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minimum number, Carbone’s notice of claim informed Rye he is seeking a minimum of $500,000 plus interest, to ac-count for any other members who are also interested in re-funds. Carbone added that since the filing on Aug. 12, he’s heard from five or six members, but expects many more to join.

“They were supposed to provide the membership with a championship golf course,” Car-bone said, adding that the course should have been in pristine con-dition with permanent greens. “They haven’t done that since June 1.”

Carbone, a White Plains resi-dent, said he paid $5,600 for his membership this year, but has heard nothing significant in terms of how the refunds will be sorted out.

“I think everyone’s been very patient to see what accommoda-tions Rye is going to make with its existing members,” Carbone said. “No one has told us we’re going to get a refund.”

In fact, because of a stipula-tion on the golf club application that states the club reserves the right to close its facilities for any reason, without granting any re-funds, members are technically not allowed to ask for refunds. The application adds that the club has a strictly-enforced no-refund policy.

Instead, the members have been hesitantly looking to

mitted its recommendation and the city council put into place a rock chipping moratorium.

According to the moratorium, developers are not allowed to chip rock for longer than 30 con-secutive calendar days or they face either a fine of up to $1,000, a stop-work order, 15 days in jail or any combination of the three.

Since the moratorium began on June 17, there has only been one violation issued to LoParco Associates, a Greenwich, Conn.-based construction firm, for its work at 50 Cowles Ave. in Rye. According to the violation is-sued on Aug. 4, the contractor was charged with conducting me-

chanical rock removal with an ex-pired permit and issued a $1,000 fine. LoParco’s permit, which was registered on June 23, expired on July 22, according to the city’s chipping registration records.

According to City Attor-ney Kristen Wilson, a neighbor called in a complaint to the po-lice department, which promptly responded by issuing a sum-mons. Wilson said that Steven LoParco, president of LoParco Associates, appeared in court once on Aug. 21 but no agree-ment was reached.

The city attorney said she would not be reducing the fine, and that a court date for the vio-

lation was set for Sept. 10. While LoParco may have discontinued work at the home, Wilson said it was not because of any stop-work order.

As the city heads to trial for its first rock chipping violation, the council is still in the midst of solidifying a rock chipping law.

“I can assure you the city council is going to pass signifi-cant historic legislation that dra-matically reduces the amount of time that anyone can chip rock in Rye,” said Mayor Joe Sack, a Republican. The mayor added he would like to see the law re-

City Council chips away at rock removal law

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By JACKSON CHENStaff Writer

As the Rye City Council works to formulate a significant rock chipping law, the city’s police department has issued a first-of-its-kind violation to a Connecticut contractor for oper-ating with an expired permit.

Rock chipping, a common con-struction practice that steadily breaks through large rocks using mechanical tools, was brought to the attention of the city council after numerous complaints from residents. As a result, a rock chipping study group was put into place that eventually sub-

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Golf club member files class-action claimBy JACKSON CHEN

Staff Writer

A member of the Rye Golf Club is taking matters into his own hands after filing a class-action notice of claim against the City of Rye for not provid-ing them with a functional golf course throughout the season.

After the spraying of a con-taminated fungicide called Ar-morTech Alt170 destroyed the greens early this spring, a recov-ery effort will allow the golf club to cautiously reopen the greens on Sept. 5. With the recovery being completed near the end of the golf season, however, mem-bers are roused as to how they will be reimbursed for the lost play time and paid dues.

While the city is currently pursuing an insurance claim against the manufacturer, Nova-Source TKI, many members are unhappy with how they’re being represented.

According to Donald Car-bone, a 20-year member of the club, the notice was for a breach of contract by the Rye Golf Club. Out of a pool of more than 1,000 members and an average membership fee of $3,000, Car-bone said that the claim could hit upwards of $3 million.

For Carbone, the claim would allow for reimbursement of his membership fees, but also calls for anyone who paid for the golf club’s 2015 season to join his le-gal action.

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Big hopesThe Rye Garnets are hoping to accomplish big things in 2015. For story, see page 15. Photo/Mike Smith

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Rye judge, political heavyweight dies

By CHRiS EBERHARTStaff Writer

Two men were talking out-side of the crowded lobby of the Community Synagogue of Rye before Peter Lane’s funeral ser-vice on Sept. 2.

“How’d you know Peter [Lane]?”

“He was a good friend of mine.”The man nodded and said

with a smile, “He ran a cam-paign against me, and we be-came best friends.”

That’s how most of the stories about Lane went.

He was described as “genu-ine” and “kind,” “mentor” and “teacher,” “smoozer” and “bal-anced” in moving speeches from Lane’s two sons Eric and Greg, his brother Jim and Rye City Mayor Joe Sack during a well-attended funeral service on Forest Avenue.

Sack referred to the for-mer Rye City court judge as a “mensch,” a Yiddish word mean-ing a person of honor, integrity, someone who people look up to.

“Judge Lane was a great per-son and a great friend,” Sack told the Review. “He was a really standup guy. He was a gentle-man. And he had a great sense of humor. We were very lucky to have him as our Rye City judge. It’s a tremendous loss all around.”

Lane died on Aug. 29 after a long battle with cancer. He was 76.

During his lifetime, he served as a city court judge for 17 years—from 1993 to 2010—and was ap-pointed Westchester County Fam-ily Court judge during his tenure.

Running on a parallel track was his political career, which in-cluded a number of years spent as the chairman of the Rye Republi-can Committee. More recently, he served as the executive director of the committee. And in 2013, Lane ran a successful campaign for be-coming a Rye Republican County Committee member.

Although a conservative, he left his mark on people from both sides of the aisle.

New York state Assemblyman Steve Otis, a Democrat who was Rye City mayor during Lane’s time

as city court judge, said Lane served Rye “in an exceptional way.”

“He was a caring and thought-ful person in every aspect of his life,” Otis said. “He will be sorely missed.”

As a judge, Otis said he was “wise and considerate” and brought a “measured approach” to the bench.

Lane’s successor as city court judge and personal friend, Joseph Latwin, said that evenness was a lesson he learned from Lane. Their friendship extends back into the early 1980s.

“He was a great help for me when I took over the judgeship, and I learned a lot from him,” Latwin said. “He had a very balanced approach to things. I learned how to be moderate from him, whether I’m sentencing or working on case, and that’s al-ways guided me.”

Lane is survived by his part-ner Madaleine, his two sons, his brother and his grandchildren, Dorah and Shaina.

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Former Rye City Court Judge Peter Lane, center, died on Aug. 29. Lane is flanked by former Rye City Court Judge Richard Runes, left, and current City Court Judge Joe Latwin in January 2014. Photo/Bobby Begun


What’s going on...Dance for Parkinson’s disease

This free program begins on Sept. 9 and con-tinues every Wednesday and Friday from 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. It stimulates the mind, body and emotion in an enjoyable and safe environment, of-fering participants the opportunity to learn from professionally- trained dancers with an emphasis on enhancing physical and spatial awareness. The program allows participants to experience the joys and benefits of dance while creatively addressing symptom-specific concerns related to balance, cognition, motor skills, depression and physical confidence.

Half Day for Half PintsThis half-day preschool program, available

Monday, Thursday or Friday mornings and Tues-day and Wednesday afternoons, running from Sept. 16 through May 26, 2016, is an opportunity for children explore the arts while developing cog-nitive, social, creative and motor skills. A multi-disciplinary arts curriculum will provide children with a fun and enriching educational experience.

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ter for Aging in Place, headquartered in Hastings-on-Hudson. The second session is about staying safely at home will be presented by a representative of the Medicare Rights Center. The third session, courtesy of the End of Life Coalition, will examine end-of-life choices.

This free three-part program is open to the pub-lic and will be held in Russell Hall in the Larch-mont Avenue Church, 60 Forest Park Ave. at 4 p.m. with refreshments being served at 3:30 p.m. For more information, call 899-3150.

Rye Arts CenterFall classes

Registration for fall classes is open. Choose from more than 100 classes offered this fall for people of all ages. Classes include watercolor painting, ceramics, 3D printing and computer programming. For more information, vis-it ryeartscenter.org or call 967-4495.

Music lessonsPrivate or group instruction is available in a

range of musical disciplines. Instructors are pro-fessional musicians and composers who are dedi-cated to nurturing participants’ talents and helping participants reach their full potential. Lessons are available for all ages and levels.

Rye. For more information about Playland’s Labor Day weekend specials and activities, visit ryeplay-land.org or call 813-7010.

SummerfestLeaders of Tomorrow and the Rye Recreation De-

partment present the 22nd annual field day of fun for kids of all ages on Sunday, Sept. 6 at 3 p.m. at Rye Recreation Park. The day of fun will include a bean bag toss, potato sack races, a cupcake-eating contest, the Jack Nye Memorial wood-racquet tennis tourna-ment, hot dogs and John Carey Jr. Memorial music and dance program. For more information, contact Douglas Carey at [email protected].

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Labor Day weekend specialsSuperhero Day will be coming to Playland Park

on Sunday, Sept. 6. Two action-packed shows will be held at the park’s Music Tower Stage at 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. with a meet and greet between shows at 3:30 p.m. All shows are free with park ad-mission and will be held rain or shine. Admission to the park is $30 for unlimited rides and $20 for juniors under 48” tall. Westchester residents with proof of residency are eligible for a $5 discount into the park. Spectator admission, which does not include rides, is free for Westchester County resi-dents and $10 for non-residents. Parking during Labor Day weekend is $10. Playland’s season will end on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 7 and all patrons will be given a special admission of $15 including rides. The park’s extended hours for Labor Day weekend will be from noon to 11 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 6 and from noon to 10 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 7. Playland Park is located on Playland Parkway in

How to Speak to Your DoctorAt Home on the Sound will launch a three-part

series about advancing health advocacy skills on Tuesday, Sept. 8. As medicine evolves, it is more and more important that patients be their own health advocate. Seniors will be advised to discuss and prepare for the health concerns that generally appear in later years instead of having to find in-stant solutions in the midst of a crisis.

The first session called “How to Speak to your Doctor,” is offered by a representative of the Cen-

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Thanks to the rock chipping committeeTo the Editor,We would like to express our gratitude to the rock chipping committee. Appointed by the Rye City

Council to recommend strategies for addressing a previously unregulated area of development, its mem-bers worked tirelessly to propose a fair recommendation for dealing with rock chipping in Rye. Despite the hard work done by the committee, the council has not released their report.

During its Aug. 5 meeting, the council put off accepting the committee’s recommendations, modest though they were, and instead hinted about watering them down. The truth is, the proposed law is not too tough, it is actually too weak. We need and deserve strong protections.

Rock chipping is no mere nuisance. One resident measured the noise in a neighbor’s yard at an aver-age of 90 dB—loud enough to damage hearing in as little time as two hours. The proposed law calls for a 30-calendar-day limit on rock chipping, restricts chipping to the hours of 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. so that children can focus on their homework after school, and a wait of 18 months to apply for a second permit on any given property.

We imagine the committee chose this as a compromise between the real needs of residents and the reality of what would be acceptable to a city council that favors the demands of builders. However, ho-meowners should not be required to suffer 30 calendar days of noise on their own property at a volume known to harm auditory, psychological and even cardiovascular health.

The proposed law also fails to take into account several potential complicating situations. First, it ignores the likelihood of simultaneous and back-to-back projects, and so would fail to pro-

tect residents from the possibility of suffering months, or conceivably years, of rock chipping nearby. It makes no provisions for projects that are not completed within the allotted time. Without such provi-sions, the city might have to choose between halting projects mid-way for a year-and-a-half or issuing variances on demand. It has no mechanism for a fair, impersonal enforcement process, leaving neighbors to file complaints against neighbors.

The desire of residents to enjoy their homes must not take a backseat to the desire of builders to maxi-mize their profits. We are not opposed to positive, community-enhancing development. We are opposed to the runaway overdevelopment that will, ironically, end up destroying the very qualities that make Rye

unique and desirable. Rye residents have a right to enjoy living peacefully in the homes for which they work so hard.

Emily HurdDanielle Tagger-EpsteinJeff Taylor,Rye Democratic City Council candidates

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By JAMES PEROStaff Writer

Perhaps the only thing more intriguing than the content of Judith Dupré’s books is the way they’re presented.

“Skyscrapers,” a New York Times bestseller, is elongated and skinny, mimicking the di-mensions of the towers chroni-cled between its covers; “Bridg-es” sprawls horizontally in a homage to the architectural de-sign of its namesake; “Church-es,” another New York Times best seller, folds open like the gates to a chapel, revealing its pages like a church’s nave.

For her next book, however—which catalogues the arduous, and oftentimes emotionally-charged, construction of One World Trade Center—Dupré may not need any symbolic de-sign; the building, and the tragic history that preceded its erec-tion, speak for themselves.

Dupre said, though the Twin Towers, which stood in place of One World Trade Center be-fore terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, are now long gone, their shadow still looms over the site.

“The opportunity arose to write about One World Trade Center,” Dupré said. “And I

thought, ‘Here’s this challenge.’ How do I make this new when everything down there is haunted by the ghost of 9/11… The big-gest challenge that One World Trade Center has to face is ex-orcising the ghosts of the past.”

In late July, Dupré, a resident of Prospect Avenue in Mama-roneck, was one of 36 applicants to receive a grant from the Na-tional Endowment of the Hu-manities for its inaugural Pub-lic Scholars program, a grant which will help fund her newest endeavor; a book called “One

In her latest book, New York Times bestselling author and Mamaroneck resident Judith Dupré will tackle One World Trade Center’s long road to fruition. Photo/Joe Woolhead

World Trade Center: The Biog-raphy of the Building,” which is set to be released in spring 2016.

The $37,800 grant will aid Dupré—who was given unprec-edented access to the site, ar-chives, and suppliers of the Trade Center by the Port Authority—in crafting a book that will take readers on an immersive journey through the building’s actualiza-tion, using original photography, transcripts from more than 70 in-terviews with the buildings chief architects and designers, and an interactive website where read-ers will be able to explore the topic even further.

Dupré is no rookie when it comes to writing about architec-ture. She has developed a track record for rendering the world’s architecture in a way that is both accessible and enjoyable to mass audiences for the past 30 years, selling nearly a million copies worldwide.

But according to Dupré, no building has surprised her as much as One World Trade Center.

“The building had to do so much,” she said. “It had to be a good place for thousands of peo-ple to work; it had to be the most secure building in the world. [One World Trade Center’s] se-curity measures have changed the way skyscrapers are built around the world … It’s an in-credibly innovative building.”

Despite the building’s abil-ity to inspire awe, according to Dupré, both constructing the building as well as writing about it came with its fair share of complications. For her, the ma-jor obstacle was capturing the beauty and ethos of the Trade Center while presenting opin-ions about it.

“Sorting out all the opinions in an equitable way [was dif-ficult],” she said. “Everyone wanted to tell me the real story. There were a lot of opinions.”

Surprisingly, according to Dupré, the Trade Center’s big-gest obstacle to fruition may have been, not having too few, but too many people willing to help.

“Building the Trade Center

was like a relay race where people just brought in signifi-cant concepts and then handed off the baton to the next person who then advanced it again a bit,” she said. “It took a long time to build. It was also a project that was slowed by a smothering of good intentions. People wanted to help; people wanted to be involved.”

This complication, accord-ing to Dupré, was also one of the Trade Center’s biggest triumphs.

During the push to erect One World Trade Center, the author explains that dozens of orga-nizations consisting of hun-dreds of members, along with more than 26,000 construction workers were involved in brin-ing the Trade Center to life.

“With no hyperbole,” Dupré said, “One World Trade Center is the most profound collabora-tion in history.”

Even though the book is

nearing completion accord-ing to Dupré, she continues to spitball new ideas for how to make the reading experi-ence even more immersive and interactive.

One idea involves a corre-sponding mobile app which would allow visitors of the site to hear interviews with some of One World Trade Center’s most important architects.

“We want to give people a way to use their smartphones to [interact] with One World Trade Center,” she said. “So you can pick up your phone and hear David Childs, the lead architect, tell you about the design.”

Beyond any app, website, de-sign, or piece of written content, however, Dupré explained her simple goal for the book.

“My goal was to convey the beauty of One World Trade Center,” she said.


“Skycrapers,” first published in 1996, is 18 inches tall and designed to mimic the towers inside.

New York City’s iconic Flatiron Building is one of the towers featured in “Skyscrapers.” Photos/“Skyscrapers”

Author chronicles One world Trade Center


Back-to-school shopping is quite a fussYes, we know. Some boys

love it and some girls hate it. One thing is for sure: there is a lot more up-to-date fashion for girls.

For girls, there are faux leather mini-skirts, comic print graphic leggings, rompers with emoji graphics, flared jeans and denim dresses. Fashion-conscious parents should know ahead of time that Pantone has officially dubbed “Marsala” (Style No. 18-1438) as one of the must-have colors of the year. For men, it’s a Pantone grey called “Stormy Weather” (Style No. 18-4214).

While multi-layered shirts/dresses and mini-skirts with lace hems in burgundy are in for girls, for boys, it’s “jeans and T-shirts” according to a seasoned salesperson at Lester’s Boys and Men’s shop, which opened just four weeks ago in the Rye Ridge Shopping Plaza.

As always, high fashion means high prices and in this instance, gender differences can mean a big deal when it comes to a back-to-school budget. -Reporting by Sarah Varney

Back-to-school clothes shopping is often fun for girls but more of a chore for boys. Left, our middle-school model is wearing a Billabong flannel shirt over a band tee from Junk Food. Our thirdgrader is wearing a shirt/dress by Vintage Havana that she’ll wear over shorts. Photos/Sarah Varney


Summerfest: a uniquely Rye celebration

Here in Rye, we celebrate as a community the secular oc-casions of July Fourth, Memo-rial Day and Veterans’ Day. On Thanksgiving and religious holi-days, we each observe according to our own traditions and beliefs. But there is one day observed just in our community and open to all, and that is Summerfest.

Germans can have their Okto-berfest, when fall is in full swing and the beer is flowing, but we in Rye are hesitant to bid good-bye to summer. We want to wish

hail and farewell to the warmer months before the equinoctial storms howl and bid us to check for warmer clothing.

And so it is that for the past two decades, Rye has said a fond fare-well to summer with our commu-nity event called Summerfest. The original brainchild of two young men of Rye, Douglas Carey and Michael Kennedy, Summerfest provides an annual field day of fun for kids of all ages.

This year’s Summerfest is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 6 and will be held as usual at Rec-reation Park on Midland Avenue close by Midland School. The opening event, at 2:30 p.m., is the Jack Curran Memorial Bare-

handed Ball Game. Contests, races and booths begin at 3 p.m.. The performance of live mu-sic for dancing and reminiscing begins at 5 p.m.. The Post Road Market provides ample snacks.

Some individual events at Summerfest are the bean bag toss, face painting, the peanut scramble, the 30-yard dash, po-tato sack races, decorating cup-cakes, the water balloon chal-lenge and the cupcake eating contest. By the time all this is over, many participants are feel-ing weary but sorry that Sum-merfest will not come again until next year.


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Judge John Carey

State Sen. Latimer visits Rye Y camp

State Sen. George Latimer, left, chats with John Rice, Rye Y Camp Family and Teen director and board member Uma Khemlani during a visit. Contributed photo

New York State Sen. George Latimer recently toured the Rye YMCA’s camp at the Os-born School and observed several activities including soccer, a bowling game and

crafts. After his visit, Latimer commented, “I’m impressed that the Rye Y’s summer pro-gram combines fun with real learning and skill development for kids. The staff is energetic

and motivated—it’s all very exceptional.”

For more information on the Rye Y and its activities and events, visit ryeymca.org. (Submitted)

the city to see how to handle reimbursements.

According to City Manager Marcus Serrano, the city is cur-rently in the middle of nego-tiations with NovaSource TKI’s insurance carrier, AIG. While the city had provided an early estimate for the claim, Serrano said that a more definitive num-ber will be determined when the golf club reopens. Once an esti-mate is reached, the city and the manufacturers would both settle on a monetary amount.

“We asked for everyone’s pa-tience and cooperation so we can reach a settlement and do some kind of reimbursement with the membership,” Serrano said. “But we can’t say what the number is until we reach a settlement.”

Even if the city reaches a fa-vorable settlement, Serrano said it wouldn’t be possible to give all of it back to the members.

“It’s simple mathematics…I think it was like $2.3 million in membership fees,” Serrano said. “If we gave that back to the members, how are we going to run the golf club?”

The city manager said if the entirety of the claim, which seeks recovery of the money used for repairs and some mem-bership dues, was returned to

the members, there wouldn’t be any money to pay the staff, or-der necessary chemicals and ac-count for the hefty water bills.

According to Councilman Ter-rence McCartney, a Republican who serves as liaison to the golf club commission, the Rye City Council asked the members to be patient and allow the settlement with the manufacturers to run its course before taking action.

Another potential alternative to reimbursing golf club mem-bers is providing them with

credit for next year’s season, but Carbone considered that option unacceptable.

“I’m out of pocket $5,600 this year, I want my money back,” Carbone said. “I don’t want to be a captive of a membership for next year; maybe I don’t want to belong with Rye the next year.”

Similar to Carbone’s senti-ments, Andrew Papataros, a New Jersey resident and 10-year member, said the city has been giving him mixed signals.

“One breath they’re telling us they’re fighting for our dollars, another breath they’re talking about the no-refund policy,” Pa-pataros said.

Papataros said he has been interested in seeking out some form of legal action because he paid for services that weren’t received, similar to Carbone’s notice of claim. He added that he would join Carbone’s class- action legal move to protect his own interests and money.

Papataros said he attempted to

get a refund when the greens had first been deemed unplayable and forgo the rest of the golf sea-son, but was met with resistance from the golf club.

“They’ve told us to sit back and wait and when the insurance claim comes in, maybe we’ll have something for next year,” Papataros said. “The majority of the members don’t want to come back for next year.”


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A Rye Golf Club member has filed a class-action notice of claim to get his membership dues back for a golf course that has remained unplayable for most of the season. File photo

“I’m out of pocket $5,600 this year. I want my money back.” –DONALD CARBONE, Rye Golf Club member

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Dayna Reist gets Teacher of the Year awardBy SARAH vARNEy

Staff Writer

Second grade Milton School teacher Dayna Reist was named Teacher of the Year 2015 for the Rye City School District earlier this year at a districtwide awards ceremony.

Hired in August 2009 by Mil-ton School Principal Dr. Joanne Nardone, Reist holds an M.A.

in education from Bank Street College and a B.S. in zoology from the University of New Hampshire.

What makes Reist remarkable is her commitment to both her students and to district efforts to make improvements, accord-ing to school officials. These ef-forts range from implementing the new Science 21 curriculum to explaining Common Core

features a lesson kit for each child. Students use the kits to complete experiments connected to specific scientific concepts.

That same hands-on approach permeates Reist’s daily lessons. Her students are often outside gardening in the spring or help-ing her with her compost pile on the school grounds.

She considers herself lucky to teach second-graders, consid-ering children have succeeded in learning to read and but have not yet entered their first year of standardized English Language Arts and math exams.

“Second grade is this magical,

hidden, wonderful bonus year. The kids are excited to be learn-ing,” she added.

Reist credits Nardone with supporting and encouraging the teachers to try new things. One of those innovations that the principal herself spearheaded is the “Responsive Classroom” project. The responsive class-room uses language to encour-age children to become good citizens inside and outside the classroom. It was created at Bank Street College.

Support and training for these types of new programs has been “phenomenal,” Reist said.

Meanwhile, Nardone is an equally enthusiastic supporter of Reist.

“Dayna has a strong passion for teaching and she’s a con-summate professional in every way,” the Milton School princi-pal said.

For Reist, the Teacher of the Year award is a validation of her “out-of-the-box approach.” “Kids write letters at the end of the year and I think the best thing a kid ever wrote was ‘I like Mrs. Reist because she taught me how to think,’” she said.


standards to the community. At a February forum in Rye, Reist was one of the panel members answering questions about the New York State Common Core curriculum rollout.

Schools Superintendent Dr. Frank Alvarez also noted Re-ist’s work outside of the Milton School.

“She serves on the curriculum committee, the environmental committee and the excellence committee,” he said.

While in her classroom, how-ever, it’s all about her students.

“I’d say her best trait as a teacher is her incredible atten-tion, dedication and love that she gives to her students,” said colleague Katy Connor Ridley. “She gets to know the full child.”

Those children get plenty of exposure to Reist’s first love—science. She was a strong pro-ponent of the adoption of the Science 21 program, which was introduced to grades one through five in September of 2013.

“I love it [Science 21]. It’s very hands-on. There’s no non-sense,” Reist said. The program

Dayna Reist has taught second grade at Milton Elementary School since 2009. Earlier this year, she was awarded the Rye City School District’s Teacher of the Year. Photo courtesy Adam Reist

Dayna Reist will start her seventh year teaching Milton School’s second grade. After taking home Teacher of the Year honors in June, Reist hopes to polish her “responsive classroom” approach and expand recycling efforts in the coming school year. File photo


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solved soon, but that the public hearing was still open and the council plans to consider all the feedback they’ve received so far and in the future.

“We have to consider all the feedback we’ve gotten,” Sack said. “That’s part of the process we have to engage in next: to figure out how to process all the feedback we’ve gotten and how it might result in changes to the law.”

Some of the feedback that the

council received has been from the local building community. Roger Paganelli, co-owner of a Rye-based development com-pany, said many developers are working on a large amount of research to present to the coun-cil, possibly as soon as its Sept. 16 scheduled meeting, in an ef-fort to represent the builder’s points of view.

For the council, the pass-ing of a rock chipping resolu-tion would come after all the

information they’ve received is reviewed.

“The more speakers we get, the more information we have to digest, the more time it takes,” Sack said. “There happens to be a small group of folks that happen to be interested, but that doesn’t change how we go about this issue.”

LoParco could not be reached for comment, as of press time.


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LoParco Associates, a Connecticut-based company, received a $1,000 fine for violating the Rye City Council’s recently-implemented rock chipping moratorium at this work site on Cowles Avenue. Photo/Jackson Chen

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“These guys have amazing energy, so this is sure to be a great show with lots of singing and dancing for all ages—a great way to celebrate the last week-end of summer,” Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino said as he invites everyone to the event.

With four decades of fans, numerous live shows, television appearances and their own fea-ture film “Cant’ Stop the Mu-

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Members of Village People are Raymond Simpson as the cop and lead singer, Felipe Rose as the Native American, Alexan-der Briley as the G.I./military, Eric Anzalone as the biker, Bill Whitefield as the construction worker and Jim Newman as

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Admission prices are $30 for unlimited rides and $20 for ju-niors under 48 inches tall. West-chester residents with accept-able proof of residency are eligi-ble for a $5 discount. Spectator admission—no rides—is free for Westchester County resi-dents and $10 for non-residents. Parking is $10.

Playland Park is located on Playland Parkway in Rye, exit 19 off I-95. Go to RyePlay-land.org or call 813-7010. (Submitted)

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Leaving kids in the car is not always a crime

Sure it pains me to say it, but New Jersey is suddenly a light unto us all. Last week, the N.J. Supreme Court ruled that it is not automatically considered child abuse to let your kid wait in the car for a little while.

Hallelujah!We’ve been warned these past

10 years or so that kids are in danger anytime we leave them in the car. Public service announce-ments say things like, “Never leave your child in the car—not even for a minute.” Onlookers who spot a child or dog in a car go crazy with rage. One mom I know had just buckled her child into the carseat and went to return her shopping cart. When she got back maybe 30 seconds later, a woman was screaming at her, “I can’t be-lieve you left your child in the car! She could have died!”

But this is bunk. Most of us spent at least part of our child-hood waiting in the car while our moms ran errands and no one thought this constituted abuse, hardly. I had one friend who ac-tually looked forward to the car waits with her sister because they’d tilt the passenger seat all the way back and take turns play-ing dentist.

Lately, we refuse to admit that there’s a difference between wait-ing in the car for 10 minutes on a mild afternoon and waiting in the car for 10 hours in the Mojave Desert. This obtuseness explains why, back in 2009, a mom who let her 19-month-old wait in the car during a five-to-10-minute er-rand at the Dollar Tree in South

Plainfield, N.J., was found guilty of child abuse by the state’s De-partment of Children and Fami-lies. The law there states parents cannot “recklessly create a risk of severe injury.” In New York, there is no law that specifies what age a child can legally be left in a car.

But somehow it didn’t matter that it was 55 degrees that day, or that the child slept peacefully through this whole “ordeal.” It didn’t even matter that the de-partment sent an inspector to the mom’s home and found zero evi-dence of abuse or neglect, or any-thing other than a loving house-hold with four happy, healthy children.

The mere fact that this moth-er let her kid wait in the car was enough for the department to place the mom on New Jersey’s Child Abuse and Neglect Regis-try. Every state has one—it’s like the Sex Offender Registry, just not public. Once you’re officially a “child abuser,” good luck get-ting a job in teaching, day care or nursing.

This mom, known in court only as E.D.-O., asked the child protection agency for a hearing where she could try to defend her-self and get off the registry. When this was denied, she appealed, but New Jersey’s appellate court denied her, too. The three-judge panel said there was no way she deserved a hearing because what was there to hear? She’d left her kid in the car, which automati-cally made her a child abuser be-cause something bad could have happened.

That’s true, but also highly un-likely. Of the 30 to 40 kids who die in hot cars every year, 80 percent were forgotten there for

hours, or climbed in when no one was looking and couldn’t get out. They were not waiting in the car during a short errand while mom ran into a store or picked up a pizza.

What’s more, law profes-sor David Pimentel points out, “Alarmists will argue that, ‘Any-thing could happen!’ and that’s true.” But anything could also happen when the child was be-ing walked through the parking lot, he adds. In fact, more kids die in parking lots and driveways than waiting in cars.

And if you want to talk about an even bigger risk to children, it’s not waiting in the car, it’s rid-ing in one. The No. 1 way chil-dren die in America is as car pas-sengers. So if we really want to crack down on parents who put their kids in danger, we’d have to scream things like, “How dare you drive that child to her piano lesson! She could die!”

We don’t do that because we are able to keep the unlikelihood of a fatal car crash in perspective because we are not constantly warned, “Never let a child ride in a car, not even for a minute!”

So last week, the New Jersey Supreme Court agreed with the mom’s lawyer, Sean Marotta, that we cannot expect parents to ensure a zero-risk childhood. No option is ever completely, ut-terly safe. And no parent is every completely, utterly perfect.

Being imperfect is not the same as being abusive, so ruled the court by a vote of 7-0, which is why New Jersey is now a beacon of sanity in our parent-shaming and blaming country.


Being proud of one’s body and choosing colors

Dear Tonia:I am attractive with large

breasts, which I keep contained. I often see people looking at me, at times even doing a dou-ble take. Are they looking at my breasts or me?

S.F., Scarsdale

Dear S.F.:Since the average breast size

has grown from a 34B to a 36C since the 1970s and clothing styles are smaller and snugger, it’s no wonder the line between an appropriate glance and “Look at those!” has blurred. Sex sells. And like it or not, breasts are the dynamic duo that gets beer sold and burgers bought. So it’s not such a stretch to realize that your “girls” are more likely to get checked out than, say, your knees or collarbones. As such, it makes a case for doing a double take.

Women seem to understand the power of breasts in general, but they don’t understand the power of their own. Balance them with a proper-fitting bra and the styles that flatter them rather than draw more attention to them. Wear them with confi-dence and smile when you are noticed. Enjoy the attention. We don’t know what we have until it’s gone.

Dear Tonia:I have always been very thin

and never really put weight on. My doctor says there’s nothing wrong and that it’s just my body type. I hate when people ask me why I’m so skinny or tell me that I should put on weight. Can you tell your readers how inappro-priate that is? I never ask over-weight people why they are fat or tell them to lose weight. Thanks.

C.J., Rye

Dear C.J.:Unfortunately, we live in a

society that promotes obesity and being very thin is not “in” like it was when English model Twiggy became popular in the ‘60s. There’s trouble with both extremes in the message that is sent. People tend to equate be-ing extremely thin to bulimia and anorexia, both deadly epi-demics. They may also assume one is battling an illness or has a vanity issue. Many don’t real-ize that being very thin can be just as challenging, if not more, as being overweight. Either way, everyone should keep their com-ments to themselves and treat each other with respect and dig-nity. If you don’t have something nice to say to someone, then you shouldn’t say anything at all.

Dear Tonia:Some people think that I

look good in red. I think I used to when I was younger, but not

now, especially because my shape has changed. How do I choose the right colors to wear?

T.B., Harrison

Dear T.B.:Regardless of your body type,

choose the right color to flatter your skin tone. Take photos of yourself in basic tees to see what looks best. Hues that compliment most complexions are pink, blue and white; you’ll just need to change the intensity of these col-ors to suit your coloring, e.g. hot pink for darker skins, carnation for fairer skins, ivory for olive tones, etc. Remember that your skin tone may change with the seasons. Also, be sure to look at your skin tone in natural daylight and inside light, as the colors will look different. Go to a paint store and get the large sample paint chips of the colors you like in all different hues. For example, if you want to find the right shade of blue for you, pick a few dif-ferent blues, hold them to your face in a mirror and see what each tint does for you. Once you find the colors in the hues that flatter your skin tone, staple them together and use them as your color guide.

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During the final inning of Pennsylvania’s loss to Japan, the Red Lands team was forced to bring in catcher Kaden Peifer after it ran out of pitchers. Pre-dictably, Peifer struggled, plat-ing a run on a wild pitch. When the Pennsylvania coach came out to speak with him, Peifer was in tears—understandably—as he felt his team’s chances slipping away. He kept turning, but ESPN cameras kept turning with him, making sure to highlight the emo-tion of the moment. Despite the scene playing out between the lines, the entire thing struck me as intrusive. ESPN knows what their viewers expect from LLWS cov-erage, and they weren’t going to miss their money shot.

I understand that it’s a tricky dance to cover games with young athletes—I’ve taken some heat for including reac-tion photos in some of my high school sports coverage—but for me, including photos of teams commiserating after losses was something that added flavor to my piece, not the main fo-cus of a worldwide multimedia conglomerate.

So, will I watch the Little League World Series next year,

I hope you will forgive me for the dated, early-2000s ref-erence, but I have to say it: the Little League World Series has jumped the shark.

For years, I’ve been an ardent supporter of the entire tourna-ment, including the ESPN-tele-vised portion of it, but this year certainly highlighted some of the problems the LLWS needs to address if it wants to grab my interest going forward.

First things first, they need to move the fences back at Lamade Stadium. Again.

Now, I don’t have the statis-tics in front of me, but in the 20 or so games played at La-made Stadium from Aug. 20 to Aug. 30, I’d estimate that teams hit roughly a bajillion homers. And that’s a pretty conservative guess.

They’ve moved the fences

World Series needs changeback before. In 2006, field di-mensions went from 205 feet to 225 feet all around. It’s a start, but it hasn’t nearly been enough. I understand that it’s tough to come up with appropri-ate distances for growing kids. Especially at this age-range, 11 to 13, there’s a huge discrep-ancy in the physical maturity of all the athletes. But in a tour-nament that regularly features players like Pennsylvania slug-ger Cole Wagner, a 5-foot-11, 160-pounder who could easily have piloted Red Land’s team van to Williamsport without any state troopers taking notice, maybe it’s time to think about another park expansion.

It’s not entirely my curmud-geonly anti-homer sentiment driving this argument either. I like dingers as much as the next guy. But the proliferation of round-trippers in this tour-nament brings with it a dearth of outfield play. Because most balls that cleared the infield in Williamsport have yet to return

to earth, fans were robbed of the chance to watch some of the world’s best young outfield-ers chase down liners in the gap. There’s a lot of excitement in baseball, but with the fences so far in, we only get to see half of it.

But even the home run co-nundrum pales into compari-son to what I’ve begun to think of as the biggest problem in the LLWS: the coverage. In the past, I’ve written about how the raw, unbridled emotion of these World Series games was one of my favorite parts of the event. The wild celebrations, sure, but also those unscripted moments of sorrow from the kids on the losing teams. Scenes like Sean Burroughs laying face down in the outfield back in 1992 or last year’s Providence team crying as they listened to a rousing post-game speech from their coach come to mind. But this year, for some reason, I felt that the con-stant need to find the emotional shots bordered on voyeuristic.

An Eastchester player throws a pitch during the District 20 Little League tournament in June. Sports Editor Mike Smith finds the Little League World Series to be compelling, but he does have a few issues with the final rounds. Photo/Mike Smith

even if neither of these issues is addressed? Probably. When I become a parent, would I want my son to take part in this tour-nament? Of course I would. But

there’s always room to make things better. Especially for our kids.


September 4, 2015 • THE RyE CiTy REviEw • 15SPORTSGarnets aim high in 2015

By MiKE SMiTHSports Editor

With a group of younger play-ers and a first-year head coach, Rye’s soccer team might seem to be in for something of a tran-sition year this fall. One thing the Garnets haven’t done this preseason, however, is lower their expectations. With a strong group of underclassmen and a terrific amount of depth, Rye could emerge as one of 2015’s biggest surprises.

Head coach Salvatore Curel-la, who takes over this year after previously serving as the modi-fied, JV and assistant varsity coach, believes that his familiar-ity with the program—and the players—has been a great help as he begins to lead the program.

“It’s been nice because a lot of the guys, kids from last year and the core group, I’ve kind of grown with them,” said Curella. “So I’ve been able to see them at the modi-fied, JV and varsity levels.”

Curella added that his close work with former coach Jared Small has prepared him for the task ahead, although he ac-knowledge that while he and Small share similar philosophies when it comes to soccer, his big-gest challenge will be adapting.

“I think the big thing is just changing with the game,” Curel-la said. “It’s an ever-evolving sport, everything is about coun-ter attacks and high-pressure, two-touch soccer, and we need to really concentrate on scoring.”

The Garnets return with only a handful of starters, but Curella is asking them to step up as leaders, both on and off the field. Both Will Colwell and Leo Gomez are four-year starters for Rye, and Jon DiPalma, who scored a big goal during Rye’s outbracket win over Spring Valley last fall, has been a starter for the last two years.

“These are the guys who are going to take the bulk of respon-sibility this year,” said Curella. “But we also have a strong group of incoming juniors who[m] we expect a lot from as well.”

The strong junior class has given Curella the flexibility to somewhat tinker with the roster. Colwell and DiPalma, who both patrolled the midfield last year, will each be playing a new posi-tion, with Colwell headed to the attack and DiPalma dropping back to solidify the Garnet defense.

“Not having that real forward has been a problem for us and scoring is one of our main fo-cuses this year, so we moved Will

up there,” said the head coach. “We think that these incoming juniors can really hold down the midfield.”

The Garnets had a number of preseason scrimmages to prepare them for a tough regular season schedule, including an Aug. 27 showdown with North Rockland, an Aug. 28 meeting with Peek-skill and an Aug. 29 tournament that saw them take on the likes of Lakeland and Bronxville.

“We had a really strong pre-season and there’s so much depth on the roster that even going against ourselves, the kids have had good sessions,” Curella said. “In the scrimmages it doesn’t matter if we have our first team or our reserves in, there’s not really that much of a drop-off, talent-wise.”

The Garnets open up the regu-lar season on Sept. 5 at Gorton before hosting White Plains the following week in their home opener.

“We have a really tough schedule, and we’re young, but there are a lot of teams in the section that could use that as an excuse,” Curella said. “We just have to be prepared and ready to go.”


Chris Perry controls the ball on the defensive end on Aug. 28. Photos/Mike Smith

Jack Bryan splits two defenders on Aug. 28. The Garnets are looking to Bryan and a strong junior class to lead the way this year.

Starting goalkeeper Owen Moore dives to make a save against Peekskill.

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