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February 22, 2019 161 Main St., Cold Spring, N.Y. | highlandscurrent.org New Member for Centenarian Club Longtime Beacon resident looks back on his 100 years

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Phil Mattracion, a longtime Beacon resident, turned 100 on Dec. 22. Photos by Meredith Heuer Struggling with Motherhood

By Jeff Simms he raised his family in the city, which by filmmaker Ana Joanes, also a Beacon res- then was a thriving industrial hub. What happens when a ident, Montleon’s many childhood trau- alvatore “Phil” Mattracion claims Mattracion became a centenarian on mas crash to the shore, impeding her re- he’s lived “kind of a dull life.” But Dec. 22, celebrating with a party at the Me- mom can’t connect? lationship with her sons and her husband. S once he starts talking about his 100 morial Building on Main Street. His 90th The project began differently. Joanes years, that’s hard to believe. birthday party was held at the Southern By Alison Rooney had already made two documentaries Growing up just outside Beacon, Mat- Dutchess bowling alley on Route 52 (since (Generation Meds, about mental illness, tracion first came to the city on an 8-cent closed). He lives now with his daughter, very parent has bad days. For Kim and Fresh, about the American food sys- train ride from the hamlet of Chelsea. At Mary Ann, in Wappingers Falls, and looks Montleon, a Beacon mother of two tem) but had a baby and a toddler and 13, following the death of his stepfather, he in excellent health, of sound mind and E who is at the center of a documen- was feeling frustrated with her parenting and his family moved to Beacon looking for body, with stories aplenty. tary called Wrestling Ghosts, just about skills. “I had no younger siblings, never did work. And after Mattracion returned from every day was bad. baby-sitting, so it was all new,” she recalls. (Continued on Page 14) his Navy service in World War II at age 26, In the film, directed and produced by (Continued on Page 17) Bracing for Langley: How We Impact Work with Feds Sheriff says partnership Feds rescind oil-train ‘opens your eyes’ braking regulations By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong By Brian PJ Cronin orking with federal agents on t was called the Fixing American issues such as immigration, Surface Transportation Act, or FAST. terrorism and human traffick- Signed into law in 2015, it was meant W I ing “really opens your eyes as to what’s to prevent accidents involving the lengthy going on in the community,” Putnam oil trains that travel past the Highlands County Sheriff Robert Langley told coun- along the west shore of the Hudson River. ty legislators last week. The name of the act is proving ironic, The sheriff, a Philipstown resident, as one of its central safety provisions briefed the Legislature’s Protective Ser- — requiring the trains to be installed vices Committee on Feb. 13 on his depart- with electronically controlled pneumatic ment’s relationship with the Department brakes so they can slow down in time to A locomotive pulling oil cars travels along the west side of the Hudson. Photo by Matt Kierstead (Continued on Page 6) (Continued on Page 8) 2 February 22, 2019 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org FIVE QUESTIONS: MEGAN BRIEF By Alison Rooney

egan Brief, who grew up in Gar- How did you get interested in the rison, has an ongoing field jour- natural world? By Michael Turton M nal on a platform created by Na- I grew up climbing trees, swimming in tional Geographic called Open Explorer. the Hudson and taking photos of insects Is there more See bit.ly/meganbrief. and birds. In the digital age, it’s easier for intelligent life out You started the field journal in people to disassociate from other species October. What was the goal? and cultures. I wanted to reimagine land- there in the universe? I wanted to shed light on how natural scapes where wildlife could thrive. spaces in the Hudson Valley are being com- Can tourism ever be beneficial? promised at the expense of tourism. Break- There has been a surge in “sustainable” neck, which is home to endemic species such tourism. Natural Habitat Adventures and Life is so well-designed it as timber rattlesnakes and Skink lizards, is the World Wildlife Federation, for exam- implies a designer from a microcosm for the potential damage that ple, provide carbon-neutral and conserva- beyond this planet. can be enacted on the environment on a tion-focused travel. That means that the global scale. We are able to measure how host communities benefit financially but wildlife responds to the continuous foot the stewardship helps them, too. traffic, noise and plastic pollution. Combat- You plan to continue at least ing environmental issues can be daunting through the spring. Then what? and difficult to grasp on a global scale. But I’ll be attending the Rhode Island this is a backyard exploration. School of Design in the fall for its master’s It’s called “Anthropocene on the program in nature, culture and sustain- Hudson.” What does that mean? ability. I may pursue photojournalism, or The word anthropocene has been sug- environmental education. I would love to gested to describe the modern era of human study the conflicts that result from poach- influence on the planet. That includes our ing, trading and overpopulation, and also effects on the climate, the landscapes and to write novels for students that focus on atmosphere, biological diversity and geology. conserving endangered species and the ~ Delvin Solkinson, importance of leading sustainable lives. Wappingers Falls Megan Brief on Breakneck Ridge Photo provided Absolutely. There is Limited editions something out there ReaLty, inc. greater than all of us. 10 Marion Ave., Suite 2, Cold Spring, New York 10516

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By Jeff Simms cell units on poles that are higher than 50 By Michael Turton feet, within 20 feet of a home or have equip- he Beacon City Council has amend- old Spring Mayor Dave Merandy ment less than 8 feet from the ground. ed the second of its two communi- said this week he plans to run for Tuesday’s ruling means that all other cations laws as it prepares for the re-election in the fall, and Depu- T (non-small-cell) wireless facilities now re- C potential influx of small-cell and other ty Mayor Marie Early and Trustee Fran quire a special-use permit, as well. Both wireless facilities. But the wireless com- Murphy also said they will run. The in- laws include a priority list of locations pany that appears to have Bea- cumbents are each seeking their third where wireless equipment can con on its radar won’t divulge term on the Village Board. Wireless be placed, with private proper- its plans for the city. Merandy was elected mayor in 2015, providers must ty and residential and historic The council last year passed defeating Barney Molloy by a wide mar- obtain a special- districts identified as the least regulations for small-cell facili- gin. He won again two years later, edging use permit from desirable. Whenever possible, ties, the low-powered radio an- out challenger Alison Anthoine in a race wireless facilities should be tennas expected to power the the council to that wasn’t finalized until the absentee attached to buildings or struc- forthcoming 5G network. On install small-cell ballots were counted. Dave Merandy File photo tures or use “stealth” designs, Tuesday (Feb. 19), the council units on poles Charles “Chuck” Hustis III, a former the city said. revised an older law, first ad- that are higher village trustee, said he “could not confirm trician review the service at the bandstand, Under federal law, munici- opted in 2002 to regulate radio than 50 feet, or deny” reports that he planned to chal- Mayor’s Park and McConville Park after an palities cannot regulate wire- towers and other technologies, lenge Merandy. informal inspection raised concerns. within 20 feet of less placement based on health to more closely align with the This is the first year that Cold Spring At its Jan. 25 workshop, the Planning a home or have concerns. more recent small-cell law. residents will vote in November during Board approved a reduction from five rooms equipment less A map submitted by Verizon There are three wireless ap- the general election. Past village elec- to four as part of the conversion of the than 8 feet from as part of its Howland Avenue plications pending in Beacon, all tions had been held in March but voters ground floor of the former Silver Spoon Cafe the ground. application shows three sites submitted by Verizon. The first approved the switch in 2016. into a hotel. The building’s second floor has “at various stages of develop- five rooms. The change was necessary, the two, both for small-cell units on ment” in addition to the locations already In other business … board said, to maintain a storefront. Beacon’s west side, will be reviewed by the being reviewed. The map is blurry and The village tax levy will increase by 2.7 Greg Phillips, superintendent of water Planning Board. The third, an application to includes almost no additional informa- percent, or about $44,000, in 2019-20, which and wastewater, reported that the New York install a 52-foot wooden utility pole on pri- tion, but the new sites appear to be near is within a state-imposed cap. The village City Department of Environmental Protec- vate property on Howland Avenue, will be Rombout Middle School, South Avenue accountant, Michelle Ascolillo, told the tion will begin work near the village on the considered by the council. Park and the intersection of Main Street board at its Feb. 19 meeting that a tentative Catskill Aqueduct this fall. The waterline Wireless providers must obtain a special- and North Brett. A Verizon representative budget must be prepared by March 20 and cuts across Nelsonville near Route 301 and use permit from the council to install small- would not comment on the plans. a balance sheet adopted by April 23. Budget provides an emergency backup to the Cold workshops will be held on March 5 and 12. Spring water supply. New York City requires The Cold Spring Police Department that the village abandon its connection to A MEMO TO RESIDENTS OF responded to 63 calls in January, and its the line during construction but will find a officers issued 44 parking and 14 traffic new spot to tie in for water emergencies. THE VILLAGE OF NELSONVILLE… tickets and made arrests for reckless en- Merandy was authorized to discuss a dangerment and contempt of court. Trust- Winter parking and snow removal regulations in the Village of Nelsonville: contract with Pitingaro and Doetsch En- ees approved Officer-in-Charge Larry In case of inclement weather, parking will be banned on Village Streets between midnight and gineering to succeed Bart Clark, who has Burke’s request to establish a workstation 6am. Residents are asked to call the Village office (845)265-2500 after 3pm any day there is inclement provided engineering services to the vil- at the Putnam County Sheriff’s Depart- weather predicted…. The message will advise whether or not parking is permitted that night. lage for more than 25 years but accepted ment substation in Nelsonville because A limited amount of overnight parking is permitted in the areas so designated, on North Pearl a position in Connecticut. Street. Overnight parking during those nights when the winter parking ban is in effect, will no longer prisoners processed at Cold Spring Village Village Highway Department workers col- be permitted on Adams Avenue. All vehicles parked in this area must be removed by 9am, in order Hall must be escorted up a long, steep lected 51 tons of garbage and 19 tons of re- that the lot can be cleared. flight of stairs while handcuffed, often at cyclables in January. “We should be doing a The Nelsonville Village Board reminds residents that it is a violation of section 1219 of the New night, and with no police backup. Burke lot more recycling,” said Crew Chief Robert York State Vehicle and Traffic law to throw snow into the roadway. Residents must comply with this said that processing arrestees in Nelson- Downey, who noted that many recyclable law if the streets are to be properly cleared. ville will be safer. materials, including glass and paper, are be- Finally, property owners and/or occupants are required to keep their sidewalks clear of snow and ice. Recreation Commission Chair Ruthanne If the sidewalks are not clear, the village will have no choice but to have them cleared and the ing thrown by residents into the trash. Cullinan Barr recommended that an elec- residents will be billed for this service.

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Beacon school stats For years, minorities have been over- Tell us what you think * Winner: 33 looked and seen as threats in Beacon he Current welcomes letters to the editor on its coverage and local issues. Submissions are schools (“Study Finds Disparity at Beacon T selected by the editor to provide a variety of opinions and voices, and all are subject to editing Better Newspaper Schools,” Feb. 15). How are we supposed to for accuracy, clarity and length. We ask that writers remain civil and avoid personal attacks. function properly in an environment that Letters may be emailed to [email protected] or mailed to Editor, The Highlands Current, Contest Awards was built to tear us down every time we 161 Main St., Cold Spring, NY 10516. The writer’s full name, village or city, and email or phone *New York Press Association, 2013 - 2017 try to build ourselves up? number must be included, but only the name and village or city will be published. NNA* Winner: Julissa Reyes, Beacon teachers and faculty/staff who try to under- childcare that might not be available the mo- 16 Better If Beacon High School offered minority stand but there is also a lack in diversity. ment a snowflake shows up. Newspaper students the same opportunities they do Can’t that be said of most schools in New It snows here and gets cold and icy every Contest Awards for white people, maybe grade point av- York? The problem with Beacon is that with winter. Climate change or not, it will likely erages would be higher and there would its high diversity rating, the parental, stu- still snow here and get cold and icy every *National Newspaper Association, 2016-2017 be less conflict. Instead they profile us as dent and athletic cliques hold back outsider winter. Is it not possible for the school dis- NYNPA* Winner: if we’re bad children and treat us like we or minority students from trying out for tricts to collaborate with the municipalities don’t know how to act. opportunities, sports and programs due to to factor this into their planning? Is it not 4 Awards for Erika Morton, Beacon fear of being rejected, because many are, possible to get the plows and sanders out Excellence time and again. At the same time, these in time for the school run? Or to have an * New York News Publishers Association, 2017 Is this racism or a lack of support at prejudices propel students who fit in a box, alternative bus route for snowy mornings? home to assist these children to succeed? aka predominantly white students. Everyone else seems to manage pretty Publisher Jennifer Rotando, via Facebook Emely Pena, via Facebook well. The economy does not stop. Shops, Highlands Current Inc. banks, offices and the railway remain 161 Main St. Teachers do what they can. It’s up to Climate action open, and yet children are left behind be- Cold Spring NY 10516-2818 students to follow through, and showing In her letter to The Current in the Feb. 15 cause school shuts its doors. If we continue 291 Main St., Beacon NY 12508 up helps. issue, Krystal Ford mentioned Greta Thun- like this, Hudson Valley children are guar- Founder Cindy Coupart, via Facebook berg, the Swedish student whose efforts anteed a stunted education while their par- Gordon Stewart (1939 - 2014) have led to school strikes around the world, ents struggle more than ever to make ends and a worldwide strike scheduled for March Managing Editor From the start parents or parent must meet, all because of the weather. Chip Rowe be involved 100 percent with the child and 15. I hope that Garrison and Haldane stu- Zoe Antitch, Cold Spring [email protected] school. They can’t miss school meetings dents are angry enough about inaction to- dealing with the child where programs ward climate change to skip school that day. Main Street merchants should be re- Arts/Feature Editor Perhaps the parents of teens who are Alison Rooney are explained; state law requires that ev- minded that they must shovel and clear like Greta Thunberg could drop some [email protected] ery child who needs it must get special- the ice in front of their businesses. The ized help. It’s not racism. It’s too many hints. If we’re lucky, these young people same goes for the bed-and-breakfast and Senior Correspondent single moms trying to do it alone without will wrest power away from the adults houses on lower Main, who in my experi- Michael Turton a family support system. who’ve been equivocating and dawdling ence rarely shovel. On Feb. 15 I was walk- Reporters John Vreeland, via Facebook while the planet burns. ing to the train and slipped on black ice Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong Aaron Wolfe, Cold Spring in front of Ellen Hayden Galleries. I was Brian PJ Cronin • Joe Dizney As someone who went through the Bea- thinking to myself as I approached — Pamela Doan • Deb Lucke con school system, I can’t label it as racism, Snow and ice wow, they finally cleared the snow! And Skip Pearlman • Jeff Simms but there is an extreme lack in equity. At- Last year I wrote to The Current com- wham, down I went. I was soaking wet tention and awards are given to students menting on snow days and snow delays from and had to go home and change. I missed Layout Editor school. Not much has changed. This habit of Pierce Strudler who excel academically and athletically, but my train and was late for work. there is not enough of the right attention closing or delaying school for every weather Janet Roman, Cold Spring Advertising Director given to students who come from extremely warning is one of the most exasperating as- Editor’s note: According to the Village of Michele Gedney troubled and low socio-economic standards, pects of life for working parents in the Hud- Cold Spring code, owners and occupants For information on advertising: which is widespread in Beacon. son Valley. Sometimes school is closed or de- of each building in the village have up to 845-809-5584 Many students do “act out,” which can layed when just an inch of snow is predicted. 18 hours after a snowfall to clear a 3-foot- [email protected] be due to hormones; frustration; lack of at- Parents must cancel work at the last minute, wide path in front of their buildings. In ad- highlandscurrent.org/ads tention at home; personal hardships; or just sometimes missing opportunities that have dition, the sidewalks in front of businesses poor grades and understanding of the cur- been planned months or weeks in advance, must be clear between the hours of 10 a.m. riculum. They are often shamed. There are and scramble to find and pay for alternative and 5 p.m. If ice can’t be removed within 18 hours, the code says it must be covered with enough sand or calcium chloride (rock salt The Highlands Current is a 501c3 and salt are prohibited) that pedestrians nonprofit funded by grants, advertising and the generous support of our readers. can walk over it safely. Thank you. THE HIGHLANDS CURRENT, is published weekly by Divestment Highlands Current Inc. Taxpayers complain that state pensions Vol. 8, Issue 8 (ISSN 2475-3785) cost them money. 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(Continued from Page 4) I would like to second the call for in- creased and improved ferry service. If it Remembering Dr. King Bridge congestion ran for both morning and evening rush The call by Jonathan Jacobson, who hours, more people would use it. Every Seven Beacon students awarded in essay contest represents Beacon in the state Assembly, person who rides the ferry to Newburgh is for the Department of Transportation to likely one less car on the road. do something about the traffic backup Gabe Berlin, Newburgh on Route 9D at I-84 is a good example of why our civilization will never seriously When discussing improving the ferry address the dilemmas we face (“Letters service between Beacon and Newburgh to and Comments,” Feb. 8). Unlike the letter alleviate congestion on Route 9D, there is writer last week who suggested building a far bigger issue at hand: the chronic un- up the ferry service, Jacobson stamped derinvestment over so many decades in the his feet but made no mention of any solu- transportation infrastructure along I-84 tions other than further accommodation and, most glaringly, at and near the bridge. of automobile traffic. Even though the Newburgh-Beacon Route 9D has already been widened bridge was built decades after those to the Front row: Daisy Okoye, Oliva Lapaz, Carlos Lampon, Gabrielle Khalil, Cameron Just, into a busy highway that cuts residents off north (the Mid-Hudson) and south (Bear Joshua Fleming, Farhana Antora. Back row: Organizers Bonnie Champion, Sharlene from the waterfront and makes Beacon Mountain), it does not compare to either Stout and Gigi Rapetti Photo by Ross Corsair less bikeable and walkable, supposedly a in terms of capability, reliability, appear- goal in the comprehensive plan. Will we ance and safety. It needs to be replaced. n Feb. 16, the Southern Dutchess ever walk the walk? At the same time, a great deal of the Coalition announced the win- How about, in addition to re-energizing commuter and truck traffic needs to be O ners of its sixth annual Martin the ferry service, adding bike lockers at the transferred to east-west passenger and Luther King Jr. essay contest for Beacon train station, or creating a safe bike lane freight rails running along or near I-84. students. Below are excerpts from each of from the bridge exit to the station, or devel- This could connect, for example, the Hud- the entries. The announcement and a pa- oping incentives for those who arrive at the son Line at Beacon Station with Stewart rade to honor King were postponed from train station without an automobile sur- Airport, and perhaps go as far as Connect- the Jan. 21 holiday due to weather. rounding them, including fare reductions? icut and Pennsylvania. It likely also means Elon Musk will not be leading an arma- a rail tunnel under the river, or two. artin always said while he was go- da of electric, self-driving SUVs to Mars That kind of project would cost tens if ing to jail, “Love your enemies.” No anytime soon, so we might want to start M not hundreds of billions of dollars and matter what, he would not use violence behaving more sanely, or waiting a couple could take decades to complete. But it as a weapon, he always believed in peace. Dr. King Library of Congress of minutes to cross a bridge will be the should have been done long ago. We should all follow Martin Luther King least of our children’s problems. Frank Haggarty, Cold Spring Jr.’s directions. Martin Luther King Jr. Mark Roland, Beacon artin Luther King Jr. was a great is a legend to all of us, and he will re- M man. He was a civil rights activist main symbolic to history. People will re- from the mid-1950s to 1968. He said, “All member him because of his hard work to men should be guaranteed the inalien- INDEPENDENCE DAY make the lives of many Americans fair able equal rights of life and liberty.” I’ll tell and peaceful. Martin Luther King Jr. was you what this means to me right from the COMMITTEE MEETING an example of an intelligent man. heart. This powerful and motivating quote Farhana Antora, Grade 5 will apply to my life greatly. When I walk South Avenue Elementary through the street, I won’t be rude to people The Village of Cold Spring will hold its first organizational meeting of who look different. Dr. King said: “I have the 2019 Independence Day Committee on Tuesday, February 26th. All r. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech was decided to stick with love. Hate is too great interested parties – event organizers, volunteers, participants, vendors etc. the greatest demonstration for free- a burden to bear.” I shall stick with love as are encouraged to attend as we plan for an event that is fun and memorable D dom in the U.S. He led a campaign against well, for how may I accept myself for hating for all. All volunteers and ideas are welcome! discrimination to make a stand for all the others? If I decided to judge somebody by Meeting Date: Tuesday, February 26th people thought of as inferior. The sheer act looking different, it would be a bad thing to do. Dr. King said these wise words that are Meeting Time: 7:00 PM of courage and determination influenced most definitely true: “We must learn to live Meeting Location: Village Hall, 85 Main Street the lives of so many people and without his words the history of our nation would not together as brothers or perish together as If you can’t attend the meeting but would like to be involved, please contact be the same. It is our duty as Americans fools.” Dr. King will always be remembered Jeff Vidakovich, Village Clerk, at 845-265-3611 or [email protected] to come together in harmony and work to as a civil rights leader who paved the way a greater goal, one in which everyone can for equality for everyone. live happily like what Dr. King envisioned. Gabrielle Khalil, Grade 5 Joshua Fleming, Grade 12 Glenham Elementary POSITION POSITION Beacon High School o you discriminate against people for AVAILABLE AVAILABLE ave you ever been left out because of D being different? If so, would you like it H how you look? Have you ever done if you got a taste of your own medicine? So if this to someone else? Martin Luther King you do any of these things, you need to stop. The Town of Philipstown is seeking The Town of Philipstown is Jr.’s speech had many powerful and inspir- Ask yourself this: “Is what I’m doing OK?” volunteers to serve on the Recreation seeking an individual to serve as ing quotes and words. Some of his quotes Carlos Lampon, Grade 5 Commission and the Cemetery Com- a member of the Conservation were: “Hate can’t drive out hate, only love Glenham Elementary mittee. Any persons interested should Board. Any persons interested can do that.” “Faith is taking the first step submit their resume to: should submit their resume to: even when you don’t see the full staircase.” r. King taught in such a way that it was All of these quotes mean the same thing: Richard Shea - Supervisor Richard Shea - Supervisor D like a spectrum. On one side is fear, and to always stand up for your beliefs and be TOWN OF PHILIPSTOWN TOWN OF PHILIPSTOWN the other is love. Somewhere in the middle is kind to everyone. It also means that you 238 MAIN STREET 238 MAIN STREET respect. Mahatma Gandhi said, “You must can’t judge someone by how they look, but P.O. BOX 155 P.O. BOX 155 be the change you wish to see in the world.” you can judge their actions. COLD SPRING, NEW YORK 10516 COLD SPRING, NEW YORK 10516 Oliva Lapaz, Grade 7 Cameron Just, Grade 5 OR [email protected] OR [email protected] Rombout Middle School Glenham Elementary (Continued on Page 18) 6 February 22, 2019 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

repealed safety regulations that would (from Page 1) Bomb Trains have lowered the risk of spills,” said Hay- prevent derailments — has been rescinded ley Carlock, the director of environmental by the Trump administration. advocacy for Scenic Hudson. Nicknamed “bomb trains” by envi- Jon Bowermaster, who made a short ronmental activists and film, Bomb Trains on the known to the industry as Hudson, as part of his High Hazard Flammable Nicknamed larger Hudson River at Unit Trains (HHFUT), the “bomb trains” by Risk project, said he was trains have drawn scruti- not surprised to learn ny for their propensity to environmental that the safety regulations derail and explode. Many had been scrapped. His carry highly combustible activists and film drew attention to the fuel, are difficult to slow known to the trains when it was posted down because of their in 2015 on the website of length, and have cars industry as The New York Times. whose walls are thin and “The film is still, I hate more likely to puncture. High Hazard to say, ‘popular,’ but de- The decision has been Flammable Unit spite the notoriety of the celebrated by railroad trains, people still don’t companies who lobbied Trains (HHFUT), know quite what they are against being forced to carrying and where they’re add the brakes, citing the trains going,” he says. “The train their cost. have drawn traffic has slowed a little The rule change comes bit as oil prices have lev- as Scenic Hudson re- scrutiny for eled off, but they continue. A 2014 spill put 92,000 gallons of oil leased its first Hudson their propensity I see them rolling through into the Shela River in Bangladesh. It River Spill Risk Assess- Kingston every day.” eventually spread over 140 square miles. Oil Spill on ment, a seven-party study to derail and The Department of Photo by Kallol Mustafa that examines the im- Transportation said the the Hudson pacts of an oil spill on explode. rule change is neces- tory Impact Analysis are based on, among the river and the ways it sary because adding new other criteria, the assumption that the One of the 77 scenarios could be cleaned up. brakes would cost more over 20 years (be- amount of oil transported by rail will de- prepared by Scenic Hudson “Actions that will enhance spill pre- tween $376 million and $491 million) than crease, and that the FAST Act’s other pro- assumes that the contents of vention and response on the Hudson are the value of their benefits (between $131 visions, including requiring that oil-train 16 or 17 derailed oil-train cars, more important than ever now that the million and $198 million). cars are more structurally sound and re- or enough oil to fill 11,000 U.S. Department of Transportation has The calculations in the agency’s Regula- duce speed in heavily populated areas, barrels, spilled into the Hudson are more cost-effective. The analysis also near the Newburgh waterfront. notes that between 2006 and 2016 there A spill of that magnitude has was only one fatality in the U.S. as a result Best Brunch HIGHLAND STUDIO occurred three times in the in Beacon of a crude oil or ethanol derailment. U.S. in the past 15 years, the However, those numbers ignore the most organization says. notorious oil-train accident, the 2013 derail- Open 4:30 p.m., Sat. & Sun. 11 a.m. ment and explosion in Lac-Mégantic, Que- After the spill, about 40 percent Closed Mondays & Tuesdays bec, just 11 miles from the U.S. border, that to 50 percent of the oil would leveled a neighborhood, killed 47 people and evaporate, and most of the Friday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m. caused an estimated $1 billion in damage. remainder would flow into Marc Von Em - Free In December, the Associated Press found er- the river, according to Scenic Friday, Feb. 22, 8:30 p.m. Hudson. 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NEWS BRIEFS Philipstown Resident Nelsonville Charged with Hate Crimes Debates Proposed Accused of anti-Semitic graffiti in Nelsonville Secor Easement Philipstown resident At issue: whether it would A has been charged with hate crimes stem- violate state constitution ming from an incident on By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong Oct. 31 in which a swas- tika and anti-Semitic slur hen the Nelsonville Village were painted inside a Weber Board met on Tuesday (Feb. house under construction W 19), a topic not on the agenda in Nelsonville. The property is owned by a — protecting a wooded Secor Street par- Jewish resident. cel through a conservation easement — Louis Weber, 18, was arrested by Putnam provoked heated debate. County Sheriff’s Investigator Paul Piazza on At issue was whether an easement Feb. 20 and charged with three hate crimes: would violate the state constitution and felony burglary; felony criminal mischief; limit the village’s options. and misdemeanor criminal trespass. He MYSTERY MAN — Patrick O’Sullivan of Limited Editions Realty in Cold Spring Under a draft agreement, the village also faces misdemeanor graffiti charges. found this locket in a home on Constitution Drive. It had fallen through a would add the 4-acre Secor site, once seen crack in the floor boards in the back of a closet. “It could be from several Weber was released from the Putnam as a possible home for a cell tower, to an owners ago,” he noted. If anyone recognizes the man, email O’Sullivan at County jail on Feb. 21 after posting $2,000 easement established by the village and bail. His next court appearance, in Nelson- [email protected] so he can return it to the rightful owner. An insignia on the locket resembles that of Princeton University. Photo provided the Open Space Institute in 2000 to safe- ville Justice Court, has not been scheduled. guard the 112-acre Nelsonville Woods. In November Piazza made two other With a conservation easement, prop- arrests in connection with the vandal- from jail into alternative sentencing the supplies that could be purchased with erty owners retain ownership of the land ism. A 17-year-old Garrison resident and programs. official funds had been denied. But after he but accept restrictions on its development. an 18-year-old resident of Highland Falls • More than 1,700 children were made the request again, it was approved The board took up the Secor proposal were charged with felony burglary, crimi- evaluated for early intervention and within a day. Last year, Maloney was told after audience members brought it up, in- nal mischief and trespassing as well as preschool special education. to write a personal check to reimburse the cluding one who urged the board to “pro- graffiti misdemeanors. Both are eligible to • The county facilitated 40 adoptions. House after he submitted an expense re- ceed very, very carefully” and referred be adjudicated as youthful offenders and • More than 1,800 people were trained to port for tampons for the restrooms used by to charges that OSI “pulls the wool over were not named. use Narcan, the opiate overdose antidote. his staff and visitors. people’s eyes” in pursuit of easements. • Officials made more than 1,500 site Mayor Bill O’Neill advocated caution, Dutchess by the Numbers visits to inspect public water supplies. Buffer in a Bag and he and Trustee Michael Bowman both recalled that Robert Lusardi, the Executive submits annual report Maloney Wins Battle Free trees for land near water village attorney, recently said that the proposal violates a provision in the state utchess County Executive Marc Mo- he state Department of Environmental Over Tampons constitution that prevents municipali- linaro submitted his annual report Conservation has launched a new pro- D T ties from giving away land. for 2018 to the county Legislature, provid- House agrees to allow purchase for offices gram called Buffer in a Bag to increase ripar- They then argued over the validity of ing an overview of the county’s finances ian buffers. Landowners who qualify may he House Administration Commit- Lusardi’s comment. and data on the activities of the executive receive a free bag of 25 tree and shrub seed- tee agreed to allow members of the “When your attorney tells you you’re branch. Among its numbers: T lings to plant along streams, rivers or lakes U.S. House to purchase feminine hygiene violating the Constitution of New York, • Emergency dispatchers handled to stabilize banks, decrease erosion, protect products, including tampons, for their of- you have to take notice,” O’Neill said. 254,197 calls to 911. water quality and improve wildlife habitat. fices with official funds after a challenge Bowman, who collaborated with OSI • Officials inspected more than 4,600 To qualify, landowners must have prop- by Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, whose dis- to create the draft agreement, called weight and measuring devices for erty that borders at least 50 feet of a stream, trict includes the Highlands. The commit- Lusardi’s remark “a false statement.” He accuracy. They also inspected 3,400 river or lake, and provide photos and map tee also will have the House Office Supply said Lusardi contended the state consti- food service providers. coordinates of the planting location. Land- Store stock the products. tution bars municipalities from giving • The county preserved 226 acres of farm- owners with 100 feet or more may apply for Before the Democratic Party took control away land but that “we will not be giv- land and open space from development. up to two bags each year. See dec.ny.gov/an- of the House, Maloney’s request that femi- ing away any property.” • More than 1,500 people were diverted imals/115903.html. The deadline is April 3. nine hygiene products be included among (Continued on Page 15)

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safety of our community.” (from Page 1) Sheriff ICE Detainer Requests The sheriff added that the department of Homeland Security, which includes Im- also works with the DEA, which shares as- 195 10,000 200 migration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 8,922 sets such as cash and automobiles seized and the Federal Emergency Management from suspects. The Sheriff’s Department 145 20 Agency (FEMA), and the Department of ICE Arrests, uses these funds to buy equipment, he said. 119 Justice, which includes the FBI and Drug 5,333 Putnam, 2017 In 2018, the Putnam County District At- Enforcement Administration (DEA). 5,000 100 torney reported it had collected $59,000 He noted that the Sheriff’s Department the previous year through asset forfeiture does not work with Immigration and Cus- and used the money to pay for ballistics toms Enforcement, “because ICE operates 26 vests, computer equipment, victim servic- independently. They come in under the cov- es and officer training. er of darkness. They don’t let us know. And 2011 2017 2011 2017 2011 2017 116 On Feb. 20, the U.S. Supreme Court ICE Arrests, I respect that.” However, he added, “we’re NYS Putnam Jail Downstate Dutchess, 2017 unanimously ruled that states cannot seize here to assist them if they need help.” Fishkill property or other assets from suspects According to Langley, whenever someone charged with crimes if their value amounts is logged into the county jail in Carmel, his Source: Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (trac.syr.edu) to an excessive fine. The case involved an or her name is entered into a federal law- Indiana police department that seized a can to cooperate with ICE.” selling her daughter as a prostitute. Fre- enforcement database. If the person is in the man’s $42,000 Land Rover after he was ar- An American Civil Liberties Union list quently, human trafficking cases also in- country illegally, ICE software “will match rested for selling $225 worth of heroin. of municipalities’ settlements with indi- volve child pornography, he noted. it up.” Should the person spend time in the viduals held because of ICE detainer re- Typically, he said, Homeland Security Federal funds jail, the Sheriff’s Department will notify ICE quests includes some last year from San collects information and obtains war- After Langley spoke, the three legisla- agents of the release date, he explained. In re- Juan County, New Mexico ($350,000); Los rants before “the cases get assigned and tors on the Protective Services Commit- sponse, ICE can issue a “detainer,” or request Angeles County ($255,000) and Maricopa trickle down to the local agencies” such as tee endorsed a plans to spend a $275,000 that the person be held for 48 hours, excluding County, Arizona ($80,000). the Sheriff’s Department. grant from Homeland Security and FEMA weekends and holidays, to give immigration for anti-terrorism efforts, hazardous ma- Human trafficking FBI / DEA officers time to come to the jail. terials management, rescue equipment Langley said the Sheriff’s Department also Langley said that while the FBI leads Langley said Putnam County will not and related purposes. Twenty-five percent works with Homeland Security to address hu- investigations of terrorism threats, the hold anyone past his or her release date, of the money, or about $69,000, must be man trafficking. In 2018 two cases occurred Sheriff’s Department may participate. even if ICE requests it. He said recent legal spent on terrorism prevention. in Putnam County that “we know about,” he “If we have a situation that arises, we do rulings make clear that detaining some- Legislator Nancy Montgomery, who rep- reported. “There are more taking place.” address it,” he said. “Like with any other one after release could expose the Sheriff’s resents Philipstown, asked if DHS grants Victims, including children, “basically investigation, there is information that Department and the county to a lawsuit. can be used to repair firehouses, such as in are sex slaves,” he said. “I can’t get into we cannot release, that we cannot dis- “I would not place the county in that po- Cold Spring, but Sgt. William Meyer of the [specifics of] active investigations,” but cuss, because it would compromise a case. sition; nor will I place myself in that po- Sheriff’s Department said the funds cannot the most recent one involved a woman We will not do anything to jeopardize the sition,” he said. “But we do everything we be used for such capital improvements.

Giovanni Anselmo Marisa Merz Winter Hours Alighiero Boetti Giulio Paolini Saturday and Sunday Pier Paolo Calzolari Pino Pascali 11 am to 5 pm Luciano Fabro Giuseppe Penone Admission is free to the public Jannis Kounellis Michelangelo Pistoletto Mario Merz Gilberto Zorio 2700 Route 9 Cold Spring, NY 10516 magazzino.art highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current February 22, 2019 9 The Calendar ‘A Trivial Comedy for Serious People’ Depot Theatre to present Oscar Wilde’s classic farce

At left, Nancy Swann plays Lady Bracknell. At right, Michael Gardiner as Algy Moncrieff and Katharine Ariyan as Cecily Cardew share an onstage moment Photos by Ross Corsair

By Alison Rooney up for the show] was about to happen,” formed at the Philipstown Depot Theatre on White recalls. “There was just one more in- Garrison’s Landing beginning Friday, March The plot is elaborate, arin Jean White is well-acquainted spection taking place,” by the fire marshal. 1, and continue on weekends through March with The Importance of Being Ear- His verdict? “You can’t bring the public 17. The cast includes Katharine Ariyan, Mi- but things get rolling C nest. When just out of college, she di- in here.” chael Gardiner, Angus Hepburn, Stephanie quickly when two rected a production of the Oscar Wilde com- The company had no money to make the Hepburn, Matt Marino, Danielle Shimshoni, edy for a small theater company, sort of. The necessary fixes, “so we were never able to per- Nancy Swann and Laurence Wallace. bachelors create alter experience was straight out of Wilde, except form it. I directed it, but no one got to see it.” The plot is elaborate, but things get roll- it wasn’t nearly as wickedly funny. Years later, that’s about to change. Equal ing right away when two bachelors, Jack egos named Ernest to The production would christen the com- parts farce, burlesque, melodrama and sat- Worthing and Algy Moncrieff, create alter pany’s new theater. “The set was done, the ire, The Importance of Being Earnest: A Triv- egos named Ernest to escape their bur- escape burdensome costumes were ready and load-in [setting ial Comedy for Serious People will be per- (Continued on Page 13) social obligations. How to Wrangle Wikipedia Edit-a-thon will focus on women, gender

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n Saturday, March 2, at more than 500 locations around the world (including the Howland Library in O Beacon), groups of volunteers will edit Wikipedia.org. Participants will learn how to make changes to the mas- sive online encyclopedia, including creating articles, check- ing facts, uploading images, adding citations, checking grammar and editing text to make it easier to read. The gathering will be “casual, fun and community-spir- ited,” promises Rajene Hardeman, a Beacon resident who is a freelance librarian and experienced Wikipedia editor. She organizes the “edit-a-thons” in Beacon with another librarian and city resident, Gina Shelton. The edit-a-thons began in response to perceived biases on Wikipedia because most of its contributors are college- educated white men who live in the U.S. and Europe. As a result, organizers say, there is not enough material devoted to women, people of color and LGBTQ, among other groups. Participants made changes to Wikipedia during the Art+Feminism edit-a-thon last year at the Museum of Modern Art in (Continued on Page 15) New York City. Photo by Hanneke Wetzer/MU 10 February 22, 2019 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

THEEdited byWEEK Pamela Doan ([email protected]) AHEAD For a complete listing of events, see highlandscurrent.org/calendar.

COMMUNITY SAT 2 Art and Feminism SAT 23 Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Eagle Walk BEACON GARRISON 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Howland Library 9:30 a.m. Audubon Center 313 Main St. | 845-831-1134 127 Warren Landing Road beaconlibrary.org 845-265-2601 x15 A communal event to update constitutionmarsh.audubon.org Wikipedia on subjects related to The education team will lead a art and feminism is part of an short hike to observe bald eagles international effort. See Page 9. Free over the Hudson River. Free SAT 2 SAT 23 Dutchess County St. Maple Sugar Tours Patrick’s Day Parade CORNWALL WAPPINGERS FALLS 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. 1 p.m. W. Main at Delavergne Outdoor Discovery Center 914-469-6661 | dcsppc.org 100 Muser Drive | 845-534-5506 The 24th annual parade, which hhnm.org includes thousands of participants, Learn all about how syrup and draws marching bands, elected other products are produced from officials and community groups. the sap of maple trees and see the process in action. Take a short, guided tour or a longer one-mile KIDS & FAMILY Free day at Dia: hike. Continues each weekend Beacon, Feb. 24 SUN 24 through March 17. Cost: $10 ($8 Photo by Peter Dutton children ages 3 to 17; members $8/$6) Children’s Storytime COLD SPRING VISUAL ARTS SUN 24 10:15 a.m. Split Rock Books 97 Main St. | 845-265-2080 Narcan Training SAT 23 splitrockbks.com BEACON Author and illustrator Julia Turkish Marbling 1 p.m. Beacon Volunteer Ambulance Corp Sarcone-Roach will share GARRISON 1 Arquilla Drive | 845-831-4540 opt. 5 her latest book, There Are 10 a.m. Garrison Art Center beaconvac.org No Bears in This Bakery. 23 Garrison’s Landing | 845-424-3960 Receive training in administering garrisonartcenter.org the opiate overdose antidote WED 27 Learn from Christina Di Marco Narcan. RSVP requested by phone Battle of the Books how to create images by practicing or email to narcantraining@ ebru, or cloud painting. The beaconvac.org, but walk- Info Session technique can be used to create ins also welcome. Free COLD SPRING works on paper as stand-alone 4 p.m. Butterfield Library artworks, cards, origami or covers. MON 25 10 Morris Ave. | 845-265-3040 Cost: $85 plus $15 materials Coffee with a Cop butterfieldlibrary.org BEACON Students in grades 5 through 8 SAT 23 Drawing Night, 9 – 11 a.m. Bank Square | 129 Main St. can learn about what it takes to Balancing Almost compete in the regional reading March 1 The Beacon Police Benevolent event, including the books that Anything Association invites the community to GARRISON will be read and the schedule. SUN 24 ask questions of its officers or chat. Noon. Garrison Art Center STAGE & SCREEN Hudson Valley Free Day THURS 28 23 Garrison’s Landing | 845-424-3960 BEACON SAT 23 How to Talk with Your garrisonartcenter.org 13: The Musical In this four-hour workshop, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Dia:Beacon Kids About Sexuality sculptor and woodworker James 3 Beekman St. | 845-440-0100 BEACON BEACON Murray will show participants how diaart.org 2 & 7 p.m. Beacon High School 7 p.m. Wyld Womyn to use tools and various materials Residents of the Hudson Valley, 101 Matteawan Road | 845-350-2722 378C Main St. | 845-440-8300 to create hanging mobiles. including Dutchess and Putnam beaconperformingartscenter.com wyldwomynbeacon.com Cost: $75 plus $10 materials counties, receive free admission with In this performance of the Broadway Elizabeth Greenblatt, a sexuality identification that shows address. production, a boy from New York City tries to find his identity at a middle and community health educator, SAT 23 will lead the discussion. Cost: $25 FRI 1 school in a sleepy Indiana town. Cost: Guided Tour: Death is $12 ($8 seniors, 18 and younger) Irrelevant Drawing Night with SAT 2 Summer Pierre THURS 28 Infant CPR Class PEEKSKILL SAT 23 Art Class for Seniors 2 p.m. Hudson Valley MOCA COLD SPRING The Magic Lantern GARRISON 1701 Main St. | 914-788-0100 6 – 8 p.m. Split Rock Books COLD SPRING 11 a.m. Desmond-Fish Library GARRISON hudsonvalleymoca.org 97 Main St. | 845-265-2080 10 a.m. Philipstown Friendship Center 472 Route 403 | 845-424-3020 2 p.m. Boscobel | 1601 Route 9D Stop by for an in-depth tour splitrockbks.com 1756 Route 9D | 845-808-1705 desmondfishlibrary.org 845-265-3638 | boscobel.org putnamcountyny.com of selections from the Marc and Drink wine, draw and hang Babies and siblings are welcome out with the illustrator and Watch a demonstration of a Seniors are invited to join Livia Straus Collection. Cost: $10 at this 90-minute, non-accrediting Current contributor during Cold magic lantern, an early projector artist Maggie Ryan for classes ($5 seniors, students, children class. Email beautifulmamas123@ 8 and older; members free) Spring’s First Friday. Free that uses hand-painted slides. that include painting, water gmail.com to register. Cost: $10 Cost: $22 ($15 children; ages 4 and color and sketching. Free younger, free; members $18/$11) highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current February 22, 2019 11

SAT 23 CIVIC Laurel & Hardy COLD SPRING MON 25 7 p.m. Butterfield Library City Council 10 Morris Ave. | 845-265-3040 BEACON butterfieldlibrary.org 7 p.m. City Hall | 1 Municipal Plaza Laugh along with three short films 845-838-5011 | cityofbeacon.org by the comedic duo: The Finishing Touch (1928), Liberty (1929) and MON 25 Big Business (1929). Cary Brown School Board will provide live accompaniment for the latest installment of the BEACON library’s Silent Film Series. Free 7 p.m. Beacon High School 101 Matteawan Road | 845-838-6900 beaconk12.org THURS 28 Mildly Offensive Musical Comedy Night MON 25 Fire District BEACON 7 p.m. Dogwood | 47 E. Main St. GARRISON 845-202-7500 | dogwoodbeacon.com 7 p.m. Firehouse 1616 Route 9 | 845-424-4406 Julia Green, an artist who sings, will be joined by someone named Derek on ukulele. They Magic Lantern, Feb. 23 TUES 26 claim to write insensitive, dark Haldane School Board and possibly funny songs. Free COLD SPRING SUN 3 SAT 2 TALKS & TOURS 7 p.m. Haldane (Music Room) FRI 1 Answers to Questions Beacon Rising Women’s SUN 24 15 Craigside Drive | 845-265-9254 The Importance of Being About Climate Change Choir and Key of Q haldaneschool.org Poetry Reading Earnest GARRISON BEACON COLD SPRING 2 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library 1 p.m. Towne Crier | 379 Main St. GARRISON 4 p.m. Split Rock Books TUES 26 7:30 p.m. Philipstown Depot Theatre 472 Route 403 | 845-424-3020 845-855-1300 | townecrier.com Board of Trustees 97 Main St. | 845-265-2080 desmondfishlibrary.org Gina Samardge, who leads the 10 Garrison’s Landing | 845-424-3900 splitrockbks.com COLD SPRING philipstowndepottheatre.org The C-Change Conversations women’s choir, says its repertoire Mike Jurkovic, Heller is a fusion of resistance and 7:30 p.m. Village Hall Carin Jean White directs the Primer is designed to explore Levinson, Mary Newell and triumph. It will be accompanied 85 Main St. | 845-265-3611 farcical Oscar Wilde play. Also SAT scientific research that will help Irene O’Garden will read from by Key of Q, a 30-member group coldspringny.gov 2, SUN 3. See Page 9. Continues explain climate change. Free their latest collections. The of LGBTQ and allied singers. weekends through March 17. Cost: event was rescheduled from The concert will raise funds for $25 ($20 seniors/students) MUSIC TUES 26 Jan. 20 due to weather. Free Article 20 Network, a nonprofit Independence Day WED 27 that defends the right to freedom SAT 2 Committee WED 27 Roger’s Folly Dance of assembly. Cost: $15 ($20 door) Vassar Repertory Dance Writer’s Circle COLD SPRING BEACON 7 p.m. Village Hall Theatre Gala SAT 2 GARRISON 7 p.m. Howland Cultural Center 85 Main St. | 845-265-3611 POUGHKEEPSIE 6:30 p.m. Garrison Institute 477 Main St. | howlandculturalcenter.org Blame It on the Bossa coldspringny.gov 8 p.m. Bardavon | 35 Market St. 14 Mary’s Way | 845-424-4800 The dance party features Nova: A Brazilian Volunteers, participants 845-473-2072 | bardavon.org garrisoninstitute.org swing, blues, and waltz. Come at Cabaret! and vendors are encouraged to The 37th annual gala features The collaborative, monthly 7 p.m. for a lesson and dancing BEACON attend this first organizational students performing jazz, workshop lets writers share their begins at 7:30 p.m. Cost: $12 7:30 p.m. Howland Cultural Center meeting for the 2019 event. ballet and modern dance works work with time for reflection, 477 Main St. | howlandculturalcenter.org choreographed with faculty. Also meditation and writing together. Free SUN 3. Cost: $11 ($9 students) FRI 1 The Judith Tulloch Band will WED 27 Téada perform bossa nova songs, a mixture Dutchess State of the FRI 1 of samba and jazz popularized SUN 3 BEACON County Address Dragonfly Story Hour in Brazil in the 1950s and 1960s. The Illusionists 8:30 p.m. Towne Crier HYDE PARK COLD SPRING 379 Main St. | 845-855-1300 The phrase means “new trend” or WEST POINT “new wave.” Cost: $10 ($15 door) 5:30 p.m. Culinary Institute of America 7 p.m. Butterfield Library townecrier.com 3 p.m. Eisenhower Hall Theatre 1946 Campus Drive | 845-486-2000 10 Morris Ave. | 845-265-3040 This traditional band from Pitcher Road | 845-938-4159 dutchessny.gov/rsvp butterfieldlibrary.org Ireland has performed together ikehall.com Share a true story without since 2001. Its most recent album This traveling Broadway show notes in under 4 minutes. Drew is Ainneoin na stoirme / In Spite features five magicians performing Prochaska, a storyteller from of the Storm on the Gael Linn dazzling tricks. Cost: $45 Beacon, is the featured guest. Free label. Cost: $35 ($30 advance)

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the committee to ap- Tompkins Corners Adds point a successor. Board Member Meanwhile, Dutchess START READING NOW County Executive Marc Garrison resident is music educator March book club selections Molinaro appointed Ra- he Tompkins Cor- phael Kosek, who lives Kosek Helen Savoit Book Club Edible Book Club T ners Cultural Center in Hopewell Junction, TUES 12, 1:30 P.M. SAT 23, NOON. in Putnam Valley has as the county’s poet lau- And Only to Deceive, by Tasha Kitchen Confidential, by Anthony named Linda Thornton, reate for 2019. Alexander Bourdain a resident of Garrison, to Kosek’s first assign- Howland Library, Beacon Hosted by Desmond-Fish Library, its board of directors. ment will be to read Garrison Thornton has oper- Thornton her poetry at Molinaro’s Call 845-424-3020 for restaurant Binnacle Book Club State of the County ad- location. ated Music on Hudson, WED 13, 7 P.M. dress on Feb. 27 at the Born a Crime, by Trevor Noah based in Croton, for more than 25 years. She Ullian Culinary Institute of Binnacle Books, Beacon New York Reads joins Mark Weiss, Kate Hoekstra, Mike Doe- America in Hyde Park. TUES 26, 6:30 P.M. bbler, Chris Rosen, Judy Allen, Jan Hoekstra “I hope to empower communities to find Fiction Book Club Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive and Bill Molloy on the board of the cultural THURS 14, 7 P.M. Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global center, a former church, which presents con- their voice for their dreams, goals, and as- Turtle Diary, by Russell Hoban Warming, edited by Paul Hawken certs, play readings and other events from pirations,” said Kosek, who was selected Split Rock Books, Cold Spring Desmond-Fish Library, Garrison March through December. by a panel of literary professionals and community members organized by Arts Graphic Novel Book Club Kids’ Book Club Mid-Hudson. Nominations for the 2020 (for Adults) THURS 28, 4 P.M. Poet Laureates Named poet laureate will be open this summer. TUES 19, 7 P.M. Greenglass House, by Kate Milford Beacon and Dutchess fill posts It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken, Split Rock Books, Cold Spring by Seth eter Ullian has been appointed to a Writing the Wall Split Rock Books, Cold Spring Butterfield Book Club P two-year term as Beacon’s fourth poet Deadline approaching for March date and title to be laureate. 13th annual event History Book Club determined. Ullian, who is also a playwright, attended THURS 21, 7 P.M. Call 845-265-3040. Oberlin College and holds a master’s degree he deadline for submissions to the Revolution on the Hudson, by Butterfield Library, Cold Spring in theater arts from the University of Iowa. T 13th annual Writing the Walls Poets’ George Daughan He succeeds Tony Pena, who served from Walk, which will take place on May 11, is Split Rock Books, Cold Spring 2017 to 2018. Feb. 27. Writers are asked to interpret art- The poet laureate presents poetry read- work from the exhibit Death is Irrelevant, ings at schools, the Howland library and on display at Hudson Valley MOCA in civic celebrations, as well as serving on Peekskill, into poems and one-page plays. The works selected will be performed during the poet walk and will hang along- side the artwork through July. See bit.ly/ poet-walk for guidelines. Pete Seeger Inspires Howland calls for entries for show he Howland Cultural Center has is- T sued a call for entries for an art ex- hibit to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the May 3 birth of folk singer Pete Seeger, a longtime Beacon resident. Paintings, photographs or works in other visual media that express an experience with Seeger are welcome for the juried show. The deadline is March 15. See the posting at howlandculturalcenter.org for details. highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current February 22, 2019 13

Laurence Wallace as Jack Worthing (left) with Michael Gardiner, who plays Algy Moncrieff Photos by Ross Corsair

thing compartmentalized and secret. she says, after reading that Wilde had de- Shakespeare or Chekhov; there are ex- (from Page 9) Earnest Lord Alfred’s father, the marquess of scribed it as “by a butterfly, for a butterfly.” pectations.” For those who haven’t seen densome social obligations. When they at- Queensberry, sought to end the relation- “Wilde’s life was much like a caterpil- it, “the surprise is probably how it’s not tempt to woo two women, the men strug- ship and expose Wilde, who sued for libel. lar-to-butterfly transformation — very stodgy,” she says. “Wilde was wonderfully gle to keep up with their deceptions, and But he withdrew the action after much of hidden,” she says. “There’s such an effort irreverent. I told the cast, ‘When you re- their lives are quickly entangled. the testimony showed Queensberry’s ac- made by the caterpillar in making that ally look at this play, they’re just like us.’ Importance was written and produced cusations to be true. Wilde was convicted transformation; they basically liquefy. That’s why the humor lasts.” just before a series of complications that of indecency and, just months after the We forget about how much effort it takes altered the course of Wilde’s life. The opening of Importance at the St. James to become these light, beautiful things. Tickets for The Importance of Being Ear- Irish poet and playwright was married Theatre in London on Valentine’s Day There’s also so much butterfly lightness nest are $25 for adults and $20 for seniors with two children but also had a longtime 1895, sentenced to two years of hard labor. in the play. So I thought of this play with and students. See brownpapertickets.com/ lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. He had other After his release, Wilde moved to France, ideas of secrets and transformation.” event/4072614. Friday and Saturday per- lovers, too, but, in keeping with Victorian where homosexuality wasn’t illegal, and White says she “imagines that some formances are at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday moral codes and legalities (homosexual died in Paris three years later at age 46. people will come to the play because performances at 3 p.m. acts were a criminal offense), kept every- White was especially intrigued by the play, they’re familiar with it. It’s not unlike

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Centenarian (from Page 1) After finishing the eighth grade in 1932, Mattracion had to find work to support his mother and eight siblings. “I wasn’t quite 14,” he recalls. “I lied about my age so I could work at the Lewittes Fur- niture factory. It was piece-work. How much money you made was based on how ambi- tious you were. “For this thing,” he says, pointing to a section of the couch, “I would get a dollar.” From there, Mattracion moved to a po- BIG sition at the Brockway brickyard on the NUMBERS north side of Beacon. The clay deposits along the shorelines of the Hudson were so plentiful then, “you could walk from Chelsea to Beacon on a rainy day without 72,000 getting wet,” he says. It was around this Number of Americans aged 100 or older time that Mattracion met Helen, the wom- an who would become his wife. Just teens when they met, the two were together un- til her death in 1984. Mattracion cast bricks at Brockway un- 1 in 10 Mattracion on his wedding day, with his til it closed in 1960, then worked in main- Odds that a 50-year-old bride, Helen Photos by Meredith Heuer tenance at IBM until retiring in 1984 at will live until 2069 age 65. He also worked as a handyman for St. Joachim–St. John Roman Catholic after the war ended, a shipmate offered Church, where he still attends Mass. Mattracion a job with an upstart frozen Mattracion served in the U.S. Navy from food company, but it would have required 1 in 3 moving his family south. 1942 to 1945, transporting soldiers aboard Odds that a newborn will live until 2119 the USS Makassar Strait to and from com- “I said no; I want to go home,” Mattra- bat zones in Okinawa and Iwo Jima. He cion says. His daughter quickly adds: “The survived a bombing on the Makassar and guy’s name was Swanson.” Mary Ann, who graduated from Beacon Phil Mattracion moved to Beacon as a participated in the invasion by the Allied High School in 1972, says she has noth- 330 teenager in the 1930s. Forces of Sicily in 1943. On the way home ing but fond memories of growing up in People worldwide who are 110 or older Beacon. “Everybody knew everybody,” she says, “and nobody locked their doors. It was a great place.” The family moved around the city, liv- 46 THE C-CHANGE CONVERSATIONS ing on Verplanck Avenue and Kent Street Number who have reached 115 before settling in a home on North Chest- PRIMER nut Street. Mattracion once built a house by hand on Red Schoolhouse Road, but his wife vetoed that move. “At that time that was the woods,” he recalls. “She didn’t 3 want to live out in the woods.” Number of 115-year-olds alive today After retiring, Mattracion remained busy with odd jobs while continuing to bowl, chop wood and stay active well into his 90s. “He’s probably healthier than me,” 44 Mary Ann says. “He’s a good man, and we Percentage increase in Answers to the Five Questions were very lucky our whole lives. We always U.S. centenarians since 2000 had whatever we needed.” Most Americans Have About Climate Change The family remains close, with most relatives, including another daughter, within a two-hour drive. A son, Phil, died 81 in combat in Vietnam in 1967. A second Percentage of U.S. centenarians son, Ralph, died five years ago. who are women One of Mattracion’s most charming sto- SUNDAY MARCH 3, 2019 ries involves the 1994 film Nobody’s Fool, DESMOND FISH LIBRARY which was filmed, in part, in Beacon. A friend convinced Mattracion — who, in 2:00 - 4:00 PM his mid-70s, was not an aspiring actor — 83 FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC to audition for the role of a maintenance Percentage who are white worker. Mattracion was a finalist but did snow date 3/4/19 (10:30 AM - 12:00 PM) not land the part. The reason he didn’t get it? He says he Japan, France, was told he looked too much like the mov- Presented by the Philipstown Garden Club ie’s star, Paul Newman. U.K., Sweden Committed to protecting the environment through programs and actions A “dull life,” indeed. Countries with most centenarians in the field of conservation, civic improvement & education. per capita For more information contact Karen Ertl [email protected] Are you 100? Tell us your story. Email [email protected]. Sources: National Center for Health Statistics; U.S. Census Bureau; United Nations; Office of National Statistics (U.K.) highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current February 22, 2019 15

mation found on (from Page 9) Wikipedia Wikipedia. “Gina The movement was spurred in part by a New and I want to York Times op-ed in 2013 which noted that bring the ideas Wikipedia editors had been quietly moving of Wikipedia to female novelists from the American Novel- Beacon, to the ists category to a subcategory called Ameri- Hudson Valley,” Congratulations to Our can Women Novelists because they felt the she says. “We main category was too large. hope, someday, 2018 Companywide Leading Edit-a-thons are organized locally around to do an edit-a- Sales Professionals in Cold Spring the world, throughout the year. Each has thon specifically a theme, such as Translate-a-thon, Black on the history of Lives Matter, California Public Policy and Beacon.” Jazz History of Kansas City. Art+Feminism, She empha- an organization based at the Museum of sizes that partici- Modern Art in New York City, each March pants don’t have during Women’s History Month promotes to be experts on edit-a-thons to improve coverage of women the theme. “Last A poster created for the 2016 edit-a-thon at MOMA and feminism. Its focus for 2019 will be im- year we prepared proving coverage for “gender non-binary” lists of female art- know about. Sometimes it’s surprising artists and activists. ists in the Hudson Valley who have articles what people find. At an edit-a-thon I at- The edit-a-thons organized by written about them that needed work,” such tended, someone discovered that all the Art+Feminism are “about dismantling sys- as additional information, photos or better Chinese names were written with the first MELISSA CARLTON Associate Real Estate Broker tems of thought that ignore the presence citations, she says. and last names flipped, and she was ex- Top Producer | Emerald Award and input of women in the room and dimin- The first hour of the workshop, which cited to be able to fix them.” ish or erase entirely their place in history,” takes place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., will If you’d like to participate, creating a according to the group. Since 2014, it says include training on how to make edits. Wikipedia account in advance is helpful more than 7,000 volunteers on six conti- “What’s most important is to choose a but not required. Registration is requested nents have created or edited 11,000 articles. topic you are passionate about,” Harde- at bit.ly/wikipedia-beacon. You also will Hardeman trains librarians and teachers man says. “You can make small but help- need to bring a laptop and power cord. how to wrangle the vast amount of infor- ful changes because it’s something you

KATHYRINE TOMANN more for this village than any other per- time to “fully review” the draft agreement Associate Real Estate Broker (from Page 7) Nelsonville son or organization.” and other potential proposals. “If we want Platinum Award Moreover, he asked, “if granting a con- O’Neill said that the Secor site represents to preserve the land, there are other ways” to servation easement on a piece of property less than 4 percent of the 112-acre woods do it, he said, such as creating a park. He ac- that’s municipally owned violates the and that adding it to the easement would knowledged that even then, a future village state constitution, how do we own 112 have no “momentous impact.” Further, “to board could turn a park into something else. acres that have a conservation easement?” relinquish control of that property also fore- “Perhaps the idea of insulating it from fu- Bowman pointed out that the village closes potential uses.” He noted that in the ture changes is good,” O’Neill conceded. “But also owns a park on Main Street that has past the site has been considered for low-in- it’s not a time-is-of-the-essence matter.” It a conservation easement and that Lusardi come senior citizen housing and wells to end should be debated, he said, “and then there was the village’s lawyer when those ar- reliance on the Cold Spring water system. should be consensus on what to do or not do.” ABBIE CAREY rangements were completed. The mayor argued that the board must take Associate Real Estate Broker Lusardi did not respond to a request for Platinum Award comment. Jeff LeJava, the associate general coun- sel for OSI, said on Thursday (Feb. 21) that Hudson Valley Auctioneers LLC a conservation easement does not violate Antique and Estate Auctioneers the state constitution. “If the village wants to grant a conser- 432 Main Street, Beacon, NY 12508 Monthly Public Auctions Mondays 5 p.m. vation easement, it has the authority to do Featuring online and offl ine sessions so,” he said, adding that while the consti- LINDA K. HOFFMANN Sunday Previews • Gallery open daily by appointment Real Estate Salesperson tution includes a prohibition on munici- Platinum Award pal gifts, two appellate courts have ruled Estimates that a conservation easement is not a gift Free consultations because the group holding the easement Consignments accepted must care for the property. Antiques and estates purchased The draft agreement allows the village to Estate and insurance appraisals make non-commercial improvements to the Tags sales land such as an education building, youth Clean outs CRAIG ROFFMAN center, public washroom or playground. Neil Vaughn, 914-489-2399, Auctioneer Real Estate Salesperson Gold Award “I just do not see how this is not a win Theo Dehaas, 845-480-2381, Manager Visit www.hudsonvalleyauctioneers.com for the community,” Bowman said at the Offi ce 845-838-3049 Village Board meeting. In addition to the and sign up for email notifi cation. other benefits, an easement would ensure that a cellphone tower could not be built C. E. Paint Supply, Inc. on the land. “The problem going forward & is that cellphone towers aren’t going Tools • Hardware • Plumbing & Electrical Supplies LESLIE HEANUE away,” as smaller 5G structures become Real Estate Salesperson more common, he said. Gold Award Bowman also rejected allegations “that Monday - Thursday 8 - 5:30 OSI is an evil organization that pulls the Friday & Saturday 8 - 5 COLD SPRING BROKERAGE 845.265.5500 Tel. 845.265.3126 wool over people’s eyes. I’d have to see the HOULIHANLAWRENCE.COM proof. The Open Space Institute has done 158 Main Street • Cold Spring, NY 10516 16 February 22, 2019 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

Small, Good Things Changed the World and Salt: A World History. Due to the seemingly limitless supply of Newfoundland cod, by the mid-16th centu- Warming Up to ry, about 60 percent of all the fish consumed in Europe was cod. Brits salted and dried it Winter Fish to establish a year-round market, hence the British epithet, “winter fish.” Salt cod made By Joe Dizney its way back to Europe and was embraced by the French, Spanish and Portuguese. or such a From there it was further passed on to the globally West Indies, supplying island staples such F embraced as Jamaican ackee and salt fish. culinary staple, salt In the New World, salt cod remains a cod is sometimes a Mexican staple, particularly on Christmas tough sell for a culture Eve, where it appears dressed in a spicy such as ours enamored of “freshness.” tomato sauce with almonds and green An innovation of European exploration olives, after a Spanish antecedent which and discovery in the northwestern Atlan- included cured ham and dried chilies. tic, salt cod is the result of plentiful popula- Notes about prep: I secured salt cod through tions of a sought-after fresh seafood. Winter Fish Biscayan Marbled Meats in Philipstown but have seen Serves 4 to 6 Coupled with one of the oldest known it in one- and two-pound boxes in supermar- methods of preservation, drying, salted kets. Be sure to thoroughly soak and rinse the codfish has a shelf life of several years, al- fish and note that no additional salt should be though I would advise looking for fresher added until tasting near the end. 1 pound salt cod (soaked and rinsed) stock. The process not only preserves the Also, you can buy blanched almonds but ½ cup whole raw almonds, blanched nutritional value and texture of this firm, usually will only find them slivered. Blanch- white fish, but also somehow makes it tast- ing your own is a simple process. The ad- ½ cup olive oil ier, due almost certainly to the ample salt. vantage is textural because they become 2 medium onions, chopped medium Cod and salt both contributed mightily to almost giant pignolis. As for green olives, a burgeoning world economy and their sto- almost any will do, but look for Spanish 3 cloves garlic, minced ries make for entertaining history in Mark Manzanilla or Gordal varieties. ½ cup cured ham such as Serrano or guanciale, diced (optional) Kurlansky’s Cod: A Biography of the Fish that ¼ teaspoon ground cloves ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper ½ teaspoon dried marjoram ½ teaspoon dried thyme 1 14.5-ounce can chopped tomatoes in juice (Muir Glen organic fire-roasted chopped tomatoes are best) ½ cup cured and pitted green Spanish or Italian olives, chopped roughly 2 tablespoons chopped, pickled jalapeno peppers, plus 2 tablespoons of the pickling juice Cooked rice, potatoes or polenta for serving

1. Soak cod in a large bowl of cold water, refrigerated, for 8 to 12 hours, draining and changing water at least five times. Cover cod with cold water, breaking it apart into large chunks. Pick through to remove any skin or bones and drain again. 2. While soaking cod, blanch almonds for 1 minute in rapidly boiling water. Drain and rinse in cold water to cool. Drain and dry on paper towels until dry. Peel off loose skin and reserve. 3. Put drained and flaked cod into a medium pot, cover with cold water, and boil over medium-high heat until tender (about 15 minutes). Drain and set aside. 4. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and garlic (and ham, if using). Cook, stirring often, for 10 minutes until onions are cooked through. Add cloves, pepper, marjoram and thyme, cooking and stirring for 2 minutes. Add tomatoes, lower heat and cook for another 10 to 15 minutes. Add cod, increasing heat to medium. Cook, stirring and breaking fish up often for about 10 to 15 minutes. Add almonds and olives, cooking until just heated through (about 2 to 3 minutes). Remove from heat and stir in jalapenos and juice before serving over rice, potatoes or polenta. Follow The Current onTwitter & Facebook highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current February 22, 2019 17

Kim Montleon with one of her sons in Wrestling Ghosts Matt and Kim Montleon in Wrestling Ghosts Photos provided

posting fliers around Beacon. “The idea Through many devastating scenes, “It could have been terrible. But they were (from Page 1) Wrestling Ghosts was for each of them to have one [filmed] Joanes documents Kim’s resolve, over happy with it.” Kim and Matt, who met in “I used to have fights about the wearing of year of counseling with a specialist in several years, to not feel she will pass her high school and have been together since, a jacket on cold weather days and feel de- NVC,” she says. Many people who replied trauma to her children. In intimate foot- have said they hope the film will help oth- stroyed and shaken by the episodes. And said they were willing to undergo the train- age of counseling sessions and unfiltered ers who are struggling. incompetent. I had no obvious models to ing and talk about it, but not on camera. domestic life, Kim slowly moves from The Beacon premiere of Wrestling follow, especially about discipline.” But one couple, Kim and Matt Montleon, being overwhelmed with guilt to having Ghosts, on Feb. 23 at Story Screen, in the A friend recommended the book Parent- who own the Main Street tattoo parlor, compassion for herself. newly opened Beacon Theatre complex at ing from Your Heart, by Inbal Kashtan, Honorable Ink, stood apart. “Other families “I knew right away that filming would 445 Main St., sold out quickly. A second which delves into Nonviolent Communi- reached their ‘Can you turn off the camera go for more than a year because Kim is show has been added at 5:30 p.m. on Sun- cation (NVC) between parent and child. now?’ moments,” says Joanes. “With Kim, I so dramatic and so open,” says Joanes. In day, March 10. The director and Kim and “That one completely spoke to me,” she had a person willing to keep shooting.” fact, the director shadowed the family for Matt Montleon will answer questions af- says. “Parenting is about your inner work; Kim’s honesty about the lack of connec- four years and took hundreds of hours of ter both screenings. For tickets, which are it’s an opportunity to go on your own jour- tion she felt with her boys shifted the fo- footage. “There were so many stories in it $15, see wrestlingghosts.ticketspice.com/ ney.” She and her husband received coach- cus of the film. It became less about NVC — it’s all about finding the one,” she says. beacon-screening-2. For more on the film, ing, and Joanes began to ponder a film and more about a young mother’s attempt When she had close to a final cut, Joan- see wrestlingghosts.com. about how NVC might affect other parents. to break the cycle of trauma, particularly es showed the film to Kim and Matt at She began looking for three families by childhood trauma. their home. “I was so nervous,” she recalls.

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shortcuts or misinterpretations. MLK Essays (from Page 5) I believe that Americans must undertake in the spirit of our revolutionaries. One for King watched the nation around him the entitlement of students to be able to en- attempt to diminish the humanity of his ter their schools without the fear of their his feature is designed as a counterweight to all the bad black community, employing everything lives being taken in an English classroom, T news in the world that weighs people down. We could share from the repressive Jim Crow laws to two for the rights of children to enjoy their a photo of a baby, or a photo of a dog, but we are giving you physical violence and horrific lynchings. innocent freedom from the clutches of those both. How many newspapers can say that? Tracy and Bernard Early in the 21st century, a teenaged girl who would exploit and abuse them, and Bunye of Cold Spring shared this photo of their daughter, Alice from New York sees a world unfolding that three for the liberty of African-American is inlaid with violence and hatred along (now 4), with Amos. If you have a photo of a baby and a dog, citizens to be free of the fear of becoming submit it for consideration to [email protected]. with the potential for peace and beauty. the next Philando Castile, Johnathan Ed- I, the girl, who has only just begun to wards, Alton Sterling, Walter Scott, Michael dig, view Dr. King’s words as a mouth Brown, Eric Garner or Trayvon Martin. for the glimmering river of hope that is Daisy Okoye, Grade 12 all colors and vibrancy without taglines, Beacon High School Current CLASSIFIEDS

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Astronaut Slayton habits 20 February 22, 2019 For mail delivery, see highlandscurrent.org/delivery SPORTS Follow us at twitter.com/hcurrentsports Beacon Boys Advance in State Tournament Beacon Runners Qualify for State Defeat Yorktown for chance to face Somers Richardson, Cader will compete on Staten Island By Skip Pearlman By Skip Pearlman he Beacon High School boys’ bas- wo members of the Beacon High ketball team, seeded No. 11 among School track team qualified on Section 1, Class A schools, defeated T Feb. 17 for the state championships Yorktown, 62-47, on Feb. 16 to advance in T to be held March 2 on Staten Island. the state tournament. Racing at the Armory in Manhattan, The Bulldogs (14–7) were scheduled to junior Brianna Richardson qualified by play No. 6 Somers on Thursday (Feb. 21), finishing third in the girls’ 55-meter dash with the winner advancing to Saturday’s in 7.44 seconds. semifinal against the winner of a game be- “She was not seeded in the top three,” tween No. 3 Greeley and No. 14 Peekskill. noted Coach Jim Henry. “She had a great The Bulldogs took control of Saturday’s race and a great start. It’s a testament to game from the start and led 33-17 at halftime. the amount of work she has put in. She “We played one of our better games of overcame a false start, and ran her sec- the season,” Coach Scott Timpano said. “We ond best time at that distance.” controlled the tempo, and our defense was Dayi'on Thompson scored 12 points for Shane Green scored eight points and Sophomore Zach Cader qualified to excellent. They weren’t able to get the ball the Bulldogs against Yorktown. grabbed four rebounds. run the 1,000-meter leg of the boys’ inter- down low, and we got in the passing lanes.” sectional relay. “Zach and that relay team Manny Garner led the Bulldogs with 15 are medal contenders,” Henry said. “He’s points, six rebounds and four assists. Aaron one of the best distance runners we’ve Davis had 13 points, Dayi’on Thompson had had in quite a while.” Two weeks earlier, 12 points, six rebounds, four assists and five Cader set a school record in the 1,000. steals, Kai Jacketti had 11 points and 14 re- “If either of them can set a PR [person- bounds, and Shane Green had eight points, al record] at the state meet, that’s great,” four rebounds, three assists and two steals. the coach said. “But I’m hoping they can “Kai played an excellent game, he was enjoy the experience and plan to be back.” super-aggressive on their big man and Other Beacon competitors who fin- limited his touches,” Timpano said. “And ished in the top 10 at the qualifiers were he was a monster on the boards. Manny sophomore Mark Guzman, who was fifth also had a great game, he guarded a big, in the long jump at 20-04.50, and junior and came up big for us.” Kaleb Istvan, who came in ninth in the Timpano and the Bulldogs know they’ll 300-meter run in 36.29. need a complete game to upset Somers (16-4). “Somers plays a lot of zone defense,” Haldane Timpano said. “They press and try to Two Haldane runners competed in the force turnovers. We have to take care of Coach Scott Timpano talks with his players during a timeout in Beacon's playoff win state qualifier on Feb. 17 but did not ad- the ball and get good movement. We have over Yorktown. Photos by S. Pearlman vance. Senior Adam Silhavy was seventh to stay under control.” in the boys’ 1000-meter run (2:42.04) and 15th in the 600-meter run (1:27.76), while Haldane County Center on Thursday (Feb. 21). The seeded No. 3. The winners of each game senior Ashley Haines finished seventh in The Haldane girls’ and boys’ teams were girls (5-15), seeded No. 3, were matched advance to the final at Pace University. For the girls’ 600-meter run in 1:40:49, tak- scheduled to play their first Section 1, Class against No. 2 Hamilton (8-12); the No. 2 results, see highlandscurrent.org. ing two seconds off her school record. C tournament games at the Westchester boys (14-6) also faced Hamilton (14-6),

SHARP SHOOTERS — Six Philipstown students advanced on Feb. 17 in the annual Knights of Columbus free-throw contest. Representing Loretto Council No. 536, the boys and girls will shoot again in the Hudson Valley championship on March 10 in Poughkeepsie. From left: Milo Shuk, 12; William Bradley, 13; District Deputy Ed McKenna; Bryce O’Halloran, 10; Jake Powers, 11; Chloe Rowe, 14; and Haldane runners Ashley Haines and Adam Maggie Gordineer, 12. Photo by Dan Dillon Silhavy at the state qualifer on Feb. 17 Photo by Michael Haines