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Special section New Paltz Rosendale Tribute Healthy Hudson Valley: Hudson Valley Ribfest returns Soy brings homestyle Protector of the Ridge: Healthy Communities to the fairgrounds August 17-19 Japanese cuisine to the area Remembering Bob Larsen

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Scenes from the Ulster County Fair Administrative arrival and departure for New Paltz School District

by Sharyn Flanagan

T THEIR RECENT regular meeting on Wednesday, Au- gust 1, the New Paltz Central ASchool District introduced the new assistant principal hired for New Paltz Middle School. Daniel Glenn was most recently with the Newburgh district, said Superintendent of Schools Maria Rice. Glenn was signed to a four- year probationary appointment eff ective August 6 of this year through August 5, 2022. A meet-and-greet event for the community to meet the new assistant principal will be scheduled in the upcoming weeks. Now the search begins to fi nd a re- placement for retiring Duzine Elementa- WILL DENDIS ry School principal Debra Hogencamp, A girl catches some air on a jumping harness at the Ulster County Fair in New Paltz last week, with Skytop Tower in the whose resignation for retirement after distance. 26 years of employment was accepted by the board of trustees during Wednes- HE 130TH ULSTER County Fair rolled into town Tuesday, August 31, kicking off as usual with “carload day’s meeting. night,” where $50 buys access to unlimited rides for up to eight people. The lines were long and the air Superintendent Rice said that Hogen- was charged with youthful, mid-summer exuberance. At most local events, other demographics hold camp’s achievements as leader of the T sway: baby boomers for anything high culture with admission of more than $15, hipsters at anything school were perhaps most apparent in involving good beer and live music, young families on weekend mornings. But on the fair’s midway, the teens and the fact that when the state Department tweens, for whom summer was made, reign supreme. of Education’s early childhood educa- Wednesday, with its regular admission price and chances of thunderstorms, was more subdued. Rain showers tion committee visited the school last continued for most of the week, but if it was the type of quick shower that comes and goes. Just like summer. The year, they made videos of the teachers fair ended on Sunday to the tune of blue skies, warm temps and a huge crowd. at Duzine giving lessons, “which will Continued on page 12 Continued on page 10 Making waves Friends of Tillson Lake hold Float-In, dispute PIPC wetland estimates

by Frances Marion Platt

F ALIENS FROM some other planet are looking to Earth for pointers on how to utilize political theater to conduct a demonstration around an environmental issue, they got an eyeful a couple of Sundays ago: Gardiner-based conceptual artist IKeith Buesing, known locally for his giant lizard topiaries, organized a colorful “Float-In” to protest the threat by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission (PIPC) to drain Tillson Lake. On Sunday, July 29, more than 100 people clad in red, white and blue shirts arrived at the 25-acre lake to launch about 60 kayaks, canoes, inﬂ atables and other “ﬂ oatables.” Participants came from New York City as well as Ulster and Orange Counties, according to the grassroots activist group Friends of Tillson Lake. The protest action included boats linking up to form the letters SOS, meant to signify DAVID GORDON Continued on page 14 On July 29, a community ‘float in’ was held at Tillson Lake in Gardiner.

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Poughkeepsie man whose fl ight GARDINER | VOLUNTEERS from police ended in fatal crash faces vehicular homicide, manslaughter charges

New York State Police at Highland announced the arrest of Ryan B. Williams, 29, of Poughkeepsie, for the felony charges of aggravated vehicular homicide, second-degree manslaughter, unlawfully fl eeing a police offi cer and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. He was also charged with the misdemeanor off ense of driving while intoxicated and reckless driving. Williams was arrested as a result of an investigation into the fatal motor vehicle accident that oc- curred on the evening of July 1, 2018 on State Route 299 in the Town of Lloyd, which claimed the life of Danielle M. Pecoraro, 39, of New Paltz. The chase followed a report of an erratic operator. Police located the vehicle, a 2008 Porsche Cay- enne, and attempted to stop it. According to police, the vehicle failed to comply and fl ed westbound on State Route 299 at a high rate of speed. Mem- bers of the state police assisted the Town of Lloyd Police Department with the pursuit. As the vehicle SUSAN KOEHLER approached the intersection at South Street near Running with the pack at the Mohonk Preserve. the Lowe’s store, it struck the side of a 2008 Ford, then crossed over into the eastbound lane striking Pecoraro’s 2018 Ford pickup head-on. A 2016 Toyota Mohonk Preserve August volunteer opportunities then struck the rear of the Porsche. Both Williams and Mercedes Rosado, 24, the passenger in the pick- E A PART of the Mohonk Preserve volunteer team The Preserve has several volunteer up, were treated for injuries following the crash. orientation opportunities in August. Dog lovers and owners are especially encouraged Williams was arraigned before the Honorable to join the Preserve’s new Dog Ambassadors group, but this group is open to all volun- Terry Elia in the Town of Lloyd Justice Court and re- Bteers. Dog Ambassadors will help educate guests with dogs on the Preserve’s dog walk- manded to the Ulster County Jail without bail pend- ing policies and amenities, such as watering stations. Volunteers will visit high-use dog walking ing a future court appearance. areas at the Testimonial Gateway, Spring Farm and Undercliff Road to ensure a safe, welcoming The state police were assisted by the Ulster County environment for all. Volunteers are encouraged, but not required, to bring their well-behaved and District Attorney’s Offi ce. leashed dog on their shifts to set a positive example. The Dog Ambassador orientation will be held on Saturday, August 25th at 11 a.m. at the Visitor Center. Expert on economic insecurity Join the Preserve’s Trailhead Ambassador group and play a role in welcoming new and return- will be interviewed live ing visitors to the Preserve during the summer and fall seasons. Share your love of the land by at the Woodstock Library Forum meeting and greeting the visiting public, give out general information and off er suggestions on hikes. This is primarily an outdoor position located at the Spring Farm and Coxing trailheads, as Those wanting to hear some specifi cs about what’s well as outside the Visitor Center. The Trailhead Ambassador Orientation will take place on Sat- happening in today’s rampantly unequal economy urday, August 25, 9 a.m. at the Visitor Center. might want to attend the Woodstock Library Fo- The Mohonk Preserve Hawk Watch volunteer group members assist in identifying hawks in rum this Saturday, August 11, from 5 to 6 p.m. Alissa fl ight and recording data. Additionally, volunteers will contribute data to the Hawk Migration of Quart, author of Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Af- North America (HMANA) database. Volunteers must be available weekly early September through ford America, published in June by Ecco/HarperCol- late November. The Hawk Watch Volunteer orientation will be held on Monday, August 20 from 7 lins, will be interviewed live by journalist Julie Lasky. to 8:30 p.m. in the Visitor Center Conference Room. Quart’s latest book examines the lives of many Please register for any of these orientations at www.mohonkpreserve.org/how-to-help/volun- middle-class Americans who can barely aff ord to teer/training. For more information, please contact Andy Reynolds, Volunteer Programs Manager, raise children. Her subjects, from professors to law- at [email protected] or (845) 255-0919, extension 1269 yers to caregivers to nurses, have been wrung out by a society that doesn’t support them. Quart and Barbara Ehrenreich lead the non-profi t Economic Hardship Reporting Project, which aims to a 2010 Neiman fellow at Harvard University and the rum, the longest running cultural and public aff airs change the national conversation around poverty and Ottaway Professor at SUNY New Paltz in 2015. program in the Hudson Valley, is sponsored by The economic insecurity. Funded by the Institute for Policy Julie Lasky, who will interview Quart, is known for Friends of The Woodstock Library. Studies, a Washington-based progressive think tank, her writings on design and popular culture. She cur- its aim is to tell the underreported stories of American rently contributes to The New York Times real-estate Notice of special meeting inequality through a range of genres and contributors. section, and writes for the Wall Street Journal, Travel Quant writes the Outclassed column for The Guard- & Leisure, Departures and other publications. The Village of New Paltz Historic Preservation ian. Her work has received several awards. She was Admission is free. The Woodstock Library Fo- Commission will hold a special meeting on Mon- day, August 20, 7 p.m., at Village Hall, located at 25 Plattekill Avenue, to consider an application for a certifi cate of appropriateness from Craig and Deb Shankles, who reside at 116 Huguenot Street in New Paltz. A public hearing will begin at 7:15 p.m. For more information, please contact the commission secretary at [email protected], or call the Village of New Paltz Building Department at 255- 3055.

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Free nutrition series at Phillies Bridge Farm Project GARDINER | PLACE

A free nutrition series will be oﬀ ered on August 11, 18, 25 and September 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 from 1-2 p.m. at Phillies Bridge Farm Project, located at 45 Phillies Bridge Road in New Paltz. You will be taught simple recipes that are proven to be healthy and learn how to use what you already have in your fridge and pantry, and combine them in a way you may not have thought of. For more information, contact Janie at (845) 340- 3990, extension 326 or e-mail [email protected].

Climber rescued at the Mohonk Preserve Mohonk Preserve rangers contacted DEC forest rangers David Meade and Kevin Slade on Sunday, August 5 at approximately 11:17 a.m. to assist with the rescue of a 22-year-old Brooklyn man who was climbing a 200-foot cliff face on the Trapps Road Carriage Trail, located at 3650 Route 44/55 in Gar- diner. when he fell approximately 45 feet Under Lieutenant Gregory Tyrrell’s authority, fi ve rangers assisted with the technical rescue. The man was se- cured to a rescue litter and lowered to the base of the RENEE ZERNITSKY cliff , where he was transported to the hospital by a Mohonk Preserve is inviting neighbors to visit the Preserve and receive a free one-month pass during local EMS provider. Healthy Ulster Autumn Week beginning Thursday, August 16 through Sunday, August 19. The DEC rangers were assisted by Mohonk Pre- serve rangers, State Police and the Gardiner Fire De- partment. Free passes help connect neighbors to nature A party for change S PART OF the ongoing campaign to make Ulster the healthiest county in New York, Mo- honk Preserve is inviting neighbors to visit the Preserve and receive a free one-month A “political party” -- with a pond for swimming, pass during Healthy Ulster Autumn Week beginning Thursday, August 16 through Sunday, a band for dancing and food for enjoying -- will be A August 19. held this Sunday, August 12 from 3 to 6 p.m. at 31 Visitors with proof of Ulster County residency may obtain their passes at the Preserve Visitor Cen- Pure Honey Lane in Gardiner. Learn more about ter on Route 44/55 in Gardiner from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, August 16 through Sunday, August 19 the Democratic candidates for New York’s 19th Con- and at the Spring Farm Trailhead in High Falls from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, August 18 and Sunday, gressional District, the State Senate’s 42nd and 39th August 19. The membership passes will be valid through September 16. Passes must be picked up in districts representing Ulster County, as well as the person, with the exception of minors, whose parent or guardian may pick up a pass on their behalf. candidate running for Ulster County Sheriff . Music This marks the eighth year the Preserve has participated in Ulster County’s Healthy Ulster pro- will be provided by the Bernstein-Bard Trio, with Big gram. The Preserve has distributed over 28,000 free one-month passes to Ulster County residents Joe Fitz. during the organization’s annual Healthy Ulster Spring and Autumn events. Sponsored by Ulster Activists (U-ACT) and Move Forward NY, it will be attended by Lacey Schwartz, wife of Congressional candidate Antonio Delgado; John Schwartz, husband of Jen Metzger, State Sena- torial candidate for the 42nd District; NY 39th State Senatorial candidate James Skoufi s; and Ulster world’s a stage” literally. This production of As You located at 93 Main Street in New Paltz. County Sheriff candidate Juan Figueroa. Like It is an interactive retelling by a storyteller that The theme: a “Hudson Valley Brass: From Bach The party will give you the opportunity to learn incorporates audience participation, such as play- to Fats Waller” will feature two trumpets, a French more about the candidates and share your concerns, ing a character, participating in the wrestling match, horn, a trombone and a tuba, playing renaissance, and if you feel so moved, you will be able to fi nd out dancing in the group sheep dance and posting love baroque, romantic, classical, jazz and contemporary how you can help any candidate you choose by vol- notes on the bushes and trees. It is very improvisa- music. unteering for and /or donating to their campaign tional, no prior practice or experience is needed to In case of inclement weather, the event will be It’s free, so bring family and friends, but please participate. held inside in the Steinberg Reading Room. don’t bring any pets. If it rains, the party will be The library is located at 133 Farmer’s Turnpike. In held at the New Paltz Community Center, located off case of inclement weather, the play will be performed Last fi lm in the Field of Dreams Route 32 North on Veterans Drive in New Paltz. in the community room. For further information, call series highlighted by car show 255-1255 or visit www.gardinerlibrary.org. Senior bus trip A classic British sports car display will open a to Vanderbilt Mansion Elting Library Fair drop-off date night of car-themed activity on Saturday, August 18. The cars, presented by Brits of the Hudson, will be A free senior bus trip to hear the West Point Band The Elting Memorial Library is now accepting do- on display from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Field of Dreams, at Vanderbilt Mansion will take place on Wednesday, nations of books, toys and jewelry in preparation for located on Libertyville Road in New Paltz. August 15. The bus will leave the New Paltz Commu- its 62nd annual Library Fair to be held on September Kids are encouraged to bring cars they’ve created nity Center at 5 p.m. Feel free to bring along a chair 29 and 30 in New Paltz. To make donation-delivery from cardboard boxes, which could provide seating and snacks to enhance your listening experience. easier, volunteers will be available in the library park- for them to watch the movie that follows. The com- Register at the community center or by calling 255- ing lot on Saturday August 18 and September 1, from puter-animated comedy-adventure movie Cars will 3631. 10 a.m. until noon, to help you unload. Donations begin at 8:45 p.m. can be brought directly to the library front desk dur- Geared to be a family night, picnicking is encour- The big tomato class ing library hours. Book donations can be brought to aged, with charcoal grills available. Cancellation/up- the book shed in the parking lot after obtaining the date information will be available at townofnewpaltz. Learn how you can be enjoying home or farm- key from the circulation desk. The library only takes org. In the event of rain, the movie will be shown at the grown tomatoes throughout the year during the big books that are clean and in good condition. Gently New Paltz Community Center at 8:45 p.m. tomato class on Saturday, August 11 from 10 a.m. to used toys, small stuff ed animals, puzzles, games and noon at Phillies Bridge Farm Project, located at 45 bikes in good condition are appreciated. The follow- Local art students show Phillies Bridge Road in New Paltz. ing items will not be accepted: large stuff ed animals, at Elting Library The class will be taught by Susan Loxley. Please toddler play set, and car seats. The fl ea market does pre-register by August 10 at PhilliesBridge.org. not accept clothing, shoes, outdated electronics, The students of local artist and teacher Nicole Ju- cassette tapes or large furniture. rain will be on display during the month of August in Shakespeare Story Theater presents For library hours, visit www.eltinglibrary.org. the Steinberg Room of Elting Library. The students As You Like It at Gardiner Library range in age from seven to seniors. The works were Hudson Valley Brass: From Bach to created during painting sessions Jurain leads at the The Gardiner library will present the Shakespeare Fats Waller at Elting Library New Paltz Community Center, which are ongoing. Story Theater’s production of As You Like It on A free reception will be held on Tuesday, August Wednesday August 15 from 4 to 5 p.m. The perfor- Elting Library’s Music in the Garden series con- 14th at 7 p.m. in the Steinberg Reading Room of the mance will take place on the outdoor stage. All ages tinues with a theme of David Winograd and Friends library, located at 93 Main Street in New Paltz. are welcome. No registration is required. on Thursday, August 16, 6:30 p.m., in the Vera Rush- For additional information about the painting Shakespeare Story Theatre takes the line “all the forth Reading Garden of the Elting Memorial Library, class, contact [email protected]. 4 • August 9, 2018 New Paltz Times

NEW PALTZ | TOWN BOARD Déjà vu New Paltz reboots study of co-located Town/Village facilities

by Frances Marion Platt current utilization will include the Village Hall fa- tation’s Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP), cilities, the Village Fire Station apparatus bays, the which is due to be submitted by August 16. HE LONG-DISCUSSED GOAL of creating a Town Courthouse and Annex, the Village Depart- If funded, the project will create buff ered one-way joint home for New Paltz’s town and village ment of Public Works building and the facility on bicycle lanes on both sides of Henry W. DuBois Drive governmental agencies is back on the draw- South Putt Corners Road leased for the use of the plus a sidewalk on the north side. This will require T ing board, literally as well as fi guratively. Police Department, referred to as the C2G building. adding shoulders where they do not already exist Last week the Town Board gave the go-ahead to Al- The consultant will then “prepare an updated pre- along the hilly middle stretch of the roadway, be- fandre Architecture, PC to conduct a needs analysis liminary Space Needs Analysis/program document tween Old Mill Road and North Oakwood Terrace. and to recommend next steps, including a “study of for co-located town and village municipal facili- Town supervisor Neil Bettez noted that the town alternative solutions.” ties.” This document will “incorporate a hierarchy had applied for a TAP grant for an earlier iteration of needs to establish what is ‘ideal’ and what is ‘re- of the same project in 2014 and been turned down. alistic,’” presumably to enable the municipalities to Board members expressed optimism, however, that move beyond the pricetag issues that stymied pre- the state would likely be generous this time around, The board members voted vious proposals to rebuild on the site of the former as the stretch of road is one of the few missing links Town Hall at 1 Veterans’ Drive. in the Hudson Valley’s rapidly growing rail-trail net- to appropriate up to $7,200 A visual matrix of potential facilities will be cre- work. “This is our best chance, because the Empire to conduct the study, which ated. Based on the information collected and ana- Trail is coming through,” said Bettez. According to lyzed, the consultant will prepare an outline of next board member Marty Irwin, there are only about will be partially based steps, likely beginning with a study of alternative so- fi ve miles in the entire proposed route of the trail lutions. Among the possibilities to be discussed is for where cyclists are not separated from automobile on work previously done the C2G building to be purchased outright, accord- traffi c by a buff er, and “Henry W. DuBois is the fi fth ing to the Alfandre proposal. mile of those fi ve.” by the local architecture Work on the new study is expected to get un- The decision to authorize the maximum expendi- fi rm during earlier derway within two weeks of the vote to accept the ture of matching funds “doesn’t require us to spend proposal. Execution of any agreed-upon next steps the entire amount,” according to Bettez, even if the attempts to resolve the two would not proceed until the next phase of a contrac- state comes through with the full level of funding for tual relationship. ++ which New Paltz is eligible. The proposal was writ- municipalities’ space needs. ten to refl ect a “gold standard” of fi ve-foot-wide bike lanes with three-foot buff ers, consistent with the New Paltz seeks $3.37 million TAP Empire State Trail Design Guidelines. Bettez gave grant for Henry W. DuBois Drive bike examples of potential situations in which the town With Dan Torres absent from the August 2 meeting lanes, sidewalks might scale back on proposed changes, such as mak- and Julie Seyfert-Lillis participating via videophone, ing the bike lanes or buff er narrower in some spots the board voted 4-0 to authorize Rick Alfandre and in order to avoid taking out obstacles like large trees project manager Sam Dillehay to proceed with this At its August 2 meeting, the New Paltz Town Board or stone walls within the right-of-way. “First give us preliminary phase of the project. The board mem- voted to commit the municipality to a maximum lo- the money to pay the engineers to fi gure out how to bers also voted to appropriate up to $7,200 to con- cal match of $674,052 as the town’s 20 percent share do it,” he said. duct the study, which will be partially based on work of a grant-funded project to “implement street en- The Town Board also voted to authorize submis- previously done by the local architecture fi rm dur- hancements to Henry W. DuBois Drive.” The decision of a proposal for a Hudson River Valley Gre- ing earlier attempts to resolve the two municipali- sion was necessary to enable the town to request the enway grant in the amount of $75,000 toward the ties’ space needs. maximum possible grant of $3,370,260 in its applica- Henry W. DuBois Drive enhancement project. Assessment of available existing spaces and their tion to the New York State Department of Transpor- -- Frances Marion Platt

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NEW PALTZ | PEOPLE pick-your-own operations. Post-graduation from Cor- nell, she completed the Young Apple Leader program through USApple, a national version of the New York Apple Association, and she is active in a number of industry organizations in addition to NYAA. Dressel is a member of the Hudson Valley Young Farmers Coalition and serves on the board of the High- land-based Hudson Valley Research Lab (HVRL), an independent 501(c)3 organization that partners with Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The group supports research benefi tting commercial fruit and vegetable growers and protects the agricultural heri- tage of the Hudson Valley and Eastern New York. Dressel says it’s an advantage to have the caliber of scientists at the HVRL available as a resource so close to home, especially when problems with pest management or diseases in crops arise. Apple growers these days have to balance the traditional demands of farming along with keeping abreast of new technologies and advancements in the industry. Dressel recently toured apple-growing operations in New Zealand as a member of the International Fruit Tree Association. “Being in the Southern Hemisphere, their seasons are diff erent than ours, so we were there just in time to see them start harvesting,” she says. “We stayed about ten days, touring around, and it was re- JULIE O’CONNOR ally interesting to see what they’re doing. They’re on Three generations of the Dressel family -- Rod Jr., Sarah and Rod Sr. smaller farms, typically, but their technological advances are really awesome. They’re pushing the limits on how many trees you can put in an acre, using dif- ferent types of tractors and equipment to harvest, and Youthful leadership they have diff erent varieties [of apple] than we have.” Dressel Farms grows nearly 30 diff erent varieties of Local grower appointed chair apples on 400 acres, if you count the handful of Eu- ropean and French varieties they grow for the hard of New York Apple Association board of directors cider, Dressel says. Their primary business is selling apples wholesale. But for locals and tourists, it’s the pick-your-own operations and year-round farm stand by Sharyn Flanagan son, Roderick, Fred improved and grew the farm, there that comes to mind when they think Dressel’s. and eventually Rod, Jr. would join the business after Eight acres of land are devoted to strawberry beds, ARAH DRESSEL OF New Paltz’s Dressel graduating from Cornell University. and the farm is also known for their peaches, pump- Farms was recently appointed chairperson Today, the farm is run by three generations of kins, cherries and blueberries, as well as great cider of the board of directors for the New York Dressels, including Rod Sr., Rod Jr. and his wife, donuts and apple cider. SApple Association (NYAA). She fi rst joined Debbie, and their children, Tim and Sarah, who both New these days is the closing of the soft-serve ice the board in 2016 and last year was its vice-chair. earned agricultural degrees from Cornell. (Their sis- cream business and the launching of their own home- The NYAA represents approximately 694 com- ter, Elizabeth, is preparing to go to grad school for made hard ice cream, sold at the farm stand in small mercial apple growers across New York State, who chiropractic studies.) quarter-pints ($1.25) and pints ($5), with many of the produce more than one billion pounds of apples an- Tim obtained a New York State license to produce fl avors made using their own fruit. “We have a straw- nually, second only to Washington State. The organi- and sell brut cider, which he hosts tastings for and berry ice cream now,” says Dressel, “a peach and blue- zation exists to promote the consumption of apples sells at the orchard. He named the business “Kettle- berry, and we’ll have apple when it’s that season.” grown in New York. borough Cider House,” which was the original name Dressel Farms is located at 271 State Route 208 in The funding to promote state apples and apple of where the cidery now stands. New Paltz. The roadside stand is open every day from products is accomplished through the Apple Market- Sarah manages the horticultural aspects of her 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, call (845) 255- ing Order (AMO), created as a marketing tool by an family’s farm along with the retail stand business and 0693 or visit http://www.dresselfarms.com/. ++ alliance of growers in 1959. New York State commercial apple producers pay into the AMO through the state Department of Agriculture and Markets (NYS- DAM). The New York Apple Association is charged with expending those funds on the apple industry’s GRAND OPENING AUGUST 11TH behalf. The advantage of the association for apple growers is that it allows individual farms “to have a bigger voice in the industry,” says Dressel. WE USE The NYAA’s board of directors is made up of 15 ——— ——— growers who represent six growing regions across LOCALLY SOURCED the state. Directors are elected to three-year terms INGREDIENTS by growers in their district, and can serve two terms. WHEN AVAILABLE The chairperson generally serves for one year. According to NYAA’s president, Cynthia Haskins, the appointment of Dressel as chairperson of the board is a signifi cant sign of women assuming lead- WE OFFER: ership roles throughout the agricultural industry. SWEET CRÉPES For her part, Dressel says she’s honored to represent and help lead the organization at a time in SAVORY CRÉPES the apple industry when there is so much going on. 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ROSENDALE | PLACE On beyond sushi Soy brings homestyle Japanese cuisine to Rosendale

by Frances Marion Platt home cooking.” It’s not a sushi place (although the most sushilike item on LENTY OF NEW York the menu, the Spicy Tuna and Avocado restaurants aim to man- Bowl, happens to be the most popular). ufacture a sense of hom- “Sushi is actually not a typical Japanese “Peyness, but Soy feels like cuisine in Japan, especially in home an actual off shoot of someone’s apart- cooking,” the website informs us. Nor ment,” wrote Jeff Gordinier in The New do Soy’s off erings fall under the trendy York Times in 2015. He was enthusias- rubric of Asian Fusion. Kizawa -- who tically reviewing a tiny restaurant that grew up in the city of Fujisawa, near built a loyal following for 15 years in its Tokyo, and was taught to cook from the original location: at 102 Suff olk Street, age of six by her mother -- says of Soy’s just off Delancey, on Manhattan’s Low- off erings, “Some are traditional, some er East Side. Chef/owner Etsuko Kizawa are my Mom’s recipes and many are my lived in an apartment upstairs from Soy own creations.” and decorated its walls with her young Some of the menu items have ingre- son Taiyo’s imaginative drawings. dients that will challenge American no- When she fi rst set up shop there in tions of what constitutes “homestyle” 2002, Kizawa says, the Lower East Side Japanese food. The delicious Niku Jaga, was still “a neighborhood where every- for instance, is essentially a comforting body lived together happily.” Artists stew including thinly sliced beef, car- and recent immigrants could still fi nd rots, onions and potatoes. Yes, pota- an aff ordable apartment there. But toes: native to the New World. But for by 2017, she relates, Delancey Street Kizawa, Niku Jaga represents the “ulti- had been “developed too much -- ev- mate Japanese Mama’s dish.” You can ery little patch of land within fi ve city order fries as well, served with a curry blocks.” Old buildings that gave the dipping sauce. And the mixed green neighborhood its character were being salads on the menu are reasonable fac- torn down and replaced with highrises. similes of American mixed green sal- “I knew I was going to be priced out.” ads, not the quartered heads of iceberg A regular visitor to New Paltz, Kizawa lettuce often found alongside sushi en- began looking around the mid-Hudson trées elsewhere. for someplace to replicate her success Some menu items are more recogniz- with Soy. She found it, right down to able as Stateside Japanese food: a Ben- the small upstairs apartment, in down- to Box whose ingredients vary daily, an town Rosendale: the bar/restaurant edamame appetizer, gyoza dumplings, that had previously housed the Bywa- mochi ice cream. The Soup of the Day ter Bistro, at 419 Main Street. The new is always miso-based; zucchini, yellow version of Soy has already been open squash and kale were the featured in- for nearly a year, keeping such a low gredients the evening the New Paltz profi le that word-of-mouth is just be- Times paid a visit. And while Soy is not ginning to get around. And the interior a vegetarian restaurant, veggies and LAUREN THOMAS much resembles photos of the original vegans can always be accommodated, Chef Etsko Kizawa has opened Soy, a restaurant showcasing Japanese home cooking at 419 Soy, homey and cozy and still wallpa- with pan-fried Tofu Steak in a tangy Main Street in Rosendale pered with Taiyo’s artworks. mushroom sauce a popular choice. A But the seemingly small number of meat-free Japanese Breakfast is served tables in the main part of the restaurant belies Soy of is a lovely garden with additional tables, a fountain, all day long. “In Japan, we cook soy products just Rosendale’s capacity. In the back is a large enclosed a koi pond and what Kizawa terms a “Japanese feel.” like another vegetable. Soy as a meat substitute for deck with a subtropical ambience, and behind that A path leads down to the berm overlooking the vegetarians is an American concept,” states the web- Rondout Creek. “Outdoor deck and garden seating site. “Soy is wonderful food for everyone. We would with beautiful scenery were the main reason Etsko like to bring soy to everyone’s table, because it’s decided to take this spot. With fresh local produce healthy and delicious.” and amazing backdrop, Soy is truly a place to feel Another delicacy that this new eatery is bringing complete and well-nourished,” says the restaurant’s to downtown Rosendale is Japanese cinema. Kizawa website. (Kizawa began calling herself “Etsko” in originally came to New York City to study fi lm at writing to counter the tendency of Americans to the School of Visual Arts, and, although running a mispronounce Japanese names by putting the stress restaurant consumes her energies pretty much full- on the next-to-last syllable, saying Et-SU-ko instead time these days, she keeps current with the fi lm tal- of the correct ET-suko.) ents of her native culture. Soy has a huge fl at-screen Besides being a lovely place to sit and have a TV mounted on the wall in the rear of its main room, meal, Soy is distinctive in its emphasis on “Japanese and screening a movie – usually a Japanese movie, Member of the Kingston community since 1902. with an eclectic series of lesser-known anime just Take in a round of golf or enjoy dinner now coming to an end -- has become a regular draw and drinks on our patio overlooking the on Saturday nights. FAMILY OWNED FOR 30+ YEARS course and the Catskill mountains. Soy off ers a full bar and an impressive selection of sake and shochu. “We’re probably the only place SPECIAL DEAL FOR NEW MEMBERS ONLY: with a nice sake list in the county,” Kizawa says. Ser- Play the rest of 2018 and 2019 vice is friendly and attentive, and you’ll likely meet $ a certain ebullient nine-year-old artist patrolling the 1,902 premises. Soy is open from 5 to 10 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, from noon to 10 p.m. on Saturday Call Andrew Connors at 845-331-5577 for and from noon to 9 p.m. on Sunday. more details about this outstanding offer. GROUP DISCOUNT RATES The regular menu changes weekly, and daily spe- 100+ TV channels, free wireless internet, cials are off ered. Prices, which are inclusive of all fitness area and guest laundry. tips, range from $4 for an assortment of homemade Free Continental Breakfast. probiotic Japanese pickles to $25 for the Bento Box ex- Handicap accessible rooms available. travaganza. To check what’s being off ered this week 1/4 mile to NYS Thruway. (including occasional Japanese home-cooking classes All local police, firefighters, and EMTs 15% off with valid ID. taught by Kizawa herself ), visit http://soyrosendale. 7 Terwilliger Lane, New Paltz com or www.facebook.com/soyrosendale, For reser- 845-255-8865 • www.abviofnewpaltz.com vations, call (845) 658-2539. ++ New Paltz Times AugustJune 14, 9, 20122018 •• 7

REGION | TRIBUTE Protector of the Ridge Remembering Bob Larsen

by Sharyn Flanagan

HEN ROBERT ANDREW “Bob” Larsen passed away on May 3 at age 93, he left behind a legacy as a trailblazer, in the W most literal and fi gurative sense of the word. The dictionary tells us that a trailblazer is “a person who makes a new track through wild country.” Check; in a 40-year career at Mohonk Preserve, Larsen designed and created many of its best-known trails. But a trailblazer is also defi ned as “a pioneer, an innovator; one who blazes a trail to guide others.” Check that box, too: in his commitment to the preservation of open space, Larsen formed Friends of the Shawangunks in the 1970s and led the charge to protect Lake Minnewaska from corporate development. And by the time he retired from the Pre- serve in 2014, Larsen’s legacy as a cultural historian included documenting and preserving the formerly- unknown Trapps Mountain Hamlet, securing its des- ignation on the State and National Registers of His- toric Places, and co-authoring a book about the area and its people. Larsen fi rst came to the area as an avid rock climber and hiker. He discovered the Gunks in the 1950s and eventually moved to the Clove with his longtime LAUREN THOMASIDED life-partner, Barbara Lee Rubin. He began working Bob Larsen on the Mohonk Preserve in 2013. for the Mohonk Trust in 1974 -- it would become Mo- honk Preserve in 1978 -- as their second ranger, join- ing the Trust’s fi rst employee, ranger Thom Scheuer. did was through the historical collections at the Elt- FOS always remained dear to his heart.” Working with a surveyor, Larsen located and ing Memorial Library in New Paltz. “He spent hours In the 55 years the couple shared, Rubin remem- marked more than 50 miles of Preserve boundary there poring through the materials. He truly appre- bers Bob Larsen as “a man who knew how to live life lines. Over the years that followed, he designed, cut, ciated, but more than that, he really treasured the to the fullest.” As a young man, he joined the U.S. and maintained many of the best-known trails on the resources there. Carol Johnson and Marion Ryan Merchant Marine, shipping out during World War II Preserve, including the Millbrook Ridge Trail, High helped him and were very interested in his research. to deliver troops, supplies and ammunition. After Peters Kill Trail, Northeast Trail, Enderly Path, Undi- When he was exploring family lines and that kind the war, he worked as an x-ray technician in New vided Lot Trail and Bonticou Crag Trail. of history, he found the collections so valuable in York City, serving homeless men at a shelter in the In the process of surveying the land, Larsen be- bringing that community in its heyday to life.” Bowery. He married his fi rst wife, Ann Leiter, and came intrigued with an area that showed signs of for- As a proponent of open space and with a commit- their son, Erik, was born. mer inhabitance; old stone walls, building founda- ment to protecting the land, Larsen was the fi rst to A champion of the disenfranchised, Larsen tions and a dilapidated cabin in the woods. His initial give Mohonk Preserve a conservation easement on worked for civil rights, participating in lunch coun- interest in the site became a lifelong passion, eventu- the property he shared with Rubin in the Clove. And ter sit-ins as a form of nonviolent civil disobedience. ally spending 30 years researching the history and Larsen was the catalyst in developing Friends of the He opposed nuclear armament, became an anti-war life of the Trapps Mountain Hamlet. Shawangunks into an eff ective activist organization activist and was arrested for nonviolent protests a In the Preserve’s orientation video, Larsen is seen in the 1970s. As Rubin explains, when the threat of a number of times. He was a world traveler, an ardent introducing visitors to the onetime subsistence com- massive development loomed in the Shawangunks -- rock climber and a jazz music enthusiast. munity of huckleberry-pickers and stonecutters. The the Marriott Corporation’s plan for Lake Minnewas- A natural teacher and master storyteller, he was hamlet housed some 40-50 families by the time of ka -- Larsen assembled a small group of friends and known for his inspiring and entertaining nature the Civil War, who lived a hardscrabble life; “living other concerned individuals to take action. Friends walks, Rubin adds. An avid birder, Larsen did the on the edge,” as Larsen notes. of the Shawangunks (FOS) was formed as an advo- fi rst scientifi c “bird list” for the Preserve, and was Their stories were preserved through dozens of cacy group to fi ght the development. “Bob’s quiet, the recipient of the Mohonk Consultations 2008 En- interviews Larsen conducted over the years with unobtrusive leadership helped convince New York vironmental Achievement Award as a “trailblazer, the last descendants of the community. “Bob inter- State, more than ten years later, to acquire both Lake educator and protector of the Ridge.” viewed ‘his people,’ as he called them,” Rubin says, Minnewaska and the Sam’s Point properties for in- “Bob reinvented his life numerous times,” says “collecting their memories and stories with dignity clusion in the New York State park system,” Rubin Rubin; “each time with conviction, passion, energy and respect.” says. “He was proud of the success of that eff ort, and and commitment.” ++ Larsen oversaw the restoration of the last vernacu- lar structure in the hamlet, the Van Leuven Cabin, and he designed and developed an interpretive trail to the cabin. MAURICE SIEVAN (Larsen’s “Walk Back in Time” interpretive trail (1898-1981) recording may be heard on the Preserve’s website at http://www.mohonkpreserve.org/visit/activi- “A r t i s t L a u r e a t e o f ties/the-trapps-mountain-hamlet-path-audio-tour/ the Urban Landscape” trapps-mountain-hamlet.html.) Larsen was also instrumental in securing the list- ing of the Trapps Hamlet on the State and National FLETCHER Registers of Historic Places, the only such subsistence community of its type to be listed on the his- GALLERY toric register in New York. And the culmination of his commitment to the Aug. 11-Sept. 16, 2018 Trapps Hamlet, says Rubin, was to coauthor a book incorporating his research, teaming up with local Opening Reception historian Robi Josephson to produce a detailed history of a lost hamlet and its people. Saturday, August 11, 5-8pm In the forward to An Unforgiving Land: Hardscrabble Life in the Trapps, a Vanished Shawangunk Mountain FLETCHER GALLERY Hamlet (Black Dome Press, 2013), Preserve executive 40 Mill Hill Road director Glenn Hoagland writes that “no one has done Woodstock, NY 12498 more than Bob Larsen” to preserve the hamlet. According to Rubin, much of the research Larsen Seamstress, 1925, oil on canvas _ÁHWFKHUJDOOHU\FRP 8 • August 9, 2018 New Paltz Times

NEW PALTZ | EVENT Classic summer barbecue Hudson Valley Ribfest returns to the Ulster County Fairgrounds August 17-19

LAUREN THOMAS Jessica and Ava Spadafora of New Paltz enjoy their lunch at the Hudson Valley Ribfest in 2014.

by Sharyn Flanagan where the 14th annual Hudson Valley Ribfest will be 12. Tickets are also available at the gate. The price of held Friday through Sunday, August 17-19. The event admission includes entry to the festival, live music, ACKYARD BARBECUE HAS a long tradition goes on rain or shine, and parking is plentiful and kids’ activities and additional entertainment, access in this country. Established in the South by free. to the contest area and same-day re-entry. the 19th century, the culinary techniques of The Highland Rotary Club puts on Ribfest as a fun- The main stage at Ribfest will feature live music all Bcooking meat low-and-slow arrived later in weekend, sponsored by iHeart Media. The lineup on the North, carried to these parts by the mass migra- Friday, August 17 begins at 6:30 p.m. with the group tion of Southerners seeking better fi nancial oppor- New this year for the event Williams Honor, who recently opened for Bon Jovi at tunities. Firmly entrenched in our collective culture Madison Square Garden. Jessica Lynn takes the stage now, one of barbecue’s chief advantages -- in addi- is an extension of the “Best at 8 p.m., fresh off a summer European tour. tion to being delicious -- has always been that it al- Saturday, August 18 features a mix of country and lows large quantities of food to be prepared at once, of the Fest” VIP experience classic rock with Country Fresh playing at noon, making it a sure bet for a gathering of people seeking BedRock at 3 p.m. and Led Zeppelin tribute band, to share a meal outside in a natural setting. to two nights rather than Zep Again, at 7 p.m. The biggest barbecue gathering in this region hap- just Friday as in years past. On Sunday, August 19, live entertainment will be pens every August at the Ulster County Fairgrounds, provided by Hudson Valley-based Little Creek at noon and Roadhouse Roosters at 2:30 p.m. Food vendors at Ribfest will include those off er- draiser, enlisting more than 300 volunteers every ing hot dogs, hamburgers and fries, jerk shrimp and year to put on the three-day event. The proceeds en- fi sh, Mexican and Jamaican food. Barbecue vendors able the service club to support their many projects (as of press time) include Big Kev’s BBQ, Butch’s Dolphin locally and promote humanitarian causes world- Smack Your Lips BBQ, Gullah Q. Lowcountry BBQ wide. Highland Rotarians are among the 1.2 million and Jack McDavid’s Down Home Diner. Each will people in Rotary’s global network who seek to make have half and full racks of ribs available along with Plumbing Inc. the world a better place by taking action through other barbecued meats and side dishes, and they of- Fully insured | Serving the Mid-Hudson Valley more than 35,000 clubs in the U.S. and abroad. ten sell bottles of their sauces and spice rubs, too. EMERGENCY SERVICE Well Tanks Ribfest kicks off Friday evening, August 17 with Tantillo’s Farm will have apple cider doughnuts free admission from 5-10 p.m., sponsored by High- and pies, and the local 4-H kids their “famous milk- Boilers & Furnaces Pipe Repairs land Rotary and iHeart Media. Register for free tick- shakes.” Other vendors will have classic fair food: Toilets, Sinks, Faucets Drain Cleaning ets in advance at www.HudsonValleyRibfest.org. roasted corn, fried dough, fried pickles, Italian ices, Bathroom Renovations Water Heaters The fairgrounds will open on Saturday, August 18 soft pretzels, kettle corn, ice cream and lemonade. You are in safe waters with us! from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday festival hours are 11 For those seeking something a little stronger to im- a.m. to 5 p.m. Single-day general admission costs $7 bibe, the Highland Rotary Club staff s the beer tent (845) 834-2797 for adults -- use code BBQ4Me online for a 20 percent conveniently located in the center of the festival, www.dolphinplumbingandheating.com discount -- and admission is free for kids under age with a selection of beer and bottled cocktails avail- New Paltz Times AugustJune 14, 9, 20122018 •• 9 able. IDs are checked once and wristbands issued for cue Society will sponsor a grilling contest. Prizes snapped up quickly each February when the word easy purchase on the second round. will be won in four categories: pizza, “wrapped in is put out to apply. The ribs cooked up by the com- Activities for kids include the free “Kid’s Korner” bacon,” ribeye steak and grilled apple dessert. Sun- petitive teams are strictly for judging, not for sale for craft-making and a “Family Fun Area” with infl at- day's competition, sponsored by the Kansas City to the public, but some of the contest teams do act able bouncy houses. Barbeque Society (KCBS), will be all about the barbe- as “tailgate vendors,” selling sauces and t-shirts or The chef demo tent hosts cooking demonstrations cued meats: chicken, pork ribs, pork butt/shoulder other BBQ-related products. Competitors are also and tastings, the cornhole tournaments will return, and beef brisket. happy to chat with visitors who wander back to the and for a little retail therapy, check out the market- The judges for the contest have all completed contest area. place area with vendors off ering a range of items a KCBS-sanctioned rib-judging training program. For advance tickets to Ribfest or for more informa- from gourmet nuts, fudge and candy to clothing and Spots to act as judges at Hudson Valley RibFest are tion, visit https://hudsonvalleyribfest.org/. ++ cutlery. A complete list of vendors is on the event website. New this year for the event is an extension of the “Best of the Fest” VIP experience to two nights rath- Dance Classes for Children & Adults er than just Friday as in years past. Tickets cost $75 for Friday evening and $100 for Saturday, available Ballet & Pointe • Lyrical • Contemporary by advance purchase online only. Early purchase Tap • Jazz • Hip Hop is advised, as just 100 tickets are reserved for each OPEN HOUSES: night. Ticketholders to the VIP experience must be Aug. 15, 6-8pm • Sept. 7, 6-8pm age 21 or older. — Light refreshments will be served — The VIP Tent opens at 5 p.m. Food will be served between 6-9 p.m. Friday evening and 5-9 p.m. on 28 Osprey Lane, Gardiner Saturday. Ticketholders enjoy unlimited ribs, beer, 845.633.8264 • taketheleapdance.com wine and soda, samples from Hudson Valley Ribfest vendors and a wide variety of side dishes and desserts, under a private tent close to the stage with a roped-off outside area. A gift bag is included and on MAT & TRX/MAT BLEND Saturday, there will be a private performance under Pilates of the tent at 6 p.m. by one of the musical acts in the SCHEDULE festival lineup: Williams Honor. New Paltz Monday: Tuesday: Thursday: 9:30am Mat* 4:30pm Mat/TRX* 11:30amTRX The barbecue competition — meet our staff — rq~tq' . 5:30pm Mat Wednesday: Friday: 7am Mat RibFest also includes a barbecue competition. Six- Elaine Hay"- ( ,.#ŏ . " , 9:30am Mat/TRX* 6:30pm Mat Saturday: ty teams of competitors set up their grills in a “vil- for over 16 years. She brings a master’s rq' lage” of sorts at the back of the fairgrounds, behind .)/" .) 0 ,3 - --#)( ')# 3#(!} Classe size is limited to insure quality where the main action for visitors takes place. Rib- .#&),#(!("&& (!#(! "-./ (. Fest is affi liated with the Empire State BBQ Champi- instruction. Call or text ahead 845.255.0559 .) ' . "#- ), " , #(#0#/& ( -| onship Challenge, a statewide series of competitive to reserve your spot. $18 class / $160 10 class Elaine teaches all levels of machine events intended to promote the love of barbecue. 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Ribbon-cutting planned for new addition At the regular meeting held Wednesday, August 1, New Paltz School District at middle school O’Donnell noted the assignments of trustees to com- A ribbon-cutting followed by a tour of the new mittees. The liaison to the racial equity committee is (Continued from page 1) addition at New Paltz Middle School will be held on Sophia Skiles, who will also serve as representative Monday, August 27 at 5:30 p.m. All members of the to the healthcare advisory committee. The policy community are invited. While there is still work to committee is chaired by Kathy Preston with Teresa be used to train other teachers in how it should be be done at the school for the ongoing capital project, Thompson and Diana Armstead members. The audit done,” said Rice. “I congratulate a wonderful staff at the new section represents a milestone in the project committee is chaired by Matthew Williams and in- Duzine Elementary School and the leadership that and the ribbon-cutting will give parents and commu- cludes Michael O’Donnell and Diana Armstead. The allowed them the freedom to be able to do these nity members the opportunity to preview the even- facilities committee is chaired by Teresa Thompson kinds of creative ways of teaching young children.” tual fi nished product. with Matthew Williams and Glenn LaPolt members. Rice pledged to include parents in the committees The legislative action committee will be chaired by evaluating the candidates for the open Duzine prin- Meet new middle school principal Michael O’Donnell and includes Kathy Preston and cipal position, noting that the district would solicit Superintendent Rice and the New Paltz Central Glenn LaPolt. involvement in the process from all parents of stu- School District Board of Education will introduce dents attending the school, not just organized fac- Ann Sheldon as the new principal of the New Paltz New Paltz BOE backs the town in their grant tions such as the PTA. Rice said they would like to Middle School at a “Meet and Greet” event, co-spon- application to the state DOT have parents on the committee representative of ra- sored by the District and the Middle School PTA, on The New Paltz Central School District Board of cial diversity and the various groups the students fall Tuesday, August 14 at 5 p.m. at the Middle School Education trustees voted unanimously last week to into, whether “general population” or, for example, Traffi c Circle. Parents, students, and community approve the signing of a letter in support of a grant students with disabilities. members are invited to meet and welcome Sheldon application the Town of New Paltz has applied for as the new middle school principal. from the state Department of Transportation. The UNPLUGGING grant would pay for improvements to the roads near DOES NOT MEAN DISCONNECTING. Board of Education committee the high school, including the creation of new bike assignments made lanes and enhancing existing accommodations, cre- CONNECT TO YOUR COMMUNITY. When the New Paltz Central School District held ating improved safety for pedestrians, motorists and its annual reorganizational meeting July 11, BOE cyclists. president Michael O’Donnell noted that assignments Board of Education member Sophia Skiles noted of trustees to committees would be made after con- that the public should be aware that in the board sideration of requests by board members as to which supporting the town’s grant application, it does not groups they wished to be involved with. Each board mean the district is contributing any taxpayer mon- NEW PALTZ TIMES • WOODSTOCK TIMES ULSTER KINGSTON TIMES • SAUGERTIES TIMES member serves on two specialized committees ey; only supporting the town spending grant money PUBLISHING ALMANAC WEEKLY 845-334-8200 throughout the year that meet once a month. that helps the safety of students and other community residents. ++ TIME TO FIX YOUR MUDDY DDRIVEWAY? WE CAN HELP! HomeownerHomeowner Excavation & Dump Truck Service Woodstock library referendum

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scious, unresponsive. CPR instructions were being given to the caller. COUNTY | NOTES Ulster County 911 also reported that the caller had administered a dosage of Narcan, which was inef- fective. Saugerties offi cers arrived on the scene and administered two more Narcan doses. Ulster County bans gay The man was also attended to by members of Diaz Ambulance and the Glasco fi re company, police said. conversion ‘therapy’ The man regained consciousness and was transported by Diaz Ambulance to Health Alliance in Kings- by Jesse J. Smith ton, where he was further treated. Saugerties police began carrying Narcan, which LSTER COUNTY BECAME the fourth com- halts the eff ects of an opiate overdose, in 2014. In munity in New York to ban a long-discred- 2016, there were more than 63,600 drug overdose ited form of treatment that seeks to alter deaths in the U.S., according to the CDC. The num- U a youth’s sexual orientation or gender ber of overdoses involving a synthetic opiate, most identity. notably fentanyl, which is added to increase the po- The ban on so-called “conversion therapy” was tency of heroin, doubled from 2015 to 2016. Drug passed by a unanimous vote of the Ulster County overdoses are now the leading cause of death for Legislature on June 20 and signed into law by Coun- Americans under 50. ty Executive Mike Hein one month later. The law imposes penalties of up to one year in Ulster County Legislator Jonathan Heppner. prison and fi nes up to $500 for anyone who prac- School threatener may face prison tices conversion or “reparative” techniques on a minor under the age of 18 within the bounds of Ul- The county district attorney’s offi ce is recom- ster County. The practice is defi ned in the statute less of their sexual orientation or gender identity,” mending time in state prison for Connor Chargois, as, “Any formal treatment that aims to change the said Hein. “And that the disgraceful pseudo-science a Saugerties High School student who was caught, sexual orientation and gender identity of a minor. practice of conversion therapy in all its forms has no police allege, with a cache of illegal guns and am- This includes attempting to change a person’s sex- place here.” ++ munition in his basement in February after he made ual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual as threatening social media posts referring positively to well as from heterosexual to homosexual.” The law the Columbine killers. does not include “psychotherapies that provide ac- Ulster studies LED plan Ulster County assistant district attorney Mike ceptance, support and understanding for clients.” Kavanagh said last week that the case has been ad- The law also specifi es that it does not prohibit clergy Ulster’s town board last week approved spending journed to September 6. “I don’t know whether from “pastoral counseling, teaching or relaying of over $9000 to study the benefi ts of taking over the they’ll plea or elect to go to trial,” said Kavanagh. their religion’s doctrine.” municipal light fi xtures currently owned by Central “They will not be off ered misdemeanors.” Homosexuality was removed from the American Hudson, a plan which would include the conversion Both 18-year-old Connor Chargois and his father Psychological Association’s list of mental disorders of the equipment from standard lighting to LED. Bruce, 58, of Sawyerkill Terrace, were charged on in 1973. Virtually every professional organization in “There’s a comparison of Central Hudson’s in- February 27 with felony third-degree criminal pos- psychology and social science has deemed the now- stalled and maintained fi xtures versus the Town of session of a weapon, which could get both a maxi- outlawed practice not only ineff ective, but harmful. Ulster-owned and maintained fi xtures, and a pro- mum of seven years in state prison. Bruce Chargois Experts say the practice is particularly damaging posal from the New York Power Authority (NYPA) faces an additional misdemeanor charge of obstruct- when applied to children. for a program to replace the existing non-LED light ing governmental administration. Police said he hid “It can lead to everything from depression to in- fi xtures,” said supervisor James Quigley III at August guns within arcade machines at his workplace, Gre- creased risk of substance abuse to suicide,” said Jeff 2’s town-board meeting. co Amusement Company. Rindler, executive director of the Hudson Valley LG- The town’s lighting matrix includes 371 lights Connor Chargois was able to post $10,000 bail, BTQ Community Center. “When you tell someone spread out across six districts — Albany Avenue, East and has been on pretrial release for six months. that they are bad and wrong for being who they are Kingston, Elmendorf, Kraus Farm, Spring Lake, and Bruce Chargois was released on his own recogni- and they are damned to hell, it has a horrifying im- Whittier — along with a seventh “general town” ac- zance. An order of protection was issued on behalf pact on them.” count, with all but 19 fi xtures in the latter owned and of the school, prohibiting Connor from stepping foot The technique is already illegal in 14 states, the Dis- operated by Central Hudson. Central Hudson has on the grounds. trict of Columbia and 43 municipalities around the already converted 103 of the lights to the far-more- The two have paid weekly visits to the county country. An executive order signed by Gov. Andrew economical LEDs, with 268 still to go. The lights that probation department, where offi cers have been Cuomo bars practitioners from seeking reimburse- haven’t been converted range in wattage and are ei- preparing a pre-plea report consisting of interviews ment from insurance companies for it as well. But ther sodium vapor, mercury vapor or metal halide. with the accused parties, thorough background eff orts to ban the practice outright have repeatedly Central Hudson and the NYPA say that conversion checks, and interviews with their associates. The stalled in New York’s Republican controlled state to LED lightning is cost-eff ective, environmentally probation department will provide the information Senate. New York City, Erie County both enacted lo- conscious and reliable. According to Jason Malizia, a and its sentencing recommendation to county court cal laws prohibiting conversion techniques earlier district director for the utility, sticking with Central judge Donald Williams. According to Kavanagh, the this year. A ban on the practice is set to take eff ect Hudson would cost the town $34,425 for the comple- pair “have been doing everything they’re supposed in Rochester next month and Albany in September. tion of the LED conversion, with an estimated annu- to do.” In Ulster County, the legislation was introduced by al savings of $17,000. While the municipal takeover county lawmaker Jonathan Heppner (D-Woodstock). and conversion of the lights would cost an estimated 845-372-5650 Heppner said he got the idea after reading about $260,205, a June 7 letter from Jeff Laino, an energy www.captainspotless.comm Erie County’s eff orts. Heppner said he was unaware manager with the NYPA said, the annual savings of of anyone practicing conversion techniques in Ulster $64,766 would soon put the town in both the black County, but he said he had learned that the practice and the green. NYPA estimates that complete con- frequently occurs hidden from public view. version in the town would reduce annual electric us- “As our society and culture has changed to be more age by 136,424 kilowatts. accepting, conversion therapy has been pushed into the shadows,” said Heppner. “It’s going on in church Window Cleaning • Power Washing basements and camps run by religious institutions.” Three Narcans save man’s life Gutter Cleaning • Soft Roof Wash Backers of the ban say that in addition to prevent- Residential Cleaning Services ing actual harm to minors subjected to the tech- A 25-year-old Saugerties man needed three doses nique, the new legislation would send a message of of Narcan to save him from an overdose, police said acceptance to gay and transgender youth. August 6. 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LUCIA O’COROZINE Farm kids still spend the day with their animals, though they have some modern distractions to ward off boredom. County fair

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On the music front, headliners included Thunder Ridge, Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters, the Charlie Daniels Band, Keith Anderson, Jenny Tolman, Cale Dodds and former Journey lead singer Steve Au- ger. Daily entertainment featured Robinson’s Racing Pigs; The Two by Two Petting Zoo, which included some animals you could pet and feed (like goats) and others you could observe, like black leopards, mon- keys and kangaroos; Josh Landry, a chain saw carver who turned a three-foot log into an intricate piece of art in 45 minutes. In addition to the live music, there were more than 20 midway rides, carnival games, tractor pulls, 4-H livestock exhibits and their famous milkshakes, fi re- works, horse shows, entertainers— not to mention all the food vendors tempting us with every kind of guilty pleasure one can ingest. The Ulster County Fair in New Paltz is everyone’s fair, and that’s the beauty of it. WILL DENDIS A sign in one booth read “Help Wanted -- Must be 18-- Must be willing to travel.” Working on a carnival must be an interesting way to spend a summer. Fair history The origins of the fair date back to 1869, when a small fair featuring horse racing and agricultural exhibits was held in Ellenville. When the Southern Ul- ster Agricultural Society formed in 1886, it organized the fi rst offi cial Ulster County Fair that September. The fair began drawing substantial crowds when the fi rst passenger train from Ellenville to Kingston in 1902 made the distance of 27 miles an easy journey. Even more access was created by a direct train connection between Kingston\ and Port Jervis. The years that followed brought all the advancements of each era — even car races in the 1920s — but after a fairground fi re in 1926 and a 1931 polio epidemic that brought admission to an all-time low, the fortunes of the fair in Ellenville had to be reconsidered. The fairgrounds were sold to the Ellenville Central School District in 1932 and the county fair moved to Kingston. After successful fairs at Forsyth Park for three decades — with a brief interlude near the beginning of that run at the State Armory building — it was decided to enlarge the county fair and increase the number of fair days to accommodate the growing number of exhibitors and visitors. The Ulster County Agricultural Society moved the fair to its present location in New Paltz in 1967. ++

LUCIA O’COROZINE The “swing ride” at the Ulster County Fair. New Paltz Times AugustJune 14, 9, 20122018 •• 13

WILL DENDIS Robinson’s Racing Pigs: Adorable little porkers who run and swim around a short track, vying to be the first to reach an Oreo cookie.

WILL DENDIS LUCIA O’COROZINE Meghan Tobias with Cha Cha, a Jersey cow from Briar Creek Farm in New Paltz. Mingling on the midway.

WILL DENDIS LUCIA O’COROZINE Enjoying a game of Bingo at the Ulster County Fair. A baby goat at the Two by Two Petting Zoo. 14 • August 9, 2018 New Paltz Times Making waves (Continued from page 1)

“Save Our Sanctuary.” According to Buesing, his inspiration was an aerial photograph by Sebastian Copeland of demonstrators in Antarctica protest- ing global warming by lying in the snow, end to end, in their colorful snowsuits, spelling out SOS. He explained, “I wanted to try the same thing with canoes and kayaks. The real beauty of this project was that AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH BY CODY BUESING Boats linked up to form the letters SOS (Save Our Sanctuary). it was pulled off predominantly by amateur boaters, myself included.” Liz Glover Wilson of Stone Wave Friends of Tillson Lake president Morey Gottesman, so the impact of draining the lake and removing that in which he requested the agencies to withdraw and habitat would be far greater than they recognized.” “There is every reason revise the information they are using to gain approv- Friends of Tillson Lake plans a second study to al of their plans to drain Tillson Lake. After failing to document the extent of the wetlands in the lake and to think that there could maintain the lake’s dam and then failing to budget $4 will petition the DEC for added protection if enough to 5 million to reinforce the dam to comply with new are found. Under state law, if there are more than be enough [wetlands] to safety regulations, the agencies are seeking approval 12.4 acres, a special permit would be required. Gor- have state protection,” said to remove it entirely. don said, “We don’t yet know the acreage, but there Gottesman’s request is based on the completion of is every reason to think that there could be enough lawyer David Gordon. a new study by ecologist Karen Schneller McDonald to have state protection. The federal NWI mapping confi rming Federal Fish and Wildlife Service map- indicated 12.7 acres in the lake based on aerial pho- ping of the western half of Tillson Lake as freshwater tos. If we can confi rm anything close to that, adding wetlands. The group Friends of Tillson Lake com- the 3.7 PIPC acres found on the shore, it may be well missioned the study after fi nding survey maps in- more than the state minimum.” Wetlands permits Yoga in Gardiner assisted Buesing in organizing the cluding Tillson Lake as part of the National Wetlands are also required from the Army Corps of Engineers. Float-In. Inventory (NWI). The lake is a popular recreational area for fi shing Buesing’s son, Cody Buesing, a fi lmmaker, shot the “This report shows that the wetlands are far more and boating. The Towns of Gardiner and Shawan- transition from a starburst formation of almost 60 extensive than PIPC documented in the informa- gunk, which is about a half-mile from the lake, have boats to the SOS formation of 40 boats. The footage tion they submitted to the state Department of En- passed resolutions urging its preservation. “We’re by ReThink Films may be viewed online at https:// vironmental Conservation [DEC],” said Friends of grateful for the support we’ve received from our we.tl/Wqej3SGE28. Tillson Lake lawyer David Gordon. “They only ac- elected representatives,” Gottesman said. “We’re The July 29 demonstration coincided with a letter knowledged 3.7 acres of wetlands, on the shore. This going to keep going so everyone can continue to en- being sent to the PIPC and the New York State Offi ce corroborates the original federal inventory showing joy this lake.” ++ of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation by that the western half of the lake is full of wetlands,

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Sports SeaHawks again! The team captures its 7th DUSO championship title, ends season with 54th consecutive win

Abbie Santos. Trent Suchowiecki. PHOTOS BY RICH COROZINE Ashley Benkert.

Kate Suchowiecki. Brady Saunders. Andie Psilopoulos. by Rich Corozine

HE ONLY THING "certain" to humankind seem to be two things: you are born and then at some point in time, you will die. TEverything in between is a crap-shoot. Or maybe, hope. Well, you can add a third certainty to this human canon...that the New Paltz SeaHawks will win the DUSO championship. They've done it seven summers in a row -- to go along with their unbeliev- able 54-straight dual-meet wins -- and this summer (another undefeated one at 6-0) it seemed the season itself was just a warmup to the championship meet held this past Saturday at the brand-spanking- new Rosendale Pool Complex. Certainty or not, this is some accomplishment for a plain-old town team, coached and swum by locals (Glen and Melissa Gru- ver-LaPolt, Kaela Santos and Emily Benkert) and supported full-throat by the New Paltz faithful. The SeaHawks took the title with their patented depth, winning the crown with 1,541.50 points over second-place Zena's 1,258.50 and captured the 8-un- Tate Wilson. Rowan Santos. der boys, 11-12 girls and 15-18 girls titles. Individually, it was a double for Andie Psilopou- los in the 12-under girls 50 backstroke (with team- 18-under girls 100IM. 50 breaststroke), Trent Suchowiecki (8-under boys mates Delaney Pece second and Julia Napoli third) The SeaHawks also took home the gold in the 50 freestyle), Rowan Santos (10-under boys 25 free- and 100 Individual Medley (with teammate Brooke 8-under mixed 100 relay with Jayda Schenker, Isla style), Kate Suchowiecki (10-under girls 50 freestyle Vos second); with Vos winning the 12-under girls 50 D'Angelo, Bennett Sheeley and Trent Suchow- and 100 IM), Tate Wilson (10-under boys 50 freestyle freestyle; Trent Suchowiecki the 8-under boys 25 iecki; and the 10-under mixed 200 relay with Kate and 50 breaststroke), Psilopoulos (12-under girls 100 breaststroke; Rowan Santos the 10-under boys 50 Suchowiecki, Renata Martinez, Omar Santos and freestyle), Ava Demassio (14-under girls 100 freestyle backstroke; Kate Suchowiecki the 10-under girls 50 Tate Wilson. and 100 IM), Abbie Santos (18-under girls 50 free- breaststroke (with teammate Grace Lang second); There was a plethora of second-place fi nishes (that style), Bennett Sheeley (8-under boys 25 backstroke Ashley Benkert the 18-under girls 50 butterfl y (with depth), with Brady Saunders leading the way with and 25 butterfl y), Delaney Pece (12-under girls 50 teammate Abbie Santos second); and Santos the three (14-under boys 50 freestyle, 50 backstroke and backstroke). ++ 16 • August 9, 2018 New Paltz Times Feedback Letters, columns & op-eds

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Erin Quinn, Rich Corozine Eric Francis Coppolino Staff photographer: Lauren Thomas Taking a step back Kingston Columnists: Paul Brown, Carol Johnson Hugh Reynolds, Mark Sherman, Susan Slotnick New Paltz Times columnist Susan Slotnick is the The waves of wrath Student Columnist: Dayna Thomas most recent person to claim that there was some- Display ad sales: Jenny Bella, Lynn Coraza thing objectionable in my February Chronogram Saving Private Francis. He is not a head of state. Pam Courselle, Elizabeth Jackson article, ”Take a Step Back.” She accused me of the This is not the pope. He is not king of any land. And Ralph Longendyke, Jackie Polisar, Linda Saccoman dreaded “mansplaining.” although I do, of course, abhor many of the behav- Production and technology director: Joe Morgan She’s in good company. 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County Beat Hugh Reynolds legislative branches.

Emerging strategy It would now appear that Republican congressman John Faso’s primary-night attack on Democrat nominee Antonio Delgado was but the fi rst shot of Cloak and dagger a well-considered strategy. Within weeks came another round: Faso “challenging” all his opponents to a series of debates. All? Typically, incumbents avoid any direct exchange Some may have been surprised at the spy- Hector Rodriguez with challengers. It gives challengers access to a plat- versus-spy revelations between the county executive of New Paltz sub- form the offi ce-holder already occupies and name and the county comptroller, but this stuff has been mitted legislation recognition money can’t buy. going on forever. Accurate, timely intelligence on that would re- By opening up debates to every opponent, includ- the enemy and sometimes on colleagues has been a quire both sides ing independents Diane Neal, Luisa Parker and Dal vital component of politics in these parts since set- of a recorded gov- LaMagna, and Green Party candidate Steve Green- tlers sent a bilingual Dutchman to spy on the Esopus ernment phone fi eld, Faso advances several purposes. He enables Indians back in ’65. That would be 1665, the signing message to be candidates who can only hurt his opponent and he of the fi rst peace treaty between the Europeans and informed of the gives the appearance of being open to public scru- the Native Americans. recording. What? tiny. The gathering of modern intel takes many surrep- Further inquiry Delgado, quick on his feet and battle-tested after a titious forms. There’s cocktail-party gossip, chatting uncovered the spy- grueling primary, was having none of it. This, from over coff ee in the morning, pillow talk, conversa- versus-spy scenario. a congressman who has faced his constituents only tions overheard in restrooms, whispers in barrooms, Rodriguez’s suggestion that both sides be notifi ed at a single town-hall meeting over a period of 20 muffl ed phone conversations, internet cyber stuff . when recordings were in place defi es logic even as months was the gist of the challenger’s harrumph. It’s literally in the atmosphere. Spies are routinely it avoids the issue. If both parties are connected, it’s Via a press release, Delgado said, “I will continue assigned to rival fundraisers and other gatherings to not spying. Right? By that logic, maybe the legislature showing up across the district and listening [to peo- report who’s there, who isn’t and how many. One should have its own spying equipment. That buzzing ple] at picnics, potlucks, local meetings and town wonders what pols do with the rest of their time. in county phones isn’t just homeland security. halls.” Showing up. Town halls. Get it? Of late, we have learned through the investigative State and federal law require only one person be Meanwhile, a Delgado campaign contributor from reporting of Jesse Smith that county exec Mike Hein aware of a recording. It doesn’t take an Einstein to Rhinebeck has fi led formal objections with the state and comptroller Elliott Auerbach, physically sepa- fi gure out which. Investigative reporting revealed board of elections to those independent petitions. It rated by only a ceiling in the county offi ce building, that the comptroller, for what he called purposes fi gures. Smart politics means eliminating the nega- have been spying on each other to varying degrees. of record accuracy, recorded phone messages from tives even if it deprives voters of choices. Formal re- Surfi ng e-mails, phone, recordings, it’s all in the ar- other departments and from the legislature. Auer- view begins on Thursday. senals of these two. Who knew? Who would have bach in turn accused the administration of accessing Faso’s off er of inclusion is neither charity nor thought? confi dential documents from his offi ce for perusal civic virtue. With six people in a debate, discussion Upon refl ection, one wonders why it took this long by legislative leaders. of issues, points and counter-points between major for this ugly stuff to surface. But then, spies don’t There are bigger fi sh to fry. Auerbach, citing the players would be sharply limited. That plays into the work in daylight. charter, claims oversight on virtually every activity hands of the incumbent, who while perhaps better Democrats Hein and Auerbach have been spying of the Hein-controlled fi nance department, if only to informed than his challenger at this point and more on each other in one form or another since on or reconcile the hundreds of thousands of vouchers his combative than his easy-going public persona might before January 2009, when they took their separate department reviews and approves every year. suggest, really can’t relish the intense scrutiny a one- offi ces. Finance is the heartbeat of the executive wing: on-one exchange could produce. There were what might be called natural confl icts. Hein made it clear from Day-One he doesn’t want I know Faso took Zephyr Teachout to the clean- Auerbach was given specifi c oversight authority of anybody, especially the comptroller, looking over ers in open debate two years ago, but Delgado ain’t county government fi nances under the charter ap- his shoulder. One could question whether the comp- Teachout and this isn’t 2016. proved by voters in 2006. troller is exceeding his authority. Does he really This not to say independent candidates should Hein had budget authority over the fi nancial ac- need to know everything going on in fi nance on a be tuned out. With nothing to lose other than time tivities of all departments, including those, like the day-to-day basis? and money, some might come up with useful ideas. comptroller’s, separately elected by voters. Control of and access to information has long been Sorry, folks, but the real show is Faso and Delgado. There was a political component. Isn’t there al- an issue in the Hein administration. ways a political element in politics? Hein wasn’t A 2014 resignation letter from audit and control Mixed blessing particularly interested in running for comptroller, director Ronald Clum, one of the faceless bean- Sheriff Paul VanBlarcum's fund-raiser at Olde Sa- which would mean a $30,000 cut in pay and an counters in Auerbach’s offi ce, spoke to the confl ict vannah restaurant in Kingston last week turned out enormous reduction in power. For Auerbach, mov- between executive and comptroller. “The level of at least 100 attendees, maybe 150 in and out, at $50 a ing to the top fl oor would have been the pinnacle. professionalism of the administration in ignoring head. That’s good news for the Republican nominee Though Auerbach has not expressed interest in run- written inquiries and denying access to basic books who faces Democratic endorsee Juan Figueroa in a ning for executive, the two are potential rivals. and records has been beyond anything I have ever September 13 Democratic primary. Less positive, for If Auerbach, who isn’t up for reelection until seen in the professional world, public or private,” he primary purposes, was that almost everybody there 2020, were to take Hein to primary next year, he wrote. Clum’s successor, Alicia DeMarco, expressed was a Republican. Republicans can’t vote in the pri- might lose, but cost the executive all kinds of time similar concerns in her resignation letter last month. mary. and money. He might maybe even embolden a deep- Is this the kind of government Ulster County ad- “We had some Democrats and quite a few inde- pocket Republican to come to the fore. opted in 2006? pendents, too,” a campaign insider told me. Inde- Meeting off stage as these two mini-titans clash pendents can’t vote in a primary, either, but they’ll Access to information is a county charter review revision commission, vote in November. Meanwhile, as the he-said-he-said goes on, I think tasked with updating and revising a document now Meanwhile, Figueroa will host a fundraiser in the we’ll need to learn a lot more about what one head- a decade in practice. It might be useful for commis- cozy confi nes of the popular Rosendale Café on Au- line writer called a “cyber-mystery” before assign- sioners to focus on the paradox of an independently gust 17 from 8 to 10. p.m. At the bargain price of $20 ing white or black hats. The story broke, as some elected watchdog (the comptroller) being placed and lots of interest in this campaign, early arrival is do, in a curious way. Legislature minority leader under the budgetary authority of the executive and recommended.

goes beyond all common sense. come a requirement in the corporate and educa- sexual fantasies I harbor in my head or even dis- Why does the paper deem it okay to smear across tional world only in the last fi ve or ten years. Before cuss sometimes within solid walls with my friends... its pages the sexual fantasies going on in Eric’s head? that it was the way of the land all over the world that Those of you who are without such thoughts, be my Because you know who else harbors fantasies like women are fair game for being groped, whistled at guest to cast the fi rst stone. that, even verbalizes them or even acts them out? To or otherwise harassed. It was always degrading and One last time -- Eric’s predatory behaviors and acts watch a couple make love, to watch a woman mas- inexcusable behavior, but thank goddess it has fi nally of sexual harassment, if indeed true, are sleazy, per- turbate... these are the sexual fantasies of just about become a punishable off ense. However, it is still not verse and punishable to a degree. And he has paid every man and half the women across the universe! right to publicly accuse a man who once groped a a high price already by having lost some prestigious Yes, numerous of Eric’s behaviors are predatory and woman’s rear end 20 years ago while she posed for a jobs. And it is enough. He’s an imperfect man in an appalling if proven to be the truth. But every sin is photo with him. Or who had the gall to sniff her hair. imperfect world and enough is enough. I often met forgivable; and certainly not every sin of an imper- Here -- I admit it out loud and in public: I am a wom- this man when Eric was a frequent and much appre- fect man needs to be printed in detail in a public an, a mother, a registered nurse, and I have, more ciated customer of mine back in the olden days of newspaper! than once in my past life, squeezed a good-looking the Wildfl ower Cafe. He was courteous, generous, Policies to deal with sexual harassment have be- man’s butt without his prior approval. And oh, the respectable and therefore most welcome every sin- 18 • August 9, 2018 New Paltz Times gle time he visited the restaurant. I have not been in who donated at the entrance so we can pay our ex- and rear, and minimizing the overall creation of new touch with him for 20 years except to read his horo- penses. impervious surfaces so that a substantial forested scopes on very rare occasions. I do not even know We do have some hard data to share with you; un- buff er can be preserved along the Thruway. why I feel compelled to speak up for him except for fortunately we brought in $4,000 less at the gate this The proposed Gateway zoning amendments my understanding that I am myself a respectable yet year than last year. Right now we are struggling with would require a tree survey be completed on pre- imperfect woman in an imperfect universe. No sin- the fact that we may not be able to pay our bills. viously undeveloped sites and places limitations on ner deserves to be smashed by boulders as has been We are also struggling with the reality that in the clearing and grading to protect mature trees and done to Eric Francis of Planet Waves. future we also need more help to make the festival maintain existing topography. Tree surveys enable Gabriela Mayr happen again. We need more committee members the Planning Board to fulfi ll the spirit of the Town New Paltz to take ownership of the following positions or next Tree Conservation Law (Chapter 130) and can ide- year’s festival is in jeopardy: ally be used early in the planning process to inform Volunteers needed Music committee secretary, publicity, stage man- site design, including preservation of forest areas for ager training and recruitment, hospitality clean up, environmental and aesthetic benefi ts and identifi ca- The Village of New Paltz is seeking volunteers stage tear down, post fest clean up crew, ad and tion of existing mature trees that can be integrated for the following boards, committees, councils and sponsorship sales, program editor. to the landscaping plan. Throughout the SEQR pro- commissions: We will be having a meeting in November to solid- cess, forest cover on the proposed CVS site was char- The Aff ordable Housing Board ify these new committee chairs; this meeting will be acterized as marginal. While the forest is indeed sec- • Vacancies: One seat announced on social media and through other chan- ondary growth and of limited size, it still provides • Purpose: To promote identifi cation, construc- nels. Again, if we cannot fi ll these positions, we will important benefi ts to New Paltz -- most notably as a tion, and continued availability and access to aff ord- not be able to have a festival next year. buff er to noise and air pollution from the Thruway. able housing. Sorry to bring you down after such a great festival The buff ering value of the forest was clearly ob- but we need help, and we need people to step up served during a recent site visit. As you traverse the The Bicycle-Pedestrian Committee and join us in the room where it happens. property from North Putt Corners Road, noise from • Vacancies: Three village-resident seats Let’s Keep Rocking! the Thruway rises from barely audible to extreme- • Purpose: A joint village-town committee that Carrie Wykoff , Street Festival Co-Chair ly loud. The current site plan would result in near promotes safe and accessible bicycle and pedestrian Rosendale complete removal of all vegetation along the site’s routes in the village and town. eastern boundary with the Thruway, with the excep- Remembering my ship tion of a few trees at most, in addition to major fi lling The Environmental Policy Board and grading. The proposed Gateway zoning amend- • Vacancies: One full member and one alternate On April 7, I remembered the most traumatic day ments would require a 30-foot vegetated buff er from • Purpose: Works on conservation and sustainabil- of my life. It was WW2, and my ship was escorting the NYS Thruway. The EnCB encourages the Plan- ity initiatives and has the ability to infl uence policy a battleship off the island of Okinawa in the Pacifi c ning Board to work with the applicant to preserve a and local laws. Ocean. It was a sunny morning, when a Japanese ka- 65-foot vegetated buff er or wider along the Thruway mikaze plane smashed into my destroyer escort and to reduce noise and air particulate pollution impacts The Landlord-Tenant Relations Council my ship was on fi re and losing power. and avoid creating a Five Guys building site totally • Vacancies: One tenant seat, one landlord seat, In past years since that trauma, I would call my exposed to adjacent highway traffi c. and alternates for a landlord and a tenant fellow offi cers and gunnery mates to weep and pray A massive quantity of fi ll is currently proposed in • Purpose: To advise, counsel, mediate problems and reminisce about our shared memories and lost order to bring part of the site near to road grade. and disputes, and to improve relations between shipmates. Now it is, to my knowledge, only me sur- This will result in several months of continuous landlords and tenants. viving. I was 21 years old then and the truth was I truck traffi c through this congested intersection. Ac- was scared to death. My fi rst instinct was to jump cording to town engineer Rebecca Minas, reducing The Planning Board overboard and save my skin. But I didn’t. Nobody the proposed site elevation by three feet is feasible • Vacancies: Two full member seats else did either. and would reduce this truck transportation by 840 • Purpose: Reviews land use issues that pertain to We screwed up our courage and went to work to trips. EnCB recommends pursuing this option with Village of New Paltz Code including proposed Site save DE 184, our ship, and our home and our coun- the applicant. Plan Reviews, Special Use Permits and Subdivisions try. Improbably, in that crisis, the captain directed The EnCB continues to have many additional se- as well as general planning and zoning throughout me to administer morphine to the hurt and dying rious concerns about this project, in particular re- the village. sailors and comfort the wounded lying in rows on garding traffi c impacts at the Route 299-Putt Corners the fantail. At the end of that day, we had somehow intersection. A full version of this letter outlining ad- The Shade Tree Commission saved the broken ship, put out the fi re and limped to ditional recommendations can be found on the Plan- • Vacancies: Two seats (the commission’s chair po- port for repairs . ning Board website. sition is also currently vacant) I think that America is at that point today. All our Ingrid Haeckel, Chair • Purpose: To keep our community both green values and institutions are under attack, from afar, Town of New Paltz Environmental and safe by ensuring that we remain a Tree City and and more ominously, at home. In WW2 there was Conservation Board processing tree removal applications. no question what was at stake and who would win in the end. Today, I am not sure. Municipal fi nance puzzles The Zoning Board of Appeals But the choice is similar: we can choose to ‘jump • Vacancies: 1 alternate seat ship’ by disappearing into our individual self-serving One aspect that I truly enjoy about this job as may- • Purpose: Reviews land use issues that pertain to apathy, or we can screw up our courage and make or involves trying to solve municipal fi nance puzzles Village of New Paltz Code including proposed varia- a steady commitment to join with our neighbors to to help our board make informed decisions. How tions from zoning and appeals of decisions made by save the ship. This is a war that will not be won eas- revenue is distributed from mortgage tax fees was the Building Inspector. ily. It is war of love versus hate, freedom versus cha- something I reviewed recently that was previously os, hope versus despair. It is a struggle to preserve unfamiliar. The Village of New Paltz operates under a model the soul of the greatest democracy on earth. New York State imposes a tax to record a mort- in which its residents are empowered to manage We are now at General Quarters. Every caring gage on real property to document transactions. The many important functions of the government and American must man the battle station in this strug- mortgage tax fee is 0.75% of a mortgage’s value. The advise the mayor and village board. gle, which may very well determine the future of this fee is collected and paid to NYS and local municipali- Each of these entities meets once per month, ex- republic and our grandchildren. ties. Here in New Paltz, the state receives 0.25% and cept for the Planning Board, which meets twice per Al Vorspan the Town 0.50%. month. No special background or training is required New Paltz The village’s share of proceeds -- from the town’s to join these citizen-led commissions and boards! 0.50% -- has amounted to about $74,000 annually To get involved, please send a brief letter of in- Serious concerns about during the last four years. At this amount for the vil- terest to the Clerk’s Offi ce: assistant@villageofnew- the Trans-Hudson/CVS site plan lage, the town outside the village’s share should av- paltz.org and [email protected] erage $211,000 since we split proceeds per assessed Ariana Basco, Assistant to the Mayor/Village This letter summarizes comments submitted on values across all of New Paltz. That split works out Board, Deputy Clerk July 30 to the Town of New Paltz Planning Board to 26% of the assessed value in the village with the New Paltz by the Town Environmental Conservation Board remaining 74% in the town outside the village. (EnCB) for consideration during review of the Trans- At fi rst glance, I guessed that the village may be Rosendale Street Festival needs Hudson/CVS site plan. getting shortchanged. I was concerned that the ac- your help to keep going The proposed zoning amendments of the Route tual amount of mortgage tax generated by individual 299 Gateway Committee are still under review by village transactions could be greater than merely us- We are deeply grateful to all that helped make this the Town Board and we anticipate their adoption ing the assessed value of 26%. year’s Rosendale Street Festival so wonderful! There with some possible amendments in the near future. A review of individual transactions during the last are too many people to name here, but we are ever Given the community’s considerable investment in 2.5 years (October 2015 through March 2018) shows thankful to the committee who volunteers all year, reevaluating and planning for the future of this area there were variations where sometimes village prop- all the performers, the sound engineers, the secu- and the strong expression of community vision that erties contributed more, and less, than 26%. For rity, the greeters, the people who set up and broke emerged from the process, we believe that every ef- example, the village’s share ranged from 11% to 34% down, the Town of Rosendale, those who were ven- fort should be made to bring this project into fi tting over the 2.5 year period. However, for the entire pe- dors, our amazing ice and recycling crew, those who with the proposed Gateway zoning amendments. riod, the fi gure smoothed out and averaged 24%. bought ads and especially those who sponsored, and The EnCB’s primary recommendation for this site is During the review I also learned that Ulster Coun- especially the stage sponsors Liggan Insurance and to cluster new buildings along the corner of Route ty is unique in that it is one of nine NYS counties (out Kimlin Propane. We are also grateful for those of you 299 and North Putt, moving parking areas to the side of the state’s 62) that does not levy an additional New Paltz Times AugustJune 14, 9, 20122018 •• 19

Personally speaking Amelia Pape: Outsider artist?

T WAS KIND of a surprise. The young woman waiting on me from behind The Bakery counter in New Paltz said, "Hey, I'm having a show at I Bacchus...my fi rst one...some paintings...nothing big...in the pool hall." I went. And was thrilled by the six or seven paintings (and drawings) there. The work turned out to be not just some "student work" (nothing wrong with that, the term is not used in a derogatory manner, just meaning ill-defi ned, ran- dom, work that shows its obvious infl uences), but work that had an already developed "style," a vision if you will, and that struck me as very original. I'm reluctant to consider the now-25-year-old Amelia Pape (the show at Bacchus was two years ago) an "outsider" artist. Sure she fi ts the criteria: untrained, visionary work, but where the defi nition doesn't quite fi t is her sophisticated use of color and her wonderful quality of drawing. Like a hand-to-a- glove, the marriage of the two was/is (she's still working) profound... (I want to add: "for one so young," but that sounds condescending, and Pape's work is anything but age related). She grew up on Long Island. Moved here a couple years ago. Got that job at The Bakery and a couple months ago took over as manager. "I drew all the time, but I was terrifi ed to paint," says Pape refl ect- ing back on her childhood in a town on the ocean. "I always romanticized what I was looking at, how I saw things, an observer not a participant, looking at life from the outside, like science would, like fi lm strips, and my drawing accentuated that." RICH COROZINE It was light she was after, the how to catch it or Amelia Pape. dramatize it. "I pushed my drawing as far as it would go to catch that light, but realized I needed to go to color to do it." Untrained, outside of some under- cash, so I could get good supplies and start to put into something instead of just "seeing" it as it was. funded high school art classes -- "There were no real down what I saw, not necessarily what was in my Infusing each piece with a dramatic light to go with materials and no real education in the arts" -- Pape head." Not interested in college, Pape carried on, her always available sharp drawing sense. It certain- wanted (needed) to experiment, to "bridge a gap obsessed with detail (and that light), turned to what ly gave me (your objective/subjective viewer -- and with charcoal to paint. But I feared falling on my she calls "hyper-realism," where she could perfect an fellow painter) a sense that this was a very sweet face. That I didn't know 'how' to do it, didn't under- idea (things, scenes), but still make them very per- (and powerful) vision of not only what is (to Pape), stand the possibilities with color." Observation did sonal. "It's a Romantic vision. There was no way out but (and here I'll bring up her youth...) what can "be- fi nally bridge that gap. "I looked at the glow of street- of expressing real emotion with people outside of come" (in the Buddhist sense of becoming: a never- lights and watched a lot of color movies, realizing art, a lushness, a longing, to know more about the ending search for meaning). that intense color and light were possible to achieve people that I paint in my work. Seeing the moments "I'm always taking in and sorting out," says Pape. if I just would let it go." of that person's world thrills me." "Impulses...to keep painting those moments that I So, escaping family drama on Long island and The show at Bacchus realized this. But more, see in other people. To understand them in a way, moving to New Paltz, gave her the impetus to "let it Pape's work veered away from "hyper-realism," us- what I'm seeing and then interpreting them." go". "Things were cheaper, I had a job, a little extra ing strange angles, unnatural color, an idea of seeing -- Rich Corozine

mortgage tax surcharge. New York City, Yonkers, despite the new administration’s denial, shouldn’t down? Please explain. and these other counties impose additional sur- we be demanding action today? 2. Do you consider Mr. Trump’s tweet a form of charges. Sullivan, Dutchess and Greene counties are Let’s not be caught sleeping again. Isn’t it our re- obstruction of justice? Please explain. among those locally that add an additional county sponsibility to wake up our representatives? Let’s do 3. Mr. Trump has made no secret of his anger to- surcharge. our part in the upcoming fall elections. Don’t press wards Attorney General Sessions for having recused Mayor Tim Rogers the “snooze” button! himself from the Mueller investigation. Thus, Attor- New Paltz Dan and Ann Guenther ney General Sessions has no power to shut down the New Paltz investigation. Choose from the following to explain Slumber party why Mr. Trump has asked for something that is le- Five more questions for John Faso gally impossible: A lengthy article in the New York Times Magazine a. The President is ignorant of the law. last week by Nathanial Rich chronicled all of the Below, please fi nd fi ve questions for Congressman b. The President is throwing red meat at his “base” missed opportunities we had in the 1980s. While we John Faso to address at his next telephone “open to incite their disrespect of the law. were sleeping, there was suffi cient bipartisan sup- house” or even via a letter to this paper. c. The President sent his tweet at the start of the port to deal with climate change. 1. On August 1, President Trump tweeted that Paul Manafort trial. The jury is not sequestered. Mr. This week, as Athens was burning, Japan reached Attorney General Sessions should shut down the Trump is attempting to taint the jury’s deliberations. its all-time-record of 109 degrees F, Lisbon reached Mueller investigation because it is a “witch hunt.” d. All of the above are plausible. 110 and California and the Southwest were in triple The ongoing Mueller investigation has resulted in 4. Mr. Trump has repeatedly called the Press “the digits, as scores of houses were destroyed by fi re. at least 20 indictments, with a likelihood of more. enemy of the people.” Do you agree with this state- Studies have already shown how climate change For comparison, the Republican-sponsored special ment? Why or why not? would create such dire economic and physical rami- prosecutor’s investigation of Bill Clinton, led primar- 5. Kindly read the following six assertions about fi cations, both present and future. ily by Ken Starr, lasted fi ve years, and resulted in NO Mr. Trump’s private Helsinki meeting with Russia’s Clearly there have been missed opportunities over indictments and one failed impeachment. Do you President Vladimir Putin and choose the best an- the last few decades to reversing climate change. And agree that the Mueller investigation should be shut swer: 20 • August 9, 2018 New Paltz Times

history of the demolition of the main Kingston post It’s the economy offi ce in 1969, were the speakers at this fi rst-Thurs- day session sponsored by the Midtown Arts District (MAD) and Mid-Hudson Arts, the regional service organization for local artists. The articulate Lyght, a maker of abstract composi- Still listening tions in many materials and owner of a Ponckhockie converted barn, told his audience at the Beverly that he works very slowly. “You wait for the material to show you what to do,” he said. It seems that the materials communicate with him regularly. He’s created a lot of art. “I have enough work in my studio to put on 15 shows,” the 69-year-old artist confi ded. His 2016 exhibition at the Samuel Dorsky Museum in New Paltz was widely praised. By what has become a standard defi nition these days of “neighbors getting together to learn something, do something, share something,” the Beverly Lounge event could be considered a meetup. But it was a meetup quite diff erent in character from the Hudson Valley Tech Meetup sessions taking place Wednesday evenings this summer at the Senate Garage. This Wednesday’s talk in that series was scheduled to be Dennis Crowley, co-founder of Four- square, a widely used search-and-discovery service mobile app, and chairman of the Kingston Stockade Football Club. Creatives and techies inhabit overlapping neigh- borhoods in the same universe. Though the cultures have much in common, you won’t see much ex- changing of business cards at the arts meetup, and you won’t see too many full hugs at the tech meetup. The all-volunteer MAD leaders devote an enormous time to their community organizing. Why? “We really like each other,” explained Anne Bailey at GLORIA WASLYN a recent meeting at a new coff ee house on Railroad Lisa Barnard Kelley and Ione with Pauline Oliveros’ conch shell. Avenue. “We are committed.” Pause. “We should be committed.”

“This is a wonderful event on a sad occasion,” Face south. The ritual continued. Listening to- Taken together, the creatives and the techies said Ward Mintz, head of the Kingston Arts Commis- gether, the hearers noted how traffi c fl uctuated as account for at least one in every seven jobs in New sion, to a gathering of about 50 people late last Fri- the Broadway traffi c lights changed. They chuckled York City. Since both at the time of last measurement day afternoon on a tented lot in midtown Kingston at an impatient car horn, and heard other ambient were growing rapidly in terms of employment, this on the south side of Broadway near the corner of sounds. Kelley played another series of sounds. estimate is likely on the conservative side. Henry Street. “Pauline was a hero to many people. Face west. More conch sounds. Face north. An- In 2013, the Center for an Urban Future found I adored Pauline.” other message from Pauline’s conch shell. 295,755 people employed in the New York City cre- “She ventured into areas of the arts where no one Now face the center. The assembly turned inward, ative sector (advertising, publishing, architecture, had been before,” said Kingston mayor Steve Noble. looking at each other as part of the shared experi- design, music, fi lm and television, visual arts, per- “Pauline pushed into the community. There’s always ence. “We off er and receive blessing at the center,” forming arts, and independent artists), up 35,000 the energy here.” intoned Ione. People looked and listened. from a decade before. Executive director Jonathan The group gathered around a plaque at Deep Lis- After the ceremony, there was a walk down Cor- Bowles told me that the study, Creative New York, tening Plaza with Pauline Oliveros’ picture and a few nell Street to Bruyn Avenue for a three-hour blast of hasn’t been refreshed since. words about the composer and performer, a major community energy at the fourth annual Celebration State comptroller Tom DiNapoli reported in Sep- fi gure during her lifetime in the development of of the Arts presented by the Midtown Arts District tember 2017 that New York State’s tech sector had world music. A longtime resident who died in No- (MAD) and curated by Peter Wetzler. The city was added 57,000 jobs since the last recession, 80 per- vember 2016, Oliveros headed the Kingston-based committed to the arts, said mayor Noble, both as an cent of which were in New York City. In 2016 New Deep Listening Institute. economic engine and to bring people together. York City had 128,600 jobs in the tech sector, he Pauline was a professor of sound and its comple- It was as diverse a crowd as one could fi nd in Ulster said, plus another 111,500 tech jobs in non-tech sec- ment, silence. She wanted people to listen. “Still County. The music of POOK and the vigorous danc- tors (such as Wall Street), making a total of 240,100 listening,” say the words at the top of the plaque. ing and choreography of the youthful Energy Dance jobs in the larger tech community. Listening will never die as long as the human race Company set a standard for vitality. Standing at the With 536,000 and possibly more people working exists. microphone with the physical energy still crackling as creative and techies in New York City and the Big “She’s smiling and with us, and listening, included from the dance performance, organizer Anne Bailey Apple close to a’burstin’, communities in the periph- in all the universes but particularly here,” said Ione, spoke for MAD with pride in her voice, “Welcome to ery of the New York metropolitan area cannot spend high priestess and artistic director of the Deep Lis- the neighborhood. This is Midtown.” enough time contemplating the role of these two tening Institute and life partner of Pauline Oliveros. sectors in their own futures. “Listening.” “Life and art are one,” Andrew Lyght told a Here’s an idea. Why don’t the two meetups meet Face to the east, Ione instructed. The group faced back-room audience of about 40 artists gathered at up? Neighbors getting together to learn something, across Broadway and partially toward Cornell Street. the Beverly Lounge on Foxhall Avenue in midtown do something, share something. Perhaps Kelley can Lisa Kelley blew some notes from Pauline’s conch Kingston early last Thursday evening. Lyght and Ste- play Pauline’s conch shell: Still listening. shell. phen Blauweiss, who is doing a book centered on the -- Geddy Sveikauskas

a. Mr. Trump praised Mr. Putin’s “great strength” race to unseat Mr. Faso in this November’s election. fi cer in the C.I.A., I saw Russian intelligence manipu- and accepted at face value Mr. Putin’s statement Let’s take our government back. late many people. I never thought I would see the day that Russia did not meddle in our election. Mr. Putin Let’s make America again. when an American president would be one of them. smirked when Mr. Trump made the latter statement. William Weinstein The president’s failure to defend the United States b. Mr. Putin is a demonstrated murderer, and also New Paltz intelligence community’s unanimous conclusions of one of the world’s wealthiest men thanks to his sys- Russian meddling in the 2016 election and condemn tematic looting of the wealth of his country. Will Faso take a stand on Trump? Russian covert counterinfl uence campaigns and his c. Eight U.S. intelligence agencies agree that Rus- standing idle on the world stage while a Russian dicta- sia interfered with our 2016 election, despite Mr. In his weekly newsletter, Republican Congress- tor spouted lies and confused many and should con- Trump’s embrace of Mr. Putin’s denial. man John Faso off ered a link to a New York Times cern all Americans. By playing into Vladimir Putin’s d. Mr. Trump came out of the Helsinki meeting op-ed piece by his fellow representative, Republi- hands, the leader of the free world actively partici- looking like Mr. Putin’s lapdog. can Will Hurd of Texas, about Congress’ response to pated in a Russian disinformation campaign that legiti- e. Assertions A through D are fake news. “Putin’s Russia.” Faso followed with this comment: mized Russian denial and weakened the credibility of f. Assertions A through D are all true. “I totally agree.” the United States to both our friends and foes abroad. While it would be important to learn Mr. Faso’s He totally agreed. He must agree, then, with Hurd goes on to suggest that “lawmakers must fulfi ll responses to these questions, it is more important Hurd’s lead paragraphs: our oversight duty as well as keep the American people for all voters to join in supporting Antonio Delgado’s Over the course of my career as an undercover of- informed of the current danger” -- by implication, be- New Paltz Times AugustJune 14, 9, 20122018 •• 21 cause Trump has not. Faso, then, must agree. wet. and hope hurtling beyond reach; with every child Or does he? Faso’s public pronouncements of- Later, I asked the workmen, “Have any of you facing a dire future rapidly spinning into a dystopian ten conjure the image of the Greek god Janus, often been to Nam?” present -- it will be hard not to see that failure as an depicted with two faces, one facing east, one west. “No”, was their reply. unforgivable act of omission. Faso, a self-proclaimed “moderate,” often wants to “This mud and water is just like it was in Nam dur- Tom Cherwin have it both ways. ing the six months of monsoons. It’s perfect, if you Saugerties Will his constituents hear Rep. Faso take a clear want to feel like what it was like there. I say if some- stand, in his own words? Does he believe Donald one won’t walk up to the walk in this, they shouldn’t Towards a clean transportation Trump is a danger to America? Does he trust Trump have come here to begin with.” future to defend our country’s interests? “The pump’s not my idea, it’s the guys running Tom Denton this show.” In New York and across the country, our depen- Highland Seeing his face fl ash red, I said, “Sorry man, I don’t dence on gasoline is our primary contribution to mean to direct my anger at you. I know you’re just climate change. Tailpipe pollution from cars, trucks Excited to support Juan Figueroa doing your job, like I did mine.” and buses is a major burden on our public health, What I didn’t say was, I’d just ran my fi ngers over and almost all of the money we spend on gasoline I am surprised to fi nd myself excited about a can- Henry Schulte’s name, a kid I hadn’t seen since high leaves the region. Electric vehicles are getting cheap- didate for sheriff . I don’t usually pay much attention school. When I got home from Nam, I found out he er and sales are on the rise, but the Trump admin- to that election, until now. was dead. I’d also located the fi rst man in my squad- istration’s recently proposed clean car rollbacks Juan Figueroa off ers us an exciting opportunity to ron who was killed, Julian Escebedo, a crew chief threaten to undermine that progress. If we want to change the face of law enforcement in Ulster County. shot down in a one of our choppers that I’d been see forward-looking policy on transportation, we’ll He truly believes that law enforcement and the com- working on. So what’s was the big deal about getting need states to lead the way. munity need to work as a team. Among his priorities your feet wet for someone who off ered their life for While transportation emissions have been stub- is to revise the response to the opioid epidemic. His you to stand in dry shoes? born, New York and the rest of the states in the Re- plan starts with education and treatment, working Larry Winters gional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) have pio- with the medical community and families. New Paltz neered a policy tool for reducing emissions from the The job of sheriff demands relevant experience electric sector: charge power plant owners for the and luckily for us, Juan has it. His active service in Congressman Faso, you are one cost of their pollution and use the resulting revenue the Marines was followed by decades in the Marine slick operator! to invest in clean energy and energy effi ciency pro- Reserves. He retired from the NY State Police after 25 grams, creating local jobs and reducing energy bills. years as a trooper and investigator. If the November 6 ballot contained only Delgado That model has proven that we don’t have to choose Problems have plagued the current sheriff . I op- and the Green Party candidate, you would NOT be between the environment and the economy -- with pose his views on gun laws and immigration. calling for a debate but rather employing what you smart policy, we can make our air cleaner and our Democratic voters can choose Juan Figueroa in do best, “run for cover.” economy stronger. the September 13 primary. The Ulster County Demo- But enter three “spoilers” (whom it wouldn’t sur- A similar program for the transportation sector cratic Committee overwhelmingly endorsed him be- prise me to fi nd out down the road, were actually could generate around $1 billion each year for New cause it is time for a new sheriff , and Juan Figueroa “Republican operatives”) and you, Mr. Faso see it as York State, its cities and towns to invest in transpor- is the right person for the job. your chance to “divide the liberal vote and conquer.” tation improvements. In New Paltz, that could pay Kathy Gordon Real slick, especially since you still have oil on you for new and wider bike lanes, the installation of Saugerties from your rap music/he’s not one of us campaign more electric vehicle charging stations and expan- against Delgado. sion of UCAT service. Susie says summer saturation It grieves me to have to say that you might have New York and other states in the region are now saddens learned these tactics growing up in New York City working together to develop policies to reduce pol- …but for your information, we don’t act that way in lution and improve transportation options. They’ve Having just passed the halfway mark of summer, the mid-Hudson Valley. held listening sessions across the region, from Bos- it’s feeling like were living in the tropical zones Susan Puretz ton to Baltimore, and New Paltz is next on the list. where daily showers are a threat and frequently Saugerties This Monday, August 13, New York State agencies happen. After some touch-and-go weather once we (DEC, DOT and NYSERDA) will be hosting a public felt safe from snowfalls that wouldn’t seem to quit, Scars that never heal listening session at the SUNY New Paltz Student we started to embark into some welcomed warmer Union from 1-4 p.m. to discuss these issues, and they weather. Our month of June, traditionally a temper- None of us exit childhood without scars, but with want to hear from you. If you would like to see New ate time for everything, met with some really high work, love and luck many of us someday enter into York move forward with policies to advance a clean, temperatures before settling down to more pleasant healing processes that allow us to lead relatively modern, more accessible transportation system -- or days. Now the daily forecast of rain gives us some- healthy, helpful and happy lives and to do no harm, if you’re just curious to learn more -- register for the thing else to complain about. In spite of our com- or as little as possible, to our equally scarred com- event and join the conversation! plaining (and yes, rain was sorely needed) we still panions on Earth. Jordan Stutt, Carbon Programs Director have to be diligent about the usual summer annoy- The separation of a child from her parent, howev- Acadia Center ances: 1. reactions to excessive heat (when we have er, leaves scars that may never heal, and so we worry Boston it), 2. insects: (bees, mosquitoes and ticks) and 3. about immigrant children and about how their forc- complications from hot sun (see #1). Based on all of ible, sudden and prolonged isolation from their par- We’d better think twice that, the usual safeguards should be heeded: in the ents will mold them into the adults they become, hot sun, use sunscreen, avoid the hottest hours of and how these traumatized adults will in turn treat “You kill them.” This was the shocking response the day, wear protective head gear, stay hydrated; the partners, off spring, friends, acquaintances and I received from a college acquaintance, when (af- insects are everywhere-check yourself and your pets societies with whom they engage. ter expressing my disappointment and disgust with for ticks or signs of bites, eliminate standing water A second group of children deserve our worry as Nixon supporters following Nixon’s victory over to avoid breeding mosquitoes. Be prepared always if well: the children of Trump believers, and in par- McGovern in 1972), I asked him what is to be done bees are a health risk. ticular those devout enough to drag their kids to his with “such people.” Thinking that he must be jok- To enjoy summery days when they occur,take revivals. ing, I was appalled to learn he was not; because, as advantage of programs off ered locally. The Town YouTube off ers a far less vulnerable viewing spot he explained, such extreme actions might be nec- of New Paltz has a bus trip scheduled to Vanderbilt than these parents aff ord their children, yet even at essary, temporarily, in order to achieve the goal of Mansion on August 15 to hear the West Point Band. my safe distance the images shake me; and I shud- a just society “the revolution” promised. Although The Community Center off ers a variety of classes, der at the denunciations and threats fi red off by the this view was certainly a minority one, the fact that including art and various exercises and groups who Divider and echoed by his devotee -- if not nearly anyone could fi nd it palatable caused me to temper gather for games. The Thursday lunch program is as deafeningly, or persuasively, in my ears as in the my rhetoric in future discussions of that presiden- still off ered by the County Offi ce for the Aging. The ears of the children, who, just like their immigrant tial election. (I also crossed this acquaintance off the last fi lm at the Field of Dreams on August 18 will fea- counterparts, cling to and rely on, listen to and learn list of people I would ask any serious questions in ture a display of British sport cars and an animated from their parents. the future.) With this in view, since the rhetoric (call- fi lm called Cars. Other events around town include The child at the rally is luckier than the child at ing them Nazis and traitors) by pundits and Trump free concerts and movies. (Elting Memorial Library, the border: He has a parent’s hand to cling to. But he opponents is becoming more infl amed and toxic Water Street Market.) Enjoy what you can now, be- feels that hand gnarling into a fi st, and imprints the towards Trump and his supporters; surely it is time fore we fi nd ourselves stepping into another season. itch to swing that fi st and his dad’s expectation that to consider the eff ect such rhetoric is having upon Ooh, gotta go -- there might be a rainbow outside when the time comes he, the dutiful son, will swing impressionable minds and the implications it holds right now. a fi st, too, against the same enemies, and probably for American society. Otherwise, “Patriots” from the Susie Senior against a few other enemies of the day as well. Left and Right, might actually be willing to entertain New Paltz Then, of course, there’s a third group of children the notion that it’s quite all right to think that the to worry about -- our own. best way to deal with “such people,” temporarily, is What’s the big deal Those who put the world and its children in harm’s to “kill them.” (After all, Nazis were pretty mean and about getting your feet wet? way for this president are guilty of sins of commis- nobody likes a traitor. Moreover, the French used sion. Maybe these people had it harder than most, guillotines and Stalin, diff erent forms of murder, to Today, I stood in ankle-deep water in front of the and their scars never healed, or haven’t yet, and we deal with problem people during their revolutions traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall in Newburgh. I should forgive them. And maybe not. for “just societies.”) And we’d better think twice if watched as workmen put a sump pump in a puddle, But one thing seems clear: If any of the rest of us we think that’s all right. so people could walk up to the wall without getting fail to vote this year -- with the House within reach (To be sung to the tune of “Don’t think twice it’s 22 • August 9, 2018 New Paltz Times all right”) Legals You’re still wonder’n how Trump...got elected 18 cess against it may process to the LLC, but you should really know...by now Offi ce Location: Ul- be served. SSNY 48 Bellevue Rd, High- after eight years of Obama you...should’a suspected ster County. SSNY shall mail a copy of land, NY 12528. 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fi scal aff airs of the of the General Mu- JOAN F. BYERS Gardiner Fire Dis- nicipal Law by August trict for the period 20, 2018, the Board Joan F. Byers, age 76, of New Paltz, NY, died Thursday, August 2, 2018 at the New Paltz Care Center in New Paltz. She was born beginning January of Fire Commission- December 10, 1941 in New York City, the daughter of the late Finlay F. and Elizabeth M. (Gibson) Morrison. Joan was predeceased by her husband, Richard L. Byers, on April 12, 1997. 1, 2017 and ending ers of the Gardiner December 31, 2017 Fire District may pre- She was employed as a teacher with the New York State Department of Corrections at the Shawangunk Correctional Facility until her retirement in 2005. have been examined pare a written cor- by RBT CPA’s ,LLP, rective action plan Joan loved doing artwork, especially drawing and painting. She worked with water colors and pastels. She also enjoyed reading and and the audit and the in response to any writing memories and life stories. She belonged to several local book clubs and writing clubs. She also loved to travel. management letter fi ndings contained She is survived by one son: Richard W. Byers (Lorie) of New Paltz, NY; two grandchildren, Richard K. and Elizabeth G. Byers, both prepared in conjunc- in the management of New Paltz; her brother, Kenneth F. Morrison of Rancho Mirage, CA; and many cousins in Scotland, England and Long Island. tion with the external letter by RBT CPA’s Visitation was held on Sunday, August 5, 2018 from 4 – 7 pm at Copeland Funeral Home, 162 South Putt Corners Road, New Paltz, audit by RBT CPA’s , LLP and fi le any such NY. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Monday, August 6, 2018 at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Church, 34 South Chestnut LLP have been fi led in response in the offi ce Street, New Paltz, followed by burial at St. Charles Cemetery, Gardiner. the offi ce of the Sec- of the Secretary of the Copeland Funeral Home was honored to assist the family with the arrangements. Online condolences may be left for the family of retary of the Gardiner Gardiner Fire District Joan by visiting www.copelandfhnp.com Fire District where it as a public record for is available as a public inspection by all in- record for the inspec- terested persons. tion by all interested Cheryl Oakley Secre- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHY persons. Pursuant tary to section thirty-fi ve Gardiner Fire District Michael Thomas Murphy passed away in the early morning hours of Tues- day, July 3rd, 2018. He was born on November 21, 1944 in Washington, D.C. and was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Dominic Murphy and Bernice Irene Murphy, two brothers, Donald and Patrick, and one Vernon (Vern) L. Palmateer sister, Anna May. He is survived by his daughter-in-law Abigail, his loving Join us for a tribute to a fine and wonderful man granddaughter Isabel Jean, and his son Matt, all of Macau, and his sister who went to Heaven in Glory on July 1, 2018. Julia Puleo of Pebble Beach, California. He is also survived by another son, On Saturday, Sept. 16 at 10:30am (subject to Benjamin Thomas Murphy of Scottsdale, Arizona, and numerous nephews change), I’m having a gathering of dear friends, and nieces. A note of appreciation and thanks is given to Michael’s former family, customers of 43 years, and his wife of wife, Gillian Murphy of Cornwall, England, for her support and assistance 47 years at the upper room at Ruslyn Nursery on Mountain Rest Rd., New Paltz. Light with Michael over the last two years. refreshments will be served while we share a few Although Michael’s family already misses him greatly, they are happy to have shared great experiences memorable and heart-warming stories. with him over the years and hope to be reunited with him someday. These moments include going Vern was a true gentleman and is greatly missed. to the races at Pimlico and Bowie to watch the horses, one of Michael’s favorite pastimes, summers I know he will enjoy the gathering and tribute to him. in Annapolis, visits with Aunt Julia at Mohonk Mountain House in upstate New York, Matt’s gradu- ations from William and Mary and the University of Virginia, and Christmases in Lake Tahoe. All Sincerely, Barbara Palmateer these memories were made meaningful due to Michael’s astute mind, wicked sense of humor, and ability to engage others in conversation, all of which served him well in his chosen sales profession in the Washington D.C. area and upstate New York. In commemoration of Michael, the family respectfully asks that contributions be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, a charity which Michael supported for its work in improving the lives of children and their future.

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