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Woodbury - It began as a last min-ute opportunity. Jessie Armstead, the former American football  linebacker in the National Football League who played for eleven seasons with the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins was going to be in the area.

Woodbury detective Michael Bauer was on duty when he received a call from Jessie’s planner. Jessie had scheduled mo-tivational talks at M-W High School and at an YMCA camp in Bear Mountain,

but that he wanted to thank local emer-gency responder organizations. Could Bauer put together a schedule?

Well detectives know who to con-tact! And on Wednesday, August 20th, members of the police department, fire companies and our all volunteer ambulance corps met in the police de-partment’s conference room.

Armstead arrived and joined ev-eryone to convey his appreciation for their profession and dedication as they serve Woodbury residents. After his talk Jessie signed quite a few footballs and photos for the kids and adults.

Armstead was a five-time  Pro Bowler, elected between 1997 and 2001. Armstead had 752 career  tack-les  with forty sacks and 12 intercep-tions for 175 yards.

Following a nine-year career with the Giants, he was signed to a three-year, $4.5 million deal by the  Washington Redskins, where he played for two ad-ditional seasons.

He signed with the Carolina Panthers  for the 2004 season, but he

retired that year following a pre-season injury. On June 13, 2007, Armstead signed a one day contract with the New York Giants to officially retire a New York Giant. Jessie was hired by the Giants as a “spe-cial assistant and consultant”. His responsibilities include special projects, defensive as-signments, player development and free agent recruiting.

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WHAT’S UPOpinion 2, 3

CommunityWoodbury Community Day 3Woodbury Parks Info 3Primary Election Day 4Caesars celebrates 4Lions’ Country Ramble 5Draft Horse Association’s

annual Corn Harvest 5Beekeeper educates 6CV Pool Blast 7Labor Day Statewide STOP-

DWI Enforcement Effort 7Phil Nask helps F-86 Sabre Jet

restoration 8Hudson Valley Youth

Symphony at the Rez 9Friends of the OC Arboretum

host live performances 13

History 10

Faith 12

Education 14

Sudoku 15

Jessie Armstead meets Woodbury’s First RespondersFive-time Pro-Bowl Giants & Redskins linebacker signs photos for kids

By Benjamin Meyers

Left: Detective Michael Bauer (rear left) with sons Zach (rear),Riley (orange shirt) and Luke, Jessie Armstead, Officer Scott Sheehan with his sons Connor (L) and Thomas.

Above: Jessie Armstead, famed Giant’s linebacker signs a football for Maria Sutz.

Right: Ben and Pat Conques, who holds an au-tographed football, in front of their Woodbury Volunteer Ambulance.

Below: Members of Woodbury’s fire department and Jessie Armstead in the driver’s seat.

Photos by Ben Meyers

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Letter to the editor

I am appalled that the reconfigura-tion of the Monroe Woodbury School Board has not resulted in a new direc-tion for the Alethea Schepperly case.

Orange County Supreme Court Judge Onofry has handed down two decisions supporting Mrs. Schepperly stating that the charges against her were frivolous and without merit. He made it clear that he thinks the fine imposed ($37,500) on Charge III is “so disproportionate to the offense as to be shocking to one’s sense of fair-ness.” He vacated and annulled the hearing officer’s original and second decision against Schepperly. What does it take to convince the board that this investigation has revealed no evi-dence of wrong doing and should be terminated immediately?

Mrs. Schepperly is the Chairperson/Director of Pupil Personnel Services at the Monroe Woodbury CSD. As a tax payer, I would appreciate it if the current school board would accept Judge Onofry’s ruling and stop this endless litigation against someone

who continues to work diligently on behalf of the children in our district. As someone who ran for a seat on the MWBOE last spring, I would like to state for the record that if I had been elected, I would be doing everything in my power to end this charade against Mrs. Schepperly because it is a misuse of tax payer money, a distrac-tion for the board from more impor-tant issues and a continual emotional and financial drain on one of our dis-trict’s employees.

The law firm works for the district. They should have advised the board that the case was without merit in the first place. Failing that, they should now accept Judge Onofry’s rulings that state that the case is without mer-it. The district should not allow law-yers to pursue an appeal just to save face. Who is continuing to pursue this meritless case on behalf of whom and why? Drop it already. It’s the right thing to do--better late than never.Dawn HoaglandHighland Mills

It is staggering that Kiryas Joel has the nerve to sue South Blooming Groove and Blooming Grove for their support for the proposed casino based on not completing the environmental review process. As if KJ ever does re-garding their impact on environment, traffic, water and sewer needs; espe-cially considering they are the fastest growing community in the USA.

Let’s face it; by 2030 KJ’s popula-tion will exceed 50,000 people with a corresponding impact on the envi-ronment and our neighborhood. It is more than apparent that KJ is selfishly trying to earmark sewage capacity to protect for their expansion.

KJ is certainly not a good neighbor. They constantly try to annex our land and drawing as much as they can out of our social services. They are the poor-est community in the whole US with 70% of the population living under the poverty limit, 93% on Medicaid and the majority are on food stamps. How-ever, their houses are expensive and they typically drive new vehicles and

purchase expensive items at Woodbury Common. Can’t some authority please check the math since the numbers don’t match? Compared to KJ’s burden on our community, a casino would bring fabulous tax revenue and create much needed job opportunities.

KJ is relentless and typically starts projects without permits with lawsuits to follow, costing us taxpayers huge sums of money. As an example, they started building the pipeline without sufficient permits, claiming to install 18” diameter, but in KJ’s typical fash-ion they installed 24” pipeline for al-most double capacity.

They are a lawless community with endless resources of enabling lawyers and with Albany, local politicians and judges under their thumb. It is a mystery how this “poor” village could purchase Ace Farm for millions of dollars cash a few years ago and afford all these lawyers and representation in Albany. Or, maybe they aren’t so poor?Svante RodingHighland Mills

The right thing to do- -better late than never

Kiryas Joel has the Nerve to Sue Again

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Railroad workers call them “bomb trains” and they pass through our towns and villages every day.

Trains carry Bakken crude oil from North Dakota and other hazard-ous chemicals over the rail lines lo-cated along the Hudson River using DOT-111 tanker cars notably pass-ing through New Windsor, Cornwall, Highlands, and Stony Point. Com-pared to several other leading types of crude oil, Bakken crude oil is volatile, highly flammable, toxic and corrosive.

As someone who spent his career helping to mitigate the impact of di-sasters, I’m concerned with the dan-ger of this crude oil leaking or igniting and causing destruction in the event of a train derailment. It is a reality that can’t be ignored, especially when there is evidence of such instances occur-

ring. Over this past year alone there were four derailments in the US and Canada resulting in loss of life, explo-sion or oil spills.

What can be done to make sure such a disaster never occurs in our com-munity? The Association of Ameri-can Railroads (AAR) has pressed the owners of DOT-111 cars, including oil companies, to retrofit existing cars with additional safety features. But this may not be enough because even with improvements to these train cars, the chance of a spill and explosion during a derailment is still very high. If elected to the NY State Assembly, I will push for the following solutions:

1. Sponsor legislation banning all non-retrofitted DOT-111 tanker cars carrying Bakken crude oil from New York

railroads traveling through heavy residential areas.

2. Advocate for a new train tanker car that is designed from the ground up to avoid exploding or rupturing during a derailment. Oil companies who profit from shipping their product through this region should share in the cost of a new tanker car design that will address the underlying safety issues.

3. Utilize existing technology that can provide information on the contents of each rail car as it enters a town and make that information available to local fire departments immediately when responding to a train derailment.

4. Provide state funding for creating town/village disaster mitigation plans and enhanced training of fire departments on train derailment response.

Taken together, these modest pro-posals would safeguard our com-munity against an unfortunate event. Unlike career politicians who simply complain about a problem, I believe in understanding the issues and creating common sense solutions.

Rich Cocchiara (R,C,I Hamptonburgh) resides in the Washingtonville with his wife Judy and their three children. Prior to running for State Assembly, he worked for IBM for 31 years as a manager and engineer. He has been a Councilman for the Town of Hamptonburgh for 13 years and is active in the Boy Scouts of America, Knights of Columbus and Black Rock Fish & Game Club.

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Mark your Calendar - Woodbury Community Day At the Smith Clove Elementary School on Sept. 13th Rain or Shine

By Benjamin Meyers

Central Valley - Woodbury Community Day will be back in Central Valley again after a hiatus of a few years. Over the past few years, the “Fire Cracker Festival” has been held at the M-W middle school around the 4th of July. The committee decided to change the venue and date this year.

Woodbury Community Day will continue with the same family fun festivities and will start off the day at 8:30 a.m. with a 5k Run.

The 5k Run Color Festival - Car & Bike show –Ask a kid and they will tell you! They always rank Touch-A-Truck as one of their favorites. A Street Fair will feature food and craft vendors from near and far and there will be non-profit organizations from churches to the Woodbury Volunteer Ambulance Corps. Put this date on your calendar and invite friends and family to join you during this fun community day.

Woodbury Parks InfoJust a reminder to all that since most of our lifeguards have returned

to school, swimming will be limited at both parks. The hours will be the same noon until 8:00 p.m., but the diving board

at the Central Valley Pool and the raft at Earl Reservoir may not be open.

We hope to keep both parks open through Labor Day which will be the last day for swimming.Fran & Joey

Accepting Letters of Interest for Town Supervisor CandidateWoodbury Town Democratic Committee - Letters should be sent before September 7

By Willa Freiband

Highland Mills – August 26, 2014. Due to the untimely passing of Woodbury Town Supervisor John Burke, there will be an election this November to fill the vacancy for Town Supervisor. The Town of Woodbury Democratic Committee will be accepting letters of interest between now and Septem-ber 7th from people who would like to be the Democratic candidate for this position.

“Woodbury lost a Supervisor who put the interests of residents first re-gardless of what the issue was. His passing leaves a large void we need to fill,” said Manny Mangual, chair of the Town Democratic Committee.

The Town Supervisor serves as both the Chief Fiscal Officer and Chief Ex-ecutive Officer of the town. As Chief Fiscal Officer, the Supervisor main-tains a complete, accurate accounting of all money spent and received by

the town in a manner and form pre-scribed by the State Comptroller. The Supervisor is also the town’s Budget Officer, responsible for compiling the town’s annual operating budget.

As Chief Executive Officer, the Supervisor presides over all Town Board Meetings. Meetings are held on the first and third Thursday of each month. The position of Supervi-sor is elected and normally carries a two year term.

To apply to be a candidate for the position of Town Supervisor a person needs to be a registered Democrat and live in the town of Woodbury.

Letters of interest should be sent before September 7, 2014 to Manny Mangual, 34 Jones Drive, Highland Mills, NY 10930. Due to the tim-ing, email is preferred manny9854@hotmail.com. Phone calls accepted - 845-800-8808.

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Woodbury – Caesars New York was joined by local officials and members of the regional chambers of commerce to celebrate its new office’s grand open-ing with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Among the invited guests were Cham-ber of Commerce officials from the Orange County, Dutchess and Sullivan counties as well as from local chambers. Dan Vaughn, President of the Wood-bury Chamber of Commerce presented Darold Londo, Senior V.P. Operations Development with Caesars, a gift bas-ket after the ribbon cutting ceremony. Michael Queenan, Mayor of the Village of Woodbury was present as were trust-ees and councilmen of Woodbury and Mayor Steve Welle of Harriman; Paul Campanella, President of the Greater Monroe Chamber of Commerce and Charlie Pakula represented Monroe. As-

semblyman James Skoufis thanked Mr. Londo for the opportunities that Caesars will bring not only to Woodbury but to the region as well. WHUD’s famous talk show host who grew up in Woodbury, Mike Bennett, interviewed Mr. Londo during the program.

Jay’s Deli provided a luncheon of sandwiches, wraps, pastries and other refreshments; and during the casual time for lunch, Londo was assisted by Christine DerOhannesian in drawing gifts for some lucky winners.

The office will serve as the central hub connecting Caesars New York and the community. With its central location in Highland Mills, and Mr. George Sewitt as the local contact, Caesars New York office will work with the community to promote local businesses and employ-ment opportunities.

Primary Election Day – September 9thPolls will be open from 6:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m.

Woodbury - Primary Election Day will be on Tuesday, September 9th. This day is fundamental to your right to express your view in our government offices. The outcome can, and will, impact how your life, and that of your family, in the near and long-term future. Your action at the polls will affect the lives of your children. Take your responsibility seriously!

In this primary, if you are a Democrat, you will chose who you want to run for Governor and Lt. Governor. The primary for Republicans, Conservatives and Independents will decide the race for Family Court Judge. There will be no primary for Workers Party

Polling locations will open at 6:00 a.m. and close at 9:00 p.m. The loca-tions of the polls in Woodbury will be a noted below.

• Highland Mills Fire House – Districts 1, 5 and 8 • Central Valley Elementary School – Districts 2, 3 and 9 • Woodbury Town Hall – Districts 4 and 6 • Woodbury Senior Center – Districts 7 and 10

Your decision to make the effort, and take the time, no matter how busy or tired that you might be is very im-portant. VOTE!

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Local and regional dignitaries gathered for the ribbon cutting ceremony of Caesars’ New York office in Highland Mills.

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Central Valley - What another great year for the Lions’ Club Country Ramble! On last Sunday morning, 161 runners finished the 5K race and thir-teen people walked the two mile walk-ing course. About twenty kids enjoyed the Ramble Scrambles that was held on the Woodbury High School’s track with the help of members of the M-W girls’ cross country team.

Jack Jibb of Monroe blew away the old record with a time of 15 minutes 57 seconds, and 2 minutes 30 seconds ahead of second place winner James Pratt of Ardsley, NY. Taking third place, one second behind Pratt was Wayne Williams of Chester. Kathryn Munks placed first in the women’s event followed by Kristen Kral, Ashley

Wallace, Sophia Muccini and Nicole Winter, all on the heels of each other.

Fred Ungerer (71) won the “Men’s Over 70” in 29:28, followed by Arturo Romero (71) from Warwick in 29:57 and Raey Webster (73) from War-wick in 30:32. For the ladies, Rochelle Marshall of Monroe won in 35:05, fol-lowed by Erika Abraham from Corn-wall in 40:08. Marshall and Abraham have been participants for at least the last eleven years according to David DaCosta who has been organizing it for that long.

Lions’ Woodbury Country Ramble - Men’s record crushedJack Jibb of Monroe wins 5K with a time of 15 minutes 57 seconds

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Jack Jibb of Monroe wins 5K crosses finish line in record breaking time.

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Draft Horse Association’s annual Corn HarvestVendor spaces available - pumpkin painting, corn maze, make a scarecrow…

The Hudson Valley Draft Horse Association will hold their annual corn harvest on October 4, 2014, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at Saunderskill Farm, 5100 Route 209, Accord, NY 12404. The corn will be harvested with an antique corn binder pulled by a team of horses.

We have 10’x10’ vendor space available for $35.00. Other activities include pumpkin picking, pumpkin painting, and corn maze; make a scarecrow, good food available, corn bundles for sale. Wagon rides for a small fee. Admission a suggested donation of $5.00 per adult.

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Listed here are the top finishers.

Men Place Athlete Name Age Gender Finish Time

1 Jack Jibb 16 Male 15:57 2 James Pratt 15 Male 18:27 3 Wayne Williams 16 Male 18:28 4 John Benvin 27 Male 18:55 5 Adam U Alshoubeki 16 Male 18:57

Women

Place Athlete Name Age Gender Finish Time10 Kathryn Munks 16 Female 19:49 14 Kristen Kral 15 Female 20:21 16 Ashley Wallace 17 Female 20:35 17 Sophia Muccini 12 Female 20:39 24 Nicole Winter 15 Female 21:09

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Woodbury - Beekeeping in High-land Mills! Richard Sullivan began beekeeping as a hobby this year and hosted Monroe-Woodbury Garden Club members to an evening of api-culture education.

About a dozen members visited “Ritchie” Sullivan’s home where he now has three hives and all stood a safe distance since the bees were still active around their colonies. Instead of calling it his backyard, Ritchie can rename it his apiary or “bee yard”.

Questions arose about swarming, which takes place in spring and not a desirable situation for beekeepers, so he showed how the bees can be tricked into forming new colonies in close proximity to the original hives. Club members also saw how Ritchie extracts and filters honey from combs. He explained that he was unusually

fortunate with his new hive producing fifty-five pounds of honey this spring. That amount is not typical for a new hive he said.

Marie Pulvirent is the Garden Club’s Program Chairwoman and Lind Siebold is Tour Coordinator who scheduled this visit with Mr. Sullivan.

Another interesting event is scheduled at the Orange County Arboretum on September 16th at 5:30 p.m. Monroe-Woodbury’s Gar-den Club will present the arbore-tum with a bee hive and a beautiful hand-made ceramic Shohola bell, the  Lenni Lenape  native American word for “Place of Peace”, that will be the focal point in the Asian Gar-den. The bell was commissioned David Greenbaum owner of Blue-stone Studio in Milford, PA.

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Beekeeper educates M-W Garden Club membersHighland Mills apiarist’s three hives yield flavorful honey – great remedy for allergies

By Benjamin Meyers

Above: Ceramic Shohola bell was hand crafted by David Greenbaum owner of Bluestone Studio in Milford, PA. Shohola is Lenape Lenapi for “Place of Peace”.

Left: Mr. Sullivan describes how honey is extracted from the honeycomb’s wax and the filtering process that follows.

M-W Garden Club members gather for group photo in front of bee hive. Beekeeper Richard Sullivan stands at left.

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By Benjamin Meyers

Central Valley - Saturday, August 16 was this year’s day for the big Central Valley Pool Blast, a summer day of swimming, good music and free hot dogs and hamburgers.

Like most of this summer, the weather was perfect for Parks and Recreation day of fun. The barbecue grills were manned by Joey Gianzero,

Marty and Phil Nask and a number of other volunteers. Smoke in their eyes didn’t seem to bother them too much – except, maybe it caused one hamburger to fall to the ground – and there is photo evidence of that event.

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CV Pool BlastHudson Blue did entertain with some really good music

Labor Day Statewide STOP-DWI Enforcement Effort Impaired Driving Crackdown runs from August 15th through Sept 1stGoshen – County Executive Steve Neuhaus, Orange County Sheriff Carl E. DuBois, District Attorney David Hoovler, and Orange County STOP-DWI Coordinator Craig W. Cherry today announced that police will be cracking down on impaired drivers in Orange County until Labor Day. The Orange County Stop-DWI program funds police agencies across the county to provide for sobriety checkpoints and extra patrols to keep our roadways safe.

Research shows that high-visibil-ity enforcement can reduce drunk driving fatalities by as much as 20 percent. Sobriety checkpoints play a key role in raising awareness about the problem. These efforts are pri-marily funded by DWI fine money as well as additional grants from the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee (GTSC) that are provided to partici-pating counties through the STOP-DWI Foundation. The Orange Coun-ty Sheriff, along with municipal and

State Police, will collaborate across the state and will be out in force in this coordinated effort to aggressively target those who put lives in danger.

“Don’t use the holidays as an excuse to put others at risk with irresponsible, and potentially deadly, behavior,” said County Executive Neuhaus. “If you’re going to drink, don’t drive.”

“Labor Day weekend signals the end of summer and back to school, with numerous holiday gatherings, along with added traffic. Don’t put yourself, your family, or anyone else in danger by drinking and driving. Be an example of responsibility,” said Sheriff Carl DuBois.

The STOP-DWI Crackdown is com-prised of several enforcement peri-ods promoted by the New York State STOP-DWI Foundation. These efforts are supported with funding from both the Governor’s Traffic Safety Commit-tee and the National Highway Traffic Safety Association.

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By Benjamin Meyers

Monroe - It has been a long time com-ing. Residents of Woodbury are all aware of Airplane Park in Monroe. For many recent years the old plane was not much more than a wreck. It brought tears to Korean War veterans who walked by to see such a sad sight.

But, alas! Last weekend, Monroe celebrated a renewal! And Central Valley’s Phil Nask Jr, who works for Orange County Choppers, was in-strumental in the F-86 Sabre restora-tion project.

Over the past few years there has been a vision to restore the old relic. David Roman, of the Cornerstone Masonic Historical Society and STP Committee President, and Staff Ser-geant Claude Gillman, USMC (Retired) and volunteers have gradually been diligently working on this labor of love. Much work went into the final outcome.

Phil Nask used skills acquired from restor-ing classic cars to fabricate a new nose cone, wingtips, ailerons and portions of the tail’s elevators. Many volunteers received plaques of appreciation; Phil received a nice mounted model Sabre with an inscription for Orange County Choppers.

The ceremony was crowded with dignitaries, veteran organizations and music for the Nation-al Anthem was provided by the Allegro Orches-

tra under lead-ership of Viktor Prizgintas.

Jerry Oser, Sr. Past Com-mander of the Orange County American Legion called the Color Guard and led with the Pledge of Alle-giance. James Nelson, Historian for the Town of Monroe provided the very interesting story behind Ford R. Dally Airplane Park. He was followed by Monroe Village Mayor, Jim Pur-cell who presented Eagle Scout Candidate, Daniel Willis who installed a nice bronze me-

morial plaque in front of the plane. Paul Oser, current O.C. American Legion Com-

mander closed the day’s ceremony by singing a beautiful rendition of God Bless America…accompanied by many onlookers.

Considered one of the best and most im-portant fighter aircraft in the Korean War, the F-86 is also rated highly in comparison with fighters of other eras. Although it was developed in the late 1940s and was out-

dated by the end of the 1950s. According to historian Jim Nelson’s account,

“Ford Dally grew up in Monroe and served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Ford’s father was an aviator in WWI and his brother was a pilot of B-24’s in the Pacific During WWII. It was back in the early 60’s when Ford spoke with Mayor Jay Stahl about bringing an air-

plane to Monroe with a tractor loaned by Marcus Trucking, and a trailor loaned by Mangin Trucking, Ford, Mayor Stahl, Richard Stitt and Bill Coddinton drove to Griffis AFB in Rome NY. They drove back to Mon-roe and arrived on August 22, 1963 with this F-86L Sabre jet.

“On August 29, 1970 the Village of Monroe dedicated this area of the park in honor of Ford R. Dally. That plaque

to his honor stands at the entrance to the park. Ford maintained this plane with friends when he lived here, but over the years changing mu-nicipal governments would either try to save the plane or get rid of it.

“In 2009 a team of Marines from Stewart Air National Guard Base, with its team leader, Claude Gillman started the restoration of the plane. The plane has not looked this good since it was built. Unfortunately, Ford died October 17, 2008, This plane always remained in Ford’s thoughts until his death.”

So, Phil Nask has played a significant role in realizing Ford’s dream!.

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Phil Nask helps F-86 Sabre Jet restorationCelebration was held at Ford R. Dally Airplane Park in Monroe

Phil Nask with his model F-86 Sabre on fence in front of the real thing. Photo by Greg Abrignani

This F-86L Sabre was the United States’ first jet fighter and was used in the Korean War.

Daniel Willis, Eagle Scout candidate, built the bronze memorial plaque that now stands in front of Air Plan Park’s F-86 SabreJet. Photos by Dennis Gerbino

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Woodbury - The Southern Hudson Valley Youth Symphony presented its First Annual Performance Festival. The event took place on Saturday Au-gust 23rd at the Earl Reservoir in the Town of Woodbury.

Compositions included move-ments from works for Unaccompa-nied Violin by Johann Sebastian Bach, “Autumn” from The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi, the first movement from the Concerto in b minor for Vio-la by George Frederic Handel, and the Passacaglia for Harp (also by Handel). The program concluded with three duos for Violin and Double Bass by Daniel Francois Aubert (1782-1871).

Soloists on the program included Bridget Wickiser, Lily Ge, Daniel Gu, and Charmaine Barlao on Violin, Davyd Mordvynenko on Viola, Bridg-et Cruser on Harp. The duo team of Hannah Ritz on Violin with Kaleigh Doherty on Double Bass concluded the program.

Participants for the event attend public or private middle schools and high schools in Ulster, Orange, or Rockland Counties in New York, and Bergen County in New Jersey.

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Bridget Cruser on Harp pre-pares to play Passacaglia for Harp by George Frederic Handel.

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August 26, 1776The Battle of Brooklyn, 238 Years ago

During the American Revolution, British forces under General Wil-liam Howe defeat Patriot forces under General George Washington at the Battle of Brooklyn in New York. The first shots of the Battle of Brook-lyn were fired on August 26, 1776, aimed at two British soldiers rum-maging around in a watermelon patch.

On August 22, Howe’s large army landed on Long Island, hoping to capture New York City and gain control of the Hudson River, a victory that would divide the rebellious colonies in half. On August 27, the Red Coats marched against the Patriot position at Brooklyn Heights, over-coming the Americans at Gowanus Pass and then outflanking the entire Continental Army. Howe failed to follow the advice of his subordinates and storm the redoubts at Brooklyn Heights, and on August 29 General Washington ordered a brilliant retreat to Manhattan by boat, thus sav-ing the Continental Army from capture. At the Battle of Brooklyn, the Americans suffered 1,000 casualties to the British loss of only 400 men. On September 15, the British captured New York City.1

Fredrick Fooy in an article in the South Brooklyn Post writes, “… right here in our cozy pocket of Brownstone Brooklyn, we stand on blood soaked and hallowed national ground, as the biggest battle of the Ameri-can Revolution was fought in Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Gowanus, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights, when today’s Court Street was surrounded by cornfields. It may be hard to imagine British Red Coats barreling into Trader Joe’s on Court and Atlantic and thrash-ing young American men, but that very intersection saw intense military activity towards the end of August 1776, along with several other famil-iar South Brooklyn locations. British infantrymen, Hessian grenadiers, kilted Highlanders and a plethora of soldiery battled American soldiers along Degraw Street, down Bond and over the Union Street Bridge on the Gowanus Canal. It was a hot, rainy and violent affair, as the rag tag assortment of Americans, few with uniforms and many in hunting shirts, untrained, took on the British regulars. The Battle of Brooklyn, which took place on Aug. 26, 1776, was the first major action fought by an army of the United States, under the leadership of Gen. George Washington.

Source: 1) History.com; 2) George Washington Was Here And It Was Not Pretty The Revolutionary War battles of Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and the Gowanus By Frederick Fooy, pub. South Brooklyn Post Nov. 13, 2011

August 28, 1963King speaks at March on Washington, 51Years ago

On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in  Washington, D.C., the African Ameri-can civil rights movement reaches its high-water mark when  Martin Luther King, Jr., speaks to  about 250,000  people attending the March on Washington for Jobs and Free-dom. The demonstrators--black and white, poor and rich--came together in the nation’s capital to demand voting rights and equal opportunity for African Americans and to appeal for an end to racial segregation and discrimination.

The peaceful rally was the largest assem-bly for a redress of grievances that the capital had ever seen, and King was the last speaker. With the statue of  Abraham Lincoln--the Great Emancipator--towering behind him, King  used the rhetorical talents he had de-veloped as a Baptist preacher to  show how, as he put it,  the “Negro is still not free.” He told of the struggle ahead, stressing the im-portance of continued action and nonviolent protest. Coming to the end of his prepared text (which, like other speakers that day, he had limited to seven minutes), he was over-whelmed by the moment and launched into an improvised sermon.

He told the hushed crowd, “Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to  South Carolina, go back to  Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettoes of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.” Continuing, he began the refrain that made the speech one of the best known in U.S. history, second only to Lincoln’s 1863 “Gettysburg Address”:

“I have a dream,” he boomed over the crowd stretching from the Lincoln Memorial to the

Washington Monument, “that one day this na-tion will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.’ I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Geor-gia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississip-pi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and jus-tice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.”

King had used the “I have a dream” theme before, in a handful of stump speeches, but nev-er with the force and effectiveness of that hot August day in Washington. He equated the civil rights movement with the highest and noblest ideals of the American tradition, allowing many to see for the first time the importance and ur-gency of racial equality. He ended his stirring, 16-minute speech with his vision of the fruit of racial harmony:

“When we  allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catho-lics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, ‘Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!’”

Source: History.com; Caption from www.kids.nationalgeographic.com

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By West Point Museum

USMA West Point - The West Point Museum is pleased to announce the opening of its initial exhibit to com-memorate the 100th anniversary of the First World War.

The display features uniforms worn by armies of the major European na-tions in 1914. Central to the display is a Field Marshal’s tunic worn by Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, the leader of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1914. It was the assassination of his nephew and heir to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand that sparked the global war.

This uniform coat is flanked to its right by a German 4th Hussar coat of purple wool with yellow trim. The hussars (light cavalry) of all nations were among the most colorfully-uniformed of soldiers. To the right of the hussar uniform is an overcoat and service cap of the Imperial Russian Army. Poorly-led and equipped

the Russian soldiers suffered serious de-feats at the hands of Germany. With the collapse of the Romanoff dynasty as a result of revolution Russian forces were withdrawn from the war.

As the four years of the war’s com-memoration proceed this and other displays will change, making use of the extensive collections of First World War artifacts. Of special note in the mu-seum collection are complete uniforms of all the major warring nations which were assembled by the U.S. Army at the war’s conclusion. The next uniform display, planned for 2016, will feature enlisted soldiers’ field uniforms. It will be followed by a display of uniforms of women auxiliaries whose support was crucial to the war effort.

All visitors to the United States Military Academy are encouraged to tour the Museum to view what is considered to be the oldest and larg-est diversified public collection of

miltaria in the Western Hemisphere. The WWI exhibit is in the History of Warfare Gallery located on the 1st floor of the Museum. The West Point Museum is open 10:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m.

seven days a week. Admission is free. The West Point Museum is located

at 2110 South Post Road, next to the Visitors Center. For details, call 845-938-3590 or visit www.usma.edu/museum.

First World War display at West Point MuseumCentral to the display is a Field Marshal’s tunic worn by Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria

WWI soldiers’ tunics surround a German Field Marshal’s tunic worn by Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, the leader of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1914.

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Goshen – Moody’s Investors Service today down-graded Orange County’s bond rating to Aa3 and as-signed the county a negative financial outlook. This is the second time Moody’s has downgraded the county’s bond rating in less than six months.

The bond-rating agency noted in its report that the “downgrade to Aa3 reflects an ongoing multiyear trend of operating deficits and declines in reserve levels, which is expected to continue in the near term” and warned that a 2015 county budget that is not in struc-tural balance could cause the rating to decline further. “Reserve levels” refer to Orange County’s fund balance, the unassigned/undesignated savings account that has dwindled to a 30-year low of $21.1 million as a result of overspending. After this latest downgrade and nega-tive outlook, Orange County has the second-lowest Moody’s bond rating in the Hudson Valley.

In its description of the county’s credit position and its remaining financial flexibility, Moody’s noted a projected sales tax shortfall this year of as much as $12 million from the targets set by Orange County’s 2014 adopted budget. The fund-balance decline, along with lower-than-expected sales tax collections, has com-bined to create an estimated $60 million budget gap next year. County Executive Steve Neuhaus described the 2015 budget gap in his State of the County address on March 18. Under the county charter, Neuhaus must submit an Executive Budget to the legislature by October 1. The legislature then has until November 15 to make changes and submit its recommendations back to the county executive’s office for review. If the legislature fails to approve it or change it, it becomes law automatically, effective January 1.

The report was bearish on Valley View nursing home’s ability to become financially self-sufficient and shed its re-liance on county subsidies, noting that it is unlikely “the facility will operate without a subsidy in the near term, continuing to pressure county resources. The county con-

tinues to explore cost saving opportunities including the sale of the facility.” Moody’s noted that the nursing home required “annual tax-levy subsidies of $18 million and $12.7 million in fiscal 2012 and 2013 respectively.”

“What I have warned about consistently, today’s bond-rating downgrade has decisively confirmed,” said Neu-haus. “My administration inherited this fiscal crisis, and I am committed to cleaning up the mess, starting with a balanced budget on October 1 that responsibly cor-rects the $60 million budget gap accumulated through a years-long toxic combination of draining the savings

account and projecting rosy sales tax collections. Our taxpayers cannot afford to relive the mistakes of the past and we owe it to them to take seriously the challenges ahead. Therefore, I will not be busting the tax cap or bor-rowing the county’s way out of this budget crisis.

“Offering unrealistic and grandstanding proposals will not solve this problem. Only action will. Fortunately, Leg-islature Chairman Brescia and many legislators under-stand this, and we urge all responsible members to join him in finding real solutions rather than further delaying the day of reckoning.”

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I suppose you’ve heard what happens when you sing a country music song backwards, right?  You get your car back, you get your dog back, and you get your wife back.Well today, I want to talk about how to get some-thing else back:  I want to talk about how to get your faith back ― how to get your faith back if you’ve lost it, how to find it for the first time if you’ve never

found it before, and if you’ve already found it, how to help others find their faith, too, so that they can truly become filled with faith, or “faith full.”There’s a scene in the movie The Chronicles of Narnia where Lucy and her brothers and sister finally all stumble into the land of Narnia when they’re try-ing to hide in an old wardrobe.  Lucy had discovered Narnia before, but when she told her family about it, they made fun of her, they got mad at her, and they told her to stop imagining things.  But now they all see it with their own eyes and finally believe. I love that moment of discovery, when people go from doubt to faith, from unbelief to belief, from ques-tioning what others have told them to believing it with they’re whole heart, soul, mind and strength.Acts chapter 6 describes one of the early believers named Stephen in a way that I’d love to become as well.  Acts says that Stephen was:“a man who was full of faith and of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 6:5).  That’s what I think God wants each of you to be:  men and women who are full of faith and of the Holy Spirit.  Men and women who are so filled with faith that it overflows from within you and onto those around you.But how can we get to the point where we’re “faith full”?  How can we help other people discover what we’ve found to be true?Here are three things I’d recommend:Read your Bible.  The Bible contains story after story of people who have put their faith in God and become filled with faith as a result.  When you read their stories, it will help to increase your faith as well.Today’s a good day to read John chapter 20, for in-stance, where it describes three sets of people at the moment when they went from doubt to belief, who got to see Jesus raised from the dead on that first Easter morning and in the days immediately follow-ing His resurrection. The Apostle John says he wrote these stories for you:  “Jesus did many other miracu-lous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book.  But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name” (John 20:30-31).Research your Barriers.  If you’ve got questions that are keeping you from fully believing what God has said in His Word, take time to get your questions an-swered so you can move forward in your faith.

This is what Lee Strobel did when his wife told him she had become a Christian.  Lee was an atheist and the legal affairs editor for the Chicago Tribune.  He decided to use his journalism and legal training to thoroughly investigate Christianity, hoping to lib-erate his wife from this cult! But his plan backfired when he found more evidence that supported the resurrection than he ever imagined and he ended up putting his faith in Christ.Reconnect with your Brothers and Sisters in Christ.  God doesn’t want you to go it alone.  He wants you to help each other, to bear each other’s burdens and to sharpen each other like iron sharp-ens iron.C.S. Lewis, who wrote The Chronicles of Narnia and other great Christian works, went to Oxford College as an atheist.  But after reading books by George McDonald and others he admired and discovered were strong Christians, he turned from atheism to believing there must be a God.  But it was when he began to meet with other Christians in person, like fellow student J.R.R. Tolkien who later wrote  The Lord of The Rings, they challenged his thoughts and ideas.  After talking with his friends till three in the morning one night, Lewis went home and the next morning went from just believing in God to becom-ing a Christian.Read your Bible.  Research your Barriers, and Reconnect with your Brothers and Sisters in Christ.These aren’t the only way to become filled with faith, but they’re certainly good things to do, even if you’re a strong believer, because they can help you keep up in the faith that you’ve already come to believe in your heart.Prayer: Father, thank You for giving me so many examples of people who have put their faith in You.  Help me to keep putting my faith in You, and to help others put their faith in You, too. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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Highland Mills United Methodist Church654 Route 32, PO Box 611, Highland Mills, NY 10930www.highlandmillsumc.orgE-mail: info@highlandmillsumc.orgPhone: (845) 928-6177Pastor: Reverend Darlene ReslingWorship: Sundays @ 9:15 am - Sunday School @ 9:45 amFellowship: Sundays @ 10:30 amWomen’s Guild - Monday 10 am - 12 noonMen’s Bible Study: Saturdays @ 8:30-9:30 amBible Study for All (check website for schedule)

Monroe Temple of Liberal Judaism314 N. Main St., Monroe, NYTelephone: (845) 783-2626 Rabbi Garry Loeb; Cantor Elana SchwartzWorship ScheduleFirst Friday: an eclectic, intergenerational Shabbat ex-perience for young families, singles, couples, and empty nesters. Held the 1st Friday of each month, it usually begins at 6:30 pm with a picnic or pot luck –dinner, and is followed by an hour of interesting activities. An hour-long Kabbalat service then follows at 8:00 pmKabbalat Shabbat Services: Friday evenings at 8:00pm. Shachrit Service: 10:00 am Saturday morning (unless otherwise specified), including Saturdays on which there is no Bar or Bat Mitzvah. Tot Shabbat Service: 3rd Saturday of the month at 9:00 am.

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www.woodburyGazette.com August 28, 2014 13Friends of the OC Arboretum host live performancesFeaturing the Just off Broadway Theatre EnsembleGoshen – Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus and Parks Commissioner Richard L. Rose are pleased to announce that the Friends of the Arboretum will be hosting a new fundraising event featuring live performances of “The Secret Garden” on September 6 and “Goldilocks & The Three Bears” on September 7 presented by The Just Off Broadway Theatre Ensemble at the Orange County Arboretum, located within Thomas Bull Memorial Park.

On Saturday, September 6 the award-winning Hudson Valley-based production company Just Off Broadway Inc. will perform a concert featuring music from the enchanting Broadway hit “The Secret Garden” under the direction of Andrew Glant-Linden, who is currently working with Phantom of the Opera. The ensem-ble group will be highlighted by Broad-way performers in the leading roles, in-cluding Craig Schulman, who has starred in Les Miserable and Jekyll & Hyde and Marni Raab, who has starred in Phantom of the Opera and My Fair Lady, as well as local professional child actors Alexandria Thurtle and Jeremy Lanuti. The evening will begin with a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception at 6:00 p.m. and will be fol-lowed by the performance at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $40 per person and advanced reservations are required. To reserve seats, please call 845-615-3828.

On Sunday, September 7 bring the whole family to the Arboretum because The Just Off Broadway Theatre Ensem-ble will offer an exciting and interac-tive children’s matinee performance of the classic fairy tale “Goldilocks & The Three Bears” beginning at 2:00 p.m. followed by light refreshments. Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for children, and advanced reservations are required. To reserve seats, please call 845-615-3828.

“Join us in prayer for all who are persecuted” Highland Mills United Methodist Church hosted a Prayer Vigil

Highland Mills - On Wednesday, August 13, the Highland Mills United Methodist Church hosted a Prayer Vigil for the persecuted Christians and all oppressed peo-ple around the world. The need to be proactive in awareness and response has been increasingly on our hearts.

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“Sustainable Development” and Common CoreDo you know about the United Nations’ connection to the Common Core?

By Dawn Hoagland

The United Nations announced that 2005-2014 would be the De-cade of Education for Sustainable Development. NY fifth grade stu-dents spent weeks studying the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights last year.

AP U.S. History students this year will be skipping over the im-portance of the Declaration of In-dependence and the philosophical underpinnings of our nation while concentrating on the most nega-tive aspects of American culture. Our children are being taught to be ashamed of America.

“Sustainable Development” and “Smart Growth” are the politically correct names for “Agenda 21.” The United Nations Conference on Environment and Develop-ment took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992. It was called the Earth Summit.

Hundreds of NGOs, 117 heads of state, and the media participated in this event to discuss solutions for global problems such as pollution, poverty and the growing gap be-tween industrialized and developing nations. Agenda 21 is the program of action designed to address these is-sues. It was signed as a non-binding resolution by George Bush Sr. and representatives of all 178 countries attending the Earth Summit.

Maurice Strong was the UN Direc-tor General of the conference who made the shocking opening speech in which he announced that single family homes, air conditioning,

meat consumption and driving cars are all unsustainable.

Agenda 21 is the name of a 348 page book consisting of 40 chapters of detailed instructions on how to pre-serve the environment while achiev-ing equity and social justice among all nations. It became obvious at the summit that the U.S. was expected to decrease its energy consumption and manufacturing capacity while donat-ing resources and technology to un-derdeveloped nations.

When President George Bush ad-dressed the General Assembly of the UN on February 1, 1992, he said, “It is the sacred principles enshrined in the United Nations charter to which the American people will henceforth pledge their allegiance.”

Americans should only make this one pledge, “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” There is nothing sacred about the UN or its charter.

How could the head of any indus-trialized nation agree to collapse their economy by decreasing productiv-ity? Questions of this sort have been deflected with the response that the resolution was non-binding. Why sign an agreement if there is no intention to honor its mandates? Perhaps poli-ticians liked being able to assure sup-porters of Agenda 21 that the United States had signed the resolution, at the same time assuring detractors that it was voluntary and non-binding.

Agenda 21 lays out a plan encom-

passing physical and financial re-sources, science, technology, trade, education and international institu-tional arrangements. Chapter 36 is de-voted to education. “Both formal and non-formal education is indispens-able to changing people’s attitudes so that they have the capacity to assess and address their sustainable develop-ment concerns.”

In other words, some brainwashing needs to take place before people will accept the idea that eating a cheese-burger in an air conditioned kitchen is no longer acceptable or sustainable. Recycling, bicycling, and vegetarian-ism have all increased since the Earth Summit but giving up an air condi-tioned house in the suburbs with two cars in the driveway is going to take more effort and more PR. That is why the Common Core is being imple-mented K-12 in almost every state in the union. Brainwashing must begin in kindergarten.

If you listen to Bill Gates’ TED talk about CO2 levels and the need for population reduction, you will un-derstand why he is in such a rush. According to Bill Gates, Al Gore, Bill McKibben, and Guy McPher-son, the theatrical global warming alarmists, time is running out! If you listen to the 31,000 scientists who have signed a statement that global warming is a hoax perpetrated by swindlers for political power and fi-nancial gain, you will have to come to the conclusion that the Common Core is part of that hoax. Common Core aligned materials teach that global warming is caused by man and as fact, not as a theory.

Sustainable development calls for the inventory and control of ev-ery resource in the world, including land, water, minerals, oil, forests, an-imals, fish and “human capital.” The Common Core is being developed to track and train human capital. It is a system of national standards that is designed to be delivered and tested on a computer. It is a system designed to inventory (through data collection) and control through grades, analysis of character, and willingness to comply, every student in the U.S. to be college and career ready for whatever our economy needs. According to the UN our economy needs to collapse in order to allow other nations to prosper.

In 1992, Marc Tucker wrote what is now referred to as the “Dear Hill-ary Letter.” It describes his ideas for radical educational reform to be implemented when Bill Clinton won

the presidency. Clinton tried unsuc-cessfully to implement Tucker’s plan to create an educational system that would fit our students into a planned economy coordinated by labor mar-ket boards at the local, state and federal level where curriculum and “job matching” would be handled by counselors “accessing an integrated computer based program.” Twenty years later, the Common Core puts this plan into action.

In 2002, George Bush brought the U.S. back into UNESCO, and his Edu-cation Secretary Robert Paige, stated that “The Education for All initiative is consistent with No Child Left Be-hind” which meant that a UN initia-tive would now become U.S. policy. Bill Gates signed an agreement with UNESCO in 2004 to develop a world-wide curriculum to disseminate the goals and agenda of the UN using Mi-crosoft as a platform. He funded the development and marketing of the Common Core and helped President Obama roll it out in 2010.

Governor Cuomo has been steeped in sustainable develop-ment since 1993 when he sat on Bill Clinton’s Presidential Council on Sustainable Development. Is it any wonder that he is so adamant about pushing the Common Core in New York? President Clinton appointed twenty five people to sit on his coun-sel including cabinet level officials from the Department of the Interior and the Department of Energy. Si-erra Club and Greenpeace lobbyists worked alongside government of-ficials to implement the UN agenda to de-industrialize our country by crafting trade laws and environmen-tal regulations.

President Clinton signed NAFTA into law and we watched the col-lapse of U.S. manufacturing. We sold our valuable machine tools to other countries for pennies on the dollar. Our students are graduating into a collapsing economy. That is why they are being taught to reduce their carbon footprint and embrace multiculturalism because being a God-fearing, sovereign nation lov-ing American is not politically cor-rect or sustainable any more.

There’s nothing to worry about though. Agenda 21, Sustainable Development, or Smart Growth must be a figment of my imagina-tion. After all it was only a non-binding resolution.

Dawn Hoagland can be contacted at commoncoreisnotok@gmail.com

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