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Police responded to a report of a disabled vehicle on Interstate 84 near Exit 5A at 1:55 a.m., A second report came in regarding an individual walking along Interstate 84 west, according to police.. One state trooper got out of his police cruiser and spoke to Patterson while the other

trooper drove the cruiser beside them, according to police. “A preliminary investigation revealed the subject was not cooperative with troopers, and refused to comply with commands multiple times,” according to police. “When the subject made a movement to enter the troop car, one mem-

ber fired his division-issued firearm, striking the subject.” No weapon was found, according to the troop commander. The troopers immediately called for assistance and treated Patterson at the scene. Patterson was transported to Orange Regional Medical

Center where he died. Interstate 84 was shut down for the investigation, but has since reopened. Anyone with information about Patterson or the events leading up to the shooting are being asked to call Middletown State Police at 845-3445300.

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By Staff Report MONTGOMERY — A Greene County man was shot and killed following a police incident Friday morning. Luke H. Patterson, 41, of Tannersville, died after an altercation with police, according to a statement from state police.

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Tubman $20 bill on the way Minutes after Treasury Secretary said Harriet Tubman $20 bill would be delayed, the fur flew PAGE A2

GREENPORT — U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-19, visited Columbia County on Friday to hear from business owners about how their needs could translate into policy in Congress, and help veterans gain valuable resources to assist in their job search after serving their country. Delgado, who is a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture and Small Business committees, told business owners gathered at The Falls, 158 Union Turnpike, Friday afternoon, that you could not find three better committees that underscore the needs of the 19th Congressional District. Representatives of Ginsberg’s Foods, which supplies food to hospitals and schools, talked to Delgado about the Safe Drive Act. Columbia County, like many areas across the country, is facing a shortage of tractor-trailer drivers. “There is not enough drivers here in Columbia County,” Ginsberg’s Foods CEO Suzanne Rajczi said. She added that lowering the age for drivers would also help support many younger drivers support themselves through college. About 86 percent of Americans support the bill that would change federal highway law to allow younger drivers to transport commerce between states, according to the International Food Service Distributors. Although 18-year-olds can obtain a commercial driver’s license, they cannot drive across state lines until they are 21, under federal guidelines. Under the proposed changes, drivers must complete at least 400 hours of onduty time and 240 hours of training time in the cab with an experienced driver. MELANIE LEKOCEVIC/COLUMBIA-GREENE MEDIA “It makes a lot of sense,” Delgado said. U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-N.Y., with Columbia-Greene Community College’s Joseph Watson, left, vice president and dean of students and enrollment management, and George Timmons, vice president and

Brake pulling suspect charged A man was arrested in a subway emergency brake activation that may be linked to others PAGE A2

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This May 25, 2018, file photo shows Greene County Highway Department work at the Hunter Landfill on May 23. Lawmakers needed a tie-breaker to pass a resolution changing summer hours for highway department workers, but the union and the Legislature remain disgruntled over recent contract talks.

CATSKILL — A resolution to authorize a change in work hours for the Greene County Highway Department passed by a narrow margin due to disagreements between the union local and the county Legislature. The resolution, which has been implemented each summer since 2008, changes highway workers’ schedules from five eight-hour work days to four ten-hour work days to improve efficiency. The changes will go into effect June 3 and run until Aug. 30. The Legislature deadlocked 7-7 and used the weighted voting system to break the tie. Votes are weighted by the population of a legislator’s district. Lawmakers Patrick Linger, R-New Baltimore, Linda Over-

baugh, R-Catskill, Patricia Handel, R-Durham, William Lawrence, R-Cairo, Harry Lennon, D-Cairo, Ed Bloomer, R-Athens and Larry Gardner, D-Hunter supported the resolution. Legislators Thomas Hobart, R-Coxsackie, Charles Martinez, R-Coxsackie, Michael Bulich, R-Catskill, Matthew Luvera, R-Catskill, Jack Keller, R-Catskill and Gregory Davis, R-Greenville opposed it. James Thorington, RWindham, was absent. Several legislators found the letter offensive and voted accordingly. “It was a slap in the face to the legislature,” Martinez said during the Public Works Committee meeting. “We have been more than fair to them.” Linger said he felt the resoSee HOURS A8

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Harriet Tubman is already appearing on $20 bills whether Trump officials like it or not DeNeen L. Brown The Washington Post

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what kind of a life we choose to celebrate; what values we, as a country, most hope to emulate. Harriet Tubman’s unparalleled grit, intelligence, and bravery over the course of her long life certainly make her worthy of such an honor. “ Last month Trump described the redesign of the $20 bill with Tubman’s image as “pure political correctness” and suggested she could be added to the $2 bill instead. Trump admires Jackson, the first populist to occupy the White House. “Andrew Jackson had a great history,” Trump said, “and I think it’s very rough when you take somebody off the bill.” But Jackson was also the president responsible for the 1830 Indian Removal Act, which forced more than 60,000 Native Americans from their lands and onto the Trail of Tears. In her book, “Unhinged,” former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman wrote that when Trump was shown an image of Harriet Tubman, his response was: “You want me to put that face on the twentydollar bill?” But Wall said the more he learned about Tubman, the more impressed he was with

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her accomplishments and the more determined he was to get the bills with Tubman’s face into circulation. “Before this project,” Wall told The Post, “I knew she was a famous American, someone I looked up to in the vague sense without realizing everything she did in the Army. I since learned she was a spy for the Union. She was buried with military honors. She freed over 1,000 people. The more you learn about her, the more you are in awe of what she was able to accomplish.” Wall said he created the stamps with a 3-D printer and laser cutters. “I got some engravable rubber and that is how I made the stamp face,” Wall said. He used the image of the young Harriet Tubman, which was jointly acquired in 2017 by the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. “It was sort of by coincidence that I began designing this stamp shortly after that photo of her was discovered,” Wall said. “I think it’s a really beautiful image and is significant in that it is the earliest known photograph

Maryland voice instructor arrested on child pornography possession charges The Washington Post

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A New York designer took matters into his own hands after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin delayed replacing Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill.

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Minutes after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday that he was delaying the new Harriet Tubman $20 bill until 2028, a New York designer tweeted: “We’ll see about that.” Dano Wall, 33, has created a 3-D stamp that can be used to superimpose a portrait of Tubman over Andrew Jackson’s on $20 bills. Wall said he has sold out of the stamps and is hurrying to produce more. “My goal is to get 5,000 stamps out there,” said Wall. “If there are 5,000 people consistently stamping currency, we could get a significant percent of circulating $20 bills [with the Tubman] stamp, at which point it would be impossible to ignore.” Wall began manufacturing the stamps in 2017, soon after President Donald Trump took office, and Mnuchin refused to commit to the Obama administration’s plan to put Tubman on the $20 bill. Jackson, the nation’s seventh commander in chief, was a slave owner. Tubman, who escaped slavery on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, helped lead hundreds of people to freedom along the Underground Railroad. Wall has been stamping as many $20s as he can and encouraging others to do the same. “Putting Harriet Tubman on the front of the $20 bill would have constituted a monumental symbolic change, disrupting the pattern of white men who appear on our bills,” he said, “and, by putting her on the most popular note currently in circulation, indicates exactly

of her. It also happened that her face lined up very nicely with Andrew Jackson’s features when superimposed on the bill, so I decided to go with that rather than use any of the older portraits of her that I’d seen in other proposed designs.” Initially, Wall funded about 100 of the stamps on his own. In 2018, he applied for and received a grant from the Awesome Foundation, which defines itself online as a “global community advancing the interest of awesome in the universe, $1,000 at a time.” Last October, Wall began selling the stamps on ETSY. Since then, he’s sold more than 600. Wall said he’s been careful not to violate a U.S. law of defacing currency. “The basic gist of it is you can’t render a bill illegible,” Wall said. “You can’t cover any text or numbers or anything on it to serve as an advertisement. . . . Anything outside of that — if the bill is still fit for circulation is fine. You can write on it and mark in any way.” According to the U.S. Bureau of Engraving, “defacement of currency” is prohibited under a federal law. “Under this provision,” according to the bureau, “currency defacement is generally defined as follows: Whoever mutilates, cuts, disfigures, perforates, unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking association, Federal Reserve Bank, or Federal Reserve System, with intent to render such item(s) unfit to be reissued, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.”

A 74-year-old voice instructor in Bethesda, Maryland, was arrested on 10 counts of possessing child pornography Thursday, according to state police officials. Charles Victor Kopfstein-Penk has for years taught voice and flute out of his home studio. He has performed in Washington area opera and oratorio concerts for about 40 years, according to published concert reviews and to his and his wife’s studio website.

In February, investigators from the Maryland State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force discovered “a person online actively pursuing the receipt of child pornography,” police officials said in a statement. Investigators identified the suspect and where he lived. Early Thursday morning, they arrived at his home with a search warrant, state police said, and found various electronic devices. A “preliminary forensic review” of the devices revealed child pornography, according to the state police who gave no further

details. Investigators seized the devices and said they will be analyzed at a digital forensics laboratory. Officials said Kopfstein-Penk taught students of all ages from his home. He was arrested there “without incident” and taken to the Montgomery County Detention Center, where he was being held Thursday evening, according to state and county officials. Reached Thursday, Kopfstein-Penk’s wife declined to comment and said the family was in the process of hiring an attorney.

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Suspect in subway brake pullings is arrested Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Ali Watkins The New York Times News Service

NEW YORK — A man has been arrested in an emergency brake activation, police said, that may be linked to dozens of other similar incidents in recent months, which have wreaked havoc on trains and riders’ lives. The police announced the arrest early Friday of Isaiah Thompson, 23, of Brooklyn, on charges of reckless endangerment and criminal trespassing. Thompson was accused of riding on the back of a subway train on the No. 2 line Tuesday in Manhattan and of activating the train’s brakes, police said. Thompson may have also been responsible for another incident May 16, which involved riding outside a B train and exposing himself to passengers on the platform, police said. He was also

charged with public lewdness for the second incident. Subway officials have said they believed the brake-pulling incident Tuesday might have been tied to a broader pattern of mayhem in recent months in which one person — or possibly a group of people — had pulled the brakes on trains dozens of times, delaying hundreds of trains and affecting thousands of riders. It was not immediately clear if the police believed that Thompson was solely responsible for the dozens of brake pullings or were still searching for other culprits. The public hunt for the subway brake puller began this week. After reports of cascading rush-hour delays on the 2 and 3 lines in Manhattan on Tuesday night, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said that it was the work of a repeat offender. There had been internal

reports going back months noting that a man had gained access to the controller’s chair at the rear of a train and had pulled the emergency brake. The New York Police Department said the saboteur had pulled about 40 emergency brakes since February, delaying hundreds of trains and affecting thousands of New York City commuters. The subway’s leader, Andy Byford, called the behavior dangerous and the culprits “morons.” “It’s stupid,” Byford said this week. “It’s dangerous. It’s selfish. And it’s got to

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CALENDAR Monday, May 27 n Catskill Town Offices closed in observance of Memorial Day n Coxsackie Village Offices closed in observance of Memorial Day n Greene County Office closed in observance of Memorial Day

Tuesday, May 28 n Catskill Town Planning Board 7

p.m. at the Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill

Wednesday, May 29 n Greene County Legislature spe-

cial meeting update on status of County Law 217 6 p.m. at the Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

Saturday, June 1 n Coxsackie Village clean up day 8

a.m.-3 p.m.

Monday, June 3 n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m. at

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

Tuesday, June 4 n Catskill Town Board 6:30 p.m. at

Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill

Thursday, June 6 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

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ShopRite’s 11th annual Veterans Fundraising Campaign kicks off Memorial Day Weekend FLORIDA — ShopRite announced its Veterans Fundraising Campaign will return this Memorial Day Weekend. Held at 35 stores throughout New York and New Jersey, the 11th annual campaign will begin on May 24 and run through Aug. 3. Donations will be collected at ShopRite stores throughout the Hudson Valley and Capital Region in New York, along with three New Jersey ShopRite stores, with all proceeds benefitting local veterans organizations. In addition to the donations ShopRite collects at checkout, its annual Veterans Fundraising Campaign also includes events coordinated and led by store associates. This year, store associates have organized fundraising events throughout the summer, including car shows, food drives, pancake breakfasts, tricky trays, corn hole, golf and softball tournaments and more, with all proceeds from each event directly benefitting veterans organizations. “We greatly appreciate all that our local veterans have done and are excited to announce the return of our annual veterans’ fundraising campaign,” said Tom Urtz, vice president of operations, ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc. “Thanks to the generous support of our ShopRite associates and customers,

we can continue to help make a difference in the lives of veterans and their families within the communities we serve.” The 2019 Veterans Fundraising Campaign will benefit local veterans’ organizations including Tower of Hope, Hudson Valley Honor Flight, Committee for the Families of War Veterans, Orange County Veterans Food Pantry, Tri-County Council for Vietnam Era War Veterans and the Unified Military Affairs Council, in addition to other local organizations that serve communities within ShopRite’s trading area. In 2018, ShopRite raised more than $1 million to benefit local veterans’ organizations, yielding the most funds

raised for a Veterans Fundraising Campaign in a single year. More than $5 million has been raised since the campaign’s 2009 inception. “This campaign relies on the efforts and generosity of ShopRite customers, store associates and vendors, and we would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who continues to support this important initiative year after year,” said Brett Wing, president and chief operating officer, ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc. ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc., which owns and operates 35 stores in New York and New Jersey, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wakefern Food Corp., the largest supermarket cooperative in the U.S. with more than 276 ShopRite

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supermarkets located in six states. The full list of ShopRite stores participating in the veterans fundraising campaign in New York includes in Albany County includes: ShopRite of Albany, ShopRite of Colonie and ShopRite of Slingerlands; in Columbia County: ShopRite of Hudson; in Dutchess County: ShopRite of Fishkill, ShopRite of Lagrangeville and ShopRite of Poughkeepsie; in Orange County: ShopRite of Chester, ShopRite of Dolson Avenue and ShopRite of Wallkill in Middletown, ShopRite of Monroe, ShopRite of Montgomery, ShopRite of Newburgh, ShopRite of Vails Gate, and ShopRite of Warwick; in Putnam County: ShopRite of Carmel; in Rensselaer County: ShopRite of North Greenbush; in Schenectady County: ShopRite of Niskayuna; in Sullivan County: ShopRite of Liberty, ShopRite of Monticello; in Ulster County: ShopRite of Ellenville, ShopRite of Kingston, and ShopRite of New Paltz; in Westchester County: ShopRite of Bedford, ShopRite of Cortlandt, ShopRite of Croton, ShopRite of New Rochelle, ShopRite of Scarsdale, ShopRite of Thornwood, ShopRite of Greenway Plaza and ShopRite of Tuckahoe Road in Yonkers and ShopRite of White Plains.

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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

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

Thursday, June 13 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

Tuesday, June 18 n Athens Village Planning Board 6:30 p.m. at Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens

Wednesday, June 19 n Catskill Central School District

BOE 7 p.m. in the CHS Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill n Catskill Town Board committee meeting 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill

Thursday, June 20 n Coxsackie Village Planning Board 7 p.m. June 20 at Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Tuesday, June 25 n Catskill Town Planning Board 7

Editor’s Note: A charge is not a conviction. All persons listed are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges can be amended or dismissed.

STATE POLICE n Marc J. Krein, 46, of Bonita Springs, Florida, was arrested at 12:20 a.m. May 14 in Cairo and charged with driving while intoxicated and driving while intoxicated by alcohol or drugs, both unclassified misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Jeffrey O. Heller, 23. of Somers, was arrested at 1:42 a.m. May 16 in Cairo and charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class C felony. He was released on his own recognizance. n Walter F. Berninger, 71, of Hanncroix, was arrested at 9:21 p.m. May 15 in New Baltimore and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Raymond P. Catina, 57, of Westerlo, was arrested at 11:33 p.m. May 15 in Greenville and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Carl E. Lundell, 57, of Freehold, was arrested at 6:15 p.m. May 15 in Greenville and charged with

driving while intoxicated and aggravated DWI, both with prior convictions and classified as class E felonies; aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a class E felony; and operating a motor vehicle without an interlock device, a class A misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Emma N. Ijiogbe, 21, of Gardiner, was arrested at 8:10 p.m. May 15 in Athens and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08%, driving while intoxicated and aggravated DWI, all unclassified misdemeanors. She was issued an appearance ticket. n Stacy A. Blowers, 49,

of Coxsackie, was arrested at 9:14 p.m. May 17 in Coxsackie and charged with second-degree obstruction of governmental administration and resisting arrest, both class A misdemeanors; operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08%, driving while intoxicated and aggravated DWI, all unclassified misdemeanors. She was issued an appearance ticket. n Jessica Brill, 36, of Freehold, was arrested at 12:23 a.m. May 18 in Durham and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a bloodalcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors. She was issued an appearance ticket.

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Honor the fallen on Memorial Day Flags will fly proudly and veterans will march with their heads held high in parades Monday as Greene and Columbia counties honor service members who gave their lives in the line of duty. Memorial Day 2019 will feature marching bands, grand marshals, color guards, rifle salutes, taps and solemn ceremonies as surviving veterans and the families of those who died in 100 years of American wars pay tribute to millions of brave fighting men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice. We live in a time when veterans are fighting again, this time for health care appropriate to the lingering effects of Agent Orange, homefront economic benefits and relief from the nightmares caused by post-traumatic stress disorder. Young veterans search for jobs. Aging veterans hope to retire with dignity. We will think Monday

about the dwindling number of living World War II veterans. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, around 496,000 American veterans from the war were estimated to still be alive in September 2018. We will think about a sobering statistic: America is losing 372 veterans per day and only 620,000 of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II were alive in 2016, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Scores of local soldiers from Greene and Columbia counties, many of them friends and neighbors, laid down their lives to defend liberty and fight tyranny in World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. We will think of them on Memorial Day. We will carry them in our hearts as long as we live. No words can adequately describe the emotions of Memorial Day. How do you express the meaning

of the ultimate sacrifice? Nothing we say can fill the void in the hearts of families and friends who lost loved ones in places bearing names we never heard and could not pronounce. On this Memorial Day, we will reflect on an intangible quality that all service members must possess. They have the strength and courage to stand up for what they believe. If they can travel to distant lands and fight, and perhaps die, defending an ideal, how much can each one of us give? We encourage young people to attend Monday’s ceremonies. On Memorial Day we will honor ordinary people asked to do something extraordinary — risk all they possess, sacrifice time with wives, husbands, children, friends and relatives, live and work in unspeakable conditions and perhaps breathe their last breath in defense of the nation.

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Several weeks after a reporter refused to tell police the identity of a confidential news source, his house was raided by authorities. Armed with a warrant, they used a sledgehammer to break down the front gate of his home. They handcuffed the reporter, searched his house and office, and seized computers, cameras, hard drives, notes and other materials. This assault on the media did not occur, as one might assume, in some autocratic or Third World country where there are no First Amendment protections, but in San Francisco, a most liberal city in a most liberal state. And as troubling as these events are, what is even more confounding is the refusal by authorities to acknowledge they did anything wrong; instead, they sought to blame the reporter and criminalize legitimate newsgathering.

“We believe the line was crossed,” San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott said at an extraordinary news conference this week in which he said freelance journalist Bryan Carmody was a suspect in a crime. Carmody had obtained and sold to local TV stations a confidential police report related to the death of the city’s elected public defender who had been critical of police. The leak of details surrounding his death was seen as payback to smear the public defender’s reputation; police were embarrassed and pressed to find the source of the leak. Fine for the police to try to determine whether someone in their department acted wrongly, but Carmody’s receipt and distribution of a leaked government report is an action that is not only common in the media but protected by the First Amendment. California’s shield law protects

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reporters from being compelled to reveal their sources. The information in the police report, as the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press noted in an amicus brief filed in an ongoing court case by media organizations (including The Post), was clearly newsworthy and likely subject to disclosure under the state’s public-records law. Carmody was not the only reporter disseminating information from the report, and it has been suggestedthat police went after him because he lacked the resources available to news organizations. Good, then, that his case has been taken up nationally by press advocates, focusing attention on the importance of an independent press and the need to protect the ability of journalists to gather and report news.

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Trump, Obama and Congress to blame for disturbing Iranian policy WASHINGTON — Difficulties with Iran will recur regularly, like the oscillations of a sine wave, and the recent crisis — if such it was, or is — illustrates persistent U.S. intellectual and institutional failures, starting with this: The Trump administration’s assumption, and that of many in Congress, is that if the president wants to wage war against a nation almost the size of Mexico (and almost four times larger than Iraq) and with 83 million people (more than double that of Iraq), there is no constitutional hindrance to him acting unilaterally. In April, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was pressed in a Senate hearing to pledge that the administration would not regard the 2001 authorization for the use of military force against al-Qaida and other non-state actors responsible for 9/11 as authorization, 18 years later, for war against Iran. Pompeo laconically said he would “prefer to just leave that to lawyers.” Many conservatives who preen as “originalists” when construing all the Constitution’s provisions other than the one pertaining to war powers are unimpressed by the Framers’ intention that Congress should be involved in initiating military force in situations other than repelling sudden attacks. The Economist, which is measured in its judgments and sympathetic to America, tartly referred to the supposed evidence of Iran’s intentions to attack U.S. forces, allies or “interests” as “suspiciously unspecific.” Such skepticism, foreign and domestic, reflects 16-yearold memories of certitudes about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction: remember Secretary of State Colin Powell spending days at the CIA receiving assurances about the evidence. There also are concerns about the impetuosity of a commander in chief who vows that military conflict would mean “the official end” of Iran, whatever that

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WILL means. U.S. policy makes easing economic sanctions against Iran contingent on Iran doing 12 things, most of which (e.g., halting development of ballistic missiles, withdrawing from Syria, ending support for allied groups) it almost certainly will not do. This U.S. policy is congruent with U.S. disregard of this truth: Any nation, however prostrate, poor or ramshackle, that ardently wants nuclear weapons can acquire them. Just four years after Hiroshima, the Soviet Union, which had been laid to waste by World War II, became a nuclear power. China was an impoverished peasant society in 1964 when it detonated a nuclear weapon. Pakistan’s per capita income was $470 in 1998 when it joined the nuclear club. In the more than a decade since North Korea acquired nuclear weapons, U.S. policy has pronounced this “unacceptable.” But U.S. behavior has been to accept it while unfurling the tattered flag of arms control — hoping to talk North Korea into giving up what it has devoted three decades to developing. Fifteen years ago, Condoleezza Rice, then George W. Bush’s national security adviser, said that an abstraction (the “international community”) would not “allow the Iranians to develop a nuclear weapon.” Allow? In 2012, President Obama said: “Iran’s leaders should understand that I do not have a policy of containment. I have a policy to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.” If — probably when

— that policy fails, we shall have a policy of containment, or a major war. Trump’s national-security apparatus might include a plucky cohort of regime changers who, undaunted by 18 discouraging years (Afghanistan, Iraq), cling to the fatal conceit that U.S. policies, such as sanctions, can manipulate the internal dynamics of societies such as Iran’s. In any case, today’s president is, in one respect, like his predecessor: Obama denied that hundreds of U.S. air strikes that killed hundreds in Libya and helped to destroy a regime constituted involvement in “hostilities.” Trump recently vetoed a congressional resolution that would have terminated U.S. involvement with Saudi Arabia and its allies in the war in Yemen, by the terms of the 1973 War Powers Resolution. It forbids the “introduction” of U.S. forces into “hostilities” for more than 90 days without congressional authorization. It defines “introduction” to include the assignment of U.S. military “to command, coordinate, participate in the movement of, or accompany the ... military forces of any foreign country or government when such military forces are engaged ... in hostilities.” The U.S. military is providing intelligence, logistical support and, for a time, occasional in-flight refueling of Saudi bombers. This certainly constitutes involvement in the commanding, coordinating and movement of military forces. This is similarly certain: Whatever the U.S. does to Iran militarily will be decided unilaterally by this president. But his predecessor, and today’s Congress and previous Congresses, will be implicated in the absence of restraint by laws or norms. George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com. (c) 2019, Washington Post Writers Group

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Greene County Jail proposal — a massive financial mistake to correct To the editor: As a local resident and taxpayer for 35 years, I can tell you that building a new jail facility in a regional environment that contains more than 600+ vacant jail beds in 5 counties that border Greene County is lacking fiscal responsibility across the board. This is especially true of Greene County. A “shared facility” or a “regional jail” has long been envisioned in New York state and dates back to a 1991 AG Formal Opinion issued by Robert Abrams. In response to a State Commission of Corrections (SCOC) request for a review, the AG held that “special legislation” was not required to authorize “regional jails.” He ruled that Article 5-G of the Municipalities

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Law — applying to counties as well — empowered two or more counties to enter into an agreement to “establish a regional jail operated by one or more counties.” County Law 217 requires counties to “maintain a county jail as prescribed by law.” Abrams held that the law — Article 5-G — defined state law as “authorizing the establishment of regional jails through municipal cooperation agreements.” The SCOC followed that determination but no regional jails were developed. Many interpret County Law 217 as requiring each county to have a jail within its own borders. However, County Law 217 states that the jail matter is “according to law.” The 1991 AG Formal Opinion held that the law permitted “regional

jails” between two or more counties. To eliminate confusion, the State Legislature can amend the statute, along with others, to make the regional jail option crystal clear. Right now, Greene County is surrounded by more than 600 vacant facility beds. With the change in the cash-bail system applied in January, this number will swell further — 800+ or more. Hasn’t the time come to regionalize pre-trial jail occupancy to balance occupancy in a regional sense — and taxpayer cost — as “fiscally efficient and prudent.” Such a determination would save tens of millions of tax dollars in Greene County as well as any participating receiving county. ROBERT JANISZEWSKI TANNERSVILLE

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Julie Albers Ertl Julie Albers Ertl, 61 passed vors include her loving husband, away on Tuesday May 21, 2019 Dr. Janika Ertl; devoted mother at her residence in Carto Stephanie, Jani and mel, Indiana after a six Karchi Ertl all of Carmel, year battle with canIndiana. She also leaves cer. She was born on her siblings, Paul (TamFebruary 23, 1958 in mi) Albers of Copake Gt. Barrington, MA, and Diane (David) Deckthe daughter of the late er of Millerton along William and June (Silwith her beloved canine vernail) Albers. Julie companion, Lanie. Priwas raised in Copake vate services will be held and was a graduate of at the convenience of Ertl Taconic Hills Central the family. To leave an School. She later was employed online condolence please visit by IBM in Poughkeepsie. Survi- www.peckandpeck.net.

Lottie Brooks Lottie Brooks, age 63, of South Cairo, went to be with the Lord Friday, May 24, 2019, after a long battle with cancer, at Albany Medical Center Hospital. Lottie was born December 19, 1955 in Kingston, New York, the daughter of the late Theodore and Frances (Cutting) Cooper Sr. Lottie was loved by her brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, and all who knew her. Lottie was predeceased by her husband Norman F. Brooks; and three brothers, Theodore Cooper Jr., Jack

Cooper, Dean Cooper. Lottie is survived by five siblings, Dennis Cooper, Lydia Cooper-Pugh, Rodney Cooper, Denise Marin, Douglas Cooper; and many cousins, nieces, and nephews. Relatives and friends may call 3-6 PM Monday at Traver &amp; McCurry Funeral Home, 234 Jefferson Heights, Catskill. Funeral services will be held 12 Noon Tuesday at the funeral home. Reverend Richard Pugh will be officiating. Interment will be at Wiltwyck Cemetery in Kingston.

Anita (Rizzuto) DeGiovine GREENVILLE – Anita (Rizzuto) Anita worked in the insurance DeGiovine entered eternal life on and hospitality industries. Anita May 23, 2019 surrounded by her was a woman of great faith, who family. Anita was born on March treasured her parish of St.John 1, 1928 to the late Elizabeth the Baptist and served many (Steck) and Leonardo Rizzuto in ministries there. In her retirement, Brooklyn, NY. She had an older Anita served on and traveled with step-brother and sister, Charles several senior citizen groups. Ganzert and Catherine Reno. But, by far, Anita’s greatest pasShe had a younger sister, Caro- sions were caring for her family, line (Rizzuto) Badami. making friends wherever All predeceased her. she went, and cooking Anita attended PS 214 fantastic meals. Special and East New York Vothanks to her caregivcational School, where ers, who became famshe graduated with ily during her prolonged a secretarial degree. illness: Kelly Marfioti, She worked for a time Melissa Lovelock, and in the fashion industry Renee Chase. The world in NYC before marryis sadder today for her ing Richard DeGiovine departure. May she rest DeGiovine on November 26, 1949. in peace. Calling hours Anita and Richard had five chil- will be held on Sunday May 26 th dren: Christopher, Leonard from 4 to 8pm at A.J. Cunning(Jyl), the late Richard (Cindy), ham Funeral Home, 4898 State Stacey, and Maria (Mark) Jen- Route 81, Greenville. A Mass of nings. She has 9 grandchildren, Christian Burial will be offered 9 great-grandchildren, and 1 on Monday May 27 th at 12pm great-great-grandchild. After at St. John the Baptist Church, the death of Richard, Anita mar- 4987 State Route 81, Greenville, ried James (Bud) Schaeffer and followed by burial in Hannacroix enjoyed many years traveling Rural Cemetery. Donations in and enjoying retirement. Anita Anita’s memory can be made to and Richard moved their fam- St. John the Baptist Church, PO ily to Greenville in 1955, where Box 340, Greenville, NY 12083. she has resided ever since. In Condolences can be posted at addition to the fashion industry, ajcunninghamfh.com.

Charles J. Purcell Charles J. Purcell, loving husband and father, age 86 years, of Catskill, passed away on May 22, 2019 at Columbia Memorial Hospital, Hudson, N.Y. He was born on November 8, 1932 in Archibald, PA., and is the son of the late Joseph and Alice (Reedy) Purcell. Besides his parents, Charles is predeceased by his wife of 45 years, Lois in 2008, sharing an incredible love and devotion to one another. Charles is also predeceased by his brother Robert and his sister Alice. Survivors include his daughter Nancy and her husband George and his son Joseph and his wife Colleen, and two grandsons Timothy Nichols and Evan Purcell. During Charles’ lifetime he served his country proudly in The United States Army during The Korean Conflict, he was a retiree

after thirty years of employment from The A and J Washroom Accessories Company as plant manager, and he enjoyed being a pilot. Charles was a loving, kind and generous man. Relatives and frPiends are cordially invited to memorial services on Wednesday, May 29, 2019, at 6:00P.M. at Richards Funeral Home, 29 Bross Street, Cairo, N.Y., with Honor Guard services taking place at the funeral home at that time. Contributions in his memory may be made to The American Cancer Society, Memorial Processing Center, 6725 Lyons Street, P.O. Box 7, East Syracuse, N.Y. 13057 or to The American Diabetes Association, National Processing Center, P.O. Box 13067, Alexandria, VA 22312. Condolences may be made at www.richardsfuneralhomeinc.net.

Trump administration proposes rollback of transgender protections Erica L. Green and Abby Goodnough The New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has formally proposed to roll back Obama-era civil rights for transgender people in the nation’s health care system, eliminating “gender identity” as a factor in health care and leaning government policy toward recognizing only immutable characteristics of sex at birth. The Department of Health and Human Services published its proposed regulation Friday, which eliminates a 2016 regulation inserted by the Obama administration that redefined discrimination “on the basis of sex” to include gender identity. The Obama administration adopted the rule in question in 2016 to carry out a civil rights provision of the Affordable Care Act, known as Section 1557. That provision prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in “any health program or activity” that receives federal financial assistance. The 2016 rule further defined the term “gender identity” to mean a person’s “internal sense of gender, which may be male, female, neither, or a combination of male and female, and which may be different from an individual’s sex assigned at birth.” In December 2016, a

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federal judge in Fort Worth, Texas, ruled that “Congress did not understand ‘sex’ to include ‘gender identity,’” and the Trump administration, rather than appealing, has said it will bring the civil rights provision of the Affordable Care Act into compliance. “When Congress prohibited sex discrimination, it did so according to the plain meaning of the term, and we are making our regulations conform,” Roger Severino, the director of the Office for Civil Rights at the

department, said in a statement announcing the new rules Friday. “The American people want vigorous protection of civil rights and faithfulness to the text of the laws passed by their representatives. The proposed rule would accomplish both goals,” he said. Last year, Severino pushed for a legal definition of sex under Title IX, the federal civil rights law that bans gender discrimination in education programs that receive government financial assistance.

Flooding, more pain for Missouri and Oklahoma Julie Bosman and Timothy Williams The New York Times News Service

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Much of the central United States braced Friday for another day of nasty storms, raging floodwaters and the potential for powerful tornadoes as residents across the region nervously watched river levels rise. The severe weather will race from Texas to the Great Lakes region Friday, bringing with it fierce winds, hail and potentially more tornadoes in a region that has found itself fighting multiple crises through a waterlogged, miserable spring. Jefferson City, hit by a tornado Wednesday, is now under threat of widespread flooding from the Missouri River. The river is expected to crest early Saturday at more than 32 feet — 11 feet higher than flood level, according to the National Weather Service. And in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Army Corps of Engineers continued to release water at a dam northwest of the city to help drain the Arkansas River watershed, which has been deluged by the series of pounding storms in recent months. No one died in the Jefferson City tornado. The mayor says that has a lot to do with obedience — and luck. The winds of the storm that roared through this city of 40,000 on Wednesday night reached 160 mph. The damage left behind was extensive — collapsed buildings, smashed cars, roofs torn away. Yet only 25 people were injured and no one was killed, a fact that Carrie

Tergin, the mayor of Jefferson City, attributes to obedience and luck. “It was preparedness and paying attention and timing,” she said. “We were just blessed that it happened at 11:30 p.m.” At that hour, most people were home, rather than at work, out to dinner or on the road. Tergin pointed to several businesses that sustained mayor damage — a Sonic drive-in, a car dealership — that were empty when the storm hit. If they had been full of people, it could have been disastrous, she said. There was also a sense of vigilance. In the days before the tornado, severe weather warnings about flooding and storms in Missouri had been all over the news, possibly raising the public’s general sense of alarm. “If you turned your TV on that night, you saw that severe weather was happening around the state,” she said. “People paid attention to the warnings.” Parts of Tulsa are being inundated by floodwater. Amid predictions of the worst flooding in decades in Oklahoma’s second-largest city, the authorities were shutting down parts of Tulsa and encouraging residents who live in neighborhoods near the Arkansas River to evacuate. The city had already begun a series of controlled releases from the Keystone Dam along the swollen Arkansas River on Thursday afternoon, inundating parts of some neighborhoods. The releases, at a rate of up to 250,000 cubic feet per second, will continue through

Sunday. While there were no mandatory evacuations yet, emergency officials said that affected residents should be prepared to be out of their homes a week or longer. “Please don’t wait for us to make an announcement that your neighborhood needs to evacuate, and then start preparing.” the mayor of Tulsa, G.T. Bynum, said Thursday. Residents relived the moment the tornado hit: ‘It sounds like there’s a train coming.’ At the Hawthorne Park Apartments in Jefferson City, a complex of modest two-story brick buildings, residents trickled back in Thursday afternoon to survey the damage from the tornado. In some buildings, the roofs were peeled back or missing, windows were blown out, and shag carpets were glittering with glass. An iron fence surrounding the swimming pool was bent and flattened, nearly horizontal to the ground. On nearly every surface were sodden puffs of yellow and pink insulation that had been ripped out of the walls. Residents, still shaken by the storm, said there were no basements they knew of where they could have sheltered. Jarvis Jackson, 24, said his neighbor called and warned him that the tornado was coming. “I ran into the bathroom and the whole building started shaking,” he said. Devan Webb, 17, woke up his grandmother, Linda Webb, in the next room, and told her that he had heard a tornado siren — not once,

Three more die on Mount Everest during climbing season Bhadra Sharma and Austin Ramzy The New York Times News Service

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Three more people died Thursday on Mount Everest, as crowds of climbers added to the dangers of attempting to scale the world’s highest peak. The three died just days after a widely circulated photo showed a long line of climbers extending along a narrow ridge, waiting to reach the 29,029-foot summit and its expansive view of the

“Sex means a person’s status as male or female based on immutable biological traits identifiable by or before birth,” the department proposed in the memo, which was obtained by The New York Times. “The sex listed on a person’s birth certificate, as originally issued, shall constitute definitive proof of a person’s sex unless rebutted by reliable genetic evidence.” Severino said Friday that the agency would no longer seek to define sex.

Himalayas. Two others died on Mount Everest earlier this week. Expedition operators said the crowding was a result of a record number of permits issued by Nepal and a period of clear weather, which led several groups to push for the summit at once. Two Indian climbers died Thursday while ascending from the more heavily traversed Nepal side, while another person died on the Tibetan side of the

mountain. One of the Indian climbers, Nihal Bagwan, died Thursday evening after reaching the summit in the morning, said Keshav Poudel, managing director of Peak Promotion, the operation that organized Bagwan’s attempt. The large number of climbers contributed to his death, Poudel said. “The climber was stuck in traffic some four to five hours and died of exhaustion,” he said, adding that Sherpa

guides had provided water and tried to save him. Kalpana Dash, an Indian woman who first climbed Mount Everest in 2008, died Thursday while descending the summit, said Mira Acharya, an official at Nepal’s Department of Tourism. “Her legacy in mountaineering will inspire generations of young women in the state,” said Naveen Patnaik, the chief minister of Dash’s home state of Odisha.

but twice. Linda Webb, 71, stopped and listened. “It sounds like there’s a train coming,” she told him. “There aren’t any trains around here,” he responded. They ran for the bathroom and survived without a scratch — only the living room window was broken.

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Ticks, deer and others Thirty years ago very few humans were ever bitten by a tick in this part of the country. Part of my job as the Cornell Extension agent was to identify insects and other pests for local residents and occasionally (perhaps once a year) someone would bring in a dog or wood tick that bit a human. Human tick bites were very rare, however, until a “new” tick started showing up in the 1990s that clearly had a desire for human blood. The new tick at first was thought to be a newly identified species and was named Ixodes dammini. It was called “deer tick” because it was found mostly on deer, where the ticks spent the winter. Further investigation determined it was not a new tick species, but rather an already named species called Ixodes scapularis, aka, the southern black-legged tick. This tick is relatively common in southern states, but was rarely seen in the North. What has never been explained, or even seriously investigated, to my knowledge, was why these ticks suddenly developed a pronounced preference for human blood, when previously that was not the case. Many millions of research dollars have been expended looking for new treatments for, or better ways to diagnose, tick-borne illnesses, but this fundamental question remains unanswered. I guess pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies have more clout when it comes to getting grant money than ecological researchers. It was quickly discovered that this tick is responsible for transmitting Lyme disease, a bacterial infection. Several years later it was also discovered that the deer tick was also capable of transmitting other, serious diseases such as babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, anaplas-

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BEYFUSS mosis and a potentially deadly virus. Fairly recently, in the past several years, a few other tick species, including a newly discovered species in New York, the Asian tick, have been implicated in carrying some really nasty diseases, but the majority of reported cases are still due to the deer tick. The explosion of deer tick numbers and consequent human cases of Lyme disease has caused all of us who spend time outdoors to be especially wary. Backyard gardeners are as much at risk as turkey hunters who have a fondness for napping on the forest floor. Ticks may be found almost everywhere outdoors, but they have a preference for habitat that features tall grasses and brush. Ticks do not jump like fleas, nor can they fly like mosquitoes. They simply wait in ambush for an animal or a human to brush by and then they grab onto clothing or fur or feathers. Once the tick has successfully hitchhiked a ride on your clothing it looks for a good place to take a bite. This usually takes several hours and most ticks can be brushed off one’s clothes before they bite, if you look for them frequently. They seem to prefer tight, constricted places such as under your underwear waistband, tops of socks, or under a woman’s bra strap. In my career I interviewed hundreds of

tick-bite victims and none of them were bitten on the head, on the feet, hands, face or any other exposed area. They do seem to favor the groin area in both men and women. Tick bites are generally not painful at first and often go unnoticed because the tick secretes a pain-numbing substance in its saliva as it burrows its entire head into flesh. The tick’s mouthparts consist of two saw-like appendages that cut into flesh on both sides of a jagged beak. This jagged beak makes it difficult to yank out the tick once fully inserted. Inside the beak, are two straw like tubes. One of these tubes secretes saliva to thin the blood as well as the pain-numbing substance. The other tube withdraws blood, like a tiny syringe. It generally takes from 12 hours to 24 or more hours of feeding on your blood for a tick to become fully engorged with your blood. The tick’s body will swell up to five times or more of its original size in the process. Fully engorged ticks really are quite conspicuous. The color of the engorged tick will also change in color from red or black, to blue/grey or tan. If you should discover a tick attached to you, remove it with a tweezers as soon as possible by grabbing it as close to the skin as possible and yanking it out. Do not apply any substance to the tick such as Vaseline, or dish soap to get it to release its bite, despite what you ma have read on Facebook. While this may allow easier removal of the tick, it also causes the tick to upchuck infected blood back into you. That is precisely how people get Lyme or the other diseases. I will continue this subject next week.

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Catskill Elementary School welcomed children’s authors Diane DeGroat and Dan Sadlowski for a surprise visit May 3. Both authors did readings and question-and-answer sessions with students in the school’s library. Dan Sadlowski’s book, “Finding Brooklyn and the Next Great Superhero,” is about a girl who discovers the powers that make her special. Sadlowski reminded students in grades 3-5 that everyone can be a superhero using their own inner gifts. Sadlowski teaches technology at Richmond Consolidated School, an elementary and middle school in Richmond, Massachusetts. He hopes his story empowers kids and instills bravery during tough times. In each presentation, he asked CES students to identify some of their own “super” strengths. He is pictured talking to third graders in the Catskill Elementary School Library.

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Cairo Hannaford Store Manager Jim Purdy presents a $1,000 grant check the Cairo-Durham Elementary School Student Council and Principal Christopher Stein and Assistant Principal Danielle Czech.

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MAY 25 CATSKILL — The Alan Devoe Bird Club will hold a bird walk May 25 at Ramshorn-Livingston Sanctuary, 109 Dubois Road, Catskill. Meet 7:30 a.m. at the parking area. Crossing the Rip Van Winkle Bridge from east to west, turn left at first traffic light onto Route 385. Continue 2.5 miles through the Village of Catskill. Turn left on West Main Street after crossing the Catskill Creek. Continue 0.8 miles to small rotary; exit rotary on Dubois Road. Proceed 0.1 miles to Ramshorn parking area on right. Call trip coordinator Larry Federman at 518-678-3248 to register for this trip. If no calls the trip will be cancelled. Children are welcome but must be accompanied by an adult. PRATTSVILLE — The Zadock Pratt Museum Bake Sale will be held 10 a.m.-1 p.m. May 25 at Jim Eisel’s Great American, Main Street, Prattsville. For information, call Susie Walsh, Pratt Museum, at 518-937-6120 (suzanwal5@ aol.com). HUDSON — Hudson River Historic Boat’s Treasure Sale will be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. May 25 at 24 Becraft Ave., Hudson. Rain date June 1. SARATOGA SPRINGS — The 2019 Memorial Day Ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. May 25 at the Main Flagpole Assembly Area, GBHS Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga Springs. Featured in the ceremony will be the Albany Marching Falcons, Civil War Cannon Salute, #AFFlyover, bagpiper, Flander’s Field poem and more.

MAY 27 PRATTSVILLE — Annual Prattsville Memorial Day Parade will step off at 1 p.m. May 27 on Maple Lane. Line up 12:30 p.m. Sponsored by American Legion Virgil E. Deyo Post 1327, Prattsville. Ceremonies to honor deceased American Veterans to follow at Prattsville Town Green. For information, call 518-299-3635.

JUNE 1 GREENVILLE — The annual Plant, Flea Market and Bake Sale, sponsored by The Clematis Garden Club, will again be held 9 a.m.-noon June 1 at GNH Parking Lot, Greenville. A large selection of easy to grow in our area perennials, annuals, shrubs, vegetable and houseplants will be offered at reasonable prices. A Flea Market including useful and collectible indoor and outdoor garden and household items will be offered in a trunk sale setting. Clematis Garden Club members will be happy to answer any gardening questions. This sale is a great chance to pick up unique and easily grown plants by local gardeners and search for great flea

market finds. The sale will be held rain or shine. Look for the balloons on the cars and Clematis Club members wearing their green aprons. For information, call Jean Horn 518966-4260. TANNERSVILLE — Mountain Top Arboretum Bird ID Walk with Larry Federman will be held 8-10:30 a.m. June 1 at the Mountain Top Arboretum, 4 Maude Adams Road, Tannersville. Audubon Society Educator Larry Federman leads our annual guided tour through the Arboretum’s birdrich habitats. We’ll look for warblers, bluebirds and other migrating birds as they build their nests and start families or pass through to their northern nesting sites. June offers one of the best opportunities to see beautiful North American birds. Bring binoculars, boots, attentive eyes and ears. Register inside the Education Center. Members, free; nonmembers, $10. Advance reservations are not necessary. For information, call 518-5893903.

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The troll living under the Church Briefs refrigerator TURKEY DINNER

I know it’s around here somewhere. I haven’t actually seen it yet but all the signs that it exists are definitely there. I’m almost totally certain that our house has a troll. Not one of those big ugly ones that aren’t too bright, smell bad and live under bridges, but a little guy who is pretty smart and who has mischief on his mind. He has a lot of the characteristics of a poltergeist, but since I’m not really sure I believe in ghosts and I know that trolls are for real, having read “Billy Goat Gruff” at an early age, I prefer to think that our house guest is of the trollish persuasion. I haven’t discussed this with the Queen of our house. She has a much firmer grip on reality than I have and probably wouldn’t understand my reasons for having come to this conclusion. I’ll try to get some firmer evidence before bringing the matter up. He (I’m assuming it to be a male because of the silliness of some of his pranks) moves or hides things. This gets to be annoying. I find myself with growing frequency finding that things are not where I know with certainty I have put them. For example, this morning when I was going out to play in the gardens I went to put on my favorite baseball cap since the sun was hot, and being bereft of my own natural covering, I wished to avoid a

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BROOKS sun-scorched scalp. It was not on the hook where I faithfully hang it upon removal. It was nowhere to be found so I had to wear my second best cap. Later in the day, I found the cap lying on the porch glider. The little devil must have stuck it there when I was outside harvesting weeds in the garden. Still later in the day, he got my glasses. I looked everywhere, in all the usual places, not there. I was on my way into the kitchen to look for them when, pausing to admire myself in the hallway mirror, I discovered them perched atop my forehead, how he got them there without my knowledge is beyond me! Being by nature a very tolerant, forgiving old guy, I could probably live with the little guy without many problems except for the fact that he’s always getting me in trouble with the Queen. Since she doesn’t know about his presence, she frequently blames

me for things that are misplaced or missing. I know I didn’t take her hair brush, I have no reason or need to have taken it. She later discovered it in her purse, where I’m sure the troll had put it. I don’t like being the fall guy. I think he lives under the refrigerator; Telly, the faithful canine, frequently looks under it. I’d set a trap but I don’t really want to hurt him. I do have to grudgingly admire his stealth and cunning. He hides or moves so many of our things that it’s a wonder he can do it without being seen or heard. Telly will interrupt one of his many naps, raise his head and listen intently. I figure he can hear him. I think he has made a deal with him — Telly won’t bother him as long as he leaves Telly’s food dish alone. Dogs are clever that way. The Queen is calling me. She wants to know where I put the checkbook. I think I’ll call him Treeroc, that’s a properly trollish name. Thought for the week — What happened to Roebuck? When I was growing up it was Sears and Roebuck, now it’s just Sears. Where did Roebuck go? It just doesn’t seem or sound right somehow. Until next week, may you and yours be happy and well.

SOUTH BETHLEHEM — The South Bethlehem United Methodist Church, 65 Willowbrook Ave., South Bethlehem, will serve a turkey dinner 4:30-7 p.m. June 7. Eat in or take out. Adults, $10; children 10-12, $5; children 9 and younger, free. For information, call Emily Shutter at 518-813-0661.

ANNUAL SPRING SALE EAST JEWETT — The annual spring sale will be held 4-7 p.m. June 7 and 9 a.m.noon June 8 at the East Jewett United Methodist Church, 2252 Route 23C, East Jewett. Lots of housewares, pots and pans, dishes, utensils, glassware, clothing, shoes, books and toys. Refreshments available including soup, hot dogs, salads and homemade pies.

FRIENDSHIP CRAFT FESTIVAL RICHFIELD SPRINGS — The 40th Annual Friendship Craft Festival sponsored by

the Church Of Christ Uniting in Richfield Springs will take place 9 a.m.-3 p.m. June 8 in Spring Park on Scenic US Route 20. In addition to Spring Park being filled with crafters from a wide area with unique handcrafted items, the Church’s “famous” bake sale will return, and a Brooks’ chicken BBQ will be served from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. The Richfield Youth Sports organization will once again be selling hamburgers, hot dogs, hot sausage, french fries and a variety of beverages.

YARD SALE SAUGERTIES — The Katsbaan Ladies Aid Society Yard Sale & Bake Sale will be held, rain or shine, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. June 14 and June 15 in the Katsbaan Reformed Church Hall, 1801 Old Kings Highway, Saugerties. Household items, toys, books, jewelry and delicious homemade baked goods.

CHICKEN BARBECUES CAIRO — The Cairo United Methodist Church annual Giffy’s Chicken Barbecue will be held 4-6 p.m. June 19 on the lawn in front of Fellowship Hall, 488 Main St., Cairo. The meal includes half a chicken, baked potato, cole slaw, roll and butter, juice and homemade dessert. The cost is $12. Advance orders are suggested. Call Betty at 518-622-3602, Kathy at 518622-8172 or Sue at 518-6228239 to order tickets. ATHENS — A chicken barbecue catered by Tom Frese of Ravena will be held 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. June 23 at the First Reformed Church of Athens, 18 North Church St., Athens. Take out only. The menu includes half a chicken, baked potato, corn on the cob, cole slaw, roll and butter, cookie. The cost is $12. Pre–sales only. For information and tickets, call 518-3349488.

Reach Dick Brooks at Whittle12124@yahoo.com.

Marist’s Woodstock anniversary conference to feature panel discussion POUGHKEEPSIE — Marist College’s Hudson River Valley Institute (HRVI) has announced new details about the upcoming conference, “1969: When Woodstock Changed theWorld.” “We Are Golden: A Woodstock Anniversary Panel Discussion,” the concluding conference event 7 p.m. June 14, will be led by Wade Lawrence, museum director of the Museum at Bethel Woods. The panel will

feature renowned photographer Elliott Landy (official photographer of the Woodstock Festival), Nick and Bobbi Ercoline (festival attendees who appeared on the iconic Woodstock album cover), Rachel Marco-Havens (writer, activist, and daughter of original Woodstock performer Richie Havens), and guitarist and singer/songwriter Chogyi Lama (who is also the grandson of Richie Havens).

The conference will run June 13 and June 14 on the Marist campus in Poughkeepsie. All events are open to the public but pre-registration is required. To register for events at Marist’s conference, go to http://maristconnect.marist. edu/woodstock2019. Capacity for the Bethel Woods field trip on June 13 is very limited; early registration is encouraged. The field trip cost is $30.

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Pastor: Fr. Scott VanDerveer Weekly Mass: 9:00 a.m. Wed & Thurs Saturday Vigil 4:30 p.m. Sunday 9:30 a.m. Food Pantry Hours: Tues & Thurs 10-11 a.m. Wednesday 6-7:00 p.m. Thrift Shop Hours: Wed. 6:00-7:00 Thurs, Fri. & Sat. 1:00-3:00 p.m.

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

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

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lution was critical to getting summer roadwork done. “The county gets a benefit out of this,” Linger said. “I understand Charlie’s point. I’m not appreciative of the letter we got, either. The benefit we get by allowing this is long hours in the summer for paving.” Groden is not in a position to offer Local 968 alternate health care options, he said last month.

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Delgado told business owners he is working on co-sponsoring 80 bills, half of which have received bipartisan support. Among his initiatives, Delgado told businesses, are tax credits for small businesses to hire veterans and their spouses, incentives to businesses that buy from local farms and a Medicare option for employees.

VETERANS FAIR From housing to employment opportunities, recreation to job training, there is a wealth of resources available to those who have sacrificed to protect their country and all it stands for. But many are not aware of all the resources out there to help the nation’s veterans, so Delgado on Friday hosted the 19th Congressional District Veterans Resource Fair to connect veterans with organizations that can assist them. The fair was held at Columbia-Greene Community College. “We must never forget the sacrifices of our service members, that they made on a very profound level for this country to keep our democracy and our freedoms alive,” Delgado told the crowd. “We must never forget the hardships the families

“I’m responsible for putting a budget together,” Groden said. “I try to treat all employees fairly and equally. Some group doesn’t negotiate a better health plan than everybody else.” Donald K. Maben, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 968A, wrote a letter to the Legislature in April, outlining the union’s dissatisfaction with contract negotiations that have been dragging on for the last five years. “As you are aware, the

have to endure, losing loved ones overseas. We must honor these sacrifices to ensure the freedoms for all Americans and citizens of this world. Never forgetting these sacrifices means taking care of our nation’s veterans.” Delgado said he introduced bipartisan legislation Thursday designed to address high unemployment rates among military spouses. The Military Spouse Hiring Act provides incentives for employers to hire spouses of members of the armed forces. He noted he has worked on other bills aimed at assisting veterans. The Veterans Resource Fair drew representatives from a range of organizations that work with veterans, providing everything from job opportunities and training to recreational activities like adaptive sports that encourage disabled veterans to take part in skiing, cycling and hiking. “We offer sporting activities to disabled veterans,” said Caroline Lynch of the Adaptive Sports Foundation. “So we do hiking, mountain biking, road cycling, backpacking, golf, and we also do a women’s-only event. It is to get them out of their homes, to hang out with other veterans who may be going through a similar situation. Our big goal is to get them to find some activity that helps them in their recovery.” The group Heroic Food seeks

employees of the Greene County Highway Department provide an essential, and often dangerous, critical services job funding for the citizens of Greene County,” Maben wrote. “We have not had a valid contract with Greene County since 2014 and are in current arbitration over various contract issues. We deserve a new contract to include a reasonable pay increase and the protection of our earned health benefits.” The other county employee unions made the switch to a new insurance plan

with deductibles, but Local 968 has been resisting the change. Workers are unable to afford the out-of-pocket costs on the new plan, Maben said. “We haven’t had a raise in over a decade,” he said, adding the base salary for highway workers is $34,000. The county is unable to move on salaries until the contract is renewed, Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden said. The recent offer included a raise of 40 cents for the next four years, Maben said,

adding that the membership will find the amount laughable. “They are offering us crumbs instead of a full meal,” he said. “You could make twice as much in the private sector.” Groden said he feels that lower premium costs should offset the higher deductibles. “What they save in premium costs nearly pays for the new deductible,” he said. “They can keep that money in their pockets until they have a medical need.” Maben said any new agreement has to be fair.

“The work we perform is hard, requires long hours in heat and cold and is inherently dangerous,” Maben wrote to legislators. “Just being given an annual pizza event and handshakes from management and our local politicians no longer cuts it with us. “It is only reasonable and proper that the hard working employees of the Greene County Highway Department, and as members of Local 968A of AFSCME, deserve a new contract that properly pays us for our efforts,” Maben wrote.

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Organizations that provide resources to veterans shared information with the community during the Veterans Resources Fair hosted for the first time by U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-19, at Columbia-Greene Community College on Friday.

to help veterans while at the same time address a national shortage of small farms, as the average age of farmers continues to rise. The organization does this by hosting entrepreneur programs revolving around farming, and providing a one-year immersion program where veterans learn about farming on a hands-on level. “We provide farmer training for veterans,” said Jasmin Vazquez from Heroic Food. “Right now America is fighting a number of challenges, one of which is in the rural and agricultural community — the farmers are aging out, so America is running out of farms. It is disastrous. On the other hand, we have veterans who are fac-

ing transition issues, so if we can get veterans on farms, it’s a great bonding experience — they bond with the soil and they bond with other veterans.” Adam Schnopp from Soldier On said his organization aids homeless veterans in finding housing and bringing structure to their lives. He said the Veterans Resource Fair provides valuable information to veterans in educating them about services and programs that can help them. “I hope veterans learn about everything that is available to them,” Schnopp said, adding that they will then spread the information by word of mouth through the veterans’ community.

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U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado addresses the crowd during the 19th Congressional District Veterans Resource Fair held at ColumbiaGreene Community College on Friday.

Barr’s newfound power could prompt clash David E. Sanger The New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s order allowing Attorney General William P. Barr to declassify any intelligence that sparked the opening of the Russia investigation sets up a potential confrontation with the CIA, including over the possible implications for a person close to President Vladimir Putin of Russia who provided information to the CIA about his involvement in Moscow’s 2016 election interference. The concern about the source, who is believed to be still alive, is one of several issues raised by Trump’s decision to use the intelligence to pursue his political enemies. It has also prompted fears from former national security officials and Democratic lawmakers that other sources or methods of intelligence gathering — among the government’s most closely held

secrets — could be made public, not because of leaks to the news media that the administration denounces, but because the president has determined it suits his political purposes. Trump granted Barr’s request for sweeping new authorities to conduct his review of how the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia were investigated. The president ordered the CIA and the other intelligence agencies to cooperate, granting Barr the authority to unilaterally declassify their documents and thus significant leverage over the intelligence community. On Friday afternoon, Trump, heading to his helicopter on the beginning of a trip to Japan, defended his decision and said the declassification would be sweeping. “What are we doing, we are exposing everything,” he told reporters. “We are being transparent.” He expressed no qualms about any national

security implications. Intelligence officials have feared before that their findings were being twisted to political agendas — notably concerns during the run-up to the Iraq War that information about Saddam Hussein’s alleged weapons of mass destruction was being cherrypicked to justify combat. But Trump’s decision is different. It allows Barr, who has used the charged term “spying” to describe efforts to investigate the Trump campaign, sole discretion to declassify the

intelligence behind the FBI’s decision to begin investigating whether any Trump aides or associates were working with the Russians. It also raises the specter that officials ranging from the FBI to the CIA to the National Security Agency, which was monitoring Russian officials, will be questioned about their sources and their intent. The order could be tremendously damaging to the CIA and other intelligence agencies, drying up sources and inhibiting their ability to gather

intelligence, said Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. “The president now seems intent on declassifying intelligence to weaponize it,” Schiff said in an interview. Trump has long held that he was a target of the “deep

state,’’ at various points accusing former President Barack Obama without evidence of tapping his phones, the FBI of secretly trying to undermine his candidacy and past intelligence chiefs of bending their findings to prove Russian involvement in his election victory.

3 7 th A n n u a l Columbia Car Club

CAR SHOW Sunday, June 2nd, 2019 • 9am - 2pm Rain or Shine Columbia County Fairgrounds, Rt 203, Chatham, NY Spectators $4 (Children under 12 free) Show Cars $10 (Spectator Parking off Route 66) A portion of proceeds benefits local charities

Open to all Makes, Models, and years. First 150 Receive a free dash plaque. For more info, call George Bandara at 518-931-4172 Judging from 9:00am – 12:00pm Cars can still come in after 12pm as they did last year to be with friends

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Steve Schoen of Middle Island (left) with a 25 lb. bird, with 1-inch spurs and a 10-inch beard he took on May 21 hunting at Hull O’ Farms in Durham. Frank Hull is pictured on right.

Spring turkey/striper run to end soon By Larry DiDonato

one unconfirmed report of striper spawning in Malden in Ulster County. If are lucky enough to get a close look at the spawn, it’s a fantastic thing to witness. Multiple frenzied smaller male “buck” stripers swim up to female “cows” at the surface causing a lot of surface disturbance as the eggs and milt are released during the process in an effort to successfully propagate the species. One word of caution; if you find yourself in the middle of spawning activity, slow down, stop, or cut your engine if its safe to do so. The frenzied stripers are oblivious to boat traffic and can easily be killed by props or hull strikes. I remember a number of years ago the striper spawn was simultaneous with heavy

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While the Calendar dictates the precise end of the turkey season; (it closes at noon on May 31), the end of the 2019 Hudson River striper spawning run uses quite another metric. Water temperature and the timing of the reproductive cycle of individual egg laden female stripers determine the end of the striper spawning run. Tom Gentalen of River Basin Sport Shop in Catskill aptly said, “The clock is ticking!” He received the first report of spawning activity thirty miles south of Catskill around May 12. With current surface river temps reported above 60 degrees as far north as Albany, mass spawning can take place at any time now. There was

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Hudson’s Charles Goodermote steals second base as Taconic Hills shortstop Kolby Clegg waits for the late throw during Thursday’s Section II Class B opening-round playoff game. Columbia-Greene Media

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Hudson catcher Jack Moon tags out Taconic Hills’ Aiden Leipman during Thursday’s Section II Class B opening-round playoff game.

CRARYVILLE — Jack Moon collected a double, two singles and two RBI to highlight a 16-hit attack as Hudson defeated Taconic Hills in Thursday’s Section II Class B playoff game. The Bluehawks (10-7) advance to play No. 1 seed Coxsackie-Athens today at 1 p.m. at McQuade Park in Coxsackie. Hudson lost to Taconic Hills twice during the regular season, but grabbed an early lead in Thursday’s game and never looked back. Charles Goodermote and Kasey Moore added two singles and three RBI apiece to Hudson’s cause. Tanner

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Keon’s ability to stay focused and get the job done,” Chatham coach Michael Griggs said. With the win, Armstrong has qualified for the NYS Boys State Tournament in Queens at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center to represent Chatham and Section II. He is the first Chatham player to accomplish this in recent memory. His semifinal match is on Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Central Park in Schenectady (Tri-City Latham if there is rain). If he wins, the finals will follow on the same day.

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Chatham’s Keon Armstrong handed Gloversville’s Damian Bruce his first loss in two years in the Section II Boys Tennis Tournament on Thursday, earning a hard fought 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) victory. Armstrong came out strong and captured the first set 6-2. The second set was a rollercoaster. Armstrong was up 5-1, then Bruce came back to even things up at 5-5. Things were locked up in a tie-breaker at 6-6, and Keon found himself down 2-5 but was able to come back and win the tiebreaker 7-5. “I am really proud of

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race had two singles and two RBI, Vic Gorman two singles and an RBI, Matt Bowes two singles, Isaiah Maines a single and an RBI and Nick Bernockie and Zack Bernockie a single each. Devon Charron had two singles and an RBI for Taconic Hills. Schuyler Krzeminski, Aiden Leipman and Zach Weaver all singled. Matt Bowes earned the win for Hudson, striking out two and walking six. Charron and Kolby Clegg shared mound duties for the Titans, combining for four strikeouts and six walks. Taconic Hills played without one of its top hitters and

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on Monday, one day before opening day. Players are coming from college campuses (and high schools) all over New York state, the Northeast and beyond. “We had a really good return rate from last year, but we added a lot of guys,” DuPont said. “A lot of the

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Baseball American League East W L Pct GB NY Yankees 32 17 .653 — Tampa Bay 29 18 .617 2.0 Boston 27 23 .540 5.5 Toronto 20 30 .400 12.5 Baltimore 15 35 .300 17.5 Central W L Pct GB Minnesota 33 16 .673 — Cleveland 25 24 .510 8.0 Chi. White Sox 22 26 .458 10.5 Detroit 18 29 .383 14.0 Kansas City 17 32 .347 16.0 West W L Pct GB Houston 33 17 .660 — Texas 24 23 .511 7.5 Oakland 25 25 .500 8.0 LA Angels 22 27 .449 10.5 Seattle 23 29 .442 11.0 Tuesday’s results Oakland 5, Cleveland 3 NY Yankees 11, Baltimore 4 Toronto 10, Boston 3 Texas 5, Seattle 3 Houston 5, Chi. White Sox 1 Minnesota 8, LA Angels 3 Wednesday’s results Oakland 7, Cleveland 2 Texas 2, Seattle 1 NY Yankees 7, Baltimore 5 Boston 6, Toronto 5, 13 innings Chi. White Sox 9, Houston 4 Minnesota (Perez 7-1) at LA Angels (Harvey 2-4), PPD Thursday’s results NY Yankees 6, Baltimore 5 Boston 8, Toronto 2 Minnesota 16, LA Angels 7 Tampa Bay 7, Cleveland 2 Chi. White Sox (Giolito 5-1) at Houston (Martin 1-0), 8:10 p.m. Friday’s games Tampa Bay (Snell 3-4) at Cleveland (Bieber 3-2), 7:10 p.m. Boston (Sale 1-5) at Houston (Miley 4-2), 8:10 p.m. Chi. White Sox (Lopez 3-4) at Minnesota (Berrios 6-2), 8:10 p.m. NY Yankees at Kansas City (Junis 3-5), 8:15 p.m. Texas (Smyly 0-3) at LA Angels (Canning 2-1), 10:07 p.m. Seattle (LeBlanc 2-1) at Oakland (Mengden 1-1), 10:07 p.m. National League East W L Pct GB Philadelphia 29 21 .580 — Atlanta 28 23 .549 1.5 NY Mets 24 25 .490 4.5 Washington 19 31 .380 10.0 Miami 16 31 .340 11.5 Central W L Pct GB Chi. Cubs 29 19 .604 — Milwaukee 29 22 .569 1.5 Pittsburgh 25 22 .532 3.5 St. Louis 25 24 .510 4.5 Cincinnati 22 27 .449 7.5 West W L Pct GB LA Dodgers 32 18 .640 — San Diego 26 24 .520 6.0 Arizona 25 25 .500 7.0 Colorado 22 26 .458 9.0 San Francisco 21 28 .429 10.5 Tuesday’s results Colorado 5, Pittsburgh 0 Chi. Cubs 3, Philadelphia 2 NY Mets 6, Washington 5 Cincinnati 3, Milwaukee 0 San Francisco 4, Atlanta 3 San Diego 3, Arizona 2 Wednesday’s results Milwaukee 11, Cincinnati 9 Colorado 9, Pittsburgh 3 NY Mets 6, Washington 1 Chi. Cubs 8, Philadelphia 4 Atlanta 9, San Francisco 2 Thursday’s results NY Mets 6, Washington 4 Pittsburgh 14, Colorado 6 Philadelphia 9, Chi. Cubs 7 Atlanta 5, San Francisco 4, 13 innings Friday’s games Cincinnati (DeSclafani 2-2) at Chi. Cubs (Hendricks 4-4), 2:20 p.m. Miami (Lopez 3-5) at Washington (McGowin 0-0), 7:05 p.m. LA Dodgers (Buehler 4-1) at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Philadelphia (Eickhoff 2-2) at Milwaukee (Anderson 2-0), 8:10 p.m. Atlanta (Foltynewicz 0-3) at St. Louis (Mikolas 4-4), 8:15 p.m. Arizona (Ray 3-1) at San Francisco (Pomeranz 1-4), 10:15 p.m. Interleague Tuesday’s results LA Dodgers 7, Tampa Bay 3 Miami 5, Detroit 4, 11 innings Kansas City (Bailey 4-5) at St. Louis (Wacha 3-2), PPD Wednesday’s results Kansas City 8, St. Louis 2 Tampa Bay 8, LA Dodgers 1 Miami 6, Detroit 3 St. Louis 10, Kansas City 3 Thursday’s result Miami 5, Detroit 2 Friday’s games San Diego (Lucchesi 3-3) at Toronto (Thornton 1-4), 7:07 p.m. Detroit (Soto 0-2) at NY Mets (Syndergaard 3-4), 7:10 p.m. Baltimore (Means 5-4) at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

Maximum Security owner says people ‘probably think I’m a crybaby’ Bryce Miller The San Diego Union-Tribune

SAN DIEGO — You ask Maximum Security owner Gary West if he knows or cares about public perception. Does he think people paint him as an unprecedented hard-luck case or lingering thorn after the most controversial Kentucky Derby in its 145-year history? He wonders what you think. So you tell him. On the night of the waterlogged Derby, when his horse was “pulled down” — a $1.86 million winner for mere minutes, before a stunning ruling by stewards — sympathy swelled for sports heartache unlike any other. Envisioning a Churchill Downs official snapping away the iconic garland of roses from West’s wife, Mary, made plenty cringe. After a failed appeal, the filing of a federal lawsuit and West’s recent $20 million challenge to four horses from the race, though, you explain that it feels as though sentiment has shifted. West paused. “Yes, I think there are people who probably think that I’m a crybaby for doing this,” West said by phone earlier this week. “To those people, I only say the old adage, until you’ve walked a mile in another man’s shoes, don’t judge them.” Deep down, you wonder if West realizes this is likely a lost cause — even in the courts, though that’s definitely an unpredictable place for the Derbywithout-end to play out. So many unexpected twists and turns can happen inside court hallways, weighing and sorting monetary damages and the like. Specific wording in Kentucky Horse Racing Commission regulations stating that, “Findings of fact and determination shall be final and shall not be subject to appeal” surely will matter, too. Precedents, ground rules and all. The goal of talking to West, however, was not to handicap an outcome that could take months or years. It was to peel the onion of motivations and figure out what the road forward might look like. So, you ask West to define the goal of going to court. To be compensated for the winner’s share? To shift the narrative in terms of far more lucrative, postcareer breeding rights? Those seem unlikely drivers in all of this, since the Wests are generous, philanthropic billionaires. Is it an attempt to rewrite the history books? Is it simply a commitment to what’s right is right? “I don’t know,” said West, leaning on lawyerly advice, “if it’s appropriate to comment on that at this time.” What’s next for Maximum Security,

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A view of Maximum Security and Country House both being hotwalked while awaiting the outcome of a protest after the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. on May 4.

the homebred who seemed best among 19 as he navigated the Churchill Downs soup? “Our plan is to do the best we can to give this horse a chance to be the 3-year-old champion,” West said. “The Belmont would not be the appropriate thing to do to that end.” Scratch redemption in a Triple Crown race. West said the horse is most likely aimed toward the Haskell Invitational, July 20 at New Jersey’s Monmouth Park. That likely would mean a prep race in the Pegasus Stakes on June 16 at Monmouth, West said. What about the challenge he issued, offering $5 million in any head-to-head race with eventual Derby winner Country House, Preakness winner War of Will, Long Range Toddy or Bodexpress? That’s up to $20 million if each horse outruns Maximum Security at some point between now and Jan. 1. That’s not going to happen — and West surely knows it. “I think it would be really good for racing,” West said, “but I’m unaware of anyone taking us up on the challenge.” What about the rumor that the Wests, who made Derby starts with High Limit

(20th, 2005), Dollar Bill (15th, 2001) and Rockamundo (17th, 1993), would leave racing altogether? “At this time, I don’t know the answer to that,” he said. “I don’t have a comment on that right now. When I’m emotional about something, I have tendency to let time pass and until I’m not emotional.” In a television interview that aired two days after the race, those emotions seemed to be in full-swell. West called Churchill Downs “greedy” for its massive Derby field, adding that they knowingly put lives at risk. Any feedback? “I’ve heard nothing from Churchill Downs — nor the stewards, nor the (Kentucky) racing commission,” West said. Another question bubbles to the surface: If stewards had agreed to talk that night, would this be over? “It certainly could have ended that night, but they didn’t have the common courtesy after 144 runnings without a horse being set down to meet with us,” West said. In almost all sports, you remind West, they’re careful to create buffers between participants and officials

— most times, for good reason. West countered that in other sports, however, appeals avenues exist. “The fact that three people who oversee the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks and agitate billions of dollars one way or another based on the decisions they make, the decisions they make are unappealable to anybody. They are judge, jury and executioner. Aggrieved parties have no recourse whatsoever. “I’m unaware of anywhere in America where that particular situation is true. I think those are bad rules.” Still entrenched. Still fighting. West probably is best served to walk away, no matter how painful things remain. Few understand the gamechanging work in defense of America’s most vulnerable elders that the couple champions. They grind tirelessly for others, instead of spending days slurping umbrella drinks along the Mediterranean coast. Right now, West is being painted with a very broad and mostly uninformed, unbalanced brush. But as he points out, those are his muddy loafers to walk in.

Transactions BASEBALL American League Boston Red Sox - Placed RHP Tyler Thornburg on the 10-day IL. Recalled RHP Travis Lakins from Pawtucket (IL). Kansas City Royals - Returned RHP Jake Newberry to Omaha (PCL). Los Angeles Angels - Sent RHP Luis Garcia on a rehab assignment to Inland Empire (CAL). New York Yankees - Placed LHP CC Sabathia on the 10-day IL. Recalled LHP Nestor Cortes Jr. from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Tampa Bay Rays - Placed 3B Yandy Diaz on the 10-day IL. Recalled LHP Ryan Yarbrough from Durham (IL). Toronto Blue Jays - Optioned RHP Jimmy Cordero to Buffalo (IL), designated him for assignment. Activated LHP Clayton Richard from the 10-day IL. Claimed LHP Zac Rosscup off waivers from the Seattle Mariners. National League Arizona Diamondbacks - Optioned RHP Jimmie Sherfy to Reno (PCL). Atlanta Braves - Sent RHP Chad Sobotka on a rehab assignment to Gwinnett (IL). New York Mets - Claimed CF Aaron Altherr off waivers from the San Francisco Giants. Designated RHP Tim Peterson for assignment. Placed 2B Robinson Cano and 2B Jeff McNeil on the 10day IL. Recalled SS Luis Guillorme and LHP Ryan O’Rourke from Syracuse (IL). Philadelphia Phillies - Optioned LHP Cole Irvin to Lehigh Valley (IL). Recalled RHP Drew Anderson from Lehigh Valley (IL). San Francisco Giants - Signed RHP Keith Weisenberg to a minor league contract. St. Louis Cardinals - Optioned RHP Ryan Helsley to Memphis (PCL).

FOOTBALL National Football League Arizona Cardinals - Cut WR Malachi Dupre. Atlanta Falcons - Placed DE Steven Means on IR. Buffalo Bills - Cut T Blake Hance. Signed TE Mik’Quan Deane. Waived DB Abraham Wallace. Denver Broncos - Signed TE Noah Fant to a fouryear, $12.59 million contract. Jacksonville Jaguars - Signed DE Josh Allen to a four-year, $22.74 million contract. Los Angeles Chargers - Acquired TE Andrew Vollert off waivers from the Cincinnati Bengals. Miami Dolphins - Signed DT Adolphus Washington to a one-year contract. Waived LB James Burgess. New England Patriots - Signed WR Gunner Olszewski. New Orleans Saints - Cut G Mike Herndon and WR Micah Wright. Tennessee Titans - Signed DT Jeffery Simmons to a four-year contract. Washington Redskins - Signed T Adam Bisnowaty. Waived T Chidi Okeke. NCAA Football Texas - Signed head coach Tom Herman to a two-year, $13.25 million contract extension. Western Michigan - Announced WR Jayden Reed has left the program and will transfer to Michigan State.

BASKETBALL NCAA Basketball Iowa - Announced G Joe Wieskamp has withdrawn from the NBA draft. UCLA - Named Michael Lewis assistant coach. Vanderbilt - Named Ricardo Patton senior adviser to the head coach.

HOCKEY National Hockey League Chicago Blackhawks - Named Tomas Mitell assistant coach. Signed LW Anton Wedin to a oneyear, $925,000 contract. Edmonton Oilers - Fired vice president of player personnel Duane Sutter.

49 years ago, Bobby Orr’s iconic goal for the Bruins almost killed more than the Blues Frank Fitzpatrick The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News

On Mother’s Day 1970, mine nearly lost her oldest child. I remember because that was the day Bobby Orr almost killed me. If, as seemed certain for the longest instant of my life, I’d ended up at the bottom of Connecticut’s Naugatuck River, the Bruins superstar ought to have been charged as an accessory. That incident when fate nearly linked Orr and me forever came to mind when I saw that Boston and St. Louis were set to meet in a rematch of the 1970 Stanley Cup Final. Whether or not you specifically remember their first series 49 years ago, you’ve surely seen an image of its dramatic conclusion, hockey’s most famous photograph. In it, Orr, arms and legs urgently extended as if he were diving into a pool for an Olympic anchor lap, is parallel to the Boston Garden ice. A millisecond earlier he’d scored the overtime goal that won the Cup for the Bruins, their first NHL championship since 1941. The elated hockey player’s mouth is open wide in a screech of pure delight. At that same moment, I too was screaming — in terror. That Sunday, May 10, I’d arisen early. My penultimate year at Temple was over and I was going

to hitchhike to Boston to visit a friend. My father, who’d without prompting made me an artfully drawn sign announcing my destination, drove me to King of Prussia. Like so many college kids then, I was a hitchhiking veteran. I’d already thumbed it home from Wisconsin and twice I’d made round trips to Ann Arbor. That’s not to suggest those episodes were adventure-free. Once, the drunk who picked me up in Indiana slammed his car into a toll booth. Another time, an on-leave GI in Beaver Falls, Pa., shared the herbal stash he’d acquired in ‘Nam, then pulled over on a dark road and fell asleep. But that day things went routinely. Almost immediately, I got a ride to Paramus, N.J., and after a few more hours found myself at an entrance ramp to I-84 in Connecticut. That’s where a young driver, who said he’d been working at some factory all night, signaled me to climb in. He was going as far as Rhode Island. It was 90 degrees that afternoon and my ride was sipping a beer, though he didn’t appear to be intoxicated. Best of all, he was listening to sports on the radio, Game 4 of the Blues-Bruins series. He told me he played hockey and was a rabid Bruins fan, a

rabid Orr fan. That was no surprise. Everyone in New England adored No. 4. The 22-year-old defenseman had revolutionized his position and the game. That season Orr would be the NHL’s regularseason and playoff MVP. More impressive, he’d win the Norris Trophy as the league’s best defensive player and the Art Ross Trophy as its top scorer with 33 goals and 87 assists. A year later, he’d raise those totals to 37 and 112. As the game neared its end, the driver was twitching with anticipation. His Bruins were about to end a Cup drought that stretched back beyond his birth, beyond the attack on Pearl Harbor. The poor Blues were outclassed. They’d reached the Final in each of their three seasons, but because of the NHL’s odd postseason structure, had yet to win a game. Original Six teams like Boston were in one division then, and the six clubs born in 1967’s expansion were in the other. There was no playoff cross-pollination until the Final. St. Louis had been swept in its previous two Final appearances by Montreal. Now they were down, 3-0, to Boston. But in Game 4, on the Bruins’ ice, the Blues displayed some resilience. It was 3-3 late in the third period. While not as fervently as my

ride, I was pulling for Boston too. A Flyers fan, I hated the Blues. With a rugged defense, they’d literally and figuratively beat Philadelphia like a drum. The Flyers had won only twice in their previous 18 meetings, two of which ended in 8-0 Blues victories. When regulation ended in a tie, my disappointed driver slammed the steering wheel so hard the car shuddered. But in the first minute of overtime, Derek Sanderson slid the puck to Orr, who, while tripping on Noel Picard’s skate, pushed it past Blues goalie Glenn Hall. From the ice-level vantage point he’d borrowed from a Boston Globe photographer, the Boston Record-American’s Ray Lussier calmly snapped one of sport’s most iconic photos. There was nothing calm about my ride’s reaction. He screamed with joy and, as he reflexively lifted both hands off the steering wheel, one hand

slammed into the unyielding roof. As he yelped in pain, he inadvertently showered me with the beer he still clutched in his good hand. Mortified, he instinctively reached over to pat me dry. With both hands. The fact that our suddenly un-reined car was at that moment atop a highway bridge in Waterbury, Conn., appeared to concern him a great deal less than it did me. With no one to guide it, the vehicle veered sharply toward the guardrail. The Naugatuck River looked like my next stop. Now it was my turn to holler. Somehow the flustered driver managed to regain control. But I still don’t remember much about the postgame show. That evening, after one or two more lifts, I reached Boston. Cars, their horns blaring, were still parading through the narrow streets as I made my way to my friend’s apartment.

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If Torres makes the All-Star team, he’ll have the O’s to thank Benjamin Hoffman The New York Times News Service

They say a bloop hit looks like a line drive in the box score. By that reasoning, hitting a home run against the 2019 Orioles counts the same as hitting one against any other team, no matter how easy Gleyber Torres has made it look against Baltimore. Torres, who homered twice in the New York Yankees’ 7-5 victory over the Orioles on Wednesday, is hardly alone in his mastery of the team’s underwhelming pitching staff. The Orioles, who are 15-35 now after going 47-115 last year, recently set a record by allowing 100 home runs in the first 48 games of the season — nine games faster than the previous record-holder, the 2000 Kansas City Royals. But if the rest of the league appears to be taking batting practice when it faces Baltimore, Torres makes it look like something even easier. Maybe T-ball. By going 2 for 5 on Wednesday,

the Yankees’ second-year infielder actually lowered his average against Baltimore this season to .465. He has 10 home runs against the Orioles, with 13 runs batted in and an outrageous slugging percentage of 1.233. His 12 games against Baltimore account for 57% of his extra-base hits and 50 percent of his RBI. Among the many gems dug up by the numbers wizards of STATS: Torres is already tied for the most multihomer games against a single opponent in a season (four), he has the most homers against a single opponent before June, and he is the first player to have 10 of his first 12 home runs come against one team. “Anytime you have that short of a period and that much success against anyone, you shake your head at it a little bit,” manager Aaron Boone said to reporters after Wednesday’s game. “It’s unusual and rare. He’s really locked in.” Just to rub things in, Torres came into Thursday’s game as a pinchhitter, was walked — it’s hard to

blame them for that — and ended up coming around to score the goahead run in the Yankees’ 6-5 victory. Boone is right that success like this is rare, but to beat up on the Orioles of recent vintage is nothing new for the Yankees. In his breakout 2017 season, Aaron Judge hit 11 of his 51 homers against the Orioles’ incompetent pitchers. To find a Yankees batter who did such a high percentage of his damage against one incompetent opponent, however, you have to go all the way back to 1936 and a rookie fresh off a MVP Award in the Pacific Coast League: Joe DiMaggio. DiMaggio made his major league debut against the St. Louis Browns — a team that would eventually move to Baltimore and rename itself the Orioles — on May 3, 1936. He went 3 for 6 that day and continued to wear out the Browns’ pitching staff all season. That was hardly unique: The 1936 Browns had a 6.24 ERA, the third-worst mark of the modern era. The 2019 Orioles,

by contrast, went into Wednesday’s game with a 5.74 ERA. But just like Torres against this year’s Orioles, DiMaggio crushed the Browns like no one else. In 22 games against St. Louis, which finished 57-95 that year, DiMaggio batted .525 with 10 home runs, 27 RBI and an absurd 52 hits. Those numbers against the Browns were crucial to the immediate recognition of DiMaggio as a superstar. The rookie finished eighth in the MVP Award voting that season, thanks to his .323 average, 29 home runs and 125 RBI. He slugged .576 and had 206 hits. If you remove the Browns from the equation, he hit .286 with 19 homers, 98 RBI and 154 hits. Impressive to be sure, but certainly a season that would have been viewed with far less enthusiasm. As big of a drop as DiMaggio had against non-Browns pitching, though, it was nothing compared to Torres’ drop-off when facing non-Orioles pitching. In 35 games against other teams, Torres is

hitting a paltry .250 with two home runs and 13 RBI. The scary thing for Baltimore is that Torres is most likely not done with them. The Yankees have seven more games scheduled against the Orioles this season, giving Torres the chance to match — or even break — a record set by one of DiMaggio’s teammates in 1936: According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Lou Gehrig hit 14 of his major-league-leading 49 home runs in 23 games against the Cleveland Indians that year, a record against a single opponent that still stands. Torres is doing his best to stay humble no matter how outlandish his mastery of the Orioles gets. “I know I’ve hit very well during the series with Baltimore, but I don’t think about it too much,” he told reporters after Wednesday’s game. “I’m just trying to respect the game, be humble, respect the team and just play. I’m doing my job and having fun. I think when I enjoy the game, I hit pretty well.”

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boat traffic on Memorial Day Weekend and numerous stripers, some which were still alive, were found with big gashes to their heads and bodies. Time and temperature are ripe for an unfortunate repeat of that event this Memorial Day weekend so be aware. Some people can mistake carp spawning for striper spawning, especially if they view the surface activity from a distance. Carp are another large-bodied, spring river spawner. They will come completely out of the water, in addition to doing the familiar “carp roll.” Once you see the distinctive brown and yellow coloration of the large fish breaking the surface however, it’s a definite they are carp and not stripers. Carp were spawning near shore on the eastern bank of the Hudson this past Wednesday evening and some anglers fishing a distance away mistakenly reported it as striper spawning activity. Tom G. reminds us that even though striper spawning is imminent, great fishing can still be had right after the spawn. Spent spawners are hungry and actively feed on their way back downriver. He said, “Some of the biggest stripers we’ve seen have been caught during the last two weeks in May.” Onto another topic of concern to river anglers, Amtrak Police were observed during an encounter with shore fishermen fishing on the east bank of the river in Greenport by the railroad tracks. It appeared

the encounter was friendly enough, but at its conclusion, the fisherman packed their trucks and left the area. I contacted an Amtrak official who said in a general statement, “Any unauthorized access onto railroad property is considered trespassing.” As far as the fast approaching close of the turkey season next Friday, May 31, it seems how successful you’ve been, depends on what county you’ve hunted. Things have been relatively quiet in Greene County at least in the Durham area. While some nice birds were taken, as evidenced by the 25-pounder taken at Hull O’ Farms, gobblers for the most part have been relatively silent. The hot counties have been Delaware, Schoharie, and Ulster where many hunters I spoke to tagged out for the season in short order. Columbia County had a good youth season but I’m hearing things have slowed a bit. There’s still time for things to turn on as the weather has not been conducive to successful nesting which can cause an extended breeding season. I guess we’ll just have to see what the last week of the season brings. Happy Memorial Day, and Happy Hunting & Fishing next time. Remember to report poaching violations by calling 1-844-DEC-ECOS. You can share any comments with our sports desk at sports@registerstar.com *If you have a fishing or hunting report, photo, or event you would like to be considered for publication, you can send it to: huntfishreport@gmail.com

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The Greenport Town Park will again be the home of the Hudson River Collegiate Baseball League this year.

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championship last year with the Knights,” DuPont said. “He (Pat) always likes to remind me of that,” The first game of the year will be played between the Storm and the Bears. The game will start at 5:30 with the ceeremonial first pitch being thrown out by the Greenport Town Supervisor Kathleen Eldridge. The HRCBL is in a

three-year contract with the Town of Greenport to use the Greenport Town Park for every baseball game. DuPont spoke highly of the Town of Greenport and its members, particularly about Kathy Eldridge and the Park Supervisor, John Mokszyski. “The guy [John Mokszyski] has just been terrific for us,” DuPont said, “There is nothing that we asked him to do that the guy hasn’t done for us.” According to DuPont the league has made a big impact on the community, drawing fans that don’t even have a

connection to the league. “We were excited to see it last year,” DuPont said, “People were showing up that didn’t even have a player in the league. They were there consistently, almost every game.” Fans brought chairs, supported the players and were able to enjoy a concession stand, thanks to the Town of Greenport. But more then just a positive impact on the community, DuPont has a goal to help the players create connection in the collegiate baseball community.

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Hudson’s Kasey Moore singles during Thursday’s Section II Class B opening-round playoff game against Taconic Hills.

Taconic Hills’ Ryan Nowak slides in to second base ahead of the tag by Hudson shortstop Isaiah Maines during Thursday’s Section II Class B opening-round playoff game.

Chatham’s Ryan Thorsen and a Duanesburg baserunner look to the umpire for the call after a play at second base during Thursday’s Section II Class C opening round game.

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No. 1 pitcher Donovan Mier, who injured his hand earlier in the week.

CLASS C Chatham 19, Duanesburg 4 CHATHAM — Anderson Coonrad went 4 for 5 with a double and four RBI to power No. 1 Chatham to a 19-4 conquest of No. 16 Duanesburg in Thursday’s Section II Class C playoff game. Patroon Conference champion Chatham (16-3) will host Lake George today at 1 p.m. in a quarterfinal round game. Ryan Doyle had a triple, single and two RBI and Ryan Thorsen added a triple, single and an RBI as Chatham pounded out 17 hits. Thomas Van Tassel, Hunter Scheriff and Garner Boshart each had two singles and two RBI, Kaleb Taylor a single and an RBI, Grayson Van Wie and Curtis Buchan a single and an RBI apiece and Patrick Knight drove in a run. Andy Drescher homered, doubled and had three RBI for Duanesburg. Zack Gamache added a double and an RBI. Buchan was the winning pitcher, striking out 14, waling three and allowing four runs and four hits. Gamache, Ryan Coons and Cormac Marz combined to strike out five, walk six and allow 19 runs and 17 hits.

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Taconic Hills pitcher Devon Charron throws during Thursday’s Section II Class B opening-round playoff game against Hudson.

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Chatham’s Thomas Van Tassel swings at a pitch during Thursday’s Section II Class C opening round game against Duanesburg.

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Taconic Hills’ Devon Charron (left) tags out Hudson’s Tanner Race on a play at the plate during Thursday’s Section II Class B opening-round playoff game.

“We got over 350 college contacts,” DuPont said. “I tell the kids, ‘give us five or six colleges that you might be interested in going to and we get the coaches to come out and watch him.’” The league has already helped several kids’ progress from high school to college and community college to some four-year establishments. “That’s one thing I really like about this league is helping to get the guys where they want to go,” Dupont said.

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Chatham’s Garner Boshart heads to first base after laying down a bunt during Thursday’s Section II Class C opening round game against Duanesburg.

Hills 3 GREENVILLE — In the first round of the Section II Class B softball playoffs, Greenville defeated Taconic Hills 4-3. TH started off strong, earning three runs in the first inning. But thanks to strong pitching from Melody Kappel, blanked Taconic the rest of the way to earn the win. Autumn Sachs stroked a two-run single and Kyra Shetsky had an RBI single to give the Titan the early edge. Greenville came back with three in the third. Two runs came in on an error on a ground ball off the bat of Alex Caprio. Caprio would eventually score on a passed ball. The Spartans plated the go-ahead run in the fourth when pinch-runner Isabella Zarcone scored on Taryn Silk’s ground out. Molly SanEmeterio had a triple for Greenville. Jazzmin Gibson doubled, Kappel and Emma Haller each had two singles, Caprio singled and had two RBI, A.J. Pahl singled and Silk drove in a run. Emily Mottoshiski doubled for Taconic Hills. Makayla Sparacino added two singles, Sachs had a single and two RBI, Shetsky a single and an RBI and Morgan Hoose singled. Kappel struck out 11 and gave up six hits and three runs in going the distance for the win. Mottoshiski had six strikeouts and allowed eight hits and four runs in suffering the loss. Greenville will host Tamarac or Schalmont on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Chatham, Columbia County, New York sealed bids for: TOWN HALL ROOF REPLACEMENT will be received at the office of the Town Clerk at the Town Hall, 488 SR295, Chatham, New York 12037, Columbia County, NY until 9:00AM (E.S.T) on the 17th day of June, 2019, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids will be submitted in sealed envelopes at the above address and shall bear on the face there of the name/address of the bidder and Item(s) bidding. Particular and itemized specifications for the above item are available and may be obtained at the office of the Town Clerk. The item to be bid on will comply with all specifications. The contract for the purchase of the above item will be awarded by the Town Board to the lowest responsible bidder. In cases where two or more responsible bidders submit identical bids as to price, the Town Board may award the contract to either of such bidders. The Town Board may reject all bids and re-advertise for new bids at their discretion. Maria Lull Supervisor Town of Chatham Dated: May 22, 2019 Notice to Bidders, Town of Jewett, Greene County is seeking sealed bids for Black Top in place. Approximately 1700 US tons, type 612.5mm-Top, with a maximum rap blend proportion of 9.5 nominal maximum size mixtures is 20.0% by weight of the total mixture. *No escalation cost in the bid. *The paving will be in the Town of Jewett. *Milling for all blacktop driveways and intersections will be included in bid (200' linear). *Driveways will have 12 inch bump outs. *Town will supply water, traffic control and any necessary sweeping. *Work must start after June 12, 2019 and be completed by August 1, 2019. *Please be specific. Sealed bids will be marked blacktop bid and be accompanied with a non-collusive bidding certification form, section 103d of the General Municipal law. Bids can be dropped off or mailed to the Town of Jewett at PO Box 132 Jewett, NY 12444, Attention Maya Carl, Town Clerk. Bids will be accepted until 2:00pm on Wednesday June 12, 2019. Bids will be opened and read aloud on Wednesday June 12, 2019 at 7:15pm at the Jewett Municipal Building located at 3547 Route 23C Jewett. The Town of Jewett reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Any questions contact Town of Jewett Superintendent of Highways, Robert Mallory at 518263-3756. Town of Jewett Superintendent of Highways, Robert Mallory

June 21, 2019, at its office located at 41 North Second Street, Hudson, NY 12534. Proposals can also be emailed to (tmattice@hudsonhousingauthority.com). Proposals received after this time will not be considered. Proposals will be held in confidence and not released in any manner until after contract award. Two copies of the Proposal shall be submitted in a sealed envelope, entitled: "PROPOSAL FOR AUDIT SERVICES" A complete RFP document is available on Hudson Housing Authority's website at w w w. h u d s o n h o u s i n gauthority.com or upon request by email at tmattice@hudsonhousing authority.com or at the Authority's main office located at 41 North Second Street, Hudson, NY 12534. Any questions regarding this Request for Proposal (RFP) should be directed to Timothy M. Mattice, Executive Director at (tmattice@hudsonhousingauthority.com) or at 518-828-5415. I. GENERAL Under this RFP, The Audit Firm shall provide all professional services necessary to conduct a fiscal Audit per the terms of the Audit Guide HUD-7476.1 as amended, and all other mandatory HUD Audit requirements. In addition, the successful firm will be required to meet the reporting requirements of the Real Estate Assessment Center, including electronic submission of the Auditor's Opinion and all other related mandatory submissions. The audits shall be conducted between July 1st and November 30th and must be completed by December of each year. II. BACKGROUND The Hudson Housing Authority is presently responsible for the management of 135 units of public housing and 130 Section 8 vouchers (60 Units leased). The Hudson Housing Authority has three full time Civil Service employees, and four part time employees. The Hudson Housing Authority is a single AMP that includes one nine story high rise and 15-unit low rise apartments. The Hudson Housing Authority's fiscal year is from July 1 to June 30.

is seeking bids from contractors for an improvement project for the parking lot of the Agroforestry Resource Center, 6055 Route 23, Acra, NY 12405. Sealed bids will be accepted by Angela Tallarico, Senior Administrator, Cornell Cooperative Extension, 6055 Route 23, Acra, NY 12405 until 4:00 p.m. on June 20, 2019. Bid packets, including insurance requirements, non-collusion certificate, scope of work, and information for onsite visits are available at the CCE offices in Acra or Hudson or by calling 518-622-9820 x100. NOTICE TO BIDDERS Individual sealed bids are being sought by the Town of Catskill for the purchase of two (2) 2019 Ford E350 Cutaway Chassis Ambulances to be used as an ambulance by the Town of Catskill Ambulance Service. Sealed bids will be received by the Town Clerk at the Town of Catskill Office Building, 439 Main Street, Catskill, NY 12414 until 3:00 PM prevailing time, June 12, 2019 at which time and place they will be opened and read aloud publicly. Specifications are available by email ambulance@townofcatskillny.gov or in the office of the Town Clerk between the hours of 8 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday. The Town of Catskill reserves the right to reject any and all bids. By Order of the Catskill Town Board Elizabeth Izzo Town Clerk

Petition in Matter No. 19-V-00359 with the Public Service Commission, Empire State Plaza, Agency Building 3, Albany, New York 12223, or electronically addressed to secretary@dps.ny.gov, within 10 days of the publication of this notice. Public Notice Please take notice that Berkshire Cable Corp filed a Petition with the NYS Public Service Commission on May 13, 2019, seeking a Certificate of Confirmation for the Cable TV Franchise issued by the Town of Austerlitz to Berkshire Cable. Any interested party may file comments on the Petition in Matter No. 19-V-00368 with the Public Service Commission, Empire State Plaza, Agency Building 3, Albany, New York 12223, or electronically addressed to secretary@dps.ny.gov, within 10 days of the publication of this notice.

PUBLIC NOTICE TOWN OF CLAVERACK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the fiscal affairs of the Town of Claverack, County of Columbia, State of New York, for the period beginning January 01, 2018 and ending December 31, 2018, have been filed with the State of New York Comptroller’s Office. A copy of this report is on file in the Town Clerk’s Office, 91 Church Street, Mellenville, New York for public inspection. Mary J. Hoose Town Clerk/Tax ColNOTICE TOWN OF LI- lector VINGSTON PLANNING Town of Claverack BOARD CHANGE OF DATES PLEASE TAKE NO- PUBLIC NOTICE VILLAGE OF VALATIE TICE A change of the dates END OF YEAR MEETfor the June and July ING regular meetings are PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT THE VILas follows: OF VALATIE The regular June meet- LAGE ing will be held June BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL HOLD AN 12, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. The regular July meet- END OF THE YEAR ON ing will be held July 10, MEETING WEDNESDAY, MAY 2019. At 7:00 p.m. Both meetings will still 29, 2019 AT 6:00 PM be at 119 County AT THE MARTIN H. MUNICIPAL Route 19. Livingston, GLYNN BUILDING, 3211 New York CHURCH STREET, Eileen Yandik Planning Board Secre- VALATIE, NY 12184. THE PURPOSE OF tary THE MEETING IS TO Public Notice DISCUSS AND AUPlease take notice that THORIZE ANY LINE Berkshire Cable Corp ITEM ADJUSTMENTS filed a Petition with the IN THE CURRENT FISNYS Public Service CAL YEAR AND TO Commission on May 6, DISCUSS ANY OTHER 2019, seeking a Certifi- BUSINESS THAT cate of Confirmation COMES BEFORE THE for the Cable TV Fran- BOARD. ALL ARE INchise issued by the VITED TO ATTEND. Town of Ancram to BY ORDER OF THE INVITATION TO BID AND THE The Town of Lexington Berkshire Cable. Any MAYOR Highway Department interested party may BOARD OF TRUSis soliciting bids for a file comments on the TEES. 2019 or newer truck with a minimum gross weight of 19,500 pounds and equipment will be a 10 ½ foot V Blade and a 9 foot electric dump body. Contact Frank Hermance at 518-9896626 or 518-567-2748 for a complete list of specs. The bids must be received by the Town Clerk at 3542 Route 42, by close of business on June 3, 2019. Bids will be opened on June 4, 2019 at the regular Town Board Meeting at 6:00 PM. The Town of Lexington may reject any and all bids. By order of the Superintendent of Highways, Frank Hermance May 15, 2019

The Taghkanic Democratic Party will hold its caucus in the Taghkanic Firehouse located on Old State Route 82 on Saturday, June 8, 2019. Two Town Hudson Housing Au- Board Seats are open thority for nominations. REQUEST FOR PRO- Registration, for enPOSALS rolled Democrats only, FOR begins at 9:30am. The AUDIT SERVICES caucus starts at The Hudson Housing 10:00am sharp. Authority (HHA) will receive proposals for Notice to Bidders Cooperative Auditing Services no Cornell later than 2:00 p.m. lo- Extension of Columbia cal time on Friday, and Greene Counties

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The Town of Jewett is seeking bids for the following: The Town owns a propane operated emergency generator and requires bids for the provision and hook-up of a new 1000 gallon propane tank together with ongoing delivery service of propane product for such use. All bidders must comply with prevailing wage requirements and provide a non-collusion statement in accordance with NYS law. Sealed Bids will be marked as generator propane bid. Bids can be dropped off or mailed to the Town of Jewett at PO Box 132 Jewett, NY 12444, Attention Maya Carl, Town Clerk. Bids will be accepted until 2pm Tuesday June 11, 2019. Bids will be opened and read aloud on Wednesday June 12, 2019 at 7:10pm at the Jewett Municipal Building located at 3547 Route 23C Jewett. The Town of Jewett reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Any questions contact Town Clerk, Maya Carl at 518-263-4646 Ext 1 or e-mail clerk@townofjewett.org Town of Jewett Town Clerk Maya Carl

TOWN OF CLAVERACK SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM The Town of Claverack is accepting applications for counselors for the Summer Youth Program. The program runs from July 1, 2019 thru August 9, 2019. Preference will be given to Town of Claverack residents. If unable to fill the positions available with Town residents, consideration will be given to non-Town residents. Applications are available online at townofclaverack.com. or at the Town Office, 91 Church Street, Mellenville, New York 12544. They may be returned to the Town Office or mailed to P. O. Box V, Mellenville, New York 12544. Applications will be accepted thru Friday, June 7, 2019. Mary J. Hoose Town Clerk/Tax Collector Town of Claverack Phone: (518)672-7911 Fascimilie: (518)6724821 hoose@townofclaverack.com

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FYK ROAD exstenion, 1bdr kitchen living rm, small dining area, & front porch. Heat & electric included. $900 Call 518-928-2244

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FARMWORKERS: Shaul Farms in Fultonham, NY - 3 temp jobs 7/1 - 11/16 Rate $13.25 hr, 3 mths exp. Manually prune, plant, cultivate & harvest fruits & vegetables. Tools/equipment supplied at no cost. Employment guaranteed for ¾ of work contract. Free housing to workers not able to return home same day. Transportation/subsistence provided by

FARMWORKERS: Yonder Fruit Farm in Valatie, NY - 11 temp jobs 6/21 - 12/15 Rate $13.25 hr, 3 mths exp. Manually prune, plant, cultivate & harvest fruit & vegetables. Tools/equipment supplied at no cost. Employment guaranteed for ¾ of work contract. Free housing to workers not able to return home same day. Transportation/subsistence provided by employer upon 50% completion of work contract. Apply One Stop Office - 877466-9757 Job NY 1300229

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Professional & Technical 4-H Agriculture & STEM Coordinator

CCE Columbia & Greene Counties is seeking a full time (35 hours/week) candidate responsible for coordinating and delivering youth-centered agriculture and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) programs. Serves as a team member and assists in evaluating the Association’s 4-H Youth Development Program. Responsibilities include robust 4-H animal science and STEM program management, marketing, and volunteer recruitment. Bachelor’s degree in youth development, animal science, agriculture education, or related field. Associate degree plus 2 yrs. transferable program/functional experience may substitute. Ability to meet frequent travel requirements. Valid NYS driver's license and background check required. Ability to work flexible hours, which may include evenings and/or weekends. Excellent benefits including health insurance, NYS retirement, paid leave and more. Applications accepted online only through June 7, 2019

https://cornell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CCECareerPage EEO/EPO A. Colarusso & Son, Inc, Quarry Division is seeking a full-time experienced Loader Operator responsible for loading our haul trucks. Overtime as needed. EOE, Full Benefits provided, including pension/profit sharing plan. Salary commensurate with experience. Safety conscious company. Send resume to PO Box 302, Hudson, NY 12534, attn: Human Resource Department or complete an application at 91 Newman Rd., Hudson, NY.

PLUMBER AND plumber apprentice, full time position for year around work. Full benefit package, health ins. pd. vacation, personal time, sick time, life ins. 401k, profit sharing. Salary based on experience. Send resume to PO BOX 793 Philmont, NY 12565. Taste NY Market Clerk Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia & Greene Counties has openings for part-time Market Clerks at the Taste NY Market, Capital Region Welcome Center, located on the NYS Thruway (2 miles north of Coxsackie). One position is temp through Labor Day. Primary responsibilities include assisting with management of inventory, operation of cash register, cash controls, customer service, food service and record keeping. Helps to keep the store visually distinctive and impeccably maintained – cleaning, preparing product demonstrations, restocking, refilling supplies. $15 per hour. Non-temp positions include health insurance, NYS retirement, paid leave and more. All applications must be received on-line https://cornell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CCECareerPage EEO/EPO

CLAVERACK134 Van Wyke Lane. Fri 5/24 Sat 5/25, 9 - 3. 8 Furniture, new mirrored door, new screen house, new kiddy pool, new vinyl floor tiles, tent, new inflatable boat, games, toys, and misc. household. Rain or shine.

HUDSON- Annual multi family 2 street Yard Sales on Joslen Place, Riverledge Rd., Sat May 25, 9am-4pm.

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND YARD SALE MULTI FAMILY SALE 39 SOUTH 5th STREET, HUDSON. SATURDAY ONLY, MAY 25, 10-5. VINTAGE AND NAME BRAND CLOTHING/SHOES/ACCESSORIES, SCHWINN BICYCLE, ANTIQUES, HOUSEWARES, LIGHTING AND PLUMBING FIXTURES, GIFTS, KITSCH STROLLERS, CHILDREN'S CLOTHING AND TOYS AND MORE

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BUYING- ANTIQUES and anything old. Trunks, Lamps, vintage clothing, furniture. Old store displays and more. Attics, barns, basements, complete house contents. 845-430-7200.

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FISH/HUNTGRUMMAN Otisco 12 Jon w/swivel seats, Tidewater 15' Trailer, Minn Kota Endura Electric 2016 models. unopened Humminbird 40' Sonar, only used 5 times. $$extras included, registered until 2022. First looker will take home. $2,000 FIRM 518622-3518 redmanlin2@aol.com

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HUDSON, 50 Green Acres RD. (Off of Joslen Blvrd) Saturday 8a-4p. Garage Estate Sale / Yard sale Household furnishings, tools, lawn mower, 1950s lawn dinning room set, upright piano, bedroom sets, jewlery, folk art church and general store, lots more. HUGE YARD SALE! TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Saturday, May 25th, 9-3 Sunday, May 26th, 9-3 Monday, May 27th, 9-3 Lunch Available Hudson, 555 Joslen Blvd. 518-755-7851

TNT’s ‘Inside the NBA’ made Kenny Smith a star Sopan Deb The New York Times News Service

TORONTO — Kenny Smith hasn’t shown up to an “Inside the NBA” production meeting in almost 20 years. “What’s going to happen in a basketball game that I haven’t seen, heard, been part of, or know someone that’s been part of it?” Smith said as he walked through the hallways of the Scotiabank Arena before Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals. Smith, 54, was wearing a black turtleneck and a blazer, thick glasses with a clear frame and a heavy coat of swagger. “They used to tell me, if you were an announcer, you had to wear a white shirt. They’re like, ‘Why don’t you wear white shirts?’ I said, ‘Because I don’t wear white shirts all the time with my suit.’ That’s not me. As simple as that.” This month will conclude the seasons of two of the greatest television franchises in history, ubiquitous shows that have changed the medium for good. They’ve mixed politics, comedy, unpredictability, occasional explosions of emotion and larger-than-life personalities. One is “Game of Thrones,” which had its series finale Sunday. The other is “Inside the NBA,” which produces pregame, halftime and postgame segments for basketball games on TNT during the regular season and playoffs. For the last two decades, Smith has co-starred on “Inside the NBA” — doing, saying and wearing what he wants — and has created one of the most remarkable second lives a professional athlete will ever see. Smith is the foundation of a show that has evolved from a source of generic basketball analysis to a cultural influence with reach far beyond the court. The show had its debut in 1989, as a more traditional scripted highlight show. Throughout the 1990s, former NBA figures like Reggie Theus and Dick Versace rotated through the desk as analysts. The shift to what it is now began with the addition of Smith, who joined after some guest segments following his retirement from the league in 1997. The moderator of the show and game straight man, Ernie Johnson, as well as its producer, Tim Kiely, liked Smith’s off-the-cuff demeanor. The brash Charles Barkley, Smith’s now-frequent sparring partner, joined after he retired in 2000, as did Shaquille O’Neal in 2011. But Barkley and O’Neal had built in advantages: They were already all-time greats and celebrities in their own right. Smith, who was a role player in the NBA for about a decade and won two championships behind Hakeem Olajuwon on the Houston Rockets, built a following for himself through hard work and sheer audacity.

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Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Former Tar Heel Kenny Smith and host of Late with Roy Williams at Smith Center.

Today, Barkley and O’Neal are often at the forefront of the show’s edgier segments. Last month, the “Inside” crew played a version of “Jeopardy!” and Barkley sent the set into hysterics when he asked, “What is Wonder Woman?” in response to a prompt for a location. In many of the show’s more, let’s say, out-there segments, Smith is either silent or acting as kerosene, prodding the others to go further. “We all bring a lot to the table,” O’Neal said in a phone interview. “It’s a corporation. Each guy owns 25%.” But Smith said that executives at TNT haven’t given the hosts a talking-to about content since his early days on the set. “It’s gotten to the point where the powers that be — how do I put this — they’re afraid to talk to us,” Smith said. “Because when you talk to us, we take it to the other extreme. And we will keep doing it to an extreme that makes everyone uncomfortable.” (Through a TNT spokeswoman, Smith later clarified that “afraid” was not his intended word choice. According to the spokeswoman, Smith emphasized that the leadership team gives the stars freedom to express themselves and that authenticity adds to the show.) Some of the show’s most well-known moments have been of a serious note. Smith and Barkley disagreed about the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014 and had a raw, authentic discussion. After the 2016 presidential election,

the “Inside” hosts had an extended conversation about Donald Trump. The segments Smith said he is most proud of are ones examining civil rights, such as when the show broadcast from the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta. The willingness to engage in politics and more nonsports topics came when Barkley joined the show, Smith said. “What Charles made me do was to be much more poignant and aware of my social thought process,” Smith said, adding: “Sometimes, his points are like a flashlight. And you can go, ‘Yeah, put that flashlight in that situation. It’s accurate.’ My job is to bring the floodlight to it.” Smith, who grew up in New York City and played college basketball at the University of North Carolina, brings an everyman persona to the group. On and off the set, he is thoughtful, confident and charismatic. When the cameras roll, his best known feature is jogging to what is referred to as “The Big Board” on a wall behind the desk, where he breaks down individual plays. “I want my grandmother to understand it and I also, and this is funny, I think about Hubie Brown, who is a great technical person. I want him to go, ‘Damn, that was a good point,’” Smith said, referring to the broadcaster. He relishes his role as someone who tries to broaden the game: “I think, at times, that is my role — a decipherer — and to break it down where every person can

understand.” Smith’s fame now dwarfs that of his playing days, a rarity for an athlete. He gets the most attention, he said, at airports, particularly from parents. “I get it all the time: ‘We don’t watch the game. We watch you guys,’” Smith said. That’s how much “Inside the NBA” has advanced. It’s essentially become, in a way, too big to fail. Executives don’t meddle. There is minimal scripting. It’s Smith, Barkley and O’Neal being themselves at their own pace. It’s virtually unheard-of for a studio show to become more important than the games it is covering. Just this week, TNT won four Sports Emmys because of “Inside the NBA.” Even Smith expressed bafflement at the show’s influence. “It just doesn’t make sense at times,” Smith said. “But I know that I have a big responsibility. Charles and I talked about this, maybe about 10 years ago. We said something about a coach and our opinion that we wouldn’t keep him if he did that on the air. The next day he got fired.” He continued. “We vowed that we would never say that again, because the point we made, no one had made prior to us. No one had saw what we had seen, and so I said, ‘I’ll never do that again.’ And I said, ‘Charles, we got too much power to do that.’” Like O’Neal and Barkley, Smith has side projects, including a production company. His daughter, Kayla Brianna, is an R&B singer, and another daughter, Monique Green, is an actress. His son, K.J., has followed in Smith’s footsteps and plays basketball at the University of North Carolina. Smith also has two younger children, Malloy and London. His wife, Gwendolyn Osborne-Smith, a former longtime model on TV’s “The Price Is Right,” filed for divorce last year. In the big picture, Smith has been defined by his television career. He has been linked to coaching and front office jobs in the league, but nothing has materialized so far. When asked where he saw himself in 10 years, Smith paused. “It’ll be ownership,” he said. “You want to be an NBA owner?” I asked. “Or here,” Smith said, using his fingers to point downward. He was referring to WarnerMedia, the parent company of TNT. He said he sees himself being a high-level executive in charge of content. And why not? If he could change the way sports highlight shows are done, why not the rest of network television?

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Family keeps reminding woman of failed marriage I married when I was in my early 20s and stayed married for four years. It has been five years since my divorce. We had no children, and I haven’t had contact with my ex. The problem is, my family won’t stop bringing him up. My sister is being married DEAR ABBY soon, so they constantly discuss my wedding. I didn’t live near my family before the divorce, so they don’t know how bad my marriage really was. I didn’t tell them because I don’t think it’s their business. They didn’t like him, but they don’t know all of my reasons for getting divorced. I have moved on with my life. I recently moved back to be near my family, which I regret now because they can’t let go of my past. I have changed a lot in the time that I lived away from them. I worked my way through college and dealt with a genetic, life-threatening health issue (hospital stays included), all without their support. Since then, I have focused on my career, my health, self-care and my happiness. I’m proud of myself and have made only positive changes since my divorce. I have told my family I don’t appreciate their constantly bringing up my failed marriage and my sister’s wedding all the time, but they continue to do so. They say they don’t understand why it bothers me. Am I overreacting? How do I establish boundaries with them about this? As of now, I’m spending less time with them in order to stay focused on my life goals. Keeping The Past In The Past

JEANNE PHILLIPS

You shouldn’t blame your relatives for something they don’t know — specifically,

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the fact that your marriage was much worse than they realize. This is wedding season, your sister’s nuptials are fast approaching, and it’s only natural that the subject of weddings — present, future and past — comes up. Remind them that your marriage is a sensitive subject. If they don’t stop bringing it up after that, then continue to distance yourself. After many years of much silence, backstabbing and abuse from my sister, I got a text from her telling me she’s starting chemo for a form of leukemia. This has been going on for more than four years, but she thought now I should be “in the loop.” I told her I will be praying for her. I had to hold back the emotional, “What can I do for you?” She lives about five hours away, but knowing my siblings, I know they’ll be hanging around and judging me on what I do next. I told her I am in shock right now. I have very mixed emotions about how to handle this news — from trust issues to guilt to pain. We are both in our mid-60s. Any advice would be helpful. Lost Sis

Classic Peanuts

Garfield

Start by doing what you said you would — praying for her. A few days — or weeks — after her treatment has started, call to see how she is doing. If the call goes well, continue to check in on her. If she wants you to come, put aside your differences and pay her a visit. If the call doesn’t go well, don’t put yourself in that position again, and do not apologize or feel guilty for doing it. Forgive her and forgive yourself. Blondie

Concerns about number of antigens in vaccines is unwarranted You mentioned in a recent column that there is no single-dose measles vaccine. I understand that there are people who object to the MMR combo in the belief that it exposes the child to too many antigens at once. Here is a quote from the cdc.gov website: “Each vaccine in the childhood vaccination schedule has between 1-69 antigens. TO YOUR A child who receives all the GOOD HEALTH recommended vaccines in the 2018 childhood immunization schedule may be exposed to up to 320 antigens through vaccination by the age of 2.” In fact, a 1994 report from the Institute of Medicine, Adverse Events Associated with Childhood Vaccines, states: “it seems unlikely that the number of separate antigens contained in childhood vaccines ... would represent an appreciable added burden on the immune system that would be immunosuppressive.” I can’t say that the words “seems unlikely” would inspire confidence in those who question the safety of combination vaccines. Is it not possible or feasible to administer single-dose measles vaccines?

DR. KEITH ROACH

Too many vaccines at once is indeed a concern for many parents. But there are several reasons why I think the number of antigens in vaccines

should not cause a concern. The first is that a child is exposed to thousands if not millions of antigens daily through exposure to their own bacteria, food and dirt: A child’s immune system is robust enough to handle it. The second is that the number of antigens in the current vaccine schedule is much lower than it was in the 1960s, as the vaccines now are much “cleaner”: There were 3,217 antigens in the vaccine schedule in the 1960s. Now, there are on the order of 10 times less than the 1960s, and even less than in the single smallpox vaccine kids got 100 years ago. The third is that by delaying vaccination due to the theoretical concern of overloading the immune system, a child is left unprotected from real diseases, which have potentially severe consequences. Finally, single vaccines for measles, mumps, or rubella simply are unavailable. The safety data since 1994 continue to show the overall safety of the vaccine schedule, with an extraordinarily low number of serious adverse events, less than 1 in a million.

Hagar the Horrible

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Horoscope By Stella Wilder Born today, you are sturdy, stalwart and always on the lookout for a good cause to support — and find one you will, again and again. There seems to be no end to your energy and ability to focus on your goals; what you start you finish, and almost always successfully. You share with many Gemini natives an eagerness to present yourself in a stylish and unique manner — and so you do. There are times, in fact, when others might label you eccentric because of the things you do or say or the clothes you wear. No matter how you dress, however, you always seem to look good, and you have what it takes to be a real trendsetter. Others look to you as an example. By keeping doors closed, you are sure to protect yourself from the kind of intrusive attention you would not be able to abide. Still, by doing this you’re likely to make yourself a target of busybodies. Also born on this date are: Ralph Waldo Emerson, poet; Frank Oz, filmmaker; Anne Heche, actress; Claude Akins, actor; Mike Myers, actor and comedian; Sir Ian McKellen, actor; Octavia Spencer, actress; Igor Sikorsky, aircraft designer; Gene Tunney, boxer. To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide. SUNDAY, MAY 26 GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You’re in no mood for doing things in the same old way today. Give yourself time to experiment just a little and see what is really possible.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You may be wondering why an old friend hasn’t been in touch in quite a while. Instead of just sitting there, why not reach out yourself?

Baby Blues

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Don’t fool around with things you don’t really understand today, or you may find yourself in a situation from which you cannot get free. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You are in a race against time itself right now, and you cannot afford to be distracted by anyone whose needs are less than your own. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You are putting yourself in danger in a way that you cannot possibly understand, but saying “no” at just the right time can keep you safe.

Beetle Bailey

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You’re facing a different kind of situation today — one that requires you to accept what comes in order to minimize the dangers you face. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Look around and you will understand why things are the way they are, but you’re not likely to understand what you can do about it. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — A big decision affects others more than it does you. You may want to walk awhile in another’s shoes to get the feel for something new. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Self-indulgence is to be avoided today at all costs. If you have a choice between yes and no, no is likely to be the correct answer for now. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You may stumble today, but you can regain your balance and be back on your way in little time.

Pearls Before Swine

Dennis the Menace

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SUPER QUIZ

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

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

Print your answer here:

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

Anagrams Level 1

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

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” Answers (Answers Tuesday Monday)

Jumbles: SUITE SCOUT COMPEL THRIVE Answer: He’d caught his opponent cheating, and now the golfer had a — SCORE TO SETTLE

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Solution to Friday’s puzzle

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit

Heart of the City

Rearrange all of the letters in the word to make another word. (e.g., Melon. Answer: Lemon.) Freshman level 1. Night 2. Skill 3. Hooks 4. Lured 5. Rocks Graduate level 6. Glare 7. Cause 8. Leaps 9. Hikes 10. Dense PH.D. level 11. Tough 12. Infer 13. Scent 14. Omits 15. Leper

SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Thing. 2. Kills. 3. Shook. 4. Ruled. 5. Corks. 6. Large. 7. Sauce. 8. Lapse. 9. Shiek or sheik. 10. Needs. 11. Ought. 12. Finer. 13. Cents. 14. Moist. 15. Repel. 24 to 30 points — congratulations, doctor; 18 to 23 points — honors graduate; 13 to 17 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 5 to 12 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 4 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?

Mutts

Dilbert

Pickles For Better or For Worse

Get Fuzzy

Hi & Lois

Crossword Puzzle

THE Daily Commuter Puzzle ACROSS 1 Skater Babilonia 4 Sun-dried brick 9 Dermatitis symptom 13 Victories 15 UCLA athlete 16 Guy 17 All at __; suddenly 18 __ up; evaluates 19 Make obscure by smearing 20 Thus 22 Like petits fours 23 Football kick 24 Throng 26 Short fast race 29 San Francisco transport 34 __ to; refuse to let go of 35 Construct 36 Color 37 __ a bell; sounded familiar 38 Sap-yielding tree 39 Theater section 40 Connecting word 41 European capital city 42 Prepared to take a selfie 43 Bugged 45 Passengers 46 Dustcloth 47 Bob Hope’s frequent costar 48 Health nut’s lunch, perhaps 51 Hugeness 56 Doesn’t have both __ in the water 57 Approaches 58 In __; destitute 60 Make sharp 61 More than enough 62 Equipment 63 Loony 64 __ one’s cool; blows up 65 Timid DOWN 1 Deuce

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Mother Goose & Grimm

Bound & Gagged

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews

4 Not in class on a school day 5 Float without an anchor 6 Greek liqueur 7 Coffin platform 8 Musical group 9 Drink 10 Powder, for short 11 Classic board game 12 Group of buffalo 14 Flowing out slowly 21 Ladder step 25 “The __ Gray Mare” 26 Leftover piece 27 747 or 757 28 Orange peels 29 Valentine’s Day card figure 30 Isn’t well 31 Picked 32 Boring tool 33 Marsh grasses 35 Uncovered 38 Borderline; on the edge

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Friday’s Puzzle Solved

42 Bowler’s focus 44 Has confidence in 45 Washes off soapsuds 47 Comedian Milton 48 Cape __, South Africa

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50 Worry 52 Office note 53 Geography book diagrams 54 Golf shop purchase 55 Slangy

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