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HIGH NOON comes to City Center Silver Screen Classics In August

Posted on July 20, 2004 by John Bailey

WPCNR SCREEN GEMS. July 20, 2004: The monthly Silver Screen Classic Series in August will feature the greatest western ever made, High Noon, Starring Gary Cooper in a classic oldtime matinee at the City Center Cinema de Lux in White Plains August 10. Youngsters who have not seen it will see what a real western is. HIGH NOON, SHANE, and STAGECOACH are considered to be the top three westerns ever made. In HIGH NOON, youngsters will get to see the concept of the showdown, and the greatest gunfight ever filmed, plus hear the great Tex Ritter sing “Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling,”

Silver Screen Classics is a monthly series offered at City Center 15: Cinema de Lux. Enjoy a classic film, popcorn and a soft drink for only $1.00. This month’s feature is High Noon (1952).

Gary Cooper stars in the Western classic as Hadleyville town marshal Will Kane, who is about to retire from office and go on his honeymoon with his new bride, Amy (Grace Kelly). Will’s happiness is put on hold when the Miller gang, whose leader (Ian McDonald) Will had previously arrested, is due on the 12:00 noon train, and is looking for revenge. Amy urges her new husband to leave town and forget about the Miller gang. When he asks for help from his friends and deputies to fend off the Millers, they are all is too afraid to stand by him. Alone, Kane walks into the center of town, preparing himself for his showdown with the revengeful Millers.

WHEN: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 at 1:00 p.m.

WHERE: City Center 15: Cinema de Lux

19 Mamaroneck Avenue
Mamaroneck Avenue and Main Street

White Plains, NY

914 -747-6000

Spano to Dedicate Ball Park in Peekskill.

Posted on July 20, 2004 by John Bailey

WPCNR COUNTY CLARION-LEDGER. From Westchester County Department of Communications. July 20, 2004: Westchester County Executive Andy Spano will join Mayor John Testa and Peekskill officials for the dedication of the Peekskill Stadium tomorrow (Wednesday, July 21) at 1 p.m. off Louisa Street in Peekskill.

Westchester County contributed $850,000 to help build the $2.6 million stadium as part of Spano’s Legacy Program which has committed county funds to help municipalities across Westchester create recreational areas. White Plains, Yonkers, Port Chester and Mount Pleasant are some of the other areas where fields are slated to be built with the county’s help.

Panthers Go 2-1 in Pool Play, Defeat Fairfax Virginia Cards.

Posted on July 20, 2004 by John Bailey

WPCNR PRESS BOX. By Fastpitch Johnny. July 20, 2004: Catrina Kostelas hit an inside-the-park homerun in the second inning, and Stacey Carrabello of Brewster singled home Valhalla’s Megan Davidson after Meg had doubled to the left center field fence in the 4th, to power the Hudson River Panthers to a 6-1 win in their 11 A.M. 2004 PONY National game this morning. The win gave the first-run Ray Frederick/ Joe Carrabello coached Panthers a 20-13 record on the season. The club played under perfect blue skies and high 80s temperatures at the posh Claude Moore complex in Leesburg, Virginia, and now awaits the beginning of bracket play Wednesday. As we write the team is splashing in the pool at the Marriott.

White Plains Tiger Juliana Bailey started for the Panthers, pitched out of a bases-loaded 1 out jam in the second by striking out two Cardinals with Redbirds perched on all the bases, after Kostellas had stroked her homer to give the Panthers a 1-run lead.

Kostellas said she hit a low and outside pitch on a 1-strike count and took it the opposite way towards the right centerfield gap. When the ball hit the fence, Catrina kept on motoring to third where the third base coach held her up, but Catrina noticed the relay still had not come in from the outfield and kept on rolling, scoring standing up for a 1-0 lead.

In the fourth Meg Davidson took the Cardinal pitcher deep into the leftcenterfield gap all the way to the fence for a double. Stacey Carabello, next up helped her pitcher out by smoking a pitch so hard to the right centerfield gap that she was held to a single, but Davidson was able to score to make it 2-0.

In the fourth, Juliana Bailey ran into a bit of trouble, an error on a slow roller put one Cardinal on, and a smash off Bailey’s glove forced her to throw hard to first to get the runner but the throw could not be handled at first and the runners advanced to second and third.

Lagrange’s Michelle Barone was called on to put out the fire. Barone got the first hitter to pop out to her at the mound. But then a line single to left scored one run to make it 2-1. The next hitter, attempting to squeeze the tying run into third on a run and bunt, but popped it up fair off the plate. Carabello, the Panther catcher caught it and fired to first doubling the hapless runner at first to douse the threat.

In the 5th, the Panthers put the game away when Valhalla’s Gina Giuliani walked then scored on a passed ball, after Michelle Barone beat out a misplayed sacrifice bunt. Onn another misplayed Maggie Goldberg sacrifice, the pitcher threw the ball away to make it 4-1. Brewster’s Danielle Basciano singled up the middle to score Goldberg and it was 5-1. White Plains Tiger Dena Frederick closed out the scoring when after hitting into a fielder’s choice she stole second and third and scored on Stacey Carabello’s second RBI single of the game, this time up the middle.

Barone picked up the save, retiring three of four hitters in the last of the fifth to close out the game.

Panthers split first two in Nationals Pool Play in Virginia

Posted on July 20, 2004 by John Bailey

WPCNR PRESS BOX. By Fastpitch Johnny. July 20, 2004: The Hudson River Panthers split their first two games in Pool Play at the PONY Nationals in Sterling Viginia Monday, beating the Huntington Mills Mystics of New Jersey, 6-3 behind Michelle Barone, two speed bunts of Maggie Goldberg, and three timely RBI’s by Dena Frederick. They lost their second game to the Blue Thunder of Warrington, Pennsylvania, trailing 1-0 going into the sixth when the Thunder turned on their speed game and timely placed hits to break open the game. The Panthers play again today at 11 in the Tournament of Champions that has attracted 300 14 and 12 and under teams to the complex in northern Virginia making the economy in this area jump.

The Panthers won their first game when Goldberg beat out a lead off bunt went to second on Danielle Basciano’s hard grounder to third then scored on Dena Frederick’s hard single deep in the shortstop hole. When Frederick stole second and attempted to steal third the ball was thrown down the line and Dena came in to score, 2-0, Panthers.

They picked up to more in the third when Goldberg legged out her second bunt hit of the day and scored, stole second and came around to score on when Danielle Basciano’s bunt was misplayed by the catcher, allowing Basciano to come all the way around to third. Next Dena Frederick plated her with a perfect squeeze bunt to make it 4-0. The Panthers wrapped up their scoring in the 4th with 2 out. Maggie Goldberg walked, Basciano singled. Goldberg scored on a passed ball and Dena Frederick singled Basciano home to make it 6-0. Michelle Barone went all the way striking out 6 and allowing only 3 hits.

In their second game of the day, the Panthers ran into a very on Blue Thunder pitcher, but hung very close until the final frame. The Panthers are wrapping up a successful first season under Ray Frederick of White Plains and Joe Carrabello of Brewster having won 19 games, lost 13 on the Travel Circuit.

You can see 7 to 10 games of fastpitch softball at at once at the beautiful Claude Moore Park complex in Leesburg, Virginia where most of the PONY games are being staged. All the fields have electronic scoreboards. The infields are immaculate and manicured with new foul lines circles and batters’ boxes each game giving the girls a real big league treatment.

Concession prices are big league too, $2.25 for a hotdog, $4 for a sausage sandwich. $2 for bottled water. An atmosphere of camaraderie prevails, and the softball is fast and furious starting at 9 AM and going deep into the night.