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Weather Scoop: Blizzard ’03 Continues to Early Evening. 10 Inches So Far

Posted on February 17, 2003 by John Bailey

WPCNR WEATHER SCOOP. From the National Weather Service. February 17, 2003 UPDATED 12:15 PM:A furious snowstorm with winds gusting to 20 miles per hour and up paralyzed White Plains this morning, with 10 inches of snow, drifts up to 2 feet already fallen by 12 noon. Side roads and arteries disappeared from view, obscured by snow at daybreak.

White Plains “Mosquito Plows” were clearing side streets in the neighborhoods by midmorning. The snow is expected to continue until early evening. Snow was falling at the rate of an inch an hour by 12 noon, winds had wound down considerably, not as gusty. Clearing Tuesday with highs near 40. The complete Weather Forecast as of Noon follows:

ROADS UNRECOGNIZABLE AT 7 AM: The view from the WPCNR News Center indicates the extent of snowfall at daybreak Monday morning.
Photo by WPCNR WeatherWatch

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
1123 AM EST MON FEB 17 2003
…MAJOR WINTER STORM AFFECTING THE TRI-STATE REGION…

A NOR’EASTER WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEASTWARD PASSING SOUTHEAST OF THE TRI-STATE REGION. SNOW WHICH BEGAN SUNDAY EVENING IN OUR REGION WILL CONTINUE TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY INTO THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE STARTING TO TAPER OFF TOWARD EVENING.

OCCASIONAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AS WINDS SHOULD GUST BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH AT TIMES.

HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY. THIS SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET ALONG THE COAST AT TIMES…BEFORE TAPERING OFF TOWARD EVENING. OCCASIONAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AS WINDS WILL GUST BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL PRODUCE
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WHICH WILL MAKE DRIVING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY THE TIME THIS STORM HEADS OUT TO SEA TONIGHT SHOULD RANGE FOR THE MOST PART BETWEEN 1 1/2 AND 2 FEET.

Charge for Sectionals Hockey Game a Little Rich.

Posted on February 15, 2003 by John Bailey

WPCNR PRESS BOX. By John F. Bailey. February 15, 2003:At Ebersole Rink Monday afternoon, White Plains High School will play Ossining in the opener of the Section I Hockey Sectionals. The sign on the rink, says admission charge is $6 per person. Think about that for a moment. Six dollars a person? Does that mean that a person has to pay also $6 for each child they bring? Are there skyboxes? Admission charges for high school events are all over the lot. Some schools charge admission, some do not. And where does the money go?
I am taking the liberty of not conducting an investigation of this $6 charge. Ebersole Rink managers told WPCNR the $6 goes directly to the school and they had nothing to do with it. I will check into this, but right now I am invoking the Official News Columnist’s Right to Give My Opinion Without Checking the Facts License. So forewarned, here is my take on admission charges:

Before I get going I want to say the White Plains Hockey team has had a great season, and this is not directed at them or the high school in anyway, it is directed at the very clandestine, secretive management of high school athletics in the county:

Let’s adapt a consistent admissions policy. Let’s say where the money goes up front. Let’s report gate receipts and what they are used for, and who gets to decide what to do with the money. And let’s adapt the same admission policy for every sectional and non-sectional event. You go up to Gorton in the fall and you pay a $3 admisson to a football game. You go to WPHS at Parker Stadium, there is no admission charge. Can the high schools agree on some consistency?
Can there by a code of conduct, some auditing? Theorectically some enterprising students could set up a table and charge admission and no one would be the wiser.

But, I think charging anything over $2 for a high school event is pushing it, especially when you are not guaranteed a good or actual seat. Besides that the quality of athletic event is poor. Sectional playoffs in all high school sports contain a vast number of humiliating blowouts because of the seeding, create ill-will between communities, occasionally cause near riots, are hideously officiated (homering is popular) and do not really prove anything. You are not in a hockey game for example, even guaranteed a seat especially at Ebersole Rink, which I dearly love by the way, but the seating is very poor.

You have to be kidding me with a $6 admission. Whoever set that has to have their head examined. Hopefully, sectional officials will get back to me with a noble defense of their admission charges.

Six dollars. You have to be nuts!

Teen Umpire Training and Paid Umpiring Positions Available with WPLL

Posted on February 15, 2003 by John Bailey

WPCNR PRESS BOX. Special to WPCNR. February 15, 2003: The White Plains Little League is looking for a few tough young men and women to officiate minors softball games (9 & 10 years) of age. Teens must have poise, be in control of their emotions and able to concentrate and project an air of authority, expertise, and be able to summon courage in a “rhubard,” with the dignity to stand by their call in the face of pressure. Here are the details:
LEARN TO UMPIRE GIRLS FAST PITCH SOFTBALL.

THE WHITE PLAINS LITTLE LEAGUE has started an umpire training program for girls fast pitch softball. Training will be provided so that you can learn to officiate games in our Minors (9-10 year old) Division. These are paid positions. Trainees will be paid $15.00 per game, when working with an experienced umpire. After training and experience, candidates will be certified to officiate games by themselves for $20.00-25.00 per game.

GIRLS & BOYS AGES 13 AND OLDER interested in participating in this program or for more information contact Mr. L. Petralia, AT 914-949-5797 OR 428-8587. No experience necessary, but familiarity with the game and positive attitude helpful.

Snow Blow to Greenburgh Budget

Posted on February 14, 2003 by John Bailey

WPCNR GREENBURGH GAZETTE. From Town Supervisor Paul Feiner. February 14, 2003: This week’s dispatch from Greenburgh by Town Supervisor Paul Feiner details the budget damage done by the snowy 2003 winter. Here is the Supervisor’s Report:

Greenburgh Snow removal labor costs have consumed approximately 40% of the overtime budget of $ll0,000 in the highway Department as of February 5th payroll. The cost of purchasing sand and salt has consumed approximately 50% of the $225,000 budget for this purpose. Snow removal costs in 2002 were minimal until the Christmas Day snowstorm. Crews earn triple time during holidays, double time on Sundays, time and a half overtime during weekdays after work and on Saturdays.
Greenburgh Snow removal labor costs have consumed approximately 40% of the overtime budget of $ll0,000 in the highway Department as of February 5th payroll. The cost of purchasing sand and salt has consumed approximately 50% of the $225,000 budget for this purpose. Snow removal costs in 2002 were minimal until the Christmas Day snowstorm. Crews earn triple time during holidays, double time on Sundays, time and a half overtime during weekdays after work and on Saturdays.