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December 21, 2018 161 Main St., Cold Spring, N.Y. | highlandscurrent.org Bumper Crop for the Highlands Home for the Maloney calls farm bill ‘best ever for Hudson Valley’ Holidays By Brian PJ Cronin Garrison second-grader fter months of deadlock revolving battles brain disease around such diverse issues as food A stamps, wildfire management and By Chip Rowe conservation easements, the 2018 Farm Bill has passed both houses of Congress. Farms and Food in the Hudson Valley omething was wrong with Mira. President Donald Trump was expected to Her parents, Ted and Nell Tim- sign it into law on Thursday. mer, had taken notice near the end than 3,100 farms that cover 474,000 S Sean Patrick Maloney of Cold Spring, of the summer. Their 7-year-old, about to acres. These farms collectively produce whose district in the U.S. House includes the enter the second grade at the Garrison more than $322 million of food each year. Highlands, and who serves on the Commit- School, was falling asleep at odd times, But when the farm bill was put on hold tee on Agriculture, called it the best farm crying for no reason, having weird mem- in the fall because of political disagree- bill ever for the Hudson Valley. (He said that ory glitches and trouble finishing sentenc- ments, many agricultural programs were about the farm bill passed in 2014, as well, es. But it didn’t cause serious concern; it in danger of losing funding and the re- but proclaimed this one even better.) was August when it was scorching hot and gion’s economy placed at risk. “We have won the battle, won the war, and everyone was a little off. With the bill signed, farmers and those made the progress that we wanted to help But then came the seizure. who work with them are breathing a sigh our farmers,” he said at a Dec. 14 news con- On the Sunday before Labor Day, Mira of relief. And its provisions ensure that if Mira Timmer at home in Garrison with ference at Soons Orchards in New Hampton. and her father, uncle and three of her four some of the "stuffies" she received future farm bills are deadlocked, several “By working together with our Republican brothers were playing basketball outside during her three-month hospital stay key programs will continue to receive Senate colleagues, we were able to produce their home on Lewis Lane, opposite the Photo by Sheila Williams funding regardless. a farm bill that I’m very proud of.” school field. Mira fell silent. When Ted “This bill has delivered increased and The Hudson Valley is home to more walked over, she was rigid, staring at the dren’s Hospital in Valhalla. Her vital signs (Continued on Page 17) sky, gurgling, choking. This continued were OK. The doctor said to follow up with for several minutes. outpatient neurology and she went home. Philipstown Senior Center Opens They took her to Maria Ferrari Chil- (Continued on Page 6) Why Did You Vote Against Budget? Beacon legislators We asked the Beacon legislators why they voted no. Their responses have been explain opposition edited for brevity. Frits Zernike By Jeff Simms One example stands out as emblematic of utchess County Executive Marc Mo- why I felt compelled linaro on Dec. 14 signed the $503 to vote no. Kris Munn D million budget sent to him by the offered an amendment Legislature, which passed it 19-5. Both leg- that would have pro- islators who represent Beacon, Frits Zernike vided funds to hire full- Frits Zernike and Nick Page, voted no. They were joined time temps to take up by Kris Munn (Red Hook), Rebecca Edwards the overtime slack at the jail. Right now the (Poughkeepsie) and Joel Tyner (Staatsburg). county employs part-time officers and relies Molinaro vetoed only one amendment on overtime. This means correctional offi- SENIOR CENTER OPENS — After years of debate, revisions and setbacks, Barbara sent to him by the Legislature: He restored Scuccimarra (center), who represents Philipstown on the Putnam County Legislature, cers are working to the point where the job $40,000 to the county parks department becomes riskier for them and the inmates. finally cut the ribbon on Tuesday (Dec. 18) to open the new senior center at the site budget to expand a summer concert series of the former Butterfield Hospital in Cold Spring. She was joined at the 6,000-square- In addition, the jail has had to cut staff- at Bowdoin Park in Poughkeepsie. He left in- foot Philipstown Friendship Center by a number of county and state officials and two ing for things like accompanying volun- tact an amendment introduced by Page that centenarians. The county spent about $1.4 million renovating the space and will spend teers into the jail who provide classes on funds a $9,400 feasibility study for ferry ser- about $2.5 million over the next 15 years on rent and fees. Photo by Michael Turton (Continued on Page 16) vice between Dutchess and Orange counties.

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Members of Nobody Leaves Mid-Hudson celebrate at Beacon City Hall after the council created a municipal ID. Photo provided

Updates to Past Stories the city should spend the next six months making sure that businesses and institu- Beacon Approves tions are prepared to accept the ID. “I mean, I own a bar [Dogwood],” he said. Municipal IDs “I want to make sure it’s OK if I start accept- Program will begin within six months ing these IDs as proof of drinking age.” he Beacon City Council voted unani- T mously on Monday (Dec. 17) to begin Serino: Let Voters Decide offering a municipal identification card Without You, Introduces bill to put raises on ballot within six months. With the vote, the city These Stories Would Have Gone Untold. joined three other municipalities in the ue Serino, whose district in the state Hudson Valley (Poughkeepsie, Middle- SSenate includes the Highlands, on Dec. town and Kingston) and about two dozen 17 introduced a bill that would require As a nonprofit, The Current exists only with across the country that offer IDs. voters to approve pay raises for state leg- your support. From now through yearend, The IDs had been championed by groups islators (“Pay Raises in Albany,” Dec. 14). donations will be matched twice, once by such as Nobody Leaves Mid-Hudson, which The 213 men and women in the state argued they would make it easier for indi- Senate and Assembly will see their annual NewsMatch and again by a generous donor. viduals who typically have difficulties in salaries increase on Jan. 1 for the first time obtaining government ID (such as undocu- in 20 years, to $130,000 by 2021 from To donate, visit highlandscurrent.org/support, mented immigrants, minors, the recently $79,500, unless a special session is called text CURRENT to 44-321 or write us at incarcerated, homeless, and transgender to vote down the raises. The increase individuals) to participate in civic life, pick comes with some caveats, such as a cut in 161 Main St., Cold Spring, NY, 10516. up children from school, retrieve prescrip- the stipends that many members claim. tions and interact with police officers. Serino’s bill, which is co-sponsored by The ID, which is voluntary, will cost Chris Jacobs, a Republican whose district $10, with discounted rates for minors, the includes parts of Buffalo, would require vot- elderly and those facing financial hard- er approval of pay raises recommended by ship. Applicants will need to provide a the Legislature’s Compensation Committee. form of identification such as a passport, “With New York politicians poised to green card, consulate card or visa. become the highest paid in the nation, Although the law passed unanimously, New Yorkers themselves deserve a say in Council Member George Mansfield said the process,” Serino said in a statement.

NEWS BRIEFS Sheriff Investigates Bomb Putnam History Names Threat in Philipstown Executive Director Apparently part of nationwide spam Museum hires county historian he Putnam County Sheriff’s Office he Putnam History Museum on Dec. T responded to a bomb threat on Dec. T 18 named Sarah Johnson, the Putnam 13 at T. Webber Plumbing, Heating, Air & County historian, as its executive direc- Electric on Route 9 in Philipstown. tor. She succeeds Rachel Ornstein, who An email that arrived at about 2 p.m. said left when her partner received a job offer an explosive device had been placed in the in Michigan. building, the sheriff said. About 20 people Johnson will join the museum on Jan. 2. were evacuated and police closed Route 9 She will oversee exhibitions, development and other nearby roads while bomb-sniffing and programming. dogs from the New York State Police and the Johnson has been the county historian Sheriff’s Department conducted a search. since 2014 and previously worked with The sheriff said the threat appeared to the Bard Graduate Center, the Statue of be part of a wave of hoax emails received Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation and the that day by businesses, schools and hos- Smithsonian. She holds a doctorate in his- pitals across North America. The bogus torical and critical studies from the Uni- Thank you for helping us tell your stories. message demanded a $20,000 ransom versity of Brighton. paid with digital currency to prevent the bomb from going off. 4 December 21, 2018 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

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Solid foundation I loved Michael Turton’s article on * Winner: 33 brickmaking (“Beacon’s Building Blocks,” Dec. 14). My great-grandfather was Joshua Better Newspaper Babcock, owner of the Moore & Babcock Contest Awards Brick Co. of Albany. Our family home here *New York Press Association, 2013 - 2017 was built with M&B bricks. Leslie Smith, Albany NNA* Winner: 16 Better At Davis Furniture on Route 9 in Pough- keepsie, the entire floor of the main show- Newspaper room is paved with a collection of old Hud- Contest Awards son Valley bricks. *National Newspaper Association, 2016-2017 Pat Kelley, via Facebook Julia Whitney Barnes used Hudson NYNPA* Winner: Bricks were used as ballast low in the Valley bricks to create a 150-foot- 4 Awards for holds to stabilize ocean vessels in olden days, long map of the Hudson River that which helped in the sale of bricks. And when she has exhibited in Newburgh and Excellence a major portion of Haverstraw collapsed into Poughkeepsie. Photo by Sean Hemmerle * New York News Publishers Association, 2017 the river in 1906, killing early morning resi- Publisher dents and burying blocks of houses, it was cluding Rockefeller Center and the Empire ited on individual utility bills. To me, this Highlands Current Inc. because the clay had been excavated from State Building, disappeared completely. is a game-changer because it will greatly 161 Main St. beneath the village for … bricks! What would be rare would be to find an old increase demand for supply from local proj- Cold Spring NY 10516-2818 Bob McCabe, via Facebook brick building in Beacon that was not built ects, advancing the market and creating 291 Main St., Beacon NY 12508 with Hudson Valley bricks.” local jobs. Participation in the local part of According to the Neversink Valley Mu- Founder the CCA program will occur on a first-come, Gordon Stewart (1939 - 2014) seum of History and Innovation, because Energy choices first-served basis within each community. of the explosive growth of New York City, Thanks for spreading the word about What happens next? The participating Managing Editor by 1860 there were nearly 100 brickyards in the Community Choice Aggregation ener- communities are working on an agreement Chip Rowe the Hudson River Valley. Each season the [email protected] gy-savings program in the Highlands (“5 that will include the prices and supply mix industry turned out more than 500 million Questions: Jeff Domanski,” Dec. 14). Any- of the proposal that will be issued for sup- Arts/Feature Editor bricks, and every 450,000 bricks required one who has more questions can email plier bids. When a proposal is chosen, there Alison Rooney about 22.5 tons of coal. Therefore: Not me at [email protected] or call will be a period of at least 30 days where [email protected] handmade … not unique … not rare. 845-859-9099. people can opt out before the program be- Rob Doyle, via Facebook Senior Correspondent I wanted to clarify a few points. First, not gins. When that period ends, meters are Michael Turton everyone is automatically included when read and customers begin paying the CCA Michael Turton responds: “Bear in mind a CCA program launches: anyone who al- rate. However, anyone can opt out of the Reporters this industry evolved from its start in the Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong ready has a contract to receive their electric- program with no penalty at any time. 1600s through the mid-20th century. Early Brian PJ Cronin • Joe Dizney ity from an energy supply company (ESCO) Jeff Domanski, Beacon bricks were handmade in small molds. Be- Pamela Doan • Deb Lucke is excluded. Second, the price the CCA pays fore being shaped, the clay was tempered Skip Pearlman • Jeff Simms for the energy will not fluctuate as the sup- The CCA is wonderful news. Thanks to using human feet — think grape stomping. ply price from Central Hudson does. all those who’ve worked to make it happen. Layout Editor Over time, the process became more mecha- Finally, everyone in the CCA remains a Cen- Pierce Strudler Spread the word here and around the nation! nized but for centuries still involved a great tral Hudson customer for the distribution of Raymond Bokhour, Cold Spring Advertising Director deal of physical labor. Pulverized coal was the energy to their homes and businesses and Michele Gedney added to the clay-sand-water mix because will still have their billing and service disrup- Less doubt For information on advertising: when fired it ignited inside the bricks, re- tion repairs handled by Central Hudson. I’d like to thank Tim Donovan for his 845-809-5584 ducing the time each brick had to be baked. Our program, which is administered by letter to The Current (Dec. 14) about our [email protected] What makes the story interesting, if not JouleCommunity, also will incorporate lo- recent production at the Philipstown De- highlandscurrent.org/ads unique, is that an entire industry that cal clean-energy projects (e.g., from solar pot Theatre of Doubt: A Parable and in re- once was so widespread and contributed to and small hydropower projects), which can sponse say I agree — a show that dramati- the construction of so many buildings, in- provide savings that eventually will be cred- cally satirizes the members or beliefs of any faith is not something that we would do either — at any time of year. The Highlands Current is a 501c3 Fortunately, Doubt is the farthest thing nonprofit funded by grants, advertising from a satire and we would be hard-pressed and the generous support of our readers. to believe that any audience member Thank you. felt that the church was targeted in any THE HIGHLANDS CURRENT, way. The play is steeped in the loving mem- Vol. 7, Issue 50 (ISSN 2475-3785) ory of the playwright, John Patrick Shanley, is published weekly by who did not set out to criticize the Catholic Highlands Current Inc. 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LETTERS AND COMMENTS cultural and political climes, we had hoped nam County to follow suit. We cannot contin- that presenting this play could be a re- ue to live in a throwaway society, especially minder that none of us are perfect, a deeply now that so little of what we thought was reverential tenet shared by all religions. being recycled, isn’t. We will pay a price by Robin Joseph, Hastings-on-Hudson allowing plastic to keep contaminating our Joseph is the co-artistic director of GoJo environment. Banning plastic bags seems Clan Productions. like a smart and sensible way forward. On another note, on Dec. 7 the Garrison Cell tower update School PTA passed a resolution that it will I would like to express my appreciation work to eliminate disposable plastic straws, for Philipstown’s continued thoughtful and plates, cups and utensils and reduce the principled approach to the cell-tower mat- amount of disposable items it uses during ter (“Balloon Test a Bust for Cell Tower,” school events or when serving hot lunch. Dec. 14). Thank you to Richard Shea and When not possible to use reusable items, we the board for fighting to preserve the town’s will try to use items sourced from sustain- natural beauty, our most important asset. able materials. We also will encourage the Steve Laifer, Cold Spring use of reusable water bottles and compost whenever possible. Much gratitude to our Town Board and Krystal Ford, Garrison QUARTER-CENTURY OF TOYS — Anthony Phillips stands at the Cold Spring community members for their thoughtful Ford is president of the Garrison School PTA. firehouse on Wednesday (Dec. 19) with some of the hundreds of toys collected approach and many hours of effort exam- for this year’s Toys for Tots drive, a project of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. ining and working on this issue for us all. Ireland has had a plastic bag ban for This is the 25th year that Phillips, a former Marine and a past mayor of the Travis Fyfe, via Facebook 15 years. It’s a brilliant idea. All my rela- village, has coordinated the program in Philipstown. The toys were distributed tives keep canvas bags in the boot of their on Dec. 20 to families and agencies that assist them. Photo by Michael Turton Bag ban car, and it keeps the countryside looking Besides climate change and air pollution, cleaner and cuts down on all that plastic. Pinball in Beacon new space on Fishkill Road in Beacon. the next big environmental threat is plastics. Yvonne Mee, via Facebook Beacon may lift its ban on pinball ma- Lisa Hall, via Facebook Nine million tons enter our oceans every chines, but it’s a little late for the arcade mu- year, and you don’t have to go far to see where Another stupid law banning something seum guy, who was basically thrown out of Coming soon: an “artisan” pinball hall! it ends up: Take a walk on the beach at Little when we have much bigger fish to fry. the city (“Beacon Council Reconsiders Pin- Chris Ungaro, via Facebook Stony Point and count the plastic straws, bot- Geraldine Fuller, via Facebook ball Ban,” Dec. 14). tles and other detritus that washes up. Robert Cahill, via Facebook Tell Gov. Cuomo he can make money I commend Dutchess County for passing I wonder what Walmart will do with their from them and he will make pinball ma- a plastic bag ban, even if the 10-cent per bag self-checkouts? They design around the Ask and you shall receive. Based on its chines mandatory. fee didn’t make it into the law (“Dutchess plastic bag. application to the city, Industrial Arts Joseph Pedro III, via Facebook Adopts Plastic Bag Ban,” Dec. 14). I urge Put- Andrew Dubler, via Facebook Brewing Co. plans to have an arcade in its HELP WANTED HELP WANTED TEACHER AIDE POSITIONS, HALDANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Three (3) part-time positions not to exceed 5 hours per day, effective PhilipstownRecreationDepartment immediately. Compensation in accordance with the BOE-CSEA Contract, Are you looking to become part of a fun and exciting team? Grade 1, Step 1, $14.45 per hour. Please request a non-teaching application The Philipstown Recreation Department is hiring for the from the Haldane Central School District, Cold Spring, NY at 845-265- 9254, ext 111 or download and mail a non-teaching application from the following two positions. 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Mayo, a pediatric neurologist made a list Mira Timmer (from Page 1) on a white board in Mira’s room. No tumor. There were no more seizures, but two days Bacterial meningitis? Tickborne disease? later, Mira was still having trouble. She con- (Mira later tested negative for Lyme.) HaN- fused the name of a friend and the friend’s DL syndrome? Some kind of autoimmune dog. Unprovoked, she screamed at her father: encephalitis, such as anti-NMDA? “Stop looking at me! Stop looking at me!” She The latter is a relatively uncommon disor- thrashed violently on her bed and then, sud- der, first described in 2007, in which the im- denly, fell into a deep sleep. mune system creates antibodies that attack “I was like, ‘OK. This is not right,’ ” re- N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in calls Nell, who is a maternity ward nurse at the brain. This monkey wrench causes pa- Westchester Medical Center. As she carried tients to lose inhibitions, act out violently Mira to the car to return to the hospital, her and exhibit other behaviors often associat- daughter told her: “I can’t take it anymore. I ed with severe mental illness. It is far more feel like it’s pulling me into my head.” common in females and has been confirmed Nell remembers thinking: Is this what in children as young as 21 months. people say when they have a brain tumor? The doctor told the Timmers he would Back in Valhalla, an MRI of Mira’s brain be surprised if that was the case because showed no tumor. The fluid from a spinal Mira’s symptoms were relatively mild com- tap was sent to the Mayo Clinic in Minne- pared to the 10 cases he had seen over the sota. In the meantime, Mira remained in the past decade. For instance, he said, Mira hospital. With one of her parents always in wasn’t making weird movements with her the room, she had periodic, 15-minute “epi- mouth and tongue, a common symptom. sodes,” Nell says. She would scream at her The next day, Sept. 10, Mira’s mouth be- mother to get way, then cry out for her when came a beehive of activity. Nell backed off. She burrowed into the small Every other day over the next week, Mira spaces of the room. She repeatedly tore underwent a process in which a machine the sheets off the bed, and complained she at her bedside removed the blood from her couldn’t see. She colored incessantly, filling body through an IV in her neck, pumped long sheets of paper. Her memory faded: she it through a centrifuge to strip the plasma couldn’t remember her birthday, or who had (which carried the antibodies attacking her visited the day before. brain), and returned it to her body with do- “It felt like I was watching her brain nated albumin so the plasma could regener- erase itself,” says Nell. “I was watching my ate. That was followed by five rounds of in- travenous and IV immunoglobulin (IVIG) to Mira Timmer receives an EEG during her treatment. There were so many procedures, child disappear.” says her mother, "I can’t honestly remember why they had the probe on her cheek." As they waited for the results from (Continued on Page 7) Photo provided

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(Continued from Page 6) bolt. One of us had to guard the door.” “It got to the point where I just let her tamp down her overactive immune system. run,” says Ted. “I would run the loop with While she still had some episodes, her her.” In one instance, he says, Mira bowled parents say she seemed to be recovering. over a doctor who saw her coming and On Sept. 28, a Friday, she was sent home. crouched to hug her. On Saturday morning, her mother A neurologist at Columbia prescribed four watched her right-handed child struggle doses of Rituxanmab, a form of chemother- to eat her cereal with her left hand, while apy, to wipe out the white blood cells pro- making random movements with her right ducing the antibodies, since washing them hand, which she was holding up in the air. out hadn’t worked. Mira was moved back to She had several episodes over the weekend Maria Ferrari, closer to home, for the final where she showed a messy lack of inhibi- three doses. On Oct. 26 she was transferred tion, and by Monday afternoon, she raced to Blythedale Children’s Hospital in Valhal- impulsively out of the house and began run- la, where she remained for nearly six weeks ning laps in the school field with the middle- of speech, memory and behavioral rehab. school soccer team, then doing calisthen- “She still had some good tantrums” at ics with them. “Coach Beckley asked if he Blythedale, says Ted. “She once kicked the should send her back,” Ted recalls, smiling. heavy bathroom door for 30 minutes. I It was funny, in retrospect, but Mira mean, karate kicks.” clearly was not better. In November, the Timmers received the SMALL-TOWN SUPPORT Their doctor at Maria Ferrari was on results of a second spinal tap done in the vacation, but they were able to see a pe- midst of chemo that showed that the anti- A family friend, Kelley Amadei, launched a campaign at gofundme.com/ diatric neurologist at Columbia University bodies were gone. mira039s-medical-marathon to help the Timmer family with expenses Medical Center, who admitted her. She Since returning home to Garrison on while both parents stopped working to care for Mira. As of this week, 229 was having moments of catatonia, Nell Dec. 5, Mira has been attending her second- contributors have donated $44,300. says, and randomly touching and stroking grade class for two hours every other day, “I was blown away,” says Nell. “It feels like an episode of This is Your Life. Not strangers, along with screeching. When although after the first two hours she slept only my family gave, but friends from middle school and boys I went to dances they reached the hospital room, Mira slept for four, her mother says. A steroid she was with in high school, and so many people from Beacon, where we had a coffee for 36 hours. taking until recently made her constantly shop for five years, and the teachers at Garrison School.” “When she woke up, she was a lunatic,” hungry, and she gained 30 pounds. Nell says. “That week was the worst. She Timmer noted other support: Courtney McCarthy organized a meal train, Vilma Nell says Mira’s brothers are glad to Ortiz stayed late and overnight with the boys, Garrison School Superintendent was screaming, hitting, kicking, biting.” have their sister home and have been sup- Laura Mitchell checked in regularly and school nurse Melissa DeFonce emailed And running. portive as she recovers. “When she had a photos of teachers holding a white board that read, “We miss you, Mira!” “There was nothing in her brain telling her freakout, even Graham [who is 4] said, ‘I to stop,” Nell says. “Both of us had to be there think Mira’s brain is still hurting her.’ ” “We’re just feeling everybody was looking out for us,” Nell said. because she would have raging fits and try to Photo by Sheila Williams

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Nelsonville Urges Philipstown to Resume Cell Tower Talks Planning Board Backs Mayor says town garage best location for everyone emerged: Homeland would move the Vine- Zoning Change yard Road tower to a spot lower on the hillside, closer to Route 9, and build a sec- The Philipstown Planning Board last By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong hillsides in Nelsonville and Philipstown. ond tower at the town Highway Depart- week backed a zoning law change to allow museums and art galleries The Nelsonville tower would have been ment garage complex on Fishkill Road in elsonville Mayor Bill O’Neill on to operate in the office-commercial- off Rockledge Road, overlooking the Cold Nelsonville, instead of over the cemetery. Monday (Dec. 17) urged Philip- industrial district. It also approved a Spring Cemetery. The Philipstown tower However, after a balloon test demonstrat- stown to resume negotiations was to occupy a perch along Vineyard project on a 20-acre lot on Lake Celeste N ed the height of a 190-foot tower on Route Drive. See highlandscurrent.org. that would place a cell tower at the town Road, off Route 9. 9, the Town Board rejected the idea. highway garage and presumably end liti- Philipstown and Nelsonville officials de- On Dec. 6, Supervisor Richard Shea said gation against Nelsonville while leaving a nied both permits, prompting Homeland the town expects the case to go to trial. Trustee Michael Bowman suggested that 190-foot tower on Route 9. Towers and Verizon several months ago to O’Neill wants the talks and possible “from a best-case scenario, they were doing Homeland Towers and Verizon Wireless sue both municipalities in federal court. compromise resurrected. it without thinking it through completely proposed in 2017 to erect cell towers on This fall, a potential compromise “The solution is, as a community, to con- because they were just trying to make the template a tower at the Highway Depart- best decision for the community in general.” ment, which I thought was the least-worst al- He added that “if there’s a chance to settle ternative from the get-go,” he said, to general it, I’m willing to hear everybody out.” And agreement from the Nelsonville trustees. that means the public, too, he emphasized. “If we’re stuck between a rock and a “The town is in a terrible position,” hard place fiscally because of [legal costs] Trustee Chris Caccamise said. then there has to be a compromise some- O’Neill also said the village received notifi- • Custom Guitars where,” Trustee Alan Potts said. cation that in about eight weeks it must pro- • iGuitar USB At the same time, O’Neill complained vide an “onerous, extensive” amount of mate- • Factory Direct Sales that Philipstown excluded Nelsonville rial sought by Homeland Towers in its lawsuit from participation in the Highway De- against the village, “despite the fact that” • Expert Repairs & Setups partment tower talks. during months of review of the Rockledge • USB/Synth Upgrades “It would appear Philipstown was negoti- application, Nelsonville “sent them about 60 • Lessons ating a settlement on behalf of Nelsonville,” pounds in print outs, thumb drives and vid- he said. “Why Philipstown — we offer our eos.” The mayor termed the demand “unrea- Patrick G. Cummings sincere thanks for working on our behalf — sonable” but said that after conferring with 290 Main St., Cold Spring, NY 10516 engaged in these discussions without con- lawyers he concluded “we have no option.” sultation is somewhat mystifying.” Beyond that, should the village go to 845•809•5347 x226 Shea did not immediately respond to court, “I have confidence that we will win, www.iguitarworkshop.com | [email protected] O’Neill’s criticism. on the facts,” he said.

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Let There Be Light Second-by-second, the sun will return

By Michael Turton

he winter solstice arrives at 5:23 p.m. today (Dec. 21), mark- T ing the shortest day and longest night of the year. It also signals the be- ginning of winter. But on Dec. 22, there will be reason to rejoice; the amount of daylight will begin increasing with each passing day. That Upstate Comes to Beacon means, on Saturday, we will have one sec- ond more daylight than the day before. What are your plans for that second? Indie band will perform at Towne Crier Sure, it isn’t long: There are more than 31.5 million of them each year. But con- By Alison Rooney vocalist is Melanie Glenn, a native of Rochester who lives in Massachusetts.) sider, for a second, how its significance he women of Upstate have been Olender was invited to join the group can increase dramatically: finding their voices this year. two years ago after its members saw T The seven-member band, which her play at a festival in Arkansas. (She • On Dec. 31, 2017, about 2 million people is fronted by three female vocalists, in- lived in Nashville.) She didn’t need much packed Times Square to experience the cluding two Beacon residents, Mary Ken- persuading. “I saw them perform and first second of 2018. Another 2 million are expected next week to welcome 2019. ney and Allison Olender, will perform a thought they were the best band I’d ex- holiday concert at the Towne Crier on perienced,” she recalls. “I was called two • In 2009, Usain Bolt ran the 100 me- Friday, Dec. 28. Its second album, Heal- weeks later and asked if I’d move to New ters in 9.58 seconds. Had Darvis Patton taken one second off his last-place finish ing, will be released in February. York City. I pulled to the side of the road of 10.34 seconds, he would have beaten Originally called Upstate Rubdown, to take it in, because it was like, I can’t the band changed its name as part of Bolt handily. believe that band I saw wants me, which The band's second album, from the • If your private jet could fly at the speed what Kenney calls “a trimming of the shows you that anything can happen.” Kingston-based indie label Royal Potato of light, you could circle the planet 7.5 fat, and a push toward more maturity.” The band’s instrumentation, which in- Family, will be released Feb. 8. times in a second. Its sound is “ever-changing,” she says. cludes mandolin, upright bass and cajon “There is Americana, soul, folk, rock ’n’ • In 1992, after 500 miles of intense rac- (a boxy, drum-like instrument), doesn’t diately. “She came from this country/folk roll, funk, old-time — pretty much any ing, Al Unser Jr. won the Indy 500 by adhere to traditional combinations. This background as a singer and songwriter,” kind of music except rap. We’re driven by 0.043 seconds. is reflected on Healing, most of which was she says. “She helped us hone in.” three-part harmonies.” • Warren Buffet makes $402 every second. recorded in six days at the Clubhouse in With Olender, the group has four song- Both women moved to Beacon in Au- • The world’s fastest computer can make Rhinebeck. (The band’s other members are writers, and three are women. “We strive gust. Olender was a newcomer, but Ken- 33,860,000,000,000,000 calculations in a Harry D’Agostino on bass, Ryan Chappell to have equality within the band,” says ney’s fiancé is a brewer who works in second. on mandolin, Dean Mahoney on cajon and Olendor. “We’re always reminding peo- Beacon and before making the move she Christian Joao on sax and flute.) Kenney ple: female-fronted is not a genre! There’s was employed at Ella’s Bellas. (The third says Olender’s influence was felt imme- As winter progresses, it doesn’t take anger and humor in every one of us.” long for the seconds to add up. Sunset Upstate is always morphing, says Ken- arrives at 4:31 p.m. on the solstice but ney, with “people weaving in and out” be- by Jan. 21, it doesn’t happen until about cause of work and family obligations. “It 5 p.m. By Feb. 21, it’s approaching 6 p.m. Its sound is “ever-changing,” Kenney takes a lot of commitment,” adds Olender. The breakthrough will be March 20, says. “There is Americana, soul, folk, “About 60 to 70 percent of our time is tak- the spring equinox, when the amount en up with the business side of things. It’s of daylight catches up to the amount of rock ’n’ roll, funk, old-time — pretty way more work than writing songs and darkness, at about 12 hours each. performing them, unfortunately.” The summer solstice on June 21 will be much any kind of music except rap. The band’s debut, A Remedy, released in the longest day of 2019, with sun up at 2015, led to festival bookings, touring and 5:25 a.m. and sundown at 8:30 p.m. — 15 We’re driven by three-part harmonies.” (Continued on Page 15) hours, or six hours longer than Dec. 21. 10 December 21, 2018 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org MAGICAL MELTDOWNS

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Why is anyone surprised when a child loses his or her cool when meeting Santa Claus for the first time? Sure, the old man takes requests, but he also has a beard so thick you can’t see most of his face, he wears a blood-red suit and he lives at the mall. We asked readers to share their photos, vintage or modern, of children who were none too happy to meet Santa. Happy holidays to all who responded, and good luck.

Max Nast, Beacon

Emily Greene (great granddaughter of Carolyn Harlan, Cold Spring)

Maggie Grant, Beacon Shaylee and Addie Hamel, Putnam Valley

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Nell Resh, Denver (grandaughter of Mark Carlton, Garrison)

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Lindsay Phillips, Abigail Platt, Melissa Rodino, Grace Bradley, Liliana Cappello, Colin Delabie, Yahli Felixbrodt, Chase Green, Hunter Ingold, Anna Rowe, Grace Tomann, Shianne Twoguns, Frankie DiGiglio, Luca DiLello, Liam Gaugler, Dillon Kelly, Evan LaBelle, Kayla Lare, Cherlin Top of the Class Sofia Viggiano, Liana Waller.Grade 10 - Arden Maggie Gordineer, Clement Grossman, Jeremy Liao, Andrew Lucas, Simrat Mann, Amatullah he following Highlands students Conybear, Douglas Donaghy, Shannon Ferri, Hall, Ivy Heydt-Benjamin, Madeleine Hutz, Muhammad, Ava Muscat, Ayanda Nxumalo, received the highest academic hon- Walter Hoess, Rachel Iavicoli, Sophia Kottman, Mary Junjulas, Finola Kiter, Ronan Kiter, Camille Pahucki, Kathryn Park, Nora Phelan, ors for the first quarter of the school Elizabeth Nelson, Patrick Reinhardt, Camila Amelia Kupper, Elaine Llewellyn, Trajan Lulu Romer, Kenneth Rosa, Emma Sandison, T Saldana, Andrew Scicluna, Zack Shannon, McCarthy, Camilla McDaniel, Ella Mekeel, Alexia Segarra, Lauren Shanahan, Carissa year. For a complete list of students who made the honor roll at each school, see Andrew Silhavy, Afton Spiegel, Benjamin Jacqueline Muth, Matthew Nachamkin, Ellen Smutny, Olivia Spiak, Aiden Tripaldi, Caleb Strol. Grade 9 - Blake Bolte, Madison Chiera, O’Hara, Percy Parker, Eloise Pearsall, Simon Ullian, John Urban-Quezada. highlandscurrent.org/honor-roll. Shea DeCaro, Mia DiLello, Eden Feinstein, Pieza, Ruby Poses, Julie Shields, Iain Starr, Rombout Middle School Haldane High School, Cold Spring Kyle Frommer, Stefano Hammond, Matthew Emily Tomann, Ryan Van Tassel, Mackenzie Grade 8 - Lina Ahmed, Margot Burke, Grade 12 - Helena Alvarez, Theodore McCoy, Luke Parrella, April Ransom, Stephen Warren. Grade 6 - Amelia Alayon, Dahlia Frankie Campbell-Huston, Ariadna Carmona, Bates, Robin Ben Adi, Adam Bernstein, Riley Robinson, Katie Shields, Meghan Tomann, Beck, Dustin Berkley, Alexandra Cairns, Brody Sofia Castelhano, Crystal Chen, Esther Clair, Bissinger, Fiona Brady, Philip Cairns, Randall Liliana Westerhuis. Corless, Judine Cox, Savannah Crofts, Kira Sophia Clauson, Danielle DiRubbio, Laney Chiera, Roisin Daly, Catherine Dwyer, Morgan Drury, Violetta Edwards Salas, Marc Firpo, O’Neill High School, Highland Falls Ebeling, Layla Graham, Jenna Griesing, Etta, Angela Fee, Catriona Fee, Meghan Josephine Foley-Hedlund, Robert Freimark, Labibah Hassan, Ysabel Heath, George Ferri, Ashley Haines, Maura Kane-Seitz, Kyle (Garrison residents) Scotia Hartford, Leif Heydt-Benjamin, Thai Dodge, Jack Kelly, Hanna Humphreys, Farah Jaafar, Gabriella Leiva, Kisslinger, Stefan Linson, Zoe Lyons-Davis, Grade 12 – Frederick Hohenberger, Helen Hutchinson, Scali; Gaetano Cervone, Henry Audrey Lewis, Jordyn Long, Eleanor Lopez, Ronan Marrinan, Matthew Mikalsen, Honor Grade 11 – Zohra Kapoor, Sophie Koch, Patrick Locitzer, Heckert, Benjamin Higbee, Megan Horan, Alexis Mastrantuono, Jonah Mensch, Brianna O’Malley, Olivia Olsen, Parker Parrella, Michael Thomas Locitzer, Micah Morales, Gabriela Remy Mancuso, Hayden Mayer, Solana McKee, Moleano, Gia Moreno, Sofia Mourgues, Perricone, Katelyn Pidala, Justin Roffman, Perilli, Oliver Petkus, Brendan Shanahan, Keira Adam Sharifi, Isaac Walker; Amy Lindsay Otero, Rowan Parsaca, Lila Quinn, Paulina Saldana, Reid Sandlund, Michael Grade 10 – Shanahan, Ashley Sousa, Dana Spiegel. Albertson, Luke Wimer; Evelyn Isabelle Ray, Ruby Rodgers, Shepard Rodgers, Scicluna, Adam Silhavy, William Speziale, Henry Grade 9 – Higbee, Chase Meyer, Lina Sharifi. Garrison Middle School Amelia Sanker, Demetra Sela, Leian Simon, Weed. Grade 11 - Mollie Altucher, Christian Grade 8 - Caitlin Liu, Timothy Liu, Lorelei Isabella Travis. Grade 7 - Imroz Ali, Isabella Alvarez, Madeleine Barkman, Noah Bingham, Haldane Middle School, Cold Spring McCarthy, Fionnoula O’Reilly, David Tacuri, Amundson, Jack Antalek, Ikaika Baysa, Anneke Chan, Collin Eng-Wong, Julie Geller, Kate Bolte, Beatrice Corio, Grade 8 - Henry Timmer, Phelan Waldron. Grade Ariana Bedell, Emma Campagiorni, Vanessa Bridget Goldberg, Luke Hammond, Sophia Isabella Crofts, Celia Drury, Owen Edelson, 7 - Gabriel Lunin-Pack, Lena Singer-Delius. Campanelli, Douglas Capawana, Ella Cason, Immorlica, Riley Johanson, Cassandra Laifer, Niamh Fortuna, Elliott Goldberg, Matthew Grade 6 - Jude Morrison, Eleanor Walker. 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Grade 7 - Lily Benson, Vanja Booth, Gonzalez, Sara Gonzalez, Tiana Gonzalez, Brown, Esteban Carmona, Jaskar Castillo, Jacqueline Griesing, Harsh Gupta, Isabella Elizabeth Cenicola, Kelvin Chan, Ryan Chin, Haydt, Cadence Heeter, Una Hoppe, Keira Madelyn Correllus, Aaron Davis, Alix Haase- Istvan, Serena Jabar, Emma Joyce, Georgia Arrigo, Jessica Hockler, Meghan Kemp, Kane, Devyn Kelly, Gabrielle Kuka, Olivia Ian Kidd, Jenna Maffei, Marisa Mourgues, Lapaz, Erin Lenihan, Myasia Lewis, Evan Rebecca Oberle, Daisy Okoye, Jadelyn Panko, Lombardo, Bryce Manning, Stephen McDowell, Alyssa Polletta, William Rivera Jr., Josiah Nico McKible, Isabella Migliore, Karimah Russell, George Stojakovic, Chloe Tomlins, Muhammad, Twyla Nelson, Thomas Nocerino, Alexander Ullian, Jillian Warner. 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HOLIDAY EVENTS St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Christmas Bird Count, a tradition SAT 22 created by ornithologist Frank Beary Merry Holiday COLD SPRING Chapman in 1900, the Putnam Party 10 p.m. 1 Chestnut St. Highlands Audubon Society will 845-228-4167 | stmaryscoldspring.org conduct a census in Philipstown. BEAR MOUNTAIN Beginner birders welcome. The 10:30 a.m. Trailside Zoo Salem Tabernacle data helps assess the health of bird 3006 Seven Lakes Drive populations and guide conservation trailsidezoo.org BEACON 10 p.m. 7 Delavan Ave. efforts. A group will gather at 6:30 Meet at the bear den to make p.m. to compile the results. Contact 845-831-0114 | salemtabernacle.com treats for the bears and watch Charlie Roberto at 845-270-2979 or them explore their decorated [email protected] to participate enclosure. Cost: $1 per person TUES 25 St. John the Evangelist SPORTS SAT 22 BEACON Cold Spring Aglow 8 & 10:30 a.m. SAT 22 COLD SPRING 35 Willow St. | 845-838-0915 Army vs. Niagara 4:30 – 8 p.m. Main Street stjoachim-stjohn.org (Men’s Basketball) More than 1,000 candle- WEST POINT lit paper lanterns will line the Our Lady of Loretto 1 p.m. Christl Arena thoroughfare from Route 9D to COLD SPRING 845-938-2526 | goarmywestpoint.com the waterfront bandstand in this 10 a.m. 24 Fair St. The Black Knights (5-7) are event sponsored by the village and 845-265-3718 | ladyofloretto.org undefeated at home. Cost: $12 the Chamber of Commerce. The SUN 23 highway department, C&E Paints St. Joseph’s Chapel and Pidala Landscaping provided Holiday Caroling GARRISON Church of St. Joachim THURS 27 sand (for weight) and supplies, the COLD SPRING 6 p.m. 74 Upper Station Road BEACON Westchester Knicks vs. fire department opened its meeting 1 – 3 p.m. The Gift Hut | 86 Main St. 845-265-3718 | ladyofloretto.org Noon. 51 Leonard St. Capital City Go-Go room for the assembly line and Kat and Stephen Selman perform 845-838-0915 | stjoachim-stjohn.org WHITE PLAINS volunteers from the Walter Hoving holiday classics. Christ Church United 7 p.m. Westchester County Center Home and elsewhere put together 198 Central Ave. | 914-995-4050 the luminaries. Rain date: SUN 23. Methodist COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS SERVICES BEACON gleague.nba.com 7 p.m. 60 Union St. SAT 22 The Knicks’ minor-league SUN 23 MON 24 845-831-0365 | beaconmethodist.org Retro Recipe Exchange squad takes on the Washington North Highlands Santa Our Lady of Loretto BEACON Wizards’ team. Cost: $14 to $125 Run COLD SPRING Church on the Hill 1 p.m. Howland Public Library PHILIPSTOWN 4 p.m. (Children’s Choir) & 8 p.m. 313 Main St. | 845-831-1134 FRI 28 NELSONVILLE Noon – 3 p.m. 24 Fair St. | 845-265-3718 beaconlibrary.org 7 p.m. 245 Main St. Haldane vs. Chester Santa’s sleigh makes stops to visit ladyofloretto.org 845-265-2022 | jesusonthehill.com Bring 20 copies of your (Boys’ Basketball) with children along two routes. favorite recipe to share. Free COLD SPRING See highlandscurrent.org/santa for Church of St. Joachim times and stops. First Presbyterian 2 p.m. Haldane | 15 Craigside Drive FRI 28 BEACON Church of Philipstown 845-938-2526 | haldaneschool.org 4:30 p.m. & Midnight Community Blood Drive The Blue Devils host the COLD SPRING 51 Leonard St. | 845-838-0915 BEACON Hambletonians. Free HOLIDAY PERFORMANCES 7 p.m. 10 Academy St. | 845-265-3220 stjoachim-stjohn.org 2:30 – 7 p.m. Beacon Elks Lodge SAT 22 presbychurchcoldspring.org 900 Wolcott Ave. | 800-933-2566 SUN 30 A Christmas Carol St. John the Evangelist nybloodcenter.org Army vs. Connecticut COLD SPRING St. Andrew’s BEACON College (Women’s 6:30 p.m. Hudson House | 2 Main St. Episcopal Church 4:30 & 6 p.m. (Spanish) SAT 29 845-265-9355 | hudsonhouseinn.com Basketball) 35 Willow St. | 845-838-0915 BEACON 64th Annual Putnam A dinner-theater production WEST POINT stjoachim-stjohn.org 7 p.m. 15 South Ave. Christmas Bird Count with Theatre on the Road and 801-793-7376 | beacon-episcopal.org 1 p.m. Christl Arena Victorian carolers. Cost: $75 PHILIPSTOWN 845-938-2526 | goarmywestpoint.com St. Philip’s Episcopal putnamhighlandsaudubon.org The Black Nights (4-6) will host First Presbyterian Church SAT 22 Church As part of the annual Audubon the Camels (8-2). Cost: $12 BEACON Brasiles Ensemble GARRISON 8 p.m. 50 Liberty St. | 845-831-5322 5 (Family Service) & 11 p.m. COLD SPRING beaconpresbychurch.com 7 p.m. St. Mary’s Episcopal Church 1101 Route 9D | 845-424-3571 stphilipshighlands.org 1 Chestnut St. | 845-228-4167 St. Luke’s stmaryscoldspring.org Episcopal Church The vocal chamber group Cold Spring/South will perform selections from Highland United BEACON 10 p.m. 850 Wolcott Ave. its debut CD, A Christmas Methodist Church Feast, and other holiday songs. 801-793-7376 | beacon-episcopal.org John Drew accompanies on COLD SPRING organ. Cost: $20 donation 5:30 p.m. 216 Main St. | 845-265-3365 facebook.com/csshumc

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SAT 22 The Slambovian Circus of Dreams BEACON 8:30 p.m. Towne Crier | 379 Main St. 845-401-4062 | townecrier.com The band, formed in Sleepy Hollow nearly 20 years ago, will Searching for perform its annual Christmas show. Cost: $30 ($35 door) Bobby Fischer you’re going to be miserable THURS 27 when you do become successful Dance Jam Holiday Tea because all your problems just BEACON get magnified.” Cost: $35 to $70 7 p.m. Towne Crier | 379 Main St. KIDS & FAMILY include a flashlight tour of the mansion. On WED 26 the activity 845-855-1300 | townecrier.com FRI 28 The Beacon Dance Beat SUN 23 is candle dipping/making and FRI Cirque de la Lune plays music from the 1960s Holiday Stories 28 will be making a pomander BEACON to the present. Cost: $10 COLD SPRING ball. Reservations requested. Cost: $11 ($7 members) 8 p.m. Howland Cultural Center 2 p.m. Butterfield Library | 10 Morris Ave. 477 Main St. | 845-765-3012 FRI 28 845-265-3040 | butterfieldlibrary.org howlandculturalcenter.org Jonathan Kruk will share THURS 27 Upstate This repeat performance (the first stories of the holidays, including BEACON Children’s Holiday Tea was in June) is an original musical “Santa on the Hudson” and 8:30 p.m. Towne Crier BEACON by Hayden Wayne with Kelly “Hanukkah Bear.” Free 379 Main St. | 845-855-1300 Noon. Mount Gulian | 145 Sterling St. Ellenwood, Rhiannon and Rowan Cirque de la Lune townecrier.com 845-831-8172 | mountgulian.org Parsaca, Leah Siegel and Michael The band’s new album, Healing, WED 26 Children will learn about Bonanno. Also SAT 29. Cost: $10 recorded mostly in six days in School Break Mini-Camp Victorian tea traditions while Rhinebeck, is the first with a enjoying afternoon tea with finger CORNWALL SAT 29 new member, Allison Olender, sandwiches, scones, breads and 9 a. m. – 3 p.m. Outdoor Discovery Center its first with four songwriters, — of course — tea. Reservations Searching for 100 Muser Drive | 845-534-5506 x204 and its first since shortening its required. Cost: $22 ($17 children) Bobby Fischer hhnm.org/minicamp name from Upstate Rubdown. NEWBURGH Children ages 6 to 9 will meet a See Page 9. Cost: $20 11:30 a.m. Downing Film Center live animal, spend time outdoors STAGE & SCREEN 19 Front St. | 845-561-3686 and do crafts and other activities. FRI 28 downingfilmcenter.com SUN 30 Registration required. Also, THURS Newburgh Chorale 27, FRI 28. Cost: $50 ($42 members) Sinbad In this 1993 film, starring BEACON PEEKSKILL Max Pomeranc, Joe Mantegna, 4 p.m. St. Andrew’s Church 8 p.m. Paramount Hudson Valley Joan Allen and Ben Kingsley WED 26 and nominated for an Oscar for 15 South Ave. | newburghchorale.org 1008 Brown St. | 914-739-0039 Winter Break Fun cinematography, a chess prodigy Directed by Michael Saunders, paramounthudsonvalley.com GARRISON hopes to become a champion the chorale will perform holiday The comedian, a U.S. Navy 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. & 1 – 3 p.m. Boscobel who is better liked than the music from the British Isles during veteran whose real name is David elusive Bobby Fischer. Rated its program “Make We Joy Now 1601 Route 9D | 845-265-3638 Adkins, has performed stand- PG. Cost: $9 ($8 students, $7 in This Fest.” Cost: $10 donation boscobel.org up for decades. “If you’re not seniors, children, $6 members) Sinbad These two-hour programs happy before you’re successful, Joseph’s Fine Jewelry 171 Main Street, BUYING GOLD | Highest price for Gold, Cold Spring NY 10516 Diamonds, Silver, Coins, etc. We buy to resell, • Thursday & Friday not to scrap. We specialize in estate jewelry. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. • Saturday & Sunday 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

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believed in this band.” Festival Mass Upstate (from Page 9) The musicians promise that their new opening for artists such as the Felice Broth- Beacon neighbors who come out to the ers and Phox. By the end of next week, Up- Towne Crier on Dec. 28 will be in for a treat. 10:00 pm state will have played 110 shows this year, “Our second single will be out, and we’ll across the country. At one point the group play it live,” says Kenney. “We will make you With The Saint Mary’s Choir spent 30 straight days on the road. dance! The show will be like a holiday party.” The group is planning for 150 shows “We will warm up your soul,” adds Champagne Reception after mass next year but its members are still not Olender. “We’re a cocktail of soulful sound.” quite making a living. What is the alterna- tive? asks Kenney, who grew up in Ithaca. Tickets for the 8:30 p.m. show are $20 at Corner of Routes 9D & 301 in Cold Spring “I’ve wanted to be a singer my whole life, townecrier.com or $25 at the door. (845) 265-2539 and I’m grateful for the people who have

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Nick Page (from Page 1) Budget It’s frustrating when topics such as resume writing and cre- the lack of coherent ative writing, which can serve a therapeu- vision is combined tic purpose for inmates. Without an offi- with a resistance to a cer there, the volunteers cannot do what considered suggestion. they do. The rules don’t allow it. Relieving The staffing crisis at the staffing problem is also necessary to the jail is a perfect ex- Nick Page provide medically assisted therapy for in- ample. It’s been ongo- mates struggling with addiction. ing for years and the administration says Legislator Munn’s proposal was met nothing can be done. with scorn, the argument being that, sure, Another example is the Climate Smart it’d be nice to have full-time temps, but Community program. Getting Dutchess it’s impossible to find them. Kris pointed County registered as a Climate Smart Com- out that if the positions went unfilled, the munity was an early priority for our caucus. funds wouldn’t be spent. So if the county The program is the conduit for state fund- couldn’t fill the positions, no money would ing. In preparing the resolution that begins be lost. Nevertheless, it was voted down. the process, we found that a similar resolu- That encapsulates what’s wrong with tion had gone through in the 2008/9 session this budget. It’s fundamentally mean- but was never sent to Albany, so Dutchess spirited, and it lacks any kind of vision for County was never enrolled. Because the Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro signed the 2019 budget on Dec. 14. Photo provided how to think differently. While it’s nice email was never sent, the county missed out that the administration worked to incor- on millions of dollars in state funding. be compensated. Brad Barclay, of the county plastic shopping bags or restrictions on pa- porate amendments from the minority Now we are enrolled, and, after six months Planning Department, will also be on the per bags] is similar. It’s a small issue but, side of the Legislature, and I can under- of prodding, the county has set up a volun- committee as part of his salaried position. like all things, should be done right. The stand several of my colleagues’ wish to re- teer task force co-chaired by Steve MacAvery, I pushed a budget amendment that majority and administration proved im- ward such efforts with a “yes” vote, there’s who is chair of the oft-ignored county Envi- would add a full-time Climate Smart Co- mune to piles of evidence from around the a lot more room for improvement. ronmental Management Council. He will not ordinator chair to planning for $75,000 globe and pushed through the more easily annually plus benefits. It went down in digestible and superficially palatable bag committee by a 7-5 vote along party lines. ban as opposed to adding a tiny fee which With the appropriate attention, we could has been shown to make all the difference The Topfield Team would like to thank our gain significant funding that could be environmentally while being an insignifi- used to stimulate and shape the green cant financial burden. What good is a gov- co mmuni t y spo nso rs fo r suppo rt i ng o ur economy and make Dutchess a model, not ernment that is unresponsive to fact? It Volunteer Holiday Party! a sometimes-reactionary straggler. There seems to me to be a laziness and indiffer- is no sense of urgency or vision. ence born out of local political stasis and The bag ban [which the Legislature limited, if any, public accountability. Your gifts allowed passed but without a 10-cent surcharge on us to pamper those who make a ing as a Commander. He was also a pro- difference in the Fenton T. Downey fessional engineer, whose career spanned lives of our clients thirty-three years with Northwestern Bell/ ( 1938 - 2018 ) US West Telephone Company. every day. Fenton was married to Blenda Hill on No- vember 9, 1961 in the Base Chapel at Ft. Sam Houston, TX. Together they brought up three sons and four daughters. A member of Thank you! St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, he belonged to the Knights of Columbus, American Le- Happy Holidays! gion Post 0374, and Pioneers of America. He was a member and former president of West Omaha Diamond D Kiwanis. Fenton is survived by his wife of 57 years, Blenda; their children: Mike (Ann), Shaun, Patrick (Kathleen), Shannon Schnepf (Bill), Kathy Wamsley, Mary Gohr (Pat), and Me- gan Reichert (Axel). He was blessed with fifteen grandchildren: Alex Downey, Ian Downey, Connor Downey, Daniel Downey, Rachel Schnepf, Becca Schnepf, Leah Wamsley, Brock Wamsley, Quinn Wamsley, Kate Gohr, Andrew Gohr, Michael Gohr, On Friday, December 7, 2018, Fenton Max Reichert, Christoph Reichert, and Ale- Thomas Downey, loving husband, father, na Reichert. He is also survived by a broth- and grandfather, passed away at the age er, Larry (Joan) and sister, Mary Lou Burke. of 80. Fenton was born on October 13, He was preceded in death by his parents, 1938 in Cold Spring, NY. After graduat- Jeremiah and Charity Downey; brother and Learn more at www.topfieldequestriancenter.com ing from St. Patrick Boys High School in sister-in-law, Jerry and Ann Downey. Newburgh, NY, he attended University of A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Dayton (Dayton, Ohio) where he earned a Dec. 11 at St. Wenceslaus, followed by in- BE in electrical engineering. 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Farm Bill (from Page 1) permanent funding to train the next genera- tion of farmers, to support veteran farmers, farmers of color and indigenous farmers, for programs that support local food and ex- pand regional markets,” said David Howard of the National Young Farmers Coalition. Drawing from Maloney’s Young and Begin- ning Farmers Act from 2017, the bill doubles the amount of loans that new farmers can take on and also pays for more training. The bill preserves the current require- ments that need to be met in order to receive food stamps; Republicans in the House had pushed for additional work requirements. “A lot of people don’t know that there are already work requirements for food stamps,” said Maloney. “We’ve had them for 20 years.” The bill also preserves the link between food stamps and heating assistance. “They wanted to break that up and make it harder for folks to get both, or have to choose between one or the other,” said Maloney. “That was nuts. We stopped it.” When Maloney spoke to The Current in November about the pending bill, he men- tioned assistance for small dairy farms as being something that he felt the previous bill was lacking. Under a program called Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (left) with Brian Nault, a Cornell professor who is among the researchers battling the Allium leafminer, the Dairy Margin Coverage Program, the an invasive species threatening the Orange County onion industry. Photo provided new bill includes 100 percent price sup- port to farms that produce under 5 mil- mand for pesticides. It grows in marginal which way the smoke will be blowing. loney. “There’s real legislative priorities lion pounds of milk annually, offering fi- soil. This commodity provides really sig- “We’ll be dealing with the issue very soon that have to go along with that for our local nancial stability for farmers. nificant opportunities for farmers in New of recreational marijuana and expanded farmers. If we’re going to have it, I’d like our “It’s geared toward the little guys,” said York who are looking to diversify.” medical marijuana in New York,” said Ma- farmers to benefit as much as possible.” Maloney. “That’s who we have here in New Farmers markets will also see benefits. York. And it’s effective retroactively, so they In addition to fixing a problem that pro- can get money and credits that they were hibited certain markets from accepting not able to get under the previous farm bill.” electronic benefit cards for payment, the In addition, farmers will have new crop in- bill gives low-income consumers incen- surance options which will make premiums tives to purchase locally grown food at the more affordable and accessible for smaller, markets, where it can be more expensive diversified farms, he said. In the past, crop than at the supermarket. insurance programs had focused on larger While work on the next farm bill won’t farms which only grow one or two crops. begin for several years, Maloney said he is Even the types of crops that farmers are able already thinking about what could be add- to grow will expand; the bill legalized indus- ed. In addition to a program to help young trial hemp cultivation and production. farmers with student loan debt, Maloney “This is going to be big for New York would like to see conservation programs State,” said Jen Metzger, who was elected expanded, especially easement programs to the state Senate in November and will that help new farmers by keeping the cost chair its Agriculture Committee. “This is of land low. And with the legalization of a crop that has an unbelievable number of industrial hemp production, and Gov. An- diverse uses. It’s low-impact in terms of its drew Cuomo voicing support for legalizing impact on the soil, its water usage, its de- recreational marijuana, it’s not hard to tell

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By Chip Rowe named the league’s coach of the year. Beacon had two MVPs in the league, as our Haldane and Beacon high school Beacon senior Eliza Ericson received the athletes were named to All-State teams honor for the girls and also was named to F last month in soccer and volleyball. the Section 1 team. Devin Lambe of Beacon and Jade Vil- At Haldane, Villella, a junior, was named lella of Haldane were named among the to the All-State second team in Class C. The best soccer players in the state, and Willa girls’ honors are compiled by the New York Fitzgerald and Melissa Bodino were rec- Sportswriters Association. Villella also was ognized as top volleyball competitors. named to the Section 1 team. Lambe, a senior, was named to the All- Fitzgerald, a senior volleyball player at State fifth team among large schools by Unit- Haldane, was named to the All-State fourth ed Soccer Coaches, whose members compile team in Class C by the New York State Public the honors. He also was named to the Section High School Athletic Association, and junior 1 team and as most valuable player in League Bodino was named to the sixth team. II-E, which includes Beacon, Hendrick Hud- The All-State football selections, which son, Lourdes, Peekskill and Poughkeepsie. are made by the sportswriters’ associa- Other boys’ players honored were John tion, will be announced in January. Run- Mesnick, named All-League, and Alec ning back Sam Giachinta, then a junior, Druckenmiller, who received a league was named to the All-State third team in honorable mention. Craig Seaman was Class D after the 2017 season. SEE ANSWERS: PAGE 16

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Javon Dortch (160 pounds) controls his Yonkers opponent in a match he won with a pin to improve to 9-2. Photos by S. Pearlman Beacon Wrestling Off to Strong Start Wins seven of first 10 dual meets Aaron Davis (4) drives the baseline Tuesday in a win at John Jay East Fishkill. By Skip Pearlman

Beacon High School’s wrestling team has gotten off to a strong start, winning Bulldog Boys Hoops Off to 5-2 Start seven of its first 10 dual meets. The Bulldogs had little trouble dispos- Coach: Still improvements ing of Yonkers on Tuesday (Dec. 18), roll- ing to a 69-15 victory. to be made Eighth-grader Chris Crawford and ju- nior Javon Dortch, who wrestles at 160 By Skip Pearlman pounds, both won by pins. Crawford im- Beacon eighth-grader Chris Crawford is undefeated wrestling at 113 pounds. he Beacon High School boys’ bas- proved to 11-0, and Dortch is 9-2. ketball team continued its early Sophomore Ryan Plimely is 6-4 after season success on Tuesday (Dec. a victory in his 126-pound bout. “Ryan year,” when the squad finished 13-8. T 18), rolling past John Jay East Fishkill, Beacon is led by senior captains Di- has gotten consistently better in each 53–36, in a non-league contest. rani Hayes (182 pounds) and George match,” said Coach Ron Tompkins. The Bulldogs (5-2) were in control from Pinkhardt (285 pounds), who have both At 170 pounds, Adam Sovik also won, the start, sprinting to an 18-5 first-quar- been on the team since they were in the and is now 7-3. ter lead. Beacon led 31-11 by halftime, on ninth grade. “They give the team stabil- Because they don’t have wrestlers at the way to handing the winless Patriots ity and drive the hard work in the weight every weight, the Bulldogs typically must their fifth loss. room,” said Tompkins. forfeit twice during each match. “So to win “Our offense was a little sloppy, it was The Bulldogs are scheduled to com- [the match], the kids have to wrestle pretty hard to get a flow going,” Coach Scott pete in the Mid-Hudson Tournament at well,” said Tompkins. “We have a nice mix Timpano said, noting that the Bulldogs Arlington High School on Dec. 27 and 28. of new wrestlers and starters from last only shot 30 percent from the field. “But on defense we responded.” Varsity Scoreboard Aaron Davis and Ebow Simpson each had 12 points, and Simpson also grabbed Boys’ Basketball Boys’ Bowling 10 rebounds, blocked four shots and went Beacon 59, Harrison 43 Mahopac 7, Beacon 0 Manny Garner (24) puts up a shot off a Beacon 51, John Jay East Fishkill 36 Arlington 7, Beacon 0 6-for-6 from the free-throw line. Davis rebound against John Jay. Schechter 62, Haldane 54 added five rebounds and two assists, and Haldane 58, Rye Neck 38 Boys’ Swimming Dayi’on Thompson and Manny Garner In a 59-43 victory on Monday over Har- Mame Diba (14), Kyle Sussmeier Beacon 108, Poughkeepsie 57 each had eight points. rison, Davis scored 18 points, Thompson (13), Matt Champlin (13), “Aaron gets the team going,” Timpano had 11 and Garner and Simpson each Alex Kubik (12) Girls’ Basketball said of his senior captain. “And we’re very added eight. Byram Hills 56, Beacon 33 high on Thompson. He has the talent to On Dec. 27, Beacon will play its first Girls’ Bowling Beacon 51, Roosevelt 32 take it to the next level. Manny also bust- game in the Dwayne Davis Tournament Beacon 7, Mahopac 0 Sarah Evans (16), Skyler Kurtz (12), ed it on both ends.” at Ketcham High School. Beacon 7, Arlington 0 Dior Gillins (7) Nevertheless, “we’re still not playing our Selena Virtuoso (666 series) Dobbs Ferry 45, Haldane 34 best basketball,” he said. “And that’s good, Carmel 59, Haldane 56 because we don’t want to be peaking yet.” MORE SPORTS ON PAGE 18