WHITE PLAINS CITIZENETREPORTER SETS RECORD VISITS FOR YEAR 7,017,658 VISITS! 2,098,003 VISITORS MADE 6 VISITS A DAY EVERY DAY. 63,330 UNIQUE VISITORS MADE 133,730 VISITS IN DECEMBER. WPCNR AVERAGED 17,284 VISITORS A WEEK, VISITING 31,270 TIMES.

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WPCNR School Days. By John F. Bailey. October 16, 2006 UPDATED WITH TOUR PICTURES 11:53 A.M. E.D.T. More Pictures Added 12:15 P.M. E.D.T. UPDATED WITH ENROLLMENT GROWTH CHART 6:00 P.M. E.D.T.:  Citizens attending a tour of Post Road School, hosted by the School District learned Saturday that flooding into the lowest level of the school below grade, was cited as a main reason why the school needs replacing, but when questioned, the Administrator of Facilities and Operations for the district, Mike Lynch said the flooding has been going on in Post Road School for at least 15 years.  A spokesperson for Westchester County Department of Communications today said that neither the County Department of Public Works nor the Environmental offices had ever been notified of this problem by the School District.  The City Department of Public Works Commissioner has not been made available to comment on the condition of the city storm drains.

 

Timothy Connors, Superintendent of Schools, leading a Post Road Autopsy Saturday morning. Mike Lynch, Administrator of Buildings and Facilities explains that city storm drains on Sterling and Soundview Avenues backup into the Post Road ground floor — five times in the last year. Photo, WPCNR News.

 

Visitors were shown the cramped computer lab, a library too small to house the student population, the  cramped, boxy classrooms from the distant past whose layout no longer fits the open classroom style of today that “eats” space with computer installations and the break-away-into-groups teaching modes. The Principal of Post Road, Laura Havis noted that the classrooms no longer fit the state standard size requirements. 

 

The City School District hosted a public briefing and tour Saturday morning at Post Road School to show the public how the 90 year old building has deteriorated, is obsolete and needs to be replaced with a new school built adjacent to it.

The Superintendent of Schools Timothy Connors, the architect  Erik Kaeyer of Kaeyer, Garment & Davidson, and construction manager, Nicholas Andreadis of Triton Construction answered questions from less than 10 citizens on the condition of the school, the estimates of construction. Then attendees were taken on a tour of the building.

 

 

City, County Storm Drains Backup Flooding school for years.

 

The flooding Lynch told the group comes from the city storm water drains running down Sterling and Soundview Avenues, and from the County storm water drains on Post Road. Because the school is located at the foot of the hill, the overflow backs up and bubbles up into the boilerroom, first floor classrooms, and even through the water fountain drains. 

 

Cracks and corrossion at base of wall and floor on Post Road first floor hall, adjacent boiler room. Photo, WPCNR News.

 

Room 7 — adjacent to the boiler room, wall on Sterling Avenue side leaks at base and at windows when storm drains cannot handle the flow. All storage, the instructor says is to the center of the room as  a result. Photo, WPCNR News

 

Lynch told this reporter that nothing has been done by either the city or the county to fix the overflow problem in the fifteen years he has been in charge of buildings for the district. The school district has not undertaken any major fixes to relieve the flooding condition either.  In the hour and a half briefing, questions were raised primarily about the estimating of the project.

 

Cramped Boilerroom makes repairs to pipes very difficult. Storm water backs up into the room out into the halls. Photo, WPCNR News.  

 

Replacement of school Due to Rising Enrollment by 2010

 

The Superintendent said that the need to replace Post Road school comes from the addition of 280 students (based on 2005 birthrates), expected to join the district in the year 2010. The additional building of 6 extra classrooms in the new school will bring the capacity of Post Road School up to 600, (currently  Post Road serves approximately 493 students) on a level of the other five district elementaries (in addition to 9 more classrooms which will be leased to BOCES), otherwise he said class sizes would increase. The physical layout of the school was also deemed inadequate and crowded.

 

Enrollment Chart Comparisons showing how Post Road School presently compares to the other White Plains schools in number students and project enrollment as of 2010. Chart was presented to the public prior to the tour. Photo by WPCNR News.

 

The Tour

 

As the tour began Superintendent Connors drew the crowd attention to the narrow hallways, the cramped staircases as being not wide enough to accommodate the elementary school children, and particularly disabled students, (no ramps).  He showed the small classroom dimensions that have existed at Post Road School since 1914, that the architect and the school district agree are too small and no longer adequate.

A Fourth Grade Classroom at Post Road, choc-a-block to the brim. It is home to 20 students. Not all classrooms are this small, but it demonstrates how today’s classroom standards and teaching styles are not met by the Post Road layout. Photo, WPCNR News.

 

Connors Starts the Tour. Notes narrow hallways. Photo, WPCNR News

Narrow Stairs — Not Handicapped Accessible — are obsolete — causing crowded, unsafe conditions. Photo, WPCNR News

 

 

Narrow hallway with students expected to hang coats, backpacks on hooks in corridor, as there is no room for cubby space in the smaller classrooms. Waterfountains back up during heavy rains. Photo, WPCNR News.

 

The library was described as too small, and unnavigable for disabled students, it being split between two floors without an elevator, while lacking storage space. There was also a limited number of computer stations. The library does not provide the media center spaciousness that school libraries today need to accommodate the new information age adequately.

 

The Post Road Library, lower level. Superintendent Connors explains the limited space the library provides for book storage and media center layout. Photo, WPCNR News.

 

Library Reverse Angle from upstairs level, showing what the district feels is limited book space and areas for students.  Note bucket for catching ceiling leaks directly above the genetleman in the red sweater. Photo, WPCNR News.

 

The Library Upstairs. A drawback, according to the superintendent is lack of workstation space as well as lack of handicapped access to the second floor. Photo, WPCNR News.

 

The computer lab had a lot of computers  jam-packed into its claustrophobic “square” room. Computer terminals were touching one another and students, when seated would be elbow-to-elbow. The computer information teacher explained how the cramped computer staging, restricted his ability to move from computer station to computer station quickly due to the close configuration of the seating.

 

Jampacked Computer Lab, makes maneuvering of students and teachers difficult, according to Computer Lab Instructors shown at right. Room, based on WPCNR experience is claustrophobic. Photo, WPCNR News

 

The auditorium was another area that was pointed out as being too small to accommodate the entire school population of 493 students (as of September). It appeared to this reporter more of a setting than a performance center. The superintendent pointed out the coffin-like teacher workroom space that has to serve all the faculty.

 

Auditorium, inadequate for school population of close to 500 children, according to the Superindent of Schools (Center of Picture). Photo, WPCNR News

 

 

 

Christian Reyes, the head custodian  at Post Road School was saluted by Superintendent of Schools Connors for keeping the school looking excellent despite his never-ending battle with flooding from the city and county sewers. Mr. Reyes has done a superb job because the school on Saturday morning looked bright a cheery despite its cracks on the joints of the ground floor. There were no odors and the classrooms I saw were brightly lit, but jam-packed with “stuff.”

 

Christian Reyes, Head Custodian of Post Road School, the man with the difficult job of keeping Post Road School looking as clean as it does, despite coping with floods, mildew, and collateral damage. Photo, WPCNR News.

 

The Chronic Flooding.

 

Mr. Connors upon entering the ground level of the school turned the tour of the subterranean depths of Post Road School to Michael Lynch, who said “The storm sewers hit us this building hard. The storm drains back up. Once last month and four times in the last year.” Because of the chronic funding, Lynch said the school custodial staff is routinely treating the ground floor for “cracks and mold.” Lynch said the storm water drain back up is so serious, the water fountain drains backup. The water fountains at Post Road School, according to the custodian, Mr. Reyes, the fountains drain into the city storm water drains. He also said that during a really heavy storm the sanitary sewers back up too into the toilets. “We have trouble with those, too,” he said.

 

A Post Road teacher, showing off her ground floor level classroom (Room 7), adjacent to the boiler room mentioned how her classroom floods at the windows and through the wall at the base of the class room where wall meets floor, from the storm drain backups. Lynch, showing the boiler room said the boiler room is very small, making pipe replacements difficult, causing repairmen to stand on existing pipes to make repairs in some cases. He showed a sump pump installed to take care of the chronic flooding with a trip switch that triggers the sump pump, when water reaches the tripper.

In courtyard, between Post Road main building and cafeteria/Gymnasium, storm drain backup freezes in winter perpetually creating ice conditions. Reyes said the school put in a drain to prevent the water collecting, but it has not worked.  Photo, WPCNR News.

 

 

 Flooding is more serious on the Sterling Avenue side, as opposed to the Soundview side, Lynch said. Asked afterwards how long the flooding condition had existed, Lynch said, the flooding was happening fifteen years ago when he joined the School district.

 

WPCNR has placed a call to the Mayor’s Office to get Commissioner of Public Works, Joseph Nicoletti’s reaction on the alleged storm drain situation affecting the Post Road School, and contacted the Westchester County Department of Communications to get the county reaction as to why the Post Road  storm water sewers which the School District pointed out are the county responsibility, backup, and if the School District has ever asked for them to address the problem by increasing storm water drain capacities.

 

Donna Greene spokesperson for the Westchester County Department of Communications responded to WPCNR’s question this afternoon, writing,

 

“John, I checked with both  (Westchester County) DPW and Environmental Facilities. Neither has any indication that it ever heard from the school district about this.”

 

 

Post Road School Saturday Morning. Photo, WPCNR News

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WPCNR STAT. From Sterling Glen. October 14, 2006:  Sterling Glen of Rye Brook, a distinctive independent living senior residence, is providing a flu shot clinic on Tues., Oct. 17 open to seniors age 65-years old and older. The clinic is open from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Sterling Glen of Rye Brook, 1200 King Street, Rye Brook. There is no charge for this service as the shots are covered by Medicare, although a Medicare card and insurance information are necessary. RSVP by Thurs., Oct. 12.

 

Sterling Glen of Rye Brook is dedicated to providing health information and services to their residents and the public. For more information about this clinic or to RSVP, please call (914) 939-2900.

 

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WPCNR CAMPAIGN 2006. October 13, 2006: The White Plains Republican Committee announced Thursday evening in a news release that the U.S. Office of Special Council, at their behest has “agreed to open an investigation to determine whether or not Mr. Power, the Chief Assistant to the County Executive, was violating federal law by running in a partisan election,” specifically violating the Hatch Act. 

Dennis Power, Candidate for Common Council and Assistant to the County Executive. Photo 2005, WPCNR News Archive.

The investigation was initiated by Brian Maloney, the Chairman of the White Plains Republican Party August 18 and 19, when Maloney asked the OSC, an independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency to examine Mr. Power’s duties with the county and his political appointment to the Common Council. On September 21-22, the news release reports  the Federal Agency “agreed” to investigate.

According to the news release received 6:15 P.M. Thursday evening, The Office of Special Counsel “will attempt to complete its inquiry as soon as possible.”  (Mr. Power, a Democrat, is running against Cass V. Cibelli, the Republican Candidate in a Special Election November 7 to determine who will fill the remaining full year remaining in deceased Councilman Robert Greer’s term.) Alexis Greer, the deceased Councilman’s daughter had expressed interest in the seat, but was told, the news release alleges that Democratic supporters of Mr. Power had “made it clear that her nomination would not go forward.”

The Republican Party is also, the release reports, preparing a separate lawsuit with State authorities, the statement says, to “compel Mr. Power to either resign from his County employment,” which Maloney judges to present “conflicts with his duties and responsibilities as a Common Council Member.” The release notes that “if the Office of Special Counsel and the Merit Systems Protection Board determine that Mr. Power violated the Hatch Act, they may direct that the violation warrants dismissal of Mr. Power from employment; thereafter the employing agency (Westchester County) must either remove Mr. Power or forfeit a portion of the federal assistance equal to two years salary of the employee.”

The news release says the OSC investigation revolves around Federal Law 5 U.S.C. & 1502(a):

a State or local officer or employee may not: (1) use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election or a nomination for office; (2) directly or indirectly coerce, attempt to coerce, command, or advise a State or local officer or employee to pay, lend, or contribute anything of value to a party, committee, organization, agency, or person for political purposes; or (3) be a candidate for elective office.

WPCNR notes for the record that after unsuccessfully running for Mayor of White Plains in 2005, (when no other candidate would step forward), Mr. Power was offered his present position of Chief Assistant to the County Executive at a salary of $76,000 a year in early 2006. Upon the death of Mr. Greer in June, Mr. Greer was appointed to Mr. Greer’s vacant seat, when he was already on the Westchester County payroll.

Mr. Maloney is quoted in the news release as saying “(d)espite Mr. Power’s self-serving statements to the contrary, it is impossible to credibly assert that his nearly six figure IDA financed salary is not and never will be a factor in his deliberations as a Member of the Common Council.”

WPCNR notes that Mr. Power, as a member of the White Plains Common Council avocated strongly for the Westchester County senior housing project at the Board of Elections parking lot a month ago before the County Board of Legislators, supporting a county project.

Mr. Power had received a legal opinion from Charlotte Indelicato,  the County Attorney, on the propriety of his serving as a Common Council member and as an Assistant to the County Executive. Ms. Indelicato advised Mr. Power she saw no conflict as long as he recused himself in matters involving the county regarding the city, to wit “Situations may arise before you as a member to the Common Council where you may wish to recuse yourself in order to avoid even the appearance of impropriety.”

Ms. Indelicato had written Power that in her opinion he was not in violation of the Hatch Act when running  for the Common Council, to wit:

NO. Since no federal monies are spent to finance in whole or in part, your position as an Assistant to the County Executive or any of the activities you perform in your employment with the County, the Federal Hatch Act does not impose any restrictions on your political activities or your political activities as a candidate for public office…Furthermore, there is no conflict of interest or incompatibility of offices for you to be.”

Ironically, Ms. Indelicato may have to defend that opinon.

The Office of Special Counsel was not available for comment late Thursday evening.

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WPCNR COUNTY CLARION-LEDGER. From the Environmental Protection Agency (Edited) October 12, 2006:  Leading the way to cleaner air and healthier communities, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has brought the counties of Nassau, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester together with New York City, the New York State Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration to sign an unprecedented agreement detailing the specific projects and innovations they will employ to reduce harmful diesel pollution.   

 

Demonstrating its leadership in environmental stewardship, Westchester County has specified its commitments to fighting diesel emissions.  The five New York counties’ efforts will reduce diesel emissions, which have been identified by EPA as a contributing factor in respiratory problems, asthma and other ailments.  New York City has already employed many of its own measures and has offered to assist the counties in any way that it can.  In addition to national regulations aimed at drastically cutting pollution from diesel engines, EPA provides monetary and technical assistance to help local and state entities implement programs designed to slash diesel pollution.

 

 

EPA Regional Administrator Alan J. Steinberg, the County Executives of five metropolitan area Counties, New York City and top environmental government leaders entered into the milestone agreement unveiled today in New York City.  The innovative and comprehensive agreement presents decisive actions such as retrofitting, retiring and replacing polluting engines, creating cleaner fleets of municipal vehicles, adopting cleaner fuels, designing and enforcing measures to reduce engine idling, and investing in pollution reduction technologies.

 

“If all politics are local, so are many sources of air pollution,” said EPA Regional Administrator Alan J. Steinberg.  “By signing this Statement of Intent and committing to a plan of action, these counties along with New York State and New York City are taking the initiative in combating diesel pollution.  President Bush and the EPA are committed to making that black puff of diesel smoke from diesel engines something you only read about in history books.”

 

“We in Westchester have been committed to doing our part to reduce the pollutants from diesel engines and we are proud to be part of this regional effort,” said County Executive Andrew J. Spano.  “We are presently testing four hybrid buses that produce fewer emissions, and based on the results we will determine whether to procure hybrid vehicles for our future Bee-Line bus purchases.   In addition, we will continue to use ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel on these buses and all county vehicles, and we will continue to help our local municipalities and school districts to obtain this ultra-low sulfur fuel for their operations.”

 

Westchester County’s initiatives include:

 

• The County will implement the provisions of Act No. 19-2006 effective September 1, 2006. This act requires the use of ultra-low sulfur fuel and best available retrofit technology for all diesel-powered on-road and off-road vehicles owned, leased, and/or operated on behalf of the County.  


• The County will continue the diesel engine retrofit program to include an additional 78 buses, bringing the total to 162 buses by the end of 2007.


• The County will undertake an evaluation of the four demonstration hybrid buses recently introduced into service. Based on performance, the County will consider procuring hybrid vehicles for its 2008 bus procurement.


• The Westchester County Airport, through its ISO 14001 Certified Airport Environmental Management System, will undertake a base-line emissions audit during 2006.

 

The New York State Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration have also stepped up their efforts in environmental protection, and have committed to helping the counties find ways to fund the ambitious measures they are pursuing.

 

Commissioner Emily Lloyd of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection said, “The Bloomberg administration is very pleased to be able to cooperate with surrounding counties and our federal and state partners to help reduce emissions from diesel equipment.  Under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the City has dramatically enhanced its diesel emission controls by implementing six local laws that decrease emissions from construction equipment, sightseeing buses, school buses, sanitation trucks and the City’s own fleet of on-road diesel vehicles.  We share these goals with the surrounding counties and pledge to work hard for cleaner air for everyone.”

 

“Governor Pataki and the New York State Department of Transportation have long supported programs to protect air quality throughout New York State.  This new collaboration will build upon the Department’s strong environmental record by improving the air we breath in the New York City metropolitan area,” State Department of Transportation Commissioner Thomas J. Madison Jr. said.  “This initiative encourages our partners to embrace clean fuel practices and technologies, and will enable NYSDOT and the transportation sector to help significantly reduce diesel emissions.”

 

“We strongly support the eligibility of diesel retrofits and other cost-effective emission reduction activities under the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program (CMAQ) program,” said Federal Highway Administration Division Administrator Robert Arnold

 

The New York Metropolitan Air Quality Initiative is a stellar example of the work being done as part of a broader Northeast Diesel Collaborative- an EPA lead partnership of private, non-profit and government groups working together to reduce diesel pollution throughout the Northeast using a variety of strategies, including: public education; linking and expanding the scope of existing programs; creating new partnerships, programs, regulations, and agreements to reduce emissions; and demonstrating new technologies. 

 

For the complete text of the agreement and for more information about how to reduce diesel emissions, please visit: http://www.epa.gov/region02/air/nymaqi.pdf and http://www.northeastdiesel.org

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WPCNR RINGSIDE. By Johnny Cannon. October 12, 2006 UPDATED WITH MORE BOXING ACTION IN PICTURES  9:00 A.M. E.D.T.: Joey Gilbert, erstwhile of The Bronx and of “Contender” fame, threw a right hand solidly to the left jaw of Keith Sims on the far ropes  midway through the 6th round last night, knocking Sims staggering across the ring to the left ropes and dropping him to the canvas ending their NABO Middleweight title fight at 1:57 of the sixth round on a TKO in the Main Event at the County Center. Gilbert dominated Sims inside with sharp jolting left jabs to the face and hard up from the floor, right hand slams to the solarplexus, softening him up, retaining his Middleweight crown, dominating all the way.

Joey Gilbert in green trunks has just clobbered Keith Sims with a haymaker of a right. Sims is about to hit the ropes and sink to the canvas ending their Middleweight title clash in the sixth round. It was a rousing climax to Star Boxing’s Pugilistic Extravaganza at the County Center last night. 7 Fights, 5 hours of boxing. Photo, WPCNR Sports.

Kaboom! Terry Cauthen “The Heat” in the black trunks, jolts Dante “The Inferno” Craig 11 seconds into the 10th round with a right cross up and solid to the jaw…it sent Craig lunging into the left corner where the referee stopped the fight. Cauthen’s speedy 1-2s had softened Craig up, driving him around the ring in the 9th, and Terry finished him off with this crushing right. Photo, WPCNR Sports.

 

Terry Cauthen of Trenton seized the USBA Junior Middleweight title from Dante Craig of Cincinnati, outboxing, outpunching the slower Craig consistently scoring a TKO at 11 seconds of the 10th round after a hurricane of punches softened Craig up in the 9th round.

Elvir Muriqi of the Bronx, “The Kosovo Kid” in the red trunks, kept ducking under Teddy Muller’s overhand rights, punishing the puncher from Moline, Illinois with combinations inside to the head, opening a cut on Muller’s right eye in the 3rd round and a cut on the left eye in the sixth. Muriqi pounded Muller and scored a unanimous 8-round decision, much to the chanting delight of his fans from Da Bronx. This right cross was delivered late in the fight. Photo, WPCNR Sports.

 

Jab and Hook: Gilbert working Sims Over Inside in Far Corner, 5th Round. Gilbert’s body work dominated from Round 2.  Photo, WPCNR Sports.

The 10th Round Was the End of the Line for Dante Craig as Terry Cauthen delivered the roundhouse right that convinced the referee to stop the fight. Photo, WPCNR Sports

“The Heat,” Terry Cauthen’s combinations delivered staccato style through his 10 Round Rumble with Craig kept “The Inferno” in peek-a-boo mode. Here “The Heat” catches Craig with one of many left hooks  in the 9th Round going after him which set up the 10th Round coup de grace. Photo, WPCNR Sports

Kevin Johnson in the blue trunks connects with a left on Demetrice King in the heavyweight bout. Johnson 11-0-1, 5 KOs) Decisioned King (9-15, 7 KOs) in a unanimous 6-Round decision. King used his superior weight to push “The Kingpin” around the ring, put never got any combinations going, landing one punch at a time. Johnson would simply cover and move. Photo, WPCNR Sports.

Johnson deflects King’s left. Photo, WPCNR Sports.

Josh Snyder, (2-1, 1 KO) “The Berlin Bomber” of Berlin, Maryland  in black trunks came into the County Center, dominating Dex Pejcinivic (2-3, 1 KO) of The Bronx, who tired early in a unanimous 4-Round decision, hurting him with a solid right and left in Round 2 and landing blows at will in Round 4. Photo, WPCNR Sports

Roberto Benitez  of Ocala Florida (5-0) remained undefeated. His combinations delivered with lightning, cut-em up decision, got after and surprised “The Shiek,” Vin Rungea (1-4-1) from Queens in Round 1 knocking Vinnie to the canvas with a pulvering right cross he never saw, followed with a punishing left hook. Benitez opened a huge cut over The Shiek’s left eye in the 3rd stanza. The Shiek showed great heart hanging in all the way and getting some shots in at the speedier nimbler Benitez. Both fighters got a huge hand from the crowd in Benitez 4-Round unanimous decision. Photo, WPCNR Sports.

Benitez punishes The Shiek (blue trunks) in the corner. Photo, WPCNR Sports

Brooklyn’s Khabier Suleymanov in the blue trunks won his first professional fight, Bantam Division, working Omar Carroll of Philly over on the ropes in Round One. Carroll was on the defensive the entire fight. Photo, WPCNR Sports.

It’s Just Not Boxing Without The Ringgirls! Baseball should have Innings Girls, dontcha think? Photo, WPCNR Sports.

You never have enough Ringgirls! Photo, WPCNR Sports

Star Boxing’s debut card at the County Center delivered an entertaining 7-Fight Extravaganza for the crowd that made its way to the WCC on a “Dracula Night,” with the largest applause and interest reserved for Elvir Muriqi in his bout with Teddy Muller. Shouts of “Muu REE KEY” “MUU REE KEY” thundered from the balcony as “The Kosovo Kid” from The Bronx deftly parried Muller’s haymakers.

The title bout between the two Olympians, Terry Cauthen (1996)and Dante Craig (2000) was the best fight of the night, with Cauthen’s swift 1-2s, superior boxing and power inside work systematically wore down the deft defender Craig who could not take the offensive. Cauthen, superbly conditioned stepped up the pressure relentlessly tattooing Craig in the 9th Round, hurting him with flurries of punches Craig could not ward off. Craig never recovered from the pummeling in the 9th Round, taking a shot to the left jaw sending him to his knees in the near corner, when the fight was stopped.  Cauthen, overwhelmed with his achievement fell to the canvas with emotion.

An elated Olympian, Terry “The Heat” Cauthen is interviewed. Photo, WPCNR Sports.

Joey Gilbert’s Middleweight Title defense found “The Contender” star in control all the way, getting inside on Keith Sims –poking Sims with his jab and delivering body blows to the abdomen that Sims could not handle. Gilbert started taking Sims apart in Round 2 with 2 merciless rights inside. Jabbed him incessantly in the 3rd Round and delivered a hard right in the far corner the 4th round where he was able to follow Sims around the ring delivering collateral damage. Shot after shot to the body followed in the 5th.

Joey Gilbert in the Media Melee. Photo, WPCNR Sports

The Gladiators Have Entered The Arena. Let the Games Begin. Protect Yourself at All Times. Photo, WPCNR Sports.