August 14, 2014 Vol. 5 No. 16

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Central Valley - Woodbury Parks held its annual Field Day at the Central Val-ley Pool on Saturday, August 9th. It was a beautiful day, and the weather was very cooperative. Matt Stevens started off the events with his magic show and continued by making balloon figures for the children until 5PM. The potato sack race was a big hit. The pudding and watermelon contests were a bit messy, and the water balloon toss ended with a free-for-all. Once again the Woodbury Fire Department did a great job giving the residents a good soak-ing. The day ended with an evening movie, Rio 2. Popcorn and pudding were served during the show. Over 700 residents en-joyed the day. The Woodbury Parks Com-mission and Parks Department thank all who helped to make this event a success. The audience was very exuberant

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WHAT’S UPCommunityHunting licenses – on Sale 3Woodbury Day is Back 3M-W BoE’s Credibility? 3Memorial Fund for John P. Burke 3Woodbury Parks Info 3Southern Hudson Valley Youth

Symphony performance 5Souza musical a Success 6McCue unveiled Erie Railroad’s

Newburgh Branch 7“Tea in the Garden”

– this Sunday 8Woodbury Country Ramble &

Ramble Scrambles for Kids 8POP Artist Michael Albert at

Library 9

Veterans 11

Faith 12

History 13

Education 14

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Field Day at Central Valley’s Pool

These youngsters are in no hurry while they savor the pudding.

Guess who is the Pudding Eating Contest judge!

Left: The Woodbury Fire Department hosed kids and adults as the afternoon began to get mildly hot. Photo by Fred Ungerer.

Sack chaos as the guys grab for the best sacks.

These kids were a lot faster in their potato sacks than anyone would think.

All the kids at the CV Pool Field Day love the sack races.

Photos by Ben Meyers

Announcing the Pudding Eating contest.

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Town Board meeting By Desiree Potvin, Clerk for the Town of WoodburyWoodbury - Summary Week of August 4, 2014

Moment of Respect for former Supervisor John P. Burke Deputy Supervisor Desiree Potvin opened the meeting by making some remarks about the passing of Supervisor John Burke, which oc-curred on July 29, 2014.

She noted that she and the Town em-ployees will miss his encouraging smile, great attitude and the advice he would provide. His love for the community was obvious to everyone. She then announced that a committee has been formed to create a John P. Burke memorial at the Central Valley Pool.

Many residents have reached out to various employees of the Town suggest-ing this be done and wanting to donate money. Anyone wishing to donate money can send it to the Town, care of the Parks Department, with a note that it is for the memorial fund.

The Committee met today and several ideas have been discussed. A survey will be sent out soon via the Parks Department contact list to obtain some ideas and sug-gestions from the community.

Thomas Burke, Supervisor Burke’s son, then addressed the Board and pub-lic. Mr. Burke thanked the public on behalf of his family for the love and support that was shown to his family this past week. It was understood by the family what qual-ity of life his father expected to live, and since it was evident that this was not going to be the case during his last few days; his wishes were followed and granted.

Mr. Burke noted that his father, Supervisor Burke, always referred to him-self as the “watchdog” for the community and that he would do it to the best of his ability. Mr. Burke then recognized some individuals for their assistance during the family’s time of grief: Chief Vasquez and the Woodbury Police Department, Maria Hunter, Superintendent Weyant and the Highway Department, Joseph Gianzero, Desiree Potvin, and current and past Town Board members.

Councilwoman Marilyn Prestia stated that over the past week she has learned lot about Supervisor Burke. She noted that he was very supportive and welcoming of her when she became a new Councilmember. He also enjoyed seeing the school stu-dents and Boy Scouts attend meetings as part of their schooling or Scouting work. He cared about all residents and treated all fairly. He was a remarkable listener and an amazing public speaker. She felt he was a life changing person.

Councilman Timothy Arone stated that it was a pleasure and honor to work with Supervisor Burke over the past three years. All he cared about was the Town of Woodbury, regardless of party affiliation or beliefs.

Councilman Robert Hunter stated that Supervisor Burke was a pleasure to work with and will remember him for his ideas and strength.

Councilman Frank Palermo stated that he was honored to be asked to say a few words about Supervisor Burke during his funeral service. He noted that it was important to Supervisor Burke that the Board worked together. He was loved and will be deeply missed by all.

Town Attorney Joseph McKay stated that he has been working for the Town for about four years but in that short period of time he developed a tremendous re-

spect for Supervisor Burke. He felt he was a wonderful man, a leader in this commu-nity and he leaves very big shoes to fill. He will miss him tremendously and will not forget him.

Highway Superintendent Robert Weyant stated that he lost a very good friend and mentor this week with the passing of Supervisor Burke. He will miss the way they teased each other and the late night drives around Town checking for unlit street lights. Supervisor Burke will always be in his heart.

Police Chief Richard Vasquez stated that a lot of residents have commented on the job his Department did and it was an honor and privilege to do this for Supervisor Burke. After he was sworn in as Chief, he felt uneasy due to the response from the public at that first meeting. Supervisor Burke told him it would be okay and he was correct. He will not be forgotten. Maria Hunter noted that Supervisor Burke cared about his family greatly. She has been working with his granddaughter, Stephanie, and she would share her ex-periences with her to him. She will really miss him.

Acceptance of Resignation/Appointment of Deputy Supervisor: Deputy Supervisor Potvin noted that, after speaking with the Town Board, she has regretfully de-cided to tender her resignation as Deputy Supervisor. She is honored that Supervisor Burke trusted her to serve in his absence but feels that she can better serve the com-munity as Town Clerk.

The Board then appointment Councilman Palermo to serve as Deputy Supervisor until the position is filled on January 1, 2015 after the election held in November. Deputy Supervisor Palermo thanked the Town Board for showing their faith and trust with his appointment. He will work very hard and tirelessly. He stressed the Board will remain united and will not back down.

Review of Insurance Policy Proposals: Councilman Arone stated two proposals were received. They are as follows: (1) Marshall & Sterling, NYMIR, $124,604.70; (2) The McKane Group, Allied Work Assurance, $116,632.33.

Allied is a stock insurance company and NYMIR is a reciprocal insurance company. He noted that one will do what is best for the stockholders (Allied) while the other is run by the policy holders/members (NYMIR). He also noted that NYMIR was established for municipal in-surance needs. They have a return on cap-ital after five years as it is surplus contri-bution. There are also only certain agents that NYMIR works with in the entire state of New York, and that they handle the claims in house which save on cost.

In addition, our Town Attorney’s firm is on counsel with NYMIR, which is a posi-tive. They also provide Public Officials li-ability of up to $10,000 for false claims. He did recognize that the cost of the policy for NYMIR is a bit that the other policy quoted but it is still less then what was paid last year -$137,143.00. He is recom-mending the Board sign with Marshall & Sterling and NYMIR. Deputy Supervisor Palermo stated that the information was received late Friday afternoon and the Board should have more time to review it. The issue will be discussed further at the August 18 work-session.

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“John Burke was a great person to work with and a devoted family man. I truly enjoyed our time together, whether we were at work, a town board meeting or

a get together at one of the town parks. I will miss him greatly, he was my friend”.Frank J. PalermoTown of Woodbury Councilman

Tribute to John Burke

Woodbury Parks Info • Saturday Aug. 16 – CV Pool Blast with Hot Dogs & Hamburgers 2 to 4 p.m. • Hudson Blue will entertain you • Saturday, Aug. 23 – Southern Hudson Valley Youth Symphony at Earl from 7 to 8 p.m. • Sunday, Aug. 24 – Prime Cut Band at CV Pool from 2 to 6 p.m. • Saturday, Aug, 30 – DJ Shiff at CV Pool from 1 to 5 p,m, • Sunday, Aug. 31 Erol Ogut Band at Earl from 3 to 6 p.m.

Hunting licenses – on SaleThis is earlier than past years!

Woodbury – Desiree Potvin, Town of Woodbury Clerk announced that hunting licenses go on sale August 4. This date is different from past years, which was the Monday that proceeds August 15.

Woodbury Community Day is BackAt the Smith Clove Elementary School on Sept. 13th Rain or Shine

M-W BoE’s Credibility?Ignores two Supreme Court decisions - obstinately appeals Onofry’s ruling

By Benjamin Meyers

Central Valley - The Monroe-Woodbury Central School District (M-W CSD) released a statement on August 12th that “At that advice of legal counsel” the dis-trict is appealing Orange County’s acting Supreme Court Judge Onofry’s second and latest decision on behalf of Mrs. Alethea Schepperly.

In Woodbury Gazette’s recent July 17 edition, we reported that “In his recent de-cision, Judge Onofry responded, ‘In light of the nature of the remaining charge, and Schepperly’s…unblemished…record, the imposition of a fine in the amount of $37,500 on Charge III is so disproportionate to the offense as to be shocking to one’s sense of fairness. Similarly, the hearing officer’s determination that none of the charges …were frivolous… is also vacated, annulled and set aside.’”

M-W’s press release states anonymously that “…this matter strikes at the core of the District’s educational mission.” And it rehashes boilerplate claims that “The hearing officer (Nydick) found Ms. Schepperly guilty of charges…”, even though an acting NYS Supreme Court Judge has ruled both Nydick’s original and second decision against Schepperly “vacated and annulled.”

The District’s appeal on “Request for Appellate Division Intervention” form merely asks “Whether or not the NYS Supreme Court erred in granting the [Schepperly’s appeal of Nydick’s decision] petition.”

Mrs. Schepperly is the Chairperson/Director of Pupil Personnel Services at Monroe-Woodbury CSD.

Memorial Fund for John P. BurkeMake checks out to - Town of Woodbury; Attention Parks Dept.

By Benjamin Meyers

Central Valley - Woodbury Commu-nity Day will be back in Central Val-ley again after a hiatus of a few years. Over the past few years, the “Fire Cracker Festival” has been held at the M-W middle school around the 4th of July. The committee decided to change the venue and date this year.

Woodbury Community Day will continue with the same family fun fes-tivities and will start off the day at 8:30 a.m. with a 5k Run.

The 5k Run Color Festival - Ac-cording to website links at www.WoodburyDay.org, you can “Come and Enjoy a fun Day in Support of the Central Valley Fire Company” . Registration is only $30.00 plus the registration fee until September 7th!! Registration for the Festival ONLY is $5.00 plus registration Fee.

• Course Description - This 5K (3.1 mile) Course is for the beginner as well as the seasoned runner. This is a 5K fun Run that will not only give you some exercise but also get you covered in color! You can Walk it, Jog it, or just plain out RUN it... but no matter how you do it you will have fun with people from your area getting drenched in Color powder so by the end you will be quite a colorful! • Event Strategy - This is Fun Run/Walk with the sole purpose of supporting your local Fire Department. The Strategy for this event is simple... HAVE

FUN!! After the Fun Run there will be a festival that will be fun for the whole family. Spectator tips are to “Have fun cheering on your friends and Family as they run for your fire fighters! But be warned... The participants may not be the ONLY ones to get colorized! After the Run come and enjoy the Festival with Music, Games, Food and More COLOR!! Enjoy a Colorful Festival and 5K Run! You will enjoy the festivities and getting covered in color while you support the Fire Fighters in your area! You can find more information at www.imathlete.com/events/EventOverview.aspx?fEID=20880.

Car & Bike show – The 5th an-nual Highland Mills Fire Company Car Show will begin at noon in the school’s parking lot. Lots of cars in different classes will compete there until 4:00 p.m.

Ask a kid and they will tell you! They always rank Touch-A-Truck as one of their favorites. Highway super-intendent Rob Weyant always makes a better showing, if that is possible, ev-ery year. He is the originator and orga-nizer of the Touch-A-Truck.

A Street Fair will feature food and craft vendors from near and far, and there will be non-profit organiza-tions from churches to the Woodbury Volunteer Ambulance Corps. Put this date on your calendar and invite friends and family to join you during this fun community day.

Dear Woodbury Resident: In re-sponse to the many inquiries con-cerning donations in the memory of our Town Supervisor, John P. Burke, we have set up a fund. If you wish to donate, please make your check out to the Town of Woodbury and

mail it to Town of Woodbury, 511 Route 32, P.O. Box 1004, Highland Mills, NY 10930. Mark it “Attention Parks Department.” In your check’s memo line please indicate “Memory of John Burke”.Woodbury Parks Department

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James Skoufis announces re-election to State AssemblyFor me, the needs of our community have always come first

Assemblyman James Skoufis (D-Woodbury) announced that he is run-ning for re-election to the New York State Assembly.

“Creating better opportunities here for Hudson Valley families and small businesses has always been my focus, and I’ll continue fighting every day for the issues that matter most,” said Skoufis. “By lowering taxes for middle-class families, we’ve been able to attract more good-pay-ing jobs and make it more affordable to stay here and do business. For me, the needs of our community have al-ways come first.”

Assemblyman Skoufis remains committed to getting the Hudson Valley back to work. He success-fully pushed to cut the tax rate on small businesses, helping spur job creation, and extended the lowest middle-class income tax rate in 60 years. He also voted to increase the minimum wage so that individu-als working full-time jobs can earn enough to support a family and not need social service benefits. Fur-thermore, Skoufis believes large corporations that receive big tax breaks and incentives from the state should not be allowed to outsource

jobs overseas, which is why he sup-ports legislation to help close that loophole, keeping more jobs right here in the Hudson Valley.

Skoufis also understands what it takes to keep our communities strong. He led the local effort that saved St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital’s full-time emergency department, fighting alongside families, hospital workers and first responders who depend on the hospital for care and employment. He also opposes ef-forts to privatize Valley View Nurs-ing Home, a move that would en-danger local jobs and threaten the high-quality health care so many in our community rely on.

Assemblyman Skoufis has also made education one of his top priorities, successfully working to make much-needed reforms to Common Core while securing significant increases in state funding for schools in his Assem-bly District – helping offset local prop-erty taxes while providing increased

opportunities for our students. To ad-dress runaway college costs, Skoufis authored Tuition-Free NY, legislation that would make SUNY and CUNY schools more affordable for in-state students while requiring community service during studies.

Also, after leading local relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Irene, Skou-fis passed important legislation to hold insurance companies accountable as families continue to recover from the devastation caused by the storms.

“We all remember how difficult it was in the wake of Irene and Sandy; we’re still recovering, but we worked together to help lift each other up as a community. That’s what makes me proud to call the Hudson Valley my home, and that’s what it’ll take to con-tinue putting our economy back on track. We’ve already accomplished a lot together, but I know there’s more to be done, and I’ll keep putting our communities and families first each and every day,” Skoufis said.

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Reminder – T.E.A.L. 2nd annual 5K WalkSaturday, September 27th benefits

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Remember the Second Annual Wood-bury Parks and Recreation 5K Walk will benefit “Tell Every Amazing Lady About Ovarian Cancer” (T.E.A.L.) Louisa M. McGregor Ovarian Cancer Foundation on Saturday, September 27th 2014. Put this on your calendar!!

Registration starts at 8:30 am At The Rez, Woodbury Parks and Recreation Dept., Highland Mills, NY 10930. For More Information go to WWW.TEAL-WALK.ORG - Proceeds to benefit Ovarian Cancer Research and Aware-ness Program.

Southern Hudson Valley Youth Symphony performanceSaturday, August 23rd at the Earl Reservoir

The Southern Hudson Valley Youth Symphony is pleased to announce its first annual Performance Festival. The event will take place at 7:00 PM on Saturday August 23rd at the Earl Reservoir in the Town of Woodbury.

Selected students will be presented as soloists, and admission is free and open to the public. Compositions include works by J.S. Bach and Francois Aubert. For more information, visit http://shvys.org, or contact Executive Director Alex Marrero at 845-781-6049, or at marrero@frontiernet.net

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Stop By and Visit Skoufis on Your Street

Assemblyman James Skoufis (D-Woodbury) will be continuing his “Skoufis on Your Street” events in Woodbury – a series of meet and greets that will be hosted around the district to give local residents an opportunity to interact with Assemblyman Skoufis and obtain information.

The Woodbury meet and greet will be Monday, August 18, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Highland Mills Post Office at 547 Route 32, Highland Mills, NY 10930.

“One of my most important jobs is listening to the needs of the families I represent,” said Assemblyman Skoufis. “One way of doing this is by bring-ing my office to them and hearing firsthand what their concerns are so I can better serve my constituents in the Assembly.”

Anyone with questions regarding “Skoufis on Your Street” or any other community issue may call my district office at 845-469-6929.

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The Souza Scholarship Foundation reports that this past weekend’s three performances of the classic Broadway musical “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” were attend-ed by several hundred appreciative theatergoers. “Thanks to the amazing efforts of our cast, crew, orchestra, and pro-duction team, the Souza Scholarship should garner several thousands of dollars from this first-rate produc-

tion to bestow on next year’s crop of worthy Monroe-Woodbury per-forming arts students,” said Souza chairman Bob Curtis. “We are enormously grateful to all who participated in the prepara-tion and presentation of this lat-est summer Souza show. Kudos to all!” To learn more about the Souza Scholarship or to volunteer for future shows, contact Curtis at bobpoet1@yahoo.com.

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McCue unveiled Erie Railroad’s Newburgh BranchPresentation and book signing was hosted by the Woodbury Historical Society

By Alex Prizgentas

On August 3rd, Robert McCue unveiled his newest book Erie Railroad’s Newburgh Branch. The event was hosted by the Woodbury Historical Society and was held at the Senior Center in Highland Mills.

Published by Arcadia, Erie Rail-road’s Newburgh Branch explains how the two branches played a piv-otal role in transporting goods and passengers from Newburgh to the rest of the northeast. McCue gave the audience a power-point tour of the two branches and detailed their rise and fall.

The event also featured a display of items from the personal collec-tions of Alex Prizgintas and Ed Crist. Items included numerous lanterns,

locks, keys, menus, place-settings, and various tin-ware — all from the Erie Railroad! Other notable authors present that afternoon were Ed Crist who wrote Erie Memories and Paul Miller who just recently completed The L&HR’s West End.

If you do not yet have a copy of Mr. McCue’s book, they are available on Amazon. You can also find a copy of his book at Barnes & Noble booksell-ers in Newburgh NY and many oth-er stores across the county. So, stay tuned for another presentation hope-fully soon!

From left to right: Neil Crouse, President, Woodbury Historical Society Alex Prizgintas, Trustee, WHS; Ed Crist, Author of Erie Memories; Robert McCue, Author of Erie Railroad Newburgh Branch Leslie Rose, Historian, WHS

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Woodbury Country Ramble & Ramble Scrambles for KidsHealth walk , Beach Balls, Face Paint & Hot Dogs

It’s time to put on those running and walking shoes and get outside to warm up for the Woodbury Coun-try Ramble on Sunday morning Au-gust 24. Hosted by the Woodbury Lions and Dick Wilson Scholarship committee, the Country Ramble has grown into a morning of fun for the whole family.

The 5K race and 2 mile health walk start at 9 AM, followed by the Ramble Scrambles for kids at 10. Just like last year, our friends from TD Bank will bring beach balls and face paints and the Lions will serve up their famous Sunday morning hot dogs. Plaques are awarded to the top three male and female runners and gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded to winners in eight age

groups. Runners and walkers each get a commemorative T-shirt and all Scramblers win ribbons.

Generously supported by more than 50 local businesses and orga-nizations, race proceeds come right back to our community via schol-arships to Monroe-Woodbury high school students and the Lions’ com-munity programs.

Plan on coming out for a morn-ing of healthy fun, rain or shine! The race is held at the Monroe-Woodbury football field and regis-tration opens at 7:30 a.m. Every-thing you need to know, including entry information, can be found at www.CountryRamble.com or call the race director, Lion Dave, at 845-928-1698.

“Tea in the Garden” – this SundayTreat yourself, relax – meet new friends & learn about the area - 2:00-4:00 pm

Central Valley - In the tranquil, pleasant Remembrance Garden courtyard setting, there will be an exhibit of Lighthouses along the Hudson River, featuring the women who kept the lights, maintained and operated them, in addition to rescuing ship-wreck survivors. The federal government, because they were women, notes their treatment, from records.

There will be two additional displays to enjoy with your refreshments. Some years ago the Historical Society of the Palisades Interstate Parks, sold mugs with photographs of sig-nificant buildings and locales which were altered or demol-ished for the park develop-ment. These mug photographs have brought fond memories for those who recall those early days. Additionally, anther dis-play highlights several original schoolbooks belonging to the Quaker Seaman family (Sweet Clover Farm) will be on display. They are copyrighted from the early 1800’s and were used by the Seaman family when they operated a school on the farm. Now in possession of a Gate-house member, they will be available for viewing.

Summer weather, if it is not raining, is ideal to sit together in the Remembrance Garden. The courtyard garden is sur-rounded by old stone walls and is kept cool by shade trees covering the historic site. Events are always informal and questions, not just about Woodbury, are enthusiastically answered about this part of Or-ange County.

The Gatehouse Learning Center is located at 224 Smith Clove Road, Central Val-ley - next to the Falkirk Golf Course. Mark your calendar for an afternoon of iced tea and cookies as you “take a stroll” back in the local history of the beautiful Hudson River Valley.

All programs are free and open to the public. Inclem-ent weather? Program will be inside.

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The Gatehouse in Woodbury New York was the entrance to Proctoria: it is an important histori-cal site and learning cen-ter. Photo by Ben Meyers

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By Benjamin Meyers

Highland Mills – The end of July’s Children’s Library Program with POP artist Michael Albert was a stunning success. Albert’s art is famous for col-lages cut from cereal boxes at first, and then containers of every sort as he drew more inspiration.

The Woodbury Senior Center was all set up to accommodate lots of young aspiring local artists, but a half an hour before show time there were only Mr. Albert, Linda Geissler and Barbara Domanico who are Library Assistant Child Services staff mem-bers, and a few other early arrivers. Would there be enough attendees?

Sure enough! By 4 p.m. about fifty kids and some mothers were mill-ing around talking with each other. Within another ten minutes another thirty or forty entered through both doors…and one wonders whether there were enough chairs and tables.

Michael then asked the seventy odd children who were about ages from five to fourteen or fifteen to sit on blankets spread on the floor. He began to tell them about himself as a child their age and how he felt growing up. He related! He had their attention…except maybe, for one or two five year olds.

Michael Albert admitted he didn’t like art per se and did not go to art school; but instead he pursued a business degree and graduated in 1988. His first job was working as a salesman for a food company in New Jersey selling juices, oils and dressings. Later, he became an en-trepreneur and today he has his own boutique fruit juice company.

One day, he said, “I felt bad about throwing out an empty cereal box, so I cut it up in pieces and began gluing them onto a poster board. Then I cut up about 600 boxes, some fifty Frosted Flakes boxes, but most were Cheerios. This was because my dad ate only Cheerios.”

Albert progressed to designing collages that resemble Abe Lincoln, another called “A study in Yellow” and he showed these collages as he spoke about them. One was “heart” made “from many red boxes”, anoth-er was a rainbow, and still another a portrait of Vincent van Gogh his favorite artist.

His “Geography of the USA” took him 200 hours to finish; and then he asked who knew the definition

of Pi. A few raised their hands and correctly answered that it is an ir-rational number used to measure a circle’s circumference and begins 3.141592; well Albert made a col-lage that took Pi to its 777th decimal place…a biblical number describing perfection. This took four years to complete.

After his talk, Michael emptied a couple cut up cereal boxes and other boxes onto the floor. The kids dove in to pick pieces for collages that they glued onto poster boards for their last hour with Mr. Albert. Mi-chael Albert has displayed his works in the Smithsonian Institute.

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POP Artist Michael Albert at Library Stunning Children’s Program draws 70 kids

Above left: NYC POP Artist Michael Albert gives helping hand with the glue.

Above top: Artist Michael Albert kept most of seventy kids in rapt attention as he talked about how they, too, can become an artist.

Above bottom: Kids cutting parts to glue and they kept most of the glue on their poster board collages.

Center: Emptied onto the floor, cut pieces of boxes were rushed upon by youngsters looking for perfect pieces to glue into their collage.

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Joint statement – County’s Retirement Incentive Agreement“This is one step in reducing workforce costs and I am pleased that this agreement could be reached” - Neuhaus

Skoufis urges MTA to provide one-seat ride into NYC“Under no circumstance can Orange and Rockland’s riders wait until 2025…” Albany – (Aug, 8, 2014) State Assemblyman James Skoufis has sent a letter to Thomas Prendergast, Chairman of the Metro-politan Transportation Authority (MTA) in which he request-ed a rail loop at Secaucus Junction be included in the MTA’s 2015 – 2019 capital budget plan.

Skoufis said, “Now…is the time to make a concerted effort to finally give us on the under-serviced and over-taxed West of Hudson lines a one-seat ride into New York City…” He re-minds Prendergast that a project that was called Access to the Region’s Core (ARC), had it not been discontinued in 2010, would have offered this much needed service into NYC by now. Another current plan, Amtrak’s Gateway Project, “now offers the possibility of the same loop …”, however, this is not scheduled to be completed until 2025.

Skoufis states, “Under no circumstance can Orange and Rockland’s riders wait until 20125…” and urges MTA, “…to take whatever steps necessary…to accelerate the completion of a loop at Secaucus Junction…”

Offering a sound argument, Skoufis said the wait time as rid-ers switch trains is wasted productivity. He calculates that 1.5 million rides in 2013 with an average ten minute wait equates to “250,000 cumulative hours or 10,000 full days of people do-ing nothing.” And because MTA’s, “West of Hudson lines have remained under-serviced, many commuters leave the train” and find alternative ways to work in New York City.

The Skoufis letter was supported and signed by Ken Ze-browski, Assemblyman 96th Dist., Ellen Jaffee, Assemblyman 97th Dist., Aileen Gunther, Assemblyman, 100 Dist., Claudia Tenney, Assemblyman, 101st Dist., Frank Skartados, Assem-blyman, 104th Dist., David Carlucci, NYS Senator, 38th Dist., William Larkin, 39th Dist., and Sean Maloney, Member of Congress, 18th District.

Goshen – (Aug, 6, 2014) Today we are pleased to be able to jointly report to the people of Orange County that we have reached an agreement on a re-tirement incentive to help reduce the Orange County workforce, which can hopefully help Orange County better balance its 2015 budget.

Massive layoffs are costly to fami-lies and can lead to long-term unem-ployment costs for the county. Having employees willingly leave costs less and ensures that key services can be continued. We appreciated the oppor-tunity to work together on this mat-ter and hope it can be a positive step toward meeting the challenges Orange County faces.

The terms of the retirement incen-tive are as follows:

• A retirement incentive payment of $12,000 for up to 100 employees and $15,000 for more than 100 employees. • A requirement that the employee retire by November 1, 2014. • A requirement that at least $30,000 in county taxpayer dollars (revenue derived generally from sales and property taxes) be saved next year by either not filling the position or filling it at a later date, or filling it with a lower-paid employee. • The opportunity to have the

payment made into a tax-exempt account at the employee’s option (a retirement account).

Three other Orange County unions, PBA, COBA, and the Superior Of-ficers Association, have similarly ap-proved the incentive, which can be considered by the full Orange Coun-ty legislature as early as August 7. Orange County Executive Neuhaus said, “Significant layoffs hurt county services and our workforce and can ultimately impact taxpayers through high unemployment costs and lower quality services. This is one step in reducing workforce costs and I am pleased that this agreement could be reached.”

“Working with the County Execu-tive and CSEA, we have helped en-courage necessary adjustments to personnel, which can save taxpayers money and is a step toward balanc-ing the 2015 budget,” said Legislature Chairman Brescia.

“After much discussion, I am pleased that we have agreed upon a separa-tion incentive that I am comfortable bringing to my members,” said CSEA Orange County Unit 7900/02 Presi-dent Sabina Shapiro. “This incentive gives employees the choice of leaving county service on their terms, while providing county leaders the budget-ary savings they are seeking.”

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Seventh Marines land at Chu Lai this Day 1965

The advance units of the Seventh Marines land at Chu Lai, bringing U.S. Marine strength in South Vietnam to four regiments and four air groups. The Marines were given the responsi-bility of conducting operations in southern I Corps and northern II Corps, just south of the Demilitarized Zone. Hanoi Radio broadcasted an appeal to American troops, particularly African Americans, to “get out.” This was pur-portedly a message from an American defec-tor from the Korean War  living in Peking. In South Korea, the National Assembly approved sending troops to fight in South Vietnam; in exchange for sending one combat division to Vietnam, the United States agreed to equip five South Korean divisions.

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Woodbury - American Legion Post 779 installed new officers during its August 5th meeting at Earl Reservoir. The pavilion was perfect to hold an out-door summer meeting and to enjoy salads and pizza supplied by Jay’s Deli.

New officers for Post 779 took an oath that was ad-ministered by Post member Dr. “Doc” Ray Cooper, who served as a Navy Corpsman with the Marines and who is Commandant of the Marine Corps

League, Bear Mountain Detachment.Phil Morello is the new 2nd Vice taking over from

Bill Doyle who has assumed position of First Vice Commander. The other new officers are Don O’Dell, 2nd Vice Commander; Dennis Smerechniak, 3rd Vice Commander; Kenneth Smith remains Secretary and Treasurer; Richard Smerechniak, Sergeant at Arms; Nick Gleason remains as Chaplain; and Ralph Caruso became Judge Advocate.

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Post 779 installs new Officers American Legion meets at Earl Reservoir’s pavilion for August meeting

By Benjamin Meyers

Newly installed Woodbury American Legion Post 779 officers Phil Morello, Commander and Donald O’Dell, 2nd Vice Commander are caught relaxing during an August meeting held at Earl Reservoir. Photo by Ben Meyers

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I’d like to talk about my all-time favorite Super Hero, if you could call Him that.  His name is Jesus Christ and He’s the best example of our topic today, “Faith Obeys.”

I can’t think of anyone who epitomizes obedience more than Jesus on the night before He died when He prayed:  “…not My will, but Yours be done” (Luke 22:42).

But just because Jesus was the Son of God, it doesn’t mean that He didn’t agonize over the choic-es He made, just like the rest of us do.  Luke says that Jesus was in such anguish over His decision that night that, “His sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground” (Luke 22.44b).

I guess it’s not really fair to compare Jesus to other Super Heroes like Superman or Spider-Man, because Jesus  was the Son of God.  He had access to powers they could never have imagined.  But at the same time, Jesus was also fully human―more real, and more like us, than Superman or Spi-der-Man ever were.

The Bible says that Jesus had real flesh and blood (Hebrews 2:14), was born as a baby (Luke 2:7), was scolded by his parents (Luke 2:48), and grew in wis-dom and stature (Luke 2:52).  He experienced love (John 11:5), anger (Mark 3:5), joy (Hebrews 12:2), betrayal (Luke 22:48), temptation (Hebrews 4:15) and pain (Matthew 27:46).  He bled (John 19:34), He cried (John 11:35), He suffered (Hebrews 13:12) and He died (Mark 15:39).

The more that I can envision Jesus as a real hu-man being, the more I can envision that I can really do what He did, as He said I could do when He said, “I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in Me will do what I have been doing” (John 14:12).

That includes being obedient to God, regardless of the consequences to us personally. Peter and John found that same strength to obey God, even when threatened with death, as we can see in Acts Chapters 4 and 5.  After calling on the name of Je-sus to heal a man who had been crippled for over forty years, Peter and John were commanded by the religious leaders to stop speaking or teaching at all in the name of Jesus.  Peter replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to obey you rather than God.  For we cannot help speak-ing about what we have seen and heard…We must obey God rather than men!” (Acts 4:19-20, 5:29). 

When faced with death, Peter and John had to make a choice.  These weren’t idle threats.  The religious leaders had already shown their resolve to follow through on their threats by putting Je-sus to death.

But Peter and John also knew what Jesus had called them to do.  They had just seen Christ per-form a miracle through them when they called on His name.  So they responded with the only re-sponse that made sense to them:  “…we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

If God is calling you to stop a relationship that you know is destroying you, stop it, even if it seems too hard or too complicated.  If God is calling you to stay in a marriage that you’d rather get out of, stay in it.  If God is calling you to another job, take it, but if He’s calling you to stay in your current job, don’t leave.  If He’s calling you to stop a bad habit that’s killing you, stop it, and if He’s calling you to start a good habit that will save you, start it!

God gave Peter and John the strength to do what they needed to do, just like He gave Jesus the strength to do what He needed to do―just like He’ll give you the strength to do what He wants you to do, when you put your faith in Christ.

Prayer: Father, help me to do all that You’re calling me to do today, to obey Your will, not my own, and not the will of others, but Yours alone. In Jesus’ name, Amen

Eric is an ordained pastor and a technology expert, having worked as a technology researcher for a Fortune 10 corporation for nine years prior to going into full-time ministry in 1995. USA Today to called him “a new breed of evangelist,” referring to his groundbreaking work of sharing Christ over the Internet with thousands each day in over 160 countries. You’re reading ACTS: LESSONS IN FAITH - (Lesson 5), by Eric Elder, featuring thirty inspiring devotionals based on the lives of the very first followers of Christ. Also available in paperback and eBook formats in our bookstore for a donation of any size!

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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.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 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 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 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

Faith Obeys He will give you the strength to do what He wants you to do

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Shirley A. JonesFormerly of Highland Mills, NY

January 26, 1937 – July 29, 2014

Shirley A. Jones, a resident of Naples, FL and formerly of Highland Mills, NY, passed away Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at Physician’s Regional Medical Center in Naples, FL. She was 77 years old. Daughter of the late James and Nellie Babcock Frank, she was born January 26, 1937 in Highland Mills, NY.

Shirley was a retired Bookkeeper with the Monroe-Woodbury Central School District in Central Valley, NY. She was a member of the Highland Mills United Methodist Church and a Secretary for the Golden Gate Women’s Association in Naples, FL.

Survivors include her husband Adrian A.

Jones, at home; and her brother Allen Frank of St. Petersburg, FL. Shirley was predeceased by her brothers: Charles and James Frank and her sisters: Elaine M. Doyle and Viola Jones.

There will be no visitation. A Graveside Service was held Monday, August 4th in Cemetery of The Highlands, Highland Mills, NY officiated by Rev. Darlene E.R. Resling.

Memorial contributions may be made to Highland Mills United Methodist Church, PO Box 611, Highland Mills, NY 10930.

Funeral arrangements were made by Smith, Seaman & Quackenbush, Inc. Funeral Home, 845-782-8185 or www.ssqfuneralhome.com

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“Hats Off to Summer” at Washington’s HeadquartersSaturday, August 23rd and Sunday, August 24th

Straw skimmers, baseball caps and sunbon-nets are just a few of the many and diverse hats seen during sunny summer days. At Washing-ton’s Headquarters State Historic Site, in New-burgh, you are invited to make your own top-per – 18th century-style – during our Hats Off to Summer! On Saturday, August 23rd, 11:00 – 5:00 p.m., and Sunday, August 24th 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Since many tri-corn hats and mobcaps were seen here during the last days of the Revolu-tionary War, when General and Mrs. Washington were headquartered at Mrs. Hasbrouck’s farm-house, it is appropriate that they are still being seen. So, create a tri-corn or mobcap and strut your own stylish chapeau during a tour of the historic headquarters, while you’re viewing our award-winning Museum exhibit “Unpacked & Rediscovered: Selections from Washington’s Headquar-ters’ Collection” or sauntering through our picturesque park.

The take home craft is free with Museum admission. Call 845-562-1195 for further details.

On this day in 1945, the comedian, actor and writ-er Steve Martin, who would rise to fame as a “wild and crazy” comedian during the  1970s, is born in Waco, Texas.

Martin grew up in  California  and in his teens worked at Disneyland, where he entertained crowds with magic tricks and banjo music. After attending UCLA, he broke into show business as a comedy writer. In 1969, Martin won an Emmy for his writing on the hit TV comedy program The Smothers Brothers. He later wrote and appeared on other comedy-variety shows, including The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour.

Meanwhile, Martin began performing his own comedy at nightclubs and by the mid-1970s was appearing often on The Tonight Show and Saturday Night Live, notably in the role of the “wild and cra-zy guy,” a wannabe playboy from Czechoslovakia. By the late 1970s, Martin was famous for his best-selling comedy records and shows, which includ-ed the hit song “King Tut” and the catchphrase “Excuuuuse me.”

Martin’s first starring role in a feature film came in the 1979 box-office hit  The Jerk,  which he co-wrote. He reteamed with his  Jerk  director, Carl Reiner, for three more zany comedies:Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid  (1982),  The Man with Two Brains (1983) and All of Me (1984), co-starring Lily Tomlin. Throughout the rest of the  1980s, Martin showcased his comedic talents in a string of hits, including  Three Amigos  (1986),  Little Shop of Horrors  (1986),Roxanne  (1987), a modern adapta-tion of  Cyrano de Bergerac,  for which he won the Writer’s Guild Award for Best Adapted Screenplay; and Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987).

The prematurely grey-haired Martin went from wild and crazy to parental (with equal success) in such films as Parenthood (1989), Father of the Bride  (1991) and  Cheaper by the Dozen  (2003). He also went a more serious route, appearing in David Mamet’s enigmatic suspense film  The

Spanish Prisoner  (1997). In 2005, Martin co-starred in Shopgirl, based on a novella of the same name that he penned. In that film, he played a wealthy businessman who romances a far young-er woman, played by Claire Danes. Returning to broad comedy in 2006, Martin played the bum-bling Inspector Clouseau in  The Pink Panther. Over the years, he has continued to appear peri-odically on Saturday Night Live and remains one of the show’s most frequent hosts.

In 2007, Martin published a memoir,  Born Standing Up, which critics praised for its humor and candor. He had previously opened up to interview-ers about his personal life, including his marriage to the actress Victoria Tennant, his co-star in  All of Me (they married in 1986 and divorced in 1994) and his subsequent breakup with the actress Anne Heche. Martin married Anne Stringfield, a writer for  The New Yorker  magazine, which Martin has contributed to, in July 2007.

Source: History.com

August 14, 1945Steve Martin born, 69 Years ago

August 15, 1969Woodstock festival opens in Bethel, NY, 45 Years agoOn this day in 1969, the Woodstock Music Festival opens on a patch of farmland in White Lake, a ham-let in the upstate New York town of Bethel.

Promoters John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie Ko-rnfield and Michael Lang originally envisioned the fes-tival as a way to raise funds to build a recording studio and rock-and-roll retreat near the town of Woodstock, New York. The longtime artists’ colony was already a home base for Bob Dylan and other musicians. Despite their relative inexperience, the young promoters man-aged to sign a roster of top acts, including the Jeffer-son Airplane, the Who, the Grateful Dead, Sly and the Family Stone, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Creedence Clearwater Revival and many more. Plans for the fes-tival were on the verge of foundering, however, after both Woodstock and the nearby town of Wallkill de-nied permission to hold the event. Dairy farmer Max Yasgur came to the rescue at the last minute, giving the promoters access to his 600 acres of land in Bethel, some 50 miles from Woodstock.

Early estimates of attendance increased from 50,000 to around 200,000, but by the time the gates opened on Friday, August 15, more than 400,000 people were clamoring to get in. Those without tickets simply walked through gaps in the fences, and the organiz-ers were eventually forced to make the event free of charge. Folk singer and guitarist Richie Havens kicked off the event with a long set, and Joan Baez and Arlo Guthrie also performed on Friday night.

Somewhat improbably, the chaotic gathering of half a million young “hippies” lived up to its bill-ing of “Three Days of Peace and Music.” There were surprisingly few incidents of violence on the overcrowded grounds, and a number of musicians performed songs expressing their opposition to the Vietnam War. Among the many great moments at the Woodstock Music Festival were career-mak-ing performances by up-and-coming acts like Santa-na, Joe Cocker and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; the Who’s early-morning set featuring songs from their classic rock opera “Tommy”; and the closing set by Hendrix, which climaxed with an improvised solo guitar performance of “The Star Spangled Banner.”

Though Woodstock had left its promoters nearly bankrupt, their ownership of the film and recording rights more than compensated for the losses after the release of a hit documentary film in 1970. Later mu-sic festivals inspired by Woodstock’s success failed to live up to its standard, and the festival still stands for many as a example of America’s 1960syouth coun-terculture at its best.

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UNESCO brought “Common Core” to America Why should we accept it?

By Dawn Hoagland

The United Nations Educational Scien-tific and Cultural Organization (UNES-CO) was founded in 1945. Its original charter was “for the purpose of advanc-ing, through the educational, scientific, and cultural relations of the people of the world, the objectives of interna-tional peace and the common welfare of mankind.” The first Director General of UNESCO was Julian Huxley.

It is important to understand what Julian Huxley’s vision for UNESCO was at its inception to shed light on the present. Julian Huxley was the brother of Aldous Huxley who wrote the futur-istic novel Brave New World. Julian was also a founding member of the British Eugenics Society. He wrote many pa-pers and books on the topic of eugenics and how it relates to education.

Julian Huxley wrote “UNESCO: Its Purpose and Its Philosophy” in 1946. “UNESCO should encourage all stud-ies and all methods which can be used to ensure that men find the right jobs and are kept away from the wrong jobs-to ensure that individuals find outlets satisfying to their temperament, and work appropriate to their talents, while at the same time ensuring that society is not overburdened with people in po-sitions for which they are inadequate or, still worse, which they are likely to abuse” (Huxley, 1946: 62).

The Common Core State Standards purport to be about making sure that our students will be “college and career ready.” All of a sudden the concept of a classical education cultivating wisdom and virtue by nourishing the soul on truth, good-ness, and beauty seems to have gone out the window. We are supposed to be more

interested in preparing our students for the competition of a global economy. UNESCO had a lot to do with this new understanding of education.

UNESCO has not always been warm-ly embraced. In 1984, Ronald Rea-gan withdrew the United States from UNESCO. Reagan insisted that UNES-CO had abandoned its original mandate and was nothing more than a top heavy over-centralized bureaucracy that was poorly managed by a Director General who enjoyed living in an opulent pent-house in Paris. He accused some mem-ber nations of hostility towards free markets and a free press because they had proposed a plan to monitor every reporter in every country.

However, George Bush brought the U.S. back into UNESCO in 2003, com-mitting taxpayers to an $80 million an-nual membership fee. The stated mission of the present day UNESCO is to fa-cilitate the development of partnerships and monitor progress, in particular by publishing an annual Global Monitor-ing Report that tracks the achievements of countries and the international com-munity towards the six Education for All goals. Goals one and six seem to be happening right now in the U.S. with Obama’s commitment to funding early childhood education (one) and the im-plementation of the Common Core with its supposedly “measurable learning out-comes” in literacy and numeracy (six).

On June 12, 2002, President Bush had announced that America would rejoin UNESCO and participate fully in its mission The U.N. declared 2005-2015 as the decade of Education for Sustainable Development and an-nounced that UNESCO would lead the way. At the September 2002 World

Summit on Sustainable Development, unelected representatives of the peo-ples of the world adopted a document called “Agenda 21” and called it the global roadmap for sustainable devel-opment implementation.

On October 3, 2003, celebrating our new partnership with UNESCO, then Secretary Robert Paige, stated that the U.S. is pleased to return to UNESCO and we agree that our governments have entrusted us with the responsibility of preparing our children to become global citizens of the world. The Education for All initiative is consistent with No Child Left Behind. How did that happen?

Promoting world citizenship over national sovereignty - In 2004, Bill Gates signed a cooperative agreement with UNESCO to develop a world-wide curriculum that would use Mi-crosoft as a platform to disseminate the goals of UNESCO. Five years later, the Common Core was being foisted on every state in the union with the help of Arne Duncan and President Obama. Promoting world citizenship over na-tional sovereignty is now official U.S. government policy for education.

The Center for Civics Education is an NGO funded by the U.S. DOE in 1994 to write America’s National Standards for Civics and Government. They posted an article on their website called “Teaching Democracy, Globally, Internationally, and Comparatively: The 21stCentury Mission of Schools. In the past century, the civic mission of schools was education for democracy in a sovereign state. In this century, by contrast, education will become more global…for a world transformed by in-ternationally transcendent principles.”

Education is no longer about pre-serving liberty based on American principles, but transforming America based on international principles. The United Nation’s basic vision is a world where everyone learns the values, be-havior, and lifestyles required for a sus-

tainable future and for positive societal transformation. The term “Sustainable Development” was introduced in 1987 in a report entitled, “Our Common Future”. It was defined as “meeting the needs of the present without compro-mising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

Behind this noble sounding goal is an agenda that has more to do with con-trolling the economy than sustaining development. It encourages interna-tional interdependence and redistribu-tion of wealth, equitable growth, ensur-ing a sustainable level of population, merging environment and economics in decision making and including a new ethic that will include the relation-ship between man and nature above all. The part about “ensuring a sustainable level of population” can be seen as a reminder that Julian Huxley’s original vision for UNESCO still stands.

The most profound change tak-ing place in our schools today is the indoctrination of our children to ac-cept ideas that are not compatible with our Bill of Rights established by the founding fathers of our country. In fact, the new Social Studies frame-work published by the College Board, led by David Coleman, all but ignores our founding fathers or presents them as examples of conflict and identity by class, gender, race, and ethnicity. Ben-jamin Franklin, the genius behind our republic, is barely mentioned.

The Common Core aligned textbooks at the elementary and middle school levels are replete with the concept of em-bracing global citizenship and sustain-able development for the purpose of es-tablishing social justice which does away with individual rights. Collective rights cannot trump individual rights. Social justice may sound like a good thing but it will actually create tyranny for all.

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Left: Monica (L) and Alyssa sang songs from “Frozen”.

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