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’S ADAM IN ALBANY. By Assemblyman Adam T. Bradley, 89th Assembly District. August 21, 2006: I am pleased to announce that the governor has signed into law legislation that I authored (A.11996/S.8417) that will bring sweeping reforms to the health care system.  The measure will establish fair, uniform and consistent procedures for the processing of health claims, the processing of overpayment recovery claims and the credentialing of physicians by health plans.  It will also help to level the playing field between powerful HMOs and our hospitals and physicians. 

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 Inconsistent and cumbersome procedures cause physicians and hospitals to waste valuable resources dealing with the administrative burdens of health care plans, rather than treating patients. To address these issues, the new law would enact much needed reforms by attempting to assure fairness, uniformity and consistency for physicians, hospitals and health plans.

 

       Specific provisions of the law include:

·        requiring Health Plans to accept the American Medical Association’s Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes when processing all health care claims

·        limiting the time period for health plans to demand refunds from 6 years to 24 months, with limited exceptions; and

·        requiring health plans to complete physician credentialing to participate in the insurer’s network within 90 days.

 

        This bipartisan legislation responds to common health care concerns such as dealing with confusing health plan rules used to adjudicate claims submitted by physicians and hospitals, excessive demands for refunds of claims paid several years in the past, and unjustifiable delays by health plans in credentialing physicians to participate in the health plans network.

 

         I want to thank The Westchester County Association, The New York State and Westchester County Medical Society, NYPIRG and The Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association for the tremendous support and advocacy they provided which helped lead to the passage of these very important health care reforms. 

      

I will continue working in a bipartisan fashion to ensure that our healthcare system works for the New Yorkers it was designed to serve – not the bureaucrats that have been lining their pockets with hefty profits. By making our health insurance regulations more efficient, we can reach the goal of putting patients before profits.

 

Adam T. Bradley

 

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WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. By John F. Bailey. August 19, 2006: The 12-member Capital Improvement Project Committee presented its “Recommendations” to the Board of Education Monday evening August 14 at Education House.

 

 

Mike Graessle, Chair of the Capital Improvement Project Committee presents the Committee Recommendations last Monday night. Photo, WPCNR News.

The committee recommended the building of a new Post Road School for $39 Million, and spending  $15.2 Million in “Priority” infrastructure upgrades to 10 District buildings and District Grounds. The group split on the issues of modernizing the WPHS Loucks Field for $6 Million and reconstructing Parker Stadium for $3.4 Million, leaving the fate of those two projects up to the Board of Education.

 

The decision whether to bond the $66.7 Million in a referendum in October (as early as October 16), will, Superintendent of Schools Tim Connors said be made by the Board of Education August 28. The Board of Education meets Monday evening at 7:30 in a Special Meeting.

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The committee Recommendations were presented by Mike Graessle, the Chairman of the committee, which comprised citizens  Mitch Barnett,  Brent Brown, William Brown, Jr., Eric Farrell, Eli Fritz, Richard Hecht, Milagros Lecuona,  Jonathan Rayo, Marc Pollitzer, Patricia Siebecker, and Bice Wilson. The members include two architects, licensed real estate agents, two certified public accountants, a member of the Council of Neighborhood Associations, a builder of affordable housing in the district, two school teachers and an assistant school principal.

Split the Bond. Plan Better.

 

The 12-page report advised (based on recommendation by Richard Hecht) that the district  bond the $66.7 Million total cost (which includes $5M in fees to the architect, Kaeyer, Garment & Davidson) differently: 10 year bonds for the infrastructure(instead of 25 as planned) and 25 year bond for the construction of the school. They propose also the district fund the priority 1 & 2 infrastructure in 2011 or 2012 when some debt is due to be retired.

 

In its remarks, the report criticized the School District and the community on not planning, and noted with distaste that the city of White Plains did not choose to participate in the committee’s deliberations when it was asked. The report reads:  “The point is that we, the community need to do mid and long range planning. It is important for the future well being of the District that we plan for our future, not wait for the next crises or problem to occur. We have had almost 100 years to plan for the replacement of Post Road School and no serious planning for that eventual need was undertaken until recently (Ed. Note: 2005). We can all agree that is not good planning.”

 

Donna McLaughlin of the Board of Education  took exception to this characterization, insisting (in the televised meeting, which can be seen on Public Access Channel 77) that the district does plan and does work well with the city, through the Joint Facilities Committee in which shared facilities their conditions, uses and needs are discussed on a continuing basis. She also stressed that the district is in communication with the Mayor and the Common Council in school issues.

 

Split the Bond Between Infrastucture and New School.

Trouble Down the Road

 

The Committee Report urged the district to split up the bonding to ease the piling on of debt.

 

Richard Hecht, a member of the Committee (and former school board member) took to the floor before the Board and said he felt the district voters would find the amount of the bond difficult to accept and might vote it down.

 

Richard Hecht Pleas for a structured pace of bonding to prevent piling up of debt. Photo, WPCNR News

 

Hecht writing in the Committee report said of the infrastructure work, “I believe it is unwise to find the infrastructure work over 25 years because the architects and engineers have informed us that this work must be done on five year intervals. In fact the the Priority 3 Work (not being done) would cost $14,000,000 if done now; these experts indicated that it is likely that these projects would become priority 1 and 2 projects in 5 years.

 

$40,000,000 in DEBT by 2025

 

If each five years, the district borrows another $15,000,000 for infrastructure work, it will build up $40,000,000 of debt over 20 years, this level will limit the financial flexibility of the district. Therefore, I recommend that the infrastructure projects (in the present project) be financed over 10 years, the shortest period available to finance them.”

 

Hecht, also writing in the report disagreed with the School District policy of not bonding the infrasture for 10 years to keep school tax increases as low as possible.

 

Hecht writes: “…this analysis does not take into account the additional interest cost the district will incur. A 10 year bond at 5% per annum interest will pay out interest equal to 27% of the amount borrowed over the 10 year term; a 25 year bond will pay out interest equal to 77% of the amount borrowed over a 25 year term.”

 

 

 

Moving Site of Post Road School Rejected on Extra Costs.

 

The issue of building a new Post Road School adjacent the present school was endorsed by the Committee because a subcommittee explored the options and concluded that acquiring land elsewhere in the city would delay construction of the new school and cost $26 Million more than the $37 Million now proposed for the school construction. The Report stated that land cost for 12 acres alone would cost $12 Million, and take 3 years, raising the cost of the building construction $7.8 Million. An additional $4.8 Million would be required in “interim repairs” to keep the existing Post Road School Operating.

 

Renovation rejected, based on “tour.”

 

In addressing the Board of Education, Chairman Graessle noted that a tour of the present Post Road School convinced committee members the need for replacing Post Road School, he noted unsafe conditions, small classrooms, and flooding problems. The Committee report also notes the school is “poorly constructed, ill-suited to contemporary models of Elementary Edcuation, the list of flaws is extensive, has Extensive Health and Safety shortfalls which cannot be sustained given comtemporary standards.

 

Demographics Require  Post Road School Expansion..

 

The Committee reports, based on birth rates and Bishop Associates, Inc., an independent demographer that by 2010-2011, total enrollment in the district will be 6,914. Enrollment for grades K-5 will increase by 283 by 2010 (10%), while enrollments for the Middle School will decrease 7% and the high school, a 2% decrease in the next five years. The Committee concludes with the school district that “If no additional capacity is added to the schools, capacity will be below the projected (elementary) enrollment.

 

Infrastructure Endorsed.

 

The report concludes: “These all fall into the categories and safety and must be done; they are needed repairs that if delayed will cost more to repair later….Also if these repairs and improvements are not made the impact on future capital project costs and operating budgets could be severe.”

 

Priority Repairs Not Mandated by State.

 

The Committee Report is not correct in stating that the Priority Infrastructure repairs “must be done.” During the twelve times the committee met over the last three months this impression was apparently what they took from the discussion of the priority items.

 

According to Assistant Superintendent for Business for the district, Terrance Schruers the New York State Education Department only requires school districts “conduct” a long range facilities plan and a building condition survey every five years. The SED, Schruers said does not mandate that facility shortcomings and conditions found needing attention must be repaired. Schruers said back flow valve repairs are mandated because of a state regulations, and that Access for Disabled Americans (ADA) regulations have to be addressed when schools are renovated.

 

Mr. Schruers is in the process of finding for WPCNR what infrastructure repairs are mandated, so far WPCNR has found only these of the two types of repairs he mentioned: backflow preventer valve replacement at Highlands, Mamaroneck Avenue School, Ridgeway, Rochambeau and Damman House for approximately approximately $438,000  and ADA related work at the Ridgeway bathrooms for  $146,000, and the auditorium at Rochambeau for $240,000.

 

Exhaustive Review of $69.6 Million program.

 

In the matter of the Priorities 1 & 2, the Committee report states “some of the amounts budgeted seem too high or in some cases too low, we asked that the Construction Manager (Triton Construction) and their estimator to review all the figures. What we found was that some of the costs went up while others went down. However the revised numbers should reflect the most current market conditions and have a higher degree of accuracy.”

 

In the matter of Damman House,  one of the minor renovation projects, where the estimated cost of replacing windows there had come under fire by Charles Lederman, the noted White Plains attorney, at public meetings of the Board of Education, the construction managers found that Mr. Lederman was correct.  Window replacement was somewhat overestimated and the final budget cut the amount originally budgeted for renovation of Damman House from an original estimate of $430,700 to $206,018, in the final estimate submitted July 28 —  apparently overestimated by more than 50%.

 

Other sites blossomed in expenses to where the overall project is budgeted at $69, 635,032, overall increasing approximately 3%.

 

The new Post Road School grew to $38.7 Million from $36.7 Million.

 

Mamaroneck Avenue School expansion is now $4.6 Million.

 

High School Locker Renovation is $565,909

 

Church Street School renovation has grown from $2.1 Million February to $2.7 M.

 

Eastview School infrastructure as increased from $2.5 Million to  $2.9 Million.

 

Education House renovation has decreased from $160,600 to $148,151.

 

George Washington School’s renovation tag has gone $360,620 to $402,609

 

High School Infrastructure expenses have decreased  about $100,000 to $3,261,428

 

Highlands Middle School renovations have increased $200,000 from $1.4 M to 1.6 Million.

 

Mamaroneck Avenue School Infrastructure has gone up over $100,000 from $1.7 M to 1.8 Million

 

Ridgeway Infrastructure has gone up $100,000 from 1.8M to 1.9 Million.

 

Rochambeau renovations have moved up $100,000 from $1.1 Million to 1.2 Million.

 

The synthetic turfing of Loucks Field and Parker Stadium have remained the same at $5.8 Million and 3.7 Million respectively

 

The report indicates that the revaluation by the Triton Construction estimator was acceptable to the committee. Individual line items were not to WPCNR’s knowledge included on a project by project basis.

 

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It is unfortunate that a line item analysis per project apparently was not presented to the committee, and that the committee had no construction experts on it. Here’s why an independent construction expert or two or three, might have helped clear up some mystery:

 

The Capital Improvements Project proposes to replace backflow valves one of the “mandated” items, reported by Mr. Schreurs. WPCNR wanted to know what a backflow valve was and what was “involved.”

 

The district proposes installing backflow valves at Dammon House for $29,200; backflow valves at Highlands for $98,700; at Mamaroneck Avenue School for $105,878;  Ridgeway for $102,200, and Rochambeau, $102,200. This is a relatively minor expenditure of about $438,000.

 

Storrs High School in Connecticut replaced backflow valves at their high school in 2004. Storrs High School is  a 250,000 square foot facility housing over 1300 students – considerably larger than Highlands, Mamaroneck Avenue School, Ridgeway and Rochambeau .WPCNR interviewed Ralph Pemberton, Superintendent of Buildings for the Storrs School District, who supervised the project.

 

Pemberton told WPCNR he replaced one main backflow valve and 12 to 14 backflow valves at his high school for $11,000. When asked what he thought of the costs of $100,000 per building to install backflow valves, Pemberton said, “No way. That’s way out of whack. That’s crazy.”

 

Perhaps the backflow valve installations of the White Plains schools require more construction, more valves, and more difficulty.

 

 

The Fields

 

On the matter of the synthetic turfing of the fields, the committee divided. The committee recommended doing the synthetic turf at the high school and executing all safety work on the bleachers at the Highlands Parker Stadium. They did not recommend the extensive press box stands and track renovation at the high school, there being no consensus according to the report.

 

 

At the  School Board meeting Monday evening, William Brown, Jr., a member of the committee took the podium to urge the Board of Education to execute both field improvements for the good of developing what he called “the whole student.” Photo, WPCNR News

 

Donna McLaughlin also noted that a community group that has been attempting to raise funds for the renovation of Loucks Field for six years, (raising approximately $60,000 for the project according to a figure given at one of the Capital Improvement Project Committee meetings), and that the group had asked the school district to consider bonding for the project since they had not raised the money.

 

The Committee writes on the matter of the fields: “Only do the locker room rehabilitation and the turf field at the high school; do not do the track and stadium construction at the High School and any of the work at Highlands except making the seating safe.”

 

Doing so would, the report states, give the high school the synthetic turf at Loucks Field for about $1 Million ($6M), allow the project to be bonded for 10 years and save the average taxpayer in White Plains $15 a year in taxes, and only cost $304,000 a year.

 

The Board of Education meets again Monday evening at 7:30 P.M. in a Special Meeting.

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WPCNR Southend Times. By John F. Bailey. August 14, 2006, UPDATED 10:22 P.M. August 15, 2006: The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation met with the city last week to discuss the city dump contamination. According to Wendy Rosenback, spokesperson for the DEC, “Things are positive, and we should have a decision soon.”

 

Rosenback said that according to the DEC, the landfill still needs to be closed, but she held out the possibility that the city composting operation may be allowed to remain in operation – but did not spell out the conditions.

 

Joseph Nicoletti, Commissioner of Public Works, told WPCNR Tuesday afternoon that the city and the Department of Environmental Conservation “are still exchanging information,” at this time. He said he wants to be “absolutely sure the DEC is in agreement with his suggestions”  for making the composting operation acceptable which he sent the DEC in July.  Nicoletti said the composting operation nets $100,000 to the city. Nicoletti reports he does not know when action will be taken on remediating the dump, if at all.

 

Meanwhile, it has been reported to WPCNR, that machinery and trucks have removed construction debris from the dump composting area last week as part of what appears to be a city effort to remove materials that the city should not have disposed of in the composting area. City Hall has not returned a call to WPCNR requesting an update from the Department of Public Works on the progress of the talks.

 

Nicoletti confirmed that a couple of acres of construction debris had been removed last week. He explained the concrete debris made up the remnants of city road construction projects of the past. He said the concrete was shipped out last week to companies which turn concrete into gravel, and that the concrete was removed from the dump to make room for compostible debris from July’s “big blow” that felled 600 trees in the city.

 

Rosenback would not comment on whether the DEC would require the city to remediate the contaminated water situation that the DEC confirmed in tests conducted in April, 1999, April 2003, and confiremed again this past April. The tests confirmed that “Groundwater and surface water contamination have been confirmed on site and may have moved off-site.”

 

The contamination consists of Trichloroethene (TCE) in the amount of 180 parts per billion as tested at one of the monitoring wells. The DEC standard for trichloroethene allowable is .005 parts per billion. Documents on file with the Department of Environmental Conservation show the contamination has been affecting the groundwater and the waters of the Mamaroneck River tributary which runs out of the dump for twenty years. The DEC has been scolding the city to remediate the contaminants for the last seven years. In a letter of May 4, 2004 to Commissioner of Public Works, Joseph Nicoletti, the DEC wrote,

 

“The median total Volatile Organic Compounds value at Monitoring Well-3 is 215 ppb and the total VOCs during the most recent sampling round waste was 223 ppb. In 1999 the City removed several 55-gallon drums located downgradient of monitoring well MW-3. Otherwise, the City has not initiated and actively responded to the detected VOC contamination. Ground water quality at well MW-3 has no significantly improved and more aggressive action is necessary. The has identified a solvent disposal “hot spot” in the west-central portion of the landfill. The City should consider source removal of the waste solvents as part of site remediation facilities.”

 

This spring after two more years of city failure to respond to DEC suggestions, the DEC wrote the city saying their permit to run the composting operation had expired and that the landfill needed to be closed because of the groundwater contamination on the site. The city explained this saying they had just “forgotten” to file a permit, denying there was any contamination in the dump at the time.

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WPCNR STAGE DOOR. From Allan Gruet, Westchester Broadway Theatre. August 13, 2006:  “The Full Monty” is a heart warming story about a group of unemployed, out-of-shape, steel mill worker friends from Buffalo New York, who are unable to find any work. Seeing how much their wives enjoy watching male strippers during their so called “girls’ night out,” and needing to earn money to support their families, the guys come up with a bold way to earn some quick cash. You can’t help but cheer for these “Average Joes” as they fight to get their lives back together by devising a desperate plan – but can they pull it off???  You’ll find out when “The Monty” comes to WBT September 7 to start its fall run.

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 In the process they find renewed self-esteem, the importance of friendship and the ability to have fun. As the guys work through their fears, self-consciousness, and anxieties, (over everything from being overweight to child custody, bigotry to being gay) they discover that not only are they stronger as a group, but that the strength they find in each other gives them the individual courage to face and overcome their demons.

 There is great heart to “The Full Monty.” The ultimate themes expressed in the musical – about taking charge of one’s life and following one’s dreams – are good lessons for all of us. And the truth is, that through creative direction and staging, the final impact of “The Full Monty” can be achieved without ever losing your jockey shorts!

Ben Brantley from the New York Times stated the musical had, “Memory-grabbing melodies, outlandish lyrics….”, and Clive Barnes from the New York Post said “It’s a Blockbuster! David Yazbek’s music and lyrics work like a charm.”  Some of the upbeat songs include “It’s a Woman’s World,” Life with Harold,” “You Rule the World,” and “Let It Go.”

The production is Choreographed and directed by Richard Stafford, (Richard last Directed & choreographed our gorgeous production of “Cats”) Associate director Jonathan Stahl, with Musical Supervision by Ken Lundie,  Musical Direction by John Daniels, Costume design by Mathew Hemesath, Set design by George Puello & Steve Loftus, Lighting design by Andrew Gmoser, and Sound design by Jon Hatton.

 “The Full Monty” is Broadway adult entertainment at the WBT, with the best dinner and show package anywhere…..including free parking. For reservations for “The Full Monty” – a touching and funny story, with a catchy pop score… Call (914) 592-2222 or order tickets online at www.broadwaytheatre.com    

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WPCNR PRESS BOX. August 12, 2006: The White Plains Warrior Summer Travel Ball season is over, but the memories linger on forever. Every summer WPHS Coach Ted O’Donnell fields a travel team of prospects and White Plains High School softball players and plays them in the WPBA and in 18-and Under Travel Tournaments. The competition on the higher level hones them and turns them into a team. This summer the clubs, the Westchester Warriors and the White Plains Warriors made up of mostly the same players, with veterans mixed in finished second in their last tournament, won 5 of 7 in an international tournmament in Montreal and lost about 8 games all summer, winning around 35 games.

 

They played and beat 18-and-under gold teams of All-Stars from different schools and regions. They played topflight organizations and walked off winners. They learned the game. They learned about themselves and each other most of all, they played. The coach, Ted O’Donnell, does not keep track of their record.  They can play with anybody. Fastpitch Johnny has penned an ode to Warrior Days for White Plains softball players and fastpitch players of all ages and why they play:

 

 

 

Warrior Days

By Fastpitch Johnny

 

In the blaze of July’s relentless sun

Daughters of the diamond cavort on the red clay cauldron.

Between white lines the demands of Diamond Days

Dwindle down to precious innings’ humid twilight haze.

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With each pitch, bats get quicker,

Each play instincts and reactions slicker.

Warriors in red and black cross the white lines,

Putting themselves with a thrill into the friendly confines.

 

 

Riding the clay sage of the cowboys’ range

The red clay of the diamond makes a girl feel at home on the grange.

The yield and crunch of infield dirt under their Ringors,

The vast emerald the outfield green extend futures beyond time’s rigors

 

There in splendid colors, teammates in unison bond in skill

Dedicated to the elusive hard game’s thrill,

Defined by  harsh slap of fastball in glove,

Clonk of clouted yellow sphere soaring above.

 

 

“Up! Up!” they cry, calling on intensity of eye and sharpness of mind

To drive, to deflect, intercept snare drives inclined.

Dashing to gap to nab the impossible screaming snag,

Taking away the hopes of a batter’s belted tag.

 

Freezing, soaking in chill dawn rains, indifferent  cruel drizzles

Sweating in oppressive inferno’s sear , shrugging off rallys’ fizzles,

Driving beyond errors’ dismay, dedicating all to the next play,

Between the lines the Warriors are shaped for future fray

 

 

On the paths of righteous dash,

Struggling to beat snap throws with clouds of dusty splash,

Clouds of dust: the gunsmoke of  desire.  Puttin on strawberries the best makeup

Building skills play-by-play in the daily dustup.

 

From 5 to 18 they have played, the lure of the brown and green

Taking hold in young hearts, a first love they never forget that makes them dream

From catches with dad and softtosses endless to practice pitches,

Fungos and grounders preparing for the diamond where they suspend time’s treacheries.

 

 

In the diamond, they stand alone on what they do, and show their say

The cauldron tests pitch by pitch inning after inning game after game day,

Dreading the next game and wanting it at the same time

Wrestling with the shades of self-doubt and recommitting at the next gametime.

 

For the Warriors of the diamond, they are never finished.

Each play teaches, shaming, enticing, showcasing  with splendid  flourish.

Every day’s warmup like the tuneup of an orchestra arouses their love

The cauldron seduces them, slipping on the smell and feel of their trusty leather glove

 

 

As fastpitch summer winds down in parched diamonds in faraway places

The time when there are no more games approaches,

Longing for the end of the season and dreading its raproaches,

The rituals of the last games become more precious – the effort polishes.

 

Every summer it is this way for the Warriors of the Diamond and the same.

Never  enough of the hard yellow ball, its indifferences exacting, the diamond’s enthrall.

Failure is defined, success waiting between the lines every time they play ball.

 

 

Their every move recorded in the scorebook of indifference,

No move quite good enough for its standard, always the ultimate reference ,

Showing they were in the lineup —  they played in the dust and heat and did not hide.

Or got it done when it counted, and when they didn’t, they tried.

 

They hit. They fielded, they choked a rally with a grab and catch to joyous accolade.

Now with summer light casting shadows long, they leave the diamond’s glade,

Tanned bv tension, the chaos of the threat, the joy of the rally bataround

The thrill of making the big pitch, the cobra throw, the deft pick, the cutdown

 

 The Warriors: Top Row: Jessica Issaacs, Coach. Lisa Tompkins, Kate Smayda, Sara Lorden.

Middle Row: Juliana Bailey, Michelle Portillo, Shannon Nicholson, Cristina Giansante.

Front Row: Sandra Mastrangelo, Carrie Abbot, Ashley Encarnacao, Dannie Szabo.

 

So long to Ashley the Warrior heart, tireless wing and stretch extraordinaire, and peerless 3rd Carrie

Shazams to Szabo, Drillin Dannie  the snare artist  at short and hits that carried

To smackin’ Smayda, good to left and right and backup on the bunt, it’s Kate’s.

With Lashin’ Lisa finding her groove in the gloamin, saves at 1^st in the clutch

To Little G in left an antelope to the line and gap, creator of runs in the lates.

 

To Sandra the Michel-ANGEL-0 behind the plate, Catherine Deneuve of backstops,

Blaster of timely gapster. To Sarah’s timely pickoffs of questing drives, and tablesetting.

To Julie in Centa, roamin in the gloamin’ turning towering drives into outs and

Wills on the basepaths very upsetting.

 

 To Shannon The Little Ace, slight of stature, stopper in the clutch with something extra, Young in age, a Koufax in savvy, with Burdette’s heart, like Matty born to pitch.

 To Michelle threat at 1^st or 3^rd ready to make a play, with keen batting eye. To Tamara, Centerfielder beyond peer with a bat that will get better every year. To Ali with timely stroke who built the WPBA winning rally when they needed a hit.

 

 

To the coach, the unflappable O’D—the McGraw of Fastpitch legend

Intense in dusty black cap with stready stream of banter

Base traffic controller artist with loaded sacks, reminding batters to not dip hands, and “get after”

With his patience and repetition the Warriors were fashioned.

 

More than any  man they will meet, more than any experience,

The cauldron of the diamond will have a hold on their hearts.

When hearts say goodbye to the cauldron of the diamond’s brilliance,

When no longer they walk across the white lines, they’ll remember the good parts.

 

Seasons from now, the cauldron will beckon to all who look upon its mysterious ways.

When they no longer play, remembering when they were between the lines,

When they tried and dreamed, in their dedicated faces and piled pony tails of vigilance.

Fielders, remorseless pitchettes, and dedicated strikers, they’ll remember Warrior Days