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In This Issue
PRESIDENT’S LETTER 2
Defensive Driving Classes 2
Officers & Directors 2
SAVE THESE DATES 2
POLITICAL ACTION 3
Directions to WCT 3
Address/status changes 3
NEWS SINCE LAST ISSUE 4
Then and Now 4
Capasso scholarship winners 4
Mohegan Sun trip & show
--Cover Story-- 5
WCRT welcomes new retirees 5
Fundraiser accepts money 5
“...Can you hear me now?...” 6
PostScript getting greener 7
Walkway opens 7
NYSUT Member Benefits ad 8
A
WCRT
Newsletter
October, 2009
Wappingers Congress of Retired Teachers
2537 Route 52, Suite 15 Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 Vol. 16 No. 1
Zipes sets up tour,
then steals show
Eileen Zipes, WCRT 2 nd Vice President and trip coordinator, is flanked from left by cast
members Colby Fuller, Mike Bunting, Lauren Charnow, Mark Crawford, and Jessica Pierson
after their Seaside Rendezvous show at the Olde Mistick Theater on August 24. Story on page 5.
POLITICAL ACTION: NASTY POLITICS page 3
3 Capasso scholarships awarded page 4
“...Can you hear me now?...” responses page 6

PAGE 2 WCRT PostScript
From The President
SUSAN
ROGER
WCRT
President
Dear WCRT members,
For the past few issues, we have been
concerned about the printing and mailing of
the PostScript. With the help of the WCT
and retiree volunteers, you are reading our
first in-house product. Every member of the
WCRT received it in the mail. In the future,
members getting the Commentator by e-mail
will also get the PostScript by e-mail. Please
continue to send us news of your events
and activities. This is our newsletter and we
are all busy people.
At the spring luncheon, we held elections
of officers of the WCRT. Ed Murphy
was elected to the position of rep to the WCT
RA. He will not be able to fill this position;
therefore we have a vacancy. This is an important
position because we need to be
aware of the concerns of our active mem-
Defensive Driving courses offered
Like gas and food prices, the fee for the
NYSUT Defensive Driving classes has been
increased to $30.00 per person.
The following classes have been scheduled
for the upcoming school year in Room
134 at RCK High School from 6:00 - 9:00 PM:
Thursdays, Nov. 5 and 12;
Mondays, March 15 and 22, 2010;
Tuesdays, June 1 and 8, 2010.
SAVE THESE DATES
(future details coming soon)
bers. We are all WCT members, even as retirees.
This person will attend the RA meeting
each month and report back to the WCRT
Board of Directors. S/He will also write a
short article for the PostScript letting everyone
know news from the RA.
If you are interested in this position on
our Board, call me at 226-8285 to discuss it
further.
I wish you a fall filled with color and
good health.
Commentator mailing dates are in normal
font, PostScript mailing dates are
in bold font: 9/18, 10/2, 10/16, 11/6,
11/20, 12/4, 12/18, 1/8, 1/22, 2/5,
2/19, 3/5, 3/19, 4/9, 4/23, 5/7, 5/21,
6/4, & 6/18, and one sometime in
August.
Registrations will be accepted approximately
one month prior to classes. Make $30
checks payable to: WCT, and
mail to WCT defensive driving,
Heritage Square,
2537 Route 52,
Suite 15, Hopewell
Junction, NY
12533
Nov. 20 WCRT Executive Board, 10:00a.m.
Deadline for December 18, 2009 PostScript
Jan. 12 WCRT Executive Board, 10:00a.m.
Deadline for February 19, 2010 PostScript
Apr. 27 WCRT Executive Board, 10:00a.m.
Deadline for June 18, 2010 PostScript
May Spring Luncheon, TBA
June 15 WCRT Executive Board, 10:00a.m.
Deadline for August 2010 PostScript
OCTOBER, 2009
W C R T
WCRT Officers and
Board of Directors
July 1, 2007-June 30, 2009
President.............Susan Roger 226-8285
1st . Vice-Pres...Bonnie Kieffer 297-4245
2nd . Vice-Pres.......Eileen Zipes 463-0022
Rec Secy............Flo Mondanaro 454-0352
Corr Secy..........Barbara Stuck 896-9572
Treasurer......Elizabeth Moesel 896-9426
Past Pres...............Alice Baker 452-5793
WCRT Rep. to WCT Representative
Assembly…
Directors
Ruth Ehlers 831-6390
Alice Heusinger 226-8769
Judie Rubin 297-9727
Jack Devine 297-5032
Margaret Nikola 221-3824
Committee Chairpersons
Political Action: ......................Cliff Foley
Constitution and Bylaws: ...Judie Rubin
Historian: ..........................Kathie Munsie
Gifts and Contributions....Mary Coiteux
Retiree Council 13 Liaison.......Cliff Foley
Wappingers Congress of
Retired Teachers Newsletter
Heritage Square,
2537 Route 52, Suite 15
Hopewell Junction, N.Y. 12533
(845) 227-5065
The WCRT PostScript is published in Oct.,
Dec., Feb., Apr., June, and Aug. during the
school year. Editor: Bill Dourdis
wdourdis@verizon.net (845) 473-1796
The WCRT PostScript is a 2009
New York Teacher
Journalism Competition Winner.
Best Editorial or Column,
First Award, by Cliff Foley;
Best News Story, First Award, by Bill
Dourdis; Best Feature,
First, by Faith Schwenker;
and General Excellence, Award of Merit,
to Bill Dourdis, Editor.
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OCTOBER, 2009 WCRT PostScript
POLITICAL ACTION
Editorial views expressed are those of the writer and not necessarily
those of the WCRT PostScript staff and management.
NASTY POLITICS 2009:
NOT A NEW PHENOMENON
CLIFF
FOLEY
Political Action
Chairperson
Have you ever had the feeling that both
political parties are more interested in furthering
themselves than accomplishing
things that benefit the people? Mud slinging
is NOT a new phenomenon created in
recent times. If we go back to our own beginnings
as a country, we find some pretty
negative tactics.
We can begin with the only time in
American history that a President ran against
his Vice-President. The election of 1800 pitted
John Adams against his longtime friend
Thomas Jefferson. In 1776 they had been
instrumental in establishing the United
States as a new nation. Yet, Jefferson’s campaign
accused Adams of having a “hideous
hermaphroditical character, which has neither
the force nor firmness of a man, or the
gentleness and sensibility of a woman.”
Adams’ side said Jefferson was “a meanspirited,
low-lived fellow, the son of a halfbreed
Indian squaw, sired by a Virginia mulatto
father.” A dozen years later the two
men renewed their friendship and wrote to
each other until their deaths on the same
day in 1826. It was July 4, exactly fifty years
after the Declaration of Independence.
Another really nasty political campaign
matched John Quincy Adams and Andrew
Jackson in 1828. You may want to check this
one out for yourself. Words like “slut, pimp
and prostitute” flew freely at the time. One
recent writer described editorials of that campaign
as being more like bathroom graffiti.
The New York State Senate’s summer
antics of locking people out of the chamber
and accomplishing nothing was ironically
followed in September with the Senate returning
to address ethics reform. At the time
of this article that had stalled since Republicans
are claiming that a panel to investigate
campaign finance and other violations is
weighted in favor of the Democrats. The
Democrats have also not been completely
upright after gaining control of the Senate.
They could have attempted some form of
cooperation with the Republicans but instead
they chose vindictiveness.
I will inject one positive note here. On
July 1, 2009, the Governor signed the extension
of the Health Insurance
Moratorium, which protects our health insurance
for another year. Fortunately this
had been passed by both houses before the
Senate shut down.
Moving on to the national, scene we
see more partisanship. The Democrats, who
now control the House and Senate as well
as the Presidency, are under attack by the
Republicans. The GOP is looking to the next
Congressional election and even the 2012
vote when the top job comes up again. Their
strategy appears to be to impede progress
on such important issues as health care insurance
reform, confident that they can convince
the American public to change allegiance
the next time they go to the polls.
I wonder if the next elections will be a
striking similarity to those in the early 19th
century. Today we must be prepared to sort
out the partisan rhetoric from the truth...
“AND MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU.”
PAGE 3
Notify these groups of
an address change or
death of a member:
�WCRT,
Heritage Square,
2537 Route 52, Suite 15
Hopewell Jct, N.Y. 12533
(845) 227-5065
wct@frontiernet.net
�WCT, same as above
�NYSUT, 800-342-9810
800 Troy-Schenectady Rd.
Latham, NY 12110-2455
www.nysut.org
�NYSTRS, www.nystrs.org
800-348-7298x6250
10 Corporate Woods Drive
Albany, NY 12211-2395
�WCSD, Human Resources
167 Myers Corners Rd. Suite 200
Wapp. Falls, NY 12590
845-298-5000x115
Directions to
WCT office
�The new WCT office is in the
Heritage Square complex at 2537 Route
52 in Hopewell Junction.
�Heritage Square is a short
distance east of the intersection of
Routes 376 and 52 and west of the
Taconic State Parkway.
�Enter the parking lot and make
the second right turn into parking.
�Enter main entrance of building.
�The sign over the main entrance
is “Prudential”.
�Take stairs or elevator to 2nd floor.
�Go right, all the way to the end.
� “Wappingers Congress of
Teachers”sign posted on Suite 15 door.
WCSD Board of Education e-mail address:
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NOTE:
If you are aware of a
member’s illness, or the
need to send a condolence
card, please contact
Ruth Ehlers at 831-6390.

PAGE 4 WCRT PostScript
OCTOBER, 2009
News since last issue
Three $1500 Ralph & Janet Capasso/WCT/WCRT scholarships awarded
Three children of Wappingers Congress
of Teachers members won Ralph and Janet
Capasso Scholarships at a reception in their
honor at Van Wyck Junior High Library on
Tuesday, May 26, 2009.
Recipients were awarded $1500 scholarships
by the Wappingers Congress of
Teachers and the Wappingers Congress of
Retired Teachers, which contributed $200 to
each scholarship.
Recipients were Gloriann Langva (parent:
Rita); Richard Rose (parent: Louise);
and Nicole Sheremeta (parent: Tracy Ann).
After the initial process of reading an essay,
a high school transcript, one letter of recommendation,
committee members granted an
interview for finalists.
All applicants had academic excellence,
with extensive lists of awards, activities, and
community service.
Then and Now
Sponsors, presenter, and recipients--From left: Janet and Chris Capasso, Nicole Sheremeta,
Pasquale Delli Carpini, WCT President, Gloriann Langva, and Richard Rose.
Ralph Capasso served with dignity and
respect as teachers’ union president for 21
years. He was awarded Teacher of the Year
twice. He retired from the John Jay High
School English Department in 1991, the year
the scholarship changed its name in honor
of his service. The scholarship began in 1989
and has awarded 52 scholarships.
The committee: June May, Jim DeNitto, and
Norma Najjar whose children won last year.

OCTOBER , 2009 WCRT PostScript
Coach Tours Bus Company transported
54 WCRTers and guests to a fun-filled excursion
to Mohegan Sun Casino in
Uncasville, Connecticut, shopping at Olde
Mistick Village, and a vaudeville musical revue
on August 24.
The smiley, cheerful greeting by bus
driver Joann and the bright sun shining in
their eyes made passengers quickly forget
Hurricane Bill’s recent weekend visit to the
Hudson Valley.
A fifteen dollar meal voucher and $15
for betting made the experience a great entertainment
value.
The slot machines’ electronic drone offered
a continuous, harmonious background
in the casino. No loud clanging or excited
yelling since nobody broke the bank... Everyone
returned to the bus fully clothed since
nobody lost his/her shirt... Big winners re-
PAGE 5
Zipes sets up tour, steals show
Cover Story
Fundraiser still
accepting donations
Ten Days in August was an ambitious
project undertaken by a generous group of volunteers
to aid The Biersack Children’s Project.
Bill Biersack was a Village of Fishkill judge
who died suddenly and unexpectedly six years
ago, leaving his wife, Patty, with two growing
boys attending Fishkill School to care for and a
large house to maintain on 43 Broad Street in
Fishkill.
Subsequently, Patty got very sick and she
recently passed away.
The Children’s Project was created to try
and renovate the Biersack home so the mortgage
can be paid off and the house sold, with any
remaining funds put in a trust for the two boys,
now 12 and 15 years old. This is all they have.
If you wish to make a donation to this
worthy cause, please contact Gary Bradford
(845-527-8929) or Kimberlee Markarian(845-
505-9174) or email gbradford@atlastar.com
main unnamed for tax purposes... The amusement
value for the time spent was well worth
the wage... We were all winners.
Casino comments
“Lucky day!” Flo Mondanaro
“Beats teachin’!” Saranne Ratner
“A bad day of gambling is better than a
good day in the classroom.” Name withheld
“Visually and auditorially stimulating
beyond belief, but you go home with a full
stomach and empty pockets.” Linda White
“A day of chance, relaxation, and fun!”
Peg Nikola
Show time
Hunter Charnow, co-founder and president
of Cornerstone Productions, Inc. and
our tour guide, said the 237-seat Olde Mistick
Theater has hosted his company since May
8, 2008 and has played to over 16,000 spectators.
This Seaside Rendezvous show ran
since April. We were the last performance
before the next run of Hooray for Hollywood,
a Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers-type show,
from September through October.
Linda Adams, Kenneth Babineau, Judy
Cummins, Deborah Dvorkin, Jo-Ann Fury,
Leanne Hassett, Joan Kavanagh, Philip
Levitch, Susan Lewis, Roni Maschas, Ellen
Metzger-O’Shea, Bernadette Murphy, Rob
Pribeck, Elizabeth Solomon, Susan Stillerman.
Welcome new retirees! You have joined
a group of dedicated professionals.
Retirees will receive membership renewal
notices in the fall. New retirees have
Complimentary membership for 2009-2010
but may choose Lifetime if they so desire. If
you are already a Lifetime member, you
should not receive a notice.
Yearly members, please consider Lifetime
membership. It makes it easier for you
as well as for me. Some of you were loyal
members, and for some reason, you did not
renew this year. Please do so in the fall. Now,
perhaps more than ever, our solidarity is vital
to our survival, as well as the survival of
our health benefits.
Songs and dances included: Somewhere
Over the Rainbow; Side by Side;
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?; Look For
the Silver Lining; Harrigan, That’s Me!; By
the Light of the Silvery Moon; and After
You’ve Gone.
The best line of the show was, “If we
have a boy, he’ll be named John. If we have
another girl, we’ll call it quits.”
The highlight of the day came during
the delivering-the-baby scene when the cast
shouted, “Is there a doctor in the house?!”
Wouldn’t you know it, our own Eileen Zipes
was chosen to play the doctor—complete
with a provided lab coat and her own fannypack
doctor kit? Many hysterically funny
ad-libbed lines followed. She was a good
sport to finish the scene.
For more information about upcoming
shows and outings online, contact:
www.cornerstoneproductions.org.
WCRT welcomes 2009 retirees
(That’s the year,
not the number of.)
BARBARA
STUCK
Membership
Chairperson
We, the WCRT, are known throughout
New York state as a very educated, active
group. Yearly individual membership is
$15.00. Individual Lifetime is $150, $250 for a
couple. (Bill, please Check with Sue to see if
new rates are definitely going into effect and
what they are.)
Among the benefits of membership is
receiving The PostScript, OUR newspaper.
This publication is more and more becoming
essential to our staying informed and connected.
Also, in order to receive NYSYT benefits
and publications, you must be a member
of the local unit, the WCT.
Please watch for the membership notice
in the fall. We are in the process of updating
our computer data base. Please be patient.

PAGE 6 WCRT PostScript
OCTOBER, 2009
Editor’s “...Can you hear me now?...” gets responses
These excerpts from a June 2009 article
garnered the subsequent responses:
... as editor of the WCRT PostScript... feedback
is vital...The PS doesn’t conduct polls, surveys,
or contests...
...We’ve made it incumbent upon the WCRT
execs and directors to offer you an obligatory
message in our bi-monthly communiqué. Mostly
informative in nature, they get a little discouraged
without occasional acknowledgment, recognition,
feedback, or at least an attaboy! Even
elephants work for peanuts! We don’t ask much....
...Drop us a line. Let us know what you’re
doing. The PostScript is about all of us...
...Can you spell wdourdis@verizon.net,
boys and girls?
Once a Thespian, always a Thespian
The Hudson Valley’s new professional
theatre company presented ELEEMOSY-
NARY July 9-12 at Marist College Nelly
Goletti Theatre, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601.
Directed by Jim Steinmeyer RCK 2005
Author spends most time outdoors
This was taken on a February day when it
was -25 o F at Pebble Creek campground where
both Wolf Journal and Hawk were written. Pebble
Creek is in the eastern end of Lamar valley, part of
the northern range of mountains and valleys in
Yellowstone. Brian Connolly RCK 2001
Original PostScript creator offers feelings
How ashamed I feel for not having written,
expressing my appreciation for the job you are
doing with the PostScript. I know, only too well,
the depressing feeling one gets at not having the
work acknowledged.
Alice Heusinger and I were the creators of
the PostScript (having published a newspaper
together for years in Oak Grove School). My
husband, now afflicted with Parkinson’s, actually
coined the title “PostScript,” and designed
the school bell, which decorates the masthead. I
“hung” in there with PostScript for, really, just a
short time, when I couldn’t cope with the work
involved in getting out the paper, and quit leaving
Alice alone to do the work.
Now we are living in the “wilds” of Connecticut,
and the PostScript is my means of keeping
up with what is going on with you all.
Congratulations on all the awards you have
collected for a job well done. They are well deserved.
I look forward to each issue, and hope
you will continue contributing your talents to its
success. Marcia Chang Oak Grove 1990
Snow bird enjoys news from “home”
Just want you to know how much I appreciate
the hard work that goes into the
PostScript. I am a snow bird from Sept. to
May and truly love seeing everyone and
knowing what is going on “at home.”
Roseann Malagrino Sheafe Rd 2001
Once a freshman, always a freshman
I graduated from the American Legion College
of New York on 21 July. It was a concentrated
study of the Legion and Leadership Training.
Am attaching my diploma and a picture with
the New York Department Commander, Edward
Bertrand, presenting it to me.
Remember what I told you? .... Life is a constant
process of becoming a Freshman.... if you
want to do something with it.
Joe Gagnon VW 1998
English teacher still in classroom
In the interest of viability, power, and unity
(“...Can you hear me now?...”), a few updates
about this wayward retiree: I can best be described
as a senior-citizen-stay-at-home dad as Karen and
I are parents to nearly three-year-old Ethan James
and Easter-born six week-old Dylan Thomas.
We live just over the mountain from the
Woodstock vortex. I spent a few years doing
adjunct work at SUNY New Paltz and Marist, as
well as longterm-subbing for Karen in
Germantown, while she was home during Ethan’s
early months—11th and 12th grade English and
journalism.
Lately, Ulster BOCES summer school ELA
Intensive classes have been the extent of my
“fingers in the pie.” You can take the teacher out
of the classroom, but...ah, well. Needless to say,
the two lads at home keep us hopping joyously!!!
Still juggling, gardening, reading, writing, humming
and strumming, though! This IS a truly special
time.
I would be remiss if I didn’t give equal time
to my wonderful fully grown kids:
Jennifer, living in England, has made me a
grandfather three times over, including twin girls
born a few weeks after Dylan
Jeremiah, living in Tannersville, NY,works at
Hunter Mountain, a professional snowboarder,
riding for Team Burton and running ski and board
operations at Hunter.
Jonathan, after meandering through a rich
college experience, including time at the Berklee
College of Music, a May Literature graduate with
honors from SUNY New Paltz. At the end of June,
Jonathan started basic training at Fort Knox, KY.
Ketcham graduates all!!!
Thanks for the opportunity to come out of
seclusion. Keep up the inspired work on the publication.
Don Dixon VW 2003
Now he teaches at the college
Still the same here--finished with DCC.
I might teach a class during mid-summer.
John Hotrovich, RCK 2006
Electronic newsletters commonplace
We do enjoy the PostScript very much
and look forward to receiving it. We receive
other newsletters by email and look forward
to receiving the PostScript by email as well.
David Horowitz WFJHS 1987
Evelyn Horowitz WFJHS 1988
continued on page 7

OCTOBER, 2009
Some WCRT Stuffers (volunteers who help mail the Commentator) recently took Linda
Leito, WCT Administrative Assistant, to Tiramasu Restaurant, Route 82, Hopewell Junction,
for lunch to thank her for her help. Linda has retired after 25 years from her
positions at the WCT office. Seated, from left, are Barbara Stuck, Carol Wall, Peg Nikola,
Alice Heusinger, Cathy Foley and Linda.
continued from page 6
Retirement ain’t (rocket) science
We actually live on a golf course next to a
pond, providing us with LOUD frog mating
calls every spring (makes me smile as we relax
in our hot tub in the evening).
I just returned from WEEKS in Kentucky,
babysitting for my daughter’s new boy. What
a joy! I know you understand this as YOU
babysit too and get that warm fuzzy feeling
holding a grandchild. What a blessing!
I’d love to still be a referee for field hockey,
but the high schools here do NOT have the
sport and I”m not traveling 45 minutes to ref a
college game. I was tempted to take a Biology
position at our local community college early
in my retirement, but fortunately, I resisted
that urge and am busy with Turtle Watch walks
at dawn on Thursdays, a women’s Bible study,
a couples’ Bible study, Needlers (we make
items for Premie babies), Garden Club, weeding
my gardens, and lots of babysitting (not
only the grandkids, but my mom lives with us
most of the year too).
Sometimes I help Rich with Meals on
Wheels and his work with providing seniors
with food.
We are busy and grateful to be able to
enjoy retirement. We love the climate in NC
and do not miss the snow. I am intimidated
writing to an English teacher, knowing my
punctuation and grammar leave much to be
desired, but did enjoy hearing from you.
Peace and love to you and yours. Enjoy
the privilege of spending time with those
grandchildren.
Carol Marchell RCK 2001
WCRT PostScript PAGE 7
Retiree’s hubby joins her in retirement
We do indeed hear you and enjoy reading
the Postscript.
I looked forward to Phil’s retirement this year.
We met at BOCES in ’75 and both worked at
Wappingers Jr. High. The staff through all these
years have been compassionate, professional,
and have a wonderful sense of humor. Some of
the staff at WJH became our closest friends and
have seen us get married, raise our daughters,
and been there for us during happy and hard
times. Our daughters went into the teaching field
after seeing how much Phil and I enjoyed working
with students and our fellow teachers.
I owe a lot to Wappingers schools. My father,
Tom Taft, was school board president in the
early ’70s. I remember “new” schools being built,
him going to meetings, and discussions of
Wappingers education at the dinner table.
I went to Gayhead, VanWyck, and graduated from
John Jay in ’72.
After I met Phil I got my teaching degree
and we both worked in Wappingers, Phil at the
jr.high level and I taught elementary. It was strange
in the beginning working with teacher’s who
taught me!
During an illness in ’95, again the staff could
not have been more supportive. I worked with
Charlie Powers [2001] at Fishkill Elementary. He
was a major factor in helping me make a transition
from a healthy teacher to one that could no longer
teach. I will always be grateful that he picked up
the slack for me and kept me involved in classroom
activities.
Now, Phil and I are both retired, but there
will always be a part of our lives that has such
good memories, and good friends that would not
be possible if it were not for Wappingers schools.
Teresa Levitch Fishkill Elem. 1998
PostScript
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Send along your name, address, city, state,
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Mail your information to:
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Hopewell Junction, NY 12533,
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Your reply is appreciated and will save the
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We also hope to have back issues on our
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Newly retired members will automatically
receive the the electronic version once email addresses
have been entered into our retiree database.
See president Sue Roger’s article on page 2
for the latest developments in this project.
Lifetime membership:
A good deal?
You bet!
Write a check once
and
it’s out of your head.
Fred Schaeffer, CEO of Walkway Over the
Hudson, spearheads the project whose mission
is to turn the former railroad bridge into a walkway
or linear park.
In 1888 it became the longest railroad bridge
in North America over a river, 212’ high, 6700’
long.
Senator Charles Schumer, Congressman
Maurice Hinchey, State Senator Stephen Saland,
and Governor David Paterson attended the grand
opening on October 3, and President Obama may
attend by the end of October.
“…Check out our website for details:
www.walkway.org... We want it to be the Eiffel
Tower of Dutchess County,” said Schaeffer.

PAGE 8 WCRT PostScript
OCTOBER, 2009

October, 2009
Brian Connolly, a man for all seasons. WCRT retiree author and naturalist
now living in Yellowstone National Park sent along a book cover. (see page 6.)
Page 9
This issue’s out-takes:
a bonus for e-mail
subscribers
Dear readers,
I just got an idea, and I wanted to
try something new. I thought I’d run it
by e-mail subscribers because they can
handle whatever I send them.
I’d like some feedback on your
thoughts about this concept. Printed
hardcopies limit me to eight pages. I can
be more flexible electronically. You get
the benefit. Let me know that benefit is
for you.
Enjoy the leftovers.
Bill Dourdis
PostScript editor
The WCRT PostScript is a 2009
New York Teacher
Journalism Competition Winner.
Best Editorial or Column,
First Award, by Cliff Foley;
Best News Story, First Award,
by Bill Dourdis; Best Feature,
First, by Faith Schwenker;
and General Excellence, Award
of Merit, to Bill Dourdis, Editor.
Caught between a rock and a hard
place: PostScript editor Bill Dourdis
gets his picture taken at a rock waterfalls
at Mohegan Sun during a recent
WCRT bus trip. (see page 5.)