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Children’s summer camp approved

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Residents voiced their concerns about the future of Pollace’s Resort at a public hearing Tuesday night.

may be on-site, for a total of 180 people. The property will also be used

for gatherings on holiday weekends throughout the year, applicant Jacob

Bar-Horin told planners. At the public hearing June 11, residents expressed concerns about whether the current septic system could handle that number of guests and if the property would be maintained when camp was not in session. The planning board approved the project with a set of conditions. “An attractive wood, plastic, metal, or composite privacy fence will be installed along the road frontage that is in harmony with the surrounding neighborhood,” according to the resolution. The applicant originally proposed a See CAMP A8

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CATSKILL — With a set of conditions including vaccination against measles, town planners approved the site plan to convert Pollace’s Family Vacation Resort into a summer camp for special needs children on Tuesday. The resort, located at 71 Landon Ave., has served the community for more than 70 years. The owners announced in March that they had entered into negotiations to sell the business. The camp is projected to serve approximately 60 children of the Hasidic Jewish faith. Each child will have a one-on-one counselor and up to 50 other management staff

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In the five decades since the Stonewall riots, gay pride has come out of the closet to instead march down the street. Pictured are marchers in this year’s gay pride parade in Hudson.

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The West Side Savings Bank in New York. The bank’s windows had been smashed by rioters on the afternoon of June 28, 1969. The images were shot by a Times photographer named Larry Morris on the evening of July 2, 1969, five nights after a raid on the nearby Stonewall Inn, a nightclub popular among gay men and lesbians, which touched off disturbances that have come to be seen as a defining event in the development of the gay rights movement.

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The Stonewall Inn, in New York City, on July 2, 1969. The uprising that took place at the Greenwich Village bar, now celebrating its 50th anniversary, is widely regarded as the impetus behind the gay rights movement.

LGBTQ community recalls Stonewall at 50 By Melanie Lekocevic Columbia-Greene Media

The uprising that took place at a small bar known as the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village in the summer of 1969 became a flash point for the modern gay rights movement. Fifty years later, on the anniversary of the riot, activists say society has come a long way, but most agree there is still more to be done. “We’ve certainly come a long way,” Hudson activist Linda Mussmann said. “Over these 50 years it has become common — the concept of being gay and trans and queer FILE PHOTO — all the initials have be- Fifty years after the uprisings at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich come very much a part of the Village, marchers made their way down Warren Street in the conversation in America. But OutHudson Pride Parade earlier this month. C-GM file photo there are still some countries that are punishing people for because they don’t want to ac- issues, and people of color are being gay. Churches are mak- cept people of different sexuSee STONEWALL A8 ing people’s lives miserable alities. There are still trans

Columbia County toasts the best of 2019 By Amanda Purcell Columbia-Greene Media

CHATHAM — Wunderbar Bistro and Chatham Brewing were among the big winners Thursday as Columbia County businesses, services and community organizations cheered each other on at the Best of Columbia County 2019 Awards. For the past six years, the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce and ColumbiaGreene Media have hosted an event in celebration of Columbia County’s “Best Of.” The awards are chosen by the public after two rounds of voting.

Representatives from the top three choices in each category are invited to the event, where the winner is announced for the first time. This year’s festivities were held at PS21 Performing Arts Space in Chatham. “Anytime we are promoting Columbia County and these small businesses is really what it is all about,” said Carlo DeVito, co-owner of Hudson Chatham Winery. “These people are returning jobs to the area.” Columbia County Chamber Chairman Derick LaTorre, of MetzWood Insurance, has

been coming to the event since it began. “It’s a great time for local business to get together and showcase what they do and celebrate all the different businesses we have in Columbia County,” LaTorre said. “I can’t pick favorites. The biggest categories are always the breweries and wineries and food.” Hudson-Chatham Winery has done collaborative drinks with several of the “Best Of” nominees, including Chatham Brewing, DeVito said. See BEST A8

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The Falls in Greenport took home “Best Wedding Venue” in the Best of Columbia County awards Thursday night at PS 21 in Chatham.

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Wall Street spared in Democratic debate as crisis’s impact fades Austin Weinstein and Matthew Leising Bloomberg

Wall Street emerged almost entirely unscathed from the first Democratic presidential debate, with no questions to candidates and few comments on an industry that has long been a favorite target of liberals. Once a ubiquitous talking point in Democratic politics, the words “Wall Street” were mentioned fewer than half a dozen times over the two nights of debate in Miami. Even Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders -- two progressives famed for going after the financial system -- made little mention of big banks from their positions at center stage. Instead, the 20 candidates and moderators turned their attention to health care, climate change, immigration and economic inequality. More than a decade after the 2008 financial meltdown, the silent treatment toward the industry pointed to the waning power of postcrisis angst in U.S. politics. “On a scale of one to 10 on importance, financial services and regulation are not in that 10,” said Robert Wolf, former head of UBS Group’s Americas Unit and founder of the strategy and A Wall Street sign in New York on May 25, 2018. investment firm 32 Advisors. “We’re very different from where we were five and 10 years ago.” Democrats running for the 2020 nomination. The most prominent mention of Wall Street With the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act now almost fully implemented, there’s the percep- came Thursday night from the Democratic tion among some that the major regulation of front-runner, former Vice President Joe Biden, Wall Street has already been done. “Whole- who said in his opening remarks that “Donald sale changes for the most part have taken Trump thinks Wall Street built America. Ordiplace,” said Wolf, who has donated to multiple nary, middle-class Americans built America.”

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Under the regulators appointed by President Donald Trump, the banking industry has benefited from a slow but steady process to ease rules put in place after the crisis. Lenders have been performing well, with the six biggest U.S. lenders posting a record profit last year exceeding $120 billion.

“It’s a very tired argument to beat up on banks this many years after the crisis,” said Charles Myers, who was vice chairman of Evercore Inc. before he started Signum Global Advisors, which does policy research for finance firms. Big tech and the pharmaceutical industry have become the new regulatory targets for Democrats, Myers said. And with the U.S. economy running relatively strong, and unemployment at 3.6%, railing against Wall Street banks may not be as effective for Democrats as it was when unemployment touched 10% in the depths of the crisis. Still, Democrats remain known as the antiWall Street party, and that legacy carries over in the platforms of the candidates. Sanders has proposed a securities transaction tax as a way to pay for his plan to eliminate student debt, one of the few Wall Street-related proposals to get air time during the debate. Senator Kamala Harris of California has introduced a bill to step up the powers that state regulators wield over national banks. “Just because they’re not the latest flavor of the month, it doesn’t mean that financial services doesn’t have a target on its back,” said Stephen Myrow, managing partner of Beacon Policy Advisors in Washington. “The hot button issues right now are things like health care, big tech and immigration. That doesn’t mean that if a Democrat was to become president that financial services wouldn’t get attacked.”

Farmers will plant fewer soybean acres Ikea risks boycott in Poland after wading than expected after Midwest storms

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Patrick McKiernan Bloomberg

The spring deluge in the Midwest and Great Plains spurred a cut in the U.S. forecast for soybean acreage, a bigger reduction than analysts expected. Planting this season was pegged at 80 million acres, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday in a report. Analysts in a Bloomberg survey expected 84.7 million. Before the USDA report, traders said the acreage projections may be revised lower again. The agency’s survey of farmers in the first two weeks of June occurred before planting plans were final or seeding concluded. After the deluge, the soybean rally deluge stalled this month. Through Thursday, futures for November delivery on the Chicago Board of Trade fell 3.8% from a threemonth high of $9.48 a bushel on June 18, partly amid muted demand from China amid the trade war and ample supplies from Brazil, the world’s top exporter. Futures jumped as much as 1.9% after the USDA

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Soybeans spill from a collapsed grain bin in a agricultural field where floodwater had receded outside Pacific Junction, Iowa, on March 23, 2019.

report at noon New York time. On Friday, U.S. exporters reported a sale of 544,000 metric tons of soybeans to China, the biggest deal by the Asian nation in three

months. That spurred speculation that a trade truce may loom as the presidents of the nations prepare to meet at the Group of 20 summit. The contiguous U.S. had

the wettest January to May on records going back to 1895, according to the U.S. National Centers for Environmental Information in Asheville, North Carolina.

Poland ordered prosecutors to probe Ikea of Sweden after its local unit fired a man over his actions during a gaypride corporate event, while ruling-party officials mulled a boycott of the world’s largest furniture retailer. The incident comes after Poland’s most powerful politician, governing-party boss Jaroslaw Kaczynski, said in the run-up to last month’s European elections that that the advancement of gay rights is a “grave danger” for Poland’s families and the future of the European Union. If confirmed by the investigation, the episode shows how foreign companies in Poland “discriminate” against those who don’t share their values, Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro told public television TVP Info. “This is unacceptable,” Ziobro said Friday. “It’s absolutely scandalous.” The former Ikea employee, identified by TVP Info as Tomasz K., told the network that he was fired after he refused

Senate falls short in vote to restrain Trump on Iran Karoun Demirjian The Washington Post

WASHINGTON - The Senate failed to muster enough votes Friday to approve a measure that would have insisted President Donald Trump come to Congress before engaging militarily with Iran, except in the case of self-defense. The measure, a proposed amendment to the annual defense bill, would have needed 60 votes to be included in the $750 billion authorization senators passed Thursday. It encountered significant opposition from

Republicans, who argued that it was unnecessary and potentially dangerous, in sending a message to Iran that Congress might undermine the commander in chief in the midst of an escalating conflict. The only Republicans so far to support the measure are Sens. Jerry Moran, Kanas; Susan Collins, Maine; Mike Lee, Utah; and Rand Paul, Kentucky. “The timing couldn’t be worse,” Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said Thursday, arguing that the amendment was “just not necessary” given the president’s powers to

direct the military. “The redundancy is actually damaging. . . . It’s only going to reinforce this belief among some in the regime that they can go further than they can.” Those supporting the effort rejected the argument that the president would fully respect Congress’ authority to declare war - or stick to the plan about when and where to respond to provocations with military force. “They’re trying to create excuses for why we should ignore the Constitution and open the door to war with Iran,” Sen. Tom Udall, DN.M., the amendment’s

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author, said Thursday. “President Trump has said he was ten minutes away from doing just that.” Voting on the amendment began at 5 a.m. Friday and promised to continue through much of the afternoon, to allow Democratic senators who were in Miami this week for the first primary debates o return to Washington. The debate now moves to the Democratic-led House, where lawmakers are expected to include a similar restriction in their version of the defense bill. Debate begins on the House floor next

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month. The Senate and the House will then have to combine the two versions of the defense bill. Iran is one of several matters - along with nuclear weapons investments, the diversion of military resources to the U.S.-Mexico border, and overall funding levels for the Pentagon - that promise to be contentious. The Washington Post’s Mike DeBonis contributed to this report.

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to withdraw a critical comment he posted on the company intranet during an event showing solidarity with the LGBT community. He said his post included quotes from the Bible. “I was shaken up, I’ve been hired to sell furniture but I’m a Catholic and these aren’t my values,” he said. Ikea’s corporate culture is based on the “freedom of ideas, tolerance and respect for each employee but the company has to react when it sees risk of breach of dignity of other employees,” Katarzyna Broniarek, head of corporate communications at Ikea Retail, said in a statement. Patryk Jaki, a ruling-party lawmaker and Ziobro’s former deputy, offered Tomasz K. legal help and called for a boycott of Ikea if investigations found the retailer was discriminating against Catholics. Ikea opened its first Polish store in 1991. It has more than a dozen factories in the country and nearly the same amount of retail outlets. Polish plants make about 4,000 products sold in Ikea stores globally.

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CALENDAR Monday, July 1 n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m. at the Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Cairo Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo n Greene County Board of Electrical Examiners 1 p.m. at the Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., 4th Floor, Room 469, Catskill

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 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., 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 Catskill Town Planning Board with

public hearing 7 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill 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

Police: Raid yields heroin, crack cocaine By Amanda Purcell Columbia-Greene Media

KINDERHOOK — An alleged drug dealer who may be connected to several overdoses in the area was arrested and his drugs were seized after a raid in the town early this week, police said. Devon C. Sisnett, 31, Kinderhook, was charged Monday with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance; third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, both class B felonies; fourthdegree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class C felony; tampering with physical evidence, a class E felony; resisting arrest and second-degree obstruction of governmental administration, both class A misdemeanors, according to a state-

ment issued by the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office. Kinderhook Town Justice Lisa Mills sent Sisnett to Columbia County Jail on $25,000 bail. He is scheduled back in Kinderhook Town Court at a later date. Kelsey D. Burgett, 24, of Germantown, and Tiffany J. Lanphear, of Hudson, were both charged with seventhdegree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor. They were issued appearance tickets returnable to Kinderhook Town Court on July 9. All three were arrested after a three-month investigation, Columbia County Sheriff David Bartlett said. Police raided the Blue Spruce Inn and Suites, 3093 State Route 9, where Sisnett was living. As police entered room No. 18, Sisnett attempted to flee

through the parking lot and throw away the drugs he was carrying, police said. But deputies were able to Devon Sisnett apprehend him before he got away. Inside the hotel room, investigators found nine grams of powdered heroin — the equivalent of 100 individual doses, Bartlett said. The powdered heroin was field-tested, indicating it was laced with fentanyl, police said. Additionally, two prepackaged bundles (20 doses) were also recovered. Forty-five grams of crack cocaine, scales and packaging material used in the processing and packaging of heroin and crack cocaine were also seized, police

Youth caretaker charged with sexual abuse after investigation Staff report Columbia-Greene Media

CANAAN — An employee at Berkshire Farm Center was charged with sexual abuse after an investigation, state police said Thursday. Kelli R. Wagers, 39, of Philmont, was charged June 21 with second-degree

criminal sex act, a class E felony; endangering the welfare of a child, a class A misdemeanor; and two counts of third-degree sexual abuse, a class B misdemeanor. State police investigators were alerted June 17 by Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth staff of possible sexual abuse by an

employee. Wagers, employed as a clinician at Berkshire Farm Center, committed two sexual acts and instances of sexual abuse with a youth under the age of 17 while at the facility, state police said. Wagers was arraigned and sent to Columbia County Jail in lieu of $15,000 cash bail.

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 Greene County Legislature finance audit 4 p.m. at the Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., 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., Catskill

Tuesday, July 16 n Athens Village Planning Board 6:30

p.m. at Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens

Wednesday, July 17 n Catskill Town Board committee

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., Catskill

DEC encourages visitors to prepare for holiday hikes ALBANY — New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos encouraged the public planning to visit the Adirondack High Peaks region to properly plan and prepare for hikes. During the upcoming holiday weekends, DEC forest rangers will continue their Preventative Search and Rescue (PSAR) initiative to reduce the number of incidents in the Adirondack High Peaks region and help ensure the public has an enjoyable and safe outdoor experience. “New York’s magnificent Adirondack High Peaks offer world-class hiking opportunities for outdoor adventurers of all ages and abilities. I encourage everyone to enjoy these majestic mountains, but to do so safely and responsibly,” Seggos said. “Planning and preparation can go a long way toward ensuring a safe and enjoyable experience that is protective

of our state’s natural resources.” As part of DEC’s multiyear, comprehensive effort to promote sustainable tourism and address public safety in the Adirondack region, DEC Forest Rangers and Assistant Forest Rangers will promote proper planning and preparation through direct conversations with hikers at trailheads and other locations during the Victoria Day and Memorial Day holiday weekends. Hikers who properly prepare and plan before going out on the trails are less likely to get lost or injured. Hikers who are knowledgeable about proper backcountry practices have significantly less impact on the natural resources, infrastructure, and other users. The rangers’ effort will increase face-toface interactions with hikers — the most effective means of educating visitors to the backcountry.

“Plan Ahead and Prepare” is the first of the Leave No Trace Seven Principles and the main theme of Hike Safe’s Hiker Responsibility Code. DEC reminds hikers to plan ahead and be prepared for the elements: Know your skill level and physical capabilities — choose trails within your or your group’s ability; Inform someone of your travel plans and let them know where you are going, your planned route, when you plan to return, and emergency numbers to call if you do not return at the scheduled time; Wear base layers of moisturewicking fabric to keep your skin dry; Bring plenty of food and water. Eat, drink, and rest often to prevent exhaustion; Pack a first aid kit, extra clothing, a fire starter kit, headlamp with extra batteries, and a trail map; and Keep an eye on the weather, and if conditions worsen, head back immediately.

to the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. In 2013, Sisnett served time on a charge of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class B felony. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Columbia County District Attorney’s Office, Capital District Drug Enforcement Task Force and the Watervliet Police Department. Anyone with any information about illegal activity can contact the sheriff’s office tips line at 518-822-8477. All calls will be kept confidential. To reach reporter Amanda Purcell, call 518-828-1616 ext. 2500, or send an email to apurcell@ thedailymail.net, or tweet to @ amandajpurcell.

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STATE POLICE n Amy Comerford, 32, of Durham, was arrested at 10:32 p.m. June 25 in Greenville and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08%, driving while intoxicated and aggravated DWI, all unclassified misdemeanors; and firstdegree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a class E felony. She was released to a third party. n Malinda Cassimore, 39, of Cairo, was arrested at 4 p.m.

June 26 in Durham and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor. She was issued an appearance ticket. n Andrew Vatier, 59, of Glen Oaks, was arrested at 9:46 p.m. June 26 in Catskill and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Tariesha M. Memminger, 21, of Coxsackie, was arrested at 4:50 June 26 in Coxsackie and charged with petty larceny, a class A misdemeanor. She was issued an appearance ticket.

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said. Around $6,000 was also seized, police said. The investigation is ongoing, police said. “Investigators with the Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement and Education Unit are looking into the stamps or markings and the packaging material to see if they can be linked to those overdoses in this area,” Bartlett said. Sisnett was on parole for drug charges, according to the Department of Community Supervision and Corrections. On Dec. 1, 2015, Sisnett was sentenced in Columbia County Court to two years in state prison and two years of post-release supervision under his conviction by plea of fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class D felony. He was released on parole in November 2018, according

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Catskill’s bridge approach has unique issues When the Catskill Village Board announced it wants to do a feasibility study of reconfiguring the intersection of Route 23 and Route 385 on the Greene County side of the Rip Van Winkle Bridge, visions of an anything-you-can-do-Ican-do-better competition with Columbia County and its Skywalk roundabout danced unhappily in our heads. The Skywalk project involved a major change in the traffic pattern on the Columbia County side of the bridge and constructing a traffic circle. “We feel we should get our due on this side of the river,” Village President Vincent Seeley said ominously Wednesday. Just what Seeley meant by “our due” isn’t clear, but at least he isn’t proposing a matching roundabout. Additional parking is the early

goal here. The nonprofit group Model of Architecture Serving Society, or MASS, already asked village residents to consider what they want the intersection of Route 23 and Route 385 to look like. They should also consider that the Columbia County roundabout cost $4.5 million. Then again, nobody is talking about a roundabout. MASS Principal Chris Kroner said his group is not trying to come up with a design at this time. “It’s really, really early,” he told the board. One sensible idea that ought to be floated is improving the flow of traffic around the intersection. Vehicles have been known to speed on the short exit ramps off Route 23 and Route 385 and many don’t yield right-of-way. Sight distance also contributed to a

few accidents. A safer intersection would be a worthy immediate goal. The idea of a public park around the old reservoir is intriguing as well. As Seeley rightly noted, the park at Dutchman’s Landing sits atop land reclaimed from a former landfill. Reclamation of the land around the old reservoir would be an excellent first step to a new village park. We hope the Catskill Village Board resists the urge to outdo what was built in Columbia County. The Route 23-Route 385 intersection is an entirely different animal and has different needs. Catskill may not get what Greenport has, but there should be no doubt about the need for a safer intersection with a less complicated traffic pattern.

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Istanbul’s mayoral election provides glimmer of hope for Turkey The Washington Post

A glimmerof hope for Turkey was evident in recent days with the doover election for mayor of Istanbul, in which voters turned out in even greater numbers than before to reject the candidate of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and elect opposition leader Ekrem Imamoglu. The hope stems from voter willingness to return to the polls after Erdogan’s flimsy grounds for a second ballot and their determination to protest Turkey’s economic woes and the president’s authoritarian ways. It was also slightly reassuring that Erdogan, stung by the March 31 loss in a city he once led as mayor and upon which he built his political powerhouse, the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, this time acknowledged defeat and did not resort to any more trickery. Now the question is how Erdogan will respond to the setback. After the 2016 failed coup attempt against him, Erdogan wielded everharsher political repression. The Istanbul vote should

bring him up short and cause him - and his supporters - to ask whether they have created a viable path for the future. It seems voters are signaling they have not. Erdogan can turn a corner by ceasing the massive and unjustified prosecution of civil society that he instigated in a hunt for followers of the cleric Fethullah Gulen, whose movement Erdogan has accused of fomenting the coup attempt, which Gulen denies. That purge has resulted in 319 journalists arrested, 6,021 academics losing their posts and 4,463 judges and prosecutors being dismissed, not to mention tens of thousands of teachers and government workers who have lost jobs or been investigated. Turkey’s democracy is not dead, but it is still on life support. Erdogan could make a fresh start by halting the trial underway of 16 civilsociety activists accused of instigating the 2013 Gezi Park protestsin Istanbul’s Taksim Square, demonstrations initially against development that turned

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into a nationwide cause. The prosecution of the activists is misguided and a reflection of Erdogan’s increasingly paranoid style, transforming the criminaljustice system into a tool of repression. Erdogan also faces formidable economic woes, caused in part by Turkey taking on too much debt; he has intensified economic uncertainty and eroded business confidence. Meanwhile, a collision looms with the United States over Erdogan’s determination to receive the Russian-built S-400 air defense system as soon as next month, a system that is incompatible with NATO’s air defense networks and could compromise the F-35 stealth fighter program. Erdogan seems to think, improbably, that he can squirm out of this jam by talking to President Donald Trump at the Group of 20 summit. If he cannot, he will probably lose the F-35s and also be vulnerable to sanctions. A dead end lies that way. The Istanbul election gives Turkey’s president a chance to pick a different route.

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Test cases for our survival: The global climate has recently been getting warmer, forewarning more frequent and severe storms, threatening many life forms, coastal habitations, resources, and food production. The warming we see is but a tiny picture of an ever changing big whole, with a history of reversals. Global wealth inequality has created an underclass of billions, forewarning social and political unrest, threatening rebellions and wars. Inequality is a feature of the human condition due to people’s innate differences in adaptation, aptitude, and desire. State secrecy and surveillance of citizens has reached a fascistic level, forewarning loss of personal freedom and liberty. States have a responsibility to monitor citizen activity to maintain order for the general good. Nuclear weapons show no signs of going away, forewarning devastating consequences of their usage. Nuclear weapons have proved to be an effective tool for maintaining world hierarchal order. In each of these cases, U.S. capitalism comes down on the italicized side of the equation. It is not in the nature of capitalism to tolerate any loss of private profit, whether it be diverting capital from proven profitable production, allowing the world’s poorest countries to prosper from their own above and underground wealth resources, de-coupling its interests from a state founded in support of it, or allowing competing nations and ideologies a chance to rival our economy. As the name implies, socialism places people ahead of capital, working people as distinct from people that prosper off of others’ work. Relatively few people prosper off of others’ work, yet these few people have, in their hands,

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ROTHENBERG an inordinate amount of the world’s wealth. And these few people have, in their hands, the means to set the conditions under which the workers of the world must sustain themselves. You don’t have to be a fan of socialism to see that capitalism favors the billionaire (with trillionaires not far off) and that it is incapable of dealing with existing survival threats. It will take a new way of thinking to address existential threats, and it must involve the many over the few. People do not wish to fight in wars, thirst for water, starve for food, breathe dirty air, or withstand the elements for lack of shelter. People of any one country have to see in other countries their brothers and sisters. Less a utopian desire, it is a remedy for one nation’s leadership misleading its citizens into thinking that they have enemies intent on harming them. People don’t fight people in wars. They put on uniforms and fight for big shots. States fight states. The citizen must be led into it. This is a propaganda role states give to themselves and it has proven effective through centuries of use. Tell the people what they’re afraid of, tell them they’re fighting for the “good,” and refer to them as “heroes” of the state. Then all they have to do is obey. And never refer to it as a capitalist war. Speaking glowingly of an “American way of life” when large numbers of these Americans are under the control of the whims of others (those that have a job) for their very existence is a hypocrisy that can

only be maintained through sheer repetition. The modern corporation is an undemocratic, private tyranny. It’s purposely structured that way — by law, the kind we’re taught to have reverence for — to protect it from unhappy workers and outsiders. And, yes, polls confirm most workers are unhappy. Worldwide. That some people don’t want to be boss and are happy to work for others with less responsibility, is not an argument for the beneficence of capitalism. It’s an indication of the accommodation workers have made to an exploitive economic system that does not invite worker participation. Perhaps the only thing you’re free to do is quit. U.S. capitalism has taken all three branches of government and swallowed them whole. There’s much talk about election interference lately. Theirs, not ours. Theirs is relatively puny compared to ours, but leaving aside the international kind, for a look at real interference we need go no further than money as a predictor in all our own elections. You almost can’t go wrong by betting on the party’s candidate that spends the most money in the campaign. Are we presently living in a pre-fascist stage? It’s safer to say we’ve entered a post-democratic age because capitalism is inherently anti-democratic, and little in our national life has been spared from its abuse. It’s not for a lack of evidence that there is reluctance to move away from it. That’s due to long-term demonization and the “failed examples” of socialist experiments. This underestimates the capacity of the “exceptional” nation to achieve what others could not. For one thing, a U.S. socialist experiment would have the advantage of not having the United States working overtime to snuff it out. James Rothenberg, of North Chatham, writes on U.S. social and foreign policy..

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Biden’s controversial history on busing for school integration crashes to forefront Eugene Scott The Washington Post

An exchange between Sen. Kamala Harris, D.-Calif., and former Vice President Joe Biden during the second night of the first Democratic primary debate encapsulated months of building tensions within the party over race and generational divisions, turning a spotlight onto Biden’s history on busing to integrate schools. It was the first big, face-toface showdown of the primary over the role that the intersection of race and policy will play in the 2020 election. Harris confronted Biden directly about his past stance on school busing. Biden was quick to defend himself. Here’s the exchange: Harris: Vice President Biden, do you agree today that you were wrong to oppose busing in America then? Biden: I did not oppose busing in America; what I opposed is busing ordered by the Department of Education. Harris: Well, there was a

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failure of states to integrate public schools in America. I was part of the second class to integrate Berkeley, California, Public Schools almost two decades after Brown vs. Board of Education. Biden: Because your City Council made that decision. It was a local decision. Harris: So that’s where the federal government steps in. That’s why we have the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act. That’s why we need to pass the Equality Act and the ERA. Because there are moments in history where states fail to preserve the civil rights of all people. Harris pointed out that she was bused as a child in the in Berkeley school system. The Washington Post’s Matt Viser wrote in March that when Biden was a freshman senator in the mid-1970s, he took a lead role in the fight about school busing, repeatedly speaking out against sending white children to predominantly black schools and black children to predominantly white schools.

Harris’ decision to directly confront Biden over busing, in personal terms, was notable and likely to garner a slew of headlines. Given the how much you’re likely to hear about the exchange, it’s worth reading Viser’s whole piece on Biden, but here are a few key passages that illuminate the vulnerability Harris saw: “Biden took a lead role in the fight (over school busing in Delaware), speaking out repeatedly and forcefully against sending white children to majority-black schools and black children to majority-white schools. Although civil rights leaders may object to Biden’s past statements about busing, his decision to stand by his views on the issue illustrate what some of his supporters think would be his advantage in the 2020 field: his ability to appeal beyond the Democratic base to some working-class white voters who voted for Donald Trump in 2016.

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France’s hottest day on record as Europe heat wave kills 2 Raphael Minder and Megan Specia The New York Times News Service

MADRID — A heat wave that stretched across Europe this week, bringing a record high temperature of more than 113 degrees Fahrenheit in France, has set off wildfires and led to the deaths of at least two people. Temperatures reached new highs in Spain as well, and elsewhere in France on Friday, soaring well above 104 degrees Fahrenheit, or 40 degrees Celsius, in some areas, although the heat eased in Central and Eastern Europe. Meteorologists said temperatures were expected to drop across the continent in coming days. Spain’s official weather agency placed seven provinces under the highest heat alert level on Friday. Such a “red alert” had been issued only once before in June, in 2015. At least two deaths have been attributed to the weather this week, Spanish officials said: a 17-year-old farm laborer in Córdoba and an 80-year-old in Valladolid. While experts have yet to draw a firm connection between this relatively early — and extreme — heat wave and global warming, it fits a clear overall trend. As greenhouse gas emissions lead to a rise in global temperatures, heat waves around the world are occurring more often, and they are hotter and last longer.

Hundreds of firefighters were struggling Friday to control a wildfire in Catalonia, Spain’s northeastern region, after extreme temperatures caused mismanaged manure on a farm to ignite, officials said. By midday, the fire had burned more than 16,000 acres. Nearby villages were evacuated, the Spanish defense ministry deployed aerial and land reinforcements. France remained on high alert, as temperatures reached a record 44.3 degrees Celsius (111.7 Fahrenheit) on Friday in the southern town of Carpentras, surpassing a record set in 2003. But that record was broken a short time later when the nearby village of Villevieille reported a temperature of 45.1 Celsius, or 113.2 Fahrenheit. France’s scorching temperatures could play a role in Friday’s highly anticipated Women’s World Cup quarterfinal match between the United States and France in Paris, though a 9 p.m. kickoff time is expected to moderate the worst of the conditions. In Germany, authorities warned on Friday that drinking water reserves were running dangerously low after days of high temperatures. In the country’s west and southwest, authorities asked residents to refrain from washing cars, watering lawns and filling swimming pools.

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Supreme Court will not hear bid to revive Alabama abortion ban Adam Liptak The New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday turned down an appeal asking it to revive an Alabama law that would have banned the procedure used in the vast majority of second-trimester abortions. As is their custom, the justices gave no reasons for declining to hear the case. Justice Clarence Thomas issued a concurring opinion that called the procedure gruesome and unconstitutional. “This case serves as a stark reminder,” he wrote, “that our abortion jurisprudence has spiraled out of control.” The procedure, known as dilation and extraction, involves dilating the woman’s cervix and removing the fetus in pieces. Opponents of abortion call it “dismemberment abortion.” Thomas adopted that terminology. “The notion that anything in the Constitution prevents states from passing laws prohibiting the dismembering of a living child is implausible,” he wrote. The Alabama law, enacted in 2016, was blocked by lower courts. It would have

affected 99% of abortions performed in the state after 15 weeks. In defending the law, Alabama officials said it fell short of a complete prohibition. “Although the law is a procedure ‘ban,’” the state told the Supreme Court, “its only practical requirement is that a doctor kill the unborn child through a medically appropriate procedure before removing the unborn child’s body from the woman.” The state proposed three methods of terminating fetal life before extraction: injecting potassium chloride into the fetus’ heart, cutting the umbilical cord and injecting digoxin, a heart-failure drug, into the amniotic fluid. Lower courts ruled that these methods were not safe, effective or available, and they struck down the law as inconsistent with Supreme Court precedent. Quoting a 2016 Supreme Court decision, Chief Judge Ed Carnes of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in Atlanta, said problems with “the fetal demise methods — their attendant risks; their technical difficulty; their untested

nature; the time and cost associated with performing them; the lack of training opportunities; and the inability to recruit experienced practitioners to perform them — support the conclusion that the act would ‘place a substantial obstacle in the path of a woman seeking an abortion before the fetus attains viability.’ “ “So does the fact,” he added, “that every court to consider the issue has ruled that laws banning dismemberment abortions are invalid and that fetal demise methods are not a suitable workaround.” Carnes’ opinion was notable for its reluctance. “Some Supreme Court justices have been of the view that there is constitutional law and then there is the aberration of constitutional law relating to abortion,” Carnes wrote for the majority. “If so, what we must apply here is the aberration.” Eight other states have similar laws, Alabama said in its brief seeking Supreme Court review of the case, Harris v. West Alabama Women’s Center, No. 18-837.

Blackstone backs Legoland’s push in $6 billion buyout, seeking to invest in worldwide expansion Thomas Mulier Bloomberg

The owner of Legoland theme parks aims to go private in a $6.1 billion buyout, seeking to invest more in worldwide expansion and attract new fans of the plastic bricks in markets such as China. Merlin Entertainments Plc said Friday that the Danish family behind the Lego empire agreed to buy the company for about 4.8 billion pounds in a joint offer with private equity firm Blackstone Group LP and Canadian pension fund CPPIB. The deal continues a run of blockbuster private equity transactions in Europe. The descendants of Lego founder Ole Kirk Christiansen are moving to increase their involvement in the theme park business, which the family sold off to Blackstone in 2005. Merlin has been aiming to double its Legoland network even as debt swells and tourist visits slow down. The buyout “will be very supportive of the development of the Legoland brand,” Merlin Chairman John Sunderland said in a phone interview. Founded in 1999, Merlin runs more than 120 attractions in 25 countries under formats including Sea Life and Peppa Pig. Since Merlin acquired the rights to Legoland 14 years ago, the company has built a network of eight parks under that moniker in locations including Florida, Dubai and Malaysia. Merlin has said it sees room to increase the number of Legoland parks to 20. The company has doubled capital spending in the past five years, leading debt to swell to 1.2 billion pounds. Both Standard & Poor’s Financial Services and Moody’s Investors Service

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have junk ratings on the borrowings. Investors had pushed the company to consider a sale, saying it would be worth more in the hands of private hands owners who can take a longer view on capital outlays. The Merlin bid is one of several recently in which buyout groups have moved to retake control of a company they previously owned, with targets getting scarcer and cheap financing readily available. After the 2005 deal, Blackstone led an investor group that owned Merlin for eight years prior to a 2013 initial public offering. ValueAct Capital, which also lobbied for change at Britain’s Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc, last month sent an open letter to Merlin’s board saying that it needs to spend more on new hotels and Legoland parks, which would be hard to do as a public company. The activist

investor, which rarely comments publicly on its investments, has accepted the offer. The Kirk Kristiansen family, one of Denmark’s richest, would increase its stake in Merlin to 50% from about 30% through the Kirkbi investment vehicle. Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, the grandson of Lego’s founder, announced on March 26 he was leaving the toymaker’s board as he hands over more power to the fourth generation of the dynasty. Kjeld and his three children have a combined fortune of about $22 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Merlin shareholders would receive 455 pence per share, a premium of 15% over the closing price Thursday. The shares rose 14% to 449.8 pence Friday in London.

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Apple Inc. moves its Mac Pro computer production to China Molly Schuetz Bloomberg

Apple Inc. will manufacture its new Mac Pro computer in China, moving production of what had been its only major device assembled in the U.S., the Wall Street Journal reported. The company will use Quanta Computer Inc. to make the $6,000 desktop computer and is ramping up production at a factory near Shanghai, the Journal reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The news comes as China and the U.S. are embroiled in a trade war, with the Trump administration having imposed billions of dollars in tariffs on Chinese-made goods. Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S.

President Donald Trump are scheduled to discuss the tariffs at a highly-anticipated meeting during the Group of 20 summit in Japan on Saturday. Trump has called out Apple specifically in the past asking it to move more of its production from China to the U.S. Apple shares fell 1% on the news to $197.58 in New York. A spokesperson for Apple wasn’t immediately available for comment. An Apple spokesman told the Journal that the new Mac Pro is designed and engineered in the U.S. and includes U.S.-made components. By producing the Mac Pro at Quanta’s facility, which is close to other Apple suppliers around Asia, it will allow Apple to take advantage of

lower shipping costs than if it shipped components to the U.S., the Journal said. The last Mac Pro, in 2013, Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook made a show of manufacturing the computer in Austin, Texas, as part of the company’s $100 million Madein-the-USA push. For more than a year, Apple avoided major damage from the U.S. trade war with China, thanks in part to a White House charm offensive by Cook. But the recent round of tariffs proposed by the U.S. includes mobile phones, such as the iPhone, Apple’s most-important product that is made almost entirely in China. Laptops and tablets may also be encumbered with the 25% import levy.

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WAJ announces the class of 2019 valedictorian and salutatorian WINDHAM — WindhamAshland-Jewett Central School District announces the Valedictorian and Salutatorian for the Class of 2019. The valedictorian is Caroline Sandleitner, daughter of John and Jennifer Sandleitner. The salutatorian is Cassidy Terrill, daughter of Michael and Carol Terrill. During her high school career, Sandleitner has excelled academically and will be awarded an Advanced Regents Diploma with Honors. She has played an integral role in the school community, leading her peers as president and treasurer of National Honor Society; president, vice president and treasurer of the Class of 2019; vice president of Student Council, and captain of the varsity soccer team. This year, she helped lead the WAJ Mock Trial team to victory in the finals at the Columbia County Courthouse, concluding the team’s first-ever undefeated season. As a threetime New York State Scholar Athlete, Sandleitner has represented WAJ in soccer, track, and alpine skiing. Outside of school, she has worked as a hostess at Millrock, a local mountain-top restaurant. Additionally, she is a volunteer ski instructor at the Adaptive Sports Foundation, citing it as one of her favorite things to do in her free

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time. She is also a volunteer at the Jewett Food Pantry and Columbia County Habitat for Humanity. Sandleitner will attend Binghamton University in the fall where she will major in philosophy, politics and law, in preparation for law school. During her high school career, Terrill has excelled academically and will be awarded an Advanced Regents Diploma with Honors. While at WAJ, she has been a member of National Honor Society since eighth grade, holding the offices of vice president and treasurer. She has also served as a member of the Student Council and as the vice president of the Class of 2019. Terrill is very talented in music and theater, participating in Jazz Band, Clarinet Ensemble, and All County Band and Chorus. Additionally, she helped lead the Mock Trial team to

an undefeated season with a final victory at the Columbia County Courthouse. Terrill has been an integral part of the drama productions for the last six years, managing the soundboard and coordinating backstage activities. As a well-rounded athlete, she has been a member of the varsity soccer, cross country, basketball, track and field and snowboarding teams. Outside of school, Terrill has volunteered many hours at St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany. In her down time, she enjoys snowboarding, drawing and painting, and playing the ukulele. Terrill will attend Binghamton University in the fall, where she will major in biology in preparation for medical school. The 2019 commencement ceremony took place June 28 in the school Cafetorium.

Greenville High School Class of 2019 top 10 GREENVILLE — Greenville Central School announces the Class of 2019 top 10. Graduation will be held at 10 a.m. June 29 in Greenville. The Greenville Central School Faculty and Administration announces Josephine Content as valedictorian for the Class of 2019. Content is the daughter of Tracy Young and Philippe Content of Freehold. On June 29, she will receive her New York State Advanced Regents Diploma with Honors and Mastery in both Math and Science, Josephine Content having earned a weighted average of 100.46. She is cur- taken Columbia-Greene rently on track to receive an Community College dual International Baccalaureate enrollment courses. She has Diploma. also been an officer of the FFA She is known for many for six of the seven years of her things and while not backing involvement, has competed down from class debates may three times at the state level be one, she is best known for in prepared public speaking, combining her love of robot- and has been chair of the Parics and technology through liamentary Procedure team the Robotics Club. She has for two of the three years as a been a member of the Robot- member of the team. She will ics Club since its inception in be serving as the 2019-2020 2015, and last year was rec- New York State FFA Secretary. ognized as a First Dean’s List Lewis will be continuing her Finalist at the Robotics World studies at Cornell University, Competition. While many majoring in environmental take up a sport as their hobby, and sustainability science. Content is a passionate trum3. Chloe Cox is daughter pet player who has performed of Willow Olson and Edward with the Empire State Youth Cox of Greenville. Cox will Orchestra since 2013, as graduate with an Advanced well as participating in both Regents Diploma with HonTanglewood and NYSSMA ors and Mastery in Science. In All-State Band in 2017. She the fall, she will be attending has performed as a pit musi- California Baptist University cian for multiple Greenville majoring in architecture. High School musicals, as well 4. Aidan O’Connor is the as shows at Proctor’s Theatre. son of Jeremiah and Doreen She will be continuing her O’Connor of Greenville. He studies at Columbia Univer- will graduate with an Adsity, majoring in mechanical vanced Regents Diploma engineering. with Mastery in Science and The Greenville Central Math. O’Connor will be atSchool District announces tending Hudson Valley ComValerie Lewis as salutatorian munity College in the fall for the Class of 2019. She is majoring in business adminthe daughter of Dianne and istration.” Stephen Lewis of Medusa. 5. Sierra Gilroy is the She will receive her New York daughter of Joan Stannard of State Advanced Regents Di- Westerlo. She will graduate ploma with Honors on June with an Advanced Regents 29, having earned a weighted Diploma with Honors and average of 98.79. Lewis has Mastery in Science. Gilroy

will be attending Siena College, majoring in biology. 6. Bridget Rose is the daughter of Mark and Linda Rose of Westerlo. She will graduate with an Advanced Regents Diploma with Honors. Rose will be attending SUNY New Paltz majoring in marketing 7. Lenore Mardas is the daughter of Angela Cardamone of Freehold. She will graduate with an Advanced Regents Diploma. Mardas will be attending SUNY Purchase majoring in film and screenwriting. 8. Briana Mackey is the daughter of Douglas and Paris Cutright of Greenville. She will graduate with an Advanced Regents Diploma with Honors. Mackey will be attending Rochester Institute of Technology. 9. Lydia Mardas is the daughter of Angela Cardamone of Freehold. She will graduate with an Advanced Regents Diploma. Mardas will be attending SUNY Purchase majoring in film and screenwriting. 10. Jude Kappel is the son of Jason Kappel and Valerie Hamrah-Kappel of East Durham. He will graduate with an Advanced Regents Diploma and Mastery in Science. In the fall, Kappel will be attending Union College, majoring in economics.

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Restoration and observation by Windham Ashland Jewett Science Club WINDHAM — The last two sessions of Windham-AshlandJewett’s (WAJ) Science Club have been filled with experimentation and observation. 4-H Natural Resource Educator, Andrew Randazzo and Deb Valerio, WAJ teacher offered enriching sessions on submerged aquatic vegetation and stream ecology. Both projects reflect the science club’s members’ exploration into citizen science. As part of a citizen science restoration project with the Department of Environmental Conservation students were able to grow out water celery and collect data on its’ growth. At the end of the program the water celery will be planted in the Hudson River at Cohotate Preserve, thanks to support from Greene County Soil and Water, which maintains the preserve. The water celery grown by these students will serve important biological functions such as providing aquatic habitat and helping to control erosion. The students’ stream ecology observations were an equally important inquiry into citizen science data collection. These young scientists learned how to use aquatic macro-invertebrates as a bio-indicator for stream health. The data they collected provides meaningful information on the status of the

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WAJ students map potential macro-invertebrate habitat.

stream. Each of these experiences helps the science club’s participants better understand our natural resources and how they can play an active role in conservation. people an exciting

chance to learn about the natural world. Such learning would not be possible without the generous financial support of The Windham Foundation. Their support has enabled the science club to run for many years.

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What’s for dinner? This past week has featured heat, humidity, almost daily thunderstorms and summer like weather for a change. We sure don’t need the rain, but as long as it is just showers and not all day or all night soaking rains, the saturated soil will begin to dry out. Plants are finally growing at a rapid pace and the expanding vegetation will transpire even more moisture. An acre of corn will suck up and release 3,000 to 4,000 gallons of water a day in summer and a mature oak tree can transpire 40,000 gallons of water a year. Three or four dry days in a row will allow our gardens to dry out significantly. This is the time of year when we realize that the vegetables for sale at the supermarket cost far less to buy than the ones we grow in our garden. If you try to raise your own food, whether it is vegetables, fruit or meat, it is highly unlikely that you are saving money, if you actually tracked expenses and labor. Yesterday, I saw fresh asparagus on sale for $1.25 a pound and a huge bunch of beets for $2. Gardening is a wonderful hobby that provides exercise, fresh air, education and an awareness of nature that I think is extraordinarily important, but far too often ignored. Commercial farming that supplies most of our food is a business that is dominated by large operations that can take advantage of economies of scale, tax breaks, subsidies and other special treatment. The result is that it can deliver a product (produce produce?) at a price that is impossible to compete with on a backyard

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BEYFUSS or local level. Our local vegetable farms cannot afford to sell at supermarket prices, except for brief periods during the growing season. If it is at all possible, we should be buying our food from them. We need local farms to preserve the character of this rural area. It would be a sad state if we had no choice but to buy everything we eat from the big box stores, as is often the case for urban dwellers. Even more sadly, it is also a necessity for those who cannot afford to buy local. The joy of food gardening provides one of the greatest satisfactions and also challenges that I know of. Most home-grown food does taste better than store bought and it is certainly fresher and consequently, healthier. Most produce loses 30% of its nutrients within four days of harvest. Spinach may lose as much as 90% within 24 hours. Right now, some gardeners in the Hudson Valley are picking their first ripe tomatoes. There are no supermarket tomatoes that taste as good as those you harvest from your garden. Some of these early tomatoes may develop a black spot on the bottom of the fruit

that may rot the entire fruit, much to the dismay of the gardener. This is called blossom end rot and it is a physiological disorder that cannot be immediately cured or treated. The good news is that it always goes away in time as the fruit that ripen later on will be just fine. Other gardeners are losing their crops to the various insect and diseases that plague us every year. It is frustrating, but also a challenge to learn how to cope with a particular adversary. Life should be a learning experience at all stages, even for old coots like me, and gardening offers that opportunity. Kids, in particular, need to learn that food comes from the earth and not from the store. So to answer the question I posed as the title of this week’s sermon: My dinner tonight will consist of a salad made from lettuce and other herbs I grew in a window box, followed by a side dish of shiitake mushrooms I picked this morning from my bolts, cooked with some garlic I harvested last summer. I also picked some asparagus from my garden that I will steam. The main course will be the filets of a smallmouth bass I caught yesterday in the Ashokan reservoir. Dessert will be the fresh strawberries I bought at Story’s farm stand in Catskill yesterday. The strawberries cost almost exactly twice as much as the ones for sale at Xmart, but they taste more than twice as good. Reach Bob Beyfuss at rlb14@cornell.edu.

New Baltimore Conservancy wine and cheese announcing scholarship recipients NEW BALTIMORE — The New Baltimore Conservancy invites the community to its annual wine and cheese party at 6:30 p.m. July 12 at Cornell Park, Mill Street in New Baltimore. Enjoy one of New Baltimore’s breezy summer nights at the river’s edge with

friends and neighbors. Bring a beverage and lawn chair. Appetizers and desserts will be served. Everyone is welcome. This year the Conservancy will welcome and congratulate the 2019 two scholarship recipients, Adam Wells and

Anna Marino and their families. Adam is the son of Scott and Shari Wells and a 2019 RCS graduate Anna Marino is a 2019 graduate of Coxsackie Athens High School. Anna is the daughter of Donald and Kelly Marino.

Here’s your sign As I slide down the slippery slope of seniordumb, I have noticed that as my physical activity level gradually decreases, my powers of observation are increasing. It may be the approach of my second childhood, which I am looking forward to. I’m once again finding little things attract my attention more and more. I spent a very pleasant time one foggy morning recently watching a spider doing spidery things on a fog -covered web that he had woven on one of the evergreen bushes. I admired his skill and hard work until my canine friend Telly got done investigating the possibilities presented by a chipmunk’s disappearance into a drain pipe. Telly is interested in the little things also and often we have nice discussions about our observations. He doesn’t contribute much verbally, but he’s a very good listener. As we continued our morning stroll, Telly pointed out to me the number of highway signs in our area by lifting his leg on every one we passed. He quickly became dehydrated and we returned home. Later in the day we boarded Ota the Toyota, and motored off on our appointed morning rounds. On the mile and a half run into town, we counted 28 highway signs of one form or another. They told us how fast to go, when

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BROOKS to stop, curves to watch out for, what number road we were on, which town we were entering — so much advice in so little space. Some sign poles had two or three signs on them. Driving through town and still in sign mode, I noticed how many signs I’d been driving past for years without paying any conscious attention to them. Some signs were informative, but most were abrupt and rude. Maybe I’d discovered why our society seems to be less civil than in years past. Keep Out, No Trespassing, Posted — No hunting, fishing, or any other human activity allowed, No Parking At Any Time. Violators Will Be Towed Away at Owner’s Expense. The hair on the back of my neck started to rise, I don’t like being told what to do. Ask me nicely and I can be talked into anything but don’t tell me what to do.

I pulled Ota into the No Parking Zone and parked! We sat there for a couple of minutes and kind of enjoyed being violators. Then, having our fill of naughtiness and hearing the approach of a vehicle that we were sure was a tow truck, we left. We could have been prevented from breaking the law if the sign had just had been worded, Please Don’t Park Here — such a simple thing but it would have made a difference. Some signs started off nicely — Welcome to Our Park, Please Help to Keep It Clean — polite and reasonable, but then came No Dogs, Skateboards, Bicycles, Picnics, Fires or Walking on the Grass Allowed. Might as well go walk in the woods, except most of them are posted. Having spent the morning in hard observation, Telly agreed that we should go home for a snack. Our only problem was the large dump truck in front of us had a bright orange sign on the back that said, “Construction Vehicle—Do Not Follow.” Thought for the week — Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain. And most do. Until next week, may you and yours be happy and well. Reach Dick Brooks at Whittle12124@yahoo.com.

Church Briefs PERFORMANCE CATSKILL — Temple Israel of Catskill presents In the Voices of Our Mothers at 4 p.m. June 30 at Temple Israel of Catskill, 220 Spring St., Catskill. In the Voice of our Mothers is an original play written and directed by Carol Fox Prescott. The show is free to all, however a good will offering is appreciated. A cheese and wine reception will follow the performance. For information, call 518-943–5758.

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GREENWICH — Veterans, first responders, firemen or emergency medical technicians who have suffered trauma in the line of duty or those who have experienced sexual or physical abuse at some point in their life, are invited to attend a Healing Festival 4-8 p.m. July 20 at Christ the King Center, 575 Burton Road in Greenwich. Held outside under a large outdoor tent, the event will begin at 4 p.m. with a community chicken barbecue and pig roast featuring folk/Christian music by

This Time Around. Dr. Mike Hutchings, director of education for Global Awakening, an evangelistic ministry in Mechanicsburg, Penn., will then give a keynote presentation at 7 p.m. A prayer service will follow with musical accompaniment provided by the Hoosic Valley Community Church Worship Band. To register or for more information including lodging opportunities, contact Deacon Marian Sive at 518-692-9550 or email msive@ctkcenter.org.

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

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If you don’t • Sunday Morning Praise Time @ 10:00AM • Sunday School @ 10:15AM have a Church • Sunday Morning Worship @ 10:30AM Fellowship & Refreshments following Sunday Worship Service home, we invite •• Weekly Bible Study @ 7:00PM Monday Evenings you to join us. • Communion Sunday is the ﬁrst Sunday of every Month “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28

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probably having the most issues.” While gay pride parades have become commonplace today, society was a far different place when the Stonewall riots erupted on June 28, 1969. The Stonewall Inn was a local bar owned by a mobster named Fat Tony with the Genovese crime family, who purchased a former restaurant that had been damaged in a fire and reopened it as a gay bar. “It was a bar for the people who were too young, too poor or just too much to get in anywhere else,” one patron would recall later in “Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution,” by David Carter (St. Martin’s Press, 2004). On the night of June 28, 1969, a police team charged into the Stonewall. The ostensible reason for the raid was a crackdown on unlicensed bars selling liquor illegally. But gay New Yorkers were feeling increasing pressure and harassment in Greenwich Village and beyond, and the violent

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“Events like this help encourage those collaborations,” he noted. There are no winners or losers, only the best, said Jeffrey Hunt, CEO of the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce. “‘Best Of’ is the time of year

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six-foot chain link fence, but the public and board member Bridget Hernandez felt more rural-looking options were available. Parking for guests must be within the boundaries of the facility, according to the resolution. The site plan includes 38 parking spots. The counselors and children will arrive by bus, BarHorin said. “Tree limbs shall be adequately trimmed and a Knox Box with keys to the gates for emergency vehicle access shall be installed with compliance in these matters to the discretion of the Town Code Enforcement Officer,” according to the resolution. Additionally the facility must allow the Code Enforcement Officer to make

eruption at the Stonewall was a result. At roughly 1:20 a.m., a team of eight police officers entered the bar; undercover officers were already inside. Five other gay bars in the Village had already been raided within the last few days, Athens resident Ron Puhalski 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 said. “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.” The raid at the Stonewall would change the course of history. “One year later there was the first lesbian and gay march in New York City,” Puhalski said. Now, 50 years later, much has changed in the LGBTQ community. “We have made amazing progress in some ways,” said

the Rev. Catherine Schuyler, pastor at the Catskill, Palenville and Quarryville United Methodist churches. “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.” Hudson held its 10th annual OutHudson Pride Parade earlier this month. The first Catskill parade predates Hudson’s march by two years, organizer Hudson Talbott said. The Catskill parade first stepped off in 2005. “In those days it was a lot more of a challenge because we had no idea what kind of a reception we would get from the public and the media,” Talbott recalled. “But it was terrifically successful. We were amazed at how well it was received. It was absolutely groundbreaking.”

Talbott also attended one of the first gay pride parades held in New York City in the 1970s, shortly after the Stonewall riots, and said the reaction was not as positive. “There was a big anti-gay turnout at that parade,” Talbott said. “I remember a socalled conservative Christian group protesting outside St. Patrick’s Church and we had a kiss-in. I kissed my boyfriend right in front of them. It was such an incredibly groundbreaking, inspiring time, and it gave me so much courage and confidence to just be myself.” Claudia Bruce and her wife, Linda Mussmann, regard themselves as the first gay couple to marry after New York state made samesex marriage legal in 2011, tying the knot at the stroke of midnight on the day the law went into effect. Bruce agreed gay rights have come a long way, but she sees possible storm clouds on the horizon. “We have obviously come a long way. We are having a little blip in the road right now because of the current administration in Washington — it is not a very gay-friendly place,” Bruce said. “I think because that is a bully pulpit,

it filters to everyone in the United States and I think that is one reason we are seeing so many people feeling they can speak out against anybody and everybody. Stonewall is a good place to once again take account of what has happened, what needs to happen and what might happen. It is a good time to look back and reassess and realize the things that have happened that are positive and to possibly come up with new strategies.” Dana Johnson, of Catskill, has long been active in the fight for LGBTQ rights and said the societal changes are noticeable, but she, too, worries about the future. “Here in Catskill we have come quite a ways. I moved here 15 years ago and back then I was not comfortable holding my partner’s hand in public,” Johnson said. “Now, here in Catskill and in Hudson, it is a relatively safe community. But now with President [Donald] Trump things are moving backwards.” Mary DiStefano, one of the organizers of Catskill’s first gay pride parade — which she said was well received 12 years ago — expressed similar concerns about the current climate.

“I feel like in some respects we have absolutely made progress, but in other ways I feel we have a long way to go,” DiStefano said. “When our administration shows disrespect not just for gay people but for all kinds of people, it makes me feel unsafe because of the rhetoric that is spoken by the president. I feel our community is still marginalized, but there has been progress — I feel safe walking down the street holding my partner’s hand, but there are areas where people don’t feel safe.” One group that is still being marginalized in some cases is LGBTQ youth, Mussmann said. “Young people are still suffering a great deal because they are being bullied because of who they are and who they want to be,” she noted. Society has made progress since police were raiding gay bars in the 1960s, but activists say more needs to be done. “I am thrilled with how far we have come but I am concerned with how far we have to go,” Schuyler said. The New York Times contributed to this report.

where we celebrate the individual and collective entrepreneurial spirit that is the very essence of our county,” Hunt said. “While the two months leading up to the ‘Best Of’ event can be very competitive, it seems to all culminate with smiles and a sense of pride for all those nominated.” There were some surprises this year. “Best Wedding Venue” went to The Falls in Hudson, 158 Union Turnpike,

which beat out last year’s winner, The Chatham Fairgrounds. The “Best Cup of Coffee” went to Our Daily Bread, 116 Hudson Ave, Chatham. The event encourages friendly competition, which often sees Chatham and Hudson directly facing off. This year, Jackson’s Old Chatham House, 646 Albany Turnpike, beat out Wunderbar Bistro, 744 Warren St., for

“Best Burger.” Wunderbar Bistro took home the prize in 2018. But Wunderbar came away with plenty of accolades of its own, including “Best Place for a Late Night Snack” and “Best Mixed Signature Cocktail Spot.” Chatham Brewing, 59 Main St., also took home the most awards in the Food & Drink category, including “Best Place to Have an Adult

Beverage,” “Best Happy Hour Spot,” “Best Place to Network and Relax,” “Best Place for Wings,” and “Best Place for French Fries.” There was a tie in one category this year. “Best Car Service” went to McMann’s Transportation in Ghent and Countryside Car Service in Hillsdale. “Best New Business” went to The Cidery at the Chatham Berry Farm, 2309 New York

203. The Columbia County Fair won “Best Children’s Activity.” “The Best Photography Company” went to Molinski Photography and Framing. A full list of winners is available online at HudsonValley360.com.

unannounced fire inspections of the buildings at least once every year. The final condition is that the children coming to the camp must have be vaccinated against measles. On the state level, Gov. Andrew Cuomo eliminated the religious exemption for vaccinations on June 13. In term’s of property maintenance, the town board received a positive report from the code enforcement officer in Shohola, Pennsylvania, where Bar-Horin had a community for one summer, Planning Board Vice Chairman Larry Federman said at the hearing. “There was only one minor complaint regarding trash near dumpsters being dislodged by animals or weather,” Federman said. “A text to Jacob quickly resolved the issue. I think we are hoping Jacob will be as good a neighbor as Pollace’s.” A caretaker will be living on the property, Bar-Horin said.

If the property is not maintained, Bar-Horin would be subject to the state property maintenance code, as would any other property owner, Town Code Enforcement Officer Elliot Fishman said. Charles Serro, who managed Pollace’s, said the resort averaged 160 to 170 people on weekends, so 180 would not be unheard of. The septic system has had no record of problems in the last 12 years, said Darrin Elsom, the engineer for the project. “The Department of Health gave it a clean bill of health in 2018,” Elsom added. Resident Joseph Kozloski felt the board did not do an adequate evaluation of the septic system, he said Friday. “I don’t understand why the board allowed them to open without the septic system being completely OK’d,” he said. Kozloski is cautiously optimistic about the project. “They say they are going to be good neighbors and we

will take them are their word,” Kozloski said. “Because of the type of camp they have, they have to follow a lot of state regulations. We’ll have to see if they comply with the state

regulations.” If things go awry, the Pollace family is not to blame, Kozloski said. “People have a right to sell their property,” he said. “They

were always good neighbors and it’s going to stay that way.” All board members voted to pass the resolution Tuesday, with the exception of Federman, who was absent.

To reach reporter Amanda Purcell, call 518-828-1616 ext. 2500, or send an email to apurcell@ thedailymail.net, or tweet to @ amandajpurcell.

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strung together with DEC’s Wildlife and Fisheries Technicians, and ECOs. DEC set-up a tank stocked with lunker trout right behind the tables which was a big hit with both kids and adults. It also served as a draw to the hunting, fishing, and trapping themed section of the tent. NY Bowhunters once again operated their free Archery Shooting Booth, and DEC’s “I Fish NY” program supported a hands-on

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The 2019 Greene County Youth Fair is just a month away. It’s scheduled to begin on Thursday, July 25 and closes on Sunday, July 28. Last year, local sportsmen and the DEC did something remarkable; they brought a strong presence of hunting and fishing to the free, youth-centric event. The Greene County Federation of Sportsmen and the Cairo Fish & Game Club had a long line of tables with all kinds of animal games and displays,

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Hudson 9-10 year-old All-Star Darren Weaver slides home safely as Saugerties catcher Michael Gramoglia waits for the late throw during their District 15 Tournament game at the Cantine Sports Complex.

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SAUGERTIES — Michael Gramoglia’s base hit up the middle scored Max Morris from third base with no outs in the bottom of the sixth inning to give Saugerties a hardfought 18-17 victory over Hudson in a District 15 9-10 year-old Tournament game that took two days to complete. The see-saw battle began on Wednesday at the Cantine Sports Complex, but was suspended by inclement weather with one out in the bottom of the third inning and Saugerties in front, 10-5. When play resumed on Thursday, Saugerties quickly

added two more runs to close out the third inning with a 125 advantage. After both teams lated two runs in the fourth to make it a 14-7 game, Hudson exploded for 10 runs in the fifth to take a 17-14 lead. Evan Conte, Elijah Walker, Darren Weaver and Trent Keller each had two-run singles in the uprising. Keller also knocked in another run with a base hit in the frame, while Amarion Perry walked with the bases loaded to force in a run. Hudson didn’t get to enjoy the lead for long, however, as Saugerties answered with three in the bottom of the fifth See BASEBALL B4

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Hudson 9-10 year-old right fielder Joseph Simmons catches a fly ball during the District 15 Tournament game against Saugerties at the Cantine Sports Complex.

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can extend the record in two games at London Stadium this weekend. The Yankees have hit 53 homers during the streak, which includes 16 games with multiple home runs. That means that a single blast kept the streak going 13 times. It nearly ended June 11 against the New York Mets, when Brett Gardner hit a homer in the bottom of the

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In the nightcap of a May 25 doubleheader in Kansas City, Missouri, the New York Yankees held off the Royals, 6-5, without hitting a home run. Since then, win or lose, homers have become a daily affair for this team. The Yankees have homered in 29 consecutive games, surpassing the major league record of 27 set by the 2002 Texas Rangers. They

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New York Mets relief pitcher Edwin Diaz (39) throws a pitch during the ninth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on Thursday.

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Baseball American League East W L Pct GB NY Yankees 52 28 .650 — Tampa Bay 46 35 .568 6.5 Boston 44 38 .537 9.0 Toronto 29 52 .358 23.5 Baltimore 22 58 .275 30.0 Central W L Pct GB Minnesota 52 28 .650 — Cleveland 44 36 .550 8.0 Chi. White Sox 37 41 .474 14.0 Detroit 26 50 .342 24.0 Kansas City 28 53 .346 24.5 West W L Pct GB Houston 50 32 .610 — Texas 45 36 .556 4.5 Oakland 43 38 .531 6.5 LA Angels 41 40 .506 8.5 Seattle 37 48 .435 14.5 Tuesday’s results NY Yankees 4, Toronto 3 Boston 6, Chi. White Sox 3 Texas 5, Detroit 3 Kansas City 8, Cleveland 6 Minnesota 9, Tampa Bay 4 Wednesday’s results Chi. White Sox 8, Boston 7 NY Yankees 8, Toronto 7 Cleveland 5, Kansas City 3 Texas 4, Detroit 1 Minnesota 6, Tampa Bay 4 Thursday’s results Texas 3, Detroit 1 Tampa Bay 5, Minnesota 2, 18 innings Oakland (Anderson 0-2) at LA Angels (Canning 2-4), 10:07 p.m. Friday’s games Cleveland (Clevinger 1-1) at Baltimore (Means 6-4), 7:05 p.m. Kansas City (Duffy 3-3) at Toronto (Reid-Foley 0-1), 7:07 p.m. Texas (Lynn 9-4) at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. Seattle at Houston (Miley 6-4), 8:10 p.m. Minnesota (Berrios 8-3) at Chi. White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Oakland (Fiers 7-3) at LA Angels, 10:07 p.m. National League East W L Pct GB Atlanta 48 34 .585 — Philadelphia 43 38 .531 4.5 Washington 40 40 .500 7.0 NY Mets 37 45 .451 11.0 Miami 30 49 .380 16.5 Central W L Pct GB Chi. Cubs 44 37 .543 — Milwaukee 43 38 .531 1.0 St. Louis 40 39 .506 3.0 Pittsburgh 38 41 .481 5.0 Cincinnati 36 42 .462 6.5 West W L Pct GB LA Dodgers 55 27 .671 — Colorado 42 38 .525 12.0 San Diego 40 40 .500 14.0 Arizona 41 41 .500 14.0 San Francisco 34 45 .430 19.5 Tuesday’s results Philadelphia 7, NY Mets 5 Washington 6, Miami 1 Atlanta 3, Chi. Cubs 2 LA Dodgers 3, Arizona 2 San Francisco 4, Colorado 2 Wednesday’s results Arizona 8, LA Dodgers 2 Colorado 6, San Francisco 3 Philadelphia 5, NY Mets 4, 10 innings Washington 7, Miami 5 Atlanta 5, Chi. Cubs 3 Thursday’s results Philadelphia 6, NY Mets 3 Chi. Cubs 9, Atlanta 7 Washington 8, Miami 5 LA Dodgers (Buehler 8-1) at Colorado (Lambert 2-0), 8:40 p.m. Arizona (Young 0-0) at San Francisco (Beede 1-2), 9:45 p.m. Friday’s games Chi. Cubs (Hamels 6-2) at Cincinnati (Gray 3-5), 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Velasquez 2-4) at Miami (Hernandez 0-2), 7:10 p.m. Atlanta (Soroka 8-1) at NY Mets (deGrom 4-6), 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Archer 3-6) at Milwaukee (Chacin 3-8), 8:10 p.m. LA Dodgers (Ryu 9-1) at Colorado (Senzatela 6-5), 8:40 p.m. St. Louis (Wacha 5-3) at San Diego (Lauer 5-7), 10:10 p.m. Arizona (Kelly 7-7) at San Francisco (Anderson 2-2), 10:15 p.m. Interleague Tuesday’s results San Diego 8, Baltimore 3 Houston 5, Pittsburgh 1 Seattle 8, Milwaukee 3 Oakland 7, St. Louis 3 LA Angels 5, Cincinnati 1 Wednesday’s results San Diego 10, Baltimore 5 Oakland 2, St. Louis 0 LA Angels 5, Cincinnati 1 Pittsburgh 14, Houston 2 Seattle 4, Milwaukee 2 Thursday’s results Pittsburgh 10, Houston 0 Milwaukee 4, Seattle 2 Friday’s games Washington (Sanchez 3-6) at Detroit (Norris 2-6), 7:10 p.m.

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Seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson could miss NASCAR playoffs Brendan Marks The Charlotte Observer

This question might be considered heresy in the NASCAR industry, but statistics say it’s worth asking: Is it possible that Jimmie Johnson — yes, the seven-time Cup Series champion and certified racing legend — really misses the NASCAR playoffs this year? For starters, that’s never happened. Every year since he became a full-time driver in 2002, Johnson has had some place in the NASCAR postseason. Whether that’s as a championship contender or fringe entrant has fluctuated yearly, especially lately, but his inclusion never faltered. But Johnson currently sits 17th in the Cup Series points standings, just outside the playoff bubble. He’s been around the cutoff line most of this season, and that doesn’t figure to change soon. While Hendrick Motorsports was seemingly experiencing a revival in May, that momentum has faded significantly since the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte. Johnson has just one Top-5 finish all year, and he’s finished outside the Top 10 in the past three races. Which brings us back to the all-too-real possibility that this is finally the year he misses the playoffs. That of course would be a tremendous milestone for Johnson and NASCAR, and not in a good way. Johnson is one of the more respected drivers in the garage, and not just because of his storied career. He’s ultra-competitive, but he also carries himself

season to go before then. THIS WEEK’S NASCAR RACE AT CHICAGOLAND: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. Race: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Camping World 400. Distance: 267 laps, or 400.5 miles. Where: Chicagoland Speedway, a 1.5-mile asphalt tri-oval in Joliet, Ill. When: 3 p.m. Sunday. TV: NBCSN. Last year’s winner: Kyle Busch. Also this week: Camping World 300, Xfinity Series, Chicagoland Speedway, 3:30 p.m., Saturday, NBCSN. Worth mentioning: This is the first race of the year for NBC’s broadcasting group, which will pick up for Fox over the remainder of the season. JOSE CARLOS FAJARDO/BAY AREA NEWS GROUP WHO’S HOT/WHO’S NOT NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson celebrates with fans during driver introductions before the start of the HOT Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. on June 24, 2018. Martin Truex Jr.: A fourth win with class and patience. His fol- most successful driver in the ga- become moot with one win — in eight weeks means he’s allowing is strong, and expansive, rage still and it’s not particularly after all, that’s what it takes to ready tied his wins total from last and for NASCAR as a whole, close. The difficult part is squar- qualify for the NASCAR playoffs season ... with 20 races to go. critical. ing his incredible legacy with today. But Johnson hasn’t won Matt DiBenedetto: A careerReally, Johnson represents his current situation, which is ... in more than two years now high fourth last week is exactly (Dover, June 2017). NASCAR’s last era of greatness. much less incredible. the sort of reward he deserves Johnson’s legacy won’t for all his growth this year. He was teammates with Jeff None of the three drivers imGordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr., mediately in front of Johnson in change whether he makes or NOT competed against Tony Stew- the standings — William Byron misses the playoffs this year. Joey Logano: He’s still atop art, Matt Kenseth and Danica in 14th, Kyle Larson in 15th, and He’s entrenched as an all-time the points standings, but a 23rdPatrick, and his stretch of five Ryan Newman in 16th — have legend and one of the winplace finish at Sonoma didn’t do consecutive championships de- half the resume he does. Expect ningest drivers to ever get befined racing in the 2000s. Now, those four, along with Erik Jones hind the wheel. But Johnson anything to help him keep moall his counterparts have retired (currently 18th) to continue missing out on the postseason mentum. Brad Keselowski: There’s and we’re about to begin the jockeying for position over the would serve as a marker of sorts no questioning Keselowski is a 2020s. Heck, Johnson’s current next 10 races. Unfortunately, for NASCAR, a sign that one of championship contender, but there’s no Martinsville or Dover racing’s great eras is finally comteammates are all in their 20s. 18th at Sonoma almost overNone of that is to say that over that stretch where Johnson ing to a close. Johnson has outlived his useful- can really flex his muscle. Again, that’s if Johnson miss- whelms his back-to-back Top This point could very easily es out — there’s still plenty of 10s. ness in NASCAR. Again, he’s the

Lakers rework Davis trade to allow for another max contract Tania Ganguli Los Angeles Times

The Lakers will have a new No. 23 next season, and now have the capability to sign a third superstar. According to people familiar with the deal, the Lakers have reworked the terms of the Anthony Davis trade to send Moe Wagner, Isaac Bonga and Jemerrio Jones to the Washington Wizards and have received a commitment from Davis to waive his trade kicker. The Wizards also will receive the Lakers’ 2022 second-round draft pick. Meanwhile, Davis received a little gift from his new teammate. LeBron James has agreed to give up the No. 23 jersey number he has worn for most of his NBA career. James wore No. 6 when he played for the Miami Heat, who had retired No. 23 in honor of Michael Jordan. The moves agreed to on

Thursday will earn the Lakers an extra $8 million dollars in salary cap space that was not negotiated into the original deal to which the New Orleans Pelicans agreed on June 15. Consequently, the Lakers are expected to have about $32 million to spend in free agency, which should be enough to sign a player on a maximum contract. It also gives them more cash to spread among lower-tier free agents, should they fail to receive a commitment from one of the top players in this year’s free-agent class. Free agency officially opens on Sunday, June 30 at 3 p.m. Pacific time, while teams can begin to schedule meetings at 3 p.m. on June 29. According to reports, Kawhi Leonard is planning to meet with the Lakers but will reserve his final meeting for the Toronto Raptors. Charlotte Hornets point guard Kemba Walker and

Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving are also in line for maximum contracts. Walker is unlikely to consider the Lakers according to a person familiar with his thinking, while Irving has been connected to the Brooklyn Nets for weeks. The original terms to trade for Davis sent Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram and Josh Hart to the New Orleans Pelicans as well as three first-round picks and the option to swap another. One of those three first-round picks was the No. 4 pick last week. The Pelicans traded it to the Atlanta Hawks, who chose Virginia’s De’Andre Hunter. The trade is expected to be executed on July 6 when the moratorium lifts on the new league year. Completing the trade in late July would have afforded the Lakers more salary cap space. The trade was initially set to be completed on July 6, but the

Pelicans remained open to considering moving the date if the team to whom they traded the No. 4 pick agreed to do so. The Hawks did not. Completing the trade in late July would have prevented them from playing

Hunter in the Las Vegas Summer League, which begins next week. The last two weeks have emphasized the Lakers’ commitment to the present rather than the future.

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Along with success, the Mets have had their share of weirdness Victor Mather The New York Times News Service

There was the ‘69 Miracle, the 108-game-winning, World Series team of 1986 and quite a few other successes. Let’s be clear about that. But there is something about the New York Mets that make all their off-the-wall incidents just as memorable. This season has included Pete Alonso’s record-breaking home run performance but also Yoenis Cespedes fracturing an ankle by stepping in a hole on his ranch and the hiring of Phil Regan, a well-respected, though 82-year-old, pitching coach. In the latest incident, manager Mickey Callaway had harsh words for a reporter, and pitcher Jason Vargas then threatened to beat up the reporter. In the clubhouse. In front of other reporters. The next day Callaway made a nonapology and then had to go back to reporters and try again with a more unequivocal apology. Of course, the Mets are not the only team with some dysfunctional history. The New York Yankees have enough Billy Martin stories to

fill a sports section. The Mets’ Darryl Strawberry never climbed into the stands and beat up a fan with no hands, as Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers once did. Perhaps they are victims of the hypercompetitive New York media market, with so many reporters and news outlets providing the brightest of spotlights. Still, there seem to be an awful lot of, well, strange, incidents involving the Mets. If you don’t regularly follow them, here’s a look: The Early Years: Trouble on the Field The Mets joined the National League in 1962. They won just 40 games and lost 120, the most in major league history. The Cleveland Spiders of 1899 (20-134) had a worse winning percentage, and immediately went out of business. The Mets soldiered on. Trouble started early. On Opening Day in St. Louis, the Mets went down 1-2-3 in the first. In the bottom half of the inning they gave up two runs, aided by a Roger Craig balk. Things went mostly downhill from there.

On the good side, the season produced one of the game’s classic quotations, allegedly said by manager Casey Stengel. “Can’t anybody here play this game?” Stengel supposedly asked. The next year wasn’t much of an improvement, ending with a 51-111 record. At least there was a moment of comedy when Jimmy Piersall hit a home run and decided to round the bases backward. The talents of two future Hall of Fame pitchers, Nolan Ryan and Tom Seaver, and league championships provided saving graces in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. Of course, Ryan was traded to the California (now Los Angeles) Angels for Jim Fregosi in 1971. Seaver was sent to the Cincinnati Reds for Pat Zachry in 1977. Together they won 370 games as exMets. The Middle Years: Trouble in the Clubhouse Just a few years after the joy of the 1986 triumph, things turned sour for the Mets, who cranked out consecutive losing seasons from 1991 to 1996. Those years also produced some of the weirdest incidents.

also tossed fireworks at reporters that season. And it’s not hard to find plenty of verbal confrontations over the years (though this is true of many teams). Bobby Bonilla most memorably warned a reporter in 1993, “I’ll show you the Bronx.” Before the ‘90s ended, another clubhouse incident made headlines. The Mets had turned around their fortunes and in 1999 returned to the playoffs for the first time in 11 years. The team trailed the Braves 3-2 in the NL Championship Series and was fighting to extend its season. In the late innings of Game 6, Rickey Henderson and Bonilla, both removed from the game, were mysteriously not seen on the bench rooting on their teammates. Instead it emerged that they were playing cards in the locker room. The Mets went on to lose in 11 innings. That was also the year that manager Bobby Valentine was ejected from a game, then returned to the bench area while wearing eye-black stickers as a false mustache. The Later Years: Trouble on the Ledger

Locker room strife dated to the supposed glory years. Darryl Strawberry took a swing at his teammate Keith Hernandez on team picture day in 1989. Fittingly perhaps, Strawberry failed to make contact. The team’s ace was Dwight Gooden. So it was a concern in April 1993 when he hurt his shoulder. The incident took a turn for the bizarre when it emerged how the injury occurred. It seemed outfielder Vince Coleman had a new set of golf clubs and decided to try one out. In the locker room. One locker over from Gooden. The resulting inadvertent whack meant Gooden’s start that night was canceled. Thankfully, Coleman’s swing wasn’t true, and Gooden returned the next night. A couple months later, Coleman was back in the news when he threw a firecracker from a parked car at Dodger Stadium, leading to injuries to three fans, including a 1-year-old. That same season, a pitcher, Bret Saberhagen, fired a water gun loaded with bleach at reporters. His excuse was that he was actually hoping to hit a Met employee. Saberhagen

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Wimbledon draw: Serena Williams placed in the Group of Death Matt Bonesteel The Washington Post

Serena Williams’ quest for her 24th grand slam singles title at Wimbledon, which would tie her with Margaret Court for the most in history, is going to be far from easy. The 11th-seeded Williams, whose seven Wimbledon singles titles trail only Martina Navratilova’s nine, was paired in a bracket with three

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fishing game where kids cast plugs to reel in plastic “lunkers.” ECOs conducted an outstanding K9 demonstration as well as fielded questions at the hunting and fishing tables alongside our partner sportsmen. Of course, there’s much at the fair than just great hunting, fishing, trapping, and archery activities. Animal showmanship, the midway, live music, reptile & critter demos, plus much more. Go to the fair’s website at www.thegreenecountyyouthfair.com/ for schedules and more information. Save the date for this free, kid-friendly event which promises to be even better than before. Looking forward to seeing you all there. Happy Independence Day & Hunting & Fishing until next time. Remember to report poaching violations by calling 1-844-DEC-ECOS.

NEWS AND NOTES 22nd annual Lake Taghkanic Bass Tournament Results from June 15, 2019: First Place – Joe Law of Catskill, with 14.85 lbs. Second Place – Team of Gerry Damm of Elizaville, and Rich Pilch of Caanan, Connecticut, with 14.68 lbs. Third Place – Team of Dale Obrgon and Harry Praetorious with 14.41 lbs. Fourth Place – Team of Dan & Rick Regan of Dover Plains with 12.43 lbs. Fifth Place – Team of Ben Hart and Matt Shook of Hudson, with 12.57 lbs. Sixth Place – Team of Bill Johnson of Clermont, & Rob Regan of Dover Plains with 12.43 lbs. Lunker – Gerry Damm at 3.85 lbs. The next tournament will be held at West Beach at Lake Taghkanic, on Saturday,

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attempts, with his team desperately trying to stay relevant in this rapidly fading season. “They’re all tough in the moment,” Mickey Callaway said. “This one stings the most because it just happened.” What happened Thursday actually turned Callaway into a sympathetic figure. Pilloried for just about everything that has gone sideways for the Mets, then hammered for Sunday’s self-inflicted wounds at Wrigley, Callaway perfectly steered his team into position to win the series finale despite a depleted bullpen.

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ninth with the Yankees trailing, 10-3. That extended the streak to 15 games, although few really noticed at the time. All those homers haven’t exactly powered the Yankees to stratospheric heights in the standings. Oddly enough, their victory rate of 62.1% (18-11) over the span is a little worse than before it, 66.7% (34-17), though both rates are excellent. Going into Thursday’s action, the Yankees are seven games up in the American League East with the third-best record in baseball.

other All England champions: Maria Sharapova (2004), fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber (the defending champion) and 26th-seeded Garbiñe Muguruza (2017). Williams’ bracket also features top-seeded Ashleigh Barty, who is coming off a French Open title last month; Samantha Stosur, the 2011 U.S. Open champion; and Svetlana Kuznetsova, the 2004 U.S. Open champion and 2009 French Open champion.

Williams, 37, last won a grand slam at the 2017 Australian Open, losing in the final last year at both Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. This year, she made it to the quarterfinals in Melbourne and the third round at Roland Garros. The Wimbledon draw sets her up for a possible fourth-round meeting with Kerber, who defeated Williams in the final last year at the All England Club and in the 2016 Australian Open final.

Julia Goerges, Belinda Bencic, Donna Vekic, Kaia Kanepi and Alison Riske, all considered strong on grass courts, also lurk in Williams’ portion of the bracket. Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams, meanwhile, will open the tournament against a player 24 years her junior: 15-year-old Coco Gauff, an American who’s the tournament’s youngest qualifier in the Open era. Williams already had

won two Wimbledon titles and four slams by the time Gauff was born in 2004. Federer (eight), Djokovic (four) and Nadal (two) have won 14 of the past 16 Wimbledon men’s titles. Andy Murray has the other two, and this year he’s only competing in doubles on a team with Frenchman PierreHugues Herbert as he contemplates stepping away from the sport because of recent hip surgeries.

July 20 from 4-11 a.m. The third tournament will be held on the fourth on August 10th. Entry is $40.00 per person with a 100% pay out. First place gets 30%, second 25%, third gets 20%, fourth 15%, fifth 10%, and sixth place gets the entry fee. Five fish limit, fish finders and live bait are allowed and all boats must have some type of live well. All fish must be alive at weigh in. Dead fish will not be weighed. All are welcome to compete. For more information, call Bill Johnson at 518537-5455. Upcoming Youth Fishing Derbies: Annual Youth Fishing Derby at Bavarian Manor - June 29 The Greene County Federation of Sportsmen in conjunction with the Cairo Fish and Game Club is sponsoring their Annual Youth Fishing Derby at the pond at Bavarian Manor in Purling today. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. and fishing continues from 10 a.m.-noon. Youths 3 to 15 years of age accompanied by an adult are eligible to participate. Free hot dogs, hamburgers, and drinks for the kids. All kids get a prize with special awards for winners in the junior and senior divisions. The Greene County Youth Activity Day and Fishing Derby - *Note Change in Date; **Date Changed from July 6 to July 13 The Greene County Federation of Sportsmen announced their Greene County Youth Activity Day and Fishing Derby will be held on July 13 at Dutchman’s Landing in Catskill, not on the date previously reported. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., on July 13. The fishing derby begins at 9 a.m. Kids 5 to 15 years old can register but must be accompanied by an adult. The contest will feature two groups: ages 5-11 and ages 10-15. There will be awards in each group for biggest fish, smallest fish, and most fish caught.

There is also a special trophy for the largest striped bass caught by anyone. All registrants will receive a prize. There will be an archery shooting booth and other activities and free hot dogs, hamburgers, ice cream, soda, and water for the kids NY Bowhunters Announce Date for Bowhunters Youth Camp The local chapter of NY Bowhunters announced it is seeking kids aged 11 through 16 to attend their free Bowhunters Youth Camp scheduled for August 24 from 8 a.m.5 p.m.& Sunday, August 25 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. It will once again be held at the Earlton Fish & Game Club at 56 Potic Creek Road in Earlton. All attendees can earn their NYS Bowhunter Safety Certificate. The staff includes a former collegiate archery coach, and the program features woodsmanship, tree stand use and safety, land navigation, blood trailing, knot tying, plus much more. Equipment will be provided, or you can bring your own. Lunch will be provided both days. All expenses are covered by the volunteers of NY Bowhunters. You must pre-register as slots are limited. Contact NYB Region 4 Representative, Ed Gorch at 518-634-7139, or via email at oldbowman48@ gmail.com to register or for more information. Field & Stream’s Free Outdoor Education Series Fishing 101 - Tuesday, July 9 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Baitcasting 101 – Tuesday, July 16 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. *All classes are presented at Field & Stream store at 579 Troy Schenectady Road in Latham. You can share any comments with our sports desk at sports@registerstar.com *If you have a fishing or hunting report, photo, or event you would like to be considered for publication, you can send it to: huntfishreport@gmail.com

The manager got a scary but scoreless seventh inning from Brooks Pounders, then Chris Flexen did the same in the eighth. The Mets had been 0-for-35 when trailing after the eighth inning, so when Todd Frazier erased a 1-0 deficit with his two-run homer, there was reason to rejoice in the visitors’ dugout. If Pounders and Flexen could keep the Phillies in check, certainly Diaz, the prize of December’s risky trade with the Mariners, would do the same. Just to remind everyone, Diaz converted 57 of his 61 save opportunities last season, with a 1.96 ERA and a 14.4 K/9 ratio. He’s the primary reason Brodie Van Wagenen agreed to take on $67 million of Robinson Cano’s contract

— through 2023 — and ship the team’s top two prospects to Seattle. On Thursday, the Mets didn’t need anything special from Diaz. They weren’t pushing him for extra outs, or asking him to fight through an excessive workload. Diaz had thrown 12 pitches the previous night, for a clean ninth to protect a 5-5 tie, but that was his first appearance in five days. This was as close to an ideal save situation as Diaz could possibly ask for. He even had a two-run cushion. And yet Diaz coughed this one up so quickly it was like he had to catch the Acela home. He started with a seven-pitch walk (3-and-2 slider) to Cesar Hernandez, then challenged

newly crowned Met killer Maikel Franco with an 0-and-2 fastball, which wound up in the left field seats as the tying homer. By then, you could almost feel Diaz’s confidence draining. Twice this season, Diaz was brought into tie situations and surrendered game-winning homers. Not blown saves, mind you, but devastating nonetheless. So once Franco rocked him, the doubt had to be creeping in. Diaz momentarily got his legs under him by whiffing J.T. Realmuto, but another walk was followed by a Scott Kingery laser-beam single that nearly decapitated Todd Frazier. Four pitches later, Jean Segura smacked pitch No. 34 of the inning for the walk-off

homer. “It just seemed like they were prepared for every pitch,” Diaz said through a translator. That’s an alarming statement for a closer to make, and if Diaz hadn’t already torpedoed this season, maybe the Mets would be freaking out. But what’s the point now? Callaway could only shrug. The one on the hook for Diaz is Van Wagenen, whose supposedly elite closer was less effective Thursday than Pounders or Flexen as his ERA jumped to 4.94. The Mets have bent over backwards to protect Diaz this year, arguably costing them a shot at contention — or something less embarrassing than eight games under .500. First,

Diaz couldn’t be used for more than three outs because the Mets had to preserve him for October. Then, with the team in free-fall, and Callaway’s job in jeopardy, the manager was permitted to bump it up to four. A lot of good that did them. Diaz began 12-for-12 in save chances, then imploded by the end of June anyway. He’s allowed seven homers — two more than all of last season — in 31 innings and has the same number of blown saves as he did total last year. “There’s not that much of a difference,” Diaz said in comparing his performances. The difference now is that Diaz is wearing a Mets uniform. Draw your own conclusions from that.

The Yankees have hit 134 homers this season, fourth best in the majors, and are on pace to hit 271, which would surpass the MLB record of 267 they set last year. It’s not terribly surprising for the homer streak record to fall this year. Home runs have been increasing throughout baseball for years. Teams are belting 1.36 homers a game, which would be yet another record, surpassing the average of 1.26 from 2017. The top 10 home run totals by teams have all been established since 1996. This Yankees’ streak has been an ensemble effort; D.J. LeMahieu leads the team during the run with nine homers, while Gary Sanchez has

hit eight and Gleyber Torres seven. Surely few would have expected a streak like this without significant contributions from the team’s two biggest hitters, Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton, who have lost much of the season to injury. Each has just one home run during the streak, and now Stanton is hurt again, probably out until August. The 2002 Rangers, the previous streak record holders, hit a total of 230 homers and had sluggers performing at or nor their peaks. The onetwo punch was Alex Rodriguez (with a career-high and league-leading 57) and Rafael Palmeiro (43). But the Rangers’ pitching was poor, and

they finished in last place at 72-90. Their streak ran from mid-August to early September and included two fivehomer games; the Yankees had a seven-homer game this season, but no game in the streak has yielded more than four. The team record the Yankees broke is more venerable, set in 1941. Though those Yankees had only 151 home runs, minuscule by modern standards, they managed to put together a 25-game streak lasting almost all of June. There must have been something especially streaky about that team. The Times story of July 2 duly noted that “the New York record of hitting homers in successive

games was halted at 25 contests.” But that detail was overshadowed by a streak of a different kind. The headline: “Yankee Star Hits 44th Game in Row; DiMaggio Bats Safely in Two Contests to Equal Keeler’s All-Time Major League Mark.” How much longer can the 2019 Yankees expect to keep hitting homers? One of many considerations is math. The Yankees have homered in 69 of 80 games. If they can keep up that 86% rate (last year they homered in 81% of their games, so it’s not an absurd notion), statistically they are likely to go four to five more games before the streak ends. The chances are 23% to extend the streak 10 more games.

Not every fan loves the modern boom in home runs (and strikeouts), but given the trends, long streaks like this one could be common in the future. Besides the 27-game streak by the Rangers, eight teams have had at least 22-game streaks this century. Big-hitting teams like the Minnesota Twins, Seattle Mariners and Milwaukee Brewers have all homered in more than 80% of their games this season. Any team that can do that has a 10% chance of putting together a streak of 25 games. Without extending their record, the Yankees may not hold onto it for long.

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Hudson 9-10 year-old All-Star Trent Keller swings at a pitch during the District 15 Tournament game against Saugerties at the Cantine Sports Complex.

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to even the score at 17-17. Colin Kotsol’s two-run double was the big blow in the rally. He eventually scored from third on a wild pitch. Saugerties’ fourth pitcher of the game, Corey Pesce, retired Hudson in order in the top of the sixth, setting the stage for Gramoglia’s heroLOGAN WEISS/COLUMBIA-GREENE MEDIA ics. Max Morris started the Hudson 9-10 year-old All-Star Mason Briscoe prepares to step home half of the inning by into the batter’s box during the District 15 Tournament game getting hit by a pitch. He against Saugerties at the Cantine Sports Complex. stole second, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on Burch a single and two RBI, Briscoe a single and Perry an Gramoglia’s hit. Danny Sullivan a single and RBI. Reid Myers led Saugerties’ an RBI and Cortland NorLiam Ienuso, Morris, Pesce 15-hit attack with a dou- cross an RBI. and Burch all pitched for Sauble, two singles and an RBI. Keller collected three sin- gerties, combining for eight Gramoglia added a triple and gles and three RBI for Hudstrikeouts and 12 walks while single with two RBI, Pesce son. Walker had two singles had a double and single with and five RBI, Tyler Sheldon a allowing 17 runs and 12 hits. Keller, Briscoe, Sheldon an RBI, Nicolas Fellows two triple and single, Conte two and Walker shared mound singles and an RBI, Chase singles and three RBI, Weaver duties for Hudson, allowing Brott two singles, Morris a tri- a single and two RBI, Ryan ple and two RBI, Kotsol a dou- Munro a single and an RBI, 18 runs and 15 hits with eight ble and two RBI, Cameron Ryan DeGraff two RBI, Mason strikeouts and four walks.

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CITATION File No.: 2019-61 S U R R O G AT E ' S COURT, COLUMBIA COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: James Kearney a brother and distributee of Kathleen Kearney, deceased, if living, and if dead, his executors, administrators, or heirs at law; otherwise to the distributees of Kathleen Kearney, deceased, and other persons, if any there be, and whose names and addresses are unknown to Petitioner, and also to persons who are or make any claim whatsoever as executors or administrators, or any persons who may be deceased, and who, if living would have an interest in these proceedings derived through, or from any or all of the above-named persons or their distributees, devisees, and legatees, and which persons, if any there be, their names and domicile addresses are unknown to the Petitioner. A Petition having been duly filed by Marie Rother who is domiciled at 208 Cardinal Lane, Delray Beach, FL 33445. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate's Court, Columbia County, at 401 Union Street, Hudson, New York, on July 8, 2019 at 1:45 o'clock in the after noon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the Estate of Kathleen Kearney lately domiciled at 514 Fairview Drive, Copake, New York 12516, United States admitting to probate a Will dated November 19, 2018, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Kathleen Kearney deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that: Letters Testamentary issue to Marie Rother. Dated, Attested, and Sealed, May 24, 2019 HON. RICHARD M. KOWEEK, Surrogate. /s/ Kimberly A. Jorgensen, Chief Clerk. Carl G. Whitbeck, Jr., Esq. Whitbeck Benedict & Smith LLP 436 Union Street, Hudson, New York 12534 518828-9444 cwhitbeck@wbsllp.comNote: 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 appear for you. NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL Notice is hereby given that the Final Assessment Roll for the Town

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With no August fallback, MLB trade season is about to get wild Dave Sheinin The Washington Post

It’s only a small exaggeration to say summer trades determine October titles. A year ago, the Boston Red Sox, in the midst of a 108-win season, made a pair of unheralded trades for welltraveled hired bat Steve Pearce and hard-throwing Tommy John survivor Nathan Eovaldi. By late October, when the Red Sox were hoisting the World Series trophy, Pearce was the series MVP and Eovaldi was arguably their best pitcher over the entire month. The summer before that, the Houston Astros sent three prospects to Detroit for ace Justin Verlander, whose subsequent 4-1 record and 2.21 ERA in six postseason appearances was instrumental in bringing the Astros the first World Series title in franchise history. And we could keep going. In 2016, the Chicago Cubs picked up Aroldis Chapman and Mike Montgomery, who got the win and the save, respectively, in Game 7 of the World Series. In 2015, the Kansas City Royals acquired Johnny Cueto, who threw a two-hit complete game in his only World Series start, and Ben Zobrist, who hit .303 with 10 extrabase hits that postseason. The 2019 MLB trade deadline, however, is certain to have a different shape and trajectory than in past seasons. The Astros/Verlander

Aug. 31 move, for example, would not be possible this summer, following a rule change eliminating August waiver trades and consolidating the dealmaking into a single trade deadline of July 31. “On July 31,” Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said earlier this month, “it’s pencils down, and there’s no other [means] to reinforce.” The new rules, announced in March, were part of a union push to incentivize would-be contenders to spend on veteran free agents in the offseason - since there would be a smaller window in which to make in-season additions - but the more immediate impact will come this summer, injecting a sense of urgency into what could be a fruitful and busy trade season. The other force that could add fuel to this trade season is the extreme, unprecedented stratification of the standings. Entering this weekend, three teams (Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins) were on pace for 100-plus wins, with a fourth (Astros) on pace for 99. Since the start of the wild card era (1995), baseball has never witnessed a season with four 100-win teams. At the other end of the standings, five teams (Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, Royals, Toronto Blue Jays, Miami Marlins) entered the weekend on pace for 100-plus

losses. In the wild card era, there has never been more than four 100-loss teams in a single season. As recently as 2014, there were zero teams with either 100 wins or 100 losses. With the calendar about to flip to July, only one division race, the National League Central, is closer than 4 1/2 games. And with more 100-win “super teams” than ever, given the luxury of looking ahead to October roster-building, and an unprecedented number of 100-loss bottom-feeders, the pieces are in place to make this a wild month of dealmaking. (And actually, the dealing is well underway, with the Seattle Mariners having already sent Jay Bruce to Philadelphia and Edwin Encarnacion to the Bronx.) There are few certainties, but here are some story lines that come close: - Relievers rule. The past few seasons have seen all-star relievers such as Jonathan Papelbon, Mark Melancon, Chapman, Andrew Miller, Sean Doolittle, Roberto Osuna and Zach Britton dealt at the deadline, as teams look to fortify their bullpens ahead of October’s crucible. In 2018, relievers accounted for 40.1% of all regular-season innings, but that percentage jumped to 49.7% in the postseason. Nearly every contending team could stand to add at least one more lockdown bullpen arm, but those with the most acute needs include

the Dodgers, Phillies, Braves, Red Sox, Twins, Tampa Bay Rays, Washington Nationals and St. Louis Cardinals. And the stock of available arms is impressive and deep, including names such as Ken Giles (Blue Jays), Shane Greene (Tigers), Will Smith (San Francisco Giants), Kirby Yates (San Diego Padres), Mychal Givens (Orioles) and Felipe Vazquez (Pittsburgh Pirates). - Aces in the hole. There will be few legitimate, Verlander-type No. 1 starters, if any, available this summer, but the list of available rotation options includes San Francisco’s Madison Bumgarner, Toronto’s Marcus Stroman and Detroit’s Matthew Boyd. Bumgarner, of course, isn’t the same pitcher he was a few years ago, but interested teams will also remember his postseason heroics for the Giants, capped by his World Series MVP award in 2014. The Yankees, still making do without injured starters Luis Severino and Jordan Montgomery - and using reliever Chad Green as an “opener” every fifth day - are at the head of the list of contenders needing rotation help. But they will have competition from the likes of the Milwaukee Brewers, Astros, Rays and Colorado Rockies. - Caution to the wind. In this era of cautious front offices, when most teams are scared of giving up top prospects and true blockbusters are rarer than ever, there are still GMs

out there willing to go big. (Boston’s Dave Dombrowski, for example, has traded for the likes of Gary Sheffield, Mike Piazza, Miguel Cabrera, Max Scherzer, David Price and Chris Sale in his career.) And chances are, somebody - presumably somebody on the fringes of contention, with a championship window that is closing - will go all-in on 2019. One wonders if that somebody might be Mike Rizzo of the Nationals. A month ago, everyone was talking about the Nationals as potential trade-deadline sellers, with wouldbe buyers examining stars such as third baseman Anthony Rendon and ace Scherzer as possible blockbuster acquisitions. But a 21-9 spurt (entering the weekend) since May 23 has altered the narrative, and depending on whether the next few weeks brings more of the same, or a regression - may have shifted the Nationals into the buyers category. With little visible progress on a contract extension for Rendon, a pending free agent, the Nationals may also fit the profile of a contender whose window is closing. It wouldn’t be unlike Rizzo to get aggressive to maximize the team’s chances in 2019, if he saw an opportunity. There is still time to decide, of course, but not as much time as there used to be. After July 31, across the majors, it’s pencils down.

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Couple’s future clouded by question of having kids I’m a 19-year-old girl who’s been with my boyfriend for two years. We are a wonderful match and love each other very much. There’s just one flaw in our relationship that I hold lots of guilt over. From the beginning, we have both known he would like to have kids, and I DEAR ABBY have always known that I do not. I don’t want biological children, and I have no desire to adopt. I’m not maternal. My boyfriend and I had a deep conversation about it a while back when we realized there could actually be a future between us. He said he is willing to put aside his desire for kids so he can have a future with me. I feel guilty that I’m not the ideal woman for him. Should I break it off so he can find someone who wants children, or should I trust in his statement that his life really will be fulfilled with only me and no children? Guilty In California

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Not wanting children is nothing to feel guilty about. Many women feel as you do about the lifetime responsibilities of becoming a mother. I do think you would be wise to have several more “deep” conversations with your boyfriend to make sure he fully understands how serious you are on this subject and what marriage to you will mean. In addition, premarital counseling could be helpful to ensure you both are on the same page about other issues that might crop up. I recently had to put my 14-year-old dog to

sleep. I adopted her when she was 2 and had her for 12 years. She had health issues, dementia, incontinence, and more importantly, she was no longer herself. It was a very difficult decision, but the right one. I know this in my heart, but I am severely depressed. I can’t stop reliving the image of her death. (I stayed with her during the procedure.) I am losing sleep and interest in everything. I have another pet at home (a cat), and I will soon have my dog’s ashes back. My kitty brings me a lot of joy, but my house seems so empty and quiet without my dog. I’m not ready to adopt another one, and not sure if I ever want to again. I have done volunteer work for a pet organization in the area, but I just cannot be around any other pets right now — especially dogs. I have a hard time just walking down the pet aisle in the grocery store. I know time is the best healer, but I can’t seem to shake this. What would you suggest? Grieving For My Loss You loved your dog, and you have suffered an important loss. You would not be normal if you weren’t grieving. Eventually the things that trigger you will become fewer, and when that happens, you will be ready to move forward. Have faith in that. If your sleeplessness and lack of interest in things that previously brought you happiness continue, however, you should discuss it with your doctor.

Twisted colon is a surgical emergency This past weekend, during my son’s wedding festivities, I experienced a sigmoid volvulus. Doctors recommended surgery, but I opted for a colonoscopy, which was performed successfully. Thank goodness. I was immediately a new woman, and no one would have dreamed I went through this emergency. The surgeons TO YOUR recommended I have my sigGOOD HEALTH moid colon removed in order to decrease the risk of recurrence. Ideally, this would happen as soon as possible. What could have prompted the sigmoid volvulus? Is it an absolute that I must have my sigmoid colon removed? What are the odds of it recurring? If I do need the surgery, how can I best prepare for it, and what are the side effects?

DR. KEITH ROACH

A volvulus is the twisting of a hollow structure in the body around its long axis (imagine holding one end of a sock in each hand and flipping the middle so it twists on itself). The sigmoid colon is the most common location. It is a surgical emergency, as tissue death and gangrene may follow. The biggest risk factor for volvulus is chronic constipation, but some people just have anatomy that predisposes them to get a volvulus. Surgery is the definitive treatment, but colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy may be used to untwist the colon; medical professionals use the term “reduce.” However, your surgeon was right that you are at risk for this happening again. In those people with a history of volvulus, 50% to 60% will get another, and if you have two, the recurrence

rate is even higher. For a person in generally good health, I would recommend definitive surgery to prevent recurrence of volvulus. There are no specific instructions to prepare for surgery, beyond taking good care of yourself and following your surgeon’s instructions about your medications (if any). Any abdominal surgery has the risk of bleeding, infection and adhesions (connections between loops of bowel that can lead to painful obstruction later); however, these risks are quite small. I read your recent column on cramping and constipation. A few months ago I had a period of being constipated, and my wife told me to take a laxative. It worked. A few days later, I had to take it again, and again on and off for a month. Then I remembered something my mom once said to me: She told me to eat a couple of prunes a night. That worked. Now I am 84 years old, and my wife and I eat one or two prunes every night. Let me tell you, they work. Is this good for us? Can we keep eating them every day? I think they must be healthier than the laxatives.

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Prunes are a time-tested constipation treatment that work for a lot of people. Prunes not only contain fiber, but they contain natural laxatives as well. They also have a fair bit of sugar, but one or two a night is not enough to be worried about. I agree with you that prunes are a good alternative to over-the-counter laxatives for many people.

Horoscope By Stella Wilder Born today, you are more a dreamer than a doer, but with hard work and dedication, you can surely make your dreams come true. You may discover that you are not able to get very far in life without working closely with others, but if you embrace it, such teamwork can make almost anything possible — and the world can truly be your oyster. On your own, difficulties are likely to abound; when collaborating with a certain trusted few, however, the likelihood of unusual difficulties is reduced almost to nil. You know how to make money, surely — but you also know how to spend it, and if you are not careful you may find that as quickly as money comes in it goes right out again, leaving you wanting what you don’t know how to keep. There is no shame in getting help with your finances — though you sometimes have trouble asking for help of any kind. Also born on this date are: Nicole Scherzinger, singer; Gary Busey, actor; Slim Pickens, actor; Harmon Killebrew, baseball player; Nelson Eddy, singer; Richard Lewis, comedian. To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide. SUNDAY, JUNE 30 CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Misinterpretation of any kind can set you back today, and you may never find the time to catch up. Such a situation must be avoided! LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You may get the feeling that someone is watching you like a hawk in order to identify your vulnerabilities.

You may not have any today. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You’re going about things with the right mindset, but you can still do a little more to ensure that you are protecting yourself — and others. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You must focus more on process than results. What happens today is all part of something that is better for you than you know. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Focus on making your money work harder and go further for you. Now is no time to settle for the way things have been; make a change! SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Your most important goals are still important, but they may be shifting. No. 1 may no longer be at the top of the list. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You can make a very good plan today, but you can’t expect to put it into motion exactly as-is. Certain circumstances require alterations. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You are thinking about things in a way that is not only new for you, but that is different from anyone else as well. This is advantageous. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — Whether you slow down or speed up is entirely up to you today, but in either event you must strive to increase the quality of your work. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You get a glimpse of how the other half lives — and that’s going to make all the difference as you forge a path into the future. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You’re likely to face certain difficulties that are not of your own making but that affect both your planning and implementation. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You are not

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THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek Get the free JUST JUMBLE app • Follow us on Twitter @PlayJumble

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

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

Answers (Answers Tuesday Monday) Jumbles: KNACK DITCH COUPLE GOBLET Answer: The cat gave birth to a huge litter, and she loved the whole — “KITTEN” CABOODLE

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Complete the proverbial saying with the number of words indicated. Alternate answers may be possible. (e.g., “Do not judge a book by (2). Answer: Its cover.) Freshman level 1. Do not cry over (2). 2. Do not change horses in (1). 3. Do not cross the bridge till (4). 4. Do not look a gift horse (3). 5. Do not put all your eggs (3). Graduate level 6. Do not throw (3). 7. Do not cut off your nose (4). 8. Do not wash your (4). 9. Do not put new wine (3). 10. Do not argue with a (1). PH.D. level 11. Do not boast about (1). 12. Do not meet trouble (1). 13. Do not spoil the ship for a ha’porth of (1). 14. Do not keep a dog and (2). 15. Do not teach your grandmother to (2).

SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Spilled milk. 2. Midstream. 3. You come to it. 4. In the mouth. 5. In one basket. 6. Pearls before swine. 7. To spite your face. 8. Dirty linen in public. 9. Into old bottles. 10. Fool. 11. Tomorrow. 12. Halfway. 13. Tar. 14. Bark yourself. 15. Suck eggs. 24 to 30 points — congratulations, doctor; 18 to 23 points — honors graduate; 13 to 17 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 5 to 12 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 4 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?

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New games give ‘Pokemon Go’ some competition By TODD MARTENS Los Angeles Times

‘Toy Story 4’ makes other summer sequels look like child’s play

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‘TOY STORY 4’

4 stars out of 4

hen all seems lost and doom is certain, leave it to Sheriff Woody and Buzz Lightyear to swoop in and save the day. The disaster, in this case, is 2019’s Summer of Sequelae, as dismal a movie season as audiences can remember as one spinoff has followed the other with a graceless thud. Thankfully, “Toy Story 4” arrives just in time to redeem filmgoers’ faith, if not in humanity, then at least in the humaneness of inanimate creatures who have more heart, pluck and conscience in their plastic pinkies than most real-life adults. Toys are people, too! A diverting, visually dazzling concoction of wily schemes and daring adventures, “Toy Story 4” achieves that something that eludes most sequels, especially this far into a series: a nearperfect balance between familiarity

Tom Hanks on pleasures and perils of voicing Woody By DARRYN KING New York Times

In 1995, Tom Hanks lent his voice to Woody, the trusty sheriff doll in Pixar’s “Toy Story.” Since then, Hanks has become a grandparent, while the films have evolved into a soulful meditation on growing up and the passage of time. “Toy Story 4,” out today, finds Woody moving on yet again, with what feels — for now, at least — like a conclusive ending.

CAST: Tom Hanks, Annie Potts, Joan Cusack, Jordan Peele, Keegan-Michael Key, Christina Hendricks, Patricia Arquette, Tim Allen, Tony Hale DIRECTOR: Josh Cooley. RUNNING TIME: 1 hour, 40 minutes. INDUSTRY RATING: G

and novelty, action and emotion, and joyful hellos and more bittersweet goodbyes. “Toy Story” fans will remember that at the end of the last installment, Woody, Buzz and their fellow toys were donated by Andy, their original owner, to a little girl named Bonnie. After a brief flashback, “Toy Story 4” gets underway on Bonnie’s kindergarten orientation day, when Woody (voice of Tom Hanks) sneaks into her See ‘TOY’ C2

One began as a passion project and turned into a svelte, goofy and surprisingly slick little action game. Another started as a tech experiment and now has ambitions of conquering the world, one neighborhood at a time. Both visions are part of Microsoft’s plans for the second decade of “Minecraft,” whose studio the company purchased in 2014. Microsoft came to the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) this week to tout its streaming initiatives, tease a new “Halo” game and lay the groundwork for a new home console for 2020. More immediately making an impression, however, are the two new “Minecraft” titles designed to take the familyfriendly, creation-based game in different directions. All eyes will be on “Minecraft Earth,” an augmented reality game coming to Android and iOS devices, which will begin beta testing in the coming weeks. Microsoft hopes the title will show that there’s far more to the experimental gaming space than “Pokemon Go.” But don’t overlook “Minecraft Dungeons,” due out for most major platforms in spring 2020 and designed by a relatively compact team (for a major studio at least) of 20. The action-adventure fantasy game will combine familiar sword and sorcery gameplay with a touch of humor — for instance, the keys you need to open doors may bounce away from you from time to time. It’s a fast-paced, randomized and cooperation-based game that infuses the blocky-looking franchise with cartoon zaniness. Microsoft is estimated to have spent $2.5 billion in 2014 for control of “Minecraft’s” Stockholm studio Mojang. At the time, “Minecraft” was among the top-five selling games of the year. More recent reports from the Electronic Software Assn., the trade body that hosts E3, place “Minecraft” at No. 11, but over its 10-year lifespan the work has sold more than 176 million copies, leading some to speculate it may be the bestselling game of all time. And Microsoft is taking more aggressive steps this year to expand the “Mine-craft” brand. “One of the models I look at is Lego, when I think about ‘Minecraft,’” says Microsoft’s Xbox chief Phil Spencer of the See ‘MINECRAFT’ C2

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backpack for moral support. After Woody throws some detritus on her table to help with a crafts project, Bonnie fixes up an instant friend made out of a spork, a pipe cleaner and a Popsicle stick: Meet Forky, an anxious, googly-eyed introvert voiced to neurotic perfection by Tony Hale. It’s during Bonnie’s last summer trip — to an RV camp alongside a traveling carnival — that “Toy Story 4” really takes off. As Forky continues to try to escape his new owner’s affectionate clutches, Woody tries to tutor the newcomer in proper toy comportment. When Woody spies his old friend Bo Peep’s lamp in the window of an antique store, he and Forky embark on a perilous attempt to find Bo among the shop’s gadgets, gewgaws and vintage playthings. Among them is Gabby Gabby (Christina Hendricks) — a Chatty Cathy-type baby doll with enormous eyes and a creepy hidden agenda — and her henchmen: a group of villainous ventriloquist’s dummies whose floppy necks and rictus grins inspire instant terror. Of course, the plot isn’t really the point in “Toy Story 4,” which hews to its tried and

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Sheriff Woody meets Gabby Gabby, center (voiced by Christina Hendricks), a creepy baby doll with a crew of villainous ventriloquist’s dummies as henchmen.

true formula of mishap/crazy plan/unlikely success/life lesson. It’s the way that the Pixar filmmakers, led by director Josh Cooley, manage to use that template to come up with something that feels fresh, funny and meaningful. The resolutely handmade Forky might be the MVP this time out, but “Toy Story 4” is full of fabulous new characters, including a couple of street-wise plushies voiced by Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key, and Duke Caboom,

a motorcycle-driving action figure voiced by Keanu Reeves. While it’s wonderful to hear Hanks, Tim Allen and Annie Potts reprise their roles as Woody, Buzz and Bo, the filmmakers never pander to nostalgia for its own sake, ensuring that “Toy Story 4” will be as enjoyable to newbies as to the most sentimental superfans. One of the continuing themes in the “Toy Story” movies is Woody’s relationship to his owners. Here, he

comes to see the cardinal virtues of loyalty and self-sacrifice through a different lens, as a group of “lost toys” show him the liberated advantages of the single life. As gratifying as that emotional exploration is, the most pleasurable thing about “Toy Story 4” is its sheer beauty. Between the exquisitely detailed antique store, full of perfectly rendered artifacts from a multitude of eras, and the gem-colored richness of the carnival grounds, this is

probably the most visually rich “Toy Story” film yet. Every dust mote, every linoleum scuff and porcelain glint has been crafted with breathtaking care. The light work is particularly impressive in a movie that can shift with ease from the neon luridness of the midway to the delicate tracery of sunlight refracted through a stately retinue of chandeliers. Fair warning: Things get a bit dark in “Toy Story 4,” as Gabby Gabby’s intentions

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be the last few recording sessions, Tim sent me a text, saying: (gruffly) “Have you done these last pages yet? I’m still getting over it.”

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Here, Hanks talks about the franchise and what it says about family, and the unique pleasures and demands of playing a children’s plaything. These are edited excerpts from the conversation.

It’s been such a long journey with these characters.

Has the process of recording Woody changed much? He still yells an awful lot. (Shouting) “Guys come on! We have to go! We just can’t leave her there, guys! Come on!” He is in some ways the compass of responsibility for everybody in the room. And he’s always been tightly wound. There are times when my diaphragm is sore at the end of a four- or five-hour recording session, just because the challenge is to wring out every possible option for every piece of dialogue. It’s every incarnation of outrage and surprise and disappointment and heartache and panic and being plused and nonplused. Fortunately, because I don’t smoke or get too drunk, my voice sounds more or less the same.

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Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks) and Bo Peep (Annie Potts) reunite in “Toy Story 4.”

time we saw it, she burst into tears. And I said, “It was kind of great, wasn’t it?” But she pointed out to me that Woody will be part of that for the rest of time, the same way Mickey is. And in no small way, I am Woody.

This one’s about moving on, you know. The pairing up and the moving on that must happen in life. Because we are forever being changed. So much of the films are about family. How does that resonate with you as a parent?

How does seeing Woody out in the world compare to seeing your own face on a movie poster?

Have you developed a special fondness for the “Toy Story” films?

We were at Disneyland with the kids. You know they’re always having parades and things like that, and there was a thing, an absolute extravaganza, and Woody is a part of it. We were there watching it and my daughter — who’s in her 30s, by the way — the first

Believe it or not, I actually think they’re important. It’s a disparate group of toys, but there is this sense of both true family and extended family that is representative of anybody’s life, including the little kids, who just might be delighted by toys that come to life.

These are just such magnificent motion pictures for that very reason. There’s the moment (in “Toy Story 3”) where Andy’s mom is in Andy’s empty bedroom and this thing comes over her. The mom mourning the fact that her boy was grown up and was no longer her little boy. I’m not even in that scene and I was knocked out by it. You think, how could they possibly

“Pokemon Go,” “Minecraft Earth” will also be an opportunity to gauge the long-term viability of AR as a form of play. So far, few experiences have captured the public’s imagination as much as “Pokemon Go.” In addition to “Minecraft Earth,” this year should also see the release of “Harry Potter: Wizards Unite,” the latest from “Pokemon Go” publisher Niantic. If there’s any commonality among the three, it’s that they use screens to get players moving. “It harkens back to the way that physical play used to be,” says “Minecraft Earth’s” art director Brad Shuber, noting that the game’s AR mode cannot be turned off. It’s designed from the ground-up to see our current environment in a new light. The game was born out of the company’s early experiments with its so-called

HoloLens technology, a glasses-like headset that could superimpose holographiclike images in a limited field of view. Smartphone-driven augmented reality became a way to turn what was once just a test into something that could be fit for the masses. Booting up the game will bring up a “Minecraft” map of one’s surroundings, one that when the game launches should be full of tappable items that one can use to build and fill structures with digital creatures. When playing with others and taking out some skeletons with digital arrows, all the found resources will be shared to encourage collaboration and discourage selfish behavior. Likewise, if one spends days or weeks perfecting a “Minecraft” structure to, say, live next to Disney Hall, which itself has experimented with augmented reality, “Minecraft Earth” will have modes that

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company’s ambitions. There’s no denying there’s a tinge of a Lego influence in “Minecraft Earth,” as the AR game will allow players to show their budding architect skills and then superimpose their creations on the real world via their screens. But the location-based title is also designed to encourage exploration. Sure, there will be opportunities to go on “Minecraft” adventures and virtually battle skeletons and other creatures out in physical spaces, but if users gravitate to the game it should be through encouraging creativity by allowing players to integrate their own designs with real-world infrastructure. Now about three years removed from the release of

become unnervingly clear. But never for too long, and often the edgiest material is tinged with knowing humor (especially when it involves Key and Peele’s characters). As an ode to spunk, ingenuity, teamwork, storytelling and animation artistry, “Toy Story 4” fires on every spirited cylinder. And it provides an example that other studios would to well to follow when raiding their archives for old-new material: In the right hands, sequels can be good movies, too.

animate this and have it be so, so profoundly right? This is the same movie that has all of the toys thinking they’re about to meet their end in a fiery inferno. And what do they do, but reach out for each other. That’s really high-country stuff there. You can’t even call that a cartoon. That was a deep encapsulation of real authentic human feeling. How do you tackle emotional scenes when you’re on the soundstage with the script? It’s an imaginary stretch. To the point of exhaustion. Because you’re only using your voice, you can’t go off mic, you cannot use any of your physicality. You have to imagine

that physicality. In a lot of ways that’s the antithesis of what you do as an actor. I found a lot of times the only way I could do it would be closing my eyes. Not seeing the stage and the people there, and trying to work myself to a place. My last few sessions I had them set up the mic stand with my back to them. I don’t think I could’ve done the last few recording sessions the other way. If there was a scintilla of self-consciousness to any of those lines, it would have been unsatisfying. I understand Tim Allen warned you about those last scenes. As we were getting closer to what I knew were going to

They are four completely different films. There’s no formula to them. And they don’t crank these things out. It takes them a while to see the possibility and to work up these stories that are going to be worthwhile. I think they would all probably go throw themselves off the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge if they had made a “Toy Story” movie and everybody said it was just OK. That just won’t fly. And I think that might be one of the reasons they’re saying, well, after “Toy Story 4,” we don’t know what the future of this is going to be. I remember the first time I met Woody. They wanted me to come over because they were going to try this new form of animation. And there was Woody and the whole bit. I watched this test probably six times in a row and just thought, how did they do that? Not how did they make the image, but how did they make it spark to life so seamlessly? And the grandchildren? Do they enjoy “Toy Story”? They’ve seen them all many times. It is the perfect babysitter. What’s interesting is, I think because they hear their grandfather’s voice and they know that I’m Woody, I guess the disbelief is not quite as suspended as, for example, for “Frozen.” That was all encompassing. They’re girls.

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A scene from “Minecraft Earth.”

allow for others to see it — and play with it or even ruin it. What they’ll often be working with is essentially just a duplicate of the original. Your creation, in other words, will still stand. “Eventually there will be

places where you can put your build so that people can come find it and view it,” says Shuber. “And if they do muck with it, it doesn’t affect the thing you left behind because it’s just a copy. So people can enjoy it — they can destroy it,

they can have fun, they can figure out how you did it, but the thing that you made stays intact.” If all goes according to plan, then “Minecraft Earth” will give this digital universe a bit more permanence in ours.

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Summery salads include, from left, a green goddess pasta salad, a lemony farro pasta salad and a pasta salad with summer tomatoes.

PASTA SALADS to swoon over (no, really) By MELISSA CLARK New York Times

hen was the last time a pasta salad made you swoon? Mediocre ones abound. You can find them — floppy farfalle studded with red pepper and corn — at barbecues and potlucks, all summer long. But a gorgeous mix of well-seasoned vegetables and al dente pasta that’s glistening with good olive oil, citrus and herbs? That’s rarer than a perfectly grilled steak (which you might even ignore should a truly excellent pasta salad appear on your plate). Before pasta salads hit the supermarket salad bar circuit, they were glamorous things. According to food historian Betty Fussell, the pasta salad craze began in the New York Times in 1978. That was when Craig Claiborne, the food editor, featured a recipe for Cold Pasta New Orleans Style that adorned cooked pasta with garlic vinaigrette, chopped chicken, beets, black olives and artichoke hearts. His recipe was a marked upgrade from the coleslaw-like, mayonnaise-based macaroni salads that were the previous cold pasta standard. An avalanche of fancy pasta salads followed in the 1980s and ’90s. Celebrity chefs like Bobby Flay and Wolfgang Puck enthused about their versatility. Even Alice Waters is a fan. In her book, “Chez Panisse Pasta, Pizza & Calzone” (Random House, 1984), she offers three pasta salad variations — with fried bread crumbs, with fresh tomatoes and herbs, and with eggplant, garlic and peppers — all of which sound far more appealing than the pesto-drenched fusilli of today. But, recent sad salads aside, there’s absolutely no reason pasta salad can’t reclaim its short-lived glory. When thoughtfully made with really good ingredients, pasta salad can (and should) be divine — the fresh and sprightly sleeper hit of your next summer soirée. These recipes are a good place to start. There’s a tortellini salad, with a creamy green goddess dressing that’s heady with herbs and scallions; a zippy jumble of chewy farro and orzo, tossed with dried apricots, goat cheese and mint; a juicy summer tomato pasta salad scented with garlic and basil; and finally, a template for classic balsamicdressed pasta salad, with mozzarella and cucumbers, that you can make your very own. Before you start cooking, however, there are a few rules that must be addressed. The first is the most vital: Don’t overcook your pasta. If you drain it while still al dente (it should have a spine to it when you bite down), it won’t turn to mush as it sits in the dressing. Next, add your hot, just-drained pasta to the

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dressing without rinsing. The oil in the dressing will keep the noodles from sticking together. Finally, let the pasta cool in the dressing so it can absorb the most flavor, but don’t add any crunchy vegetables until just before serving, so they stay crisp and fresh. Because pasta salad is a make-ahead dish only to a point, some last-minute tinkering — a ruffle of fresh herbs, a drizzle of great olive oil and a dusting of flaky sea salt — is what lifts your pasta salad from the quotidian to the sublime. Which is exactly where good pasta salads deserve to be.

LEMONY FARRO PASTA SALAD WITH GOAT CHEESE AND MINT Yield: 10 to 14 servings For the pasta salad: Kosher salt 1 cup farro 2 bay leaves 1 pound orzo 3/4 cup diced dried apricots 3/4 cup thinly sliced red onion 3/4 cup thinly sliced celery 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 3/4 cup sliced almonds 2 cups baby spinach leaves (2 ounces) 1 cup crumbled fresh goat cheese (4 ounces) 1/2 cup torn mint leaves 1/2 cup coarsely chopped parsley leaves Freshly ground black pepper For the dressing: 2 large lemons 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt, plus more as needed 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 1/4 teaspoon red-pepper flakes, plus more to taste 2/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling 1. Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil. Add farro and bay leaves and let simmer for 15 minutes. Add orzo to the pot and continue to simmer until farro and pasta are cooked through but still al dente, about 8 to 10 minutes longer. 2. While farro is cooking, prepare the dressing: Finely grate zest from the lemons, and place zest in a large bowl. Squeeze juice from 1½ lemons and add to zest along with salt, pepper and redpepper flakes, whisking to combine. Gradually whisk in oil. Taste and add more salt or lemon juice from the other lemon half, or both, if needed. 3. Drain farro-pasta mixture, discarding bay leaves. Add to bowl with dressing and toss well. Stir in apricots. Let farro and pasta cool, soaking up the dressing. This can be done up to 1 day in advance. Store in the refrigerator and bring to room temperature before proceeding. 4. In a small bowl, combine onions, celery, 3 tablespoons lemon juice and a large pinch of salt. Let sit while the pasta cools, at least 20 minutes.

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Ingredients are readied to prepare a summer tomato pasta salad. For this dish, tomatoes are marinated with capers, garlic, basil and olive oil until they almost fall apart.

5. Just before serving, add onion mixture and almonds to the bowl with the farro and pasta and toss well. Gently fold in spinach, goat cheese, mint and parsley. Taste and add more lemon, red-pepper flakes or salt if needed. 6. Drizzle with olive oil and freshly ground black pepper before serving.

GREEN GODDESS PASTA SALAD Yield: 4 to 6 servings Fine sea salt, as needed 2 (9- to 10-ounce) packages cheese tortellini 1 fennel bulb with fronds, tough outer layers removed (see Note) 1 cup sour cream or plain full-fat Greek yogurt 1 packed cup basil leaves 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped chives 2 packed tablespoons parsley leaves 2 garlic cloves, peeled 3 scallions, white and green parts 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, plus more to taste 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, plus more for serving 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling 2/3 cup sliced sugar-snap peas 1 cup baby arugula 1. In a pot of heavily salted water, cook the tortellini according to the package directions. 2. Make the dressing: While the water comes to a boil, chop enough of the fennel fronds to equal ¼ cup. Put the fronds in a blender. Thinly slice enough of the fennel bulb for ¾ cup, and set it aside. (Reserve any remaining fennel for another use.) 3. Add sour cream, basil, chives, parsley, garlic, 1 scallion, lemon juice, ½ teaspoon fine sea salt and ¼ teaspoon black pepper to the blender with the fronds and purée until smooth.

With the blender running, slowly drizzle in olive oil. Taste and add more salt or lemon juice, or both, if needed. 4. As soon as the tortellini is done, drain it well and put it in a large mixing bowl. Immediately, while it’s still hot, toss in enough of the dressing to coat. Let pasta cool in the dressing, at least 20 minutes and up to 4 hours. 5. Thinly slice remaining 2 scallions and add to bowl with tortellini. Toss in sliced fennel and sugar-snap peas. Drizzle with more dressing, tossing if needed. 6. To serve, transfer to a serving bowl, gently toss in arugula, drizzle with more olive oil and grind more fresh pepper over.

PASTA SALAD WITH SUMMER TOMATOES, BASIL AND OLIVE OIL Yield: 8 to 10 servings 2 pounds very ripe tomatoes, coarsely chopped 1/4 cup drained capers or sliced olives 3 garlic cloves, finely grated or mashed to a paste Kosher salt, as needed 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, plus more as needed 1/2 teaspoon red-pepper flakes 1 large basil sprig, plus 1/2 cup torn fresh basil leaves 3 oil-packed anchovy fillets, minced (optional) 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for serving 1 pound short pasta, such as campanelle, fusilli or farfalle 1. In a large bowl, toss together the tomatoes, capers, garlic, ½ teaspoon salt, black pepper, red-pepper flakes, the whole basil sprig and anchovies if using. Let sit for 5 minutes, then stir in ½ cup oil. Taste and add salt and pepper if needed. The tomatoes should be See PASTA C6

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The hidden life of Kim Jong Un By KRYS LEE Washington Post

The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un By Anna Fifield PublicAffairs. 308 pp. $28 Few heads of state inspire as many jokes as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. After nicknames like “Kim Fatty III” and “Fatty Kim”went viral in China, Beijing cracked down on their usage. In the United States, the nickname “Rocket Man” has a derogatory ring, partly because of the failure of multiple North Korean missile launches. Kim’s socializing with the NBA’s enfant terrible Dennis Rodman also has set him up for ridicule. But in “The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un,” Anna Fifield forcefully demonstrates that the North Korean leader is far more savvy, ambitious and ruthless than his ludicrous nicknames suggest. Writing a biography of Kim is a notoriously difficult undertaking. False information abounds, and testimonies of North Korean escapees and refugees can be unreliable. To overcome these hurdles, Fifield has cross-checked a wealth of facts, relied on extensive primary and secondary sources, and engaged in oldfashioned shoe-leather reporting. The infamously secretive nation goes to great lengths to protect the life story of its leader. When traveling abroad, for instance, Kim brings a private staff to “forsenically clean” dishes, scrub hotel rooms and cart in portable toilets “so that he won’t leave any samples from which health information could be extracted.” And when a relative exposes family secrets to foreign media, as we now know, that person is assassinated. Fifield, currently Beijing bureau chief for The Washington Post, has widely covered North Korea, and “The Great Successor” is a hardearned, comprehensive portrait of Kim and his country’s uncertain future. Hereditary succession began in North Korea under the direction of its first leader, Kim Il Sung, who ruled from 1948 until his death in 1994. Handing the leadership to his son, Kim Jong Il, was arguably North Korea’s biggest break from traditional communism and required decades of planning. Steps included removing from political dictionaries the definition of hereditary succession as “a reactionary custom of exploitive societies,” creating patriotic songs that incorporated the heir,

and hanging portraits of father and son in public places throughout the nation. The succession of the grandson, Kim Jong Un, looked more unlikely. His grandfather was a revered Korean war hero, while Kim Jong Un had no such illustrious background. He had two half siblings and two full siblings, but with the help of his quintessential tiger mother, Ko Yong Hui, Kim Jong Un emerged as the favorite to lead the nation. In 1996, at age 12, Kim Jong Un embarked on a relatively ordinary student life in Switzerland, under the alias Pak Un. Based on interviews with his friends and his aunt Kim Yong Suk and uncle Ri Gang, who raised him in his first few years in Bern, Fifield draws an intriguing composite portrait of a lonely teenager who studied democracy and the French Revolution and played basketball passionately. After he was summoned back to Pyongyang as his father Kim Jong Il’s health deteriorated, Kim Jong Un’s private life

became hazier. Once Kim Jong Un took power he needed to demonstrate his break from the miserable rule of his father and respond resourcefully to international sanctions. As a young, inexperienced leader hoping to extend his family’s reign, Kim presented to the people a combination of terror and hope. He cracked down on border crossings, the flow of information and religious practices. To demonstrate his willingness to terrorize the nation, he executed his uncle Jang Song Thaek in public and had his half brother Kim Jong Nam assassinated in Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Fifield describes North Korea’s economic shifts: the development of numerous legalized markets and a rise in entrepreneurism. Where once travel permits were mandatory and cellphones banned, there is now widespread use of mobile phones, and a growing private transport industry has revolutionized the economy. State-run companies are

increasingly managed according to market principles. Operations are driven by profits, and managers have the freedom to hire and fire workers. But bribery is still a way of life. Much of the economy resides in a “gray zone” - trading operations may not be legal, but they’re not exactly illegal, either. State firms once focusing on specific products, such as the cigarette-maker My Hometown, now produce a range of goods to alleviate the pressure from sanctions. Power outages in prime real estate are common. Few beyond state-employed hackers can access the internet. And many people have a vested interest in maintaining a system that benefits them. Still, Kim has shown himself in some ways to be a new leader breaking with North Korea’s ingrained culture. His wife, Ri Sol Ju, appears regularly in public, unlike her predecessors. She is certainly the first to appear publicly arm in arm with her husband. “In a country where even the wives of top cadres wore the shapeless socialist outfits that made everyone equally drab,” Fifield writes, “Ri cut a strikingly modern figure.” She was seen in “a jacket with red polka dots - and often sported a pearl brooch instead of the mandatory Kim pin worn by everyone else.” She even “wore platform peep-toe pumps.” Kim’s appearance is modeled on that of his revered grandfather, but he has been more forthright with the public. He has openly acknowledged the people’s economic hardship, has allowed once-forbidden images to air on TV and publicly said in 2012 that a launched satellite had failed to enter orbit, a rare admission for a North Korean leader. In Pyongyang, Western food and fashion mingle with stodgy monuments. Plastic surgery is commonplace for the elite, and bikinis are fashion statements of modernity. Why long for New York when, as Fifield dubs it, you have “Pyonghattan”? “The Great Successor” is essential reading for anyone seeking insight on one of the world’s least-understood leaders. Though he may be young, Kim has forced South Korea, China and the United States to take him seriously. The book makes a convincing argument that with Kim at the helm, North Korea is painfully forging its way toward a more prosperous, stable future, whether or not the West likes it. Lee is the author of the novels “Drifting House” and “How I Became a North Korean.”

New novel a meditation on race, class - and murder By MARK ATHITAKIS Washington Post

The Color Inside a Melon By John Domini Dzanc. 344 pp. Paperback, $16.95 John Domini’s sagely, genretweaking fourth novel, “The Color Inside a Melon,” is in some ways an old-fashioned noir. It’s set in a city with a seedy underbelly – Naples. There’s a corpse, of course – in this case that of a Somali migrant. There’s a crime that speaks to the darker recesses of humanity – rumors of a snuff film, filmed at a dance party. And most essentially, there’s a would-be detective who’s out of his depth but can’t leave well enough alone. The ersatz gumshoe would be Aristofano, aka Risto, another

Somali refugee who’s planted roots in Italy after escaping his homeland’s violence 15 years earlier. That’s long enough to establish himself as the owner of a prominent gallery bearing the evocative, biblical name of Wind & Confusion. But he’s also been around long enough to know his existence there will always be suspect and provisional. “What did the police care about a brother cut to ribbons?” he thinks. If he wants the case of a dead black man solved, he’ll have to do he legwork himself. The cross-cultural vibe is just

one way in which Domini’s novel isn’t so old-fashioned. The narrative has its requisite share of mobsters, cops and bloodshed, but for Domini these are mainly pegs upon which to explore Risto’s sense of displacement and belonging. Anti-immigrant blogs agitate against African refugees as “the virus that could bring down all of Europe,” and anybody who wants to stay in the country faces, if not outright violence, at least casual bigotry and mountains of paperwork. (Risto escaped the problem, at least somewhat, by marrying an Italian woman.) So “Melon” functions as much as an assimilation novel as it does a noir. But it’s rhetorically offbeat as well. Domini is an enthusiast for experimental and postmodern eminences like

John Barth and Steve Erickson, writers whose every sentence was microscopically tweaked for meaning and resonance. In the wrong hands, postmodern paragraphs can read as if they require a pickax to penetrate, and the plot in “Melon” can get dense, as Risto experiences hallucinatory visions that put halos around the heads of people in photos, a “mystic Photoshop” he often noodles over. But as postmodern crime yarns go, this one is pretty spry, and especially well-turned when it comes to Risto’s struggle to reconcile the crime he’s solving with the violence he witnessed in his youth. The “thug economics”of contemporary Naples evokes the worst of Mogadishu, where “Risto got to see what a skull looked like several

days after the machete split it.” The novel’s title is a deliberately queasy evocation of the image, a violent take on the romantic idea that we’re all the same on the inside. Such Pollyannaish notions are worth attacking, Risto figures, because if we’re all the same on the inside, our insides could use some improving – especially when it comes to migrants. Naples is “a city that gets older but never gets anywhere,” he tells his wife at one point. “Everybody stays in the piazza. Everybody sits around the fire telling the old stories.” Domini’s novel is determined to push the noir – and us – out of well-worn ruts. Athitakis is a critic in Phoenix and author of “The New Midwest.”

Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, June 15, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan.

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Where the Crawdads Sing. Delia Owens. Putnam 2. Unsolved. Patterson/Ellis. Little, Brown 3. City of Girls. Elizabeth Gilbert. Riverhead 4. Tom Clancy: Enemy Contact. Mike Maden. Putnam

5. Mrs. Everything. Jennifer Winer. Atria 6. The Oracle. Cussler/Burcell. Putnam 7. Redemption. David Baldacci. Grand Central 8. The Summer Guests. Mary Alice Monroe. Gallery 9. Queen Bee. Dorothea Benton Frank. Morrow 10. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. Ocean Vuong. Penguin Press HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. Unfreedom of the Press. Mark R. Levin. Threshold 2. Songs of America. Meacham/McGraw. Random House 3. The Pioneers. David McCullough.

Simon & Schuster 4. Howard Stern Comes Again. Howard Stern. Simon & Schuster 5. How to Skimm Your Life. The Skimm. Ballantine 6. Becoming. Michelle Obama. Crown 7. Sea Stories. William H. McRaven. Grand Central 8. Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered. Kilgariff/Hardstark. Forge 9. Siege. Michael Wolff. Holt 10. Undo It! Ornish/Ornish. Ballantine

MASS MARKET 1. Liar, Liar. Lisa Jackson. Zebra 2. In His Father’s Footsteps. Danielle

Steel. Dell 3. Shadow Warrior. Christine Feehan. Berkley 4. Triple Homicide. James Patterson. Vision 5. Past Tense. Lee Child. Dell 6. Texas Nights. Debbie Macomber. Mira 7. Spymaster. Brad Thor. Pocket 8. Riding Shotgun. William W. Johstone. Pinnacle 9. The Gray Ghost. Cussler/Burcell. Putnam 10. Unbridled. Diana Palmer. HQN

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AMERICAN PRISON: A REPORTER’S UNDERCOVER JOURNEY INTO THE BUSINESS OF PUNISHMENT By Shane Bauer. (Penguin, $18.) Bauer, a Mother Jones journalist, worked undercover as a guard at a private prison in rural Louisiana for months before he was discovered. This book, one of the Book Review’s 10 best of 2018, is an expansion of an article detailing the abuses he witnessed, damning an industry in which inmates are commodities.

CHERRY By Nico Walker. (Vintage, $16.95.) An Iraq War medic begins robbing banks to finance his drug habit. This debut novel offers a sobering portrait of the opioid crisis in the United States and the absence of adequate support for veterans, which Walker renders in lyric, vivid prose: His descriptions of dope-sickness, heartbreak and grisly attacks are arresting, and his dialogue inventive.

UNBOUND: TRANSGENDER MEN AND THE REMAKING OF IDENTITY By Arlene Stein. (Vintage, $16.95.) For a year Stein, a sociologist, followed four patients at a Florida clinic known for its gender affirmation procedures. Stein goes to great lengths to explore the psychological, emotional and social aspects of transitioning, and is frank about her own preconceptions. The resulting book is earnest and optimistic.

THE TRAITOR’S NICHE By Ismail Kadare. Translated by John Hodgson. (Counterpoint, $16.95.) First published in 1978, this allegorical novel recalls Ottoman-era Albania. In Istanbul, the imperial capital, the severed head of a former pasha sits in a dish of honey, guarded by an impotent man; the head soon becomes the anchor of the story. Meanwhile, the province of Albania is clamoring for independence. Times reviewer Jason Goodwin praised “this riveting novel,” which unfolds “in brilliant, laconic, grimly comic fashion.”

THE DEATH OF DEMOCRACY: HITLER’S RISE TO POWER AND THE DOWNFALL OF THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC By Benjamin Carter Hett. (St. Martin’s Griffin, $17.99.) A timely book explains the moral collapse that allowed Hitler to ascend to power, with implications for present times. “We take for granted that the Germans of the 1930s were quite different from ourselves,” Times reviewer Timothy Snyder wrote. “The opposite is the case.”

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NOTEWORTHY PAPERBACKS

2. Before We Were Yours. Lisa Wingate. Ballantine 3. Little Fires Everywhere. Celeste Ng. Penguin 4. The Outsider. Stephen King. Gallery 5. The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Heather Morris. Harper 6. The President Is Missing. Clinton/ Patterson. Grand Central/Knopf 7. Long Road to Mercy. David Baldacci. Grand Central 8. The Woman in the Window. A.J. Finn. Morrow 9. A Gentleman in Moscow. Amor Towles. Penguin 10. The Mister. E.L. James. Vintage

By Ottessa Moshfegh. (Penguin, $16.) The beautiful central character of this novel hopes that a long period of self-induced sleep will bring about a transformation. Moshfegh’s writing is darkly comic, tracing how the heroine uses a stupefying combination of medications to overcome her grief and alienation from the world around her.

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Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit sudoku.org.uk © 2019 The Mepham Group. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency. All rights reserved.

Horoscope

NOT MUCH East-West vulnerable, South deals NORTH ♠983 ♥ 852 ♦ 64 ♣ J 10 9 4 3 WEST EAST ♠2 ♠754 ♥ Q J 10 7 ♥ K9643 ♦ KJ92 ♦ 10 7 5 ♣K862 ♣75 SOUTH ♠ A K Q J 10 6 ♥A ♦ AQ83 ♣AQ The bidding:

SOUTH WEST NORTH 2♣ Pass 2♦* 2♠ Pass 4♠ 6♠ All pass *Negative

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Opening lead: Queen of ♥ North’s jump to four spades showed a terrible hand with a spade fit and 0-3 high-card points. South didn’t need much to have an adequate play for slam, so he carried on anyway. South won the opening heart lead with his ace and took a moment to plan the play. Dummy didn’t have

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much, as advertised, but the doubleton diamond and the nineeight of trumps provided hope. One line of play was to cash the ace of clubs and then lead the queen of clubs. Should the opponents hold up the king, South would revert to diamonds and play to ruff two diamonds with dummy’s high trumps. If an opponent took his king, there were enough clubs in dummy to discard three of declarer’s diamonds. This would need a trump split of no worse than 3-1. It was possible that the opponent who won the king of clubs could play another club for his partner to ruff. South could ruff high, of course, but there would no longer be enough clubs in dummy to discard three diamonds. The diamond finesse would then be needed. South found an elegant improvement on this line. At trick two, South led the queen of clubs! West could win with his king but could do no damage to the contract. Should West duck his king, South would play to ruff two diamonds. This line needed clubs no worse than 4-2 and spades no worse than 3-1. No finesse would ever be needed. Well done! (Bob Jones welcomes readers’ responses sent in care of this paper or tcaeditors@ tribpub.com)

By Stella Wilder Born today, you are more a dreamer than a doer, but with hard work and dedication, you can surely make your dreams come true. You may discover that you are not able to get very far in life without working closely with others, but if you embrace it, such teamwork can make almost anything possible — and the world can truly be your oyster. On your own, difficulties are likely to abound; when collaborating with a certain trusted few, however, the likelihood of unusual difficulties is reduced almost to nil. You know how to make money, surely — but you also know how to spend it, and if you are not careful you may find that as quickly as money comes in it goes right out again, leaving you wanting what you don’t know how to keep. There is no shame in getting help with your finances — though you sometimes have trouble asking for help of any kind. Also born on this date are: Nicole Scherzinger, singer; Gary Busey, actor; Slim Pickens, actor; Harmon Killebrew, baseball player; Nelson Eddy, singer; Richard Lewis, comedian. To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide. SUNDAY, JUNE 30 CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Misinterpretation of any kind can set you back today, and you may never find the time to catch up. Such a situation must be avoided! LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You may get the feeling that someone is watching you like a hawk in order to identify your vulnerabilities. You may not have any today. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You’re going about things with the right mindset, but you can still do a

little more to ensure that you are protecting yourself — and others. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You must focus more on process than results. What happens today is all part of something that is better for you than you know. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Focus on making your money work harder and go further for you. Now is no time to settle for the way things have been; make a change! SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Your most important goals are still important, but they may be shifting. No. 1 may no longer be at the top of the list. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You can make a very good plan today, but you can’t expect to put it into motion exactly as-is. Certain circumstances require alterations. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You are thinking about things in a way that is not only new for you, but that is different from anyone else as well. This is advantageous. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — Whether you slow down or speed up is entirely up to you today, but in either event you must strive to increase the quality of your work. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You get a glimpse of how the other half lives — and that’s going to make all the difference as you forge a path into the future. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You’re likely to face certain difficulties that are not of your own making but that affect both your planning and implementation. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You are not interested in doing things the way they’ve always been done. You are seeking methods that allow you to increase your potential. COPYRIGHT 2019 UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE, INC.

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Cook broccoli longer for a comforting bowl of pasta. By JOE YONAN Washington Post

As a son of the South, I have a thing for long-cooked vegetables. One of the dishes my mother made that I remember most fondly was her broccoli cream-cheese casserole, for which the broccoli was steamed until soft, then combined with cream cheese and butter, showered with bread crumbs and baked. It was a far cry from the crisp-tender, bright-green broccoli that took hold a decade or two later - it wasn’t health food, in other words - and I loved every bite. This pasta dish from Alice Hart, one of my favorite vegetarian cookbook authors, reminds me of that casserole. Broccoli, boiled for a few minutes then cooked again until soft in garlicky butter, provides the bulk. The indulgence comes from blue cheese and a little mascarpone, which create a luxurious yet punchy sauce. For crunch, there are more pine nuts than might seem reasonable. All of it, in fact, seems like too much, at least at first: The broccoli is cooked too long, there’s too much blue cheese, too many nuts. Until you taste it and realize that it’s perfect.

ZITI WITH BROCCOLI AND TOASTED PINE NUTS Active: 20 minutes | Total: 30 minutes 4 to 6 servings

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Ziti with Broccoli and Toasted Pine Nuts.

Ingredients Kosher salt 1 pound (about 6 cups) broccoli florets 12 ounces dried ziti pasta or other similarly shaped pasta 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 fat garlic clove, crushed 2 tablespoons mascarpone (optional; may substitute full-fat Greek yogurt)

4 ounces (about 2/3 cup) crumbled blue cheese, such as Gorgonzola 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 1/3 cups pine nuts, toasted (may substitute toasted chopped almonds or walnuts) Freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, for serving (optional) Steps

Bring a large pot of generously salted water to a boil over medium-high heat. Add the broccoli and cook for 3 minutes until it’s bright green and crisp-tender. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the broccoli to a colander, and rinse with cold water to help set its color.

Drain again and coarsely chop. Return the water to a boil; add the pasta and cook until al dente, for 10 to 12 minutes, or according to the package directions. While the pasta is cooking, combine the butter and garlic in a large skillet. Place over

medium heat and cook until the garlic is fragrant but not browned, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the chopped broccoli; cover and cook until the broccoli is very soft, yielding easily to a wooden spoon, 4 to 5 minutes. (The garlic will be very soft, too.) Stir in the mascarpone, if using, and the blue cheese, until the cheese melts. Stir in the pepper and toasted pine nuts. Drain the pasta, reserving a cup or so of its cooking water, and transfer the pasta immediately into the pan with the broccoli and cheese. Stir to combine thoroughly, adding some of the pasta water, 1/4 cup at a time, as needed to create a creamy sauce that coats the ziti. Divide among bowls and top with some Parmigiano-Reggiano, if desired. NOTE: Toast the pine nuts in a large, dry skillet over medium-low heat for several minutes until fragrant and lightly browned, shaking the pan occasionally to avoid scorching. Cool completely before using. Nutrition (based on 6 servings) | Calories: 530; Total Fat: 31 g; Saturated Fat: 8 g; Cholesterol: 30 mg; Sodium: 300 mg; Carbohydrates: 50 g; Dietary Fiber: 4 g; Sugars: 3 g; Protein: 18 g. Adapted from “The Way to Eat Now: Modern Vegetarian Food” by Alice Hart. The Experiment, 2019.

Personalized diets could be the future of healthy eating By Nicole Blackwood Chicago Tribune

People often speak about fad diets the way they speak about exes: intensely, specifically, intimately. Atkins, Dukan, Paleo, baby food. None last, though lasting is promised, and all feed a cycle of shame for the dieter, who can never seem to make it work. According to a recent study led by researchers from King’s College London, Massachusetts General Hospital and nutritional science company ZOE: It’s not you, it’s them. The research, which ZOE founder and Kings College professor Tim Spector expect to be peerreviewed by the end of the year, hints that one-size-fits-all diets are often doomed to fail. The study measured 1,100 U.K. and U.S. adults, 60% of whom were twins, and their various blood markings (such as blood sugar, fat levels) in response to standardized and chosen meals. Even identical twins in similar environments varied in their responses to the same food. And the usual suspects, including fat and carbohydrates, explained less than 40% of the differences in reactions to food between individuals. Spector and his team placed their research into an algorithm, which he said can now predict — after an at-home test — how users will respond to any given food with 73% accuracy. As early as next year,

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aggressively seasoned. Let tomatoes marinate for at least 1 hour and preferably 2 to 3. 2. Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook until it is just al dente, usually a minute less than the package

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A recent study led by researchers from King’s College London, Massachusetts General Hospital and nutritional science company ZOE hints that one-size-fits-all diets are often doomed to fail.

Spector said, ZOE plans to package this algorithm into an app that will allow users to search for a food and receive a suggestion of how compatible their choice might be compared to alternatives (for instance, bagel versus croissant). “This should change consumers’ perception of food and move us away from this old-fashioned idea that it’s all about calories and it’s all about fats,” Spector said. “Our data clearly show that that is just a small proportion of the way people react to foods.” The real answer, the data shows, might relate to the microbiome (the

microorganisms in the gut). But for those living in perpetual post-breakup with fad diets, constant awareness — how a bagel will affect a body — is not necessarily a boon. Chicago therapist Taejah Vemuri, who specializes in working with patients with eating disorders, worries that the science might take an ironically one-size-fits all approach to the consumer’s response. “We as a society would benefit from moving away from food rules and toward balance,” Vemuri said. “My hope is that these findings can help people better understand their bodies,

(but) I think that it could, for some people, lead to obsession and rigidity.” She described the mindset of eating disorders cyclically: Someone believes they should eat restrictively, fails to, and is shamed into repeating the cycle again. The word for this particular brand of obsessive thinking is orthorexia, the obsession with healthy eating. Personalization, she said, might still perpetuate the cycle. Still, Chicago therapist Casey Tanner, who also specializes in eating disorders, believes that personalization goes hand and hand with “intuitive eating,” or an individual’s ability to trust

instructions. Drain well. Add to bowl with tomatoes while still warm and toss well. Let pasta cool, soaking up the dressing. Let pasta sit at room temperature for at least another hour and up to 6 hours before serving. Or chill for up to 24 hours; bring to room temperature before serving. 3. Just before serving, gently fold in torn basil leaves. Top with more olive oil and

cracked black pepper before serving.

For the salad: Fine sea salt, as needed 1 pound short pasta, such as campanelle, fusilli or farfalle 1 ripe avocado, peeled, pitted and diced 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved 1/2 cup sliced cucumber 1 pound fresh mozzarella, cut into bitesize cubes 1/4 cup shaved Parmesan 1/4 cup thinly sliced fresh basil

CLASSIC PASTA SALAD WITH MOZZARELLA, AVOCADO AND BASIL Yield: 8 to 10 servings For the dressing: 3 tablespoons minced shallot or red onion 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, plus more to taste 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt, plus more to taste 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling

1. To prepare the dressing, in a large bowl, whisk together shallot, lemon juice, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper. Let sit for 5 minutes, then whisk in oil. Taste and add more salt and-or lemon juice if needed. 2. Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook until it is just al dente, usually a minute less than the package instructions. Drain well. While still warm, add the pasta to the bowl with the dressing and toss well. Let pasta cool,

their body’s response to food — for example, feeling ill after drinking milk. She believes that personalized meal plans are ultimately beneficial (she avoids the word “diet”) and though she’s excited about the idea that nutritionists will be able to “know more information earlier” about their client, she hopes that doctors and dietitians will still work to address root issues of struggles with weight. Northwestern medical professor Dr. Robert Kushner, whose clinical focus is nutrition and weight management, asks that individuals continue to follow the most recent governmental dietary guidelines for now. The idea that individual responses to a diet vary is an old one, he said, though Spector’s study pushes it further. He gave the example of reducing salt for hypertension; though not everyone will benefit, the guidelines are “recommendations for populations.” “The fact that they might not work for an individual does not make them invalid,” he said. “I think we all believe that one size does not fit all, and that people are going to respond differently to diets. We just don’t have enough information yet to identify in advance who’s going to respond to what diet.” Claire Mysko, CEO of the National Eating Disorders Association, is encouraged by the data, but believes that part

of the danger of Spector’s algorithm could be its proposed accessibility. With an app, individuals would be “on their own,” able to check and recheck their guidelines to their own detriment. She hopes that individuals who struggle with an eating disorder seek help from a professional, as the use of an algorithm would need to be monitored lest individuals fixate on “good” versus “bad” foods. Spector believes that the algorithm will simply give users the ability to make informed choices, not dictate any particular course of action. “I certainly don’t believe in a strict division between clean and dirty foods,” Spector said. “Our idea is to not cause anxiety and not cause more orthorexia, (but to) change people’s views on this current trend of demonizing certain foods and only eating a very restrictive diet.” For now, the verdict? No need to call Paleo back; healthier alternatives already await, as does the option to seek help if needed. Individual bodies vary, and their diets should too. “There isn’t a single recommendation we make as physicians that we don’t see heterogeneity or variation in,” Kushner said. “This study is the beginning of a new journey of individualization or personalization for dietary recommendation.”

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A classic pasta salada in New York, May 20, 2019. When thoughtfully made with really good ingredients, pasta salad can (and should) be a sleeper hit of your next summer party.

soaking up the dressing. 3. In a medium bowl, gently toss together avocado, lemon juice and a pinch of salt. 4. Just before serving, add tomato, cucumber,

mozzarella and Parmesan to the bowl with the pasta and toss well. Gently fold in avocado and basil. 5. Drizzle with olive oil, cracked black pepper and salt to taste before serving.