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Carlee Rader Drummer became the HIGH LOW 55 54first woman 54 president 62 of Columbia-Greene Community 64 45 43 43College. 40 43 Drummer’s appointment, Ottawa Complete weather, A2 58/35announced Montreal Wednesday, 58/39 makes her the sixth president Massena 58/38 Plattsburghhistory of in the five-decade Bancroft 58/39 56/32 Ogdensburg Columbia-Greene — a mileMalone 60/35 56/32 stone for the college. Peterborough Potsdam Kingston Burlington 55/37 58/38 Drummer, 58/42 president of 53/41 Lake Placid Watertown Quinebaug Valley Community 53/30 55/39 College in Danielson, Connecticut, was named to succeed James Campion. He has Rochester 55/43 been Utica at the helm of Colum-
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back to New York and the SUNY system, she said. “It’s a wonderful place to live,” Drummer said. The campus also has the right feel, Drummer said. “The faculty and staff deeply care about the students and their success and that’s what community colleges are about,” Drummer said. “Columbia-Greene showcases that beautifully.” Drummer hopes to continue to expand on Campion’s work at the college. “The college has really been See C-GCC A2
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ing multiple faculty appointments, Dr. Drummer’s leadership experience is impressive and diverse,” SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson said in a statement. “We are pleased to welcome Dr. Drummer back to the SUNY family.” Board of Trustees Chairman H. Carl McCall agreed that Dr. Drummer was the right fit. “We are confident in Dr. Drummer and her abilities to continue to carry out the mission and priorities at Columbia-Greene Community College,” McCall said in a statement. “Dr. Drummer has a vast experience in
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synonymous with Hollywood’s movie season has become in the moviegoing calendar (Dismonth raditionally, the summer and “Captain as big titles invade every is already in theaters, biggest franchises. But entpoles “Avengers: Endgame” $1 billion worldwide in the first ney’s mother-of-all-t grossed Panther” before her — Marvel” — like “Black movies are truly events. with harder to tell which summer releases (defining a franchise as a series quarter of the year), it’s of this season’s key franchise to average box office. It’ll be up to audiWe’ve collected eight and ranked them according at least three installments) the wannabes. true blockbusters from score: 74 percent ences to separate the
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tory teacher at Troy Prep School, moves on to the semifinals. After a decade of trying to get on “Jeopardy!,” Quinn was selected to compete in the twoweek Teacher Tournament. “I was taking the online test every year and had almost given up in my mind,” Quinn said. Although the episodes were
pre-recorded in early April, local audiences did not get to watch Quinn’s success until Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Conor entered Final Jeopardy! tied with competitor Melissa Okey, an elementary school resource teacher from Panorama City, California. The question was, “The Cold
War became entrenched in the mid-1950s after the formation of these 2 rival military alliances.” Conor’s father Kerry Quinn, who taught social studies for many years at Cairo-Durham, was cautiously optimistic when he heard the question. “Much of what he teaches is history from many centuries
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ago,” Kerry Quinn said. “I knew the answer, but you only have 30 seconds to answer.” Conor felt confident when he found out the category, Kerry said. “That’s why he bet so aggressively at the end,” he said. “He
tion officer for the New York state Department of Health, confirmed there has been a local case. “The Greene County case is a Greene County resident who contracted measles in Brooklyn; there are no known potential exposures in Greene County,” Montag said. The department declined to release the patient’s name or hometown. “Due to patient confidentiality, the department cannot release any further information on this case,” Montag said. She added that the person is not thought to have spread the disease to others. “The individual is no longer contagious and no other mea-
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The best way to protect yourself against measles is to make sure your immunizations are up to date, health officials say.
sles cases have resulted from contact with this individual,”
Montag said. The person was not treated
at Columbia Memorial Health, spokesman Bill Van Slyke con-
firmed. Symptoms of measles generally appear about seven to 14 days after exposure and typically begins with high fever, cough, runny nose, and red, watery eyes. After two or three days, white spots may appear inside the mouth, followed by a rash, usually on the face at the hairline, spreading downward to the neck, trunk, arms, legs and feet, according to the Centers for Disease Control website. Once thought eradicated, measles is on the radar again: More than 700 cases have been reported across the United States this year, according to federal health officials. New York state is regarded an an epicenter of the outbreak. “The outbreaks in New York City and New York state are the largest and longest-lasting since measles elimination in 2000,” Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of immunization for See MEASLES A2