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WPCNR THE COLLECTION NEWS.  September 21, 2009: The Mayor’s Office informed WPCNR today  that the city has received between 50 and 100 telephone calls in the last three weeks, demanding the city return to its policy of the past: picking up fall leaves at the curb and reinstate the so-called “backyard pickup,” where sanitation workers enter the homeowners’ property and transport the garbage containers to their trucks.

Melissa Lopez, of the Mayor’s Office announced today  that Joseph Nicoletti, Commissioner of Public Works,  architect of the new leaf-bag and no backyard pickup policy, is devising an alternative plan and the cost of returning to the former practice of  sending crews to sweep up the leaves and retrieving garbage receptacles from backyards. Lopez said the other changes of separate day pickup for recyclable paper and recyclable containers was not being reviewed and would remain in effect.

Lopez said if leaf-bagging is eliminated and backyard pickup is reinstated, some other service or services would have to be eliminated. Lopez said the Mayor said, “this is a policy decision,” implying this was in the purview of the CommonCouncil.

“The Nicoletti Alternatives” will be presented Thursday at a Common Council Work Session, a meeting where the current state of the White Plains City Budget will be presented. Presently the budget is running a deficit of 12-1/2% in sales tax collections alone, which if reversed will result in a $6 Million deficit in sales collections this year.

The city budgeted that it would collect $47.3 Million in sales taxes in 2009-10, and are on a pace to collect only $41.5 Million with ten months to go. A record holiday season is needed for the city to get back on track.

It should be noted that not all neighborhoods in the city, especially in the southend of town  with big property do not enjoy “backyard pickup.” In Haviland Manor, there has not been a sanitation worker seen in a backyard in years. Somehow the backyard pickup policy appeared to have been conveniently forgotten a number of years ago. If backyard pickup is resumed, perhaps the Department of Public Works will refresh sanitation crews that they need to conduct full backyard pickups for all the neighborhoods in the city.

WPCNR PRESS BOX. By John F. Bailey. September 17, 2009: The triple threats, Doug Sewitch,Daryl Schuler and Anthony Cardon sliced up Lincoln swiftly in White Plains first series Thursday evening when Sewitch took-in a 12 yard swing pass from the effortlessly smooth QB Mike Trapp  for one first down at the Tiger 43, Number 23 Daryl Schuler took a hand off  and slipped off tackle and thundered, spun and deked 13 yards to the Lancer 43. That worked so well Trapp gave the ball to Schuler again, who swept around left end to the Lincoln 32.  On the next play with 3rd and 2 at the 32, the third member of the TD team, Anthony Cardon cruised around left end down the sideline for 32 yards and 6 points. Three minutes had gone by. That’s the kind of night it was.

Daryl Schuler (23) headed to the Lincoln 32 on WP’s opening 5 play 67 yard drive to open their 41-14 win over Lincoln Thursday night. Doug Sewitch (3) escorts him.

White Plains moved the ball at will, cruising to a 41-6 lead at half-time.Two long pass plays from Lincolin’s Anthony Phynn to Keven Perez for a first down on the Tiger 35, and a 19 yarder to Brian Collado gave Lincoln a 7-6 deficit, after White Plains opening touchdown. But then the Tigers turned on the Sewitch and Schuler switch.

Doug Sewitch the Man in Black makes  an over-the-shoulder, in-full-stride catch of a 39-yard perfectly thrown pass from Mike Trapp at the Lincoln 20, setting up the Tigers fourth touchdown (lugged in by who else, his law partner, Mr. Schuler), with 8 minutes to go in the first half for a 28-6 lead.

Earlier in the first quarter Sewitch  leapt high in the air to catch a halfback option pass from Schuler, for a 36 yard completion  giving WP a first down on the Lincoln 4 and  Schuler completed the legwork for his first touchdown of the night, make it 14-6 WP at the 6 minute mark of the first quarter. 

After the Tiger second TD  in six minutes in the Opening Quarter, White Plains forced Lincoln to punt from their own goal line in the last minute of the First Quarter. A bad snap forced the Lincoln punter to bobble and drop the ball. Justin Lamply pounced on the fumble at the Lincoln 4. Mr. Schuler filed a 4 yard touchdown brief in the opening minute of the second quarter and the score was 20-6.

Schuler scored his third touchdown of the first half on a 35 yard run around right end with 4 minutes to go in the half and it was 34-6 with 4:40 left in the half. Joe Sperduto threw an 11-yard Touchdown pass to Anwar Barrett-Bell in the closing minutes of the first half. The score was 41-6 at the half.

The Tigers second team contained Lincoln in the second half and controlled the ball, holding Lincoln to 3 first downs in the second half. A pass in the final minute produced Lincoln’s final score.

Coach Skip Stevens attributed the team’s crisp play to his depth of the squad, which has produced, he said realistic practices, resulting in the almost penalty free first two games of the season, and blocking that has made Schuler and Sewitch  and Cardon look on occassion like Doc Blanchard, Glenn Davis and Jim Brown. Mike Trapp has not had one mix-up on a hand-off in two games, and has poise and accuracy in getting the ball downfield.

It was a Tiger night.

WhitePlains Public Access Television Televised Thursday’s football game on tape delay for telecast on Channels 76/77 (45/46) possibly next Wednesday evening. That’s White Plains Public Access’ John Vorperian and 1995-1996 Tiger great, Jaquai Ganson at the microphone.

The Cheerleaders were airborne.

The White Plains High School Band looked positively collegiate with an elaborate half-time performance.