Sunday Happenings: Westporters Make News
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Sunday, March 04, 2012
Sunday Happenings: Westporters Make News
If anyone doubted the national influence of Westport and Westporters, they only had to pay attention to the news today.
Westporters Johanna and Marshall Kyiv are featured prominently in today’s New York Times Styles section. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo
In Washington, Westporter Michael Kassen took over today as head of the pro-Israel lobbying group The American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, greeting President Obama as he addressed the group. (See WestportNow March 4, 2012)
And the pages of today’s New York Times prominently featured Westport and Westporters in stories in four different sections, three of them on the section front page.
The overall front page carried a story and photos by Tyler Hicks, the prize-winning photographer and Westport native who recounted his trip into Syria with Anthony Shadid, a Times correspondent who died during the assignment. (See WestportNow March 3, 2012)
The Business section front-paged Thursday’s remarks by Federal Reserve Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin before the Westport Y’s Men. It questioned the remarks by the daughter of Westporters that while record low interest rates have cut income for savers, they will ultimately help increase returns for savers and investors. (See WestportNow March 1, 2012).
The Styles section featured Westporters Johanna and Marshall Kyiv in a story headlined “A Fragile Child Brings Her Parents a Strong Message.” It opened with the parents’ reaction to daughter Chole’s fall from the monkey bars at Coleytown Elementary School.
The story recounted their challenges in raising a child with a rare genetic disorder.
And the Sports section featured Staples High School boys soccer coach (and blogger) Dan Woog in a front-page story headlined “High School Players Forced to Choose In Soccer’s New Way.” The story was about a move by the United States Soccer Federation that will uncouple high school soccer and the training of top youth players.
Woog, who is among those who believe the sacrifices required by this shift are too great, recalled the night his team won a league championship several years ago.
He said a group of players showed up at a diner afterward with their championship medals around their necks and other diners stood up and gave the players a standing ovation.
“They’re going to remember that for the rest of their lives,” Woog told The Times. He said that will not happen under the new policy.
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