November 20, 2014 Vol. 5 No. 23

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WHAT’S UPCommunityTown Board meeting 3WOW Craft Fair 3Woodbury Public Library News 4‘Holiday Lights in Bloom’ 4“Breakfast with Santa” 4Citizens Foundation 5Skoufis Applauds 5Christmas Boutique 5John Burke Scholarship 6Officers added to Police Dept 6A “Callahan Christmas” 7St. Jude’s Basketball Classic 7U.S. Flags retired by Scouts 9Spectrum Project 9Citizen’s Police Academy 10Veterans Day Service &

Remembrance address 11M-W PeeWee Crusaders 11

Health & Wellness 8

Faith 12

History 13

Education 14

Sudoku 15

By Benjamin Meyers

Woodbury - The campaigning was fast, hard and one of the most ardu-ously fought in recent years. The pass-ing in July of John Burke our Town of Woodbury Supervisor, left an unex-pected vacancy in a key Woodbury government position.

Mr. Burke’s seat officially would have been filled by the Deputy supervisor

who was Desiree Potvin, our Town’s clerk. However, Ms. Potvin chose to re-main the Clerk and resigned her posi-tion as Deputy Supervisor. The Town’s Board then filled the Deputy’s open po-sition with Mr. Frank Palermo with his consent. Since that appointment, Mr. Burke’s position has been assumed by Mr. Palermo as the Deputy Supervisor until this past election. Mr. Palermo chose not to continue in his position but to transfer it on January 1, 2015 to the winner of this month’s contest.

Mr. Caruso who is president of the Woodbury Republican Committee sought and received his party’s en-dorsement as a candidate, while the Democratic Committee of Woodbury chose not to proffer a candidate. This action left the election uncontested. And this is when David Sutz, a Village trustee, felt that there should not be an uncontested election, and decided to campaign as a “Write-In” candidate.

Sutz received the backing of a num-ber of Woodbury residents and busi-ness owners who vigorously sup-ported his campaign. The Woodbury Gazette spoke Monday with Mr. David Green, County Board of Elections Commissioner, and asked about the election’s status. Greene stated that while all who were in attendance, in-cluding both candidates, the prior week while absentee ballots were counted, everyone agreed to the out-come that Mr. Caruso had won. The BOE however is still finishing details before they publish their official bal-lot statistics. Go to www.woodburyga-zette.com which is now frequently updated with news and events to learn the official numbers.

Caruso is Town of Woodbury Supervisor-ElectCounty Board of Election confirmed outcome of extremely close vote

Ralph Caruso won recent election and is now Town of Woodbury’s Supervisor – Elect. He will assume the position from Deputy Supervisor Frank Palermo on January 1st.

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“Friendly Visitor Program” - Training SessionsSessions Scheduled for DecemberThe Town of Woodbury Friendly Visitor Program has scheduled new training sessions for prospective volunteers. Two volunteer training sessions are scheduled for Tuesday, December 2nd and 9th from 6:30 to 8:30 at the Highland Mills Firehouse, 455 Route 32, in the Town of Woodbury.

Volunteers are required to attend both sessions. All ages are welcome.

The program, which is spon-sored by the Town of Woodbury, the Orange County Office for the Aging and Jewish Family Service, will train volunteers to assist seniors and other adults with a temporary or permanent disability with grocery shopping, and transportation to medical appoint-ments and provide friendly visits.

Once training is complete, volunteers may choose which days, hours and the

type of service they wish to provide to accommodate their own schedules.

Chairperson of the Town of Woodbury program is Councilman Tim Arone. “There is such a need for volunteers all over Orange County and I hope residents will continue to step up and donate as little as an hour a week of their time,” said Arone. “The response of the program in Woodbury has been great which is why we are doing more training sessions,” said Neil Crouse Volunteer Coordinator Director.

Anyone interested in volunteering is welcome.

For more information or to enroll in the training, contact the Town of Woodbury Friendly Visitor program at 845-928-7578 ext. 1. RSVP is re-quired if you plan on attending the training sessions.

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Letter to the editor

A sincere thank you to all the people of Woodbury for supporting me in my run for town supervisor! Unfortu-nately, we fell short but we made a loud statement.

Congratulations to my opponent. The people of Woodbury wish you suc-cess. Thanks, David Sutz

“A sincere thank you to all…” David Sutz

I would like to thank all those I am extremely fortunate to represent in the New York State Assembly for re-elect-ing me to a second term and express-ing their continued faith in my work. I never take the responsibilities of the job lightly and you can be sure I will always represent you to the best of my ability, both locally and in Albany.

Through the thousands of people I met during the campaign and the many more my office and I have been in a position to assist the past two years, residents expressed a desire to con-tinue having someone who will fight for them every single day and go to bat for our communities. That’s why I will never stop advocating for middle-class tax relief and reforming the harmful property tax system we have in New

York State; it’s why I will continue be-ing the only state elected official to con-sistently stand up to the leadership of Kiryas Joel; it’s why I won’t stop until our schools are fully funded and col-lege is made more affordable; and it’s why I will fight to preserve services and jobs when they’re threatened, whether it be keeping the Cornwall Emergency Room open or preserving over 500 positions at Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Center.

There is much work to be done over the next two years and I am up to the task. Again, I thank you from the bot-tom of my heart for affording me the privilege of continuing to represent you.James SkoufisMember of Assembly

James Skoufis - I will always represent you to the best of my ability

I thank our Woodbury residents for electing me Woodbury Town Supervi-sor, this November 4, 2014. With your confidence, support and help we were able to receive the votes needed to be successful.

While campaigning throughout Woodbury I had the opportunity to meet many people, speaking with resi-dents I knew and families I met for the first time. It was evident that we in Woodbury live here because we like our community. During my campaign I professed my community philoso-phy, history, background and experi-ence. Your participation in this year’s election, with almost 49 percent of our voters turning out to take part, is com-mendable. Having this election decided by more registered voters than before shows we are moving in the right direc-tion.

Woodbury is a great place to live, raise our families and become Se-nior Citizens. My family and I moved here in 1970, because we liked what we seen when searching for the per-fect place to live and raise our family.

Woodbury must remain the place we all want to live. I will continue to fight for all Woodbury residents, defending our quality of community life, so we can continue to enjoy what we have be-come accustomed to.

The Town of Woodbury services for our residents, Police, Highway, Parks and Recreation, Senior Center, Librar-ies, and administrative support has and will continue to provide you with qual-ity community services.

In closing, let me thank you for hav-ing a campaign sign on your lawn, placing campaign signs around town, handing out campaign literature at a Post Office, communicating with your friends, neighbors, and other residents, lending advice and writing letters to the editor, all leading to the right com-bination making the difference, giving us the opportunity to be a guardian of our community.

I thank everyone, and look forward to serving you as your Woodbury Town Supervisor.Sincerely, Ralph CarusoWoodbury Town Supervisor, Elect

Ralph Caruso – Supervisor Elect - thanks Woodbury residents

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Town Board meeting By Desiree Potvin, Clerk for the Town of WoodburyWoodbury - Summary of meetings held on November 6 and 13, 2014

Public Hearing -Continued- Amend-ment to Towing Law: Deputy Super-visor Frank Palermo stated a public hearing was being continued from the October 16, 2014 meeting on Introduc-tory Local Law 4 of 2014 amending Chapter 282 of the Town Code entitled “Towing” to improve towing response times and ease of vehicle redemption for individuals operating vehicles with-in the Town of Woodbury. The following additional comments were received: Duke Freeman, from Freeman Auto Service in Mon-roe/Harriman, suggested the Board consider increasing the radius to two miles. His reason for this suggestion is that increasing the radius by only one mile would gain one additional company whereas a two mile increase would gain three companies. He be-lieves that the more companies on the list the better service will be available to the residents of Woodbury and Po-lice Department.

Glenn McKenzie, from McKenzie Motors, stated he has been working in the Town for 28 years and the owner of the business for the past 15 years. There have never been issues with towing with the existing five mem-bers on the list. He noted that many other Towns do not permit compa-nies outside of their boundaries to apply for a permit. Of the existing five companies currently on the list, one is moving outside the ½ mile ra-dius but another will be eligible soon that is in Woodbury. He feels the Town has an adequate amount of tow companies that comply with the law as currently written. He is unable to apply in adjacent Towns due to their restrictions and feels it is unfair that others can come do so here.

Richard Sarajian, attorney rep-resenting Loyal Tire, reminded the Board that it would be illegal to only permit companies that are located in the Town to be able to apply, not-ing a lawsuit he brought against the Town and won in the past. He feels that the law should expand the radius and that the proposed law should be adopted as the Board sees fit.

Craig Baker, from Exclusive Auto Body, stated he does not feel the radi-us should be extended, noting that he too is not permitted to apply in sur-rounding Towns due to their restric-tions. He feels that by increasing the radius the Board is not only taking the towing out of town but it also tak-ing all the work that goes with it out of Town too (collision repair, etc.,).

The Board then took action to close

the hearing. Deputy Supervisor Paler-mo stated that the Board will not en-tertain action on adopting the law until further research is conducted. The is-sue will be tabled until a future date.Public Hearing - Fiscal Year 2015 Pre-liminary Budget: Town Clerk Potvin stated a public hearing was being held to entertain public comments on the Fiscal Year 2015 Preliminary Budget. The salaries of the elected of-ficials were posted as follows: Town Supervisor $53,130; Town Clerk $57,084; Superintendent of Highways $77,492; Town Justices (2) $29,791; Councilpersons (4) $8,441; Tax Col-lector $15,083.

No public comments were received. The Board then took action to con-tinue the hearing to November 13. At the November 13, no comments were received either. The Board then adopted the 2015 budget. The budget will be available on the Town’s web-site, www.townofwoodbury.com , be-ginning December 1.Appointment of Personnel: The Board appointed Nelson Izquierdo and Carlos Castro to the positions of part-time police officer beginning November 6, 2014.

These positions are paid $27.8923 per hour pursuant to the PBA con-tract. Deputy Supervisor Palermo noted that the interviews were held a few weeks ago and the Board was very impressed with both candidates. There were approximately 20 applica-tions that were received.

Police Chief Richard Vasquez thanked the Town Board and Town Clerk Desiree Potvin for their assis-tance in the hiring process. He again feels that the best candidates were selected for the position. He also thanked and recognized the inter-view panel (Sergeant John Burke and Officer Scott Danielson).

Both Officers Izquierdo and Castro served with the NYPD for 21 years and are now retired and eager to learn from our officers.

The Board then appointed Corrina Irizarry to the position of part-time Animal Control Officer beginning November 10, 2014. This position is paid $15.42 per hour pursuant to the UPSEU contract.

The Board then appointed Jenni-fer Potter as a part-time temporary Clerk in the Assessor’s Office begin-ning November 10, 2014 through May 9, 2015 at 10 hours per week. This position is paid $12.62 per hour pursuant to the non-union step/grade schedule.

WOW Craft Fair – Saturday, Nov. 29th 24 Vendors at Women of Woodbury Woodbury’s Senior Center

By Susan Vrana

Mark your calendar right now!! The Women of Woodbury’s Fundraiser- a Craft Fair will be on Saturday, November 29th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Woodbury Senior Center, County Rt. 105, Highland Mills, NY. Don’t miss it. We have 24 vendors to date. WOW Bake Table & Raffles. Teacher Gifts & Something for everyone! And The Woodbury Ambulance Corps will attend the fair & they are giving free Blood Pressure Screenings.

Position Available - Part-Time Animal/Dog Control Officer Applications are available at Town Clerk’s Office and are due back by 4:00 p.m. December 5th

By Desiree Potvin – Woodbury Town Clerk

Town of Woodbury - There is a part-time Animal/Dog Control Officer position available. The position is for three hours on Saturdays and Sundays (split-shifts are 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. then 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.) only when there are animals in the shelter that need care; plus on-call duty 24 hours each weekend day.

Additional hours available to cover sick/vacation time of full-time Animal Con-trol Officer. The job includes: feeding and caring for impounded animals; cleaning of kennels, cages and shelter; catching and impounding any loose/stray animals; completing all appropriate paperwork.

The position is a union position and is paid $15.42 per hour. Applications are available at the Town Clerk’s Office and are due back by 4PM on December 5. For more information, please contact Town Clerk Desiree Potvin at 928-6829 x7.

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‘Holiday Lights in Bloom’ Returns to ArboretumOpen to public on Fridays, Saturdays, & SundaysMontgomery – Orange County Exec-utive Steve Neuhaus and county Parks Commissioner Richard L. Rose today announced that that the sixth annual “Holiday Lights in Bloom” program will kick off the weekend of December 5th at the Orange County Arboretum in Thomas Bull Memorial Park. The program is free and will be open to the public on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sun-days from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. start-ing December 5 and running through December 28th.

Despite a chill in the air, the Or-ange County Arboretum will be in full bloom this December with beautiful, garden-inspired light displays in the shape of flowers, animals, and insects. In addition, the 9/11 Memorial Garden will be decorated in patriotic splendor.

Children and adults can stroll down paths lined with twinkling trees, walk through illuminated gardens, and stop at the water’s edge of a pond created in lights and teeming with life.

“The Friends of the OC Arboretum will be on hand in the Ottaway Educa-tion Center serving free hot cocoa and selling handmade crafts at their Holi-day Boutique. Be sure to make visiting this event part of your family’s holiday tradition,” said Neuhaus.

The Arboretum is located within Thomas Bull Memorial Park on state Route 416 in Montgomery (enter Hamptonburg for GPS directions), and is most easily accessed from the Grove Street entrance to the park. For more information, please call 845-615-3828 or visit www.orangecountynyparks.com

“Breakfast with Santa” at CVUMCCentral Valley - The Central Valley United Methodist Church is hosting its 12th annual “Breakfast with Santa” on December 6th from 8:00 a.m. until 11:30. What fun it is to meet Santa and the elves, to enjoy the decorations, the pancakes and sausages…not to mention orange juice and coffee...and even do a little shopping. Our event is a free outreach to the community and it is widely held to be the best one around. Bring the grandkids!

Woodbury Public Library News By Rose-Emma Calabrese, Adult Services

Here we are in the middle of the holi-day season. Everyone is busy and there are many activities and events to attend! As always, we appreciated your attendance to our programs.

If you do not have a library card, you may sign up anytime by bringing in two forms of proof of residence and a photo ID. If you have any questions, please call the library at 845-928-6162. Library cards are needed for signing out materials, signing up for programs and events. Thanksgiving is on No-vember 27th and the library will be closed both Thursday and Friday. We reopen on Saturday, during normal hours.

Our last adult program in Novem-ber with Rose-Emma Calabrese is on Wednesday, November 19th: Ration Book Recipes or Cooking with Rosie the Riveter. Space is limited to 15. We meet in the Highland Mills Branch at 6:30 PM.

Our next program is on Monday, December 1st: Holiday Cards Craft with Norma Fives. We will have a choice of two holidays, Christmas and Hanukah, and will meet in the Senior Center at 6:30 PM. Have a Happy Thanksgiving in between!

A winter holiday Pine Cone Craft is presented by our own Sue Vrana on Wednesday, December 10th at 4:15

PM in the Senior Center. Bring ex-tra pine cones and odds and ends you may have laying around in which to decorate them with – we will supply the rest! Class size is limited to 15

More Progams in Dec. - We have a few more programs including a Game Night coming up in mid-December, which will be posted next issue. The next Book Club selection will be an-nounced then. Stay tuned to this pub-lication and the Town of Woodbury’s Cablevision Channel 22 for additions or cancellations to any of our pro-gramming.

We had our Unbroken Book Club discussion on Sunday, November 16th. Our largest group ever! We all were inspired by the book. Participants had insightful and important comments to make about the reading of this book. If you are interested in joining our growing group, please call the library with your contact info and Rose-Em-ma will get back to you within three days. We will resume in January.

Our last OrangeREADS! Program is a USO style Canteen Dance at the Montgomery Senior Center on No-vember 22 from 6-10 PM. Please pick up a flyer and calendar of events at the library for ticket information. Re-freshments will be served. As always, thank you for your support.

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Goshen – County Executive Steve Neuhaus announced today that the Orange County Center of Business In-novation (CBI) has endorsed the 2015 Executive Recommended Budget. In a letter addressed to Neuhaus, CBI co-chairs Thomas Weddell and James Smith said the $703 million balanced budget “sets our government on the right track to fiscal sustainability.”

The Orange County Citizens Foun-dation’s nonprofit called the proposed sale of Valley View nursing home to the private sector its “main reason” for en-dorsing the spending plan. “Our Coun-ty government is no longer in a position to own a nursing home and our resi-dents in need of these services should have the best and most cost-effective care available. The Center of Business Innovation strongly recommends the Legislature and the County sell Valley View to a qualified and responsible pri-vate company, as your budget suggests,”

said Weddell and Smith.The Center of Business Innovation

was established in summer 2014 and focuses on raising the quality of life for Orange County residents through improved economic conditions. In addition to Weddell and Smith, its members and supporters include Den-nis Barnett of Propinquity Associates, Maureen Halahan of the Orange Coun-ty Partnership, Alan Marks from Stan-ley Marks & Company, Brian Varley of Riemann, Scalio and Varley, Nancy Proyect of the Orange County Citizens Foundation, Mount Saint Mary Col-lege, and SUNY Orange.

The latest endorsement for the 2015 Executive Recommended Budget fol-lows the announcement of a vote of support from the Orange County Chamber of Commerce on November 5 as well as a positive review from the county legislature’s independent audi-tor, accounting firm O’Connor Davies,

LLP, on October 28. The 2015 Execu-tive Recommended Budget was issued to the legislature on October 1. The leg-islature has until a November 15 dead-line to make changes and submit its recommendations back to the county executive’s office for review.

The budget proposes $60 million in spending cuts from the previous year, streamlines the county workforce by 20 percent, stays within the state’s tax-cap law, and reduces the reliance on the county’s fund balance, or savings account. Eleven out of 23 municipali-ties, or 47.8 percent would see a re-duction in their county tax rate if the 2015 Executive Recommended Bud-get is adopted. According to the Divi-

sion of Budget, a fund balance decline, along with lower-than-expected sales tax collections, combined to create an estimated $63 million budget gap next year. On August 26 Moody’s Investors Service downgraded Orange County’s bond rating to Aa3, the second time in less than six months that the bond-rating agency took this action.

“The 2015 budget responsibly bal-ances our finances with a clear plan based on facts instead of more gridlock politics,” said Neuhaus. “I appreciate the support of the Chamber of Com-merce and the Center of Business Inno-vation, and I encourage the legislature to pass this balanced budget without further delay.”

Skoufis Applauds County Legislature’s ActionKeeps Valley View County-Owned - Republican supporters failed to win Democratic converts

Citizens Foundation ‘Strongly Recommends’ SaleCBI Endorses 2015 County budget - Valley View must be Sold

Christmas Boutique at HM UMCHomemade pies, quiches and crafts this Saturday, Nov. 22nd

Highland Mills - Highland Mills United Methodist Church welcomes in the holiday season. The annual Women’s Guild Christmas Boutique will be held this Saturday, November 22nd, from 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.

Beautiful gift items and handmade crafts will on sale. Lunch in the café will also be available. In addition, “guaranteed delicious” homemade pies, quiches and other baked items will be available for purchase.

Come for a fine time and great shopping. Bring your family, and bring your friends! Everyone is invited.

The church is located at 654 Route 32 and Ridge Road in Highland Mills. Please call 928-6177 or go to www.highlandmillsumc.org for more information.

Goshen – According to an article in the Times Herald-Record by Chris McKenna, “A second attempt this year to authorize the sale of Orange County’s Valley View Center for Nursing Care and Rehabilita-tion failed on Thursday when Republican supporters failed to win any Democratic converts and muster a 14-vote superma-jority on the county Legislature.”

Assemblyman James Skoufis (D-Woodbury) - expressed his strong support for the Orange County Legislature’s vote to reject the sale of Valley View nursing home. Skoufis spoke in defense of the facility at the November 13th public hearing and has consistently fought efforts to privatize our nursing home, arguing Valley View is one of the most financially prudent departments in Orange County, show-ing significant cost reductions in re-cent years and now only requiring less than one percent of the entire county budget to sustain operations. Selling our nursing home would also threaten quality care for its seniors and veterans as well as put hundreds of local, mid-dle-class jobs at risk.

“Orange County seniors and vet-erans rely on Valley View to provide affordable, high-quality care, and we

simply can’t lose such a vital com-munity resource,” said Assemblyman Skoufis. “I commend those legislators who have stood up and recently voted to fully-fund Valley View for the com-ing year. I now call on the county ad-ministration to move on from its ob-session with selling our nursing home and, instead, constructively work with legislators to find real solutions.”

While many argue that privatization would help balance the county bud-get, Skoufis noted that Valley View has shown significant year-to-year savings by finding ways to cut costs and increase efficiencies. In fact, recent reports show that legacy costs from a sale would be the equivalent to the current operating costs.

“In addition to providing high-quality health care, Valley View provides good-paying, local jobs here in the Hudson Valley,” said Skoufis. “The people have spoken, the courts have spoken and now county officials have made it clear – Valley View is too important to our seniors, our veterans, and their families. It’s time for the county administration to abandon its stop-at-nothing mission to sell our nursing home and instead work together to find a solution that is in the best interest of our local community.”

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Come join us at St. Joseph’s School from 8:00AM-1:00PM for an unofficial kickoff to the holiday season with a scrumptious morning breakfast.

Santa will be there too for pictures with the kids!

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Central Valley - Great men lead us all to do great things. This truly is the legacy of the late John Burke.

John believed in community and teamwork, and on Saturday he would have been proud to see both of these at work as the St. Patricks 7th grade CYO basketball team ran an “all you can eat” pancake fundraiser at Applebees in the Woodbury Commons.

The team worked together flawlessly to make this a successful event, raising $1,000 for the newly established John Burke Scholarship Fund. The fund will be used to award scholarships to stu-dents who show a strong commitment to community service and/or sports. If anyone would like to donate, please contact Martha at the following email address: pabmar@optimum.net

CYO Basketball team: Michael Fuchs, Dylan Beers, Jordan Schoen, Pablo Quinones, Jack Harris, William Fuchs, Joshua Kuwent, Aidan Cappuzo – served pancakes at Applebees for John Burke Scholarship. Photo provided

John Burke Scholarship breakfast raised $1,000 St. Patrick’s 7th grade CYO basketball team served pancakes at Applebees

By Martha Lopez

By Benjamin Meyers

Woodbury, NY - The Woodbury Town Board has confirmed the addition of two part-time police officers during their November 6th meeting. The of-ficers are Nelson Izquirdo and Carlos Castro, both of whom are retired from the New York Police Department.

Chief Richard Vasquez thanks the Board members for their work during the hiring process. There were a num-ber of applicants for the two positions and the Chief also thanked Desiree Potvin our Town Clerk for her assis-tance with civil service rules and other related hiring procedures. He said that

Sergeant John Burke and Officer Scott Danielson were part of the interview panel. The Chief said, “We had ap-proximately seventeen candidates and we interviewed approximately ten. We narrowed it down to the two candi-dates you see here today. They bring a wealth of knowledge and are both eager to learn from the dedicated officers in our department. Both officers will start field training next week. I welcome you both to the Town of Woodbury Police Department.”

More information is found in the Meetings Summary of the Town of Woodbury in this edition.

Woodbury has two new part-time Police Officers, pictured with Chief Richard Vasquez. On the left is Nelson Izquirdo and Carlos Castro is on right of the Chief. Both are retired NYPD officers…New York’s Finest. Photo provided

Two Part-time Officers added to Police Dept.Retired NYPD Officers are twenty-one year veterans of “NYPD’s Finest”

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A “Callahan Christmas” at the GatehouseThe 20th annual celebration brought visions of Christmas past and a story retold Central Valley - Another community tradition, the annual “Callahan Christmas” Open House - the 20th celebration - was again hosted by the Woodbury Historical Society’s Gatehouse Committee this Sunday. The “Callahan Christmas” celebration has become a favorite for all who come and is a wonderful way to begin this time of the year with joy and good cheer.

The celebration also continued a tradition that began two years ago. Canned goods and other non-perishable grocery items were donated for the Woodbury Food Pantry at the Highland Mills United Methodist Church. In the true spirit of the holidays the beautiful chestnut wood staircase in the Gatehouse was filled with food for those less fortunate in our community.

“The Gatehouse” in Central Valley was once the entrance to a large estate called “Proctoria” which was the residence of vaudeville impresario and theater owner Frederick Freeman Proctor. Built in 1912, the Gatehouse later became the home of the Callahan family which included Mr. and Mrs. Callahan plus their nine children.

It was a family tradition that each year after Thanksgiving, Mrs. Callahan closed the door to the dining room and then set the table with her finest lace tablecloth, silver, crystal, and candle centerpiece. Each day she would bake delicious cookies, cakes and other treats and then place them around the table on china plates. Sprigs of evergreen surrounded the plates to highlight her special treats. Each night after dinner, the nine Callahan children excitedly entered the room and selected a plate of “goodies” to enjoy with the family. The next day, Mrs. Callahan replenished the supply and the tradition was repeated until Christmas arrived.

The Gatehouse Committee was pleased to carry on this tradition to honor the Callahan family as well as to thank the Woodbury community and the committee members who has been so supportive in preserving the Gatehouse and making its numerous programs and exhibits possible.

Dorothy Morris, one of the founders of Woodbury’s historic Gatehouse Committee explains how Christmas was celebrated by the Callahan family who lived there years ago. Photo by Ben Meyers

North Main Elementary - 8th Annual St. Jude’s Basketball ClassicCome cheer on your favorite team!

Monroe - North Main Elementary School is hosting its 8th annual St. Ju-de’s Basketball Classic at the Monroe-Woodbury High School gym on Fri-day, November 21, 2014. The yellow team, led by Assistant Principal Kari-na Acevedo, will be playing against the blue team, led by Principal Matthew Kravatz.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and tip-off is at 7:00 p.m. Advance tickets, $5 per adult and $3 per child under the age of 12, are available through the North Main PTA and can be purchased by calling 845-460-6800. Tickets will be available at the door for $7 per adult ticket and $3 per child under the age of 12.

All proceeds from the game will ben-efit the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, a cause near and dear to the heart of North Main Elementary fami-lies. Eight years ago, a student from the

school passed away after battling leu-kemia. After his passing, his parents asked that any donations be made in his memory.

Each year since his passing, North Main elementary faculty have played the basketball game in his honor.  Since the inception of the basketball game eight years ago, North Main has raised more than $61,000.

“It is an absolute privilege to play the game each year.  It is a friendly, yet competitive game. More than anything else, we hope to teach all our students about the importance of giving to oth-ers who may be stricken by this terrible disease. On behalf of our entire school community, Ms. Acevedo and I wish to thank everyone who comes out to sup-port this worthy cause and wish every-one a memorable holiday season,” Mat-thew Kravatz said.

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Discover why living with purpose is vital to your health and well-being!

By Maria Blon

Are you just making it through your days, plugging along, hoping that life will become better soon? You are not alone. A 2014 Well-being Gallup poll discovered that only thirty-seven per-cent of Americans are thriving with a sense of purpose.

Why is having a sense of purpose so important to our well-being? As Holo-caust survivor Viktor E. Frankl found in his studies of the Nazi death camps,

“Life is never made unbearable by cir-cumstances, but only by lack of mean-ing and purpose.” Certainly we all long to live not only a bearable, but a joyful life filled with passion and purpose.

But, how do we do this? I have some ideas for you. First, here are 3 mis-takes to avoid if you want to live a pas-sionate life:

1. Following someone else’s dream.

2. Have you ever done this or know someone who is? No fun, is it? We all have our own dreams, which we are meant to follow. Sometimes we forget. Remember back to what you longed for as a child.

3. Not taking risks.4. Following our passion takes

us out of our comfort zone, which means that we need to take risks. If you are not willing to try something scary and take a risk for a better life, you will keep getting the life you are in now.

5. Quitting too soon.6. Forging a new trail that

nobody has traveled before can be very scary and often there are many challenges to face and overcome along the way, so quitting is tempting. In order to keep going, take time to use the LOVE formula which I explain below.

LOVE Formula • Let go of what is not working in your life. Start small, taking time to even clean out a place in your home or work space is a good start. • Open your mind to new possibilities. If an idea comes to you, instead of thinking of all the reasons it won’t work, write the idea down. That is a beginning to new possibilities. You may even write down why you like this idea or maybe why it seems scary. • Vision: create a new vision for your life which revolves around your dreams, passion and purpose

in life. You may begin by writing down what is important to you, collecting pictures that have the feeling of what you would enjoy. Have fun creating a picture and story about what you would like your life to be. • Experience Everything: Life has its ups and downs, both of which are there for us to learn from, so feel all of it. We learn from feeling how life is going. When something doesn’t go well, what is the lesson in that experience? How can you use that learning for your next project? When something goes well, celebrate and share your joy with people around you. You will be lighting up the world with your passion and showing people how to live through your journey.

Maria Blon and twenty-one inspiring co-authors have learned about living with purpose at www.PeopleLivingPassionately.com.  She can be reached at (845) 313-2853. Her new book “Living Passionately” will be available in audio by November 10th, 2014 and print plus e-book in January 2015.

Woodbury Parks Commission members gather at the Gatehouse Remembrance Garden to remember Nancy Simpson. She was a long time member who passed away this year. The commissioners bought and dedicated a brick for the garden’s patio in her memory. From left are Marty Nask, Mary Porcu, Willa Freiband, Denice da Cuna, and Commission Chairman Fred Ungerer. Photo by Ben Meyers

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Woodbury Community Associa-tion grill masters provided hot dogs and toasted rolls for everyone who had come to the ceremony. A flag was raised on a nearby staff as the Troop and Legion members saluted. The Pledge of Allegience was repeated as the assemblage stood at attention. This official ceremony is an annual service held by the Troop and Post 779.

Top: Scouts prepare to retire Flags at the Gatehouse, their Troop’s meeting site. Photo by Ben Meyers.

Bottom: A large U.S. Flag re-ceives an honorable retirement as Boy Scouts of Woodbury Troop 149 commit it to flames on Saturday, Nov. 08, 2014.

U.S. Flags retired by ScoutsTroop 149 and American Legion 779 hold annual ceremony

By Benjamin Meyers

Spectrum Project’s 7th annual BreakfastSt. Joseph’s School in New Windsor

Sunday 11/23/14: The Spec-trum Project Foundation will hold their 7th Annual Breakfast fundraiser from 8:00am-1:00pm at the St. Joseph’s School, located at 148 Windsor Highway, New Windsor, NY 12553. Opposite Guardian Storage.

The Spectrum Project is a local organization that supports our local children and families with autism and related disabilities.

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One evening this past September, fif-teen individuals sat nervously and neatly lined up in rows in the Wood-bury Police Department (WPD) class-room. They were the new recruits and were patiently awaiting directions from Sergeant Kevin Phillips .

Clad in matching WPD-issued polo shirts embroidered with the police logo and badge, some wondered if they had made the right decision to join the academy. Sergeant Phillips said they would move fast and would cover a lot: things like traffic stops, tactical response, self-defense and patrolling the streets of Woodbury. There was no turning back now.

Although it sounds like these indi-viduals might be WPD’s newest po-lice officer recruits, they are not. In fact, they are Woodbury’s local busi-ness owners, retail clerks, ambulance members, psychotherapists, retired police officers, writers, college students and daycare providers. They are your neighbors and friends...and now, they are the proud graduates of WPD’s first Citizen’s Police Academy.

Topics covered in the ten-week acade-my included; laws of arrest, use of force, patrol procedures, the court system, narcotics, crime scene processing, inves-tigations, defensive tactics, vehicle stops and tactical response. Many hands-on practical exercises and demonstrations were interspersed between lectures. Each week, different WPD officers pre-sented material within their areas of expertise in an interactive and interest-ing manner. At the conclusion of the

program, each student got to do a “ride-a-long” where they accompanied an of-ficer on his normal shift. The students watched first hand as officers conducted traffic stops, made arrests, resolved al-tercations and assisted at medical calls and motor vehicle accidents.

According to WPD Chief Richard Vasquez, “the goals of the academy were to give the students an understanding of how their local law enforcement agency works and to gain a long-lasting part-nership with the citizens of Woodbury.” The graduates were in agreement that Chief Vasquez and his department clearly hit the mark. They came away from the experience realizing how hard WPD officers work and the many skills and abilities they possess. Throughout the 10 weeks, the students have gained a heightened appreciation for the sacri-fices and bravery that the officers exhibit as they risk their lives daily to ensure

the community’s safety. Last week as the academy was drawing to a close, the graduates didn’t want it to end and requested that there be a “Part 2” class offered immediately. One thing was for sure, joining the WPD Citizen’s Police

Academy was one the best decisions these 15 “recruits” ever made!

Note: The WPD will hold another Citizen’s Police Academy in 2015. For further information or to get on the waiting list call them at 845-928-2341.

The first graduation class of the Woodbury Citizen’s Police Academy. Photo provided

WPD’s first Citizen’s Police Academy - Graduation Many hands-on practical exercises and demonstrations were interspersed between lectures

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Highland Mills - Hosted by Highland Mills Methodist Church, a tradition, American Legion Post 779 and resi-dents of Woodbury paid homage to America’s veterans – past and present.

The ceremony followed the same for-mat as in past years. Bill Doyle opened it and called for the Color Guard to present the Colors and led the Pledge of Allegiance. Fred Ungerer offered prayer which was followed by everyone singing America the Beautiful support-ed by organist Dennis Williams and Joe Marshall playing trumpet.

Dr. Ray “Doc” Cooper spoke about the meaning of Veterans Day and as he did so he had a slide show I the back-ground depicting typical veterans from the Revolutionary War through today’s Soldier, Sailor, Marine, Airman and Coast Guardsman. Cooper military ca-reer embraced not only the Navy and

Marines but many other teaching and serving particularly in the medical field. His tribute was inspiring to everyone in the church. Go to www.woodbury gazette.com and read “Doc’s” tribute.

Pastor Darlene E. R. Resling offered the benediction and then those in at-tendance walked to the Veterans Me-morial at the Cemetery of the High-lands where Bill Doyle laid a wreath and Joe Marshall played Taps to end the remembrance ceremony.

Also there followed another wonderful tradition as veterans and residents enjoyed a luncheon sponsored and served by the Cemetery of the Highlands and organized by JoAnne Sullivan. JoAnne always cooks two of the most delicious pots of soup every year, lentil and chicken soups this year. Finally, many thanks to JoAnne for a lot of effort that she expends for veterans through all seasons of the year.

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What prompts you to give?  When you see a need around you, what is it that causes you to want to reach out and help?  For me, I’ve found that when my faith is strong, my desire to give is strong.  But when my faith is weak, my desire to give is weak. 

It seems that the more I’m able to trust God with my life and my resources, the more I’m able to let go

of the things that I would try to hang onto otherwise.Faith gives.  And when God sees our faith and our

giving, He loves to bless us back in return.Take a look at what happened to a man in the

Bible named Cornelius when he gave to others in re-sponse to his faith.  Cornelius was a commander in the Roman army and even though he wasn’t Jewish, he was a devout and God-fearing man who prayed to God regularly and gave generously to those in need. 

Here’s what happened to Cornelius as recorded in Acts chapter 10:

“One day at about three in the afternoon he had a vision. He distinctly saw an angel of God, who came to him and said, ‘Cornelius!’ 

“Cornelius stared at him in fear. ‘What is it, Lord?’ he asked. 

“The angel answered, ‘Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God. Now send men to Joppa to bring back a man named Simon who is called Peter. He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea’ ” (Acts 10:3-6). 

Cornelius sent for Peter, who came in response to a vision of his own that God had given him.  Peter shared with Cornelius the good news about Christ.  Cornelius and the large crowd who came to his house to see Peter were baptized with water and the Holy Spirit.

God honored Cornelius’ prayers and gifts.  They had made their way up to God as a memorial offer-ing to Him.  And God poured out his blessing back on Cornelius.

Faith gives and God sees - those gifts.  They are a natural response to the faith that God wells up inside of you.  Your giving is a practical way to love God and love others.

I remember telling some friends about all that God had been doing in and through my life one time.  When I finished, one of the people listening to me reached into his pocket and pulled out all the money

he had.  He put it in my hand.I was totally caught off guard.  Why was he giving

me money?  I had just been telling them about what God was doing in the world and in my life.  I knew this man didn’t have money to spare.  I tried a few times to put it back into his hands, but he wouldn’t take it.  One of my other friends finally pulled me aside to the kitchen and said to me, “He’s giving that money to God, not to you.  As you’re telling him about the power of God to work in people’s lives, God’s working on his heart and this is the way he wants to respond.  Please don’t try to stop what God is doing in his life by giving the money back.”

This man was growing in his faith as he listened to my stories, and his desire to do something in re-sponse swelled up within him.  When God increases our faith, he also increases our desire and willingness to give.

Are there needs around you that God might be prompting you to support with your prayers and gifts?  Is God trying to increase your faith so that when a need arises, you’ll be able to meet it with both your faith and your giving?

God wants you to be devout and God-fearing like Cornelius, praying and giving generously to those who have needs.  When you do, know that God will not overlook your prayers and gifts.  He loves to bless the hearts of those who bless His heart, just like He blessed Cornelius and everyone who came to his house to hear the good news about Christ.

Prayer: Father, increase my faith and increase my will-ingness to give at the same time. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Eric is an ordained pastor and a technology expert, having worked as a technology researcher for a Fortune 10 corporation for nine years prior to going into full-time ministry in 1995. USA Today to called him “a new breed of evangelist,” referring to his groundbreaking work of sharing Christ over the Internet with thousands each day in over 160 countries. You’re reading lesson 10 in ACTS: LESSONS IN FAITH by Eric Elder featuring thirty inspiring devotionals. www.theranch.org

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

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By Benjamin Meyers

The shopping deals, sales, fun, bring thousands of shoppers from all around the world – all coming ini-tially to buy holiday gifts. The topic of Black Friday overshadows an important day. Thanksgiving! It began long before the Mayflower folks arrived, and normally it has been celebrated as a harvest celebra-tion. A day of thanksgiving began when Moses was told by his God to set in order holy days to thank and praise Him. In Leviticus 7:15 Moses command-ed “And the flesh  of  the sacrifice  of  his peace  offer-ings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered;…” and after the captivity of Israel and Judah, about 444 BC, the prophet Nehemiah re-establishes the lost Laws of Moses in chapter 12 of the Book of Nehemiah… “For in the  days  of  David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.”So how, and why, should we give thanks? Here is a selec-tion of just a few Bible passages that are solid for both Jew and Christian. King David really knew how to praise and thank his God. You can be thankful under all cir-cumstances whether you are rich, poor, healthy, ill, and free or prisoner. It all depends how you perceive life – and how you see God working to supply your needs.I wish you all an enjoyable Thanksgiving with your families, friends and special loved ones. Thank God for his goodness and mercies.

• “Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men! For He satisfies the

longing soul, And fills the hungry soul with goodness.” Psalm 107:8-9 • “Praise the LORD! Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? Who can declare all His praise?” Psalm 106:1-2 • “I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.” Psalm 69:30

• Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Phil. 4:6

• “As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.” Colossians 2:6-7 (NKJV)

• Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NKJV) • “Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.” Psalm 100:4

The The American whaler Essex, which hailed from Nantucket, Massachusetts, is attacked by an 80-ton sperm whale 2,000 miles from the western coast of South America.

The 238-ton Essex was in pursuit of sperm whales, specifically the precious oil and bone that could be derived from them, when an enraged bull whale rammed the ship twice and capsized the vessel. The 20 crew members escaped in three open boats, but only five of the men survived the harrowing 83-day journey to the coastal waters of South America, where they were picked up by other ships. Most of the crew resorted to cannibalism during the long journey, and at one point men on one of the long boats drew straws to determine which of the men would be shot in order to provide sustenance for the others. Three other men who had been left on a desolate Pacific island were saved later.

The first capture of a sperm whale by an American vessel was in 1711, marking the birth of an important American industry that commanded a fleet of more

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Michael A. NodhturftFebruary 18, 1959-November 17, 2014

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Central Valley - Michael A. Nodhturft, a thirty-year resident of Central Valley, NY, passed away Monday, November 17, 2014 at Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern, NY. He was 55 years old. Son of the late John C. and Eileen Eichner Nodhturft, he was born February 18, 1959 in Bronx, NY. Michael was a retired Truck Driver with Mindich Enterprizes, Inc. of Haverstraw, New York.

Survivors include his wife, Barbara Perry Nodhturft of Central Valley, NY; his son Michael A. Nodhturft II and his wife Mallory of Highland Mills, NY; his daughter Casie E. Grasso and her husband Michael of Highland Mills, NY; his brothers: John, James and Robert Nodhturft all of Washingtonville, NY; his sister Eileen Nodhturft of Stony Point, NY; his grandchildren: Marina, Mackenzie, Mia & Michael; and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his sister Catherine Nodhturft.

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Surround children with Wi-Fi all day at school? Let’s see how it affects them…

By Dawn Hoagland

Let’s surround our children with Wi-Fi all day at school and home and see how it affects them. Do we really want our children to be included in this ex-periment?

Does everyone know that the electro-magnetic field that is created by wire-less mobile devices such as cell phones, tablets, and laptops is made up of mi-crowaves? These are the same electro-magnetic waves created by our micro-wave ovens that are powerful enough to cook our dinner, make popcorn, or boil water.

The oven has walls which are de-signed to confine the microwaves in-side. We hold cell phones close to our temple which is the thinnest part of our skull as they emit waves that are con-necting to the nearest tower. Laptop computers are now prevalent in almost every school in America. Many other electronic devices and appliances such as desktop computers, televisions and microwave ovens all emit similar radia-tion, but there are certain aspects that make laptop radiation unique.

Laptops have internal parts that heat up and radiate. Laptops are often placed on or near laps. Girls risk exposing all of the eggs with which they were born, and are stored in their ovaries, to DNA damage from close exposure to radia-tion. This can cause sterility or a birth defect which would be continuously replicated for generations because DNA damage is permanent.

Is it safe to subject children, who have smaller bodies, thinner skulls and less ability to deal with toxins, to electro-magnetic frequency (EMF) pollution? Some students are now complaining that school makes them feel sick. They complain of headaches, dizziness, heart

palpitations or nausea. It could be that just like some percentage of the popu-lation has an allergic reaction to pea-nuts or fish, some students are highly sensitive to EMF pollution to the point that even supposedly “safe levels” of ra-diation makes them ill.

Barrie Trower, a former Royal Navy Microwave Weapons expert, states that there exists 8,300 military papers prov-ing microwave frequencies found in our wireless mobile devices can cause severe neurological and physical dam-age. He knows from his past experience during the Cold War that microwaves were specifically used to target women protestors. Mr. Trower said in an inter-view “that anyone who puts Wi-Fi into a school should be locked up.”

“When you put Wi-Fi in schools, what you are saying is for the sake of a little bit of money that saves getting workmen in to drill holes through the walls to feed cable because it is cheaper, we’re just going to put Wi-Fi in, but you can have genetically damaged children for the rest of your family’s career.” – Barrie Tower *

France is moving toward a ban on Wi-Fi in children’s classrooms. One French municipality has already re-moved it from all of their schools and are planning to remove it from their public buildings as well. That does not mean that they are not using comput-ers or phones. They have replaced the Wi-Fi with fiber optic cables that are safe and actually more reliable. They are using the precautionary principle. Better safe than sorry.

Because EMF pollution is invisible and its effects may not be seen for years, we are forging ahead with a ter-rible experiment. I don’t think we can

even call it an experiment actually. Since there are 8,300 reports already clearly documenting the dangers of radiation from microwaves, and there are alternatives available, what is be-ing done is just plain wrong.

The information has been sup-pressed and is not included in the daily talking points delivered on every main-stream channel. So unless our own children are complaining of headaches and heart palpitations while at school, we may not be motivated to seek out the information that is readily avail-able on the internet. Check out Natu-ralnews.com “The widely unreported dangers of electromagnetic pollution” for more information. Just do a search for EMF pollution dangers. Plenty of evidence exists to cause one to take this threat seriously.

In the 1950’s, the big tobacco compa-nies controlled the medical and science journals. The Journal of the American Medical Association ran full page ads for Camel cigarettes. There were ads featuring pictures of doctors smoking, insisting that “Doctors Smoke More Camels than Any Other Cigarette.” The journals were filled with articles extol-ling the benefits of smoking.

Eventually, after enough people had died from lung cancer and a class ac-tion lawsuit was filed on their behalf, big tobacco had to pay up and shut up. In fact they had to start including warning labels on their cigarette pack-ages. Will we have to wait for vast num-bers of children to become ill, sterile or even die before we insist on getting Wi- Fi out of our schools and our pub-lic buildings?

Perhaps this issue hasn’t even oc-curred to most people because our

homes are filled with Wi-Fi. Every hotel and business advertises its pres-ence as an enticement. We live near cell phone towers. We walk around next to people on their cell phones and iPads even if we don’t own one. It is worse than second-hand smoke. We can’t see it. We can’t get away from it.

Are pregnant women and young girls aware that it can alter the DNA of their fetus or the eggs in their ova-ries? That is such a chilling thought. The health of future generations is at stake here and we are not think-ing about that. We are not thinking about our children at school either. These EMF’s can cause disruption in a child’s ability to concentrate. Some people hand a baby a cell phone to play with. What are we doing?

We are electrical beings. If these waves are able to penetrate walls of buildings and cars, they are certainly able to penetrate our bodies. And chil-dren’s bodies are smaller, not fully de-veloped, less protected and more vul-nerable. We know in hospitals to be careful around people with pacemak-ers because a cell phone can instigate cardio-respiratory issues. Why are we not being careful with our children?

Wi-Fi in our homes is a bad idea .We can revert to corded phones and desk top computers with direct cable hook-ups. It may be less convenient but is the convenience of Wi-Fi worth risking permanently damaging the DNA of our children and our children’s children? Can we at least start talking about it?

*Wifi, Microwaves and the Conse-quences to our Health - Barrie Trower

Dawn Hoagland can be contacted at commoncoreisnotok@gmail.com

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