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American flags were in abundance during Memorial Day parades seen around the Twin Counties on Monday.

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By Sarah Trafton Columbia-Greene Media

Despite festivities throughout the holiday weekend, Twin County residents were reminded of the somber meaning behind Memorial Day with annual parades and memorial services to honor fallen veterans. The city of Hudson and town of Catskill held their parades at 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., respectively, on Monday.

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Hudson’s Memorial Day parade, organized by American Legion Post No. 184 in conjunction with Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1314, kicked off at 10:30 a.m.

In addition to veterans from the American Legion and the VFW, members of Daughters of the American Revolution attended, the VFW Auxiliary, and veterans from the organizations Disabled American Veterans, Italian American War Veterans, Korean War Veterans, Vietnam War Veterans, Lebanon/Grenada/Panama Veterans, Gulf War/War on Terrorism Veterans marched or rode in the parade.

The parade began on N. 7th Street and ended at the courthouse, where a memorial service was held. A reception at St. Mary’s School followed the ceremony.

“One hundred and twenty-three Columbia County veterans were killed from World War I, II, the Korean and Vietnam wars, to Afghanistan and Iraq,” Vince Grimaldi, of the VFW, said. “We hold the ceremony to honor those who went

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The Pipes and Drums of Greene, as well as the Catskill High School marching band, provided music for Catskill’s Memorial Day parade on Monday.

GREENPORT — A Columbia County dog breeder says he is now in full compliance with state inspection regulations after a reinspection at his facility Thursday.

Hudson Labradoodles, 329 Church Road, Greenport, was among seven kennels listed in New York on the Humane Society of the United States’ “The Horrible Hundred 2019” puppy mills and puppy sellers in the country. Hudson Labradoodles is owned and operated by Curtis Rist.

“My wife and I love our dogs and pups and I take full responsibility for problems that we encountered,” Rist said. “Most of them were structural problems within our kennel. I understand people’s concerns, and I am not dismissing them and we’ve fixed them.”

Rist was cited several times in the past two years, according to the inspection reports. Prior issues included dodging inspectors, according to the Horrible Hundred report. Rist’s failure to show up for several inspections earned him a “non-compliant critical” violation.

Rist houses 24 Australian Labradoodles in large kennels.

Australian Labradoodles are a mix between a Labrador retriever, a poodle and a cocker spaniel, while non-Australian Labradoodles are poodle and Labrador mixes, according to the Australian Labradoodle Association of America.

On Jan. 31, 2019, the inspector noted that some issues had been addressed but that there was a heavy odor of feces and urine inside the kennel run area and that the facility needed better ventilation.

Although the dogs appeared healthy during site visits, the kennels were listed as unsanitary due to odor.

The odor, Rist said, was caused by urine seeping into unsealed concrete. The concrete has since been sealed, he added.

Kennels like Rist’s must be registered with the state Department of Agriculture and Markets, which regularly conducts on-site inspections at registered kennels. Unannounced inspections are conducted annually, Rist said. State

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Veterans and their supporters turned out in force to honor the fallen.

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Veterans reflect on Memorial Day

By Sarah Trafton Columbia-Greene Media

Behind all the barbecues, fireworks, parades and pizzazz, there is a whole lot of blood and gore we don’t always acknowledge when we think about what went into creating and defending our cherished red, white and blue nation.

Veterans may have the best possible insight into what Memorial Day is all about.

Tom Bristol, 95, of Windham, served as a tail-gunner in the Army during World War II, earning the rank of sergeant.

Bristol completed 54 combat missions in India and China. “[Memorial Day] means a heck of a lot to me,” Bristol said.

Bristol was spending time with his family over the weekend and

participating in the Veterans of Foreign Wars Parade in Prattsville on Monday.

“Last year I marched,” Bristol

attending a dinner at Christman’s Windham House in his honor.

Bristol’s daughter, Lynn Verrentia, feels people have lost sight of

“Memorial Day is not a holiday for me. We ride in parades and wave, but we also have to remember that there are many men and women who did not come home. We bow our heads and are mindful that there are vets who can’t do that. Even though they are home, they’re dead.”

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said. “This year I’ll be riding in a float or private car.”

After the parade, Bristol will be

the meaning of the holiday.

“People seem to lose sight of what the day really is,” she said,

adding that it is viewed as a threeday weekend.

Bristol uses the day to think about the colleagues he lost or other relatives he has in the service, such as his son-in-law, who served in Vietnam, and all of his brothers, who served in the war with him.

“Anybody that was in the service, God bless them all,” Bristol said.

Former Hudson Police Chief Louis Brenner, 93, of Hudson, served in the Navy as seaman 1st class during World War II. Brenner’s first ship sank in the Philippines.

“We lost over 700 ships in the war,” Brenner recalled.

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TOKYO — President Donald Trump is so determined to sell his vision of peace with North Korea that he is prepared to back Kim Jong Un over his advisers, his allies and his fellow Americans.

At a joint news conference with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Trump directly contradicted his own national security adviser, John Bolton, as well as his host, by arguing that Pyongyang had not launched ballistic missiles this month nor violated U.N. Security Council resolutions.

He also again sided with North Korea over former Vice President Joe Biden, after his Democratic rival was branded a “fool of low I.Q.” by North Korea’s state media for calling Kim a dictator and a tyrant.

Trump said he was not “personally” bothered by North Korea’s missile launches this month and said he does not believe they violate the U.N. Security Council resolutions.

“My people think it could have been a violation,” Trump said. “I view it differently.”

On Saturday, the president’s national security adviser, John Bolton, had told reporters there was “no doubt” that North Korea had violated the Security Council resolutions by firing off short-range ballistic missiles.

North Korea’s Foreign Ministry was quick to round on Bolton Monday, with an unnamed spokesman quoted in state media as calling him a “war maniac” who has a “different mental structure from ordinary people.”

But Bolton didn’t get much support from Trump, who appears keen to think the best of Kim, whether because he believes in their personal chemistry or because he can’t admit that a major foreign policy initiative is failing.

“I view it as a man - perhaps he wants to get attention, and perhaps not, who knows,” Trump said, referring to Kim and the tests. “It doesn’t matter. All I know is that there have been no nuclear tests, there have been no ballistic missiles going out, no long-range missiles going out.”

Trump portrayed the North Korean dictator as a leader who believes, as the president himself does, that his country has “tremendous economic potential” but understands he can’t develop it while still pursuing his nuclear ambitions.

“He knows that with nuclear, that’s never going to happen, only bad can happen,” Trump said. “He understands, he is a very smart man, he gets it.”

The president — a former real estate developer — also cast Kim’s opportunities through

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Above, President Donald Trump takes a dish from a chef at a robatayaki charcoal grill restaurant in Tokyo on Sunday as, from left, first lady Melania Trump, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife, Akie, look on.

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Left, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Donald Trump are seen ahead of their summit meeting at the State Guest House in Tokyo’s Akasaka area on Monday.

the lens of his previous passion.

North Korea, the president said, is “located between Russia and China on one side, and South Korea on the other. It’s all waterfront property. It’s a great location, as we used to say in the real estate business.”

In an earlier tweet, Trump had also seemed to side with Kim against Biden - the Democratic candidate for president about whom he and his aides currently are most worried. In that missive, Trump wrote that he appreciated a recent comment by North Korea state media criticizing Biden, adding, “Perhaps that’s sending me a signal?”

Pressed about seeming to choose a brutal dictator over a fellow American, Trump doubled down on his initial tweet.

“Well, Kim Jong Un made a statement that Joe Biden is a low IQ individual,” he said. “I think I agree with him on that.”

Bolton and the U.S. ambassador to Japan, William Hagerty — both sitting to the side — chuckled slightly at Trump’s put-down of the former vice president.

Abe has been keen to play down his differences with Trump over North Korea and stressed that the two countries’ positions were “the same.” He said Trump had “broken the shell of mistrust” with Kim, and shared his vision of a bright future.

But even Abe could not bring himself to agree with Trump when it came to the missile launches.

“On May 9th, North Korea launched short-range ballistic missiles, and that’s a violation of the U.N. Security Council’s resolution, so, as I have been saying, this is quite a regrettable act,” he said.

Earlier Trump became the first foreign leader to meet Japanese Emperor Naruhito since he ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne at the beginning of the month, something he described as a “profound honor.”

On Saturday, he was the guest of honor on the final day of a sumo tournament, presenting a specially made “President’s Cup” to the winner.

So far, Japan’s attempt to court and flatter Trump during

this four-day state visit appears to be paying off. Talking to the media before his summit discussions with the Japanese leader, Trump described Abe as a “truly amazing prime minister,” and Japan as a “really interesting and fabulous place.”

“We understand each other very well, we’re very committed to each other as nations, so we have a situation where we have the best relationship that we’ve ever had with Japan, and we’re going to keep it that way,” he said.

Crucially for Japan, Trump signaled that a trade deal between the two nations — something he has been impatient to deliver — will be delayed until after July’s Upper House elections in Japan. He said the two leaders would “get the balance of trade straightened out rapidly,” adding that an announcement would come “probably in August.”

Trump wants to see Japan cut tariffs for U.S. agricultural products, after the United States’ withdrawal from the 11-nation Trans Pacific Partnership left its exporters at a disadvantage. He has also threatened to impose 25 percent tariffs on foreign cars, although he declared this month he would delay imposing them for 180 days to allow room for negotiations on restricting import volumes.

But Abe’s constant reminders to Trump that Japan’s car companies have poured money into the United States, including in regions dominated by Republican voters, also appear to be paying off.

Abe said Japanese companies had invested $24 billion since Trump took office, adding that energy companies had reacted to Trump’s “tax reform” by deciding to invest in Michigan, Alabama, Kentucky and other states.

The U.S. president echoed

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that sentiment Monday, talking of “unprecedented amounts of dollars” being invested in the United States.”

He also boasted that Japan has become one of the world’s top purchasers of American defense equipment and would be buying 105 “brand new F-35 stealth aircraft,” to give it the largest F-35 fleet of any U.S. ally.

But Trump said he believed a trade deal could be reached that would “benefit both our economies” and reduce the U.S. deficit.

“We have an unbelievably large imbalance as you know, trade imbalance, which has been there for many years, Japan having the big advantage,” he said. “They are brilliant businesspeople, brilliant negotiators, and they put us in a very tough spot. But I think we will have a deal with Japan.”

Trump also backed Abe’s efforts to mediate between the United States and Iran, with the prime minister reported to be planning a visit there next month.

“I do believe Iran would like to talk, and if they want to talk we’d like to talk,” Trump said.

“I know for a fact the PM is very close with the leadership of Iran, and we’ll see what happens. Nobody wants to see terrible things happen, especially me.”

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CALENDAR 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 special

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 n Greene County Board of Electrical Examiners 1 p.m. at the Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., 4th Floor, Room 469, Catskill

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

Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Durham Town Board workshop meeting 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham

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

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

DEC announces ‘Outdoor Day’ celebrations ALBANY — New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos announced that “Outdoors Day” will be celebrated at free events across the state on June 8.

DEC is hosting these events as part of the governor’s Adventure NY Initiative to connect people to nature and provide increased access to the outdoors so New Yorkers of all ages and abilities can experience handson recreational activities.

Commissioner Seggos said, “With nearly five million acres of land open to the public to explore, New Yorkers have endless opportunities for outdoor adventure. DEC is excited to host Outdoors Day events on June 8th and open up new possibilities for outdoor recreation for people of all ages. We encourage you to spend the day with us enjoying the outdoors and trying a new skill.”

New York’s Outdoors Day coincides with National Get Outdoors Day, an annual event to encourage healthy, active outdoor fun. The events are also consistent with the governor’s 2018 executive order to make New York the first age-friendly state in the country.

At events across the state, Outdoors Day participants will be able to discover new skills and try a range of introductory outdoor recreation activities like fishing, paddling, hiking, biking, bird watching, archery, camping, and more. Adaptive equipment and opportunities will be available at select locations.

DEC is hosting 10 Outdoors Day events throughout the state. These family-friendly, open house events will run from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Some programs and demonstrations are scheduled at specific times. Details, including schedules, registration requirements, and a map of activities planned for Outdoors Day can be found on DEC’s website.

Monday, June 10

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n Ashland Town Board 7:30 p.m. at

the Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland n Catskill Village Planning Board 7 p.m. at the Catskill Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill n Coxsackie Village Board 7 p.m. at Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Tuesday, June 11

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n Catskill Town Planning Board with

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

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

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

Thursday, June 13 n Windham-Ashland-Jewett CSD Board of Education 7 p.m. in the School Library, 5411 Route 23, Windham

Monday, June 17 n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m. at the Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Greenville Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 11159 Route 32, Pioneer Building, Greenville

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

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

Wednesday, June 19 n Catskill Central School District BOE

7 p.m. in the CHS Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill

Activities at DEC facilities include (not all activities are available at all locations): Fishing: The I Fish NY program will offer free catchand-release fishing clinics for all ages. Learn about fishing equipment, techniques, regulations, consumption advisories, and good places to fish. Participants may bring their own gear, but rods and reels will also be available for loan.

Camping 101: Visitors can try their hand at camping basics by pitching a tent on the lawn and learning what and how to pack for a camping trip. When the day is complete, participants will be prepared for an outdoor adventure of their own.

Paddling: Learn the basics of this fun and fastgrowing sport and try getting out on the water.

Archery: Try your hand at getting a bullseye with a bow and arrow and learn important safety tips.

Birdwatching: Learn how easy and fun it is to enjoy

birdwatching almost anywhere.

Hiking: Take a short hike and learn the basics of finding the perfect trails to get out on your own.

Outdoor safety: Learn the basics of being prepared and safe so all your outdoor adventures are good ones.

Locations: Long Island, Region 1: Hempstead Lake State Park, in partnership with the State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation NYC, Region 2: Mt. Loretto Unique Area Lower Hudson Valley, Region 3: Stony Kill Farm Environmental Education Center Catskills, Region 3: Kenneth L. Wilson Campground & Maurice D. Hinchey Catskills Visitor Center Capital District, Region 4: DEC’s Five Rivers Environmental Education Center and Lawson Lake County Park Eastern Adirondacks, Region 5: Northampton Beach Campground Western Adirondacks, Region 6: DEC Lowville office Central NY, Region 7: DEC’s Rogers Environmental Education Center Rochester/Western Finger Lakes, Region 8: In cooperation with Adirondack Mountain Club (Genesee Valley Chapter) at the Outdoor Expo at Mendon Ponds Park Western NY, Region 9: Reinstein Woods Environmental Education Center Most sites are wheelchair accessible. Contact the event coordinator directly with specific accommodation requirements.

STATE POLICE n Stanley Sarles, 42, of East Durham, was arrested at 8:22 p.m. May 17 in Durham and charged with driving while intoxicated with a previous conviction, a class E felony. He was held. n Brenda M. Urdaneta, 42, of Coral Gables, Florida, was arrested at 11 p.m. May 18 in New Baltimore and charged with driving while intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor. She was held in lieu of cash bail. n Michael H. Wierzbicki, 55, of Albany, was arrested at 9:58 p.m. May 18 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 Robert J. Backis, 27, of Purling, was arrested at 3:33 a.m. May 19 in Cairo and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a bloodalcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Danielle C. Garrepy, 22,

of Saugerties, was arrested at 8:22 p.m. May 19 in Catskill and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a bloodalcohol content greater than 0.08%, driving while intoxicated and aggravated DWI, all unclassified misdemeanors. She was issued an appearance ticket. n Susan G. Kliese, 54, of Coxsackie, was arrested at 9:25 p.m. May 19 in Coxsackie 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. n Michael A. Bell, 39, of Cairo, was arrested at 10:22 p.m. May 19 in Hudson and charged with assault, a class D felony, and first-degree unlawful imprisonment, a class E felony. He was released on his own recognizance. n Shane M. Deruggiero, 22, of Kerhonkson, was arrested at 9:50 p.m. May 19 in Cairo 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 Ryan A. Sanchez, 22, of Catskill, was arrested at 1:35 a.m. May 20 in Cairo and charged with first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle,

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a class E felony; operating a motor vehicle with a bloodalcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors. He was held. n Kayla J. Thompson, 22, of Pistcataway, New Jersey, was arrested at 6 p.m. May 20 in Catskill and charged with second-degree introduction of contraband into a prison, a class A misdemeanor. She was issued an appearance ticket. n Koby Mangin, 19, of Coxsackie, was arrested at 10:40 a.m. May 21 in Cairo and charged with possession of dangerous contraband in a prison, a class D felony. He was held. n Michael N. Cole, 28, of Athens, was arrested at 12:10 a.m. May 22 in Catskill and charged with reckless endangerment, a class B misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Brian A. Daggett, 55, of Hannacroix, was arrested at 7:45 p.m. May 21 in New Baltimore and charged with driving while intoxicated and aggravated DWI, both with prior convictions, and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol, all class E felonies. He was held. n Peter J. Perez, 32, of Catskill, was arrested at 12:40 p.m. May 22 in Cairo and charged with third-degree grand larceny, a class

D felony. He was released on his own recognizance. n Adam A. Bulich, 54, of Catskill, was arrested at 5:25 p.m. May 22 in Cairo and charged with seconddegree criminal possession of a weapon, a class C felony; second-degree menacing and criminal obstruction of breathing, both class A misdemeanors. He was held in lieu of a bail bond. n Vincent E. Palermo, 25, of Earlton, was arrested at 3:04 p.m. May 22 in Greenville and charged with third-degree assault, criminal obstruction of breathing, fourth-degree criminal mischief, and acting in a manner to injure a child, all class A misdemeanors. He was held in lieu of cash bail.

CATSKILL POLICE n Noelle M. Coons, 31, of Greenville, was arrested at 10:40 p.m. May 16 in Catskill and charged with driving while intoxicated and operating a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs or alcohol, both unclassified misdemeanors. She is scheduled to appear in court June 20 at 5 p.m. n Robert D. Raffiani, 54, of Catskill, was arrested at 9:04 p.m. May 17 in Catskill and charged with resisting

arrest, a class A misdemeanor, and disorderly conduct, a violation. He is scheduled to appear in court June 6 at 5 p.m. n Daren V. Barnes, 34, of Catskill, was arrested at 8:01 p.m. May 17 in Catskill and charged with criminal possession of a weapon with a prior conviction, a class D felony, and second-degree menacing, a class A misdemeanor. He was held in lieu of $20,000 cash bail or $40,000 bond. n Robert L. Simpson, 38, of Catskill, was arrested at 2:15 a.m. May 19 in Catskill and charged with seconddegree obstruction of governmental administration, a class A misdemeanor; and second-degree harassment and disorderly conduct, both violations. He is scheduled to appear in court June 6 at 5 p.m. n Robert J. Hatker, 35, of Catskill, was arrested at 7:30 p.m. May 19 in Catskill and charged with third-degree robbery, a class D felony; first-degree criminal contempt, a class E felony; resisting arrest and third-degree assault, both class A misdemeanors. He is scheduled to appear in court May 23 at 9 a.m.

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Summer means tick season is here ters for Disease Control.

Tick exposure can occur year-round, but ticks are most active during the warmer months of April to September.

Know where to expect ticks. Ticks live in grassy, brushy or wooded areas, and they can hide on animals. Spending time outside walking your dog, camping, gardening or hunting could bring you in close contact with ticks. Many people get ticks in their own yard or neighborhood.

Check your clothing for ticks. Ticks may be carried into the house on clothing.

Any ticks that are found should be removed. Tumble dry clothes in a dryer on high heat for 10 minutes to kill ticks on dry clothing. If the clothes are damp, additional time may be needed.

If the clothes require washing first, hot water is recommended. Cold- and medium-temperature water will not kill ticks, according to the CDC. Examine gear and pets.

Ticks can ride into the home

on clothing and pets, then attach to a person later, so carefully examine pets, coats, and daypacks.

Shower soon after being outdoors. Showering within two hours of coming indoors has been shown to reduce your risk of getting Lyme disease and may be effective in reducing the risk of other tick-borne diseases.

Showering may help wash off unattached ticks and it is a good opportunity to do a tick check.

Check your body for ticks after being outdoors. Conduct a full-body check upon returning from possible tick-infested areas, including your own backyard. Use a hand-held or full-length mirror to view all parts of your body. Check these parts of your body and your child’s body for ticks.

There is no cure for Lyme disease, the best known and most feared tick-borne illness. There is no single sufficient method of stopping tick bites, but the preventive measures really can make a difference.

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Latest Trump challenge to an independent civil service (c) 2019,The Washington Post ·

If the Trump administration gets its way, the United States will soon see the first elimination of a major federal agency since the World War II era — and not one that has shown up on many protest signs. The idea is to dismantle the Office of Personnel Management, aiming to fold functions into three other departments. It’s a dangerous one.

The OPM obviously has problems. The agency in charge of overseeing the recruitment, retention and administration of the civil service is bogged down by outmoded technology and a sclerotic bureaucracy.

These flaws have been most publicly obvious in the 725,000-strong backlog of background investigations that keeps potential employees waiting more than a year for approval, and in hacks into the OPM’s systems five years ago that exposed 22 million Americans’ sensitive information.

That debacle led, with congressional authoriza-

tion, to the sensible plan of transferring clearance investigations to the Defense Department. But now officials are using the change as a pretext for the OPM’s complete demolition. Incredibly, they argue that the revenue they will lose from ceasing background checks will make it impossible to fund other operations — all without evidence that the administration explored the possibility of securing those funds elsewhere or pursued a data-driven analysis of the benefits and costs, both financial and otherwise, that would come from the change.

The proposal would push the OPM’s policy duties to the Office of Management and Budget within the White House. Operational duties would go to the General Services Administration.

And if poor technology is the primary issue, it is not clear why an arrangement to share the GSA’s services, or any other agency’s, would not be a more targeted and effective solution.

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Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer, and the camps, cookouts and vacations over the next three or four months mean more time spent outdoors.

That brings the risk of tick bites — and tick-borne diseases.

Those diseases have been on the rise in recent years, with steady increases in both frequency and distribution, according to the Tick Encounter Resource Center, an online encyclopedia for information on blood-feeding creatures.

Lyme disease and anaplasmosis — a disease spread to people by bites primarily from the blacklegged tick — are common.

Symptoms of anaplasmosis are fever, headache, chills and muscle aches, according to the National Centers for Disease Control.

Other diseases can be passed along by these ectoparasites (a parasite that lives on the exterior of its host), and different creatures carry different pathogens, according to the Cen-

It’s hard to take impeachment seriously now

The move to the OMB is more concerning. The OPM exists to protect a nonpartisan civil service from politicization. Under the Trump plan, submitted to Congress this month, responsibility for formulating and approving rules about hiring, firing and more would go to a political appointee whose position would not require Senate confirmation.

President Donald Trump has sought to slash benefits for federal workers, treated their jobs as bargaining chips for a border wall and lodged countless “deep state” accusations. He hasn’t nominated candidates for hundreds of important positions and has nominated manifestly unqualified people for other important positions. It has been implicit in all these actions that those in the West Wing today do not value the people who serve this country by working for its government. Tearing up the OPM would make their contempt explicit and risk far more than it would fix.

Impeachment has jumped the shark. The episode that proves it is the one in which serious, informed politicians are wondering if President Donald Trump actually wants to be impeached for political advantage and is trying to goad Democrats into obliging him.

It would be impossible to imagine a more preposterous scenario under the Constitution and in the history of the presidency. Impeachment was intended by the constitutional framers as a highly serious option reserved for only the most extraordinary, egregious violations of the rule of law.

Today’s discussion treats impeachment as a trivialized gambit within the ordinary game of electoral politics.

The undermining of the constitutional ideal is near-total. It’s almost laughable.

To be clear, impeachment itself is and has long been a matter of high seriousness. Not so long ago, Richard Nixon resigned from the presidency to avoid the historic disgrace of being impeached. President Bill Clinton toughed it out, famously. But neither he nor anyone else doubted that his impeachment, however motivated by partisanship, became a permanent stain on his personal and presidential legacy. Whether you think that Clinton was guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors or not, it mattered enormously that he was just the second president in 200 years to be impeached. The House Republicans pushing his impeachment weren’t just saying that they wanted to make it harder for Clinton’s vice president, Al Gore, to win the next election.

They were making the argument that Clinton was a genuine criminal who had subverted the justice system by lying under oath.

Fast forward 20 years.

When critics of the Trump presidency started discussing impeachment almost as soon as he took office, they meant to do much more than achieve some political advantage. Or at least I did. In

my role as a constitutional law professor, I wrote several essays trying to make sense of the law, history and theory of impeachment. I went back and read books on the subject going back to the 1970s.

I wasn’t alone. Two of my most distinguished colleagues at Harvard Law, Laurence Tribe and Cass Sunstein, each wrote full-length books on the ins and outs of impeachment. Both had worked for President Barack Obama. Yet both went to great lengths to avoid saying that Trump deserved to be impeached on the basis of available evidence. Instead, they provided nuanced analysis of constitutional precedent and logic.

The point of the exercise was to help guide the public in a rational, nonpartisan way through the thickets of possible constitutional crisis.

Of course, no scholar or expert would deny that there is a political aspect to impeachment. Some politics is inherit in a constitutional structure that places impeachment responsibility in the House of Representatives and the trial to remove a president in the Senate.

The framers may have been idealistic, but they weren’t naive. They knew that elected politicians would not be free of political motivation. Nevertheless, they also made successful impeachment and removal very difficult, precisely to discourage Congress from taking the whole process lightly. They chose words with grand implications - “high crimes” - to underscore that removing the president outside of elections must not be undertaken lightly.

Yet somehow, all the talk in the last 2 1/2 years has robbed impeachment of its original serious content and atmosphere. Maybe it’s just too many rapid-fire conversations on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News, with their constant drumbeat of partisan prediction and preoccupation. We have talked about impeachment in the partisan context so much that we can no longer imagine it as something more than an electoral ploy.

The blame for this development goes to both parties.

Since the 2018 midterm election, House Democrats have made it painfully clear that discussing impeachment is primarily or even exclusively a tool to weaken Trump’s chances in 2020. You almost never hear a Democrat say, “We have a moral duty to impeach even if it will cost us the election in 2020.” Rather, the idea of impeachment and the idea of electoral advantage have become inextricably entwined.

On the Republican side, there has been much gleeful speculation that a Democratic effort to impeach Trump would bring out the Republican base in huge numbers. Trump himself is clearly toying with the possibility that this might be true - hence his recent efforts that seem to be daring the Democrats into action, or at least making them look like wimps if they don’t impeach him.

That leaves us with the preposterous notion that the president could or would somehow bring about his own impeachment to help him get re-elected. Gone is the traditional notion that impeachment itself would be a blot on Trump’s reputation. Not that Trump has ever cared much about reputation in the ordinary sense, but he very clearly wants to be remembered as a great president. In his mind, however, being impeached apparently wouldn’t stand in the way of his lionization as a leader.

Trump’s beliefs about politics and the Constitution are nothing if not a reflection of this instant in time. That he is treating impeachment as mere rhetoric shows that impeachment has lost its sting. That’s sad enough for now. It will be much, much sadder in the future, the next time we need impeachment to mean something.

Feldman is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is a professor of law at Harvard University and was a clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter. His books include “The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President.”

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Thailand on red alert in bid to stop ‘pig ebola’ crossing border Siraphob Thanthong-Knight and Anuchit Nguyen Bloomberg

Thailand, one of Asia’s top pork producers, is intensifying efforts to hold off a lethal pig virus that is causing havoc as it spreads across the region.

African swine fever — a disease that kills nearly all the pigs it infects — has been spreading through Asia from China and Mongolia to Vietnam and Cambodia. Millions of pigs have been culled, creating a global protein shortage and saddling farmers and food businesses with billions of dollars in costs.

“We’re on red alert for the pig virus,” Anan Suwannarat, the permanent secretary in Thailand’s Agriculture Ministry, said in an interview. “We’re trying everything to prevent it from spreading to Thailand.”

Thailand has tightened inspections at airports and border checkpoints, cracked down on illegal slaughterhouses and traders, and imposed stricter requirements for reporting hog deaths. The authorities have detected contaminated pork products at airports and borders, but have not yet found any cases at farms.

China, the largest pork producer and consumer, has been trying to contain the outbreak since August. But with no vaccine, the virus keeps spreading.

The strain of African swine fever spreading in Asia is undeniably nasty, killing virtually every pig it infects by a hemorrhagic illness reminiscent of Ebola in humans. It’s not known to sicken people, however.

Vietnam, Southeast Asia’s biggest pork

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Health officials outside the Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse in Hong Kong, on May 13, 2019.

producer, discovered its first case in February.

Cambodia — sandwiched between Vietnam and Thailand — reported its first infection less than two months later.

“Preventing the outbreak is our national agenda,” said Cheerasak Pipatpongsopon, the deputy director-general at Thailand’s Livestock Department. “Even if it gets into the

country, we’ll be quick in containing the outbreak to minimize the damage to the industry.”

The Agriculture Ministry has estimated an outbreak may cost the Thai economy more than $1 billion if over 50% of the country’s hogs are infected. That could reach nearly $2 billion if 80% are infected. The Thai government last month approved a $4.7 million budget to

prepare the nation for a potential outbreak.

“No country is safe,” said Dirk Pfeiffer, a professor at the Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health at the City University of Hong Kong. “There’s a high risk of introduction of the virus for Thailand, as is the case for every country in the region and beyond.”

Thailand produces over 2 million hogs each year, and exports about 40% to Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. It doesn’t import live hogs or pork meat, according to Cheerasak, and now visitors are not permitted to bring processed pork products into the country.

It has confiscated pork products at its airports and borders 550 times since August, detecting the virus 43 times, according to the Livestock Department.

The Thai Swine Raisers Association said the government is striving to keep the disease out.

The group’s president, Surachai Sutthitham, said he’s “confident Thailand can stay clear of the virus.”

Porous borders increase the risk of the disease entering the country. The virus can survive in uncooked meat for a long period of time, and hogs can get infected if contaminated food gets into their feed. But swill feeding in Thailand is rare, Cheerasak said.

An outbreak in Southeast Asia’s secondlargest economy could pose a risk for major food companies like Betagro and Charoen Pokphand Foods, and threaten 180,000 smallholders. It would also create an immediate challenge for the government due to be formed soon following March’s general election.

U.S. Army’s tweet prompts stories of harmful effects of military service Mihir Zaveri The New York Times News Service

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Terracycle’s main headquarters in Trenton, N.J., in November 2017.

It was meant to be part of a social media tribute on Memorial Day weekend. On Saturday afternoon, the Army posted a video on Twitter featuring a scout in fatigues who said his service gave him the opportunity to fight for something greater than himself, making him a better man.

In its next tweet, the Army asked: “How has serving impacted you?”

The post received thousands of responses. But many were probably not what the Army was looking for.

Instead, the call-out provided what some felt was a rare platform to spotlight the darker consequences of military service, as tweet after tweet described lifelong

health complications, grief over loved ones lost, sexual assaults gone unpunished and struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.

“The public just doesn’t hear about it,” said Brandon Neely, 38, a former Army specialist who posted about his PTSD. “They don’t hear about the guys, these veterans, that don’t sleep, have night sweats, are irritated.

Some guys get really bad anxiety, depression.”

The Army said in a statement that it appreciated people sharing their personal stories.

“Your stories are real, they matter, and they may help others in similar situations,” the Army said in a series of follow-up tweets. “The Army is committed to the health, safety and well-being of our

The milkman model returns, this 71-year-old woman is time for shampoo and Haagen-Dazs killed, husband wounded, in stabbing attack

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The world’s biggest brands want you to see those everyday household products in a different light. The shampoo bottle, the deodorant stick, razors and even your toothbrush-they all get thrown away when they’re empty or worn out. But if they were reusable-or refillable-just imagine how much waste could be avoided.

That’s the goal of “Loop,” a durable packaging initiative run by New Jersey-based recycling company TerraCycle that debuted at the World Economic Forum earlier this year. This week, Loop began its U.S. trial, allowing consumers to use steel, glass and durable plastic reusable packaging for everyday items.

Kroger Co. and Walgreens, along with such consumer brands as Procter & Gamble, Nestle, The Clorox Co. and Unilever, are taking part.

The project’s name is a reference to an aspirational economy where nothing is wasted. Loop’s goal is to show how easily consumers can lessen the damage done by throwaway plastic, paper, glass and cardboard. About 80 percent of all plastic ends up in landfills or the ocean, and grocery packaging actually creates more waste than plastic bags and straws.

For the trial, Loop is available online to customers in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. You can order products made by the participating companies that will

be delivered to you in special reusable packaging. Under the program, manufacturers have redesigned product containers for some of their most well-known products.

Loop will collect a refundable deposit, sometimes $5 to $10, that customers will get back when they return their containers. UPS will pick up your empties for no additional charge.

TerraCycle invested about $10 million in the project.

Procter & Gamble has unveiled its Crest mouthwash in a sleek glass bottle-with a rubber base to prevent breakage. It also has non-electric Oral B toothbrushes that have a head that pops off so users can keep the base and replace the brush. But it was the stainless steel ice cream container for Nestle’s Haagen-Dazs (which isn’t too cold to the touch but keeps ice cream cool longer) that was the crowd favorite at a Manhattan rollout this week.

So why now? With all the rage around e-commerce, sustainable companies are disrupting the supply chain and tapping into “recommerce,” the process of selling previously owned products. “The climate, especially over the past two years, has changed,” said Anthony Rossi, Loop’s vice president of global business development. “Consumers are demanding it.”

During Loop’s trial, returned containers will go to New Jersey and then Pennsylvania for washing, then back to the companies’ factories for refilling. The year-long

effort will track the initiative’s incidental impacts, such as the carbon footprint from shipping containers back and forth. And while reusable packaging may require more energy and materials when first made, Tom Szaky, chief executive of TerraCycle, said the carbon cost becomes equal to that of disposable packaging after just two or three uses. His goal, he said, is to produce items that can be reused 100 times.

“Loop is not the silver bullet,” Szaky said, but it may shed light on the actual cost of landfilling single-use plastics.

At the launch event in New York, former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman, a Republican who headed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, said the program was similar to Energy Star certification for buildings and appliances.

Whitman noted that while Energy Star was slow to catch on, it eventually graduated to mass adoption.

Szaky explained that Loop is all about bringing back the milkman model, where glass bottles of milk were left on your porch and you put the empties there to be picked up. The more people who reuse containers and send them through the systemrather than producing a new container for each item-the better the system will work, he said.

“We want you to see Loop packaging 50 years from now still going around,” Szaky said.

Ashley Southall and Christina Goldbaum The New York Times News Service

NEW YORK — A routine visit by a home attendant led to a gruesome discovery over the weekend in Brooklyn, where a woman was killed and her husband was wounded in a knife attack, the police said.

The woman, Maria Rodriguez, 71, had been stabbed several times in the torso and died in her home, according to police. Her 87-year-old husband, who uses a wheelchair, was stabbed in the chest and slashed across the arm. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital Center, where he remained in serious condition Sunday.

Investigators were looking to speak with the couple’s 55-year-old son, Oscar Rodriguez Jr., who checked himself into a nearby hospital’s psychiatric ward Saturday, according to a police official. No arrests had been made by Sunday evening and the police did not offer a motive for the attack.

On Saturday, the home attendant called the couple’s family after no one answered their door at 66 Garden Ave. in Bushwick. An in-law, Artelio Reyes, 63, crawled through a window and made the gruesome find, then called the police around 6:50 p.m.

The couple’s home was cordoned off with police tape Sunday and an officer stood guard at the door. As neighbors passed the house, they expressed shock.

“For something like this to

happen it’s just unreal,” said Felix Peralta, 42. “She was a precious old woman, very generous, very kind.”

Rodriguez was the third person killed this year in Bushwick, although murders in New York are down this year, according to police statistics.

Neighbors said Rodriguez was a soft-spoken woman who could be found feeding pigeons every morning either on her stoop or in the grassy patch outside her home. Her husband used a wheelchair to get around and rarely left the house, said Roselin Hu, 64, whose sister lives next door.

Vivian Green, 60, who lives across the street, said she exchanged greetings with Rodriguez on her way to the supermarket in the morning.

Phone calls to relatives of the couple went unanswered Sunday. Reyes declined to comment.

Rodriguez purchased the brick-front duplex in 2004, according to property records.

The couple lived below a second-floor unit that they rented to tenants.

The house sits in a row of seven similar houses, each facing a small patch of grass with trees that line the sidewalk. A waisthigh black metal gate separates the house from the sidewalk and gray concrete steps lead up to the front door.

Peralta, as he walked by the couple’s home Sunday morning, noticed pigeons lining the roof.

“It was like they were waiting for her,” he said.

Soldiers. As we honor those who paid the ultimate sacrifice this weekend by remembering their service, we are also mindful of the fact that we have to take care of those who came back home with scars we can’t see.”

Briley Kazy, 19, was disheartened by the response.

“They were like, this is very important to us, made it seem like they are doing as much as they can,” she said.

“But they’re not.”

Neely said the federal government does not do enough to take care of soldiers who return from their service.

“Hopefully, these politicians can do something to fix the system that’s broken,” he said.

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Pass-along plants

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BURLINGTON, VT — The following students were named to the 2019 spring semester dean’s list at the University of Vermont.

Julia Evola of Greenville, Molly Mathes of Coxsackie, Tara Verstandig of Selkirk.

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This is the premier shopping season for garden plants, and many purchases will be made in May by mail order or by pilgrimages to local nurseries. Often, however, better results can be had by keeping your wallet in your pocket and looking closer to home.

This shopping success comes from looking for the success stories in neighbors’ gardens. Whether you are hunting for natives or treasures of exotic origin, the plants that are already thriving in your neighborhood are the best bet for your own property. Such plants have already proven their adaptation to the local climate, soil, and other conditions. Given exposure to a similar amount of sunshine and similar care to what they received in their former home, your locally sourced plants are almost certain to thrive.

All that’s needed to acquire such plants is the permission of the owners, which in my experience is usually freely given, and a familiarity with the basics of plant propagation.

You can try collecting seed, but what will sprout from these may differ markedly from the parent you admired in the neighbor’s garden. The best way to acquire a real duplicate of some coveted specimen is to clone it. That sounds high tech, but it’s easily accomplished by simply rooting a cutting.

To do this, first prepare a rooting bed. Select a spot that is brightly lit but without direct sunlight, such as the area on the north side of a wall or fence. A small plot just a few feet square will provide accommodation for plenty of cuttings. Ensure that the soil in your cutting bed is moisture retentive but also welldrained; mix equal parts of sphagnum peat and horticultural perlite with the existing soil.

Next, using a sharp knife cut a shoot tip from the parent plant. When cloning herbs or annual and perennial flowers, it’s best to take a “softwood” cutting, a length of newly-

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Old fashioned roses including damasks are often passed along as cuttings from one gardener to another.

grown succulent stem, making your cut just below a node where a leaf or leaves sprout from the stem. For shrubs, a semi-hardwood cutting, a stem tip that is more mature, still flexible enough to bend easily but hard enough that it breaks with a snap, is better.

Propagation manuals recommend taking semi-hardwood cuttings in late summer or fall but I have found that such cuttings taken in late spring or early summer are also likely to succeed if they are sufficiently mature.

Whatever type of cutting you are taking, though, I have found it best to place them immediately in a gallon-sized Ziplock plastic bag with a wet paper towel to prevent dehydration and to get them into the rooting bed promptly.

When making softwood cuttings, take a 4-inch length of stem; semi-hardwood cuttings may be longer, from 4- 6 inches. Sever the cutting just below a node, the spot where a leaf or leaves sprout from the stem. Trim off the lower leaves from the stem, leaving at least two in place at the top of the cutting. Dip the cutting in rooting hormone (available at most garden centers). Then with a pencil poke a hole in your rooting bed. Insert the lower half of the cutting into the hole and firm in the soil mix around it with the pencil tip. Water the cutting well and cover it with a mini-greenhouse made by cutting the bottom off a 2-liter plastic soft drink bottle. On hot days, you

can remove the cap from the bottle to ventilate the cutting.

Keep the soil around the cutting moist but not soaking wet and leave it undisturbed for at least four weeks. Then lift off the greenhouse and tug gently on one of the cutting’s leaves. If the cutting resists sliding out of the soil, it has probably rooted. Herbs, annuals, and perennials may be transplanted to the garden at once. Shrubs should be left in the rooting bed over the winter and then moved to a nursery bed with an appropriate amount of sunshine the following spring to be nurtured as they grow into larger plants able to hold their own.

One point to keep in mind while pursuing pass-along plants is that it is possible for a plant to be too vigorous. Be sure to ask your neighbors if a plant has proven weedy and aggressive in their garden before introducing it into your own. You don’t want to provide an invitation to a weed or invasive plant.

Be-a-Better-Gardener is a community service of Berkshire Botanical Garden, located in Stockbridge, Mass. Its mission to provide knowledge of gardening and the environment through 25 display gardens and a diverse range of classes informs and inspires thousands of students and visitors on horticultural topics every year. Thomas Christopher is the co-author of Garden Revolution and is a volunteer at Berkshire Botanical Garden. berkshirebotanical.org.

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POTSDAM — Clarkson University awarded over 750 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees to students from 27 states, 22 countries and 57 New York state counties this spring.

Owen Talmage of Delmar received a bachelor of science degree with distinction in mechanical engineering; Bradley Bettinger of Delmar received a bachelor of science degree with great distinction in engineering and management; Andrew Sawicki of Athens received a bachelor of science degree with distinction in aeronautical engineering; Foster Ribsamen of Catskill

DELMAR — Daniel Cavanagh of Delmar received a degree on May 19 from Curry College in Milton, Mass.

RAVENA — Morgan LaDuke of Ravena, was recently initiated into the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. LaDuke is pursuing a degree in communications at Ithaca College.

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The Town of Cairo Republican Committee recently held its caucus to select candidates to run on the Republican line for the town of Cairo in November. Approximately 150 Republicans from the town came out to participate in this process. Pictured, from left, are the candidates that were selected by the caucus that night: Art Evans for superintendent of highways; Tim Powers for town council; John Coyne for town supervisor; Steve Kralovich for town council; Kayla Warner for town clerk; and Susan Hilgendorff for town collector.

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received the LGBTQIA Service and Activism Award at SUNY Oneonta’s Lavender Graduation Recognition Ceremony on April 28 in the Hunt Union Ballroom. This award recognizes a senior and member of the LGBTQIA+ community for extraordinary service and outstanding leadership to support and build the LGBTQIA+ campus community and for promoting LGBTQIA+ issues and awareness on the SUNY Oneonta campus. It also recognizes commitment and outstanding contribution to raising awareness and being an activist and voice for change, contribution to and involvement in SUNY Oneonta LGBTQIA+ life and enduring commitment to building community and educating the campus about LGBTQIA+ issues. Fitzgibbons graduated from SUNY Oneonta with bachelor’s in sociology.

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Catskill Elementary School welcomed children’s authors Diane DeGroat and Dan Sadlowski for a surprise visit on May 3. Both authors did readings and question-and-answer sessions with students in the school’s library. Diane DeGroat, award-winning author and illustrator of more than 150 books, is the writer of the beloved Gilbert series and the illustrator of Ree Drummond’s Charlie books. She read to students in grades K-2 from one of her Gilbert books, whose main character is an anthropomorphic possum in first-grade. DeGroat, who lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, spoke about how she illustrates books and how she writes them. She answered questions from students.

DeGroat is pictured speaking to second-grade students in the Catskill Elementary School Library.

received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering; Zachary Hewke of Palenville received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering; Katherine Holmok of Windham received a master of business administration degree.

We have more big news at our beloved ColumbiaGreene Humane Society/SPCA. We now have a grooming specialist to address all of your canine grooming needs and requirements.

Julie Blenner, one of our animal care technicians, is now available full time to address our valued consumers’ precious pets’ coats, ears and nails.

Julie studied under the tutelage of one of my show-dog colleagues, Honor Blume of the Bow Meow Regency. We were grateful to have Honor take Julie under her knowledgeable wing. There’s no substitute for experience.

Our grooming offerings, in addition to bathing, ear cleaning and nail trims, have expanded to clipping and stripping.

Those of you with doodles of all sizes can now take advantage of Julie’s expert training. She is equipped to clip longcoated and feathered breeds and breed mixes, as well as double-and single-coated canines.

We use top-of-the-line grooming products and equipment (essentials in my book) in a stateof-the-art grooming room. Julie also attended grooming seminars given by some of the top professionals in the Northeast. Keep in mind that your pets will be handled knowledgably and compassionately to minimize any stress that a new “cli-

ent” may experience.

We are so proud to extend our services to the public. Our boarding, daycare, and grooming services provide yet another avenue for us to support our primary mission of caring for the 5,000-plus animals we see come through our doors with a multiplicity of needs. In this challenging fiscal environment for all not-for-profits, we continue to be creative about ways to assure quality care for all who come through our doors! Hope to see your “kids” at the “spa!”

Though it’s early, save the date for our spring open house on June 29.

Feel free to call us with any questions at 518-828-6044 or visit www.cghs.org. Stop down and see us at 111 Humane So-

ciety Road, off Route 66 (about a mile south of the intersection with Route 9H) in Hudson. Our hours are 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. every day. The Food Bank is open to any from the public in need of pet food or for those wishing to donate food anytime during business hours. All of our cats and kittens are “Furrever Free” with all expenses paid. Spay/ neuter clinics for cats are $76 male or female, including a rabies vaccination and a 5-in-1 feline distemper combination vaccination. Nail clipping services are available 10-11 a.m. every Saturday at the shelter, no appointment necessary, for a donation of $5 for cats and $10 for dogs. Charlene Marchand is the Chairperson of the Columbia-Greene Humane Society/SPCA Board of Directors. She may be contacted at cghsaaron@gmail.com.

Greene County Community Energy A Good Energy Community Choice Aggregation This July, the Village of Coxsackie and the Towns of Cairo and New Baltimore will launch Greene County Community Energy, a Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) program which empowers local government in New York State to create large buying groups of residential and small commercial electricity accounts in order to leverage their buying power with independent energy service companies for cheaper energy supply rates. The program will also provide customers with competitive choice and price stability against volatile electricity supply costs.

Upcoming Public Information Meetings to discuss the programs. All are welcome to attend.

Town of Cairo Wednesday, May 29th at 6:00 PM at the Town Courthouse Town of New Baltimore Thursday, May 30th at 5:30 PM at Town Meeting Village of Coxsackie Thursday, May 30th at 7:00 PM at the Village

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Colorectal cancer has high survival rate Dear Warriors, I talk to so many people who either rarely, or not at all, go to the doctor. Reasons may be due to inadequate insurance or no insurance at all. Some may say they are too busy.

Regardless of the reason, there are some tests that are unavoidable — annual physical exams, including breast cancer screening if you are a woman (sometimes men) and prostate screening if you are a man. But most important to both sexes is colorectal screening. This subject is personal to me because I just lost a very close family member due to colorectal cancer.

According to The American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States, behind lung cancer. However, unlike lung cancer the survival rate is very high if caught early. There are many signs to be aware of.

The include a feeling that you need to have a bowel movement that is not relieved by doing so; rectal bleeding; dark stools or blood in the stool; cramping or abdominal (belly) pain; weakness and fatigue; and unintended weight loss.

Having other colon problems can also increase risk for colorectal cancer. This includes pre-cancerous polyps, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, and hereditary syndromes such as familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) or hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer (HNPCC), also known as Lynch syndrome.

Having Type 2 diabetes and certain habits such as poor diet and inactivity can also increase risk.

Now I know there are many “at-home” kits that claim to screen you for colorectal cancer. Since The American Cancer Society has lowered the recommended age to begin

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WHITEHEAD-DICKENS colorectal screening from 50 to 45, this seems to be a fast, easy and non-invasive way to test for cancer, but be awarethat using them may not give you an adequate diagnosis.

According to Dr. Naresh Gunaratnam, a gastroenterologist and research director at Huron Gastroenterology in Ypsilanti, Michigan, “If our goal is to prevent colorectal cancer, then finding, quantifying, localizing, and removing polyps is the most effective strategy.”

Cologuard is the most recognized one of these “athome” test. According to Gunaratnam, “Cologuard found 93% of the cancers detected by screening colonoscopy. That’s a great result, but when we’re talking about cancer, missing 7% is a big deal. That means Cologuard could fail to detect colorectal cancer in 1 out of every 13 people who use the test — a significant number considering that more than a million people have used it and many more will likely use it.”

Ninety-five percent of colon cancers begin as polyps.

Cologuard is not as good at finding pre-cancerous polyps and, unlike colonoscopy, it can’t remove them. According to the NEJM study, Cologuard misses more than 30% of polyps that will soon be cancer, and 57% of polyps that may become cancer”.

Some people should not be

prescribed Cologuard at all. It is not approved for individuals at high risk of colorectal cancer, including those with conditions that increase the risk, such as a personal history of polyps, inflammatory bowel disease, chronic ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, or familial adenomatous polyposis, or a family history of colorectal cancer or polyps.

Almost one in six people who use the Cologuard test will have a positive result that suggests the presence of colorectal cancer. They will no doubt worry they have colon cancer while scheduling and preparing for the recommended follow-up colonoscopy. For almost half of them (45%), the colonoscopy will show they do not have cancer.

Individuals with a positive Cologuard test who are covered by Medicare may face a costly bill because insurance covers 100% of the cost of colonoscopy as a preventive screening test, but a follow-up colonoscopy for a positive Cologuard is considered a diagnostic or therapeutic service and may not be fully covered.

When colorectal cancer does turn out to be a cause, symptoms often appear only after the cancer has spread. So be smart! Rather than rolling the dice, see your doctor if you have any of the above symptoms and schedule a colonoscopy! It’s safe, painless and most important accurate in detecting colorectal cancer!

For more information go to: https://www.statnews. com/2018/09/24/colorectalcancer-screening-sciencecologuard/ https://www.cancer.org/ latest-news/signs-and-symptoms-of-colon-cancer.html Due to a personal matter, my column will not appear in June and July, but I will be back in August.

Have a happy, safe summer.

The Ride for Mental Health returns June 22 and 23 NEW PALTZ — The Ride for Mental Health invites cyclists of all levels to come together June 22 and 23 in the Hudson Valley to enjoy New York’s natural beauty for a cause. Funds will support McLean Hospital, helping them accelerate progress being made to assist those living with mental illness.

All proceeds raised by riders goes towards the education, research, and treatment of mental illness, including anxiety, borderline personality disorder, depression, eating disorders and substance abuse. The Ride was created

by Mac Dorris to honor his late son, Eric Dorris, who battled these conditions.

“In addition to raising money, it is our sincere hope that The Ride will help end the stigma surrounding mental illness through education and awareness,” said Mac Dorris, CEO of Eric’s Ride Inc. and the event’s organizer.

“Throughout the weekend, we encourage riders to share stories and discuss what inspired their participation.

Many, if not most, of us are touched by close friends and relatives who have suffered with mental illness. We are extremely proud of the impact made with our first two rides, and believe that with public support it will continue to grow each year.”

To date, The Ride has raised more than $250,000.

These funds allowed McLean Hospital to allocate $20,000 funding the Technology in Psychiatry Summit; $55,00 supporting the transla-

tional research pilot grants for 10 researchers; $40,000 funding post-doctoral research; $60,000 providing matching funds for the Connor-McLean Healthy Kids Development Research Collaboration; $35,000 training clinical-research fellows working in borderline personality disorder programs; and $20,000 supporting scholarship funding for individuals to receive treatment at the Boys 3East intensive residential program.

This year The Ride’s special guest speaker will be Juli Furtado, a former Olympian and three-time World Cup mountain-bike champion.

Furtado was one of the most dominating mountain-bike racers of all time.

She was also subjected to a particularly difficult upbringing with her mother suffering from mental illnesses of her own. Last summer, encouraged to speak up after the suicides of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, and having struggled recently herself with depression, Furtado decided to tell her story to the San Jose Mercury newspaper.

“For me, the ride is in support of Eric’s life and his family, while also raising awareness about mental health,” said Furtado. “To further the understanding about internal struggles, it’s helpful to showcase personal stories and their lives.”

Riders can register for rides as short as 25 miles or as long as 100 miles, riding either one or both days. There is also an easy, flat rail-trail option,

which is designed for families and those wishing for an easier, car-free route. Pledge Goal for each rider is $1,000.

Participants have until July 31 to raise the funds, with no minimum required by riders.

The Ride will be hosting two group dinners on Saturday night. The first, limited to 150 guests, will be held at the Mohonk Preserve.

Individuals who raise $1,000 or more and those first to register will be invited to join and dine with Furtado.

Furtado will be speaking at the dinner to show her support for the event and to encourage others to open up about mental health.

A secondary community meal for all remaining riders and volunteers will take place simultaneously at Field of Dreams in New Paltz. Participants are encouraged to take this time as an opportunity to foster a sense of community and discuss what brought them to The Ride.

Accommodations are available at Hampton Inn and SUNY New Paltz dorm rooms. SUNY New Paltz has provided suite-style accommodations for $84/night. The price includes two twin beds with two to four rooms sharing one bathroom. Hampton Inn is also offering a group rate for $229/night for rooms with two queen beds.

For additional details visit www.rideformentalhealth. org and follow on Facebook and Instagram to stay informed on all ride updates.

A sticky situation If you read my columns regularly then you know how important it is to eat healthy food and how important it is to avoid toxic, unhealthy food. Over the years it has become virtually impossible to avoid toxins like lead and mercury.

So whether it’s in the water supply, beauty products or pesticides in your food, toxins are everywhere! And the same holds true for your cookware because even the healthiest organic food can be destroyed if your cookware is toxic.

Over the past decade, the safety of non-stick cookware has been under investigation, especially those that contain carcinogenic substances like the synthetic compound PFOA. PFOA burns off during the cooking process, becoming a toxic pollutant in the air we breathe and putting you at risk for developing thyroid and liver disease, bladder, testicular and kidney cancer.

While PFOA is still used in non-stick cookware; since 2015 it is no longer a major component in its production.

And your beloved slow cooker is just as toxic. In 2004, Bill Gebhardt of Salt Lake City’s KUTV investigated the lead content in slow cooker bowls and what he found is cause for concern.

Gebhardt took a number

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SCHOEPE of different brands of slow cookers to Data Chem Lab for lead analysis. The results found there were measurable amounts of lead leaching into food. According to the Mayo Clinic, “Lead poisoning occurs when lead builds up in the body over a period of months or years. Even small amounts can cause serious health problems.”

Luckily for you I got a little obsessed about finding safer, non-toxic cookware. Granted some of the cookware is a little more pricey, but these tools are going to last you a lot longer than many conventional ones without the toxic burden.

Loved by both home cooks and professional chefs, enameled cast-iron cookware is very affordable and widely available. The enamel surface provides a non-stick surface that won’t leach, react to acidic foods or rust.

Plus they’re easily available and budget friendly.

Stainless steel is another great option because it comes in many varieties and types.

It’s safe for cooking acidic foods like tomato sauce without the risk of leaching any harmful chemicals and is pretty close to be indestructible. Reasonably priced, stainless steel is a wise investment, provided you take good care of it.

And finally, my favorite slow cooker is the Instant Pot. It boasts a stainless steel cooking surface, which is generally considered an ideal surface for food due to its non-toxic nature. And it’s reasonably priced and easily available.

A majority of less expensive slow cookers state their products are “in accordance with FDA guidelines.” But keep in mind this does not mean the product is free of lead and the term “lead free” and does not guarantee that lead will not leach into your food during the cooking process.

Changing out your cookware won’t happen overnight and it may cost you a little more;, but in the end you will reap the long-term benefits.

Reach Mary Schoepe at fitness. concepts001@yahoo.com.

Albany Med cardiologist, area CEO to lead 2019 Capital Region Heart Walk and Run ALBANY — Hearts are Dr. Sulagna “Suzie” Mookherjee’s daily life. For Karen Carpenter Palumbo, her heart became more important to her when she turned 52. Both women are co-chairing the 2019 Capital Region Heart Walk and Run, set for June 2 at the University at Albany.

“That’s how old my mother and my grandmother were when they each had a heart attack,” said Carpenter Palumbo, president and CEO of Vanderheyden, and co-chair of the 2019 Capital Region Heart Walk and Run. “I wanted to change the story, so I applied for the BetterU, the Heart Association’s 12-week heart-health improvement program, in 2015, and was accepted. I’ve been part of the American Heart Association since then, and it’s my honor to chair the 2019 Capital Region Heart Walk and Run.” “My dad is a cardiologist, so I have been exposed to the amazing aspects of the heart and what it does since childhood,” said Dr. Mookherjee, F.A.C.C., a cardiologist at Albany Med, and co-chair of the 2019 Capital Region Heart Walk and Run. “At my sixth-grade science fair, my dad brought me a bull’s heart from the local butcher so I could show all the parts at the science fair. My topic was the heart and how important it was for life! Since then, cardiology has remained my passion and I am proud to be part of the American Heart Association’s mission of being a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives.”

Dr. Mookherjee is assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology at Albany Medical College and is director of the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program. In 2018, she received the Crystal Heart Award at the Capital Region Go Red for Women Luncheon for her

work fighting heart disease. In March, she was named A l b a n y County’s Citizen of the Month.

In 2017, Karen the CapiCarpenter tal Region Palumbo Chamber of Commerce named her a Woman of Excellence. She is also a member of the Founders Affiliate Board of the American Heart Association.

Dr. Mookherjee regularly shares the American Heart Association’s message in the media and has been the keynote speaker at several events in the Capital Region and beyond.

A Syracuse native, Dr. Mookherjee has a bachelor’s degree from SUNY’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry, a master’s degree from SUNY Buffalo, and her M.D. is from Upstate Medical University in Syracuse. Cardiology is also the family business for Dr. Mookherjee. Her father and sister are both cardiologists and her brother is an internist. Dr. Mookherjee is married to Dr. Robert Millar, who is also a cardiologist at Albany Med. Carpenter Palumbo has been the president and CEO of Vanderheyden for seven years, prior to which she was commissioner of the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (OASAS) She had been vice president of the American Cancer Society, and was an executive vice president at CDPHP. She has held several community board positions.

A native of Horseheads, she has a bachelor’s degree in social work from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and a master’s of social work from

Adelphi University.

Carpenter Palumbo has also been named a Woman of Excellence by the Capital Region Dr. Suzie Chamber of Mookherjee Commerce.

She lives in Albany and has two children, Kyle and Kyra.

Carpenter Palumbo has spoken in the media and at events on behalf of the BetterU, and is a regular participant in the Capital Region Heart Walk and Run. Most recently, she hosted a stop of the Red Couch Tour in Colonie Center. She emceed the Heart Walk’s Torch Ceremony on May 9.

“Suzie and Karen have an extraordinary impact on the people they work with every day,” said Theresa Petrone Butts, chair of the Capital Region Advisory Board of the American Heart Association, and leader of IT Vendor and Budget Management at MVP Health Care. “They combine personal, one-on-one care with the ability to see the big picture, and we are fortunate to have them bring their skills and leadership ability to the Capital Region Heart Walk and Run.” “The Heart Walk and Run is a great event, that draws people from every walk of life and every age group,” Dr. Mookherjee said. “It’s a moving day, it’s an empowering day, and it’s a day that can make a huge difference in everyone’s lives.”

“Thousands of people come to the Heart Walk and Run,” Carpenter Palumbo said. “We learn a lot, we laugh, we shed a few tears, and we improve our own health by taking a heart-healthy walk.

It’s really all about the community.”

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away and didn’t come home.

As Ronald Reagan said, they gave up two lives: their youth and their future.”

Assistant Scout Leader John Grogg led Troop 102 Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts in the parade.

“One of the tenets of Boy Scouts is our duty to our country,” Grogg said.

American Legion Post No. 184 also sponsors the troop, Grogg added.

Hudson resident Chip Griffiths brought his German shepherd dog Dutch to see the parade.

“I have to take my dog for walks anyway, so I came out for the festivities,” Griffiths said.

Dutch was sporting a patriotic bandana for the special occasion.

“He gets to wear it three times a year — today, Flag Day and the Fourth [of July],” Griffiths said.

Memorial Day reminds Griffiths of his father, who served in the military during World War II and the Korean War. “I try to remember his dedication and sacrifice,” Griffiths said.

Damien Maroney, of Livingston, brought his 4-year-old son to the parade partly for fun.

“Someone wanted to see the fire trucks,” Maroney said.

Maroney recognizes the serious meaning behind the day, he pointed out.

“It is a special day to honor all the fallen veterans who made us able to live free,” Maroney said.

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Catskill’s Memorial Day parade kicked off at 11 a.m., beginning at the Veterans of Foreign War post and ending at the court house.

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Veterans and their supporters turned out in force to honor the fallen.

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Patriotism was on full display as veterans and their supporters marched down the streets of Hudon.

Catskill’s parade, organized by the town’s Memorial Day Committee, kicked off at 11 a.m.

Participants included state, county, town and village elected officials; The Pipes and Drums of Greene; Palenville, Kiskatom and Leeds fire companies; Girl Scouts and Brownies; Cub Scouts; American Legion; Catskill Elks Lodge No. 1341; Catskill High School Band; CES Business Club and CES Student Council; and the Village of Catskill Police Department. The parade began at the VFW and ended at the courthouse, where a memorial ceremony was held.

The parade is for all those

who made the ultimate sacrifice, Town Supervisor Doreen Davis said.

“From the Revolutionary War to Iraq and Afghanistan, American men and women have sacrificed their lives for their country,” Davis said.

“Mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and children have suffered the unimaginable — a loved one who did not return to them.

Today is the day that we honor this ultimate sacrifice.”

Leeds resident Patricia Smith was dog sitting for her neighbor and thought Roxy might enjoy the parade.

“I like to go every year to see everybody,” Smith said.

“Memorial Day is about

remembering the ones that died for our country and the ones that are still fighting for us.”

Laura Rutkowski, of Catskill, felt it was a beautiful day for a parade.

“It’s a nice way to honor the day and honor the people that served,” Rutkowski said. “I have family that served in World War II and even before that, dating back to the Revolution.”

The parade also provided an opportunity to support local businesses, Rutkowski said.

“I might go get an ice cream afterward,” she said.

Legislator Matthew Luvera, R-Catskill, marched with Catskill Elementary School’s

business club and student council.

“I was blessed to be a part of the parade today with my fellow legislator colleagues and our elementary business club and student council students,” Luvera said. “Memorial Day has a very special meaning to me and I’m sure to all Americans. My family members proudly served our country to ensure the freedoms we enjoy today.”

Davis was also honored by Monday’s event.

“It was an honor to acknowledge this day by marching in the parade and by saying a few SARAH TRAFTON/COLUMBIA-GREENE MEDIA words at the ceremony,” she Hudson’s Memorial Day parade on Monday included participants said. of all ages.

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good over there,” Brenner said.

For veterans, Memorial Day lasts longer than just 24 hours, Brenner said.

“There aren’t too many days I don’t think about the war,” he said. “So many good soldiers had to die. Those that got wounded badly, the war never ends for them.”

Brenner’s three brothers survived the war with him but have since passed away.

“There are only two of my Navy buddies left out of 24,” Brenner said.

Carol Caruana, 76, of Cairo, served two tours as a lieutenant commander in the Navy in Vietnam. Caruana marched in Cairo’s parade on Monday.

“Memorial Day is not a holiday for me,” Caruana said.

“We ride in parades and wave, but we also have to remember that there are many men and women who did not come

home. We bow our heads and are mindful that there are vets who can’t do that. Even though they are home, they’re dead.”

The celebratory nature of Memorial Day can get out of hand, Caruana said.

“When you go to a funeral, do you have a barbecue afterward?” Caruana said. “It’s a day of mourning. A day to reflect. To say, “You’re still in my heart. You’re still on my

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weekend at a resort in Round Top. “I thank God that I’m an American,” Brenner said.

Brenner’s parents emigrated from Austria during the first World War, he noted.

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Curtis Rist, owner of Hudson Labradoodles at 329 Church Road, said he is working to make improvements at his kennel.

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Agriculture and Markets did not return repeated requests for comment Friday.

“We’ve been in open communication with the state inspectors, especially these last four or five months,” Rist said. “I relied on their guidance and suggestions — and appreciate them — to make

this the best place possible for happy dogs.”

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

mind.’”

Memorial Day is a different kind of holiday, Caruana said.

“The flavor of it is different,” she said. “You stop and think, somebody died for you to do that.”

Although Caruana was greatly impacted by her colleagues during the war, the patients were often the most haunting, she said.

“There are some patients I can remember that reach me

in places that no one goes because I protect it so much,” Caruana said.

One patient in particular had been blown away from the torso down, Caruana said.

“He said to me, ‘I don’t want to die alone,’” she said. “I said, ‘You’re not alone.’ I stayed with him and held his hand for a very short time.”

Caruana said she will remember the patient for the rest of her life.

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C-A, Chatham advance in Section II playoffs

By Tim Martin Columbia-Greene Media

COXSACKIE — Gil Bell’s infield single brought home Killian Schrader with what proved to be the game-winning run in the bottom of the fourth inning as No. 1 Coxsackie-Athens edged No. 9 Hudson, 2-1, in Saturday’s Section II Class B baseball quarterfinal at McQuade Park.

The Indians (17-4) advance to play No. 4 Schuylerville on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Shuttleworth Park in Amsterdam. Ravena plays Mechanicville in the other semifinal at 4 p.m.

Saturday’s game was the third meeting between the Patroon Conference rivals and each was decided by a single run.

“I was very proud of my boys today,” Coxsackie-Athens coach Curt Wilkinson said. “They responded to a tough challenge and to a team that has been a thorn in our side for the last few years.”

With the Indians up 1-0, Killian Schrader led off the bottom of the fourth with a base hit, then stole second. With two outs, Austin Schlenker reached on an infield error to extend the inning and bring Bell to the plate.

Bell hit a ground ball to the left side of the infield that Hudson third baseman Vic Gorman fielded cleanly, but the throw to first was not in time to nail the speedy Bell, with Schrader coming home on the play to give C-A a 2-0 cushion.

Hudson finally got to C-A starter Michael Petramale in the fifth when

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Hudson’s Charles Goodermote and Coxsackie-Athens second baseman Ethan Foster look to the umpire for the call on Goodermote’s stolen base attempt during Saturday’s Section II Class B quarterfinal at McQuade Park.

Matt Bowes singled and was sacrificed to second by Zack Bernockie. Tanner

Race followed with a single to center, scoring Bowes with the Bluehawks’

first run of the game.

Charles Goodermote was hit by a

pitch, setting Hudson up with two on and one out, but the inning ended with the next batter when Nick Bernockie popped into a double play to end the threat.

Hudson would not score again after the fifth and C-A held on for the victory.

The Indians managed just three hit off of Hudson pitcher Nick Bernockie.

Ethan Foster doubled and Bell and Killian Schrader each had a single.

Goodermote’s two singles led Hudson. Race, Bowes, Jack Moon and Isaiah Maines all singled.

Petramale struck out five and didn’t walk a batter in going the distance for the win.

“Michael Petramale pitched a great game today and gave us a chance to win,” Wilkinson said. “He stepped up in a big game and has done that for us all year.”

Bernockie pitched six innings for the Bluehawks, striking out six and walking four.

The loss brings an end to the high school careers of Hudson’s four seniors: Moon, Goodermote, Nick Bernockie and Martin DeGennaro.

The Bluehawks finish with a 10-8 record in Ken Ward’s first-year as varsity coach.

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MH, Hudson eliminated Hoffman’s single was the only other hit for the Wildcats.

Trembley pitched the first five innings for the Cougars, striking out five, walking six and allowing one run and two hits. Bowerman finished up, fanning one and surrendering one hit.

Alysa Houghtaling pitched well in defeat, striking out 16, not walking a batter and allowing two runs and three hits.

Maple Hill finishes the season with an 8-10 record.

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CASTLETON — Canajoharie broke up a scoreless tie with two runs in the sixth inning and held on to edge No. 6 Maple Hill, 2-1, in Friday’s Section II Class C softball first-round playoff game.

Mollie Krug’s RBI single and a sacrifice by Kylee Rickard plated another run to give No. 11 Canajoharie a 2-0 lead in the top of the sixth inning.

Maple Hill responded in the home half of the frame when Jenna Hoffman walked, went to third on a fielder’s choice and scored on Makaila Maier’s ground out.

The Wildcats put the tying runner on base in the seventh, but Canajoharie pitcher Mackenzie Bowerman got out of the jam and the Cougars escaped with the victory.

Krug, Alexz Lathers, Boerman, Sam Keaney and

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Maple Hill pitcher Alysa Houghtaling struck out 16 in a 2-1 loss to Canajoharie on Friday.

Jenna Trembley all singled for Canajoharie.

Elisabeth Brahm led Maple Hill with two singles.

Mechanicville 9, Hudson 1 MECHANICVILLE — Alivia Wood and Erin Salvadore combined to throw six innings of shutout ball to lead No. 2 Mechanicville to a 9-1 victory over No. 15 Hudson in Friday’s Section II Class B softball See SOFTBALL B3

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2019 Patroon Conference Girls Track & Field MVP for Track Amelia Canetto of Taconic Hills.

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What a difference a week makes for Callaway and the Mets David Lennon Newsday

A week ago, we declared the seven-game stretch at Citi Field, against the Nationals and Tigers, to be Mickey Callaway’s last stand.

Given a reprieve by the Wilpons, and a wobbly vote of confidence by Brodie Van Wagenen — the general manager who didn’t hire him — Callaway deserved the week. If the Mets rolled over again, as they did during the embarrassing sweep in Miami, then we figured the clubhouse tribe had spoken. It would be time for the Jim Riggleman Era to begin.

So with that in mind, and the Mets fully aware of Callaway’s shaky future, here’s the bottom line: They went 6-1 for the club’s best homestand (of seven or more games) since 2015.

Are the Nats and Tigers terrible? Sure. Was the weekend more of a struggle than we expected? Absolutely. And if not for plate umpire Jerry Meals giving Edwin Diaz a few extra inches off the outside corner on Sunday’s game-ending punchout of JaCoby Jones, to seal the 4-3 victory over the Tigers, who knows what rabbit hole everyone goes down.

But we’re not going to get all Negative Nelly on a decidedly mixed-bag week for the Mets, who emerged from crisis mode to climb back to .500 (26-26) and leave us open to the possibility that this year can still be salvaged.

“I don’t want to say it saved our season, but

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New York Mets manager Mickey Callaway looks on prior to a recent game against the Washington Nationals at Citi Field.

we needed this,” Dominic Smith said. “This was definitely much needed.”

As for Callaway’s fate, team officials now

are comfortable pulling him back from the brink. The Code Red has been called off. If you wanted to count that Marlins’ debacle against

Callaway, then you have to throw him a bone for the Mets rallying on multiple nights to sweep the Nats.

The Tigers’ series was less convincing, as the Mets took two of three with only a plus-1 run differential. Noah Syndergaard was a noshow in Friday’s loss, they needed 13 innings to outlast Detroit in the middle game, then barely hung on for Sunday’s win, courtesy of Zack Wheeler pitching into the eighth and Adeiny Hechavarria’s second three-run homer in three days.

The Mets showed some resourcefulness, too. In the fourth inning, Todd Frazier proved worthy of his roster spot with a heads-up, shiftbeating, half-swing bunt that skipped through the empty right side to drive in their first run.

Two batters later, Hechavarria smoked the goahead homer over the right field wall.

“I think it sparked us,” Frazier said of his creative bunt thingie.

There were other positive signs. Jeurys Familia rediscovered his bowling-ball sinker with two strikeouts that stranded a pair of Tigers in the eighth inning. Michael Conforto was activated from the concussion list to return to right field, an encouraging sight even if he went 0-for-3. Smith, who started in place of the resting Pete Alonso, reached base three times, See METS B3

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Yankees’ Judge could resume swinging a bat this week Pete Caldera The Record

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Aaron Judge paused from his outfield work on Friday and took a phantom swing toward the fences at Kauffman Stadium.

This week, he might have a bat in his hands.

“We’ll see. Maybe when we get back home, hit off a tee or something like that,” the Yankees slugger told the YES Network’s Meredith Marakovits before Sunday’s road trip finale.

Sidelined since April 21 due to a strained oblique, Judge began conducting on-field agility work and throwing during the Yankees’ 6-1 road trip through Baltimore and Kansas City. “(It’s) progressing the way we want to. It’s a good sign to get on the field again and to throw a little bit,” Judge said. “Feels good to be back, sort of.”

Judge added that his oblique “feels pretty good’ right now, but “the real test is going to be” swinging a bat.

“If I’m swinging and I feel no pain, then we can start moving forward,” Judge said. “And hopefully get back here pretty soon.”

Since Judge landed on the club’s crowded injured list, the Yankees have gone from 3.5 games behind in the AL East to three games ahead starting play on Sunday.

“The good thing is, it’s been fun watching them win, watching these guys go out there and get opportunities that normally they wouldn’t get and exceeding expectations,” Judge said of the first-place Yanks.

“A lot of people doubted us when a lot of us were getting hurt,” Judge said.

“And we said from the beginning that the next guy will step up, and they have.

“I wish I was out there grinding with them,” Judge added. “We’ve got a special team here, we knew it from spring training.

“And to see what these guys are doing, it’s something special. Can’t wait to get back.”

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Indycar driver Simon Pagenaud (22) celebrates winning the 103rd Running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Martin Truex Jr. (19) along with his crew after their win during the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday.

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Martin Truex Jr.’s bid to win NASCAR’s longest race looked to be over when he slapped the wall just 73 laps into the 400lap Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday. But as it turned out, Truex’s race was just beginning.

He not only recovered from his early wallburger, he went on to get the victory in one of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series’ crown jewels.

“I thought we were done when we blew a tire and hit the wall,” Truex said in his on-track interview after climbing out of his car. “Just kept fighting.”

The victory was the Joe Gibbs Racing driver’s second in the 600, third at CMS and third in the last five points races in the 2019 season.

Truex led for much of the fourth and final 100-lap stage, grabbed the lead for

good on a restart with four laps to go and drove away Team Penske driver Joey Logano to get the 22nd victory of his career.

Logano finished second while fellow Joe Gibbs driver Kyle Busch was third.

Rounding out the top five were Chase Elliott of Hendrick Motorsports and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. of Roush Fenway Racing.

Truex appeared to be cruising to an easy victory but with 10 laps to go Brad Keselowski blew a tire and brought out the yellow flag. The leaders all pitted for tires but Ryan Newman came out first after taking only two tires while all the other leaders took four. That forced Truex to go four wide to get his final lead on the restart.

“What a race there at the end,” Truex, who led 116 laps, said afterward.

The race began under bright sunlight and with ambient temperatures in the

mid-90s. The heat and sun caused early race problems as a sizable number of cars suffered flat tires that sent them into outside walls.

Several of those wall bangers were contenders for good finishes. Among them were Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Truex, Denny Hamlin and Erik Jones.

Truex and Hamlin recovered from their early scrapes but Jones, who wrecked early in the first stage, could not continue.

In all, the caution flag waved 15 times in the race.

Team Penske’s Keselowski, who started the race 21st, won the first stage in a race that featured four 100-lap stages. He then collected the Stage 2 win in dominating fashion, finishing more than four seconds in front of Busch. Truex won Stage 3.

There’s a new No. 1 in college basketball recruiting Ben Roberts Lexington Herald-Leader

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Pagenaud holds off Rossi to win Jerry Garrett The New York Times News Service

INDIANAPOLIS — Simon Pagenaud had perhaps as good an explanation as any for how he won the 103rd Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.

“This race chooses its winners,” Pagenaud said after holding off Alexander Rossi in a frantic finish. “Today, I was the chosen one.”

Also helping Pagenaud was his uncanny ability to anticipate Rossi’s moves, holding off the 2016 winner, who was driving “eleven-tenths” the final 12 laps, trying to wrest away the lead.

“Nothing else matters here but winning,” said a disappointed Rossi, who came up just two-tenths of a second short. “I know that. This one will be hard to get over.”

Among the obstacles Rossi had to overcome was a perilous blocking move Pagenaud put on him the final lap, swerving back and forth across the track in his path. Asked if he considered lodging a protest, Rossi said: “It was the final lap of the Indy 500. Simon was leading.

I don’t think anybody will do anything about it. It was unfortunate.”

Rossi was also thwarted by a backmarker who refused to yield, pushing him into a wall.

A driver nearly blocked him off the track, and a stuck fuel valve during a pit stop cost him valuable time and track position.

Rossi said that his general observation about this year’s race was that drivers failed to show one another proper respect on the track. They bumped one another out of the way, cut one another off in dangerous manners, and caused crashes as a

result.

A five-car pileup, the only major wreck of the day, was caused by one driver refusing to yield to another, blocking him into the infield grass. Officials stopped the race for 18 minutes to clean up the mess, setting up a final dash among the frontrunners.

Of the 17 drivers who completed the full distance — from a field of 33 — Pagenaud easily had the smoothest sailing.

“I mean, no problems,” he said. “No mistakes, on the track, in the pits. I said before the race that is what it would take to win here.”

Pagenaud, who turned 35 last week, led 116 of 200 laps around the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval. He also won the Grand Prix of Indianapolis two weeks ago on the facility’s road course, and had earned the pole position for the 500.

“So yes, it was the perfect month for us,” Pagenaud said.

“But that is what Roger Penske hired me for: to win.”

“Did you see that?” Penske exclaimed after the finish. “Can you believe it? I can’t. That racing, side by side, lap after lap, that’s as good a racing as I’ve ever seen.”

That was high praise from a team owner who has been entering races since the 1960s, and now has a record 18 victories in the Indianapolis 500.

“When you have a car like this, a team like this, you just work your way, achieving and executing, to the end result,” Pagenaud said. “We executed perfectly today. No mistakes.

And here we are, Victory Lane, man. We did it.”

With the 2019 college basketball recruiting cycle pretty much settled, the rankings are in, and — for the first time in more than a decade — there’s a program not named Kentucky or Duke at the top of the list.

The Memphis Tigers, after one full year of the Penny Hardaway experience, have the No. 1 class in the country, according to the long-running Recruiting Services Consensus Index, which posted its finalized rankings recently.

The RSCI is a composite score of rankings from four nationally recognized recruiting services: Rivals.com, 247Sports, ESPN and longtime analyst Van Coleman. The website, which has compiled such rankings for the past 22 recruiting cycles, looks at the Top 100 lists from each of those recruiting services, assigns a point value to each recruit based on his overall consensus ranking (100 points for the No. 1 recruit, 99 points for the No. 2 recruit, and so on), then adds the totals for all players in a class for the team’s final score.

Memphis came out on top this year, a drastic change from the recent past.

Since John Calipari became head coach at Kentucky in 2009, the Wildcats have had the No. 1 class in the RSCI rankings seven times. The other three times — all of which came in the past five years — it’s been Duke at the top of the list.

Hardaway — a former NBA star and one of the greatest players in Memphis history before that — managed to land the No. 1 recruit in this class, James Wiseman, who he coached in both high school and on the Nike circuit. He also locked down some of the other top prospects from the Memphis area, and, in recent weeks, landed commitments from a trio of star high school players with no ties to the area or his past teams.

“I’m excited for the city. I’m excited for the staff. I’m excited

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for the school. What we’ve done this summer has been amazing ... to be able to land the No. 1 recruiting class in the country is a blessing,” Hardaway said at a press conference this week. “I wanted this so badly for so many reasons, and to be able to do that in such a short period of time — I thank God for that opportunity.”

The Memphis recruiting class consists of five Top 100 prospects: Wiseman, New Jersey standout Precious Achiuwa (No. 14), California native and former Duke commit Boogie Ellis (No. 36), Memphis-area star and former UK commit DJ Jeffries (No. 45) and New York scorer Lester Quinones (No. 60), in addition to fourstar Memphis standouts Malcolm Dandridge and Damion Baugh, who are right on the borderline of RSCI Top 100 status.

The commitments from Wiseman, Jeffries, Dandridge and Baugh came as no surprise. Over the past few weeks, Hardaway made waves by locking up commitments from Achiuwa, Ellis and Quinones, showing his brand is resonating nationally.

“I think everybody thought it was going to be a show when I took over and thought it was just going to be the local kids, and that I was going to have a

problem recruiting around the country,” Hardaway said this week. “And they definitely underestimated what we could do. It’s really about relationships. If you call a kid, call the parents, and stay in tune with what’s going on — and they stay in tune with you, and you can show them how things are going to go, and they watch your style and they like it — then ... you gotta feel that, ‘OK, this kid is really feeling us and wants to come and play for us.’ ... I think we shocked a lot of people.”

Kentucky and Duke — the two recruiting mega-powers that have been accustomed to the top spot in the rankings — finished Nos. 2 and No. 3, respectively, behind the Tigers in this cycle. UK’s class includes Tyrese Maxey (No. 10), Kahlil Whitney (No. 11), Keion Brooks (No. 24), Johnny Juzang (No. 34) and Dontaie Allen (No. 92).

Hardaway and his Memphis coaching staff have obviously been paying attention to the recent recruiting pitches that helped UK and Duke bring in so many highly touted prospects in recent years.

In his press conference this week, Hardaway mentioned “positionless basketball,” the idea of five-star players sacrificing individual goals for

the good of the team, used the term “iron sharpens iron,” alluded to a players-first program at Memphis — any of that sound familiar? — and also talked about a “brotherhood” approach to building this roster — that’s Duke’s buzzword of the moment — that originated with a “group chat” early in the cycle. (The Blue Devils built their superstar-laden 2018 class in much the same way).

Hardaway and his coaching staff — which includes former NBA player Mike Miller and, until recently, former NBA coach of the year Sam Mitchell — also features some aspects that aren’t present at UK or Duke (or just about anywhere else), and they’ve been using that as part of their pitch.

“We identify with the kids.

And our swag is different,” Hardaway said. “We’re not just normal coaches. We’re players as well, along with being coaches.”

How well they coach is still, for many, a major question mark. Hardaway took a roster with zero recruiting star power to the NIT in his first season.

The talent level (and expectations) will be much, much higher this season.

If Memphis does well on the court, the Tigers are likely to continue to do well on the national recruiting trail. If they falter, those prospects that don’t have ties to the area are likely to take a more skeptical look.

So far, everything has gone according to Hardaway’s plan.

“I think to continue this, it’s going to be how well you mesh with what you have,” he said.

“The top players are going to do the recruiting for you. And I think that’s what’s happened with all the top programs around the country — the kids kind of do the recruiting: ‘Hey, man, it’s great here. Man, they let you play. It’s a family atmosphere. It’s a brotherhood. It’s this, it’s that.’

“Plus ... you have to win. Kids want to come to a winning program, as well.”

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Coxsackie-Athens’ Killian Schrader leads off second base as Hudson shortstop Isaiah Maines moves in for a possible pickoff attempt during Saturday’s Section II Class B quarterfinal at McQuade Park.

Hudson’s Matt Bowes turns the corner at second base after advancing on a sacrifice as Coxsackie-Athens Casey Carroll (foreground) and Ethan Foster look on during Saturday’s Section II Class B quarterfinal at McQuade Park.

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and they should be a force in the coming years.”

Wilkinson was grateful for the turnout of fans at McQuade that came to lend their support.

“I want to take a second to also thank our community for such wonderful support. So many alumni, former players, and fans that care about C-A baseball. It was a great atmosphere today.”

Schuylerville 10, Catskill 0 SCHUYLERVILLE -- Alex Vallee fired a four-hit shutout with eight strikeouts and no walks to lead No. 4 Schuylerville to a 10-0 victory over No. 12 Catskill in Saturday’s Section II Class C quarterfinal.

Jack Bodnar and Brady Eugair each had a single and three RBI for the Black Horses. Christian Petralia added two singles and two RBI, Paul Harshbarger had a single and an RBI and Vallee and Nate Preston both singled.

Catskill finishes the season with a 9-9 record.

CLASS C Chatham 19, Lake George 3 CHATHAM -- Kaleb Taylor was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle to power Chatham to a 19-3 demolition of Lake George in Saturday’s Section II Class C quarterfinal.

The game was stopped after five innings because of the mercy rule.

The Panthers (17-3) will play Hoosick Falls in the semifinals on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Shuttleworth Park in Amsterdam, right after Greenwich takes on Fort Plain in the other semifinal at 4 p.m.

Taylor homered, doubled and singled and drove in 4 runs for Chatham. Curtis Buchan

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Maple Hill’s Kyle Tedford (right) attempts to tag a Warrensburg runner during Friday’s Section II Class C first-round game.

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Coxsackie-Athens pitcher Michael Petramale throws during Saturday’s Section II Class B quarterfinal against Hudson at McQuade Park.

had 4 singles and 2 RBI, Garner Boshart had 2 triples, a single and three RBI. Zack Gregg a double and single with 2 RBI, Ryan Doyle 2 singles and 2 RBI, Grayson Van Wie a single and 2 RBI and Hunter Scheriff and Thomas Van Tassel both had an RBI. Cole Clarke had a double and single with an RBI for Lake George. Michael Johnson added a double and an RBI and Connor Vidnarsky collected a pair of singles.

Taylor started on the mound for the Panthers, striking out six, walking three and allowing three runs and seven hits in four innings. Boshart finished up, striking out one.

Johnson, Riley Orr and Sean Butkowski all pitched for Lake George, combining for one strikeout and four walks while allowing 19 runs and 15 hits.

Greenwich 7, Maple Hill 1 CASTLETON -- Christian O’Brien scattered five hits over seven innings to lead No. 11 Greenwich to a 7-1 victory over No. 3 Maple Hill in Saturday’s Section II Class B playoff game.

O’Brien struck out seven, walked three and allowed just a first inning run to the Wildcats.

Liam Niesz went 3 for 3 with an RBI to ignite the Witches’ offense. Carson Mosher and Tom Abate each had two singles and an RBI. Tyler Hanarhan doubled for Maple Hill (14-6). Kyle Tedford added two singles and an RBI and Christian Beber and Gavin Van Kempen both singled.

Austin Ohl started on the mound for the Wildcats, allowing three runs and four hits with four strikeouts and two walks in three innings. Van Kempen (3k,2bb,2r,1h) and Beber

Catskill 1, Broadalbin-Perth o (9 inn.)

BROADALBIN -- The Catskill baseball team is moving on to the Section II Class B quarterfinals and Addison Allen is a major reason why.

Allen pitched a nine-inning complete game, allowing just three hits and no runs with eight strikeouts as the No. 12 Cats stunned No.5 BroadalbinPerth, 1-0, in Friday’s opening round game.

“It was such a great game, one of the best pitching performances I’ve ever witnessed as a coach,” Catskil’s Eric Joyce said. “We also played very solid defense behind Addy. We got out of a second and third noout jam in the bottom of the eighth and that gave us a ton of momentum going into the top of the ninth. I’m just so proud of the guys. They played a great game.”

Catskill outhit BroadalbinPerth, 7-3, but couldn’t get a run in until the top of the ninth when Jeremy Bulich scored on DeVon Haye’s base hit.

Dan Paquin had a double

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first-round playoff game.

Wood allowed a solo home run to Nicole Conte in the top of the first inning, but that would be the only run the Bluehawks would score. Wood finished wit nine strikeouts and one walk while allowing the one run and two hits in four innings of work.

Salvadore pitched the final three innings for the Red

Raiders, giving up three hits with five strikeouts.

Conte had two singles to go along with her home run.

Olivia Plaia contributed two singles.

Destiny Farr had a double, two singles and two RBI for the Red Raiders. Adriana Patenaude added a double and single with an RBI, Salvadore had two singles and an RBI and Wood a single and two RBI. Plaia (3k,2bb,9r,13h) and Gabby Cozzolino (2k,1bb,1h) shared mound duties for Hudson, which finishes with a 7-8 record.

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Girls 1st Team All-Stars Delana Bonci/Taconic Hills Alana Burden/Rensselaer Monalisa Carius/Hudson Hannah Crown/Coxsackie-Athens Tess Fitzmaurice/Greenville Clare Howard/Taconic Hills Caitlin Keil/Hudson Lauren Matter/Coxsackie-Athens Caroline Page/Rensselaer Emma Pearsall Maple Hill Julia Pugliese/Maple Hill Angelina Pusateri/Maple Hill Lily Russo/Taconic Hills Amy Smith/Taconic Hills Andrea Snyder /Taconic Hills Makayla Sparacino/Taconic Hills Girls 2nd Team All-Stars Calli Barlow/Chatham Grace Bartels/Coxsackie-Athens

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including two hits, and a leadoff double in the fourth that helped bring the Mets to life.

When attaching significance to the past week, it’s important to remember that the Mets were playing shorthanded. Seth Lugo was out, Conforto missed all but Sunday’s finale and Robinson

and single for the Cats. Bulich added a double and Justice Brantley, Ian Alexander, Eddie Rogers and Haye all singled.

Schalmont 3, Ichabod Crane 2 ROTTERDAM -- Sixth-seeded Schalmont rallied for two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to edge No. 11 Ichabod Crane in Friday’s Section II Class B opening round baseball game.

Trailing 2-1 entering the last of the seventh, Pinch-hitter Joe Carnevale led off the frame with a home run to draw the Sabres even at 2-2. One out later, Anthony Ruzzo and Nick Mesley singled and Aidan Jasenski grounded into a fielder’s choice, leaving runners on first and third with two outs.

That brought up Nick Vandenburg, who reached on an infield error, allowing Ruzzo to make it home from third with the winning run.

Ruzzo finished with three singles to lead Schalmont’s seven-hit attack.

Camdyn Ames doubled for Ichabod Crane (7-9). Tylor Daley added two singles and an RBI, Ethan Saxby had a single and an RBI and Nick Pelesz

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Cano (quad) sidelined himself after finally busting it hard from home plate. With Jeff McNeil (hamstring) and Brandon Nimmo (neck) also on the IL for most of the homestand, Van Wagenen had to rely on Syracuse imports Carlos Gomez and Rajai Davis, along with Aaron Altherr, who the GM just claimed off waivers.

Each of them homered at critical points, and it was Hechavarria — signed to a minor-league contract in March — who was the unlikely hero

singled.

Jerek Hobb (8k,3bb,2r,4h) pitched five innings and Christian Tortorici (4k,1h) threw two for the Sabres.

Austin Walsh started and pitched 3 1/3 innings for Ichabod Crane, allowing one run and two hits. Jake Siter pitched 3 1/3 innings, striking out three and surrendering two runs and five hits.

CLASS C Maple Hill 3, Warrensburg 0 CASTLETON -- Matt Jung pitched a four-hit shutout to lift No. 3 Maple Hill to a 3-0 victory over No. 14 Warrensburg in Friday’s Section II Class C opening round playoff game.

Jung, a sophomore righthander struck out 11 and didn’t allow a walk for the Wildcats.

Sean LaFalce had a pair of singles and an RBI for the Wildcats. Quinn Pratico added a double and single, James Miller doubled and Christian Beber singled.

Dan Kelly, Evan MacDuff, Chris Wilson and Peyton Olden all singled for Warrensburg.

MacDuff took the complete game loss, striking out six, walking two and allowing three runs and six hits.

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in Sunday’s victory. The Mets may not be winning in ways that we originally expected, or with the players we anticipated, but it’s good to see the front office is vigilant enough to shuttle these reinforcements in and out from upstate.

That’s one of the key takeaways from the week. Not so much the subpar competition, but the roster depth the Mets deployed to get the job done.

“It would have been easy for most organizations to fold at that point,” Callaway said of

the team’s snowballing injuries. “We were not only competitive, we went 6-1. They just willed it to happen.”

Now the Mets go up a few weight classes, starting Monday, with their trip to Chavez Ravine for a four-game series against the defending NL champion Dodgers, followed by three more in Arizona. At least they’ve managed to hold our attention to Memorial Day, to still believe in what we thought might be possible. A week ago, that wasn’t a given.

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Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave., Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ALFIE HOLDINGS LLC Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company ("LLC"). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York ("SSNY") on 04/26/2019. Office location: Columbia County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC to Kristal Heinz, ESQ., P.O. Box 1331, Hudson, NY 12534.

Purpose: To engage in any lawful activity.

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ALLAN RUBENSTEIN CONSULTING LLC Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company ("LLC"). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York ("SSNY") on 04/26/2019. Office location: Columbia County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC to Kristal Heinz, ESQ., P.O. Box 1331, Hudson, NY 12534.

Purpose: To engage in any lawful activity.

CEJones Consulting LLC Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/08/2019.

Office: Columbia County, New York. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 75 Old Highway Hillsdale, NY, 12529. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

COLUMBIA BERKSHIRE REAL ESTATE, LLC Articles of Org. filed with SSNY 1/03/19. Office in Columbia Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Heidi Cochrane, 864 West End Road, Hillsdale, NY 12529 Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Craig A Huther LLC Arts. of Org. filed w/ SSNY 5/10/19 Off. in Greene Co. SSNY desig. as agt. of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 245 Mansion St, Apt 2, Coxsackie, NY 12051. Purpose: any lawful activity.

INVITATION TO BID The Town of Lexington Highway Department is soliciting bids for a 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 JHS BUILDERS LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/16/2019. Office loc: Columbia County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 859 Canaan Rd., Canaan, NY 12029.

Reg Agent: U.S. Corp.

LEGAL NOTICE The Taconic Hills Central School District requests sealed bids for Pumping Septic Tanks and Grease Traps for the 2019-2020 school year.

Specifications and bid forms may be obtained at the office of the District Clerk of the Taconic Hills Central School District, Route 11A, Craryville, NY 12521, any day except Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. (EDST).

Pursuant to General Municipal Law 103-d a completed statement of non-collusion in bids and proposals is required to be attached to each bid.

These sealed bids must be in the hands of the District Clerk before 3:00 P.M. (EDST).

Sealed bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 3:00 P.M. (EDST) on June 7, 2 0 1 9 at the District Office, Route 11A, Craryville, New York.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informalities in the bidding.

Melissa Layman District Clerk Dated: May 28, 2019 LEGAL NOTICE The Taconic Hills Central School District requests bids for Pool Chemicals for the 2019-2020 school year.

Specifications and bid forms may be obtained at the office of the District Clerk of the Taconic Hills Central School District, Route 11A, Craryville, NY 12521, any day except Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. (EDST).

Pursuant to General Municipal Law 103-d a completed statement of non-collusion in bids and proposals is required to be attached to each bid.

These sealed bids must be in the hands of the District Clerk before 3:00 P.M. (EDST).

Sealed bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 3:00 P.M. (EDST) on June 7, 2 0 1 9 at the District Office, Route 11A, Craryville, New York.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informalities in the bidding.

Melissa Layman District Clerk Dated: May 28, 2019 LEGAL NOTICE The Taconic Hills Central School District requests bids to Furnish "Bullet Resistant Glass" for the 20192020 school year.

Specifications and bid forms may be obtained at the office of the District Clerk of the Taconic Hills Central School District, Route 11A, Craryville, NY 12521, any day except Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. (EDST).

Pursuant to General Municipal Law 103-d a completed statement of non-collusion in bids and proposals is required to be attached to each bid.

These sealed bids must be in the hands of the District Clerk before 3:00 P.M. (EDST).

Sealed bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 3:00 P.M. (EDST) on June 7, 2 0 1 9 at the District Office, Route 11A, Craryville, New York.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informalities in the bidding.

Melissa Layman District Clerk Dated: May 28, 2019

LEGAL NOTICE The Taconic Hills Central School District requests sealed bids for Planned Maintenance Service on 3 Hydraulic Dover Elevator Systems for the 20192020 school year.

Specifications and bid forms may be obtained at the office of the District Clerk of the Taconic Hills Central School District, Route 11A, Craryville, NY 12521, any day except Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. (EDST).

Pursuant to General Municipal Law 103-d a completed statement of non-collusion in bids and proposals is required to be attached to each bid.

These sealed bids must be in the hands of the District Clerk before 3:00 P.M. (EDST).

Sealed bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 3:00 P.M. (EDST) on June 7, 2019 at the District Office, Route 11A, Craryville, New York.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informalities in the bidding.

Melissa Layman District Clerk Dated:May 28, 2019

Partitions and Baskets for the 2019-2020 school year.

Specifications and bid forms may be obtained at the office of the District Clerk of the Taconic Hills Central School District, Route 11A, Craryville, NY 12521, any day except Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. (EDST).

Pursuant to General Municipal Law 103-d a completed statement of non-collusion in bids and proposals is required to be attached to each bid.

These sealed bids must be in the hands of the District Clerk before 3:00 P.M. (EDST).

Sealed bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 3:00 P.M. (EDST) on June 7, 2019 at the District Office, Route 11A, Craryville, New York.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informalities in the bidding.

Melissa Layman District Clerk Dated:May 28, 2019 LEGAL NOTICE The Taconic Hills Central School District requests seals bids for Custodial Supplies for the 2019-2020 school year.

Specifications and bid forms may be obtained at the office of the District Clerk of the Taconic Hills Central School District, Route 11A, Craryville, NY 12521, any day except Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. (EDST).

Pursuant to General Municipal Law 103-d a completed statement of non-collusion in bids and proposals is required to be attached to each bid.

These sealed bids must be in the hands of the District Clerk before 3:00 P.M. (EDST).

Sealed bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 3:00 P.M. (EDST) on June 7, 2 0 1 9 at the District Office, Route 11A, Craryville, New York.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informalities in the bidding.

Melissa Layma District Clerk Dated: May 28, 2019

LEGAL NOTICE The Taconic Hills Central School District requests sealed bids for Garbage/Trash Disposal for the 2019-2020 school year.

Specifications and bid forms may be obtained at the office of the District Clerk of the Taconic Hills Central School District, Route 11A, Craryville, NY 12521, any day except Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. (EDST).

Pursuant to General Municipal Law 103-d a completed statement of non-collusion in bids and proposals is required to be attached to each bid.

These sealed bids must be in the hands of the District Clerk before 3:00 P.M. (EDST).

Sealed bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 3:00 P.M. (EDST) on June 7, 2019 at the District Office, Route 11A, Craryville, New York.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informalities in the bidding.

Melissa Layman Misc. Site ImproveDistrict Clerk ments at Hop-O-Nose Dated: May 28, 2019 Apartments They will be received LEGAL NOTICE by the Executive DirecThe Taconic Hills Cen- tor on June 25th, 2019 tral School District re- at 9:00 AM, at which quests sealed bids for time bids shall be pubPM Service & Safety licly opened and read Inspection on Electri- at the Office of the Excally Operated Gym ecutive Director locat-

ed at 32 Bronson Street, Catskill, NewYork 12414.

The apartments are located in Catskill, New York and work shall be in accordance of specifications and other contracts prepared by RIDA Architecture PLLC, 2022 Western Avenue, Albany, New York Tel: (518) 713-4537.

There will be a pre-bid walk through on June 18th, 2019 at 9:00 a.m.

Contractors to meet at the front doors of the Administrative Building.

Contract documents may be obtained at the office of the Executive Director at the Catskill Housing Authority, 32 Bronson Street, Catskill, New York 12414.

Tel: (518)943-2900, upon payment of a $50.00 refundable deposit. Deposit refundable upon return of the contract documents in good condition to the Catskill Housing Authority, no later than 14 days following the bid opening.

The Owner reserves the right to waive any informality or technicality and reject any and all bids.

Each Bidder must deposit with his bid, security in the amount and forms subject to the conditions provided in the Information for Bidders."

Sincerely, Nina M. Krupski Executive Director NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) The name of the LLC is Dental Works, LLC doing business under the fictitious name of Select Dental Staffing, LLC. The filing date of the foreign entity submitting an Application for Authority is April 16, 2019. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. The office of the LLC is to be located in Columbia County. The Secretary of State is the designated agent of the LLC upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process is 71 Palatine Park Road, Suite 1, Germantown, New York 12526.

NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Name of Project: Nutton Hook Reserve Sustainable Shoreline Stabilization Town of Stuyvesant, Columbia County Contract No(s).: D010861

Project Description: Furnish all labor, materials, equipment and supervision necessary for the shoreline stabilization work at Nutten Hook. Work includes but is not limited to reinforcing the shoreline's escarpment, reinforcing the southern base of Ferry Road, adding submerged stone sills at the northwestern and southwestern corners of the site and the installation of a fishing pier and piles along the timber bulkhead.

Site improvements include removing trees along the seawall, adding plantings between the proposed rock shoulder and existing seawall, restoring dislodged seawall stones to their original location and removing existing concrete slabs and debris at the southern shoreline.

Sealed proposals will be received by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Bureau of Procurement and Expenditure Services, 625 Broadway, 10th Floor, Albany, NY 12233-5027, until 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday June 26, 2019.

Drawings, specifications and proposal forms may be inspected or purchased for a non-refundable fee of $25.00 from the Bureau of Design & Construction, 625 Broadway, 3rd Floor, Albany, NY 12233-5252. Individual checks for each project shall be made payable to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Proposals will be accepted only from bidders who purchase contract documents from the Department.

All proposals must be made on the official Proposal Form 004113 and enclosed in the envelope furnished with the contract documents. Each proposal must be accompanied by a deposit or a Bid Bond Form 004313 in the amount of 5% of the bid. The Apparent Low Bidder will be required to submit a completed NEW YORK STATE VENDOR RESPONSIBILITY QUESTIONNAIRE FOR-PROFIT CONSTRUCTION (CCA-2) and an M/WBE-EEO Utilization Plan, within 24 hours and five days respectively, of being notified that they are the Apparent Low Bidder.

Pursuant to State Finance Law, §§139-j and 139-k, this Invitation for Bid includes and imposes certain restrictions on communications between a Governmental Entity and an Offerer during the procurement process. Further information about these requirements, including a copy of the new lobbying law, can be found at: http://www.ogs.state.n y.us/aboutOgs/regulations/defaultAdvisoryCouncil.html.

The Contractor shall adhere to the NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION GUIDELINES REGARDING PERMISSIBLE CONTACTS DURING A PROCUREMENT AND THE PROHIBITION OF I N A P P R O P R I AT E LOBBYING INFLUENCE. All correspondence and/or questions relating to this IFB should be directed to the Department's designated contacts listed below:

Corey Walsh, Project Engineer Frank Cosamano, Design Supervisor Andrew Niles, Assistant Director, Division of Operations Appendix A of the contract contains Standard Clauses for all NYS Contracts; Appendix B contains Standard Clauses for Department of Environmental Conservation contracts including MBE and WBE requirements; Appendix C contains Standard Clauses for Ethics in all NYSDEC Contracts; and Appendix D contains Participation Opportunities for New York State Certified Service-Disables Veteran Owned Businesses (SDVOB).

Subcontractors will be required to complete the New York State Vendor Responsibility Questionnaire ForProfit Construction (CCA-2).

There are maximum subcontracting limits as specified in the Supplemental Instructions to Bidders.

In accordance with Labor Law, §220-h, all contractors' employees shall be certified as having completed an OSHA 10 safety training course.

The Department of Environmental Conservation reserves the right to reject any or all bids. The Successful Bidder on a single trade project with a bid over $50,000 and all Successful Bidders on multiple trade projects, will be required to furnish a Performance Surety Bond and a Labor and Materials Surety Bond, each for 100% of the amount of the contract, estimated to be between $850,000 and $1,150,000 for General

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COLUMBIA-GREENE MEDIA Construction. All Successful Bidders will be required to provide Policies of Insurance as set forth in the Contract Documents.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

NOTICE is hereby given that a license, number “Pending� Has been applied for by the undersigned to sell Beer, Wine and Liquor at retail On Premise under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 7 2ND STREET ATHENS NY 12015 for On Premises Consumption.

TIN PAN NORTH LLC TIN PAN ALLEY 7 2 ND STREET ATHENS NY 12015

Legal Zoom has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

Legal Zoom shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC to Meadowlark Supply Co. LLC, PO Box 108, Hillsdale, New York 12529.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Manifest Health Now LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on May 16, 2019. Office location: Greene County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Manifest Health Now LLC, 36 Stippa Road, CoxNew York Notice of Formation of sackie, COSMICLOYAL LLC 12051. Purpose: any Articles of Organiza- lawful activities. tion filed with the Secretary of State of N.Y. Notice of Formation of (SSNY) on 04/11/2019. OLDE YORK FARM LLC. Office location: Colum- PROPERTIES bia County. SSNY des- Arts of Org. filed with ignated as agent of New York Secy of (SSNY) on LLC upon whom pro- State cess against it may be 4/23/19. Office locaserved. SSNY shall tion: Columbia County. mail copy of process SSNY is designated as to: 9 West Street, New agent of LLC upon Lebanon, NY 12125. whom process against Purpose: any lawful it may be served.

SSNY shall mail proactivity. cess to: 284 Rte 23, NOTICE OF FORMA- Claverack, NY 12513.

TION OF Huber Prop- Purpose: any lawful erty Maintenance, LLC activity.

A DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY "Notice of Formation (LLC) of TRAIN TIME EXArticles of Organiza- PRESS LLC Articles of tion filed with the Sec- Organization filed with retary of State of the the Secretary of State State of of N.Y. (SSNY) on New York on April 17, 03/29/2019. Office lo2019. New York Office cation: Columbia Location Greene County. SSNY desigCounty. Secretary of nated as agent of LLC State of the State of upon whom process New York is designat- against it may be ed as agent upon served. SSNY shall whom process against mail copy of process the LLC may be to: PO Box 226, Chatserved. Secretary of ham, NY 12037. PurState of the State of pose: any lawful acNew York shall mail a tivity." copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her at: c/o PUBLIC NOTICE OF 30 Browns FORMATION OF TIN LLC, Crossing Road, Cats- PAN NORTH (LLC) kill, New York 12414. Articles of OrganizaPURPOSE: To engage tion filed 4/1/19 with in any lawful act or ac- Secretary of State, NY. Location: Greene tivity.

County, Athens, NY, NOTICE OF FORMA- DBA Tin Pan North.

TION OF LIMITED LI- SSNY designated as ABILITY COMPANY. Agent of LLC upon NAME: Meadowlark whom process against Supply Co. LLC it may be served.

Articles of Organiza- SSNY shall mail a copy tion were filed with the of process to Tin Pan Secretary of State of North, c\o Susan D. New York on August 8, Schultz, 3 Bayley Blvd, 2018.

Hudson, NY 12534.

Office location: Colum- Purpose: Any lawful bia County. purpose.

NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FIRST:The name of the Limited Liability Company is 225 Warren Hudson LLC (hereinafter referred to as the "Company") SECOND:The Articles of Organization of the Company were filed with the Secretary of State on June 29, 2018.

THIRD: The County within the State of New York in which the office of the Company is located is Columbia.

FOURTH: The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process against the Company may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail process is 225 Warren Street, Hudson, NY, 12534.

FIFTH: The Company is organized for all lawful purposes, and to do any and all things necessary, convenient, or incidental to that purpose.

Dated: April 18, 2019 FREEMAN HOWARD, P.C. 441 East Allen Street P.O. Box 1328 Hudson, New York 12534 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Hudson Common Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, June 10, 2019 at 5:00 PM, at City Hall, 520 Warren Street, Hudson, on the following proposed Local Law: Proposed Local Law Introductory No. 1 of 2019 – Amending the City Zoning Code with Regard to Off-Street Parking Requirements in the City.

Complete text of the above proposed law is on file and may be examined at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall during regular office hours or may be viewed on the city website www.cityofhudson.org.

Tracy Delaney City Clerk The Family Tree Biz LLC. articles of org. filed on 4/17/2019. Office loc.

Columbia County, SSNY desg. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 4143 Co. Rt.9 East Chatham NY. Any lawfull purpose

Notice of Qualification of DFR SOLUTIONS, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/22/19. Office location: Columbia County. LLC formed in Maryland (MD) on 6/1/04. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1 Commerce Plz, 99 Washington Ave, Ste 805-A, Albany, NY 12210. MD address of LLC: 9000 Virginia Manor Rd, Ste 290, Beltsville, MD 20705.

Cert. of Formation filed with MD Secy of State, 301 W. Preston St, Rm 801, Baltimore, MD 21201. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice to Bidders Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia and Greene Counties 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 on-site visits are available at the CCE offices in Acra or Hudson or by calling 518622-9820 x100.

WINDHAM FALLS RECOVERY LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/15/19.

Office in Greene Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 4 Canaan Circle South Salem, NY 10590. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF GREENE INDEX # 16-0108

Andrus Poder, Plaintiff, - against Andrey Odintsov, Defendant Assigned Judge: Hon. Lisa M. Fisher Pursuant to an Order for Interlocutory Judgment Directing Sale dated January 16, 2019, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Lobby of the Greene County Courthouse, 320 Main Street Catskill New York 12414, on June 6, 2019 at 10:00 AM, Premises known as: 224 Route 17, Jewett, New York containing all that certain plot parcel of land, with the building and improvements erected situate, lying and being in the Town of Jewett, County of Greene, State of New York, Section 129.00 Block 4 Lot 35 and The land area of the Property is described as follows and as set forth in Deed recorded on July 12, 2013 in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Greene in Liber 1420 and Page 101: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Jewett, Greene County, State of New York, more particularly bounded and described as follows: being part of No. 64 Grant 22 Harding Patent: Beginning at a point in the center of the highway leading from West Chases to Jewett Heights opposite a big birch tree marked running thence along the centre of said highway North 52 degrees East 3 Chains and 5 Links, thence south 40 degrees, East 18 Chains 94 Links to the centre of the East kill creek thence along the centre of said creek South 61 degrees West 10 Chains, thence North 52 degrees, one Chain to

the place of beginning, containing two acres of land.

Also that other piece of land situated in said Town of Jewett, County and State aforesaid bounded and described as follows: Beginning at South west corner of the above described Lot thence South 52 degrees, West 7 chains, 64 links to the Lands of Amos Goodsell, thence North 55 degrees, West 8 chains 85 links to the center of East kill stream, thence along center of said stream as it winds and turns to the place of beginning, containing 14 Acres of land be the same more or less.

ALSO ALL THAT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Jewett, County of Greene and State of New York bounded and described as follows: Beginning in the center of the highway leading from Jewett Centre to Jewett Heights at the point where the boundary line between the above-described premises and premises conveyed to Gomalia W. Howard by Jesse Dunham intersects the center line of said highway; thence running northerly along the center of said highway fifty (50) feet, thence easterly and parallel with said boundary line to the center of the creek being the westerly line of lands of Pollock (formerly Persons); thence southerly along the west line of Poolock approximately fifty (50) feet to said boundary line; thence westerly along said boundary line to the center of said highway.

Premises will be sold subject to Provisions of filed Judgments and Orders for Index #: 160108, and more specifically, with the following terms of sale:

FIRST: Ten per cent (10%) of the purchase money of said premises will be required to be paid to the said Referee in the form of cash, certified or cashier’s check, at the time and place of sale and for which the Referee’s receipt will be given.

SECOND: The residue of said purchase money will be required to be paid to the said Referee at 285 Main Street, Catskill, Greene County, New York, within 15 days of the auction date, when said Referee’s deed will be ready for delivery.

THIRD: The Referee is not required to send any notice to the purchaser and if he neglects to call at the time and place specified to receive his deed, he will be charged with interest thereafter on the whole amount of his purchase unless the Referee shall deem it proper to extend the time for the completion of said purchase.

FOURTH: All taxes, assessments and water rents, which at the time of sale, are liens or encumbrances upon said premises shall be paid by the Referee from the proceeds of the sale.

FIFTH: The purchaser of the premises will at the time and place of sale, sign a memorandum of his purchase

and an agreement to comply with the terms and conditions of sale herein contained and pay the purchase money.

SIXTH: The bidding will be kept open after the property is struck down; and in case any purchaser shall fail to comply with any of the above conditions of sale, the premises so struck down to him will again be put up for sale under the direction of said Referee under the same terms of sale, without application to the Court, unless plaintiff’s attorneys shall elect to make such application; and such purchaser will be held liable for any deficiency there may be between the sum for which the premises shall be struck down upon the sale, and that for which they may be purchased on the resale, and also for any costs or expenses occurring on such resale.

Upon purchaser’s default, the bid deposit will automatically be forfeited and applied to the aforesaid deficiency, if any. Such forfeiture shall not be a waiver of any rights of plaintiff to seek and obtain damages from the defaulting bidder.

SEVENTH: In case the plaintiff shall be the purchaser, or in the event that the rights of

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B6 Tuesday, May 28, 2019 the purchaser shall be assigned to and be acquired by the plaintiff, and the valid assignment thereof filed with the Referee, the provisions of the judgment of foreclosure and sale entered herein insofar as the same relate to such purchase by or assignment to plaintiff shall be deemed included in these terms of sale with the same force and effect as if fully set forth at length.

EIGHTH: All expenses of recording the Referee’s Deed, including real property transfer tax and transfer stamps, shall be borne by the purchaser.

NINTH: Said premises are to be sold in “as is” physical order and condition, subject to: (a) Any covenants, easements, reservations and restrictions of record; (b) Any violations of record; (c) Any state of facts an accurate survey may show; (d) Any zoning or subdivision regulations or amendments thereto; (e) Rights of tenants or persons in possession of the subject premises; (f) Any equity of redemption of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA to redeem the premises within 120 days from the date of sale.

TENTH: At or before the time of making a bid the bidder, if other than plaintiff, shall exhibit to the Referee cash or certified check(s) for at least ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid.

ELEVENTH: The defendants and/or others may be in possession of the foreclosed premises, and the purchaser may have to undertake legal action to remove

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF COLUMBIA MTGLQ Investors, L.P. Plaintiff, Against Unknown heirs at law of Frederick Scaglione, and if they be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or generally or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors; administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; Thomas Scaglione, potential son, as heir to the estate of Frederick Scaglione a/k/a Frederick R. Scaglione a/k/a Fred Scaglione, Adam Scaglione, potential son, as heir to the estate of Frederick Scaglione a/k/a Frederick R. Scaglione a/k/a Fred Scaglione, et al., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 4/9/2019, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, at the Columbia County Courthouse, 401 Union Street, Hudson, NY 12534, on 6/10/2019 at 10:00 am, premises known as 65 High Street, Chatham, NY 12037, and described as follows: ALL that certain plot, piece or

them there from which is and shall be the sole choice and responsibility of the purchaser.

David E. Woodin, Esq. David E. Woodin, LLC Referee P.O. Box 433 285 Main Street Catskill, New York 12414 (518)821-6194 Sarah M. Schneider, Esq. Simon & Schneider PLLC Attorneys for Plaintiff P.O. Box 908 6193 Main Street Tannersville NY 12485 (518) 589-7700 Dated: April 22, 2019 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF GREENE U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE CSMC MORTGAGE-BACKED PA S S - T H R O U G H CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-1, Plaintiff AGAINST ANTHONY APPOLLONIA, JENNIFER APPOLLONIA, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated December 21, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Lobby of the Greene County Courthouse, 320 Main Street, Village of Catskill, on June 07, 2019 at 9:45AM, premises known as 6584 AIRPORT ROAD ROUTE 23C, AKA ROUTE 23C, LEXINGTON, NY 12452. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Lexington, County of Greene and State of New York, SECTION 109., BLOCK 2, LOT 3.

Approximate amount of judgment $123,836.02 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 18-0260. parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Chatham, Town of Ghent, County of Columbia and State of New York, Section 66.10, Block 3 and Lot 43. The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $157,506.32 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 10437/2016.

Theodore Guterman, II, Esq., Referee.

For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction. com or call (800) 280-2832 SHELDON MAY & ASSOCIATES Attorneys at Law, 255 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre, NY 11570 Dated: 4/23/2019 File Number: 30483 PB STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF GREENE WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Plaintiff, vs. JOSEPH BARATTI, JOSEPH BARATTI JR., Defendants NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the office of the County Clerk of Greene County on April 1, 2019, I, Jon A. Koisch, Esq., the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on June 5, 2019 at Greene County Courthouse, 320 Main Street, Catskill, County of Greene, State of New York, at 12:30 P.M., the premises described as follows: 7141 State Route 23 Road a/k/a 7141 State Route 23 a/k/a 7141 Route 23 Durham, NY 12422 SBL No.: 64.00-6-6 and 64.00-6-7 ALL THAT TRACT OF PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Durham, Greene County, New York The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 18-0398 in the amount of $122,698.58 plus interest and costs. Jennifer T. Abenhaim, Esq. Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Plaintiff’s Attorney 700 Crossroads Building, 2 State St. Rochester, New York 14614 Tel.: 855-227-5072

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MONICA M. KENNYKEFF, ESQ., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF COLUMBIA PRIMELENDING, A P L A I N S C A P I TA L COMPANY, Plaintiff against SHAWN OGDEN A/K/A SHAWN R. OGDEN, TIFFANY OGDEN A/K/A TIFFANY M. OGDEN, JESSICA OGDEN, Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on January 3, 2019.

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the lobby of the Columbia County Courthouse, 401 Union Street, Hudson, N.Y. on the 1st day of July, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the Town of Livingston, County of Columbia and State of New York.

Said premises known as 153 Parker Road, Elizaville, N.Y. 12523.

(Section: 201.2, Block: 1, Lot: 39).

Approximate amount of lien $ 452,005.81 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 10326-16.

Paul M. Freeman, Esq., Referee.

McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street Suite 210 New Rochelle, New York 10801 (914) 636-8900 SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF COLUMBIA BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, Plaintiff -

against- PETER PASCO, VICTORIA PASCO, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated January 9, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Columbia County Courthouse, front lobby, 401 Union Street, Hudson, NY on June 25, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. premises situate in the Town of Livingston, County of Columbia, New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron rod recovered on the division line between lands of Edward I. Miller, Jr. on the North, lands of Michael J. and Melody L. Cross on the Southwest and the herein described parcel on the Southeast; Thence South East 29.23 feet and South East 155.15 feet; Thence South West 238.24 feet and South West 126.17 feet; Thence North West 100.03 feet; Thence North East 126.11 feet; Thence North East 209.97 feet.

Section: 171 Block: 1 Lot: 63 Said premises known as 5 TWIN DRIVE, HUDSON, NY Approximate amount of lien $417,438.33 plus interest & costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Index Number 5464/2013.

KIERAN P. BRODERICK, ESQ., Referee David A. Gallo &amp; Associates LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff

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SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF COLUMBIA CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC, Plaintiff -againstMICHAEL E. FRASHER, if living, and if he be dead, etc..., et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated March 15, 2019 and entered on April 11, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Columbia County Courthouse, 401 Union Street, Hudson, NY on June 10, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. premises situate, lying and being in the Town of Copake, County of Columbia, being designated as Lot No. 184 & 185, Map No. 2 of Taconic Shores, INC. property, Town of Copake, Columbia County, New York, Drawn by Carl O. Parker, Dated May 9, 1957.

Section: 176.3 Block: 2 Lot: 53 and 54.

Said premises known as 88 LAKE SHORE ROAD, COPAKE, NY Approximate amount of lien $211,850.75 plus interest & costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.

Index Number 10908/2016.

MATTHEW GRIESEMER, ESQ., Referee Jeffrey A. Kosterich, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 68 Main Street, 3rd Floor, Tuckahoe, NY 10707

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HARTFORD, Conn. — To speak with Sharon Robinson is to make a connection with history, baseball and beyond, and with the courage and commitment it takes to make it.

She sees much around her that is troubling, that would have troubled her father, Jackie, but she also sees encouraging signs.

“I’m most encouraged by children lifting their voices,” Robinson said. “As we’ve seen from Stoneman Douglas and other instances of young people reaching out and saying, ‘I’m going to do something’ about a crisis or a social injustice or inequality, raising money for major storms, whatever the issue is. I really feel encouraged when young people realize they have a voice and are willing to use it to make a difference.”

Robinson, 69, and her amazing mother, Rachel, who is approaching her 97th birthday, carry on the work of Jackie Robinson, who shattered baseball’s racial barrier in 1947 and remained an important voice in the civil rights movement until his death in 1972. Near the end of his playing career, Jackie and Rachel built a home in Stamford and became part of the community’s fabric, hosting jazz concerts on their property during the 1960s.

Today, Rachel has a home in eastern Connecticut, though the Robinsons spend much of their time in Florida. “She’s still an incredible force and a joy to have in our lives,” Sharon said.

Sharon Robinson changed careers 24 years ago, from teaching and nursing to baseball, becoming educational consultant to MLB, where she manages “Breaking Barriers: In Sports, In Life,” a baseball-themed character and education curriculum, and serves as vice chair of the not-for-profit Jackie Robinson Foundation, founded by her mother, which provides mentoring and scholarships among its educational programs.

“My father certainly believed in legacy,” Sharon said, “and taught us, as a family we should be mission-driven and have purpose in work that we love.”

For her far-reaching work, Sharon will receive the Saint Clare Award from the Franciscan Life Center at its 34th annual banquet at the Aqua Turf in Southington on June 4.

“I’m thrilled to be honored by the Franciscan Life Center,” Sharon Robinson said, “because it’s based in Connecticut and it has had significant impact in a community where I grew up, so that means quite a bit, means a lot to me to be honored in my own home state.”

Robinson remains active on many fronts, for there is much left to be done along the trail her father helped to blaze in the 1940s and ‘50s.

“My biggest concern is the retrenchment in racism in this country,” she said, “the belief that one type of American is superior to other

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Rachel Robinson, widow of Baseball player Jackie Robinson, and his daughter Sharon Robinson stands next to a Jackie Robinson mural before the New York Mets play their game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Citi Field on April 15, 2018 in New York City.

types of residents of this country. The world is in extreme conditions right now, the rejection of people that are desperate, and treatment of them once they arrive in this country, is very painful to me. ... We have issues of race, of extreme poverty; we have so much healing that has to happen in this world. I’m hoping the majority voice will be one of shared humanity and respect.”

In baseball, the participation of African Americans has declined in recent decades, as has overall participation in the game among youth, but Sharon Robinson sees the game’s climate as inclusive.

“The most encouraging thing about Major League Baseball today is that it is a global game,” she said, “that we’re struggling for inclusion in the rest of the world. Baseball has been inclusive with players from around the world as well as working to maintain a presence of American players, both white and African American. Our numbers have dropped dramatically with the African-American population, but with our efforts in elevating youth baseball (in urban areas), we are seeing at least a stop-gap there so we are not losing numbers. We will gain some, even if we don’t reach the peak period from the past. I also respect that our youth baseball academies across the country focus not just on the game, on being a player, but also are exposing kids to a variety of careers within major league baseball and supporting them in their educational advance. It’s not just self-serving, that we’re trying to move

youth up the ranks on our playing field, but looking at them holistically.”

Robinson, who has taught at several universities, including Yale, has been a prolific author of fiction and nonfiction, books for children as well as adults. Her latest, to be released in September, is “Child of the Dream (A memoir of 1963),” which chronicles her experiences in that seminal year in the civil rights movement.

“It was the year I turned 13, so there is adolescent or pre-adolescent angst,” Sharon said, “mixed in with coming of age and understanding of race and the role race was playing in America, the Civil Rights movement, and our family moving into the civil rights movement — as a family. In the past, it had been my dad going out and us hearing about it when he came back. We had our first jazz concerts that year. My family marched as a family in Washington, D.C., in the March on Washington, so it was a pivotal year for the movement, and for a family and for me in beginning to find my voice and feeling I have a right to a voice.”

She and her mother are heavily involved in the final details for Jackie Robinson Museum in lower Manhattan, set to open in December.

Sharon believes her father, who would have turned 100 this year, would be surprised, and proud, of the relevance his life and work still carries in 2019 — he was often surprised by the receptions he received in his lifetime. And he would applaud when modern athletes speak out on social issues.

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Memories of good times haunt woman after divorce centrate on your future. See your ex as little as possible, and allow yourself to grieve the lost relationship for a specific period of time. When that time period is over, concentrate on meeting new people and cultivating new interests. If necessary, talking with a therapist may be helpful, and I hope you will consider it. There is life after this, but only if you will allow it.

I was married to my husband for 29 years.

We were separated off and on more than 10 of those years. We were both in other relationships but would reconnect for months and sometimes years. Then, because our lifestyles are so different, we would split up DEAR ABBY again.

I divorced him two years ago, but we see each other off and on as friends. I haven’t been in a relationship since our divorce because I still love him. He couldn’t stop the street life, and I got tired of living on the edge with him.

He’s now in church, off drugs. He has gained back some weight and looks like the man I first fell in love with. I tell him every time I see him that I still love him, but he doesn’t believe me and acts like he hates me.

We have a 27-year-old daughter he loves and sees.

I think of the good times we had together day and night. I can’t sleep sometimes and feel so unhappy without him. Abby, what can I do to move on?

Lonely And Lost In Maryland

My best friend of 50 years was recently diagnosed with early stages of Alzheimer’s. Because her memory was beginning to slip, my husband and I moved her in with us. She pays us rent and contributes to meals.

The problem is, she has told friends that because she pays rent she shouldn’t have to help around the house. My husband and I both work. It would be nice if she would cook us dinner occasionally or do the dishes. I have asked, but she always has an excuse. I don’t know how to tell her we are not a bed and breakfast. She has the ability to help.

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You may love the person your ex-husband was in the beginning, but you divorced him for good reasons. Chief among them, he became someone else because of his addiction and his choices. He may blame you for divorcing him, but if you hadn’t done it, he probably would not have straightened out. Sometimes love is not enough, particularly when it’s a one-way street.

It is time to quit looking backward and con-

I hope you realize that as your friend’s dementia progresses she will no longer be able to help around the house, and it could actually be dangerous for her to cook. It would be better for all concerned if her family would start looking at dementia care facilities for her, THE EARLIER THE BETTER so she will have time to adjust. Some of them offer graduated levels of care to meet the patient’s increasing needs.

Please consider it.

JEANNE PHILLIPS

Reader looking for alternative to prescription antidepressant I suffer from depression. It comes and goes, but I’ve been feeling sad, worried and angry at the world, as well as irritable, for the past four months or so. I force myself to function. My family doctor prescribed Effexor. He prescribed a 37.5 mg dose once a day to start and after one week, twice a day.

I looked up the side effects and TO YOUR what I read scared me. Instead, GOOD HEALTH I’ve been taking 1,000 mg of St. John’s wort daily. It will be three weeks on Friday, March 29. To date, I have noticed no discernible effect.

I told my doctor I would take the Effexor after three weeks if the St. John’s wort hasn’t helped. Should I take his advice?

Are there better alternatives? I am middle-age and take zero prescription drugs.

DR. KEITH ROACH

St. John’s wort, Hypericum perforatum, is a yellow flower that has been medicinally used for centuries. Initial studies suggested benefit in people with mild to moderate depression, and several substances in the flower have been shown to have pharmacologic effects on serotonin receptors, among other effects. However, other trials have shown St. John’s wort to be no better than placebo. It does have important drug interactions, fortunately not an issue for you (as long as you let the St. John’s wort wear off before starting Effexor), but for some people the potential interactions are dangerous. Side effects are

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not common, but include gastrointestinal upset, dizziness and confusion, fatigue, dry mouth and sexual side effects. It can make people more sensitive to sunlight, and may decrease fertility.

The studies that did show a benefit lasted four to 12 weeks. It is possible you might not have had benefit from it yet, and waiting a little longer, say another week, wouldn’t be unreasonable to really give the St. John’s wort a chance. However, I seldom recommend this herb due to lack of consistent benefit in trials, the potential for drug interactions and a concern about poor regulation of supplements in terms of amount and purity of the ingredients. For people who want to avoid prescription medicine, I have often recommended S-adenosyl methionine (SAMe). The evidence is better and the side effects and drug interactions fewer.

Effexor may be a good choice for you. Prescription antidepressants have been shown to be better than placebo, but they certainly do not work for everybody. If Effexor isn’t a good choice, there are several others. However, I would strongly recommend you consider nonpharmacologic treatment for depression whether or not you decide to take additional medication treatment, be it prescription or over-the-counter.

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Horoscope

By Stella Wilder Born today, you are never one to doubt yourself, and you will move forward with strength and confidence once you have assessed a situation, weighed the pros and cons, determined any and all potential gains or losses, and decided on a course of action. You are no daredevil, however; you always have your best interest at heart — and your own safety, too. You will face danger when you have to, however, and you are far more likely to face it yourself than have anyone else face it for you. When there is something to be done, you want to do it yourself; you’re not one to delegate your duties or responsibilities to others.

You are keenly aware of what is going on around you at all times, and you have a kind of sixth sense that enables you to anticipate what other people are going to do or say. This can give you a great advantage over your competitors, but it can also make you somewhat suspicious and prevent you from dealing with people in the most unassuming manner.

Also born on this date are: Kylie Minogue, singer; Gladys Knight, singer; Michael Oher, football player; Colbie Caillat, singer; John Fogerty, singer; Ian Fleming, author; Jim Thorpe, football player; Carey Mulligan, actress; Justin Kirk, actor; Phil Vassar, singer; Ekaterina Gordeeva, Olympic ice skater; Rudolph Giuliani, politician and attorney.

To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You’re likely to discover very soon that you’ve been barking up the wrong tree as of late. It may be time for you to call in a professional.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You may not be

holding a good hand, but your bluffing skills are keen and you should be able to hold your own when the betting begins.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Others have assured you you’re doing the best you can do, but you have your doubts. You learn something today that alters your point of view.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You may sense that something is out of place today. Do what you can to restore it, but take care that you don’t rock the boat.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You may not be able to do what you had promised, but you can make up for it by helping someone exceed his or her own expectations.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You can keep trouble at bay today while tending to some personal business. You can be useful to someone who is dealing with something shady.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Your efforts are sure to have a key impact today. Keep doing what you are doing, and don’t let the critics keep you from changing course.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Your understanding of the big picture helps others in their efforts to match you in some way. You’ll retain the lead, however.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You’re trying to force something into place, but your methods aren’t really getting the job done. Try something less aggressive.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You’re likely to hear from someone with whom you had many dealings in the past. He or she raises an issue you thought was resolved long ago.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You’re eager to get something finished, but an obstacle stands in the way that you may not be able to get around on your own.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Others may not be able to meet your expectations at this time. You’ll have an opportunity to reflect on what you’re doing and why.

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SUPER QUIZ

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

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

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

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Provide an antonym with the same number of letters. (e.g., Interior.

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

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SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Wild. 2. Include. 3. Refuse. 4. Minimum. 5. Failure. 6. Exhale. 7. Majority.

8. Temporary. 9. Different.

18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?

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Crossword Puzzle Mother Goose & Grimm ACROSS 1 Huge continent 5 Beauty mark 9 Shapeless mass 13 Iraq’s dollar 15 Funeral notice 16 Pulley attachment 17 __ blink; not working 18 Removes from the field of play 20 __ mask; knit facial covering 21 Lemon meringue __ 23 Rat or gopher 24 Complains 26 Worn-out horse 27 Minor facts 29 Tendons 32 Equestrian 33 BBQ attachments 35 Sup 37 As wise __ owl 38 Linger 39 Seymour or Pauley 40 Teacher’s favorite 41 James Earl __ 42 Terra-__; orangish clay 43 Happens again 45 Deadly 46 Lung contents 47 Mister Ed, for one 48 Rare 51 Suffix for doctor or passion 52 Winnebagos, for short 55 Cabinetmaker 58 Fess up 60 A single time 61 Frog’s cousin 62 Rental agreement 63 Trial run 64 Nimble 65 In a __; quickly DOWN 1 Commotions 2 Basin

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