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COXSACKIE — Without fanfare or a formal groundbreaking ceremony, construction began last week on the new Greene County Jail. The new jail will be built off Route 9W near the Coxsackie and Greene correctional facilities. Under recent criminal justice reforms, the bed count was dropped to 48, with a projected cost savings of $3.5 million. County lawmakers

will decide whether to cut expenses from the $8.1 million county contribution or from the $39 million U.S. Department of Agriculture bond. Bellamy Construction Co. of Scotia will begin the project by laying the ground work for the other contractors, Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden said. “The contractor will be doing all the utilities; putting in the water and sewer lines and cutting a service entry or driveway,” he said. “They will map out the footprint for the

jail.” Construction trailers will also be brought on-site to house crews, Groden said. “Construction is expected to take 18 to 24 months, depending on the weather,” he said. At the same time, the village of Coxsackie will be increasing the capacity of its wastewater treatment plant. “We have been in a moratorium since 2005,” Coxsackie Village Mayor Mark Evans See JAIL A8

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The village of Coxsackie held a groundbreaking ceremony May 18 for its wastewater treatment plant. The increase in capacity will allow the new jail to hook up to the plant.

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County clerks across New York state are rising up in opposition to the Green Light Bill, passed last month, which gives undocumented immigrants the ability to obtain standard driver’s licenses.

By Melanie Lekocevic Columbia-Greene Media

ALBANY — When the state passed the Green Light bill in June it became the 13th in the nation to adopt legislation enabling undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses — an issue that has been politically divisive and debated for years at the state level. But though the law has not gone into effect, it is already being challenged as a growing coalition of county clerks say they will refuse to issue licenses, and they are threatening to take their fight to court. “You are asking me to give a government document to somebody who is in our country breaking federal law. That is 100% wrong,” said Joseph Jastrzemski, the Niagara County clerk. “It compromises my oath of office to defend the Constitution.” Columbia County Clerk Holly C. Tanner said that while she opposes the law, she will carry it out if it goes into effect in December. “I was opposed to the bill for a number of reasons, especially regarding implementation,” Tanner said. “But we are a land of laws and if it is found to be upheld through the various legal challenges, my

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Driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants are at the center of a controversy between state lawmakers and some county clerks.

Bowery Creek Bridge to be replaced By Sarah Trafton Columbia-Greene Media

DURHAM — Residents and visitors will need to be mindful of a detour coming up after the Independence Day holiday weekend. Greene County has hired Advanced Enterprise Concrete & Excavation Inc. to replace a steel-deck bridge over Bowery Creek on Sunside Road. The project is expected to take about 10 weeks and is budgeted at $139,400. “We’re waiting until after the Fourth because of Blackthorne,” Deputy Highway Superintendent Scott Templeton said. “We didn’t want to impact them during the holiday.” Sunside Road connects Blackthorne Resort to Route 145. “The problem is severe deterioration to the stringers on the bridge,” Templeton said. “The stringers will be replaced with pre-cast box beams with

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A view of Durham’s Bowery Creek Bridge, which will be fully replaced in about 10 weeks at a cost of $139,400.

an asphalt overlay.” Stringers are the supports beneath the bridge that run parallel to the

roadway. By replacing the metal decking with asphalt, the bridge will no longer have

any weight restrictions, Templeton said. The pre-construction bridge was limited to 20 tons. “There will be a full detour either down Route 31 to 20 or Jennings Road to Sunside Road,” Templeton said. “It was quicker to close the bridge and do a complete replacement than stage construction.” The detours are fairly short, Templeton added. Other large projects on the horizon include paving of County Route 12 in Windham for the bicycle lane this fall and a culvert replacement on County Route 2 in Lexington, Templeton said. “We will get bids back next week [for Lexington] and should start late August or September,” he said. The Lexington project will involve a full detour will the Windham project will have alternating traffic patterns.

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WASHINGTON — National Park Service acting director P. Daniel Smith faces plenty of looming priorities this summer, from an $11 billion backlog in maintenance needs to natural disasters like the recent wildfire damage to Big Bend Park. But in recent days, another issue has competed for Smith’s attention: how to satisfy President Donald Trump’s request to station tanks or other armored military vehicles on the Mall for his planned July Fourth address to the nation. The ongoing negotiations over whether to use massive military hardware, such as Abrams tanks or Bradley fighting vehicles, as a prop for Trump’s “Salute to America” is just one of many unfinished details when it comes to the celebration planned for Thursday, according to several people briefed on the plan, who requested anonymity to speak frankly. White House officials intend to give out tickets for attendees to sit in a VIP section and watch Trump’s speech, but did not develop a distribution system before much of the staff left for Asia last week, according to two administration officials. Officials are also still working on other key crowd management details, such as how to get attendees through magnetometers in an orderly fashion. Traditionally, major gatherings on the Mall, including inauguration festivities and a jubilee commemorating the start of a new millennium, have featured a designated event producer. But in this case, the producer is the president himself. Trump has demonstrated an unusual level of interest in this year’s Independence Day observance, according to three senior administration officials. He has received regular briefings about it from Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, according to the people briefed on the plan, and has weighed in on everything from how the pyrotechnics should be launched to how the military should be honored. As a result, the administration has organized a far more ambitious celebration than was originally planned, at a yet-tobe specified additional cost to taxpayers. Two major fireworks firms have donated a pyrotechnic show valued at $750,000, for example, but the Park Service will have to pay employees overtime to clean up the remnants of that display. The fireworks have also been moved to a new location in West Potomac Park at Trump’s urging. Trump has also spurred the use of military aircraft for a flyover, including one of the jetliners used as Air Force One. In addition, the Navy’s Blue Angels were supposed to have a break between a performance in Davenport, Iowa, on June 30 and one in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 6, but will now be flying in Washington on the 4th. The White House declined to comment on the ongoing plans. Asked about the discussions about using armored vehicles and the projected overall costs of the event, Interior officials also declined to publicly comment. They noted that the department issued an updated itinerary announcing the timing of the president’s speech as well as additional details on the military performance and 35-minute fireworks display. “This is going to be a fantastic Fourth of July with increased access across the National Mall for the public to enjoy music, flyovers, a spectacular fireworks display, and an address by our

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The stage and bleachers for President Trump’s July Fourth address on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on June 28, 2019.

Commander-in-Chief,” Bernhardt said in the news release. Trump has been fixated since early in his term with putting on a military-heavy parade or other celebration modeled on France’s Bastille Day celebration, which he attended in Paris in 2017. Trump angrily backed off plans for a grand Veterans Day parade down Pennsylvania Avenue in 2018 amid concerns from Washington officials over costs and potential road damage from military vehicles. The type of armored tactical vehicles under consideration for this year’s July Fourth celebration can weigh 60 tons or more, and some, such as Abrams tanks, have tracks that can be particularly damaging. The Pentagon is aware of Trump’s interest in having armored vehicles involved and is weighing having static displays of them during the celebration, defense officials said. Advocates for the Park Service as well as some Democratic lawmakers and D.C. officials have questioned why the federal government is devoting resources to the event given constrained budgets and other demands. “It’s irresponsible to ask the National Park Service to absorb the costs of an additional and political event when there are so many unmet needs in the parks,” said Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks Chair Phil Francis, whose group represents current, former and retired Park Service employees and volunteers, in an email. “The men and women of the National Park Service have been asked to do more with less for too long. Funds should be directed to the agency’s highest needs such as operation of the parks and the maintenance backlog and should not be directed to support political objectives.” Trump’s decision to transform the nation’s long-standing Fourth of July celebration provided an opportunity for fireworks firms like Grucci Fireworks, the family-run Long Island company that has produced shows to celebrate Independence Day in major cities around the world as well as ones at different Trump properties. As soon as the president tweeted about the idea in February, the firm’s president, Felix “Phil” Grucci Jr., recalled in a phone interview, he began sketching out a possible show. “I made some design renders for what we would do,” Grucci said, adding that he had expected there would be a designated point person for the show, as there has been for other federal observances.

“We were originally thinking there would be an announcement of what the project would be for the event,” he added. Instead, Grucci — who has teamed up with Phantom Fireworks CEO Bruce Zoldan, a major supplier of consumer fireworks in the U.S. — reached out directly to the White House. Grucci said he did not recall the names of his firm’s White House contacts, but said he did not speak directly to the president. The Park Service already had a multiyear contract with Garden State Fireworks to launch fireworks on the Mall for the Fourth of July. While the cost varies per year, it was $271,374 in 2018. Administration officials discussed whether they could cancel the existing contract to accept the new donation and save taxpayers money, according to two government officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. But they concluded they could not break off the agreement with Garden State, these officials said, and instead opted to provide a show that will be roughly twice as long as last year’s. “There was always a question of how the performance we were designing and envisioning how it would integrate with the existing Park Service show,” Grucci said. “We weren’t thinking we were going to replace that performance at any means.” The upcoming pyrotechnics show will include several new elements, including a massive American flag and the words “U.S.A.” spelled out in the sky. The only comparable event on the Mall in recent decades is “America’s Millennium Celebration: A Celebration for the Nation,” an effort commissioned by then-president Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Clinton to mark the start of the 21st century. The festivities, organized by their friend and fundraiser Terry McAuliffe and White House Social Secretary Capricia Marshall, took place on Dec. 31, 1999 and Jan. 1, 2000, and included a concert on the Mall, an appearance by the Clintons, a fireworks show and presentations at multiple museums. McAuliffe said in an interview that the effort raised roughly $4

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million in private donations, and was closely coordinated with the Park Service and other federal agencies. But he emphasized that it was different from Salute to America, because the Clintons played only a modest role in it. “The Clintons did not take over a decades, century-old celebration of the nation and insert themselves in the middle of it,” he said, adding that the president did not weigh in on any of the decisions and Hillary Clinton only initiated the event because other countries were preparing similar celebrations. “Once she knew it was up and running, she was not involved in it at all,” said McAuliffe, who went on to serve as Virginia’s governor. “They showed up for the day, and were very happy.” In a phone interview last week, Zoldan said that he hoped the Salute to America would bring people together rather than prove divisive. “We wanted to do it as a gift to America,” Zoldan said. “We wanted to give back for this special great time to do bring people together again, by celebrating America’s birthday.” Anti-Trump protesters, including the group Code Pink, are negotiating with Park Service officials over whether a massive “Trump Baby” balloon they want to fly will comply with flight restrictions that will be in place over the Mall during the Fourth. But at least one protest is going forward: a group of senior citizens living at The Residences at Thomas Circle will hold a singalong at the same time as Trump’s speech, in a gathering they’ve dubbed, “Make Americans Friends Again.” The Washington Post’s Dan Lamothe contributed to this report. COLUMBIA-GREENE MEDIA The Register-Star/The Daily Mail are publishedTuesday through Saturday mornings by Columbia-Greene Media (USPS 253620), One Hudson City Centre, Suite 202, Hudson, NY 12534, a subsidiary of Johnson Newspaper Corp. Periodicals postage paid at Hudson, N.Y., and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Register-Star, One Hudson City Centre, Suite 202, Hudson, NY 12534. TO SUBSCRIBE To order a subscription, call our circulation department at (800) 724-1012 or logon to www.hudsonvalley360.com SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Digital Pass is included with print subscription Daily (Newsstand) $1.50 Saturday (Newsstand) $2.50 Carrier Delivery (3 Months) $71.50 Carrier Delivery (6 Months) $143.00 Carrier Delivery (1 Year) $286.00 EZ Pay Rates: 3 months $65.00 6 months $130.00 1 year $260.00 DIGITAL PASS ONLY RATES: Includes full access to HudsonValley360.com and the e-edition. 3 Months $30.00 6 Months $60.00 1 Year $120.00 Home Delivery & Billing Inquireries Call (800) 724-1012 and reach us, live reps are available Mon.-Fri. 6 a,m - 5 p.m., Sat. 6 a.m. - noon Sun. 8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

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CALENDAR Tuesday, July 2 n Catskill Central School District BOE Public Hearing on Code of Conduct and Safety Plan 5:45 p.m. in the CHS Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill n Catskill Town Board 6:30 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Coxsackie Village workshop 6 p.m. at Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Thursday, July 4 n Catskill Town Offices closed in ob-

servance of Independence Day n Coxsackie Town Offices closed in observance of Independence Day n Coxsackie Village Offices closed in observance of Independence Day n Greene County Office Building closed in observance of Independence Day

Monday, July 8 n Catskill Village Planning Board 7

p.m. at Catskill Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill n Greene County Legislature health services, county resources, public safety and county services 6 p.m. at the Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., 4th Floor, Room 469, Catskill n Greenville CSD BOE reorganizational meeting 6:30 p.m. followed by business meeting MS/HS Library, 4976 SR 81, Greenville

Tuesday, July 9 n Cairo Town Democratic Committee caucus 6 p.m. at Cairo Library Community Room, 15 Railroad Ave., Cairo n Catskill Town Planning Board with public hearing 7 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Coxsackie Town Board 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 56 Bailey St., Coxsackie n Coxsackie Village Board 7 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie n Coxsackie Village Historic Preservation Committee 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Wednesday, July 10 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m. at

Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Catskill Town Zoning Board public hearings 6 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Catskill Village Board 7 p.m. at the Senior Center, Academy Street, Catskill

Thursday, July 11 n Cairo Town Planning Board 7 p.m. at

the Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo n Coxsackie-Athens Central School District BOE public hearing 6:25 p.m.; meeting 6:30 p.m. in the High School Library, 24 Sunset Blvd., Coxsackie n Greene County Legislature finance audit 4 p.m. at the Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., 4th Floor, Room 469, Catskill n Greene County Legislature CWSSI panel meeting at the Emergency Services Building, Cairo

Monday, July 15 n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m. at the Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Greene County Legislature public works, economic development and tourism, Gov. Ops., finance and Rep. and Dem. caucus 6 p.m. at the Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., 4th Floor, Room 469, Catskill

Tuesday, July 16

Greene County Fourth of July grill safety Vietnam Veterans to celebrate 20th and last reunion GREENVILLE — The Northeast USA Vietnam Veterans Reunion Association of Greene County that originated in Freehold 20 years ago and is now headquartered in Greenville will be celebrating its 20th Anniversary beginning at noon on July 27. At the invitation of the Greenville American Legion Post 291, 54 Maple Ave., Greenville, for the second year this will be the base camp again for this year’s reunion. The atmosphere and welcome put out by the officers and members of Post 291 for the Veterans in attendance for this reunion is just incredible. After last year’s reunion at Post 291, an incredible experience brought back so many memories of the American Legion Posts of the past with veterans their families, food, flags and just plain old fashioned comradery. This year’s guest speaker is one of our own and has been a long time member of the Northeast USA Vietnam Veterans Reunion Association, Retired New York State Supreme Court Justice, the Honorable Bernard J. Malone Jr. Judge Malone returned from his tour of duty in Vietnam 50 years ago July 1969. He returned from Vietnam as a 1st Lieutenant in the United States Army with a Bronze Star for meritorious achievement and the Army Commendation Medal. Returning with Judge Malone was Bob Whitbeck who both served with the U.S. Army 1st Brigade of the Fifth Division (the Red Diamond Division). They never realized they had actually served together until about 4 or 5 years ago at one of the reunion meetings. Bob Whitbeck is a lifelong resident and grew up in Freehold, aside from absence during his 20 year Army Career before serving as the Director of the Greene County Veterans

Service Agency. Since his retirement Judge Malone has assisted the Vietnam Veterans with legal advice and assistance. He also volunteers each month for the Legal Project at the Stratton VA Medical Center in Albany providing free legal services to Veterans. He has strong ties to the Greenville area with his wife the former Paula Strange of Greenville. There is also a special addition to this year’s reunion as the Vietnam Veterans are working in conjunction with Stephen Willette, a 16 year retired United States Air Force Veteran. The owner and photographer of Patriot Images, LLC he has tasked himself with photographing as many if not all of the 838,000+ veterans still living in New York State. He does this all at his own expense where those veterans he photographs can download their photo free of charge from his website http://www.patriotimages.org All veterans regardless of conflict or peace time service are urged not to just join us for our 20th Reunion but also have your photograph taken that day for Willette’s incredible project where he is giving back to every veteran in New York. Join us as this is, sadly, the last reunion of the Northeast USA Vietnam Veterans Reunion Association. This reunion was at one time listed as one of the largest gathering of Vietnam Veterans on the East Coast boasting Vietnam Veterans attending from over 26 States. Although this may be our last reunion we will not be abandoning the veteran community as the motto of the Vietnam Veteran is “Never again Shall One Generation of Veterans Abandon Another.” Helping Veterans Communities and those serving in harm’s way.

ALBANY — The New York Propane Gas Association (NYPGA) wants to help consumers keep 4th of July safe with these key grilling tips: Safety for Kids – The grilling area should be designated as a “No Play Zone,” keeping kids and pets away from the equipment. To help kids learn about gas grill safety, the Propane Education & Research Council has launched the fun interactive website www.propanekids.com.

VENTILATION Always keep the lid open when lighting your grill. Don’t close it until you are sure the grill is lit. Keep the grill in a wellventilated outdoor area, at least ten feet away from the house—and at least three feet away from trees and shrubs. Never cover the bottom of the grill with foil - it can restrict air circulation. Always use and store pro-

pane cylinders outdoors in an upright position. After filling or exchanging a cylinder, take it home immediately. While transporting the cylinder, keep your vehicle ventilated and the valve closed or capped. Do not leave the cylinder in your vehicle.

FIRING UP THE GRILL SAFELY Never use matches or lighters to check for leaks. And never use starter fluid with propane grills. Do not smoke while handling a propane cylinder, and keep all flammable materials away from the grill. If the grill does not ignite within ten seconds, turn off the gas, keep the lid open and wait five minutes before trying again. If the igniter fails to light the grill after two or three tries, turn off the gas and replace the igniter according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Regularly check the tubes that lead into the burner for

Wednesday, July 17 meeting with public hearing 6:30 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Greene County Legislature CDBG program applications 6:20 p.m.; public hearing progress of GC CDBG program 6:25 p.m.; regular legislature meeting No. 7 6:30 p.m. at the Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., 4th Floor, Room 469, Catskill

Thursday, July 18 n Coxsackie Village Planning Board 7

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

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

Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill

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

GENERAL SAFETY TIPS

Always have one person in charge of the fire at all times. Never leave a hot grill unattended. Never attempt to repair the tank valve or the appliance yourself. See a propane gas dealer or a qualified appliance repair person. Be sure to locate your model number and the manufacturer’s consumer inquiry phone number and write them on the front page of your manual. If you smell gas and you are able to, safely turn off the cylinder vale, turning it to the right (clockwise). Immediately leave the area and call 911 or your local fire department. Before you use the grill again, have a qualified service technician inspect your cylinder.

USS Slater to be open July 4 ALBANY — USS SLATER will be open to the public for guided tours from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. this Independence Day, Thursday, July 4. Admission is charged. We encourage everyone to take this opportunity

to visit Albany’s World War II destroyer escort—the only DE afloat in America. USS SLATER is located on the Hudson River in Downtown Albany just south of the Dunn Memorial Bridge. Regu-

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blockage from insects or food grease. Never attempt to repair, clean or clear blockages on a hot grill.

Joanie Schaible Passed away July 2, 2015

In Loving Memory of Our Loved Ones

Ruth Mary Schaible Passed away August 11, 1971

Grandmother, Dorothy Dallas Taylor Passed away August 10, 1986

Grandfather, Albert Dallas Passed away August 13, 1967

Some may forget you, now that you’re gone We shall always remember, no matter how long We miss you now, our hearts are sore As time goes by, we miss you more, Sadly missed along life’s way Quietly remembered everyday Your loving smile, your gentile face No one can fill your empty space No longer in our lives to share But in our hearts, you’re always there. Butch & Chris, Jimmy & Kellie, PJ & Jason, Ryan & Eric, Jim & Alexis

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There is more we need to do On June 28, 1969, few if anyone recognized that the uprising that took place at a small bar known as the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village would be the impetus of the modern LGBTQ movement. Fifty years later, advocates and activists say society has worked past some prejudices of the era, but most of the same people agree there is still more to be done. “We’ve certainly come a long way,” Hudson activist Linda Mussmann said last week, the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. “Over these 50 years it has become common — the concept of being gay and trans and queer — all the initials have become very much a part of the conversation in America. But there are still some countries that are punishing people for being gay. Churches are making people’s lives miserable because they don’t want to accept people of different sexualities. There are still trans issues, and people of color are probably having the most issues.” Ron Puhalski, of Athens, was at Stonewall on the night of the riot, arriving as everyone was forced out into the street. “Everybody was being thrown out of the bar and into the street because the police were holding a raid, which was common at gay and lesbian bars at that time,” Puhalski recalled. “Many of the people at the Stonewall were homeless youth and they were the ones who stepped up and pushed back. They

were fighting for their place and their survival, and the only place LGBTQ people had. That was the spark.” Half a century later, much has changed in the LGBTQ community, but as the Rev. Catherine Schuyler refrained, there is more that has to be done. “We have made amazing progress in some ways,” Schuyler said. “I was speaking with college friends and it was scary for them to be out 35 years ago. Now, places like colleges are a safe place, but there is more we need to do. There is still bias in the country — sometimes we don’t see it in New York, but there are still places in our community where it is not accepted and still viewed with suspicion to be gay or lesbian, and certainly people who are transgender or who identify as nonbinary — some people still don’t know how to view them as people created in God’s image.” Stonewall’s legacy is the freedom of the LGBTQ community to be their true selves. It is not conformity to society’s changing norms. In the argot of the 1960s, it’s doing your own thing without fear of reprisal. The question still is: Does the goal set forth by Stonewall mean equality or liberty or some hybrid of both. Can it be both? The nuclear family still exists and places like Hudson rightly proclaim they are cities of inclusion. Gay marriage is here to stay. Yet the gains sown from the seeds of Stonewall are still under siege. Yes, there is more we need to do.

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A host of public opinion data confirms that Americans favor higher taxes on the wealthy. It would seem that taxing the rich is so popular that even the rich are for it, or at least some of them. An open letter published June 24 by 19 very wealthy people, including Abigail Disney and George Soros, declared that “America has a moral, ethical and economic responsibility to tax our wealth more.” Billionaire Eli Broad chimed in with a pro-wealth-tax New York Times op-ed. Certainly their self-abnegating spirit is consistent with the policy tendency that Democratic candidates expressed during their first debates; and the letter spoke favorably of a direct tax on wealth similar to the one Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has proposed, which would put a 2% levy on assets above a $50 million threshold and 3% on assets over $1 billion. We couldn’t agree more with the letter writers that the United States needs to raise more federal revenue and that “the next dollar of new tax revenue should come from the most financially fortunate, not from middleincome and lower-income Americans.” Undeniably, too, the 2017 tax law that President Donald Trump and a Republican Congress enacted showered billions of dollars worth of tax relief on upper-income people and businesses. Incredibly, news reports indicate that the Trump administration is considering executive action to create yet another tax reduction that primarily benefits the rich - indexing capital gains to inflation. This would fly in the face of public opinion and, more importantly, could cost the treasury between The Daily Mail welcomes letters to the editor. All letters must contain a full name, full address and a daytime telephone number. Names will be published, but phone numbers will not be divulged. Letters of less than 400 words are more likely to be published quickly. The newspaper reserves the right to edit letters for length, clarity and content. Letters should be exclusive to this publication, not duplicates of those sent to other persons, agencies or publications. Writers are ordinarily limited to

$10 billion and $20 billion per year, according to Leonard Burman of the Tax Policy Center. Unlike the open letter’s authors and Warren, however, we are not convinced that a wealth tax is the optimal means of raising taxes on those who can afford to pay more. In addition to a likely constitutional challenge, the measure would encounter implementation problems - especially the consistent valuation of assets ranging from land to rare art - similar to those that have caused most European nations that tried a wealth tax to abandon it. Indeed, it’s all too likely that a wealth tax would bring in less revenue than advocates anticipate, in part because millionaires can afford the best accountants and lawyers. What’s more, a wealth tax of the kind Warren proposes would not distinguish between wealth accumulated through enterprise and innovation, which is socially productive, and wealth gained through inheritance or rent-seeking, which is not. A better approach would be to repeal those provisions of the 2017 tax law that restored favored treatment to large estates, to reduce the favorable treatment of capital gains in general, and to eliminate the huge break for profits on the sale of stock by people who inherit it from rich benefactors. These measures are all clearly constitutional, all readily administrable by the existing IRS apparatus - and all well-calculated to raise substantial amounts from the top 1%, or less, of the income scale. A wealth tax is certainly a bold and spectacular proposal; what the country needs most, however, are effective ones. one letter every 30 days.

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Last century’s immigration debate makes today’s seem enlightened “Wide open and unguarded stand our gates, And through them presses a wild motley throng ... O Liberty, white Goddess! is it well To leave the gates unguarded?” — Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1892) WASHINGTON — If you think we have reached peak stupidity — that America’s percapita quantity has never been higher — there is solace, of sorts, in Daniel Okrent’s guided tour through the immigration debate that was heading toward a nasty legislative conclusion a century ago. “The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics, and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America” provides evidence that today’s public arguments are comparatively enlightened. Late in the 19th century, immigration surged, as did alarm about it, especially in society’s upper crust, particularly its Boston portion, which thought that the wrong sort of people were coming. Darwinian theory and emerging genetic science were bowdlerized by bad scientists, faux scientists and numerous philistine ax-grinders with political agendas bent on arguing for engineering a better stock of American humans through immigration restrictions and eugenics — selective breeding. Their theory was that nurture (education, socialization, family structure) matters little because nature is determinative. They asserted that even morality and individuals’ characters are biologically determined by race. And they spun an imaginative taxonomy of races, including European “Alpine,” “Teutonic” (aka “Nordic”) and “Mediterranean” races. Racist thinking about immigration saturated mainstream newspapers (the Boston Herald: “Shall we permit these inferior races to dilute the thrifty, capable Yankee blood ... of the earlier immigrants?”) and elite journals (in The Yale Review, recent immigrants were described as “vast masses of filth”

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WILL from “every foul and stagnant pool of population in Europe”). In The Century monthly, which published Mark Twain, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, W.E.B. Du Bois and H.G. Wells, an author informed readers that “Mediterranean people are morally below the races of northern Europe,” that immigrants from Southern Italy “lack the conveniences for thinking,” that Neapolitans were a “degenerate” class “infected with spiritual hookworm” and displaying “low foreheads, open mouths, weak chins ... and backless heads,” and that few of the garment workers in New York’s Union Square “had the type of face one would find at a county fair in the west or south.” The nation’s most important periodical, The Saturday Evening Post, devoted tens of thousands of words to the braided crusades for eugenics and race-based immigration policies. Popular poet Edgar Lee Masters (“Spoon River Anthology” ) wrote “The Great Race Passes”: On State Street throngs crowd and push, Wriggle and writhe like maggots. Their noses are flat, Their faces are broad ... Eugenics was taught at Boston University’s School of Theology. Theodore Roosevelt, who popularized the phrase “race suicide,” wrote to a eugenicist that “the inescapable duty of the good citizen of the right type is to leave his or her blood behind him in the world, and that we have no business to permit the perpetuation of citizens of the wrong type.” Woodrow Wilson warned against the “corruption of foreign blood” and “ever-deteriorating” genetic material.

Amateur ethnologists conveniently discovered that exemplary southern Europeans (Dante, Raphael, Titian, Leonardo da Vinci) were actually from the north. One wrote, “Columbus, from his portraits and from his busts, whether authentic or not, was clearly Nordic.” (Emphasis added.) Okrent writes: “In an Alabama case, a black man who married an Italian woman was convicted of violating the state’s antimiscegenation law, then found surprising absolution when the conviction was vacated by an appellate court’s provocative declaration: ‘The mere fact that the testimony showed this woman came from Sicily can in no sense be taken as conclusive evidence that she was therefore a white woman.’” The canonical text of the immigration-eugenics complex, Madison Grant’s “The Passing of the Great Race,” is available today in at least eight editions and is frequently cited in the internet’s fetid swamps of white supremacy sites. At the 1946 Nuremberg “Doctors’ Trial,” Nazi defendants invoked that book as well as the U.S. Supreme Court’s Buck v. Bell decision upholding states’ sterilization of “defectives” (Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, a eugenics enthusiast: “Three generations of imbeciles are enough”) and America’s severely restrictive Immigration Act of 1924. It based national quotas on 1890 immigration data — before the surge of the “motley throng.” Okrent writes, “These men didn’t say they were ‘following orders,’ in the self-exonerating language of the moment; they said they were following Americans.” Four years before the 1924 act, 76% of immigrants came from Eastern or Southern Europe. After it, 11% did. Some of those excluded went instead to Auschwitz. George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com. (c) 2019, Washington Post Writers Group

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Cruelty and loss of humanity is not the way To the editor: This Fourth of July, many of us will gather with family, friends, and community to enjoy backyard barbecues and celebrations of our freedom and democracy. At the same time, traumatized infants and children, separated from their migrant families, are sleeping in a cage on a cold concrete floor, detained in a windowless, squat, sand-colored concrete border station in Clint, Texas, away from the comfort of loving adults. These children will bear the psychological scars of this abusive treatment for the rest of their lives. With lights on 24 hours a day, this is a place of utter darkness and cruelty in our nation. Contrary to President Trump’s assertion that he is ”putting families back together,” these desperate families, fleeing violence, poverty, and not enough food due to drought caused by climate change, are

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still being separated at the border. Rather than continuing to provide direct aid to the Northern Triangle countries as we have done in the past, thereby preventing massive migration, our government has sought to demonize and dehumanize our Central American neighbors, and inflict the greatest amount of pain possible on people fleeing for their lives. Ordinary compassionate Americans from across the country have been arriving in Clint, Texas to offer aid with donations of diapers and other basic hygiene supplies, but they have been rebuffed by Customs and Border Protection agents who say they cannot accept outside supplies. Since 1903, countless immigrants have been welcomed to our shores by the bronze plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty that is inscribed with the words of Emma Lazarus’ poem The New Colossus. As young children we learned the words

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teaming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” Being compassionate toward others in their darkest hours brought them-and us into the light, and made us proud to be Americans. The dire situation, created by the Trump administration policies and inept management of a humanitarian crisis, has broken the hearts of millions of Americans who know we can do better than this. Cruelty and loss of our humanity is not the way to protect our border. This is the darkest of times for America and Lady Liberty-but on this Independence Day let us choose to light a better way forward. STEPHANIE SUSSMAN CLAVERACK

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Robert Herron Famed Columbia County Auctioneer, Preservationist and Philanthropist Dies Robert Herron (August 3, 1927—June 29, 2019) Known by many as the “Mayor of Austerlitz,” Robert Herron of Austerlitz, NY died on Saturday, June 29th, 2019 at the age of 91. A life-long resident of Austerlitz and well-known expert on American antiques, auctioneer and local philanthropist, Robert “Bob” Herron was born on August 3rd, 1927 to Mary Varney— a descendant of an old New England family which settled in Austerlitz by the end of the eighteenth century—and William C. Herron, whose family moved to Austerlitz in the mid-nineteenth century. A veteran of the U.S. Navy who later attended the University of Denver, “Bob” Herron began collecting early American furniture as a young boy and later ran a highly-successful auction house. One of the premier auctioneers in New England, in 1997 the New York Times wrote that Herron had found “one of the few major discoveries of the year”—an important collection of early American furniture which brought antique dealers and connoisseurs from across the country to the small hamlet of Austerlitz. Continuing his family’s long tradition of serving the community and fostering its civic life, Herron and his good friend, Richard Mugler, Jr., were responsible for the preservation of the lo-

cal schoolhouse, the Austerlitz Church, a number of houses in the hamlet and the establishment of the Austerlitz Historical Society. A generous benefactor, Herron donated both funds and land to the Historical Society, which now boasts a collection of late 18th and early 19th century buildings and a local history collection. In 1987, the New York Times reported on the restoration of his early house, along with a number of other media outlets. “Bob” also made substantial donations to community organizations, most recently to the Columbia County Land Conservancy and for the building of the hamlet’s new firehouse. Known for his keen eye, “sharp as a tack” mind, and unfailing wit up to his death, Herron will be missed by his family, friends, neighbors and colleagues and the many volunteers he recruited in his life-long quest to preserve the best of this country’s and Columbia County’s history. He is proceeded in death by his brother, William Lee Herron (1922-2007), and survived by his nieces Ruth Horak, Janet DeMonaco, Janet’s husband Louis, and his nephew William Jr.’s widow Cheryl. A memorial service will be held on the grounds of the Austerlitz Historical Society, at a time to be determined this summer. For further information, please check the historical society’s web site www.oldausterlitz.org or call 518-392-0062.

Jean Anna Feit Jean Anna Feit, age 87 years, passed away peacefully at home on June 27, 2019. Jean was born on June 28, 1931. Besides her parents, she is predeceased by her loving husband Walter, and her son Steven. Survivors include by six sons Walter, Lawrence, Brian, Martin and Twins Matthew and Mark, her sister Lilly, many grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Jean is formerly of Hannacroix, New York, and presently a resident of Inverness, Florida for the last ten years.

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Police rush protesters outside legislative building The New York Times The New York Times News Service

Hundreds of riot police with shields and helmets fired tear gas after midnight Tuesday at dozens of demonstrators who had set up barricades on the roads around the city’s legislative complex, after a core group of protesters had occupied the building for three hours. The officers banged their shields on the ground as they marched in tight rows along several main roads surrounding the compound, confronting protesters who had gathered behind the makeshift barricades. Closely following the officers were nearly two dozen police buses with their lights flashing. Police fired several rounds of tear gas, sending most of the protesters fleeing. “Your actions have been seriously affecting public order and public safety,” the officers announced. “Please leave immediately or police will take further action.” Just hours before, police had backed away from a confrontation with protesters, clearing out of the building after hours of standoff in which demonstrators had been steadily destroying the facade and glass walls of the Legislative Council. The protesters stormed in, pumping their fists in the air. Once inside, protesters sprayed messages on the walls

calling for protesters arrested last month to be released. “Murderous regime,” read one message. They built barricades inside using materials they had scavenged and brought, including umbrellas, metal gates and destroyed surveillance cameras. Then they filled the legislative chambers, defaced portraits of leaders and spray-painted slogans on the desks and walls. “We need to let out our long-repressed emotions and to let the rest of the world know about this news,” said Kris Yeh, a 20-year-old protester who said he had helped smash glass doors and spray paint walls. Early in the day, hundreds of riot police officers had used batons and pepper spray to beat back protesters at a different site — near a government flag-raising ceremony attended by the city’s chief executive, Carrie Lam. At the handover of Hong Kong to China’s control in 1997, the Chinese government agreed that Hong Kong could retain its justice system and protections for civil liberties for 50 years, under a philosophy commonly known as “one country, two systems.” Protesters are angry because they see Lam’s pushing of a bill that would open the way to extradite suspects to mainland China as giving up those rights to Beijing.

Iran breaches critical limit on nuclear fuel under 2015 deal David E. Sanger The New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON — Iran has exceeded a key limitation on how much nuclear fuel it can possess under the 2015 international pact curbing its nuclear program, effectively declaring that it would no longer respect an agreement that President Donald Trump abandoned more than a year ago, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported Monday. The breach of the limitation, which restricted Iran’s stockpile of low-enriched uranium to about 660 pounds, does not by itself give the country the material to produce a nuclear weapon. But it is the strongest signal yet that Iran is moving to abandon the limits and restore the far larger stockpile that took the United States and five other nations years to persuade Tehran to send abroad. The developments were first reported by the semiofficial Fars news agency, citing an “informed source.” Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, was later quoted confirming the news, according to another semiofficial outlet, the Iranian Students’ New Agency, or ISNA. The report from Fars said that representatives of the International Atomic Energy Agency determined last week that Iran had passed the threshold, and a spokesman for the agency said Monday that it had confirmed that the stockpile had surpassed the limit laid out in the deal. It was unclear how much the action would escalate the tensions between Washington and Tehran after the downing of a U.S. surveillance drone in June nearly resulted in military strikes. But it returns the focus to Iran’s two-decade pursuit of technology that could produce a nuclear weapon — exactly where it was before former President Barack Obama and President Hassan Rouhani of Iran struck their deal four years ago. While the Trump administration had no immediate reaction to the announcement, Secretary of State Mike

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he departs the White House en route to Joint Base Andrews, in Washington, on June 26, 2019. Iran has exceeded a key limitation on how much nuclear fuel it can possess under the 2015 international pact curbing its nuclear program, effectively declaring that it would no longer respect an agreement that Trump abandoned more than a year ago, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported on July 1.

Pompeo said in June that the United States would never allow Iran to get within one year of possessing enough fuel to produce a nuclear weapon. His special envoy for Iran, Brian H. Hook, has often said that under a new deal, the United States would insist on “zero enrichment for Iran.” Iran has so far rejected beginning any negotiation, saying that the United States must first return to the 2015 agreement and comply with all of its terms. “Now the inevitable escalation cycle seems well underway,” Philip H. Gordon, a Middle East expert at the Council on Foreign Relations and a former Obama administration national security official, wrote in an article this spring for Foreign Affairs magazine shortly after Rouhani telegraphed that he intended to walk away from the deal’s restrictions. Iran was on a “slippery slope” to fully pulling out of the agreement, Gordon added. On June 28, after meeting in Vienna with European officials who had promised to set up a barter system with Iran to compensate for the effects of U.S. sanctions that Britain, France and Germany say are unwise, Iranian officials said

the effort was insufficient. Hook has estimated the sanctions have cost Iran $50 billion in lost oil sales, far more than the system the Europeans are putting in place would generate. As they left the meeting, Iranian officials hinted that the breaking of the limit would go forward, though it could just as easily be reversed in the future. For now, however, Iran seems on a pathway to stepby-step dissolution of key parts of the accord. Rouhani has said that Iran will begin raising the level of uranium enrichment this month. Even before the announcement, the Pentagon and the nation’s intelligence agencies — led by the CIA and the National Security Agency — were beginning to review what steps to take if the president determined that Iran was getting too close to producing a bomb. A decade ago, the Obama administration conducted a highly classified cyberattack, code-named Olympic Games, at the Natanz enrichment site. The breach neutralized Iran’s centrifuges, which spin at supersonic speeds to enrich uranium, and destroyed about 1,000

President Donald Trump has returned from a meeting with Kim Jong Un that briefly included an unprecedented venture on to North Korean soil for a sitting U.S. president. And what do we have to show for that historic concession and propaganda win for Kim? Not any official concession from the North Koreans. What we do have, though, is a potential moving of the goal posts - away from a fully denuclearized Korean Peninsula. As Trump returned, the New York Times reported that his administration is entertaining the idea of a deal with North Korea that includes a “freeze” in its nuclear program, rather than the complete and total denuclearization the administration has demanded. The reported deal feels a whole lot like a trial balloon for a diluted deal. National security adviser John Bolton, it bears emphasizing, called the report into question Monday morning. But note a couple things. First, Bolton isn’t quite saying that such a proposal isn’t on the table; he’s merely saying he and the NSC haven’t talked about it. Bolton also was a curious omission from the delegation that traveled to North Korea,

and if there’s anything we know about this administration, it’s that the left hand isn’t always talking to the right. Bolton even seems to couch his tweet by allowing for the possibility that this is coming from someone in the administration. “This was a reprehensible attempt by someone to box in the President,” Bolton wrote. But if this is something of a walkback of the administration’s North Korea demands, it would hardly be surprising. From the start, its definition of “denuclearization” has been somewhat hazy, and there have been several junctures where it suggested a partial deal was possible. Back in May 2018, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo seemed to suggest the ultimate goal was to protect the United States from any potential nuclear attack. And while he said North Korea had to “get rid of your [chemical weapons] program and missiles that threaten the world,” he didn’t say specifically that it had to get rid of existing nuclear weapons. By February, when Trump was in Vietnam for a second summit with Kim, Pompeo again offered a curious comment, saying, “We won’t release that [sanctions] pressure until such time as we’re

confident that we’ve substantially reduced that risk.” When CNN’s Jake Tapper noted that a “substantially reduced” risk didn’t sound like total denuclearization, Pompeo insisted the demands hadn’t changed. And after the visit, Trump declared that a deal was “ready to be signed” before he opted against it - except that the deal wasn’t even close to full denuclearization. It involved closing one big nuclear facility, Yongbyon, in exchange for sanctions relief. Trump said North Korea had requested full sanctions relief, while the North Koreans said they only asked for partial. Either way, though, the fact that this deal was even being entertained suggests a willingness to reach a “first step” type of deal - which is pretty much what the Times’s report is about. The wisdom of such a partial deal is in the eye of the beholder. Suffice it so say that the United States has tried these kinds of freezes before - under both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush - and North Korea didn’t follow through. Maybe this deal would be different, but skepticism is warranted. And that’s part of the reason the administration made such an absolute list of demands to start out. It sounds like we may find out at some point.

of the 5,000 machines then in operation. But after two years, Iran rebounded, and when the nuclear accord came into effect, it had more than 17,000 centrifuges, most of which were dismantled under the agreement. If the United States targets Iran’s uranium enrichment operations, experts say, it is likely to take aim again at the Natanz site. But this time, the Iranians appear far better prepared. Other major nuclear sites, including the primary production facility for converting raw uranium to a gas form, and factories that produce next-generation centrifuges, are also likely targets, according to former officials. “If there is conflict, if there is war, if there is a kinetic activity, it will be because the Iranians made that choice,” Pompeo said last week during a visit to New Delhi. “I hope that they do not.”

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‘Bridge Number One’ on the Catskill Mountain Railway By David Dorpfeld, Greene County Historian For Columbia-Greene Media

On June 8, 2019, an unveiling of a new history marker took place in Catskill to commemorate the last remaining bridge over the Catskill Creek used by the Catskill Mountain Railway. The marker can be viewed on the east side of the creek immediately adjacent to Crossroads Brewing Company, located at 201 Water St. It was funded by a generous donation from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation, which has paid for many such markers in Greene County. The project was spearheaded by the Greene County Historical Society Vedder Reseach Library’s archivist Jonathan Palmer. The bridge is now used as a pedestrian crossing of the creek and was reopened in 2017 after restoration was accomplished with grant funds awarded to the village of Catskill. The route of the old railroad made three different crossings of the Catskill Creek as it made its way from Catskill Landing to Palenville and the foot of the mountains or what

is popularly called the “Wall of Manitou.” The first crossing occurred at the existing bridge in Catskill. Between Catskill Landing and South Cairo the line followed the route of the ill-fated, narrow-gauge Catskill-Canajoharie Railroad built in 1838. That railroad was short lived and between then and 1882 there were no railroads in Greene County. Charles L. Beach, proprietor and owner of the Catskill Mountain House, incorporated the Catskill Mountain Railroad (CMRR) in 1880 in response to plans by the Ulster and Delaware Railroad Company to construct a railroad from Phoenicia to Hunter, with a connecting line east as far as South Lake in Haines Falls. The new line would serve several hostelries on the mountain, including the Hotel Kaaterskill and the Laurel House at the end of the line. This route would have summer visitors starting the overland rail portion of their journey in Kingston and thus greatly detract from the importance of Catskill as a starting destination. Beach’s railroad, on the

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other hand, would replace the old stage route from Catskill to the foot of the mountains and cut two hours off the journey. From there, guests would still travel the last few miles up Sleepy Hollow by stage coach to the Mountain House. The stage coach portion of the journey was also eliminated when Beach opened the 7,000-foot-long Otis Elevating Railroad in 1892. These two things — the railroad and the Otis — were responsible for the Catskill Mountain House

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maintaining its prominence for many more years. In his wonderful book “The Catskill Mountain House,” Roland Van Zandt writes: “… the Mountain House proudly announced throughout the remaining years of the century, the hotel was now ‘three and one-half hours from New York City.’” When Beach’s railroad opened in 1882, Walton Van Loan’s “Catskill Mountain Guide” had this to say about the CMRR: “The heat, dust

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railway also became an important link for bringing shale from a quarry in Leeds to the Catskill Shale Brick Company on the creek in the village of Catskill. The finished product was loaded on vessels for shipment on the river to points elsewhere. After more than 35 years, improved roads and more vehicular traffic to the resorts, the Catskill Mountain Railway was facing mounting financial losses. Service was terminated in 1918. As I look at the marvelous pictures in John M. Ham’s book “Narrow Gauge Railroads to The Catskill High Peaks,” I can’t help but think what it must have been like to take that trip along the Catskill Creek and up through Austin’s Glen on the way to the Mountain House. The next time you cross the gorge that is Austin’s Glen on Route 23 or the Thruway, think about that little engine that once chugged along far below, taking people back and forth to the Mountain House. Reach columnist David Dorpfeld at gchistorian@gmail.com or visit him on Facebook at “Greene County Historian.”

Coxsackie-Athens Middle School fourth quarter honor roll COXSACKIE — CoxsackieAthens Middle School announces the fourth quarter honor roll for the 2018-2019 school year.

Class of 2019 from the left, front row: Jason McDevitt, Riley Knoetgen, Abagail Hanlon, Avery Glennon, Logan Iannelli, Jessica Cavaliere, Brianna Perez, Katie Pan. Middle Row: Zane Lewis, Dakota Constantinou, Aurora Haines, Megan Wood, Christopher Lagzdins, Ashley Petrocca, Maycie Reich, Elaine VanValkenburg, Paige Haines, Maggie Ryan. Back Row: Kyle O’Bryan, Dakota Marchesani, Rory Goss, Cole Matthews, Zackary Lane, Elizabeth Czermerys, Oleh Pavelko, Kristen Dunn-Cappellino, Ethan Cunha. Missing are Torie Babcock, Juliet Draffen, Heather Hosier.

and mud incident to the stage ride of former years will be avoided. The Locomotives and Cars will be new and equipped with the most approved brakes and other appliances for the safety and comfort of passengers. During the season of Summer travel there will be at least four trains each way daily, making close connections to Catskill Landing with the steamers … and the principal trains… Passengers for the Catskill Mountain House will leave the railroad at Mountain House Station and take C.A. Beach’s Carriages to the Hotel.” For those vacationers going to the Hotel Kaaterskill, they could continue by train to Palenville where they boarded stages for a trip up a private road to their final destination. In 1885 the CMRR was reorganized as the Catskill Mountain Railway, and a branch was opened from South Cairo to Cairo, with the intent to also carrying bluestone, hay and fruit, and run year-round. According to author John Ham, the section of the railroad between South Cairo and Palenville was only open during the vacation season. The

High Honor Roll: Jacob Allen, Madison Archibald, Grace Bartels, Molly Bartels, Jacob Bender, Paige Bender, Brooke Betke, Matthew Burch, Clara Butler, Sophie Coleman, Nora DuPont, Joshua Enriquez, Brielle Gorecki, Joshua Henry, Matthew Higgins, Anthony Iamunno, Maggie Kinch, Nixon King, Caitlyn Lackie, Priscilla Lambert, Isabella Luvera, Shelby Macie, Adrianna Marotta, Kateri Martin, Sylvia Mattraw-Johnston, Joseph Maurer Jr., Jacob McCarthy, Kathrine McManus, Alexander Moore, Samuel Mozzillo, Julianne Noel, Brady Penet, Micheal Raymond, Charlotte Ronin, Amaya Rulison, Suvonie Sanpal, Zachary Santillo, Sean Scott, Yoseli Segura, Aidan Smedstad, Ryan Ulscht, Claire Valyou, Nicholas VanHoesen, Jesse James VanValkenburg, Savanna Vizzini, Sophia Walsh, Gediwon Williams. Honor Roll: Blaine Apa, Luke Barnhart, Justin DiLena, John Donnelly, Aiden Dunckle, Olivia Hendrickson, Cole Hobart, Zachary Kinch, Kasandra Maxwell, Sophia Michalski-Pulver, Ethan Moskowitz, Tyler Proper, Ryan Shook, Ruth Thomas, Brayden Valentino, Milaxys Vazquez, Cole Wagor, Emma Williams, Lauren Winegard.

GRADE 7 High Honor Roll: Noelle Abushqeir, Christian Alger,

Annaleese Bishop, John Bruno, Kylie Burnell, Marcel Calvo, Ryan Carroll, Chiara Cenci, Vivien Curik, Gage Decker, William Deering, Garret DeRose, Isis Dingman, Samantha Gallagher, Fallon Greenaway, Jacob Hans, Jozlyn Hebert, Jesse Hillmann Jr., Natalie Hinrichsen, Grace Hoglund, Ella Hubert, Jordane Hynes, Desirea Iamunno, Sarah Inzerillo, Cameron Johnson, Abigail Kennedy, Andrew King, Destiny Komaromi, John Kunz, Jeslyne Lomio, Ellie McCarthy, Caleb McIlroy, Madison McLoughlin, Madelyn McMann, Madison Meacher, Natalie Miller, Olivia Montanye, Dylan O’Bryan, Anthony Pegaz, Emma Pelton, Charlie Petramale, Rocco Salvino, Riley Sitcer, Adam Slater, Hayden Taylor, Reese Taylor, John Tighe, Magnolia Valencia, Lissandra Vazquez, Mackenzie Wolbert, Leah Worden. Honor Roll: Caleb Cooke, Emily Hummel, Ashton Keehnle, Madison Mabb, Alberto Marchesani IV, Riley Swartout.

GRADE 6 High Honor Roll: Aubrey Adamo, Gabriella Ames, Preston Archibald, Ethan Benson, Alessa Bilyou, Kailey Brynda, Juliana Caringi, Matthew Carle Jr., Edmund Chan, Addison Chimento, Brayden Conrad, Carolina Cortez, Amanda Frank, Emily Gates, Thomas Gibney, Julia Grounds, Kenneth Hetrick III, Trinity Hillmann, Leslie Hinrichsen, Anna Inzerillo, Emma Kinch, Jace Kirwan, Matthew Kunz, Isaac Lasher, Jacob Luvera, Jada Maehrlein, William Martin, Brit-

tany Mosley, Christopher Mozzillo, Neil Murphy, Adlyn Nicolosi, Hannah Osborn, Isaac Parde, Daniel Pearlstein, Drew Pearlstein, Alexander Perino, Lorna Pigott, Jackson Purdy, Kasey Purdy, Alex Rappleyea-Alvord, Ainsley Rausch, Ronin Rausch, Marisa Rivera, Shiloh Robles, Zephaniah Rockefeller, Ryan Rulison, Andrew Sager, Timothy Shutter, Henry Slager, Alexander Slater, AnnikaRaine Soulant, Alexia StromWarren, Zackary Tergeoglou, Angeleena VanSlyke, Coral Vizzie, Elizabeth Wagner, Leigha Wiley, Brendan Woytowich. Honor Roll: Trinity Armstead, Maya Cesternino, Joseph Cooper, Madyson Dedrick, Hunter DelVecchio, Nathaniel Harman, John Luvera III, EvaRose Mirando, Dominic Ondrusek, Sean Vedder.

GRADE 5 High Honor Roll: Georgia Banik, David Boehlke, Isabella Bushane, Tatum Butler, Olivia Campbell, Tristan Canning, Gabriella Clearwater-Ross, Sophia Collier, Jasa Cruz, Sophia Curik, Asa Decker, Danielle Deering, Abby Farwell, Zadock Favicchio, Hailey Gibney, Claire Hubert, Makenzie Keir, Hannah Lauria, Gavin Macie, Myla Meacher, Jason Miller, Gracie Quigley, Nathan Rausch, Logan Richards, Liam Ross, Camryn Slater, Payton Slater, Eamonn Tighe, Jenna Vermilyea-Butterworth, Isabella Wagner, Mason Wheeler. Honor Roll: Charizma Harrington, Rhoderick Herdman, Logan Weinstein

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The Greene County Magistrates Association held their annual dinner May 30 at Mulligan’s Pub at the Windham Country Club. Greene County had 19 of 29 Town and Village Judges attend along with spouses, significant others and honored guest. Also attending was The New York State Magistrate President, Hon. Michael A. Petucci. Pictured from the left are Hon. James Volker (Ret) T/Hunter; Hon. William R. Jacobs, T/Catskill & GCMA President; Hon. Thomas Baldwin (Ret) T/Cairo; Hon. Stephen Canfield, T/Jewett; Hon. David Rikard, T/Prattsville & GCMA Vice President; Hon. Thomas Meacham, T/New Baltimore; Hon. Lubko Kizyma, T/ Lexington; Hon. Maureen McCarthy, T/Windham; Hon. Kimberly Prince-Walsh, T/Hunter; Hon. Raymond Kennedy, T/Durham; Hon. James Warren, T/Coxsackie & GCMA Recording Secretary; Hon. Noreen Valcich, V/Tannersville; Hon. Wanda Dorpfeld, T/Coxsackie; Hon. Kevin Lewis, T/ Greenville; Hon. Robert Compton, T/Prattsville; Hon. Tanja Sirago, T/Cairo & Exec. Director of NYSMA, Hon. David Hoyt, T/Ashland; Hon. Patricia Lawyer, T/Ashland; Hon. Richard Paolino Jr., V/Catskill; Hon. Joseph Farrell, T/New Baltimore; Hon. Constance Pazin, T/Athens & GCMA Treasurer; Hon. Michael A. Petucci, NYMAS President; Hon. Michael Flynn (Ret), T/Cairo; Hon. Richard Roberg (Ret) T/Coxsackie & Former NYSMA President.

RAVENA — Local non-profit organizations were presented with donations from the Bank of Greene County’s Charitable Foundation at the bank’s Ravena-Coeymans branch They include: Albany Medical Center Foundation – Leo Lasher Catfish Derby, Alliance for Positive Health, Altamont Fair, American Red Cross, Autism ConnecCONTRIBUTED PHOTO tion of Greene County, Blue Star Bank of Greene County representatives present local nonMothers of America Inc., Greene profit organizations with donations from the bank’s Charitable County, Capital District YMCA, Foundation at the Ravena-Coeymans branch. Catholic Charities of Columbia and Greene Counties, Catskill County Historical Society, Heer- Volunteer Fire Company, Opera Tri-County Historical Views, mance Memorial Library, Hope Saratoga, Ravena Rescue Squad Center for Economic Growth, City of Albany Pipe Band, Cox- Full Life Center, Hudson-Athens Inc., Senior Projects of Ravena, sackie-Athens Teachers’ As- Lighthouse Preservation So- STARS Intergen, STRIDE Adapsociation, D. R. Evarts Library ciety, JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes tive Sports, town of New BaltiDistrict, Girl Scouts of North- Research Foundation), New Bal- more, Village of Coxsackie Cemeastern New York, Green Tech timore Antique Machinery & Ag- etery Restoration Committee, High Charter School, Greene ricultural Festival, Onesquethaw Wizard’s Wardrobe.

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CARTS - On a mission to help you The amazing benefits of juicing By Jim Funk, Transportation Program Coordinator

By Mary Schoepe

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The practice of juicing fruits and vegetables has been around for centuries and is referenced in the Dead Sea Scrolls, where many writings sing the praises of juicing for medicinal and healing purposes. But it wasn’t until the 1930s that juicing gained popularity in the U.S. when Dr. Max Gerson used juicing as a way to treat his migraine headaches. It was so successful that Gerson used this therapy to treat his patients suffering from tuberculosis and cancer. And today, the juicing trend is still going strong with celery juice being hailed as a superfood in the health and fitness industries. Celery juice is an excellent source of vitamins K, C and B6, as well as potassium, magnesium, folate and calcium, and is loaded with antioxidants. It has a high percentage of water and electrolytes that can help prevent dehydration. Anthony William, author of the books “Life Changing Foods,” “Thyroid Healing” and “Liver Rescue,” began sharing the health benefits of drinking straight celery juice back in 1975. For decades he has recommended celery juice to hundreds of thousands of people who suffer from all kinds of ailments. “People are healing from

The Columbia County Community Healthcare Consortium is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is improving access to health care and supporting the health and well-being of the people in our rural community. In 1999 the Healthcare Consortium formed a program called Children and Adults Rural Transportation Service, or CARTS. This program was developed to respond to the need of the many Columbia County residents for transportation to and from medical appointments. Since then the CARTS Program has provided nearly 4,000 Columbia County residents with more than 148,000 trips to their medical appointments, covering more than two million miles, and it currently averages 90-95 trips a day. Transportation-related challenges to health care access are increasing. Often, providers change locations; if a patient wishes to remain with that provider they must travel a greater distance. Someone may need to see a specialist who practices out of the area. Sometimes, an individual lacks a vehicle or the financial resources to maintain it, put gas in it or pay tolls. And for some, the ability or willingness to drive greater distances diminishes due to age, injury or illness. Our transportation program exists to improve Columbia County residents’ access to health care, and support their health and wellbeing by getting them to the healthcare providers they need.

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Any Columbia County resident with a need for nonemergency medical transportation is eligible to receive this service; there are no other eligibility criteria. The service is door-to-door, meaning a CARTS driver will escort an individual from the threshold of their home or other pickup location to the threshold of a health care provider’s office (anyone needing a greater level of assistance should be accompanied by a family member, friend or aide). Our service retrieves individuals from any location in Columbia County and delivers them to locations throughout the county and well beyond. CARTS regularly provides trips to healthcare providers in Albany, Catskill, Kingston, Pittsfield, Great Barrington, and Sharon, Connecticut, as well as other locations. There is no charge to take advantage of this service. We do not bill your health insurance and you do not have to be receiving Medicaid benefits to be eligible for transportation. Those clients who are enrolled in Medicaid must call 1-855360-3546 to confirm eligibility for transportation and receive prior authorization for the trip. During this call, people are encouraged to request the Healthcare Consortium as the preferred provider for transport. While there is no guarantee that the Healthcare Consortium will provide the trip, making a request for us by name will ensure that we are

given the option to do so. Donations are always welcome and greatly appreciated, but your transportation is not affected by your willingness or ability to donate. CARTS operates a wellmaintained, smoke-free fleet of 11 vehicles, including minivans, sedans and a multi-passenger, wheelchair-accessible minibus. Our dedicated drivers are courteous, friendly and professional. Our hours of operation are 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Scheduling is done on a first-come, firstserved basis, so it’s important to call the office as soon as a medical appointment is made to ensure your transportation needs can be met. It is not unusual for us to be scheduled two weeks in advance for incounty trips, and longer for out-of-county trips, so contacting us as soon as you make your appointment is key. If you are a Columbia County resident having a difficult time getting to a medical appointment, contact the Healthcare Consortium at 518-822-8020. We are on a mission to help you take care of you. The Healthcare Consortium is a non-profit organization with a mission of improving access to healthcare and supporting the health and well-being of the residents in our rural community. The agency is located at 325 Columbia St. in Hudson. For more information: visit www.columbiahealthnet.org or call 518-822-8820.

American Red Cross campaign urges donors to fill the ‘Missing Types’ by giving blood POUGHKEEPSIE — The American Red Cross needs blood donors to bring back the missing A’s, B’s and O’s. A few missing letters may not seem like a big deal in a sentence, but for patients who need A, B, O and AB blood types, these missing letters mean life. The Red Cross urges donors of all blood types to give now to help prevent delays in medical care this summer. While thousands of blood donors have answered the call to fill the “Missing Types,” more donors are needed now to help ensure patients don’t have to wait for blood products. During the summer, especially around holidays like Independence Day, donations often don’t keep pace with patient needs. The Red Cross is thanking all those who come to donate July 1-6 with an exclusive Red Cross Missing Types T-shirt, while supplies last. Make an appointment to donate blood by downloading the free Red Cross Blood

Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org or calling 1-800RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767). Upcoming blood donation opportunities through July 15.

COLUMBIA COUNTY Canaan Fire Company, 2126 Route 295, Canaan, 2-6 p.m. July 5. Chatham Firehouse, 10 Hoffman St., Chatham, 1-6 p.m. July 10. Waubeeka Family Campground, 133 Farm Road, Copake, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. July 6. Hillsdale Firehouse, Route 22, Hillsdale, 1-6 p.m. July 2. St. Luke’s Church, 1010 Kinderhook St., Valatie, 1-7 p.m. July 11.

DUTCHESS COUNTY Poughkeepsie Galleria, 2001 South Road, Poughkeepsie, 1-6 p.m. July 9. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, 45 Reade Place, Poughkeepsie, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. July 12. LaGrange Fire Co. No. 2, Route 55, 504 Freedom Plains Road, Poughkeepsie, 1:306:30 p.m. July 12.

New York State Troopers Troop K, 2541 Route 44, Salt Point, 7 a.m.-noon July 9.

GREENE COUNTY Greene Meadows, 161 Jefferson Heights, Catskill, 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. July 11. Catskill Elks Lodge Hall, 45 North Jefferson Ave., Catskill, noon-6 p.m. July 15. Sanctuary, 11693 Route 32, Greenville, 1-6 p.m. July 9.

ULSTER COUNTY TRMI Systems Integration, 5120 Route 209, Accord, noon-4 p.m. July 10. Ellenville Hospital, 10 Healthy Way, Ellenville, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. July 8. Town of Gardiner, 2340 Route 44/55, Gardiner, 1-6 p.m. July 15. Veterans of Foreign Wars, 708 East Chester St., Kingston, 1-6 p.m. July 8. Mid Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, 1099 Morton Blvd., Kingston, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. July 24. Pinnacle Learning Center, 1508 Route 9W, Marlboro, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. July 13.

Health Briefs TAI CHI CLAVERACK — David Haines will lead students through movements to increase balance, strength, and well-being, at 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays during the summer at the Claverack Library, 629 Route 23B, Claverack. Classes are free, but a small donation is suggested. For information, www.claveracklibrary.org.

Wednesday of the month at the United Methodist Church, Woodland Avenue, Catskill. For information, contact Judy at 518-622-4023 or Carol at 518-537-6098.

SUPPORT GROUPS

COXSACKIE — The Coxsackie Grief Support Group meets 6-7 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at Bethany Village, Van Heest Hall, Coxsackie. For information, contact Jeffrey at 518-478-5414 or jhaasrph@aol.com.

CATSKILL — Greene County Compassionate Friends support group for parents whose child has died, meets at 7 p.m. every second

CHATHAM — Support group for families/friends with a mentally ill loved one. Sponsored by the

National Alliance on Mental Illness - Columbia County. Held 6:30-8 p.m. the first Friday of every month at Morris Memorial, 21 Park Row, Chatham. For information, contact Pat at 518-784-2783 or anderhous@ gmail.com.

FREE CLINICS HUDSON — The Columbia County Department of Health will continue to offer free STD clinics. The STD clinics will now be held 9-10 a.m. every Wednesday. Clinic information is available on the Columbia County Department of Health website at www.columbiacountyny.com/health.

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SCHOEPE all kinds of acute and chronic illnesses, including Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, eczema, blood sugar issues, unexplained weight gain, adrenal issues and more from drinking celery juice daily,” William said. I began drinking celery juice as a part of the thyroidrecovery program suggested to me by Anthony William. Despite drinking tons of water daily, my skin was dry and I suffered from constipation — both of which are signs of hypothyroidism. So I began drinking 16 ounces of celery juice every day and in just one week I began to feel many positive effects. After many months of juicing celery, my thyroid issues were solved, I no longer suffered from constipation, and my dry, flaky skin is gone. So here’s why you should consider making celery juice a part of your daily routine. Unfortunately, we live in a toxic world where poisons

from chemicals, pesticides and insecticides are everywhere, and those toxins are absorbed through the air, food and skin. Unfortunately, these toxins cause your liver to become sluggish and overburdened, which is the start of many health problems including unexplained weight gain. So if you’re gaining weight despite eating clean and exercising, you may have a sluggish, fatty liver. Celery juice revitalizes the liver, helping to dislodge fat deposits, breaking them down and removing them from your liver. And because celery is packed with mineral salts, it helps fight and cleanse the thyroid of the Epstein–Barr virus by boosting the production of important the thyroid hormone T3. Studies have also shown that celery juice can help prevent stroke, lower blood pressure and reduce plaque in the arteries. Additionally, it stabilizes blood pressure by cleansing the liver, leading to healthier blood that can be pumped easily by your heart. From your thyroid to your liver, celery juice can change your health for the better. But please consult your health care practitioner before making any changes to your diet. Reach Mary Schoepe at fitness. concepts@yahoo.com.

Who’s New NORTHERN DUTCHESS HOSPITAL RHINEBECK — Northern Dutchess Hospital has recorded the following births. Eric and Ashley Wilsey of Saugerties are the parents of a baby girl born May 20. Robert Horn and Amber Gaska of Kerhonkson are the parents of a baby girl born May 22. Mary Shannon of Germantown is the parent of a baby boy born May 23. Paul and Amanda Sand of Pleasant Valley are the parents of a baby girl born May 24. Jared and Ashley Nekos of Kingston are the parents of a baby girl born May 24. Trevor Dunworth and Shawna Chahanovich of Kingston are the parents of a baby boy born May 24. Sean and Esther Devine of Woodstock are the parents of a baby girl born May 24. Vincent and Raquel DiLello of Hyde Park are the parents of a baby girl born May 24. Robert Sasse and Lauren Ryan of Red Hook are the parents of a baby girl born May 25. Ryan Nolan and Sarah Hall of Kingston are the parents of a baby boy born May 28. Richard and Brittany Spoor of Olivebridge are the parents of a baby boy born May 28. Eric and Cassandra Salamone of Kingston are the parents of a baby girl born May 29. Joshua and Kimberly Kuritzy of Kingston are the parents of a baby boy born May 29. Dan and Melissa Burns of Kingston are the parents of a baby boy born May 30. Robert Jr. and Michaela Schaller of Highland are the parents of a baby boy born June 1. Leo Williams and Leigh Gardner of Newburgh are the parents of a baby girl born June 4. Frank and Kaitlin Ruffin of Ulster Park are the parents of

a twin boy and girl born June 4. Dave Fuentes and Jessica Overbaugh of Lake Katrine are the parents of a baby girl born June 6. Jonathan and Aubrey Kross of Kingston are the parents of a baby girl born June 6. Travis Walsh and Brisa Casas of Kingston are the parents of a baby boy born June 6. Peter and Cassandra Seigenthaler of Copake are the parents of a baby boy born June 6. Tom and Alisa Balestrino of Kingston are the parents of a baby boy born June 9. Jeremy and Mary Phillips of Hyde Park are the parents of a baby girl born June 10. Christian Villanueva and Stephanie Hollander of Rhinebeck are the parents of a baby boy born June 12. John and Brittney Slater of Kingston are the parents of a baby girl born June 13. Noah and Alexis Lampert of Red Hook are the parents of a baby boy born June 13. Julie Brauer of Kingston is the parent of a baby boy born June 14. William Buckman and Alison Giles of Kingston are the parents of a baby girl born June 14. Terry Weaver and Dakota Brueckner of Elizaville are the parents of a baby boy born June 15. Leigh McGunnigle and Lauren Schultz of Tannersville are the parents of a baby girl born June 15. Carlos and Sarah Pagan of Kingston are the parents of a baby boy born June 15. Brian Stutd and Adriana of Kingston are the parents of a baby boy born June 15. Ryan and Sara Traponi of Olivebridge are the parents of a baby girl born June 15. Curran and Kristen Moschen of Lake Katrine are the parents of a baby boy born June 15.

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HUDSON — The following births have been recorded at Columbia Memorial Hospital. SHANNON, Arabella Marie, daughter of Rena Mae Porras and William Shannon, Germantown, April 21. XILOj-BATEN, Elisabeth Adriana, daughter of Lesvia Baten-Ixchop and Arnoldo Xiloj Coxaj, Stottville, April 23. KROM, Bayley Sue-Michael, daughter of Paige Brady and Tyler Krom, Ashland, April 28. FORRESTER, Amara Marvella, daughter of Brianna Giammanco Esposito and Dean Forrester, Purling, April 29. BROWN, Zane Liam Abisha, son of Kerena Dare and Leamore Brown, Hudson, April 30. RIVERA, Calee BellameMarie, daughter of Kayla Eacott and Samuel Rivera, Catskill, May 3. DEPALMA, Aria Jean, daughter of Kimberly Sitterly and Robert DePalma, Coxsackie, May 6. REYNOLDS, Jacob Alfred, son of Ashley Schepp and Chad Reynolds, South Cairo, May 8. BALL, Hunter Thomas-Michael, son of Katie Riley and Joshua Ball, Catskill, May 8. PROPER, Quincy Enzo, son of Carly Proper and Scottie Proper, Palenville, May 9. OLIVER, Finley Alexander, son of Kassandra and Tyler Oliver, Catskill, May 17. SHUTTS, Mylah Mae, daughter of Brittney and Michael Shutts, Philmonts, May 21. FOURNIER, Rylie Raelynn, daughter of Melissa and Michael Fournier, Copake Falls, May 23. VAN ALLEN, Zoey Ann, daughter of Tabitha Van Allen, Stuyvesant, May 27. VITOLO, Anthony Vincenzo, son of Sara Cordone and Anthony Vitolo, Prattsville, May 31.

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said. The moratorium prevented the village from adding any major connections to its sewer plant. In May, the village held a groundbreaking ceremony on its wastewater treatment plant project, which is expected to take 18 months to two years, although construction began Monday. “I think the fact that they delayed things a little was probably a good thing,” Evans said of the jail project. “They technically can’t hook up to our system until we have completed our upgrade and get out from under the moratorium.” Delaware Engineering and Kubricky Construction have been hired for the project. To finance the $17 million project, the village received a $14.4 million loan from the Environmental Facilities Corporation to upgrade the plant, Evans said. Greene and Coxsackie correctional facilities will foot 60% of the bill for their usage, Evans said, and the village has obtained a $2.5 million state grant to recover some of the cost. The county will be responsible for the cost of putting in lines to the new facility, Evans said. “The two projects will be running along the same timeline,” Evans said of the jail. The plant will go from a capacity of 800,000 gallons to 1 million, Evans said. “Our facility will be more robust and bigger with more capacity,” The improvement is long overdue, Evans said. “The last update was more than 20 years ago,” he said. The plant was built in 1972.

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obligation is to follow the law.” Among the implementation issues Tanner sees is how clerks are expected to process foreign documents, possibly in languages they cannot read. “Our staff is not prepared for that,” Tanner said. There are also issues with the “Not for Federal Use” designation that would be stamped on licenses issued to undocumented immigrants, Tanner said. That same designation is included on standard driver’s licenses — as opposed to the new Real ID or Enhanced licenses that will enable the holder to use the license to board domestic flights beginning in October 2020 — and that is a confusing issue for many clerks, Tanner said, adding there are other

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Renderings of the new Greene County Jail project in Coxsackie.

The increased capacity will eliminate the need for overflows, Evans said. “Now there will never be raw sewage going into the river,” he said. Former legislator and jail opponent Lori Torgersen of Windham, finds the commencement of jail construction to be disheartening. “I continue to believe this is going to be the biggest waste of county resources in the history of Greene County or ever in future,” Torgersen said. “Those of us who thought of alternatives are on the right the side of history.” Torgersen spearheaded a group of jail

questions that remain unanswered. “There has been discussion among county clerks on that issue,” Tanner said. “There are a lot of moving parts on this and so far we haven’t received much direction in how to implement it. I am hoping the clerks will be part of the process.” Greene County Clerk Marilyn Farrell could not be reached for comment at press time, but Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden said county clerks from around the state will be meeting Monday to discuss the issue. Farrell is expected to attend the meeting, Groden said. He added that the issue goes deeper than enabling undocumented immigrants to drive. “From what I understand, it is not so much the driver’s license; it’s the ability to register to vote that concerns some people,” Groden said. “The way we understand it, when

you fill out paperwork to register for a driver’s license, it includes a prompt that asks if you are a citizen and if you say yes, it automatically registers you to vote. The fear is that [the person’s] name will show up on a voter registration list, enabling them to vote.” He said there are also concerns that undocumented immigrants would be required to “give paperwork that appears to be less in its volume and authenticity than a citizen would have to submit,” Groden said. Some clerks have broached taking the issue to court. State Attorney General Letitia James has said she would defend the law if it is challenged. “The law is well-crafted and contains ample protections for those who apply for driver’s licenses,” James said in a statement. Tanner said it would be up to officials to decide if Columbia County will get involved in any potential litigation, but

Israel is blamed for deadly missile strikes in Syria Isabel Kershner The New York Times News Service

JERUSALEM — Israeli warplanes struck several military sites in Syria overnight and killed several fighters and civilians, Syrian state media reported Monday, in what appeared to be a stepping up of Israel’s long-running, partly covert campaign to thwart Iranian military entrenchment in Syria and stop weapon transfers to Lebanon. The warplanes fired missiles from Lebanese airspace, according to SANA, the official Syrian news agency, which reported that a baby was among four civilians who were killed. The airstrikes hit a variety of targets, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based monitoring group identified with the Syrian opposition. The targets included the headquarters of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard in the south of

the Syrian capital, Damascus; a scientific research center in the countryside around the city; and positions held by Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese group, in the mountains near the border with Lebanon, the Observatory said. The Hezbollah sites that were targeted included ammunition warehouses, resulting in explosions and huge fires, the Observatory reported. Israel has carried out many strikes in Syria. The military and government officials declined to comment, in line with their usual policy of ambiguity, an approach intended to avoid forcing the government of Bashar Assad or his allies into retaliating. The attack came amid escalating tensions in the region between Iran and the United States over sanctions and the downing of a U.S. reconnaissance drone, and just hours before the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that

Iran had surpassed a key limitation on how much nuclear fuel it can possess. On Monday, the foreign minister of Turkish-held Northern Cyprus, Kudret Ozersay, said that what appeared to be a Russian-made anti-aircraft missile fired by Syria at Israeli jets had missed its mark and fallen on the island. There were no reports of casualties. Citing a military source, the Syrian news agency, SANA, said that Syria’s air defense had responded to the missiles fired by Israeli warplanes. Another figure close to the Syrian government who was briefed on the strikes and who requested anonymity to discuss secret military information put the total death toll from the attacks higher, saying that at least 16 had been killed, including five Syrian army personnel, one Iranian and 10 civilians, and that 49 others had been wounded.

critics who lobbied in Albany for a bill to amend County Law 217, which is ambiguous about the legality of shared jails. The result was a pair of bills that authorized Greene County to share a jail with a contiguous county. In the Assembly, the bill passed through Codes and Correction and its next stop would be Ways and Means. In the Senate, the bill was at the Local Government Committee before the legislative session ended. In the three weeks since it was introduced, the bill gained six sponsors in the Assembly and five in the Senate. By sponsoring, the legislator makes

that so far she hasn’t heard anything about it. But Tanner signed a letter to President Donald Trump asking his office to look into the issue. “We want to know where we stand,” Tanner said. “We urged him to look into this and see how it impacts federal law.” Assemblyman Chris Tague, R-102, opposed the bill when it came up for a vote in the Assembly. “I’ll say it again, this legislation highlights the disparity between Assembly Democrats and the taxpayers,” Tague said at the time. “A Siena poll shows that a majority of New Yorkers oppose granting driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants,

a commitment to vote for the bill. Torgersen criticized the county legislature’s inaction to pursue this option. “They have taken little steps if any to be innovative or pursue other attainable options,” she said. “The public was so clear and vocal in requesting assistance from elected officials.” In May, the county legislature decided to seek state assistance regarding shared jails in a 10-4 vote. When the Legislature did not receive signed letters from state leaders confirming a law would be passed, county lawmakers did not object to moving forward with the project. “Pat Linger went against the will of the elected body and the will of the public,” Torgersen said. “This jail will be a black hole that will absorb all of the resources for other potential services for decades to come.” As work continues at the jail site, James H. Maloy of Loudonville will be performing facility site work in the amount of $4,317,000; Jersen Construction Group of Waterford will be completing general construction work in the amount of $21,089,000; David J. Hummel Enterprise of Gansevoort will complete the food service equipment installation in the amount of $351,000; Ashley Mechanical Inc. of Kingston will complete the plumbing and fire protection in the amount of $3,576,240; John W. Danforth Company of Halfmoon will complete heating, ventilation and air conditioning in the amount of $4,161,000; and Nfrastructure Technologies of Clifton Park will complete electrical and security electronics in the amount of $4,333,184. Depending on the Federal Reserve’s interest rates, the county may forgo the USDA bond at 3.5% interest in favor of a general obligation bond in July, Groden said. “The timing will be perfect, actually, he said. “If the interest rate goes down, as it is expected to, we’ll be ready to jump.”

but the Legislature is just going ahead with it anyway.” Tague called the bill “a misguided attempt to reward those who break our laws.” Bryan MacCormack, executive director of the Columbia County Sanctuary Movement, said his group has campaigned for years to get the Green Light law passed. “There was some opposition from county clerks, but clearly not enough to prevent a beneficial law like this from passing,” MacCormack said. “Throughout, they kept bringing up the rule of law, so I feel that this is a very strong representation of their lack of principle in that they are advocating for the rule of law, and now they are refusing to abide by

the law.” MacCormack went on to call opponents of the law “anti-immigrant.” “That is why they are reaching out to the White House to back them up,” MacCormack said, and pledged his coalition will mobilize in counties where clerks are refusing to issue driver’s licenses under the new law. Since passage of the Green Light law in New York, other states have also moved to consider similar proposals. New Jersey and Oregon have legislation on the table, and campaigns have also begun in six other states. The New York Times contributed to this report.

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CATSKILL — Catskill Central School District held its 2019 Spring Sports Awards the evening of June 6 to honor its outstanding student-athletes. Award winners in their respective sports were:

SOFTBALL Varsity: Maci Mosher – Most Valuable Player; Jessica DuPont – Coaches Award. JV: Kaitlyn Nearey – Most Valuable Player; Emma Brown – Coaches Award. Modified: Stevie Arp – Most Valuable Player; Marisabella Carabello – Coaches Award.

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– Coaches Award; Jeremy Bulich – Silver Slugger. JV: Adam Carlson – Coaches Award; Carter Van Etten – Coaches Award. Modified: Chase Allen – Most Valuable Player; John Shook – Coaches Award.

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Hudson 9-10 year-old All-Star Amarion Perry slides home safely on a wild pitch as Chatham pitcher Logan Rockefeller awaits the late throw from the backstop during Friday’s District 15 game in Hudson.

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Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant (35) warms up before game five of the 2019 NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors at Scotiabank Arena.

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The Nets have brought something to New York basketball that’s been missing during this generation:

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HUDSON — Hudson exploded for 21 runs in the first inning and went on to defeat Chatham, 33-0, in a District 15 9-10 year-old baseball elimination game on Friday. Hudson added three more runs in the second inning and nine in the third before the game was stopped. Darren Weaver topped Hudson with a triple, double, two singles and four RBI. Mason Briscoe added a double, two singles and four RBI, Tyler Sheldon had three singles and three RBI, Evan Conte two singles and three RBI, Amarion Perry a double and an RBI, Ryan Munro a single and three RBI, Matt Plaia two singles and an RBI, Elijah Walker a single and an RBI and Ryan DeGraff an RBI. Chatham was held to two hits — a single each by Charlie Rose and Aidan Wiessner. Briscoe and Weaver combined for the win, striking out seven. Logan Rockefeller, Wiessner, Adam Geel and Liam Cowhig all pitched for

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Chatham 9-10 year-old All-Star second baseman Dyer Livingston flips the ball to first base during Friday’s District 15 game against Hudson.

Chatham, allowing 33 runs and 17 hits with six strikeouts and 16 walks. Hudson plays Monday at

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Northern Columbia 6, Saugerties 3 SAUGERTIES — Chase Morrison’s two-run homer was the key hit in a four-run fifth inning uprising as Northern Columbia advanced to the championship game of the District 15 11-12 year old Tournament with a 6-3 victory over Saugerties on Saturday night at Ernie Fick Memorial Field. Northern Columbia will play either Catskill or Saugerties on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in Kinderhook. Northern Columbia plated single runs in the first and fourth innings to take a 2-0 lead, but Saugerties evened the score with two runs in the top of the fifth. Northern Columbia did all of its damage in the bottom of the fifth with two outs. Wyatt Dolge had a one-out single, but was erased on Johnny Rivero’s fielder’s choice. Morrison followed with a blast that cleared the left field fence to make it a 4-2 game. See BASEBALL B3

Yankees acknowledge missteps in handling of Severino’s injury James Wagner The New York Times News Service

LONDON — The New York Yankees’ 2019 season has been defined by two facts: injuries and the victories they achieved despite those injuries. Twenty different Yankees, many of them key players such as Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Dellin Betances, have spent time on the injured list through half the season — matching the total for all of 2018. The dramatic increase has to led to an internal investigation into the team’s medical and training practices, but until recently there had been little public admission of conclusions drawn or missteps. On Sunday, general manager Brian Cashman provided one example: injured ace Luis Severino, who has been out all season with shoulder and latissimus dorsi muscle injuries, probably should have received another magnetic resonance imaging examination before being allowed to resume throwing in June. “Clearly, in hindsight, he should have never started his throwing program,” Cashman said. Over the weekend, manager Aaron Boone admitted that Severino, who had been expected to progress to throwing off a mound soon, had recently felt soreness in the area of his injured lat. That led to a shut down for about another week. Boone said another MRI had revealed

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New York Yankees starting pitcher Luis Severino (40) throws during spring training at George M. Steinbrenner Field.

that Severino’s lat was only 90% healed. Cashman said the Yankees medical staff had allowed Severino to resume throwing without

an MRI because one isn’t normally required after a period of inactivity and because Severino passed the requisite physical tests and showed

plenty of strength. Looking back, Cashman admitted some regret. “He doesn’t like going in the MRI tube and it’s something he would’ve pushed back on,” Cashman said of Severino. “But clearly, if we turned the clock back, we would’ve done an MRI three weeks ago.” From the start, Severino’s case has been the most puzzling of all the Yankees’ injuries this season. The absence of Severino, the team’s best starting pitcher and a two-time All-Star, has been felt in a Yankees’ rotation that has sputtered in June. Team officials have said they want to solidify the pitching staff before the July 31 trade deadline. Severino, 25, was scratched from his first spring training start on March 5 because of discomfort. Yankees officials said an MRI at that point showed only rotator cuff inflammation — technically, the supraspinatus muscle in the upper back — and no strain of the lat, a muscle which runs across the back roughly from the arm pit to the waist. While he was returning from the rotator cuff injury, Severino was making long tosses and hoping to progress to throwing off a mound, but he didn’t feel like he had the requisite force to do so. A new MRI on April 8 showed a significant lat strain, a new and different injury. See YANKEES B3

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England looks to defy history with a win over the US Kevin Baxter Los Angeles Times

LYON, France — When the English Football Association asked Phil Neville to take over the women’s national team 18 months ago, it seemed a strange choice. His only experience as a head coach was a brief spell with a fourthtier team in which he had an ownership stake. Yet, that was far more experience than he had in the women’s game. What Neville did understand, however, was winning, having lifted 14 trophies, including a Champions League title, as a player at Manchester United. So for a women’s team that had stalled in the semifinals of its last two major tournaments under coach Mark Sampson, Neville seemed like an inspired choice. On Tuesday, we’ll find out whether the FA was right when England plays in yet another semifinal, this time in the Women’s World Cup, against the defending champion U.S. “I was brought into this job to get us through a semifinal. I don’t think there’s been a team that’s played that type of football before,” Neville said of the passing game he introduced in England, one he considers revolutionary. “This type of football will get us through a semifinal. We’re in it to win it.” It has been 53 years since an English team has won anything internationally. In fact, no English team has even made it to the final of a World Cup since 1966. And Neville made it clear Sunday that he’s not interested in the consolation prizes his country took home from the last men’s and women’s World Cups, which England finished by playing in the third-place game. “Nobody cares who loses in the semifinals. It’s all about winning. And my players want to win,” he said. “So if we don’t get the right result, we’ll be disappointed. We’ll see that as a failure. “That’s not me being negative. That’s just our expectations and our belief and our confidence now and our mind-set. Every sport’s about winning. Nobody cares who gets the silver or bronze. It’s the gold medal that everybody wants.” Especially the players on Neville’s roster. Twelve of the 23 women he brought to France also played on the England team that lost in the semifinals of the 2015 Women’s World Cup and the 2017 Euros. Captain Steph Houghton said they want a new experience. “We’ve shown in this tournament we can go toe to toe with anyone,” she said. “We have to believe in the ability we’ve got in our squad. We have players that love these big games, love these big moments. “And they don’t come much bigger than a semifinal against the world champion.” England didn’t stumble into this opportunity by

chance; women’s soccer has grown tremendously there in the last decade. Last year, the FA Women’s Super League became Europe’s first fully professional domestic female league, with its 12 teams including affiliates of deep-pocketed English Premier League clubs such as Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. Seventeen of the players on England’s World Cup roster play in the Super League. That momentum got another big boost this spring when Barclay’s signed a record $13.2-million deal to become the league’s title sponsor for the next three seasons, allowing the teams to split $660,000 in prize money for the first time. Before that, players such as defender Lucy Bronze, whom Neville has repeatedly called the best player in the world, were often forced to choose between soccer and paying their bills. Who knows how much talent England forfeited when players had to quit the game to make a living. “There’d been a turning point,” Bronze, who worked for a pizza franchise while playing at Everton, told the English magazine FourFourTwo. “I had finished my degree and was wondering whether it was better to get a ‘normal’ job or carry on playing. I was sleeping on people’s sofas.” It was until about five years ago, when she was 22 and playing at Liverpool, that Bronze — whose middle name, appropriately enough, is Tough — decided to go all in with soccer, eventually jumping to French club Olympique Lyonnais, whose stadium will be the site of the Women’s World Cup semifinals and final. “I said when I signed for Lyon two years ago the dream was to play in Lyon and at Lyon’s stadium for the World Cup. I’ve had to wait two years for that dream to come true,” she said. “It’s a stadium I love playing in and it’s a city that I love.” It’s also the stadium where’s she played for two Champions League winners. On Tuesday, against the unbeaten and topranked Americans, she can take a big step toward adding a Women’s World Cup title to that resume. And don’t expect Neville to leave anything to chance. Before last week’s quarterfinal game with Norway, the coach brought in David Beckham, a former teammate, to give the women a pep talk. He then played a video message from retired rower Katherine Grainger, Britain’s most decorated female Olympian. She didn’t talk about her silver- and bronze-medal performances. “It gave you goosebumps,” Neville said, “about what it takes to win.”

It is Megan Rapinoe’s World Cup, and for far more than her play on the field Greg Cote Miami Herald

Megan Rapinoe is not afraid of a fight. Not afraid of expectations, any opponent, criticism, controversy or the president of the United States. It is her World Cup now. She is the most important athlete on the planet at the moment, a woman in full power, on a mission, carrying her team, taking on the world. It is a rather awesome thing to see. There is the photograph that became instantly iconic the moment it was shot on Friday in France: Rapinoe, after a goal, arms outstretched high, palms up, head cocked back with tight-lipped satisfaction across her face — a woman in all her glory. Miss America. Celebrate it or deal with it — depending on your politics, I suppose, or how you feel about equal rights and such. Life is complicated, and the times are challenging, and so Rapinoe is not just the soccer star who has scored her team’s last four goals and led America into the World Cup semifinals Tuesday vs. England. Nor does she wish to be only that, or pretend to be. She is an outspoken gay activist with purple hair (depending on her whim). She stands with Colin Kaepernick for social justice, except that instead of being blackballed from her sport, she is dominating it on its grandest stage. “Being a gay American, I know what it means to look at the flag and not have it protect all of your liberties,” she said. She has become a face of the LGBTQ community, championing equal rights. She has been the queen of Pride Month in this World Cup. “Gay and fabulous,” she called herself after Friday’s win. She also leads her team’s fight for equal pay with the men’s national team — which has accomplished far, far less internationally while the women are tearing toward a fourth World Cup crown. She has become a face of the resistance, loudly anti-Trump, using an expletive to

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Megan Rapinoe of the USA celebrates after scoring her team’s second goal during the World Cup quarterfinal against France at Parc des Princes in Paris on Friday.

say she’d never accept an invitation to this White House. She is, more quietly, a younger sister who has played through the heartache of having an older brother spend more than half of his life in prison rooted in drug addiction — a brother she never gave up on, and who finally turned his life around and now is out of jail. She is all of that off the field and the best player on it. (Now that’s multi-tasking!) Because of Rapinoe’s outspokenness and the stands she chooses, Trump has taken digs at her on Twitter, initially misspelling Rapinoe’s name. “WIN first before she TALKS!” he wrote. I wonder if the MAGA folks who would otherwise support a U.S. World Cup run are still doing so despite the woman leading that run being loudly against the president they adore. Thursday in France, Rapinoe referred

to “an administration that does not feel the same way and fight for the same things that we fight for.” It is less and less easy to separate sports from politics, athletes from activism. For that, this World Cup and Rapinoe’s outfront role in it is perfect for the times, really, because this a woman not content to be quiet. This is a woman taking sides. She is an athlete who can be a champion on the field while championing causes, all at once. To some, I’m sure, the overt activism might be off-putting. Just please know she doesn’t give a (bleep). Some would tell her to “shut up and play,” but Megan Rapinoe is proving one can exercise her freedom of expression and win a World Cup all at the same time, thank you. And she is doing it for all of America and all of the world to see.

Women’s World Cup: Alex Morgan embraces different role for US team Helene Elliott Los Angeles Times

LYON, France — Alex Morgan stood on the pitch at the Stade de Lyon with her teammates and closed her eyes for a few moments to be alone with her thoughts. The U.S. women’s World Cup team was taking its stadium familiarization session, a chance given to each squad to get a feel for its surroundings before a match — in this case, the Americans’ semifinal against England on Tuesday. But Morgan needed no familiarization or directions. She had played there for Olympique Lyonnais in 2017, a six-month journey that tested her self-reliance and accelerated her growth toward becoming a multidimensional player. Retracing her stops around Lyon on Sunday morning reminded her of what she had accomplished here and increased her appreciation for returning on such a splendid occasion. “Just coming to the city made me so happy,” she said. “Being at the stadium for the first time in two years brings back such great memories, so I’m really excited to see a full stadium for the game. It’s great to be back here. “This city is beautiful and one that I spent a lot of time in alone, by myself, because I didn’t have my husband (Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Servando Carrasco) and was new to the team. Being able to explore was, I think, a good emotional break from soccer for an hour. It just helped me remember some of the

important times of how I progressed my game and was able to evolve as a player.” Morgan, who will be 30 on Tuesday, shares the tournament goal-scoring lead with teammate Megan Rapinoe, England’s Ellen White and Australia’s Sam Kerr, with five each. Morgan scored all of her goals in the U.S. team’s 13-0 rout of Thailand in their World Cup opener, but she has not been silent since then. Despite absorbing constant elbows, tugs, shoves, kicks to the shins and other indignities committed against a striker of her ability — she has suffered eight fouls, according to official statistics, and has shown signs of an ankle problem — she has excelled while taking on different responsibilities. She shrugged off the intense physicality, especially in the past two games, as merely part of the territory. “In general our team has been able to adapt to what the game has given us and that includes myself,” she said. “I’ve been given different roles within the team, defensively and on the attacking side. All I would like to do is be able to execute that, and I think that I have.” Against Spain in the round of 16 and against France in the quarterfinal she had more defensive duties than usual and also became a facilitator, making the pass to Tobin Heath that Heath fed to Rapinoe for the U.S. team’s second goal against France. If it were hockey, Morgan would have gotten the second assist. “I think Alex has a balance in her game in terms of penetration and being able to, like

she did in the France game, be more of a player that could hold the ball up for us, and that’s tough,” U.S. coach Jill Ellis said. “Sometimes you get one or the other and I think Alex has worked on that and has that balance. “I think there’s a singlemindedness right now in Alex. At least I see that in her play and I see that off the field, as well.” Morgan showed that determination during her time with Olympique Lyonnais. “I was able to really dive in. Football was my one and only here. I didn’t have family here, I didn’t have anyone to lean on. I was by myself,” she said. “I came here, I trained, I ate, breathed and slept soccer. ... We had a lot of games in a short period of time within the league. We had French Cup, we had Champions League. I was able to maximize those six months, and I think that my evolution as a player grew a little bit here because I was able to focus on a different style of play and was also used in different ways, as a (striker) and as a winger, so I was able to learn from that. And playing with some of the best players in the world, the training environment was the best it could

possibly be aside from playing with the U.S.” Morgan, who played on the 2011 and 2015 U.S. teams, isn’t getting the glory here. She doesn’t need it or crave it. The Golden Boot, awarded to the top goal producer, isn’t what she’s after, though she hopes someone on the U.S team wins it. “My goal is to help this team win a World Cup. As long as the goals continue to come then I’m happy. And that’s not goals continuing to come for me, but for this team,” she said. “Right now, Megan Rapinoe has put this team on her back from Spain to France, and it’s going to take more players like that and a couple of other individuals each game to step up and really help carry this team. ‘Pinoe has done that in great fashion the last two games.” England coach Phil Neville praised Morgan and Rapinoe and suggested Tuesday’s game could become a battle between White and Morgan for top scoring honors. “There’s brilliant players on this football pitch,” he said. It’s a place Morgan knows well and where she can create another happy memory on Tuesday.

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Hudson 9-10 year-old All-Star third baseman Darren Weaver makes a play during Friday’s District 15 game against Chatham.

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Irving and DeAndre Jordan to join the team as free agents. The moves make the Nets instant title contenders ... for 2021. This coming season will serve as an opening act, while waiting for Durant, 30, to heal from a disastrous Achilles tendon rupture, but one in which the Nets will be expected to repeat last season’s success — at least — before adding Durant for the team’s final form. How long has it been since a team in New York had a mandate to win playoff games? That’s where the Nets find themselves at the opening of the free agent period, two seasons after winning 28 games, three removed from winning 20. It’s a been a rapid turnaround built by a front office that’s bet well on reclamation projects and added a mix of skillful veterans and young talent. The ship is steered by a coaching staff that’s proven it can find a way to win with talented players. That was the easy part. Begging, borrowing and stealing their way into two superstar players was the next step, and where many upstart rebuilds fizzle out. They nailed that, too. Now the Nets are in the big game, and at this level, the only thing that matters is championships. They’re built to make a run

Hudson 9-10 year-old All-Star Mason Briscoe at-bat during Friday’s District 15 game against Chatham.

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Chatham 9-10 year-old All-Star shortstop Noah Hanson throws to first base during Friday’s District 15 game against Hudson.

Callan Heimroth kept the inning going by reaching on an error, Avery Ackerly walked and Liam Mullins and Tyler Van Allen reached on infiele

errors, allowing two more runs to score. Saugerties scored a run in the the sixth, but it was too little, too late and Northern Columbia

held on for the victory. Morrison finished with a home run, single and three RBI for Northern Columbia. Dominic Pelizza had a double and

single, Van Allen a single and an RBI and Mullins, Dolge and Nolan Space a single each. Pelizza pitched the first 4 2/3 innings for Northern Columbia,

striking out five, walking one and allowing two runs and four hits. Dolge finished up, surrendering one run with one strikeout.

at it. Durant and Irving have three titles between them, which is why they are being paid $164 million and $141 million, respectively. But just as important is the roster left behind after the salary cap clearout. Caris LeVert, Joe Harris, Jarrett Allen and Spencer Dinwiddie represent the type of standout role players typically missing from a team that brings in multiple AllStars in one offseason. The Warriors were loaded with role players at the start of their run at the top because their best players were young and on cheap deals. Teams like the Heat and the Cavaliers have had to scrape the bottom of the barrel for guys on veteran minimums and mid-level exceptions. Once Durant is back, the Nets won’t have the thinbench excuses for not achieving you see from the Thunder and Rockets. There are other issues to consider, of course. Irving’s time with the Celtics took much of the shine off of his allworld skills, as his misguided attempts at leadership were reportedly one of the reasons the team broke apart. It shouldn’t matter in Brooklyn. Irving being a weirdo is not the reason Jayson Tatum went from shooting 43% from three as a rookie to 37%, or why Al Horford dropped from 43% to 36%. The roleplayers declined, and the team fell off. Is that partly due to Irving alienating

everyone in the Greater Boston area? Sure. But mainly it’s because Danny Ainge assembled a team full of assets he couldn’t bring himself to trade rather than a coherent contender. “The bottom line,” Celtics coach Brad Stevens told ESPN last week, “is that we had seven perimeter guys who were all very good players, and all of them brought something different and unique to the table. I don’t lose any sleep over that. They were all extremely competitive, well-intentioned guys. The pieces just didn’t fit.” The Nets don’t have a Jayson Tatum on the roster, or even a Terry Rozier. The pieces aren’t as talented, but they fit. Harris won the 3-point contest last season, and shot 47% from behind the arc. Over the last three seasons, he’s shot 43%. He’s the sort of Mike Miller or Kyle Korver or Ray Allen shooting specialist other teams have had to go out and find, right here on the roster. The same goes for Jarrett Allen protecting the paint and rushing the rim on pick-androll, or LeVert creating offense with the second unit. In a perfect world, Dinwiddie would polish up his shooting touch, but he’s huge for a point guard (6-foot-6) and can play next to Irving as a playmaking offguard. For all the success and attention Irving has had in his

six-year career, the 26-yearold guard has never had a talented roster built solely around his skills. He made it work alongside LeBron James well enough to take a title, but even within that team, his game made more sense as a focal point. Kevin Love, broadly considered a disappointment with the Cavs, produced at an All-Star level when he ran pick-and-roll with Irving, and at G-League level with James. Now he gets a chance to make a go of it with a coach, Atkinson, who has worked magic with previous point guard projects, helping Jeff Teague and D’Angelo Russell turn themselves into All-Stars. The deck is stacked in Irving’s favor. Now it’s on him to deliver. The future for Durant is less certain. An Achilles rupture is a catastrophic injury for many NBA players. Durant, though, is not most players. Sap him of explosion and speed and he is still a 7-footer who passes, shoots and defends. In the worst case scenario, he looks something like Dirk Nowitzki in 2011 (when he was the Finals MVP) or Paul Pierce in 2008 (another Finals MVP, a three or four inches shorter). If it comes to that, however, Durant will need help, as Nowitzki and Pierce surely needed it. That’s a big reason why he’s with the Nets. The Durant who won two straight Finals MVPs for the Warriors is likely not coming

back, at least not right away. That Durant could have won anywhere, with any teammates supplied by any front office. That Durant could have even won with the Knicks. And that Durant likely isn’t the one who will be coming back. The thing about NBA contracts, however, is the max salary contorts the market. The Nets will be paying Durant more than $40 million per season, but in a truly open market, Durant likely would have commanded something in the $90-100 million range per season before the injury. That difference, the surplus value created, is how teams win championships. It also provides a lot of headroom for Durant to decline and still be “worth” his salary. The danger is putting a massive number on the books that may only produce fair value — for all the abuse he took, Carmelo Anthony was always “worth” about what he was paid until the final years. It’s hard to build a contender around that if the pieces aren’t already in place. Anticipating this line of thinking, the Knicks leaked last week, and again on Sunday, that they had serious concerns about Durant’s health. From a certain light, this seems like a cautious decision from a franchise that has been burned by Allan Houston, Eddy Curry, and Amar’e Stoudemire (and at one point

even found itself paying down Penny Hardaway’s doomed deal post-microfracture surgery). But Durant is not those players. Stoudemire was the best of the bunch, and even his production was never MVPlevel, and always reliant on strong point guard play and amenable coaching. It’s an obvious attempt to save face as the most famous player in this summer’s draft class chooses the team across town. If we take the Knicks’ point seriously, however, it has some merit, but only because of the position the team put itself in: the Knicks do not have the same framework as the Nets. Mitchell Robinson is the best role player in town, but behind him, Kevin Knox, Allonzo Trier, Damyean Dotson and Dennis Smith Jr. are not on the same level. A fair-value Durant deal in that case would have a good chance at looking a lot like Melo’s five-year $130 million extension. The Nets are no longer bogged down in that sort of problem. They pulled off a rebuild and landed their stars. They get credit for coming this far, but in the NBA, anything short of a championship is still a failure. Look at Jason Kidd’s Nets or the last 40 years of Knick history if you don’t believe it. For these Nets, for Durant and Irving and the rest of the holdovers, a title is no longer simply a pipe-dream, it’s an expectation.

Knicks miss out on top free agents, but grab Randle Yankees Steve Popper Newsday

The best-laid plans were plotted months ahead, pairing Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving to fill the massive amount of salary cap space cleared and save the day in New York. The Knicks just didn’t plan on the Brooklyn Nets being the recipients of the star power infusion. As free agency officially kicked off Sunday night, the Knicks saw the stars they had coveted months ago — and planned on pursuing still with fingers crossed but fading faith — ticking off the board. Durant and Irving going to Brooklyn, Kemba Walker to Boston and even Kristaps Porzingis signing on to a max deal worth $158 million over five years with Dallas. The Knicks came to terms instead with Julius Randle, signing the 24-year-old power forward to a three-year, $63 million deal. Randle spent four years with the Lakers (the first year playing just one game and breaking his right tibia in the opener) before signing with the Pelicans last season and having the best season of his career. He averaged 21.4 points and 8.7 rebounds per game, expanding his game beyond the below the rim interior game he’d shown to that point. He had a two-year, $18 million deal with the Pelicans, but opted out of the second year at $9.1 million and struck pay dirt with the Knicks. With the dreams of Durant extinguished, the Knicks front office executives, team

president Steve Mills and general manager Scott Perry, flew to Los Angeles Sunday to meet with Randle and Reggie Bullock, hardly the sort of players the team was selling when they dealt away the franchise’s centerpiece, Kristaps Porzingis, to clear the cap space for the star chase. Mills and Perry took a more cautious approach than Dolan, but certainly had something more than this in mind. So the Knicks were left as they so often are watching and wondering why with the allure of Madison Square Garden and the marketing power of New York were not enough to convince any of the top tier free agents to take their money or even take a meeting with them. The bold statement from Garden Chairman James Dolan months ago will resonate in the ether throughout what now appears to be another rebuilding season. “New York is the mecca of basketball,” Dolan said on ESPN radio earlier this year. “We hear from people all the time, from players, representatives. It’s about who wants to come. We can’t respond because of the NBA rules, but that doesn’t stop them from telling us, and they do. I can tell you from what we’ve heard, I think we’re going to have a very successful offseason when it comes to free agents.” If those words aren’t the ones that resonate it will instead be Dolan emailing a fan who implored him to sell the team four years ago, “In the mean while start rooting

for the Nets because the Knicks don’t want you.” What once sounded like a challenge now might be decent plan. The 17-65 team had hoped to turn their fortunes in free agency, figuring that they would be willing to go to a max contract on one of the top tier players — Leonard, Durant and Irving. After Durant announced his deal with the Nets a report surfaced on ESPN that Dolan and the Knicks were unwilling to go with a four-year, $164 million max contract for him because of uncertainty of how he would recover from his ruptured Achilles. That did not match up to the plan before free agency began. The Knicks now have what they hope is a star in place in No. 3 overall pick RJ Barrett, along with second-year players Kevin Knox, Mitchell Robinson and Allonzo Trier. Dennis Smith Jr. came over in the Porzingis trade and Frank Ntilikina, the lottery pick from 2017 remains on the roster and just 20 years old. But the lesson the Knicks could learn from the Nets is that it wasn’t about lottery picks. The Nets drafted wisely and accomplished what the Knicks have preached — player development. Now the Knicks will enter the second year of the David Fizdale era, the third year of the Scott Perry era and an almost countless number of years of frustration — 20 years already since the last Finals appearance and dating all the way back to 1973 for the last time they won a title.

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Severino has said he wasn’t sure how he hurt his lat but believed it happened that day he was scratched in early March. Cashman later launched an investigation, which he dubbed ‘CSI: The Bronx,’ and talked to everyone involved. He has declined to reveal the results of his digging. Asked Sunday if he was satisfied with what he found, Cashman’s answer was telling: “I’ve gone through the process and I’ll leave it at that. We always evaluate our process, and if there are problems or mistakes made by us, then they’re dealt with.” Without specifying, Cashman said that most of the Yankees’ injuries this season were unavoidable but that some could have been

handled differently by the player or team. Hal Steinbrenner, the Yankees’ principal owner, said the team began studying its injuries in early May. “We’ll wait until all the data is in and at the end of the year, if we need to make changes in procedures and the ways we do things, then we’re going to do that,” Steinbrenner said last week. “There’s no smoking gun right now. It would be easier if there was, but we’re looking at everything intensely and any time we have a year like this, we’re going to do that.” Despite all of the starts and stops, Cashman said the Yankees still expected Severino to return at some point this season. He said another MRI was expected in the next week to see if the remaining bit of Severino’s unhealed lat had indeed recovered. “And we’ll keep doing them until we know he is,” Cashman said.

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent, TO: JOSHUA M. GREENE A petition having been duly filed by U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR NRZ PASS-THROUGH TRUST VIII, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, who is domiciled at c/o Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Mr. Cooper, 8950 Cypress Waters Boulevard, Coppell, TX 75019 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate's Court, Greene County, at 320 Main Street, Catskill, NY 12414 on July 24, 2019 at 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of GWEN F. GREENE lately domiciled at 45 Old Story Road, Catskill, New York 12451, in the County of Greene, State of New York, granting Limited Letters of Administration upon the estate of the decedent to ANY ELIGIBLE DISTRIBUTEE OR UPON THEIR DEFAULT, TO THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF GREENE COUNTY or to such other person as may be entitled thereto, limited to accepting service of process on behalf of the estate of the deceased in a foreclosure action on a first mortgage held by the petitioner, its successor and/or assigns, dated June 3, 2008 and recorded at Book 2600, Page 2 in the Office of the Greene County Clerk on August 4, 2008 in the original principal balance of $45,000.00, on the Decedent's real property located at 45 Old Stony Road, Cairo, NY 12413. (State any further relief requested) Dated, Attested and Sealed, H O N . CHARLES M. TAILLEUR, Surrogate Dated, Attested and Sealed May 30, 2019 (Seal) Heather Sheehan, Chief Clerk Name of Attorney for Petitioner: Gross Polowy, LLC Tel. No. 716-204-1700 Address of Attorney: 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 201, Westbury, New York 11590 Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you. ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

SITTING IN A TREE, LLC Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (“LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on 06/26/2019. Office location: Columbia County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC to Kristal Heinz, ESQ., P.O. Box 1331, Hudson, NY 12534. Purpose: To engage in any lawful activity.

sig. as agt. of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 245 Mansion St, Apt 2, Coxsackie, NY 12051. Purpose: any lawful activity. Danian Realty II LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 5/10/2019. Cty: Columbia. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 876 Columbia St., Hudson, NY 12534.General Purpose. DEGRAW STREET COMMON SPV LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/01/19. Office in Columbia Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 81 Prospect ST Brooklyn, NY 11201. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Artschatz LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/13/2019. 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, 222 Percy Hill Road, Old Chatham, NY 12136. Pur- D.O.G. Board N’ Train, pose: Any lawful pur- LLC, Arts of Org. filed pose. with Sec. of State of BROOKLYN ROSE NY (SSNY) 6/25/2019. FILMS LLC Articles of Cty: Columbia. SSNY Org. filed NY Sec. of desig. as agent upon State (SSNY) 6/20/19. whom process against Office in Columbia Co. may be served & shall SSNY design. Agent of mail process to 120 Post Rd., LLC upon whom pro- Lower Ghent, NY 12075. cess may be served. SSNY shall mail copy General Purpose. of process to The LLC 4540 Center Blvd Apt It’sClimbTime, LLC. 1804 Long Island City, Articles of OrganizaNY 11109. Purpose: tion filed with the Any lawful activity. SSNY on 6/21/2019. Office: Greene County. CITY OF HUDSON, SSNY designated as NEW YORK PLAN- agent of the LLC upon NING BOARD NOTICE whom process against OF PUBLIC HEARING it may be served. PLEASE TAKE NO- SSNY shall mail copy TICE that the Planning of process to the LLC, Board of the City of 143 County Route 51, Hudson, New York will Coxsackie, NY 12051. conduct a Public Hear- Purpose: Any lawful ing on July 9, 2019 at purpose. 6 p.m. in the Central Firehouse at Seventh LEGAL NOTICE Street, Hudson, New REQUEST FOR PROYork on a special use POSALS permit application from The Chatham Central CarLee Holdings LLC School District is reto place portable tem- questing proposals for porary storage units on a special education rea vacant lot at 121 view to be conducted Fairview Avenue, Tax during the 2019-20 ID#110.10-2-5; a con- school year. Propoditional use permit with sals must be received a site plan component in the format described from A. Colarusso and in the proposal packet, Son Inc. for replace- which may be obment bulkhead at 175 tained at the Chatham South Front Street, Central School District, Tax ID #109.15-1-1; 50 Woodbridge Aveand a conditional use nue, Chatham, New permit with a site plan York 12037. component from A. Proposals must be reColarusso and Son ceived by August 1, Inc. for haul road im- 2019 at 3:00 P.M. provements at 175 Name and Address: South Front Street, Mr. Michael Chudy Tax ID #109.15-1-1. All Business Administrator those interested par- Chatham Central ties will have an oppor- School District tunity at this time to be 50 Woodbridge Aveheard in connection nue with said application. Chatham, New York 12037 COOK CONSULTING Questions Addressed LLC Articles of Org. To: Mr. Michael Chufiled NY Sec. of State d y (SSNY) 6/19/19. Office Business Administrator in Columbia Co. SSNY 518-392-1511 design. Agent of LLC upon whom process NK Apparel LLC. Filed may be served. SSNY 08/22/18. Office: Coshall mail copy of pro- lumbia Co. SSNY descess to The LLC ignated as agent for 18Willoughby Ave process & shall mail to: Brooklyn, NY 11205. Karlis Medins Jr. 818 Purpose: Any lawful Route 217, Hudson, activity. NY 12534. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose Craig A Huther LLC Arts. of Org. filed w/ LEGAL NOTICE SSNY 5/10/19 Off. in Notice of Public HearGreene Co. SSNY de- ing

Village of Tannersville The Village of Tannersville will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at 6:00 PM at the Village of Tannersville Municipal Building located at 1 Park Lane, Tannersville, New York 12485 for the purpose of hearing public comments on the Village of Tannersville – Reservoir No. 3 Rehabilitation community development needs, and to discuss the possible submission of one or more Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) applications for the 2019 program year. The CDBG program is administered by the New York State Office of Community Renewal (OCR), and will make available to eligible local governments approximately $47 million for the 2019 program year for housing, economic development, public facilities, public infrastructure, and planning activities, with the principal purpose of benefitting low/moderate income persons. The hearing will provide further information about the CDBG program and will allow for citizen participation in the development of any proposed grant applications and/or to provide technical assistance to develop alternate proposals. Comments on the CDBG program or proposed project(s) will be received at this time. The hearing is being conducted pursuant to Section 570.486, Subpart I of the CFR and in compliance with the requirements of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. The Village of Tannersville Municipal Building is accessible to persons with disabilities. If special accommodations are needed for persons with disabilities, those with hearing impairments, or those in need of translation from English, those individuals should contact Robin Dumont – Village Clerk

at 518-589-5850, at least one week in advance of the hearing date to allow for necessary arrangements. Written comments may also be submitted to Robin Dumont, Village Clerk, PO Box 967, Tannersville, New York 12485 until July 9, 2019. Village Clerk-Treasurer Village of Tannersville PO Box 967, 1 Park Lane Tannersville, NY 12485 518-589-5850 ext. 1 Notice of Completion of Final Assessment Roll (Pursuant to Section 516 of the Real Property Tax Law) Notice is hereby given that the Final Assessment Roll for the Town of Lexington, Greene County, N.Y., for the year 2019, has been completed and verified by the undersigned assessor and a certified copy thereof was filed in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Lexington at 3542 State Route 42, Lexington, N.Y. on the 1st day of July, 2019, there to remain for public inspection. Nancy Wyncoop Bower, Sole Assessor, Lexington NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL (Pursuant to Section 516 of the Real Property Tax Law) Notice is hereby given that the Final Assessment Roll for the Town of Jewett, Greene County, N.Y., for the year 2019, has been completed and verified by the undersigned assessor and a certified copy thereof was filed in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Jewett at 3547 Route 23C, Jewett, N. Y. on the first day of July, 2019 there to remain for public inspection. Nancy Wyncoop Bower Sole Assessor

(Pursuant to Section 516 of the Real Property Tax Law) Notice is hereby given that the Final Assessment Roll for the Town/Village of ATHENS Greene County, N.Y., for the year 2019, has been completed and verified by the undersigned assessor and a certified copy thereof was filed in the office of the Town Clerk of the TOWN/VILLAGE of Athens at 2 FIRST STREET, ATHENS, N. Y. on the 2nd day of JULY, 2019 there to remain for public inspection. Carol J McBride Assessor Notice of Formation of 4257 ROUTE 66 LLC. Articles of Organization filed with NY Secy. of State on 06/06/2019. Office location: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 4225 State Route 66, Malden Bridge, NY 12115. No registered agent. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Flint Law Firm P.C., 75 Main Street, P. O. Box 363, Chatham, NY 12037, (518) 392-2555 Notice of Formation of Kumoi Jishi Investors, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 5/24/19. Office location: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 413, Southfield, MA 01259. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Meeting, Village of Chatham Planning Board. Take notice that the Planning Board of the Village of Chatham, New York, will hold a meeting on Monday, July 15, 2019 at 7:30 PM at Tracy Memorial Hall, 77 Main Street, Chatham, NY 12037. NOTICE OF COMPLE- Patricia DeLong, TION OF FINAL AS- Deputy Clerk Village of Chatham SESSMENT ROLL

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COLUMBIA-GREENE MEDIA NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: THE FROZEN SPOON, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York on 03/05/2019 Office location: 497 Mountain View Rd. Freehold, NY 12431 Greene County. The Secretary of State of New York has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State of New York shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, at 497 Mountain View Rd. Freehold, NY 12431 Purpose: For any lawful purpose. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) The name of the LLC is Dental Works, LLC doing business under the fictitious name of Select Dental Staffing, LLC. The filing date of the foreign entity submitting an Application for Authority is April 16, 2019. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. The office of the LLC is to be located in Columbia County. The Secretary of State is the designated agent of the LLC upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process is 71 Palatine Park Road, Suite 1, Germantown, New York 12526. Notice of Formation of Linda Dias Yoga LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 5/6/19. Office location: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 114 Pooles Hill Rd., Ancram, NY 12502. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of Manifest Health Now LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on May 16, 2019. Office location: Greene County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Manifest Health Now LLC, 36 Stippa Road, Coxsackie, New York 12051. Purpose: any lawful activities. Notice of Formation of MARTIN LAWN & LANDSCAPE LLC. Articles of Organization filed with NY Secy. of State on May 13, 2019. Office location: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 326 Rigor Hill Road, Chatham, NY 12037. No registered agent. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Flint Law Firm P.C., 75 Main Street, P. O. Box 363, Chatham, NY 12037, (518) 392-2555

Notice of formation of Peter Melewski, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec'y of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/04/2019. Exist date: 06/04/2019. Perpetual existence. Office Location: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: P.O. Box 117, 936 Route 144, New Baltimore, NY 12124. Purpose: any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of SWM LAND DEVELOPMENT LLC. Articles of Organization filed with NY Secy. of State on October 4, 2018. Office location: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 50 Rossman Circle, #14, Hudson, NY 12534. No registered agent. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Flint Law Firm P.C., 75 Main Street, P. O. Box 363, Chatham, NY 12037, (518) 392-2555 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Town of Catskill Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing on application Special Use Permit SUP-1-2018 pursuant to Section 160-12, 160-10 of the Town of Catskill Zoning Code to allow Development of a resort and lodging building on lands owned by Catskill Golf Course located at27 Brooks Lane Tax Map # 138.00-1524 The Public Hearing will be held on the 9th day of July , 2019 at 7 : 0 0 PM , at the Town Hall located at 439-441 Main Street, Catskill, NY. to allow public comment on the above application is open for inspection at the Planning Board Office located at 439 Main Street, Catskill, New York between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 pm By order of J o s e p h Izzo Chairman, Planning Board, Town of Catskill Notice of Public Hearing, Village of Chatham Planning Board. Take notice that the Planning Board of the Village of Chatham, New York, will hold a public hearing on an application by HLF GDP Chatham NY LLC, for site plan review in relation to establishing a new Mavis Discount Tire store at 15 Dardess Drive in the Village of Chatham. Such hearing will be held on Monday, July 15, 2019 at 7:30 PM, at Tracy Memorial Hall, 77 Main Street, Chatham, NY 12037. All interested persons shall be given the opportunity to speak at such hearing. Patricia DeLong, Deputy Clerk Village of Chatham ROSENSTRACH RENOVATIONS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/07/19. Office: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 3093 County Route 21, Kinderhook, NY 12106. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Oneal's Construction LLC, Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/14/19. Off. loc.: Greene Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served & shall mail proc.: 50 New St., Coxsackie, NY 12051. Purp.: any Notice of Public Hearlawful purp. ing, Village of Chatham NOTICE OF FORMA- Planning Board. TION OF PETER ME- Take notice that the LEWSKI, LLC PURSU- Planning Board of the ANT TO SECTION 203 Village of Chatham, OF THE LIMITED LI- New York, will hold a ABILITY COMPANY public hearing on an LAW application by Depot

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Square, LLC, for a site plan in the Historic District in relation to establishing a new single screen theater at 4 Depot Square in the Village of Chatham. Such hearing will be held on Monday, July 15, 2019 at 7:30 PM, at Tracy Memorial Hall, 77 Main Street, Chatham, NY 12037. All interested persons shall be given the opportunity to speak at such hearing. Patricia DeLong, Deputy Clerk Village of Chatham NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF COLUMBIA MADISON REVOLVING TRUST 2017, Plaintiff AGAINST BASIL R. PRESTIPINO, JOANNE PRESTIPINO, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated May 13, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Front Steps of the Columbia County Courthouse, 401 Union Street, City of Hudson, on July 24, 2019 at 10:00AM, premises known as 12 CHURCH STREET, NIVERVILLE, NY 12130. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Niverville, Town of Kinderhook, County of Columbia and State of New York, SECTION 23.15, BLOCK 1, LOT 34. Approximate amount of judgment $160,052.49 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 13637-18. JAMES ERIC KLEINBAUM, ESQ., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF GREENE Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of the WaMu Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2005-AR8, Plaintiff AGAINST The Estate of Virginia Hershberger, et al. Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 2-26-2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Greene County Courthouse, 320 Main Street, Catskill, NY on 7-16-2019 at 10:00AM, premises known as 295 Game Farm Road, Catskill, NY 12414. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Catskill, County of Greene and State of New York, SECTION: 153.00, BLOCK: 1, LOT: 7.2. Approximate amount of judgment $684,400.48 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #0079/2017. Veronica M. Kosich, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-072790-F00 63435 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Philmont will hold a Public Hearing on the 11th day of July, 2019 at 7:00 pm at the Village Hall to consider the following: The application for a use variance by Jon and Katie Hardy, 145 County Route 19, Livingston, NY 12541 reinstating a two family dwelling to a three family dwelling at the property located at 6 Main Street, Philmont, NY 12565, Tax map # 112.12-1-58/59, H-1 zoning district. The applicant is requesting relief because during the course of purchasing the property, the building was condemned for over a year and lost a grandfather status as a three family building, as required pursuant to section 160, Attachment 1 of the Philmont Village zoning code. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all persons interested will be heard at the above time and place. Kurt Basl, Chairperson Zoning Board of Appeals

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: GREENE COUNTY. GOSHEN MORTGAGE LLC AS SEPARATE TRUSTEE FOR GDBT I TRUST 2011-1, Pltf. vs. FRANCIS A. MAURO A/K/A FRANCIS MAURO A/K/A FRANCIS A. MAURO SR. A/K/A FRANCIS MAURO SR., et al, Defts. Index #14-1154. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated May 16, 2019, I will sell at public auction at the Greene County Courthouse, 320 Main St., Catskill, NY on Aug. 6, 2019 at 9:00 a.m., prem. k/a 9806 Route 23A, Hunter, NY a/k/a 9806 Route 23A, Jewett, NY a/k/a Section 146.00, Block 1, Lot 60.1. Said property located in the Town of Jewett, County of Greene and State of New York, bounded and described as Lot 3-D on map entitled. "Nolden Subdivision Filing No. 4, a Replot of Lot 3-B Nolden Subdivision Filing No. 3" which map is filed in the Greene County Clerk's Office on 1/6/95 as Map 111 of Drawer 219. Approx. amt. of judgment is $432,238.14 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. PAUL M. FREEMAN, Referee. THE MARGOLIN & WEINREB LAW GROUP LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 165 Eileen Way, Ste. 101, Syosset, NY. #97276 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Planning Board of the Village of Philmont will hold a Public Hearing on the 16th day of July, 2019 at 7:00 pm at the Village Hall to consider the following: The application for a special use permit to convert a single family home to two family home RLD Zoning District (Zoning Section 160-31) from Maureen Murphy and Daniel Hason for a property located at 57 Summit Street, Philmont, NY 12565, Tax map # 113.13-1-71, in RLD owned by Maureen Murphy, 184 Forest Ave., Pearl River, NY 10965 and applicant Daniel Hason 439 Union Street, Hudson, NY 12534. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all persons interested will be heard at the above time and place. Bob Macfarlane, Chairperson Planning Board PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) The name of the LLC is Casa Neapolis LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on May 17, 2019. New York office location: 68 Lakeside Drive, Town of Catskill, County of Greene and the State of New York. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: Casa Neapolis LLC; 68 Lakeside Drive, Catskill, New York 12414. Purpose/Character of business: Any lawful business purpose permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Law. This notification is made pursuant to Section 206 of the Limited Liability Company Law. VITAL KNOWLEDGE MEDIA LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/14/19. Office in Columbia Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 261 Hudson ST Apt 11G New York, NY 10013. Purpose: Any lawful activity. SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK - COUNTY OF COLUMBIA NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, V. DONALD C. GIGLIO A/K/A DONALD GIGLIO; ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated April 6, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Columbia, wherein NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC is the Plaintiff and DONALD C. GIGLIO A/K/A DON-

ALD GIGLIO; ET AL. are the Defendants. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the COLUMBIA COUNTY COURTHOUSE, FRONT LOBBY, 401 UNION STREET, HUDSON, NY 12534, on August 5, 2019 AT 10:00 AM, premises known as 17 FARM ROAD, COPAKE, NY 12516: Section 176.3, Block 4, Lot 52: ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND IN TOWN OF COPAKE, COLUMBIA COUNTY, STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 009222/2015. Kathryn Barber, Esq. Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Village of Athens Brownfield Opportunity Nomination Study The Village Board of the Village of Athens passed a resolution on June 12, 2019, for preparation a Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) for the Brownfield Opportunity Area Nomination Study under the Department of State, beginning the required public comment period, and establishing the public hearing date. "Brownfield" is a term used to describe land that is abandoned, vacant or underutilized because redevelopment of the property is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination. These properties mayor may not actually be contaminated by low concentrations of pollutants due to past use and can be redeveloped once cleaned up. A Brownfield Opportunity Area is a community-wide designation that allows for redevelopment assistance through the State. The Village of Athens, Greene County, New York has several underutilized, abandoned and deteriorated sites along the waterfront. The Village proposes to establish a Brownfields Opportunity Area (BOA) to support improvement of these sites for the benefit of the community. The BOA program will provide technical support for property studies and tax incentives to investors who redevelop a brownfield parcel within the BOA. The application will be made available for public review at the Village Clerk's office, 2 First Street, and the comment period will run between June 25th and July 25th. Comments may be submitted in writing or through e-mail to the Village Clerk (voaclerk@yahoo.com). A Public Hearing regarding the application will be conducted on July 10, 2019, at 6:30 PM at the Athens Community Center, 2 First Street, Athens, NY.

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Imperial Valley revitalized after Andy Ruiz’s surprise win Gustavo Arellano Los Angeles Times

IMPERIAL, Calif. — Ringed into the southeast corner of California by mountain ranges, deserts, Baja California and the Colorado River, the Imperial Valley has historically been regarded a little like California’s appendix: mostly quiet and forgotten until it flares up to cause a hell of a pain. Unemployment here is the worst in the Golden State. The Salton Sea, a man-made lake that became a postcard-worthy exemplar of cabana living during the 1950s, is now a much-cited case study in environmental degradation. People who live here take pride in a kind of pugnacious, underdog spirit. But until hometown boy Andy Ruiz Jr. walloped the heavyweight champ in Madison Square Garden, this wasn’t a place you’d find as the setting for a Rocky Balboa tale. Boxers of Mexican descent have had a storied history in the sport, but never before had one done what Ruiz, 29, had accomplished: become the first fighter of Mexican descent to hold a belt in the sport’s prestige division. Making the victory more improbable was the stark contrast between Ruiz — big, beefy, like someone who just stepped out of a Fernando Botero painting — and his immaculately sculpted foe. It was an improbable fairy tale. And they don’t make a lot of movies about the Imperial Valley. When Hollywood comes calling, it’s usually because there’s a dystopian vision that needs a place to call home. The sun-blasted buildings and stark wilderness here help re-create everything from the Sahara to war-torn Iraq to postapocalyptic Earth. When the president shows up, it’s to boast about building an impenetrable U.S.Mexico border wall on the ragged southern edge of the Imperial Valley. Far from home in Boyle Heights, Imperial Valley native Ernesto Yerena watched Ruiz pummel Anthony Joshua. He stood in front of the TV for most of the bout and screamed when Ruiz scored his seventh-round technical knockout “If it was the Dodgers winning, there would’ve been fireworks,” the artist said. “But it was silent outside. That’s fine. Because next time, all the Mexicans around are going to be watching.” In a state with longstanding Mexican American communities, each with its own culture and traditions that get national attention — the Mission burritos of San Francisco, East Los Angeles’ distinctive Chicano accent, the farmworker activism of the Central Valley or cholo-goth subculture of San Diego — those in the Imperial Valley remain among the most ignored or misunderstood. “We’re known for agriculture, Mexicans and poverty,” said Hector Rodriguez, who lives in Yuma and is originally from Calexico. “The border. Drugs. That’s really it.” The most widely known book about the region,

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Heavyweight boxing champion and hometown hero Andy Ruiz Jr. and his wife, Julie, wave to a cheering crowd while sitting in a Rolls Royce during a parade on June 22, 2019, honoring him in his hometown of Imperial, Calif.

William T. Vollman’s “Imperial,” is a 1,300-page doorstop published in 2009 that sums up the Valley as offering the “promise of paradise and the reality of hell.” Longtimers get it. They’re well-versed in fielding clueless questions and comments about where they’re from. But the cross to bear is heavier when you’re of Mexican descent — which according to the U.S. Census is basically everyone in Imperial County (OK, 85%). “Nobody knows where the Valley is, so I always have to do a geography lesson for my L.A. and O.C. friends,” said Maricela Jauregui, a Norwalk school counselor from Brawley who still has 760 area code cellphone even though she hasn’t lived there in 20 years. “My friends from the coast always say: ‘How do you guys live down there? It’s too hot!’ “ added Ruby Palomino, owner of Johnny’s Burrito, a beloved Valley chain. Ruiz’s Mexican heritage and improbable rise — a high school dropout, he got the fight against Joshua with only four weeks’ notice after the original opponent failed a drug test — have been the main storylines chronicled by the national and international press. They’re important to Valley residents, of course. But many around here want outsiders — and that includes other Californians — to consider something else they say Ruiz personifies: the hard knocks in which Imperial Mexicans not only endure but thrive.

Especially when no one seems know who they are. The last time so much positive outside attention fell on the Valley was 2012, when another Mexican American athlete, baseball reliever Sergio Romo of Brawley, helped the San Francisco Giants win the World Series. Brawley gave Romo the key to the city during a high school football game. On June 22, Imperial gave Ruiz a parade and rally. Those expecting to see an outpouring of cultura — say, Aztec dancers, or a deafening banda sinaloense — were left wanting. While there was a mariachi accompanied by baile folklorico dancers and charros, the event could’ve been a high school rally out of “Grease.” People feasted on French fries with melted white cheese and a tangy avocado sauce, a Valley dish so iconic that a bobblehead of Johnny’s burrito mascot holds a container of them. Imperial High School’s cheer squad did routines; El Centro’s Central Union High School’s drum line pounded out football standards. DJs leaned more on Lil Nas X and Bruno Mars than Los Tigres del Norte or Vicente Fernandez. The few flashes of the Mexican tricolor flag were mostly on the multiple styles of Andy Ruiz T-shirts that fans wore. For Yerena, who drove down from Los Angeles to see the parade, the muted mexicanismo on display was quintessential Valley. “Most of the folks here are going to be very friendly and nice, but very apolitical,” he said.

“They just want to survive and hang out with their family and drink some beers and make some carne asada. Chicanismo is, like, for other places.” Even Border Patrol agents on bicycles from the El Centro station zipped around the fiesta with smiles. No one booed or made a fuss about it. “People are going to know where we’re at now,” said Adrian Guillermo-Barrera, who set up lawn chairs for his family three hours before the start of the parade and rally. “We’re not just between San Diego and Arizona.” Outside Donut Avenue, where the owner tacked a picture of Ruiz to a box of Takis chips, 17-year-old nationally ranked lighweight Yahaira Valenzuela said that Ruiz’s triumph would help change the attitudes of young people like her. “People from outside always say how the Valley is not known, so those of us from here would feel down,” she said. “But not after this.” Such a new narrative especially excites Martha Garcia. The daughter of migrant workers who toiled in the Valley’s fields, she was the first in her family to earn a doctorate and is the first female superintendent-president of Imperial Valley College, from which she graduated. “We’re known for all these barriers that hinder our (Mexican-American) youth,” Garcia said. “But I think what’s important to convey to others is that they’re drivers for a community like this one to thrive.” Although the Mexican and American national anthems were played during the rally, nearly all of the words spoken by politicians, Ruiz’s relatives and others were in English. Ruiz himself didn’t offer much beyond platitudes about never giving up and following one’s dreams. No bold defense of Mexican immigrants, the way Romo did in 2012 when he wore a T-shirt during a San Francisco parade that read “I Just Look Illegal.” No verbal grenades against President Trump. It didn’t matter. “I love all the Imperial Valley, man,” Ruiz told his fans. Afterward, some attendees dreamed out loud about how the Valley might build off of Ruiz’s triumph. Sergio Garcia, 33, imagined a tourism industry based on what Philadelphia established from the “Rocky” franchise. He dreamed of money from it being used to train homegrown fighters and establish the Imperial Valley as a boxing mecca. “It creates opportunities for us,” he said. “The moment right now is great, but it’s the future that has me excited.” As Ruiz walked away, Imperial Mayor Robert Amparano — who just minutes before had presented the boxer with the keys to the city — looked on and beamed. The Valley had a champ. “People can’t look at us as just a hot place anymore.”

Wimbledon, wedded to tradition, steps into the present Ben Rothenberg The New York Times News Service

WIMBLEDON, England — Wimbledon’s 133rd championships began Monday at the All England Club and there are many modern additions. There will be displays about new sustainability initiatives, a retractable roof above No. 1 Court, even voting on Wi-Ficonnected apps to determine which matches will be shown on the big screen facing the fans sitting on Henman Hill. And for the first time, “Miss” will be missing. Chair umpires will no longer delineate the marital status of female competitors when they announce the score. No more “Game, Miss Williams” for Venus and “Game, Mrs. Williams” for Serena; now, both occurrences will simply be “Game, Williams,” the same as it is for the men. “We’ve got to move with the times,” said Alexandra Willis, head of communications, content and digital for the All England Club. “Hopefully we surprise people with the way we do that.” Wimbledon will adhere to International Tennis Federation protocol when umpires address a player who has been assessed a penalty or challenged a call. In those cases, it will be “Mr. Federer” or “Ms. Williams.” The French Open, which similarly used to address women during matches as either “Madame” or “Mademoiselle” depending on whether they were married, also dropped its use of such courtesy titles this year. “Some of the traditions — white clothing, playing on grass — they are our greatest strengths and the things that we do,” Willis said. “Others absolutely have to move with

the times. You have to respect the wishes of the players. I suppose the challenge for us is: how much you rewrite history?” Wimbledon’s emphasis on its history means that the All England Club is grappling with marriages both present and past. Uniquely, Wimbledon still maintains its detailed marital records of any woman who has reached the semifinals in any draw, though it is now framed in its annual Wimbledon Compendium not as a social registry but as “a reference list” to clarify “their resultant name changes.” This year’s compendium has also made more significant changes to the presentation of the names of women’s champions, referring to married winners with their own names instead of those of their husbands. No longer is it unclear, for example, that 1929 victor, “Miss H.N. Wills,” is the same woman as the next year’s champion, “Mrs. F.S. Moody.” Now 1929’s Helen Wills is followed by 1930’s Helen Wills Moody. Some of this year’s changes were nimble reactions to the marathon semifinals that derailed the end of last year’s tournament. Kevin Anderson and John Isner took 6 hours, 36 minutes to finish a match that lasted until 26-24 in the fifth set. That match delayed the next semifinal between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, which also went five sets, and was finished, weirdly, under a closed roof the next day despite bright skies above. In October, Wimbledon added a tiebreaker at 12-12 in the deciding set. Tournament organizers also have removed the rule that a match must

resume under the same conditions in which it was postponed. Besides changes in the use of courtesy titles, equality is seemingly ascendant at Wimbledon. The new retractable roof over Wimbledon’s second largest stadium could allow for greater parity in the number of men’s and women’s matches scheduled for the two main courts. Wimbledon is bringing the men into line with the women by adding a heat rule that allows men’s matches to be halted in extreme conditions. The WTA has had such a rule for years, while the ATP has no such protection. French player Benoît Paire complained about playing in searing heat last week in Antalya, Turkey, tweeting that he was “#happytobealive.” “We’re a combined event, so much like we do with equal prize money, we should treat them the same,” Willis said. Wimbledon has paid its male and female players equally since 2007, when it became the last of the four Grand Slam events to do so. But until this year there were fewer opportunities for female players to earn that money, with the women’s qualifying draw of 96 far smaller than the men’s draw of 128 players. Wimbledon added 32 players to the women’s qualifying tournament this year. Willis acknowledged that understanding such discrepancies had not always come easily to current Wimbledon organizers because “none of us were necessarily around when these decisions were made,” but the tournament decided for this year that there “are plenty of players to play at that level in qualifying, and we should have equal size draws.”

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NASCAR Cup Series driver Alex Bowman (88) reacts after winning the Camping World 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.

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When Alex Bowman was tapped to take the ride of NASCAR superstar Dale Earnhardt Jr. a year ago, he knew the pressure of pleasing the sport’s most rabid fan base would be riding shotgun with him every time a green flag dropped. On a rain-lengthened race Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway, Bowman was finally able to give Junior Nation something to feel good about as he put the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet back in Victory Lane. The victory in the Camping World 400 was Bowman’s first in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and secures him a victory in the Playoffs, which are now just 10 races away. “This is all I wanted my whole life,” Bowman said. “I feel like this is a lot of validation for a lot of people who said we couldn’t do this.” To get his victory, he had to pass Kyle Larson of Chip

Ganassi Racing with six laps to go. His margin of victory over Larson was .583 seconds. And it may have saved his job. “I had questions about whether Mr. H (team owner Rick Hendrick) was going to keep letting me doing this,” Bowman said. “All the rumor mills. But to be here winning a race in the Cup Series means so much. I needed this personally to validate my career. “I think even Chad Knaus (crew chief of teammate William Byron) said something about me never winning a race. So, Chad, there – we went and did it. Everybody can stop giving me crap. We went and did it.” Larson had tracked Bowman down and actually passed him for the lead with just a handful of laps left. But back came Bowman for the winning pass. “He could get big runs on me down the straightaways and I think that allowed him to get that run into (Turn 1 to make

the winning pass),” Larson said. “He got to me inside and I got a little tight. I had to kind of breathe it a little bit. “Still a good day.” Joey Logano of Team Penske finished third. Rounding out the top five were Bowman’s teammate, Jimmie Johnson and Logano’s teammate, Brad Keselowski. Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Dillon started from the pole but on Lap 9, Johnson moved past to take the lead. Dillon finished 10th on the day. Just after Johnson assumed the lead, the yellow flag waved, and then the red, as lightning began flashing around the track. The lightning was followed by high winds and torrential rains. The red flag stayed out for over three hours. When racing resumed at just after 6:30 p.m. Eastern time, the temperature had dropped from the low 90s to the low 70s.

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Unexpected parenthood keeps couple together Four years ago, I became friends with a coworker and things took off too fast. Within a couple of months, I became pregnant. We were thrown together without really even knowing each other because, deep down, we wanted a family and decided to stick it out. I ended up having to leave DEAR ABBY because neither one of us was happy, and it wasn’t the greatest environment to raise our daughter in. I came back a few months later, and we have been trying our best to get along and be great parents for her. But our past issues constantly raise their ugly heads and cause problems that make us want to split up. I have suggested individual and couples counseling, but he isn’t into it. I’m beyond tired of it. My head says go, but my heart says stay. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Weighing The Pros And Cons

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Your child’s father may prefer to play the blame game because he’s unwilling to own up to his part in the problem. Dragging an unwilling partner to counseling would be unproductive. However, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t go without him. If you do, you will have a clearer understanding about whether and why you should continue living together. Keep in mind that a household where there is conflict is not a healthy environment for a child. My mother passed away a short time ago, and my cousin immediately posted about the funeral on social media without even mentioning me in her post, or asking me how I felt about such a posting.

Have people grown so self-centered and uncaring about other people’s feelings that they think posts like this are appropriate without asking the immediate family’s feelings on the matter? It seems to me it’s a self-serving grab for attention and sympathy without any respect for the immediate family of the deceased. I really cannot find a way to forgive her actions. Hurt And Angry In The East Please accept my sympathy for the loss of your mother. Your cousin may be part of the generation that thinks every detail of their lives must be put online for consumption by an audience waiting with bated breath. If my guess is accurate, then I agree doing it without first running it by the immediate family was insensitive and thoughtless. Not knowing your cousin, I don’t know whether it was a “self-serving grab for attention.” However, what’s done is done. It’s over. I hope you won’t allow this to ruin your relationship with this relative or your memories of your dear mother. I’ve always wondered when it’s appropriate for a couple to start giving gifts as a couple vs. individually. I’ve seen couples who start early on in their relationship and others who have been together for what feels like forever who still individually give gifts. Wondering In Texas

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In the days before vaccines, it sometimes made sense to deliberately infect a child. Some diseases are much worse to get at an older age (such as chickenpox), so exposing children to a hopefully mild case at an age when they are most likely to have a benign outcome was rational. This is not done now because even in the best situation, measles is still a dangerous virus and the vaccine very infrequently has serious

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There are no hard and fast rules about something like this. It may depend on all the circumstances involved, and also may have something to do with how independent from each other the couple is.

There’s no good reason to expose kids to contagious diseases I have been following with great interest the recent measles outbreak. Back when I was a child, if little Johnny got the measles I remember every mom in the neighborhood would take their child to little Johnny’s house so their kids could contract the measles. This was the case for every childhood disease. The only thing I can remember being vaccinated for was smallpox, TO YOUR and we all had the scar to show GOOD HEALTH for it. In fact, I never remember my mom getting crazy about me getting any kind of illness. If I had an earache, she would take me to the neighborhood doctor for a shot of penicillin. I just had my 69th birthday, and I cannot remember the last time I had even so much as a cold. I do get a flu shot every year just because I don’t want to take the chance of getting sick at my age. Do we baby boomers have stronger immune systems because of the natural immunity we got from having all those childhood diseases?

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complications. Even though most children did fine with measles disease, hospitalizations were not uncommon. One or two times in a thousand cases, measles was (and still is) fatal. There is also a late complication called subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, which is 100% fatal. Measles disease weakens the immune system, at least for several years after infection. During this period of time, people (adults and children) are at higher risk for many types of infection, especially pneumonia, which is more likely to be fatal. However, eventually the body’s immune system will recover. People who have had measles are, almost always, protected from measles for lifetime. The vaccine has a low risk of serious complications. A febrile seizure happens in about 1 person in 3,000; temporarily low platelets happen in about 1 person in 30,000. There is very strong evidence that childhood vaccines, including the MMR, do not increase risk of autism. People who have had two doses of vaccine are about 99% likely to be immune to measles. Nobody gets smallpox vaccine anymore (except military, some lab workers and a few bioterrorism responders), because smallpox no longer exists in the wild. It is still possible to eradicate measles the same way.

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Horoscope By Stella Wilder Born today, you can be, at times, far too emotional for your own good, and you will often benefit from having someone by your side who can both calm you when you need to be calmed, and work to smooth things over for you when your emotional responses to things have caused you trouble. What is most interesting is that you are able to deal with issues others bring to the table far more than your own — but this, in many ways, makes you a classic Cancer native! You are perfectly willing to step forward and take a stand when someone else is on the line, but you will too often simply retreat into your own shell when the dangers you encounter threaten you directly. You are very quick to fall under the spell of someone who gives you the kind of attention you desire — and indeed, you may actually call it “love,” when in fact it is merely appreciation you are feeling. Also born on this date are: Ashley Tisdale, actress; Lindsay Lohan, actress; Larry David, producer; Richard Petty, auto racer; Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court Justice; Jerry Hall, model; Jose Canseco, baseball player. To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide. WEDNESDAY, JULY 3 CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Anything you do that is secretive is sure to attract attention, even though most won’t know what exactly it is you’re really up to. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You may find yourself engaged in a conflict that threatens a friendship. It’s no time for stubbornness; acknowledge another’s needs!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You’re not breaking the rules, even though there are those who think that what you are doing isn’t exactly kosher. What are you up to? LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You may have to answer to someone who only yesterday was doing your bidding. This reversal is the result of something you could have avoided. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You needn’t fear any attempt to do the right thing — no matter who is making it. You can come out of this in an advantageous position. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You may have to prove your position to someone who is not inclined to believe you — yet. Take your time; choose your words carefully. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You may not be feeling like yourself today, but there is still much to do that you cannot leave for someone else. You can push through! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You’ll have the chance to get something out of your system today, but you must take care that you’re not merely passing it to someone else. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — That which is going on behind your back will be worth some study — but not today. It’s best for you to leave it well enough alone for now. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — A partner surprises you with a decision made in solitude that affects you in a way that you cannot overlook. This is something to talk about. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You may be seeing special privileges of some kind today, but they’re not likely to be granted until you can prove your “loyalty” in some way. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You may have to repeat yourself today in order to get someone to pay attention to what you are doing. Soon you’ll be able to move on. COPYRIGHT 2019 UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE, INC.

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

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

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

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(e.g., Phrase meaning “very likely.” Answer: In the cards. Freshman level 1. Major League Baseball team nicknamed the Cards. 2. For what do the letters stand in ATM card? 3. Name the card product associated with Hallmark. Graduate level 4. In playing cards, which card is “The Man with the Axe”? 5. In Monopoly, the two types of cards are Community Chest and ____. 6. These small cards printed with words or pictures can aid in learning. PH.D. level 7. The inking device used by bingo players to mark their cards is called a ___. 8. Kevin Spacey played the U.S. president in this Netflix TV series. 9. For what do the letters stand in SIM card?

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

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SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. St. Louis Cardinals. 2. Automated teller machine. 3. Greeting cards. 4. King of diamonds. 5. Chance. 6. Flashcards. 7. Dauber or dabber. 8. “House of Cards.” 9. Subscriber identification (identity) module. 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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