley 7:30 p.m. Tompkins Corner Cultural Center 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Chestnut Ridge 112 Old Route 6, Carmel 1008 Brown St., Peekskill 729 Peekskill Hollow Road, Putnam Valley 62 Chestnut St., Cold Spring putnamsheriff.com paramounthudsonvalley.com 845-528-7280 | tompkinscorners.org 845-424-4618 | philipstownrecreation.com Putnam County Sheriff Town Hall The Improvised Dream(Theater) Tani Tabbal Trio Haldane Sports 6 p.m. Old VFW Hall 8 p.m. Howland Cultural Center 8 p.m. Howland Cultural Center 4:15 p.m. Girls’ Soccer vs. Beacon 34 Kemble Ave., Cold Spring 477 Main St., Beacon See details under Friday. 4:30 p.m. Volleyball vs. Poughkeepsie 845-225-4300 x42203 | putnamsheriff.com 845-831-4988 | howlandculturalcenter.org Haldane High School, Cold Spring Bert Rechtschaffer Jazz Trio Print Club haldaneschool.org 8:30 p.m. Chill Wine Bar 6 – 9 p.m. Garrison Art Center SATURDAY, OCT. 6 173 Main St., Beacon Beacon School Board 23 Garrison’s Landing, Garrison Traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall chillwinebarbeacon.com 7 p.m. Beacon High School 845-424-3960 | garrisonartcenter.org Veterans Memorial Park, Carmel 101 Matteawan Road, Beacon Citizen’s Climate Lobby 845-838-6900 | beaconk12.org pcjvc.org/the-traveling-wall SUNDAY, OCT. 7 7 p.m. Beahive Craft Sale Cold Spring Board of Trustees 291 Main St., Beacon Traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall 9 a.m. -– 3:30 p.m. Cold Spring Methodist Church 7:30 p.m. Village Hall facebook.com/cclny18 Veterans Memorial Park, Carmel 216 Main St., Cold Spring 85 Main St., Cold Spring Tioronda Garden Club Annual pcjvc.org/the-traveling-wall 845-265-3611 | coldspringny.gov Fall Wine Festival Hazardous Household Waste Collection Support Connection Support-a-Walk 7 – 10 p.m. St. Rocco Society 9 a.m. – Noon. Smith Campus 9 a.m. FDR State Park 26 S. Chestnut St., Beacon 110 Old Route 6, Carmel DOWNING FILM 2957 Crompond Road, Yorktown Heights 845-831-4300 845-808-1390, x43150 | putnamcountyny.gov 914-962-6402 | supportconnection.org CENTER Registration required. Kathleen Madigan (Comedy) 19 Front Street 8 p.m. Paramount Hudson Valley Heritage AppleFest Newburgh, New York 12550 See details under Friday. 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Boscobel | See details under Friday. 845-561-3686 Twin Forts Day www.downingfilmcenter.com 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Fort Montgomery FRIDAY, OCT. 12 FRI OCT 5–THU OCT 11 690 Route 9W, Fort Montgomery Deadline to Register to Vote on Nov. 6 845-446-2134 | nysparks.com THE CHILDREN ACT elections.ny.gov/votingregister.html EXCELLENT CREATURES Rated R Chapel Restoration Starring Emma Thompson & Stanley Tucci Halloween Costume Exchange 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Open House PRESENT: FRI 5:00, SAT 2:00 7:30, SUN 5:00 4 – 6 p.m. Howland Public Library 5 p.m. The Fabrication of Cannon at W.P. 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Version 41 The annual Spirit of Beacon Day on Sunday (Sept. 30) drew throngs of residents and visitors to Main Street for a street festival and parade that included two Photo by Cindy Gould pipe bands, six marching bands and an appearance by Belgian artist Joëlle Tuerlinckx, who had just ended her weeklong performance, THAT’S IT! at Dia:Beacon. Along the street, visitors could sample empanadas Photo by Ross Corsair made by members of St. Joachim St. John’s church, hamburgers from Springfield Baptist and vegetarian offerings from Masjid Ar-Rashid. Gwen Laster, Solar Sound, Los Caribeños, Goldee Green, the Howland Wolves, the Beacon Performing Arts Center and the Beacon Rising Women’s Choir each performed on the main stage. The Salvation Army hosted children’s activities; Sam’s Realty provided face painting; Small Tribe Hoops shared hula hoops; and Miss Vickie, Compass Arts, and Creative Strings performed. The day’s organizing committee presented the Volunteer Spirit Award to the previous Spirit of Beacon Committee, which had run the event for nearly 20 years; the Community Spirit Award to Key Food for its sponsorship of volunteer events; and the Best Float Award to Glenham Elementary. Photo by Michael Turton Photo by Ross Corsair Photo by Ross Corsair

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on the Hudson County, discovered Beacon when she at- Valley. This fills in tended dance performances at Dia. She a gap in our offer- moved to Beacon after graduation, find- ings and uses the ing work as a gallery attendant at the The Art of Dance Howland space museum. She found Beacon appealing as in a different and a location for a dance company in part creative way.” because it wouldn’t have to compete with The history of the many similar ventures in New York modern dance ex- City, where her two co-founders live. “Ev- tends back more eryone is so interested in bringing dance than a century, to where it hasn’t been accessed,” she says. Claire Deane, A-Y/ when dancers such The troupe hopes to mix classics with dancers co-founder as Isadora Duncan contemporary. “We want to present pro- Photo by A. Rooney chafed at ballet’s grams which show the scope and continu- rigid rules. They ity of modern dance,” Deane says. It also began to dance more freely, borrowing from wants to create programs that are acces- the ancient Greeks, and elevated expression sible. “You don’t need to have a degree in Three SUNY grads launch over technique. dance history to hook in to these works,” company in Beacon The form made its way to the U.S. dur- she says. “We’ve had people out strolling ing the World War I era and, in the decades on a Sunday afternoon peek in on our that followed, many choreographers formed open rehearsals and stay to watch.” Sienna Blaw, Erin Landers and Claire Deane Photo by Umi Akiyoshi companies that developed international fol- Getting the company off the ground has lowings. Today, most of these companies still been the expected challenge. “What we’re By Alison Rooney can do what Sienna Blaw, Claire Deane exist, but many are struggling to stay afloat. doing is so different that there is no one to and Erin Landers have done: Start their “There was no commercial model” to ask for advice,” Deane says. “The licens- f the three co-founders of the Beacon- own company. start a company, says Deane. “Because it ing, in particular, has been difficult, as based A-Y/dancers had been born 60 On Saturday, Oct. 13, at 8 p.m. and on seemed like an unattainable dream, that has finding rehearsal space and funding.” I or 70 years earlier, they would have Sunday, Oct. 14, at 2 p.m., A-Y/dancers will fired us up. When resources are so lim- The troupe received a grant for its How- had no difficulties finding jobs in -mod perform at the Howland Cultural Center in ited, it weirdly becomes easier to say, ‘I’ll land performances from the New York ern dance companies. As graduates of the Beacon. The program will include a founda- make my own work.’ Then comes figuring State Council of the Arts, which Deane conservatory program at SUNY Purchase, tional work by Merce Cunningham that is out how to do that.” says “feels like a vote of confidence.” they probably would have easily transi- being presented to mark the 100th anniver- They are heeding the advice of a cho- For tickets to the Oct. 13 and 14 per- tioned into a company led by choreogra- sary of his birth, a piece from contemporary reographer they work with, Deborah formances, which are $12 for adults and phers such as José Limon, Martha Gra- choreographer Doug Varone (who teaches at Lohse, which she credits to Carol Bur- $10 for students, see aydancers.brownpa- ham, Merce Cunningham or Paul Taylor. SUNY Purchase), and a work from emerging nett: Be dumb enough to think you can do pertickets.com. Tickets at the door are For 2017 graduates, however, things choreographer Hannah Garner. anything. “We say it to each other every $18 and $15. There will be a free dress re- are much different. Few companies em- Craig Wolf, president of the Howland week!” says Deane. hearsal at noon on Friday, Oct. 12. ploy full-time dancers, so most graduates board, said the center is happy to “debut Deane, who grew up in Westchester string together freelance work. Or they a new modern dance troupe that focuses

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cal issues and morph Divide and Conquer (from Page 1) Fox News after he was accused of sexual Shea recalled that harassment by former anchor Gretchen meeting as “surreal,” Other Ailes Projects into him telling me in 1996 launching Fox News. The latter Carlson, a tale recounted in part by two saying Ailes showed about himself, trying made him a multimillionaire and national crisis consultants who were summoned to up “locked and load- John Lithgow will play Ailes in to impress me, al- figure both deeply admired and despised. Ailes’ Garrison home to advise him. (They ed…. He was worried Fair and Balanced, a feature film ways telling me how The documentary, which was shown claim that when they suggested settling we were going to tell about the scandal that led to his de- much money he had this week at the New York Film Festival, the case, Beth Ailes said in a steely voice: him he couldn’t cut parture from Fox News. According made. It was sad, in will open in select theaters and on stream- “We will never settle this case. You have trees down, that he to The Hollywood Reporter, the film a way. Here’s a guy ing platforms on Dec. 7. to understand something: Roger is more couldn’t keep his will star Nicole Kidman as Gretch- — all the money in Bloom also interviewed Leonora Bur- important than America.”) view, so he got people en Carlson and Charlize Theron as the world, could be ton, the owner of The Country Goose in In the film, two former PCNR staff mem- riled up. He was sort anchor Megyn Kelly. anywhere, do any- Cold Spring and a longtime critic of Ailes, bers, Alison Rooney and Michael Turton of a master at that.” Russell Crowe will play Ailes in thing, and we’re sit- but that material did not make the final (who since 2010 have been writing for The When Shea ran for a seven-part series adapted from ting in the offices of cut. Bloom says Ailes did not respond to Current), recalled their reaction in 2008 to re-election in 2011, Gabriel Sherman’s 2014 biogra- the Putnam County requests for interviews before his death the new ownership of the paper. Ailes backed his op- phy, The Loudest Voice in the Room, News having a chat. in May 2017 at age 77. The producers also “The community was shocked that ponent. “Roger told which includes a chapter about I always wondered: this media mogul, this political kingpin, me he had never lost Philipstown. According to Variety, Does this guy have would have any interest in coming to Cold any election cam- its title is Secure and Hold: The Last actual friends? Don’t “I’m sure he wanted to retire there [in Spring and buying this little paper,” Tur- paign he’d gotten Days of Roger Ailes. you have somewhere Philipstown], but he just didn’t do his ton recalled. “We thought: Is he going to involved with,” Shea you’d rather be?” research on the character of the town.” do with this local paper what he does at recalled. “He was go- Once Ailes lost Fox News?” Turton says in the film that, ing to see me out of his job at Fox, Roger tried to reach his wife, Beth Ailes, through in fact, the PCNR went from being a sleepy office. At one point, and Beth “were gone; multiple avenues, she said. community paper to a political tool. he said, ‘I’ll park a they were done,” Shea “Philipstown was obviously very impor- Richard Shea told the filmmakers he goddamn Fox News told the filmmak- tant to Roger,” Bloom said in a phone in- met Ailes for the first time in the Haldane truck at the end of ers. “I don’t think he Russell Crowe John Lithgow terview before the Oct. 3 screening, which school cafeteria after a public forum. your driveway, and wanted to show his she said Shea planned to attend. “It must “The first impression I had was, you I’ll have them fol- face around town. have reminded him in some way of grow- know, this guy is a bully,” he recalled. Early low you as long as I He must have cared ing up in Warren. I’m sure he wanted to on, Shea said, Ailes “let me know he owned want.’ That’s not the kind of thing you’re about his reputation, obviously, and that sort retire there [in Philipstown], but he just the newspaper. Essentially, he said, ‘If I’m expecting in small-town politics.” of thing is not good for your reputation.” didn’t do his research on the character of not happy, you’re not going to be happy.’ I Shea, who won easily, told the filmmak- In Shea’s assessment, Ailes “tried to the town.” She paused to reconsider. “Al- was like, ‘OK, fine, you own the newspaper, ers that after the election he and Ailes de- take [the town] over but never really be- though — maybe he did. Maybe he knew great.’ In hindsight, that was a little naïve.” veloped a rapport and that he spent many came part of it. He may have been a genius exactly and relished the challenge.” The film includes footage of Ailes, at hours in the Ailes’ office at the PCNR. on the national scene but he really did not After its visit to Putnam County, the film a 2010 meeting on proposed zoning law “He would call me on a lot of Fridays get what the local community was.” concludes by recounting Ailes’ downfall at changes, taking the microphone to intone and say, ‘Come on down, I want to talk to about property rights. you,’ ” Shea recalled. “It would be about lo-

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Out There utes slower, I would have been disqualified. In my defense, I used the race as my final “long run” before the Vermont 50 Mile three Nice Guys weeks later, so my only goals were a nice, easy pace, to finish before the final cut-off and to not die. I also made a wrong turn Finish Last and didn’t realize it until a few miles later, which turned the marathon into 30 miles. How to win by losing I found out later that many people got lost during the race; they just got lost faster. By Brian PJ Cronin It was not the first time I’ve finished last. Fifteen months ago, for my first ul- he crowd roared tramarathon, I ran 31 miles at a ski resort as I come that involved 12,000 feet of elevation run- T bounding ning up and down the mountain’s Black out of the woods, Diamond trails. The year I ran it, only 12 Mile 7.5 of last month's Breakneck Ridge Trail Marathon Photo by B. Cronin barreling downhill on people finished — I came in 12th, seven the last tenth-of-a-mile minutes before the cut-off. clarifies the two questions I get asked most things are bleak is incredibly empowering. of the 26.2-mile course. And yet, as with Breakneck, I was greet- frequently about ultra-running: Why would It’s hard, and it hurts, no matter when you As I crossed the finish line, they rushed ed with thunderous cheers at the finish anyone want to run 30 miles through the cross the line: first, middle or last. Ultras are over to me with amazement and wonder, line. The guy who won the race shook my mountains, and why would you specifically about suffering, and overcoming that suffer- congratulating me. hand and told me I was amazing. He had want to run 30 miles through the moun- ing. And if you finish last, you’ve overcome I had finished … last. finished several hours ahead of me but tains when you’re clearly not very good at it? more than anyone else on the mountain that The crowd was people who organized the had stuck around to congratulate who- Marathoners are familiar with “the wall,” day. No one suffered more than you. race. The other runners had left long ago. ever came in last. The race photographer the moment about 20 miles in when your My next race is the Orcas Island 50K in the Beyond the finish line was a field converted told me that, after his wife, I was his hero. legs become rubber. In ultras, we have “the Pacific Northwest in February. I’ll be train- into a parking lot; the only car left was mine. I smiled weakly. I thought they were pain cave,” a long dark night of the soul in ing in the Highlands, running on the roads The course record for this race, the no- making fun of me. But a few weeks later, which your entire body surrenders, your and through the mountains as the leaves torious Breakneck Ridge Trail Marathon I heard a podcast on which accomplished spirit breaks, and your brain screams at you fall and the light gets softer. But I’m going — which consists of nearly 9,000 feet of athletes discussed their admiration for to stop. This continues for several miles. to push myself harder than usual because it’s elevation, a climb up Breakneck Ridge, a long-distance runners who finished last. But if you keep running, you slowly time to set some bigger goals. With a little few scrambles up and down the steep trail “I don’t think I’ll ever be as tough or as emerge from the cave. Everything stops more speed work and increased weekly mile- near the Mount Beacon Fire Tower (aka the gritty as them,” said a man who had re- hurting. Your mood soars. You feel as if age, I might just come in second-to-last. Devil’s Ladder), three trips to the summit cently run a 200-mile desert race. your body, mind, and spirit are united When he’s not writing for The Current or of Mount Beacon, and an ascent of Mount Why that admiration? I’ve been think- and you’re achieving your potential. The teaching journalism at Marist College, Brian Taurus — is 5 hours and 4 minutes, which ing about this for a while — one benefit of glow lasts long after the race. To learn, PJ Cronin can usually be found outside doing I missed by 6 hours, 21 minutes and 30 sec- running 50 miles at a time is that you have with your whole body, that you can push something questionable. You can reach him onds. Had I finished four-and-a-half min- plenty of time to think. The answer also yourself beyond your perceived limit when at [email protected].

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COMMUNITY BRIEFS Evil Comes Easy St. Mary’s Tag Sale Play reading at Depot Theatre t. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Cold SSpring will hold a fundraiser tag sale aymond Bokhour will play the lead on on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 R Saturday, Oct. 6, in a reading of The p.m., with household goods, furniture, Arsonists, a comedy by Max Frisch about clothing, books and toys. how easily evil can overcome a family or nation. The cast at the Philipstown Depot Theatre also will include Tim Harbolic, Terror in the Woods Andre Herzegovitch, Liz Kiefer, Kalista Sale Parish, John Christian Plummer and School foundations to Megan Shea. Tickets are free (see brown- screen ‘Blair Witch’ papertickets.com/event/3627075), but a he Garrison and Hal- $20 donation is suggested at the door to Tdane school founda- support the Dialogues with Drama series. tions, in a joint fundrais- er, will screen The Blair Mike Williams Masquerade Through Witch Project at St. Phil- ip’s parish house at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. History 13. Former Garrison School guidance coun- Annual history museum gala is Oct. 13 PREPARING FOR BATTLE — The Flights of Fancy Vintage Aviation Steampunk Day at selor Mike Williams, who starred in the 1999 the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in Red Hook on Sept. 29 attracted an eclectic mix of film, will discuss his experiences. Tickets are he Putnam History Museum will hold costumed fans of Steampunk (a sci-fi genre that uses steam-powered machinery) and $25 for adults and $15 for teenagers. The film its annual Ball of the Fall Gala on Sat- is rated R and not suitable for children. See T enthusiasts of vintage planes and cars. Photo by Ross Corsair urday, Oct. 13, at the Highlands Country haldaneschoolfoundation.org. Club in Garrison, beginning at 5 p.m. At- tendees are invited to dress for a masquer- Trustee Reception Piano and Cello at Chapel Climate Smart ade theme. The museum will present Nan- Butterfield to honor Alice Reilley Concert scheduled for Oct. 14 cy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu of Magazzino Schatzle Fundraiser set for Oct. 13 Italian Art with its Trailblazers’ Award oo Bae (cello) and Tanya Bannister and the Cornells with its Historic Family he Butterfield Library in Cold Spring will S(piano) will perform Rachmaninoff’s he Ecological Citizen’s Project will Award. See putnamhistorymuseum.com. Thonor former Trustee Alice Reilley Schat- Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 and other T host a fundraiser for the Philipstown zle with a reception from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sat- works at the Chapel Restoration in Cold Climate Smart Community project on Get Mail Delivery of urday, Oct. 13. The former Haldane business Spring at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 14. The Saturday, Oct. 13, from 4 to 6 p.m. at teacher served as a trustee between 1976 and concert is free but donations are welcome. Longhaul Farm in Garrison. Admission The Current 1998, including 10 years as president. is pay-what-you-wish; donations will sup- highlandscurrent.org/md

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COMMUNITY BRIEFS port the compilation of a greenhouse gas Sexuality and Swagger emissions inventory for Philipstown and Then & Now other mitigation and adaptation strate- Women over 50 invited to seminar gies. Register at ecologicalcitizens.org/ Nelsonville Fish & Fur Club / Village Hall climate-smart-community. omen older than 50 are the focus Wof Sistas, Sexuality and Swagger, a workshop on how to be comfortable with Winning with Style your body led by nurse practitioner Ber- Meet the candidates at clothing swap nice Moeller-Bloom. It will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Howland omen Across Putnam will host a Public Library in Beacon. Wused clothing fundraiser and meet- the-candidates event at the Old VFW Hall, 34 Kemble Ave., in Cold Spring from 5:30 Indian Musician at Quinn’s to 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 7. The can- Plays double-neck mandolin didates invited are Karen Smythe (state Senate), Maureen Fleming (county execu- nehasish Mozumder, an Indian musi- tive) and Nancy Montgomery (county leg- Scian who plays the double-neck man- islature), all Democrats, and Cold Spring dolin, will perform with his band SOM at Village Trustee Lynn Miller. To donate Quinn’s in Beacon at 8 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. clean, gently used clothes, email dars- 14. The concert will combine Hindustani [email protected]. Indian classical music with jazz and rock. A $10 donation for the band is requested. Beacon Pumpkin Fest Chefs for Clearwater Bread will be judged Fundraiser will take place Oct. 14

errance Brennan and Waldy Malouf TurtonPhoto by Michael he Beacon Sloop Club will host its an- will co-host Chefs for Clearwater, an nual Pumpkin Festival from noon to T T annual fundraiser to raise awareness about 5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 14, at Seeger Park sustainability, food and ethics in the Hud- in Beacon. There will be pumpkins and son Valley watershed. John Ubaldo of John pumpkin pie for sale, along with chili and Boy’s Farm is the honoree and speaker. other food. Pumpkin-bread judging be- The event, which will feature a five-course gins at 2:15 p.m. and winners will be an- tasting menu, live and silent auctions and nounced at 3 p.m. bluegrass music by New Breaks, will take place from 4 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 14, at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Garden Club Festival Park. See chefsforclearwater.org. Will honor Clara Lou Gould Call for Artists he Tioronda Gar- Sixth annual Small Works Show T den Club will honor Clara Lou Gould at its he Catalyst Gallery in Beacon has is- annual Fall Wine Festi- sued a call for artists for its annual Clara Lou Gould T val, which will be held Small Works Show, which opens Dec. 8. from 7 to 10 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 11, at Submissions of paintings, drawings, prints, St. Rocco’s Hall. A former Beacon mayor, photos, sculptures or mixed media of many Gould served twice as president of the club kinds are due by Nov. 17. The entry fee is and led the planning for the Patriot’s Gar- $30 for four images, which can be no larger den that recognizes first responders. Tick- than 16 inches in any direction, or 20 inches ets are $25 at Antalek & Moore, 340 Main for three-dimensional works. See squareup. St., in Beacon, or by calling 845-831-4300. com/store/catalyst-gallery. 18 October 5, 2018 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

Ten former Haldane athletes and Haldane Adds 11 coaches were also inducted: • George Ellis was Haldane’s first to Athletic Hall athletic director. He joined the faculty in 1945 and coached football, basketball and track before retiring in 1972. of Fame • Ray Champlin played basketball 1963 baseball team among and football, graduating in 1948. He returned as a teacher and retired in those inducted 1989 after coaching football and tennis. Haldane’s tennis courts are named in By Michael Turton his honor. • George Hustis attended Haldane from he Haldane Athletic Hall of Fame 1947 to 1951 and excelled in football, inducted 11 members — the 1963 basketball and track. baseball team and 10 individuals T • Wayne Stellefson set a state record in — in ceremonies at Dutchess Manor on 1972 in the shot put with a toss of 58 Sept. 29. feet, 1 inch. His discus throw of 150 feet, It was the second class inducted by the 3 inches remains a Haldane record. nine-person selection committee, and the • Christine Helbock set a state record last that will be as large. According to the of 41 feet, 10 1/2 inches in the shot put hall bylaws, the committee could select as in 1969. She also played basketball many as 10 individuals and one team in and was a member of the school’s first the first two years; that number will now volleyball team. drop to five individuals and one team. • Mike Kiefer was Haldane’s first I RUN BEACON RESULTS — Kerri Tracy The 1963 baseball squad went the dis- 1,000-point scorer in basketball. A of Beacon (left) was the first woman tance in an era that did not include a 1988 graduate, he was named to the across the finish line in 22:24 during state championship. In a remarkable sea- sectional all-tournament team three the I Run Beacon 5K at Memorial Park son in which the 11-2 Blue Devils played times. on Sunday (Sept. 30), and Mike Slink- all its home games in Beacon because its • Kristin DeMarco, who graduated in sey (right) of Hopewell Junction was the own field was unplayable, the team won 1989, lead Haldane to its first state overall winner in 18:35. They are shown the Harlem Valley Championship and the basketball championship and was the with Reuben Simmons of I Am Beacon, Dutchess County Small School Cham- first female player to score more than which organized the race and walk, its pionship before claiming the Dutchess 1,000 career points. seventh annual. The event raises mon- County Scholastic League Championship • Joe DeMarco was a soccer standout, ey for the community group’s Making a with a 1-0 victory over Saugerties. scoring 59 goals, including 23 during Difference Scholarship, which is given In that game, Dan Dillon led off the his senior season. The 1995 grad also each year to a graduating Beacon High sixth inning with a single and pitcher scored more than 1,000 points in School senior. For the complete results, Jerry Downer followed suit, sending Dil- basketball and had more than 300 see highlandscurrent.org. Photo provided lon to third. They would be the Blue Dev- career assists. ils’ only hits: Bob Byrnes’ sacrifice fly to • Aaron Nastasi played in nine state PUTNAM PRO LEAVING — Jim Woods, the PGA pro at right allowed Dillon to score. final fours in volleyball and basketball, the Putnam County Golf Course, has resigned to become Other team members included Bill Maz- including Haldane’s first state volleyball the pro at a course in Bedford Spring, Pennsylvania. In a zuca, Howard Howell, George Stevenson, title in 1998. statement, the Endicott native recalled pulling into the Bill Merante, Gary Maddox, Leigh MacK- • Greg Anderson was a standout in golf course when he took the job seven years ago to find enzie, Wayne Robinson, Mike Boulanger, football, basketball and baseball. a dirt parking lot, a clubhouse that needed a facelift and Pierre Laurence, Mike Daniels, Roger In 2000, as quarterback, he led the the fairways and greens “in pretty rough shape.” He said Owen and Steve Tompkins. The team was football team to its first sectional he was proud to have been part of the transformation of coached by Frank Milkovich. championship and state final four. the facility. Woods is shown (left) with Sean O’Gara, the 2018 Putnam County Amateur Champion. Photo provided

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T rolling to a 35-0 victory over visiting “It was a fairly evenly matched game,” Hastings on homecoming weekend. said Haldane Coach Ed Crowe. “But in Senior Sam Giachinta led Haldane with the second half they got a penalty kick, a 94 yards rushing and three touchdowns on deflection off a corner, and we had a few 11 carries. Quarterback Dan Santos com- defensive breakdowns. pleted all five of his attempts for 78 yards “It was a tough game, but hopefully we and two touchdowns — an 18-yard throw took something away,” he added. “Maura to Jagger Beachak and another for 11 yards Kane-Seitz played great on both sides of the to Thomas Percacciolo. ball, and [leading scorer] Jade Villella also Haldane came out of the gate on fire, played well. Abigail Platt keeps us in games Haldane’s Maura Kane-Seitz (6) moves the ball around a Westlake defender. scoring all 35 points in the first quarter. By Michael Turton with her play in goal.” Giachinta opened the scoring with a 16-yard The Blue Devils were coming off a three- Goebelbecker scored the game winner for run, and Percacciolo’s catch made it 16–0. game winning streak, with victories over the Warriors on a free kick in the 66th Giachinta then ripped off touchdown runs Irvington (5-2), Putnam Valley (2-1 in over- For Varsity Scoreboard, minute. Meagan Meeuwisse had five saves of 9 and 7 yards before Beachak’s catch. time) and Pawling (3-0), who will visit Hal- for Beacon, which fell to 3-4-2. see highlandscurrent.org. “Once again it starts with our offensive dane for a rematch today (Oct. 5) at 4:30 p.m. “That was a disappointing loss,” Alzate and defensive lines,” said Coach Ryan Mc- The Blue Devils “played fantastic” in the the 76th minute. Alec Druckenmiller had said. “We didn’t execute in the final third Conville. “We controlled the line and got three wins, Crowe said. At rival Putnam two assists for the Bulldogs, who improved to create shots.” It was Lourdes’ first win our ground game going, and Dan got hot.” Valley, Haldane tied it with 11 minutes to to 8-4 overall and 4-0 in League 2E. of the season, and Beacon had not lost to On defense, Giachinta had three sacks go and won it four minutes into overtime. Lambe, who has 16 goals this season, the Warriors in four years. and Will Westerhuis one. Irvington advanced last year to the Class has scored three hat tricks in the last five On Saturday (Sept. 29), the Bulldogs tied Haldane (3-1) was scheduled to travel to B state championship game. games, noted Coach Craig Seaman. “We North Salem, 2-2, behind goals by senior cap- Irvington on Saturday (Oct. 6) for a 7 p.m. After taking on Pawling, the Blue Dev- go as he goes.” He said he was pleased tain Eliza Ericson. Analiese Compagnone, game. with the 8-4 record, considering that the ils will host Beacon on Tuesday, Oct. 9, who usually is center midfielder, filled in as Bulldogs have so far only played once on at 4:15 p.m. goalie for Meeuwisse, who was ill, and made Volleyball their home field, which has been under eight saves. Alzate said he felt his team out- Beacon Girls: water for much of the season. played North Salem in the second half. Haldane: Seaman said he felt his team was sloppy Three Wins That Got Away On Sept. 26, the Bulldogs played to a during the first half against Peekskill but Volleyball Improves to 10-4 he Beacon girls battled to a pair of scoreless tie against Lourdes. “We resort- recovered in the second on an unfamiliar, he Haldane volleyball team upped its ties last week before falling 1-0 to ed to playing kickball, and that fit into T narrow field. “In the second half we settled record to 10-4 after defeating Irving- Lourdes on Monday (Oct. 1). Coach Hugo Lourdes’ strategy,” Alzate said. “We did T in, passed and possessed better,” he said. ton and North Salem, both in straight sets. Alzate expressed disappointment at three have the better of the opportunities; we “We attacked the wide areas, and that cre- Haldane recovered from a slow start potential wins that got away. just didn’t score.” ated space in the middle.” against North Salem on Tuesday (Oct. 2) to In Monday’s game at Beacon, Kayleigh Meeuwisse had five saves for Beacon, On Thursday (Sept. 27), the Bulldogs win 25-17, 25-15, 25-14. “A couple of quick which is scheduled to travel to dominated Lourdes, 5-0, and on Saturday kills from Willa [Fitzgerald] turned the Hendrick Hudson on Saturday, (Sept. 29), fell at Arlington, 1-0. The team game around,” said Coach Kelsey Flaherty. Oct. 6, with a 2 p.m. start, and was scheduled to host Hendrick Hudson “We did a nice job on serve receiving.” to Haldane on Tuesday, Oct. 9, today (Oct. 5) at 3:45 p.m. for homecoming. Fitzgerald had seven kills for Haldane, for a 4:15 p.m. game. and Melissa Rodino added 13 assists and Beacon Boys: Football a pair of aces. “Sophia Viggiano and Olivia Montelone Strong Win on had some great passes, which led to our Unfamiliar Field Beacon: Bulldogs Fall in Final Minute offense being successful,” Flaherty said. he Beacon boys scored “Maria Barry did an excellent job placing T twice in the second half eacon came up short, 20-14, on Satur- the ball to open spots across the net.” Wednesday (Oct. 3) to secure Bday (Sept. 29) against the Yonkers Force On Sept. 27 against Irvington, Fitzgerald a 4-2 league victory over Peek- in a game played at Gorton High school. had seven kills and three aces; Monteleone skill in a game played at Rom- Yonkers led 14–0 at halftime before the had 12 digs, and Rodino ended with 17 assists bout Middle School. Bulldogs (1-4) came storming back, tying and four aces. “We played outstanding,” said John Mesnick scored on a the game in the fourth. But the Force won Flaherty. “We rarely let balls hit the floor.” penalty kick midway through the game on a 7-yard touchdown run with Haldane was scheduled to visit Ossin- the second half to give the less than a minute left. ing today (Oct. 5) and will host Pough- Quarterback Jason Komisar completed keepsie at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 9. Beacon’s Devin Lambe (19) scored a hat trick against Bulldogs a 3-2 advantage, and senior Devin Lambe scored 10 of 15 pass attempts and scored a touch- Peekskill. Photos by S. Pearlman his third goal of the game in down. Dakota Salter had three receptions MORE SPORTS ON PAGE 18