February 25, 2016 Vol. 7 No. 3

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WCA Heart Dance raised $1,500 for AHA

The Heart Dance “Drambuie Club” membership includes current and past WCA presi-dents. The Club was started by past presidents Pete Crotty, John Whalen and Harold “Woody” Woods back in the late 80’s. The presidents at-tending the dance have a shot of “Drambuie” to toast all past presidents. Left kneeling is John Kelemen, 2016 WCA President, next is Bill Grimes (left rear), Buddy Mickolajczyk, Paul Atlas, Dan Lux, Joe Gianzero, Charlie Knuth (rear), and Neil Crouse. Photo provided

Attended by 106 supporters - Annual charity held for American Heart Association

By Benjamin Meyers

Central Valley - February 13th, 2016 was the perfect evening for the Wood-bury Community Association’s (WCA) annual Heart Dance.

This year’s president of the WCA, John Kelemen, and the Heart Dance committee were very pleased that 106 people came out for WCA’s annual event. The Falkirk Estate & Country Club was the same warm and comfort-

able location for this charity. More than $1,500 was raised for the American Heart Association.

Woodbury Community Association members work for months each year to achieve a successful fund raiser. And they always perform it. This year Bill Grimes, and Dan Lux saw to it that ev-erything fell into place.

Eileen Grimes and Nancy Lux do-

nated and arranged decorations for the event, while generous gift baskets were donated by Colleen Pearce from Jays Market & Deli, Falkirk Estate & Coun-try Club, D Lux Electrical Projects, Wellness Springs Spa, Barry’s Estate Jewelry/Fort Knox Jewelry - Mr. Barry Fixler, Star Wines & Liquors – Monroe, Mario’s Restaurant, BJ’s Wholesale Club, and the WCA Executive Committee.

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Chief of Police Vasquez resigns position“I was delighted to serve the town of Woodbury as police chief … I appreciate all of the support from the residents and businesses”

By Benjamin Meyers

Woodbury - Last week the Town of Woodbury received the resignation of Richard Vasquez, Chief of Po-lice. Vasquez gave a statement to the Woodbury Gazette in which he said, “I was delighted to serve the town of Woodbury as police chief and look forward to my next assignment in law enforcement. I appreciate all of the support from the residents and busi-nesses of Woodbury “.

The town suspended Vasquez for thirty days after  an Oct.15 meeting at which the Town Board talked privately and then voted 5-0 to authorize disci-plinary charges against the chief. At the time, reasons for the suspension were not disclosed. Vasquez has been Wood-bury police chief for three years.

Vasquez’s attorney, Michael Sussman Esq. of Sussman & Watkins of Goshen, had requested NYS Article 75 Hearing for his client. And this hearing began

on Friday, January 29 in the Woodbury courtroom with Robert Ponzini, an at-torney from Gaines, Novick, Ponzini, Cossu & Venditti, LLP of White Plains officiating the hearing. Representing the Town of Woodbury was Thomas P. McDonough of Jackson & Lewis also of White Plains.

Most of the hearing, which lasted all day, was the presentation of the first of eighteen charges by McDonough against Vasquez and questioning of Lt. Arthur Abbott concerning details re-lated to the charges.

In a phone interview with David Sutz, Woodbury Town Supervisor since Jan-uary, he was asked when the selection procedure for a new Chief of Police would begin. Sutz replied that “No date has been scheduled at this time.” But he did say that a joint statement will be released within a week – which means that could be any day now.

‘HONK!’ by CVE Drama Club this WeekendTalented fourth and fifth graders perform this weekend

By Sarah Rutter

Central Valley - Central Valley El-ementary School’s drama club is pro-ducing ‘HONK!’ It is open to the public to enjoy Saturday evening, February 27 at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday afternoon, February 28 at 2:00 p.m.

These are very talented fourth and fifth graders who are put to the challenge of memorizing lines, costume changes and working together as a well oiled team. This is a play where students learn about dialogue, stage directions and lyrics.

Unfortunately, not all cast members can be mentioned by name but they all play an important part for ‘HONK!’s success. Some of the prominent roles will be played by Samuel Kerneklian as Ugly, and Ida is played by Emma Shae, while Billy is played by Oliver Jibb; Grace’s role is taken by Jules Mann, and finally, Drake is played by Matthew Graves. Some of the geese are acted by

Rosalia Ruggiero, Luna Zuniga and Sa-sha Betker. There is a great character so look for some real talent.

There is a special team of students, parents and teachers who develop backdrops and are responsible for the play moving smoothly. And, of course, the music by George Stiles, with book and lyrics by Anthony Drewe, could not be mastered without Mrs. George and Mrs. Russell. The choreographer is Jen-nifer Waldner and the pianist is Lynn Niebour. Costumes are by Suzanne and Michaela Pagano. The stage crew is coordinated by Deana Armstrong and fundraising by Pepper Fateman.

The beginning of the show is set on a glorious summer’s day in the country. The water’s edge is a favorite meeting place for a variety of farm animals and we hope you’ll join us to see the rest. This is an amazing production. So come, enjoy and support the creativity and passion of all who are involved. ‘HONK’.

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

By Linda Geissler, Children’s Services

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Thursdays, 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, 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, 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 through 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.

Play with FoodTuesday, 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.

Woodbury Public LibraryYouth Programs for Grades 6 - 9By Linda Geissler, Youth Services

Paper Wings Movie Night at Highland Mills

Friday, February 26, 2016 7:00 to 8:30 P.M. HM BranchGet inspired by the story about a young teen’s passion for flight and the

challenge to compete in the World Paper Plane Championships in Japan. Refreshments served. Call 928-2114 to sign up.

Teen Tech Week: Create It At Your Library - Paper Wings CompetitionMonday, March 7, 2016 4:30 to 6:00 P.M. CV Branch

Using The Klutz book of Paper Airplanes, team up and connect to con-struct planes for Friday’s competition. Enjoy pizza as we collaborate on the project. Call 928-2114 to sign up. Friday, March 11, 2016 4:30 to 6:00 P.M. CV Branch

Return with your planes to compete for prizes at the competition. Re-freshments served.

Woodbury Public Library – February Adult Events By Rose-Emma Calabrese, Adult Services

Note: Registration is required in person, or by phone (above) @ HML, the Rushmore Memorial Branch. All Events are held at the Rushmore Memorial Branch Library, 16 Route 105, Highland Mills, NY 10930, unless otherwise noted. In inclem-ent weather, please call beforehand. Thank you for supporting the Woodbury Public Library!

February 27, Saturday, March 1 – 2:30 PM in the Senior Center: Songs That Won An Academy Award: Mitch Kahn will perform these hits and discuss what made them winners. The program is scheduled one day before this year’s actual Academy Awards program. This is sure to be a lot of fun! Space is available for up to 35 patrons.

February - March Book Club: The Book Discussion is on March 16 at 6:30 PM. The book title selected is Domestic Manners of the Americans by Frances Trollope. Frances is the mother of the great Victorian English novelist, Anthony Trollope. Dover Publications says, “She wrote more than forty books in her lifetime, includ-ing provocative, landmark novels dealing with important social issues. She is best known for her witty, entertaining and controversial account of early American life and culture.

First published in 1832, this travel classic presents a lively account and portrait of early nineteenth-century America as observed by a woman of rare intelligence and keen perception.” We have twelve books reserved. If there is more interest, we can obtain more copies. It was an immediate best-seller when first published and remains one of the most popular of all American travel accounts. This will be our oldest book read thus far!

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Republicans to hold Buffet Breakfast at Falkirk Estate & CCFundraiser Sunday, March 13 - from 9:00 a.m. - noonWoodbury - The Woodbury Republican Committee would like to invite all inter-ested community members to a fundraiser on Sunday, March 13th. The event will take place at the Falkirk Estate & Country Club, 206 Smith Clove Road, Central Valley, NY 10917.

It is a buffet breakfast from 9am -12 noon. The price is $35. It will be a great op-portunity to meet candidates running for office in 2016. To buy tickets, make a do-nation or purchase an ad in our journal please contact Holly Borzacchiello at 845-629-2720 or email borzacchiello@yahoo.com. Walk-ins are welcome but we would prefer an RSVP by March 6th in order to give Falkirk a more accurate guest count.

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Woodbury Chamber of Commerce President, Christine DerOhannesian, is now planning her fourth major Com-munity Connection & Business Expo at Monroe-Woodbury High School.

When you hear about all she has been through, one is amazed at her positive mindset, and community involvement despite some very discouraging events in her forty-two years.

At twelve years old, and recently transplanted to urban LA from upstate NY, Christine was beaten by a girl gang and suffered cuts and bruises. At eighteen, and back in NY, she was involved in a catastrophic car accident which broke her neck and cracked her skull. After an emergency helicopter lift to a trauma center, she endured a lengthy healing period. Both expe-riences strengthened her resolve to never judge another person, and to re-member that every day is a gift.

When she recovered, she worked in retail and rose to Director of Visual

Merchandising. She married, had two children, divorced, and moved to Cen-tral Valley to start her own business. Her

first business was a consignment shop on Smith Clove Road meant to show-case local artists and crafters. When Hurricane Irene tore through town, the shop took a hit and was left under water.

Undeterred, Christine created a similar shop nearby and called it Bum-bleFly Cafe. It, too, offered a place for artists and business owners to meet and greet. “Now, back in full swing, I was challenged ONCE AGAIN with an injury to my wrist and hand that impacted my ability to run the cafe. I felt it was God tying my hands be-hind my back and saying ‘You’ve been working very hard with your hands, now it’s time to work with your mind.’” No longer a cafe, BumbleFly continues to thrive as an Enrichment Center for promotional events, business net-working and various workshops.

But that wasn’t enough. “I knew I wanted to provide awareness of the lo-cal talent and the resources available, and the Expo was born.” Christine took the planning of it to the next level and invited young people in the community to help her. “We always have the same residents stepping up when there’s need,” she explains. “This is a way to welcome in the next generation and show them what it means to be a com-munity, and to give back. To provide mentoring opportunities to think like a business owner, to learn promotion and marketing. It’s real life experience beyond what’s taught in the classroom.”

Since the success of the first Expo in 2013,  The Community Connection & Business Expo (CC&B Expos) has con-tinued to grow and improve each year, and catch the attention of other school districts. She has created a class curric-ulum based on the Expo planning and

will plan an Expo for the Minisink Val-ley School District later this year.

SANTA’s MAGICAL CHIMNEYWhen Christine is not working on her Expo, she is preparing to launch her first children’s book: SANTA’s MAGICAL CHIMNEY. This labor of love answers the age-old question, “how does Santa get into homes without a fireplace.”

Christine explains. “When my kids and I moved from a big old farmhouse with a fireplace to a small apartment without a chimney, they asked me that very same question. The story practical-ly wrote itself.” The beautifully illustrat-ed book comes in a keepsake box with a wall-size poster of a fireplace and chim-ney which will be available this March.

It took Christine a year to complete the book, find an illustrator, research production and keep within budget. That she’s holding it in her hands and starting her publicity tour, is a testament to her ambition and determination, two skills she honed from the streets of Los Angeles, to the hospital hallways.

BumbleFly is now the parent com-pany which includes the CC&B Expos, her Chamber duties, her books and products to come. While she’s got a very fully plate, Christine’s mission is simple: help others discover their pur-pose and place within their community. She likens it to the harmonious balance of the free spirited butterfly and the diligent bumble bee, hence, BumbleFly.

Visit these websites to learn more about: The Community Connection & Business Expo: www.bumbleflyevents.com

SANTA’S MAGICAL CHIMNEY: www.santasmagicalchimney.com

BumbleFly Enrichment Center: www.bumble-fly.com

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Deputy Town Clerk Frances Huang receives Recognition The G. Jeffrey Haber Leadership Award was presented on February 18th

Deputy Town Clerk Frances Huang was presented with The G Jeffrey Haber Leadership Award by Loren Pratt, Vice President of Marketing for Comp. Al-liance at the February 18, 2016 Town Board Meeting.

The G. Jeffrey Haber Leadership Award was presented by NYS Workers Compensation Alliance to the Town of Woodbury in recognition of our efforts to report accidents in a timely and ac-curate way and to help injured employ-ees return to work expeditiously. Mr. Pratt highlighted some of Mrs. Huang’s work efforts as follows:

• She maintains an attendance sheet to track when employees attend the required annual training of workplace violence, sexual harassment, blood borne pathogens, right to know…and more • She meets annually with summer, seasonal employees (about 100)

to go over workers compensation reporting and how to keep a safe working environment • She timely reports all injuries and logs them as required • She follows up with injured employee to ensure they received their treatment and check on their wellbeing • She corresponds with Comp Alliance to ensure payments are being processed timely and act as the go between for the employee • She organizes and runs quarterly safety meetings

Mrs. Huang was congratulated on her work ethic and thanked for ef-forts in causing Woodbury to receive this honor.

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Central Valley - Two Monroe-Woodbury High School seniors and softball standouts signed a letter of intent to attend and play softball for the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey.

committed to their college sur-rounded by family members, Head Varsity Softball Coach Danielle Jordan, Assistant Varsity Softball Coach Mary Donnelly, Principal David Bernsley and Athletic Director Ron Montalto.

The athletes will be playing for the Stevens Institute of Technology Ducks in Division III where they earned partial scholarships. Circelli plans on studying chemical biology and Leonard plans on studying engineering.

Highlights from the athletes’ M-W softball career include:

Abby: .265 AVG, .351 On Base Percentage, .306 Slugging Percentage, 102 Put Outs, .991 Fielding Percentage

Madeline: .200 AVG, .256 On Base Percentage, .300 Slugging Percentage, 99 Put Outs, .972 Fielding Percentage

“Both Abby and Madeline are two year Varsity players. Both are solid anchors on the M-W infield: Abby as catcher and Madeline at first base. Abby is a solid, well-rounded player. She pos-sesses a rifle as an arm to pick off play-ers who are attempting to steal bases, as well as opponents who take a challeng-ing lead. Abby is the vocal commander on the diamond and directs the defen-sive plays. She is a natural leader and will play a key role in the team’s success in 2016,” said Coach Danielle Jordan.

“Madeline is a solid, agile first base-man who gives 100 percent effort to get all put outs at first base. Madeline

brings confidence to the team on both offense and defense. Madeline is a quiet leader who is a fierce competitor. Both players will be an asset to the Stevens Institute of Technology. On behalf of the district, I wish them good luck on their college softball careers. We are PROUD of you!” added Coach Jordan.

“I am honored to get this opportu-nity to further my softball career at the college level while pursuing an engi-neering degree at Stevens Institute of Technology. Through all of the hard work and challenges of these past years, I would like to thank my fam-ily, friends, teachers, principal and

my guidance counselor, Mr. Wayne Williams, for encouraging me to do my best to achieve excellence. I want to thank Frozen Ropes for all the years of training, and at Monroe-Woodbury, Coach Mary Donnelly, Coach Gene Iozzino and Coach Jim Hahn for their dedication to the softball program and all that I have learned from them. I am very excited to play for Coach Danielle Jordan this upcoming varsity season.

“I would like say a special thanks to my parents for setting an amazing example and for teaching me life lessons that I will carry with me throughout life. My dad has always been there for me throughout my softball career as a coach and men-tor. He has taught me the skills and drive needed to succeed in this game, but most of all, to remember to have fun! My little sister has been my teammate and motiva-tor throughout the years and I will miss her dearly next year,” said Leonard.

Circelli commented, “I am so excited to further my education and play softball at Stevens Institute of Technology. I know there are a great deal of challenges ahead of me, but I am ready to accept these chal-lenges as vast opportunities in my life both from an academic and athletic per-spective. I would like to take this oppor-tunity to thank all of my teachers, friends, and coaches; I will represent Monroe-Woodbury to the best of my ability to show my gratitude for the opportunities provided me as a student and an athlete.

“I would like to give a special thanks to my parents for giving me the cour-age, support, and faith in God leading me toward a successful life. My life is filled with fantastic people and I owe it all to them, learning and gaining expe-rience from each and every one, mak-ing me the person I am today.

“Throughout my softball career I have had many coaches who have trained and prepared me to be the player I am today. I would like to thank the Frozen Ropes, Softball Training Center, espe-cially trainers Tony Abbatine, Laura Taylor and Marc Russo, for teaching me the fundamentals of the game and the spirit of teamwork and leadership. I would also like to thank Coach Gene Iozzino for teaching me the true mean-ing of hard work and dedication; he pushed players to work to the best of our ability always stating, “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” I am very excited to finish my last season at Monroe-Woodbury with our new coach Danielle Jordan; she has already set a great example working hard with us as a team,” she added.

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February 25, 1964Cassius Clay defeats Sonny Liston, 52 Years agoOn February 25, 1964, underdog Cassius Clay, age 22, defeats champion Sonny Liston in a technical knockout to win the world heavyweight boxing crown. The highly anticipated match took place in Miami Beach, Florida. Clay, who later became known to the world as Muhammad Ali, went on to become the first fighter to capture the heavyweight title three times.

Liston was a reserved, feared fighter, a decade older than Cassius Clay, and had been world heavyweight champ since de-feating Floyd Patterson in 1962. By con-trast, Clay was a mouthy underdog who had won a gold medal in the light heavy-weight division at the 1960 Olympics in Rome. While training for their fight, Clay, a natural self-promoter, taunted Liston and boasted to reporters that he would win by knockout. Clay came out strong during the fight, using speed and footwork to his advantage against the slower Liston. After the sixth round, Liston, who was suffering from cuts and bruises under his eyes and an apparent injured shoulder, announced he couldn’t continue. Clay won the match by techni-cal knockout and then announced to the world, “I am the greatest!”

On May 25, 1965, the two fighters met in Lewiston, Maine, for a rematch. The bout ended with a highly controversial first-round knockout for Clay, who by then had become a member of the Nation of Islam

and taken a Muslim name, Muhammad Ali. Some people claimed Liston threw the fight, possibly because he was controlled by the Mafia or because he feared retalia-tion from Black Muslim extremists.

In 1967, while America was at war in Vietnam, Ali refused for religious reasons to join the Army. As a result, he was con-victed of draft dodging, stripped of his title and banned from boxing for three years. In 1971, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed his conviction and Ali reclaimed the heavyweight crown on January 28, 1974, at the “Rumble in the Jungle” in Zaire against champion George Foreman.

In February 1978, Ali lost the title to Olympic gold medalist Leon Spinks. In a rematch seven months later, Ali defeated Spinks in 15 rounds and to reclaim the heavyweight crown. He then retired. Two years later, he made a brief, unsuccessful comeback before retiring permanently in 1981. Ali’s career record includes 56 wins, 5 losses and 37 knockouts.

Sonny Liston was found dead in his Las Vegas home on January 5, 1971. It’s be-lieved he could have been dead for a week by that time and the cause of his death re-mains a mystery. During his career, he re-corded 50 wins, 39 knockouts and 4 losses.

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Central Valley - An early Valentine’s Day brunch was shared by more than seventy Woodbury Seniors this Tues-day. Our local IHOP recently opened in December played host to our seniors with a delicious brunch and endless coffee as an early morning treat.

General manager George said “It was a pleasure to see so many local seniors come out in the cold and celebrate St. Valentine’s Day. We feel honored to have so many friends join us at our new location.”

Enjoying Valentine’s Day brunch at IHOP from left are Gerry Walls, Woodbury Town supervisor David Sutz, Woodbury’s Town & Village clerk Desiree Potvin, Maria Sutz, Carol Herb and Senior Citizen’s Activity Leader Rick Walls. Photo by Linda Mastrogiacomo

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When you’ve broken free from some-thing in your life, what’s a practical thing you can do to stay free?

One thing is to write down specifi-cally what God has done for you―in a poem, in a song, or just in some words that don’t even rhyme.  When you take the time to write it down, especially in a way that can be recited or sung later, those words can be a reminder of what God has done for you―and what He’s going to do in the future.

I don’t think of myself as a poet, but sometimes poems just come out!  One came out when I was a senior in college when I was dating Lana.  I was working at an office that had an Apple computer called the “Lisa.”  “Lisa” was Apple’s forerunner to the Macintosh, and was the first of Apple’s computers to have a “graphical user interface,” years before Microsoft created “windows.”

That’s when I fell in love, not only with Lana, but also with Apple com-

puters.  I discovered that this computer allowed me to express myself in a poem by drawing pictures next to the text:

 “I love your name Lana, You don’t look like a (I drew a picture

of a banana).  Your (I drew a picture of her hair) is

so curly, You never look (I drew a picture of a

squirrel) -ly.”  I’ll spare you from having to read the

rest of the poem!  As goofy as it was, Lana has kept it to this day.

The fact that we take the time to write down something about someone spe-cial can have a significant impact on them―and on us.

For the Israelites, when they got free from the Egyptians and made it to the other side of the Red Sea, they seemed to almost spontaneously combust into a song about the experience:

“I will sing to the LORD, for he is highly exalted. The horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea.” (Exodus 15:1) 

This goes on for 20 more verses.  The song is specifically about their experi-ence, recalling how the water piled up like a wall on each side of them, and then how God blew the water back into place again with His breath, plunging their enemies to the depths like a stone.  The song then turns into a song of hope for what God promised to do for them in the future.

Their song was such a powerful re-minder of God’s deliverance that we still sing some of its refrains today, such as, “And I shall prepare him my heart…” from the song Exodus 25.

Just as people love it when we take time to write about how much they

mean to us, God loves it, too.  One of the reasons is because it takes time to write down the words.  In that time, when we recall what God has done for us and what He has promised to do for us in the future, we can find hope to go on.  We can remember all that He’s done and all that He’s going to do.  We remind ourselves that we don’t really want to go back to our own “Egypt” ever again.

As I wrote this lesson, we were about to celebrate Christmas all around the world.  We were getting ready to sing songs about things that God has done throughout the ages, some of them thousands of years ago, and some just a few years ago.  I wondered aloud if maybe it was time for a new song, too.

Has God done something in your life that you’d like to remember forever―something that you’d like to pass on to future generations?  Or is there some-one special in your life who could use a special gift this week?  Not a gift from a store, but a gift from a storehouse of love.  If so, let it flow!  Write a poem to the awesome God we serve―or to some-one that you love.  If you like music, how about writing a tune, or just humming one that can go along with the poem?

Then give it to your Beloved as a spe-cial act of love.  They’ll keep it forever.  And it will help keep you free!

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 15 Exodus: LESSONS IN FAITH, by Eric Elder, featuring thirty inspiring devotionals based on the lives of the very first followers of Christ

Central Valley United Methodist Church12 Smith Clove Road, Central Valley, NY 10917Pastor Wendy Paigewww.centralvalleyumc.comPhone/Fax 845-928-6570A reconciling congregation with a compassionate voice.Worship Sundays 9:30 a.m., Fellowship Hour 10:30 a.m.Bible study, Youth Group, mission trips. Come join us as we do justice, love mercy…and walk humbly with our God.Congregation Eitz Chaim/MWJCCA Warm and Friendly Conservative Synagogue1465 Orange Turnpike, P.O. Box 183Monroe, NY 10949845-783-7424www.eitzchaim-monroe.org, www.eitzchaimhebrewschool.comRabbi Zach Sitkin Service times:Friday: Kaballat Shabbat 6:00 p.m.Saturday: Shaharit 9:00 a.m.Open Enrollment:Hebrew School, Kadima, USYDiscovery Baptist Church 159 Harriman Heights Rd. Harriman, NYPO BOX 465 Highland Mills, NY 10930Phone:845-499-1031www.discoverybc.orgSunday: Worship at 10am, Children’s Church at 10amSapphire Elementary School Theater RoomWeekly Bible Study- contact for detailsHighland Mills United Methodist Church654 Route 32, PO Box 611, Highland Mills, NY 10930www.highlandmillsumc.org, E-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)Monroe Temple of Liberal Judaism314 N. Main St., Monroe, NYTelephone: (845) 783-2626 Rabbi Garry Loeb; Cantor Elana SchwartzWorship ScheduleFirst Friday: an eclectic, intergenerational Shabbat experience for young families, singles, couples, and empty nesters. Held the 1st Friday of each month, it usually begins at 6:30 pm with a picnic or pot luck –dinner, and is followed by an hour of interesting activities. An hour-long Kabbalat service then follows at 8:00 pmKabbalat Shabbat Services: Friday evenings at 8:00pm. Shachrit Service: 10:00 am Sat-urday morning (unless otherwise specified), including Saturdays on which there is no Bar or Bat Mitzvah. Tot Shabbat Service: 3rd Saturday of the month at 9:00 am.

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Sybil E. Carter, a resident of Central Valley, NY passed away Sunday, February 21, 2016 at Nyack Hospital, Nyack, NY. She was 77 years old.

Daughter of the late Herbert and Beryl Bardowell, she was born January 23, 1939 in Lucea, Jamaica. Sybil was a Bookkeeper with Charter Fabrics of New York, NY.

Survivors include her husband, Leighton Carter, at home; her sons: Christopher Wayne Carter of New Windsor, NY, Gary Shaun Carter of Central Valley, NY; her two daughters-in-law: Joanne and Eleni; and her four grandchildren: Alexander, Andrew, Steven and William.

Visitation will be held from 12 to 3 p.m. on Friday, February 26, 2016 at Smith, Seaman & Quackenbush, Inc. Funeral Home, 117 Maple Avenue, Monroe, NY. A Funeral Service will follow in the Funeral Home at 3 p.m. officiated by Pastor Abram Dueck. Cremation at Cedar Hill Crematory, Middle Hope, NY.

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Monroe - February 16, 2016 -- At a re-cent meeting, members of the Monroe-Woodbury Rotary Club presented a bell ringing check for $10,080 to Major Verna LaSalle of the Salvation Army.

The Rotary organized bell ringing at Shoprite, Stop & Shop and Walmart during the holiday season. The Mon-roe-Woodbury High School Interact club was responsible for ringing the bell, in collaboration with the Rotary, at Walmart.

The Rotary-sponsored Interact Club gives students ages 12-18 the chance to make a real difference while having fun. Every Interact club carries out two ser-vice projects a year: one that helps their school or community and one that pro-motes international understanding.

According to Major LaSalle, do-nations from the M-W Rotary Club helped provide the following this Christmastime:

• Food baskets/bags for 262 families

(2,461 people) • 817 articles of clothing • 258 good gift certificates for food • 2,007 toys

In addition, the Salvation Army visit-ed 1,047 patients in nursing homes and assisted living facilities and gave out 4,509 gifts. The M-W Rotary Club has been participating in this service proj-ect for thirty-three years and has raised a total of $198,429 for the Salvation Army’s kettle program.

Major LaSalle said, “Here’s to going above and beyond your goal. You guys are amazing. We are so grateful for those who help us help others. You are all stars to me.”

Above: Members of the Monroe-Woodbury Rotary Club present a bell ringing check to Major Verna LaSalle of the Salvation Army.

Below: M-W students ring the bell for M-W Rotary Club.

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dered, “Why, if species have descend-ed from other species by insensibly fine gradations, do we not everywhere see innumerable transitional forms?”

Current Biology BooksCurrent biology books are us-

ing drawings of whale bones as proof that sea animals transitioned to walk on land. A small bone identified as a vestigial structure is claimed to be the remnant of hind limbs used for walk-ing. Recent discoveries have revealed that this structure could not be a limb because it is essential to reproduction.

It took over 40 years for the “Piltdown Man” hoax to be exposed. In 1912, am-ateur archaeologist Charles Dawson of the British Museum announced that he had found some skull fragments and a jaw belonging to a primitive hominid, who lived some 500,000 to one million years ago.

Over 500 articles were written about the long-awaited “missing link” be-tween ape and man, confirming Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. Two gen-erations of children were taught about this as if it were true.

Upon closer examination of the “Pilt-down Man,” scientists found that the presumed hominid was constructed from a human skull and an orangutan jaw that had been deceptively fused to-gether. The teeth had been filed down to make them look more human. In 1953, authorities of the British Natural History Museum publicly called “Pilt-down Man” a fraud.

Ernst Haeckel was a professor of zo-ology and marine biologist, as well as a great friend of Charles Darwin. Ac-cording to Haeckel’s law, a human em-bryo, for instance, begins life as some-thing like a one-celled creature, then advances through the forms of an in-vertebrate, a fish, an ape, and finally a human being.

Haeckel made deliberately fraudu-lent drawings of various embryos to illustrate his point. His drawings ap-peared in biology textbooks for over 150 years even though he was convict-ed of fraud by his own university. The famous drawings were declared a hoax in 1997, when an embryologist actually

published real photos of embryos. To this day, there are still biology

textbooks which put forward the idea of “anatomical similarities in vertebrate embryos.” They no longer use Haeckel’s fake drawings or attribute the idea to his name but the books still insist that at some stage in their embryonic devel-opment, all vertebrates have a tail.

Abiogenesis is the theory that life can arise spontaneously from non-life mol-ecules under proper conditions. Scien-tists are trying to produce one simple protein but cannot do it even under ideal laboratory conditions.

When a cell has made a new protein, while it is still moving into place, it folds into the exact shape which will al-low it to connect with the proteins next to it. IBM is building the world’s most powerful super computer named Blue Gene, hoping to figure out how pro-teins fold correctly.

Because of the tremendous amount of computing power the new computer will unleash, running day and night it will only take: “about one year to simu-late the complete folding of a typical protein.” {Robert F. Service, Science, 12/17/99, p. 2250}. Living cells, how-ever, fold such proteins in less than a second.

Darwin stated, “If it could be demon-strated that any complex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would abso-lutely break down.” The complexity of DNA completely collapses Darwin’s theory of evolution.

How long will our children have to continue to think that they came from chemical soup randomly banged into existence for no reason at all?

“ The crown of the wise is their wealth,     but the folly of fools brings folly.  A truthful witness saves lives,     but one who breathes out lies is de-ceitful.  In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence,     and his children will have a refuge.” - Proverbs 14:24-26

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By Dawn Hoagland

Our public schools consistently revise and update resources as new evidence emerges concerning various core sub-jects. Are some subjects considered too controversial to revisit?

Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, or, the Preservation of Fa-voured Races in the Struggle for Life in 1859. Darwin’s theory was not imme-diately embraced by all but is presently fully embedded in our culture. Evolu-tion has become a sacred cow.

In 1959, Sir Arthur Keith wrote the forward to the 100th anniversary edi-tion of Darwin’s book, On the Origins of Species…He wrote, “Evolution is un-proved and unprovable. We believe it only because the only alternative is spe-cial creation, and that is unthinkable.” God created the world and everything in it. Why is this unthinkable?

President Eisenhower, in 1959, asked congress for $1 billion for the promo-tion and publication of the new sci-ence of evolution. The National Science Foundation was given $10,500,000 to create a nine part themed curriculum to teach evolution by providing public schools with newly written textbooks.

Old elementary textbooks published in 1908 contained the following state-ments: “God created the heavens and the earth in six days.” “God governs the world in infinite wisdom.” Many books still contained references to God prior to 1962, when the U.S. Supreme

Court ruled that the government can’t sponsor a prayer and require school-children to say it.

The contention that the theory of evolution is based on pure science whereas the Biblical account of cre-ation is mythology is unsupportable. Webster defines science as knowledge about or study of the natural world based on facts learned through experi-ments and observation.

Stating that man evolved over time from a single cell that was randomly formed from chemicals coming togeth-er to form life where there was no pre-vious life has not been proven through experiments or observation.

The problem with our current text-books is that they are continuing to propagate falsehoods. Very vague and misleading statements are made in chapter headings, such as, “Evolution is supported by an overwhelming amount of scientific evidence.” Really?

While reading the two paragraphs of “overwhelming evidence,” it becomes apparent that the word evolution is not clearly defined. The title of the chapter would appear to refer to macroevolu-tion but the examples provided only support microevolution or natural se-lection and adaptation, which every-one agrees is observable fact. Bait and switch.

There are absolutely no examples of transitional forms anywhere in the fos-sil record. Even Charles Darwin won-

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M-W Athlete of the WeekFebruary 12, 2016

Matthew McGeeVarsity Ice Hockey Team - “All

Tournament Team Honors” in the White Plains tournament…

The Monroe-Woodbury Athletic Director, Ron Montalto, would like to announce the Athlete of the Week for the week ending February 12, 2016. The “Athlete of the Week” for the Monroe-Woodbury Varsity Ice Hockey Team is Senior, Matthew McGee, coached by Frank Alessandrino.

Matt plays the position of “Goalie” and has received “All Tournament Team Honors” in the White Plains tournament as well as “Most Valuable

Player” in the Scarsdale tournament. In the Scarsdale tournament, he posted shutout (his third of the sea-son) when the team took the cham-pionship! This was the first time Scarsdale was shut out in three years. An opposing team coach was quoted saying “He is the most under-rated goalie in the Hudson Valley.”

Matt is a four year player on the Hockey team and is a team leader both on and off the ice.

Congratulations Matt!

M-W Athlete of the WeekFebruary 6, 2016

Gabrielle Hodges & Elijah Linkowski

Outstanding Varsity Ski Captains

The Monroe-Woodbury Athletic Director, Ron Montalto, would like to announce the Athletes of the Week for the week ending February 6, 2016. Senior, Gabrielle Hodges is the “Athlete of the Week” for the Girls Varsity Ski Team and Senior Elijah Linkowski is the “Athlete of the Week” for the Monroe Wood-bury Boys Varsity Ski Team, both coached by Raymond Hodges.

The Senior Captains have each been 4-year Varsity members of their respective teams, and both have qualified for Section IX competition in the past two consecutive seasons. 

Although yet to commit,  Gabri-elle has been accepted at SUNY Plattsburgh in the 5-year BS/MS

Early Childhood and Special Edu-cation program, while  Elijah is planning to study Agriculture/Eco-nomics and has applied to Cornell, Yale, Columbia, NYU, and Brandeis, among others.  

Gabrielle and Elijah will compete in their Divisions for a final time on Thursday, February. 4, 2016  at Mt. Peter, as they look  to conclude their High School ski racing ca-reers and  attempt to qualify for a 3rd straight appearance in the Sec-tion IX Championships at Hunter Mountain on February 9th.

Our teams wish both of our se-niors the best of luck in their final competitions, and all the best in their future endeavors!

M-W Athlete of the WeekFebruary 19, 2016

Samantha Clark Monroe-Woodbury Varsity

Cheerleader is “heart of the team this year”

The Monroe-Woodbury Athletic Director, Ron Montalto, would like to announce the Athlete of the Week for the week ending February 19, 2016. The “Athlete of the Week” for the Monroe-Woodbury Varsity Cheerleading Team is Senior Samantha Clark, coached by Barbara Alidad.

Sam is an extremely dedicated athlete. She has been cheering since her younger years on Pop Warner

and she is an exceptional individual. Her dedication to her team is

most important to her. She is the heart of the team this year and as a senior, she has mentored the team with her skill, knowledge and lead-ership qualities. She is respected by her teachers as well as her coach.

Sam has earned the honorable dis-tinction of Athlete of the week, for her dedication both on and off the mat.

Congratulations Samantha!

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