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New Playground Opened During Columbus Day FestivitiesBY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN

A record crowd poured into the Harrison Police Department Great to Live in Harrison (GTLH) Open House on Saturday, Octo-ber 7. Police Chief Michael Olsey estimated about 1,000 people, “because we ordered 1,000 hot dogs and ran out at the end of the day.”

Manning the Harrison Children’s Fire Safety House, Firefighter Frank Ciaccio ad-vised children to crawl, keep hands on the wall and if a door handle is hot, do not open the

door. “Get to a window, if you can. We will see and rescue you,” Ciaccio stressed.

“We’re excited about to-day’s ribbon cutting for the new playground at Ma Riis Park,” Bel-mont stated. “It is a train theme, since it is next to the Train Sta-tion. There are numerous slides with no more sand or wood chips on the ground,” Belmont ob-

served.After the Pa-

rade on October 9, citizens migrated to Ma Riis Park, where the late Town Justice Jo-seph Cannella was awarded Citizen of the Year, accepted by his family. May-or Ron Belmont noted that Cannella received the pres-tigious Planning Board Person of the Year and Brian

Hegt, Lower Hudson Valley Regional Representative for Governor Andrew M. Cuo-mo, presented the Town with a special Columbus Day Proclama-tion.

During the 40th Annual GTLH Parade, New York State

Senator George Latimer com-mented, “Every community has its tremendous reason for pride. My mother grew up in Harrison. My great grandfa-ther who was the immigrant on that side of the family all came to live in Harrison…

“What you see out here is the diversity of the community. You see a very large Japanese-Ameri-can community; there are folks

who share their Mexican-Amer-ican pride. There is a strong Ital-ian-American and robust Jewish community in Harrison as well…”

At Riis Park, Katia Barker explained the “Thirst for Life” Project. “It is a world youth activ-ist organization for clean water. They drill wells to bring water to villages in need. People were walking 10 to 15 kilometers to collect filthy water, contributing to malaria, diarrhea and other water-borne diseases, of which

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Harrison Police Lieutenant John Vasta; son Johnny Vasta, getting a Safe Child Card

Cutting the ribbon, front row, left to right: Julia Spencer, 5; James Spencer, 3. Rear, left to right: Mayor Ron Belmont, Councilman/Trustee Richard Dionisio; Councilwoman Marlane Amelio

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Purchase College Students Break World Record

On October 11, Purchase College, SUNY students were joined by Chef Jet Tila of the Food Net-work to attempt to break the world’s record for longest California roll. Currently the record was a 422-foot roll, which was held by UMass Amherst. Purchase students broke the record and made a 504 feet California Roll on the Great Lawn, behind the Student Services Building.

The event required over 650 sheets of nori and 300 pounds of sushi rice. World Record Acade-my members were onsite to certify the roll.

More than 300 volunteers from the Purchase College community took part. Checks of $1350 each were donated to the Foodbank for Westchester and Midnight Run at the event.

The event was sponsored by Purchase Dining Services and PepsiCo with culinary support by The One Sushi. Purchase Dining Services, part of Chartwells, will make an in-kind donation to a local food bank. Photo by Paige DeMaio.

HHS Celebrates National Merit Semifinalist and Commended Students

Harrison High School is proud to announce senior Brian Siegel has been named a National Mer-it Scholarship Semifinalist and five additional students received Letters of Commendation from the organization.

Letter of Commendation Students are: Keon Azar, Sarah Birnbaum, Chanha Kim, Matthew Schwartz and Carl Spana.

In October 2016, over 1.5 million U.S. high school students, who took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) and met other program participation requirements, entered the 2017 competition for National Merit Scholarship Program recognition and scholarships. NSMC uses PSAT/NMSQT Selection Index scores – the sum of critical reading, mathematics, and writing skills scores- to determine 50,000 high scoring participants who qualify for program recognition.

Nearly two-thirds of those high scorers received National Merit Scholar Letters of Commenda-tion in recognition of their outstanding academic promise.

Siegel (pictured in the center) was among the 16,000 students nationwide selected as National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists, representing less than one percent of high school seniors in the country. National Merit Scholarships will be announced in the spring where a large percentage of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing.

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From the Mayor's OfficeBY MAYOR RON BELMONT

Harrison held its 40th “Its Great to Live in Harrison/Columbus Day” Celebration October 7-9. Our community takes tremendous pleasure in this annual tradition as our nation honors the culture and heritage of Italian-Ameri-cans. In addition to recogniz-ing the many achievements of Italian-Americans, Harrison residents and visitors partic-ipated in a weekend of excit-ing events. Saturday evening’s fireworks display was spec-tacular and the Open House at Police Headquarters, fea-turing a display of emergency

apparatus and tours of the Po-lice Station, was well attend-ed.

Although the weather did not fully cooperate, a sizeable crowd attended the annual “Its Great to Live in Harrison Day” Parade on October 9. Marching bands serenaded as student groups and civic organizations marched down Halstead Avenue. Following the parade, a feista took place in Ma Riiis Park and included a variety of children’s activi-ties. It was a successful event, full of national and hometown pride. I enjoyed seeing many friends, and familiar faces, as the weekend’s festivities took place.

At the post-parade cele-bration, the late Joseph Can-nella was posthumously rec-ognized as this year’s Citizen of the Year. Joe was a long time Harrison resident. He was a well respected member of the Harrison Planning Board for eight years, serving six of those years as Chairman. Joe joined the Town Board in 2002 and was a valued member for fourteen years. In 2015, he

was elected Town Justice and served with distinction until his untimely death in 2016. Joe was a wonderful role mod-el and I am so glad that his many years of service to our community were acknowl-edged in this way.

Recently, the Jewish Community Center of Harri-son organized their annual food drive. During Yom Kip-pur, the JCC collected over 150 bags of food for donation

to the Harrison Food Pantry. Nina Marraccini, Harrison’s Director of Community Ser-vices, Councilwoman Mar-lane Amelio and I received the donated food on behalf of the Pantry. The JCC’s Rabbi, Eytan Hammerman, urged the congregation that, as they skip meals on Yom Kippur, they should think of those who are hungry and most in need. The Yom Kippur food drive was designed to provide, through donations, what the congregation might have con-sumed during the 25-hour fast day of Yom Kippur. For many

Left to right: Harrison Mayor Ron Belmont; Nancy Cannella; Trustee Fred Sciliano.

families, a serious decline in financial stability can mean hunger. All towns have mem-bers who struggle, during hard times, and the good will of the JCC will help curb hun-ger in our community. Their contribution will provide the basic sustenance that some or our senior citizens, children and working families require. I would like to thank Rabbi Hammerman, and the JCC of Harrison, for this very signif-icant contribution. For more information on our Food Pan-try, please contact Nina Mar-raccini at 670-3026.

Westchester Students Take Part in Anti-Opioid Summit

County Executive Robert P. Astorino urged more than 400 students from across Westchester to become part of the solution in the life-and-death fight against opioid ad-diction on October 16.

Joined by BMX Olympic coach and recovering addict Tony Hoffman, the County Ex-ecutive led a Youth Summit at the Westchester County Cen-ter aimed at fighting a drug epidemic that has caused a 200 percent increase in fatalities in Westchester from 2010-2015.

Students from 37 schools, including those from Harrison, Pelham, Rye Neck and New Rochelle, took part in the day-long summit that was part of the county’s Project WORTHY (Westchester County Opioid Response Teams Helping You) program launched earlier this

year. The program mobilizes a full array of available resourc-es and expertise to combat the growing opioid and heroin ep-idemic that affects all commu-nities and people of all ages.

“Young people are dying,” Astorino said in his remarks. “This is not a show; this is not just a day-long assembly. This is serious business, and we need your help. Young people are on the front lines of this epidemic. You are eyewit-nesses to what’s happening in schools, at parties, at the mall and on the bus. You come from all walks of life, and all kinds of neighborhoods. That’s the kind of real-life experience we need if we are ever going to wrap our arms around this deadly situa-tion.”

The goal of the Youth Summit was to bring together

students and have them come up with ideas on how to fight the epidemic in their own schools and neighborhoods.

Hoffman, the keynote speaker, spoke of his personal experiences, notably how poor choices and a bad attitude led to his addiction. He first smoked marijuana occasional-ly, which led to experimenting with more serious drugs such as Vicodin and OxyContin, and later heroin and crystal meth. Hoffman’s drug addiction caused him to lose friends and family and he eventually be-came homeless. He was so des-perate for drugs at one point in his life that he committed an armed robbery and other drug related crimes that landed him in prison for several years.

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Joseph Cannella Posthumously Named 2017 GTLH “Citizen of the Year”

BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN

Mayor Ron Belmont an-nounced the 2017 Great to Live in Harrison (GTLH) Citizen of the Year at the Thursday, Octo-ber 5 Town Board meeting.

“It has been a tradition that at the Town Board meet-ing prior to GTLH Weekend Celebration we announce the Citizen of the Year. According to a memo from Superinten-dent of Recreation Gerry Salvo, this year’s recipient is [the late] Joseph Cannella. Joseph was a Little League Coach and Pres-ident of Babe Ruth League for four years, receiving numer-ous awards including the Babe Ruth Service Award and Little League Volunteer of the Year.

“Cannella was elected Harrison Town Justice on Jan-uary 1, 2016 and served with distinction until his untimely death on December 22, 2016. I congratulate his family and thank the Committee for mak-ing the selection,” Belmont concluded.

Next, Corporate Plans, Inc. (CPI), Vice Presidents Michael Grinnell and Kirsten Tudman gave a brief presenta-tion in assisting the Town with compliance with the Afford-able Care Act (ACA).

“The ACA is still law and we are following that, track-ing employees,” Tudman stat-ed. “We offer coverage to em-ployees averaging more than 30 hours per week. Internal

Revenue Service (IRS) said that they are going to send out letters and fine people who have not complied.

“We looked at your policies to be sure you had a policy in place for part time employees and re-viewed Union contracts, making sure they followed ACA guidelines.”

In other Town Busi-ness, Personnel Manager Deborah Scocchera re-quested approval for pro-visional appointment of Diana Smoyver to the po-sition of Senior Office As-sistant- Comptroller at an annual salary of $65, 100, effective October 16.

Regarding Village

Business, the Board approved the purchase of 11 in car vid-eo systems for $70, 671.15 and $68,236.90 to AVtec, Inc. for dispatch equipment for the Po-lice Department.

Appearing with Dr. Peter Liebert, MD, resident Rachel Estroff alleged that the Board “condescendingly” told her that anti-gun legislation takes time to draft when she dis-cussed possible “gun violence” ensuing from the opening of Louis Zacchio’s L&L Sports, a gun store.

Town Attorney Frank Al-legretti replied that their Law Department is researching the legality of an anti-gun Ordi-nance to prevent any liability to the Town.

Left to right: Corporate Plans Inc. Vice Presidents Michael Grinnell; Kirsten Tudman

Mixed Media Paintings on View at Harrison Public Library

Harrison Council for the Arts presents “Collective Perspectives” mixed media paintings by the Outside the Line Collective at the Harrison Public Library, Halperin Building, 2 Bruce Avenue, Harri-son on view until December 1. A meet the artists reception will be held November 4 from 2 to 4pm.

These pieces are part of a series of art works done by a group of artists seeking to explore the interconnections and the differences in perception. The group of artists was assembled by Steve Purtee in 2013, and they come from a mix of fine art as well as theatrical background. Their work has been exhibited since 2015.

They state: “Today fake news, alternative facts, tribalism, mainstream media, more than ever, try to shape our collective narrative creating an atmosphere of relativism. Reconciling these often conflicting messages to form a truth is an ongoing process. Through these paintings we explore the issue of how differing points of view can contribute to or conflict with shaping an overall image. Each section is developed independently by a different artist in their choice of style and medium. It is the relationships that develop when these differing approaches are brought together to form a single image that contributes to expressing the relative nature of what an image can be.”

The exhibit may be viewed Mondays and Wednesdays 9:30am to 9:00pm; Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9:30am to 5:30pm and Sundays 1:00 to 5:00pm. For information call the Library at 914/835-0324 or see www.harrisonpl.org.

Rear Admiral William G. Kelly of U.S. Coast Guard Visits Alma Mater to Address Students on Leadership

Rear Admiral William G. Kelly Assistant Commandant for Human Resources, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), a distin-guished alumnus of Stepinac High School (Class of ’83) took time from his duties recently to visit his alma mater to address juniors and seniors about a sub-ject he knows best—leadership, values and the importance for young people to express grati-tude to all who help them.

“No one gets where they are by themselves. Whether it is your parents, teachers, coaches—all of them help you become better— so be sure to thank them,” Rear Admiral Kel-ly passionately told the students who were assembled in the school’s Major Bowes Auditori-um for his presentation which also included an overview of the Coast Guard’s mission and oper-ations. He was joined by Lieu-tenant Mary Leon and Jim Losi, Coast Guard Academy Trustee.

Rear Admiral Kelly is one of 5 Kelly Brothers who gradu-ated from Stepinac. He distin-guished himself academically as well as on the championship Crusaders varsity football team as quarterback.

Graduating from the Coast Guard Academy in 1987, he earned his Master’s Degree in Instructional Systems Design from Florida State University

and a Certificate in Human Re-source Management.

Rear Admiral’s extensive experience in personnel de-velopment includes serving as Director of the Coast Guard’s Leadership Development Cen-ter in New London, Connecti-cut as well as the School Chief for Officer Candidate School. For his work in providing dis-tributed leadership training across the Coast Guard, he was awarded the Federal Govern-ment Distance Learning As-sociation Diamond Award for Leadership in Distance Learn-ing.

Rear Admiral Kelly is a Cutterman with more than ten years of service at sea, including

two command tours on the cut-ters, USCGC Seneca and USCGC Monomoy. As Executive Officer of the USCGC Spencer, he pre-pared and successfully led the crew for deployment with the U.S. Navy’s 6th Fleet in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Spencer also stood watch pro-tecting the ports of New York and Boston in the days following the 9/11 attacks.

His major awards include the Legion of Merit (3), Meri-torious Service Medal (4), the Coast Guard Commendation Medal (6), the Coast Guard Achievement Medal and the permanent Cutterman’s Pin.

For more information, vis-it www.Stepinac.org.


CALENDAR OF EVENTS

On November 18, ArtsWestches-ter will host a Gala celebrating a Work of Art: The Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge with a reception and silent auction starting at 6pm, dinner and live auction at 7:30pm at The Ritz Carlton, Westchester. For reservations, call Ann Fabrizio at 428-4220, ext. 326.

Westchester Community College, 75 Grasslands Road, Valhalla presents the annual President’s Forum event entitled, “United or Divided: One Year Later,” from 2:30 to 5:30pm beginning with a panel discussion moderated by Lester M. Crystal. Pan-elists include: Ari Fleisher (shown above), Ruth Marcus and David Sanger. A reception will follow. RSVP online at mysunywcc.org/events. For further information, call 606-6558.

On November 4 at 6pm, Morgan Stanley in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Family Services of Westchester will host The Really Big Show, fundraiser and variety show, featuring Jay Leno and Norm Lewis at The Performing Arts Center at Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase. Order tickets by calling 251-6200.

Larchmont resident Laura R. Lavan, artist/sculptor, is currently pre-sented at the Bendheim Gallery art show at the Greenwich Art Council, 299 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, CT, featuring Contemporary Artists’ Perception of Flowers through November 15. All proceeds from Lavan’s artwork will benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Mt. Vernon.

Treasures of the Earth: Mineral Masterpieces from the Robert R. Wiener Collection will be on view from November 11 through April 1, 2018 at the Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Drive, Greenwich, CT. For further information, visit brucemuse-um.org (Aquamarine and Cassiterite on Muscovite. Robert R. Wiener Collection. Photo by Paul Mutino.¬)

Pleiades Gallery, 530 W. 25th Street, 4th Floor, NYC will show Larchmont artist Hilda Demsky’s, “Mysteries of the Cosmos,” through November 25 with a reception on November 4 from 3 to 6pm and an artist’s talk on November 18 at 3pm. For additional information call 646-230-0056 or visit hildademsky.com

UPCOMING EVENTSWestchester Broadway Theatre, 1 Broadway Plaza, Elmsford is collecting new or nearly-new warm clothing and new toiletries until No-vember 22 in the lobby of the theatre to benefit Midnight Run and Coalition for the Homeless. Call 592-2268, ext. 804 with questions.

At Home on the Sound will present the following pro-grams at Larchmont Avenue Church, 60 Forest Park Av-enue, Larchmont starting with refreshments at 3:30pm: November 14 – Dr. Elizabeth Rosenthal discussing a Doc-tor's Perspective on Medicare and November 28, Georgette Gouveia, editor author dis-cussing Alexander the Great. Visit athomeonthesound.org for details.

The Greater Westchester Orchid Society meets at the Harrison Community Center, 216 Halstead Avenue, Harri-son, on the second Tuesday of each month. Those interest-ed are asked to contact Cor-delia Dirlam at 973-420-4966.

From November 7 through 12 the Memory Project will be on view at the Mamaroneck Artists Guild, 126 Larchmont Avenue, Larchmont. For ad-ditional information, visit thememoryproject.space

The Mamaroneck Artists Guild, 126 Larchmont Av-

enue, Larchmont presents their annual Holiday Show & Boutique, “A Gift of Art,” from November 25 through De-cember 24 with a preview re-ception on November 25 from 3 to 5pm and an opening re-ception on December 2 from 5 to 7pm. For complete details visit mamaroneckartists-guild.org or call 834-1117.

The Greenburgh Nature Cen-ter, 99 Dromore Road, Scars-dale will hold their annual Holiday Train Show from 10am to 4:30pm on December 2, 3, 9, 10, 16 and 17. For details, visit greenburghnaturecenter.org

The Sheldrake Environmental Center will hold the following: November 4 at 10am – Make your own terrariums; Novem-ber 18 at 10am – Draw in the Fall and December 2 at 10am – Preparing for Winter. All fami-ly weekend programs are free. Visit sheldrakecenter.org for additional information.

“Classic Broadway in Con-cert,” featuring the Purchase Symphony Opera under the baton of musical director Hugh Murphy will take place in the Recital Hall of Pur-chase College Performing Arts Center. Dates are No-vember 9, 10 and 11 at 7pm and November 12 at 1 pm.To order tickets visit artscenter.org or call 251-6200.

The Larchmont Public Li-brary, 121 Larchmont Avenue

will hold the following: No-vember 6 at 6:30pm – Hooked on Screens: How to Get Your 5 to 14 year old to Put Down the Devices and Pick up a Book (for parents of children ages 5 to 14, online reserva-tions required); November 16 at 7pm – Picasso’s Pyrenees; November 17, December 1, 8, 15 from 10 to 11am – Crochet Mornings with Emily and No-vember 30 at 7pm – Short and Sweet Book Discussion with Alex Gaete. Visit larchmont-library.org to sign up or find out more.

The Harrison Players/Harri-son Public Library, 2 Bruce Avenue, Harrison present, “Library Out Loud: Open Mic Night,” on November 9 and December 14 from 7 to 9pm, free and open to everyone. Call 835-0324 with questions or visit harrisonpl.org

Painting Classes led by artist Patricia Miner-Sutherland are held at the Larchmont-Ma-maroneck Senior Center at the VFW Post, 1288 Boston Post Road, Larchmont, every Wednesday from 1 to 3pm. All media is taught, beginners and advanced painters are welcome. Call 834-8840 for more information.

NOVEMBER3The annual ANDRUS Gala will take place at the Ritz-Carlton in White Plains beginning at 6pm with a benefit dinner to

follow honoring Children’s Hope Chest with the Spirit of Family Award. Tickets are available at andrus1928.org/event/andrus-gala-2017.

4The Neuberger Museum of Art, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase will host their Benefête honoring Marilyn and Hugh Price and the Ro-mare Bearden Foundation. For tickets, call 251-6100.

6The Mamaroneck Public Li-brary, 136 Prospect Avenue presents Gregg Hill discussing a Literary Interpretation of Bob Dylan’s Visions of Johanna at 6pm in the Community Room. Call 698-1250 for details.

11At 8pm, the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra will perform in the Concert Hall of the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College, 735 Ander-son Hill Road, Purchase. For tickets, visit artscenter.org/events/Moscow-state-sym-phony-orchestra/

13The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center and Iona College Annual Kristallnacht Commemo-ration presents, “Novem-ber 1938: Perspectives from the Vatican Archives,” with distinguished lecturer, Su-zanne Brown-Fleming from 7:30 to 9pm at Iona College,

715 North Avenue, Spell-man Hall, Thomas J. Burke Lounge, New Rochelle. RSVP and for more information, contact Julia Scallero at 696-0738 or email [email protected]

At 6:15pm, Cerebral Palsy of Westchester presents A Taste of Westchester: A Food and Wine Tasting event at the Renaissance Westches-ter Hotel in West Harrison. To purchase tickets, visit ticketriver.com/event/24418. For more information, call 937-3800, ext. 411.

14At 7pm, the 2017 Jewish Film Festival presented by Hadas-sah Westchester will screen the film, “Gett: the Trial of Viviane Amsalem,” at the Scarsdale Library, 54 Olm-sted Road. For more infor-mation, call (914) 937-3151, email: [email protected] and visit Ha-dassah.org/Westchester

16AJC Westchester/Fairfield has announced that from 7:30 to 10am, the Thanks-giving Diversity Breakfast honoring Rev. Doris Dalton; William Darger; and Rev. Kymberly McNair will take place at Manhattanville Col-lege, Purchase. For addition-al information, email: [email protected]

17Following a new members reception, the Woman’s Club of Larchmont will present a Club Day program at 1:30pm on the topic of St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site in Mount Vernon with speaker Dr. David Osborn, of the National Park Service. The program is free and open to the public at the Larch-mont Avenue Church, 60 For-est Park Avenue, Larchmont. Contact hesler.june @gmail.com with questions.

At 8pm, the White Plains Performing Art Center, 3rd level of City Center off Ma-maroneck Avenue in White Plains, presents Girls Night: The Musical. For tickets, go to wppac.com or call 328-1600.

DECEMBER9The Village of Mamaroneck will host a Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair at the Mama-roneck Public Library, 136 Prospect Avenue, lower level from 10am to 4pm. For more information, contact [email protected]

17At 4pm, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 168 West Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck presents Eric Milnes leading vocalists and an orchestra of Baroque instruments in a performance of Handel’s Messiah. Tickets can be obtain at saintthom-asmmrk.org or call 698-0300.


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Trendingtastes Sliders

BY CLAUDIA LUTZKY

Sliders are fun. Maybe the diminutive presentation makes them more special. Each one is a perfect little jewel. When you have gobbled up the first one there is another, just as per-fect, pristine and untouched and calling your name. I’ve tasted a few around the area. Not only beef burger sliders but crab cake sliders too, equally as good. It was a fun search.

At Madison Kitchen, two come in one order. They are scrumptious. Thick and very juicy, served on a pretzel roll. Here it all starts with the meat, a 30-day, dry aged blend. After that comes the bacon-onion jam and, finally, the house made special sauce. It is so juicy, you have to lean over your plate for the first bite or you will be wearing the burger.

Award-winning in New Rochelle is AJ’s Burgers. It is a friendly diner type restau-rant with a huge menu. Tops on my list (for this search) are their Sliders. They make Pulled Pork, Buffalo Chicken (with Gorgonzola dressing), and my choice – the double meat with or without cheese. Not tricked out, it is simply twice the meat

presented on an old-fashioned mini hamburger roll. In-dividually priced, you can order as many as you can eat.

Sedona on East Boston Post Road in Mama-roneck is also a wonderful choice. The tap house set-ting (over 50 craft beers and ciders) makes it the per-fect counterpoint for sliders. And they offer quite a

variety: Salmon; Crab Cake; Australian “Kobe Beef”; Pulled Pork, and Beef Short Ribs. The sliders are served 2 or 3 to an order. With the Kobe it’s all about the caramelized onion relish piled on top. It makes for a truly great burger experience. Exactly the right bun-to-meat-to-topping ratio. The beautiful minis are served with blue corn chips and are only outdone by

the Crab Cake Sliders which are spectacular. Owner and Manager, Ron Duckstein, told us the recipe had just been re-worked to be mostly crab with just a little binder to hold it to-gether. It tasted like perfection – they were served with dressed greens – a nice touch that you might not expect at a tap house. The restaurant is very com-fortable as well, with plenty of seating – inside or outside. Lots of TVs in the large room and a huge bar make it the perfect spot for a little nibble.

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Bacon Onion Tomato Jam2 Vidalia onions, thinly sliced2 pieces of fatty bacon cut in 1/8 inch lardons2 teaspoons kosher salt2 garlic cloves minced10 Roma tomatoes, cored, seeded and roughly chopped (about 2 ½ lbs)½ cup molasses½ cup light brown sugar½ cup cider vinegar½ teaspoon allspice½ teaspoon chipotle powder

In a high sided sauté pan with a lid add the lardons and render out the fat. Saute the onions in the bacon drippings, adding olive oil if necessary. Season with the salt, cover and cook until they are wilted and soft – about 10 minutes. Remove the lid and cook until they are golden and caramelized, stirring often, about 20 minutes more.

Stir in the garlic and sauté1 to 2 minutes. Add the tomatoes and cook an additional 10 minutes. Add the remaining in-gredients, and simmer stirring often until tomatoes breakdown and jam becomes thick – about 20 minutes. Taste to check seasoning. Makes about 3 cups.

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Students Share the Gift of Art With Teens in Tanzania

For the second straight year, Harrison High School fine art students participated in the inspirational Memory Project, benefitting youth in Tanzania.

The Memory Project is a nonprofit organization that provides a way for art students across the country to connect with students of all ages across the world who have faced sub-stantial challenges, such as neglect, abuse, loss of parents, violence, and extreme poverty.

Last year, the Harrison students were visually intro-duced to children and teens in a residential community in Peru and this year the children were from Tanzania. Under the guidance of teachers Tracy Gilman and Lisa Monti, Esha Jan was the coordinator for the project that involved creating 25 portraits for the teens.

“I wanted to continue with this project to help kids feel valued and important,” said Esha. “I wanted to be able to bring smiles to the kids’ fac-

es and to have them forget for a moment about the challenges that they are facing.”

Esha, who had only taken Studio Art at Harrison High School, adopted this program as part of her CAS (Creativity, Action & Service) project con-nected to the International Baccalaureate Diploma. She presented the project to the art classes at the high school and many of the students were excited to participate.

“I was a little shy and scared at first when I was presenting to the classes,” she said, “but I met a lot of amazing people. We also had two bake sales (to raise funds as a donation for the teens in Tanzania) which was an amaz-ing experience as it pushed me to interact with many people from around the school.”

The Harrison High School art students received a full page color print as well as a digital photo and were asked to create a portrait of the Tan-zanian teen using any medium they would like. Once the por-

trait was completed, the HHS artistic photo, the original photo, and a photo of the artist were sent back to the student in a plastic sleeve allowing them to keep this memory forever. For many of these stu-dents, it was the first picture they had seen of themselves.

“Ms. Jan acted as the co-ordinator of the project for her peers and did a fantastic job of communicating with our orga-nization in order to make this happen,” said Ben Schumak-er, founder and director of the Memory Project. “We just delivered the portraits to the children in Tanzania and they enjoyed receiving them tre-mendously. I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that your school’s art department has provided them with personal gifts to last a lifetime.”

Esha echoed that re-sponse from Mr. Schumaker. “All of the hard work that went into the project was paid back by the smiles that we all were able to bring to their faces.”

Winning Design Announced for Suffrage Centennial “I Voted” CompetitionOn October 5, Governor

Andrew M. Cuomo and Lieu-tenant Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the winning design in the Suffrage Centen-nial "I Voted" Sticker Competi-tion. The competition encour-aged New Yorkers to vote for one of three special designs for an "I Voted" sticker to be distributed at polling places across New York this Election Day. The designs celebrate the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in New York, passed on November 6, 1917, three

years before women across the country gained that right.

"As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of women's suf-frage in New York, this sticker celebrates the hard-fought right to vote and our proud legacy of women's rights," Gov-ernor Cuomo said. "New York is the proud birthplace of the women's suffrage movement, and we will continue to work to ensure equal rights for all."

Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, Chair of the New York State Women's Suf-

frage Commission, said, "New York women fought valiantly to win a voice at the ballot box 100 years ago, three years be-fore the rest of the nation. The "I Voted" sticker is our way of paying tribute to their struggle while challenging the women of today to not only exercise our right to vote, but to think about how we can continue to work together to achieve true equality for everyone. I hope this sticker inspires each of us to ask ourselves, 100 years from now, how will we be

judged and what can we do to help create a more eq-uitable society?"

The competi-tion was open for online voting from September 25 to September 29, and received more than 18,000 votes. The winning sticker received 9,321 votes, with the second place sticker receiv-ing 5,808 and the third place sticker receiving 3,589.

The woman featured on the winning sticker is "General" Rosalie Jones, a New York suf-fragist and organizer. In De-cember, 1912, Jones led a 150 mile-long hike, on foot, from New York City to Albany. The group's journey took nearly two weeks. Upon arriving in Albany, the women presented a petition to Governor-elect

Sulzer, who expressed his sup-port for women's suffrage.

The winning sticker will be printed and distributed to the Boards of Election in each county across New York. Coun-ty Boards of Election may dis-tribute the stickers at polling places across the State on Elec-

tion Day, November 7.

The New York State Women's Suf-frage Commission, chaired by Lieu-tenant Governor Kathy Hochul, is or-ganizing programs to commemorate women's suffrage between 2017, 100 years from when women won the right to vote in New York State, and 2020, which will be a century after the 19th Amendment was ratified. The Commission's pro-

grams celebrate the accom-plishment of women's suffrage and the central role of New Yorkers and New York State in this milestone, while also helping shape the future to en-sure a more just and equitable society for all. To learn more, visit www.ny.gov/suffrage.


HHS Debate Team Launches Competitive New Season

The Harrison High School Debate team hit the ground running – or speak-ing - as the case may be. Af-ter another successful year and seniors moving on to the collegiate level, the 2017-18 HHS Debate team began their year at the summer’s Global Debate Symposium at Colorado College in Col-orado Springs. Together the team, along with coach and GDS instructor Chetan Hertizg, were able to learn how to break down complex texts and gain instruction from some of the best debat-ers and instructors in the country.

The team began their competitive season, which runs through May, at the Byram Hills Invitational in early September. Lauren Cole reached the semifi-nals of the tournament and cleared as the tournament's 4th seed. Carl Spana reached the quarterfinals, where he was eliminated on a close 2-1 decision; Carl was also the tournament's 2nd speaker and 3rd seed. Ethan Voskoff not only cleared as the 5th seed, but won an elimina-tion round at his first var-sity tournament. Ethan also reached the quarterfinals, where he was coached over by Lauren based on seed-ing. Rounding out the soph-omore crew were Matthew Repecki, Ava Zinman, and Daiana Djangaracheva, all of whom did a great job at their first varsity tournament.

The HHS debate cap-

tains Carl and Lauren also competed at the Byram Hills Round Robin. Carl made it to the final round after win-ning his pod with a 5-1 ballot count and ultimately placed second, becoming the sec-ond consecutive Harrison debater to reach finals of the Byram Hills Round Robin. Prior to that,

The team showed their strength the next weekend at both the Yale and Green-hill Texas tournaments. At Greenhill, which included 112 Lincoln-Douglas de-baters from around the country, Carl cleared to elimination rounds; he was eliminated in double-octos on a close 2-1 decision, plac-ing in the top 25 overall. Lauren just missed clear-ing after being pulled up to debate the tournament runner-up in a tough bub-ble round. Ava Zinman did great work at her first na-tional circuit tournament, winning rounds against tough competition. Lauren also represented the team at the Greenhill Round Rob-in, becoming the sixth Har-rison debater to hold that honor.

At Yale, Daiana Djan-garacheva reached the quarterfinals of the JV Lin-coln-Douglas division after being 5-1 in prelims and clearing as the 8th seed; Daiana placed 8th out of 92 JVers. Matthew Repec-ki also was 5-1 in prelims, reaching double-octofinals, while Ethan Voskoff was

4-2 and 33rd seed, missing clearing by a fraction of a speaker point. In varsity, Eli Lapkin and Matt Wilson held their own with solid 3-3 records, and Justin Wil-son had a strong showing as well.

HHS Debate team cap-tains Lauren and Ethan Voskoff turned in great per-formances at Valley High School's national Mid-Amer-ica Cup invitational in West Des Moines, Iowa. Valley's tournament is one of the most competitive in the country and this year's Lin-coln-Douglas debate field featured 97 debaters from states as wide-ranging as Florida, Wisconsin, Minne-sota, Illinois, Texas, Wash-ington, California, Massa-chusetts, Georgia, Oregon, North Carolina, and Indi-ana, among others.

Out of that group, Lau-ren placed 10th overall, re-ceiving her first TOC bid of the year and reaching octof-inals. Lauren was 5-1 in pre-lims, and was 9th speaker. This is the first time Lauren has earned a bid at an oc-tos bid tournament. Ethan had a strong 3-3 record, an impressive run for his first varsity bid tournament. Prior to the tournament, Lauren competed in the Val-ley Round Robin and Ethan competed in the Sophomore Throw-Down Round Rob-in. Both had impressive re-cords, taking ballots off of some of the top competition in the country.

Girls Volleyball Team Participates in Walk to End Alzheimer’s

Bonded by personal con-nections, the Harrison High School Girls Volleyball team par-ticipated in the annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s event, held this year at SUNY Purchase on Sep-tember 24, 2017. The team raised nearly $800 toward this wonder-ful cause.

The team was on hand to show support for their coach Candy Light, who has witnessed the devastating effects of the disease in her own family. In 1985, Coach Light’s grandmother passed away from Alzheimer’s. Then sixteen years ago, her own mother began showing symp-toms. For the past twelve years, Coach Light’s father – who has been married to her mother for 66 years- and her family began caring for her mother.

Coach Light’s mother, Ev-elyn Hamilton, was a devoted Husky parent when her daughter Candy was a three sport athlete for Harrison. Evelyn was also an athlete herself, running five miles a day for over 50 years. The Harri-son Girls Volleyball team celebrat-ed Senior Night on October 23 with a Purple Dig to End Alzhei-mer’s night. The team held a bake sale and all proceeds as well as do-nations collected go to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association.

Held annually in more than

600 communities nationwide, the Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s® is the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. This in-spiring event calls on participants of all ages and abilities to join the fight against the disease.

The Alzheimer's Associa-tion is a global organization work-ing to advance care, support and research across the world. The organization provides in-person support groups connecting those facing the disease with a network of assistance in their communi-ties, online education programs

and message boards, and a free nationwide 24/7 Helpline offering information and referrals.

The Alzheimer’s Associ-ation has provided more than $400 million to over 2,600 prom-ising worldwide research initia-tives, brought the global research community together to create the first new diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer’s in 27 years, and has advocated for the need and rights of people affected by the disease, the Association said on its website.

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Make a Child Smile Party Features Mid Life Crisis Band

Local rock band, Mid-Life Crisis, has joined forces with the USMC Toys 4 Tots program and will be the featured entertain-ment at the 6th Annual "Make a Child Smile" Party on December 2 at The Tannery, 7 Purdy Street, Harrison at 8pm. The restau-rant, now under new management, features Farm to Table dinners and brunch and is looking forward to being the venue for the occasion.

Harrison resident, Lynn Carpinello of Harrison is coordinating the event with the band and asks that guests bring new unwrapped toys, books or gift cards for chil-dren ages 0-17. "All donations will be collected and distributed by the United States Marine Corp Re-serves as Christmas gifts to less fortunate children in our area," she explains. "Last year Toys for Tots Westchester County was able to distribute nearly 52,000 gifts to 16,000 underprivileged children. This event is a great way for everyone to contribute and show that we care."

The Band, comprised of 5 local musicians, including Frank Petrocca, Phil Gaita, Doug Castiello, Raymond Romani and Joseph Salvatore, plays a unique blend of rock, pop and dance mu-sic. There will be no cover charge. Reservations can also be made for the Party.

Starting November 20, there will be a Toys for Tots drop box at The Tannery for people to drop off gifts leading up to the event night.

"Not everyone realizes there are thousands of Westchester children in need," Carpinello adds. "This is a way for the community to help put a smile on children's faces and a great way to start off the holiday season."

into a stunning, functional and affordable new kitchen just for you.

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Kitchen & Bath Insider© - #204: The Holidays are Coming; The Holidays are Coming

BY PAUL BOOKBINDER, M.I.D., C.R.

First the British were coming. Then the Russians were coming. Nevertheless, without fail, every year, the holidays are coming again. Thanksgiving, Christmas, Ha-nukkah, Kwanzaa, Festivus, and New Years. All occurring during a five week period. Year after year after year. There’s shopping, family, traveling, gifts, preparations and eating. And, oh, all the eating. We are living the dream here!

Now all that food, which we will consume with aban-don, does not grow on trees. Well, perhaps some of it does, but all of it needs some atten-tion before it miraculously ap-pears on your plate in an edible fashion. And where does this attention occur? You guessed

it, your kitchen! (Unless you’re frying a turkey in the backyard like I am this year in my new Costco 20lb turkey fryer).

Now more than ever, it behooves us to take the time out of our busy schedules to enjoy the holiday season. We spend more time in our kitch-ens than any other room in our homes, and this is especially true this time of year, when the kitchen becomes even more of the focal point of your home.

Throughout these many weeks, kitchens are not only filled with the immediate fam-ily (including Alexa or Siri), they’re also cluttered with wel-come (and unwelcome) guests as well; helping, visiting, kib-itzing, snooping, etc. With all the time spent in this oasis in the middle of your home, and all the people milling around,

folks have a tendency to no-tice what doesn’t work well, in terms of design and function, so it’s no wonder that more people start to think about re-modeling during the holidays than any other time of the year.

Unless you’re very for-tunate, no one is going to buy you a new kitchen for Christ-mas or Hanukkah. It’s just not considered a romantic, holiday type gift, but maybe we should reconsider. What could say “I love you” more than a gorgeous new room to prepare meals for the family? Okay, maybe the “preparing meals” takes some of the romance out of it, but work with me on this.

Wouldn’t it be great to have enough room to prepare next year’s holiday delicacies without bumping into every-one else? And enough stor-

age space for all your spices, as well as places to put away all the dishes, glasses and sil-verware after the shiny, new dishwasher has made them spotless.

If the festivities draw you to the conclusion that a new kitchen should definitely be a priority for the new year, you can get the process started by creating a “wish list” for this room to soon be. It should include everything that you would like in your new dream kitchen. Then make another list of what you really must have in case you need to trim things, if budget or space don’t allow everything from the first list.

Next step: go online to www. Houzz.com or www.pin-terest.com or similar sites and view what other people are do-

ing. When you see something that interests you, save it to a file or print it out and stick it on your fridge, so that you can show it to your kitchen design-er. It’s easier and safer to show someone a specific concept rather than trying to explain it, leaving less chance for mis-interpretation of what you had in mind. This will ensure that your dream kitchen ends up looking like your dream kitch-en and not your designers.

When the holiday sea-son is over, if someone loved you enough to promise you a new kitchen, or you decided to give one to yourself, you’re now ready to begin the actual project. Gather up your lists, your pictures, your i-Pad, and find a creative designer who understands you and will be able to combine all your ideas

First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage...BY BERNARD A. KROOKS, CERTIFIED

ELDER LAW ATTORNEY

We all remember the lyrics from that famous song: “First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes baby in the baby carriage.” While these words may be music to the ears of a young couple, folks who are considering getting married later in life have many issues to think about prior to tying the knot.

In fact, many years ago, as a young elder law attorney (not an oxymoron) one of my first cases involved representing a man who was in a nursing home and had become “friends” with a woman across the hall. One thing led to another and the next thing you know, he was in-quiring as to what the legal con-sequences would be if he mar-ried his new friend. That’s how I got into this area of law that is now called “elder law.”

One thing is for sure: a marriage later in life will cer-tainly complicate any estate and financial planning decisions previously made, such as who will be the beneficiary of your assets on your death and who will be responsible for making financial and health care deci-sions in the event you are inca-pacitated. For example, under the New York Health Care De-cisions Act, a spouse has prior-ity over an adult child to make

medical decisions for an inca-pacitated spouse in the absence of a health care proxy. This may or may not be what you want. There are also rules governing whether your spouse must be the beneficiary of certain re-tirement accounts you own. In addition, the amount of Social Security benefits available to you may be affected. The list of things to consider goes on and on. Don’t get me wrong; I am not suggesting that people should not get married in their golden years. I am simply saying that there are a lot of things to con-sider prior to making the right decision for you and your family.

One of the most important things to consider is that by get-ting married you will be respon-sible for the long-term care ex-penses of your new spouse. So, if he or she needs care at home, in assisted living or in a nursing home, you will have to pay for it even if you keep your money separate. The reason for this is that the law considers the mar-ital unit as one when applying for means-tested government benefits such as Medicaid to pay for long-term care. This is a big issue since long-term care is expensive, costing more than $200,000 a year in some cases. Moreover, pre-nuptial agree-ments between the spouses are not valid for Medicaid purposes since Medicaid was not a party to the original agreement. This

can be a rude awakening to ev-eryone involved if proper plan-ning is not done. One solution to consider is long-term care insurance. This type of insur-ance must be purchased prior to getting a chronic illness such as Alzheimer’s disease. Thus, you cannot wait until you are on the nursing home door-step before considering this product. In fact, the earlier it is purchased, the lower the premiums and the more likely it is that you will be approved. While long-term care insurance is expensive, so is the cost of long-term care. To de-termine if it is right for you, you must work with a reputable in-surance person knowledgeable in these matters.

Also, remember that just because you get married later in life, doesn’t mean that the mar-riage won’t end in divorce. The financial risks of divorce in a later-life marriage are typically greater than the risks associ-ated with a divorce of a young couple. This is due to the fact that, as people age, there tends to be greater potential for a dis-parity in income and assets. In the event of a divorce, all marital property will be subject to an eq-uitable distribution. Of course, you can enter into a pre-nup-tial agreement if both parties are willing and able. If you are married at the time of death and there has been no waiver of spousal rights then your sur-

viving spouse will be entitled to a right of election against your estate. While the rules are com-plicated, generally speaking, the right of election is equivalent to one-third of your estate. As with any legal rule, there are always exceptions and things that are not subject to the right of election. Proceed cautiously in this area and make sure you get expert advice. By addressing these issues up front, you can save your estate and your family time-consuming and costly legal battles down the road.

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idea I was about to become a heroin addict,” Hoffman said. “I had every single thing that you would need to be success-ful in life … There are no short-cuts in life; every short cut you take will end up being the long road.”

While in prison, Hoffman had a “spiritual awakening” and started to turn his life around. He set goals and em-barked on a path that resulted in him becoming a BMX Elite pro who placed second in the 2016 World Championships and coached in the Rio Olym-pic Games that same year. He is currently the founder and director of The Freewheel Project, a not-for-profit that mentors young people through sports and teaches them leadership skills and to make healthy life choices. He is cur-rently writing his first book, titled “Coming Clean.”

But even now and sober for more than 10 years, Hoff-man said there are reminders of his past all around him.

“Every single day, the doorway wants to tempt me,” he said. “If you don’t walk through that door, you don’t have to worry about this.”

Project WORTHY is an extension of the county’s Safer Communities initiative, whose hallmark is to build compre-hensive and practical solutions to difficult problems by inte-

grating expertise and resourc-es from across the county. As part of the effort, response teams are made up of health and mental health experts and providers, law enforcement professionals, parents, teach-ers, coaches, clergy, business executives and youth. Their role is to provide expertise in their respective fields in re-sponse to specific calls for help, and to conduct informational forums at schools, churches, temples, mosques, municipal meetings, civic associations, businesses and other groups.

The Youth Summit was part of ongoing events that op-erate from Project WORTHY’s four foundational blocks – edu-cation, integration, prevention and action – all of which bring together the resources neces-sary for each of those areas.

In addition to the keynote speaker at the Youth Summit, there was a panel of young adults who have been affected by opioid and heroin addiction, and two interactive workshops where students discussed ways they can stop or prevent abuse, and take back their schools.

The Project WORTHY team is available to visit local schools, houses of worship and community organiza-tions. To learn more, contact 914-995-5220 or email [email protected].

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FOR SALEKawai Black Upright (1990) Piano with warm, rich tone. Large rosewood credenza and china closet, approx 62x72x19ft. 12-piece crystal sets: goblets, wine, whiskey and champagne glasses. Fine china, full table settings and platters. Porcelain

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Triggers and RelapseBY SCOTT SWANEZY

Staying sober requires more than an absence of sub-stance use. It requires con-stant vigilance and awareness of everything in our life which can trigger a relapse. We know the obvious triggers, going to a bar or keeping our dealer's phone number. Other triggers include hanging around with friends or acquaintances who use alcohol or drugs can be dangerous and inviting trou-ble. You are leaving yourself vulnerable if you are not sur-rounding yourself with sup-port from sober people.

We know that many in-nocent things trigger cravings that are not obvious as going to a bar or keeping a drug dealer's phone number:

Over the counter med-

ications: Medications sold over the counter sometimes contain chemicals that can be abused or used addictively. NyQuil is a good example. Ny-Quil relieves the symptoms of a cold or flu. An addict may find that NyQuil or similar medica-tion gives them a warm fuzzy, groggy feeling that is soothing. NyQuil contains 10% alcohol (although you can also buy a non-alcohol version). Reading the directions will advise you to use no more than three or four doses a day. A substance abuser may drink the whole bottle without worrying about it because NyQuil is an over the counter substance. Abus-ing NyQuil or other over the counter substances that con-tain alcohol or mind-altering chemicals can be physically dangerous, and can easily trig-

ger relapse.Medical problems and

prescription medications used to treat them: Recover-ing alcoholics or addicts who struggle with medical prob-lems or physical pain may be given prescription medica-tions under a doctor's supervi-sion. When these medications are doubled up or not used as prescribed, relapse has begun. Doctors are not always well trained in relapse prevention. And prescription opioids are now the leading contributor to the heroin epidemic as a result of heroin being the less expen-sive opioid. If you have medical problems that require opioid treatment, discuss the treat-ment and medication regimen with your physician.

Depression: Undiag-nosed or untreated depression

can cause an addict to seek out chemicals for relief from feelings of sadness or despair. Addiction is often triggered by trying to self-medicate when you have mental health issues that are not being treated. If an addict's efforts to relieve de-pression are not working (this does not include using sub-stances), see a doctor.

Extreme happiness: Extremes of any kind can be threats to sobriety, and that includes happiness, excite-ment and other good feelings. Recovering addicts may be surprised to find that if they go through a period of extremely good feelings, they may have the urge to pick up substances to prolong or intensify extreme feelings of happiness.

Relationships in early

sobriety: Addicts have a ten-dency to use all things includ-ing people addictively. It is not unusual for a relationship early in sobriety to trigger a relapse. This could be trig-gered by stress within the re-lationship, up to an including breakup. Avoid rushing into relationships when you first get sober. In early sobriety, we are looking for relief from our struggle, to be distracted. Romantic relationships fill the void. Take the time to get to know yourself when you are not under the influence of any chemicals, so that ultimately you can have a healthy rela-tionship.

Trying to get other peo-ple sober: If your own sobriety is not built on a solid founda-tion, you may find that trying

to help someone else get sober can backfire on you. They may cause you to want to pick up a drink or drug. Addiction is a dangerous and insidious dis-ease. If you are suggesting re-covery to another addict, bring someone else in recovery with you to a meeting.

Isolation: If you find yourself keeping to yourself and avoiding others, you may be inviting a relapse. Twelve step programs are a "we" vs. "me" program. "Ain't no me in we."

Scott Swanezy is an ad-diction and substance abuse counselor in Westchester County. He can be reached at 914-434-9945 and visit outofthefog.info for more infor-mation.


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