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New Ro driver pleads guilty to manslaughterand Traffic Law, one count of speeding, a violation of the state Vehicle and Traffic Law, one count of harassment in the second degree, a violation and one count of unlawful posses-sion of marijuana, a violation.

The charges are in rela-tion to the death of Shaquan Jackson.

On Oct. 6, 2013, at approxi-mately 11:55 p.m., a New Rochelle police officer was interviewing the defendant’s girlfriend, in front of her apart-ment on 4th Street, regarding a domestic violence incident when the defendant drove up, in a Honda, stopped briefly, pointed his right index finger at his girlfriend and then drove away at a high rate of speed.

The victim was observed sitting in the front passenger seat.

The police officer entered his marked car and began to follow the defendant observ-ing him driving at a high rate of speed through red lights at several intersections before

Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore an-nounced that Juan Barragan-Reyes, of 88 Horton Aven. in New Rochelle, pleaded guilty today to one count of man-slaughter in the second degree, a class “C” felony, two counts of vehicular manslaughter in the second degree, class “D” felonies, one count of unlaw-fully fleeing a police officer, a class “D” felony, two counts of driving while intoxicated, class “A” misdemeanors, one count of reckless driving, a class “A” misdemeanor under the state Vehicle and Traffic Law, one count of aggravated unlicensed operation of a mo-tor vehicle, a class “A” misde-meanor under the state Vehicle

losing sight of the defendant’s vehicle in the vicinity of Web-ster Avenue and Eastchester Road.

The police officer contin-ued to locate the defendant, who he came upon shortly af-ter midnight on Oct. 7, in front of 754 Webster Ave.

The defendant’s vehicle had hit a tree and a retaining wall, before flipping over. Neither man was wearing a seatbelt and both were ejected through the passenger door.

The deceased, laying on his back approximately 29 feet in front of the Honda, and the defendant, found a few min-utes later lying on his back

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2012 on the pension reform bill known as Tier 6, both of which are similar portrayals used by the Cohen campaign during the 2012 Senate race. That race was the most high-ly-financed state legislative campaign on record. The two candidates spent more than $4 million in advertising attacking each other on a myriad of is-sues. Latimer beat Cohen by a surprisingly wide margin, cap-turing 54 percent of the vote.

“There has not been any meaningful attempt to address unfunded mandates in Albany other than the pension reform Tier 6 vote a couple of years ago,” said Dillon, referring to Latimer’s time as an assem-blyman. “When Senator Lat-imer had an opportunity to do something—an opportunity of a generation—to address unfunded mandates…he did not show up for the vote. They went looking for him, but for political reasons, he did not take action on the most impor-tant opportunity to address un-funded state mandates.”

Like two years ago, Lat-imer, 60, used the debate on his home turf in Rye to launch his own attack against his challenger. “I’ve had to deal with a negative campaign by my opponent. We see pieces like this going out,” said Lat-imer, holding up examples of the mailers sent out by Dil-lon’s campaigns. “[They’re] very similar to the pieces that we saw two years ago. I don’t believe that’s how you cam-paign.”

Latimer called the Tier 6 pension reform “bogus” and said his plans for unfunded

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Candidates debate educationBy CHRIS EBERHART

Staff Writer

It’s déjà vu in this year’s state Senate race, except the teeth of the Republican oppo-nent this time, are not as sharp as they were during the 2012 campaign.

This year’s challenger for the 37th Senate District, Re-publican Joe Dillon, has com-plimented incumbent Demo-cratic Sen. George Latimer’s work in the communities, a tact that was non-existent during Latimer’s heated Sen-ate race against Republican-backed Bob Cohen two years ago. But Dillon—in step with the 2012 GOP platform—has criticized Latimer’s education and mandate relief voting re-cord in Albany as a four-term assemblyman and first-term senator, in particular during a debate at the Rye Middle School on Oct. 15. The forum was sponsored by the League of Women Voters.

“I think Senator Latimer’s constituent work is to be re-spected and his service is to be appreciated. I don’t have a problem whatsoever with his commitment to the commu-nity; I applaud it,” Dillon, 48, said. “My problem is what he has done in Albany, and what his side of the aisle has done in Albany. They are responsi-ble for this state being on the wrong path.”

Dillon, a resident of Yon-kers and former member of the U.S. Department of State during President George H. W. Bush’s administration, has been utilizing glossy mailers to paint an image of his oppo-nent as a tax-raising politician who “ducked out” on a vote in

Juan Barragan-Reyes

New Rochelle’s Javier Garcia plays a header against Horace Greeley on Friday, Oct. 24, in the Huguenots’ first round playoff game. The Huguenots beat Greeley to advance to a quarterfinal showdown against Port Chester. For coverage, see page 16. Photo/Bobby Begun

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What’s going on...New Rochelle library events nal works in oil, watercolor, graphics, mixed

media, pastel, sculpture or crafts, including jewelry, basketry, fiber, ceramics and fine craft; plus digital media and photography by mem-bers and non-members. The Jules Bauer Award Show of work by exhibiting members has been presented in the library each June since 1980. The annual Adolph Grant Award Show, estab-lished in 1924 and the Dermot Gale Award Ex-hibit are also open to all exhibiting members of the association.

Lunch-time YogaGuided by yoga instructor Nora LeMorin,

these mid-day sessions designed to help relax and strengthen involve traditional and adapt-ed poses that are practiced either standing or seated in chairs—no mats needed. Ossie Davis Theater/meeting room. Space is limited; first-come, first-served. This program is made pos-sible by the Friends of the New Rochelle Pub-lic Library. Donations are gratefully accepted. Come to the New Rochelle library, event takes place in the first floor meeting room.

Halloween bash

The Youth Council of the New Rochelle Youth Bureau in conjunction with the Office for the Aging and New Rochelle Parks and Recreation sponsors a special Halloween ac-tivity for youth, ages two to six. This event is comprised of:

-Activities

- Games- Parent and child costume contest- Youth costume contest For more information go to the website at

ny-newrochelle.civicplus.com.

Senior Citizen PromThe Youth Council of the New Rochelle

Youth Bureau in conjuction with the Office of the Aging is sponsoring the annual Senior Citi-zen Prom. This event is held at the Hugh Doyle Center. The evening inclyudes live music pro-vided by the Peter Child Band, the coronation for the King and Queen of the prom, followed by a delicious meal. For more information go to the website at ny-newrochelle.civicplus.com.

Adopt a pet

Bliss Music Center Located on the 3rd floor, the Bliss Music

Center has a wide collection of music CDs.Nearly 4,000 titles including classical, jazz, folk, Broadway, big band, popular, country and international selections are just a few of the types of generes the library holds.The center is equipped with listening stations that allow pa-trons to preview their music before making a borrowing decision.

Computers are equipped with selected elec-tronic resources that allow for the download-ing of music and audio books to a patron’s iPod or MP3 compatible device, including iPhone® and MP3 music-enabled mobile phones.

New Rochelle Art AssociationThe New Rochelle Art Association, which

began exhibiting in the former New Rochelle Library in 1914, presents four exhibitions in the library’s Lumen Winter Gallery each year. The Annual Open Juried Exhibition is held un-til the third week in October and includes origi-

Deadline for our What’s Going On section is every Thursday at 3 p.m. Though space is not guaranteed, we will do our best to

accommodate your listing. Please send all items to [email protected].

Ten families across America will be selected to win the grand prize: an iPad and $1,000 do-nation to a K-12 school of their choosing. There will also be one prize awarded for a school dec-oration. Here’s how simple it is to enter:

Students and families decorate their home’s front door, mailbox or fence with a double-looped red ribbon and the theme, “Love Your-self. Be Drug Free.” Schools may decorate any part of their campus.

Take a photo with your decoration and up-load it to RedRibbon.org/enter now through Nov. 4. You must be 18 years or older to upload the photo and can do so from any desktop or mobile device.

Ask family and friends to vote for your entry beginning Nov. 5.

Eleven winners will be announced Dec. 5.To learn more about contest rules, visit Re-

dRibbon.org.

NRHS Class of 1994 reunion

The year 1994 seems like a long time ago. For some, it’s a whole generation. For others, given how much the world has changed—due to the internet alone—it may have felt like for-ever ago. Now, a group of Rochelleans will find out how much has really changed once they all convene at their upcoming reunion.

The New Rochelle High School, NRHS, Class of 1994 will hold its 20th Anniversary re-union on Saturday, Nov. 29 at the Pelham Bay and Split Rock Golf Course in the Bronx.

Tickets start at $95 and are available online at http://nrhs94.eventbrite.com, by contacting the reunion committee at [email protected] or find the NRHS Class of 1994 page on Facebook.

Westcheseter County nature center events

Weekend of Nov. 8 and 9 Saturday, Nov. 8Croton Point Park, Croton Point Avenue,

Croton-on-Hudson. For more information con-tact 862-5297.

History of Croton Point A hike to the historic parts of the park for

adults ages 12 and up. This event takes place at 9 a.m. at the Read Wildlife Sanctuary, Playland Park, 1 Playland Parkway in Rye. For more in-formation contact via phone at 967-8720.

Being prepared for emergencies Topics to be covered include basic principles

of survival, and what equipment, food, supplies and emergency kits you need for home and on the go. Fee $5.This event takes place at 1 p.m., at the Marshlands Conservancy, Route 1, in Rye. For more information contact via phone at 835-4466.

If you’re looking for a new four-legged friend, you’ve come to the right place. With a variety of dogs and cats available for adoption of all ages, breeds, sizes and colors, you just might find your perfect match. Visit the center or go online for more detailed information about adoption and to see photos of pets available.

Founded in 1911, the New Rochelle Humane Society is a private, nonprofit organization ded-icated to providing individual loving care for lost, abandoned, injured and mistreated animals. While bringing service to 19 communities in Westchester County including Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry, Eastchester, Elmsford, Greenburgh, Har-rison, Hartsdale, Hastings-on-Hudson, Irving-ton, Larchmont, Town of Mamaroneck, Mama-roneck Village, New Rochelle, Pelham, Pelham Manor, Rye, Rye Brook, Scarsdale and Tarry-town, the center rescues over 500 dogs and 900 cats each year.

About 50 percent of the shelter’s funding is from services provided for animal control, res-cuing homeless cats and dogs. The other 50 per-cent comes from donations, wills and bequests. No state or federal funding is given to the non-profit. For more information, please visit the site at newrochellehumanesociety.org.

Annual Red Ribbon Photo Contest

Calling all schools and families across Amer-ica, there is still time to be part of the annual Red Ribbon Photo Contest. But hurry, the dead-line to enter is Nov. 4.

As the nation celebrates the 29th Annual Red Ribbon Week, Oct. 23-31, the National Family Partnership, NFP, is urging students, families and schools to take part in its Red Ribbon Photo Contest, which promotes drug awareness and prevention among youth.

“This contest is a great way for families and schools to deliver the ‘‘‘Love Yourself. Be Drug Free.’ message,” said NFP President Peg-gy Sapp. “By uniting and involving families, schools and communities, we can be more ef-fective in helping our children make smart deci-sions and grow up safe, healthy and drug free.”


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Q. Given your background in finance— senior advisor at The Clearing House and senior vice president at Visa—do you think you are well-suited for fixing the state’s financial woes? Can you pro-vide any specific plans in terms of ad-dressing the state budget or tax codes?

A. I think we need to bring things like gap accounting to bear in Albany. We need a much more transparent pro-cess as far as the budget is con-cerned. We have to stop play-ing shell games. We have to be more responsible with the way we spend taxpayer money. We need to create a better climate for business to succeed and create jobs in the state and that requires two things: No. 1, we have to address the onerous tax system. Not only do we need to lower taxes across the board—property, personal, income and corporate taxes—we also have to reform the tax code and it has to be simplified. The other key part of that is we have to address the regulatory environ-ment which is predatory. We have 750,000 regulations on the books and many of which are superfluous. What New York State has to understand

is that, we are competing for jobs, both with other states and other countries. If we want to return to the status of [the] Empire State, the innovators and the entrepreneurs, we have to dramatically change the dynamic here with respect to taxes and the regulatory envi-ronment. There’s another im-portant piece to this and that’s education. We need to dramati-cally improve the quality of education so that we prepare students to be successful in the 21st century workforce.

Q. What is your position on environ-mental issues such as things like hy-draulic fracturing, and do you agree or disagree with the moratorium on frack-ing for natural gas in New York?

A. The overall frame to any of this, whether it’s fracking or the Algonquin Pipeline, is that we can all agree nothing is worth environmental deg-radation. Anything we do to move forward with building our energy infrastructure, there is zero compromise when it comes to the issues related to safety of individuals and the environment. With fracking,

the Obama administration’s En-vironmental Protection Agency has determined that there is a safe way to conduct fracking with respect to the environ-ment. I call on the governor to complete his series of studies to determine whether or not that is the case in the state. If certain communities upstate want fracking, and we have de-termined it can be done safely, I would support it.

Q. What is your No. 1 priority, if elected?

A. To me, it’s creating an en-vironment where people can succeed, so it is jobs, it’s lumber taxes, we need tax re-lief—60 percent of our prop-erty taxes go up to Albany for education, yet we get half in Westchester County per pupil. So it’s education. So, these are the things; together, you can’t just say we got to lower taxes, you have to cre-ate a job-friendly environment as well. Lowering taxes is part of that, and you can’t just cre-ate a job-friendly environment if you don’t have people that

Joseph DillonAGE: 48STATUS: ChallengerPOLITICAL AFFILIATION: RepublicanPOLITICAL EXPERIENCE: Twenty years in public policy and trade policy. In the private sector, I represented the financial industry’s issues on international trade in Washington, D.C. PARTY ENDORSEMENTS: Republican, Conservative and Indepen-dence parties WHERE IN THE DISTRICT DO YOU LIVE: YonkersOCCUPATION: Principal at Yonkers-based JLD ConsultingEDUCATION: Undergraduate at Georgetown, master’s in Interna-tional Affairs at Columbia FAMILY: Wife Rachel and three sonsONE THING THE AVERAGE VOTER DOESN’T KNOW ABOUT YOU: “I was a Russian major in college and I had to take intermediate II in graduate school. I lived in Russia, worked for Pan Am, and was stationed in Moscow for about a year.”

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George Latimer

AGE: 60STATUS: IncumbentPOLITICAL AFFILIATION: DemocratPOLITICAL EXPERIENCE: State Senate for two years, state Assembly for eight years, Westchester County Board of Legislators for 13 years, Rye City Council for four yearsPARTY ENDORSEMENTS: Democratic and Working Families WHERE IN THE DISTRICT DO YOU LIVE: RyeOCCUPATION: Spent 20 years in businessEDUCATION: B.A. from Fordham University, M.P.A. New York University FAMILY: Daughter, 29ONE THING THE AVERAGE VOTER DOESN’T KNOW ABOUT YOU: “I’m an absolute sports nut. I’d much rather talk about sports than gov-ernment or politics any day of the week. Mets, Rangers, Jets, Knicks. It’s a great passion for me as a spectator and a fan.”

Q. What would you do to make New York State more economically sustainable and spur business growth?A. Here’s a major difference between me and my opponent. I’ve been in business, so I know that across the board tax cuts do not necessarily yield results along the lines that you’d like to see. The governor has structured economic development around regional strategy, which I think makes a lot of sense. New York State’s economic situation re-ally differs based on where you’re sitting. I don’t doubt for a second if you’re in Elmira, things are in dire straits. The circumstances in Westchester are not Elmira, so the strate-gies to improve Westchester’s economic condition has to be different. What the governor is doing, which makes sense to me, is looking for growth opportuni-ties where they exist. He has looked at the wine industry, beer industry, yogurt and tour-ism in upstate New York. And in each of those areas, they’ve indentified areas that have growth potential. So you have

a regional strategy that targets growth opportunities and in-dustries. Some cases, it’s re-ductions of regulations. Some cases, it’s help grow a market share. Some cases, it’s a tax incentive to grow.

Q. Where is your position on environ-mental issues such as things like hy-draulic fracturing, and do you agree or disagree with the moratorium on frack-ing for natural gas in New York?A. The purpose of the morato-rium, in my judgment, is that you have to have an indepen-dent health study to properly track the long-term health impacts of hydrofracking. I voted for that bill in the As-sembly, but it has not come to the floor in the Senate because the upstate Republicans have resisted letting that bill come to the floor. From an economic develop-ment standpoint, the people who own a diner or motel will clearly do better if you started fracking tomorrow. But the long-term impacts include degradation of the water sup-ply or some kind of potential illness by consuming the wa-ter or breathing the air over an

extended period of time. Will there be costs down the line that will exceed the benefits in years one, two or three? My default attitude is don’t drill until we have it absolute-ly right. I support the morato-rium tied to the independent health study.

Q. What is your No. 1 priority, if re-elected?A. The No.1 issue we have to deal with is clearly property tax. The single most important element when dealing with property tax is alleviating un-funded state mandates on local governments, those govern-ments that levy property taxes. Let’s say I pay $12,000 in prop-erty taxes on my home. Out of $12,000, I pay $7,000 to the school district, $3,000 to the county and $2,000 to the City of Rye. The county’s $3,000, when you take all of the prop-erty taxes in Westchester, that’s $550 million. The state man-dates that the county pay for, in round numbers, 25 percent of Medicaid. That comes to around $220 million. The

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Latimer is a tireless workerTo the Editor, With Election Day coming up quickly on Nov. 4, I want to encourage all voters in New York’s

37th state Senate district to come out to re-elect our state Sen. George Latimer. My wife and I have known Sen. Latimer for years. Throughout his public life, he has made

himself accessible by phone, by email and by an untiring work ethic that brings him to interact with constituents at just about every public event imaginable. He also has a tradition of announc-ing scheduled visits to local diners where any constituent is welcome to come, have a cup of cof-fee and discuss concerns with the senator in person. George Latimer has always been a uniquely independent leader who “tells it like it is” and does not hesitate to take an unpopular vote if it is the right thing to do. At the same time, he energetically promotes the interests of the communities he represents. As ranking member of the Senate Education Committee, Latimer has fought hard for ap-propriate state education funding for Westchester school districts. As a result, Westchester’s school districts received an increase of $56 million in this year’s state budget, $19.4 million more than the governor had proposed. This is the second straight year that funding

for Westchester schools has increased, preventing an even greater burden on property taxpayers than already exists. George Latimer is a stand-up guy. Come out and vote for him on Nov. 4 .

Eugene V. Tozzi, New Rochelle

We need retail developmentTo the Editor,There has been some talk about developing New Rochelle recently. If the new development plan

is anything like what we have now we should forget it. We currently have Avalon I and II, Trump Plaza and New Roc City. None of these developments

has reduced our taxes or made New Rochelle more appealing.Let’s look at White Plains, Mount Vernon, Eastchester and other communities; what helps them

is retail business. If the right kind of stores come to New Rochelle, people will come to shop here from all over.

The concept of building more housing to bring people to New Rochelle is a myth—like putting the cart before the horse.

George Imburgia,New Rochelle

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are skilled and trained to take those jobs. It’s all part of the same overall process. We are not on the right path to improve our economy, to create the kind of jobs that young people will have so they can settle here. We’re not providing the tax relief to stem the bleeding as people leave the state.

Q. Do you think you can be successful working across party lines in a biparti-san fashion? Explain.

A. I absolutely am. One of the things that we need to dispel is that I’m super conservative and somebody who [is] par-tisan, but none of that is true. I’m a moderate. If it’s a good idea that lowers taxes, helps create jobs, makes life more affordable and improves the quality of education, I will sup-port it no matter whose idea it is regardless of party. But I also have a long history, both in the private sector and in govern-ment, working in a bipartisan fashion. When I was working for the financial industry, our job was to promote U.S. com-mercial and trade interests overseas. We worked with the Clinton administration and we’ve worked with the Bush administration as well to con-tinue that process.

Q. Do you support gambling within the state and specifically gaming tables at Empire City Casino in Yonkers?

A. I’m a big proponent of the Empire Casino and the way that legislation was passed

was to create jobs and it was considered to be a catalyst of economic growth, and that will be implemented in a way that does just that.

Q. The 10th component of the Women’s Equality Act has been a sticking point between Republicans and Democrats. What is your position on the last plank of the act pertaining to abortion, and the act in general?

A. I would take Assembly-woman Amy Paulin’s lead on this and I think she has been constructive and a champion when it comes to the women equality platform. Nine of the 10 planks, quite frankly it’s disgraceful that they’re not in place today. All of these rep-resent improving the quality of women’s lives across the state. Democrats tried to tie all of these initiatives together with the 10th plank, which is, in our opinion, abortion on de-mand, any time, anywhere, up to point of delivery, allowed to be performed by non-certified medical professionals. I find that reprehensible and a risk to women’s health.

Q. In 2010, the state introduced the Gap Elimination Adjustment, which used local school funding to help fill the deficit in the state budget. Money was still taken away from local school districts this year even though there wasn’t a deficit in the state budget. What would you do to address the Gap Elimination Adjustment, if anything? How important is the need to curb un-funded mandates handed down by the state, to local communities?

A. I wouldn’t vote for a budget

that included the gap elimina-tion adjustment. I plan to make it a very public issue that this money has been taken from our kids. I think unfunded mandates need to be addressed in a much more meaningful way. My op-ponent has voted against the 2 percent property tax cap, saying that we needed to address man-dates before doing that; yet we had an opportunity of a genera-tion in a pension reform vote, Tier 6, and he did not show up to vote for that, for political purposes. The principled thing, if you have a problem with leg-islation, you show up and vote against it. If there isn’t money for it in the budget, it shouldn’t be in the budget.

Q. Where do you stand on the contro-versial issue of Common Core in state education?

A. It’s an unqualified disaster. This one I’m really passionate about, because we have to get this right. We have successive generations now of kids who have been poorly prepared with fads that come and go with teaching methods. Implement-ed in a haphazard way, that was utterly disastrous, that upset the equilibrium in the classroom. I don’t believe in federalizing or nationalizing a curriculum. I’m a big proponent of teachers, and I don’t think it was right that teachers were sucker punched in a way. George Latimer has not stepped up and used [his] position of leadership to do anything to fix Common Core.

-Reporting by John Brandi

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By CHRIS EBERHARTStaff Writer

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, touts the Smart Schools Bond Act as an imperative initiative to meet the demands of 21st century edu-cation; opponents are calling it a “bond boondoggle” that will strap the state with unnecessary debt for years to come.

Voters throughout the state will be the ones to ultimately decide who’s right. On Nov. 4, voters will determine the fate of Proposal Three, the Smart Sch- ools Bond Act, on their ballots.

The Smart Schools initiative, proposed by Cuomo during his State of the State address earlier this year, was designed to bring New York schools into the 21st century. The act would allow the state to borrow up to $2 bil-lion worth of general obligation bonds to enable school districts throughout New York to buy educational technology such as desktops, laptops, tablet com-puters, servers and interactive whiteboards.

The funds also would be

Voters to decide Smart Schools Bond Act

used to pay for high-speed broadband or wireless inter-net connectivity; installation of “high-tech security features” in school buildings and campuses and construction of new class-rooms for pre-kindergarten pro-grams.

According to the New York State capital budget plan com-pleted in May 2014, the $2 bil-lion would be spread over four fiscal years: $1 billion in fiscal year 2015 to 2016, $350 mil-lion annually in years 2016 to 2017 and 2017 to 2018, and $300 million in fiscal year 2018 to 2019. The bond repayment period would range from eight years for classroom technology and school security projects to 30 years for the construction of pre-kindergarten classrooms.

Each school district would receive an allocation of the $2 billion that is proportionate to the district’s share of state school aid in the 2013-2014 school year.

In Eastchester, Board of Ed-ucation Trustee Judah Holstein is in the process of putting to-gether a technology committee that would spearhead class-room technology initiatives for the district.

“If it were to pass…it cer-tainly would be a topic of dis-cussion among the technology committee,” Holstein said.

But the Albany-based think tank Empire Center for New York State Policy, an indepen-dent, non-partisan and non-profit organization, and New York Citizens Budget Commis-sion, a non-partisan, non-profit civic organization dedicated to bringing about change in finances and services in New York City and New York State, outlined arguments against Pro-posal Three.

Essentially, the two organi-zations argued the $2 billion in bonds would financially harm

School funding through the Smart Schools Bond Act

New Rochelle $3.53M

the state more than it would help the school districts, which, according to a report by the state Board of Regents, haven’t circled technology as a high pri-ority worth funding.

Empire Center called the Smart Schools Bond Act a “bond boondoggle” in its report against the bond referendum and said, “The language voters will see on their ballot under Proposal 3 is laced with Madi-son Avenue marketing spin, starting with the title ‘Smart Schools Bond Act of 2014.”

Both organizations said this would unnecessarily increase the state’s debt service and would bring New York closer to hitting its debt cap of 4 percent of state personal income.

A report completed by the New York Citizens Budget Commission stated if the bond act were to pass, the $2 billion in debt would bring the state “very close to the debt cap,” only $366 million under the cap in fiscal year 2016 to 2017, as opposed to $3.5 billion if the act were to fail on Election Day, and the technology would be outdated before the debt was paid off.

State Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, a Scarsdale Democrat

who is running for re-election unopposed, said she is “am-bivalent” when it comes to the Smart Schools proposal.

“The added debt is the hesi-tation that I have. We have enough debt. I’m not sure we want to add more,” Paulin said. “And some school districts have said they’d rather have the mon-ey for other uses.”

A state Board of Regents re-port, which was submitted to the governor at the end of last year as sort of an annual wish list from school districts, sup-ports Paulin’s statement.

According to the report, school districts were only seek-ing an additional $1 million in technology aid over the 2013-2014 state spending of $38 million, along with reductions in the gap elimination adjust-ment, which is withheld state funds that are used to balance the state budget.

Rye City School District Board of Education president Laura Slack said she was con-cerned with the $2 billion worth of bonds outlasting the useful life of the new technology.

“We believe a better way of providing funding so desperate-ly needed to Rye, and the state’s

public schools generally, is for the state to return school aid withheld due to the gap elimina-tion adjustment and to fully fund from the state budget all the un-funded mandates Albany pushes down onto local school districts without the funds necessary to pay for them,” Slack said.

As part of the Smart Schools Bond Act, educational technology purchases would be considered a capital project, but local school districts such as Tuckahoe and Bronxville have already rolled out its own technology initiatives at the be-ginning of the school year and paid for them in its respective 2014-2015 budgets.

Tuckahoe paid approxi-mately $170,444 for 700 Go- ogle Chromebooks, and Bronx-ville paid $137,259 for 403 Chromebooks.

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approximately 87 feet in front of the vehicle, Both were alive but unresponsive at the time.

The deceased was taken to Jacobi Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:48 a.m.

The defendant was taken to Sound Shore Hospital.

Search warrants were ob-tained for the defendant’s blood and urine. The defen-dant was subsequently arrest-ed by New Rochelle police. Sentencing will be on Jan.

27, 2015. He faces a maxi-mum sentence of 15 years in prison.

Assistant District Attor-ney Heide Mason of the Su-perior Court Trial Division is prosecuting the case. (Submitted)

$550 million in taxes that you raise; $220 million you have to satisfy this mandate. We’re the only state in the nation that requires the county gov-ernments pay for this. If we take this $220 million out, you have freed out the county to lower property taxes in theory up to $220 million. That’s 40 percent. Let’s say the county reduces property taxes by 30 percent, that’s a reduction of $900 in my property taxes. And that’s just one mandate. I also have a bill that I’m co-sponsoring that would cap pension contributions at 2 per-cent on the annual increase of costs that could be levied on communities. The annual increases are much higher than 2 percent, but they can’t raise taxes by more than 2 percent. So you have a cell phone bill. That bill goes up 20 percent, but I cap your wages at 2 percent. That’s the system we have right now. So who pays for the overage? My argument is the state should pay for it because the state makes the rules for it. The mu-nicipalities can’t control its pension structure.

Q. Republicans have criticized your vot-ing record while in Albany. How would defend against those comments?A. I have the most bipartisan record in the Senate in terms of co-sponsoring bills with the opposite party. I’m the only one in the Legislature that has

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more co-sponsored bills with a Republican than with my own Democrats. Why? Because I call them as I see it. If it’s over the plate, I call it a strike; if it’s outside, I call it a ball. I’ll support bills even if it doesn’t come from my party.

Q. Do you support gambling within the state and specifically gaming tables at Empire City Casino in Yonkers?A. Yes and yes. But I’m not a big enthusiastic gambler. I don’t gamble myself; it’s not my cup of tea, But I recog-nize that people do gamble and rather than let the money go out of state, I’d rather try to capture it in the state as best as possible. Yes I support it, but I don’t think it’s the panacea. Em-pire City right now is the No.1 private sector employer in Yonkers. Empire City gener-ates $300 million for educa-tion and about $19 million for Yonkers schools, which it desperately needs. So if they can justify that they should get one of the three downstate ca-sinos, I would support it. I’m concerned though that we’re looking at casinos in parts of Orange County that will draw the market away from whatev-er happens in Yonkers.

Q. The 10th component of the Women’s Equality Act has been a sticking point between Republicans and Democrats. What is your position on the last plank of the act pertaining to abortion, and the act in general? A. I think the 10th plank has

been turned into a political football. Right now, the Senate is run by the Republicans, and they will keep that plank out. If you give me the nine planks, I’ll vote for it.If you give me the 10 planks, I’ll vote for it. I’m not going to hold up the good that you can do for the 10th plank.By supporting the 10th plank, you hear interpretations that say George Latimer favors late-term abortions. Late term abor-tions are illegal in the United States of America unless the life and health of the mother is af-fected. That’s the law. This bill mirrors the same language.

Q. Where do you stand on the contro-versial issue of Common Core in state education?A. I’ve been the loudest Demo-cratic critic of the Common Core in either house. I’ve said this before, you’re going across the North Atlantic and there are reports of icebergs out there and you’re not slowing down. Here’s what I think is wrong with Common Core…It’s a top down approach to changing ed-ucation without trying to work in the bottom-up realities with who is going to deliver the edu-cation. We’re not going to in-clude the teachers; we’re going to tell the teachers. We’re not going to include the administra-tors. We’re not going to include the parents. We’re going to say we have this vision and we’re going to impose this on you. -Reporting by Chris Eberhart


WESTMED Medical Group has been rec-ognized by the Quality Oncology Practice Ini-tiative Certification Program, an affiliate of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. This is a three-year certification for outpatient hema-tology-oncology practices that meet the highest standards for quality cancer care. WESTMED is the only oncology practice in Westchester County with QOPI certification. “this means that WESTMED is in an elite group of outpa-tient oncology practices, signaling our strong commitment of quality to patients and to our referring physicians,” said Dr. Stuart Feldman, WESTMED oncologist. WESTMED voluntari-ly chose to participate in the QOPI certification process, which was designed by ASCO to mea-sure the quality of care that oncology practices provide to their patients. To become certified, medical practices are evaluated to determine whether they meet core standards in all areas of treatment, including: treatment planning; staff training and education; chemotherapy or-ders and drug preparation; patient consent and education; safe chemotherapy administration; monitoring and assessment of patient well-be-ing. ASCO is the world’s leading professional organization representing physicians who care for people with cancer.

The Rye Arts Center welcomes new staff members

Noah OpitzNoah Opitz joins the

RAC as the associate direc-tor of development. Noah comes to Rye from Balti-more and the Walters Art Museum, where he was re-sponsible for online giving, membership and the annual appeal. He has also worked with the Juilliard School and is a co-founder of the People’s Theatre. Noah studied arts and cultural management at the Pratt In-

stitute, and music and theatre at Skidmore Col-lege. He is excited to work with the community to help grow and sustain the work of the Rye Arts Center.

The Rye Arts Center is a community-based, not-for-profit organization whose mission is to inspire interest and maximum participation in the arts in Westchester and the surrounding re-gion. The center is committed to offering pro-grams that are characterized by artistic tradition, educational value and a spirit of innovation.

Jeanette Rudolph

Jeanette Rudolph joins as the new half day for half pints coordinator. Jeanette who is originally from Westchester County, returns

WESTMED receives National Recognition for cancer care

to the area after teaching first grade in California for 10 years. Jeanette holds 20 years of teaching and ad-ministrative experience having worked as a former head teacher for the 4’s at Rye Pres Presbyterian Nurs-ery School. She has also worked as director/teacher at St. John’s early Learning Center in South Salem and as a head teacher at Purchase Children’s Center in Purchase.Jeanette is eager to bring a wealth of ideas to the RAC’s preschool program.

The Rye Arts Center is a community-based, not-for-profit organization whose mission is to inspire interest and maximum participation in the arts in westchester and the surrounding re-gion. The center is committed to offering pro-grams that are characterized by artistic tradition, educational value and a spirit of innovation.

Mario Randazzo continues tradition at Chef Antonio’s

cials ensure that there is something for every palate. Mario and his wife, Emilia, who emi-grated from Pietraferrazzana in Abruzzo as a young girl, have been working hard to revitalize the restaurant, highlighting the incredible influ-ence of family. Visit and enjoy a personal touch of old family photos from Mario and Emilia’s hometowns. Learn about Italian traditions the Randazzo and DelPeschio families continue to this day. Try the old and new Italian cuisine, served by a group devoted wait staff. In honor of Mario’s 30 years in business at Chef Anto-nio’s, he is offering a prix-fixed dinner running from Oct. 1 to Oct. 31. For $30 per person, enjoy an appetizer, soup or salad, entree, cof-fee/tea, dessert and a glass of complimentary house wine. When it comes to Chef Antonio’s, remember one thing: though you may come as strangers, you will always leave as family. Chef Antonio Ristorante is located 551 Hal-stead Ave., in Mamaroneck. Contact via phone at 698-8610. Check the restaurant online at che-fantoniorestaurant.com and like on Facebook at facebook.com/Chefantonios.

Estee Lauder features couple in 2014 Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign

Because of the powerful and uplifting story of Jeanette and David Cuevas, they have been se-lected and featured in The Estee Lauder Compa-nies’ 2014 Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign,

Tucked away just half a mile from the hus-tle and bustle of Mamaroneck Avenue, lies a longtime secret of Mamaroneck: Chef Antons. Chef Antonio has been around for over five decades, but in October 1984, Mario Randaz-zo bought it with his business partner, Silves-tro del Peschio. Mario and Silvestro set out to serve the locals, while opening their arms to others coming from around Westchester, across the river, over the border in Connecticut and beyond.

In September 2014, Silvestro retired but Ma-rio is continuing his culinary journey, along with his dedicated staff who has been there from the start. Mario was just 16 years old when he emigrated from a small town in Sicily, called Sciara. Since then, he has never forgotten his Sicilian roots, and exudes great passion when it comes to two things: food and family. Mario pours every bit of love and pride in each and every one of his dishes. While most of his reci-pes are old Southern Italian dishes passed down from his mother, he also delves into modern day fare. His extensive menu and weekly spe-

launched by the New York Times last month.This year’s Campaign expands the theme,

“Let’s Defeat Breast Cancer. We’re Stronger Together.” With the global call-to-action to “Hear our stories. Share yours” by honoring the authentic stories of relatable, inspiring families one from Westchester, each has become the sup-port system for a woman in their lives who has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

The campaign is built around a unique digital storytelling platform and a series of documen-tary-style video tributes that turns the lens to focus not only on those diagnosed with breast cancer, but on the loved ones that keep them strong and are with them every step of the jour-ney For more information about the campaign go to bcacampaign.com.

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state mandates include a cap on pension costs and a phasing out plan of the Medicaid mandate on county governments, which Dillon agreed with. Medic-aid is a federal program that is administered by the state. But New York is the only state that doesn’t pick up the tab, instead, all its counties have to pay approximately 25 per-cent of the overall cost of the program.

At the debate, mailers re-garding the Common Core Learning Standards quick-ly became a focal point. The Common Core, a con-troversial nationwide cur-riculum that is intended to better prepare students in grades 2 through 12 for col-lege that was pushed through by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has been criticized at the local level by teachers, parents and school admin-istrators for its complexity, rushed implementation and over abundance of testing on children.

Originally part of the Com-mon Core was a state-wide database called inBloom that was filled with detailed and personally-recognizable in-formation about each student

in the state. Parents and teach-ers worried about hackers breaking into the database and stealing the information. The database was ultimately axed in the state’s 2014 budget.

Both candidates expressed frustration with Common Core and agreed that the na-tion-wide curriculum needs to be repealed.

“It turned our students and teachers into guinea pigs,” Dillon said.

The tension quickly built as the candidates focused on mailers sent out by Dillon’s camp accusing Latimer of be-ing a supporter of Common Core.

Dillon said Latimer voted for the “enabling legislation and voted for the enabling infra-structure and voted for the [stu-dent information] database.”

“As the ranking member of the [Senate] Education Com-mittee, George [Latimer] was very much involved in bring-ing Common Core to New York State,” Dillon said.

This drew the ire of Latim-er, a Rye Democrat and former member of Rye City Council, who said the bills that Dillon was referring to were Race to the Top bills from the 2000s

when he was a member of the state Assembly.

“Common Core was nev-er mentioned in any of these bills,” Latimer said.

Latimer, who also served in the Westchester County Legislature while also work-ing in the corporate world for companies like Nestle and ITT, said he voted against the student database and has been a staunch opponent of the Common Core.

“If you don’t believe me, then Google George Latimer and John King,” Latimer said referring to commissioner of the state Education Depart-ment. “And you’ll see me questioning Dr. King [and] opposing King in a January meeting of the Senate Educa-tion Committee.”

“But people don’t read the bills. They don’t Google any-thing…What happens is you put it out in a mailer to ev-erybody, [and] people don’t know,” Latimer said.

Dillon fired back. “Everything is accurate in

those mailers. We’ve done our homework.”

Election Day is Nov. 4.


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Republican challenger Joe Dillon, left, debates incumbent Democrat George Latimer during an Oct. 15 League of Women Voters forum at the Rye Middle School. At times throughout the night, the debate got heated between the two candidates. Photo/Chris Eberhart


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October 31 & November 7, 2014 • THE CITY REVIEW • 15SPORTS

For someone who covers high school sports for a living, there is simply nothing quite like playoff time.

As my colleagues here at the Review know all too well, this time of year is always a busy one. With election season in full swing, the newsroom is a frenzy of activity. Between coordinating Election Day schedules, interviewing candi-dates and getting out in front of any last minute stories, I’d say—and I’m sure my co-workers agree—that the few weeks leading up to an elec-tion can be among the most stressful, yet rewarding, times in a reporter’s career.

And that’s how I feel about the first weekend of the play-off calendar.

With so much going on—nearly every school in our coverage area had at least

The busiest time of the yearthree teams in action this weekend—it can be a bit overwhelming. But there’s a certain excitement in the air around this time of year that makes it all worthwhile.

Lord knows I’m not a pro-lific Twitter user. During the year, I primarily use the social media site to provide updates to a readership that I’m not al-ways sure is invested in—or cognizant of—my posts.

But on Saturday, my feed was buzzing.

I was getting updates from around the section, and thank-fully so, because I can’t be two, or for that matter six, places at once; questions about upcom-ing matchups from area fans and repeated requests from my friends to clue them in on why our alma matter, Scarsdale, was getting thrashed by a surging Mamaroneck squad. Answer: Mamaroneck was just that much better.

Suffice it to say, it’s kind of a rush being a part—no matter

how small—of one of the big-gest local sports days of the year.

Of course, it helps when the stories are so intriguing. Be-tween Bronxville’s top-seeded football team getting knocked off by an underdog Wood-lands squad, New Rochelle’s continued ability to find ways to win without the services of All-State running back Jon For-rest, and Rye Neck’s gritty, de-fensive-minded effort in a 15-7 win over Dobbs Ferry, there was more than enough drama to go around. And those are just some of the storylines yielded from the football slate alone.

Unlike election coverage, however, my ride didn’t end when the final whistle sound-ed on Saturday. I’ve still got a few weeks to go before this fall season finally shakes out, a few more tweets to send out and more than a couple of miles to put on my car with trips to Mahopac, Kingston and possibly beyond.

But after the final curtain closes on the fall season, on Nov. 30, I’ll finally have some

time to take a deep breath. At least until Dec. 1, when

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Mamaroneck’s Marquez Jackson-Allen rushes against the Scarsdale defense on Oct. 25. This past Saturday was a busy one for Sports Editor Mike Smith, and the schedule doesn’t seem to be slowing down any time soon. Photo/Bobby Begun

Champs opens new locationBy MIKE SMITHSports Editor

On Wednesday, Oct. 22, Champs Boxing Club held an evening gala to celebrate the opening of its new gym lo-cation in New Rochelle. The event, which was hosted by

the New Rochelle Chamber of Commerce, was a big step in the right direction for the local boxing club, accord-ing to Champs founder Ryan O’Leary.

Champs Boxing Club, which was previously run-ning out of a smaller space in

the city, officially moved into the second floor of 7 S. Divi-sion St. about a month ago, but jumped at the chance to cele-brate the move with the com-munity, O’Leary said.

“This time, I wanted to do everything by the book, I wanted everything done the

Ryan O’Leary, with scissors, cuts the ribbon at the official opening of Champs Boxing Club’s new location on South Division Street in New Rochelle. O’Leary hopes his gym will be a fixture in the community for years to come. Photo/Bobby Begun

right way,” said O’Leary. “Somebody told me to join the Chamber of Commerce, and it turned out to be fantastic.”

O’Leary, a longtime New Rochelle resident, said that while his search for gym space was extensive, he never truly considered leaving the New Rochelle area.

“It was very important for me for this gym to be in New Rochelle,” he said. “People were showing me spaces in

the Bronx, but being here, in the heart of New Rochelle, I think that this community was sorely lacking in this kind of thing and I thought I could do it the right way.”

In addition to working with boxers, Champs Boxing Club has also been active in reaching out the community in the past. Earlier this year, O’Leary and other gym mem-bers took part in the Fight for Peace program, in which

they put on a series of talks for New Rochelle youths that tackled a wide array of is-sues facing the community, including bullying and self-realization.

“Being here, in the heart of New Rochelle, I think that ap-peals to a lot of the programs we’re trying to do,” O’Leary said. “We’re really trying to get these kids into this program.”

The visibility of the new lo-cation doesn’t hurt either, he added.

“We don’t have a sign, but there’s a lot of foot traffic in the area,” he said. “We’ve been here a month and we’ve al-ready gotten 70 new members. I’m going to have to bring in more staff.”

As the gym continues to grow, O’Leary said, he hopes that it will turn into the kind of institution that will serve New Rochelle for years.

“We’re here. We’re in the right place and I told every-one [at the opening] what my plan was,” O’Leary said, “and that’s to live for anoth-er hundred years, stay in this gym, and die right here in my chair.”


16 • THE CITY REVIEW • October 31 & November 7, 2014 SPORTS

Huguenots bow in quarterfinalsBy MIKE SMITHSports Editor

The Huguenots’ soccer sea-son came to an end on Oct. 27, when a 1-0 loss to Port Ches-ter eliminated New Rochelle from the Class AA playoffs. Despite the quarterfinal round defeat, however, Huguenot head coach Jarohan Garcia is confident that the program is headed in the right direction.

On Monday, the Huguenots battled the Rams—who might be the most explosive team in Section I to a scoreless stale-mate until Luis Morales put the No. 2 seed Port Chester ahead with just a minute to play, which was enough to saddle New Rochelle with the 1-0 loss.

“I think they played their hearts out and that’s some-thing the coaches have been preaching to them this year,” said Garcia. “We made [Port Chester] earn it and I think we did a good job to hold two of the best forwards in the area to just one goal.”

Despite coming into the game as a No. 7 seed, the Huguenots, who advanced to

this point by virtue of a first round win over Horace Gree-ley, never felt like underdogs, given the intense regular sea-son schedule the team played this year. With games against league foes like Scarsdale, White Plains and Mama-roneck, Garcia explained, the Huguenots were well prepared to take on top teams in the postseason.

“You absolutely want to play in a league like that, where every game feels like a playoff game,” he said. “We were ready for [Port Chester].”

In his first year at the helm of the Huguenot program, Garcia led the team to a 9-5 re-cord, but said that his primary goal for the season was to be-gin rebuilding from within.

“I think my expectations were more about off-the-field things, like setting guidelines to follow and giving the kids accountability,” said Garcia. “We accomplished that, and I told the team that if we could take care of that, and work hard, the winning and losing would take care of itself.”

The Huguenots graduate just four starters from this year’s team, and Garcia feels that his squad made some

great strides as they now look to 2015. Chief among the re-turnees are standouts Marcos Garcia and Rodolfo Gil who will anchor the defense, and Misael Jimenez, who shined in his first year on the varsity roster.

“We’ve got a lot of kids coming back. Seven starters,” said the head coach. “But also the kids we are losing to grad-uation are irreplaceable.”

One thing that Garcia feels works in the team’s favor as it heads into the offseason is that the returning players will be familiar with each other—

and the system—when the team resumes workouts next August.

“The great thing about soc-cer is that it [has] become a year-round sport, so even though our season is done, the kids will be playing indoor soccer, playing in the spring,” said Garcia. “We’re going to have offseason programs, work on our footwork, and our fitness, and by the time we start back up, the kids will have been playing together for a year or two.”


Javier Garcia jockeys for position on Oct. 24. The senior is one of four starters who the Huguenots will lose to graduation.

Javier Garcia makes a move towards the goal in the Class AA first round matchup loss to Port Chester. Photos/Bobby Begun

Moises Tera controls the ball against Horace Greeley. Tera is one of several underclassmen who will be the heart of the Huguenot team in coming years.

Javier Garcia battles for the ball with a Horace Greeley defender on Oct. 24. New Rochelle went 9-5 this season under first-year head coach Jarohan Garcia.


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Self-examination is of-ten the first step toward discovering the presence of breast cancer. The impor-tance of self-examinations is immeasurable, and many women are taught from a very young age to conduct such inspections to protect themselves from breast can-cer. Breast cancer that is detected early is very treat-able, but the longer a person with breast cancer goes undiagnosed the less effec-tive and the more difficult that treatment becomes. But even women who don’t find anything during self-exam-inations may want to ask their physicians to conduct the following tests designed to find and diagnose breast cancer.

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A clinical breast exam, or CBE, is an examination of the breast that is conducted by a doctor or another health professional. The person conducting the ex-amination will carefully feel the breasts and under the arms for lumps or anything else that seems unusual.

Magnetic resonance imaging test: Commonly referred to as an MRI or a nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, or NMRI, this pro-cedure employs a magnet, radio waves and a computer to produce a series of de-tailed pictures of areas in-side the body.

Mammogram: A mam-mogram is an x-ray of the breast that can be used to check for breast cancer in women who have no signs or symptoms of the dis-ease. Mammograms also may be used to check for breast cancer after a lump or other sign or symptom of the disease has been found. According to the National Cancer Institute, a mammo-gram performed on a preg-nant woman may appear

negative even if cancer is present. The NCI also notes that mammograms miss roughly 20 percent of breast cancers that are present at the time of screening.

Physical exam: Women should get a rou-tine physical examination of their bodies once a year. Physicians conducting such exams will check for general signs of health while also checking for signs of dis-ease, including breast can-cer. Breast cancer symptoms may include swelling and lumps on the breast or under the arms. During a routine physical, a doctor also will request the patient provide a history of her health hab-its and past illnesses, and women with a family history of breast cancer should make note of that history when discussing their own medical histories.

Ultrasound exam: During an ultrasound exam, high-energy sound waves are bounced off internal tissues or organs to make echoes, which form a picture of body tissues called a sonogram.


The dangers of belly fat Doctors use many different methods to assess their pa-tients’ health. Measuring the fat in a person’s midsection is one indicator physicians may rely on more heavily in the future as they look to pinpoint potential health risks before they become something more serious.

Belly fat is much more than an eyesore, as it poses a serious health risk doctors are only just beginning to understand. A re-cent study on belly fat presented at the European Society of Car-diology Congress confirmed that belly fat is far more danger-ous than many people think.

That’s because a large stom-ach may not only be comprised of subcutaneous fat, or the fat contained under the skin. Very often visceral fat, or the type of fat that surrounds internal organs, is a contributing factor to girth around the midsection. Visceral fat, also know as intra-abdominal fat, is linked to a variety of health problems, in-cluding high triglycerides, high blood pressure, high cholester-ol, and high blood sugar.

Every person has some amount of belly fat, even those with relatively flat abdominals. Visceral fat provides cushioning around the organs and is actu-

ally beneficial in small amounts. It’s when visceral fat becomes too plentiful that it can pose a problem. According to Kris-ten Hairston, MD, an assistant professor of endocrinology and metabolism at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, visceral fat doesn’t just sit dor-mant; it plays an active role in the body’s production of a num-ber of potentially harmful sub-stances. Researchers are study-ing if visceral fat secretes in-flammatory molecules in higher amounts than other types of fat. These molecules can contribute to various health ailments.

A person’s ideal weight is not necessarily based on pounds on the scale. Rather, individuals should use other measurements to determine propensity for belly fat. Having a “pear shape” where the hips and thighs are larger than the waist can actually be safer than an “apple shape,” where the waistline is larger.

People concerned about belly fat should use a measur-ing tape to measure girth and determine if there is a potential problem. Place the measuring tape around the waist at the na-vel. The measuring tape should be level and stretch around the midsection. Women want a

waist measurement of less than 35 inches. Men should measure in at less than 40 inches. Mea-surements that exceed those figures may indicate excessive amounts of visceral fat. A hip-to-waist ratio measurement also can be used. This ratio should be below .85 for women and below .90 for men. Anything higher is considered “at risk,” and a person should consider losing belly fat.

The only precise way to measure visceral belly fat is to get a CT scan or an MRI. However, this is expensive and may not be covered by health insurance.

It’s important to note that belly fat is not a problem ex-clusive to those who are over-weight. Although it may not be as visible, thin people can have excess visceral fat as well. This is often the result of eating a healthy diet but failing to exer-cise regularly.

There are ways to manage and reduce belly fat. Getting adequate exercise in conjunc-tion with eating a healthy diet, getting enough sleep and man-aging stress can help.

Losing belly fat can improve a person’s appearance and his or her overall health.


Scheduling snacks, and replacing unhealthy fare with foods like fruits and vegetables, is one way to avoid compromising your diet.

Avoiding pitfallsthat can derail your diet

Diet and exercise go hand-in-hand for men and women looking to improve their overall health. While it can be tempting to skip a workout in favor of relaxing on the couch at home, the temptation to cheat on your diet is far more pervasive, as dieters know that a high-calorie treat or second help-ing is lurking around seem-ingly every corner.

As difficult as it can seem to remain loyal to a diet, successful dieters know that anticipation plays a big role in staying true to a diet. Certain pitfalls can be expected when dieting, and knowing what those pitfalls might be and how to avoid them can make the differ-ence between a successful diet and one that does not produce the desired results.

Establish realistic and periodic goals. You should have a specific goal

in mind when beginning a diet. But that goal should be realistic, and you also should set various smaller goals you can meet as you build up toward achieving your larger goal. Your ul-timate goal as well as your periodic goals should be realistic and attainable, as nothing can derail a diet more quickly than failing to meet your initial goals. If necessary, speak to your physician about healthy weight loss and how much time it should take to meet your goals without compro-mising your overall health.

Schedule your snacks. While snacking has derailed many a diet, grabbing a bite to eat be-tween meals is not neces-sarily a dieter’s enemy. It’s what you eat between meals that can derail your diet. If you grab for the near-est snack without regard to

nutrition, then you’re likely to find that your snacks are unhealthy foods that are compromising your diet. Scheduling your snacks in advance allows you to bring a healthy snack along to the office instead of forcing you to eat whatever happens to be available.

Make the cupboard commitment. Once you decide to go on a diet, clear your cupboards of all the unhealthy foods that con-tributed to your need to go on a diet in the first place. Remove fatty foods, salty snacks and sugary cereals from your cupboard, replac-ing them with healthier fare that won’t put your dietary goals in jeopardy.

Reward your efforts. As you get deeper and deeper into dieting and meet your goals, reward your ef-forts. However, avoid the temptation to splurge on un-

healthy food, as you don’t want to do anything to com-promise your diet going for-ward and make all of your hard work up to that point all for naught. Rewards can include a shopping trip, tickets to a show or ball-game or any other special treat that won’t jeopardize your efforts. Knowing there is a reward on the way can

motivate you to stay the course, especially on those days when doing so is par-ticularly difficult.

Rest up. Studies have shown that inadequate sleep inspires people to crave calorie-dense foods. In addition, lack of sleep compromises energy levels and makes it difficult to fo-cus, which can affect your

decision-making ability with regard to which foods you should eat. Adults typi-cally need between seven and eight hours of sleep per night, so be sure to get ad-equate rest.

Avoiding potential pit-falls that can derail a diet is an integral part of meeting your goals and adopting a healthier lifestyle.


Approaching 60 years of care

Scarsdale Medical Group was started in 1957, when two physicians merged their Scarsdale practices. The Group has since grown to 44 physicians serving Westches-ter County and surrounding communities with excep-tional care. The basic infra-structure of SMG is devoted to primary care, the first line in practice of adult medicine. Each person has his or her own personal physician who serves as the core of the pa-tient’s health team and as a source of referrals to special-ists when necessary. Within the group, virtually every sub-specialty of medicine is represented providing conti-nuity of care. Sub-specialties include Allergy and Immu-nology, Cardiology, Der-matology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics, Hematology and Oncology, Infectious Disease, Mind-Body Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Podiatry, Pul-monology and Critical Care

and lastly Rheumatology. A full spectrum of ancillary

services is provided onsite, including state-of-the-art radi-ology, sonography and bone densitometry equipment.

An in-house radiologist is available for instant “wet” readings. The colonoscopy and endoscopy are fully equipped and accredited; an onsite certified laboratory has the ability to provide reliable same-day test results. The out-patient surgical suite, the most recent addition to the center, provides up to date technol-ogy for many procedures.

Scarsdale Medial Group is aware that many patients have busy daytime schedules and that illness has no regard for after hours or weekends. To meet those needs, the Group offers extended hours and walk-in service 365 days a year—weekends, holidays and evenings—which also enable patients to avoid the long waiting times and high co-payments of hospital emergency room visits. A

board-certified physician is on call 24 hours a day.

Since 2004, Scarsdale Medical Group has used electronic medical records, providing physicians and pa-tients instant access to their medical history, current pre-scriptions and imaging, test results for seamless follow up and collaborative care. An online patient portal further streamlines the lines of com-munication between patient and doctor.

Scarsdale Medical Group is recognized by the National Committee for Quality As-surance as a designated medi-cal home because of its com-mitment to provide patients with the highest level of cus-tomer service possible.

The Scarsdale Medi-cal Group looks to provide patients with high quality, individualized care delivered with compassion and respect. Their goal is to provide top quality, easily accessible healthcare in a personalized manner. (Submitted)

Mdxpress opens its second location in White Plains

MDxpress is a full ser-vice, walk-in urgent care center founded by a team of emergency physicians from Montefiore Medical Center. We saw a real need in the community for a fa-cility that can accommodate patients who have emergen-cies but who did not want to wait in a busy and crowded emergency room. We also recognize how difficult it can be to see your primary care doctor on short notice or during the evening or weekend. We opened our first site in March 2013 in Mamaroneck on West

Boston Post Road located next to Starbucks. A new location will be opening next month in White Plains on Tarrytown Road across from the Crossroads Shop-ping Center.

We welcome adult and pediatric patients, appoint-ments are never necessary. Whether it be for a cut that needs suturing, a broken bone that needs setting or a throat that needs strep test-ing, we can see you quicker, cheaper and more comfort-ably than in the emergency room.

All patients are seen by

a board certified, residency trained, emergency medi-cine physician. The center has a full laboratory and digital x-rays on site. The center is open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekends. Most major insurances are ac-cepted and uninsured are seen at a fraction of the cost of what a hospital visit would be. For more infor-mation about the center, go online at mdxpress.com or call 777-CARE (2273) for all your urgent care needs. (Submitted)


Explore natural sleep remedies

Sleep is a natural process designed to recharge the body

and mind. Although some people find no difficulty in settling down for the night, many others profess to have periodic or chronic sleep problems. But before asking doctors to reach for their prescription pads, men and women struggling to fall asleep at night may want to consider some all-natural remedies to help them get a good night’s rest.

Delta Sleep Labs says between 20 and 40 percent of all adults have insomnia in the course of any year, and more than 70 million Americans suffer from sleep disorders and wakefulness. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recognize insufficient sleep as a public health epidemic that can result in difficulty performing daily tasks, hy-pertension, depression, and even obesity.

While sleeping pills can be effective, they pose the risk of dependence and also may carry with them dan-gerous side effects. Some individuals have driven or engaged in other potentially dangerous activities while under the influence of sleep-ing pills. No such side ef-fects have been associated with natural remedies.

When lifestyle changes, such as limiting caffeine in-take or creating a sleep hy-giene program, fail to pro-duce the desired results, the following natural remedies, when used as directed, may help men and women get a better night’s rest.

Meditation: Focusing on breathing and employing visualization may help relax the body into a state where it can drift off to sleep. In addition to calming the mind, meditation can reduce stress and hormone levels. Picturing a relaxing scene and focusing on all the sens-es involved in that scene may put you in a peaceful state of mind that makes it easier to fall asleep.

Distraction: Although there are conflicting reports as to whether reading or watching television before

Your home is all ready for the holidays. You’ve worn out a pair of rubber gloves preparing. Ding-dong — here they come, with children in hand. Your heart sinks as you think of potential disas-ters like salsa, coffee, and red wine dotting your fluffy white rug, and turning it into a Jackson Pollock painting. Do I need to cocoon every-thing in plastic to prevent mishaps? Nonsense! Just do some what-if planning. Here are a few tips.

Tip #1: Get some support:You can’t do this alone.

To minimize disaster, you need someone to tidy up while you’re being charm-ing. It could be a house-keeper, or a professional hire. Promise your helpmate a well deserved payday and a spa treatment in return. That will do it!

Tip #2: How to direct your helpmate:

Basically, “your other you” needs to effortlessly and quietly police the on-going party situation.

Ask your helper to push red wine glasses in from the edge of the table unobtru-sively. Gently, slide coast-ers under all drinks; project-ing ahead is always wise.

Show her how to clean up crumbs from the floor (reference tip #4) and do emergency treatment on spilled red wine (reference tip #5). Demonstrate a day or two before the party to know as many cleanup how-to’s beforehand.

Point out the supply of napkins and paper towels and tell your helper to use them instantly to wipe up spills. I’d have a bunch of clean, white terrycloth tow-els on hand as well. They’re perfect to sop up toppled drinks.

Ask your helper to check the bathrooms every half-

going to bed can be a help or a hindrance, some people with insomnia do find these actions can help induce sleep. Choose a book or a program that isn’t stimulat-ing to distract yourself from anything that is causing dis-tress. Doing so can create a state of relaxation that makes it easier to fall asleep. Use the sleep timer on the televi-sion to automatically turn of the TV after a set number of minutes, so you are not woken from sleep by a loud show after drifting off.

Aromatherapy: Calming scents can relax the body. Preliminary research sug-gests that lavender essential oil may lengthen total sleep time, increase deep sleep and help people feel refreshed in the morning, particularly for women who have a more acute sense of smell than men. Put a few drops of lav-ender on a pillow before re-tiring to bed, or take a relax-ing bath with the oil mixed into the bath water.

Magnesium: Magnesium is a natural sedative. Foods rich in magnesium include dark green, leafy vegeta-bles, almonds, whole grains, and legumes. Magnesium supplements are also avail-able, and these are usually taken in a specific ratio with calcium to be the most ef-fective.

Valerian: Valerian is a natural herbal remedy that grows in the form of a tall, flowering grassland plant. The roots are ground to pro-duce the supplement that could assist with sleep. The Mayo Clinic notes that sev-eral small studies indicate that valerian may reduce

the amount of time it takes to fall asleep and help you sleep better. Other stud-ies have shown valerian to be no more effective than a placebo. However, with relatively few side effects, valerian may be worth a try.

Lemon balm: This herbal supplement and tea works in a similar method to valerian. It is said to relieve anxiety and calm nerves, which could be in-fringing on your ability to fall asleep.

Acupuncture: A study from researchers at the University of Pittsburgh concluded that acupuncture may be an effective treat-ment for insomnia. The study found that five weeks of acupuncture increased melatonin secretion in the evening and improved total sleep time.

Melatonin supplements: A naturally occurring hor-mone that regulates your sleep-wake cycle in the brain, melatonin is pro-duced when darkness falls. According to a Journal of Sleep Research study, time-release melatonin supple-mentation was effective in reducing sleep latency and improving sleep quality. Lower doses of melatonin have been shown to be as effective as higher doses, so less is often more with melatonin.

Insomnia can often be traced to anxiety and an overactive mind. However, it also may be a side effect of medication or a symp-tom of a larger condition. Speak with a doctor if in-somnia becomes chronic or problematic.

Ask Cindy's Foolproof Scenario for Holiday Entertaining Faux Pas

hour to insure cleanliness.

Tip #3: Supplies you’ll need to prevent disasters:

Have small trash recep-tacles in the corners of each room. Additionally, have on hand receptacle liners, coasters, and extra bath-room supplies.

Extra hand towels and room deodorizers are great helpmates.

A broom, a small mop, and OMG, don’t forget club soda, the queen product for saving the… Now, your newly trained helper has the essential helpmate accesso-ries to become a life saver. Pay your helper generously!

Tip #4: Soundless in-stant party “vacuuming”:

Clean queen that I am, I’d never think of vacuum-ing during a party. How rude, my dear! But what to do about the trail of crumbs leading from the living room to the kitchen? Here’s a tip you’ll thank me for: “Ask Cindy’s Secret No-Vacuum Pickup.” Go out and get yourself some of those two sided sticky sheets found in art supply stores. Just peel back the paper and you have your silent but capable helper. Touching the crumbs lightly these adhesive icky sticky helpmates will pick

up crumbs on the floor or table instantly. Voila…clean table and floor with-out the noise!

Tip #5: Worst-case sce-nario: Ask Cindy’s rescue tip for spilled red wine:

It’s always the most proper guest and she’s turned crimson from embarrass-ment. But there you have it — red wine on your rug. What to do? Just follow “Ask Cindy’s Red Wine Rescue Tip.” Immediately, pour club soda over the spill, the magic is in the bubbling. Use a white terrycloth towel to blot, blot, blot up this unfortunate mess. Always start from the outside and work toward the center of the stain. Do not rub the stain - ever.

Remember that blot - blot - blot is key. When the party is over, you can redo this process. You will need to call a carpet specialist in the morning. The bubbles in club soda are an emergency treatment only. Hopefully, your prized rug can be saved. CALL in the carpet special-ist right away! Enjoy your party guests because you value their presence:-) Good luck with your party, I wish you well.

Your friend in the clean-ing industry, Cindy aka Ask Cindy How www.askcindy-how.com 914-513-3283


How to prevent muscle soreness

Strength training can result in muscle soreness if men and women do not take certain preventive measures before, during and after their workouts.

Daily exercise is an integral part of a healthy lifestyle. When paired with a nutritious diet, daily exercise can help men and women maintain their personal health and put them in a better position to battle many of the physical quirks that come with aging.But even the most ardent exercise enthusiast is periodically confronted with muscle soreness, which can interrupt an exercise routine and have a very negative impact on an individual’s quality of life. Muscle soreness often appears the morning after a workout and can make something as simple as getting out of bed feel as difficult as climbing Mount Everest. The frequency and severity of muscle soreness depends on a host of factors, including how old someone is, how often a person exercises and how well that person performs certain exercises. While muscle soreness may seem like another unfortunate side effect of the aging process, there are ways to prevent such soreness.Stay hydrated. Many people forget to drink water when working out, and such forgetfulness can lead to muscle soreness. Roughly 50 to 60 percent

of a person’s total body mass is water, but the body loses a lot of water during exercise, especially when that exercise is vigorous and causes lots of sweating. Losing a substantial amount of water can be debilitating and lead to muscle soreness, as muscle cells need water to recover fully from a workout. So it’s important that men and women stay hydrated both during a workout and throughout the rest of the day. Carry a bottle of water with you when working out. You will be more inclined to drink water and stay hydrated during a workout if you have water with you as opposed to relying on repeated trips to the water fountain. One way to determine if you’re drinking enough water during a workout is to make note of the color of your urine in the hours following the workout. If your urine is light yellow or clear, then you’re probably drinking enough water to stay hydrated during and after the workout. If your urine is dark yellow or has an orange tint, then you need to make a stronger effort to stay hydrated during and after your workout.Get some sleep. Sleep is another way to prevent or

reduce the likelihood of developing muscle soreness. The body needs time to recover from exercise, and sleep is an integral part of that recovery process. Adults typically need between seven and eight hours of sleep per night, so be sure to get enough rest so your muscles can recover before your next workout. Muscle soreness may be your body telling you it was not given enough time to fully recover from a previous workout.Cool down after a workout. If weight training is part of your workout routine, then it helps to cool down with some easy cardiovascular activity and light stretching after the weight training portion of your regimen is over. This can improve blood flow throughout your body, and improved blood flow can speed your recovery time and reduce post-workout muscle soreness by bringing fresh oxygen and healing nutrients to the parts of your body that may feel sore after a workout.Don’t fight fire with exercise. Some people are tempted to fight muscle soreness by putting their muscles back to work. But such an approach can lead to injury. When muscles are sore, they also experience a loss of strength, which makes them more susceptible to damage and injury. Rather than fighting muscle soreness by challenging the muscles, give them a rest as they recover from soreness and fatigue. Work muscle groups that are not experiencing soreness or avoid weight training in favor of cardiovascular exercise and stretching.For many men and women, muscle soreness is an unfortunate side effect of any active lifestyle. But such active men and women can take various preventive measures to reduce their likelihood of developing sore muscles after workouts.


Jansen Hospice celebrates 30 years

Jansen Hospice cel-ebrated 30 years this past January; it provides compas-sionate care and unparalleled service to terminally ill pa-tients throughout Westches-ter County. The lasting com-mitment of Jansen nurses, social workers, doctors, aides, therapists and volun-teers is truly immeasurable.

Jansen’s personalized ap-proach to hospice care offers peace of mind during a very

difficult and vulnerable time. Helping family members is an essential part of the Jan-sen mission and its excep-tional workforce and profes-sionally trained volunteers are available when needed most. The Jansen staff trav-els throughout Westchester to visit patients, whether they are in their own homes, nursing homes or hospitals. They offer complementary services to help make their

patients feel more comfort-able, including massage therapy, therapeutic touch, reiki, pet therapy and more. In all capacities, the Jansen team goes above and beyond to promote a sense of well-being for their patients and their patients’ families.

Since Jansen Hospice opened its doors in 1984, the organization has had an excellent reputation for quality and now services approximately 500 patients annually, meeting the unique needs of each patient along the way. Jansen Hospice is

located in Scarsdale. For more information, please call 787-6158, or visit jan-senhospice.org. (Submitted)


Learn how to increase cycling stamina

Cycling is a great recre-ational activity and a fun way to stay in shape. Some people bike to work to save money and reduce fuel consumption, while others ride to give their bodies a demanding cardiovascular workout.

Whether a cyclist aspires to compete in the next Tour de France or wants to keep things a little more local, taking steps to improve stamina is a great way to make the most of a bike ride. Riders who improve their stamina will likely wit-ness marked improvement in their cycling performance as time progresses.

Stamina is the body’s ability to endure extended periods of exercise. For ex-ample, a person who is new to physical activity may tire after a relatively brief work-out. However, the more that person exercises, the more he or she builds strength and stamina, which will lead to longer workouts. The same thing applies to cycling. At the beginning, cycling more than a certain number of miles may be difficult, and changes in ter-rain can make things even more challenging. By fol-lowing a consistent training regimen that builds stamina, cyclists will refine their performance and push their bodies further.

Increasing cycling stam-ina is not necessarily about making the legs stronger, although that will help. In-creasing cycling stamina involves getting your body acclimated to regulating en-ergy exertion so that it will not get fatigued early on. Anyone who has to exercise for long durations, whether hikers, marathon runners or triathletes, will train to de-velop stamina. For cyclists, here is how to begin.

Set a realistic goal. Newcomers to the sport will not be able to ride dozens of miles without any feelings of fatigue. Es-tablish a weekly goal that gradually increases your total mileage traveled, re-vising these goals as you feel yourself getting stron-ger and more fit.

Gradually increase bik-ing minutes. In addition to increasing the distance you travel, start increasing the number of days you ride in a week. You may soon find yourself riding several days per week, and doing so for extended periods of time. A good rule of thumb is to increase your distance and speed by around 10 percent each week if you’re training for a race or working to-ward a challenging goal.

Throw in a long ride once a week. Schedule a weekly long bike ride, per-haps two to three hours of sustained riding, to chal-lenge your body. Concen-trate on the time spent rid-ing, not necessarily how fast or hard you’re riding. According to John Hughes, director of the Ultra Mara-thon Cycling Association, you can gradually add more long rides as you become more comfortable.

Train with others. Rid-

ing with others can keep you motivated and provide a healthy dose of competi-tion to push you further.

Take care of your body. Trevor Fenner, co-founder of Road Bike City, says you must pay special atten-tion to your dietary intake to improve stamina. You may need to increase car-bohydrate intake, and stay-ing hydrated is essential. Eating pieces of banana or energy bars while riding may also help sustain en-ergy levels.

Plan for rest. Injuries can result when you push your body too far. Have days during the week when you rest and recuperate. If you ever are weak or in pain, stop cycling and take time to recover.

These tips can be heeded by riders of varying abili-ties, whether you are train-ing for a race or simply want to get more out of recreational cycling.


The Continuing Education Center presents “Inside Broadway”

The Center for Continu-ing Education presents “In-side Broadway,” featuring Tony award-winning pro-ducer Barbara Whitman on Thursday, Nov. 13.

Barbara Whitman, a 2014 Tony award-winning pro-ducer of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” and the pro-ducer of many other Broad-way shows, will be sharing her experiences as part of the Center for Continu-ing Education’s “Notable Neighbors” series on Thurs-day, Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. held at Mamaroneck High School. Lesley Jane Sey-mour, the editor of More Magazine, will moderate the evening.

In addition to “Hedwig,” Whitman is represented on Broadway this season by “If/Then” starring Idina Menzel. She is working on the transfer of the award-winning Off-Broadway musical “Fun Home” to Broadway this spring. Whit-man also produced “Legally Blonde,” “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” “The 25th An-nual Putnam County Spell-ing Bee,” the 2004 revival of “A Raisin in the Sun,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Next to Normal” and “Of Men and Men” with James Franco.

According to Blythe

Hamer, The Center’s execu-tive director, “Our tagline is ‘Take A Different Course,’ and Barbara has done just that. She had a career as an actress and singer, followed by a move to Larchmont where she raised her two boys, then a job in finance and finally an MFA in The-atre Managing and Produc-ing. I’m eager to hear her insights on Broadway as well as her story of reinven-tion.”

“I am an example of ‘It’s never too late.’ My passion for theatre combined with my experience in finance made becoming a producer a logical next step,” Whit-man said. “However, while the song ‘I Want To Be a Producer’ from The Produc-ers makes it sound simple, finding projects and figuring out what might be success-ful is a complex process requiring imagination and determination.”

Lesley Jane Seymour was named editor-in-chief of More and More.com in 2008. Under her guidance, the magazine published its first compilation book, “More Magazine’s 287 Se-crets of Reinventing Your Life: Big and Small Ways to Embrace New Possibili-ties.”

Seymour is looking

forward to speaking with Barbara about her trans-formation to Broadway producer, what she looks for in projects, the current climate on Broadway and anecdotes from attending the Tony Awards and being a Tony voter. They will also discuss what it’s like to be the mother of two sons pur-suing careers on Broadway. Barbara’s son Daniel Car-lyon is an assistant sound designer working on “Dis-graced” and Will Carlyon is appearing in “Cabaret.”

“Inside Broadway” will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 13 in the Tiered Classroom at Mama-roneck High School. There will be refreshments begin-ning at 6:45 p.m. Tickets are $30 per person. All paying attendees will be entered into a raffle for two tickets to “If/Then” compli-ments of Whitman.

The Center’s next “No-table Neighbors” event is a private tour of the Frick Collection with its director Ian Wardropper on Mon-day, Dec.15. The museum is closed that day and the tour is limited to 30 people.

For more information or to purchase tickets to either event, please visit LMCCE.org. or call the center at 698-9126. (Submitted)


Fenom is a family sports and fitness facility special-izing in results-oriented sports and fitness programs as well as individualized lessons with a focus on fun-damental skill building and overall fitness in a fun and safe environment.

Fenom offers classes for adults and kids alike. The unique programs and challenging workouts are tailored to give you a well-rounded fitness routine that will take your fitness up to the next level. From small group classes to private training, Fenom’s state-of-the-art 12,000 square-foot facility offers room for cre-ativity to meet your fitness goals and go beyond your own expectations.

To see a schedule of classes or program descrip-tions, visit the website at fenomfit.com.

See a class that you like? Simply call to register or fill out the registration form on the website.

There are no member-ship or initiation fees. The Fenom concept is simple: flexibility and personaliza-tion for each and every in-dividual.

Fenom featured

workout: SurfSetSurfset is a full-body

surf-inspired workout that is designed to engage the core and stabilize muscles and shock the system to create real change inside and out. Participants train on a 70-inch surfboard that is mounted atop a patented instability system made of three air-bubbles that cre-ate a balance challenge and engage your core with every move.

Classes are structured for optimal fat burn, muscle build and improved balance. Multi-planar movements engage the body and mind in challenging and unique ways: fat-burning, high-intensity interval aerobic training, exercises that chal-lenge the tiny stabilizers in your body along with major muscle groups to shape and tone strong limbs and build-ing your core through instability training that re-quires focus and control.

SurfSet has been fea-tured nationally, interna-tionally and even locally at Fenom. Joy Bauer gave Surfset the “Today Show stamp of approval” with a shout-out to Fenom’s own Aresh Mohit.

Fenom currently offers small-group Surfset classes for adults, however, Surfset exercises are included in many of the group and per-sonal training sessions.

Surfset boards are even great for kids. The workouts are low impact and only use resistance bands and body-weight so as not to stunt growth or lead to injury.

Come try a class out with a coupon or join at any one of children or adult programs by checking the schedule online.

Upcoming Events:Nov. 4: Election Day

special mini camp. Ages 5 and up.

Nov. 15: One year anni-versary party. All are wel-come. (Submitted)

Pilates and Acupuncture uniquely alignIntegeration; Synergy;

Efficiency; Complimentar-ity; You may expect to see these terms in an article on finance, but in today’s world of medicine, these are ex-actly the things people are seeking in their health care.

Core Pilates Studios offer the unique combination of Acupuncture and Pilates in one practice and although they thrive independently, they are uniquely aligned in what they offer.

Acupuncture and Clas-sical Pilates are both sys-tems with strong roots and clear principles, that, when practiced with integrity, manifest unity of the mind, body and spirit. “Acupunc-ture and Pilates integrate kinesthetic awareness and internal medicine to help our clients experience free-dom of movement in their lives on multiple levels. We guide people toward find-

ing their true strength at the core of their being,” Tamara Slupchynskyj, Owner of Core Pilates Studios, Rye, Greenwich, said. “Move-ment and strength at one’s core result in a feeling of knowing yourself, nourish-ing yourself, getting out of your own way and excelling in your authenticity.”

“Many of our clients come to us after their PT has run out, but they haven’t gotten better. Pilates and Acupuncture together get them back in action and moving with ease and grace again. Our clients are sur-prised by the results they get from adding one acu-puncture treatment a week to their Pilates regimen,” Tamara said.

“The two methods – movement and medicine – allow me to work with my patients in a way that opens up their understanding of the

fact that health is an active, living, breathing engage-ment with oneself,” Marcia-Elizabeth Baker-Thompson, said “The greatest thing about Chinese Medicine in combination with Pilates is the comprehensive way in which they manage health – on every level. Your IBS, insomnia, neck pain, mi-graines, neuropathy, anxiety, bunions, back pain, golf swing, tennis elbow, crow’s feet – even that strange pain in your knee that no one has been able to explain – are all connected. My job is to sort out the details and help you understand how the puzzle pieces of your life fit to-gether to create an integrated picture of you.”

“This is mind/body/spirit synergy in action,” Baker-Thompson said.

Core Pilates Studio is lo-cated at 67 Purchase St. in the Rye Mall.(Submitted)

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How to beat the couch potato curse

Diet and exercise make great bedfellows for men and women looking to live a healthier lifestyle. A com-bination of a healthy diet and regular exercise makes it easier for men and women to maintain a healthy weight while lowering their risk of various ailments, including heart disease and diabetes.

A heightened awareness of what makes for a healthy and unhealthy diet coupled with the increased avail-ability of healthy foods has helped many people smooth-ly transition to a healthier diet. But many people still struggle to find time to exercise every day. Com-mitments to work and fam-ily can make it difficult to squeeze in regular workouts, and the call of the couch is often more appealing than a trip to the gym at the end of a long day juggling both personal and professional obligations. But exercise is integral to a healthy lifestyle, so it’s important that men and women take steps to in-corporate exercise into their daily routines.

Figure out when you’re free. Finding free time is perhaps the biggest hurdle adults must clear when at-

tempting to exercise more. Track your daily schedule for a week or two, making note of down times during the day when you might be able to squeeze in 30 to 60 minutes of exercise. If you notice you’re spending your lunch hours catching up on personal emails or surfing the Internet, then consider joining a gym near your office and turning those lunch hours into workouts. If your mornings are not dominated by getting the kids ready for school, then wake up a half hour earlier each morning to squeeze in some time on the treadmill. You likely have some down time with regard to your daily schedule, and identifying such time is the first step toward making better use of it.

Make it a team effort. Daily exercise is not just good for adults; it’s great for kids, too. Parents looking to fit more physical activ-ity into their daily routines should consider involv-ing their children, many of whom are dealing with a fit-ness crisis of their own. Ac-cording to a 2014 report in the Journal of the American Medical Association, child-hood obesity has more than doubled in children and qua-

drupled in adolescents over the last three decades, putting youngsters at increased risk for cardiovascular disease, prediabetes, bone and joint problems, and sleep apnea. Parents can make daily ex-ercise a family affair, which increases the time they spend with their children while en-suring their kids stay fit as well. Men and women with-out families also can make daily exercise a team effort by working out with a friend or significant other. The buddy system often proves motivational, encouraging men and women to exercise even on those days when the couch is calling.

Make exercise more interesting. Many workout routines fall by the wayside because they simply do not engage men and women no matter how motivated they are to lose weight. An hour on the treadmill can seem like an eternity to certain men and women, who can benefit by choosing work-out routines that are less monotonous. For example, Zumba is a combination of dance and aerobic exercise that is growing in popular-ity. In lieu of spending an hour on the treadmill or elliptical machine, Zumba participants get an equally if not exceedingly challeng-ing cardiovascular workout that many find more fun than traditional aerobic exercise thanks to its incorporation of dance. For those without such happy feet, bring a tablet along to the gym and catch up on your favorite television shows or a good book during your cardiovas-cular routines. The more in-teresting you find your work-out routine, the more likely you are to find time for that routine every day.

Choose an accessible routine. When planning your workout, make it as ac-cessible as possible. While sports like kayaking and mountain bike racing make for great exercise, such activities are not readily accessible to many work-ing professionals with busy schedules. Join a gym that’s only a short drive from home, or purchase some gym equipment you can set up in your own

home. The more accessible a workout routine is, the more likely you are to em-brace that routine.

The call of the couch can be difficult to ignore. But the side effects of a sedentary lifestyle can be

grave, so men and women should work to find ways to include exercise in their daily routines.

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