VIA THE CROTON BOOSTER FB PAGE---Congratulations Vivien Chen for qualifying to compete in the NYS Finals tomorrow. She was the only middle schooler in the state to participate AND she broke the CHHS record! SEE THE VIDEO AT (2) Video | Facebook
Friday, November 17, 2023
CONGRATULATIONS VIVIEN CHEN
BY SPECIAL REQUEST---FORMER CHHS FOOTBALL COACH TERRY SMITH
FORMER CHHS FOOTBALL COACH TERRY SMITH PASSED AWAY IN 2016. For those who would a like to make a donation in his memory.... https://www.michaeljfox.org/
In the meantime, here's a quick index of Coach Smith stories that have appeared on Everything Croton through the years---CLICK ON THE IMAGES AND LINKS.
--LOOKING FOR THE "SMITH ERA" DVD? A MESSAGE FROM KEN SARGEANT: "The Smith Era" is a nostalgic retrospective study of the 1975 Croton Harmon football team that won the only state championship in the program's entire history. Filmed at the Yacht Club at a team reunion organized by Frank Bruno and Brian Sindorf (two of the stars from that era) it gives personal insights into the successes of the team, as told by the players and their beloved coach, Terry Smith." FOR MORE INFO, CONTACT (914)-862-2325 or RiverLiverprod@gmail.com
--TRAILER TO THE SMITH ERA DVD ONLINE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y4t5AfjG3w&feature=youtu.be
--1979 COACH SMITH RESIGNS; CLICK ON THE ARTICLE TO THE RIGHT
--MORE 1970'S CROTON FOOTBALL, COACH SMITH TOO http://bit.ly/29OP3fT
UPDATED: CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE AT THE CROTON YACHT CLUB IN OCTOBER 2016 http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2016/10/terry-smith-celebration-1015-croton.html
THE LATEST BUD LIGHT, MULVANEY FIASCO
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INDIAN POINT IN THE NEWS---WHY IT WON'T CLOSE UNTIL 2041---AND ABOUT THAT WATER......
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Why Indian Point nuclear plant won't close until 2041
Thomas C. Zambito
Rockland/Westchester Journal News
New York’s decision to ban the discharge of radiological water into the Hudson River will add another eight years to the timetable for tearing down Indian Point, the nuclear power plant’s owners told federal regulators this month.
New Jersey-based Holtec says the bulk of the decommissioning of the 60-year-old Westchester County plant won’t be finished until 2041.
Earlier estimates pegged 2033 as the year when Holtec would finish dismantling and demolishing three shuttered reactors and clearing the 240-acre site of everything but spent nuclear fuel.
But in a Nov. 2 letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Holtec cites a law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul in August that prevents the company from going ahead with plans to release a million gallons of radiological water used to cool nuclear fuel into the Hudson.
Holtec says the law “disrupted” the company’s 10- to 12-year teardown plan and will lead to layoffs of workers hired to cut apart reactors once the water is emptied. MORE AT Indian Point teardown is years behind, owners say. Here's why (lohud.com)
JESSICA DIECKMAN LETTER, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND MUCH MORE
THE FOLLOWING LETTER APPEARS IN THE GAZETTE AND IS RE-PRINTED HERE WITH PERMISSION.
To The Editor,
We are witnessing college students and their professors across the country riot, bully and become increasingly violent in their support for Hamas in Palestine while demanding Israel and the Jews be removed by whatever means necessary.
I can see why some students and faculty are so drastically misinformed, despite being in schools with extensive and proudly touted DEI programs (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion). DEI programs have the inherent flaw of building a narrative comparison of “whites” as oppressors and everyone else as oppressed. They create a false reality wherein anyone who dares to even ask questions is dismissed as having a condition of “white fragility.” Unfortunately, many groups of people, including (and now especially) Jewish people, fall into the “white oppressors” category in DEI terms.
A few years back, while working with a DEI facilitator, I brought up the then-recent attacks on Jewish people on NY subways and the murder of a Rockland rabbi by a person who admitted their goal was to attack a Jewish person. The DEI facilitator was very quick to change the subject by curtly stating, “I bring everything back to centering things on race and historical oppression and marginalization.” She clearly didn’t want to recognize that the attacks, or the historical oppression of Jewish people, were based on the attackers' and oppressors' belief of Jews being a completely distinct race. DEI programs never ask participants for feedback on the merits of the program, nor do they field questions that skew in the slightest from their narrative. Their facilitators come across as inflexible in their thinking, open to no growth or improved understanding of world history. Unfortunately this is where the DEI deficiencies lie, and why many find it so easy and without consequence to openly, aggressively claim that Jewish people and Israel are tyrannical oppressors overseeing an apartheid state. Shoving any and all groups or communities of people into the two categories of oppressor and oppressed is simplistic and foolish, and ignites malice and anger.
Colleges should not allow students to target other students and behave in a hateful manner, and fortunately, push-back against these hate-filled students and professors is beginning, albeit slowly. Harvard’s current president has recently condemned (as has the the Anti-Defamation League) the slogan, “from the river to the sea,” describing it as an unabashed call to exterminate the Jewish people in Israel. Also, many donors to Harvard, including a large alumni group, are now stating that they will cease donations to the school because of the unprecedented levels of antisemitism. In Columbia University, the school has completely banned two pro-Palestinian student groups because of their intimidation and threats towards other students. Also at Columbia, a major donor with a 25 million dollar giving-history will stop donations if the displays of hatred towards Israel continue. While these recent push-backs are good in the fight against antisemitism, much more needs to happen as the problem remains fast-growing.
I found it jarring to read that a Kindergarten school outside of Berlin announced the removal of the memorial name of The Anne Frank School, because they claim Anne Frank’s name is associated with a “political group” and they presume that immigrant-parents cannot understand the name's significance. As an admirer of Anne Frank since elementary school, I have never even remotely thought that her name meant something political, nor did I find her story of not hating people for differences difficult to understand as a youth. Perhaps a solution better than the swift erasure of her name and memory would be for the school to recommend new families read up on Anne Frank to learn about her story in the context of history.
In 2020 a nationwide survey showed that 63% of people 40 years old and under had no idea that the holocaust happened, or that the murder of 6 million Jews and 3 million other “undesirables” occurred. The survey numbers should be alarm bells to society in regards to a major educational deficiency. I’m thankful the Croton-Harmon School district hosted a holocaust survivor speaking with students. I had a similar experience in school growing up and I will never forget what was shared with students by the elderly gentleman who visited. I encourage our schools to continue to take advantage of the extant Holocaust survivors to speak and share with younger generations.
True DEI work is very important, but needs to drop its stringent idea of skin color’s relation to oppression. It needs to drop its two category rule of “oppressor” vs “oppressed” and take a world history lesson, especially presently when it comes to Jewish people. When large groups of people are publicly calling for the extermination of Jewish people, we can see a clearly changing real definition of marginalization.
I close my letter with a quote from Anne Frank: "I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness; I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too. I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more."
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Jessica Dieckman
To The Editor,
We are witnessing college students and their professors across the country riot, bully and become increasingly violent in their support for Hamas in Palestine while demanding Israel and the Jews be removed by whatever means necessary.
I can see why some students and faculty are so drastically misinformed, despite being in schools with extensive and proudly touted DEI programs (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion). DEI programs have the inherent flaw of building a narrative comparison of “whites” as oppressors and everyone else as oppressed. They create a false reality wherein anyone who dares to even ask questions is dismissed as having a condition of “white fragility.” Unfortunately, many groups of people, including (and now especially) Jewish people, fall into the “white oppressors” category in DEI terms.
A few years back, while working with a DEI facilitator, I brought up the then-recent attacks on Jewish people on NY subways and the murder of a Rockland rabbi by a person who admitted their goal was to attack a Jewish person. The DEI facilitator was very quick to change the subject by curtly stating, “I bring everything back to centering things on race and historical oppression and marginalization.” She clearly didn’t want to recognize that the attacks, or the historical oppression of Jewish people, were based on the attackers' and oppressors' belief of Jews being a completely distinct race. DEI programs never ask participants for feedback on the merits of the program, nor do they field questions that skew in the slightest from their narrative. Their facilitators come across as inflexible in their thinking, open to no growth or improved understanding of world history. Unfortunately this is where the DEI deficiencies lie, and why many find it so easy and without consequence to openly, aggressively claim that Jewish people and Israel are tyrannical oppressors overseeing an apartheid state. Shoving any and all groups or communities of people into the two categories of oppressor and oppressed is simplistic and foolish, and ignites malice and anger.
Colleges should not allow students to target other students and behave in a hateful manner, and fortunately, push-back against these hate-filled students and professors is beginning, albeit slowly. Harvard’s current president has recently condemned (as has the the Anti-Defamation League) the slogan, “from the river to the sea,” describing it as an unabashed call to exterminate the Jewish people in Israel. Also, many donors to Harvard, including a large alumni group, are now stating that they will cease donations to the school because of the unprecedented levels of antisemitism. In Columbia University, the school has completely banned two pro-Palestinian student groups because of their intimidation and threats towards other students. Also at Columbia, a major donor with a 25 million dollar giving-history will stop donations if the displays of hatred towards Israel continue. While these recent push-backs are good in the fight against antisemitism, much more needs to happen as the problem remains fast-growing.
I found it jarring to read that a Kindergarten school outside of Berlin announced the removal of the memorial name of The Anne Frank School, because they claim Anne Frank’s name is associated with a “political group” and they presume that immigrant-parents cannot understand the name's significance. As an admirer of Anne Frank since elementary school, I have never even remotely thought that her name meant something political, nor did I find her story of not hating people for differences difficult to understand as a youth. Perhaps a solution better than the swift erasure of her name and memory would be for the school to recommend new families read up on Anne Frank to learn about her story in the context of history.
In 2020 a nationwide survey showed that 63% of people 40 years old and under had no idea that the holocaust happened, or that the murder of 6 million Jews and 3 million other “undesirables” occurred. The survey numbers should be alarm bells to society in regards to a major educational deficiency. I’m thankful the Croton-Harmon School district hosted a holocaust survivor speaking with students. I had a similar experience in school growing up and I will never forget what was shared with students by the elderly gentleman who visited. I encourage our schools to continue to take advantage of the extant Holocaust survivors to speak and share with younger generations.
True DEI work is very important, but needs to drop its stringent idea of skin color’s relation to oppression. It needs to drop its two category rule of “oppressor” vs “oppressed” and take a world history lesson, especially presently when it comes to Jewish people. When large groups of people are publicly calling for the extermination of Jewish people, we can see a clearly changing real definition of marginalization.
I close my letter with a quote from Anne Frank: "I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness; I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too. I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more."
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Jessica Dieckman
THE CROTON CHRONICLE---PROFILE: CROTON-ON-HUDSON'S VILLAGE HISTORIAN, MARC CHESHIRE
THE CROTON CHRONICLE
MICHAEL BALTER
Chronicle profile: Croton-on-Hudson's village historian, Marc Cheshire
Croton has a rich history from many time periods, and since 1919, able historians to keep track of it all. MORE AT Chronicle profile: Croton-on-Hudson's village historian, Marc Cheshire (substack.com)
THE IMPACT OF GENDER IDEOLOGY---MAJOR CAMPAIGN TO ADDRESS EFFECTS
CONGRATUATIONS MARC ARROYO
FROM THE CROTON HARMON BOOSTER CUB FB PAGE--
Croton Athletics would like give an individual shoutout to Briarcliff senior, Marc Arroyo for being named All-Section and League C, “Player of the Year”. Marc led the combined Croton/Briarcliff Boys Volleyball team to a League Championship and Section 1 runner-up title. He is a member of the Downstate Club travel team. Marc, also runs track for Briarcliff in the winter and spring. “I care more about academics, but I am really happy that almost every college now has at least club volleyball if they don’t have a team, so there’s still the opportunity to play competitively, and I’m hoping to do that,” he said. Marc, thank you for your leadership on and off the court. We wish you the best going forward---SEE PHOTO AT (1) Facebook
BERENSON--MODERNA HALTS TRIAL OF NEW MRNA VAX FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AFTER SUSPECTED MYOCARDITIS CASE
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THE 2023 BOYS VOLLEYBALL SEASON, COOKE, RUDNER, THOM, BAKED BY SUSAN
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Coach Cooke’s accolades began back in 1974 when she started coaching the Croton-Harmon girls volleyball team. Her list of accomplishments with Assistant Coach Christine Rudner, who joined her in 1991, are incredible:
As our Girls Volleyball Head Coach for 44 years she garnered:
17 League Championships
3 Regional Championships
2 State Championships
State Team Sportsmanship Award
7 Coach of the Year Awards
Both coaches retired in 2017 only to return this year to lead the combined Briarcliff/Croton Boys Volleyball team to a League Championship and Section 1 Runner-Up title. Coaches Cooke & Rudner were honored by AD Bill Thom before the Homecoming game this year. Baked by Susan donated special volleyball cookies for the celebration.
There are not enough words to express our appreciation for all these coaches have done for our athletes and for all of Croton. Your unmatched dedication spans nearly a half a century - we are forever grateful. (1) Facebook
PROUD OF MARCOS GONI AND THE WHOLE SOCCER TEAM
From the Croton Harmon FB Page--Marcos Goni we couldn’t be more proud to see your All-State recognition and Section 1 MVP honors---A HUGE congratulations goes out to Marcos Goni for receiving All-State recognition and Section 1 MVP honors. If you have followed Boys Soccer, you will recall Marcos scoring multiple goals- 3, 4, and even 5 in one game. More importantly, Marcos is a team player and is quick to help others. We are so proud of you Marcos and the whole team (1) Facebook
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