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Finch defeats Davis in Catskill

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CATSKILL — Republican Dale Finch is the winner of the race for Catskill Town Supervisor with a lead of 42 votes over incumbent Democrat Doreen Davis after a count of absentee ballots. Davis ran on the Democratic, Independence and SAM party lines. Davis trailed Finch by just two votes on election night. As the county began counting absentee ballots Nov. 20, it became clear she could not bridge the gap, Davis said. “It goes without saying that I am tremendously disappointed in the results,” Davis said. “It was a very close race and I ran on a team record of

accomplishments as a bipartisan board that was focused on good government for all. It was a bit frustrating to see local Republican leadership link my candidacy to polarized Doreen Davis national themes telling local voters that voting for a Democrat would bring Elizabeth Warren to Catskill.” Finch said he is looking forward to taking office Jan. 1. “I am grateful for the opportunity to serve the residents and taxpayers of Catskill,” Finch said. “I thank Doreen

for her years of service to the town.” Davis, who does not plan to challenge the results, thanked her supporters. “I was honored to have support of a wide swath of votDale Finch ers across a board — Democrats, Republicans, Independents and those of no party at all,” Davis said. “My thanks to all of them for their open and sometimes quiet support. They knew we were making progress as a community and wanted to see it continue without the partisan paralysis that is seen in much of our

government.” The race for supervisor, which ended in a 1,419-1,377 tally, shows the importance of voting, Finch said. “The slim margins demonstrate the importance of every vote,” he said. During her four years of service, Davis has committed herself to improving the quality of life for Catskill residents, she said. “I’m most proud of the four years that we worked together as a team,” Davis said. “Not once during the entire term did we ever view an issue through the lens of a party or a politician,” Davis said. “I will miss our employees. See FINCH A8

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Cosmic Cinemas, 160 Fairview Ave., opened its doors for the first time in November 2018.

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GREENPORT — A year after opening, Cosmic Cinemas temporarily shuttered its doors at its Fairview Avenue theater Friday with no immediate plans to reopen. A sign taped to the door of the theater at 160 Fairview Ave. on Friday reads: “There will be no showings today. We apologize for the inconvenience.” A banner on the Cosmic Cinemas website Monday reported that the company’s website was “offline.” In November 2018, Cosmic

Cinemas, a movie theater, restaurant and bar combo opened its doors to patrons with 7 p.m. showings of “Widows,” “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” and “Instant Family.” The theater touted a new kind of experience in which cell phones and talking babies would not be permitted (during certain hours), and offered new dining options, such as pizza and salad, wings and craft beer and wine. New theater seats with tables in front were installed so audiences could See COSMIC A8

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CATSKILL — Two members of the Catskill Housing Authority board resigned Friday after a contentious meeting. Former board member Erica Brantley spoke during the public comment section Nov. 20 and called board member Kimberly Jones-Holt’s recent behavior inappropriate. Brantley alleged Jones-Holt had been fraternizing with former director Nina Krupski, who resigned in September.

Jones-Holt and board member Louise Schwartz resigned after the meeting. The Authority and Krupski are in litigation and such contact breaks the U.S. Housing and Urban Development agency’s code of ethics for board commissioners, Brantley said. But the board’s attorney, Lisa Joslin, said Monday there is no litigation between the parties. Jones-Holt and board member Louise Schwartz resigned

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Friday. Board member Patrick McCulloch said he will resign at the end of December, citing personal reasons. His term expires in August 2020. Brantley directed her comments toward Jones-Holt about a photo Jones-Holt posted on her Facebook page of herself and Krupski on Nov. 11. “Countless residents expressed their displeasure to See BOARD A8 Ballot Sponsored by

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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday that he was “flabbergasted” that his Navy secretary tried to make a secret deal with the White House in which a Navy SEAL accused of war crimes could retire as a member of the elite force if President Donald Trump stayed out of the case. The offer by Richard Spencer, who was ousted by Esper on Sunday, contradicted what he had told Esper and other senior defense officials in recent days: that he was considering resigning if Trump forced the issue, Esper said. Esper said that when he met with Army and Navy leaders a few weeks ago to discuss the cases of the SEAL, Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, and two U.S. soldiers, they all agreed to rely on the military’s legal system and administrative processes. But the defense secretary said he learned Friday from White House officials Spencer had offered an alternative that he had not run by Esper, his superior at the Pentagon. “This proposal was completely contrary to what we agreed to, and contrary to Secretary Spencer’s public position. Chairman Milley and I were completely caught offguard, and realized that it had undermined everything we had been discussing with the

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president,” Esper said, referring to Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Trump intervened on behalf of Gallagher and the two other service members earlier this month despite opposition raised by military justice experts and some senior Pentagon officials. Spencer, in a letter to Trump obtained by The Post, did not mention any disagreement with Esper but said he has tried to ensure that legal proceedings were fair. “Unfortunately it has become apparent that in this

respect, I no longer share the same understanding with the Commander in Chief who appointed me, in regards to the key principle of good order and discipline,” Spencer wrote. “I cannot in good conscience obey an order that I believe violates the sacred oath I took in the presence of my family, my flag and my faith to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Esper said he told Trump on Saturday that he would ask for Spencer’s resignation, and that the president supported his decision. On Sunday, Trump

directed Esper to allow Gallagher to retire as a SEAL, and Esper said he would do so. “While I believe strongly in process, the issue should not now be thrown into the laps of a board of senior [enlisted sailors] to sort out,” Esper said. “As professional as they are, no matter what they would decide they would be criticized from many sides, which would further drag this issue on, dividing the institution. I want the SEALs and the Navy to move beyond this now, and get fully focused on their warfighting mission.”

U.S. resumes operations against Islamic State Eric Schmitt

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Defense Secretary Mark Esper asked and received the resignation of Navy Secretary Richard Spencer on Sunday over his handling of the case of a Navy SEAL accused of war crimes in Iraq. in this file photo, Spencer, then-secretary of the Navy speaks with crew members of the USS Gabrielle Giffords at Naval Base San Diego in 2017.

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MANAMA, Bahrain — U.S. troops have resumed largescale counterterrorism missions against the Islamic State group in northern Syria, military officials said, nearly two months after President Donald Trump’s abrupt order to withdraw U.S. troops opened the way for a bloody Turkish crossborder offensive. U.S.-backed operations against Islamic State fighters in the area effectively ground to a halt for weeks despite warnings from intelligence analysts that Islamic State militants were beginning to make a comeback from Syrian desert redoubts even though their leader, Abu

Bakr al-Baghdadi, had been killed during a U.S. raid Oct. 26. On Friday, U.S. soldiers and hundreds of Syrian Kurdish fighters — the same local allies the Trump administration abandoned to fend for themselves against the Turkish advance last month — reunited to conduct what the Pentagon said was a large-scale mission to kill and capture Islamic State fighters in Deir el-Zour province, about 120 miles south of the Turkish border. “Over the next days and weeks, the pace will pick back up against remnants of ISIS,” Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, the commander of the military’s Central Command, told reporters on the sidelines of

the Manama Dialogue security conference in Bahrain on Saturday, using an alternative name for the Islamic State. The resumption of extensive counterterrorism operations capped a tumultuous two months in which many of the nearly 1,000 U.S. troops in northeastern Syria flew or drove out of the country under Trump’s withdrawal order. Separately, several hundred other troops, some with armored Bradley Fighting Vehicles, arrived from Iraq and Kuwait under a subsequent order from Trump to protect Syria’s eastern oil fields from the Islamic State, as well as from the Syrian government and its Russian partners.

When the dust settles on all of the troop movements, McKenzie said he would have about 500 U.S. forces, or half of what he had before Trump’s directives, operating in an area east of the Euphrates River and Deir el-Zour, north to al-Hasakah and into Syria’s far northeast along the border with Iraq. The operation Friday in Deir el-Zour province against several Islamic State compounds killed or wounded “multiple” Islamic State fighters and resulted in the capture of more than a dozen others, according to a statement from the U.S. military coalition in Baghdad, which oversees the operations in Syria.

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Luxury giant LVMH to buy Tiffany for $16.2 billion Amie Tsang and Vanessa Friedman The New York Times News Service

LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world’s largest luxury goods company, said Monday it had reached an agreement to buy the jeweler Tiffany & Co. in a $16.2 billion deal, the largest ever in the luxury sector. The acquisition will give LVMH a bigger foothold in the United States, as well as help Tiffany in Europe and China. It will also cement the status of Bernard Arnault, the LVMH chairman and chief executive, as the most acquisitive dealmaker in the luxury business. “Tiffany is an American icon and was on the list of brands for a long time we thought was a good potential match,” Arnault said from Paris. The acquisition would add another prominent U.S. name

to the LVMH stable of brands, which includes Dior, Givenchy, Fendi and Dom Pérignon. The deal would help propel the French luxury company into a leadership position not only in traditional soft luxury goods like clothing and handbags, but also what is known as the hard luxury sector, which includes watches and jewelry. Some analysts expect the announcement to kick off other deals as brands fight to compete in a world of behemoths like LVMH and Richemont. The agreement with Tiffany, known for its signature blue boxes and the Audrey Hepburn film “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” is the second major investment in a U.S. brand for LVMH this year after it created a new luxury house, Fenty, with Rihanna, the musician-actor-style setter.

The deal will leverage LVMH’s presence and expertise in China to help Tiffany expand in the region, where they will look to bring more of their goods to mainland consumers in an effort to tap into their spending power. Chinese tourist spending has been hit hard by the depreciation of the yuan, the trade war between the United States and China and protests in Hong Kong. Arnault said he also believed the brand had real potential to expand its reach in Europe. Tiffany is “strong in the U.S. and Japan, but weak in Europe and not up to growth in China,” Arnault said. “There we can help a lot, find the best locations.” The deal, which still requires the approval of Tiffany’s shareholders, is expected to close in the middle of next year.

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Child rape suspect jailed By Amanda Purcell Columbia-Greene Media

HUDSON — The suspect in an alleged child rape case was sent to Columbia County Jail on $20,000 bail after a second bail hearing in his case Friday. Mohammed Ali, 67, of State Street in the city, was arraigned Nov. 14 in City Court, 701 Union St., on three class B felonies: one count of first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child; two counts of first-degree rape; and six class D felonies: one count of second-degree course of sexual conduct against a child and five counts of first-degree sexual abuse. Ali appeared for a bail conference Friday in Columbia County Court, 401 Union St., after his case was transferred there from city court. All felony cases in Columbia County are eventually heard in county court. County Court Judge Richard Koweek, in response to a request by Columbia County District Attorney Paul Czajka, heard arguments in favor and against bail in Ali’s case.

Czajka expressed frustration on Nov. 14 when Hudson City Judge Brian Herman ordered Ali’s Mohammed Ali release on the conditions that Ali surrender his passport and that he appear at the Columbia County Department of Probation once a day before 10 a.m. “These are children victims,” Czajka said Nov. 14. “This man is released on his own recognizance only to provide opportunity for him to go after them again.” On Friday, the DA’s office once again asked for Ali to be sent to jail without bail, while defense attorney Michael Howard sought Ali’s release. Czajka said Ali could face additional charges for acts that allegedly occurred since Ali’s arraignment. “Since his arraignment, the defendant has indirectly attempted to intimidate one or more victims, which has

caused severe problems, obviously with those victims and with their ability to proceed as had been planned with respect to the prosecution of this matter,” Czajka said. Koweek asked Czajka if that means the district attorney’s office is considering filing witness tampering charges. But Czajka indicated that the charges, if filed, are not imminent. “It includes communications to persons overseas,” Czajka said. “It is extremely complicated, judge.” Ali is a former resident of Bangladesh and a U.S. citizen. Howard argued that Ali, who has no criminal record, has strong ties to the area, is a local businessman, and a member of the Bangladeshi community and the local mosque. Four of his six children, one of whom is an NYPD officer, appeared in court Friday to show support for their father, who is fighting the charges. Ali has appeared every day to the county Department of Probation Office before 10 a.m. as

ordered by the city judge, Howard said. “He’s not running,” Howard said. “He’s not hiding. He’s not trying to evade the process in any form or fashion. He has complied in every regard. I don’t know anything about the indirect attempt to intimidate victims. There is nothing before you. There’s no formal charges indicating he did anything.” Ali voluntarily turned himself in when a warrant was issued for his arrest by Hudson police, Howard said. A deposition from one of the alleged victims dates back to 2016, but charges were not filed until this year, Howard said. “So if they wanted to, they should have arrested him immediately if they thought there was some ongoing fear or concern, the paperwork belies that,” Howard said. Hudson Police Chief L. Edward Moore explained Friday why there is generally a gap between the alleged victim’s initial report to police and the alleged suspect’s arrest. “The fact that the law on the statute of limitations was

recently changed speaks to the fact that cases such as these take time so as to not further traumatize the victims,” he said. “We work at the victims’ pace, and, in this case, we took time to gather evidence and an accurate translation.” Howard said Ali’s family is in contact with people in Bangladesh to discuss his case to prove his lack of culpability and because his son had scheduled his wedding there. Koweek ordered Ali to surrender a second Bangladesh passport, though it expired in 2007 and Ali has since become a U.S. citizen. Koweek said he balanced the community contacts and the severity of the charges before ordering Ali to jail on $20,000 bail. Ali is still directed to appear before 10 a.m. each morning to the county Department of Probation office, if he makes bail, Koweek said. To reach reporter Amanda Purcell, call 518-828-1616 ext. 2500, or send an email to apurcell@thedailymail.net, or tweet to @amandajpurcell.

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Hey Coeymans, what’s the poop? By Melanie Lekocevic Columbia-Greene Media

COEYMANS — Some say politics is a dirty game and it looks like that may be the case in Coeymans. An anonymous sender mailed boxes Monday of what appeared to be cow dung to three outgoing Democratic officials, one former Democratic candidate, and several other municipal employees, officials and former officials in town. The stinky packages were sent to outgoing Town Supervisor Philip Crandall, Deputy Town Supervisor Tom Dolan, Town Councilman James Youmans, and former Democratic town council candidate Michael McGuire. Two others — a member of the town’s Conservation Advisory Council and a resident in the hamlet who have not been identified — also received packages Monday, Dolan said. “All were people who were vocal supporters of ours and support the same things we support at Town Board

meetings,” Dolan said. While the sender’s identity is unknown, the packages have been turned over to the Coeymans Police Department, Dolan said. Acting Police Chief Daniel Contento could not be reached Friday for comment after multiple calls. Youmans said the first package was addressed to Crandall and was opened by a town employee. At that point, they realized the other two council members — Dolan and Youmans — had received similar packages, which were not opened. Youmans said he never saw his package, adding it was “a waste of money” for the sender of the package. “It is just a classless thing to do,” Youmans said. “I didn’t even run in the election and I was very quiet about it. I congratulated the winners, so I don’t know why someone thought it was appropriate to send me this. It illustrates some of the reasons why I don’t want to be involved

anymore.” Youmans did not run for reelection in November. Crandall, Dolan and McGuire were defeated at the polls. The packages were sent anonymously through an internet-based company, Poop Senders. On the website, the company offers packages of “cow dung,” “elephant crap,” “gorilla poop” and the “combo pack,” which includes all three. Prices range from $17.95 for a quart of cow dung to $88.95 for the mega-pack sized combo pack to The Five Pounder on sale at $249.95. The company promises the senders’ names will not be released. The type of excrement in the packages sent to the officials is unclear, but it appears to be from a cow, Dolan said.

“The person who opened it saw it was poop in a bag, Dolan said. “I am not a poop expert, but it was described to me as cow poop and it was consistent with the look of cow poop. To the best of my knowledge, it was cow poop.” Six people have reported receiving similar deliveries in the mail, but more may be out there, Dolan said. “This is really a new low in local politics, as far as I am concerned,” Dolan said. “I don’t mind people disagreeing with me or yelling at me, but town employees shouldn’t have to deal with this.” Dolan also said the packages are not the only instance of harassment he has dealt with in recent months. For the past several months, he said he received “threatening messages on

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Facebook,” people parking outside his house and honking their horn disruptively, and bright lights shined in his home’s windows at night. Dolan said it is not clear what prompted the incidents. “For months, since this campaign began, or perhaps it is due to the Clean Air Law, we have all been subjected to things we never experienced before, but this is a new low,” Dolan said. The Clean Air Law was adopted by the Coeymans Town Council in a split vote in March.. The law puts stricter regulations on largescale waste burning in the town. Crandall declined to comment on the incident.

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Proposed law will tear family bonds apart Greene County lawmakers are asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo to veto the Preserving Family Bonds Act, which will allow parents whose parental rights have been terminated due to proven abuse, permanent neglect or abandonment of their children to obtain courtordered visitation or other contact with those children even after they have been cleared for adoption. We agree with the county Legislature and think this bill, despite its reassuring name, will tie up adoption-eligible children in the family court system indefinitely rather than getting the children placed immediately with another family member or in a more permanent foster home. It will also have a chilling effect on adoption and an adverse impact on willing foster families and the Department of Social Services. Under current law, parental rights are terminated after a judge has heard evidence proving the parent abandoned, abused or permanently neglected the child. If the new law is enacted, it would, in effect, cancel out termination of parental rights. Instead it

would allow the parent who was found, on indisputable evidence, to have abandoned, abused or permanently neglected the child to be absolved of all liability for child support, day care costs or medical expenses. But this same abusive or neglectful parent would still be able to petition for an order of visitation or other contact with the child. Another consequence of the new law is that the courts will become a pervasive and constant presence in the life of the child. Good and reputable foster families may be discouraged from adoption, which can take two years or more, by the courts’ endless granting, rescinding or changing orders of visitation. And there is a financial cost to consider. Declining adoption rates could reduce badly needed state funding for foster care. We think the Greene County Legislature is right to ask Cuomo to veto this bill and Greene lawmakers should convince their Columbia County colleagues to do the same. Far from preserving family bonds, this legislation will more likely tear them apart.

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“The Navy will NOT be taking away Warfighter and Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher’s Trident Pin. This case was handled very badly from the beginning. Get back to business!” With that contemptuous tweet on Thursday, President Donald Trump extended his subversion of the justice and discipline that are so foundational to the nation’s armed forces. His interventions in this case and that of two other service members undercut military leadership and dishonor the men and women who serve their country while upholding - not abandoning - its values. Against the advice of top Pentagon officials, Trump this month pardoned Navy Seal Chief Petty Officer Gallagher, convicted by a military court of posing for a trophy photo with a corpse of a fighter in Iraq; Army 1st Lt. Clint Lorance, convicted in 2013 of two counts of second-degree murder after ordering his soldiers to fire into a group of unarmed Afghans; and Army Maj. Mathew Golsteyn, awaiting trial on charges that he

killed an Afghan man. It was the first time a president had pardoned a service member for war crimes, and it prompted fierce backlash from veterans and legal experts who said it will erode the system of military justice and hurt U.S. credibility abroad. Trump’s response was to add fuel to the fire, issuing Thursday’s tweet challenging plans by Navy commanders to strip Gallagher of his Trident pin, a badge of honor, and expel him from the SEALs. This elite force has been shaken by a series of scandals in recent years, prompting Navy officials to take a tougher stance on ethical issues. Restoring to service someone who was turned in by members of his unit who wouldn’t tolerate his behavior sends precisely the wrong message. The damage was compounding on Sunday with news that Navy Secretary Richard Spencer was being forced out. The commander in chief’s corrupting influence is ever widening. Trump has taken his cues, as The Washington Post’s Dan Lamothe and

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Auschwitz exhibit is a powerful reminder of the unimaginable NEW YORK — From the mountains of shoes that were worn by Jews when they were packed into railroad freight cars bound for Auschwitz, the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust displays one: a woman’s red dress pump with a threeinch heel. It prompts viewers to wonder: Where did she think she was going? Perhaps she did not have time to think when she was swept into the vortex of one of Europe’s innumerable roundups. She was destined for the unimaginable, where she probably vanished quickly: 900,000 of the 1.3 million people sent there were murdered shortly after their arrival. The New York Times of January 28, 1945, reported on its front page the Red Army’s arrival the day before at Auschwitz, which the story described, in its 16th paragraph, as a place where more than a million “persons” were murdered. Persons. Of them, 1 million were Jews. A yellowed Times edition from that date is displayed today in the museum, which is located on Manhattan’s southern tip, near the spot where, in 1654, 23 Jews who had come from Spain and Portugal, via Brazil, became the first Jews in what was then New Amsterdam. The museum’s six-sided Core building evokes the sixpointed star of David, and the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust, which is the subject of a shattering exhibit, “Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.” The eloquence of the artifacts, which were first seen when the exhibit opened in Madrid and will be seen elsewhere in North America, is welcome testimony, in an age obsessed with new media, to the power of an old medium: the museum. The exhibit includes Reinhard Heydrich’s gift for Hermann Goering on his 47th

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WILL birthday. Before Heydrich was assassinated by Czech partisans in 1942, he was the “architect of the Final Solution.” His gift was a piece of parchment: the original 1551 proclamation, signed by the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, requiring Jews to attach to their garments a yellow circle. The seeds of the Holocaust germinated for centuries in Europe’s social soil. They did not, however, have to come to their cataclysmic fruition. Other artifacts include Heinrich Himmler’s handwriting in his annotated first edition of “Mein Kampf.” And a photo of Anne Frank’s parents’ wedding. And a child’s shoe with a sock carefully tucked into it, waiting for the child to put it back on after the “shower” to which he had been directed, from which he did not return. Did you know that eight of the 15 participants in the Jan. 20, 1942, Wannsee Conference, which finalized plans for the industrialization of murder, had doctoral degrees? Education is not necessarily an inoculation against evil. Only two participants were older than 50: Genocide was a project for up-andcomers, idealists who acquired the ideals from socialization under totalitarianism. The exhibit includes grainy, black-and-white film of a passing freight train shedding notes the way a tree shed leaves in autumn, notes tossed from between the freight cars’ slats

by the human cargo who were desperate to scatter random traces of themselves before the final darkness. One was tossed from a train leaving Holland by 17-year-old Hertha Aussen: “Most likely this will be the last card you will receive from me.” Three days later she was murdered on arrival at Auschwitz. What also died at Auschwitz is — was — what is known as the Whig theory of history, which holds, or held, that the there is an inevitable unfolding of history in the direction of expanding liberty under law. Just as the Holocaust was not inevitable, neither is the triumph of enlightenment: History is not a ratchet that clicks only one way. Today, in several parts of the world, including on the dark, churned and bloody ground of central Europe, there are various forms of political regression. These are marked by a recrudescence of the bloodand-soil tribalism of degenerate nationalism, accompanied by thinly veiled, or not at all veiled, antisemitism. Visitors entering “Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away” immediately walk past these words of Primo Levi, an Auschwitz survivor: “It happened, therefore it can happen again.” Today in China’s far west, concentration camps hold more than a million people who Beijing says show “symptoms” of being “infected” with the “virus” of “unhealthy thoughts.” Similar medical terminology presented the Holocaust as social hygiene. Polls indicate that a majority of millennials do not know what Auschwitz was. The future might teach them by analogies. George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com. (c) 2019, Washington Post Writers Group

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CMH is great! To the editor: Just had a complete knee replacement by Dr. Gorzinsiki with the new robotic equipment at CMH. From “this will just be a pinch” to

my final discharge instructions, everyone was pleasant, helpful and encouraging, even the aide who helped me pick out my food choices. And the food is really good, like a

fancy restaurant. I could not be more pleased by my experience at our own Columbia Memorial Hospital. MARGIE LAURIE VALATIE

C- GCC ‘Never Forget’ series To the editor: I attended the third session in a series entitled “Never Forget” held at C-GCC. Each of these events have been focused on events in history that tend to fade from people’s memories. The intention of the program is to bring these events to the forefront, challenge preconceived notions and encourage discussion. Friday, Nov. 8’s event was amazing in that we had an opportunity to have a first-person recounting of history dated in June of 1969 — the date of the Stonewall Riot — what many people mark as the start of the LGBTQ movement.

We heard from two survivors of the riot and one of the current National Park Service officers who currently serves at the Stonewall Monument. The speakers described in open and honest language about what it was like to be beaten by the police, just for being present at a “gay” bar and their non-conformance to what the powers-to-be felt were traditional male and female clothing and behavior. A video is available that shows the actual report of the night’s experience. I am just writing to say how impactful this event was. I’ll even say it was life-changing.

A group of five C-GCC faculty/ staff have had the sole vision for this series. They have combined abilities to blend history, psychology, visual aids and the connections needed to lure amazing public speakers and provide unique educational experiences to the public. I also attended the previous two events, The Holocaust/ Kristallnacht and Women’s Suffrage. Both were great. This third event was fabulous. I can’t wait to see what they come up with next. Stay tuned. KUDOS TO C-GCC. PATRICIA FECHER CLAVERACK

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Mary Abitabile Novack Mary Abitabile Novack 99, ing; Sunday family dinner tradia lifelong resident of Hudson, tions in earlier years where she died Saturday, November 23, helped serve the homemade 2019 at the Whittier Nursing pasta, meatballs and homeHome in Ghent, New York. Born made wine, to birthday and holiFebruary 15, 1920, she was the day celebrations large and small daughter of the late Filippo and through many decades and Francesca (Gentile) Abitabile. the celebration of many regular Mary worked many years at daily “happy hours”. She loved the Universal Match Factory as music and traveled every weeka receptionist and greeted every end with her husband Frank to visitor in great fashion style with listen to him play the drums and a bright smile, humor to dance with him in the and friendly conversaCatskill Mountains. She tion. She loved her job was always there to as she loved her life. support her father and For a period of time unmother throughout her der Mayor Yusko, she adult life and cared for was the Commissioner them with devotion in for the Aged and she their last days. Mary is also enjoyed her memalso survived by many bership and good times wonderful great and Novack with everyone involved great great nieces and with the Sons and nephews who also had Daughters of Italy. . She was a many opportunities to witness loving Aunt, who along with her and build wonderful memories brothers and sisters, was de- that will be shared with future voted to her extended family. generations to come. Many of Mary was predeceased by her the youngest in the extended husband Frank Novack, by two family will always remember brothers, Antonio “Tiney” Ab- her for her famous reply to evitabile, Paul Abitabile and sisters ery story shared with her as she Julia Gallo and Rose Quigley. grew older…… “Oh my god, Mary is survived by many nieces isn’t that just wonderful”. and nephews: Patricia QuigCalling hours will be Wednesley Jarvis, William J. Quigley, day, November 27, 2019 from Jr., Phillip Abitabile, Fran Ab- 10:00 am – 12:00 pm at the itabile, Paul Abitabile, Maureen Sacco funeral home, 700 Town Abitabile, Rosemary Tanzillo, Hall Drive, Hudson, NY 12534. Frances Gallo, Catherine Gallo Services will follow at 12:00PM and Anthony Gallo. She is pre- at the funeral home. Burial will deceased by niece Susan Ab- be in Cedar Park Cemetery. In itabile and nephew John Gallo. lieu of flowers donations may She most loved the time she be made in Mary’s memory to a shared with her family includ- personal charity of choice.

Rick Perry, under scrutiny for his Ukraine trip, says Trump is God’s ‘chosen one’ Julie Zauzmer The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — Secretary of Energy Rick Perry believes that President Donald Trump was chosen by God to lead the country - and he handed the president a one-page description of morally flawed biblical kings as inspiration, he said. “God’s used imperfect people all through history. King David wasn’t perfect. Saul wasn’t perfect. Solomon wasn’t perfect,” Perry said in an interview on Fox News. Trump himself caused a stir in August when he described himself in seemingly messianic terms: In one day, he looked to the sky while calling himself “the chosen one” to handle trade policy, and quoted the words of a conspiracy-theorist radio host who likened Trump to “the King of Israel” and “the second coming of God.” Perry says he told the president that this posturing, which some critics took as egotistical or even blasphemous, was correct. “‘Mr. President . . . you said you were the chosen one,’ “ Perry recalled saying in the Oval Office. “I said, ‘You were . . . You are here in this time because God ordained you.’” He noted that he believes Barack Obama was also ordained by God for the presidency. It’s a common view among some evangelical Christians. Some of Trump’s loudest evangelical defenders, like Franklin Graham, often compare him to sinful but important biblical kings, especially King David -who wrote the beautiful Psalms and slayed Goliath, but also impregnated Bathsheba and then calculated to have her husband killed.

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Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, left, leads a prayer during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Nov. 19, 2019.

It’s a less common theme among political figures, prior to Perry’s comments on Fox News. Perry, whose trip to Ukraine for the inauguration of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is under scrutiny as the House impeachment inquiry probes the Trump administration’s dealings with Ukraine, went on to say that he believes Trump will not be removed from office. (“Oh, Lord, no. Not even close,” he said, when Fox’s Ed Henry asked him about the possibility that Republican senators might eventually vote to impeach the president.) “He will muscle right on through this. He is an extraordinary individual,” Perry said. “We’ve got a mission here and we’re going to get through it.” Perry has served as energy secretary since the beginning of the Trump administration,

and is soon to leave his post. He led a prayer last week at his final cabinet meeting. The former Texas governor, who ran against Trump in the 2016 Republican primary for president, grew up in the mainline United Methodist denomination, a church with a more liberal stance on some theological questions. He and his wife were active in a United Methodist church for years, including teaching confirmation classes. But in 2007, he joined a more conservative, evangelical megachurch. His political message has often been overtly Christian, in ways both symbolic and tangible. He has said the country is based on Christian values and his own political path has been directed by God; he has also signed anti-abortion legislation while visiting an evangelical school, and participated in

Constitutionally-barred prayer at public school. In Trump’s cabinet, that puts him in good company. Many of Trump’s cabinet secretaries are beloved by white evangelical voters, who sometimes have put aside their skepticism about Trump’s own moral compass because they saw the firm Christians he surrounded himself with. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently was criticized by some and praised by others for promoting on the State Department’s homepage his speech, “Being a Christian Leader.” Perry said that he has attended a Wednesday morning cabinet Bible study with a large number of secretaries, including Sonny Perdue, Ben Carson, Alex Azar, Alex Acosta and Betsy DeVos. They do some business alongside discussing the Bible, he said.

Anthony and Theresa Arcodia Sr Anthony and Theresa Arcodia Sr. of Catskill, married for 66 years, both died within hours of each other at Albany Medical Center Hospital. Anthony was born July 20, 1929 in Manhattan, NYC, the son of the late Cono and Calogera (Spagnolo) Arcodia. Anthony served in the United States Army. Theresa was born February 28, 1930 in Queens, NY, the daughter of the late Vincenzo and Linda (Battista) Visceglia. Anthony married Theresa on April 25, 1953. Anthony was a patrolman with the New York City Police Department for 25 years, and worked together with Terry at Green Lake Homestead for many years before their retirement. Formerly of Richmond Hill, Queens, together Tony and Terry raised their 5 children; Patricia (Philip) Kenyon; Nicholas (Eileen) Arcodia; Carol ( Andrew) Scheriff; Anthony (Sheila) Arcodia, Diane (Paul) Johnson; 14 grandchildren; and 7 great-

grandchildren. Terry is also survived by a sister, Maria Bornschein, and a brother, Donato Visceglia. Tony is also survived by two sisters, Ida Cippitelli and Nancy (Michael) Figliolo; and many cousins, nieces and nephews. Tony and Terry lived their lives caring for their family and each other, and devoted to their faith. Relatives and friends may call 4-8 PM Tuesday at Traver & McCurry Funeral Home, 234 Jefferson Heights, Catskill. Funeral services will be held 11:30 AM Wednesday at the funeral home. Fr. Steve Matthews will be officiating. Interment will be at St. Patrick’s Cemetery in Catskill. The family would like to thank Dr. Andrew Coates and his team, and the staff on M-5 and MICU units at Albany Medical Center. Memorial donations in Tony and Terry’s name may be made to the Albany Medical Center Hospital Foundation.

Bernard Cohen Bernard Cohen, 93, of Palenville passed away on November 23, 2019. He was born in Brooklyn, a son of the late William and Molly Schmall Cohen. He served in the US Army during WW II. A quality assurance engineer, Mr. Cohen worked at Raytheon in Melville. Beloved husband of the late Mildred Bisgeier Cohen, loving father of Myra Pinkham and her husband Ken of Palenville, brother of Stanley Cohen of Flushing and the late Estelle Cohen and Lillian Lerner, grand-

father of Art Pinkham of Albany. Several nieces and nephews also survive. The family will receive friends from 11:00 – 12:00 Millspaugh Camerato Funeral Home, 139 Jefferson Hgts., Catskill. A Funeral Service will then be conducted by Rabbi Zoe B. Zak at 12:00. Interment will follow in Town of Catskill Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Parkinson’s Foundation. Messages of condolence may be made to www. MillspaughCamerato.com.

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Can Trump challenge his impeachment in the Supreme Court? Adam Liptak The New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON — “If the partisan Dems ever tried to Impeach,” President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter in the spring, “I would first head to the U.S. Supreme Court.” Now that impeachment seems virtually certain, it is time to assess Trump’s vow and ask whether the Supreme Court would entertain his challenge. The Constitution seems to exclude the court from the impeachment process. It grants the House of Representatives “the sole power of impeachment.” The Senate, similarly, has “the sole power to try all impeachments.” Those are the only provisions of the Constitution that use the pointed word “sole.” The Supreme Court, too, has been pretty categorical. “The judiciary, and the Supreme Court in particular, were not chosen to have any role in impeachments,” Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist wrote for the court in a 1993 opinion that rejected an impeached judge’s objection to the procedures used at his Senate trial. Rehnquist’s statement had particular force, as he was a student of impeachment. He had just published “Grand Inquests,” a history of the impeachments of President Andrew Johnson and Justice Samuel Chase. The Constitution does give the chief justice one task. “When the president of the United States is tried,” it says, “the chief justice shall preside.” In 1999, Rehnquist presided over the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton. Chief Justice John Roberts, who succeeded Rehnquist after his death in 2005, will preside over Trump’s Senate trial if the House impeaches him. But the chief justice’s role is largely ceremonial, as Michael J. Gerhardt, a law professor at the University of North Carolina, wrote in a 1999 review of “Grand Inquests,” which had been reissued after Clinton’s impeachment. “Chief Justice Rehnquist

demonstrated a great sensitivity to adhering to and respecting Senate procedures and precedents,” Gerhardt wrote. “No one understood better than the chief justice that the impeachment trial was the Senate’s to conduct as it saw fit.” In the 1993 case, Judge Walter L. Nixon Jr., a former chief judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, challenged his removal by the Senate after he was convicted of perjury, sent to prison and impeached by the House. Nixon said he had not received the trial guaranteed by the Constitution because a committee of senators, rather than the entire Senate, had heard the evidence against him. The full Senate went on to vote to remove him by far more than the constitutionally required two-thirds majority. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled against Nixon. Rehnquist said the matter was a “political question,” meaning that it was for the Senate to decide how to conduct its impeachment trials. Rehnquist used his opinion in the case to reflect on presidential impeachments, although he could not have known he would preside over the trial of the second one in the nation’s history. There were particularly good reasons for the Supreme Court to stay out of the impeachment process, Rehnquist wrote, “if the president were impeached.” “The legitimacy of any successor, and hence his effectiveness, would be impaired severely, not merely while the judicial process was running its course, but during any retrial that a differently constituted Senate might conduct if its first judgment of conviction were invalidated,” he wrote. When the case was argued in 1992, Justice Anthony Kennedy said the Supreme Court’s legitimacy could suffer, too. “It means that judges, some of whom have been appointed by the president who’s being impeached, will be involved in the process,” he said, “and the integrity and the independence

of the court may come into question, which would cause severe damage to the courts as an institution over time.” Still, the 1993 decision did appear to leave open a possible role for the court were the Senate to violate what Rehnquist wrote were “the three very specific requirements” in the constitutional text — “that the Senate’s members must be under oath or affirmation, that a two-thirds vote is required to convict and that the chief justice presides when the president is tried.” When the case was argued, he asked the government’s lawyer, Solicitor General Ken Starr, whether violations of those provisions could be challenged in court. (Starr would go on to investigate Clinton as independent counsel and to prepare the report that led to his impeachment.) For instance, Rehnquist asked, what would happen if the chief justice died and Congress “created the office of vice chief justice?” “We’re going to let him preside,” the chief justice said, sketching out the Senate’s reasoning, “because it would just be catastrophic to wait for the appointment of a chief justice while this impeachment is pending.” “Can the Senate not do that because of the specific language ‘the chief justice shall preside’?” Rehnquist asked. “Would that action by the Senate, followed by the presiding by the vice chief justice, be judicially reviewable?” “I have to admit,” Starr said, with apparent reluctance, that the answer was yes. In general, though, Starr said, the Senate may conduct impeachment trials as it sees fit. Justice Byron R. White asked if the Senate could vote to remove an impeached official “without any trial or anything else” on the theory that he was “a bad guy.” “My theory,” Starr said, “has to lead me to answer that question yes.” Years later, reflecting on his role in the Clinton

impeachment trial, Rehnquist was self-deprecating, borrowing a line from a favorite Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. “I did nothing in particular,” he said, “and I did it very well.”

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A short history of the Thanksgiving holiday By David Dorpfeld, Greene County Historian For Columbia-Greene Media

For me, Thanksgiving is symbolized by the iconic image of a grandmother as she places the freshly roasted turkey on the table and the smiles on the faces of her family as they anxiously anticipate the delicious meal to come. This image was created by Norman Rockwell in 1942 and appeared in the Saturday Evening Post the next year. It was titled “Ours…to Fight for Freedom from Want.” The color lithograph was part of a series published by the magazine illustrating the “Four Freedoms.” The aim of the series was to promote the sale of war bonds during World War II. Thanksgiving is primarily observed in Canada (second Monday in October) and the United States (fourth Thursday in November). Other places include Liberia (first Thursday of November) and Norfolk Island (last Wednesday of November) off the coast of Australia, and in one city in the Netherlands (fourth Thursday in November). According to the Australian Attorney General’s Department website, the holiday was brought to Norfolk Island by visiting American whaling ships. This makes sense to me since many whaling vessels sailed out of New England — the traditional birthplace of the holiday. The Netherlands’ origin is equally interesting. The Pilgrims arrived in Leiden, Netherland, in 1609 to escape religious persecution in England. They were welcomed and helped rebuild the textile industry, which had been devastated by the long Dutch revolt against Spain. They were allowed to worship as they wanted. Jeremy Bangs of the Leiden American Pilgrim Museum says the Pilgrims “quickly adapted Dutch customs, like civil marriage and Thanksgiving.” To commemorate the time the Pilgrims spent in the Netherlands and the hospitality they received, a non-denominational Thanksgiving service is held each year on the morning of the American Thanksgiving Day in a Gothic church in Leiden. Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada — the same day we observe Columbus Day. As in the United States, there are a few back stories on the origin of the holiday in Canada. One connects it to the third voyage of explorer

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Martin Frobisher in 1578 when he held a Communion service in the bay, which is named for him, to give thanks for a safe voyage across the Atlantic. Like Henry Hudson, he was looking for a northwest passage to the Orient. Others trace the origin in Canada to explorer Samuel de Champlain. In the United States we like to trace the roots of Thanksgiving to the Pilgrims in Plymouth Colony when in 1621 they sat down with the Wampanoag Native Americans to celebrate their first harvest in the New World. Some historians believe the tradition of giving thanks after a harvest may have been carried by the Pilgrims from Europe. Other historians contest the claim that the first Thanksgiving was held in Massachusetts and contend it was first held on Sept. 8, 1565, by the Spanish in Saint Augustine, Florida. Others contend it happened in Virginia and that it was actually codified by the charter of Berkley Hundred in Charles City County, Virginia, in 1619. The date for the celebration to Thanksgiving was decided by each state up until the time of the Civil War. On Oct. 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln, at the urging of magazine editor Sarah Josepha Hale, issued a proclamation in which he said, in part: “I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in

every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.” The full proclamation is much longer and was written by one of my New York state heroes, then Secretary of State William H. Seward. A year later the original manuscript of the proclamation was sold to benefit Union troops. The date for Thanksgiving was changed one more time in 1941, when federal legislation established it as the fourth Thursday (not always the last) in November. I think Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because it is just about family, friends, giving thanks and enjoying a great meal. The day is also a time to reminisce about past Thanksgivings when we enjoyed friends and relatives that are no longer with us. There are few pressures — with the exception of those possibly placed on those preparing the meal. So, enjoy, and as is often said: Don’t eat too much! Save some for leftovers. To reach columnist David Dorpfeld, e-mail gchistorian@gmail. com or visit him on Facebook at “Greene County Historian.”

Auxiliary’s Thrift Shop announces Thanksgiving weekend hours MARGARETVILLE — Margaretville Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Shop, 743 Main St., Margaretville, Auxiliary of Margaretville Hospital and Mountainside Residential Care Center, announces its Thrift Shop hours over the Thanksgiving weekend. The store will be closed Nov. 25 through Nov. 28, and will be open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Black Friday, Nov. 29, and Small Business Saturday, Nov. 30. Generous assortments of new, gently used and holiday items will be available on both days at discounted prices. Shop local and give back to the community. By purchasing an item at the Thrift Shop, you are supporting the Hospital Auxiliary in its endeavors to buy new medical equipment, and acquire other necessary upgrades for the Hospital and the Residential Care Center.

The goal for the remainder of the year is to top over $100,000 in sales. You can help achieve this goal by being part of a close-knit community built around a common cause. Margaretville Hospital has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals in the Country by the National Association for Rural Health, speaking to its tremendous impact in our community. Tami Conine, the store manager, explained: “Shop here, and you won’t be disappointed. It’s a win-win for everyone – you can find unique items for all your holiday needs at great prices, and the Hospital and Mountainside Residential Care Center benefit. Our outstanding, friendly allvolunteer staff welcomes you to step inside, and have an enjoyable shopping experience.” The Village of

Margaretville will host Holiday on Main Festivities on Nov. 30 starting with a Grinch-Themed Parade at 11 a.m. and continuing with wine and chocolate tasting, children activities, photos with Santa, book signings and more. The day will end at 4:30 p.m. with traditional caroling and a tree lighting ceremony. The Auxiliary of Margaretville Hospital and Mountainside Residential Care Center promotes and advances the welfare of the Hospital and the Residential Care Center through outreach, advocacy and fundraising. The Thrift Shop, its main fundraiser, carries an eclectic mix of gently used and new items from high-end to basics that suit everybody’s needs. Learn more at margaretvillehospitalauxiliary. com.

You are what you drink! Dear Warriors, When we talk about the causes of cancer, we tend to point to the obvious — smoking, obesity, hereditary, etc. There is, however, another culprit we have to look at, one that is right under our nose, or, should I say, faucet — drinking water! Arsenic is a poison that can seep into ground water and surface water through surface runoff containing contaminated soil or other organic compounds. It causes many problems and signs of illness in people who are exposed to it and eventually leads to death if not treated appropriately. Arsenic poisoning through water is sometimes called chronic arsenic poisoning and is recognized when a person begins consuming 0.01 mg/L of arsenic in their drinking water. Arsenic poisoning, especially chronic arsenic poisoning, has been linked to several types of cancer. These cancers include: skin, lung, kidney and bladder cancer. According to Environmental Health perspectives (EPA), the use of chlorine for water treatment to reduce the risk of infectious disease may account for a substantial portion of the cancer risk associated with drinking water. The byproducts of chlorination are associated with increased

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WHITEHEAD-DICKENS risk of bladder and rectal cancer, possibly accounting for 5,000 cases of bladder cancer and 8,000 cases of rectal cancer per year in the United States. Fluoridation of water has received great scrutiny but appears to pose little or no cancer risk. Further research is needed to identify and quantify risks posed by contaminants from drinkingwater distribution pipes, linings, joints, and fixtures and by biologically active micro pollutants, such as microbial agents. We need more costeffective methods for monitoring drinking water quality and further research on interventions to minimize cancer risks from drinking water. The disposal of industrial and agricultural waste in local bodies of water causes the crops to be exposed to water with small amounts of arsenic, mercury and lead. The

process of agricultural pollution becomes harder to fight when such water poisons livestock and causes crop failure. The Trump Administration has rolled back Obama-era clean water regulations that had limited the amount of pollution and chemicals in our nation’s bodies of water, all in the name of money! You don’t have to be a “tree hugging activist” to know that this is dangerous. Water is undeniably our main source for survival. When I pointed this out to a small group I talked to, one of the people attending said, “Well, we all have to die of something”! Warriors, this outlandish statement may be true, but death from cancer can be a slow, agonizing and unbearably painful death. Pay attention to agricultural or manufacturing plants that feed into your rivers and ocean. Research them. Start off by going to this website: www.conserve-energyfuture.com/causes-andeffects-of-agricultural-pollution.php or http://www.waterfiltering. com/health/cancer-and-water-contamination.html. I want to hear from you. Email me at www.cancerkickin@aol. com.

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Catskill Elementary School held a Veterans Day Assembly on Nov. 8. Honeyford Memorial American Legion members are pictured with Elementary Principal Mr. Rivers; Barb Erceg and Matt Luvera, holding appreciation awards from the post; on the extreme right is music teacher Mary Jo Verdichizzi.

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Registration open for the 12th annual Winter Green-Up LATHAM — Cornell Cooperative Extension Albany County and the Capital Area Agriculture & Horticulture Program announces the 12th annual Winter GreenUp, the Northeast’s original grazing conference, will be held 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Jan. 25 at The Century House, 997 New Loudon Road, Latham. There will be speakers, vendors and the traditional Winter Green-Up lunch,

featuring grass-fed meats. Admission for Winter Green-Up 2020 is $80 per adult and $60 per youth age 12-18 if registered and paid in advance. Prices for walkins/at the door are $100 per adult and $70 per youth 1218. These prices include all talks, activities and buffet lunch. To register and pay online: https://tinyurl.com/ WGU2020. For questions

regarding registration or to register by telephone, contact cce-caahp@cornell. edu or 518-765-3518. For questions about Winter Green-Up 2019 or if you wish to be a vendor at this event, contact Tom Gallagher, tjg3@cornell. edu, 518-577-0958; Ashley Pierce, arp253@cornell. edu, 518-272-4210; or ccecaahp@cornell.edu, 518765-3518.

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Thomas Pest Services recently hosted a Chamber Business After Hours event, which was kicked off by a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating their expansion into Columbia County. Pictured are owners Bill Clark and Sarah Thomas-Clark, center with scissors, who are joined by family member and Director of Business Development Megan Thomas, along with local business leaders and Chamber of Commerce representatives. During the after hours event, attendees had the chance to meet the Thomas Pest Services Staff and have their pest control questions answered. Thomas Pest Services offers third generation experience, and covers the Capital District, Adirondack Region and now Columbia County, which is home to its owners.

Albany’s Whiteman Osterman & Hanna named a Tier 1 firm ALBANY — Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, the Capital Region’s largest law firm, announces it has been named a Tier 1 firm in Albany by U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” in the following practice areas: corporate law, education law, employment law – management, environmental law, litigation – trusts and estates, and trusts and estates law. Firms included in the 2020 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” are

recognized for professional excellence with consistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. To be eligible for a ranking, a firm must first have a lawyer recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, which recognizes the top 5% of private practicing lawyers in the United States. Achieving a tiered ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise. The U.S. News – Best

Lawyers “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in the field, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. To be eligible for a 2020 ranking, a law firm must have at least one lawyer recognized in the 25th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America list for that particular location and specialty.

Spacesmith welcomes accomplished senior architect HUDSON — Reflecting its commitment to design excellence and to close and collaborative client relationships, the nationally recognized architecture and interiors firm Spacesmith has announced its addition of architect Katy Flammia, AIA, IIDA, LEED AP, as the firm’s new design director of their Hudson office. A respected and accomplished architect, Flammia is known for her leadership and design skills across a wide range of sectors including corporate, residential, hospitality and academic building projects. In her new position, Flammia will make major contributions in firm leadership including design, client management, and business development. According to Spacesmith, Flammia will lead new design projects and business initiatives through the firm’s offices in both New York City and Hudson. “Katy Flammia is a talented designer and recognized leader in the architecture and design community with a valuable range of experience at the helm of significant building projects,” says Jane Smith, FAIA, founding partner of Spacesmith. “With Katy’s track record of meaningful work in varied markets for institutional, commercial and residential clients, she will add new perspective and experience to our diverse team of architects and designers.” With design interests ranging from the technical to the theoretical, such as biophilic design and energy-efficient Passive House construction, Flammia most recently served as design director at the corporate studio at NBBJ in New York City. Previously, Flammia led her own boutique design firm in Boston for 16 years, THEREdesign, with projects ranging from hospitality

Lonergan discusses career, mantras and passion for real estate on podcast NEW PALTZ — Joan Lonergan, real estate broker and owner of Coldwell Banker Village Green Realty, discusses her career, mantras and how her passion for real estate helped her create a successful business while “elevating the profession” on “Leave Your Mark: The Coldwell Banker Podcast,” a part of the CB Women series. Lonergan lays out her professional history as she discusses the origins of Coldwell Banker Village Green Realty, the No. 1 selling realestate company in Ulster and Greene counties from 20112018. Inspired by the work ethic of her grandmother, Lonergan “always felt that failure was just not possible,” and she has used her position as a woman in business to help elevate the voices of those around her. In this talk, Lonergan goes in-depth on breaking glass ceilings, saying, “Some of us who have broken these ceilings… we

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forged a path for people to come behind us.” Lonergan credits much of her success to her four professional mantras — Always tell the truth, always do what you promise, don’t pretend that you know something that you don’t, and always

keep your moral and ethical compass straight. By following her heart and allowing it to inform her business strategy, Lonergan has structured her business as a solar system and not a hierarchy, creating a welcoming workplace environment where she is “always open to ideas” from her team, to achieve collective goals that move them all forward. A graduate of The School of Visual Arts in New York City with more than 30 years in the real-estate industry, Lonergan founded Village Green Realty and has been a Coldwell Banker affiliate since 1995. In 2017 Lonergan joined forces with business partner Candida Ellis, who shares her ideals and will help her carry Coldwell Banker Village Green Realty into the future. Lonergan is a community activist and civic leader who believes in standing up for what is right, which she teaches to her children and grandchildren.

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interiors and new educational facilities to spas and museums. A registered architect in Massachusetts, Flammia served on the board of the Boston Society of Architects and helped found the organization’s Women Principals Group as co-chair in 2008. Flammia has also taught courses in interior architecture for Master’s candidates at the Boston Architectural College, and she served as an invited design critic at McGill University, MIT, and the Rhode Island School of Design. Earlier, Flammia lived and studied in Denmark and Sweden, where she began cultivating her interests in ceramics, encaustic painting, native plant gardening and “all things Swedish.” In her new role at Spacesmith, Flammia joins an accomplished team of 25-plus designer and architects in developing designs, managing and leading projects in all market sectors, and serving as a mentor for the firm’s emerging architects and designers. Following on her successful track record as a business leader, Flammia will also play a significant role in cultivating new business relationships. “During my 30-year career as an architect, I have always been interested in exploring how good design influences

human action and fosters creatives interaction,” said Flammia. “I am excited to be joining Spacesmith in part because the firm is so committed to providing healthy, efficient and inspiring spaces that uniquely express each client’s mission and organizational objectives,” she added. Since joining the firm in September, Flammia has already begun contributing to a number of Spacesmith projects including the education department of the American Museum of Natural History and projects in upstate New York ranging from hospitality and community development projects to private residences. She is also working on Aquavit Restaurant in New York City which is currently under construction. With her wide-ranging experience in design, project leadership and business development across various markets, Flammia’s work for Spacesmith is expected to be dynamic and essential. “Spacesmith reputation as a leader in both sustainable and wellness design techniques is what originally drew me to the firm and I look forward to supporting the team as they continue to produce award-winning designs,” said Flammia.

ELLENVILLE — Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation presented Kora Components, a manufacturer of pre-fabricated trusses, with a $100,000 Building Revitalization grant in support of its $1.6 million investment to refurbish a formerly vacant 53,000 square foot building in Ellenville. The funding was presented during a ribbon-cutting event at the facility Nov. 4. “Central Hudson helped us tremendously with the renovation of the building,” said Samuel Indig, President of Kora Components. “With the help of this grant we will now be able to purchase more equipment and create more jobs.” “We’re happy to support Kora Components, and wish them every success,” said Anthony Campagiorni, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Customer Services. “Central Hudson’s Building Revitalization grant is available to companies revitalizing and repurposing vacant industrial buildings to promote regional economic growth and employment,” said Campagiorni. He explained that the grant is offered through Central Hudson’s suite of Economic Development programs, providing funding to organizations that create new

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The grand opening event for Kora Components in Ellenville, Ulster County, took place Nov. 4.

jobs; locate or relocate to shovel-ready sites; invest in processes to retain existing jobs and enhance the workforce; revitalize older facilities; and/or invest in wired innovation centers. “For decades, our economic development programs have contributed to the creation and retention of hundreds of jobs, and helped to attract new businesses and industries throughout our region,” said Campagiorni. “We hope the success of these organizations will attract other companies to

the region by showcasing the many benefits of doing business in the Mid-Hudson Valley.” Since 2004, Central Hudson has partnered with more than 50 organizations by providing more than $13.7 million in grants in support of development projects in the Mid-Hudson Valley. For more information, visit www.CentralHudson.com/ EconomicDevelopment. To learn more about Kora Components, visit https://KoraComponents.com.

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WASHINGTON — A climate scientist may pursue his defamation lawsuit against a conservative magazine and a libertarian Washington think tank after the Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene at this stage of the litigation. The National Review and the Competitive Enterprise Institute had asked the court to review a decision by local District of Columbia courts that said the lawsuit by Pennsylvania State University professor Michael Mann could continue. The court turned down the request without comment, but Justice Samuel Alito dissented, saying the case “presents questions that go to the very heart of the guarantee of freedom of speech and freedom of the press.” Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, hospitalized over the weekend for chills and a fever, was back at work Monday as the court prepared for the holidays by dispatching with several closely watched cases. Without comment, it said it would

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watch movies and eat their meals at the same time. Cosmic Cinemas CEO Terrell Braly, after leasing the theater space that was formerly the Fairview Cinema III, invested more than $1 million in the property for renovations and equipment to transform it into his vision. Next door, Angela’s Pizza & Pasta, which closed in January after 25 years, was

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me regarding the photo that you posted,” Brantley said. “You were and are aware of all the residents, the issues that they had, with the former CHA director. You were and are aware of that the employees past and present had many issues with her. You are and were aware that the board past and present had disturbing problems with the past director. Did you really think that it is appropriate for a board member to speak or hang out with Miss Krupski during a

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They worked to bring sanity to the budget and were good stewards of the services that are so critical to our constituents.” Finch said he sees economic development and job growth as critical areas for Catskill. “I want to focus on bringing new businesses and economic development to Catskill but also listen to the businesses that are already here and help them to grow,” Finch said.

not review a Maryland court’s decision rejecting a new trial for Adnan Syed, whose murder conviction was questioned in an investigation by the podcast “Serial.” The justices vacated a lower court’s decision upholding Alaska’s campaign contribution limit of $500 to candidates. The court said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit did not properly apply a 2006 Supreme Court precedent that invalidated Vermont limits that the court found too low. It returned the Alaska case for another look. The court indicated it will look for a case to decide how much authority Congress can cede to independent or executive branch agencies. The court last term essentially deadlocked on a question about what is called the administrative state because new Justice Brett Kavanaugh could not vote. Kavanaugh said in a statement Monday that agencies’ authority to decide major policy questions, even when authorized by Congress is an important question “that may warrant further consideration in future cases.” In the defamation case, Mann is

an internationally recognized expert on climate change and has published work that blamed human activity for global warning. The work was criticized by some scientists, but an investigation by Penn State cleared him of any wrongdoing. That did not stop the criticism. In a CEI blog, Rand Simberg wrote that Penn State had “covered up wrongdoing” by Mann, and he characterized Mann as the “Jerry Sandusky of climate science,” because he had “molested and tortured data in service of politicized science.” Sandusky is a former Penn State football coach who was convicted of molesting children. Mark Steyn picked up the theme in a post on the Corner, a blog hosted by National Review Online, the website of National Review. In his post, Steyn said that while he would not have “extended the metaphor all the way into the lockerroom showers,” Mann was “behind the fraudulent climate-change” study and the investigation clearing him was a coverup. Mann demanded retractions and

converted into the movie theater’s kitchen. Although Cosmic Cinemas is no more, Cosmic Cinema Chief Operating Officer Kris Keisling said Monday he will stay on the project with the new owners, the Trinity Realty Group, which is looking to reopen the historic Madison Theater in Albany on Dec. 19. The move will insure the theaters remain in good hands, Keisling said. A phone call to Kevin Parisi of Trinity Realty Group late Monday was not immediately returned. Keisling did not say why

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time in which the board and the housing authority is in litigation with her? The answer to that question is no, it is not appropriate.” “It is not appropriate for any board member or employee to be in contact with Miss Krupski during that time frame. I also would like to make mention that you have violated HUD’s board of commissioners ethics policy, which you took an oath to uphold. I would also like to let the entire board and current director know that two weeks prior to this photo being taken I had a phone conversation with Miss Kim when I asked her what was going on with our litigation with Miss

Krupski and I never got an answer on that but I was told that she had plans to have brunch with Nina two weeks prior, that you and her speak all the time and your plans that you had with her before to remove Sam Aldi.” Aldi said Monday he could not comment on Brantley’s allegations. Brantley contacted board member Karen Gilchrist first with the information, she said. Gilchrist said she forwarded all of Brantley’s concerns to Aldi. Brantley said she emailed Catskill Village President Vincent Seeley and emailed and spoke to Aldi.

The site of the former Quality Inn, which was demolished by the Greene County Industrial Development Agency, is a key element to attracting visitors to Catskill, Finch said. “It is extremely important to have a tourist-class hotel, complemented by a highly recognizable chain restaurant,” Finch said. “We have been without year-round lodging for years, so many tourists just drive through Catskill or get back on the Thruway.” Improving and maintaining Ricky Cramer Memorial Field is also a priority to Finch, he said.

He is also an advocate for improving programs for youth, seniors and veterans. Finch wants to establish a committee made up of members from the hamlets, he said. Davis said she wishes Finch well. “I am hopeful that the new supervisor and the board will continue the bipartisan projects that are underway and are reflected in much of the 2020 budget,” Davis said. My advice to Mr. Finch and the board is to govern for all of their constituents and not for a party, it requires leadership and courage. My hope is that they have both.”

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apologies from CEI and National Review. Instead, National Review published a response from its editor, Rich Lowry, titled “Get Lost.” He refused to retract and clarified that “‘fraudulent’ doesn’t mean honest-to-goodness criminal fraud. It means intellectually bogus and wrong.” Mann sued. The publications and authors tried to have the lawsuits dismissed under the District’s anti-SLAPP Act. SLAPP stands for Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation, and the laws are intended to provide for early dismissal of meritless lawsuits filed against people for the exercise of First Amendment rights. But the D.C. Court of Appeals said it could not find at this stage of the litigation that a jury could not review the evidence and rule for Mann, and said the lawsuit could go forward. In his dissent from the Supreme Court’s refusal to intervene, Alito noted the preliminary status of the case. “It may be reviewed later if the ultimate outcome below is adverse” to the authors and publications, he wrote.

in both cities, except to say it was a “matter of changing

interests.” Braly did not return multiple requests for comment Monday. Braly was the founder, CEO and chairman of Cinebarre — a blend of cinema, bar and restaurant. Cinnebare is a joint business enterprise Braly established in 2007 with Regal Entertainment Group — the nation’s largest movie theater chain. Braly is also CEO of Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas and its franchise company. He is the developer of nine Alamo locations and eight Cinebarre locations in the U.S. It’s unclear if the group

will change the name of the theaters. Once the Madison opens Dec. 19, the owners will begin plans to reopen the Columbia County location. “That is part of the reason I am staying on,” Keisling said. “I believe in the concept and the location and it should think it will be able to grow and be highly successful.” As for the dozen or more employees who worked at the Greenport location, they will be offered interviews with the new theater’s owners in the coming weeks, Keisling said.

“The residents that I have spoken to regarding this picture had come to me and said they have no confidence in the board for her inappropriate actions and feel that she should step down immediately,” Brantley said. “Knowing what we all know, is it in your best intentions, to leave the board or to stay? There is evidence and I have forwarded it to Mr. Seeley.” Jones-Holt disputed Brantley’s accusations. “First of all, I can have lunch with Nina any time I want to,” Jones-Holt said. Brantley said when the Authority is in litigation with Krupski, that is not the case.

“I was not by myself when I had lunch with Nina,” JonesHolt said. “I did nothing wrong. I did nothing wrong by having lunch or brunch with her. We are friends.” Brantley did not know the content of Jones-Holt’s conversation with Krupski, JonesHolt said. “You weren’t there,” JonesHolt said. “You don’t know what we did. You don’t know what we talked about.” Brantley maintained that Jones-Holt’s behavior was inappropriate. “The last time we were investigating Nina and I was chairman of the board, I could not go out to lunch with Nina, I

could not talk to Nina,” Brantley said. “This is a legal matter.” Aldi said at the meeting he was awaiting legal advice on the matter. Aldi did not comment on the nature of the litigation between the Authority and Krupski. Seeley also had little to say about the matter. “The Village will not comment on an ongoing lawsuit or any personal friendships outside of the workplace,” Seeley said Monday. “Our only concern continues to be for the health, safety and well-being of all members of this community.”

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“But requiring a free speech claimant to undergo a trial after a ruling that may be constitutionally flawed is no small burden,” Alito wrote. “. . . A journalist who prevails after trial in a defamation case will still have been required to shoulder all the burdens of difficult litigation and may be faced with hefty attorney’s fees. Those prospects may deter the uninhibited expression of views that would contribute to healthy public debate.” Alito said the court has traditionally protected expression, especially on issues of public controversy such as climate change. “Politicians, journalists, academics, and ordinary Americans discuss and debate various aspects of climate change daily - its causes, extent, urgency, consequences, and the appropriate policies for addressing it,” Alito wrote. “The core purpose of the constitutional protection of freedom of expression is to ensure that all opinions on such issues have a chance to be heard and considered.”

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HUDSON — SUNY Jefferson overcame a second-half deficit to hand Columbia-Greene Community College its third straight, 87-83, in Sunday’s Region III men’s collegiate basketball game. Jefferson (6-3) built a 47-40 edge by halftime, but Columbia-Greene battled back to take a 67-64 lead in the second half. The Cannoneers went on to outscore the Twins, 23-16, the rest of the way, though, to pull out the victory. Howard Turner was Jefferson’s top scorer with 22 points. Liam Bonk had 18, Isiah Murphy 12 and Jake Hess 11. On Thursday, the Twins dropped a 108-73 decision to Sulivan Community College. C-GCC got off to a good start, taking a 23-16 lead midway thugh the opening half, but Sullivan rallied to go up, 49-35, at halftime and never looked back. Rande Harper had 22 points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals for the Twins. Cameron Thomas added 12 points and 11 rebounds, Myles Ukoh had 11 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and three blocks, Kaijah Rodgers nine points and 12 assists and Zack Hedgepeth eight points and three rebounds. Jordan Drain led Sullivan with 21 points. Darius Lee had 16, Kendall Robinson 15 and Jasiah Lewis and Lalen Reneau 14 apiece. Columbia-Greene (4-5) plays at Schenectady CC on Dec. 3 at 5 p.m.

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MARCY — Former Hudson High student-athlete Caleb Canty is off to a strong start with the SUNY Poly men’s basketball team.

Canty is the Wildcats’ leading scorer through five games, with a 15.0 points per game average. He has scored 75 points and been in See CANTY B9

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Wilder’s devastating right stops Ortiz, sets up Fury rematch Cindy Boren The Washington Post

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Catskill boys varsity basketball coach Doug Lampman works with his team during Saturday’s scrimmage with Berne-Knox-Westerlo at Catskill High School. The defending Patroon Conference cochamps host Cairo-Durham on December 4 in their season opener.

The blow came out of the blue and, after six rounds in which it looked as if Luis Ortiz might come away with a victory, Deontay Wilder uncorked a devastating right that sent sweat flying and Ortiz sinking as Wilder successfully defended his WBC heavyweight title for the 10th time Saturday night in Las Vegas. Wilder flattened Ortiz, improving to 42-0-1 with 41 knockouts and thinking about what comes next: a Feb. 22 rematch with Tyson Fury. “I found my measurement,” Wilder said (via the BBC), “seen the shot and took it. We have Tyson Fury the rematch next. It’s set to be done in February so we will see how that goes and then after that I am looking for a unification bout. “The heavyweight division is too small to have so many belts lingering around, there

should be one champion and I think I am the perfect man for that job.” Ortiz, 40, got back up but was unable to beat the 10 count. “I was clear-headed when I hit the canvas,’’ said Ortiz, whose record is 31-2. “When I heard the referee say seven, I was trying to get up but I guess the count went a little quicker than I thought.” Ortiz was leading 5955, 59-55 and 58-56 on the judges’ cards when Wilder struck his blow in their rematch from last year, when Wilder stopped Ortiz in the 10th round. Wilder’s 10th consecutive heavyweight title defense ties Muhammad Ali. Only Joe Louis (25), Larry Holmes (20), Wladimir Klitschko (18) and Tommy Burns and Vitali Klitschko have more. “My intellect is very high in the ring and no one gives me credit,” Wilder said. “I think I buzzed him with a left hook earlier in the round and I took it from there.” Wilder fought Fury

last December, with Fury outboxing him for much of the fight. However, Wilder scored knockdowns in the ninth and 12th rounds and the fight was ruled a split draw with judges scoring it 115-111 for Wilder, 114-112 for Fury and 113-113. Not only have the two agreed to a rematch, a third fight is part of the deal and each was to have two interim fights. Fury (29-0-1, 20 KOs) won both of his, a second-round victory Tom Schwarz in June and a September victory over Otto Wallin. Wilder beat Dominic Breazeale in the first round in May. “Next, we have Tyson Fury in the rematch. It’s scheduled for February, so we’ll see,” Wilder said (via ESPN). “Then, I want unification. I want one champion, one face and one heavyweight champion - Deontay Wilder. The heavyweight division is too small. There should be one champion, and it’s Deontay Wilder.”

Gase shines as Jets win third straight game Manish Mehta New York Daily News

NEW YORK — When Adam Gase finally takes off his baseball cap and falls asleep Sunday night (assuming he doesn’t sleep with it on), he should revel in his best game yet as the leader of the Jets universe. The embattled coach has absorbed enough body blows during this turbulent season to last a lifetime, but he pushed all the right buttons in a 34-3 laugher over the Raiders (6-5). Give credit where it’s absolutely due: Gase dialed up one smart, creative play after another to help the Jets win their

third in a row for the first time since Weeks 3-5 in 2017. Gregg Williams’ defense also erased Derek Carr & Co. So, this is what a winning streak looks like? The Jets made a respectable team look like a dumpster fire thanks to good coaching and execution in all three phases, a welcomed change for an outfit that looked lost for the first couple months. The 4-7 Jets are in line to extend to their winning ways with a tomato can on the horizon (Bengals), but this victory deserves its proper attention. These aren’t your father’s Raiders, but Jon Gruden’s

team was a step-up in class from the Jets’ previous two opponents (Giants and Washington). Oakland was supposed to be a circus entering the season, but exceeded expectations with a rookie-laden bunch. Gase’s team turned them back into pumpkins. Sam Darnold (20 for 29, 315 yards, 3 total touchdowns) carved up a terrible pass defense, Le’Veon Bell reminded us why he’s Le’Veon Bell and Gang Green’s defense made sure that Derek Carr dropped to 2-9 lifetime when the gametime temperature is under 50 degrees.

Braxton Berrios — yes, Braxton Berrios — even lit up the Raiders to turn this into a laugher. Gase, frankly, hasn’t done much laughing during this season. He became Public Enemy No. 1 with a disgruntled fan base that expected much more entering the season. The Jets were a non-competitive, lost team for months before finding life during this soft part of the schedule. Gase shouldn’t apologize for this five-week stretch against four cupcakes (GiKIRBY LEE/USA TODAY ants, Washington, Bengals New York Jets head coach Adam Gase watches from the sidelines in the first half against the Oakland Raiders at MetLife Stadium.

See JETS B9 The Jets defeated the Raiders, 34-3.

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Cowboys squander a chance, and the AFC playoffs get messy Adam Kilgore The Washington Post

Every week, NFL fans are talking about something the NFL doesn’t want them to talk about. Last weekend, Colin Kaepernick and his controversial workout dominated the league. This week, things returned to normal: Everybody is talking about officiating. After not overturning pass interference reviews all season, the league office reversed a crucial pass interference call - against the Saints in New Orleans, where the new rule was born. And that was only the second-most-glaring gaffe. As the Cowboys picked up a third and one on a desperation drive in New England, an official flagged center Travis Frederick for tripping. Replays showed he bumped into Dont’a Hightower with his leg, but not in a manner anyone familiar with the definition of “tripping” would describe as “tripping.” Once again, like so many other weeks, officiating was the story. But officiating was not the only story. The Patriots kept winning, the gooey middle of the AFC kept expanding, and the Eagles managed to hang on in the NFC East despite playing another dreadful game. It was a busy Week 12, and here is what to know: - Jason Garrett blew it. Kicking a field goal on fourth and seven on Dallas’s penultimate possession, while trailing by seven deep in New England territory, wasn’t the problem. The Cowboys had the wind, their defense was shutting down the Patriots, fourth and seven is death against the Patriots’ defense and, if you don’t want to play for overtime, which you shouldn’t, you need two scores anyway. That particular decision, in a vacuum and given the conditions, was probably a coin flip. But Garrett still botched that sequence. Starting at second and seven, Garrett called plays as if he needed to pick up all seven yards on that play. He called plays as if he knew he would kick a field goal on fourth down. What was needed was calling plays that would make fourth down manageable. It wasn’t crazy to kick the field goal, but his risk aversion on prior downs doomed the Cowboys into kicking. The Patriots ended up winning, 13-9, after the terrible tripping call short-circuited Dallas’s final attempt. They improved to 10-1, ensuring they’ll enter next week holding the top seed in the AFC. The Cowboys missed a chance to put away the Eagles in the NFC East. - The race for the last AFC wild card is a big sloppy pile of mediocrity. In a conference that has been lacking all season, of course the standings were going to look like this, weren’t they? The Tennessee Titans, Pittsburgh Steelers, Indianapolis Colts and Oakland Raiders are 6-5. The Browns, left for dead at the start of the month, have won three in a row and stand 5-6. The Browns’ shellacking of the Miami Dolphins set up a showdown next week against the Steelers, a rematch of the Thursday night game last week that ended in a brawl. The Steelers barely beat the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday as Coach Mike Tomlin benched Mason Rudolph for Devlin Hodges, who led Pittsburgh from behind on the strength of a bomb to James Washington. Rudolph sparked the fight by tugging on Myles Garrett’s helmet, which prompted Garrett to rip Rudolph’s helmet off and swing it at his head. Rudolph avoided a suspension, which given his performance the past two weeks doesn’t seem to bother Cleveland. “I hope he plays,” Browns defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson told reporters. “You see him last game?” Among that five-team pileup, the hottest team may be the

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Buffalo Bills running back Frank Gore (20) looks to avoid a tackle by Denver Broncos free safety Justin Simmons (31) in the fourth quarter at New Era Field.

OPINION: Gore doesn’t belong in Pro Football Hall Neil Greenberg The Washington Post

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Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott (21) breaks the tackle of New England Patriots outside linebacker Dont’a Hightower (54) during the second half at Gillette Stadium on Sunday.

Titans. Since Coach Mike Vrabel benched Marcus Mariota, Ryan Tannehill has led them to a 4-1 record. After scoring 16.3 points per game with Mariota starting, Tennessee has averaged 29.4 with Tannehill. Vrabel may have waited too long to go to Tannehill, but of those five teams, Tennessee is the best now that Tannehill is playing. - The Green Bay Packers don’t look like a Super Bowl contender. Coming off a bye week, the Packers traveled to San Francisco and got steamrolled, 37-8, on Sunday night. They lost right tackle Bryan Bulaga, one of their most important players, to an injury. The Packers are still 8-3 and tied with the Minnesota Vikings for first place in the NFC North, but in every way aside from record they do not appear to be a serious championship contender. Green Bay’s defense, so impressive at the outset of the season, has allowed at least 22 points every game except one since Week 4. The Packers’ point differential is only plus-16. The Packers are not in danger of sliding out of the playoffs - four of their last five games are against the Giants, Redskins, Bears and Lions. But they haven’t shown reason for optimism once they make it to January. The 49ers, meanwhile, weathered the first leg of a brutal schedule with dominance. They have to play at the Ravens and at New Orleans in the next two weeks, and they’ll finish the season in Seattle. The Seahawks are only one game back in the NFC West, but crushing the Packers gave the 49ers needed margin for error. They’ll get to play the Ravens off a short week, and watching their overwhelming defensive line try to contain Lamar Jackson will be fascinating. - This season has beaten Carson Wentz down. On many weeks early this season, Wentz played well, even when it didn’t look like it statistically, amid skeleton supporting casts. He was affected by the injuries and gaffes afflicting Philadelphia’s offense, but he overcame his teammates’ struggles far more often than he contributed to them. A season of carrying lesser teammates, of always running uphill, showed its effect Sunday against the Seahawks. The Eagles’ offense was terrible in its 19-7 home loss, and Wentz was part of the problem, constantly holding the ball too long, taking sacks and committing turnovers. He finished with two interceptions and two lost fumbles while taking three sacks and throwing for 256 yards, many of them in desperate, helpless circumstances. The Eagles entered with a diminished receiving crew with ailments for Alshon Jeffery and Nelson Agholor joining the season-long injury of DeSean Jackson. Their only active wideouts were Jordan Matthews (signed

off the street this month), J.J. Arcega-Whiteside (an unproductive rookie), Greg Ward (never caught an NFL pass before Sunday) and Mack Hollins. General Manager Howie Roseman bears responsibility for that mess. The ages and injury histories of Jeffery and Jackson made them likely candidates to get hurt. They took Acrega-Whiteside - who has caught five passes for 86 yards all season despite ample opportunity - in the second round with DK Metcalf, Diontae Johnson and Terry McLaurin, among others, still on the board. On Sunday, Wentz succumbed to his circumstances. That included Doug Pederson’s bizarre play-call on a pivotal third and two, when the Eagles ran a delayed handoff deep in their backfield and Wentz fumbled the exchange. The Eagles entered the season as Super Bowl contenders and are facing long odds to win a wide-open NFC East. It is not all Wentz’s fault, but he must shoulder some of the blame. In Philadelphia, the debate about whether the Eagles should have signed Nick Foles and shopped Wentz for a draft haul is not going to subside anytime soon. - Chris Godwin is an all-pro candidate. When historians sift through the 2019 NFL season, they will wonder how the Tampa Bay Buccaneers could have missed the playoffs with Godwin and Mike Evans lining up out wide. Evans entered the week second in receiving yardage, and Godwin entered third. And then Godwin erupted in Tampa Bay’s 35-22 victory in Atlanta, catching seven passes for 184 yards and two touchdowns. Godwin, a 2017 third-round pick out of Penn State, has 1,071 receiving yards, trailing only New Orleans’s Michael Thomas, and an NFL-leading nine touchdown catches on 70 receptions. Godwin’s second touchdown catch was a magic trick - he caught Jameis Winston’s pass in the corner after two Falcons tipped it and it deflected off his own leg. - The Raiders laid an egg. Oakland had been one of the most surprising and impressive teams of the season, overcoming the Antonio Brown fiasco from training camp and surging into playoff contention behind Jon Gruden’s reputation-restoring coaching, Derek Carr’s rejuvenation and a dazzling rookie class. Then came this week, when they got demolished by . . . the Jets? New York scored a touchdown on its opening drive for the fifth consecutive game, one of the more stunning stats of the season. And the Jets didn’t stop there. The visiting Raiders yielded Sam Darnold’s best game of the season, watching him complete 20 of 29 passes for 315 yards and two scores while also running for a touchdown as they lost, 34-3.

The Raiders’ offense cratered for the second straight week, regressing even further after scoring just 17 points at home against the winless Bengals. In their past six quarters, which came against Cincinnati and the Jets, the Raiders have scored six points. At 6-5, the Raiders remain in the mix for the AFC’s second wild-card spot, and their victory over the Indianapolis Colts could be meaningful for tiebreaking purposes. But the way they’re playing, not how the AFC field may shake out, is their problem. It’s not good enough to make the playoffs, after a promising start to the season. - The Bills keep winning. Here is the list of quarterbacks Buffalo has beaten this season: Darnold, Eli Manning, Andy Dalton, Mariota, Ryan Fitzpatrick (twice), Dwayne Haskins and Brandon Allen. At some point, though, the competition ceases to matter. An 8-3 team is an 8-3 team, and there’s no choice but to respect them. Attention must be paid to the Bills. They have a two-game lead on a pack of pursuers for the top wild-card spot. Their schedule is a bear, with games left against the Patriots, Ravens and Cowboys, which will come on Thanksgiving. But it has reached the point where the right way to look at it is that teams have to face them. Josh Allen, their second-year quarterback, is a total headache, a powerful, fast runner who is improving his accuracy as a passer. - Also: Frank Gore is the man. In his 15th season, Gore passed Barry Sanders for third all time in rushing yards. He trails only Emmitt Smith and Walter Payton on the all-time list. Joey Slye buried the Panthers. Slye has been one of the NFL’s most reliable kickers this season, but on Sunday he snuffed whatever remaining playoff hopes Carolina held. The Panthers fell behind 14-0 and clawed back to tie the score at 31 in the fourth quarter despite Slye missing two extra points. Kickers struggled all day in lousy weather, but Slye had no such excuse in a dome in New Orleans. With two minutes left, the Panthers set up Slye for a 28-yard field goal in the middle of the field that would have pushed them ahead by three points. Marcus Davenport, usually a defensive end, made a nifty move rushing up the middle and pressured Slye. But still: Slye had basically an old extra point. He shanked the kick, pushing it right outside the upright. What came next seemed inevitable. Drew Brees navigated the Saints downfield until Wil Lutz nailed a 39-yarder as time expired. The Panthers dropped to 5-6, which in the NFC wildcard race means their season is over. Bring on the questions about Cam Newton and their quarterback situation.

Frank Gore has a remarkable resume. The five-time Pro Bowl running back racked up 65 rushing yards for the Bills during Sunday’s win over the Denver Broncos, giving him 15,289 for his career, good for third-most all time. The only other players to rush for more than 15,000 yards are Emmitt Smith (18,355) and Walter Payton (16,726) after Gore passed Barry Sanders (15,269) in the fourth quarter on Sunday. There’s more. Gore and Smith are the only two running backs to start 200 games in NFL history. Gore is the only player in NFL history to have produced 1,200-plus scrimmage yards in 12 consecutive seasons, and he ranks fifth all-time in career yards from scrimmage. He’s also scored five or more touchdowns in 11 consecutive seasons, which is tied with five other players, all retired, for the best mark in history. Perhaps most surprisingly, Gore has become more durable with age, missing a mere two games since 2011. Some feel that is enough to warrant entry into the Pro Football Hall of Fame once Gore decides to hang up his cleats, but his case for enshrinement in Canton isn’t crystal clear. The first few questions of the Keltner List, a series of admittedly subjective questions formulated by famed sabermetrician Bill James used to help assess whether a player deserves to be elected to their sport’s hall of fame, should be enough to cast doubt on Gore’s case, which relies heavily on longevity rather than star power. Was Gore ever regarded as the best player in the NFL? Did anybody, while Gore was active, ever suggest that he was the best player in the NFL? No and no. He was never the rushing champion, he never won the league’s Most Valuable Player Award and he never even earned firstteam all-pro honors. Was Gore the best player at his position in football? No. Since Gore entered the league in 2005, running backs Shaun Alexander (2005), LaDainian Tomlinson (2006) and Adrian Peterson (2012) were each named the league’s MVP and 24 other running backs over that span were named to first-team all-pro teams. After Gore’s best season, in 2006, he was named just a second-team all-pro, behind Tomlinson and Larry Johnson. The most prominent award Gore won during his professional career was the 2016 Art Rooney Award for sportsmanship for being the player who “best demonstrates the qualities of outstanding sportsmanship on the playing field, including fair play, respect for opponents and integrity in competition.” Was Gore the best player

on his team? Only once, during that 2006 season, when he was still with the San Francisco 49ers. That year Gore touched the ball 373 times for 2,180 total yards and nine total touchdowns, earning him an Approximate Value score of 16, a team (and career) high. (Approximate value is a method, created by Doug Drinen, of putting a single numerical value on any player’s season, at any position, from any year.) From 2007 to 2014, the best player on the 49ers, per Approximate Value, was one of linebacker Patrick Willis, linebacker NaVorro Bowman or quarterback Colin Kaepernick. During Gore’s three years with the Indianapolis Colts, the best player on the team was either quarterback Andrew Luck, cornerback Vontae Davis or defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins. During Gore’s one-year stint with the Miami Dolphins, in 2018, offensive lineman Jesse Davis was the best player on the squad. Approximate Value isn’t available yet for 2019, but the game charters at Pro Football Focus rank nine players on the Buffalo Bills defense above Gore, in addition to wideout John Brown. What of Gore’s standing among NFL running backs? When you look at the 30 running backs with 10,000 or more rushing yards, Gore doesn’t even stand out among the nonmembers of the Hall of Fame. The 14 Hall of Famers in this group averaged an Approximate Value score of 12.5 per 16 games. The 15 nonmembers, not including Gore, averaged an Approximate Value score of 10.5 per 16 games. Gore has produced an Approximate Value score of just 9.1 per 16 games. Among Hall of Famers with at least 10,000 rushing yards, only Jerome Bettis has a lower Approximate Value score per 16 games than Gore. Bettis at least was a two-time All Pro, unlike Gore. Plus, not all the players with careers of similar length and quality to Gore have their busts in Canton. John Riggins, Bettis, Franco Harris, Marcus Allen and Floyd Little all have a gold jacket hanging in their closet, but Corey Dillon, Earnest Byner, Warrick Dunn and Herschel Walker do not. Gore did rush the ball 19 times for 110 yards and a touchdown in Super Bowl XLVII. But he and the 49ers ended up losing to the Baltimore Ravens, 34-31. By all accounts Gore is a tremendous athlete, teammate and humanitarian, and it is easy to root for players like that and want them to get the highest accolades available. His longevity is remarkable. But Gore’s career, especially when looked at in terms of peak performance, just doesn’t measure up to Hall of Fame standards.

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Lamar Jackson has been a difference-maker for the Ravens Sam Farmer Los Angeles Times

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The arm and legs we see. Those are quantifiable in the prodigious statistics compiled by Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson. To hear his coach tell it, there’s something else that sets apart the NFL’s most electrifying player. When he lifts the sideline shades, check out the eyes. “For lack of a better way to explain it, I feel like he’s got a photographic football memory,” coach John Harbaugh said, standing with a reporter after a recent Ravens practice. “He’ll throw the ball to somebody, and I’ll say, ‘Why’d you do that.’ He’ll say, ‘Well, 22 was low and 23 was high’ — he talks by numbers — ‘and I felt 51 was pushing. So that’s why I went over here.’ He’ll know every number and where they were. So I go back and watch the tape and I’m like, ‘Oh my god. He had it exactly right.’ He always comes off the field and knows exactly where everybody was. “He’s not perfect; he’ll miss things. But his processing, his ability to know what he saw, I think he sees in photographs. You know how people say the game slows down? Like, you get back there and it’s a blur? It’s not a blur to him. To me, he sees it crystal clear, like a snapshot. He sees it all, and he remembers it.” These days, it’s Jackson who’s the blur. The secondyear star is the only quarterback in league history to produce at least 2,000 yards

passing and 700 yards rushing through a season’s first 10 games. The Ravens are 14-3 since Jackson took over as their starting quarterback near the end of last season. Jackson’s 14 regular-season victories are tied with Seattle’s Russell Wilson for the most during that span — and, not surprisingly, Jackson and Wilson are the clear Nos. 1 and 2 candidates for most valuable player this season. The football world sees the youthful effervescence of Jackson, the spirit that drove him to borrow a pair of sunglasses from a team official and relax on the sideline in the midst of a recent blowout victory. “One of our trainers had them on, and I said, ‘Let me hold them real quick,’ “ Jackson explained. “I just put them on, was just chilling.” Beneath that nonchalance is a player with uncommon focus and intensity. “You wish everybody could watch Lamar and how he prepares every day — meetings, really everything, just his leadership,” said Baltimore offensive coordinator Greg Roman, the architect of San Francisco’s offense during the heyday of Colin Kaepernick as a dualthreat quarterback. “You wish you could make a little documentary of (Jackson) preparing for a game and kids could watch it, and they could see how much work goes into it.” The Ravens, a franchise so long defined by their defense, molded their offense around

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Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) throws a pass against the Houston Texans at M&T Bank Stadium.

Jackson after he replaced drop-back style Joe Flacco, taking pains to capitalize on his ability to throw as well as run. In that sense, this is the golden age of dual-threat quarterbacks, from Jackson and Wilson, to Houston’s Deshaun Watson, Arizona’s Kyler Murray, Buffalo’s Josh Allen and Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes. “It’s changed in the sense

that these guys who are really gifted athletes who can run, whether it’s Lamar or Mahomes, Russell, go through the list,” said Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman, a Fox analyst. “The difference is these guys can beat you in the pocket. That’s why they’re so dangerous. “I don’t know how far runners ultimately take a team. Now you’ve got that element plus when things aren’t there

and they have to make plays in the pocket, they’re making those throws. I’ll always believe that without that part of it, you’re really not a quarterback. You’re basically a running back.” Jackson is ranked in the top four in passer rating (106.3), passing touchdowns (19), and pass-to-touchdown percentage (6.8). He has finished with two “perfect” passer ratings this season, against Cincinnati and Miami, to join Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger (2007) as the only quarterbacks to achieve that twice in the same season. “He’s just been blowing people out of the water, blowing us out of the water,” Ravens receiver Willie Snead said of Jackson. “It’s like, ‘Dude, what are you doing? You’re making crazy plays.’ But it’s been working for us. It’s keeping defenses off balance, but it’s pretty effective for us.” Backing up Jackson is Robert Griffin III, who exploded onto the scene as the No. 2 overall pick by the Washington Redskins in 2012, sustained a knee injury at the end of his rookie season, and — partly because of friction with coaches and their philosophies — never got back to the heights he reached at the start of his NFL career. Asked if he wished the Redskins had shaped their offense around him the way the Ravens have tailored theirs to Jackson, Griffin said: “I don’t think about that, because all that stuff that happened was part of my journey. It helped

me get to where I’m at now with the Ravens, and it put me in a position to be able to mentor Lamar with the knowledge and experiences I do have. “What I’ve told Lamar since he got here was, this was the best place for him to get drafted. Stable organization, great leadership, with offensive coaches who are willing to not make you fit a mold but build the offense around you. The way that they handle Lamar with the press and the PR team, with social media, is the best I’ve ever seen.” That said, Griffin has a firm grasp on what Jackson has done for the Ravens, and how the former Louisville star has emerged as a sensation in not just Baltimore but across the league. Tackle Orlando Brown Jr., who like Jackson was drafted by Baltimore in 2018, won’t forget when he and the quarterback stopped by a local mall after a practice last December. “We were just stopping by to get Christmas presents,” Brown recalled. “Man, we’re walking through the mall and we get to Macy’s, he stops for one picture, and I kid you not, the whole mall was surrounding him. It was incredible, bro. We’re talking people walking up to him on Facetime with family, like, ‘Hey, look who I’m with.’ He took pictures for about an hour and 45 minutes. I didn’t want to leave him, but I almost left his (rear).” All eyes are on him. And for Jackson, whose eyes are everything, that’s the way it should be.

Ranking the contenders for the AFC’s final playoff spot John Clayton The Washington Post

Two weeks ago, Sam Darnold, quarterback of the 2-7 New York Jets, was discussing his team’s playoff hopes. “We’ve still got a chance,” Darnold said. Everyone rightly looked at Darnold like he was crazy. The Jets were scoring about one touchdown a game. But a two-game winning streak has changed appearances for one of the league’s worst teams. Coach Adam Gase is calling better plays. Coordinator Gregg Williams is doing a great job with the defense. “We’ve just got to stay consistent with how we come to work and if we do that, I think anything’s possible,” Darnold said in his news conference after a 34-3 win over Oakland Sunday. While the Jets are still a little bit too far out of things to be taken seriously as a playoff contender, they aren’t the only AFC team to rebound from a tough start. In fact, several teams that struggled in the first half of the season are back in the conference’s wide-open race for the second wild-card spot. Let’s rank the AFC long shots based on their chances to earn the sixth seed, with apologies to Darnold and the Jets: 1. Indianapolis Colts (6-5): Despite their Thursday night three-point loss to the Houston Texans, the Colts are within one game of the AFC South lead and have a favorable closing schedule. The Colts visit the New Orleans Saints, but otherwise have winnable games against the Buccaneers, Panthers and Jaguars. Next week’s home contest against the Titans will be pivotal. One other note: If the Colts and Texans end up with the same record, the tiebreaker could go to Indy. The two teams split their season series and are each 3-1 in division play, meaning conference record could be the deciding factor - which favors the Colts. 2. Oakland Raiders (6-5): It’s hard to explain Oakland’s 34-3 loss to the Jets, although

Coach Jon Gruden tried. “It’s the NFL,” Raiders coach Jon Gruden said. “They have good players and really good coaches. They are playing for their life, too. They are not out of this thing. You have to give them some credit. . . . If you’re not on your game, you’re in for a lot of trouble.” With a game at Kansas City next week that could drop them to 6-6, the Raiders do appear to be in some trouble. However, they close against Tennessee, Jacksonville, the Los Angeles Chargers and Denver, so nine or 10 wins is still a possibility. Mike Mayock assembled a great rookie class. Gruden has been exceptional with his play-calling. They’re a better team than they showed Sunday. 3. Cleveland Browns (5-6): Three weeks ago, the season looked lost. Freddie Kitchens was a candidate to be one-and-done. The team, at 2-6, was undisciplined and mistake-prone. Baker Mayfield was among the leagueleaders for turnovers. A 2-6 start was marred by offensive false start after false start. But after a three-game winning streak, the Browns are a win this week against Pittsburgh away from getting back to .500. That puts them in the playoff mix, especially with two games against the winless Bengals remaining, plus another against a threewin Cardinals team. For as bad as it’s been for Mayfield at times this season, he has been better in recent weeks. Whether he faces Mason Rudolph or Devlin Hodges next week, the Browns will have the QB advantage. 4. Pittsburgh Steelers (65): After an impressive turnaround following Ben Roethlisberger’s season-ending shoulder injury, the Steelers are faltering, and have a quarterback crisis after Hodges was needed to replace an ineffective Rudolph in Sunday’s close win over Cincinnati. If they can beat the Browns, however, the remaining schedule isn’t terrible, with games against

Arizona, Buffalo, the Jets and a Week 17 game against the Ravens. 5. Tennessee Titans (65): The Titans might be the best team on this list, with a great running attack, a good defense and a quarterback in Ryan Tannehill who is 4-1 since replacing Marcus Mariota as the starter. But the killer for the Titans is the schedule. They play the Texans twice, plus the Colts, Raiders and Saints. To earn a wild-card spot, nine wins is probably the minimum, and that’s a tough slate to go even 3-2 against. - The NFC long shot you shouldn’t count out yet? The 5-6 Philadelphia Eagles. Granted, this is not a very good Eagles team. That was obvious to me as I worked the sidelines of Sunday’s 17-9 loss to Seattle. Carson Wentz is clearly struggling, and appears to have a hand injury that has affected his throwing. He also has a receiving corps that has been ineffective and decimated by injuries. But study this closing schedule: Two games versus the New York Giants, plus matchups with the Dolphins and Redskins. That’s four potential wins right there. Beating the Cowboys in Dallas Week 16 would not be easy, but if they win that one, they could wrestle away the NFC East title. - That was an impressive win by the San Francisco 49ers. They looked like the NFC’s best team in crushing the Green Bay Packers. It’s hard to believe the Niners could contain Aaron Rodgers that well, while at the same time Jimmy Garoppolo could pick apart the Green Bay defense. - NFL Black Monday is five weeks away, and several coaches are on the hot seat. That starts in Jacksonville, where Doug Marrone has to be feeling the heat during this 4-7 season. Starting quarterback Nick Foles, who is now 0-3 with the Jags, said there could be coaching and player changes based on their performance. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones pointed the finger at

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his team’s coaching after a 13-9 loss to the Patriots. Jason Garrett did not get a contract extension and is in the last year of his deal, and despite having 15 players who have been to the Pro Bowl, the Cowboys are 6-5 and 0-4 against teams with winning

records. In Carolina, Ron Rivera is battling for his job. The Panthers dropped to 5-6 after a close loss to the Saints, and ownership could be looking to make major changes this offseason. Rivera has one year left on his contract.

- The AFC has made an incredible comeback in interconference play. New England’s win over Dallas marked the AFC’s ninth win in the past 10 games against the NFC. What was once a 24-13 NFC lead is now down to just 25-22.

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Mom weighs when to tell son how he came to be Dear Abby, My husband and I very much wanted a child and used an egg donor to become parents. We are eternally grateful to the semi-anonymous donor (we have limited information on her) and love our 11-year-old son more than anything. We have told him that I needed help DEAR ABBY (for example, lots of shots) to become pregnant, but have not given him more information than that. Now, I’m wrestling with how much to tell him and when. Part of me says he’s our son — period — and that’s all he needs to know. The other part of me says it’s not something I’m ashamed of. Truly I am grateful, yet with today’s inexpensive DNA tests, I worry that a stranger will knock on our door one day and want contact with him. He has a family who loves him. What do we do? We are very private people. What’s the best way to handle this? I love my son and want to be honest, yet protect him and allow him to focus on his/our family. Midwest Mom

JEANNE PHILLIPS

Your son will eventually need to know his biological mother’s and maternal grandparents’ medical information. Not knowing his level of emotional maturity, I can’t put a number on when he should be told. However, the longer you withhold the information, the greater the chances are that he will feel you weren’t truthful with him. If you want him to focus on “his/your” family, you must level with him, and when you do, let him know how much you wanted him and that

you love him with all your heart. Dear Abby, Lately, I have been feeling down with myself. For the last year or two, I have been really insecure about the way I look or act. I’m overweight, and compared to my grandmother, I look like I’m pregnant. The way I act is strange. I talk to myself when I’m alone. I prefer to keep to myself and don’t really have any friends. At school, I eat lunch alone at my own table (literally). I suffer from depression and anxiety, yet my dad says I’m just overreacting. My sister talks bad about me every day. I used to cut, not because I’m suicidal, but because I wanted to feel something different for once. Dad forced me to stop. I’m sorry this is all jumbled up. I’m not great at explaining how I feel. How do I fix me? Hidden In Plain Sight If it’s any comfort, many people talk to themselves. When I do it and someone catches me, I explain that I’m talking with my “most interesting conversationalist.” I am, however, concerned that you are socially isolated. This is something you should discuss with your school counselor. There is a national organization called Beyond Differences that is dedicated to ending social isolation among young people. It started a program called “No One Eats Alone.” The website is beyonddifferences.org, and if your counselor is not aware of it, he or she may find it of interest.

Cheek chewer reaches out for help preserving teeth No one seems to understand a bad habit of mine, especially dentists. I bite off the loose skin on the inside of my cheeks. I remove little bits of cheek matter that is loose and sort of just hangs and is rough. Once I start, I can’t stop until it’s removed. I know it’s unsightly to see me maneuvering my mouth TO YOUR around to bite off another fragGOOD HEALTH ment of cheek, so I don’t do it when I’m around people. During my 30 minute commute to work and when I’m alone and thinking/pondering, I find myself biting away. It’s automatic and very frustrating. Every dentist recommends a night guard for nighttime teeth grinding, as I’m wearing my teeth down. My father had this habit, and so does my sister. I’d love your help and insight on this matter.

stress is a big one, which might be the case during your commute, for example. These compulsive behaviors provide some kind of relief from stress, so the second part of the treatment is to find a less harmful way to get the same relief. Chewing gum or practicing breathing exercises or other relaxation techniques can be helpful. Some people benefit from seeing a therapist to help find ways of managing stress that are healthier than these repetitive behaviors. I found helpful information at www.bfrb.org/learn-aboutbfrbs/cheek-biting.

Dentists should know about this not uncommon condition called morsicatio buccarum. I’m sure most do, as the appearance of the inside of the cheek can be similar to other, more serious conditions. It is a compulsive behavior, which some people are not even aware they have. There are two types of treatment for morsicatio buccarum. One is the night guard, which protects your teeth and your cheeks while you sleep. Some people with severe symptoms may be recommended to use the mouth guard during the day. The second type of treatment is psychological. This starts with recognizing when you are doing it and under what kinds of situations. Emotional

Difficulty putting on weight and weight loss are significant concerns in people over 80, as there is often an underlying medical cause. Before thinking about the right treatment, a careful evaluation for the common causes is indicated, and your regular doctor is the person to see. This should include a careful dietary history, a medical history and physical exam, and some appropriate blood tests. Treatment should be aimed at correcting any problems found. If none are found, then nutritional supplements may be of some value. However, consultation with a dietitian nutritionist would likely be of even more value, as they may offer you personalized advice.

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I am having problems trying to gain weight. Should I take an instant breakfast drink or supplement? Any specific foods I should eat? I’m 87 and fairly healthy. Should I see a nutritionist?

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Horoscope By Stella Wilder Born today, you are something of a mystery to others, and even your own friends cannot claim to know what really excites you, compels you, frightens you, pleases you or makes you tick. The truth is that you do what you can to keep that kind of thing to yourself; you don’t like to advertise yourself to others, and you certainly don’t wear your heart on your sleeve as some do. You are eager to have a lasting impact on the world around you, and though what you contribute may never be essential or necessary, it will nevertheless very likely be highly valued by many. You may never cure a disease or send a rocket to a distant star, but you will do much without which others would be poorer, indeed. Also born on this date are: Robert Goulet, singer and actor; Eric Sevareid, newsman; Charles Schulz, cartoonist, creator of “Peanuts”; Rich Little, impressionist and actor; Tina Turner, singer. To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — News you receive today sends you reeling — but you can recover quickly and take control of a situation before it gets the better of you. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You may wish to flirt with one or two “petty” excesses today, but take care that you’re not really gambling with something you cannot lose. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You’ve been giv-

ing a great deal of advice lately, perhaps, but you’ve not been taking it, have you? Listen to yourself and fall in line! PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You’ll be attracted to an endeavor that challenges you in a new way. Today, you may not be able to resist something that others would avoid. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You think you’re fooling someone, but in fact it’s yourself you are deceiving — in a way that could prove dangerous today. TAURUS (April 20-May 20 — You may be told a thing or two today that you cannot believe outright — but the proof will present itself as the hours and days pass. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You may be impressed with the doings of someone younger than you, but today is not the day to try to outdo him or her. Play it safe for now. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — There is no shame in doing what comes naturally and in admitting that you are unable to resist that which is right for you. A friend concurs. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — It may be time for apologies before the day is out, but until then, you’ll want to continue along your present course. Don’t be distracted. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — A rival pushes you further than ever before, perhaps. He or she doesn’t know what you’re capable of, but you can demonstrate effectively. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You may be embarrassed for a time by that which is revealed today — but you’ll soon realize you can use it to your advantage very soon. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You’ll come upon something that affects you in a most surprising way. A friend enters the scene just in time and offers an enjoyable distraction. COPYRIGHT 2019 UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE, INC.

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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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SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Bombay and Hollywood. 2. Rock and hillbilly. 3. Clam and tomato (juice). 4. Future and panorama. 5. Pop and icicle. 6. Melt and weld. 7. Taximeter and cab(riolet). 8. Marionette and puppet. 9. Tangerine and pomelo. 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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16-18 Fairview Avenue LLC Arts. of Org. filed w/ SSNY 10/21/19. Off. in Columbia Co. SSNY desig. as agt. of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 18 Fairview Ave, Hudson, NY 12534. Purpose: any lawful activity. 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 Agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF FIRST ROCK EQUITIES LLC Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is: FIRST ROCK EQUITIES LLC. SECOND: The county within this state in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is: Greene County. THIRD: The latest date on which the limited liability company is to dissolve is: Thirty years from the date of filing. FOURTH: The Secretary of State is designated as Agent of the Limited liability Company upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Limited Liability Company served upon him or her is: 1077 Route 23A, Catskill, New York 12414. FIFTH: The future effective date of the Articles of Organization is upon filing. SIXTH: These Articles of Organization have been filed with the Secretary of State on June 13, 2019. Charles H. Schaefer, Esq. Deily & Schaefer, Esqs. One Bridge Street Catskill, New York 12414 (518)943-6632

20 Shaker Road, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 10/24/2019. Office: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 52 Corporate Circle Ste #207 Albany NY 12203. Purpose: any lawful

AUSTERLITZ FIRE District # 1 PO Box 77 Spencertown, NY 12165 PUBLIC NOTICE OF ELECTION THE AFD # 1 WILL BE HOLDING AN ELECTION ON DECEMBER 10TH, 2019 FROM 6:00 PM UNTIL 9:00 PM AT THE SPENCERTOWN FIRE COMPANY, ONE MEMORIAL DRIVE IN SPENCERTOWN, NY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING ONE (1) FIRE COMMISSIONER FOR A FIVE YEAR TERM, COMMENCING, JANUARY 1ST, 2020. VOTERS MUST BE REGISTERED AND RESIDE IN THE TOWN OF AUSTERLITZ. BY ORDER OF: BRENDA OAKES D I S T R I C T SEC/TREAS.

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF DOUGLAS MITCHELL ENTERPRISES, LLC Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is: DOUGLAS MITCHELL ENTERPRISES, LLC. SECOND: The county within this state in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is: Greene County. THIRD: The latest date on which the limited liability company is to dissolve is: Thirty years from the date of filing. FOURTH: The Secretary of State is designated as Agent of the Limited liability Company upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Limited Liability Company served upon him or her is: P.O. Box 127, Leeds, New York 12451. FIFTH: The future effective date of the Articles of Organization is upon filing. SIXTH: These Articles of Organization have been filed with the Secretary of State on August 22, 2019. Charles H. Schaefer, Esq. Deily & Schaefer, Esqs. One Bridge Street Catskill, New York 12414 (518)943-6632

COLUMBIA COUNTY CAPITAL RESOURCE CORPORATION NOTICE OF MEETING Please take notice that there will be a regular meeting of the Columbia County Capital Resource Corporation and its Audit, Finance and Governance Committee which will be held on December 3, 2019 at 8:30am at One Hudson City Centre, Suite 301, Hudson, NY 12534 for the purpose of discussing any matters that may be presented to the Corporation for consideration. Dated: November 26, 2019 Sarah Sterling Secretary Columbia County Capital Resource Corporation

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY PAMELA SALISBURY LLC Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (â&#x20AC;&#x153;LLCâ&#x20AC;?). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (â&#x20AC;&#x153;SSNYâ&#x20AC;?) on 11/15/2019. Office location: Columbia County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC to Kristal Heinz, ESQ., P.O. Box 1331, Hudson, NY 12534. Purpose: To engage in any lawful activity. ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY THE ORCHARDS HOUSE HUDSON LLC Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company ("LLC"). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York ("SSNY") on 11/14/2019. Office location: Columbia County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC to Kristal Heinz, ESQ., P.O. Box 1331, Hudson, NY 12534. Purpose: To engage in any lawful activity. Finding Food Productions, LLC, has been formed to engage in catering and other food-related activities. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York on July 15, 2019. Office: P.O. Box 188, Chatham, (Columbia County) New York 12037. David Israelow has been designated as the LLCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agent upon whom process against it may be served. A copy of process should be mailed to the LLC at: 116 Second Avenue, Apt. 7I, New York, NY 10003.

Firetown Holdings LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/13/19. Office: Columbia 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, 214 Pine Road, Hillsdale, NY COLUMBIA COUNTY 12529. Purpose: Any INDUSTRIAL DEVEL- lawful purpose. OPMENT AGENCY ADVERTISEMENT MEETING NOTICE Please take notice that FOR BIDS there will be a regular Sealed Bids will be remeeting of the Colum- ceived until January 7, bia County Industrial 2019 at the Town of 439 Main Development Agency Catskill, and its Audit, Finance Street, Catskill NY, and Governance Com- 12414 until 1:30 PM mittee held on December 3, 2019 at 8:30am at their offices at One Hudson City Centre, Suite 301, Hudson, NY 12534. This meeting will be held to consider all appropriate business brought before it. The meeting is open to the public. Sarah Sterling Secretary Columbia County Industrial Development Agency Dated November 26, 2019

local time and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud for: VILLAGE OF CATSKILL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT SCREEN UPGRADE PROJECT Work shall include but is not limited to: Contract #4 GC - General Construction This work consists of upgrades to the WWTP, including a new mechanical bar screen system in the administration building and appurtenances. Contract #4 E - Electrical Construction This work consists of the electrical work associated with upgrades to the WWTP. This includes but is not limited to providing power and control wire and conduit to the new screening equipment, and replacement of existing electrical fixtures as required. Contract #2 also consists of HVAC upgrades to the WWTP including replacement of fans and louvers as well as associated electrical work. A Pre-Bid conference will be held on December 19, 2019 at 1:00 PM at the Town of Catskill, 439 Main Street, Catskill NY, 12414. Bidding contractors are strongly encouraged to have an authorized representative of their firm present at this meeting. Contract Documents, including Advertisement for Bids, Information for Bidders, Labor and Employment, Additional Instructions, Bid Documents, Agreement, General Conditions, General Requirements, Specifications, Contract Drawings and any Addenda, may be examined at no expense on line at the following website: www.debiddocuments.com under 'public projects', or at the office of Delaware Engineering, D.P.C., 28 Madison Ave Extension Albany NY, 12203. Digital copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained online as a download for a non-refundable fee of Forty-Nine Dollars ($49.00) from the website: www.debiddocuments.com under 'public projects.' Complete hardcopy sets of bidding documents may be obtained from REV, 330 Route 17A, Suite #2, Goshen, NY 10924, Tel: 1-877-272-0216, upon depositing the sum of One Hundred and fifty Dollars ($150.00) for each set of documents. Checks or money orders shall be made payable to

Delaware Engineering, D.P.C. Cash deposits will not be accepted. Any Bidder requiring documents to be shipped shall make arrangements with REV and pay for all packaging and shipping costs. Any Bidder who submitted completed Bid Forms to the Town of Catskill, upon returning such set in good condition within thirty days following the award of the contract or rejection of the bids, will be refunded their full payment. Deposits will not be refunded to any non-bidder (including material suppliers, subcontractors, or those that provide quotes to Bidders). Questions should be sent to Alan Tavenner, P.E. via email at atavenner@delawareengineering.com or Fax at (518) 452-1335. Please note that www.debiddocuments.com is the designated location and means for distributing and obtaining all bid package information. All Bidders are urged to register to ensure receipt of all necessary information including bid addenda. All bid addenda will be transmitted to registered plan holders via email and will be available at www.debiddocuments.com. Plan holders who have paid for hard copies of the bid documents will need to make the determination if hard copies of the addenda are required for their use, and coordinate directly with REV for hard copies of addenda to be issued. There will be no charge for registered plan holders to obtain hard copies of the bid addenda. Each bid must be accompanied by security in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid in the form and subject to the conditions provided in the Information for Bidders. No Bidder may withdraw his bid within forty-five (45) days after the actual date of opening thereof. This is an exempt capital improvement project, and Bidders shall not include in their bid sales and compensating use taxes on the cost of materials which are to be incorporated into the work and which are to be separately sold by the Contractor to the Town of Catskill prior to incorporation into the work of the Contract. The Owner reserves the right to waive any informalities or irregularities in the Bids received, or to reject any or all Bids without explanation, and to se-

lect the Bid, the acceptance of which, in its judgment, will best assure the efficient performance of the work. Ainsworth Gorkin PLLC. Filed with SSNY on 10/16/2019. Office location: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent for process and shall mail to: 126 Park Ln Tannersville NY 12485. Purpose:Dentistry Cameron Rando LLC. Filed with SSNY on 11/11/2019. Office: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 97 Royal Rd Stuyvesant NY 12173. Purpose: any lawful H u n t e r- Ta n n e r s v i l l e Central School District is seeking proposals for an Independent External Auditor. Contact the District Office at (518) 589-5400 extension: 1000 to request a proposal. Sealed proposals must be received by 11:00 a.m. on December 16, 2019. Notice of Formation of Maxlyke, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 10/15/19. Office location: Columbia County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 25 Robert Pitt Dr., Ste 204, Monsey, NY 10952. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is Vcorp Agent Services, Inc., 25 Robert Pitt Dr., Ste 204, Monsey, NY 10952. Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FIRST: The name of the Limited Liability Company is 584 YELLOW HOUSE, LLC (hereinafter referred to as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Companyâ&#x20AC;?) SECOND: The Articles of Organization of the Company were filed with the Secretary of State on October 31, 2019. THIRD: The County within the State of New York in which the office of the Company is located is Columbia. FOURTH: The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process against the Company may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail process is P.O. Box 400, Claverack, NY, 12513. FIFTH: The Company is organized for all lawful purposes, and to do any and all things necessary, convenient, or incidental to that purpose. Dated: October 31, 2019 FREEMAN HOWARD, P.C. 441 East Allen Street P.O. Box 1328 Hudson, New York 12534 Notice of formation of 5975 Hunter, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Secretary of State (NS) on 2/5/2019, office location: Greene County. NS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. NS shall mail service of process (SOP) to: PO Box 602; Hunter, NY 12442. 5975 Hunter, LLC has designated itself as agent for SOP at PO Box 602; Hunter, NY 12442. Purpose is any lawful purpose.

NOTICE of Formation of a Domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC) Under Section 203 of The Limited Liability Company Law The name of the LLC is LCK Charm LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 11/18/2019. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. The office of the LLC is to be located in Columbia County. The Secretary of State is designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is 176 Fowler Lake Rd. Ghent, New York 12075. Notice of Formation of Lyles Properties LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), Article of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on November 13, 2019. Office location: Greene, NY. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC to 482 West Main Street, Catskill, NY 12414. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. JOHN CONNOR, JR., ESQ. 76 Green Street P.O. Box 427 Hudson, New York 12534 (518) 828-2712 LEGAL NOTICE The bond resolution, a summary of which is published herewith, was adopted on the 15th day of October, 2019, subject to a permissive referendum

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COLUMBIA-GREENE MEDIA and the period of time has elapsed for the submission and filing of a petition for a permissive referendum and a valid petition has not been submitted and filed, and the validity of the obligations authorized by such resolution may be hereafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which the Village of Coxsackie, New York is not authorized to expend money or if the provisions of the law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of publication of this notice, or such obligations were authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution. /s/ Nikki M. Bereznak Village Clerk The following is a summary of said bond resolution: 1. The title of the bond resolution is: BOND RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE OF COXSACKIE, GREENE COUNTY, NEW YORK, ADOPTED OCTOBER 15, 2019, AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF A PUBLIC WORKS TRUCK, INCLUDING APPURTENANCES RELATING THERETO, STATING THE ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST OF SAID ACQUISITION, TOGETHER WITH CERTAIN COSTS PRELIMINARY AND INCIDENTAL THERETO IS $164,001.00, A P P R O P R I AT I N G SAID SUM THEREFOR AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF UP TO $164,001.00 SERIAL BONDS OF THE VILLAGE TO FINANCE SAID APPROPRIATION. 2. The resolution, among other things, authorized the Village of Coxsackie, New York (the “Village”) to acquire a public works truck, in particular, one 2019 International HV 507 SFA 4x4 with a dump body and plow equipment provided and installed by Viking, including appurtenances related thereto, (the “Public Works Truck”) stating the estimated maximum cost of said acquisition, together with certain costs preliminary and incidental thereto is $164,001.00, appropriating said sum therefor and authorizing the issuance of up to $164,001.00 serial bonds of the Village to finance said appropriation. 3. The estimated maximum cost of the Public Works Truck, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and the financing thereof, is $164,001.00 and said amount was appropriated therefor in the bond resolution. To finance said appropriation, serial bonds of the Village are authorized to be issued in the aggregate principal amount of up to $164,001.00 pursuant to, and in accordance with, the provisions of the Local Finance Law, constituting Chapter 33-A of the Consolidated Laws of the State of New York (the “Law”). 4. The period of probable usefulness of the specific objects or purposes for which the bonds authorized by the resolution are to be issued is fifteen (15) years, within the limitation of Section 11.00(a)(28) of the Law. The bond resolution summarized hereby is available for public inspection during normal business hours at the office of the Village Clerk, 119 Mansion Street in the Village of Coxsackie, New York, Greene County, New York. LEGITSKIN LLC. Filed 5/20/19. Office: Greene Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: Meagan Alvord 45 S River St Apt B, Coxsackie, NY 12051. Purpose: General. Mullins Consulting, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 11/13/2019. Office: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 52 Corporate Circle Ste 207 Albany NY 12203. Purpose: any lawful NOTICE OF FORMATION OF BIRD STONE HOLDINGS LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the SSNY on 10/9/2019. Office: Co-

lumbia County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of any process to LLC c/o Legalinc Corporate Services Inc., 1967 Wehrle Drive, Suite 1 #086, Buffalo, NY 14221. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. NOTICE OF FORMATION of Jenn Morse Photography LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 9/15/19. Location: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process on LLC. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 81 N 5th st apt 3r Hudson NY 12534. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Palmquist Editorial, LLC Articles of Organization for Palmquist Editorial, LLC, (the “LLC”) have been filed with the New York Secretary of State (“SS”) on 11/12/2019. Office location: Columbia County. SS has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Address to which SS shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is: PO Box 673, Kinderhook, NY 12106-0673. The character and purpose of the business of the LLC is any lawful act or activity permitted under NY Limited Liability Company Law. Notice of Formation of THE POND RESTAURANT LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 10/25/2019. Office location: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 22 Park Row , Chatham, NY 12037. Purpose: any lawful activity. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING County of Columbia PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that there will be a public hearing held before the Columbia County Board of Supervisors at the Supervisor’s chambers 401 State Street, Hudson, NY on December 11, 2019 at 7:30pm to consider the proposed 2020 operating budget for the County of Columbia. Copies of the tentative budget may be inspected or procured at the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors office during regular business hours. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that said budget proposes the following as and for salaries of officials published herein in accordance with section 359 of the New York State County law: Supervisors: $14,000 each Deputy Chairman of the Board (2): $17,000 Majority leader: $17,000 Minority leader: $17,000 Chairman of the Board of Supervisors: $30,000 The public hearing thereafter followed by a meeting of the Board of Supervisors to consider any such other and further business that may come before the Board. By Order of the Clerk of the Board, Kelly S. Baccaro November 22, 2019 Organization of MAJESTRIC VALLEY MEDICAL LLC 872 Mountain Avenue Apt 1 Purling, NY 12470 filed June 26, 2019 with SSNY 99 Washington Ave. Albany, NY for General Purpose. PUBLIC NOTICE GERMANTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL The Germantown Central School Board of Education is seeking transportation bids for special education transportation for the remainder of the 20192020 school year. Specifications may be obtained in the District Clerk’s Office between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Bids must be in the hands of the District Clerk by 9:00 a.m. on December 4, 2019 at which time they will be publicly opened and read. By Order of the Board of Education, Linda Anderson District Clerk Please take notice that the Village of Coxsackie Historic Preservation Committee will hold a

PUBLIC NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Germantown Planning Board shall hold a Public Hearing for a Subdivision and Lot Line Adjustment applied for by David Weiss for the creation of one building lot 3.037 acres and adjustment of two Lot Lines to improve two parcels at his property located at 10 Camp Creek Road and 4664 Route 9G, Germantown, NY on December 12, 2019 at Germantown Town Hall 50 Palatine Park Road, Germantown, NY 12526. The public has the right to attend the meeting. If you are unable to attend and choose not to speak at the Public Hearing, written comments will be accepted at Germantown Town Hall c/o Jami DelPozzo or g t o w n p z sec@yahoo.com Jami L. DelPozzoPUBLIC NOTICE Planning and Zoning 51 ALBANY AVENUE, Secretary LLC AUTHORITY FILED WITH SSNY SUPREME COURT Notice is hereby given COUNTY OF GREENE that 51 ALBANY AVE- FEDERAL NATIONAL NUE, LLC Authority MORTGAGE ASSOwas filed with the Sec- CIATION ("FANNIE retary of State of New MAE"), A CORPORAYork (SSNY) on TION ORGANIZED 10/16/19. FIRST: The AND EXISTING UNname of the foreign DER THE LAWS OF limited liability compa- THE UNITED STATES ny is 51 ALBANY AVE- OF AMERICA Plaintiff NUE, LLC (the “LLC”). against- MARIE A. ANSECOND: The jurisdic- NUNZIATA, YVONNE tion of the organization PARADISO, ANNE of the LLC is Vermont PARADISO, ANGELO (VT) and the date of its PARADISO, et al Deorganization is 8/8/19. fendant(s). Pursuant to THIRD: Columbia a Judgment of ForeCounty is the county closure and Sale enwithin NY wherein the tered herein and dated LLC is located. October 2, 2019, I, the FOURTH: The SSNY is undersigned Referee designated as agent of will sell at public aucthe LLC upon whom tion at the Greene process against it may County Courthouse, be served. SSNY shall 320 Main Street, Catsmail process to the kill, NY on December LLC to 1710 Green- 16, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. bush Road, North Fer- premises situate, lying risburgh, VT 05473. and being in Old PaFIFTH: The address of lenville, in the Town of the LLC in VT is 1710 Catskill, Greene Greenbush Road, County, New York, North Ferrisburgh, VT bounded and de05473. SIXTH: The scribed as follows: BELLC existed in VT at GINNING at a pin drivthe time its application en in the ground in the for authority in NY was westerly side of the filed. The VT Secretary Bogart Road 250 feet of State is the author- northeasterly from the ized officer where the easterly corner of LLC’s Articles of Or- lands of George Garaganization is filed, bedian (approximately whose address is 128 1128 feet to the northState Street, Montpeli- easterly of the Catskiller, VT 05633. The LLC Tannesville State Highis organized for any le- way Route 23A); being gal purpose. This noti- a plot 500 feet by 100 fication is made pursu- feet by 500 feet by 100 ant to Section 802 of feet. Section: 184.19 the NY Limited Liability Block: 1 Lot: 2. Company Law. Said premises known as 91 BOGART ROAD, PALENVILLE, NY PUBLIC NOTICE Approximate amount NOTICE OF FORMA- of lien $162,923.73 TION OF A LIMITED plus interest & costs. LIABILITY COMPANY Premises will be sold (LLC) subject to provisions The name of the LLC is of filed Judgment and Pooch HQ LLC. Arti- Terms of Sale. cles of Organization If the sale is set aside filed with Secretary of for any reason, the State of New York Purchaser at the sale (SSNY) on July 16, shall be entitled only to 2019. New York office a return of the deposit location: 84 Summit paid. The Purchaser Street, Village of Phil- shall have no further mont, County of Co- recourse against the lumbia and the State Mortgagor, the Mortof New York. SSNY gagee or the has been designated Mortgagee’s attorney. as agent of LLC upon Index Number whom process against 413/2014. it may be served. The MATTHEW J. GRIEpost office address to SEMER, ESQ., Referee which the SSNY shall David A. Gallo & Assomail a copy of any pro- ciates LLP cess against the LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff served upon him/her 99 Powerhouse Road, is: Pooch HQ LLC; 84 First Floor, Roslyn Summit Street, Hud- Heights, NY 11577 son, New York 12534. File# 8150.668 Purpose/Character of business: Any lawful ZONING BOARD OF business purpose per- APPEALS mitted under the New TOWN OF STUYVEYork Limited Liability SANT Company Law. This STUYVESANT, NEW notification is made YORK 12173 pursuant to Section NOTICE OF MEETING 206 of the Limited CANCELLATION Liability Company The Town of StuyveLaw. sant Zoning Board of Appeals has cancelled its monthly meeting PUBLIC NOTICE scheduled for TuesNOTICE OF FORMA- day, November 26, TION OF A 2019. LIMITED LIABILITY The next scheduled COMPANY (LLC) meeting is set for the The name of the LLC is third Wednesday, DeSunny Bear LLC. Arti- cember 18, 2019, due cles of Organization to the holiday. filed with Secretary of Doreen Danforth State of New York Secretary to the Zon(SSNY) on November ing Board 20, 2019. New York office location: 10 Main WILD SWEDE FILMS Street, Town of Chat- LLC Articles of Org. ham, County of Co- filed NY Sec. of State lumbia and the State (SSNY) 10/31/19. Ofof New York. SSNY fice in Columbia Co. has been designated SSNY design. Agent of as agent of LLC upon LLC upon whom prowhom process against cess may be served. it may be served. The SSNY shall mail copy post office address to of process to Mikael which the SSNY shall Sodersten 127 W 79th mail a copy of any pro- St Apt 16A New York cess against the LLC NY 10024. Purpose: served upon him/her Any lawful activity. is: Sunny Bear LLC, COURT: c/o Giovanni Iacono, SUPREME 228 Main Street, Ger- STATE OF NEW YORK mantown, New York COUNTY OF COLUM12526. Purpose/Char- BIA NOTICE acter of business: Any SHERIFF'S lawful business pur- OF pose permitted under SALE OF REAL PROPthe New York Limited ERTY Liability Company 70 Hull Road, Elizaville, Law. This notification NY 12523 is made pursuant to Index No. 8081-2014 Section 206 of the ESTATE OF GEORGE Limited Liability Com- SALENSKY, Plaintiff, pany Law. Public Hearing on December 10, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. at the Village of Coxsackie Hall, 119 Mansion Street, Coxsackie, NY. The subject of the Public Hearing will be to review the proposal received by Sharon Mahota & Joe Alves at 12 Reed Street, Coxsackie, NY bearing Tax Map #56.20-1-12, for rear yard improvements including installation of privacy fencing to connect to the shed at the rear of the property. Landscaping will be done inside the fenced in area, to include fruit trees, garden boxes and a rear patio area. Details of the proposal can be viewed at the Village of Coxsackie Offices, 119 Mansion Street, Coxsackie, NY. Respectfully Submitted, Nikki Bereznak, Clerk

-againstSTEVEN M. HULL and AMY A. HULL Defendant. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of an execution issued out of the Supreme Court, Columbia County, dated September 16, 2019, against the real property of the judgment debtors, STEVEN M. HULL and AMY A. HULL, the Sheriff of the County of Columbia will sell at public auction, pursuant to law, at the Columbia County Courthouse, 401 Union Street, Hudson, New York on the 8th day of January, 2020 at 10:00 AM in the forenoon of said day all the right, title and interest which the said STEVEN M. HULL and AMY A. HULL have therein on the 8th day of January, 2020, or at any time subsequent thereto, in and to the lands and premises described and numbered below: 1. All of the interest of STEVEN M. HULL and AMY A. HULL in and to that parcel of real property situated in the Town of Gallatin, Hamlet of Elizaville, County of Columbia, State of New York with the tax map number Tax ID# 183.-1-16.100 commonly known as 70 Hull Road, Elizaville, NY 12523 and the same are described in Book 631 of Land Records at Page 1687 and more particularly described in Schedule "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof. Dated: November 8, 2019 David P. Bartlett Columbia County Sheriff Schedule A To Notice of Sale Tax ID # 183.-1-16.100 commonly known as 70 Hull Road, Elizaville, NY 12523 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, lying or being erected in the Town of Gallatin, (Elizaville),County of Columbia, State of New York, more fully described as follows: KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS 70 Hull Road, on a plan or map of the property of Michael and Marcella Hull, known and shown on a map prepared by S.V.N. Rockerfeller, C. E. and entitled "Property of Michael & Marcella Hull to be conveyed to Walter and Ruth Hull", scales as noted, filed at the Columbia County Clerk's Office, Hudson, N.Y. on November 5, 1954. SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS: 1. The above described premises to be used for residential purposes. 2. The Grantee herein, his heirs and assigns, to comply with all State and County laws and regulations as to water and sewage installations and this conveyance is made subject to those laws and regulations. 3. The Grantee herein, his heirs and assigns, to comply with any and all reservations, right of way, boundary agreements, easements and any and all restrictive covenants that run with the land and the affecting lot. 4. The Grantee herein, his heirs and assigns, to comply with the right of the public to access the portion of Hull and Benton Road, lying within the parcel. 5. The Grantee herein, his heirs and assigns, to comply with rights of record, if any, of existing public utilities. BEING a portion of the parcel as described in a deed from Henry W. Livingston to Henry Younghanse, dated April 12, 1835 and recorded in the Book of Deeds at the Columbia County Clerk's Office, Hudson, N.Y. BEING the same premises and parcel conveyed by and as described in Warranty Deed by Charles Weaver to Michael Hull, bearing the date of September 24, 1921, and recorded in the Columbia County Clerk's Office, Hudson, N. Y. on May 22, 1931 in Liber 211, Book of Deeds at page 165. BEING a portion of the premises conveyed in part as described in a deed from Michael and Marcella Hull, husband and wife, as tenants by the entirety, bearing the date of December 3, 1954 and recorded in the Columbia County Clerk's Office,

Hudson, N. Y. in Liber 318, Book of Deeds at page 185. BEING a portion of the premises described in a deed from Marcella Hull as surviving tenant by the entirety of her husband Michael Hull, to Walter Hull and Ruth Hull by a deed bearing the date of January 31, 1967 and recorded in the Columbia County Clerk's Office, Hudson, N. Y. in Liber 431, Book of Deeds at page 347. BEING a portion of premises described in a deed bearing the date of April 10, 1976 from Walter Hull and Ruth Hull to Walter and Ruth Hull and recorded in the Columbia County Clerk's Office, Hudson, N. Y. in Liber 524, Book of Deeds at page 963. BEING a portion of premises described in a deed bearing the date of March 6, 2008, from Ruth Hull to Stephen and Amy Hull and recorded in the Columbia County Clerk's Office, Hudson, N. Y. in Liber 631, Book of Deeds at page 1693.

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PHILADELPHIA — There is no doubt that Jimmy Butler is one of the best basketball players in the world and has been for some time. He is tenacious on both ends of the floor and unafraid of any opponent or moment. On Saturday night, he returned here to take on the 76ers, his most recent former NBA franchise. Philadelphia fans heartily booed him every time he touched the ball. The Sixers crushed the Miami Heat, 113-86, to win their fourth straight. Butler, like the rest of his team, struggled, shooting 4 for 13 from the field. He did get some dunks in, which only amplified the displeasure at the Wells Fargo Center. Afterward, he shrugged off this game as just like any other. “To tell you the truth, I legit didn’t even pay attention,” Butler said of the jeers. For other athletes, this may seem like a platitude. For Butler, it was a sign that he was too immersed in yet another honeymoon period to shift his focus. Watching Butler on Saturday, he truly didn’t appear to notice even as taunts that he’d never win a championship and finger points to the lopsided scoreboard flew his way. Miami is now his fourth team in four years, an unusual path for a superstar in the best years of his career. Butler, 30, clashed in splits with each of his first three teams — the Chicago Bulls (six seasons), the Minnesota Timberwolves (one season plus 10 games) and the Sixers (a bit more than half a season). In Chicago, Butler openly pinned blame on others, clashing with Fred Hoiberg, the Bulls’ coach then, and publicly going after his Bulls teammates after a loss, saying, “I want to play with guys who care.” He later told ESPN that he “probably went about a lot of things the wrong way.” The Bulls traded Butler to the Timberwolves, and after a first-round playoff exit against the Houston Rockets, he requested a trade that hadn’t materialized by the next preseason. So an irritated Butler didn’t show up to early practices. Once he did, he put on a show in what became one of the most talked about practices in NBA history. He cursed out a front-office executive, antagonized his coach and the team’s younger starters, and led a team of reserves to a victory in a scrimmage. He immediately sat down for an ESPN interview after the practice and called out teammates — just as he’d done

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Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler (22) and Philadelphia 76ers center Al Horford (42) battle for the ball at Wells Fargo Center.

in Chicago on his way out. Traded to Philadelphia last season, Butler played next to two bona fide All-Stars, Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons, in a city that especially loves hard-nosed players. That marriage started off well, too, with the Sixers going 21-9 in Butler’s first 30 games. He carried them offensively in several playoff games. If Kawhi Leonard’s fortuitous bounces at the last second of the Eastern Conference semifinals had rimmed out, Butler might be a champion right now. Yet again, the situation wasn’t exactly right. Even with Leonard out of the conference, Philadelphia didn’t run it back when free agency began. There have been differing reports as to whose choice this was, but the Sixers shifted quickly to replace Butler with Al Horford, while Butler opted for warmer pastures in South Beach, later suggesting that something went awry. He told Yahoo this month: “Stuff just don’t work out. Nobody knows what really went on in Philly, and we’re going to leave it that way.” And his former teammate Simmons

told ESPN in an interview published recently that the Sixers’ chemistry is better this season. (He didn’t mention Butler specifically.) After the game, Butler greeted Embiid, whom he still considers a close friend, and briefly interacted with Mike Scott, another teammate from last season. But in the locker room, Butler declined to delve any deeper as to why he left Philadelphia. “That’s something in the past,” he said. “I’ll leave it there. What happened in the summer with talks, that’s for us to know.” Sixers coach Brett Brown wasn’t keen on discussing Butler, either. He wouldn’t comment on why he thought Butler left, and said they hadn’t spoken recently. “He had some great games for us,” Brown said. “And we came close at the end. Sometimes things just don’t work out. He’s in a really good place, and we wish him well.” Outwardly, Butler is having an absolutely joyous time in Miami playing for a franchise he long admired. He has had a slow start shooting

the ball, but he is sharing it well — averaging a career-high 6.7 assists per game. The Heat (114) are unexpectedly one of the best teams in the NBA and play their home games in one of the best cities for a winter sport. But Heat fans should be cautioned: Butler has had several honeymoon phases now — and each one has been shorter than the one before. There is a legitimate question as to whether this one will last, no matter how warm the weather (83 degrees Saturday) and how long the contract (four years, $140.8 million.) Butler himself has said he has issues following directives, something coaches might find difficult. On his then-teammate J.J. Redick’s podcast last year, Butler said: “Now, first of all, I have a for-real problem with authority. When somebody is telling me what to do as a grown man, I have a problem with it.” We all have bosses. NBA players, even the great ones, are no different. Butler’s new coach, Erik Spoelstra, is a demanding one who drew criticism from the notorious gym rat Ray Allen for holding what he saw as an exorbitant amount of practices and shootarounds. Pat Riley, the president of the Heat, has long preached a culture mandating peak conditioning and effort, a challenge that figures to suit Butler’s personality. Riley said at a news conference introducing Butler: “I hope he likes it. But it’s going to be hard. He’s going to find out.” After being routed by his former team, Butler did express some perspective. “I don’t like that we lost, but I like that we lost,” he said. “Because this is when your character is really going to be shown. When adversity hits, how are you going to handle it?” Adversity has historically not been something Butler has handled well. He has fashioned his demeanor after intense types like Michael Jordan, Kevin Garnett and Kobe Bryant, calling out teammates and coaches with the excuse that he expects the same excellence from them that he demands of himself. The issue, however, is that Butler is not any of those players. He has made four All-Star Games, two all-NBA teams and two all-defensive teams without ever making clear that he can be the best player on a championship team. For Butler, a player very much in his prime, it’s up to him, not just his teammates, to make this latest honeymoon last through June.

FIU’s win over Miami took all known history and left it upturned Chuck Culpepper The Washington Post

COLUMBUS, Ohio — On the nutty college fields of America, November brims with tension and significance and the occasional gasping theater, but also with those meaningless games of towering meaning. They’re forgotten games that rustle the ghosts and remake the obscure. They come shouting from beneath the pile of a Saturday night until you crave further knowledge about how a 5-5 team beat a 6-4 team yet deserved just as much mention as the contenders in the loud College Football Playoff. One such game hollered from way down southernmost, even on a Saturday when the playoff puzzle lost its gaudy Oregon (9-2) and its admirable Penn State (9-2). Sure, nine candidates remain for the four playoff spots; and Arizona State’s Herm Edwards and Danny Gonzales reminded us they know how to cook up enough defense to foil even a Justin Herbert Oregon; and Baylor (10-1) impressed deeply in surpassing its Oklahoma sigh to give Texas its latest reminder that its superiority is bygone; and Alabama (10-1) started its new paradigm with Mac Jones at quarterback; and Utah (10-1) looks like one of those rare teams where we must consider scoring margin (conference wins: 38-13, 52-7, 21-3, 35-0, 33-28, 49-3 and 357). But wait! What’s this from the long-forgotten, international city of Miami?

What the heck? It might take a volume to explain the resonance of FIU’s 30-24 win over Miami on Saturday night at Marlins Park, where the Orange Bowl once sat. That victory by a 20-point underdog took all known history and left it upturned. FIU Coach Butch Davis even told reporters, “There’s maybe a little bit of those spirits that stay in that ground that kind of helped take care of us tonight.” With that, the man who coached Miami from 1995 to 2000 surmised that even those dwelling beneath the ground might have helped hex the Hurricanes. Holy Howard Schnellenberger. Meanwhile, in a quote rich in candor, native Miamian and first-year Hurricanes coach Manny Diaz said: “Obviously, a very, very dark night. One of the lowest points ever in this proud program’s history.” Holy Ed Reed. Miami, of course, is that rare program that popped up out of the depths to start hurling around the royalty. It up and won five national championships and got within inches of others between 1983 and 2001. It also got to No. 2 in the College Football Playoff rankings just two Novembers ago. Yes, it has gone 13-14 since, but this? Holy Ray Lewis. FIU, the brand name for Florida International University - which is not to be confused with Florida Atlantic University, which beat FIU,

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FIU Golden Panthers coaching staff celebrate a touchdown run against the Miami Hurricanes during the second half at Marlins Park.

37-7, just two weeks ago - began playing football in 2002. It did so coached by one of the central figures in arguably the greatest game in NFL history, Don Strock, who wore a Dolphins uniform to complete 29 of 43 passes for 403 yards and four touchdowns in a 41-38 loss-but-non-loss to San Diego in that playoff game of Jan. 2, 1982. On Aug. 29, 2002, FIU beat Saint Peter’s, 27-3, before 17,314 to lift the lid on the football habit two days before defending national champion Miami, across town, stretched its winning streak to 23 (along the way to 34) with a 63-17 win over Florida A&M in the Orange Bowl before 68,548. Right after that on Saturday, Sept. 7, FIU lost, 23-22, at Elon, while Miami went to Gainesville and blasted No. 7 Florida, 41-16. FIU has existed as a place for only 54 years, and in a world

with so many places, that’s a blip of time. So, for your information, the mascot is Panthers. The actual performing mascot is Roary the Panther, who hasn’t yet attained the historic status of, say, Uga. The fine history of bowl games through FIU’s mere 18 seasons includes the 2010 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl (win), the 2011 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl (loss), the 2017 Gasparilla Bowl (loss) and the 2018 Bahamas Bowl (win), bowls the program relished even if the names serve as a reminder that we are all insane. How in the world it ever got to this shift in football plate tectonics, on Saturday night, before 27,339, at a baseball stadium, on an old football ground, is one of those howin-the-worlds in which college football does specialize. Suddenly, 11 minutes of reporters’ questions and four FIU

players’ answers from a dais wrapped up with linebacker Sage Lewis saying this: “We wasn’t even calling them ‘University of Miami’ during the week. We were calling them ‘University of Coral Gables’ [which is technically Miami’s address]. We’re the true Miami school. Think about it. We have more students. International. Everything.” Holy Michael Irvin, what improbable words. Jose Borregales, the kicker from Miami’s own Booker T. Washington High, said this: “I mean, I think it carries a lot [of meaning] to any player that was playing football down here in Miami. You know, being overlooked and just having that chip on your shoulder. You know, beating the team that, I think I’m speaking for everybody in Miami, that used to be our dream school. You know, everybody knew Miami. So beating them today is like, ‘Yeah, we’re here,’ you know.” Used to be . . . Holy Warren Sapp. Davis had come back to coach on the ground where he once got Miami to the cusp of a national title before leaving for the Cleveland Browns, and he spoke of his arrival at the stadium Saturday night via the familiar old-town roads: “Driving down 826 to 836, until you got off the [road], and then when you got off, there’s no rusty stadium there with only five bathrooms and only two of them for women.” There was a gorgeous urban baseball stadium, and FIU played as the home team, and

FIU got booed on entry, and FIU relished that the way athletes generally do. Then FIU won, and it reached nowhere near the College Football Playoff selection committee but reached back across the years such as 1983 (when Schnellenberger’s Miami broke through) and 2002 (when FIU started up), and it shook the humid ground a bit. Meanwhile, that 13-member committee will meet again early in the week, and the speculative questions of November carry on. If LSU beats Georgia narrowly in the SEC championship game Dec. 7, might the committee still make Georgia the first twoloss team ever in the playoff? If Utah beats Oregon in the Pac12 championship game Dec. 6, will Oregon’s 31-28 loss after a 24-7 fourth-quarter deficit wind up putting a dent in Utah’s credibility? What might it do with Alabama, if the Crimson Tide can go into Auburn and ruin one of the game’s great spectacles, the toilet paper in the trees? Does Ohio State at Michigan even matter, given that if Ohio State (11-0) loses but wins the Big Ten it probably still makes the playoff? Well, of course it matters! It’s Ohio State vs. Michigan! November matters in too many layers to count, even those you wake up on a Saturday thinking you might not even notice all day and all night, until something wild comes barreling at you, maybe even from a baseball stadium on an old football ground with

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Are the Raiders too flawed to make the playoffs? By Dieter Kurtenbach The Mercury News

Don’t indict the Raiders over their listless performance against the Jets on Sunday in New Jersey. Doing so would only be an indictment of your unjustifiably increased expectations. Yes, Sunday was an incredible opportunity for the Raiders, a chance for them to accelerate a well-established timeline and to put the AFC West lead on the table for next Sunday’s contest with the Chiefs. But it was made evident by halftime that Jon Gruden’s team wasn’t ready for prime time. Or, rather, that they were not ready for a 10 a.m. game. Body clocks are real, and to West Coast teams, they can be as nasty as the weather in New Jersey on Sunday. But do you know what’s tougher to overcome than transcontinental travel and essentially a morning kickoff? Trying to win a game with a defense that treats stops like a special occasion and a onedimensional offense that stands little chance of coming back from any sort of significant deficit. Add them all together — the travel, the start time, and a football team without game-changing talent on either side of the ball — and you have a blowout like Sunday’s 34-3 loss. It was bad. All sorts of bad. A confluence of failure. And yet it didn’t disqualify the Raiders in the AFC playoff race. The conference, it turns out, is all sorts of bad, too. Still, it’s hard to overlook what we saw Sunday. Yes, the worst version of the Raiders showed up to the Meadowlands. A version the Raiders had done so well to hide for the last nine weeks. A version that they might not be able to put back behind the curtain in time for next Sunday’s season-defining showdown in Kansas City. A version that doesn’t stand a chance down the stretch. In this version, the offense struggled to move the ball once Josh Jacobs, the Raiders’ dynamic rookie running back, was neutralized by a Jets defense hellbent on eliminating the Raiders’ best player as a factor. The Raiders have been a one-trick pony all year — and for the last few weeks, they’re been

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Oakland Raiders head coach Jon Gruden before the the game against the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium.

turning a trick by riding that one pony. Sunday, they couldn’t get in the saddle. For all those wondering — in a euphoric or worrisome light — what the Raiders would do without Jacobs, the game against the Jets was your answer. That kind of game cannot happen again. That would be disqualifying. With Jacobs neutralized, the Jets dared Derek Carr to throw it, and, in the rare moments he wasn’t dodging defensive-back blitzes, he didn’t dare challenge their Cover-2 coverage downfield. By shutting down Jacobs, the Jets brought out the worst in Carr and the Raiders. They turned them into a lifeless dink-and-dunk offense, the kind we’ve seen and lamented so many times before. But at least with the offense, the Raiders know how to solve the problem in both the short and long term. Without a run game, the Raiders’ offense can’t do much of anything; they don’t have the playmakers on the outside or the kind of risk-taking quarterback that can overcome that lack of talent.

Rockets’ short skid reveal a flaw Ben Golliver The Washington Post

The macro indicators for James Harden and the Houston Rockets paint a rosy picture. Harden is on pace to have the highest scoring average since Wilt Chamberlain in 1963, and the arrival of Russell Westbrook hasn’t stopped him from leading the league in usage or claiming a spot in the 2020 MVP conversation. Houston boasts a top-three offense, leads the NBA in threepoint attempts again, and is on track to win 53 games. Not bad, considering General Manager Daryl Morey’s Hong Kong controversy and injuries to Eric Gordon and Gerald Green. Yet the Rockets’ threegame losing streak this week has prompted some frustration from Harden and revealed a fundamental flaw in his new partnership with Westbrook. The Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers and Dallas Mavericks - currently three of the top four seeds in the West standings all deployed aggressive double teams on Harden while he orchestrated the halfcourt offense from up top.

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double figures in four of the five games he’s played in, with a high of 26 coming this past Thursday in a 71-54 victory over Plattsburgh. Canty is also averaging four rebounds and three assists per game fo rhe Wildcats, who have gotten off to a 2-3 start. Three former area high school standouts helped Utica College roll to to a 115-81 victory over Cazenovia this past Friday. Kimedrick Murphy, who helped Hudson win the Section II Class B championship and advance to the state Final Four in 2016, had four points, grabbed eight rebounds and blocked five shots for the

That strategy led the 2018 MVP to say that he had “never seen that in an NBA game, where you’ve got really good defenders [on the ball] and you’ve got other guys running at a person on the top of the key.” On Twitter, some Golden State Warriors fans seized on the comments as a slight to Stephen Curry, perhaps Harden’s top rival. After all, Curry has faced double teams, triple teams and even a box-and-one zone defense at various points in the playoffs since 2015. But Harden’s comment was less about the quantity of the defensive attention he is facing and more about its location. Golden State’s offensive system relied heavily on ball movement and man movement. Curry therefore operated in isolation at the top of the key far less often than Harden, who loves to dribble deliberately as he surveys for driving lanes and step-back jumper opportunities. Sending a double team at a star playmaker in such a situation can often be suicidal. As Harden works on his own defender, he can see the Pioneers. Through three games, Murphy is averaging 7.3 points, 8.6 rebounds and 4.6 blocks. Catskill graduates Justice Brantley and Justin Worth also contributed to Friday’s win. Brantley, last year’s Patroon Conference Most Valuable Player, scored six points, pulled down four rebounds and handed out two assists, while Worth scored two points, grabbed three rebounds and blocked a shot. Utica will play at SUNY Poly today at 4 p.m. Ichabod Crane graduate Joe Werner had 10 points and eight rebounds in SUNY Canton’s 89-68 loss to Middlebury on Thursday. Through six games, Werner has scored 72 points (12.0) and grabbed 55 rebounds (9.2) for the 3-3 Roos.

entire court in front of him. If the double comes from the wing, Harden should have direct sight lines to his unguarded teammate, whether that player is spotting up at the three-point line or cutting into empty space toward the paint. When Harden was flanked last season by Gordon and Chris Paul, two multidimensional guards who were proven shooters and threats to attack off the dribble, the risk factor in doubling Harden went through the roof. Paul and Gordon were both ready, willing and able to make defenses pay for overcommitting at the top. The calculus has changed for defenses this year. With Gordon and Green out, less complete players have had to fill in on the wings. More importantly, Westbrook has replaced Paul as Harden’s lead sidekick, and he has shot terribly through the first month of the season. How terribly? Westbrook is shooting just 23 percent on nearly six threepoint attempts per game, contributing to the Rockets’ fall from 10th last season in three-point percentage to 25th this season.

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and Dolphins) and one decent team (Raiders). The Jets need to take advantage of weaker opponents if Gase has any chance of truly winning over the fanbase. Nobody is going to complain about trouncing Oakland. Darnold continued to flash the skills that should make every green-and-white diehard giddy about what might lie ahead for the next decade. The second-year quarterback

So heading into Kansas City, the Raiders must do whatever necessary to get Jacobs going and controlling the game. He is their ticket to victory, as evidenced by their 2-5 record when he carries the ball fewer than 22 times in a game. Long term, the Raiders need to add big-play offensive weapons to add an explosive dimension to this time-of-possession-craving attack. Answers are not really apparent in the shortterm with the Raiders’ defense, though. And really, that was the unit that let the Raiders down Sunday — the unit that will undercut any chance this team has of making this season anything more than a building-block campaign. Looking back on Sunday’s game with the clarity that only hindsight can provide, it’s downright incredible that such blowouts haven’t been the norm for the Raiders’ D this season. Credit their opportunistic tendencies and a favorable schedule the previous three weeks for helping us forget just how poor this unit is. The analytics didn’t forget, though.

Going into Sunday’s game, the Raiders were 29th in the NFL in defensive efficiency, per Football Outsiders. On average, opposing offenses perform nearly 10% better against the Raiders, with their passing offenses performing more than 20% better. And the Jets took full advantage early, going with a pass-first offense that sliced through the Raiders’ defense like an electric knife through a properly brined turkey. The Jets had scoring opportunities (touchdown, two field goals, one missed field goal) on all four of their first-half possessions. The Raiders, after kicking a field goal on their first possession, sputtered once it was plainly evident that the Jets were not going to allow Jacobs to beat them. New York, a team that features similar if not superior talent, was off to the races. For this Raiders’ defense, there’s no shortterm fix, no Jacobs to mask the problems. They’re weak at all three levels, as evidenced by the fact that Maxx Crosby — a solid, but hardlyawe-inspiring rookie — is the best player on the unit. The Lions, Chargers, and Bengals (combined record of 7-25-1) might have created some false confidence, but this defense simply doesn’t match up with any of the AFC’s playoff-contending teams. This defense’s best hope for improvement going forward is hope and prayer. But as flawed and incomplete as these Raiders might seem, they only need to be less flawed and slightly more complete than their AFC peers — a group that looks every bit as questionable as the Raiders — and they’ll have ample opportunity in the final five games of the season to make up for Sunday’s dud. It’ll likely take only a 9-7 record to make the AFC playoffs this year. The Raiders would only need to go 3-2 down the stretch to reach that mark. And even if they lose next week in Kansas City — an outcome that, admittedly, seems ever-more likely now — they have a chance to qualify, as they’ll play at least one, if not two, AFC Wild Card contenders in the final three weeks. Do the Raiders have enough to get it done? There are so many reasons to say no. But, then again, there were so many reasons to expect them to not get this far in the first place.

Nets escape with narrow victory over Knicks Kristian Winfield NEW YORK — Games between the Knicks and Nets will never be boring, no matter where they’re played. That much was proven when Brooklyn traveled to Madison Square Garden for the first time this season and squeezed out a 103101 victory over the Knicks on Sunday. The Nets had their work cut out for them: win at Madison Square Garden, without their three best players, against a team desperate for a victory over their crosstown rivals. They came away with the win, but in New York, there’s always drama along the way. After the Nets built a 14-point lead in the first quarter, they watched that advantage evaporate in the second quarter. By the time the starters returned to the game, the Knicks had turned that double-digit deficit into a 30-29 lead. The Nets turned that onepoint deficit back into an 11-point lead, but drama resurfaced late in the fourth when the Knicks, in typical Knicks fashion,

clawed back into the game. Marcus Morris got hot when the team needed him to, hitting back-to-back threes with less than two-and-a-half minutes on the clock. Wayne Ellington then hit a big three on the Knicks’ next possession to make it a 98-97 game with 1:21 to go. But the point guard position has been an issue for the Knicks all season long, and this time, Morris created a wideopen look for Frank Ntilikina in the corner. Ntilikina missed the three and the Nets took advantage. In this back-and-forth game, Spencer Dinwiddie was the star. Dinwiddie was the best player on the court against the Knicks, as he’s been in every game the Nets have won with Kyrie Irving on the inactive list with a shoulder injury. Dinwiddie finished with 30 points on 7-of-17 shooting. 19 of those points came in the first half, including a set of back-to-back threes in the first quarter: a side-step over Taj Gibson, then a pull-up in transition that jump-started their early run. The Knicks were also short

rookie RJ Barrett, out with an illness, so Morris took out his do-it-yourself kit and put the team on his back. He shot 7-of-8 from three and finished with 26 points. But the Knicks had trouble finding consistent offense from other players on the roster. Ntilikina only shot 1-of-5 from three-point range. Kevin Knox was in foul trouble in the midst of a poor shooting performance. Dennis Smith Jr. did not see the court much down the stretch, but shot 2-of-4 from three. The Nets, on the other hand, continue to build chemistry without Irving. Every starter scored in double figures, including Jarrett Allen, who finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Taurean Prince may have had his most well-rounded performance with 14 points, 11 rebounds and five assists on the night. The Nets are now 2-0 against the Knicks this season, winning both in similar late-game fashion. Whether Irving plays or not, these matchups between the New York teams will always bring something interesting.

engineered a scoring drive on his first drive for the fifth consecutive week. Darnold, who had his third turnover-free game of the season, made terrific plays in and out of the pocket. Some of his best decisions were incompletions. The young signal caller threw the ball away rather than force the issue, a clear sign that he’s learning from past mistakes. Darnold, who had three touchdowns (two passing and one rushing), has 10 total touchdowns and just two interceptions in his past four games. His top weapon also came to life.

Le’Veon Bell, mired in his worst statistical season of his career, played an integral role in the Jets’ first win over a nonNFC East opponent. The dual threat racked up 86 of his 109 total yards in the first half to help Gang Green seize control. Williams’ defense spotted Oakland a field goal on the opening drive before stymieing Carr, who went 15-for-27 for 127 yards and an interception before getting benched in the third quarter. Gase’s club held a 13-3 halftime lead before pouring it on. Darnold found Ryan Griffin for a one-yard touchdown to cap the Jets’ first drive of the second half a nice play design

by Gase. After the Jets stuffed Oakland on fourth and 1, Gase & Co. made them pay. Gase dialed up a double-reverse flea flicker on the ensuing drive that netted 31 yards to Robby Anderson. Darnold found Anderson for a 1-yard score to officially cue the laugh track. Brian Poole’s pick-six on Carr’s pass intended for Tyrell Williams 14 seconds later put the punctuation mark on this impressive performance. Gase needed it. They all needed it. Win No. 5 is coming in Cincinnati in seven days.

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