January 16, 2014 Vol. 5 No. 1

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Central Valley - Cold winter weather and the holidays kept most people either bundled up at home or found them in the malls looking for deeply discounted goods. But our Town of Woodbury offi cials keep the people’s business moving ahead. One item that might be a surprise is the town’s an-nouncement to purchase nineteen acres of land.

Supervisor John Burke announced during its December 19th meeting that the Town of Woodbury is in the

process of acquiring two parcels of land. They are located adjacent to the Gasho of Japan Restaurant and are owned by the same entity that owns the Gasho – which is not part of the purchase, and which contin-ues as a unique and well known Jap-anese restaurant.

On October 17, the Board autho-rized Supervisor Burke to enter into a contract to purchase the property after a resolution was passed. Because re-quired documents were not ready at the

Board’s November meeting the busi-ness was continued in December. The resolution was adopted and the next re-quirement was the publication by town clerk Desiree Potvin of a permissive referendum. The referendum is a thirty day period of time in which residents are able to comment on the purchase, and this Saturday, January 18th is the permissive referendum’s deadline.

The price of the land will be $500,000 and good faith payment of $5,000 has been made to the owners.

The authority to purchase was condi-tioned upon the Board completing a SEQRA review and declaring a nega-tive declaration, a title search of ease-ment and the outcome of the permis-sive referendum.

Payments will begin in 2015. More detail can be found on the next pages in our Town Board Meeting Summary. A full copy of the resolution is avail-able on the Town’s website (www.townofwoodbury.com) under Meeting Minutes for December 19.

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CommunityWoodbury Public Library

Adult News 4Neuhaus on Court of Appeals

MTA Payroll Tax Ruling 5Ramifi cations to community

and schools will be enormous 7

FaithGod’s Word and the

New Testament 10

Health & Wellness“Sunshine Vitamin D”

– defi ciency hurts you 11

HistoryJanuary 15, 1919 12January 15, 1559 12January 22, 1779 13

EducationBill Gates and what has he done

to our Schools? 14

Sudoku 15

Tragic accident at Woodbury Common entranceReport from Woodbury Police details pedestrian fatality

Town is purchasing 19 acre TractTwo parcels wooded land commonly known to be part of the Gasho property

By Benjamin Meyers

Central Valley - On January 12, 2014, at approximately 7:00 A.M. members of the Woodbury Police Department responded to a medi-cal emergency opposite 45 Route 32 (Central Valley Elementary). Upon arriving at the scene it was determined that a male pedes-trian had been struck by a motor vehicle traveling northbound on Route 32.

The driver of the vehicle, Mr. Thomas I. Ciampoli of Harri-man, stated that he was driving his wife Maria Ciampoli, to the Woodbury Common where she is em-ployed by “Guess”, when he struck the pedestrian.

The pedestrian, who was later identifi ed as Jason A. Rutkowski of Washingtonville, 23 years of age,

was on his way to work and was crossing the street toward the Woodbury Common, where he was also employed by “Guess”. Mr. Rutkowski was transported to St. Luke’s Cornwall hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The NYS Police provided an Accident Reconstruction Expert to assist with the investigation. A fi eld sobriety examination was conducted on Mr. Ciampoli, which he passed. The investiga-tion is ongoing and Mr. Ciam-poli is fully cooperating with in-

vestigators. At this time no criminal charges have been fi led. When con-tacted by the Woodbury Gazette, Po-lice Chief Richard Vasquez said the weather conditions at that hour were foggy and visibility was not good.

Photo shows area where fatal accident happened as Woodbury Common entrance is approached from northbound entrance lane off of Route 32.

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EDITORIAL

“proclaim peace…” a contemplation

The TIMES HERALD-RECORD’s front page shouts its lead news on January 10 with “LAND FOR PEACE”. On the same day The Photo News cries “Doles seeks a separate peace with Kiryas Joel”.

It is ironic in this situation – the use of the word “peace” in these two newspapers. A reader of my age might be reminded of another time, and the stakes were global peace.

It was September 30, 1938 in London. “This morning I had another talk with the German Chancellor, Herr Hitler, and here is the paper which bears his name upon it as well as mine….My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Go home and get a nice quiet sleep.” - Prime Min-ister Neville Chamberlain. Less than a year later, Hitler, invaded Poland engulfi ng the world in war.

Since Kiryas Joel is a Jewish sect, Scripture is important to them. In the Tanahk (Old Testament), Moses under the inspira-tion of God writes in Deuteronomy chapter 20: verses 10 to 12.

When you draw near to a city to fi ght against it, then proclaim peace to it.

And if that city makes an answer of peace to you and opens to you, then all the people found in it shall be tributary to you and they shall serve you.

But if it refuses to make peace with you and fi ghts against you, then you shall besiege it.

One must always be careful when quoting Scripture to keep its use in context. Using the above verses for today, I am taking it out of context! I quote it as an analogy.

There is a huge cultural chasm between the Hasidim and their neighbors. They practice separation from non-Hasidim. That’s their right and it is okay.

The big question! If supervisor Doles expects peace – what kind of peace does he expect? Another question… Who is offering peace? Is it Doles and the people of Monroe, or, leaders of the Village of Kiryas Joel?

Can Kiryas Joel leaders be trusted? What about their honorable ac-tions and relationships with Monroe and Woodbury in the past? Go home and get a nice quiet sleep.

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Woodbury Public Library News By Linda Geissler, Children’s Services

Learn the basic responsibilities of babysitting at a special course for ages eleven and up.

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struct participants about their respon-sibilities and expectations. Special attention will be focused on emergen-cies and safety, infant care, and age appropriate activities and toys. The business of babysitting will be dis-cussed and handouts provided. All participants will be required to com-plete a simple fi nal test and will re-ceive a certifi cate at the conclusion of

the course. Please bring a notebook and a bag lunch. Snacks and bever-ages will be provided. Registration is required. Call 928-2114 or stop in at the library.

Family Movie NightFriday, January 24th, 20146:45 to 8:30 P.M.Highland Mills BranchComputer animated comedy fi lm

about a stolen secret laboratory near the Arctic Circle. When a criminal mastermind uses a trio of orphan girls as pawns for his grand scheme, he fi nds their love is profoundly chang-ing him for the better. Rated PG. Re-freshments served. Call 928-2114 to register.

WWW.WOODBURYGAZETTE.COM January 16, 2014 3Opinion /Community

In less than fi ve work days from the announced requested 510 acre annexation of land to Kiryas Joel, the newly elected Democrat Mayor of Monroe fl oats the idea of separation of KJ. Prior to this action, the elect-ed Democrat Anne Rabbit who rep-resented KJ stepped down to become a Clerk leaving the Democrat Gover-nor Cuomo the ability to choose who represents KJ.

Newly elected Woodbury Democrat Assemblyman Skoufi s speaks at the fi rst Monroe Board meeting within a week outlining what KJ needs to do

for annexation. He supposedly rep-resents Woodbury whose taxpayers would certainly be negatively affected by losing the KJ tax base. This type collusion is known as a Democratic [ ] Job. Is it good? I doubt it.

KJ with our nation’s highest poverty are the chosen ones for all the benefi ts America can offer.

What can we do? Step up & be counted. Call & write your Represen-tative, consider it therapy. God Bless America.Matthew HigginsWoodbury, NY

Kiryas Joel Growth…with our nation’s highest poverty

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In two recent letters to the editor in the Photo News the word “divisive” has been bandied about in an effort to describe the current political climate in Monroe. The word divisive, accord-ing to Webster’s Dictionary, is defi ned as: “adj. causing a lot of disagreement between people and causing them to separate into different groups.”

This week, the people of Monroe learned that the Village of Kiryas Joel has petitioned to annex 510 acres of land from the Town of Monroe into the Village of Kiryas Joel. This peti-tion was fi led just over a month after the November 5th election was called in favor of the Kiryas Joel backed can-didates for Town Board.

Let’s go back to the word “divisive” again. Who exactly is being divisive? Who is “causing a lot of disagreement between people and causing them to separate into different groups?” It is understood that the Village of Kiryas Joel is a separatist, religious group who are discouraged from socializing with people outside of their culture. The Village of Kiryas Joel, by their own doing, has caused separation into different groups within Monroe. Through no request or desire from the citizens outside of Kiryas Joel, the people of KJ live separately and have divided Monroe.

Is Separation a Real Possibility?Now, we learn of an annexation

petition. How did this news break? An article in the Mid Hudson News published an article having obtained information from Monroe Town Su-pervisor, Harley Doles. Harley Doles provided the Mid Hudson News with a letter the Supervisor apparently wrote to the Mayor of Kiryas Joel, Abraham Wieder, suggesting that the Village of Kiryas Joel become a Town.

Why would Harley Doles, who was

just unanimously elected by Mayor Wieder’s constituents, need or wish to publish a letter requesting separa-tion? Could it be that Harley Doles knew that KJ’s annexation petition for 510 acres of Monroe land would soon hit the papers and a buffer to this up-setting news would be needed? Was the letter written in order to do dam-age control? Was the letter written so that the people of Monroe would then have false hope that a separation was imminent, when in fact, the only sure bet is that KJ petitioned for 510 acres of land?

In order for a Village to form its own Town, documents must be fi led. No such documents have been fi led and the Village of KJ has not spoken a word about their intentions for separa-tion. Only Supervisor Doles has made mention of this.

Is this smoke and mirrors or is there a nugget of truth to be found here? Supervisor Doles also mentioned his intent to form a “Blue Ribbon Com-mission” made up of various elected offi cials of Doles’ choosing.

Time is TickingWithin one month of the fi ling of

an annexation petition, the petitioned municipality must respond. Kiryas Joel has requested to be “lead agen-cy” going forward in this annexation. Many Monroe citizens have voiced concern about this request and feel that the Town of Monroe should not grant this request as doing so will cre-ate diffi culty in the transparency of the annexation going forward.

In the upcoming weeks, more in-formation and answers to the above questions will be revealed. One thing is for sure: the division exists because Kiryas Joel wants it that way.Emily ConversMonroe, NY

KJ Wants 510 Acres- Who is Divisive?

Town Board meeting By Desiree Potvin, Clerk for the Town of WoodburyWoodbury - Summary for the Village Board Meeting on December 19, 2013

Employee Appointments: The Board appointed Margaret Padilla as a part-time Real Property Data Clerk effective Janu-ary 2, 2014 and Stephen Morea as a full-time MEO effective January 2, 2014.Orange County Community Develop-ment Grant Award Notice: Super-visor John Burke announced that the Town has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the FY2014 Orange Coun-ty Community Development program. The grant is for improvements to the Senior Center/Library roof. Purchase of Real Property/Easement Agreement: Supervisor Burke stated there are two parcels being purchased totaling 19.11 acres.

The two parcels are contiguous with one having an entrance off of Route

32 and the other having an entrance off of Roselawn Road. Town Attor-ney Joseph McKay stated the Board is required to comply with SEQRA, which requires the Town Clerk to inform other interested agencies of the Board’s intention to purchase the property. After the SEQRA time pe-riod is met, the Board will then be able to take the next step which would be to declare the effect on the envi-ronment, which he believes will be a negative declaration.

On October 17 the Board adopted a resolution authorizing the Supervisor to negotiate and enter into a contract to purchase the property from seller. Since then his offi ce has been in nego-tiations and during the discussion it be-

came clear that an easement would be needed concerning maintenance of one of the private roadways. The resolution being entertained this evening restates the information set forth in the October 17 resolution. The Board will be pre-liminary classifying this purchase as an unlisted action under SEQRA.

The resolution also provides the Su-pervisor to enter into a contract of sale and to execute a right-of-way and/or maintenance agreement concerning access to the property. The authority given to the Supervisor this evening will be contingent on the follow-ing: 1) the Town Board completing SEQRA review by declaring a nega-tive declaration, 2) a title search and review of easement conducted and 3) subject to a permissive referendum.

After adoption, the Town Clerk will publish an abstract of the resolution making the public aware of the permis-sive referendum. Once the Supervi-

sor signs the contract a $5000 deposit will be made by the Town and a due diligence period will begin to conduct SEQRA and investigate the property. Supervisor Burke noted the purchase price of the property is $500,000.

The Board has been diligent to make sure the budget will be able to handle it. The last payment for the Central Valley Pond Improvements BAN in the amount of $175,000 will be made in 2014.

The fi rst payment towards the BAN for the purchase of land will be in 2015 for $100,000. He feels the purchase will have no adverse effects to the budget.

The property is in the center of Town and the price is right. After the pur-chase the Board can discuss future use of the property. A full copy of the reso-lution is available on the Town’s web-site (www.townofwoodbury.com) under Meeting Minutes for December 19.

Letters to the editor

Over the last few months the mem-bers of the Monroe-Woodbury Teach-ers’ Association have helped to make the holiday season a little brighter for the Monroe-Woodbury community. The MWTA is proud of its long tradi-tion of being involved in the commu-nity and helping those in need.

Here is a sample of just a few of the things that have been done:

• MWTA members donated clothing and assisted the PTA in a winter cloth-ing event that was held on October 29th in the neighborhood 2-5 buildings.

• Collections were held in each building for Thanksgiving to help needy families in our community.

• The High School Life Skills class, working with the MWTA, created beautiful centerpieces and gift baskets for the Monroe and Woodbury Senior Centers.

• MWTA completed its Holiday Book Drive in December, which pro-vided age appropriate books to the children of 175 families.

On behalf of the MWTA, I would like to extend warm wishes for a Hap-py New Year in 2014. We look for-ward to continuing these and similar activities in the New Year.Sincerely,Darrell McElroyMWTA Executive Vice President

MWTA made the holiday season a little brighter

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Residents outside of Kiryas Joel in the town of Monroe were recently blind-sided by newly elected supervisor Harley Doles’ January 3 announcement that he and the Monroe town board were supporting an annexation request from the village of KJ. The leadership in KJ

submitted the formal annexation request to the town, county and state on Decem-ber 27, 2013. That formal request would allow KJ to annex over 500 acres that are currently part of the Town of Mon-roe into their village and simultaneously form a town or city. What would most surely follow will be a request to the Department of Education from KJ to change the MW and KJ school district

boundary lines to follow the 500+ an-nexed acres and remove those 500 acres from the MW school district.

Mr. Doles is forming a”blue ribbon committee” to discuss the merits of KJ’s annexation request. Mr. Doles stated that this committee will consist of Senator Larkin, legislator Maloney and the newly elected county super-visor Steve Neuhaus. Are we to as-

sume Mr. Doles doesn’t think it’s nec-essary to invite representatives from the Monroe-Woodbury school district to these critical discussions? There will be huge tax ramifi cations both positive and negative to our district if this annexation is approved. Whatever the outcome MW needs to have a seat at these meetings and be part of all dis-cussions and decisions.

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To: Dept. of Ed. – From: KJ; Change M-W & KJ School District boundaries?

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Woodbury Public Library Adult News January News for the rest of the month

By Rose-Emma Calabrese, Adult Services

Happy New Year everyone! The book clubs will merge as one Co-Ed read-ing club for this month. We will be reading The Glass Castle: A Memoir, by Jeanette Walls. Computer Tutor time periods have been made simpler by the creation of a calendar of dates in which to

choose your time, and space to in-clude your particular problem. Call or visit the library and sign up for one of the times posted. Dates are available until the end of February. Adult Services is a part time position and now these appointments can be made whether Adult Services is in-

house that day or not, with no need to wait for a call back unless you have a particular question that needs an answer.Computer Tutor appointments in Jan-uary can be made for these dates are: Wednesday, January 22nd from 5-6:30 PM and Thursday, January 23rd from 3:30 to 5 PM. We hope these times and dates can accommodate most of your schedules, whether retired or still working. We have fi ve additional programs this month. All programs are for adults and seniors only - both male and fe-male. Registration is required for all programs in order to provide materi-als and supplies. Registration can be made by phone (845-928-6162) or in person at the Highland Mills Rush-

more Branch during open hours.We will have a Paper Craft Collage Project on Tuesday, January 28th from 4-5:30 PM at the Senior Center. We will create a few items both fl at and 3-D, using collage techniques. Our Co-Ed Book Club, The Glass Castle: a Memoir will meet for dis-cussion on Wednesday January 29th

from 6:30 to 8 PM at Highland Mills.Friday Night Films is on January 31st at 7 PM at Highland Mills. The choice this month is the Academy Award nominated foreign fi lm, Biuti-ful starring Academy Award nomi-nee Javier Bardem, and from the di-rector, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (21 Grams and Babel). The fi lm has English Subtitles and English Closed Captions).

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We would like to extend our well wishes to all thefirefighters in this company and thank them for thevaluable service they provide to us all. A specialthanks goes out to the chief, whose dedication andtireless efforts to the company are known and noticedthroughout the community. Thank you for makingreally tough but sound decisions and thank you foralways having the best interest of the community inmind!!!! To the officers and members, the contribu-tions you make daily are to be commended. To eachand every volunteer of the Highland Mills Fire Com-pany...thank you for your unselfish service to the cit-izens you serve.

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community and schools will be enormous The Woodbury Gazette will be researching & reporting on recent KJ annexation request

By Theresa Budich

During the next several months the Woodbury Gazette will be researching and reporting on the recently proposed KJ annexation request.

The petition to annex over 500 acres from the town of Monroe into the village of Kiryas Joel was submitted by the Kiryas Joel leadership to the town, county and state on December 27, 2013. Kiryas Joel announced at that time its intention to nearly double KJ’s size with this land acquisition and simultaneously form its own town or city.

Newly elected Monroe Town Supervisor, Harley Doles and the members of the Monroe town board have made it clear they support this annexation. Both Supervisor Doles and the members of the town board were elected by a huge KJ bloc vote.

Recently, Supervisor Doles announced his intention to form a “Blue Ribbon Committee” to discuss their proposed annexation. It is imperative that all the stakeholders be involved in any and all discussions. The lands involved boarder on the Towns of Woodbury and Blooming Grove.

The Monroe-Woodbury CSD will also be impacted by this proposed annexation. The ramifi cations to our community and schools will be enormous and we must all be represented at the table.

Retired 18 year member of the MWCSD and Monroe Town Resident

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By Dr. Charles Stanley

We know that the books in the Old Testament are important because they not only foreshadow the Lord Jesus, but Jesus also taught those who fol-lowed Him from them.

Though the twenty-seven books of the New Testa-ment were written after Jesus was crucifi ed and res-urrected, they were recognized as authentic because they were written by people who had direct contact with Christ and were divinely inspired. Just like a book was considered canonical when Moses or David wrote it, a book was also recognized as authoritative when an apostle such as John or Paul wrote it.

The New Testament was written more quickly than the Old Testament—it was completed within half a century. This means that all the books were com-pleted, copied, and distributed before AD 100. In

fact by AD 95, a letter written by Clement of Rome, an early church father who may have been a student of Paul, shows the infl uence of Matthew, Luke, Ro-mans, Corinthians, Ephesians, Timothy, Titus, and Peter—a sign that the books were well known and circulated within the early church.

In The Origin of the Bible, Milton Fisher writes, “The fi rst three outstanding church fathers, Clem-ent, Polycarp, and Ignatius, used the bulk of the material of the New Testament in a revealingly ca-sual manner—authenticated Scriptures were being accepted as authoritative without argument.” If any group voiced uncertainty about a book, it was gener-

ally because the group was from a different location or region, and had not had the exposure to it that would allow them to affi rm its authenticity.

It wasn’t until around AD 140 that a heretic named Marcion challenged the canon when he threw out the entire Old Testament and a lot of the New Testament, which forced church leaders to affi rm the authority of both the Old and New Testaments. This confi rmation was useful because by AD 170, other “gospels” were appearing (fi ctional, to be sure). Yet the church had already established that Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were the only Gospels with authority.

By approximately AD 170, the canon was being translated into other languages, and by AD 190, church leaders were beginning to call it the “New Testament.” Though there were other documents that affi rmed the canon of the New Testament, the most important confi rmation came at the Council of Carthage (AD 397), which listed the twenty-seven books and proclaimed, “Aside from the canonical Scriptures nothing is to be read in church under the Name of Divine Scriptures.”

Manuscript-wise, we are very fortunate to have frag-ments dating as close as 20 to 30 years from the origi-nal work of the apostles, which is utterly astounding. In fact, there is a manuscript containing the majority of Paul’s epistles that dates to just a few decades after

Paul would have written them. Though they have ear-lier manuscripts containing different parts of the New Testament, the earliest complete Bible manuscript which actually included both the Old and New Testa-ments was found in AD 350, and is known as the Co-dex Sinaiticus. In the archaeological world, this kind of excellent record is virtually unheard of.

Frederick Kenyon, a British archaeologist re-spected for his work concerning ancient texts and languages, concluded, “The Christian can take the whole Bible in his hand and say without fear or hesitation that he holds in it the true Word of God, handed down without essential loss from generation to generation throughout the centuries.”

Please understand that this description of the can-onization of the New Testament is a very brief, gener-al summary. However, it represents the inherent truth that our Bible is absolutely reliable and trustworthy.

Evidence & Confi rmationEven if you accept that the manuscripts of the Old and New Testaments are authentic and reliable, you may be wondering: How can I be sure that Jesus re-ally is the Messiah? Other people died on crosses—how do I know it wasn’t some other guy?

Science Speaks professor Peter Stoner looked at the eight prophesies in the Old Testament regard-ing the place of birth, time of birth, manner of birth, betrayal, manner of death, place of death, public reaction, piercing, and burial of the Messiah. Ac-cording to Josh McDowell in Evidence that De-mands a Verdict, Stoner found that the chance that a man could fi t those eight prophecies was 1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000 (1 x 1017).

Stoner writes,These prophecies were either given by inspiration of God, or, the prophets just wrote them as they thought they should be. In such a case the proph-ets had just one chance in 1017 of having them come true in any man, but they all came true in Christ. This means that the fulfi llment of those eight proph-esies alone proves that God inspired the writings of those prophecies to defi niteness which lacks only one chance in 1017 of being absolute.

The most astounding thing is that Jesus doesn’t only fulfi ll these eight prophecies, but over 100 prophecies found in the Old Testament! By the way, this is a very conservative estimate. One website listed 324 fulfi lled prophecies! Imagine the odds of that? It is utterly beyond our comprehension!

We know from the document evidence that these prophecies were written even before Jesus was born, and that no amount of human engineering could pos-sibly achieve them. Yet Jesus did—and no one else ever will. So then, how sure can you be that Jesus is the real Messiah? 100 x 10infi nity percent.

Dr. Charles F. Stanley, senior pastor of the First Baptist Church of Atlanta and founder of In Touch Ministries. Modeling his ministry after the apostle Paul’s message to the Ephesians, Dr. Stanley believes that: “Life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus–the work of telling others the Good News about God’s mighty kindness and love” (Acts 20:24, TLB). Source: www.intouch.org

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Central Valley United Methodist Church12 Smith Clove Road, Central Valley, NY 10917www.centralvalleyumc.comPhone/fax: 845-928-6570Pastor: Reverend Jessica L. AnschutzAll are welcome to join us!Worship: Sundays @ 9:30 amChildren’s Sunday School @ 9:45 amFellowship Hour: Sundays @ 10:30 amPrayer Group: Wednesdays @ 9:30 amAdditional fellowship and service opportunities, all ages.Come join us as we do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God!

Congregation Eitz Chaim/MWJCCA Warm and Friendly Conservative Synagogue1465 Orange Turnpike, P.O. Box 183Monroe, NY 10949845-783-7424 www.eitzchaim-monroe.orgRabbi’s Yael Hammerman and Hillel Konigsburg Service times:Friday: Kaballat Shabbat 6:00 p.m.Saturday: Shaharit 9:00 a.m.Sunday: Shaharit Minyan 8:30 a.m.Open Enrollment:Gan Shalom Preschool, Hebrew School, Kadima, USY

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 amSunday School @ 9:15 amMen’s Bible Study: Saturdays @ 8:30-9:30 am

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 ex-perience 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 Saturday morn-ing (unless otherwise specifi ed), 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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Vitamin D has been getting a lot of press and attention in the media. What’s the fuss? The

fuss is that it is a very special vitamin, sometimes referred to as “sunshine vitamin”. It can be known by that name because our bodies can make it using sunlight, unlike other essential vitamins. It is also gaining a lot of publicity because we are now learn-ing that more people are defi cient in this vitamin than what we perceived before; hence clinicians were under diagnosing their patients. Moreover, it is essential to have suffi cient levels of Vitamin D because it is associated with adverse outcomes in all ages when low.What is a vitamin D defi ciency?Vitamin D defi ciency is when you do not have enough vitamin D in your body. This is a problem, because the body needs vitamin D to absorb calcium and for other important jobs.What are the risk factors of being Vitamin D defi cient? Am I at a risk of being defi cient?In general, Vitamin D defi ciency affects the elderly, affecting approximately 50% of people older than 65 years. Because our body can produce Vitamin D with sun exposure - not being able to get outside very much, living in colder climates (i.e. north lati-tudes) and nursing homes can present as risk factors. Not only is sun exposure important but ensuring a well balanced diet that provides Vitamin D is impor-tant. Despite a well balanced diet, some may have a disease or condition that changes how the body can absorb vitamin D, such as Crohn’s disease, chronic pancreatitis and cystic fi brosis; or surgery where part of the stomach or small intestine is removed. Finally, some of the other less common reasons can include having dark skin, medications such as anti-seizure meds or steroids, being overweight or obese because fat cells pull vitamin out of the bloodstream.What are the symptoms of Vitamin D defi ciency?Mild cases may not have any symptoms but in se-vere cases symptoms such as lethargy, bone pain, muscle pain, falling often, broken bones caused by a minor injury due to osteoporosis.How do you diagnose Vitamin D defi ciency?A simple blood test is the best way to tell if you have enough vitamin D. Why do we need Vitamin D?

1) It helps your body absorb 2 minerals called calcium and phosphorus.

2) It helps make your bones stay healthy with formation, growth and repair of bones which helps prevent osteoporosis.

3) It may prevent some disease, such as diabetes and multiple sclerosis.

4) It helps you muscles and heart.How does Vitamin D defi ciency affect the heart?Studies have shown that patients with lowest levels of vitamin D as well as those with extremely high(or supranormal) levels are at an increased risk of hav-ing a heart related disorder(i.e. heart attack, heart failure), stroke and all-cause mortalityHow do you get vitamin D?Vitamin D can be obtained via several methods: diet, sun and supplements. It is a natural part of some foods; the vitamin is also added to some dairy

products and cereals, from sun exposure, and sup-plements. The sun rays change the vitamin D into an active form that the body can use.What types of food have vitamin D?Diet sources include consumption of certain fi shes such as salmon, tuna, mackerel, as well as fi sh liver oils. Vitamin D also exists in beef liver, cheese, and egg yolks. There are also vitamin-D fortifi ed foods, such as milk, milk alternatives, orange juice and breakfast cereals. How much of sun exposure is suffi ce to obtain vitamin D?Approximately 10 minutes of sun exposure of the arms, legs, hands or face 3-4 times a week. And you cannot get vitamin D from a tanning bed. What happens if I am Vitamin D defi cient?If you are vitamin D defi cient, your physician will determine how much and how long you would need to be treated depending on low defi cient you are. Do I need to take vitamin D supplements? Experts recommend that most adults take supple-ments that have 800 international units (IU) of vita-min D a day. People who do not get enough vitamin D from their food or from the sun might need to take even more. If your doctor recommends that you need vitamin D supplements, ask him or her which type, how much, and when to take the supplements. The type and dose of supplement that is right for you will depend on your other medical problems and perhaps other medications you may already be taking. Is there such a thing of too much vitamin D? YES!, It is important not to take too much vitamin D. Taking too much vitamin D can make you sick. Some of the symptoms include abdominal pain, muscle weakness or pain, and loss of appetite. It is not a water soluble vitamin.What forms of vitamin D supplements are available?Supplements are available in pill, capsule, or liquid form.

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Dr. Manita Sawhney is Board Certifi ed in Internal Medicine, having her training in the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, and her residency in Mercy Catholic Medical Center in Darby, PA.

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Fiery hot molasses fl oods the streets of Boston on this day in 1919, killing 21 people and injuring scores of others. The molasses burst from a huge tank at the United States Industrial Alcohol Com-pany building in the heart of the city.

The United States Industrial Alcohol building was located on Commercial Street near North End Park in Boston. It was close to lunch time on January 15 and Boston was experiencing some un-seasonably warm weather as workers were loading freight-train cars within the large building. Next to the workers was a 58-foot-high tank fi lled with 2.5 million gallons of crude molasses.

Suddenly, the bolts holding the bot-tom of the tank exploded, shooting out like bullets, and the hot molasses rushed out. An eight-foot-high wave of molasses swept away the freight cars and caved in the building’s doors and windows. The

few workers in the building’s cellar had no chance as the liquid poured down and overwhelmed them.

The huge quantity of molasses then fl owed into the street outside. It liter-ally knocked over the local fi rehouse and then pushed over the support beams for the elevated train line. The hot and sticky substance then drowned and burned fi ve workers at the Public Works Department. In all, 21 people and doz-ens of horses were killed in the fl ood. It took weeks to clean the molasses from the streets of Boston.

This disaster also produced an epic court battle, as more than 100 lawsuits were fi led against the United States In-dustrial Alcohol Company. After a six-in-vestigation that involved 3,000 witnesses and 45,000 pages of testimony, a special auditor fi nally determined that the com-pany was at fault because the tank used had not been strong enough to hold the molasses. Nearly $1 million was paid in settlement of the claims.

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January 15, 1559Elizabeth crowned queen of England, 455 Years ago

Two months after the death of her half-sister, Queen Mary I of Eng-land, Elizabeth Tudor, the 25-year-old daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, is crowned Queen Elizabeth I at Westminster Abbey in London.

The two half-sisters, both daughters of Henry VIII, had a stormy relation-ship during Mary’s fi ve-year reign. Mary, who was brought up as a Catho-lic, enacted pro-Catholic legislation and made efforts to restore papal suprema-cy in England. A Protestant rebellion ensued, and Queen Mary imprisoned Elizabeth, a Protestant, in the Tower of London on suspicion of complicity. After Mary’s death, Elizabeth survived several Catholic plots against her; al-though her ascension was greeted with approval by most of England’s lords, who were largely Protestant and hoped for greater religious tolerance under a Protestant queen. Under the early guid-ance of Secretary of State Sir William Cecil, Elizabeth repealed Mary’s pro-Catholic legislation, established a per-manent Protestant Church of England, and encouraged the Calvinist reformers in Scotland.

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ticed a policy of strengthening Eng-land’s Protestant allies and dividing her foes. Elizabeth was opposed by the pope, who refused to recognize her legitimacy, and by Spain, a Catho-lic nation that was at the height of its power. In 1588, English-Spanish ri-valry led to an abortive Spanish inva-sion of England in which the Spanish Armada, the greatest naval force in the world at the time, was destroyed by storms and a persistent English navy.

With increasing English domina-tion at sea, Elizabeth encouraged voy-ages of discovery, such as Sir Francis Drake’s circumnavigation of the world and Sir Walter Raleigh’s expeditions to the North American coast.

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Famed Tory outlaw Claudius Smith meets his end on the gallows on this day in 1779 in Goshen, New York. In the wake of his death, Patriot civilians hope for relief from guerilla warfare in upstate New York. Born in Brookhaven, New York, in 1736, Smith moved with his family to Orange County, New York, in 1741.

Thought to have fought with Mohawk leader Joseph Brandt as a Tory defender of the crown during the New York cam-paign of 1777, Smith earned the label “Cowboy of the Ra-mapos” for his use of guerrilla tactics against Patriot civil-ians. Smith and his cohorts stole livestock and ambushed travelers on the Orange Turnpike between Canada and New York from the cave now memorialized as “Claudius Smith’s Den” in Orange County’s Harriman State Park.Smith managed to escape justice until his gang mur-dered Patriot Major Nathaniel Strong in the course of a robbery. Patriot Governor George Clinton then issued a warrant for his arrest, offering a $1,200 reward for the capture of Smith, who was described as “7 feet tall” in his wanted poster. Captured on British-controlled Long

Island by vigilantes in October, he and other members of his gang, including one of his sons, were returned to Patriot territory and hung near their home turf in Goshen.Despite his less than savory exploits, Smith earned a reputation as a “robin hood” because he targeted the wealthy but was said to be generous with the poor. Be-

cause his mother reputedly warned him that, unless he re-formed, he would “die with his boots on,” Smith removed his footwear before he was hanged. Two of Smith’s three sons belonged to his gang—one was hanged with his father; another took over the gang upon his death.Legend has it that Claudius Smith’s skull was fi lled with mortar and included in the edifi ce of the Goshen Court House.

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Survivors include her husband, Douglas L. Taylor of Florida, NY; her sons, Dominic Crescimanno and his wife Jeanette of Mt. Pleasant, TX, Jerry Crescimanno and his wife Laura of Highland Mills, NY, Joseph Crescimanno and his wife Patricia of Salisbury Mills, NY; her daughter, Janine Milz and her husband Bryan of Florida, NY; her sister, Prudence Cerra of Lords Valley, PA; 5 grandchildren: Christina, Joseph, Stephanie, Brittany & Brianna, nieces and nephews.

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Bill Gates and what has he done to our Schools?Not so fast, Bill Gates. Money isn’t everything. Even a small child knows that!

By Dawn Hoagland

Many people don’t know much about Bill Gates, but they respect the fact that he is a billionaire. He is per-ceived to be a nice man because he donates billions of dollars to combat famine and disease; however, Bill’s philanthropy and the morality of his investments and associations are up for debate.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foun-dation teamed up with Cargill, a 133 billion dollar corporation, to send GMO soy to third world countries.Cargill has been sued by the Interna-tional Labor Rights Fund for traffi ck-ing children from Mali and forcing them to work for 14 hours each day without pay, food, or sleep. Bill owns 500,000 shares of Monsanto stock. The Associated Press carried out a report that found a clear link between the use of pesticides sold by Monsan-to and birth defects and cancer rates in Argentina. Charming?

What does Bill Gates have to do with our children’s school experi-ence? Since 1994 the Gates Foun-dation has spent $6 billion trying to improve U.S. education. He experi-mented with “small schools” which turned out to be a failure.

Now he has turned his attention to a completely new agenda, the introduc-tion of a national set of standards, the Common Core (masquerading as state standards) designed to make 80% of high school graduates “college and career ready.” President Obama and Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, used stimulus money to create fi nan-cial incentives to force states to adopt

the new standards sight unseen in 2010. Federally mandating the adop-tion of the Common Core has created a tremendous opportunity for charter schools and distance learning com-panies to capture public funds. Bill is donating lots of foundation money, as well, to increase the number of charter schools across the nation.

What do grants from the Gates Foundation have to do with Monroe Woodbury School District? Because of the grant money he spreads around, Bill Gates is having a profound effect on our school district and almost every other school district in the forty-fi ve states that have adopted the Common Core Standards.

Bill Gates funded David Coleman, the author of the Common Core. He paid people to market the standards and provide guidance to implement them. He gave $5 million each to the National PTA, the American Federa-tion of Teachers, and Jeb Bush and his Foundation for Excellence to be cheer-leaders for the Common Core. Secre-tary of Education Arne Duncan’s chief of staff comes directly from the Gates Foundation. Former Gates’ personnel are strategically placed throughout the Obama administration.

Without Bill Gates’ grant money, there would be no Common Core State Standards. We would still be using our perfectly good New York State Stan-dards. Without RTTT grant money, there would be no standardized testing regime that ties teacher evaluations to student test scores which essentially eliminates tenure. By funding the cre-

ation of the Common Core, Bill Gates has provided the vehicle that will be used to decimate public education and destroy unions and organized labor.

The ultimate goal - It seems that the ultimate goal is to privatize education by failing students, fi ring teachers, and closing public schools. If not for the adoption of these new standards our teachers would not be worried about teaching to the test and our students would not fi nd their studies limited to Common Core aligned materials. There would be no invasive data col-lection system such as inBloom threat-ening to put our children’s personally identifi able information in an insecure cyber cloud managed by Amazon.

Why are we doing this? Gover-nor Cuomo was anxious to secure the $700 million in RTTT funding from the U.S. Department of Education. Is it worth it? The international publish-ing company, Pearson, will get most of that grant money -- not individual districts. School districts have to buy Common Core aligned materials, tests, computers and software. Ac-cepting this grant money actually rep-resents a net loss for our district.

Is it a good idea - to put someone in charge of reforming education that has no experience and no credentials for such an endeavor? He has been convicted of copyright infringement three times. In 1997 the U.S. Justice Department accused Microsoft of violating a 1995 antitrust agreement, because the Windows 95 operating system required consumers to load Microsoft’s Internet browser—thus

giving Microsoft a monopolistic ad-vantage over other browser manufac-turers. In late 1999 the trial judge de-cided that Microsoft was a monopoly that had stifl ed competition.

A series of appeals has allowed the company to remain intact and contin-ue its practices. In the European Union Microsoft has also faced scrutiny over anticompetitive concerns and has been fi ned millions of euros. Bill obviously factors in fi ghting lawsuits and paying fi nes as the cost of doing business. He has amassed his billions by creating a monopoly which is against the law. Lenient judges don’t change that fact.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Founda-tion spouts this motto: “Every life has equal value.” Bill Gates sends his own children to a private school where the Common Core is not taught, where it is not crushing their creativity and reducing time for teachers to develop relationships with his children. He thinks he has the right to change ev-erything about the way our schools are run because he has enough money to do so. He thinks other children’s parents, teachers, and administrators will go along with his Common Core monopoly that is designed to crush in-novative teaching and replace it with standardized data-driven test prep de-livered on computers with the help of--you guessed it--Microsoft. Not so fast, Bill Gates. Money isn’t everything. Even a small child knows that.

Dawn Hoagland can be contacted at commoncoreisnotok@gmail.com.

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Family Swim 7:30 PM - 9:45 PM, Middle SchoolCV Movie Night 7:00 PM

Monday, Jan 20, 2014 School ClosedMartin L. King, Jr. Day

Tuesday, Jan 21, 2014 Family Swim 7:30 PM - 9:45 PM, Middle SchoolSE BLC 2:50 PM

Wednesday, Jan 22, 2014 BOE - Regular Meeting 6:00 PM, High School

Friday, Jan 24, 2014 Family Swim 7:30 PM - 9:45 PM, Middle SchoolNM Movie Night 7:00 PMPT Boys Rec Night 6:00 PM - 8:00 PMSE Movie Night 6:00 PMOCMEA All-County High School Festiva

Saturday, Jan 25, 2014 OCMEA High School All-County Festival

Sunday, Jan 26, 2014 Family Swim 1:00 PM - 3:45 PM, Middle School

Monday, Jan 27, 2014 CV PTA Bake-Off 6:30 PMHIGH SCHOOL REGENTS/RCT EXAMS

Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 HIGH SCHOOL REGENTS/RCT EXAMSFamily Swim 7:30 PM - 9:45 PM, Middle SchoolPT Refl ections 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Wednesday, Jan 29, 2014 HIGH SCHOOL REGENTS/RCT EXAMS

Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 HIGH SCHOOL REGENTS/RCT EXAMS

SC Family Night @ HS 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, High School

PT PARP Book Swap 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

MS BLC 3:30 PM

Friday, Jan 31, 2014 Family Swim 7:30 PM - 9:45 PM, Middle School

Saturday, Feb 1, 2014 MW Regional Cheerleading Competition @ HS 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM

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MW Regional Cheerleading Competition @ HS (snow date) 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM

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MS Soup for Soup-er Bowl For Food Pantry

Student/Parent MeetingsMusic Boosters @ CV, 7:30 PM, CV

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Odyssey of the Mind Spontaneous Scrimmage @ CV 6:00 PM, Central Valley

Wednesday, Feb 5, 2014 SEPTA @ NM 7:00 PM, North Main

Thursday, Feb 6, 2014 HS Prism Concert 7:00 PM

Student/Parent MeetingsHS BLC room 130, 2:30 PMNM BLC, 8:15 AMSC BLC, 7:45 AMSC PTA, 9:30 AM

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