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Greene County Legislature Chairman Patrick Linger, R-New Baltimore, relays a conversation with a spokesman from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office to lawmakers Wednesday night.

CATSKILL — The Greene County Legislature, over strong public opposition, cleared the way Wednesday night for a new jail to be built in Coxsackie. All that remains is for the state Department of Environmental Conservation to issue the final written permits. Lawmakers, who did not take a formal vote on the project Wednesday, said they did not receive the desired response from state leaders about

legally sharing a jail with another county. On May 15 the Legislature passed a resolution to seek state assistance in a 10-4 vote regarding the legality of a shared jail. Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden sent correspondence May 16 to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, state Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, and state Sens. John Flanagan and Brian Kolb, requesting a response no later than May 28. No written correspondence

had been received by Wednesday’s meeting, Legislature Chairman Patrick Linger, RNew Baltimore, said. But he relayed a phone conversation with a spokesman from Cuomo’s office to lawmakers. “Regarding County Law 217, we need to make a local decision,” Linger said. “Pending that decision, we should direct our efforts to our local state representatives who can bring it through the proper channels.” See JAIL A2

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The former Quality Inn near the New York State Thruway in Catskill was demolished earlier this year. The Greene County IDA is looking to attract a hotel/restaurant developer for the site.

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ALBANY — The State Comptroller’s Office released a report Wednesday outlining development projects supported by county industrial development agencies and the tax exemptions they received. Columbia County had eight active IDA projects with a total of $400,000 in net tax exemptions in 2017, the year the report analyzed, and Greene County had 11, for a total of $26.4 million in net tax exemptions. The bulk of Greene County’s

total net tax exemptions comes from Athens Generating, whose payment in lieu of taxes agreement went into effect in 2002. Under the agreement, Athens Generating paid $4,896,986. Athens Generating’s property is assessed at $1.2 billion and the company is expected to go back on the tax rolls in 2024, according to the Greene County IDA. IDA-sponsored projects statewide received $751 million in net tax exemptions in 2017, according to the report, which was a 5% increase compared See REPORT A2

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Drumlin Field Ventures President John Frishkopf and Master Distiller Daniel Farber look out at the site of their future field-to-glass brandy distillery and tasting room in Claverack. At the present time, it is the only Columbia County project in the pipeline of the county IDA.

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Benoit critical of local Independence party By Sarah Trafton Columbia-Greene Media

CAIRO — Diana Benoit, running for Greene County sheriff on the Independence party line and endorsed by the state party, called the procedures of the county Independence party into question. Benoit, 54, of Cairo, will challenge Republican Peter Kusminsky, also 54 and also of Cairo, in the November general election. Both are retired state police investigators. Benoit conveyed her views on

her campaign Facebook page last week, accusing the local Independence party of not filing the necessary paperwork to get a spot on the ballot. “In any given party, there has to be two committee members from each voting district in the county,” Benoit wrote. “(Parties) have to submit the results of that internal election to the state and county board of elections. This has to be done every two years. We have four viable parties in this county that claim to have duly constituted

themselves.” Benoit alleged that the Independence party has not filed required paperwork since 2010. “This means that the Independence Party of Greene County is not duly constituted and should not have been given a line on our ballot,” Benoit said. Independence Party Chairman George Acker said Benoit’s allegations are false. “We filed late this year in March due to the fact that I was in the hospital,” Acker said. “I was very sick in

the fall.” Acker said he consulted an attorney and was advised that there was no penalty for filing late. “We have always filed with the Greene County Board of Elections, and they send it to Albany,” he said. “Ms. Benoit obviously has her own opinion.” The party also exceeds the state and county requirement that a political party’s committee members represent at least 25% of the voting See BENOIT A2

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Development Agency had one outstanding project in the report — a project begun in 2008 at Hudson Terrace Apartments. The county and the city are pondering a couple of projects that would be supported by the IDA, Tucker said. “The city of Hudson IDA is exploring the possibility of projects within the city and within the downtown revitalization initiative at the waterfront,” Tucker said. “The county IDA is considering manufacturing and other projects around the county.” The comptroller’s report only includes ongoing projects or those that are still operating under an existing PILOT agreement. No new projects have been started this year, Tucker said, but one is on the horizon. “The only project in the pipeline right now is the Drumlin Fields Distillery. It should close this year,” Tucker said. “The project has received preliminary approval from the county IDA and final approval is expected in July. It’s a $10 million cognac distillery in the town of Claverack. Construction will start after the closing.” In Greene County, VanSchaack said current projects are focused on a specific area. “The IDA’s current emphasis is on the Catskill region,” VanSchaack said. “We have the former Quality Inn project by

the Thruway, and we have the parcel of land across on the other side of the hotel, across the street from Anthony’s [Restaurant]. We already removed five houses from the property and there is one commercial building that we kept.” VanSchaack said the state environmental review has already been conducted on the property by the Thruway, but there is still work to be done before it can be made shovelready, such as archaeology mitigation, which will be done this summer. “There are almost no wetlands on the property, so those parcels should be close to shovel-ready by the end of the summer,” VanSchaack said. “We are focused on the Quality Inn property first and marketing it.” The Greene County IDA prepares properties to be shovel-ready before identifying developers, so it is unknown precisely what will be developed on the Quality Inn site, but VanSchaack said it will likely be another hotel and restaurant, and there will probably be room for one additional project on that site. Of the seven upstate regions outlined in DiNapoli’s report, the Capital Region added the most net jobs, with 22,987. Long Island leads the state in net job gains, with 24% of the total added in 2017, DiNapoli said.

“I don’t think you would find a more open forum than what we run,” he said. Benoit did not approach the party for endorsement but went to the state Independence party committee after losing the Republican nomination to Kusminsky earlier this year, Acker said. “We waited until the absolute end of our meeting to pick our sheriff candidate, thinking she would walk through the door,” Acker said. Both Benoit and Kusminsky

lost some of their election petitions in the race for sheriff through suits and countersuits. Kusminsky did not have a section of his Independence party signatures properly bound, which is a requirement of state election law, according to court documents. Eight pages of Benoit’s Republican party signatures were ruled invalid because her husband, Cairo Town Supervisor Daniel Benoit, was found not to be a credible witness in

the lawsuit, according to court papers. Benoit allowed a husband to sign a petition in place of his wife, Christine Brandow, according to the court documents. The Brandows admitted to the improper signature in court, while Daniel Benoit and William Nicholas, the boyfriend of Benoit’s campaign manager, contradicted their testimony, according to court documents.

“We didn’t receive an answer that was concrete,” Bulich said Thursday. “We wanted to see if they were interested in changing the law.” Bulich said he sees the bill as a sign of progress but other lawmakers are not convinced. Bulich asked why Greene County’s two local state representatives, Assemblyman Chris Tague, R-102, and Sen. George Amedore Jr., R-46, did not introduce the bill. “I can’t answer that but it doesn’t matter who introduces the bill,” Linger said. There is no counterpart bill in the Senate, Linger added. But Dianna Goodwin, senior adviser to state Sen. Luis Sepulveda, D-32, confirmed Thursday that Sepulveda and state Sen. Jamaal Bailey, D-36, chairman of the Senate Codes Committee, will co-sponsor a companion bill. Resident Pat Ruck attempted to address the Legislature but was cut off by Linger. “The Legislature has heard your concerns. We have listened,” Linger said. “We lowered the bed count at the request of many, we implemented new ATI programs. We don’t have the authority to change state laws. That’s outside of our scope.” Windham businessman Nick Bove said Thursday he was bitterly disappointed in the Legislature’s decision to silence the public. “The county did 5% of what was needed to get action taken in Albany and the other 95% was by the rest of the room,” Bove said. “They would not allow one person to speak about what’s happening in Albany and how close we are to having an explicit law.” Getting a response to the county’s letter was impossible, Bove said.

“You have to work with the Assembly and the Senate,” he said. Deputy Greene County Administrator Warren Hart estimates construction will start the week of June 10, when a Notice to Proceed is submitted to contractors. Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden did not attend Wednesday’s meeting. The county is awaiting final permits from the Department of Environmental Conservation, Hart said. Despite verbal DEC approval, written permits have not arrived, he said. No legislators objected to moving forward, although no formal vote was taken. Bulich said opposing the Legislature’s wishes would have been in vain. “I knew I didn’t have the support for a motion to rescind,” Bulich said Thursday. “If I made the motion, it would’ve done no good at all. I was respecting the will of the majority. One person cannot stop a project like this. It’s not how it works.” Linger adjourned the meeting, but Cassidy Bua, organizer of the anti-jail campaign, started a chant around the room: “County on the brink, pause and rethink!” Then a group of jail proponents responded with “Build that jail!” But the confrontation was short-lived as sheriff’s deputies began clearing the room. Bove vowed he will not give

up working for a shared jail. The state legislative session is scheduled to end June 19. “By June 19, we want to have an explicit law allowing us to do this,” he said. “We want it loud and clear, so it is undeniably clear.” But Bove is not sure the Legislature will listen. “Based on what I saw last night, I’m not confident the leadership will do the right thing,” he said Thursday. “If there is a way to derail this disaster, we will do so. Unfortunately, the people in power are hellbent on destroying this county.” If a law is introduced during the current state legislative session, or a letter from state leadership expresses it will be changed in the next session, there might be hope, Bulich said. “They may be willing to walk away and pursue a shared jail,” he said.

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to 2016. Those figures include projects that made payments in lieu of taxes, or PILOTs — tax incentive programs that enable developers or companies to make payments at an agreedupon rate instead of paying property taxes. “The need for close scrutiny of economic development efforts has never been higher,” State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said in a statement. “My office releases IDA data so New Yorkers can examine if incentives given out to create and retain jobs in their communities are worth it.” Greene County IDA Executive Director Rene VanSchaack said tax incentives offered by his organization to developers to either build a new business or renovate an existing one end up bringing more money into a community than they save in tax payments. “People are of differing opinions on the necessity for PILOTs and tax breaks, but at the end of the day, the [Greene County] IDA has never done a project with zero taxes,” VanSchaack said. “Every project we have ever done has paid more money in taxes than was paid on the

property before they took it over.” In Greene County, IDA projects created 782 jobs and retained an estimated 544 jobs in 2017, while in Columbia County 135 jobs were created and a projected 1,145 jobs were retained, according to the report. Downstate communities accounted for 51% of the nearly 200,000 jobs gained through IDA projects, with upstate regions generating the remaining 49% of jobs. Those figures reflect a narrower gap compared to 2016, when downstate communities generated 57% of new jobs from IDA-supported projects statewide. VanSchaack pointed out that PILOTs and other tax incentives affect the amount a developer pays in county, town and school taxes, but do not apply to fire, ambulance and library district taxes, which they pay in full. “There is not a project we have done that has resulted in an increased cost for the community,” VanSchaack said. F. Michael Tucker is president and CEO of the Columbia Economic Development Corporation, which has an administrative services agreement with the Columbia County IDA and the Hudson Development Agency. He said the Columbia County IDA had eight projects outlined in the comptroller’s report, and the city of Hudson

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district. “As far as percentage goes, we are at 29%,” Acker said. There are 52 districts in the county and 104 committee members, he added. Twenty percent of the party is required to be at any quorums, according to the party’s bylaws, Acker said.

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The key language of 217 — “Each county shall continue to maintain a county jail as prescribed by law” — played a significant role in the development of the jail project. But the law does not indicate whether a county can operate a jail outside its borders or if multiple counties can share a jail. The governor will not take a position on the matter, Linger said. A few hours before the Legislature met Wednesday, Assemblyman Joseph R. Lentol, D-50, introduced two bills regarding shared jails, Linger said. “The first one was dead on arrival,” Linger said, referring to the proposed bill that would have amended County Law 217 and permitted shared jails statewide. “The second bill authorized Greene County to enter an agreement with a contiguous county to share the construction, financing, improvement and/or maintenance of a county jail,” Linger said. The second bill passed through the Codes Committee, which Lentol chairs, and moved on to the Corrections Committee. “There is no guarantee this gets pushed forward and it’s not what we asked for,” Linger said. “According to our last meeting, we were going to move forward if we did not get confirmation from the state,” Linger said. “Is it safe to assume we are going to proceed?” Legislator Michael Bulich, RCatskill, who made the motion to get answers from the state, agreed that the response was not what the Legislature had been looking for.

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CALENDAR 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

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

Wednesday, June 5 n Greene County Economic Development Corporation 4 p.m. in the Greene County Office Building, 4th Floor, Room 419, 411 Main St., Catskill

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

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Monday, June 10 n Ashland Town Board 7:30 p.m. at the Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland n Catskill Village Planning Board 7 p.m. at the Catskill Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill n Coxsackie Village Board 7 p.m. at Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

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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 n Catskill Library Board 6:45 p.m. at either the Catskill Library, 1 Franklin St., Catskill or Palenville Library, 3303 Route 23A, Palenville n Catskill Town Board committee meeting 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill

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HUDSON — A trial is scheduled in November for a woman and her son from St. Lawrence County who state police said were found with 200 pounds of marijuana while their car was stopped on the New York State Thruway in Chatham. Corey W. Heald, 29, and Kelly L. Heald, 51, both of Massena, were charged with first-degree criminal possession of marijuana, a class C felony, according to state police. State police from Troop T and Troop K placed the two under arrest May 17 during a traffic stop on the Berkshire Spur of the Thruway. The vehicle was pulled over by a trooper for alleged vehicle and traffic violations at about 10 a.m., state police said. State Police Public Information Officer Aaron Hicks would not identify the alleged infractions. A state police K-9 unit was called to search the vehicle and detected the marijuana, which state police said was stuffed into six large duffel bags and one black trash bag. The seizure was one of the largest involving marijuana in Columbia County in the last 10 years, according to Register-Star archives. The Healds will be tried together in Columbia County Court on Nov. 4. They are due back in court June 28 for a conference while a pretrial hearing is scheduled for Sept. 4. The Healds waived a possible

HUDSON — The Olana Partnership announces their collaboration with Steven Myron Holl Foundation’s ‘T’ Space in Rhinebeck, for the 2019 Architects on Olana tour series beginning at 5:30 p.m. June 1 and continuing through selected Saturdays until Nov. 3. Now in its fourth season, this untraditional guided tour series will explore how architecture, design and the natural world at Olana resonates with themes that remain relevant in today’s cultural landscape. Visitors are invited to join some of the world’s leading architects for a tour of the Main House at Olana and see Frederic Church’s construction and design from the architect’s perspective. The contemporary architects will also respond to provocative themes from Olana’s 2019 exhibition, “In Frederic Church’s Ombra: Architecture in Conversation with Nature” open through Nov. 3. For this exhibition, guest curator Barry Bergdoll (of Columbia University and the Museum of Modern Art) invited a group of today’s most exploratory architects to respond to the transitional outdoor rooms that are so essential to the original 19th century design of Olana’s Main House. “Architects are, in so many ways, logical guides to

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understanding and unpacking an artist’s house and landscape,” said Sean E. Sawyer, The Olana Partnership’s Washburn and Susan Oberwager President. “With these tours, The Olana Partnership is expanding the narrative of Olana to express a multiplicity of stories allowing for a whole new set of conversations to emerge.” This innovative series has been curated by Susan Wides, director and curator, and

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

n Ronald P. Gallo, 68, of Leeds, was arrested at 9:40 a.m.

May 23 in Catskill and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor, and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation. He was issued an appearance ticket. n John D. Dunleavy, 53, of

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“Neither has ties to the community,” District Attorney Paul Czajka told the court. “They were driving on the interstate through Columbia County.” Albany Attorney Dennis Schlenker represents Kelly Heald. She works two

Dimitra Tsachrelia, director of educational programming. ‘T’ Space’s mission is the crossinspiration of visual art, poetry, music and architecture in union with a deep connection with the natural landscape. Wides said she is at work to “educate and entice alternative thinking and broader discourse at ‘T’ Space. This collaboration between ‘T’ Space and Olana represents a significant commonality between the aims of our organizations—both being

passionate about the intern face between architecture and nature specific to our shared landscape of the Hudson Valn ley.” Wides is a photographer and visual artist who has had solo exhibits at The Hudson River n Museum, Yonkers; The Center for Creative Photography, Arizona; n The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz; and Urbi n et Orbi Galerie, Paris. Artists Wides has worked with include Ai n Weiwei, Terry Winters, Polly

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Oceanport, New Jersey, was arrested at 1:54 a.m. May 25 in Durham and charged with driving while intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor, and aggravated DWI with a child, a class E felony. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Anthony J. Hurtado, 23, of Staten Island, was arrested at 11:16 p.m. May 25 in Catskill

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Food and art to bring counties together Call them community builders or, in a more festive frame of mind, startof-summer parties, the official opening of the Hudson River Skywalk and the first Food Festival Hudson should put Greene and Columbia counties in a cheerful mood Saturday. Food Festival Hudson is expected to reintroduce hundreds to the city’s waterfront with a celebration of all the area’s locally prepared food and locally brewed craft beers. The festival takes place at Henry Hudson Riverfront Park from noon to 6 p.m. Scheduled to appear are more than a dozen food trucks with gourmet cuisine, live bands, distilled spirits and craft beer. The success of last

year’s Main Street food truck festival in Catskill inspired organizers in Columbia County to start a similar event in Hudson. The ribbon-cutting for the Hudson River Skywalk, a new scenic walkway where the birthplace of American landscape painting can be seen, takes place at the Rip Van Winkle Bridge Riverfront Park in Catskill. The festivities begin at 10:30 and 10:45 a.m. with the Parade of Paintings starting from the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in Catskill and the Olana State Historic Site in Greenport. The two parade strands will meet at the Rip Van Winkle Bridge over the river, a fitting tribute to Thomas Cole and Frederic Church, two

of the world’s greatest artists. The ribbon-cutting will be held at noon next to the bridge toll plaza in Catskill accompanied by a performance of “River of Dreams” by local studentmusicians. “River” is an original song by Frank Cuthbert adapted from Hudson Talbott’s acclaimed children’s book of the same name. This will be a big day for the Twin Counties, from the foot of the Rip Van Winkle Bridge in Catskill to the farthest cove of Henry Hudson Riverfront Park in Hudson. Embrace this history-making day. We can’t think of a better way to bring communities together than with the pleasures to be discovered in food and art.

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American taxpayers may be funding attacks on themselves. A report in the New York Times tracks the fallout from a 2-year-old leak of a cache of National Security Agency hacking tools - designed to target U.S. adversaries but harnessed by cybercriminals to attack people, businesses and governments all over the globe. The Times connects the NSA’s loss of control over malware called EternalBlue to the virtual kneecapping of Baltimore. Hackers are demanding roughly $100,000 in bitcoin to restore access to thousands of computers and bring back essential services to civilians. Some information security experts dispute the connection in this case, but the striking reality remains: The NSA built something that bad actors have used to cause billions of dollars in damage, and there are still no answers on how it happened or who was re-

sponsible. The NSA routinely searches for security vulnerabilities in popular software. The question, when it finds one, is whether to inform the manufacturer of the flaw so that it may fix it - or keep the problem quiet and exploit it. EternalBlue harnessed a bug in Microsoft’s software, but the company did not learn about it until more than five years after the NSA uncovered it, after the agency’s systems had been breached and the hacking tool stolen. It’s certainly true that malicious states, hacking collectives and individuals are hunting for vulnerabilities as rigorously as the NSA is, and it is possible that one of them would have found the problem if the U.S. government had not. It’s also true that institutions that have failed to install the patch that Microsoft provided to fix the flaw, two years later, bear some responsibility for remain-

ing at risk. Even more important, especially when it comes to critical infrastructure, companies and cities alike should try to ensure their systems are dependable before depending on them - setting them up to be robust against attack rather than just to work. But the NSA has a great responsibility, too. Weaponized computer code can be a crucial tool in counterterrorism and counterintelligence investigations, and in the case of EternalBlue, it was. Yet this code can also be crucial to enemies. The NSA has a process in place for evaluating when to disclose vulnerabilities, but the guidelines dictating tool development, disclosure and protection deserve outside input and scrutiny. The country still needs answers on how these tools fell into the wrong hands in the first place. It also needs mechanisms in place to keep them in the right ones going forward.

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Attorney General William Barr and the Trump White House banked on precisely the sloth we saw after release of the report from special counsel Robert Mueller. They correctly anticipated that the public wouldn’t read it, that cable-news coverage would be superficial at best (and at worst misleading), and that President Donald Trump’s cult would take on faith whatever he said either was or wasn’t in the report. The headlines and screen crawlers announcing “Mueller couldn’t indict!” and “Mueller says it’s up to Congress!” - who knew!? - suggest they were right. The breathless reports that Mueller’s statements regarding his inability to prosecute pursuant to Justice Department policy contradict the attorney general’s suggestion that there were other factors for not finding grounds for prosecution (e.g., lack of evidence), likewise reveal a failure to read the report, which explained Mueller’s reasoning. In an email, constitutional scholar Laurence H. Tribe told me, “Expressed in plain English, Mueller said: ‘READ MY REPORT. It says I COULDN’T indict a sitting president. If my office could’ve concluded he was innocent of criminal conduct, we would’ve said so. We couldn’t so we didn’t. Only Congress can hold this sitting president accountable. The ball is in Congress’s court now.’” The assumption that Mueller will not testify is misplaced. He did not say that he would refuse to abide by a congressional subpoena, though he may stick to the script (i.e., the report) as he did on Wednesday. Given the necessity for verbally communicating the results to the public, this wouldn’t be a waste of time.

Tribe argued that “even if Mueller says no more to the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees under oath than he said on TV today, the impact would be huge. More than 50 million pairs of eyes and ears will tune in.” Tribe adds, “He needs to testify despite his reluctance. As a private citizen, he has no legal basis to decline. Whether it’s worthwhile to press the point despite the delay that could entail is another matter.” Moreover, Mueller’s stick-to-the-script testimony will limit Republicans’ ability to disrupt and badger the witness. He can remain above the fray. As we have suggested, with or without Mueller, the House Judiciary Committee must educate the public through hearings that, in essence, put on TV what Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., got down in a series of 280-character tweets. Here’s a suggested schedule (if Mueller testifies, he could be asked about each of the items below, with other witnesses and full evidence presented subsequently): Day 1: Russia interfered to help Trump. Trump and lots of his allies sought such help. This was a betrayal of our democracy. Day 2: How Trump, by inviting such help and then denying the inescapable conclusion that Russia helped him, undermined national security. Day 3: What is obstruction, why is it a big deal and what do you have to prove? Days 4-13: Each day is devoted to a different category of obstruction. Day 15: What is the Office of Legal Counsel memo and why did Mueller not indict? Day 16: What kinds of cases with far less evidence than this one have been prosecuted for obstruction. Day 17: Impeachment doesn’t require evidence (let alone conviction) of a crime. However, in this case, there

are impeachable actions that are not crimes (e.g., inviting Russian interference) and actions that are crimes (See Days 4-13). Day 18: A highlight reel of the Bill Clinton impeachment, during which Republicans made impassioned speeches about the necessity of removing a president who has obstructed justice. Former White House counsel Donald McGahn should be compelled to testify - with particular attention paid to Trump’s orders to fire Mueller. Other key witnesses (e.g., Hope Hicks, Mark Corallo, Corey Lewandowski) must be compelled to testify publicly under oath. However, in a pinch, prosecutors (starting with those who signed a letter attesting to the sufficiency of evidence to charge Trump if he were a private citizen) can present the Mueller findings and share their prosecutorial experience. Committee counsel should conduct the questioning in 30-minute segments, with visual aids encouraged and Amash allowed to make the opening remarks on behalf of the committee’s Democratic majority. After each day of testimony, the committee should distribute a threebullet-point summary of the day’s findings. This may seem rudimentary, but it is essential to the political process, which requires an informed citizenry. Finally, separate hearings will be needed on Trump’s emoluments, allegations of financial wrongdoing and the campaign finance conspiracy for which Michael Cohen pleaded guilty. Congress should get cracking. There’s plenty to do, with or without Mueller. Rubin writes reported opinion for The Washington Post.

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The people push back The Washington Post

In these times of growing authoritarianism, it is worth taking note when people fight back. Two recent events in Russia show that despite President Vladimir Putin’s intolerance for dissent, there are moments when people are willing to speak up, strongly. In Yekaterinburg, Russia’s fourth-largest city, two local copper oligarchs, along with church and city officials, decided to build a cathedral, a replica of St. Catherine’s, which was destroyed by the Bolsheviks in 1930 at the peak of their campaign to suppress religion in the Soviet Union. The new cathedral was to be erected on a public park near the city’s October Square, on the bank of the Iset River. Although the project had been long discussed, when a fence went up to mark the construction site, it infuriated many who loved the park. On May 13, demonstrators ripped down the fence and tried to sink it in the river. On subsequent days, the

authorities brought in riot police, used cement to anchor the fence and detained protesters. But the protesters did not give up. When Putin was asked about the display of public anger, he said, “Are those people atheists?” Then he suggested the matter be settled by conducting a poll. The city’s mayor said work would be suspended, pending the survey. Separately, a new survey by the Russian Public Opinion Research Centershows that 74 percent of those questioned do not want the cathedral built in that location. It isn’t clear what will eventually happen, but the protesters stood up to the power structure, which in today’s Russia very rarely listens to popular demands or criticism. In the second case, two journalists, Ivan Safronov and Maxim Ivanov, published an article based on unidentified sources in the Moscow business daily, Kommersant, reporting that the speaker of the upper chamber of parliament might be replaced by Putin.

The two journalists were fired. Other journalists said the oligarch who owns the publishing house, Alisher Usmanov, ordered the ouster because the pair refused to reveal their sources for the story. (Usmanov denied interfering.) In protest, about a dozen other Kommersant journalists quit the politics department of the paper, and more than 180 journalists have since signed an open letter backing their colleagues and decrying “direct pressure on journalists.” Putin’s years in power have been characterized by a gradual silencing of independent voices, often when owners friendly to the Kremlin take over news outlets, as occurred at Kommersant. Only a few truly independent organizations remain. It is extraordinary and encouraging to see so many journalists push back. Analyst Kirill Rogov correctly noted that such collective action “is the main enemy of despotism.” And collectively, some Russians are stirring.

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Alice Janet Armstrong CORNWALLVILLE - Alice Ja- (Michele); her grandchildren, net Armstrong passed away on Robin Armstrong, Amanda May 29 th at the Hospice Inn of Stegner (Chris), Lisa MacNeill St.. Peter’s Hospital in Albany. (Kevin), Nicole Brudapast, JackShe was 85. “Janet”, as she ie Murray, Robert J. Armstrong, was known throughout her life, and Megan Armstrong; and her was born on March 19, 1934 on great grandchildren Cora Stegthe family farm in Durham, the ner and Emmalyn MacNeill. daughter of the late Norman and Janet was blessed with step Evelyn Teator. She grew up in a grandchildren, Susan Carpenlarge, busy household, actively ter (John), Cynthia Bennardo engaged in farm life through (Rocco), Michelle Every, Kimthe years of the Great berly Murphy; and step Depression and World great grandchildren, War II. Janet attended Jose, Rocco, Damon, Durham Central School Antonio, Arianna, Kristand Greenville Central offer, Samantha, Blake, High School, graduatand Brady. Janet is also ing from each as valesurvived by her sister in dictorian. After gradulaw Stella Teator; and ation, Janet worked at by nieces and nephthe Pioneer Insurance ews, Deborah Maikis, Company in Greenville Armstrong David Armstrong, Gary until she married RobTeator, Mark Teator, ert Armstrong on June 7, 1953. Darren Teator, Jay Teator, ShaShe then began her lifelong role ron Hayner, and William Teator. as wife and mother. Janet was a Janet was predeceased by her steadfast partner as Robert en- husband Robert, her parents, gaged in farming, factory work, her in-laws Clarence and Edna public office, and other occu- Armstrong, her sisters Dorothy pations. She also returned to Turner and Shirley Teator Ritwork at Eastern Cooperative Inter, her brothers Howard Teator surance Company, from which and Raymond Teator, brothshe eventually retired. Together she and Robert raised their four ers-in-law Herbert Armstrong children, and then joyfully wel- and Edward Ritter, sisters-incomed several grandchildren, law Barbara Teator and Trudy and step-grandchildren. Upon Armstrong, and niece Linda retirement, Robert and Janet Ruocco. Janet is also survived enjoyed family activities, com- by and predeceased by many munity activities, travel, and uncles, aunts, and cousins and their winter home in Florida. their families whose friendship They also enjoyed many social and family ties were precious activities with their large circle to her throughout her life. Callof friends and family members. ing hours will be on Friday, May Janet was a fifty-year member 31 st from 4 to 7 pm at the A. of the East Durham Volunteer J. Cunningham Funeral Home, Fire Company Ladies Auxil- 4898 State Route 81, Greenville, iary, and a member of the Oak NY 12083. Funeral services will Hill-Durham United Methodist be on Saturday, June 1 st at 11 Church. After Robert’s death, am at Durham Oak Hill United Janet continued her role as a Methodist Church, 522 County treasured mother, grandmoth- Rte. 22, Durham, NY 12422, foler, and great grandmother, giv- lowed by burial in the Cornwalling freely of her wisdom and ville Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, unconditional love. Janet was donations can be made to the a kind, loving, generous person Durham-Oak Hill United Methof intelligence, humility, quiet odist Church, c/o Claudia Every, strength, and character. No one Treasurer, 347 Sutton Road, knew these qualities better than Cornwallville, NY 12418, or to her family, who were blessed by the East Durham Volunteer Fire her presence and will miss her Company Ladies Auxiliary, c/o every day. Janet is survived by Mandie Viscusi, Treasurer, 286 her children, Robert Jr. (Bonnie), Polly’s Rock Road, Round Top, Claudia Every (Gene), Jennifer NY 12473. Condolences can be Ganzhorn (Dann), and Lawrence posted at ajcunninghamfh.com.

Brian M. Langsford Brian M. Langsford, age 54 Ginsburgs. He loved being a fayears, an area resident for over ther of six, he was a musician, twenty years, passed away painter and he was very close to on May 21, 2019, at Columbia and enjoyed his puppies. RelaPresbyterian Hospital in N.Y.C. tives and friends are cordially He was born on July 8, 1964, in invited to attend calling hours New Orleans, Louisiana, and is at Richards Funeral Home, 29 the son of Laura FairBross Street, Cairo, child (Stepfather PresN.Y. on Thursday May ton Fairchild, Jr.) and 30, 2019, from 5:00 the late Alvin J. LangsP.M. – 7:00 P.M., with ford. Besides his mothservices taking place at er and his stepfather, 6:30 P.M. at the funeral he is survived by his home. Services will wife Lisa Langsford, his take place on Friday, children Brian, Michael, May 31, 2019 at 10:00 Tyler, Rhiannon, Dylan A.M. at the Cairo Cemand Larissa Langsford, Langsford etery. Everyone will his brother Alvin Langsford and Preston Fairchild and meet at Richards Funeral Home sister Karen Lima. During his prior to going to the cemetery. lifetime, he was employed by Condolences may be made at Haines Garage in Catskill, N.Y, www.richardsfuneralhomeinc. and he was a delivery man for net.

James F. Campbell James F. Campbell, age 92 proudly worked as a project years, passed away on February engineer with Amoco Oil Com25, 2019, in Houston, Texas. He pany for 40 years and served was born on March 27, 1926, in in The United States Army Air Cairo, N.Y. and is the son of the Corps during WWII. Mass of late James and Blanche Campthe Christian Burial will bell. Besides his partake place at Sacred ents, he is predeceased Heart Church, Cairo, by his sisters Elizabeth NY on June 7, 2019, and Frances, and son at 10:00 A.M., with Fr. James, Jr. Survivors Steve Matthews, The include former wife, Celebrant officiatDorothy, daughters ing. Interment will take Katherine and Patricia, place in the family plot son Michael, Bud Dunof The Cairo Cemetery, can Family, Henry Case Campbell Cairo, N.Y. CondolencFamily, Tom and Mary Sarro, several grandchildren, es may be made at www.richand great grandchildren. James ardsfuneralhomeinc.net.

Robert J. Lipsky Robert J. Lipsky, 91, of Kinderhook Lake, passed away Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at the Grand at Barnwell. Born May 13, 1928 in Rensselaer, NY, he was the son of the late William and Belle (Plotinski) Lipsky. Robert was a US Marine Corp Veteran with the First Marines, serving during the Korean War. He was a salesman for Tobin Packing Co. in Albany for 43 years. Upon retiring, he worked for Columbia County Solid Waste in Chatham. He is survived by his son: Thomas Lipsky (Maryanna) of Kinderhook Lake, a granddaughter Victoria Lipsky, his companion Missy and

The Lincoln Memorial as a pyramid? That wasn’t the craziest idea pitched a century ago Ronald G. Shafer Special To The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — The memorial to President Abraham Lincoln was a sight to behold. A gleaming white, pyramidshaped structure that resembled a giant cake with eight layers rising high above the Mall. At the top stood a statue of the Great Emancipator himself. That is what the Lincoln Memorial would look like if architect John Russell Pope’s proposal had been adopted in 1912. Just a year earlier, lawmakers authorized $2 million to build a memorial to Lincoln. They appointed a seven-member commission headed by President William Howard Taft to recommend the design, but the final decision was up to Congress. After further debate and construction delay, the memorial was dedicated 97 years ago this week. Pope’s pyramid scheme was one of several ideas he submitted in a competition with fellow New Yorker Henry Bacon. Pope’s terraced pyramid was styled after the ziggurat temple towers of ancient Mesopotamia, the “cradle of democracy.” The architect also suggested a four-sided, Egyptian-style pyramid, with portico entrances on each side. The concept of an Egyptian pyramid wasn’t all that far-fetched. The neighboring Washington Monument, after all, is styled after an Egyptian obelisk. Pope wasn’t the first to propose a pyramid for a national landmark. In 1800, Congress approved a plan by Benjamin Latrobe, the designer of the U.S. Capitol, to construct a pyramid with a floor 100 feet deep as a mausoleum for the remains of President George Washington. But the project was never funded. In 1837, architect Peter Force proposed to build the Washington Monument as a pyramid. Pope’s ideas for a memorial to Lincoln weren’t as bizarre as one proposed in 1867 by Clark Mills, who designed the equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square across from the White House. Mills proposed to build next to the U.S. Capitol a 70-foot high bronze structure with no fewer than 36 separate figures, including six on horseback. Topping the memorial would be a statue of a seated

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Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation. The choices for the Lincoln Memorial in the early 1900s weren’t limited to statues and structures. Many influential lawmakers and the fledgling automobile lobby pressed for building a “splendid boulevard” between the nation’s capital and Gettysburg, Pa., where President Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address on Nov. 19, 1863. House Speaker James Beauchamp “Champ” Clark, a Missouri Democrat, offered the ultimate argument for the highway. “If Abraham Lincoln could be consulted about spending $2 million to build him a memorial,” Clark said, “he would undoubtedly want one that would do somebody that is now living or to live hereafter some good.” The idea of a divided highway was dismissed as folly. An Abraham Lincoln Memorial Highway “would be lined with saloons, road houses, merry go-rounds and whatnot, and would be disgrace rather than a fitting tribute to that great historic figure,” scoffed Glenn Brown, secretary of the American Institute of Architects. Even the memorial site stirred controversy. The commission planned to build it in Potomac Park next to the Washington Monument. At the time, this was a remote, swampy area infested with mosquitoes. Legendary former House speaker “Uncle Joe” Cannon, a Republican from Lincoln’s home state of Illinois, vehemently opposed the site. “So long as I live,” he declared, “I’ll never let a me-

morial to Abraham Lincoln be erected in that g-------d swamp.” Cannon preferred a statue at Union Station near Capitol Hill. The commission and Congress ultimately agreed to upgrade the Potomac Park site and approved architect Bacon’s proposal to build a huge, neoclassical Greek Doric temple. The temple was based on the Parthenon in Athens. Bacon believed that “a memorial to the man who defended democracy should be modeled after a structure from the birthplace of Democracy,” according to the National Park Service. Bacon’s plan called for placing a statue of Lincoln inside the 99-foot-high temple. The commission chose sculptor Daniel Chester French to design the statue. After seeing how huge the temple would be, French upgraded his planned statue of a 10-foot high, seated Lincoln to 19 feet, plus an 11-foot base. Bacon’s design drew wide praise, but also criticism. The Illinois chapter of the American Institute of Architects passed a resolution calling Bacon’s design “purely Greek and entirely un-American.” Sculptor Gutzon Borglum complained, “We are about to spend $2 million upon a . . . cold, classical meaningless temple” with no mark outside about the humble man it memorializes. “Into the middle of that,” he said, “we are going to drop a statue of Lincoln” and “upon the doormat we are going to put ‘Lincoln Memorial.’ “ World War I slowed work

Weather chaos expected to leave record US corn acres unplanted Michael Hirtzer, Isis Almeida, Dominic Carey Bloomberg

For months, traders debated which crops U.S. farmers would sow this year. That discussion is now turning to how many acres may be left unplanted as relentless rainfall sweeps the Midwest. Rabobank is predicting an unprecedented number of unplanted acres of corn, the most widely grown American crop. A Bloomberg survey of 10 traders and analysts indicates growers could file insurance claims for about 6 million corn acres they haven’t been able to sow,

almost double the record in 2013. Corn futures surged more than 20 percent to a threeyear high over the past few weeks on fears farmers wouldn’t be able to get seeds in the ground ahead of cropinsurance deadlines. Socalled prevented plant claims reached 3.6 million acres in 2013, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency. Field conditions deteriorated over the past few weeks, indicating significant corn acreage loss was a risk, according to Gro Intelligence, a New York-based

several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife, Patricia A. (Van Amburgh) Lipsky. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated 11:00 am on Monday, June 3, 2019 at St. John the Baptist Church, Route 9, Valatie, with Rev. George Fleming officiating. Burial will follow in St. John the Baptist Cemetery. Calling hours will be Sunday, June 2, 2019, from 4-6pm at the Raymond E. Bond Funeral Home, Valatie. Contributions for those who wish may be made to the Columbia/ Greene Humane Society, 111 Humane Society Rd., Hudson, NY 12534.

analysis firm that uses satellites among other data sources. Areas with the biggest risk of acreage loss were in central Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, and the region around the borders of South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska. Such insurance claims are considered a last-ditch effort for farmers, who can receive about half of the value of their crop. Analysts in the Bloomberg survey cautioned estimates could still be skewed by the weather and the government’s market facilitation program, a $16 billion aid package to miti-

gate the impact of trade wars. Soaring corn prices could also prompt farmers to plant the crop without insurance. “The MFP payment is dependent upon acres being planted,” said Karl Setzer, market analyst at Agrivisor in Bloomington, Illinois. Setzer estimated that 4 million to 5 million acres of corn could be left planted. However, “the recent rally in futures will also encourage planting beyond normal dates,” he said. Sara Menker, chief executive officer of Gro Intelligence, said some areas could remain too wet to plant either corn or even soybeans.

While the market is mostly focused on corn, traders “should probably care about corn and beans in particular areas, because both could be decimated, even with the window not closing for beans,” she said. The top 25 counties at risk planted 3.7 million acres of corn in 2018, according to Gro Intelligence. In March, the USDA said U.S. farmers intended to plant 92.8 million acres of corn this year. The agency won’t report prevented plant until August. With assistance from Pratish Narayanan.

on the final memorial, which ended up costing nearly $3 million, equal to more than $45 million today. Finally, the dedication was set for Memorial Day, May 30, 1922. About 50,000 people attended, including 78-year-old Robert Todd Lincoln, the late president’s only surviving son. Today the Bacon-French Lincoln Memorial is the most visited of all the monuments in Washington, drawing more than 7 million people a year.

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JUNE 1 GREENVILLE — The annual Plant, Flea Market and Bake Sale, sponsored by the Clematis Garden Club, will again be held 9 a.m.-noon June 1 at the GNH parking lot, Greenville. A large selection of easy to grow in our area perennials, annuals, shrubs, vegetable and houseplants will be offered at reasonable prices. A Flea Market including useful and collectible indoor and outdoor garden and household items will be offered in a trunk sale setting. Clematis Garden Club members will be happy to answer any gardening questions. This sale is a great chance to pick up unique and easily grown plants by local gardeners and search for great flea market finds. The sale will be held rain or shine. Look for the balloons on the cars and Clematis Club members wearing their green aprons. For information, call Jean Horn 518-966-4260.

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The Catskill Lowe’s set up a memorial in the parking lot for fallen heroes this Memorial Day.

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TANNERSVILLE — Mountain Top Arboretum Bird ID Walk with Larry Federman will be held 8-10:30 a.m. June 1 at the Mountain Top Arboretum, 4 Maude Adams Road, Tannersville. Audubon Society Educator Larry Federman leads our annual guided tour through the Arboretum’s bird-rich habitats. We’ll look for warblers, bluebirds and other migrating birds as they build their nests and start families or pass through to their northern nesting sites. June offers one of the best opportunities to see beautiful North American birds. Bring binoculars, boots, attentive eyes and ears. Register inside the Education Center. Members, free; non-members, $10. Advance reservations are not necessary. For information, call 518-589-3903.

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Ten Cairo-Durham students were honored at the SAANYS Leadership Awards breakfast on May 22. This award from the School Administrators Association of New York State (SAANYS) recognizes students for their exceptional leadership qualities. One student from each grade (4-12) was selected to receive the award. Congratulations to all on this honor. Pictured, from the left are Phebe Cunningham, Brina Halvorsen, Saylor Lewtschenko, Robert Lampman. Laney Bruck, Principal Mike Mitchell, Xxaria Makely, Rachel Maggio, Principal Chris Stein, Echo Roe, Zoe Vogel, Angelina Pitcher.

COXSACKIE — The Greene County Historical Society presents a concert by the instrumental group, MeadowSuite, showcasing music of various historical time periods. This special concert is being held as a fundraiser for the Meadow Ridge Heritage Barn that is currently being raised at the Bronck Museum

in Coxsackie. The concert will begin at 3 p.m. June 2 on the grounds of the Bronck Museum, Coxsackie. Adults, $10; GCHS members and children, $7.

JUNE 4 CAIRO — The Greene County Women’s League Cancer Patient Aid members will meet June 4 at Angel’s Family Restaurant, 4385 Route 23, Cairo. Lunch is at noon and the meeting is called to order at 1 p.m. Greene County Women’s League (G.C.W.L.) is a 501(c) (3) non-for-profit organization whose mission is to provide Greene County Cancer patients with assistance in paying medical expenses resulting from the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. For information, call 518819-1249 or visit G.C.W.L. at www.greenecountywomensleague.com/become-amember/.

JUNE 5 CASTLETON — The Rensselaer-Columbia-Greene Counties Board of Cooperative Educational Services will meet at 6 p.m. June 5 at the Questar III Central Office board room, 10 Empire State Blvd., Castleton and via videoconference at 223 Bethel Ridge Road, Catskill.

JUNE 7 SOUTH BETHLEHEM — The South Bethlehem United Methodist Church, 65 Willowbrook Ave., South Bethlehem, will serve a turkey dinner 4:30-7 p.m. June 7. Eat in or take out. Adults, $10; children 10-12, $5; children 9 and younger, free. For information, call Emily Shutter at 518-813-0661. EAST JEWETT — The annual spring sale will be held 4-7 p.m. June 7 and 9 a.m.noon June 8 at the East Jewett United Methodist Church, 2252 Route 23C, East Jewett. Lots of housewares, pots and pans, dishes, utensils, glassware, clothing, shoes, books and toys. Refreshments available including soup, hot dogs, salads and homemade pies.

JUNE 8 ATHENS — Sleepy Hollow Lake (SHL) residents are hosting an annual yard sale throughout their community 9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 8. Maps to nearly 70 sale locations will be at the main gate of SHL on Rte. 385, and signs will be posted on each road where homes are participating. For information, contact Laurel Wolfe at 518-731-6175.

CATSKILL — 14th Annual Catskill Yard Sale Day will be held June 8, Village and Town Wide. To be placed on the address list, contact Pam at 518-821-0361 or “like us” on Facebook Catskill Yard Sale Day page. TANNERSVILLE — Mountain Top Arboretum, 4 Maude Adams Road, Tannersville, hosts a Spring Concert Series with 23Arts 2-3:30 p.m. June 8. Join us at the arboretum for 23Arts’ debut event in the new Education Center: The Lion, the Witch and the Wizard. Featuring Michela Marino Lerman, tap dance; Mathis Picard, piano; Russell Hall, bass. Members, free; non-members, $10. For information, call 518-589-3903. RICHFIELD SPRINGS — The 40th annual Friendship Craft Festival sponsored by the Church Of Christ Uniting in Richfield Springs will take place 9 a.m.-3 p.m. June 8 in Spring Park on Scenic US Route 20. In addition to Spring Park being filled with crafters from a wide area with unique handcrafted items, the Church’s “famous” bake sale will return, and a Brooks’ chicken BBQ will be served from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. The Richfield Youth Sports organization will once again be selling hamburgers, hot dogs, hot sausage, French fries and a variety of beverages. CAIRO — The Friends of the Cairo Library will sponsor a used book sale 10 a.m.2 p.m. June 8 at the shed behind the Library at 15 Railroad Ave., Cairo (weather permitting). Future sales for the summer will be 9 a.m.2 p.m. Wednesdays, July 3 through Aug. 28, weather permitting. Proceeds from the sale benefit the library and its programs. GREENVILLE — The Friends of the Greenville Library will hold a book sale 10 a.m.-3 p.m. June 8 at the library, 11177 Route 32, Greenville. There is a large selection of adult fiction and non-fiction, children’s books, DVDs, books on tape, and more. The cost is $5 per bag. All proceeds to benefit the Greenville Library. For information, call 518-966-4832. CATSKILL — Catskill Second Saturdays are held 4-8 p.m. June 8 and July 13 in the village of Catskill. There will be music, crafts for kids, food, drink and more. For information, go to welcometocatskill. com.

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Greene County Historical Society presents its 43rd Annual Tour of Homes The Greene County Historical Society is pleased to present its 43rd Annual Tour of Homes on Saturday June 1 in Cairo from 10am – 4pm. The tour features historic sites throughout Cairo from the late 1800s through the early 1900s. Explore the beautiful architecture along the main streets and back roads from Acra to South Cairo. This ideal town is located at the foot of the Catskills with breathtaking views and a history rich in agriculture, industry and tourism. Tickets can be purchased the day of the tour for $30 at tour headquarters located at the Sacred Heart Church at 36 Church Street in Cairo. To reserve advance sale tickets for $25, send a check payable to GCHS to: Greene County Historical Society, P.O. Box 44, Coxsackie, NY 12051. Advance sale tickets will not be mailed but will be distributed the day of the tour. Reservations must be received by May 31st. Bagged lunches will be available for as long as they last at the Sacred Heart Church Annex and will be offered for sale by the Cairo Little League. Proceeds from the sale of tour tickets support the Greene County Historical

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Tour Headquarters for GCHS’s 43rd Annual Tour of Homes on Saturday, June 1 will be at the Sacred Heart Church at 36 Church Street in Cairo.

Society, the Bronck Museum, and the Vedder Research Library. New this year, the Greene County Historical Society is pleased to invite visitors to the Bronck Museum on Sunday, June 2 at 3pm for a special concert in support of the Meadow Ridge Heritage Barn. The instrumental

group, MeadowSuite, will perform music from various historical time periods. Tickets for this event are $10. We hope you’ll join us for this special weekend of events hosted by the Greene County Historical Society; its 43rd Annual Tour of Homes in Cairo on Saturday, June 1 and then a special concert at

the Bronck Museum on Sunday, June 2. For more information on the 43rd Annual Tour of Homes call Donna Poulin at 518-821-0894 or Carol Serazio at 518-731-9050 or visit www.gchistory.org . For additional information on the Bronck Museum events contact them at 518-731-6490.

Tal Wilkenfeld brings intimate power-rock to Helsinki Hudson HUDSON — Rock singer-songwriter Tal Wilkenfeld brings her unique blend of hard-rock and intimate self-portraits to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, June 1, at 9 p.m.. Wilkenfeld is known equally for her instrumental prowess on bass guitar, heard in the service of the likes of Jeff Beck, Prince, the Allman Brothers, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Ryan Adams, and Mick Jagger, which saw her wind up on the cover of Bass Magazine, as she is for her emotional vocals and incisive songwriting. Wilkenfeld can channel her mentor, Jackson Browne, on the gorgeous acoustic ballad “Haunted Love” (yes, with echoes of Joni Mitchell in her jazzy chromaticism), which prompted the Who’s Pete Townshend to remark, “Haunted Love is truly a great song, touching, moving, and employs her two skills - her voice and bass. It’s stupidly

great. She’s created a masterpiece.” Then she can turn around and wail like Robert Plant on “Hard to Be Alone.” On the heels of the release of her critically acclaimed solo album, “Love Remains,” which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart, and having gained the praise and support of the likes of Browne and Townshend, Wilkenfeld is striking out on her own as a frontwoman. The leadoff track, “Corner Painter,” starts off as a melodic, folk-pop tune along the lines of something by Jonatha Brooke, before slowly morphing into a full-bore rock assault out of the Led Zeppelin playbook. Perhaps not since Ani DiFranco has a performer made going from a whisper to a scream sound so effortless and organic. Parade Magazine gushed about “Love Remains” thusly: “The album takes a

surprising departure from Wilkenfeld’s jazz and progressive roots, resulting in a magnificent vocal album that transcends the typical singer/songwriter fare. Anchored by her virtuosic bass chops and sense of rhythm, the project explores love, pain and realization without being the least bit morose. Interestingly constructed, each of Wilkenfeld’s masterfully written tracks takes full advantage of her unique musical sense and beautifully round voice.” As Jackson Browne acknowledged, “I can’t think of another instrumentalist that has ventured into the area that Tal now has, when it comes to writing and singing songs from her own experience.” For reservations in The Restaurant or in the club call 518.828.4800. For the most up-to-date concert information, visit www.helsinkihudson.com.

New ‘Aladdin’ an enjoyable visual feast By Raymond Pignone Columbia-Greene Media

Anonymously written and revised over generations, the comical and cautionary “Tales of the Arabian Nights” is without peer as mythic literary masterpiece. Taken as a whole, it’s part boys’ adventure story and part desire-fulfillment fantasy. In Disney’s entertaining new live-action “Aladdin,” the filmmakers use “Arabian Nights” and Disney’s animated “Aladdin” (1992) as templates to tell what is by now the conventional story. Aladdin, a young street thief and pickpocket, is trapped and arrested by the sinister Vizier, Jafar, taken into the desert and sent into a deadly cave to retrieve a shiny brass lamp. It holds a powerful genie that appears out of a smoky blue cloud when it is rubbed. The genie has the power to grant whoever possesses it three wishes. Disney has been remaking selected cel-animated classics in live-action/digital form for several years (next up: “The Lion King”) with mixed success. This “Aladdin,” which, in my opinion, has been unjustly panned by some critics and overpraised by others, is

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Aladdin is a 2019 American musical fantasy film directed by Guy Ritchie, who co-wrote the screenplay with John August.

nothing more or less than an enjoyable reworking of the 1992 movie, featuring some new songs, a modern girlpower angle and Will Smith replacing Robin Williams as the genie. This “Aladdin” is a technologically sophisticated blend of computer-generated images and an attractive international cast of flesh-and-blood actors with 21st-century Disney values substituted for 1990s Disney values. The movie has a vivid feminist anthem, “Speechless,” belted out by Princess Jasmine (Naomi Scott), and the images, mostly green-screen creations, are

bright and imaginative. “Aladdin” was directed by Guy Ritchie, a surprise choice for this type of family entertainment. Ritchie’s movies have been notably grownup: the steampunk “Sherlock Holmes” series with Robert Downey Jr. and the kinetic jewel-heist picture “Snatch,” still his finest and funniest work. Replicating his trademark slow-motion-jump-cut technique from “Holmes,” Ritchie turns “Aladdin” into a satisfying action movie. There is an exciting, acrobatic chase through the alleys and markets of Agrabah at the picture’s start and from that point the movie

never lets up. Where the 1992 “Aladdin” took its cues from old Warner Bros. cartoons, the new “Aladdin” finds inspiration in the classic 1940 fantasy “The Thief of Baghdad” and, believe it or not, “The Mask.” As the genie, Will Smith can’t duplicate Robin Williams’ manic patter, but he superbly matches the whirling-dervish charm and razzle-dazzle wizardry of Jim Carrey’s outrageously confident alter-ego. Smith’s brawny physique, drawn by a team of digital artists, cleverly approximates that of Rex Ingram’s genie in “Thief.” The movie has weaknesses. A framing story set on a boat with a non-genie Smith telling the “Aladdin” tale to his children is a bland and unnecessary device. With the exception of “Speechless,” the new songs are perfunctory. And Ritchie dulls out the climax so we don’t fully understand how the heroes turn the tables on Jafar and vanquish him. Tim Burton put a dark spin on “Dumbo.” Kenneth Branagh emboldened the romantic texture of “Cinderella.” Guy Ritchie updates “Aladdin” so its pleasures can be shared by children and their parents.

CALENDAR LISTINGS TSL MOVIES MAY 31 - JUNE 2 n Meeting Gorbachev — Werner Herzog and André Singer’s riveting documentary, filled with unforgettable archive materials and based on three long interviews, provides access to, arguably, the world’s greatest living politician. Now 87 and battling illness, Mikhail Gorbachev, former General Secretary of the USSR, has slowed down. Still, gently but resolutely, he is pushing toward his goals. Herzog celebrates Gorbachev’s three remarkable accomplishments: negotiations with the U.S. to reduce nuclear weapons; cessation of Soviet control of Eastern Europe and the reunification of Germany; and the dissolution of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc. In English, Russian, German, and Polish with subtitles. 2018. 1h 32m. n Hail Satan — Chronicling the rise of one of the most colorful and controversial religious movements in American history, Hail Satan? is an inspiring and entertaining new feature documentary. When media-savvy members of the Satanic Temple organize a series of public actions designed to advocate for religious freedom and challenge corrupt authority, they prove that with little more than a clever idea, a mischievous sense of humor, and a few rebellious friends, you can speak truth to power in profound ways. 2019. 1h 35m. n A Long Day’s Journey Into Night — Bi Gan follows up his knockout debut, Kaili Blues, with this noir-tinged stunner about a lost soul on a quest to find a missing woman from his past. Following leads across Guizhou province, he crosses paths with a series of colorful characters, among them a prickly hairdresser played by Taiwanese superstar Sylvia Chang. When the search leads him to a dingy movie theater, the film launches into an hour-long, gravity-defying sequence that plunges its protagonist into a labyrinthine cityscape. China’s biggest arthouse hit of all time. In Mandarin with subtitles. 2018. 2h 13m n Asako I&II — One day Asako’s first love suddenly disappears. Two years later, she meets his perfect double. An official selection of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, Asako I & II is the newest film from Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, the acclaimed director of Happy Hour. In Japanese with subtitles. 2018. 1h 59m. n Wild Nights With Emily — Emily Dickinson is writing prolifically, baking gingerbread, and enjoying a passionate, romantic relationship with another woman, her friend and sister-in-law, Susan. Yes, this is the iconic American poet, popularly thought to have been a recluse. Beloved comic and Molly Shannon (Saturday Night Live) leads in this humorous yet bold reappraisal of Dickinson. While seeking publication of some of the 1,775 poems written during her life, Emily (Shannon) faces the male literary gatekeepers too confused by her genius to take her work seriously. Vibrant, irreverent, and tender – a timely critique of how women’s history is rewritten. 2019. 1h 24m. n Art and Mind — An exploration of visionary artists and the creative impulse, from the Flemish Masters of the Renaissance to the avant-garde movement of Surrealism and the unsung geniuses of Art Brut and Outsider Art. The film features many artists including Hieronymus Bosch, Francisco Goya, Vincent Van Gogh, William Blake, Edvard Munch, Salvador Dali, and many more. In English and French with subtitles. 2019. 1h 10m. n An Elephant Sitting Still — While protecting his friend from a bully, 16-year-old Wei Bu pushes the tormentor down a staircase. Wei escapes the scene and later learns that the bully is hospitalized. Wei’s neighbor, the 60-yearold Wang Jin, is estranged from his family and, with nothing to lose, decides to join Wei. The pair is joined by Huang Ling, Wei’s classmate. She is bedeviled by a destructive affair with a married school official. Together, this unlikely trio decide their only hope is to flee. In Mandarin with subtitles. 2018. 3h 50m. TIME & SPACE LIMITED 434 COLUMBIA STREET, HUDSON, NY | (518) 822-8100 | FYI@TIMEANDSPACE.ORG

FRIDAY, MAY 31 Papa’s Food Truck at Olde York Farm Distillery 4 p.m. - 9 p.m. Olde York Farm Distillery & Cooperage

284 State Route 23, Claverack 845-480-1237 www.oldeyorkfarm.com Papa’s entire menu will be available to compliment the cocktails, beer, wine, cider, mocktails, and craft sodas offered by Olde York. Wild World of Animals with Two by Two Zoo! 6 p.m. Mud Creek Environmental Learning Center 1024 Route 66, Ghent 518-267-3313 Join us at Columbia County Soil and Water Conservation District for a visit from Two by Two Zoo featuring live wildlife and audience participation. A hopping kangaroo, leaping lemur, and a Patagonian cavy will thrill and delight all ages! This conservation-based program will give participants an opportunity to see these and other fascinating and fun animals. The presenters will provide educational information and interesting facts about the animals as well as answer questions. There will be a meet and greet with a few animals too! All are welcome to enjoy this interactive fun family event! Registration Requested. Free Don Juan the libertine 8 p.m. The Ghent Playhouse 6 Town Hall Place, Ghent 800-838-3006 www.ghentplayhouse.org DON JUAN or THE LIBERTINE Based on Dom Juan or Le Festin de Pierre by Moliere, newly translated by Daniel Hoyt Daniels, Directed by Barbara Leavel Smith Don Juans life of insolence, debauchery and philandering ways have left his valet believing that such behavior will only bring his master to an evil end. While actually detesting Don Juans actions, the valet has remained faithful, frequently cautioning his master. But how will God tolerate Don Juans insolence and arrogance? $10 – $22 Monthly Star Party 8 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. Lake Taghkanic State Park 1528 Route 82, Ancram (518) 851-3631 parks.ny.gov/parks/38/details. aspx The Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association hosts a monthly stargazing party in the West Beach parking lot. Bring your own telescopes and binoculars or use those provided by our members. RSVP is required at least one day beforehand. You will be asked to provide your license plate number and make/model car so Park Management and Police have a record of who will be in park after hours. Registration: Required Free

SATURDAY, JUNE 1 Spring Bird Walk with Alan Devoe Bird Club 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. Clermont State Historic Site 1 Clermont Avenue, Germantown 518-537-4240 www.FriendsofClermont.org Our Spring Bird Walk is back! Join us for a walk around Clermont State Historic Site with the Alan Devoe Bird Club. Participants of the free event will be looking for spring migrant birds throughout the site. Free Weekend Pop-Up Market/Opening Weekend Saturday, 8 a.m. - Sunday, 5 p.m. Umbrella Sky 411 Warren Street, Hudson Umbrella Sky is a weekend popup market featuring local makers! This is an ongoing weekend market that will be held until October 2019. Family-Friendly Ag Day 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Columbia Greene Community College 4400 State Route 23, Hudson 518-828-4181 www.sunycgcc.edu This is a family-oriented festival, taking place rain or shine, offering hands-on activities and new experiences for all ages. Ag Day provides an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the abundance provided by agriculture. It is a time for individuals and families to learn more about their neighbors – the farms and farmers who are providing a large economic and tourism base for our counties. And, this year we are also recognizing the 90th anniversary of the beginning of the 4-H program in Columbia and Greene Counties. Free

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Oakwood’s chapel tours scheduled for 3 Troy Night Out dates

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TROY — Get an early start to your Troy Night Out with a stop at the “castle on the hill” the Gardner Earl Chapel. The Friends of Oakwood will offer tours at 2pm and 3pm on the last Friday of the month, May 31, June 28 and July 26. Just $10.pp, children under 12 free. No registration required. Pay cash on arrival. Rain or shine. Groups of 8 or more please call Heidi 518-221-7941. Sorry, no dogs. GPS: 186 Oakwood

Avenue (route 40 just off Hoosick Street) Come see this ornate Victorian chapel before you head downtown for the rest of Troy’s festivities. The National Historic Landmark is a popular site for weddings and special events as well as funerals. We may even take a peek into one of the old cremation retorts! Please note that the traditional August Tuesday Chapel Tours will not be available this year. Any changes or

updates will be posted on our Facebook page: Oakwood Cemetery Troy NY, and on our website: www.oakwoodcemetery.org. The Friends of Oakwood is a 501(c)3 non-profit volunteer group working to support the preservation and maintenance of the non-sectarian chapel and grounds of Troy’s still-active historic 19th C. Oakwood Cemetery. New members are always welcome.

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Highlights include Todd Rundgren and Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center will present concerts by Todd Rundgren and Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes in June, as well as a London’s National Theatre in HD broadcast of Small Island and a screening of the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. “Our June events highlight the variety of the Mahaiwe season,” says Mahaiwe Executive Director Beryl Jolly. “Veteran rockers Todd Rundgren and Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes will make their debuts at the theater, while we bring stirring drama direct from London to downtown Great Barrington and offer a cult classic for the Mahaiwe Movie of the Month.” Songwriter, video pioneer, producer, recording artist, computer software developer, conceptualist, and interactive artist Todd Rundgren will bring his unique tour, The Individualist, to the Mahaiwe on Sunday, June 9 at 7:00pm. The performance will center on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominee’s recent autobiography, The Individualist: Digressions, Dreams and Dissertations, in which he reflects on both his career and his rollercoaster of a personal life. The memoir is structured into bite-sized three-paragraph chapters about Rundgren’s encounters with rock royalty, including Janis Joplin, Brian Wilson, Ringo Star, Patti Smith, the New York Dolls, Meat Loaf, and many more. The evening’s setlist will mirror the timeframe captured in the book, which runs through 1996. Tickets are $40 to $85. The Mahaiwe will screen Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, rated R) on Saturday, June 15 at 7:00pm. Michel Gondry’s film about a jaded couple who pursue a procedure to erase each other from their memories employs elements of sci-fi, romantic comedy, and drama. It won the Best Original

from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots. Hope and humanity meet stubborn reality as the play traces the tangled history of Jamaica and the UK. A company of 40 actors take to the stage of the National Theatre in this timely and moving story. Tickets are $17/ $10 for everyone 21 and under. The Mahaiwe is located at 14 Castle Street in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Box office hours are Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 4:00pm and three hours before show times. For tickets and information, see www.mahaiwe.org or call 413.528.0100.

SATURDAY, JUNE 1 Hudson Food Festival 12 p.m. - 6 p.m. Henry Hudson Riverfront Park Water Street (behind Amtrak Station)l, Hudson www.facebook.com/ events/2027941297314376/ The park will be filled with food trucks, food vendors, & live music. Enjoy the river front view while enjoying some amazing street food. Music: Soul Purpose Food Vendors: Charcoal Dole (BBQ/Smoked/Lemonade) Flavors of Lebanon (Middle Eastern/Greek) Micosta Restaurant Gourmeli’s Yummy Kitchen (Asian) Nosh Food Truck and Catering Company Honey Bee Cake Design National Trails Day 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Overmountain Conservation Area 138 Catalano Road, Ancram 518-392-5252 www.clctrust.org/public-conservation-areas/overmountain-conservation-area Choose your own adventure to celebrate National Trails Day! CLC is teaming up with local experts and partners to offer something for everyone at our newest Public Conservation Area. Join us in the morning for a volunteer opportunity, where you’ll learn about trail improvements and put your new skills to work improving the site for everyone OR get relaxed and mindful by doing yoga with Supersoul Yoga. Later, we’ll offer a wide selection of ways to experience Overmountain Conservation Area! – A guided nature walk with Jane Meigs, Ancram Conservation Advisory Council member – A kid-friendly hike with Jill Jakimetz from Hike It Baby – Bring your pooch and learn how to be a good dog on the trails with local trainer Peg Munves. – Get up close and personal with Sharon Audubon and her birds of prey, including our Kestrel OMCA mascot starting at 11:30. – Asia Luna will have magic bubbles to test out or buy your own kit! They’ll also have other fun products to help you enjoy the day! – Grab a bite to eat from local food truck, Moon Dogs or bring a picnic lunch! – FREE ice cream from Stewarts will be provided as well! Please register if you’d like to attend so that we can order enough food, and make sure we’re not overbooking any of the hikes. Dogs are welcome on the dog-friendly hike. Garden Conservancy Open Day 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Tours of America’s best private

gardens Fueling America’s passion for gardens, Open Days is a nationwide community of gardeners and garden enthusiasts teaching and inspiring each other. From expert to novice, we think there is no better way to improve as a gardener than by experiencing a diverse range of gardens firsthand. Open Days provides opportunities to visit the county’s most exciting, creative, and innovative private gardens. It has become our best-known and most beloved program. Betzie Bendis – Ancram Ketay Garden – Claverack Garden of Peter Bevacqua and Stephen King – Claverack Versailles on Hudson – Hudson Arcadia – Ronald Wagner & Timothy Van Dam – Taghkanic **GARDEN EXTRA at garden of Peter Bevacqua & Stephen King: Pondside Nurserywill be holding a pop-up plant sale on-site during this Open Day. Free – $35 Water Wars: Who Will “Rain” Supreme? 10:30 a.m. FASNY Museum of Firefighting 117 Harry Howard Avenue, Hudson 518-822-1875 www.fasnyfiremuseum.com SUPER Saturday! Spend the morning with the firefighters of the South Schodack FD and learn to operate a real fire hose! Can you fill the big barrel with water the fastest? Younger children will have the opportunity to use packs that squirt water: firefighters use these to fight brush fires! Get ready to work with brave firefighters to take on this challenge, and see who will “rain” supreme during Water Wars! In case of inclement weather, the Museum will offer an alternative program. Please call the Museum for details. Free – $25 Ribbon Cutting: Hudson River Skywalk 10:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Rip Van Winkle Bridge Toll Plaza Catskill/Hudson Crossing - State Route 23, Catskill 518-943-2360 www.nysba.state.ny.us/IndexPage/ NYSWeb_ContactInfo_NoLogo. html See America’s first canvas with the Hudson River Skywalk, a new historic and scenic walkway at the place where American landscape painting began. The new walkway connects the homes and studios of the major Hudson River School artists, Thomas Cole and Frederic Church, over the Hudson River and across the Rip Van Winkle Bridge, offering sweeping views of the Hudson River Valley and the Catskill Mountains. RIBBON CUTTING at NOON at the park next to the Rip Van Winkle Bridge toll plaza in Catskill. Free

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Screenplay Oscar for Charlie Kaufman’s innovative script. The ensemble cast features Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, and Tom Wilkinson. The Mahaiwe partners with Only in My Dreams Events to enrich each Mahaiwe Movie of the Month with a movie-themed treat. Sponsored by Buchwald, tickets (general admission) are $8 for adults. $10 movie-and-a-drink tickets are also available, which include a beer, glass of wine, or soda at Number Ten restaurant next door to the theater the evening of the screening. Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes will rock the house on Saturday, June 29 at 8:00pm. The band emerged from the New Jersey shore scene in 1974, carrying over a significant influence (and some key personnel) from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Organized by singer John Lyon, the band is well known for high-energy shows and no-holds-barred songs, including “Don’t

Wanna Go Home,” “Havin’ a Party,” “The Fever,” “Talk to Me,” “Trapped Again,” and “This Time It’s For Real.” Still tinged with the exuberant rhythm and blues feel that is the Jukes’ trademark, and loaded with the driving sound of the legendary Jukes horn section, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes continue to expound their signature Jersey Shore sound—all for the sheer joy of it. The concert is sponsored by Barrington Brewery. Tickets are $35 to $70. The Mahaiwe will broadcast London’s National Theatre in HD production of Small Island on Sunday, June 30 at 2:00pm. Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel Small Island comes to life in an epic new theatre adaptation. Small Island embarks on a journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948—the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury. The play follows three intricately connected stories. Hortense yearns for a new life away

Located in downtown Great Barrington, Massachusetts, the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center is the year-round presenter of world-class music, dance, theater, classic films, Live in HD broadcasts, and arts education programs for the southern Berkshires and neighboring regions. The intimate jewel box of a theater opened in 1905. Since 2005, the performing arts center has hosted over 1,500 events and welcomed over half a million people through its doors. More than 22,000 students from 73 different schools have benefited from the Mahaiwe’s school-time performances and residencies. For more information, see www.mahaiwe.org.

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SECTION II SOFTBALL: ICC, Chatham advance By Tim Martin Columbia-Greene Media

VALATIE — Defending state champion Ichabod Crane pounded out 12 hits and received a strong pitching performance from Isabella Milazzo to post a 13-1 victory over Bishop Gibbons in the Section II Class B softball quarterfinals on Wednesday. Milazzo scattered four hits with eight strikeouts and three walks to help the No. 1 Riders advance to Thursday’s semifinal round where they will play Tamarac at the Luther Forest Complex in Malta at 3 p.m. Jenna Downey ripped a solo home run to highlight the Riders’ offensive attack. Emma Scheitinger had two triples, a single and two RBI, Gabbie Cox added a triple, single and three RBI, Laney Altomer two singles and two RBI, Brittany Futia and Milazzo doubled, Kaili Saccento had a single and an RBI, Mackenzie Wendelken singled and Cali Ringwood drove in a run. Taylor VanAuken led No. 8 Bishop Gibbons with two singles. Jailene Santiago handled the pitching duties for the Knights, allowing 13 runs and 12 hits with six strikeouts and five walks. Tamarac 6, Greenville 0 GREENVILLE — Maggie Kelley fired a three-hit shutout with 12 strikeouts and no walks as No. 5 Tamarac took down No. 4 Greenville, 6-0, in Wednesday’s Section II Class B softball quarterfinal. Tamarac advances to play Ichabod Crane in Thursday’s semifinal round at the Luther Forest Complex at 3 p.m. Kelley and Greenville’s Melody Kappel were both on top of their game with neither giving up a run until the Bengals

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Germantown second baseman Hannah Hart reaches for a throw as a Heatly baserunner steals second base during Wednesday’s Section II Class D quarterfinal at Columbia-Greene Community College.

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Chatham’s Brooke-Lyn Doyle lays off a high pitch during Wednesday’s Section II Class C quarterfinal against Fort PlainOESJ.

plated three in the sixth. They added three more in the seventh to lock up the win. McKenna Ryan had a double and two singles for Tamarac. Tori Reinhard added two singles and three RBI, Gianna Bucciero had two singles and two RBI and Jess Heinrichs collected two singles. Jazzmin Gibson singled twice for Greenville, which won the past three Section II Class C titles before mving up to Class B this year. Caila

Benning added a single. Kappel struck out nine, walked three and allowed six runs and nine hits.

CLASS C Chatham 12, Fort Plain 0 CHATHAM — Jenna Skype tossed a gem to help No. 1 Chatham earn a 12-0 victory over No. 8 Fort Plain-OESJ in Wednesday’s Section II Class C softball quarterfinal. Skype struck out six, didn’t See SOFTBALL B3

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Ichabod Crane’s Gabbie Cox (left) catched a pop fly and avoids a collision with teammates Laney Altomr (center) and Cali Ringwood during Wednesday’s Section II Class B quarterfinal against Bishop Gibbons.

SECTION II BASEBALL: Chatham, Germantown ousted By Tim Martin Columbia-Greene Media

AMSTERDAM — Hoosick Falls tallied two unearned runs in the first inning and went on to upset top-seeded Chatham, 2-1, in Wednesday’s Section II Class C semifinal at Shuttleworth Park. No. 13 Hoosick Falls managed just one hit off losing pitcher Curtis Buchan, who struck out 14 in 6 1/3 innings, but the two first-inning runs

were plenty for Evan Webster, who held the Chatham offense in check, scattering three hits and surrendering just a single run in the second inning. Hoosick Falls scored in the first without the benefit of a base hit, loading the bases on two walks and an error, before a balk and a ground out chased home two runs. Chatham got one back in the second when Thomas Van Tassel doubled and scored on a Garner Boshart base hit.

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2019 Patroon Conference Baseball Most Valuable Player Kaleb Taylor of Chatham.

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MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Kaleb Taylor/Chatham Coach of the Year Scott Steltz/Chatham First Team Mike Petramale/Coxsackie-Athens Curtis Buchan/Chatham Addison Allen/Catskill Matt Jung/Maple Hill Jeremy Bulich/Catskill Kolby Clegg/Taconic Hills Nick Bernockie/Hudson Isaiah Edmonds/Greenville Gil Bell/Coxsackie-Athens

SECOND TEAM Thomas Van Tassel//Chatham Tyler Hanrahan/Maple Hill Victor Gorman/Hudson Jake Hall/Cairo-Durham Ryan Doyle/Chatham Ky’Juan Stanfield/Green Tech Christian Beber/Maple Hill Aiden Boehm/Coxsackie-Athens Isaiah Maines/Hudson

The Panthers would get a runner as far as second base just once more, when Kaleb Taylor was hit by a pitch and stole second with two outs in the third. But Webster induced Hunter Scheriff to ground out to end the inning. Van Tassel’s double and singles by Boshart and Scheriff were the only hits for Patroon Conference champion Chatham, which finishes with a 17-5 record.

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Rocco Teta of the Hudson River Collegiate Baseball League’s Bucks throws during Wednesday’s season opener against the Rattlers.

GREENPORT — The Hudson River Collegiate Baseball League opened its season Wednesday night at Greenport Park with the Rattlers defeating the Bucks, 4-2, in the league opener. Game one of the 2019 season had its newest teams going head to head on a cold, rainy night in Greenport. The Bucks started Ethan Caiazza from Hoosic Valley High. Caiazza pitched four innings, striking out three, walking three and allowing four hits and three earned runs. Rocco Teta from Mohawk Valley Community College came on in relief, showing off an excellent changeup. Teta pitched three innings, getting three batters to strikeout while yielding three bases

on balls and hitting two batters. The Rattlers gave the ball to Niko Concha from SUNY Maritime. Concha pitched four innings getting four strikeouts, walking five and allowing five hit and two runs. The Rattlers called the bullpen to get Bryant & Stratton College’s Kyle Welch. Welch had six strikeouts in three innings and allowed two walks and only one hit in a dominant performance. At the plate, the Bucks managed six hits. Onondaga Community College first baseman Justin Germain went 2 for 4 with two singles. University of Bridgeport outfielder Corey Listing went 1 for 3 with a single, catcher Josh Hall from HVCC went 1 for 3 and Chris Kordziel See BUCKS B3

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Baseball American League East W L Pct GB NY Yankees 36 19 .655 — Tampa Bay 33 19 .635 1.5 Boston 29 27 .518 7.5 Toronto 21 34 .382 15.0 Baltimore 17 39 .304 19.5 Central W L Pct GB Minnesota 37 17 .685 — Cleveland 28 27 .509 9.5 Chi. White Sox 25 29 .463 12.0 Detroit 21 32 .396 15.5 Kansas City 18 36 .333 19.0 West W L Pct GB Houston 37 20 .649 — Oakland 29 27 .518 7.5 Texas 27 26 .509 8.0 LA Angels 26 29 .473 10.0 Seattle 24 34 .414 13.5 Monday’s results Baltimore 5, Detroit 3 Tampa Bay 8, Toronto 3 Chi. White Sox 2, Kansas City 1 Boston 12, Cleveland 5 Oakland 8, LA Angels 5 Seattle 6, Texas 2 Tuesday’s results Detroit 3, Baltimore 0 Cleveland 7, Boston 5 Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 1 Chi. White Sox 4, Kansas City 3 LA Angels 6, Oakland 4 Texas 11, Seattle 4 Wednesday’s results LA Angels 12, Oakland 7, 11 innings Texas 8, Seattle 7 Cleveland 14, Boston 9 Detroit 4, Baltimore 2 Toronto (Thornton 1-4) at Tampa Bay (Snell 3-4), 7:10 p.m. Kansas City (Sparkman 1-1) at Chi. White Sox (Lopez 3-5), 8:10 p.m. Thursday’s games Boston (Sale 1-6) at NY Yankees (Happ 4-3), 7:05 p.m. Minnesota (Perez 7-1) at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. Kansas City (Junis 3-5) at Texas (Minor 5-3), 8:05 p.m. Cleveland (Carrasco 4-5) at Chi. White Sox (Banuelos 2-4), 8:10 p.m. LA Angels at Seattle (Kikuchi 3-2), 10:10 p.m. National League East W L Pct GB Philadelphia 32 22 .593 — Atlanta 30 26 .536 3.0 NY Mets 27 27 .500 5.0 Washington 24 32 .429 9.0 Miami 19 34 .358 12.5 Central W L Pct GB Chi. Cubs 31 23 .574 — Milwaukee 31 25 .554 1.0 Pittsburgh 27 27 .500 4.0 St. Louis 26 27 .491 4.5 Cincinnati 26 30 .464 6.0 West W L Pct GB LA Dodgers 36 19 .655 — San Diego 29 27 .518 7.5 Arizona 28 27 .509 8.0 Colorado 26 27 .491 9.0 San Francisco 21 33 .389 14.5 Monday’s results Miami 3, Washington 2 Pittsburgh 8, Cincinnati 5 Colorado 4, Arizona 3, 11 innings Cincinnati 8, Pittsburgh 1 LA Dodgers 9, NY Mets 5 Tuesday’s results Cincinnati 11, Pittsburgh 6 Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 3 Miami 11, San Francisco 3 Washington 5, Atlanta 4 Colorado 6, Arizona 2 NY Mets 7, LA Dodgers 3 Wednesday’s results Pittsburgh 7, Cincinnati 2 St. Louis (Cabrera 0-0) at Philadelphia (Nola 5-0), 7:05 p.m. Miami 4, San Francisco 2 Washington 14, Atlanta 4 Arizona (Ray 4-1) at Colorado (Hoffman 0-1), 8:40 p.m. NY Mets (Syndergaard 3-4) at LA Dodgers (Buehler 5-1), 10:10 p.m. Thursday’s games St. Louis (Hudson 3-3) at Philadelphia (Eickhoff 2-2), 1:05 p.m. San Francisco (Pomeranz 1-5) at Miami (Alcantara 2-5), 1:10 p.m. Arizona (Clarke 1-1) at Colorado (Freeland 2-6), 3:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Anderson 2-0) at Pittsburgh (Musgrove 3-5), 7:05 p.m. NY Mets (Vargas 1-2) at LA Dodgers (Ryu 7-1), 10:10 p.m. Interleague Monday’s results NY Yankees 5, San Diego 2 Houston 6, Chi. Cubs 5 Milwaukee 5, Minnesota 4 Tuesday’s results San Diego 5, NY Yankees 4 Houston 9, Chi. Cubs 6 Minnesota 5, Milwaukee 3 Wednesday’s results NY Yankees 7, San Diego 0 Chi. Cubs (Hendricks 4-4) at Houston (Miley 5-2), 8:10 p.m.

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Blues 3, Bruins 2 (OT) St. Louis 2 0 0 1 — 3 Boston 2 0 0 0 — 2 First Period—1, Boston, Coyle 7 (DeBrusk, Pastrnak) 4:44 (pp). 2, St. Louis, Bortuzzo 2 (Bozak, Gunnarsson) 9:37. 3, Boston, Nordstrom 3 (Kuraly) 10:17. 4, St. Louis, Tarasenko 10 (Schwartz) 14:55. Overtime—5, St. Louis, Gunnarsson 1 (O’Reilly, Sundqvist) 3:51. Shots on Goal—St. Louis 10-14-10-3—37. Boston 8-6-9-0—23. Power-play opportunities—St. Louis 0 of 3. Boston 1 of 5. Goalies—St. Louis Binnington 13-6-2 (23 shots-21 saves). Boston Rask 13-4-2 (37-34). A—17,565 (17,565). T—2:51.

PLAYOFF GLANCE Stanley Cup Final (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Boston 1, St. Louis1 Monday, May 27: Boston 4, St. Louis 2 Wednesday, May 29: St. Louis 3, Boston 2 (OT) Saturday, June 1: Boston at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Monday, June 3: Boston at St. Louis, 8 p.m. x-Thursday, June 6: St. Louis at Boston, 8 p.m. x-Sunday, June 9: Boston at St. Louis, 8 p.m. x-Wednesday, June 12: St. Louis at Boston, 8 p.m.

Pro basketball PLAYOFF GLANCE NBA Championship (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Golden State, Toronto Today: Golden State at Toronto, 9 p.m. Sunday, June 2: Golden State at Toronto, 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 5: Toronto at Golden State, 9 p.m. Friday, June 7: Toronto at Golden State, 9 p.m. x-Monday, June 10: Golden State at Toronto, 9 p.m. x-Thursday, June 13: Toronto at Golden State, 9 p.m. x-Sunday, June 16: Golden State at Toronto, 8 p.m.

Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League Chicago Blackhawks - Signed LW Dominik Kubalik to a one-year, $925,000 contract. Edmonton Oilers - Signed C Joseph Gambardella to a two-year, $1.4 million contract extension. Nashville Predators - Signed D Jarred Tinordi to a two-year, two-way contract extension worth $1.4 million.

For Raptors, one thing is clear: Leonard was worth the risk Marc Stein The New York Times News Service

One of the better Kawhi Leonard anecdotes of the season, not surprisingly, involves the team that will be trying as hard as any to steal him from the Toronto Raptors after the NBA finals. The Los Angeles Clippers are said to have quietly looked into the feasibility of purchasing the portion of the rights to Leonard’s “Klaw” logo that is still owned by Nike. The Clippers did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, but such an acquisition would theoretically enable them to bestow full control of the logo upon Leonard as part of their anticipated free-agency pitch meeting with the Toronto superstar. Forget for a moment that the financial outlay necessary to complete this kind of purchase, by any team, would most likely be considered a salary-cap violation. Let’s also briefly tune out that Nike, as emphasized to me recently by a top official from the sportswear giant, is intent on rebuffing all approaches and retaining its rights to that logo for as long as it can — to assure that it would not appear on gear made by Leonard’s new contract partners at New Balance. As Leonard leads the Toronto Raptors into the finals for the first time in franchise history, it’s not questions about the viability of those maneuvers that make the story memorable. It’s that the league insiders who passed along the information found it completely normal — natural, even — for the Clippers to consider hatching such a scheme. Because these are the sorts of lengths you go to in the NBA, or at least explore, for the chance to acquire a differencemaker like Kawhi Anthony Leonard. The Raptors know this as well as anyone. After finding out that Leonard wanted out of San Antonio following a season lost almost entirely to injury, Toronto traded away an All-Star and fan favorite under a long-term contract (DeMar DeRozan), a recent top-10 draft pick (Jakob Poeltl) and an additional first-round pick to get him. The Raptors did all of that, remember, amid questions about Leonard’s long-term health and with no assurance that they would enjoy more than one season of his famously massive mitts and the havoc they wreak. Yet the gamble is now regarded as so profoundly wise that — despite the fact that Toronto facing the risk of losing Leonard in a month without further compensation — the Raptors’ team president, Masai Ujiri, is a prime contender to win the NBA Executive of the Year Award in a vote by his peers that will be revealed in June. Even with the Warriors’ Kevin Durant unable to play because of a strained right calf, Golden State could still have multiple future Hall of Famers on the floor for Thursday night’s Game 1 at Scotiabank Arena: Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green

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Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard (2) holds the ball away from Milwaukee Bucks forward Khris Middleton (22) in the second half of game six of the Eastern Conference final at Scotiabank Arena.

will all be contenders for enshrinement one day. And Leonard is generating more buzz than all of them after hauling the Raptors into the championship series — and past all of their irrational fears about being cursed by the rapper Drake — for the first time in the club’s 24-year history. “Looks like the trade worked out for them,” Shaun Livingston, Golden State’s veteran guard, said this week. Long before Leonard outplayed Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo in the conference finals — and, yes, long before Leonard eliminated the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 7 of the previous round with a buzzer-beater that smooched the rim four times — talk of the Clippers’ plotting to persuade Leonard to come home to Southern California had been percolating throughout the league. It’s something the Raptors have lived with pretty much since they traded for him on July 18, 2018. On a playoff preview show Tuesday night on ESPN, Clippers coach Doc Rivers put Leonard in the same sentence with the legendary Michael Jordan. Rivers raved about Leonard’s big hands, post play, leaping ability, defensive prowess, midrange scoring touch, sheer strength and 3-point range. “He’s the most like Jordan that we’ve seen,” Rivers said. As a playoff spectator for the first time in 14 years, LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers also is said to have gotten an early start on recruiting Leonard, presumably hoping that personal pleas from the game’s biggest name can convince the league’s most understated superstar of the Lakers’ potential — despite the team’s dysfunction.

But there will be plenty of time to laser in on Leonard’s future. Here are three things we know now about Leonard — who was named the most valuable player of the 2014 NBA finals because of the disruption he inflicted in a five-game demolition of James and the Miami Heat — as he confronts a dynastic opponent seeking its fourth championship in five years: — The Warriors, I’m told, unequivocally regard Leonard as a bigger individual problem than Houston’s James Harden because of Leonard’s impact at both ends. — The Raptors believe they have done everything possible to build the sort of trust with Leonard that the player’s primary adviser, Dennis Robertson, told Yahoo Sports on Sunday had been irretrievably broken last season in San Antonio. Most notably: Toronto granted Leonard the freedom to sit out 22 regular-season games (under this season’s go-to heading of “load management”) after he was able to appear in just nine games in 2017-18 and, according to Robertson, felt pressured by Spurs officials to return before he was ready. — While the ever-private Spurs aren’t talking about any of this, it is clear they’re still grieving and healing from the loss of Leonard, even after what ranked, by most accounts, as a fine bounce-back season without him. Although the Kawhi-less Spurs won 48 games to extend their league-record run of playoff appearances to 22 seasons in a row, then pushed the secondseeded Denver Nuggets to seven games in the first round, rest assured that they remain crestfallen over Leonard’s departure.

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, in all of his 25 years in charge in San Antonio alongside his trusted front-office ace, R.C. Buford, has had only two players ask out. The first, LaMarcus Aldridge, canceled his request after a face-to-face meeting with Popovich smoothed over any concerns. With Leonard, Popovich tried a similar meeting, only to concede shortly thereafter that the Spurs — after so many years making player comfort an organizational priority — had no choice but to heed Leonard’s insistence on being traded and get the most in return that they could rather than lose him outright in free agency. While Leonard’s mother, Kim, decided to keep living in San Antonio, Kawhi headed north of the border and promptly rediscovered his all-world form. Leonard has reclaimed consensus top-five status despite his wellchronicled hesitations about moving to a cold-weather climate, without another current All-NBA selection among his teammates and, as usual, while saying almost nothing along the way. Raptors coach Nick Nurse, though, insisted that Leonard was “very coachable” and lauded the behind-thescenes engagement Toronto gets from him in the locker room, in film sessions and in bench huddles. “All he talks about is winning, and it’s been that way since I met him,” Nurse told me by phone Tuesday. The Warriors haven’t forgotten the problems they had with Leonard when they last saw him in the playoffs. In Game 1 of the 2017 Western Conference finals, Leonard’s 26 points helped San Antonio surge to a 23-point lead before a tangle on the perimeter with then-Warrior Zaza Pachulia left Leonard with an ankle injury that sidelined him for the rest of those playoffs. More worrisome to Golden State is the knowledge that Leonard, while supposedly hampered by a mysterious leg injury against the Bucks, has been playing at an even higher level now. No defense seems able to ruffle or rush him. Repeatedly flashing poise and patience, Leonard has posted 11 30-point games this postseason, one shy of Hakeem Olajuwon’s record of 12 heading into the 1995 finals. “He plays at his own pace really well,” Curry said. One suspects that, no matter what the Clippers or others try, Leonard will make his free agency choices much the way he has dominated this postseason — at his speed and on his terms. In the meantime, enjoy watching The Klaw grapple with Golden State’s starry lineup, as well as the reporters from around the world who will undoubtedly be pressing Leonard to finally reveal something about himself. Who knows? If Durant can’t shake his nagging injury, the Warriors may start to miss King James, after dueling with LeBron at this stage four years in a row. Or, worse, if this Kawhi is here to stay.

How legacies of Curry, Durant, Kerr will be defined by these Finals Dieter Kurtenbach The Mercury News

TORONTO — When the 2019 NBA Finals tip off Thursday, the Warriors will be taking on more than the Toronto Raptors, they’ll be taking on history. The Warriors have already become the first modern-era team to go to five consecutive NBA Finals, but now, they have a chance to win four titles in five years — something that has not been done since the Boston Celtics did it in the 1960s, when the NBA consisted of eight teams. Win the title, and the Warriors’ run is inarguably one of the greatest in the modern history of the NBA. I’d argue it’s the best — three in a row and four out of five. Three out of five, though? That’s great, but not transcendent. In the hierarchy of dynasties. The Warriors would certainly fall behind the five teams that won three in a row. So, yeah, these Finals are loaded. And that’s not just for the team’s legacy. Here are three big things the Finals will define: 1. Steph Curry’s legacy Stephen Curry is a singular talent in basketball history, the greatest shooter of all time, and a one-man basketball revolution. History will be much kinder to his legacy than the current brand of caustic conversation where everything must be ranked in real time and one-on-one dominance overshadows the fact that there are eight other players on the court.

Warriors sage Andre Iguodala thinks Curry is the secondgreatest point guard of all time and that he’s underrated overall. And he’s right that Curry is underrated, but Iguodala is underrating him too. Curry is the greatest point guard to ever play the game. It’s just hard for people to admit that when he’s 31 years old and we live in the Golden Age of Point Guards. But when it’s all said and done, I’m certain Curry will be on basketball’s Mount Rushmore. That said, these NBA Finals will be huge for Curry’s legacy. As strong as his resume is, one of the few knocks on it is the lack of an NBA Finals MVP award. It’s the one trophy that has eluded Curry and it’s used as testament to the preposterous argument that he’s a playoff choker. Yes, Curry has turned in one (or two) less-than-elite performances in every NBA Finals he’s played in, and the end of the 2016 Finals — he missed 10 3-pointers in Game 5 and 10 more in Game 7 — is burned into the critics’ memory. Still, in his 22 NBA Finals games (a number worth celebrating on its own), Curry is averaging 25.3 points, 6.3 assists, and 5.8 rebounds per game. Compare that to his averages over the last five seasons — 26.5 points, 6.5 assists, 5.0 rebounds — and you can’t fairly say he has “choked.” Still, the narrative persists. It is 2019, after all — we’re well past the age of rational thought.

We still don’t know if Kevin Durant (who has two NBA Finals MVP awards) will play in these Finals. Even if he misses only a game or two, that means the Warriors’ offense in this series will revolve around Curry. And if he puts up his average, excellent numbers again and the Warriors win a fourth title in five years, then the narrative will likely swing Curry’s way and he will win that apparently all-important NBA Finals MVP award. After which, people will have to acknowledge his already established place in history, or move the goalposts and claim that he needs two NBA Finals MVP awards. It’s all so transparent and silly, but Curry has big opportunity to shut up his naysayers, with or without Durant. 2. Next year’s Warriors team (aka the Durant question) Durant says he has yet to consider his pending free agency. That’s the company line. (His company, of course). There is obvious validity to the argument that Durant will stay, but also plenty to suggest he leaves the Bay to headline his “own” team at age 30. Let’s take Durant at his (and his peoples’) word — for now. If the decision is yet to be made, then it would stand to reason that plenty hangs in the balance when it comes to these NBA Finals. Will Durant feel that his work has been accomplished — his place in history unassailable — if the Warriors win the Finals

with him? And what if they win without him? Re-upping with the Warriors would resurrect the argument that he needs them more than they need him. That seems like something worth avoiding. And if they lose the Finals without him? Well, that would be more validation that the Warriors need Durant to win. His value to the Dubs wouldn’t be put into question again. He’d probably start getting the respect he has always deserved. Perhaps that would sway him to come back. Or maybe he rides that wave out of town, likely turning it into a groundswell of positive public sentiment. (The public is weird.) Win or lose, if Durant stays, the Warriors are the prohibitive favorites to win the title next season, assuming Klay Thompson follows through and re-signs with the Dubs. They’ll probably be the favorites for a few more years beyond that If the Warriors win and Durant still leaves, well, they’ll feel good about their chances to repeat. But if the Warriors lose and Durant high-tails it out of town, then big changes might be needed. The Warriors might need to bring in another star player. That circumstance could easily mess with Draymond Green’s pending contract extension talks. 3. Steve Kerr’s reputation Warriors coach Steve Kerr — like Curry — seems to get less respect than you’d expect

for someone who is taking his team to the Finals for the fifth year in a row. (Yes, Kerr has not been on the sidelines for every game during that stretch, but the Warriors were still his team, playing his systems.) And so much of this naysaying stems from their performances in the 2016 NBA Finals. To some, Kerr is one of the greatest coaches of all time. To others, he’s the lucky beneficiary of superlative talent — anyone could coach these guys to glory. The truth is somewhere in the vast middle, leaning toward the former camp, of course. But it’s still pending definition. Kerr’s bold and deep substitutions, particularly in Game 7 of the 2016 Finals, were a factor in their unraveling. But in the last two rounds, with Durant out, Kerr has returned to that page of his coaching playbook — Strength in Numbers — and it has worked for him. He has had a tremendous postseason. Of course, stealing a game in Houston against the Rockets and sweeping an overmatched, tired Portland team is a bit different than winning an NBA Finals against a worthy adversary like Toronto. One could argue that with or without Durant, this will be the most evenly matched Finals of the Warriors’ five. Talent alone will not win it. More than ever, Kerr is going to need to make a positive difference. Any slip-up could be deadly to the Warriors’ title hopes and Kerr’s reputation.

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at 3 p.m. They are a very wellcoached team so we will have to stay focused and play Chatham softball.“

Germantown’s Shayla Snow awaits the throw from catcher Liz Craig as a Heatly runner pulls into third base during Wednesday’s Section II Class D quarterfinal at Columbia-Greene Community College.

walk a batter and allowed only three hits before the game was stopped in the fifth inning. Shirley Harvey paced Chatham’s offense with two singles and two RBI. Hannah Taylor added a single and two RBI, Adryanna Jennings and Erin Madsen had a single and an RBI apiece and Skye and Allyssa Rippel a single each. Abby Johnson doubled for Fort Plain-OESJ. Fontana LaCoppla and Faith Rende each had a single. Michaela Stockwell and Meadow Arduini combined for five strikeouts and three walks while allowing 12 runs and seven hits. Chatham advances to the semifinals and will play Hoosic Valley on Thursday at 3 p.m. at Moreau Rec. “After not playing for a week, I was happy with the way the girls played,” Chatham coach J.B. Brantley said. “Pitcher from Fort Plain was one of the harder throwing pitchers we faced all year and we had some quality AB’s against her. We forced the issue on some things and was able to capitalized on a few mistakes. “Our defense was solid today behind Jenna, which is nice to see. We look forward to our matchup with Hoosic Valley in the semifinals at Moreau

Germantown 5, Heatly 4 GREENPORT — Germantown advanced to the Section II Class D softball semifinals with a 5-4 victory over Heatly on Wedneat at ColumbiaGreene Community College. A combination of pitching from Jenn Ljutich and Jordan Wyant earned the win for the Lady Clippers. “The girls did a nice job on defense keeping the game close,” Germantown Clipper coach Mike Del Pozzo said. Ljutich pitched six innings with three strike outs and giving up six hits and allowing four base on balls. Wyant came into the game in the seventh inning and closed it out with two strike outs. On the offense, Elizabeth Craig went 3 for 4 with a double and an RBI. Ljutich tripled in the third inning to knock in a run and started the scoring for Germantown. Wyant also added a hit and two RBI. “Liz, Jenn and Jordan came through for us offensively to put us in the position to win.” Coach Del Pozzo said. “It was truly a team victory.” Heatly pitcher Jordan Ries was the losing pitcher, allowing five hits with five strike outs and four walks. Morgyn Legaunt and Skylar Herbert both had two hits apiece for the Hornets

chipped in with a single and an RBI and Andrew Kellenbenz and Mason Ferrer each had a single. Three Hartford-Fort Edward pitchers combined for nine strikeouts and seven walks while allowing three runs and five hits.

Dan Kellenbenz started and pitched five innings for the Clippers, striking out three, walking two and and giving up eight runs and 10 hits. Victor Ruocco pitched the final two frames, fanning one, walking two and allowing three runs and three hits.

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and Cam Myers, both from HVCC, went 1 for 2 with a single and a walk each. The Rattlers had just four hits, but the big hit of the game came of off of Ichabod

Crane’s Rama Culver’s bat in the first inning. Culver hit a three-run home run over the left field fence and finished 1 for 2 with a walk and three RBI. Matt Dagastino from HVCC went 2 for 3 with two singles while Mike Reith from Fulton Montgomery Community College added a single.

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Sam Wickenden’s two-out single in the fourth was Hoosick Falls’ only hit. Buchan, who walked five, left the game with one out in the seventh. Boshart got the final two outs in the inning, striking out one.

CLASS D Hartford-Fort Edward 11, Germantown 3 SARATOGA — HartfordFort Edward overcame an early deficit to defeat Germantown, 11-3, in a Section II Class D baseball semifinal at Veteran’s Park on Wednesday. The Clippers led 2-1 through two innings, but Hartford-Fort Edward brooke loose for three runs in the third and four more in the fourth to pull away. Brendan Pettit topped HartFort Edward with a triple, double and single with an RBI. Mitch Brayman added a double and two singles with three RBI, Logan Gillis had a double and single with three RBI and Dan Klick contributed two singles and an RBI. Josh Sanzo had a double and single with an RBI for Germantown. Jeremy Cosenza

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Saquon Barkley gets to triangulate between Giants QBs Tom Rock Newsday

Saquon Barkley is a running back currently caught between two quarterback eras. Not that he minds. He spent his rookie season with the Giants taking handoffs and catching passes from Eli Manning, and that’s likely how he’ll begin his second. At some point, though, whether it be this season or afterward, Daniel Jones will be handling those duties. And if things go according to the way the Giants are mapping them out for the long term, Barkley’s best and brightest and most prolific days with the Giants will likely come alongside Jones and not Manning. Which is why Barkley is excited — “really excited,” he said — to have Jones on the team, even if he probably won’t be on the field at first. “I got to talk to Daniel Jones before the draft process and before the combine,” Barkley told Newsday after a Giants OTA practice this week. “And then when they drafted him, obviously everyone knew we would probably address the quarterback situation this year, so I was happy for him. The first thing I said to him was: ‘Everyone is going to say what they want to say, you just come in here and be ready to work. You don’t have to prove anybody wrong, the only people you have to prove yourself to is the people in this locker room. I’m excited for him. He’s doing a great job out here.” But isn’t it a conflict to be simultaneously anticipating the Jones future while living in the Manning present? Does it feel like cheating on Manning?

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New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley (26) stiff-arms Dallas Cowboys strong safety Jeff Heath (38) at MetLife Stadium.

“No, man!” Barkley said incredulously. In fact, Barkley said he’s taking an approach to Manning’s presence similar to the one that Jones is. He’s trying to absorb as much knowledge and wisdom as he can while the 38-year-old Manning is still around. “My mindset is to come to work every single day and get better every single day, take

advantage of it all,” Barkley said. “I’m grateful to have a teammate like Eli. He’s a two-time Super Bowl MVP, a great player and a great teammate, very smart, so every single day I try to take advantage and learn from him. It’s not hard to stay in the moment. It’s football. That’s how it happens.” Eventually, though, that moment will pass. And Manning will yield his starting quarterback

job to Jones. It’s football. That’s how it happens. When it does, Barkley will almost certainly be the running back who links the two. Manning will hand the torch to Jones, but they’ll both be handing the football to Barkley. Barkley and Jones have the same goal for their Giants careers: Super Bowls. Until last month’s draft, whenever Barkley daydreamed about winning one, it was with Manning as the quarterback. Now, he can start to visualize another scenario, another quarterback. They can’t play together just yet, but Barkley and Jones, two 22-year-olds who were drafted at second and sixth overall respectively, figure to be the cornerstones of whatever offensive and team success the Giants have in the coming decade. “He’s doing really well,” Barkley said of Jones’ play thus far. “He throws the ball really well. He’s smart, he’s understanding when and where to get the ball out already. I think that’s key.” Another key is less concrete. “He has come out here and is getting more confident every day,” Barkley said. “That is the thing, just get confidence. You get so worked up because this is the NFL and it is so different, but it really isn’t. Obviously, the quarterback position is different, but once he understands the playbook, you can see it already, he is a competitor. You can see the look in his eyes that he wants to get better every single day. “My advice to him is that this is football,” Barkley said. “Just come in here and work. Whenever the opportunity presents itself, be 100% ready.” Barkley, it seems, will be ready for it, too.

Ruiz carries his Mexican heritage into As rivalry renews, it’s the Yankees looking the ring against Anthony Joshua down at Red Sox

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NEW YORK CITY — Andy Ruiz Jr. understands the symbolism of fighting near the Statue of Liberty. The once-beaten heavyweight from the U.S.-Mexico border town of Imperial, east of San Diego, could become the first fighter of Mexican descent to be heavyweight champion when he meets unbeaten champ Anthony Joshua of England (22-0, 21 knockouts) on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. Ruiz (32-1, 21 KOs) knows that a shocking win on Saturday would be significant to more people than just him. “It means a lot, especially knowing I’ve worked from 6 years old to get to where I’m at now,” Ruiz said. “But it won’t mean something only to me. “The hard-working Mexican tries to get up here looking for opportunities because America’s one of the greatest countries in the world. For me, I’m an American and I’m a Mexican. I live here. And it hurts me the way a lot of people talk about Mexicans when I know we’re all about hard work and dedication. “Each Mexican has his own dream, and I’ve come to believe as long as we focus, you can accomplish anything you want. So maybe by winning I can change some minds.” Charles Martin is Ruiz’s Norwalk, Calif., stablemate and a former International Boxing Federation heavyweight champion who lost his belt by second-round knockout to Joshua at London’s O2 Arena three years ago this spring. Martin is aware of dismissive attitudes concerning Ruiz and insists they’re flawed. “He’s good, he’s ready — he came right off an (April 20) fight into this camp with no break and he fought a (tall) guy in that (Carson, Calif., bout) just like Joshua, so he’s got that look in his mind of where the sweet spot’s at,” Martin said of Ruiz. “He has a damn real chance at winning this fight in my opinion.” Ruiz’s hand speed, defense, power and endurance are all underrated because of his frame, and Martin notes that, with Joshua’s questioned stamina, there is a chance to surprise: “Trust me, anything’s possible.” Ruiz wasn’t even supposed to be here. On the week he disposed of 6-foot-7 Alexander Dimitrenko by stopping him after five rounds in Carson, Ruiz learned that Joshua’s planned opponent, Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller, had submitted positive tests for steroids, Human Growth Hormone and EPO, scrapping his involvement. In messaging Joshua promoter Eddie Hearn on Instagram, Ruiz wrote, “Give

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Andy Ruiz Jr. poses during training for his fight against Anthony Joshua on Saturday night in New York City.

me this opportunity, Eddie. I can do better than all the other contenders you’ve got lined up for Joshua. I’m better, I just got done fighting. I really want this.” Hearn reviewed some of Ruiz’s fight footage, including his narrow majority decision loss to Joseph Parker in 2016, consulted fight insiders and granted Ruiz’s wish. “He knew I could do better drawing viewers than the others. I’m Mexican,” Ruiz said. The grip of that nationalistic pride is something Ruiz has long felt, from the time his father would transport him south daily for training sessions in Mexicali, Mexico, willing to endure the 90-minute waits at the border crossing. Ruiz Sr. made sure his teenage son didn’t fall away from his commitment to boxing, then put him to work in the family construction business, a company whose mission is to assist neighbors searching for a better life in the U.S. like the one Ruiz Sr. discovered. The elder Ruiz has constructed, rebuilt or resold more than 100 homes around the Imperial Valley, Ruiz Jr. estimates, and, for years, his father counted him as an apprentice. The demands voiced at the construction site still echo for Ruiz Jr. — “Hey, go do this,” “Go get that” — as the boy pounded nails into two-by-fours, picked up trash and loose items around the building, and lifted heavy bags of concrete mix again and again to help pour foundations. The finished product always left the boy in awe, but the early mornings and long

hours were exhausting. “My dad would ask, ‘Are you going to be a boxer or are you going to be a worker?’ “ Ruiz Jr. said. “It got to the point I said, ‘I’d rather be a boxer.’ “ Ruiz Jr. nearly made the 2008 Mexican Olympic boxing team, turned pro a year later and worked his way with minimal training to the Parker title shot before feeling disillusioned by low pay from veteran promoter Bob Arum’s Top Rank. Premier Boxing Champions’ Al Haymon matched Ruiz’s title-fight money ($500,000) for the Carson bout, and now the Joshua fight provides record earnings. Some of the funds will help boost the investment in the family construction business. “It’s hard (in the Imperial Valley). There’s a lot of families who need help, who have it rough,” Ruiz Jr. said. “If God blesses me with this win or not, I still want to help my community and give back. They’ve supported me since I was a little kid, and taught me it’s crazy how life works, man. As long as you pray and believe in your dreams, anything is possible.” The elder Ruiz is focused on building apartments on lots designated for lowincome projects. “Luckily, I have a father to teach me these kinds of things,” said Ruiz Jr. The boxer said he learned a lot from building houses. “It’s just like how I started in boxing: with nothing. But thanks to the hard work and the labor I put in, I raised something good.”

The Yankees were 6-9 and the weather was lousy the last time they saw the Red Sox. The Rivalry was renewed on Thursday night for the opener of a four-game series at Yankee Stadium. The weather won’t be great, not until Friday anyway, but the Yankees are certainly not a sub-.500 team anymore. Since starting 6-9, the Yankees have gone 30-10 after Wednesday afternoon’s 7-0 victory over the Padres at chilly, overcast Yankee Stadium. The Red Sox? The defending World Series champions (and vanquishers of the Yankees in last year’s playoffs) aren’t even the Yankees’ closest pursuers in the AL East. Going into their game against Cleveland on Wednesday night, the thirdplace Red Sox trailed the Yankees by seven games. The second-place squad would be the Rays, who trailed the Yankees by 1 ½ games going into Tampa Bay’s home game on Wednesday night against Toronto. Those two teams drew 5,786 fans to Tropicana Field on Tuesday night while, over in Miami, 6,407 watched the Marlins play the Giants. Baseball in Florida is a disaster. The Yankees and Red Sox will have no such worries starting Thursday. Figure on 180,000 or so fans jamming into the place by the time Sunday night’s ESPN game ends. “It’s huge,” said Luke Voit, who combined with DJ LeMahieu for back-to-back homers to start the bottom of the first and also had his first regularseason triple in the seventh as the Yankees overwhelmed the Padres. “Obviously, it’s a big series for us to help out our lead for first place and we’re going to do whatever we can.” J.A. Happ, who was a poor tone-setter when he was throttled by the Red Sox in Game 1 of last year’s ALDS, will start on Thursday against Chris Sale. Right into the fire. “It’s the best rivalry in

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baseball, so we’re excited,” Voit said. “We haven’t seen these guys in a while, and it’s going to be a lot of fun this weekend.” The Yankees’ two-game home sweep of the Red Sox on April 16-17 was the turning point of their season. James Paxton struck out 12 in eight innings in an 8-0 victory in the first game to show the kind of dominance the Yankees also saw in a shorter stint by the lefthander on Wednesday. Paxton, in his first start back off the injured list, didn’t allow a hit in four innings and struck out seven. He was pulled after 66 pitches. The team’s combined no-hit bid ended when Wil Myers singled off the glove of a diving LeMahieu in short right field against Adam Ottavino leading off the sixth. On April 17, Brett Gardner hit a seventh-inning grand slam for his 100th career homer and the Yankees went on to a 5-3 victory. The stadium should be rocking again this weekend. If you can’t make it to Sunday night’s game, ESPN announced on Wednesday that Yankees parttime special adviser Alex Rodriguez and his broadcast cohorts — including Mets part-time special adviser Jessica Mendoza — will be calling the game from the Judge’s Chambers seats in right field. Or, as the website “Awful Announcing” put it: “Desperate to make Yanks-Sox more unbearable, ESPN will plant announcers in Yankee Stadium’s Judge’s Chambers.” You see, not everyone in America is as enthralled with Yankees-Red Sox as we are in New York and they are in New England. (The teams are even going to take their act to Old England for two games in London at the end of June.) Yankees-Red Sox has been done, and done, and done. Last year’s ALDS was hyped to the gills, but wasn’t the most exciting series as the Red Sox won in four games.

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Fox was in Russia last summer for its first men’s soccer World Cup, but another important group of Americans did not make the trip, and it inevitably impacted interest among casual fans of the sport. There will be no such concerns when the Women’s World Cup is contested in France starting June 7. Unlike last year, the U.S. qualified. And unlike in any men’s World Cup, the U.S. is a favorite. “It’s a totally different feel, absolutely,” Aly Wagner, Fox’s lead game analyst, said last week at a send-off event at the French Consulate in Manhattan. “The energy going into this World Cup versus last year is way different. “You see it ... Everyone knows this World Cup is coming because the U.S. is in it and we have a very good chance of winning.” Said Fox host Rob Stone, “I think there are lot of story lines. But in the end, I think it’s a hell of a lot easier doing the job when the U.S. is involved.” And this, from studio analyst Alexi Lalas: “I mean, you can spin it any way you want, but not having a home team is not a good thing.” The Americans not only are the defending champions, but also they inherit a legacy of big names and big victories that date to the 1990s. The trick has been keeping the generations rolling with new stars to replace the old. For example: Those who do not follow the sport closely likely will be surprised to learn that Carli Lloyd, star of the 2015 World Cup, no longer is a starter. “The person who was the legend, the MVP, less than four years ago is now reduced to this bench role, and she’s attacking it,” Stone said. “This is what happens in every sport, but we forget it because the women’s game isn’t in our daily consciousness.” Another change since 2015 is that the rest of the world has continued to improve. That means heavy pressure for a team expected to excel. “For the men, first you hope they qualify, and if they do you hope they get out of group stage and make it to the quarterfinals,” Fox executive producer David Neal said. “With the women, it’s much different. “I think not only for us as broadcasters, but as fans and

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supporters, anyone would be disappointed if the U.S. didn’t make it to the final. So the expectation level is dramatically higher than it is for the men.” Said Stone, “For years with the men you know you’re getting three games, and you are essentially hoping for a bonus game. And if you’re really greedy, you’re thinking maybe two (in the knockout round). “On the flip side for the women you’re saying, we’re going to get at least five games, otherwise it is an absolute disaster.” Again, that could be imperiled by the rising tide behind the traditional powers, often in countries that historically have been skeptical about women playing soccer but lately have come around. “It’s about saying, ‘Wow, they play beautiful football and we like that!’” Wagner said. “Football is their soul, it’s their art, it’s what they love, and now they can enjoy it on the women’s side, too. That’s double the fun.” Stone went “Game of Thrones” on the subject. “Europe has entirely closed the gap,” Stone said. “Winter is coming after the U.S. women’s team, and they need to protect Winterfell. They’ve got one alive dragon who’s trying to fend off Europe and everybody else.” Like Russia last year, France

presents scheduling challenges for Fox because prime time in Europe is in the middle of the day in North America. Neal said organizers tried to help by scheduling the United States’ group stage games as late as possible. Two of the three will be at 3 p.m. Eastern Time. “That’s not terrible,” he said. JP Dellacamera and Wagner are the lead game announcers. All 52 matches will be carried live, with 22 on Fox, 27 on FS1 and three on FS2. The tournament begins June 7 and concludes on July 7 in Lyon, a hotbed of French women’s soccer. Fox’s main set will be in Paris. Neal said that compared to 2015, Fox’s roster is full of “returning veterans,” including Wagner, a former women’s national team member. “Four years ago, Aly Wagner was somebody that I found doing Santa Clara (University) games online,” Neal said. “God bless her, she took the initiative and now four years later not only is she our lead analyst for the women, she just did a tremendous job in Russia (on men’s games).” Lalas announced during the 2015 World Cup that he had come around on women’s soccer after being exposed to it at the highest level.

“It forced me to really just mine it and understand it and appreciate it,” he said. “Yes, it’s the same game, and ultimately if it’s men’s, women’s or co-ed naked, I don’t really care, as long as people are kicking a soccer ball ... It was great.” The American women largely have outshone the men in star power over the past two decades, which TV executives love. “These players are rock stars,” Neal said. “The really cool thing is the frenzy around mostly young boys and young girls. You see barely teenagers who are so excited to see this team. There’s something heartwarming about that. It’s very family oriented. You see 7-year-old boys wearing Alex Morgan No. 13 jerseys. They are a phenomenon.” Wagner said, “The beauty of this national team and the program is that we cross over. It’s because we’re accessible, and we’re interesting human beings. They really are special people, and people gravitate toward that and they’re humble and open and honest. “And oh, by the way, they’re fantastic athletes and are pretty remarkable in their craft. That all comes together and people gravitate toward that. They love it and want to go with them on this ride.”

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Mom fears teenage son is headed for heartbreak I am very close to my 19-year-old son. He is kind, sweet and big-hearted. He has learning disabilities and the maturity level of probably a 15- or 16-year-old. Naturally, I am protective of him. He had one girlfriend during his senior year, and when they DEAR ABBY broke up after four months, he was beyond devastated. Since then he constantly talks about how lonely he is and his desire to be in a relationship. About a week ago, he told me he likes a woman from his work. They went out on a couple of dates and, come to find out, she’s 33 and has three kids (9, 7 and 8 months old). He told me she asked him if he wanted to be in a serious relationship or just be friends with benefits. He told her he wanted something serious, and I guess she agreed. Abby, this woman is taking advantage of my son! What would a woman that age want with a kid? This is a complicated nightmare, and I do not want my son involved with her. I’m convinced she’s using him, and once she is over it, she will break his heart. It took him a long time to get over his high school sweetheart, and I was seriously worried about his mental well-being. Is there anything I can do to stop this train wreck? I have talked to him about my concerns, but it didn’t accomplish anything. I told him I want to meet her, and they agreed. I’m nervous because I know I need to refrain from telling her how I really feel. Any suggestions? Protective Mom

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— your son is considered to be an adult. Part of becoming one is experiencing life with all of its joys and disappointments. You cannot protect your son from sadness or predict how his relationships will turn out. Let him know that you are supportive of him always. Then, when you meet this woman, be warm and befriend her. Get to know her so you can communicate with her without her becoming defensive. You will gain nothing by seeming hostile. About 12 years ago, I found out my dad isn’t really my father. It didn’t change how I felt about him, and I wasn’t interested in meeting my biological father. Dad died a couple of weeks ago. During the memorial service, I ended my emotional tribute to him by saying that even though he wasn’t my bio father, he was still my “Dad,” and the love and memories I have of him mean more than any blood ties to my bio father. My brother and one of my sisters had no problem with me saying this. My other sister, however, was very upset with me. She said letting church members know he wasn’t my bio father was disrespectful. She was the only one who criticized me. Was I disrespectful, and was my sister correct in chastising me? Loved My Dad

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Epley maneuver repositions ear crystals, alleviating vertigo I am a 67-year-old male in excellent physical health. The only issue I have is occasional bouts of vertigo. These episodes started when I was about 44 years old. My symptoms are varying degrees of dizziness and, with extreme episodes, nausea. The frequency has increased the past couple of years to about every two weeks. TO YOUR I do the Epley maneuver to GOOD HEALTH relieve the symptoms, which go away one or two days after doing so. Epley is the only treatment available that works for me. Is there any new research or treatments for this? I am also curious about what foods might be contributing to the onset of vertigo.

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Vertigo is a sensation of movement when there isn’t any. Most often, people will describe a spinning sensation. Others say the world is spinning, but swaying or tilting are other descriptors. Although dizziness is a very nonspecific term, vertigo has a fairly limited number of diagnostic possibilities. Further, the fact that you get better with the Epley maneuver (more on that below) tells me the diagnosis is very likely to be benign paroxysmal peripheral vertigo. Each ear contains an organ of balance, also

called the semicircular canals, which work by the movement of hair cells inside those fluid-filled bony structures. Sometimes small crystals (called otoconia) form in one semicircular canal. These press on the hair cells and cause the two organs of balance to send conflicting signals to the brain about movement, which is perceived as vertigo. Diet is not likely to have a significant effect on causing or treating BPPV. The Epley maneuver, like other repositioning maneuvers, is designed to move the crystals out of the semicircular canals. A video demonstrating the maneuver can be found at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=9SLm76jQg3g. Recurrence of vertigo after a successful Epley maneuver is not uncommon, but recurrences as often as every two weeks for over 20 years is outside my experience. I have read about surgical options for refractory BPPV, but I have had success referring patients to vestibular rehabilitation, performed by trained occupational or physical therapists.

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

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Each answer is a word that begins with “anti.” (e.g., Fluid added to a car’s radiator. Answer: Antifreeze.) Freshman level 1. An old and valuable object. 2. A remedy that stops the effects of a poison. 3. A drug that cures illnesses caused by bacteria. Graduate level 4. A substance used for cleaning injured skin and preventing infections. 5. To think that something will probably happen. 6. Behavior that is funny or silly in an enjoyable way. PH.D. level 7. The exact opposite of something. 8. A chemical element. 9. Ancient times.

SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Antique. 2. Antidote. 3. Antibiotic. 4. Antiseptic. 5. Anticipate. 6. Antics. 7. Antithesis. 8. Antimony. 9. Antiquity. 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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