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Athens eyes a greener future

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By Sarah Trafton Columbia-Greene Media

ATHENS — The Athens community paid literal and symbolic tribute to the village’s roots Thursday by planting 34 trees along sidewalks and roads.

Friends of Athens, a local non-profit organization, took on the several-month-long project, with the support of the

village board and the village’s tree committee. The trees were purchased from Schitel’s Nursery of Buffalo and planted by Pondside Nursery of Hudson. The $9,000 project was funded partly by a $5,300 grant from the Athens Community Foundation and partly by an anonymous donation.

Friends of Athens pursued the project in answer to the decline of village trees.

“If you look at old photographs and postcards of Athens, you’ll see that it has always had tree-lined streets,” Friends of Athens President Catherine Censor said. “Although some of these treelined streets remain, the ravages of power lines, storms and time have all taken their toll.”

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Pondside Nursery employees plant trees Thursday for the Friends of Athens project involving the addition of 34 trees to village streets. Contributed photo

Twin Counties at heart of craft-brew surge

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A sampling of beers from Chatham Brewery.

By Melanie Lekocevic Columbia-Greene Media

pact report in early April outlining the impact the craft beer industry has had on the state in 2018 and specifically on the Twin Counties.

There were more than 420 licensed breweries in New York state in 2018 and the industry generated $3.5 billion through

production, sales and brewery tasting rooms, according to the report. Statewide, there were more than 19,000 full-time employees working in the craft beer industry, and more than 2 million barrels of craft beers were produced.

Of the 62 counties in New

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The tasting room at Crossroads Brewery on Second Street in the village of Athens.

York state including New York City, Columbia County tied for 13th place in the state with eight breweries and Greene County was tied for 14th with seven.

Tom Crowell, founder and owner of Chatham Brewery, said he opened his business in 2006 and has been a part of the

explosive growth of the industry.

“There were about 50 breweries in the state of New York when we started 13 years ago and now there are over 400,” Crowell said. “There has been a

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The craft-brewing industry is growing by leaps and bounds in New York state, and the Twin Counties are right at the heart of it.

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DEC: Catskill Park region gets shot at $400K

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Communities and nonprofit organizations in the Catskill Park including Cairo and the Greene County mountaintop region may have a shot at $400,000 in grant funding, according to start Department of Environmental Conservation officials.

DEC announced early this month that this year’s Community Smart Growth Grants program would make $1.45 million available, with $1.05 million for the Adirondack Park and $400,000 for the Catskill Park. Funding for the grants will be provided through the Environmental Protection Fund. Deadline for applications is 3 p.m. June 7.

“DEC, in partnership with the Department of State and the Adirondack Park Agency, is soliciting applications for projects that will link environmental protection, economic

development, and community livability within the special conditions of the parks,” according to a statement.

“The focus for this round of

Larry McCaffrey said at the opening. “We had to rely on good weather or tents.”

The new center allowed the Arboretum to expand its

clude the town of Ashland in 2017, for a 60-foot pavilion for the town park, at $75,000; the town of Lexington in 2015 for the creation of the Lexington

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DEC, in partnership with the Department of State and the Adirondack Park Agency, is soliciting applications for projects that will link environmental protection, economic development, and community livability within the special conditions of the parks. applications is age-friendly communities.”

The Mountain Top Arboretum in Tannersville received a $60,000 grant in 2017.

The funding helped the Arboretum to build its education center, which had its inaugural opening in September.

“We had no event space previously,” Arboretum Board of Directors Chairman

programming significantly, including winter events.

The architecture of the center is an education tool in itself, comprised of 21 tree species from the property.

“Some people don’t recognize the species without its leaves and bark,” architect Jack Sobon said.

Visitors also learn about the art of timber framing.

Other local recipients in-

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Waterfront Park at $62,425; the town of Hunter in 2017 for an ongoing trail initiative project that was awarded at $75,000; to the Windham Area Foundation in 2015 for an extension of the Windham Path for cyclists at $50,000.

This project remains in progress; the town of Prattsville in 2016 for a pavilion at the Conine Field recreation area for $53,683; and to the town

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of Cairo in 2015 for development of sidewalks, bike paths and pocket parks, also a work in progress, for $75,000.

To be eligible for a grant, an applicant must be either a nonprofit organization or a type of municipality — county, town or village — located wholly or partially within Catskill Park. The proposed project must lie within the municipality applying and adhere to Smart Growth principles, according to dec. ny.gov.

The minimum amount per grant is $11,000 and the maximum is $100,000, according to the application. Grants may fund up to 100% of the proposed project.

The goal of grant program is to improve community housing availability, waterfront access, recreation sites and protect environmental See DEC A2

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MaryEllen Gallagher, a member of the tree committee, sees the project as a big accomplishment for Athens.

“It’s pretty amazing that it all came together,” she said.

Some cities are lucky to plant one tree per year, Gallagher said.

“We planted 34, which just knocks your socks off,” she said.

The village board supported the project by passing an ordinance last year, Gallagher said.

“They accepted that we wanted to be supportive of the beauty and green nature of a rivertown,” she said. “This allowed us to assess what we had and develop a plan for future generations here.”

Censor is confident the project will be a success.

“These trees were professionally planted so we know they will thrive,” she said, add-

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In response, the group developed a project to revive the natural beauty of the village.

“We have a wide variety [of trees],” Censor said. “Everything from tree-form lilacs to Princeton elms. We don’t want a monoculture that could be wiped out by disease.

And we also want a variety for aesthetic purposes.”

The species were selected following an inventory performed in July with the help of International Society of Arboriculture-certified arborist Angelo Schembarti, Censor said.

The inventory assessed the health of the current tree population and it was determined 11 trees needed to be removed and more were in danger, Censor said.

“We knew something would have to be done,” Censor said.

The arborist made sure appropriate species were chosen for the project.

“You wouldn’t want to plant something giant like a Princeton elm under power lines,” Censor said.

Former mayors Chris Pfister and Peter Alberti, current Mayor Stephen Bradicich, the tree committee and village Department of Public Works all played pivotal roles in getting the job done, Censor said.

“It was a great example of Republicans and Democrats working together to do what’s right for the village,” she said.

Pfister recalled the village replacing several dozen trees during his two terms as mayor, he said, adding that he is pleased to see the project continue.

“It is good for the future of the village,” he said.

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national trend for craft brewing, and in New York state, under Gov. Cuomo, there has been a focus on craft brewing.

When the governor passed the Craft Act, it made it easier for breweries to operate and allowed them to have tasting rooms available directly to the public, and the industry started to grow exponentially.”

When Chatham Brewery opened, Crowell and his partners were the employees, and produced three beer products. Today they have around 25 employees and produce 14 different beers, Crowell said.

The growth of the local craft beer industry also spurred expansion in other related industries, such as the production of hops and grains used in craft beers, Crowell said.

Taylor Cocalis, co-owner of Suarez Family Brewery in Hudson, opened her business in 2016 and said the state has been a welcoming environment for the industry.

“New York state has very good regulations for breweries,” Cocalis said. “In addition, the proximity to New York City was very beneficial, and Columbia County specifically. At the time, real estate was affordable and we were moving from rural Vermont, so there was still a lot of rural character in Columbia County that we appreciated.”

The growth of the industry has led to growth in other areas of the economy as well, Cocalis said.

“There are a lot of great breweries that are popping up and a lot of breweries that are using really great local products. We really appreciate being able to use locally grown grains, as well as herbs and fruits,” Cocalis said. “One of the great things about being in Columbia County specifically is that within a 10-mile radius there are so many tremendous orchards — that has been an added benefit that we didn’t anticipate.”

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resources, support tourism, and provide educational opportunities, according to dec. ny.gov.

Applicants are scored on the project’s alignment with the conditions of the Catskill Park, the environmental quality of the project, the

FILE PHOTO

Bartender Kat Albert serves beer at Crossroads Brewery at an event in December.

Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden pointed to the “beer trail” that winds through New York state and runs through the Twin Counties as a big draw for tourists and other visitors.

“Having a concentration of breweries like this creates a trail, so people come here for multiple days, visiting microbreweries and wineries. It ties in to the hospitality industry in general and is a further expansion of our base economy — we are still in the tourism field,” Groden said.

“And unlike golf or skiing, it’s a four-season industry. People come here year-round — breweries focus on different beers in different seasons, so there is always something changing and it’s 12-month cyclical.”

Joey LoBianco, owner of Rip Van Winkle Brewing Company in Catskill, said the brewing operation, which he opened in 2014, saved the restaurant that his parents

community centered growth, its quality of life or social impact, secondary or add-on effects, tourism enhancement, its sustainable economic impact, planning support, professional experience, partnership and public support, project readiness and cost effectiveness, according to the application.

A webinar for interested applicants will be held from 2-4 p.m. May 2.

started 35 years ago.

“We still had the restaurant and we decided to put the brewing system in operation. It saved the restaurant,” LoBianco said. “We now have a new customer base and reawakened the old customer base.”

That growth meant LoBianco was able to hire numerous employees to handle the expanding business operation.

“The brewing has brought a lot more business to the restaurant so I had to hire more staff. It draws a lot of people from outside the area,” LoBianco said. “People spend the weekend here from all over, seeking out good beer, even if they are just passing through.

And while they are here they visit a lot of the attractions Greene County has to offer.

The craft brewing industry has been really good for Greene County’s economy.”

Ann Cooper, administrator of the Columbia County

For more information visit https://www.dec.ny.gov/ lands/103864.html.

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ing that Schitel’s had excellent quality trees.

“We did our due diligence to select the right trees for the right areas,” Gallagher said.

“The project was done to a high standard with a great deal of care.”

In the future, Friends of Athens will likely look to projects regarding tree maintenance or planting additional trees, Censor said.

“We are dedicated to bettering the village and doing what we can for our neighbors,” she said.

The July inventory of trees was compiled in an electronic database by Friends of Athens member Kyle Winslow and can be viewed at http://www. arcgis.com/apps/View/index. html?appid=e4fed9d1890e40c 68f7b2b386350f189 The new trees will also be added to the database, Censor said.

Tourism Department, said she has seen similar growth in Columbia County.

“The artisanal beverage makers — distilleries, breweries, wineries — are a tremendous draw for the county. It’s a hot industry now, not just in Columbia County but the entire state of New York.”

Companies are visiting the area to conduct tours of breweries and other beverage producers, and it has also become a big draw for bachelorette parties, Cooper said.

Old Klaverack Brewery has seen growth in the number of customers both locally and from afar.

“I definitely see a large turnout in the brewery’s tasting room and tourism as a whole is up, with people coming from New York City, other counties and other states,” owner Erik Bell said.

“We have seen growth in both distributor sales and in the tasting room in Claverack.”

Bell added that with eight breweries, the county has something for all tastes.

“Columbia County has a very diverse set of breweries and we are all worth checking out,” Bell said. “We all do things a little differently and we have different types of locations — some are very rural and others are in the city of Hudson, and each individual location and brewery has a unique draw.”

The craft beer industry goes beyond individual breweries in the Twin Counties. This weekend, April 27 and 28, Hunter Mountain will host the TAP New York Craft Beer and Food Festival, featuring more than 120 breweries from across New York state.

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CALENDAR Monday,April 29 n Catskill Town Planning Board special

meeting 5 p.m. at Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill

Tuesday,April 30 n Coxsackie-Athens Central School Dis-

trict BOE QIII run-off election 6 p.m. District Office Conference Room, 24 Sunset Blvd., Coxsackie n Greenville Central School District QIII run-off election 5 p.m. District Office, 4982 Route 81, Greenville

Thursday,May 2 n Cairo Town Planning Board 7 p.m. at

the Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo

Monday,May 6 n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m. at the

Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Cairo Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo

Tuesday,May 7 n Coxsackie-Athens Central School

District BOE budget hearing 6:30 p.m.; voter registration 5:30 p.m. Coxsackie Elementary, 24 Sunset Blvd., Coxsackie n Greenville Central School District annual budget hearing 7 p.m. MS/HS Auditorium, 4982 Route 81, Greenville

Wednesday,May 8 n Catskill Central School District BOE

public hearing on budget 6 p.m. in the CHS Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill

Thursday,May 9 n Coxsackie-Athens Central School

District BOE budget hearing 6:30 p.m.; voter registration 5:30 p.m. E.J. Arthur Elementary, 51 Third St., Athens n Coxsackie Village Workshop meeting 6 p.m. at Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Monday,May 13 n Catskill Village Planning Board 7 p.m.

at the Catskill Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill n Coxsackie Village Board 7 p.m. at Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie n Greenville Central School District BOE business 6:30 p.m. MS/HS Library, 4982 Route 81, Greenville

Tuesday,May 14 n Coxsackie Village Historic Preserva-

tion Committee 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Thursday,May 16 n Coxsackie-Athens BOE 6:30 p.m. High School Library, 24 Sunset Blvd., Coxsackie n Coxsackie Village Planning Board 7 p.m. at Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie n Windham-Ashland-Jewett CSD Board of Education 7 p.m. in the School Library, 5411 Route 23, Windham

DEC and State Parks announce 2019’s first-time camper program registration ALBANY — As part of New York’s week-long celebration of Earth Day, the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks) announced that New York will once again provide free FirstTime Camper weekends this summer. Families that have never camped before will have the opportunity to enjoy the popular outdoor activity and be provided equipment, guidance, and programs at select campgrounds.

“Camping is an affordable and rewarding experience that connects families with nature and one another while experiencing the great outdoors,” said DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos. “Last year, dozens of families participated as firsttime campers and I encourage anyone that hasn’t gone on a camping adventure in New

York’s peerless natural areas to take advantage of the FirstTime Camper program and give camping a try.”

“Season after season, our state campgrounds have been the setting for families connecting with nature and creating special memories, and we are excited to introduce this experience and these special parks to a new generation of New Yorkers,” said Acting State Parks Commissioner Erik Kulleseid. “This unique program offers prospective campers a chance to learn and apply skills and fully embrace sleeping under the stars by providing know-how, equipment and fun activities which will help instill a lifelong enjoyment of the outdoors.”

Interested New York residents can apply to participate in the First-Time Camper program by using an online signup form which enters them

‘Side by Side’ performing in Catskill CATSKILL — Catskill Mountain Housing Development Corporation is presenting Side

By Side, featuring Jerry Gretzinger and Benita Zahn as originally produced at the Fort Salem Theater.

The performance will be June 1 at St. Luke’s Church on Williams Street in Catskill. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m.

Tickets for the show are $25 and goes to benefit Bridging the Gap, assisting tenants and clients of Catskill Mountain Housing.

Gretzinger and Zahn have entertained audiences throughout the Capital District. Their cabaret show shows a different side from their day jobs as news anchors. Bridging the Gap is a fund to help the clients and tenants of Catskill Mountain Housing with funds to help them where our programs can’t. It might be to purchase an appliance for an elderly homeowner, help pay an electric bill for a tenant who’s fallen behind or help out a new homeowner.

Tickets may be purchased through Brown Paper Tickets or in person at Catskill Mountain

Monday,May 20

Tuesday,May 21 n Catskill Central School District BOE

n Catskill Central School District BOE 7 p.m. in the CHS Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill

Housing’s office at 448 Main Street in Catskill.

They may also be purchased at the door. CMHDC can be accessed through the web at CMHDC.org. The phone number is 518-943-6700.

on DEC’s website. Information about the properties hosting the First-Time Camper program can be found at the links below. Participating locations and dates include: DEC Campgrounds: Luzerne Campground, June 21 through June 23; Nicks Lake Campground, July 19 through July 21; Ausable Point Campground, Aug. 2 through Aug. 4; North South Lake Campground and Kenneth L. Wilson Campground, Aug. 16 through Aug. 18; Frontier Town Campground, Sept. 6 through Sept. 8.

State Parks Campgrounds: Moreau Lake State Park, July 12 through July 14; Taconic State Park - Copake Falls, July 26 through 28; Golden Hill State Park and Evangola State Park, Aug. 9 through Aug. 11; Four Mile Creek State Park, Aug. 23 through Aug. 25.

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especially those from underserved communities that have never camped before.

New campers will be provided with a family tent, sleeping bags, sleeping pads, camp chairs, lantern, and even firewood. A camping ambassador will meet families at the campsite and help them get camp set up with a camping 101 lesson.

Bathrooms and hot showers are a short walk from the campsites. To make the weekend getaway even more enjoyable, campers will have an opportunity to learn from experts how to fish, hike, bird watch, or paddle and more, all while having fun and making memories that last forever.

Campgrounds are available throughout the state to give all New Yorkers an opportunity to enter and participate if selected. Details about the program and how to apply can be found

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board member and budget/proposition vote 1-9 p.m. in the CHS Gymnasium, 341 West Main St., Catskill n Coxsackie-Athens Central School District BOE annual budget vote 1-9 p.m. at Coxsackie Elementary and E.J. Arthur Elementary schools n Greenville Central School District annual meeting and election 1-9 p.m. Ellis Elementary Cafeteria, 11219 Route 32, Greenville

into an online lottery. The application period for the lottery selection process runs from May 10 to May 12. Eligible participants who apply for the lottery during that period will be randomly selected to fill firsttime camper slots.

Established in 2017 with eight parks, the program expanded last year and now, for its third season, will include 11 campgrounds over nine weekends from late June until after Labor Day. Select locations include the Catskills and Hudson Valley, Adirondacks, and Western New York.

Long-time campers know the enjoyment and rewards of sleeping out in nature, but for those who have never slept in a tent before, spending the night outdoors can be an unfamiliar adventure. New York’s FirstTime Camper program provides more of a turnkey camping experience for families,

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A big test for the parole system The state Legislature’s attempt to make parole possible for inmates age 55 and older who have served at least 15 years of their sentence is a double-edged sword, made clear by the support of Democrats and opposition by Republicans.

The question is whether there is hyperbole on both sides of the political aisle.

An important aspect to keep in mind is that the law will not automatically grant the immediate release of inmates on their 55th birthday; this isn’t the senior ticket discount at the local multiplex.

But it provides for a hearing and leaves the final decision to the parole board.

As you might expect, Assemblyman Chris Tague, R-102, opposes the legislation, but his overwrought response doesn’t help the

argument.

“Here comes another bill down the pipeline highlighting the Assembly Democrats’ pro-criminal agenda,” Tague said. “Fast-tracking parole to aged inmates over 55 opens the door to all manner of criminals to be released back onto our streets.

While it doesn’t order their release, it’s a foot in the door for those who commit some of the most heinous crimes to be let loose, even if they haven’t served their minimum sentence. It’s frankly unbelievable.”

We don’t think Democrats or Republicans have the procriminal agenda that Tague suggests here. Nobody wants dangerous people out on the streets, no matter how old they are. And if the law allows criminals to get a foot in the door, the parole

hearing provision will soon shut that door tight.

The flipside of this argument, which Tague touches on, has merit. People over 55 can still carry and fire weapons, they can still rob banks and homes and stores, they can still prey on women and children and they can still pose a threat to society.

It all means that age is no true barrier against criminal behavior.

This isn’t about which party is right or wrong. For parole boards to sanction releases based solely on age would affirm the worst — that the institutions we rely on to keep us safe can’t be trusted, that they are arbitrary dispensers of get-outof-jail-free cards. This law is about the legitimacy of the system that put the criminals behind bars in the first place.

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Sorry, Mr. President, Congress has every right to investigate you The Washington Post

“There is no reason to go any further, and especially in Congress,” President Donald Trump told Washington Post reporters Tuesday, explaining why he was preparing to stonewall congressional requests for administration documents and testimony, possibly by invoking executive privilege. “We’re fighting all the subpoenas,” Trump said on Wednesday. “These aren’t like impartial people.”

If that were the standard, then Congress could never investigate anything.

Trump’s Republican colleagues must remember the battles they fought with President Barack Obama over transparency only a few years ago, when they ran the House. Obama asserted executive privilege to prevent then-Attorney General Eric Holder from turning over documents on the “Fast and Furious” gun-running scheme. Republicans held Holder in contempt of Congress.

As we said at the time, “No doubt a lot of congressional

investigations are partisan fishing expeditions. For better or worse, that comes with the democratic territory. Absent very strong countervailing considerations - stronger than some of those the administration has asserted in this case - Congress is generally entitled to disclosure.”

Democrats, too, are entitled to disclosure, particularly as they ask weighty questions about the potentially severe abuse of power in the top reaches of the White House.

Trump’s own words reveal that he is motivated not by any specific concern about protecting presidential decision-making or some other crucial executive-branch function - but by concealing anything that might land him in political jeopardy.

Courts have said little on the limits of executive privilege, but judges have been skeptical that the president has a generalized interest in secrecy that outweighs legitimate investigative inquiries.

Given that Trump himself admits that much of the information his aides might

disclose has already been revealed in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, the president appears mostly interested in avoiding a public spectacle. That is not the purpose of executive privilege.

Even so, administration officials say they will fight a congressional subpoena of former White House counsel Donald McGahn, whose testimony to Mueller proved damning for the president in the special counsel’s report. McGahn insisted that Trump told him to fire Mueller. The former White House counsel also said the president told him to deny that the episode ever occurred after reporters publicized that Trump had tried to meddle in an investigation into his own possible obstruction of justice. This episode could easily form the basis of an impeachment inquiry; it is well within the House Judiciary Committee’s right to insist on conducting its own follow-up questioning after the Mueller report’s release.

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Biden might offer a restful break for weary voters WASHINGTON — Three days before Joe Biden dove back into the deep end of the political pool, a rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said the terrorist who bombed the 2013 Boston Marathon, and everyone else in America’s prisons, should be allowed to vote, lest the “chipping away” of voting rights leave America “running down a slippery slope.” Such running — to be fair to the faux independent (he caucuses with Senate Democrats; he seeks the Democratic presidential nomination) — does sound dangerous.

Another Biden rival, California Sen. Kamala Harris, utilized the sort of verbal fudge that many Democratic presidential candidates resort to when they are terrified that they might be neglecting to stroke some obscure erogenous zone on the party’s progressive base.

She initially said Sanders’ idea should be part of a “conversation,” which is basically what she (and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren) said about “reparations” for slavery.

One or more of Biden’s rivals have endorsed, or at least deemed conversation-worthy, many ideas not uppermost in most voters’ minds: socialism, the Green New Deal, packing the Supreme Court, abolishing ICE and the Electoral College, free college, votes for 16-yearolds, “Medicare for All” (and private health insurance for no one), etc. Biden’s campaign slogan should be: “How about a president who doesn’t make the current one look less loony than he is?”

The large progressive component of the Democratic nominating electorate, comfortable in its intellectual silo, seems to have convinced itself of this: Because Donald Trump constantly makes sensible people wince, any Democratic nominee, even one from progressivism’s wilder shores, can win, so no nominee should be (in President John Quincy

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WILL Adams’ 1825 words) “palsied by the will of our constituents.”

(Adams lost the 1828 election to the populist Andrew Jackson, whose portrait adorns the current populist president’s Oval Office.)

Biden has already begun the requisite apology grovel whereby Democratic aspirants try to make amends for various violations of progressive orthodoxy. For example, in the 1970s, Biden was critical of court-ordered busing of (other people’s) children to schools outside their neighborhoods, supposedly in order to achieve “desegregation” but actually to engineer a court-desired racial balance. It would be fun if Biden would (he won’t) sweetly ask his rivals if they favor reviving this policy that helped Republicans win four of five presidential elections between 1972 and 1988.

Some non-delusional Democrats are thinking, not unreasonably, about how their party might carry Arizona, Georgia and even Texas, which have 11, 16 and 38 electoral votes, respectively. (Trump’s electoral-vote margin was 77.) Arizona has not voted Democratic since 1996, but in 2016 Trump defeated Hillary Clinton more narrowly there (3.5 percentage points) than in Ohio (8.1 points). Georgia last voted Democratic in 1992, but Trump defeated Clinton much less handily there (5.1 points) than he did in Missouri (18.6 points).

Texas last voted Democratic in 1976, but Trump’s margin over Clinton was smaller there

(9 points) than in Iowa (9.4 points). So, which Democrat is more likely than Biden to win one or more of those states?

However, first things first: Who is most likely to reacquire the decisive real estate lost in 2016 by a total of 77,744 votes — Wisconsin (22,748), Michigan (10,704) and Pennsylvania (44,292) — out of 13,940,912 votes cast in those states, which have 10, 16 and 20 electoral votes, respectively? Biden, who last lived in Pennsylvania more than half a century ago, has almost worn out the “I am Joe from Scranton” pedal on the organ, but his connection — Delaware is contiguous to Pennsylvania — might be enough to win Pennsylvania, where Trump’s victory margin was 0.7%.

Speaking of first things, Biden’s previous forays into Iowa have been dismal (he withdrew in September 1987; in 2008 he received 0.9% of the caucus vote), but as marketers of financial services say, “Past performance is not an indicator of future results.” And perhaps candidate congestion will save the Democrats from themselves: If a dozen or more are auctioning themselves to the incandescent progressives, and Biden can hold, say, 20 percent, this might suffice to get him down the road and into the final four.

Biden, whose smile is Jack Nicholson’s without the naughtiness, is not angry. His sporadic attempts at seeming so are transparently, and engagingly, synthetic. Neither, however, are most Americans angry. Rather, they are embarrassed and exhausted. Biden has a talent for embarrassing himself, but not the nation, and he probably might seem to weary voters to be something devoutly desired: restful.

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An open letter to Greene County Legislators To the editor: As you are aware, the employees of the Greene County Highway Department provide an essential, and often dangerous, critical services job funding for the citizens of Greene County, N.Y. We have not had a valid contract with Greene County since 2014 and are in current arbitration over various contract issues. We deserve a new contract to include a reasonable pay increase, and the protection of our earned health

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During the past 10 years, we have received no merit based pay increases. We have also seen the value of our take home pay decrease by about 12(+) percent. Please note that we also have families to feed and bills to pay.

The work we perform is hard, requires long hours in het and cold, and is inherently dangerous. Just being given an annual pizza event and handshakes from management and our local politicians no longer

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It is only reasonable and proper that the hard working employees of the Greene County Highway Department, and as members of Local 968A of AFSCME, deserve a new contract that properly pays us for our efforts.

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Mary Jane Ames Mary Jane Ames of Hudson Valatie, Christopher of Boston, passed away on Thursday April MA. and Daniel of NYC, her be25, 2019 surrounded by her loved grandchildren; Camdyn, beloved family. Mary Jane was Haley, Ashley & Brayden Ames born on September 7, 1951 in all of Valatie. Siblings Patricia Elmira, NY, a daughter of the (Anthony) Tuczynski, James late William and Betty Schum- (Maryanne) Schumacher, acher. The Schumacher’s Charles Schumacher, Michael moved to Catskill, NY where (Lisa) Schumacher, Andrew Mary Jane graduated from St. (Julie) Schumacher, Joan (RobPatrick’s Academy and High ert) Abrahamsen, and Judith School. She then attended Co- (Peter) Kusminsky. Also her lumbia Greene Comin-laws William Ames, munity College where Deborah Ames and Reshe met her most loved becca (Walt) Norvell, husband David. They and numerous nieces, were married Decemnephews and cousber 26, 1971 and shortins. Predeceased by ly thereafter spent the her brothers Thomas irst year of marriage in and Edmund SchumGermany. Mary Jane acher. A Mass of Chriswas an employee of tian Burial will be celAmes the Bank of New York ebrated on Tuesday, in Catskill until the early April 30, 2019 at 10:00 am from 80’s. She then was employed at Shop Rite in Hudson, and then Holy Trinity Parish, St. Mary’s the Hudson City School District Church, 429 East Allen Street, from which she retired after 23 Hudson. Interment will follow in years. Mary Jane enjoyed play- Cedar Park Cemetery. Visitaing golf and was a member of tion will be Monday from 3:00 the Nine and Dine Golf League to 7:00 pm at Bates & Anderson at Catskill Golf Club, and the – Redmond & Keeler Funeral Loose Ladies Golf League at Home, 110 Green Street, HudSunny Hill. She also enjoyed son. Donations in Mary Jane’s yoga, Mah-Jong, gardening, memory may be made to either traveling and walking, but most The American Cancer Society of all she loved and enjoyed be- or Eddy Visiting Nurse Associaing with her family. She was a tion 47 Liberty Street Catskill, wonderful friend to many Mary NY 12414 To leave a message Jane is survived by her husband of condolence please visit www.

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Mark S Danko It is with great sadness that the children of Mark S Danko of Maplecrest, NY announce his sudden passing on Monday, April 22, 2019 at the age of 62.

Mark was proud to be a “local” and was well known in his community. He deeply loved and always had a smile on his face when talking about his family, his best friend and constant companion (his dog), and anything with a motor. He was an active member of the Protectors Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club and was extremely passionate about being a part of the brotherhood and their mission to help those in need. He was also a volunteer ireighter and previously held the elected post of Fire Commissioner. Above all, he was an extremely loving and devoted Father and Grandfather. Mark will be sorely missed by his children, Kristopher, Sara

and Nicholas, and his grandsons Kaden and Emmett. He was for many years a single father and was a true family man.

He will forever be remembered for never slowing down, always having his dog by his side, being able to ix just about anything, and always being the irst person his children would call for help or advice. He lived life to the fullest, and left this world in a itting manner - surrounded by friends and lending a helping hand. At Mark’s adamant request, there will be no formal funeral services. There will be a relaxed memorial gathering to celebrate his life on Sunday, May 5th, 2019 at 1 PM at the American Legion in Greenville, NY. In lieu of lowers, please consider donating in Mark’s name to the Protectors Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club or Saint Jude’s Hospital.

Judith Tassinari Bronson Jones Judith Tassinari Bronson Service will be held on Friday, Jones died peacefully on April May 3, 2019, at 11:00 am at 23, 2019… Judy is survived by St. John’s Church, 51 Church her daughters Susan Street, New Hartford, Fergusson and husCT. The family will reband Brian of New ceive friends and loved Hartford,CT, Karen Vibones at the church ert and husband Marty from 10:00 -11:00am of Bristol, CT and Cathprior to the service. erine Robayo of TorO’Brien Funeral Home, rington, CT; her grand24 Lincoln Ave., Forchildren Ian Fergusson, estville, CT is assisting Adam Fergusson, Anthe family with the ardrew Vibert, Milli Vibrangements. To leave Jones ert, Jessie Robayo; her an online message of brother Robin Tassinari and condolence, share a memory or wife Anne (O’Leary) of Spencer- a photo, please visit Judy’s tribtown, NY; and by her sister-in- ute page at www.OBrien-Funerlaw Nancy Baron. A Memorial alHome.com.

Margaret M. Madden Margaret M. Madden, age Madden and her brother Francis 74 years, of Coxsackie, N.Y., Brady. Among Margaret’s many passed away on February 27, talents, she was the very best 2019, at St. Peter’s Hospice, at helping others, which she Albany, N.Y. She was born on loved to do so much. She had February 10, 1945, in Queens, the biggest heart. Funeral arN.Y. and is the daughrangements are under ter of the late William the direction of Richand Martha (Spooner) ards Funeral Home, Brady. Survivors in29 Bross Street, Cairo, clude her daughters N.Y. A Memorial Mass Tara Powell and Bridgwill be held on Saturet Madden, two brothday, May 4, 2019, at ers Christy and John 11:30 A.M. St. Mary’s Brady, granddaughR.C. Church, Coxsackter Kayla Britton, two ie, N.Y. with Rev. Fr. grandsons Thomas Madden Scott VanDerveer, The Madden, Jr. and Liam Madden, and great grandson Celebrant, oficiating. Interment Brayden Siciliano. Margaret will will follow in the family plot of be missed by many friends and The Cairo Cemetery, Cairo, N.Y. other family members. Besides Condolences may be made at her parents, Margaret is pre- www.richardsfuneralhomeinc. deceased by her son Thomas net.

William Clinton Sherlock

Robert Fisher

William Clinton Sherlock Born: mischief. Some life lessons he January 15, 1951 Died: April 23, imparted upon his children were 2019 Clint Sherlock cheated and how to drive, check the oil and faked death so many times it’s change a tire; how to clean spechard to believe that he’s really tacles to gleaming; the art of a gone. We’re still expecting him to irm handshake; and to stay away recover or yell “boo!” and laugh from blue dragonlies because in our faces. As a kid growing up they sew your lips shut. Clint was on Kinderhook Lake, Clint spent also the world’s best yoo-hoo his days swimming, rowing, and shaker, big bad wolf impersonice skating, and while his athleticism waned later in life, he was ator, phony language linguist, and Pop Pop. Among especially fond of toolhis favorite pastimes ing around the lake with was driving around on a friends and family in sunny day with the sunShorty’s pontoon boat. roof open and the stereo Clint loved that lake and blasting. He enjoyed sitnever strayed far from it ting outdoors near a lake throughout his life. Clint or river reading hardcovis survived by his beloved daughters: Erica er biographies. Clint also (Jonny), Kelly, and Valerloved music, ilm, and Sherlock ie; ive treasured grandsports and if you pricked children: Veronica, Anhim he would bleed Yankees thony, Roxy, Alice, and Evelyn; pinstripes. Friends will agree three strapping brothers: Chris that Clint was always the life of (Liz), Clayton, and Craig and their the party… when he showed up. ive lovely daughters. He is pre- Strong-willed to the end, Clint deceased by his parents. Clint spent his inal weeks stubbornly adored his girls and secretly conrefusing to give up the ghost to ided in each that she was his favorite. Famous for his sense the stunned disbelief of the hosof humor, he made up twisted pice nurses, but not to those who bedtime stories and frequently knew him. One in fact called him played tricks on them, the most “a marvel.” He was a marvel innotable of which was pretend- deed. A celebration of life in the ing to be dead on Christmas Day form of a posthumous roast will 1997. Time together was spent be held from Sunday, April 28th laughing, singing, eating lots of from 2-8pm at Ryan’s Bar & Grill, sugar and making memorable 1009 Kinderhook St., Valatie, NY.

Robert Fisher, 60, passed all over for his humor, stories away on Tuesday and contagious en4/23/19. He was born thusiasm. His family is in Catskill, NY and thankful for your supgrew up in Cairo, NY. port and thoughts at Robert was a retired this time. If you wish to Assistant Head Jailer express condolences for the Greene County the Fishers’ can be Sheriff’s Department reached at PO Box and also worked for the 8962 Albany, NY 12208 Cairo-Durham middle or fisherblvd@gmail. and high schools. He com. Services will be Fisher will be remembered held privately at the by his family and friends from convenience of the family.

Naval Academy’s police chief leaves post Nick Anderson The Washington Post

The police chief at the U.S. Naval Academy left the position abruptly this week, but a Navy spokesman declined Friday to give a reason for the change in leadership of the security force in Annapolis, Maryland.

Lance Royce had led the law enforcement unit of Naval Support Activity Annapolis. It is a position equivalent to campus police chief for the school, which has about 4,400 midshipmen. Ed Zeigler, a spokesman for Naval District Washington, which oversees support operations

for the Navy in the capital region, said Friday that Royce no longer holds the police chief post.

In late March, the Navy disclosed that Royce was under investigation in connection with a sexual harassment complaint. Zeigler said Friday the investigation had ended with findings that were “inconclusive.”

“That was not the reason the individual is no longer working there,” Zeigler said.

Neither Royce nor a deputy chief responded to telephone messages seeking comment.

A spokesman for the academy declined to comment.

Butina sentenced for role in Russian influence campaign Sharon LaFraniere and Eileen Sullivan The New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON — The gun-loving Russian woman who ran a secret operation to influence conservative Americans was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison.

The woman, Maria Butina, 30, pleaded guilty late last year to conspiring to act as a foreign agent, admitting that she was part of an organized Russian campaign to create unofficial lines of communication between Russia and influential Republicans. Prosecutors initially described her as a charming operative who traded sex for access to influence powerful conservative circles, including the National Rifle Association, though they later acknowledged being “mistaken” on the salacious aspect of the accusations.

The Justice Department had recommended an 18-month sentence and cited “substantial assistance” that Butina provided to investigators. Including time served, Butina will be incarcerated nine more months and then promptly deported. Butina has been incarcerated for nine months,

and her lawyers recommended no further time.

“Nothing about Maria has been secret,” said one of Butina’s lawyers, Alfred Carry, also citing her cooperation with investigators and noting that she had “languished” in solitary confinement.

In a tearful voice, Butina asked the judge for mercy, saying she never intended to harm the American political process. “The United States has always been kind to me,” she said. “I just didn’t register because I didn’t know to.”

But Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia disagreed. “This was no simple misunderstanding by an overeager foreign student.”

“She was not simply a grad student,” Erik Michael Kenerson, an assistant U.S. attorney, said Friday. “Even though she did not transmit classified secrets,” he said, “the information that the defendant took back to Russia through the back channel she sought to establish was of extreme importance” and “had serious potential to harm the U.S. political process.”

Many Americans oppose impeachment, FUNERAL DIRECTORS but also say Trump lied to public Dan Balz and Scott Clement The Washington Post

WASHINGTON - A majority of Americans say they oppose calls for Congress to launch impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump in the wake of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and whether the president sought to interfere with the probe, according to a WashWASHINGTON POST PHOTO BY JABIN BOTSFORD ington Post-ABC News poll.

President Donald Trump stops to talk to reporters and members Currently 37% of Americans of the media as he walks to board Marine One and depart from favor starting the process that could lead to impeachment, a the South Lawn at the White House on Friday, April 26, 2019. slight dip over the past month, political danger for Democrats both as it was taking place and while 56% say they oppose as they seek to win back key since, calling the entire matthe idea, about the same as a centrist voters in their goal of ter a “witch hunt” and allegamonth ago. beating Trump next year. tions of collusion a “hoax.” The House Democrats are grapHouse Democratic leaders president’s credibility is called pling with the question of how have said they will pursue vari- into question by a majority of to proceed in light of Mueller’s ous investigations, including Americans, with 58% saying findings and the public release possible obstruction of justice they believed he has lied to the of the redacted report, which by the president, although public about matters under detailed multiple examples of they have so far stopped short investigation by the special potential obstruction of jus- of embracing the idea of im- counsel. One in three say they tice. peachment itself. But some believe he has told the truth.

The new survey highlights Democratic presidential canMueller’s report said the inthe dilemma faced by House didates say the Mueller report vestigation did not establish Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Ca- justifies pursuing such pro- that there was a conspiracy lif., and other leaders in her ceedings and are urging House among Trump campaign officaucus: While party leaders leaders to move ahead. cials to work with the Russians have sought to tamp down Mueller receives positive to sabotage the 2016 election, impeachment talk, worried marks from both Democrats though there were many conthat engaging in such a pro- and Republicans, with 53% of tacts between campaign assocess would backfire in the 2020 Democrats, 56% of Republi- ciates and Russians with ties to elections, their political base cans and 51% of independents the government detailed in the supports it. saying they believed the report report.

Roughly 6 in 10 Democrats was fair and evenhanded. Less Support for impeachment is say they support the initiation than 3 in 10 of any partisan higher among Americans unof such an investigation in the group says the report was not der the age of 40 than among House, with 53% saying they fair. That marks a significant those older. It is highest among hold that view strongly. Mean- shift in attitudes since Janu- African Americans, 69% of while, nearly 9 in 10 Republi- ary, when barely one-fifth of whom say they favor it. The cans oppose impeachment, Republicans (22%) thought strongest opposition comes with 78% strongly opposed.

Mueller’s report would be from white evangelical ChrisAbout 6 in 10 independents fair while 62% of Democrats tians, white men without colare against impeachment now had confidence in the special lege degrees, white mainline and independents are more counsel to issue an evenhand- Protestants and white Cathoopposed today than they were ed report. lics. Support is higher in the when measured in a January Trump has repeatedly de- Northeast and the West than it poll — a sign of the potential nounced the investigation, is in the South and Midwest.

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Nothing like a good routine to start the day I’m starting to like routines.

Routines are comfortable, doing the same things in the same order means that all is well in my little world. There’s my morning routine, awaken at 7:15, crawl out of bed, head for the bathroom to the tune of the cartilage chorus while my major body parts fight for position. A brush and flush and back to the bedroom to decide on the attire for the day. Jeans, sweatshirt, sneakers — good choices, same as yesterday and the day before but good choices nevertheless, jeans are gotten out of their drawer, sweatshirt of the day off the sweatshirt shelf in the closet and laid side by side on the bed. Clean undies and t-shirt out and on, no prob-

WHITTLING AWAY

DICK

BROOKS lem! The first challenge of the day now faces me. I open the sock drawer and choose the socks of the day. I sit on the edge of the bed, hold the top of the sock in the open position and attempt to lasso my big toe. I wonder again why it is that as you age and suppos-

edly start to shrink, your feet start to move out of reach. I remember as a small child being able to put my big toe into my mouth, now I’m lucky if I see it let alone reach it. Big toe snared! Let the wrestling match begin, a few minutes of rolling around and making the proper grunting noises and I win for another day. This morning sporting event gets my heart started and my blood pressure up to operating level and most of my joints have found the place where they want to be in for the day.

I head downstairs, slowly since my joints haven’t quite warmed to full activity level yet. We greet The Queen, who arises first (she’s younger than us) and makes the staff of life.

Telly goes and sits near the kitchen door, I put on my hat and jacket, light my old pipe on the porch, hook up his leash and go out to see what kind of day The Big Guy has made for us.

Telly has his own routine.

We tour his favorite unwatering spots, we have to check the gutter down spout, where once upon a time, he saw a chipmunk disappear. We check it two or three times a day. He leads me, following the invisible tracks of the deer, squirrels and cats who have passed through since last night.

When he’s satisfied that all sniffs have been sniffed and no strange critters are to be found on the property, he heads for

the porch door. Inside again, we refresh The Queen’s coffee and put four slices of bread in the toaster. I fill my stoneware beer mug with coffee.

I’ve drunk my coffee out of it for years, it holds two cups and keeps it warm for a long time. I’ve tried other coffee mugs, we have a large selection of them but none of them feels right or keeps the coffee warm for as long. The toast pops, I butter all four slices, put three on the plate and cut the fourth into 12 pieces, not 10 or 15—12 and put them on the plate. I take my coffee and toast and go sit in my old recliner. Telly comes and lies beside the chair.

I put a piece of toast between his paws, he looks at it,

says Grace, licks it and then slowly eats it and looks up for the next piece. We watch some of the Today show and stay out of The Queen’s way as she prepares for her day. Preparation done, we see her off and wish her a happy day. We tidy up a bit, Telly goes and sits by the door, I get my hat and pipe and out the door we go to face the adventures of the day. Nothing like a good routine to start your day right.

Thought for the week — “A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.” — Andy Rooney Until next week, may you and yours be happy and well.

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A hot topic: Tick prevention for dogs

By Charlene Marchand

Analyze your household to make a correct product choice.

These statements are not intended to endorse or discredit specific product lines. Because I field so many inquiries as to what I do, here it is: n Every 30 days, an application of K-9 Advantix II, 8 to 9 individual spots with one or two “drops” on a dry hair coat. n From typically March to November, a light, daily spray of Off Smooth & Dry (like we would use) on legs, belly furnishings, and chest. n Once per month, a spray of Adams Flea & Tick Repellent. n I do not use any oil-based products on the hair coat of my dogs.

For cats, DO NOT change your approach without a veterinary consultation. As well, some products may be contraindicated with a specific dog’s health profile. Hope this helps!

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Tick prevention remains a hot topic, especially in these latter days of April. A number of my training clients’ dogs tested positive for Lyme, anaplasmosis and even Rock Mountain Spotted Fever through the course of this 2018-2019 winter. A client’s relative had a 10 and a half-week-old pup test positive for Lyme a month ago.

Concerning picture, to say the least. The coldest of nights were not cold enough or extended for long enough to make a dent in the aggressive and voracious resident tick population. We continue to have extensive discussions on various protocols.

Let’s review where we “are at,” and pick the brains of our veterinary practitioners for the best course of treatment, specially if we are experiencing “breakthrough.” Many holistic and “natural” protocols have been suggested through the years — in my opinion, none of them effective (some not even safe) to get the job done in this external parasite-friendly environment. n Clinical trials have given resoundingly failing grades to brewer’s yeast and garlic for flea and tick prevention. n Apple cider vinegar also boasts a grade of “ineffective.”

Many oil therapies (primarily using citrus extracts or tea-tree oil) are proven useless against eggs and often trigger skin irritation I consider myself as having an “east-west” medicine approach to the health of my companion animals. That having been said, I’m suggesting a “western” medicine approach to hopefully protect our canine kids from the potentially fatal ravages of a vector disease.

So, what works? Ask your vet.

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Pictured are CGHS/SPCA Adoption Counselor Shelbie Smith and our friendly shelter resident, Bear. Bear is a very intelligent, energetic 6-month-old Staffordshire Terrier mix. Bear is good with cats, dogs and older children. With the right home, we have no doubt she will be the missing piece to your family. Bear has so much potential, and with training and lots of love, she will thrive in her new home - maybe that’s you. n Many rave about the eightmonth protection period of the Seresto collars. n K-9 Advantix II has repellant properties to boost its efficacy (but can be lethal to exposed cats). n Vectra and Bravecto topicals seem popular on the current front.

n Nexguard chewable is a systemic approach to protection, but the tick has to bite to die. n Credelio is new — the jury is still out. n Frontline Plus Gold is claiming an improved performance, but past experiences cite a good bit of breakthrough.

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COXSACKIE — A rummage sale will be held 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

April 27 at Coxsackie United Methodist Church, 103 Mansion St., Coxsackie. Lunch served Friday and Saturday with egg sandwiches served in the morning on Saturday.

There will also be a food sale on Saturday. The church is handicapped accessible.

NEW BALTIMORE — The Food and Fellowship Luncheon Program will be held noon-2 p.m. May 8 at the New Baltimore Reformed Church, corner of Route 144 and Church Street, New Baltimore.

This will be the last of the luncheons until the fall. The menu is oven barbecue chicken, potato salad, macaroni and cheese, three bean salad and rhubarb cake. Following the meal there will be music

by The Delmariners. This luncheon is open to all members of the community. To facilitate planning, reservations are encouraged by the Sunday before the luncheon. To make reservations, call the church at 518-756-8764 or email them at nbrchurch@aol.com. Include name, contact number, and the number of reservations you are making for this meal.

If you need transportation or physical assistance, leave that information as well. Dining space is limited to 60 seats.

Free will offerings are graciously accepted to offset food costs.

ANTIQUES SHOW FREEHOLD — The Freehold Church, 3592 Route 67, Freehold, will hold an antiques show 10 a.m.-5 p.m. May 4.

Want to know what your attic treasures are worth? For $5 you can bring 1 or 2 items in to have them evaluated and appraised by experts from the Coxsackie Antique Center.

MEETING CAIRO — The Greene County Women’s League Cancer Patient Aid will meet May 7 at Angel’s Family Restaurant, 4385 Route 23 in Cairo.

Lunch is at noon and meeting is called to order at 1 p.m.

Greene County Women’s League (G.C.W.L.) is a nonfor-profit organization whose mission is to provide Greene County cancer patients with assistance in paying medical expenses resulting from the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. One hundred percent of donations are committed to patient care. For information, call 518-819-1249.

FOOD AND FELLOWSHIP

WOMEN’S LUNCHEON COXSACKIE — ColumbiaGreene Women’s Luncheon will be held 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

May 8 at Pegasus Restaurant, 10885 Route 9W, Coxsackie.

Dr. Michelle Zhubrak, foot specialist from Hudson, will speak. Music will be provided

by Judi Merriman who will also be the speaker from Albany.

Bring a friend, they’ll be glad you did. Reservations are necessary and cancellations a must. RSVP no later than May 6. Call Ruth at 518-634-7405 or Marion at 518-537-4147. Cost is $12.50 inclusive (cash only).

The group meets the second Wednesday of each month for lunch and an uplifting program.

RUMMAGE AND BAKE SALE CAIRO — The South Cairo United Methodist Church, 25 County Road 67, Leeds, rummage and bake sale will be held 9 a.m.-2 p.m. May 9 and May 10.

HAM DINNER SOUTH BETHLEHEM — The South Bethlehem United Methodist Church, 65 Willowbrook Ave., South Bethlehem, will serve a ham dinner 4:30-7 p.m. May 10. Eat in or take out.

Adults, $10; children 10-12, $5; children 9 and younger, free.

For information, call Emily Shutter at 518-813-0661.

CRAFT FESTIVAL RICHFIELD SPRINGS — Applications are currently being accepted for the 40th Annual Friendship Craft Festival sponsored by the Church Of Christ Uniting in Richfield Springs. It will take place 9 a.m.-3 p.m. June 8 in Spring Park on Route 20, Richfield Springs. For information, an application and festival details go to www.rschurchofchristuniting.com or call Lani King at 315-858-9451.

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ELMIRA - Elmira College released its dean’s list for Academic Achievement for the winter 2019 term. Students making the list include: Krystyna Lilland of Saugerties; Erin Marafioti of Coxsackie (12051)

SAUGERTIES — SUNY Canton recognizes Carly R. Voerg of Saugerties for earning the highest GPA for their class year in the Veterinary Service Admin program. Voerg is a junior scheduled to graduate in 2020.

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CATSKILL — Darnell Edge of Catskill, a student at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Metropolitan Campus in Teaneck, NJ, has been named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2018 semester.

CATSKILL — Deborah Brannan of Catskill, a student at Hudson Valley Community College, was recently named as a recipient of the State University of New York Chancellor’s

Award for Student Excellence.

Brannan is studying in the theatre arts academic program.

SUNY ONEONTA SAUGERTIES — James Bethel, of Saugerties, was one of four SUNY Oneonta students to receive the 2019 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson presented the awards to the students during a reception in their honor in Albany. Bethel is studying communication at SUNY Oneonta.

Arbor Day: Lots of good reasons to plant trees April 26 was Arbor Day and all over America thousands of people planted trees to commemorate the day.

This custom was started by a man named Sterling Morton, who was from northern New York, but moved to Nebraska. Nebraska is a state that surely could use some trees, since more than 97 percent of the state is cropland. I cannot imagine living somewhere that was not mostly forested. I have lived in the Northeast all of my life and one of nicest things about this region is that trees grow everywhere. Even my annual trips to Florida find me in a vastly different type of forest, but it is still a forest.

Florida forests scare me a little bit because I don’t know the plants like I do in the Northeast. Ignorance is the precursor to fear and oftentimes fear leads to suspicion.

Suspicion leads to distrust, distrust births hatred and hatred causes violence. Early settlers feared the unknown forests and set about to remove as much of it out of fear and hatred, as out of necessity. Much of the hatred that exists in the world today is also based on ignorance and follows the exact same sequence I outlined above.

I am sure there are lovely parks in Nebraska and even the metropolis of Manhattan has Central Park and other places that have trees, but most of these have been intentionally planted by humans. The trees that grow on their own along roads and in vacant lots are sometimes species that have been introduced from elsewhere and are often considered as weeds because they are “exotic.” Urban conditions are not necessarily ideal for tree growth. I applaud any tree that grows in downtown Brooklyn, even if it is not a “native” species. Most of the people who live in Brooklyn are not native Americans either.

I have been asked by some new landowners to

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BEYFUSS our region what they should do in order to grow a forest around their homes. The answer is that they need to do nothing at all, except refrain from mowing. It does not take many years for a mowed field or a mowed lawn to become a young forest.

Typically, if left alone, the lawn grasses will soon be shaded out and replaced by tall growing perennials such as goldenrod, wild asters, English daisies and others. Within a few more years shrubs will appear and some pioneer tree species will begin to grow at the same time.

Pioneer tree species may include quaking aspen, white birch, white ash, staghorn sumac, ironwood, black cherry and other species that require full sun. Eventually these short-lived trees (usually) will be replaced by more longlived species such as sugar maple, red oak, hickory, pines and beech. In less than 20 years the previously mowed lawn will closely resemble the forest that surrounds your property, without any effort on your part at all.

Of course this does not mean that those of us who

already live in forested land should not plant trees on our property. There are lots of good reasons to plant trees.

I have planted trees to commemorate the births of my four grandkids. Grandson number one, Will, has a beautiful gingko tree planted in his honor the year he was born and now that he is 12 years old, that tree is almost 15 feet tall. It is a beautiful specimen!

I planted another gingko for Will’s cousin, Christopher, now age 10, and in the past few years I planted two peach trees. One for Will’s brother Danny, also 10, and one for Christopher’s sister, Veda, who is 8 years old now.

I hope that these kids will grow up and get to see “their” trees grow to maturity as they grow up. You can plant a tree in memory of a loved one who has passed. You can plant a tree for a lover, past or present, or maybe for an unrequited love that never happened. Most people plant trees simply because they like the way they look in the landscape, but there are also “working trees” that are planted for specific purposes such as windbreaks, Christmas trees, maple syrup or future timber harvests. Some are planted for wildlife food, others for human food. Some are grown for their flowers, some for shade and some for their form or leaf color. One of my favorite quotes is, “The best time to plant a tree was 25 years ago; the next best time is tomorrow.”

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Pastor Paul Meador • Sunday Worship 11:00am (all are welcome) • Church School: “Faith Builders Kids Christian Education” Wednesday at 7pm • Wednesday, Bible Study & Prayer - 7-8:30pm (all are welcome) • Food Pantry, Last Saturday of the month, 10-11am and last Monday of the month, 5-6pm, or by appointment • Thrift Shop Open April 12 - Mid Oct., Thursdays 10 - 4 Saturdays 10 - 2 and when Food Pantry is open. (Handicap Accessible) • Youth Group - Grades 6 - 12 2nd and 4th Thursdays @ 6:30pm

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Ichabod Crane’s Nick Pelesz takes a throw from the outfield as Ravena’s Tyrell Irvis slides safely in to second base during Thursday’s Colonial Council baseball game.

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Congratulations to James Young Jr., 13, of Durham on his first ever bird. The 20 lb. tom with a 10 inch beard and 1-inch spurs was taken just 20 minutes before the close of the 2019 Youth Season this past Sunday.

2019 youth turkey season is in the books

By Larry DiDonato

day. After a long morning of calling and waiting, they managed to get a reluctant tom within range for a perfect 30-yard shot, just 20 minutes before the close of the 2019 Youth Season this past Sunday.

Across the river, Kathy Burke and Jim Bertram, of the Columbia County Sportsmen’s Federation’s Youth Outdoor Education Program, report several nice birds taken during the youth hunt. Many on second and third tries after failing to connect during pre-

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Area youths had mixed success during last weekend’s Youth Turkey Season.

But that all depends on your definition of success. All who participated came out a winner for having spent quality time outdoors, hunting with family and friends.

Patience and persistence were the watchwords that paid off for James Young Jr., 13, of Durham. After hunting all morning Saturday with no success, he and his dad tried again and were at the ready before sunrise the next

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RAVENA — Spencer Brown pitched a three-hit shutout with 15 strikeouts to lead Ravena to a 1-0 victory over Ichabod Crane in Thursday’s Colonial Council baseball game at Pieter B. Coeymans Elementary School.

Brown walked only two in his 6 2/3 innings on the mound. Carter Sorensen got the final out of the game on a strikeout.

The Indians scored the only run Brown would need in the third inning when Sorensen singled, was sacrificed to second by Noah Algozzine and came home on Brian Burns’ single.

Ichabod Crane pitcher Jake Siter pitched well in defeat, allowing just the one run and five hits with six strikeouts and two walks.

Camdyn Ames, Trevor Wolfe and Justice Suafoa all singled for the Riders (2-5).

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Ichabod Crane outfielder Trevor Wolfe fields a base hit during Thursday’s Colonial Council baseball game against Ravena.

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single and an RBI, Mackenzie Wendelken a double and single, Gabbie Cox a triple, Cali Ringwood a single and an RBI and Lauryn Heffner, Kaili Saccento and Emma Scheitinger a single each.

Kayla Loomis was the losing pitcher, striking out six, not walking a batter and allowing 17 runs (six earned) and 14 hits. Ravena committed 11 errors.

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RAVENA — Marissa Wheeler threw a fiveinning no-hitter with 11 strikeouts to lead Ichabod Crane to a 17-0 victory over Ravena in Thursday’s Colonial Council softball game.

Wheeler improved to 2-1 with a 0.77 earned run average. Both of her wins were no-hitters, with one being a perfect game.

She has struck out 36 and walked only four in 18 innings.

Wheeler’s teammates gave her all the run support she would need in the first inning with a ninerun outburst.

Brittany Futia led ICC (7-1) with a triple, double, single and four RBI. Wheeler helped her own cause with a double, single and four RBI, Jenna Downey had a double,

NON-LEAGUE Chatham 4, Glens Falls 1 CHATHAM — Jenna Skype fired a two-hitter and Chatham, the No. 11 Class C team in the state, posted a 4-1 victory over Glens Falls in Thursday’s non-league softball game.

Skype struck out four, didn’t walk a batter and See WHEELER B6

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Wheeler’s no-hitter lifts ICC; Chatham rolls

win column with a 7-4 victory in Thursday’s Dlaware League baseball game.

Billy Miller and Ian Stanton combined for the win, scattering five hits and allowing four runs. Miller struck out 11 and walked three in five innings, while sTandon fanned five and walked two in two innings.

Stanton singled and drove in two runs. Connor Joedicke, Ivan Herrera and Mike Gavette each had a single and an RBI and Justin Johnson singled.

Brady Post collected two singles and three RBI for Windham (0-2, 0-6). Brent Emerton doubled and Chris Ohl singled.

Kyle Creech stated and pitched 3 2/3 innings for the Warriors, striking out five, walking two and allowing five runs and four hits.

Brian Van Valin finished up,

Kevin Knox took the microphone before the New York Knicks’ season finale. The rookie addressed the crowd, thanking them for their support and vowing to improve this summer.

Fans at Madison Square Garden roared with approval.

Nearly a year ago, these same Knicks devotees greeted the former Tampa (Fla.) Catholic star with a chorus of boos.

They bemoaned the selection of Knox, who went ninth overall, the highest pick ever from the area.

The pre-teen Crying Knicks Fan gave an exasperated shrug on ESPN. Spike Lee grimaced before reluctantly applauding.

Knox knew his every move would be dissected by loyal followers not quite sure how to view a lottery pick counted on to be the face of their franchise.

He had to score points, not only in games but with critics.

Eventually, Knox did both.

A few times this season, Knox posed for pictures with the Crying Knicks Fan (known only as Jordan), including the home finale.

“We laughed it up about

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New York Knicks forward Kevin Knox (20) shoots the ball against the Chicago Bulls at the United Center.

what happened on draft night,” Knox said. “He now says I’m one of his favorite

players.”

Knox also met Lee during a road game. The filmmaker

said he is looking forward to seeing Knox in a Knicks’ uniform for years to come.

To truly win over skeptics, Knox had to perform.

He did so in spurts.

At times, the 19-year-old struggled with the physicality of the NBA. Other times, he shined, putting up numbers worthy of someone selected so high.

In December, Knox scored 26 points and grabbed 15 rebounds against Charlotte, joining LeBron James as the only NBA players with at least 25 points and 15 rebounds in a game as teenagers. He also was named the NBA Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month in December after averaging 17.1 points and six rebounds.

Two months later, Knox played in the Rising Stars game as part of the NBA AllStar weekend.

Playing on a team devoid of veterans, Knox had a pivotal role, allowing him to go through a series of highs and lows as he learned by trial and error.

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In comes Daniel Jones, but Manning’s not done yet David Waldstein The New York Times News Service

Pat Shurmur was on one phone welcoming the new Giants quarterback while at the same time Dave Gettleman was on another phone, reassuring the old quarterback that he is not on his way out, at least not yet.

The dueling calls were necessary because the New York Giants surprised the football world — and many of their fans — on Thursday night by selecting quarterback Daniel Jones of Duke with the sixth pick in the NFL draft. The team hopes Jones will eventually replace Eli Manning as the franchise quarterback.

The Giants, who made a bold selection last year when they chose running back Saquon Barkley with the second overall pick, generated much of the buzz of the first night of this year’s draft by taking Jones and two other players in the first round.

The Giants also chose Dexter Lawrence, a hefty interior defensive lineman from Clemson, with the No. 17 pick and traded up with the Seattle Seahawks to select Georgia cornerback Deandre Baker, considered by many to be the best cover corner available, with the 30th pick.

“We feel we got three guys who are going to impact this franchise for a long time,” Gettleman said.

But Jones was the choice that garnered the most attention, both for the reaction to his selection and for the transition he potentially represents, and he could come to define Gettleman’s tenure as general manager. That was why the Giants wanted to make sure that Manning, the 38-year-old veteran who has led the team to two Super Bowl titles, heard about it from them first.

Gettleman said he told Manning on the phone that he remained the starting quarterback and later told reporters that Manning was “fine” with the choice, even though it could hasten his departure and possibly ignite a quarterback controversy in the short term. Manning and Gettleman are both aware that, because the Giants drafted Jones so high — passing on the more pressing need for an elite pass rusher, in the process — there will be considerable pressure to see what Jones can do.

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Daniel Jones (left) is selected as the number six overall pick to the New York Giants and poses for a photo with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell during the 2019 NFL Draft in Downtown Nashville.

Whether that comes during a losing streak in 2019 with Manning struggling, at the start of the 2020 season or perhaps later, Gettleman would not say. But he made it abundantly clear how enamored he is with Jones, both for his mental acuity and his physical talent.

“I loved him on film,” Gettleman said. “I absolutely was in full-bloom love.”

Many of the Giants fans who went to MetLife Stadium to watch the draft did not share Gettleman’s passion for Jones, and they vented their displeasure as soon as the pick was announced. The reaction from commentators and fans on Twitter and football message boards was quick, and uniformly negative.

On ESPN, Mike Golic immediately exploded into laughter when the Jones pick was made. On Yahoo’s coverage, the commentators did the same.

Jimmy Kempski wrote on Twitter: “Just realized now that Daniel Jones was “pick 6.” My apologies if someone has already thought of this

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Josh Allen, the fearsome edge rusher from Kentucky, was available when the Giants made their selection, and many fans were hoping the team would take him and perhaps wait until later — or perhaps even until next year, when the crop of signal callers entering the draft is thought to be better — to find their next quarterback.

Indeed, the Jacksonville Jaguars scooped up Allen with the No. 7 pick. The Giants could have drafted Allen at No. 6 and taken the chance that Jones would still be available when they chose again with the No. 17 pick. But when you are in love, sometimes the heart won’t wait.

“I was not willing to risk it,” Gettleman said, adding: “The kid is really talented, a really talented football player.”

Gettleman also skipped on

Dwayne Haskins, the Ohio State quarterback that many feel has a better résumé and higher upside than Jones.

The Washington Redskins, divisional rivals of the Giants, chose Haskins with the 15th pick.

Haskins’ own reaction to the Jones pick was a laugh, a shake of the head and a shrug of the shoulders.

Jones, a walk-on and threeyear starter at Duke, is 6 feet 5 inches and 220 pounds, with the ability to throw accurately from the pocket and on the run. In his years at Duke, he was not statistically overwhelming. He had a .599 completion percentage and threw 52 touchdowns and 29 interceptions.

Jones passed for between 2,600 and 2,900 yards in each of his three seasons, in an era in which two dozen quarterbacks a year break 3,000 and a

few, including No. 1 pick Kyler Murray, surpass 4,000. His adjusted yards per pass was 6.9 his senior year. Murray led the nation at 13, and Haskins was at 10.3.

“You just can’t look at the

raw numbers and say, ‘This guy can do it; he can’t do it,’” Shurmer said. “There’s reasons why a ball is complete or incomplete. I really wouldn’t share with you why that is, but I thought he was very productive.”

Shurmer also said that when he spoke to Manning after the pick was made, he told him that it was not his responsibility to teach Jones. His job will be to play well and keep Jones on the bench. For how long? Gettleman said it could be more than a year, and he invoked Aaron Rodgers, who sat for three years behind Brett Favre after being chosen in the first round by the Green Bay Packers in 2005.

When Jones does arrive to work, he will not be a stranger to Manning. Both quarterbacks played under David Cutcliffe in college. Cutcliffe also was the quarterbacks coach for Peyton Manning at the University of Tennessee, and he remains close to both Mannings.

Jones has worked out with the Mannings at Duke and at their passing camp in the offseason. Some even see Jones as another version of a Manning brother. But Jones acknowledged he must cut his own path to success.

“Understanding that I’m going to be myself and not try to be Eli,” he said of his approach, “and not try to be anyone but myself. Having confidence in who I am is going to be key to that process.”

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Mets’ Rhame gets 2-game ban for throwing at Hoskins Kevin Armstrong The New York Times News Service

New York Mets reliever Jacob Rhame insisted that he was just trying to establish his pitches inside when he threw two balls near the head of Phillies first baseman Rhys Hoskins in the ninth inning of Tuesday night’s win over Philadelphia. The Phillies believed the pitches were intentional and too high for comfort.

Major League Baseball agreed with the Phillies, as Joe Torre, the chief baseball officer for MLB, issued a two-game suspension Thursday for Rhame, who was also fined an undisclosed amount of money.

In a release, Torre said Rhame had been punished for “intentionally throwing a pitch in the area of the head.”

If Rhame does not appeal the ban, it will begin Friday, when the Mets start a series against

the Milwaukee Brewers.

Rhame, 26, is one of the Mets’ most unassuming relievers, taking the mound with thick-frame glasses or recreation goggles, but he inserted himself into the National League East rivalry with two high fastballs against Hoskins.

The Mets and the Phillies entered Thursday tied for first place in the division at 13-11 after exchanging series victories over the past two weeks.

Hoskins exacted his revenge Wednesday when he faced Rhame in the ninth inning for the second straight night. The Phillies were leading, 4-0, when Hoskins hit a two-run homer to left field. Hoskins made sure the ball was fair before starting a slow, deliberate trot around the bases. It took him 34 seconds to complete his victory lap.

When asked about the pace, Hoskins said that he was “just

enjoying the moment.”

Rhame did not take exception. He said: “Going through my mind is I shouldn’t throw one right down the middle to him. That’s about it.”

The seeds had been planted Tuesday night, as the Mets were leading 9-0 with two outs in the top of the ninth when Hoskins entered the batter’s box.

Hoskins took a step toward the mound, and both dugouts and bullpens began to empty onto the field, but the situation never escalated. The plate umpire, Scott Barry, warned both teams.

On the sixth pitch of the atbat, Rhame threw another ball above Hoskins’ head. It was called ball four. Hoskins took one step toward the mound before walking down to first base, escorted by Mets catcher Travis d’Arnaud and Barry.

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Legals ASSESSMENT ROLL AND GRIEVANCE INFORMATION Pursuant to Sections 506 and 526 of the Real Property Tax Law: Notice is hereby given that the Tentative Assessment Roll for the Town of Hudson is completed, and a copy thereof may be seen at 520 Warren St Hudson NY until July 1st.

Notice is hereby given that an Assessor will be in attendance with the Tentative Assessment Roll for the Town of Hudson on Saturday May 4th from 11am3pm, Thursday May 9th from 4pm to 8pm, Tuesday May 14th from 11am-3pm and Thursday May 16th from 11am-3pm at City Hall.

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Assessment Review for the Town of Hudson will meet to hear and examine all properly filed complaints in relation to assessments of Real Property on May 28th at The Central Hudson Firehouse 77 N Seventh St during the hours of 11am3pm and from 4pm8pm.

A publication containing procedures for contesting an assessment is available at the Assessor's Office or the Columbia County Real Property Tax Office as well as online at: http://www.tax.ny.gov/ p d f / p u b l i c a tions/orpts/grievancebooklet.pdf Thursday, April 25th 2019 Justin Maxwell Hudson Assessor Notice to Bidders The Town of Hillsdale is seeking a web designer and developer to update its WordPress website.

A detailed request for proposal is available by email: HillsdaleRFP@gmail.com, or for pick-up from the Town Clerk, located at The Hillsdale Town Hall, 2609 State Route 23, Hillsdale NY 12529, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm.

Sealed bids must be received by mail or delivered by hand to the Town Clerk at Hillsdale Town Hall, PO Box 305, 2609 State Route 23, Hillsdale, NY 12529 by 1:00pm, May24th, 2019.

ASSESSMENT ROLL AND GRIEVANCE INFORMATION Pursuant to Sections 506 and 526 of the Real Property Tax Law: 1. Notice is hereby given that the Tentative Assessment Roll for the Town of Hillsdale is

completed and a copy thereof may be seen at the Hillsdale Town Hall during normal business hours until May 30, 2019.

2. Notice is hereby given that an Assessor will be in attendance with the Tentative Assessment Roll for the Town of Hillsdale at the Town Hall on May 10, 17, & 24, during the hours of 8:15am-12:15pm, May 11th from 9am-1pm and May 21st from 48pm.

3. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Assessment Review for the Town of Hillsdale will meet to hear and examine all properly filed complaints in relation to assessments of Real Property at the Town Hall, 2609 Rt. 23, Hillsdale NY on May 30, 2019 during the hours of 4:00 to 8:00pm.

4. A publication containing procedures for contesting an assessment is available at the Assessor's Office or the Columbia County Real Property Tax Office as well as online at: http://www.tax.ny.gov/ p d f / p u b l i c a tions/orpts/grievancebooklet.pdf 1st day of May 2019 Pamela Cook, Assessor Town of Hillsdale Democratic Caucus Notice TOWN OF GHENT DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS Notice is hereby given to the enrolled Democrats of the Town of Ghent that a Caucus for the purpose of nominating candidates for election to Town Offices at the General Election to be held on November 5, 2019 will be held at Ghent Town Hall 2306 NY-66, Ghent, NY on May 11, 2019 at 10:00 am.

Koethi Zan, Town Chair, Ghent Democratic Committee Gallatin GOP Committee is holding a Republican Caucus for the purposes of nominating for; Town Justice- 4 year term, 2 Town Board/Council seats- 4 year terms, Town Supervisor2year term, Town Clerk/Tax Collector-2 year term.

Caucus is on Tuesday May 7th at 7 pm at Gallatin Town Hall at 667 County Route 7 in Gallatin.

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LEGAL NOTICE The bond resolution, a summary of which is published herewith, was adopted on the 11th day of March, 2019, subject to a permissive referendum and the period of time

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has elapsed for the submission and filing of a petition for a permissive referendum and a valid petition has not been submitted and filed, and the validity of the obligations authorized by such resolution may be hereafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which the Village of Coxsackie, New York is not authorized to expend money or if the provisions of the law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of publication of this notice, or such obligations were authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution.

Nikki M. Bereznak Village Clerk The following is a summary of said bond resolution: 1. The title of the bond resolution is: BOND RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE OF COXSACKIE, GREENE COUNTY, NEW YORK, ADOPTED MARCH 11, 2019, AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF A FIRE-FIGHTING VEHICLE, INCLUDING APPURTENANCES RELATING THERETO, STATING THE ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST OF SAID ACQUISITION, TOGETHER WITH CERTAIN COSTS PRELIMINARY AND INCIDENTAL THERETO IS $494,449, APPROPRIATING SAID SUM THEREFOR AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF UP TO $494,449 SERIAL BONDS OF THE VILLAGE TO FINANCE SAID APPROPRIATION. 2. The resolution, among other things, authorized the Village of Coxsackie, New York (the "Village") to acquire a motor vehicle for fighting fires (the "Fire-Fighting Vehicle"), including appurtenances relating thereto, stating the estimated maximum cost of said acquisition, together with certain costs preliminary and incidental thereto is $494,449, appropriating said sum therefor and authorizing the issuance of up to $494,449 serial bonds of the Village to finance said appropriation.

3. The estimated maximum cost of the FireFighting Vehicle, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and the

financing thereof, is $494,449 and said amount was appropriated therefor in the bond resolution. To finance said appropriation, serial bonds of the Village are authorized to be issued in the aggregate principal amount of up to $494,449 pursuant to, and in accordance with, the provisions of the Local Finance Law, constituting Chapter 33-A of the Consolidated Laws of the State of New York (the "Law").

4. The period of probable usefulness of the specific objects or purposes for which the bonds authorized by the resolution are to be issued is twenty (20) years, within the limitation of Section 11.00(a)(27) of the Law. The bond resolution summarized hereby is available for public inspection during normal business hours at the office of the Village Clerk, 119 Mansion Street in the Village of Coxsackie, New York, Greene County, New York.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN OF LIVINGSTON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that at 7:02 P.M. on Tuesday May 07, 2019 the Town of Livingston Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing at the Livingston Town Hall, 119 County Route 19, Livingston, New York on an application by LT Farms LLC an Area Variance. They were denied a Building Permit for 525 Blue Hill Road due to the following: Table 3.3 Schedule of Bulk Regulations #2, exceeds the maximum height of 35 feet for an accessory building larger than 1500 square feet in the LDR-2 Zone. Members of the public may be heard on the application at the public hearing or may submit comments in written form. The application materials are on file with the Town of Livingston and are available for public inspection.

Eileen Yandik ZBA Secretary 518 851 7460 LEGAL NOTICE The supplemental bond resolution, a summary of which is published herewith, was adopted on the 22nd day of April, 2019 and the validity of the obligations authorized by such resolution may be hereafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for

which the Village of Coxsackie, New York is not authorized to expend money or if the provisions of the law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of publication of this notice, or such obligations were authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution.

Nikki M. Bereznak Village Clerk The following is a summary of said supplemental bond resolution: 1. The title of the bond resolution is: "SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL BOND RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE OF COXSACKIE, GREENE COUNTY, NEW YORK, ADOPTED APRIL 22, 2019, APPROPRIATING THE ADDITIONAL SUM OF $3,136,155 TO UNDERTAKE A CERTAIN PROJECT CONSISTING OF THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPPING OF PORTIONS OF THE VILLAGE'S SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM, STATING THE ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST OF SAID ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPPING TOGETHER WITH CERTAIN COSTS PRELIMINARY AND INCIDENTAL THERETO (AS HEREBY SUPPLEMENTED) IS $17,236,155, APPROPRIATING SAID SUM THEREFOR AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF UP TO $17,236,155 SERIAL BONDS OF THE VILLAGE TO FINANCE SAID APPROPRIATION." 2. The supplemental bond resolution, among other things, authorized the Village of Coxsackie, New York (the "Village") to acquire, construct, reconstruct and equip portions of the Village's Sanitary Sewer System, as more fully set forth in the Engineering Report prepared by Delaware Engineering, D.P.C., as such report has been revised and amended (the "Project").

3. The estimated maximum cost of the Project, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and the financing thereof, was increased in the resolution by $3,136,155 to $17,236,155 and said amount was appropriated for the Project. To finance said appropria-

tion, serial bonds of the Village were hereby authorized to be issued in the aggregate principal amount of $17,236,155 pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the Local Finance Law, constituting Chapter 33-A of the Consolidated Laws of the State of New York (the "Law").

The supplemental bond resolution also authorized the Mayor and the Treasurer, each acting alone or together, to apply for one or more grants or loans or a combination thereof from the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation ("EFC") to finance all or a portion of the costs of the Project and certain costs and fees of EFC relating to the grants or loans.

4. The period of probable usefulness of the Project is forty (40) years, within the limitation of Section 11.00(a)(4) of the Law, except to the extent such items relate to replacement of equipment, machinery or apparatus, in which case, the period of probable usefulness is thirty (30) years and to the extent (if any) such items relate to the sealing of sewer lines (including inspection and testing procedures), the period of probable usefulness is fifteen (15) years, within the limitation of Section 11.00(a)(4) of the Law. The proposed maturity of the bonds authorized by this resolution will exceed five (5) years.

5. The supplemental bond resolution is not subject to a permissive referendum.

The supplemental bond resolution summarized hereby is

available for public inspection during normal business hours at the Village Clerk's Office located at 119 Mansion Street, Coxsackie, Greene County, New York 12051.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN OF LIVINGSTON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that at 7:04 P.M. on Tuesday May 07, 2019 the Town of Livingston Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing at the Livingston Town Hall, 119 County Route 19, Livingston, New York on an application by Thomas and Jennifer Bleau an Area Variance. They were denied a Building Permit for 390 Water Street Road due to the following: Table 4.2 #2 Schedule of Bulk Regulations, does not meet the setbacks for accessory structure in HDR-2 Zone is 10 feet for side set back.

Members of the public may be heard on the application at the public hearing or may submit comments in written form. The application materials are on file with the Town of Livingston and are available for public inspection.

Eileen Yandik ZBA Secretary 518 851 7460 The Town of Greenport will be flushing hydrants from April 21th thru May 17th, 2019 from 9 PM till 5AM. Residents may notice discoloration of water and should use caution in using washing machines during this period. If discoloration persists, please contact the Greenport water Department at 518828-3400.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the 2018 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report for the Village of Coxsackie was mailed to all homeowners who obtain their drinking water from the Village of Coxsackie on April 26, 2019. Copies may be obtained at the Village of Coxsackie Clerk's office, 119 Mansion Street, Coxsackie, NY 12051 or by calling (518) 731-2718. You may also download a copy from our website at www.villageofcoxsackie.com Nikki Bereznak, Clerk Public auction being held on May 13, 2019 at 12pm. 718 Red Mill Rd. Freehold, NY 12431. Conducted by Jessica South for the sale of three thoroughbred yearlings.

Description: (1) Lovely Lashes bay filly. (1) Irish Cove Dark bay colt. (1) Holly Bull bay filly. Notice of Lien and pending sale was sent to current owner, Douglas Maroun residing at 36 Sylvan Dr. Salem, NH 03079 with no return response.

The amount of $8884.50. Is past due as of April, 27, 2019.

NOTICE is hereby given, that sealed bids or proposals for stream restoration work in the Town of Jewett, NY will be received at the Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District (GCSWCD), 907 Greene County Office Building, Cairo, NY 12413 until 12:00 PM, local time on June 5, 2019, and will be publicly opened and read aloud at that time.

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The GCSWCD will conduct a Pre Bid Conference and site showing on May 10, 2019 at 10:00 AM. Attendance at the site showing is Mandatory and Contractors shall meet at the project site at Greene County Route 78 (Colgate Road) bridge, located 640 ft. east of the intersection of Greene County Route 23C and Greene County Route 78, in East Jewett, New York, 12424.

The work consists of the restoration of approximately 800 linear feet of stream channel, and will include excavation and fill to create a new aligned stream channel as well as construction of rock and log structures.

Work items also include the installation of various bioengineering practices and the creation of riparian and wetland areas and various plantings.

Bid Documents may be examined and issued free of charge on compact disc (CD) at GCSWCD office, 907 Greene County Office Building, Cairo, NY 12413. Paper copies of the Project Manual can be obtained upon receipt of a non-refundable deposit of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and Contract Drawings can be obtained for Fifty Dollars ($50.00) on April 26, 2019. The checks should be made payable to the Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District. Addenda, if any, will be issued only to those persons whose name and address are on record as having obtained the contract documents.

It is the Contractors' responsibility to verify and obtain any and all issued Addenda. It is requested that bid packages be picked up prior to the Pre Bid Conference date.

A certified check or bank draft, payable to the order of the Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District, negotiable United States Government Bonds (at par value), or a satisfactory Bid Bond executed by the Bidder and an acceptable surety, in an amount equal to at least ten (10%) percent of the Base Total Bid shall be submitted with each Bid. The GCSWCD is exempt from paying sales and compensating use taxes of the State of New York and of cities and counties on all materials to be incorporated into the work.

The successful Bidder, to whom a Contract is awarded, will be required to execute a

good and sufficient bond of indemnity of a duly authorized surety company, equal to the full amount of the Contract, as security for the faithful performance on the part of the Contractor of all the covenants and agreements contained in said Project Manual and Contract Drawings.

Bid selection will be made to the lowest, qualified, responsible bidder. The GCSWCD reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informalities therein, and to select the Bid, the acceptance of which, in its judgment, will best assure the efficient performance of work.

Bids may be held by the GCSWCD for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days from the date of the opening of bids, for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the qualifications of Bidders prior to awarding the Contract. All inquiries in reference to the project shall be directed to James Buchanan at the GCSWCD, at (518) 622-3620.

By Order of the GCSWCD, Jeff Flack, Executive Director.

NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT ROLL (Pursuant to Sections 506 and 526 of the Real Property Tax Law) Notice is hereby given that the Assessor of the Town of Greenville, County of Greene has completed the Tentative Assessment Roll for the current year and that a copy has been filed with the Greenville Town Clerk at 11159 SR 32, Greenville, New York, where it may be seen and examined by any interested person until Grievance Day. The Assessor will be in attendance with the Tentative Assessment Roll on the following days and locations.

Please note that due to the dual role of the Assessor in the adjoining Towns of Durham and Greenville, a joint session for those towns will take place on (Saturday May 11th**): At the Greenville Town Offices: Wednesday, May 6th, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.

Wednesday, May 13th, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.

Wednesday, May 13th, between the hours of 4:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.

by Appointment Only At the Durham Town Offices: **Saturday, May 11th, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.

by Appointment Only The Board of Assessment Review will meet on Monday June 3, 2019, between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., at the

Greenville Town Offices in said town, to hear and examine all complaints in relation to assessments, on the application of any person believing himself/herself to be aggrieved. A publication containing procedures for contesting an assessment is available at the assessor's office at the Greenville Town Offices.

Dated this 11th day of April, 2019 Gordon W. Bennett, LAO Sole Assessor ORDER TOWN OF DURHAM ESTABLISHMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DISTRICT PURSUANT to New York State Town Law Article 12-A, §§209, 209-c and 209-d the Town Board of the Town of Durham hereby ORDERS that pursuant to the maps, plans and reports filed with the Town Clerk of the Town of Durham on or about April 4, 2019, which are available for public inspection, the creation of an Emergency Medical Services District is hereby proposed to be established and the Town Board hereby further ORDERS that the description of the boundaries of such proposed extended district shall be as set forth in the attached Schedule "A" and shall include the entire Town of Durham and the Town Board hereby further ORDERS that the improvements and expenses proposed shall finance contract(s) with licensed contractor(s) to provide emergency medical services throughout the Town and in conjunction with the District and the Town Board hereby further ORDERS that the total maximum amount proposed to be expended is $199,356.00 (One Hundred Ninety Nine Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty Six Dollars) for the establishment of the District herein, and the Town Board hereby further ORDERS that the estimated cost to the typical property assessed at $125,000.00 (One Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Dollars) is proposed to be $102.88 (One Hundred Two Dollars and Eighty Eight Cents) annually and the Town Board hereby further ORDERS that the proposed method of financing to be employed is through the establishment of an independent taxing district on an Ad Valorem basis and will be taxed against all properties within the District, which shall be all properties within the Town and the use of conventional bonds by the

District, if necessary, and the Town Board hereby further ORDERS that the Town Board met and held a public hearing to hear all persons interested in the proposed Emergency Medical Services district on the 16th day of April, 2019 at 7:30 pm at the Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham, NY, and a second public hearing shall be held on May 7, 2019 at the same place and time for the adoption of the Resolution establishing the District; and the Town Board hereby further ORDERS that a copy of this ORDER, shall be posted on the official Town sign-board and shall be published in the official newspaper of the Town not less than 10 (ten) days prior to the meeting date and not more than 20 days prior to such date.

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF DURHAM DATED: April 16, 2019

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John Havlicek, a dynamo in two eras of Celtics glory, dies at 79 Harvey Araton The New York Times News Service

John Havlicek, a relentless force for the Boston Celtics over two decades and two championship eras and one of the greatest clutch stars in NBA history, died Thursday. He was 79.

His death was announced by the Celtics. No cause was given.

Havlicek showed an unassuming but unyielding consistency throughout a 16-season, Hall of Fame career. He was known by the nickname “Hondo,” given him by a childhood friend who had trouble pronouncing his surname and who thought Havlicek’s strong, silent demeanor was reminiscent of John Wayne in the 1953 movie of the same name.

One play epitomized Havlicek’s reputation as the pre-eminent hustle player of his time and possibly, as many older Celtics fan would argue, of all time.

On April 15, 1965, the Celtics were clinging to a 110-109 lead in the decisive seventh game of the 1965 Eastern Conference final playoff series. With five seconds remaining, center Bill Russell’s inbounds pass from under the 76ers’ basket hit a guide wire overhead, giving the 76ers the ball and a chance to win the series.

Guarding Chet Walker, a star forward for Philadelphia, in the area near the free-throw line, Havlicek began silently ticking off the five allotted seconds that 76ers’ guard Hal Greer had to inbound the ball. Then, at the count of four, Havlicek peeked back at Greer, who had just tossed the ball in Walker’s direction.

Havlicek reached and tipped the pass to Celtics guard Sam Jones, who

then dribbled out the clock to cement the Boston victory, setting off pandemonium in Boston Garden. Havlicek was hugged by Russell, mobbed by fans and stripped of his No.17 jersey.

The play was immortalized by the Celtics’ longtime radio broadcaster, Johnny Most, whose call — “Havlicek stole the ball!” — became enshrined in every highlight reel of the Celtics’ glorious history.

“Red Auerbach always said, ‘Look for an edge,’” Havlicek recalled in a 2015 NBA video marking the 50th anniversary of the steal, referring to the Celtics’ organizational patriarch and nine-time champion coach. “I did what I was supposed to do. I never realized it would last this long, but it is everlasting.”

Spanning eras that included Russell and Dave Cowens, star center of the 1970s, Havlicek was part of eight Celtics championship teams in all, never losing in an NBA Finals. He was also a standout at Ohio State when the Buckeyes won an NCAA title in 1960 and reached the championship game in two subsequent seasons, in which Havlicek co-starred with his roommate Jerry Lucas, another future NBA Hall of Famer. Those teams won 78 of 84 games. (Another member of the roster was Bob Knight, who would go on to a renowned and controversial career coaching college ball.)

It was with the Celtics that Havlicek developed his game as a unique twoposition player — small forward and shooting guard. Early in his career, he raised the visibility and value of the sixth man, or first man off the bench, before becoming a starter when Russell, a player-coach, retired after the 1968-69 season and Tom Heinsohn, a

former teammate of Havlicek’s, took over as coach.

Havlicek was voted to the all-NBA team four times, the second team seven times and the defensive first-team five times. Russell, who is considered to have been the most indispensable Celtic of all, called Havlicek “the best all-around player I ever saw.”

Havlicek, who averaged 20.8 points for his career, played in more games (1,270) for Boston than Russell, scored more points (26,395) than a later Celtic star, Larry Bird, and handed out more assists (6,114) than any other Celtic playmaker except Bob Cousy.

But when he joined the Celtics as a rookie in 1962 as the seventh pick of that year’s college draft, Havlicek was mainly a tenacious defender with an indefatigable work ethic. Some teammates, Cousy included, doubted he would amount to much.

“He didn’t really shoot from the outside or dribble that much,” said Heinsohn, who had played alongside Havlicek for several seasons in Boston.

“But he was like a wide receiver in football, and he would run and catch long passes from Cousy for layups.”

In his first scrimmage, Havlicek was matched with Jim Loscutoff, a burly forward known for his physical play.

After a while, a winded Loscutoff yelled out: “Hey, you’re crazy. Nobody runs like that. Slow down.”

Havlicek responded, “Quit pushing me so hard and I’ll quit running so hard.”

Havlicek never did stop moving, all the way to April, 9, 1978, when he scored 29 points in a victory over the Buffalo Braves. It was the last time a Celtic wore No. 17.

John Joseph Havlicek was born in Martins Ferry, Ohio, on April 8, 1940, the second son of Frank Havlicek, who had immigrated to the United States from Czechoslovakia at 12, and Mandy (Turkalj) Havlicek, who was of Croatian descent but born in the United States.

His parents ran a general store, and the family lived above it, on U.S. 40 in nearby Lansing, an Ohio Valley town of a few hundred residents near Wheeling, West Virginia.

According to Lucas, Havlicek worked diligently at everything, including his college studies. He was bewildered by Lucas’ reliance on his memory skills, fearing that his roommate would become academically ineligible and “ruin our team.”

As a professional, Havlicek was so focused on avoiding body fat that he typically arrived at training camp slimmed down and had to “eat his way back to his playing weight,” Heinsohn said.

“But he could do things like that because he was so darned disciplined,” he added.

Havlicek was a man of such preparation and routine that he folded his socks on a hangar in the locker room before slipping into his game uniform.

In an interview, Ryan, Havlicek’s coauthor, who covered the Celtics for The Boston Globe, called him “the all-time standard of stamina, the essence of moving without the ball and the greatest sixth man in history.” He added that Havlicek too often “falls between the cracks” of historical measure when compared to generational peers like Oscar Robertson and Jerry West.

In Boston, Havlicek was never undervalued after his rookie year, Heinsohn said. More than anything,

the Celtics could count on him to play hard and hurt, as he did in another Eastern Conference final seventh game, coached by Heinsohn, against the Knicks in 1973.

Earlier in the series, Havlicek had run into a screen set by Dave DeBusschere, the Knicks’ bruising power forward, separating his right shoulder. After sitting out one game, Havlicek labored through the final three games, reduced to mainly using his weaker left hand.

“His right arm was dangling — most guys wouldn’t have even been out there,” Heinsohn said.

The injury caught up to Havlicek in Game 7, when he was able to make only one shot and score 4 points as the Celtics lost a seventh game in the postseason at home for the first time. The New York Knicks, with Lucas in their lineup, went on to win the NBA championship.

The Celtics won the NBA championship title the next season, defeating the Milwaukee Bucks led by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (then known as Lew Alcindor) in seven games.

In the years after retirement from the Celtics, he maintained a low basketball profile, splitting his time between New England and Florida with his wife, Beth (Evans) Havlicek, whom he had met at Ohio State and married in 1967.

Havlicek is survived by his wife; a son, Chris, who played basketball at the University of Virginia; and a daughter, Jill Havlicek Buchanan, a high school basketball and lacrosse player who also played lacrosse at Virginia and married Brian Buchanan, a former major league ps, three or four steps to the rim — we would be even better,” he said. “For every dunk they’d get on us, we’d probably get two backdoor layups on them.”

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Turkey From B1 dawn efforts.

Weather conditions were not ideal on Saturday, but many who hung in there, kept the faith, and continued hunting, were rewarded with success.

Ethan Garbarini, hunting with mentors, Jim Bertram and Digger O’Dell shot a big gobbler weighing 23 1/2 lbs., sporting a 10½-inch beard and 1” spurs.

Deymian Barber with the assistance of mentor, Ed Benzinger took a 21 lb. tom with 1 ½-inch

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with the trade of Kristaps Porzingis and the release of Courtney Lee, moves made to create cap space this summer. In the final month of the season, the Knicks’ starting lineup besides Knox included another rookie, two second-year players and a third-year player.

The results showed. The Knicks finished 17-65, equaling the worst record in franchise history set by the 201415 team. They also finished with the worst record in the NBA for the first time since 1985.

“One of the biggest adjustments is dealing with a lot of ups and downs in the NBA,”

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Longbeards Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) will be hosting their Annual Veterans Turkey Hunt on May 3, 4 and 5.

Save the Date for the NWTF Banquet: Saturday, May 18 The Northern Catskills Longbeards Chapter of the NWTF is holding its annual Banquet on Saturday, May 18 at Anthony’s Banquet Hall in Leeds.

Field & Stream Outdoor Education Series: Fly Fishing in Streams & Ponds – Tuesday, April 30, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Learn the basics of fly fishing in lakes and ponds with

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Class includes everything you need to know to get started and even to improve your current techniques with discussions on proper line and gear selection to maximize fishing success.

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regain his starting spot after going through some midseason slumps.

Knox improved throughout the season. In the final 10 games, he averaged 15 points and 10 rebounds.

“It’s been a successful

rookie season,” Knicks coach David Fizdale said after a road game against Orlando earlier this month. “(Knox) went through all of the wars and battles that I wanted him to go through. The ups and the downs. He handled it with

real poise. Every time he went down he came back fighting again. I feel like right now he’s playing some of his best basketball.”

Days after the season ended, Knox returned to Tampa.

He has watched every NBA

playoff game, looking for ways to improve.

“I’m just watching, trying to pick up pointers,” Knox said.

“Hopefully, at this point next season, I’m out there on the court playing in the playoffs instead of watching at home.”

spurs and a 9 1/2 -inch beard.

Logan Hatch, 14, of East Chatham connected, harvesting a 20 lb. tom with an 8 1/2-inch beard and 3/4-inch spurs, and Sean Salvatore, hunting with mentor, ECO James Davey also harvested a bird. Joe Nastke, of Shooters Sports in Valatie, reports Mitchell Keegan, 13, of Kinderhook shot a 20 lb. tom with a nine-inch beard and one-inch spurs while hunting with his dad, Michael Keegan during the youth weekend.

New York’s Youth Turkey Season is a great opportunity to introduce younger people to hunting. Spring turkey hunting offers a reprieve from the

stoic, sit and wait techniques associated with deer hunting. If birds cooperate, the inter-active nature of turkey hunting helps keep youth’s interest.

Kids can easily learn to use box or slate calls, and when their renditions of a hen yelp are rewarded with a gobble, they can be hooked for life.

While the youth hunt may be over, we still have the entire month of May for both youth and adult hunters to continue the time-honored spring ritual.

Happy Hunting & Fishing until next time.

Knox said. “There’s a lot of points in the season where you’re not playing good basketball at all. And there’s points where you’re playing at a high level. I just want to make sure between those ups and downs I’m staying positive and staying in the gym.”

Knox lives in White Plains, about 45 minutes from the city, with his cousin, Jarnell Hughes.

“My cousin is there to work out with me and basically keeps me company,” Knox said. “A lot of people told me I would be lonely a lot and needed somebody to talk to so he’s basically there for me.”

There were low points interspersed between the highlights. Knox dealt with an ankle injury that sidelined him early in the season and had to

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Ex-stepdad seeks more contact than woman wants I am in my mid-20s, and a few years ago my mother divorced my stepfather. They were married for 17 years, and I grew up with him in the house for most of my life. After my sister was born, his behavior toward me changed to the point that in high school I spent most of my DEAR ABBY free time elsewhere to avoid his passive-aggressive behavior toward me.

Now that he and Mom are no longer together, he has been contacting me wanting to spend time with me. I feel awkward spending time with him because he acts like we were best friends when I was growing up. If I try to politely get out of it, he makes dramatic comments about no one caring if he lives or dies.

I would like to cut him out of my life and avoid the stress he causes me, but I’m afraid it will cause a rift between me and my sister, who had a great relationship with him and is always trying to get me to talk to him. I also know if I try to cut him out, he will start harassing my sister, and she doesn’t need that while she’s going to college. Should I stick it out for her?

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It isn’t large amounts, but I have two issues with it. When it’s time to pay bills, I end up paying more than my share because he doesn’t have the money (we split our budget a while ago).

Also, when I have asked if he has been doing this, he lies to my face.

This isn’t the first time he has lied to me, and I don’t know how to move past it. Last time, it was about drugs. I was ready to walk away because therapy helped me see that the problem wasn’t me, but then we worked on it. Now it’s about money.

I love him and would like to spend the rest of my life with him, but if there’s anything I can’t stand it’s a liar. What should I do?

Lied To In New England You should not be paying more than your share of the bills. It isn’t fair to you. By paying other people’s bills, your husband is enabling them to remain dependent upon him — and you. Call the therapist who helped you the last time. It appears you have more work to do.

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I’m having a picnic at my house. I invited the old man next door, and now he has taken it upon himself to invite other neighbors. What am I supposed to do?

Disconcerted In The East The old man next door has a lot of nerve. You have several choices. Tell him to uninvite the people he invited to your picnic, do it yourself or roll over and let him take advantage of your hospitality.

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It’s worth rethinking the need for some medication My doctor wants me to take 20 mg of omeprazole whenever I am on high doses of ibuprofen. There have been several times when I needed to take 800 mg three times a day. Is the omeprazole really needed? If so, why?

inelegant to use one medicine to counteract the side effects of another, although sometimes necessary.

TO YOUR High doses of ibuprofen inGOOD HEALTH crease the likelihood of a stomach ulcer, and 2,400 mg is the highest recommended daily dose of ibuprofen by prescription (this high of a dose should be used ONLY if prescribed by a qualified practitioner). People at high risk for stomach ulcer (including people over age 60 or those with a history of a previous stomach ulcer) should consider taking a medication like omeprazole to prevent a stomach ulcer if they require an anti-inflammatory medicine like ibuprofen. In one study, the related drug esomeprazole reduced ulcers (as seen by endoscopy) from 17 percent to about 5 percent.

Not everyone taking anti-inflammatory medicine needs to be on a protective medicine like omeprazole, but for people at high risk for ulcer, omeprazole is reasonable.

Finally, it’s worth rethinking the need for anti-inflammatories to begin with. Not everybody needs them, and there may be alternatives. It’s

Benign prostatic hypertrophy is a common condition in men. About half of men in their 50s have an enlarged prostate, and the proportion gets even higher as men age. The major symptoms of enlarged prostate are difficulty with urine flow, a sensation of decreased emptying, difficulty initiating urination, and increased frequency of urinating, including at night. As symptoms worsen, incontinence can occur and even kidney damage may result due to the high pressure in the bladder.

The first word in “BPH” is “benign”: It is not a cancerous condition. It does not protect against developing cancer, but there does not appear to be an increased risk for cancer among men with symptoms of BPH, according to the most recent studies.

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Does BPH increase the possibility of prostate cancer?

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Horoscope

By Stella Wilder Born today, you are a mass of contradictions, and no one who knows you well will ever really be able to define you or sum you up. Indeed, you’re not likely to understand yourself all that well, and from an early age you will have learned to chart a course based on logic and intellect — for if you were to rely solely upon your feelings, you may never get anything done. This is not to say that you mustn’t heed your own instincts; your instincts are keen, and when combined with your mighty brainpower can provide you with all the reasons you will ever need for doing anything at all. You may well become known for doing things that others are unwilling to do, for addressing difficult situations head-on and for sticking with a thing until you have won the day.

Though you can be quite bold and aggressive, there is a sensitive side of you that even your closest friends find difficult to reconcile.

You have a weakness for the aesthetically pleasing; when faced with something you consider beautiful, you can become quite emotional, and even quick to cry. These are tears you should never be ashamed of, however.

Also born on this date are: Casey Kasem, disc jockey and radio personality; Ulysses S. Grant, U.S. president and military leader; Coretta Scott King, civil rights leader; Herm Edwards, football coach and player.

To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

SUNDAY, APRIL 28 TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You will want to explore a certain situation a bit further than

usual today before making a decision that is irrevocable. Listen to friends.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — An early start puts you in a strong position today. Don’t think that you can’t be displaced by someone on the move, however!

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — A message from a friend makes you wonder if things are really as strong and healthy as they seem to be. You may want to talk about this.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You’re not about to give up control over a certain situation, but it may behoove you to lighten your touch a bit and allow certain freedoms.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You are keen on a certain idea floated by a member of the opposite sex. Some of what you hear surprises you, but that’s why it’s intriguing.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Take some downtime today, and try to figure out what’s going on right now that has you feeling as though you are not part of a team.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You can demonstrate to another today just how serious you are about a certain endeavor before it ever really gets started.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You will likely have the opportunity to relax and reflect today. Those around you are more than willing to give you what you need.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You can afford to be a little more hands off today when it comes to your control of a certain project. Others are keeping things in order.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You are eager to promote self-sufficiency among all those working with you at this time — but take care you’re not actually promoting anarchy.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You can rely on

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THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

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Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.

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Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words.

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Solution to Friday’s puzzle

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9.

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Which subject is the main focus of the science or study? (e.g., Optics. Answer: Light.)

Freshman level 1. Botany 2. Toxicology 3. Zoology 4. Seismology 5. Biology Graduate level 6. Cartography 7. Pharmacology 8. Meteorology 9. Phonetics 10. Dendrochronology PH.D. level 11. Graphology 12. Semantics 13. Ballistics 14. Ichthyology 15. Speleology

SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Plants. 2. Poison. 3. Animals. 4. Earthquakes. 5. Living things. 6. Maps. 7.

Medicines and drugs. 8. Weather. 9. Sounds of speech. 10. Tree rings (dating). 11.

Handwriting. 12. Words (meaning). 13. Projectile motion. 14. Fish. 15. Caves.

24 to 30 points — congratulations, doctor; 18 to 23 points — honors graduate; 13 to 17 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 5 to 12 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 4 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?

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Crossword Puzzle Mother Goose & Grimm ACROSS 1 __ Moines 4 “I’ve __!”; cry of frustration 9 Curved beam overhead 13 Way out 15 Worship 16 Fodder storage tower 17 Labyrinth 18 __ Rouge, LA 19 Sign of an old surgery 20 Joviality 22 Neighbor of Illinois 23 Grooves 24 Gore & Roker 26 Crab Louie & coleslaw 29 Proofs of purchase 34 Wonderland visitor 35 Cures 36 Living in the __ of luxury 37 “Been there, __ that” 38 Adhesive 39 Facts & figures 40 Connecting word 41 Narrow cuts 42 Procrastinator’s word 43 School employees 45 Puzzles 46 Cry of discovery 47 Hurry 48 Spill the beans 51 Dividing 56 Jellystone Park resident 57 In the air 58 Robert De __ 60 Daytime shop window sign 61 Honorable; dignified 62 Chew like a beaver 63 “Good Queen __”; Elizabeth I 64 Rough woolen fabric 65 Storm center DOWN 1 Carter or Clinton: abbr.

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3 Shirt label info 4 Customary practices 5 Last name for 2 U.S. presidents 6 __ on one’s grandkids; overindulge 7 Horseshoe material 8 Snail’s feeler 9 St. Francis’ home 10 Puerto __ 11 Talon 12 Bar Mitzvah dance 14 Balcony 21 Ill-mannered 25 “__ Miserables” 26 Egypt’s Anwar __ 27 Let __; besides 28 Singer Ronstadt 29 Takes a nap 30 Dines 31 Piece of china 32 Idaho export 33 Ship poles 35 Head covering 38 Agreeable 39 Smartly-dressed; debonair

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41 Request for silence 42 In dire need of a GPS 44 Log homes 45 Played miniature golf 47 Winchester or Springfield

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48 Informal party invitation letters 49 Run easily 50 Eras 52 Work the land 53 Part of the ear 54 School night bedtime, maybe 55 Koala’s color 59 Have debts

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Women often find they lose closeness with their friends as their jobs and families take up their time. Some are getting back that closeness through slumber parties.

Slumber parties can help deepen women’s friendships

By CAROLINE KITCHENER Washington Post

For a group of sixth-grade girls growing up in Chicago, it was the best kind of summer night.

One friend brought the Cheetos, another brought a Blockbuster DVD. Someone else brought a list of phone numbers for the boys in their class that they planned to prank call. Together, they descended into somebody’s parents’ unfinished basement, carpeting the floor with pillows and fleece blankets. “The space transformed into our own cocoon of friendship,” said Christine Schmidt, who writes a newsletter on friendship, thinking back on her childhood. Once the lights were off, everyone tucked into sleeping bags, they whispered their secrets: conflict at home, deeply-felt insecurities, the name of a crush. That kind of night, Schmidt told me, was “magic.”

Schmidt, now 23, hasn’t had a sleepover in years.

Sleepovers are an important fixture of childhood friendships, particularly for girls, said Deborah Tannen, author of “You’re the Only One I Can Tell,” a book on the language of female friendships. But by the time women reach their late teens or

There is something about the quiet of night ... the extended amount of time, the knowledge that you’re not going to be called away, that your phone isn’t going to ring ... that makes people more comfortable sharing.”

DEBORAH TANNEN Author of ‘You’re the Only One I Can Tell’

early 20s — usually by graduation for those who go to college — the sleepovers stop. As adults, friends typically meet up for happy hour, or a meal — tidy blocks of time, just long enough to catch up on major life events that have occurred since the last tidy block, weeks or months before.

“It ends up feeling like a work meeting,” said London-based writer Gwendolyn Smith. “Which is really kind of sad.”

When the era of the socially acceptable sleepover ends, women, in particular, lose out on something important. Among female friends, Tannen says, “closeness” is often created and measured by the “exchange of information”: The more personal stories women share with each other, the closer they feel. And there is no better

setting for information exchange than a sleepover. (Men, on the other hand, are more likely to measure closeness by the type and number of activities they do together, according to Tannen.)

“There is something about the quiet of night,” Tannen says, “... the extended amount of time, the knowledge that you’re not going to be called away, that your phone isn’t going to ring ... that makes people more comfortable sharing.”

When Smith, at age 26, invited seven of her friends to join her for a slumber party, they were in their pajamas, eating potato wedges, by 7 p.m. After they put on their face masks — hair pulled back, cucumber circles balanced on their eyes — they’d planned to watch a movie. But everybody

just wanted to talk.

“At first it was just the regular catch-up conversations: ‘What’s going on at your job? Are you enjoying who you’re seeing at the moment?’ But then the conversation moved beyond that,” said Smith. Several people talked openly about their struggles with mental health, Smith wrote in Grazia; one woman spoke about the hidden challenges of a job everyone had assumed was perfect.

“It was like being on a really long date with someone and getting to know each other again.”

The routine of a slumber party can be powerful, too. The particular acts that make up a sleepover — getting ready for bed, falling asleep, moving around the kitchen in the morning — send what Tannen calls a “meta message” of closeness to everyone involved.

Because we typically move through these kinds of routines alone, with a romantic partner or with members of our immediate family, she says, we instinctively feel closer to friends who experience them with us.

Women do seem to recognize the importance of sleepovers in adulthood. The See SLUMBER C2

Putting her heart out there RADIO HOST: Delilah shares her private grief with listeners

By JULIA DUIN Seattle Times

It has been more than a year since he left her: the carefree 18-year-old son with the tousled hair and crooked grin.

Zachariah Miguel Rene-Ortega’s ashes are buried under an apple tree in a planting bed shaped like a tear. “Zack’s Grove” also includes Greensleeves dogwoods, two fig trees and a wooden bus shelter with a sign stenciled in white: “Every hour I need Thee.” Scattered about the grove are little talismans left by his friends.

Zack’s mother is Delilah Rene Luke, the most-listened-to woman

in American radio. She lives with her large family on a 55-acre Port Orchard farm, along with one zebra, three emus, three dogs, four pigs, five sheep, six cats, 30 goats and dozens of chickens. A remodeled 1907 farmhouse on the property serves as her six-bedroom, 2,500-squarefoot home. A multiwindowed turret on the second floor is set aside for prayer. This farm is where Zack grew up and made friends with local kids who still come over.

“Stuff just shows up,” Delilah says, standing in the rain at the grove. “I come out here and find little tokens, mementos, stakes and flags.”

She still dreams of Zack: happy, beautiful, ageless.

When asked how she gets through each day’s mix of regret and sadness, she mentions God. “I know he’s with Him,” she says. “And when my time

comes, I’ll be with him.”

Millions of listeners know Delilah, 59, from the radio show named after her. Although her voice has the smoothness of rich cream with a hint of a Southern drawl, she is a child of the rural Pacific Northwest. Born in Reedsport, Ore., she is steeped in the values of God, family, frugality and hard work.

THE RISE TO FAME Any given day, 55,000 people try to call in to vent, ask advice or dedicate a song to someone they love; her shows are a dialogue between Delilah and the 80 to 100 who actually get through. After listening to callers pour out their problems, Delilah finds a song that matches their situation.

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Radio star Delilah sits in her West Seattle studio after recording segments for her radio show March 27.

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Delilah’s common-sense advice and sympathy during the 34 years “The Delilah Show” has been on the airwaves have won her a huge following: 8.3 million listeners each week.

Her show airs daily from 7 p.m. to midnight on 164 stations, stretching from Honolulu and Anchorage to Bangor, Maine. Her syndicator, iHeart Media, runs the show off its app and her website in a continual 24/7 loop. She recently picked up new markets in Buffalo, Philadelphia, Sacramento and Phoenix and in January 2018, began a daytime show with KSWD in Seattle.

Delilah has earned some of the biggest accolades in the business: the Radio Hall of Fame in 2016; the National Association of Broadcasters/ Marconi Award Network/Syndicated Personality of the Year, also in 2016; the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2017.

She calls herself the “queen of sappy love songs,” and she is an industry in her own right. Her Facebook page and website are peppered with names of celebrity friends, such as actress Roma Downey and singers Christina Aguilera and Jon Bon Jovi.

And her website is full of marketing: books, contests, recipes, music, candy.

Delilah most recently chronicled her story in her 2018 book, “One Heart at a Time”: how she cut her teeth on local radio in Oregon as a teen; was disowned by her father for marrying a black man; weathered three divorces (she’s now married to her fourth husband, Paul Warner, who has five children of his own); started the nonprofit organization Point Hope, which advocates for foster care in the United States and for forgotten children in Ghana; and clawed her way to the top of radio stardom after multiple firings and moves around the country.

It’s a story of inspiring success — and almost-unbearable heartbreak.

Her flagship nighttime show started in 1984, when she began hosting “Lights Out with Delilah Rene” for KLSY-FM. The program director, Chris Mays, allowed her to add listener phone calls and stories to the songs, and she parlayed the combo into a successful brand that stuck.

She had a natural sympathy for her audience then because of her own ups and downs: The birth of her first child, the collapse of her first marriage and the death of an older brother and his wife in a plane crash all occurred around that time.

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Radio host Delilah Rene Luke owns a farm near Seattle.

She continued working in Seattle for KLSY and other stations until 1990, when she left for a job in Boston. After several job switches, her career took off in 1996, when she began syndicating her show out of Rochester, N.Y. She returned to Seattle in 1997, after the syndication rights to her program were sold to Seattle-based Broadcast Programming.

She bought a home in West Seattle, where she settled with her third husband, Douglas Ortega, and three biological children: Isaiah Harris, now 34, a police officer; Shaylah ReneOrtega, 24; and Zack. When Zack was born in 1999, Delilah and Douglas had just adopted three siblings from state foster care.

“It was more than we could handle,” Ortega says now.

The couple divorced in 2002. Delilah began looking for a larger place, where she could have a farm similar to what she grew up with, and the bigger family she always wanted. She bought the Port Orchard property in 2001; the farmhouse required several years of remodeling before she moved in, in 2006.

By this time, Delilah was airing on almost 180 stations and had been noticed by Kraig Kitchin, co-founder and president of Premiere Radio

Networks.

“I knew there was tremendous potential for her personality to shine if new media relationships could be made,” he says. “Within two years, we were doing that.”

The $50 million contract she signed with Premiere in 2004 has been renewed several times. Delilah is worth millions but doesn’t flaunt it, preferring to shore up her wardrobe with treasures from the Port Orchard Goodwill — also where she loads up on affordable clothes for the kids of Point Hope.

If there’s one thing that drives Delilah, it’s a compulsion to rescue or help people in dire situations.

HER WILD CHILD Zack would show up in the kitchen late at night, after Delilah finished taping her show, and she’d fix his favorite snacks.

She called him her “wild child.”

Diagnosed at 18 months with sensory integration disorder, a form of autism, Zack inherited his mom’s mischievousness and propensity for practical jokes. Growing up in Port Orchard, Zack moved in his senior year of high school in the fall to live with his father. Zack got into a car accident; a girlfriend dumped him; and

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During a commercial shoot for Goodwill, Delilah Rene Luke takes a selfie with Jennifer Bornemeier. Delilah shops at her local Goodwill often.

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everyday slumber party has been replaced by the “girls’ weekend,” says Emily Langen, a professor who specializes in friendship at Wheaton College.

The concept has become so popular that hotel chains are rushing to cash in on it, offering special packages with eye masks and copies of “Clueless” and “Dirty Dancing.” Once every couple of years, Langen, 46, and a group of her oldest friends — now spread out across the country — hold their own girls’ weekend at one of their homes.

They find babysitters for their kids and leave partners behind. Last time, they stayed up into the early morning. Langen laughed until her belly hurt.

But girls’ weekends are not

quite sleepovers, Langen says, because they’re not “normal life.” When a group of friends goes away together, it’s usually the culmination of months of planning. It feels “momentous,” says Smith. But spending a night with friends shouldn’t have to be that big of a deal.

“I think there is something special about that casual sleepover with someone, or a few people, who you see regularly,” Smith says.

The biggest impediment, of course, is time. Sleepovers are long. By the end of young adulthood, people are faced with a “role crunch,” says William Rawlins, a professor of friendship and communication at Ohio University. After the “golden age” of friendship in the early 20s — when friends lean heavily on each other as they figure out who they are and who they want to be — people

assume new responsibilities that they need to prioritize: a romantic partner, a demanding job, kids, aging parents. “The next thing you know,” he says, “you don’t have the time for friends that you once had.”

“In my normal life, I don’t have time to get more than a cup of coffee with you, let alone have this long, uninterrupted period of time together,” Langen says, a little sadly.

Hosting a sleepover in her late 20s, Smith said, seemed decadent to suggest a social activity that lasted all night and into the morning. But the result, as Smith describes it, was worth 10 happy hours.

And maybe that’s the answer: Replace a few weeks’ worth of brunches and happy hours with one big slumber party.

“You’re bending the rules, and it feels like it could last forever.”

he got sick and missed two weeks of school, then learned his absences would make it impossible for him to graduate the following spring. His father recognized something was eating away at his son.

“I got a phone call from his counselor at school, and he told her he wanted to die,” Ortega remembers.

“When he got home, the first thing he said was, ‘I come from a divorced household.’ How did we go from wanting to die to talking about divorce? I knew it was hard on Shaylah and Zack; I just didn’t know how hard it was on Zack.”

Ortega found Zack a private counselor and a doctor, who prescribed an antidepressant known as an SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor).

After moving back to Port Orchard, Zack continued to spend weekends with his dad and see his counselor. In September 2017, Zack told his friends and counselor he’d gone off his medicine.

Delilah had business in Ghana, so had flown out a few days before.

She was told by Zack’s friends that he seemed upbeat when they picked him up at the ferry near Port Orchard the afternoon of Oct. 2. After spending the evening playing video games with a friend, Zack went downstairs to go outside. When Warner asked where he was going, Zack said he needed to blow off steam.

Once outside, he texted his stepdad to apologize for his attitude.

Warner figured Zack was spending the night with a friend, but instead he was heading for a spot in the woods on a neighbor’s property.

“Years ago, he’d found a tree, and there was a rope hanging on that tree,” Ortega says. “Delilah said he’d mentioned it when he was a kid. Maybe he was 9 years old. Was he thinking about it all that time? It wasn’t something on a whim he did.

He planned it — he planned how he’d do it.”

When Zack didn’t show up for school the next day, his family began to search. Zack’s body wasn’t found until Oct. 4, almost two days after he’d left the house.

It took Delilah a day to get a flight out of Accra, the capital of Ghana, and almost two days before she was home. On Oct. 7, her announcement of his death on social media created a blizzard of news coverage.

“My heart is broken beyond repair,

and I cannot fathom how to go on,” she said in part, “but I have to believe he is at peace with the Lord and that God will get us through.”

AFTER ZACK Before her was the new normal: the missed birthdays, the graduation that would not happen, the wedding Zack would never have, the children he’d never conceive and the holiday gatherings where he would be absent.

She took a few weeks off after the funeral, trying to pull herself together. The worst times were the late nights, when Zack used to be there.

By late 2017, the owners of 94.1 FM in Seattle were changing formats to adult contemporary and casting about for talent for the new KSWD station, “The Sound.” (That same year, Delilah’s syndicated evening show turned 21.)

It took some negotiating to get Delilah to the table, but it helped that she could tape shows from her basement studio at her farm when her children are in school or in bed.

On the farm, life appears to have reverted back to family and friends.

When her brood showed up for Thanksgiving last fall, there were 47 people to feed. For Christmas, she supplied 20 Nerf guns for the family and created a scavenger hunt with rhyming clues scattered about the property.

Privately, she remains in agony, using art as an outlet. Last summer, she painted a mixed-media collage of three ravens. A green bird on the left, representing Zack, holds a padlock in his beak. The purple bird in the middle is Shaylah, decorated with quotes from the Book of Job. A blue bird on the right is Isaiah.

Quotes from the biblical book of Isaiah are shellacked on underlying white feathers. Behind him are white clouds and a dove representing heaven and the Holy Spirit.

A key in the right-hand corner is glued next to a biblical promise of salvation. A golden cord, representing her, curls around Isaiah and Shaylah’s feet, but not Zack’s. Various knots in it represent Delilah’s marriages and kids.

“There’s a whole lot of secrets we don’t understand about eternity,” she says. “But the key is in God’s Word. And Zack now understands them because he is now there.”

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A look at Victorian-era parenting advice

By JANCEE DUNN Washington Post

“Ungovernable: The Victorian Parent’s Guide to Raising Flawless Children”

By Therese Oneill Little, Brown. 288 pp. $25 There was once a time, writes the historian Therese Oneill, when “parents were not enslaved to the whims of ultraconfident toddlers.”

There was no counting to three, no half-hearted threats to suspend iPad privileges. “You simply told him to act and he did, respectfully.” This golden, pre-permissive-parenting idyll, it turns out, predates not only electronic devices, but household electricity.

Most parents have likely been tempted to fire up H.G. Wells’ time machine and blast back to the Victorian era, when children were meekly obedient.

It was a time, notes Oneill, when “Dickens’ Tiny Tim would have wept with gratitude over your heart-smart lentil loaf, not whined and gagged throughout the meal.” Victorian parents basked in moral certitude. We may not be ready for Dickensian day care, but is there anything we can learn from 19thcentury parenting?

Not really, as it turns out. In “Ungovernable: The Victorian Parent’s Guide to Raising Flawless Children,” Oneill delves into the era’s highly dubious child-rearing practices. Using a similar format to her previous book, “Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady’s Guide to Sex, Marriage and Manners,” Oneill deploys quotes from various 19th-century pundits, archival illustrations and photos, and snarky commentary that informs the reader about “discipline, morals, and the devastating repercussions of allowing a child to eat fruit.”

Using advice that is entertainingly bizarre — and frequently galling — she explores topics such as conception, pregnancy, education and recreation. Chapter titles are acidly funny: “My Child Will Eat Neither Mush, Mucilage, Porridge, Pablum, Gruel, nor Loblolly. Is Pickiness God’s Way of Culling the Herd?” From the dusty annals of family planning guidebooks, she excavates popular theories, typically mansplained by doctors with ambiguous degrees.

In the chapter detailing health maintenance, it’s surprising the already appalling child mortality rate of the period wasn’t even higher, given the ways well-meaning parents could kill their offspring with the popular remedies of the day — a gulp of turpentine for constipation, a dose of the deadly poison strychnine for palsy, a dollop of ground tin to expel intestinal worms. How did anyone survive to adulthood?

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By KIMBERLY YUEN Newsday

Michelle Bajada was at Target last year looking at a 9-by11-foot rug that she thought would be perfect for her kids to play on in their Floral Park living room.

But at $200 she felt it was too expensive so she walked away and forgot about it for a while. The following week, she noticed on her Facebook feed someone was giving away a shaggy white rug in the exact size that she had been eyeing.

So Bajada hopped into her SUV, drove to the owner’s house five minutes away and came home with a new rug.

“I really was just so grateful,” said Bajada, who works as a pre-K teacher in Manhattan.

She later sent flowers as a token of appreciation.

“She never had to do that,” said Robyn Rizzi of Bellerose,

Visit Now! Learn more about the story by following this link: buynothingproject.org To start a group in your area: buynothingproject.org /start-a-group/ the rug’s previous owner. “She got it off our hands, it was taking up a ridiculous amount of room in our basement.”

Bajada and Rizzi didn’t just randomly find each other on Facebook. Like hundreds of others on Long Island, they’re participants in the Buy Nothing Project, a worldwide network of people giving away goods and services for free to their neighbors connected through Facebook.

There are just over 3,100 Buy Nothing groups across the

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Michelle Bajada got a wicker trunk for free through her Buy Nothing Floral Park/ New Hyde Park group from Robyn Rizzi. She uses it to store extra blankets.

world, with a presence in all 50 states and 15 different countries, according to its website.

People in these Facebook groups post things they’re giving away for free or request an item they’re searching for, all under the mission of creating See FREE C6

Time to me is more valuable than money. It’s nice to see someone locally put it to good use and frankly it’s less effort.”

ROBYN RIZZI Gave away rug to Michelle Bajada

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Group members post thank-you messages in their local Buy Nothing group. People have given items including clothes, dinners, crock pots, plants, tools, detergent, antiques, branches, flowers, cement blocks, eggs, beds, broccoli and crickets.

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Is the iPhone really as private as Apple says it is?

MOZILLA: Company launches campaign

‘to encourage them to do better’

By LEVI SUMAGAYSAY The Mercury News

As the tech industry faces criticism and regulatory pressure over its handling of user data, Apple has positioned itself as a champion for privacy.

But the company’s “Privacy. That’s iPhone.” ad campaign has prompted Mozilla to start a campaign of its own, calling on Apple to do even more to protect its customers’ privacy.

Mozilla, maker of the Firefox browser and an advocate for tech and internet users, points

out that each iPhone has a unique identifier that advertisers use to target ads based on someone’s app or web use.

It’s possible for iPhone users to turn that tracking off, but Mozilla is asking Apple to change that unique ID for each iPhone every month to make it tougher for advertisers to build comprehensive profiles of users over time.

“We applaud Apple touting privacy,” said Ashley Boyd, vice president of advocacy at Mozilla, in an interview. In a blog post this week, she men-

tioned the iPhone maker’s “impressive track record,” which includes end-to-end encryption for its iMessage messaging app and anti-tracking technology in its Safari web browser. “This campaign is to encourage them to do better,” she added.

Boyd cited Facebook’s model of collecting user data and behavior from many sources, which allows advertisers to create comprehensive profiles of users to track. While that may not bother some consumers, it has “alarmed” others, she said.

She suggested that if Apple reset iPhones’ unique IDs every month, users could benefit

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from relevant ads but still retain some privacy.

Apple has beaten the privacy drum lately. CEO Tim Cook has slammed Facebook

and other tech giants over the issue, saying Apple’s business model does not rely on collecting user information. Cook also is portrayed in a new bi-

ography as a privacy hero over Apple’s famous encryption battle with the FBI a few years ago.

Apple has not returned repeated requests for comment about Mozilla’s campaign.

The Cupertino, Calif., company has not responded to Mozilla yet, either, Boyd said.

Mozilla has also launched a petition as part of its campaign, which had collected about 9,000 signatures as of Tuesday.

“We understand the challenges of making great technology,” Boyd said. “We’re happy to talk to Apple about it and really trust their motives overall.”

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As Paris was liberated during World War II, another invasion began

By ALLAN FALLOW Washington Post

Dateline — Liberated Paris: The Hotel Scribe and the Invasion of the Press

By Ronald Weber Rowman & Littlefield. 240 pp. $27.95 Keen to attach a coveted “Liberated Paris —” dateline to their dispatches, five Canadian newsmen threaded jeeps through French crowds “mad with happiness” on Aug. 24, 1944.

Their destination: the fashionable (and aptly named) Hôtel Scribe, the newest Allied press camp on the march from Normandy to Berlin. Though Nazi propaganda officers had abandoned the hotel only earlier in the day, the journalists succeeded in broadcasting word of the city’s impending deliverance from the rooftop that night.

As recounted in historian Ronald Weber’s immersive “Dateline — Liberated Paris,” the Canadian reporters were the vanguard of an offbeat invasion force: By two months after D-Day, more than 900 Allied scribes had been accredited to cover the European theater. Some 200 of them infested the Scribe by sundown on Paris’ Liberation Day, Aug. 25. Soon the hotel lobby would be converted into a press room filled with telegraph machines and typewriters, their rapid-fire keystrokes mimicking the “machine-gun barrage” of champagne corks from the bar below. Within a month, recalled U.S. Army Lt. Col. Barney Oldfield, 250 “public-relations officers” (military speak for censors) had taken up blue pencils inside the hotel, “pawing over an average of more than 3,000,000 words ... 35,000 still pictures, and 100,000 feet of movie film every seven days.”

Lingering gunfire understandably overheated some of those words. On Aug. 26, as bullets from Wehrmacht die-hards stippled the courtyard walls of the Ritz (its bar “liberated” by a grenade-festooned Ernest Hemingway the day before), the occupant of a “sinfully luxurious suite” upstairs was painting the City of Light in purple prose: “Paris today is Betty Grable on a bicycle and Billy the Kid on a bender,” wrote Ralph Allen, reporting for Toronto’s Globe and Mail. “Paris is the Mona Lisa in a jeep and François Villon behind a Sten gun. ... Paris today was partly itself at its best, partly Deadwood Gulch at its worst and partly Strauss’ Vienna at its most improbable.”

One woman who kissed him in the

street, Allen reported, had laughed off the gunfire with patriotic sang-froid: “Why let a little shooting spoil a day like this?”

Other correspondents braved much more than the occasional embrace to get the story. They rode in open vehicles down narrow streets where sniper fire still rang out. Three American newsmen were captured and imprisoned in Germany until war’s end. Reuters correspondent William Stringer — that nominative determinism again — was killed by enemy fire on Aug. 17. Two days later, Thomas Treanor of the Los Angeles Times died when an American tank hit his jeep near Chartres.

Earlier in the year, Treanor had returned stateside from the Italian front to complete “One Damn Thing After

Another: The Adventures of an Innocent Man Trapped Between Public Relations and the Axis.” The book’s subtitle captures the situation faced by every correspondent and photographer profiled in “Dateline” — notably Walter Cronkite, Iris Carpenter, Ernie Pyle, Virginia Cowles, Howard K. Smith, Robert Capa, Lee Miller, George Orwell, Martha Gellhorn (Hemingway’s third wife) and Mary Welsh (informed by Papa that she would inevitably be his fourth). Gellhorn’s work, recalled British censor Harold Acton, was “the best written and most vivid of the articles submitted to me.”

Reporters looked on helplessly as Acton and his fellow “pedantic spoilsports” sanitized stories for homefront consumption. No accounts of

GIs fraternizing with German citizens, thank you. And not a whisper, please, about French youths counterfeiting Resistance armbands to loot and intimidate.

Given the various battlefront hazards, it’s a marvel any dispatch got through. Typescript had to be ferried to the nearest wireless transmission facility, so it routinely went MIA or got KIA. Such was the twin fate of a surefire front-page story written by Army Sgt. Andy Rooney 34 years before he surfaced as the eyebrow-waggling scold of “60 Minutes” on CBS. Having entered Paris with French Gen. Philippe Leclerc’s men in advance of rival correspondents accompanying American troops, Rooney banged out what he witnessed — including gruesome reprisals against German stragglers and French “collabos” — and sent the story off to Stars and Stripes.

But the pages disappeared from the French information center to which Rooney entrusted them, and engine trouble befell the American pilot who attempted to deliver them to rear headquarters.

Female correspondents risked losing their press credentials — or being banished from the war zone — if they ventured closer to the fighting than a field hospital. “The public relations boys thought we gals ought to be happy (at the Scribe),” wrote Virginia Irwin of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

“But I was itching to see what our Joes were doing.” Irwin went AWOL to scratch that itch, shadowing American troops to within mortar range of the front lines. “That’s about a mile closer than any other woman correspondent has been,” Irwin crowed, “or I’ll eat my correspondent’s beret dry without any butter.”

Short of food, cigarettes, coal and public transport, Paris in the postliberation period lacked “virtually everything needed for everyday life,” Weber writes. “Yet what it singularly had was itself, the magnificent and largely undamaged city that appealed as much as ever to the Western mind and imagination.”

No wonder newshawks hunkered down in their “silver fox holes” at the Scribe. The combat “left Paris behind” by year’s end, Col. Oldfield observed, “but the war correspondents hadn’t the heart to do likewise.”

Fallow, a former resident of France, was a copy editor on the “World War II” series from Time-Life Books.

Where devastation lurks always in the background

By TROY JOLLIMORE Washington Post

David Baker published his first book of poetry, “Haunts,” in 1985. That title, both noun and verb, says a lot about the tone and tenor of the poetry Baker has published in the 3 1/2 decades since, a substantial career that is generously represented in “Swift: New and Selected Poems.”

Baker’s poetic universe is a hushed, melancholy and at times ghostly place, haunted both by attachments to the past and by anxiety about its increasingly uncertain future.

The suffering and loss that pervade these poems is sometimes personal, sometimes global, at times even universal. The ongoing and all too frequently unacknowledged devastation of the terrestrial sphere lurks always in the background. Baker’s poems remind us that nature poetry can never be old-fashioned,

because nature is never oldfashioned; it is, indeed, not even the same from one moment to the next. His writing is guided by a fundamental question: How do we understand nature in a world in which nature is no longer stable, in which anything we say about it is likely to be overturned or falsified by tomorrow’s breaking news? (As he

writes in “The Osprey,” “what I / mean is, by the / time I tell you this it’s / gone.”)

“Can the ending of things ever be heard?” he asks in “Tree Frogs.” Baker’s project, in large part, has been to help us hear the inaudible and see the invisible, in order to let us come to terms with the world that sustains our lives and what we are doing to it. The first step in this process, perhaps, is realizing that we are continuous with nature. “The body is a wind,” he writes in “Waiting for News”; and, in the next line, “I see the sea.

The sea is you.” In “Monarchs Landing and Flying” — a poem that in many ways exemplifies the music and texture of Baker’s writing and thought — he splits the scene between two ephemeral entities, a pair of human lovers and a kaleidoscope of migrating butterflies, each, it appears, insensible to the other.

MONARCHS LANDING AND FLYING feeds their larvae, If they have come for the butterflies then bless their breaking hearts, but the young pair is looking nowhere except each other’s eyes.

He seems like he could carry them both over the street on great wings of grief tucked under his coat, while all around them float, like wisps of ash or the delicate prism sunlight flashing off the city glass, the orange-yellow-blackwing-flecked monarchs.

Migrant, they’re more than two dozen today, more long-lived than the species who keep to the localized gardens — they’re barely a gram apiece, landing, holding still for the common milkweed that

or balanced on bridges of plume grass stalks and bottlebrush, wings fanning, closing, calmed by the long searchlight stems of hollyhock.

If they have come for the butterflies then why is she weeping when he lifts her chin?

He looks like he’s holding his breath backor is he trying to shed tears, too? Are any left? He’s got his other hand raised, waving, and almost before it stops the taxi’s doors flare on both sides open.

Nothing’s stirring in the garden, not us, not the thinnest breeze among the flowers, yet by the time we look again they’ve flown.

HARDCOVER FICTION

DuBois. Little, Brown 6. Celtic Empire. Cussler/Cussler. Putnam 7. The Tale Teller. Anne Hillerman. Harper 8. Run Away. Harlan Coben. Grand Central 9. Metropolis. Philip Kerr. Putnam 10. The Silent Patient. Alex Michaelides.

Celadon

1. Where the Crawdads Sing. Delia Owens. Putnam 2. Someone Knows. Lisa Scottoline.

Putnam 3. Lost Roses. Martha Hall Kelly.

Ballantine 4. Two Weeks. Karen Kingsbury. Howard 5. The Cornwalls Are Gone. Patterson/

1. Life Will Be the Death of Me. Chelsea Handler. Random/Spiegel & Grau 2. Becoming. Michelle Obama. Crown 3. The Path Made Clear. Oprah Winfrey.

Flatiron 4. Girl, Stop Apologizing. Rachel Hollis.

Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, April 13, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

HarperCollins Leadership 5. Wolfpack. Abby Wambach. Celadon 6. Clean & Lean. Ian K. Smith. St. Martin’s 7. Charged. Emily Bazelon. Random House 8. The Matriarch. Susan Page. Twelve 9. Eat to Beat Disease. William W. Li. Grand Central 10. The Right Side of History. Ben Shapiro. Broadside

MASS MARKET 1. Come Sundown. Nora Roberts. St. Martin’s 2. The Good Fight. Danielle Steel. Dell 3. The 17th Suspect. James Patterson.

Vision 4. Twisted Prey. John Sandford. Putnam 5. The Fallen. David Baldacci. Vision 6. The Forbidden Door. Dean Koontz.

Bantam 7. The Wyoming Kid. Debbie Macomber.

Harlequin 8. I’ve Got My Eyes on You. Mary Higgins Clark. Pocket 9. The Sixth Day. Coulter/Ellison. Pocket 10. The Life She Wants. Robyn Carr. Mira

TRADE PAPERBACK 1. A Gentleman in Moscow. Amor Towles.

Penguin Books 2. The Woman in the Window. A.J. Finn.

Summaries from The New York Times Book Review:

WARLIGHT

By Michael Ondaatje.

(Vintage, $16.95.) In this novel, set in postWorld War II London, a couple leave their two teenagers in the care of a band of misits, claiming to head overseas to work in Singapore.

But when their mother returns alone, without their father, the children begin to question what they’ve been told. Later, the son discovers his mother was actually doing top-secret intelligence work, with lasting consequences for the family.

AIR TRAFFIC: A MEMOIR OF AMBITION AND MANHOOD IN AMERICA

By Gregory Pardlo.

(Vintage, $16.95.)

Pardlo, a Pulitzer Prizewinning poet, was one of the thousands of air traic controllers ired in 1981 by President Ronald Reagan. The author examines the ramiications of the episode on his family’s legacy, then expands to consider questions of race, addiction and fatherhood.

TIN MAN

By Sarah Winman.

(Putnam, $14.) In this slim, deeply afecting novel, a reprint of one of van Gogh’s famous Sunlowers paintings proves to be an emotional salve after the fracturing of a childhood friendship. As New York Times reviewer Gayle Forman wrote, “The slow build of emotion and the cascade of quiet, well-earned tears are testament to how rich this meditation on love, art, loss and redemption truly is.”

ON GRAND STRATEGY

By John Lewis Gaddis. (Penguin, $18.)

Gaddis, a leading historian of the Cold War, draws on examples from the seminar he teaches at Yale, taking up the subject of wars — and how not to lose them. Times reviewer Victor Davis Hanson called the book “a thoughtful validation of the liberal arts, an argument for literature over social science, an engaging relection on university education and some timely advice to Americans that lasting victory comes from winning what you can rather than all that you want.”

SELF-PORTRAIT WITH BOY

By Rachel Lyon. (Scribner, $17.)

It’s 1990s Brooklyn, and Lu, an aspiring photographer, is at work on a series of hundreds of self-portraits. In the 400th, she unintentionally captures the image of her 9-yearold neighbor falling to his death in the background. The manner in which Lu, convinced that the photograph is her masterpiece, appropriates his death haunts her throughout the novel.

THE HEART IS A SHIFTING SEA: LOVE AND MARRIAGE IN MUMBAI

Publisher’s Weekly best-sellers Tribune News Service

NOTEWORTHY PAPERBACKS

Morrow 3. The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Heather Morris. Harper 4. Supermarket. Bobby Hall. Simon & Schuster 5. The First Lady. Patterson/DuBois.

Grand Central 6. Can’t Make This Stuff Up! Susannah B. Lewis. Nelson 7. The Lost Girls of Paris. Pam Jenoff.

Park Row 8. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine.

Gail Honeyman. Penguin Books 9. Something in the Water. Catherine Steadman. Ballantine 10. After. Anna Todd. Gallery

By Elizabeth Flock. (Harper Perennial, $17.99.) After moving to India, Flock, a U.S. journalist, was struck by many Indians’ approach to romance, what she saw as “a showy, imaginative kind of love.” Her book focuses on three couples, using their travails as a way to understand modern, middleclass Indian life.

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For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit sudoku.org.uk © 2019 The Mepham Group. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency. All rights reserved.

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UNMAKABLE? North-South vulnerable, South deals NORTH ♠AQ853 ♥ K Q 10 7 2 ♦J ♣Q6 WEST EAST ♠ 10 6 ♠K972 ♥ A5 ♥ J9843 ♦ Q843 ♦ 72 ♣ A 10 9 8 4 ♣J7 SOUTH ♠J4 ♥6 ♦ A K 10 9 6 5 ♣K532 The bidding:

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Opening lead: 10 of ♣ Three no trump was headed for down one or more, but South came up with a startling line of play when he was able to read the opponents’ table action.

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playing the jack. South interpreted this as a play from a doubleton jack, rather than a singleton. South then ran dummy’s jack of diamonds, which held the trick after a slight hesitation

by West. South led a low spade to his jack, winning the trick when East played low. Declarer cashed the ace of diamonds and both opponents followed.

South was sure that West had ducked the queen of diamonds earlier. West wouldn’t have ducked with only three diamonds, as South, had shown six during the auction. He was already playing West for five clubs after trick one, and now it looked like he also had four diamonds. Should West also hold the doubleton ace of hearts, there was a ray of hope. South led his heart and West innocently played low — a decision he would soon regret. Dummy’s king won the trick. Declarer cashed dummy’s ace of spades and exited with a low heart to West’s now bare ace, discarding a diamond from his hand.

West cashed the ace of clubs and led a club to South’s king, but South led his last club to West. West cashed another club, but then had to lead a diamond into declarer’s king-10. Not bad!

(Bob Jones welcomes readers’ e-mails: tcaeditors@tribpub.com)

By Stella Wilder Born today, you are a mass of contradictions, and no one who knows you well will ever really be able to define you or sum you up. Indeed, you’re not likely to understand yourself all that well, and from an early age you will have learned to chart a course based on logic and intellect — for if you were to rely solely upon your feelings, you may never get anything done. This is not to say that you mustn’t heed your own instincts; your instincts are keen, and when combined with your mighty brainpower can provide you with all the reasons you will ever need for doing anything at all. You may well become known for doing things that others are unwilling to do, for addressing difficult situations head-on and for sticking with a thing until you have won the day.

Though you can be quite bold and aggressive, there is a sensitive side of you that even your closest friends find difficult to reconcile. You have a weakness for the aesthetically pleasing; when faced with something you consider beautiful, you can become quite emotional, and even quick to cry. These are tears you should never be ashamed of, however.

Also born on this date are: Casey Kasem, disc jockey and radio personality; Ulysses S. Grant, U.S. president and military leader; Coretta Scott King, civil rights leader; Herm Edwards, football coach and player.

To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

SUNDAY, APRIL 28 TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You will want to explore a certain situation a bit further than usual today before making a decision that is irrevocable. Listen to friends.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — An early start puts you in a strong position today. Don’t think that you can’t be dis-

placed by someone on the move, however!

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — A message from a friend makes you wonder if things are really as strong and healthy as they seem to be. You may want to talk about this.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You’re not about to give up control over a certain situation, but it may behoove you to lighten your touch a bit and allow certain freedoms.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You are keen on a certain idea floated by a member of the opposite sex. Some of what you hear surprises you, but that’s why it’s intriguing.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Take some downtime today, and try to figure out what’s going on right now that has you feeling as though you are not part of a team.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You can demonstrate to another today just how serious you are about a certain endeavor before it ever really gets started.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You will likely have the opportunity to relax and reflect today. Those around you are more than willing to give you what you need.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You can afford to be a little more hands off today when it comes to your control of a certain project. Others are keeping things in order.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You are eager to promote self-sufficiency among all those working with you at this time — but take care you’re not actually promoting anarchy.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You can rely on someone with less experience than you have to come up with a plan that addresses nearly every contingency today.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Jealousy only works against you today. Do your best to understand why someone is doing what he or she is doing — and perhaps follow suit.

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With one tiny chip, you’re free to roam

By GEOFFREY MORRISON New York Times

There’s an easy way to get zero roaming fees, inexpensive internet service and cheap phone calls when you travel.

The trick is the SIM card.

WHAT IS A SIM CARD? Subscriber Identity Module cards are roughly the same size, and indeed look like, the microSD memory cards you’d find in a digital camera. The main purpose of a SIM card is to store a small amount of data that lets the closest cell tower know, among other things, what wireless company you’ve subscribed to. For example, if you’re on Verizon, the SIM card will let Verizon’s tower know that, yep, you’re on Verizon.

When you’re traveling, this creates a problem. When your phone connects to the tower in a different country, the tower effectively says “I don’t know you,” and either denies you service, or tells Verizon you’re roaming. If the latter, you get whatever speed Verizon and that provider have determined is acceptable, and you get charged exorbitant roaming rates. AT&T works similarly, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Google Fi are different, but we’ll get to them later.

If you’re wondering if you can just get a different SIM card that will work on a different network, you can.

For years that’s how I’ve gotten cheap data in dozens of countries all over the world. I’d arrive in a city, head to a local cellphone company store (like Vodafone, 3, or Orange), and buy a SIM and a month of service. These would have different names, like “pay-as-yougo” or “prepaid.” Put the new SIM in your phone and you’re all set. If you’re not sure how to do that, the store will probably do it for you.

HOW MUCH DOES A LOCAL SIM COST? The prices vary depending

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connections with neighbors.

“New York is one of the most expensive places to live and I don’t see that changing anytime soon,” said Andrew Burke, 36, who is a member of a group in Levittown. He’s gotten things like board games for family nights such as Sorry, Monopoly Jr., and Life. He’s also got a mallet, a hammer and a few handsaws. He’s given away a lot of baby things like a playpen and toys that his 5-year-old son doesn’t use anymore.

“It’s all about how do we make this work,” said Burke, who works as a theater teacher at a public junior high school in Queens and upcycles items for extra cash. He moved to Levittown with his wife and son two years ago and joined the group as a way to get involved in the community.

There are 125 groups in New York, with five on Long Island. In addition to Floral Park/New Hyde Park and Levittown, there are also groups in Great Neck, Hicksville, and Selden, according to the site. The

on country and provider, but on average I’ve paid around $20 for a month’s worth of 4G data and calls in that country.

Most companies want to look at your passport, so make sure you bring it.

The catch is that your phone has to be unlocked. This means your cellphone company has to enable a setting on your phone that allows you to use it on a different network.Not every phone will work in every country, but most new phones should be fine. Best to check with your current cellphone company to verify that your phone will work, and if it needs to be unlocked.

A handful of phones have dual-SIMs, which is exactly what it sounds like: two SIM card slots. This lets you keep your home SIM and your “away” SIM in the same phone.

Times are changing for SIM cards, however. Both Google and Apple have “eSIMs” in some of their phones and tablets. These Embedded-SIMs are essentially a virtual SIM card, and work across multiple cellular networks. This is how Google’s Fi works.

Google Fi, along with Sprint and T-Mobile, have generous free international coverage. If you have one of these providers, you’ll be able to step off a plane just about anywhere in the world and your phone will work more or less normally.

WHERE DO I GET A LOCAL SIM CARD? You can buy SIMs at airports, but these are often far more expensive and offer less data than those you can purchase from a local telecom company.

WILL I HAVE THE SAME TELEPHONE NUMBER? No. Your apps will work, but you will have a new number.

Your old number will go direct to voicemail until you return home and swap in your original SIM, which will return your phone back to normal.

Floral Park/New Hyde Park group is the largest on the Island with 354 members.

The rug was one of the first things Rizzi, 37, posted in the Buy Nothing group for Floral Park/New Hyde Park. It was less than two years old and hardly used after she decided to add carpet in her bedroom. She could have sold it, but she said it would have taken too much effort.

“I just knew the amount of people I had to deal with,” she said. “People would flake on me. The thought of it was just so exhausting.”

“Time to me is more valuable than money,” said Rizzi, who works in entertainment marketing. “It’s nice to see someone locally put it to good use and frankly it’s less effort.”

Bajada has since also gotten some cardigans and a wicker trunk from Rizzi, and has offered to baby-sit Rizzi’s 3-year-old son if she ever needed it. They plan on getting together for dinner one day.

Bajada, 40, estimates she saved at least $500 by getting items through the group for free.

She’s also given away items such as books, DVDs, storage bins and toys that

Check out some unusual, educational museums

By LYNN O’ROURKE HAYES FamilyTravel.com

Expand your mind and stretch your imagination in a museum. Here are five to consider:

1. MUSEUM OF THE WEST, SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. Your family can steep in the culture, history and art of the American West during a visit to this award-winning museum.

From master potters to the unique stories of cowboy culture showcased on the silver screen, there is much to learn through interactive exhibits, scavenger and treasure hunts and multi-media kiosks. The museum recently premiered the photographs of Sen. Barry M. Goldwater. The Arizona Highways Collection showcases images captured by a man best known as a U.S. senator but widely respected as a gifted photographer. His images of the Grand Canyon and the native peoples of Northern Arizona offer a rare glimpse into the region’s history. Contact: www.ScottsdaleMuseumWest.org; www.GoldwaterFoundation.org

COURTESY OF THE STRONG, ROCHESTER

The exterior of the Strong Museum of Play in Rochester.Visitors can play hop scotch, chess and checkers on Sesame Street, ride a carousel, hop aboard a train and check out the on-site National Toy Museum.

Tree Pavilion, you’ll find a 350 year-old Sycamore, measuring 7.5 feet wide and tall and 21 feet long. The tree was restored by a local resident and serves as a conversation starter about the importance of keeping things green. Contact: delawarechildrensmuseum. org

2. MUSEUM OF CLEAN, POCATELLO, IDAHO It’s all about clean. But not just about how to tidy up your child’s room. We are talking clean language, a clean community and a clean ( and green ) world. Visit this museum to learn about the history of tools used to spruce things up.

You’ll see nearly 1,000 vacuums and learn their how they developed over a century.

Find out what it’s like to clean a chimney, as chimney sweeps once did. Learn lessons about waste from the “Texas-sized” trash can, check out the broom collection “swept in” from far and wide and visit the Garage to discover how clutter can affect the rest of our lives. Contact: www.MuseumofClean. com.

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5. CHILDREN’S MUSEUM & THEATRE OF MAINE, PORTLAND, MAINE

COURTESY OF THE STRONG, ROCHESTER

MUSEUM OF PLAY, ROCHESTER Play is good for kids of all ages. You’ll learn about play and favorite pastimes in a permanent exhibit that explores 300 years of history. View rare board games, see the world’s largest erector set, challenge your crew to a game of toy trivia and test your memories in the concentration game within a 100,000 square foot fun zone.

Play hop scotch, chess and checkers on Sesame Street, ride a carousel, hop aboard a train and check out the on-site

“It’s a built-in trust factor. We’re all local. The chances of running into them again are pretty high. You don’t put (negativity) into your own neighborhood.

ANDREW BURKE, MEMBER OF A GROUP IN LEVITTOWN. her 7-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son outgrew.

When Levittown resident Jessica Nofi heard about Buy Nothing, there wasn’t a group in her area; so three years ago she decided to start one.

The group now has more than 220 members. Nofi, 34, describes the Buy Nothing Project as the “big corporation, and we’re just franchising it.”

Nofi first heard about it from her sister in Northern Connecticut, whose neighborhood has an active Buy Nothing community.

The process to start the group took a couple of months, she said. She had to submit a request to create a new group via a form on their site and then once approved, go through a free seven-day online training course conducted by volunteers from the Buy Nothing training and development teams.

“I can’t imagine how many requests they get,” Nofi said.

The main duties for an administrator include

monitoring posts, reviewing comments and approving requests from new members. The role is entirely voluntary.

“The biggest rule of the Buy Nothing group is there really shouldn’t be any money spoken about or exchanged,” Nofi said.

Nofi says the time commitment has been “really minimal” and she hasn’t had any difficulty balancing it with her day job as a teaching assistant at a preschool for disabled children.

Anything and everything, as long as it’s legal, is allowed to be exchanged in the group. Typical posts include baby items, clothes, books, sporting equipment, furniture, decorations.

The Buy Nothing Project was started in July 2013 by two friends, Liesl Clark and Rebecca Rockefeller, who wanted to create an experimental hyperlocal gift economy. The first group started in Bainbridge, Wash.

Richard Hayes, an associate professor of management and entrepreneurship at Hofstra University who studies the sharing economy, says groups like these can help build a sense of community.

While Hayes doesn’t think these free exchange groups will “radically change consumer consumption” in the global marketplace, he thinks “at its intended local level, this could be an

National Toy Museum. Contact: www,Museumofplay.org

4. DELAWARE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM, WILMINGTON, DEL. Stretch your child’s imagination by serving up science, math and technology in a creative space. In the Bank on It exhibit kids get the chance to learn all about the currency that makes the world go world, from planning and earning to spending and saving. Head to the Stratosphere to climb inside a 30-foot wide structure overlooking the lobby. In the

important social innovation,” he said.

Hayes does have concerns about diversity in these groups. “In communities that are not very diverse organically, often the market is a place where you can meet different people. A hyperlocal market has the potential to only reinforce the lack of diversity in a given community,” he said.

Participants of the Buy Nothing groups cite not just financial and social benefits, but environmental ones as well.

“I see people constantly throwing things out that should be recycled. Any effort to keep stuff out of the dump or the garbage is a win,” Nofi said. “At some point, we’re going to run out of room, especially on Long Island.”

“There’s something that feels wrong when you go to throw something out and it’s not done yet,” Burke said. “It doesn’t sit right with me to chuck something in the trash that someone else can use and may actually have a legit need for.”

Bajada, Burke and Rizzi said they’ve never had a negative experience with a Buy Nothing meetup.

The Nassau and Suffolk Consumer Affairs offices said they were not made aware of any complaints or scams relating to the Buy Nothing Project.

“There’s no money being exchanged. There’s more calmness about it,” said Nofi about meeting strangers.

“It’s a built-in trust factor.

We’re all local. The chances of running into them again are pretty high. You don’t put (negativity) into your own neighborhood,” Burke said.

This museum encourages collaborative play with your child. Head to the Dress-up Theatre and tell your own story, go the rescue in the fire truck and explore the Touch Tank together. Make time for the Farmer’s Market where budding math skills come into play. Capture the local vibe when you climb aboard a replica of a lobster boat. Learn how to haul in the traps, navigate your way to the Portland Harbor and discover the importance of the state’s fishing heritage. Become a ranger in the Ranger Station and identify native plants and animals.

Contact: www.Kitetails.org

Book From C3

Oneill’s general cheekiness can occasionally be her undoing. She often uses a Q&A format in which a “reader” asks questions, but the jokey repartee, while funny, can grow wearisome (“How’d the Penisocracy manage to hijack the most sacred tradition of womanhood?” “I think you made that word up, and I like it, though it’s rather harsh.”) It’s unnecessary, because Oneill is so adept at extracting intriguing historical tidbits: Who knew the first official maternity dress was designed in the early 1900s by Lane Bryant, namesake of the plus-size retail chain?

Oneill warns early in the book that she wrote it to entertain and inform, and would only address, but not dwell on, how miserable that era was for so many children. When she does veer from the snark, however, it’s welcome. In a chapter devoted to discipline, she recounts the story of New York City orphan Mary Ellen Connolly, who was brutally beaten and starved by her guardians.

With the help of Henry Bergh, founder of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Connolly testified against them in court.

At that time, there were no similar laws that protected children from physical abuse, and her testimony prompted a crusade to prevent it.

“Ungovernable” serves as a reminder that pseudoscience is hardly a relic of the past. And have we fully evolved? Oneill’s irreverent guide is a reality check for those who might romanticize the era of strict selfdiscipline and unchallenged parental authority. “Welcome to the past,” she writes. “It’s quite awful here.”