Ol’ Never Miss

Ol’ Never Miss



 


 


Ode to Eli Manning and the Giants of the Universe


 


By “Bull” Allen


 


Confetti burst from stands  after  desperate hands of the lame Gronkowski


Fell short of  tumbling pigskin batted to turf by the Giant end zone Posse.


Manning the younger took his place with Giant leaders of yore,


With Danowski, Calligaro, Conerly, Tittle, and Sims who came before.


 


Shock of “aw shucks” hair, cool eyes of a Starr, a Luckman, a Baugh,


Eli the younger of the throwing Mannings, Archie and Peyton exceeded their awe.


Engineer of the Impossible Drive of Giants 08, authored another drive to remember


To his quiet legend of never missing when the game is running out


 


Six Times before he had brought  victory against odds.


Six times the Captain of Fate had defied logic and expert prods.


In a game seemed destined to fall into the evil Patriot lands


 New England with genius coach driving for clinch, Las Vegas clapping hands .


 


Denied by officials reluctant to throw interference flags killing 3 Big Blue drives–


Brady given a touchdown when officials overlooked a blatant holding;


Outplayed by Glamour Boy Brady in the third stanza with Big Blue out of extra lives,


A two-hand drop  by Patriot Welker on way to the TD clincher with 5 to play


Gave Ol’ Never Miss another impossible chance to save the day. 


 


With Patriots coming on  all sides on his favorite down Old Eli Eye Shifty


Spied fleet Wolverine,  fearless, peerless,


Marvelous Manningham double-covered down sideline on the fly


From his 12,  Pats coming in, Eli launched a Louisiana floating spiral to the 50,


Mario, 2 Patriots in panic on his back, pulled her in–dragin’ two shoes in play by a sigh.


 


Burly Patriot scoundrel– mastermind  of tainted Super Bowl crowns dirty,


Challenged the valiant Manningham play. Mario had turned things topsy turvy.


In disarray, Pats watched Burly Bradshaw (Jim Brown for a night) rumble to the 11.


 


Two throws to Manningham of 16 and 2; A Manning strike to Nicks


For 14 to the 18–down to the 7 on Bradshaw cruise rode the 11 in white.


With Eli bleeding clock, Pats had run out of Belichick  tricks.


When once victory seemed certain, anxiety froze Pats’ faces in fright.


 


Bruising Bradshaw powered untouched to TD triggering Thunder.


Darling of sportswriters and broadcasters, the annointed Brady


“Greatest QB of all Time” made his final play.


Vaunted rush by Pierre-Paul and terrible Tuck defense swarming  dread


Found reliable Branch dropping one. Another wing  flew through desperate Hernandez hands and the Patriots was dead.


 


One last Brady prayer floated to the white gang in the Giant end zone,


New England hopes fell with the ball to turf and Brady was, forgotten alone a loser.


Ol’ Never Miss the sharp-shoota delivered one  pass for forever, the winning drive


Inspiring teammates to make the impossible plays to keep the game alive.


 


Manning is the greatest Giant quarterback of them all.


A great person. A quiet “I’ll do it,” Guy who does the toughest job of them all..


Not colorful. Not funny. Not snappy with a phrase. He just makes da Plays.


Throws strikes through  defenders to receivers who give themselves up.


 


He’s the  leader that inspires defense and offense.  Never shows up a teammate


Never whines. Throwback to the no facemask days of


Bobby Lane, Otto Graham. Unitas. He stands tall today


 


He’s the gracious quarterback the press hated, who plays for  the brilliant Coughlin,


The Coach the press did not want. He is grace, good manners, and Captain of Fate


Giant fans will remember  Coughlin years and the fastest gun in NFL-in.


They’ll call him  Ol’ Never Miss, the Giant Greatest of the Great

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Sign Vigilante Confused at Meaning of FASNY Signs. Caught Red-Handed!

WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. February 2, 2012:


White Plains Police apprehended 42 year old Daniel Mosca of 10 Bryant Crescent White Plains early Thursday morning 12:20 A.M. in possession of a anti-FASNY sign and charged him with petty larceny and fifth degree of stolen property.


Last Friday evening, approximately 30 Anti-French School of New York Development signs were removed from private home yards in the vicinity of Ridgeway Country Club, according to an e-mail from the President of the Gedney Farms Association, Terence Guerriere. (The school is planning to develop the former country club into a central campus, a project bitterly opposed by the neighborhood.)


LoHud Reporter Richard Liebson in reporting the arrest, cited a police report of the arrest as saying Mosca had thought the signs were put up by the French School in support of the project, and that he thought the signs were ugly and detracted from the neighborhood.


That the suspect admitted he was confused is interesting.


 



FASNY SIGNS RETURN TO LINE RIDGEWAY.


Last year, when the anti-FASNY signs first sprouted up in yards bordering Ridgeway avenue adjacent Ridgeway Country Club, the popular White Plains Week television news roundup show pointed out the ambiguous message of the design of the signs.


Many of the signs, pictured above featured the classic cross-out red circle (a negative) on top of the “FASNO” word, actually neutralizing the message of the neighborhood being against the FASNY project. The commentators agreed it was an ambiguous design which possibly sent the wrong message. Apparently in one case, it was misunderstood.

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3 Burglaries in Soundview Area Since November. Police Warn

WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. From the Council of Neighborhood Associations. February 1, 2012;

 

Lieutenant Kevin Christopher of the White Plains Department of Public Safety writes: “We have had three residential burglaries in the Soundview area since November of 2011. There was no one home for each incident. It is time for residents to set their alarms and use their exterior lighting etc.”

 

Police advise:

 

Protect your home while you are out



  • Always keep doors and windows locked – even for a five-minute trip to the store.

  • Use strong reliable locks such as deadbolts.

  • An easy and inexpensive way to secure your windows is to drill an angled hole through the top frame of the lower window partially into the frame of the upper window. Then insert a nail or eyebolt.

  • To improve security on sliding glass doors, you can install keyed locking devices or place a piece of wood or a metal bar in the track of the closed door to prevent the door from being opened.

  • Turn on lights and leave a radio or TV on so it looks like someone is home.

  • Use exterior lighting, especially motion sensor lights.

If you are going out of town for more than a day



  • Call 422-6111 (Police Bureau) and request that your home be checked in your absence.

  • Get an automatic timer for your lights and consider leaving a radio on. Make it look like someone is home.

  • Make certain that you arrange to have the mail and newspaper delivery stopped or picked up by a trusted neighbor.

  • Arrange to have your lawn mowed while you are gone.

  • If you have an alarm, activate it.

  • Ask a neighbor to park in your driveway overnight.

If you see anything suspicious CALL THE POLICE IMMEDIATELY
911 FOR EMERGENCIES 422-6111 For non-emergencies
422-6256 for anonymous crime tips hotline (recorded)


 

 

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Medical Center Calls Out Police to Protect Against CSEA News Conference

WPCNR HEALTH NEWS. By Westchester County Roving Correspondent Nancy King. January 31, 2012:


CSEA workers at the Westchester County Medical Center held another press conference Tuesday.   Workers who attended were mostly employed at the Behavioral Health Center and who were recently laid off from their positions after BHC was privatized by Liberty Health Care Corporation.  This time, there are about 150 jobs on the chopping block, although Liberty and the WMC have invited current employees to re-apply for their jobs.  


According to Patrick Roche, a Senior Psychiatric Aide who has been employed by the WMC for 29 years, he would be eligible to retain his employ at the new hourly rate of 15.00.  He would also have the opportunity to purchase his healthcare through an HMO.  Westchester Medical Center Employees currently do not contribute to their health care benefits.


According to union leaders John Staino and Peter Piazza, negotiations with the Medical Center are at an impasse following a breakdown in talks with NYNSA (nurses union).  CSEA leaders expressed dismay that even after they offered concessions in their contract negotiations, hospital brass declined to meet to find a resolution to the problem.


Union leaders and those employees of the Behavioral Health Center, distributed a flier today citing a long history of problems that Liberty Health Care has had while overseeing other facilities.   Reports of high turnover rate, salaries that may be as low as 12.00 an hour and unsupervised patients were highlighted in the document.


However, the most unusual aspect of this press conference was the presence of not only three County Police Cars and officers, but a presence also by a number of the Medical Center’s own security staff.  Further away from the press conference, administrative staff could be seen in small groups observing the conference.   County Police Officers, explained to President Staino that because there was no permit filed, they would be unable to conduct the press conference on hospital property or on the road directly across the street which is Westchester County owned property. 


In the meantime, it appears that Westchester Medical Center in its entity as a public benefits corporation is being disassembled one piece at a time.  Prescription for Westchester residents; don’t get sick.


 


 

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