Victoria Ulrich, 17, plays with building-blocks in her room at her home in Cortlandt on March 31, 2011. Victoria was born with Treacher-Collins syndrome, a facial-cranial disorder, and as a result has no outer ears, cannot speak without assistance and has seizures. Victoria’s father George is being forced to change his work hours at the United States Postal Service, which enabled him to care for his daughter after school, after 17 years of accommodation. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Victoria Ulrich, 17, right, eats a pudding snack as her brother Christopher, 23, left, looks at some of her day’s schoolwork at their home in Cortlandt on March 31, 2011. Victoria was born with Treacher-Collins syndrome, a facial-cranial disorder, and as a result has no outer ears, cannot speak without assistance and has seizures. Victoria’s father George, center, is being forced to change his work hours at the United States Postal Service, which enabled him to care for his daughter after school, after 17 years of accommodation. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Victoria Ulrich, 17, left, talks with her brother Christopher, 23, about her school day while in her room at their home in Cortlandt on March 31, 2011. Victoria was born with Treacher-Collins syndrome, a facial-cranial disorder, and as a result has no outer ears, cannot speak without assistance and has seizures. Victoria’s father George is being forced to change his work hours at the United States Postal Service, which enabled him to care for his daughter after school, after 17 years of accommodation. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Mike Spano is congratulated on his way to give his victory speech in the Yonkers mayoral race among his supporters at The Polish Center at 92 Waverly St. in Yonkers on Nov. 8, 2011. Voters in Westchester County made their selections for local and county officials, along with state Supreme Court justices. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Mehrdad Sanai of Dutchess County recovers after running during the weekly meeting for the Westchester Track Club at the White Plains High School track June 1, 2011. Sanai, who said he works in area, has been a member over ten years, and said the group is like a family. Mike Barnow, who leads the group, has coached some of the runners in his class since the 1970s. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey clown Dr. Adam Smasher, right, asks for a volunteer to assist him and fellow clown Kid Kinetic during a performance of “Science of the Circus” at the John Paulding School in Tarrytown on Feb. 16, 2011. Smasher, who is also known as Joel Ringling, and Kinetic, who is also known as Mike Ringling, said the goal of the performances are to show children fun and practical examples of laws of science and physics. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Many girls competing in the steeplechase struggle through the course during the Pirate Relays track and field meet at Pearl River High School in Pearl River on April 2, 2011. Molly Shine of Pearl River took first in the event, and fellow Pearl River competitor Kerry Guerin took third. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Neil Bellamy of Brooklyn, center, uncle of graduate Michael Bellamy, uses a graduation program as a makeshift umbrella during the Mamaroneck High School graduation June 22, 2011. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Homeowner Diana Jordan, 82, is photographed at her flooded property on Highway 340 in Sparkill on March 11, 2011. Jordan said she was told by officials of Sparkill that Sparkill Creek would be dredged, but it hasn’t happened. Diana and husband Albert, 83, were homebound all day, but the Sparkill Fire Department was able to move their car to avoid extensive flood damage to the vehicle. A neighboring cottage they had hoped to rent will need extensive repair and restoration. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Aron Gjonbalaj (cq) of Briarcliff Manor, 11 months old, experiences the beach for the first time, reluctantly at moments, with the help of his father Florent Gjonbalaj (cq) at Oakland Beach in Rye on June 1, 2011. ( Xavier Mascareñ–as / The Journal News )

Bronxville’s Christian Conway is brought down head on by Tuckahoe’s Gary Moss during the football game between the two state champs at Bronxville High School on Sept. 24, 2011. Bronxville beat Tuckahoe 33-12. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

during the Spartan Sprint at the Tuxedo Ridge Ski Center in Orange County on June 4, 2011. Competitors faced several obstacles, including the muddy 40-yard uphill barbed-wire crawl, an ice pit, fire pit and the final run through a gauntlet of muscled “gladiators.” ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Shawn Marren, the human cannonball at the Royal Hanneford Circus, is photographed with his cannon outside the Westchester County Center in White Plains on Feb. 17, 2011. Marren is billed in the show as “The Human Lightning Bolt.” ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Rockland Rockstar Resident, and resident rocker, Joe Delia is photographed at this home in Tappan on Jan. 13, 2011. Delia is a career musician who provides keyboards and vocals for his band, Thieves, scores movies and has a long list of musical accomplishments to his name. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Ossining’s Keon Ervin breaks up a touchdown pass to Sleepy Hollow’s Darien James during Sleepy Hollow’s last drive in the fourth quarter during the football game at Sleepy Hollow High School on Oct. 1, 2011. Ossining beat Sleepy Hollow 25-20. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Monsignor Patrick Carney leads Mass before the Sacred Heart Parish Children’s Mass and Pageant at Sacred Heart Church in Hartsdale on Dec. 24, 2011. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Dishes served at a table overlooking the Hudson River, counter-clockwise from left, are photographed on the patio at the riverfront restaurant Harvest-on-Hudson at 1 River St. in Hastings-on-Hudson on Aug. 2, 2011. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Traffic flows northbound at left and southbound at right after dusk on the Hutchinson River Parkway as seen from the Weaver Street overpass in Scarsdale on Dec. 1, 2011. The Hutch is one of the most difficult roads for commuters in the New York City metro area. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

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Bennett Chazen stretches inside of an isolation-unit at White Plains Hospital on Nov. 11, 2010. Bennett and twin brother Camden were born Aug. 31, 10-weeks premature. Their parents Emily and Michael are particularly thankful this Thanksgiving because the babies survived, and for the work of hospital staff throughout the ordeal. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Luke McDermott, a fifth grader at Richard P. Connor Elementary School in Suffern, is comforted by his neighbor, Melissa Esmez, whose child also attends the school, on June 16, 2010, during a gathering of students, staff and parents at the school’s athletic field to dedicate a memorial to slain gym teacher Jami Erlich. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Chris Bloch, 25, of Yonkers, embraces Meghan Marshall, 29, of White Plains, while celebrating the United States’ game-winning goal against Algeria during the World Cup on June 23, 2010. The two were among dozens of fans gathered at the Brazen Fox, in downtown White Plains, to watch the match. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

The class of 2010 shows a wide range of expressions as they wait for the commencement to begin after the National Anthem at the Rye Neck High School graduation, June 24, 2010. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Farm worker Wayne Simpson of Jamaica carries a basket of tomatoes to take in from the field at Stuart’s Farm in Yorktown Heights on Aug. 11, 2010. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Desmond Hinds Sr. and his wife Sharon, parents of Pace football player Desmond Hinds Jr., display emotion during the recounting by attorney Bonita Zelman of the events surrounding the death of Danroy Henry Jr. at a press conference at the Marriott in Tarrytown on Oct. 22, 2010. Hinds Jr. was sitting in the backseat of Henry’s car when the shooting occurred. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Plumber and artist Juan Feliciano is photographed with his “pipe people” in Ossining on Nov. 5, 2010. His copper creations are made of commonplace plumbing materials, such as valves, fixtures and fittings. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Boxer Natalie Gonzalez of New Rochelle is photographed at Main Street Boxing in New Rochelle on Dec. 31, 2010. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Nancy Siragusa, 48, top, cares for her parents, Edmund Siragusa, 92, and Mae Siragusa, 85, with help from elder-caregiver Dorothy Rinda, far left. Nancy attends to her parents while Dorothy feeds Mae and Edmund naps in the elder's New City home July 7, 2010. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Nancy covers her mother with a blanket to be comfortable while watching television in Mae's room July 7, 2010. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Nancy Siragusa, 48, makes calls to try and procure a lightly-used wheelchair for her mother after setting her down to watch television July 7, 2010. Nancy cares for her father, Edmund Siragusa, 92, left, and mother, Mae Siragusa, 85, in their New City home. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Nancy shares a lighthearted conversation with her father July 7, 2010. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Nancy Siragusa, 48, pulls her mother, Mae, over a curb on their way to the Nanuet salon to get her hair done by Marie Limongelli on July 10, 2010. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Nancy Siragusa, 48, cares for her parents, Edmund Siragusa, 92, and Mae Siragusa, 85, in their New City home. Mae is photographed July 10, 2010, geting her hair done by Marie Limongelli at Hair Creations in Nanuet, while Nancy, right, watches. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Cedar Ridge Inn resident Bill Trotter, 90, reacts to a kiss on the cheek and an earful of flattery from Director of Nursing Nicole Templeton while slow dancing on Friday during the Senior Prom, named “By the Light of the Silvery Moon,” which was held to celebrate Nursing Home Week, according to administrator Lisa Higgins.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Newly-crowned Senior Prom royalty Ramoncita Maestas, 93, and Miguel Valdez, 85, who makes a face for a photo, sit at a table Friday during Cedar Ridge Inn's event, dubbed “By the Light of the Silvery Moon," while surrounded by family.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Prom escort Dante Bird, 9, peers at the crowning of the Senior Prom King and Queen on Friday at Cedar Ridge Inn. The event, dubbed “By the Light of the Silvery Moon,” was held to celebrate Nursing Home Week, administrator Lisa Higgins said.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Farmington Police officials Cpl. C. Malone, left of center, and Detective Ron Paquin, on the phone, investigate a fatal vehicle wreck on East 20th Street at Tucker Avenue on Friday. A man driving an older model Ford F-250 pickup truck, far right, was driving recklessly, according to officials, and caused private property damage in the area before crashing into another pickup truck and coming to a halt on the sidewalk in front of Aloha Salon on East 20th Street. Alcohol was a factor in the accident, according to Detective Paquin.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Julie “Snoop Dogg” Ellison interacts with an adoring crowd at McKinley Elementary on Friday after performing a reading-themed rap, set to the music of MC Hammer’s “U Can't Touch This,” during an assembly celebrating the school’s reading program.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Richard White, far right, gets excited as he talks about the horses racing in the Kentucky Derby, and the odds of them winning, with Chuck Slattery, far left, and Gerald Barber at SunRay Park & Casino on Saturday before the start of the televised race in Churchill Downs.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Horses carry their jockeys toward the finish line in the third race of the day, for a distance of 400 yards, at Sunray Park on Sunday.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Racehorse-owner Wade Whitehead, of Tucumcari, N.M., vents his frustration after learning that his horse, "Rances Reason," did not place higher in the second race of the day Sunday at the track at Sunray Park.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Jockey Adam Martinez, fresh from riding "Cala Me Debonaire" in the first race of the day at Sunray Park on Sunday, relaxes near the stalls between races.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; “Jenuine Joy” appears to be recovering from taking first place in the fourth race of the day Sunday, while director of racing for SunRay Park, Lonnie Barber, right, waits to congratulate jockey Ricky Ramirez.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Piedra Vista High School sophomore baseball player Shilo McCall hits the ball with a solid crack of the bat Thursday during practice at PV.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Bloomfield High School player Rockey Mackey follows through on a tag on Robertson High School’s Fabian Montoya at third base Saturday during the first round of Class 3A state baseball tournament play at BHS. Montoya tried to advance to third base on a sacrifice fly ball to the outfield, but centerfielder Jeremiah Duran rifled the ball directly to third for the double play to end the fifth inning for the Cardinals’ at-bat.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Mesa State center-fielder Kevin Becker makes a run to the outfield fence Saturday after a hit by New Mexico Highlands University batter Danny Brown in the fifth inning of the Division II Central Regional NCAA Baseball Championships tournament at Ricketts Park in Farmington, N.M. NMHU won, 11-8.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Mesa State’s Austin Buck congratulates catcher Brett Nigbur after Nigbur hit a grand slam in the bottom of the fifth inning Thursday to tie the ball game against the Winona State Warriors during the Division II Central Regional NCAA Baseball Championships tournament at Ricketts Park in Farmington, N.M.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; New Mexico Highlands University Cowboys pitcher Cruz Sedillo leans down to hug teammate Phillip Rodriguez after the Cowboys’ 12-8 loss to the St. Cloud State Huskies on Saturday night at Ricketts Park in Farmington, N.M., during the Division II Central Regional NCAA Baseball Championships tournament. The game was the Cowboys’ final one in the tournament, which wraps up Sunday, May 16, 2010.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Tanitha Holyan, 11, walks home over two miles away with her brother, 6-year-old Gabriel Scott, along Navajo Route 571 after being dropped off by separate buses Thursday outside Shiprock. A change in some of the Central Consolidated School District bus routes, adding several miles to some children's walk between their bus stop and home, has raised concerns from community members over the safety of the affected students.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Six-year-old Morgan Cristello, who plays on the PB&J youth girls softball team, runs through a gauntlet of high-fives from local high-school players on Monday at Ricketts softball field No. 3, during the opening ceremony for the Four Corners Fast Pitch Association.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Piedra Vista shortstop Sheasia Yazzie, center, shows her enthusiasm for the procession of young girls running through as part of the opening ceremony for the Four Corners Fast Pitch Association on Monday at Ricketts softball field No. 3. Yazzie said the flowers she is holding were a gift from her "best bud," 10-year-old Hannah Sayyeau.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Officer Tayna (CQ) Benally, center, and Sgt. Ron Foreman, both with the New Mexico State Police, investigate the scene of a two-vehicle collision Sunday at the intersection of County Road 7010 and N.M. 371. A man, not involved in the accident, stands behind the vehicle that struck a car that failed to yield while trying to cross N.M. 371.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Special Olympics New Mexico San Juan County participant Tanisha Lewis, right of center, reacts after hearing she was named athlete of the year Friday at Heights Middle School during the opening ceremony for the area Special Olympic meet.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Three-year-old Sam Dearing, center, of Farmington, waves excitedly to his family while getting a lift on a 60-foot crane operated by San Juan Signs' Ramon Gonzales on Saturday at McGee Park during the Farmington Moms’ Club Touch-a-Truck charity event benefiting ECHO Food Bank.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Juanito Garcia, 7, tries to catch water in his mouth — which posted signs say should not be consumed — from a water spurt at the fountain at Berg Park on Sunday. His family was in town from Del Norte, Colo., for a wrestling tournament at Aztec High School.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Seven-year-old Kaylin Bryant, far left, waits in line with her dance squad, the Danz Force Twinkles, to perform at the Four Corners Dance Exhibition at Farmington High School on Monday. The event, also known as the Kelly Greens exhibition, is a fundraiser for the FHS Kelly Greens.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Bart Robinson, of Cottonwood, Ariz., talks with his son, 17-year-old Samuel, between events on Saturday at the 7th Annual Ty Waybourn Memorial Rodeo at McGee Park’s Memorial Coliseum.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Danielle Montoya, left of center, is comforted by her sister, Gabrielle Montoya, after finishing strong in her relay to take first for the Cuba High School girls’ medley team during Saturday’s track meet at Fred Cook Memorial Stadium in Aztec.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Jamira Lewis, 7, shrieks after being pulled by her friend, 10-year-old Jermiah (CQ) Manning, into the cold water from the fountain at Berg Park on Sunday.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Barbara O’Connor places roses near a photo of her late-grandson, Ty Waybourn, in preparation for Friday night’s 7th Annual Ty Waybourn Memorial Rodeo at McGee Park’s Memorial Coliseum. The rodeo wraps up Saturday night.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Mike Waybourn, father of Ty Waybourn, is seen in a rear-view mirror of a 1929 Ford Model AA on Friday while making preparations for the 7th Annual Ty Waybourn Memorial Rodeo at McGee Park’s Memorial Coliseum.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Jenna Suazo, sitting on Goldie, listens quietly to the song, "In the Arms of an Angel," recorded by Sarah McLachlan, outside Memorial Coliseum on Friday evening at the 7th Annual Ty Waybourn Memorial Rodeo at McGee Park. Ryn Robinson stands beside them helping coordinate the sponsor flags, which raise money to combat drunk driving and provide scholarship money to rodeo athletes.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Farmington Police Officer Jerry Worrell escorts a suspect from hiding in a structure on a property near the corner of North Orchard Avenue and East Comanche Street, where a vehicle pursuit involving police ended on Thursday.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; FPD Officer Travis Sprell shouts to another officer Thursday to follow a fleeing suspect after a vehicle pursuit ended in the neighborhood of North Orchard Avenue and East Comanche Street.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Farmington Police Officer Jerry Worrell, far left, detains a suspect found hiding in a structure on a property near the corner of North Orchard Avenue and East Comanche Street, where a vehicle pursuit involving police ended on Thursday.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Xavier Tsosie, 8, holds up a book he examines while his two aunts look for other books Monday at the Farmington Public Library. The library has activities scheduled for children throughout the spring-break week.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; A dog living at a home in Farmington reacts to strangers Thursday while chained on the property. The home has been the subject of numerous complaints regarding aggressive dogs kept there.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; The Piedra Vista varsity girls golf team, from left, Grace Gutierrez, 17, Gracey Brown, 17, Kyra Garrison, 18, Domi Dinallo, 17, and 14-year-old Miel Johnson hang together at Piñon Hills Golf Course on Thursday after an afternoon practice.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Billy Howard, an employee of Shiya-Strephans Contracting Co., keeps his attention toward a water truck while working on construction of a water pipeline Monday at West Apache Street and West Main Street. The pipeline will carry water through Farmington to the Navajo Nation when completed.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Zyan Begay, 9, works to help untangle a kite flown by his friend, 7-year-old Tierren Wyatt, after high winds took it for an unpredictable flight Monday outside the San Juan Apartments on East Main Street.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Farmington Fire Department personnel work to extinguish the fire on the third floor at San Juan Apartments on Monday. There were no injuries reported, but the Fire Department said there was heavy fire and smoke damage to the two units.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Robert Gonzalez, a resident in the building affected by Monday’s fire at San Juan Apartments in north Farmington, watches smoke billow out of an open window in what he said was his apartment on the third floor of building C. Gonzalez tried to contain the fire until the Farmington Fire Department arrived on scene.