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A talent show to Remember Riley Saper and raise funds for scholarships supporting Ossining High School Seniors
Saturday, June 23, 2012 6:30 pm
Ossining High School Auditorium Tickets: $10 adults $7 students
Proceeds from the event will
all go to the Riley Saper Foundation and will be used for scholarships for Ossining High School Seniors.
Louise Weadock made Belle of the Ball look oh so Wee Zee last night at the grand opening of WeeZee World, a 16,000 square foot “sensory play space” of pure fun, joy and opportunity at 480 Bedford Road in the Chappaqua Crossing Business Development. I arrived expecting the ordinary and ran smack into the extraordinary: I was struck by the sheer number, some 35 in fact, of highly engaging, interactive and imaginative sensory experiences available to kids from babyhood through early adolescence. I was given a tour of various individual stations, and snapped photos, but in this case, ya really gotta see it to believe it!
The emphasis throughout is on sensory learning. With such stations as the “Rainforest & Storm Zone,” “Vibration Station” and “Cyber Action” Floor, the emphasis in virtually every area is on “sensory learning,” according to Weadock, a registered Child Psychiatric Nurse and owner of Access Nursing & Health Care Services, who created her “family’s fantasy come to life.” Weadock, whose daughter was diagnosed with a severe Sensory Integration Disorder, became fascinated with the effects multi-sensory experiences had on her child’s ability to understand, accept and adapt to her world. She purchased a diverse variety of sensory equipment and created a playground in the basement of her home for all the neighborhood kids to enjoy with her daughter.
Sixteen years later, she has opened Wee Zee World which is intended to be “the largest and most cutting-edge indoor play space for cognitive development in the county and the entire New York region.” “We want the sensory adventures and social relationships discovered inside WeeZee to inspire each child to believe, “Yes, I can!” Some 100 full and part time individuals are expected to staff WeeZee in fields including coaching, therapy, education, design and clerical. Hours are 8 a.m.- 9 pm. For more information, visit www.weezeeworld.com — Grace Bennett
“Little did we know that moving from our cramped apartment into a house would become a watershed event, in our lives. We moved from our small apartment to a three-bedroom house in the Bronx with a backyard and a basement in the summer of 1960.
I was six years old when Dad and I drove up to the Bronx and saw the house for the first time. I remember how big the house seemed after coming from an apartment. We moved in, and our lives moved forward. My parents had achieved the American dream of owning their own home. We had a backyard and a basement, and I had my own room. Everyone seemed excited about our step up in the world and all the possibilities for the future. However, I don’t think we were prepared for the downside of home ownership. After the initial euphoria wore off, I began to notice a strain in my parents’ relationship that I had not seen prior to our move. Their private conversations began to take on an edge of bickering about things like the bills, house painting, fixing broken faucets, car repairs, buying a lawnmower, private school tuition, and more.
The achievement of the American dream of owning a home, with all its ups and downs, coinciding with the advent of the tumultuous decade of the 1960s, proved to be a kind of perfect storm for our family. As the decade unfolded, bringing its changes into our lives, it intensified our family quarrels. As we all began to grow up and have our own opinions about the changes taking place, I often felt a longing for the past, when life seemed less complicated…”
“The Lost Tribe of the Andes” traces three generations of a Jewish family, from the 1800s in Eastern Europe to America in the present. In the aftermath of the death of her father, author Jane Genende began her search for meaning in her family’s genealogical story. In the course of her research, Jane uncovered a wealth of personalities as she travelled throughout Europe. In this memoir and family history, Jane explores the challenges her family faced in the course of emigrating from Europe to America before World War II and assimilating into American culture; she also recalls the conflicted process of separation and individuation from a traditional Jewish family that she and her three siblings experienced during the 1960s. “The Lost Tribe of the Andes: A Jewish-American family’s Struggle with Assimilation,” can be ordered on amazon.com, iUniverse.com, or barnesandnoble.com.
Jane Genende is a State Licensed Psychotherapist, LCSW-R in private practice in New York City, since 1974. She lives in Chappaqua with her husband. Her two grown children live and work in New York City.
First Thing Every MorningBy Lewis Timberlake and Elinor Griffith
“There are six terrific truths about time:
First: Nobody can manage time. But you can manage those things that take up your time.
Second: Time is expensive. As a matter of fact, 80% of our day is spent on those things or those people that only bring us 2% of our results.
Third: Time is perishable. It cannot be saved for later use.
Fourth: Time is measurable. Everybody has the same amount of time … pauper or king. It is not how much time you have; it is how much you use.
Fifth: Time is irreplaceable. We never make back time once it is gone.
Sixth: Time is a priority. You have enough time for anything in the world, so long as it ranks high enough among your priorities.
Just think about the familiar complaint, “If I just had more time.” This is exceedingly self-deceptive! Kings have no more time, beggars no less! God gives to every man 24 golden hours per day. That’s 86,400 precious seconds ticking inexorably away. Here is the point: If you don’t manage time, time will manage you.”
A chance encounter put Elinor Griffith back in touch with Lewis Timberlake, a Texas motivational speaker whom she had worked with at Reader’s Digest. “Could you help me develop a book I’m writing?” he asked. Together, they produced an inspirational book with short reflections and quotes on happiness, humor, courage, a fresh start, etc. Last spring, Simple Truths, an online-publisher with 1.5 million potential buyers, printed First Thing Every Morning, which is now already in its third printing. Elinor, a writer and editor living in Chappaqua, has three passions: travel, cooking and France.
When not cranking out books (her last one was The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow), she offers niche gourmet cooking trips to Julia Child’s former home in the South of France, as well as to Paris and Italy’s Amalfi Coast. To learn more, visit www.ElinorGriffith.com. To buy a copy, go to www.SimpleTruths.com and search for “First Thing Every Morning.”
