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Town Board meeting By Desiree Potvin, Clerk for the Town of WoodburyWoodbury - Summary Town Board Meetings held in December, 2015

Adoption of 2016 Holiday Schedule: The Town buildings will be closed on the following dates in 2016: January 1 (New Year’s Day), January 18 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), February 15 (President’s Day), May 30 (Memorial Day), July 4 (In-dependence Day), September 5 (Labor Day), October 10 (Columbus Day), No-vember 11 (Veteran’s Day), November 24 (Thanksgiving Day), November 25 (Day After Thanksgiving), December 26 (Christ-mas Day Observed).

Renewal of Shared Services Agreement - Cornwall Animal Control: The Board au-thorized the Supervisor to sign the renewal agreement with the Town of Cornwall with regards to the Town of Woodbury sharing our Animal Control Services with them. It was noted this agreement is the same as the one approved last year but contains an in-crease to the amount charged to Cornwall per off-duty call (from $75 to $100).

Pilgrim Pipeline Proposal - Lead Agen-cy Status: A copy of a letter dated Decem-ber 7, 2015 was received from the City of Albany to the NYS Thruway Authority and the NYSDEC regarding Lead Agency for the Pilgrim Pipeline application.

The application is for twin pipelines, 170 miles long, which would cut along the east-ern edge of the Catskill region (along Inter-state 87) carrying crude oil south from Al-bany and gasoline north from New Jersey refineries. The NYS Thruway Authority, in a letter dated November 16, 2015, declared its intent to assume Lead Agency status.

In their letter, the City of Albany feels strongly that the NYSDEC should be Lead Agent, not the NYS Thruway Authority. Supervisor Ralph Caruso stated he is in agreement with the City of Albany, not-ing the pipeline will run through numer-ous municipalities and that the NYSDEC would be the best entity to represent the interests of all effected.

Councilman Frank Palermo stated the Board was not informed about this subject and feels that writing a letter on behalf of the Board was not appropriate. He does not have faith in the DEC based on past decisions they have made (he cited as an example the DEC granting Kiryas Joel lead agency on their pipeline application).

Supervisor Caruso noted the Board re-ceived, via email, the November 16 NYS Thruway Authority letter as well as the De-cember 7 City of Albany letter. The Novem-ber 16 letter stated that if a response was to be made it was required by December 16. He further noted that the Villages of Harri-man and Woodbury also sent letters stating the DEC and not the Thruway Authority should be lead agency on the Pilgrim Pipe-line application.

He asked the Board if they would like him to send a retraction but no one com-mented further.

Tax Cap - Request to Reform: Through the Orange County Association of Town/Cities/Villages, a letter was received from

Patrick Keem, Town of Orchard Park Town Supervisor, requesting support to urge the Governor to reform the Tax Cap legislation.

Keem feels this legislation has imposed fis-cal stress upon municipalities in their efforts to comply with the current requirements and is not applied in an equitable manner among all governments. He is asking all municipali-ties to sign and send a letter to the Governor requesting that the Tax Cap Legislation be revisited and amended in such ways as to al-leviate the stress on all municipalities.

Town Clerk Desiree Potvin noted that the State Comptroller has announced that the allowable levy growth factor (tax cap) for those municipalities with fiscal years that begin June 1, 2016 will be 0.12%. This is due to the fact that pursuant to the tax cap law, the allowable levy growth fac-tor is 2% or the CPI, whichever is less.

Supervisor Caruso then asked the Board how they wished to proceed and asked whether a letter should be sent to the Governor as requested. Councilwoman Marilyn Prestia stated she is not in favor of supporting the request and no further comments were received.

Boy Scout Troop Eagle Scout Project: A presentation was made by Boy Scout Brian Conlon with regards to his Eagle Scout project.

Brian indicated that he would like to complete his project at Earl Reservoir by building three exercise stations and cre-ating a map detailing the length of a lap around the lake for joggers. Councilman Robert Hunter asked if the exercise sta-tions will be secure and Brian said yes. The Board approved the project as proposed.

Resolution Appointing Hearing Offi-cer: The Board adopted the following reso-lution to appoint a hearing officer:

WHEREFORE, Ralph Caruso, Town Su-pervisor, on behalf of the Town Board, has filed Charges of Misconduct and Incompe-tence No. 01-2015 dated October 17, 2015 pursuant to Section 75 of the New York Civil Service Law;

WHEREFORE, Supervisor Caruso, on behalf of the Town Board, filed Amended and Additional Charges of Misconduct and Incompetence No 02-2015 dated Decem-ber 9, 2015 pursuant to Section 75 of the New York Civil Service Law;

WHEREFORE, pursuant to Section 75 of the New York Civil Service Law, a hear-ing on Charges of Misconduct and Incom-petence No. 01-2015 and No. 02-2015 will be held before a hearing officer, who shall make a record of such hearing, which shall, with the hearing officer’s recommenda-tions, be referred to the Town Board for review and decision on the Charges of Mis-conduct and Incompetence.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board appoints Robert Ponzini, Esq. as hearing officer to conduct the hearing on the Charges of Misconduct and Incompetence No. 01-2015 and No. 02-2015. The date and time of such hearing will be determined at a later date.

www.woodburyGazette.com January 28, 2016 3Village Board meeting By Desiree Potvin, Clerk for the Village of WoodburyWoodbury - Summary for the Village Board Meeting held in December, 2015

Various Employee/Employment Is-sues: The Board authorized the Mayor to sign employment agreements with Michael Phillips as Water/Sewer Administrator, Robert Weyant as Village Streets Superin-tendent and the Highway Employees. The Village also approved the employment of Robert Brady as full-time Fire Inspector and Gary Green as temporary operator of the Trout Brook Well Pump Station. The Board also accepted the resignation of Da-vid Sutz from the position of Village Trust-ee effective December 31, 2015.

Street Lighting Issues: The Board re-scinded their plan to install Orange & Rockland approved street lighting in the West Point Farms development. The Board then approved a proposal to install street lighting on Schunnemunk Road at a one-time contribution amount of $6564.00 and an increase to the Village street lighting bill of approximately $48.26 per month, plus market supply and fuel adjustment charges.

Resolution - Regarding Kiryas Joel Pump Station

The Board adopted the following resolu-tion determining applicability of Woodbury’s Zoning Laws to Kiryas Joel’s plan to construct a water pump station and water treatment plant within the Village of Woodbury:

WHEREAS, the Village of Kiryas Joel owns two parcels of property in Woodbury. One property is located at 14 Ridge Road in the Village’s R-1A Zoning District (3.1 acres) (“Ridge Road Property”), and the other is located at 147 Seven Springs Road in the Village’s R-2A Zoning District (30.3 acres) (“Seven Springs Road Property”); and

WHEREAS, Kiryas Joel allegedly de-sires to draw water from the New York City Catskill Aqueduct and two wells in the Town of Cornwall (Mountainville Wells) to supple-ment Kiryas Joel’s present water supply; and

WHEREAS, Kiryas Joel has not yet re-ceived all necessary approvals to connect to the New York City Catskill Aqueduct, but is proposing to construct a pump station on the Ridge Road Property, and a “Mountain-ville Well Supply” water treatment station on the Seven Springs Road Property; and

WHEREAS, under Woodbury’s Zoning

Code the construction of the water pump station and the construction of the water treatment plant each require a special per-mit and site plan approval by Woodbury’s Planning Board; and

WHEREAS, Kiryas Joel purports in a resolution that it’s water pump station and water treatment plant project on property in Woodbury is not subject to Woodbury’s zoning laws, claiming ex-emption under New York State statutory and common law; and

WHEREAS, Kiryas Joel is incorrect that the State statutes referenced by it exempts it from Woodbury’s zoning laws or other land use regulations regarding the pump station and water treatment plant project; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the decision of the New York Court of Appeals in Matter of County of Monroe, 72 N.Y. 2d 338 (1988), a common law “balancing of public interests” is required to determine whether Kiryas Joel would be exempt from the zoning and land use regulatory jurisdiction of the Village and its agencies (“Monroe Inquiry”); and

WHEREAS, the Woodbury Village Board of Trustees hereby addresses Kiryas Joel’s claimed common law exemption from Wood-bury’s zoning laws for its water pump station and treatment plant project under the balanc-ing test of Matter of County of Monroe,

NOW THEREFORE, after due delibera-tion, it is hereby

RESOLVED that the Village of Wood-bury Board of Trustees, the municipal en-tity legally entitled to conduct the Monroe Inquiry, does hereby find in accordance with the relevant balancing factors:

1. Kiryas Joel is not a legally superior ju-risdiction to the Village of Woodbury and, therefore, Kiryas Joel is not entitled to any preference regarding general municipal powers and its project.

2. There is no express grant of legislative authority to Kiryas Joel providing it immu-nity from Woodbury’s zoning laws. Although Village Law § 11-1126 provides for certain exemptions from consents regarding the lay-ing of pipe and necessary appurtenances for a connection to the New York City Aqueduct system, Kiryas Joel has not yet secured the necessary approvals and easements for such

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connection and, in any event, the exempted consents do not apply local zoning laws. Further, Village Law § 11-1110 only pro-vides for the basic legal authority for Kiryas Joel to lay and repair pipelines outside of its own Village boundaries; it does not provide for any exemption from local zoning laws in those areas outside of its own village board-ers. Nor does the court decision in Town of Woodbury, et al. v. Village of Kiryas Joel (Orange County Index No. 2877-2013) pro-vide any relief to Kiryas Joel in this regard.

3. The construction of Kiryas Joel’s water pump station and water treatment plant is for a governmental purpose, but not a gov-ernmental purpose that benefits the Village of Woodbury or its residents. Kiryas Joel’s purposeful and unnecessary placement of its water treatment plant outside of its own village borders will adversely affect the Village of Woodbury and its residents, while posing no inconvenience or impacts to the residents of Kiryas Joel.

4. Enforcement of the Woodbury’s zon-ing laws will have an insignificant effect on Kiryas Joel. Kiryas Joel simply has to make application to and appear before the Woodbury Planning Board for a special permit and site plan. This is a simple pro-cess, causing no undue delay or interfer-ence with Kiryas Joel’s project.

5. There will be a significant impact upon the legitimate local interests of Woodbury, as these properties are located on main roads and within residential districts in the Village; any structures erected on these

properties will be highly visible. These uses need to be developed in a manner that is compatible with development in the area to the greatest practical extent, as provided for in Woodbury’s zoning laws.

6. Kiryas Joel has not provided any alter-native sites for their project in their own village or in less restrictive zoning areas in Woodbury, or alternative methods of provid-ing the needed improvements. The poten-tial availability of alternative sites for these improvements (including locating the water treatment plant within Kiryas Joel), and al-ternative designs, weighs against exempting Kiryas Joel from the Woodbury’s zoning laws and land use regulatory authority.

7. Kiryas Joel has to date steadfastly refused to provide the Village of Woodbury with any meaningful participation in the project de-velopment for either the water pump station or the water treatment plant, including a rea-sonable opportunity to be heard.

and it is furtherRESOLVED, that based upon the above-

noted findings, and in accordance with the common law weighing of those findings as set forth in Matter of County of Monroe, and notwithstanding Kiryas Joel’s resolution to the contrary, Kiryas Joel is hereby required to comply with the Village of Woodbury zoning laws and land use regulatory author-ity for its proposed pump station and treat-ment plant improvements in the Village of Woodbury, and is thereby required to apply for and receive a special permit and site plan approval from the Village Planning Board.

Police asks for Public Assistance - Sexual Assault in WoodburySuspect is described as a bald/clean shaven Hispanic male with a Central American accent

By Lt. Arthur P. Abbott - Town of Woodbury Police Department

Central Valley - The Town of Woodbury Police Department is seeking assistance from the public in obtaining information relating to a sexual assault that occurred on the early morning hours of December 25th, 2015 on Ridge Road in Highland Mills.

At approximately 5:30 a.m., a female victim was walking North on Ridge Road just past Highland Lake Estates. A small, dark-color vehicle, possibly a 2 door, stopped behind the victim and a male passenger exited the vehicle; the vehicle then continued North on Ridge Road.

The male then forced the female victim into a wooded area along Ridge Road where he sexually assaulted her. After the assault, the male suspect then fled on foot, in a Northerly direction on Ridge Road towards Seven Springs Road. The suspect is described as a bald/clean shaven Hispanic male who spoke with a Central American accent.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Michael Bauer at 845.928.2341 or mbauer@woodburypolice.org

The victim recently came forward to report the incident to Law En-forcement.

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Woodbury Public Library Children’s Programs & Storytimes; February through mid-March

By Linda Geissler, Children’s Services

Babygarten

Thursdays, Feb. 4 - March 3 11:00 A.M. CV BranchOne-on-one time with an adult for ages 6 to 24 months. Registration form avail-

able at the library.

Circle Time “on my own”Tuesdays, Feb. 2 - March 1 11:00 A.M. CV Branch

Sign up for stories, finger play, songs, and crafts for ages 3 and 4. Registration form at the library.

Pre-School Stories and CraftsThursdays, Feb. 4 - March 3 1:30 P.M. CV Branch

Enjoy stories, songs, and crafts for ages 4 and Pre-K 5. Registration form avail-able at the library.

Drop-in StorytimeFridays, Jan. 29 - March 18 9:30 A.M. HM Branch

Drop-in for stories, finger play, and songs for ages 2 through 3 ½ with an adult. No registration.

Marcia the Musical MooseThursday, January 28 4:30 - 5:30 P.M. CV Branch

Enjoy guitar, magic, and puppets as little “ Maggie the Moose” seeks out her many winter friends. Program for ages 1 through 7. Call 928-2114 to sign up.

Take Your Child to the Library Day Saturday, February 6 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. CV Branch

Drop in to the library on this special day! There will be crafts and activities for all ages to get ready for Valentine’s Day! Come show us some love!

Monkey Movie MatineeFriday, February 12 1:00 to 2:30 P.M. CV Branch

Celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Monkey with a special presentation of a new Disney release about a newborn monkey and its mother. Refreshments served. Call 928-2114.

Play with FoodTuesdays, Feb. 16, 23, March 1 4:30 to 5:30 P.M. CV Branch

Grades K through 1 will experiment with everyday foods. Call 928-2114 to register.

Celebrate St. Patrick’s DayThursday, March 17 4:30 to 5:30 P.M. CV Branch

Grades K through 5 will hear an amazing story and craft a shamrock wreath. Call 928-2114 to sign up.

Spring Break Lego Building TournamentTuesday, March 22 3:30 to 5:00 P.M. HM Branch

Grades K through 6 can join in at this fun building event. Families welcome. Call 928-2114 to sign up.

Women of Woodbury offering 2016 Scholarships Applications are due by May 1st

Woodbury - Women of Woodbury is offering Scholarships to 2016 graduating students, who live in the town of Woodbury.

Applications for this scholarship will be available at the following: Monroe-Woodbury High School, Cornwall High School and John S. Burke High School guidance offices, and at these local libraries: Central Valley & Highland Mills branches.

All applicants must currently live in the Town of Woodbury. Student and Women applications are due by May 1, 2016.

For more information please call 845-928-9007 between the hours of 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. on weekdays only.

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The Monroe-Woodbury Athletic Director, Ron Montalto, would like to announce that Junior Vinny De-Paolo  is the “Athlete of the Week” for the week ending January 22, 2016, for the Monroe-Woodbury Varsity Indoor Track Team coached by Matthew Hemmer. 

Vinny is a Junior on the boys’ Var-sity Track and Field Team. He com-petes in sprints, jumps, and hurdles. His specialty is the pole vault. Earlier this month Vinny returned to ac-

tion after rehabbing a broken clavicle suffered in the offseason. This past weekend, in only his second meet back from the injury, Vinny set an in-door personal best record in the pole vault with a jump of 12 feet 1 inch. This mark earned him 5th place hon-ors. Vinny will continue his come-back as we move into the champion-ship season. With lofty goals in his sights, the coaches are excited to see how this season plays out for Vinny.

Congratulations Vinny!

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Chinese Lunar New Year – The Year of MonkeyBy Shelyn Yang

Central Valley - The Orange County Chinese  As-sociation and Chinese Schools will be hosting the Lunar New Year celebration. The gala will be held on February 6th, 2016 from 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM at the Monroe Woodbury Middle School in Central Valley. 

Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival has thou-sands years of history and is an important holiday for Chinese and other Asian people. At this tradi-tional event, families come together to celebrate, the same as the Christmas Day for westerners. The Lunar New Year day is different each year and usually between January and February. There are twelve animals in the Chinese Zodiac in a twelve-year cycle. The monkey is the ninth animal in the cycle and 2016 lunar year is the Year of Monkey. The New Year Day of this year is on February 8th.

To celebrate the exciting cultural holiday as a community, The celebratory production will in-clude traditional Chinese songs sung by profes-sional musicians, performances by students of the Chinese school, a spectacular Kung-Fu show, and much more entertainment to showcase the diver-sity of Chinese culture.

During the show, raffle tickets will be offered for sale. All proceeds from the raffle will be used for the benefit of the Orange County Chinese School. The show is free to the public. 

At the conclusion of the performance, we invite our guests to enjoy a catered Chinese buffet dinner. Tickets are $12 for nonmembers, and will be available for purchase at the door. For information, please contact Dr. Wu at www.wuk2014a@gmail.com, or, (845)282-3635.

Chinese songs sung by professional musicians and performances by students of the Chinese school, spectacular dancing (shown above) Kung-Fu show, and much more entertainment will be showcasing the diver-sity of Chinese culture. Photo provided

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Woodbury Library - Computer Science Education WeekBy Linda Geissler

By starting early, children will develop critical computer science skills for 21st century success. Hour of Code is a nationwide initia-tive. Photo provided

On December 7 and December 11, Woodbury Public Library was one of 18 libraries in the Ramapo Catskill Library System to introduce young patrons to an Hour of Code™ during Computer Science Education Week.

Designed to demystify code and show that anyone can learn the basics of computer programming, two ses-sions of the Hour of Code for students in grades 1 through 8 provided a well-received introduction to computer sci-ence at the Central Valley branch.

While the program involved struc-tured tutorials that simplified coding game tasks, tech volunteer, Josh Man-ley, offered his time to provide support and answer questions.

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Studio, a web development and design firm that works with small businesses and organizations around the Hudson Valley. Coding since high school, Josh enjoys helping students discover an interest in computer science. He was joined by James Imburgia, a local col-lege student who volunteered his time to assist with the program.

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January 29, 1942Iran signs Treaty with Great Britain & USSR, 74Years agoOn this day, Britain and the USSR secure an agreement with Iran that offers the Iran protection while creating a “Persian corridor” for the Allies—a supply route from the West to Russia.

Early in the war, Iran collabo-rated with Germany by export-ing grain to the Axis power in exchange for technicians. But the Allies viewed Iran as a valuable source of oil and conveniently situated as a route for shipping Western war material east to the USSR. On August 25, 1941, both Allied powers invaded Iran (which Prime Minister Winston Churchill preferred to call “Per-sia,” so there would be no confu-sion between “Iran” and “Iraq”), the Soviets from the north and the Brits from the south. In four days, the Allies effectively controlled Iran.

On September 16, the ruling shah abdi-cated, and his 23-year-old son, Muhammad, assumed power and pushed through the Ira-nian parliament the Treaty of Alliance, which allowed the Allies freedom to move supplies through the country and gave them whatever else they needed from Iran to win the war. The new shah also vowed “not to adopt in his rela-tions with foreign countries an attitude which is inconsistent with the alliance.”

In exchange, Iran was promised wartime protection from Axis invasion—and a guar-

antee that the Allies would leave Iranian soil within six months of the close of the war.

The alliance started off shak-ily: the Soviets bought up most of Iran’s grain harvest, which caused a bread shortage and riots in the streets. Allied troops put the re-bellion down, and the United States shipped in grain to com-pensate for the losses. The Soviet Union then attempted to agitate for the overthrow of the shah by supporting the Tudeh (Farsi for “masses”) party, which the Sovi-ets believed would be more gen-erous in oil concessions. Tudeh forces did manage temporarily to take over northern Iran in De-cember 1944.

When the war ended, the Al-lies began leaving Iran as prom-

ised—except for the USSR. Complaints were made to the United Nations, and pressure was applied by the United States and Great Britain, as this was a violation of one of the terms of the Treaty of Alliance. The Soviets finally be-gan pulling out of Iran in April 1946, but as they withdrew, they continued to foster more bloody rebellions between the shah’s govern-ment and the Tudeh; the Tudeh were decisive-ly defeated in December 1946 when the shah declared martial law.

Source: History.com

Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran abdicated September 1941. Son Muhammad signs Treaty of Alliance January 29, 1942. Photo credit: en.Wikipedia

Denise Doring VanBuren to receive Woman of History Award Newburgh - Denise Doring VanBuren, (History Advocate/Author), is this year’s recipient of the Mar-tha Washington Wom-an of History Award. This award is given by Washington’s Head-quarters State Historic Site each year to a woman who has made a contribution to the history of the Hud-son Valley through education, promotion, or preservation. The honor was inspired by Martha Washington, an outstanding woman in history who resided in the Hudson Valley with her husband, General George Washington, during the last days of the Revolutionary War.

Professionally, Ms. VanBuren is Vice President of Pub-lic Relations for Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation and holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism as well as a master’s degree in business administration. Ms. VanBuren’s vol-unteer work, especially in history, is extensive. She has been a member of the Daughters of the American Revo-lution since 1988, and currently is Or-ganizing Secretary General, as well as the Executive Liaison, to seven sepa-rate national committees.

She also serves as Editor-in-Chief of American Spirit and Daughters news-letters. Ms.VanBuren is also actively involved in several other non-profit organizations, serving on the boards

of Dutchess Commu-nity College, the Sam-uel F.B. Morse Locust Grove Historic Site, the Hudson River Valley Institute at Marist Col-lege, and the Dutchess County Historical So-ciety, to name a few. She is a five-term past president of the Bea-con Historical Society and a co-author of two books Historic Beacon and Beacon Revisited, as well.

In addition, she has been recognized with numerous other awards, including the 2005 Dutchess County Historical Society’s Dutchess Award. In 2007, she was pre-sented with the high-est award of the Com-munity Foundation of

Dutchess County in recognition of her volunteerism and in 2010 was honored by the Mount Gulian Historic Site for her accomplishments in local, state and national historic preservation work. In 2014, Marist College presented Ms. VanBuren with the President’s Award for Community Service and this past December, she received the Joseph A. Bonura Award for Leadership from Mount St. Mary College.

The award presentation will take place on Sunday, March 13th, during the Women’s History Month program, The General’s Lady. The public is wel-come to attend the program, starting at 3:00 PM. For further details or direc-tions, call 845-562-1195.

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What can you do when your back is up against the wall, when you can’t go forward, and when you feel like God doesn’t want you to go backward? Some-times the best thing to do is the hardest thing to do: to “stand firm.”

A few years ago, my family was moving from Texas to Illinois. We had a very short timeframe to sell our

house and make the move. As I prayed about it, I felt God wanted us to make the move between Febru-ary 15th and February 28th, a two week window of time—that was less than two months away.

I was fighting for my faith on this one. I felt I was supposed to sell the house without a realtor, which can often take longer than with a realtor, and I didn’t have any time to lose. Then I got a letter from a realtor that almost totally undid my faith. It read:

“It’s now been a couple of weeks since you began try-ing to sell your house by yourself, and for your sake I do hope you will be successful—although the odds are not with you. I say this because currently in this area there are some 470 full-time real estate professionals who are working seven days a week to sell homes like yours. Yet even with so many professionals on the job, it is still taking an average of 30-120 days to get a listed home sold. Now, if it takes 470 full-time professionals over four months to get a house sold, how long will it take you—working part-time by yourself?”

I wondered what to do. It was critical that we sell our house quickly. Then I was reminded of the Israel-ites in Exodus, chapter 14.

They had just been set free from Egypt when God led them right up to the edge of the Red Sea. Pharaoh had changed his mind again, wondering why he had let his slaves go free. He took his chariots and chased after the Israelites, threatening to put them into bond-age again. The Israelites saw their captors coming and cried out to Moses:

“Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!” (Exo-dus 14:11-12).

Sometimes we wonder the same thing. We finally get free from something that has enslaved us, then it

tries to force its way back into our lives to captivate us again. We panic. We wonder why we ever tried to get free in the first place. But Moses told his people something that helped them stay free, and it can help us stay free as well. Moses answered:

“Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still” (Exodus 14:13-14).

Even Moses couldn’t have guessed that God was go-ing to part the Red Sea for them to cross, but he knew that God had brought them this far, and He could bring them home.

In my own small way, I felt like Moses with my back up against the Sea. I was about to panic when I got that realtor’s letter. But I decided to “stand firm.” As if in confirmation of my decision, I read another story in 1 Kings 18 where God answered the prayers of one man, Elijah, over the misguided prayers of 450 others. It was close enough to my situation up against the 470 realtors mentioned in the letter that it gave me goose bumps!

Three weeks later we had a buyer for the house. We finalized the sale on February 26th and pulled out of town on February 28th.

Standing orders are good orders. If God hasn’t di-rected a change in your plans, the best plan is to “stand firm” in the plan He’s already given you.

Don’t give in to fear. Stand firm in God!

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Bernard A. “Bernie” MageeFebruary 7, 1932 – January 4, 2016

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Bernard A. “Bernie” Magee passed away on Monday, January 4, 2016 after a long and courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by his loving family. He was 83 years old.

Son of the late Owen and Jane Connelly Magee, he was born February 7, 1932 in New York, NY. Bernie was a retired Supervisor with Orange & Rockland Utilities, Spring Valley, NY. He was a member of St. Patrick’s Church and member of the church Choir. He was also a Veteran of the U.S. Army serving during the Korean War. Bernie’s Irish wit, hospitality and selfless generosity will be forever missed.

Survivors include his wife Theresa W. Barry Magee, at home; his children: Kathy Goff and her husband Randy of Middletown, NY, Patricia Magee, O.P. of Ossining, NY, Mary Magee of New Windsor, NY, Thomas Magee and his wife Ursula of Chestnut Ridge, NY, Bernie Magee and his wife Shari of Middletown, NY; his brother Gerard Magee and his wife Ann of Queens, NY; his ten grandchildren: Christine, Bernadette, Matthew, Caitlin, Ryan, Dylan, Sean, Aiden, Hanna, Maeve; two great grandchildren: Luca and Clara; and many nieces and nephews. Bernie was predeceased by his brothers: Brother Patrick, F.M.S., Michael, Charlie, Jackie, Edmond and Francis.

Visitation was held Wednesday, January 6th at Smith, Seaman & Quackenbush, Inc. Funeral Home, 515 Route 32, Highland Mills, NY. A Funeral Mass was celebrated Thursday, January 7th at St. Patrick’s Church, 448 Route 32, Highland Mills, NY. Cremation was at Cedar Hill Crematory, Middle Hope, NY. Burial with military honors was held in Orange County Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery in Goshen, NY.

The family wishes to thank all of the caring physicians who treated him along his journey including Drs. Nicoll, Karpoff, Perry and Winchester-Penny of Crystal Run Healthcare.

The family has asked in lieu of flowers please send memorial donations in Bernie’s name to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, PO Box 1000, Dept 142, Memphis, TN 38148-0142 or stjude.org

Arrangements by Smith, Seaman & Quackenbush, Inc. Funeral Home. 845-782-8185 www.ssqfuneralhome.com

Edith V. CookOctober 23, 1934 – January 8, 2016

Highland Mills, NY

Edith V. Cook of Highland Mills, NY entered into eternal rest surrounded by her family on January 8, 2016 in Marco Island, FL.

The beloved wife of Kenneth, they were married for 57 years. The cherished mother of seven children, Edith is survived by Christina Longinott of New Windsor, spouse David, Alicia Brinkman of Raleigh, NC, spouse Robert, Judith Waye of Cornwall, spouse Thomas, Peter Cook of Martha’s Vineyard, spouse Heidi, Matthew Cook of New Paltz, spouse Jill, and Andrew Cook of Wallkill, spouse Barbara.

She was predeceased by a son, Kenneth. Edith is loved by thirteen grandchildren and great granddaughter. She is also survived by her sister, Irene Freitsche of Citrus Springs, FL.

She was a member of St. Patrick’s Church in Highland Mills. In her free time, Edith greatly enjoyed the friendship and activities at the Woodbury Senior Center. Edith’s legacy is undoubtedly her children and the lessons of unconditional love, kindness and warmth she cast wherever she was. She will be missed dearly.

Edith was a graduate of Misericordia Hospital, School of Nursing in New York City. She worked over twenty years for the New York Blood Center and shared many friendships with co-workers.

Visitation was held on Friday, January 15th at Smith, Seaman & Quackenbush, Inc. Funeral Home, 515 Route 32, Highland Mills. A Funeral Mass was celebrated today at 10 a.m. Saturday, January 16th at St. Patrick’s Church in Highland Mills. She was laid to rest with her son in Cemetery of The Highlands in Highland Mills, NY

In lieu of flowers, the family has asked for memorial donations to American Lung Association www.lung.org or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospitalwww.stjude.org

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who head up these organizations, have written a letter to NYS Commissioner of Education Elia and the Board of Re-gents outlining their concerns for the security and privacy of student and teacher data collected in NYS.

They have organized a letter writing campaign which you can easily par-ticipate in with the click of a mouse. It can be accessed by visiting www.classsizematters.org. Commissioner Elia and the Board of Regents need to know that New Yorkers will not put up with this breach of fidelity.

New York is out of compliance with the NY student privacy law

New York is out of compliance with the NY student privacy law passed on March 31, 2014, which mandates the appointment of a Chief Privacy Offi-cer with expertise in privacy law.

The temporary CPO, Ms. Tina Scio-chetti, has no background in privacy as required by the law, and refuses to meet with parents or improve the current Parent Bill of Rights that was supposed to be developed with parent input by July 29, 2014.

NY is also out of compliance with the terms of a federal grant from 2010. NYSED accepted a grant for $7.8 mil-lion to be used for the creation of a data “Stakeholder Advisory Council”, along with a data “Executive Oversight Group and “Activities Oversight Group.”

NYSED must disclose information to the public about meetings and groups freely. And yet when Leonie Haimson asked if these groups existed and when they met, she was told she would have to obtain this information through a

Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request. That is ridiculous.

The most egregious aspect - of this new quest for information storage by NYSED is that the personal student data collected by the state will be even-tually placed into the State Archives, eight years after a student’s graduation from high school, with no date certain when it will be destroyed. What for?

State officials apparently determined that these records have “long-term his-torical value and should be transferred to the State Archives.” Neither NYSED nor the State Archives will answer questions and instead demand that anyone wanting information on this must FOIL it. Who is making these de-cisions to confound transparency?

When John King was the Commis-sioner of New York Education, he alienated many parents by insisting that they had no right to question his decisions for their children. His atti-tude motivated parents to organize the biggest Opt Out movement in the na-tion. Over 200,000 New York students opted out of taking standardized state tests in 2015.

It was this Opt Out movement - that forced Cuomo to create a Task Force to study the efficacy of the Com-mon Core Standards in NYS. It also forced Cuomo to back down on his insistence that NY teacher evaluations must be linked to student test scores.

Cuomo agreed to a four year mora-torium on linking student scores on cockamamie Common Core tests to teacher evaluations. This is a tem-porary reprieve with no retroactive amendment to stop the firing of teach-ers already unfairly labeled “Ineffec-tive” by this system.

Our children’s personal data should never be placed into the State Ar-chives. The State Education Depart-ment should immediately put a hold on this project and any other plan to expand personal student data collec-tion. Bill Gates should not be allowed to set policy with his money.

Write Commissioner Elia and the Board of Regents to let them know that we will not let them put our chil-dren’s privacy in jeopardy. And let’s make the Opt Out movement even bigger in 2016.

Dawn Hoagland can be contacted at commoncoreisnotok@gmail.com

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Bill Gates invested $100 million into a data collection system known as inBloom in 2011. According to its website, inBloom was designed to col-lect over 400 data points on students and teachers across the country.

It was discovered that inBloom was storing personally identifiable data in-cluding family relationships (“foster parent” or “father’s significant other”) and reasons for enrollment changes (“withdrawn due to illness”) as well as ranking students according to catego-ries such as “resists distractions,” and “shows enthusiasm.”

When parents learned what this com-pany was actually designed to do, their protests made its continuous imple-mentation an impossibility. The origi-nal school districts which had signed on to the system in exchange for grants began to pull out one by one. Lack of participation ended the project.

Activists celebrated when in-Bloom permanently shut its doors in April 2014. Now, Bill Gates is donating his money in the form of a grant approved by the New York Board of Regents to the Regents Re-search Fund. What is the purpose of this private fund?

The fund pays close to $200,000 per year - for the salaries of many “Regents Fellows.” Remember the Regents Fellows are unelected pri-vate citizens put in place by Bill

Gates to assist our unsalaried New York Board of Regents whether they want assistance or not.

In 2010, the Regents Fellows origi-nally consisted of thirteen people who were basically former lobby-ists, not educators or people with any knowledge of education policy. They were supported by $19 million in donations from wealthy individu-als and foundations. They are not covered by the state’s Public Officer’s Law or ethics rules.

When Meryl Tisch was asked how these people could be put in charge of implementing New York education policy and procedures, she replied, “What’s not to like about free fellows?” When other members of the board were asked about the fellows, they were less enthusiastic about their power and influence; because the fellows have no accountability to the public.

So the NY Board of Regents has now approved this grant “to support NYS to launch, execute and utilize imple-mentation data collection at the state level.” I thought we had defeated this bad idea. Why are we revisiting this plan again?

The Parent Coalition for Student Privacy, NYS Allies for Public Educa-tion, and Class Size Matters are three New York organizations that are rais-ing serious concerns about this new incentive for data collection.

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PRIVACYNY State Student & Teacher data collection - funded by Bill Gates is alive & well

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