Dr. Rhoda Narins Honored by American Society for Dermatological Surgery
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Scarsdale's Rhoda Narins, M.D., received the Samuel J. Stegman, MD, Award for Distinguished Service at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS) in Atlanta. The Samuel J. Stegman, MD, Award for Distinguished Service – established in 1996 – honors individuals who have made major contributions in furthering the goals of the ASDS. The areas of these contributions can be in education, organizational service or research.
Dr. Narins, a dermatologic surgeon, serves as Clinical Professor of Dermatology at New York University Medical Center and has her own private practice – Dermatology Surgery and Laser Center – with two offices in New York. She earned her medical degree and completed her dermatology residency at New York University.
For more than 30 years, Dr. Narins has been a generous teacher and mentor to countless dermatologists. She has made several major contributions to the field of dermatology but is perhaps best known for teaching and being a pioneer in liposuction.
Dr. Narins has more than 75 peer-reviewed articles to her credit and has additionally authored numerous textbooks and book chapters. She has given more than 100 lectures worldwide. She has led 25 research projects and trained numerous fellows. Dr. Narins has served on the editorial board of several journals and is an Assistant Editor of Dermatologic Surgery. She has been a valuable member of the ASDS since 1982, lecturing regularly at the Annual Meetings and serving on a variety of committees, task forces and holding offices – culminating in being elected president in 2004. She continues to support the ASDS, serving on several work groups and is a Founding Member of the Stegman Circle.
"Rhoda has been an invaluable leader for the ASDS from its earliest days," said William Coleman III, MD, a fellow Stegman Award winner. "She has always managed to bring fun to the table while at the same time exhibiting a great talent for problem-solving. She knows how to bring out the best in people."
Dr. Narins and her husband, David Narins, M.D., have two children – Jon and Valerie – and four grandchildren: Sydney, Peyton, Willow and Hudson.
Need Help Recovering From Sandy? Call Y.E.S. -Youth Employment Service of Scarsdale
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As we try to return to normalcy after Sandy, we also know the holidays are just around the corner. Need help at home or in your business?
Just say Y.E.S.! Y.E.S. brings together bright, responsible Scarsdale students, 14 years and older, with employers like you in your homes and businesses in Scarsdale. Students can help where you need it. Need a hand to clean out your basement, bring out winter clothes? Rake leaves, stack fallen tree limbs, or shovel snow? Straighten up the house for Thanksgiving dinner or your special holiday party? Hang holiday decorations, or make them? Send out holiday cards or party invitations? Help with your party? Do arts & crafts or bake cookies with your kids while you work?? No need to stress! Just say Y.E.S.!
Students have filled jobs as tutors, baby-sitters, mother's helpers, sales, office and stock clerks, delivery persons, painters, sports helpers, computer/word processors, and much more! Each year hundreds of jobs are listed and FILLED!
If you want to hire a student, go online TODAY at http://scarsdale.ny.hs-ses.com and register as an employer and list the job you need. Students register and search for jobs online as well. For more information, go to http://scarsdale.ny.hs-ses.com, call 723-7343 (messages are accepted 24/7) or e-mail office@scarsdale.ny.hs-ses.com. Y.E.S. also maintains an office at Scarsdale High School. During the school year, the office is open to students Monday through Friday from 11:30am to 1:30pm.
Y.E.S., a nonprofit community organization, has been providing its services for more than 40 years, to students and employers at no charge. What could be easier?
Y.E.S. is not funded by the school district or any PTA or other organization and depends solely on donations from the community to cover its costs to provide its services.
Jane Veron to Chair Scarsdale Bowl Committee
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Jane Veron has been named Chair of the 2013 Scarsdale Bowl Committee. The appointment was announced by Richard Toder, President of the Scarsdale Foundation. As Bowl Committee Chair, Veron will head the Scarsdale Bowl nominating committee and the community celebration dinner to be held on Wednesday evening, April 17, 2013 at Lake Isle Country Club. The Scarsdale Bowl is awarded annually each spring to a Scarsdale resident in recognition of his or her outstanding voluntary public service to the community. This year’s Executive Secretary/Treasurer of the Scarsdale Bowl Committee is Deborah Pekarek.
Veron has been active in a range of community and volunteer organizations. Appointed to a second term as Planning Board Chair, Veron was President of the League of Women Voters of Scarsdale, President of the Fox Meadow Neighborhood Association, and Chair of the Scarsdale Neighborhood Association of Presidents (SNAP). As SNAP representative, she participated on the Citizens Nominating Committee, Procedure Committee and School Board Nominating Committee. She also served as Vice President of the board of the Scarsdale Edgemont Family Counseling Service and Chair of the Scarsdale Advisory Council on Youth. She was a member of the Scarsdale Bowl Committee, the Scarsdale Historical Society Advisory Board and the Youth Athletic Coalition Steering Committee. Veron is also active in the schools, having served on the Fox Meadow School executive committee, the Principal Search committee, the Bond Issue committee and chairing a myriad of PTA committees.
Veron is co founder of The Acumen Partnership (TAP), a not-for-profit organization which deploys local professional women to assist local small businesses in need of strategic and tactical advice. Prior to TAP, she worked as a strategy consultant and marketing executive. A 15-year resident of Scarsdale, she and her husband Andrew Feldstein have three children. Julia and Anna attend the Scarsdale schools, and Emily is a freshman at Yale University.
The Scarsdale Bowl is administered by the Scarsdale Foundation which operates as a not-for-profit community foundation to promote the civic welfare. It does so by supporting institutions and individuals in a manner that encourages educational and human development in the community. The Foundation provides need-based financial aid to Scarsdale High School graduates who are entering their sophomore, junior and senior years in college and to children attending the Recreation Department summer day camp. It also administers a number of special purpose funds, and makes grants for various community needs which have included the Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps and the Scarsdale/Edgemont Family Counseling Service.
Hero of the Hurricane: Al Porpora of Heathcote Gulf
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Almost two weeks without power, compounded by a snowstorm and a gas panic left residents stressed to the max. Not sure when their heat would come on or if they would have enough gas to leave town, many were unsure where to turn. The word quickly spread that there was someone who could help: Al Popora of the Heathcote Gulf Station at 1 Weaver Street, Scarsdale. Al, his brother and the staff of the station rose to the occasion and were a reassuring presence for many cold, disheartened residents.
What did Al do?
The station was able to secure daily gasoline deliveries at a time of shortages elsewhere around town. Since they had power and ample gas, they filled up cars, but more importantly filled gas cans to fuel home generators. As the generators were keeping families warm, Al reserved enough gas each day so that people could always fill their gas cans, even when the automobile line was shut. Throughout the power outage he opened at 6 am and didn’t close until 8 pm at night to make sure that customers would have enough gas for their generators.
He also helped to calm nerves and assure gas to those who needed it most. He allowed the Scarsdale taxi drivers to come to 
the front of the line, figuring that those who ran out of gas could rely on the taxis to take them where they needed to go.
And when the gas line got too long, Popora stood at the end of the line, checked people’s tanks and asked those who already had more than half a tank to return the following day to permit others with empty tanks to fill up. When the gas line extended all the way down Weaver Street past Dunkin Donuts, Al stood at the end of the line to maintain order and clear the way for traffic on this busy thoroughfare.
For Al, the crisis this week brought to mind another gas shortage in 1973 when he was just 16 years-old. His Dad owned the station at that time – and Al was called on to help keep the calm as people waited for gas. At that time, he had a sign made for the back of his truck that said “Last Customer.” This week, 39 years later, he pulled out that same sign to use again.
According to one of his customers, Al has “infinite patience, can “handle 100 people at the same time” and makes everyone believe they are “special customers.”
Today Al was quick to deflect the credit to the community. He thanked all the first responders including the police, firefighters and public works employees for their hard work. He said the police did a terrific job of keeping him safe as he stood out in the street to manage the line-up on Weaver Street.
And most of all he thanked his customers, saying, “if it wasn’t for such a great community this would not have gone so smoothly.”
Say thank you to Al and send in the names of more Heroes of the Hurricane in the comments section below.
Mayor Flisser Lauds Scarsdale's Emergency Response Team
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We spoke with Scarsdale Mayor Miriam Flisser late Saturday afternoon after she had partial power restored to her home and was able to use her land line. She provided an account of the Village’s response to the storm and lauded the entire team for their round-the-clock efforts to keep residents safe and clear the streets of 250 tons of debris.
According to Flisser, the emergency response team meets twice a day in the new Public Safety Headquarters to coordinate the efforts of safety and highway department workers. This team has spent hours on the phone with municipal officials and Con Edison advocating for services for Scarsdale. In Flisser’s words, they “did everything they could” to get Con Edison to service Scarsdale, but “they do not consider the Village a priority.” She said that Con Edison is a “public utility without adequate resources” and said that the Trustees would soon revise the home generator law to make it easier for residents to install their own power source.
The team’s work was severely hampered by the collapse of the Village’s new, state-of-the art Optimum Lightpath Communications System. Apparently Optimum had no back-up generator in place, and once the primary generator was out, there was no way to power the communications system. According to Flisser, the Village turned a few fax lines into phone lines to permit calls to Village Hall and team members used their personal cell phones and email addresses to stay in touch. Thought the Village has made almost daily robo calls and sent emails to those who are registered to receive them, the outage prevented them from updating their website. Flisser credits the highway department with hooking up the Village’s generators to power traffic lights at busy intersections to prevent accidents.
The Highway Department cut down and moved massive amounts of tree material and has cleared many major routes including the Post Road,
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Photo credit: Harvey Flisser
