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CONNECTING YOUR COMMUNITY JUNE 2021 WESTFIELD LOCAL Saluting Westfield’s Military Heroes Meet Peter Braun JUNE 2021 WESTFIELD LOCAL 1 KEEP YOUR CHECKUPS. Schedule Your Annual Physical AT atlanticmedicalgroup.org/primarycare Most Insurances Accepted | Online Scheduling | Extended Office Hours | Telehealth Visits JUNE 2021 WESTFIELD LOCAL 3 CONNECTING YOUR COMMUNITY JUNE 2021 Cover photo by De Hanes Photography Beth Hornstein Jaynie Carlucci Mariella Foley Associate Publisher Contributing Editor – Real Estate Contributing Editor – Finances Play for P.I.N.K. David Realty Group Round Table Wealth Management Executive Board Member thenjreboss.com roundtablewealth.com Miriam Silver Verga Lori Sternberg & Hillary Kaplan Soraya Chafetz Contributing Editor – Fitness Contributing Editors – Design Copy Editor SternFitness Mimi & Hill Director of Social Media sternfitness.net mimiandhillshop.com Mark De Hanes Layout & Design Joe Rinaldi Photography Editor Marc L. 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When I grow up I’m going to be: In the fashion and art world Favorites Activities/Hobbies: Place to play: Outside Cheerleading, Reading Sports teams: Meet Meet and Listening to music The Yankees Animal: Snow leopard School Subject: Art Color: Purple Barzy TV show: Food: Mom’s tacos Friends, The Office and Julia Where/why did you get your pet? daughters faces. It’s the best to come FAMILY That 70’s Show Kim, Jeff, Kayla (9) Movie: Elf We got Barzy from Premier Pups in home to his greetings, and just get the MEMBER and Taylor (7) or 21/22 Jump Street Vacation: The Poconos Ohio. Kayla, our oldest daughter is the unconditional love. NAMES dog whisperer, ever since she was little Mackey Music: Pop/alternative around 5 years old, she had always had a Any funny stories? burning desire to get a dog, we promised Clearly Barzy has an opinion about PET’S Barzy her one day that we would. One of the rugs, he didn’t like the runner in our NAME most positive things that came out kitchen and literally rolled it up himself of Covid was all of us being home and (we have the video to prove it). Also if TYPE OF Cavapoo having the time to dedicate to training you are missing a slipper or any dollar ANIMAL/ a dog and being around for him! Best bills - you can find it if you find Barzy. BREED decision we ever made. He brings more For some odd reason, he is obsessed! joy to our family that we could have ever MALE OR Male imagined. How spoiled is your pet? FEMALE 11 out of 10. We got a cage for him to Is there a story behind its name? sleep in, that lasted 2 days, he sleeps in any bed he wants. We started with We love the NY Islanders. Barzy is PET’S 1 Year Old named after the NY islanders center, kibble and now he gets gourmet meals, AGE Matthew Barzal! . my mother in law makes him homemade dog treats in the shape of dog bones, his Anything special or unusual about first birthday was an affair! Barzy has them? the life, but its well-deserved! Barzy loves humans more than dogs. When out for walks most dogs get What else should we know about excited to see and play with other your pet and/or how your pet has dogs, Barzy gets excited to jump and enriched your home/family? play with the owners! He thinks he is Barzy loves the scream truck and human! (Might be our fault as we treat visiting his friends once a week at the him that way!!) Barker Lounge. He also loves his weekly visits to the Echo Lake dog park. Barzy What do you like best about your pet? is truly one of a kind and the best Barzy is a great addition to our decision we ever made. His loyalty, family. My husband and I love the snuggles, kisses and endless love truly joy and smiles that he brings to our make us smile from ear to ear! 6 WESTFIELD LOCAL JUNE 2021 JUNE 2021 WESTFIELD LOCAL 7 local athletes Photography provided by Varsity Vantage WESTFIELD Offers “Bounce Back” Support to Local Businesses LOCAL Fortunately, we have survived the worst and look forward to our doors reopening fully in the weeks ahead. We want to support your efforts to Bounce Back your business revenue by offering you a customized marketing campaign that will answer your goals and budgets. Please email [email protected] to get your customized marketing program that works for you! We appreciate and support the local business community and urge our neighbors to spend more locally! 8 WESTFIELD LOCAL JUNE 2021 JUNE 2021 WESTFIELD LOCAL 9 student athletes westfield highnews Student Athletes Stand Out in Track & Field Why I Chose a to Take a Gap Semester BY BETH HORNSTEIN, KIM HAMILTON AND KELLY STRYKER BY SAM SURKS, Staff, Optic Magazine WHS Blue Devils Katie Hamilton and Braden Stryker are dom- ing. After the disappointment of the cancellation of last year’s Despite the world being shaken by the where I’ll be attending starting in inating on the track and in the field. These record-breaking ath- Spring season, he was determined to stay in shape and make COVID-19 pandemic, much of the senior February of 2022. letes not only excel at their sport; they are excellent students as an impact in his final season at WHS. When not lifting in the class this year still endured a classic As a tradition dating back to 1971, well. Both got their start in competition with the Westfield Y’s gym, you can find him at Kehler Stadium working for hours at rite of passage: the college application Middlebury admits about a fifth of it’s Flyers track team, where Katie holds records in the 400 and 800 fine-tuning his technique. When asked how he felt after break- process. Personally, writing college freshman class in February, and meter races and Braden in shot put and discus. ing the 59-year-old High School discus record in the first meet essays, conducting research about appropriately names those students of this season, Braden replied “When you work really hard at schools and entering every activity I’ve Febs. When I discovered the Katie is fast and fierce. It all started playing “Pug Soccer” for achieving your goals and you accomplish something that you ever participated in into the Common Middlebury Feb program, I knew it the WSA Fun-of-Soccer program where she was always the fast- never thought possible, you feel amazing, like you could do any- App, made me question my decision to was the right fit for me, giving me est player. She continued through Westfield’s travel soccer and thing.” Braden plans to continue improving on the Track and enter college right after graduating high time to recharge my batteries after FC Premier and then earned a spot on the Lady Blue Devils Var- Field team at Bucknell University next year. school. While taking a whole gap year graduating high school and prepare sity Soccer Team where she seemed to run effortlessly up and seemed like too much of a jump for me, for the college experience to come. down the field. Soccer was her first love largely due to her great after some research I soon realized that Aside from putting a “.5” at the end coaches and teammates over those years. In Flyers Track, Ka- a gap semester was my solution. of my graduation year, and getting to follow the Feb tradition of tie was fortunate to learn her racing technique that she carried After finishing junior year online and spending a slow summer skiing in cap and gown at my graduation ceremony in 2026, the into regional meets, the annual Westfield Turkey Trot and the in Westfield, I found that I was almost excited to start school Feb program allows me more time off than I’ve had since I Westfield Pizza run. This prepared her well for the Blue Devils this past fall, which hasn’t been the case before.