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WPCNR STREETS OF WHITE PLAINS. September 16, 2003:  The Auxiliary of the White Plains Hospital Center will hold its 27^th annual Scarecrow Fun Festival at Crossway Field, Mamaroneck Road (across from the Scarsdale Municipal Pool), Scarsdale, on Sunday, October 19, 2003 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (rain or shine.) Proceeds from the event will be used to purchase Critical Care Beds for White Plains Hospital Center.  Parents are urged to register their children no later by October 10.

Adults and children of all ages are welcome to create their own, unique, life-size scarecrow, complete with birth certificate. All supplies needed for scarecrow construction are provided (recycled shirts, pants, neckties, decorative materials, glue, twine and straw.) However, feel free to bring your own clothing and decorations to personalize your creation.

This event makes a great family outing. You are guaranteed to have lots of fun. There will be food, music, magicians and face-painting. Use this opportunity to have quality family time and to teach the value of helping others in the community.

There will be three scarecrow-making sessions:10-11:45; 12:00-1:45; and 2:00-3:45. Due to space restrictions, only 75 scarecrows can be made at each session. Reserve by October 10^th to receive confirmation and reservation time of your choice. The cost is $30.00 per scarecrow. A maximum of five members are allowed on each team, which must include at lease one adult, over 21 years of age. There is a charge of $5.00 for one additional child per team. However, children under 2 are admitted free. No refunds will be given. Contributions are welcome and tax deductibe to the fullest extent allowable by law. For additional information, phone 681-2440. Send checks made payable to The Auxiliary of White Plains Hospital Center c/o Leslie Schwartz, 28 Haverford Avenue, Scarsdale,New York 10583. Free parking is available.

WPCNR WHITE PLAINS LAW JOURNAL. By John F. Bailey September 16, 2003: Jeffrey Binder, attorney for “White Plains’ Forgotten Councilman,” Larry Delgado, reports that the Appellate Court will hear oral arguments on the Larry Delgado-Glen Hockley quo warranto action Thursday morning in Brooklyn.  The case has been awaiting its turn to be heard on the Appellate calendar since April.

The court will hear the attorney general’s office arguments that there is no statute of limitations (other than the six year statute of limitations that exists on the books), to when the state can initiate a quo warranto action.  Glen Hockley’s attorney, Thomas Abinanti, filed a motion to dismiss the quo warranto in the beginning of 2003. Final papers were filed at the close of April, 2003.

The quo warranto action which seeks to remove Glen Hockley from the Common Council as remedy for the jammed voting machine which the attorney general contends cost Mr. Delgado 103 votes during his contest with Mr. Hockley for the last seat on the Common Council in November, 2001. Mr. Hockley has been in office since March, 2002, when the Court of Appeals dismissed the Special Election remedy and he has served half of the three-year term.

Binder theorized that the motion to dismiss was not expedited on the Appellate calendar, because there was no vacancy existing on the Common Council that was filled with Mr. Hockley’s appointment after the Court of Appeals voided the Judge Francis Nicolai ruling, amended by the Appellate Court  that Delgado and Hockley face each other in a special election in March, 2002.

The Attorney General’s office then took seven months to investigate, gather evidence and prepare the quo warranto action, filing it in November, 2002, a year after the original Hockley-Delgado election.

Binder said the attorney general’s counsel and Mr. Hockley’s attorney would each have 15 minutes to argue their positions, and the Appellate Court would have a decision on the motion to dismiss within a few days. After which, Binder expected an appeal to the Court of Appeals, by whichever side lost the motion.