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Anti-jail protesters line up outside the Greene County Office Building in Catskill to attend recent Legislature meeting. Several state agencies approved permits over the last week for construction of a new jail in Coxsackie.

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CATSKILL — Several state agencies over the last week issued final permits for the new Greene County jail, all but sealing the deal on the controversial proposal. With permits in hand, the project is moving full speed ahead, county officials said Tuesday. If all goes according to plan, the new jail will be built on 50 acres of former state land off Route 9W in Coxsackie. The 48-bed facility will cost $47 million. It will be built with a $39 million U.S. Department of Agriculture loan at 3.5% interest and $8 million in county funds. A slew of permits from state agencies including the Department of Health, Department of Environmental Conservation and Department of State were received Thursday through Monday in one of the See JAIL A8

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Legislature Chairman Patrick Linger, R-New Baltimore, relaying a conversation with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office to the board Wednesday night. Several state agencies issued permits for the new jail over the last week, all but assuring a facility will be built.

ALBANY — The state Senate unanimously passed Erin’s Law late Monday, but the bill remains in the Assembly’s Committee on Education. Erin’s Law, named after childhood sexual assault survivor Erin Merryn and already on the books in 36 other states, would mandate training and education for students and faculty in grades K-8 in all New York public schools. New Baltimore activist Gary Greenberg, who was a driving force behind the years-long effort to pass the Child Victims Act, joined forces with Merryn to get Erin’s Law passed in New York state. Greenberg said he believes the Assembly Education Committee is not taking action because the program would be a mandate. “The Assembly has always had problems with mandates in the curriculum so we are hopeful that now that the Senate has taken bold leadership and passed Erin’s Law as a stand-alone law, the Assembly will follow and pass it,” Greenberg said. “The bill is mandated, so it would have to be part of the curriculum, and since the Assembly oversees the Regents and state Education Department, there has always been a problem with it being mandated. They don’t want to put mandates on school districts because then other groups might come in and push for their own mandates.” Erin’s Law was first passed in Illinois, Merryn’s home state, in 2009. Since that time Merryn has worked to champion the legislation through dozens of other states. In New York she teamed up with Greenberg, who worked for years to get the Child Victims Act through the New York LegSee ADVOCATE A8

Catskill seeks funds to review comprehensive plan By Sarah Trafton Columbia-Greene Media

CATSKILL — Following an informal commitment in February, the town is seeking state funds to review its comprehensive plan. Catskill will submit an application for a Community Smart Growth Grant later this week. The Environmental Protection Fund has supported this program since 2007. This year, the program has $400,000 available to municipalities and non-profit organizations in the Catskill Park. The town of Catskill has not reviewed its comprehensive plan since 2007. Other municipalities such as the towns of Hunter and Durham and village of Catskill are in various stages of evaluating their comprehensive plans. “We made an informal commitment in a verbal conversa-

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We want economic development and growth in the right areas,” a new plan would help direct the development.

tion to reserve funds for this in our 2020 budget,” Catskill Town Supervisor Doreen Davis said. “The DEC’s announcement in April accelerated a conversation we already started by applying for the grant.” The conversation in February was prompted by comments from resident Rosana Thompson at a town board meeting. “We want economic development and growth in the right areas,” Thompson said, adding that a new plan would help direct the development. Thompson said she is being affected by two projects before the planning board: The

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Kaaterskill, a hotel on High Falls Road to get a special-use permit to host weddings, and Piaule Landscaping Retreat, proposed for Mossy Hill Road, that will have 20 mini-cabins and a main house. Both permits have been issued. “I realized the issue is much bigger than that (those two projects),” Thompson said. “We are at risk of losing the beauty and tranquility of the area. We want to make sure Catskill grows to its full potential and beauty.” A 16-year Catskill resident with experience in real estate, Thompson said she is familiar with the issue at hand.

“When there’s a rush to develop, the people that suffer the most are the people that have always been here,” she said. An evaluation is necessary because of how much has changed since 2007, Davis said. “Anything that was adopted in 2007 is cause for review,” she said. Now that the town is in good financial standing, the comprehensive plan is next on the list. “We’re now at a point where we can take a breath and can tackle what we consider the next steps,” Davis said. Having

an up-to-date plan is important as new projects and businesses come to Catskill, Davis said. “It is at top of mind on several projects,” she said. A recent controversial project was a proposed ash dump by Wheelabrator Technologies, a municipal waste combustion company. Wheelabrator planned to truck 445,000 tons of ash from its incinerator plants in Hudson Falls, Peekskill and Poughkeepsie to a former quarry on Route 9W. The company withdrew its proposal last month in a statement to the town, although its application to DEC has not yet been retracted. Despite community outrage, Davis maintained the town would remain neutral until the project had been approved by DEC.

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shopping cart filled with toilet paper featuring Trump’s face on it. “Come on down to Trafalgar and get your Donald Trump toilet paper,” he said. The protests come a day after a lavish state banquet hosted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. Bryony Doyle, 23, an illustrator and a nanny protesting in Trafalgar Square, said that she was “very pleased” that Trump didn’t “get the red carpet treatment when he arrived. I know he went for dinner at Buckingham Palace, but he didn’t stay there,” she said. The Trumps are staying at Winfield House, the residence of the U.S. ambassador in London, but not Buckingham Palace, which would normally be

the case. The palace is reportedly undergoing renovations. “I think with us and our culture there’s only so much we can do without feeling impolite. I don’t think the queen could actually say no. I think there’s a limit to what the royals can do without causing too much controversy. But that’s not the case with the public, which is why we are here all day!” said Doyle. Some wondered if the protests would have any impact. Mark Davis, 64, a lawyer from California on vacation, said: “Trump could come here and do virtually anything and there are people back in the States who will support him. They’d think he’s being picked on, or this and that. I don’t think this changes anything. In the States,

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A baby blimp in the likeness of President Trump is flown in Parliament Square in London on July 13, 2018, in protest of his visit.

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LONDON — A giant blimp of a diaper-clad “baby Trump” and a talking “Trump robot” sitting on a toilet were among the most vivid props on Tuesday as protesters descended on central London to register their disapproval of President Donald Trump, in London for a threeday state visit. After a day of pomp and pageantry with the British royals, Tuesday was shaping up to be a day of politics and protests. Trump is scheduled to have meetings at Downing Street and protesters are hoping that they can be close enough - and loud enough - to be heard. The road outside of Downing Street was sealed off with steel barricades, and there was a heavy police presence. But in nearby Trafalgar Square, one of the main gathering places in central London, the so-called “Carnival of Resistance” was in full swing. One of the main features was a talking Trump robot who as sitting on a toilet and saying, “You’re fake news! I’m a very stable genius!” The great British tradition of creating witty - and sometimes rude - placards was on full display. One protester held aloft a sign that read: “British Humour: the gift of a book to an illiterate man - well played Your Majesty.” Another man was pushing a

you’re either for him or against him.” His wife, Monica Richards, 65, who retired from the superior court in California, said that they were nonetheless excited to be among a throng of “like people who have a great hate for Trump. It’s an opportunity to show our support for the forces who are against him.” She then unrolled her pink homemade sign that read: “Impeach now.” Trump tweeted on Monday that he hadn’t “seen any protests yet, but I’m sure the Fake News will be working hard to find them.” The big protest day was always scheduled for Tuesday. Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition Labour Party, refused to go to the state banquet but pledged to address the protesters “in solidarity with those he’s attacked in America, around the world and in our own country.” Kevin Smith, one of the organizers of the balloon who call themselves “Trump baby babysitters,” said it was a “very effective way to prick the pomposity and ego of Donald Trump.” Asked if it wasn’t a rather juvenile form of protest, he said that it was “part of a long tradition in Britain of political caricature. It’s not unlike cartoons in a newspaper - it just so happens to be 3-D and floats in the air.”

A coalition of more than two dozen liberal groups on Tuesday urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump, writing in a letter that her reticence is “resulting in dangerous inaction that enables this racist and xenophobic president.” The strongly worded letter voicing frustration with Pelosi, D-Calif., came a day after the Democratic-led House returned from a week-long recess and continued to grapple with how to respond to the report of special counsel Robert Mueller. While a growing number of Democrats are calling for launching an impeachment inquiry based on findings related to potential obstruction of justice, Pelosi has continued to counsel caution, calling for deliberate steps to investigate Trump.

The letter sent Tuesday calls for Pelosi to exercise “bold, moral leadership” and says that “instead of using your power, you are giving us political excuses for why you shouldn’t.” “Instead of leading, you and your colleagues have asked us to wait - wait for the Mueller report, wait for the unredacted Mueller report, wait for Mueller’s testimony about the Mueller report, wait for more investigations, wait for bipartisan consensus, wait for impeachment to poll better, or wait for the 2020 election,” it says. The groups signing the letter include CREDO Action, Free Speech for People, MPower, Movimiento Cosecha, Democracy for America, Indivisible, Working Families Party and Women’s March. Mueller ended his role as special counsel last week and said his office could not consider whether to charge Trump with a crime because of a long-standing Justice

Department opinion that a sitting president cannot be indicted. During a brief public appearance, Mueller repeated a line in his report explaining that his team would have exonerated Trump of obstructing the probe into Russian election interference if it could have. Some Democrats read that as a signal that they should more aggressively pursue impeachment of the president. In the letter, the liberal groups tell Pelosi that there is “still a chance to turn things around.” “You are a powerful leader who has stood up for women’s rights, cleared a path for other women to get to Congress and brought us the [Affordable Care Act],” they wrote. “Your strong leadership can help move the public narrative, not only on impeachment but on the dangers Trump’s presidency poses for all Americans.”

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Gunman kills 4 in Darwin, Australia Damien Cave The New York Times News Service

SYDNEY — Police said four people were shot and killed Tuesday in Darwin, the capital of Australia’s Northern Territory, when a gunman went on a shooting spree in the city’s main business district. Northern Territory police said at least one additional person had been wounded, and that a 45-year-old man had been arrested within an hour of shots being fired. The man had been on parole, police said. Authorities said the shooting was not an act of terrorism. A video showed three officers in military camouflage subduing the man. “We’re still trying to establish the intent and motivation behind this, but all I can say, sadly, is that people have lost their lives this evening,” Reece Kershaw, the Northern Territory police commissioner, said at a news conference in

Darwin. Witnesses told Australia’s public broadcaster that the rampage appeared to start just before 6 p.m. at the Palms Motel, where a gunman carrying a pump-action shotgun fired several rounds before moving to other nearby locations. “He shot up all the rooms, and he went to every room looking for somebody, and he shot them all up,” John Rose, a witness, told the public broadcaster. “Then we saw him rush out, jump into his Toyota pickup and rush off.” The shooting in Darwin, a former frontier outpost with a population of about 130,000, seemed to be Australia’s deadliest since May 2018, when seven members of a Western Australia family were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide. That was the country’s worst mass shooting since the 1996 Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania,

which left 35 people dead and led to a significant toughening of Australia’s gun laws. Kershaw said the man who was arrested Tuesday had been known to police. Without identifying him or his previous crimes, he said the man appeared to have been released from prison in January. He wouldn’t say whether the shooting appeared to have been premeditated. Prime Minister Scott Morrison, speaking to reporters traveling with him in London, offered his condolences to the loved ones of the victims, who were also not identified. “This is a very tight

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CALENDAR Wednesday, June 5 n Coxsackie-Athens Central School District Board of Education special meeting 5:30 p.m. in the District Office Conference Room, 24 Sunset Blvd., Coxsackie n Greene County Economic Development Corporation 4 p.m. in the Greene County Office Building, 4th Floor, Room 419, 411 Main St., Catskill n Greene County Legislature health services; county resources and public safety 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 4th Floor, 411 Main St., Catskill

Thursday, June 6 n Ashland Planning Board 6 p.m. at

the Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland n Cairo Town Planning Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo n Coxsackie Village workshop 6 p.m. at Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Monday, June 10 n Ashland Town Board 7:30 p.m. at

the Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland n Catskill Village Planning Board 7 p.m. at the Catskill Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill n Coxsackie Village Board 7 p.m. at Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie n Greene County Legislature county services and public works 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 4th Floor, 411 Main St., Catskill n Greenville Central School District BOE meeting and Code of Conduct Hearing 6:30 p.m. MS/HS Library, 4976 Route 81, Greenville

Tuesday, June 11 n Catskill Town Planning Board with

public hearing 6 p.m. at Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Coxsackie Village Historic Preservation Committee 6 p.m. at Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Wednesday, June 12 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m. at

Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Catskill Town Zoning Board 6 p.m. at Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Jewett Town Board 7 p.m. at the Jewett Municipal Building, 3547 County Route 23C, Jewett

Thursday, June 13 n Greene County Legislature finance

audit 4 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 4th Floor, 411 Main St., Catskill n Windham-Ashland-Jewett CSD Board of Education 7 p.m. in the School Library, 5411 Route 23, Windham

Monday, June 17 n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m. at the Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Greene County Legislature economic development and tourism; Gov. Ops.; finance and Rep. and Dem. Caucus 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 4th Floor, 411 Main St., Catskill n Greenville Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 11159 Route 32, Pioneer Building, Greenville

Tuesday, June 18 n Athens Village Planning Board 6:30

p.m. at Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Durham Town Board 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham n Hunter Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 5748 Route 23A, Tannersville

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DEC announces ‘Outdoor Day’ celebrations for June 8 ALBANY — New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos announced that “Outdoors Day” will be celebrated at free events across the state on June 8. DEC is hosting these events as part of the Governor’s Adventure NY Initiative to connect people to nature and provide increased access to the outdoors so that New Yorkers of all ages and abilities can experience a wide range of hands-on recreational activities. Commissioner Seggos said, “With nearly five million acres of land open to the public to explore, New Yorkers have endless opportunities for outdoor adventure. DEC is excited to host Outdoors Day events on June 8th and open up new possibilities for outdoor recreation for people of all ages. We encourage you to spend the day with us enjoying the outdoors and trying a new skill.” New York’s Outdoors Day coincides with National Get Outdoors Day, an annual event to encourage healthy, active outdoor fun. The events are also consistent with the Governor’s 2018

Executive Order to make New York the first age-friendly state in the country. At events across the state, Outdoors Day participants will be able to discover new skills and try out a range of introductory outdoor recreation activities such as fishing, paddling, hiking, biking, bird watching, archery, camping, and more. Adaptive equipment and opportunities will be available at select locations. DEC is hosting 10 Outdoors Day events throughout the state. These family-friendly, open house events will run from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Some programs and demonstrations are scheduled at specific times. Details, including schedules, registration requirements, and a map of activities planned for Outdoors Day can be found on DEC’s website. Activities at DEC facilities include (not all activities are available at all locations): Fishing: The I Fish NY program will offer free catch-and-release fishing clinics for all ages. Learn about fishing equipment, techniques, regulations, consumption advisories, and good

places to fish. Participants may bring their own gear, but rods and reels will also be available for loan. Camping 101: Visitors can try their hand at camping basics by pitching a tent on the lawn and learning what and how to pack for a camping trip. When the day is complete, participants will be prepared for an outdoor adventure of their own. Paddling: Learn the basics of this fun fast-growing sport and try getting out on the water. Archery: Try your hand at getting a bullseye with a bow and arrow and learn important safety tips. Birdwatching: Learn how easy and fun it is to enjoy birdwatching almost anywhere. Hiking: Take a short hike and learn the basics of finding the perfect trails to get out on your own. Outdoor safety: Learn the basics of being prepared and safe so all your outdoor adventures are good ones. Locations: Long Island, Region 1: Hempstead Lake State Park, in partnership with the State Office of Parks, Recreation,

and Historic Preservation NYC, Region 2: Mt. Loretto Unique Area Lower Hudson Valley, Region 3: Stony Kill Farm Environmental Education Center Catskills, Region 3: Kenneth L. Wilson Campground & Maurice D. Hinchey Catskills Visitor Center Capital District, Region 4: DEC’s Five Rivers Environmental Education Center and Lawson Lake County Park Eastern Adirondacks, Region 5: Northampton Beach Campground Western Adirondacks, Region 6: DEC Lowville office Central NY, Region 7: DEC’s Rogers Environmental Education Center Rochester/Western Finger Lakes, Region 8: In cooperation with Adirondack Mountain Club (Genesee Valley Chapter) at the Outdoor Expo at Mendon Ponds Park Western NY, Region 9: Reinstein Woods Environmental Education Center Most sites are wheelchair accessible. Contact the event coordinator directly with specific accommodation requirements.

Albany Empire co-owner receives 2019 James M. DiNapoli Award ALBANY — Dan Nolan, Albany Empire co-owner and Hugh Johnson Advisors LLC President and CEO, was presented with the 2019 James M. DiNapoli Award at the Downtown Albany Business Improvement District’s (BID) Annual Meeting on May 22. The event, which provides an update on development in downtown, drew community members, stakeholders, and elected officials. Created in 2013 in honor of founding member and inaugural chairman of the Downtown Albany BID, the James M. DiNapoli Award is presented annually to an individual, organization, or business that exemplifies DiNapoli’s spirit of partnership and community-building in shaping the direction of downtown Albany. Nolan was instrumental in bringing arena football to the Times Union Center for the first time in nearly 20 years. A lifelong sports fan and selfdescribed “sandlot sports guy,” he has fond memories of attending Albany Firebirds games and was excited to be among those who brought the Albany Empire to Downtown, the result of which exceeded expectations; in 2018 the Arena Football League (AFL) team played before a sold-out home opener of over 13,600 people, with home games averaging just under 10,000 fans, easily surpassing the goal of 7,500 per game and resulting in the highest average per-game attendance in the league. Generous to sports outside of downtown as well, Nolan recently donated $1 million to the athletics departments of his alma mater, the University at Albany, a gift which benefits the school’s 18 varsity teams; he also chairs the Advisory Board for the university’s Great Dane Athletic Club. In addition, Nolan sits on the Center for Disability Services Endowment Board, and is a trustee at Albany Law School and The College of Saint Rose. With a vision for an ongoing renaissance in Downtown, Nolan is excited by the increase in residential and what he believes is a true sign of neighborhood growth — people walking dogs. It’s a trend he sees

continuing through the recently announced redevelopment funding of the former Convention Center site, additional apartments coming online, merchants opening their doors, and events like Albany Empire games continuing to draw people to the heart of the Capital City. “Downtown Albany is an important piece of the region’s puzzle and investing here is critical as we experience the suburb trend reversing itself. Wayne Gretzky didn’t skate to where the puck was, he skated to where it was going, and it is those with vision who will reap the benefits of where Downtown is one year from now,” said Nolan. “I am thankful for the opportunity to have a hand in investing in Downtown, but the Albany Empire really has been a team effort on and off the field. I am grateful for coowners George Hearst III and Ed Swyer, for Bob Belber who shared the vision of returning arena football to Albany, for our players, cheerleaders, and staff who give their all every day, and for our incredible community that has rallied beyond our wildest dreams to support a hometown team.” “Albany’s newest neighborhood is experiencing substantial and ongoing growth through development projects and events that attract residents and visitors, with the Albany Empire offering the opportunity to experience Downtown in a way people haven’t been able to in nearly two decades,” said Georgette Steffens, Downtown Albany BID Executive Director. “Dan Nolan’s vision for what Downtown is, and what it is becoming, has a ripple effect on the heightened place esteem of those who live, work, and play in our District.” Previous James M. DiNapoli Award recipients include Tracy Metzger (2013), I. David Swawite (2014), Joseph Nicolla (2015), Nancy Zimpher (2016), Anders Tomson (2017), and Gavin J. Donohue (2018).

CCSD students’ cats can be found ‘Cat’n Around Catskill’ CATSKILL — Students from Catskill Central School District have two cats on display this summer as part of the annual “Cat’n Around Catskill” event, a unique artistic opportunity in the area organized by the Heart of Catskill Association. “Cattails,” Catskill Elementary School’s colorful kitty, tells the story of what lives above and below the waterline of a New York pond — from clams, fish and turtles, to birds, dragonflies and of course, cattails. Every student from kindergarten through fifth grade lent a hand in painting this cat, which is sponsored by the Catskill Teacher’s Association and can be found on Main Street. Twenty-one students lent their talents to Catskill High School’s offering, including students in the school’s art classes and Art Club, as well as others who were interested in being a part of this project. Their cat is an optical endeavor named “Catical Illusions” and is sponsored by eye doctor Christine Scrodanus on Main Street, where the cat can now be seen. These student creations join other cats by local artists

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Another children’s crusade Gary Greenberg doesn’t rest on his laurels. The New Baltimore attorney who fought for 13 years to get the Child Victims Act passed in the state Legislature is turning his attention to another children’s crusade. This time it’s Erin’s Law. Erin’s Law, under consideration in the state Legislature, would mandate sex abuse education for children in elementary and middle school. The bill is named after Erin Merryn, of Illinois, a childhood sexual assault survivor and now, author, speaker and activist. Greenberg, too, is a child sexual assault survivor. Fittingly, Greenberg and Merryn are on the same wavelength. They are on a mission to convince state lawmakers to adopt Erin’s Law. It will allow all students in kindergarten through eighth grade in all public schools in the state to receive classroom instruction on how to protect themselves against child

sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse. Parents and school personnel would also receive training and education. Children would be taught the difference between appropriate and inappropriate touching and how to report it to parents or teachers. Because most children are abused by someone they know, so the difference in what it means to be touched is crucial. Training to report incidents of child sexual abuse would also enable earlier treatment of victims, which is key to their recovery. Greenberg and Merryn hope the law will teach and encourage children to come forward much earlier so that adults can get them the help they need. Left untreated, childhood sexual abuse can lead to issues such as substance abuse and mental health problems later on in life. The state Legislature shouldn’t take 13 years to pass Erin’s Law, yet shock-

ingly, the bill has been proposed in the state Legislature for several years, but has not gained the needed number of votes. This is unacceptable. The good news is that the state Senate passed the legislation Monday night. Unfortunately, the bill remains stuck in the Assembly’s Education Committee. Half a loaf is better than none, so Monday’s vote offers a glimmer of hope. As distasteful as it may seem to some parents and educators, teaching children to protect themselves against sexual predators is long overdue, because childhood sexual assault is not going to disappear by looking the other way. This bill shouldn’t be trapped in the purgatory that held up the Child Victims Act for more than a decade. All children deserve to live their young lives without fear of assault or abuse. Erin’s Law ought to become state law in New York.

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Trump’s visit to Britain won’t strengthen relationship; it’ll show cracks The Washington Post

President Donald Trump’s visit to Britain this week represents a final miscalculation by the country’s hapless prime minister, Theresa May. Having repeatedly failed to win parliamentary approval for the terms for Britain’s departure from the European Union, deepening what has become the country’s worst political crisis since World War II, May was forced to announce her resignation last month. She nevertheless chose to press ahead with what promised to be a polarizing visit by Trump, whom she invited to become only the third U.S. president to be treated to a state visit. Trump did not disappoint. He had hardly landed in London on Monday before he directed a stream of insults at the city’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, with whom he has previously feuded. He gave interviews to British newspapers blatantly interfering in London’s ongoing debates over Brexit and the

contest to succeed May. For good measure, having watched a few minutes of CNN’s local broadcast, he suggested a boycott of AT&T, the cable network’s owner, as a way of forcing “big changes” in its coverage. May described the visit as “an opportunity to further strengthen” the “special relationship” between Britain and the United States. In fact, it will serve to put on display the widening cracks Trump has introduced into one of America’s closest alliances. Hundreds of thousands of protesters are expected to cram into central London on Tuesday to reject the U.S. president, beneath a huge orange balloon portraying him as a baby in a diaper. Such substantive discussions as occur between Trump and May are likely to be contentious. The two governments are at odds about policy toward Iran, the use of telecommunications equipment from

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China’s Huawei and climate change, among other issues. In interviews with the British press, Trump offered ignorant and unhelpful advice about the Brexit impasse, suggesting that far right antiEU campaigner Nigel Farage be dispatched to negotiate the new relationship or that Britain simply “walk away” from a deal with Brussels. Some in London predicted that praise from Trump would hurt rather than help Johnson and Farage, given the president’s enormous unpopularity; nearly 70% of Britons have a negative opinion of him. What’s clear is that the special relationship is under the same strain as other foundations of the Western liberal order buffeted by the Trump presidency. Most likely, it will survive, given the powerful cultural and economic bonds between the two countries and the enduring overlap of their security interests. But this week will be remembered as a low moment.

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The Trump wrecking ball lands in London Ishaan Tharoor The Washington Post

President Donald Trump has a busy itinerary on Tuesday in London. A day after being feted with a state banquet in Buckingham Palace, he will call on outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May, who timed her resignation for the end of this week so that she could remain in office for Trump’s visit. The two leaders will convene a breakfast session with top business executives, as Trump and his British interlocutors thrash out a possible post-Brexit trade deal and discuss a slate of other pressing matters, from Iran to climate change to Britain’s dealings with controversial Chinese technology firm Huawei. Finally, Trump will host an official dinner at the U.S. ambassador’s residence before joining in D-Day commemorations the next day. But the pomp and solemnity of the proceedings can’t hide the obvious strains posed by Trump’s arrival. His state visit to Britain stalled for months amid acrimony and awkwardness seems less a rekindling of the “special relationship” than a hostile incursion. On Tuesday, a mass protest rejecting Trump and his perceived anti-immigration, anti-environment, anti-feminist policies is expected to rock the heart of the British capital. For his part, Trump is up for the fight. Before landing in Britain, he indicated in an interview with the Sun tabloid - yes, the same interview in which he also called Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, “nasty” - that he favored hard-line Brexiteer politicians Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson. Trump made no secret of his support for Britain quitting the European Union, eagerly wishing for the country to get “rid of the shackles” of the continental bloc. (Never mind that Britain’s faltering attempts to figure out how to exit the E.U. have plunged the country into political chaos and doomed May’s career.) Johnson, a top contender to replace May in the Tory leadership contest beginning Friday, may have a cheerleader in Trump, but that wasn’t always the case. On Sunday night, anti-Brexit activists projected onto Big Ben footage of Johnson in

the Financial Times. “No amount of pomp, circumstance and royal regalia can disguise the fact that Trump poses a real risk to the world, and to Britain.” That Trump is a possible menace, not just a nuisance, is a leading line of commentary. “It is hard to imagine anything, including a Trump visit, making British politics worse than they are now,” Amanda Sloat, a former State Department official who specializes in Europe at the Brookings Institution, told my Washington Post colleagues. “He sees the European Union as an economic foe, welcomes Britain’s decision to leave the E.U. and has taken a predatory approach to bilateral trade talks.” Suggestions that a putative trade deal could see U.S. business interests reshape or fundamentally alter Britain’s publicly funded National Health Service outraged opposition politicians on the eve of Trump’s arrival. Analysts pointed to the leverage Trump would have if Britain came to the United States cap in hand after losing the collective bargaining power that comes with being part of the continental club in Brussels. “The U.K.’s rupture from Europe holds many attractions from a Trumpian worldview,” observed Bloomberg columnist Therese Raphael. “First, it means luring the U.K. away from the EU system of trade rules and regulations and toward the U.S. one. Second, the absence of Britain will weaken the EU’s geopolitical heft . . . The bonus: It leaves the Brits more dependent on America’s friendship and goodwill than ever before.” Though Brexiteers see their quest as one of reclaiming “sovereignty” from Europe, noted Guardian columnist Zoe Williams, “allied to Trump, we’d be more of a satrapy than a nation state.” She added that, even among hardcore supporters of Brexit, “there will be a number whose sense of national pride is challenged by such effrontery, not to mention their sense of fair play. Say what you like about the EU and its shackles, they never would have told us who our prime minister should be.”

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Changes need to be made To the editor: The article Zoning Changes in Chatham Affect Short Term Rentals that was published in the Register-Star on May 30 attempted to describe the proposed zoning law for the Town of Chatham and how it will regulate short term rentals. This 218 page document regulates far beyond the short term rental question. The published article fails to address the proposed zoning law and how it will impact almost every resident in the town through regulation of everything from playing a musical instrument in your home to repairing your car in your driveway. Every citizen in the town needs to read the

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proposed law which is on the Town of Chatham Website. This proposed law goes beyond what is reasonable. At a public hearing held May 23 the majority of citizens in attendance spoke against many of the proposed zoning changes targeting the community. A representative from Columbia County’s Chamber of Commerce also expressed concern. A “compliance agency” has already been contracted pending the outcome of the board’s vote on the law to police the town. This agency will be paid by Chatham’s taxpayers. Penalties for offenses include fines and jail time. Little has been done by

the board to address the concerns expressed by many. At a town board meeting on May 29 members reflected on the public hearing. Two board members spoke; John Wapner asked about the removal and screening of trash receptacles as well as outdoor lighting and Bob Balcolm stated, “The definitions in the proposed law are as good as they can be.” I suggest reading the definitions and then the document. If this proposed law passes citizens in Chatham need to think about changes on the board this fall. JULIA VERONEZI CHATHAM

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2015, when he was mayor of London, decrying Trump’s “stupefying ignorance” and deeming him “unfit” for the Oval Office. Even now, few Conservatives want to be seen too close to an American president who is historically unpopular among Britons. Then there’s the current mayor of London. Trump had barely reached the tarmac at London Stansted Airport when he lobbed angry tweets at Sadiq Khan, the city’s mayor. Trump branded Khan a “stone cold loser” after Khan wrote an op-ed citing Trump as “one of the most egregious examples of a growing global threat” of farright nationalists in power. “They are picking on minority groups and the marginalized to manufacture an enemy - and encouraging others to do the same,” Khan wrote about Trump and his ultranationalist counterparts in Europe. “And they are constructing lies to stoke up fear and to attack the fundamental pillars of a healthy democracy - equality under the law, the freedom of the press and an independent justice system.” True to form, Trump also issued tweets from Britain attacking U.S. media for coverage he did not like and complaining about his inability to watch right-wing Fox News. His conspicuous antipathy toward Khan, a liberal politician of Pakistani origin, has been on display for more than three years. “In truth, this is all of a piece for Trump,” BBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale wrote. “He gets the pictures and the pageantry that he wants and will look good in his re-election campaign next year, and he gets to pick a fight with a liberal, Muslim politician that will play well with his base.” For good measure, a number of prominent British politicians skipped Monday’s state banquet, including Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Vince Cable of the Liberal Democrats. Trump’s “attitudes to women and to race are abhorrent. And his crude protectionism has placed the world on the brink of trade war between the US and China, with an exposed Brexit Britain stuck in the crossfire,” Cable wrote in

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GLOOR efits be reduced)? Finally, is my wife also eligible to receive any benefits because we have three young children? Signed: Older Father Dear Older Father: In your situation the Family Maximum would apply and there is a rather complex formula which Social Security uses to determine that maximum. The computation is based upon your “primary insurance amount” (PIA),

which is the amount you are entitled to at your full retirement age (regardless of when you claim). Your PIA is broken into four parts, and a percentage of each part is taken as an amount which contributes to your family maximum. The four parts (in 2019) and percentages taken are: 150% of the first $1,184 of your PIA; 272% of your PIA amount between $1,185 and $1,708; 134% of your PIA amount between $1,709 and $2,228; and 175% of your PIA amount over $2,228. Your family maximum will be the sum of those computations. What’s left after your PIA is deducted is equally apportioned among your other eligible beneficiaries. For example, if your estimated 2023 PIA is $3,000, using the above formula your family maximum would be about $5,245. After subtracting your PIA amount,

there would be about $2,245 to be apportioned evenly among your four eligible dependents ($561 each). But no dependent benefits can be paid until you start collecting your benefits. Once your benefits start, your wife will be eligible to collect “child-in-care” spousal benefits, but the amount will be limited by the Family Maximum as described above. You already know that your children can no longer receive benefits when they graduate high school (or turn 19). When a child is no longer receiving benefits, the amount they were receiving is added proportionately to your remaining dependents. When your youngest daughter reaches 16 years of age, your wife can no longer receive child-in-care spousal benefits, but she will be eligible for regular spousal benefits when she turns 62. Yes, your Social Security

benefit will be reduced by your earnings if you claim SS benefits before your full retirement age and your current earnings are over the annual earnings limit. If you claim in 2019, you will not be entitled to benefits for any month you earn more than $1,470. After this first year, you’ll be subject to the annual earnings limit (which changes yearly but for 2019 is $17,640) and exceeding that limit will mean that SS will withhold $1 for every $2 you are over the limit. In the year you reach your full retirement age (which is 66 and a half), the earnings limit goes up by about 2.5 times ($46,920 for 2019) and the penalty is less ($1 for every $3 over the limit), and once you reach your full retirement age there is no longer an earnings limit. But if you exceed the annual limit, SS will withhold future benefits until they have recovered

what is due. But here’s a big red flag: anyone collecting benefits on your record will also be “contingently liable” for any overpayment made to you, so their benefits will be withheld as well until Social Security recovers any overpayment as a result of you exceeding the earnings limit.

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

groups provide many benefits to those who are grieving. Those who are experiencing grief early on can connect with others in the group who have successfully managed their grief and are further along on their road to feeling happy once again. More information can be found at the Facebook page at Coxsackie Grief Support Group and also by contacting Jeffrey Haas at 518-478-5414 or jhaasrph@ aol.com.

Stroke Survivor and Caregiver monthly support group at 3 p.m. the second Wednesday of the month at The Pines at Catskill Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation, 154 Jefferson Heights, Catskill. For information, call 518-943-5151.

run on the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Election Day (November), Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. The trip to Colonie Center will be Dec. 20. The following is the 2019 trips to Colonie Center. Trips are the third Thursday of the month. The cost is $10. Payment is due at time of departure/boarding. June 20, July 18, Aug. 15, Sept. 19, Oct. 17, Nov. 21 and Dec. 19. Reservations must be made no later than 3 p.m. the Wednesday before the trip. In addition, during snow or ice storms, it may be necessary to close the senior service centers because of hazardous driving conditions. When centers are closed, transportation services are also canceled for the day, including the bus. Advance notice/reservation required for all shopping bus transportation. For information or to reserve a seat, call Janet at 518-719-3559.

This article is intended for information purposes only and does not represent legal or financial guidance. It presents the opinions and interpretations of the AMAC Foundation’s staff, trained and accredited by the National Social Security Association (NSSA). NSSA and the AMAC Foundation and its staff are not affiliated with or endorsed by the Social Security Administration or any other governmental entity. To submit a question, visit our website or email us.

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

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

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

St., Catskill. New members are welcome. Dues are $5.

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

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

GREENVILLE GOLDEN AGERS GREENVILLE — The Greenville Golden Agers meet at 1:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at the American Legion Hall, 54 Maple Ave., Greenville.

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

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MOVING FOR BETTER BALANCE ACRA — Moving for Better Balance will be held 10-11 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays June 4 through Aug. 27 at the Acra Community Center, Senior Nutrition Site, Old Route 23B, Acra. Class size is limited. Preregistration is required and can be made by calling Toni Carroll, wellness coordinator at 518-731-7429.

SUPPORT GROUPS COXSACKIE — A grief support group will start meeting at 6 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at the Bethany Village in Coxsackie. While the loss of a loved one is a common source of grief other reasons include the loss of a job, the death of a beloved pet, experiencing a major health challenge such as cancer and the ending of a relationship. Grief is a very personal and individual emotion. Support

CATSKILL — The Alzheimer’s Association holds support group meetings at 3 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at The Pines, Jefferson Heights, Catskill. COXSACKIE — The Alzheimer’s Association holds support group meetings at 6 p.m. the third Thursday of the month at Heermance Memorial Library, 1 Ely St., Coxsackie. CATSKILL — The Pines at Catskill and Columbia Memorial Health will host a

SHOPPING BUS CATSKILL — The Greene County Department of Human Services offers a shopping bus to Greene County residents 60 and older, living in the towns of Ashland, Athens, Cairo, Catskill, Coxsackie, Greenville, Hunter, Jewett, Prattsville and Windham. Seniors are picked up at their door, driven to Catskill for shopping, and then have lunch at a local senior center before returning home. Special trips are scheduled periodically. Monday: Mountain Top/ Catskill (Windham, Ashland, Prattsville, Jewett and Hunter). Tuesday: Cairo/Greenville/ Catskill. Wednesday: Athens/Coxsackie. The Shopping Bus does not

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

Second St., Athens; 518-9452700. Acra Community Center, Old Route 23B, Cairo; 518-6229898. Jewett Municipal Building, Route 23C, Jewett; 518-2634392. Washington Irving Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill; 518-943-1343. Town of Coxsackie Senior Center, Mansion Street, Coxsackie; 518-731-8901.

FRIDAY: Baked chicken, gravy, fresh salad, brussels sprouts, sweet potato, fresh fruit. MONDAY: Beef chow mein, brown rice, broccoli, mandarin oranges. TUESDAY: Pork chop, gravy, red cabbage, applesauce, mashed potatoes, vanilla mousse. WEDNESDAY: Tuna salad plate, three bean salad, potato salad, carrot sticks, pears.

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WEDNESDAY: Baked fish with dill sauce, broccoli, cheesecake swirl brownie. THURSDAY: Meatloaf, gravy, mashed potatoes, spinach puff, fruit cocktail.

WEDNESDAY: Tuna salad plate, three bean salad, potato salad, carrot sticks, pears. THURSDAY: Hungarian goulash, egg noodles, fresh salad, honey balsamic brussels

sprouts, orange creamsicle poke cake. FRIDAY: Sweet and sour chicken, red roasted potatoes, California mixed vegetables, fresh fruit. MONDAY: Veal parmesan with rotini, California mixed vegetables, peaches. TUESDAY: Sloppy joes, brown rice, wax beans, butterscotch pudding. WEDNESDAY: Roast pork, gravy, applesauce, mashed potatoes, butternut squash, birthday cake.

JUNE 19 THROUGH JUNE 26 WEDNESDAY: Roast pork, gravy, applesauce, mashed potatoes, butternut squash, birthday cake.

THURSDAY: Chicken salad plate, macaroni salad, tomatoe and cucumber salad, fruit cocktail. FRIDAY: Battered fish, green beans, roasted potatoes, fresh salad, strawberry shortcake. MONDAY: Lemon chicken, parsley potatoes, spinach, peaches. TUESDAY: Baked fish with herbs, oven roasted potatoes, California mixed vegetables, peanut butter cookie. WEDNESDAY: Roast turkey with gravy, asparagus, mashed potatoes, stuffing, chocolate pudding.

JUNE 26 THROUGH JULY 3 WEDNESDAY: Roast turkey

with gravy, asparagus, mashed potatoes, stuffing, chocolate pudding. THURSDAY: Roasted chicken sandwich, roasted red pepper slice, potato salad, spinach salad, pears. FRIDAY: Pulled pork, cole slaw, wax beans, collard greens, fresh fruit. MONDAY: Sausage with tortellini in tomato sauce, spinach, chocolate mousse. TUESDAY: Beef patty with onion gravy, green beans, mashed potatoes, fruit cocktail. WEDNESDAY: Barbecue chicken, cole slaw, hot beets, sweet potato, pears.

Farm to Table being done locally in Greene County CATSKILL — One of the biggest trends in the culinary world today is the farm-totable movement. The phrase “farm to table” is a buzzword referring to food made with locally sourced ingredients. Society is in a rapid state of technological innovation, which means that we often

compromise health and nutrition for the sake of convenience, hence the popularity of fast food and TV dinners. However, a growing number of consumers have started to seek healthier and more environmentally friendly alternatives to the processed foods that dominate grocery store shelves.

The Greene County Department of Human Services Senior Nutrition Program is doing their part by participating in the program. This year’s season resumes on June 21, with farm fresh strawberries from Story Farms in Kiskatom. The menu will be battered fish, green beans, fresh salad,

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and to top it all off, strawberry shortcake with locally grown berries. This will be served to all homebound meals, as well as at congregate sites on that day. Those wishing to attend lunch at a center are required to call the respective location at least a day in advance.

Acra Senior Service Center, Acra Community Center, Old Route 23B, Cairo 518622-9898; Rivertown Senior Center, 39 Second St., Athens, 518-945-2700; Catskill Senior Nutrition Site, Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill, 518-943-1343; Coxsackie Senior Nutrition Site, Town

of Coxsackie Senior Center, Mansion Street, Coxsackie, 518-731-8901; Jewett Senior Service Center, Jewett Municipal Building, Route 23C, Jewett, 518-263-4392. In future months, other Greene County farms will feature produce items grown locally.

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islature. That bill extended the statute of limitations in cases of child sexual abuse. Greenberg said Erin’s Law would complement the Child Victims Act. The mandated training under Erin’s Law would educate children on what is an appropriate touch and what isn’t, and how to report abuse. Training would be age appropriate, Greenberg said. And early reporting of sexual abuse would also enable earlier treatment of victims, which could alleviate or prevent future problems sexual abuse can lead to, such as substance abuse or mental illness, he said. But first, Erin’s Law has to come out of the Education Committee and go to the Assembly floor for a vote. “It has passed in 36 other states and kids have come forward and said they were abused. Perpetrators were taken off the streets and kids have received the treatment

Funds From A1 The town board issued a statement on the matter early last month. “Everyone has a right to fair process,” according to the statement. “If we bring action tailored to deprive a landowner of rights, they can (and do) bring legal actions backed by deep pockets against the town government, which can cost taxpayers millions. We choose to minimize that risk by following our established process and allowing the DEC to conclude its mandatory examina-

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final stages of a contentious three-year process. Construction is expected to take 18-24 months, county officials said. County officials held a pre-construction meeting Tuesday afternoon with all seven project contractors and the county’s engineering consultants, SMRT Architects and Engineers, the Pike Company and Delaware Engineering, Deputy Greene County Administrator Warren Hart said. “The consultants will be discussing policies and procedures, roles and responsibilities, flow of communication and scheduling,” Hart said Tuesday. Within the next two weeks, the county will file easements required by the state permits and fulfilling any other requirements, as well as waiting for the USDA to sign off on the construction contracts, Hart said. The contracts have been a sore topic among jail opponents who believe county legislators were misled into thinking they could not back out of the contracts.

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nizations that are advocating for Erin’s Law, penned a letter to Benedetto on Tuesday urging the committee to send the bill through so it can go to the full Assembly for a vote. “For the past eight years, the New York Assembly has delayed a vote on Erin’s Law. Frequently, the bill has not escaped committee in the Assembly,” according to the letter. “This tragic political gaming has left hundreds of

thousands of kids in New York state harmed and permanently traumatized. With a unanimous vote in the Senate, now is the time for the Assembly to act in order to educate, empower and protect New York’s kids against rampant, systemic sexual abuse. We demand that you, as chairman, put Erin’s Law on the Education Committee Agenda for a vote immediately.” In addition to Greenberg

Activist Erin Merryn, who is fighting to get Erin’s Law passed in New York state. A bill to enact Erin’s Law unanimously passed in the state Senate late Monday.

tion before we take our next step.” A concern of environmental activists was a lack of local laws or zoning to protect the town from Wheelabrator’s project, which would lie a half mile from the Hudson. The town does not currently participate in the state’s Local Waterfront Revitalization Program, which would have offered more regulations on waterfront projects. “Everything is open for review,” Davis said, when asked if an LWRP would be added to the comp plan. “That’s why we need to hire a professional, to bring these types of things to our attention.”

The minimum amount for grants are $11,000 and the maximum is $100.000. Davis expects the town will need $50,000 to $75,000 to hire a professional consultant. “We want to have workshops and community input,” she said. “We want the process to involve the entire community.” The town would like to provide a 10% to 12% match to the grant, Davis added. “If we don’t get the grant, we have to budget (for the plan) for 2020,” she said. Davis is unsure how long the review process will take. Hunter worked on its comprehensive plan for two years, she said.

“We will take the amount of time that’s right,” Davis said. The goal of grant program is to improve community housing availability, waterfront access, recreation sites and protect environmental resources, support tourism, and provide educational opportunities, according to dec.ny.gov. Applicants are scored on the project’s alignment with the conditions of the Catskill Park, the environmental quality of the project, the community centered growth, its quality of life or social impact, secondary or add-on effects, tourism enhancement, its sustainable economic impact, planning support, professional experience, partnership and public

support, project readiness and cost effectiveness, according to the application. Catskill is also working to become a Climate Smart Community. Climate Smart Communities strive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change. The first step to becoming a CSC is to pass a resolution, which the town is in the process of doing, Davis said. Benefits of the program include leadership recognition, free technical assistance and access to grants. There are 262 CSCs across the state, according to climatesmart.ny.gov “Cornell Cooperative Extension has been helping us take

At the May 15 Legislature meeting, Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden enumerated the consequences the county would face for breaching the contracts. “If we cancel the contracts, we would be going to court for liquidation damages,” he said. The contracts do not include clauses for liquidation damages, which are defined by “The Business Dictionary” as the sum of money, specified in the contract, as the total amount of compensation an aggrieved party should receive if the other party breaches a certain part of the contract. The contracts contained the contractors’ signatures and the signature of Legislature Chairman Patrick Linger’s signature on May 15. County Attorney Ed Kaplan signed May 23. Lawmakers are awaiting the USDA’s signature. Without the USDA’s approval, the contract is not in effect. “This agreement and any amendments to this agreement shall not become effective until concurred with in writing by the agency state director or the state director’s delegate,” accord-

ing to the contracts. “By ignoring that and hanging their hats on everything made on May 15 ... the gist of what everyone is saying is the decision made on May 15 was made under false pretenses,” Windham businessman and jail project critic Nick Bove said. Groden disagreed, stating that when the board awarded bids, not when the contracts are signed, initiates liability. “The key is when the board approved the contracts,” he said. “The day [Kaplan] signed them is irrelevant.” Bids were awarded in March. Legislator Michael Bulich, R-Catskill, asked the Legislature to seek state guidance on the legality of sharing a jail with another county at the May 15 meeting. The Legislature, which reconvened May 29, had not received a response from Gov. Andrew Cuomo, state Sen. Andrea StewartCousins, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, and state Sens. John Flanagan and Brian Kolb, Linger said. State Assemblymen Joseph Lentol, D-50, and Mark Weprin, D-24, sponsored a

bill May 29 that authorizes Greene County to form an agreement to share a jail with a contiguous county. The bill passed the Codes Committee and has moved on to the Corrections Committee, which met Tuesday. Weprin chairs the Corrections Committee. The Senate version of the bill was introduced by state Sen. Jamaal Bailey, D-36, on May 31 in the Codes Committee and referred to the Local Government Committee. In less than a week, the bill has made a 25% progression toward becoming law, according to legiscan. com Construction can begin once Groden issues a Notice to Proceed to contractors, Hart said. “At the earliest we will start the end of next week but it will probably be June 17,” Hart said.

Greene County lawmakers and representatives of SMRT Architects and Engineers, P.C., and the Pike Company of Rochester, hash out cost-cutting measures for the new county jail project at a May 30, 2018 meeting.

and Merryn, also signing the letter were Stephen Carpineta from New York Progressive Action Network; abuse survivor and activist Connie Altamirano; and Asher Lovy from Za’akah, a sexual abuse victims’ advocacy organization, Training under Erin’s Law would not be burdensome to school districts, Greenberg said. “Erin’s Law only asks for an FILE PHOTO

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hour out of the school year to teach the children, so it would not be a burden,” Greenberg said. “It’s not a partisan issue, it’s an issue of safety for children so they can know and judge whether they have been touched appropriately or not appropriately.” If it is adopted, the program would be funded through the federal government under a law sponsored by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., in 2015.

they need instead of going through a lifetime of problems,” Greenberg said. “Child sexual abuse is an epidemic.” Assemblyman Chris Tague, R-102, is not a member of the Education Committee where the bill is held up, but he said that if it goes to the floor for a full vote, he plans to support it. “It’s an unfortunate reality that we have to educate our children about the dangers that they could face,” Tague said. “I am always supportive of legislation that would protect our children and help them be better informed. If we can provide the resources and education necessary to help ensure that our children know how to identify a dangerous situation or help out a friend, I think we should strongly consider it. After all, protecting our kids is something we can all agree is a priority.” Bronx Assemblyman Michael Benedetto, D-82, is chairman of the Education Committee. He could not be reached for comment. Greenberg and Merryn, along with several other orga-

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an inventory of our culverts,” Davis said. “They are able to classify the culverts, take measurements and determine what risk they are at for flooding.” The town of Catskill has 143 culverts, Davis said. “(The program) can qualify us for grants to fix the culverts,” she said. Additionally, the town has applied for a $35,000 from the state Energy Research Development Agency to convert its streetlights to LED. Of more than 300 lamps, 141 have been converted so far, Davis said. The town has been a Clean Energy Community since 2017.

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Andy Ruiz Jr. battles Anthony Joshua in their IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight title fight at Madison Square Garden on Saturday in New York City.

Andy Ruiz Jr.’s victory a breakthrough moment for trainer Lance Pugmire Los Angeles Times

NEW YORK — Andy Ruiz Jr.’s historic triumph over Anthony Joshua seemed like a dream to Ruiz’s trainer, Manny Robles, until he was asked to reflect on how it happened. Then, the tears flowed. For as stunning as Ruiz’s seventh-round stoppage of previously unbeaten, threebelt heavyweight champion Joshua was to become the first heavyweight champion of Mexican descent, Robles had accomplished a stirring return from near irrelevance. “I never threw in the towel. You and the public know the adversity I’ve been through in life and boxing, but I never gave up,” Robles said after guiding the pudgy Ruiz (33-1, 22 knockouts) to his startling four-knockdown dismantling of the muscular Englishman at a sold-out Madison Square Garden. About two years ago, Robles had moved his stable of fighters to a new location, Legendz Boxing in Norwalk, housing featherweight world champion Oscar Valdez, super-bantamweight world champion Jessie Magdaleno, heavyweight title contender

Dominic Breazeale and highprofile Irish prospect Michael Conlan. One by one, each of them split with Robles. Magdaleno had struggled with his weight and ultimately lost his belt. Breazeale opted to align with Bay Area trainer Virgil Hunter. Conlan returned to Ireland. The most stinging parting was that of the unbeaten Valdez, who decided with manager Frank Espinoza that Robles didn’t pay sufficient attention to defense following a March 2018 victory against overweight Scott Quigg, a bout Valdez boldly opted to keep before suffering a fractured jaw that sidelined him for a year. Robles had previously housed Valdez in Lake Elsinore, and they’d make daily drives to their former training home in Carson, building a bond that seemed unbreakable before Valdez opted to leave Robles for Canelo Alvarez’s trainer, Eddy Reynoso. Robles had the sport’s credo hammered into him: A fighter gets credit for victory, and it’s the trainer who’s blamed for a loss. See RUIZ B3

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ST. LOUIS – Every time the St. Louis Blues faced adversity in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday night, their response was meek. When they confronted problems on Monday in Game 4, it was a 180-degree turnaround. Instead of one mistake becoming multiple spirit-sapping errors, they kept playing their game, rolling out four lines and

wearing down the Boston Bruins one shift at a time. The payoff came in the last 10 minutes. Ryan O’Reilly potted the tiebreaking goal at 10:38 of the third period, and Brayden Schenn tacked on an empty-netter in a 4-2 win at Enterprise Center, evening the series at two games each. Game 5 is Thursday night in Boston, with the winner getting a chance to parade See BLUES B3

The Yankees have well over 100 home runs sitting on the injured list. That group is populated with All-Stars, a rookie of the year and an MVP. It’s got an ace — Luis Severino — and both an infield and an outfield. And frankly, the All-Injured Yankees team would probably do pretty well on the field – if they were healthy, that is. So it’s a little funny that, day after day, week after week, Aaron Boone is presented with a growingly urgent question: Will D.J. LeMahieu lose playing time when, say, Didi Gregorius comes back? And certainly, the Yankees could ill afford to sit ... um ... Gio UrJAY BIGGERSTAFF/USA TODAY shela. New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone (17) during batting The Yankees — the healthy practice before the game against the Kansas City Royals at remnant — improbably find Kauffman Stadium. themselves in first place at 38-20 after taking two of three injured list — they now have two-time All-Star who was games from the Red Sox this 13 — and yet, “it’s been fun,” signed to be a multi-position past weekend thanks to a cast Boone said during an April player but found himself inheriting second base and of supporting characters who road trip. thriving thanks to Troy Tu“It’s been a lot of fun to see have flourished in the limelowitzki’s injury. LeMahieu people, young players from light. It seems impossible, really, that a team that lost within our organization or is hitting .311 with six home Giancarlo Stanton (38 hom- when3/8 we’ve gone outside runs and 34 RBIs and is batting ers last season), Aaron Judge the organization and brought an incredible .468 (22-for-47) (27), and Miguel Andujar (27) somebody in, to see them with runners in scoring posialready has 93 home runs this come in and contribute and tion. Clint Frazier — defensive year, among the top in base- perform and do their job really miscues in right field notwithball. But that’s exactly what’s well to allow us to continue to standing — has provided pop happened, and it’s epitomized win games,” he said. “That’s to a lineup without most of its big bats, hitting 10 home the “next man up” philosophy been very rewarding.” The mix-and-match line- runs in 41 games and proving that Boone preached time and time again. At one point, the ups have brought the best out his worth after a concussionYankees had 17 players on the of guys such as LeMahieu, a shortened season last year.

Cameron Maybin — an outfield insurance policy that the Yankees got from the Indians for cash considerations — has proved a capable fill-in in 29 games. And then there’s Domingo German and Urshela, both of whom have considerably upped their value with the chances they’ve been given. “I know everyone keeps saying we’ve embraced the whole ‘next man up’ thing and that’s true,” Frazier said last month after he returned from the IL with an ankle injury. “Like I said, it’s a testimony to everyone that brought us in here, and it’s obviously a testimony to ourselves to continue to push through it ... We’ve had guys make the most of those opportunities and it’s been really fun to watch.” Urshela is hitting .329 with three homers and 23 RBIs, while German has made good on his potential, leading the majors in wins (9-1), with a 3.66 ERA in 11 starts. “For the better part of almost three months now, it’s been good at-bats every single day,” Boone said of Urshela. “Obviously, he’s had a hand in us winning a lot of games, had a really high-end, two-strike, two-out at-bats against tough pitchers. He’s hit the ball with authority even if he hasn’t had a lot of home runs. He’s driven the ball. He’s hit the ball hard See BOONE B3

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ML Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE East W L Pct GB 38 20 .655 — 35 22 .614 2.5 30 29 .508 8.5 21 38 .356 17.5 18 41 .305 20.5 Central W L Pct GB Minnesota 40 18 .690 — Chi. White Sox 29 30 .492 11.5 Cleveland 29 30 .492 11.5 Detroit 22 34 .393 17.0 Kansas City 19 40 .322 21.5 West W L Pct GB Houston 40 20 .667 — Texas 30 27 .526 8.5 Oakland 29 30 .492 10.5 LA Angels 29 31 .483 11.0 Seattle 25 37 .403 16.0 Sunday’s games Minnesota 9, Tampa Bay 7 Chi. White Sox 2, Cleveland 0 Texas 5, Kansas City 1 Houston 6, Oakland 4, 12 innings LA Angels 13, Seattle 3 Boston 8, NY Yankees 5 Monday’s game Houston at Seattle, 10:10 p.m. Tuesday’s games NY Yankees (Tanaka 3-4) at Toronto (Richard 0-1), 7:07 p.m. Minnesota (Smeltzer 0-0) at Cleveland (Bieber 4-2), 7:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Snell 3-4) at Detroit (Carpenter 0-2), 7:10 p.m. Baltimore (Bundy 2-6) at Texas (Smyly 1-3), 8:05 p.m. Boston (Rodriguez 5-3) at Kansas City (Sparkman 1-1), 8:15 p.m. Oakland (Montas 6-2) at LA Angels (Canning 2-1), 10:07 p.m. Houston (Miley 5-3) at Seattle (TBD), 10:10 p.m. NY Yankees Tampa Bay Boston Toronto Baltimore

NATIONAL LEAGUE East W L Pct GB 33 26 .559 — 32 27 .542 1.0 28 31 .475 5.0 26 33 .441 7.0 21 36 .368 11.0 Central W L Pct GB Milwaukee 34 26 .567 — Chi. Cubs 32 26 .552 1.0 St. Louis 30 28 .517 3.0 Pittsburgh 28 30 .483 5.0 Cincinnati 27 32 .458 6.5 West W L Pct GB LA Dodgers 41 19 .683 — Colorado 31 27 .534 9.0 San Diego 30 29 .508 10.5 Arizona 30 30 .500 11.0 San Francisco 24 34 .414 16.0 Sunday’s games Washington 4, Cincinnati 1 Milwaukee 4, Pittsburgh 2 St. Louis 2, Chi. Cubs 1 LA Dodgers 8, Philadelphia 0 Arizona 7, NY Mets 1 Miami 9, San Diego 3 Monday’s games LA Dodgers at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. Philadelphia at San Diego, 10:10 p.m. Tuesday’s games Atlanta (Fried 7-3) at Pittsburgh (Brault 2-1), 7:05 p.m. San Francisco (Bumgarner 3-5) at NY Mets (Syndergaard 3-4), 7:10 p.m. Miami (Lopez 3-5) at Milwaukee (Anderson 3-0), 7:40 p.m. Colorado (Hoffman 1-1) at Chi. Cubs (Hendricks 5-4), 8:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Castillo 5-1) at St. Louis (Cabrera 0-1), 8:15 p.m. LA Dodgers (Ryu 8-1) at Arizona (Clarke 1-1), 9:40 p.m. Philadelphia (Eickhoff 2-3) at San Diego (Paddack 4-3), 10:10 p.m. Interleague Sunday’s games San Francisco 8, Baltimore 1 Atlanta 7, Detroit 4 Colorado 5, Toronto 1 Monday’s game Chi. Cubs 8, LA Angels 1 Tuesday’s game Chi. White Sox (Lopez 3-5) at Washington (Strasburg 5-3), 7:05 p.m. Philadelphia Atlanta NY Mets Washington Miami

DeMarcus Cousins vaults from tragic figure to game-changer Dan Woike Los Angeles Times

TORONTO — Golden State coach Steve Kerr isn’t the kind of coach willing to reveal big moves (or even little ones) in his pregame media session, his starting lineups becoming state secrets until the last possible moment when the league mandates that he’s got to spill them. But Sunday evening before Game 2, Kerr dropped a little crumb of truth about his lineups. “You could see him a little bit more tonight,” Kerr said. He was talking about DeMarcus Cousins. And by the time the game had ended and the Warriors headed back home with the NBA Finals tied 1-1, “a little bit more” turned out to be quite the understatement. Cousins started at center — Kerr’s most obvious adjustment from Game 1 — and played almost 28 minutes, the most on-court time he’s had in almost two months. He finished with 11 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and two blocks. “He was fantastic and we needed everything he gave out there, his rebounding, his toughness, his physical presence, getting the ball in the paint, and just playing big, like he does,” Kerr said afterward. “We needed all of that.” For Cousins it was a real moment — one where people gathered around his locker afterward to congratulate him. He missed the playoffs last season because of a torn left Achilles tendon, an injury that cost him at least $100 million because it happened right as he was entering free agency. He ended up signing with the Warriors, a move that was treated like it would obliterate any shreds of competitive balance that still existed, for only $5.3 million. That’s pennies in the NBA economy, a league where 190 players cashed bigger checks from their teams. Cousins’ rehab lasted into mid-January, and in the first quarter of the second game of the playoffs, Cousins tore his quad muscle in his left leg. It was a common fate for players who have suffered Achilles injuries. You

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Golden State Warriors center DeMarcus Cousins (0) passes while under pressure from Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet (23) and center Serge Ibaka (9) during the fourth quarter in game two of the 2019 NBA Finals at Scotiabank Arena.

rehab that part of your body only to be cruelly reminded that it’s all connected to something else. “Fairness doesn’t really play a part in this sport. Fairness doesn’t really play a part in life, honestly, but these are the cards I was dealt and all I can do is deal with it however it comes. So I’ll make the best of the situation, which I’ve tried to do,” Cousins said before the series. “Yes, it was tough dealing with the Achilles injury and then overcoming that and then, boom, coming back with another one. But that’s just the cards I was dealt. So I would be lying to say like when it happened I wasn’t thinking to myself, ‘Why me’ or ‘Why now’ or whatever the case may be, but I’m a firm believer in everything happens for a reason.” Maybe this was the reason — the postgame smiles, the handshakes, the kind words aimed at Cousins, a player who hasn’t always been the easiest to cheer for. He was in the middle of toxic situations in Sacramento, unable to control

his frustrations and unable to avoid technical fouls. By taking less money to join the Warriors, he looked like a ring-hungry mercenary, threatening the integrity of the league by making an already stacked roster even tougher. But the injury against the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round erased all of that. It made Cousins a bit of a tragic figure because the things he desired most — his health and an ability to play meaningful games in the playoffs — were so publicly stripped from him. And coming back in the NBA Finals after not playing in a game for six weeks isn’t impossible. But it probably wasn’t going to go smoothly. “It’s kind of like some kid who grew up in the suburbs going to private school and then one day you just got dropped in the ‘hood and was told to survive. You got to figure that out. It’s very similar to that,” Draymond Green said before the series began. “Now in saying that, if you’re that kid that’s dropped in the ‘hood, like what do you revert to? You just revert to what you

know. You do whatever it is that you know. You just try to do that to survive. Well, one thing we do know is DeMarcus is a great basketball player. So at that point then you just go out there and you do what you’re great at. And everything else will fall in line. “But I think it’s also on us. You know that kid has a much better chance of surviving if he gets with the right group of friends in that neighborhood. It’s on us as his teammates to help pull him through, to get whatever we can out of him to help make us a better team and do whatever we can to put him in the best position to be successful.” That’s just what happened in Game 2, as Cousins’ first minutes on the court were a little rocky. He was slow to close out on shooters, he missed defensive assignments and the ball didn’t come out of his hands near the basket quite right. But he settled in and let his skills take over. He threw beautiful passes to get the Warriors buckets. He provided them with an interior toughness they missed in Game 1. He blocked shots and changed others. He, in so many ways, won the Warriors an NBA Finals game. “It feels great,” Cousins said afterward. “I’ve leaned on my teammates throughout this moment and throughout this whole process and this was an incredible moment for me. But I’m not satisfied.” The Warriors need three more wins. With Klay Thompson’s hamstring hurt, with Kevon Looney’s shoulder sore, with Kevin Durant’s calf still bothering him, Golden State isn’t done needing Cousins. And he’s not done needing big games. One moment is great. But as a free agent to be in a market with so many teams ready to spend, Cousins’ NBA Finals will certainly play a role in whether a team such as the Los Angeles Lakers decides to offer a big contract. “I want to be on this stage,” Cousins said. “This is what I’ve worked for my entire career, to be on this stage, to have this opportunity to play for something.” Mission accomplished.

Pro basketball NBA PLAYOFFS NBA Finals (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Toronto 1, Golden State 1 Thursday, May 30: Toronto 118, Golden State 109 Sunday: Golden State 109, Toronto 104 Wednesday: Toronto at Golden State, 9 p.m. Friday: Toronto at Golden State, 9 p.m. Monday, June 10: Golden State at Toronto, 9 p.m. x-Thursday, June 13: Toronto at Golden State, 9 p.m. x-Sunday, June 16: Golden State at Toronto, 8 p.m.

NBA DRAFT ORDER June 20 (at Barclays Center, Brooklyn) FIRST ROUND 1. New Orleans 2. Memphis 3. New York 4. Los Angeles Lakers 5. Cleveland 6. Phoenix 7. Chicago 8. Atlanta 9. Washington 10. Atlanta (from Dallas) 11. Minnesota 12. Charlotte 13. Miami 14. Boston (from Sacramento via Philadelphia) 15. Detroit 16. Orlando 17. Brooklyn 18. Indiana 19. San Antonio 20. Boston (from LA Clippers via Memphis) 21. Oklahoma City 22. Boston 23. Utah 24. Philadelphia 25. Portland 26. Cleveland (from Houston) 27. Brooklyn (from Denver) 28. Golden State 29. San Antonio (from Toronto) 30. Milwaukee SECOND ROUND 31. Brooklyn (from New York via Philadelphia) 32. Phoenix 33. Philadelphia (from Cleveland via Orlando and New York) 34. Philadelphia (from Chicago via Los Angeles Lakers) 35. Atlanta 36. Charlotte (from Washington via Orlando, Denver and Atlanta) 37. Dallas 38. Chicago (from Memphis) 39. New Orleans 40. Sacramento (from Minnesota via Portland and Cleveland) 41. Atlanta (from Los Angeles Lakers via Cleveland and Indiana) 42. Philadelphia (from Sacramento via Brooklyn and Milwaukee) 43. Minnesota (from Miami via Charlotte) 44. Atlanta (from Charlotte) 45. Detroit 46. Orlando (from Brooklyn via Memphis and Charlotte) 47. Sacramento (from Orlando via New York) 48. LA Clippers 49. San Antonio 50. Indiana 51. Boston 52. Charlotte (from Oklahoma City) 53. Utah 54. Philadelphia 55. New York (from Houston) 56. LA Clippers (from Portland via Detroit and Orlando) 57. New Orleans (from Denver via Milwaukee) 58. Golden State 59. Toronto 60. Sacramento (from Milwaukee)

Pro hockey NHL PLAYOFFS Stanley Cup Final (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Boston 2, St. Louis 2 Monday, May 27: Boston 4, St. Louis 2 Wednesday, May 29: St. Louis 3, Boston 2, OT Saturday: Boston 7, St. Louis 2 Monday: St. Louis 4, Boston 2 Thursday: St. Louis at Boston, 8 p.m. Sunday, June 9: Boston at St. Louis, 8 p.m. x-Wednesday, June 12: St. Louis at Boston, 8 p.m. First Period—1, St. Louis, O’Reilly 4 (Sanford,

At the French Open, Djokovic is aiming to rewind to 2016 Christopher Clarey The New York Times News Service

PARIS — There is no way to revisit the cramped French Open interview room where Novak Djokovic sat with a vacant look in his eyes last year after being upset by the unseeded Marco Cecchinato in the quarterfinals. The Philippe Chatrier Stadium has been demolished, nearly reconstructed and expanded in the past year. Though it is impossible to find the precise space where Djokovic conducted that memorably tense and terse news conference, it appears that the general area where he looked miserable is now an unfinished luxury suite filled with plastic piping, bare concrete and exposed metal beams. There is literally no going back, and Djokovic certainly would not want to relive that shocking defeat, which he has told friends was one of the worst of his career and came just before he had righted his listing game. But as he finds himself back in the French Open quarterfinals, where he will face Alexander Zverev on Wednesday, Djokovic is deeply interested in reliving another experience at Roland Garros. That would be his 2016 victory in Paris, which allowed him to simultaneously hold all four Grand Slam singles titles. It was remarkable enough the first time — no man had done it since Rod Laver in 1969 — and Djokovic is just three victories in Paris away from pulling off that sweep again. It’s not technically a Grand Slam, which requires winning all four in the same calendar year, but it remains an exceptional achievement. “I don’t think people fully appreciated it in a way the first time,” said Brad Stine, a longtime coach now working with Kevin Anderson. “But it was phenomenal once, and it would be ridiculous a second time, considering the level of tennis these guys compete at on a day-to-day level.” Djokovic, like Roger Federer, has yet to drop a set in this tournament, and he needed just one hour and 33 minutes to dispose of Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2, in the fourth round Monday. Next up: the fifth-seeded Zverev, a more dangerous German who looked ready at the end of last season to start stealing lots of thunder from the Big

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Novak Djokovic in action during his match against Salvatore Caruso on day seven of the 2019 French Open at Stade Roland Garros.

Three: Djokovic, Federer and Rafael Nadal. But Zverev has had to deal with private storms instead — personal issues and financial disputes with his former manager that have affected his focus and his game. The lean 22-year-old is still not at his sharpest, missing too many big openings and often roaming too far behind the baseline. But his hunger was palpable Monday against Fabio Fognini, the Italian shot-maker who beat Zverev in straight sets in April on his way to winning the clay-court Monte Carlo Open for the first time at 31. Zverev scrapped, hustled, fired huge serves and came out the winner this time, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (5). Fognini in rare form would have eliminated Zverev again with his compact strokes, tightto-the-baseline tactics and deft touch. He still generated plenty of quick-strike brilliance, but he also bounced rackets, jawed with members of Zverev’s team and failed to find inspiration and the lines when he needed them most. Now Zverev gets the dubious honor of facing Djokovic on a mission, although he has twice beaten Djokovic. “Everything is coming together beautifully,” the top-seeded Djokovic said. “I’m motivated to fight for the trophy. I mean, that’s why I’m here, but it’s still a long way to go.” The other quarterfinal in the top

half of the draw will match No. 4 seed Dominic Thiem against No. 10 Karen Khachanov, the heavy-hitting Russian who has emerged from an early-season slump and defeated No. 8 seed Juan Martín del Potro, 7-5, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, on Monday. Thiem, the French Open runner-up last year, rumbled past Gaël Monfils, the last French singles player in contention, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. Though the acrobatic Monfils usually produces the best highlight-reel material, it was Thiem who conjured the strike of the day: a between-the-legs, passing-shot winner at full stretch. Thiem could be a particularly significant test for Djokovic if they both reach the semifinals. Zverev, based on current form, is a rightful underdog. He insists he has enjoyed being out of the spotlight with the focus on Stefanos Tsitsipas, the emerging 20-year-old from Greece who lost to Djokovic in the Madrid Open final and fell in a fiveset, five-hour-and-nine-minute epic against Stan Wawrinka in the fourth round here. “The best thing that could have happened for me is how good Tsitsipas’ clay-court season was,” Zverev said. “He was kind of the new superstar all of a sudden, and for me it was kind of a nice thing that not all of the attention of the kind of NextGen thing is only going

towards my way.” Khachanov, 23, is a new-wave player, too, although he has more in common with his elders in that he and his wife, Veronika, are expecting their first child. Djokovic, 32 and the father of two young children with his wife, Jelena, has learned plenty about work-life balance through the years. After his loss to Cecchinato here, he emerged from a two-year slump to win Wimbledon and then return to No. 1. This season, after overwhelming Nadal in the Australian Open final, he lost early in several tournaments before recovering his mojo to win in Madrid. Serving as president of the ATP Player Council has been a drain this year, with the contentious decision not to renew the contract of Chris Kermode, the ATP Tour chief executive, and the tumultuous resignation of ATP board member Justin Gimelstob after an assault conviction. Djokovic and Gimelstob were working closely together in an attempt to increase player influence. Djokovic’s advisers were convinced he needed to take a step back to find his top gear on court. Janko Tipsarevic, his friend and fellow Serbian player, told me in a recent interview that the waves generated by Kermode’s ouster, which could still be revisited, had been particularly destabilizing. “Novak is used to investing a tremendous amount of time in what he’s doing and getting results on the tennis court,” Tipsarevic said. “You and me, we both know that politics is not like this, and when things don’t go his way and the media portrays him as a villain, this deeply affects him.” Djokovic has looked far from distracted in Paris. “His form is absolutely fantastic here,” said Mark Petchey, the British coach and analyst. “He’s serving harder on average than when he won in 2016, by 11 kph, and with greater accuracy, which has accounted for having almost 20% more returns unreturned. When you add in the standard of his own returns, that’s an almost unstoppable force, definitely Rafa’s equal.” Djokovic and Nadal, the 11-time French Open champion, can face each other only in the final this year, and it is time to find out if Federer, Thiem or anyone else can spoil that most likely scenario.

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The New Orleans Saints should have met the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl. If not for some awful officiating, the Vegas Knights might be playing the Boston Bruins for the right to hoist the Stanley Cup. A particularly bad night for much-maligned umpire Angel Hernandez in late May triggered yet another discussion about employing the technology used by professional tennis to determine balls and strikes, a thought resisted by Major League Baseball officials despite the expanded use of replay to determine safe calls on the basepaths. After several missed calls factored into their Game 1 loss to Golden State in this year’s NBA playoffs, Houston Rockets team officials presented an audit of Game 7 of the 2018 Western Conference finals they said determined 81 instances of bad officiating, which took away 18.6 points away from their team and allowed the Warriors to advance and ultimately win another championship. “We do not agree with their methodology,” NBA spokesperson Mike Bass responded. Nor did NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell agree with elected officials in Louisiana, including Gov. John Bel Edwards, who suggested in a letter that the commissioner reverse the Los Angeles Rams’ NFC Championship victory over the New Orleans Saints based on a blatant miss of a pass-interference call late in the game that would have positioned the Saints to win the game in regulation — and reach the Super Bowl. “Our rules do not permit the Commissioner to overturn the result of a game because of an officiating error, and I believe it would be wrong for me to do so,” Goodell wrote back. “I agree that it is incumbent on us to review this issue closely to determine if there are changes in our rules or procedures that would prevent a similar occurrence in the future.” One month after that letter became public that review led to a decision to expand use of replays, allowing for calls to be made after the play is over — similar to the NBA’s determination of flagrant

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consistently. I think in a lot of ways, guys come at different times over the course of a career. I think in a lot of ways,

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the Cup around the ice Sunday night in Game 6 at St. Louis. “Things don’t seem to faze us,” Blues captain Alex Pietrangelo said. That could have been called into question in the final six minutes of the second period, when St. Louis completely bungled a power-play chance with a 2-1 lead. Twenty-six seconds into the man advantage, the Blues were pulling the puck from their net. Patrice Bergeron’s wrister was stopped by Jordan Binnington, but the St. Louis rookie goalie left a juicy rebound for Brandon Carlo. The Boston defenseman made no mistake, slotting a wrister off the tip of Binnington’s glove at

fouls. Never in the history of professional sports has technology been more advanced, integrated, and implemented than it is today. From the use of analytics to the use of video, never in its history have its officials been so thoroughly trained and well compensated as they are in all four sports today. And yet we are in a stretch of time in which the officiating of all four sports has been intensely criticized as incomplete, inaccurate and incompetent: a stretch of time when the use of video has become an integral part of all four major professional sports. The game of inches has morphed into a game of pixels. The NFL, despite its deep pockets, is coming off one of its most controversial seasons in history, its regular season pockmarked by bogus missed calls and bad calls, culminating not only in the controversial ending of the NFC Championship Game, but incidences in the AFC Championship Game, as well. A missed muffed-punt call and a wrongly called roughing-the passer call on the Chiefs’ Chris Jones swung momentum and arguably affected the outcome in favor of the Patriots. Then came the NHL playoffs. As broadcaster-turnedgeneral-manager John Davidson used to say, “Oooooh baby.” The Golden Knights led Game 7 of their first-round series against the San Jose Sharks, 3-0, when Cody Eakin tangled with Sharks forward Joe Pavelski along the boards with a little more than 10 minutes remaining. Bouncing off teammate Paul Stastny amid the scrum, Pavelski lost his balance, smashed head first onto the ice, and oozed blood onto the ice. Eakin was given a five-minute high-stick major penalty even though replays clearly showed his stick never made contact with Pavelski’s head or directly caused the injury. The Sharks scored four goals during the penalty time and won the game in overtime, 5-4, advancing to play Colorado in the next round. They advanced in that round as well when a tying goal was

reversed via a coaches challenge. Although he was not involved in the play, Gabriel Landeskog was technically offsides as he casually entered his bench amid a line change. The Sharks also won Game 3 of the Western Conference final in overtime via a missed hand-pass call that directly resulted in the winning goal. “We see all kinds of video these days,” said Colin Campbell, the former Rangers coach and now an executive vice president and director of hockey operations for the NHL. “And we see the game in high definition ... with many camera views. And when you see it, you can’t understand how four officials can’t see it. Well, this game is really fast.” The NHL replaced two of its more veteran officials amid all this. Dan O’Halloran, who leads all active refs in playoff games officiated and had officiated a conference final every year for more than a decade, was one of four officials sent home after the Game 7 miss/ mess. Dan O’Rourke was among the officials eliminated after the hand-pass mess. “I’m trying to cut these guys some slack,” Campbell said. “But I’m also trying to understand where we’re at with video review. How much do we need? And where do we go with video review?” Good question. And one that is at the epicenter of the national perception that officiating, in general, has become worse, not better, through technology. Hockey and football have changed from grinding games to games of stretch passes and speed, speed, speed. Wary of those pixels perhaps, officials might feel forced to anticipate fouls as much as officiate them. Jones’ roughing-the-passer penalty — his hand came down softly onto Tom Brady’s shoulder pad a millisecond after the ball was released — is a prime example of the NFL’s dilemma. There is also the elephant in the room, a beast the NHL shares as well. Both leagues have been slapped with lawsuits seeking damages for their handling of concussions. Both have altered rules and created safety measures as a response. If officials are to err, it seems reasonable to

assume it will be on the side of caution. Even if it irritates or incites fans. Or leads to a change of jobs. There have been seven new NFL referees (white hats) over the past two seasons, the most since the AFLNFL merger — almost 50 years ago. John Parry’s retirement this spring, after doing the Super Bowl, raised a few eyebrows. He’s in his mid50s and in great shape, and it was the second straight season the Super Bowl referee retired after it, both he and Gene Steratore moving into call-reviewing broadcasting roles. Better to be the hunter than the hunted. Oddly, Major League Baseball, once at the forefront of officiating controversies, has been relatively quiet of late. Oh, there are still controversial ball-strike calls that lead to arguments and ejections. Veteran umpire Joe West is up to 151 ejections at last count, and Ron Kulpa’s April 4 home-plate work involving the Rangers and Astros was a highlight-reel jaw-dropper. But the resistance to a more technological determination of balls and strikes has thus far been resisted by both players and officials, if not fans as well. Similarly, the NBA, despite the Rockets’ red glare on officiating, seems content with its human frailty. Calls, especially close to the basket, have been habitually missed throughout its history, and are inherently subjective. The suspense as Kyle Lowry skids across the floor — charge or a block? — is part of its very nature, and perhaps part of its entertainment value as well. “Whenever officiating is a part of any kind of discussion postgame, it’s never a good outcome for us,” Goodell said at the Super Bowl. “We know that. Our clubs know that. Our officials know that. But we also know our officials are human. We also know that they’re officiating a game where they very quickly have to make snap decisions under difficult circumstances. And they’re not going to get it right every time. “The game is not officiated by robots. It’s not going to be.” For now, anyway.

he’s coming into his own in a big way offensively right now.” So, really — what will he do when all these injured players return? Well, it sounds like Boone plans to dance with the players who brought him to first place, while also giving the guys who come back a chance to play catch-up.

In the case of Gregorius, for instance, he might start off playing two out of every three games, or four out of every six. The plan is to give players a day off “once every five, six, seven, eight games and keep everyone fresh and playing,” Boone said. “I honestly don’t think it’s going to be a much of

an issue and that’s still ahead of us, trying to keep everyone engaged ... It’s easy to kind of envision them all playing basically all the time with a day off here and there.” The best of both worlds for the best team in the American League East.

14:19 for his first playoff goal. While the crowd of 18,805 was mostly apprehensive in the second intermission, St. Louis interim coach Craig Berube noticed something else. “I thought that was one of our best periods in some time,” he said. The Blues justified his thought process by dominating the third period, eventually overrunning a Bruins defense that played without Zdeno Chara for most of the last two periods. The Boston captain was bloodied when a Schenn shot struck him in the face, and doctors told coach Bruce Cassidy that Chara was done for the game’s remainder during the second intermission. “We were advised not to play him,” Cassidy said. “He was very uncomfortable. He’s going to need stitches and dental work.”

Minus Chara, Boston played a defenseman short, which proved costly. Case in point: the go-ahead tally, from O’Reilly, his second of the night. Off a quick transition, Pietrangelo fired a shot from the right wing that handcuffed Rask to the point that he couldn’t control the rebound. It bounced into the slot, where O’Reilly whacked it into the net for his second goal of the game. “I did what I could to get to the back side,” O’Reilly said, “and I got a great bounce.” O’Reilly produced his first goal just 43 seconds into the game, injecting life into a barn that seemed a bit down after sitting through the Bruins’ 7-2 blowout win in Game 3. He beat Danton Heinen to a loose puck behind the net and stuffed a wraparound just inside the right post.

Charlie Coyle equalized for Boston at 13:14 of the first when Binnington couldn’t control the rebound of Chara’s shot from the left circle. Vladimir Tarasenko restored a one-goal lead for St. Louis at 15:30 of the opening period when he collected the rebound of Pietrangelo’s shot and scored his 11th goal of the playoffs. “We shot the puck way more in this game,” Tarasenko said. “We found chances to go to the net. We created traffic and scored some greasy goals.” The Blues owned a 38-23 advantage in shots on net and a 64-41 margin in total attempts. Rask stopped 34 of 37 shots. Binnington made 21 saves on 23 shots Monday after getting pulled from Game 3 when he allowed five goals on 19 shots.

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NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Busch celebrates in victory lane after winning the Pocono 400 at Pocono Raceway.

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Kyle Busch’s victory Sunday at Pocono Raceway earned the former Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion a series-best fourth win of 2019 and marked another milestone toward a undeniable NASCAR Hall of Fame distinction. Busch hoisted his 55th career Monster Energy Series trophy, tying him with NASCAR Hall of Famer Rusty Wallace for ninth on the all-time wins list. In just the past 10 seasons, Busch has won 39 races – or 70.9 percent of his career total. And the driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry has finished runner-up 34 times in that span. “It’s pretty special,” Busch said of his milestone win mark. “We just keep doing what we’re supposed to do. It’s pretty cool to get with and eclipse many of these great names that helped build our sport to what it is today and

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At the lowest point, it might have been easy to fold up the new shop and find another pursuit. Robles’ assistant trainer, Edgar “Estrellita” Jasso, said Robles found inspiration in recalling the training work of his late father, Manuel Robles Sr. “It seems unbelievable for us now making history with Andy Ruiz ... but Manny didn’t give up. He always believed he was in the fight, and he went through it,” Jasso said. When someone asked Robles why he stuck it out, the emotions flowed. “My faith. My family. My wife told me not give up ... my dad ... I’d given up, man ... and God knows everything I’ve been through. So just not giving up,” Robles said. “This is for me and my family. I do this because I love boxing. This goes to all the coaches and the boxers who have dreams — to not ever, ever give up no matter what, no matter how difficult your situation may be.” Robles found the muse for his personal rebuilding in Ruiz, the fighter from Imperial, Calif., whose girth led many to view him as less than the model heavyweight. Ruiz weighed in Friday at a staggering 268 pounds. “We went through some (training) issues and I told him, ‘Hit me now, thank me later, buddy.’ Oh, man, he complained about running, about training, but I know what it takes,” Robles said. “There’s no secret to this. It’s called hard work, dedication. You’ve gotta want it. Plus, he’s Mexican, bro. I don’t know what it is about Mexican fighters, but it’s in our blood. It’s in our genes, man. I compare him stylistically to (Julio Cesar) Chavez, (Marco Antonio) Barrera, (Juan Manuel) Marquez and Oscar Valdez — true warriors who don’t give up. “And Joshua had never faced a fighter like Andy Ruiz — a Mexican fighter in the heavyweight division.” In the third round Saturday night, Ruiz suffered the first knockdown of his career

have been icons, for that matter.” It is Busch’s age – 34 – that sends the mind into highspeed calculation. Wallace was 48 when he earned his 55th trophy. Only three of the eight drivers ranked ahead of Busch on the career victories list were 34 or younger when they won their 55th race. NASCAR’s original seven-time champion Richard Petty, along with four-time champion Jeff Gordon, were the youngest. Both were only 29. Petty won his 55th at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway in 1967. It was part of an unmatched 27-win effort in a single (48-race) season. Gordon, who was just inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, earned the 55th of his 93 wins at the age of 29 – at Martinsville Speedway in 2001. Another seven-timer, Jimmie Johnson, was 33 years old when he won his 55th race – at Fontana, Calif., in 2009.

on a left hook to the head. He recovered to twice knock down Joshua in the same round, and came to the corner, to Robles. “Andy knew to stay calm, cool and collected” after the knockdown, Robles said. “I’ve been here before, where my fighters get knocked down and they get back up. A fight is never over until the referee tells you it’s over. “He knocks down Anthony Joshua and I told him: ‘Don’t get overconfident, don’t get carried away. Keep your hands up. Stay cool. Keep working behind the jab.’ He took his foot off the pedal a little (for a few rounds after that). He didn’t want to run out of gas. “But he followed instructions extremely well. He was extremely relaxed. This goes back to the gym. We’ve been working together for almost two years now. It’s the chemistry. It’s him being able to listen to me. You win your fights in the gym and the fight is the cherry on top.” Robles decided before the sixth round to switch gears, noticing that Joshua had picked up on Ruiz’s effort to land an overhand right. Instead of chasing the head, Ruiz pounded the body, and followed that with hooks to the head. The massive Joshua (22-1), with an eight-inch reach and four-inch height advantage, began to wither in the sixth. A 12-punch Ruiz flurry in the seventh knocked down Joshua for a third time, and then another combination dropped him again, leaving him unresponsive to the referee’s satisfaction while leaning back on his corner post. Ruiz bounced in celebration, into the arms of Robles. “Going to the body was the key to victory. We understood if you want to win, you’ve got to take risks, and once we started going to the body, he wore down,” Robles said of Joshua. “Those body shots really got to him. “Joshua’s a specimen. He’s huge. He’s like a rock. But I’m telling you, he’s no different than Andy. He’s a man, he’s human. Just like Andy. “Oh, man ... it feels so good.”

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Town of Catskill Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing on application Special Use Permit SUP-1-2019 pursuant to Section 160-10 of the Town of Catskill Zoning Code to allow Ground mounted solar energy system on lands owned byL u m e n s Holdings located at 5422 Cauterskill Rd. Tax Map # 1 5 5 . 0 0 - 5 3.11 The Public Hearing will be held on the 1 1 t h day of June, 2019 at 6:00 PM, at the Town Hall located at 439441 Main Street, Catskill, NY. to allow public comment on the application. The above application is open for inspection at the Planning Board Office located at 439 Main Street, Catskill, New York between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. By order of J o s e p h Izzo Chairman, Planning Board, Town of Catskill NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF GREENE CITIBANK, NA, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR PMT NPL FINANCING 2014-1, Plaintiff AGAINST CLIFFORD SIMMONS, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 26-2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Greene County Courthouse, 320 Main Street, Catskill, NY on 6-26-2019 at 12:30PM, premises known as 12229 State Route 23, Ashland, NY 12407. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Ashland, County of Greene and State of New York, SECTION: 93.1, BLOCK: 1, LOT: 11. Approximate amount of judgment $188,539.69 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #10556. Jon A. Kosich Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01085366-F00 63523 The Village of Philmont Zoning Board will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, June13, 2019 at 7:00 pm to hear public comment on the application from Habitat for Humanity.

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) The name of the LLC is Tranquility Farm LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on June 3, 2019. New York office location: 206 Thomas Road, Town of Chatham, County of Columbia and the State of New York. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: Tranquility Farm LLC; Attn: Universal Dental, 1565 Palisade Avenue, Fort Lee, New Jersey 07024. Purpose/Character of business: Any lawful business purpose permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Law. This notification is made pursuant to Section 206 of the Limited Liability Company Law. PUBLIC NOTICE TOWN OF STUYVESANT MEETING DATE CHANGE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town Board of the Town of Stuyvesant will hold their monthly Town Board meeting on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. The meeting will take place at the Stuyvesant Town Hall at 7:00pm. The Town Hall is located at 5 Sunset Dr., Stuyvesant, NY 12173. Melissa A. Naegeli, RMC Town Clerk PUBLIC NOTICE VILLAGE OF VALATIE NOTICE OF COLLECTION OF TAXES PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that I, the undersigned Clerk/Treasurer/Tax Collector of the Village of Valatie, New York have received the tax roll and warrant for the collection of taxes for the fiscal year 2019-2020. I will attend at the Village Office, 3211 Church Street, Valatie, NY 12184 from June 1, 2019 to July 1, 2019, inclusive during the hours of 9:00 am to 3:00 pm Monday through Thursday and July 1 , 2019 from 9:00am-3:00pm for the purpose of receiving such taxes during which period taxes may be paid to me without penalty. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT on all such taxes remaining unpaid after July 1, 2019, interest of five percent will be added for the

month of July and one percent for each month thereafter until paid. Dated: June 3, 2019 Barbara A. Fischer, RMC C l e r k / Tr e a s u r e r / Ta x Collector Village of Valatie PUBLIC NOTICE Village of Valatie Planning Board 3211 Church Street Valatie, NY 12184 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Village of Valatie Planning Board will hold a Public Meeting on the following application: 1) Reifenberg Brewing, LLC - Application for Change of Building Use, 3021 Main Street, Valatie, Tax Map ID: 33.18-2-63 Any other business to come before the Board. Said discussion will be held at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at the Village of Valatie hall in the Martin H. Glynn Municipal Building, 3211 Church Street, Valatie, NY, at which time all interest-

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Kevin Baxter Los Angeles Times As a schoolgirl growing up in southern England, Jill Ellis couldn’t play competitive soccer. It wasn’t that girls weren’t allowed. It was just that, given the attitudes of the 1970s, no one had thought to organize teams for them. It wasn’t ladylike, Ellis’ mother, Margaret, once explained. That changed when Ellis moved with her family to Virginia as a teenager, where she not only joined her high school’s team but led it to a state title. The victory was just a partial one, though, because, decades later, Ellis is still hemmed in by societal norms. Although she is one of the most decorated coaches of one of the most successful teams in soccer history, her way forward remains limited not by her talent but by her gender. What money, fame and prestige there are in coaching exist primarily on the men’s side. Yet that remains exclusively a boys’ club where sex, not success, determines admission. While men routinely coach women in every sport on every level, the number of women coaching men can be counted on one hand — with some fingers left over. “Why hasn’t it happened? Because there hasn’t been an opportunity for it to happen,” said Ellis, who will coach the U.S. national team in the monthlong Women’s World Cup, which opens June 7 in Paris. Four years ago she guided that team to the title. “You can have all these really qualified women, but at the end of the day the people sitting in the positions to say, ‘Yes, we’re going to hire that person,’ are the people that have to see it without gender in terms of giving opportunity,” she said. Marjorie A. Snyder, director of research and programs for the Women’s Sports Foundation, blames that lack of vision on the same stereotypes and prejudices that kept a young Ellis off the playing fields in England. “There are cultural reasons why. There are environmental reasons why. And it’s a statement obviously about competence,” Snyder said. “Are women competent? Can they do it? It seems like a ridiculous question on the face of it. They’re doctors and lawyers and they’re senators and Congress people. Why couldn’t they coach?” Snyder partly blames Title IX, the landmark 1972 civil rights legislation that mandated increased athletic opportunities for women but also took away many of the opportunities for women to coach those athletes. Before Title IX, Snyder said 90% of women’s teams were coached by women. But as colleges began pouring money and resources into women’s programs to comply with the new law, men suddenly began applying for the jobs. In its 2016 study “Beyond X’s and O’s: Gender Bias and Coaches of Women’s College Sports,” the Women’s Sports Foundation found that 57% of women’s teams were coached by men but just 3% of men’s teams — mostly in minor, coed sports such as swimming and diving or crosscountry — were coached by women. “The people who were hiring those coaches were, for the most part, exclusively male,” she said. “So they were tapping their own networks to hire coaches.” As a result Geno Auriemma got the chance to win 11 NCAA women’s basketball championships at the University of Connecticut, but no woman has been asked to coach a top-flight men’s college team. Four of the last five NCAA women’s soccer champions have been led by men, but NYU’s Kim Wyant is the only female coach of a men’s team. So why aren’t there more? “That’s an excellent question,” said UCLA women’s soccer coach Amanda Cromwell, a former World Cup player who coached the Bruins to an NCAA title in 2013. “I think more people need to ask that question. There is no reason

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Head coach Jill Ellis of the United States speaks during the United States Women’s National Team Media Day ahead of the 2019 Women’s World Cup at Twitter NYC on May 24 in New York City.

why.” Wyant says she got her job because the school was able to do what Snyder’s research showed others couldn’t: set aside her gender and focus on her qualifications. “They didn’t hire me because I’m a woman. They hired me because they thought I was really overly qualified for the job,” said Wyant, who started in goal for the U.S. in the first women’s national team game in history in 1985, then spent two decades coaching women’s teams. “There’s already a lot of female leadership at NYU and it is the culture. I can thankfully say that no one has, in my face, said, ‘There’s no way you should be coaching this team.’ I had sort of the opposite.” That support evaporates, however, whenever talk of a job with a men’s team at a higher level is raised. “A lot of people are going to be looking at this wishing that I would fail,” said Wyant, 55, who last fall led NYU to a 12-4-3 record and its first NCAA Division III tournament invitation in eight years. “But I don’t really want to carry that burden. I really just want to be measured by how I’m doing as a coach, not how I’m doing as a female coach.” The idea that it’s OK for men to coach women but not the other way around isn’t just limited to college campuses. The WNBA recently opened its new season with men coaching seven of the league’s 12 teams; the NBA has no female head coaches. Men coach seven of the nine teams in the National Women’s Soccer League, but no woman manages a team in MLS. And in last year’s men’s World Cup, all 32 teams were coached by men. In the women’s tournament this summer, just nine of the 24 teams will be led by female coaches. It’s a ratio that’s being repeated all the way down to the grass roots in many sports. “If you start at the youth level, what you’re going to see is the fathers coaching and the women, the mothers, being the team moms,” Snyder said. “That’s what the players see. And so they take on those same cultural attitudes about what women can do.” That may slowly be starting to change. Clermont Foot, a 108-year-old club that plays in the French second division, has had two female managers since 2014, and this winter Imke Wubbenhorst became the first woman to coach a team in one of Germany’s top five leagues when she took over at BV Cloppenburg. In the U.S., Becky Hammon was the first fulltime assistant coach in one of the top four professional leagues when she was hired by the San Antonio Spurs in 2014. A year later, as the first female head coach in the NBA Summer League,

she led the Spurs to the title. Since then four NBA teams, including the Clippers, have hired female assistant coaches. In the NFL, the Buffalo Bills, Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers have hired female assistants and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers recently signed two for this season, while the NHL’s Arizona Coyotes had a full-time female skating coach. Bob Bradley, who took the U.S. to the 2010 World Cup and now manages MLS-leading Los Angeles Football Club, says he expects that trend to continue since good coaching isn’t limited by gender. “A team that competes, that over the course of time has consistency, everybody can see it,” he said. “In terms of how they play, their style of play, their commitment, their way of competing, this is the craft of coaching. And so you appreciate the people that do it well.” One of those people, Bradley insists, is Ellis. “Jill Ellis is a great coach. She’s done a great job,” he said. “Good coaches, in any sport, there’s carryover.” Bradley’s players agree. LAFC defender Jordan Harvey, who played at UCLA when Ellis was the woman’s coach there, said he had several soccer conversations with her. “She’s really intelligent and has a really good soccer mind,” he said. “Any coach stepping in, you want to know that they have a vision, an identity. That’s what I, as a professional player, identify a good coach with. Not a male or female.” MLS already has several female officials and they’re not only accepted but respected. “I think it’s headed that way,” LAFC defender Steven Beitashour, who played on Iran’s 2014 World Cup team, said of women coaches. “If you’re capable, if you’re good enough, why not?” For people like Ellis and Wyant, one of the things that makes the subject more than academic is the fact a job with a men’s team often comes with a significant bump in both pay and prestige. February’s tax filings by the U.S. Soccer Federation, as reported by the Washington Post, showed Ellis, coach of the world’s top-ranked women’s team, earned a base salary of $291,029 in the 2018 fiscal year, less than the USSF paid Tab Ramos, coach of the men’s Under-20 team, and $64,000 less than the federation paid Andreas Herzog, a former assistant coach, in a contract settlement after firing him in 2016. Ellis has since signed a new deal with a “substantial increase” that reportedly makes her the highest-paid female soccer coach in the world, although details of that contract have not been revealed.

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Unhappy wife is loath to be first in her family to divorce I am an attractive woman who has been married for 30 years. I think my husband has been cheating on me for most of them. Through the years I have seen the telltale signs and confronted him many times. But he continually tells me no, he would never do anything. I have tried hard to stay with DEAR ABBY him, although I feel stupid for doing it. You see, my parents were married for 62 years, and I have two sisters and three brothers who have never been divorced or separated. So I’d feel like a failure if I left him. I need to know for sure whether he has cheated, but I don’t know how to prove it. I have found a letter in his wallet, notes slid under my door at work and actually saw him touch another woman in a sexual manner years ago. My friends say if it walks and quacks, it is a duck. I have asked him many times to go to counseling and he always says he will, but we never do. I no longer want to continue living with this man. Advice? Suspicious In The South

JEANNE PHILLIPS

Because your husband avoids going to counseling doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t see a licensed therapist without him. If you do, it will help you to clarify your thinking and make a rational decision about your future. Your siblings’ marital history should not influence your decision. What’s important is doing what is right for yourself. If you feel you need to have proof that your husband is being or has been unfaithful, and has lied to you all these years, then hire a private

detective and you will probably get what you are looking for. You have my sympathy. I’m 13, and I have had a few problems with my boyfriend’s family. I got him in trouble a few times, and I feel really bad about it, even though I’m not a bad person. We have talked about things we shouldn’t have talked about at our age and used bad language. His parents have gotten on him about it. I tried to talk to his mother, but I have the feeling they don’t particularly like me even though she says she has nothing against me. We are now being forced to break up until he is respectful enough to have a girlfriend, even though he is very respectful. I feel like this all revolves around me, and I want to get his family to know the real me and give me another chance. What should I do? Forced To Break Up In Mississippi Thirteen is young for a serious romance, and your boyfriend’s family may be worried that you are trying to rush him into a relationship for which he isn’t ready. For now, the smart move would be to put some distance between you and your boyfriend. If you stand any chance of improving your standing with his mother and sister, a step in the right direction would be to clean up your bad language. Another would be to concentrate your efforts on becoming someone they can respect — a good student, active in a youth group or sports activity. If they can see a positive change in you, they may be more receptive to your being in his life.

Dietitian is ideal resource for nutritional assessment I am a female in my 60s and have always had trouble sustaining my weight. I have frequent thorough checkups because I had cancer in the past, but no problems have been identified. Since I have a history of cancer, I am very careful about what I eat — mostly whole grains, vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds, and only small TO YOUR amounts fish or chicken, beGOOD HEALTH cause I understand that too much protein from animal sources can cause cancer as well as other health problems. Eating the kind of diet I do, it’s no wonder I cannot gain weight, so I am writing to ask you if there is a safe product I could buy over the counter, such as Boost or Ensure, which doesn’t contain any sugar or other harmful ingredients that may be detrimental to my health but would help me put on a few pounds. I’m sick of looking so skinny.

DR. KEITH ROACH

Not all adults in their 60s and older who are of lower-than-average weight need treatment. However, people who experience sudden weight loss or who have low muscle mass should be evaluated. Being malnourished is an important predictor of developing illness and death, so evaluation and treatment of possible malnutrition is important. I don’t have enough information to tell you whether you are malnourished or not. There isn’t a single measurement or test to decide one way or

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another, but an expert, such as a dietitian nutritionist, is an ideal person to perform a nutritional assessment. Looking skinny may be enough to cause you concern, but I would definitely recommend a professional evaluation. If an evaluation determines that you would benefit from extra nutrition, I would start with food, not with supplements. While I understand your desire to eat healthy given a history of cancer, you should be able to get adequate nutrition without eating many (or any) calories from animal sources (processed meats are particularly thought to increase cancer risk). One advice I have had luck with is a tablespoon or two of your favorite type of nut butter at bedtime. It’s a fair amount of calories on top of what you are already eating. If adding food isn’t successful, then adding a nutritional supplement has been shown to help people gain weight, and may reduce complication rates. Most nutritional supplements are high in sugar, including the added sugar that is likely harmful. Products that are higher in protein tend to be relatively lower in sugar, and these are the ones I’d recommend. There are also supplements made for people with diabetes, which have much less added sugar.

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Horoscope By Stella Wilder Born today, you are never one to insist on something that isn’t rightly yours, nor will you ever jump the line to get nearer the front and enjoy what is coming to you before the time is right. You are patient, hardworking, fair-minded and always willing to do what you must to get ahead; you’re not the kind to expect something for nothing. Indeed, this is so much the case that when you do finally begin to enjoy the kind of rare success of which you are likely so deserving, it’s almost certainly going to take you by surprise. You are never one to forget where you came from, and you maintain a healthy set of morals and a belief system that gives you strength and provides a good deal of harmony in your life. You can be quite sensitive and caring, but there are times when you may turn cold and aloof — periods marked by unusual selfishness and a desire to be left alone. Fortunately, these phases should be brief, and you’ll be your old self again in no time, enjoying all that a lively social life has to offer. Also born on this date are: Mark Wahlberg, actor; Kenny G, musician; Pancho Villa, Mexican war hero; Suze Orman, financial expert and TV host; Chad Allen, actor; Pete Wentz, musician; Liza Weil, actress. To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide. THURSDAY, JUNE 6 GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You may find a certain issue quite confusing today, especially because of the way it is being presented. You can illuminate matters eventually. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Your judgment may not be completely unbiased, but it’s the best you

have to go on right now. No one else feels quite the way you do. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You may have to make some unusual arrangements today to get certain things done, but better that than leave them undone altogether. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — What you want to do may not be acceptable to some others, but you have some wiggle room and may be able to persuade the naysayers. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Others around you are eager to see things done in a new way, when you are more interested in old-fashioned methods. Compromise. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Financial arrangements may not come together today as you had hoped, but you’re not likely to be out of pocket very much ready cash. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Some may think you are exaggerating, but the truth is that a certain situation is just as good as you say it is today — or just as bad. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You can afford to be much more choosy than usual today when it comes to options presented at the workplace. Nothing is forever. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You may not reach all your goals today, but that’s no reason not to try. The further you get, the closer you are to your destination. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You’ve decided to do something that goes against common wisdom, but you’ve had success doing such things in the past, so why not? ARIES (March 21-April 19) — A pressing matter may keep you from doing what you’ve long looked forward to, but that doesn’t mean the opportunity is gone for good. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Weather and other external forces seem to be working against you for a time, until you realize you can rearrange your plans in response. COPYRIGHT 2019 UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE, INC.

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SUPER QUIZ

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

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

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

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Complete the sentence with a brand name of a Ford vehicle. (e.g., He will ____ his muscles to impress her. Answer: Flex.) Freshman level 1. The Yanks have a slight ___ over their opponent. 2. Forget that and ____ on the task at hand. 3. He is doomed. There is no ____. Graduate level 4. We had a ball at the Mexican _____. 5. Vasco da Gama was a famous _____. 6. The cowboy put a saddle on the ____ and rode away. PH.D. level 7. The new ____ restaurant mixes Mexican and Mediterranean food. 8. The second sign of the Zodiac is _____. 9. On his first _____, Christopher Columbus had three ships.

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

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SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Edge. 2. Focus. 3. Escape. 4. Fiesta. 5. Explorer. 6. Mustang. 7. Fusion. 8. Taurus. 9. Expedition. 18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?

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Crossword Puzzle Mother Goose & Grimm ACROSS 1 Recipe verb 5 Asian desert 9 Small store 13 Kuwait’s dollar 15 Spoil 16 Melody 17 __ drop of a hat; eagerly 18 Official decree 20 Colorful pond fish 21 Cut grass 23 Walk unsteadily 24 __ and groans 26 Part of a vowel list 27 Minor little-known facts 29 Open one’s home to 32 Expand 33 __ off; becomes less angry 35 Pasture sound 37 As straight __ arrow 38 Pillow covers 39 Twirl 40 “Ready, __, go!” 41 Hose problems 42 Stop 43 Take as an insult 45 Dishes 46 Soothing drink 47 Native New Zealander 48 Has an __ on; affects 51 “__ a jungle out there!” 52 Flow back 55 Liver disease 58 “Sesame Street” fellow 60 ACL tear site 61 __ and rave; carry on 62 Cheney & Clark 63 Short, sharp barks 64 Convince 65 Quilting parties DOWN 1 Neighbor of Nebr. 2 One of Michael Jackson’s brothers 3 Scare 4 “Hooray!”

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41 Freeloader 42 Shop window sign at night 44 Long looks 45 Boone or Benatar 47 __-eyed; tearful 48 Unpleasant 49 Short skirt

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50 Get ready, for short 53 Two-wheeler 54 Nickname for Elizabeth 56 Tool with teeth 57 One __ million; dear friend 59 Tease

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