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HUNTER — An Ulster County woman was arrested in Cairo on Saturday and charged with 24 counts of failing to feed animals including several exotic specimens on property she owns in Hunter, state police said Tuesday. Laura A. Duffy, 71, of Willow, was charged with 24 counts of torturing/injuring/ not feeding an animal, all class A misdemeanors. She was released on her own recognizance. Troopers in Cairo recognized her vehicle based on a warrant, state police Public
Information Officer Steven Nevel said. Duffy is accused of failing to provide food and water to Laura Duffy two llamas, five miniature horses, three full-sized horses, one peacock, five chickens, four guinea hens and four pigeons, according to formal complaints. The animals were kept at a location on Silver Hollow Road in Hunter, according to court papers. Duffy owns the property, according to Greene
County property records. Duffy is scheduled to appear in Hunter Town Court at 2 p.m. on Wednesday. Duffy had a previous encounter with state police in December 2018. On New Year’s Eve 2018, at around 9:15 p.m., state police saw a vehicle traveling south on the New York State Thruway in the Town of Newburgh that matched the description from an alert stemming from two separate pursuits that occurred earlier in Ulster County. Troopers pulled over a 2017 black Hyundai Accent, but the driver, later identified as Laura
A. Duffy, 71, of Willow, failed to comply and fled. After nearly 34 miles and reaching excessive speeds, state police deployed a stinger, or tire deflation device, and flattened both right tires on Duffy’s vehicle, but Duffy continued south, entered the Ramapo Service Area and struck two state police vehicles before getting back on the Thruway, state police said. She continued south until her vehicle finally became disabled on the Exit 15 acceleration ramp, state police said. Duffy was placed into custody and taken to Tarrytown state police where she was
evaluated by EMS and refused medical treatment. Three state police members were transported to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern with non-life threatening injuries. She was charged with second-degree assault and second-degree criminal mischief, both class D felonies, second-degree reckless endangerment, second-degree obstruction of governmental administration, unlawful fleeing of a police officer in a motor vehicle, all class A misdemeanors and disorderly conduct, a violation.
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Trump tries to rally GOP President Trump denies his tweets were racist and implores Republicans to reject House resolution PAGE A2
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HUDSON — In a scene straight out of an old Western, an alleged confrontation during a card game led
to weapons charges against a Greene County man after police say he pulled out a handgun and pointed it at another man. Sandy K. Samuels, 58, of
Catskill, was charged Saturday with three counts of seconddegree criminal possession of a weapon, a class C felony; second-degree criminal use of a firearm, a class C felony;
and fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, a class E felony, according to a statement issued by the Hudson Police Department. Samuels pleaded not guilty
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CATSKILL — ColumbiaGreene Community College’s sponsor counties will see a modest increase in the college’s proposed 2019-2020 operating budget, officials said. Greene County lawmakers discussed the proposed 20192020 operating budget for Columbia-Greene Community College last week. This year’s budget shows a slight increase of 0.77% from $17,118,838 to $17,239,925, College President Carlee Rader Drummer said. Columbia and Greene counties make separate contributions to the budget depending upon student enrollment, Drummer said. “Columbia County’s share is 51.2% and Greene County is 48.8% based on fall 2018 enrollment,” Drummer said. “The bulk of our students come
from Columbia and Greene counties but we also have some from Ulster and Dutchess.” The proposed 2020 budget is based on enrollment statistics from the previous year because students are continuing to register for courses, Assistant Dean of Planning and Institutional Effectiveness Casey O’Brien said. The student body in fall 2018 consisted of 39% Greene County residents and 39% Columbia County, 21% from other New York counties and the remaining 1% of students were from out of state, according to enrollment statistics provided by the college. Greene County’s contribution increased $190,000 over last year, Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden said.
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Linda Dolfax, 77, of Greenport, passed away Monday July 15, 2019. Born in Greenport June 30, 1942, she is the daughter of Theodore and Dulcie (Rockefeller) Gritmon. Linda lived her entire life here in Columbia County. She was a member of the Greenport Seniors, and a dedicated member of The Livingston Memorial Church of Linlithgo. She was also an avid reader, loved birds and flowers, and was very devoted to God. Left to cherish her memory are her husband Robert C. Dolfax, daughter Melissa Lighthart,
grandsons Shawn and Kyle Lighthart, and sister Shirley Schmitt. Several nieces and nephews also survive. In addition to her parents, Linda was predeceased by her son Timothy Dolfax. A funeral service will be held Friday July 19, at 10:00am from the Bates & Anderson-Redmond & Keeler Funeral Home. Interment will be in Mt. Pleasant Reformed Church Cemetery in Greenport. Visitation hours at the funeral home are Thursday from 4:00-7:00pm. Please visit batesanderson.com to leave an online condolence.
She also was a member of the Germantown United Methodist Church Choir. Bernice is survived by her five children; Judi Bathrick, Nancy Sommerville, Deborah Boseman, Anthony Leggio, and Michael West. Many grandchildren, and even more great grandchildren. Also surviving are two brothers; Manuel and Robert Fernandez. She was predeceased by her two husbands; Vincent James Leggio and Thomas West. Also
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Aaron K. Jacobs Aaron K. Jacobs, 70, of Niverville, passed away on Sunday, July 14th surrounded by family. Born on December 18, 1948, he was the son of the late Roswell and Vivian (Haywood) Jacobs. He was a Veteran who served his country in the US Army. He is survived by his wife, Diane; a sister, Candace (Angelo) Melino; daughters, Tara (Rick) Rossano and Amanda (Kyle) Logan; step-children, Thomas (Tracy)
Donald Trump rallies GOP to oppose resolution against his ‘racist tweet’ The New York Times News Service
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Delaney and Jodi (Dennis) Stupplebeen; grandchildren, Brandon and Carly Rossano, Flynn Logan, Krysten, Alexys and Brystol Delaney, Justin Stupplebeen and several nieces and nephews. Services will be private for the family. Donations may be made to the Valatie Rescue Squad, POB 242, Valatie, NY 12184. Arrangements are with the Raymond E. Bond Funeral Home, Valatie
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her son Vincent J. Leggio and her brother Richard Fernandez. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 3:00pm from the Elizaville United Methodist Church, 740 County Route 2, Elizaville, New York. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Elizaville Food Pantry. For directions or to leave a message of condolence please visit www. batesanderson.com
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for a good number of years as an activities aide at the former Adventist Home in Livingston. In 1993, Bernice was called by the Lord to become ordained deacon. She started out on her journey with five years of study that took her through churches in both Columbia and Dutchess Counties. She started in Germantown, and served also in Dover Plains, Pleasant Valley, Wingdale, and Elizaville before coming back to Germantown.
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday denied that his tweets suggesting that four minority congresswomen leave the country were racist, imploring House Republicans to reject a resolution set for a vote Tuesday that condemns his statements as “racist comments that have legitimized increased fear and hatred of new Americans and people of color.” The president raged on Twitter against the resolution, calling it a “con game.” He renewed his harsh criticism of Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna S. Pressley of Massachusetts and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan. “Those Tweets were NOT Racist,” Trump wrote. “I don’t have a Racist bone in my body! The so-called vote to be taken is a Democrat con game. Republicans should not show ‘weakness’ and fall into their trap.” The vote on the resolution,
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President Trump in the Rose Garden of the White House on July 11th, 2019 in Washington, D.C.
scheduled for Tuesday evening, is developing into a show of unity for Democrats who had been squabbling for weeks — and a test of Republican principles. The president attempted to shift the focus to what he called “HORRIBLE” things said by the four liberal freshmen congresswomen, who have been among the most outspoken in their party in their criticisms of him, including at a news conference
Monday where they described Trump as racist, xenophobic, misogynistic and criminal. “This should be a vote on the filthy language, statements and lies told by the Democrat Congresswomen, who I truly believe, based on their actions, hate our Country,” Trump wrote. His latest broadside against the women comes hours before the House is poised to vote on a resolution that responds
directly to his nativist tweets Sunday telling the lawmakers — all but one of whom was born in the United States — to “go back” to their countries. The measure is a chance for Democrats to go on offense, and put Republicans on the record either rejecting or endorsing what the president said. Republican leaders signaled Tuesday that they would seek to shift the debate from the president’s incendiary remarks to the policies espoused by Ocasio-Cortez and her colleagues. “I want to make absolutely clear that our opposition to our socialist colleagues has absolutely nothing to do with their gender, with their religion or with their race,” said Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the No. 3 Republican.
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A man has confessed to raping and killing an American scientist whose body was found last week in a cave on the island of Crete, authorities said Tuesday. The disappearance of Suzanne Eaton, 59, a prominent developmental biologist who had been in Crete for a conference, set off an international online campaign by friends and family members to find her. Her remains were discovered July 8, six days after she was last seen alive. A coroner found that she had died of asphyxiation and ruled that her death had resulted from a criminal act. She had also suffered multiple rib and facial fractures as well as upper limb injuries, and had possibly been a victim of sexual abuse, police said in a statement Tuesday. They said the suspect had admitted to hitting her with his car, to disable her so that he could rape her. A 27-year-old man confessed to the crime after he was arrested Monday as the main suspect for her killing, the director of Crete’s police force, Konstantinos Lagoudakis, said in the statement. Eaton, who had a black belt in taekwondo, was last seen July 2, having lunch at the Orthodox Academy of Crete, which was hosting the conference. The academy, outside
the small town of Kolymvari in the northwestern part of the island, is nestled between the rocky shoreline and rugged hills. She apparently went on her daily, 30-minute run — her running shoes were missing from her room, but her passport, wallet, phone, and cycling shoes were still there,. After Eaton was reported missing July 4, according to police, her family and colleagues raised 50,000 euros to give as a reward for her recovery. A “Searching for Suzanne” Facebook group was also created, where users discussed theories and possible trails she might have taken during her run. In his confession, according to police, the suspect said he saw her around noon heading toward a monument to the fallen Greek cadets of World War II, about a mile away from the academy, and hit her twice with his car. He put her in his car trunk and moved her to a cave, about 6 miles away from the conference center, that had been used as a bunker in World War II, police said. They said he told
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officers that he had raped her before throwing her in the ventilation shaft of the cave and replacing its seal. Her body was found there July 8 by amateur cave explorers who then notified police, Lagoudakis added. He said that tire tracks at the site were a key piece of evidence in the investigation. Eaton led a research group at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, and was a professor at the Biotechnology Center of the Dresden University of Technology. COLUMBIA-GREENE MEDIA The Register-Star/The Daily Mail are publishedTuesday through Saturday mornings by Columbia-Greene Media (USPS 253620), One Hudson City Centre, Suite 202, Hudson, NY 12534, a subsidiary of Johnson Newspaper Corp. Periodicals postage paid at Hudson, N.Y., and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Register-Star, One Hudson City Centre, Suite 202, Hudson, NY 12534. TO SUBSCRIBE To order a subscription, call our circulation department at (800) 724-1012 or logon to www.hudsonvalley360.com SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Digital Pass is included with print subscription Daily (Newsstand) $1.50 Saturday (Newsstand) $2.50 Carrier Delivery (3 Months) $71.50 Carrier Delivery (6 Months) $143.00 Carrier Delivery (1 Year) $286.00 EZ Pay Rates: 3 months $65.00 6 months $130.00 1 year $260.00 DIGITAL PASS ONLY RATES: Includes full access to HudsonValley360.com and the e-edition. 3 Months $30.00 6 Months $60.00 1 Year $120.00 Home Delivery & Billing Inquireries Call (800) 724-1012 and reach us, live reps are available Mon.-Fri. 6 a,m - 5 p.m., Sat. 6 a.m. - noon Sun. 8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
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What happens when racism and executive overreach intersect in the Oval Office Laura Ellyn Smith The Washington Post
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Gaffe should be a red flag Some of the axioms we learned about as children and later as adults turn out to be true. “Always read the fine print” is one to keep in mind. In a refreshing act of accountability during the flap over the new jail, Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden confirmed Monday that he approved the auction at the former sheriff’s office last month, a sale he previously referred to as unauthorized. Groden’s explanation is noteworthy. “I actually authorized it in an email I must have read at 80 miles an hour,” Groden said Monday. “In parentheses there was wooden windows and
doors that I must not have caught.” Where the email originated is significant, too. The email was sent to Groden from the Greene County Sheriff’s Office. “I responded and told them to proceed,” he said. “I told the (Legislature) I take full responsibility for it.” Groden’s response offers some food for thought on the extraordinary number of moving parts in the new Greene County Jail project and how close oversight will be critical to the way this project unfolds. In particular, Groden’s gaffe bolsters a case for a fine-tooth-comb review of all documents,
both directly related to the project and ancillary documents having to do with the old jail, the old sheriff’s office and their contents. And we didn’t even mention the documents about construction expenses. Groden and Greene County lawmakers should be considering tighter scrutiny of documents that will affect the new jail, sheriff’s office and former jail. Taxpayer money is at stake, after all. Groden’s explanation of what went wrong with the auction should be the start of a more sensible approach to the jail project.
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U.S. is slamming door on asylum seekers The Washington Post
Given that President Donald Trump would like to exile members of Congress who strike him as a little too alien, it may not come as a surprise that he is prepared to take extraordinary steps to send actual foreign asylum seekers packing. Still, the administration caught most of the world by surprise with its sudden announcement Monday that it would shift decades of established procedure by barring protections for most people who cross the southern border. The new rule, unveiled jointly by the Justice and Homeland Security departments to take effect Tuesday, aims directly at people fleeing the three countries - Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras - that are the source of most asylum seekers who have crossed into the United States in recent months. That spike in migration, and the burden it has imposed on U.S. Border Patrol officers and other agencies, was the main justification for the rule change cited by Attorney General William Barr. It was telling that Barr made no serious attempt to provide legal justifica-
tion for the new policy; it seems likely that no persuasive one exists. U.S. and international law are clear that refugees who enter the United States are entitled to apply for asylum here, regardless of their odds of success (which lately are less than 20%). The American Civil Liberties Union said it would file suit immediately to block the change. Already, courts have struck down the administration’s attempt to prohibit migrants from applying for asylum unless they cross the border at official ports of entry. In Trump’s perfect world, asylum seekers and refugees would have no place in the United States, with the possible exception of Norwegians. That thinking explains why the administration has tried desperately to finalize agreements with Mexico and Guatemala that would force Salvadorans or Hondurans to apply for asylum in Guatemala, and Guatemalans to seek protections in Mexico. Both countries would thus function as protective screens for their vastly bigger and more powerful neighbor to the north; never mind that neither is plausibly very safe for
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migrants, nor that neither has the administrative or economic wherewithal to absorb a significant influx. As it happens, a court in Guatemala last weekend blocked President Jimmy Morales from signing such a “safe-thirdcountry agreement” with the United States, days after word leaked there that he planned to do so this week in Washington. Undeterred, the Trump administration unveiled its policy a day later, effectively shunting the U.S. burden southward. (The decree makes exceptions for asylum seekers whose applications had been denied by a country through which they had traveled, as well as some trafficking victims.) Rather than slamming the door, the United States would be wise to add processing capacity by hiring more immigration judges to swiftly adjudicate asylum claims; wait times currently are two years or more. But the administration cannot wish away this country’s long-standing commitment under law and tradition to provide shelter to those with legitimate fear of persecution in their home countries.
It is no secret that Donald Trump admires President Andrew Jackson. At Trump’s direction, Jackson’s portrait now hangs in the Oval Office, a controversial choice given heightened public recognition of Jackson’s violent legacy. But it is also an apt choice. By attacking four minority congresswomen, as well as defiantly announcing an executive action to get around the Supreme Court’s recent decision on the U.S. Census case, Trump is embracing the two components of Jackson’s presidency that make him most reviled: his mistreatment of minorities and his abuse of presidential power. During his presidency, Jackson trampled the rights of Native Americans, pandered to white supremacy and violated congressional and legal restrictions on his executive power. Today, Trump is following in his footsteps, abusing executive power to assail some of society’s most vulnerable people. If the other branches of government won’t hold the president accountable, voters must - or the results could be deadly, as Jackson’s legacy reminds us. Jackson has become notorious in U.S. history for his forced removal of Native Americans living in states on the East Coast to west of the Mississippi River. Most infamously, his actions led to the Trail of Tears that killed 4,000 Cherokee people. The actions that led to the Trail of Tears were fueled by Jackson’s embrace of white supremacy. But they were also a direct violation of the law. Issued in March 1832, eight months before Jackson’s reelection in November, the Supreme Court ruled in Worcester v. Georgia that Cherokees had sovereignty over their homelands. The case provoked a firestorm. Its recognition of Native American rights was unprecedented. It also stood in contrast to the passage of the Indian Removal Act that Jackson had forced through Congress in 1830. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall understood that Jackson would oppose any decision protecting
Native American rights, but issued the ruling anyway. Jackson responded by proclaiming the ruling to be “stillborn” and continued to enforce his violent policy of Native American removal, while the Supreme Court seemed powerless to intervene. Both the issues of Native rights and presidential overreach dominated the 1832 election. In some states that were experiencing a rise in social activism, such as Massachusetts, voters expressed disgust at Jackson’s disrespect for both the rights of Native Americans and the rule of law as decided by the Supreme Court. Before the election, public meetings, including Native American speakers, were held in Boston to large crowds of people angry with the president. In October 1832, the Boston Courier explained that “Jackson will be the head of the Southern party, to advance its influence, and to cripple and retard the interests of a portion of the Eastern, Middle and Western States.” Jackson didn’t reflect the values of Massachusetts voters - but he won the election anyway. His second term was filled with controversy. His policy of deadly Native American removal divided Congress; many opposed to the practice spoke out. Representatives of northern states that were gripped by religious revivalism highlighted the immorality of the policy. As white southerners gained more land, some northerners associated the removal policy with the spread of slavery in the South, which was becoming an increasingly fraught debate. Another argument framed the issue as a dangerous expansion of executive power. But Jackson was undeterred, and the human costs were stunning, both in continued removal policy and in the ensuing Second Seminole War, which lasted from 1835 to 1842. When Jackson did face serious rebuke, it was for overstepping the boundaries of his office on an issue unrelated to his white supremacy. He became the first and only president to be reprimanded by a congressional censure,
when he attempted to dismantle the federal bank by removing its funds and distributing them to chosen state banks while Congress was out of session. Ultimately, his censure was expunged when his party regained control of the Senate; even then partisanship won out over concerns about executive overreach. Trump today is counting on it. He is playing a dangerous game of blending outright racism - suggesting that several members of Congress should “go back” where they came from - with executive overreach, promising to defy the spirit of the Supreme Court’s ruling against the administration in the census case. The Supreme Court stopped him from including a citizenship question on the decennial census. Where Jackson all but ignored the Supreme Court’s ruling against him in 1832, Trump issued an executive order demanding that the Commerce Department gain citizenship data through a variety of agencies, including Social Security and the Department of Homeland Security. Trump is questioning citizenship, not only in the legal sense of the term, but in a broader conception of who counts and who belongs. Debates over citizenship have long been the cornerstone of nativism, xenophobia, and racism in the United States. And Trump is abusing presidential power - from the bully pulpit of his Twitter handle to the federal bureaucracy - to challenge the citizenship of his political opponents and of all of America’s residents. Trump’s faith in the continued appeal of these racist attacks will soon be tested in the upcoming election. Like Jackson’s reelection in 1832, both minority rights and limits on executive power will be on the ballot in 2020. American voters will need to answer a question that has been the cause of much abuse, bloodshed and suffering in our history: Who belongs and who counts in America’s democracy? Smith received her Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi, Arch Dalrymple III Department of History.
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Roger Stone is barred from social media after posts attacking Russia inquiry Eileen Sullivan and Sharon LaFraniere
on social media and used it to raise money for his defense. He has more than 50,000 followers on Instagram, and he regularly posts with the hashtag “#rogerstonedidnothingwrong.” Mueller in an Instagram post of using investigative tactics “straight out of the Gestapo’s playbook.” Prosecutors from the U.S. attorney’s office in the District of Columbia, who took over the case after Mueller wrapped up his inquiry, have argued that Stone’s actions could bias the jury pool and threaten the government’s ability to conduct a fair trial. His lawyers argued that he was exercising his constitutional right to free speech. “None of these are the kinds of things that have any reasonable basis for suggesting that they would affect a fair trial,” Bruce S. Rogow, one of his lawyers, said. Prosecutors have said a top Trump campaign official dispatched Stone to obtain information from WikiLeaks about the hacked Democratic emails, which were stolen by Russian operatives and released during the campaign to damage Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton.
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WASHINGTON — A federal judge Tuesday ordered President Donald Trump’s former adviser Roger J. Stone Jr. off social media, declaring he violated a gag order by using Instagram and other platforms to attack the special counsel’s investigation and officials tied to it. Stone is awaiting trial in November on charges related to his attempts to communicate with WikiLeaks about stolen Democratic emails during the 2016 election campaign. Special counsel Robert Mueller secured the indictment against Stone. Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the U.S. District Court in Washington had placed Stone under a gag order in February after he posted a photo of her with an image of crosshairs on Instagram. Jackson warned Stone at the time that if he violated the terms, she would send him to jail. “My order was as clear as day,” she said Tuesday in determining that he was in breach of it, though she did not revoke his bail. The new conditions ban Stone from writing his own posts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter or using his accounts to disseminate others’ material.
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North Korea Warns U.S. to Quit Military Drills With South Korea Choe Sang-Hun The New York Times News Service
SEOUL, South Korea — Only 16 days after President Donald Trump set foot in North Korea to try to restart nuclear talks with its leader, North Korea on Tuesday escalated its pressure on the United States to cancel
a planned joint military drill with South Korea, warning it could scuttle efforts to resume dialogue with Washington and even prompt the North to resume nuclear and long-range missile tests. The vaguely worded threats were contained in two separate
statements from the North Korean Foreign Ministry on Tuesday that complained about the military drill, called 19-2 Dong Maeng. The North said the planned exercise undermined a mood for dialogue created when its leader, Kim Jong Un, met with
Trump at Panmunjom, a village on the inter-Korean border, on June 30. In the hurriedly arranged meeting, the two leaders agreed to restart working-level talks on the terms of denuclearizing North Korea. On Tuesday, North Korea warned that if the joint military
drill takes place in August, it “will affect” efforts to resume dialogue. At Panmunjom, Trump said dialogue could resume in two or three weeks. But the North on Tuesday appeared to link the resumption of such talks to the cancellation of the military drill.
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on $7,500 bail. Samuels appeared in city court on Tuesday but his case was adjourned until Aug. 27. The incident at a home on North 6th Street was reported to police at 2:30 a.m. Saturday, according to police. At some point during the game, Samuels and another man started arguing and that’s when Samuels allegedly took out the loaded gun and pointed it at the man. The alleged victim called the police.
Samuels told police he had been playing cards with the man, but no evidence of his claim was found, police said. Police Chief L. Edward Moore said he did not know what the fight between the two men was about. Samuels was taken into custody at the scene, police said. Two handguns were tossed over a fence in a paper bag, Moore said. A third handgun was found next to the bag. All the guns were loaded and capable of firing, police said. Ammunition, a gun holster, and more than $3,200 in cash were also found by officers at the scene.
“I credit the uniformed officers for interceding so quickly and detectives’ thoroughness in finding the guns that were obviously tossed in a hurry,” Moore said. One of the handguns was reported stolen, another was reported missing or lost and the origin of the third gun remains under investigation, police said. Hudson police were assisted by the Columbia County District Attorney’s Office and the Columbia County Sheriff’s Department. To reach reporter Amanda Purcell, call 518-828-1616 ext. 2500, or send an email to apurcell@thedailymail.net, or tweet to @amandajpurcell.
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BERNE — The Taconic Hills 8-10 year-old All-Star baseball team remained unbeaten with a 16-4 triumph over Berne-KnoxWesterlo in Monday’s Section 2 South AAA Tournament game. TH scored four runs in the first inning, sparked by five consecutive singles by Aidan Buchinsky, Tristan Super, Henry Semp (rbi), Brayden Jause (2 rbi) and Hunter Nielsen ( rbi). TH erupted for eight more runs in the second inning, led by an rbi triple by Super and an rbi double by Xavier Castle. They finished up with four runs in the fourth, led by a bases-loaded triple by Henry Semp. Aidan Buchinsky, Tristan Super, Henry Semp and Hunter Nielsen all had two hits for Taconic Hills. Jause and Castle each had one hit. Semp pitched one inning, striking out two and allowing three runs and two hits. Super pitched three innings, fanning seven and surrendering one run and one hit. Taconic Hills (3-0) plays host to Albany National at Claverack See UNBEATEN B3
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New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley (26) reacts during mini camp at Quest Diagnostic Training Center.
Giants must decide how big a contract extension to offer Barkley Pat Leonard New York Daily News
Melvin Gordon’s holdout with the Chargers is a reminder that in three years tops, the Giants will need to decide whether to pay serious money to a running back, too. Not that they don’t already. Drafting Saquon Barkley No. 2 overall last spring put Big Blue on the hook in 2019 for the NFL’s sixth highest average
annual RB contract value ($7.7 million), the eighth-highest RB salary cap hit for this season ($7.08 million), and the fourth-most total guaranteed money ($31.1 million) in an RB contract, per overthecap.com. And that’s just this year. The Giants face a decision in the not-so-distant future of how big a contract extension See GIANTS B3
HUDSON — Mark your calendars for the first Hudson Kickball Showdown, which will be held on August 3 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Galvan Field. The event is the brainchild of former Hudson High and Columbia-Greene student-athlete Mike Alert. “Coming up with the idea was the easy part,” Alert said. “Growing up, kickball was one sport from my understanding that everybody enjoyed. My plan was to bring back that excitement into people’s lives and let them get that feeling of being a kid again. A kickball tournament also allows people to come together for a good laugh, but also allows people to get their competitive edge back!” Alert said there are rules to follow, but the main objective is for everyone to have a good time. “The event starts at 11, but I will tell those who are going to be playing to be there at 10:45 so I can explain the rules. Each game will be five innings or 20 miuntes long. Each team is allowed 10-13 players. If you have a little more it is fine, but I do not want a team of 20 or so. “Only 10 players are allowed out on the field and the rest are reserves. If you’re kicking and your whole team kicks without getting 3 outs you rotate offense and defense. There will be NO HEADSHOTS and all throws must below the neck.. Cursing is an automatic out. There will be children present so we See KICKBALL B3
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Rays, Yankees in unlikely pennant showdown John Romano Tampa Bay Times
TAMPA, Fla. — The standings are unforgiving, and you’d have it no other way. In baseball, there is no place for mercy, nuance or excuses. A 162-game schedule is meant to leave no doubt about which teams deserve to move on, and which should check next spring’s calendar. So understand what follows is not a lament, but rather an appreciation. The Rays have no business chasing the Yankees. Seriously, the Coyote had better odds against the Roadrunner. Even with all of their injuries, the Yankees still have advantages Tampa Bay will never comprehend. And yet the Rays are in New York this week trying desperately to close the gap between second and first place. You can break down the disparities any way you like: New York’s payroll is about 360% higher than Tampa Bay’s. — Major League Baseball’s average salary this season is $4.36 million. The Yankees have 16 players making more than that. The Rays have three. New York is paying three players (Giancarlo Stanton, Masahiro Tanaka and Jacoby Ellsbury) more than Tampa Bay is paying its entire roster.
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New York Yankees designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion (30) reacts after scoring against the Tampa Bay Rays in the eighth inning at Yankee Stadium on Monday.
The Rays have the lowest payroll in the majors. No team in the wild card era has ever made the playoffs with MLB’s lowest payroll.
So, yeah, it might be helpful to keep that in mind the next time you want to scream about Mike Zunino striking out or Tommy Pham
getting picked off. On the other hand, feel free to curse the commissioner’s office. As much grief as Tampa Bay has gotten concerning poor attendance, Major League Baseball deserves an equal share for failing to adequately fix competitive imbalance. The difference is we admit our shortcomings with regards to attendance. On the other hand, MLB owners and officials act as if they’ve solved revenue inequality. “I’m a data guy,” commissioner Rob Manfred said at the All-Star break. “I really try to pay attention to the aggregate things that are going on in the game, not focusing on one individual team and one year but in aggregate what’s happening to us. I see the revenue sharing system, on the whole, as having been successful because of the (lower) disparity in payrolls.” Has revenue sharing helped? Absolutely. Has it created a level playing field? Pfffttt! Contrary to what the commissioner says, the data shows payroll disparity is one of the best indicators of how teams will perform. There will always be outliers, such as Tampa Bay and Oakland, but it doesn’t take an economist to figure out large market teams have a built-in advantage. And this year is no different. Of the six See SHOWDOWN B3
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Baseball American League East W L Pct GB NY Yankees 59 33 .641 — Tampa Bay 56 40 .583 5.0 Boston 51 43 .543 9.0 Toronto 35 60 .368 25.5 Baltimore 28 65 .301 31.5 Central W L Pct GB Minnesota 58 34 .630 — Cleveland 52 40 .565 6.0 Chi. White Sox 42 47 .472 14.5 Kansas City 32 62 .340 27.0 Detroit 29 60 .326 27.5 West W L Pct GB Houston 59 35 .628 — Oakland 53 41 .564 6.0 Texas 50 44 .532 9.0 LA Angels 47 47 .500 12.0 Seattle 39 58 .402 21.5 Sunday’s results NY Yankees 4, Toronto 2 Tampa Bay 4, Baltimore 1 Cleveland 4, Minnesota 3 Detroit 12, Kansas City 8 Houston 12, Texas 4 LA Angels 6, Seattle 3 Oakland 3, Chi. White Sox 2 Monday’s results Tampa Bay 5, NY Yankees 4 Boston 10, Toronto 8 Cleveland 8, Detroit 6 Chi. White Sox (Giolito 11-3) at Kansas City (Junis 4-8), 8:15 p.m. Houston (James 4-0) at LA Angels (Canning 3-5), 10:07 p.m. Tuesday’s games Tampa Bay at NY Yankees (Sabathia 5-4), 7:05 p.m. Toronto (Waguespack 1-0) at Boston (Cashner 0-0), 7:10 p.m. Detroit at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m. Chi. White Sox (Cease 1-0) at Kansas City (Sparkman 2-5), 8:15 p.m. Houston at LA Angels (Heaney 1-3), 10:07 p.m. Seattle (Gonzales 10-7) at Oakland (Mengden 4-1), 10:07 p.m. Wednesday’s games Seattle at Oakland (Bailey 0-0), 3:37 p.m. Tampa Bay (Chirinos 8-4) at NY Yankees (German 11-2), 7:05 p.m. Toronto (Sanchez 3-13) at Boston (Rodriguez 10-4), 7:10 p.m. Detroit (Turnbull 3-8) at Cleveland (Clevinger 2-2), 7:10 p.m. Chi. White Sox (Nova 4-8) at Kansas City (Duffy 3-5), 8:15 p.m. Houston (Cole 9-5) at LA Angels (Pena 7-2), 10:07 p.m. National League East W L Pct GB Atlanta 57 37 .606 — Washington 49 43 .533 7.0 Philadelphia 48 46 .511 9.0 NY Mets 42 51 .452 14.5 Miami 34 57 .374 21.5 Central W L Pct GB Chi. Cubs 50 43 .538 — Milwaukee 48 46 .511 2.5 St. Louis 46 45 .505 3.0 Pittsburgh 44 48 .478 5.5 Cincinnati 42 48 .467 6.5 West W L Pct GB LA Dodgers 63 33 .656 — Arizona 47 47 .500 15.0 Colorado 46 47 .495 15.5 San Diego 45 48 .484 16.5 San Francisco 44 49 .473 17.5 Sunday’s results Philadelphia 4, Washington 3 NY Mets 6, Miami 2 San Francisco 8, Milwaukee 3 St. Louis 5, Arizona 2 Chi. Cubs 8, Pittsburgh 3 Colorado 10, Cincinnati 9 Atlanta 4, San Diego 1 Monday’s results San Francisco 19, Colorado 2 LA Dodgers 16, Philadelphia 2 Cincinnati (Castillo 8-3) at Chi. Cubs (Hendricks 7-7), 8:05 p.m. Atlanta (Fried 9-4) at Milwaukee (Houser 2-3), 8:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Musgrove 6-7) at St. Louis (Mikolas 5-9), 8:15 p.m. San Francisco (Rodriguez 3-5) at Colorado (Gonzalez 0-1), 8:40 p.m. Tuesday’s games LA Dodgers (Buehler 8-1) at Philadelphia (Velasquez 2-5), 7:05 p.m. San Diego (Allen 2-1) at Miami (Yamamoto 3-0), 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati (DeSclafani 5-4) at Chi. Cubs (Mills 0-0), 8:05 p.m. Atlanta (Wilson 1-0) at Milwaukee (Woodruff 10-3), 8:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Agrazal 2-0) at St. Louis (Flaherty 4-6), 8:15 p.m. San Francisco (Pomeranz 2-9) at Colorado (Lambert 2-1), 8:40 p.m. Wednesday’s games Pittsburgh at St. Louis (Ponce de Leon 1-0), 1:15 p.m. Atlanta (Keuchel 3-2) at Milwaukee (Anderson 4-2), 2:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Gray 5-5) at Chi. Cubs (Darvish 2-4), 2:20 p.m. San Francisco (Anderson 3-2) at Colorado (Gray 9-6), 3:10 p.m. LA Dodgers (Maeda 7-6) at Philadelphia (Pivetta 4-4), 7:05 p.m. San Diego at Miami (Richards 3-10), 7:10 p.m. Interleague Sunday’s results LA Dodgers 7, Boston 4, 12 innings Tuesday’s games Washington (Voth 0-0) at Baltimore (Wojciechowski 0-2), 7:05 p.m. Arizona (Young 2-0) at Texas (Lynn 12-4), 8:05 p.m. NY Mets (Matz 5-6) at Minnesota (Pineda 6-4), 8:10 p.m. Wednesday’s games NY Mets at Minnesota (Perez 8-3), 1:10 p.m. Washington at Baltimore (Brooks 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Arizona (Ray 7-6) at Texas (Chavez 3-4), 8:05 p.m.
Transactions BASEBALL American League Baltimore Orioles - Optioned RF DJ Stewart to Norfolk (IL), activated him from the 10-day IL. Boston Red Sox - Designated 2B Eduardo Nunez for assignment. Optioned RHP Hector Velazquez to Pawtucket (IL). Recalled 1B Sam Travis and RHP Ryan Weber from Pawtucket (IL). Cleveland Indians - Sent RHP Dan Otero on a rehab assignment to Mahoning Valley (NYP) Detroit Tigers - Optioned LHP Gregory Soto to Toledo (IL). Selected the contract of RHP Trevor Rosenthal from Toledo (IL). Sent CF JaCoby Jones on a rehab assignment to Toledo (IL). Kansas City Royals - Recalled RHP Scott Barlow from Omaha (PCL). Los Angeles Angels - Signed RHP Luis Ramirez to a minor league contract. Seattle Mariners - Activated RHP Sam Tuivailala from the 60-day IL. Optioned RHP Parker Markel and RHP David McKay to Tacoma (PCL). Tampa Bay Rays - Activated C Anthony Bemboom from the 60-day IL, designated him for assignment. Toronto Blue Jays - Optioned 1B Rowdy Tellez to Buffalo (IL). Recalled LF Billy McKinney from Buffalo (IL). National League Atlanta Braves - Placed RHP Jacob Webb on the 10-day IL, retroactive to July 13. Recalled RHP Huascar Ynoa from Gwinnett (IL). Signed RHP Marrick Crouse to a minor league contract. Colorado Rockies - Recalled RHP Yency Almonte from Albuquerque (PCL). Los Angeles Dodgers - Designated LHP Zac Rosscup for assignment. Recalled RHP Casey Sadler from Oklahoma City (PCL). Milwaukee Brewers - Placed RHP Corbin Burnes on the 10-day IL. Recalled RHP Burch Smith from San Antonio (PCL). Sent LHP Gio Gonzalez on a rehab assignment to San Antonio (PCL). San Francisco Giants - Placed 3B Evan Longoria on the 10-day IL. Recalled RHP Sam Coonrod and RHP Ray Black from Sacramento (PCL).
FOOTBALL National Football League Cincinnati Bengals - Announced G Clint Boling has retired. New York Giants - Suspended S Kamrin Moore indefinitely for an off-field incident. Oakland Raiders - Signed G Jonathan Cooper. Waived WR Montay Crockett. San Francisco 49ers - Re-signed K Robbie Gould to a four-year, $19 million contract. Tennessee Titans - Announced LB Derrick Morgan has retired. NCAA Football Northwestern - Announced LB Nathan Fox has left the program and will transfer to Houston as a graduate. Oklahoma - Announced WR Jaylon Robinson has left the program and will transfer to Central Florida. UCLA - Announced LB Rahyme Johnson has left the program and is expected to transfer to San Jose State.
BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Cleveland Cavaliers - Waived SG JR Smith. Indiana Pacers - Signed C Goga Bitadze to a four-year contract. New Orleans Pelicans - Waived PF Christian Wood. Utah Jazz - Signed SG Miye Oni.
HOCKEY National Hockey League Buffalo Sabres - Signed C Dylan Cozens to a three-year, entry-level contract. Carolina Hurricanes - Re-signed C Clark Bishop to a one-year, two-way contract worth $700,000. Colorado Avalanche - Signed LW Andre Burakovsky to a one-year, $3.25 million contract. Columbus Blue Jackets - Re-signed LW Sonny Milano to a one-year, two-way contract worth $874,125. Florida Panthers - Re-signed RW Anthony Greco to a one-year, two-way contract. Signed C Dominic Toninato to a one-year, two-way contract. New Jersey Devils - Re-signed LW Brandon Baddock and D Josh Jacobs to a one-year, two-way contract worth $700,000. New York Islanders - Signed RW Simon Holmstrom to a three-year, entry-level contract. Ottawa Senators - Signed LW Michael Carcone to a two-year, two-way contract worth $1.4 million. Signed D Lassi Thomson to a three-year, entry-level contract. Winnipeg Jets - Signed D Ville Heinola to a three-year, entry-level contract.
Golf PGA Money Leaders Through Monday Trn 1. Brooks Koepka 16 2. Rory McIlroy 14 3. Matt Kuchar 17 4. Gary Woodland 19 5. Xander Schauffele 16 6. Dustin Johnson 14 7. Patrick Cantlay 16 8. Paul Casey 17 9. Justin Rose 12 10. Jon Rahm 15 11. Chez Reavie 22 12. Rickie Fowler 16 13. Adam Scott 13 14. Francesco Molinari 12 15. Marc Leishman 16 16. Tiger Woods 9 17. Tony Finau 20 18. Bryson DeChambeau 16 19. Charles Howell III 23 20. Kevin Kisner 20 21. Justin Thomas 15 22. Sung-Hoon Kang 23 23. Ryan Palmer 17 24. Webb Simpson 15 25. Scott Piercy 21 26. Hideki Matsuyama 18 27. Jason Day 17 28. Jim Furyk 17 29. Sung-Jae Im 30 30. Corey Conners 22 31. Brandt Snedeker 21 32. Phil Mickelson 16 33. Keith Mitchell 22 34. Lucas Glover 21 35. Kevin Na 17 36. Cheng-Tsung Pan 21 37. Tommy Fleetwood 13 38. Andrew Putnam 19 39. J.B. Holmes 21 40. Kevin Tway 22 41. Adam Hadwin 20 42. Max Homa 22 43. Rory Sabbatini 22 44. Nate Lashley 17 45. Si Woo Kim 24 46. Louis Oosthuizen 14 47. Joel Dahmen 25 48. Jason Kokrak 19 49. Keegan Bradley 21 50. Rafael Cabrera Bello 16 51. Sergio Garcia 12 52. Ryan Moore 20 53. Billy Horschel 21 54. Emiliano Grillo 19 55. Ian Poulter 14 56. Graeme McDowell 17 57. Abraham Ancer 22 58. Cameron Champ 23 59. Kevin Streelman 23 60. Kiradech Aphibarnrat 17 61. Jordan Spieth 18 62. Adam Long 23 63. Jhonattan Vegas 20 64. Shane Lowry 11 65. Danny Lee 24 66. Vaughn Taylor 24 67. Dylan Frittelli 20 68. Charley Hoffman 21 69. Byeong-Hun An 18 70. Patrick Reed 19 71. Matt Every 14 72. Luke List 19 73. Chesson Hadley 24 74. Bubba Watson 16 75. Michael Thompson 20 76. Branden Grace 19 77. Brian Stuard 26 78. Cameron Smith 19 79. Henrik Stenson 13 80. Joaquin Niemann 24 81. Matthew Wolff 5 82. J.J. Spaun 23 83. J.T. Poston 25 84. Brian Harman 26 85. Adam Schenk 28 86. Sam Burns 26 87. Tyrrell Hatton 14 88. Pat Perez 18 89. Wyndham Clark 24 90. Russell Knox 19 91. Talor Gooch 15 92. Scott Stallings 24 93. Kyoung-hoon Lee 27 94. Bud Cauley 23 95. Sam Ryder 20 96. Carlos Ortiz 26 97. Brian Gay 25 98. Patrick Rodgers 14 99. Russell Henley 22 100. Chris Stroud 23
Money $7,302,884 $6,989,374 $6,166,194 $5,556,461 $5,374,171 $5,297,249 $4,766,188 $3,955,934 $3,822,428 $3,657,410 $3,498,484 $3,436,710 $3,381,541 $3,259,090 $3,172,467 $3,158,915 $3,042,365 $3,021,442 $2,945,305 $2,898,268 $2,857,009 $2,726,948 $2,720,425 $2,647,741 $2,589,954 $2,582,371 $2,541,909 $2,515,906 $2,434,131 $2,378,657 $2,362,778 $2,340,411 $2,288,364 $2,184,709 $2,170,382 $2,167,824 $2,125,652 $2,073,584 $2,020,382 $1,977,025 $1,954,455 $1,950,259 $1,899,291 $1,898,102 $1,862,223 $1,838,764 $1,838,170 $1,804,946 $1,799,347 $1,763,607 $1,693,939 $1,668,588 $1,656,820 $1,655,865 $1,626,156 $1,624,429 $1,623,950 $1,572,908 $1,562,414 $1,542,705 $1,537,764 $1,525,767 $1,519,750 $1,509,878 $1,507,660 $1,499,204 $1,471,560 $1,423,611 $1,406,705 $1,397,065 $1,396,698 $1,374,480 $1,363,914 $1,324,697 $1,296,036 $1,275,329 $1,262,516 $1,249,680 $1,219,770 $1,217,570 $1,188,888 $1,183,077 $1,155,275 $1,140,295 $1,134,983 $1,117,312 $1,114,230 $1,095,680 $1,084,659 $1,080,127 $1,049,144 $1,043,685 $1,040,238 $1,036,974 $1,036,041 $1,032,244 $1,029,440 $1,028,191 $1,017,342 $1,016,052
LPGA Money Leaders Through Monday Trn 1. Jeongeun Lee 14 2. Lexi Thompson 13 3. Jin Young Ko 13 4. Sung Hyun Park 12 5. Brooke Henderson 16 6. Minjee Lee 16 7. Sei-Young Kim 15 8. Nelly Korda 12 9. Hannah Green 12 10. Danielle Kang 13 11. Amy Yang 14 12. So Yeon Ryu 12 13. Eun Hee Ji 14 14. Carlota Ciganda 16 15. Ariya Jutanugarn 16 16. Nasa Hataoka 12 17. Shanshan Feng 15 18. Angel Yin 13 19. Hyo Joo Kim 10 20. Inbee Park 11 21. Yu Liu 17 22. Azahara Munoz 16 23. Celine Boutier 16 24. Mi Hyang Lee 17 25. Bronte Law 14 26. Brittany Altomare 15 27. Jessica Korda 9 28. Ally McDonald 15 29. Moriya Jutanugarn 16 30. Gaby Lopez 16 31. Lizette Salas 15 32. Mirim Lee 13 33. Jenny Shin 14 34. Stacy Lewis 13 35. Lydia Ko 13 36. Jing Yan 14 37. Kristen Gillman 14 38. Jaye Marie Green 14 39. Megan Khang 14 40. Su-Hyun Oh 15 41. Annie Park 15 42. Melissa Reid 12 43. Chella Choi 15 44. Charley Hull 13 45. Caroline Masson 16 46. Pornanong Phatlum 15 47. Morgan Pressel 14 48. Wei Ling Hsu 16 49. I.K. Kim 7 50. Jodi Ewart Shadoff 13 51. Katherine Kirk 16 52. Marina Alex 14 53. Tiffany Joh 13 54. Anna Nordqvist 14 55. Gerina Piller 13 56. Mi Jung Hur 12 57. Nanna Koerstz Madsen 13 58. Haru Nomura 13 59. Alena Sharp 13 60. Madelene Sagstrom 14 61. Cristie Kerr 14 62. In-gee Chun 14 63. Ryann O’Toole 15 64. Amy Olson 13 65. Charlotte Thomas 15 66. Thidapa Suwannapura 16 67. Austin Ernst 14 68. Lauren Stephenson 13 69. Linnea Strom 14 70. Ashleigh Buhai 16
Money $1,645,015 $1,319,726 $1,251,395 $1,207,253 $1,025,239 $952,766 $897,903 $835,092 $694,003 $676,519 $657,814 $653,296 $650,086 $628,527 $627,087 $620,377 $583,938 $578,539 $563,007 $561,173 $523,698 $501,468 $479,241 $459,916 $435,856 $394,566 $394,404 $380,193 $355,807 $355,198 $345,172 $325,541 $312,950 $299,960 $297,699 $278,696 $274,578 $269,206 $266,225 $264,458 $264,150 $260,251 $258,751 $254,732 $251,829 $244,858 $241,254 $232,517 $230,567 $223,553 $223,343 $223,218 $220,031 $217,857 $213,955 $196,472 $189,513 $186,559 $186,342 $175,626 $170,666 $165,633 $162,772 $162,017 $157,822 $146,244 $144,870 $138,248 $136,512 $128,652
An epic Wimbledon final gives way to plans for a grand future Christopher Clarey The New York Times News Service
WIMBLEDON, England — On Sunday evening, Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic stood on Centre Court after beating Roger Federer and made it clear that his long-term plan was to keep improving and adding to his legacy. On Monday afternoon, Richard Lewis, the tournament’s chief executive, stood in front of an aerial photograph and made it clear that Wimbledon had a similar long-term plan of its own. The All England Club, which owns and operates tennis’ oldest Grand Slam tournament, continues to expand. The most visible addition this year was the retractable roof on No. 1 Court, giving Wimbledon a weatherproof complement to Centre Court, which was equipped with a roof in 2009. But those projects have been tiny in scale compared with what is coming next as Wimbledon prepares to expand to the other side of Church Road. In December, the club completed an early buyout of the lease of the Wimbledon Park Golf Club, which will nearly triple the All England Club’s footprint to about 120 acres from 42. “It’s just so much opportunity and wonderful to be able to talk about, ‘Will we have too much space?’” Lewis said. The club will take possession of the majority of the new land in December 2021, and the rest most likely in 2022 or 2023. Detailed plans are still being formulated, options still being debated. Will they dig tunnels under Church Road to bring the two sections of Wimbledon together? Will the road be closed during the tournament? But what is clear is that a large number of grass courts will be constructed on the new site, allowing the club to stage the qualifying tournament at Wimbledon instead of at its current site about 4 miles away in Roehampton. That could happen in time for the 2024 tournament. Djokovic will be 37 then, the same age Federer was Sunday when he pushed Djokovic to the brink of defeat, only to fail to convert two match points in the fifth set. Djokovic, showing his now-hallmark grit, went on to win the longest Wimbledon men’s singles final in history, 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 13-12 (3). The fifth-set tiebreaker at 12-all — new to Wimbledon this year — was instituted to prevent ultramarathon matches that can wreak havoc on the schedule and on players’ ability to recover. Lewis said that, when Wimbledon opted last fall to introduce the final-set tiebreaker, there was a serious debate about whether the finals should be exceptions. But the tournament leadership chose to maintain consistency across all matches. Lewis also said he was happy Wimbledon had decided not to take the conventional path and go to a final-set tiebreaker at 6-6. “I must admit I was standing there at 6-all
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Novak Djokovic poses with the trophy after his men’s final match against Roger Federer on Sunday at the All England Lawn and Croquet Club.
by the side of the court, and I thought there’s loads left in this match, and I’m really glad we’re not doing it now,” Lewis said. “I think 12-all takes time to get used to, but I felt the standard of tennis was unbelievably good, and one of the factors was I think Roger and Novak didn’t have to worry about pacing themselves. They knew there was a finish line.” It is remarkable that Djokovic could fight off an inspired Federer over 4 hours 57 minutes, and also that Federer remains so inspired at this late stage of his career. “I hope I give some other people a chance to believe at 37 it’s not over yet,” Federer said during the awards ceremony. Djokovic was watching quietly from the other side of Centre Court, the champion’s trophy in his grasp, as Federer answered questions from the BBC’s Sue Barker. When it was Djokovic’s turn, he sent a clear message. “Roger said he hopes that he gives some other people a chance to believe they can do it at 37,” Djokovic said. “I’m one of them.” It would be quite a golden-era twist if Federer’s enduring ability to challenge for major trophies is what provides Djokovic with the belief that he can eventually break Federer’s records of 20 Grand Slam singles titles and 310 total weeks at No. 1. But that scenario looks ever more likely with Djokovic reestablishing himself as the sport’s best big-match player after the twoyear slump between winning his first French Open title in 2016 and his Wimbledon victory in 2018. For now, he has 16 major singles titles and has spent 160 weeks in the top spot. He will remain No. 1 heading into the U.S. Open, the next Grand Slam tournament, which begins in late August. “I’m not really looking at age as a restriction of any kind, for me at least,” said Djokovic, the
reigning U.S. Open champion. “It depends not only on myself. It depends on circumstances in life. I’m not just a tennis player. I’m a father and a husband. You have to balance things out. Obviously you need to have the right circumstances, the right support, for things to play out in the right way.” Support remains an issue for Djokovic, who has had to play in front of vocally pro-Federer crowds at what would normally be neutral Grand Slam venues. But Djokovic shrugged off the partisan fervor and beat Federer in the 2015 U.S. Open final and in the 2014, 2015 and 2019 Wimbledon finals. Djokovic has been the villain at Wimbledon before. Andy Murray dispatched him with surprising ease in straight sets in the 2013 final to become the first British man in 77 years to win the singles title. Federer’s beautiful game, genial personality and sentimental status as the game’s grand old man mean that Djokovic is, for now, only No. 1 on the scoreboard at showplaces like Centre Court. “I don’t have any obligation to play,” Djokovic said of tennis. “I play it because I really love it, and I have support of the closest people in my life. As long as that’s so, hopefully in five years time I can be hearing the same chants.” By then, much will have changed. Federer will surely have ended his career and finally be free to ski with his children in Switzerland instead of watching from the side of the slopes to avoid injury. By then, the new and much-expanded Wimbledon should be in place. And the expensive new roof on No. 1 Court will surely have proved much more useful than it did in 2019, when it was closed only occasionally for fading light, and never for rain during a tournament of clear and delightful weather.
Whitaker, champion in four boxing classes, dies at 55 Richard Sandomir The New York Times News Service
Pernell Whitaker, a left-handed defensive master in the boxing ring who won a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics and became a champion in four weight classes as a professional, was killed Sunday when he was struck by a car in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He was 55. The Virginia Beach Police Department confirmed the death, saying he was crossing a street at night when he was hit. The driver of the car remained at the scene, and the police said they were investigating the incident. Whitaker, known as Sweet Pea or Pete, was an elusive fighter who deftly avoided being hit, or hurt, by his opponents. “He could stand in front of you and you couldn’t find him,” Jim Lampley, the longtime HBO boxing announcer, said in a phone interview. “He would smile at you and demonstrate to you, while smiling, how remarkably easy this was for him.” Whitaker lost his first chance at a championship in 1988, but he rebounded the next year to win the International Boxing Federation world lightweight title from Greg Haugen. He then beat Rafael Pineda for the IBF super lightweight title in 1992 and Buddy McGirt for the World Boxing Council welterweight belt in early 1993. The victory over McGirt set him up for a much-anticipated fight against Julio Cesar Chavez at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Whitaker and Chavez, who was 87-0 at the time, were considered
two of the greatest boxers, pound for pound, of their day. They offered contrasting styles: Whitaker was mobile and slippery, Chavez an aggressive attacker. But in a fight that many observers thought Whitaker had won easily, two judges called it a draw and a third voted for Whitaker, leaving the fight ruled a draw. “Last night it was like someone put a knife in me and twisted it,” Whitaker told Sports Illustrated the next day, irate at the decision. He added: “I mentally and physically beat him. I put an old-fashioned project beating on him. A housing authority beating. A ghetto beating.” The draw let Whitaker hold onto the title, and he won his next eight fights, including one that brought him the World Boxing Association super welterweight title. He then faced the undefeated Oscar De La Hoya in 1997 for the WBC welterweight belt. Whitaker outpunched De La Hoya and scored the only knockdown, but the judges awarded De La Hoya a unanimous decision. “I was robbed again,” Whitaker said afterward. “It was a blowout, a shutout. I couldn’t have performed better.” The rematches that Whitaker wanted against De La Hoya and Chavez never happened. Whitaker finished his career with a record of 40 wins, four losses and that one draw. Pernell Whitaker was born on Jan. 2, 1964, in Norfolk, Virginia, one of seven children of Raymond and Novella Whitaker. A street fighter as a youngster, he learned to box at a local
recreation center. At 10 he fought in the Norfolk Arena; by 13 he was battling sailors from the nearby naval base. As an amateur, Whitaker won a silver medal at the 1982 World Boxing Championships, a gold at the Pan-American Games in 1983 and a gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, all in the 132-pound lightweight division. Three months after the Olympics, he and several other members of the United States boxing team, among them Evander Holyfield and Mark Breland, made their professional debuts at Madison Square Garden in New York. Whitaker stopped his opponent, Farrain Comeaux, on a technical knockout late in the second round. It was the first of Whitaker’s 15 consecutive victories through 1988, a pace that was slowed temporarily by an injury that kept him from fighting on a card at the Pavilion Convention Center in Virginia Beach in December 1985. But he still showed up at the arena — to marry his fiancée, Rovanda Anthony, in the ring after the evening’s last fight. “I always wanted a church wedding,” Anthony said before the wedding. “But since we can’t seem to keep Pete out of the boxing ring, I guess this is the best place.” The ring remained his best place until the loss to De La Hoya. He won his next fight by unanimous decision over Andrei Pestriaev, but the ruling was changed to no decision after Whitaker tested positive for cocaine. A planned fight in 1998 against Ike Quartey,
then the WBA welterweight champion, was scuttled when Whitaker again tested positive for cocaine. When he returned to the ring in early 1999, he fractured his jaw in a decisive loss to Felix Trinidad for the IBF welterweight title. He retired after being stopped, his shoulder injured, in the fourth round of a fight against Carlos Bojorquez in 2001. In recent years, with the millions he had earned largely gone, Whitaker trained fighters, including Zab Judah, who won the IBF world super lightweight title under Whitaker’s tutelage. He earned money at autograph shows as well. He drew some news media attention in 2014 when he got into a dispute with his mother, leading him to evict her from the house he had bought her in Norfolk because she was not paying for its upkeep. His survivors include his sons, Devon, Dominique and Dantavious, and his daughter, Tiara. His son Pernell Jr. died in 2015. His marriage ended in divorce. Kathy Duva, the chief executive of Main Events, which promoted Whitaker’s fights, recalled telephone conversations between Whitaker and her husband, Dan, the president of Main Events, who died in 1996. “I could hear Dan telling him, ‘I’ll get you an easy fight, for a breather,’ and Pete would say, ‘I don’t want no easy fights,’” she said. “Dan said, ‘I can get you a couple of million dollars,’ but Pete would say, ‘I don’t want no easy fights.’”
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see a decline because nobody wants to support you anymore. The age for the event is 15 and up because I wanted it to touch more on mid-teenagers to adults. Women and men are welcome to participate. I will not turn away any faces if they want to come out and have fun.” Once the tournament is over, Alert plans on leaving for Morehouse College on August
10 to start the latest chapter in his life. “I am looking for a full transformation of my life from boy to man,” Alert said. “Being in the inner city I have been challenged, but I have not been put into situations to the point where I have to weigh out my options. I want to learn how to manage a business as well and understand what it takes for one to thrive.
“I’m not like every other person where they have aspirations of being a doctor, accountant or any of the big jobs. I see myself changing the world in some shape or form. I want to create more jobs so I can help with unemployment and create a program that breeds success.” Alert has some sound advice for those still trying to find themselves. “For those who do not know what they want to do with their lives it’s okay,! Alert said. “From the ages 20-30 you should be taking and trying anything that comes to your mind. Like Gary Vaynerchuk said, ‘Don’t stress yourself out to live up to your family or an outsiders expectations because you can never fulfill someone’s every need.’ “I also want to say never give up and get out of your comfort zone because being challenged is the only way you can possible see what your made of. You must find out what you will live and die for because when your passionate about something you must have tunnel vision because your dreams can become a reality, but it is all decided by how bad you want it and if your willing to get back up if you fall.” To register for the tournament or for information, contact Mike Alert at 518-9655705 or mikealert05@gmail. com. A trophy will be awarded to the winning team, with a trophy also going to the squad with the most creative uniforms. Deadline to register is Saturday, July 20.
about addressing competitive imbalance, revenue sharing would be on par with the NFL. Do you know why NFL teams routinely go from losing seasons to division titles? Because the gap between spending is miniscule, which means Green Bay has the same chance as Chicago. Baseball owners, instead, whine about having to write checks to Tampa Bay and
Cincinnati and Cleveland and Pittsburgh. If the Red Sox, Yankees and Dodgers think they could make as much television and merchandising money while limiting MLB franchises to a dozen large markets, let “em try. Meanwhile, you have situations such as this: Tampa Bay, with its $62 million payroll, is a little behind the Yankees ($217 million) and
a little ahead of the Red Sox ($227 million) in the American League East. From a fairness standpoint, that notion should be infuriating. But when you think about what the Rays players and front office have accomplished, it’s not a stretch to call it remarkable.
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5:45 p.m. A victory would give TH home field advantage for the Section 2 South AAA championship game on July 25.
want to keep the bad language to a minimum”. The cost to play is $10 per person, with all money raised going to a good cause. “This fall I will be attending Morehouse College, which is an HBCU in Atlanta, Georgia,” Alert said. “This event is helping me be more financially prepared once I go down there. I want to raise money to help with my expenses, but also raise money to help a student attending college. “I’m all about giving back and I want to give out a scholarship to a student because I understand the stress that college brings. Another reason I’m doing this event is to bring Hudson together. We are too divided and do not stop to speak to one another so, hopefully, this event allows people to have conversations with others they may not have spoke to in a while or just allows people to interact with new faces.” The event is open to everyone, ale and female, from age 15 and up. “For the first year I just put the event out there and whomever decides to come out and play is welcome,” Alert said. “I received messages from folks in Albany, Catskill and I’m not going to turn them away because it’s all about being welcomed. “A lot of times if you turn people away and put multiple limitations you start to
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to throw at Barkley, at a position that continues to be devalued in a league where the pass is now king. Dave Gettleman put himself in this position to have to pay Barkley big-time in 2020-21, though, by valuing Barkley so highly on his rookie contract. So the Giants are on a collision course with the dilemma to double down on a star running back as their bell cow. Gordon, 26, who is threatening to demand a trade if not properly compensated with a new deal, is only the latest example of a No. 1 running back having to scratch and claw for what he believes he is worth. Gordon, a former firstround pick like Barkley (No. 15 overall, 2015), feels disrespected and is leveraging his value entering the fifth and final year of his rookie contract. Running backs take a beating and historically have short shelf lives, so the contract negotiation at the end of their rookie deals is critical. It could be their last. Gordon and Barkley are different players, and every RB situation is different. Gordon, for example, has an injury history. He’s missed at least two games in three of his four NFL seasons. The Jets’ Le’Veon Bell, 27, who carries the fourth-highest RB cap hit in 2019 ($8.9 million), is an interesting case study looking ahead to Barkley’s next deal. Bell cost himself money by sitting out the entire 2018 season seeking a new contract outside of Pittsburgh, signing a four-year, $52.5 million contract with the Jets that came in under the Steelers’ best offer and didn’t make up the money he’d forfeited by sitting out. On the other hand, Bell garnered a five-year, $70 million offer from the Steelers and still made money from the Jets at age 27. And he did this despite
issues off the field and in the locker room, and a 2015 season cut short to six games by a knee injury. The comparable element of Bell’s career to Barkley’s expected trajectory, though, is his workload. Bell had an astounding 1,541 touches in five seasons with the Steelers, including 1,229 rushes and 312 receptions, despite missing 18 games. If Barkley, 22, were to stay on his rookie year pace of 352 touches annually, he’d have 1,760 total after five NFL seasons. And if his production remained even slightly similar to his rookie year and the Giants started winning again, then Barkley would have every right to ask for the moon on his second deal. Barkley, of course, arguably could make the decision for the Giants, then, with his play and durability. He is a marketable face of franchise type whom they drafted in large part anticipating a lack of any off-field drama. So if he performs and stays healthy and behaves, the Giants would pay. After all, they gave skill player Odell Beckham Jr. a fiveyear, $90 million extension despite just one playoff appearance, tons of team losing and off-field drama, and then traded him only months into the contract to eat a $16 million 2019 dead cap hit. So obviously, with the NFL’s salary cap constantly rising to boot, Barkley would have a convincing argument for deserving more than the Giants even wanted to fork over. There are situations for Barkley to monitor even closer than Gordon’s, too. Ezekiel Elliott, the Cowboys’ fourth overall pick in 2016 who turns 24 this month, is inching towards his payday with Dallas. He has an off-field history, including a six-game suspension in 2017 for alleged domestic violence, but his high draft slot, production and workload (354 and 381 touches in his two full seasons)
current division leaders, five are in the top half of the league in payrolls. The only holdout is the American League Central, and that’s because none of those teams are in the top half of MLB payrolls. If baseball were serious
make him a key case study for the Barkley camp. There are cautionary tales for the Giants, also, however, like the Rams’ four-year, $57.5 million contract extension to Todd Gurley in 2018. Gurley, the 10th overall pick in 2015, has been the focal point of an offense on the one hand that has lit the league on fire in recent years. On the other hand, Gurley’s ailing knee suddenly makes the contract look like a questionable investment by the organization. Plus, it doesn’t help running backs seeking top dollar when studs like Bell and Gurley get replaced last season by rookie James Conner and veteran C.J. Anderson, respectively, and in both instances the Steelers’ and Rams’ run games were more productive. Gurley carries the secondhighest cap hit among NFL RB’s in 2019 ($9.2 million). The highest, Arizona’s David Johnson ($9.75 million), is a great player but one who suffered a devastating knee injury in 2016 and whose team had the first overall pick in April. And put whatever stock in this stat that you’d like, but in 2018, only two of the 10 teams with the highest positional spending on running backs made the playoffs, per overthecap.com. They were the Super Bowl representatives: the Rams ($9 million, fourth), coached by the game’s hottest offensive mind in Sean McVay; and the Patriots ($7.8 million, ninth), led by arguably the greatest NFL coach of all time. The Giants were third at $11.3 million. They are projected ninth ($10.4 million) at the moment for 2019. And as long as Barkley is on the roster, they will be spending back at running back. The question is how big they’ll spend on him in a few years, if their philosophy changes, or if Barkley proves so special that paying him won’t be as much of a dilemma as a well-earned and foregone conclusion.
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Greenville Central School District District-Wide School Safety Plan Notice is hereby given that the Board of Education of the Greenville Central School District will be holding a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. on August 12, 2019 in the MS/HS Library for the purpose of allowing the public to comment on the District-Wide School Safety Plan prior to its adoption. The Plan is available on our website at www.greenvillecsd.org and at our office located at 4982 State Route 81, Greenville, New York. You may call the number below or email questions or comments to pearsond@greenvillecsd.org. Daphane Pearson, District Clerk 966-5070 EXT 501 Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company. Notice of Formation of Clipper K9 Bed Bug Detection Services, LLC, a Domestic Limited Liability Company. Articles of Organization filed with Secy, of State of NY on June 18, 2019. Office location: Columbia County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to, Clipper K9 Bed Bug Detection Services, LLC, P.O. Box 447, Valatie, New York. The business purpose of the company is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under the laws of the State of New York. Notice of formation of ISBY CONSTRUCTION LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) June 5, 2019. Office location: Greene Co., NY; SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 189 Beers Road, Earlton, NY 12058. Purpose: any lawful activity ASHLAND SETTLEMENT HOLDING, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/28/19. Office: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 1108 Van Buren Place, Baldwin, NY 11510. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF Oakley Media LLC Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law
FIRST:The name of the limited liability company is: Oakley Media LLC SECOND:To engage in any lawful act or activity within the purposes for which limited liability companies may be organized pursuant to Limited Liability Company Law provided that the limited liability company is not formed to engage in any act or activity requiring the consent or approval of any state official, department, board, agency, or other body without such consent or approval first being obtained. THIRD: The county, within this state, in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is GREENE. FOURTH: The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is: FIFTH: SIXTH: Gary William Oakley Jr. P 0 Box 871 Woodstock, NY 12498 The limited liability company is to be managed by: ONE OR MORE MEMBERS. The existence of the limited liability company shall begin upon filing of these Articles of Organization with the Department of State. SEVENTH: The limited liability company shall have a perpetual existence. DOS-1239-f- l l (Rev. 02112) Page I of 2 EIGHTH: The limited liability company shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless all members, managers, and former members and managers of the limited liability company against expenses (including attorney's fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement) incurred in connection with any claims, causes of action, demands, damages, liabilities of the limited liability company, and any pending or threatened action, suit, or proceeding. Such indemnification shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of New York, provided that such acts or omissions which gives rise to the cause of action or proceedings occurred while the Member or Manager was in performance of his or her duties for the limited liability company and was not as a result of his or her fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or a wrongful taking. The indemnification provided herein shall inure to the benefit of successors, assigns, heirs,
executors, and the administrators of any such person. I certify that I have read the above statement, I am authorized to sign these Articles of Organization, that the above statements are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and that my signature typed below constitutes my signature. Gary William Oakley Jr, (signature) Gary William Oakley Jr , ORGANIZER P 0 Box 871 Woodstock, MA 01144 Filed by: Nicholas Lata One Monarch Place, Suite 310 Springfield, MA 01144 Columbia Street Management, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 5/7/2019. Cty: Columbia. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 876 Columbia Street, Hudson, NY 10018. General Purpose. DOYLE'S TAVERN ON 145 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/10/19. Office: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 737 2nd Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. FIRST ROCK EQUITIES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/13/19. Office: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 1077 Route 23A, Catskill, NY 12414. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. FIVE FURLONGS TAVERN LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/10/19. Office: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 737 2nd Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
Minhas Estates LLC Arts. of Org. filed w/ SSNY 6/14/19. Off. in COLU Co. SSNY desig. as agt. of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, PO Box 98, Chatham, NY 12037. Purpose: any lawful activity.
Secy of State (SSNY) on June 14, 2019. Office location: Greene County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC at Unit 1095, 92 Randy Road, Athens, New York 12015. Purpose: any lawful activNotice is hereby given ity. that a license, number "pending" for beer, wine, and cider at retail Notice of Formation of in a restaurant under STS Contracting MillExcavation & the Alcoholic Beverage ing, Control Law at 3018 Building LLC. Articles Main Street, Valatie, in of Org. filed with the Columbia County for Secretary of State of on premises consump- NY (SSNY) on the tion. Victoria Castella- 01/14/2019. Office lonos Ortiz, Magdalena's cation is Columbia County. Robert Menu. Schroeppel is desigNotice of Formation of nated as agent of the JKW Polled Herefords LLC upon whom proLLC. Articles of Or- cess against it may be ganization were filed served and shall be with Secretary of State sent to STS Contractof New York (SSNY) on ing Milling, Excavating February 5, 2015. Of- & Building LLC., Robfice location: Greene ert Schroeppel 1451 County. SSNY has County Route 10, Anbeen designated as cram, NY 12502-5011 agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Notice of Formation of SSNY shall mail copy WINDHAM 504 LLC of process to: JKW Arts. of Org. filed with Polled Herefords LLC, Secy. of State of NY 83 Howard Hall Road, (SSNY) on 05/28/19. Catskill, New York Office location: Greene 12414. Purpose: any County. Princ. office of LLC: 1100 Park lawful activities. Ave., Apt. 4A, NY, NY NOTICE OF FORMA- 10128. SSNY desigTION OF LIMITED nated as agent of LLC LIABILITY COMPANY upon whom process Articles of Organiza- against it may be tion of Big Mountain served. SSNY shall Builders and General mail process to c/o Contracting, LLC Corporation Service ("LLC") filed with the Co., 80 State St., AlbaSecretary of State of ny, NY 12207. PurNew York ("SSNY") on pose: Any lawful acMay 31, 2019, effec- tivity. tive on the date of filing. Office Location: Greene County. SSNY The name of the LLC is Restaurant has been designated Glam as agent of the LLC Group, LLC. Articles upon whom process of Organization filed against it may be with Secretary of State served. SSNY may of New York (SSNY) on mail a copy of any pro- May 16, 2019. New cess to the LLC at 9 York office location: Steephill Road, Ash- 1774 Route 9 #1, of Clermont, land, New York 12407, Town which shall be the County of Columbia principal business lo- and the State of New cation. The purpose York. SSNY has been for which the LLC is designated as agent of formed is to engage in LLC upon whom proany lawful act or ac- cess against it may be tivity for which limited served. The post ofliability companies fice address to which may be organized un- the SSNY shall mail a der the NYS Limited copy of any process Liability Company against the LLC served upon him/her is: Glam Law. Restaurant Group, Notice of Formation of LLC; P.O. Box 468, RRBB LLC. Arts of Germantown, New Org. filed with NY Secy York 12526. Purof State (SSNY) on pose/Character of 4/3/19. Office location: business: Any lawful Columbia County. business purpose perSSNY is designated as mitted under the New agent of LLC upon York Limited Liability whom process against Company Law. This it may be served. notification is made SSNY shall mail pro- pursuant to Section cess to: 17 Fairview 206 of the Limited Ave, Chatham, NY Liability Company 12037. Purpose: any Law. lawful activity.
LegitSkin LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/19/19. Office: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 45 S River St. Apt 2 Coxsackie NY 12051. Notice of Formation of NOTICE OF SALE COURTPurpose: Any lawful SHL Vistas LLC, Arts SUPREME purpose. of Org. filed with NY COUNTY OF GREENE
U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF8 MASTER PA R T I C I PAT I O N TRUST, Plaintiff, AGAINST JOANN CORNWELL, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS POSSIBLE HEIR OF THE ESTATE BRUCE A. CORNWELL, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered on May 13, 2019. I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Greene County Courthouse, 320 Main Street, Catskill, NY 12414 on July 31, 2019 at 9:15 AM premises known as 724 GREEN LAKE RD, CATSKILL, NY 12414. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Athens, County of Greene and State of New York. Section 103.00, Block 4, and Lot 9. Approximate amount of judgment $186,237.85 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #17-00544. Max N. Zacker, Esq., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLP - Attorneys for Plaintiff 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747 NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education of the Hudson City School District hereby invites the submission of sealed bids on: 2016 District Wide Renovations Phase III. The Work of the project will be let in 2 Contracts as follows: Contract No. SW.1
AS-1 be shipped shall make arrangements with the Site Work printer and pay for all Asbestos Abatement packaging and Sealed bids will be re- shipping costs. Nonceived at the Office of bidders, including mathe Purchasing Agent, terialmen and subconHudson City School tractors, will not be eliDistrict 215 Harry Ho- gible for refund. ward Avenue, Hudson, Bid and Contract DocNew York, 12534 until uments may be exam3:30 p.m. (local time) ined at no charge upon on July 25, 2019 at appointment at the which time the bids Hudson City School will be opened and District Business Ofread aloud immediate- fice at 215 Harry Holy thereafter. Bids re- ward Avenue, Hudson, ceived after that time New York and Rhinewill not be accepted. beck Architecture & It is deemed the re- Planning PC, 21 East sponsibility of all pros- Market Street, Rhinepective bidders to en- beck New York. sure that bids are de- Bid and Contract Doclivered to the location uments may also be indicated herein. examined at the folThe Work shall be lowing locations: completed and avail- McGraw-Hill Construcable for occupancy ac- tion cording to the Mile- 6 Wembley Court stone Schedule conNY tained in the Contract Albany, 12205-3859 Documents. Complete digital sets Phone: 518.869.5374 of Bidding Documents, Fax: 518.869.3630 drawings and specifi- Construction Contraccations, may be ob- tors Association tained online as a 330 Meadow Avenue download at Newburgh, NY 12550 w w w . u s i n g l e s s p a - Phone: 845.562.4280 per.com under 'public Fax: 845.562.1448 Contractors projects. The cost to Eastern obtain digital sets is Association, Inc. the responsibility of 6 Airline Drive Albany, NY the bidder. Complete black and 12205-1095 white printed sets of Phone: 518.869.0961 Bidding Documents, Fax: 518.869.2378 bidders Drawings and Specifi- Prospective cations, may be ob- may request clarificatained from REV Print- tion of the bid docuing, 330 Route 17A, ments addressed to ArchitecSuite #2, Goshen, New Rhinebeck York 10924 Tel: ture, attention John via e-mail (845) 978-4736, upon Sharkey depositing the sum of (jsharkey@rhinebeckFifty dollars ($50.00) architecture.com). No for each combined set interpretations of the of documents. Checks meaning of the plans, or money orders shall specifications or other be made payable to contract documents Hudson City School will be made to any District. Plan deposit bidder orally. Every is refundable in accor- question for such interdance with the terms pretations shall be in in the Instructions to writing using the corBidders to all submit- rect form, and shall be ting bids. Any bidder received one (1) week requiring documents to prior to bid date Contract
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COLUMBIA-GREENE MEDIA A pre-bid meeting will be held at the MC Smith Elementary School auditorium at 102 Harry Howard Avenue, Hudson, New York on July 18 at 1:00 p.m. Attendance by bidders is recommended, but not required, for submitting a bid. Each bid shall be prepared and submitted in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders, on the Bid Form bound within the Project Manual. Bidders shall be required to certify on the Bid Form that Bid prices have been arrived at without collusion. Bid Security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the Bid must accompany each bid in accordance with the Instruction to Bidders. One hundred percent (100%) Labor and Material Payment Bond and one hundred percent (100%) Performance Bond will be required of the successful bidder prior to signing the contract. The Owner reserves the right to consider all Bids for a period of forty five (45) days following the bid opening before awarding the Contract, and reserves the right to waive any informalities or to reject any and all Bids. Attention of bidders is particularly called to the requirements as to equal employment opportunity, prevailing wages, and all other Federal, New York State and local requirements. Sharifa Carbon Purchasing Agent PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Mayor of the City of Hudson, New York, following a public hearing held on July 10, 2019, approved the following Local Law which was adopted by the Common Council on June 18, 2019: Local Law No. 2 of 2019 - Amending the City Zoning Code with Regard to Off-Street Parking Requirements in the City of Hudson. Complete text of the above law is on file and may be examined at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall during regular office hours. The law may also be viewed on the city website www.cityofhudson.org Tracy Delaney City Clerk
The Hudson City School District, in Columbia County, NY, is accepting proposals from qualified individuals and agencies interested in providing Occupational and Physical Therapy Educational Services to selected students of the District, grades K through 12, commencing fiscal year July 1, 2019. Specifications can be requested from the Business Office by calling (518) 828-4360 ext. 2100 or emailing c o o n s l x @ h u d soncsd.org Proposals must to be submitted by July 24, 2019 at 1 p.m. to Hudson City School District Sharifa Carbon, School Business Administrator 215 Harry Howard Avenue Hudson, NY 12534 RINEAR INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/23/19. Office: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 421 Mercer Mountain Road, East Chatham, NY 12060. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. RIVERFILMS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/28/19. Office in Columbia Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 131 West 28 ST Apt 6D New York, NY 10001. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Town of Austerlitz Columbia County New York Please take notice that the Town Board of the Town of Austerlitz will hold a workshop before the August Regular Town Board Meeting beginning at 6:00 p.m. on August 15, 2019, for the purposes of discussing Air B&Bs. Workshop will be held at the old Town Hall, 812 Route 203, Spencertown, New York. Dated: July 16, 2019 Susan Haag, Town Clerk Town of Austerlitz
STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT : COUNTY OF COLUMBIA EMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF HARLEMVILLE, NY a/k/a GERMAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN Request for Proposals SAINT EMMANUEL’S for Occupational and CHURCH 5811 HeriPhysical Therapy Edu- tage Landing Drive, 1st Floor East Syracuse, cational Services
New York 13057 Plaintiff, Plaintiff designates Columbia County as the place of trial. SUMMONS Index No. 13902-19 The basis of venue is Plaintiff’s location. v. HEIRS of ELIZA STEMPEL and LETITIA A. JAMES, in her capacity as Attorney General of the State of New York The Capitol Albany, New York 12224 Defendants. TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s attorney(s) within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated: Buffalo, New York January 4, 2019 GROSS SHUMAN P.C. By: Jeffrey A. Human, Esq. Katherine M. Liebner, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff Office and P. O. Address 465 Main Street, Suite 600 Buffalo, New York 14203 Tel: (716) 854-4300 Doc #71 NOTICE TO DEFENDANTS TO: THE PURPORTED HEIRS OF ELIZA STEMPEL The foregoing summons is hereby served upon you by publication pursuant to the Orders of the Honorable Andrew G. Ceresia, J.S.C. dated March 7, 2019, April 29, 2019, and June 27, 2019 and filed in the Columbia County Clerk's Office at Hudson, New York. The above-entitled action is a declaratory judgment action to extinguish a reverter pursuant to Section 1955 of the Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law. The affected property is situate at County Road #21, Hillsdale, New York 12529 (Tax Map No. 105.00-1-31) commonly known as Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Harlemville, NY a/k/a German Evangelical Lutheran Saint Emmanuel's Church. If judg-
ment is taken by default, only injunctive relief will be sought. Jeffrey A. Human, Esq. GROSS SHUMAN P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 465 Main Street, Suite 600 Buffalo, New York 14203 Tel: (716) 854-4300 The Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Hillsdale will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. at the Hillsdale Town Hall to consider the following: An application by Raeph Sanderson for a Special Permit for an accessory apartment at 27 Phudd Hill, Hillsdale, NY. All interested parties are urged to attend.
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Mets’ Wheeler headed to injured list with right shoulder fatigue Tim Healey Newsday
MINNEAPOLIS — Zack Wheeler is hurt, thrusting into question his status as the Mets’ most likely and best trade chip this month. The Mets put Wheeler on the injured list on Monday, retroactive to Friday, with right shoulder fatigue, which popped up over the weekend in Miami as he prepared for his first start of the second half. There is no structural damage, a source said, leading to hope that Wheeler will be able to return when eligible next Tuesday (after a team off day Monday), leaving him with a maximum of two starts before the July 31 trade deadline. “No huge issues other than a little fatigue,” the source said. Lefthander Steven Matz will replace Wheeler for his start Tuesday night against the Twins. Thanks to an off day Monday, the Mets don’t need a fifth starter until Saturday against the Giants. Scheduled to be a free agent after the season, Wheeler, 29, had been very likely to be traded by the 42-51 Mets. Getting dealt would benefit Wheeler, too, because that would eliminate the possibility of being tagged with a qualifying offer as he heads to the open market. Now, even if the best-case scenario plays out — he starts as soon as possible, pitches again five days later and shows he is healthy and able — this IL stint will instill a degree of doubt in teams interested in acquiring Wheeler, a blow to the Mets’ hopes of maximizing the value of their expiring contracts.
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New York Mets manager Mickey Callaway (36) takes out pitcher Zack Wheeler (45) during a recent game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field.
Limiting the Mets’ options: Major League Baseball’s new trade rules. In years past, the Mets could have sneaked Wheeler through trade waivers and had until Aug. 31 to move him. Starting this year, July 31 is a hard deadline for trades, with the August waiver process scrapped. Wheeler’s injury came days after general manager Brodie Van Wagenen, admitting that “we have to
face our reality,” acknowledged the Mets will be trade-deadline sellers for the third year in a row. They will focus on moving pending free agents, he said, and are highly likely to keep players such as Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom, who have more years of team control. Subscribe to Newsday’s sports newsletter Receive stories, photos and videos about your favorite New York
teams plus national sports news and events. Email address Sign upBy clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy. Among the other Mets who could be traded: third baseman Todd Frazier, whose contract ends this season, and lefthander Jason Vargas, who has a team option/buyout for 2020. Wheeler was considered the most valuable of that bunch.
An injury also damages one of Wheeler’s most attractive qualities: his recent durability. After making only 17 starts in 2015-17 — he missed two of those seasons — he hadn’t skipped a turn in the rotation since the beginning of last season. Aided by confidence in his health, Wheeler also had been throwing harder than ever, with his fastball averaging 97.1 mph this season, according to Brooks Baseball. That, along with an untrustworthy bullpen, led to the Mets riding Wheeler hard this year. They finagled their rotation this month to get Wheeler an extra start before the All-Star break, and he led the rotation with 19 games in the first half. Wheeler ranks fourth among major-league starters with 104 pitches per start (with deGrom, at 103, and Syndergaard, at 100, also ranking in the top 10). Wheeler’s bottom-line numbers this season — 4.69 ERA, 1.28 WHIP — are underwhelming, especially after his second-half excellence last year (1.68 ERA). But some of his peripherals, including strikeout and walk rates and a higher-thannormal batting average on balls in play, suggest a degree of bad luck. For example, his Fielding Independent Pitching mark — which is like ERA but removes defense from the equation — is a much more palatable 3.66. And like pitchers across baseball, Wheeler has given up homers more frequently, a trend he and others chalk up to differences in the baseballs, which are flying out of ballparks at historically high rates.
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Despite a resume that includes two national championship game appearances with Alabama, transfer quarterback Jalen Hurts hasn’t wrapped up the starting job at Oklahoma. “He’s gotta win the job first,” coach Lincoln Riley told ESPN on Monday at Big 12 Media Days in Arlington, Texas. “If he wins the job, then we’ll talk about that.” Oklahoma is seeking a replacement for Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray, who replaced another Heisman winner, Baker Mayfield. Riley said redshirt freshman Tanner Mordecai and freshman Spencer Rattler will have a chances to show him what they can do at training camp. “One of them’s got to go win it,” Riley said. “We’ve got an interesting dynamic in there with Jalen as an older, more experienced guy that’s been through a lot of battles, and we’ve got some very young, talented players in there with a chance to make a name for themselves. It’s really, truly, ‘May the best man win.’” –Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy also said he isn’t ready to name a starting quarterback. Vying for the job are fifth-year senior Dru Brown, a transfer from Hawaii, and Spencer Sanders, a redshirt freshman from Denton, Texas. “We haven’t had anyone take the reins. I’d like to give you a timetable (on announcing a starter) but can’t. If neither one gives us indication before first game, we’ll play both guys,” Gundy said. In two seasons at Hawaii, Brown appeared in 25 games, starting 22. He threw for 5,273 yards and 37 touchdowns with 15 interceptions. As a high school senior in 2017, Sanders racked up 3,845 passing yards and 54 touchdowns and added 16 on the ground.
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Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) gestures to the sideline during the spring football game at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.
–Missouri is awaiting a decision on its appeal of a postseason ban in 2019, and SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said at the conference’s Media Days in Hoover, Ala., that he couldn’t comment on the process. “I’ve always reserved comment about decisions, but the NCAA Infractions Appeals Committee certainly has an opportunity here,” he said. “I’ll leave it at that.” Others were less candid in their thoughts on
the ban, which was levied after Missouri self-reported the actions of a tutor in 2016. “The fact right now they’re looking at a bowl ban is utterly ridiculous,” former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy said on “SEC Now” on Monday, adding, “What they did to Missouri is absolutely a joke.” – Kansas coach Les Miles took to the podium at Big 12 Media Days and quickly addressed the case of running back Pooka Williams, who was
accused of domestic violence and suspended throughout the winter and spring. Cleared to resume team activities, Williams nonetheless will be suspended for the season opener against Indiana State. “I know that there’s an issue that we must discuss,” Miles said. “First of all, there is no proper way to put it. There is no violence. Violence will not be accepted with women, period. Action was taken immediately. We felt like a strong point was made, not only with Pooka, but the team.” Miles said Williams has “taken responsibility” for the incident and is “remorseful,” adding, “He’s learned from this experience as has our team.” –Ryan Leaf, whose journey from star college quarterback to NFL bust to prison has been well chronicled, will serve as a college football analyst for ESPN. Now 43, Leaf was the No. 2 pick of the 1998 NFL Draft, selected by the San Diego Chargers after the Indianapolis Colts took Peyton Manning with the No. 1 pick. Leaf, a Washington State product, started just 21 NFL games and finished his career with 14 touchdown passes and 36 interceptions. The network announced he will pair with playby-play announcer Clay Matvick to call games, which will air primarily on ESPN2 and ESPNU. “Ryan has experienced the highs and lows in the game of football, putting him in a position to relate to a wide range of situations players can find themselves in,’’ said Lee Fitting, ESPN’s senior vice president of production. “He will be able to rely on those experiences – including an unbelievable college career where he was an AllAmerican and Heisman Trophy finalist – in his analysis, making him a tremendous asset for our team.’’
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Golden State Warriors president of basketball operations Bob Myers speaks to the media about Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant (35) after game five of the 2019 NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors at Scotiabank Arena.
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Golden State general manager Bob Myers was hopeful his team would retain Kevin Durant since it could offer a fiveyear, $221 million contact but said Monday that there wasn’t anything the Warriors could have done to keep the star forward with the team. “He felt like it was something inside of him and his heart that he wanted to try something different,” Myers told reporters at the team’s practice facility. “There was nothing wrong about it. I’m at peace about it. I hope our fans can be, too. He’s one of the best athletes we’ve ever seen come through our city and certainly this organization.” Durant accepted a four-year, $164 million free agent deal from the Brooklyn Nets. He could end up missing the entire first season of his new contract as he recovers from a ruptured Achilles sustained during the NBA Finals in June. The Warriors and Nets engineered a sign-and-trade deal involving Durant, and Golden State ended up with All-Star guard D’Angelo Russell, who agreed to a four-year, $117 million contract. Myers refuted speculation that the Warriors are willing to ship Russell for multiple assets to help in their reloading process. –Point guard Ben Simmons and the Philadelphia 76ers agreed to a five-year, $170 million maximum contract extension, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported. Agent Rich Paul confirmed the deal, Charania said. Simmons, who turns 23 on Friday, made his first All-Star team in the 2018-19 season and averaged 16.9 points, 8.8 rebounds, 7.7 assists and 1.4 steals in 79 starts. The 6-foot-10 Australian was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2016
NBA Draft and won NBA Rookie of the Year honors in 2017-18. –Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was fined $50,000 by the NBA for leaking information from a recent Broad of Governors meeting to a reporter, ESPN reported. Cuban was disciplined because league rules prohibit discussing Board of Governors information with reporters or other outsiders. The league office released a memo to inform teams of the fine but didn’t announce it publicly, according to ESPN. “I appreciate the irony of your reporting on a fine that someone should, but won’t, get fined for leaking to you,” Cuban told ESPN. –The Milwaukee Bucks locked up veteran shooting guard Wesley Matthews with a two-year, $5.26 million contract, The Athletic reported. The deal includes a player option for the 2020-21 season, according to the report. Matthews, 32, played for the Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers last season and averaged a combined 12.2 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 69 games (68 starts). Matthews played with the Utah Jazz (2009-10) and Portland Trail Blazers (2010-15) before spending three-plus seasons with Dallas. He has made at least 150 3-pointers in eight of the past nine seasons, including a career-high 201 with the Trail Blazers in 2013-14. –The Cleveland Cavaliers waived veteran JR Smith in order to stay below the NBA’s luxury-tax threshold. The Cavaliers were unable to find a trade partner to take on the 33-year-old shooting guard scheduled to make $15.7 million next season – of which just $4.3 million is guaranteed. Smith would become a free agent if he clears waivers.
LAS VEGAS — A perfect storm of extenuating circumstances conspired to overshadow the on-court action at this year’s NBA Summer League: Kawhi Leonard signed with the Los Angeles Clippers on opening night, Paul George, Russell Westbrook and Chris Paul were all traded over the past 10 days, and a host of lottery picks were injured or chose not to play. On top of all that, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake stole headlines by shaking the Thomas & Mack Center. Even so, there were plenty of memorable moments for this year’s rookie class. Zion Williamson, New Orleans Pelicans: The top overall pick played just nine minutes after he took a kneeto-knee blow in his debut. Williamson did what he does best - pack the house and throw down multiple rimrattling dunks - but otherwise left observers wanting more. Numerous evaluators agreed that his conditioning needs serious improvement. “There’s no nice way to say he has to lose weight,” one scout said. “But he has to lose weight.” Nickeil Alexander-Walker, New Orleans Pelicans: With Williamson sidelined, Alexander-Walker emerged as arguably the top performer in Las Vegas. The 6-foot-5 Canadian guard, who was selected with the No. 17 pick and acquired by New Orleans in a trade, scored effortlessly, shot efficiently and mixed in some nice playmaking to boot. Alexander-Walker led all rookies by averaging 24.3 points per game, showed off deep range and guided New Orleans to the semifinals of the summer tournament. Jaxson Hayes, New Orleans Pelicans: New Orleans executive David Griffin drew some heat for trading down from the No. 4 spot on draft night, but Hayes joined Alexander-Walker in delivering a validating summer session for their new boss. The No. 8 pick averaged 16.3 points and 7.3 rebounds, forming a successful inside/ outside duo with his fellow rookie. While Hayes’s offensive game is largely paint-bound, his ferocious poster dunk against the Chicago Bulls was the play of the tournament and he delivered numerous highflying blocks, too. Hayes, like most 19-year-old bigs, needs to improve his strength to impact games on the NBA level. RJ Barrett, New York Knicks: There were some rocky moments for Barrett,
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New York Knicks forward Ignas Brazdeikis (17) drives against Phoenix Suns guard Billy Garrett Jr (17) during the second half of an NBA Summer League game at Thomas & Mack Center.
the highly touted No. 3 pick who will be thrown to the wolves by the rebuilding Knicks. He shot just 4-18 in his debut, struggling to generate separation off the dribble and forcing contested shots in the paint. As the week wore on, Barrett settled in and finished as one of the most productive players in Las Vegas, averaging 15.4 points, 8.6 rebounds and 4.2 assists. His best moments came when he altered his pace off the dribble, snaking through traffic in transition or losing his defender with hesitation moves to the basket. Knicks fans should prepare for an inefficient rookie campaign marked by a strong work ethic and admirable self-confidence, with some “wow” moments mixed in along the way. Iggy Brazdeikis, New York Knicks: New York’s secondround pick earned kudos for his physical on-ball style, perimeter shooting and late-game assertiveness. Brazdeikis, who was born in Lithuania, raised in Canada and spent one year at Michigan, scored 30 points in an overtime loss to the Phoenix Suns that was one of the better individual performances of the week. The 6-foot-7 forward showed off some crafty fakes and comfort orchestrating as a pick-androll ballhandler. Brandon Clarke, Memphis Grizzlies: The draft dorks who gushed over Clarke’s ultraefficient play at Gonzaga left Las Vegas feeling
fully vindicated. Although the 22-year-old Clarke is older than much of the Las Vegas competition, he made a strong impression all week by averaging 14.6 points, 8.6 rebounds and 1.6 blocks. The Grizzlies advanced to Monday’s championship game thanks in large part to his steady production and relentless energy. Clarke looked ready to play rotation minutes from Day 1 - albeit for a rebuilding Memphis team that is pursuing a youth movement. One rival executive praised the Grizzlies’ summer for its “coherent vision” and said Clarke’s stellar play was “the icing on the cake.” Coby White, Chicago Bulls: The No. 7 pick turned in a “good, bad and ugly” week. White proved to be a slippery shot-creator, working confidently in isolation situations and regularly finding seams in the defense to average a team-high 15 points per game. Unfortunately, he shot just 34 percent from the field and was often left to fend for himself on a Chicago team that finished 2-3 and endured two blowout losses. The North Carolina product appeared best suited for a bench scoring role as a rookie. Matisse Thybulle, Philadelphia 76ers: Thybulle, a well-regarded wing prospect from the University of Washington, lived up to his billing as an elite perimeter defender in the making. The 22-year-old racked up 10
steals and six blocks in five games, while also displaying a better-than-expected three-point stroke. The Sixers will need to turn to some younger players for rotation minutes after remaking their roster this summer, and Thybulle should be in the mix. Carsen Edwards, Boston Celtics: A pure bucket-getter, Edwards was among the highest-scoring rookies at 19.3 points per game. The 6-foot-1 Purdue product’s small stature, immense confidence and shot-making ability combined to make him a fan favorite, even though his passing instincts leave much to be desired. The Celtics rewarded their second-round pick with a four-year contract and will hope that he can add some scoring pop to their second unit. Tyler Herro, Miami Heat: Thanks to his tight handle and stop-and-pop shooting, the 19-year-old Herro is a natural for Summer League. After going one and done at Kentucky, he adjusted to the next level without major issues and averaged 19.8 points and 4.3 assists over four games. Herro stretched defenses with his step-back threes, pushed the pace in transition, and effectively used screens to step into midrange jumpers. Given his youth and his polished scoring game, Herro has a strong chance to outperform his No. 13 draft spot.
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Parents unsure how to begin having ‘the talk’ with son I have a young, preteen grandson who is asking his parents “facts of life” questions. They are bewildered about how to give him the information. I’d be grateful if you could share details of the publication you have for this purpose and how to get it. Grandmom In Clinton Township, Mich.
DEAR ABBY Many parents find the subject of sex embarrassing, so they postpone discussing it with their children. They forget that children today mature earlier and are exposed to sexual images and references more often than those of previous generations. When “The Talk” finally happens, it’s often too late. It is important that parents begin discussing subjects like alcohol, smoking, drugs, sex and family values well before their children are tempted to experiment. My booklet “What Every Teen Should Know” was written to help parents break the ice and get the conversation going. It can be ordered by sending your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $8 (U.S. funds) to Dear Abby Teen Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. Shipping and handling are included in the price. His parents should review it before starting a discussion to deal with their son’s questions that might arise. Among the important topics included are: “How old must a girl be before she can get pregnant?” “How old must a boy be before he can
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father a child?” Other topics, including peer pressure, dating, STDs, drugs and alcohol, are also covered. My booklet has been used to promote discussions by educators and religious leaders and distributed by doctors’ offices. The more information his parents can provide, the better prepared your grandson will be to make informed choices in the future. I hope my booklet will be a helpful tool for facilitating the many conversations his parents will have with their son. My son recently died in an accident. His death was unexpected and shocking, and we are all heartbroken, especially his girlfriend. I know he was having doubts about their relationship because he told me, but she doesn’t know. We have grown very close since the accident. She says things like, “’Danny’ and I were meant to be.” It makes me think I should tell her the truth. But I’m afraid if I do, it will affect our friendship and break her heart again. What do you think? Should she know or not? Treading Lightly Please accept my sympathy for the loss of your son. Because the tragedy is recent, I see nothing to be gained by shattering her illusion. If you feel she’s isolating herself, remind her that Danny would want her to go on with her life as do you. Assure her you will always be there for her if she needs you.
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Mom worries over bloodthinner-taking son’s head bump My 32-year-old son is on Xarelto for a deep vein thrombosis for about two months now. I was with him when he hit his head hard on the door hatch of his SUV two days ago. He has no symptoms, but I am still so concerned. He is in a hotel room for the week by himself for school. Should he have a scan to make sure he is OK? What should we do? Does he need to visit the TO YOUR emergency room? GOOD HEALTH
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Xarelto is a medication that makes it harder for the blood to clot. It is given to people with inappropriate blood clotting, such as the deep vein thrombosis (clot) your son had two months ago. Ideally, the dose of the medication would bring the body back to perfect balance, with no increased risk of clotting or bleeding. In practice, things may not work perfectly. People can still get clots despite taking Xarelto, warfarin or other drugs. More frequently, people can have bleeding episodes, which can be mild or severe. Among the most dangerous forms of excess bleeding is inside the head, where there is very limited room. A lot of bleeding inside the head will compress the brain, and in some cases can lead to a devastating stroke. For this reason, even mild head trauma that would otherwise be passed as low risk is usually evaluated with a CT scan. The vast majority of these will be negative. People your son’s age are less likely to have bleeding. In studies, the risk of bleeding from head trauma in people on anticoagulation ranged from 3% to 9%. Many of the people in the studies were older (the average age was the 70s) and were seen in the emergency room. Someone in your son’s position is at lower risk, especially two weeks out, and especially with no symptoms. Against that low risk is the fact that he is alone,
where he might not be able to get help if he suddenly developed symptoms. It is always difficult to make judgments about very low risk events that are potentially catastrophic. The downside of a CT scan is a modest amount of radiation and a few hundred dollars (that’s the price I was quoted for people without insurance), although an ER visit is much more expensive. Since I can’t give specific medical advice, I’d suggest your son talk to the person who prescribed the Xarelto. I am an 81-year-old woman, and in late August, I will be a teacher’s aide with first- and second-graders, some of whom may not be vaccinated. The MMR vaccine was not available when I was a child, and I don’t remember having those diseases. Is there a test to check on my immunity? Should I get the MMR, or am I needlessly worrying? More than 99% of people born before 1957 had measles, mumps and rubella, and neither booster vaccines nor blood tests to prove immunity are recommended, as immunity after these illnesses is considered lifelong. The danger of having unvaccinated children in school is that they may get one of these diseases. Measles, as an example, may be infectious for up to four days before the disease can be diagnosed. I strongly support proof of vaccination for children in school from the standpoint of public health, with the only exception being medical necessity. When there is greater than 2% noncompliance with vaccination, outbreaks of the disease may spread. This is what we are seeing in several parts of the U.S., with many more areas at risk.
Horoscope By Stella Wilder Born today, you often display a mild temper and a willingness to get along with everyone, and yet this quite effectively conceals an aspect of your personality that can be vitriolic at times. Indeed, when you feel your rights or beliefs are being challenged, you can become downright aggressive in your own self-defense, and even thoughtless in the ways you lash out at those making the challenge. Still, you are widely admired and liked by a great many people — and it is not uncommon for you to meet someone who claims that you are a role model. You like things to be “just so,” and your passion for having things in their place is widely known — and even sometimes criticized. You may accept such criticism in stride, for you know full well that even the slightest irregularity in something that should be carefully organized can drive you to distraction! Your remedy, then, is to fix such errors as soon as you can. Also born on this date are: David Hasselhoff, actor; Donald Sutherland, actor; Phyllis Diller, actress and comedian; James Cagney, actor; Art Linkletter, TV personality; Lucie Arnaz, actress; Erle Stanley Gardner, author. 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. THURSDAY, JULY 18 CANCER (June 21-July 22) — A decision made early in the day pays off quite handsomely. If you are forced to delay, however, there may be a heavy price to pay. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You know just what has to be done today, and you’re ready to do it. Someone reminds you that something else must be accom-
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THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek
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Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit
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Each answer is a word with three letters both before and after “end.” (e.g., Shining or lustrous; brilliant. Answer: Splendent.) Freshman level 1. A person who tends to the needs of passengers on a plane trip. 2. A person who relies on another person for support. 3. Daily registers of the days of the year. Graduate level 4. A part that is joined to something larger. 5. Someone who has been accused of a crime and is on trial. 6. Extremely well known; famous or renowned. PH.D. level 7. In the process of gaining power or influence over another person, group, etc. 8. About to occur. 9. Spreading or stretching out. SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Attendant. 2. Dependent. 3. Calendars. 4. Appendage. 5. Defendant. 6. Legendary. 7. Ascendant. 8. Impending. 9. Extending. 18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?
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