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KICKOFF!

Posted on September 7, 2009 by John Bailey

Kickoff!

Above fabled ramparts pennants furl whip-snapping in the autumn sun.

The crescendo of a hundred drums rumbles across the immense green.

Puffy clouds float on blue horizon above the festive bowl rim

A hundred-thousand voices roar as one in sustained, building scream!

A whistle! The knights of a hundred seasons live once more

Ghosts of galloping heroes of autumns’ past dash down the field

The brown sphere lifts and soars above stadium rim caught by breeze and hopes

Descending end over end to the lone sentinel to begin another season like hundreds before.

Like cascades of waves reseeding and surging

the players hear the cheers drift down engulfing

As the carrier is brought to earth

Again and again, the combatants sally forth strength to strength hurling

Stealth and guile and heart thrown against swiftness, effort, will and girth.

Punctuated by swift bursts of peppy brass and drum thunder

from minstrels pomped and proud

Spurred by bursts of roars rewarding nimble run by deft running backs

The paladins of striped green plain struggle in golden sun lifted by the ultimate crowd

Awarding the diving miracle, the driving first down, the breakaway from the pack.

The reach-to-sky of over-the-shoulder touchdown catch down the sideline jaunt

Brings multitudes to their feet with a cheer the valiant receiver hears forever.

The turning aside of a powerful drive by defender gallant

Earns rapturous response as enemy back is caught and tossed asunder.

On into the afternoon shadows the struggle and tumult unfold.

Heroes emerge to replace the legends of stories told of past plays

Today’s young become tomorrow’s old.

Who will tell the tales of this afternoon’s heroes on other golden days

Photograph of the Day

Posted on September 6, 2009 by John Bailey

WPCNR PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DAY. By the WPCNR Roving Photographer. September 7:

Aspara Warrior

By Ouk Chim Vichet

Your Roving Photographer was reminded again of why artists create, when he turned the corner in a gallery at the University of Michigan Museum of Art and was confronted by this amazing sculpture. It represented the power of personal expression and imagination to say more than words can say. For the rest of the story…

The arms and torso are constructed of barrels of AK-47 rifles, triggers, handles. What is the warrior saying? What is the warrior’s message? The shock of seeing Vichet’s warrior for the first time is profoundly disturbing. It is haunting, evoking sorrow, repulsion, thought. What does the warrior say to you? What does the warrior inspire in you?

The sculpture points out the ability of one person’s imagination to state and evoke and to move us to another dimension of sensitivity.

9/11 Remembrance Scheduled for Liberty Park.

Posted on September 4, 2009 by John Bailey

WPCNR CITY HALL CIRCUIT. From the Mayor’s Office. September 4,2009: The City of White Plains will hold a 9/11 memorial service at 5:45 p.m. in Liberty Park on Friday, September 11, 2009. The park is the location of the permanent memorial for the residents of White Plains that were victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Mayor Joseph Delfino, members of the Common Council, and families of the White Plains victims will be in attendance.

The September 11 Remembrance two years ago.

County Funds WJCS — White Plains Police Trauma Center for Women, Children Vict

Posted on September 3, 2009 by John Bailey

WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. From White Plains Department of Public Safety. September 3, 2009 — Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) Treatment Center for Trauma and Abuse was recently awarded $10,000 from the Westchester County’s Women’s Research and Education Fund to continue its collaboration with the White Plains Police Department. The WJCS Treatment Center for Trauma and Abuse and White Plains Police Department jointly respond to women and children who are victims and/or witnesses to domestic violence.

The number to call to seek the Treatment Center, if think you might possibly become a victim of violence of any kind, or are already a victim, is 949-7699, extension 375, or call the police at 422-6111. The police advise persons that the Trauma Center will help them deal or even diffuse a potentially personally harmful situation.

“Recognizing that an effective domestic violence strategy goes beyond law enforcement response, the White Plains Police Department partnered with WJCS to bring critical services to women and children who are victims and/or witnesses to violence in their homes,” according to
Commissioner Frank Straub.

“Through this ongoing partnership,” Straub said, “the Police Department and WCJS have taken significant steps toward breaking the cycle of violence as well as to connect victims to long and short-term services. The funding, recently awarded to WCJS will allow this partnership to continue, expand opportunities to provide critical intervention by specially trained police officers and WJCS clinicians.”

Deputy Commissioner of Public Safety Daniel Jackson told WPCNR that no woman or child in a situation they think may lead to violence or lead to their being a victim of violence should hesitate to contact the Treatment Center for Trauma and Abuse before something happens to them. Jackson said a woman or child or man, for that matter, could call the police at 422-6111, or the Trauma Center at 949-7699, Ext 375.

“This funding allows the Treatment Center for Trauma and Abuse and the White Plains Police Department to continue the momentum of an initial project that showed much promise,” says Liane Nelson, PhD, Director of the Treatment Center for Trauma and Abuse. “The project aims to increase the capacity of police officers to work with mothers, children and families affected by domestic violence and to identify children who may be in need of intervention.”

According to Dr. Nelson, children who have witnessed domestic violence, particularly by one parent against another, frequently suffer from psychological and behavioral difficulties including trauma. These
children often feel torn between two parents and have difficulty with trust, safety and separation. Early assessment and intervention offers children a critical chance to recover and heal from the damaging
psychological effects of the domestic violence. The project also provides families with important information and resources.

An award winning program, the WJCS Treatment Center for Trauma (TCTA) provides long-term solutions to victims of violence and abuse by offering a comprehensive team and multi-service approach that has the capacity to identify and treat the inter-related aspects of violence and abuse and the resulting long-term pain and trauma of abuse experienced by women, children and families. For more information about the project or the WJCS Treatment Center for Trauma and Abuse, contact Dr. Nelson at 949-7699 ext. 375.