PHOTOS, CROTON VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL KICK-OFF

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FROM THE CROTON HARMON BOOSTER CLUB FB PAGE---Thanks to all the Tiger fans who came out for the Croton Girls Varsity Basketball kick-off! PHOTOS AT (3) Facebook AND (3) Facebook AND (3) Facebook

SHOUT-OUT, ERIN BAUMEISTER

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FROM THE CROTON HARMON BOOSTER CLUB FB PAGE---HUGE Shoutout for 3-sport athlete, Erin Baumeister who was selected to play in the Volleyball Coaches Association All-Star Exceptional Senior Volleyball game in White Plains. Erin did phenomenal in the game! She is also our starting pitcher in softball  and starting forward/center in basketball . Erin is a major factor to the success of all 3 teams. **Erin, congratulations and thank you for all you do both on and off the field/court! You are an exceptional athlete and student---PHOTO AT (3) Facebook

BY SPECIAL REQUEST--THE CLASSIC WOOLWORTH CHEESECAKE

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A reader was waxing nostalgic for all things Woolworth---and remembering the classic WOOLWORTH CHEESECAKE---an icebox cheesecake from the days when going to the five and dime also meant lunch! Or just dessert!  Click on the photo.

Here's a video RECIPE tutorial on YOUTUBE.

RAPE BY HAMAS TERRORISTS WAS SYSTEMATIC

Alert----Disturbing content....Rape by Hamas terrorists was systematic

Two short videos, shared by the terrorists themselves, quickly emerged showing groups of cheering Palestinian men, some armed, in the streets of Gaza crowding around half-naked and bloodied young Israeli women.

In one clip, a woman later identified as German-Israeli citizen Shani Louk, 22, can be seen barely clothed lying unconscious in an unnatural position on the flatbed of a pickup as men spit and abuse her body while screaming "Allahu Akhbar."

In another video, 19-year-old Israeli soldier Na’ama Levy is pulled from the back of a jeep by an armed gunman, her hands bound behind her back and thick blood stains between her legs, as Palestinian men jeer at her.  MORE AT https://www.foxnews.com/world/israel-police-say-extreme-sexual-violence-rape-by-hamas-terrorists-was-systematic

THANK YOU CROTON ROTARY CLUB FOR YOUR ANNUAL THANKSGIVING TURKEY DONATIONS 2023

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THANK YOU CROTON ROTARY CLUB FOR YOUR ANNUAL THANKSGIVING TURKEY DONATIONS 2023--CLICK ON THE PHOTO.  175 TURKEYS WERE DONATED!  For more about the Croton Rotary, see THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: TOP THREE MOST READ CROTON ROTARY ARTICLES AT EVERYTHING CROTON IN 2022

40 YEARS OF "A CHRISTMAS STORY"

I've never met anyone who doesn’t love this movie, ranging from people old enough to nostalgically remember the era it depicts (apparently the late 1930s) to those who more appreciate the edgy and hilarious realism of its comic approach. It’s a hair’s breadth from being cynical, unprecedented in its day in a holiday film, though it’s certainly now been surpassed in that regard many times over in things like Bad Santa (2003) and Krampus (2015). Yet the film’s depiction’s are also affectionate and basically gentle, which miraculously retains it in the camp of family entertainment. READ MORE AT 40 Years of “A Christmas Story” – (Travalanche) (wordpress.com)

11/20 SESSION AGENDA---GOUVEIA AGAIN, SENASQUA PARK USE PROTOCOLS, CROTON RIVER RESIDENTIAL PARKING ISSUES, MODEL TREE ORDINANCE AND MUCH MORE

 See the entire agenda and related documents at Board of Trustees Work Session (champds.com)

WHY IT'S TIME FOR LGB TO DIVORCE TQ

A movement is underfoot on both sides of the Atlantic to decouple the alphabet soup that has come to be known as “LGBTQ+.”

As rising numbers of old-fashioned LGBs see it, the “T” — for transgender — and “Q” for queer, don’t necessarily have much in common with gays and lesbians.

For these ideological reformists, the LGBTQ mash-up and community-wide obsession with trans issues is sowing confusion and chaos within politics and popular culture — eroding much of the progress sexual minorities have fought to achieve. READ MORE AT https://nypost.com/2023/11/18/opinion/why-its-time-for-lgb-to-divorce-tq/

MORAL BANKRUPTCY & THE LUTHERAN CHURCH, A LETTER FROM PAUL STEINBERG

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THE FOLLOWING LETTER APPEARS IN THE GAZETTE; IT IS RE-PRINTED HERE WITH THE AUTHOR'S PERMISSION

To the editor:

Croton residents have become accustomed to the moral bankruptcy of the so-called religious leaders in our community. In the last few years, the Lutheran church has taken the lead, and once again they don’t disappoint.

For local consumption, we are told that Croton Lutherans “stand with our Jewish siblings” and that “Rabbi Jaech is a dear friend.” At the same time, church Bishop Eaton has issued two statements on the “Israel-Hamas War.” If you want to find out what Croton Lutherans really think of their “siblings” Bishop Eaton’s statements are worth reading online in their entirety.

I don’t hold individuals accountable for actions taken by their ancestors. But someone speaking on behalf of an institution is a different matter. The Lutheran church has a long history of antisemitism tracing back to Martin Luther himself, and in its German homeland it has a shameful history of silence during the Nazi era. The origins spring from the belief that having rejected the Messiah (Jesus Christ), the Jews are deserving of whatever happens to them.

The October 7 terrorist attack on the Jews resulted in 1200 deaths and over 200 hostages are still beingheld by Hamas. Women were raped, infants were slaughtered in their nursery, and parts of the attack were livestreamed: Hamas is proud of what it did. The attacks took place near the border, and in the wake of the Hamas terrorists many ordinary Gaza residents crossed into Israel on October 7 to loot and kill.

To Bishop Eaton, the fault lies squarely with the victims: “The power exerted against all Palestinian people… must be called out as a root cause of what we are witnessing.”

Has Bishop Eaton ever before downplayed a rape by saying we must call out the “root cause” of the rape, let alone implied that the woman is responsible for being raped? After the Sandy Hook school massacre, did Bishop Eaton excuse the killer by saying we must call out the “root cause?”

As Bishop Eaton slips into a Hugo Boss jacket and pops open a can of Fanta to reminisce about the return of the old days, the rest of us should think about the 200+ hostages still being held in Gaza. Weshould pay attention to the ongoing use of hospitals and schools to shield Hamas activity. And we must never forget what happened on October 7.

--Paul Steinberg, Croton-on-Hudson

VIDEO: IDF RELEASED VIDEO SHOWING STASH OF WEAPONS PLACED NEXT TO A KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM

The IDF released video showing a stash of weapons placed next to what it said was a kindergarten classroom. "IDF troops located dozens of mortar shells that were hidden by Hamas in a kindergarten in the northern Gaza Strip. In addition, IDF troops located numerous Hamas weapons hidden in the 'Al-Karmel' elementary school," the IDF said.  U.S. and Israeli officials have said the Hamas terrorist organization uses civilian infrastructure like schools, homes and hospitals as cover for its military activities.

Video link:https://www.foxnews.com/video/6341313982112

THE JEAN SHEPHERD CENTENNIAL

Born 100 years ago this day: broadcast legend and humorist Jean Shepherd (Jean Parker Shepherd Jr, 1921-1999).

Shepherd was one of that rare and elusive species, the complete person, and as such it's hard to wrap your arms around him, to get at his story, because it moves around so much. The Midwest, New York City and Hollywood can all claim him as one of their own. He performed live and on record albums, wrote books and screenplays, and above all else was a staple of radio and television for decades. He was in his fifties before the success of A Christmas Story (1983) made him nationally known. Prior to that that he had been a local legend for over three decades.  READ MORE AT The Jean Shepherd Centennial – (Travalanche) (wordpress.com)

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VIA THE CROTON HARMON BOOSTER FB PAGE----Congratulations to Kerri Tracy being honored at the Jay B. Nash Awards Dinner this evening. Kerri is the 2023 NYS AHPERD High School Health Education Teacher of the Year!!! PHOTO AT (2) Facebook