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HUNTER — Hunter Mountain will soon be under new ownership, resort officials announced Tuesday. The popular ski resort, owned by Peaks Resorts Inc., has entered into a merger agreement with Vail Resorts Inc. Peaks is comprised of 17 resorts throughout the country, which it has managed for 22 years. Under the agreement, Vail will purchase all outstanding shares of common stock of Peak Resorts for $11 per share at a 116% premium. The transaction is expected to close this fall.

“We are now delighted to announce this agreement with Vail Resorts that creates substantial value for our shareholders and new opportunities for our guests,” Peak Resorts President and Chief Executive Officer Timothy D. Boyd said in a statement Monday. “During my time in the industry, I’ve come to know and respect Vail Resorts and believe they will build on our accomplishments and further improve the experience that our loyal guests enjoy both on and off the mountain,” Boyd said. See HUNTER A8

Daniel Kenney/Hunter Mountain The Hunter North expansion at Hunter Mountain blanketed with snow. The resort was sold for the second time in the last four years, this time to Vail Resorts Inc., the company announced Monday.

Inequality root of problems, Delgado says By Sarah Trafton

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CATSKILL — Dozens of constituents gathered at Beer Cafe on Monday night for U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado’s 16th town hall. Hours after opening a new office on Warren Street in Hudson with Assemblywoman Didi Barrett, Delgado crossed the Hudson River to Catskill and talked to Greene County residents about the issues that matter to them from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Delgado’s last town hall was July 20 in Dutchess County. His goal is to visit all 11 counties in his district. Reaching out to his

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constituents at home, on both sides of the aisle, is a priority, Delgado said. “People want to feel heard and respected,” he said. “They want to feel that I am being held accountable to people here at home.” Delgado said he specifically chose to be on the Agriculture, Small Business and Infrastructure committees because they were relevant to issues in the 19th District. Delgado recently visited the border in Texas and described the conditions as not being consistent with American values. Detention centers are not See DELGADO A8

Trump’s words shock Afghans Afghans were startled to hear President Trump say he could end the war, but it would kill millions PAGE A5

n NATION Shining light through shadow Joe Biden, scrutinized for record on criminal justice, unveils plan to reduce mass incarceration PAGE A2

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SUNY chancellor tours Columbia-Greene By Melanie Lekocevic Columbia-Greene Media

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GREENPORT — Dr. Kristina Johnson, chancellor of the State University of New York, took a walking tour of Columbia-Greene Community College on Tuesday to visit with students and faculty, and learn about the programs, needs and wants of the college. The visit was one in a longterm series of tours Johnson is taking at all 64 campuses in the SUNY system. “Each campus is really unique,” Johnson said. “At Columbia-Greene, we saw that this really is a family; everybody has talked about how it’s a community. This is a beloved

campus.” Among the issues Johnson discussed with college officials were programming, sustainability with regard to the environment, the college’s building construction program — which is enrolled to maximum capacity — and creating a welcoming environment for veterans, among others, Johnson said. With college costs rising nationwide, Johnson said keeping higher education affordable was a focus of the SUNY system. “Affordability is a big concern and an emphasis. About half of our students graduate debt-free — a lot of that is

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Robert Mueller has vowed he won’t go beyond what he’s already written about Russia, President Donald Trump and obstruction of justice when he testifies on Wednesday, but there’s a lot at stake in how much -- or how little -- he brings to life the dry specifics of his 448-page report. The former special counsel is scheduled to testify for a total of five hours before two Democratic-led U.S. House panels -- the Judiciary Committee from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Washington time and the smaller Intelligence Committee from noon to 2 p.m. Here are some of the potential risks that the nationally televised hearings pose for the main actors: - Trump’s exoneration claims in doubt: Mueller can be expected to contradict Trump’s frequent -- and erroneous -- claim that he found “no collusion, no obstruction.” In fact, Mueller found that people in the Trump campaign had many contacts with Russians and openly sought their assistance. But he said there was insufficient evidence to conclude that those around Trump conspired in Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. Mueller also documented at least 10 alleged acts by Trump to obstruct justice and said he couldn’t exonerate the president on the obstruction issue. Democrats will push him to elaborate on what some read as a pointed hint in his report that Congress has the authority to act. Trump, who acknowledged Monday that “probably, I’ll see a little” of Mueller’s testimony, repeated that the special counsel found “no collusion, no obstruction.” He said “the Democrats were devastated by it. They went crazy.” - Democrats risk a dud -- or impeachment frenzy: Democrats argue that even a dry recital by Mueller of his key findings would bring fresh attention to a report so long and dense that few Americans

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Robert Mueller at the Department of Justice in Washington on May 29, 2019.

have actually read it. There’s a chance, however, that most Americans have already made their judgments about Russian meddling and Trump and have moved on. On the other hand, Mueller may provide fresh momentum for congressional Democrats to open proceedings to impeach the president. Impeachment is an option that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has resisted so far because of her belief it would prove futile, and politically damaging to her party, unless dramatic new evidence emerges that would lead to Trump’s removal from office by the Republican-controlled Senate. And with every member of both committees getting a few minutes to question Mueller, there’s always the possibility that the hearings could generate more speechifying by lawmakers than illumination by their star witness. - Republicans must choose -- combative or nice: Republicans head into the hearings with no certainty whether to regard Mueller, a former FBI director, as a witness who won’t venture beyond the careful wording of his report -- or as an adversary who may give Democrats new material to use against the president.

Yet if the Republicans aggressively challenge Mueller, that could make him come off as a determined and principled prosecutor standing up against the president. The Republicans also could contradict themselves if they pursue both of the themes frequently embraced by Trump and his allies -- that the Mueller investigation is old news that’s best forgotten, and that it should be subjected to further inquiries over allegations of of anti-Trump bias in the FBI and Justice Department. - Mueller may have to defend his decisions: Mueller risks damaging his reputation as a no-nonsense professional if he lets himself be goaded into prickly or evasive responses. On Monday, the Justice Department told him in a letter that his public testimony should hew to the boundaries of his report. He also may be pressed about decisions he made during the Russia probe -- including that Justice Department rules prohibited him from reaching a conclusion on whether Trump obstructed justice and his willingness to close the inquiry without forcing the president to answer questions in person. If Republicans decide to go

after him, Mueller could also face scrutiny over Trump’s assertion that his legal team was dominated by Democrats. - Barr may be hurt by differences with Mueller: Attorney General William Barr’s reputation could be vulnerable if Mueller provides evidence for the Democrats’ contention that he’s been acting like Trump’s personal defense lawyer rather than the nation’s No. 1 law enforcement official. Mueller is likely to be asked about a letter he wrote in March complaining that a summary of the special counsel’s report released by Barr “did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance of this office’s work and conclusion.” Barr later dismissed the complaint as “a bit snitty.” Some FBI officials worry the hearings could expose sensitive information about bureau operations, such as sources and methods. Republicans might press Mueller to explain whether the FBI improperly used confidential informants to “spy on” Trump campaign officials, as Barr put it. While Mueller isn’t expected to discuss the matter, the prospect of such questions concerns some officials.

Joe Biden, scrutinized for crime bill, unveils plan to reduce mass incarceration Katie Glueck The New York Times News Service

Joe Biden, whose long record on criminal justice matters has cast a shadow over the early months of his presidential campaign, has unveiled a comprehensive plan aimed at combating mass incarceration and reducing “racial, gender and incomebased disparities in the system.” In his more than three decades as a senator, Biden was a tough-on-crime Democrat who could be impatient with concerns about the societal dynamics that contribute to crime, and he championed the 1994 crime bill that many experts now associate with mass incarceration. That history has presented a challenge for Biden as he mounts his third bid for the presidency, with many progressives questioning his commitment to reforming a criminal justice system that disproportionately ensnares people of color. But Tuesday, Biden, the

former vice president, introduced a wide-ranging criminal justice reform proposal that his campaign said sought to reduce incarceration, and the toll it takes on poor communities and communities of color, at every stage, from addressing “underlying factors” that start as early as childhood to calling for the elimination of the death penalty. Biden’s proposal includes plans to address societal dynamics that affect children and are linked with crime and future incarceration, along with a heavy emphasis on reforming the juvenile justice system. In proposals that would aim to reverse the legacies of the 1994 crime bill, Biden called for eliminating discrepancies in sentencing between powder and crack cocaine and for the elimination of mandatory minimum sentencing. He also called for an end to cash bail. And the plan supports eliminating the death penalty through legislation at the

federal level and incentives at the state level, a position that is a sharp departure from the position that Biden vocally embraced in the 1990s and throughout his Senate career. The proposal calls for empowering the Justice Department to “root out unconstitutional or unlawful policing” and for an independent task force focused on prosecutorial discretion. For people who are re-entering society after serving prison sentences, Biden sets a goal of “ensuring” that all formerly incarcerated people have housing when they are released. That initiative would start with instructing the Department of Housing and Urban Development to

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CALENDAR 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

Thursday, Aug. 1 n Cairo Town Planning Board 7 p.m.

at the Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo

Monday, Aug. 5 n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m. at

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

Tuesday, Aug. 13 n Coxsackie Village Preservation

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

Wednesday, Aug. 14 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m. at

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Thursday, Aug. 15 n Coxsackie Village Planning Board

7 p.m. at Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Monday, Aug. 19 n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m. at

the Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens

Tuesday, Aug. 20 n Athens Village Planning Board

6:30 p.m. at Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens

Monday, Aug. 26 n Catskill Village Planning Board 7

p.m. at the Catskill Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill

Wednesday, Aug. 28 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m. at

Hudson assault suspect indicted By Amanda Purcell Columbia-Greene Media

HUDSON — A Columbia County grand jury decided to file an assault charge against a Hudson man who allegedly beat another man unconscious. Lance M. Fongemie, 35, was arraigned July 16 on a charge of second-degree assault, a class D violent felony. The grand jury voted in favor of handing up the indictment against Fongemie on Friday, according to court documents. An indictment is a formal written accusation of a crime. Columbia County District Attorney Paul Czajka confirmed Monday that the charge filed by the grand jury was second-degree assault. Czajka would not say what other charges, if any, were considered by the grand jury and whether the alleged victim testified. Grand

jury proceedings are secret and not open to the public. More information would be available after Fongemie’s arraignment later this week, although a date has not been set, Czajka said. Last week, Czajka said other charges may be pending, given the outcome of the grand jury proceedings. Grand juries, unlike trial juries, do not determine whether a defendant is guilty. Grand juries determine if there is enough evidence to move the case to trial. Czajka declined to comment further on the case except to add that he is “very relieved that the victim appears to be doing much better than we originally feared.” The alleged victim, Brett Worth of Hudson, alleged July 16 that Fongemie called him a “faggot,” a derogatory word for a gay man, before the alleged assault. Worth is gay.

Art is good for your brain at the Athens Cultural Center ATHENS — Adventure awaits this summer at the Athens Cultural Center. The Cultural Center offers free summer programs for first through seventh grade students. Classes are fun and engaging so it feels like summer vacation. Classes and workshops run 12:30-3:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through Aug. 15 at the Athens Cultural Center, 24 Second St., Athens. At the Athens Cultural Center, unique opportunities are offered that students in other communities don’t have access to during the summer break. Students are encouraged to use Art as a tool to help with problem solving. Organizers say they want to help students make connections that are relevant in their

day-to-day lives. Workshops and classes are taught by professional artists and teachers. The Cultural Center also offers older students and community members an opportunity to participate in evening art classes with the Road Trip to Summer Fun Program. These classes and workshops are open to ages 13 and up, and are perfect for individuals, families, college students and groups. Evening classes run 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through Aug. 15. Free to students and seniors, and there is a $10 fee for all others. Visit the website for more information at www.athensculturalcenter.org or to register for summer classes email education@ athensculturalcenter.org.

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The two engaged in a verbal argument b e f o r e Fongemie allegedly threw the first punch. Lance Fongemie Worth attempted to punch back but fell to the ground mid-swing. Worth was punched several times and was knocked out as Fongemie allegedly continued to punch him in the head. A video of the fight just before it happened circulated on social media last week. The video shows Worth with his fists up, ready for a fight, and a shirtless Fongemie allegedly throwing the first punch. Worth suffered a broken nose and a broken bone under his eye; he received nine stitches on his brow. His injuries will require surgery in the coming months, Worth’s

friend, Justin Weaver said. Judge Brian Herman set bail at $1,000 at Fongemie’s arraignment late last Tuesday in city court. Czajka asked for no bail and that the defendant be sent to Columbia County Jail without possibility of release, given the violent nature of the alleged offense. Second-degree assault is a violent felony and punishable by up to seven years in prison, according to state law. Fongemie has a prior criminal record, according to court papers. He was convicted in 2012 by plea in Hudson City Court of third-degree assault, a class A misdemeanor, and criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation. Fongemie struck a 33-year-old woman with a bottle, a wooden handle and a crowbar. He also obstructed her breathing. On Aug. 30, 2012, he was

sentenced to time served and three years of probation. An order of protection was issued on behalf of the victim. In March 2018, Fongemie spoke about mental health and the need for more federal funding for mental health programs. “Being someone who has mental illnesses, I know it affects a lot of things,” Fongemie said. “I know the things I struggle with are a factor in bad decisions I have made.” Fongemie said at the time he struggles with bipolar disorder, anxiety and depression — conditions for which he gets help through Columbia County’s mental health program. To reach reporter Amanda Purcell, call 518-828-1616 ext. 2500, or send an email to apurcell@ thedailymail.net, or tweet to @ amandajpurcell.

MOUNTAIN TOP ARBORETUM OPENS NEW EDUCATION CENTER

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Mountain Top Arboretum hosted the grand opening of its new timber frame Education Center on July 13. This unique building was constructed from 21 tree species harvested from the Arboretum’s forest. The Education Center now provides the Arboretum with a year-round space for programming, events and administration for the environmental and educational enrichment of the Mountain Top and surrounding communities. Several local craftspeople contributed their talents and time to the completion of this unique structure. Melody the magician performs for children in the new Mountain Top Arboretum Education Center.

Monday, Sept. 2 n Athens Town Hall closed for Labor

Day n Coxsackie Village Hall closed for Labor Day

Thursday, Sept. 5 n Cairo Town Planning Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo

Monday, Sept. 9 n Cairo Town Board 7 p.m. at the

Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo

Wednesday, Sept. 11 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m. at

Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens

Monday, Sept. 16 n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m. at the Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens

Tuesday, Sept. 17 n Athens Village Planning Board

6:30 p.m. at Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens

Wednesday, Sept. 25 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m. at Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens

Hudson-Athens Lighthouse opens for summer season HUDSON — The first tour of the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse will kick off the summer season on July 13. Monthly tours will be offered on the second Saturday of the month with departures from either Hudson or Athens public boat launches. Tour dates are July 13; Aug. 10; Sept. 14; and Oct. 12. Departure times from Hudson are 11 a.m., noon, 1 and 2; and from Athens, 11:30 a.m. 12:30, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. Located in the middle of the Hudson River between the Village of Athens and the City of Hudson, the HudsonAthens Lighthouse was built in 1874 (then called the “Hudson Light”) to guide ships safely around the Middle Ground Flats. The lighthouse is owned and operated by the

Hudson-Athens Lighthouse Preservation Society (HALPS), and is responsible for the restoration, maintenance and preservation of the lighthouse. The United States Coast Guard maintains the actual light that serves as an active aid for navigation on the Hudson River. Through the years, the lighthouse has had nine keepers, including one woman, Nellie Best in 1918. Emil J. Brunner was the last civilian keeper, and kept the light from 1930 to 1949. Lighthouse volunteers will share some of the stories of the keepers, and the ecology of the Hudson River. Visitors can make their way to the “widow’s walk” for a 360 degrees view of the Hudson River. The lighthouse is accessed by a short boat ride from either

the Athens Village Riverfront Park, Athens, New York or from the Henry Hudson River Front Park, Hudson, New York. Reservations can be made online at https://www.hudsoncruises.com/ or by phone at 1-518-500-2524. Tickets are: Adult (12+): $25 for non-members; Adult Members (Member ID Required): $15; Youth (311): $15 for non-members; and Youth Members (Member ID Required): $5. For more about the history and preservation of the lighthouse, visit www.hudsonathenslighthouse.org, or call 518-828-5294. Private tours for organizations and groups of 18 or more are arranged on an individual basis.

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It’s time for the Youth Fair When it comes to county fairs, there isn’t anything quite like the Greene County Youth Fair. The Greene County Youth Fair marks its 65th anniversary Thursday with opening ceremonies and a day that includes a dog show, swine show, an ice cream social and musical entertainment. It sounds like a typical county fair in many respects, but the word that distinguishes this fair from all the others is “youth.” “The kids are the ones to make this fair great,” Greene County Agricultural Society President Alex Johnk said Monday. “They get along so great and learn from each other.” 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.” For entertainment, 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. There will be live performances by Buffalo Barfield, Dusk Till Dawn, Night Moves and the Peaceful Country Band. But as everyone knows, it’s not a fair without animals, and there will be plenty of them over the fair’s four-day run. Young people will exhibit animals they’ve raised themselves, from rabbits and horses to poultry and pigs The Greene County Youth Fair is a showcase for agriculture and horticulture. The kids can teach us a thing or two about how livestock is raised, about the production of hay and grain, and how to grow vegetables and fruits.

The fair also offers an opportunity to those participating in 4-H, which is the nation’s largest youth development organization. The fair’s rules, some of which seem arcane to the uninitiated, teach the value of hard work, discipline and functioning as a team. Months before opening day, the kids spend hours upon hours preparing their animals and produce to be showcased and judged. It’s hard work, but it pays off. It’s about learning a process and seeing it through from start to finish. That’s a valuable lesson for young people. The Greene County Youth Fair runs from Thursday to Sunday. All visitors are welcome, no matter where they’re from. Come to Angelo Canna Town Park in Cairo and get a glimpse of our area’s future leaders.

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The fatal shooting of an 11-yearold is unimaginable. So, too, is the recent violence in D.C. The Washington Post

“It’s unclear whether or not the 11-year-old was the intended target. It’s unimaginable that an 11-year-old would ever be an intended target, but we have not ruled that out at this point.” That was District of Columbia Police Chief Peter Newsham on Monday discussing the fatal shooting four days earlier of Karon Brown in Southeast Washington. Indeed, there is much that is unimaginable about the death of this child. How a simple walk in his neighborhood to a McDonald’s on a hot summer night turned fatal. How his mother is now making plans to bury her son instead of getting him ready for sixth grade. How her other children are trying to cope with what happened. “I still can’t believe it,” said Kathren Brown, Karon’s mother. “I am waiting for someone to say all this did not just happen.” Karon was one of eight

people - including a father and his teenage son - fatally shot in D.C. over the span of just five days. There were nearly a dozen other shootings. Homicides so far are up 11% over this time last year, which saw a 40% jump in homicides. The pace of the violence in recent days is reminiscent of the deadly days of the crack epidemic in the late 1980s and early 1990s - and that, too, should be unimaginable. “Time and time again, unfortunately, we have seen people who are willing, who demonstrate, who have histories of callous disregard for human life - people who have a willingness to snatch the innocence of childhood from our kids and our community,”Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, said at Monday’s news briefing. Newsham again raised alarm over the proliferation of illegal firearms in the city, blaming a criminal-justice system that gingerly treats those

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charged with criminal possession of guns, and states - such as Virginia - that do too little to prevent gun trafficking. Government, the mayor said, must double down on social supports, violence prevention programs and law enforcement strategies to confront the violence, but so, too, must the community be enlisted in the fight. That a suspect was quickly arrested in Karon’s death and charged with first- degree murder while armed was the result of numerous tips to police by citizens justifiably horrified at the killing of a child. Such cooperation is not always forthcoming. “It shouldn’t take the death of an 11-year-old for people to come forward,” the chief said. “Every single time that somebody dies in our city, people should come forward with that same passion.” As of Monday evening, the seven other homicide cases remained open.

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I Am I am: a prisoner of love I am: a prisoner of life I am: a prisoner of the world I am: a prisoner of sacrifice I am: a prisoner of Anne Marie Venne, 1963-1979 Part One of this series concerned the prevalence of criminal justice reform movements in this country along with the idea of jailing people for, in effect, the crime of being poor. It begins telling the story of Anne Marie Venne, a 16-year-old girl who committed suicide in the Albany County jail on Dec. 21, 1979, six days before she was due to be released. Part Two related some of the details of Anne’s life. She was in jail because she didn’t have the money to pay a $170 fine and no one else, including her parents, boyfriend and girlfriends, among others, could or would help her. Steve Lawrence, Anne’s boyfriend since 1977, couldn’t (or wouldn’t) help her any more than he could help himself. We had a long telephone conversation after my trip to Plattsburgh, where I had gone to find out more about Anne and her life. His was a litany of self-justifications and self-pity, complaints about how everything was someone else’s fault. He was out of work for most of his semiadult years and wasn’t interested in finding a job. He did have muscular dystrophy and his legs were withering away. He mostly lived on disability payments, beer and pot, and the sympathy of others. I disliked him intensely, though that might have been because I so wanted someone to have been able to help Anne. There is a letter from Steve to Anne that is undated, though I think it was written at the time she was in the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Hospital in Ogdensburg, New York, where she was sent not long after they met. This also follows a (short?) period when he was sitting in a jail cell on Dec. 14, 1977 (perhaps this is the occasion that Anne’s mother had officially accused him of endangering the welfare of a

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SALZ minor). The court order establishing Anne’s PINS state (person in need of supervision), by the way, was dated Dec. 5. “I don’t know who is telling you stories. I haven’t looked [at a] girl since you’ve been gone. What the hell are you trying to do to me. I never tried to get anything from you except a little love in return for my love for you. “The reason I haven’t been writing is my conditional discharge wasn’t over and Judy de Long [Steve’s probation officer] sent me a letter that said I was breaking it because of you, but that’s over. “I tried to help you a lot you can’t say I didn’t. Now I will soon need your help. My legs are going slow but sure. “Please write me back or I’ll end up like you want me to end up. Dead. And just because of what we did in Millerton, believe me I wanted that because I love you, not because it feels good or not to take advantage of you. “If I never see you again, you won’t like it too much if I do go out and find you.” As I said, it’s not easy to see his virtues. The letters from her girlfriends are filled with the real and/or imagined melodrama of their teenage lives. YW (Anne’s best friend), Oct. 1978: “Do you really think you are pregnant? Is Steve the father? What did you stab that guy for? Not going with Paul any more. Do you want me to ask Steve? I hate him. Don’t marry him (nobody will go to the wedding).” Excerpts from a Nov. 16, 1978, letter from YW: “I hate Lori & Paula as does Paul. She’s a slut. Going to

Boston and got shot. Paul going to Hawaii…. “Where are you? … “Doing badly in English (42), biology (65), social studies (79), math (83), typing (80). Failed English last year and social studies and math. Pot and Beer. Shot a partridge…. “Tell me if you’re pregnant. Thought I was last month. Paula thinks she is (no period for 3 months). Could be John’s or Rick’s. Ralph had ounce of pot.... “Remember when I pierced your ears?” DS to Anne. Sept. 30, 1978: “How’d you get back in that hole. [St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center, I think] I’m glad to hear [Steve] proposed…. “I’ve been here almost 9 months [St. Ann Institute in Albany “a private, not-forprofit organization dedicated to serving the critical behavioral and mental health needs of children and families”] and it’s pretty rough. My time is up in July…. “Let’s get to the lighter side of things like Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll. As for sex I only get that when I go home for visits. Drugs - not very frequent here - but whenever I can - Rock and Roll is always around so one out of three ain’t bad.” Since YW was Anne’s best friend, I decided to try and find her before returning to New York City and drove west from Plattsburgh, passing beneath the forbidding stone walls of the Clinton Correctional Facility built in 1845, or Dannemora, as it’s commonly called, a maximum security prison, and the dirt road that passed in front of the trailer in which YW and her parents lived. No one was home and I left a note for her in her mailbox. She wrote back, saying that she wouldn’t talk to me and asked, “Why won’t everyone leave Anne alone?” Forgetting about the fact that she probably didn’t want to talk about her own life of, in DS’s words, sex, drugs and rock and roll, at least as much as she didn’t want to talk about Anne, I’ll try to answer YW’s question in the next column. (to be continued)

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Hate has no home here To the editor: During a recent drive through the town of Red Hook, I was surprised and delighted to see many red and blue lawn signs that declared in multiple languages, that HATE HAS NO HOME HERE. This communitywide declaration of unity proves that Red Hook and other towns across Dutchess County as well as the country at large are standing up to reject the racist rhetoric, bald-faced bigotry, lies and conspiracy theories that are intended to stoke fear and distrust of the “other” and that makes our neighbors feel unsafe and unwelcome. The Hate Has No Home Here project reminds us what it means to be American. It transcends red vs blue, right vs left, and promotes the fundamental American values of decency. The hateful, divisive, unending barrage of attacks by the Trump Administration against its critics, the media, the rule of law, and vulnerable groups in our society has

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emboldened the rise of white nationalists and mentally unstable individuals to commit violent acts of domestic terrorism against those they perceive as “the other.” It has led to a national policy at the border that is cruel, dehumanizing, and inhumane. Trumps’ bullying has silenced some members of Congress who are failing to uphold their oath to the Constitution and their duty as elected officials to protect our democracy. Personal attacks posted on social media against neighbors who are perceived as “others” are also on the rise in communities of Columbia County - whether the “others” are from faraway Southeast Asia or Central America or newcomers from nearby New York City, they are our neighbors. Whether they are members of a religious or ethnic minority, the LGBTQ community, or other vulnerable groups, they are our neighbors. In small rural towns like ours, neighbors help neighbors with chores

and transportation, and bringing food to the sick and ailing. Columbia County’s rapidly declining population means that every one of our neighbors bears a responsibility to sustain our economic, civic and cultural vitality and provide safe places for conversation, work, learning, and living. The HATE HAS NO HOME HERE project (https://hatehasnohomehere.org/about/) provides free online resources and encourages communities to go beyond posters or signs and seek opportunities to gather in groups for conversations about protecting and encouraging each other to make our communities free of hate speech and behavior. Let us not stand silent and allow evil to flourish. Let all of us — neighbors, our elected officials, and faith leaders — start talking face to face so that we can take a stand and declare that “Hate Has No Home Here.” STEPHANIE SUSSMAN CLAVERACK

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Anthony Charles Bucca Anthony Charles Bucca, Esq., N.Y., where he was a well re75 years, Haines Falls, N.Y., spected and collegial member passed peacefully at home on of the bar. During his tenure as Friday, July 19, 2019. an attorney in Greene County he Born on July 7, 1944 in Albany, also served as Town CouncilNY, he was the only son of the man and Supervisor, of Hunter, late Charles and Amelia Bucca. N.Y., where he was instrumental Tony is survived by his loving in securing the rights of upstate wife, Harriet Haines Bucca; his municipalities in the historic 1997 children, Amy Lyn Bucca of Ger- NYC Watershed Memorandum mantown, NY, and Charles Buc- of Understanding. Tony loved to ca (Colleen) of Clifton Park, NY; spend time in nature reconnoisister, Lynne Taylor; and tering, cutting firewood, his grandchildren, Emil, fishing and farming. Kaylyn, Margaret and Tony was dedicated to Rosemary. Born with helping people and ania love of reading and mals, a lifelong student a thirst for knowledge, of history, had a passion Tony studied at Chrisfor reading, music, comtian Brothers Academy, edy, and was an accomUnion College, and plished home chef. graduated from Albany Calling hours will be Bucca Law School in 1969. held between 6:30 pm Throughout his legal ca– 8:30 pm, on Thursday, reer, Tony served as a: New York July 25, 2019 at Aston-Basagic State Assistant Attorney General, Funeral Home, 7742 Main Street, Greene County Assistant Public Hunter, NY 12442. A funeral Defender, Greene County As- mass will be held at the Immacusistant District Attorney, Town late Conception Catholic Church, Attorney for the Town of Hunter 55 North Lake Rd., Haines Falls, and Associate Counsel to the NY N.Y. 12436 on July 26, 2019 at State Department of Environ- 11:00 am. Memorial contribumental Conservation. While Tony tions can be made to The Comexcelled at public service, his true munity Hospice Foundation, 310 passion was his private practice, S. Manning Blvd., Albany, N.Y. established in Greene County, 12208

Allen V. Edwards Allen V. Edwards, 92, of Hudson, NY, passed away Sunday, July 21, 2019 at Whittier Rehabilitation Center in Ghent NY. Born July 20, 1927 in Hudson, NY, he was the son the late Leonard and Harriet (Bunt) Edwards. He was a volunteer fireman for 71 years and traveled extensively. He served in the US Army, 82nd Airborne during WW2. He is survived by his wife: Siegrid (Tonn) Edwards; two daughters, Deborah Clark

and Susan Di Grigoli. He is also survived by 7 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. He was predeceased by his brother Leonard, his sister Phyllis and grandson Justin. Services will be private according to his wishes. Contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association or St Jude’s Children’s Hospital. Arrangements are with the Raymond E. Bond Funeral Home, Valatie.

Daniel P. Fox Daniel P. Fox, of Ghent, Donna VanAllen and brother, passed away peacefully at Paul Fox Jr., Daniel was a hard home surrounded by worker and a craftsman his family on July 16, as a furniture and cabi2019. He was born net maker. He loved March 18, 1956 in HudNASCAR, hunting, muson, NY and was the sic and his dog Levi. He son of the late Paul H. would often state that and Eileen O’Connell “All we are is dust in the Fox. wind”. He was a devoted A celebration of his husband to his wife, life for, friends and famLisa Fox, a loving dad Fox ily, is planned for July to his daughter, Jessica 27th at noon at his home. Come Lee Fox , his son, Ryan Daniel Fox and a devoted Pop Pop to share your memories. Conhis granddaughter, Olivia He dolences may be conveyed at is also survived by his sister, frenchblasl.com.

Josephine Dodd Edwards Josephine Dodd Edwards, a two sisters, Joan Patterson and longtime resident of Palenville, Doris Gross; and a brother, Wildied on July 21, 2019. She was liam Euberto Dodd. Surviving is 100 years old. one brother, George Frederick She was born in her grandpar- Dodd, of Auburn, NH and many ents’ home in Kiskatom. Growing nieces, nephews, grandnieces, up, Josephine lived with her par- grandnephews, and cousins. ents, George William and Bes- Josephine lived her long life with sie Saxe Dodd, and her younger gentleness and grace; a caring siblings, George Frederick, Joan, spirit for God’s creatures and a William Euberto and Doris. She reverence for the natural beauty moved to her current home of her surroundings; a humble, (formerly the Myrtle practical wisdom; and Villa boarding house) in a spunkiness and sense Palenville in 1925 when of humor that brought she was 6-and-a-half smiles and laughter years old. She lived at to family, friends, and that residence until her strangers alike. Jodeath. sephine’s family and Josephine began friends truly love and reworking as a telephone spect her. operator part-time at Funeral arrangeEdwards the age of 16 and later ments are under the worked as a postal clerk supervision of Millspaugh Camin Palenville and other towns. erato Funeral Home. Graveside She also was the bookkeeper and secretary for her husband’s services will be conducted on garage. Josephine was a mem- Friday, July 26, at 10am at the ber and a former Treasurer of Town of Catskill Cemetery. Pasthe Simpson Memorial United tor Cathy Schuyler will officiate. Methodist Church in Palenville. A Celebration of Life will be held She belonged to the On-ti-ora on September 6, 2019 at 4 pm Chapter of the Daughters of the at the Simpson Memorial United American Revolution, the Palen- Methodist Church in Palenville. ville Fire Department Ladies Aux- A reception will be held at the iliary, and the American Legion church following the service. Ladies Auxiliary. Josephine was Memorial contributions may be predeceased by her husband, made to the Columbia Greene Leonard Olin Edwards, August Humane Society at 125 Humane 9, 1999 and her daughter, Diana Society Rd, Hudson, NY 12534 E. Barkman, May 13, 2017. She or at www.cghs.org. Messages was also predeceased by her of condolence may be made to son-in-law, Dale E. Barkman; MillspaughCamerato.com.

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John H. Harp III , 74 of Green- Columbia-Greene Humane Sociport, passed away Tuesday July ety. Left to cherish John’s mem23, 2019. Born September 4, ory are his sister Karen Keller1944 in Hudson, he is the son house, brother Brian (Tina) Harp, of John H. and Elsie (Rivenberg) brother in law Ray Wolchak, Harp Jr. nephews Ken (Christy) KellerJohn was Honorably Dis- house, Michael (Angela) Kellercharged from the United States house, Matthew and Joshua Army where he served from Wolchak, and great nieces and 1965-1968, earning a nephews Alex, Sydney, Vietnam Service Medal Wyatt and Annabelle. In and Good Conduct addition to his parents, Medal. After serving his John was predeceased country, John furthered by his sister Kathy Wolhis education earning a chak and brother in law degree as an LPN where Bob Kellerhouse. he practiced at Albany Funeral services from Medical Center. John St. Mark’s Lutheran specialized in the kidChurch are Friday July ney transplant unit and 26, at 11:00am. InterHarp III retired after 41 years ment will be in Cedar of practice. He loved photogra- Park Cemetery. There are no phy and hiking, and especially visitation hours. Contributions in loved his greyhounds Justice John’s memory may be made to and Ali. John was a member of the Columbia-Greene Humane the First Lutheran Church in Al- Society. Please visit batesanderbany. John’s love of animals was son.com to leave online condoevident, as he also worked at the lences.

September 21, 1932 - July 22, the relatives. George was the be2019 George “Big G” Mansfield, loved husband of Drusiana (Dolly) age 86, passed away peacefully Adamo Mansfield of 65 beautiearly Monday July 22, 2019, at St. ful years. The devoted father of Peters Community Hospice after Lynne (Robert) Riccardo, Lorie a brief courageous battle with (Paul) Devine and LeeAnn (Jocancer. seph) Crispo. Survived by many He was born on September nieces, nephews, cousins and 21, 1932 to the late Harriett (Hat- close friends. Predeceased by tie) and Louis G. Mansfield in siblings, Bertha (Pete) and Ray New Baltimore, NY. Graduated Greene, Gladys (Red) and Wally 1950 from Coxsackie-Athens Madden, Evelyn (Tootie) and High School. Served in Zadock VanKuren, Clarthe US Navy 1951-1955 ence (Red) Zimmer and during the Korean War. Earnest (Buck) Zimmer. He was a true patriot. Special thanks to Employed by Aerobuilt LeeAnn and Joe for 1955-1958, Coxsackie spending the extra time Correctional Facility with Dad. Donna L. 1958-1984 where he alGianola (Numero Uno) so coached the basketfor the extra TLC providball team, which earned ed before and during his Mansfield him the nickname (Sgt. illness, to Donnie HamHoss). Greene Correcbley for fulfilling Dads tional Facility 1984-1988 when requests, to AMC Cancer ward he retired. George was a proud who treated him like a king and member of the Gospel Com- finally to St. Peter’s Community munity Church and the local Hospice that enabled him to exit Senior Citizens where he also this world with dignity, respect, volunteered for meals on wheels. love and comfort. He was an avid lover of many Our florist is: Rizzo’s House sports including softball which of Flowers Cohoes NY 12047 he coached and played. Pitched 518-237-0105 Relatives and until the age of 58. Starting with friends are cordially invited to the good ole Rinky Dinks and attend calling hours at The W. ended with the Millious Con- C. Brady’s Sons, Inc. Funeral struction Team. He was a loyal Home, 97 Mansion Street, CoxNY Giants and NY Yankees Fan sackie, N.Y. on Friday, July 26, and loved his boxing as much. 2019 from 4:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. George enjoyed life in many dif- Funeral services will take place ferent ways, including his prized on Saturday July 27, 2019, at vegetable garden that he shared 10:30 A.M. at The Gospel Comwith so many people, fishing, munity Church, Mansion Street, swimming, riding his bike, going Coxsackie, N.Y. Interment will to Chrissy and Tim’s diner every follow in the family plot of The St. Saturday and the annual fair. In Mary’s Parish Cemetery, Coxhis younger days it was danc- sackie, N.Y., with military honors. ing, bowling and darts. George Donations in his memory may be and Dolly enjoyed being snow made to The Gospel Community birds in Florida for 30 years where Church, Coxsackie, N.Y. Conhe played boccie ball and horse dolences may be made at www. shoes and enjoyed holidays with wcbradyssonsinc.net.

Arthur C. Smith Arthur C. Smith, 69, of Latham NY died Sunday, July 21, 2019 at his home. Born in Hudson, NY, August 28, 1949 he was the son of the late Arthur V. and Marietta Iva (Kunath) Smith. Arthur was a truck driver for Freihofer Baking Company in Albany for many years and also The Fort Orange Paper Company in Castleton. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and enjoyed boating and riding his Harley Davidson. He is survived by his wife Susan Castle-Smith; children, Jeffrey Keith (Brooke) of Glenville, NY; Daniel Smith of Averill Park, NY; Andrea Castle-Baecker (Luke) of Lancaster, NY; Jessica Smith

of Glenville, NY; and Sean Smith of Averill Park, NY, a brother: Paul H. Smith (Hope) of New Lebanon, NY; Grandchildren: Ayden, Ansley, Calan, Jacob, Shealeigh, Avery, Mariah and several nephews. Although distanced by life’s circumstances, Art is survived by several other children and grandchildren who were greatly loved. Graveside services will be Private at the convenience of the family at the North Chatham Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the East Coast Riders, P.O Box 41, Valatie NY 12184. Arrangements are with the Raymond E. Bond Funeral Home, Valatie NY.

Ashland- Robert P. Zegel Ashland- Robert P. Zegel, 93, passed away peacefully with his daughter Lynn by his side on Monday, July 22, 2019. He was born in Ashland, NY on January 4, 1926 to the late John and Emma (nee Williams)

Zegel. Bob served our country during WWll. He married his sweetheart Roberta (nee Layman) Zegel and together they raised three children. He is predeceased by his wife Roberta

2015; his grandson Gregory Zegel 2012; his son-in-law Michael 2015; his brothers Arthur and David. He is survived by his children, Donald Zegel, Joan Zegel and Lynn Chenoweth. Calling hours will be held on

‘I just don’t want to kill 10 million people’ — Trump’s comments reverberate in Afghanistan Jon Gerberg The Washington Post

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Afghans were startled to hear President Donald Trump’s remarks that he could end the war in Afghanistan “in a week,” but that it would cause the deaths of millions of people. The office of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday immediately asked for “clarification” about Trump’s statement “via diplomatic means and channels.” “If I wanted to win that war, Afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth,” Trump said Monday. “It would be over in literally, in 10 days.” He did not elaborate on how that would be done. OLIVIER DOULIERY/ABACA PRESS/TNS Trump made the seemingU.S. President Donald Trump talks to the media on the South ly offhand comments during Lawn before departing the White House in Washington, D.C., on visit by Pakistani Prime MinJuly 19, 2019. ister Imran Khan, where the two discussed a number of bi- mediation from the United in U.S. history. lateral issues, including end- States or Pakistan, he added. In Washington on Moning the war in Afghanistan. Others were more con- day, Trump and Khan contin“We’re working with Paki- cerned with facts. Rana Mo- ued their meeting as planned, stan and others to extricate mand, an Afghan-American “strengthening cooperaourselves. Nor do we want to tweeted: “Can some1 tell tion between the two counbe policemen, because basi- #DonaldTrump in order to tries to bring peace, stability cally we’re policemen right wipe Afg off the face of the and economic prosperity in now. And we’re not supposed earth, he must get rid of 32 South Asia,” according to a to be policemen,” he said. million Afghans, not just 10 statement from the Pakistani The statement from mil.” The United Nations leader. Ghani’s office said that while puts the current population “The two leaders reviewed it “supports the U.S. efforts of Afghanistan at 37.2 million. progress of the Afghan peace for ensuring peace in AfghanZaman Sultani, a South and reconciliation process,” istan, the government under- Asia researcher for Amnesty it read. But Khan added that scores that foreign heads of International argued via “pursuing the process was a state cannot determine Af- tweet that “There is no need shared responsibility.” ghanistan’s fate.” to wipe off #AFG from the The statement from On social media, Afghans face of earth. The country is Ghani’s office Tuesday deand analysts retaliated with devastated by the meaning- scribed Afghanistan as “one their own heavy bombard- less war by the #Taliban and of the most deep-rooted ment. the corrupted & incapable and ancient countries of the Rahmatullah Nabil, a #government.” He also urged world,” which has overcome candidate in Afghanistan’s the president to avoid civil- many crises throughout its upcoming presidential elec- ian casualties in Afghanistan, history. tion, said in a tweet that in which saw record highs last “The Afghan nation has not response to the president’s year. and will never allow any for“insults” all Afghan leaders, The United States has been eign power to determine its from Ghani to the Taliban, at war in Afghanistan since fate,” it said. “should drop their selfish- 2001, when it sent troops to ness & announce that, we the country after the 9/11 at- The Washington Post’s Sharif will make peace among our- tacks to root out al-Qaeda Hassan contributed to this reselves.” There is no need for militants. It is the longest war port.

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Pizza Night at the Makawomuc Fire Department By David Dorpfeld, Greene County Historian For Columbia-Greene Media

This spring I wrote the introduction for a memoir/fictional article by Pasquale Bruno for the Historical Society’s Quarterly Journal. The article was titled “The Big Supper” and chronicled a spaghetti supper at the Makawamuc Firehouse in Athens in 1932. Ron Gabriele read the article and shared an article he wrote about “Pizza Night” at the Makawamucs starting in the 1940s. Today I am offering Part I of Ron’s article.

PIZZA NIGHT AT THE MAKAWOMUC FIRE DEPARTMENT By Ron Gabriele Pizza. The very word evokes a mouth-watering sensation. Most people love everything about pizza, starting with the magnificent aroma of the baking bread dough and the special smell of the tomato sauce heating up, followed by the melting of the mozzarella cheese and the fragrance of various toppings such as sausage or pepperoni. Next is the sight of a piping hot pizza pie

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1954 snapshot of Makawomuc firemen getting their Ford firetruck ready for a parade in Catskill.

being delivered to your dinner table and lastly the consummate pleasure of eating one of the best tasting food items on planet earth. Various food study groups have listed pizza as the number one best-selling food in America. Americans love pizza! Many years ago the members of the Makawomuc Fire Company in the Upper Village of Athens decided to capitalize on our unquenchable desire for pizza as a way to raise

funds for the organization. Members of the fire company met and determined that they would sell homemade pizza pies to the public. The pizza sales would take place every Thursday night all year-round except for the hot summer nights. Initially, sometime in the 1940s the pizzas were made at Vendrisco’s Bakery on North Franklin Street in Athens. Vendrisco’s Bakery was an excellent baking facility located

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less than a city block from the firehouse. The bakery was well known throughout Greene and Columbia Counties for the excellence of their Italian, Sicilian and seeded breads. The bread products were sold heavily throughout the city of Hudson in the 1940s and 1950s. In fact, legend has it that Dewey Vendrisco started his baking business by baking bread in Athens each morning, loading the finished product into a wagon and taking the ferry over to Hudson where he would peddle his delicious wares during the course of the day. Even today many old-timers in Hudson recall the savory taste of Vendrisco’s bread products. Vendrisco’s Bakery also produced pizzas for commercial sale. They were known as tomato pies at the time. The dough was made from scratch with flour, water and yeast placed in the large bowl of the huge commercial pizza dough mixer. After the dough was rolled out and allowed to rise it was placed in rectangular pizza pans just like a piecrust. The crust was about one inch

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Cornell Cooperative Extension seeks nominees to board of directors HUDSON — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia and Greene Counties has several open seats for representatives, from both counties, to the board of directors. Nominees must have their primary residence in Greene County or Columbia County and be 18 years of age or older. The board meets the

first Tuesday of each month, alternating between the office locations in Acra and Hudson. Applications must be received by Aug. 30 for consideration by the Nominating Committee. Elections will take place at the Association’s annual meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. Nov. 12. If interested in being

considered as a nominee, or have additional questions, call Angela Tallarico at 518-6229820 ext. 101 or email amt18@ cornell.edu, for an application. For information on Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia and Greene Counties and programs, visit website www.ccecolumbiagreene.org.

Ann Ruecker joins Weichert, Realtors-Fontaine & Associates ATHENS — Weichert, Realtors-Fontaine & Associates, serving the Capital District and Hudson Valley, announces that Ann Ruecker has joined their Athen’s office as a real estate salesperson. Ruecker will be assisting home buyers and sellers in Green and Columbia counties and surrounding areas with all of their real estate needs. “We are thrilled to have someone with Ann’s passion for real estate join our team of talented agents,” said Don Fontaine, owner/broker at Weichert, Realtors-Fontaine &

Associates. “The combination of Ann’s passion for real estate, coupled with her willingness to assist home buyers and sellers, will be a tremendous asset for both our office and clients.” Ruecker currently works as an adjunct psychology professor at both Marist College and Hudson Valley Community College, which she will continue to do while working in real estate. Ruecker joins a team of knowledgeable and dedicated agents at Weichert, RealtorsFontaine & Associates, which

brings decades of combined real estate experience to its clients. She is also excited to take advantage of agent training programs and resources provided by Weichert® to help offer the best service in the industry. Ruecker holds multiple college degrees, including a BA degree from Boston University, MA degree from the CUNY Graduate Center, and a MPA degree from Baruch College. Ruecker lives in Athens.

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tomato sauce was ladled from a large pot and had already been seasoned with basil, salt, pepper, parsley and garlic. One scoop was spread on the dough in a circle and then a second scoop was also spread in a circle. Then the firemen would add parsley, oregano, mozzarella cheese, pecorino cheese and olive oil to the top of the pizza. The final application was the topping of choice. Pepperoni, sausage, peppers and onions were some of the toppings that were spread on the top of the pizza. Next, the pizza pie would be placed into the oven and would bake until the dough was golden brown on the bottom and the cheese melted on the top. Special thanks to: Mike Pieruzzi, Brian Whiteman, Pat Martine, Betty DelVecchio, and Margaret Mary Whiteman for their input. Next week will feature Part II of Ron Gabriele’s guest column. Reach columnist David Dorpfeld at gchistorian@gmail.com or visit him on Facebook at “Greene County Historian.”

College Corner DELHI — More than 690 students graduated from SUNY Delhi in May 2019. Commencement was held on May 18 and more than 750 certificates, associate’s, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees were conferred upon the Class of 2019. Haley Kern of Athens, Kendra Hayden of Catskill, Julie Morgan of Cairo, Emily Baker of Fleischmanns, Ashley Levine of Windham, Louis Mariani of Cairo, Sean Mason of Elka Park, Jewel Pignetti of Catskill, Ryan Vetter of Round Top, Haley Kern of Athens, Kendra Hayden of Catskill, Julie Morgan of Cairo, Denise Schroeder of Saugerties, William Kirchner of Saugerties.

The Catskill Legislators awarded the Fortnightly Club of Catskill the Wayne C. Speenburgh Legislative Grant to support their annual Festival of Trees. Legislator Matt Luvera presents the check to chairperson Christa Bush, Bonnie Caro and Lisa Beers. They’re joined by Legislators Michael Bulich and Jack Keller.

thick and today it would be known as New England style pizza. The reason for this is that many pizza pies made in the Italian section of Boston, The North End, have a thick crust. If you have not been to The North End in Boston it is a trip you should make. The entire section is heavily populated by Italian-Americans and there are many outstanding restaurants and bakeries in the North End. Vendrisco’s excellent pizzas were made every night during the summer season and delivered to resorts throughout Greene County each evening. After experiencing early success in the sales of pizza pies, the Makawomucs would purchase their own pizza oven and install it in the kitchen at the firehouse in about 1948. The kitchen was located behind the fire truck bay of the firehouse on the corner of Washington and Rice Streets in Athens. The Makawomucs would start their pizzas with the raw dough pizza shell placed in a pan. Next came the application of the tomato sauce. The

DELHI — SUNY Delhi announces its Dean’s List for the spring 2019 semester. The following local students have been named to the spring 2019 list: John Amoroso of Round Top, Corey Broughton of Saugerties, Bryan Enriquez of Athens, Valentina Glebova of Hunter, Alany Gomez of Cairo, John Killourhy of Haines Falls, Anna Lam of Fleischmanns, Alex Mason of Elka Park, Sean Mason of Elka Park, Julie Morgan of Cairo, Jewel Pignetti of Catskill, David Rhoads of Elka Park, Denise Schroeder of Saugerties, Madison Stelmach

of Saugerties, Ryan Vetter of Round Top, Megan Worden of Athens, Xiang Kozulich of Delmar.

YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA FREEHOLD — Kerianne Mahoney of Freehold, a junior nursing major, has been named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2019 semester at York College of Pennsylvania.

SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Springfield College has named the following area students to the Dean’s List for academic excellence for the 2019 Spring Semester. Samantha Scott of Athens, Cormac Tolan of Greenville.

ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROCHESTER — The following local residents made the Dean’s List at Rochester Institute of Technology for the 2019 spring semester. Lance Malone of Freehold, Mason Chase of Prattsville.

LE MOYNE COLLEGE SYRACUSE — Le Moyne College has named several May 2019 graduates to its Spring 2019 Dean’s List. Caitlin Borger, a Bachelor of Science in Marketing, from Ravena; Joseph Cook, a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts and English, from Delmar; Delaney Hayes, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, from Delmar; Noah Poust, a

Bachelor of Science in Psychology, from Delmar.

SIMON’S ROCK GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Ana Garcia-Kwan of Woodstock, recently graduated summa cum laude from Bard College at Simon’s Rock with a Bachelor of Artsin Psychology and Mind and Brain Studies.

NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SAUGERTIES — Jared Freligh of Saugerties was among 2,769 students who received degrees as graduates of the NYIT Class of 2019. Freligh’s BS degree is in Mechanical Engineering.

PURCHASE COLLEGE, SUNY PURCHASE — Purchase College announced that more than 1,300 students were named to the Dean’s List for the spring semester. Anthony Pambianchi of Acra, Emma Whitbeck of Purling, Sophia Goode of Saugerties, Sadie Humphrey Reed of Saugerties, Ingrid Kildiss of Hudson, Karen Panke of Saugerties, Aubrey Weeks of Saugerties.

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND COXSACKIE — Tara Josberger, a member of the class of 2021 from Coxsackie, has been named to the spring 2019 Dean’s List at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, Md.

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Will Social Security go bust? Dear Rusty: I’m always hearing rumors of Social Security imploding — of people my age getting benefits but not the younger as they have time to do something else. I wonder if I file in December for 50 percent of my spouse’s benefit, and later, before I turn 70 and change to my own benefits, if SS goes bust will I lose what I would have been able to claim under myself? I understand that you would only be guessing to answer that. From what I’ve read, it seems that 20 percent reduction will be necessary across the board. I do not trust politicians who love to play Santa to get reelected. Signed: Untrusting Senior Dear Untrusting Senior: As of right now, Social Security (SS) has about $2.9 trillion in reserves in its Trust Fund.

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GLOOR Beginning probably in 2020, SS income will be less than needed to pay all benefits, and money will start to be withdrawn from the Trust Fund to meet benefit obligations. Current projections are that the Trust Fund reserves are sufficient to pay 100 percent of benefit obligations until 2035, at which time SS will only be able to pay out as much

money as it brings in. According to projections, that would result in about a 21 percent cut in benefits for all beneficiaries. But those dire predictions are only valid if Congress does nothing to resolve Social Security’s cash flow deficit expected to start in 2020. The solutions for Social Security’s financial issues are very well known to Congress. What’s missing is a bipartisan agreement on the best way to resolve it. One side of the aisle wants to simply raise Social Security taxes (remove payroll caps and raise FICA contributions), while the other side prefers future program adjustments which deal with the reality that people are living much longer today than they did when SS was first enacted. Most pundits believe that Congress will eventually

Senior Briefs We want to hear from you. To send information to be included in Senior Briefs, email to editorial@thedailymail.net; mail to The Daily Mail, Atten: Senior Briefs, One Hudson City Centre, Suite 202, Hudson, NY 12534; fax to 518-828-3870. For information and questions, please call 518-828-1616 ext. 2490. We would like to have information at least two weeks in advance.

ATHENS SENIOR CITIZENS ATHENS — The Athens Senior Citizens meet at 1:15 p.m. the second and fourth Monday of the month at the Rivertown Senior Center, 39 Second St., Athens.

CAIRO GOLDEN AGERS CAIRO — The Cairo Golden Agers meet at 1:30 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesday of the month at the Acra Community Center, Route 23, Acra.

CATSKILL SILVER LININGS SENIORS CATSKILL — The Catskill Silver Linings Seniors meet at 1 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at the Robert C. Antonelli Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill.

COXSACKIE AREA SENIORS COXSACKIE — The Coxsackie Area Seniors meet at 1:30 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesday of the month in Van Heest Hall, Bethany Village, 800 Bethany Village, West Coxsackie.

SENIOR CITIZENS OF COXSACKIE COXSACKIE — The Senior Citizens of Coxsackie meet at 1:30 p.m. the first and third Monday of the month at the Coxsackie Senior Center, 127 Mansion St., Coxsackie.

GREENVILLE GOLDEN YEARS CLUB GREENVILLE — The Greenville Golden Club meet at 1:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at the American Legion Hall, 54 Maple Ave., Greenville. Aug. 7 meeting will be enjoying our ice cream after the meeting.

MOUNTAIN TOP GOLDEN AGERS TANNERSVILLE — The Mountain Top Golden Agers meet at 1:30 p.m. the fourth Thursday of the month at Tannersville Village Hall, 1 Park Lane, Tannersville.

WAJPL GOLDEN AGERS HENSONVILLE — The WAJPL Golden Agers meet at 1:30 p.m. the first and third Monday of the month at Hensonville Town Building, 371 Route 296, Hensonville.

ACTIVE OLDER ADULT DAY WEST COXSACKIE — The Active Older Adult Day will be held 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 21 at

the Greene County YMCA, 35 Route 81, Hope Plaza, West Coxsackie. A free lunch will be served at noon. RSVP for lunch by Aug. 16 at 518-731-7529 or stop by the front desk. Open to the community. There will be screenings and resources, raffles and more.

COMMUNITY RESOURCE DAY TANNERSVILLE — Mountain Top Community Resource Day will be held 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Aug. 22 at the Mountain Top Library, 6093 Main St., Tannersville. Sponsored by the Greene County Department for Human Services RSVP. Stop in to learn how area vendors can assist you. For information, call Ruth Jones Pforte at 518-719-3555.

OPEN HOUSE 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.

MOVING FOR BETTER BALANCE ACRA — Moving for Better Balance will be held 10-11 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through Aug. 27 at the Acra Community Center, Senior Nutrition Site, Old Route 23B, Acra. Class size is limited. Preregistration is required and can be made by calling Toni Carroll, wellness coordinator at 518-731-7429.

SUPPORT GROUPS COXSACKIE — A grief support group will start meeting at 6 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at the Bethany Village in Coxsackie. While the loss of a loved one is a common source of grief other reasons include the loss of a job, the death of a beloved pet, experiencing a major health challenge such as cancer and the ending of a relationship. Grief is a very personal and individual emotion. Support groups provide many benefits to those who are grieving. Those who are experiencing grief early on can connect with others in the group who have successfully managed their grief and are further along on their road to feeling happy once again. More information can be found at the face book page at Coxsackie Grief Support Group and also by contacting Jeffrey Haas at 518478-5414 or jhaasrph@aol. com. CATSKILL — The Alzheimer’s Association holds support group meetings at 3 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at The Pines, Jefferson Heights, Catskill.

reach a compromise before the Trust Fund is depleted in 2035 requiring benefit cuts. After all, what politician who wishes to stay in Congress would want to be associated with reducing Social Security benefits for the very large and voting senior citizenry? To get to your specific question: There is no real danger of SS going “bust,” as in not being able to pay any benefits at all, so you’ll never “lose what I would have been able to claim under myself.” The worst-case scenario is that your age 70 benefit (which will be about 32 percent more than your age 66 benefit) might be reduced, but it would never be totally eliminated. The best-case scenario is that Congress puts the current vitriolic atmosphere aside and does their job to fix the problem before it’s a crisis.

The last time Social Security had a crisis of this nature was in 1983, and the Democraticcontrolled Congress and the Reagan Administration worked together to enact a fix which lasted for decades (until now). It’s my sincere hope, and indeed my expectation, that a similar bipartisan effort will eventually take place to resolve Social Security’s financial issues for many decades to come. The Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC) has developed a common-sense Social Security Guarantee proposal which has been presented to multiple Congressional representatives for consideration, and which would solve Social Security’s financial issues for generations. If you’d like to see that proposal feel free to go to this link: https://amac.us/

social-security/. Will Congress act on this any time soon? I’m afraid that’s impossible to predict, but if history offers any insight it’s that they will probably act only when the crisis can no longer be ignored. This article is intended for information purposes only and does not represent legal or financial guidance. It presents the opinions and interpretations of the AMAC Foundation’s staff, trained and accredited by the National Social Security Association (NSSA). NSSA and the AMAC Foundation and its staff are not affiliated with or endorsed by the Social Security Administration or any other governmental entity. To submit a question, visit our website or email us.

Senior Menu COXSACKIE — The Alzheimer’s Association holds support group meetings at 6 p.m. the third Thursday of the month at Heermance Memorial Library, 1 Ely St., Coxsackie. CATSKILL — The Pines at Catskill and Columbia Memorial Health will host a Stroke Survivor and Caregiver monthly support group at 3 p.m. the second Wednesday of the month at The Pines at Catskill Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation, 154 Jefferson Heights, Catskill. For information, call 518-943-5151.

SHOPPING BUS CATSKILL — The Greene County Department of Human Services offers a shopping bus to Greene County residents 60 and older, living in the towns of Ashland, Athens, Cairo, Catskill, Coxsackie, Greenville, Hunter, Jewett, Prattsville and Windham. Seniors are picked up at their door, driven to Catskill for shopping and then have lunch at a local senior center before returning home. Special trips are scheduled periodically. Monday: Mountain Top/ Catskill (Windham, Ashland, Prattsville, Jewett and Hunter). Tuesday: Cairo/Greenville/ Catskill. Wednesday: Athens/Coxsackie. The Shopping Bus does not run on the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Election Day (November), Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. The trip to Colonie Center will be Dec. 20. The following is the 2019 trips to Colonie Center. Trips are the third Thursday of the month. The cost is $10. Payment is due at time of departure/boarding. Aug. 15, Sept. 19, Oct. 17, Nov. 21, Dec. 19. Reservations must be made no later than 3 p.m. of the Wednesday before the trip. In addition, during snow or ice storms, it may be necessary for us to close our senior service centers because of hazardous driving conditions. When we close the centers, we also cancel our transportation services for the day, which includes the Shopping Bus. Advance notice/reservation required for all shopping bus transportation. For information or to reserve a seat, call Janet at 518-719-3559.

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CATSKILL — The following is the weekly nutrition menu offered by the Greene County Department of Human Services’ Senior Nutrition Program. Served daily with each meal are bread or alternative with Promise Spread; low fat milk, coffee or tea. All persons 60 and older and their spouses are invited. The suggested donation for each meal is $4. The menu will be the meal that is delivered to all Greene County home bound meal clients. Those wishing to receive lunch at a center are asked to call the respective location at least a day in advance. Rivertown Senior Center, 39 Second St., Athens; 518945-2700. Acra Community Center, Old Route 23B, Cairo; 518622-9898.

Jewett Municipal Building, Route 23C, Jewett; 518-2634392. Washington Irving Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill; 518-943-1343. Town of Coxsackie Senior Center, Mansion Street, Coxsackie; 518-731-8901.

JULY 24 THROUGH JULY 31 WEDNESDAY: Chicken salad plate, beet and onion salad, potato salad, pudding poke cake. THURSDAY: Beef pot roast, cole slaw, mashed potatoes, glazed carrots, fresh local fruit. FRIDAY: Stuffed shells, fresh salad, spinach, fresh fruit. MONDAY: Pork lo mein, Oriental mixed vegetables, pineapple chunks. TUESDAY: Meatloaf with gravy, mashed potatoes,

spinach puff, cheesecake. WEDNESDAY: Sloppy Joes, brown rice, wax beans, rice pudding.

JULY 31 THROUGH AUG. 7 WEDNESDAY: Sloppy Joes, brown rice, wax beans, rice pudding. THURSDAY: Turkey and cheese salad plate, corn, beet and black bean salad, potato salad, yogurt grape dessert FRIDAY: Stuffed peppers with beef and rice, balsamic brussels sprouts, sweet potato, fresh fruit. MONDAY: Sausage and peppers, peas, cauliflower, pears. TUESDAY: Battered fish, mashed potatoes, spinach puff, tropical mixed fruit WEDNESDAY: Fresh ham with gravy, applesauce, braised cabbage, sweet potato, chocolate mousse.

Hudson Valley Memoir Collective debuts new workshop series RED HOOK — The Hudson Valley Memoir Collective, a new writing program for adults 55 and older, will run its second workshop series this fall at a writing retreat on the Sawkill Creek across from Bard College. Registration is open now. The Collective, led by prize-winning writer Emily Sachar, grew out of a program born at The Olana State Historic Site in the winter of 2019. Collective courses are designed around a specific memoir-writing protocol designed to motivate every participant to complete an essay of 1,500 words in a six-week span. All classes conclude each week with a buffet meal prepared by Chef and Cowgirl Restaurant founder Joel Gordin. For each three-hour class, The Collective’s memoir activities include: Warm-ups -- Simple writing exercises designed to loosen the creative muscle. Instruction -- Roughly 3045 minutes of each 3-hour class is devoted to formal instruction and skills practice. Exemplar texts by noted authors Tara Westover, Bill Bryson, Augusten Burroughs and others show specific techniques to drive successful writing. Practice tasks focus on: drafting a narrative

arc; crafting sensory description; writing dialogue; creating authentic characters; building dramatic tension; using a thesaurus; and writing similes and metaphors. Writing -- Students spend at least 90 minutes of each meeting on the task of writing their own memoir. Students may work at a table, one of several; at a kitchen counter; on a couch; or at a desk. If the weather is fair, students may also sit beside the Sawkill Creek in a comfortable Adirondack chair. Sharing and Feedback – Students share out their writings in a structured and supportive workshop format. Expert Consultation -During writing time, instructor Emily Sachar is available to meet with students for coaching and directed feedback. By request, Emily will also copy-edit each student’s memoir. “What makes the Collective so unique is the combination of skills-based work in an exquisite and relaxing retreat,” said founder Sachar, an adjunct lecturer at Bard College, New York University and the State University of New York. “On one hand, our program taps the intellect and creative juices of all students. At the same time, students have a wonderful

chance to socialize and support each other’s work with guidance and structure.” The Collective, which held its first workshop series this summer, was born out of a course offered at Olana. It draws on the core ideals of the burgeoning “creative aging” movement, the practice of engaging older adults in participatory, professionally run arts programs with a focus on social engagement and skills mastery. With millions of baby boomers entering their third act of life, creative aging has grown into a full-scale movement designed to provide opportunities for meaningful creative expression through visual, literary, and performing arts workshops. The Hudson Valley Memoir Collective fall course will run for six weeks on Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. starting Sept. 17. The cost is $250 plus a $20 materials fee for new students. Lunch, with wine, is served at all meetings. Registration for Collective courses is open to residents of Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer and Ulster Counties. Call Emily Sachar, 718644-5789, or visit HudsonValleyMemoir.com.

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designed to hold people for more than a day or two but are being used for extended periods of time, Delgado said. In light of the discussion, Bill McDonald, of New Baltimore, a veteran, asked if the congressman could see a way to prioritize the needs of homeless veterans. Delgado thanked McDonald for his service. “I want to start by saying I have supported three or four bills to help our veterans,” Delgado said. “I try to do whatever I can to highlight the needs of our veterans.” Delgado said he thought McDonald’s question pointed to a larger problem: inequality. “Our society pits communities and organizations against each other to scrape for crumbs,” he said. “We lose sight of what is causing the fact that we’re scraping for crumbs.” Eighty percent of the country is asked to share 20% of the wealth, Delgado said. “Two-thirds of the population is living paycheck to paycheck,” he said. “We’re forced to size each other up when the

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because of the Tuition Assistance Program, or TAP, and the Excelsior program, which increases the income level that a family can be making in order to have their students have access to free tuition,” Johnson said. She added that tuition is not the only cost involved in paying for college. For students at campuses with on-campus housing there are room and board fees — C-GCC does not offer housing — but there is a cost that all students must face: the cost of books. Johnson said she spoke with one professor at C-GCC who said a single biology textbook in his class costs $300. “We are exploring Open Education Resources — the ability to create the content at onetenth the cost,” Johnson said. Open Education Resources are texts that are free and accessible to anyone, which would enable students to bypass the high cost of textbooks and other materials. Another challenge for some

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Hunter Mountain did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday. Rob Katz, chairman and CEO of Vail Resorts, shared Boyd’s enthusiasm. “We are incredibly excited to have the opportunity to add such a powerful network of ski areas to our company,” Katz said. “Peak Resorts’ ski areas in the Northeast are a perfect complement to our existing resorts and together will provide a very compelling offering to our guests in New York and Boston. With this acquisition, we’re also

answer is to figure out why we aren’t sharing our prosperity.” Society shouldn’t have to choose between veterans or immigrants, Delgado said. Delgado said he believes more efforts need to be directed toward processing applications for asylum. Going forward, Delgado hopes that conversations around this topic will be had with compassion and empathy, he said. “When we hear, “Go back to your countries” — this type of language is not helpful,” Delgado said. It should not be so difficult to find common ground, Delgado said. “I’m an African-American representing a district that is 90% white,” he said. “You can’t tell me we can’t cross party lines and discuss issues in a respectful way.” Over the course of his town halls, Delgado said he has had disagreements and tough conversations with residents. “But that’s democracy,” he said. Constituents also questioned the congressman on impeachment, the opioid crisis and Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “I agree with the current

approach,” Delgado said, alluding to the investigation into President Trump. “We need to investigate. I didn’t run for Congress because I wanted to impeach the president. I also didn’t run because I wanted to be stonewalled.” Delgado emphasized the importance of bringing former Special Counsel Robert Mueller in and allowing him to testify to Congress about his findings. “Any rushed decision will be perceived as a political ploy,” he said. A resident brought to Delgado’s attention that recent crackdowns on opioids prevent those who are terminally ill with cancer or neurological conditions and rely on the medications to be subjected to excessive drug testing. “I welcome any legislative ideas,” Delgado said, adding that he did not have a particular solution in mind at that moment. “I will be acutely mindful of this as I continue to discuss opioid legislation.” Speaking about the IsraeliPalestinian conflict, Delgado said he supports a two-state solution. “I believe we should put our best foot forward as actors on the world stage to at least be

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Congressman Delgado holds his 16th town hall at the Beer Cafe in Catskill on Monday.

neutral,” he said. “I do not support BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) but I support free speech.” Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions is a Palestinian-led political movement for freedom, justice and equality. BDS is based on the principle that Palestinians are entitled to the same rights as all other free

peoples. The issue hits close to home, Delgado said, because his wife and children are Jewish. Looking forward, Delgado plans to take steps to address affordable housing and climate change. “We need to stop propping up the fossil-fuel industry,” he said. “They’re doing just fine.”

Delgado suggested that tax credits and subsidies instead be invested in renewable energy. Delgado is also working on a Green Jobs Opportunity bill that will look for what job shortages there may be as the state transitions to renewable energy. Having a home, Delgado said, is the first step to helping someone out of poverty. 6% are going online,” Johnson said. “The majority of those who are online are not exclusively online. As a result, there is this tremendous market. Our adult learners are going elsewhere for opportunities that are online, so I think that is a great opportunity for us.” Dr. George Timmons, dean of academic affairs, agreed that online learning opportunities could be a boon for the state university system in general and for C-GCC in particular. “I think the vision the chancellor has for SUNY, particularly with regard to SUNY online, may be able to provide a greater reach to the citizens of New York and provide them with the opportunity to obtain in-state tuition for online education. That is very promising,” Timmons said, pointing out that around 40,000 New Yorkers are taking online courses outside New York. “There is a huge opportunity for us to be able to provide some of those services here at the community college and at other institutions in the state of New York,” Timmons said.

growth of our resorts and the strong affinity of our guests. Furthermore, I believe our extremely capable team will become an integral part of the long-term Vail Resorts success as they represent a tremendous asset to our guests and to our resorts.” Hunter Mountain was one of Peak’s resorts to undergo a capital project. Construction of nine trails and a high-speed six-person detachable lift cost $9 million and took eight months to complete. Vail Resorts owns 17 mountain resorts and three urban ski areas, and RockResorts hotels and the Grand Teton Lodge in Wyoming.

students are the unexpected expenses that crop up — and finding ways to get over those rough patches without leaving school. “We also talked about student emergency funding,” Johnson said, noting something as simple as a flat tire that makes it impossible for a student to get to class for an important exam can be a significant hurdle. “We look for students who run into an unexpected challenge, financially, that isn’t chronic, but derails them,” Johnson said. “It becomes a life-changing moment for want of a few hundred dollars. That is the kind of support, for one-offs, that students can take advantage of, that will keep them in school.” Dr. Joseph Watson, vice president and dean of students and enrollment management, said C-GCC has a student emergency fund in place to help students who need it. “We have emergency monies available,” Watson said. “We have a program like that, named after staff members, and now SUNY is doing it SUNYwide. Our program is for students who have an issue come up that they

didn’t plan for — we help with meal cards, gas cards, so if they run low, they can come and get a card once each semester. We also offer help with financial literacy.” The college has a food pantry

and a pet pantry on campus to provide that kind of assistance, when needed. When students are forced to drop out temporarily, there is a SUNY provision that if they return within 270 days, their

federal loans will not come due. “That is very important because eventually loans need to be paid. We get that,” Johnson said. “But the opportunity and the probability of repaying those loans will be more certain if you have a degree or a certificate.” Asked about the declining population of young people, C-GCC President Carlee Rader Drummer said the school is also targeting non-traditional students. “We are focusing not only on the traditional age market, because that is where the population is declining quickly — we are launching new initiatives to target adult learners, target veterans who are coming back from Afghanistan or Iraq. We can take people who are in existing jobs but are perhaps underemployed and help them retool themselves for a better-paying job,” Drummer said. Online education is a potential growth area for the SUNY system, Johnson said. “Online is a big deal right now. In SUNY, right now, 94% of our students are on campuses getting their education — only

able to make a much stronger connection to guests in critical cities in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest, and build on the success we have already seen with our strategy in Chicago, Minneapolis and Detroit. Tim and his team have assembled a fantastic array of resorts and created a strong and loyal guest network. We look forward to welcoming Peak Resorts’ guests and team members to the Vail Resorts family.” This is the second time Hunter Mountain has been sold in the last four years. In 2015, Peak Resorts bought the Greene County ski resort for cash consideration of $35 million plus the assumption of two capital leases estimated at

approximately $1.8 million. Hunter Mountain generates approximately $27 million in annual revenue. The purchase price at that time was slightly more than six times Hunter Mountain’s adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization, which was estimated at approximately $6 million for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2015. “Hunter Mountain, under the stewardship of the Slutzky families, has become one of the iconic ski resorts in the northeastern United States. Its reputation as one of the premier snowmaking resorts in the east makes it a perfect fit for our portfolio and strategy. We look forward to continuing the rich

tradition the Slutzky families have built,” Boyd said in 2015. The 2019 transaction was approved by the boards of directors of both companies. Peak Resorts’ Board of Directors recommended that the company’s shareholders approve the transaction, according to a release on Hunter Mountain’s website. Moelis & Company LLC is serving as financial advisor to Peak Resorts. Perkins Coie LLP, Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard P.C. and Armstrong Teasdale LLP are serving as legal counsel to Peak Resorts, according to the release. Boyd said he expects customers will continue to see great things with Vail. “An important driver of our

success is the Peak Pass, the leading season pass option for Northeast skiers and riders,” Boyd said. “With a growing number of customers taking advantage of unlimited access to resorts such as Mount Snow and Hunter Mountain, the Peak Pass has become a valuable asset. Our properties are also in excellent condition thanks to a number of recently completed capital projects, including upgrades to our snowmaking capabilities, terrain expansions and infrastructure improvements. “Going forward under Vail Resorts’ leadership, we expect guests will see a continued focus on the customer experience that will further the appeal and

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Columbia-Greene Community College President Carlee Rader Drummer, left, tours the college with SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson.

Jeffrey Epstein’s victims ask Florida court to allow new federal charges By Marc Freeman Sun Sentinel (TNS) FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse called Tuesday for a federal judge to allow the possibility of new charges against the disgraced financier in South Florida. While Epstein faces federal sex trafficking counts in New York, there’s a continuing battle over whether his controversial 2007 deal to avoid prosecution in Florida should be thrown out. Tuesday’s push is in response to a February court ruling that Epstein’s “nonprosecution agreement” violated the federal Crime Victims’ Rights Act, because underage girls assaulted by Epstein in Palm Beach weren’t told about the deal in advance.

U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra is expected to rule soon on what steps should be taken to rectify the violation all these years later. Some of Epstein’s victims, while expressing gratitude for the new charges in New York, say they also want Epstein to be held accountable by federal authorities for offenses that happened in his Palm Beach estate from 1999 to 2007. He abused dozens of minor girls, some as young as 14, during those years, court records show. The victims are asking Marra to rescind the immunity for Epstein and his unnamed coconspirators, to clear the way for new charges. “The Government and Epstein reached a secret nonprosecution agreement and then

concealed that agreement until it was firmly in place — and the victims lost any opportunity to object,” wrote victims’ attorney Bradley Edwards. “This secret justice for Epstein and his coconspirators has led to a national outcry about unfairness and unequal treatment of the wealthy and powerful in the criminal justice system.” Government prosecutors want the agreement kept in place while offering victims opportunities to air their concerns and stories. And Epstein opposes any move to reopen the 2007 agreement. The once-private pact, and Epstein’s subsequent 2008 guilty plea to state prostitution charges, has come under increasing scrutiny for being unusually lenient.

In recent weeks, a clamor over Epstein’s deal led to the July 12 resignation of U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, the former U.S. attorney who directed Epstein’s immunity from federal crimes a dozen years ago. Epstein, 66, received an 18-month state sentence, and wound up serving 13 months of the term in a special wing of the Palm Beach County Jail. He also was permitted to leave the facility during the day and spend his time in a West Palm Beach office. Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, responding to allegations that Epstein had sexual relations during his work release, called for an investigation. Bradshaw’s office said Tuesday this review will “determine if

in fact the system failed 11 years ago and hold those accountable for any failures and ensure that it won’t happen again.” Today, Epstein remains in custody in Manhattan, accused of exploiting dozens of girls in New York and Florida in the early 2000s. In his February ruling, Marra found the U.S. attorney’s office “never conferred with the victims about (an agreement) or told the victims that such an agreement was under consideration.” The judge then called for proposed remedies for this injustice. So lawyers for two Epstein victims, the U.S. attorney’s office, and Epstein, have offered contrasting proposals for how to address the violation of the Victims Rights Act.

Roy Black, attorney for Epstein, has urged the court to block the possibility of new federal charges in South Florida. He wrote the victims “now seek to impose remedies against Mr. Epstein that would deprive him of the entire consideration he received in exchange for pleading guilty, serving time in jail, registering as a sex offender, and paying substantial money damages and fees to (the victims) and their attorneys.” Black also argued that Epstein had nothing to do with the government’s violation of the Victims Rights Act, and holding him responsible now would amount to “something that has never been done in the history of American jurisprudence.”

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GREENPORT — Playoff implications were on the line during Sunday’s games in the Hudson River Collegiate Baseball League. The Storm (17-7) clinched first place in the league after sweeping a doubleheader from the Bears, 7-4 and and 7-0, while the Rattlers fell to the Knights, 12-7. The Storm opened the season 1-3 but over the last twenty games went 16-4. “I could not be prouder of the players on this team,” Storm manager Ed DuPont said. “They fight, they just never give up and they play together. The players care about one another and each one really wants the guy next to him to play great. I feel honored to have coached them this See HRCBL B3

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The Storm’s Owen Coady, who has earned a Division I scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania, delivers a pitch during a Hudson River Collegiate Baseball League game against the Bears at Greenport Town Park.

Next up: Hudson’s Moore a rising star By Tim Martin Columbia-Greene Media

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Brodie Van Wagenen, the general manager for the New York Mets, at Citi Field on Oct. 30, 2018.

What Brodie Van Wagenen can learn from the architect of the ‘69 Mets Dave Kaplan The New York Times News Service

It seems almost folly to compare the 1969 New York Mets, the most beloved assemblage in the franchise’s history, to the 2019 Mets, their most bewildering successors. Fifty years ago, Gil Hodges was in his second year as Mets manager, hailed as a miracle worker. (Mickey Callaway may need a miracle just

to survive his second season in the Mets’ dugout.) Likewise, there seems little in common with both teams’ top decision-makers. The general manager of the ‘69 Mets was Johnny Murphy, a genial straight-shooter who was in his second year on the job. He had been a pioneering relief pitcher with the New York Yankees in the 1930s and 40s, an early player See METS B3

HUDSON — At 12 years old, Hudson’s Darien ‘Payday’ Moore Jr. is just scratching the surface of how good he can be on the basketball court. Blessed with a boatload of natural talent and a work ethic rarely seen in athletes his age, Moore is one of the most talked about players on the AAU circuit this summer. Playing with 4th Family of Albany, Moore recently helped the Abar Miller-coached team win the Zero Gravity 12U National Championship in Boston, earning Most Valuable Player honors. “It was amazing,” Moore said. “We worked hard and played against a very good team to go to the chip and we just worked hard that whole tournament.” Moore, who will be entering the seventh grade at Hudson Junior High School in September, began playing with 4th Family a year ago after he was discovered by Miller while playing at the Hudson Youth Center. After a solid start with the team in 2018, Moore came back even better this season. “Payday probably grew three inches and he’s stronger,” Miller said. “We have the best 12U team around here this year and when we won the Zero Gravity National Championship in Boston he pretty much did everything for us. I

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Hudson’s Darien Moore Jr. recently helped 4th Family of Albany win the Zero Gravity 12U AAU National Championship in Boston, earning MVP honors.

played him at the point position and at power forward. I been around a lot of kids, coached a lot of kids and this kid is special. “He has great court

awareness, he’s stronger and he’s developed a jump shot over the last year. Last year, he didn’t shoot the ball all that good, but this year I tried to get him to work more on the

pull-up and at nationals where the kids are bigger, he hit the pull-up. He takes pride in his defense. Whenever it’s a better kid on the other team, he’s going to be our guy that goes to him. We got two kids on our team that are like that, but he’s the top one.” Like Miller, Moore feels his game has evolved in his two years with 4th Family. “I think my defense has improved, my jump shot has improved and my dribbling and I’ve become more a leader this year. I’ve been a leader to all my teammates, telling them to keep their heads up if we make mistakes and all that.” Moore has enjoyed playing for Miller the past two years. “I think he’s a very good coach,” Moore said. “He pushes me. He makes me work hard every morning when we wake up, run miles, get some shots up and I really love him as a coach.” Going back and forth between Albany and Hudson, during the school year no less, could prove a challenge not many 12 year-olds would be willing to tackle, but Moore not only made the trip on a regular basis, he was always on time. “We’ll have practice on a Tuesday and a Thursday, he’ll hop on a train and come up,” Miller explained. “He’ll call me See MOORE B6

Yankees face another AL powerhouse in Twins James Wagner The New York Times News Service

MINNEAPOLIS — In the three American League divisions, two teams have held first place for nearly three months this season, and neither of them is the New York Yankees, who entered their Monday game with the best record in the league. The Houston Astros have been in first place since late April, in the AL West. So have the Minnesota Twins, in the AL Central. But thanks to a torrid stretch that started in mid-June, the Yankees have regained first place in the AL East and built the largest division lead — nine games ahead of the second-place Tampa Bay Rays — in the league. Two of those division leaders, the Yankees (64-35) and Twins (61-38), opened a threegame series Monday with an 8-6 Minnesota victory that could be an October preview. The Astros have already proved to be a tough opponent for the Yankees, who lost four of the first seven games in their season series. Now come the Twins, whom the Yankees beat twice in three games in May. “We have a big week ahead of us,” said Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner, who was out of the lineup Monday, his second consecutive absence because of a sore left knee. “It’s still only July, but they’re playing good baseball.”

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New York Yankees left fielder Brett Gardner (11) goes to the dugout after striking out in a recent game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium.

But the Twins have fluctuated. Since reaching a peak division lead of 11 1/2 games in early

June, they have sputtered, and dropped to the smallest division lead in the AL: a three-game

advantage over the surging Cleveland Indians. Despite heading in different directions of late, the Twins and Yankees are similar in one respect: a high-powered offense. Entering Monday, the Yankees led baseball with 5.69 runs per game. Trailing them by mere fractions of a run were the Boston Red Sox and the Twins. After the series in Minnesota, the Yankees will travel to Boston for the first time this season, playing a four-game series against the Red Sox, who are in third place in the AL East. The Twins have outdone their pinstriped opponents in one area that has been the Yankees’ trademark: home runs. Through 99, the Twins had a major league-leading 187 homers and are on pace to smash 306 this season, which would shatter the major league record, 267, set by the Yankees last season. In fact, the Twins could set a few home run records this season. They have 10 players on pace to hit 20 homers, which would top the record held by, among others, the 2018 Los Angeles Dodgers, who had seven. Twins outfielders Max Kepler (24 homers) and Eddie Rosario (21) pace the team. “This is a team that can hurt you from both sides of the plate,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said before Monday’s game. “It’s a very See YANKEES B3

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Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE East W L Pct GB 64 35 .646 — 57 46 .553 9.0 55 46 .545 10.0 38 64 .373 27.5 31 67 .316 32.5 Central W L Pct GB Minnesota 61 38 .616 — Cleveland 58 41 .586 3.0 Chi. White Sox 45 52 .464 15.0 Kansas City 37 64 .366 25.0 Detroit 30 65 .316 29.0 West W L Pct GB Houston 65 37 .637 — Oakland 57 44 .564 7.5 LA Angels 52 49 .515 12.5 Texas 50 49 .505 13.5 Seattle 40 62 .392 25.0 Sunday’s games Baltimore 5, Boston 0 Tampa Bay 4, Chi. White Sox 2 Cleveland 5, Kansas City 4 Detroit 4, Toronto 3, 10 innings Houston 5, Texas 3 Minnesota 7, Oakland 6 LA Angels 9, Seattle 3 Monday’s games Cleveland 7, Toronto 3 Boston 9, Tampa Bay 4 Houston 11, Oakland 1 Minnesota 8, NY Yankees 6 Texas at Seattl, 10:10 p.m. Tuesday’s games Cleveland (Bauer 9-7) at Toronto (Sanchez 3-14), 7:07 p.m. Boston (Sale 4-9) at Tampa Bay (Chirinos 8-5), 7:10 p.m. Oakland (Fiers 9-3) at Houston (Miley 8-4), 8:10 p.m. NY Yankees (German 12-2) at Minnesota (Gibson 9-4), 8:10 p.m. Texas (Payano 0-0) at Seattle (TBD), 10:10 p.m. NY Yankees Tampa Bay Boston Toronto Baltimore

NATIONAL LEAGUE East W L Pct GB 60 41 .594 — 52 46 .531 6.5 52 48 .520 7.5 45 54 .455 14.0 36 62 .367 22.5 Central W L Pct GB Chi. Cubs 54 45 .545 — St. Louis 52 47 .525 2.0 Milwaukee 53 49 .520 2.5 Pittsburgh 46 53 .465 8.0 Cincinnati 45 53 .459 8.5 West W L Pct GB LA Dodgers 67 35 .657 — Arizona 50 50 .500 16.0 San Francisco 50 50 .500 16.0 Colorado 47 52 .475 18.5 San Diego 47 52 .475 18.5 Sunday’s games St. Louis 3, Cincinnati 1 Philadelphia 2, Pittsburgh 1, 11 innings San Diego 5, Chi. Cubs 1 San Francisco 3, NY Mets 2, 12 innings LA Dodgers 9, Miami 0 Milwaukee 7, Arizona 4 Atlanta 7, Washington 1 Monday’s games Colorado at Washington, PPD St. Louis 6, Pittsburgh 5, 10 innings Cincinnati 6, Milwaukee 5 Chi. Cubs at San Francisco, 9:45 p.m. Tuesday’s games Colorado (Lambert 2-1) at Washington (Strasburg 12-4), 7:05 p.m. St. Louis (Hudson 9-4) at Pittsburgh (Archer 3-6), 7:05 p.m. San Diego (Paddack 6-4) at NY Mets (Vargas 4-5), 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Roark 5-6) at Milwaukee (Davies 8-2), 8:10 p.m. Chi. Cubs (Darvish 3-4) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 5-7), 9:45 p.m. Interleague Sunday’s game Colorado 8, NY Yankees 4 Monday’s games Chi. White Sox 9, Miami 1 Baltimore (Brooks 0-0) at Arizona (Ray 8-6), 9:40 p.m. Tuesday’s games Philadelphia (Nola 8-2) at Detroit (Boyd 6-8), 7:10 p.m. Kansas City (Duffy 4-5) at Atlanta (Keuchel 3-3), 7:20 p.m. Miami (Smith 5-4) at Chi. White Sox (Covey 1-5), 8:10 p.m. Baltimore (Bundy 4-11) at Arizona (Kelly 7-9), 9:40 p.m. LA Angels (Pena 7-3) at LA Dodgers (Maeda 7-6), 10:10 p.m. Atlanta Washington Philadelphia NY Mets Miami

Auto racing MONSTER ENERGY CUP SERIES POINTS LEADERS Through Sunday 1. Joey Logano, 783 points 2. Kyle Busch, 780 3. Kevin Harvick, 691 4. Denny Hamlin, 669 5. Brad Keselowski, 663 6. Martin Truex Jr., 654 7. Kurt Busch, 638 8. Chase Elliott, 615 9. Aric Almirola, 586 10. Alex Bowman, 577 11. Ryan Blaney, 572 12. William Byron, 549 13. Kyle Larson, 519 14. Erik Jones, 516 15. Ryan Newman, 509 16. Clint Bowyer, 505 17. Jimmie Johnson, 488 18. Daniel Suarez, 488 19. Paul Menard, 445 20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 428 21. Chris Buescher, 418 22. Austin Dillon, 381 23. Ty Dillon, 342 24. Matt DiBenedetto, 329 25. Daniel Hemric, 309 26. Ryan Preece, 267 27. Michael McDowell, 254 28. Darrell Wallace Jr., 247 29. Corey LaJoie, 236 30. David Ragan, 219 31. Matt Tifft, 204 32. Reed Sorenson, 61 33. Quin Houff, 52 34. JJ Yeley, 29 35. Jamie McMurray, 19 36. Andy Seuss, 9 37. Stanton Barrett, 2 38. Austin Theriault, 2 39. Casey Mears, 1

XFINITY SERIES POINTS LEADERS Through Sunday 1. Tyler Reddick, 812 points 2. Christopher Bell, 756 3. Cole Custer, 736 4. Justin Allgaier, 666 5. Austin Cindric, 649 6. Noah Gragson, 596 7. Chase Briscoe, 568 8. Michael Annett, 567 9. Justin Haley, 555 10. John Hunter Nemechek, 531 11. Ryan Sieg, 499 12. Brandon Jones, 498 13. Gray Gaulding, 385 14. Brandon Brown, 351 15. Jeremy Clements, 345 16. Garrett Smithley, 275 17. Josh Williams, 272 18. Ray Black II, 271 19. Stephen Leicht, 247 20. BJ McLeod, 233 21. Matt Mills, 220 22. David Starr, 216 23. Vinnie Miller, 208 24. Jeffrey Earnhardt, 187 25. Zane Smith, 187 26. Chad Finchum, 164 27. Joey Gase, 156 28. Timmy Hill, 152 29. Ryan Truex, 111 30. Tommy Joe Martins, 110 31. Mike Harmon, 105 32. Ronnie Bassett Jr, 95 33. Jeb Burton, 94 34. Kaz Grala, 88 35. Jeff Green, 85 36. Shane Lee, 79 37. Josh Bilicki, 78 38. Landon Cassill, 67 39. Chris Cockrum, 51 40. Alex Labbe, 51 41. Tyler Matthews, 35 42. Joe Graf Jr, 32 43. John Jackson, 27 44. Max Tullman, 26 45. Morgan Shepherd, 26 46. Elliott Sadler, 25 47. Stefan Parsons, 25 48. Dillon Bassett, 23 49. Scott Lagasse Jr, 22 50. Caesar Bacarella, 17 51. Cody Ware, 16 52. Ryan Repko, 15

53. Ryan Ellis, 14 54. Donald Theetge, 13 55. Ja Junior Avila, 13 56. Stan Mullis, 12 57. Colin Garrett, 11 58. Kyle Weatherman, 8 59. Mason Diaz, 8 60. DJ Kennington, 4 61. Carl Long, 1 62. AJ Allmendinger, 1

GANDER OUTDOOR TRUCK SERIES POINTS LEADERS Through Sunday 1. Grant Enfinger, 542 points 2. Stewart Friesen, 508 3. Brett Moffitt, 501 4. Matt Crafton, 492 5. Harrison Burton, 448 6. Ben Rhodes, 444 7. Austin Hill, 412 8. Todd Gilliland, 392 9. Sheldon Creed, 387 10. Johnny Sauter, 373 11. Tyler Dippel, 274 12. Tyler Ankrum, 258 13. Brennan Poole, 230 14. Spencer Boyd, 225 15. Jordan Anderson, 222 16. Gus Dean, 203 17. Ross Chastain, 168 18. Natalie Decker, 158 19. Anthony Alfredo, 155 20. Jennifer Jo Cobb, 145 21. Austin Wayne Self, 128 22. Cory Roper, 127 23. Josh Reaume, 126 24. Jesse Little, 124 25. Angela Ruch, 100 26. Myatt Snider, 94 27. Austin Wayne Self, 91 28. Norm Benning, 91 29. Joe Nemechek, 90 30. Timothy Peters, 84 31. Korbin Forrister, 83 32. Raphael Lessard, 80 33. Chandler Smith, 71 34. Dylan Lupton, 69 35. Spencer Davis, 62 36. Christian Eckes, 59 37. David Gilliland, 56 38. Tyler Hill, 54 39. Kyle Benjamin, 54 40. Ray Ciccarelli, 54 41. Codie Rohrbaugh, 52 42. Clay Greenfield, 50 43. Derek Kraus, 48 44. Chad Finley, 48 45. Jesse Iwuji, 46 46. Mason Massey, 46 47. Greg Biffle, 45 48. Camden Murphy, 39 49. Ryan Reed, 31 50. Bobby Gerhart, 26 51. Scott Stenzel, 26 52. Riley Herbst, 22 53. Reid Wilson, 22 54. Trey Hutchens, 21 55. Daniel Sasnett, 18 56. Parker Kligerman, 17 57. Austin Theriault, 15 58. Bryant Barnhill, 15 59. C.J. McLaughlin, 14 60. Tony Mrakovich, 11 61. TJ Bell Jr., 11 62. Chris Fontaine, 10 63. Travis Kvapil, 9 64. Bayley Currey, 8 65. Cody McMahan, 8 66. Robby Lyons, 7 67. Juan Manuel Gonzalez, 7 68. Bryan Dauzat, 6 69. Lou Goss, 6 70. Gregory Rayl, 5

NTT DATA INDYCAR POINTS LEADERS Through Sunday 1. Josef Newgarden, 487 points 2. Alexander Rossi, 458 3. Simon Pagenaud, 429 4. Scott Dixon, 389 5. Will Power, 322 6. Takuma Sato, 311 7. Ryan Hunter-Reay, 298 8. Graham Rahal, 290 9. James Hinchcliffe, 279 10. Sebastien Bourdais, 255 11. Felix Rosenqvist, 255 12. Santino Ferrucci, 241 13. Spencer Pigot, 239 14. Colton Herta, 221 15. Marcus Ericsson, 212 16. Marco Andretti, 203 17. Zach Veach, 197 18. Tony Kanaan, 189 19. Ed Jones, 170 20. Matheus Leist, 170 21. Jack Harvey, 133 22. Max Chilton, 117 23. Patricio O’Ward, 115 24. Ed Carpenter, 93 25. Conor Daly, 76 26. Sage Karam, 39 27. James Davison, 36 28. Helio Castroneves, 33 29. Charlie Kimball, 32 30. Ben Hanley, 31 31. Pippa Mann, 28 32. Kyle Kaiser, 22 33. JR Hildebrand, 20 34. Oriol Servia, 16 35. Jordan King, 12

FORMULA ONE POINTS LEADERS Through Sunday 1. Lewis Hamilton, 223 points 2. Valtteri Bottas, 184 3. Max Verstappen, 136 4. Sebastian Vettel, 123 5. Charles Leclerc, 120 6. Pierre Gasly, 55 7. Carlos Sainz, 38 8. Kimi Raikkonen, 25 9. Lando Norris, 22 10. Daniel Ricciardo, 22 11. Nico Hulkenberg, 17 12. Kevin Magnussen, 14 13. Sergio Perez, 13 14. Daniil Kvyat, 12 15. Alexander Albon, 7 16. Lance Stroll, 6 17. Romain Grosjean, 2 18. Antonio Giovinazzi, 1 Diana Marcinkevica, Latvia, def. Kamila Rakhimova, Russia, 6-4, 6-3. Dalila Jakupovic, Slovenia, def. Ana Bogdan, Romania, 6-3, 7-6 (5).

Transactions BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit Tigers - Signed RHP Edwin Jackson to a minor league contract. Houston Astros - Activated 2B Aledmys Diaz from the 10-day IL. Optioned RHP Rogelio Armenteros to Round Rock (PCL). Minnesota Twins - Optioned RHP Zack Littell to Rochester (IL). Placed 1B C.J. Cron on the 10-day IL, retroactive to July 21. Recalled LHP Lewis Thorpe from Rochester (IL). Selected the contract of RHP Cody Stashak from Rochester (IL). New York Yankees - Optioned LHP Stephen Tarpley to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Recalled RHP Jonathan Holder from Scranton/WilkesBarre (IL). Oakland Athletics - Placed LHP Brett Anderson on the paternity list. Recalled LF Nick Martini from Las Vegas (PCL). Seattle Mariners - Activated RHP Matt Magill. Optioned RHP Matt Festa to Tacoma (PCL). Tampa Bay Rays - Sent 2B Daniel Robertson on a rehab assignment to Charlotte (FSL). Texas Rangers - Designated CF Carlos Tocci for assignment. Placed RHP Shawn Kelley on the 10-day IL. Selected the contract of RHP Rafael Montero from Nashville (PCL). Toronto Blue Jays - Activated LHP Ryan Borucki from the 60-day IL. Placed RHP Trent Thornton on the 10-day IL, retroactive to July 21. NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago Cubs - Optioned RHP Carl Edwards Jr. to Iowa (PCL). Recalled RHP Rowan Wick from Iowa (PCL). Cincinnati Reds - Placed RHP Tyler Mahle on the 10-day IL, retroactive to July 20. Recalled RHP Sal Romano from Louisville (IL). Sent LHP Alex Wood on a rehab assignment to Louisville (IL). Milwaukee Brewers - Placed RHP Brandon Woodruff on the 10-day IL. San Francisco Giants - Optioned LHP Conner Menez to Sacramento (PCL). Recalled RHP Sam Coonrod from Sacramento (PCL). Washington Nationals - Recalled LF Andrew Stevenson from Fresno (PCL). Selected the contract of RHP Michael Blazek from Fresno (PCL). FOOTBALL NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Atlanta Falcons - Named DJ Durkin guest consultant. Buffalo Bills - Placed G Jeremiah Sirles on the physically unable to perform list. Placed RB Frank Gore on the non-football injury list. Placed TE Tyler Kroft on the physically unable to perform list. Detroit Lions - Placed DE Trey Flowers and LB Steve Longa on the physically unable to perform list. Signed TE Austin Traylor. Green Bay Packers - Placed DB Darnell Savage on the non-football illness list. Placed DE Greg Roberts on the physically unable to perform list. Indianapolis Colts - Placed WR Daurice Fountain on the non-football injury list. Placed DE Carroll Phillips on the physically unable to perform list.

Angels mourn Tyler Skaggs’ death, celebrate his life Bill Shaikin Los Angeles Times

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The tears flowed first, and then the words. Speaking would not come easily for Andrew Heaney on this day. There are mercifully few baseball players practiced in the art of eulogizing a teammate. But there are few Tyler Skaggs stories that can be told without a smile or a laugh, or both. So Heaney talked about the one day this spring when Skaggs revved up his monster F-250 truck, and he jumped in for a ride. Skaggs, who died July 1, was the resident disc jockey in the Los Angeles Angels’ clubhouse, always trying to discover the newest, latest and loudest in music. As the two pitchers rolled along, a soft piano intro somehow made its way through the speakers. The song was “Tiny Dancer” by Elton John, recorded two decades before Skaggs’ birth. “He had this look on his face,” Heaney said, “this little grin.” Skaggs cranked up the volume, and the two sang loud, and off key. “Just living in such a moment of joyous freedom,” Heaney said. “He was never afraid to truly be himself.” Heaney was one of 14 speakers to remember Skaggs on Monday at St. Monica’s Catholic Church in Santa Monica at a memorial service led by the priest who gave Skaggs his first communion. The 900 seats in the church were full. The entire Angels team arrived on three buses. Other mourners included Angels owner Arte Moreno, former Angels manager Mike Scioscia, former teammates David Freese, Jered Weaver and C.J. Wilson, and current major leaguers and fellow Southern California natives Ryan Braun (Milwaukee Brewers) and Jack Flaherty (St. Louis Cardinals). The speakers included longtime Angels executive Tim Mead, the new president of the Hall of Fame, who flew across the country after overseeing Sunday’s induction ceremony in Cooperstown, N.Y. The last of the speakers, unplanned, was Skaggs’ wife, Carli. The couple had married just last December and had planned on trying to start a family this winter. “Last minute decision to speak,” she said. “I didn’t think I’d be able to do it. Tyler gave me some strength.”

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Carli Skaggs, center, the widow of Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, who died suddenly during a road trip on July 1 in Texas, along with family and friends, attends a memorial for her late husband at St. Monica Catholic Church on Monday in Santa Monica, Calif.

She spoke tenderly of sharing true love. She also shared the traditions the couple had embraced, including “dinner at Benihana’s, daily Jacuzzi, and late-night runs to In-N-Out.” After the two-hour service concluded, an In-N-Out catering truck was on site, serving doubledoubles at the reception. Skaggs, an Angels starting pitcher, was 27 when he was found dead July 1 in a hotel room the day after the Angels traveled to Texas to begin consecutive series against the Rangers and Houston Astros. Authorities ruled out suicide and foul play and have said they expect to complete laboratory testing and announce a cause of death in October. Skaggs wore No. 45 as an Angel. Two floral arrangements graced the church, each with 45 in red flowers amid a backdrop of white flowers. As mourners entered the church, they could reach into a basket for a memorial pin, with “SKAGGS” and “45” in red letters on a white background. The Major League Baseball Players Association announced a $45,000 donation to the Tyler Skaggs Baseball Foundation, established to support youth sports and other community programs that “make a real difference in the lives of kids and families every day.” However, of the first four photos mourners could see as they

entered the church, none pictured him as a baseball player. One featured him as a newlywed, with his wife, in matching white clothes. One showed him wearing a Los Angeles Lakers jersey, one pictured him wearing a Mike Tyson T-shirt, and one captured him as a young boy, smiling with his eyes closed, sitting upon and embracing a giant stuffed lion. That lion belonged to his aunt, Dianna Heikkila. She and her husband made a last-minute trip to St. Louis — booking the tickets on a Saturday, for a game the next day — for the chance to see Skaggs pitch and hit in a National League ballpark. “We figured the opportunity to see Tyler pitch at Busch Stadium would only happen once in a lifetime,” she said. That turned out to be the final road game Skaggs would pitch. After the game, Heikkila recalled how she told Skaggs that giant stuffed lion would be waiting for him, and for the child he and Carli hoped soon to have. Pitcher Garrett Richards, a former Angel who is now with the San Diego Padres, hails from Oklahoma. He remembered the never-ending banter in which he would stand up for his Oklahoma City Thunder and Skaggs would back his Lakers. “Tyler always ended the conversation with one word,” Richards said. “Banners.” The stories flowed along with

the tears, stories about Skaggs’ love of Taco Tuesdays and about his pride in his hometown of Santa Monica, about his half-dozen nicknames that included one in Yiddish, about his “Trapzilla” pose in the gym, about the pitcher that his agent said resembled “a broomstick with a hat on the mound” as a high school junior, about how he wrapped his genuine friendship in a layer of swagger. At one point, a speaker asked anyone who considered Skaggs to be a close friend to rise. Hundreds did. Heaney concluded this way: “Take a moment and think of a story or an image that reminds you of all the good times you had with Ty. Take that memory and hold it in your hearts and in your minds. That is his lasting gift to everyone here.” Every now and then, when Skaggs controlled the sound system in the clubhouse, or the weight room, or on the airplane, a silly smile would spread over his face. He’d put on “Tiny Dancer.” “This one’s for you, Hean,” Skaggs would say. When Heaney started at Angel Stadium last Tuesday, his first home game since Skaggs’ passing, he changed his entrance music. As he threw his warmup pitches, the song that accompanied them was “Tiny Dancer.”

MLB notebook: Brewers’ Woodruff (side) likely out 6 weeks Field Level Media

Milwaukee All-Star right-hander Brandon Woodruff is expected to miss six weeks after sustaining a left oblique strain during the Brewers’ game Sunday against the Arizona Diamondbacks, manager Craig Counsell announced Monday. That timetable would potentially leave the Brewers without their best starting pitcher until September. An MRI exam detected the seriousness of the injury, prompting the team to place Woodruff on the 10-day injured list. Woodruff, 26, was injured in the fourth inning Sunday while throwing a pitch – the second of the inning – to Arizona’s Tim Locastro. Woodruff is 11-3 with a 3.75 ERA and 136 strikeouts in 20 starts this season. To replace him on the roster, Milwaukee recalled righthander Burch Smith from Triple-A San Antonio. Smith, 29, was 0-1 with a 5.06 ERA in six relief appearances with the Brewers earlier this season. –The Chicago Cubs reportedly are one of the teams interested in acquiring Detroit Tigers slugger Nicholas Castellanos before the July 31 trade deadline. According to the Detroit News, the rumor “has some teeth,” and the Cubs likely would move Jason Heyward to center field and slot Castellanos in right field. Castellanos, 27, is batting .284 with 11 homers and 36 RBIs in 93 games this season. The right-handed hitter is batting .387 and slugging .694 against left-handers, which has been a weakness for the Cubs’ lineup this season. Castellanos hit a walk-off home run Sunday – the first of his career – then said of Detroit’s cavernous Comerica Park, “This park’s a joke.” –Hoping to get Carl Edwards Jr. back on

track again, the Cubs optioned the righthander back to Triple-A Iowa, his second demotion of the season. He gave up a run on a hit and a walk after a third of an inning Sunday against the San Diego Padres. The outing left him with a 5.87 ERA in 20 appearances this season. Edwards, 27, who has also dealt with a thoracic strain this season. The Cubs recalled right-hander Rowan Wick. The former catcher and outfielder had a 3.86 ERA in five appearances with the Cubs earlier this season. –The Texas Rangers put closer Shawn Kelley on the 10-day injured list due to a sore right biceps. The team called up right-hander Rafael Montero from Triple-A Nashville in a corresponding move and designated outfielder Carlos Tocci for assignment. Kelly, 35, is 5-2 with a 3.00 ERA and 11 saves in 15 chances across 32 appearances this season. He left Texas’ 5-3 loss in Houston on Sunday after throwing warmup pitches in the bottom of the eighth inning. An MRI that night revealed no acute injury, according to the team. Kelley had not pitched since July 12. This is his second stint on the IL, as he was out from May 6-21 after surgery to remove two lumps from his throat. –The Minnesota Twins placed first baseman C.J. Cron on the 10-day injured list due to right thumb inflammation. Cron, 29, is batting .263 with 18 homers and 55 RBIs in 83 games this season. The move is retroactive to Sunday. The Twins also optioned right-hander Zack Littell to Triple-A Rochester and called up left-hander Lewis Thorpe and right-hander Cody Stashak, both from Rochester.

–The Detroit Tigers signed veteran righthander Edwin Jackson, who was released by the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday, to a minor league deal. Jackson is set to join Triple-A Toledo, according to MLB.com. Jackson, 35, has played with a majorleague-record 14 teams, but he is making a return to the Tigers organization. He pitched for Detroit in 2009 when he went 13-9 with a 3.62 ERA and was named to his only All-Star team. –The Pittsburgh Pirates suspended righthander Keone Kela for two games due to an unspecified violation of his contract. Manager Clint Hurdle was vague when asked about Kela prior to Monday’s game, saying the team was evaluating his status. The team announced the suspension a short time later. The Pirates activated Kela from the 60-day injured list before putting him on the suspended list. He last pitched for Pittsburgh on May 4 before going on the IL due to shoulder discomfort. –The Cincinnati Reds placed right-hander Tyler Mahle on the 10-day injured list because of a strained left hamstring. The Reds recalled right-hander Sal Romano from Triple-A Louisville in a corresponding move. Mahle sustained the injury Friday during his start against the St. Louis Cardinals. –The New York Yankees recalled righthander Jonathan Holder just short of a month after he was sent back to Triple-A Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre. Holder replaced left-hander Stephen Tarpley on the roster after the Yankees optioned the reliever following Sunday’s game.

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Mets From B1

representative, a farm system director and a do-everything organization man with the Mets since their inception. Today’s Mets are run by a novice general manager, Brodie Van Wagenen, 45, who likes to schmooze with fans on social media and in the stands. He was a powerful player agent before becoming an unorthodox choice to lead a big-market franchise. He is uneasily navigating the learning curve in his new job, for which, he said, he had prepared all his life. Baseball is a different game from what it was 50 years ago, but with the July 31 major league trade deadline approaching, it is worth considering what lessons Van Wagenen could learn from Murphy, the chief architect of the Mets’ amazing rise a half-century ago. Murphy, who died in 1970 at age 61 after a heart attack, about three months after Cleon Jones made the final putout of the 1969 World Series, was not one to make headlines. But his premature death — followed by Hodges’ two years later at age 47 — foreshadowed a decline of the franchise in the 1970s. “Dad was a baseball man every day of his life,” said John Murphy Jr., who believes his father should be in the Baseball Hall of Fame, along with Hodges. “He was one of the first great relief pitchers, won seven world championships with the Yankees. And he had a great ability to evaluate talent and run an organization, as he did with the Mets.” Here are a handful of Murphy’s principles. Brodie, are you listening? 1. Have a plan Van Wagenen became the Mets’ GM in part because he convinced the Wilpons that the Mets were ready to contend, not rebuild. He made a few splashy offseason moves for veterans, then boasted, “Come get us,” to Mets opponents. Not exactly a surefire method of team building. Murphy was a man with a plan: Build through the farm system. He was an oldschooler, befitting one of his nicknames, Grandma, for his fastidiousness. He was a fusspot about good scouting and player development, insisting the Mets would no longer be acquiring pasttheir-prime veterans and

HRCBL From B1

season. I am looking forward to seeing them compete in the playoffs and hopefully the championship.” In Sunday’s opening game, the Storm had Aidan Jackson on the mound. Jackson pitched four innings, allowing four hits, two earned runs and got four Bears to strikeout. Jackson did not have one walk in the game. DuPont went to the bullpen to bring on his high octane lefty Owen Coady, who is on his way to the University of Pennsylvania and whose fastball has been clocked at 91-92 mph. The young lefty pitched three innings allowing two hits, two walks, no runs and had eight strikeouts. Coady is leading the league in strikeouts with forty. The Bears pitched Donovan Mier, who nearly made Team USA in the fall of 2018 before being one of the last players cut. Mier struggled against the Storm,giving up nine hits and seven earned runs in five innings. Meir had four walks as well and did not record a strikeout. Bears manager Ben Reinisch made the change and installed Kamran Chada from Rutgers on the mound. Chada pitched one inning and didn’t allow a hit, walk or a run. The Bears had six hits. Tyler Pavone from the College of Saint Rose and Mier both went

talent-short youngsters. Even in the free-agency era, the importance of a strong farm system cannot be overestimated. Good minor leaguers can be an on-field asset. They can bring something back — a draft pick, a player, an international signing slot. Fifty years earlier, Murphy knew the Mets’ development of homegrown pitchers (Seaver, Koosman, Gentry, McAndrew, Ryan) would be their present and future. He resisted trading any of them. 2. Hire the right manager When Murphy took over the Mets before the 1968 season, fans were getting restless. The losing had gone on too long; there was too little improvement in the team’s six seasons. Murphy felt the Mets needed an attitude adjustment. He had signed much of the young talent as the Mets’ chief scout. He had wrangled Hodges, a rising managerial star, from the Washington Senators, to New York with a trade. And he was convinced that the 1967 Boston Red Sox — who jumped from ninth place to the World Series in one season — benefited from the gruff discipline of manager Dick Williams. “I’m a bad loser,” Murphy said once. “I’ve always been with winners, and we didn’t always have the best club. But we had the winning spirit.” The 1967 Mets were managed by the uninspiring Wes Westrum on the way to a 61-101 record. Then a team vice president, Murphy was summoned during the 1967 World Series to coerce the Senators’ general manager, George Selkirk — his former teammate on the Yankees — into allowing Hodges out of his contract to manage the Mets. A skilled negotiator — Murphy was the American League’s first player rep in 1946 and instrumental in getting owners to create the first pension plan — he was unrelenting in his quest. Selkirk gave in after the Mets threw in $100,000 and pitcher Bill Denehy for Hodges. A month later, Murphy replaced Bing Devine as the Mets’ GM. 3. Do your homework Van Wagenen’s brief trade history — notably acquiring an aging former client, Robinson Cano, and a disappointing closer, Edwin Diaz — suggests an impulse shopper ignoring the warning label. As the saying goes, sometimes the best trades you make are the ones you don’t. 2 for 3 with a single and a double. Ryan McSally from SUNY Adirondack and Chada both went 1 for 3 with a single each. The Storm offense produced eight hits. Lewi Clarke From Manhattan College has a single, a triple, a walk and two RBI. Jarid Lucier went 2 for-2 with two singles, Chris Colotti went 2 for 2 with a single, a double and a walk, Matt Ferriero went 1 for 3 with a double and Kurt Forsell and Matt Gaebel both singled. In the second game, the Bears sent Clarkson University’s sidearm slinger Griffin Racey to the mound to try to quiet the Storm. Racey pitched six innings, giving up eleven hits and four runs with two walks and two strikeouts. Chada entered in relief, pitching one inning and allowing three hits, three earned runs with one walk. The Storm gave the ball to Derrek DuPont from SUNY Canton. “I have always trusted Derrek in big games over the years,” Storm manager Ed DuPont said. DuPont pitched six strong innings of shutout ball, allowing four hits, one walk, hitting one batter and striking out five. Coach DuPont called the bullpen to get his closer, Adam Hall. Hall did not disappoint, striking out one, walking one and not allowing a run or hit. Tyler Pavone, Matt Sweet and Andrew Giamo singled for the Bears. The Storm had hot bats, getting fourteen hits. Kyle Caccamise and Brandon

Murphy’s first trade — acquiring Tommie Agee, an American League rookie of the year coming off a sophomore slump, and Al Weis, a utility player, from the White Sox for the former All-Star Tommy Davis and pitcher Jack Fisher — seemed like a risk. But Murphy, determined to solve the Mets’ woes in center field, where they used 10 players over the previous two seasons, respected the judgment of others. He consulted his scouts. He interviewed Jones, Agee’s boyhood pal. Davis was a proven hitter, but he was also seven years older than Agee and had to be worked on at the trainer’s table just to get on the field. Hodges urged Murphy to make the deal. He knew Agee from the American League and believed that all the 25-year-old needed was a boost of confidence. “My father and Johnny Murphy,” recalled Gil Hodges Jr., “had great trust in each other.” Agee became the Mets’ leadoff man and an allaround star in center, and the handy Weis hit .455 in the World Series. Murphy’s acquisition of power-hitting Donn Clendenon — an early-season holdout — at the 1969 trade deadline was also a game changer. Clendenon, 33, who assured Murphy he wanted to be a Met, became the veteran leader and RBI man they lacked, not to mention the World Series most valuable player. Murphy did not sacrifice any top prospects to get him. 4. Image isn’t everything Van Wagenen, excepting his chair-throwing fit in a coaches’ meeting last week, seems an exemplar of California cool. He is mediaaccessible and a handsome face of the team, he buys doughnuts for reporters before homestands and recently joined the 7 Line Army, a group of Mets die-hards, for a game. He is also the 10th Mets general manager (including last year’s interim triumvirate of John Ricco, Omar Minaya and J.P. Ricciardi) since 1998, when Brian Cashman, the Yankees’ general manager, took over the reins of that team. Murphy’s style was more unassuming. A true New Yorker, he was raised in the Bronx, graduated from Fordham and pitched 11 1/2 years with the Yankees, but he always kept a low profile. He wore tailored suits, drank Bonesteel, Forsell and Clarke all had two singles, Christian Baaki had a single and a triple, Colotti and Joe Dwy doubled and Gaebel and Ferriero singled. In the late game, Rattlers coach Coach Braim gave pitching responsibilities to right hander Kyle Welch. Welch only lasted three innings, allowing eight hits, with five walks, two strikeouts, but he allowed seven earned runs. Nick Gamberdella came on in relief, going four innings with five hits, three walks, two strikeouts and five runs. Coach Johnson of the Knights chose Brandon Preusser to start the game. Pruesser pitched 4 1/3 innings, giving up one walk and got one strikeout while allowing eight hits, with six runs. Pruesser was lifted and replaced by Connor Hall. Hall pitched 2 2/3 innings with three walks, two hits and one earned run. Matt Triola had a big day for the Rattlers, going 3 for 3 with a double and two singles. Tanner Dunkel added three singles, Colby Nash and Matt Dagostino both doubled and Zac Cronk and Nick Santora each had a single. The Knights had a day at the plate, getting thirteen hits. Christian McCarthy ripped a triple and two singles, AJ Marciniak had two singles and a double, Tyler Drahushuk contributed a triple and single, Sean Berry had two singles and Vinny Drahushuk, Brendan McGillin and Seamus Wolfe all singled.

fine wine and was “a bit remote” with the news media, recalled George Vecsey, who as a young reporter covered the Mets. Art Shamsky, a member of the 1969 team, did not remember Murphy as a visible presence, seeing him only during contract time. “He was always cordial, very fair,” he said. Murphy was overshadowed even in his own family; his older brother, Thomas, was an assistant U.S. attorney, a U.S. district judge and a New York City police commissioner. When it came to baseball business, Johnny Murphy simply did what needed to be done. In 1962, he was assisting with player contracts when Marv Throneberry, the lovably inept first baseman and symbol of the first-year team’s futility, requested a raise. “Don’t forget that I brought a lot of people to the ballpark,” Throneberry said. “Yes,” replied Murphy, “and you also drove a lot away.” Ed Kranepool remembers Murphy, who attended some of his high school games, sitting at his family’s dining room table in the Castle Hill section of the Bronx the day after his graduation. “Johnny Murphy couldn’t have been nicer,” Kranepool said. “But he wasn’t going to leave the house until I signed a contract. And he got me to sign for less than I wanted.” A few years earlier, Murphy was running the Red Sox farm system when several teams were bidding to sign a Notre Dame freshman named Carl Yastrzemski. Yastrzemski recalled: “There was no sales pitch. He didn’t offer the moon. I could’ve got more money from other clubs, but my father and I were so impressed with Mr. Murphy, with his sincerity and his honesty, we took less.” Which is a good moral for Van Wagenen: Given the Mets’ financial operations over recent years, less is almost always more.

Yankees From B1

balanced attack, right and left. They’ve got some athleticism out there. We know we’ve got to be on our game if we’re going to keep them in check.” The Yankees had trouble doing so Monday. They surrendered five home runs — four of them given up by starting pitcher CC Sabathia. Twins catcher Mitch Garver hit two. The Yankees were also on the short end of some unusual plays. In the first inning, first baseman Edwin Encarnacion hit into the Yankees’ first triple play in two years. Two innings later, the Twins scored a run with the bases loaded when Gary Sanchez was called for catcher’s interference while Nelson Cruz was batting. The biggest previous matchup between these two teams came during the 2017 playoffs. The Yankees won, 8-4, in the AL wild-card game thanks to home runs by Aaron Judge, Didi Gregorius and Gardner, as well as stout relief pitching after Luis Severino’s rough start. The win gave the Yankees a 13-2 postseason record against Minnesota. The Twins then endured a rough 2018 season, finishing 78-84. Led by Derek Falvey and Thad Levine, the front office hired a rookie manager, Rocco Baldelli, and retooled the roster, pouncing on short-term deals for Cruz, utility man Marwin Gonzalez, infielder Jonathan Schoop and Martin Perez, Monday’s

starting pitcher, to supplement a young core. Breakout seasons by younger players — Garver, Kepler and shortstop Jorge Polanco, who was suspended 80 games last season for testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug — have helped carry the team. “I decided to come here because of the chance to go to the postseason,” said Cruz, who signed a one year, $14 million deal. “And thankfully, we’re in a good situation and in the midst of the playoff fight.” The Twins’ starting rotation, which ranked fourth in baseball with a 3.70 ERA entering Monday, has been powered by two All-Stars, Jose Berrios and Jake Odorizzi, who is scheduled to start against the Yankees on Wednesday. Despite strong pitching in July, the Yankees’ rotation ranked 12th with a 4.19 ERA, prompting the front office to seek an upgrade before the July 31 trade deadline. Unlike the Yankees’ bullpen, which ranked second in baseball entering Monday with a 3.71 ERA, the Twins’ relief corps has struggled. It is among the biggest reasons for the team’s recent fade, and a weakness that could be exposed by the Yankees’ deep lineup. Minnesota’s bullpen ranked 13th in baseball with a 4.36 ERA entering Monday. Five of the Twins’ last six losses were determined by the bullpen, including a blown save by closer Taylor Rogers, who has otherwise been stellar with a 1.93 ERA and 15 saves. The unit held off the Yankees on Monday.

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USA Swimming relies on ‘secret weapon’ and analytics to get smarter, faster Rick Maese The Washington Post

GWANGJU, South Korea — At 9:45 p.m., Nathan Adrian was atop the medals podium with his teammates, accepting gold medals for their strong turn in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay at the FINA world championships. Adrian wasn’t even back to the athletes’ village yet when an email arrived at 10:11 p.m. Swimming the anchor leg, Adrian knew he had a good swim, posting a time of 47.08 seconds, the fastest on his team and the third-best among the event’s 32 swimmers. But the email went deeper. Suddenly, Adrian could see his stroke rate, stroke tempo and detailed split times, complete with charts and tables. And he could see how all those numbers compared with his previous big races over the past three years. “I wasn’t even ready to look at it yet, but it was all right there,” he said with a laugh. The email came from Russell Mark, USA Swimming’s high performance manager whose unique background and engineering smarts have helped American coaches and swimmers tap into detailed analytics and treat a simple sport like a complex science. “He’s kind of our secret weapon,” said Dave Durden, head coach of the U.S. men’s team competing at this week’s world championships. Mark’s job is to apply data and video to help the nation’s top swimmers shave tiny slivers of time in the water. Virtually every sport has undergone an analytics revolution of sorts in recent years, and Mark’s role is to help make USA Swimming faster by being a lot smarter. “I think swimming is at the infancy for this stuff,” he said “Even without data, we’re still learning about technique and how people can swim fastest. But when you add numbers and video, the possibilities are infinite right now.” Mark swam at the University of Virginia, where he studied aerospace engineering. He’d dreamed of someday working for NASA and becoming an astronaut. After college, he took a job with Pratt & Whitney, the aerospace manufacturing giant, and worked on mechanical systems in the company’s military division. Barely nine months into the job, he was stationed at a desk, fiddling with a computer. He came across a posting on USA Swimming’s website for a coaching fellowship. He soon walked away from a career where he was already making $65,000 right out of college for a swimming job that paid $1,000 per month. “It was only supposed to last a year,” he said.

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Nathan Adrian reacts after heat 9 of the Men’s 100 LC Meter Freestyle prelims during the 2018 USA Swimming Phillips 66 National Championships swim meet at William Woollet, Jr. Aqua Center.

Now 17 years later, Mark has worked with virtually every U.S. swimmer who’s competed on the national stage. At this week’s world championships, he’s especially busy, working nearly around the clock to dissect races. The 39-year-old Mark arrives at the pool early. During training sessions, he dips a GoPro camera into the water. He holds the other end of a stick and walks along the deck, recording swimmers as they make their laps. The video is instantly transferred to an iPad, and Mark can review with swimmers almost as soon as they get out of the water. When he first started at the organization, he’d never seen underwater video. In those early days, if coaches wanted to study a swimmer’s form and technique from below, they might use a weatherproof security camera with cables snaking out of the water, attached to a computer that would be pushed in a cart alongside the pool. Now Mark works almost in real-time with a library of clips from several meets stored on his iPad and laptop, ready at all times to dissect starts, turns, head position, form, arm and hand movement and leg kicks. “He has this eye - like a photographic memory for our strokes,” said Adrian, the five-time Olympic champion who has worked with Mark since he was 16. “He notices the smallest things.”

NBA notebook: Spurs hire Duncan as assistant coach Field Level Media

Tim Duncan will return to the San Antonio Spurs as an assistant coach in 2019-20. The team made the announcement Monday, also noting that Will Hardy joined head coach Gregg Popovich’s coaching staff. Duncan, 43, played 19 seasons with the Spurs and won five NBA championships playing for Popovich from 1997-2016. “It is only fitting, that after I served loyally for 19 years as Tim Duncan’s assistant, that he returns the favor,” Popovich joked. A 15-time All-Star and two-time Most Valuable Player, Duncan is the Spurs’ all-time leader in games (1,392), points (26,496), rebounds (15,091) and blocked shots (3,020). –The Washington Wizards are expected to offer All-Star guard Bradley Beal a threeyear, $111 million extension this week, although there are no indications he will accept immediately, ESPN reported. Beal, 26, still has two years and $55.8 million remaining on his current contract. He will be able to receive an extension offer on Friday and then would have until Oct. 21 to sign it. Beal’s agent Mark Bartelstein told ESPN that careful consideration would be given to any extension offer. Beal scored a career-best 25.6 points per game with 5.5 assists last season. In seven seasons with the Wizards, the former No. 3 overall selection in the 2012 draft has averaged 19.8 points and 3.7 assists. He was an All-Star in each of the past two seasons. –Wizards owner Ted Leonsis made official the leadership structure of Monumental Basketball, the newly formed umbrella organization for the Wizards, Washington Mystics of the WNBA, Capital City Go-Go and Wizards District Gaming. The group made it official that Tommy Sheppard will serve as general manager of the Wizards, while announcing that Sashi Brown will be the chief planning and operations officer for Monumental Basketball, and Daniel Medina will have the title of chief of athlete care and performance. Sheppard will lead strategy, analytics, player personnel, scouting and coaching for the Wizards, the Go-Go of the G-League

and District Gaming. Additionally, the organization hired former Georgetown and Princeton coach John Thompson III to head the newly formed athlete development and engagement department. –Kostas Antetokounmpo was awarded to the Los Angeles Lakers on a waiver claim. The younger brother of NBA Most Valuable Player Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks spent much of last season in the NBA G League. He was waived by the Dallas Mavericks. The 21-year-old Antetokounmpo, signed to a two-way contract by Dallas, appeared in two games last season with the Mavericks and another 40 games (25 starts) with the Texas Legends of the G League. He averaged 10.6 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 25.4 minutes with the Legends. –Philadelphia 76ers forward Tobias Harris became the latest player to withdraw from the Team USA roster for the upcoming World Cup in China. Harris, the sixth player to pull out, said he wanted to focus on preparing for the 2019-20 season, according to published reports. Harris signed a five-year, $180 million deal with the 76ers earlier this month. Washington shooting guard Bradley Beal withdrew earlier Monday, citing the upcoming birth of a son. Previously exiting were Anthony Davis of the Los Angeles Lakers, James Harden and Eric Gordon of the Houston Rockets and CJ McCollum of the Portland Trail Blazers. –Zion Williamson withdrew from the Team USA Select Team, closing the door on any chance he had of being promoted to the departure-ravaged main roster. No reason for Williamson’s exit was given by The Athletic, the entity that first reported the withdrawal. The Athletic cited managing director Jerry Colangelo as its source. Williamson, the No. 1 overall pick by the New Orleans Pelicans, was one of 10 “select” up-and-coming players chosen to participate in the Team USA training camp, which begins Aug. 5 in Las Vegas.

Mark sees things others might miss, applying some of the general principles from his previous line of work: physics, force production, fluid dynamics and fluid mechanics. “Engineering, in general, is problem solving,” he said, “seeing something, deconstructing it, reconstructing it, explaining it and all the pieces and components. That thought process is what has helped here.” During races, Mark is stationed high above the pool with an overhead camera. When a race ends, that’s often when Mark and his team spring into action. They’ll instantly review the footage, manually counting strokes by tapping a computer key over and over. They’ll be able to calculate the swimmer’s stroke rate (the number of strokes per minute) and stroke tempo (essentially how long it takes a swimmer to make a single stroke through the water). “Let’s say Katie Ledecky is swimming at a 1.15 or 1.20 tempo - so it takes her 1.2 seconds to move her arms in one cycle,” he explains. “What’s crazy is we’ll see that a difference from 1.20 seconds per cycle to an average of 1.22 seconds can change your speed by tenths of a second. We’re talking 0.02 seconds but over 20 cycles, that impacts your speed. So we’re thinking about ways we can get them to move their arms just a tiny bit faster.” They’ll also go through the video frame by

frame to collect times at different points in the race. They aren’t studying 50-meter splits. Instead, they’ll break that 50-meter lap into three segments: the first 15 meters, the middle 20 and the final 15. When they look for areas to improve, they might notice that an athlete can find fractions of a second in the middle of a lap or maybe need to maintain a higher stroke tempo on the final push to the wall. This week, for example, Andrew Wilson, an ardent student of the race data, was able to cut time in the first 15 meters of his breaststroke. And Mark noticed that Kelsi Dahlia got off to a slow start in an early heat of her 100 butterfly, so after studying video of past races, they met and discussed a tiny tweak. “It’s one thing to collect and give the data,” Mark said, “but I think the real challenge and opportunity is in understanding and connecting the data to action and performance.” Mark utilizes analytics to tackle bigger issues, too. He’d counted the number of Olympic swimming medalists the United States had produced from 2004-16. There were 13 backstrokers, seven breaststroke medalists and 11 individual medley specialists - but only four butterfly medal-winners. He then counted the U.S. finalists at the 2017 world championships and junior worlds with 16 possible spots available in each stroke. Sixteen American breaststrokers reached their respective finals, 14 backstrokers, 14 IM swimmers but only six butterfly swimmers. The end result: Mark, along with Mitch Dalton, the national junior team director, launched what they called “Butterfly Revolution” two years ago, a concerted effort to strengthen the stroke in the United States and create more depth across all levels. “I think we’re now in an exciting place,” he said. “We’re seeing some movement in butterfly in the U.S.” Over the course of a year, Mark travels around the country to meet with national team members and works closely with them when they come to Colorado Springs to train. He’ll be a key to the team’s push toward the Tokyo Olympics next summer, but also works with younger swimmers so that USA Swimming is competitive for years to come. “He’s been a consistent force with USA Swimming for such a long time,” said Greg Meehan, the U.S. women’s coach. “He’s always trying to get out in front in terms of stroke technique, race data, whatever is out there. He’s just always thinking about what’s next.”

Why many top hoops recruits won’t be at the NCAA’s new showcases Billy Witz The New York Times News Service

When federal authorities dropped a bombshell nearly two years ago with the announcement of a wide-ranging college basketball corruption investigation, the notoriously laborious NCAA leapt at an opportunity it had long been eyeing. Within weeks, it had marshaled a commission headed by Condoleezza Rice to seize control of the grassroots basketball world, whose bustling underground economy has been driven for years by money from shoe companies and agents. The NCAA also pulled in other basketball stakeholders: the NBA and its players union, USA Basketball, the national high school federation and the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The centerpiece of a report produced by the commission was an overhaul of the recruiting calendar to cut out the influence of shoe companies, agents and their grassroots basketball middlemen. The most ambitious component: the NCAA pouring close to $10 million into its own recruiting showcases — four regional academies that would gather more than 1,500 of the best high school players in the country. Over two four-day sessions, the prospects would play games against each other in front of college coaches but would also have development and educational sessions. Travel, food and lodging expenses would be covered for players and a parent or guardian. But with the academies starting this week, there is one problem — virtually none of the top players in the country plan to go. “Only the NCAA can take a screwed-up situation in the recruiting landscape and make it

worse,” said Dinos Trigonis, who for more than 20 years has operated travel teams and leagues in Southern California. “These camps are full of Division III players and the NCAA is paying for them.” There are myriad reasons few top players will be at the camps, which are at UConn, Illinois, Houston and Grand Canyon: a conflict with this week’s USA Basketball Junior National Team camp; some states’ high school federations, like Wisconsin’s, prohibiting families from accepting NCAA travel reimbursements; and some players wanting a break after months of bouncing around the country. It did not help that the process for earning an invitation to the camps was rife with conflicts of interest: Players had to nominate themselves, then were chosen by college coaches. Several coaches noted that lower-level schools were incentivized to not vote for an under-the-radar prospect, lest he be discovered by a more prominent school. Meanwhile, the NCAA announced only in the past week who would be doing the teaching and which players would be attending the camps, leaving college coaches scrambling to decide which camps (if any) would be worth attending. There is an even more basic problem: Some middlemen close to elite players — people who might have been directing or receiving the type of “strongass offer” that LSU coach Will Wade described on an FBI wiretap — are unlikely to want their standouts receiving tutorials. “That’s probably happening,” said Mike Brey, the Notre Dame coach and president of the NABC. Brey said the NCAA has to prove to players that the new camps are worthwhile. “We’re going to have to show a product,

and that’s why this summer — organizationally, who’s coaching, who’s teaching — has to be good to sell that next group of kids, like, ‘Whoa, that’s a cool thing to do.’” That may take some doing. The changes — which have reduced the number of shoe company-sponsored events while adding the academies and two weekends when recruiters can watch players with their high school teams — are still developing, said Dan Gavitt, the vice president of men’s basketball for the NCAA. The point, he said, was to diminish the power of for-profit third parties, like influence peddlers who ingratiate themselves to talented prospects or tournament operators who charge coaches $500 for admission and rosters that include player phone numbers. Gavitt said prospects also needed to learn about eligibility issues, life skills and professional opportunities, especially if the NBA changes its rules to once again allow players to be drafted directly out of high school. Some college coaches at the Peach Jam said two weekends were too many and some key states — like California and Texas — did not have approval from their state federations to run tournaments. Typically, coaches from top Division I programs attend tournaments like the Peach Jam, which is run by Nike. Others are no longer on the calendar, like one run by Adidas in Las Vegas and another in Kansas City, Missouri, by Under Armour. Seeing a broader variety of players — but generally lesser ones — during the high school weekends in June and the NCAA academies in July is not helpful to the prominent programs.

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APULLUM FARMING LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/03/2019. Office loc: Greene County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 5824 80th Street, Middle Village, NY 11379. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. ASHLAND SETTLEMENT HOLDING, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/28/19. Office: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 1108 Van Buren Place, Baldwin, NY 11510. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Columbia Street Management, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 5/7/2019. Cty: Columbia. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 876 Columbia Street, Hudson, NY 10018. General Purpose. DOYLE'S TAVERN ON 145 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/10/19. Office: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 737 2nd Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. FIRST ROCK EQUITIES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/13/19. Office: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 1077 Route 23A, Catskill, NY 12414. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. FIVE FURLONGS TAVERN LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/10/19. Office: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 737 2nd Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Legal Notice Notice of Public Hearing Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held at the office of the Columbia County Civil Service Commission, 401 State St., Hudson, N.Y. 12534, on Tuesday, August 13th, 2019 at 9:50 A.M. to amend the Columbia County Civil Service Commission Rules and Appendices as provided in Civil Service Law, Section 20, Subdivision (2). A detailed copy of this amendment is available for inspection at the Columbia County Civil Service Office, 401 State St., Hudson, N.Y. 12534. Open 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Civil Service Commission of Columbia County Dated: July 18, 2019 Attest:Rebecca Vinchiarello, Administrator Columbia County Civil Service 401 State Street Hudson, NY 12534

LegitSkin LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/19/19. Office: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 45 S River St. Apt 2 Coxsackie NY 12051. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Minhas Estates LLC Arts. of Org. filed w/ SSNY 6/14/19. Off. in COLU Co. SSNY desig. as agt. of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, PO Box 98, Chatham, NY 12037. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company. Notice of Formation of Clipper K9 Bed Bug Detection Services, LLC, a Domestic Limited Liability Company. Articles of Organization filed with Secy, of State of NY on June 18, 2019. Office location: Columbia County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to, Clipper K9 Bed Bug Detection Services, LLC, P.O. Box 447, Valatie, New York. The business purpose of the company is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under the laws of the State of New York. Notice of formation of ISBY CONSTRUCTION LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) June 5, 2019. Office location: Greene Co., NY; SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 189 Beers Road, Earlton, NY 12058. Purpose: any lawful activity NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Meadowlark Supply Co. LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York on August 8, 2018. Office location: Columbia County. Legal Zoom has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Legal Zoom shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC to Meadowlark Supply Co. LLC, PO Box 108, Hillsdale, New York 12529. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Articles of Organization of Big Mountain Builders and General Contracting, LLC ("LLC") filed with the Secretary of State of New York ("SSNY") on May 31, 2019, effective on the date of filing. Office Location: Greene County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 9 Steephill Road, Ashland, New York 12407, which shall be the principal business location. The purpose for which the LLC is formed is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the NYS Limited Liability Company Notice is hereby given Law. that a license, number "pending" for beer, Notice of Formation of wine, and cider at retail RRBB LLC. Arts of in a restaurant under Org. filed with NY Secy the Alcoholic Beverage of State (SSNY) on Control Law at 3018 4/3/19. Office location: County. Main Street, Valatie, in Columbia Columbia County for SSNY is designated as on premises consump- agent of LLC upon tion. Victoria Castella- whom process against nos Ortiz, Magdalena's it may be served. SSNY shall mail proMenu.

cess to: 17 Fairview Ave, Chatham, NY 12037. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of SHL Vistas LLC, Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on June 14, 2019. Office location: Greene County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC at Unit 1095, 92 Randy Road, Athens, New York 12015. Purpose: any lawful activity. NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF GREENE U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF8 MASTER PA R T I C I PAT I O N TRUST, Plaintiff, AGAINST JOANN CORNWELL, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS POSSIBLE HEIR OF THE ESTATE BRUCE A. CORNWELL, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered on May 13, 2019. I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Greene County Courthouse, 320 Main Street, Catskill, NY 12414 on July 31, 2019 at 9:15 AM premises known as 724 GREEN LAKE RD, CATSKILL, NY 12414. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Athens, County of Greene and State of New York. Section 103.00, Block 4, and Lot 9. Approximate amount of judgment $186,237.85 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #1700544. Max N. Zacker, Esq., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLP - Attorneys for Plaintiff 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747 RINEAR INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/23/19. Office: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 421 Mercer Mountain Road, East Chatham, NY 12060. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: GREENE COUNTY. JOHN SHLONSKY, Pltf. vs. KYLE OWEN BYRNE A/K/A KYLE

BYRNE, et al, Defts. Index #18-0222. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered Dec. 12, 2018, I will sell at public auction at the Greene County Courthouse, 320 Main St., Catskill, NY on August 28, 2019 at 9:15 a.m. prem. k/a 100 Windy Ridge Road, Elka Park a/k/a Hunter, NY, North Lake Road, Hunter, NY and 1957 Route 296, Hunter, NY a/k/a Section 182, Block 3 and Lot 19.2, Section 167, Block 2 and Lot 7.21 and Section 147.00, Block 2 and Lot 2. Parcel I - Beginning at a point marked by a stake driven into the ground on the East side of the State Highway running between the Village of Hunter and Hensonville, said point beginning being 23.4 ft. NW from a telephone pole market NYT Co. No. 542 and being nearly opposite of a farm house belonging to one Benson; Thence NE, 747.45 ft. to a point marked by an iron pipe driven into the ground with stones piled around it; Thence NW, 421.1 ft. to a point marked by a stake driven into the ground with stones piled around, and then continued NW, 39 ft. to the center of the aforesaid main State Highway; Thence along the center of the highway in a Southerly direction about 747.5 ft. to a point in the center of the Highway; Thence SE, 21 ft. and passing through a small telephone pole on the East edge of the Highway to the point and place of Beginning. Parcel II All that certain parcel of land described as "Lot 1," containing 13.346 acres of land, as depicted upon that certain Survey Map by Vanucchi Associates, dated April 30, 2006, entitled "Survey for Dale O'Bryon (Two Lot Subdivision)", which map was filed in the Greene County Clerk's Office on January 7, 2009, in EASI-J, as Map No. 2009-1. Parcel III - Beginning at a point marked by a stone on end in a wall line marking the Northwest corner of lands of James W. and Helen R. Rose and being in the East bounds of a 50 ft. right of way; Running thence along East bounds of said right of way, NE, 412.37 ft. to a point therein; Thence along the lands of Brian and Lynn Byrne SE, 226.66 ft. to a point marking Southwest corner of land of Richard W. and Frances E. Palmer; Thence along other lands of said Bryne, SW, 422.72 ft. to a

point in a stonewall marking the North bounds of land of said Rose; Thence along said wall, the following 2 courses and distances: North 130.83 ft. and NW, 95.96 ft. to the point or place of Beginning. Containing 2,164 acres of land. Approx. amt. of judgment is $249,342.32 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. MAX ZACKER, Referee. CERTILMAN, BALIN, ADLER & HYMAN, LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 100 Motor Parkway, Ste. 156, Hauppauge, NY. #97352 RIVERFILMS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/28/19. Office in Columbia Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 131 West 28 ST Apt 6D New York, NY 10001. Purpose: Any lawful activity. The name of the LLC is Glam Restaurant Group, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on May 16, 2019. New York office location: 1774 Route 9 #1, Town of Clermont, County of Columbia 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: Glam Restaurant Group, LLC; P.O. Box 468, Germantown, New York 12526. 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. STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT : COUNTY OF COLUMBIA EMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF HARLEMVILLE, NY a/k/a GERMAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SAINT EMMANUEL’S CHURCH 5811 Heritage Landing Drive, 1st Floor East Syracuse, New York 13057 Plaintiff, Plaintiff designates Columbia County as the place of trial. SUMMONS Index No. 13902-19 The basis of venue is Plaintiff’s location.

v. HEIRS of ELIZA STEMPEL and LETITIA A. JAMES, in her capacity as Attorney General of the State of New York The Capitol Albany, New York 12224 Defendants. TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s attorney(s) within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated: Buffalo, New York January 4, 2019 GROSS SHUMAN P.C. By: Jeffrey A. Human, Esq. Katherine M. Liebner, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff Office and P. O. Address 465 Main Street, Suite 600 Buffalo, New York 14203 Tel: (716) 854-4300 Doc #71 NOTICE TO DEFENDANTS TO: THE PURPORTED HEIRS OF ELIZA STEMPEL The foregoing summons is hereby served upon you by publication pursuant to the Orders of the Honorable Andrew G. Ceresia, J.S.C. dated March 7, 2019, April 29, 2019, and June 27, 2019 and filed in the

Columbia County Clerk's Office at Hudson, New York. The above-entitled action is a declaratory judgment action to extinguish a reverter pursuant to Section 1955 of the Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law. The affected property is situate at County Road #21, Hillsdale, New York 12529 (Tax Map No. 105.00-1-31) commonly known as Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Harlemville, NY a/k/a German Evangelical Lutheran Saint Emmanuel's Church. If judgment is taken by default, only injunctive relief will be sought. Jeffrey A. Human, Esq. GROSS SHUMAN P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 465 Main Street, Suite 600 Buffalo, New York 14203 Tel: (716) 854-4300

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and say ‘coach, I’m at the train station, can you come grab me?’ He’s dedicated, he didn’t miss any practices. He’s a leader. His leadership skills on the court are head and shoulders above anybody I’ve seen at 12 years old. It’s really not like a game for him. He takes it serious and wants to use this to get him somewhere. “It’s a big commitment to ask somebody to do that at 12, but he does it with a smile on his face. I feel Hudson has a talented kid on their hands coming up and I just hope the city embraces him because it’s going to be a blessing to see a kid with that skill set.” The train travel and hard work is not a problem in Moore’s eyes. “I want to do this for my life,” Moore said. “I love the game and my goal is to go to the NBA one day, so I have to work hard.” Now that school is out for the summer, Moore has been staying with Miller in Albany. “He’s been up here with me since school ended and he’s up in the morning running a mile and getting his shots up ahead of practice. He’s staying up here in Albany with me for the summer and he’s not crying to go home or anything. His father, Darien Sr., is my friend and he calls me and asks how he’s doing and I tell him he’s doing great. He’s doing what no other player around here is doing. “The team we have right now is so talented, we’ve got the best kids in the area on this team and he’s standing out. He’s first in every drill, first in the gym, he wants to be there. I’m telling people that this kid is special. He’s going to be the next big thing to come out of Hudson, not even just Hudson, but the 518 period. He’s bigger, stronger and willing to do the work.” A strong work ethic is something that was instilled in Moore at an early age. His great-uncle Vern Cross recalls the 4 a.m. workouts he put together for Moore when he was nine years-old. “He would stay at my Mom’s house and I would tell him I was going to beep the horn twice and if he didn’t come out it was over,” Cross said. “The first time I did that, I beeped the horn and he didn’t come out, but I went in to see what was going on. I go in and he fell back asleep fully dressed with all his basketball stuff on. “I wake him up and I tell him ‘I not going to train you like a nine-year old. I’m going to

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Hudson’s Darien Moore Jr. (standing, second from left) and his 4th Family AAU teammates and coaches.

train you like a college player. We’re going to do some things you are not going to like, but I promise you, if you do the things I ask you to do you’ll be better.’ I said ‘are you OK with that and he said yes.’ So from that day on he was never late for a practice. He would work out with me on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 4 a.m. It was all for the mental part of the game.” Cross was impressed with Moore’s ability to absorb everything that was thrown at him. “I started teaching him things that normal 11 and 12 year-olds don’t do,” Cross said. “On defense, I’d tell him, ‘you are the defensive point guard. So that means when anybody comes in the game, you need to make the matchups right, you need to call out your defenses.’ You don’t see that in 12 year-olds. You don’t see it in high school, you don’t even see it in grown ups. Payday has the full package and he’s a smart kid.”

Cross coached Moore’s fifth and sixth grade Hudson AAU team two years ago and was happy to see him get a chance to show what he can do in Albany. “It was good for Payday to go to Abar because Abar is an excellent coach. Payday has grit and that’s something you just can’t teach. He is a very good baseball player and always played up, but he decided to focus on basketball 110%. “To this day, when he’s in Hudson on the weekend he will text me, ‘Uncle, can we work out?’ We’ll go out and work on basics, on fundamentals. I really think if he continues to grow, and I know he will, Payday actually has a shot to make it to the league.” Another of Moore’s former Hudson AAU coaches, Isiah Heard, agrees with Cross. “Darien has a drive to win like no other,” Heard said. “He is a very coachable player and makes his teammates better on and off the court. As his

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Hardwork and dedication is paying off for Hudson’s Darien Moore Jr., who was recently named Most Valauable Player at the Zero Gravity 12U National Championship in Boston while playing for 4th Family of Albany.

coach for a small period of time, I watched him get better every day. Drills or a pick-up game, he’s smart with the ball and sees the floor very well. He’s a joy to watch with a ball in his hand. Definitely up next and can’t wait to see what’s in

store for him.” Miller feels Moore’s game will continue to develop through the years. “I think the sky’s the limit for him,” Miller said. “Honestly, at times, I hold him back. There are other kids on the

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team that are talented, too, and we have a well-rounded team, so sometimes I will hold him back, but at nationals or in some big games, I turn him loose and tell him now it’s time to go. Right now, I’m giving him more roles. With him, it’s more teaching and he’s learning. “I’m OK with everything he is doing for the team this year. Last year he was good, he was a scoring machine. This year he’s more well-rounded, he does everything. He rebounds, hits the open shot, he makes free throws. Sometimes I won’t stat him, he’ll come in off the bench and he still has that same positive attitude You’ll get the same thing from him if he plays 40 minutes or two minutes. His approach to the game is real different. I haven’t seen anyone approach the game at 12 years old like that probably ever.” Moore’s dedication and passion for the game has not gone unnoticed by his 4th Family teammates. “Payday just doesn’t get himself better he gets the whole team better,” Xaul Arroyo said. “He brings a lot of positive energy to our team. No matter the situation of the game he is cheering on the court and off. After learning how far he travels to be on our team, first, I thought coach must be a great coach and second, I thought he was determined to be a great basketball player.” “Payday is a smart, hardworking teammate,” Terrence Robinson said. “He pushes you to make you work hard and he wants his teammates to push themselves and be successful.” Moore is keeping busy this summer by attending several camps, including the Future Phenom Camp in New Jersey on August 25. “I’m anxious to see what he can do at that camp. All the top players in the country will be there,” Miller said. “I told him this camp could change his situation. Basketball has taken him to a lot of places already at 12 years old that people haven’t been to. “I always tell Payday that everything he’s going through right now is for something. He’ll have a story to tell, and if you don’t tell your own story somebody is going to tell it for you.” As busy as he’s been, Moore doesn’t plan on slowing down anytime soon. “I’m excited about the future,” Moore said. “I just have to keep on working so I can keep getting better and keep my head in the game and during school I have to work to keep my grades up.”

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Recent revelation of affair threatens to break up family I just found out that my boyfriend of 12 years slept with my stepmother last year. She doesn’t know I know, and now that I do, I struggle with it. Should I tell my dad what I found out, confront her or let sleeping dogs lie? I am deeply hurt. I feel like my heart has been torn out. How can I forgive and forget this? DEAR ABBY Wounded In Utah

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How did you happen upon this news? Did your boyfriend tell you? Unless you are absolutely certain it’s true, do nothing. If you ARE certain, get rid of this poor excuse for a “boyfriend.” And tell your father and stepmother what you know and how hurt you are. You always tell us to consider whether we would be better off with or without somebody. What if it’s your sister? My sister and I are of retirement age and had a falling out. I felt she had become too needy, and she was very hurt when I told her so. She is awaiting my apology, which has been the pattern of our lives. Although we live 30 miles apart, I have no desire to contact her. Because I was usually the one she went to for advice and companionship, I feel guilty for “abandoning” her and often wonder if she’s OK. We are both healthy and self-sufficient. I love her because she’s my sister, but I can truly say my life is easier and less complicated without her. The thought of contacting her is too much to bear. On the other hand, she’s my sister. Better Off In Colorado

You say your life is better off and less complicated without your needy sibling, and that you have no desire to contact her. OK. So what exactly is your question? Are you waiting for me to “order” you to call her and apologize? The price for that will be shouldering again the burden of her neediness. If you’re worried about how she’s doing, ask someone who is in touch with her. But hold a good thought. If you have heard nothing, she’s probably fine. Bad news has a way of traveling fast. When we got married, I thought even though he told “everyone” he did it because he had to, that he truly did love me. But as the years have passed, I have realized that maybe he was telling the truth and he did marry me for that reason rather than for love. I feel unloved most of the time. Lately, I have been thinking maybe it’s time to just move on. What’s your advice? Feeling Torn Rather than dwell on something your husband said in the past, raise the subject again. And when you do, tell him you are doing it because you feel unloved most of the time. If he tells you he meant it then and still feels that way, my advice is to ask yourself if this is the kind of marriage you want for the rest of your life. Some women are so afraid of the unknown that they would stay in this kind of marriage, regardless of the pain. Because I assume you have a child, you and your husband need to figure out if you can improve your relationship. If not, then it may be time to move on.

Skip this procedure when seeking sexual solution I am 65, and my lady friend is 60. We are still sexually active. However, intercourse is uncomfortable and painful for her. I’ve found a website that talks about a laser procedure that is supposed to be the “holy grail” to make intercourse enjoyable again. Is it safe, what is the efficacy of the TO YOUR treatment? I’ve done the usual GOOD HEALTH internet research but am not sure what to believe. I might add that we have tried different lubricants and non-hormonal creams (such as Replens) with little success. I’m aware that there are hormonal-based treatments and would like comments on them if there is time. With this treatment, I am concerned about estrogen during sexual activity.

DR. KEITH ROACH

I’m not (yet) a believer in laser vaginal regeneration techniques. The Food and Drug Administration has recently issued a warning about these devices: “These products have serious risks and don’t have adequate evidence to support their use” for sexual function. There are also reports of adverse effects, including pain and bleeding. On the other hand, I have read reports from a gynecologist who has had good results from the procedure. I still can’t recommend laser treatment until I see published data on its effectiveness. At least one study has been completed but is not yet published. Painful intercourse in women is a complicated subject. One common cause is atrophic vaginitis. Vaginal estrogen is an effective treatment for this,

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and it might be appropriate for your lady friend. I would definitely recommend she find an expert on pelvic pain in women,. If she does use vaginal estrogen, you should avoid intercourse of any kind immediately after she applies the cream. Estrogen can be absorbed by men through the skin, and although the blood levels are low in male partners of women using vaginal estrogen, there may be effects that weren’t seen in a short study on the subject. Only a small amount of vaginal estrogen is absorbed into the body: The rest will remain in the vagina for some period of time. Since most women will use vaginal estrogen one to three times weekly (after initial daily use for one to two weeks), not having oral or penetrative intercourse on the day of vaginal estrogen use would be safest.

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Horoscope By Stella Wilder Born today, you are one of the most evenkeeled individuals born under your sign, as you are almost always calm, controlled, rational and realistic in your views about yourself and the world around you. You are never a slave to your own passions, and you have a calming influence over those around you — particularly those who know you well and who seek out your company. There may be those who think that you do not hold yourself in high regard because you do not boast, brag or otherwise toot your own horn. This is a mistake, of course, for you are proud and content with who you are. You believe that everyone has a right to his or her opinion. You can be close friends with one who disagrees with you, and a bitter enemy to one whose principles are aligned with your own. You believe friendship is a product of personality. Also born on this date are: Jennifer Lopez, singer and actress; Amelia Earhart, pioneer aviator; Kristin Chenoweth, actress; Anna Paquin, actress; Lynda Carter, actress; Barry Bonds, baseball player; Rose Byrne, actress. To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide. THURSDAY, JULY 25 LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Now is no time to point fingers and fix blame; rather, you will want to solve the problem at hand and move forward as quickly as possible. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You’ve been assigned a task that must be completed before the day is out. It’s likely that you will have to move something else to a back burner. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Others may accuse you of overindulgence, but today you want to give

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B8 Wednesday, July 24, 2019 Close to Home

SUPER QUIZ

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

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Birds in words Level 1

Find the name of a bird in the given word. (e.g., Scooter. Answer: Coot.) Freshman level 1. Scowl 2. Wrench 3. Trailer Graduate level 4. Pattern 5. Probing 6. Percheron PH.D. level 7. Demure 8. Hibiscus 9. Holdover

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

Answer here:

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

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

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Solution to Tuesday’s puzzle

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. Owl. 2. Wren. 3. Rail. 4. Tern. 5. Robin. 6. Heron. 7. Emu. 8. Ibis. 9. Dove. 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 Passing craze 4 Sphinx site 9 Bed with bars 13 Zilch 14 Cake ingredient 15 Plastic fishing bait 16 Prohibits 17 Catch __; take a nap 19 Muhammad __ 20 __ over; reads intently 21 Malaise 22 Rush 24 __ McMuffin; fastfood breakfast 25 Keg outlet 27 Populous Ukrainian city 30 Lockup lineup 31 Hunger pains 33 Know-__; expertise 35 One __; multivitamin brand 36 __ up; add 37 __ off; left suddenly 38 Arm art 39 “Sweet __ from Pike” 40 Letter after eta 41 Finds out 43 __ salad 44 __ ahead; make progress 45 Whitney or McKinley 46 Think alike 49 Rose Parade entry 51 Pelosi’s title: abbr. 54 Like a disparaging statement 56 False witness 57 Dad’s sister 58 Banquet 59 Auctioneer’s word 60 Brooklyn team 61 Autry & Wilder 62 Word of disgust DOWN 1 Farm newborn 2 Wipe out entirely 3 Plaines precede

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4 Attempt 5 “Mine eyes have seen the __…” 6 Days of __; yesteryear 7 __ up with; tolerates 8 Endeavor 9 Adheres 10 Ladder step 11 Aggravates 12 A-one 13 Org. for Raptors & Rockets 18 Earnings 20 Pluses 23 Hideous 24 Jittery 25 Jazz style 26 Ride a bike 27 “For Your Eyes __”; 007 film 28 On a __; with meager funds 29 Aneurysm site, often 31 Nixon & Morita 32 Gore and his dad 34 __ away; erode 36 Camp shelter

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Tuesday’s Puzzle Solved

Non Sequitur

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