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utnam County Tourism Director Libby Pataki has come under scrutiny after Pthe White Plains-based Journal News reported on Feb. 3 that besides her $70,000 county job, she also receives a salary from a non-profit county tourism organization she created and controls. The article by reporter David McKay Wilson, who writes the Tax Watch column for the Gannett-owned daily, reported that Putnam County legislator Barbara Scuccimarra, who represents Philipstown, was listed as the organization’s secretary and treasurer and signed the required documents filed with the state Attorney General’s office. Groundhogs across America seemed to agree: Spring weather’s coming early. Indeed, at the Cold Spring waterfront, the grass is Scuccimarra told Wilson she didn’t re- call her involvement in the organization, green. Only the fog is white [in this photo taken from under the eaves of a house on West Street]. Photo by Anita Peltonen Putnam Tourism Corp., which has 501(c) (3) status with the IRS that allows it to ac- Cold Spring Election Date Moves to a Vote cept tax-deductible donations. Referendum will appear on change. The issue was had been discussed Budget pressure will no doubt be a fac- The Journal News report is posted at during Ralph Falloon’s time as mayor; the tor in 2018, as well. The state-imposed lohud.com. By late Thursday, Feb. 4, nei- March 15 ballot board opted to keep the March date but budget cap will allow a spending increase ther Pataki, Scuccimarra nor Putnam pay the county Board of Elections to run it. of $1,800 to $3,000 next year and Early County Executive MaryEllen Odell had By Michael Turton has said cuts will necessary. responded to requests from The Paper for Early leans toward change their reactions to the article. Both Pataki Although she has not said how she will “There will definitely be increases in he stage is set for a public vote on and Scuccimarra live in Garrison. vote on the referendum, Early speaks posi- some costs next year,” she said. “We have whether Cold Spring should stick The county tourism director job has tively of November elections. “If we can little control over salary increases. And it’s with its traditional March election (Continued on Page 5) T eliminate $6,500 [in spending], we have to difficult to eliminate positions — we don’t or move it to November, when residents seriously consider that savings,” she said. have many to eliminate.” She would also cast votes for town, state and A change of date wouldn’t take place until cited health, liability and unem- national candidates. At their Feb. 2 meet- 2018, but she said the current board is feel- ployment insurance premiums ing, village trustees approved the referen- ing pressured by its late April deadline to as likely to increase. dum for the March 15 ballot. draft the 2016-17 budget. Early feels a date change A November election would be run by could improve budgeting. “If the Putnam County Board of Elections, at residents vote for a November no cost to the village, which now pays for election it would give those the March election. Besides that savings, seated on the board more time proponents argue fall elections would give and control over the budget,” trustees more time to prepare the annual she said. “Having people vested budget. Currently at least two trustees are in the budget cycle earlier is a elected each March, with an end of April very positive thing.” budget deadline only weeks away. Those She also said planning capital in favor of keeping the March elections say spending is a challenge as part the savings and budget benefits are not of a tight budget. “We need to do significant enough to justify the loss of a a better job with infrastructure village tradition. budget needs,” she said. “If a gar- Deputy Mayor Marie Early introduced bage truck breaks down or we Libby Pataki, second from left, with participants in the idea of a referendum several months need a new police car it’s a prob- bicycle event in Cold Spring May 5, 2013 Marie Early File photos by M. Turton ago, listing the pros and cons of a date lem. (Continued on Page 3) File photo by Maggie Benmour 2 February 5, 2016 The Paper philipstown.info

Small, Good Things we cannot straightly think of one without put it in All’s Well that Ends Well: “My poor foods — in this instant, beets and cara- the others. So it happens that when I write body, madam, requires it: I am driven on melized onions, cheese; the snow on the of hunger, I am really writing about love by the flesh; and he must needs go that the ground suggesting some Savoyard or Ger- Needs Must and the hunger for it, and warmth and the devil drives,” generally accepted to mean manic ideal of Alpine comfort food; the By Joe Dizney love of it and the hunger for it … and then “necessity compels” or in a modern ver- necessity of dinner. the warmth and richness and fine reality nacular: “Like I have a choice?” It’s odd to me that I could find no di- hen accusingly asked why she of hunger satisfied … and it is all one.” Then there’s this therapeutic catchphrase: rect historical precedent for savory bread wrote about food and not about I would elaborate with another thought “HALT: Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired,” an puddings, as obvious as they seem, but the important things like love or the W or two, the first referring to the headline of acronymic-mnemonic rejoinder to stop and classic gratin Savoyards, tartiflette and struggle for power and authority, M.F.K. this column, the history of which is buried be mindful of your physical, mental and croziflettes of the Savoie pointed to areas Fisher responded: somewhere in the distant past in an idi- emotional needs before taking any drastic worth exploring. So, layering custard- “It seems to me that our three basic omatic expression usually phrased, “Needs actions. (And, please, note the first reminder soaked sourdough-rye bread chunks with needs, for food and security and love, are must when the devil drives.” As The Bard on the list.) These things are very important. oven-roasted beets and sweet caramelized so mixed and mingled and entwined that When queried on my own borderline onions and binding the works with grated obsessive interest in food, I invariably re- Gruyere seemed worth a try. spond that there are few things in life you This casserole would make a fine simple absolutely have to do in order to survive, winter meal with the addition of just a let alone flourish, and eating seems to be green salad. As the basis of an impromptu a central one. Since it is so necessary to Thursday night potluck with people I love, body, mind, soul and by extension, society, it became a feast of the bread pudding, a we had best make the most out of it. cider-braised pork belly and greens vinai- How I got to this week’s recipe from grette (with one perfectly ripe pear) — not such airy thinking is both circuitous and to mention companionship and conver- direct: an emotional longing for specific sation — that I believe the participants will cherish for a while. The warmth and richness and Savory Roasted Beet and fine reality of hunger sat- Caramelized Onion Bread Pudding isfied, indeed. 4-5 medium beets; peeled, cubed, 14 ounces stale rye/sourdough bread oiled and roasted at 425 degrees (or dry fresh bread out in a 200 for 30 minutes. 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November elections “are an attempt to two three-month periods each year to just (from Page 1) Cold Spring Election Date Moves to a Vote push the Village … into the realm of na- one,” he wrote. “Voters would go to the If we want to improve office efficiency tional politics,” Bowman wrote. “It isn’t a polls once, not twice.” through increased automation, it’s a prob- secret that Philipstown’s political registra- Armstrong said he disagreed with Foley lem.” tions weigh heavily to the Democratic side, that an improved budget process has noth- The state government also plays a role. and that in recent times [at all levels] it has ing to do with election timing. November “The state doesn’t provide the tax cap or been the exception that people will cross voting “would shift a highly disruptive growth factor until January,” Early said. the aisle to vote for another party.” event, the election, from falling just before “We need to restructure the budget cal- In the past, Bowman said, village candi- the Village budget is due [in April], to a endar. It needs to be in our faces at the dates have run based on issues, not party schedule that would provide an ample win- beginning of the year. We’re now in the identity. “If the election moves to November dow for an in-depth review of the Village’s process of trying to get budget figures ear- it is not far-fetched to imagine candidate’s objectives, constraints, and opportunities,” lier.” She said the state determines budget names alongside councilman, supervisor, he wrote. milestones, but “with regard to the latest legislator, governor or president not only in He also challenged Foley’s contention that completion dates, not the earliest.” the ballot box, but also on signage through- trustees can begin the budget process earli- er, regardless of the election date. “Just start- Any benefit to budget? Kathleen Foley out the Village,” he wrote. “It will just be ing the budget process earlier would almost Kathleen Foley, a village resident who one more unique small town trait that we certainly fail,” he wrote. “No business would has been following the budget process, she said. “A four-year election cycle should lose.” He said he feared fall elections would endorse a calendar that regularly chose new supports holding the referendum, but not be looked at,” she said. “It would get us out “ramp up the party rhetoric locally, causing leadership immediately after plans for next moving the elections. She said she isn’t of a perpetual election cycle that exhausts a more divided community.” convinced by the argument that it would voters. It would also give trustees time to year are pulled from the oven.” “Superficial” reviews improve the budget process. “The board get their footing and get something done.” November elections won’t solve all the Michael Armstrong, another village resi- could do capital planning in July if they Foley agreed with those who feel a move village’s problems Armstrong conceded, dent who closely follows the budget pro- wanted to,” she said. She said the opera- to November would leave village candi- “but as things stand today, we are almost cess, weighed in via email. “Apart from tions budget, which she described as “cy- dates and issues “getting lost in a cacoph- certain to continue superficial budget re- saving $6,000 per year, moving (elections) clical and routine,” could be dealt with ony of town, state and national elections.” views that pretend to be tough by arguing to November would consolidate the noise about the cost of toilet paper and police earlier regardless of the election date. A “no” vote and disruption of the election cycle from uniforms.” “The budget is a public process done Trustee Michael Bowman cast the lone over a period of time,” she said. “Some- “no” vote on the resolution to approve the one is always going to be the new trustee. referendum and has consistently opposed People considering running for the village November elections. In an email to The Pa- board should sit in on budget discussions.” per, he said he doesn’t believe moving the Foley said she questions the village elections “will do anything to increase in- board’s decision last spring to take on a terest or accountability in the budget pro- challenge from New York State to reduce cess. He also expressed doubt about any spending by one percent a year for each of cost savings associated with having the three years, which is one reason the cost Board of Elections run the elections. savings of moving the election are appeal- ing. Residents would receive a rebate check once the efficiencies are implemented. “The ramifications of not meeting those budget efficiencies was never made clear,” she said. “The perception was that if the village didn’t follow through with Novem- ber elections and save $6,000, the refund checks would be at risk. I’m not sure that P a s t u r e R a i s e d was the case,” she said, adding that ade- & quate information was never presented. G r a s s F e d M e a t s Adding to the confusion, she said, are that efficiencies proposed by the Town of F a r m s t e a d C h e e s e Philipstown and Haldane Central School C h a r c u t e r i e District would be factored into the re- funds. Foley said that trustees should con- S e a s o n a l S a n d w i c h e s sider whether a potentially small refund S o u p s S t e w s S t o c k s check was worth reducing services. 3 0 9 1 R t 9 , C o l d S p r i n g , N Y 1 0 5 1 6 Giving trustees two-year terms deserve ( l o c a t e d i n V e ra ’ s M a r k e t p l a c e a n d G a r d e n C e n t e r ) discussion as much as the election date, ( 8 4 5 ) 2 6 5 - 2 8 3 0

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Why has overpass project stalled? to study the building of an overpass over is much competition for state funding of Many of us in Putnam Valley and Phil- the Taconic at Pudding Street. He held a projects like this, therefore it is necessary ipstown have been concerned about the community forum in August 2013 where that our state senator constantly pushes * Winner: 13 very dangerous intersection of Pudding the DOT gave a detailed presentation of the project with the state to keep the mo- Street and the Taconic State Parkway. It how that $1 million would be used for mentum going. We don’t have such a sena- engineering studies. Sen. Gipson and his tor right now, and, as a result, the project Better Newspaper has been the site of accidents and near ac- staff stayed on this throughout his term, apparently has stalled. cidents over the years. There was a recent continually pushing to move this project Terry Gipson served our district well, Contest Awards letter to the editor in another paper in to the top of the DOT’s schedule. Near the in this and many other matters, because which the writer wondered why nothing *New York Press Association, 2013 & 2014 end of Gipson’s term, the DOT had agreed he genuinely cares about the needs of had been done about this. to this and stated they were ready to go the communities he serves and actually Publisher For those who’ve either forgotten, or forward with an overpass as soon as the did the work required to get things done. Philipstown.Info, Inc. never knew, the recent history, Terry Gip- needed funding–about $22 million–was I look forward to his return to office in son, who was our State Senator in 2013 available. Negotiations to secure this 2017, after the November 2016 election, Founder and 2014, considered the safety concerns funding were underway. and I know that many in Philipstown, Gordon Stewart surrounding this intersection to be a top That was the good news. But the bad Putnam Valley, Kent and the rest of our (1939 - 2014) priority. news is that, in November 2014, our dis- Senate District agree. In 2013, Sen. Gipson secured a $1 mil- Managing Editor trict elected a state senator who did not Margaret Yonco-Haines Kevin E. Foley lion Department of Transportation grant place this project as a high priority. There Garrison

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Questions Raised About Putnam Tourism Office (from Page 1) paid Pataki $70,000 annually since her decisions. Wilson led the 1,200-member Westches- appointment in 2012 by Odell. Her sal- In 2014, Putnam Tourism Corp. re- ter Bicycle Club for five years, from 2006 ary is paid through the nonprofit Putnam ceived $97,000 in donations, including to 2011, and is still a member. He recalled County Visitors’ Bureau, which is funded $50,000 from the Lauder Foundation, that members enjoyed the bicycle event in by the county and state governments. Un- $20,000 from Trian Partners and $20,000 the years before Pataki changed the tone til recently, Pataki has been on an extend- from Christopher Buck, vice-chairman of of the event from a recreational ride into ed leave as her husband, former New York the Hudson Highlands Land Trust and a an internationalUt wisi enim race.ad minim veniam, quis Gov. George Pataki, ran in the Republican board member of Philipstown.Info, Inc., nostrud“Five hundred exerci tation to 600 ullamcorper people used sus to- presidential race. Gov. Pataki withdrew the 501(c)(3) non-profit that runs The Pa- comecipit lobortisout for that nisl event,” ut aliquip Wilson ex easaid. com But- from the race in early January. per and Philipstown.info. themodo 2013 consequat. race in Cold Duis Spring autem “was vel eum not weliri-- In 2014 the Visitors Bureau received Buck told The Paper he had contributed comingure dolor to inrecreational hendrerit riders,”in vulputate he said. velit “It $197,000 from Putnam County and the money because he was asked person- wasesse molestiemore expensive consequat, to registervel illum and dolore the $108,000 from New York state. Besides Pa- ally by Pataki to support the annual Tour routeeu feugiat was not nulla particularly facilisis at desirable vero eros even et taki’s salary, its expenses included $94,000 de Putnam bicycle event she was orga- foraccumsan experienced et iusto riders.” odio Wilson dignissim said qui he for advertising and $55,000 for events. nizing. Besides Pataki’s salary, in 2014 andblandit other praesent bicyclists luptatum had been zzril disappoint delenit - According to documents filed with the Putnam Tourism Corp. spent $41,000 on edaugue by the duis overly dolore steep te feugait hills, dirt nulla roads facilisi. and IRS required of all tax-exempt organiza- events, contributed $41,000 to other groups a lackNam of liberrefreshments tempor cumdespite soluta a $67 nobis reg - tions, Pataki also paid herself $50,000 a and had an additional $3,000 in payroll. istrationeleifend fee. option congue nihil imperdiet domingIn January id quod 2013 mazimmany Cold placerat Spring facer mer - year as part-time executive director of the The reporter’s interest Putnam Tourism Corp. However, the Jour- chantspossim protested assum. Lorem the staging ipsum of dolorthe race, sit In an interview with The Paper, David amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed nal News reported the non-profit appar- McKay Wilson said his report stemmed Putnam County Legislator Barbara arguing the extended closing of Main ently does not have a functioning board of Streetdiam nonummyon a weekend nibh dayeuismod in 2012 tincidunt had re - from his Tax Watch column. “I am very Scuccimarra File photo by M. Turton ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat vo- directors, so that a board could not have au- interested in how tax-exempt organiza- sulted in lost business rather than any an- thorized the payments, as required by state ticipatedlutpat. Ut windfall. wisi enim Negotiations ad minim veniam,resulted tions work,” he said. “I was looking at 990 perience serving as president of the non- quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper and federal law. When Wilson contacted the reports [the annual IRS filings required of profit Westchester Bicycle Club. “They are in different procedures for the race and people listed as being board members, he incentivessuscipit lobortis for merchants nisl ut to aliquip stage a flower- ex ea 501(c)(3) organizations] for Putnam. I typed the gold standard, the best kind of non- commodo consequat. reported they were either unaware of their in the Visitors Bureau and the other one profit to have,” he said. “People get to de- themed sidewalk festival. But many were role, could not recall any board meetings still disappointed. [Putnam Tourism Corp.] also came up.” duct their contributions from their taxes. For more on this story go to and did not realize Pataki drew a salary. These two nonprofits have no real operat- Pataki the moved the event to Brewster Wilson said he then turned to docu- www.philipstown.info. Further, Pataki acknowledged to Wil- ments filed with the New York State At- ing boards. That doesn’t seem right.” in 2014 on the eastern side of Putnam, son that she did not disclose the existence where even fewer riders took part. There torney General’s Charities Bureau to un- The bike race To see more photos from this event go to of Putnam Tourism Corp. to Odell or the derstand how the second organization was no race in 2015. county legislature. Wilson reported that The hallmark of Pataki’s three-year ten- www.philipstown.info. got started. That’s when he discovered ure as tourism head has been attempting Pataki had founded the non-profit within that Barbara Scuccimarra had signed as seven weeks of her appointment with the to expand the annual Tour de Putnam bi- Visit www.philipstown.info for news a founding trustee, an act she told Wilson cycle event. updates and latest information. help of Scuccimarra and a former aide in she did not recall. state government. “How many meetings has she [Pataki] In response to McKay’s inquiries, Odell convened of these organizations?” Wil- Conservation Stewardship Manager said she had not known about Putnam son said. “We don’t know. People listed Full-Time Position Opening Tourism Corp. or that it paid Pataki a sal- as members didn’t know they were on a The Hudson Highlands Land Trust (HHLT) is seeking a bright, enthusiastic ary but downplayed the importance of the board. It’s very troubling.” revelations. individual to join our close-knit team of professionals. Reporting to and Wilson he said he was familiar with the working closely with the Director of Land Conservation, the Conservation Scuccimarra, according to the article, strict standards required by the IRS of also sits on the Visitor’s Bureau board, Stewardship Manager is responsible for HHLT’s conservation easement 501(c)(3) organizations from his own ex- and fee land stewardship program, serves as the primary contact for the which meets rarely to oversee funding Land Trust’s natural resource protection programs, manages a wide range of GIS mapping projects, assists local municipalities with conservation planning, and participates PhiliPstown highway DePartment seeking in organizational outreach. We’re looking for a candidate with a BS or MS in environmental a Full-time mechanic sciences, natural resources or similar discipline, trained in GIS, and proven, successful related Must have 5 years of Diesel/Gas engines & heavy duty equipment experience. work experience in natural resource protection, planning, ecology, or other relevant conservation fi eld. Excellent written and oral communication skills and strong computer skills are a must. We Applicant must have a CDL license or an active CDL permit. Candidate must need a multi-tasking team-player who can also work independently in a fast-paced, but collegial, offi ce work 40 hours per week and long overtime hours during winter months. environment. Competitive salary and limited benefi ts package provided, including 403(b)(7). EOE. *Please be prepared to give job references. See full job description and apply for the position at: www.hhlt.org. 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gredients with the exception of our single with a burgeoning microdistillery indus- Little Whiskeys with a Big Following malt whiskey which uses Canadian malt,” try, barrels would become more difficult Erenzo said. and expensive to buy. Production thriving in Established in 2005, Tuthill- As a cost-saving measure, Tuthilltown town was one of 10 microdis- breaks down its used barrels and ships the Hudson Valley tilleries that initiated what has staves to Scotland where the barrels are By Michael Turton become a growing trend nation- reassembled and again used to age spirits. wide. There are now 120 small Scottish law permits reuse of barrels. he Putnam History Mu- distilleries in New York, includ- The little guys seum’s first offering in its ing 25 in Brooklyn. Erenzo said Erenzo said that unlike the brewing 2016 Salon Series held on that at first, Tuthilltown’s dis- T industry, in which large beer producers Jan. 30 was a tasteful event. And tilling process was developed fought the arrival of microbreweries, large the taste was whiskey. strictly by trial and error. “In distilleries largely ignored microdistill- More than 50 people attended New York we all started from eries, believing they would not succeed. the $40 a ticket evening hosted scratch,” he said. “There was no by Ralph Erenzo, co-founder of manual, no guidebook. When But there are now more about 1,000 small Tuthilltown Spirits Farm Distill- building inspectors looked at distilleries across the country. Adding to the farm distillers’ strength is ery in Gardiner. Erenzo, who is Author and mixologist Max Watman Photo by M. Turton our new facilities they just threw also the distiller at Tuthilltown, up their arms.” Some of the ear- that small distilleries are gaining impor- provided a historical tour of the ufacture, sell or consume alcohol. ly methods were rudimentary. tance as regional tourist destinations that American whiskey landscape, including, “Prohibition was political,” Erenzo said, Erenzo recalled using a forklift to raise a contribute significantly to local econo- most recently, the rebirth of small-batch “and it ended because people were literally barrel of whiskey high enough so that it mies. Erenzo used apples as an example. spirits produced at microdistilleries in the dropping dead from drinking bad alco- could be drained by gravity. Before Tuthilltown began producing apple Hudson Valley and across the country. hol.” After Prohibition ended in 1933, the The Gardiner distiller has grown con- vodka, cider apples garnered six cents a The evening had an air of authentic- industry came to be dominated by about siderably in 10 years. In 2014 it produced pound for local farmers. “The same apples used in spirits increased their value to ity as small samples of unaged whiskey 30 distillers that include household names 60,000 proof-gallons of spirits. The follow- farmers eightfold.” Tuthilltown purchases (known as “white dog”) and baby bourbon such as Jim Beam and Makers Mark. ing year production increased to 75,000 were passed among the attentive audi- and Erenzo anticipates that 2016 will see apples and grain grown within 10 miles of ence. Cold Spring’s Max Watman, author Law created industry 100,000. Whiskey accounts for more than the distillery. of Chasing the White Dog: An Amateur In 2007, the Farm Distillery Act enabled 95 percent of production. Tuthilltown Spirits is located in a grist- Outlaw’s Adventures in Moonshine, was small distilleries to produce spirits and to The laws governing U.S. whiskey pro- mill built in 1788 and is listed on the Na- also on hand to dole out Manhattans distribute their own products. Under the duction require that the oak barrels used tional Register of Historic Places. The fa- mixed using Tuthilltown products. law, microdistilleries are considered farm to age the spirit be used only once. Tuthill- cility includes a tasting room, tours and Prior to 1920, there were some 1,200 operations, while large distillers are in- town purchases its barrels from a cooper- a restaurant serving seasonal cuisine fea- small distillers operating in New York. dustrial. In New York, seventy-five percent age in Kentucky and has also purchased turing Hudson Valley products. Its prod- Prohibition, which began in 1920, put an of the ingredients used at microdistill- a share of a second manufacturer in Min- uct line includes six varieties of flagship end to that. Federal law, known informally eries must originate within the state. “At nesota. Erenzo said that he invested in the Hudson Whiskey as well as liqueur, bit- as the Volstead Act, made it illegal to man- Tuthilltown we use 100 New York State in- Minnesota cooperage after realizing that ters, gin, wheat vodka and apple vodka.

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screening room; cubby work spaces; a The CineHub common space which doubles as a green Beacon movie house makes room; and a “huddle room” for confer- ences and client meetings. space for filmmakers All of the components of the space are rentable, either on a flat-fee, project- By Alison Rooney based basis, or (Continued on Page 9) he CineHub is just that: a hub for those working in cinema. Much as Tcollaborative workspaces for freelanc- ers with desk jobs have flourished, The CineHub provides a creative and social center for filmmakers and video produc- tion professionals in the Hudson Valley. “We wanted to create a culture here,” explains Tara Latorre, who partners in the enterprise with Edward Roy. “We knew there were a lot of professionals in this industry working in the Hudson Valley, and wanted to bring them all together. We started with annual mixers, to get to know each other, and that led to The large studio room, equipped with professional lighting, at The CineHub developing this space.” Images courtesy of The CineHub. Its space, at the back of a Beacon complex a stone’s throw from the Metro- in January 2014 and the space is still, smaller private and semi-private editing North station (making it convenient for a intentionally, a work in progress, trans- rooms; a 700-square-foot soundstage city commute), began “completely raw,” formable depending on the needs of the studio/product photography room with says Roy, who runs a production com- people using it at any given time. green-screen capabilities, which, with the pany, Stage 6 Media. The build-out began There is a large editing suite, as well addition of benches, transforms into a Doing the High-Low Thing Editing station at The CineHub Suguru Miyagi elevates place.” The Garrison-based designer revels in the small- er things which punctuate these settings: torn-off strips the “unnoticed” of duct tape or remnants of posters removed from walls; the creases and folds of strewn plastic garbage bags. “I By Alison Rooney love the action, light, movement of them.” Miyagi has worked for years in the fashion industry, hen Suguru Miyagi takes a stroll in an urban designing graphics used on textiles by labels like Calvin area, he registers the architecture, the pace, the Klein, Kenneth Cole, Tommy Hilfiger and Levi’s, as well as people, but his eye also takes in the less obvious, W working on logos and branding. More recently, he has or, as he describes it, “I created his own line, Suguru, which consists of luxury silk notice the ordinary, and silk-cotton printed scarves with imagery developed and then I from what transfixes Miyagi: urban landscapes. bring it With observations made in abandoned, then redevel- to a dif- oped yet not completely sanitized parts of New York ferent City, where he used to live, and Beacon — which passes for urban, locally — Miyagi transforms them, using the Japanese concept of wabi sabi, which he describes as “beauty in imperfection.” Likening it further to a Zen Buddhist principle (though he tempers it by cautioning “not to make it too lofty or spiritual”), he explains: “The spiritual world emerges from poverty and desolation. If you turn it on, you can see things in ordinary things. I don’t use conventional beauty.” Or, as a fellow artist described it to him, “You do the high-low thing.” (For all his attraction to the beauty of grit, Miyagi’s Garrison home, which he shares with his partner and their French bulldog, is surrounded by woods, curtained off by trees during the verdant seasons.) Most of Miyagi’s designs are created digitally after a lot of drawing and conceptual thinking. Often, small Textile designer Suguru Miyagi wearing one of his own Silk twill scarf designed by Suguru Miyagi. touches of Japanese iconography are incorporated, as creations, accessorized by his color-coordinated French Image courtesy of the artist befitting someone who grew (Continued on Page 11) bulldog Photo by A. Rooney 8 February 5, 2016 The Paper philipstown.info

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The CineHub (from Page 7) hourly to annually for freelanc- Roy concurs: “First “We’re just very connected with a lot of ers and others with less exten- we were a collaborative the filmmaking community.” sive needs and requirements. center, then after a year The pricing, much lower than that of The editing suites can be used we became a resource similar facilities in the city, is an induce- for anything from sound to color center, because not ment, and with the ease of walking from grading; the “cubes” (cubby everyone needs a the station, Roy and Latorre hope to spaces) were being used by an long-term space and we attract more city-based production editor and a cinematographer at found we couldn’t rely on personnel. The CineHub is open from 8 the time of The Paper’s visit. that sort of participation a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday The sound stage, in its alone. Collaborating, and can also be booked for after-hours screening-room capacity, hosts while one of the opportu- and weekend work. Events, screenings films under the banner Cine nities here, was too and workshops also can be booked. Beacon every Second Saturday narrow a scope. As we The CineHub is located at 20 W. Main from April to November, showcas- build it, we see that many St., Suite 4. Visit thecinehub.com or call ing Hudson Valley filmmakers of our peers are missing 845-440-7611 for information. and/or films made in the Hudson Smaller “cubby” spaces are available for rent at The CineHub. company … You come to Valley as well as emerging Image courtesy of The CineHub work and get immersed. filmmakers. It has been the site of “Unlike a place like Beacon International Film Festival events freelance editor, producer and camera the [collaborative workspace] Beahive, we and can seat 60 to 70 people. operator. Upon moving to Beacon in 2008 wanted to focus on one particular The CineHub also rents out equip- he discovered “a lot of disconnected industry. When we bring in qualified and Since 1848 LUMBER • DOORS • WINDOWS ment: tripods, cameras, microphones, filmmakers,” he says. “They would head busy professionals, they cross-pollinate.” into the city for jobs. There seemed to be DECKING • FLOORING • ROOFING lenses, filters, video monitors, teleprompt- Latorre adds, “We’ve heard from SIDING • HARDWARE • PAINTS ers, light panels, dolly kits. Members can a need to connect. So I started by doing members that they like looking over and KITCHEN CABINETS OUTDOOR LIVING AREAS rent out their equipment (as most aren’t mixers, then thought ‘Wouldn’t it be nice seeing others working — it stimulates them.” if there could be a place to come to work CUSTOM SAWMILLING & DRYING shooting things all the time) instead of Most of CineHub’s business (about 75 LIVE EDGE SLABS • CUSTOM BEAMS having it gather dust in a corner. next to each other?’ ” percent) is commercial, with the remain- Latorre, who was working for Roy at Visit our 2000 sq. ft. Deck Roy, who grew up in Washington state ing being “personal, passion projects,” Display open 24/7✦❖ and new and spent time in the U.S. Air Force as a Stage 6 Media after graduating from SUNY according to Roy, who notes they also do Outdoor Living Area jet mechanic, came to New York for New Paltz with a degree in media produc- some pro-bono work, most recently for college, first studying filmmaking at tion, recalls that they were looking for new the New York State Special Olympics (914) 737-2000 office space. “We saw this and something 2 N. Water Street Brooklyn College, then transferring to taking place in Dutchess County in Peekskill, NY SUNY New Paltz and earning a communi- just happened — we knew it wouldn’t be February. Much of the business has come just office space,” she says. “We jumped in Mon-Fri 7:30 - 4:30 cations degree. He worked in an anima- “through getting people here during Sat 8 - 1 … and since then it has always been tion studio in the city, then traveled, events, spreading the word via social WWW.DAINSLUMBER.COM eventually returning there, working as a transforming, which isn’t a bad thing.” media, things like that,” Latorre says.

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Doing the High-Low Thing (from Page 7) up in Okinawa, Japan, where, he recalls, shocking!” he recalls. He began by marketing the scarves more time in the city again, maybe I will his “mother used to always wear silk Miyagi returns every few years to through his website; he has since expand- start making nature designs.” scarves.” He moved to New York at 19 to Japan, where some of the scarves and ed into wholesale and plans to reach out As for how to wear the scarves and study at the Fashion Institute of Technol- stoles are hand-printed and hand- to retailers. He hopes to design pillow- stoles, Miyagi is considering doing a ogy, after a brief sojourn at a community stitched; others are made in China — Mi- cases, as well. Miyagi participated in the YouTube tutorial, but he says that, really, college in upstate New York, which he yagi’s background in the fashion industry three-year-old Beacon artisan fair “it’s up to you. Most women wrap the silk hadn’t realized wasn’t New York City when aided him with the manufacturing. Some Work:Shop during the past two years ones in sort of a posh, Hermès-type way, he applied there. “The first winter was of the seven individual designs, each in a after attending the first as a customer. but because my aesthetics are a bit rock specific color, are inspired by nassen, a That experience surprised him; “I’m a ’n roll grungy, I like them worn casually. traditional, multi-step Japanese silk little shy and I didn’t think I would enjoy With the silk-cotton blends, just throw printing technique utilizing rice paste. talking to people as much as I did,” he them around your neck.” Above all, “feel These are set on either silk-twill or says. “I didn’t realize how receptive people happy wearing it, and confident.” That, he silk-cotton fabrics. could be about the subject matter [of the says, “is the best part of this.” designs on the scarves]. I expected that in Miyagi’s scarves can be shipped Williamsburg, not here, but paradoxically, worldwide. Visit sugurustudio.com, or being here you often think about the city The Roundhouse in Beacon also carries — maybe it works that way. If I spend his designs at stackroundhouse.com. Royalty Carpet Your Full Service Flooring Store Give your floors the Royal treatment Full service fl ooring: • All types of fl ooring sales and installation — carpet, laminate, hardwood, ceramic tile, & resilient fl oors Carpet, upholstery, ceramic tile & grout cleaning Commercial janitorial cleaning Damage restoration: • Restoration of property damaged by fi re, smoke or water

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COMMUNITY BRIEFS The trophy for best overall wing went to the Crooked Rooster in Poughkeepsie. Share Your News With Our Readers The judging panel for that hare news and announcements with the readers of Philipstown.info and The category included John Bar- SPaper. To submit your upcoming events and announcements for consideration ry of the Poughkeepsie Jour- in our Community Briefs section (in print and online) submit a text-only press nal, Jordan Wilkinson of release (250 words or less) along with a separately attached high-resolution pho- Yelp and David Barry, Scott tograph to [email protected]. Swartz and Dave McCue of the Culinary Institute of Feb. 19, with the opening ceremonies, a putnamcountyny.gov. The deadline is Fri- America. Law Enforcement Torch Run, a parade of day, Feb. 12. (Government employees who athletes, motivational speeches and enter- provide services to senior citizens are not tainment. eligible to be nominated.) For more infor- How Do Animals The competitions on Saturday, Feb. 20, mation, call 845-808-1700. Jaanika Peerna in her Nelsonville studio include alpine skiing at the Holiday Moun- Dutchess County is looking for nomina- File photo by Alison Rooney Make It? tain Ski Area in Monticello, figure and tions for senior male, senior female and Cold Spring Artist Presentation explains speed skating at the McCann Ice Arena senior couple. Call 845-486-2555 or visit winter survival in Poughkeepsie, cross-country and snow- www.co.dutchess.ny.us/CountyGov/De- shoeing at Bowdoin Park in Poughkeepsie Awarded International he Fort Montgomery State Histor- partments/Aging/soswinter20152016.pdf; and floor hockey at the Stewart Air Na- ic Site and Trailside Museums and the form is on page four. The form should Drawing Prize T tional Guard Base in Newburgh. The Civic Zoo will host a presentation at 1 p.m. on be mailed to Advisory Board, Dutchess Center will host the closing ceremonies Jaanika Peerna “clearly the Wednesday, Feb. 17, on how animals such County Office for the Aging, 27 High St., and a victory dance at 6:30 p.m. winner,” says jury as deer, wood frogs and praying mantis Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. The deadline is To wrap up the weekend, Special Olym- survive the winter. Friday, March 25. aanika Peerna of Cold Spring has been pics New York will host the Fishkill Polar The program, which takes place at Fort awarded the Grand Prix FID 2016 by Plunge at Sharpe Environmental Center J Montgomery, is designed for childen ages the Foire Internationale du Dessin (Inter- on Sunday, Feb. 21. Participants are asked Foundation Gives $25K in 8 and older and will include a nature trek national Drawing Fair), an organization to raise at least $100 to receive a Polar to search for animal tracks, hands-on furs Grants to Haldane based in Paris. Plunge sweatshirt. Register at polar- and games. Registration is required; call FID (thefid.org) was founded in Paris in plungeny.org. Last year the event raised Fund workshops, tech and youth 845-446-2134. The historic site is located 2007 and is dedicated to the promotion of more than $135,000. speaker contemporary drawing. The pool of ap- at 690 Route 9W in Forth Montgomery. The Hudson Valley region will send he Haldane School Foundation has plicants for its 2016 award was narrowed 115 athletes to the Games from Putnam, to 49 nominees and 10 finalists before Tgiven nearly $26,000 in grants to the Dutchess, Ulster, Sullivan, Orange, West- Haldane Central School District to fund Peerna was selected as the grand-prize chester and Rockland counties. The co- winner. field trips, writing and poetry workshops chairs of the event are Mary Kay Vrba, across several grades, as well as speaker Brett Littman, executive director of the president and CEO of Dutchess Tourism, Drawing Center in New York and chair- Jeff Yalden, who will address students in Inc., and Frank M. Castella, Jr., president grades 8-12 on the topics of teen depres- man of the jury, announced that “Jaanika and CEO of the Dutchess County Regional Peerna is clearly the winner.” Other mem- sion and suicide. Chamber of Commerce. Athletes and their The field trips include visits by the sixth bers of the jury include Rebecca Kerlin of families attend at no cost. Gallery Joe in Philadelphia, Maurits van grade to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Special Olympics New York is still in the tenth grade to Washington, D.C., the de Laar from The Hague, Serghei Litvin, search of volunteers to fill the stands. founder of FID, and Philippe de Montebel- eighth grade to a team-building overnight Visit specialolympicsny.org to register, in the Catskills and the fifth grade to the lo, director emeritus of the Metropolitan although walk-ups are welcome. State of- Museum of Art. Museum of Natural History. ficials say Dutchess County has already Other grants funded 12 computers for “It is an honor to receive this award,” Bucks in winter Photo provided broken the organization’s volunteering said Peerna, an Estonian-born artist liv- project-based math lessons and science record, with some 750 residents already dissection equipment for the fifth grade. ing and working primarily in New York committed to cheer. since 1998, “especially because I see all Hudson Valley to Host In addition, twice a year the foundation my work, whether installation, video, or Special Olympics Winter awards “innovation” grants to teachers, performance, as fundamentally based in Nominations Open for administrators and parents within the Hal- drawing. I am honored to be in the com- Games dane district for projects that fall outside Seniors of the Year what is available under the school budget. pany of fellow artists who are pushing the Volunteers needed to fill stands and cheer medium of drawing into new territories Putnam County due Feb. 12 and Since its founding in 2000, the Haldane as an independent art form.” he Hudson Valley will host the Spe- Dutchess on Mar. 25 School Foundation has raised more than Tcial Olympics State Winter Games $900,000 for district programs. On April 1, for the first time later this month at the fficials in Putnam and Dutchess coun- it will host a talent show at the Towne Crier Willie’s Wins Three Prizes Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeep- Oties are looking for the 2016 senior in Beacon and on April 30 plans a fund- at Wingfest sie. More than 900 athletes are expected citizens of the year. Each county will rec- to compete. ognize two residents who are at least 60 Recognized for best wings, dessert The games begin at 8 p.m. on Friday, years old for their civic engagement. wings, booth Putnam’s winners will be honored at the annual Putnam County Senior Volunteer histling Willie’s in Cold Spring won Ceremony in the spring, and Dutchess’s Wthree prizes on Jan. 30 at the ninth winners at the Celebration of Aging lun- annual Hudson Valley Wingfest. More cheon in May. Winners from both coun- than 2,000 people attended the culinary ties will join seniors from each of New event, held at the Motorcyclepedia Mu- York’s 62 other counties at a luncheon on seum in Newburgh, and consumed 75,000 May 10 in Albany. wings prepared by 30 area restaurants. The Putnam County nomination form Willie’s, located at 184 Main St., won can be downloaded at putnamcountyny. third place for best wings, second place com/osr and mailed to Senior Award, Put- for best dessert wings (Mexican Hot nam County Office for Senior Resources, Chocolate) and third place for best deco- 110 Old Route 6, Building 1, Carmel, rated booth. A skiing competitor and guide Photo provided NY 10512 or emailed to sherrie.gilmore@ Jeff Yalden Photo provided philipstown.info The Paper February 5, 2016 13

COMMUNITY BRIEFS raiser at Glynwood Farm. For more infor- mation, visit haldaneschoolfoundation.org. Poetry Meets Photography Film Society to Screen Library exhibit opens Feb. 13 Song of Lahore When Washington Passed By he Howland Library in Beacon will Documentary follows Pakistani Museum to share local lore of Topen an exhibit of work by artists who musicians to Lincoln Center were asked to submit either poetry or pho- first president he Beacon Film Society will host a tography, or both, inspired by conflict and screening at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. eorge Washington did far more than resolution. The exhibit was organized by T 9, of the 2015 documentary, Song of La- pass through Philipstown, notes story- the Beacon Photography Group. It will G hore, followed by a question-and-answer teller and historian Jonathan Kruk. He came open in the library’s Community Room session with co-director Andy Schocken. a-courting, discovered “treason of the dark- exhibit space with a reception from 5 to 7 The screening takes place at Beahive Bea- est dye,” plotted battles and lost a spoon. p.m. on Second Saturday, Feb. 13, and con- con, 291 Main St. Tickets are $10 and can Dressed as a contemporary of the first presi- tinue during library hours through Satur- be purchased at the door or by visiting dent, Kruk will share intimate and lively day, March 5. The Howland Public Library beaconfilmsociety.org/screenings. tales of Washington’s time in Philipstown at is located at 313 Main St. Blair McMillen Photo courtesy of Ariel Artists When Pakistan won its independence 5 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 13 at the Putnam in 1947, Lahore was known as a haven for History Museum in Cold Spring. will perform at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 14, musicians, artists and poets. But Islamiza- Admission to the event is free for mem- at the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon. tion, ethnic divisions, war and corruption bers and $5 for non-members. Reserve a The pianist will play a program he calls “Pi- have torn apart the country’s cultural fab- seat by calling 845-265-4010 or emailing ano Cosmos” that spans five centuries, from ric. In 2004, Izzat Majeed founded Sachal [email protected]. Bach’s Wachet auf (as arranged by Busoni) to Studios to create a space for traditional The museum is located at 63 Chestnut St. a world premiere by SUNY New Paltz faculty music; after convincing a number of mu- member Nkeiru Okoye. He will also perform sicians to pick up their instruments, the Coaches Organizing AAU Joan Tower’s Ivory and Ebony and works by band quietly released classical and folk al- George Crumb and Bela Bartok. bums, along with an experimental album Basketball The concert will be followed by a recep- fusing jazz and South Asian instruments 9D Hoops hopes to field teams for The Voices, by Melissa Robin tion with the artist. Tickets are $30 ($10 that has brought Sachal global acclaim. grades 4-9 for students) and can be ordered by calling Their rendition of Dave Brubeck’s Take 845-765-3012 or at howlandmusic.org. The Five became a sensation and Wynton Mar- yrone Searight, who coaches the Hal- St. Andrew’s, Then cultural center is located at 477 Main St. salis invited them to perform at Lincoln Tdane girls’ varsity basketball team and and Now Center. After a week of rehearsals fusing a 17U boys’ team for the AAU New York Support Groups Exhibit includes photos from past and the orchestras from Lahore and New York, Pride, and Jim McDermott, a Haldane For a full list of area support groups, visit: the musicians took the stage for a remark- parent who directs the Westchester Lady present philipstown.info/sg able concert. Bears AAU program, are organizing local s part of its Art in the Sanctuary se- AAU teams for the spring under a pro- Aries, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in gram called 9D Hoops. Early interest sug- Beacon will host a photography exhibit, gests there will be three girls’ and possibly St. Andrew’s in Black & White – Then & two boys’ teams. Now, that opens from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sec- Join us for our first The season for girls in grades 7 to 9 will ond Saturday, Feb. 13. begin the week of March 14. The season The exhibit, scheduled to coincide with for boys and girls in grades 4 to 6 will be- Black History Month, features archival First Friday! gin the week of April 4. Each team will photos by a longtime parishioner along- We’ll be staying open late this coming Friday and partaking in the Cold Spring Area practice once or twice per week and par- side current shots by Beacon portrait art- Chamber of Commerce First Fridays series. We are thrilled to announce we will be ticipate in weekend tournaments. The cost ist Meredith Heuer. St. Andrew’s is located hosting local artist Russell Cusick. Russell, a lifelong photographer, has lived in Putnam is $350 plus a $75 uniform fee for the el- at 15 South Ave. County for 20 years and is a proud business owner for the past 12 years. Primarily ementary grades and $550 plus $125 uni- a photographer, Russell is known for his mixed media double acrylic panels, original form fee for middle-school grades. photos augmented with acrylic and oil. Russ currently sells his work at his Gallery in For more information, email McDer- Beacon, located at 530 Main St., as well as in NYC, The Historic Mohonk Mountain mott at [email protected]. House in New Paltz, and at West Point Military Academy. If you are thinking of selling your home, Robert A. McCaffrey Realty has a very active Beacon marketing program choosing appropriate print and online advertising for each listing. We aren’t the largest, but we get results and we reach the masses. Howland Center to Host eFlyer Marketing Program Valentine Dance eFlyer is a service that emails custom flyers, reaching 20,000+ local agents. ListHub Feb. 13 event includes chocolates, guest ListHub, the online publishing network, further markets our listings to more than 80 vocalist top real estate websites. ance the evening away on Saturday, Luxuryportfolio.com DFeb. 13, starting at 8 p.m., when the Our affiliation with Luxury Portfolio International® drives traffic to our website Howland Cultural Center in Beacon hosts through a multi-million dollar brand advertising campaign. a Valentine’s Day Dance starring vocal- LuxuryRealEstate.com The Who’s Who In Luxury Real Estate brand is a network of more than 1,500 ist Efrain “La Voz” Colon. The event will A shot from the past at St. Andrew’s brokerages with over 55,000 distinctive properties for sale. include refreshments, chocolates and a Photo provided raffle. NYTimes.com All are welcome: couples, singles, With over 28 million unique visitors each month, NYTimes.com is the #1 individual friends, strangers. A donation of $10 is Pianist to Cover Five newspaper site in the U.S., a most-valuable place to advertise. requested. For more informaton, call 845- Centuries at Howland 765-0667. The cultural center is located at 477 Main St. Blair McMillan to perform as part of 140 Main Street, Cold Spring, NY 10516 ongoing festival phone 845-265-4113 [email protected] s part of the Howland Music Circle’s Visit www.philipstown.info for news www.mccaffreyrealty.com updates and latest information. Aongoing piano festival, Blair McMillan 14 February 5, 2016 The Paper philipstown.info James Booker, “Bayou Maharajah” Film about funky pianist on Sunday, Feb. 7, first encountered the attorney Harry Connick, Sr., for “legal musician while tending bar at Vaughan’s counsel” and negotiating an abbrevi- will be shown Feb. 7 Lounge in the Bywater neighborhood. ated jail term. Asking around about him, she heard • His signature star eyepatch allegedly By Joe Dizney some rather strange stories. memorialized an eye lost to Beatle “I began to notice that the more ew Orleans is a piano kind of city, Ringo Starr’s bodyguard. (He was a bizarre a James Booker story was, the and no one has ever played the piano studio and touring sideman for Ringo more likely it was to be true,” she recalls. there, or perhaps anywhere, like among others, including The Doobie N Here are just a few: Brothers, Labelle, Maria Muldaur and James Carroll Booker III. Booker was • “Baby” Booker was the son and the funkiest branch on the family tree Jerry Garcia.) grandson of piano-playing Baptist of New Orleans’ piano masters, stretch- • Cartoonist Bunny Matthews likened ministers, a child prodigy of sorts ing back from Jelly Roll Morton, Tuts having Booker over to your place as playing organ in his father’s church Washington and Professor Longhair to “the entire Bacchus parade marching and skilled equally in Bach, Chopin, Ellis Marsalis, Allen Toussaint, Dr. John through your living room.” Booker was Ray Charles, Errol Garner, Tuts and beyond. known to make the rounds of his Washington and Liberace. Lily Keber, the director of the 2013 Crescent City haunts in full police James Booker Photo by Anton Corbijn documentary, Bayou Maharajah: The • His 1960 organ instrumental Gonzo regalia. Tragic Genius of James Booker, which (which reached No. 43 on the Billboard • Allen Toussaint, who knew Booker says Keber. “If New Orleans would get its screens at Dogwood in Beacon at 8 p.m. charts) reputedly furnished Hunter S. since childhood, once commented: act together, sure we’d have industry, Thompson with a name for his “There is a word that is thrown around maybe even a vibrant economy, but journalistic raison d’etre. so loosely for certain people who have who’d want to live here? Booker is the • Booker gave Dr. John keyboard done well in life — they call them same way. You could just look at him and tips after the good doctor lost a geniuses. If the word is applicable to listen to him and know that there is no guitar-playing finger in a barroom anyone, the person who comes to mind one else on earth who has ever, or will gun skirmish. John later employed is James Booker.” ever, be like him. That he existed at all is Booker in his touring band. The Booker died of renal failure — the a comfort to me.” Doctor also famously described result of a lifetime of drug and alcohol The documentary, which was named Booker as “the best black, gay, abuse — in November 1983, waiting “Best Southern Film” by Oxford Ameri- one-eyed junkie piano genius New unattended in a wheelchair in the can and “Best Louisiana Feature” at the Orleans has ever produced.” emergency room of Charity Hospital; a New Orleans’ Film Festival, will be • A lifelong petty criminal, Booker tragic end to an epic, almost mythic life. released commercially and for streaming “Booker personifies New Orleans in a in April. Dogwood is located at 47 E. James Carroll Booker III performing at the taught the young Harry Connick, lot of ways — funky, he does things his Main St. For more information about the 1978 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Jr., to play as repayment to Harry’s own way, even to his own detriment,” film, visit bayoumaharajah.com. Photo by Michael P. 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ate Vikstrom KArtist, Designer, Vocalist [email protected] www.KateVikstrom.com 360.704.0499 philipstown.info The Paper February 5, 2016 15 Reviving the Food Processor Author sings praises of ents like ginger and garlic to make sauces in a matter of overlooked kitchen tool minutes, which then make for very special meals. Plus, By Alison Rooney it’s also great for pastries, ear and loathing of dinner: the prep- batters and pie crusts. I’m Congratulations to our 2015 aration and execution of it, that is, a cook, not a baker, but with Leading Sales Professionals Fhas been known to strike the best a food processor I can start of us, particularly those with unforgiv- with wet ingredients, and ing children with growling bellies. All too not dirty a lot of bowls, and often there’s the inclination to give in: to that’s important because fast, processed, “easy” foods, giving their part of the battle is the server an acute aftertaste of guilt. clean-up involved.” Into this breech has boldly stepped What’s key to mastering Nicki Sizemore, a Cold Spring-based cu- both the equipment and, linary instructor, recipe developer food bigger picture, putting fla- stylist, food blogger (From Scratch Fast), vorful and healthy dinners marketing consultant and food provider on the table, is menu plan- to two young daughters. Partially in re- ning. Just a bit of time spent sponse to “the dinnertime race before thinking things out can re- meltdown”, Sizemore has written her first duce prep time. “That’s my book, The Food Processor Family Cook- whole philosophy — meals and recipes that can be MELISSA CARLTON book (Sonoma Press). Nicki Sizemore and her daughter Ella made in under an hour. Associate Real Estate Broker Beyond the recipes, the book was formed Photo by Caroline Kaye Photography Brokerage Top Producer from the question Sizemore poses to her- None of my recipes are Platinum Award self, “What tools do I have so that I can act all that complicated. And I kind of didn’t know where to start so as, effectively, a sous-chef?” She explains: “I there’s always also a wing-it night, other- [being given the topic] was a good way to don’t like all the little gadgets that are out wise it becomes too overwhelming.” do something with some focus,” she says. there, but certain things — like food pro- Some of that comes from developing After sharing recipes for the kitchen, cessors — can really help with preparation, time management and organizational which feature sauces, dressings, condi- because prep is often the hardest part.” skills. “If you have that you can do any- ments and spreads, the book moves to reci- Sizemore grew up in a “traditional” thing,” she says. “Breaking a recipe down pes for the table, with chapters on break- household when it came to cooking; tradi- and knowing where to start can be as sim- fasts, snacks and side, soups, salads and tional in this instance meaning the recent ple as measuring spices before cooking dinners of different stripes, including veg- traditions of a harried parent being too begins.” Experience counts too. “Learn- etarian and vegan. Every recipe is tagged busy to utilize her skills. “My mom is a ing how to use your senses — hearing and if vegetarian, vegan or gluten-free. Size- great cook, but she didn’t have a lot of time smelling the simmering, gauging when it more feels the book will be of most benefit to cook and so we ate lots of processed starts to shift; these skills can be applied to “busy families looking to incorporate food,” she says. “I watched the Food Net- to a family kitchen.” more wholesome foods into their routines, Inspiration for creating recipes comes KATHYRINE TOMANN work growing up and taught myself how and also to people new to the kitchen — Associate Real Estate Broker to cook from it. When I was in high school in different forms, according to Sizemore. people who might actually own a food pro- Emerald Award there was a shift, and the whole family got “It’s sometimes as easy as visualizing, or cessor, but haven’t dug it out in a long time involved and now that my mom is retired, a photo of food that gets my mind go- [but might] take another look at it because she’s become an incredible cook.” ing, or a restaurant meal where I taste, it can produce easy, delicious results.” At college in Colorado, Sizemore says she say, lemongrass and realize, ‘I should put For the past four years, Sizemore’s kitchen had an “amazing cook for a roommate. I lemongrass in my stew,’ ” she says. “But it has been located in Cold Spring, which she had never had sushi or curries, anything can also be just forcing myself to use the and her husband first experienced on a day’s like that, and it opened up my palate.” ingredients I have.” drive out of the city. “We stopped at the farm- Moving to New York after finishing school, Sonoma Press approached Sizemore (an ers’ market when it was outside Butterfield, Sizemore discovered she could have a ca- editor there was familiar with Sizemore’s and I thought ‘We’re going to move here reer in food without being a restaurant blog and philosophy), dangling the idea someday,’ ” she recalls. After a brief sojourn chef. She ended up working for a company for the cookbook. Sizemore quickly em- in Connecticut, which wasn’t right for them, which imported specialty foods and at- braced it, even though her lack of expe- they upped and moved to a place which was. tended culinary school, then branching out rience in that area was intimidating, “I “Within a couple of months we found into many facets of the cooking industry. haven’t ever written a book proposal and a community of really good friends, and ABBIE CARREY “At culinary school I learned the technical with access to amazing local food,” she Associate Real Estate Broker Platinum Award side of things, which I absolutely needed to says. “Going to the farmers’ market can do, and that opened up other doors to me.” plant some lightbulbs, like, ‘What can I The Food Processor Family Cookbook do with a pound of kohlrabi?’ ” Sizemore HEATHER FITZGERALD begins by demystifying its central appa- taught some classes at the Philipstown Associate Real Estate Broke ratus: Sizemore says many food proces- Community Center and now teaches pri- Gold Award sors lurk in dusty kitchen corners because vate classes, either in demonstration or they came equipped with “too many bells full, hands-on participation format. LESLI URIBE and whistles” and are difficult to clean -af Together with her blog, the notion of Real Estate Salesperson ter use. That’s a shame, she says, because writing another cookbook someday and Gold Award “they actually can save you so much time: just making the meals in her own house- you can shred a pound of cheese in 30 sec- hold, she is happy with what she’s doing LINDA HOFFMANN and where she is, noting, “My roots are Real Estate Salesperson onds, for example, or instantly chop up Silver Award vegetables to make a tomato sauce with, planted here now.” and those finely chopped vegetables then The Food Processor Family Cookbook cook faster; it’s the perfect tool for mak- is available locally at the Cold Spring COLD SPRING BROKERAGE General Store on Main Street in Cold ing sauces to set off a beautiful plate of 60 MAIN STREET | 845.265.5500 Spring, or through Sizemore’s website at vegetables or a simple seared steak. Food HOULIHANLAWRENCE.COM processors use aromatics, herbs, ingredi- The cover of Sizemore’s new cookbook. nickisizemore.com. 16 February 5, 2016 The Paper philipstown.info Haldane Athletes Sign Letters of Intent Headed for Hartford, Pace In 2014 and 2015 she was named to the All New York State First Team, the New and Stony Brook York State All Tournament Team and the Poughkeepsie Journal All Star First Team. By Michael Turton “I’m going to miss Haldane, but I’m very excited,” she said. “It’s going to be a real hree Haldane seniors signed nation- challenge playing volleyball at that level.” al letters of intent on Feb. 3 to play Macdara Heanue signed to play Divi- Tvolleyball and soccer at the colle- sion 1 soccer at the State University of New giate level. The brief afternoon ceremony York at Stony Brook, where he will study at the high school was part of National business management. In spring 2011, he Signing Day, an annual ritual in which trained at the Empoli Academy in Italy student athletes officially commit to col- and that fall joined the FC Westchester leges and universities. Soccer Club. In 2014 and 2015, he played Nicole Etta will attend the University for the Everton FC Westchester club as Nicole Etta, Macdara Heanue and Bailey McCollum Photo by M. Turton of Hartford to play Division 1 volleyball part of the U.S. Soccer Development Acad- “The coaches and other players were great; of varsity soccer, she scored 80 goals, had while studying honors business and ac- emy and was also invited to attend the U.S. it is a very welcoming environment.” 48 assists and helped lead the team to the counting. A four-year varsity athlete, she Soccer Federation Training Center in Port- Bailey McCollum, who will play soc- 2014 state championship. Twice named was a member of the 2013 Haldane team land, Conn. “I like that Stony Brook em- cer for Division II Pace University, which team captain, she was selected as League that won the Class D state championship. phasizes skills rather than size,” he said. has campuses in New York City and Player of the Year in 2015. “I’m really excit- Pleasantville, has not yet selected ed,” about heading to Pace, she said. “All her course of study. In four years my hard work has paid off.”

Lady Blue Devil Hannah Monteleone goes up for the ball in an overtime thriller with the Beacon Bulldogs on Saturday, Jan. 30 at the Haldane gymnasium. The Bulldogs topped Andrew Platt competes for Haldane in the 55m high hurdles at The Armory in Haldane 52-51 for the victory. Photo by Peter Farrell New York on Jan. 29. Photo by Peter Farrell

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