Scarsdale Concours is Coming to Town on Sunday
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The 2011 Scarsdale Concours d’Elegance will be held this Sunday, October 16 in Scarsdale Village. Each year, the event draws over 100 antique-car participants, hundreds of spectators and dozens of sponsors. Overall, the event has raised significant funds for charities across Westchester County. This year’s event will benefit the Windward School, White Plains Hospital Center, and Scarsdale- Edgemont Family Counseling.
Public viewing begins at 10:30 a.m. and will feature American and European automobiles presented by The Pepe Auto Group, which has added Cadillac to its portfolio of automotive lines. McLaren Greenwich, a division of Miller Motorcars will be publicly unveiling the highly anticipated MP4-12C to auto enthusiasts for the first time ever in New York State.
In addition, there will be a display of unique collector show cars including: 1923 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, 1954 Arnolt Bristol Bolide, Maserati Ghibli Spyder SS, and a freshly restored 1970 Lamborghini Miura S, restored by Vantage Motors. Viewing ends at 4 pm with Final Judging and an Awards Ceremony. This year’s panel of judges is comprised of distinguished members of the automotive press from various media outlets, including GQ, Top Gear, Consumer Reports, The New York Times and Car & Driver. In addition to Miller Motorcars, other sponsors for the 2011 show include The Presenting Sponsor; The Pepé Auto Group, Venu Magazine, Chubb Collector Car Insurance, Performance Flight, Classic Audi and Five Corners Real Estate.
Ralph Della Cava, Trustee of The Scarsdale Concours said today “We are honored and flattered to have been chosen by McLaren Greenwich to be the site for the unveiling of the MP4 -12C to the general public.” He added, “The automotive press has been anticipating the arrival of this car since April and we are pleased to be part of the reveal.”
Evan Cygler and Denis O’Leary developed the concept for the Scarsdale Concours in 2003 while students at Scarsdale High School in an effort to create a place to showcase unique cars--both new and vintage—and to raise funds for area charities. Joining the show’s founder are Lucas Meyer, Ralph Della Cava and Bill Doescher, Gordan Rafajac, Shelley Kronengold. All are vintage car enthusiasts whom have helped facilitate past shows.
For more information visit www.scarsdaleconcours.org
Coming and Going
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There’s lots of change in the works at the Golden Horseshoe Shopping Center and on Palmer Avenue in Heathcote. Katzenberg’s, a favorite venue for chopped salads and sandwiches closed suddenly. An employee at their Greenwich location said that they were in the midst of renegotiating their Scarsdale lease when they were suddenly told to close up shop. Apparently a new tenant had been secured. If you miss them, Katzenberg's will still deliver to clients in Scarsdale with a $5 - $10.00 service fee, depending on location, to absorb their travel expense. And you can also go to Greenwich to Katzenberg's at 342 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich, CT (phone) 203.625.0103.
Andy’s Pure Food of Rye will be opening on the site instead and plans to be ready by October 26th. Andy’s offers healthy foods such as vegan salads by the pound, veggie sandwiches, juices, smoothies, and 3-day cleanses. Food can be eaten at the restaurant or taken out and they plan to offer an organic dinner menu as well.
In the empty store that was once the Heathcote Bootery, Sakura Japanese Restaurant will be serving sushi and sashimi and they also 
plan to open at the end of the month. Seven Woks, a mainstay at the Golden Horseshoe is now under new management and will be adding Thai food to their menu of Chinese selections and a new liquor store called Cheers has opened as well.
In ice cream news, All Good Things of Scarsdale is selling Emack and Bolio’s ice cream, and candy with a rock ‘n roll theme at the Golden Horseshoe. Owner Bryan Levy took the spot over on May, 2011 from Steiner Sports who ran Last Licks there for nine years. However Last Licks is now back -- next to the Metro Deli on Palmer Avenue, returning with Longford’s ice cream and their famous sport memorabilia. So residents now have two choices for where to go for ice cream, along with the new health food spot and sushi on the way.
Inside the College Admissions Process at the JCC
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What really happens behind the closed doors of the Admissions Office? On October 18, 2011 from 7:30-9:00 p.m at the JCC of Mid-Westchester, 999 Wilmot Road, Scarsdale, the deans and directors of a number of top colleges and universities will open those doors and dispel the myths about what it takes to get into college. This is the fourth year in a row this program is being presented.
The free community-wide event – “Inside the Admissions Office” -- is sponsored by the JCC of Mid-.Westchester. Students and parents will hear the real story behind how decisions are made from the deans and directors of Binghamton University, Swarthmore College, Syracuse University, Union College, The University of Chicago and Vanderbilt University. The evening will give the public the opportunity to learn the differences and similarities in how decisions are made by selective universities and liberal arts colleges. Advance registration is required at www.jccmw.org
Moderated by Mamaroneck-based college admissions consultant Betsy F. Woolf of Woolf College Consulting, students and parents will learn:
· What makes a student’s application “stand out”;
· The impact of the current economic reality on college admissions;
· How an admissions staff makes the ultimate decision to admit, deny or defer;
· How colleges weigh grades, test scores, family connections, athletics, campus visits, interviews, essays and other factors;
· The institutional needs and policies behind the decision-making;
· The difference between a well-rounded student and a well-rounded class – and why that is important in college admissions;
· Whether declaring certain majors gives students a leg up in the admissions process;
· How admissions committees treat the application of a student who discloses his or her learning difference or ADHD.
Betsy F. Woolf is a college admissions consultant and an award-winning editor specializing in higher education and secondary school. She is a magna cum laude graduate of NYU and holds a J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law and a Certificate in College Counseling from UCLA.
Strange Doings from the Greenburgh Police
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Fight Continued: Neighbors on Elizabeth Street continued to spar in a dispute centering on the location of the property line. This past week, on the morning of 9/19, one family put some chairs out in the driveway for pick-up by the sanitation department and the other party moved the chairs to another part of the driveway, claiming that the chairs were on his property. Police advised the neighbors to keep their distance from each other. On 9/22, the trouble continued when Michael Marom claimed that his “no parking” sign was missing and that his neighbor’s garbage cans were blocking his driveway.
Dealing: On 9/23, John Joseph Trace, age 46 of Sprain Valley Road was arrested for criminal possession of controlled substances with intent to sell after a search of his home revealed he had a large stash of pills in his home. He was booked and released on $1,000 cash bail.
Driving: At 6 pm on September 20, police stopped a 2004 Honda on Central Avenue because neither the driver nor the passenger were wearing seatbelts. A search of the driver’s license revealed that there were two active warrants for the man for selling a controlled substance and another warrant in Massachusetts for burglary. He was identified as Jose Santiago of Yonkers, and brought into headquarters and found to have a hypodermic needle. Since the Massachusetts authorities did not want to extradite him he was released.
A 77 year-old Hartsdale man drove his car into a tree and fence on Crosshill Road in Hartsdale at around 5 pm on 9/22. When police arrived they found the 1998 Subaru lying on its passenger side next to the tree. The fire department came and helped the man get out of the car and the car was removed by Glen’s Towing. The man’s daughter believes her dad put the car into drive rather than reverse.
Thefts: At the Hartsdale Gardens apartments on Central Avenue, a resident said he found a suspicious package that had no address on September 20. He took it inside, opened it and found that it contained 2 batteries and quart of motor oil. Thinking that the contents of the package were suspicious he called the police. But in a strange twist of events, police contacted the building super who told them that someone had been stealing packages and that he had put the unlabeled package in front of the mailboxes in an attempt to catch the thief. He suspects that he found the right guy!
The mother of an Edgemont High School student reported that her son’s headphones and $120 in cash were taken from his gym locker at the school on September 15th. The lock was picked and his possessions were stolen. She reported that this was not the first time lockers were vandalized.
A Yonkers woman reported that her credit cards had been stolen out of her pocketbook when she was shopping at Shop Rite on Central Avenue on Friday 9/23. She had left her bag in the shopping cart for a short time while she asked for help and when she turned around the cards were gone. By the time she returned home, her credit cards had already been used at Home Depot and at a gas station.
The store manager at Morton Williams in Hartsdale reported that two women stole 6 cans of Similac and fled the store on the night of 9/17. The manager provided a description of the women from the store video.
At Walgreens on 9/25 two women stole an unknown amount of merchandise, leaving the store without paying for the items they placed in a bag.
A therapist who works on Central Avenue reported that two computers were stolen from her office sometime between 9/16 and 9/21.
Fieldstone Drive residents were away from September 10 -17. When they returned they found that almost $3,000 in jewelry was missing and that someone had tampered with their front door.
Parents MIA: An Edgemont High School student called police at 9 pm on Wednesday 9/21 when her father failed to pick her up from school. Her mother was away on business and her father had no cell phone and could not be reached. Police drove the girl home, called Child Protective Services and instructed the girl to call police if her Dad did not return. He came back five minutes later.
Identity Theft: On 9/22 a 75 year-old East Hartsdale Avenue man reported that someone had placed fraudulent ads in his name in several newspapers. The ads offered a motorcycle for sale. Though he was not charged, the ads gave his name and address.
Say What? The mother of a 10 year-old girl who lives on Clubway in Hartsdale reported that on 9/23 her daughter got a suspicious phone call from a woman who claimed to know her from sleep away camp. She asked for the girl’s email address and when the girl asked if she really went to the camp, the woman hung up.
On Monday morning 9/19 a 20 year-old Old Army Road woman reported that a man approached her at the bus stop on Central Avenue and asked her for money. After she responded that she did not have any, he walked away, but then returned, blew her a kiss, licked his lips and got onto a northbound bus.
Police were called to assist at a Cherry Lane home in Scarsdale on the night of 9/23 where an 89 year-old woman had locked herself inside her bedroom and did not respond to knocks on the door. The home health aid could not hear the woman or get her to open the door. Police pushed in the door, damaging the lock, and found the woman asleep in bed.
SVAC to Pilot Lifesaving Program
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Emergency Room nurse Sue Cannock, has seen it countless times: an ambulance arrives with a patient in distress who cannot communicate his medical history, which medications he took that day or even an emergency contact number. The ED staff evaluates and treats the patient with the knowledge available, but sometimes critical information that could influence the course of treatment is unknown.
Cannock, who has worked in the White Plains Hospital ED for the last 15 years, thinks she has found a solution to this problem, modeled on a program she learned of while speaking with one of her online classmates who works in a Florida hospital. The solution will be called “The File of Life” and will be launched October 1 as a pilot program run in conjunction with Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps.
The File of Life itself is a magnet with a small, plastic pocket that can be stuck onto one’s refrigerator. In the pocket there is a form where participating members can fill out medication and allergy information, emergency contact numbers and more. A small sticker with the EMS Star of Life will be placed above the doorknob on a participant’s front door, indicating to the Volunteer Corps that the File of Life is on the refrigerator. Should an emergency occur, ambulance personnel will know to find the file and bring it to the hospital. In addition to the window sticker, Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps will input into its computer system that participants have a File of Life so they will be instantaneously alerted to retrieve the file.
To educate the public about this program, the Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps is sending a mailing to 6,500 homes throughout the village. As people respond, members of the Corps will deliver the File of Life to homes personally and even assist residents in filling out the requested information.
“We believe that this will help us serve the community better,” said David Raizen, President of the Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps. “Having a patient’s medical information immediately accessible to us will expedite treatment in the ambulance and at the hospital. We are pleased to partner with White Plains Hospital and hope that if we are successful, other community ambulance agencies and hospitals will adopt the program.”
“The File of Life should help us treat patients appropriately and quickly,” said Cannock. “We believe that this pilot program will show that with more information comes better medical results. We hope to collaborate with EMS agencies in other towns and make this a Westchester-wide program.”
For more information about “File of Life” please contact (914) 722-2288.
