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Greener lunches for Catskill students

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Michael Wetherbee said the district contracts out its food services, so the district has not had a conversation “inhouse” about tray material. Former EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck had mixed feelings about the

CATSKILL — It’s crunch time for local municipalities in terms of getting budgets passed. The Catskill Town Board unanimously adopted its 2020 budget after a series of three budget workshops and a public hearing. The budget is set at $6.98 million, a 2.8% increase over last year. “The town began the budget process in September, asking each department head to put forward a budget based on their analysis of department needs,” Town Supervisor Doreen Davis said. “The board then reviewed those plans with the department heads at a series of three budget workshops held throughout the month of October.” Davis described the initial tentative budget, presented in October, was a compilation of “wish lists” from departments. The tentative budget called for a 3.9% increase. The town board was then tasked with getting the budget down to within the state tax cap. The tax cap is set at 2% or the rate of inflation, whichever is lower. With the exception of last year, the board has delivered the budget below the tax cap levy for three of the last four years, Davis said, citing sewer costs for the increased budget in 2019. “The final budget was $9,189 under the tax cap levy,” Davis said. On the revenue side, the town has seen an increase in building permits, Davis said. “Revenues increased by 1.4% to a total of $2,698,070, a result of increased business permit activity related to economic development realized throughout the community,” Davis said. “This left $3,908,023 to be raised by taxes.” Building permits specifically increased from $32,698 in September 2018 to $82,591

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Catskill school district switched to biodegradable lunch trays on Tuesday.

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CATSKILL — As the era of single-use plastic bags comes to an end in New York, the Catskill Central School District is looking for a greener future. The district switched Tuesday from using polystyrene, or styrofoam, lunch trays to biodegradable trays made of molded fiber. Catskill provides 260,000 plates a year, Food Services and Transportation Director William Muirhead said. “We ditched the polystyrene trays in favor of the more environmentally friendly compostable fiber ones,” Muirhead said. “I’m very excited that we are in a position financially to move from polystyrene to paper trays. All in all we will be teaching our children good environmental stewardship” The compostable trays cost the district three cents more per tray, Muirhead said. “The additional cost per school year is $7,800,” Muirhead said. “This cost will not affect the general budget as the breakfast and lunch program maintains a positive fund balance. No taxpayer

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The Catskill Central School District on Tuesday switched from styrofoam lunch trays like the one pictured above in favor of dishes made of molded fiber.

funds are required to support the school nutrition program each year.” Muirhead learned of the opportunity through the state Office of General Services, which had been awarded a piggyback contract off of the state Department of Education for October through

April for the trays. The trays will be supplied by Imperial Bag & Paper Co, LLC, of Jersey City, New Jersey. Coxsackie-Athens serves lunch on reusable plastic trays, District Superintendant Randall Squier said. Cairo-Durham Superintendent

Environmentalists applaud Cuomo on National Grid By Massarah Mikati Johnson Newspapers

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has sent National Grid a formal notice to revoke its license to operate in New York, a move that was applauded by environmentalists during a press conference Thursday at the Capitol building. Cuomo’s letter is the latest development in a monthslong battle between the gas and electricity company and the governor, which developed when New York regulators blocked in May the construction of the Williams Pipeline, a $1 billion natural gas pipeline that would have run from Pennsylvania to New Jersey and New York. National Grid later imposed a moratorium

on downstate areas, which affected more than 1,100 customers, claiming that without the pipeline, they were not able to meet increasing energy demands in the area. Cuomo has classified the move as an extortion of the state. “Either National Grid was grossly negligent in relying exclusively on the speculative construction of a private pipeline to meet the demands that it was statutorily required to provide,” Cuomo wrote in a letter to the utility company’s CEO and president, “or, National Grid deliberately defrauded the people of the state by not developing or pursuing See GRID A4

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Protesters against National Grid’s proposed Williams Pipeline gathered at a news conference Thursday.

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Lorinda Ackley Mazur Richmond, MA – Lorinda Ack- velopment, Berkshire Medical ley Mazur, 72, died peacefully Center, Berkshire School, and Wednesday, November 13th, at various other associations, comher home in Richmond with her mittees and a strong supporter loving family by her side. of her community. Additionally, Lorinda was born on Septem- she was a member of the First ber 24, 1947 to the late Ben and Congregational Church in StockBarbara Gear Ackley in Great bridge. Barrington, MA. She grew up on Besides her husband Tom, Empire farm in Copake, NY. She Lorinda is survived by her chilattended Roeliff Jansen Central dren; Catherine B. Dullaghan of School in Hillsdale, NY, then she Pittsfield, MA, John A. Dullaghan attended Green Mounof Northport, NY, grandtain College and earned children; Alexi Starks, her Associates degree Jalen and Brooklyn in Accounting. She marDuck, Reilly and Lucas ried Thomas P. Mazur at Dullaghan, sisters; Juthe Little Pink Chapel in dith Whitbeck, Marilyn Las Vegas, NV spending Herrington, Mary Ack40 loving years together. ley, Elizabeth Rafferty, At 14 years old Lorinda many nieces, nephews, began her career in the and cousins. She also telecommunications Mazur leaves her favorite cat, business sorting call Purrky. Lorinda enjoyed tickets for the family owned Coplaying tennis and golf, watchpake Telephone Company. By 1975 she became general man- ing basketball, visiting her camp ager of Richmond Telephone in Rangeley, ME, sister vacaand in 1985 president of Taconic tions, and spending time with her Telephone Corporation. Lorinda grandchildren. The funeral service for Mrs. was the first woman elected to the Unites States Telephone As- Lorinda A. Mazur will be held on sociation (USTA) Board of Di- Monday, November 18, 2019 at rectors, Chairperson of USTA’s 1PM at the First Congregational Government Relations Commit- Church, 4 Main Street, Stocktee, testifying on behalf of the bridge, MA 01262. Calling hours telecommunications industry will be held on Sunday, Novembefore the U.S. Congress receiv- ber 17, 2019 from 1pm-4pm at ing an award from USTA for her the Roche Funeral Home, 120 Main Street, Lenox, MA 01240. service. She was also Chairperson of Burial will be held at a later date. the New York State Telecom As- In lieu of flowers, donations in sociation, inductee of New York Lorinda’s memory may be made State Telephone Hall of Fame, to Elizabeth Freeman Center, 43 Board member of Telephone Francis Avenue, MA 01201, and/ Association of New England, or First Congregational Church in Columbia County Economic De- Stockbridge, MA 01262

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WASHINGTON - Escalating her case for impeachment, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday accused President Donald Trump of committing bribery by seeking to use U.S. military aid as leverage to persuade the Ukrainian government to conduct investigations that could politically benefit Trump. The shift toward bribery as an impeachable offense, one of only two crimes specifically cited in the Constitution, comes after nearly two months of debate over whether Trump’s conduct amounted to a “quid pro quo” - a lawyerly Latin term describing an exchange of things of value. Wednesday’s public testimony from two senior diplomats, Pelosi, D-Calif., said, “corroborated evidence of bribery uncovered in the inquiry and that the president abused power and violated his oath by threatening to withhold military aid and a White House meeting in exchange for an investigation into his political rival.” Bribery, she suggested, amounted to a translation of quid pro quo that would stand to be more accessible to Americans: “Talking Latin around here: E pluribus unum -from many, one. Quid pro quo - bribery. And that is in the Constitution attached to the impeachment proceedings.” Article II of the Constitution holds that the president and other civil federal officials “shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” Pelosi’s remarks came a day after William Taylor, the top American envoy in Kyiv, and George Kent, a deputy assistant secretary of state overseeing

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Patricia B. Wallace, 82, of an opportunity to tell a joke or Hudson, passed away Novem- send a funny card or gift. ber 12, 2019 at her home surShe was a highly dedicated rounded by family and friends. and loving mother, grandmothBorn February 25, 1937, er and great grandmother. She daughter of George A. Hawver was a loyal friend to many. and Dorothy (Crosby) Hawver Patricia is survived by her four of Hudson, NY, Patricia gradu- children, Vincent G. (Ellen) Walated from Hudson High School lace of Hudson, Michael Walin 1954. Throughout her child- lace of Gorham, ME, Patricia K. hood she was close to her Wallace of Hudson and Timocousin, the late Janet (Hawver) thy Wallace of Williamstown, Slominsky. She had NJ. She is survived two younger brothers, by 6 grandchildren, George “Skip” Hawver Robert A. Rock, Jr. of of Black River, NY Hudson, Kayln Rock and Charles “Chuck” Benton (Thomas) of Hawver of Hudson. Windham, Patrick She was married to Wallace of Portland, the late Vincent J. WalOR, Lauren Wallace of lace, Jr. on January 25, Waterbury, CT, Mason 1957 at St. Matthew’s Burch of Hudson and Lutheran Church in Wallace Axel Burch of Hudson, Hudson. Patricia held and is survived by two great many jobs throughout her life, grandchildren, Anastasia Renand began her thirty-plus-year kiewicz and Parker Benton. career as a Physical Therapy She is also survived by her beAssistant at Barnwell Nursing loved dog Ernie. Patricia was Home in Valatie, NY in the late 1960s. She became a Regis- predeceased by her husband tered Physical Therapy Assis- Vincent J. Wallace, Jr. on Octotant in the 1970s, an accom- ber 9, 2019. Her father George plishment she was very proud A. Hawver on January 12, 1993, of. Throughout her career in and her mother Dorothy (CrosPhysical Therapy she also by) Hawver on January 28, worked at Columbia Memorial 2010. She loved and mournHospital in Hudson and Pine ed her pets as she would any Haven Nursing Home in Philm- friend or family member. In that ont, retiring from full-time em- respect, she is predeceased by ployment in 2002. She also was her dogs Teddy Bear, Sparky, a waitress at Cedar Meadows Jakey and Chancey. The Wallace Family extends Restaurant in the late 1970s. Throughout her life, Patricia re- a special thank you to the staff sided in Hudson, Valatie, Clav- of The Community Hospice. Services will be held on Sunerack, and Greenport. She was active in the Ladies’ Auxiliary day, November 17, 2019 at of the Valatie Fire Department 2:00 pm from Bates & Anderand the Claverack Fire Depart- son – Redmond & Keeler Fument. She enjoyed gardening neral Home, 110 Green Street, and tending the flower beds in Hudson. Visitation will begin her yard. She took great joy in on Sunday at Noon from the creating original pieces of jew- funeral home. In lieu of flowers elry and giving them as special donations in Patricia’s name gifts to her family and friends. may be made to the Columbia Known for her generosity and Greene Humane Society. For sense of humor, she never directions or to leave a mesmissed a birthday or a special sage of condolence please visit event, and she never missed www.batesanderson.com

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Ukraine policy, told lawmakers in the House’s first public impeachment hearing since 1998 that they were deeply troubled by an apparent perversion of U.S. policy done at the apparent behest of Trump personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and Trump himself. Republicans, meanwhile, used much of their time to dismiss the testimony of Taylor and Kent as “hearsay” and “second-hand” information that could not elucidate Trump’s personal action or motives surrounding the requests for investigations targeting Hunter Biden, son of former vice president Joe Biden, who is now running against Trump, as well as a debunked theory that Ukraine not Russia tried to undermine Trump’s 2016 campaign. In a message to Trump and response to the GOP criticism, Pelosi said, “If the president has something that is exculpatory - Mr. President that means you have anything that shows your innocence -then he should make that known.” For weeks, Democrats have privately discussed multiple potential impeachment articles centering on abuse of power, contempt of Congress and other abuses requiring the House to make a case that they amount to “high crimes and misdemeanors.” More recently, multiple Democrats have embraced bribery as a more direct summation of Trump’s alleged conduct. “When you’re trying to persuade the American people of something that is really pretty simple, which is that the president acted criminally and extorted in the way a mob boss would extort somebody, a vulnerable foreign country, it’s probably best not to use Latin words to explain it,” Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., a House Intelligence Committee member,

said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., also used the word in an interview this week with National Public Radio: “On the basis of what the witnesses have had to say so far, there are any number of potentially impeachable offenses, including bribery, including high crimes and misdemeanors.” Asked why Trump’s conduct amounted to bribery Thursday, Pelosi said, “The bribe is to grant or withhold military assistance in return for a public statement of a fake investigation into the elections. That’s bribery.” The House Intelligence Committee will reconvene Friday for a second public hearing featuring Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine who was recalled to Washington in May following a smear campaign pushed by Giuliani and other Trump allies. COLUMBIA-GREENE MEDIA The Register-Star/The Daily Mail are publishedTuesday through Saturday mornings by Columbia-Greene Media (USPS 253620), One Hudson City Centre, Suite 202, Hudson, NY 12534, a subsidiary of Johnson Newspaper Corp. Periodicals postage paid at Hudson, N.Y., and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Register-Star, One Hudson City Centre, Suite 202, Hudson, NY 12534. TO SUBSCRIBE To order a subscription, call our circulation department at (800) 724-1012 or logon to www.hudsonvalley360.com SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Digital Pass is included with print subscription Daily (Newsstand) $1.50 Saturday (Newsstand) $2.50 Carrier Delivery (3 Months) $71.50 Carrier Delivery (6 Months) $143.00 Carrier Delivery (1 Year) $286.00 EZ Pay Rates: 3 months $65.00 6 months $130.00 1 year $260.00 DIGITAL PASS ONLY RATES: Includes full access to HudsonValley360.com and the e-edition. 3 Months $30.00 6 Months $60.00 1 Year $120.00 Home Delivery & Billing Inquireries Call (800) 724-1012 and reach us, live reps are available Mon.-Fri. 6 a,m - 5 p.m., Sat. 6 a.m. - noon Sun. 8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

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Stay out of the real estate business Nevermind what the Greene County Legislature will do with a proposal to acquire the former Bank of Greene County building in Coxsackie that is now home to the temporary Greene County Sheriff’s Office. The asking price for the building is $400,000. Running to form, the Legislature, without much discussion, took out an option on the property. So it’s worth keeping these items in mind: The Legislature discarded several opportunities to do a feasibility study on the need for a new county jail; lawmakers turned a deaf ear to critics pleading for a “pause and rethink” before making a final commitment; and the Legislature authorized a $39 million bond issue and committed an $8 million county share to build the jail. In the case of the temporary sheriff’s office, Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden was correct Tuesday when he said it’s

cheaper to own than to rent. The old sheriff’s office at 80 Bridge St. in Catskill required about $300,000 in repairs to the heating, water and sewer systems, Groden said last October. Groden said buying the building at $400,000 will save the county $125,000 on the lease. Of course, when it comes to jail matters, the county Legislature has a track record of unwisely spending money even though one relatively inexpensive study and a dive into the deep end of statistics might have demonstrated otherwise. One interesting development in this story: Groden sent emails to the legislators about the purchase option and the potential cost savings at the request of Legislator Charles Martinez, R-Coxsackie. Curiously, it was Martinez, more than 25 years ago, who warned the Legislature to stay out of the real estate business when the county was negotiating the sale of the former Greene

County Memorial Hospital to a coalition of local physicians. Legislators Michael Bulich and Matthew Luvera, both R-Catskill, echoed Martinez’ warning Tuesday. Other possibilities exist here. The Legislature could buy the building from the owner, local businessman Aaron Flach, and then resell it to obtain a little more capital for the county. Or Flach could sell the building to a buyer who would keep it on the tax rolls, producing revenue for the county. Now it’s the Legislature’s turn to assess all the options and make a decision that will benefit Greene County taxpayers. A governing body acquiring commercial property can be dicey. Spending another $400,000 is easy, but no one can predict with certainty what the market will be like a month from now or a year from now. Given the lawmakers’ track record, they should not wade into the real estate business.

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Tech platforms still have a long way to go in policing child sex abuse online The Washington Post

Everyone agrees that child exploitation material should be off the Web. The trouble is actually getting rid of it. The New York Times writes that technology companies last year reported 45 million online photos and videos of minors, including infants and toddlers, being sexually assaulted and in some cases even tortured. The startling surge results in part from inventions that make images simple to disseminate and complicated to detect. This is society’s chronic Internet-induced headache: We’ve opened up the world, and that comes with horrors as well as wonders. But the spike also represents an increase in successful policing by platforms — which is better news. Still, there’s a long way to go. The first challenge is technical. The most common technology for catching child exploitation imagery was crafted to identify illicit photographs, not videos. That roadblock is dwarfed by

another: Today’s tried-andtrue tools match uploads to known violating material; they do not nab new content as it comes in - but nabbing new content is essential to stopping ongoing abuse. Firms such as Facebook are developing algorithms to do this trickier job, as well as to anticipate abuse before it happens by detecting exploitative relationships as they’re forming. That trickier job also involves trickier trade-offs. The Times found that even companies that do have access to top-tier technology for scanning content for abuse often choose not to use it. The cynical interpretation of this negligence is that platforms fear the negative press, plus the added expense, that may result from acknowledging there’s a problem. But it’s also the case that any system that monitors users’ communications at all poses a privacy risk, and the risk is heightened when the system relies on still-untested algorithms attempting to en-

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snare anything that resembles exploitation material. There’s more to consider: Scanning public content such as search engine results or posts on Twitter, for example, may be less of an infringement than combing through private messages or uploads to the cloud that have not been shared with others. The complexity of the problem, not to mention its magnitude, makes a compelling case for platforms to coordinate more closely on how they police their own sites and how they share what they find with one another and the underfunded, overwhelmed federal clearinghouse, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. A legal wrinkle strengthens the case for private companies to take the initiative: More leadership from the government might also mean more Fourth Amendment challenges to court cases trying to take down perpetrators.

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The Democratic candidates march into the gender minefield WASHINGTON — The notion of a woman running for president has evolved from singular curiosity in 2016 (Hillary Clinton and Carly Fiorina, alone in their respective parties) to multicandidate reality in the 2020 campaign. There is no turning back; it is now hard to imagine an all-male Democratic ticket next year. But gender in politics remains fraught, with candidates, male and female, still navigating their way through the minefield. They are sorting through not only the question of what is the best way for women to run — especially in the wake of Clinton’s defeat — but, almost as daunting, what is the best, and safest, way to run against them. What is acceptably tough language in the rough-and-tumble of a highstakes campaign, and what is barely disguised sexism? Meantime, the presence of multiple women in the race does not mean that the field is anything close to level for men and women. It suggests a welcome transition to an era of gender equality, someday, but it would be foolish to believe that moment has arrived. Both of these phenomena — the developing rule book of what is now a coed sport, and the tilted field on which that sport is still played — have appeared in recent days. The first episode involves Democratic front-runners Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren. The former vice president criticized Warren’s “Medicare for All” health care plan; the Massachusetts senator retorted that Biden might be “running in the wrong presidential primary” (a veiled shot at Biden’s moderation); and Biden shot back that Warren was elitist and suffered from “an angry, unyielding viewpoint.” South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg

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MARCUS had earlier made a similar point, tagging Warren’s “myway-or-the-highway approach” and saying she is “so absorbed in the fighting that it is as though fighting were the purpose.” Some Warren supporters took this as gendered language, evoking women, especially women who seek power, as harridans and shrews, shrill and emotional. Warren herself decided to embrace the accusation — at least, in a fundraising email. “Over and over, we are told that women are not allowed to be angry,” Warren wrote. “It makes us unattractive to powerful men who want us to be quiet.” She added, “Well, I’m angry and I own it. I’m angry on behalf of everyone who is hurt by [President] Trump’s government, our rigged economy, and business as usual.” What to make of this? It can’t be that a female candidate gets to clobber a rival — “running in the wrong primary” was pretty tough -- but can’t be hit back. As the Biden campaign pointed out, he has used similar language about men, calling John McCain “an angry man” in 2008, for example. The woman in the arena has to be able to take a punch as well as throw one. At the same time, it is naive not to acknowledge that some words applied to a male candidate are loaded with implied derision when applied to a woman. “Angry Bernie Sanders” is a more palatable

nickname than “Angry Elizabeth Warren.” Two things can be simultaneously true: Biden is not being consciously sexist in using the A-word, and yet his use of the word when applied to Warren carries risks seen and unseen. Gender is an ancient minefield with explosives still to be detected, much less defused. If Warren’s challenge is that passion, at least to some, looks different on a woman, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s is that experience does as well. Klobuchar directed some frustration at Buttigieg for what she described as the small-town mayor’s shorter path to being taken seriously. “Do I think we would be standing on that [debate] stage if we had the experience that he had?” Klobuchar asked of Buttigieg’s resume compared with that of Klobuchar and the other female senators running for president. “No, I don’t,” Klobuchar continued. “Maybe we’re held to a different standard.” Would 37-year-old Penelope Buttigieg — Rhodes scholar and Navy veteran — be taken as seriously? It’s hard to know. The shiny new object always has political allure — Barack Obama was a former state senator scarcely into his first term in the U.S. Senate when he made his audacious run for president. Yet it may also be true that the model of a female president remains so unfamiliar, so jarring even, that the melding of youth and gender would impede our imaginary Penelope. The gender wars present in politics without warning and, at times, without perfect clarity. They are a measure both of progress and how far we have to go. Ruth Marcus’ email address is ruthmarcus@washpost.com. (c) 2019, Washington Post Writers Group

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Thank you for kindness to veterans To the editor: On behalf of VFW Post 770 in Catskill, I would like to publicly thank Jill and Jim, the proprietors of J/J SMOKEHOUSE BBQ in Catskill, for their thoughtfulness and generosity. On Veterans Day

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weekend, they unsolicited and on their own volition, came to our post and presented us with enough food to feed several dozen people. There were several barbecue delights, salads and desserts. The food was delicious. Their

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existing supply options to force approval and reliance on a private pipeline to further their business interests at the cost of the customer.” Either scenario would violate the company’s certificate of operation, Cuomo wrote, because utility companies are supposed to serve in the public interest, which he says National Grid failed to do in light of these events. There are 1.8 million

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September 2019, Davis said. The tax rate for 2020 will be $6.35 per $1,000, according to the budget. For expenses, Davis cites health care cost increases for employees, modest salary increases and investment in the ambulance service. “We also put aside funding to supplement a comprehensive plan review and to fund costs incurred as a result of legal actions taken against the town,” Davis said. “The town

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switch. “Switching away from plastic is good,” Enck said. “But is it biodegradable plastic or cardboard? And will they keep it separate and compost it? It’s complicated. The best thing is to switch to reusables which means reinstalling dishwashing equipment. That should be the end goal.” Muirhead hopes composting is in the Catskill district’s future, he said. “The lunch trays are not recyclable but are biodegradable, so they break down in a landfill,”

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customers in New York City and on Long Island, the moratorium area that is serviced by National Grid. Developers have been unable to provide gas to new buildings, business owners cannot obtain requested upgrades and homeowners have had to fight with the utility company to get suspended gas service restored. In a statement to The New York Times, the company said it “continue(s) to work with all parties on these critical natural gas supply issues on behalf of all our customers in downstate New York.” Environmentalists and a

representative for state Sen. Julia Salazar, D-18, commended Cuomo for his letter at a press conference Thursday, and further advocated to completely halt the use of gas. Lee Ziesche, community engagement coordinator for Sane Energy Project, said the moratorium is a “scare tactic to push for a frack gas pipeline.” “We are very heartened to see Gov. Cuomo begin to finally listen to the people,” she said at a press conference Thursday. “But we have to also recognize that we wouldn’t be in this p position of being beholden to National Grid’s bullying tactics

if the New York State Public Service Commission and Gov. Cuomo were doing their jobs and listening to the climate science and getting us off of gas right now.” Compounding to the urgency to move away from gas and fossil fuels is the emissions goals set in the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, a New York law passed this year which has the most ambitious climate targets in the U.S. Environmentalists at the press conference touted alternative, renewable energy options such as heat pumps, and

called for the end of oil and gas conversions and utility gas expansion. “There’s no good reason to be hooking up new gas customers when heat pumps can provide a truly clean alternative,” said Joanne Coons, a longtime clean energy advocate. “Our biggest concern is leaving a planet to our children and grandchildren which is habitable. What actions we take today will have consequences for generations to come.” The New York Times Wire Service contributed to this report.

judiciously drew [$370,000] from its fund balance to remain under the levy.” In the new year, the town plans to review its 12-year-old comprehensive plan, Davis said. The town also applied for a Community Smart Growth grant with the state Department of Environmental Conservation for the process. “The DEC’s announcement in April accelerated a conversation we already started by applying for the grant,” Davis said. The Environmental Protection Fund has supported the Community Smart Growth program since 2007. This year,

the program has $400,000 available to municipalities and non-profit organizations in the Catskill Park. Having an up-to-date plan is important as new projects and businesses come to Catskill, Davis said. “We’re now at a point where we can take a breath and can tackle what we consider the next steps,” she said. Davis expects the town will need $50,000 to $75,000 to hire a professional consultant. A team of students with Cornell University’s Department of City and Regional Planning assessed Catskill’s scenic resources in October, which will

help Catskill to plan for the future, Davis said. “We want to have sensitivity when permitting development while also protecting scenic resources,” she said. “It’s an extraordinary opportunity to have this level of expertise and not have to budget for it.” The program, done in conjunction with the Hudson River Estuary Program, was previously offered in the municipalities of Cornwall, Beacon, Lloyd, Marlborough, Poughkeepsie, Hyde Park and Esopus. Despite advertising the budget workshops, the board did not receive much public input, Davis said.

“We were pleased to receive input from members of the Catskill Community Center regarding its request to maintain town funding at its current level,” Davis said. “The board agreed to maintain the $100,000 level of support and will work with the center as it looks at new approaches to its structure. Other community input was minimal despite posting dates and times in the newspaper and on our website and social media pages.” On the horizon, the Greene County Legislature will vote on its proposed budget Nov. 20.

he said. “It is my hope that we start composting the new trays at some point. In addition, the compostable plates will clearly help teach kids about renewable resources. I believe this is a significant move altogether for our district to be moving in this direction. I will continue to look for other great eco-friendly serving items.” The Catskill Middle School and High School have also been using a plant-based straw for two years, Muirhead said. Greene County Legislator William Lawrence, R-Cairo, who has proposed a countywide ban on styrofoam, said the switch is a good idea. “I think it’s a good move,”

Lawrence said. “I’m glad the school district is thinking ahead. Anytime we can get rid of something that is proven to be toxic, it’s a good thing.” Lawrence plans to bring his drafted law up for a vote in January, he said, with hopes of implementing it in March or April. Ulster, Albany and Suffolk counties and New York City banned Styrofoam, Enck said in August. The statewide ban on singleuse plastic bags will go into effect in March; Ulster County has initiated its ban. Ulster County charges a five-cent fee for paper bags to encourage shoppers to use reusable bags.

Ulster County also passed legislation to make plastic straws, single-use utensils and condiments available upon request, Enck said. The world at large needs to rethink its plastic usage, Enck said. “Unless we change the way we package, by 2025, for every three pounds of fish, we will have one pound of plastic,” she said. Once discarded into the environment, plastic can get broken down into smaller pieces that are ingested by animals and often are later ingested by humans, Enck said. “We produce 8.8 million tons of plastic per year,” Enck said.

“Only nine percent of plastics are recycled. This is becoming much worse because China is not accepting recyclables. Styrofoam is not recyclable. It has to be burned or buried.” A study conducted by the environmental watchdog organization Riverkeeper found that Styrofoam was the Hudson River’s most common pollutant, Enck said. Polystyrene is considered a probable human carcinogen, she said. “It migrates into our food, especially hot, fatty, acidic foods,” Enck said. There are 408,000 chemicals used in food packaging, Enck said.

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Johnson has hitched his reputation to Gase Manish Mehta New York Daily News

Jets CEO Christopher Johnson broke his 182-day silence by confirming a Daily News report that he has no plans to fire Adam Gase. The team’s acting owner, who took shelter amid the team’s nightmarish first two months, made it clear that Gase will be back in 2020 despite growing unrest from a frustrated fan base at the team’s poor play and lack of competitiveness during their 2-7 start. “I understand it,” Johnson said of fans’ frustrations in a brief session with reporters at practice Wednesday. “I’m frustrated too. I hate to lose.” The Jets have never lost more under Woody Johnson’s ownership than they have with Christopher temporarily in charge. Gang Green’s 1130 record under Christopher Johnson’s stewardship is the worst 41-game stretch since his brother bought the team in 2000. “It’s said that you are what your record says you are, and that’s not very impressive,” Johnson said. “But looking forward, I think it’s going to be a good team. I have so much faith in Adam and Joe to put

together a great future for us.” Johnson expressed a nearly identical sentiment about Todd Bowles and Mike Maccagnan not long ago before changing course. The News reported last week that ownership had no plans to cut the cord with Gase despite his terrible first half of the season. The News previously reported that Christopher Johnson believed that criticism directed at his decision to hire Gase was unwarranted. “I want to assure you there will be no changes in coaches here,” Johnson said. “Adam has the trust of this team. He has the trust of Sam (Darnold). He has Joe’s trust. He has my trust. He’s a good man. He’s good coach.” About half of that sentiment is actually true. But the bottom line is Gase will return in 2020. Johnson, who has a sizeable investment in Gase, called the HC of the NYJ an “innovator” who was “coaching football to where it’s going” in January. Gase’s offense ranks at or near the bottom of every meaningful statistical category through nine games. “It’s the trust that I see,” See JOHNSON B4

VALATIE — Ichabod Crane student-athlete Madison Graham signed a letter of intent to continue her academic career and play College Basketball at the NCAA intercollegiate Division II level next year at Adelphi University. Madie began her basketball career playing for St.John’s CYO and has become an important part of the girls’ basketball program at Ichabod Crane. She has been a part of the girls’ varsity team since her freshmen year. She has earned back-to-back Most Valuable Player honors her sophomore and junior year. The past two seasons she has been named to the Colonial Council All-Stars 2nd team. Last season, she was also named to the Section 2 “Class B” All-Stars 2nd team. For the past three years she has played AAU basketball for the Albany Capitals, traveling the country and competing at the highest level under coaches Levar Holmes and Charles Walker. Madie has not only succeeded on the basketball court, but in the classroom as well. Madie is currently ranked ninth in the Class of 2020 at Ichabod Crane. She is co-President of the Class of 2020, President of Girls’ Athletic Council, a member of the Student Liaison Committee, and National Honor Society. She has also helped out with a local AAU team, the Kinderhook Lakers. Madie would like to thank all of her coaches, she has had throughout the years, for pushing her to be better. She would like to thank all of her friends and family for all of their support. Lastly, she would like to thank her mom and dad for always believing in her and being her biggest fans.

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Second Cy puts deGrom among elite of the game Kevin Armstrong The New York Times News Service

Shortly after pitcher Jacob deGrom signed a contract extension worth $137.5 million with the New York Mets on the eve of opening day in March, his father, Tony, waited for him inside The Diplomat Room off the lobby at the RitzCarlton in Arlington, Virginia. Tony deGrom considered his son’s accomplishments a day before he would start the Mets’ opener: rookie of the year in 2014, World Series runner-up in 2015 and the 2018 Cy Young Award winner. The elder deGrom believed his son’s most recent accomplishment would not be his peak. “I think he’s capable of winning a few more Cy Youngs,” Tony deGrom said. “If you look at his history, he has a lot less wear on him than most guys his age, so I think he’s capable of winning a few more.’’ The father proved prophetic Wednesday night. Jacob deGrom, who battled through a tough stretch in April and overcame what manager Mickey Callaway called a “barking” elbow, won the National League Cy Young Award and became the 11th pitcher to claim the prize in consecutive years. “It doesn’t feel real yet,” deGrom said on a conference call from his family’s home in Florida. “If you had told me when I first came up that this was going to happen, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.” He has maintained this year that he could not imagine becoming a member of such an exclusive club that comprises Sandy Koufax, Denny McLain, Jim Palmer, Pedro Martinez, Roger Clemens, Greg Maddux,

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New York Mets starting pitcher Jacob deGrom (48) pitches against the Miami Marlins at Citi Field.

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Houston Astros pitcher Justin Verlander (35) throws a pitch against the Washington Nationals in game six of the 2019 World Series at Minute Maid Park.

Randy Johnson, Tim Lincecum, Clayton Kershaw and Max Scherzer. “You knew Jake was going to be a pretty good pitcher,” said Mets pitching coach Phil Regan, who worked with deGrom in the minors before rejoining him in the majors in June. “To win two Cy Youngs puts you in

elite company.” Justin Verlander of the Houston Astros won his second American League Cy Young Award, adding it to the one he earned with the Detroit Tigers in 2011. Verlander narrowly edged his teammate Gerrit Cole: Verlander received 17 first-place votes

and 171 total points from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, while Cole had 13 first-place votes and 159 points. It was the first time two pitchers from the same team had finished first and second in the AL Cy Young voting. Though deGrom was not as sharp as in 2018, when he posted a 1.70 earned run average, he concluded the 2019 season with 23 straight scoreless innings. His 255 strikeouts were the most in the NL, and his 2.43 ERA ranked second behind the 2.32 of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Hyun-Jin Ryu, who finished second in the voting. Scherzer, of the Washington Nationals, finished third. Just as in 2018, deGrom won 29 of the 30 first-place votes; Ryu received the other first-place vote after going 145 and striking out 163 batters. DeGrom finished with an 11-8 record, but the voters again showed no inclination to penalize him for a low victory total, which would surely have cost him a shot at the award in the years before analytics took hold in baseball and diminished the value of winloss records. At 10-9 in 2018, deGrom had the lowest win total of any starter to capture a Cy Young Award. DeGrom, 31, is one of four Mets to have won the Cy Young Award, along with Tom Seaver (1969, 1973, 1975), Dwight Gooden (1985) and R.A. Dickey (2012). Wednesday brought one more night of mid-November celebration for a franchise that has failed to capitalize on deGrom’s dominance the last three years. On Monday, Pete Alonso was chosen as See METS B4

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Pro basketball NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic W L Pct Boston 9 1 .900 Toronto 7 3 .700 Philadelphia 7 4 .636 Brooklyn 4 6 .400 New York 2 9 .182 Central W L Pct Milwaukee 7 3 .700 Indiana 7 4 .636 Cleveland 4 6 .400 Chicago 4 7 .364 Detroit 4 8 .333 Southeast W L Pct Miami 7 3 .700 Atlanta 4 6 .400 Charlotte 4 7 .364 Orlando 4 7 .364 Washington 2 7 .222 Western Conference Northwest W L Pct Utah 8 3 .727 Denver 7 3 .700 Minnesota 7 4 .636 Portland 4 7 .364 Oklahoma City 4 7 .364 Pacific W L Pct L.A. Lakers 8 2 .800 L.A. Clippers 7 4 .636 Phoenix 6 4 .600 Sacramento 4 6 .400 Golden State 2 9 .182 Southwest W L Pct Houston 8 3 .727 Dallas 6 4 .600 San Antonio 5 6 .455 Memphis 4 7 .364 New Orleans 2 8 .200 Wednesday’s games Memphis 119, Charlotte 117 Orlando 112, Philadelphia 97 Boston 140, Washington 133 Houston 102, L.A. Clippers 93 Minnesota 129, San Antonio 114 Golden State at L.A. Lakers, 10 p.m. Toronto at Portland, 10 p.m. Thursday’s games Miami at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Dallas at New York, 8 p.m. Chicago at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. L.A. Clippers at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Atlanta at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Brooklyn at Denver, 10:30 p.m.

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Pro football NFL American Football Conference East W L T Pct PF PA New England 8 1 0 .889 270 98 Buffalo 6 3 0 .667 174 150 N.Y. Jets 2 7 0 .222 130 238 Miami 2 7 0 .222 119 268 South W L T Pct PF PA Houston 6 3 0 .667 238 191 Indianapolis 5 4 0 .556 194 193 Tennessee 5 5 0 .500 203 197 Jacksonville 4 5 0 .444 176 189 North W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 7 2 0 .778 300 189 Pittsburgh 5 4 0 .556 193 181 Cleveland 3 6 0 .333 171 221 Cincinnati 0 9 0 .000 137 259 West W L T Pct PF PA Kansas City 6 4 0 .600 284 239 Oakland 5 4 0 .556 208 240 L.A. Chargers 4 6 0 .400 207 194 Denver 3 6 0 .333 149 170 National Football Conference East W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 5 4 0 .556 251 170 Philadelphia 5 4 0 .556 224 213 N.Y. Giants 2 8 0 .200 203 289 Washington 1 8 0 .111 108 219 South W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 7 2 0 .778 204 182 Carolina 5 4 0 .556 225 228 Tampa Bay 3 6 0 .333 260 279 Atlanta 2 7 0 .222 191 259 North W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 8 2 0 .800 250 205 Minnesota 7 3 0 .700 262 182 Chicago 4 5 0 .444 162 157 Detroit 3 5 1 .389 217 237 West W L T Pct PF PA San Francisco 8 1 0 .889 259 129 Seattle 8 2 0 .800 275 254 L.A. Rams 5 4 0 .556 226 191 Arizona 3 6 1 .350 222 281 Week 11 Thursday’s game Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 8:20 p.m. Sunday’s games Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Dallas at Detroit, 1 p.m. Atlanta at Carolina, 1 p.m. Houston at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Buffalo at Miami, 1 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Washington, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Denver at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Arizona at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. New England at Philadelphia, 4:25 p.m. Cincinnati at Oakland, 4:25 p.m. Chicago at L.A. Rams, 8:20 p.m. Monday’s Games Kansas City vs L.A. Chargers, at Mexico City, 8:15 p.m.

Pro hockey NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT SO Pts Boston 18 11 3 1 3 26 Montreal 18 10 5 2 1 23 Florida 18 9 4 2 3 23 Toronto 20 9 7 2 2 22 Buffalo 17 9 6 1 1 20 Tampa Bay 15 8 5 2 0 18 Ottawa 18 7 10 0 1 15 Detroit 20 7 12 1 0 15 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT SO Pts Washington 20 14 2 3 1 32 NY Islanders 17 13 3 1 0 27 Philadelphia 18 10 5 0 3 23 Pittsburgh 18 10 6 2 0 22 Carolina 18 10 7 1 0 21 NY Rangers 16 8 6 1 1 18 Columbus 18 6 8 3 1 16

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Auto Racing MONSTER ENERGY CUP SERIES FORD ECOBOOST 400 WHERE: Homestead-Miami Speedway; Homestead, Fla. DISTANCE: 267 laps, 400 miles around a 1.5-mile D-shaped oval TV: Sunday, 2:30 p.m. ET (Green flag approx. 2:46 p.m. ET) – NBC (Radio: Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90). THIS WEEK: Denny Hamlin said “this isn’t over” after a disastrous day in Texas two weeks ago and then went and proved it by winning Sunday in Phoenix and getting into the championship race this weekend at Homestead. Had Hamlin finished second, reigning series champion Joey Logano would be into the final in his place. ... The Championship four is set, and the drivers competing for the title at Homestead are the four with the most wins this season. ... Joining Hamlin (six wins) are Kevin Harvick (four), Martin Truex Jr. (seven) and Kyle Busch (four). And yes, that’s three Toyota Camry drivers of Joe Gibbs Racing all gunning for Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing) in a Ford Mustang. ... Logano won this race – and the title – last year. Truex did the same in 2017. Busch, Harvick and Hamlin have all won here in the past, as well. ... None of that matters now as each has 5,000 points heading into Sunday. No carryovers, no bonuses, whoever finishes ahead of the other three will be the 2019 champion. ... This is the 36th and final race of the season, and will be the 21st at Homestead-Miami. ... In a statistical oddity, since the championship has been decided by the Homestead finish, the season champion has also won the race. That can’t last forever as eight other drivers have won races this year. ... Homestead is not a difficult track, but like most 1.5-mile D-shaped ovals, it rewards patience and consistency. BEST BETS: Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. are co-favorites at 11/4. Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin are in at 3/1. The first non-playoffs driver is Kyle Larson at 8/1, followed by Joey Logano at 25/1 and Brad Keselowski at 30/1. Betting on any driver with longer odds than those seven is probably just throwing away your money, but if you must, you’ll likely never see Jimmie Johnson at 200/1 again until he’s on his retirement tour.

XFINITY SERIES FORD ECOBOOST 300 WHERE: Homestead-Miami Speedway; Homestead, Fla. DISTANCE: 200 laps, 300 miles around a 1.5-mile D-shaped oval) TV: Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (Green flag approx. 3:46 p.m. ET) – NBCSN (Radio: Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90). THIS WEEK: Just as in the Cup series, the driver who finishes ahead of the other three to make the championship race takes home the crown. ... This is the 33rd and final race of the season and the 25th at the track for the series. ... Tyler Reddick won this race last season, and if he can do that again he will be the champion. ... Justin Allgaier (Chevrolet Camaro) won last week at Phoenix to get into the final four, his first win of the season. ... He is joined by Christopher Bell (Toyota Supra), Reddick (Chevrolet Camaro) and Cole Custer (Ford Mustang) starting the race with 4,000 points. Stats and standings per NASCAR.com.

GANDER OUTDOORS TRUCK SERIES FORD ECOBOOST 200 WHERE: Homestead-Miami Speedway; Homestead, Fla. DISTANCE: 134 laps, 201 miles around a 1.5-mile D-shaped oval TV: Friday, 8 p.m. ET (Green flag approx. 8:15 p.m. ET) – FS1 (Radio: Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90). THIS WEEK: It’s a Chevrolet Silverado vs. Ford F-150 affair for the crown after Matt Crafton, winless so far this season, slid into the four-driver championship showdown finale on points in his Ford, along with Chevy drivers Stewart Friesen (two wins), Ross Chastain (three) and Brett Moffitt (four). Whichever driver finishes ahead of the other three Friday night is the champion. ... Friesen won last week at Phoenix to make the final four.

FORMULA ONE BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX WHERE: Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace; Sao Paolo, Brazil. DISTANCE: 71 laps, 190 miles around a 2.677-mile, 15-turn permanent road course TV: Sunday, 12 p.m. ET (Green flag approx. 12:05 p.m. ET) – ESPN2 (Radio: SiriusXM Radio Channel 132). THIS WEEK: Lewis Hamilton won his sixth world championship two weeks ago, finishing second in the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin, Texas. ... Hamilton now trails Michael Schumacher by one championship, and will be the odds-on favorite to win a seventh when the 2020 season opens. ... The series heads this week to Brazil before wrapping up the season in Abu Dhabi on Dec. 1. ... The Pace circuit was around in one form or another since the 1930s, but hosted its first Grand Prix in 1973 with the rise of homegrown stars Emerson Fittipaldi and Pace, with Pace winning the only F1 race of his career at what was then known as Interlagos in 1975. Pace was killed in a private plane crash in 1977 and the circuit was renamed for him. ... Like most pre-WWII tracks, it has banked corners and is quite short by F1 standards.

Maryland and Rutgers still don’t have a chance playing Big Ten football John Feinstein The Washington Post

Not long after the announcements in late 2012 that Maryland and Rutgers would join the Big Ten, I ran into NBA Commissioner David Stern, a Rutgers graduate. I asked him how he felt about his alma mater’s move. He shook his head and said: “Rutgers playing football in the Big Ten? That’s child abuse.” It was meant to be hyperbole. But was it? Maryland and Rutgers are in their sixth seasons playing football in the Big Ten. The numbers are horrific. Rutgers has a record in conference games not played against Maryland of 5-38. This season, with games left against Ohio State, Michigan State and Penn State, the Scarlet Knights aren’t just 0-6 in conference games, they have been outscored 245-24. Their closest game was a 38-10 loss to Illinois. By comparison, Maryland is a juggernaut - even coming off a 73-14 loss at Ohio State in which the Buckeyes led 42-0 at halftime and played everyone but the guy who dotted the “I” in script Ohio at halftime. The Terrapins have one conference win this season, 48-7 over Rutgers, and have been outscored in their six conference losses by a combined 296-73. One of those six games was competitive, the 34-28 loss at home to Indiana. Maryland has two games left, against Nebraska and Michigan State, both of whom have losing records. Unlike Rutgers, they might be able to salvage another win before the season comes to a merciful conclusion. Rutgers’s five non-Maryland victories - the Terrapins are 4-2 in their series with the Scarlet Knights - came against a 5-7 preHarbaugh Michigan team and a 4-8 Indiana in 2014; Indiana again in 2015; and in 2017 against Illinois (in the midst of a winless Big Ten season) and Purdue. Maryland was 4-4 in its first conference season, able to get wins over that mediocre Michigan team that Rutgers beat and a Penn State team still in recovery after the Sandusky scandal. In the four-plus seasons after that, the Terrapins have 10 conference wins, only one over a team that finished the season win a winning record (7-6 Minnesota last year). Are we having fun yet? Rutgers and Maryland joined the conference beginning in 2014 for one reason: money. Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany, who would sell his soul to anyone to make an extra buck, saw many extra bucks in getting into the New York and Washington markets - the better to enhance his Big Ten TV network. Maryland was desperate for money, having been forced to cut seven nonrevenue sports programs while digging out from a budget hole. The Maryland administration was forced, for all intents and purposes to sell its football players to the wolves - or, more accurately, the Wolverines, Buckeyes, Nittany Lions and Spartans - to dial for Big Ten TV

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dollars. Rutgers has always had outsize ambitions for its football program. Like Maryland in the ACC, it was doing just fine in the Big East, competing with the other second-tier football schools and going to second-tier bowls on a regular basis. (Of course, the 1995 move from the Atlantic 10 to the Big East was disastrous for men’s basketball.) Maryland has done just fine in basketball in the Big Ten, although the electricity that used to pulse through the building when Duke and North Carolina came to town is long gone. Football has been an unmitigated disaster. Four head coaches in the six seasons since joining the Big Ten doesn’t begin to tell the story. During the entire Jordan McNair tragedy - from the medical staff’s failure to prevent his death from exertional heatstroke to the Board of Trustees voting to retain DJ Durkin as coach until overwhelmingly negative public response forced them to reverse themselves and fire Durkin - if there was a way to make a terrible situation worse, Maryland found it. Rutgers is only on its third coach - an interim at the moment - but its on-field results have been even more pathetic than Maryland’s. One shudders to

think what the score will be Saturday when Ohio State shows up to play the Scarlet Knights in Piscataway. The Buckeyes could probably bring their JV team and win by three touchdowns. Forget for a moment about the question of whether college players should be paid. In this case, the players are the ones paying for the money-grabbing and the mistakes made by the alleged adults. It’s the players who are getting beaten up physically, mentally and emotionally. It’s the players who have to walk the campus each week after losing by laughingstock scores. It’s the players who wake up on Saturday mornings in the fall knowing they have just about no chance of winning that day. How do you think Maryland’s players felt last Saturday being down 42-0 at the half in front of 100,000 people and a national television audience? How will the Rutgers players feel this coming Saturday? Maryland was doing just fine in the ACC as a football program - quite well until the incredibly shortsighted firing of Ralph Friedgen in 2010 - and would surely have remained competitive in basketball. In 10 seasons as Maryland’s coach, Friedgen won at least nine games on five

occasions. Raise your hand if you think that’s going to happen once anytime soon. As long as Maryland and Rutgers are part of the Big Ten East, they’re going to have to play Ohio State, Penn State, Michigan and Michigan State every year. Since that first outlier season when Penn State and Michigan were down, the Terrapins have one win against those four - beating that 3-9 Michigan State team. They came close against Ohio State a year ago but this isn’t horseshoes, it’s football. The ongoing excuse this fall at Maryland has been injuries - and there have been plenty of them. Injuries, however, are part of football and are more likely when you are physically overmatched by your opponents. The Terrapins didn’t have that problem in the ACC. Except for Florida State in the old days and Clemson today, they could compete with anyone in the conference. Rutgers has one win against the East’s big four - the 2014 victory over Michigan. Since the Scarlet Knights beat Maryland in 2017, they have lost 18 straight Big Ten games, almost all by blowout margins. Rutgers was in a difficult situation when the Big East began to fall apart as a football conference. But it didn’t have to run after the Big Ten’s money. It could have joined the American Athletic Conference - not the Big Ten, but a competitive league - or could have played a reasonable independent schedule for a couple of years until a better conference opportunity came along. Football’s not like basketball, where an independent has no chance to play in postseason. The minor bowls will take just about anybody with a pulse. The money would have been less, but at least the players wouldn’t have been humiliated week after week. Stern was joking when he made his child abuse comment. Sadly, what’s happened is no joke.

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11859A LLC. Filed with SSNY on 10/8/19. Office: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent for process and shall mail to: 160 Fairview Ave, Suite 812195, Hudson, NY 12534. Purpose: any lawful. 2019-2020 Biennial Temporary Assistance and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment Plan The biennial Plan outlines local policy governing employment programs operated to provide employment services for Family Assistance (FA), Safety Net Assistance (SN), and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients as well as optional services for individuals eligible for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) services with incomes up to 200% of the federal poverty level. The Plan includes the Agency’s policy and/or procedure for the approval of training programs, disability determinations and work accommodation procedures, available support services and conciliation procedures. To review the plan, individuals may contact the Principal Social Welfare Examiner, Lindsay Arp, at (518)828-9411 ext. 2126 All comments regarding the plan must be received in writing by close of business on November 30, 2019. Comments may be mailed or dropped off at: Columbia County Department of Social Services 25 Railroad Avenue PO Box 458 Hudson, New York 12534 Attn: Director of Income Maintenance 87 Amy’s Ln, LLC a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on October 10, 2019. Office location: Columbia County, NY. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 422 East 117th Street, Apartment 4, New York, NY 10035. Purpose: General business purposes. Berkshire Transport L.L.C., Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/19/19. Off. loc.: Columbia Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served & shall mail to 21 Brady Ln., Hillsdale, NY 12529. Purp.: any lawful purp.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Hudson, New York will hold Public Hearing on November 20, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Common Council Chambers, City Hall, 520 Warren Street, Hudson, New York on an area variance application from Daniel Solomon and Jeanette Fintz for an addition to their kitchen and to replace and expand an existing garage with a garage and studio spaces at 251 State Street, Tax ID #109.44-1-11. All interested parties will have an opportunity at this time to be heard in connection with said application. GABRIELA GIL, LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/28/19. Office location: Columbia Co. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 1/23/18 SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC 239 Park Ave S, 2C New York, NY 10003. DE address of LLC: 16192 Coastal Hwy Lewes, DE 19958. Arts. Of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, PO Box 898 Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any lawful activity. Legal Notice UNLESS YOUR storage unit is paid and vacated by 1:00 p.m. on November 22, 2019, this legal notice is to notify you that the contents of your storage unit will be disposed of without any further notice to you. Accountable Self Storage 4071 Route 9, Stop 1 Hudson, NY 12534 Unit # 0048 Jovan Surita NOTICE OF FORMATION of 225 Warren Street LLC. Articles of Organization filed with New York Secretary of State on April 29, 2019. Office location: Columbia County. Secretary of State is designated as agent of LLC upon whom service of process against it may be served. Secretary of State shall mail process to 60 Milo Street, Hudson, NY 12534. Purpose: any lawful act or activity within the purposes for which a limited liability company may be organized pursuant to the Limited Liability Company Law.

Organization of MAJESTRIC VALLEY MEDICAL LLC 872 Mountain Avenue Apt 1 Purling, NY 12470 CITY OF HUDSON, filed June 26, 2019 NEW YORK with SSNY 99 WashZONING BOARD OF ington Ave. Albany, NY APPEALS for General Purpose.

INVENTORY LIQUIDATION SALE On November 16th the North Chatham United Methodist Church will be selling tents, tables, shelving, pallets, lights, etc. For more information please go to northchathammethodistchurch.org.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of DK Masonry LLC. Articles of Organization filed with New York Secretary of State on May 20, 2019. Office location: Columbia County. Secretary of State is designated as agent of LLC upon whom service of process against it may be served. Secretary of State shall mail process to P.O. Box 112, Hillsdale, NY 12529. Purpose: any lawful act or activity within the purposes for which a limited liability company may be organized pursuant to the Limited Liability Company Law.

ed Liability Company were filed on September 24, 2019 with the New York Secretary of State. 3. The office of the Limited Liability Company is located in Columbia County. 4. Secretary of State is designated as agent of the Limited Liability Company upon whom process against it may be served. 5. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of process served to the Limited Liability Company to 160 Fairview Avenue, Ste 812-113, Hudson, NY 12534. 6. The latest date to dissolve is indefinite. 7. The purpose of the Limited Liability Company is to Notice of Formation of conduct all lawful acHUDSON ELECTRIC tivity. LLC Articles of Organization filed with NOTICE OF ORthe Secretary of State GANIZATION OF of N.Y. (SSNY) on LIMITED LIABILITY 10/07/2019. Office lo- COMPANY cation: Columbia FIRST: The name of County. SSNY desig- the Limited Liability nated as agent of LLC Company is RUNupon whom process NINGBEAR3 ENTERagainst it may be PRISES LLC (hereinserved. SSNY shall after referred to as the mail copy of process “Company”) to: PO Box 138 , Hud- SECOND: The Articles son, NY 12534. Pur- of Organization of the pose: any lawful ac- Company were filed tivity. with the Secretary of NOTICE OF FORMA- State on November 5, TION of JeedyMom 2019. LLC. Articles of Or- THIRD: The County ganization filed with within the State of New New York Secretary of York in which the ofState on October 29, fice of the Company is 2019. Office location: located is Columbia. Columbia County. FOURTH: The SecreSecretary of State is tary of State has been designated as agent of designated as agent LLC upon whom ser- upon whom process vice of process against against the Company it may be served. Sec- may be served. The retary of State shall post office address to mail process to 911 which the Secretary of Snydertown Road, State shall mail proCraryville, NY 12521. cess is 270 Berkshire Purpose: any lawful Road, Hillsdale, NY, act or activity within 12529. the purposes for which FIFTH: The Company a limited liability com- is organized for all lawpany may be orga- ful purposes, and to do nized pursuant to the any and all things necLimited Liability Com- essary, convenient, or incidental to that purpany Law. pose. NOTICE OF FORMA- Dated: November 5, TION of Main Root 2019 LLC. Articles of Or- FREEMAN HOWARD, ganization filed with P.C. New York Secretary of 441 East Allen Street State on May 23, 2019. P.O. Box 1328 Office location: Colum- Hudson, New York bia County. Secretary 12534 of State is designated DEVELas agent of LLC upon PERENNIAL whom service of pro- OPMENT, LLC, Arts. of cess against it may be Org. filed with the served. Secretary of SSNY on 09/19/2019. State shall mail pro- Office loc: Columbia SSNY has cess to P.O. Box 27, County. Copake, New York been designated as 12516. Purpose: any agent upon whom prolawful act or activity cess against the LLC within the purposes for may be served. SSNY which a limited liability shall mail process to: company may be or- The LLC, 79 South 3rd ganized pursuant to Street, Hudson, NY the Limited Liability 12534. Reg Agent: U.S. Corp. Agents, Inc. Company Law 7014 13th Ave., Ste NOTICE OF FORMA- 202, Brooklyn, NY TION OF LIMITED LI- 11228. Purpose: Any ABILITY COMPANY 1. Lawful Purpose. The name of the Limited Liability Company NOTICE OF SALE SUis Be Colouring, LLC. PREME COURT 2. The Articles of or- COUNTY OF COLUMganization of the Limit- BIA Deutsche Bank

Trust Company Americas, as Trustee for Residential Accredit Loans, Inc., Mortgage Asset-Backed PassThrough Certificates, Series 2006-QS18, Plaintiff AGAINST Laura Gamello, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 9-16-2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Columbia County Courthouse, 401 Union Street, Hudson, NY on December 9, 2019 at 10:00AM, premises known as 236 Hennett Road, Valatie a/k/a Kinderhook, NY 12184. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Kinderhook, County of Columbia and State of New York, SECTION: 54., BLOCK: 1, LOT: 96. Approximate amount of judgment $680,623.41 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #13439/2018. Margaret E. Donnelly, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-088581F00 66377

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF COLUMBIA, DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS CERTIFICATE TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF BOSCO CREDIT II TRUST SERIES 20101, Plaintiff, vs. MARZANA KHANDOKER, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on October 17, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Columbia County Courthouse, 401 Union Street, Hudson, NY 12534 on December 19, 2019 at 10:00 a.m., premises known as 8 and 10 Parkwood Boulevard, Hudson, NY. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the City of Hudson, County of Columbia and State of New York, Section 110.39, Block 1 and Lot 50. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 12209-17. Max Zacker, Esq., Referee Berkman, Henoch, Peterson, Peddy & Fenchel, P.C., 100 Garden City Plaza, Garden City, NY 11530, AttorPUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMA- neys for Plainti TION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY PARDIS PARTOW LLC Articles of Org. filed (LLC) The name of the LLC is NY Sec. of State Steven Rose 237 LLC. (SSNY) 10/17/19. OfArticles of Organiza- fice in Columbia Co. tion filed with Secre- SSNY design. Agent of tary of State of New LLC upon whom proYork (SSNY) on No- cess may be served. vember 6, 2019. New SSNY shall mail copy York office location: of process to The LLC Hancock St 237 County Route 7A, 1085 Town of Copake, Brooklyn NY 11221. County of Columbia Purpose: Any lawful and the State of New activity. York. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: Steven Rose 237 LLC; 372 Central Park West, Suite 11U, New York, New York 10025. Purpose/Character of business: Any lawful business purpose permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Law. This notification is made pursuant to Section 206 of the Limited Liability Company Law. Trespassing, hunting and fishing are strictly forbidden on all properties owned by Sunnyview Farm LLC. Property is patrolled and violators will be prosecuted.

THE TOWN OF GREENPORT WILL BE FLUSHING HYDRANTS M-F, beginning Monday, November 18, 2019 through Friday, December 6, 2019 from 7 AM – 3:30 PM (daytime hours). Thriving Libraries, LLC filed with the SSNY on 10/02/19. Office: Green County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 31 Prospect Ave, Catskill, NY 12414. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. TOWN OF ASHLAND GREENE COUNTY NEW YORK NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EXTENSION OF WATER DISTRICT #1 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a public hearing will be held by the Town Board of the Town of Ashland, Greene County, New York at Town Hall, Main Street, Ashland, New York on November 26, 2019 at 4:00 o’clock PM in the afternoon for the purpose of establishing an extension of the water district known as “Water District #1” in and for the Town of Ashland. Copies of the engineering report and maps of the proposed amended water district are available for review at the Town Clerk’s Office at the Town Hall. ALL persons interested in the matters will be heard at such time and place specified. Dawn Thorp, Town Clerk Town of Ashland November 15, 2019 WKND HOUSE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/30/2019. Office loc: Greene County. SSNY

has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O Ayan Chatterjee, 1717 Centre Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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philosophical zag. - A nurturing style. The coach will develop and motivate raw teenagers in a matter of months, rather than years, given the organization’s longstanding belief that patience is not actually a virtue. - An ability to communicate effectively with millennials and Generation Z. The coach must be able to summon the ghosts of our glorious past without boring the youth of today. Our brightest prospect, RJ Barrett, was born in June 2000 and thus has seen us advance in the playoffs just once in his lifetime. - A charismatic public persona. Our die-hard fan base, which inexplicably has yet to forsake us, and the ravenous

local media demand a straightshooting sound-bite factory. The coach will make regular references to “The Mecca,” hype all positive developments and express grave frustration during losing streaks. - A short memory. Pro basketball is a fast-paced business, and the coach should be comfortable losing roughly half his players every season for the foreseeable future. No exceptions, not even for popular potential stars, such as Kristaps Porzingis. - Thick skin. Kevin Durant, a superstar free agent who elected not to meet with us after we spent months chasing him, recently said we are “not the cool thing in New York.”

Unfortunately, slights like this are unavoidable given our prestige. - An adaptable mindset. Our front office likes to dream big, but dreams don’t always come true. If best-laid plans go awry, the coach should recalibrate on the fly. For example, he should still aim to be competitive when Bobby Portis and Marcus Morris show up instead of Durant and Kyrie Irving. - A comfort being uncomfortable. The coach should welcome his role as a buffer between public criticism and his supervisors, team President Steve Mills and general manager Scott Perry. - Selective blindness. Occasionally, owner James Dolan might become involved in disagreements or legal disputes with fans, rival owners, media personalities and, possibly, former franchise legends. The coach should ignore these and convincingly communicate to reporters that there are no distractions. - A sword. If - really, when - this doesn’t work out in 18 to 24 months, the coach will be expected to fall on it. Does this sound like you? Interested parties can contact The Madison Square Garden Company to apply. This is a full-time, salaried position covered with health, dental and vision benefits, a 401(k) and, inevitably, a generous severance package.

“Jake’s the best,” Alonso said. “I’ve learned a ton just watching how he goes about his business.” DeGrom saw plenty change around him in the last year. His former agent, Brodie Van Wagenen, became the Mets general manager before the season. Despite overseeing deGrom’s first Cy Young campaign, pitching coach Dave Eiland was dismissed in June,

when the starters and bullpen were struggling and the team was 35-39. The staff had a 4.67 ERA, which ranked 20th in the majors, and 16 blown saves, which ranked last. Regan replaced Eiland, and deGrom returned to form in the second half of the season. “I feel like I was trying to better what I did in 2018,” deGrom said of the lackluster start. “I had to focus on what I

was trying to do, not what I’ve done.” After his last start, deGrom acknowledged that he wanted to return to the postseason to feel more fulfilled. On Wednesday, he referred to the Mets’ run to the 2015 World Series against the Royals as “the most fun I’ve had playing baseball.”

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New York Jets head coach Adam Gase during warm up before game against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium.

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Johnson said of his belief in Gase. “Seeing him work with Sam... gives me a lot of confidence. Seeing him work with Joe... It’s a whole new dynamic in this building. It’s a really positive dynamic. They have the same vision for this team going forward. There are a number of reasons, but those are two really big ones I felt confident about Adam as our coach going forward.” There’s a fair case to keep or whack Gase after one season. On one hand, constant coaching turnover would turn Gang Green into a radioactive outfit. On the other, it’s better to cut the cord on the wrong coach rather than waste valuable time before ultimately moving on. There’s also this: The Jets were concerned that they might be setting up Darnold for ruin if they made him learn a third offense in three years, according to sources. In a vacuum, it makes sense for Darnold to try to grow in the same system. Then again, if that system — and that coach — are not good enough, there’s a potentially bigger problem. “It’s absolutely important, but that’s not why I’m keeping Adam,” Johnson said about continuity for Darnold. “That’s

certainly a component. Changing systems year after year is a disaster for a young quarterback, especially.” Regardless, Johnson finally took accountability after hiding for months. He read a prepared statement when Douglas was introduced as Mike Maccagnan’s successor in June, but had not answered any questions about his decisions since May 15 after terminating Maccagnan. It’s fair to wonder if Johnson would have spoken Wednesday if the Jets hadn’t beaten the Giants this past weekend. He remained silent as his team imploded. It was the epitome of poor leadership. The public pressure had intensified in recent weeks. A plane flying over the Hudson River last Friday had a banner that read: FIRE ADAM GASE NOW! There were also rumblings that billboards calling for Gase’s ouster would pop up around MetLife Stadium. Johnson’s approval rating was circling the drain too. Make no mistake: Johnson was feeling the heat as much as Gase, so he gave his guy a public vote of confidence. Johnson has waxed poetic about employees before only to change direction. But he’s hitched his wagon to Gase, for better or worse. Johnson’s reputation and legacy will forever be linked to Gase.

The New York Knicks, a once proud but now significantly less proud professional sports franchise, are seeking a new basketball coach to replace David Fizdale, although he hasn’t been fired (yet). This is a demanding position with a high-profile, two-time championship organization located in the self-proclaimed greatest city in the world. Ideal candidates to become our seventh coach of the past nine seasons will possess the following attributes: - An inspiring, commanding personality. The coach must step into our locker room and make it his own. We’ve hit a bit of a rough patch - a 2-9 start and the worst combined record in the NBA since 2013-14 - and we need a leader who can roll up his sleeves. - A wealth of experience and a deep understanding of X’s and O’s. This is essential. The coach is responsible for all strategic planning and in-game decisions, and will field functional lineups utilizing as many as four power forwards simultaneously. - A desire to go against the grain. Modern best practices involve building a team around shooting and elite perimeter ballhandlers, but we’ve chosen a different path. The coach should fully embrace our

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the National League Rookie of the Year. After completing a record-setting season, Alonso said that he looked up to deGrom, who had established himself as a phenom in New York five years earlier.

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New York Knicks head coach David Fizdale speaks to media members before an NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls at United Center.

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Wedding guest list is full of questions for bride-to-be Dear Abby, I am engaged to the love of my life (“Tom”), and I dread making the guest list for our wedding. I don’t want any of my cousins there. The young ones are rude and obnoxious, and the one who’s an adult I no longer talk to. I asked DEAR ABBY my mom what to do. She said if we invite any kids, then we must invite all of them. We would like my fiance’s young nieces and nephews to be in the wedding party. Tom said he isn’t inviting anyone he doesn’t want there. A few family members invited me to their weddings because my parents were invited, but I don’t feel I know them well enough to invite them to mine, although one couple was kind enough to get us an engagement present. I want to be nice, but I don’t want any nonsense. Please help. Torn In The East

JEANNE PHILLIPS

Your mother has the right idea. Listen to her. Weddings can bring families together, but they can also do the opposite. The relatives you are thinking of excluding are the children of your parents’ siblings. If you don’t know them well, be gracious. Should you snub them while including your fiance’s nieces and nephews, word will get back to them — trust me on that — and the negative repercussions could last for many years and affect not just you but also your

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parents. Dear Abby, I work for a large company that handles calls from all around the U.S. It amazes me how many people call and don’t realize we can’t hear them when their TV is blaring, their kids are screaming or their dogs are barking. My plea to callers: Please choose a quiet, uninterrupted time so we can help you. Also, we are able to hear you when you are using the bathroom during your call, and that includes every little sound you are making. It’s not pleasant, thank you very much! And when we ask you for your mailing address, try to remember that we are not around the block from you. Give us your entire address, including the ZIP code, because lots of states have towns with the same names. And oh, by the way, when you’re eating that snack, the crunching and bag crumpling are like explosions in our ears. Please help us to help you when you call, and be courteous. We are regular people just like you. Here To Help You

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Kratom not a safe choice for anxiety or other symptoms With the current popularity of CBD and hemp products, I wonder your thoughts on Kratom, another plant-derived product. It is sold nearby. Is it an effective way to treat anxiTO YOUR ety? GOOD HEALTH

DR. KEITH ROACH

Kratom is an herb (Mitragyna speciosa) often used as treatment for opioid withdrawal, as a stimulant or sedative (depending on dose), or as a treatment for such diverse medical conditions as diarrhea and muscle pain. It is also used as a recreational drug. I have talked to several people who are very enthusiastic users of this product and who feel it is safe and effective. Unfortunately, the medical literature is much more concerning. There are thousands of reports of adverse effects from kratom, including seizures, hallucinations, coma and death. There were 44 deaths related to kratom in 2017 identified by the Food and Drug Administration. It has addictive potential and may cause withdrawal when stopped. There is no good evidence that kratom is effective for anxiety or any other symptom, and clear evidence of potential for harm, which is why I recommend against its use. Since I can remember, I’ve always had the exact same sleep habits. I go to bed between 10:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., and wake up at 6:00 in the morning. It’s been the same all through my adult life, until about one year ago. I’m 76 and have had high blood pressure since my 30s, a family inheritance. For the past year, I have woken up at 2:00 a.m., go back to sleep, wake up at 4:00. Then I go back to sleep and wake up around 6:00. It’s like this seven days a week. I miss the continuous eight hours of sleep I used to get. I feel tired

occasionally. I’ve tried taking the over-the-counter sleep medications, but they appear to interact with my blood pressure meds and I feel drowsy most of the day. I’ve been on the same medications for years without any issues. I’m very active and still walk 18 holes of golf. Is there something my doctor is missing in my tests? There are many types of sleep problems, and yours is called fractured sleep. Fractured sleep is extremely common as people get older, and it is likely that there would be no abnormality found in any tests your doctor could run. The fact that you have only occasional tiredness makes me suspect your sleep issue is due to the normal physiology of aging than any medical issue causing a sleep disturbance. That being said, there are at least two medical issues that are always worth considering in a person with sleep disturbance. One is sleep apnea, an incredibly common condition where people stop breathing during the night, normally lasting a few seconds, but which can happen many hundreds of times per night, causing fatigue and sleepiness during the day, and sometimes headache, high blood pressure and other problems. The second is depression. Symptoms of depression may be hard to recognize, and a screening set of questions is recommended for all adults, but it is particularly important for pregnant and postpartum women and the elderly. Screening questions are easily done by your physician. It’s possible your doctor is missing a cause, but a thorough history and physical examination is worth more than tests, and it’s also possible there’s nothing wrong.

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Horoscope By Stella Wilder Born today, you are bound and determined to do things your own way, even if it means you must sacrifice what others would consider sacred and suffer through difficulties that would simply be too much for most ordinary mortals. You can be rather impatient with those who seem to be stuck by tradition, morals or expectations, and though you may be friendly with such people at times, it is not likely that they will ever be your friends. You will make decisions that affect others again and again in your lifetime, and you must never back away from a challenge merely because it requires you to think about things in ways that do not come naturally to you. You can benefit greatly from experimenting with other beliefs and points of view, as circumstances allow. Also born on this date are: Georgia O’Keeffe, artist; Petula Clark, actress and singer; Sam Waterston, actor; Ed Asner, actor; Joseph Wapner, TV judge; Felix Frankfurter, Supreme Court Justice. To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16

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SUPER QUIZ

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

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

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

Animal talk Level 1

Each answer contains the name of an animal. (e.g., Term for the largest portion of something. Answer: The lion’s share.) Freshman level 1. A person could be this animal in “sheep’s clothing.” 2. You can say this phrase instead of “Wait a minute!” 3. Three-word term for a pursuit that is a waste of time. Graduate level 4. Term for a person who is close-minded and stubborn. 5. A person who is limited to one good ability may be called this. 6. Don’t ignore this big animal if it is in a room with you. PH.D. level 7. You might say this about something that really annoys you. 8. If you avoid something in a sneaky way you do this. 9. Feline expression indicating that something is really great.

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

(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: YUCKY ADMIT TODDLE BANANA Answer: The 9-to-5 coal miners worked — DAY IN AND DAY OUT

Solution to Thursday’s puzzle

11/15/19 Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit

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SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Wolf. 2. Hold your horses! 3. Wild goose chase. 4. Pigheaded. 5. Onetrick pony. 6. Elephant. 7. It really gets my goat. 8. Weasel out of it. 9. It’s the cat’s meow. 18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?

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Crossword Puzzle Mother Goose & Grimm ACROSS 1 “__ push comes to shove…” 5 Pitfall 9 Farmer’s yield 13 Witches’ spells 15 Corridor 16 “Penny __”; Beatles hit 17 Up in arms 18 Driver’s required purchase 20 Nonprofit network 21 Dog __; military ID 23 Business consolidation 24 Scrap covering a clothing tear 26 Name with Ginnie or Fannie 27 Gushed forth 29 Trio & quartet combined 32 __ Haute, IN 33 Italian autos 35 Bottom file drawer, perhaps 37 “Queen for __” of old TV 38 Leaves one’s car 39 Cookie recipe verb 40 Flying mammal 41 Identical 42 Runs competitively 43 __-known; not as famous 45 Most immaculate 46 __ degree; somewhat 47 Word attached to news or sand 48 Salesmen’s pitches 51 Small number 52 Word of disgust 55 Large terriers 58 Steer clear of 60 Lump of dirt 61 As __ as a pin 62 Indian lute 63 Mattel’s boy dolls 64 Trike riders 65 Short note DOWN 1 Mixer speed 2 Sage or thyme

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3 Try the patience of 4 Badminton court divider 5 Piece of chicken 6 Galloped 7 Gore & his dad 8 Falls sharply & abruptly 9 Red wine 10 Chimed 11 __ in a blue moon 12 One’s equal 14 Sofa 19 Gathers crops 22 Author Doyle’s initials 25 Haywire 27 Use a dagger 28 Ride a bike 29 For old time’s __; in honor of memories 30 Make worse 31 Little children 33 Just; impartial 34 Annoy 36 Bar soap brand

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Non Sequitur

38 Agreeable 39 Uncovered 41 __ as the hills 42 India’s dollars 44 Trusty mounts 45 Skillet 47 Pillars 48 Quarterback’s woe

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49 Stack 50 Common metal 53 Early man 54 Rescuer 56 Baseball’s Durocher 57 Break a fast 59 Energy

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