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WPCNR PRESS BOX. March 13, 2007: The Journal News has announced its selections for All-Section, naming White Plains basketball players Kim Adams, Liz Flooks and Angelei Aguirre to the League IA All-Section Team and naming Flooks an Adams Most Valuable Player. Sue Adams, their Coach has been named Coach of the Year for mentoring the Tigers to their third consecutive Section 1 Championship. To commemorate this unprecedented achievement, we turn to the bard of the pressbox, the Grantland Rice of White Plains, Hoops Hardwood:

Tigers of the Golden Ball

By Hoops Hardwood

 

Three times the Tigresses climbed to the Top

Thrashing all competition from Section to Section.

Three years they thrilled with last minute stop

Now we will no more to the gym again to see the cream of the crop.

 

 

 

For Adams and Flooks and Mcquire,

The Tigers of hoop savoire

Have made their last run

Their valiant effort has at last been done.

 

From the flamboyant crashing of boards

Convergence on cage

Of Flooks and Adams grabbing bound after bound

Popping in putbacks with grace and aplomb.

 

 

Three times they held Golden Ball

Of Excellence high holding us enthrall

With comeback and heart

In contests tempestuous, they now must part.

 

Gone separate ways to their futures they must,

Leaving behind pictures on WPHS walls.                                                          

Future Tigers will gaze upon and remember

When playing in the Tigers den caused Koala and Knight to Tremble.

 

 

Snapshots of glory unfold in minds eye

Of spectacular shot and clawing defense

Of unselfish play and pressure intense

As quintette of Tiger Cubs made us sigh and cry.

 

Denied supremacy at state

Three times by fickle twists of fortune late

Hearts hardened by the indifference of

The hardwood road they showed how to handle fate.

 

 

From swooping Kim with the long Texas reach and dagger jumper

Delivering the clutch run when the Tigers were in trouble

To Liz’s leaps to snare a tricky bound and burst the opposition’s bubble

To the Angel of the Glass – Aguirre the igniter – the backboard bumper

 

Teaming with the passionate Paige stepping up the tempo on a Spree.

With Bree and company stepping in, the Angel and the Paige

Inherit the Adams and Flooks legacy

To build anew the Tiger dynasty.

 

So here’s to the Tigers of the Golden Ball

Of memories in the hot gyms on cold nights,

Of musty practices and the bounce of the

Fickle orange rock, all who saw them remember the highlights.

 

To Liz and Kim, and Angelei and Paige and Lauren

Thanks for the memories for though you have fallen,

We remember the furious desire, the comebacks and the putbacks

The defense that would not quit, you have set the standard for Tigers All.

 

In our mind’s eye we will always see you in your glory:

The steal and the no-look pass. The second and third follows.]

The toughness, the heart. The come-out-and-get you dee.

Though we must part making way for future Tigers of the Golden Ball.

 

On some future day on a stroll down the WPHS Wall of Fame,

We shall look at your picture, seeing the bright promise, the supreme achievers.

Reminding us forever of the time when your Tiger five played the game,

Giving it all you had and setting a standard to which all would aspire.

 

 

 

 

WPCNR THE FEINER REPORT. By Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner. March 12, 2007: Con Ed has begun to clear many trees throughout the area –a follow up to the power outages that took place last year. The tree cutting may be a necessary action to help reduce the possibility of future massive power outages.

The clear cutting of trees at different locations throughout the town and region is creating an eyesore and possible safety concerns. For example, on Ridge Road – north of Heatherdell – virtually all of the trees have been cut down along the Sprain.  The lack of trees at this location is changing the character of the community –making a part of Greenburgh much less green. I was driving on the Bronx River Parkway – north of the County Center today. A section of the park is also much more visible because of the recent clear cutting of many trees. Con Ed advised residents who attended a meeting in Edgemont a few weeks ago that the serious tree cutting effort will begin in Greenburgh during the 2^nd half of this year —so we are just starting to learn what to expect.

In addition, there are safety issues. On Ridge Road the trees provided a little protection for cars in the unfortunate event that they skidded off the road so they would not fall several stories onto the Sprain. I suggest that smaller trees/bushes be planted at this location and have been asked by constituents to look into the possibility of placing a guard rail or fence behind it so drivers and passengers won’t fall off the edge onto the Sprain.

I feel strongly that Con Ed should appropriate funds for tree replanting programs. Last Friday I received an e mail from Con Ed advising me that Con Ed does not expect to replant the trees that are being cut.  I also believe that if the town,Verizon remove trees – that funds should be appropriated for smaller tree replantings. The cost should be assumed by the entity that removes the trees.

Greenburgh needs to keep the green in our name.

PAUL FEINER
Greenburgh Town Supervisor