WPCNR MAIN STREET JOURNAL. From The Mayor’s Office. October 12, 2006: Mayor Joseph M. Delfino is pleased to announce that the White Plains Youth Bureau is sponsoring a Community Forum, Saving Our Sons II, featuring a panel of youth experts discussing the direction of community youth and how to steer them on the right course. The date is Thursday, October 26, 2006, 6:00 p.m. at the White Plains Performing Arts Center.
The aim of the program is to facilitate preparation for success among our youth. With the theme, “Our Youth Our Future,” the forum will attempt to encourage community members to develop strategies, opportunities and connections to help youth reach their full potential.
“Our city is not a great city because of our downtown development; it
is a great city because we care about each other. It is through our
School District, our community agencies, and parents that we provide
each youth with tools and supports to compete in a global economy.
Saving Our Sons II is an effort to transform our youth into winners,”
stated Mayor Joseph Delfino.
The panelist for the Forum are: Timothy Connors, Superintendent, White
Plains School District, Pee Wee Kirkland, Famed NYC Sport Legend,
“Relentless Aaron”, Author & Writer, Marsha Gordon, Director of
the Westchester Business Council, Donovan Beckford, Director of One-Stop
Employment Center, Dr. Fred Smith, Assistant Superintendent of New
Rochelle School District, Rev. Erwin Trollinger, Pastor of Our Fathers
House, White Plains, New York, Dr. Byron Hargrove, Dean of Students,
Berkeley College, Sandra Bernabei, Undoing Racism Alliance, Marlene
Furtick, Director of Westchester County Youth Bureau and Youth Voices.
Admission is FREE, for tickets to the Forum, please contact the White
Plains Youth Bureau, 422-1378.
Gilbert Retains MW Title on TKO; Cauthen Wins USBA JMW Crown
WPCNR RINGSIDE. By Johnny Cannon. October 12, 2006 UPDATED WITH MORE BOXING ACTION IN PICTURES 9:00 A.M. E.D.T.: Joey Gilbert, erstwhile of The Bronx and of “Contender” fame, threw a right hand solidly to the left jaw of Keith Sims on the far ropes midway through the 6th round last night, knocking Sims staggering across the ring to the left ropes and dropping him to the canvas ending their NABO Middleweight title fight at 1:57 of the sixth round on a TKO in the Main Event at the County Center. Gilbert dominated Sims inside with sharp jolting left jabs to the face and hard up from the floor, right hand slams to the solarplexus, softening him up, retaining his Middleweight crown, dominating all the way.
Joey Gilbert in green trunks has just clobbered Keith Sims with a haymaker of a right. Sims is about to hit the ropes and sink to the canvas ending their Middleweight title clash in the sixth round. It was a rousing climax to Star Boxing’s Pugilistic Extravaganza at the County Center last night. 7 Fights, 5 hours of boxing. Photo, WPCNR Sports.
Kaboom! Terry Cauthen “The Heat” in the black trunks, jolts Dante “The Inferno” Craig 11 seconds into the 10th round with a right cross up and solid to the jaw…it sent Craig lunging into the left corner where the referee stopped the fight. Cauthen’s speedy 1-2s had softened Craig up, driving him around the ring in the 9th, and Terry finished him off with this crushing right. Photo, WPCNR Sports.
Terry Cauthen of Trenton seized the USBA Junior Middleweight title from Dante Craig of Cincinnati, outboxing, outpunching the slower Craig consistently scoring a TKO at 11 seconds of the 10th round after a hurricane of punches softened Craig up in the 9th round.
Elvir Muriqi of the Bronx, “The Kosovo Kid” in the red trunks, kept ducking under Teddy Muller’s overhand rights, punishing the puncher from Moline, Illinois with combinations inside to the head, opening a cut on Muller’s right eye in the 3rd round and a cut on the left eye in the sixth. Muriqi pounded Muller and scored a unanimous 8-round decision, much to the chanting delight of his fans from Da Bronx. This right cross was delivered late in the fight. Photo, WPCNR Sports.
Jab and Hook: Gilbert working Sims Over Inside in Far Corner, 5th Round. Gilbert’s body work dominated from Round 2. Photo, WPCNR Sports.
The 10th Round Was the End of the Line for Dante Craig as Terry Cauthen delivered the roundhouse right that convinced the referee to stop the fight. Photo, WPCNR Sports
“The Heat,” Terry Cauthen’s combinations delivered staccato style through his 10 Round Rumble with Craig kept “The Inferno” in peek-a-boo mode. Here “The Heat” catches Craig with one of many left hooks in the 9th Round going after him which set up the 10th Round coup de grace. Photo, WPCNR Sports
Kevin Johnson in the blue trunks connects with a left on Demetrice King in the heavyweight bout. Johnson 11-0-1, 5 KOs) Decisioned King (9-15, 7 KOs) in a unanimous 6-Round decision. King used his superior weight to push “The Kingpin” around the ring, put never got any combinations going, landing one punch at a time. Johnson would simply cover and move. Photo, WPCNR Sports.
Johnson deflects King’s left. Photo, WPCNR Sports.
Josh Snyder, (2-1, 1 KO) “The Berlin Bomber” of Berlin, Maryland in black trunks came into the County Center, dominating Dex Pejcinivic (2-3, 1 KO) of The Bronx, who tired early in a unanimous 4-Round decision, hurting him with a solid right and left in Round 2 and landing blows at will in Round 4. Photo, WPCNR Sports
Roberto Benitez of Ocala Florida (5-0) remained undefeated. His combinations delivered with lightning, cut-em up decision, got after and surprised “The Shiek,” Vin Rungea (1-4-1) from Queens in Round 1 knocking Vinnie to the canvas with a pulvering right cross he never saw, followed with a punishing left hook. Benitez opened a huge cut over The Shiek’s left eye in the 3rd stanza. The Shiek showed great heart hanging in all the way and getting some shots in at the speedier nimbler Benitez. Both fighters got a huge hand from the crowd in Benitez 4-Round unanimous decision. Photo, WPCNR Sports.
Benitez punishes The Shiek (blue trunks) in the corner. Photo, WPCNR Sports
Brooklyn’s Khabier Suleymanov in the blue trunks won his first professional fight, Bantam Division, working Omar Carroll of Philly over on the ropes in Round One. Carroll was on the defensive the entire fight. Photo, WPCNR Sports.
It’s Just Not Boxing Without The Ringgirls! Baseball should have Innings Girls, dontcha think? Photo, WPCNR Sports.
You never have enough Ringgirls! Photo, WPCNR Sports
Star Boxing’s debut card at the County Center delivered an entertaining 7-Fight Extravaganza for the crowd that made its way to the WCC on a “Dracula Night,” with the largest applause and interest reserved for Elvir Muriqi in his bout with Teddy Muller. Shouts of “Muu REE KEY” “MUU REE KEY” thundered from the balcony as “The Kosovo Kid” from The Bronx deftly parried Muller’s haymakers.
The title bout between the two Olympians, Terry Cauthen (1996)and Dante Craig (2000) was the best fight of the night, with Cauthen’s swift 1-2s, superior boxing and power inside work systematically wore down the deft defender Craig who could not take the offensive. Cauthen, superbly conditioned stepped up the pressure relentlessly tattooing Craig in the 9th Round, hurting him with flurries of punches Craig could not ward off. Craig never recovered from the pummeling in the 9th Round, taking a shot to the left jaw sending him to his knees in the near corner, when the fight was stopped. Cauthen, overwhelmed with his achievement fell to the canvas with emotion.
An elated Olympian, Terry “The Heat” Cauthen is interviewed. Photo, WPCNR Sports.
Joey Gilbert’s Middleweight Title defense found “The Contender” star in control all the way, getting inside on Keith Sims –poking Sims with his jab and delivering body blows to the abdomen that Sims could not handle. Gilbert started taking Sims apart in Round 2 with 2 merciless rights inside. Jabbed him incessantly in the 3rd Round and delivered a hard right in the far corner the 4th round where he was able to follow Sims around the ring delivering collateral damage. Shot after shot to the body followed in the 5th.
Joey Gilbert in the Media Melee. Photo, WPCNR Sports
The Gladiators Have Entered The Arena. Let the Games Begin. Protect Yourself at All Times. Photo, WPCNR Sports.
Man Charged in Attempted Robbery at HSBC Bank at Mitchell Place Tuesday
WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. October 11, 2006, UPDATED October 13, 2006 : Owen Lopez of Brooklyn was charged with Felony Grand Larceny in an attempt to rob the HSBC Bank Tuesday morning approximately 9 A.M. Deputy Commissioner of Public Safety Daniel Jackson reported on the attempt, describing the incident:
“A gentlemen arrived at HSBC Bank, 75 Mamaroneck Avenue and passed a note to a teller asking for money, basically. he did not threaten violence. Did not display any weapons. The teller followed bank procedures and handed something to him, a package to him. He then did not take the package. Stepped away from the teller and stood in the lobby of the bank until we arrived and arrested him. He’s probably going to be charged with attempted robbery. We believe he’s got some emotional issues but the detectives are still interviewing him now to see what we’re dealing with. He has not been charged yet.”
Jackson announced Lopez had been charged Friday afternoon, and mentioned Lopez might also be wanted by the New York Police Department for a similar case.
Asked about the Ferris Avenue shooting last month where a man was shot in the stomach, but survived, Jackson said there was nothing new to report on the investigation.
Photograph of the Day
WPCNR PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DAY. By the WPCNR Flying Photographer. October 11, 2006: This morning’s photograph shows the new profile of White Plains — the view international visitors approaching from the West see. To the left are Westchester One, The City Center, the tallest buidling is the Ritz-Carlton, the Gray Building is the Power Authority, the gray building next to last on the right is the County Court house. In the distance is Long Island Sound.
White Plains Skyline. By the WPCNR Flying Photographer.