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GREENVILLE — Northeast USA Vietnam Veterans Reunion Association of Greene County will hold its 20th and final reunion this weekend. Veterans of all eras and their families are invited to the reunion on Saturday at American Legion Post 291, 54 Maple Ave., Greenville. The ceremony will begin at noon, followed by refreshments and live music. “At last year’s reunion at Post 291 it was an incredible experience that brought back so many memories of the American Legion posts of the past with veterans, their families, food, flags and just plain old fashioned camaraderie

— something that Post 291 is famous for,” according to a release about the event. The thinning ranks and aging of Vietnam veterans have made organiz-

reunion. Caruana served two tours in Vietnam as a lieutenant commander in the Navy and is a member of American Legion Post 983.

“We go to show our support. It is very sad to me because Vietnam vets were never ever treated with respect when we came home from the conflict.” — VIETNAM VETERAN CAROL CARUANA ing the annual assembly more difficult over the years. Vietnam veteran Carol Caruana, 76, of Cairo, plans to attend Saturday’s

“We go to show our support,” she said. Caruana is disheartened to see the reunions come to an end, she said.

“It is very sad to me because Vietnam vets were never ever treated with respect when we came home from the conflict,” she said. As veterans get older, there still needs to be people to carry out services, Caruana said. “If people stop participating, who is going to run these programs?” she said. “We need to have more involvement.” The guest speaker at this year’s reunion is retired state Supreme Court Justice Bernard J. Malone Jr. Malone is a Vietnam veteran and member of the Reunion Association. Malone returned from his tour of See VETERANS A8

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HUDSON — U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-19, on Monday cut the ribbon to open the newest office in his congressional district, at 420 Warren St., in Hudson. It is his first office in the Twin Counties. Delgado will share the space with Assemblywoman Didi

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Barrett, D-106. “This is the fifth office that we have opened across the district,” Delgado said as he welcomed the crowd. “Over the last couple of years I have talked a lot about accessibility and transparency, I have talked a lot about the need for

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CAIRO — Greene County youth will show off their livestock knowledge and handling skills this week, as the Greene County Youth Fair kicks off Thursday for its 65th year. The fair will open at 9:30 a.m. and run until closing ceremonies at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Located at Angelo Canna Town Park, the fair is a family-friendly event with free admission. Alex Johnk, president of the Greene County Agricultural Society, took on oversight of the fair three years ago. Jonhk grew up showing cattle and hogs in Iowa and was introduced to the Youth Fair by his wife Becky Ross. “It’s been great,” he said. The Youth Fair has several unique qualities, Jonhk said. “It’s one of the only fairs that is free to the public,” Jonhk said. This is made possible through yearround fundraising efforts, donations and contributions from the state and

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Michaela and Abigail Wright, 8, of South Cairo with their pygmy goats Laffie and Taffy at the Greene County Youth Fair, July 26 2018.

Greene County, Johnk said. The fair also does not rely on

permanent structures, aside from the Green Building, which houses the arts,

crafts and baked goods that youth submit for judging on Tuesday night. “It is all done under tents,” Johnk said. “By Wednesday night, it’s all ready to go. It takes a lot of hard work and help from the public.” The Greene County Highway Department and a local carpenter’s union assist with the set-up, Johnk said. The most important aspect of the fair, Johnk said, is the atmosphere. “The kids are the ones to make this fair great,” he said. “They get along so great and learn from each other.” Greene County Agricultural Society Secretary Patricia Ross agreed. “We are all about the kids,” she said. “We provide a wholesome place the kids can bring their animals and interact with other kids and be safe and comfortable.” Over more than 20 years with the fair, Ross has watched the event evolve. “We have a lot of traditions,” Ross See FAIR A8

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miles, which the General visits every day, unless the weather is absolutely stormy,” according to the 1790 almanac. “He is constantly making various and extensive experiments for the improvement of agriculture. He is stimulated with that desire which always actuates him — to do good to mankind.” After George Washington died at Mount Vernon on Dec. 14, 1799, he bequeathed the land to the two minor sons of his nephew, George Augustine Washington, Thompson wrote. Though Washington freed his own slaves in his 1799 will, he could not free those owned by Martha Washington, according to an exhibit at Mount Vernon. Over the years, the property at Collingwood changed hands a number of times. According to the Fairfax County Inventory of Historic Sites, the current house was built in 1852 by Henry Allen Taylor. Works Progress Administration field workers surveying the property in the 1930s described Collingwood as “a seven room, one-and one-half story building without wings.” Then Natalie Yates “remodeled the house to its current two story, Colonial Revival

appearance,” including building “the imposing porch.” Yates operated the house as a tea room. Collingwood also served as a restaurant. During World War II, historians say, the grounds may have housed a school for military intelligence. The Foundation for the National Library and Museum on Americanism bought the property in 1977. Collingwood was also the headquarters of the National Sojourners, a fraternal organization for U.S. military officers and Masons dedicated to preserving U.S. history. The Collingwood Library and Museum held a collection of more than 4,500 books - including titles by George Washington - and artifacts. When the foundation operating the museum fell into deep debt, it listed the riverfront property for sale for more than $5 million. Tammy Mannarino, a local historian, expressed dismay about the impending loss of Collingwood. “We are fortunate to live close to George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate, but it makes us less sensitive to other significant landmarks and people,” she said. “As a result, we are losing important pieces of our history.”

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already produced artifacts. “I hate when we lose these lovely old buildings,” Stuntz said in a phone interview. “It is hard because there is so much history in them,” she said. “But in the state of Virginia, generally speaking, if you own a piece of property you have a lot of rights. It is tricky to impose what we want on a private owner.” Washington bought the Collingwood property in 1760, after he married the widow Martha Dandridge Custis, who brought with her 153 enslaved people. Collingwood was part of five farms that “were the focus of intensive agricultural activity,” according to Mount Vernon. “Washington farmed some of the land while renting out the rest to tenants,” said Mary Thompson, the research historian at Mount Vernon. A 1790 almanac said that the farms were used to grow corn, barley, potatoes, beans and peas, and that Washington was active in managing the properties. “The lands about his seat are all laid down in grass; the farms are scattered around at the distance of two, three, four or five

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A historic mansion on farmland once owned by George Washington is set to be demolished, a loss bemoaned by some in Virginia. The Collingwood mansion, on almost nine acres of land along the Potomac River about four miles north of Mount Vernon, was once part of Washington’s sprawling estate, which included five farms, nearly 8,000 acres and up to 200 enslaved people. Part of the mansion may have been built to house one of Washington’s overseers, local historians say. Tyler Murrell, one of the sons in the family that owns the Five Guys restaurant chain, bought the property in 2015 for $2.6 million, according to Fairfax County land records. Murrell was unable to be reached for comment. Calls to the Five Guys headquarters in Virginia were not returned. A demolition permit application was filed last month, and the county granted permission July 1 to tear down the structure. “It’s always deeply disappointing to see the loss of a historically significant building like Collingwood mansion,” said Brian Worthy, a county public information officer. “While this home is listed on Fairfax County’s Inventory of Historic Sites, this designation is honorific only and it doesn’t prevent the property owner from making changes, including tearing it down.” Worthy said he did not know when the demolition would be scheduled. The permit is valid through the end of the year. Anne Stuntz, chair of the Fairfax County History Commission, sent a letter in December to Fairfax County Supervisor Daniel Storck, trying to save Collingwood. The property had the potential as an archaeological site “both related to the house itself and its outbuildings, and to Native American occupation,” Stuntz wrote. Some surveys around the house had

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — More and more houses of worship are beginning to welcome immigrants to live inside their walls. But that’s not necessarily to avoid deportation by Immigration and Customs (ICE) officials, as they do when offering traditional sanctuary. Instead, they’re offering to care for asylum-seekers who are in the country legally but unable to work for months until they obtain permits. “This is way bigger than the sanctuary movement,” said the Rev. Noel Andersen, national grassroots coordinator with Church World Service. “The amount of churches out there hosting a family right now — this is thousands.” One is in Columbus, when, on July 7, Just North United Church of Christ on the Northwest Side welcomed in a young Honduran family of four to live within its walls while they apply for asylum. Once they get their work permits — a process that takes at least six months and costs money — the couple plan to get jobs and build a life in this country for their two young children. “This is a way we can live out our faith, live out our values,” said the Rev. Eric Williams, pastor at Just North, which also offered sanctuary from October to January to the first

undocumented immigrant to leave sanctuary as a legal resident after she got a visa. Offering housing and financial support to immigrants seeking asylum is an extension of the sanctuary movement, Andersen said. Though it is not new, it is growing, he said. “What we’re seeing is the need for welcoming and accompanying asylum-seekers is growing,” he said. “Congregations have shifted to accompaniment of asylum-seekers out of need. We’re not seeing the same requests for sanctuary.” The help is likely to increase, because offering housing to asylum-seekers comes without the legal complications of offering sanctuary to an undocumented immigrant. Housing an undocumented immigrant, as two local churches are currently doing, is considered harboring and is illegal. “This is something a much broader group of churches could do if they perceived it would make a difference,” said Leslie Kern, an advocate for immigrant rights at the church and Williams’ wife. “Seeking asylum is very, very difficult to do without the support of the faith community, because it costs several thousand dollars to complete the process, but people arrive with nothing ... there are many, many more families like this.” The Rev. Dan Clark, director of Faith in Public Life Ohio, sees

Just North as a local example of what faith communities can do if they aren’t interested in offering sanctuary. “There is an end in sight, there is a clear legal path,” he said. “I think it’s something many more churches would be prepared to take on because the risk is less.” The Rev. Bill Jenkins, a United Methodist minister and director of Safe Harbors Network in San Diego, started the nonprofit group to create places for immigrant asylum-seekers and refugees to stay when they are in need. He works with churches and individuals to offer housing to asylum-seekers, which he calls “sanctuary lite.” “They’re here in the U.S., they cannot work,” he said. “Otherwise they’d be on the streets.” Jenkins said that of about 250,000 houses of worship in the country, only about 1,000 are part of the sanctuary movement, but many more could offer housing to asylum-seekers. “If every congregation in the United States would take one family unit and care for them,

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CALENDAR Tuesday, July 23 n Catskill Town Planning Board 7 p.m.

Travelers losing thousands to ‘Expedia’ imposters

Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill

Wednesday, July 24 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m. at Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Catskill Village Board 7 p.m. at the Senior Center, Academy Street, Catskill n Greene County Legislature workshop regarding old jail 6 p.m. at the Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

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Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Cairo Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo n Greene County Board of Electrical Examiners 1 p.m.at the Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., 4th Floor, Room 469, Catskill

Thursday, Aug. 8 n Coxsackie Village workshop meeting 6 p.m. at Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Monday, Aug. 12 n Catskill Village Planning Board 7 p.m. at the Catskill Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill n Coxsackie Village Board 7 p.m. at Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie n Greenville CSD BOE business meeting public hearing district-wide school safety plan 6:30 p.m. MS/HS Library, 4976 Route 81, Greenville

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BUFFALO — After several Better Business Bureau Scam Tracker reports, BBB is working with Expedia group to issue a warning about a network of scammers is using Expedia Group’s name to take consumers for thousands of dollars. Some consumers lost as much as $3,700. The scam starts when consumers search online, then call customer service numbers purporting to be Expedia. Customers ask the representative to confirm or change existing reservations they’ve made through the Expedia travel site. But instead of legitimate Expedia reps, they are calling phone

numbers used by impostors. The impostors say their refund site isn’t working properly and the consumer needs to purchase gift cards to receive a refund or change bookings. Consumers reporting this scam are from 17 different states and Canada, and report losing nearly $10,000 total. One woman told BBB that the scammer kept telling her to, “purchase (additional) gift cards saying that he had to merge the cards together,” but not to worry as she, “was going to be well reimbursed.” Several customers say the fake customer service rep stayed with them on their cell phones while they purchased

the gift cards. That’s what happened when BBB contacted one of the phony numbers and listened as the impostor tried to convince us we needed to buy gift cards, giving us a convoluted explanation of how we would get a refund. Expedia is a BBB Accredited Business with an A+ rating. In a statement, the Bellevue, Washington-based company said, “We are happy to team up with the BBB to educate people about this scam and share tips on how they can protect themselves.” Expedia Group’s statement continues, “Our goal is always to ensure travelers have a seamless and

trouble-free booking experience with us, and it’s incredibly unfortunate that scammers have disrupted our customers’ well-deserved vacations and travel plans. Rest assured that we are also working hard to identify ways to prevent this from happening in the future.” Expedia Group is taking steps to counteract these impostors, including working with popular search engines to reduce the occurrence of fake ads, making its customer service contact number more visible, and adding info about these scams to its customer service portal. BBB offers the following tips for consumers to protect

Writing retreat and festival to light up Ashokan Center OLIVEBRIDGE — The Poetry Barn’s second annual retreat invites writers of all stripes to Olivebridge’s 300-acre Ashokan Center from Sept. 2 through Sept. 5 for a retreat and festival designed to light up your writing life. Beginning on Labor Day, poets, songwriters, prose stylists and storytellers will take over The Ashokan Center’s inspirational campus nestled amidst waterfalls, meadows, and streams. Guests can camp, commute, or stay overnight in solar-powered buildings that blend rustic charm with modern amenities. All packages include meals made from locally-sourced

ingredients; a full menu of workshops and activities is available à la carte. World-famous aerialist and award-winning writer Philippe Petit will set the bar at the retreat’s opening ceremony with a presentation on creativity. Petit, the event’s Artist-in-Residence, will also lead a workshop called “The Art of Writing,” in which participants will create written works that spin-off artistic masterpieces. The Poetry Barn’s director Lissa Kiernan says, “The Catskills are home to so many talented writers, artists, and musicians. But since the area is sprawling, it’s possible to feel isolated sometimes. Last

fall, we had a wonderful retreat attended by fifteen fabulous poets at the barn. Lately, though, I’ve been interested in how we all might benefit from having a dedicated time and place to trade stories and foster collaboration. The Ashokan Center is located just two miles from The Poetry Barn. I saw it as a natural choice for a larger gathering of creatives who share a love of the written word.” Other workshops include letterpress and bookbinding with printmaker and book artist Maureen Cummins, songwriting and singing with musicians Jude Roberts & Julie Parisi Kirby and illustrated journaling with artist, writer,

and calligrapher Barbara Bash. Woodstock’s Post-Traumatic Press co-founder Alison Koffler-Wise will lead two “hike and write” expeditions: the first to Cathedral Gorge, a glacial gorge ending in an 80-foot waterfall, and the second to a 19th-century writer’s cabin. Ashokan Reservoir writer Nina Shengold will offer “Prose Rambles,” writing prompts designed to blur the line between fiction and nonfiction. “Breathe. Read. Write.” with The New School’s Lisa Freedman and “Body Intelligence” with Kingston Yoga Lab’s Cory Nakasue will combine movement, meditation,

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Tuesday, Aug. 20 n Athens Village Planning Board 6:30 p.m. at Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens

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GREENE COUNTY POLICE BLOTTER Editor’s Note: A charge is not a conviction. All persons listed are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges can be amended or dismissed.

STATE POLICE n Dylan T. Rogers, 26, of Greenville, was arrested at 10:15 a.m. July 17 in Hunter and charged with seventhdegree criminal possession of a controlled substance and possession of a hypodermic instrument, both class A misdemeanors, and operating a

motor vehicle while impaired by drugs, an unclassified misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Theresa A. Handelman, 54, of Albany, was arrested at 10:41 p.m. July 17 in Catskill and charged with second-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A felony; third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class B felony; seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, second-degree criminal use of

drug paraphernalia and fourthdegree criminal possession of marijuana, all class A misdemeanors. She was held. n Mark A. Braemer, 54, of Woodstock, was arrested at 10:41 p.m. July 17 in Catskill and charged with seventhdegree criminal possession of a controlled substance and fourth-degree criminal possession of marijuana, both class A misdemeanors, and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation. He was held. n Alejandro Leon, 29, of

Leeds, was arrested at 4:56 p.m. July 18 in Catskill and charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class C felony; fifthdegree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class D felony; seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, second-degree criminal use of drug packaging, second-degree criminal use of drug scales, all class A misdemeanors; and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation. He was held.

breath, and writing exercises designed to recharge the right (or “write”) side of the brain. On the lighter side, Musicianin-Residence Phyllis Capello will offer ukulele lessons and Kiernan will offer poetry-wine pairings at the nearby Poetry Barn. Nightly musical performances, readings, and openmics will fill The Ashokan Center’s expansive, quilthung performance hall. Dancing under a creek-side pavilion and sharing stories around a campfire — s’mores included — will round out each day. For more information, visit http://catskill-lit. com.

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Color and flavor hide truth about vaping Lisa Heintz knows a thing or two about smoking fads. When young people begin to turn away from traditional cigarettes, the community engagement coordinator for the Tobacco-Free Coalition of Columbia and Greene Counties said, another form of smoking, just as addicting, will take its place. Such substitution is possible because of new smoking technology that always seems one step ahead of the no-smoking advocates. E-cigarette use is rising among young people, with 20.8% of them using e-cigarettes, compared to 8.1% using traditional cigarettes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A study by the U.S. Surgeon General indicated

e-cigarette use among high school students rose a whopping 78% from 2017 to 2018. Heintz said e-cigarettes and vaping have seen a sharp rise in use among teenagers. From 2014 to 2018, there was a remarkable 160% increase in high school students using ecigarettes, according to the CDC. Here’s another troubling development: Young people between the ages of 18 and 21 are purchasing tobacco products for younger teens. In many cases this helps them start the habit, Heintz said. “Too many younger teens get cigarettes and vapes from older students who buy them legally,” Heintz said. The new law signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that

raises the age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21 is a step in the right direction to curtail teenage smoking. But we must do more to fight the growing epidemic of teen vaping. These products, with their candy-like flavors and colorful marketing, can entice young people and sadly, after decades of decline, have significantly increased nicotine use among adolescents. Teaching kids at home and in schools about the dangers of vaping is important as is providing good adult role models who can show teens that it is not cool to smoke or vape. Think of these as counterprogramming to the bright tastes and deceptively alluring advertising.

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As the 20th century came to a close, the United States faced many challenges, but a high rate of death from prescription opioid overdoses was not one of them. In 1999, 3,442 people died from taking excessive painkilling substances such as oxycodone or hydromorphone. Each such death, of course, was a tragedy; but the country as a whole could not speak of a crisis. Only eight years later, the number of prescription opioid-related deaths had nearly quadrupled, reaching 12,796 in 2007 — and the United States was in the grip of an addiction crisis. It would ultimately morph into new epidemics of heroin and fentanyl use, leaving hundreds of thousands of people dead and families shattered all over America. The latest news from the opioid addiction front, though, is encouraging. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the total number of drug overdose deaths in the United States declined in 2018, by 5.1%, the first annual decline in nearly three decades. The raw numbers of deaths — 68,577 in 2018, vs. 72,224 in 2017 — are still unconscionably high. But the progress shows that the

federal, state and local mobilization against drug addiction, which has emphasized treatment and availability of the life- saving opioid antidote naloxone, is producing results. Particularly noteworthy was the fact that some 59 percent of the decline in overall drug deaths could be attributed exclusively to a reduction in those caused by prescription opioids. More cautious prescribing practices by doctors, partly because ofCDC guidelines issued in 2016, have curbed the once-rampant supply of these addictive medications, saving many lives. As Drug Enforcement Administration data released in response to a Washington Post lawsuit demonstrate with astonishing clarity, the pharmaceutical industry — manufacturers, distributors and retailers — practically flooded the United States with opioids in the pre-guideline period. And of the 76 billion oxycodone and hydrocodone pills supplied between 2006 and the peak year of opioid prescriptions, 2012, a disproportionate number reached rural communities in Appalachia. Norton, Virginia, received 306 pills for each of its about 4,000 residents during those seven years. Not coinciden-

tally, The Post’s reporting found that counties with the most pills distributed per person experienced more than three times the national death rate from opioid overdoses. These data are critical, both to the ongoing effort to hold accountable those responsible and to help prevent a repetition. The main threat now is fentanyl, an illicit opioid that is imported from China and Mexico, as well as manufactured clandestinely in the United States, and that was implicated in nearly half of overdose deaths in 2018. With respect to presciption opioids, the challenge will be to continue reducing supply, and overdoses, without overcorrecting to the detriment of patients for whom opioids remain necessary and appropriate. Historians may look back on the first two decades of the 21st century as a time of an avoidable public health crisis whose effects touched every aspect of national life, from medical practice to electoral politics. First, though, we must redouble efforts to insure that the epidemic does, indeed, become a thing of the past.

Hispanic Americans are strangers in our own land By Stacy Torres Special To The Washington Post ·

On the first day of planned immigration raids across the country last Sunday, eerie quiet settled over Fruitvale, the heavily Mexican and Central American neighborhood where I live in Oakland, California. Fliers on lampposts in English and Spanish offered instructions on what to do if Immigration and Customs Enforcement came to the door. So far, only a handful of ICE arrests have occurred, but fear has already imposed its toll. Absent from the streets were the many “familiar strangers” I see during my daily travels, despite urging from the city councilperson who represents this district, Noel Gallo: “Don’t run and hide in your home because that’s not going to solve anything. Continue to work, continue to be in school, and do well and continue to do your paperwork to become a citizen.” Calls to carry on with business as usual reminded me of similar appeals in New York after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. In 2019, we live with a new yet familiar terror. Sunday services went on without interruption at the sanctuary church Primera Iglesia Presbiteriana Hispana two blocks from my home. In his sermon, the Rev. Pablo Morataya said, “It’s impossible to put yourself in the shoes of somebody unless you’re in the same situation or same condition. I have heard in the last two days of at least three cases of people who, from my point of view, have all the reason in the world to be full of panic.” Normally bustling places were deserted and somber. The feeling of a community holding its breath hung like a fog. Few vendors roamed the sidewalks selling raspados, ice cream and sliced mango. Missing were the mothers I glimpse from my porch walking with young children toddling alongside or babies expertly wrapped in cloth bound to their backs. The baseball diamond and playing fields of Brookdale Park remained empty. Finally, around 8:20

p.m., with the sky still tinged with faint light, the park filled with children and a group of men playing soccer on a neighboring field. The fog of fear had lifted, allowing everyone to burn energy pent up after a day of hiding. I boil at the reality of children living in fear and under house arrest on a beautiful afternoon when they should have been laughing and playing - not hiding like fugitives. As days such as these accumulate and nick at any feeling of belonging and security, even for those of us with the privilege of American citizenship, what collateral damage are the children absorbing? I am the daughter of a onceundocumented immigrant from Chile. I’ve tried my entire life to set a good example and be a good American. But I’m sick of hiding, too. I never thought I’d feel compelled while grocery shopping to carry my own passport to prove my citizenship “just in case.” Or that I’d have to remind my 76-year-old father in New York City, where he has lived more than half his life, to bring his original green card when he walks the one block from home to the restaurant where he goes for food, company and conversation in Spanish. A few days later, the mothers and children return. After all, it’s summer and school’s out. Many head to the Fremont Pool, which advertises itself in English, Spanish and Chinese signage on its nondescript exterior. A little girl in flip-flops walking alongside her mom and sister eagerly pulls goggles and a fluffy pink towel from her bag a half-block before reaching the pool’s entrance. She’s ready to splash. Other kids accompany their parents to work, like the chubby-cheeked, ponytailed girl at her mom’s snack stand near the Bay Area Rapid Transit station, cheerfully informing passersby of their ice pop offerings: “Coco, fresa, limón.” Families also frequent Romo’s Caffe, a bright and airy coffee shop on the corner of Bancroft and Fairfax. In the

year since owners and sisters Laura Romo and Irma Enriquez, originally from San Juan de los Lagos in Mexico’s Jalisco state, opened it, the cafe has fast become a clearinghouse for vital information. In addition to homemade fare and free WiFi, patrons find notice of community council meetings and can stock up on wallet-sized “red cards” in Spanish with a bullet-point list of constitutional rights, cards for small businesses and fliers for nonprofit organizations that provide youth job training, health care and legal services. As we move toward a minority-majority U.S. population, President Donald Trump’s racism is the last siren call to a white electorate threatened with losing its power. Researchers project a third of eligible voters in 2020 will be nonwhite and just over 13 percent will be Hispanic. We need to make sure these voters understand their power. Mobilization will require a concerted effort to help the newest and youngest eligible voters to register. They might not have seen their parents vote in this country. When I turned 18, my father warned me against voting due to fear my name would go “on a list” - a reasonable worry for someone from a country where the brutal Pinochet dictatorship had taken over. “I know it’s a lack of history and representation in schools that makes us vulnerable. It’s a damaging dynamic, and I experienced it,” says comedian John Leguizamo, who is now touring his one-man show, “Latin History for Morons.” Our ancestors helped build this country, and its future rests on our shoulders. Our story in this place is long and rich and indelibly American. Voters of color, the sun is shining, and you have strength in numbers - don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Torres is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of California at San Francisco.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

New law has life-saving potential To the editor: I am writing to thank Governor Cuomo for raising the age of sale of all tobacco products — including electronic cigarettes — from 18 to 21 throughout the state. This is truly a milestone to celebrate as we work towards educating decisionmakers, reducing youth tobacco use, and improving the health and wellness of younger generations. We also must thank our local leadership including Senator Daphne Jordan for her willingness to listen and be educated on the dangers

of youth tobacco use and ultimately voting for the bill. Make no mistake, this law has life-saving potential. We already know that adolescents and young adults are uniquely vulnerable to the effects of nicotine and nicotine addiction, and with the rise of easily concealable and fruit and candy flavored tobacco products, Tobacco 21 has never been more important. Today, thanks to this law, New Yorkers are better suited to protect children from the dangers of tobacco addiction, reduce smoking rates, save on

healthcare costs, and prevent tobacco related death and disease among some of our most vulnerable residents. We are eager to celebrate the enactment of this law in November, and look forward to continuing to educate decisionmakers on the tobacco epidemic, while seeing our young people reap the rewards. ELIZABETH HAMLIN-BERNINGER DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION IN NEW YORK KINDERHOOK

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Rudolph Angelo Perini Rudolph Angelo Perini was the Justice of the Peace in passed away in his sleep July the town of Clinton from 197611, 2019 after a long illness. 1984. He volunteered as the Born to John and Margaret Recreation Commissioner, was (Franzoni) Perini in 1932, he is on the town board, and coached survived by his loving wife of Little and Junior League base64 years, Joan Martoglio Perini, ball. In 1981, Rudy and his son, his children, Nancy Perini Chin, Rudy, bought a plane and both Rudolph (Michelle) Perini, and obtained their private pilot’s liJohn (Janet) Perini. He has one censes in 1981. In retirement, grandchild, Matthew Chin, as he taught Private Pilot Ground well as many nieces, nephews, School at Dutchess Community and extended family. College and was a flight Rudy was a veteran of instructor. In his later the Korean War, havyears, he enjoyed his ing served in Korea as role as family patriarch a Communication Speand advisor for four cialist in the Army. He generations of the Perimet his wife, Joan, on a ni family. He will be recommuter train to New membered for his quick York City and Joan and wit, quirky sense of huhe were married six mor, and devotion to Perini months later. He graduhis wife without whom ated from Blair Acadhe would not have aged emy in Blairstown, NJ. Using as gracefully. the GI bill, he studied part-time A memorial service will be at Fairleigh Dickinson University held Saturday August 17 from earning a BS degree in electrical the St James R.C. Church Chaengineering. He worked three tham, New York. A Calling hour jobs at the same time. Rudy was will be from 10am – 11:00 am. a long time IBM employee. In In lieu of flowers, contributions addition, he raised Bob White may be made to the Community quail on a small farm in Clinton Hospice of Columbia Greene Corners, NY. He earned a black 47 Liberty St. Catskill, N.Y. belt in Tai Kwon Do, and taught 12414 or to one’s charity of your karate at Vassar College and choice. For on-line condolences Clinton Corners Town Hall. He visit wenkfuneralhome.co

Silke A. Schmeelk Round Top- Silke A. Sch- but also extremely proud to be meelk, 74, passed away sur- an American! Survivors include rounded by her loving family her husband Harald Schmeelk; on July 19, 2019. She was born daughters Connie (Bob) Doon September 2, 1944, in Ger- nahue and Ingrid Leis; grandmany to the late Heinz and Herta daughters Amanda (TJ) Dwyer, Warrings. When Silke was eight Ashley Leis, Candice (Pete) Kayears old, she and her vakos, and Courtney family moved to New (Rob) Hasenkopf; five York, eventually setgreat grandchildren tling down in Round Avery, Emelia, Heidi, Top. On October 20, Grace, and Logan; and 1962 Silke married many nieces and nephHarald Schmeelk and ews. they spent 56 hapA memorial service pily married years towill be held for Silke gether, watching their on Thursday, July 25, family grow. Silke was 2019, at 4:00 P.M. at Schmeelk very involved in The The Resurrection LuKaatskill Germania Schuhplat- theran Church, Routes 32 and tlers for many years and was a 23B, Cairo, N.Y. 12413, with lifetime member of The Round Pastor Victor Nelson officiatTop Fire Company Ladies Aux- ing. In lieu of flowers, donations iliary. Silke enjoyed gardening, may be made to the Resurrecsewing, playing scratch-offs, tion Lutheran Church, P.O. Box and spending time in her screen 563, Cairo, N.Y. 12413. Funeral house listening to German mu- arrangements are under the sic and making memories with direction of Richards Funeral family and friends. She made Home, 29 Bross Street, Cairo, sure to pass on the traditions N.Y. 12413. Condolences may of her German heritage. Not be made at www.richardsfuneronly was she proud of her roots, alhomeinc.net.

Trump administration to expand quick deportations anywhere in US By Molly O’Toole Los Angeles Times (TNS)

WASHINGTON — Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers will be able to more quickly arrest and deport undocumented immigrants anywhere in the United States without going before an immigration judge under a new policy released by the Trump administration Monday. The move aggressively expands a process known as “expedited removal” — quick deportations that generally aren’t subject to judicial review. The expanded process is set to take effect Tuesday. Under current policy, immigration officials can apply expedited removals to speed deportations of people apprehended within 100 miles of the border and for those who’ve been in the country up to two weeks. Those who arrived in the U.S. by sea, rather than at U.S. land borders, can be subject to expedited removal for up to two years. Under the new policy, officials will be empowered to use the fast-track procedures anywhere in the U.S. and for anyone who cannot show “to the satisfaction of an immigration

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Immigration agents will target Miami, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City, and San Francisco.

officer, that they have been physically present in the United States continuously for the two-year period immediately preceding” arrest, regardless of how they arrived, according to the notice published Monday. The new deportation policy is the second major effort by the administration this month to aggressively expand its power to try to keep migrants out of the U.S. or remove them if they enter. Last week, the administration moved to curb asylum

Hudson – Vernon Keesler, 91, a ten year resident of Hudson, NY and former resident of Millerton, NY for over sixty seven years died peacefully on Sunday, July 21, 2019 at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson. Mr. Keesler worked as a truck driver for eighteen years and also worked for the Town of North East Highway Department for twenty years, retiring on January 5, 1990. Born October 1, 1927 in Barrytown, NY he was the son of the late Alva B. and Marguerite (A’Barail) Keesler. He graduated in 1945 from Pine Plains High School and served his country in the United States Army Signal Corps. from 1951 until his honorable discharge in 1953. Vernon married Louise Canavari on October 8, 1966 in Copake, NY. Mrs. Keesler died February 10, 1998. Mr. Keesler was a life member of the Millerton Fire Company and the Millerton American Legion Post 178. He served four years on the Village of Millerton Board of Ap-

peals and enjoyed hunting and fishing in his spare time. Mr. Keesler is survived by his son, Michael Keesler of Hudson, his longtime loving companion, Marion Leffingwell, five grandchildren, a brother, Alva Keesler of Tuscon, AZ, two step daughters and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a sister, Wanda Roberts of Amenia, NY. Graveside services and burial with standard military honors will take place at Irondale Cemetery in Millerton at 12pm on Friday, July 26, 2019. Pastor William Mayhew will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of the Scott D. Conklin Funeral Home, 37 Park Avenue, Millerton, NY 12546. Memorial contributions may be made to the Millerton Fire Company, P.O. Box 733, Millerton, NY 12546 or Millerton American Legion Post 178, 155 Route 44, Millerton, NY 12546. To send an online condolence please visit www.conklinfuneralhome.com

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19 deaths in Costa Rica attributed to tainted alcohol by authorities Hannah Knowles The Washington Post

Nineteen people have died from methanol poisoning in Costa Rica since June, the country’s Ministry of Heath said as it warns of alcohol tainted with dangerous levels of the chemical. Authorities have confiscated about 30,000 containers of six different brands of alcohol in an effort to keep people from drinking contaminated products, the Ministry of Health said Friday. A notice the day before warned the public about products packaged under names like “Guaro Gran Apache,” “Red Star Brandy,” “Guaro Montano” and more. The ministry issued a July 4 alert about the methanol issue only for drinks identified as “Guaro Montano,” but expanded its warnings after collecting samples of alcohol under several other names. The deaths have been growing more frequent, rising from

one or two each week in June and early July to eight and six per week most recently. The victims include 15 men and five women between 32 and 72 years old, according to authorities. Costa Rica President Carlos Alvarado Quesasda tweeted Friday of his regret for the lives lost, saying that he has told authorities to “collect all possible data to establish responsibility.” Donald Corella, head of emergency services at Calderon Guardia Hospital in the city of San José - where seven of the deaths occurred - told the Argentine newspaper La Nacion that some of the bad alcohol tested consisted of 30 to 50 percent methanol. The four people who survived the poisoning at the hospital had “very serious aftereffects” such as total blindness and Parkinon’s-disease-like tremors caused by brain lesions, he said. The Ministry of Health has advised the public to not to consume or sell the six brands

of alcohol unless they are sure a product has not been tampered with. Anyone with symptoms of methanol poisoning - which include abdominal pain, headaches, dizziness, confusion and inability to coordinate body movements - is asked to contact the Ministry of Health. Methanol is widely available and present in household items such as varnishes and antifreeze, according to the World Health Organization. Methanol also occurs naturally in fruit juice and shows up in low levels in fermented drinks such as alcohol. Badly managed distillation can lead to toxic amounts of the chemical in alcohol, the WHO says, but particularly dangerous is the practice of adding methanol to “informally-produced” drinks or tampering with existing ones. Sellers may add methanol to increase their alcohol’s potency. The WHO warns that drinks with too much methanol can

Bill Wehrum, an architect of EPA rollbacks, faces new ethics inquiry Lisa Friedman The New York Times News Service

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in the U.S. That rule effectively eliminated almost all asylum claims at the U.S. southern land border by rendering ineligible any asylum-seeker who’d transited at least one other country prior to arriving. The move to expand expedited removals comes as backlogs in immigration courts continue to grow. Nearly 950,000 cases are currently pending in U.S. immigration courts, with an average wait time of 713 days, or just under two years, according

to Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse. President Donald Trump and his hard-line anti-immigration aides have been frustrated that despite concerted efforts to step up enforcement and crack down on immigration, they’ve largely been unable to reverse a surge in migration to the U.S. southern border and the ballooning backlog in immigration cases. Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU’s national Immigrants’ Rights Project, said the expanded expedited removals increases the concern advocates already had that the quick deportations have been violating immigrants’ rights to due process. “The expedited removal system is already unconstitutional, in our view,” Gelernt said. “This expansion will only increase the illegality.”

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency’s inspector general will investigate allegations that William L. Wehrum, the agency’s former air quality chief, violated ethics rules when he met with former clients from his days as a lawyer and lobbyist for the oil, gas and coal industries. The inquiry will look into whether Wehrum’s efforts at the EPA to weaken climate change and air pollution standards improperly benefited those former clients, a congressional aide said. Wehrum resigned in June after helping to finalize a regulation that would relax restrictions the Obama administration had sought to impose on greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants. As the agency’s assistant administrator for air and radiation, he was the legal expert behind other rollbacks of key climate change and air pollution regulations, including weakening Obama-era regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from automobile tailpipes and methane from oil and gas wells. The House Energy and Commerce Committee has already opened an inquiry into whether Wehrum and David Harlow — a senior counsel at the EPA who worked with Wehrum at the law firm — improperly worked to reverse an

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enforcement action that would have aided a former client, DTE Energy. The law firm is now known as Hunton Andrews Kurth. Wehrum could not immediately be reached for comment. A spokesman for the EPA did not respond to a request for comment but in the past has said that both Wehrum and Harlow had consistently recused themselves from all “particular matters” where DTE had been a party. The new investigation was first reported by The Washington Post. Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware, the top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., on Sunday sent an investigative report to the EPA inspector general that outlined new allegations about both Wehrum

and Harlow. Those included accusations that Wehrum’s recusal statements did not disclose some meetings with former clients. In a letter to Charles J. Sheehan, the EPA inspector general, the senators accused the Trump administration of ethical failings and an absence of accountability and said those shortcomings “should not be aided by an implicit message that one can avoid investigation if one simply resigns before the investigation is complete.” Under ethics rules developed under both the Obama and Trump administrations, public officials are not permitted to take part in “particular matters” involving specific parties on which they worked in the private sector. They are, however, allowed to offer general expertise. Jeffrey R. Holmstead, a lawyer for the electric utility industry, accused opponents of the Trump administration’s policies of using ethics rules to attack Wehrum personally. “We’re talking about regulations and policies of general applicability,” he said. The EPA has been the focus of numerous ethics investigations under the Trump administration. The former administrator, Scott Pruitt, faced more than a dozen internal and congressional inquiries before resigning in July 2018.

make their way into both legal and illegal drinking areas, especially in some tourist spots. Fake labeling can trick customers into thinking they are buying established brands at what seems like bargain prices. Methanol poisoning victims often delay getting medical help, the WHO adds. Health issues can take a while to show up, and a drinker might think initial symptoms are just signs of drunkenness. Those poisoned may vomit, feel vertigo or hyperventilate, and can even experience blindness. Toxic amounts of methanol can lead to coma, convulsions and death, and survivors could have permanent damage to their vision.

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ONGOING CAIRO — Cairo Public Library, 15 Railroad Ave., Cairo, presents Game On! Learn to play classic board games – and to design your own for children 5 and older, 1-2 p.m. Wednesdays. This is a dropin program; no preregistration required but caregivers should plan to attend with children under 8. Children under 10 must have caregiver on premises. For information, call Cairo Public Library at 518-622-9864.

CAIRO — Friends of the Cairo Public Library will hold book sales 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays in July and August at the shed behind the library, 15 Railroad Ave., Cairo. Weather permitting.

Ave., Catskill, will serve chicken barbecue dinners 4:30-7 p.m. July 25 and Aug. 29. The menu includes half a chicken, baked potato, cole slaw, corn and dessert. Take out only. Dinners are $12.

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CATSKILL — Hearthstone Care, 1187 Route 23A, Catskill, will hold an open house 10 a.m.-2 p.m. July 24. Gather to celebrate the nation and honor parents with games, music and more.

CAIRO — The Cairo Democrats will host a happy hour meet and greet 6-9 p.m. July 25 at Gallagher’s Banquet Hall, 513 Main St., Cairo. Special guest speakers, silent auction, music and more.

PALENVILLE — The Palenville Fire Ladies Auxiliary will hold a sub sale 5-7 p.m. July 24 at the Palenville Fire Department, 719 Route 32A, Palenville. Meatball or pepperoni with sauce and cheese, $8. Combo, $9. For information, call 518-678-3311. CATSKILL — The Catskill Elks Lodge, 45 North Jefferson

JULY 26 WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock Shakespeare Festival this summer presents Pericles, Prince Of Tyre every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from July 26 through Sept. 1. A romantic odyssey with an Evil Queen, Pirates and Goddesses rarely produced today, Pericles was one of the Bard’s most popular plays

FOOD AND SUPPLY DRIVE HELD TO BENEFIT CGHS/SPCA

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Claverack Democrats held a food and supply drive at the Claverack Agway to benefit the ColumbiaGreene Humane Society/SPCA. The day was a huge success, collecting hundreds of pounds of food and supplies and raising more than $400 to benefit CGHS/SPCA’s programs and services for animals. Pictured are co-organizers Peter Bevacque and Betty Grindrod, members of the Claverack Democrats.

in his lifetime. It will be presented on the Festival’s outdoor Elizabethan stage, 45 Comeau Drive, Woodstock. Show time is 5:30 p.m. Bring a chair, bring a blanket, bring a picnic, bring a friend. There is no charge for admission, but donations are encouraged. HAINES FALLS — The Justine L. Hommel Memorial Lecture – Talk about Hudson River School Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford by Peter Jung at 7 p.m. July 26 at Twilight Park Clubhouse, Twilight Park, Haines Falls. In recent years he has restored the family gravesite of the great artist Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880), who is at rest in the Hudson City Cemetery. The slideshow features 70 images, and will be followed by a question-andanswer conversation.

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LEXINGTON — The 18th annual Thunder in the Mountains Car Show sponsored by the West Kill/Lexington Community Improvement Association, will be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. July 27, rain or shine, on the grounds of the Lexington Municipal Building, 3542 Route 42, Lexington. Vehicles 1995 or newer will have their own class. Trophies will be awarded. There will be a 50/50 raffle, Chinese Auction, food and beverages. Contact Mary at 518-989-6813 if you need more information. Proceeds benefit the WKLCIA. DELMAR — Five Rivers Environmental Education Center, 56 Game Farm Road, Delmar, will offer “It’s Easy Being Green,” a free event highlighting creative ways to be environmentally friendly 10 a.m.noon July 27. Five Rivers staff and volunteers will provide

you with some easy (and fun!) ways to be better consumers. There will be educators from DEC as well as the Museum of Innovation and Science (MiSci) who will present methods for composting, raising insects, recycling paper, and more. Space is limited. Call Five Rivers at 518-475-0291 by July 24 to register.

JULY 28 COXSACKIE — Rick Surrano and 145 perform 6-8 p.m. July 28 at Coxsackie Riverside Park, Betke Boulevard, Coxsackie. Admission is free.

JULY 30 GREENVILLE — St. John the Baptist Church, 4987 Route 81, Greenville, will be hosting an Ice Cream Social 4-7 p.m. July 30 at St. John’s Hall. A free-will offering will be accepted.

Monthly Make with Patrice Lorenz: Weaving ROXBURY — The Roxbury Arts Group hosts area resident and artist Patrice Lorenz in “Weaving,” the second workshop of the “Monthly Make with Patrice Lorenz” series. Each Monthly Make workshop takes on a different artistic medium and is geared toward all skill levels. Monthly Make: Weaving will take place 10 a.m.-noon July 27 at the Roxbury Arts Center, 5025 Vega Mountain Road, Roxbury. Participants do not need any prior experience. The registration fee of $25 for adults and $10 for children under 12 includes all materials that are needed to complete several projects. Registration is required and can be done by visiting

roxburyartsgroup.org or calling 607-326-7908. Birds do it, bees do it and so can you! Weaving is an activity done around the world by a host of different species including many from the insect an animal kingdom. Come and explore basic weaving techniques, and invent a few of your own, using traditional and unexpected materials. Teaching artist Patrice Lorenz has exhibited her work widely in alternative art spaces, established galleries and museums since the 1980s. Over the course of her career, Lorenz has worked side by side with other visual artists to deepen her sense of her own work, to explore new directions and to collaborate on creative projects. She has

been an active member of a number of artist-run organizations including Creative Time, Collaborative Projects, Group Material and ABC NO RIO, all based in New York City. Lorenz has been teaching art for over 25 years. In addition to her work with a generation of young artists in the New York City public schools, she has been an associate professor at NYU, Pratt Institute, City College and Empire State College. She is currently completing a master’s degree in art therapy at NYU. Upcoming “Monthly Make with Patrice Lorenz” workshops include Pop-Up Books on Aug. 17; Stamping on Sept. 28; and Masks on Oct. 19.

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Greene County recognizes outstanding area youth CATSKILL — The Greene County Children, Youth and Community Advisory Board announces its selections for their Youth Awards. A description of the activities and involvement within the community for each youth nominated was submitted to the Advisory Board, portraying a caring, dedicated individual whose efforts and accomplishments should be recognized. Selecting the awardees out of the many excellent nominations was a very difficult task. However, they are confident that the awards are being made to very deserving young members of the county: Justice Brantley, Catskill High School – 2019 Greene County Youth of the Year; Erwin Lampman, Cairo-Durham High School – Children, Youth & Community Advisory Board Chairman’s Choice Award and Kareel Slager, Tech Valley High School – Greene County Department of Human Services Director’s Choice Award. Justice Brantley is an Honor Roll student and has taken college level courses. He received a Section 2 Scholar Athlete Award for his outstanding achievement in the classroom, community and basketball. Justice volunteers at the Catskill Soup Kitchen and also delivers meals to the elderly. He can be seen shoveling snow for the elderly and handicapped residing in the

Hop-O-Nose Apartments. He serves as a reading buddy to younger children and mentors to troubled youth in the housing community, and even organized a basketball tournament at Hop-O-Nose. He volunteers with the CYO Basketball League as a coach, referee, timekeeper and practices. Justice has volunteered with Santa’s Helpers and the Walk to End Alzheimer’s Disease. He has worked summers under the Columbia Greene Workforce Program at the Catskill Community Center. Erwin Lampman III is a member of the National Honor Society, an Honor Roll student, Student of the Month winner and has been awarded the RIT Scholarship. He is a Life Scout in Boy Scout Troop 43 and has been named to the Troop Order of the Arrow (Boys Scouts Honor Society). He volunteers at many Scout events including Color Guard in parades, the Greene County Youth Fair, various Veteran ceremonies and collecting for local food pantries with the Scouts Food Drive. After being injured playing Varsity Football, he volunteered to serve as sports manager. In the summer of 2018, Erwin started his own wood milling business (operating under the family business) selling rough cut lumber to local customers. Over the course of the last summer, Erwin restored,

cleaned and reset three Civil War veterans’ badly damaged and broken headstones. He organized a work detail of 22 people, repaired fallen stones and walls, placed flags, and built a large sign to mark the Union Church Cemetery. Kareel Slager has faced many challenges in his life. He was born in the Ukraine and raised in a hospital until age five when he was adopted by an American family. He has faced challenges to his hearing, speaking and vision and has undergone numerous surgeries. None of this has slowed him down. He has been an active volunteer with the Coxsackie Area Food Pantry and his presence brightens the day for all there. He is always willing to take on any task and complete it efficiently and cheerfully, inspiring others. He has volunteered with the Albany Fire Department and has taken Red Cross training. He is active with the Youth Leadership in his church, and has traveled with Hope Force International to volunteer after disasters in Texas and Puerto Rico. Other youth receiving acknowledgement are: CairoDurham High School: Eugene Somers; Coxsackie-Athens High School: Aiden Boehm. All of the youth will be honored at opening ceremonies of the Greene County Youth Fair.

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Is this really America’s favorite pastime? Baseball, once considered to be “America’s favorite pastime,” has now been replaced with America’s new favorite pastime — dieting. That’s right — Americans are obsessed with dieting and everything that comes along with it. Come the New Year, 45% of Americans will make a resolution to lose weight, exercise or get healthy. And with those resolutions Americans will spend north of $66 billion annually trying to lose pounds on everything from gym memberships to magazines, books, exercise DVDs, exercise equipment, diet pills and online diet programs. So with all this interest in weight loss, why are 68.8% of Americans still overweight or obese? Regardless of what diet commercials tell you, the best way to lose weight is to eat real, whole foods that include healthy fats, protein and carbohydrates — not with portion controlled, prepackaged foods. I advise my clients to focus on their health first, rather than weight loss, and to follow these seven steps to achieve their optimal weight. H — Have most of your calories during the day. My fatherin-law always said, “Breakfast

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SCHOEPE like a king and dine like a pauper.” If you can’t make breakfast your biggest meal, then make it lunch. Getting most of your calories when you’re active during the day and not in the evening when you’re winding down makes a lot of sense, right? E — Eat two to three meals a day — dump the snacks! When you eat excess calories, your body stores the energy as glycogen (sugar) or fat to use at a later time. Over time, eating excess calories causes your body fat stores to expand, resulting in weight gain. A — Are you getting enough slow carbs? Slow carbs include spinach, cruciferous vegetables, asparagus and other vegetables that won’t spike insulin or blood sugar like other carbs such as bread, pasta and rice. L — Listen to your body. Have you ever had a meal and

then had a craving for something sweet? Or maybe you felt bloated or even tired. That’s your body telling you that your last meal wasn’t the correct proportion of carbs, fats and proteins to suit your individual needs. T — Take a multi-vitamin daily. Your body needs important vitamins and minerals in order to function at optimal levels. When choosing a supplement, make sure it has a have third party certification. H — Heal your liver with superfoods like dark green leafy veggies, garlic, onions and eggs so it can return to a fat burning organ. Your mighty liver is your most important organ for fat burning and metabolism Y — You don’t have to count calories, ever. Calorie restrictive diets don’t work because they disrupt certain hormones like insulin that make it even more difficult to lose weight. There you have it. My advice is to take one step and implement it for 30 days, the next month take another step and do the same. It doesn’t matter where you start but remember, it takes time to restore a healthy balance to your body, so be patient. Reach Mary Schoepe at fitnessconcepts001@yahoo.com.

Who’s New COLUMBIA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL HUDSON — Columbia Memorial Hospital has recorded the following births. BECKER, Alijah James, son of Heather Becker, Acra, June 2. MILLARD, Summer Renee, daughter of Erica June and Jon Millard, June 7. GABRIELLE, Frank John, son of Kim North and Frank Gabrielle III, June 16. HARTE, Sha’Kai Santana, son of Myaijah Williams and Shacquille Raffiel, June 17. DeJESUS, Idalis Rose, daughter of Katlynn Pfeiffer and Hector DeJesus, June 25.

PENNY, Weston James, son of Dayna and James IV Penney, June 27.

NORTHERN DUTCHESS HOSPITAL RHINEBECK — Northern Dutchess Hospital has recorded the following births. Brandon Vladich and Taylor Mentessi of Kingston are the parents of a baby boy born May 22. Christopher and Leighann Trent of Shandaken are the parents of a baby boy born June 23. Lou and Brittany D’Orazio of Kingston are the parents of a baby girl born June 25. Adam and Kimberly Kudlo

of Kerhonkson are the parents of a baby girl born June 27. Aron Bedell and Amanda VanLeuven of Boiceville are the parents of a baby boy born June 28. Joan Carlos Pena and Marisol Calderon of Kingston are the parents of a baby boy born June 29. Kyle and Kelly Petramale of Saugerties are the parents of a baby boy born July 4. Daniel and Caroline Blackburn of Clinton Corners are the parents of a baby girl born July 6. Devin and Emily Berrian of Milton are the parents of a baby girl born July 7.

Red Cross issues urgent call for blood and platelet donors ALBANY — Following a difficult Fourth of July week for blood and platelet donations and ongoing challenges finding new blood donors, the American Red Cross now faces a blood shortage and has issued an emergency call for eligible individuals of all blood types to give now and prevent delays in medical care. About 450 fewer blood drives were organized by businesses and other community groups that week than during a typical week as people across the country celebrated the holiday with activities and travel. This led to about 17,000 fewer blood donations than needed for patients in a single week, causing the Red Cross to now have less than a three-day supply of most blood types available — and less than a two-day supply of type O blood — for patients. At least a five-day supply is desired. Missing Types sees encouraging response, but all donors needed now In June, the Red Cross launched the Missing Types campaign to encourage donors — especially new donors and those who have not donated in the past years — to give blood or platelets during the challenging

summer months. Through the campaign, the letters A, B and O — letters that make up the main blood groups — disappeared from popular brands to symbolize what happens when blood goes missing from hospital shelves during blood shortages. Despite an encouraging response to the campaign, blood donations still fell short of expectations in June, resulting in more than 24,000 fewer donations than needed, approximately 3050 fewer donations in the New York-Penn Blood Services Region, causing a significant draw down of the Red Cross blood supply. Donors of all blood types, especially type O, are urged to make an appointment to donate using the Blood Donor App, at RedCrossBlood. org or by calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767). Donation appointments and completion of a RapidPass online health history questionnaire are encouraged to help reduce the time it takes to donate. Those interested in hosting a blood drive can learn more and sign up to sponsor a drive this summer by visiting RedCrossBlood.org/HostADrive. Upcoming blood donation opportunities through July

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DUTCHESS COUNTY Moose Lodge 904, 1273 Route 9G, Hyde Park, noon-5 p.m. July 26. Boardman Road Branch Library, 141 Boardman Road, Poughkeepsie, 2-7 p.m. July 23. Arlington Professional Firefighters, 213 Vassar Road, Red Oaks Mill Fire Co. Station 3, Poughkeepsie, 1-6 p.m. July 25.

GREENE COUNTY American Legion Post 291, 54 Maple Ave., Greenville, 2-7 p.m. July 30. Sgt. James F. Carty, D.S.C. VFW Post 1545, 5565 State Route 23, Windham, 2-6 p.m. July 26.

ULSTER COUNTY Mid Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, 1099 Morton Blvd., Kingston, 9:30 a.m.2:30 p.m. July 24. Grace Community Evangelical Free Church, 160 Seremma Court., Lake Katrine, 1-6 p.m. July 30. Saugerties Knights of Columbus Council 4536, 19 Barclay St., Saugerties, 1-6 p.m. July 26. Woodstock Rescue Squad, 226 Tinker St., Woodstock, noon-6 p.m. July 31.

Columbia Memorial Health Stroke Care program again receives top award HUDSON — Columbia Memorial Health has once again been recognized for its outstanding stroke care program, receiving the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award for the second year in a row. The award recognizes CMH’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence. The Gold Plus award, the highest level possible, is

an advanced level of recognition acknowledging select hospitals for consistent high level performance across a broad range of stroke care quality measures. Columbia Memorial Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Clifford Belden, said: “One of the most critical elements of stroke care is quick access to the best evidencebased care available. Meeting and maintaining these high standards for stroke care is an incredible achievement that results directly from the expertise and unending commitment and diligence of CMH’s care team.”

According to the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, stroke is the fifth leading cause of death and a leading cause of adult disability in the United States. On average, someone in the U.S. suffers a stroke every 40 seconds and nearly 795,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year nationally. Research has shown that hospitals adhering to clinical measures through the Get With The Guidelines quality improvement initiative often see fewer readmissions and lower mortality rates.

Panel discussion focused on making health decisions during pregnancy TROY — Community members are invited to WMHT’s studios for HEADLINE: Birth Justice, a moderated panel discussion and conversation with members of the Birth Justice Coalition beginning at 6 p.m. July 23. The event will be live-streamed on WMHT’s Facebook page and website at wmht.org/headline. Panelists will include: Nakia Tillman, Early Childhood Specialist with Trinity Alliance; Esther Patterson, Community Maternity Services

and Baby Institute, doula; Betsy Mercogliano, Certified Nurse Midwife, LM, Certified Professional Midwife, educator, doula, owner of the Family Life Center; and Deshaya Williams, Certified Doula. Birth justice is defined as existing when women and transgender people are empowered during pregnancy, labor, childbirth and postpartum to make healthy decisions for themselves and their babies. Birth justice is part of a wider movement against reproductive oppression.

Doulas have been a focal point in the region’s Birth Justice movement as a way to improve birth outcomes, particularly among women of color. The panel discussion will be moderated by Times Union reporter Bethany Bump, who covers all things health-related including health care, public health, substance abuse, and mental health. For information and to RSVP: http://www.wmht.org/ headline/laboroflove/#live.

Capital Region residents encouraged to join the ‘Year of Cessation’ movement ALBANY — While adult smoking rates are at all-time lows, the fight isn’t over to promote tobacco-free living in New York state. This is one of several reasons the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health designated 2019 as the “Year of Cessation.” With support from the CDC’s “Tips” campaign, the New York State Smokers’ Quitline, area healthcare professionals and St. Peter’s Health Partners Community Health Programs, Capital Region residents have more resources than ever before to reduce or eliminate tobacco-use. During the “Year of Cessation’s” summer months, the CDC highlights the integral role quitlines play in cessation and the 15th anniversary of the national network of state quitlines. Six new online videos demonstrate what callers can expect when calling a quitline and emphasize free, confidential and nonjudgmental coaching. These resources complement the ongoing “Tips From Former Smokers” campaign, now in its eighth year. “The ‘Tips’ Campaign

creates a noticeable boost in call volume to the New York State Smokers’ Quitline,” said Andrew Hyland, Ph.D., director of the Quitline and professor of oncology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo — the Quitline’s physical location. “The Year of Cessation is yet another valuable CDC initiative to help educate about the dangers of smoking and benefits of becoming tobacco-free. On a local level, New York State residents should know that besides the CDC and the Quitline, their healthcare professionals and regional tobacco-free organizations play a major role in these efforts.” Most people who call the Quitline at 1-866-NY-QUITS or visit www.nysmokefree. com are eligible for a complimentary starter kit of nicotine replacement therapy, including patches and gum or lozenges. The Quitline’s Quit Coaches will work with tobacco users to develop a customized quit-plan and steps to overcome triggers. The Quitline also encourages tobacco users to talk with their healthcare professionals and access their health

plan benefits for additional cessation support and stopsmoking medications. Locally, as part of Health Systems for a Tobacco-Free New York, St. Peter’s Health Partners Community Health Programs works directly with area healthcare professionals and organizations to develop appropriate screening for tobacco-use and to improve the reach and delivery of evidence-based tobacco dependence treatment. More information about the regional contractors with Health Systems for a Tobacco-Free New York is available online by visiting www.tobaccofreeny. org. “We’re proud to support the CDC’s ‘Year of Cessation’ and the Quitline, and remind all Capital Region tobacco users that quitting is the very best thing they can do to improve their health and quality of life,” said Erin Sinisgalli, director of St. Peter’s Health Partners Community Health Programs. “Tobacco users should always talk with their doctor or healthcare provider and call the Quitline for extra support.”

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Sawdust might be one answer to the world’s plastic problem Aine Quinn Bloomberg

A technology startup near Ontario’s leafy border with Michigan says it has the answer to the world’s plastic pollution problem: sawdust. Origin Materials is getting ready to pay sawmills in the area $20 a ton for the scraps left over in the process of turning logs into lumber, which it will use to make recyclable plastic bottles that remove carbon-dioxide from the sky because they’re made from sustainably sourced wood waste. Nestle, Danone and PepsiCo plan to sell water in Origin’s recyclable plant-based bottles in early 2022. It’s one of the many unconventional ways conceived by scientists to reduce the world’s reliance on plastics made from petroleum, which emit as much climate-damaging pollutants as 189 coal plants each year from production to incineration. Other so-called bio-based plastics are being developed from sugar, corn, algae, seaweed, sewage and even dead beetles. “Consumers are caring about plastic in a way

that they haven’t in a long time, maybe ever,” said John Bissell, 34, who founded Origin Materials in 2008 and has spent 10 years working as an engineer developing alternative plastics that don’t contribute to climate change. “Everyday things like bottles and clothing can now become carbon negative, but remain otherwise functionally identical.” That may be true in theory, but phasing out petroleum-based plastics will be an uphill battle. Use of the material has become so ingrained for societies around the world that about half of all new oil demand through 2040 will come from petrochemicals, an industry that relies on plastics for most of its business, according to BloombergNEF. The $500 billion global plastics market is responsible for 5% of greenhouse gas emissions, Friends of the Earth data show. Some projections see that ratio tripling in the next 30 years. Plant-based plastics, especially varieties made from sugar cane, are starting to seep into the mainstream as companies try to respond to consumers who are increasingly angry about the

ecologically devastating impact of plastics. London-based Bulldog sells its male skincare products in plastic tubes made from sugar cane. Last year, Danish toymaker Lego started including botanical pieces, like leaves, bushes and trees, made entirely of plant-based plastics in its box sets. It’ll take getting big food and beverage companies on board to really alter the equation. Nestle alone produces 1.7 million tons of plastic packaging a year, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, enough to make over 51 billion bottles. Beverage makers like Coca-Cola Co. and Pepsi use a lot more than that. Coca-Cola rolled out its so-called plantbottle in 2009, but it’s still 70% petroleum based. “There is no doubt that awareness around plastic waste has become more prominent in the last two years,” said Simon Lowden, president of PepsiCo’s global snacks group, which announced in 2016 it would seek to reduce absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2030. As part of a strategy to find more sustainable packaging, Pepsi last year joined Nestle and

Danone’s NaturALL Bottle Alliance to find ways to reduce the carbon footprint of beverage bottles. All three plan to buy 100% plant-derived bottles from Origin Materials when its Ontario plant gets up and running at the end of 2020 with a starting capacity of 300 million bottles a year. Origin Materials developed a way to extract cellulose from wood waste to make para-xylene, a hydrocarbon usually derived from oil used to manufacture PET, one of the most common plastics today. Since trees and plants naturally capture CO2 through photosynthesis, using sustainably sourced sawdust and wood chips more than offsets any pollutants released in the manufacturing process, according to Bissell. However ingenious the techniques to make plant-based bottles may get, though, they’re still plastic. Not all varieties are recyclable or biodegradable. When incinerating, bio-based plastics may be little better than oil-based ones because the carbon stored in them is released.

Trump accuses four minority congresswomen of being ‘not very smart’ John Wagner and Seung Min Kim The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump escalated his attacks Monday on a group of four minority congresswomen known as “the Squad,” calling them “very Racist” and “not very smart.” Trump’s assessment came in a tweet as his motorcade traveled from the White House to the Supreme Court to pay his respects to the late Justice John Paul Stevens, who died last week at age 99 and was lying in repose. It was the latest in a string of attacks directed at the four freshman lawmakers since a week ago Sunday, when Trump said in a tweet that they should “go back” to the “totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.” Only one of the four, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was born outside the United States, and she became a U.S. citizen in 2000. Trump has often tried to turn the tables on his political opponents, accusing them of the very shortcomings for which they criticize him. “The ‘Squad’ is a very Racist group of troublemakers who are young, inexperienced, and not very smart,” Trump wrote. “They are pulling the once great Democrat Party far left, and were against humanitarian aid at the Border . . . And are now against ICE and Homeland Security. So bad for our Country!” Over the past week, Trump has repeatedly

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duty in Vietnam 50 years ago in July 1969. “He returned from Vietnam as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army with a Bronze Star for meritorious achievement and the Army Commendation Medal,”

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you to feel connected with your representative, and this is the first order of business when it comes to democracy — if you don’t feel connected to me, your rep, then we have no chance to solve these complicated matters. Across the district, no matter the party affiliation, people appreciate accessibility.” The new office will serve as a resource for residents to call, email or come by in person to discuss issues or seek assistance with state or federal services. Monday’s ceremony drew a packed house. “I’d like to welcome all our

defended his words directed at the four women - Reps. Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan — despite widespread criticism that his remarks were racist and divisive. Trump went on the offensive against the four lawmakers again Monday during a meeting in the Oval Office with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. “I think they’re very bad for our country. I really think they must hate our country,” Trump told reporters. He denied that he had created any “racial tension” in the United States and pointed to lower unemployment figures for African Americans. During a heated exchange on “Fox News Sunday,” Stephen Miller, a White House senior adviser, sought to defend Trump, saying that the term “racist” is being misused. “I think the term ‘racist’ has become a label that is too often deployed by the left, Democrats, in this country simply to try to silence and punish and suppress people they disagree with, speech that they don’t want to hear,” Miller said. Asked Monday about Trump’s tweet calling the four lawmakers “racist,” White House counselor Kellyanne Conway told reporters at the White House: “Well, they certainly are young and inexperienced. That doesn’t stop all of you from elevating them into the stratosphere and

superstardom.” Behind the scenes, Trump’s staff and his allies continued to promote talking points that elevated the lawmakers, while avoiding directly injecting race into the arguments. “The President loves America. He will stick up for this country, our flag, and the men and women who serve this country in uniform,” the talking points read, according to a copy obtained by The Washington Post. “He will also publicly oppose those who compare this country to garbage, show weakness — if not outright support — for terrorists, and make anti-Semitic remarks and level attacks on our closest ally in the Middle East - Israel.” The Republican National Committee also sent several suggested talking points, encouraging allies to highlight the liberal views of Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Pressley and Tlaib and adding: “The despicable rhetoric espoused by the socialist squad and tolerated by national Democrats is beyond disgusting.” Trump has attacked the women on multiple issues in the past week, including over their views on Israel. His mention of “humanitarian aid” on Monday referenced a $4.6 billion border bill passed by the House late last month. The measure would pump billions of dollars into the budgets of agencies, including the Department of Health and

Human Services, that have been overwhelmed by the influx of Central American migrants at the United States’ southern border. Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Pressley and Tlaib voted against the legislation, saying it did not include enough restrictions on how the Trump administration could spend the money and did not include adequate protections for migrant children at detention facilities. The lawmakers have also been highly critical of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on a range of issues. During an appearance Monday morning at an NAACP convention in Detroit, Tlaib was introduced as “one of the four women who was told to go back home.” “Yeah, I’m not going nowhere, not until I impeach this president,” she said upon taking the stage. Last week, Trump directed most of his ire at Omar, a Somali-born refugee. As he criticized her during remarks at a campaign rally in North Carolina on Wednesday, the crowd broke out into chants of “Send her back!” Trump later said he was not happy with the chant but has since characterized the crowd as “incredible patriots.” Earlier last week, the Democratic-led House passed a resolution condemning his tweets directed at the four lawmakers.

according to the release. Returning with Malone was Bob Whitbeck, both of whom served with the U.S. Army 1st Brigade of the Fifth Division (the Red Diamond Division). They did not know they had served together until a few years ago at a Reunion Association meeting. Whitbeck is a lifelong resident of Freehold, where the Reunion Association was founded. Whitbeck served as

director of the Greene County Veterans Service Agency. Since his retirement, Malone has assisted the Vietnam Veterans with legal advice and assistance. He also volunteers each month for the Legal Project at the Stratton Veterans Administration Medical Center in Albany providing free legal services to veterans. Photographer Stephen Willette, another Vietnam

veteran, will attend the reunion and make portraits of veterans to commemorate the occasion. Veterans can download the portraits free of charge from his website, www.patriotimages.org “[Willette] has tasked himself with photographing as many if not all of the 838,000+ veterans still living in New York State,” according to the release. “All veterans regardless of conflict or

peacetime service are urged not to just join us for our 20th reunion but also have your photograph taken that day for Stephen’s incredible project where he is giving back to every veteran in New York State.” Although the association will no longer hold annual reunions, the group will continue to help veterans. “This reunion was at one

time listed as one of the largest gathering of Vietnam veterans on the East Coast boasting Vietnam veterans attending from over 26 states,” according to the release. “Although this may be our last reunion we will not be abandoning the veteran community as the motto of the Vietnam veteran is “Never Again Shall One Generation of Veterans Abandon Another.”

constituents to visit us in our new district office in the heart of Warren Street,” Barrett said. “This location offers a walkable, accessible space that will better help us provide direct services to the people of Columbia and northern Dutchess counties. I look forward to sharing this location with Rep. Delgado and his team, and to continuing to deliver the best service possible to our constituents in the 106th Assembly District.” Columbia County Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Jeffrey Hunt said having both Delgado’s and Barrett’s offices in one location will be a benefit for the community. “The fact that they are sharing space is something that we have talked a lot about here in Hudson — sharing space,” Hunt said. “It’s a pleasure to

have them both here, so if you have an issue that may have state implications but also national implications, it’s onestop shopping, which is a great thing for our community.” There are no plans to open a district office in Greene County, and the Warren Street office is expected to handle constituent issues for residents in both counties, Greene County Chamber of Commerce President and Executive Director Jeff Friedman said. “This office will serve the region,” Friedman said. “This brings access and that’s really important. In the past, our representative has always had an office in Kinderhook, which made it difficult for Greene County residents to go to the office, it was a further drive. This is more accessible now. From a Greene

County perspective, it will give a lot more access and ability to communicate with the congressman, which is extremely important.” The Warren Street office is Delgado’s fifth office in the 19th Congressional District, joining brick-and-mortar offices in Kingston, Delhi, Oneonta and Liberty. The office opening came a couple of hours before Delgado was scheduled to hold his 16th town hall meeting at Subversive Malting + Brewing’s beer cafe on Main Street in Catskill. More on the town hall meeting in Wednesday’s edition. Delgado’s first Greene County town hall was held at the Orpheum Film & Performing Arts Center in Tannersville in February. Over the weekend he held a town hall meeting in

Amenia in Dutchess County. “Talking to folks, hearing their concerns and using my position as their elected representative to address them is the most important part of my

job,” Delgado said. “Despite all of the noise going on in Washington, I am squarely focused on doing the work, and I’m looking forward to hearing from everyone.”

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said. “We strive to keep traditions alive along with incorporating new things.” As kids come to the fair each year, they get what Ross calls “a taste of old-fashioned responsibility.” “They have to be responsible for their animals,” she said. “They do their own chores, their own clean-up. No one is going to do it for them.” Exhibits are judged throughout the week on their cleanliness for what is called a Herdsmanship Award. These awards are presented at the

closing ceremonies. Youth from the ages of five to 21 can participate as long as they are residents of Greene County, Johnk said. The fair is not exclusive to 4-H members, Johnk said. Youth can also register as “Independents.” “Everybody can get involved,” Johnk said. Throughout the week, exhibitors will be judged on the displays they have made for their animals, Johnk said. “This year’s theme is a Hawaiian luau,” he said. The youth typically display their animals’ names, their farm name and their own name at the animal enclosure, a practice that fair leaders decided to put a fun twist on a few years ago by adding a

theme, Johnk said. “It has been pretty well-received,” he said. In terms of attractions, there will be newcomers such as Farmer Tom Walsh, a singer and storyteller, and Crazy Christine, a balloon artist. Old favorites such as Mr. Scribbles and Muttsville Comix will return. Live entertainment will be provided throughout the week by bands such as Buffalo Barfield, Dusk Till Dawn Band, Nightmoves Band and Peaceful Country Band. Saturday night will heighten the fair experiences with fireworks and the Master Showmanship competition — the highest honor for youth showing livestock.

A master showman will be selected for each species of animal at the fair — dairy cow, beef cow, goat, sheep, swine, rabbit and poultry — and then all of the master showmen compete against one another Saturday night exhibiting every species including animals they may not have handled before. Fairgoers can support the event by purchasing tickets to the chicken barbecue Friday night or for the pig raffle, Johnk said. “I want to thank everyone that has anything to do with this fair,” Johnk said. “Every little bit helps. It takes an army to put on this fair.”

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The Taconic Hills Little League 8-10 year-old All-Star team players and coaches display the District 15 AAA championship banner they won recently with a 10-0 victory over Coxsackie-Athens.

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GREENPORT — The Hudson River Collegiate Baseball League entered its final weekend of regular season play with the Storm earning a 20-0 victory over the Knights on Saturday. The league playoffs begin on Wednesday, with the championship slated for Saturday at Greenport Town Park. Knights manager Josh Johnson gave the ball to The College of Saint Rose’s Joe Rizzo. Rizzo struggled against the Storm offense and was lifted after the second inning, but the damage was done. Rizzo gave up nine hits, eleven runs all earned with four walks but did get one strikeout. Johnson replaced him with SUNY Maritime commit and former Chatham Panther Curtis Buchan, who also pitched two innings, giving up four hits, six runs (four earned) with four walks and one strikeout. Fulton-Montgomery Community Colleges Brendan McGillin finished the last three innings for the Knights on the mound getting, two strikeouts with two walks while also allowing four hits with three earned runs. Storm manager Ed DuPont sent his pitching ace to the mound to battle the Knights. In fact ,Connor Christensen is the 2018 “Ace” award winner for the leagues best pitcher and in 2019 has the lowest ERA

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HUDSON — Pairings have been announced for the first Hudson Kickball Showdown on August 3 at Galvan Field. A total of 12 teams will compete for the championship trophy, with an award

also going to the team with the most creative uniforms. The schedule for the single-elimination tournament follows: 11 a.m., Good Girls vs. See KICKBALL B3

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for any pitcher in the league at 1.78 while leading the league in strikeouts and wins. Christensen plays collegiately at the University of South Carolina-Aiken. The big lefty pitched four innings, allowing just one hit with three walks with five strikeouts. SUNY Cortland and local baseball standout Noah Ernst entered

in relief throwing one inning allowing two hits but no runs, no walks and no strikeouts. MCLA’s Jimmy Miller was next up and pitched the sixth inning. Miller also allowed two hits and no runs, no walks and no strikeouts. The Storm’s hard throwing lefty Adam Hall of Union College closed the show, giving up

up one hit, no runs, no walks and no strikeouts as the Storm pitchers combined to shut out the 2018 HRCBL Champions. The Knights had six hits. Columbia-Greene Community College’s Sean Berry, SUNY Oswego’s Ryan Weiss, Curtis Buchan, Brendan McGillin, See HRCBL B3

Hall ceremony features small-town feel and international flavor Peter Schmuck The Baltimore Sun

COOPERSTOWN — The fans poured into the Clark Sports Center on Sunday afternoon from just about everywhere, this year’s National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony reminding everyone that baseball is both the national pastime and a very international one. Mariano Rivera fans waived Panamanian flags and Edgar Martinez expressed impassioned gratitude to his native Puerto Rico, while former Orioles Mike Mussina, Harold Baines and Lee Smith paid tribute to small-town America. There was every reason to believe that the New York Yankees multitudes would drown out the rest of the estimated crowd of 55,000, especially with Rivera arriving in the Hall as the first-ever unanimous selection and starting pitcher Mike Mussina throwing out the ceremonial first speech. The Yankees fans were loud, but they were not alone. There was a surprisingly large contingent that traveled coast-to-coast to cheer Martinez and team up with the friends, fans and family of the beloved Seattle Mariners

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Inductees (from left) Harold Baines, Lee Smith, Edgar Martinez, Mike Mussina, Mariano Rivera and Brandy Halladay, wife the late Roy Halladay, pose with their plaques during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Clark Sports Center on Sunday in Cooperstown.

designated hitter to deliver some of the loudest and most enthusiastic ovations. Apparently, Southwest Airlines had a very good weekend.

Mussina led off and deftly handled the difficult task of balancing his allegiance to both the Orioles and Yankees organizations, thanking

his fans from both cities — as well as his hometown of Montoursville, Pa. — for making the trek to upstate New York to help welcome him into the Hall. “I’m standing up here with the best who ever played the game,” Mussina said. “Some are my former teammates. Some are former opponents and some I grew up watching on television, so the obvious question is, what am I doing up here and how in the world did this happen?” Not surprisingly, he struck the same chord that would resonate throughout the ceremony, as each player talked about his roots and the unique chain of events that led him to the greatest honor that can be bestowed on a baseball player. Rivera played the closer one last time, coming in at the end and — ironically for the greatest short reliever of all time — making the longest speech. He spoke for about 25 minutes, during which he thanked everyone who had an impact on his amazing career and revealed that he never intended to pursue a career in See HALL B3

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Brandy Halladay’s Hall of Fame speech about her late husband is a crowd pleaser Bob Brookover The Philadelphia Inquirer

COOPERSTOWN — One of Brandy Halladay’s favorite expressions is that “it takes a village,” and she used it again Sunday afternoon in the famous village that houses baseball’s greatest players. She used it at just the right time and in just the right way. “I say it a lot, but it takes a village and we truly have a great one,” Brandy Halladay said as she looked out at an expansive crowd that clearly understood how difficult it was for her to pinchhit for her late husband just 20 months after he died in a Gulf of Mexico plane crash that still has some dark undertones. And, boy, was it difficult. Brandy Halladay lost it before she could say hello. She started to cry as a giant video board to her right replayed highlights of her husband’s career while the late pitcher’s closest friend and former Toronto Blue Jays teammate Chris Carpenter painted a picture of Roy Halladay the pitcher and Roy Halladay the man. “He was the best pitcher of that time period and that era,” Carpenter said. “That’s the reason why he is in the Hall of Fame.” The highlights rolled: the first of Halladay’s two 10-inning complete games with the Blue Jays, the 2010 perfect game for the Phillies against the Florida Marlins and the no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds in his first postseason start a few months later. When the video ended, it was time for Brandy Halladay to speak. The village of Cooperstown had already been kind to Brandy and her two sons, Braden and Ryan. The special week had included hugs from Hall of Famers and a joint celebration conducted by the Phillies and Blue Jays on Saturday night. “Anybody who doesn’t think baseball is a family has never been involved with baseball,” Brandy said. “I know how honored Roy would be to be sitting here with such accomplished

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Brandy Halladay speaks on behalf of her late husband, Roy Halladay, during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Clark Sports Center on Sunday in Cooperstown.

men who have represented this game so well over the course of all your careers.” The support this weekend for Brandy and her sons was astounding. “Roy had these collector cars and Reggie Jackson is a car guy,” Brandy said after her speech. “And so I was talking to Reggie and I said, ‘I don’t know what I’m going to do.’ He said, ‘Well, I’ll come over.’ Now, I get to have Reggie Jackson come over and help me with my cars. Who gets to say that? I think I’m just more currently aware of how lucky we are. These guys are unbelievable. Rod Carew asked me for my autograph. I’m like, ‘Are you serious?’ He said, ‘Yes, I’m serious.’ What do you say to Rod Carew?” When the 52 returning Hall of Famers and the six incoming members of the 2019 class

Harvick holds off Hamlin to win at New Hampshire Field Level Media

Kevin Harvick’s bizarre 2019 season got less bizarre Sunday when the StewartHaas Racing driver finally got his first victory. It came when he held off Denny Hamlin over the final 30 laps in winning the Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. In 2018, Harvick won a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series-best eight races. This year, win No. 1 came just seven races before the start of the playoffs. “We’ve run well enough a few times to win,” Harvick, who has five top-five finishes this year, said. “We just made mistakes. To finally battle and get over that hump is a great day for everybody at Stewart-Haas Racing and everybody on the 4 car.” The victory, which came as he and Hamlin beat on each other’s car heading to the finish line, assures Harvick a berth in those playoffs. The margin of victory was .21 seconds. Hamlin said he thought he could have dumped Harvick on the final lap and got the win. But, he said, “I wanted to just tap him there but I didn’t want to completely screw him. I at least wanted to give him a fair shot there.” He then paused, and said, “Second sucks.” After taking the checkers, Harvick took a reverse victory lap around the 1-mile track in Loudon, N.H. Erik Jones, Hamlin’s teammate, finished third. Ryan Blaney of Team Penske was fourth, and Matt DiBenedetto was fifth. Kyle Busch dominated the first two stages of the race as he led 118 laps. But a wheel rub early in Stage 3 dropped him back to 15th. Attempting to drive back up to the front, he got loose and slapped the wall while

running seventh. He finished eighth. Benefiting was Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Hamlin, who restarted the final stage in first place and held it for the next 113 laps. He gave that lead up when he pitted under yellow with 35 laps to go. Harvick did not stop under yellow and inherited the lead for the restart with 29 laps to go, but on old tires. Hamlin, with two fresh right-side tires, closed in but could not make the winning pass. Harvick said afterward he thought the move to stay on old tires was the wrong one. “I didn’t think we had the best chance staying out there (on old tires),” said Harvick, who collected his fourth New Hampshire win. His crew chief, Rodney Childers, insisted. Harvick was, Childers said, in a “Really bad spot with track position. That track position was key today and clean air.” With just six races remaining to the 16-driver playoffs after the New Hampshire event, a lot of eyes were on bubble drivers. Several had bad days. Clint Bowyer’s freefall in the points standings continued in Loudon. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver was 14th in points when the race started but was involved in a wreck late in Stage 2. Appearing to be in great shape to make the postseason early in the summer, Bowyer finished 20th and has now logged finishes of 20th or worst in four of his last six races. Seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson started the day 15th in points, but a belt failure knocked him back 13 laps off the pace. He finished 30th. Kyle Larson,13th in the standings before the race, spun on a late restart, blew a tire and slammed the wall with 37 laps to go and finished in the garages.

were introduced to the crowd, only three of them received prolonged standing ovations. The first was Hank Aaron, who is 85 and needed the assistance of a cane and Jim Thome to make it onto the stage. Brandy Halladay and Mariano Rivera, the Yankees’ closer who was the class of 2019 headliner, received the same treatment from the crowd. Now it was time for Brandy to speak, and she was still choked up from the highlight video tribute from Carpenter. This time, the applause from the crowd was mostly polite until every Hall of Famer on the stage behind her stood and applauded. The crowd took the cue, and Brandy Halladay was soon receiving a second standing ovation. “I knew I was going to cry at some point,” she said. “I never know what’s going to get me and

that video, I couldn’t watch it, so if someone could send me a copy of that I’d appreciate it.” Perhaps it was fitting that Brandy Halladay broke down early, then rebounded to give a Hall of Fame speech about her Hall of Fame husband. That’s how Roy Halladay’s career went, too. “This is not my speech to give, but I’m going to do the best I can to say the things I believe Roy might have wanted to say if he was here today,” Brandy said. “The thanks yous could and should go on for days when you consider the impact so many people have had on Roy’s career. “To both of the teams we were blessed to be a part of — the Blue Jays and the Phillies — thank you for allowing us to grow up and to fail over and over and finally to learn how to succeed with your organizations. There were some really amazing years, but there were some really tough ones, too, and you never gave up on him. When Braden and Ryan and I decided that Roy would be inducted into the Hall of Fame with no logo on his hat, both teams quickly reached out to tell us how proud they were of our decision. That validated a choice that we knew in our hearts was in fact the correct one. We want both organizations to know that they hold a huge place in our heart and they always will.” Near the end of her seven-minute speech, Brandy Halladay delivered a message about perfection, but it had nothing to do with her husband’s perfect game. “I think that Roy would want everyone to know that people aren’t perfect,” she said. “We are all imperfect or flawed in one way or another. We all struggle, but with hard work, humility and dedication, imperfect people can still have perfect moments.” Brandy Hallday’s relief appearance for her late husband Sunday was one of those moments.

Forget signing stars — Knicks’ rebuild will require work and patience Steve Popper Newsday

NEW YORK — When the Knicks cleared $70 million of cap space for this summer’s free-agent market, Garden Chairman James Dolan didn’t hide his belief that the stars were coming to join the planned remaking of the longsuffering franchise. In his appearance on ESPN radio’s Michael Kay Show in March he reminded the audience that New York was the mecca of basketball and admitted, “We hear from people all the time, from players, representatives. It’s about who wants to come. We can’t respond because of the NBA rules, but that doesn’t stop them from telling us and they do. I can tell you from what we’ve heard I think we’re going to have a very successful offseason when it comes to free agents.” And when the dust cleared the Knicks hadn’t even scored a meeting with the top free agents, signing seven players who could be aptly described as journeymen to fill the cap space and the nearly barren roster. To add insult to injury, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant landed in New York — just across the bridge in Brooklyn with the Nets. So what went wrong? And maybe just as important, what went right in Brooklyn? The reality struck that the power belongs to the players and the best-laid plans can crumble once players decide that your offer isn’t the one that tantalizes them. It happened to the Knicks, but not only them. The Warriors were left to wonder why Durant spurned their offer — which was for more years and more money than the Nets could put on the table. The Raptors, with a championship culture and a countrywide effort to convince Kawhi Leonard to stay came up empty. What none of the stars did though in their pairing up was head to a team like the Knicks who were a league-worst 17-65 last season. Durant and Irving set up a combination in Brooklyn to team with a group that already had managed to reach the postseason, and one that

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James Dolan, the New York Knicks owner, courtside for a game against the Denver Nuggets at Madison Square Garden, Feb. 10, 2017.

got there by exceeding expectations with a focus on player development. Kendrick Perkins, Durant’s former teammate and friend, appeared on a podcast on KNBR.com and explained that it was the Nets’ culture that made the difference. “I think people had speculation that the Knicks were actually the front-runners, but they weren’t,” Perkins said. “In my opinion, it was either Brooklyn or going back to Golden State. I asked Kevin what was the reason behind him ultimately choosing Brooklyn and he told me: ‘Perk you’re not stupid, you know why I chose Brooklyn, man. Look at the organization and look at the direction they’re going in.’ “ Sean Marks and Kenny Atkinson took a franchise stripped of assets and somehow turned it into something exciting and alluring. Caris LeVert was the 20th overall pick. Jarrett Allen was No. 22. Rodions Kurucs was picked 40th. Joe Harris and Spencer Dinwiddie were both secondround picks elsewhere, shuttled to and from the G League and waived by teams before the Nets made them into reclamation projects. And it’s that, not stars, that lured Durant and Irving. If that surprised the Knicks and the

NBA, it also surprised the Nets. “Quite honestly, it did surprise me,” Atkinson said. “Obviously we improved a lot last year but it wasn’t a so-called star system. It was a group of guys that play really well together. I think it gives more credit to the guys that are coming here that say I like that style of play, I like the way they play. I think they want to participate in something like that. “Yeah, it surprises me just because we’ve come a long way in a short time. That’s the biggest surprise. And it happened quicker. I know Sean was strategizing and thinking big picture. I was kind of focused more on the day to day. It was a surprise they chose to participate in this type of system that we’re running.” “Our whole infrastructure has been built around development,” Marks said, pointing to Atkinson as he added. “That’s why he’s here.” Coincidentally, Atkinson was once with the Knicks, serving as the player development guru. Now, the Knicks are hoping to do the same thing, but so far have not been able to do it despite having four lottery picks starting with Kristaps Porzingis in 2015. David Fizdale and the Knicks front office folks spent last year talking player

development, but spent much of the season relying on the likes of Emmanuel Mudiay, Trey Burke, Mario Hezonja and Noah Vonleh — all who departed as free agents while Frank Ntilikina was shuttled from role to role and rookies Kevin Knox, Mitchell Robinson and Allonzo Trier got minutes. And of course, the most painful part of the player development struggles came when the Knicks shipped Porzingis out to Dallas because they couldn’t create a culture that satisfied the star they had in place. Atkinson and Marks talked about their players being the best salespeople for their program and that is not just talk. The Knicks don’t have stars. Maybe RJ Barrett will become one. Perhaps Knox will take a step forward in his second season. What they can have and the real lesson learned from free agency and the Nets success is that there is a way to get better in a rebuild — and it’s not with star power or the allure of Madison Square Garden. It takes work and patience and planning. The Knicks bought themselves another year with the free-agent contracts they signed this summer. Now they have to show that the wait is not in vain.

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Pacquiao’s victory would be the ultimate farewell to a storied career Bill Dwyre Los Angeles Times

LAS VEGAS — As storybook endings go, this one belonged on Broadway. Call the Hallmark Channel. Don’t be ashamed if you tear up. When Manny Pacquiao, the boxing senator from the Philippines, emerged from the ring Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, the fighting fireplug had conquered two formidable opponents — unbeaten welterweight champion Keith Thurman and seldom-beaten all-division champion Father Time. Pacquiao is 40. Thurman is 30. This was Pacquiao’s 71st professional fight, Thurman’s 30th. Pacquiao, the only person to become an eight-division boxing champion, has fought almost as many fights in Las Vegas (20) as Thurman has fought anywhere. Boxing gives us so many disappointments — mismatches, bad judging decisions, lackluster performances. But when it gives us something spectacular, as it did Saturday night, all is forgiven, at least for a while. Former champion Shane Mosley made his way through the crush of family, friends and wannabes clogging Pacquiao’s

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baseball. “I wanted to be the next Pele,” he said, “but my ability was not good enough to be a soccer player. The Lord was pushing me toward baseball.” Mike Mussina, Mariano Rivera bookend Sunday’s Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, much the way they did on the field “ He came up with the Yankees as a starting pitcher, but didn’t thrive in that role and was sent back to the minor leagues. When he made the switch to the bullpen and mastered his famous cut fastball, he emerged as a dominant closer and played a huge role in the Yankees dynasty of the late 1990s and early 2000s. “I tried to carry the pinstripes the best way that I

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dressing room after the bout to congratulate the fighter who beat him in May 2011, in a unanimous decision in this same MGM Grand Garden ring. Only one thing could detract from all this: If Pacquiao decides this isn’t the end. In our sports fantasies, we want Tiger Woods to retire after an eagle for the win at the 18th hole of the Masters; Roger Federer to serve his final ace on match point in the Wimbledon final; Albert Pujols to hit the winning grand slam homer in the seventh game of the World Series. Pete Sampras got it right. He won the 2002 U.S. Open, his then record 14th tennis Grand Slam title, and never played another pro match. For Pacquiao, Saturday night’s stirring victory over Thurman was his hole-in-one, ace on match point and grand slam homer all in one. Thurman, his highly able opponent, called the night one of “blessings and lessons.” Presumably, he meant Pacquiao had been the teacher. The match itself — high-quality boxing skills, fan frenzy (a sold-out 14,356 arena), and the class with which both fighters conducted themselves afterward — was the blessing.

Pacquiao retired in 2016 after his third fight with Tim Bradley, but he was back seven months later. That time, Pacquiao said his family wanted it. This time, in the immediate aftermath Saturday night, everybody in Pacquiao’s camp seemed to want it. In the scrum of his locker room, which became such an orgy of selfies and sycophants that officials had trouble marshaling Pacquiao to a place where he could provide a urine sample, the atmosphere seemed to be celebrating an ending. Of those retirement advocates, only Freddie Roach, boxing’s most open person, would talk on the record about it. He, like everybody else, had seen Pacquiao enter the ring moving and boxing like a 25-year-old and leave it, while victorious, looking like an exhausted 50-year-old. “Me and Manny, we’re going to have a long talk,” said Roach, who has now been with Pacquiao for 18 years. “I want to let everything settle down. But then we will talk. One on one. Being honest, completely honest, with each other.” Roach said that, even as Pacquiao was turning in perhaps the best, certainly the gutsiest, performance of his

could,” Rivera said. “I think I did all right with that.” Mussina, who chose not to designate whether he was going into the Hall as an Oriole or a Yankee, was highly complimentary of both organizations, thanking the Orioles for giving him his start in professional baseball and the Yankees for giving him the opportunity to pitch in two World Series. “I want to thank the Orioles for giving me the opportunity to pitch and prove that I could succeed at the major league level,” Mussina said. “To the Orioles executives who brought baseball back to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, it remains one of the best ballpark environments in the game. To the Orioles fans who came out every game 48,000 strong to support us and support me, thank you. I have some great memories from those years and I loved pitching in orange and black.”

Of course, the Yankees lured him away after the 2000 season and his decision to leave may have paved his way to Cooperstown. “For the longest time while I was in Baltimore, I told myself I would never play in New York,” he said. “I’m a smalltown guy and that place is too much for me. Well, obviously, I changed my mind, mostly because Joe Torre called me two or three days after they won the 2000 World Series over the Mets, and Joe simply said, ‘I just want you to know that were interested in you coming to New York to pitch for us.’ Well, his first impression was a big one, so after 10 years in Baltimore I was off to New York City.” Harold Baines, who let his performance do the talking for much of his career, gets the last word “ Baines promised on Saturday that he would speak a lot about the importance of

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Most Hated winner vs. Just Kickin’ It/Monstars winner. The team that wins by the most points in the first two rounds gets a pass to the championship game at 3 p.m., while the other two secondround winners will compete in the semifinals at 2:30 p.m.

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Marist College’s Connor Hall all went 1 for 3 with a single. SUNY Oswego’s Christian McCarthy went 1 for 2 with a single and a walk. The Storm’s offense was relentless as the team had seventeen hits and five stolen bases. They were lead by Fairfield University’s Matt Ferriero who went 3 for 5 with a single, two doubles and one RBI, Salisbury University’s Brandon Bonesteel went 2 for 5 with a single, a double a walk and three RBI, Christian Baaki from Vassar College went 2 for 3 with two singles, two walks and two RBI, Lewi Clarke from Manhattan College went 2 for 4 with two singles and a walk and Nyack College’s Chris Colotti went 2 for 3 with two singles and two RBI. Colotti has 21 RBI on the season which leads the league. C-GCC’s Matt Gaebel went 1 for 1 with a single that brought home three runs, SUNY Cortland’s Joe Dwy went 1-3 with a single, a walk and was hit by a pitch. Dwy is leading the league in batting average with a .417 average. Jeremiah Ernst from CGCC went 1 for 4 with a single, a walk and one RBI, St John Fisher College’s Kurt Forsell went 1 for 5 with a single and

long career, he saw some hints that the time to step away is now. Pacquiao knocked Thurman down in the first round and Roach said, “Earlier in his career, he would have finished him right there.” In the 10th round, Pacquiao hit Thurman with a body shot that doubled him over in pain. “He normally would have finished a guy there,” Roach said. The key element here is that, unlike many boxers who reach the golden age and have no other interests, Pacquiao has the ultimate second career. He is one of 24 senators in the Philippines. He talks more freely and enthusiastically about bills he is sponsoring than about fights he is training for. Because the Philippines state of the union address is Tuesday, his original plan was to get on a private plane a few hours after the fight, fly as far as Anchorage for refueling and continue on immediately to Manila. That would be a trip of nearly 9,000 miles, just hours after taking a bit of a beating against Thurman. Reportedly, cooler heads prevailed and a doctor delayed that trip until later Sunday. Still, the very existence of the plan speaks to the serious nature of

family and community and not much about himself, but opened his remarks by poking fun at his reputation as a man of very few words. “To all my friends and teammates, you can start your start your stopwatches now,” Baines quipped. Turned out, Baines did make the shortest speech of the five new Hall of Famers on stage, but only by a minute or so. He talked eloquently about the subject he came to address, the impact of his family and the Eastern Shore community of St. Michaels on his life and career. “I owe a debt of gratitude to that entire close-knit community for raising me as a child and as a teenager,” he said.

Pacquiao’s involvement in his country’s government. Pacquiao might be well ahead of all of us on this. While he has said he thinks he will fight again next year, there is nothing set in stone. Nor had he gone through some thrashing from Thurman when he said that. When he was asked in the ring afterward what will come next for him, he quickly said he will wait on that until next year. Between now and then, his political star may continue to rise. The next presidential election in the Philippines will be May 9, 2022. The current president, Rodrigo Duterte, who will term out in 2022, long ago stated publicly that he would support Pacquiao for the next presidency. When Pacquiao was elected to the Senate in 2016, he got 16 million votes, or seventh-most among the 12 who were elected that year. Pacquiao quickly told NBC News, in reaction to Duterte’s endorsement, that he wasn’t planning to run for president, that he was enjoying serving the Philippine people as a senator. Actually, his direct quote about him running for president : “It is not in my mind right now.”

“St. Michaels formed me and I would not be where I am today in baseball and life without so many people in St. Michaels, who cared enough to do more than their expected part to help a youngster like me.” The afternoon also featured an emotional appearance by the widow of new Hall of Famer Roy Halladay, who died in plane crash off the coast of Florida in 2017, and an upbeat speech by Smith in which he managed to say something nice about each of the eight teams he played for — including the Orioles — during his 18-year career. Smith also mirrored Baines’ small-town theme with stories about growing up in tiny Castor, La., and the positive

impact that community had on his life. “If you think Cooperstown is a small town, you haven’t been to Castor,” Smith said, “(but) it was a that community that gave me the chance to play baseball.” Baines eventually came back to the subject of his softspoken nature, acknowledging that it might have been embellished by the time he hit a dramatic walk-off home run, then answered the only question of his postgame interview with a single word. But he said it might be better explained by a quote from his father that he took to heart early in life: “Words are easy, deeds are hard. Deeds can be silent, but sometimes they echo forever.”

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After tough loss, Katie Ledecky must recover and refocus at swimming championships Rick Maese The Washington Post

GWANGJU, South Korea - Katie Ledecky was back in the pool Monday, doing what she does best, almost mechanically windmilling her arms and gliding across the water. Forty strokes in one direction. Forty strokes back. There could be no sulking after Sunday night’s devastating defeat in the 400-meter freestyle at these FINA world championships. Ledecky was due back in the pool 15 hours later for a 1,500-meter qualifying heat. If losing a signature race was unfamiliar, rebounding from disappointment was completely new territory. But with four more races on tap at the year’s biggest meet, Ledecky knew she had no choice. “If anyone is equipped to deal with this, it’s Katie Ledecky,” said Yuri Suguiyama, her youth coach at Nation’s Capital Swim Club. The next several days will force Ledecky to do something she has rarely had to think about: shake off disappointment, channel her emotions, quickly turn the page. After Ariarne Titmus, the 18-year old Australian, chased down Ledecky in the final lap of Sunday’s 400 - one of Ledecky’s three dominant distances - the Bethesda, Maryland, native returned to the athletes’ village and had a full night to refocus. She returned to the Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center on Monday morning for the 1,500-meter heats. She posted the fastest time - 15:48.90, which is a great mark for any other swimmer. It was the year’s fourth-fastest time, in fact, but gave few hints as to how Ledecky might perform in Tueday’s 1,500 final. At the world championships four years ago, Ledecky broke the world record in the qualifying heats with a time of 15:27.71. The next day she broke it again in 15:25.48. (And last year lowered it again - to 15:20.48.) She looked tired following Monday’s heat and didn’t talk to reporters afterward, uncharacteristic for her. “I need to get my fight back,” she said the night before. No swimmer, of course, is invincible. Not forever at least. Michael Phelps might have been unbeatable in 2007 and ‘08, but he also retired with seven individual silver medals

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Katie Ledecky competes in the Women’s 200 LC Meter Freestyle final during the 2018 USA Swimming Phillips 66 National Championships swim meet at William Woollett, Jr. Aquatics Center.

and a bronze from his 11 trips to the Olympics and world championships. “You look back at Michael’s career,” said Greg Meehan, Ledecky’s coach, “some ups and downs, some wins and losses, always learning from each experience.” Ledecky’s experiences have been overwhelmingly positive. At 22, she has made domination look routine. She has faced no serious injury, has been dealt no major setback. Most elite swimmers - virtually every other Olympic champion - is somewhat accustomed to losing a big race on a big stage at some point, dusting off the disappointment and pulling themselves back up. Ledecky has been in a league of her own, though. In major international competitions - the Pan Pacific championship, world championships or Olympics - she’d competed in

23 individual races entering this week. She’d finished in first place 21 times, her only losses coming at 200 meters each of the past two years. But her best distances, the ones at which she holds world records, have always been the 400, 800 and 1,500, and Sunday was the first time she lost one of these races at a big meet. As much as Ledecky trains - her work ethic around the pool has always been lauded by coaches - there’s no practice for losing, for feeling pain, for regrouping. You just have to do it. And Ledecky actually has - just not much and not in a long while. While she has made a comfortable home atop the medals podium, she also remembers the early losses that helped get her there. Until Sunday, perhaps

none stung as much as the 2012 U.S. Olympic trials, the very meet that launched her into this otherworldly strata of elite swimmers. Ledecky was all of 15 years old then and had just wrapped her freshman year at Stone Ridge. She had three big races at the trials in Omaha. The first one - the 400 free - was considered her best shot at making the U.S. Olympic team bound for London. On the second day of trials, she broke a 24-year-old national record for her age group that was held by Janet Evans. But her time - 4:05.79 - was only good enough for third place. Only the top two finishers make the team. “In most cases, that would have devastated most 15 year-old swimmers,” said Suguiyama, now the head women’s coach at Wisconsin, “but after the initial shock and disappointment, we focused on the positive - something I’m sure Greg Meehan will be doing - and Katie recovered.” The next day in the 200 free, she finished in ninth in the semifinals and missed making the finals by 0.02 seconds. That left her with just one final shot, and she had three days to calm her nerves. A teenage Ledecky won the 800 in Omaha and punched her ticket to those London Games, where she became the youngest member of the U.S. team and would go on to win the first of her five Olympic titles. “The rest,” said Bruce Gemmell, who later coached Ledecky at Nation’s Capital Swim Club, “is history.” There was no way of knowing at the time that Ledecky was embarking on a stretch of nearly unmatched dominance. She has consistently shown what it is like to win big, and it wasn’t until Sunday night in Gwangju that she really had to deal with a big loss. “While I’m sure this one will sting, I think she’ll be able to get over it because she has such a strong sense of self, a comfort and confidence in her own skin,” Suguiyama said, “as well as an unbelievable support system in her family and the U.S. national team.”

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New faces: RB Le’Veon Bell, LB C.J. Mosley, DT Quinnen Williams, WR Jamison Crowder, OG Kelechi Osemele, CB Brian Poole, QB Trevor Siemian, WR Josh Bellamy, WR Deonte Thompson, K Chandler Catanzaro, OLB Jachai Polite They’re gone: OG James Carpenter, C Spencer Long, CB Buster Skrine, DL Mike Pennel, WR Andre Roberts, K Jason Myers, S Terrence Brooks, WR Jermaine Kearse, RB Isaiah Crowell 2019 snapshot: Few teams in the league had a more complicated offseason than the Jets, who apparently disliked their own moves from this spring so much that the man who made them is now gone. Former GM Mike Maccagnan was fired in May, with Joe Douglas hired in June. That came after Maccagnan hired Adam Gase as head coach, led a free agent spending spree for Bell, Mosely and Crowder, and ran the draft room as normal in April. Did the team finally get it right by hiring Douglas? Or does that bizarre sequence of events simply show a dysfunctional organization? Maccagnan’s moves certainly raised a few eyebrows. He made outlandish investments at two of the league’s least valuable positions in running back (Bell; four years, $52 million) and inside linebacker (Mosley; five years, $85 million), then added an expensive slot wideout (Crowder; three years, $28.5 million) just a few months after extending Quincy Enunwa, who predominantly plays the slot. The draft was more encouraging, as Williams was clearly the best player available, even at a crowded position with Leonard Williams, Steve McLendon and newly resigned Henry Anderson. Thirdround picks Polite and OT Chuma Edoga each bring some upside (albeit amid character concerns), and TE Trevon Wesco (fourth round) should be a nice Swiss-army knife as a tight end/H-back. Worth the investment? –The Jets managed just four wins a year ago, but with several major talent upgrades, they could reasonably flirt with the postseason. It’s not hard to see them topping their

7-win over/under. –As far as MVP longshots go, you could do far worse than Sam Darnold (+7500), who came on strong to finish his rookie season and now has Adam Gase as his head coach. Bottom line: It was probably the right move to fire Maccagnan, but it’s hard to justify the process that led up to it or the timing. Still, if Williams stars like expected – he’ll need to sign his contract and report to camp first – this team looks much more talented. Buffalo Bills New faces: C Mitch Morse, DT Ed Oliver, WR John Brown, WR Cole Beasley, OL Cody Ford, OG Spencer Long, OG Quinton Spain, OT Ty Nsekhe, OT LaAdrian Waddle, TE Tyler Kroft, TE Lee Smith, TE Dawson Knox, RB T.J. Yeldon, RB Frank Gore, RB Devin Singletary, CB Kevin Johnson, CB E.J. Gaines, WR Andre Roberts They’re gone: DT Kyle Williams, TE Charles Clay, OG John Miller, OT Jordan Mills, WR Deonte Thompson 2019 snapshot: Mostly patient a year ago, the Bills went crazy in free agency this offseason, adding both quality and quantity with all kinds of deals. Morse isn’t worth the largest contract in NFL history for a center (four years, $44.5 million), but GM Brandon Beane found bargains on the O-line in Nsekhe (two years, $10 million), Spain (one year, $2 million) and Waddle (one year, $2 million). After jumping up in Round 2 to nab Ford – who could play tackle or guard – the Bills should have a much improved front five with four new starters. Buffalo found QB Josh Allen more weapons in Brown, Beasley, Kroft and Knox, a third-rounder with athletic upside. Each were reasonable investments, especially because they’ll help determine just how quickly Allen is progressing. Answers were also added to replace the aging LeSean McCoy, with Singletary (third round) drafted and Gore and Yeldon added in free agency. Despite extending contract-year DE Jerry Hughes, the Bills didn’t add an edge rusher to complement him, which they might regret unless Shaq Lawson takes a major step. On

the bright side, though, they managed to get Oliver at No. 9 overall. Not nearly the polished pass rusher Aaron Donald was coming out of Pitt, Oliver nonetheless has similar athletic gifts and will be disruptive (if not a finisher) from Day 1. Worth the investment? –Two years removed from a 9-7 campaign and a playoff appearance, the Bills are certainly capable of going over seven wins. But Allen must develop as a passer, making this a bit of a risky play. –Only one team, the 2008 Dolphins, has taken the AFC East from the New England Patriots since 2003, and that was with Tom Brady missing virtually all season. Even at +700, the Bills’ odds to win their first division title since 1995 probably aren’t worth taking. Bottom line: The spending spree looked a little wild, but the Bills structured contracts smartly and didn’t take on much risk. They also managed to address most major holes, with plenty of upside in the draft class. New England Patriots New faces: DE Michael Bennett, LB Jamie Collins, WR Demaryius Thomas, TE Benjamin Watson, TE Matt LaCosse, WR N’Keal Harry, WR Dontrelle Inman, DL Mike Pennel, RB Brandon Bolden, S Terrence Brooks, CB Joejuan Williams, DE Chase Winovich, RB Damien Harris They’re gone: TE Rob Gronkowski, DE Trey Flowers, OT Trent Brown, DT Malcom Brown, WR Chris Hogan, DE Adrian Clayborn, TE Dwayne Allen, WR Cordarrelle Patterson, CB Eric Rowe, OT LaAdrian Waddle 2019 snapshot: Another offseason, another talent exodus in New England. Given the Patriots just won the Super Bowl, nobody should be panicking, but Gronkowski, Flowers and Trent Brown will be very tough to replace. At the same time, Gronk’s retirement was out of the team’s control, and the Patriots certainly would not have paid Flowers (five years, $90 million) or Brown (four years, $66 million) anywhere near the money they landed on the open market. As usual, the Patriots regrouped and reloaded in a variety of creative ways. Bennett cost only a swap of

late-round picks and should step right into Flowers’ role, with insideoutside versatility and pass rush. Collins was brought back for a bargain $2 million after his release in Cleveland, and Watson (one year, $3 million) and LaCosse (two years, $2.8 million) provide cheap options at tight end. Between Thomas, Harry and Inman, the receiving corps should produce a few suitable options. Some questions remain. Offensive tackle is thin after Brown and Waddle left in free agency, and signee Jared Veldheer decided to retire. The tight end spot lacks a clear answer or upside after Bill Belichick surprisingly didn’t draft one from a quality group of prospects and released Austin SeferianJenkins during the offseason program. Even so, Belichick produced an excellent draft class overall, with Williams, Winovich and Harris all expected to contribute early in addition to Harry. Worth the investment? –The Patriots have the NFL’s highest over/under win total (11) and the best odds to win Super Bowl LIV (+600). Both figures feel a tad rich, but each could hit if Tom Brady doesn’t fall off a cliff. –As usual, Brady is among the favorites for MVP, with decent odds at +1400 (surprisingly behind Baker Mayfield at +1100). He needs two more to tie Peyton Manning (five) for most all-time, but the soon-tobe 42-year-old might not get the requisite volume. Bottom line: The Patriots are clearly less talented overall, but it’s hard to argue with many of their decisions in a vacuum. Until Brady declines, they should remain a juggernaut. Miami Dolphins New faces: QB Ryan Fitzpatrick, QB Josh Rosen, TE Dwayne Allen, DT Christian Wilkins, CB Eric Rowe, OT Jordan Mills, OG Chris Reed, C Michael Deiter They’re gone: QB Ryan Tannehill, OT Ja’Wuan James, DE Cameron Wake, DE Robert Quinn, OG Josh Sitton, RB Frank Gore, WR Danny Amendola, C Travis Swanson 2019 snapshot: Miami made major changes last spring while touting the importance of culture, but this offseason was even more

extreme in that regard, with a complete reset. GM Chris Grier gained full control of personnel with Mike Tannenbaum gone and brought in head coach Brian Flores, who will run the defense while fellow former Patriot Chad O’Shea coordinates the offense. Jim Caldwell was brought in to be assistant head coach/quarterbacks, but will instead be a consultant after a leave of absence for medical reasons. The offense will also have a new leader for the first time since 2012, as Tannehill was dealt, and Fitzpatrick (two years, $11 million) and Rosen (acquired for second- and fifth-round picks) were brought in. The trade for Rosen is a home run any way you look at it: The Dolphins owe just $6.3 million over three years for the opportunity to see if a top-10 prospect (who was better than his numbers in Arizona) is their long-term answer at QB. If he isn’t, he still brings value as a backup. The Dolphins were mostly quiet elsewhere, saying goodbye to three key O-linemen and bringing in uninspiring replacements. Mills isn’t nearly at James’ level, and the interior has major concerns even if Deiter (third round) can start right away. Those issues could muddy the evaluation of Rosen. Worth the investment? –The Dolphins and Cardinals are tied for the NFL-low over/under win total (five), and Miami’s tanking intentions have been widely reported. That said, Fitzpatrick could get hot and win a few games, and Rosen will be quite motivated. We’d say away from this one. –For longshot fans out there, how about Miami at +2000 to win the AFC East? Stranger things have happened, like when the 2008 Dolphins – coming off a 1-15 season – claimed the only non-Patriots division title since 2003 despite preseason odds of +4000. Bottom line: The defense could use more help, and the lack of investment in the O-line is troubling, but Rosen’s arrival is a major boost. Odds are, it won’t lead to many wins in 2019, which might be Miami’s preference, anyway.

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Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC) Name: TJR HOLDINGS OF COLUMBIA, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on June 28, 2019. Office Location: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 114 Prospect Hill Road, Pine Plains, New York, 12567. Purpose: to engage in any and all business for which LLCs may be formed under the New Notice of Formation of NOTICE OF FORMA- York LLC law. SWM LAND DEVELTION OF A LIMITED Notice of Formation of OPMENT LLC. Articles LIABILITY COMPANY First: The name of the Linda Dias Yoga LLC, of Organization filed Limited Liability Com- Art. of Org. filed with with NY Secy. of State pany is Gordon's Phil- Sec’y of State (SSNY) on October 4, 2018. on 5/6/19. Office loca- Office location: Colummont, LLC. Second: The Articles tion: Columbia County. bia County. SSNY desof Organization of the SSNY designated as ignated as agent of Company were filed agent of LLC upon LLC upon whom prowith the Secretary of whom process against cess against it may be it may be served. served. SSNY shall State on July 3, 2019. Third: The County SSNY shall mail copy mail process to: 50 within the State of New of process to 114 Rossman Circle, #14, York in which the of- Pooles Hill Rd., An- Hudson, NY 12534. No fice of the company is cram, NY 12502. Pur- registered agent. Purpose: any lawful ac- pose: Any lawful purlocated is Columbia. pose. Flint Law Firm Fourth: Susan G. tivity. Baer, CPA has been Notice of Formation of P.C., 75 Main Street, P. O. Box 363, Chatdesignated as agent LUCINDA BEAKMAN ham, NY 12037, upon whom process LLC against the Company Arts. of Org. filed with (518) 392-2555 may be served. The Secy. of State of NY Notice of Formation of address to which the (SSNY) on 06/26/19. TREGARDOCK LLC. Secretary of State shall Office location: Colum- Arts. Of Org. filed with mail process is Susan bia County. SSNY SSNY on 7/11/19. OfG. Baer, CPA. PC, 60 designated as agent of fice location: Greene Garage Place Road LLC upon whom pro- SSNY desg. as agent Ghent, NY 12075. cess against it may be of LLC upon whom Fifth: This Limited served. SSNY shall process against it May Liability Company is mail process to c/o Be Served. SSNY Mail organized for all lawful Corporation Service Process to Eleven purposes, and to do Co., 80 State St., Albaany and all things nec- ny, NY 12207, regd. essary, convenient, or agent upon whom and incidental to that pur- at which process may pose. be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of Kumoi Jishi Investors, Notice of Formation of LLC, Art. of Org. filed LUCINDA BEAKMAN with Sec’y of State MANAGEMENT LLC (SSNY) on 5/24/19. Of- Arts. of Org. filed with fice location: Columbia Secy. of State of NY County. SSNY desig- (SSNY) on 06/26/19. nated as agent of LLC Office location: Columupon whom process bia County. SSNY against it may be designated as agent of served. SSNY shall LLC upon whom promail copy of process cess against it may be to PO Box 413, South- served. SSNY shall field, MA 01259. Pur- mail process to c/o pose: any lawful ac- Corporation Service tivity. Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207, regd. NOTICE OF FORMA- agent upon whom and TION OF LIMITED LI- at which process may ABILITY COMPANY be served. Purpose: Name: The H.A.N.D.S. Any lawful activity. Program, L.L.C. Articles of Organization Notice of Formation of were filed with the M&R Rentals LLC. Art. New York Secretary of Of Org. filed with Sec’y State (SSNY) on of State (SSNY) 7/2/19. Office location: 5/31/19. Office locaColumbia County. tion: Greene Co. SSNY SSNY has been desig- designated as agent of

Times Square, Room 301, New York, New York, 10036. Any lawful purpose. NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF GREENE NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff AGAINST STEVEN D. HOROWITZ and PATRICIA A. CAMERON, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated November 29, 2007 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Lobby of the Greene County Courthouse, 320 Main Street, City of Catskill in the County of Greene, State of New York, on August 23, 2019 at 10:00AM, premises known as 8 BARTELS LANE, CATSKILL, NY 12414. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Catskill, County of Greene and State of New York, SECTION 138.01, BLOCK 2, LOT 18.1. Approximate amount of judgment $228,034.75 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 1187/07. James E. Gross, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221

MAURO A/K/A FRANCIS A. MAURO SR. A/K/A FRANCIS MAURO SR., et al, Defts. Index #14-1154. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated May 16, 2019, I will sell at public auction at the Greene County Courthouse, 320 Main St., Catskill, NY on Aug. 6, 2019 at 9:00 a.m., prem. k/a 9806 Route 23A, Hunter, NY a/k/a 9806 Route 23A, Jewett, NY a/k/a Section 146.00, Block 1, Lot 60.1. Said property located in the Town of Jewett, County of Greene and State of New York, bounded and described as Lot 3-D on map entitled. "Nolden Subdivision Filing No. 4, a Replot of Lot 3-B Nolden Subdivision Filing No. 3" which map is filed in the Greene County Clerk's Office on 1/6/95 as Map 111 of Drawer 219. Approx. amt. of judgment is $432,238.14 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. PAUL M. FREEMAN, Referee. THE MARGOLIN & WEINREB LAW GROUP LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 165 Eileen Way, Ste. 101, Syosset, NY. #97276

Oneal's Construction LLC, Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/14/19. Off. loc.: Greene Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served & shall mail proc.: 50 NOTICE OF SALE New St., Coxsackie, SUPREME COURT: NY 12051. Purp.: any GREENE COUNTY. lawful purp. GOSHEN MORTGAGE LLC AS SEPARATE PUBLIC NOTICE TRUSTEE FOR GDBT I NOTICE OF FORMATRUST 2011-1, Pltf. TION OF A LIMITED vs. FRANCIS A. MAU- LIABILITY COMPANY RO A/K/A FRANCIS (LLC)

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B6 Tuesday, July 23, 2019 The name of the LLC is Casa Neapolis LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on May 17, 2019. New York office location: 68 Lakeside Drive, Town of Catskill, County of Greene and the State of New York. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: Casa Neapolis LLC; 68 Lakeside Drive, New York Catskill, 12414. Purpose/Character of business: Any lawful business purpose permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Law. This notification is made pursuant to Section 206 of the Limited Liability Company Law. ROSENSTRACH RENOVATIONS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/07/19. 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, 3093 County Route 21, Kinderhook, NY 12106. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. The Kawa Group LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 6/28/19. 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, 546 Columbia St Rear 1, NY 12534. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY COURT : COUNTY OF GREEN NOTICE OF SALE Index #18-366 THE BANK OF GREENE COUNTY, Plaintiff, -against-

ANTHONY G. MARINO, STEPHANIE C. MARINO, VON AWEYDEN, LLC, AQUA TEC WATER SERVICES, INC., SEAN MARINO, KEVIN SCHULTZ, EDWARD AHRENS and LORI AHRENS, SAUGERTIES LUMBER CO., INC., BELGIAN TRUCKING & EXCAVATING, LLC, and WINDHAM EQUIPMENT RENTALS, INC., Defendants. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly made and entered in the above-entitled action, bearing date the 24th day of June, 2019, I the undersigned, the Referee in said judgment named, will sell at public auction in the first floor lobby of the Greene County Courthouse at 320 Main Street, in the Village of Catskill, County of Greene and State of New York, on the 21st day of August, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. o'clock in the forenoon on that date, the premises directed by said judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: ALL that piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the Town of Ashland, County of Greene and State of New York, said parcel being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a point in the center of Greene County Route 17, said point also being in the center of a private roadway running to the east from Greene County Route 17, said point being the westerly corner of the parcel herein described and being located the following course and distance from a point in the center of the bridge which carries said Route 17 over the Batavia Kill: S 16? 26' 12" W 833.46 feet; running thence from said point of beginning along the centerline of said private roadway and through the lands

of the grantors herein, Robert O. Goff and Jeanette Goff, N 76? 09' 51" E 250.00 feet; thence continuing along the centerline of said private roadway and along the southerly bounds of lands of Jorge I. Pardo and Elba N. Provost (L. 841 - p. 138) the following five (5) courses and distances: N 76? 09' 51" E 254.77 feet to a point of curvature; along a curve which bears to the right having a central angle of 19? 52' 50", a radius of 432.83 feet, and a length of 150.18 feet to a point of tangency: S 83? 57' 19" E 98.61 feet; S 75? 13' 19" E 159.25 feet; and S 69? 25' 39" E 160.95 feet; thence continuing along the westerly bounds of said lands of Jorge I. Pardo and Elba N. Provost (L.841 p.138) passing through an iron pin set twenty-five (25) feet from the centerline of the aforementioned private roadway S 04? 58' 50" W 432.71 feet to an iron pin set in the northerly bounds of lands now or formerly of Amos and Ichabod, Inc. (L. 615 - p. 96); thence running along said lands now or formerly of Amos and Ichabod, Inc. N 85? 01' 10" W 898.27 feet, passing through an iron pin set, to a point in the centerline of said Greene County Route 17; thence running along the centerline of said Greene County Route 17 the following two (2) courses and distances: N 19? 21' 18" W 261.90 feet to a point of curvature; along a curve which bears to the right having a central angle of 08? 02' 04", a radius of 611.94 feet, and a length of 85.81 feet to a point of tangency at the point and place of beginning. Containing 10.116 acres of land. TOGETHER with and subject to an easement for ingress and egress, to be used in common with others,

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fifty (50) feet in width, the centerline of which is described as follows: Beginning at a point in the centerline of said easement in the centerline of said Greene County Route 17, which point of beginning is located S 16? 26' 12" W 833.46 feet from the point in the center of said bridge which carries said Route 17 over the Batavia Kill; thence proceeding along the centerline of said easement N 76? 09' 51" E 250.00 feet; N 76? 09' 51" 254.77 feet to a point of curvature; thence along a curve which bears to the right having a central angle of 19? 52' 50", a radius of 432.83 feet, and a length of 150.18 feet to a point of tangency: S 83? 57' 19" E 98.61 feet; S 75? 13' 19" E 159.25 feet; and S 69? 25' 39" E 160.95 feet. TOGETHER with and subject to an easement for the installation and maintenance of public utilities within an area having a width of eighty (80) feet, for the length of the aforesaid easement for ingress and egress, the centerline of which is the centerline of said easement for ingress and egress. SUBJECT to the rights of the public in and to that portion of the above described premises as lies within the bounds of Greene County Route 17. THE above described premises is conveyed subject to the covenant and restriction that no house trailer, mobile home nor junk cars may be stored, erected or maintained upon the above described premises. Excepting and reserving from the above described parcel, all that piece or parcel of land with improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Town of Ashland, County of Greene and State of New York, being more particularly described as follows: That certain lot depicted as "Lot 2" upon the survey map by Santo Associates Land Survey and Engineering, P.C., dated June 2, 2003, entitled "survey Map and Subdivision of Lands of Anthony G. Marino & Stephanie C. Marino", which map was filed in the Greene County Clerk's Office on May 12, 2004 as File EASI-B as Map No. 2004-54. Lot 2 contains 5.100 acres of land. Dated:July 19, 2019 s./ Ann Marie Rabin Ann Marie Rabin, Referee DEILY & SCHAEFER Attorneys for Plaintiff One Bridge Street Catskill, NY 12414

DONALD C. GIGLIO A/K/A DONALD GIGLIO; ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated April 6, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Columbia, wherein NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC is the Plaintiff and DONALD C. GIGLIO A/K/A DONALD GIGLIO; ET AL. are the Defendants. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the COLUMBIA COUNTY COURTHOUSE, FRONT LOBBY, 401 UNION STREET, HUDSON, NY 12534, on August 5, 2019 AT 10:00 AM, premises known as 17 FARM ROAD, COPAKE, NY 12516: Section 176.3, Block 4, Lot 52: ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND IN TOWN OF COPAKE, COLUMBIA COUNTY, STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 009222/2015. Kathryn Barber, Esq. Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

sale. Minimum bid of $2,500.00 1965 International Brush Truck. The truck can be viewed and inspection by appointment at the Fire Company. Please submit your sealed bid to the Attention of Truck Committee Sealed Bid c/o West Ghent Volunteer Fire Company 74 Bender Blvd Ghent NY 12075 no later than August 19th 2019 by 4PM. Bids must be on an official form to be considered. Forms are available at the Fire Company, or email us at westghentfire@outlook.com. Questions on this vehicle should be referred to the Fire Chief Art Sherman. Only successful bidders will be notified.

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295 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK - COUNTY OF COLUMBIA U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PA R T I C I PAT I O N TRUST, V. LUIS A. VEGERANO, SR., ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated April 16, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Columbia, wherein U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PA R T I C I PAT I O N TRUST is the Plaintiff and LUIS A. VEGERANO, SR., ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the COLUMBIA COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 401 UNION STREET FRONT LOBBY, HUDSON, NY 12534, on August 16, 2019 at 12:00 PM, premises known as 187 ROUTE 9J, HUDSON, NY 12534: Section 72.2, Block 1, Lot 6: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF STOCKPORT, COUNTY OF COLUMBIA, AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 6401/2013. James J. Brearton, Esq. - Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

VITAL KNOWLEDGE MEDIA LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/14/19. Office in Columbia Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 261 Hudson ST Apt 11G New York, NY 10013. Purpose: Any West Ghent Volunteer lawful activity. Fire Company 74 Bender Blvd Ghent, NY 12075 SUPREME COURT OF Te l : 5 1 8 - 8 2 8 - 6 4 7 8 westghentTHE STATE OF NEW Email: YORK - COUNTY OF fire@outlook.com **PUBLIC NOTICE** COLUMBIA NATIONSTAR MORT- The West Ghent Volunteer Fire Co has the GAGE LLC, follow surplus item for V.

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No, you should contact him and tell him you would like the item returned or be compensated for it. What “happened” to the bracelet was that he stole it. Because many years have passed since you two dated, the odds that he still has the bracelet are slim. But it’s worth a try. I am 16 and have a hard time making friends. I have more guy friends than girl friends, which causes me problems. I got called a slut again the other day because of it. I’m a virgin and only have a crush on one of the guys I hang out with (my boyfriend). I have tried finding more female friends, but the drama is really hard to put up with. I have tried ignoring the comments, but after a while it gets hard to ignore. I’m not sure what else to do. Please help me out. I would be really grateful. Misunderstood In Oklahoma

I wish I could make the name-calling go away, but I can’t. The perpetrator is most likely jealous because of the relationship you have with your boyfriend and other guy friends. Not everyone makes friends easily. It’s nothing to be ashamed of; it’s just a fact of life. That’s why you should treasure the ones you DO have — because old friends are some of the best friends, and high school and its cliques won’t last forever. Two years ago my family had a run of bad luck, which landed us in a homeless shelter. I got an apartment fairly quickly, and it’s mine and my daughter’s. My mother was supposed to move in rentfree, but she brought her boyfriend, who I didn’t want here. He’s still here and barely contributes to the expenses. I recently lost my job and he promised to help out more financially, but he hasn’t. He continues to mooch. This has caused so much stress between my mother and me. “Hate” is a strong word, but I hate him and want him out. He knows it, but makes no effort to leave. What can I do? Wanting My Own Space You are not helpless, and you shouldn’t be held hostage because of your mother’s feelings for her deadbeat boyfriend. Contact your state bar association to see what your legal rights are. Then tell your mother you want him out, give her a deadline to see that it happens, and suggest that she go with him if she can’t bear to be separated from him. If he doesn’t meet the deadline, put his belongings in a box, place them outside and change your locks.

Patients: Take charge of following up on lab, scan results Recently I was in the hospital. I had a CT scan and was told that I have a “mass” on my kidney (unrelated to my hospital stay). One doctor said they would probably do an aspiration to determine what was in it, and another doctor told me not to worry, that it was just a cyst. This was concerning, as I have no symptoms or problems with my kidneys and I drink tons of water. TO YOUR Should I see a kidney doctor? GOOD HEALTH

DR. KEITH ROACH

Incidental findings — conditions discovered unintentionally in the course of unrelated testing — are increasingly common given the advanced imaging tests routinely used in the hospital. In the kidney, abnormal masses (in this context, “mass” is just a general term for something that doesn’t belong there) are separated into solid masses and cystic ones. A cyst is a fluid-filled structure. A solid mass greater than 1 cm is risky and is usually biopsied. Cystic masses are very common. The CT scan is good at separating low-risk cysts from moderate- and high-risk ones. Low-risk cysts generally cause no symptoms and do not need further evaluation, although some experts will get a sonogram in six to 12 months to be sure it is stable. A sonogram or ultrasound uses soundwave, not radiation, and is very good at looking at cysts in particular. You should find out more about the abnormality on the scan. I suspect it is a simple, low-risk kidney cyst based on what the second doctor told you, but I think it prudent to be sure. Your regular

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doctor should be able to find out, but may want to refer you to a kidney specialist. Doctors should be diligent about following up on your results. If you don’t hear from your doctor, don’t assume everything is OK. It is definitely in your best interests to make sure any abnormal findings you hear about get the appropriate follow-up, and you can’t know that until you know your test results. If no follow-up is necessary, your doctor should be able to explain why. In your case, I suspect it was that the cyst was of the lowest risk category.

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I’m writing to ask if it’s a problem if my poop floats. It has been for a few months. Should I see a doctor about this? This is a question that is asked often, and the answer is that it is probably not a problem. If you made a change in your diet a few months ago, especially increasing your fiber consumption, that is likely the cause. If you have no other symptoms, there is very likely no cause to be concerned. There are serious medical conditions that should be considered. They are in the general category of malabsorption. The most common causes of malabsorption are celiac disease, lactose intolerance and pancreatic insufficiency, though there are dozens more. Symptoms to be concerned with include abdominal discomfort, especially after eating; weight loss; and an oily residue in the toilet bowl. Any of those symptoms should definitely prompt you to see your doctor .

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Horoscope By Stella Wilder Born today, you are a rather modest, selfeffacing and soft-spoken individual — in your private life, behind closed doors and when no one is watching you or demanding something from you. When the spotlight is shining on you, however, you can be quite forceful, aggressive and even ruthless in your pursuit of accomplishment and success. You tend to believe in that brand of “success” as defined by others, and for that reason you can be quite covetous of another’s accomplishments and rewards. “Keeping up with the Joneses” is one of your most driving motivators — though you must realize that to pursue what others have can pull you so very far from yourself that you risk never getting back again. When it comes to your private life, you do all you can to keep yourself out of the public eye; what you do behind closed doors, whether commonplace or unorthodox, is simply nobody else’s business as far as you are concerned. Also born on this date are: Daniel Radcliffe, actor; Slash, guitarist; Woody Harrelson, actor; Marlon Wayans, actor; Philip Seymour Hoffman, actor; Stephanie Seymour, model; Alison Krauss, singer; Raymond Chandler, 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. WEDNESDAY, JULY 24 LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You may encounter some opposition when voicing your opinions about what should be done today, tomorrow or the next day. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Your approach to a problem may be picked apart by critics, but the fact

is that you know best how to do what needs to be done. Don’t delay! LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You’re going to have to deal with internal issues that were, in the past, of no concern to you. Much has changed since the old days. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You’re too concerned with being comfortable today. You must focus instead on what must be done, no matter how uncomfortable it may be. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You and a friend or partner can put your heads together today and come up with a permanent solution to a very stubborn problem. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You can enjoy yourself with someone who is relatively new on the scene. Something may be developing of which you are not entirely aware. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You receive an offer that stops you in your tracks today. Think about what you’ll have to change in order to accept it; will it be worth it? PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You can enjoy yourself much more than you thought possible today if you’ll just let go and allow someone else to call the shots. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You’re grappling with uncertainty at this time. Get a friend to help you with issues that are out in the open. Time is on your side. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You don’t want to spend time doing the same old things today, and yet you may not know just how best to focus your energies. Experiment! GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You’re expecting things to change, but until they do, you must stay the course. You’re ready to shift gears at the first sign of something new. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — The more you focus on money matters today, the more you will find yourself in over your head. Still, you cannot avoid the unavoidable, can you? COPYRIGHT 2019 UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE, INC.

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B8 Tuesday, July 23, 2019 Close to Home

SUPER QUIZ

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

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

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

One official language Level 1

Name the one official language of the given country. (e.g., Iceland. Answer: Icelandic.) Freshman level 1. Monaco 2. Austria 3. Egypt Graduate level 4. Brazil 5. Panama 6. Senegal PH.D. level 7. Nigeria 8. Cambodia 9. Thailand

Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.

Answer here: Yesterday’s Saturday’s

(Answers (Answerstomorrow) tomorrow) Jumbles: BULKY HEDGE SNIFF DAILY QUEASY HARDER EMBARK PADDLE Dracula’s washed-up wife caught coffeehim grower cheating was aon—her, and Answer: The HAS now she “BEAN” was going to — BLEED HIM DRY

Solution puzzle Solution to to Saturday’s Monday’s puzzle

7/23/19 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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SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. French. 2. German. 3. Arabic. 4. Portuguese. 5. Spanish. 6. French. 7. English. 8. Khmer. 9. Thai. 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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Crossword Puzzle Mother Goose & Grimm ACROSS 1 Mountain ridge 5 Venetian blind pieces 10 Opine online 14 Byway 15 Eastern capital 16 Overnight dance party 17 Highest point 18 __ agent; spy 20 To the __; fully 21 Yucky 22 Warning device 23 Lively dance 25 Part of TGIF: abbr. 26 Walks off with 28 Actor James 31 Whiplash sites 32 Take a __ to; like 34 Religious promise 36 Sciences’ partner 37 Circular snack 38 Reminder 39 Prefix for paid or med 40 Nudges along roughly 41 Not as ornate 42 Mixed up 44 Western sight 45 __ deal; unfair treatment 46 Connective tissue 47 Wizardry 50 Fix socks 51 Used to own 54 Trustworthy 57 Pool unit 58 Rubik’s invention 59 Still breathing 60 Shackle 61 __-fry; wok dish 62 Deadly viper 63 Queue cue DOWN 1 Grand __; fourrun homer 2 __ Bear 3 Out of the blue 4 Film critic Reed 5 Removes corn husks

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6 Sri __ 7 Actor Griffith 8 Extremity 9 __ Isaac Newton 10 Actor James 11 Volcanic output 12 Done with 13 Bit of bacteria 19 Tote 21 Plagues 24 Large trees 25 In __; truly 26 Button alternative 27 __ firma; dry land 28 Wildebeests 29 Worldwide 30 Tragic Shakespearean lover 32 Vittles 33 Common connector 35 __-out; exhausted 37 “The Price Is Right” host 38 Horse’s neck hair 40 Run in __; use a treadmill

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41 Musical group 43 Chauffeur 44 Hot coal fragment 46 Begin a tennis game 47 Big __; fast-food hamburgers 48 Lie next to

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49 Large desert 50 Duster 52 Healthy as __ 53 Fender ding 55 Cry from a flock 56 Aged 57 Martini ingredient

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