October 9, 2014 Vol. 5 No. 20

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WHAT’S UPCommunityTown Board meeting 2Tuition Free NY is NOT Free 3Police Academy Update 6Burke Memorial Fundraiser 7Craft Fair–Vendors Apply Now! 7New Police Officers 8Lions Club Yard Sale 9

Sports9U Woodbury Wolverines 10M-W Athlete of the Week 10

HistoryImages of America 11Pumpkin Festival 11

FaithRaising Successful Children 12Another culture shock 13The Eitz Chaim ~Calendar 13High Holy Days 13

Education 14

Sudoku 15

T. E. A. L Walk raised $12,500

Over 200 supporters walked for T.E.A.L’s 2014 Woodbury event at Earl Reservoir on September 27th.

MW Athletic Club came out in force for the 2014 Woodbury T.E.A.L walk. Nancy Irizarry is at the left in her tutu.

Photos by Ben Meyers.

Forty-seven sponsors and over 200 walkersWoodbury - Nancy Irizarry hap-pily reported that Woodbury’s T.E.A.L Walk at Earl Reservoir had over 200 hundred people who registered to walk and raised $12,500.

Nancy’s son Nelson Savino-Caraballo sang the National Anthem and her goddaughter Melissa Vega sang, “Overcomer”, while her sister Tiffany Vega sang, “It’s a beautiful day”.

Limor from Younique Fitness N’ Dance, did a Zumba warm up and Dr. Jennifer Reich gave information about ovarian cancer awareness and heredi-tary issues. She expressed the concerns about knowing your family back-ground and how it will help you in case you have been diagnosed with cancer.

See T.E.A.L, page 1

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Town Board meeting By Desiree Potvin, Clerk for the Town of WoodburyWoodbury - Summary Week of Town Board Meeting held on October 2, 2014Oath of Office Ceremony: Town Clerk Desiree Potvin administered the Oath of Office to newly hired, full-time Po-lice Officers Christopher Correa, Jo-seph Iorio and Kristen Potter.Cancelation of Work-session - October 13 and November 3: The Board canceled the October 13 work-session due to the Columbus Day holiday and the Novem-ber 3 work-session due to Election Day.Public Hearing Scheduled - Amendment to Towing Law: The Board scheduled a public hearing on proposed Introductory Local Law 4 of 2014 to amend Chapter 283 of the Town Code entitled “Tow-ing”, to improve towing response times and ease of vehicle redemptions for those individuals operating vehicles within the Town. The public hearing is scheduled to be held at 7:30PM on October 16, 2014.

Announcement of Budget Workshop Dates: Deputy Supervisor Frank Paler-mo announced that budget workshops will be held at 7:30PM at the Highway Garage on October 7th, 8th, 14th, 20th and if need the 22nd. He noted that funds to be discussed each meeting will be announced on the Town’s website - www.townofwoodbury.com.Receipt of 2015 Tentative Bud-get: Town Clerk Potvin stated that, pursuant to Town Law Section 106(3), a copy of the Fiscal Year 2015 Tenta-tive Budget was received by her office on September 29, 2014, and has been distributed to the Board members. The tentative budget consists of the budget summaries submitted by each depart-ment without discussion or changes made by the full Board.

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To read more articles go to WoodburyGazette.com• Library News and updates

• Neuhaus Proposes $703 million Budget

• History - Custer’s funeral at West Point

• Highland Mills UMC – Prayer Box and Drive-in Prayers

• Nan Hayworth Highlights Maloney’s cuts to Veterans

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By Rich Cocchiara

Ask New Yorkers what they regard as the most daunting challenges facing New York and you will invariably hear TAXES and JOBS. Certainly it is a mes-sage I hear loud and clear as I campaign for the New York State Assembly.

Those living on fixed incomes, such as seniors and retirees, can’t afford the tax-es on homes that they have owned most of their adult lives. Many are trapped in a fiscal vice because they can’t sell their homes, thanks to the dismal state of our economy. Those lucky enough to find a buyer also pay a price---often leav-ing behind children, grandchildren and loved ones as they flee New York.

Scores of our young and recent col-lege graduates are also being forced to leave the State because New York’s taxes and regulatory climate are stifling eco-nomic growth, and the creation of new jobs that pay a mortgage.

Now here comes Assemblyman James Skoufis with a proposed solu-

tion to our skyrocketing tax burden…more taxes to fund what he calls ‘Tu-ition Free NY.’ Unfortunately, Tuition Free NY is far from free.

This program will dramatically increase the tax burden for New Yorkers, even for those who don’t have children in college or have already paid to help their kids through college. By his own admission, this program will cost one percent of our current State budget which adds nearly $1.5 Billion to New York’s tax burden, al-ready one of the highest in the nation.

And there is a big catch for those sup-posedly lucky kids who will be the ben-eficiary of the Skoufis tax increase. His program requires students to attend a SUNY/CUNY school and ‘remain’ in New York for five (5) years after gradu-ation. What if they can’t find a job in New York? His program requires that recipients ‘give back’ 250 hours each year (the better part of one workday a week). What New York bureaucracy is going to define what is and what isn’t an appropriate ‘give back,’ and dispatch

the thousands of state paid regulators required to enforce ‘give back’ rules?

I have a better idea to solve the tuition and tax problem. Instead of increasing our taxes beyond the breaking point, let’s enlist the job creators to help pay for college ed-ucations using the taxes they already pay.

How? By allowing a business to take a tax credit equal to the amount they pay towards the student loans of any employee. The student gets help with a loan and the business owner gets a well-educated young person and sees their taxes at work in the form of an employee - instead of a tax hike.

Businesses would have an incentive to hire and students get a good paying job after college. I’ve spoken to several busi-ness leaders who agree that this would create new incentives to hire more people while not costing them anything more in taxes than they pay now. More importantly, taxpayers avoid a massive tax increase that will force a new wave of emigrants to bolt New York.

This is a win/win for everyone: stu-

dents, job creators, taxpayers…and we won’t need a new bureaucracy or a fresh regiment of regulators.

I don’t have a fancy name for this program. Call it a common sense solu-tion to skyrocketing taxes and tuition costs. It is the same fiscally prudent approach I have used as a Town Coun-cilman in Hamptonburgh, where we have not raised tax rates in 29 years; the same type of innovative approach I used at IBM for 31 years to solve com-plex problems and the same straight forward approach I have used as a local small business owner.

It’s time we send some people to Alba-ny with experience in the real world of problem solving, and retire those career politicians whose only notion of good is to tax more, spend more, and regulate more. It is the kind of common sense I will take to Albany if elected to the New York State Assembly in November.

Rich Cocchiara is the Republican-Conservative-Independence Party candidate for the 99th District, New York State Assembly.

On Education

Tuition Free NY is NOT Free “…. more taxes to fund what he calls ‘Tuition Free NY’”

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Letter to the editor

The Republican Primary for Family Court Judge was won by only two votes. This is a prime example that YOUR VOTE REALLY DOES MATTER! It is extremely important for every registered voter to ex-ercise their right to vote. It could be the difference to who wins the election.

New York State is ranked high in taxes paid but low in job growth. Recently, mortgage website Bankrate.com ranked New York State as the worst state to retire, because of its high taxes, its high cost-of-living, and its health care system which is becoming less affordable and more unavailable. We need to start taking back New York, one district at a time.

We need to elect candidates such as my

husband, Rich Cocchiara, who has been a problem solver throughout his working career. New York State needs people with common sense ideas who have real solu-tions and will not just lead rallies. He knows how to balance budgets in both business and in local town politics as one of the council-persons in Hamptonburgh. Rich has the qualities and experience needed to be your next NYS Assemblyperson.

Take it from the Primary - YOUR VOTE REALLY DOES MATTER! Vote for change. Vote for a better New York. Vote for Rich Cocchiara on November 4th for the 99th Assembly District.Thank you, Judy Cocchiara

John Burke was my family’s long time friend but he was Woodbury’s Chief Fi-nancial Officer and he called himself “pro-tector of the purse strings”. During John’s first year in office, he was faced with monu-mental challenges. There was out of control spending, a maintenance backlog and the Woodbury Pool was in crisis.

FLASH FORWARD to the end of his “first term”; our bond rating increased, the town had a maintenance program, and the pool was crystal clear. For six more years John continued to improve our quality of life and became the proud voice of Woodbury resi-dents, or, as he had also often called himself, “The Sixth Man” - John Q Citizen.

Because of the untimely death of Super-visor Burke, Woodbury voters must elect a new “voice of the people”. Ralph Caruso is my family’s choice.

We are proud to say that he is also a long time family friend and we have had the privi-lege to work with Ralph on The Citizens for the Preservation of Woodbury Committee. It

is a group of non-partisan citizens who “very carefully” select issues that need to be brought to the public’s attention. Our most recent proj-ect was a referendum to change the date of the Village election from June to November to improve voter turnout. Mission accomplished!

Over the years, Ralph has belonged to nu-merous community groups and has quietly dedicated himself to our town. Ralph also has extensive management experience such as Superintendent of Operations for the MTA, and he is also a small business Proprietor.

Ralph Caruso has the EXACT same core values as John Burke; fiscal responsibly, protection our property values, and pres-ervation our parks. In fact, John Burke and Ralph Caruso have stood shoulder to shoulder on the issues of annexation, sewer, water, well problems, and the KJ pipeline.

Please secure Woodbury’s future. Vote for Ralph Caruso for Town of Woodbury Supervisor on Tuesday, November 04, 2014. Poles open from 6 am to 9 PM.Carol Mullooly, Central Valley

Vote for a better New York -Vote for Rich Cocchiara

Ralph Caruso for Supervisor - EXACT same core values as John Burke

My name is David Sutz and I am pleased to announce my WRITE-IN candidacy for Town of Woodbury Supervisor. It is an honor and privilege to serve the good citizens of Woodbury as a Village of Woodbury Trustee.

Having been re-elected to my third term in office, I am afforded the continued op-portunity to work diligently to rebuild and upgrade our infrastructure, expand local business, negotiate with vendors and suc-cessfully defend our quality of life. Serving in this capacity has given me abundant in-sight into how local government impacts our daily lives and I have learned many ef-fective ways to minimize those impacts.

My wife, Maria and I have lived here for 23 years and raised four children in this beautiful community. While they were growing up, I coached baseball, soccer, bas-ketball and the Challenger / VIP leagues. During that time, I became and still am an active Emergency Medical Technician with the Woodbury Community Ambu-lance Corp having volunteered for the past 17 years 5 as Vice-President. As a qualified CPR & First Aid Instructor I serve at the Orange County 911 Center as a Trainer. In addition, I am a proud, active and support-ing member of the Woodbury Community Association for over 14 years.

My business history includes being a Burger King Franchisee, opening and op-erating successful stores for over 35 years in Westchester and Dutchess Counties. This has provided me with invaluable experi-ence while working with multiple munici-palities and elected officials on many levels involving many governmental matters.

As a result, I am well versed and disciplined in all facets of eight figure budgeting. For the past 10 years I have served on the Board of the Metro NY Franchisee Association repre-senting over 300 restaurants in the NY/Hud-son Valley region. Over the past three years, I

was elected to serve on the Government Rela-tions Committee representing Burger King & other fast food restaurant owners across the United States by lobbying in Washington DC. A main function of my position is to edu-cate and inform government representatives about the ways small businesses are affected by laws and regulations.

In addition, I work closely with the Valerie Fund a fundraising organization dedicated to helping children with can-cer. Some of my goals, if elected, are to: Protect our rights by continuing to vigor-ously defend against any annexation; bring fresh perspective through result oriented business principles to Woodbury Town Government; encourage continued and expanded cooperation between the Town & Village Boards; ensure our Police, High-way, Parks, Senior Center, Libraries and all other departments and services as well as all their employees are treated with respect and have the necessary tools and resources to properly serve all residents and business owners and intelligently control spending while carefully managing the Town budget.

Woodbury voters deserve a fair and honest choice on Election Day. In order to accomplish this, I invite my opponent to a public debate(s) so voters can decide for themselves the best candidate for Supervisor. I am a WRITE-IN candidate so your support is crucial.

When you vote on Tuesday, November 4th please consider supporting me and vote for me by writing in DAVID SUTZ on the ballot as Woodbury Town Supervisor. Polls are open from 6:00 am - 9:00 pm. If you would like to contact me to discuss any is-sues, please email me at davidsutz@yahoo.com, call me at 845-709-3844 or visit me at www.VoteSutz.com

Thanking you in advance for your time and consideration, David Sutz

I am voting for James’ re-election

David Sutz announces WRITE-IN candidacy for Town of Woodbury Supervisor

I write to support the re-election of As-semblyman James Skoufis to the 99th As-sembly District. Since his initial election, James’ achievements have been so exten-sive that I feared that I might not do him justice in a short letter. But I have a very personal story which demonstrates both his character and integrity, and also his de-votion to service to others.

In 2011, when Hurricane Irene devas-tated much of the Town of Woodbury, our home was inundated with four feet of water in the basement, leaving us with a massive cleanup. James was then a member of the Woodbury Town Board.

After the floodwater was pumped out, I learned that James was arranging assis-tance to any Woodbury resident who need-ed help. Once I contacted him, he enlisted volunteers from the Woodbury Commu-

nity Association, who worked tirelessly to clear debris from our basement. James helped countless other town residents in similar situations, not only with cleanup, but as they waded through the flood of in-surance red tape and claim delays.

With this experience as background, after James’ election to the Assembly, the first two bills he proposed dealt with hurricane relief and insurance claims. One requires insurance companies to respond promptly to claims af-ter natural disasters, while the other empanels a state task force to learn how well insurance companies have responded to recent natural disasters. Both bills passed in the Assembly in James’ first legislative session.

In November, I am voting for James’ re-election. I hope you will too.Sincerely, Bob CurtisTown of Woodbury

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Over the past 36 years, college tuition costs have skyrocketed over 1000%. That’s not a typo – there’s no extra zero. The con-sumer price index, inflation, and wages do not come close to touching how rapidly and dramatically college costs have risen.

As someone looking to attend college next year, these numbers are daunting to my family and me. That’s why I’m supporting Assemblyman James Skoufis’ re-election. James has made college affordability a prior-ity, introducing Tuition-Free NY that seeks to make SUNY and CUNY tuition-free for

in-state students in exchange for commu-nity service and living/working in New York for at least five years following graduation.

James believes no student should be pre-vented from better educating himself or herself because the cost of college makes attending out of reach. Nor should any stu-dent be saddled with a lifetime of debt af-ter earning a degree. Assemblyman Skoufis has my support because he has – and will always continue to – look out for middle-class families like mine.Christian Javier, Highland Mills

If you still do not understand what problems currently confront the Town of Monroe - and for that matter, all of Orange County - then all you needed to do was to go to the recent public scoping session held in Kiryas Joel.

Upon entering the lavish and opulent Bais Rachel Paradise Hall in KJ, you would have been faced with signs directing people to sit in the “non-KJ” seating area and the “KJ-seating” area. In other words: Seating was segregated on one side of the room for Hasidic people and the other side of the room for non-Hasidic people.

If you are not outraged by this - you should be! And, the Town Board of Mon-roe sat on stage in complete support of this travesty. Imagine if a meeting was held in the City of Newburgh, and they reserved seating for African-Americans on one side of the room and all others on the other side of the room. OUTRAGEOUS!

I thought the struggles of Rosa Parks, the Civil Rights movement and the U.S. Con-stitution, had put an end to such situations

many decades ago. There are one set of laws that should apply equally to all of us. We are all AMERICANS.

Laws should apply equally against reli-gious, racial, or gender, segregation! Laws should apply equally for fair elections! Laws should apply equally for environ-mental protections! One group of people should not try to circumvent laws to try and get land to change zoning restrictions. One group of people should not be able to take water rights away from other people in Cornwall and Woodbury. One group of citizens should not be able to grow at the expense of other citizens of our County.

We are ALL Orange County citizens. We are all Americans and we should all live equally under one set of laws. Andrew Jackson said it best: “We desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws for everyone.” Some of us are proud to fight - to our po-litical death, if need be - to make sure these principles prevail in Orange County!Mike Anagnostakis Orange County Legislator

The Election for Woodbury Town Super-visor this year is most important. Wood-bury is fighting for its life and survival to remain a place we want to live, raise fami-lies and become Senior Citizens.

We need a person who has leadership qualities, who not only knows how to get things done, but also has a record of posi-tive accomplishments. Ralph Caruso is just that person. He has a long list of champion-ing causes with great results that reach back many years.

Most recently in the beginning of 2014, he led the petition drive to have a refer-endum vote for our Woodbury voters to decide whether they wanted to move the Village election from June to the Novem-ber general election, affording a greater convenience and voting representation.

In 2007 he challenged the Orange County Legislature and County Executive success-fully stopping the transfer of ownership and control to Kiryas Joel of that part of Orange County Route 44 (Seven Springs Road) that passes through its village, thus preventing unforeseen condition, such as road closures.

I can go on identifying the many more times Ralph Caruso went to bat for Wood-bury and made the difference, but it’s clear, he’s the right person for Woodbury and will continue the practice of working for the people of Woodbury as their full time Town Supervisor.

On November 4, 2014, join me in voting for Ralph Caruso, and thank you for taking the time to read this letter.Veronica J. Quercia

James has made college affordability a priority

Laws Should Apply Equally to All - “non-KJ” seating area?

Ralph Caruso - he’s the right person for Woodbury

Tuition-Free NY is a bad proposal As a recent college graduate I am con-

cerned with the future of my fellow stu-dents in regards to Tuition-Free NY. 

While the intent of paying for students’ tu-ition is good, meeting the requirements of the program, such as staying in New York for five years as well as being continuously employed for that time after graduating is worrisome. 

Given that New York State is ranked 45th in job creation in the United States, if I was unable to get a job and fulfill the require-ments of the program, my “free tuition” would be converted into a loan with interest. 

If that’s the case, how would I even be able to pay back the subsequent loans with-out a source of income?  If anything, what I want and what my fellow students should want most is jobs following graduation. 

Without that, we can only expect the vol-ume of student loans to increase and fur-ther contribute to the student loan bubble that’s bound to burst in the near future.

Tuition-Free NY is a bad proposal, and that is why I am supporting Rich Cocchiara to be our next Assemblyperson from the 99th District.  Mr. Cocchiara has proposed tax credits  to NY companies that hire col-lege students from NY, when those compa-nies directly help pay part of the college stu-dent loans their new employees may have. 

A great idea from a candidate with de-cades of business experience representing us in Albany.  A better idea than the current incumbent’s Tuition-Free NY proposal.Joseph GildeaWashingtonville

I endorse Rich Cocchiara to become our next representative to the State Assembly for the 99th District. Rich is an innovative busi-ness leader, with a demonstrated ability to assist businesses and governments in solving major logistical and infrastructure problems.

Rich and his wife, Judy, have resided and paid taxes in our district for decades while raising their three children. Rich has served as a town councilman for the past twelve years, knows firsthand what the problems are which confront the people of this dis-trict, and will do all that he can to make sure our voices are truly heard in Albany.

Rich wants to improve our community so that people will want to stay and live in New York, instead of fleeing our region due to high taxes and inadequate job opportunities.

He wants to bring sanity back to our state’s education system by stopping Com-mon Core, and he wants to provide a posi-tive new business environment for entre-preneurs and corporations, for hourly wage earners, and for future college graduates.

Finally, I have known Rich personally for more than thirty years and he is a person of integrity, and won’t be just another “photo-op” politician. He is honest, reliable, and willing to work the very long hours neces-sary to succeed in this position.

I believe Rich Cocchiara is the person best qualified to be our next Assemblyman, and I plan to vote for him this November. I hope you consider supporting him too. Sincerely, Steven A. KimmelWashingtonville

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Central Valley - During the last two weeks, the fourth and fifth classes of the Woodbury Civilian Police Acad-emy, students took in a lot of lesions on law enforcement.

Prior classes experience how K-9 units help officers carry out work such

as patrol, scent tracking, and attack roles, as well as NYS Penal Law’s Article 35 concerning justification of force.

The recent lessons taught how crime scenes are established and evidence is gathered including DNA and finger prints. Class members actually dusted for prints, “lifted”, labeled and sealed them for computer identification.

Case Law taught how restricted of-ficers are as they deal with individuals who want to threaten them. However, it also clarifies what actions officers may take. There is a “chain” of escala-tion and it is based upon reasonable response. Officers always are there to protect the public and act as a source of aid for people who just need a hand.

When enforcing the law police also adhere to the same law concerning the constitutional rights of individuals. It is clear to class members that your lo-cal police are thoroughly trained. The Woodbury Police Academy’s next class deals with traffic stops and offenses.

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Police Academy UpdateClass learns about crime scene preservation,Case Law and threat perception

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Craft Fair Nov. 29th – Vendors Apply Now! Women of Woodbury fundraiser at Woodbury’s Senior Center

By Susan Vrana

Women of Woodbury will hold a Fundraiser- Craft Fair on Saturday, Nov. 29th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Woodbury Senior Center, County Rt. 105, Highland Mills, NY. Applications for Vendors: $25.00 per space and the spaces are approximately 6 feet. by 4 feet, vendors must supply their own tables. Spaces will be given on a first come first serve basis. Reserve space for your business now. For info & vendor applications call Susan 845-928-9007

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John P. Burke Memorial FundraiserPasta Dinner November 1

By Desire Potvin, Woodbury’s Town Clerk

Woodbury - The John P. Burke Memo-rial Committee has planned its first fun-draising event!!! A pasta dinner will be held at the Highland Mills Firehouse/Village Hall on November 1, 2014, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Each ticket costs $10 and advanced sales are available at the Woodbury Town Clerk’s Office.

Tickets will also be sold at the door and “to go” meals are available as well. Funds are being raised to place a memorial at the Central Valley Pool to honor past Su-pervisor John P. Burke, who passed away on July 29, 2014, and to award a scholar-ship to a Woodbury resident.

For more information, please call Desiree Potvin, Woodbury’s Town Clerk, at 928-6829 x7. If you would like to contribute to the fundraiser, but cannot attend, checks can be mailed to P.O. Box 1004, Highland Mills, NY 10930 Attn: Town Clerk’s Office. In the memo field, please indicate it is for the John P. Burke Memorial Fund and checks can be made payable to the Town of Woodbury.

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New Police Officers - Joseph Iorio, Christopher Correa and Kristen Potter “Confident we chose the candidates who were born to do the job.” – Chief Vasquez

By Benjamin Meyers

Central Valley - “It is with great plea-sure that I introduce to you today Po-lice Officers Joseph Iorio, Christopher Correa and Kristen Potter. I also want to acknowledge that Kristen is the first female police officer in the Town of Woodbury.” So ended the first part of the October 2nd Town of Woodbury monthly meeting by Woodbury Chief of Police Richard Vasquez.

Chief Vasquez began the swearing in ceremony by thanking all of the town’s councilmen and clerk Desiree Potvin for their part during interviews and other aspects of hiring new personnel.

The Town Hall was filled with well wishers, parents, friends and the whole class of the Woodbury Civilian Police Academy, who left immediately after to attend a weekly class.

What follows are excerpts of Chief Vasquez’s explanation of what efforts were taken by the Wooddbury Police Department during the hiring process and what things are crucial as the new officers embark upon their new careers.

“The town board interviewed and approved the final three candidates. Desiree mailed out over 130 canvass letters and scheduled approximately 50 interviews. The individuals we inter-viewed all had scores of 90 or 95. So we clearly have the top candidates.

“The interview panel consisted of Lt. Abbott, Sgt. Watson, Sgt. Bourke and I. We interviewed many hours including the weekend and were able to unani-mously narrow it down to the top three candidates you see here today. We want-ed to hire candidates that were passion-ate about the law enforcement profes-sion and dedicated to public service … because that is what the Town deserves.

“There are people who are born to do this job, and there are others who want to take the job for job security. I am confident we chose the candidates who were born to do the job. Always remember that we chose this profes-sion to serve the public. So serve with pride, honor, and integrity. Al-ways do the right thing.”

Joseph Iorio is twenty-two years old Fordham University Graduate. Kris-ten Potter is a twenty-seven year old trained 911 dispatchers for the Or-ange County 911 Division of Emer-gency Services. Christopher Correa is a twenty-six year old former police officer with the NYC Department of Environmental Protection.

Woodbury Chief of Police Richard Vasquez is pleased as three new Officers are added to the Department. Next to the Chief are Christopher Correa, Kristen Potter and Joseph Iorio. Photos by Ben Meyers

www.woodburyGazette.com October 9, 2014 Community 9

Central Valley - Early fall, sunny nice day and a big Lions Club yard sale. What more can you ask? St. Patrick’s parking lot was filled by 9 a.m. with vendors and early bargain hunters on Saturday, September 20.

Woodbury residents and other sellers of rare attic wares were selling all those kinds of things that have been purchased over the years but are no longer needed…or wanted. Other spaces were occupied by professional yard sale vendors, and there were organizations such as Woodbury’s American Legion Post 779 offering a 50/50 raf-fle, and the Historical Society selling books, es-pecially the newly released, Images of America; Woodbury Orange County authored by Sheila Conroy and Nancy Simpson. Sheila was there au-tographing copies.

Next to the Lions canopy were smoking grills. Yup! The hot dogs were big ones with skins crisped just right. Many who couldn’t resist the eats, this writer for one, opted for Debbie Demeza’s home cooked sausage and peppers on a roll. Yes, it had a little kick to it…perfect.

The event is one of Woodbury Lions Club’s fun-draisers that help the club in its many charitable community oriented programs. Didn’t make it

this year? That’s okay, start listing things you’ve collected for such a long time and now find that there is no space for them and wives, don’t worry, your husbands won’t miss the stuff…sign up for a space next year.

American Legion member, Bob Cotter, surveys a booth for something unique…something like his Reagan T-shirt.

Frank Reynolds mans the Lions Club cano-py during its annual yard sale last Saturday where Debbie Demeza’s sausage & pep-pers were a hit.

Photos by Ben Meyers

Good bargains at Lions Club Yard Sale Collectibles and odds & ends combined made a successful day for fundraiser

By Benjamin Meyers

October 9, 2014 www.woodburyGazette.com10 Sports

9U Woodbury Wolverines lost tough gameStrong pitching performances from Austin Palmieri, James Mastropolo and Jaden Fatmen

By John Murray

The Woodbury Wolverines lost a tough one this past weekend getting beat 8-4 against the Teel Ravens of Ridgefield Park NJ. Despite strong pitching perfor-mances from Austin Palmieri, James Mastopolo and Jaden Fatmen, the team just wasn’t able to get enough runs.

The run support came by way of team leaders Austin Palm-ieri and Jaden Fatmen. Both boys are hitting well of .500 and consistently been produc-ing from the team. The defense was supported by stellar play of J.J. Kelleher at second base, James Mastropolo at short stop, and catching support of Col-lin Murray behind the dish. Catch all the action by visiting the website at https://woodbury wolverines.shutterfly.com/.

M-W Athlete of the WeekSept. 26th & Oct. 3rd 2014

Emily Rocks & Cole Gennett

Outstanding Tennis and Football players singled out by Athletic Director Ron Montalto

The Monroe-Woodbury Athletic Director, Ron Montalto, would like to announce that Emily Rocks is the “Athlete of the Week” for the week ending September 26, 2014 for the Monroe-Woodbury Girls Varsity Tennis team coached by Chris Vero.

Emily, a senior, has been a member of the Girls Varsity Tennis team for two seasons. Emily plays 4th singles

for the team but due to a teammates injury, she has been playing up at 3rd singles most of the season. Emily has risen to the challenge and she is a huge part of the team’s success this season. Emily’s record this season is seven wins and only one loss.

Congratulations Emily!

M-W Varsity FootballMr. Montalto, would also like to

announce that Cole Gennett is the “Athlete of the Week” for the week ending October 3, 2014 for the Mon-roe-Woodbury Varsity Football team coached by Bernie Connolly.

Cole, a senior, had two catches for 57 yards and one touchdown in our 27-21 win against Newburgh on September 27th. Cole also rushed for 55 yards and two touchdowns. He was credited with a team lead-ing11 tackles on defense, earning the linebacker of the week honors. Cole is a four year varsity player who has started the last three years!

Congratulations Cole!

Above: Jaden Fateman at bat is about to make perfect ball contact.

Below: Collin Murray looking like a pro catcher.

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October 9, 1975Sakharov wins Peace Prize, 39 Years agoAndrei Dmitriyevich Sakharov, the Soviet physicist who helped build the USSR’s first hydrogen bomb, is awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in rec-ognition of his struggle against “the abuse of power and violations of hu-man dignity in all its forms.” Sakharov was forbidden by the Soviet govern-ment from personally traveling to Oslo, Norway, to accept the award.

Born in Moscow in 1921, Sakharov studied physics at Moscow University and in June 1948 was recruited into the Soviet nuclear weapons program. In 1948, after detonating their first atomic bomb, the Soviets joined the United States in the race to develop the hydrogen bomb, a weapon theorized to be dozens of times more powerful than the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Sakharov’s concept of the “Layer Cake” bomb showed some promising results, but in late 1952 the Americans success-fully detonated the world’s first “super bomb.” The Soviet team rushed to catch up and, with the aid of Soviet espionage, settled on the same winning concept as the Americans--radiation implosion. On November 22, 1955, the Soviet Union successfully detonated its first hydrogen bomb.

Decorated with numerous Soviet scientific honors for his achievement the scientist became increasingly concerned with implications of the ter-rifying weapon. In 1969, Sakharov wrote an essay which was smuggled out of the country and published in The New York Times. The essay attacked the arms race and the Soviet political system and called for a “democratic, pluralistic society free of intolerance and dogmatism, a humanitarian so-ciety that would care for the Earth and its future.”

Sakharov was fired from the weapons program and became a vocal ad-vocate of human rights. In 1975, he was the first Soviet to win the Nobel Peace Prize. After he denounced the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Soviet authorities were quick to respond, exiling him to Gorky, where he lived in difficult conditions. In December 1986, Sakharov’s exile ended when Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev invited him to return to Moscow. He was subsequently elected to the Congress of People’s Deputies as a democratic reformer and appointed to the commission responsible for drafting a new Soviet constitution. Sakharov died in 1989.

Source: History.com

Central Valley - What do you know about the Earl family? If you don’t know anything then you should pur-chase Sheila Conroy and Nancy Simp-son’s newly published book Acadia Publishing, Images of America – Wood-bury, Orange County.

Sheila was autographing her book at the Lions Club yard sale on Saturday, September 20th at St. Patrick’s Church’s parking lot. While talking with her, she mentioned that an older couple had stopped by earlier who used to live in Woodbury, but now living in Ohio, and that they knew all about many of the old time store owners and families who were indigenous to our town. Sheila said, “Bill Doyle knows them! I think they are still here.”

Hurrying over to the American Le-gion’s booth set up, we asked Bill the name of the couple that knew so much

about Woodbury. “Oh! They would be the Earls…Arthur, or, Artie Earl, and his wife Gertrude. They’re just leaving, but we can catch them!”

Well, we met Artie and Gertie. Artie explained that they stopped in Wood-bury to visit some friends on their way from their farm in Nova Scotia where they spend the summer raising horses to their home in Ohio. He said, “Not a big farm… only a few horses, and Gertie likes to spend the sum-mer there.” John and Laurel Wentink joined Art and Gertie at the yard sale. Art and Laurel are cousins through the Conks…I think.

Getting back to the Earl family, Artie explained that the “first” Earl came to this area in the mid-1700. He obtained a patent of land which included most of Woodbury. As years went by the lake, which has since been dammed and

now known as Earl Res-ervoir, was the area’s first water supply and the Earl’s formed a Water Company.

The pictorial book written by Sheila about Highland Mills, Central Valley and Woodbury Falls is the new-est in Arcadia Publishing’s “Images of America” series. The cost is $21.99 plus tax which comes to $23.78. Cash or check is acceptable.

If this is interesting to you, you can order the book from the Woodbury Historical Society (845-928-6770) in Highland Mills. All proceeds go to the Society. While you’re there ask Leslie Rose, Historian, about the Earl history.

Co-author of Woodbury, Orange County is Sheila A. Conroy in the center. On her left are Laurel and John Wentink and on her right are Gertie and Art Earl of Ohio. Photos by Ben Meyers

Images of America – Woodbury, Orange CountyArt & Gertie Earl of Ohio visit Woodbury and find newly released book

By Benjamin Meyers

County Hosts Pumpkin Festival Museum October 18 at Hill-Hold Museum Goshen – Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus and Commissioner Richard L. Rose of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation are pleased to announce Orange County’s Annual Pumpkin Festival taking place Saturday, October 18 at Hill-Hold Museum from noon to 4 p.m.

Guests are invited to enjoy a fun-filled afternoon of autumnal activities, including pumpkin rolling and painting, waxing leaves, scarecrow-making, face-painting, guess-the-weight-of-the-pumpkin contest, and a hay ride through the historic grounds of the Hill-Hold property to the pumpkin patch. If you look very carefully you may find a guest scarecrow lurking around to help you pick the best pumpkin for painting.

Hill-Hold is located on Route 416 in Campbell Hall, across from Thomas Bull Memorial Park. Admission is $3 per adult and $2 for children. For more information, please contact Orange County Parks at 845-615-3830, email parks@orangecountygov.com, or visit the Hill-Hold Museum website, www.hillholdandbrickhouse.org.

October 9, 2014 www.woodburyGazette.com12 Faith

As parents, we have a desire deep within us to raise our children to be upstanding adults, who are success-ful within society. Raising a child is no easy task and it can be quite difficult at times.

Although it is a challenge, raising our children is also the most rewarding and fulfilling thing we will ever do in life. All parents want to be good parents

but at times it can be hard to know what to say, or, even do. The good news is that the Bible has a lot of good advice for parents.

Most of us understand that much of what a child learns comes from direct teaching. But were you also aware that an equal amount of what they learn comes through watching parents live their lives?

The Bible states in Deuteronomy 6:7-9, “And thou shalt teach them (God’s law) diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.” Here the Bible instructs us to be examples to our kids all the time, and every place we are with them. Why? Because they are watching and learning from us.

So the question remains, “What do our children need to catch us demonstrating in our home?” I believe that there are three essential lessons we can teach our children through our outward acts and they will leave a lasting impression.

First, they need to see us display love. Hebrews 10:24 states, “And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works.” Love is not just a feeling, in fact, most of the time it is an ac-tion we show to others. One way we can show our children how to love is for husbands and wives to equally respect and submit to each other. When children see this happen they learn that true love puts others before themselves. We also can display love through discipline. When we discipline prop-erly it conveys to children that we care enough to tell them when something is not good for their lives and their future success.

Secondly, they need to see us be financially re-sponsible. (Matthew 25:14-29) In this passage Jesus stresses the importance of saving and investing mon-ey wisely. The unfortunate truth is that many fami-lies are struggling today because they do not know how to save money or spend it appropriately. We live in the “I Want it Now” culture. If we want something and don’t have the money for it most people just go out and charge it. This type of behavior is not setting

up our children for success. Instead, we need to show them how to be a good

steward of resources. Teaching children how to save means letting them see you put a certain amount of your paycheck into a savings account. You may want to open up one for your child and encourage them to put ten percent of their allowance into the savings account. You might also want to encourage them to pay for college outright. Resist the urge of telling them it is okay to have loans, but rather encourage them to work while at school, and attend a Junior College to get their core requirements done. When it comes to financial stewardship, more instruction is always better for them.

Lastly, our kids need to see us forgive. Luke 17:3 says, “Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.” The adage goes “Everyone makes mistake.” Even us, as parents, we make mistakes at times with our children and teenagers. Everybody needs a sec-ond chance. They do and we do.

If we want them to be successful as adults this is an important truth for them to learn. We can teach them forgiveness - by seeking forgiveness from them when we make mistakes. Not only does that teach them about forgiveness but also humility. We can also teach them forgiveness by not bringing up the past with your spouse. If you have supposedly for-given your spouse of an offense but continually bring it up, we are instructing our children to be bitter and resentful. This will be of no benefit to them and that is why true forgiveness is an important lesson to learn.

I challenge you today to begin to put these lessons into practice in your homes. You will be amazed at how your child’s life begins to change and how they grow into thriving adults. I also urge you to begin to read your Bibles and discover other wonderful truths that God has for you and your family.

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Congregation Eitz Chaim/MWJCCA Warm and Friendly Conservative Synagogue1465 Orange Turnpike, P.O. Box 183Monroe, NY 10949845-783-7424www.eitzchaim-monroe.orgwww.eitzchaimhebrewschool.comRabbi Alex Salzberg 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 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 experi-ence for young families, singles, couples, and empty nest-ers. 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 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.

St. Patrick’s Church - Highland Mills448 Route 32, Highland Mills, NY 10930www.stpatrickshm.orgMass ScheduleSaturday Vigil: 5:30 pmSunday: 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:30 am & 12:00 pmWeekdays: Monday thru Saturday 9:00 amHoly Days - See Bulletin

Raising Successful Children “What do children need to catch us demonstrating in our home?”

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Monroe - Feeling like super heroes wearing prayer shawls and learning about the High Holy Days at Congregation Eitz Chaim., Gan Shalom Preschool students are proud of their heritage and having fun! They made New Year cards and picked apples in War-wick, NY from which they made delicious applesauce to take home to their families for Rosh Hashanah. It smelled and tasted so good! Happy New Year!

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Monroe – The following is a schedule of our programs and services.

October 14 – Tuesday; USHPIZOT - Our Honored Guests - What Extraordinary Jewish Women Would You Invite Into Your Sukkah? Show and/or tell why your guest is special to you! Suggested donation, $7.00. Refreshments will be served. 7 p.m., RSVP by October 5 to Fran Gordon 496-6114 or fgordon1@hvc.rr.com

October 16 – Thursday; Hebrew School Dancing with the Torah. For more informa-tion, call Marilyn Dale 781-6560.

October 21 – Tuesday; Women with Wool, Needlework, knitting or crochet-ing. Free coffee will be served. 10 a.m., for more information, contact Sheila Ornstein 928-6244

October 26 – Sunday; Sisterhood Rosh Chodesh. 7 p.m., Contact Beth Marks bethmsw12@aol.com, or Jennie Ossentjuk at jennie.ossentjuk@yahoo.com

October 28 – Tuesday; Women with Wool, Needlework, knitting or crochet-ing. Free coffee will be served. 10 a.m., for more information, contact Sheila Ornstein 928-6244

After returning from two years of living in Kiev, Ukraine, my wife and I were surprised at how dif-ferent Slavic people are in America than in Eastern Europe. Though we had lived in Eastern Europe for two years, we experienced another culture shock when we started to interact with Russian speakers in America.

Those who have actualized the dream of escap-ing the racism, or religious harassment, in Eastern Europe found different problems that they did not expect in their new country. We have observed how many strong families have crumbled under the pressure of living as immigrants in America.

Most would agree that strong families are the foundation of a strong community. While strong families are critical, many immigrant families, who were once strong, are now divided because of the problem of assimilation. The most typical model for this problem occurs when children strongly de-sire to assimilate into American culture, and, the parents view this attitude as an abandonment of their heritage.

The children, whether they want to or not, must attend some type of American school. In areas of

heavy Slavic population like New York City, they could have numerous Russian speaking friends. Most Slavic immigrant children, however, are not that fortunate and long to fit in with their peers. These feelings lead to a lightning fast assimila-tion that takes parents by surprise. And then, the parents often feel slighted because they seldom remember that their children don’t have the same attachment to the “old country” as they do. This causes major problems between the parents and the children in many immigrant families.

Perhaps more dangerous is when one of the spouses assimilates faster than the other one. We have observed families where the husband drags his feet on learning English and embracing Ameri-can culture, while the wife becomes more and more involved with English-speaking friends and other activities. This generally creates a rift that is hard to overcome.

Many have tried to fight these family divisions by forcing the unwilling family members to partici-pate in cultural activities, which always generates resentment. Some parents even try to shield their children from assimilation by keeping them out of

extra-curricular activities or community programs. Unfortunately, there is no cultural answer for this

problem. Some families thrive in their new culture and some do not. However, we have found a solu-tion that transcends cultural differences, and con-nects these types of families.

The book of Proverbs is full of advice for families, but one verse that I’ve personally observed to be true is Proverbs 12:7, “The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.”

The family that relies on cultural bonds or even familial bonds will always be stressed, if not bro-ken, from the pressures of living in a new culture. However, the family that indulges in activities that feed the spirit (worship, prayer, Bible study) will connect on deeper levels than simply culturally or linguistically. These are the families that survive. These are the families that make it through the minefield of assimilation.

You can meet Pastor and Mrs. Clapp at Discovery Baptist Church Sunday October 12, 2014, located in the Sapphire Elementary School, Harriman Heights Road, Harriman, NY

Gan Shalom Preschool students made delicious applesauce to take home to their families for Rosh Hashanah. Photo by Margaret Moriarty, Congregation Eitz Chaim

High Holy Days at Congregation Eitz Chaim Apples to Applesauce! Gan Shalom Preschool students are proud of their heritage

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October 9, 2014 www.woodburyGazette.com14 EducationA Teacher’s Perspective

Education reform is about data collection Our children are being tracked

By Dawn Hoagland

It should be quite clear by now that the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are not what they purport to be. They are not a more rigorous set of standards. They are not increasing reading com-prehension and math ability. They are not closing the achievement gap. So why are the “reformers” still touting them as the best thing since sliced bread? Who is benefitting from these standards?

Peter Greene, a high school teacher and blogger, wrote an article, published on the Huffington Post (7/18/2014), suggesting that the real reason every state had to switch from their own standards to the Common Core was to create a uniform framework for gather-ing and analyzing student data. He sug-gests that we should view the standards as data “tags,” because that is what they were designed to be.

Greene states, “We’ve been say-ing that CCSS are limited because the standards were written around what can be tested. That’s not exactly cor-rect. The standards have been written around what can be tracked. The stan-dards aren’t just about defining what should be taught. They’re about cata-loging what students have done. This is why the “aligning” process inevitably involves all that marking of standards onto everything we do. It’s not instruc-tional. It’s not even about accountabil-ity. It’s about having us sit and tag every instructional thing we do so that stu-dent results can be entered and tracked in the Big Data Bank.”

Exists to force cooperation - The way the CCSS system was designed to work does not match what the teacher is actually dealing with in the classroom. So the tagging system doesn’t fit what students need to learn, and, it isn’t flex-

ible enough to allow seasoned teachers to adapt it to fit what is developmental-ly appropriate. Theoretically they can teach what they want, but they have to collect data on specific standards and insert it into spreadsheets collected by the district. Common Core aligned materials come already tagged to the standards. Teacher evaluations are tied to student test scores, a system required by Arne Duncan, which exists to force cooperation.

Peter Greene thinks that all of this talk about decoupling the standards from high stakes testing is not going to hap-pen. “You can’t have a data system with-out tagging, and you can’t have a tagging system with nothing to tag. Education and teaching are just collateral damage in all this, and not really the main thing at all.” Big companies like Pearson are not about to let the CCSS be dissolved. They are making way too much money to stop now. Parents can opt their chil-dren out of testing! If enough students opt out, this would invalidate the data.

Even in states where the Common Core has supposedly been abandoned, if you look closely at the new state stan-dards that replaced the CCSS, you will find they still fit the tagging system. Par-ents in these states have been fooled into thinking that they defeated the Common Core when actually it is alive and well masquerading under another name.

inBloom ended up closing down - Rupert Murdoch’s data collection com-pany, inBloom, ended up closing down because parent protest over private industry having access to personal stu-dent information became insurmount-able. Thank you to everyone who took a stand against inBloom. However, I am here to warn you that student data

is still being collected and analyzed by other companies.

The Common Core is presently being delivered by teachers in physical class-rooms in public schools across the U.S. The eventual goal is for the CCSS to be delivered on computers through software programs individually adapted to each student’s learning style. Data collection will be part and parcel of this system.

Family Education Rights and Pri-vacy Act changed - Arne Duncan lob-bied President Obama to change the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) in 2011, which he did by Executive Order. Third party contrac-tors now have access to our children’s personally identifiable information be-cause of the new definition of an autho-rized representative called a “school of-ficial.” Pearson and Knewton have been designated as “school officials” even though these are for-profit companies.

The implications of a profit making company being in possession of stu-dent profiles that detail how deeply a student understands a particular sub-ject, how fast they acquired that un-derstanding, and how they were able to retain it is troubling. If this information were to become accessible to graduate schools or future employers the results could end up being unfairly limiting to unsuspecting students who are pres-ently taking online adaptive courses.

If Facebook and Google can accumu-late 100 bits of data about a user in one day, educational analysts can accumu-late millions of bits of data by tracking student progress through a course. Jose Ferreira attended Harvard Business School and was previously a desk trad-er for Goldman Sachs. He is the found-er of Knewton, a data mining company

which partners with Pearson to offer adaptive online learning courses. Pear-son has contracted with Knewton to power its My Labs and Mastering soft-ware which are being used by millions of high school students.

Knewton has been collecting data on thousands of students who are enrolled at Arizona State University over the past two years. ASU has partnered with Knewton in an effort to improve the way students learn by tracking student behaviors and correlating them with test results.

Knewton has the capacity to measure the amount of time students spend reading a passage or viewing a graph or a video on a subject in order to tie that information to how well the stu-dent does on an assignment or test. It picks up on patterns of past success. Theoretically this allows the adaptive software to recommend particular text or content for students to view or read before an exam that will ensure student understanding of the material.

Where is the humanity? - None of this fosters creativity. Are students’ just widgets passing through a factory style of education? Of course, this is all con-tingent on student motivation as well. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink. This is where the human factor comes into play.

Teachers, real live human beings in classrooms, form relationships with stu-dents. They tell them stories about people who are successful now that may have been just like their students at one time. Humans love stories. Humans need re-lationships. Humans motivate other hu-mans. Computers? Not so much.

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